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AGAINST THE COJiJJISSION OPINION XX DISPE3fSABJC CASE The United State Circuit Court of Ap- peal Sustains Judge J. C Prttohard - f in tbe Suit of Flelachrean Oynpeny t " Against the South Caroline Dinpen f" u commission Opinion Written . Dy 4Mn ; piratw 10 ""! ...... J' Court iIold"Tbt the Proceeding la ' Not a Salt Against the State and tbe Complainant la Not Forbidden irt Maintain HI - Action by tlie -KUU1 Amendment or toe rcuer- Constitution. ' ' Richmond, Va., Sept 16. Covering very phase of the,.- South,1 Carolina dispensary case in an exhauattve opln Ion which deal with the broad c.uea- - tion i of i Statea rights. theVUnited -State arcult Court Appealihand- :. eg town an opinion wnw run talnlnff" Circuit Judge 'Prltchard to .-the appointment of. receiver to wind - .up the affalra of the liquor monopoly lone i maintained V by- the - Palmetto There waa no . dissenting opinion 'Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller and Jiidao Edmund WadaiU. Jr., auataln ' Ing the law -as propounded by Judge - Boyd. Aa counaei ior m i.,w . M w. Stevenson. , of, Bennettavllle, . S. C. asked tor a tay it Judgment kppeal. ' He ' . An rt.it though tne court agraed, that the, apoum" " prepared and nieo. wi" that much time being allowed. The declelon la a matter of para mount importance hv,Suth CaroUna, wher. th.P dlsplnaary haa long been the object of attack. Ita failure to ecrv aa a temperance meaaure. along .with charge, of graft, caused . re- -vuleion 01 Z":Z.u it aa 111" D Willi B v . ;a Stite tnatltutlon. at the same time s permitting towna and countiea to de cide by popular vote whether or not . they dealre to- retain It under local or county management. NOT A SUIT AGAINST THE STATE. . . u I. . voluminous one S!- h. needing la not I auragalnit "ah State and that the complainant 1. not forbidden to tnaln- lua line i sjA,fc . ... , Ewendment of the Federal ntitu- Son. It holda that the f!"?..,"' never conceived (that a aovereign State could engage In the liquor bualnesa and becomTa trader by buying and aelllng an article ct common trafflo ' and common with the dtiaena pf the -country. Th-court questioned there fore whether the State waa ercialng a governmental prerogative forming a function neceaaarlly or sroperl Incident to Ha autonomy as i StateT M declared hah.-fund In ' eontroveray. : which the complainant . clalma It ehouM be paid from, ne ' ' in Ihe ,mi8 of . the comtntaaloW charged with the dW of abollahlng rit. h state' haa no In- Ilia i toy f . tercet In eo tnuoh thereof as nee essary to pay the Juat debta. The members of the commission, accord -" Ing to the court, bold the funda In treat cor payment of all just debta ct . the State dlapenaary and the . creditor. of the dispnaary " "have a property In the funda In the fcanda of the commlaBlon to the extent that the debta are ahown to be Just - and a Judlolal determination of the ' true amount of uch debta can in no - way affect the rlghu and Intereeta of the State." The auit, eaid the decls- ion, la not against the State nor la the State an Indispensable party. th, nnrt In thn TlanuS Of ; the appellanta as a truer imiu. adds, "and the dutiea of the trustees t being clearly denned, the truator la not even a neceasary -part to a suit brought to compel the trasteea to dla- charge their dutiea. Their position appeara to be that the agents and rep- muintativa of the debtor should con etitute tribunal -abaoluta la its character to, arbitrarily, paaa upon "what, if anything, la due an alleged creditor, and If a claim "be adjudged Invalid without further opportunity for redress on the part of the cred itor. To uphold auoh a contention would be to deprive auch a creditor of Ma property without due procesa of law." - : . V .- v THE .ELEVENTH AMENDMENT. The court aaya i regarding the eleventh amendment: . . v Undoubtedly the eleventh amend ment waa Intended, to ? prevent the Federal court In suits roaecuted by the cltiaena of another SUte or clti aena or aubJectaof a foreign State from. Interfering with a State In pre-i . aervatlon of lta " autonomy In maintaining- Its own aystem of aeU-govern-j tncntr ae long aa such 'system la in' harmony with the constitution 6f the United statea To thla end, therefore, the funda of the State in ita treasury held by its officers or agents. for use in, the ndmlnietratlon of the govern mental affairs of the State are not to be affected by r the procesa of the , Federal Court nor can auch court en tcrtaln Jurisdiction of an action which has for Ita purpose the invasion of rights of the State to manage and control Ita internal "affairs or of an actloai which Will" obstruct the State authority or impair the State Instru mentalities in the discharge of legltl ' mate functions In the maintenance of tb tate'a Integrity." - . i . The court held that while the com missioner were empowered to inves tigate tbe transactions they were not empowered to determine any isaue or fact, enter any Judgment, etc Referring to the opinion of the Su preme Court of South Carolina that a eult agalnat The dispensary commie alon waa a suit against the State, to- days decision refuse, to adopt that construction. Counsel for the dispen sary -board naked for and were grant- , ed a stay of mandate of forty days. In which to prepare an appeal. ..; - a t ., ,. i , , , , ..-J-f'..- MAD DOG, CAUSES TROUBLE. A Two PevKona Bit aad Mnlea 'to'Suvet SprhiKJer Are Made to Baa Away, the Orlver Behic Hut ' Special to The Observer.