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; :.t j a y. CILUILOTTE, C, TIIUIISDAY HORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1107. PEICE c. iElL UN TLUSTS or j i r puis. ' - !. r 1 t V i I t.i l V. aikim- '"""-'who tt;m to l.is Constituents ' Yi.ih !-Hfriil Irii-t scalps Jianpuijr i t lUSl.eil. lliilil.H l.(Jxi r l.is ImiKUienre and Awn kens the fennie t'linnihcr ni a it -. . l.lj l , ..torical 1j rotcchnks-The Senate ond lie Oalienes Wte 11 -n RoeUcfeLer and the, Mnd "' IM1 a" Dose When Will Soon Put tv Quietus on the Octopus. , Washington. Dec. 11. Passionate oratory marked the, proceedings of .the Senate to-day. Senator Jefferson P'avls, of Arkansas, who when t. ,taJ ArirA tVint he mould a'iaclt the trusts immediately fcfter tald . , . . . 1 l, jmlaa- his seat, has fulfilled his promise, although he was a few days late In , doing so. The) speech was filled with can authority Itself and " take the, hag delivered himself of one of the sensatjonal' Declarations and was nworn testimony of , Mr. Havemeyer, ( most remarkable apeeches ever made -ivfli with' that vir fir; whirh the' thB rat sugar king, who has gone to , ln the United States Senate, i The ef , glveif with that vigor for wh en " hl9 reward, it good or bad, y who , fort of the man ft Arkansas was Arkansas .Senator: Is famed-In hl,has gone fcvtnat land and that clime, disappointing to; every one. .' There own State. Qualn phrasing, pointed, where St: Peter does not take 'sugar, was nothing original in his speech denunciation' and "'evidences of ' ln!ln his,: and' where money la of ; no 'but Its crudenesa and rudeness. Peo- marks. He was jtlven a careful hear-f Jng by Senators and the galleries were well filled throughout the time he held the floor. Beginning, shortly before 1 o'clock, he spoke for a lit tle more than an hour. Atthe close of the speech the Senate , went into executive session and' at 2 I b'clock adjourned. The House i was not In session to-day. ' ' . NO PATIENCE TO "WAIT. , Senator Davis began by declaring that It was not his purpose tb. re tain his seat in the Senate, untlt his hair, shall" have grown" gray before taklnr uo' his work actively in " that body. He proposed to present juiclc- j Jy. fearlessly and as Intelligently as, he mlghi some, of the living, . burnfhg " Questions beforo the American peo ple." It was for that reason he had determined to speak upon his bill to 1 suppress trusts, pools, 'combinations and conspiracies. . After declaring ' that: bis bill, i vigorously enforced. would kill the trusts, Senator Davis, :. with dramatic effect, challenged any Senator . to ;step forward and-con-, test the Issue with. him. Is - Speaking of the annual appropria- tions for the expenses of the govern ment amounting to $800,000,000, he turned ''to Senator Beverldge ,and si added: , 'PHe it un on this floor and let my good looking young friend. the Senator from Indiana,, start' to count it He would be as old' 3 Methuselah before ; he could count half of It? ' " ? The Senator detailed approprla,- -tihna." made- for i maintaining , the White House, f " ' TONliT'riVE---AT,HOM-l. Vv! " 'And yet,"' he1 continued, "Presi dent Roosevelt has Mf five Children . j-t home.". ' - The inadvertence of speech brought i laughter from all parts of the cham- ' "Everything," ' declared Senator ' Davis, "Is 4n a trust except acorns and eraimmons." ' v '"Holy Writ 'admonishes us to go ' Into the vineyard and work. ? I have found nothing in the Good Book that warrants any of us going. Into the vine vara to corner all the grapes - "The President" he said. "has 'taken off the dollar the ? words 'In i God we trust. It's time to take im 'k off II wonder -what" the grand old tiartv la coinr to nut on the dollar? . Y 'Thls panic was started, by , thes ' trust magnates and stock gamblers i In order that they might take from i 1 the ; cotton : producers Jalf -v ofj their property' ne aaaeq. , 1, , FOR THEJ. UNDER DOO.- ' "Mm forth under dog, Senator McLaurln," he said, addressing - the Senator from Mississippi, who sat before him. : "Whenever you hear of , a v dog fight Just say ..'Jeff Davis Is ' for the under dog."."' - '' ? 4 He read some statistics - on the ? Btandard: Oil Company and,, stepping . -ut -: into the centre , awe,.stampea . . his foot and said: 1 "The Standard Oil Is .the old ne ' trust of the country.' It is the trust : . . that has all th paraphernalia and earmarks . of a trust.- ' I - dislike Standard oil. I hate the smell of enai oil. Petroleum makes me sick. r Oh, sir, something ought ,to be done h tjo eurtairthe great power 'of Uhis 4 monster trust John D. Kockefeller's trust the great Standard Oil trust "I undertake to say," he continued., ' "that if this bill is t enacted into a -law, and faithfullv and- honestly ' .executed, trusts will be wiped from i;.'ths face of the earth and ,no longer will! we feel their grinding and de ,ftroylng grin on the arteries of trade " 'and comiBerce." ' - - V-; ' - , Av domestic corporation found -fixing the priee-.of any article 'would, by- his blllAhe said, have its charter ?. forfeited.- ad a foreign corporation ; vf guilty of such an" act-would -:-not be I Vfyiiwed to do business In the United Flafe. i PRESCRIBES THE .DOSE. 