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V,. -Vn : i SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: - 8.00 YEAE. CHARLOTTE, N. C. SUNDAY MORNING, ; APRIL 12, 1903. 7-;MiPRIC:: FIVE CLUx, . - 7L POSSIBILITIES OF f A fto TSxxrrxcuE. bays mb. . hobson peakln-r on the Naval Appropriation l;ut Mr. Gregsc Declare; That Many Mnabfm ef Uie House Have Gone "Xavy Wad" Order lor Atlantic Fleet to luiturn U Proof That the Jovernnien Does Not Anftlcipate War With Ja pan Representative . liobaon Plead lor Four Battleship ' .Instead ot Two Sir. Kitchin Op- pose In err b on Grounds That An Immense Navy la Not Essential to 1 preservation of Monroe Doctrine. '. Washington. AdMI 11. Declaring ? .that many members .had" gine "navy . ... -mad" when consideration of the naval appropriation bill was resumed In the ' House to-day Mr.'.Gregg, of Texas, op--posed a great "naval programme. He ' " charged that President Roosevelt had a.n unsettled naval policy and that he 'waa trying to force It upon Congress, ; It. Mr. Gregg said, the plea for four - battleships was based ' on - fear of a conflict with Japan the Presidents course had been peculiar, because, he .-ald. the relations with Japan on De- ' cember td, 190, were more strained . when be asked for one ship than . en December td. 1907. when he-asked . for1 fonr:Tbel beet -proof that this 4roernment did not anticlpate a war with Japan was the fact that the At lantic fleet bed been-ordered ; to re . turn fromthr Pacific watera , v . ! HOBS0J7X.EAt)S FOR FOUR. -In a vigorous speech Mr. Hobaon, of Alabama, again pleaded for four bat - tleehlps instead of-two. When an ag--v -gresslve nation, he declared, investi gated the question ot wneiner a war was to be undertaken Or not It did not " ask .about administration; malnten- anos or auxiliaries but It asked "How -rr ? -many battleships hasl the other na tlonf " Even a margin of superiority ---, fighting ships, he said would tend J ' to conserve the - peace. With : only three more -battleships In ;lll Mr. " " """Hobson said "the margin of superiority , between the American and Spanish - fleets would have been such as to have . mads possible the settlement of the case ; by diplomacy. 60 important '. was this matter Of superiority, he said. . ' I that when Congress haggled over two battleships the safety ot the nation V was being trifled with. . ft -? t - - Mr. rHobson" araln reverted to the alliance between Japan and England , anq nintea at a pobbioib union oi lotte; . capital, 15,000; g. s. McNlnch. forces f these two nations In Canadl- r. H.'BetheU of Fort Mill. S. C. and fan walera. ;r - - ' V - W. C, Klnson. f- Charlotte.stock MtJ, Hobson. went so far as to saybolden; - Granville Real Batata and that BO million dollars In battleships . Trust Ootnna.v Af nr-H ...it.i . IJk VI. 4 TT.tf.J Ci.a.a. to force Russia to evacuate Manchu ria at the time ahe agreed to do so, and In (that ease the- war between Russia and Japan would - have ' been . averted.,. -J ir..V:i.'. - ir w- 4 "WAR CLOUDS GATHICRINGJ The war clouds are gathering." Mr. Hobson said, "but America could. by carrying out a legitimate national policy, prevent It4- It Is not a vlslonjS 11 is net a orero-x ipu, s.qa .1 can ow. it. Let's begin by. anthorlKln four - hlDthl rear at the least- - . Mr. Burton, of Ohio, was rather la . clined to discount Mr. Hobson's pre dictions ot war-.-. Notwltbstandlag the ( dire purpoftanta that "the war .cloud are gathering," said he, "I am' grati ; fled 4o aotlce. that V equanimity and : contentment prevail. In this chamber." He could not. he said, listen to Mr. Hobaon, "without words , of emphatic ; dissent I may even say, .of. rebuke." The United States, be declared, was . V In the forefront , of, modern . civlllza S ti on and Instead of engaging in war 4. fare, had1 made peaoe between nations. "Ha referred ; to ' President Roosevelt's part in effecting peace between Russia v and Japan and said that "not one nor ,10 battleships had anything- to do 'I with that peace. It was accomplish-1 .' ed rather through. a reliance in his ; fairness and the -Justice and disinter estedness ef the American ' people.1 J factors," he declared, - "which - would . have .been swept away if he had had , those ambitions which' belong; to a . country having a great navy and Seek '. Ing to . dominate the nations of the earth." - Sympathy, he said, .was a - factor' more potent than armaments, -and rno - nation -now -could afford to . Imnnse unon a wealt people. The publle opinion of the civilised world: lie asserted, was. stronger than the ar- tnles and the navies of the proudest empire. There Is. he said, a solid art . ty of Interest among the nations 'of the earth such that war win not be : tolerated; .War Is Practically impos sible to-day, he said, - unless some ir repressible ground for war; exists, as - existed in the case of Japan and Rus '1a. " - '-. : , - MR. KTrCHDi SFEAK&v' . it As regarded Japan Mr. Burton said ... no nation which had made such leaps Vend bounds In so short a time had be . have v with more moderation than .that country.' If. however, Japan had . designs on the civilisation of the . Western - world k and 4he i West- em .world .would combine - against the ra-oes of Asia it would be out of --the question that there would be any fight In which the United States would - have to contend alone.. He concluded - by ; saying that the , United States should tales advantage of its- magnlfl- cent Isolation- and" lead-the -world In lth paths of. peace. J - . 