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mi'ci good 13 acco:.u lx .::i::.
Tl. Opera House, the .Clubs and
OUifr l'laces of Amuwnnrnt Have
Huirored on Account of the Jlovlval
Hf-i-viccs -Mr. lloluomb Thanks
11 mt 111 Work Will lo Permanent
. ,Jti The City Many Persons Have
' Um Converted- People Talk
. - About the Evangelist as he Walks
, . About the Townfcrnoot's Mug lias
. , ; Brrnie Familiar to .Some No
'. Wonder at. That Preacher Would
,-;.7 Vi Like tQ Remain Here Longer., .-i ,j;
':,fc v;,,There will. be a special -eeryiee at
'I.Tryoh Street Methodist church this
Iiorhlhg at it ,6-clock jn"' the interest
, t the converted of the toeotIns-who
J'iiwrtahi to Join this church. , Jn rnak
( In this announcement, at. the service
; ipat sight, Revi Mr. Boyer, tha pastor
:.; steld that for several reasons- he was
- desirous that all ' who expected to
:"y Join this church should be hers,thls
", morning, whether they are, to be. re-
celved by letter, or on profession of
V: ' faith... He said -that , the principal
, reason for his Insisting upon this was
-v that If they waited until the Influence
V; of the meeting had, passed, the ene-
;.''. my pf souls would persuade them
-: to defer taking this step .until they
,'"'' would not Join the church at alL
a ' He then urged all who were living
:;' in thf territory of Tryon Street church
; ; and preferred this church to Join this
morning.. He said that he wanted
( ' every one who preferred to Join the
Methodist church to become mem
bers to-day of some Methodist church
in the city, and that he wanted
those who preferred the Presbyterian.
Baptist, or some other church to
Join to-day the church of their choice.
He said that he would not try to in
fluence any man or woman to be a
Methodist if he ot. she felt that some
' other denomination wuld be the best
church home for them. He said that
he had no patience with any preacher
who would do this. He said that it
was mean for aby preacher to do this,
as some do, and that under no clr
cumstancea would he do it, but that
he would extend a cordial welcome
to those who preferred this church.
.-. Mr. Boyer announced further then
tjrat at the service this afternoon at
S o'clock Miss Sallle Bethune will
will care for all of the children in
the Sunday School primary depart
ment so that thelc mothers can at
. tend this service.
The other service of the day at
this., church will be held at 7:45
o'clock to-night, and this service will
close the meeting which has been In
progress for the past three weeks.
Everyone Is invited to all three sei
vlces. Speaking of the close Of this meet
ing Mr. Holcomb said in his prelimi
nary remarks last nght that when he
thught of these three, weeks he felt
that the meeting had been more
marvelous than it had been thought
to be.
He said that he had been struck
with the regularity of the. audience
to which he had preached, and that he
considered this regularity wonderful.
He Said that he believed he had
preached to such a number of people
in Charlotte during this meeting that
it wouiu run up into the thousands
In this connection he spoke also of theUhese Institutions. He said the
special services held during the past
weefc. In several of the Methodist
churches of the city and said that the
attendance at all of these services had
been good, and that in some Instances
the churches had been full of people.
He spoke also of the effect of the
meeting upon the attendance at the
fehows at the Academy of Music and
sMlhat the accounts of the shows
In the papers said of every one ex
cept The Clansman" and Miss Cahlll,
"a slim crowd." He said some one had
spoken to him about this and said:
"It Is no wonder the crowds at the
shows have been so small when you
have had such a hot proposition going
on at Tryon Street church." Mr. Hol
comb said further that he believed If
there had been a building here for
blm to preach In that would seat
J, 500 people, the Academy would not
have made the expenses of the light
used during the past three weeks. He
said that this meeting had been the
most popular th'ng In town. He said
that he had heard of one club meet
ing that had been called to meet since
the meeting at Tryon street began had
10 dc caned on because of the fact
that the members of the club were at
the meeting at the church Instead of
being at the club room.
Mr, Holcomb then said that he
wished he could stay In Charlotte and
preach six weeks longer. In a building
that would seat 6,000 people.
