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8k Mart fate mm. TBI ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast: OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. VOL." XVII., NO. 138. ASHEVILLE, N .0., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 18, 1912. 3c PER COPY Ik GRA1 7 INQUIRY RES UMiiD TOD A Y Samuel J. Nicholls and E. S. Reed Witnesses Before Investigating Com mittee. BLEASE'S ACCUSERS WON'T ENTER STATE Felder, Reed and Burns De clare That They Fear Vengeance by the Governor. Columbia, July 18. The legislative committee which Is Investigating charges of political graft In the state reconvened here today. Samuel J. Ntcholls of, Spartanburg, the attorney who Detective E. S. Reed said was Gov. Bleas's agent in bargaining for a pardon for a prisoner was an nounced as the principal witness of today. His partner, C. P. Sims, who, according to Reed, was to share in the purchase money for the pardon, also will be called. The last meeting of the committee was at Augusta, Ga where Detectives Reed and Burns and Attorney Thomas B. Felder of Atlanta gave such sensa tional testimony Involving the gov ernor and other state officials. Reed and Felder have refused to come here to appear before the com mute saying they are afraid of Gov. Bleasc if they come into the state. They said they were willing further to testify if the committee meets out of South Carolina. Nicholls read into the record a re quest that Reed be present. He de nied he had said Blease received any thing for signing the interurban bill, but said he had represented to Blease that failure to sign would hurt the Piedmont section. He snid he could not say what occurred in Reed's room as he became Intoxicated. The whis key had a peculiar effect on him, he said, and the statements recorded by the telephonic device didn't represent "sane moments" or facts. He denied ever offering a bribe and denied rep resenting Green In securing a par don. Detective Won't Enter State. Spartanburg, July 18. When the South Carolina dispensary investigat ing commission convenes In Columbia today to give S. J. Nicholls of tills city an opportunity to appear before that oody with an explanation of his con nection with the alleged plot to pur chase from Governor Blease a pardon lor James Johnson, the yeggman In the penitentiary In this state, , he will not be confronted by Detective Reed ot the William J. Burns agency, as was expected. Reed has declined to come Into South Carolina, according to announcement made here by Chair man Carlisle of the commission. The detective takes the position that he will have no protection in South Car olina so long as Governor Blease Is the chief executive and should he be shot his assailant would be pardoned. This Is the situation bb explained by a member of the commission. "The detectives will not come into the state 'uncovered' " Is the way the member." of the commission expressed It. Reed Is the detective who repre sented himself as "Mr. Porter of Chi cago," and secured from Nicholls a dictagraph record of several-thousand words reviewing conditions in South Carolina, proclaiming his dominating Influence over the governor and en tering into an agreement to secure Johnson's pardon by Governor Blease In consideration of a fee of $15,000, to be divided, according to the dicta graph record, between Nicholls, C. P. Sams, Nicholls' associate, and 'the gov ernor. Mr. Nicholls, accompanied by his father, Judge George W. Nicholls, his uncle, W. M. Jones, an attorney,, and a half dozen other lawyers, members of the local bar, left for Columbia last night. CD1I, WILSON CAN T COME BUT GOV. MARSHALL MAY Responses Received to Re quests that Democratic Can didates Visit Ashevillc. Gaiette-News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh. Raleigh, July 18. Governor Kltchln Joined some days ago In an urgent invitation by the Wilson Democratic club of Ashevllle to Governor Woodrow Wilson, nom inee for president of the United States and governor Thomas E. Marshall nominee for vice present, to come to Ashevllle as early m the campaign us possible for a big ratification Jubl lee. There camo today to Governor Kltchln a reply from Governor Wll ' n regretting that It will be Impos sible for him to come, and from Gov ernor Marshall saving that he will visit Ashevllle If he can possibly QUIZZED MURDER CftSE Jack Rose, Wanted in Rosen thal Inquiry, Gives Himself up. New York, July 18. Jack Rose, wanted by the police in connection with the murder of Herman Rosen thal, the gambler and informer against the police, went to police headquarters today and was ques tioned for two hours. He admitted, according to Deputy Police Commis sioner Dougherty, that he was a pas senger In the automobile in which Rosenthal's murderers drove to the hotel, but Rose said he left the car before the shooting took place. The deputy commissioner would not say whether Rose told who else was In the tar. Rose was arrested and taken to the district attorney's office, where he was examined in connection with the grand jury probe Into the gambling situation. "I am positive," said Dougherty, "that we will have