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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE : $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, -N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1908. PRICE -FIVE CENTS. ALDBICH BILL IS TABLED WILL NOT REACH , THE HOU SB Jlouae Committee on Banking . and Currency Unanimously Vote to' - Tt the Aldrich Financial BUI on - , the Table Committee ,. Will ' Not Give Any Reasona Why It Waa ' Tabled Representative Vreeland , Will Be Given a Hearing on Ills Rill To-Iay and It to Believed Tha It Will Follow In the Wake of tne Aiancn mestsur am Drawn From Both May Be Agreed -Upon. ,.-f ,--..-r.-,..-'.'. ; iTz-ii"--: house summartV ', ii-iha i atUtodlofEmpror: William - the " Berlin--eeurt- toward -David Jayne Hill, named by the President te ba ambassador at that capital; was - ' ' tha Ubleet of comment In the House r Representative yesterday during ' -- the consideration, of the- diplomatic , and consular bill. Both Mr. Perkins. of New Tork, and Mr. Slayden. ol Texas, expressed the opinion that the objections to Mr. Hill were due to no ether cause than that Mr. Hill ' was flnanc laity unable to maintain a' car- tain standard of social representation. -Each ol them condemned. the practice' which they said had grown up of se lecting men of great wealth to be 'the nation', diplomatic ' representatives ;. ' abroad and urged as a menas ol counteracting tha effect , of such a policy, the housing of our diplomats , la buildings owned by the government - and the allowance to them of salaries sufficient to enable them to maintain' . tha dignity of . their, high offices. - Under license of general debate Mr. ' -. Grigs, of Georgia, spoke In advocacy of tha disfranchisement of the South-- era negro; Mr. Burton, of Ohio, dis-. cussed the causes of the recent finan cial depression; Mr. Hill, of Connec ticut, reiterated his views In favor of -v the Fowler financial bill; Mr. Byrd. of Mississippi, attacked' the protective tariff policy of .the Republicans; Mr. Thomas, of North Carolina, made a plea la support of the proposition for an Inland waterway from Cape Cod to Beaufort, N. C, and Mr. Saunders, ' ' of Virginia, urged governmental aid to various schools of the several States . 1m promoting the cause of agriculture. Mr. Cousins, of Iowa, chairman of the committee, deferred until today the nsual explanation of the diploma .. ; 4 tie bin. : . .' ' With the diplomatic bill still under ' , . discussion th House, at 6:42 p. in., . recessed until 11 JO a. m. to-day. . Washington, April 17. The AMrlch financial bill will not be reported to - the House. The committee on bank . Ing and currency, which has had the measure under' consideration since It came from the Senate to-day, unanl ' mously voted to lay it on the table The discussion in committee was was called to order and adjourn ment was taken at 11:30. ' The only point debated. was a to whether the committee -snouia mage a iormai re ... pert giving It reasona to the House for It unfavorable action, and the ' conclusion - finally reached waa - that . no - reasons should be given. Conse ' fluently the . committee's report will -at be a mere statement of the action of. the committee. Of the 1 mem beta of the com - mittee, It were present at to-day' . meeting. They were Messrs. Jrrince, ' ef Illinois; ' McMoran, of Michigan; XfValdO, of New Tork; Hayes, of Call j Iterate; Durey, of New Tork; Lewis, of Georgia; Pujo, of Louisiana; Glass, of Virginia; Gillespie, of . Texas; Crawford, of North Caro-- Una; McHenry, of Pennsylvania, and j Chairman Fowler. THE' VREELAND BILL. ' The . Vreeland bill. Introduced In " the House last week as a substitute for the Aldiich bill and which. It is understood. Is to be considered at a Republican caucus to be held next week, was not considered at to-day' 1 meeting of - the , committee. It wa - decided, however, to give a hearing te-morrow to . Representative Vree . Band. ' . , I Chairman Fowler and othtr mem . .. Ders of the committee refused to be quoted a to ' the probable fate .of - the Vreeland bill, but the opinion Jeemed to prevail that it would foK ow in the wake of the Aldrich bill, v The bill Introduced by Chairman Fowler, providing for a currency . commission, also will be considered at the meeting of the committee- to ' , morrow. The commission idea ap - parently had many friend In the committee. . - - - A hearing also will be granted to Representative ' Loveiing, . On hie bill to Incorporate the Sovereign Trust Company or America. .Two other rneasurs 'will receive i consideration ' at this meeting, - the Dalaeli bill, - - making it a misdemeanor to circulate false - reports regarding national . banks, and the Freedman's bank bill. recently passed! by the Senate. ' . ' MAT PASS HOUSE. The -tabling of the Aldrich bill V will result in . currency legislation . ' being perfected by conferee of the two branche of Congress if the . House carries out the probable pro- - gramme of now passing the Vree ' land .bill, n that event, the House 'v' . measure would come to the Senate, " all after the enacting clause would " be struck out and the provisions of the Aldrich bill -substituted. The -effect would be to - put both the Vreland and Aldrich bills Into con . fere nee and from - them a currency hill would probably- be agreed upon. The Vreeland bill la hot hostile in : character. to the form