He said that he had become well
known In Charlotte, and that even
members of theatrical troops had
spoken of him as he passed through
Jordan's drug store, and pointed him
him out to others. "Why," said Mr.
Holcomb, "1 can't walk down your
streets without being spoken to and
called by name. People have even
learned to know Smoot's 'mug,' but
that is not surprising, when It Is once
seen. It Is not forgotten; that Is where
he has the advantage of me."
In closing his remarks, Mr. Hol
comb said the Influence of this meet
ing had been far" greater than many
people realized, but that he was never
satisfied until the very best was done,
and said he wished every Methodist
pastor in Charlotte would begin a
meeting .to-day and carry on the spirit
of this meeting until the whole town
should be shaken.
Mr, Smoot sang a solo, "How the
Fire Fell," which Is a song recently
Issued by Mr. E. O. Excell, of Chica
go. Mr. Holcomb then spoke for a
short time on the subject of God's In
vitation to sinners, and the reasonable,
ness of His demands. He did not an
nounce a text, but quoted a number of
passages of Scripture to show the
love of God for and His willingness
to save men and women oi all stations
and conditions of life. He urged all
present who were sinners to reason
with Qod about their sins and be con
vinced of their wrong and then ac
cept the bread of lire and water of
life which Ood so freely offers.
At the close of the sermon several
persons went to the altar. Every per
son who has professed conversion
. during the meeting has been presented
with a card on which to write their
names, address and the name of the
church of their choice, these cards
will be distributed to the pastors of
the -various churches In the city.
Teeterday morning Mr. Holcomb
preached to women, and there was a
testimony service at the close of the
meeting In which many of those pres
ent took part
In a page advertisement In this Is
sue The Journal, of Winston-Salem,
make annauneement of a very gen
erous offer: that It proposes to give,
absolutely free of charge, to fifty per
sona, ths McKanna three-day liquor
cure treatment The conditions r
the awards are mads known In the
advertisement.' It Is a generous and
progressive enerpl-lse and reflects
' credit on the management of The
Journal. '
Your brain goes on a strike when yoa
overlos your stomach: both need bloes
to do buslnwse with. Nutrition Is what
yon- went and comes by taking Holds
lar's Reeky Mountain Tee." B eentc. Tea
or Tablet ' a It Jordaa 4 Co. ..: .
mr.ua : i wixl foundld
Charters Granted Charlotte Compa
niesActive ITcparatlons In lrog
rcss for the Minting of the North
Carolina Teachers' .Assembly at
Durham Negro Normal Schools at
Fayetteville and Elizabeth City
Charged With Keeping Unlawful
House No Summer School on ic
I count of Jamestown - Exposition
' Two Carloads of Exhibit Special
- Tax Bonds Which New York Par
' ilea Have Been Endeavoring to Ctet
Certain States to Accept. .
, j ' 1 Observer Bureau."
, t-t Tha Hollaman Building. -
'-' 'i ' Raleigh, March 2$.,-
There la an apparently well found
ed'tirmor vthat iMlahV William Bailey ,
win retire; a "editor: of. The Biblical
Recorders tha organ. of , the North
Carolina! Babtlsti,, ndthat Rev. C.
W. Bianchard will succeed him, Mr.
Bailey declines to say anything about
the matter, i-rft; m'ZU
Charters have' been . granted the
Queen Citjr Fuel; Company, Charlotte,
capital stock "125,000, J. D. Ross and
others; and the Wadesboro Wood and
Iron Works, $25,000, L'H. Horton
and others. n-"? ' .
When Secretary R. D. W. Connor,
of the North Carolina Teachers' Xs
sembly, who , was very bus to-day,
was asked what was going on, he re
plied that active preparations were
In progress, for the meeting of the
assembly at Durham, which will be
gin on the night of the 11th of June
and end on the night of the 14th. He
said that be would go up to Durham
next week o look over the grounJ
and make various plans. It is not
yet known where the sessions will
be held, but perhaps at Trinity Col
lege. One. of the desirable things Is
a spacious and comfortable audi
torium. Professor Coon asked if
there was not a large auditorium in
the new high school at Durham,
which would be well adapted to such
use. Professor Connor said that a
umber of prominent speakers had
been secured already and that others
I'ad been written that their presence
was desired. It Is 'intended to make
the session of the assembly a very
rt-table one! He remarked that 't
was hoped to adjourn from Durham
to the Jamestown Exposition and to
have a special excursion from Dur
ham to that place over the Seaboard
Air Line. This matter is now under
special consideration, but the plans
have not yet been arranged.
