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V. . .- , ir! ii tl t.j ic f r oop.i Academy . ." : :i h o i :.:y-iGroun.ls." ,'ed oxhaust ..,"ne and some . . :r.ictiv:ly 11 :.n f lidea Views the wonderful iu-ht in other one. Then, too, thrown on the t in '. Is t; be done of Charlotte. The 1 find did good. b,,;,l-t,p S.' 1, ;?: i-t and (:': er'i ve -h-vn.ly r i-oiv; .1 !;, this city of CI. will rise gradually, (Lay to day cl-'v.ner lovelier, al'forJimr forme-ion, a 1 1 1 i i - t . croir . an-1 of ( r rflrks how r ! ' I XL' , C " ' " ! c.ieri? V.'i.it are the iu.-.j. Ly t..x Let u.s take some from the last puo- fund for t! i iiMuea census: lae cny ci i ju"" -r- raised oy - ! ' I'-' r son or; but surely from' , sweeter, neater, l3--. n t.niut ii nil . ' - - - . - - . n ,-, Jrd the VtVanr within " u7at? Is, t, annual -PPropm on .--.- wither of. alien, tr o e.ia. !the pnm size, has parks and play- c... ,v. : , 1 S t t. I purj j 1 ruined s; tl.e has about twice your P0PulJ , property of rv : Charlotte, to sum St all up, to load ill : f the school was t x.ition upon all : aliens as well as i ;Juit children, f citizens, were d to attend the schools. So that, under the resolution such mnttpt-s or to follow: IS sne 0j - onnnnn onrl vn act Avhile action is easy, or wait until j " vaiueu "MOO. Tna of the board of education, the child i... . nQ.. . n-ith a nonulat on c" ui '"'""'t miens 01 an viuci of 64 000 has parks valued at J 5,000.-nationalities were freely admitted to 1 000 and an annual appropnauon i w 3vuvuJO ui vie in me ciS- it Is costly perhaps, indeed, too late? T do not profess to 'know your condi tions, but I know' something of your spirit, and I venture to predict tnat;jio0o0 Norfolk Va., has 65,000 pop-j borhood of their homes, while the thei movement begun here to-night ulat'lon ' a paric valuation, of $250, 000,! children of Indians, Chinese, Japanese will not halt, but will be character- " " ' annuai appropriation of wore excluded from those schools, and effort towards better, and still better '.5 ADDRESS. r: ate time 'to meet , frankly, the, parks t f Greater Char- charter is jadopt sre extended so as oopie whose Inter "ie additional terri- upation and Is al-; iy occupiea; J""rit.,,u things. , CHARLOTTE'S OPPORTTJNITT nnn Dallas. Tex., has 44,000 lnhabit-i were not only deorlveri of education ants, a park valuation oi iii,ui, unless they consented to go to tne and an annua? appropriation of $4,-' special oriental school on Clay street, 000. Jacksonville has a population of but were liable to-be forcibly com- With this introduction, Mr. Nolen $.1000, pam vaiuauon oi iuu.uuu peiied to go to that particular school turned to the lantern Illustrations. I and an annual appropriation or After, the passage of this resolution, The first ona shown was a view of i 000. Harrlsburg, Pa., nas a Popula-, afmissiXn to th nr.A,na.rv orlmarv North Tryon street, taken from Trade tion of 52,000, park j valuation of I108,-1 schooia of San Francisco was denied street, looking towards the citv hair, j wu ano an an .. TO.uun t0 Japanese children, and thereupon He said we must endeavor by means; J10.000. The last named city.-, with th government of Jaoan made repre of illustrations to find- out what ap- a pojiulaUon not. much larger than JJom tShe ?ern! plication this matter of 'civic improve- carlotte, appropriated four, years i-lthul' ment has to CharloUe. First, let us' ago. 1250,000 .for acquiring lands for , JJ s ?J "JJ n"u J. " -itoei of nnrmint' of tnrL- . hard-! narks, and making park Improve-. re.n residents who were citizen? oi . . - i'.A v " . u, ! - . . m . . . . all ftthO. rrtAfa.n nri...fAa WArA TrflR. iciicaiy over; -uw headed bu4Dew man mieht do- From menis, ana n you want a stirring 'V. Vw" luuul"". " ,r the people of the t nare nd one mlgnt'story of the awakening of a small Iy admitted to the schools, the citizens I as seldom before, reverently say from God the people1 municipality, read what J. Horace Mc- of Japan residing In the United States .eet and solve with 0f thi3 Queen City have received many, Farland has to say about Harrlsburg, were, by that exclusion, denied the -nee. and courage .,fta. -Vamr,io hot hetteri firrs mnfT piuvq same privileges, liberties, and rights moral problems that tradltlons f couraste 'mdeDendence. u.ra fKM. ' ,,ih relating to the right of residence Integrity and public