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. i I I A x fV ' A !7n:.'. ; - S x www .- SUBSCRIPTION PRICE : ; $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. G, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1908. , PRICE FIVE CENTS. f IT : " rsU - - :- i . .ADAMS SUES THE BUTLERS - TJRTT, - PROCEEDINGS BEGUN. : Yidimu Knmo-r B. Adams InsU tout Suit la Guilford Court Against " : a-Seatator 3d r ion iimier ana .uu - ' Brother M Result of an Article V- Published la Caucasian Charginc y Adams Witn. iiawnj Accepiesa ;- RrihM While Judge of Court tu In dian Territory Amount to Be Ask ed For Said to Be 50,000 Judre Adams Makes a Lengthy Statement of the fatter and Quotes Letter 8 From Senator Owen, of Okianorua. , ' Observer Bureau, . , ('The Bevill Building, 1 - . Greensboro, Aug. 22. -j Judge Spencer B. Adams, chairman of the Republican State executive ' committee, j to-day instituted suit in - the Superior Court of Guilford county against ex-Senator Marion . Butter -'. and his brother. Lester Butler. for libel.-The suit is th result of V charges of 'bribery .made - .against Judge k Adams by The Raleigh Cau- - casian, tnat paper naving prinvqu ' the statement that, while chief Jus- - ' tice of the Choctaw, and Chlckaaaw t Citizenship Court of Indian r.Terrl- "T tory, Judge Adams accepted bribe i - and Tendered a decision which .de .r", prlved thousands of Indians of their property rights, .while tne compiaim has not been filed, it is understood that Judge Adams will ,aak for damages to the amount of 850,000 , and that an 'additional suit (or a like amount will be brought against The Cuacaslan as soon as the notice required by statuto has been niea, Judre Adams is represented bj counsel by MaJ. Charles M. Stedman, ; n r. Rradahaw and R. C. Strudwlck,. il. of Greensboro. ' and J. A. Long,1 Of Graham. . - v ; -..USES PLAIN) LANGUAGE. Judge Adams did not hesitate to - talk to newspaper men autfut the matter to-day and gaveout an Inter view that speaks for itself in language footli plain and vigorous. In re ferring to air article published . In The Caucasian this week telling of the filing of a bill of equity in tbe United States Court for the eastern district of Oklahoma, In an effort to set aside the findings of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Citizenship Court, and reiterating the charges of bribery and corruption against the court. Judge Adams said: CALLS BUTLER WHITE-LIVERED ' TRAITOR. "There Is nothing new In these landerous charges. The public by this time understands that they emanate from that cowardly traitor who haa, not only betrayed nis state but every party and about every per son, with whom he ever affiliated. Nothing that I may say can add to the contempt .with whicJi the people of North Carolina, look1 upon this white-livered traitor,- nor can the public fail to understand the pur pose of this rehash. "The Bute, convention of our party - meets next Wednesday. :You . wlil recall that, prior to every convention, Butler undertakes te-slander me and . besmirch my character. It will be remembered that. Just prior, to the test State convention, in . April, he ' started the report that one Rosen- Winkle had -furnished. the Secretary of the InterlorfvV1rtlng upon "hie and that feuagtess-, was ' going to- Wvestlcal (H - matters' ' The public is awarevjtifctj vie-secretary or the Interior stated fce bad no uch evidence, and that- Koaenwtnkio et,atea In writing he had furnished no such , evidence.. J "After this Butler claimed thaj the committee on ' Indian affairs had evidence reflecting upon . me and that a special committee oPthe Ben- ate and the House had been ap " vointed to Investigate the charges; that Senator Clapp had Introduced a resolution exonerating me and the Senate refused to pass It. I at once went to Washington and demanded an investlgarion and - was inrormed by Senator Clapp, chairman of the committee on Indian affairs In the Senate, and Senator Owen, of Okla- home, a member of the Senate com mittee on - Indian affairs, that no' eiK!l committee had been appointed .. to investigate me; that no charges ' had been preferred, and no evidence of such- had been furnished. I also ' called upon Representative Sherman, ,- chairman of the Hooee committee on Indian affairs, and was- Informed by him that no evidence ' had been fur - nished lilnx or his committee; that no charstes whatever had been pre ferred against me, and that there was nothing to investigate. "ISHMAELITE BUTLER." . The people will recall that this Ishmaelate Butler had published In the columns of The Caucasian under ; date of - April ?9th, 108, ' the day prier to -our Jast State convention a ntatement that was supposed to have , been made by one Blakemore, to the - effect that he had heard Rosenwlnkle make certain statements to th'Sec ; ' retary of the Interior dative to me. ' The same statement , that was-pub- llshed on the above date in The Cau , caslan appears In The Congressional ; Record of June, Sth, 1J08. and I un ; tleratand the cowardly scoundrel is ; '" now circulating the repert through : ' certain of his boort 'companions In this State that this is new matter, A.wnen - he ana ; tney - know perfectly well thatlt was published in The Caucasian, onAprtl 29th. and subse quently published in The News and Observer, -that paper apparently fee ing one of his sewejnalns. ' 'In short, wherever and whenever these slanderous charges have turn- , ed up. whether In Washington or the ; i Indian- Territory. ' I ; have met them ' and- demanded the opportunity - to ; ; confront the