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:T"n ---; '."rr CIIAIILOITE, 11 C, SUNDAY 1I0IEONG, DECIPHER 1, 1907. so. ITILLIAIIS 13 KOllIATEDjCANKOi WILL BEVVD AGAIN , n. TiicSriAS riAiir? errnciL I 'locrat'o Cannm Nominates lion. J lu Wiarp Williams lor Speaker, Continuing IHui in Position of lixaorltr Leader For Sixtieth ConV gre Representative Small Pre enu Mr. WiU.nnis' Name aiJ the - Selection is by Acclamation "Fair, Aggressive .' Yet Conservative, the Uest Type of Southern Statesman- ship" -Mr. Thomas' Speech Well ' Jteceivcd Mr. Williams Thanks Caucus For Confidence and Dto cusses Need of 'Team Work." . " Washington,; Nov. t'J0. By ; agree 1ns . to , place ; In :J nomination for Speaker .Hon.. John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, the Democratic mem bers of the House to-day in effect de termined to continue him to the posl RmilHf Jnin0Ti kader . for the f f Mr n"688-' The' nomination of Mr. . Williams was agreed on in a held 4a the hall of the House of Reo "ntatives, beginning atT "clock ciayton, of , , Alabama. trem.l.i FKV'' Buffalo, , ai0t. Was Chosen aee.w.frV mraeaiately after the muibH ly after the orranixaHnn Repr'Pompletel .-ue at once to nin x- mn.--YJ ' m nomination 'Tr "ms tion and Mr Wiiiia,. . pps-by- aoclainatV0W" itm was ''wte'J M; i, 'raoLisV spiifem V ' i BoMki-J"00 Party for lvs. and br? e ' presenta- on leader f J i!0f .th3t nitna. Rh -l5 - n minority. .-John alpplT" r tl,e, SUtt of Missis- B"n.---tiw----Jtt-.vj,, Hhrear" as left the Dem-. ocratio hosts upon this flooiv w1?;' - , ' yat his post of duty and " In the forefront and fWlSKA. " "ma '-awe, adroit skillful T.?ZUr&e,m nd eucceVful. , - nis tact, and energy; power at nL gantoation and ability debater 'ylg Ja tte rank " under both his Dredeeemnm xt, tj..! ' I Mr. Itfchardson. f f !tht lnteect Wlity and iReltaf3r '.luu P xrtV those of the peer o either and Jhe superior In manr espeot f n V:. ver heen chosen the "Leader of the Democracy,-"-' -- ., ., ... pile itconfldence even an the Hukue- rirtts the white plume lof Henrr of xfavarre.-' t-.xt .r".-??. He to the ablest; debater 'to-day in S t bra?55f CoiKress, the most - tactful, -, BkiMful, , resourceful - leader Iemocracy hae ever had. and I hope to-e him continue to lead the mln- , ortty nntll tie takes his place as "Sen. - ator" 'jfrom Mississippi. . ' . KATIVB OP MEMPHIS. " " Bom 4n Memphis' fifty-three years - ago. Tennessee claims him as her gift d end brilliant son;' descended from North Carolina ancestors, one of whom fought t at King'- Mountain, North Carolina claims him by ties of blood and kinship; a resident of Mis sissippi since boyhood, that Common- . weittih, bts mother", home, feels a Just , pride i in, his ' brilliant career and achievements na a: sUAamam . The son of a father, mWtyr to the j'Lost Cause," who died at the head of hie regiment, the Twenty-seventh , Tennessee, at Shiloh. the whole South claims hJmr for he was baptised In the sacred blood of one of her heroes. . By study and training and inherit ' fcnee,, a i disciple of Thomas Jefferson, cy, the whole Democratic party claims! v With a naturally acute Intellect, rip ened and brpadened by travel and ex , pertenced and profound study, John Chant tXTIlflama 4 MiiAH.kiK Of men. r':.fwiV:V'v:;iy f,, v.j:.-.s;-,:ir - Educated at the best schools in this Tennessee, at the University of .Vir ginia,' at the College of France, and at Heidelberg, a lawyer and a planter, lie 1 also a scholar of attainments with the history of hla country and of politics at .his Angers' ends for ready ana instant use. - , - With the knowledge of the schools he possesses also plantation sense and bard common sense. -. . , - ' . ' POWER IN DEBATE. ' -- In debate t have . never seen him , lack fluency or information of self-pos- , session eren when measuring swords with the ablest debaters In the House, ' ,and I have seen him time; and. time again; when he had, drawn his 'sword ' from its scabbard, plunge ' it; In de- tintn tn tha ' Vfirv hilt - thmiitfti th thickest armor of hw adversaries and ' " parry ' th& most skillful and vicious thrusts of his Republican opponents. From the time he entered the Fifty third Congress to this good hour Jie has i never made a fight whore victory was ' possible , in Mississippi or here which 1' he did not win.. ' - 'r- . .41 no peia nis leaaersiup as a ' 'KMPt 'or Democracy;- perfected the the 4iVhniMnlttittii anil nnAkaA aa fl In " the power of mortal man the" Demo . cratkj iwlnoiity. ..'.. j K Courteous and polite to new' mem ' bers as well as old members,, an at ' tentlve listener to all Democrats hi has held in compact organizs tlon 1 1 narty by tact as well m ability a - never . before In my knowledge d urlng n. service of elsrhr vears in the. Ha rife. do- . tin tor n rfiurtRnufl nni lcmiui tipeci ana v-utuiuv ui uira-oiuns we love him. - ' AGGRESSIVE AND CTtfSfcfcV. 'A- ' , : T1V3. , Re-elect him nrinof'ty leader, fell -v Democrats, ana from - whatever ' part of the union : of states . you- roDie, to TVamocratlfl tMltcles. tou will tlnl ki im fair te f all, aggressive vet onra live, tne mat type or eoutnern states mansnip, oi a uemocr.ijy , rnich d ' Jleves with Jeffenoix '.n eijal rl?ht to all. and special prli;?r to no;. bo- s which opposes monopoly, .