spirit could you!ghouM be k t lnmlnd In connection whichwere accorded to the dtbeBW ask for than, that handed down bytwlth parka, and which comfort and subjects -.or. the, most-favor ed nation, your Scotch of Scotch-Irisd ancestors?! cheer ug ln looking forward to their The questions thus raised were What more could you expect fromittai promptly presented by the govern- them than the broad streets linedjparks off from other public works: jment of the United State sto the Feder wlth noble elms and oaks, stately, yet. j park land wlll never oe B0 Cheap al Court in California, and also to the unpretentious houses- with their beau-ag to-day. Yo4 can test the truth' of , State Court of California, in appro tiful gardens? What better climate. that .. charlotte' by comparing the prlate legal proceedings. , The mat- prices of real estate here with those ter has been happily disposed of with asked 12. months ago, nay three(out proceeding to judgment In either months ago. .; easef but in the meantime there was 2. Onco bought, park ' property, much excited discussion of the subject steadily increases in value, not only as jn the newspapers and in public meet- it mauer oi assessment, dui in actum jng8 ftni jn prtvate ConversaUon, of the country to the ; been in tne cities, , during the last' de- - of the people, a pro onesty and graft in i is a moral rerorm 'so been against in- '3 are insisting every- ! government shall be h the same aegree or characterizes business new civic ideal, 4 new roughout America. AWAKENING. ' most astounding f ea life Is th growth of great cities like New ad Boston, but the de urban population in This -growth calls for ons of life. It alsq has a new form of patrl trlotic spirit of devoi : ormer generations bat ?. political, and indus- t now fighting for hon- lont, and beautiful city There Is a desire to , The hand of scorn cd at American cities the world; they hav as the one shining ex re of democratic gov- will soon be a thing of ur cities, our greatest achieved. . , akenlng has found ex ny forms. -- One of the iy Is the awakening to nvenlence ln our cities. cod of the waste of poor ads, and of the heavy e we are aware of the -my of our city plans. being made to correct in the 'great cities, as rated in the new Kings- n, which is being cut ost of $50,000,000. The boulevard connects the Fairmont park, which! as much. Many otherj Jght be cited. . In oth r cities realize that in Heal action Is necessary mistakes of the past: a tion. Indeed, is required, d poultice. In oraer irovements may be car '.y there must be a com aap of the whole situa- of petty paring and era is an Increasing de ore,, for the authorita f the expert landscape 3EINO CONSIDERED. i awakening, also,' to the of physical health. This if In the demand for the , ing and drainage of the more adequate supply of and in the agitation for of nuisances. We know rants a city like disease, breeds disease like dirt. bating not only what lied physical nuisances, " that offend the eye and doing what we can t v , noise, and offensive ad- rm of the awakening Is tion of the function of not a mere polite fringe, polal class, but for all; it olidays and time of leis - daily life. Beauty, we practical as the useful. ,l?o a great awakening to e, AVe are not content to nteges for ourselves alone, for all. We see this in ling increase in phllan- tKpeciauy in tns provision -n. Every morning our contain announcements of . gifts. The millionaires i to have adopted the mot rkh is to die disgraced." NO FOR f CHILDREN. ,' the most notable awaken i.jf at thn oresent tlma is tmds its expression in the r the need or the chlli ? U a bftier understanding ; we see more thoroughly; i. Ve are especially con-- importance tf play ln a so we are providing, as , for young people of all ': 'ize that they must be or the children who Hi em, that they must be X well equipped. In the our - cities, the children i been left out-2-they are : for adults to llvj ana . yet we know that Is tne r play is denied, tn! I'-rvcrslon of child life inevitable results. S i t beautiful forms of , '. that to the love of j i a reaction from the t. rliflcial character of l ve grown tired of Its ,'U, hot . pavements, and. r: re to rest' occasional ' i .the lap Of nature: we ft frst hand the trees, 1 the flowers.