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l c SUBSCRIPTION.PIIICE: $8.00 A YEAR. CILARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1903. PRICE HVE CENTS STOLE TEDDY'S BIG ; STICK LEAKE SCORES PEERLESS ONE. IlcpresentatjTe From New Jersey In at Fiery perch Before the. House Outlines- Ills Opposition to Mr, Bryan Has Taken the Big Stick From the President and Ix-ft lilm Only a Bljr Mlpier Democratic Jlembfrs of the. House Have I'aurD ed the llfcrlit of Free Action of the Dilegaiea to Denver Convention by : t.Hyojninatinc Mr. Bryan in Advance C v speaker Greeted Dy Hisses tYom "W'ewocratlo bide. , ? Washington, Feb. 10. A brief but fiery speech by. Mr. Leake, of New Jersey. In which he outlined his op position i witnam-rj7 Bryan as a candidate for the presidency, relieved somewhat the monotony of debate on tne .Indian appropriation bill in the House of Representatives, to-day, 31 r. Leake charged ,Mr. Bryan with taxing me Dig stick from the, Preai dent, leaving the Utter only a big slipper, and he further credited the Democrats in the JIouso with having usurped the right of free action of tne-delegates to the Denver eonven Vr lion by nominating Mr; Brian In ad . vance. (His remarks were greeted wiui Hisses from the Democratic sido of the House. Considerable progress was male with the Indian appropriation bill, 'which was amended, bo that the com missioner of Indian affairs, before he carries out the policy of .abandoning ion-reservation schools shall lnves tlgate the question fully and report to the House at Its next session. An other amendment restored the aonro priatlon ' for the Indian schools at Fort Lewis, Col.; Carson City, Nev and Mount Pleasant. Mich. ' Consideration of the Indian bill was not concluded when ' the House at -8:01 p. m. aJJourned SETTER QUALIFIED TO PREACH. ' Mr. Leake said he had been sur prised at the usurpation of the pre rogatives Of the delegates to the Den. ver convention next July. There were some men. he charged, who be- lived that this was the time" and the House of Representatives the place to ; nominalV a candidate on the Demo cratic .ticket, "and," he said "unless my silence might be construed as an endorsement of the nomination of , " illlam J. Bryan. I rise for the pur pose of making this protest. "If." proceeded Mr. Leake. "I adopted the example of Mr. Bryan, I would vehemently condemn him, as lie did the distinguished Democrat the Hon. Qrover Cleveland." But he -would, he said, concent himself with admitting that Mr. Bryan was honest, consistent and sincere. He declared however, that "Mr. Bryan's familiar ity with tha decalogue better qualjfled Jilm for the pulpit than the presi dency." J'He has taken the big stick from the President of these United States end. to use his own simile, he is how crucifying the principles of Demo American -Individuality juid smbltlon on the cross of socialism. The President thus being deprived of ails big stick.. Mr. Leake declared, had resorted to the big slipper. , -..Mr. Leake v expressed the" opinion I hat the American people did not need cpanking from -the President nor a scolding from Mr. Bryan. He thought the health of the" American communi ty was such that a doctor was needed, and he hoped that either of the two Kreat political parties would get one and that in his administration of the remedies for the care of the . many Ills he would not forget when men condemn the American railroads, that the American railroad system was one f the greatest In the. world and that American business men and American enterprises were the bent on earth. WANTS A SPECIALIST. Mr. Leake expressed the, hope that one of the two political parties would nominate "a, specialist in statesman uhlp.". , . A "Will the gentleman name the doc tor?" interjected Mr. Gaines, of Ten nessee. - ' . . :.' "I do not. propose to name the doc tor." Mr. Leake replied. - "I think that is the privilege of tho delegates to the Chicago and Denver conventions." The regular consideration of the In dian appropriation bill was then, pro ceeded with and the non-sectarian school provision was taken up. There Was brief debate after which- the pro vision was modified bo that instead of authorising the commission of Indian affairs to negotiate valth the various States In which they are located foi ne disposial .of theae schools he Is . . . . j --!!CL 1 "er Jld U4on.Mrnat terms. H may be possible to dispose f any of the non-reservation, schools which .may be deemed no longer oi vol tie to, the Indian service?" The commissioner is .directed also to report to the next session ot Con , rress the results of his investigations. On a point of order by Mr. Flts t srra!d, of New York, the Indian ware house at St. Louis was put In the cat - esrorv of u tfmnnnirv MtAtillRhmant Tho . provision exempting farmers ifrstm 1 V. ... 1 . 