accuser with bts evH t't" dehce, and nowhere, at any time, has any man -dared to face me before a " committee or -court wlthjils name or face in support of these slander. ' "I have the evidence that they have emanated at all times and ' in all .places from the office of ' this man Butlerk who Is the author of them in . all their disguised and ' multiplied forms and. pbasetn I call your atten- ; tlon to the signlflcant fact that the - papers In the suit alleged to be pend ing at Muskogee, r, Oklahoma, - came from Butler's office in , Washington, f copies of .which I have now In ,tny. possession, and were seen In .the of- nce or tsuner vaie, in wasnington. - .fn. h- 4k. .Mf t-.tl. tuted. showing that while he, through - - cowardice or deception. Is getting be- bin one Webster Ballinger, who, I ' :m Informed, Is a newspaper man In . . Waihlnsrton Who has Keen excluded i i - , that, wniie it is in the name of and V pnrportinr to be for the 4eneflt of - other parties. It-was prepared and In ' eplred bv Butler, who Is at the bottom of all of It , ' Kd FOUNDATION FOR CHARGES. : "You ' will recall that before the . - Ink was dry on the face of The Cau- eaeian Thursday night of this week. JTfce Kews and Observer was printing- the same thing, thus showing the dirty work of this unscrupulous fel low.- The suit he alludes to is a suit brought against the Secretary of the Interior and others largely for the purpose of getting a certain' class of people on the Indian rolls, not a class of people, however, whose, rights our. court, passed upon, and who has gone out of his way to lug me into a mat ter I had nothing to do with, and published what he purports to be part, of a complaint. To show you that there is absolutely no founda .tlon for these charges. I- have A let ter from -Senator Clapp, chairman e the committee on Indian affairs of the Senate, dated June 10th, 108 also a letter from Congressman Sher man,, dated June 11th, ,1808, stating that-no such committee was ever ap pointed, and no charees or evidence filed with his committee that would warrant a moment's consideration oC the subject Of Investigation. These letters can be 'seen by any friend or foe who may desire to ' verify this statement. . . SENATOR OWEN'S LETTERS. -.'"-'"I also have two letters from Sen tor Owen, Democratic Senator from UKianoma, and nimeeii part inaiau as .follows: ' r .v.v -:' " " 'United States Senate, " Washlnrton. D. C. June 4th, 19088 " 'Honorable Spencer ' B., Adams, Greensboro. NfC'v "Dear-Mr. Adams:'" I have your letter of June 8 d. 1908, relative to the so-called charges made against the Choctaw - and Chickasaw Citltenshlp Court of which you were a member. I had occasion to be on a sub-com mittee .of the committee on Indian affairs of the United States Senate which looked Into this matter and de manded of the Secretary of the In terior what evidence there ,was Justi fylng any such charges. And on an examination found tnat tnere was no evidence, but merely a verbal state ment which had been made by a Mr. Rosenwlnkle. who stated he had heard rumors to that effect by per sons not designated by him. I after wards saw a letter from tne same man. Mr. Rosenwlnkle, to the effect that he had no knowledge of any evi dence supporting any such rumors, and did not believe any such evidence Could be obtained. 'In view of the fact that your court necessarily had to decide against thousands of people trying to get property rights of enormous .vsaiue, u Is not surprising that some or tnem should circulate a "rumor" deroga tory to the dignity and good name of your Court. " 'From what I have heard about It. there Is no evidence whatever In the charce made In tbe rumors clr culated against your court; in fact. the matter would not deserve any so tlce whatever at your hands ex cept for the brief filed by Webster Bellinger, jwhlch, was printed In The Congressional Record. Webster Bel linger had a very great pecuniary In terest to start a scurrilous report against your court in order to Induce Congress to re-open the rolls. lie had the hope of getting some of his clients on the rolls. Each person would have received property worth from $1,000 to 15,000, and Ballinger bad a 40 per cent, contract . "witn many of these - people, . as I am in formed and . believe, and having had printed copies of such contracts sent to me. I take pleasure in expressing my confidence In your personal In tegrity and in expressing the belief that there is no evidence for the so called charges, which In point of fact are not charges, but mere unsupport ed Vrumor coming, from unknown sources. I see no reason why you should feel any further concern about IL . ' . t " "The statement that the Senate committee on Indian affairs refused to adopt a resolution drawn by Sena tor Clapp exonerating you of wrong doing is not true.' No such resolution was acted on and Senator Clapp. I 1 know. Is as confident- of your integrity as I am. The committee had no evi dence against you. ' 'Your very respectfully, " " 'ROBERT I OWEN." " 'Muskogee, Okla., July 18th, 1908. " 'Honorable - Spencer B. AdamsJ Greensboro, N. C: " 'Dear Judge: It may be of in terest to you to know that in the so-called investigation of the sub committee of the JTntted States Sen ate, consisting ' of 8enator Moses. -E. Clapp, Senator Davis and myself, that nothing was presented that In any way anected your good name. "The mere suggestion of a rumor adverse to the integrity of your court, without anw person alleging facts In jurious to you. Is not to be wondered at, since a large number of people were defeated