- Nature ; a rc source, and we U something tn na- ; and responds to the in all this wide land could you wish for than that of ihe Piedmont sec tion of North Carolina? What more ntrtiirpsmie landscape than that of the surrounding hills and lowlands And, nclw. to crown it all 'you have this fair goddess, "Prosperity;' coming, to fill voilr lan with gold. But, is not all this simply opportunity, and does . i.-i ...l.U It. aMI not opportunuy cucj.iui gatloto? Through your appointed of ficials study this situation.t nna out what is needed, measure your re sources with care," and so far as you are able provide for the higher life of the people of Charlotte. Many interesting street views were shown of American and European cities, and in contrast with them some of the best, and we may say, some of the worst of Charlotte. . V Mr. Nolen gave some practical sug gestions as to the best species of trees to use here. He also threw upon the screen some very instructive exaniples of the improvement of a mill town Blllerica, Mass., in which views were shown both before and after, so mat the results could be clearly demon strated. CITY PLAN INADEQUATE. He made some interesting f emarks on. the plan of Charlotte, which was next shown on the screen. He pointed out that while there was much in the city plan that was good, it was little more than-thaJoundatlon on which to build an attractive city.' It has all the" limitations of the so-called "grid Iron" system of streets, with no diag onal avenues connecting points of special importance .and beautj; there is no civic centre around which its public and semi-public buildings are grouped. With the exception of Vance Square and the old cemetery, there are no open spaces in the built-up .sec tion of the city. There is no inner nor outer system of boulevards, and no finished parks or play grounds, If value for park purposes. Consider.; It ,s a. pleasure to be able to say for example, the matter of protection that neVe,r for a moment was there, and growth of trees , ag between the government of the '"Jtu?. TAitt S ormW United States and the government of maintenance In the increased income Vrfect mf.J'-: taxes which the city receives from the ence, and, kindly consideration; and surrounding property. Many examples that no sooner had the views and pur could be given of . this .fact. '. Central Poses of the governments of th United Park in New .york, the ynost expen-,oi&-ea. o -v,mwim uuu me five park improvement in America, 'city, of San Francisco been explained has already paid .its entire cost ana yielded a handsome profit to the city of many million dollars. ' 4. The mere announcement ' of a sound park policy, on the part of the city, Ib certain to. bring to the park commission rich gifts of land from1 private individuals to be dedicated forever to park purposes , 'tptnaiiv inlio and ' fl-entlemen." said Mr. Nolen, "I leave the case in your hands. It is your problem. It Is worthy of thought and attention. Have faith In your city and her fu ture; make her thoroughly great, work together, co-operate, take tne piace that is now tendered ; to Charlotte ln this new South." !'.. :' " r f . r-' ;:n r ' - ;, SO l t , . . . .,! t '.-;. j: : j t ) I . I . I prh;:t:;:c3 to j. ' a r. -'Mints as well &a to cli:,:on. r . r.t , thA F-tate will be fort: : Ion ! v t" r!:' ration of the treaty to dbcrinu. :ta a .Minst the res ident citizens of the i articular country with which the treaty is made, and will be forbidden to deny to them the privileges which it grants to the citi zens of other foreign countries. The effect of such a treaty,' in respect of education. Is not positive and compul sory; it Is negative and prohibitory. It is not a requirement that the State shall furnish education, It Is a pro hibition against discrimination when the State does choose to furnish edu cation. It leaves every State free to have public schools or not, as it chooses, but It says to every State: "If you provide a system of education which Includes alien children, ydu must not include these particular alien children." NO QUESTION OF STATE'S RIGHTS. It has been widely asserted or as sumed that this treaty provision and Its enforcement involved some ques tion of State's rights. There-was and Is no. question of State's rights in volved, unless it. be the question whidh was settled by the adoption ft the constitution. ' . " ; 1. The people of the United States, by the Constitution of 1787," vested tne