1 - Mr, W. W. Kitchin. or North Care , Una, opposed the idea of four battle ships. . In his opinion an- Immense na-' ry was not essentlairto th preserva- can primaries. were held la practically tloh of the Monros ooctrtne. because. very , preclnct m. the county-last he -mM, . the United States heretofore ;nlght and to-day for the purpose of had: not sucn a navy either actually' ...i., .1 aaCr'arskan w 'thai AAKeu rj10 whenc Jnf?urea b' the vention which will be held in the court ' t,furoP- Sll4 wcom. hoUM h, Mxt Saturday. , With the between the Caucasian and - yellow l.. Jj . . Jr . t.ces, Mr! Kitchin Insisted that there S,lrJFltS.M - could be ho reasonable doubt: that the lMt''?H navies of Europe would light on the em-f. ln , sideof America. He -was no aoelo. rdrf7aJ? . in. , -M heM r 7 gist for Japan and yet he wl Japn,rt,e - could Increase her navy wlthont , 81 Tff. I.'J I : : necessarily havlna- any hosUIe Inteu-hi" e?mafl Jl'S:5ich :i ?T4 - tlons toward the United SUtea , , Vf .l X. thH the President Roosevelt's treatment Of 5lI'(?i',e111ecid 't.wtt.c,ntr Con -. Rear Admiral BroWnson, because of 7.enUo?. TJ11 1 tfl Lthe ut.8 conven. ' j his attack with regard to the placing of a naval surgeon 'in charge of the y (lospjiai snip neivet. was conaemnea i bv Mr. G11L of Maryland, who chanr- ed that the President had repeated ly"" rgs number of supporters in .shown .a disregard for the law and tht county, biit there -are many who perferraed acts wholly Illegal. A Teat. . Injustice, he said, bad been done Ad miral Brownson. . .The oountry, he de clared, should demand administrative respect for the law. - -, . . . DEFECTS IN NAVAL BUREAU. ' The defects in the bureau system of naval administration were Pointed out by Mr. Dawson, of Iowa, who Is the author ef a bin to re-oryaniw the - Navy Departmeht He quoted from the reports of Secretaries Moody and Long, showing that the system ef eight separate bureaus entirely in dfrendent ' ef each other, each of which ex-Tclsed t;-. po-arer of l-uln-r orders which, have the full force aadj in the House at S p. m. with the bill effect of orders from the Fcretary off still under coniderati liok a ra the Navy, created a condition in thelcess until 11:19 a. m. Monday IMPOKTAKT POLNT RAISED AS. TO SmPMENT OF nnSKEV Supreme Court Jfavln? Held That a . Miipment'of r iTeitit Which, In ;-- Massing IVm One .Point In State . Into Another, Must Go " Tbrougta . Another fcuue, Is Inter-State Com. meroe, Question U Raised . to Both a Shipment" of- Whiskey ", J ud ire pritcluu-d's BngaicemeiMa . to Speak on ProhJblUon Two prison, v rrs Tear Down Wendell Jail and GO Home Great Tear for Local School Taxation News of '.. State, -CapUaL ' -- ' . v , """Observer Bureau. '.' T7T "The Hollemao Building.----- '; :T'' i Raleigh.' April IV r; Th . , Stat , Supreme Court re cently held f In . the - case - of the Shelby Ice - and i Ooal Com pany - vs. the - Southern Hallway (a penalty' suit) that a shipment of freight from one point in North Car olina to another point in the Stat, It being necessary for the shipment to oass over the Una ; into another State . en route,' Is inter-State com merce. Now it U an Interesting- ques tion imonr lawyers hereabout whether the shipments . of whiskey .from rwetf territory- in-the State - prohibition territory In the State Is not .lnter-6tate- commerce under the ruling- of the Supreme Court where the shipment baa to be billed via. some point in -another State. ' For Instance. to ship-whiskey from ' Winston-Salem to Roxboro the shipment must go via Jtoanoke and Lynchburg, Va.; "to hlp whiskey from Wilmington to Wades bo ro, over the Atlantic Coast - Line. this shipment must go ' by Florence, S. C. There are' numerous similar icases. -.', - Announcement . made at State prohibition headquarters of the ap pointment of United States Judge J. C Prltchard :as' follows: 'Winston Salem. April 18th: YadklnvfUe. 30th; WUkesboro, flat: , Dobson. 22dt Mount Airy, Z2& (at night); Danbury. 23d; Reldsvllle, 24th; Greensboro. .25th. Lexington, 16th . Cat night) ; Concord. Wth ;t Asheboro, ' tTth : Carthage, J8th ; Fayettevllla. th; .Smlthfleld. JOth: Newbern, . May lat; Jacksonville., td: Raleigh. Id; Washington. 4th; Rocky Mount. 4ta (at night).'-..---. - Charters are Issued to - the 8. 8. McNlnch Realty Com nan v. of rhir. .Tr " . P .a T it, Currln. B.8. 4 Royster! and others; -Thomasvllle Picker Stock Company, of ' Thomasvllle: eanltal. 25,000 authorized. 15,000 subscribed by i. tt. vox ana others. 1 - Adjutant General T. R.' Robertson, of the North Carolina National Guard, will spend next 'week at Hivmarkut Va where Mrs. Robertson is vlsfUna- ner 'paren.ta.;' H.-.wiij also be 1 in Washington a day or two oa business ior xna guard. r, .v- ---.1 . The Btata T3nartmanl " tf Mum. flcji is notified of--the resignation ef tu m.- jcTana. superintendent of., the Hendersonvllie pubilo schools, to cpt similar position -..at Nsw .uroomneia. Psnn. . He has - been at Hen dersonvllje,; for seven years. ., '"-The. matement' made --by the ftate Department of Ed ucetlon that the funds raised by local .taxation tn the rural - districts of " the. State " for school Improvements the past year was 107.4 per cent rreatet; than for any previous- year; -175 new ; school houses were ereoted;at an -i- average eost of $600. -f . ,-. . t v.. . TORE DOWN i, THE .JAIL, At Wendell, this county, i. two men were locked up In the town Jail last night,- Herbert Ferrel for fighting and Ned Pierce for" - drunkenness. They tore down the Jail and went to their homes, presenting . themselves to Mayor Hortoa this mornlnr with the apology that they, ware. '-'just- obUged to have a'drthlr of water." Pierce was fined t and the -case of Ferrel was set fdr Monday.