by your Judgment In recovering large values on Choctaw citizenship. They naturally would condemn your court by circulating In jurious rumors. - The very fact hat ho concrete charge was made by any person is the best evidence of the In tegrity of your coOrt, and I congratu late you that nothing developed that in any way could be taken as reflect ing upon your high character. " 'Your demand for an Investigation would have been Justified If there ha-1 been anything before us worthy of an investigation. "-'I have read the letter of Senator Clapp to you and It accords with my recollections substantially. ""Yours very respectfully, . " 'ROBERT L. OWEN.' IN SERVICE OF DEMOCRAT- "Butler has been industriously en gaged In trying to procure charges and in circulating slanderous reports against me for nearly a year. He s always particular, however, to try ad cover -his tracks by getting be hind some irresponsible person. I sincerely believe that he Is. In the secret service of the Democratic party and In co-operation with his partner of old, R. F. Fettlgrew, of South Da kota. i have deferred bringing the slanderer to Justice until I could -get sufficient1 evidence to .'nail' him. I now have enough to - warrant me In r tne institution of a suit for the pro tection of my rights and good name. Which I have to-day Instituted in the Superior Court of Guilford county against Marlon Butler and L. F. But ler. I nave also retained able coun sel, with Imperative Instructions to go to the bottom of this matter." "Will you also institute suit aealnsf The Caucasian?" asked the corres pondent, s.; Tea." was the emnhatie tbdIv of Judge Adams..:-"Under-our statutes It Is necessary to give the paper certain l"1" "SH0 h" been repared and no time will be lost in bringing me suit - v - , - It appears that The Caucasian U published by a corporation and that Jfc.F.BaUa.-Wb a )ia brother ot Xt- Tion iiutier. and the manager ef the paper,, filed a sworn statement 'about a month ago In which the officers of the corporation ar given as Marion Butler, president; W. A. Guthrie, ef Durham, vice president, and M'. H. Worth- of Greenshoro. treajrOrer. The directors are: W. H. Worth, W. A. Guthrie. Marion Butler, W. F Stroud. A C, Shu ford. Hal W. Ayer and J. B. Lloyd. RAILBOADS FJLE ASSWEB ASSOCIATION'S PROMOTE TRADE Sou the stern Railroad Anmer Com- plaints Against Increase In Rates on Grain aud Grain Product Iron j Ohio River Crosginrs to SoutJbeatrt i Deny TltaX the . Yehht Asmrla. - tlons Suppress Trade, But on tbe - CMuer t Hand - Promote 1 It Judge ; fcpeer's Order Demoralised and DU ; - organised Trade and Commerce r Freight Associations Protect Trade ; and Commerce and Are Essential to lt Orderly Coudaotn-Corapetltlon . : uuu a Heretofore. Washington, Aug. 22. The railroad companies operating1 in the southeast ern territory to-day filed their answer before the Interstate Commerce Com mission to complaints which ; have been brought against the advance in rates on grain and grain ; products from Ohio river crossings to the south east In connection with this answer the railroads flied a motion and demur rer to strike out of the complaints certain' allegations with v regard to the Southeastern Freight .Association ana similar associations being com binations in restraint of trade and in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. The grounds for this motion are first, that the Interstate . Commerce Commission has frequently ruled that It has no Jurisdiction to administer (he Sherman anti-trust law, that law belnr solely a matter for the ac tlon of the courts; second, that the Interstate Commerce Commission has ruled that a rate may be reasonably low or Indeed unreasonably low even though it be the result of an Illegal comoination. SUEZ ROUTE CASE, This ruling, it is stated, has been made in several cases, notably In that oi tne cnina and Japan Trading Com pany, involving rates on cotton piece gooas from this country to China and Japan. In that case it is charged that the ocean steamship lines oper ating through the Sues canal, known as the Sues, route, combined with western railways to make a rate from this country to the Orient In com petition with the steamship lines and railways, this rate being so low that It was Questionable whether or not It paid the cost of transportation over the 1 5,000 miles Involved. So the commission held that even if the rate had been made by an Illegal combi nation, which was beyond their Juris ditcion to determine, nevertheless. It perhaps an unreasonably low rate. On this ground the- railway com panies in their answer have moved to strike out complaints In the pending cases and allegations - against . the Southeastern Freight Association They take the position that the South eastern Freight Association and all similar associations do not suppress trade but In fact promote It and are essential to the orderly conduct of trane ana commerce. The railroads alleze 10 the present instance tnat wniie the order of Judge Emory Speer, of Georgia, was - in force from August 1st to August 6th giving a lower rate to shippers in Georgia than to those In any other state in the southeastern territory, the effect was to demoralise and d!- organize trade and . commeJhoi,TnFflfifj conditions In the middle that merchants in Louisville. 