BUST ON SCHOOL LAW.
Professor Coon, also of the Stats
Superintendent's office, is now at
work preparing the new school law
for the public printer. The law re
quires that it shall be issued by May
1, and next week' It will be put lv
hand. The changes In it are not very
numerous or great.
Capt. John W. Duckett, who has
charge of the negro normal schools
at Fayetteville, Elizabeth City and
Winston-Salem, was asked what the
committee was doing in regard to
new
act made appropriations which
would give the Fayetteville school
the long' needed buildings of Its own
8nd that the trustees would soon
have this erected. The school there
has used a leased building all these
years. Another building Is to be
erected at Elizabeth City, but none Is
needed at Winston-Salem, where
there Is a very fine plant.
NO SUMMER SCHOOL.
There Is to be no summer school
here this year. The class last year
uas well attended and was hold at
the Agricultural & Mechanical Col
lege, but there are several reasons
for not holding one this year, the
Important one being the Jamestown
Exposition, which so many teachers
will desire to attend and which will
be so valuable a lesson to them.
Then, toc, it is thought best in
rractlce to have these meetings every
other year.
To-day a carload of exhibits was
shipped from the State Museum to
the Jamestown Exposition, and two
more carloads will follow In about a
week. It Is expected that by the last
day of this month the entire exhibit
will be at the grounds. The birds
e.nd the fish remain to be packed,
and woods, building stone, minerals,
agricultural products, etc., having
gone. There will be a very beauti
ful display of gems of the State. As
a matter of fact, the exhibit IS a
wonderful Illustration of North Caro
lina and It will jo displayed with
very great taste.
A complete roster of the National
Guard of this Stats Is now being pre
pared, containing the name, occupa
tion, etc., of every officer and en
listed man.
Great numbers of towns will vote
In May on bond Issues, and these ars
obtaining copies of acts In regard to
their charters from the Secretary of
State, whose office Is fairly rushed
with work.
Insurance Commissioner Young re
turned to-day from a visit to his
family at New Orleans.
A charter is granted the Western
Carolina Printing Company, at Mar
shall, to Issue a newspapor and to
do general printing.
Sheriff Roper, of Perquimans,
brought to the penitentiary to-day
a negro named Overtn, who Is to
serve 20 years for burglary. He waa
a convict, but went to the house of
the Jailor at night and broke Into
the room of the Jailor's wife and
she had a pistol handy and arrested
Mm herself.
SPECIAL TAX BONDS.
Mr. F. II. Busbee, of this city,
has very kindly given some special
information regarding the declina
tion of the Governor of South Da
kota to go into ths business of bring
ing suit against North Carolina for
the special tax bonds which this
State has repudiated forever In It
constitution, and which a lot of peo
ple lr. New York, terming them
selves a committee of bondholders,
have been trying 'to Induce various
States and foreign countries to ac
cept In order to sue this State and
so mske a test case. It Is an . open
secret thnt this New York syndicate
has had the co-operation of certain
North Carolinians, sornjr of whom at
least have been roasted In the pub
llo press.
Mayor Penrose Arqultte4.
San Antonio, Tel., March II. Ma
jor C. W. Penrose, of the Twenty
flftb. Infantry, was to-day acquitted of
the charge of, neglect of duty pre
ferred against him at the Instance
of President Roosevelt for alleged mis
conduct in connection with the shoot
ing up of Brownsville, Texas, by the
soldiers of tha. Twenty-fifth Infantry
last August ' ,.'; yiV4
80 MANY VANILLAS
Do not flavor sufficiently because they
are weak, although they may be pure.