Rosenthal's murderers In custody soon. I believe we know who did the snooting. The Rose statement did not implicate Police Lieutenant Keckei. who, I believe, was ignorant the mur der was to occur." While the police last night continu ed to declare their confidence that there would be a speedy solution of the problem of who shot and killed Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, and what were the motives behind the murder, the net apparent result of yesterday's activities on their part was the apprehension of "Brldgie" Webber, an influential east side sport ing man and his release on small bail after he had been questioned. Webber admitted that he was the man who had heard a suspicious con. versation the day preceding the crime between members jof a pol.er party on a steamer excursion up Long Island Sound, during which threats were made to "get" Rosenthal If he per sisted In continuing his revelations of alleged partnership between the po lice and the gambling fraternity. After hearinsl Webber's story, the police started out on what they declared to be a new trail. The question of whether police ani mosity over Rosenthal's revelations or gamblera vlndictiveness from the same cause Inspired the murder plot appar ently was as far as ever from being answered last night. After Police Commissioner Waldo had forwarded to District Attorney Whitman a writ ten report that the latter begin "a complete Investigation of charges of partnership between gamblers and the police and that members of the force were guilty of instigating the murder of Rosenthal." the district at torney Issued a statement declaring that he had never charged that lb" police were responsible for Rosenthal's death. At the same time he reiterated his criticisms of the failure of police men near at hand when the crime was committed to obtain evidence that would have beei invaluable In running down the perpetrators of the crime. "1 wish to say that I have never charged that the police are responsible for Herman Rosenthal's death," said Mr. Whitman In his statement. "But I desire to say this: Four men shot Rosenthal to death, firing five or six shots at him. This was done in a conspicuous public place which was a." light as It Is at noonday. Five or six policemen were within less than a stone's throw of the scene of the crime. The murderers entered a mo tor car and escaped with little more than a pretense of pursuit. The offi cers admit that they lost sight of the automobile before they started in the taxlcab. These facts present a shock ing situation. ThoBe members of the police force who were present at the time of the crime having failed so signally to obtain evidence, the task of bringing lo Justice the perpetrators of the crime and those who Instigated their action Is a very difficult one." A sensational story of the late after- ,noon was that a woman whose name waB revealed had gone before the grand Jury and testified that the gray automobile used by the murderers of Rosenthal In going to the Hotel Me tropolis and fleeing from the scene after the fhootlng had been standing frlm 6 to 10 o'clock that night In front of the home of Police Lieutenant Charles Becker, who had ben accused bv Rosenthal of being In partner with him In the gambling business. It was aid. however, that Becker frequently used a car similar to the one employ ed by the party of murderers. Other statements discrediting the story were made. $25,000 OF JEWELRY STOLEN IN CHICAGO Chicago. July Is. Jewelry valued at lit, 000 was stolen from a sample carrier on a crowded street today. The thief escaped. .Mount Sinn! Found. Berlin. July 18. The discovery of what Is believed to he the real "Mt Slnal" of holy scripture Is reported to the academy of srlenee by one signing himself Pror. AI'Muitl from Damascus. Prof. Musll believes that rhe extinct volcano Hal-el-Bedr, In the HciIJa region of northern Arabia, I the Biblical mountain where the ten commandments wnro given tu Moses. ANOTHER BRITAIN ACTS FOR RAILROADS Says Senator 0 'Gorman of New York in Denouncing Canal Bill. LODGE FOR REBATING THE PANAMA TOLLS While Others Favor Direct Provision for Free Passage American Rights un der Treaty. Washington, July 18. Senator O'Gorman of New York charged in the senate yesterday that railroad influ ence was behind Great Britain's pro test against the Panama canal, hill and he joined with Senator Lodge in de claring that the United States possess ed full rights under the British treaty to give free passage to ships of Amer ican register. These two speeches marked the debate in the senate on the Panama canal bill. Both Mr. Lodge and Mr. O'Gorman declared this nation was not bound by the Hay-Pauncefote treaty to give foreign ships all the privileges granted American ships. Mr. Ixidge favored a bill to rebate the tolls to American ships, however, while Senator O'Gor man declared the United States pos sessed the full right to give American vessels free passage, if desired. Sen ator Lodge conceded that if the case went to The Hague court the United States would probably .lose. The support for the provision giving free passage to American ships, against