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. " r f .. - . V. a '4- sr. m - . 1 .'. ... ti., , .-.:".'.. j-. .. v ., vw , . ft ts. j i g ,, ..i i. - v., , ;v s. . '. . . rm . - i ' - " . j: 4 ' . a " "a1 . ' i v i'i. .. .eT I -v . ' 1 .'" i - '-....-.... . . 1 1 X T r I " :.t' " i r : III I t II 1 ir rL ' I 1 'I VUHM KX1 & PRICE FIVE CENTS. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 A TEAR. CHARLOTTE N." C-.1 SATURDAY vMORNING, , OCTOBER 31, 1908. : liOCKEFELLER IS EOB TAFT , WHY HE Willi VOTE THAT AT Th Standard 'l.-MgnW'lCfare . . u. una lU'ivi Hum m. Raiud ; Un und That He lieltewi That " llued t or ine umro w nMi ' . ' a Thin tha no moc ratio Can That H is Trit k to Hurt Talt'a ClMincM; ChalrnuiB Mk Say the Tliat There Has Been a Deal.' and Mr. Bryan Saya It 1 Bra Mr. ' Taft in sympathy With, Um - . Trosta. ' , New York. Oct.' axpect to n r Tvk(eller. la . a tatemant Kiven out tram th standard Cempanya o(Bce."hera lart 'Bihu'W;-' ". , " tot ntt othW reaaon i aupport Mr.'Tftit ;bwauan"comparlnt!hIm peraonally with Kr. Bryani. 1 chief nAnnt ' f flhA 'the . balance, of fit neaa and tamperamest entirely on ht aide. " Tha election of JtrTan wni, ' 1 believe, make for lew and order And atablllty of buaineaa. ' He la not." man, I Judge, to adventure with raah "experiment to Impede a, return to ' proaperlty br advocayng' -i-ineaaurea subveralye Of tadnrtrlal . profreaa. "Th6 t candld4te aeema ' to ine peculUrly peraonal one In thla campaign, the leading omor on . (both eldea : have .hot i auoceeded ; In drmvlng partr ynea, ,ae baaed on' plat- ortna. with .any great cleameaa. , ' 1 r . dor however, aupport the general Be- publKan ' poalUon on the tariff . end ' the currency. I have alwaye been a RepnbUcaa, ; y, S--'-p;r: , ;l feel; the more' Impelled to n awer' thla qneatloa because It cannot - be aald that the present adtntnlstrfc tjon . Jas la ny way .whatever f a Vored the apeclaL Interest' .t which my -lite has-been devoted. - 'That, f however, v does "hot excuse- me from publishing my opinion, v and . doing what -1 consider my ;outy aa , eic Uen. , 'XO "WOXDK V M MR- BRYAN. air. Bockefeller U To Taft Jlcraose Mr. Talt l fop the Trwt lMx.lar-! . the) PemucraUo Presidential CandU , v ateThe Kvldence Contained in Mr. Taft's fepeecbes the lat Povr Meek lie piasecta Hockfeller'a . Blaiwats:-,.it;V1t,-i-.-i.-"--. , " tfapoleoa, O., Oct tO-WUllam J. Bryan, the JDemocratlo candidate for PresldeuV gave out statement here 1 to-day, commenting upon the- oecla- 1 rations of Joha !- Bocheieller, made In Wew i York, that he would vote for''-William- H. Taft i'-' "h'-- ; Mr. Bry' statement in Uipart s . follows: s,j-;v--'-r''' '".' '''v V ' "N . ,rMr Rockefeller ts for Mr. Taft be cause Mr. Taft is in sympathy , with the iruata, Mr. Taft has been malt ing speeches for many weeks, and tee . ..has not yet dwelt upon the Iniquities 1 of the trusts or pointed out the lnjus i tlce done to the American people, by them. No wonder Mr, (Rockefeller -J 'to for Mr. Tift' ..-V,r,.s S'k:r : ' ' "Again Mr-,Kockereuer' says ,ar. , ' ' Taf fa election will make for law and " "order, f, This to false. ,'Mr Bocke--feller's corporation to the most no ; torlous Vlaw breaker to the United ' etates. and he to for Mr. Taft because , he does not want the law enforced. 'If they, thought -that Mr, Tsft would ' ' enforce the law against the Standard OU Company and favored, the. enact- - ment of more stringent laws against Xhf Standard Oil Company s X do, - he would not be. for Mr. .Taft, Mr. ' Rockefeller als.o says that Ms. Tatfs election - will make- for stability of - ' business. . What kind of business T ' i Stability In the. trust business to what - ' he means. He thinks that Mr. Taff s election will enable the trusts to get y a lighter; strangle- grasp upon-ithe j American' people and tut their ex " - tortloa upon a more permanent fpun - ' X datlon. f j He says that Mr. Taf t Is not , v, a man Inclined to rash experiments. ' '"'He might have omitted the word Tash,' for Mr. Taft is not In favor of '-any kind of experiment in the - way of remedial legislation. He does not propose remedies. He simply glories In the past and wants to leave eondl- tions as they are.-.:: -:v -. . "Mr. Rockefeller aays that Mr. . Taft would not advocate , measures ', sub vers! ve-oMndus trial progress.. But what -JsVlndustrial progress? Is 1t Industrial progress to allow one cor , . poratioa to swallow up or' bankrupt , S all of the other corporations and then hold the country at its mercy? Is ' ' it Industrial progress- to destroy com petition and close the door of oppor- , tunlty to the young men of the coun try T Is it industrial progress to de stroy Industrial ... Independence and , f establish a despotism of monopoly? "The Democrats have reason to be grateful to Mr. Rockefeller for tear " Ing the mask oft the Republican cam- palgn and revealing the duplicity that : has characterized it,-.