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ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 27, 1911.
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1 INSURGENTS
Plans Being Shaped at Capitol
and White House to This End,
in the Event Reciprocity Fails
and Extra Session Called.
PRESIDENT SAYS HE LL SIGN
THE FOREST RESERVE BILL
It li a Constant Surprise to Visitors
That Few Senators Pay Any Atten
tion to Indiana's Grand
Young Man's Oratory.
Gazette-News Bureau,
Hotel Hamilton,
Washington, Feb. 27.
PRESIDENT TAFT hns assured
CongressrfJan Weeks that he will
sign the forest reserve hill
today.
Plans to Illume the Insurgent.
At both the capitol and the White
House, there appears a disposition to
pave a way. In the event reciprocity
mils and an extra session la called,
to shoulder the biume on those Insur
gent republican senators who are
seeking to amend the McCall bill.
I'uminlna wishes to so amend the bill
Hint if products of the farm ure all
to be put on the free list. Implements,
machinery and other things wlch
farmers mutt have will likewise he
brought in free. These progressive
republicans, along with some regu
lars and democrats, regard as spe
cious the plea that only farmers near
the Canadian border stand to lose by
the enactment of this reciprocity le
islation. If prices for farm products of other
fi ctions are not lowered then the con
sumer has nothing to gain by such
legislation, they say, and, therefore,
they argue that the Canadian agree
ment Is without merit. But, they
urge, as warrant for their hostility,
the claim that only farmers of the
northwest are menaced, ha little to
recommend 'It either In good morals
or considerations of political econo
my, because prices on products of
farmers In the east and south rests
upon quotations ih large centers of
population In the north. Just as prices
on North Carolina lumber are largely
lixed In Iluffalo and other northern
markets.
Congressman Thomas Introduced In
the house, after tellers were called
for, an amendment to Include In one
i.f the large supply bills the appro
priation to provide range lights at
Mnrchead, City. The usual provision
was mude for the bktLngictil station
at lloaufort, and 3000 additional was
allowed for- Improvement.
Congressman Small and two datigh
tern have rone to Norfolk, where Mrs.
Small Is 111. 1
Senators ray Mule Heed to Hovcrldge
lion. Whitehead Klutts of Salisbury
was here Saturday on his way home
from Boundbrook, N. J., where he
moke on the occasion of the celehra
tion of the anniversary of the birth of
Washington. An effort is to be made
to erect a permanent memorial there
to the revolutionary soldiers to com
memorate the encampment of the
Continental army under Oeneral
Washington. Mr. Klutts spent some
time In one of the senate gaJlerleg
listening -to the speech of Mr. Bever
idge aaalnst Senator Lorlmer. Visi
tors never full to, observe with sur
prise the fact that so few senators
pay any attention to Beverldge, si
though he never faJW to attract
crowded galleries where the women
predominate. Lea attention than
usual was shown to the long drawa
out effort of Indiana' Grand young
Man to secure a vote averse to Lorl
mer. and Senator Owen, whom . the
Indiana senator beat to It In present
lug the resolution declaring Mr. Lorl'
mer's seat vacant, took a peculiar d
light In Inviting- th attention of the
galleries to the fact that Mr. Bever
ldge was speaking to empty seata
Of course most people, with nothing
but" Mr. Owen'a manner to Judge
from, thought the protesting senator
really fult outraged at the spectacle
of an empty senate chamber, but
' others knew the Oklahoma Senator
to be tickled to death.
i , W. A. H.
Almost Priceless Jewels Mlsslug. .
New York, Feb. ST. Federal ftu
thnrltles and local police are Inter
esting themselves In searching; for
the almost priceless Jewelry stolen
from- cabinet drawer In a stateroom
of Mrs. Maldwln Drummond, former
ly Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr., of Chlca
go. on the liner Amerika, some time
Saturday night. Mrs. Drummond es
timates the value of the stolen Jewel
at $130,000. Search of the steamer
failed to disclose a clue to the miss
tng cents.