1 .. I he opposition of Mr. Mann, of Il linois, who., after .maJcmg a point of order against It said that he wanted to TelJeveMhe President of the suspicion that he" was using appointments for political purposes. Mr. Sherman, of New Turk, In rharge of the bill did not believe It would be possible "even If we had a (President who wished te-use patron age to accomplish desirVd political ends to so use Indian farmers." . Mr.' Sherman sought to amend the paragraph by requiring an examina tion to oe presence uy tne Secretary f the " Interior but the presiding "Officer maintained that that would be an evasion of the civil service law. Pending the result of the investiga tion to be made1 by tha commissioner of Indian affairs into the subject of disposing of the non-reservation schools, the House voted to restore - he -appropriations for tne next fiscal c-v iui .me jiiuimii m.-,iuoiH ai r on els. Col.; Carson City, Nev., and Jit. Pleasant. Mich. -.The provision relating to the pur- i n.MK oi niigiu:c unaiiouna lands or the Flat Head reservation, Montana, s-aa stricken from the bill on a point of order by Mr. Menn. noin r. riuitrraia, Atw 1 ors. nd Mr. Mann, of Illinois, condemned the Indian committee for . including In the bill a provision appropriating ttS.000 for operating the non-reservation school at Bismarck. X. D.. In th face of the recommendations to abol ish ail such schools.t The" school at Jllsmarck, It was explained, has been Just completed. Mr. FlUgerald moved . to strike out the paragraph. iMessrs. Gronna and Marshall, o? S "vs . 1. Tn1rnr, ,T a it . .a.tiA.t nlna. t I'U. .11 ' w"mm ' 1 , ' . I. . . , the appropriation. Tlie rnulioii of Mr. FlUgrald was Jot. , Without concluding consideration of the bill the house at S:0l p. m. ad journed. ....... TWO NEW BATTLESHIPS. By a vote Of 13 to 5. one membox absent, the House committee on na val affairs to-day rejected the Pres ident's urgent - recommendation that Congress at this session authorise the building of four battleships, at a to tal cost of 138,000,000 and by a unan imous vote there was Included In the navy appropriation blfl an authorisa tion for the construction of two bat tleships, to cost 19.500,000 each and to, he of the Delaware type. , s These Representatives voted In ac cordance with tho President's recom mendations: Lilly, of Connecticut, Rep.), Thomas, of Ohio, (Rep.), Meyer, of Louisiana. (Dem.). Talbott. of Maryland, (Dem.), ani Hobson, of Alabama, , (Dem.). - Representative Hobson announced that he intended, to make a minority report recommending authorization for four battleships. "But tho au thorization, merely, is not enough," he said. "It should include an actual appropriation so that the work of construction would begin without- a moment's unnecessary delay. ' Even so, it would be three years before these vessels could be made ready to go into commission, and this country haw no time to lose." The preference of the committee stooj in favor of n, four battle hip authorization, but the'votlng attitude of the majority was expressed by Chairman Foaa when he said: "Ex perience has shown that It Is more profitable in the end to , recommend In the beginning what 'ou know the House will stand for. A recommen dation' for four battleships could not be put through at this session." The navy appropriation bill, : as amended and agreed upon by the committee carries a total appropria tion of $101,000,000 for the naval es tablishment for the next fiscal year, about $24,000,000 less than was ask ed for in the department estimates. UnJer the head of new authoriza tions for whOBe fulfillment Congress Is bound to appropriate money at the next sersion If the bill, as recom mended passes the House and fen total for new authorization asked for the Navy Department. EIGHT TORPEDO BOATS. The new authorization estimates re jected toy the committee comprised the following:, Two battleships, $19. 000,000; four scout crulserr 110,000,- 000; one ammunition ship $1,750,000; one repair ship $3,000,000: two mine laying ships (cruisers to be convert ed) 1500,000, :. . The committee, howevr, raised from four to eight the number of submarine, torpedo boats asked for; held over for further .consideration and Incorporation In a special bill the matter of. providing, fleet coUiers; ap propriated 1400,000 'for the purchase, MmiU "ntsVral Inii n f I lie m i s lary of the Js'avq st. three so-caUcd nuo-Burrace terpedo boats -and tnclud- ate. the committee included two bat-1 tleships to cost $1,000,000; ten.-de-j been responsible for his retention by nondence betwee'n Representative J ri'v v . . . . ... -' " """" Douglass, of Ohio, and C. H. Bryson. nnancler i.SZZZ .,.V.' .-' V n""n w y i :minir postmaster ot Athens, O., in support, . T ttakr 640.000 or i$38.7J0.000 less than the are a hundred cass J.i Oh o where r .. i - d ti I 1.EAKI1 ed an appropriation of $1,000,000 to're enough and it was anaourcel that enablo the recrolting of $3,000 addi tional - enlisted men to man newly completed battleships afld authorized the recruiting of 3,000 more to be come available after the 1st of Jiiy No i provision was made for the building of a dry dock at Pearl Har- nor near - Honolulu. The doubting of the department's estimate of four submarine torpedo boats needed was largely Influenced by letters and peti tions from Pacific coast' chambers of commerce. . . These boats by the adoption of an amendment offered by Representative Loudenslager, of New Jersey, are to be of the Octopus type. In accord ance with the report of the Marix Doarj Deiore whom last year s tests off Newport were made. NEGRO RAPIST LYNCHED. EH Plgot Taken From Military Com pany by a Mob of , 2,000 CI t liens and Haneed to, a Telegraph polo Militia Fires on Mob at Second Attack, ' Wounding Two Judge Wltnessc Lynching. Brook haven. Miss., Feb. 10.