'Cineln natl and elsewhere could and: Would maxe no sales owing to the demoraii cation caused by the order. The rail way companies take the position' that this is a demonstration of the ' fact that euch associations as the Sou.i eastern Freight Association are abso lutely necessary to prevent demorali zation of commerce and that they pro mote trade instead -of retarding- it. COMPETITION NOT SUPPRESSED. The defendant railroads allege that during the year 1904 dissatisfaction was expresst-d by shippers at Atlanta as to rates to that point from the Ohio and Mississippi river crossings, it Do ing alleged that the rates to Atlanta from such crossings were out of rela tion to rates to Birmingham and Montgomery, Ala. As the result of conferences held at that time the rates from Ohio and Mississippi rlv er crossings to Atlanta were reduced but the defendants deny that the re duced rates were just or .reasonable or compensatory, the reduction being made solely with the view of putting LAtlanta upon a basis more nearly sim ilar, annougn not ine same as iae basis of Birmingham and Montgom ery. Theso reduced rates went into effect February 1st, 1905 The de fendants allege that their recent In crease of rates has not suppressed competition and that the same com petition exists as heretofore. They denv that the territory north of the Ohio and west of the Mississippi river la dominated by anv traffic associa tion which fixes or maintains freight rates or suppresses competition or re strain interstate trade. - j WILL NOT INJURE CONSUMING PUBLIC. ..v . -i;. . The railroads deny that the. com modities involved in their increase of rates are entitled to lower rates than other commodities or that the advance was other than small ana reasonable and , declare .that the In crease will not seriously or at all dis turb existing- trade relations 'or in ure the consuming public Tney deny that the margin of profit ob tained by the dealer will not permit him to absorb the enure advance in rates or that the consuming public will be forced to bear any portion of. the additional charge represented by an increase in tne price. Even should the consuming public be com pelled to pay soma portion of the ad ditional charge or the . whole of It they declare that the amount so paid will be infinitesimal and that the pub lic will not feel it or In any way be Injured by It. They deny that the advance complained of would repre sent a charge or tax to the dealers and public in Georgia of anything like as much as 1500.000 annually or that, the same Is a tax 'to any ex tent.. The railroads deny that the Increase will restrict , the volume of traffic and declare that It Is not even sufficient compensatory charge to fairly meet the eost In value of the service performed ' by them. - They claim that while the net rates of some of the roads have In .recent , months shown some advance,' yet taking all of the months together the net earn ings as well as gross earnings show a very large diminution since Feb raary 1st, 190S. . V HAVE INCREASED WAGES OF EMPLOYES. Tbey declare that tbe wages ef their employes have beeti increased ' and that prlees ofe:ll-art4elee-neeessary forf the maintenance and equipment ot their lines are higher, tkat the de mand of the public for efficiency or service has become more and more exacting-as well as the demand for quicker transit, better terminal facil ities, depots and stations, larger and more expensive cars, heavier-engines. Stronger bridges, heavier ra"ils, and In all other- respects they have been compelled'to meet an Increased and. CAJIPAIGN IXBEW' YOBK DEMOCRATS PLAN HOT FIGHT. '-'' :- " UA t. .v-v Candidate Bryan and Chairman Mack and 111a Assistants Lay PUm For a- Strenuous Campaign In the 'Empire Stale lie ports From That 'State Give Strong Hope and With va Few Speecbee by " Mr. Bryan, Leaders Believe tbe Democrats Can Roll Ui a Majority Mr. : Bryan Will Also' Look 'After the Middle) West While Mr. Kern Will Be Sent . to the Pacific Coast Region, '-Chicago. Aug. 2!. -William J. Ery; an will make a determined effort to place New" York State in the Demo cratic column,' Plans to this -end were carefully laid to-day at a three hour conference of Mr. , Bryan, .Na tional Chairman Mack, heads of , the various bureaus pf the national com mittee and members of the executive committee at ? Democratic national headquarters shortly after Mr, Bry an's arrrvar here from Des Moinea Mr. Bryan will speak In New York City, .Syracuse and Rochester ; be tween September 16 th and 20 th. and early In October will again speak In New York City and In Buffalo. Re ports received by Chairman Mack gave strong hopes to Mr. Bryan and members of the national committee that the Democrats could carry New York if Mr. Bryan would speak In the principal centres of the State. It was further developed at the con ference that Mr. Bryan would 'make a sharp light In the middle West, while John W. Kern, the vice presi dential candidate, would likely be called upon to make an extended tour of the Pacific coast States. " OUTLOOK IS PROMISING. After the conference had been call ed shortly before noon Chairman Mack directed that the heads of the various committee bureaus submit re ports of their plans and the progress made In their bureaus. The national committeemen present told of the sit uation In their States ana it was generally agreed that the outlook for the Democratic national ticket was most promising. Former National Chairman Thomas Taggart declared that Indiana would surely go for Bryan and that the Republicans were i using money to divide the labor vote. Governor Haskell, of Oklahoma. tressurer of the national committee, declared that Oklahoma would give Bryan 50,000 plurality, and that the State would contribute $50,000 to the campaign fund, of which 827.000 al ready had been raised. Following the report