-. He and Ned. Pierce had been, drinking and quarreled and cut -each other, Pierce being badly cut about the tsce and hands. -- Ray ... Fletcher, John .Tates, ' and James Teaohy, three Raleigh boys, were today arrested In 'Hamlea and locked np for stealing rides on trains. They" say. they had started' to beat their way to Texas. ; . : . Insurance Commissioner -Young : Is Just back from Wmston-Salem. where he 'secured . the binding over' to court Of, C - W.- Boxer, colored.'. charged with wriOng , policies , in the colored Knights of Honor, when the company has no license In this State.' .-. The" Mcintosh-Company, of Waynee ville, changes its name to- fhe Mcln-tosh-Foard Company, and Increased its capltaL'to $15,000. I vi . Governor Glenn returned on a late train to-dav from his. western Car olina prohibition -campaigning trip, having spoken last in Cata.wba coun ty .yesterday. He complained jot be in worn out from-the ri -and would make no ' statement or discuss any matter except to wy he was delight ed with . the prohibition . campaign conditions as be found them through out his trip.--r -.. --- - : ' mm 1 m "Forsyth RorniWloaa Prlmarlee Held. Bpeclal -to The Observer. ' - . . Wlnston-SsJsm. Aorll 11 T!nKM J'0" ,""yrql:?. ru le"ers of Jh ln, thi? nt ,re opposed , ,: . . 1 J where, especially so this-year- Taft oo: nwl- B1r B waiaacy, dpartment which was productive of conflicts and contentions. . He -said that the public had had many striking; Instances within ths past few years showing the clashing of Interests and authority under this system. He disclaimed any criticism of men. or oncers. . . . Mr.' Loud, of AIich'Ran7 favored a naval programme or two battleships each year for the next 10 years. Following a brief a!Jref-s by Mr. O'Connei, of Massachusettv support ing tne jour, ramwaip proposition BUXCOMBEBAHS FOB .(DBA IG AN ENTirCSIASTIC CLm FORMED The Leadlne Count r of the Moon tain Sections Holds Its Convention; .With a Iianre Atlendanc-e of Ielo .. gates ParUoiDatins; st k"ctlon of , ltepreeenuuiT8 to - State- - Conven- 'tlon Lnft Ulih. Coiimilitee Con gresslonal Delegation Instructed For Crawford ltesololion i'M dorrtng Bryan 'Creates luch n . Uioslasm Followlnx lonvenuon Cralar Club lit Fonnet Stronr Ad. .. dress is Made by Mr. Cocke In s. Praise of Mr. Craig. 1 -Bpeclal to The Observer. r, . . w,r? "J Asheville. April : ll'--The 'Demo crats of Buncombe county in conven tion assembled ' to-day unanimously and amid wild cheering endorsed Mr, Locke Crale- as the Democratic candi date for Governor of North Carolina. The onventkn was larrely attended, every city and county precinct being represented, v Del era tea were not se lected, the committee named on the selection of delegates being instructed to select delegates at their ; leisure from evenr Dreclnct in the xounty.. It is purposed to. r run a special . train from . Ashevllle - o Charlotte : at the time of the State' convention to be known-aa-tb "Craig, Special'! -and- U have a delegatioa of at vist nve nun-dred- delegates from this county;;": ' The endorsement of Mr. Craig by the. Dem6cralic .voters of North-Carolina, la both his private life and pub lie oareer, is fittingly aet forth. - The resolution of endorsement waa intro duced by J. O Curtis, a former mem ber of the Legislature from Bun combe.: Cheers and loud hand-clapping greeted t- the mention' of Mr. Craig's name. .. State Senator Charles A. Webb was made 4ermanent -chairman of the convention to-day. which was practically' free .from oratory or speech-making. Delegates to the tenth district congressional convention were selected and intruded to vote solidly; for W. T. CSrawtord for re-nomlnatlon. i Representative - Crawf ord's-reeerd -In Congress was enthusiastically endors ed. A Resolution endorsing William Jen nings .Bryan created, perhaps '.the greatest enthusiasm ' of the conven lion. At the adjournment of the eon vention a "Buncombe County Craig Club" was organized with . ex-Judge Henry. B. Stevens president. Several hundred names were enrolled. . The membership of. this club, or a larre portion ef it at least, will attend tne State convention - Mr. William J.' Cocke, In addressing the newly formed Craig Club of Bun combe to-day, among other things, said: - i , - MR. COCKE'S ADDRESS. We' are gathered here to-day not as a political body, or to further the political ambitions of any particular man; -but we meet ray fellow citizens, to pay tribute' to a friend and Demo- Jcrat; tp, lay. the Imperishable, garlands 01 rrienainip ana grautuae at tne ieei of a man-whom we all love. If men knew ecb other better, there would be a kindlier feeling among all man kind; and If every man In, North Car olina .Jtnew.hlm .as' you and I know him, every, roan in the Commonwealth wonld .lore . Locke' Craig, . v;! l? ' Let ti part the veil which' hides from View the years that1 have gone! before, and through the mists of time we' See a youth close to the full bloom of manhood. He was entering then, alone . and , unaided, '.upon the. great struggle of '.life. ' .Wei 'see-a - young practitioner at ; the .bar, without, in fluence and.'wlthoutfrlends, place his foot upon tneJboUomang.of the. lad der, goaded by the determination- and unfaltering will -which were handed down .to him lar -at priceless' heritsege from, a long line of Scottish ancestors. The 1 years -glide- on