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A SOUSCS 0$ WEAKNESS.
There is little doubt, in our opin
ion, that the treaty with Spain by
virtue of which the Philippines .will
become the property of this country
will be confirmed by the Senate, but
that will not make their acquisition
any the less of a misfortune, and we
have not the slightest donbt that
some of the Senators who will vote
far the ratification would be glad if
the question never came before the
Senate while ttfere are others who
would opppse it if they did not con
sider their party committed to it,
and do not care tbVarray themselves
in antagonism, to their parfiy.
There may be others who will vote
for it with-the hope that we may
some day sell them or trade them to
seme other nation and thus escape
the responsibilty of governing and
of taking jcare of them. -
Some time ago in a speech at
Omaha Senator Thurston- declared
thatf he was opposed to the acquisi
tion of these islands and gave some
f his reasons for this opposition,
but" said that this must not be con
strued as foreshadowing how , he
would vote when that question came
before the Senate, which was equiva
lent to saying that although he con
sidered their acquisition a bad thing
for the country he would, when the
matter came before the Senate, vote
for it beeausethe administration and
the party were committed to it, and
as a party man he would subordi
nate his individual opinions and vote
to sustain the administration. Per
haps he is one of those who may
hope that we will be able some time
to get rid of the incubus and dump
the, islands on some other nation.
If there be any such they may well
entertain such "hope, for these
islands, remote m 'they are, will be
a perpetual menace, and a source of
weakness rather than.s.trengtn'.
Leaving out of the question the
perplexing and possibly very trouble
some task of governing such a hetero
genous people, composed of many
different races, some of whom are
Dicteriy, hostile to others, even as
soiling that they would without
opposition acquiesce in the transfer
of sovereignty to us, we would be
confronted by other questions grow
ing out of such sovereignty which
may prove more perplexing and sen
ourthan the government of 7,000,
000 Oi.' semi-barbaric mongrels would
be. Those islands are seven thous
and miles distent-from our nearest
port on the Pacific, and not less
than fourteen thousand miles from
the nearest port on the Atlantic'
-Unless there be a canal across the
isthmus through which we would
have the right of waiy at all times
we would be compelled to maintain
two powerful navies, one on the At
lantic and the other on the Pacific,
navies able to cope with- the navies
of the first-class nations of the
world not simply with fourth-class
nations like Spain, for it is the
. first-class nations we would be con
fronted by and with which we may
possibly become complicated on
.that side of the globe. As a pos
sessor of territory there we will
necessarily become involved in the
commercial and political questions
that may arise. We might wish
to avert this, but circumstances
might drag us in despite
our desire and inclination to keep
out. This Government did not
voluntarily go to war wifch Spain
It was the pressure of popular senti
Hient throughout the country, fol
lowing the wreck of the Maine, and
the idiocy of Spain which forced it.
And so at any time by popular out
bursts at home, or the aggressive, or
real or fancied insults by other pow
ers, or by complications of other
powers which might affect our inter
ests, we might find ourselves com-
"lelss-tnTBw down the gauge of
lttle or to take it up if thrown
down by another nation, and then
we would have upon our hands a
war to be waged seven thousand
wiles distant from our nearest base
of supplies. Such a war would not
he like the war with poor, decrepit
Sptin, bodily weak )and mentally
afflicted, not offensive war, such as
that was, but a defensive war, in
which we would have to protect the
laudB that are ours against power
ful nations. "-f
One of the things that gave us
VOL. XXX.
strength, that made us formidable I
and made other nations reluctant to
engage in quarrels with us, even
with our gmall navy, that bore so
little comparison to the proportions
of the navies of other- leading na
tions, was ; that we had no exposed
outposts and they would have to
come across the sea and give us
battle in our own waters, as Spain
foolishly did, and as other stronger
but more sensible nations would
shrink from doing. There are none
of them which would have the
temerity, even if they could get
close enough yb assault any of our
coast cities, to attempt an invasion,
and hence they kept at peace with
us when sometimes, if we had been
a more vulnerable subject, the
provocation might have been differ
ently regarded. But4 with posses
sions in s. the West Indies, with
Hawaii, with Guam, with the Phil- L
ippines, the conditions are changed
and they will find objects of attack
without coming to our doors and
fighting us on our own watery
domain. Thus we will noWnly
have our own coasts to defend, but
these scattered possessions, each one
of which is inhabited by a people
alien to us, and possibly as friendly
if not more so with the attacking
nation than they are with us.