whole- treaty-making power, in the na tional government. r m w w w " Legislative power is distributed; up on some subjects the national Legisla ture' has authority; upon other sub jects the State Legislature has au thority. Judicial power is distribut ed; ln Borne casese the Federal courts have jurisdiction; in other vases the State courts have Jurisdiction. -4 Ex ecutive power la distributed; ln some fields the national Executive is to act; ln other fields the State Executive is to act. The treaty-making power Is not distributed; it is all vested in the national government; no part of it is vested in or reserve to the States. In international affairs there ' are no States;' there is but one' nation, acting ln direct relation to cand representa tion of every- cltisen In every State. Every treaty made under; the author ity of the-United States is made by .1 !': V ! ' ' -y cr . . l t i3 iciudi'J la commerce, and "y all tha oth t. - Ou! ' IMPROVEMENT . ON THE GIN. ' Two Charlotte Men Invent a Device That May Revolutionize the Gln ning Business-There Will be ... a Saving of Cost in Production and Time One of the First Important Changes in the Gin for Many Years The Improvement Ha Been Tried and Tested . by Experienced Gin Men and Is "a Success. ' Messrs. T. M. Webb and T. J. Da- compared with many other cities of j vis have Invented an improvement Its size, Charlotte makes a poor show- upon the present doiton gin that Ing. Mr. Nolan enforced these views promises to revolutionize the system. by exhibiting views of Vance Sauafe. Cemetery Square, First Presbyterian church, a park in the heart of New York, and plans of Savannah and Washington. He also discussed In a suggestive way the importance of the railroad station as the gateway of a city, tne place wnere tne nrst Impres sion Is made upon strangers, and ho showed some beautiful slides of rail road stations in other places not only In this 'country but In Europe. He then turned to the discussion of the grounds surrounding schools and pri vate houses, Illustrating his remarks with Illustrations from CharloUe und other places. A slide in color of a Charleston garden, a typical garden ot the South, was particularly beau tlful. r .' ... , PLAY A NECESSITY. ' - Mr. Nolen was very much in earnest In what - he had to say . about play grounds. Play, he thinks, is not a luxury, but a necessity; It is not some thing that a child likes to have, It Is something that he must have, If he is ever to grow up into vigorous, worthy manhood. The boy in his play is obeying In the most literal sense ho lujuiivLiuu ' mum-iciou - luiiunualiy in The imDrovement has been test. ed and found' . to i . be. A success. The simple little touch given by these Charlotte gentlemen saves one third of the cost and half the time In gin ning a bale of cotton. In . other words, if the invention could be add ed to every gin in the country the oostof. ginning a 13,000,000 bale crop would be reduced , from, 126,000,000 to $17,333,334. i The old saying '' that "necessity is ,the mother of invention" is literally .true in this case. The power bill of the ginnery of the Elba Manufactur ing Company was so great that Presi dent Davis kept aften Mr .Webb to reduce It. Mr. Webb saw that he could not do this with the present gins, so he set his inventive mind to wwk n the gin with the results re corded in the foregoing paragraphs. and by the elemlnstlon .of friction Messrs. Webb and Davis have invent ed a device that will give a longer wtaple, reduce the time one half and cut the cost one third. , Expert gin men have seen the gin every fibre of his bodv. a man " tried ana tney aeciare that it is the Some people think that play requires best, and only material change made : wV. :, ; Efihu-Root . no special provision, because it Is in stlnctive. This is not true. There may be nothng to satisfy, this nstlnct for play, and gradually it is killed. Pljy requires its appropriate objectai piay-grouno, piay-tiungs, play mates. To illustrate Charlotte's pro vision for children's pleasure, Mr. No len showed a slide or boys playing in In the saw gin since It was invented. . The power cost now is about 30 cents a bale, but the Webb-Davis patent will reduce that 1 0 cents, and the bale can be ginned in half the limn. The ft vera fir a 80 aw elna turn ed out a bale of cotUm in an hour and a quarter. The Webb-Davis gin e utaviiiif ill' ... , .. . i ... .. . n. - . . . 