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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE : : $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BOTH BBAXCIIES WABM UP MUGS SPEAKIXQ Cf ASSEMBLY Solicitor's Salary Bill, Under Fire" ti i the Bouse nt Paain Second Hearty lug Aftor Being Amended by Mak v j'Aag Salary IJ.I.vO General Primary , .BU1 Introduced la Both Hen " beuat Has Two-Hour Discussion oa 'Em pi Quail '.''Meiww bpen kcr ' Graham present His Divorce Bill. : lusurano Commissioner ; In Letter ' o Select House Committee Answers Criticisms Complaint . i 31 ado ' of Small Force For the Department. Special to The .Observer. w, RaUlgh, Jan. Tm House tc , day, after a long and at time rather warm argument ; let tha solicitor' alary bill dm second read inn. with an amendment 'Try' Dr. ? GorfiQnrVM Guilford, reducing the salary provld d for h th Koene bui,-U6. to $2,280. The vote on the amendment w , IS to It: Mr. Keonce .himself, voted against his bill after the amend ment had been adopted. It had come from eommlttee wlthout prejudice. The bill went ever for its third read: ing ob objection by Mr. Connor, who discovered technical, erro In pro viding the msthod by Which the fees as paid new era to be collected and turned la to the State Treasury The debate lasted about two hours, f ' It la difficult te telt what will be the final fate of the MIL An effort,, led by Speaker Graham, wasSmad to postpone final consideration to wait and If the committee on Judicial districts, of which Mr. . Doughton ia chairman, will bring in a bill for the redlatrictlng of the State as to Judicial districts In order to equalise as much as possible the worlr of 'the judge : and solicitors. But this waa so strongly opposed by Chairman Stubbs, of Judiciary committee No. J. , hav ing the bill In charge, and others that It was voted down. ; i' PRIMARY BILLS . INTRODUCED. Representative, Cox, ef Wake, in troduced in the House and. Senator Dockery In the Senate the expected general primary bills providing for the holding of primaries by all parties en the same day. All offices are In cluded except the President and the Vice President of the; United States, 'the coat ef the primaries to bd paid as are the expense of , general elec tions. -.: - '-, .' A resolution to repeat the tax on peddlers of manufactured tobacco and to encourage competition in the aale of It was introduced by, Representa tive Connor. SPEAKER'S DIVORCE BILL. Speaker Graham's premised bill on lh. 4Ivama nuntlnn was out in. It provides that when - wife shall abandon her husband and he shall make written tender of reconcilia tion, witnessed by two" persons, to gether with an offerj of support. And the wftei still persists In 1 remaining separate and. apart from him for five years after such offer, eh e loses her dower interest ra nis rest poperty., JUiNa lSCaaiSlXailJtN, BJnATJS, The Senate devoted two hours to a discussion of the Empie bill to pro hibit the sale of quail for two years, and It wont over without a vote as the special order for We'dnesday at noon. v " i ' BILL TO AMEND VANN ACT RIB PORTED FAVORABLY. The House committee on flsh and fisheries decided by a vote of I to 1 to report the bill of amendments to the vann act of 1(07 favorably, with several, changes, chief of which is en-exemption -of the counties of Carteret, Beaufort, Hyde. Tyrrell. Cur rituck, Pamlico,. Craven and Pender. There waa a long battle before the committee on the question of letting these counties stay out. They did net want to pay the tax on nets for commercial fishing. These counties stayed out . two - years ago, but the bill as recommended Dy the conven tion of fish men at Morehead City had then all- In. Representative Wallace, of Carteret, led the light for exemption before the committee, and Attorney E. I Abernethy, of Beau fort, appeared for that side. Repre sent ive Williams, of Dare, and Rep resentative Cotton, of Pitt, were prom inent for the State side of the meas ure. , This leaves only the following counties that are greatly interested In fish to support the State flsh commis sion and Fish Commissioner Meeklnt Dare, Chowan. Perquimans, Hertford, Washington, Bertie, Martin, Bruns wick and New Hanover,,- MANX BILLS FAVORABLY ACTED , ' i. '. 1- ON. I . . .:"; : The House committee on Federal relations decides to. report favorably the resolution calling upon our Con gressmen to support a measure to re tire -employes of life-saving, stations en the- coast after a certain age on half pay, after the order of the law regarding soldiers and sailors; , also Representative Haymere's resolution In support of an appropriation from the Federal government for .good roads help, ... ) : v - The measure Introduced by Senator Vanning, for the appointment of c. t finmmlnlAii tr m.rt with commis sions of other States with a view toT, uniform legislation on divorce ana other matters vital to the country at large, will be reported With favor, but amended so that, the commission shall act without any L compensation, not -gvearytpenset.r5'-.5. Ssbbatn-breexing nine- ur Kepre- sentatives Currie and Davis met disas ter at the hands of the House commlt . tee on proposition- and grievances. They were to amend the present law. Section 2834. RevlsaL by making vio lation a misdemeanor Instead of mare', ly punishable by a fine of 1. " (.The committee tolerated the bill to prevent sale or disposal of timber or cross-ties caught adrift In the waters - ef the Cape Fear