and, that V boy." in figure has attained the ripe promise of mannrood. He Is hart way up tne ladder, now, still .climbing upward and onward, and the world of law be comes - conscious i.of ithe fact . that there 4 was a ' new,' force backed by Irresistible will and. energy,, a daunt less' spirit that 'recked not ' of hard ship and financial reverses.. The name or Locke Craig was becoming known throughput the section;, a new power at the bar was in evidence;' a new fac tor was. born -Thelaurels oi vlotory follow each ether In rapid succession; the maturity 'of -manhood fulfills-the promise of earlier, days, and In this our -own time no name Is-carved In higher honor upon.the rock f taw. , ' ' IN HIS HOME CIRCLE. - - " , We hV seen hlm-ln his borne cir. cle, and beautiful Indeed It is. Here, by . precept -and -example,- and ' hand in hand with. a noble jwomaij. teach ing his' little, boys to walk in paths Whose miles are marked. by the tab lets of vlrtuo and truth and manli ness," and In the everlasting temple which human sentiment has , erected to the cardinal -virtue of friendship, we behold htm again. With that loy alty with which the ravages of time hurls back the tides of slander and vituperation .and set an iron heel up on the head of. treachery, we have se Locke Craig extend the hand of fellowship to a friend. In the ever reenrring local movements of reform end- In those-whlehr are- sweeping- the Statev we have seen him-In the very vanguard of thoee who stood, boldly for the right To MCriig there has! never er been a confliof between a call ot his Church and hisihlghert obligations as e-citisen and party fealty. The sug gestion of friends that he "keep hands :off." that . his" activity would effect their movement In his behalf, has always Jnet a derision so bold and fearless that such friends at the mo ment were struck with fear, awe and admiration of hi courage. - IV HIS PARTY COUNCILS. ' - i - We have seen htm in the councils of hls Tarty, and there In the seething- tide of politics; whose watera per petually jbear the flotsam and Jetsam of ambitious humanity, this man of sterling principle stood again reveal ed. The - presentation' of grave and momentous problems to 'him always found the same-answer: "Gentlemen, we must do what Is right and Just. In the matter." Subeervlatlng personal ambition and prospective gain to the welfare of his party, Locke Craig ha always been the true exponent of that Democracy; which the Inspired Vance decJared to be immortal. We have seen him upon 'the politi cal platform when his every word seemed Inspired, .pleading . for. the rights ot his people against the en croachment of organized , greed and avarice;: preaching the doctrine, Over and always, that, man is- above the dollar:; that government is instituted among men for the preservation of Uvea and property.. For more, than two decades his unselfish service? have been given to the promulgation of such doctrine. Time and time s -rain, from one end ef the State to the other, he has made hjs way In a labor of patriots devotion to his peo ple's cause. Whether called by the little . gathering under, the beautiful oaks, in the remote township, or by the thousands In the gilded ' theatre and auditorium in crowded city, no personal sacrifice, however great, was ever offered to Justify a single ab sence.' ; , ,- . . .;,..-. - WORKED WITHOUT REWARD! Imbued with Jeffersonlan ' convic tions, believing thai Anglo-Saxon rule is necessary to their fruition anbr per' manent -blessing, Locke Craig- . has given .this twenty years of,, service without reward, save in the hope that somewhere In it all some word of his may. have led t oclearer thought and to more patriotic service, f. More rec ompense than this he has not asked; to him it Is higher pay than Klondyke gold. These ' Jeffersonlan principles are perhaps . more securely, fixed in the seals and purposes of the people ef Korth Carolina than anywhere. In the republic, ant surely the white man's rule has come to stay forever., A great and militant army of patri ots accomplished this. In thts grest army Simmons was a general. Over man', was a general, Aycock was a general; Olefin waa a general and our own -Craig" was a general, too. The people. have honored for. these high services Simmons, Overman."" Aycock, Glenn, and in gratitude and in Justice theyiH-tnake-CTaig"-nr'nextGo-rtsoyar amor. ..XZZXH RUN TO : MADNESS. ! , -After all these years of service some have undertaken to traduce and slan der film, and in their misguided zeal characterised Mr. Craig as a tool of a corporation and syndicate Interests. The sword of slander is' keen, and whether it strikes In the dark or In Jthe glare, of open' days its wound Is deep on the pliant victim; out its edge is dulled and the blade is often snapped in twain when Jt descends upon the - adamant' of sterling char acter. There ars some la our' State who- by making excerpts from Holy Writ - would . say that our Christ - fa vored drunkenness and debauchery: there are others who by carefully chosen extracts from a -single speech would fasten the stigma of Judas up on the choice which we men of Bun combe have made. Shame, shame. shame, that seal should run to such nunc, uui seat iaouiv run lu aui, madness. Craig stands for the right; of the people against, the encroach - ments of .corporations, but he Is no anarchist He would not destroy vest ed property rights be It In the shape oCtndividual Investment or the legit imate -aggregation of corporate wealth, but to all these he would say: ".Tou shall not crucify mankind upon ths cross of greed." ' . My friends, the endorsement which has. been : given to Mr.