of the various bureau heads the situation was discussed with ref erence to Mr. Bryan's campaign. It was made known that there was a strong drift toward Bryan In New York State and the reports giving this Information to Chairman Mack Indicated that th State could be carried if Mr. Bryan would make a wing through the State WEST VIRGINIA-AND MARYLAND. West were taken up and senator Cul berson., chairman of the advisory committee, who has been spending the-ummer In Maryland, Informed Mr. Bryan and - the committeemen that West-Vlrg-lnla and Maryland would In all probability be found In the Democratic ranks. It was the opinion of those taking active part In the committee's deliberations that the most effective camDalcn for Mr, Bryan to make would be to deliver speeches In all the middle West States, speaking only In the principal centres and then tq carry the fight to West Virginia, Maryland, I Delaware New Jersey and New , York State. Much of the time, It was suggested Mr. Bryan would spend on these trips In conference with the national com mltteemen and State leaders and In this way qfve valuable aid and direc tion In the various State campaigns. After a consideration! of these tenta tive suggestions for the campaign and an approval of the reports made by the heads of the bureaus. It was decided to call a meeting of the full national committee, with the various sub-committees September 8th at 10 o'clock In this city. Mr. Bryan told the committeemen that he was delighted with the prog ress that he had observed and. that while he had ; a few suggestions to make, he-felt that the work" bou Id not have been carried out more, effi ciently and thoroughly. He express ed himself as pleased with the pros pect for Democratic success in No vember, r BRYAN APPROVES PLAN8. It was learned to-night that the vlklt of Mr. Bryan to New York was arranged for not only with the full acquiescence of those now tn direc tion of the Democratic party In tWat State but In no small degree to their desire to have Mr. Bryan take an ac tive part In the New York State cam paign. Chairman Mack said - to night: . "We talked to-day on various sub jects and heard reports from the dif ferent bureaus whicn were very fa vorable. Mr. Bryan' said they could hot be better and approved the plans that we have made for the campaign. No definite dates for Bryan's speak Inr trios were made. He will con fine his speaking to the principal cen tres in the middle West and doubtfut States.- . ' . . -V' ,v."' h Within the next two weeks the dates for Mr. Bryan's speaking tour will probably be fixed by the national committee. A constant stream of call ers - sweDt Into headquarters to-aa te greet Mr.' Bryan and to-night sev eral local Democratic clubs serenad ed him at his lidtel. most costly demand tor safe, prompt and efficient service. The larae volume of traffic enabled. lhm in some measure to keep. pace -with these extra expenses, but since November, 1907, the trsmc has been decreased, decreasing their gross rev enues enormously, while they have been obliged to continue their high scale or wages end to pay nign prices for all material and supplies. , Tbe railroads aver that there It no alternative left to them except to ad vance their rates In order to pay their employes, . They say the -development of the South depends upon an 1ncreae-rlhr thfl -e decrease of their efficiency and they believe that the public prefer to see such a rea sonable and fair advance lit rates as will Insure a prompt, safe, efficient service and Consequent commercial development rather than the .holding down of the transportation companies te such scant return-as will require them to reduce the wages ef their em ployer and prevent them from main taining service. ' ' -. SAHDEKS B AISES A. STOBM MARION, BUTLER IS 'ASSAILED. Convention of Stanly County Kepub- , . Ilcmna Enlivened When IIc1uUoh Is Introduced to Change Plan of Party Onranlzatioa In State Att or - ney Zeb Sanders BoUs -Over WUh , Eloquence and ViUifles Marion But . Itr Chairman .Campbell Replies to . Jiun ana Then He Ctonirs rorui : Again JteeoluUon Finally With drawn to Kextore Peace But ' Handful of Republicans of ' tbe County Attended the Meeting, f Special t The Observer. . Albemarle, Aug. 22. -To-day the Stanly county Republicans met here In a convention for the purpose of electing delegates to the State con vention to be held at Charlotte on the 26th. During the1 election of the delegates and alternates there - was nothing especially - sensational, but when this was done and Mr. D, U Morrow arose and introduced a reso lution the clash commenced and last ed for two hours. The main text of the resolution was a provision that the convention instruct the delegates ot vote in the State convention for an amendment to the plan of organise tlon. so that there would bo but one State convention and that the State chairman, etc., be elected by the same convention at which the nominations are made for the various State off! cers. - When Mr. Morrow had Introduced the resolution and made a few re marks thereon, the chairman. Dr. J, I. Campbell, called for the manu script. He had barely read It when Attorney Z. B. Sanders. who Is an Adams Republican (Mr. Morrow be ing a Blackburn Republican) reach ed for the paper. He scrutinized it closely and blazed forth into a fit or eloquence which lasted for near au hour. He completely wiped the earth up with Marion Butler, stating that It was a scheme of his to gain con trol of the. party In North Carolina, After he had exhausted his vocab ulary In vllllfylng "Mary Ann" he