Ilntln Suicide Following Censure.
Richmond, Va.. Feb. IT. Jackson
Bolton, assistant city engineer.
phlxated himself In hi baht room
after brooding several days over
ronsurnus report by the city conns
committee which Investigated the en
Ulaeer'i department and fund costly
errors attributed to Bolton.
"John Ijrt Carroll Dead,
Washington, Feb. 17. John Ie
Carroll," governor of Maryland from
liCis to 10. riled at his home st
.:in Ibis momimr. sfter a long III
ii.-vs r.- .1-4 hTn t llomcwood.
l l. I ill-"')
BUT A
RIGHTEOUS LEFT
li.
Cumulative Insult of Administra
tion, Which Regards Mass of
N. C Republicans as Pro
per Objects of Suspicion.
ALL COURT'S MACHINERY
INVOKED AGAINST HARSHAW
Even Judge Boyd Wrote to Attorney Gen
eral Advising Against Appointment
Evidence for Harshaw En
tirely Disregarded.
Gazette-News Bureau,
Hotel Hamilton,
Washington, Keh. 27
T seems thut the entire machinery
of the court wa9 Invoked in the
effort to prevent 'he appointment
of Moses Harshaw as assistant district
attorney. Even Judge Boyd wrote a
ctter to the attorney general advis
ing against the appointment, and di
recting attention to articles published
n certain newspapers in which Mr.
Coffey, opponent of Mr. Harshaw in
one . of his campaigns for solicitor,
charged that the republican solicitor
has misappropriated certain court
fees. Congressman Cowles resented
his reflection upon Mr. Harshaw,
drawing the attention of the attorney
general to the fact that Mr. Harshaw
had received nil possible vindication
at the hands of the poeple of his
udlcial dislrlct, and that his. claim
for recognition now rested upon en
dorsements which, in their numlxr
and character, any man. in the state
would be proud to receive.
But all to no purpose. The three or
four letters In opposition, one of
which, as hitherto slated, came from
the court, outweighed an armful of
endorsements, and the prophecy ad
vanced In these dispatches a fortnight
ago wns fulfilled.
,'. Cumulative Instill. , , ,
At tluit time not alhgte Opponent
of Mr. Harshaw had moved Into the
open, and yet It was known that op
position would arise, and that the ul
timate decision of the authorities here
would bo another contribution to' the
cumulative Insult which this adminis
tration hns definitely offered the re
publican party In this state. As set
orth In the prophecy referred to, the
arty Is Blink to depths so abysmal,
In the estimation of administration
eiiders, that everylsidy recommended
for an office these days Is presumed
to be wholly without merit as soon
is his name is sent In for considera
tion, and the presumption against his
possible Innocence Is delinite until bis
friends (the burden of proof rostliu:
upon them perforce), are able to
show, by the testimony of hundreds
of his acquaintances, that he Is, in
deed, an holiest man, and then the
establishment of the applicant's Inno
cence Is impossible If somebody is
found who is willing to raise a sus
plclon against him.
PrcMimpUon Against the Party,
Outside a mere handful of persons
who have succeeded In convincing the
president's advisers that they are not
as other men, every republican In the
state Is presumed to be in sympathy,
as before salti, with the illicit distillers
and other agencies of darkness. Mr.
Cowles reminded the attorney general
that, if a hostile press was to be be
lieved. President Taft should not have
been elected president of the United
States, and he did not think hie friend
Harshaw should be condemned be
cause a few uncomplimentary refer
ences had been made to him by some
newspaper. The decision of the pres
ident waa thnt the republican party
failed to offed him a man who meas
ured up to a creditable standard In
the contest over the Judgeship, when
Judge Connor was successful, and the
president's attitude toward his party
since that time has generally been In
complete harmony with that decision
without reference toJBto kind of ofTlce
that happened to he at stake.
W. A H.
FUNERAL OF J. B. ALLISON
Great Crowd Attended and Church
Itcliur Too Small Korvlcea Were -Hold
In Open.