river In Brunswick, New Hanover and Pender, amended to pply.to Brunswick only, above the mouth of Town creek. - . - '" " ' Representative Connor's bill requir- - I.. nriHitinnnl nimlifli-at tone for the f eractice of medicine met with favor at he hands of the House committee on health. Applicants for license must show graduation from a high school with a four years 'course or equiva lent prior to taking up. the study of medicine. - V - " ' ' - The biff of Representative perry, ef Bladen, for the better protection-of thtiveg pteie--yr&4pirf'g-c tela and boarding ' houses to screen dining snd sleeping rooms against fie and mosquitoes Is also reported favorably with an amendment apply ing It to sll charging l a day and upward.' rThe original bill was for those charging 11.59 and over.1, . HEARING ON MUNICIPAL MEAS- - .. - ' , UEE. ."-The Senate committee on counties, ettles, and towns gave a long hear ing to he sdrctea nd "opponents cf the municipal good government bill providing for a mayor and fd.ir ceunrilmen for cities of 5,00? or more inhabitants,--provided the qualified voters (idopt - the proposed' act lor tCcnunoea e rtgs Ttree,, second nam buns ' out THE COOPER iTRY LACKS THREE Nine Occupy Seats In Uie Box, Bnt There Are Clwrgro Agaiunt Two of :; Ttiewe, Whk'h JtMigo Hart Mill Hear Jt-iay A lliira , venire oi ive Jinudred Drawn and Tliese the sheriff la Summoning lr Friday Morning One Tilnuusn et Into . trouble by Telling ttie JB'ifre to- uo to Uie Devil Another Talesman, - Who Had Not Believed In iiipltal PunlKluneitt. CDnverSed by St. Paul's M riUug Hearing of ' Two fc Juror , rromiee to Ee luteresung. . Nashville; Tenni Jah. IsVWhen the second ventre of tOO talesmen was exhausted te-day without the comple tion of. the Jury to try CoL Duncan Cooper," Robin Cooper "and -John D. Sharp fof the slaying of .former Sen ator Edward W. Carmack, Judge Hsrt announced that, he would devote to morrow - to- the hearing, of charges asainst ' aurora Ilsh and Jackson Meantime he drew another venire of toe names and the sheriff Is summon ing them for service at a. m. Frl day. Just before court adjourned this af ternoon the State filed charges sgalnst Juror H. C. Jackson, claiming that he was -Incompetent because he was an Habitual drunkard. The state nsa been trying since last week to get a hearing on the charges sgamst juror J. S. Leigh and Its witnesses were summoned to appear to-morrqw, rhen both vases wiu be gone into. . NINE IS THE BOX. There are now nine .men In th box with charges against two of them The failure of counsel to 'complete the Jury from the first thousand tales men together with the fact that the number already selected may oe re duced by the court makes It extremely Improbable that the twelve men wjii be sworn In before some time nexjt wees. H. P. Jackson, a blacksmith, 55 years old, who live in v the county. has not read a paper for. C8 years snd had heard Carmack was dead. he thought. He was eagerly accept ed as juror No. a Later In the dav the State gave notice that It would ask the removal from the bov of. Juror Jackson on tha chars that he "Is an habitual drunkard and otherwise unfit to serve In the case."' , S. Uj Hyde, a farmer. t rear old, whotiad never read, a newspaper and who had no -opinion bnt was opposed to capital punishment was .accepted as Juror No. I. , SATJCT TO THE JTJDOB. , G. W. Kieber,- one of the talesmen when summoned, said: -Tell the Judge to go to the devit I am too busy to serve as a Juror.' Ths officer who served him' report ed to Judge Hart and Kieber was brought in. . , : "Sit down over there.- ald the court. . ?I won"t send yon t the devil right away, but I'll send you some place else after a while v F. N. Orler was willing to sit oil the jury althouVn, he was a friend ef John p. Sharp, one of the defend- lants.' Until twoiyear ajro he would not vote for hanging. "Sine then, he -said, Tve read Paul's wrlUa's .An hesays 'submit yourselves to all authority and ordi nances that be over ye,' so I believe th law I authority." "You would like to get off T In quired Judge Anderson, - of the de fense. ' i :,: . "I shore wonld. ' "Then we will .oblige -on; stand aside." . Th hearings to-morrow with ref erence to th two Jurors; "Leigh and Jackson, promise to be Interesting. REFCSED RIGHT TO APPEAL. Virginia Ballrostds Have) , Still Two Recoarees In S-Cent Rat Matter. The Rate Will Obtain Pending Final Adjudication of the Matter. Richmond, Va., Jan. t. Th rail roads were to-day refused the right of appeal to the State Supreme Court of Appeals In the t-oent rat mat ter. The roads bow have two courses- open to them. They can eitner go Into the United States Circuit Court of Appeals and have the case heard at length, or they can go to the cor poration commission and make appli cation for a revision of the rates on th ground that the roads are losing money. If they go to- the United States Circuit Court of Appeals and there Is a new hearing the entire dispute will come up on its merits and be heard by that tribunal and be finally carried to. th United States Supreme Court. Pendlnr final adjudication the I- cent passenger rate will obtain In th Stats of Virginia, in accoraance wun tha contract mad between the Gov ernor and the State officials- and the railroads -some time ago. The de cision ofthe court to-day In refusing to grant th appeal was on the ground that, the roads had net complied with the laws of the State by maklnr th application within the prescribed