1 a ' 1 1 1 i,r .mar Tl m. in . Turn i niiaa nna nr niir narvr Ifila ik. vut v. ....vi children with no pleasure-ground.! facts have been demonstrated time there are the children with a play- and time affaln at tne Elb3, plant on l UuliU tliwctw Alk wriivill lilt 'lay inSlinCX vw vi uaak wv.vk.'. has become not stifled, but perverted. , Judge Lindsay, the greatest authority A MAGNIFICENT FISII POND, on juvenile crime, has told us that a v - boy who breaks the law-is, times! The Artiflcial Lake at Great Falls, S. out or jo. simpry ooeymg a viui in- c., to be' Stocked With Boss A stinct, wnicn nas neen unaoie to nna; Fine Stretch of Water. a lncritlmata niltlftt. An I11ilt ra t lnn t of this subject of play-grounds, slides' 6 , art I "f1 ft ?reat were shown of wading pools, out-door, ls s- c' wlll.be one of the finest jtymnasluma. sand gardens, and aching places in the South Atlantic Mav-dav celebration at Blltmore.! State -within a few years, if the plan There was then projected on thai of Vice President W. S. Lee, Jr., of screen a preliminary plan for the Im-jthe Southern Power Company do not provedent of independence Park in miscarry. --Recently he planted 10,000 Charlotte, and the different features young black bass in the pond and he of the plans were described. The has evera,l other lots coming. He in lakes which are to provide opportunH ai tnr-ir th nv& with nniv th iL,0' .ft:. bea!i,fuL,rir! nnest quality of fish and then prohibit V Vmnt iiVMin Ti. their taking for several years to come, walks .in almost every direction, the. ,a w .mtnnt anA woodland, the provision for a band stand in a shady grove, tennis courts, play-grounds, and a ball field. Just now, said Mr, Nolen, play grounds seem to be receiving more When the lake Is well 'stocked and the fish are large, he "will 'issue per mils to a fow friends.. The most stringent regulations will govern the fishing privileges. The Southern attention than parks, but that is sjmp-j Power Company Intend to purchase iy because the move for parks is no a handsome little naphtha launch for longer an Issue. It was raised andj service on the "lake. There are few settled years agoj parks are now con- j finer ' stretches of water to bo -found sidered a necessity , of city life. They anywhere ; From the big concrete belong in the same claps.wlth streets. uman heart; Thiswater, lights, and transportation. U mii The natural canal which is many expressions, rresswd demand for try hoKH :i, In eura ::'o5;il!y in the rnn- ""i;r.r"; - r. i emini-, the bed' of the fora, to".;e vnnout thm, and H lake tt aoout a "'its r--' ' tar stabiishmc '" r-nvw thff - - ( -i int. tsun'lsht, it fhimmers as if the surface lc;;:.'ve.J.wer. flocked with diamonds. a r- a rrrrnn. by each to the other than entire har-j mony and good understanding result ed, .with a common desire to exercise the powers vested in each for the common good of the whole country, of the State, and of the city. . . The excitement has now subsided, so that it may be useful to consider what the question really was, not bescause it is necessary for the purposes ot that particular case, but because of its bearing upon cases wihich may arise In tho future under the applica tion of the treaty-making power of the Unted States to other matters and in other parts of the national domain. THREE DISTINCT QUESTIONS. It is obvious that three , distinct questions were raised by tihe claim originating with Japan and presented by our national government to the courts in San Francisco. The first and second were merely questions of construction of the treaty. Was the right to attend the primary schools a right, liberty, or privilege . . of resi dence? and, if so, was the limitation of Japanese children to the orlentlal sdhool and their exclusion from the ordinary schools a deprivation of that right, liberty, or privilege? These questions of construction, and espec ially the second, are by no means free from doubt; but as they concern only the meaning of a particular clause in a particular treaty they are not of permanent importance, and, the par tlcular occasion for their considera tion having passed, they need not now tSB discussed. . The other question was whether. If the treaty had the moaning which the governmnt of Japan ascribed to it, the government of the United States had the constitutional power