of legislation provided by the bill - which was . , passed ' by the -Senate, and therefore ' the action of the House committee - on banking and currency In the event Its course is followed by a favorable report on . the Vreeland bill as a r substitute, does 'not. -Indicate that there will be no currency legislation ' this session of Congress, as the House probably will pass that measure. ; , , .." "A CURRENCY COMMISSION. -vN -Representative Vreeland. In draft- -- Inglhla bill, made provision for the - use - of commercial - paper and-- all V other securities held by national . banks, nnder the national bank act, as an additional class. of - security upon which emergency circulation may be issued. He eliminated cer tain amendments, which were tacked . on the Aldrich bill, while If wa , . under consideration in the Senate, in cluding' the provision by Benator Johnston, requiring national bank . to keep three-fourths of the reserve la their- own vaults, and ttfe amend ; : ment by Senator LaFoIIefte pro hibiting the loaning of ..money, by . any bank to a corporation, the of . fleers or director of which are of - flcetjirdlrectorgOna corporation seeking the loan. It la expected that the Senate "conferees win make - a strong fight for the retention of the Johnston reserve feature, but there -Is little prospect for the adoption of the LaFollette amendments. .Representative Vreeland is not - member of the House -committee on . banking and currency, yet It ia ex pected that If his bill - la passed he will be on of -the House conferees. I It is not unlikely thatRepresentatlve canon would . De anotner ana me pemocratlc member a man who is favorable to .legislation - along the lines of the Aldrich-Vreeland propo sitions. Mr. Vreeland and . many House leaders favor an amendment to hi bill providing . for a currency - com mission to report upon a general re vision of the banking law. . . THE XEGRO'S RIGHTS. Representative Griggs Declares That - Disfranchisement of Uie cjoiorea Race la Neceasarr For Peace and Prosperity of the South Rights of the Negro Are Guaranteed Through A White Judges and White Jurora.;, WMhihglontApririT.lirmn-argH rrrent favoring the - disfranchisement of the Southern negroes, Mr. Griggs, of Georgia, in the House of Represen tatives to-day" declared that Tiuch dls" franchisement waa necessary to insure white eontrol and the peace and pros perity of the South. . ; In cosnequenceof such action, he sajid, the negro would be no leas a factor than he la now. "At present," Mr. . Grhnr ald. "he I only : a menace: and. a score crow not' '" a factor in ' deter mining political ' Issues." The rights of the negro of the Eouth, he main tained, were guaranteed only through white- Judges and white Juror and those rights would not be changed by disfranchisement, - Mr. Griggs took ' issue with those who claimed that manual training and technical education of the negroes of the South furnished a solution of the race question. That in Itself, he said, waa a declaration of the negro' Inferority. "For (Sod's sake," he ex claimed, "let us not depend upon tech nical -education-of the negro to solve this problem. It would, heeald, either drive the great . majority of , Southern whit men Into other States or create the most terrible race war in the, his tory of the world. , He did not be lieve the Southern white men would be . driven from their homes. "If," he said, "they should refuse to live in' a land "under conditions so de plorable, and like their fathers, go out .and build , homes ia- the wilder ness, we -would have left to us a land made 'Up of two classes of people a professional class of whites and a laboring class of blacks." The ab surdity of- such a condition, he de clared, was apparent In the opinion of Mr. Griggs- there waa no danger of the amalgamation of whites and blacks. There must be perfect submission from the one, he aid, ad' complete control by the other. This, he said, would result In the negroes gradually becoming edu cated and - their removal to other State where they could have greater privileges. As the negroes Increased n numbers In those 8tates, he assert ed, they would be disfranchised "un til n n an arm fgrown -strong oar. ing these years of wandering ia the wilderness," they, would have th manhood to go out and with the white man's help, establish homes for them selves. GOVERNOR AT WASHINGTON. ... -,' aMHW - - He Addresses the Citlxens of Beaufort In Interest of Prohibition Predicts Majority of 60,000. Special to The Observer. Washington. N. C. April 17.--. His excellency. Gov. Robert B. Glenn ar rived In the city this afternoon from Bayboro and at t o'clock this evening In the county court house of this city he addressed a large gathering of rep resentative clttsena of Washington, composed of both ladles and gentle- men. The Washington Concert Band furnished inspiring music for the oc casion, and for nearly two hours the Governor by his eloquence and pow ers of argument held the undivided . attention of all present. . His speech, strongly iii fav or of prohibition for the entire State of North Carolina, created profound impression and added many vote to we cause. The Governor predicted majority of 60.000 votes for State prohibition In the coming elec tion May 26th. He also stated that he considered the effort that he was hw making to give the State prohibition aa - th greatest - and grandest work that he