The funeral services over the re
mains of the late James B. Allison
were held yesterday afternoon from
the West Chapel Methodist church
at Buena Vista by Pev. O. H. Chris,
tenberry. .. There .was such a crowd
of people, present that the church,
being too email, was abandoned and
the services held on the lawn. The
body arrived here Saturday afternoon
and In accordance with Allison's re'
quest was turned over to F. E. Hare
of the Hare Bard Co. and taken
to the home of Hugh Browh, near
Buena vVlstal. During the day a
large crowd of people called at the
resident to- view the body.
At the fuiieral, the minister rend
from the Bcrlptures In aeerdanee
with the burial service and at Alli
son's requeete, read a letter he had
written setting forth that he had
repented his sins, waa hot afraid to
die, and warning others against sin.
The lotter - commended Governor
Kltchln's stand In deeming llupn'ic
to commute his sentence.
A number of floral trtMitea wrrt
received from friends uM, relatives
of the deceased num. Vl lie Ilrotber-
which
ft lli
Albson's Son I , member, sent
l Wrel.l h
EDWARD SHEPARD
HAS WITHDRAWN
SMsMMSBMMss V
He Is No Longer Candidate for Senator from New York
Littleton Urges Elimination of .Sheehan Early Break
in the Deadlock Expected No Action Is
Looked for Today. ?
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KBMgJlJg
,.. New
ew York, Feb. 27. Whethef thelty-' WntrnNtptt-tllt-1WBlftsatt..al
.'flriA'aloSMwaiTrehlei rest.-TTT ' Plans for Tax
wltKlraJ'
as a candidate for the Vnited States
senatorshlp, and Martin W. Littleton's
letter to Charles F. Murphy, urging
the retirement of William F. Shee
han's name, will, have the effect of
bringing about an early break in the
senatorial deadlock Is n much mooted
question in Albany. Rhcphard's with
drawal wns not unexpected. Report
says some of Hheehan's supporters are
wavering nnd the -fact that Senator
Depew's term expires this week Is re
garded as Indicating a near crisis In
the situation. Yesterday's develop
ments strengthened that of many
minds. Kheehun's friends insist be
has no Intention of withdrawing. To
day's ballot is regarded as unimpor
tant, as most of the legislators, were
paired until tomorrow.
lYIoml of Kliciard Are lloK'fiil.
Friends of Charles V. Murphy,
leader of Tammany Hall, sny Edward
M. Shepard's withdrawal from the
senatorial ' contest would not affect
the plan to elect Sheehan to succeed
lie pew.
Governor Dlx says the situation
waa clearing and left this morning
for Albany. Bheehan had nothing
to say regarding Shepard's withdraw
al from the senatorial contest. Shee
han does not Intend to return to
Albany, but is keeping In touch with
the situation at the capital. Leader
Murphy It Is said Is planning a trlji
CHARLOTTE ASSAY OFFICE
APPROPRIATION CONTINUED
Senate Amendment Accepted by the
House St. Louis Will Lump
Its Away Of lice,
Washington, Feb. 27. The house
of representatives today accepted the
senate amendment to the legislative
executive appropriation bill provid
ing for, the continuance of the as
say office at Charlotte, N, C. The
hojuse appropriation committee
sought to eliminate the assay offices
both at SL Louis and Charlotte. The
St. Louis item was not restored.
RESIDENCE BURNED
Home of Ckm Smsthers at Waynes
vllle Totally Destroyed Sunday. '
House Valued at t lOtlO.
Special to The Gasette-News.
Waynesvllle, Feb. 27. The resi
dence of Mrs. Clem Bmathers was to
tally destroyed by fire about I o'clock
8unday morning. The house was not
occupied at the time having been clos
ed for about two monthi. There is no
clue as to how It caught undess It was
set purposely. None of the furniture
was saved. When the Are was discov
ered by a neighbor, It was well under
way. The house was valued at $4000.