- ::i Spartanburg, S.' CSept' 15-A mad, dog ran amuck U the atreeta here this afternoon, doing considera ble damage before It waa killed. The animal attacked J. P. Herjiof, a well known contractor, and inflicted a alight wound on "hia leg. : The fiog also bit a colored nurse and then at tacked a pair of mules hitched to the street aprinkler; biting one of the mules a the Hp. The animals ran way, upsetting the water wagon and throwing oft the driver, who abstain ed painful Injuries. After long chase Use &og waa killed, ' AFFAIBS AT CAPITAL CITY A. A AL HONORS MR. PATTERSOX Memorial Excrdsea Meld at tlio Col- , lege Yesterday and " Resolutions . Adopted by iaculty and Students .Much Waa Done For the College : by the Deceased Comin laeloner Chamber of Commerce Hold An - nnal Election of Officers -Editor -. Po Returaa From Extended Tour of Enrone -Armv Officer - to Con fer With Governor aa to - Flood Damage in the State Mayor Op poses uog Ordinance, j , . ; ' - Observer Bureau, ' ' The Holleman Building, t , Raleigh, Sep t-t IB At' tbe annual meeting of - the Raleigh chamber ofs. cdmmerce and Industry, to-night Char les E.' Johnson waa re-elected president and Fred A. OIdaaecretary by, acclamation; ; Hu bert A; Royater and E H. Carr, vice presidents; i B. g.- Jennan, treasurer; J. O. BroWn. R.! BT-BatUe John C. Drewry. i Charles w.. Gold. E.i W Hlghtower, ' B. S. - Jerman, -f Charlee Lee Smith. J. H. King. George W Lay, Clarence H. Poe. W.i B. Mann and 8. Brown Sheppard, directors. Sdltor Clarence H. Poe, of The Progressive Farmer, ; returned from Europe to-day after a twelve weeks' The revenue official, are havlns? busy time in the west and thla aide of the mountains also looking after brandy distilleries. This Is the last time brandy can be made and aa there la a very larce aDole cron advantage la being taken of it. North Carolina la ouite interesting ror Doth political nartlea tbia year. aa waa predicted a good many weeka ago, ana mere wiu be more outalde speakers In the State than in a num ber of years. The act purpose of the Democrata la to carry every con gressional district, and by a neat ma jority. The Republicans still atlck to their claim that they will 1 carry the fourth, fifth an eighth. The annual convention of the North Carolina-Division, United Confederate Veterans, of which Gen. Julian S. Carr is the commander, will be held In the Capitol on the evening of Oc- tooer it in. - RECOVERS FROM CAMPAIGN WORK. Chairman. John A. Oatea. of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon League, who has been In a hospital or at the springs slnco last May, - passed through here yesterday on hia way to his home at Fayettevllle, his health being restored. He waa broken down by the tremendous campaign for prohibition which ha conducted Jiere. , Thuraday evening the newly formed Good Government AannHatlnn" . nt Raleigh is to hold an lmnortant meeting. There la a quiet determina tion to Improve matte her H the dlasatlafactlpnUn the administra tion -of municipal-affairs haa 'beeri ateadily growing for a year. It la evident even now. that there will-be new ieaturea wnen the next municipal election occurs. The element whlh la fighting for the change Is certainly pjweriui one. Ex-Governor and Vff f tofvia ; aaA here. They spent the summer In the mountains. He sava nemnmtm prospects, national and Stat very. fine. He nick Rmn winner la sure of a solid Democratic detention and uv, th o.r. " raerat , vetran W the win rearei to hoar nt v tinued indisposition of Capt. R. H -- jnny years tne su- pcnnienaeni or the Soldiers' Home here. He and hia 'm-ifa hi,,. ed themeelves to caring foe the ini m if" ? both.of.hem are really uwwn, uapiain ttrooks by ill ness and his wife hv ----- waaMvi A lention to him while having it x. ouier auues in connection ClDL J. W. Dlirlfftr ho. ratuail irom tne croatan Indian Normal OCnOOl at Pates. Rllinmh. - - - vtuilicu iri,. , 5 - .-- -o iuiuicu iwrmai acnools at Fay ..DTiiia ana icnxaDetn Uity, which are In charke of nantaln nuniratt on-ioia win open on the 28th Inst, At Elizabeth City the new buildings are t compieiea ana ine school is for the present held In the old build ings. At FayettevWe there is a new ouuaing, wnicn has been furnished and occupied, and the dormitory haa been remodeled. .-- . x .. Rev. Dr. D, AJ, Long, well known aa a Christian pastor and for some time In charge of the church here, haa gone to TupeWv Miss., , where on Wednesday he. will be married to Mra Laura Trice Easley, of hat piace. ' ai yet . ne naa not . decided where he will make hia home., ' ANOTHER 'i ESCAPED CONy ICT. Tbe . superintendent of ; the penl te'ntlary announces the escape from the convict Camp near Rocky Mount of Jamea Roy, a young negro Sen tenced from McDowell county last February for thirty years for murder. Beginning October 5th the Masons will hold on the sixth and seventh floors and the roof garden of the Temple a v carnival, with - many new features, musical and otherwise. It will continue a week at leaab It will be under the direction of Harry Foote, a . profeaalonaL I ; ' At the Agricultural and Mechanical College the enrollment of cadeta thla year la practically the same as it waa up to this date a year ago; that U." about STi. Drill work la going on actively and so la that , in football. , ; , - :-'.--.