'ti,. tni.r vn said ' Senator Da- vis "is a -cancerous sore-' !' upon ' tha upon this earth, that was ever' In . noiitie lust as uoon the human augurated in this japltal, in my Judg- fcody.' The only remedy, the only sue- ment.waa olJfblue Jeans, old Hickory r essful treatment is" the ' surgeon's Jackson,' who rode his horse to the knife. Cut It out y the rootdestroy White., House dreaaed in,, suit of " the virus befqre the whole body poll-j .bhw Jeans.'tr " ",T-trn,?ts ..'""'"ti,;.?.'; t'-i. Affected and destroyed." Mv.He denounced stock srambttrr and . Congress should not hesitate In Its iwork of destroying the trusts because . of, any fear: of. unsettling Dusiness, no continued, . tie spone 01 um eiwnmu ,antl-trust law. "Has it proven ef fee tual?" he, asked. Has it destroyed - a single trust? Under Its operation have thfy not grown strong, defiant, and arrosant,? Almost for 17 years the Sherman anti-trust law has been upon our statute books,- more than four times as long ' as t took ':ha North to wear out tne oouui upon mw Woody fields of battle. Nearly seven years of Mr. Roosevelt's strenuous tel-m has jjassed with all the machln- ery of the government at his - back, with the great power 01 tne , v-mej, iF.xeeutlve In his hands, yet I ask will some Republican Senator upon ;inw floor tell me one .trust that he has even tamed, much less destroyed. ' , ' NOT TRUCKLING YET. : ' " "Ah Mr. President, it was stated by the metropolitan press neiore 1 enter ea in w usimi wuj, h'iiuuj, '-w, that before I ,had been in the Senate six months the trust magnates would have me feeding out of tnclr .hands. I may soars crumbs with a xazarus, bvrr 1 swear to you to-day, by every; God In the calendar, that I shall nev er eat from the hands of a mammon. -,'-wsTt to ssv to vou, ir, and to the members of this fcenata that you' need not lose any sleep about a cor poratinn r-'.:"T its rights. You np?1 not lo.-e any swop about unjust dis criminations a?jl;it-t thtm. They will take care of themselves. T,uz rather shonlil rmr solii'itn,lA h fnr the man bears the burdens of the govern-. mpnt ... t t . "This Is an aee when men have nno frc-ic, fnr TV TV,, la a .h on. ..... uviu.i lii a isj u t i ...- - - - i n-fcan e i"""- " wU" VoVd n our souls, our government, our of mammon. What is money, Mr. , ?r 1 tls , r,nn wear (ou cannot eat It. lou cannot ear it your.snroua nas no pocxewn u uu st Pete ... , receive it forbad mission Into the golden gates., r fr CAtJSB :OF TWTB ALTH. ? j ' J"when; we look to the leading cause for thJs srreat wealth uoon the part ot these great P0ottf-B f causes leading to their formation, '.o the f ormattonf trust g w4 are corn- Bened to ko no further than Repttbll-i He recalled Mr. Havemeyer's state- k ,.Bion that "the tariff Is the mother of .trusts. "Under the operation of this sys tems of . government" ihe said. "fifty one men in the United States, multi millionaires,, Jit you : . please, ? ; have amassed a total fortune of 1 8.29 St- 000.000. Of this 51; John D. Rocke feller, the oil king of the world, leads -with ' t 0 0, 0 0 0, 00 0, Andrew Carnegie, the steel king of the world, follows with, half this amount. '' The Secretary - of Commerce and Labor has calculated, he said, that all of he property owned by 89,000,000 American citizens is $107,000,000,00, so that these -51 cltlaens own one thirty-fifth of the entire wealth of the nation. , . . . ; , . , t t ,' -j -. MONEY , 1 KINO. ' V . " VWJiat ' an , alarming concentration of wealth; what an alarming concen tration ofpower," he declared. . In this day and' time money la kirig: money. Is God. . -Without It tha doors of opportunity are closed, the . doors of society are shutc Tea, even in some 1 instances . the doors ot the church do not: welcome so enthusias tically the- man In rags and tatters as the man with million. How shall this condition be changed?. How shall this government be saved ? - One way and one way only, that is to kill; destroy, annihilate the source of all this evil the' trusts. - ' ' -v . He : explained that his till -would not permit corporations to sell their products In one part of the country at a less price-than they sell such products ln another part - . "What is needed-w-aay v.Dy. tns trust magnates of this union in order to make them respect the law, and obey its solemn mandates,' he .said, "Is that they be treated like ordinary felons; that the strong arm of the law be laid against them Just as It would against a horse thief or any one else charged with a crime. . land them In the penitentiary; place felons stripes 'the doxology of a misspent aire,' up on them. nd you will see the trusts are busted and the people will -get relief. Ah, sir, one trust magnate ln the. penitentiary of the United States, one trust magnate with felons' stripes, one trust magnate as a living example and object lesson (tnat the law is greater than' any; man, that the law Is 1 above and (beyond vs all, that the hiw'Droteots tha weak and punishes the strong allke would , be the most wholesome example that could e set in this republic to-day.; y 'i He declared ' that while; he Hs an alarmist he Is not in anarchist or a socialist. y v ? " 'Vi-,, . y -.