The only sure way to aeeurs satisfactory
results Is to use Blue Ribben Vanilla,
ft eempltee with the National Purs Feed
Uft', ' '; ,;:.. '' "A'.;
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TAIT AND PARTY SAIL TO-PAY
After J Arrival aQ Clutrletan This
Morning the Party Will Bo ICntcr
talned by Mayor ltliett A Vlult to
the Magnolia Cemetery Will Be
Blade Later and Uie Party Will Go
Aboard the . Mayflower at Noon,
Balling Immediately For the Ith
,mus of Panama, Cuba and Porto
(Itico on An Important Tour of In-
spection Party Expert to : Return
to Washington April 23. -r; ,
Washington, March ' 2 S. Secretary
Taft and party left Washington to
day, for Charleston. S. C. whare they
will board the yacht Mayflower ' and
proceed to tha Isthmus of Panama,
Cuba and Porto Itl. and return to
.Washington In abov. . x month. v The
Secretary of War has an important
mission to each of the points to be
visited,, chief of which Is 'an Investi
gation and Inspection of canal af
fairs, but of no less publlo Interest
are matters pertaining to the politi
cal futures of Cuba and Port Rloo,
which will receive his, attention. In
addition to Secretary Taft-the party
consists of Frederick P. Stearns, of
Boston; Alfred Noble, of New. York,
ana John Ripley Freraan.. or Provi
dence, R. I., all civil engineers; Sena
tor Klttredge, of South Dadota; Rep
resentatives Burton, of Ohio, and De
Armond, of Missouri; Richard Reld
Rogers, general counsel of the isth
mian canal commission, -and Wendell
W. Mlschler, confidential clerk to Sec
retary Taft. , Mr. Rogers will leave
the party at the Isthmus, remaining
there to attend to matters in. con
nection with the lagal department of
the commission.
The three engineers . were Invited
by Secretary Taft to make a thorough
inspection of the pits dug for the
foundations of the proposed Oatum
dam, which is conceded to be the
key to the lock canal project
In Cuba Secretary Taft has a vex
atious problem before him. Tips
that have reached Washington Indi
cate that there Is great dissatisfac
tion with the failure of the Americans
to depart from the Island or at about
least announce some definite pro
gramme In regard to their future in
tentions. The situation In Porto Rico Is near
ly as complicated as in Cuba. The
people of this Insular possession have
set up a cry for home rule, through
Immediate territorial government
such as Is enjoyed by the territories
of the mainland, with ultimate hope
of statehood.
The party will arrive in Charles
ton, S. C, to-morrow morning and
will be entertained at breakfast by
the mayor, after which there will be
a visit to Magnolia Gardens. The
Mayflower will be boarded at noon
and the party will sail Immediately.
The urrlval at Colon Is scheduled for
March SO, and departure for Havana
on April 3. Havana will "be reached
April 7 iind three days will be spent
In Cuba. On April 14 the party
will arrive In Porto Rico, where a
four (Ihvh' stay will be made. It is
expected the party will be back in
Washington on April 23.
THE SPARTANS WON.
A Lively Game of Basketball at the
Y. M. C. A. Last Nlkht.
Before a good sized crowd, the
Spartans deff-ated the Olympians last
night ut the gymnasium of the Young
Men's Christian Association. The
night was entirely too warm f'.r
bf.fckttball, but both teams mauage-l
to put up a verly lively gameof ball. 1
T!s csual good form of the OlyriupUns
was locking anc'i before the t'rrt ralf
w up the Spurtans had sco-cl 1G
joints to their opponents nl v. !.l
wi evident from the first lli.it the
Spotti.ns were determined to ln 'he
game and l.y hard work ;hey nad
made 82 points before the v. hi' tie,
for time had blown. The final sccio
of tno gsmc was 32 to 14 ill favor
of the Ei'iirtuns. The ganio waa
lacking In good team work and quite
rt Speafa leh eato ttao et aotuoee
a lot of fouls were made on both
sidee
The standing of the teams Is now
as follows:
Name of Games (James Games Per
Team. I'luyed. Won. Lost. Cent.
Olympians . . 7 6 2
Spartans .... 7 4 3
Crescents ... 7 3 4
Tlgera 7 2 6
.714
.671
.428
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Most Remarkable Weather
Observer W. J. Bennett is giving
Charlotte most remarkable weather
for March. The mnxlmum temperature
Friday was 89 degrees. This was In
excess of the same day In March for
30 years, ever since the local station
was established.