-.which stands lor strict construtljn, ani iands ways for the rights rf the roplj al io T)Tnwra.tlrt- In .iJ"nrhf Timrt,-i tatlc in demeanor, cordial to n'.l, pi.iln s nd for Fprakr jf the House .of Represent (Continued on Page Four). ins Tirnu imvi A3 rrLsrs .EepnMIan 7 'embers of FonsQ Xonii nate as Their la,! llou. Joseph , G. Cannmi, or l.iiiKV -Caucus At tended by Nearly AU of the 220 Republican Members Mr.- Porter Denied a riace in Republican Cau cus, Having IJeen Ueeted on In dependent s ;-Ticket Mr. Boutcll Places Mr. Cannon In Nomination . Mr. Cannon In His Reply Deals With a Number of Important Ques Uons. .-.7 -f . .: .: '. Washington, Novr 30. Hon. Joseph . G.' C&nnon, of Illinois, was to-night nomlnatej, by the Republican mem bers of the House of Representatives for his third term, as Speaker, anJ he will be - re-elected to that office upon the reconvening of the House at It o'clock Monday. The nomi nation was made In a caucus held in4 the House of Representatives whlth was attended by practically all of the 228 Republican members. The cau cus was called to, order at"" t o'clock by Representative Hepburn, of Jowa, . who presided. -r--. .i The' other officers : chosen - were: Uleianderw McDowell,.. Pennsylvania, clerk; ; Frank B. Lyon. New York, doorkeeper; Henry Casson, ; Wiscon sin, : - Sergeant-at-arms. and Samuel W. Langum. - Minnesota, postmaster. .p u , PORTER' RULED OUT. The' application of Hon. Peter A. Porter, . of the 84th district of1 New Tork, tor admission to, the caucus was rejected. Mr. Porter was elect-' ed as an Independent and had the support of the Democrats of his Jls--trfct Notwithstanding this fact he sent a letter to the chairman of the Republican caucus, claiming to be a Republican, and asking to be admit ted to a eatv-;;'-?;".niX ?'.;';f;,&-! ?t Mr. Boutell's. nomination of ' the: popular Speaker caused very general applause, and whetrtt appeared that no further . nominations, were to be proposed.' Mr, pannon was chosen by aitamatloivi?''''y ii' To Is colleague, H. S. Bolitell, fell the duty of placing, Mr.- Cannon In nomination. Mr. Boutell entered P hon a pwer. review or tne . nisiory ; oi the OHouse in the rnotterjM -speajter-shlp.. -f -' tt: (.. ; ' In political wisdom," he eald, "in knowledge , of the proper scone : of Federal legislation,' in Intimate ac quaintance -with the; needs ot alt sections of the country and of all de partments of government and In In spirational, (force, as a leader in par tisan and non-partisan - legislation, Speaker ii. Cannon. & never iha4 ,. a,.eu pertor?'-?f'! ':,Vj.-. kS!'hJy-' MR. CANNON REPLIES. . . : In Ws reply accepting the nomina tionSpeaker - Cannon - dealt with - a number of public questions. 'He Jus tified the large appropriations oi tne Jast session of the Fifty-ninth .Con gress and Indicated' very plainly his opposition to any policy1 looking to ward a too great centralization of the functions of government v . ; -- "We. have met to exercise the right of 'ne majonty. t organize the.jaouse of RepresentativesV h&- said, "and we must face the responsibility that goes with the privilege. It has been a decade since, the Republican party assumed - responsibility for legislation end execution; of law,- and in that ten years we have een suoh prosperity as" pever . before 'blessed any nation. The American peopje are . richer by many billion dollars than , they were ten years ago, end their wealth, as represented by iaoome "from work and wage, . is more equitably -distributed than - ever ' before. This has been tbe triumph of a people's gov ernment, under wlilch laws Inspired by the people, areworke out and executed by, the people's representa tives. f MUST FACE RESPONSIBILITIES. h ''We; must, face ' the ; responsibility for government without regard to the past.. The recent shock to ..business that has arrested commence, admon ishes us to approach our task . with soberness and courage, for we are to be Judged by the work of the present, not by Uie record of the past. : "The Fifty-ninth Congress had a prodlgiojis amount of work put be fore It, and .it accomplished more In the way of legislation than Its pred ecessors in many years. I ; i "By amendment and'otherwlse the Fifty-ninth Congress enacted " much of new legislation which is to be tried and . tested ..Supplemental . legislation may be necessary, but it should be enacted in the spirit of Justice and not of retaliation or revenge. . Tn providing for the public service during the . eirtieth congress , we should hear in mind that the develop ment of the country,' marvelous as it Is, Is still in its Infancy. The future will witness a - development and growth. more wonderful than the past has seen. 1 ' " "In my' Judgment, It Is not wise to Increase the revenues of the govern ment, nor -is it advisable to transfer burdens from the local and - - State Treasuries to the Federal Treasury tl foster a centralising power and re sponsibility, which of necessity, : de- velops quite fast enough. NOT A TIME FOR, EXTRAVA ' . . GANOE.' . ' , "We have ' been admonished .by events that it is not a time for ex travagance or excursions Into the realm of experiment in legislation;- It is my personal judgment : that we should hold fast the principles laid down by the fathers; that the Federal government la one of limited powers, but supreme where It has Jurisdiction, and that we should leave to the peo ple of the States the Jurisdiction not granted to the Federal - government, and also leave upon them the respon sibility and burden of taxation for the same, . . ' . i : We hear much of the power bt the people above and beyond party; but responsibility for error Is never divided. Tou have for the third time honored me with the , nomination as Speaker. I accept this as a duty, as well as an honor. , ' "I may make errors of , Judgment, but I hope to be acquitted of tny de sire or, intention to use selfishly the power placed in my Jiands, for, with the sense : of the great responsibility upon me, X shall approach this work as though, it were to be the final. act for which I snail be - Judged in the summing up of my public life." " Well-Known : New-paper ? Man Dies i-',..