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ITCIIIij CUES TRUST RECORL (Continued from page 1) age of his bill. I distinctly remem ber ' repeating to them the conversa tion which occurred In my office on the night of February 1, above men tioned. After Senator Lockhart, Sen ator Nlmocks and myself had can vassedthe situation, my clear recol lection is that It vu our unanimous opinion that a Comprehensive bill could not pass. I stated that If the legislature did not enact the sub stance of our state platform the party would probably be defeated In the next campaign. To this they assent ed. It was Anally understood that Senator Lockhart would eliminate from his bill Its parts which were already the law, he having substan tially copied the original Keld'-Justice bill, and that we would all strive at any cost to have 'the platform declar ation enacted. I then stated that I had been contemplating sending a special message to the legislature on the subject and asked Senator lock hart If he made the eliminations men tioned, would he deem a special mes sage necessary. He replied, ies, and as hot aa you can make It, for it fwould be hard to put the ten com mandments through the senate." No Difference In Sentiment. As I said above, the conference was for the purpot . of accor 'ilng something against trusts. I r.i. no difference in sentiment between Sen ator Lockhart, Senator Nlmocks and myself, the question being whether we should contend for a particular bill and accomplish nothing, or try to accomplish the best possible legis lation, and when our conference ad journed I was not aware that we differed upon the latter policy. The statement of Mr. Lockhart that 1 ever at any time said that I hoped nothing would be done. Is untrue and Is contrary to my Inaugural address, my Interview, my special message be low cited, and the very purpose of our conference. The remark of the gentleman In Durham was made in March, 1907, two years prior to the conference, and was to show the kind of argument to be expected in the contest for anti-trust legislation. Sen ator Lockhart knows that I did not endorse that statement, for I added that I at once told the gentleman that If sub-section A had passed in 1907 and any property in Durham had been for sale at DO cents on the dol lar, I would have raised every dollar I could to Invest In It. His statement that I said tharMr. Reid was defeat ed, on account of his anti-trust record Is not true. I never thought his truBt record had anything to do with Sena tor Reid's defeat, but always knew hi9 defeat was on account of the local Issue In regard to the location of the court house, and hla splendid anti- Triuif rm-nm uram not aitfTieienr to mvp him from the disastrous effect of the purely local Issue, and I am positive . hat I never made any statement that ( was nominated on my personality, is I am not apt to have made a state nient which I did not believe, nor did t state that the people of North Car )llna wanted nothing done. This, too, s contrary to my message, my in terview, and the object of the con ference.. : In considering the chances of get .ing anti-trust legislation enacted we liscusbcd the apparent opposition "rom various tobacco centers In for mer legislative contests, but whatever was said along this line was in Illus tration of the argument to be en countered and which had already ap parently put a majority of the senate against the Lockhart bilL We agreed that the surest way to accomplish something was to insist upon the declaration of the democratic plat form, embodying the vital principle of famous sub-section A. I will add that I never had a secret opinion about this subject at any time. The statement that any man In the legislature was authorized to speak for me (outside of my message) Is untrue, and it was never reported to me that any one claimed or exercised such authority. Senator Lockhart has simply been dreaming. If it should be presumed that any one was authorized to represent my views, the natural presumption would be that my brother was, and he favored, and as chairman reported, as a substitute for the bill that passed the senate the entire Texas anti-trust law Introduced by Representative Koonce. Didn't Break the Faith. The constitution. In fixing my du ties In respect to legislation and the enactment of laws, says that I shall recommend to the legislature such laws as I think should be enacted. I have done that In respect to trusts. Lot the records speak as to whether I have modified my views on trusts since I wns elected. If you had published the report of my speech at spray, in the last campaign, which wns sent to you by a newspaper man who heard it, your readers would al ready know the Injustice of your charge. I went into the question of legislative action on trusts fully In that speech and I used that speech at Kinston, Nashville and many other places, and If either you or your read ers care to know the details of that matter I shall be glad even now to furnish you with a copy of my re piarks as made at Nashville. Tn my Inaugural address In regard to trusts, I said: "The man who by foul means wil fully and needlessly takes the life of a rival, under our law forfeits his own. The corporate monopoly that by foul means wilfully and needless ly destroys Its rival by wrongdoing for the purpose of exacting unjust profits from the public should forfeit Its existence. All the power of the state in all of Its