- Ell Plgot, the negro who criminally as saulted Miss Williams, a young white woman near hero several weeks ago. was taken from the custody ot the Jackson military company and a posse of deputies to-day and hanged from a telegraph pole within . less than a hundred yards of the court iiwu -ttt . ji'. waa unto urru i itTLl LU day for his crime. The military corn- ViniiaiA TTa was 4 n kitA .t. a.. pany and the police were overpower ed by a mob of more than 1,000 cltl sens. Several shots were fired dur ing tho melee and two members of the mob were wounded. VPigot reached Brookhaven from Jackson this morning In custody of Sheriff Frank Greer and under the armed escort of the Capital Light Guards, ordered Into service by Gov ernor Noel, to protect the negro dur ing tho trial When the soldiers and negro alighted from the train the mob surged around them and a fierce fight ensued, In which fists were free ly used. . . . The soldiers clubbed the members of the mob with their guns. After the fight had lasted five minutes the militia started with the prisoner to the court houst. The mob, reinforc ed and reorganized, made another attack, secured .the prisoner, ' drag ged htm to a telephone pole and hanged him. ' The mobbegan to assemble here before daylight In wagons, on horse back and walking. It Included some of the most prominent farmers In Lincoln county, especially in the neighborhood of Ruth, where the as sault Is alleged to have occurred. By the time the train from Jackson had arrived there were over 2,000 men In the mob at the railroad station. No attempt! at concealment was - made. not a man in tne moo wearing a mask. The first attempts to take the ne gro from the militia proved futile; the soldiers beating the members of the mob back with the butts of their rifles and taking up the march to the cort house. ' Before the court ho'ise was reached, however, the . growing mob entirely surrounded the soldiers and swept down upon them. The command was given to fire by the captain of the company and two men dropped, but the soldiers were swept from their1 fet and the negro was dragged awny from them. Judg Wilkinson, who was to have presided Ht th nerro's trial, witness ed the lynching, but was powerless to prevent It. The two men shot down in the fight were Joju-ph Cole, of Urookha ven. snd dn tiMontifl'd fsr-nc-r. Neither is seriously woundrd i SENATOR FUBiKER'S KEPLY MR. BHYSONS FEARLESS STAND In a Very Temperate Manner Senator Feraker SU Wen U, Presidcit K,.rpif. n.i.i r "-i t(... Ho Ha i NCd Federal Patronage l-'or tl in Purpose of Influencing National PoUtlcal Contest Ap- iwliiteo Brvson'a KUteinent That Jaft Was IosInj Ground in Ohio wuula compeneo 10 iaae,an- taosed tli Holding Vp of His Ap- olhep nomination, because with Tuft polntment as Powtniaster at Athens, a candidate the labor, capital and o His Bold Stand Re9ulteHii-n V vote would be eliminated from Ills Appointment Records Show-, Prty. He asserjed that tho an -Attempt to-Coerc.". 1 . i President's statement of his (Bry t,v. . rn.i- i- ! son's I activities, as represented to Washington. Feb. 10. Rising to Mr DoughiM. was entirely i.-ong. question ot personal privilege Sena-; and in conclusion Mr.- Brson said: tor oraker , to-day replied in the Senate to the denial by President Roosevelt of charges that he has used Federal patronage for the pur - pose of influencing the national noitt. - cal contest. The Senator predicated his argument on a. r,r,nr. to, th , - - ---- . - . . - - - - liiiu siiuauon dent Roosevelt 1'oulkev former sloner, which He produced to tho appointment Bryson, whose master at Athens. icmiuiaiuy lur ine anerea reason L!? hd Flven n Interview wi7 V expressing the opinion that Taft was losing Srounl in me jnio contest. Tho cor respondence showed that Bryson had stood his ground and his declaration of political independence had re White House making tn.'appol " ment. ATTEMPT TO "COERCE- FRTROV Ji . c" 1'KYTSON. The communications on the subject sulted in another .- order from the wore between Representative Doug- tu.B tf nkln - r n 1 II. T lass, of Ohio, -and Mr. Bryson. In a very temperate manner Senator For- TlJZmRVi t.'1 a"", bVl Insisted ? that the records clearly showed au .attempt to "coerce- Bry- son and that his fearless stand hod the appointments had been made for political purposes only, but there are few where documentary evidence can be produced 1 say Mr Knrult.r nnonnd Vila nmark. h SnuSf on0PJanuarVa SlK e Senate In execuUve session 8t the in inwanpji nr r np vwn MPRBinra . . irom unio reiusea'io connrm crinm poetofflce appointments which had been made by the President. , :it.a l.. i . v 5 Jy vu iiiuua vi ln j coo a. to the reason- why we had taken Buch action." said Mr. Foraker, "I made a Matem.nt In about these woras: lnoivmo action yinen nreuiu . v- ,1 ... .