-w'; .;:;. Alter, Iiong, Illnens. Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 80. Thom as Telfair ; Stockton, business mana ger of The Florida Times-Union, died here this afternoon after a long, ill ness. - He was one of the best known newspaper : men In the South. i; S . ' Captain Camming Dead. ' Saeo, Fla., Nov. SO. Captain Paul Cumming, commander of the- light house tender Mangrove, now In this port, died suddenly to-day while eat ing dinner aboard the "vessel.-Heart trouble was the cause. T1IE f IK AXCIAL' SITUATION THEME ilIB, DAWES' ADDRESS Former Comptroller of Currency Charles G. Dawes Guest of Honor at Dinner Given by St. JLonls Com mercial CI nb ''Present Itmancial ..Situation, Its Causes and Iiest-ns," Ills Subject President Roosevelt .Not Responsible For Money Strin .gency Otesponslblllty Cannot Be Assigned to Any Particular Group of Wall Street Speculators Rccora. t; mends Change in Present Banking y System. - i -'-- - v. ; St Louis, Mo., Nov. 10. Charles. G.- Dawes, of Chicago, former Comp troller of Currency, was the guest of honoito-night;at a regular .dinner of the1 St Louis 'Commercial Club and made a speech concerning "The Pres ent Financial SituaUon, Its Causes, and Lessons." v .v; ' X' He declared that President Roose' velt Is not responsible for the recent financial stringency and asserted that neither, could the , responsibility for the monetary crisis be assigned to any particular- ; group of speculators in Wall Street He said the stringency resulted from too great a d lspropria tloa between the cash In which debts are redeemable and the debts thera-seles.- 1 ' . . -l f s - Mr. Dawes said in part: MR. DAWES ADDRESS. , .Charles G." Dawes, ot ChlcagOi . ex comptroller of the currency, spoke of "The Preeent Financial Situation, Its causes and Lessons." ; ' v ' He said in part: " ' ' "President Roosevelt U not respon sible for the panic of 1907 as his critics would have us believe; neither la any other particular group of spec ulators in 'Wall Street responsible for the expansion of credits which led to the present crisis. This Is no time to either praise or blame Individual ly.' This cause or that cause may have hastened, or may not have hast ened the panic It is well for us in these times to consider the fundamen tal condition and the fundamental causes, and close our ears to those who seew to lay the responsibility upon individuals. - The i panic of 1107, as has all former panics In the Unit ed States,; resulted i from i too great a disproportion between the 4 cash In .which -debts are redeemable and the debts themselves. . ' Now ( that : he liquidation of the credits of, the banks has proceeded to that point when the matter .of the resumption ot currency payments , Is only one of a few days., when confi dence in the banking institutions of our country has been again restored, as I believe it is. It M amiss to speak of the conditions which confront us. ' Never" In the hlstpry of the coun try have crisis svrcn as xnis wo a recently had in the financial circles of this country, been followed by oth er than periods of retrenchment That this period will 'bt shorter and less drastic than heretofore is the hope of us all, and It is my own belief. nevertheless, into this period we are Just entering: ; The first step we are ,T HOW, ?COUTI JSHUATJiiU. It might a well be recognteed now that the independent treasury system, of the United States nas largely prov ed its . commercial " salvation in the present -crisis. We have heard so much .loose talk Uurlng recent years about the- evils of the . sub-Treasury system and- iU locking up the cash of the country when needed In com merce and; business that we may as well recognise .its benefits '.and what we have escaped through it and it alone. f The difference between condi tions with, our Independent treasury and the s position which we wouia eventually, reach with. Its abolition la -that the -government would In . the latter case be 'hardup. for cash as well as the rest of us. From anoment of our putting the extra cash In ? the? treasury . into circula tion it becomes the basis of business and credits are built up above it under the ordinary operations of banking. . . . .., ., With this condition there would be a much larger colume of credits In existence and therefore : a irfuch greater embarrassment in business when , the Secretary-of the Treasury would find ' it necessary, to call upon the banks for money for govern mental needs. If any exception Is to be taken . with the management of the Treasury during the past re cent years. Ut ill In the ( fact Jthat, before Secretary Cortelyou'a admin istration, too great an amount of the cash of the government was allowed to go into general business In - the shape of public deposits where.lt be came a basis of credit, ; and the amount of cash left t: Secretary Cor telyou on i hand In the t: Treasury, which he has so well and so ably used s a means of relief in the present crisis, was such a small amount. : SYSTEM OF, BANKING. , " . The Independent sub-Treasury sys tem will never" be changed until we depart from our 'present system of banking. . The Independent treasury system Is absolutely necessary unless we have a great central bank, such as governments, of jEurope . have, where the extension : of bank credit In the central. bank is limited by the government necessltleev, In this coun try with ; independent banks, .