departments should be exerted to destroy every unnatural monopoly, every industrial trust, that commits wrong upon the people and their Industries." In the issue- of your paper of Febi ruary 2. lo, appears the following interview given by me: "I consider our platform was a di rect endorsement of the famous sub section A,, which failed to become s law at the last legislature, and, In mj judgment, this legislature ought t amend our existing trust law by add. tng the substance and effecting' the purpose of that section." ' On February 10, 1909, about a werl after the .conference " with Senator Lockhart and Nlmocks, I sent a spe cial message to the legislature Ir which I copied the entire platform de claration on the subject of monopolies and trusts, and In wlch I used the following language: "The opportunity has come to make such conspiracies criminal and to pre scribe punishment for such, conspira tors. You are face to face with the duty of obeying the mandate of thi democratic convention. "A mere statement of the. proposi tion that a conspiracy by purchaser to put down the price of an article produced by the labor of others Is wrong. Is so clear and convincing ir its simplicity that It would seem IdU to argue Its Justice to any American legislative body. "The duty of repressing wrong ana protecting those who cannot protect themselves requires the lawmakers tc put the whole power of , the state against conspiracies. ' "I, therefore, recommend that thf general assembly comply with that declaration, because It Is right and ought to be the law, and because the dnmlnant party Is pledged to Its enact 'The fear of the wrath of those who violate a moral principle, and who threaten, if tha legislature of the state of North Carolina complies with the wish of her majority to punish the communities already In . their grasp. rather than obey the lawB, should no' affect the judgment or paralyse tin efforts, as It cannot nullify the duty of those whom the people have chosen to do their will. The morning after that message was published, you editorially stated that the governor's message stood on tho platform and 'recommended com pliance with its provisions. On February 13 you said thnt I had sent a message advocating the passage of an nntl-trust law containing sub section A, with effective machinery for its enforcement. Made Drastic Recommendations. When the legislature of 1911 met, I made to it the most comprehensive and drastic recommendations against trusts. These were so clear and strong In their effect that some time after words, when a gentleman Introduced a bill embodying all of my recommen dations except the two most vital and sweeping ones, your paper, with enor mous headlines, pronounced It a bill ovnlnst trusts with teeth. In this message I said, among other things: "It behooves the government of every state to exert Its entire power In oontrihntinr to the destruction of mnnonolv. the restoration of compel! lng compliance with and In punishing violations of her laws. Two years ago the legislature. compliance with the dellnite mandate of the people, amended our antl-trust taw tin inenmorating Into H the entire substance of the only material part of the bill considered by the legislature Our Mr. M. Meyers has left for the Northern Market to buy Fall and Winter Goods for the TTT 11 5-7 South Main Street " We want to clear all Summer Goods now, in order to do this all goods have been reduced. You must come and pay us a visit and follow the crowd to the PALAIS ROYAL. EVERY PIECE OF GOODS IN THE HOUSE MARKED DOWN. Read Below Fruit of the Loom Bleaehings. . . . . .". . . . . , : . ; ,:" 9c 6G-ineh Table Linen, 50c grade ' 25c yd . Best Calico, 8c grade, special ', " ' . ......... ,5c yd One lot of White Gooda, slightly Boiled, range in price from 15c to 30c yard, : the entire line will be placed on sale at the popular price of 12 l-2c yd Best Values Ever Offered in Table Linens, Sheets, Pillow Cases! and Bed Spreads, Read Below: v' ' 4 ' r - - : , v.- .. . .. , One hundred Bed Sheets, 72x00 ... ....V ,4-lc One hundred Bed Sheets, 76x00. . . . " ' ' Peprell Mill Sheets, 72x90 ... .. ... . . '". "'69c Peprell Mill Sheets, 81x00 .'.'..!!.'.!!" !. ........ ,......15c One hundred $1.50 Bed Spreads ...... .'. ... . . .'.' ' . " )8c Best grade Pillow Cases . . ... .' .' . .12 l-2c 12c Curtain Swiss, upecial.. ,'... .""?"' " jq0 New line of 25c Curtain Swiss, plain an! 'fancy, special, all" 25c .grades' ' for"-' Sale Bay ... ... ... .. , t 18tf- , VISIT OUR READY-TO-WEAR DEPARTMENT. Boys Wash Suits, Children's Dresses, all greatly reduced - v . L, SEE OUR SHIRT WAIST BARGAINS. ": ' -hvery W aist in the hone greatly reduced. Grand Clearance Sale t .1 .-- Lyory ITat must go in the next few days. 1 All Millinery greatly reduced. Now is li,p,tl,lii" to r"Hll your hat Kemembcr the only store in Asheville that will re- i - i y.-.-r i.