-.v. 1 ..... "'lu"0 w"u';. . iurrner.uroBiii.uuon 01 psironvxe ;ir , - 1,1.:.., 1 1 That, the Senator said, secrrf'-l'to the President would make a full n1 detailed answer to all the charwes of that kind. Mr. Foraker read a part , of the President's statement" Tiub- " nsnea mis morning, in wnion me latter declared that no presidential candidate had been favored in nny appolntments. . "These general proposi'ions nro lin- portant" said Mr. Foraker, referring to the President's words. "While tho people of the country are not In- terested In specific details of op- nointments, they are lnterofted in the general propositions enunelatea by the President; they are lntertstei In knowing that the appointments are made with an eye sl.igi (to the good '.of public service. The Presi dent by this statement recoirnlJ!'a the Importance of observing these propo sitions. , ,' CASE HARD TO PROVE. . "It Is difficult to prove this character," said -Mr. cases ' of j.ora iter, "because ordinarily there is no evl-f dence reduced to writing bearin on them. "But fortunately," he nJJol. we havo one case In Ohio wher-i there Is written testimony. I do- not charge anybody with bad faith. I supposed all' tne wniie mai mo PmM.nt wna txpiina llOOn reCOOl- ?sment was acung upon r-cor ndatlons made to him wltl w m errecommdaMO me knowleda-e which these recommendations rented. S' WJ?Jhr" of Mr. Bryson as postmaster ot l Athens. O., who, he said,, was ap pointed upon recommendation ct Representative Alfred Douglass. He then read from a local paper an Interview with Mr. Bryson in which hA tntt thst Taft lost hli following In Ohio and Foraker hal ftreatly grown in strength. Mr irnrnUer . observed that there was nothing In the lntr,'lew hostllo to Secretary Taft out tnoi u ex- pressed an honest difference of opinion on a subject' cntl.-e'y within 'his rights of Individual opinion. Mr-4 Bryson returned to Athens, said Mr.j Foraker, and a few day titer he re-' celved a letter from Representative Douglass telling of a talk he had in me letter of Presl-' vrmng jererence ror ranaiaaies , - -, 4lffl- to that Mr. ,..IH i ., to William - Dudley 1-.-P.Ph." .S v of Secretary TalU -The convention of the Hearst Inde- .o--..km-u.j. . . Those -who dislike, tne aianapoiis. This news will nrove diw coTre.oKond'eDnee rellun nJ 7 .""XJLT' PrVs.dent Ty that he is a most c- -ncertlng to m. o, Colonel Bryan's nomination as nost- Wiiii. . h.. .r.;.i friends say "I told you so. : . maKing love to the with Postmaster General Meyer, who'sped,! to The Observer. said the President had aeciaea noi tn nnnnint Mr. Bry son after a 11. Representative Douglass snld thn tha PnKtTnater General .wis nice about It, but determined, andevl dently was carrying out the Pres. dent's orders.1 NOT. IN HAKJiu.M nun mca.-i retained tieroert Mctummy, Ksq., a . . DENT. - leading criminal lawyer, to advise him Mr Douglass then went - to the j as to the best course to pursue. . White' House, where he took up the; A letter from Mr. Fennell to-nlfht matter with Secretary Loeb. who said' stateS that 72 hours after the occur the President could see "no reason) renco there are yet finger prints on for appointing men to office who were! boy's throat where he was chok not In harmony with his policies." Mr. I J- H' bdiy Injured and Lo Jaw thaT President waa deter- i may W permanent y afrected as ths SSned that Mr. Douglass should ! f jf being painted w'th nitrate recommend another appoint hr,toMr Mr" b that U wouM "m.inder of the hair being left 'long, had told Mr.JJrjson tnat it wouia, Mr Kennell has been advised to call be advisable for him to , comc to B tne ilawtti tor tnJ fuIlMt ,a. Washington and take the matter P. yestlgatlon of such conduct at a himself. Mr. Douglass subsequently. State-manared institution and to m- saw the President and the story of the conference at the White House was told in a letter which Mr. Doug lass Immediately sent to Mr. Bryson. saying: "The President bluntly told me that I woul&have to recommend another man." M rr Pougles said that he urged the President to recon sider. butMhat he was Insistent. Mr. Foraker said he did not want to comment tuioon the correspondence beyond showlns the pressure that had been brenKht to bear on one man who had exi)faed his personal viewj on a matter on which he had a right to erpress them, "to 'coerce him a the Preident had said In his letter." Mr. Bryson then sent a letter to Mr. Douglass, said Mr. Fork in wh'rh he a!d that In his-interview hs haa said that Taft wa loslnr and! S& Sffi' ? h.'-I- .KPf. . was true. said that he had alwavs teen In fa-; ' ' "a Pre8ldt'nt Pcles and noming naa ever appearea in pp'r OPP"8"' to the admin lstratlon. He reviewed some of the h nad Printed hoirevr. in- " I K . "latment .tn "e DOESN'T FAVOR ROOSEVELT'S CANDIDATE. "I favor the President, but not his ; candidate and I. shall not so long as ! 1 w.n Bryan can beat him at the nnii " . t The wi., .nt,n,j - i,.,.inrtinn - r Pi--J . ?- . 1' "l 1 1 1 ll 4 CI , (. . u. r.tA . u ... 1 Douglass had laid the lett- lefore tho President and that the President decided to send In the nomination. Mr. Foraker gave the President en tire credit for seeing the Justice of such a course. Mr. Forakyr asserted that he could .W a mai-wuii ne wouia use 10 !