It has been said, and there was
some ground for it, that Germany
had her eye upon the Philippines,
and that she was anxious to buy
them from Spain even after Admiral
Dewey had taken possession of Ma
nila harbor, and practically of the
city of Manila and of the island of
Luzon, for then there was cordial
co-operation between the Philippine
insurgents and him. Suppose in
the complications that may arise be
tween Germany and Russia, or Ger
many and England, we may become
involved, would not the Philippines
be an objective point of attack by
German ships? As these are days
of combinations between nations
isn't it quite likely that instead of
one nation we might have more than
one to fight? In that case we might
find an ally, and then would come
the ''entangling foreign alliances"
that the fathers warned us against,
for such an alliance would be based
on an expected reciprocation of
service when our allies became in
volved, and thus we may find our
selves dragged into the disputes and
quarrels of other nations, from which
we have heretofore kept aloof, and
all this the result of the policy of ex
pansion, from which we have littje
at best to expect. Instead of con
tributing to our strength or wealth
these distant islands will be elements
of weakness, and may become a
financial burden which will never
pay for the keeping.
PRECEDENTS THAT ARE NOT
PRECEDENTS.
Some of the expansion papers are
making desperate efforts to justify
the purchase of the Philippines by
what they call the precedents set in'
the purchase of Louisiana, Florida,
California and Alaska. In an edi
torial some time ago the New York
Tribune quoted these as precedents
justifying the acquisition of the
Philippines or of any other terri
tory that this government might
see fit to purchase. More recently
the New York Sun follows on the
same line, and thus answers those
who contend that the purchase of
the Philippines under the circum
stances is a violation of the cardi
nal principle of the Declaration of
Independence upon which this Re
public is cornerstoned We quote:
"An a nti-expansion con temporary
asks this hypothetical question: 'What
is our title to the Philippines worth if
the natives confront us with our own
Declaration or independence ana a
firm determination to govern them
selves?1 .
"The question is as old as the cen
tury. No less a statesman than the
author of the Declaration was called
upon to solve it, for it was involved in
the Louisiana purcnase, irom me ear
liest conception of that greatest of
all national acquisitions down to the
moment that Napoleon signed the
treaty and his representatives-surren
1 . - . 3 M TkT .
dered the possession of New Orleans
and the whole Mississippi country to
the agents . of Jefferson. Jefferson
boldly bought the title, and, great
constitutional lawyer though he was
framer of constitutions and Co
lumbus of the principles that underlie
all genuinely democratic organic
frameworks of government he
merged the lesser question in the
greater one and assumed full respon
sibility for an act which, in its results,
as we see them unfolded to-day, has
contributed more to change the desti
nies of the world and to make better
the condition of humanity than prob
ably has any other single act of all
the statesmen of thenineteenth cen
tury. w
"The title thus bought by Jefferson
without consulting the wishes of those
whom the transfer immediately affec
ted, he took every precaution possible
to defend, not only against those who
were to live under it in the new con
ditions then unknown to them, but
against the whole world. Ail this is
clearly set forth in his messages to
Congress, in his other State papers
and in his private correspondence on
public questions. His repeated re
commendations to the national legis
lature with respect to the classification
of the militia into "middle-aged and
married men for home service and
young men for distant service' had in'
view the defence of Louisiana. He
went so far in this direction as to urge
Congress again and again to make gifts
of land on the western bank of the Mis
sissippi to thirty thousand volunteer
soldiers to introduce them to settle
there and thus become a ready or
The
ganization force to hold the new terri
tory in the Union and to maintain the
title he had purchased against foreign
aggression or domestic insurrection of
either former French or Spanish sub
jects that might be dissatisfied with
the new orders. Jefferson, in his
lofty, constructive stesmanship, did
not allow his poliow to be trammelled
by a forced and unnatural construe
tion of a phrase in an instrument that
he had himself framed to meet exigen
cies widely and fundamentally differ
ent from those which then confronted
him. And in so doing he was in
nowise inconsistent, for the extension
over the Mississippi region of the
equal laws, equal? rights and equal
privileges of the republic Was
to its inhabitants the concession
for the first time in their history
of the free "government which is the
basic principle of the Declaration.
True, they were required to undergo a
certain tutelage to attain to it, but
from the very first they participated in
all its substantial benefits.
Whatever may be the ultimate fate
of the Philippines, there is high prece
dent for holding them subject to our
laws. The Louisiana precedents does
not stand alone. Following it came
the Florida, California and Alaska
precedents. Which one of these pos
sessions would not to-day put forth all
its resources to make good its title.
were it threatened, to be held as part
of the United States? So will it be in
a few years with the Philippines. The
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uuo to i nose i si an as is an rigni.