-t n;i:::. tt 1907, which then failed to become i law. So far as our substantive law n the subject goes, it is strong; and :leaY. though it has not had the bene It effect which its advocates antlcl ated. In my judgment we should en arge the scope of the lawmaking acts ntended to destroy competition and create monopoly, tcrlminal, by addlns certain other subsections to section 1 if chapter 218 of tho Acts of 1907, uid experience . suggests the wisdom ind necessity of amending; said chap :er in other respnets to render it more ffective ..! "6 have endeavored to obtain from he several solicitors, who have In the ast two years, represented the statw n tha various Judicial districts, defi nite suggestions which, in' their om- lal experience or otherwise, have ot urred to them as. proper amendments .o strengthen-our law. One of the tfilest has suggested that the words article or thing of value," used In said taw probably Included only tangmie things and would not Include tele phone and telegraph messages. Al- :hough j the corporation commission has the power to regulate ineir hars-ea. I recommend that you con. slder the language used In the statute with the view of Including practices, which are prejudicial to the righto of the people and for the purpose of In cluding rates and tolls. I also recommend that suosecimn G' be added aa foHu .rs: For any person, firm, corporation or association to contract to combine in the form of trusts or otherwise, or to conspire with' any other person. Arm. corporation or association in re straint of trade, commerce or manu facture In thia state.' "I further recommend that an addi tional subsection H' he a1leu as ioi folws: 'For fcny person, firm, corpor ation or association to monopolize or attempt to monopolize or combine or conspire with any othor person, firm, Corporation or association to monopo lize any part of the trade, commerce or manufacture within this state.' "These two sections rccommenflea are the substance of the two most Im portant sections of the federal anil trust lflw I recommend that the use of cou pons In packages of merchandise or other articles of value be forbidden In this state. "I also recommend that. In purchas ing goods, wares or merchandise for the use of the state or any of Its Institutions, It be provided that pre ference shall be given to tho products of Independent manufacturers and dealers. "The constitution places the control of all criminal prosecutions in the Su perior court in the hands of the dis trict solicitors. The governor of North Carolina as I construe the law, has no power to employ lawyers to prosecute criminal cases, tinder our antl-trust law, prohibition law, assault and bat tery law, or any other criminal statute, except where state functional or property lntrest Is Involved. A pros ecution under out anti-trust law will mulre much care,' investigation, pre paration and generally a hard trial. I recommend that the governor be au thorised to employ specin) counsel to assist solicitors In prosecutions under our anti-trust law, and to employ spe elul nge.nts to investigate the facta upon sugKestlone from a solicitor that such investigation Is desirable In any caso of supposed 'violation of such law, and that the treasurer be author- lied to pay the compensation ana ex penses of such counsel and agent out of the public treasury upon the audi tor's warrant Issued upon the gov ernor's approval. I abo recommend that the said law be amended so that 10 Per cent of the fines collected by virtue of any proeecutlon thereunder be paid to the solicitor, such special counsel assisting him and the private prosecutors. If 'there te any, tn such proportion as the trial court may ad judge. I alto recommend that It be provided that .my violations of our antl-trust law shall subject the offender to a penalty of 100 a day, which may be recovered by any citizen of the xUUe, and that any person, firm, cor poration or association Injure! by Its violation shall upon Having his ac tual damages legally assessed have a judgment against the defendant for three times such actual damages." Tlie Governor Throws a Dagger. With these rexiirds well known you assume to credit the contradictory re collection of one who Is seeking my defeat You have claimed to be neu tral In state contests within the dem ocratic party. You took no part In former senatorial contests either tn lvOt or tn 10. Pinca then you have probably grown more confident and have determined to defeat two candi dates for the senate, whether you have determined to elect one or not You can constantly bombard me, but I shaU leave my cause with the peo. pie hoping that nt they nominated roe once. without your help, they can nominate me again -against your op position. ; I am not afraid of the truth, and I do- not believe you can mislead the people :! r as to my personal, political or OfUclul charac ter. When I was a candidate before there was an effort to injurs me by charging that I was unsafe and dan gerous. You now take the other tack, and try to make the people think that I have no moral courage, am truck ling, am a hypocrite, and have made pledges to break them. I have pur used the even tenor of my way, dis charging the duties of my high office tinder my oath .taking advice from all, but not controlled by you or any one. I My attitade toward trusts has nev er changed.. I am as anxious te aid itt the destruction of private monopo lies and the punishment of offenders mm I ever claimed to be. I neVer said that 1 could destroy the Amerltan Tobacco company or any other trust operating throughout the ' United Hiates tf elected governor. And yet you have tried te make your readers lielleve that I never promised the people to usurp the powers of the leg' iilature or el the Judiciary. I have always regarded the great ' trusts as pillaging plunderers of eur progress nnd I shall do what ! can to relieve the people from their oppression under the constitution of this state and ths United States. These commercial pi rates I have fought from my youth up to this day. I have always thought, and still think, rich and great offen- I iters should be punished as well as I others. 