has been engaged in as Gov ernor, - as- It would save the business interest tha homes and tha Individual by driving strong- drink from the State. :. ; POSTMASTER KILLS HIMSELF. Leaksvtlle Citizen, on Account of III Health, Takes His Own Life. Special to The Observer. , f Reldsvllle, April 17. This morning rosimesier . James is. Martin com mltted suicide in the rear of the Leaksville : poatoffice, where " he had gone to take up mall for. an early morning train. The report of a pis tol waa' heard, but no one knew anything about Mr. Martin's act until some -time later, when his body was oiscoverea. , .... Mr. Martin had been In bad health, and it ,1s supposed that th rash deed resulted - from a weakening of .the mental power, which resulted from his continual bad health. -- Mr. Martin was for a number of year postmaster at Spray. His wife waa Miss Simmons, of Floyd county, Va., and Jie Is also survived by two boys, ages t and 12 years old. Mr. Martin was 4i' year old. ; . THE APPALCniAN BILL. ' Judiciary Committee Takes No Action 011 Constitutionality of the Measure. Washington. April lL-Though to day waa aet for determination by th House Judiciary committee of th constitutionality-ipf the Appalachian White Mountain Forestry bill, no ac tion was taken. The committee con sidered th tentative report by Repre sentative -Brantley, of Georgia, hold ing that th bill is constitutional It it can be established that acquisition of forestalls In aid of navigability- of streams and unconstitutional If that contention cannot be- supported, and also canvassed the report, made by Representative Llttlefleid to the aam effect; but a cair or the House! inter rupted tha discussion and final action went Over to next Wednesday- -Burke Primaries Give ' Almost Solid rot ror ir. ixx-ke cnug.-. - Special to Th Observer. Morgan ton. April IT. The Morgan- ton townahip primary, held to-day, gives Oelg '136 votes, Kltchin 12. lltoroe 1. So much of the county as ineara wom.wm give .xaig zt l-, a I Kltchin X 1-4., Horn 1-2 in the com- ty convention, to be held Monday. JAP EDITUK8 'IS - SENATE wrrxEss OPEXIXq , EXERCISES Party of Seventy Japanese on Tour of . the World tla!t ' the Senate and House Speaker . Cannon dives Them a Hearty 'Welcome and tlie Spokesman In tortus Him That They Are Pleased to Meet the Honorable Croat Gentleman. Never Send to - Their Papers Anything Bat "Real News" Covering What Actually Happens Party Has Trouble Get- ting on 40 the Speaker's compli mentary and Endearing Terms. - , , l ' - SENATE SUMMART.' Injunction against the enforcements of State law can only be Issued by a- majority of three federal Judges , who are to pass upon them If a bill that passed the Senate yesterday be comei lay. -. r-r--- '' .The Senate discussed at length the bill to appropriate the proceeds from the eale of certain public lands for the reolatnmation Of swamp .lands, but' made little progress towards It .passage. - ,; : ! -' . : - The bill regulating injunctions waa on drafted in th Judiciary committee from a" njimber of measures under considers m. It wa reported by, Senator Overman and Its provisions were explained by him to th Senate. A substitute by Senator Burkett-waa disagreed to.- Th. Overman bill waa opposed by Mr.' Heyburn . on tha ground that the great: distances be tween the Federal courts In the West would operate to delay the granting of necessary Injunctions. Senator Knox favored the passage of the bill and opposed Mr. Heyburn's argument. At 8:41 p. m. the Senate adjourned. Washington, April . 17-The open ing of the Senate to-day was witness ed by about 70 Japanese on their way around the world representing the financial, scientific and . business in terests of Japan - and double that number of representatives of the commercial interests of Tulsa, Okla. The Japanese visitor were present during the opening; ' prayer y the chaplain. Rev. Edward Everett Hale. They are the guesta of Th Asahl Shlmbun, a Japanese newspaper, the tour around tha world being In the Interest of Japanese education. While on th House side the visit ors from ' the flowery kingdom were received by Speaker Cannon and ac corded a hearty welcome. The spokes man of the party Informed the speak er of the pleasure it gave them to meet him and referred to their itiner aries which, he said, would carry them to London, .Paris. Berlin and other European capitals. THINK" STORIES. Referring to the circumstance that there were some newspaper men in tha party, the Speaker ellelted a good deal of laughter when he inquired if their practices-were like those of some American Journalist. Discussing this class of writers he said that "If there was news, they sent it; If there was no news, then they invented 'think stories; that If one set of them did not Invent. 