-s ' "There Is too much gold," ; he de p1ard. "there is tdo . ttutcli glitter; there Is too much gloss; there Is too much of tinsel, and I say, sir, that unless timos and' conditions change, it will not be long before the 'Ameri can statesmen will e -wearing - knee breeches with brass buckles and pow dered wigs and bowing to semi-royal tv." . . ; He spoke of the great expense of the government. .. ' 1 - . "Our President.''1 he said, "andlI speak of him in -?he most respectful terms,. braids his salary of $50,000 a year, and I nay that is not" excessive, is paid by, this Congress 125,000' a year for traveling expenes, and ap proximately $113,000 annually for liv ing expenses,- Ah, Mr. President this Is enormous. . This is unreasonable. The President of "the United , States has five children, I believe. It Is true that he should live Jn accordance with the1 dignity of the position which he occupies the greatest executive upon the. face 0 the earth, but Mr, Presi- dent, I have the President 'skinned a city block In the matter of family. I have eight children and it don't take $113,000 for my living expenses, No, sir the greatest Tresldent that sver lived said he .wouldrdo away with gambling in cotton, grain and the necessities of .lire. . SHIPPERS BEIIIXp;m' Cases Against Southern Railroad For Alleged Coal Rate Discrimination IiOf Koine, of Their Interest and the 'Reason Why. Bristol. Vft Dee. 11. Strnnr int! matlons were made by Special Exam- jner j. Edar smith, Jn the Investlga tlon under direction of the Inter state commerce rommLnslon, , in 1 the cases filed by the City of Bristol against ( the Virginia & Southwestern ana nouinern auways ior anexea dscrlmination in freight rates on coal. in Bristol to-aay,?tnat tne city was not the real complainant,. y but ihat coal shippers In the Black Mountain field were behind t.ie proceedings. "I am opposed to seeing the pro cesses of the comtn''on: prostituted - . t 1 j,ave seen tvldences of It In these esses. II the' Black Mountain people have a-complaint, they should come out in the open and not hlJe be : nmd the cloak of the city. The city attorney takes no part and It has be gUn t appear wliy he Joes not.",' - t. t. M. Barr. former, president of the ' 'ge aboard Air Line, ss wen as ofher prominent railroad ofScfais wers-wlt nerves at the hesring. whlrt was con - ' eluded this afternoon DAVIS IS CJBUPE ASDBUDE HE KEEPS A CAMTAIGX TKOMISE Arkansas Junior Senntor Bends the Ait and Paws the Floor AMille the Perspiration 1 lows His Friends llxeuto His Conduct by Saying He Promised His Constiuents to Intro duce This Kill With All Its KanU ness and Habidiiess 1 Disappoints ... Kvery One and Jlany, Xeaye the Galleries After listening to lllin a fihort Time -His Climax Reached When Hell on Earth is rreditted-r- 601,10 Mcn Cnamn c,ark ,lelieve H W T Dc M n ... Includeu, Down Free lail Delivery For Gastoni ..and Hickory Dobson Gets Goldsboro PostoflQce. r BY H. E. BRTANT. Observer Bureau, t Congress Hall Hotel, t; Washington, Dec-11. ' The blow has fallen; .Jeff .Davis f Die who do not know are trylns to know why a new member to-the dig- nlfied law-making body In this coun try, should do a thina- w unseemly. so uriealled for j but, those who are close to Mr. Davis claim for hlnj that he promised his constituents In his campaign for the Senate to make just such an oration when he got to Washington. U He vowed on the stump, if elected, he would Introduce bill. -which, if it became a law, would out John D. 1 Rockefeller rand others of hif class b the stripes of a felon. v The bill was the excuse for the j-. nerformanee -of f to-day. His oeech was nothlnr of an argument but all of what one would expect in a . eheao. : dfemaeosrical Stumo speechi Those who had heard that the Jeff Davis, of Arkansas, was a kinsman of the cultured gentleman "who led the Southern Confederacy hoped to see in him some relic of the sweet na ture, the refinement and the erentmry of - the great Jeff Davis; : hut they were , - disappointed, " for there : is a lck of all of - these in ' the - young Cicero from ' the ! Southwest. In the rugged. -Tillman, whovset , the .Senate on its ears ten years ago, there was manliness, brain and power:' but in the freak from Arkansas there seems to be Uttie more than physical energy and virility. . ON HAND VERT EARLT., Mr. Davis was the fJVst'man inthe Senate chamber to-day. He came almost an hour before the appointed time and took his seat near tne rear door, , Just at the end of . the middle aisle, and ' began to run ' over ft lot nf nnnnrs that covered his desk. : He wr rettintf r toeether his thunder, Hearing that the man from Arkansas was alone . in the great Jiall. Senator Overman, of North cgrouna. wem in to- pas the time of day. with him. The scattering -pectatons in the gal lariAs 'hd titu trouble ln locating the man- who wa to take, a rank hold In the -Senate this day.. Mucn to w surprise of newspaper 'men, the. crowd had not begun to assemoie. iuo seemed to be ft lack of. interest up to 11:30 'O'clock,' thirty minutes be fore the Senate was called to order. Finally, -however, the gallery and all except that ' set aside for ' the diplomats and their families became crowded, and many .seeking admis sion stood in the corridors. Many members of the House ana cieras 01 Senators occupied space on the rear of the floor of the chamber. fs (- - . STANDS LIKE A . GHOST. . ' ' , -VWnrtw.flva minute after Vice Presi dent-Fairbanks rapped his gavel an t Rev. , Edward - Everett Hale, : s the chaplain, had1 said his prayer, Jeff Davis introduced an anu-iruet: cm and asked the unanimous consent of the "Senate for permission to speak. The Senators .turned v in their seats and faced the man' ot the floor and every one in the galleries leaned for ward to see and hear. Clad in a gray frock j coat,---with white shirt, black tie. and neatly polished patent leather Bhna. the lunlor Senator ironni kansas souared himself to- pay : hi respects to the octopus.. In his ap parent embarrassment atvfaclng such a' distinguished, body - of men, the blood left his face for ft moment and he stood there like the ghost 01 a departed giant; hut soon he regained his nerve and began to beat the air. He thrust out . with his right hand and pawed 'the floor with hti left foot. When, he had been speaking a few' minutes the part on top of his massive 'brow' disappeared-' and his black hair, wet witn perspirauof, stuck to his forehead. ' ' -'Tolling masses was - among inw first of his stock expressions that he used.