-- Mr.,Rockefel- , ler. head ef the Standard Oil Com ; pany, .comes out openly in support . of Mr. Taft and gives reasons that lay bare the false - pretenses - upon . which the Republican campaign has been conducted. . - If the Republican ' ' party were honest it would announce "that having made arrangements with the trusts for the funds to finance the , 'campaign and having pledged the Re . publican party to protect the trusts from punishment, it would release the rank and file of the Republican party ; from further support of ths Repub : -. lirnn ticket. " : " , , . ' . The Republican party cannot serve two masters. Its real master has , -y now stepped forth and asserted his t claim to the party's services," , . - A CROOKED DEAlsAYS M-VCK. i . '. Xstfonal Democratic Cliafrman De . - . elitres That 3r. RockefeUers An ; nonne?meut t-iinrly C llncltee Mis Assertion Tim llicre Mas Be . OolluMnn DctwepD the Trust and the ' Kepubiu-aa 1'arty. ... New York, Oct. 30. Chares'were made to-day by Chairman Mack, of the Democratic national committer, that the declaration of - John D. RockefcHer for Taft mas the- result f the deal between the Republican national committee sti! the Standard Oil Interests wherehy National Chair man -Hitchcock received lrge cam- - patpn contritutions and Mr. rtocke " teller the prom'xe. r. Macks Sill that undoubtedly the $;.0b0.00 line a'llnPt the f'nn ari O.i Comranjr would b xei vo ii tve evert cf ilr. I'a't's "--";oa as p.i;t f t:-.e ar- ...... , - ,rl r 1 C -- SYNOD'S SESSMSCiflS YESTERDAY - : COM SUTTEE ' DAY Many Reports Submit ted at Iiast Da y's SesHloB of Presbyterian Gathering at jvewoern and Ait Auopiea 'ieo Changes in Form of Government Sugg-eated to Ueneral Assembly, r;'Tlie Recommending - Yesthig of J More Power in the Synod Address On Colored Evangelizatioa Made by Rev. Ncal U Anderson, of Wind aton-Mlenv Closing Meeting upen--ed With bcrmon by Rev. MrAUdn- Bpcialfo The Observer; '4,fS U Kewbern, J Oct.. 0.--Tne - Presby terian Synod of North Carolina will remember its meeting in this dry this year as' one of the most pleasant In Its history. TJntll to-day the. weather has been inclement,', but that has not in any way : lessened the - efforts : of the pastor of this church. Rev. jr. If. N. 8ummerell, and his .congregation to give all who were In attendance the most hospltabla and pleasant entertainment. In these efforts mem bers of mother - denominations have joined ; very cordially. ; Thla to the fourth meeting of-. Synod in ; this church. The others were held ,ln ItSt, lt(T and 18.- ,, W , A - touching Incident of this morn ings session was the presentation .of a 'gift of-money to the sexton of this church.' . He has acted in this ca pacity for t yeara The gift was presented as a token of apprecistlon from Synod,1 and Rev. C. O. Vardell, former pastor 'of the ehurch, made the presentation. Re. H. - 8. Brad thaw and Rev. J. G. Garth, two other former pastors, and the present pas tor were' present Tbs 'old colored man replied feelingly ta' the remarks of.Or,-.Vardea;- :- V - ' CHANGES IN FORM OF GOVERN : MENT-SUGGESTED. vi 'Moderator Shaw took the chair at 1 o'doesr and' called for the first special order of the day. which was the report of the committee on pro posed changes In tha form of govern ment.,' Rev. ' William 7 Black, chair man, submitted this report, which. after considerable discussion, , was adopted. - The paper wlH go on' as an overture from the Synod of North Carolina to the General Assembly, at its next meeting in May, 190, . la Savannah. Qa. The paper snggesU ten changes In the' form of govern ment, most ' of . these " recommending the vesting of more power In Synod, and thai entire paper has In view the making or uia ftoay a court in regu lar graduation., v ni .' :"COMMITTEB REPORTS MADE. V The-report' of the committee en systematlo' beneficence, shows that duriifc the past year the. Synod has given to all causes ll,SI, which is an 'Increases of - ttT.651 - over the amount raised last year. For Synod's nome missions ' IT.BSl.t has been contributed while (14,7S has been raised for home mission in, the Presbyteries. , . Aff-.irrr-i-i ' . The consideration of the report t the committee on the, Sabbath and family- reUgloa was the Special order for and Rev. George F. Robert son read ; the report, which , was adopted. .It was a strong plsa for observance of - the Sabbath and for most careful attention to be given to religion, in the family, i Rev. H. G. Hill then' addressed Synod in behalf of .the Importance, of family rellaioa.; He Insisted upon" Instruction in the Scriptures,- divine Wgrshlp ' and the application of religious principles to the character and the conscience -in the, home. He emphasised the fact that family! religion safeguards and increases Intelligence' in the homer. : At the opening of the , afternoon ' session; after a discussion of the. sub- j Ject, an ad Interim committee con sisting bf , three ministers and three laymen 'was appointed to devise a plan for raising money to defray the expensea of delegates to Synod. The moderator appointed , the . f olio win g named ministers and, laymen to con stitute this commit tee i - Reva t. J.. Helser, G. L U-i Cook 3 andyj.' N.- H. Summerell, and Elders W. IV Belk, C.-M. Brown and T. S. Morrison. '' The report of the committee on pub lication and Sunday schools was next submitted and . adopted. Mr. J. B, Carpenter, of Richmond; Va, a dis trict secretary of the Sunday schools committee, of the Church, addressed Synod on the subject of the Impor tance of Sunday school ""work. 4 I A resolution of 'appreciation Of the visit of Rev. 8. R. Gammon, of Brazil, was read and adopted. 