-' To-day , Charlea M. Buabee, past aov erelgn grand maater of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, left for Denver. Cal., to 'attend the annual meeting of that great body. With him went his eon, Mr. Pei-iin Busbee, past grand master of the LarandLodge ol. thla State, a posiUon which Mr. Charles Busbee has also held. Mr. Perrtn Busbee, the elder, the lathe of Mr. Charles Busbee, was also grand maater" la North Carolina. .This Is a very remarkable record-three members of the same family la succession holding an of fice ef the aame kind. - . The Supreme Court to-day took up apt peala from the fifth district, which, by the way, has a heavier docket than ever be fore. ' Among the lawyers present are AT D. Ward. D. I Ward. D, E. Henderson, W. B. M elver, R. A. Nunn. P. M. Pear saU, W. W. Clark and L. I. Moore, from Newbera; Thomas J. Jarvia, Harry Skin ner, Greenville; Thomas D. Warren, Tren ton: W. 8. CB. Robinson, Goldsboro; N. A. McLean. Lumber ton. . , The Capitol and various ether publio buildings were closed to-day -as a mark of respect to the Ute Commissioner ef Agriculture. Mr. Samuel F. Patterson, who has always been held la such mark ed respect hera The portico of the agri cultural building l draped in mourning. Capt. D. B. Fowl, of Beaufort, adjutant ef , the Second Regiment, has resigned. He is a eon of the late Governor Fowl and served In the Second Regiment dur ing the warwltt Spain. Dr. George W. Long, of Graham, one of the beet-knewn phystcjana In the State, .Continued en Page Elgbt-i TOOT JERSEY Y0TEB3 LARGE ACDIEXCE HEARS BRYAN Call. Attention to the Growth "of the .- Ideas For H liich ' He Stand, and , Declares That Whether Elected ..Prettldent or Not He Will Feel AbundanUr Repaid If He fan Re tain the Affection and Coafldem-e :- of the People Comparison of the Condition. In 186 mid the Present Time ihe People Hate a Better, . Understanding of What the Demo . cratlc Party stands for, He Says. ! Trenton. N. J., Sept. li.Pouiing hot ahot into Mr. Taft and the Re publican party at evenr point whefe he stopped, William J. Bryan to-nlht, In this city, concluded a strenuous day of cam Dal amino- in New Jersev. following a few hours "in Philadelphia, where, in front of a newspaper of fice and before a groat throng, he ar raigned the Republican organization of that city and expressed his sorrow ior people who, be said, were com pelled to live under its rule. . Switch ing Into national politics, he asserted that the Republican standard-bearer promised that there - would be no panics and that Mr. Roosevelt aa Mr, Taft'a godfathes promised the same thing. He wanted to know how Mr. Taft tiould prevent panics when Mr. Roosevelt already had one on his hands. Mr. Bryan's reception In New Jer aey. was a demonstrative one. At Washington Park on the New Jersey side of the Delaware river, be low Philadelphia, he addressed more tnan 20,000 persons, hia audience ac cording him an ovation. . En route here Mr. Bryan spoke at Camden and Burlington to great crowds and shook hands with many hundreds of persona, Standing; on the rear platform of his car In Cam den, the Democratic candidate as sured his hearers that the voters were studying the issues lof the campaign. He declared that in every State the chances were in the dlrectlon'of the Democratic party, and that there was no place In the united Stajoe where the changea were from that party, Incidentally he again attacked T, Coleman Dupont, of the Republican executive committee, reiterating hia former charge that Mr. Dupont aa a trust magnate, waa unnt to occupy the position of attempting to Institute reforms. Along the line from Cam den here, stops were made at a doz en places, at all of which large crowds turned out and gave him an enthusiastic welcome. . Mr. Bryan'a speech in thla city to night covered much of the same ground gone oyer during the day. Taylor Opera House, where e spoke here, was crowded from pit to dome. Seated on the stage were a liumber of the members of the Demo cratlc State committee, Including State Chairman James R. Nugent The meeting waa enthusiastic and con tained many Democrata who had been opposed to Mr. Bryan in hia former campaign. Among those occupying seats in the boxea waa former 9u preme Court Justice Van Sickle..) Mr. Bryan left on a late train Tor Rocheater, N. Y. A Washington Park. N. J.. Sept 15.- My nomination fer a third time after two defeats and with no President to help me with his patronage has been due to one thing alone, and that la the growth of the ideas for which I stand and the conviction among the people that I am on their aide. In these words William J. Bryan here to-day addressing an enthusias tic throng sounded the keynote of hia nrst speech to the voters of New Jer sey in the present campaign. Mr. Bryan assured hia audience that whether he was elected President or not he would feel abundantly repaid for all that he had been able to- do if he -could retain the confidence and affection of the American people. Mr. Bryan declared that the period had been reached in the history of the Democratic party "when the East and the West, the North and the South can unite upon a platform.". : - " DRAWS COMPARISON; - r ' 'Mr. Bryan compared the difference between the conditions in 1896 and the present time. "When I spoke in the East in 1896," he said, "I recog nized that there waa an intense op position. I recognised that there were people who feared that my elec tion -would be injurious to the coun try, and they communicated that fear to those who