- '"The trusts must be suppress ed, soon .followed. "May tne image of God fadeA' he said, "if something did not happen.";1 As Davis warmed ia hl aubiect, he, forgot. his; bill and swung Into a regular Arkansas speech, saying the same inings ne ,uia m ni campaign, - ' - . A M . i The Renublicans were challenged to vntar whprA thpv had even wlnsed a trust, much less destroyed one. ; mis bill, he declared, would wipe the octo- mt off the race or tne eann. -ina bill shall not sleep In the committee room, as other' bills have Jone," said the speaker.-"! shall see that It comes back here and is aiscussea on tne floVr." - 1 - "I shall auote from Havemeyer, 'the great sugar trust man who has gone to his last reward' I hops to tie best place, but I fear that is not, wnere St. , Peter says he will take sugar In hU'n." Soon after this,; ,v when the speech had been, under way about IS minutes, the people' ceased to be en tertained. Groups here and there left the galleries, , . "MOST IMPORTANT SECTION Davis said Section 25 of his bill. Which provides tor terms in the pent tentiarles of the country for trust magnates, struck him as being the most important. It was in tnis con nection that he declared that John D." should: wear stripes. ' At times the Senator was as solemn as a preacher. Ha roared, charged and whispered. He went from bad to worse until he predicted hell , on earth. He said that this country had drifted so far irom the ways of An drew Jackson that he would not be surprised to see It take more money to run the government than Bever. idge, whom he addressed as his "good iooklng young friend from Indiana." could count if he lived as long as the oldest man, - ' ' " . ' "Why, It costs the President more than $100,000 to live," cried Davis, "and I understand he has but five V.illdren that is, f at : the White House." Here the galleries became al most rowdy, men and women laugh- lng boisterously. - ; :':,t'.; --I -have - Uht and -we, can live on much less," he aided. .1 . s As the epeech progresed the crowl ? in- press went elsewhere. Those who had gone to near something brilliant or unique felt that hey had been regaled , on a very- ordinary speech that would have Bounded better at a backswooJs barbecue, when It was over wen- known Southern Senators shook their heads and laughed when they met their associates. , But there are men who believe that Jeff Davis will tone down and make a good Senator. Mr.; Champ Clark, of Missouri, Is of tills opinion. He knows the man. i WEBB GETS FREE CITY DELIV- , , ERY. ... Congressman Webb , of the " Char lotte district, has asked for mall de livery service for Gastonia and Hick ory, and will ' get it ' about May or June, . when the appropriations are made.; iThese- North --Carolina -towns have reached the 1 growth thai Undo Sam requires. '' Senator Overman has introduced a bill asking that Davenport College at Lenoir be w reimbursed L s,ouo tor property destroyed by Stone man. af ter Lee had surrenoerea, , . r , - Certain cltisens ot Elisabeth City have asked that he appointment of Isaao M. Meeklns as postmasters at that place-be held np until they can file charges against him. Dobson, the old man, gets the - GOldsooro postoi fice instead of Grant, who was rec ommended by 1 the President . at . the last; session,, 01 congresn. MR. GODWIN AND WATERWAYS. Representative H I Godwin . is very , much 1. Interested In the move ment to improve tne rivers ana nar bors of the country. In talking with The Observer Correspondent to-day he sail: ' ' , ' " . "The session of the National Rlv ers '"and Harbors Congress Just ' ifl journed was the most interesting far-reaching Jn its effect held broke. Senators sneaked out lunch and representatives of the organization of the congress. The making un rumor American people are deeply Interest- Jft addition give mileage books , for comes out about the alleged sale of the ed in the Improvement of our rivers flrm, RnJ .mploye8, : not over five inNorfolk & SouthernRallway to the At and harbors. -1 was 'glad to see such mt.-- theae to hn both lantle .Coast IJIne. These are denied as SYUll Nltain tSi'fffJ&iSlS' taVS55E ' RAT TP4 - The day is not far distant when we , v..,., , , --,-. NOVEMBER TOBACCO SALES. will have an annual approprlaUon of . ... vook. 0 enQ miles at 2 The leaf i tobacco -vwarehouse report $50,000,000 for the work. . , - L1. 7ZVto Mt ft eort Of mi(1 W " AplcultiiM Dewnwrnt y"According.tO the best authority the shows that during November the sales traffic of h country ta growing at "a" 01iJ?J? tf.Allv! Av by farmer aggregated !.a.90 pounds, the rata of 12 ner cent ft yearf -'To U lleKe books the railways gave ma be4ng an increase of about two mll tne rate 01 is per cenv, a, good reasons why they could not at- lion nounds over the October sales. ...v '.ltmM mT. " " r A. Z 1. . T r. proposition was so amended . as to saws, wnson conuntung to stana sec-veloDlni- at the rate of only 1 1-2 per : ".rr.ii.:" .7" . . 