There was $1,500 insurance on the
house and 11000 on the furniture.
llalf-YFarly Iloraiint ' Cotton Shows
. 1,1711.0410 Ilulc.
Liverpool, Feb. 27. A half-yearly
recount of stocks of cotton here shows
a total of 1,171.000 bales, Including
1,118.000 American.
Deaths From llagiie and Smallpox.
Amoy, Ch
is, Feb. 17. Six deaths
from the l
ibonlc plague snd live
iK were reported during
from smallt
'the fortnlh
ending Hrndny,
Shcpuril Out of tlie ltucc.
Kdward M.. Shepard, In a letter to
Montgomery Hare last night, an
nounced his retirement from the fight
for the United States senotorship to
succeed Chuuneey M Oepew. He
adds that in his opinion Wni. V. Shee-
han's retirement Is Imminent and
warns democratic members of th
legislature that unloss the membcrt.
"promptly unite the extra session of
congress will liml the state of New
York half represented.
Rarllir in the day Martin W. Lit
tleton, congressman-elect and self an
nounced candidate for the senator
ial Ip, hud Issued a statement pointing,
as does Mr. Shepard, to the "grave
responsibility" resting upon the dem
ocratic legislature and calling upon
Charles K. Murphy, leader of Tarn
many Hall, to cause the retirement of
Mr. Sheehan and break thPllve weeks
deadlock at Albuny.
Mr. Littleton in his letter predicts
thnt If the deadlock continues the
Canadian reciprocity treaty, tariff re
form and the proposition to elect
emptors by direct vote may fail for
want of a democratic senator from
New York. The . present deadlock
he declares, will be easily broken If
Mr. Murphy would withdraw his in
fluence, which he characterizes as an
"endurance test" to determine wheth
er Tammany Hall can extend Its con
trol to other sections of the state
TRAGEDIES AT SEA
VewsW Discovered With . Crew
Thirty Frocn Another Steam
er's Crew Lost.
of
London, Feb. 27. A news dispatch
from Odessa says a tragedv at sea
Is revealed in the discovery In th
Caspian sea a few miles off Astrak
han," of a derelict vessel. The crew
numbering thirty, froxen In Ice.
. Crew of Too lVrlHlu
Cuxhaven, Germany, Feb. 27. The
nsning steamer senator Btrack was
sunk in the North sea during a storm
The crew of ten perished.
Dr. Wiley of Pure Food Fame, Weds
Miss Anna, Helton.
Washington, Feb. 17. Dr. Harvey
W. Wiley of pure, food fame, led to
the altar Miss Anna Campbell Kelton
daughter of the late General Joseph
Kelton, U. S. A. The wedding was a
quiet affair in the bride's home. Elab
orate gifts were received from, all
quarters of the county. Dr. and Mrs
Wiley left Immediately after a wed
ding breakfast for a trip through
northern states.
Will Fortify Panama Canal.
Washington, Feb. 17! After nearly
nve nours of donate the house of rep
resentatlve shortly before 10 o'clock
Saturday night voted overwhelmingly
In favor of the policy of fortifying
the Panama canal, and appropriated
1 1.000.000 to begin ths work, the total
cost of which haa been estimated at
IU.OOM0O.
' French Cabinet Resigns.
,.PaH, Feb. 17. Premier Brland
and niemlwrs of his cabinet assem
bled st lilysce pulnen this afternoon
following Ocnernl I trunsf funeral, an
i, i.i' 1 1 their rw mi-'ch.
EQUKLIZATIDN
OF IKJttB
Provisions of the Bill, in Prepar
ation of Which Views of Chair
man Doughton of Commit
tee Have Dominated.
ACTION WILL BE HURRIED
UPON THE REVENUE BILL
State School for Blind Raised Contribu
tion tor Bill Nye Building at Stone
wall Jackson Training
School, Concord.
Cazette-Xcws llureaii.
Chamber ot Commerce Kooms,
llollemon I'.uildhm.