on year provided by th constitution. RtTNAWAT CARS ON C, C. a Trestle 1 Destroyed and Laborers r "Have Narrdw Escape. Special to Tbe Observer. Spartanburg, & - C, Jan. V J. A score of. laborers- on the - Carolina, Clinchfield rA t Ohio road -came -near meeting their, death yesterday after noon when eight dirt cars, attached to an englRe, became uncoupled, ran down, a steep grade ' and, - plunging into a trestle demolished - ISO - yards of trestle work.. - The cars were re duced to kindling wood. The men at work on the trestle saw the wild cars rushing down the grade In time to scaped from certain death, The accident occurred at the camp Cf th , Asheville, Construction Com pany, about four miles from the city. It is estimated that the total loss ts sbeut 8,000. , The work of reulld ing the trestle will begin at one. : . 7. v.; ,V- I', No Election Yet In minols. - SDrlnarfleld, 111-'- Jan. J . Senator Albert J. Hopkins, Republican primary choice for Senator, with ' to votes came within nine votes of re-election on to-day's first ballot, the ltth Joint ballot takes since the senatorial dead lock began.: - ' ' - TBereeseartn-J7ni ballot, the last taken to-day. None or the otner canaiatites made consequential gains and the - election of a Senator does not seem to, be .In sight to-night, ' .- r i " ' ' .- Clerelaad Woman Leave Money to ' ; - esro Schools.. .-.- .- Cleveland, O- Jan-;l. Mrs., Sam- ne'i Mather, sister of Mrs. John Hay, who died a few days ago. left an ee tate. valued at $2,000,000. Of thll 1230,000 la set aside for eharltable purposes. Among these bequests sre $15,000 for superamiated ministers of the Presbyterian Church: $5.00 for Hampton limtitute, Hampton. ra., snd $1,000 for Tutkeree loatltute, Tuske- gee, Ala- - . - i BALNEY SOUKDS" VaBNLNQ GHAFT MENACES PANAMA CANAL HrpreeenUUve From Illinois Makes Martlliijc speech In House, Declar- ing That the Vahed States Govern ment is DrtfUnr Toward Ue Same " Hocks TJpon Which . at i French " Ontflt Wss Wrecked Ulretls th SesrclUlght Upon the Panama V Csusl purchase and. lav - Roast of ' riuirlM 1 TH, ft rVMnwll wni ' Others Charge That .They Have Had the Active Support- of the Present and the Sext President- Mskes Bluer- Attack on the presl dent of Panama. HOC6B SVMMABT. - . ' A sensational and bitter attack on William Nelson Croipwell and Presl-. "dent Obsldla, of Panama,' and others' by Mr. Rainey. of JUInola., was made in the House of Representatives yes terday. The postoffloej appropriation bill was under censldesation but Mr. : Rainey spoke under Itoens of general debate and he waa unsparing tn his .charges of corruption 1 , and . fraud .. against th persons named. . . At-the eonolusloo of his speech, which consumed over an hour and a half, Messrs. Stevens, of Minnesota. . and Kusterman, of Wisconsin, 'ex pressed their disapproval of his re marks and entered a defense of the aeeused. , During the morning hour the .House passed -a Joint resolution making Feb- , mary 12th, 190), which marks ' the . en hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, a Illegal holiday. , When the House, at 6 p. . m.. ad journed, the postofflc appropriation bill waa still pending. Washington, Jan. - 8.--Charging that William Nelson Cromwell, Roger Ij, Furnham, Charl P. " Taft and others are parties to the "most in famous railroad proposition ever sub mitted to any government" and' that they "are being permitted not 1 only to rob the republic of Panama but in directly the Treasury of the, United States' Representative Rainey, of Illi nois, to-day directed the . search light of publicity upon af-, fairs . In th canal son - In a startling speech In support of his resolution providing for an investiga tion by Congress ef the TvanamtBcaoal purchase. "In their efforts in M di rection." he continued, "they had hsd s far the compot: co-opeistlon sot active . aeststanc of th present - ad ministration and of th next. Presi dent of the United States.' Mr. Rainey traced th history of th proposed cansi four hundred years back and warned that we have already started In the direction of the rock upon which th French companies were wrecked. . Referring te tbe government's libel suit against Th New Tork World and th grand Jury investigation sow In progress in tnis city an in mow sock, Mr.JRainey.fald;; '-J CJmU V. MUST; AVOID; GRAFT. "If vi 'af4 (it carrir' this crolect through to :a successful conclusioa, we must avoid, graft. -It -is not th part- of. wise statesmanship to dls nssa of resolutions asking for an in vestigation f any phase ef the canal question :th the sping and abso lutaljr un;ipportd. official declaration that there I nothing to Investlgats. It Is not thej?art of found .statesman shin and tru -patriotism to stterapt to reviv th obsolete common law reme dies ef two hundred years ago, and to employ all th tremendous agendas t the government In attempting 1 crush newspapers which bav had th courage to call attention to a questionable transaction in connection wHh th canaL". Hs submitted for xecord varlrot papers and documents In support of many allegations contained in th speech. Mr. Ralner wa particularly bitter In his denunciation of Mr. Cromwell, general counsel for the New French Canal Company and counsel and a di rector of the Panama Railroad, which is owned by the United States govern ment,. He charged that "through the manipulations of Mr. Cromwell, the French Canal Company was permitted te steal from th United States gov ernment