The Sun is an able paper and
is an able paper
never advocates or opposes anything
in a lukewarm way. When it es
pouses a cause it does it with all its
zeal and might and when it opposes
a measure or a man it is uncompro
mising as to one and relentless as
to the other. This it is what gave
the Sun its reputation and this it is
that made it feared by some and
courted by others. -
But like the Tribune, the Sun
here quotes a precedent which, like
the precedents quoted by theyTrib
une, is no precedent at all. There
is no parity between the case of the
Philippines and that of Louisiana,
Florida, California or Alaska, for in
none of these was there any dis
puted ownership or any question as
to the right of the sellers to sell.
There was no other claimant com
ing in with an asserted title to own
ership, and consequently when
these purchases were made they
came with an nnclouded title.
There is not the slightest re
semblance between the case of
Louisana and of the Philippines,
for Louisana was contiguous terri
tory and it was to the interest of
the young Republic, not from a
monetary point of view but as a
matter of 'vital necessity to secure
possession of the territory when we
could on snch easy terms to pre
vent the young Republio from being
hemmed in by alien powers' which
might some day become hostile to
ns and be dangerous in snch close
proximity. This precaution for the
future peace and safety of the Re
public would have been a sufficient
justification for the purchase of the
territory if there were no other.
The French residents of Louisana
did not protest against the sale or
question the right of France to
sell, they did not claim that sover
eignty rested in them, nor did they
threaten to resist the assertion of
sovereignty by this country. There
was no resistance, nor attempted re
sistance, on the contrary the inhabi
tants were resigned to it if they were
not anxious for the traqsf er of sov
ereignty to this country for they
did not know how soon with the
European combinations against
Napoleon and France, an invading
army might be sent and they become
the subjects of some other power
even as hated a one as Great
Britain.
Will any one assert that the pos
session of the Philippines is neces
sary ether to the peace or safety of
the Republic?
Will any one assert that Spain can
give an unclouded title ?
Will any one assert that the, Fili
pinos, who protest against the pur
chase, have no claim on the islands,
for the control of which they waged
vigorous war against Spain ?
The most that is asserted is that
their possession is desirable from a
commercial standpoint, and that
brings the contention down to a
question of mercenary interest and
dollars.
Can Spain have the right to sell
when her power had been destroyed
and she was not able to protect the
local government for the islands
from the pursuing and victorious
revolutionists ?
They won their claim to sover
eignty just as the Cubans won it,
by fighting for it and driving the
4 Spaniards to bay, just as the Cubans
did. They had, it is true, the as
sistance o American ships and guns
just as the Cubans did, but this no
more destroys or impairs their title
to control than the assistance given
the Cubans destroys their title. And
in addition to all this, we have con
ceded that claim hy tacitly con
senting to the establishment of the
Philippine Republic and by recog
nising the flag that - floated over
such, vessels as they had, not to
speak of the conferences and com
pacts between our representatives
and the leaders of the insurgents,
by virtue of which they worked in
concert. y
If Thomas Jefferson were living
to-day he would never attempt to
justify the seizure of the Philippines
Wee
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16,
on the sam e grounds that he did
the purchase of Louisiana. There
is no parity between them.
COMING TO THE FRONT.
Senator Morgan has stnek with
loyal devotion to the Nicaragua
canal ever since he first espoused it,
but he gave it a new twist in his
remarks the other day when he
charged the Nicarguan Government
with a misdeal and bad faith to the
company to which the original con
cessions were made. We do not
think there is any doubt of that,
nor is there much donbt that the
interference by the European com
pany was for the purpose of killing
the canal scheme, and not for the
purpose of constructing a canal.
Possibly when the facts become
known, if thdy ever are, it will be
seen that this move was in the in
terest of the Panama canal, which is
now trying to dump its uncompleted,
and probably uncompletable job on
the United States for the modest
sum of $130,0007000. .
While this has long been regard
ed as an enterprise of great impor
tance to this country, both from a
commercial and military standpoint,
this importance has been immensely
increased by, recent events and our
acquisition of territory in the Pa
cific ocean. With Hawaii and the
Philippines to defend in case of con
flict with other nations, what was
before simply desirable, mainly from
a com'mer rial standpoint becomes a
necessity from a military standpoint
what we might otherwise have wait
ed patiently for, we cannot wait for
now, for the South American conti
nent cannot stand as a bar between
s and our growing interests and
our territory on the other side of
the globe. Expansion not only
brings new responsibilaties bnt re
quires looking to the ways and
means to meet these responsibilities.
T THE PROTECTION OCTOPUS.