Raleigh, Fob. 27.
1'hc revenue bill that has passed the
house is expected to be reported H orn
the engrossing clerk's office to th-'
uenate sometime today, and will lie
put through Its readings with the
least possible delay, as it will take
three days for it to get ihiiiugh Its
tepurale roll call readings. It Is not
expected tlv t the senate will make
any material changes from the form
ill which It came from the house.
he machinery hill introduced in
tlie house I'r'riay Horn the tinanee
ommittee came back to tlie house
rom the Ktute printers in printed
urn anil it will lie taken up and
assed at once. There is expected to
e some discussion over the best
means uf assuring sonic degree of
iuali7.atimi of taxes but the views of
"hairman Doughton that have domi-
ated In the preparation of the bill
re expected to control In the enact
ment of the bill in the house. This
is the view that the corporation com-1
mission be retained us the state tax
commission to have supervision of
the tax assessments and the ultimate
equalization of standards of valuation
VHSCHSlllCllt.
The bill as it is pending in the
house provides that the state tax com
mission shall visit each county nnd
instruct the assessors in their duties.
The commission also names by April
1 a tux assessor for each county. This
assessor shall devote as much as three
months each year to the duties and
shall be in direct touch with the
township assessors. Then there Is
the county board of eiii.iliy.alioii that
s to lie composed ol the county com
missioners nnd the county assessor.
The board of ciuali.atlin Is to meet
on the second Monday in July, me
tux assessor lu g in their work May 1
nstead of June 1, as in the past. The
assessments arc to In' made as nearly
as may be at the true value of the
property In money.
The hill provides that corporations
shall be privileged to deduct Irom tax
assessments holdings in other corpor
ations that pay taxes of stock held.
Hanks also get this concession and
in. allowed to deduct flv per cent.
for bad debts in addition to other ex
emptions heretofore allowed.
(General Protest.
There Is very general protest among
the people of the city against the re
cent action of the city authorities in
allowing children of the city to use
their roller skates on the asphalt
pavements of the streets around Capi
tal square and up Kayetteville street.
The demand is lor an ordinance that
will put v. Btop to this, as the children
have come to make a practice of get
ting hold of vehicles, trams, automo
biles and street cars to have them
selves carried along with less effort.
Many serious accidents have alreaib
been narrowly averted.
The state school for the blind here
bserved "llllli Nye Day" and raised
contribution for the Hill Nye build
ing at the Stonewall Jackson Train
ing school, representing a real sacri
fice by the children for this noble un
dertaking. In the package of coin
raised by the-chlldren and the faculty-
there were 4 pennies, 11 nickels, nine
dimes, seven quarters, one half dollur
and one dollar piece.
State senator uuvis ot iteaurori
county rendered a speclul solo for the
sen-Ice at Edenton Street Methodist
church Sunday morning. He won
many compliments.
FIVE WF.RE BCRNED TO DK.VTII
AS KESl'LT LAMP EXPLOSION
Explosion Occurred During Nlglit and
Members of Family Were
Vnable to Escape.
HAZELTON. Pa.. Feb. 17. A lamp
lamp explosion caused a fire during
the night and burned two houses a
Oneida, occupied by Oabrlel Oerotsky
and Michael Slovak, Hungarians.
Five members of tht Oerotsy family-
lost their lives.
Race Will be Pulled Qfl at S.30 This
Afternoon.
New Orleans, Feb. 17. The first
race on the last day's program of ths
Mnrdl Ores speed carnival Is ached
uled for 1.10 this afternoon. Tht
feature Is a ten-mile contest between
Flat and Bulck cars, driven by Bragg
and Burman. Weather excellent
Track fine condition.
Seren Hundred Mca and Girla Strike
Kalamasoo, Mich.. Feb. 17. Aeven
hundred men and girls, employed by
the Kalnmasoo Corset company, have
struck. A cut tron; one to three cents
per dosen on piece work precipitated
the strike.