4 ti ' The report of the committee - en Bible "tuM was read and adopted, and Rev; M. B. Porter, district super intendent of the -American Bible So ciety for the Vlrrlnlas.. the Carollnaa, Georgia and Florida, spoke. Dr. Porter Is an able speaker' and set- before Synod the duty of thr Church In the cultivation of the - Word of God. Speaking of the increasing-, foreign population In the South. Dr. ; Porter stated that within the one year he has occupied, his present position he has sent out . tha Bible In thirty foreign languages in his district" ' . COLORED EVANGElifATldN? :f - A most excellent address on color ed evangelisation was - delivered by Rev. Neal L Anderson; "of Winston Salem, at xthe close of the report sub mitted on this subject . Dr. Anderson held that the lack of success In the work among the negroes in North Carolina and throughout the. South is due to the lack of interest and the lack of . liberality, of money on; the part of the white people, and not be cause the negro is not responsive to the efforts of ths Southern Presbyte rian Church. He said that the reason why ether denominations in the South and why Northern people -are meet ing with more success la, evangeliza tion among the negroes U not because the Southern Presbyterian Church does .not suit the needs of the negro, but is because of ti ck of Interest and money to advain- the work. He said that he feels the j judice s?a!nst this work Is grej, r la North Carolina than In other ttates and that Synod gave the at j t ar to this cause less than i cent a Rev. II. G. . :i way to solve th . the negro converted Christ holding tha unber. T -t -'-I that ' the n Is to get ' tie Lord Jesus intellectual cul- ture does not elevate without the re ligion of Jesus Christ. MUST OVERCOME HOSTILITY. Rev. W. R. Cppdre expressed the opinion that the hostility the neero to the white man, as it exists ia many instances, must be overcume before the best results of evangelism can be accomplished. . ' - Synod adopted the report of te special committee which recommenc ed that the body sppropr-ite each year $ & a to the salary of the pastor f the church at Chspel Hi'.l ami rv the present indebtedness of 49 cow fliie that pastor. Dr. Anderson in sub mitting this report mud th statement- "The roust coiu5-i s: n,j.-f i ,e church has ma le in f.:i . .r j-l-.er sitt.t'i-le t'rj the Stst. F hooin." . T: " n -i.rt cf t- err." vn v . . .'t - v . i $. i i. 5 !.; THIS FACWOX STROSG Ilf ROWAX SaJlebary'a Strongest Labor Organisa tion Will Support the Candiuacy of vorialkit Kotiuaee r or ierirr xor , folk Negro in ltumaa if ail te Al lered Criminal Assault on Negro C Girt Wbif-key Dealers Arranging '- to Leave HaUnbiiry Tvro Vk-Uma Of ' Spencer Explosioo tStlU in Hospital v itowan Rifles Expecting to Be Urdered to Concord to rotec e gro When He is Placed Ml Trial 'fwm. nort Aews items. . .yfi X 4,i ..i'-i" Observer' Bureau.' '.A , 'irrMl North Main Street'." ? " :':,rr)' Salisbury, .Oct to.1? The local union of the International Association of Machinists, the strong est organised labor .body in this city and probably in tne State, has unani mously endorsed the candidacy of Mr. Howard C Bueck, the Socialist nom inee for sheria ct KO wan county. Ths Socialists will oU an Increased vote and will doubtless carry the East AnsBMP nrSeinet. :Ur. J. l Quants. the Socialist candldatesior register of deeds, issued a card to-day stating that on the eve el elecUon a report would be circulated through a press association that Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist candldats for President, naa withdrawn In, favor cf Bryan, and ssylng that' there would be absolutely no truth In. the renort ff 'f v , ; ' There to much speculation here as to the . outcome 'Of the Will uranam case at Concord next week, when the alleged rapist Is taken from the pen itentiary to Concord for trial. The members of -Company B are taking much interest in the case as they are exDscttn to be ordered .to conooro. and the opinion prevails that- if ao they will act as guard,' boarding the same train at Salisbury; that ooaveys the prisoner to that town. If Cap tain Cox has received any orders to hold his men in readiness It has not been made public, but it to known as a fact that the captain naa pee n. as sea to reports the strength of Company B, and it to certain that In the event of trouble here will be no child's pisy en the fcart of -the military- National Councilor John N. Max- Wey, .of ; the Daughters of' Liberty, went to Gastonla to-day. where to night' h organised a council of ths srder,; the forty-fourth; to be Ihstltut- , Tha Rouser Machinery and Imple ment ' Company has been organised and will pen up for business Jan uary 1st . . The management of the hew toneern will b4 in the hands of Mr; H. A. Rouser, wiio is now and will tt ntlnue - to"-lx associated .with tbt f rKk ?4.'Ul.'iiry Company.. Th Mbtpttst ' congregation, which is now without a' pastor, will have with it-Sunday, morning Rev. M, E. Parrlan, 'of Shelby,' a- former pastor Of . the Salisbury church. , At the night service Rev. s R. U Motley, of Atlanta, Ga., will preach. .r Mra J. A. Werts has been called" to Memphis, Tenn., by the critical 111 hssatetf her. brother, Mr. John. L-Hous-eat - was joined by her two brothers, Dr. W, G. Houses!, of Newberry, 8. 'and Mr. . W. P. rHouseat of .The utheratv Visitor, Columbia, S. C. . A telegranp to-day states that Mr. Hons sal Is- some ' better, '. though his re covery is little expected. - , PREPARING TO LEAVE. ," A number of the" whiskey dealers of thla city Isv arranging to ' locste slswher the first of the . year. Mr. R. 'Lee Mahaley,. who runs a saloon Bear the passenger station, will open a business in Manchester, vsf Tne D. Li Arey Distilling 'Company will operate in Baltimore, Md.; Mr. A; D. Hartman, manager of the J. Bias saloon, on Council street-- will go to Columbus, O, : Mr.