which Great Britain has pro tested, was more emphatic than at any time since the senate began considera tion of the bill. Mr. O'Gorman. Mr. Cummins and others declared that if the United States had to construe the treaty literally in giving the ships of atl nations equal treatment, it would by other terms of the treaty be pre vented from defending the canal in rase of war. Railroad Influence Behind Protest. "If a-Japanese fleet appeared at the western end of the canal,'' said Sena tor Reed, of Missouri, "bent upon passing through to attack the city of New York, the United States would have no right under such a construc tion of the treaty, to take any steps gainst it. Senator Burton of Ohio, who made the first speech Monday in support of the British theory that the United States can give no special privileges to Its own vessels, declared war would suspend the operation of the treaty. Senator McCumber, however, In a speech against the free provision, con ceded that it was his belief the canal would have to remain neutral even in time of war. and that the United States would be forbidden by the Hay- Pauncefote treaty for taking any measures to blockade or use the canal for Its own protection. Senator O'Gorman declared that railroad influence was behind the Brit ish .protest. I do not think British shipping is greatly Interested," he snld, "I believe the railroads of Canada and the rail roads of the United States have been enabled to secure the co-operation of the British office of foreign affairs, to embarrass this government in the at tempt wo are now making to secure legislation to keep railroad controlled ships out of the Panama canal. "The only government that has as sumed any special burden under the treaty Is the United States," said Sen ator O'Gorman. "England and other countries have assumed no burdens beyond the payment of the tolls and the' agreement as to the terms of Its neutrality. Knglnnri Can Remit Tolls. 'There Is nothing to prevent Eng land from remitting to its merchant ships every dollar of tolu paid the Panama canal. There Is nothing to prevent similar action by other coun tries. The only power that Is tram meled, restricted and curtailed In the performance of Its duties to Its own citizenship Is the one that has spent 400, 000,000 In the construction of this great enterprise." He said Spain already has legislated "to reimburse Spanish ships for the tolls spent In going through our canal." Senator Lodge raised the question whether the United States would have a right to interfere If another country should undertake to pay the tolls of Its ships when passing through the canal. No foreign country, he said, could Interfere with any arrangement the United State might make for the payment of tolls. "If any government should under take to do so I for one would protest," ho said. MILLION FOR PARKER I'Odei'cc Heard as to Contribution to the IH-mocratlc Campaign Fund In 1901. Washington, July 18. The demo cratic campaign fund contained about 11,000,000 when Alton B. Parker ran for president In 1904, according to W. K. Sheehan. who testified today before the senste committee Investi gating campaign contributions. He was then chVlrman of the democratic executive committee. Ivonct tnptiirnl. Havana. July 11. Gen. Pendro lvonet, last of the leaders of t bo re cent negro uprising remaining uartor arms, Is captured near Santiago. ITTEMPI LIFE OF PRESIDENT? Report Current in Washington That Infernal Machine Was in the White House Mail Today. STORY IS OFFICIALLY DENOUNCED AS FALSE It Is Said Assistant Secretary Sherman Allen Extinguish ed Sputtering Fuse With His Hands. Washington, July IS. A story of an attempt on the life of the presi dent Is being denied vigorously by White House officials and Chief Wilkie of the secret service. It is said a bomb was concealed in a pack age received late yesterday at the executive offices and placed on the desk of Sherman Allen, one of the White House assistant secretaries, who has just been appointed assistant secretary of the treasury. The pack age was intended for the president, but as all mall is opened before be ing sent to him, this was opened by Allen. The report is that as Allen unwrapped the package he discovered an infernal machine said to have been charged with dynamite with a fuse sputtering which he quickly extin guished with his hands. Allen emphatically denies the story, as do all other White House officials. Chief Wilkie also denies it. It al ways hag been the policy to deny publicity to any incident which savors of an attempt upon the president. Allen denounced the story as un true and called It an absurd hoax. MIT CALL LEGISLATURE TO ELECT LSENATBR Attorney General Holds De neen Cannot Appoint Suc cessor to Lorimcr, Springfield. III., July IS. In a long opinion submitted last evening to Gov ernor Deneen by Attorney General Stead, the latter holds that there Is no vacancy in the othce of senator in the congress of the United Stntes at this time, from the state of Illinois, within the meaning of the second paragraph of section three of article one of the constitution of the United States, and that the governor