It waa all over the country yester
day. Following named towns ran as fol
lows: Charlotte, 91; Washington, D. C,
94; Charleston, S. C, 94; Wilmington,
94; Augusta, Ga., 92; Asheville, 84;
Atlanta, Oa., 86; Jacksonville. Fla.,
90; Savannah. Oa., 94; Norfolk, Va.,
90, end Raleigh. 92.
This Is regular June and July
weather.
A FATAL SHOOTING AFFRAY.
Prominent Real Estate Dealer and
Stenographer Dead and n Competi
tor in Jail Charged with Murder aa
Result of Business Quarrel.
8an Antonta, Tex., March 23.
Franklin E. Smith, a prominent real
estate dealer, and Edward Beversdorff,
his stenographer, arc dead and E. J.
Wilson, another real etate man is In
Jail charged with murder and assault
as the result of a shooting affray
hero this afternoon. A business diffi
culty Is assigned as the Immediate
cause of the shooting. Beversdorff
was sitting at his desk next to that
of Smith when Wllaon fired. The
stenographer waa shot through the
heart. Three other shots were fired,
all striking 8mltn, one passing
through the throat proving fatal.
Messrs. George Moore and Lnmont
Boat are spending the day with friends
In the county.
Phons girls have many ilia,
For which they take some nasty pills;
If a healthy and happy girl you'd be,
Ring up for Rocky Mountain Taa.
H. H. Jordan t Co.
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Out - of - Town Inquiries Solicited.
.cv I.i'Kl'ui Aj.!sador Cm Bt of
11Igrlm' Nx-liity at Dinner
Mr. Choato Proposes HCa Health
And the AmbaMsador I lot urns
Thank to the Society.
! New York, March , U. James
Bryce, British ambassador at Wash
ington, made his first official appear
ance before art American audience as
the guest to-night, of tha Pilgrims'
Society at a dinner at the Waldorf-
Artor'v,'-';;,V;'.i)i''':-'V'''')'X' 'h"' '.'i't.
Toe gathering was ' notable ; both In
point of speakers and imthe charac
ter'pf :.thepeeohmakinf, t'
: .In proposing the health of the am
baasador, Mr, Choate said among
other Jthln: v''1''''
"If It be the supreme fitness of an
ambassador, as ' irfachlavelll seemed
to think, to understand thoroughly
and equally , well tha people to whom
he is sent no man was ever more
happily chosen..
After returning thanks to the-Pilgrims
Ambassador Bryce said:
'"There are In the masses of our
people many whose knowledge of
literature and Institutions Is slender,
but to whom America is the land to
which their .brothers and their child
ren have, gone, the land which stands
to their minds as being preeminently
th land of human equality, the land
of a free career, the land which gives
the ordinary man his best chance,
the land which promises a future, In
which the masses shall such is their
belief far better than they have
ever done before. Strong as this sen
timent Is, and this is the other point I
want1 to make clear there is nothing
exclusive in it, nothing to Which any
other nation can object.
"You have gone further than any
other nation In giving comfort, en
lightenment ( and opportunities for
the Individual man In whatever sta
tion or of whatever stock. Yet how
much there is still to do. May God
avert anything which should divert
either you or us from the task of
making out own people prosperous,
tranquil and happy."
BONILLA'B ARMY DEFEATED.
Government Troops Are Forced to
Retire After 10 Hours' Hard Fight-Ins-
Near Maralta Leaving Camp
Equipment ArUUery lUflee and
Ammunition.
Managua, Nicaragua. March 23. Ad
vices roceived here from the front to
day any that the army of President Bon
llla, of Honduras, has been attacked and
defeated near Maralta by the Honduran
revolutionists and the Niraraguan army,
after 10 hours hard fighting. Bonllla's
ttoops. It is saldi left behind them their
camp equipment, artillery, rifles and am
munition. Among the prisoners captur
ed by the Honduran-Nlcaraguan forces
are Oen. Sotero Bnrshona, the Honduran
minister of war, who is severely woun
ded; Oen. Leon Christmas, the American
soldier formerly of Memphis, Tenn.. and
other ledalng officers of the Honduran
forces. Many were killed or wounded on
both sides, but no details of the engage
ment are available owing to the lack of
direct telegraphic communication.