- where the extension or pans creaits, i-oe-termlned" by general business' condi tions and the entrance of the banks, it la tolly to assume that we. can do away with the ; Independent treasury system and allow the hanks to handle all the cash of the government It to folly, , in my Judgment,.: for us to talk of Instituting a continental bank ing system in the United States. In this, republic of ours,: experience has shown that we could not keep 'the first or second, banks of. the United1 States out vof . politics, ... Nor could we be any more fortunato with the third bank or the unitea Btates, u we should attempt to found one by legis lation. ii " '- ' ,' ...'-' - ' The present banking system of the UnltedStates needs no apology. it is the greatest in the , world. . The banking power: of our country is greater than that of all continental Europe. , We have this great system of separate-and independent;; banks, and whether we wish it or not, or whether theoretically it ia the best or not we must lace as practical men the utter Impossibilities of reversion at this stage of our banking develop, ment to "any type of . banking funda mentally different i It Is impracticable politically - and from a business standpoint. Mr.- Dawes then discussed "The Very Foundation Stone of Banking Credits -Tne Matter or vara Re serves.'-. :'" .-ij i -i - " "The reserve laws of the nett'onal banks Of the United States," he said, "are faulty. The statute should fee amnjd so that but one-fltth Instead of three fifths of-the reserve of fifteen per cent required to be Kent by bank not ' renerve agonts may. consist of balances due from reserve banks, and the sec tion wjlch authorlze.3 banks in small er reserve cities to keep one-halt of their lawful money reserve In cash with central reserve cities should be repealed. - :: - - ' -' - ; : as fo elasticity, a - , As to elasticity, their Is no. ques tion that we should have an added elasticity in national bank nftte Issues. We cannot however, with out diver sified banking system safely devise a medium of bank aaset currency which can be used as an instrument of profit in normal times wldojt in juring its safety and stability. In seeking the fluidity of a circulating medium we must never sacrifice Its stability; for that which above all things la important V the, safety of the medium exchanges in terms of which our business is done. . An au thorisation of uncovered bank notes subject to a small tax and which . the banks can , use In normal . times for the purpose of business -proft' will re sult In increasing the dlsapportion be tween, cash and credits before such a crisis as that through which we are passing, and. therefore.. to the'extent to which they have been Issued, wlll- imenere witn ten amount of credit notes which could be used In a time Of ' oanic to lessen s.h f sawrttw at llnulilattnn . Tn ntW otaI . W V . . , RVU TW V ' want an emergency bank note circu-! latlon authorised In this countrv sub1 Ject to so heavy a tax that it can J only , oe used in times of emergency. This kind of ,a currency will help us out of a panto when we are in one and not 'Mlp us Into a panic when we are out of one. It cannot be us ed as a means of business profit and, therefore, as a basis of credits, specu lative or otnerwise, such a currency: subject to a very high lax can be made safe, -- It Is In its very essence temporary." it should be patent to. us au- tnat It is just as Important, to stop ballooning In finance 'as it Is to prevent too great rigidity -.in our cir culation. " .A GREAT COUNTRY. ' i We nave' a great v country with great natural resources, and Inherent financial strength end wealth. Our banking system is admirably adapted to its cevelopment A local independ ent .banker can' exercise a needed discrimination in his loans, here, un der, a branch of ban kin a- (Vatnm tho delegation of authority to be exercised at , a distance is or necessity so cir cumscribed as ' to interfere with the function of the banks as they n exist in the United states. When o-u-Country becomes older and our newer sections more , fully developed, it may then be profitable for us to seek the greater economy and many conven iences Incident to a branch banking system. But at present from both tha the Central ? Bank and the branch 'banking systems are far away, j Withra (four months we shall. have a reat reWndamcy f money in the United States; but wha t ' we call pros perity is, activity in exchanges. . In activity in exchangee spells depres sion no matter what' the money sup-j ply of . the country? may be ov what the money supply of the country may be ot what Jts.