worked for, them. To day there la no auch fear. In 1896 there were people so alarmed at what they thought waa a menace In . my candidacy that when the election waa over honest and religious men knelt down and thanked God that-the coun try had been saved." He declared that no auch feeling could be found to-day. "There are." he said, "no people who are fearful of danger la case of my election," The only pao pl he said, who would feel that they had been saved , in case : of hia de feat, were "the kind that don't thank God. for thefr safety." That difference In the 'temper of the people, he main tained,' waa apparent everywhere. "In 1896, 'the clerks in the stores were in many, ft , not most:, cases, given to understand that if I won there might be no business doing in the country for four, years. To-day the clerks in the stores are not be ing advised by their , employers as they were twelve years ago. The clerks In, the stores are learning that under Republican rule the living ex penses ' have - Increased more rapidly than their salaries. . ' . V ' "There were," he said." "business men, who In Kit though thefr busi ness waa jeopardised or would be, by a Democratic victory, but theae busi ness men In tne last twelve years have learned enough about tbe trusts to know, that their business has been Jeopardised under ' Republican rule, and that nothing but a Democratic victory can aave their bualnesa There were many email manufacture who viewed with alarm a Democratic vic tory In 18t, but the smaller manu facturer know to-day that hia busi ness la Insecure aa long aa great trusts are permitted 'to stalk abroad and drive Into bankruptcy men who refuse to aell out to them. , "In 1191 laboring men were threat ened with a panic la case of my elec tion, and they have learned that the Democratic . arty .baa oo monopoly on panics. - They have learned that the Republican party can bring on a panic as well aa the Democratic party. "Bo. my rnenas, , no matter among what people you go; no matter In what section you are; no matter to' whom you address your remarks, you find -that to-aay trie people have a better . understanding of what the Republican party stands for and what Ita policies mean than they had a few yeara ago. : v ' A DEMOCRATS AND DONT KNOW .... , ; -n,: "(.'XT.; j "X want to caii attention to eome of the evidences, that tbe Democratic, party meet the demands of the. pre-1 cnt, ana aaa tne gympaineuc aup- LEA DEES"; FPU- HAKMONY FACTIONS WILL. PULL TOGET1LEH Chance of Friction In .the New York . State Convention Swept Away aud i jeadera Heed the Earnest Plead- ing of the National Chairman For ) Harmony In the interest of the . Presidential Ticket Bryan Anxious - (That Peace Be Eutabllsbed S u r--face Ludlcatlona Point to the NonW f nation of Lieutenant Governor . Chanler For Governor No FrictlOH tion. , - . . ' -.- i - -.;".' :. . Rocheater. N. T.V Sent. l8.-Subo: dinatinr all personal animosities and heeding the earnest plea of the tlonal chairman, for harmony In the Interest of success for the presidential ticket at the polls In Novemberthe warring factions of the New Democracy to-night agreed to pull to gether, and all chance of friction in the State convention haa been awept away. Charlea F. Murphy, leader ef Tammany : Hall, when told that Wil liam Jennlnga : Bryan himself waa anxious that peace be established, agreed to withdraw all opposition to Senator Patrick H. McCarren'a dele gates in contested Brooklyn dlstrlcta The up-State leaders In their scatter ing contested districts also agreed to compromise matters pending the No vember election, and the threatening clonda of discord gave way to a pro, gramme of-harmony which will pave the way for what la planned to be a notable welcome to , the presidential candidate, who-vlll address the con vention to-morrow night. MAY NOMINATE CHANLER' . The Question of the nomination of Governor la still unaettled. The lead era devoted all of the day to a atraightening out of the. contesta and gave little r no head to the probable head of the ticket. There still re mains he impression that ttie can didate ultimately decided upon may be a man whose, name has not yet been mentioned, but.aurface indica tions continue to point to Lieutenant Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler. He Is the man who' has definite strength which the leaders cannot and do not desire to Ignore, while the delegates at large really do not know between whom the Issue lies. Leader Murphy continues to state that the Tammany delegation Is committed to no one, although several names havn been suggested in the hope of testing the true sentiment of the great body of delegates. , The ever changing tide of gossip set toward D. Cady Herrlck again to night, but there was no greater Im petus to the movement than was In evidence two daya ago. Mr. Murphy has been anxious to get the opinion of the .up-State leaders aa to the strength . of Lieutenant Governor Chanler aa a campaigner against Gov ernor Hughes. . If he can he con vinced on thla point, the friends of Mr. Chanler believe that. the latter'a nomination will , be beyond the ques tion of a doubt.: f -State Chairman Connera to-night said there had been no change from t.hla morning when he predicted Mr. Chanler a nomination On the nrat ballot. The oppoaition to the Lieu tenant Governor la atlll casting about for a candidate. The governorahln probably will be decided- upon sometime to-morrow morning. A