--"- ,m, vernation pentlenee Leaa-ue -llt h. h,M . i. of Charles H hv some one who , compllshed story-teller, wh. en.s .r.enas ror jtjs believed that th. Ne- O. was withheld Lsh ,; .n o..r: ' Foraker.v of Ohio, threw Jve'm ;w xoritei ana hus been given the "v m'm.nd ' thf Vhl a?e 1 man Tho could hurried, to .the other 1 any nbl9 mind that there are a . . of tne cupitol to hear "r iro t ,ucfl 0h,- ".Alarm" Foraker abuse the President. r,aid that estimate was no exaggera-j'' Th per80nai privilege speech . of tion. althouah the President's haml .... u. rmm Ohio was could not be traced to all of them. T T . . . . - . . , He said they had been nnorlnansnd by men who represent the President. r'ply .was made to Mr. For - aker'a remarks ' The reading by Senator Foraker. n,;BVhr.Ueriei were packed xn k- t. .t... nt n-r.in nnrrmm . . , , , V. a llafwn.rft VII velt had utilised Federal offices to a d - vance the political fortunes of Sec- retary Taft. caused Mr. Douglass, on tn noor 01 ,na OI Represent- V & V :'';J:??" ,,whleh he said Mr tor- ,J ", '' Li . a . a H . nmki, to ..nriBmtunri -"-.course now. how Mr Foraker cam by the let- . Mr. T. c. Guthrle, of Charlotte. Is ters which were private, or why he'at tna Ka,elgh, He came in the fa led to read all of them, unless t i 4 ,k. to ....reutiilmrtha - ' . washe didn't have them. J 1 urr in point was in repiy w -e from Mr. Bryson. who had ac- .n-.. uimnrn mni mu, .hn v.. th. .-u.ti,. v.a J 1 " v..-. " frmatni , wtmiu . nut bi'ic.miii. ... ....n -a. .-. . " , . letter to Mr. Bryson, Douglass declared that he was maJU ing a mountain out of a mote hill and In order to disabuse his mind' about the President's feeling toward candidates for public office suggested tst i- , A u'...kin.tnn' . . ,.. vi jnvii vw.ii . j i.a.ii.iin.uii nd have a talk with the President, HELD l?P OR ALLEGED COR- I ' ' ' RL'PTION. .Mr. Douglass declared that he. had recommended Mr. Bryson for the postmastershlp and the President had appointed him. "The whole Incl- dent," Mr. Douglass remarked, "II- lustrates the disposition .of ths Presl- dent to wage possible war upon any men who are not of his' way of thinking, but rather with the same generosity and broad mlndedness which he has always exhibited in ap pointing to offices men tit In every way to nil them." Commenting upon Senator For sker's remarks In tho Senate Post- master General Meyer later gave out tne following: "I do not quite understand Sen- ator Foraker's charge In the Senate to-day," becauso his sentiment itself ,hows that notwithstanding the Pres- tdent knew that Postmaster Bryson favtred Foraker. he sent in Bryson's nftme for postmaster at Athens. 6. Th president had prevl'dtdy direct- a. .1 . "I :. me to ho,d up n0mmatlon. It havIn bec t() hlm.that Bn. !Ji administration polled After look- Ing up the matter I notified the Pres (dent that the charges had been In vestigated, were not sustained and proved to he wholly unjustifiable. The r- i, . ., ... " . . f: "'I" uireiiea me lo sena in nla name. It was accordingly sent m o0n a the Senate reassembled after the Christmas holidays. When the President gave his direction ' to send hbj name In, he and I knew that cryson was a iriena or senator For- aker. ; MAY FROSECCTE HAZEJtS. Father of Freshman Wlw Was Badly I'scd Up by A. A M. Sophomores Goes to Raleigh to Investigate - Wilmington, Feb. 10. H. L. Fen- nU fatrtAr n f ITvAshman To X.. nelu wno waa ona of the t cadets suDjected to alleged outrageous treat ment at the A. &M. College, one night last week, has gone to Raleigh tn full Inveltlmta th. hu.ln. on.! V... - . . . , ti . . " n 1 1. ' o ploy local counsel at Raleigh to prose- cute the offenders criminally. Sou t tier n Abolishes Mn ,I)lvU(on. Macon, Oa., Feb. 10. Orders were received here from the " Washington headquarters of the Southern Rail way to abolish the separate Macon division of the road and merge It with the Atlanta division Supt. V. J. Belt. Trainmaster O. A. Ounthorpe and about seven other men lost their ATll.a fr Tlfill m H.feWaftVA maAm tr a'lmaster here and Mr. Gunthorpe given the place 'of - chief train dis patcher. Supt. E. E. Norris. of the Atlanta division, will have charge of both divisions In the future. The change is In conformity . with th" r"lt-" n .'""nomy recently adoctud by the gyitem. : A MSI EYENTTUL M0SDAY ROOSEVELT AND BRYAN HIT. Roosevelt Gets Ills DenuiiHatton From Forakcr anil letter From " Representative Leake, of New Jer M- The Higsest Attraction In tlw ' Senate. IVIhm Omuls Flock Mr. ' T. C Gntlirle In tlio Capital In In-t-re4 of Caxe Before Inter-State Commerce ' Commission Cominlt teea of Both Houses Have l"p In- s terestlna; Kubjels Xow Hearings on MttlencM Hill FleclaUy Ue-Ij'r-Hearst Is to lie Candidate l or Frequency. BY 'iL K. C BRYANT. Observer Bureau, N Congress Hall Hotel. Washington, Feb. 10. This has been a rathor eventful day in Washington. I'rcjtident Koosc- ( " x . vejfs letter to the Hon. Dudley w. T-nike. In which ho denies most c.