Trusts are as naturally the out
come of the protective tariff system
as ice is below-zero weather, and the
consequence is that there is scarcely
an article manufactured or consumed
in this country especially if it comes
under the head of highly protected
articles, on which there is not a
Trust. These Trusts are not simply
for the purpose of competition and
of controlling the market in the
regular course of trade by methods
that give them advantages over
others engaged in the same lines,
but to monopolize the markets by
freezing ont, strangling, or buying
up concerns that ' might compete
with them. We have had innumerable
illustrations of this, of which the
following clipped from a Northern
exchange is one of the most recent:
"Middlesex county, N. J., was re
joicing less than a year ago in the ad
vent of a town which was to be found
ed as tbe direct result; of the protec
tive tariff. A tract of about six hun
dred acres of land was purchased be
tween Spots wood and Jamesburg by
agents of the Rhenish Westphalian
Explosive Company, of Cologne, Ger
many, manufacturers of dynamite,
guncotton and high explosives, for the
purpose of establishing a branch in
this country to obtain a portion of th
American trade. ' ... .
"The sites for the several factory
buildings were soon laid out and the
work of construction then was begun.
In all fourteen buildings jwere erected,
many of them of brick. The build
ings first started were finished, but
before any of the machinery was in
stalled the contractor received instruc
tions to stop all work. For some days
no one knew what this meant. Then
it was ascertained that the home Pow
der Trust had made arrangements
whereby the foreign firm agreed to re
linquish its attempt to invade the
American market, and the town was
a deserted village. The completed
buildings will be sold by auction next
Saturday, and the town to be born of
a high tariff will soon be nothing but
a memory."
We heard much talk when the
Dingley tariff was under discussion,
and after its passage, about the
closing up of Welch tin plants and
other manufactories and their re
moval to this country, but as far as
we know these predictions didn't
pan out, and if they had the plants
would have been swallowed by the
Trusts or bought out, as in the case
of this New Jersey Explosive Com
pany. s
It is said that a man can support
a family comfortably and in good
style in Japan on a salary of $300 a
year. But, pshaw! Japan is a long
way off.
DEATH OP A CHRISTIAN LADY.
Mrs. B. P. Dnkes Passed Away Yesterday
Morning at Six O'clock.
Mrs. Florence C. Dukes, wife of Mr.
Benjamin F. Dukes, a well known
citizen, who resides at No. 511 Bladen
street, died yesterday morning at 6
o'clock at her home in this city.
The deceased was 33 years of age, a
devoted wife and a consecrated Chris
tian lady, who enjoyed the confidence
and esteem of a host of friends in- the
community in which she lived. For
some time she had been suffering with
that dreaded malady consumption, but
not until about two weeks ago did she
become seriously ill. A husband and
two loving little children survive her.
who have the sympathy of many
friends in their bereavement.
The funeral services will be con
ducted from the late residence this af
ternoon at 3 o'clock, and the inter
ment will be made immediately after
in Bellevue cemetery.
KEY
THE NEW HANOVER
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Session Held Yesterday At-
toraey, Clerk and Other Officers
Elected Court Juries Drawn.
Yesterday afternoon the- County
Commissioners drew juries for the
next terms of the Superior Court and
the Circuit Criminal Court, approved
the bonds of several new officials,
elected a clerk to the audit committee,
a county attorney, a court house jani
tor, granted Col. T. W. Strange the
custody of the county back tax
books, and acted upon several other
matters of importance..
The meeting was called to order
at 2 45 P. M. by Chairman Roger
Moore. Commissioners W. F. Alex
ander and Jno. Barry were both in
attendance.
Register of Deeds William H. Biddle
was present as clerk to the Board. His
minutes of the meeting held last
Tuesday were read and approved.
Official Bonds Approved.
Mr. G. T. Bland, keeper of weights
elect came before the Board and pre
sented his official bond signed by Hon.
Jno. D. Bellamy and A. P. Marshall,
Esq., as sureties each qualifyinfi in the
sum of$2,000. Subsequently the oath
of office was administered by Col.
Moore.
Dr. Richard J. Price also submitted
his official Bond of $2,000 as coroner.
His sureties were Messrs. Richard J.
Jones and L. J. Price, each of whom
qualified in the sum Of $2,000. He
also took the oath of office. Z
Election of Qff leers.
The next order of business was the
election of certain officers. On motion
of Commissioner W. F. Alexander, the
following resolution was adopted, to
wit: - , , ..'
"Resolved, That the present clerk to
the (Jounty Audit Committee (Uapt.
W. P. Oldham), and the present
janitor (J. W. Branch) be re-elected
to said positions at the same salaries,
and that they shall hold office at the
discretion of the Board of County
Commissioners, "
The vote of the Board on the adop
tion of the resolution was unanimous,
and was cast by Register of Deeds Bid
die as clerk.
W. B. McKoy, Esq., Re-elected.
One office remained to be filled, that
of county attorney, an office creditably
filled during the administration of the
previous Board by W. B. McKoy, Esq.