- Craig In an. other meeUng Is fitting testimony; from a people whom he loves and who, love nim.r; Tne iure nee oeiore u.j ana Knowing nim ana oenevrng It f.f.ni n .i-fiaw seal of approval upon the great law- yer. the loyal friend, the sterling- cttl M. """kl"' o.,V -7 I r . . tn. r.m.V.-ir th rtmiint h breunht orders the seeming blackness: of the night has beep dispelled by ha splendor of day. and narmony exists wtiera?-discord attempted to false. ItaJ bead.-. ( . ' ' " .' i .THE FUTURij'S BRlOHTXESS.i In the : last two, years we . have wit neseed unrest In our SUte., All great reforms are prefaced by .Apparent misgivings. But I was still Slum Ber ing this morning when I saw a State blessed In. its diversified Industries and resources.' Every, waterfall, was har nessed : the hum of the spindle and the-loom made a music a wester than ten" thousand pipe organs -from a thoiisand open mines came the beat of busy .picks;' the muslo of the- reaper came from fields, bending beneath the weight of a people's wealth; from the schoolhouse and the church rose the strains of vhappy childhood and - the chant of -devoted worshipers. - All Was music everywhere; peace and con tentment -and tranquility reigned - su preme -In the- heart of all the people. Twas.but,the.vlslpn of. an era, that is about to dawn. Across the moun tains let- us 'flash - the - news that to day has been born a movement which breathes a spirit of good cheer-to all ouripeople;-a movement which will continue to sweep Irresistibly onward until. the vision shall become a real ity when rBuncombe'schosen, leader shall sit in ths executive chair to do Justice and to show msrey,- STAXfcY' CONVENTION BELP Delegates Named to Staie- Convention - and eitmmons, overman ana uacK j, ett Are Endorsed. Special to The Observer, v -i Albemarle, April II'. To-day at 1 o'clock-the convention of the Demo oratlo party of Stanly- county, was called to order by Mr. R. A. Crowelt Mr. R. E.' Austin was made chairman and presided ever the convention In a very sgreeable and dignified man ner. Wiscassett Cornet Band furnish ed-music and good lively occasion was " enjoyed. fv All . ot tne. , oia county officers were renomlnsted to succeed themselves except Mr. Ed dinrs for-the .Houie and Crump as one of the . county - commissioners. State Senator John E. " Eflrd was unanimously nominated for the House of ;"?JJi "ff P:J'r0a.I:t!' A.w Tfh ty nominated for the same. - Delegates-to ' the State convention were named and the convention-endorsed Senators Overman and 81m mom; also Congressman Hackett was endorsed. As to all State officers ex cept Governor, the delegates go to the State convention unlnstmcted, ' t CBAIO CARRIES ALEXANDER.' Primaries Indicate That the Entire County's Vote Is fcecurexl. Though iTwo .J-TrtnctAre to ' lie Heard -From;' ' . " ' " -' Special to-The Observer. - ' .. . etatesyllle, April 11. A telephone mesmge from Chairman J. H. Burke, of the Alexander county Democratic executive committee, .tonight at I o'clock states that the Alexander pri maries to-day Indicate that the coun ty is solid for Craig. Official in formation had been received from flye of the seven townships, all of which were solid for Craig, and while Mr. Burks cannot -get the. official. Infor mation from the- remainder to-night he' is sure these two are solid, they having been considered so from the begin nine : ; , -.' DlTtaton as ' to Dste . For Guilford : Prhnaries. . - , ; " : . Observer Bureau, 1 '' ' - " The Beviit Buikilng. , Greensboro. April 11.' The-4iuestJ6n Of cal'lnr , the'- pri maries for the selection-of delegates to the .several Democratiu conven tions is being agitated, and It Is prob able that the county -c-orninlttew will be calied together 1ft a short while to eoni isr the matter: titers a a division of , opinion as to when the 1YASIE OF PUBLIC HONEYS UTVESTIGATION - XATX"; YARDS. Representative lilley Asks For i Committee to Investigate Several s Xavy Yards With a View to Their Abandonnient Wants to E3imlnat 'the Waste 'of Public Moneys At .ey ..west go 1,318 Was Spent Last . Tear .For Labor and Its - Total - 'Prodm Amounted to Only $7,139 r-ongrrev Has Appropriated SI, lt8,84 For m Magnlflcent Dry ' Dock at Charleston, . Yet There Is " Only Twenty-Five Feet of Water in - tne Channel, - - - .-r.: - Washington. . April 11, That Inves tigation of the navy yards at-Charlea ton. port RoyaUvMare Island, Ports mouth.. N. H.; New, Orleans and Key West' by, a commission appointed by the President-wlth' a view- to their abandonment was urged - by . Re pre -n-nve wuey, oi uonnecucut. nMiu most lnteresUng Hobson spoke fore the House to-day; , Mr. Lllley of fered a Joint resolution providing for theappointment of this commission and for Improvements In other yards to--eMmlnatrTheasle"orpub lie moneys in the maintenance of the same." -TL.-..Ai , " " The- navy yards mentioned Jn his resolution - were ' taken up' separately aBddlscussedL-byMrjJLLlIyThe Mare 'Island yard, he said, has cost the, people $17,000,000.. It. has a mag- nlfloent. stone dryv dock which cost tl.178,000. Jut the Secretary of the Navy states that this dry dock; will not permit the 'docking of a .battle ship, i And pot only Is this true, but a battleship cannot get to the yard! rTTZiir ket: west-;- yard "Key West Is a place, V said; Mr. Lilley, "that - has cost us, ti. 211,0 Jt. If IS six miles from the straits and the low water depth In Its channel Is . . . i . . 