three or four million dollars,'' and that after he ''had become an offi cer tn fact of the United States, h became a party to an attempt to. col lect from the Uhlted States fraudu lent claim on the part af th canal company of $2,100,000. DENOUNCES PANAMA EXECUTIVE He also was unsparing In his at tack upon Don Joe Domingo d Obaldla, presldaat ef - Panama, who. hssaid, represented "as no otner Spanish-American - statesman In his generation alt that is corrupt m Spanish-American politics. ' "Without ' Obaldla,", . he stated, 'Cromwell's career woiild have been impossible. Without -Cromwell, Obaldla. would have been Impossible." - Against . Prldat-lect Taft, now en route to the canal tone, Mr. Rainey directed the accusation -that on the occasion of his lsst trip to Panama In May "he did nothing n th Isthmus sxcept to openly push th candidacy of Obaldla for - the presidency. He asserted that a very, thinly . veiled threat to seise the republic If Obaldla was not elected was contained in a letter written by Mr. Taft to th then President Amador and that to prevent this, Arias, Obaldia's opponent, .withdrew.-- - . . JUMPS ON MR. LODGE, Reference to President Roosevelt's recent attack on Senator Tillman was made by Mr. Rainey in asserting that Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, was responsible for: the expenditure on January '1st last of over one millon dollar Tor the purchase of th steam shies Shswmst and Tremont- for- th Panama Railroad Company, which th canal commission did . not want and did not need, bnt which were bought because "the constituents of the senior Senator from Massachusetts wanted to sell them, He said that "for some week th secret agencies ef the gov ernment had been t work investi gating the senior Senator from South Tjafouira.rhey TUvetn. n-'sajdr discovered that he used his frank advertently In private correspondence. and so deprived the-government of revenn to the amount of two'-ceiits, and th matter was considered Im portant enough to be embodied In a special -. rnessae from th President to Congress. The senior Senator from Massachusetts. I believe, is 'Still in vited to the White House dinners. Is the President' friend and adviser and the Cabinet maker for the incoming President. I have not heard ef any secret service agent disturbing- the senior -Senator " from Massachusetts, and yet he ts directly,' individually and solely responsible that there was taken out of ths Treasury of th United Slat' over on million dol- lara." ; . A KNOCK FOR CROMWELL. . A year or two after the Independ ence of Panama," continued Mr, Rainey. "the officiala of the little re public commenced to absorb Ideas of patriotism peculiarly distasteful to Mr.' Cromwell. Mr. Cromwell de termined to displace Dr. Amador and th other leaders of the constitution al- party ofi Panama and put In - President some .-nor plaint personage, less devoted to high ' Ideas and of course in such an emergency as that nis attention was directed to his old friend and ally, Obaldla. He was a man after Cromwell's own heart. . So it was determined that Obaldla was to' become ' President - of. Panama. Cromwell and nis friends had develop ed certain methods for despoiling and robbing the little country, and they out not propose to be interrupted tn sny way by the awakened publlo patriotism and honesty of Doctor Amador and his frienda '- "Subsequently." he said. ''Obaldia's opponent withdrew on account of ths Interference of 8ecretry Taft In the elections and Obaldla waa elected. In President Amador's farewell mes sage to th General Assembly, said Mr. Rainey. ho directly charged Mr. Taft with forcing the election of Obaldla. "The plan of Mr. Cromwell and hi associates, he declared was to ab solutely appropriate to their own use the revenues of the republic and to steal the forests snd the public lands. The necessity for Mr. Taft's interfer ence for the election of Obaldla be comes now as plain as day." AN INFAMOUS PROPOSITION. T Mr. Rslney referred to the fact that there was pending and about to be adopted in the General Assembly "of Panama "the most Infamous railroad proposition ever submitted to any government ' by which Randolph G. Ward, of New Fork, was to be large ly ths beneficiary. He called attention to what' h said was the failure of Arnold SbankMn, tne American consul-general at Panama, to make a re port requested by the bureau of for estry last year because "he evidently feels he owes his position there to William Nelson Cromwell" and that Certain Interested parties" were seek ing to levy .tribute upqn the people of Panama and Indirectly the people of the United States hv connection with these timber land deals. ' "It wfil be interesting to know who the gentlemen are who are attempting tat this way to Impoverish the repub lic of Panama," he said, "and he men tioned William Nelson Cromwell, Roger T. Farnham, W. 8. Harvey and Charles P. Taft, J ' POINTS . OUT BREAD LINE. '' "Since th election last Novem her, hs continued, "under the shadow of the dome of ths Capitol a bread Una appears dally, constantly lacreas Ing in length.