Chas. D. Norton
Taft's Secretary
? i 1 1 11!
Washington. Feb. 27. Hubert O.
Bailey, private secretary to Secre
tary o tlie Treasury .MaeVeag'i since
tlie latter became a member of Pres
ident Taft's cabinet, was nominated
by the president to lie assistant sec
retary of the treasury. He will sue
ceed Chalks 11. Hillis, who, it is said,
will be Tuffs private secretary, suc
ceeding Charles I). Norton. Huilej
is a funnel- newspaper man or wide
experience and acquaintance with
public men and affairs.
The house by a vote of ,M to Mi;
adopted a confere.ic,. report of tin
legislative and executive appropria
tion hill carrying an increase ,,f from
litHio to K(i'i in the salary of the
secretary to the president.
EXTM SESSION IM BE
President Talt Confers With Champ
Clark and Mr. Uuderwood
About Matter.
., Washington. Feb. 27. So probable
is It that an extra session ot congress
will im aweeory-wv- wr&cr lo'L-et ar
tion on the Canadian reciprocity
agreement thut President Taft lias
fixed April 1 as the date on which
such a. session may be called. The
April date was Selected after consul
tation with Champ Clyk, who will
lie speaker of the next house, and
Representative I'mlerwond of Ala
bama, who will be chairman of the
ways and means committee, which will
have charge of and report the reci
procity bill In the house.
The president had Intended to con
vene tlie extra session ut an earlier
date, hut Representatives Clark and
nnd' rwood told him that they would
like to have a lulmth's time after the
present congress adjourns In which to
may out the democratic plans for the
next session.
There was no change in the situa
tion ill the senate Saturday regarding
the Canadian reciprocity agreement
inn .he leaders see no hope of hring-
ng to a vote at this session the Mr-
Call bill to curry the agreement lino
fleet.
A rumor that Senator Aldrlch was
speeding to Washington ut the urgent
solicitation of President Taft to take
charge of the situation in the senate.
apparently was a distortion of a tele
gram which the senator sent from
Jekyl Island, Georgia, where he has
been for several weeks In search of
hea.jth. The telegram was to one of
the senate leaders asking thnt a pair
lie arragned for him in favor of the
McCall hill If It comes to a vote this
session. As a matter of fact no one
believes that the coming of Senator
AWlrlch would ulter the situation in
respect to the McCall bill. The mens
ure is opposed by insurgent repub
Helms' and others w ho aided Mr. Aid
rich In framing the Payne-Aldrlch
tariff law.
BILL IS INTRODUCED
Also Bills to Increase Salary of Bun
comb Treasurer and Regulate
Trapping, Big lv).
Oatette-Newa Bureau,
Chamber of Commerce Rooms,
llollemon Building.
Raleigh. Feb. 17.
Representative Roberts today Intro
duced In the house and had placed on
the calendar without reference to
committee a bill to establish a school
of correction and detention in Ashe-
vllle.
He also Introduced bills to amend
the law of 101 as to the salary of
the treasurer In Buncombe and to
regulate trapping In Big Ivy.
Spy Bill Favorably K ported.
Washington, Feb. 17. The Hobson
hill, preventing disclosure of national
defense aecrets. which passed the
house, was reported by the senate Ju
dietary committee with favorable rec
ommendation. . Measure Is monnoly
known as the "spy bill.'
Impeding FuiMTal of Gen. Drum.
Paris, Feb. 17. Imposing military
funeral for General Ilrum, lata mln
Ister of war, were held. The entire
garrison of Farts participated.
1
PRESENTS II
Says He Holds Some Carolina
Bonds of S. Dakota Class, and
Would Like the State to Hand
Over About $300,000.
GOVERNMENT OWES STATE;
SENATOR OVERMAN'S REPLY
Much to the Surprise of Secretary
MacVeagh Overman Thinks Equit
able Adjustment Would Be
in State's Favor.
Gazette-News Bureau,
Hotel Hamilton,
Washington, Feb. 27.