President Zelaya Is successfully direct
ing the operations of his army from
Managua.
FIRE AT WOFFORD.
By Effective Work of Firemen Flames
Were Confined to Small Area
Damage, 92,000.
Special to The Observer.
Spartanburg, S. C, March 23. A
r6w of dormatoriee In Wofford College
campus narrowly escaped total de
struction by Are this afternoon which
broke out in Bobo dormatory, at 4
o'clock. By the effective work of the
firemen fire was kept confined to a
small area. The Bobo building, a
frame structure, was totally destroyed
and Walker dormatory was slightly
damaged. At the time of the fire a
strong wind was blowing and the fire
men had hard work In preventing the
flames from spreading. The students
who occupied Hobo cottage saved all
their furniture and personal belong
ings. The loss Is estimated at about
12,000.
BIG FIRE AT NEWBERV.
Plant of Cotton Mill and Fertilizer
Company Sustains lofit of About
$50,000 Well Insured.
Speciul to The Observer.
Newbern. March 23. The plant of
the Newbern Cotton OH and Fertiliser
Company was partially destroyed by
fire shortly before midnight last night.
The part devoted to the manufacture
of cotton oil and Its products together
with all Its contents, consisting of
about 3,000 oil cakes and meal and
1,000 barrels of oil was destroyed.
The fire is said to have originated on
account of a hot box In the machin
ery. The loss will be between $40,000
and $50,000; well Insured. The plant
will be rebuilt at once.
Negro Banker Cliarged With Murder.
Hattltsburg, Miss., March 23 Joe
Williams, vice president of the Peo
ples Bank, a negro Institution, of this
city, waa to-day arrested and charged
with the murder of Edward Howell.
the cashier of the bank, who was way
laid and shot to death here on the
night on March II. Pettus and
Howell were the only persons who
knew the combination to the bank
vault. After the murder the vault
waa opened and several notes Pettus
owed the bank, and $2,700 In cash
was taken out. This led to the arrest
of Joe Pettus, president, on a chane
of grand larceny. Pettus Is a leader
here among the negroes.
The News No Pure Drug Cough Cure
Laws would be needed. If all Cough
Cures were like Dr. Snoop's Cough (."ur
Is and has been for 80 year. The N-
tlonnl Law now requlrea thnt If any
poisons enter Into a rough mlxtur ft
must be printed on the label or package
For this reason mothers, and others
should Insist on having Dr. Bnoop'a
Cough Cure.No poison msrka on Dr
hoop's labels-end nona In the medicine!
else It must by law be on the label. And
It's not only safe, but It Is said to be
by those that know It best, a truly re
markable cough remedy. Take no
chance, particularly with your children.
Insist on having Dr. Snoop's Cough
Curs. Compare carefully the Dr. snoop
package with others and see. No poison
marks there! You can always t oa
the aafs aide by demanding Dr. Ihoop'a
Cough Cure. Simply ratuae to aocapt
any other. Bold by Burwell-Dunn Re
tail Store.
PAINT CO.
PAPER
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79 HiDr Street, Boston, Haas.
J. 8. COTHBAN, Southern ReprewntaUve, 405 Trust Bldg,
BUBTON WELCOMED HOME
v '(Continued From Page One.) ; j
thing. There had never been a prose
cution under the statute when I was
indicted, and the law had been for
gotten. I think I am entirely with
in -the bounds of truth when I aay
not a single Senator or Representative
knew of the existence of. the statute at
the time I was indicted. I certainly
did "hot But the actions of great
lawyers, , like Conkling and others,
had jnade the precedents when the
statute was fresh in their minds, and
these' precedents were followed with
out question, up to the time the case
waa brought against me.
"When In Jail at Ironton, a United
States, Senator on his way to his
seat' In the Senate, called upon me
and acknowledged that he was guilty
under the unaccountable decision of
the five Justices ot the Supreme Court.