- ' , . . . ....... in.n th, TrAl(tpnt "t tln!' Senate thia morning. He almost said that what Mr. Roosevelt avowed . inaiiu vnur nn iih h iimhi ilia " " . - ..... - v , u . . i c aiiu lie iuiu i , was not true. He took the lresiaen n naa aeclsred that If Mr. . Hearst to task for his Ohio appointments, rnn he would not himself be a candl As Mr. Foraker spoke the Senate date. The tone of the editorials of chamber and galleries filled with in- the Hearst papers indicates that he terested auditors.. The word reached will be Jn the content. i, iIaiim oress nailery ana ft.,lnv7LA kv - defense of the adminis- 1U11UU . J n I ... In r itti 1 J wth tM rcCe,it panic by Mr. , king. of the august Senate. . ... u h. irii-h rad his re- Amonar the listeners was Plerpont Morgan, the greatest of America. - . T.TVirNrst TI1K HOUSE 1 - " 5 "nUtive Leake, a """"" N ' jerBey. denounced t . . i 1 MAmant In THA HT' methods of Mr. Wllrlam Ha wa hissed by aome Of Uelel buWe did what manv n wouId lf they had the courage and saw tne use or suco I'liurRpn unci hkw uiv u v " juiciCDl. nw jmvi corporation commission before the inter-SUte commerce cranraim atalnrt the Norfolk & Western Rail- -way lor a revisiuu ui 1 i.,-n iivm . ..--t. n.t . - iiiirhum nmiu ' -- -mere nave oeen aii-acu uicuiui- 1 -i.ii.a in.favn. has found tha4 Richmond, Roanoko and Lynchburg have Intervened and made an arrangement with the com mission to give their side when tne case Is taken up. It Is hoped and hollavnri that the" hearing will ba - held at some convenient point in North Carolina. WORK OF THE COMMITTEES. The work of Congress Is done In committee Tooms and the man who gots on a good committee feels that he has accomplished something for him self and his constituents. Tho com mittees of tho Senate and the House are now hard at work on Interesting and pressing problems of the day. Last week I attended a number of the meetings of the agriculture, the Judiciary and other committees of tho House. Ever since Cpngress met the committee on agriculture has been at work, and all sorts of things have been considered and discussed. Dr. C Hart Merrlam spoke to the committee one day on field "mice. He 'showed the skins of the ones that destroy hun dreds ot thousands of dollars' worta of farm stuff in the United States an nually, and told what the Depart ment of Agriculture was doing to rid the country of the pest. He also pro duced types ot rats and mice that feed on insects and accomplish great good. In his talk Dr. Merrlam, who is the head of the biological bureau. made It plain that he thought the best money Invested by his bureau was that spent In examining the stomach of various birds and rats, that being the only way to And out Just what the creatures feed on. -'He held up the skins of two mice and declared: "Hers Is one that Is a blessing to the farm er, while this one, very similar In ap pearance. Is a curse. We look Into their stomachs and discover what they eat." -, The hearings before the agricultural committee are full of Interesting de velopments. The average farmer misses 'much by not keeping In touch with Secretary Wilson and his various chiefs of bureaus. .The cow tick was handled roughly before the commit tee. Southern Congressmen gave him 8 bad name. All pests will be shown up. Uncle Sam has money to throw to the birds and he will use some of It In buying stones to hurl at de structive creatures. THE LITTLEFIELD BILL. The hearings before the House Ju diciary committee have been lively at times. As Judge Jenkins, chairman of the committee, called them, the "sentimental gentlemen" are ' having their day. Those who oppose liquor want to get It out of the way of old Jones, a weak neighbor, who Is not able-to talce care of himself. "The Llttlefleld bill. If you please," Is the cry of the anti-saloon people. "We want the laws made so strict that liquor cannot be shipped Into prohi bition territory. The good people of the country demand this." There Is considerable opposition to the Llttlefleld bill and It is not likely to be recommended unless It carries with K 'a "personal amendment." which provides a way for the Indi vidual to have shlpoed to himself a little liquor for family use. Th Dem ocrats, as well as ths Republicans, are divided on this feature of the bill. Mr. Llttlefleld opposes any sort of an amendment, but there are some who sav that they will never vote for the bill without ths personal clause at tached. Irnny lawyers do not believe that the bill would be constitutional, but the author ftf It, who is one of the leedlpg lawyers of the country, thinks that It would pass the Supreme Court tept. . The wine-makers of the country, headed by the California fruit-growers who represent many millions of dollars' worth of propertv lh- to have a hearing on the Llttlefleld hill, which. If enacted Into.Uw, they say, wouJd destroy thlr business. Wtula this Is true, the law could not prevent the landing of foreign wlnea lu Amer ican ports. The liquor question Is not nearing a settlement. There is more . work ahead for the Pure-in-Heart and some more merry nights for the Mor ally Stunted. 