-naturaUwesitb.vi; The . basis " of business ia doufldenca and ; we may cherish no Illusion that thej imjjQirmtnt ot oonnaenco -wiuva . w witness . at present and which " com pelled practically ; at once the eus nenslon of currency cavments on the part of the majority of ahe banks, of t the country will not have Its 1 effect) upon activity In our general business. ; This panic was not ; developed by .irignr on tne pan tot wie peopie,. out by fear on the part cf the bankers that there was going to be fright oil the part of the people. This appre hension led. them to act almost simul taneously, itt .an attempt to "readjust their cash reserves; in other words, to make an attempt to get their cash reserves to the spot from which they sbioukl never have been allowed to de part in so great a. degree, in ,.the vaults of the bank where the liabili ties were for which they were pledged and not in the shape of a credit, upon the books of a bank in some reserve city.'.,-.- ' 'v-'- -; ? That simple effort to get' the actual cash reserves of this country distributed in fact, where they , were distributed ohly In theory developed that there was such an ; extension of bank credits that this -readjustment was impossible without the suspension of currency payments for a short time until there could be a liquidation of deposit balances against loan and an imporation of basis -money from abiWd, .together with an Increase in national bank note circulation, all of which has decreased the disproportion between the aggregate deposit liabil ities and actual catta on hand In the banks. What the situation needs, 1 therefore, from Congress, In my Judg ment' ! first the change In the laws regulatlnlg cash reserves! of national banks as outlined above, and, second, the authorising of a heavily taxed bank asset emergency circulation.' . ' FINLE ON RATE QUESTION. ."(' - ii -L " - ...-.--;...- Effort Should Be Made to Adltwt flatter, at 0nee Konthern's I-oltcy to' to Bring About This Settlement ; f Even Though It Involves Financial 'Sacrifice. . .Su ".v l" ' li V:; 'Charleston,' S. C, Nov. SO Presi dent W. - W. Flnley, of the Southern Railway Company, who U in, Charles ton to-night to respond to a toast at the seventeenth anniversary ban quet of the 8t Andrew's Society, In speaking of passenger' rate condition in the South stated that he believed It to be in the interest of the peo ple as well as the transportation companies that an earnest ' effort should be made. to adjust the mat ters affecting passenger rates now. In litigation In some of the Southern States, and It possible, arrive at a basis which would - assure t relative uniformity of intra-State passenger rates and at the same time an align ment' of Inter-State rates as well. ' Even though It Involves financial sacrifice, he said that It Is the policy of the Southern Railway Company to bring this about if possible, and that the public served by the South ern Railway Company In the States In which there has been no legislation-om this subject such as South Carolina, 'can rest assured that their Interests In the matter will be -fully protected by voluntary action on the part of his company. , He is encouraged to believe, that this pollcy has already commended Itself to the authorities of some of the States and will have a successful outcome, and he has no doubt that the results will Inaugurate an era of co-opeiatlon and harmony between interests that are In reality one and the same, ; . Miners Shut Off by Fire, Drytown, CaL. Nov. JO. Eleven miners in the Fremont Governor gold mine are shut off from) the surface by a fire, which Is raging at the 1,100 foot level, and all hopes, of rescuing them alive have been abandoned. The miners are working below the -1,1 00 foot level. - ' ' THE EXPOSITION CLOSES DIRECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT Director General Martin Makes State nient at Closing Exercises of James town Expofiiton Conditions Were lCxtremcly Embarrassing But Gates Have Been Kept Open Until Official . Date . of Closing Designated by Con gress Economy Practiced in All r Unes All Running ExpwfcM Paid in Full and In AddlUon 910,000 to Government. Appreciation and W Thanks For Aid From JYesWost, Army and Navy and Press, , ; Norfolk, Va.,; Nov. SO. Director Gen eral Alvah H, ; Martin, at the exercises incident vto the closing of the James town . Exposition ', to-night made the following statement: , t .- " . i'I, assumed the duties of , the , posi tion of director general for the James town Exposition on October 7th,' 1807, and at the time promised that the' bus iness of the' company should be faith fully; and 'economically administered tirlf! Hftl- trtntirt nlkl. anil that the gates 'should be kept open j . .11 4 . ,11. . . t .. ,1 ' uuiU iUio Qay oi jiuvemucr, iuo due of the official closing as designat ed by act of Congress, This promise has been carried out and I can confi dently eay that its atCairs have been administered In a practical business like manner, and its obligations nave been largely decreased. "The conditions confronting me on the 7th day of October were extremely embarrasing with many obligations in curred by the previous administrations and practically, an empty treasury. I could not attempt to pay the existing debt of the company but was compell ed to meet the back pay rolls for Sep tember and such of the running ex penses for that month ss were neces sary for the continuance of the expo sition, . It was entirely Inexpedient to pay any others. The amount of these Mils paid was 15,000 with v decreas Ing attendance as cold weather ap proached. ' . i " v - f MAKES PAYMENT. - - , - "During my administration all pay rolls, running expenses and obligations of every nature incurred under my di rection have been paid In full and in addition thereto the sum of $10,000 has been paid to the United States govern ment on account 'of the Indebtedness due by this