- If w permit- the achem- of Villlam" Nelson Cromwell, Roger T, Farnham, Charles P, Taft and others to so through on fjhe Isth mus of Panama, this government will have there a broad Una containing four hundred thousand people: . If we per mit the men who are attempting to steal and to appropriate to their own use: the reveunes of this republic we plac upon the United States th bur dsn' of - caring for those people, he said. . - ' "I do not charge that the gentle man who will be Inaugurated presi dent of the United States on th fourth day of March Is a party to this Infamous scheme for robbing this little country. His friendship for Cromwell,' Farnham, Snd E. A. Drake, .memoers oi tne ooara oi airectors of the Panama Railroad, his continu ed endorsement of both Cromwell and Farnham, his interference on the isth mus of Panama which compelled th lection of a corrupt statesman, ab solutely under the control of Crom well as president of that republic, all these things and other things for which the present. administration' Is responsible made possible th sign ing of a contract by Obaldla which may bring to ths gentlemen Interested therein, riches beyond th dreams ot avarice. It will not be long.1t this scheme goes through; before th cam paign contributions mad by soma of th gentlemen Interested In this en terprise will be returned a hundred fold.' HINTS OF GRAFT. Mr. Rainey charged that Mr. Crom well and Mr. Farnham have been ac tively engaged hers for two or thre weeks prompting treaties affecting Columbia and Panama pending befor th Senate, He said that If th plana of Mr. Cromwell and hi Associates go through and if these treaties are con firmed there will be no revenues In Panama out .of which to pay th mil lion dollars or more Indemnity to Columbia, payment of which is guaranteed by this country. VThe United States government will be called upon to pay- It all," he pre dicted, "and if these plans for the spoliation -of Panama proceed to a successful conclusion it will 'not be long until Immense burdens of a dirt- srsnt character connected with Pana ma- wilt b Imposed upon our Treas ury." "These - patriotic gentlemen. said Mr., Kalney-lnconclualon,"therefore. r being permitted .,ot only to rob th republic of Panama, but indirect-, ly to rob ths Treasury of the United States, and In their efforts In this di rection, they have had so far the com plete co-operation and the activ as sistance of th present administration and of th next president . of th United States. v- -j. v ' 'f GETS HEARTT APPLAUSE. From the very outset of bts remark. Mr. . Ralocy claimed th 'absolut atten tion of the House and .be was frequently kpDiaadedf .; ? .j.- - ' - - Incensed at the remarks ot the Illinois member, Mr.'-Stevens, of Minnesota, de- clared tt to be "estremety r regrettahl fhat any member ef tbla Hons ' feels called upon to rise In bis place and slan der tbe -ruler of a friendly republic and defame tbe administration of . bis ewa government. .-, ., -. . . .. - V. H bad proceeaea uiat rar wnen B waa called t order by Mrj Shackief ord, - ot Mkwewtwhe- objected- te fc asf iB word -"slander." .. -' - i . '. '.- The ehalr admonished Mr. Stevens, wti esomtoed to- keep within th rules. . He argued th It waa so boslnseS; f ib American governmentr wnat any ether government did with It persona' er its propertj, "prevlded it doe rot affect ear Interest. v ' ' ' ' The steamships referred to by Mr. Rai ney. said Mr. Steven -were a legitimate mirchase'and were doing valuable serv ice In preventing transcontinental lines from robWn th government. He knew of no work, he said, "which was being prosecuted as efficiently and as honestly as1 tliat f "eapavatlng the oanal. He (Con tinned en Psg Four).- GILLETT UB6ES CAUTION A XTI -JAPANESE ISSUE TO-DAY. California's Cliicf TSxeeuthra Seaids a , Speetalr Message to the General "- Assembly Asking That tbe Measures ; Introduced by Johnson and Drmv Bo ' omdlred Very Carefully--' Jtoosorlt Telegraphs the Governor r Again, Stating That Another Letter Bearing tlte Situation Is on the Way The Speaker and the Organi sation of the Assembly Oppose the , Bills, Which Are Fathered by Men With Labor Union Interests Behind Them. Sacramento. Cal., Jan. J. Gov ernor Olllett message on the Japa nese question, sent to th Legislature to-day. had ths effect of crystallizing th sentiment for and against the bill Introduced -by ' Drew and Johnson against, which president Roosevelt ha Invoked th Governor's power. Th President Informed th Gov ernor that It would b extremely dan gerous for the Legislature to enact any lawa that might be construed by Japan as discriminatory. He wired Governor Glllett to-day that another letter to him was op the way. This la expected to throw mor light on the situation as regards Japan and America, ... , .. THE ISSUE COMES TO-DAY. Grove L. Johnson, author of ths hill segregating Japanese In resi dential quarters at the option of mu nicipalities, moved to-day when the measure came up for third reading, that it be mad a special order for to-morrow. Two of th Japan measures will be befor th lower house to-morrow and th who! issue Will likely be divided. . The bill by A..M. Drew, denying alien the right to hold land, was set for consideration to-morrow at ths request of the author after th GovJ ernor had indicated mat ne aesirea such legislation held up. Speaker Stanton and ths Assembly organisation sre against all of the bills objected to by the national ad ministration. The fight-for them, will come from Grove L. Johnson, a San Francisco delegate, and those Assem blymen who bavs many union labor constituents. THE. GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE , The Governor's' message In part ys: . , ' "There is certain legislation now pending before you which I , believe to be ef grave concern, not only to our State, but to the nation as well. and which should be most thoroughly considered before It la acted upon. CrUl bills hav been Intro duced, som of which hav been favorably reported by your commit tee, Indirectly intended to affect the Japanese peopIe-'-at least such, is tns Impression abroad. - "These bills hav attracted th y of the whole nation and have caused the Japanese to call the at tention, of ur government tO 'inenv They hav nroduced ad agitation not only to. our country.