'think" stories to suit the other side they Invented different think'- stories, and if they could not 1 verify either one of the tnlnk' stories, they naa news ior tne next day ty contradicting the 'think' stories of the day before." : "Journalism makes the whole wot'd kin." one of them remarked, while another assured the Speaker that they never sent anything but "real news" covering what actually happened. "If that is true," the Speaker hu morously remarked, "you can settle many international questions by ex patriating yourselves and . founding that kind of Journalism in the United States and the" balance of the wjoria Not quite sure that he had been un derstood, the Speaker pursued his point saying: I mean do you newspaper men of Nippon writ thinga ,. two ways at once that haven's -happened one way at all, so that the whole buslnfts will be fresh for contradiction the next dayT Tell me." BTUDT NEWS HARD. . A: wrinkled forehead, then a sud den lightening of the countenance on the part of the spokesman for ' the visitors and: "I make permission to correct for the honorable great gen tleman! Japan newspaper mn study new hard so he shall understand ex cellently; theft write those things very Intelligent, veryrhonest, thank you. The Speaker sighed. : "I suDDOse." he said, 'bending 1 kindly-eye on the Intense faces of his callers. "I ought to . address you an as boyr.rt Thl wa clearly Incomprehensible The spokesman glanced around upon his brother editors! many of them soectacled. one or two quite bravely bearded, and all reflecting his own expression of oolite concern, - "Pardon to me," he said. "I politely Inform the honorable ir, we are not boy In Japan." "I see," hastened the Speaker, "and I will explain. In this country we anenk of all srood newspaper men, all real newspaper men who know their business as the boys;' it's a term 01 compliment and sometimes of en dearment, ' ." " .' " " '"' Th explanation straightened Itself out. The compliment was acceptea with exquisite grace of word and now and the newsmen of Nippon took their polite departure. ' i FOR DEFRAUDING GOVERNMENT. Danville Distiller Arraigned on Charge of Committing Extensive rrauas on the Government Storekeepers and - Gangers Are Involved and the Trial 1 Will Last Several Weeka.- -f DanvUle. Va April 17-Charged with having committed extensive frauds on th government; t. jh. Angle, president and general manager of the Dry Fork Distilling Company, was placed on trial in the United States Court her to-day. It Is alleged that Angle has during the past aevor- al year defrauded -. th government out of between a hundred and a hun dred and fifty thousand dollar worth nt taxes on whiskey. About 20 men. Including government storekeeper and gaugars. ar involved In th Angle case, and the trials will last for sev eral weeka Several hundred. . wlt neasBS. Including many-ef"4he4igh government offlclala, bankers," grain dealers, railway employee, expert ac countants and other, hav been sum moned to testify. The prosecution Is being conducted by District Attorney Thomas Lee Moore and the defendant Is being represented by Attorney Adam. Biitt and Bynum. of North Carolina, and Peatroso and Harris... of this city. . ' " - .. . -., DE HILL'S CASE IN HOUSE; WHY THE EMPEROR - OBJECTED Representative Perkins Declares That Emperor William's Attitude Toward Dr. David Jayne Hill la Due to So-j . rial Causes Germans .Believed in! ..- jstaiiie; ana Mining 3iore man iuey( iw in Buganesw lnpwmsuc. jrpj, is Not Sustained For Such a Pur poseUrges That the Government Provide -Suitable Residences and ; Fair Salaries For American Diplo mats Abroad The Sooner We Are Done With Ambassadors the Better. 'Washington, April 17. In the course of an appeal for government legation buildings abroad, - Mr.- Per kins, of New' Tork. in the House of Representatives, to-day by Implication charged that Emperor William' atti tude toward Dr. David Jayne Hill a . , ' . . . . . American ambassador to Berlin, had been entirely due to aoglal causes.! - - ---- . . . . t man' greatest triumph in Wasblng- That the ambassador from the United ton nM aaocat,nf ,ucn a State must be a very rich man, he . Uw for several years. r' said, seemed to be accepted in court! - In speaking for hi bill In th Sen-circles.- In the case of Mr. Hill, he'1 chamber to-day he said: declared that "no one questioned his v "In certain Bute In the United capacity, nothing he had ever said or Btaates, among them Alabama. North done was distasteful to the country ; Carolina and Minnesota, a. Fderal to which he waa accredited, but those Judge enjoined the officers of these who find special pleasure In elabo- States from enforcing the, Etate rate entertainment and in the splen- statutes. I myself in the last Con dors of social life supported by multl- gress, and also in this Congress, as milllonalres. seem to have regarded as serted that the right of Injunction distasteful the prospect of a change In should be taken away from the -dls-the social regime." Plain living and trlct and circuit Judges, and where high thinking, he maintained, appa- the State was a party, la .the rate rently were not popular In all class- case especially, wherever the petition es. was to enjoin a State officer from ONLY MILLIONAIRES EXPECTED, enforcing ,tb Staate statutes, I con "It is quite evident." ald Mr. Per- 'rded that Congress has a right to kins, "that If the recognised function take ,rom Federal Jude: the of American ambassadors is to en- Pwer, t( issue temporary injunctions, tertain with excessive liberality, and w aleu8,, th? qnon 'or more therein their usefulness is thought to than three months here. It was se conslst. the sooner we are done with rlously doubted whether Congress had ambassadors the better. Hospitality has Its charms, and dining and win- ckled that congress 01a not, nave mis ing is a creditable amusement, but Power when It defeated the Bailey after all. It Is not for such purposes amendment, that we eustain a diplomatic corps." I "Since the decision In the Mlnneso Such things, he contended, may b ta case, and In the North Carolina useful adjuncts, "but certainly they case, many bill have been Introduced are not the recognised objects of dip - lomatlc life." ,lt, he said, only mil- session I Introduced a blll.'more dras lionaires were fit for the duties ex- tie than this, which provided that aa pected from American ambassadors, injunction should be issued by any then American ambassadors must soon cease to exist. When the Unit - ed States.