That 8enator occupying his seat in the
Senate chamber, with the government
tn possession of all the facts, and my
Incarceration In Jail as a fair sam
ple of what this administration means
when It hypocritically shouts about
could be given showing that the very
ablest and best lawyers in the coun
try have unwittingly violated this law.
Then, if I was guilty, what was my
offense In fact? I had misinterpre
ted a statute; that and nothing more.
I had construed a statute, presuming,
as -the law does, that I knew of its
existence as it had always been con
strued by everyone, until no.w. I had
construed the statute as the Supreme
Court In the States had invariably con
strued similar statutes for a century.
I had construed the statute as similar
statutes had been construed in Great
Britain from the days of 'Magna Char
ts.' If guilty, my offenee was that I
did not know more law than all the
Judges of all the courts of the Eng
lish speaking race for more than 200
years. My offense was, as clearly,
specifically defined, that I was no bet
ter lawyer than Chief Justice Fuller,
Mr. justice urewer, Mr. jusuce wnite
and Mr. Justice Peckham, and not as
good a lawyer as Justice McKanna,
Mr. Justice Holmes, Mr. Justice Day,
Mr. Just loo Brown and Mr. Justice
Harlan. I submit if there was not too
much legal knowledge required of a
country lawyer, when the government
accused me of offending against this
statute.
T'was convicted by the press of
bribery and fraud. I was convicted
by the courts with mlsconstiuing a
statute. I was guilty of nothing. My
only offense was that I had offended
the head of the 'Political Community
of Interests,' the President; and the
most powerful member of the 'Com
mercial Community of Interests' the
sguar trust. These, and these alone,
are the offenses for which I have
suffered. I violated no law.
PRESIDENT EVADED QUESTION.
'I doubt If the country has ever
fully realized why I was prosecuted
in St. Louis. Tho President evaded
the question. Attorney General, now
Senator Knox, refused to answer It.
My attorneys often asked the ques
tion, and they could get no answer.
No truthful answer could be given,
that was not a confession that In
proceeding against men In St. Louis
the government had violated the very
spirit of the Constitution. Four of
the five payments were made to me
In Washington. If I rendered any
services that were prohibited by the
statute, I rendered them In Washing
ton, and not in St. Louis.
"Why was I then taken a thousand
miles away from the place where it
was alleged I rendered the prohib
ited services, where four of the five
payments were made to me, where
most of the witnesses resided. Into a
strange city where I had never been
or communicated with any postal
official? There waa a wild crusade
against accused officials In Missouri
at that time, and the storm center
was at St. Louis. There Is an Inherit
ed prejudice In that city against a
Kanaan, but that waa very slight, as
compared with the rar deeper preju
dice then existing against any high
official charged with crime. Oover
nor Folk, then circuit attorney, had
instituted prosecution against public
officials, and other persons, and the
excitement had grown so Intense as
to produce for a time, Judicial an
archy In that place. Nearly all of
the upper tendom of St. Louis had
been guilty of violating the law, and
those who had not wero under sus
picion. For some time, vicious at
tacks had been made throughout the
country against the Cnlted Htates Hen
ate. Therefore, the prosecution of a
United Statea Senator In the rlty of
St. Louis, furnished a uhlnliig mark
for all the hate that had been arous
ed against high officials, and left to a
man then in my position In a strange
city, very little chance for a fair
trial.
"I do not think that It Is generally
known that every witness who testi
fied to anything material against me
has either been promoted In Qffleo or
has received Immunity from punish
ment by the President. But auch la
the caae. Nor did the President stop
with hla rewards In bestowing gifts
to the wltnosses who tentlfled against
me. Every offlclil who had anything
to do with my case. With one excep
tion, has been promoted bv the
President.
"Were all these promotions, rewards.
Immunities accidentally coincident
Ith my downfall? Did my caae have
nothing to do with bringing to these
Judges, prosecuting officers, witnesses
snd criminals all their good luck?
Every man must pass upon this ques
tion for hlmsolf. But does not ths
Inquiry as to the price of my blood
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"There are many other things that
might be named, which would, go to
show that my trial and conviction.
In each case, waa a Judicial faxes, a
travesty on Justlo. a political perse
cution, il hope and expect that both
my past and future lite will be set
in contrast to the Judgment , of the
court In branding me as a criminal."