7 ma. i Thirtv.ni ma ni ivnnrtal cent; -;To handle adequately the pres- o ?l-:Grnnvm comes third in sales, Kln ent'trafflc,75.000 miles of new f'WiMt WS; 'ton fourth. Rooky Mount fifth, Oxford should he laid down Immediately, x o , do thU Js out of the question. -: "Congress will do well to consider that the life of trade is the ability to we shall soon find ourselves in a seri ous predicament, Surely we have ai rcn.iv had a. most expensive experi ence with, congestion of traffic, and , handle, lti promptly.' So vast is tne f : JXEad In bv all tha roajT ' the A. A M. College, for uss V tha country, so rapidly is commerce build-was ac echools, the contract being made ln no that unier existing conditions ;Notnlng further was done. As tocftll-,wlth stone BarrinKer. of Charlotte, encevwittt. congestion ox ""Jlriir Um would hftv been something must he done to jlghtert Seaboard Air X ne, would nave been the burden. s We cannot depexLL-On best tand that 'die greatly 'f I i the railroads, for no matter how rap- that all th trouble) cannot, he ami- idly they . maice improvemenw uw growth -of trafflo latittroly'ta keep far ahead of them. There is bat One oth er outlet and that la through the wa-fc terways. ;h win not no ior any mem ber of Congress to belittle this water way question, for the moment he does so he will write himself Mown as-incompetent to understand or to. grasp the situation. It l a great question one of he greatest with which the country has to deal. , NO UNREASONABLE DEMANDS. "From nearly all the StateB In the Union delegates were ln ; session In Washington for several days,- endeav oring by their unity of purpose to Im press Congress with its importance. These delegates do not demand any thing unreasonable. -They have been studying the conditions. . They know what is wanted and precisely what the people expect of Congress. They want to improve our system of 'water ways, which ' will eventually; relieve the congestion of traffic. They do not antagonize the : railroad, t They ; be lieve that- there is plenty of room for water transportation, and that as a matter of fact the railroads , them selves will be benefited when the heavier freight the j non-perishable stuff, can be sent to Its destination by water. . But if we are to depend upon thepresent policy of Congress 'in granting appropriations, to a.i limited extent at irregular:.; intervals, ' little practical progress can be made. There should be a fixed plan; a defllnlte sum set aside annually lor this work; 60, 000,000 a year for the next ten years Is one of the objects aimed at by dele gates. ' No' member of Congress will plead ' poverty: The country Is not poverty-stricken: It Is ridiculous to argue that so many other things need attention that we cannot afford to expend $50,000,000 a vear. The answer is that there ,1s nothing of more Im portance than the development of the waterways, for the growth of business Is at stake and without free facilities for business any. country comes to a standstill. " "A regular plan and $50,000,000 a year as a positive figure Is a policy which Congress mnst adopt If M Is to consider first of all the vital Interest of the country." - - t v,; The waterways of the seventh,: Mr. Godwin's district, are very Important The . Cape : Fear section is very ' pros- nerous at this time, even more so than ,it was years ago , ; before railroads were so plentiful as they are how. The great cape rear river suns tnrougn Mr. Go J win's district It needs at- tefKlon. Mr. Godwin is very much In terested tn ' It ?Y;X.': f,? - TALK OF PROHIBITION. . There - Is considerable talk about prohibition for Washington, but no resident here taxes tne agitation sen ously. It Congress should take any action, it would be to let the people vote and tbe capital has too many cit izens who like to do as they please. Then, too, the negro would be per mitte"d to vote and no town has ever gone dry where the darKy couldyvote. Consrressmen are very wary about ex pressing themselves on the subject, but when a fellow is pinned down heedf state V1. looker, talks for home consumption. A dryiMoore. no error; Abee will case, from; district maKes a ary iifprcsnniauve. general Impression Is however, that Wh ngioV will be wet a long tipsy persons "ince 1 myM nere a week K BrO. i(JunKieri, wtrnrma; uiren ,'s uniforms seem to be the most uent offender, on . Pennsylvania 8am' freq The question of prohibition Is not a live one here at this 1 time. Other things take the time of Congress. , Boy nays .With Dynamite; Four Fun- ; crals Follow. Cincinnati, O.,' Dec, 1L A Times- Star special from Bristol. Tenn., ssyst Four persons were killed and ere- mated to-day on the farm of John Duff, whose son, "William, was playing with a stick of dynamite. The dyna mite exploded, killing ths boy and Mr., Nthaiel Brnoa-and -Mi's.