-he declared, owned lta own buildings there would be a better chance for the man of moderate! means to make ends meet, and less' demand for the multl-mllllonalre to! expend his wealth In exoesslve dis- -i... 1 fnuy. Mr. Slayden, of Texas, also touched upon the question of wealth as a quallflcatlon fo.r foreign service In urging adequate government malnten- nd anotner ny tn senator imra ance for American diplomats abroad, Florida-(Mr. Bryan), and two by ray by providing suitable residence and self, and referred to a ub-committee. fair salaries. ,H asserted that unless The distinguished 8entor from'Mln It waa dnnr wk win ha v1rtnn aav. nesota (Mr. Nelsonl. Who I think ha ing -to tha world that the great North' American republic, despite its daclaior a statesman, prepared th sub- ration of equality, haa set aside cer- tain of Ha mora Important offices for" the exclusive enjoyment of the rich ; by making it Impossible for the cltl - i sen of small means to occupy them.f rpv, --j- . The tendency was growing more and more, he sa id. to select men of large wealth for those places. MR. SLAYDEN PUTS INI A WORT. Mr. Slayden was willing to admit that some rich men may be as ac complished in statecraft as Motley, Lowell or Bayard, "but," he said, 'these really great men should not .. . .L ..u y .v I tlon In the same breath with another class who are Only distinguished be ?vsnten? extravagant rent for the palaces they ; nn,mv whii. aHii MniAitinv! themselves as American officials. Touching the Hill Incident Mr. Slayden said: "Two great governments have Just been Jolted by the mere replace of one representative by another. It waa thought under the eleventh amend rumored. I hope without foundation, I ment a State could not be sued, but that the substitution of a highly train-: n Supreme Court in the Minnesota ed diplomat of exalted character, but c" suit against the Attorney or limited means, for another who may be equally qualified and who U a man of great wealth, did not meet with the approval of the sovereign to whose court he was to be . sent. Just because he waa classed as a poof man. The rumors Were denied from the court of that sovereign and our diplomat, it now appears, is persona grata and will be received." The fact however, said Mr.r Slay den, that such stories could be circu lated, showed the state of mind of th public out of which came a degree of embarrassment which he honed would assist In ' establishing a standard for American ambassadors. He pleaded for "decent and dignified residences for American legations, wlth a fair ttl.rv "AHA th.n ' k aaM "m.L. up in character and qualifications for any lack of individual wealth." ELEVEN BODIES RFjCO'TERED. Two More Bodies Are Found at Chel sea, Bringing tne stunner or Zeaa Up to Klererf Two -Others Are Known to Be Dead. Boston. April 17. Two more bod ies were found to-day ia Che ruins of the Chelsea. Ore of last Sunday, mak ing the total number recovered 11, and the number of known victims II, which Includes two who -died in hos pitals. " " ' . " The bodies found to-day were ootli male. The first found was recover ed . at it Marlboro street, where search was mad through, the efforts of, a sister of a man who lived At that number and who wad been miss ing. The body, was ttenUfled by means of a watoh and the teeth as that of Harry Lewis, aged 41 years, employed s a messenger m Boston. The second body a-ecovered was found at poplar street end was that of a male adult. The Hat of truss ing persons is still . large and It is feared vnany or tnem perianeo. Senate lis tines Treaties. Washington. April 17. The Senate to-day ratified treatlea as follow: For general arbitration witn Norway and Portugal; -two convention negotiat ed at the conference, tvt The Hague relating to the right and duties of neutral Dowere in naval war and the limitations of the employment of force in the recovery of contract debts; between the United State and Great Britain ocmeernJ ng th fisher ies in water contiguous. to the Unit ed States and Canada, end for extra- dltknr betweenJvir"Onnied SUtea and the Repoblie of Pan Marino - (In Italy).- 1 -,- . '' , - -n ' 1 jr - Omgressnuin Wiley 111. ; ; Waahteigton, April 1 7. Represen- Uttve A. A. Wltey. of Alabama, is suffering Inflammatory rheumatism at his apartment in this city. He has been ill , for about a week, but hi gondlttoa Is not believed to be serious. OVERMAN'S BIGGEST WOBK hI8 INJUNCTION BILL .PASSES North Carolina's Junior Senator Achieves . His Greatest Triumph of His Senatorial Career 'When, the 4" Senate Passes His BUI to Regulate .we uranung or injuncuona oj rru- rral extort Judges Speecn . JLeuv- ered For the JJU Chairman or House ' Judiciary Committee De-dares- Congress Haa No Authority to Buy Land For Forest Reserve- Only Three Tar Heels to Be oppos ed For He-Nomination National Capital Notes. - BY H. E. C. . BRYANT. Observer Bureau, ' . Congress Hall Hotel, Washington April 