settlement . of the threatening conditions was effected at a "harmony conference" participated In by National Chairman Mack, State Chairman Conners and Tammany Leader Charlea F. Murphy. When, the committee on contested seats met to night in adjourned session, there was little to do but to ratify the decisions agreed upon earlier in the day. FIRST SESSION 'OF CpN.VENTION, The first session of the convention, which lasted less than an hour to-day. gave no hint of the friction which had been so freely "predicted. Leader Charles F. Murphy, of Tammany Hall, and Senator Patrick H. McCar- ren, of Brooklyn, sat directly across tne aisie irom eacn otrrer, and there were opening demonstrations by their adherents when they entered the hall. A conference of the leaders this morning delayed the convention until long past the hour set for assembling. Large portraits of William J. Bryan were conspicuoua In the decorations, and there waa also a painting of John W. Kern, the vice presidential nomi nee, aad . a, .framed . lithograph, ol Grover Cleveland, which had a .place of honor in the centre of the stage. When former Justice Morgan J. O'Brien, the temporary chairman, In hia opening address, referred to the services of Mr. Cleveland, there waa an outburst of cheering second only to the demonstrations which followed the chairman's tribute to the present leader of the national Democracy. Justice O'Brien's speech .was brief but optimistic. State Chairman William J. Connera called the convention to, order and introduced Justice O'Brien. When the latter had concluded, there waa a call of the roll, the noting of con tests, the adoption of resolutiona gov erning the appointment of commlt teea, and then the adjournment vntil 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. - , Negroes Granted New Trial. V Staunton, Va,Sept.i5-The Vir ginia Supreme Court of Appeal a at Staunton to-day granted new triala to the negroes. Burton and Conquest, convicted here upon a change of venue in the. Onancock race riot caaea and given one year each in the peniten tiary,'. Thla la the second time that theae cases have been before. the Su preme Court The defendants were first convicted la Accomac county and given heavy penitentiary , sentence. They appealed and these aentencea were set aside with the caaea trans ferred to' Norfolk.. Conquest and Burton are how In the Norfolk jail. The caaea will likely be nolle prose quitd.. i." - -rt- K ":'V"i - -'im port of a large majority of the peo ple. My-friende, when I am talkTng out West, I tell the Republicans that if.I could bring. them up one. at a time and put them on the. platform and question them, I could prove, by their own testimony that nlne-tentha of- them are ; Democrata and don't know lt. Now I dont know whether the proportion fa aa large down here or not, but I can prove to you that many, .very, many, , who call them eelvea' Republicans are nearer to ua In their Ideas than they are to Re publican leader." ' - The ' Democratic candidate then launched Into a dleeuesloa of the tariff, tbe trust, the guarantee of bank deposits and the labor question, and poured a volley of criticism into Mr. Taft, whom he charged with running- on Provident Roosevelt's record. At the. conclusion of hia address, Mr. Bryan left for Trenton, . OVERMAN LY TWIN . CITY FORSYTH CAMPAIGN OPENED. A -Brilliant Speech Delivered to an ; IktthwOaatlo Audience la Forsyth ...Court House Last Evening by ben, a tor Lee 8. Overman He Makes a Spirited Defense of Grover Cleve . land Money BUI Passed by Last Congress Roundly Denounced -A Democratic Club With Large Mem- bcrahtnJarui fig Formed TUo Hen llrst He Once Winston-Salem, Sept. 15. -Senator Lee 8. Overman opened the campaign In Forsyth county to-day with a bril liant speech which enthused, an audi ence that crowded the court house The Senator read a telegram from Chicago which was in effect that Sen ator Culberson and other conservative men aald it might be safely predicted that Bryan would be the next Presi dent. Senator Overman spoke for more than an hour eloquently and convincingly and drove home his many arguments. . None provoked a greater outburst of applauae than hia spirited defense of Grover Cleveland as the most slandered public man. The Senator's tdmlssion that he had been for Judge Gray, but that he realised he waa wrong when he saw how Bryan waa the Idol of the West was enthusiasti cally received. 'He paid a high trib ute to Bryan. The Forsyth Democratic Club will be organized Friday night wi(h a memberahlp that may exceed 1.000. More than 700 applications for mem bership have already been received at local Democratic headquarters and they ere atlll coming In. The feature of the meeting Friday night will be a speech by Hon. Cy Watson and talks by other Democratic leaders. Mr. Bryan may also address the club through a phonograph. ' FIRST SPEECH IN THE CITY. It' was the first time Mr. Overman ever apoke here and many people are I expressing surprise at his eloquence. He made a fine Impression. He re called that he first began work In "Winston thirty-five yeans ago. teach ing, when thla waa a town of about BOO persons. Considerable of hia speech waa de voted to a denouncement of the money bill passed by the last Congress, he calling It most .infamous. He said it waa done at the dictation of the Na tional City Bank and the Bank of Commerce, Rockefeller and Morgan institutions, which control the gov ernment through the Republican