-LIU- Jah Moody and her child. The house caught fire and cremated the :ne bodies, GOV. GLENN'S P0r0SITI0N SOUTHERN AXD S. A. L. ACCEIT IT Governor Glenn Gives Out the Exact Terms of the Proposition He Made, Subject to the Approval ot tins Irf-glslatnre, Whleh , Are .Accepted by the Seaboard and the Southern The Coast Line and qther Roads Refuse and That Calls a Holt to i the Settlement President . Flnley " and Vice President Andrews Con :' fer. With the Governor Supreme Court Fllea Ills- Rateli nf Onlniona 1 Directors of Central Hospital 1 Meet-Othcr News Ciatheml t ! State Capital, Observer Bureau, The Holleman Building,! Raleigh, Dec. ll. UelGorernoS viewed uovernor Glenn regarding thef siaiua 01 tne passenger rate mauer. the new, farm, bought this year,' nas The Governor said that, as was well been put in cultivation. . , -known, the onlyproposition he- had; Your correspondent has mehtloned the made to the railways ia the first ln-.fact that the Btckett commisalon-jre- stance. was to obey the: law and, If, fitf Ji.twJ0SS t.t2n j tv,. , , - " - last spring at a meeting here voted upon they found the new rate worked .ft moUo; 0 Mr. W. A. Erwin to loiate hardship and made it appear as. en-., the new department for epileptics and tailing great loss,-he would convene oUicr mental deficients on tne property the Legislature in special session. : To bought 4.rom the Grimes estate for that this proposition the Southern Railway' purpose, at a meeting in August vat made a-counter one, asking him to .which -Mb. Erwln was not present but bTtiOT2ft trreS -ESSS-iSST, by the Governor or. Alabama. - 'T4e, .iias bean done In the way of building, Governor, not thinking these latter though it is said the plans for the build terms sufficient declined to do so. He ing have been finished and are ready for was then asked if there was any prop- submlBlon-. - As a matter ef fact It is nttfnn h -ornniit m&ka tn - the roads, said that the Deoole in the State are lm- subject of course, to the approval of ; thegls f:Jo courhrplac."foV the Council of the, State, the corpora- thl, colony is on the 1,800 acre? of land tlon commission' and the State, attor- which the Swte bought for $65,000 for neys he made the following proposU thts purposo. It is said, however, that tlons? That he would recommend to., the Staft officials who realty have super- flat vision of this matter will not assent to lJ'Z wS 3thle2lnPter J ford to Issue them, SO this part of the -r . . " Atiantio uoast una ana a tew omer roads declined to accept them and It was useless to ca'l 'the Legislature to- , ...v 1 tv.- niu - Una history written bv Prof. D.. H. Hill. 1 in tha svrvs aaeeiAn i.AVirnnF u nnn t , said the terms he proposed, subject to clerks of courts a number of warrants approval by the . Legislature and ac-' for $120 each, being, the. amount of pen nt..n4 Im v. ),. cniittt.fn . imd. "the affln to totally disabled soldiers, ner an- UtR v-s s 0W'"t v mv cauiy svvimu uy . mi vvu;v other roads, CONFERENCE WITH GLENN. , Tnese are days iuu 01 numan in terest for Raleigh and the State for Lblg things are going on. Early , this morning President rmiey, . or tne, l f 10 1 irow nm Southern Railway, arrived, went to , end to the abhj .board of directors. There Vice President Andrews' office ,SSSnSS two made their way to the Capitol, traetg re continuous ones 10 that there enterej.the office of Governor Glenn 1, m change in the status of the con and a conference immediately began. '.vlcta. Some of theae, contracts are with All day yesterday there had been talk t railways. A great deal win be done next about the imminence of a special sea-lyftr in pushlnr the wor,K on the roads slon of ths Legislature., Ons BUta officer talked about It. quite freely. saying ne saw no. otner way out. oitceptw, the resignation of two captains the situation; another said he hoped Cf companies in the First Regiment of an extra session would not be found ' Infantry of the National Guard J. : D. to be necessary; ft third said never ft Terry, of Company C, Winston-Salem, word, but simply pinched his lips ; fn? W S. Charles, Company D, Char with his' fingers, this being t'n31lJI language to show that he "could not . b?,r.,nT-fnation " prlvat talk. Tt was very evident that under- Adjutant General Robertson has re bfflciais and persons connected in any t turned from Washington. D. C, where capacity with - the railway rate case 1 he had an Interview with General Oliver, thought an extra session was coming an J was : the ' solution of the great question of the day. - -'v ' '' Before the corporation commission the -various attorneys, including E. J. Justice, Guthrie, Manning, Foushee, and Herbert NOrrls met and submit ted the draft of the complaint which is to be at once put before the Inter State commerce commission - In the matter of alleged discrimination In freight rates by the Norfolk & West ern Railway against North Carolina towns, notably Durham and Winston Salem, z. Other cases against 1 other roads will come along later; in fact may be said to be now pending. It Is not known, of course, when the Inter State commerce commission will take action In the matter, but it will be urged to expedite it as the Importance of the question is reit by every one and it is really a test case, . which will have a far-reaching result , . , PRITCHARD WANTS CONCLUSION. - Judge Prltchard, It Is learneJ.' is very desirous t expedite the con clusion of the- Southern Railway" rate matter that is, as to the injunction. The standing master will lose no time in making final report on ths case, but is now only waiting for the rebuttal evidence which the Southern is to .file and which will be In the main a mass of figures. It now seems that quite early Jn January the stanJ ing master will be able to . make-his report to the Judg.e who will loss no time lh placlnr ths case before the United States Supreme Court and it seems that the latter will be asked td advance it so that a great question can be passed upon by the highest tribunal. Judge Prltchard's friends say that ha Is entirely Confident about the- accuracy of; his position In this matter. Time will alone tell whether he is right or wrong.; , ;- - - SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. rri.. i,r tn.da fiio.i an extrAordlnary large number or opin., . 