17. Senator Overman's bill to regulate ; Injunction by Fderal Judges passed ' V that power or not and tne nenat ae- ; here to correct the evil. Early In th Federal Judge to suspend any State - statute or restrain any State officer from enforcing a' State statute, UNANIMOUS REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE .,, ... ' ...u.i ' "I want to say that this substitute for Senate bl I 1.732 Is a un'-u rrtort from th committee. There ' r . . .. .. t were 0111s more arasuo intn of th bills one wa introduced oy tne senator from ueorgia (air. axaconj no auperlor on thl fljor a lawyer stltute whfch wag referred back t th full committee . and unanimously agreed to. - WHAT IT PROPOSES. hl. v... . "Thl measure proposes tnat, wnen- . t -L.t. rh. m,. Z"rylil" cult Judge shall - before granting the Injunction, call In one circuit and one district Judge, making three Judges, who shall pass upon - the - question of the Injunction. "We think that If this could be done It won lid allay much Intense feellag Justice Harlan In his dissenting opln ion In the Minnesota esse, we have come to a sad day when one subordl- Judge can enjoin the officer of a . j, sovereign ttate from pror.eedlng to enforce the law of the State passed by the Legislature of his own State and thereby suspending for a time the laws of the 8tate. . 'n other .words. In effect w "en era 1 ot a. oisai in ni suit against the 8tat. . That, being so. there being great feeling among th people or tne mate Dy reason or tne fact that one Federal fudge ha tied the hands of a sovereign and en Joined In this manner the great officer who is charged with the enforcement of the law of the State, causing al most a revolution, as It did In my Stat, and In order to allay thir feel ing, if this substitute is adopted and three Judges have to pass upon , the question of the constitutionality of a State statute, and great Judge say that the statute Is unconstitutional, the officer of the State will he less In clined to resist the orders and decree of our Federal courts. "The peoele and the courts of the State are more Inclined to abide by the decision of thre Judges than they would of on subordinate, Inferior Federal Judge, who simply unon peti tion or upon a hearlne should tl th hand of a State officer from pro ceeding with the enforcement of the Jaw of his sovereign State. This la a substitute for my bill and while It doe not go a far as I would like, I hone the , substitute will be adopted. ; , "Therefore, w have submitted this substitute, believing that It will reme dy this great evil to some extent" CONGRESS WITHOUT ACTHORrTT Judge Jenkins, chairman of th Ju diciary committee of the House, de clares that Congress has no authori ty to purchase lands for a forest re serve, but that it can buy It to Im prove or protect navigable streams. He claims-that, It I obviouu that the Appalachian park bill provide for a forest reserve and not navigable stream. Therefore, he doe not see how Congress can act Thla Is said to 'be th estand that the majority of tha committee will take. A vote wa to' hav been taken to-day bo It was postponed until next Wednesday It begin to look aa If Representative Hackett were right In hi belief that the fclll would be. declared unconstitutional.'- Representative ' Webb had hopes, that It would be reported aa constitutional.. Representative Thomas made a short speech -in the House to-day In advo cacy of the inland- waterway from Boston to Beaufort, N. C . . v Mr. H. . A Grady, who announced some time .see that he -would run gainst Mr. Thomas, has withdrawn f rem' th-rae TO 0NVEBTIOATE CHARGES The Hons committed : on 'Indian affair ha appointed a sub-committee composed of Messrs SUbbens, of Texas; Morse, of Wisconsin, and Mc- Gulr. of Oklahoma, to Investigate the charge of bribery mad la connection with the Choctaw-Chickasaw Indian Court - - Stebbens Is the man who poke oa U court In te House some te a;.:iT TOm.mKt2 !S port back to - th full committee Thursday next. Mr. Robert L Durham, of Char lotte, and Mr.' A. 6. Barnard, of Ashevllle. ar In the city. It waa made plain in the New York etate convention, held Tuesdsy and Wednesday, that the Democratic leaders of , the Empire State do not want Mr. Bryan. Flngy Conners and Charlie Murphy are in control; the friends of tne Nebraekan were rout ed. The Tammany chieftain is abeo- i"t 003. ACTION MOST SIGNIFICANT. The action of the New Torkx Demo crats, in giving the self -appointed leader tne cold shoulder. Is slgnin cant; - it may have something to -do wun tne result of the Denver con ventlon. Thinking Democrats know that their party stands no show of winning in th national election with out the electoral vote of New York no student of politic in tbla country win dispute thet. Delaware is for Judge Gray; Minne sot a, for Governor Johnson. There fere, three avowed candidates Bry an. Gray and Johnson are in the J. fie Id. Bryan belongs to the Bryan wing of the party; Gray, to the Cleve land wing, and Johnson, to both Bryan has a very larre personal fol lowing; Gray is Idolised by all who know mm intimately, and Johnson ns a record of successes to his cred It. Bryan believes that h ia th only real Democrat; .Gray know that the old Democracy 1 not, dead but sleeping, and Johnson Is a plain. practical Democrat. But Bryan holds the key h ha never returned It to tho who first gave It to him. , Many of his friend see