The following resolution was unani
mously adopted, to -wit:
"Resolved, ThatW.B.McKoy,Esq.,
be and is hereby re-elected as county
attorney for the ensuing term, at an
annual salary to be fixed hereafter by
the chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners.""'
The Back Tax Books.
The Board passed an order that Col.
Thomas W. Strange and his associates,
in the matter of collecting back taxes
due the county, be allowed to take the
tax books an file in the register of
deed's office, to bis office, provided he
will keep them open to the public for I
examination and store them in a fire
proof safe.
Superior aad Criminal Court Juries.
Juries were drawn for the next
terms of both the Superior and Circuit
Criminal Courts. The following are
the jurymen, to-wit:
Superior Court Samuel Ul wick, B.
P. McClammy, G. O. Watts, K. N.
Snell, W. H. Milks, W. P. Wood
ward, Jno. Webber, P. F. Piatt, Rich
ard Ashe, Charles Waters, O bed. F.
Corbett, R. W. Bordeaux, Chas. Stew
art, J. a Worth, Geo. A. Bishop,
Thos. H Johnson, W. C. Peterson, C.
W. Caldwell, L. J. Mason, S. P.
Cowan, Jno. Baker, J. M. Bishop, D. C.
Ezzell, M. G. .Chad wick, Jno. Cowan,
C. L. Frost, Jos. T. Jarrett, Joshua
Bilbo, Jno. Moseley, J. W. Collins,
Adam Brown, E. C. Glavin, J. N.
Jacobi and Martin Newman.
Criminal Court Daniel J. Prease,
J. T. Howard, Abram Leonard, E. A.
Orrell, J. F. Stanland, Geo. O. Bar
nett, Jno. Cunningham, J. R. Wil
liams, James W. Moore, James Wal
ton, A. P. Adrian, J. B. Quelch, Chas.
Walker, Wm. Cromwell, P. S. LeBoon,
S. D. Strickland, H A. Martindale,
Fred Westerman, W. H Ulrich, C. C
Parker, S. W. Sanders, W. K. Bell, J.
X3t. Wagner, Isam Quick, J. W. Wal
ton, George W.Walton, Henry Green,
J. A. Brothers, C. B. Clowe and T. E.
Mayer.
Miscellaneous Proceedings.
A communication from the commis
sioners of Pender county was read,
consenting to bear half the expense of
repairing the bridge over Island creek
Mr. M. G. Chadwick, recently
elected keeper of the County Home
and superintendent of the House
of Correction, presented his, offi
cial bond, winh Messrs. Henry
West, Samuel Bear and Geo. H.
Heyer as bondsmen, each justifying
in the sum of $ l,uou. Tbe bond was
accented. Mr. Chadwick will enter
upon the duties of his office Jan. 1st.
The following resolution was unani
mousiy adopted by the Board, to-wit:
"Resolved, That the powers hereto
fore delegated by the Board of County
Commissioners of New Hanover
county to the chairman of said Board
are continued, and between meetings
the chairman snail nave all tbe an
thority to represent this Board which
can legally be bestowed upon mm."
The Board took a recess, subject to
the call of the chairman.
The attempt to increase the
population of Vermont by limiting
the amount of taxes to he paid hy
immigrants has come to grief. The
Government favored it, the lower
house of the Legislature passed the
bill, but the Senate fell upon it and
smote it to death. So a promising
scheme for increasing the popula
tion of the. Green Mountain State
will doubtless have to wait for the
election of another Legislature.
Louisville Courier Journal Dem.
Star
1898.
25TB ANNIVERSARY.
Celebrated by Members of the
Congregation of Israel
Last Night.
MASSIVE SILVER LOVING CUP
Presented to Mir. Solomon Bear, President
of the Congregation Since Its Organi
zation In 1873 A Highly Ap
propriate Service.
A service of especial interest was
that at the Temple of Israel last night
when the members of the congrega
tion celebrated the twenty fifth anni
versary of its organization, which was
perfected in 1873, just three years be
fore the present handsome Temple
was dedicated by Rev. D. Samuel
Mendelsohn, the present able rabbi.
Dr. Mendelsohn last night delivered
a forcible and appropriate address.
during the course of which he referred
to the sacrifices made by the' mem
bers of the congregation during the
quarter of a century in which the
organization has flourished. His text
Was Psalm 116:13.
"I will take the cup of salvation.
and call upon the name of the Lord."