had not the power to appoint a senator, following the action of the United States senate on last Saturday in declaring the elec tion of William Ixirimer void. Governor Deneen said had not as yet given the opinion careful attention and was not to say what he might do. with reference to calling a special scs slon of the legislature to elect a United States senator. ine attorney -general cites the case of Lee Mantle of Montana and Mat thew S. Quay of Pennsylvania, and de cldes that the Lorlmer case is analo gous to those two. He says the senate having determined that Lorlmer's election was invalid, It follows that, so far as the question of the power of the governor to appoint is concerned, the situation is the same as If thi legislature of l : had made no at tempt to elect a senator to succeed Albert J. Hopkins, whose regular term expired on March 3, 1909. In other words the legal effect of the determination of the senate that the election of lxrlmer was Invalid Is that the legislature of 1909 failed to elect a senator. If that be correct. the attorney-general adds, the lorl- mer case so far as the governor to appoint Is concerned, is Identical with the case of Mantle and Quay. Chicago, July 18. When former United States Senator William Lori- mer returns here next Tuesday he will be welcomed publicly by his friends. He Will be met at the railway station nnd escorted to his home on the West Side by a long parade led by several bands. In the evening, a mass meeting will be held. Mr. Iiorlmer will be the prin cipal speaker. Britain's Canal ITotest Itccclved. Washington, July 18. Great Bri tain's formal protest against the canal bill now In the senate was presented to Secretary Knox by A. Mitchell In net, charge or the British embassy. Knox will send It to the president, who probably will transmit It lo congress with a special message. The communication Is understood to be an elaboration, supported by argu ments, of objections to the free toll provlrl na of the canal legislation out lined In Innes' note to the state de partment on July 8. Mooney Decline Proffered Position Washington, July II. Granville W. Mooney, former speaker of the Ohio assembly, has declined the post as as sistant secretary to the president ten dered him. Me wishes to remain In Ohio, it is said. WEBB REPLIES 10 Democratic Chairman Does Not Indicate That He Will Be in a Hurry to Call Committee. HE EXPECTS TO AWAIT REPUBLICANS' ACTION Thinks There Is No Great Dif ference of Opinion in Com mittee as to Primary Qualifications. Charles A. Webb, chairman of the state democratic executive committee received late yesterday afternoon the letter from Governor Kitchin, which whs published yesterday In which the governor asked that Mr. Webb call a meeting of the executive committee at once for the purpose of putting a definite construction on the words, 'democratic ticket;" in other words, to determine who should be allowed to participate in the senatorial primary. Mr. Webb has answered Governor Kitchin and states that he will call a meeting of the committee. It will he seen, however, that Mr. Webb does not say that he will call the meeting at once, but as soon as it is practica ble, after the appointment of the ad vlsory committee and after the state republican convention and the Roose velt c onvention, to be held August 5 in Chicago, it may also be seen that the calling of this meeting will not oc casion any change, whatever in the plans of the executive committee as it had already ordered that a meeting should be held "before October 15," when there will be a number of "im portant matters for consideration." One might also gather from Mr. Webb's letter that Governor KltChtn'a fears for "sound democracy" are more or less unfounded, since it was virtu ally decided at the last meeting of the committee that the "democratic ticket" meant the entire ticket, the national, congressional, legislative, state and county. It Is perceptable that Mr. Webb means to imply that the committee itself meant to take action with regard to the guarding' of 'Vound democracy." before the sudden fear of Governor Kitchin impelled him to demand it. The letter is as follows: I have the honor-to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the sixteenth requesting that I call "the state dem ocratic executive committee together without delay for the purpose of giv ing a plain and definite construction of the words, 'democratic ticket,' as used in our convention's senatorial primary resolution." I think it hardly necessary for me to say that it will be my unalterable purpose in this campaign to do ev erything I possibly can for the pro motion of sound democracy, and for the welfare of the democratic party. You doubtless know that at the re cent meeting of the committee held in Raleigh July 9, there was consid erable discussion of the meaning of the words, "democratic ticket." Those who expressed themselves, in effect, agreed on the same interpretation. Honorable J. W. Bailey, E. L. Travis, A. D. Watts, Walter Clark and others stated that in their opinion the. words meant the entire democratic ticket and when it appeared that there