DENIES CORRUPTION.
Mr. Burton denied the charge that
he had secured hla seat In tha United
Statea Senate "by the corrupt use of
money," contributed by the railroad.
No railway company, nor .other cor
poral ion, no firm, nor person, ever
paid one cent to eleot htm "to office,
he said, at his request or even to his
knowledge.. Some of the men for
whom he had secured appointments,
he said, had sent him money, but ha
lad returned it 'n every oase. He
called upon his appointees to bear
him out in the " assertion that they
had never paid one cent for their of
fice. "I won my election in a fair and
open fight, with the help of a band
of friends as loyal and true as ever
feupported any candidate. I took my
credentials untarnished, and. when I
resigned, they were untarnished still.
I know full well that the latter part
of that statement Is denied by a
Judgment of the highest court In the
land. I realize, perhaps, more than
any one else can the deep stain that
Is upon my name, and the name of a
proud State. But it Is not an In
delllble stain. That decree records a
He. My past, life contradicts It. I
hope. If I live, my future life .will
help to wipe It away.
"I have been frequently asked who
It was that Inspired this unjust and
cruel persecution against me. I have
i.ot made any public answer to that
question. I do it now. It was Theo
oore Roosevelt. True, he had to
cperste through others. Somo of
them acted with msllce of the kind
that animated Roosevelt. Others
were driven to help In the great
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to deny having anything to do with
instituting proceedings against me
until after I was convicted. Then he
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1 said. In substance, that I would not
support the measure In Its then form;
that it was plainly In the Interest of
the 'sugar trust;' that It would be a
gift of many millions of dollars an
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a crushing blow to the beet sugar In
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conceived In hypocrisy; that it vio
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Republican party on the tariff; that
Cuba was prosperous and did not
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the tariff on sugar If made, ana that
to support a bill of this ktnd was
either an Insult to the Intelligence off
Republican Senators or an Indictment ' ,
of their integrity, or both, , f ,
SENATORS .ONLY PRETENDING.
"When tho caucus at which Z made '
this speech broke UP It was with the
understanding that the fight waa over h
for -the session. But smooth old
Senators were only .pretending. They ,
knew what the 'sugar trust had done
for the Republican party, and : did
not care i to oppose - Its wishes, and',
they alto wanted to stand In with the ,
Presldtnt. Hence, they were only too
willing to give me and other West
ern Senators new to the game far r
more credit than we were entitled tov
in the killing of the bill. Had the
members of the 'political community '
of Interest' sincerely been for the,,
measure, It. would have been reported t
and passed. At that time I had not
that knowledge of the Machiavellian (
method: that so universally obtain in''
Senstorlat management I thought
Senators meant what they said- il.l
learned to my sorrow that such waa '
not always the caae. That Senator,
who can best 'He like the truth' Is
the best equipped to play the game."1
according to the -modern way of
doing things In Congress. Selfish-''
ness and fear are the controlling 1m-
pulses there, and everything rests on,1 ;
appearances. Words are used to con
ceal, not to express thought. . t(
talked naturally and created a sansa''
tlon. Roosevelt never forgave me., f
"There was another Incident (bit ;.
s roused the wrath of the President ?,'
against me. I could not agree wlt&i
Mm about who was In command Otp
the naval battle of Santiago and I J
l ad the temerity to voice my convlc j!
tlons, which is unpardonable crime j
with Roosevelt, unless what you says
reflects his wishes." 1
Mr. Burton referred at , soma
length to the Kansas delegation toj
the Republican convention of 1904, j
Buying mat 1110 niuouionfc ouiir"a Llue l
Hoke for Governor was glen
a false coloring and the President!
believed that Tt was a fight, under !
cor, on him. and that Burton wa
working for Mark Hanna. This. he
raid, was untrue. . '
"This is why," he said, "I was first ;
struck down, why I was hounded for
yeara for a crime I never committed
why all the vast enginery of the gov!
ernment was brought up against m
to hunt me to death. t
"But the door of hope cannot be'
closed against me, nor against any
man who will waste no time In 'pro-'
vokltig, nor brooding over Injury,
but has an abiding faith In the'
philosophy of good."
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