1 ' The Navy Department has recom mended that four more battleships be built. The House committee on na val. affairs is split on tha. number. Representative Hobson Is for four or more, but it Is believed' that a ma jority of the committee will vote for two. Hobson. as the country at largo has realized by this tinfe. is daft on the subjf-ct of a navy. He rides his hobby all the time. A vote on this Important .matter will be taken with in the next few days. . . HEARST A CANDIDATE? The most Interesting. bit of news that I have heard lately Is to the ef- fec that wnllam Ran(J0,pft Heargti of New York woul(J a candfiate ror the presidency. I walked down street Saturday with a representative Mr. Bryan could not nope to win. It wv.s raid early last year that Mr. Bry- SPARTAMURO AGAIV TIKI, VP. . . . Tlie City Had Not Recovered Fro,n , Heavy Hort When It U Struck y Knuuninnn Special to The Observer . r deepest snow in several vean fell , Spartanbuwff nan'd T throughout , the r.lm,v i. ru . . ..8 " . ' cerin4 The ground to a den7h of sfx In,),.. i . inches. in th. ,.r.n.. . v. county the snowfall was consUerably neavier than here, the entire country around Land rum and lnman beina- , ..-. v o- t v II I Jil I1'B III in 1W In va'- J "now measures several feet, T.na now aIlo cam on one of the rJT. ."''' I ho season, the '""'"ur. pern 22 degrees. The KZ fda" ! . - - - , . . , "a 1UI. ' Know biran faiiin- in.j,. . ,i i n'JJS' "hi o'clock ,1 "M'm"! ociock tnis tnornlnj. A colj bltlnrf Winn frnm tnm nnrthanit a,wimiw.nli.J ?a, " fTnT'lo beat under door si 11. nil thr.V.h openKntli windows and?,? mam- gtores suit rMtn.. tk- . . iwiumin im , mow was Danked up. Many roofs leaked causin much rlumun . tw. .. ivn uuouge, i ne street hours not car waB in operation. Many ot the car, ,sft tne bun Cary this mornln but stalled after running only. a short Durinr the afternoon sleet snj rain fell by turns and If the. bad weather continues during the night another hard rreese is expected. The man agement of the telephone, telegraph and eleotrio light companies are "blue" over the situation, fearing thesr wire property and poles will go down -under the heavy burden of sleet and ice. The companies are Just re2ovrln.it from the sleet storm of last w53c 8now Deepest In Many Years at Aslie- vllle. Special to The Observer, Anhevllle, Feb. 10. The deepest snow ror many years .covered ths ground to-night. Snow began fall Ing at midnight last night and at day- Mght this morning the ground was covered to a depth of six Inches. The snowfall continued during the morn Ing and at noon seven inches of snow lay on the ground. Ths elec tric car system has ha.l hard work maintaining its schedules, A telephone message from Marshall ald there were seven inches of snow there. UncolnKMi Wrapped in Six Inches. Special to Ths Observer. Llncolnton. Feb. 10. Snow fell here to-day Incessantly from 5 a. ni. until 2 p. m. This Is the heaviest enow In several years, the avfraae depth being six Inches. .Mrs. B. W. Mc Lean, while crossing Main street this morning, slipped on the Ice and fell, breaking both bones In her left fore arm Just above the wrist. Seven Indies at Forest City. Special to The Observer. Forest City, Feb. 10. Snow began railing here early last night and con tinued until noon to-day, reaching a depth of seven Inches. This Is the heaviest fall since 1103. Bl Fall at GalTiicy, fi. C. Special to The Observer. ' Gaffney. S. C, Feb. 10. More than four Inches, of snow fell here last night, and at this hour Is stilt fall ing, with no Imihedlate prospect of cessation. . AI.DIUCH DEFENDS BILL. Big Crowd Present to Hear the Rhode Inland Senator Discuss Ills Fin ancial BUI In Ui Senate. . Washington, Feb. 10 Senator Al drlch to-day addressed the Senate In explanation of his currency bill. The galleries nvere well filled. A large number of bankers were present. In cluding J. Plerpont Morgan, of New York, who occupied a seat tn Vice President Falrbands row and who came from New York for tho purpose. Throughout the delivery of his ad dress Mr. A Id rich was accorded care ful attention and upon closing he was surrounded by his colleagues who ex tended their congratulations. At no tlnkn was he Interrupted and no one undertook to enter Into a debate on the currency question when he con cluded. ESCAPED FROM MORGANTON. Arthur Clilkla, Said to Have leaped lYom Morganton Asylum, Arretted In New York and Confined at Hos ItaL New York. Feb. 10. Arthur Chllds. who Is said to have escaped from an asylum for the insane at Morganton, N. '., was arrested at tha .Waldorf Astoria Hotel to-day and committed to Bellevue Hospital for examination as to his mental condition. At the hospital it was stated that Child.' friends traced him to iMs city, after he disappeared from Morganton about IS days ago. He made nn state ment while in court but told the po lice that he was a prominent meiphcr of I ha ilajouic ui Jr. A HOME FOK OLD SOLDIEES - BILL LACKS BUT LAST READING. The Palmetto State to Provide, It Heeins. j-or Needy Confederate Sol olers by the Establishment of an Institution at Columbia Appro priation Bill Made Special Order For To-Dav Senate Paftses Bill Itc quirlng Bond of Mutual Insurant tympanies Resolution Passed Call ins; J-'or a Constitutional Amend ment so as to Allow Assessment of Contiguous Iropcrty For Street Im provctnent. Observer Burean. Main Street, Columbia. S. C, Feb. 10. Tlie House to-day passed a .. Senate bill by narrow majority which, un less It Is killed on third reading to morrow, will become law, all House amendments being killed and the Sen ato having acted upon it last session. ' The bill is by Senator Brooks, , of Creenwood, and provides for the es tablishment at Columbia on Slato lands of an Infirmary for needy Con-. 