01.1. m nf Aitnuraii: I "VlSa vs Towm Company ! n".,r..IfttA .mW!: rm t.r.n '.nnrtai tnirke no error: AlKen vs, Ma . 1 llr.n . 'i UamifaA. ! taxing Company, from Burke, near' ' S mS'mT tom?Jl ,pan y vg Lang, from Buncombe, er. ror. White : VS. ! BOUthem ' Railway .. I f , hnm . ,.1 company. Duckworth, .from ::.TruUyU..ttSA purpo.es. s a7- vanla, amrmej; erson v.,: Bouin - ern Railway, : fronvBtmcombe. no er.( ror; Lambert vs. Express Company.; from Buncombe, affirmed, state - vs. mlstted. Davis vs. Martin, from Ruth- jerford,'mrmed: State vs. Keebler, from McDowell, ' appeal dismissed; state 'Vs.-Walker, from Polk, no error; McNeill vs. Allen, from, Wilkes, error; Bosses.- from "iransyivania, acuvn -qis- Hasty vs. Charlotte, affirmed; iFree land vs. Southern Railway, from - Merklenburg. affirmed; Henderson vs. McLsin,-modified and affirmed; Mc - Cu'loth v,Ril way, from- - Guilford. appeal d!im!ed in defendant's sp- peal; plalnUTs appeal In same case,' error; Daniels vs. Homer, from Dare. 1 affirmed; State vs. Phillips, from Uad-j lain ti -11 t-1 t rrt . oftrm1. fitatA V Strickland, from Buncombe, per cu-, rlam," affirmed; State vs. Young, from Guilford, both appeals dismissed for failure to orint. A charter is granted the Amity Tel ephone Company, of Iredell county. HOSPITAL DIRECTORS MEET. The annual meeting of the directors of the Central Hospital for the Insane here was held to-day.. The executive commit tee looked over the -'accounts ot the in stitution, which are kept In the office of the State Treasurer. The report for the year ia si very good one.- It shows "".T5r!"I.B tients durlnar the year was 611. The num ber to-day Is 435. During the year there have been 45 deaths, of which 23 were, of men and 22 of women, the death rat belnf i per cent. A great many Improve- onthaM mnnes f0P. Wales. Part of P?t for e.bo to utar action. 8? ?A fSSSS&Xt&l Winsten-Salflm again leads In amount of sixin ana unrnam sevemn. The tate- board of . education ' at a meeting to-day completed . the contract ror the publication of the North caro- The State board of education , num. .There -are, nearly ; 100, of .uch dis- , 8 t w wirrftnt(, - tQt them, fall due In Decembr, the others .eattered 'during- the year. The cimi pay out inis money-to iiipm pen- toners at the rate of $10 a month, PENITENTURY FINANCES GOOD; ) "The fpenltentiary ends a' very suecess- rui year, in a nnanciar way, ine man- , ssement; by Bunt Julius S. Mann eon tinues to be of the very highest class and 1 -.: ,",,Mf JS?";, ' fclw:.! the actins Secretary of War. regarding ths National fluard of thia State and ths eonformity by it to the rqulrements of the Dick bill. Oeneral Robertson says the Interview was entirely satisfactory and 'that he thinks that with co-onera-f force can be put tn such shape as to bs acceptable to the War Department in time for the spring inspection., .-' JnOSPTTAL DIRECTORS MEET. Tfc Flueal Year Ends With ft Deficit of 110,000 In (he Support - Fund, ' Due to Several iuses---Snperinten-' dent McCa nip bell Suggests Erection , of Nurses' Home and Home Changes . In Qrder to Provide Mor Room )Iony Building For Men . Also '. Reromniended. ; Special to The Observer. , .'Morganton, Dee. 11. A meeting of the board of directors of the Btats Hospital was held here to-Jay with Directors Davis, Caldwell., Tate, Shu ford, McMlnn, Sawyer and J. IC Nor fleet, who was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by tha resignation of Mr. Joseph .Jacobs, Hpresent:'; ,' A deficit-of some JlO.OOO ln; the support fund for the fiscal year end ing December 1st, was teported.Thls was caused by a cut of $5,000 In the amount of ths appropriation asked for, the advance in the cost of wages and supplies anj tne ract that from the great pressure for ths admission of patients the board filled the hospit al' to its utmost capacity. This result force J ths board to order no more admissions In the future, than , tlie funds Jn hand- will care-for. .i --lA committee consisting of Messrs, Shuford. Tate. Armfleld and McCamp- bell was . appointed to meet with a committee of ths board of the North Carolina School for the Deat and Dumb upon the matter of a road - - .: The matter of the erection of spe- cll wards Tor tuberculosis patients. for which an appropriation ot $5,000 was mads by me last Legislature, was 11 upon motion wrk of erec tion be proceeded with as early as f""b''c issibie. . ' " , The superintendent. Dr. John Mc- I cr!?"ni$ln 'JS ,. the utaent demand for room. U that h conversion of the rooms uM(, h th nurieg oths wards, the .ewlni. mm. nd one or more of the tfay rooms Into ; sleeping rooms for eHtJ,t. -would make room for about one hundred more patients, and esti mated tha tost of the nurses' home and other changes necessary at SIS, 000. He also suggested the erection of a new colony building for one - f hundred men, the cost of whlch he estimated would be $80,000. k The wards were examined bv the f board and they,? together with tha ether-buildlns -and grounds. were found In their uxutll excellent con dition. , T' 1 - OFUOAL STATU. rollowing Upon the Call ct! t' : of the Republican Conventimi 1 lresident Irenes an. Ofliciil nrsnt, Declaring That Under Xo Cir i enmstances WiU lie Be a Candid i: For the Offlc He Xow Holds re peats the Assertion He Mle Imii-. diately After Ills Last Klcrtlon ti the Prssldeney His DeclaraHdn . Leaves tho Field Qpen to Otlier Avowed Candidates What