party, he asserted. He ecored the Insincerity of the Republicans In tariff matters and said the "stand pat" shibboleth was "borrowed from a gambler in hell." Senator Overman reached the city this morning' and went to the Hotel Zlnaendorf. Ha expressed himself optimistically for the eucceea of the Democratic party at the impending national and State elections. Never haa auch enthualaam been ahown aa now- In the State so soon before the election, aald the Senator. The crowda attending the speakings have been much larger than usual and Demo cratic doctrine u awakes enthualaam everywhere, he declared,'' f ',"' Elaborate preparations had been made for the Senator's address at the court house to-night, aa It marked the launching of the campaign In Forsyth. It waa extensively adver tised and a big crowd from the eoun try supplemented 'the attendance of citizens of the Twlw City; A committee escorted the Senator from the hotel to the court house Mr. W. T. Wllon introduced him In a brief. wll-choen speech Mr. Kltdiin to .Speak In Mr. Craig's County. Special to The Obaerver. Ashftvllle, Sept. 15. Chairman D. E. Sevier, of the Democratic county executive committee, announcea that Hon. W. W. Kltehln and Mr. B. F, Aycock will apeak here Friday, Sep tember 18th, at 12 o'clock. Chair man Sevier desired that Mr. Kltehln deliver two addresses in Buncombe one In the country and one In the city but he found that he could not fill two appointments and the time for the speaking has been fixed for 1 1 o'clock noon. In order that the people from the country may have an oppor tunity to hear-the next. Governor. Chairman Sevier aaya that he looka for one of the biggest political gath erings Friday that naa aasemoiea here In years If the weather la favor able; that the Democrats in tne coun try are Inaistant that they be given an opportunity to hear Mr. Kltehln and that aa a result of thla insistent demand tbe noon-time hour had been fixed, .yt'-.y i - - t Davidson Democrat lo Primaries Bat .;;. r arday. Special to The Obaerver. Lexington, Sept. 15. The Demo cratic primaries of Davidson county will be held Saturday and Indlcatlona point to an excellent ticket, one that it will be impoaaibie to down it. la a. foregone 'conclusion that John T. Lowe will be nominated for sheriff and he la one man of whom it la aald that he haa not an, enemy in the world. , At the preaent time Davidson has a Republican sheriff, but even eome of the leading Republicana admit thai Lowe wilt be elected. Mr. Lowe la now secretary and treaaurer of the Nakomla Cotton - Mills, v , Candidates for all of the offlcea are strong men but the hardest fight always la for eherift " -The Republican convention for thla county will be held the aame day aa the Democratic prlmarlea John T. Lowe will. In all probability, have no opponent for the nomination of aherlff. : --., i-w.'. -.' iv-- "Club Organised at FayetterUle.; Special to The Observer, ' Fayettevllle, Sept, -15. A well-at tended' and enthusiastic meeting waa to-day held In the Cumberland county court house1 for the purpose of or ganizing a diryan and Kltehln club, sursuant to a call by Mat B. J. Hale, close friend of Mr, Bryan'a; Mr. C. O. Rose, the Democratic county chairman.-ana Mr. H. I-Cook, presidential elector for- thla district. Mr, E. W. Nolley waa elected 1 president. Tne meeting waa addressed by Major Hale, who told ef tbe proepecta for Demo cratic aucceaa observed by him during hia recent trip through the West i by Elector H. I Cook, and several elh erWThe -meeting waa marked by great enthualaam. - , . Mitchell Demorrat Name a Ticket. Special to The Obaerver. - Rafcaravliie fteut. 15. The ' Demo crats of Mlfchell county met in con vention here Saturday for- the pur pose of " nominating a county ticket, and the following candidates were named: For Representative. Ed Ii Young, ef. Minneapolis: sheriff, John O. Phillips, ot . iBgalis; . treasurer. George M. Young, of Red II1U. There In the Twin City, TAFT ADDRESSES NEGROES KXPRJ3&F.S 1 HIS FRIENDSHIP, -Republican Candidate For President r-lMllvM V,in1nllbail IMmr lA Ministers Composlne the Ohio Con- v rerenee of the African MctlKxltHt Kpiscopal Church Favors Higher : KducaUon For . the Negro Race - Condcmna Mob Violence Which He Say a la Not Conflneu to Any Fartlcu- lar Mctkn Kxprcssrn Uie Opinion , That In the South a Better ielin- la crowing .Toward tlie Negro. Cincinnati, O., Sept. 15. The grati fication of Candidate William H. Taft on the renomlnatlon "of Governor Hughes waa expressed In a telegram be sent the Governor, congratulating him on hia "well deserved nomlna tion." He added: "It not only makes' the State of New. York safe in November, but greatly strengthens the national ticket in every State in the Union." This, the fifty-first anniversary of Mr. Tart a birth proved to be hia bus! eat day. He delivered a non-political address to-night to an audience of ministers composing the Ohio Confer ence of the African Methodist Epis copal Church, the first speech ot his campaign to negroes. Earlier in the day Mr. Taft met small delegation from Greenfield, In hia address to-night to the ne groes he said he was there for the purpose of , expressing his sympathy witn the negro race in ita struggle ior bettor things. "Sympathy," he said, "which I had from the time 1 waa a small boy, for 1 Inherited it from my father, Al- phonso Taft, tlyin whom the colored race never had a better friend." The education to be most