-tout throughout Japanvend th Japanese Minister t Foreign Affairs had stated to ths au thorities at - Washington that If tha bills should be passed th government of -Japan would consider u very em barrassing." , If it is found that the Japanese coolie- continue to pour Into - the State, says the Governor, leasing and purchasing agricultural land snd changing white settlements to Japa nese, to th dstrimsnt of th Bute and It cittssns, then it Is the plain duty to call attention f th govern msnt to. the situation that prompt action be taken in th matter. - URGES INVESTIGATION. In conclusion the Governor says: "I would, therefore, recommend that a sufficient appropriation be made to enable the State to take a census showing the number of Japa nese now . in the Stats, the number claased a laborer and those classed ss agriculturists, tha number of acres ef land owned by Japanese and the number of acres leased and to get such other and further Information a may be useful in making a proper report to th President of the United State and to Congress. With suoh a census we can ascertain hereafter whether or not the Japanese popula tion of this State Is Increasing or decreasing and whether or not they sre extending their real property holdings.".. OFFICER'S ASSAILANT CAUGHT. Arthur Wlnsiow, Wanted at Ashe- boro, Arrested at Danville, vs. Special te The. Observer. DanvWe. " Ts-, Jaft. tj Arthur Winslow, a yoong whit man who wa arrested hers last night, was to day taken to Ashebore, N. C, where hs will answsr a charge of assault en an officer. It is alleged that dur ing the Christmas aouuaya, winsiow grabbed th club ot a policeman, who attempted to arrest him for felonious assault, and beat hs officer severely over the head. ' The-victim of the at tack la said to b In a critical condi tion.' Winslow. returned without re quisition, . Navy to Buy Japan Style Rice Here- aner. Washlna-ten. - Jan. !. "Jarjan style" Instead of that of tha "Hondu ras style," hitnsrto purcnasea . rs to be called for in tbe speoiflcatlons ' to be issued by the supplies bureau of the Navy Depsrtment In connection with the annual supply of rice. This decision follows consultation with rlc xpsrts of New Tork City and th De partment of Agriculture. . Th Chang means a corataaraoie earing oi pub lic funds, it Is-said, and at th same Urn-- in no dogre .reduce th nu trltlv qnalrty f th rice, . . - ii in - Root Bids' Gooilby to the Cabinet. Washlncton. ' Jan. . II. Secretary Root attended his last Cabinet .meet ing, to-day land his colleagues In th official family wars htm a farewell such as he .will long remember. Th understanding Is that Robert Bacon will be confirmed to-morrow a. Sec retary of Stat, and will at one take th' etn or, orttte.- Mr. Root win loare Wtahlngton t noon to-morrow fIAlbany and) a A.dsJt orA4, will leave for Hot Springs, Ark., wnere he will, receive treatment for- his In jured kn. . . .-. , : f , -, .... -, . - . ..i' ' . u. , - ' . ' . , Child Die Remit 'of Piece of Ap- Specie! to The Oteerrer. .- - - r- TsrlorsviHe Jan. 1. Th sudden end sad, death of ths , 4-year-old son ef Mr. J. 8. Eckerd, of Ellendal township, this county, occurred Mon day under 'unusual - circumstance. Th little fellow while eating an ap ple Saturday got a piece lodged in hi windpipe. Dr. Hollar waa catlsl in and removed th niece of annle tr performing an operation, but pneu4 1 monla set in and death, was th alt. , j. " .. , t WELFABE 0F CU1LMEN CONGRESS AID TO BE INVOKED Conference For -the Care of Depend ent Children Submit a Report to President: fa Which He Is Urged to Send a Message to Congress) Ask In the :Etabllshment of a Federal . CiUldren' Bares, the Object of - Which Shall Be to Disseminate In formation on Child-Caring Work The Conclusions of the Conference Briefly Summarised -Superintendent Streeter, of Greensboro, Ad- - dresses tbe Conference on Slate . Supervision. , Washington, Jan. 38. Advanced steps of far-reach Ina stgniflcanfce to the future WeQ-beiing of the children of the country were taken at the voneludtug session to day of the conference on the ear of de pendent children' held in this city. Voicing (he unanimous sentiment of nearly two hundred delegates, the conference adopt ed a comprehensive report of its conclu sions as to the most practical plan for promoting the welfare of tbe neglected child, s One of the most important recommen dations contained In tbe report which waa submitted to President Roosevelt st a notable dinner given by the conference at the New Wtllard to-etlght, requested the prestdegt to send a, message to Con gress urging the establishment of a Fed eral chtldrens' bureau, one of whose ob jects shall be to disseminate accurate Information in regard - to ehlld-carlng work and the needa ef the children. Briefly summarised th conclusions ef th conference ere as follows: CONCLUSIONS ' SUMMARIZED. Children of 'worthy parents should, a a rule, be kept with their parent; home lees snd neglected children, if normal, should be cared for, In families, when