was little if any disagreement on their construction, Mr. Bailey offered a res olution declaring it to be the sense ot the ciunmillee that the words "demo cratic ticket," meant national, con gressional, legislative, state and coun ty tickets. To t'ils, resolution Mr. Watts offered an amendment that it would also be the sense of the com mittee that no elector, who in the rcg ular election of November f, 1912, oted for any republican, should be permitted to vote In the senalorinl primary. After a free and full dis cussion of the resolution and amend ment action thereon was postponed by order of the committee to a meet ing of the same to be called by the chairman not later than October IS. In obedience to this order of the com mittee, 1 beg to assure you that I will at an early date fix a date for this meeting. I had not intended, how ever, that this meeting should be held until after the appointment of the advisory committee provided for by the plan of organization, which has not yet been appointed, and until lifter the opening of democratic head quarters In Raleigh, which will be about the middle of August. I am anxious to have a full meeting of the state executive committee to gether with the advisory committee, as soon as practicable, after the meet ing of the republican state conven tion and which Is to assemble In Au gust, and also Mfter the convention called by Colonel Roosevelt to be held on the fifth day of August In Chi cago. There will be at that time matters of Importance for the consideration of our committee, and I thlrjk that the advisability of meeting after the date of the above conventions will at once suggest Itself to those who are Interested In the welfsre of the party. Democrat Rcsiune I'llllumter. Washington, July 18. The senate democrats, defeated In an effort to have the wool bill taken up, resumed (heir filibuster against the hundred and fifty million dollar sundry civil appropriation bill. GOVERNOR SWARTZ ENDED LIFE WITH GAS seeking to bind fa5telegt0h5 Taft Active in Trying to Pre vent Defections to New Party. Washington, July 18. President Taft will fight Colonel Roosevelt and leaders of. the third party movement for every presidential elector who runs on a republican ballot under the president's name. The fight will be carried into every state where third party leaders hope to have republican electors vote for Mr. Roosevelt. Regular republicans in touch with the president, the re publican national committee and the Taft leaders will begin at once a cam paign to make sure that electors vot ed for on. the republican ticket will stand by that ticket in the electoral college. Suggestions of compromises said to have been taken to the White House got no hearing from the president. He made it plain yesterday to a dele gation of South Dakota men that he would listen to nothing of that kind. He believes that men who appear on, and are voted for on, republican bal lots are bound to vote for the repub lican nominees. No plan of action has been devised in states like South Dakota, Maryland and Pennsylvania, where Roosevelt leaders have expressed the view that the electors now on the republican ticket would line up for the colonel, but callers who talked with Mr. Taft yesterday were convinced he would tight this plan to the end. Senator Gamble and Representative Burke of South Dakota took a state delegation to the White House and after the con ference with the president, the dele gation left for New York, where the case will be taken up with Chair man Hilles of the republican national committee. Delegations from Maryland and Pennsylvania have no set engagements with the president, but it is probable that these states will be taken up within a few days. The detailed answer which Presi dent Taft's advisers will make to charges that his nomination at Chi cago was procured in illegal fashion was one of the first subjects that greeted Carmi A. Thompson of Ohio when he yesterday assumed the post of secretary to the president. Mr. Thompson discussed the answer with former United States Senator rharles Dick of Ohio, who had charge of the Taft contests before the republican national committee at Chicago. The Ftatement reviews every contest and is longer than any presidential mes sage. At the conclusion of the con ference, however, it was said that a comprehensive abstract would be drafted. It is the idea of republican leaders to arm Taft speakers with all the fact3 in every contest in every state they visit. The abstract prob ably will be made public through the newspapers and that and the full answer probably will be published in pamphlet form. ONE KILLED, MANY HURT IN WRECK NEAR BRISTOL Several Mail Clerks Injured in Memphis Special De railment. Bristol, July 18. Bruce A. Hodges, a railway mail clerk of this city, was instantly killed and several others seriously injured when the New York nnd Memphis No. 25 was wrecked on the Southern railway, five miles south of Bristol, at 4 o'clock yesterday aft ernoon. The cause of the wreck Is not knwn. The train was In charge of Engineer Honey Brooka, and was running 20 minutes late. The tender of his engine left the