1101.000 has been spent ; there for dredging. At this yard in the fiscal year ending In 1907, $$4, tit was expended for labor, and the value of Its total product was but $7.18t.", "Portsmouth, N. H, . or Kittery. Me.. Is a plant that has cost us over tlO.000.000." Contifluing. Mr. Lllley said that last summer when he visit ed Portsmouth, N. H-navy yard th the other members of the House committee on - naval affairs aboard j the Dolphin the captain ot the ves i even eraft as the.Dolphln ... . k.... .V.'Ji.n - ! ' t0B iS1?-? -n-,igers of the awlft current and narrow : channel.'; "The 'expensive, dock has never docked a flrat-ciass battleship, ded, and reMtlt.tOO more was .npproprikted for this place In the last e-wion-ot:uonrssa Concerning the navy yard at New Orleans, Mr. Lllley said that In 191) T, $78,274 was spent by the government for labor and the total product was $1,04$. "But the point that a busi ness man would fail to comprehend," he continued, -"is that - $10,000 was appropriated at both sessions of the last Congress for new construction at New Orleans. -for what. advantage to the United States' navy God , onjy knows.".. y'.-tf -. .; .-r.t THE CHARLESTON YARD. , Charleston, he said; has but tS feet of water in It 'channetYet Con gress has appropriated $1,191,914 to build there a T magnificent dry dock. "Not only Is the channel too shallow but thore is no berthing room for ves. sets and no ship of any description has ever been .docked there. The to tal establishment has cost $t,394,IOd and the dredging $101,000. At the last session of . Congress $M7.000 more waa appropriated for this yard at Charleston." , -t ? "The naval statton at Port Royal," continued Mr. Lllley, "was' removed to Charleston In 1800-1901 but as lata as 1907 tU,72 was spent here for labor, and aithoflgh abandoned Uieee expenditures will go on to the end of time unless the property is sold, giv en away or blown up." - t ''. Mr.' Lllley criticised ' Congress . for not establishing a naval training sta tion at Annapolis ,and moving the Academy seventy miles below Annap olis, thus saving the $10,000,000 that Is going Jo the Great Lakes. Annapolis; .he' said, for which Con gress has seen fit to appropriate Sums that will reach a total ot tl0,000.Q0O Is sunk In the mud. Battleships can not reach the academy and the Unit ed States Coast and Geodetic Survey reports show, that the upper Chesa peake -Is fast Jllllng. - ' .Mr. Lllley s resolution provides for the appointment - of the commission of three - members and appropriates the sum-of tt 1.006 for the expenses of conducting the proposed Investiga tion. - v . t -.j .,- primaries should be held, some con-; tendinr that tney snouia oe oererrea until after (the prohibition- election and others holding that the best in terests of the party demand that they be called for an early date.' - The Guilford Democrats will this year hold legalised primaries for the first time. . Union's Date Not Yet Fixed. Special to The Observer. ' ;. ' , 'lr Monroe, April li. XTmeetingof the Democratic executive committee of . the county will be ; held tn the court house Saturday mornings April ltth. for the purpose of fixing dates for State and county primaries. It is -rumored thafthe committee may set the State primary for the same day as the. prohibition election so as to bring out a large. vote, but many think that . the SUte primary should. be held at an earlier date than May :tth. . - . - - - :- - -., i Irirnary to' Be- Held la Lenoir. - Special to The pbsei-vejr.- ; . - , . Klnston, April ' ' It the - Leooir county "Democratic executive,, com mittee . met - at the - court house to-day and decided to have a Toting primary for Governor and State officers. The date of the pri mary, wU be announced later. ---v, ' Rantlolph r-rlmarlee the S3lh." 4 Special to The Observer. - . . - ' Asheboro, April 11. Politics is be ing much discussed here a bouts and all of the gubernatorial candidates have friends in this county. The date for the primaries has-been set -for the X5th, and the county convention will be held the f?aturday following. A HOBSOX-BUBTON DEBATE BOTH SPEECHES . TNTETIESTING A Lively Week In Congress Cloeee With the Hero of the Merrlmac Ad. . Tocatlng Four Baulct-hlps and Bur. ton, of Ohio, Answering His Argu ments HobsoO 81 lows Himself Good Orator A . South : Carolina Xearo. Who Is Watrtag a ' Contest ( For a Seat In the House, Con. ; sptcnovs Flgmre la -That Body- Each Contest Carrie 2,000 Appro priation, and Tbt is W hit Irloieae - Ib After, I( la Quite Evident ' -c BY H. E. C. BRYANT. - - ' . '' Observer Bureau Congress "Halt" Hotel, , , V- ; .; Washington, 'April II. . . This has beea a lively week In Con- gress.; John Sharp. Williams and his allies : have, set- the - Republicans lL on edge. The debate, in the House tit' Av nvmr- th nnmlwr nf . ba.ttleahina. for four- and Burton forv-two. In his enthusiasm the Southerner ex aggerated the. dangers of an unde fended country. He was too curt to those' WHO In t arrogated- him. - But as an- orator" he-won thepra!e -of . ail who heard' him.. Ills language was beautiful and chaste. i ' - Mr. Burton, ot Ohio, one of : the ableat men In the House, was put up to reply to Mr. Hobson. This, within Itself, wks a compHroent to the young er manA-Urgecrow4 heard Messrs. Hobson and Burton. - Two more in teresting speeches : have not "been heard tn Congress this year.