- Charles ArCy has already opened up e shipping' house in Chattanooga,, and Mr. George A. Jackson, who- runs a saloon on North Main street has opened up a place ta Richmond. V. Others will lo cate in various Statea, some will re main In Salisbury, and soma who will snarage In Salisbury . and- some who wwill engage In business elsewhere will probably retain .their- residence hers. ; Carlton Jackson,. a Norfolk, ' Va., negro, Is ia Jail .without bond on a Charge of. criminal assault his . al leged victim being the 7-year-old girl of - Mary Davis, a resident of that Sedtlon af-the, city known as. Monkey Bottom. The crime la said to have been '' committed yesterday afternoon lata and this morning the county su perintendent 'of health," Dr.. L H. Fonst went to the Davis woman's home and investigated the Case with the . result that "the J woman's story bears the stamp ef truth and, the ac cused man was committed to jail for trial at the November term, of Rowan Superior Court The crime is aald to be horrible in evtsry detail. - K t Mr.. Fred Loflia. one of the victim! Of. the Spencer powder house explo sion. October ,. 1st " was discharged from the ' sanatorium this .week. His most serious . Injury was the 'loss of the sight ef - one eye. . Two of the victims., Mr. Honeycutt and Walter Orsves,-colored, are - still at the san atorium... 'f-'ih !.U li '; There, was something out of the or dinary te-day when two--next-door neighbors on East Liberty street " lay corpses. . Both were, very, old, people. One, . Mrs.' Mary Jans Owens, was (7 Tears old.". , Her, death was caused by typhoid fever.- The funeral 'and interment was at Enon-church, n the county. . The other, Mra.Msry Cran-j ferdV was 7 1 years old and her death was caused by a congestive chllL The Interment was in Chestnut Hill Cem etery. w .v v . I- ,. 't A.j-i.v-w-1 socletlee . have given - this year 114, tlt.XC and 'Synod expressed appre ciation for their work. The report of the committee on- young 'people's so cieties waa also adopted. A special committee Was appointed to draft the programmed for evangelism and per sonal work for the Synod next year. The report of the committee on the Anti-Saloon League was read, amend ed : . and' adopted. 1 The report : of Synod's ' committee' ''of -assembly's home missions waa read and adopted. The report of the committee ca minis terial education and relief ..showed that $2.tl has been - given to this cause this year. - - .': ' THE CLOSIXa SESSION., :- The closing - session wss -held '.to night. At the opening .Rev. George H. Atkinson, of Monroe.- preached an earnest helpful sermon, after which business was resumed.- - The r reports of the" remaining committees . "Were submitted and adopted.- Rev. ? Mr. Atkinson volunteered to raise the 45 now due on the salary of the pastor t Chapel Hill, .thus: relieving. 1 the home mission committee of that amount; His offer was acceptedby a rising vote. The work of State-aid. cvantFllstn was sdvocated :by , Rev, George F. Robertson.- The report of t'.e committee on the - Anti-Saloon I. rsrue -sn sdnpte.-T. Rev. A D. Mo ('lure submftfij the ' resolutions of . -. - s which were slor'ed by- a r r -r vr t. Vrvr yk um oTpre-1 tut -. - ---r rt l.,... If i;. J-.il who i c, i ! i c: . : DRAWS ' CROWDS feVERTWHEKE, -. ',V' ssawsssassssw. :,t " " ' Monater Dcmonrtiwtlott Greets' the -Democratic Candidal4 : When He vWlnds np His Days Speech-Making i at Cleveland VSol Coucowrse WHdl' Clicers the Nebraskan and a Doien ; Marching Clnba partunpate in tne I- Parade la , Honos of Hto Appcar ; aiu-c Forred to Speak o a Great ''. Overflow Meeting Later in the Even ing Mikes Ten- Speeches In Ohio X and to Greeted ta All the Stopping . Place by Demonstrative Audiences .WiU Jump into inoiaa w-umi Cleveland. 0 Oct JO.After travel- l$g op and down and across the State of Oh to-day, William J, Bryan ar rlvod herrf and ,,was i the, recipient Cof a mooatef demonstration,: dosen - or . more marching clubs bearing torches and headed by bands paraded through the Srlnclpal streets and escorted the can idata to tha Central Armory, where ha spoke to v a vast .concourse who wildly cheered hlnw . - '. Later he went over to the Gray's Armory and spoka again to another great crowd. . - - e Beginning at Napoleon early to-day another tour bf v tha Buckeye SUte, Mr. Bryan- hurled an avalanche of condemnation"' npon' J the Heads - of John . Rockefeller and Andrew Car nett;whemei!.1ito train stopped. The Democratic candidate had observed authorised statements by the two fi nanciers tf they were supporting Mr- Taft , Of Mr. Rockefeller he said that the oil. magnate was supporting Mr. Taft because Mr- Taft was eup porting him and concerning Mr. Car negie he accused him. of absorbing a competitor -of the steel trust after get ting -the-approval of President Roose velt and said that the steel trust to day "Is supporting Mr. Taft as tt helped to secure hto nomtnation.? VOLWTARY. CONTRIBUTIONS. ' v He msnUonsd , the tact that more than flf ty thousand Democratf Jtad contributed voluntarily fro-Jho Dem ocratic campaign fund, and : 1 "would rather e elected Pros- Ideai by th aid of flfty" Democrato, each giving a little, than to be 'slectud President by the cob trlbuUons of a few great trust, mag nates and then have them come to- the Sac!? door of the White House . and tell me what I must do In order to pay them back." -Vi ' v To-dsy-a Journey through the State was but a repetition of the visit of a week ago. " Great i demonstratiive crowds turned out everywhere to greet the candidate. "". Mr. Bryan mad ten peecbe ta Ohl; stop, being mae Napoleon, Toledo, Bowling Green, Flndlajr, Fre mont" Sandusky,. Bellevu,, Lorain, ohern.r Indiana Bryan's attention to -hi. arrival lftjCUWHseWM " CANDCPATE IS CATECHISED,- The'speech at Dowllni G t Uveacd by an IntercsUnar Colwejny rthe Crowd Mr Bryan's Ansre so e-Uisfactory That th , Cycwd M I.Oaagtvt and Effort lad KJect 't . the Interrogator Bowling Green. 