rallB on a re verse curve and although the tr rider turned over, it did not go down the hank, while the mall car, combina tion baggage and colored coach and two day coaches went down the 25 foot embankment The diner and two sleepers left the rails and plough ed up the earth a distance of ?00 feet, hut only the diner followed the day coaches down the embankment. The wooden mall car partially col lapsed and Bruce A. Hodges, one of the clerks, who was evidently trying to get through a side door, was caught under the ear and killed Instantly, ills father, Mark L Hodges, clerk In charge of the car, was beside him. Both were hurled under the debris and Hodges' body could not be re moved for several hour. The father was brought to a local hospital In critical condition. His right leg Is twice broken, while his left arm s broken. He Is otherwise Injured. J M. Dorn, another railway mall clerk from South Carolina, was seriously Injured about the head and shoulders. E. J. Feaglna, one of the six clerks, was similarly Injured. A hundred or more passengers were severely shaken up and bruised but none was seriously hurt. "I Am Guilty and Insane" Reads Note Left by the Slayer of Little Ju lia Connors. HIS BODY IS FOUND IN TENEMENT TODAY Escaping Gas Fumes Reveal Fate of Youth Engaged Rooms Eight Days Ago. New York, July 18. The body of Nathan Swartz, whose father inform ed the police that his son was the slay er of 14 -year-old Julia onnors, was found early today in the fourth floor of a tenement. He had committed sui cide with gas. His father had told him he had best kill himself. A body found in the river several days ago was first identified as Swartz's, but this was later denied. Swartz engaged the- room eight days ago, under an assumed name. He was found by his landlord, who smelled gas. Written on his collar were the words: "I am guilty and in sane. Caused by beautiful make-up of women which has made me pas- slnnate." On a newspaper were the words: "I was sorry the minute after I did it so don't cry for me." letter to his mother asked her not "to cry her eyes out." The body of Julia Connors was found in a park, with numerous stab wounds in It. 60V. WILSON SELECTING CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Confers With Leaders Today Candidate Has Answer ed 10,000 Letters. Sea Girt, July 18 Beyond a tenta tive slate for the personnel of his campaign committee,. Governor Wil son said he would submit no program to McCombs and the nine leaders ex pected here this afternoon. "Our discussion will be exclusively on organization, " he said. Sea Girt, N. J., July 18. The demo cratic campaign committee which will direct the coming presidential cam paign will be selected here today, l:i part If not In whole, by Governor Wilson and National Chairman Mc Combs in consultation with nine lead ers of the party whom the governor has invited' to confer with him. The men whom the governor has invited to Sea Girt and upon whose advice he will lean heavily In making his choice are: Robert S. Hudspeth, national committeeman from New Jersey; Josephus Daniels, national committeeman for North Carolina; Willard Salisbury, national committee man from Pennsylvania; J. E. Davles, national committeeman from Wiscon sin, secretary of the democratic na tional committee; Senator Gore of Oklahoma, Senator O'Gorman of New York, Representative Burleson of Texas and William G. McAdoo of New York. While the power of appointment of the campaign committee Is vested In Mr. McCombs, It Is understood he will hut act as a medium and that the ac tual appointments will be made by Governor Wilson. Whether the per sonnel of the committee Is lo be made public at once depends solely upon the celerity with which Governor Wilson and his ten advisers complete their task. The appointment will not bo made piecemeal unless the governor changes his present Intention, but will be announced as a whole. In addition to the personnel of the committee. Governor Wilson plans to dlsruss with the guests In a broad sense the organization of the cam paign. Governor Wilson signed his ten thousandth letter yesterday in answer to admirers awaiting his attention. There are still more than fifty pounds of unanswered telegram, estimated at 10,000 In number. The senders of these also will receive his personal thanks. Among the letters received by Gov ernor Wilson recently have been fifty or so asking him if he really did abolish the civil marriage ceremony In New Jersey. The governor wondered, at first, how any one could have gotten an Impression that he did, but recalled the Martin act, passed recently by tho legislature, eliminating from the half doien or no grades of civil officers who may officiate at marriages the Justices of the peace. A greet light broke on him and he replied to each letter, emy Ing that he did not abolish civil mar riages but that the passage of the act merely put an end to abuses of their power by Justices and that there were still any number of Jersey mayors, aldermen, magistrates, recorders and the like who were e vino were i rfectly willing properly 11. en o them. and perfe couple, properly llconi apply lo I