rehearsed Hon. Theo. F. Klutts's speech here the other night and an alyxed and diagramed the same. He sailed from one question to another and covered all the ground of a Re publican speaker, completely getting off the resolution which he was fight ing. He was called to his subject by Chairman Campbell, who Is a Butler Republican, and who was getting warm at bearing bis man vllllfled, but he failed to stay on the' subject, sail ing off on the Cleveland panic and stating that there was no panic in Albemarle. He closed by returning to the subject and asking the dele gates not to vote In favor of the reso lutlon, saying that he did not propose to follow the dictates of Butler and that he "would not go to the State convention If the resolution was fa vored by the Stanly county conven tion. When he took his seat after an hour of exertion, hoarse and covered with perspiration. Chairman Camp bell called S. H. Trott to the chair and he arose to defend Putier. He eulogised Butler In the highest terms. stating that he proposed to have him speak here this fall If he could be got. He said that Mary Ann was the only man Who had -broken the Democratic stronghold In the South. When he was through- Mr. Sanders acaln got -the floor and emphasised what he had already said and spoke so long and soy loud that Mr. Morrow wunarew ine resolution in eraer to restore peace and order. One remarkable sign of the waning strength of Republicanism In Stanly was that there were only about 100 persons present, and quite a number of these was Democrats who had dropped lu to hear the Butler ram ble. ' MANY COMING FROM ROWAN. Republicans Yentmlay Named Dele gates to State Out vent Ion and Se letted '- Bate For Primaries and County Convention Full TU-kct Will Be Put Out. Observer Bureau, 421 North Main Street, Salisbury. Aug.' 22. The Rowan county Republican con ventlon to name delegates to the State convention at Charlotte , next Wednesday and select a date for hold ing the primaries and county conven tion met In the court house, at noon and was presided over by Capt. John A. Ramsay. . Ex-Mayor E. A. Long, of East Spencer, was secretary, AU townships, were .represented. The township committees got together and made out lists of delegates to Char- lotto. However, all Republicans who attend are to be recognised as dele gates. The executive committee met In the Jury room and selected Fri day, September 11th, as the date for holding the county primaries and on Saturday, the 12th, the convention will meet tn the court house to nomi nate a full county ticket and elect a chairman and executive committee. Captain Ramsay stated that he had received a letter from State Chair man Adams urging that a big dele gation from Rowan go to Charlotte. It was stated to The Observer repre sentative that fully 200 will fto from this county. Mr. R. J. Hal torn, an ex-Confederate soldier, made a mo tion which was carried unanimously to the effect that. If the question of pensioning all ex-Confederate soldiers, without regard to whether ; or , not they were wounded or disabled, comes up for a vote In the state conven tion, the Rowan delegates vote solid ly In favor of It. The attendance to-day was about 150. The Rowan delegation will meet at the -Central Hotel in Charlotte next Wednesday morning at 19 o'clock to form an or ganisation. -: '. t One feature of to-day's gathering was that Mr. John Houston, who mads a good run for sheriff two years ago, was being Introduced as "the next sheriff of Rowan." It is a . foregone conclusion that he will oppose Mr, James H. MCKeniie, the Democratic nominee for sheriff., .t IIOLTO.V VERY BITTER. Abusive Speech Made by Nominee of Ksndolpn Republicans Por the House Full Ticket Nominated., , Special te Tbe Observer- , -, Asheboro. Aug. 2. The -Republi can convention held here to-day nom inated George . E. Staunton : for the Senate, John Hughes, and C. L. Hel ton for ; the House, Horace Ragan for sheriff,--A. C. Coltrane for regis ter of "deedSf Gr Q- Fralefc for tress urer, Sam Swaim, Newton Allen and Joe Thornburg for county commis sioners. Dr. D. J. Johnson for cor oner and J. F. Routh for surveyor. - Hughes made a speech full of abuse of the 'Democrats and made a vulgar reference to Bryan and the negroes. Holton also spoke and said that Rrran -had fed a aea-rn tlon on fried chicken ndwatermtlj-J.a4ssi.ehtrfcter!iUcipeec ons.- He declared that if the people followed the Democratic party it would lead to social equality and that It would not be- long before - the Democrats would have tbe negro women tn tbe parlors playing- on the piano and be sitting sft the same ta ble with them eating. He declared that Bryan and Josephus Daniels hot only taught social equality but prac ticed it. ' -. CONVENTION AT DALLAS. : Gaston Republicans Meet and Nomi nate L M. Hoffman For tbe Ben ate and J. Akmso Rhyne ' .For . Sheriff Fall County Ticket Named. Special to The Observer. , r , ' Dallas, Aug.' 22.The Republican county convention was held . In the court house here' to-day.; Mr, John A. Smith, of Bessemer City, was elected chairman of the convention, and Mr. E. Grant Paseur, of Gas tonia, secretary. . The court house could not accom modate the people present, as goodly number had to stand. - Every thing passed off pleasantly and the Republicans seem to be; in earnest and it is believed will put up a good fight. Before any nominations were made the following resolution . was put before the convention and carried with a whoop: "Resolved. That the Republican party of Qaston county is unalterably opposed to the removal of tho county seat." Mr. L. M. Hoffman, of Dallas, was nominated for the Benate to oppose Mr. W. T. Love, of Spenoer Moun tain, and many think this will be I right stiff fight. 