company. This latter amount Is small and but for the diffi culty stated would have, been muqh larger, ' It to an earnest, however, of the Intention i to pay under circum stances which were peculiarly trying and unusual. . "My relations wrtn tne omcers ( employes of the company have beert. moat pleasant ; and I sincerely thank them for the cordial co-operation and j assistance which tney nave me In the discharge of the duties of this offlca v I also desire to XPM my appreciation and thanKS for the very cordial and friendly aid and co-operation of the President and the represen tauves of the United States gown ment thewartous State commlisloners, "my'-t?,WS v.a tvt.m and to all others wh7have cohtrlibuted to the .uccess of country, the State and this onon.an exposition' in which they jnay Justly feela pride awd one Vhlch has promot- btoad and PfZ'vkm anv with the people of the unitea SU?e? but wtthmany foreign coun tries' r-,'"1':-;:;. ''- ' ; FLQTTLIA READY TO SAIL.";, Lieutenant CoyinaerjCesy netting Ready For Padfic Cruise Morrow '-ethnsa Win Carry Pro ; visions and Supplies. - -l,., Norfolk, Va., Nov. JO. Following several months' of active prepara tion, the flotilla of six torpedo boat destroyers which is to precede tie Evans battleaW squadron to the Ps, ctflic caat is to-night praoUcaliy in complete readiness for the start on Its long voyage which begin on Mon day morning next. The task of fit ting' out the ; vessels composing the flotilla has been the most Important undertaken at this yard since the de parture several years ago or the first torpedo boat flotilla which made the long and successful voyage to t.ie Philippine. Islands where the vessels are still stationed. While the trip of first flotilla acors the Atlantic and subsequently through the Indian1 and Pacific -oceans established the ? sea worthiness of the class of boats com posing the flotilla about tp start for Ce Pacific these vessels are in no way designed v for the carrying of provisions, etci and the naval auxili ary Arethusa has been fitted out here and assigned as convoy anj supply ship for the trip beginning Monday. The Arethusa carries provisions and supplies for a much longer period than it to estimated will be required for the run to the Pacific coast and besides carrie la her great Jiold pro pellers., rudders and supply machin ery of all kinds that might be needed In a breakdown or emergency for any of the boats. Besides the fact that the flotilla to to make a greater num ber of stops; en route than the battle ship squadron soon to follow the ves sels are so small that the speeding of them makes , living most uncomfort able aboard and for this reason they will take it along moderately 'slow so an 4n In aura evefv tvrooilble romfnrt to the officers and men. Lieutenant commander uuicninson i. yone wno commands the flotilla, was busy all of to-day aboard his flagship, . the Whipple, -completed all. details and final plans of departure. The flotilla composed of the Whipple. Traxton, Lawrence,, Stewart, Hopkins and Hull, willj upon their departure . Monday pas immediately out of Oe Virginia Capes laying their course southward. '; Correspondjnts Name Committees. '' Washington, Nov, JO. 'The ac credited press gallery correspondents yesterday elected -the following stand ing .committee of correspondents which shall serve during the Sixtieth Congress as the body to man j go the galleries in conjunction with the Speaker of the House and the com mittee on rules of the Senate; T. J. Pence, Raleigh,' News it Observer;" J. (P. Hornaday, Indianapolis News; Maurice Splaln. Pittsburg Post; C. S. A'bert, New York World; A. J. Dodge, Bt. Paul Pioneer-Press. Manager of Stock Company . Skip With Big Sum. , i By Bell Telephone to Tits Observer. . Wlnston-Satem, Dec. 1, 2 a. m. W. C. Hutton, manager and treanurer of the Hutton-Balley Stock,' Company, which has been playmg here and goes to Charlotte this week, skipped last night with; 1500 of the company's money, leaving it with only Ml to pay all debts here. Many salaries of players are left unpaid. Mr. Covo, of Charlotte, wtll tome over lo-tlay to take the company to Charlotte, AEGUMENTSOF ATTORNEYS DEFENDANT , MUCH AFFECTED Great Crowd Fills Court ? Room to Hear Addresses df Eloquent Law yers in Bradley Trial Mr. Turner . Carefully Review s Testimony and Analyzes Conflicting Statements Mrs. Bradley Collapses When 1 She . Recognizes Pistol With Which Sirs Fired Fatal Shot Mr. Wells Fol lows Mr. Turner in an Impassioned Plea For His Client Court Ad journs TITJ Monday When , Argu ments Will Be Concluded. '- Washington, v. Nov. JO.--Eloquent lawyers to-day made . effective ad dresses before the Jury 'In the case of Mrs.;- Annie M. Bradley : on trial for the, killing ' of former" Senator Arthur M. Brown, of Utah, in this city ; last December. 1 ' " ,' There was a large gathering' . in Judge ; Stafford's court room,; and all were eager listeners to the argumenu for and against the defendants As sistant District Attorney Turner open ed the final proceeding with a care ful review of the testimony, analysing in a masterful manner many . .con flicting V statementa; x He frequently grew eloquent and evidently affected the defendant by his powerful review of the-case. , . .