0.f 9l1wd' Bryan's speech befor (a t MW-t here to-di7waa Uwnl oolloouy between sv man in the crowd. P?Chd on the .seat -of wagon, and "The' candidate was' dlsg the tariff explaining that the D." wra demaadlng reduction While-ths - eHow vlU reduitioa t the taritt help th1 anemployed f fha aa ask-. TaW yon a Republican ? Mr. Bry- TNeveT mlnd that answer th ques tian ''!-'" - --' yi' -- , "That" aald Mr. Bryan, "gives you a fr iample of hto idea of . JuaUce. He knows who I am, but I hav no right to know .who his. ; : : v"I madaUt speeches .'to, you ail over Tted'states. But you answer my-question.' V - .; VWetl, sir, you ought -to . he . making speeches this year. TeU m who you are.r--7--r''--'-tr- "''T Answer-my qiieation.?', , . . . The crowd began to hiss and cried! fGo ahead Mr. Bryan," v . - : "Welt my Jriends, said JIT, Bry-j an, "If he to ashamed to tell you, he ought not to be out making Speeches. When a?men-goe to. another, man's meeting and asks a Question he ought to be, man enough tteU whoh to." '- "What' that got to do with It yoa cannot answer, why does, not yottr platform answer th unemployed proposition r' - ' ' '! - 'Hf '. friends, grvV m Jrour atten tion." aald Mr. .Bryaa. "He .wants to know about th unemployed prob Ism. -I beUeve that the unemployed problem Is due to the fact that-there Is an unfair distribution of the wealth created, and when we try to remedy the evil," that man1 helps 'to elect a Republican to keep .this unemployed problem before -th country., - 'Th crowd cheered' wildly,- a burly man trying to haul the disturber ut of th crowd. ;-- ' '' -t x-f "1 ... Continuing Mr. Bryan saldt i - A- -My '.platform mentions -remedies and it mentions all th remedies that are within reach. W aay elect Sena tor s, by -the people "and let-the Sen ators be reeponelv to the will of the people. W say destroy the trusts and open'th door of opportunity and give the young men a chance In this country."" Weay" take-' the- extor tion out of th price, that the trusts have put Into it and tbe people can boy more-goods'and -there will -be a chance for more people to be employ ed in th making of the goods that th people can buy. We .sayjessen the expense of government and leave money In the pockets of the people. We say lower the tariff and take the burdens off the consumers.-, , we say protect th savings of the people in the banks. These are some of the methods we have of giving . employ ment to the unemployed.. - Suea Coast Line For Overcharge. ; Washington, ' Oct '1 John ' N. Voorhe.es. who conducts a garden pro. dues business in St, Andrew's parish, Charleston county. South Carolina, has instituted a complaint against the Atlantic Coast -Line Railroad Com pany end other railways, alleging overcharge for the transportation oi various vegetables from South Caro lina point to New .Tork City. - The complaint alleges that at various times the Overcharge has aggregated nesrty 11.500. He demands repara tion of the sum c,f the overcharges end svk8 for an order fixing a maxl m,jT rate for the shipment Of. his jrc. jc'ju TAFT " HAMMERS COMPEBS DECLARES BIS ACTS ATOACIOrS. Republican Candidate, Talking to Two . Immense Andiern-es at Buffalo, bays 3IIr. Go n i pern' Effort to Deliver Ui Labor Vote to the Democratic Party 4 Mean That the L--.bor Leader i Is Struggling For PoUUcal Exkaem-e - wanis tu vrag tne Amertian eu T cratlon of Labor Into poUtlc -., Names Ilea Connected WUb . tbe Orgauixsuion Who, lie ; DaL'torea, WiU Not Bo Drawn lata tiompcrs' sf Plant Protective , System - Mcjat : Doocticial to American Workmen. , .'Buffalo, ,'.4.X"- Oct. 14. 81edg hammer blows at ths Qompers-Bryan labor legislation plans were delivered here to-night by William H. Taft be fore two immense audience - " ' . The attempt of Mr. Gompers, h declared with great emphasis, "to' de liver the labor vote or this eountry is as audacious an act vt political effrontery a bss ever occurred in th history of pollUca it is most reas suring to note that the men associated with. Mr. Gompers in th executive oouncfi of the Federation of Labor are falling away - from .him in this effort of hto to make the Federation of Labor political factor. -The men who decline to ollow him . are ; John Mitchell; Mr. James Duncan,', first Vice president f th American Federation or Labor; . Mr. Daniel Keefe, the, head of the long shoremen's union; Mr W.' D. Rya. secretary and treasurer of the United Mine ' Workers: Mr a. U Faulkner, president pi the Window. Glass Work ers of America; Claud Worth, sec tary and treasurer of th International Dredge - Workers; Charles McCarthy, grand president Tug , Firemen and LtnAmen - Association; W. E. Fuller, rrealdent "elevator employes'; T. J. DoJan, ' International secretary- steam shovel had dredgmen, and "many oth er high 'In the councils of labor or ganisations , it is a struggle for po litical existence on the part ef Mr, Gompers and he to willing to resort to every extreme method possible te s cur -succesa'. i.