- Mr. Bur ton. spoke but 20 minutes, but his an swer was complete and convincing.. .THE NIGOER IN THE HOCSIV In the House, on the Republican side, on s rear seat, alts a ooal ;black, mlddle-aaed nerro of --the- cornfield type, clad in clerical suit and celluloid collar.. .. "Who Is. the negro member T ask strangers. "l don't' know' who - nis,---tne average Congressman will reply. I was here neariv three months oe- fore I learned anything about the old dark. I thought all along that he was an Inside doorkeeper, who had the privileges of the floor, but recent ly I was told that he wae nere to contest the seat of "Representative Oeorre 8. Lea-are. of the first district lof South Carolina. . - ----- "The Hon. - Aaron e, rrioieau-" is the man- in- question. - He -claims that south Carolina -haa buncoed him out of his rights at the. polls. The vote In the district stood: Legare, 8.965; Prloleau, tt. and T. L. Orant Ths brief Died by Prtoleau'declares: "The first around of contest la that at the general election held on the tth-dey of November, 1906, for Rep resentative In the Sixtieth Congress, first . district ot South Carolina the whole, number of yotea cast, counted and - returned from the counties that compose and constitute the said dis trict for the- election 'of Representa tives in the Sixtieth Congress were not tne. popular vote ana win oi tne voters and citizens Of the said d la trlct. a shown by the following cer tificate from the Secretary 'of the 6tate which t1"--. t hat . ih.rt e re only t.994 votes cast in this election and returned by thev manager for Kepresentatives in tn sixtieth con gress from tb first congressional dis trict or tne estate or uoutn-- oaronna, while- the population of said district U 191,190, as shown.by United. States census oi.is vu.. i , . . i . AFTER THE EXPENSE MONEY 'The government allows a contestant 12.000 . for expenses.; Prloleau- has conducted two contests before - he started this on. . .He furnished the affidavits and Congress gav him the iz.ouo. ;in an, aner tnis contest is over, he Will have received tl.000 of uncle sam's cosh.' Twenty-eight Vots to hie oppo nent's 19061 -The negro contends that 7,512 men, entitled to vote un der th constitution, were not permit. ted -to register..... - . :- - - Prloleau Is a good-natured darky, He seems to see the humor in this contest. But this black sand-lapper. a-un ma irrencn name, nas an eye for business as .well as a sense of th ridiculous. The sum. of $1,000 each contest is not bad. - It costs some thing- t-e-etup-ltldavlta,'-but-Prio. leau does not mind-that He takes a notafy:puollfi.ln.thbuggy with hlm ana goes to can on eu who would have voted for htm. He learned from former contests tht there It money In srueh things. . Then.' too. there is something-in Dein- permitted to go into-tne House ana sit with states men.4. . .., ., "That's Mr. Prloleau." Vlsitlna- ne groes ars told by their friends in the uapitoL' Tiring of the easy-going lire nere Aaron returns to th pal metto "r State., and muses with . his constituents. The briar filed with the committee of th House devote 41 printed pages. teiiing ot ne wrong aone tne con- testant ... .W---' ' - The last page contains, the follow. in paragraphs: "Havlna shown" that 7.52 J voters wished to vote for A. P. Prloleau and were- rejected; having - also - shown that these voters were q us 11 fled vot ers under the act of June 25th, lt(t; havina- shown that the act of lilt la still In force and -not -repealed, and having auto shown that the State of South. Carolina violated the fun damental condition of that act in Its changed constitution of 1195, snd by Article . Clause 2. of the United Btates constitution.---the- act of - 18SS Is the supreme law In South. Caro lina. . We claim that the number of rejected voters,, together with those allowed m m cast and counted for A. p. Prloleau. gives him a majority over Hon. Oeorge'8. Legare of ,5 votes, and, A. P. Prloleau is entitled tot hi seat-in Congress as Represen tative . Xrora-, the -lrja.- -conreiilona 1 district of South Carolina." --IS AX EX-CONVICT. All" hande ar -weary of euch eon- tests, and newspaper men do not con alder new of him good copy, prlo leau served three months In prison tor purloining a letter from in mails but ; that does not militate against Vm. and his standing la society has been enhanced-a little.-.--After all It Is Just a . well for him to contest Two other negroes In South Carolina have 'contests, of the same sort but prloleau 1s th favorite contestant In the meantime George Legar oc cupies a seat on the Democratic aide of the House and la the authorised Representative of the first South Car olina district ,..tr , . -- Sometimes, .when prloleau forgeta his exalted position, he bows to Mr. Lerar and says, "Good morning, Msrse.Oeorae, how is you to-dav r The $2,000 Is good all the same. V ' . piTrns Not Guilty. . Sumter. 8. C.,k April 11. The Jury in th second trial of George Ppivens, train master of Cole Brothers' circus, who was charred with complicity In the murder, of J. r.. Galllard. to-dy! rendered a verSirt ft fcot guilty aiteri remaining out only 21 m!nutes. I y EV YUHK iA V QH5 nc c : ; . DEBATE , 0li: KTCOLtliw V. 5wvYork 'BepaMlran ' '' Inetroots Its Dek-sran ' i t - A i . Houorable Mmmm. ut l. the Xomtouloa of . , Hogbes The Coovemloo -a ; tion of the Conventloa i When Conkllnc- bought to 1 i .Delegates InMructe-J For , . f o-te Precipiutes a Sharp I vFlatfcrm Endorses Iiooth ' ! , . ministratloia and Favor l.ctl .m . of the TarilT. - , : New Tork, April ll.