-; He was followed, by Robert Wells, of counsel tor the defendant ; who concluded his impassioned address by declaring . that Arthur; Brown himself was responsible for the fatal shot as It was his acts that had fired the overwrought brain of the defendant and brought on his own destruction. RECESS -TILL' MONDAY. - T Court then took a recess until Mon day morning, when four hours - will be devoted to arguments, at the con clusion, of which and the - judge's charges, will be given to the Jury. Mra Bradley collapsed under the strain which she has suffered since her trial began, and when she reach ed her room In the lower Corridor of the courthouse at the end of the ses sion to-day It was necessary for at tendants to administer restoratives. It was some time before she was able to return, to the Jail. . While Mr. Turner was describing the - scene of the killing of Senator Brown an attendant delivered to the district attorney a small package con taining the pistol that had been used by Mrs. Bradley. ; The defendant evi dently recognised the weapon as it was uncovered and, laid at a conven ient place near the speaker. - She low ered her head and her ' frame was shaken by, a convulsive sob. Closing her eyes she remained ' as if In - a stupor, only occasionally looking . to ward theury and watching their faces...;;----" 'v-'-i--.. The attorney Insisted that the Jury should cast , aside all sentiment and treat the case exactly as If a man had done the shooting. He exhibited tho defendant's pistol to the Jury, togeth er .with, the handbag 4 with which lt was carried from Salt Lake City un til Senator Brown was shot V He reviewed the evidence of insan ity and declared that only the most trivial Incidents could be cited to jus tify such theory.' He Insisted that the jury should discard all thought of the mistreatment she had receiv ed from Senator Brown as It could have nothing to do with their decis ion. I :" .-...-t WORSE THAN A SCANDAL. Mr. Turner strongly appealed to the emotion of the Jury.. He declared that Mrs. Brown was an outraged wo man and that Clarence Bradley was not a very bad husband and . Mra Bradley should not have been un happy with hint. The cass, he said, was worse than a scandal and a stench. It was a pretty dangerous W.JnSt.l1.t! .mI. n0t her husband more sacred : than . does his wife. He did not care whether1 she was brilliant or not "When we take God's law Into our own hands." he said, "we become pretty danger ous creatures." He recalled, Mrs. Bradley's efforts to Induce Senator Brown to secure a divorce from his wife at a time -when the wife was stricken with cancer and said that that act Involved cruelty even greater than that shown in the shoot ing of Brown. He ridiculed the idea that the defendant had had sepsis.. ; : "Sepsis," he said, "sets the blood boiling and sets the pulse to beating. Why, even a horse doctor could have told If she had sepsis." Ha continued to ridicule the testimony that she suf fered , from toxic insanity.' , , M , MR. WELLS SPEAKS. Mr. Turner concluded his argument shortly after ii o'clock and was at once followed by Mr Robert Wells, of counsel for the defense. " ' : 1 Mr. 'Welle spoke with- great ' force and at once took up the plea of in sanity, saying that if Mrs. Bradley had been sane and, wished to kill Ar thur Brown she had thousands of op portunlties to accomplish that purpose tctivtty of the former and to release n.dt2ver nv? hlr f ri4m5: ' the latter from a burdensome and a - "When she shot Arthur Brown she most dtoagreeable "duty ; forced up shot the thing she loved." declared 1 on then nut thai- hn nhiiminn the atorney In tragic tones,, "and she still loves him to-day." , . The defendant was so greatly over come that Judge Powers, of her coun sel, moved his chslr to her side to save her from falling forward, 1 Mr. Wells concluded his' address with ' quotations . from' Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter," and - declared that Brown - hDnself .'was as much, respon sible for that fatal shot as was Annie Bradley, because It was he who had caused to , be planted within her the fatal disease that had resulted in the shot , "Whatsoeverra ' man soweth, that also shall he reap." quoted the attor ney, as he took his seat - The court took a recess at; 12:60 o'clock until Mondav moraine.' t Exploding Bolters Wreck Building of It exceedingly awkward. He has sent 1. Maine Central. v : out an order to Cabinet members, Brunswick. Me., Dec. 1. The boit-j 1!'?? '' T ers of the heating apparatus at the? f;-MlthwI'0,,r-?. tor Maine Central Railroad station ; ex- Ie"?r.lntfi tt feta- f nloded shortly after midnight, biowl f!?!f"iiftcto.ay othto eftheir fng the roof entirely eff the station how .C4tl h -'toH them that and reducing the building to a mass 'or ww, rnan, of wreckage, ; Three men are known Jbom he shall designate? Of cours... to have been injured, and it to tear. :p?,?rr.,t-4:ytBlnK"hut then, ed that others-are under the ruins. . The Bangor & Portland night trainlWlflCN TAFT ARRIVES, LOOK OUT. had pulled out of the station about' tnree - minutes beiore tne v explosion occurred.. NlKht Riders on TrlaL ' Nashville, Tenn., Nov. SO. James Grow, Dr. 8. C Hasklns and Georse Sanders, alleged night riders, are on the adamant that the 'President trial at Clarksvllle. jxTenn., . charged Taft are out On tha whos. it wich destroying tobacco plant ; beds. ; anfely be predicted ttint s-:-i The Jury In. the case has been com-' towards the ml ' ct 1 pleted. Owing to the prominence of ; there will be some news to the defendant, the trial Is attracting j the preleul...l f. . much attention, . i u :n OBDEfi KOT PASSED AN'D WILL NOT EE, IT i : The Warning-Intelligence Con rated to