4-faderate-veterans. The institution is t- he established and managed by a, board of live to bo appointed by tho Governor. This board Is to regulate the admission, except that each coun ty pension board is allowed to send tn two inmates. The bill carries an ap propriation of $ 12.000. There was a spirited debate over the measure, and the vote being close every parliamentary tactic was resorted to to put it out of business. The first hostile motion against it fail ed by a vote of 43 to J9. A motioi tt Indefinitely postpone failed by a vote of 46 to 44, tlie dlfterence In tn vote being accounted for by the facf. that between tho aye and nay vot the doors were opened under the rules and members were, hustled in from the lobbies. Au amendment t take the $12,000 out of the pension fund failed by a vote ot iH to 3. An amendment to regulate the admission from the several counties according to. .LMl,TraTnH' ' 1 l!0 I a I It. I J The bill then passed to Its third reading, an effort to get another aye and nay vote on. this falling. APPROPRIATION BILL MADE X SPECIAL ORDER. The general appropriation bill is a very heavy one, and the members aro getting skittish about appropriations. v-iio.il ...an jmsiiar, lllft nays Mil; means committee, to-day nad this bill, which arrived In printed form to-day., made a special order for to-morrow, with priority until disposed of. ', A slmilur special order was made of , Mr. Cothran's bill earning many 1m-, tn ft n lit" umun ..tun t. t,. Ih. ' I 'a v. ... - Cothran set. Both houses voted to come back for) night sessions on account of losing Saturday with the rlp to Charleston. , BOND FOR MUTUAL COMPANIES. ! The Sonata engaged In a little tus-i nle to-day over a bill to require the. (lllng of u ond on the part of mutual' Insurance companies to protect policy holders, but finally passed it a soon, as It was explained that there Is a number of these so-called mutuals In I be State doing a wild-cat business. The bill was at first opposed by those who are friendly to a number of thoso -companies which are doing a straight and commendable business. The Senate also passed a bill for- bidding widows under 60 years receiv ing Confederate pensions. The House has killed a bill to allow such pen sions regardless of age, and will likely pass this Senato bill. The bill which passed the Senate a few days ago on the deciding ballot of the president to request the State Democratic convention to provide tor a vote on tho liquor question in the , primary this summer, Is now practic ally without opposition in the Senate ( the two sides having got together.' This : .-moves the pesky question from bothering candidates in the elections , to a great extent, but it will be vig orously faught In the House. RESOLUTION FOR AN. AMEND :'. MENT. . Senator Carllslo had passed a very Important Joint resolution calling for a constitutional amendment so as t allow assessment ot contiguous prop- -erty for street Improvements. This, matter has been worrying such cities as Greenville. Anderson, Spartanburg. k Rock Hill and other up-country cities, . which have been laying imitation , stone sidewalks by assessment of con- . tlguous property. The State Supreme , Court has passed upon the question adversely to tho Interests of the cities. . ttor Weston, oi Richland, had a bill passed allowing members of the Richland county dispensary, board salaries of $1,000 each. This board handles a business of aboue $300,009 a year. The state directors uncier mo old Stato dispensary law nanaiea a business exceeding three million dol lars and got n salary ot $400 each a year. Tne indications are mai mem were other things, however, to satisfy them. is LEFT STORM IN ATLANTA. : Wires -Are Out of Commlston. Car Service Stalled ami Streets mocked by Fallen Trees Emergency ' Tele. From City-No I"urtlicr Damage Anticipated. Atlanta. Ga., Feb. 10. Owing to a sleet storm, which-started yesterday and grew worse during the night. wires of all descriptions are out of ' i,An.m'i,lr.n. eleftrlt ?ar lineii are , stalled and streets are blocked with fallen trees. No serious accidents or loss of life has been reported. All Jay Atlanta was shut oft from communication with tho outside world, but to-night an emergency telegraph office was opened at How- , ells station, three miles from the city. where two wires were patched up.- The telephone and the telegraph companies nsve oeen tne neavtest losers. The Western Union reported seven miles of poles down between Atlanta and Macon. The Postal Telegraph and Cab! Company was also seriously crippled. Ratn eominuel to fall to-aay Put It did not freexe. To-night the tem perature Is asraln falling, but no fur ther damage Is anticipated, as the rain has about ceased.. In lured Captain Taken Yom Ship Charleston. 8. C Feb 10. Captain Thomas Morgan, of the schooner Eaglewlng. was brought to Charles ton by the Clyiie liner Chippewa, suf fering from a fractured Jawbone, rib and collar bone. - Injuries receive! while assisting with repairs to tt schooner's steering rar. ".;! Morgan was takeu off the Si'av...:! r 10 miles southeast of Chrl- -' t during a heavy storm and l r V ;t bet tvr surgical treatment.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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