'Messrs. J. F. Far ror, of River Bend, and W. Ed Gardner, of Cherryvllle, were nomi nated for the Legislature. The only contest between candi dates was that of Messrs. J. Alonso Rhyne. Independent candidate, of Dallas, and John N. Hanna. Re Dubllcan candidate, of Qastonia, for sheriff. This was settled by ballot and Mr. Rhyne won. the vote stand Ins: Rhyne. 121: Hanna. 0J. The rest of the ticket nominatea was as follows: Register of deeds, Sylvanus Thornburg; county trees urer. O. Wllkle Aberneth; coroner, M. T. Sanders: surveyor, A. .W. Hoff man; commissioners, John O. Puett L P. Rankin. Wiley S. McKee. R t Kennedy. J. Pink Delllnger, W M. Robinson. 1 The convention passed a resolution endorsing Mr. J. J. George, of Besse mer City, for Insurance Commis sioner. P The following were elected as dele gales to the State convention to De held at Charlotte the 2th; J. A, Smith, C D. Holland, John J. George, J. U. Long. E. Grant Passur. L. I.. Jenkins, M. A George, J. W. Arm- strons G. D. Huss. A. U. Stroup, E Kelly. J. F. Garner, J., P. Del- linger, J. B. Houser, Joe Armstrong. Z. T. Stafford, John N. Houn and W. D. Robinson. ALEXANDER TICKET "WET.' Mr. lilnney Acts As Temporary Chairman and Has some i-naracter- . tatio Remarks to Mske County in st rut -is For Him For uovcraor Ho Would Like to Challenge Mr. Kiti-n In For-JuiutJlcselon. ,'-- Snet-Mir o'fbv6hsirver. v ora y wrs v i M), auk : a j ne rpuu-Ueati-- countv- convention was called tosorder in-. the court house at 8:80 o'clock to-qajf ibyjtne county cnair man; 2. X: Smllh. .Messrs. W. J Sloan and C. 'CV' Rink were called to act as temporary secretaries. Hon. K. Z. Llnney was caned to tne chair as temporary chairman. After some remarks In his usual vigorous style, he declared the convention in order. In the course of his remarks Mr. Llnney said that while he was not a candidate for Governor, he was the only old Confederate soldier and Republican in the - State that could meet Mr. Kltchin and tnat if tne Ke publicans wish to run him he would do so onlv with the understanding that he challege the Democratic can didate for a .Joint canvass. The del egates to the State convention were Instructed to cast the vote or Alexan der county for Mr. Llnney. The convention nominatea a tun county ticket as follows: For. the Legislature, W. O. Llnney; for sheriff. R. A Adams, the encumbent;' for reg ister of deeds, W. H. Carson; for treasurer. A. -M. Matheson; for sur veyor, W. W. Teague, tne encum bent; for coroner, w. n. cnnaers; for county commissioners, W. A. Berkley, J. S. Bowman, i John W. Pharr. , t The aspect of the ticket with the exception of one commissioner and surveyor is "wet." Your correspondent understands that the "dry" Republi cans are not very well pleased, as they claim they were Ignored practi cally. Alexander will send a large dele gation to the convention at Charlotte next week. TAME AFKAIK AT LOUSBCRG. Meeting of Franklin " Republicans Yesterday Without Any Special Features." .. ' - Special to The Observer. ' ; . Louisburg, Aug. , 2 2. The Republi can county convention met-; tn -the opera house here to-day. There were no new faces but mors of the O. O. P. than usually attend the conventions were on hand. Willis T. Harrington, who ran as an Independent Democrat against the regular nominee ' -for county treasurer at the last election, occupied a front seat.'. The forenoon was devoted entirely to caucusing., the. Democrats being asked to retire from the hall. A. C. Benton was elected 'chairman and Mr. K. F. Yarborough . was . appointed secretary, being In fact chairman and secretary. The only speech of the convention was by Mr. Yarbrough. who said speech-making was not his long-sort, -but he did make a short speech which was greeted with ap plause from the convention. The chairman addressed the- conventionas brethren.'- - - ' : --' t -V - -.V- Resolutions were - adopted, chief mong which was one advocating the election of a State chairman by the State convention.. After kicking an Intoxicated brother 'who insisted on making a speech from the hall and electing delegates to the State and congressional conventions the conven tion ad Journed.", . . ; , . 4 ; Butler Address Sampson County Re- pnblicana. M no Asms ncsec Special to The Observer. , Clinton. Ausr. 22 - The Republican county convention was held here to day and tne renewing was nom inated; For the House, J. T. Ken nedy and B. H. crumpier; ror snerirt. D. C McPhail:- for register of deeds. Hlntoa Maxwell; for treasurer, Thorn- E. Owen; for- coroner. J. P. Parker: for surveyor. - Arthur - Lee; for commissioners, J. R. Peterson, W. Fatrclotn and I- L. Jackson. Marlon Butler was prent ' and -The .WEST PORT CADErS FATE TWO DISMISSED; SIX StTSPEXDIlD , w ,, f ;4. SecnUry Wright, With - President Roosevelt's Approval, Passes Sen - fence on tbe West Point liacera Cadets Russell - and Weaver, 1rvt . Class Men, Are Ordered DismisMed amt the Others Are Saspendfd -, Without , pay For One ' Year . . President Suggests , Suspension of tne Eight deoets. Bat experlntena--enf Scot Asks For More Drastic . Punishment npeoded Cadets Are " tnder the Anthority of the Army ' Dnrinjr Their Suspension.; ,' -; Washington, Aug.'' 82. -Announce' ment was ; made to-day by Secretary of War Wright that bis recommend- .' tlon for the punishment of the eight West Point cadets' suspended from the military academy - for . hazing . had been approved by