the real situation aa It Is to-day, and would like to have him get out of the way in the Interest of party harmony. If Bry an thinks more of hi party than he does his own ambitions, he will bring order out of chaos. - If he Is selfish he will force himself on the Democ racy and go to certain defeat: but if he listen to wise friend he will stand aside and let an untried man have th nomination. BIO FIGHT NOW LOOKED FOR The contest at Denver promises to De a very spirited one. It Is said that either Gray or Johnson would be acceptable to the New York Dem ocrat. Murphy and his lieutenants must be reckoned with in July. They had a say in the St. Louis conven tion and they will be heard at Den ver. The Michigan State central Demo cratlc committee refused Wednesday to endorse Bryan. Other committee have taken similar action. Senator Tillman, who haa always been close j w iDuiuuii, urns Mtu ii ui. to the Nebraskan, haa said that the ; south Carolina, delegation to the na- , Uonal convention should be unln- structed. Thla, In connection with the fact that Tillman recently de olaxed that If the Republicans nam ed Roosevelt the Democrats would not put up Bryan for th reason that all he could eay to Roosevelt, after 1 what he haa already said, would b third term.'1 Is significant. Tha Sen lor 6otis Carolina, Senator, powerful in the councils of his party ta evident ly of nhe opinion that th . Peerless one nea Ron most too xar jn ni ap proval of tha pollcle . of- President Roosevelt. Mr. Tillman doe not consider the President any sort of a Democrat, and his enthusiasm for Bryan I cooling. Adam Bede. the witty Republican Congressman from the State of Mln nesota. has solved the problem of candidates for the two old parties. He says that the Democrats should put out the following ticket: Bryan ana Roosevelt, and the Republicans. Roosevelt and Bryan. Thla would Insure the election of Roosevelt and Bryan. JEFF DAVIS BACK AT THE CAPI TOL- Jeff Davis, the fallen, has returned from Arkansas, where he was de feated, licked and forced to a foot race. II doe not look any the worse for wear, occupies the same seat In the. Senate chamber that he did before he left and wears the asm gray suit. HI tat. full, red face beams and hla little eyes sparkle, but the octopus no longer fears hla grawi. for, being discredited at horn and Ignored In the Senate, n nee no as set save 100 pound of common flesh. Ills political maehln : ha gone to piece and the friends, like th f Iris, of yeterdajr have flown away, - The only purpose that the Low-Combed Rooster serves now is as an anu quated curio to be pointed out to visitor by Capitol guide. Jeff haa had his day. LITTLE OPPOSITION TO CON " GRESSMEN. North Carolinians are improv ing in the treatment of their Rep- representatives in Congress. Seven out or ten men nere wiu not nave to fight for renomlnatton thl year. Cot William H. Ruse, of Raleigh, la run. nlng against Mr. Pou; John C. Shaw, of Fayettevllle. against Mr. Oonnn; but Webb, Crawford, Thomas, page, Hackett. Clauds Kltchin and Small have no contests. W. W. Kltchin Voluntarily gave up hi seat here to enter the race ror tne governorsnip of the State. It is well that mem ber be returned time after time, for those States that send their men her for long term shin in comparison to those that cut them off just wnen they begin to he useful. - Take the Stat of Missouri, for instance. Judge DeArmond. one of the ablest men Hi th House, -has been, her sixteen veara: chamn Clark, known In every ftttte In the Union, was elected to the Fifty-third Oongreaa; Lloyd, chairman of th -national congressional com mittee, haa been here ten years; these man take a leading part In the affair of th House, having become useful by long service. Junius and Held -page, on or ar. J. R. Pare, of Blscoe. are spending Easter with their uncle. Representa tive Page. They came nam from school at waynesooroi wun ion Pa- """"""Tr'-'v'T-rrrr Mra.""R. N. Iiacaetu wno naa oeen here with her husband. Represents tlve HackKt, will return to her hem at 8tatev111e the last ef thl week. Trucking Belt Escaped the Frost. Special to Th Observer. Wilmington, t.April 17. Reports to day are that the trucking belt escap ed th frost predicted by th weather bureau for thla morning. Bertiea are going forward at th rate of eta to eight car loads a day. prices ranging from Xv 9 Jl etptl ajauart Flve.jfE load of lettuce wer loaded here to day and two at Wrightsboro, the Easter market North, having ranged as high aa fJ.M a basket ' Negro Murderer Hanged. . Harlem. O a.. April 17. Ed Golat a negro, was hanged here to-day for the murder of a negro woman several months ago.' -' ---- '- -",'.'.'.- JUSTICE TOCTHE INDIAN PRESIDENT ADDRESSES CLUB Oklahoma Commercial; dab,- With Braes Band and Flaming Banner; ' Visits the White House In the In terest of the Removal of Restric tions of the Sale of IndiM Lands President Tells the Member Tha -He Will See That They Get Their Rights and Want the Indian to Gee . Ill Justice- WID Be Done Both by Keeping For the. Indian a Homo stead of Forty Acres. Washington. April. 