sought for oy tne negro race, he said, waa pri marily the rudiments of knowledge comDinea wun industrial training. This waa supplemented by higher education for a more limited num ber to . furnish ministers, doctors. teachers and lawyers. .He said he had not always been in ravor or higher education for mem bera of the negro race, "but after i full Consideration of the needs of the race, I am convinced that I was in error." On the subject of race prejudice and mob violence, Mr. Taft aald: "I don't know that the race bit terness is any stronger to-day than It ever was. For a length of time It seems to be altogether abated, and then there will be an outbreak, a mob will be formed, developing the most fiendish cruelty manifesting it self in the blindest and most unrea sonable assaults upon perfectly Inno cent people, simply .because of their color. it is only fair to say that such brutish exhibitions are not con fined to any one section. "It Is Impossible toy read accounts of this sort without having one a blood boll with indignation that there can reside in the human breast such a savage and beastly Impulse and motive. ."The beat remedy and the neces- eary one Is an Improvement In the administration .of our criminal lawa and the 'holding- to strict account the officers of the law who do not use ait possible means to prevent and suppress such outbreaks. "I cannot too strongly condemn the attitude of (hose publio men who In their dlscussjona of the negro 'ques tion use langu&rfe . ' calculated to arouse in the Ignorant a deep con tempt ror the negro race and an al together unfriendly attitude toward It. I believe sincerely that all through the South a very much better feel ing Is growing among many, classes n nl ll.i.n. nu,A A , V. n a ..ft' . i UL I.III.GII, lJOTk,t WIT, .1 . g 1 V. Saying he realized the heart thrflbs of he negro, he added: "While The negro Is the ward of the nation. In the sense that the nation brought him here against his will, and must now deal with the problems that hia pres ence presents,- and solve them justly. fairly and charlttOMy. he is not there by relieved, from the burden of re sponslblllty that he must assume to win his way in the community by Industry and thrifty to a, place In which he becomes too valuable a part of society for his depreclatora to Ig nore hia rights and well-earned posi tion." Mr. Taft'a speech waa warmly re ceived. American Steamer Arkadla Damaged 1A Hurricane Off Turks Island. San Juan, P. R., Sept 15. The American steamer Arkadla, from New Orleans, haa arrived here in a dam aged condition from the effecta of the hurricane last week which ehe en countered 10 miles off Turks Island. Considerable damage waa done to the upper part of the vessel and the holds were flooded. Captain Griffith, of the Arkadla, aaya that he ran Into the atorm on the night of September 10th. It developed hurricane proportlona the following day, the wind blowing with terrific force for aeveral hours. A 'board of survey made an examina tion of the Arkadla and decided that she proceed after ordinary repairs. A further survey of the vessel will be made when she returna to New Or leans. The cargo waa only slightly damaged. . waa a large attendance of enthusi astic Democrats, and it la thought that the above-named candldatea have a good chance of election thla fall. W. L. Lambert, . of BakerevlUe. waa chosen - permanent chairman of the Democratic county executive committee, . and J. W. : Ragland, ef Bakersvllle, waa chosen secretary. Editor and Conductor to Have Debate, Special to Tbe Obaerver. Spencer, , Sept. ".15. Thomas J. Rosemond, of Spencer, the Republi can nominee 'for the House, has ac cepted a challenge of Representative John M. Julian, ef , Salisbury, to a Joint discussion of the political Issues of the day, the debate to take place in Spencer Thursday night. of thla weak. An hour and thirty minutes will be devoted to the discussion an J an interesting time may be expected. Thla will be the first Joint debate be tween Rowan candldatea and la the result of a friendly challeng made by the r Democratic . nominee. Mr. Julian la editor of The f Salisbury Evening Post; while Mr. - Rosemond la a well-known conductor on the Southern Railway.' - - Detnorrata of Thirty-Ninth Name Tatham I or Kenate, Special to The Observer. Murphy, Sept., 18. The Democrats ef the thirty-ninth senatorial district to-day held their convention at An drews and by acclamation nominated Mr. J, O. Tatham. of Cherokee. The nominating speech was made by Mr. George Walker, of Graham county, Mr. Tatham made the race two yeara ago and waa very neaaly elected and while this district la Republican by a large majority the Democrats " feeL veryXiopefuI ot Mr. Xathama election. HUGHES GETS NOMINATION JTAMED ON THE FIRST BALLOT After the Utter A Fail ore of the County Leaders to Discover' An- . Oliver Candidate Upon Whom They -Could Unite, the Republicans of New York Nominate Governor Hughes to . Succeed LUmeelf Re ceived Overwhelming Majority Senator White Aapired Ior the Governorship Nomination, But Withdrew and Waa Chosen aa Candidate For lieutenant Gov ernorNew York . County W Almost Solidly For Hughes Gov ernor Hughes Expresses Hia Ap preciation. V ". Saratoga, N. Y. Sept 1 5 .Charlea Evans Hughes, of New York, waa nominated to-day- by the Republican State convention by an overwhelming majority and on the - first ' ballot, to succeed himself as Governor of the votes out of a possible l,00t, as against 151 for Jamea W. Wadaworth., Jr., of Livingston county, Speaker ot the State Assembly, and II for for mer Congressman John K. Stewart, of Montgomery. , -v.