1 Rerords Bear Hit Fart. I ' The charge that you make upon I the recollection of a Ci nvrstlon two and a half years r' in substance I tlmt, after my nmlnH..n or election, I changed my attitude tnwrrl trui : "mi ( unn lely (or me, t! - records .io ! iM'hvb dhtprovn e v i- i sJiio "! I 1 ): .1 : I' hunt ' ! , r- iPiltfltill '.;'3r"S4 :'..: . X -4' r ' rwiri sr r . I hp .tor Sn p Sfrirte . 1 ja aav whiv kyiui tu TODAY Tremendous Pice ;: lleductions f You will find that this is soinetliirig -more than an ordinary sale. ' It is an op portunity, a chance, an occasion where by those who are wise enough to; take ad-' vantage of it are going to profit by it im mensely. A genuine money-saving event, offering big assortment of strictly high class goods at decided price reduction a sale where prices have actually been made with utter disregard of cost of for- ' v . mer" selling prices. These prices "go into effect Monday, July 24th, and will last until all summer goods are closed out. Muslin Underwear Sale Begins this Morning--Come, Be Here Early to Get the Best Bargains tot D :8licAC' 98 Cts $1.48 The Good Things Wont Last Long me rujiuwiiig neiiis Dear iveuucea rnces All retticoatS V '': ': All Kimonas. Y ' . All Dressing Sacques. . . All Summer Knit Underwear, All Silk Gloves. ' All Silk Dresses. All Marquisette Dresses. All Challie. Dresses. All Lingerie Dresses. All Lawn Dresses. All Linen Dresses. Several Lots of Corsets. All Scarfs. All Evening Capes, All Veils and Veilings, All .Comforters. All Lace Curtains. v All Sweaters. All Linen Suits. ' ' All "Wool Suits. All Silk Coats. , All Cloth Coats. All Linen Coals. All Voile Skirts. , - All "Misses Peter Thompson. All Babies' Cans Several Lots of Hosiery. All Hand Embroidered Un- ;;. lerwear. , All- Children 's Dresses. All Panama Skirts. ' All Linen Skirts. All Parasols and Umbrellas. AU Hand Hags. All Neck Wear. All Hair Goods. - All Shirt Waists. . . Peerless-Fashion Co., 51Aventj?n will resort rather than to the product of the Intemperate seal of another's advocate. In this state .the three de partments, the executive, the Judicial and the legislative, are separate and apart. The governor of North Caro lina la the only governor In the Unit- Stated that has no veto power, and the governor without the power to veto legislation can havs little power beyond the reason of hla messages In securing legislation. Tou have con stantly opposed giving the governor the veto power. A striking compari son of the powers of governors Is found between the governor of this stats and the governor of New Jersey, who has the veto power, who has the power of appointing the secretary of state, the Judges of the Supreme court, the clerk of the Supreme court, the District judges, the attorney-gen-eral and the district attorneys. A governor with this sower, disposed to use the "big stk-k" can be very effect ive In legislation, and yet the governor of New Jersey has not driven the American Tohacco companyone of Its chartered Institutions from ItJ borders. Tou tr.v think that the gov ernor of North Carolina without such powers should try to browbeat a leg islature Into compllunce 'with his wishes. I have no such conception of either my moral or constitutional du ties In respect to the acts of a coor dinate branch of the government which the people of Noith Carolina have created. W. W. K ITCH IN. Raleigh, N. C, July 20, 1(11. the Observer" ' blttee In 'Charlotte to any address In the world for ten cents each. News dealers and agents should send their orders In early. No matter where your friends live order copies of this edition sent to them. Send the names and addresses with remittance of ten cents for each copy to the Circulation Department, The Observer Company, Chariots, N. C. Senator Owta Arrested' Bands for i . . Speeding. Washington, July 14. Senator Owen of Oklahoma was one of It persons arrested Bund In Chevy Chase, Md., charged wltli overspeed Ing automobiles. The defendants put up collateral to Insure subsequent ap pearance, v A SpU-rulUl Achievement. With Its usual spirit of enterprise, the Charlotte Ol.wrver will lmie Wednesday, July in, a special edition uf abovt 109 pdRei, telling the story of the pr-nt conditio" and future possibilities of the territory of the two I'srollnas between Crnwooil, H. C, unj Durham. N. C. It la the Mory of xlufT correspondents nd llliixlrated Slid will l' m-ctited lt the le Iim . bonle'il k I". "J l. 1 r ill be ,i 1 . v i. M I .- " '' 4 ; 1 I ' i New and Second-Hand ""'FURMfURE Bought, ; old and Exchanged. Cash or Easy Credit Terms to One and All ; Our buslneM (a growing every dsy, we are handling the kind of Mills that the people want and our prices are making new trends for the llrm every day. WK OIVB A BQUARtS "DEAL" AND "QOUlflllTLT" ON TUB P KICKS. At the present time we onr some special Inducements to buy for we have a lot of goods thnt we mean to close out quickly and luive resorted to, deep cut In prices so as to make them move at doiilde I quick-stop. Um 1 need anything In the way of furniture to complete tl fui nlnhlncs of a room this Is the plHce to come, fur we imve thous ands M odd. pieces thnt will match up very well with what ymi h' now. , Dj.AL li GOWIITLY ; 7 it
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