This text was especially appropriate
because of the fact that at the conclu
sion of the address Dr. Mendelsohn
presented to Mr. Solomon Bear, jwho
has served efficiently as president of
the congregation since its organiza
tion twenty-five years ago, a beautiful
silver loving cup as a token of appreci
ation of the members of the congre
gation. It is about 10 inches high.
massive, gold lined and artistically
engraved. The following is the in
scription it bears:
1873. 1898.'
i ' T J 3 J
r resenteu to
Solomon Bear
. By the members of
the Temple of Israel
on his
twenty-fifth anniversary
as President.
Mr. Bear acknowledged the gift in a
brief, feeling and highly appropriate
speech.
Another feature of the service was
the reading of an address from the
Ladies' Concordia Society to the mem
bers of the congregation. This society
has been a most potent factor in-pro
moting the growth of the congregation.
The fact is the society was organized
in 1870, three years before the men or
ganized the congregation, thus
setting the example and really inaug
urating the work which has grown to
such excellent proportions during suc
ceeding years. The letter was largely
of a congratulatory nature, and was
signed by Mrs. Mendelsohn, as secre
tary of the society.
The twenty-fifth anniversary cele
bration will be long remembered by
those in attendance as a most happy
and impressive season a harbinger
of even very much greater achieve-
ments than those which distinguish
the quarter century just closed.
WILL SOON BE HERE. M
Commander Morton Notified That tbe
Cruiser Hornet Will Be Ready on
tbe 17th Inst
It now seems that the auxiliary
cruiser Hornet, the vessel loaned to
the North Carolina Naval Reserves
in the stead of the Nantucket, will
be in the Wilmington port not later
than the 20th inst. This will be glori
ous news to the boys of the-Wilming
ton Division, as well as the other Re
serves of the State.
Last night Commander Geo. L.
Morton received the following tele
gram from acting Adjutant General
Davis at Raleigh, to-wit: ' j-
The Assistant Secretary of the
Navy telegraphs that the Hornet will
be ready to turn over to you at the
Norfolk navy yard "on the 17th inst.,
to leave the same day if necessary."
In' conversation with Commander
Morton and Lieutenant Mcllhenny
last night a member of the Stab staff
was told that Commander Morton,
with a crew of seventeen men to man
the cruiser, will go to Norfolk on the
16th inst to receive her from the gov
ernment and . bring her to Wilming
ton, which will be headquarters.
Five of the crew which will go to Nor
folk are to be selected from the' South-
port Division of Reserves.
To-morrow night is the time for the
regular monthly meeting of the Wil
mington Division and Lieutenant Mc
llhenny requests the Star to urge all
members of the Division to attend as
matters of unusual importance, both
in regard to the new cruiser and the
visit oi Lieutenant Anderson and
Lieutenanf Blue to this port, with war
trophies for the Division, will be acted
upon
The crew of seventeen men to
accompany Commander Morton to
Norfolk will be selected by Lieutenant
Mcllhenny and announced during the
next few days. If they have good
weather it will require about two or
three days for the ship to come to Wil
mington
Mr. Carnegie rejoices in his
letter to the World to-day over the
attitude of the President, as revealed
in his message, toward "Free Cuba."
AaThe freeing of Cuba was the
avowed sole purpose of the war, any
other attitude would have been in
defensible. Yet the fact that not
one of the rabid "expansionist"
newspapers has praised the Presi
dent for his stand is an indication
that they may be rather afraid of
the precedent. New York World,
Dem. -
No money to spend: "I have
saved a lot of money."- "In what
way?" "Lost my job just before
Christmas."
NO. 9
ELECTED PRESIDENT.
Commander Morton Greatly Hon
ored at Naval Reserve Na
tional Convention.
AN UNSOUGHT COMPLIMENT.
Pntnre of Naval Reserves, as State and
National Organizations, Left la
Abeyance Congress to Take
Action President Morton.
Commander George L. Morton and
Lieutenant H. H. Ilhenny have re
turned from Philadelphia where, they
went to attend the annual session of
the National Convention of Naval Re
serves which was held in that city
during Friday and Saturday of last
week. Both officers report a most
delightful trip. The people of Wil-,
mington will be especially pleased
to learn that Commander Mor
ton was honored with election
to the presidency of the convention
to serve during the ensuing year.
There was a large attendance upon
the convention; more than twenty
States being represented, the delegates
representing about 20,000 members of
Naval Reserves organization. s
A Star representative was told
iast night by Commander Morton
that the most important matter which
came to the attention of the conven
tion was left in abeyance until
settled by an act of Congress.
That was the matter of the
future relation of the Naval .Re
serves to the War Department. Here
tofore the Reserves have been organ
ized under State authority and the
War Department is now urging that
they in future be organized under and
subject to the authority of the
Department direct The s Reserves
generally, Commander Morton says,
are decidedly in favor of the State
organization. I
In speaking of his plans, as chief
officer of the national organization of
Naval Reserves, Commander Morton
said last night that he' will within the
next few days-announce a number of
committees whicn be will, as presi
dent, have to appoint.