17. Aftr aTL ; gentlemen, he is the oldest American Of all of us; so give him a fair show; give him a chance." ; . - In these words President Roosevelt spok to th members of th Tulsa. ' Okla commercial 'club, who with a, brass hand and flaming banners, call ed at th White House to-day and mad it known to the President char they favored ther removal of res trie- -tlons of the sale of Indian lands In the new State. . , , The President told the club that he would help them to see that they got their rights and he wanted their help to aee that the Indian get hla The President's remarks were as rollowsi A HOMESTEAD OF 40 ACRES. , "It Is a great pleasure to greet you ' 7 here. I take peculiar Interest injrour State; It is a great State, and It la ; going to be a much greater Staate. I endeavor to find out what I really for your Interest and then to do iu I went over very carefully with your Representative this question of the removal of the restrictions and came ' to the conclusion that substantial Jus- " tlce would be don to both th. In- -dlan and the white man by keeping-. for the Indian a homestead ef 4 ' acres of good agricultural land and allowing him to alienate the remain der. I do not think it la to his ad- -vantage or to your that ther ahould be large tracts of non-taxable, -and' non-Improved land. . I will help" you In in wa that you get your right. No. I want ' you to help me see that the Indian gets his rights. I will help you In any ....miiimie way: ana 1 win do my best to try to see that the Indian la not kept aa an obstruction to th . growth of the State. But you know as well as I do that there ar plenty of Indians who ar not yet as well' able to take care of themselves ga the rest of you extremely able gen- " tlemen of Oklahoma. Tou can not af ford, in your own Interest to da less than Justice to the Indian, and I want you to make It your work to aee that your own State courts, your Stat of ficial, carefully preserve h rtrfera of th Indian, and that you try to 1 give him the chance te which h la. ' V 111 . ... . - """" win no mn 1 can 10 se cure him that chance. " v GIVE THE INDIAN A FAR SHOW. "After all, gentlemen, he la the eld- : est American of all of us: so glv him ' a fair show; glv him a chance. I , have no sympathy with that maudlin J. senumentallam about the Indian which -h .the mat-tntenae the farther you ' get away from where th Indian 1. All I want Is that you Shall not only . glv to the very able, very advanced Indian th am show that you give the white man; but that th Indian . who needs to be brought along for a decade of two, needs to be- educated and . trained until he can stand en- tirel yon hla own feet ahall hav your help." The club member were accompanied - by Senator Owen and Congressman Mo-, Quire. The delegation which - num bers over a hundred, waa greatly pleaaed at the attitude of the Presi dent end th assurancea given by him. ASSAULTED WHILE HE SLEPT. y . ,. j .. ,,( .- R. A. Sharp, of Burlington. While at Roanoke, Va., la Badly Beaten Up by a Night Intruder. Special to The Observer.. . . . ... Roanoke. Va.. April 17. R. A.. Sharp, of Burlington. N. C waa as-, saulted while he slept In hi bed on the sixth floor of the Ponce D Leon Hotel here some time last right and beaten Into unconsciousness with hla own pistol In the hands of an un known intruder. The assailant en tered Sharp'a room by -crawling along a ledge and going through a window. When Sharp regained hie at an early hour to-day he was sitting on his bed. his entire body being covered with blood. .His face had. been pounded into a Jelly. Bharp ha been - at tne notel av - week. II went to hi room about midnight . He had a check cashed . yesterday for a considerable amount and had the money concealed in hla night cloth. ' The money was not missing to-day. but Sharp's pistol wa gone. Tne ponce are working on the case, but have no clue to th Identity of Sharp's assailant. SITUATION UNCHANGED. Under Gaard of State Militia Prase. cola Care Continue to Hun Three) Companies of Troops Lenve. . . Pensacola. Fla.. April 17. Tha street railway strike situation remains ' unchanged. ' Cam wer operated, guarded by ' Stat militia during the day, but were run into tne earn at nightfall. ., . The sheriff to-day swore in is prominent business men of th city. Including - bankers. . lawyers, physi cians, city and county offlclala to serve as deputies. Three companies of the State troops left for their homes to Jy.. , . . ... : ' ' i ' A meeting of business men is Mine held to-night in an endeavor to bring about a settlement of the trlks. m ' -. .. -:V . . .. 1 .: t - A CONFLICT OF LAWS. Express Company In Cpwsplylnf 'With Town Ordinances violates State I.awa and la Cited to Appear Before , Corporation Commission ..u . Roanoke, Va.. April 17. Because th Southern Expreaa company re fuse to receive shipments of liquor from Roanoke dealers for parties Uv- tna- at Marian. Glade Spring. Radford and Saltville. Va,, the company baa -been cited to appear before th cor poration commission and ahow cause ; why it should not be lined for such failure and refusal. -The towns nam ed have ordinance which prohibit . th delivery of liquor within - their corporate limits. The State law pro vide ' that if a common carrier ahall rrue to receive Tlnd atliver- prompt ly article offered by ehlpper and fall to deliver th sam with promrt nes It ahall Incur a fine of 1100. The company -.l complying with the or dinance of the towns and it Is hp: J to be guilty of violation of State laws In obeying the town ordinances pro- -vid penalties ranging from J"-") t- 150 for each offence. The c- ! be beard at Richmond on April : ' -4. - - v
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