Lending Senators and Congressmen Think of the Statement. , . Washington. Dec,; 11. In view of the issuance, of the call of the Re publican" fialfonaf" commUleeTfor ' the convention,' the. President makes the following statement:. ' ;'On the night after ' election I made the following announcement: ; . "I am deeply sensible ot tha honor"1 done me by the American people tn thus expressing their confidence in what I have tried to do. - I appreci ate to tha full, the solemn responsi bility this confidence imposes upon me, and I shall do all that in my power lies not to forfeit it ' On the . Ith . of March - next I shall have served three and a half . years, and ; this three and ft half . years consti tute my nrsi term. ne wise cusiom Which limits the President to two terms regards the substance and not the form, and under no circumstances will I be - ft candidate for or accept onnttiAi, nnminAtlAM " I have not changed and shall, not change the decision thus announced, , LEAVES FIELD CLEAR. It appears that tne President had been awaltinig the-call of the Re-., publican national convention to af ford, proper opportunity for making, his position clear and unmistakable and thus leaving th field clear for Fairbanks, Taft Cannon, Knox, For aker and other declared or receptive candidates for the Republican nomin fttion. t , , -- '" The announcement that' the PresI-, dent would not accept the Republl- can nomination if tendered, came' at too late an hour to become generally known In political circles, . but among those who learned of It Democrau and Republicans alike the ' feeling: was general that it left ho element of doubt in the presidential situation, so tar as relates, to the third term talk and that it definitely eliminates Mr.' Roosevelt from the , contest. , Some Democrats however,- express a belief that a Roosevelt - stampede In the Republican convention would shake IHVIHUVII, ...... , ,a.w v . prove no exception to th,. historical,, precedent in that no. American citi zen ever refused a presidential nom ination. 1 . " . i 4 ' - ' . THE, tAPT BOOM- ; ..'.' Administration Republicans -declare that the annauncement- gives great Impetus to, the Taft boom. wnue tne uemoomu, many ox ui leaders of which are here, are shout ing that It means "Bryan in a walk." Speaker Cannon, when shown the President's statement, said: -. .-"The President speaks for himself. It would be useless and inappropriate for me to attempt to Interpret the President's words." vi. . v Senator Foraker, the only other declared Candidate who. could be iun tA.nlffht. aAtd! . .''Thar h. heen his position all the while, I suppose," but I don't care to dlcuss the matter, thank you." ' - ', , .Senator Richardson, of Delaware. M i fnnrv the announcement will i K- nt...,nr n vral nrnn. r i , nt mbtth. them-, thev . ara too "f "i..,V . ' numerous. ; . . - . .- ? NO DOUBT OF. SINCERITY, r u..knK Ae vamk n - all about tha President's sincerity at this time and betore. .. If condiuona should demand his nomination tne wiuill nAtnin.t. , him .n,t I do not see how it would be possible for him to decline,-however earnest he -might be." 4:,...:.;:;.. . , ' Senator Long, of Kansas, said: "Tha Taft boom wiU be ths only one worth Senator Dick, of Ohio, said: "Noth ing else was to be expected." Among tne jucmocravs . rum mented on the President's statement was Senator Tillman, who said: "This Is by way of : documentary evidence that the President has been handwriting on the wall. . It means that Bryan will be the next presi dent of the United States, Roosevelt is the only possioie jjepumican can didate who could be considered' for miJable." 1 Y-y ' : " v ' i .-::-.;:;; Mr. John Sharp vVllllams, leader of? the minority In the House, said: , "I believe I am ' one of the few Democrats In public life ln the coun try who has saw su aiong tuai President ; would not run for a thir.t time. I believed ne naa too mucn knowledge of history to r un the risK of threatening Republican Institutions with perpetuity or tenure in tne presi dency. I also thought he was a man nt o mnch nrlds that even it he had come to regret his after-lection ut terances be would ami. eiana 10 nis word. 7 1 think the third term issue would have made Mr', Roosevelt tha weakest man. ths s Republican party could have nominated, notwithstand ing the fact that he Is personally the most popular Republican : In tha country to-day." - - - CHANCE FOR DEMOCRATS. Representative Hardwlck, of Geor gia, saldt "I think It means a trf umph for the reactionary element In the Republican party and a good chance for the Democrats to a In." Representative Bartlett. of Georgia, said: "It means a different candidate and a different platform. I think th Republicans will nominate a man on an entirely different platform anl put Into the platform those thln' which would not have been put In hat Roosevelt stood for the nomination." ; Mr. Bryan Tranquil. Lincoln. Neb.. Dec; 11. When toll to-night that President Roosevelt h 1 made positive declaration that t 1 would not be a candidate for re- ' -tlon, William J. Bryan expre-vj - t surprise.-..' He declared that the r tion of the PreslJent was as he 1 .1 1 thought it to be. Mr. trym .v:5; 1 "I have assumed from tae 1: -Btng' that PrrHlent' Roosevelt 1 not be a eandklste. T'ao sr. that he Issued the -nisrht of v left no room fr ml-uH 1 -- -and I have felt that his fn-- ' ' fining hiitt-an-liij.i.-tica S i sv that he would change hi i , -the subject." ()()C C rrr T flTTT ()" V0 ' LL,X uul i