-i w . h- i. CONCERNING IN JfJNCTIONfsVT After asserting that the protective system wa decidedly the most impor tant , co nalderatlorl for tho , American workmen, Mr, Taft added; -v L'v'"' "Mr. Gompers to willing to hav a return of th condition that existed la 185, so eloquently described by him at that time, If only he can secure what he regard a th proper legis lation concerning injunction- He propose to abolish Injunctions lit In dustrial disputes where th Injunction is Issued to protect the busnesa of a person whose, business I injured by the lawless acta of working men,, and this by statute. He also proposes to legalise th secondary - boycott ,.' al though many trades unions have dis tinctly renounced the use of the sec ondary boycott as an-Instrumentality In industrial disputes which is un republican, un-American and which to certain to react upon the user.w ; l "President Roesvelt itl a letter to Mr; Bryan, Vhaa Inquired ot - hlm whether the vemoc ratio- platform is to be taken favoring this ptsn of Mr. Gompers which Mr. Gompers as serts to the fact, saying that It was agreed between Mr Gompers and Mr. Bryan- that what- th labor Interest had- been1 demanding from Congress should b a part rof th Demooratla platform.- Mr. Bryan has refused to answer Uj Roosevelt's auestions, and therefore w mar take It that h to committed . to Mr. : .Gompers , pro gramme, ': ., v . ;., -.-.'r After expressing the belief that th legislation which Mr.: GOmper pro posed would be unconstitutional. Judge Tart ntindtft.-i.-.i.;,ifv--v i rAU4l"A: BiANDER;.':: ii'vi - "Ths 'charg that . ever sentenced a man - without a as full hearing, or mad n order: affecting his - wage wKhont a -full hearing; is altogether unfounded '-and false,-and it is on of those slanders circulated at the end of the campaign for th: purpose. .of awakening the prejudices ot Ignorant or uninformed person, i . t ; - ; "I wish to say that no matter what labor may do under' the pernicious In fluence of Mr, Samuel Gompers, -and those - associated Trlth i hlra. In this campaign,, if . X, am. aucceaaful th po litical position of labor, organisations will not deter me la th slightest from doing what t can to aid proper labor legislation la the' future, and will not In. any way diminish bay constant In terest la th - securing to those who earn their livelihood In th sweat of their brows as near an equal oppor tunity ixl or . progress toward bettsr things as' human society -can afford them.,TI am' confident that many or th wag 1 arning class' wllL support th Republican ticket becanse X know their intelligence, and I am sura that they are! abl to-determln their' real Interests and will 'not tow led astray bv the fustlsa and buncombe of such appeals a those which Mr. Oompers is . now making to nis suppossa ioi lowers." ' : ' ' ti ? . ' V MEETS .RUNNING MATE.' , The meeting at UUca , to-day be tween Judge William f H. Taft and James f S. Sherman., and-, the magni tude f th reception the Repabllcan presidsntial candidate received in this city o-nlght, wsre ; other featurs to day of th campaign juags un is making la aorthrn i-New. Tork, al though at Batavia, tot this afternoon h left hi car lft. a ? driving snow storm to speak to a great, crowd. "Buffalo has two enormous meeting places. Convention Hall , and the Broadway A"enat The two places were . packed. Thl was "Taft Tag Day in , Buffalo. - ii too a aavantage of th occasion to make labor speech- fa ' 'v-1- ''-v'f ',.,; Tha fJtic demonstration In Tionot Of tb two men who head the Repub lican ticket furnished a Ughter hap ter to the serious work of th cam tm. : Judas Taft captured tne - teem of his nearer mere Dr iunuuun speaking' hi eoUeagu a -Jim.': I and eeclaring hi absolute eonnaeace in "Jira's prediction , of Republican success next Tuesday. The two candi dates held a brief conference in wagg Hotel prior to th meetings.-daring wbich Judge Taft took occasion to hiave his lilr trimmed.', v -, 3 - s. . .- - TThlbnore Acqwltted of the Murder of l V : Hto. Wife.4-.,. V Jersey , City. N.' J Oct- Is- After being out- two hours the Jury In the case of Theodore5 Whltmore. on trial for the .murder of, his wife, whose battered, body wa found on Decem ber 2th of last year la swamp near Harrison, New Jersey, to-night . re turned a verdict of not guilty. . -whltmore's defense . wss sn aUbl, which he wss able to establish by witnesses who testified to having see him In Nw Tork at the time of the commission Of the crime. , - fc Whltmore was much sftectsd wht.) th verdict was snnonneed, and threw his irms around his attorney and f-f-t!ve'y k'-Mtl ht-ii. . National capital gossip -: :. . , - : j?: s- THE ELEOTIOJ- : PREDICTIOXS Most of Them Given by Partlsaa Men -i or Paper and Reflect Their Hope ';--A Wise Old Repabllcan United State Senator Says, However, That It Looks a It Did la ISM, When Harrison : Was Overwhelmed v HontlMtrn People Taking Too Sert r. oualy Straw Vote of New York Paper Boas of th Forecast of i The Paper Four Yeans Ago Re r alleMt--SenUment . lit District Of , Colombia For Bryan. , 1 ':, by zach m'ghxb. . : ' i'ffi '-" ', ' , Observer Bureau. ' V ' ; ' - I Post Building, i'-i il -iki Washington, Oct. I, Tv ; On., can hear, and doea hear, almost- any kind of prediction la this campaign. As a rale, th predictions of .Democratic success , com from Democrat and the prediction ot Re publican Victory from . Republican But now and then, when you promise not to tell on him, a man will give you his honest opinion. Under such a promise a well-known Republlcaa Senator, who Is described as a "wis Old Republican " United SUtes Sena tor," made Wis remark a day or two ago to a well-known- Washington cor respondent V, .v- "I , hav bB? through half ef th States east front Mississippi and north of th Mason f and Dixon lln X never saw anything. Ilk- It except In HIS..' :That year the RepubUcans oa form were sure winners. . Harrison had made a splendid President B was entitled to re-election. J. '' "When we wont but to campaign, we were ' greeted by big audiences. The people listened with an Intensity ef Interest that was at time painful, They eHdn't applaud; they sometimes asked question. - They aid sot his. They got up when the meeting' was over and marched away. .They never remained after the meeting to talk , to the 'speaker or to chat about the speech or the-' Issues. ' They 'Just went home, and en -election day we found that a landslide- hadi over Whelmed th Republican party. The people wherever I have seen have acted the same way this year. :1 am watching for our old friend, th great silent vote. I am afraid he ha a club la hi hand." -.