sapable; child earing Institutions should be on ths cottage plan; States should Im spect ll agendea caring for' dependent children; education work or institutions caring for dependent children .should be supervised by Stats educationaj authori ties; agencies caring for eniidren anoum co-operate to ascertalS and control causes ef dependency, a permanent, organisation for work, along the line or this declara tion is desirable: prohibitive legislation against any transfer of dependent chil dren between States should be repeated; co-ope ratios between child earing agen sles and mere thorough precautions for surgical and medical, car ef children In all institutions. COTTAGE PLAN ADVOCATED. . Ths opinion was voiced, that child-caring institutions should, be conducted on th eottace plan. - Ths superiority of this over other plans waa pointed out by Dr. R.: R. Reader, superintendent of tha Or ohsa Asylum of New Tork City;, Dale A. Merrill, superintendent of tbe .Minne sota State publlo schools; Aaoipn jlswis- ohn. president of the Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society,. Now Tor Mty. ana " r rT5-!' others. William B. Streeter, superintendent ot th North CasoUna Children's Hoaia so bimv advooatln J supervision J by Stats educational authorttie yr th sdua tlonal work of orphan -asylums n in- Uar hwUtutton.- ;&...-'..!.. An emfahatW "Yesw given, by Mr, Streeter. in answer to the qutlt "Should the State educational autHofltfbJj exercise superriston ever the educational work of orphan asylums and amorea in stltutloesT" :" , "An lntelllsent cltlsenship,: ' said Mr. Streeter. "is essential te. a State's wel fare. Suoh - a 'citisenshlp '- come from educating th children. Th promotion of education Is one of the most Important function of the State. Orptian a no aes- tituto children are a part of a .estate's assets In the form ot a future citisen shlp. They become good or bad cltlsens Isrgely as the mate aiecw. An wu tends to render them good cltlsens. Therefore, their education vitally con cerns the Stats and, that the Stats may know they are being properly eauoaieo. It should bavs supervision. "Fully aware that the majority of the orphan asylums sre the warns or tnurcn organisations, I hold that th Stat should hav nothing to do with th re ligious instruction, of court, but, In th matter of their secular educaUon. I firm ly believe the Stat shouid requlr th employment of the same grade of teach ers as Is required for the public schools. t. ttiM circumstances, the orphan chil dren will stand the same chance as their more fortunate fellows, so tar mm owa Aoffatkm is cOBceraed nd, should . thsy chance to leava the asylum befor their school work is eotnpiewa, iney wm d sbls to take thriv. places ' alongstds the others In ths public scnoois ana oominu their school, work without mternipiron. AXOTHER GREAT ERWTX MTIJi. Erwtn Cotton M3U Company to Erect 50,000-hpinaie wry to Kmptoy 1.000 Hand Will Be Fourth Link In Chain Location is Not Yet Deemed im. Special to Tbe Observer. Durham, Jan. 2. Authoritative announcement Is made to-night that the Krwln Cotton 'Mills Company, o West Durham, at Its regular stock holders' nd airectors meetings yes terday In Its home offices, decided to build a-new. SO.QOe-spindle mill on gray goods, about half th product to so Into good for converting purposes Und the remainder into wide sheet- This mill, ss ars all of this com pany's wonderful plec of textile con struction, is to b of most modern and Improved construction : equipment. Ita location will b either at West Durham er at Duke, Harnett county. The -plans will be Immedistely got out and the management expects to hava it In operation within a year. Resides th company West Dur ham mill. It has a large and splendid plant st Dux, iisrnou county; n other still-larger at Cooleemee. and this new one la to' b No. . - It will employ 1,900 hands and is to b by far th largest of the company, which Itself becomes the greatest mill cor poration In the South.. Its great spirit is W. A. Erwin, the mill king of th Stat. - CRUSHED TODiTll-J-X-WELr!, Rope Breaks and Wen-Digger ts : StrpcK oy gaums sacaea. ; ; Speclsl t0"h Observer.4 , - " ' : Wadesboro,' Jan. 1 Watson . Col. a' well-dlggerv' employed to clean a well on. th Ashcraft farm east of town, was almost instantly kUlsd yes terdsy. . Cols was at th bottom of th well and his assistant was draw ing out th refuse. : Th rope, which Wa almost worthless and had been spliced, broks and ths bucket, weigh ing i with Ita, content . about too pounds, fell and struck him on th head. HI skull wss crushed and h re-Idled in a few minutes. , Cole was au ld mas of jcooa reputauoa. , DAVIS' AUDIESCE SUM ARKANSAN MAKES SET SPEECH. Only Twenty-Six Senators m the Halt iWhen Senator Jett Darts Started and These Thin Out to Seventeen Before He Proceeds FWr His Topto the Boosting of Hi Own BUI to Suppress Speculation on th Ea change in Products of th SqlC and This is Delivered in the Senator's Customsry ' Arvtmonlo - Stylo' Charges That Uie - Correspondent and Reporters of Newspaper Doing Duty on Wall Street Are in Pay of : Corporation. - .., SENATE SUMMARY. - . A speech by Senator Darts, ef Ar . , kansaa, favoring legislation . t pre vent dealing , by exchanges in "fu tures." In products ef th soils snd a maiden speech by Senator Cummins, ot Iowa, against th passags ef th postal savings bank bill as reported to the Senate by ths eommlttee on posftfnees and post rosds-wer th -features In the Senate yesterday. Mr. - -Cummins spo tn favor of th e- - ' posit of postal savings In Stats sad:.: territorial banks. - - v The Senate voted to purchase an oil portrait of the late Senator Allison, ' ' of Iowa, -y ' ' Washington. Jan. 2.