President Roosevelt, The order to be Issued by -Secretary Wright, - based upon the President's approval. will dismiss from the academy the, two first cUs men under suspension. -William T.J Rossell, Jr., a son of Col William T. ' Rossell, of the engineer corps of the army, and Harry U. Weaver, of Illi nois; and the suspension, without pay and allowances tor one year, of tho six members of tbe third class, George Washington Chase, of New York; James A. Gillespie, - of Penn sylvania; lyron Qulmby Jones, oft New York; William Nalle, of Vir-, glnla; William Wellington Prude, of Alabama, and Isaac Spalding-, of Ok-. la ho ma. . ; SUPERINTENDENT ASK8 FOR DISMISSAL. . ,v Laat Wednesday evening after Sec retary Wrls.it had nad a ions; cto- , fertnee with Colonel Scott, superin tendent of the military academy, tne Secretary sent to President Roosevelt his recommendation for the dlsposl- ' tlon of the West Point' cadet caaua , The President's approval of the rc ommondation was received by Secre--Ury Wright to-day. lit the conference held at Sagamora . '' Hlil, participated In by the President, Secretary Wright and Colonel Scott, it was suggested that all of the eight cadets be suspended from 'the acad-. ' emy for one year without pay or al lowances. That was regarded as ade- , qoate punishment for the offenses . against the law and regulations com mitted by the cadets. Superintendent Scott, however. Insisted that th ' maintenance of discipline at the academy required even more drastlo punishment than would be contained In an order of suspension. He' point ed out that the two first class meat . were confessedly the ringleaders in. the hazing and that, being older than . the other men. and,-. In a sens, re- - sponsible for the practices which had grown at the academy, they ought to be delt with more severely than the others. He felt, in fact, that 1( dras tic action were not taken by the au thorities In this case hla Influence as superintendent of the academy would . be weakened materially. With this view the President and Secretary Wright finally agreed. , Subsequent to the conference at Sagamore Hill Secretary Wright) re quested' COlonel Scptf fo obtain, some additional Information, bearing upon, ' the ' ctse before1 making1- Wie recom mendations to 'the' President" CoU- onel Scott gave ' that -information to ' the Secretary oh Wednesday. The result was embodied In the recom- j mendatlon by Secretary Wright - to -President Roosevelt The necessary orde-a to carry out the approved rec- om mendatlon of Secretary - Wright will b Issued in a day or two. ARMY OFFICERS APPROVE ., ORDER. - y . ; ; -The action of the President and Secretary of War Is considered by army officers to be a perfectly ade quate punishment of the cadets, al though regret is expressed that It - was deemed necessary for the main- ' tenance of discipline absolutely, to dismiss Cadets Rossell and Weaver, v ' In this connection an. Interesting fact was developed by the - Inquiry Into the case. That was that Colonel Scott, the superintendent of the seed-- emy, wss suspended from West Point when he was a cadet. He was found guilty by a board of basing- and was. . set back one year without pay or al-, lowances. ' r - - The suspended cadets, In the rear of their absence from the 'academy. will be. in a measure. under the authorljy of the army authorities. . although they wilt be permitted to do whatever they may choose. Un less they should res'gn meantime they will be required to report to the , academy on June ISth next to take their places tn the class next below that of which they now are members. v . . " ' . Davidson Will Ha to a Good Opening. Special to The Observer. . .. ' Davidson.' Aug. 2 J. The outlook for fine opening for the college Is . very bright Tbe next session . be gins Wednesday. September Sd. Not only are all , the dormitories en the csmpus engaged, but practically alt the available rooms In. the vlllaee have been-spoken: for.,-, Rev. ' Dr. Thomas W. Lingie, the. newly ap- , pointed financial agent with his fam ily, ts expected to tske up his resl- denee at Davidson about the middle of September, f ; y- - convention was not . marked . by th tiKual enthusiasm for the reason that there Is -nothing--In the-Republics n situation ' In Sampson to . arouse en thuslssm. . Republican rule-in the county Is enough to make the meet hopeful leaders of that party long faced.: v ' , WUkrs Convention September 11th, Special to The, Observer. , North Wllkesboro. Aug. 22. A con vention of the Democrats of Wilkes county is called to meet at Wi'e boro Monday, September 14th, at I o'clock p. m. for the purpose ef nom inating two candidates tor the Legis lature and candidates for tbe various county offices ad for the transaction Of any other business as may prvrly come before it. The different town ship chairmen wilt call their township primaries to meet at some date pre vious to- the county convention and nominate township officers. c Many Candidates la Rockingham. Special to The Observer. ; ReldsvUle. Aug. 22. -Interest In the forthcoming Democratic primaries o be held In every precinct of the c :n ty Saturday, August ISth, Is i ' -v ; lug. Indications point to a f . S at tendance of the unterriSed. Th c , -dates will be voted for by t Delexates to the countv conv--wlU be elected, and those who J to take ptrt In the e!ect: in rf t delegates will be required t r or be present at the close or t ; mary- There 1 a lrfe en -candidate tot the vri c
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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