-- ' -. . That was said by no Democratic en thusiast i but by a Republican Sena tor, as aforesaid, And it Is printed in a Republican paper, not a disgruntled Republican paper either, but a regu lar on which la staunchly audportlng Taft and the rest ot th tickst There Is no manner of doubt now that the great silent vote Is to be ths v deciding factor in the election next Tuesday; but whether he has a club in his hand, and if be has who this club Is for, no man knows,, not ven th "wise old publican. .United State Senator., ::.. --- HZ WSPA PER ' PREDICTIONS ARB -TAKEN T"Oa SERIOUSLT ; '.: f Of coureov , the straw voting ' goes on. .It is good enough fun, but, it amount to literally- nothing. , boms people, especially in the Southern States,, where unfortunately the New tork newspapers are taken aa oracles, are inclined to take tbe estimate f these newspapers as a basis for their Judgment.. Just this on thing should b borne in m Inrih swfnrdb i ' van r Kant IVour money on the Judgment of these ym-yvrm, n wouia OS WIS 10 go Met Just four year and see what several or these same papers, noUbly The New Tork Times, The Evening Poet The Brooklyn Eagle' ' and the Nw Tork rald. said .about what was going, to ' happen - In the - Roosevelt Parker election.' t They were support ing Parker then, and they told their reader that the Democratlo candi date would be elected. Now all ef them practically, for The . World clearly doe f. not want' Bryan ta-'-b elected r . supporting Tart, - and their predictions ar thaf Taft" will be elected,:'- - They 'cannot - give any reason for' their ballet, except that tha Republican majorities of the last four years are too big to toe cut down and that th people wiU not stand for Bryn. .tx,-ti'-M-s r '-:t: iA pouta. straw, yotev tMh : Th most lgnlflcant straw Vot in thl part ef the country as to ths tat of publio- opinion ln a city is one taken t at all ths Washington tbeatr by Th Washington Post It to not aignlflcaat so far as th lec tio I concerned,: for the people of th District of Columbia, with the ea cepuoa of a very few who go home on elecUon day, do-not vote. But it Indicate who the people of thl town want to win, that to so far aa any Sort of straw tot can indicate any thing. ' Tb .Post poUtd the seven theatres, and got every , man ,'; who would do it to dector oa specially prepared ballot whom he favored for President Tbe total number of votes cast was l,ia. Out of these Bryan got. 1.71. Taft 1.117, Dsbs It. Chafla It, Hiagaa II and Watson 11 - Bryan had a plurality over Taft of III. i, SENTIMENT . XN , WASHINGTON. . Thl to no surprise to aaybody who know anything abost the sentiment la Washington, as frequently express ed in public places. : .Those who hav been to aay, of , th theatres during th campaign have noticed th great applause with which the name of Bryan is ever greeted nd th very slight applause which to , evoked .by the nam of Taft It to safe to ear that if the 'election were left to the- District (of Columbia, where the ' people hav been close to - the Roosevelt administration and know something about the men who have been running the government the past few years, ta ere would be an over whelming victory for Bryan, : : Unfor tunately for th rest of th country, th people throughout the land are net so well - a wars of what Tro1'a In the - government . If they did, according to our - picturesque friend John Wesley Gaines.' -they would pet cayenne pepper in their shoes and go out with tneir guns. .. . ) - ' " 11 ' Schooner HtoscU Hopeless Wreck. - Norfolk, -Va-, Oct -ia. The tour masted " schooner. Charles 8. Hirsch. from Brunswick, Ga., for Baltimore, driven ashore -en the North Carolina coast yesterday la reported to .be a hopeless; wreck and- effort, to save her have' been fbandoned. .The wind changed to-day and being off shore, the sailing vessels st sea off this coast are now out of danger. Several larg. er, sailing vessels put to sea to-day. among them the coal laden schooners Dlrlgo, from Baltimore, and the Acme from Newport Kewa The passing out Of ths Lrtrlro and Acme, Inaugu rate a 1M0O mile oeesn race between theso vessels for San Krsnciwo. Thv started In a fvorab'. wind cf it e:.: : sn hour. BlQtGgX8iySTHEjVT SOME ; JKf 'FECT11E WORK. ; D05E. Senators Overmas) and Simmons' and 1 Former Governor A ycock Make Im ii preset vo tfpeecfae For Iemocracy - - Sir. Overman to Given Good Asdi , once at Hickory and Harmony National Issue D Issued at Ingth i Th Tariff Making Maoy Trusts RepnbUcaM Controlled by Money Interests Which Aro Csmtrallsed The Campaign Drawing to a Close Special by Staff Correspondent . .. ' Statesvine, Oct t In th closing days of th campaign Senator Blm-, mons and. Overman and former Gov ernor Aycock 1 have -done some very effective work; In the western section f th .State, v Mr. Simmons spoke in Iredell, ' Haywood,- -Henderson snd Buncombe Mr, Overman in Davidson. Catawba and Rowan, and Mr. Aycock In Lincoln, across the Blue Ridge, an l in Catawba. .. Tb - licks put In t ' these and the mountain idol, ' . Locke Craig,, will tell for the leg -lative ' and congressional tickets on election day.. But -there is much f be don yet; th Democrats in certain quarter must-get out -every -vote or take chances on being defeated at tha last moment - Ths Republican in thi mountain counties are, very busy. : It is being aald that the SUte leaders of the G. O. P. do not want to win too much lest their influence at Washing ton be dimmed bat the little fellows who-, have-records to make -are de termined to route the enemlee if pos sible. Eternal vigilance Will be tho cry from thi -hour until neat Tues-day-night : .