-0nly tl Sen ators were In their seats when Sena tor Jeff Davis arose td address the Senate to-day on his bill to suppress speculation on tbe exchange in pro ducts of the solL Mr. Dsvis had not proceeded for mor than a few mine ' utes when even this smalt attendance was reduced to IT Senators, only six of whom were Republicans. - Th at tendance lq the galleries was also mail. ' ' " ";' -;v; Speaking of the publication of new concerning the exchangee In which cotton la sold for tutors delivery, Mr. . Davis said: ' "Almost every greet newspaper 'of ths country keep an editor, reporter or correspondent st headquarters Irs Wall Street. - ostensibly to keep th peoplef Informed as to th nowa bus really, tinder the pay. of corporations, tr gloe over the knavery ef exchange transactions and t -writ stilted re view of exchanged - dishonesty . and fraud." v f .- ri,. " jsa via- Aiiunees - Th evils attending gambling in the products of the soil by the sale of futures on exchanges was the subject, of a' passionate speech delivered by Senator Jeff Davis la ths United State to-day. Mr.' Davis advocated the pas sage of a bill introduced by him to penalise the use of the malls, the tele graph or the telephone for the pur pose of conveying gambling proposi tions between buyer and seller. . ' - After advocating the passage ef this measure Mr. Da via danounoed what ha declared to be evil of .the "money power' and Incidentally touched upon the policy of maintaining a protective tariff a a part of a system which, h declared was for ths suppression of the rlffhts of the people. ? , t ' Picturing conditions-in Rom st th time ef Julius Caesar he described th death of Caesar as C the price ; of Caesar's love and service for ths poor declaring Would to God w had a Caesar in the Whit House to-day." V At the conclusion of his narrative of th act of he Roman Emperor In securing laws to suppress usury and In obtaining legislation for the bene fit of ths poor of Rome, followed by his trr.gte death when "surrounded by ths treachery ot the money power twenty-three knife wou,nds pierced his body." Senator Davis said:' "This, sir, 1 a brief history of Rom and its great reformer. Illustrating tbe -terrible fate that lies In ths path of any man who seeks to shake loos from the throat of this government these parrasttes of wealth, these stoclc gamblers, these stock Jobbers that at- . tempt to control the destinies of th government. 1 - -an, tne money power may o prersing the American people too far. In some evil hour, In some unguarded moment, a match may be touched to the fuse that connects with th hid den mine of discontent and dismay that la planted beneath this Republic, and I shudder for tbe consequence "I read a little story In a New York paper recently, illustrating aptly, I . think, the recklessness nd wanton disregard of the people's rights by the' money power of the government. It Is said that a beautiful Italian gtrk wlth considerable property married) one of her countrymen, believing that he was all that her young heart hact ered that ha was addicted to that ter rible vies, .the liquor habit, Thetr horn soon became a drunkard home, her property waa squandered, poverty in all - Its hideous form knocked st their door, until finally she was compelled to go out and ears ' a living for her drunken husband. waa finally brought Into court and - tried, and to the Judge she said: " 'Judge, he finally suggested that I sell myself for his support: he press-. ed me too far. Judge, and I killed him.' ON DANGEROUS 'GROUND. J "Ah. the money' power of this gov ernment Is treading upon dangerous ground. They do not know, or else they do not care, that tne people ere - already ground down with taxation, and th weight of arovemment until their backs are almost broken beneath, , It load. They do not seem to appre ciate the fact that In his power snd! strength 'Old Man People" may rise and smlght them. - I would not be ars alarmist, sir, but I predict here andt now that unless condition change. , that unless th Congress of th United, States turns a . listening ear to th lamentations of a. outraged public., that within ten year ther may be another Shenandoah Valley, ther - may d anotner uewysourg; tne reci broom of, war may sweep, this gov ernment as It has never been swept V. A a m A V. ml n .half V,..), In all its fury, woe to the crowd work ing the Held of legislation that have laid these grievous burdens, upon th backs of the -crowd working ths field frtfjimn,.ndaatqr.ly; :- SDeakin of the "oligarchy cf wealth buUded by legislation and leg islation alone having reduced to al most serfdom the laborer of portions of the country th Senator continued: "Thl i a dark Picture.. , I knor ahat th result may be- For the past twelve month the country ha been regaled with an exhaustive snd learn ed argument a to wnather or not th ' President of the United State had th rtsht to discharge a lot of -kinky- headed nhestera from the army, who, In a drunken riot, shot up a fc:r!" and defenseless people, .And mor recently w have been urged to in crease the salary of ell our ptfcHc of- (.Ccutlaued ca fas IsX
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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