to make such a treaty agreement wltih a for eign nation which should be superior to and controlling upon the laws of the State of California. A : correct understanding of that question is of the utmost Importance not merely as regards the State of California, but as regards all States, and. all citizens of the Union. -- - . There was a very general misap prehension of what this treaty really undertook to do. It was assumd that In making ad assorting the validity of the treaty of 1894 the United States was asserting the right to compel the State of California to admit Japanese children to its schools. No such quLlon""'vas Involved. -- That -treaty 0M not, l'.v ;,r,v po- '' ' construction. th national government,: as the direct and sole representative oi every citi zen of the Unltett States residing else where, It Is, of course, conceivable that under Dretense of exercising the treaty-making power, the President and Senate might attempt to maice provisions regarding matters which are' not proper subjects of internation al agreement, and which would be only a colorable not a real exercise of he treatv-maklncr power: nut so far as the real exercise of the DOwer eoes. there can be no Question of State rlsrhts. because the Constitution itself, in the most explicit terms, has precluded tne existence oi any such question. x IMPLIED LIMITATIONS, 2. Although ' there are no express limitations -upon the treaty-matlng power grantee to the national govern ment, there are .certain implied limi tations arising from1 the nature of gov-" ernment and from the otner provisions of the Constitution; but those implied limitations do not in the slightest de gree touch the making of reaty provis ions relating to tne treatment oi aliens within ouf territory. In the case of .Geofroy vs., Rlggs, which, in 1889, sustained the rights of French citizens under the treaty of 1800 to take and hoja real and per sonal property in contravention of the common law ana tne statutes or ne State of Maryland, the Supreme Court of the United states saia: "That the treaty power of the Unit efl states extends to all proper sub jects of negotiation between our gov ernment and the governments of oth er nations is clear. The treaty nower. 'as expressed in the constitu tion, is In terms unlimited except by those restraints which are round m that instrument against . the action of the srovernment or of its departments. an dthose arising from 'the nature of the government iteslf and of that of the States. It would not be contended that it extends so far as. to authorize what the constitution forbids, or a change in the character of the gov ernment,'- or m that of one of the States, or, a cession of any, portion of the territory or the latter without its consentT But with these exceptions" It is not perceived that there is any limit to the questions whicn can be adjust ed touching any matter s which is L, .tt.l k ;.i ; i rv scrh'ti.in hive fcc trt alios of friom!.-!. navl.r?tlon wit.li j ra er nations of the world. Such provis ions had been from time immemorial the subject of treaty agreements among the nations of Europe before American independence; ana the pow er to make such provisions was exer cised without question by the Conti nental Congress in the treaties which it rnaie prior to the adoption of our constitution. The treaty of 1778 with France, made between the most Chris tian king and the thirteen' United States of North America' by name, contained such provisions. So did the treaty of 1782 between their high mightinesses the States-General of the United Netherlands and the thirteen United Stats of America by name.- CONFERRED TREATY POWER. It is not open to doubt , that when the delegates of these thirteen States conferred he power to make treaties upon the new national government in the broadest possible terms and with out any words of limitation, the suo Jects about, which .they- themselves 1tad been making the treaties then in force were included ln,the power. '- ;'- :-- .- .'- ;- ' . ? 