Cabinet OSIccm ty i President About a Third Tef i : Yet Handed Along to tlio It; OfficehoMers One Effect of i News About the Order Is to 1 Many Delegates at Sea. Fspecl ; In the South Will the pre.vi t t Designate Tsft as the Man to V For? Something Interesting LHk- ed For When tlie Secretary Ceii - Home. ' ' :;- . Observer Bureau. . H Post Building,' "" Washington, Nov. 39. It Is something like two weeks since the first announcement was ma' from the White House, through cer tain ones authorised to speak, that the president . was so j set against a third term that he would order the dismissal of any Federal . officeholder who should be found active in.' pro moting the third-term idea or ; who should go to the Republican conven tion pledged to his jenomlnatlon. It is some four or five days since the somewhat spectacular announcement that the President had actually writ ten a letter to members f the Cabi net directing them to convey, ' the warning-intelligence to - their subor dinates, though it to true that this di rection specified " naively that the aforesaid warning-intelligence . should ibe sent to said sunordinate "when necessar' However and whatever, the most careful search on the part of Cabinet officers uid such expert feel ers and moulders of sentiment as the Hon. Generalissimo Frank Hitch cock and the Honorable Leftenant Uohn G. Capers, has failed to- reveal the tact that anywhere'or at anytime so far has it been found necessary. Up to this Hour the order; has-, not been passed down the line, and the question asked in thto correspondence when the announcement was made and the fact revealed that the Presi dent had really, written a letter to the members of his Cabinet, still remains -unanswered. That question was .and stilt is, Will ' word be passed down the line T From present Indications It will not be. Certain it, is that there Is no present Intention of any v'ene hereabout so far discovered to send any such " warnlng-tntelUgence" rtto the Federal . officeholders throughout the States, and-they, are doing Just what they were before that to, work-' ing' and shouting for the President; for a third term. -. Captain Capers, Commissioner of Internal. Revenue, was called down for saying that the order had not gone forth and that so far as he knew t It was , not going forth. In truth, it Is u.Ite well known' that the great, man at the White House j himself ..sent for ( the . person of the. ;Commiiwloper aad showed htm the letter and gave him to understand that he had really and truly . written..the letter ; to Cabinet taln Capers was given to understand that he was expected to send out the order, though' It la. rather well known hereabouts that what really and truly did happen was that the rather, en thusiastic Roosevelt rooter who now fills the -office of Commissioner of In ternal Revenue was cautioned against. ak Mttak ' ttaaa Kt enniltrt Am. eMll est ' vr as w h"V v 119 aaavutaa -sjig puii- tics, and- that was about AIL Anyway the status of things has not material ly changed since the so-called , wcall down." r. i. tvjit' '-i'i'f:yh TUB EFFECT OF, THE ORDR. ' There has been one effect how ever, of the publication In the news chwe h support of his appointees papers that tne president ' Aad es- for a third term and that he would look with a frowning face, with ' an angry display of the teeth, upon those of his appointees who should continue to work up third-term sentiment. This effect to to put at sea a, large humber of delegates, especially in the South, whom Hitchcock : and Capers had lined i up for Roosevelt- - For these two energetic and enthuslastla field-agents had pretty much, shaped up the whole thing. The programme was alt fixed to have the South begin the . thing, by holding early conven tion and sending delegates onststlng largely of Federal officeholders to the convention, all ; pledged to vote for Roosevelt Practically every Federal officeholder in the Southern : States has been lined up for Roosevelt By the persistent efforts jnd the astute generalship of the two v gentlemen aforesaid, they were not only m line bot they were hard, at work, working and shouting nd pulling wires. Now among these there are two classes: Those who wanted to werk for Roose velt's nomination and those who had to. The effect of the recent promul gation, if there has been any effect at all, has been to put a stop to the nor to there any enthusiasm ?on the stars w jw umvi a aa,nvilViW. W UV li " er officehodders or not to support any other enan, - They do not know Mr. Taf t,V and. they do not care -.'anything about him. Ahd : there has been no euuri . Wi iint wnn up ior mnyDOdy else, and they do not consider now that they are hound to anybody. As v matter of fact as la quite welt knoa-s, the average outhem Repub lican to "' used to - being told - what to do, and tt may be that should the President tell them now. to vote for Taft they will do It But ,the Presi dent has not ordered anybody 10 vote for Taft and the situation to such nw that even if he wanted to do this. which is exceedingly doubtful.- to say the least. he would find ; himself up against a situation which would make Mr. Taft Is coming home froi J far-Journey before very long. T', there will be either some more p nouncements, from the inner c' through those "authorized y.. or there will be some quite a: tie leaklnits throuzh some erevi
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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