-?. - NOMINATION MADE UNANIMOUS, The nomination was made unani mous upon motion of Btate Com mitteeman William Barnes, Jr., of Albany, who has been perhaps the. bitterest and most outspoken op ponent of the Oovernor'a renomlna tion. . The 6overnor'a renomlnatlon fol -lowed the utter failure of a desperate struggle on the part of a number ot the county leaders, who f or . four days have spared no effort to dis cover a candidate upon whom- thej could unite to defeat him. " The balance of the ticket' was made as an organisation "slate," an nounced en hour or more before the session of the convention began, by Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of the Htate committee. Senator White, who was chosen aa a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, was in the "running" for the- Gov ernorship until the early afternoon, when he requested his frienda not to present his name. It waa the 1SI votea of all but one district In New York county that carried the Governor's total beyond the 505, a majority of the convention required to nominate. The nine votes of Nassau county had brought the Hughes total to 6. Amid a breathless hush the secre tary of the convention called "New York." Herbert Parsons, president of the New York county Republican general convention, rose in hia place and aald dramatically: "New York county, second as sembly district, givea four for Wada worth, the balance of the . county, 183 for Charlea Evans Hughes." A thousand pencils In two second had footed the Hughes totat to (7. and every person In the great hall knew that the battle waa over, and the place waa Instantly a bedlam of cheering. " Hardly less sensational had beett the moment when State Chairman Woodruff delivered to Hughes, In spite of a general expectation to the con trary, the entire vote of King' county, 1.18, bringing the Oovernor'a total to 342, for Woodruff had been avowedly opposed to the Governor' renomlnatlon. It was really the action of King's which signalised what might be called "the stamped to Huahes." and when Ita III votes were casr In a block for the Governor any remaining doubt of his nomi nation was swept away. Governor Hugtiea Expresses HI Ap prefiation. 1 -, Rochester. S. Y., Sept. 15. "I am deeply aensiblo of the honor V con ferred upon me. I wish to exprea my appreciation of the confidence reposed in me by the Republican party." Thus did Governor Hughes make his first public statement after hi notification of renomlnatlon for Gov ernor of New York State to-night. Beyond that the Governor would say nuwiuiK, eimiT h in aim running mate on the Republican ticket - or hia policies for .the second term, should .he be elected. Governor Hughes passed through Rochester early to-night bound from Warsaw to Albany. '. . SUICIDE THEORY EXPLODED. Dr. Fredrric-k Rust In Registered the Day .iicfbre He Waa Killed , and Stated at the Time That He In tended to Vote the Straight Demo cratic Ticket This Fall. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 15. The regis tration books ahow and Individuals testify that Dr. Frederick Rustln, mysteriously ahot and killed aorae time, during the night of Be p tern be a 1st. had that day registered at the primary election la Omaha. He reg istered, at :t5 p. m. at a booth at Fortieth and Farnam streets, one block east of hia residence, where he waa found dead. Aa he entered tbe booth he convers ed with the city prosecutor. Herbert v Daniels, a prominent Democrat, atandlng at the door. " "I want to register aa a Democrat, for I am going to vote the straight Democratic ticttet tnie fall. ' ha said to Mr. Daniela - t -r . Mr. Daniels takea this action and hia conduct at the polls as an Indica tion, that he did not commit auteldo. Mr. Daniels aay that he returned to his home, a block and a half from the Rustln home at S o'clock the fol lowing, morning, the hour Dr. Rustln la supposed to have been killed on hia porch, mat he passed the Rustln, hoUM and neither heard an, uw anv person there or near. . He sat in hia library reading for an hour and a half afterwards and never heard a sound. Mra Rustln told the police that she heard the shot at J o'clock. v MERGER OF STEAMBOAT LINES. , -.''-" " "-sassasaalSBBi - -'v. '; Linee Controlled by Xorfolk A South ern Taken Over by Competing Com pany. 8pectal to Tbe Obaerver. . Elisabeth City. Sept. 15 An im portant deal and one moat vital to thia section waa consummated to-day by which the Leroy Steamboat Com pany.! of which J. Henry Leroy and H. D. Pendleton, of thia city, are president and general manager' re spectively, assumed control of all steamboat lines In North Carolina and Virginia, owned and controlled by N". A 8. Railway, including all boats run. by tSe Banks-North Carolina 11a from thle-elty to Currituck county. This deal 1 causing considerab! comment among business men her and In other sections interested. it means' elimination of competition i t water - transportation as the Leroy s line- had been the N. & S.'a s r.." est competitor and had bulit u-. a ' business. A number of pr. bualnesa men of Currlturk a before the receivers of the recently and strongly prote: ! , Leroy absorbing the l'arAs 1 feared an increase of fi but; they -. will rcaiala,t::a t
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