-l-Governor Cnarlei;E,-Hughes was endorsed a . Keif , York's, .Republican . candlJate for I President, b ; ythat t party's Sta t a convention - held to-day- and -the f ou r delegates-at-iarge. with their alter nates, elected , to the. Chicago nation al - Ibepublicaa con vention . were ' In structed to 'use air honorable means o. bring about his' nomination. , . The four de)egates-at-large are: Genera! Stewart L. J Woodruff, ex-Mayor Feth Low, of this city, .Frederick R." Haa- vard, of Syracuse, and' IX.. Butier, "f Pwff'o '. - ' - The convention the thlrtttmh hell by the Republican party to elect del- egate-at-large to a national conven tion was a repetition of Its dlstlne tlve feature of th Oneida convention of It 10, when Roscoe Conkling sought vainly U have-not only the delegates-at-iarge but the Congressional de-legates !o Instructed for ' Urysses 8. Grant , .' ' . .... '-;'.. , ' 8HARP DEBATE OVER KE50LU- . t .. TION. -. ' Ex-State ' Senator Edgar ; Bradcett of earatoga, president of the" Hughes State League, precipitated a sharp d oate oy. presenting a minority report from the committee oa resolutions to amend the- resolution endorslne; Gov ernor. Hughes aadto. Instruct the del egates-at-iarge to work for hlm and the , other delegates , to "persistently labor for his nomination until a -nomination la made." , 1 .. . When the debate had reached a point of spirited tension, Speaker Wadsworth moved that th question of adoptinr th majority . report of the committee on resolution contain ing th 1 endorsement of Governor Hughes. along the lines of the con vention endorsement of Levi P. Mor ton in lt and that of President Roosevelt 4a 1900- be put In the con vention and this majority report; waa adopted by a viva voce vote with only a few scattering "noes." " ' Premonitions of a turbulent Session were felt before, the openlnc of the convention when the - Winchester oounty delegation, at a caucus decided to - protest against the endorsement of Hughes by voting against the Huxhea-resolution and deciarinsr for an uninstrueted delegation. .This plan, was nullified by the unexpected ac tion of Senator Brackett tn submittlnc his irilnOrlSv rertert. i rn msetlnv this uvn aoopiea tne piatiorm oy a viva voce -wits and the-Westchester dele- . . . a . . . . , rst too -lost all rhAlvCA of .vntinr m a. delegation against Hughes' endorse- mni.- ".r--s... -v . WOODRUFF - RE-ELECTED." t v The new Republican 'State comilt te ; elected at the convention to-day held a brief session immediately after th adjournment of the convention and re-elected former Lieutenant Gover nor. Timothy I .Woodruff as chatr tnan. , Believing that th platform fore shadows the platrorm . that will be adopted by. the Chicago national' Re oubllcan convention-more than usual Interest attached to Its recommenda tions Which were confined practically to national' Issues. . m - . Th platform endorses In stron terms the administrations of Presi dent Roosevelt and Governor Hughes snd commends the policies ef the ' Federal administration. A rev Won of the tariff i favoned and the action of Congress in declining to- revise the tariff, by piece-meal .la endorsed. Changes are advocated In the currency laws to provide a more elastic and -satisfactory monetarr system. ; i nere wae- iinv . snouun worn Chairman Bruce referred , In his . speech to President Roosevelt and Ings generally, were . not frequently Interrupted by deit.onratlona After the speech -of Chairman Brno end-the appointment- of committees the morning session toosi a recess un til the lata afternoon. ... While the committee en resolutions waa at I II . sneaaed en the earrv nlat. . form th afternoon session had been, called to order and th commute on credentials had made lta report-and. the committee on permanent organi sation had announced the selection ef Conxresaman Jamaa-8. Sherman, of- Oneida, '- as permanent chairman. - These reporu wer adopted. ; ,: - Pf.ATFOTlM READ. .'-. r lt'VH not until near- the end' of. Chairman Sherman's speech that the committee on resolution finished its labor, and it chairman. Bute Sens- torHornce White, of Syracuse, took , th -platform and readrthe platform, endorsing Governor Hughe and com manding the State and Federal ad ministrations. The selection of the. four delegates-at-larg and their al ternates was quicaiy raunea oy unsn- Aiser tne reaainsr Ml me miroruT and minority reports, cam dicuslon In which Ptate Chairman Wood ruff. ex-State Senator Brackett. As semblyman. Merritt and Congressman Sereno Parn engaged, and then the majority report was adopted, a few t minor and routine resolutions were" adopted, th names 'of the new Stat commute, led by that Ot Mr. Wood- ; ruff, and those of the electors-at-lare and other electors were read. tnd "th" convention adjo-omed. " GOULD WINS FROJI MILES. Jay Holds World's CliaaaplooT.ip by the Score of Three Sets to One Mile Will Go Abroad to Defciul Ills British Title. 1 . ' Ifew 'York. "April ll.-Jay Cov.:i successfully defended bis title for th third . year as ' nation at champion ef court tennla at the New York J: iq i- t and. Tennis . Club to-day. His op ponent In the challenr round wa Eustace IL. allies, oi tonaan, - v Gould beat -las "year at the C - Clubv lyidon in tn cnsuei fa r i of the British court terrnis cti.n shlp. Gould throughout bi l tbe 1 ' - r ' the game whereas JLVa c.t,. . : drive for the wlnnlnx erf-:- . scored S3 point tr tne o: -22 f, CouM. O-Mill won t . i by 2 sets to 1: u r ' t ; . scores n ere 6-2. 6-4. 1 '. ( ' The Tr' w?. n-t t: t"i A !-"; wn 5 y'r ' ' and C-'-:' 1m:'i! . t.rit. l " r -ro e " 1 1 t - ' '
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