- '"'. MR.. OVERMAN AT HICKOHT ANH . , f- .HARMONT. . - To-day Senator Overman spoke to a great crowd at Harmony, In north, Iredell, and last night at Hickory. Messrs. J. A Hartness. A. D. Watts, R. V, Bra w ley and others worked up a splendid enthusiasm for the junto? Senator,, and be. In turn, made a rousing speech la thl county; -. Tho Hickory meeting, under th leader ship of Mr. E. U Shuford, . J. D, Ellott M. H.- TounV Frank CUnard. Henry -Aiken and their energetic as sociate was - a ; profitable one, i Tli opera house was packed with people, many of whom wer laborers. Mr. Yount in Introducing- - the speaker, said: "We sr about to round up si most magnifloent campaign on ons side ar th privileged few, and on th other the people We are going tv wln. t: Senator Overman, who has al ways been with the masses,, will ad dress yon to-night" u . . - "I would not know that a campaign ware on it I did not come to this grand old county," said Mr. Overman. "For twenty-vfive years I have beei coming here., X went to thank jron all for your loyal support -of - ms 1ft ths past; X would like to shake hands with every one of you. Am glad t see the ladles out for they lend re finement to any meeting. We saw! women delegates In ths Denver con vention that was something new to nw.'r'"-;-j."5 .,.?: -u , THE PUACE HB T4UGHT SCHOOL. 'At HarmonyMr. Overman mads a happy little, reference . to the Democ racy of the stalwart partisans of that county. His words were greeted win appreciative, applause. . ' -v- . "I am glad of the' opportunity to return to. the Harmony Hill commu nity, where, as a young man. Just out Of Trinity. College, I entered on tha serious work of life," declared Mr. Overman. v"Msn wno went to schooi t me her are doing well in -various secUon of th State.- The hops of the country to In Just such communi ties as this. I learned many lessor that follow me on the Journey throug: life here. , The month, at Harmon Hilt privat school were well spent. That wa more than thirty years ago. ' Mr. Overman is making a forceful argument, tor the principle of hi party. He dwells at length upon na tional Issues, leaving SUte Issues for. thers. . , ,. "1 am appealing to y6ur reason." declared Mr. Overman to-day, . "not your prejudice I plead the cause of a grsat party. Democracy leeches the same principles and ths same sen timents that were given In the Sermon on he- Mount; ths same that csusedt King John to sign the Magna' Carta, and the same that mad our ancestors com to thi country.. The hand ot oppression . followed them her It was at Charlotte n ths toth of May, 1771, and later at Philadelphia, that they declared tor 'equal right to all and special privileges to none. In the early days of our history there came two parties the one for the few, led by Alexander Hamilton, and the other for the many, by Thomas Jefferson. Jsffsrson, our great leader,, won la that fight - In hi -Warm, Springs speech. Mr; . Taft admitted that hi party was the party of Hamilton. Tha continued success ot the Republican party mean centralization, but thero will com a turning place Rome full under tha weight of it rulers. I an not a pessimist; I have faith ia tho great masses, but aa was-said by a champion ot th people 'eternal vigi lance is the price of your liberties." BIRTHPLACE OF ANDREW, JACK- ' ' tk -iON.'i-?..4.-vv-:';-' I referring to Andrew-Jackson, sn i' bis love for the. people snd their rights. Mr. Overman told of going to the Wax haw section t locate the birthplace of Old Hickory. "I found." aid he, "that Jackson was born nine yard thi side ot the North and Bouta Carolina line.- ... The great men of thla country, declared he, "bare com up front humble ' home. - Senator Teller, for many year a Republican, recently sounded a warning against centraliza tion. Declaration from Jackson : ' an-X Teller 'were read to the audience. "Nortk" CaroUna,! said Mr. Over man.' "refused t go In the Union an ) vote for Waahlngton until local ".t government was guaranteed. ' When more power to wanted -by- the' govern ment an amendment must be sub mitted to the people. -.r r ' -Congress threatens to regulate child labor In our cotton mllto. Th.it is tb businesa of the State Ler's -i-turs. and not general government. Th Federal government baa no i llc power, but ths rulers ot this would take it. It Is a humi fact that tbe President of the I Sutes is trying to name his suc and the plan must be working. Soa-ln-Law Nick Longworth ha 5 that his paw-in-law would be -Just for a little while." This little turn on Old N'ck t husband of Miss Alice orought s- -uous yella. - i THE BURNING J??fE CF TO-I "The buraln ls.oe before i: --Whether or not th govern--for. by and ef the peoj m. or : and of of''ho:,:."5,' " .i i -. man. -O.Hc.'. I' " ' "" ': - ' this State to T tt. U. s nt here t t. :l thrrn tj d ) . I viow Sir. Tft sr. 1 - is
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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