4. It has been settled for more than a century that the fact that a treaty provision would interfere with or annul the laws of a State as to the aliens concerning whom the provision is made, is no impeachment of the treaty's authority. The very words of the constitution, that the Judges In every State shall be bound by a treaty "any thing in the constitution or laws of any State to the" contrary notwithstanding,", neces sarily imply , an expectation that some treaties will be made In contravention of laws of the States. Far from the treaty-making power being limited by State laws, its scope is entirely Inde pendent of those laws; and "whenever It deals with the same subject, if in consistent with the law, it annuls the law. This is true as to any laws of the States, whether the legislative au thority under which they are passed is concurrent with that of Congress, or exclusive of that of Congress. A NATIONAL ' PREROGATIVE. 6. Since the rights, privlliges, and immunities,; both of person and prop erty, to be accorded to foreigners in our country and to our citizens in foreign countries are a proper subject of treaty provision and within the limits of the treaty-making ? power, and since such rights, privileges, and Immunities may be given by treaty ln contravention of the laws of any State, it follows of necessity that the treaty making power alope has authority to determine what those righs, privileges, and immunities shall be. . No State can set up its laws as against the grant of any particular right, privil ege, or immunity any more ' than against the grant of any other right, privilege, or immunity. No State can say a. treaty may grant to alien resi dents equality ot treatment es to prop erty but not as to education or as to the exercise of religion and as to bur ial! That Would be substituting the mere will of the State for the Judgment of the President and Sen ate in exercising a power committed to thefiv and prohibited to the States by the constitution. There was, therefore, no real ques, tion of power arising under this Jap anese treaty and no question of State rights. -; v :- - There' were, howeer, questions of policy, questions of national interests, and of State Interests, arising under ? the administration of the treaty and regarding the appli cation of its provisions to the condi tions existing on the Paclflo coast. There was one-; great and serious question underlying the whole subject which made all questions of construc tion and of scope and of effect of the treaty itself all questions as to whether the claims of Japan were well founded or not; all questions as to whether the resolution of the school board was valid or not seem tem porary and- comparativelyiunimport ant. It was not a question of war with Japan. - All the foolish talk about war was purely sensational and imaginative. There was never even friction between the two governments. The question was, What state of feel ing would be created between the great body of the people of the Unit ed States and the great body of peo ple of Japan as a result of the treat ment given to the Japanese in this country? ', EFFECT ON JAPAN. What was to be the effect upon that proud, sensitive, highly civilized people across the Pacific, of the discourtesy, ilislflt7ImputatlOTis of Inferiority and 1 - - Lt t..;- , '..tc.f . I t t..e...j tr- i t. ' of other countrh with C and insult are surc'y owln-; t. to ri -i p the 'h')i i - ' for a of sullen and reven;;aful hatrel never be a world of peace. A such a feeling treaties are waste ; and diplomacy the empty routl; Idle form. The great question overshadowed all discussion of treaty of 1894 was the question: At the people of the United States c 1 " o break friendship with the peopl? c Japan? That question, I believe, 1 been happily answered in the in i ttve. FINED FOR EXCEEDING LEI IT. Mr. Osmond Barringer AfijucToJ Guilty by Recorder of Exceeding i Speed Limit Fixed by City WI, ie Crossing Independence Square and taxed 920. ' A fine of $20 was imposed jby the1 recorder yesterday morning on Mr. Osmond Barringer. The charge was the crossing of Independence Square' by- thdefeftdlfClrt : at a greater rate of speed than Is permitted by the ordinances ot the city. Officer Malcolm was the witness1 flor the State. He said the machltaej crossed the square at a rate so rapid that he could not distinguish the oV cupant fix midnight. He Went to th establishment of Mr. -Barringer &,rl asked him' whether it was his ml chine which had just come down t street. Recelvtagvan affirmative vt ply. he instructed the defendant 7t. appear In court in the morning.