Lieutenant T. C. Darnels, of
New-
bern, returned to his home from the
convention on Wednesday, and, in con
versation with a member of the staff
of the Newborn Journal, made the fol
lowing reference to the honor con
ferred upon Commander Morton, to-
wit: t it"
"North Carolina was crreatlv honor
ed, and very unexpectedly so at the
Convention. When the committee on
organization cam? in with their report
and offered the name .of Commander
Geo. L. Morton of North Carolina, for
President of the convention, if caused
the greatest surprise to our delegation.
as no effort or suggestion from us had
been made towards such a thine. It
was an unsought honor, yet none the
less highly appreciated by the Naval
Battalion of Worth Carolina, and every
one of Commander Morton's numer
ous friends " :
SAYS MANLY DIDN'T WRITE IT.
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Another Buck Negro Claims Authorship
of tbe Article Defamatory of South,
em White Women.
Special to tae Baltimore Sun.
Chambebsbubg, Pa., Dec. 8. --Wil
liam L. Jeffries, associate editor of the
Wilmington (N. C.) Record, who is
visiting Rev. San tee Burch. a colored
pastor here, says he was the author of
the editorial in the Record which was
regarded as such a ioul slander
against white women that it precipi
tated the "race war" at Wilmington.
"Editor Manly didn't write a line of
the article," says Jeffries, "although
its authorship has been ascribed to him
far and wide. I wrote the article while
Manly was fifty miles away. It was
inspired by an address made by the
wife of Congressman Felton, who ad
vocated the lynching of 1,000 negroes
a week, if necessary, to stop the so
called outrages by negroes upon white
women.
"We saw the massacre coming, and
the editorial was written solely to
show that there were two sides to the
question and that the outrages were
not all on one side. I wrote the ar
ticle without consulting Manly. Tbey
may burn and kill him if he returns to
Wilmington, but they will get the
wrong man."
Jeffries was born in Pittsburg, Pa.,
and is a graduate of Lincoln Uni
versity. He says he greatly deplored
the indignation meetings held in the
North, particularly those in New York,
where the utterances of some ex
tremists resulted in alienating North
ern sympathy. ;
"The speeches of Fred. Douglas'
sons and of Blanche K. Bruce and ex
Senator Pinchback at Washington,"
he continued, "did more harm than
good. I belie e the solution of the
race problem lies in the retirement of
the negro from politics and refusing
to vote unless he is given protection."
A Fire at Shallotte.
News was received here 'yesterday
of the recent destruction by fire of the
storehouse and stock of merchandise
owned by Messrs. Mints & Mintz of
Shallotte. Mr. Samuel Mintz, a
member of the firm, believes that the
fire was the. work of an incendiary.
The loss is estimated at $2,000, with no
insurance.
Negroes Carried South.
A squad of fifteen negroes left Wil
mington yesterday on the 3. 20 A. C. L.
train for Fort Ogden, Fla., where they
go to work in turpentine plantations.
They were carried down under the di
rection Of Col. H. M. Drane, who says
that he expects to carry to various
points South a number of other squads
early in the new year.
Only two marriage licenses were
issued the past week by Register of
Deeds Biddle, one to a white couple
and one to negroes.
Miss Kate Witherington Wedded f Dr.
William C Steele in tbe Presby
terian Church There.
Reported for the Stew.
Wednesday evening, December
seventh, the Presbyterian Church at
Mount Olive was the scene of a pretty
wedding, the contracting parties being
Dr. William Calvin Steele aad Miss
Kate Witherington Southerland,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Souther
land. Long before the appointed hour,
seven o'clock, the church was thronged
with people, a strong testimonial to
the remarkable popularity of bride and
groom. The simple architecture of
the church was beautified by decora
tions strictly in keeping, the sin
of -over-elaboration having been
skillfully avoided. The bridal pro
cession had been arranged with '
the same attention to harmony.
It was divided into two parts. The
bridegroom's procession was headed
by two ushers, Mr. William Eornegay
and Mr. J. E. Kelly, preceding Miss
Bessie Kornegay and Miss Celess Dil
lon. The young men stopped at the
front of the dais the alcore so that
trie laaies couicr pass, ana uute meir
places thereon. Then Mr. J. D.
Southerland and Mr. F. R. Souther
lahd escorted Dr. Steele and bis beat
man, Mr. J. A. Steele. An effective
pause and the .bride's procession ap
proached up the aisle, Miss Lula Steele
and Miss Addie 8outherland leading.