XCK more a conilict has arisen
between the federal estab
lishment and the Old North
0
State, hut this time it is quite certain
that the difficulty will lie adjusted
without the letting; of fratricidal
blood. Whether or not some sover
eign state will be found to sue North
Carolina some more, the state will
nevertheless hear again from those
ild
nslruction or reconstruction
bonds. It seems that the United
States government has a claim against
North Carolina in this respect, Und the
secretary ot the treasury has culled
us. Secretary Mai-Veach invited Sen
ator Overmun over to the treasury
department for a talk and reminded
the senator that North Carolina owes
tlie government $58,000, this having
been the amount of some bonds pur
chased by the government prior to the
war. a block of bonds of the South
Dakota class, which were compro
mised on the basis of 40 cents on the
dollur in 187. The government pur
chased the bonds by way of Investing
in a trust fund for some Indians, and
while the mutter seems to have been ,
kept rather uuiet, it seems that the
government, hrqtjgh the- secretary of -
me treasury, uemundea payment a
short time ago, and Governor Kltchln
and Treasurer Lucy came here to see
j bout the mutter.
Compromise Refused.
A proposal ,vus made to puy the gov
ernment on the basis of the settlement
hat had been made with other credi
tors that Is. on the basis of 40 cents
on the dollar, but Secretary Mac
Veagh told Senator Overman he did
not see how this could be done; that
t w,is a just ue;t, and, under the de-
ision of the Supremo court of the
United Stales In the South Dakota
case, it seemed that the state should
my dollar for dollar, with interest
r all these years, which would make
the claim aggregate something like
$300,1)00. Senator Overman could not
see It that way for a moment. He di
rected the attention of the secretary
of the treasury to the historic fact
thut. whereas South Dukota had won
that suit, she took no pride In the tri
umph, did not feel comfortable while
the money was In her possession, and
hud offered to return it. The senator
thought the federal government
should take a view of the situation as
liberal as that once taken by a sov
ereign Btnte and by many individual
creditors. Furthermore. North Caro
lina has presented the central govern
ment the land now embraced within
the borders of Tennessee, and the
property upon which this bond Issue
was based whs largely slave property,
and this had been taken away from
the state by the Washington govern
ment.
A Ociiiiiue Surprise for MacVeagh.
And still again (and this is where
the treasury head had a genuine sur
prise coming to him) Senator Over
man thought thut North Carolina
would be entirely willing to pay any
of her debts upon any sort of Juat
basis If the federal government would
reciprocate by paying the amount due
North Carolina. Of course, Mr. Mac
a git called for particulars; he whs
told that the government had been
owing North Carolina S44.O0O with In
terest since IKHj for property which i
the government had appropriated to
Its own use, and which, according to
the Supreme wort, right now belongs
to the state. Senator Overman ex
pressed the opinion that, with the
two accounts squared, or a compromise-effected
of the amount due by
the state to the government along
lines that have met the approval of
other creditors, and with the settle
ment of the counter claim which the
state hits against the government.
North Carolina might have a little
balance In her favor.
Senator Overman, while disclaiming
any authority to speak for ths stats
officially at this time, offered the ten
tative suggestion that a bill bo passed
before congress adjourns creating a
commission, say two gentlemen repre
senting the government and two from
the state, to adjust these claims. Mr.
MacVeagh was inclined to look upon
this suggestion with favor, and, should
the state authorities agree. Senator
Overman will undertake to secure ac
tion promptly. At the Instance of Mr,
Overman the senate passed a bill two
years ago designed to bring about a
settlement of the old claim which the
state has agnlnst the government, and
while the bill encountered opposition
from Senator Smoot at that time, 11 i
not believed that surh a bill as now '
conten, plated would meet with serious
opposition.
Origin of tlio Claim.
Some msy Wonder how the plate
hnppcned to have a claim ni.-aiost the
government. It win like Ihi" It
war tini, Cnvet tu.r - . i r , '
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