- Mr. Barringer plead not guilty, sayf ing that while he might have exceed, ed the letter of the la-w, he considere that the circumstances excused th technical violation. It was ralnlnl and he was carrying three ladk "Nome. When the court announce its Judgment of guilty Mr, Barringc' said. "That's Just what I expected." "What do you mean by that t' mark?" asked Recorder Shanno: house. " - v ':, ".- i "What do you mean by that que.' Uon?" replied Mr. Bar ringer.. j "Unless you give a satisfactory e:' planation." was the reply, "your r mark will be considered contemptr 0U3." . -:,,,.:.,. , 1 "t did not mean my remark to be I construed," explained Mr, Barring1 a nave tne highest respect for ti court." '.:. - , ,.-,;'. And thus it blew over.';; ''-'' f- Jury to Pass Again Upon Wlttkows, Land Claim. ; I A Jury to pass'on the claim of r S. Wittkowsky for damages to i iana m the, vicinity of of "mosqu farm" on East Fourth street extf. sion t by broadening the Provider road, was yesterday designated ,?i Clerk of ' the Court Russell to im to-day. The claim grows out of fact that the township of Charl widened the road . at the part.; .; jacent .to Mr. ;Wittkowsky'a proper! taking 'several feet of his land r 1 utilizing It as a highway. A J 1 passed on the matter and he awarded $500 damages. The c was appealed ti3, the Superior Co and thence to the Supreme Court' North Carolma. The latter tribi; referred the case back and it is dn 1 oordance with this decree tha't 't Russel designated a Jury to mee' day and decide the question. ( Attention, Veterans t . ' Mecknelburg Camp, No. 882, t V.. will meet promptly this aftert at the, armory, No; 19 1-2 East FC street, in the Miller building, at o'clock Business of Importance ) be transacted. AH the, members requested to be present to make rangements for the Unitd Confedv Veeterans runlon in Richmond. , the old soldiers and sons and da ters oMhe. Confederacjrare- qorfi invited to meet with usT ' i By order of W. B. TAYLOR. " - Commancl H. H. DUCKWORTH, ; . Adjutant ' " The Virginia-Carolina gin Greensboro Saturday promises t one of; the very best games of season ln North . Carolina or ; South. , ... abuse aimed at them ln the columns of American newspapers and from the platforms of Arrterlcan public meet-, ings? What would be the effect upon ur own people of the responses that natural resentment for such treatment would elicit from the Japanese? , The first article of the first treaty Japan ever made with a Western pow er provided: - - -' , -. ' -. . . "There shall be a perfect, perma nent, and universal peace and a Bin cere and cordial amity between the United States of America on one part, and the empire of Japan on the; other part, - and between their people , re spectively, without exception of per sons or places." '; Under that treaty, which bore the signature of Matthew Calbraith Perry, we Introduced Japan to the world of Western civilization.- We had always been proud of her wonderful devel opment proud of the genius of the race that in a single generation adapt ed an ancient f uedal system of the Far East to the most advanced stand ards of modem Europe and Amerlo. The friendship between the two na tions had heen peculiar and close.i Was the declaration of that treaty to be set aside? At Kurihama. in Ja pan, stands a monument to Commo dore Perry, raised by the Japanese In grateful appreciation upon the site where he landed and opened negotia tions for the treaty. Was that monu ment henceforth to represent dislike and resentment? Were the two peo nl to face ach other across the Pa cific in future years with angry and I resentful feellngs7 - All this yas inev itable If the process which seemed to have begun was to continue, and the properly the subject of negotiation; government of the United States iook with a foreign country." 3. Reciprocal agreements , between nations regarding the treatment which Hon tlnue. the citizens of each nation shall re eclve' in the 'territory of - the other r-t!on are anon? th most familiar, - '" "" '"' 1 rxerrl'i'V nothing you can buy equals cade & Bak i i J al:61 ' for perfect cleansing and preservin of tLe teeth. Harmless, yet leave ths teeth gleaming white, and tl bretth pare. S5a, MCh $1.00. - I ;"v ""-"V"1 i mm L V M SATURDAY, APRIL 27T VAtlHt DAPEO New Ycrk Syc;ir MARY IIISSEM DE Mo! 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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April 20, 1907, edition 1
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