Mr. B. W. Southerland and Dr.
William Snicer then preceded the
maid of honor. The bride followed,
leaning on the arm of her
brother,
Mr. R. J. Southerland, Jr. The Rev.
Mr. Mclntyre, pastor of the church,
performed the ceremony most impres
sively to an accompaniment of soft
music rendered by Mrs. B. B. Witber
mgton. Then the bridal party and in
vited guests returned to the home of
the brideV parents, where the reputa
tion it has so long enjoyed for bound
less hospitality received new lustre
from the entertainment provided.
Long after Dr. and Mrs. Steele had
left on the northbound train for a
prolonged tour the wedding guests
were enjoying the ample supper and
the delightful music.
Thebridal presents were many in num
ber and rich in value, sterling silver
and cut-glass predominating. Among ?
the guests present were Mr. and Mrs. .
Benajah Witherington, Mr. and Mrs.
Bs B. Witherington, Mr. and Mrs. A.
R. Hicks, Miss Betty Hicks, Miss
Stewart and Miss Witherington, of
Faison; Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Withering
ton and Msa Laura Hartsell. of Golds
boro; Captain Hartsell, of Tarboro:
Mr. Wooten and Mr. Murchison, of
LaGrange and Miss Mary Sprunt Fai
son, of Bennettsville, S. C. s
MR. S. P. COLLIER APPOINTED
U. S. Commissioner by Judge Purnell
Official Notice Received Yesterday.
Yesterday Mr. Samuel P. Collier, of
this city, received official-notice of his
appointment as a United States Com
missioner for the Eastern North' Caro
lina District, i The appointment has
just been made by Judge Thos. R.
Purnell, and is for a term of four
years.
Many expressions of satisfaction by
leading citizens, at the choice made by
Federal authorities were heard ibout
the city last night. It is understood,
that the appointment was made neces
sary by the permanent departure of
R. H. Bunting, late commissioner,
from these parts.
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6 THEY LIKE OUR CANDIDATE.
Could Hardly Pind a Better Man for Rail
road Commissioner.
The Lumberton Robesonian of this
week has the following commenda
tory reference to Frank McNeill,
aft. Wilmington's candidate for a
.i n.-i t i i -
place on the Railroad Commission to
be elected by the General Assembly to
convene in January, to-wit:
"We are pleased to that the
good people of Wilmington are show
ing their appreciation for Frank Mc
Neill, Esq., by endorsing him and re
solving to press his name for a plane
on the Railroad Commission. The
Legislature could hardly find a better
man for this very important position.
The proper discharge of the duties of
this office call for a man. of very high
order of talents. Clear headedness,
legal acumen, judicial force of mind
and moral courage are some of the
leading requisites needed. Mr. Mc
Neill has all of these qualifications."
Rev. W. B. Oliver Complimented.
Rev. W. B. Oliver, late pastor Of the
First Baptist Church of this city, was':
at Lumber Bridge last week. The
Rober8onian of this week Says of him :
"Rev. W. B. Oliver assisted Rev.
J. D. Moore in a meeting in his
church here last week, preaching a
series of strong and well delivered
sermons. Mr. Oliver is a clever think
er and amply equipped with scholar
ship for the great work in which he is
engaged. Our people who heard him
enjoyed his sermons very much. He
preached his last sermon Sunday
night and left on the north-bound
train Monday morning. We were all
very sorry to see him leave."
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Mr. Burnett Galas His Suit,
By a recent decision of the Supreme
Court, Mr. Thomas Burnett, of this
city, has won his case against the
old W. N. & N. R. R. Co., for dama
ges received, while a passenger on one
of its train? a number of years ago.
He recovered $2,300, the amount sued
for, together with interest on the same.
The plaintiff was represented, by
I Messrs. Bellamy & Bellamy, A. J.
iwroAv,ii U rt.u
Esq.,
and Eugene S. Martin,
Esq., while
the railroad was represented by J.I D.
Bellamy, Esq., Col. A. M. Waddell,
and Messrs. Ricaud and Bryan.
BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE.
A Cornell Student Wants Report&jrf Ef
forts to Disfranchise Netrotflr fl
A letter came to this city yesterday
addressed to 'Tastor Methodist Epis
copal Church, Wilmington, N. O.,"
and was placed in Rev. Andrew Tver's
box by the postal clerk. It was from
a man in Mount Vernon, Iowa, who
asked that Wilmington papers con
taining news of efforts made before
the election and at the polls to prevent
negroes from exercising the right of
suffrage be sent to him. He explained
that a student of Cornell College was
preparing to participate in a- debate
soon to be held, when the negro prob
lem will be discussed. Of course there
are no papers containing any such re
ports to be sent.
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