The News and Observer.
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PEACE IN THE ORIENT
THE T R EAT Y W ITH J V PAN
SIGNED BV LI HUNG CHANG
YESTERDAY'.
AN INDEMNITY OF $100,000,000.
Corea i« to be Free While Japan Will
Retain all the Conquered Places and
Have Possession of Formosa—An
Offensive and Delensive Alliance lie
tween the Two Countries—Li Hung
Chang’s Attempted Assassination Se
cured Favorable Terms for China.
Washington, April 15.—Neither the
Chinese uor the Japanese legation has
received from Shimonoskei any confirma
tion of Japan's alleged twenty-four
hours ultimatum, nor has any further
news bearing upon the peace negotia
tions come to hand.
War news received byway of Shanghai
has proved almost uniformly untrust
worthy. It is not believed that a satis
factory conclusion will be reached be
fore the 20th inst , when the armistice
expires.
China's reported delay in agreeing to
the conditions of peace seems the more
inexplicable in view of the fact that at
the request of the Chinese envoy the
Japanese government materially modi
fied some of its propositions.
Just what these modifications are is
still a secret. That they as well as the
conditions as a whole, were satisfactory
to Li Hung Chang is not doubted; while
it is equally true from official reports
that Li Hung Chang secured better terms
than would have been given to him but
for the assault made by the assassin.
The best explanation of the delay is
that the Pekin foreign office s delaying
its approval of the terms of peace agreed
upon by Li Hung Chang until the last
moment in the hope that something may
occur in the interim to China's advant
age.
Peace Expected Yesterday.
London, April 15 —A Central News
dispatch from Tokio says that Prince
Komatsu, commander iu-chief of the
Japanese army and navy, with a number
of transports, escorted by three war
ships, passed Shimonoseki yesterday on
his way to the seat of war. The Japan
ese Ministers at Shimonoseki signalled
their farewells and goof wishes to the
Prince as the vessel passed.
Li Hung Chang is in constant commu
nication by telegraph with Pekin. The
conference is sitting at Shimonoseki to
day, and it is thought that to day's ses
sion will result in the conclusion of
peace.
Too Absurd for Denial.
Washington, April 15.—N0 credence
is placed in the report that reaches here
from Shanghai that the Chinese Emperor
has issued a proclamation describing the
Empire as finished and asserting his ina
bility longer to govern it.
In well informed circles the report is
ridiculed as being too absurd to dignify
with a denial. It is asserted in the first
place that the Chinese Emperor could
have no purpose in abdicating, and in
the second place his mother, the Dowa
ger Empress, would not permit him to
retire if he desired.
The proclamation is believed here to
be the work of the secret societies in the
Empire. These societies, it is said, are
hostile to the government, their aims
and purposes being not dissimilar to those
of the Nihilists in Russia. If the pro
clamation be their work it was probably
written for the purpose of adding to the
confusion in the Empire and to the em
barrassment of the reigning powers.
The whole story, however, is regarded as
another Shanghai fabrication.
The Treaty Signed.
London, April 15—The Times cor
respondent in Shanghai says: “Li Hung
Chang’s son-in-law telegraphs that the
treaty of peace was signed in Shimon
o.-eki t>d;y, April 15, and that the
terms are:
First,the independence of Corea; sec
ond, Japan’s retention of the conquered
places; third, Japan’s retention of terri
tory east of the Liao river; fourth, per
manent cession of Formosa; fifth, in
demnity of 100,000 000 dollars; sixth,
an offensive and defensive alliance be
tween China and Japan.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
Alumni Banquet in Celebration ol it*
Organization.
Washington, April 15. -The alumni
of the University of Virginia gave a
banquet at Page’s Hotel here this even
ing in ceebration of the anniversary of
the organization of this ancient seat of
learning.
The history of the educational scheme
of Mr. Jefferson, which culminated
in the establishment of the Uni
versity of Virginia, is interesting. Af
ter a failure of an endeavor of Chev
alier Quesney de Baurepaire, a French
man who served in the Continental army,
to establish an academy of arts and
sciences in Richmond, with branches in
Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore,
Mr. Jefferson who had taken an active
interest in the enterprise, attempted to
reorganize William and Mary College,
his alma mater, but the bill of reorga
nization failed in the Virginia Legisla
ture. He then attempted to bring
to this country the faculty
of the College of Geneva, who
had become dissatisfied with their
political surroundings, but Gen. Wash
ington discouraged the scheme. Jeffer
son's next plan was for a College in
Albemarle county. A charter was
granted under the name of the Central
College and later on Jefferson succeeded
in getting the legislature to give it a
charter as a University, and the Univer
sity of Virginia was accordingly opened
to students in 1825, the year before Mr.
Jefferson’s death.
During the war the University lan
guished but when peace came it resumed
i‘s former standing. Among its alumni
areSecretaryllerbert,Postmaster General
Wilson, Assistant Secretary Dabney, of
the Agricultural Department; Solicitor
General Holmes Conrad, and Justice
Jackson, of the United States Supreme
Court.
Officers for the coming year were
as follows : Secretary of the Navy, H
F. Herbert, president; Prof. W. B.
Cabell, E. J. Rink and Postmaster Gen
eral W. I». Wilson, vice-presidents;
Thomas Nelson Page, Dr. Theo. Clark,
C. G. Lee and R. L. Preston executive
committee.
Among the toasts responded to were :
Thomas Jefferson, by Hon. John Goode,
of Virginia, and the University and its
Work, by Prof. Thornton.
Thomas Nelson Page urged the erec
tion of a memorial hall to the memory
of the alumni who fell in the late war.
THE GAME WAS A GOOD ONE.
Ilut Lehigh Was Outclassed, and the
University an Easy Winner.
Special to the News and Observer.
Greensboro, N. C., April 15.
Those who went to see good ball this
afternoon in the game between the Uni
versity of North Carolina and Lehigh
were not disappoited. The game was
interesting and snappy from beginning
to finish, and there was no kicking to
mar the pleasure.
North Carolina came first to the bat,
and from the way they batted, Pitcher
Bowie made it Jlook as if the score would
be fearful. Oldham made a two bagger,
and was sent to the third by Stevens, but
failed to reach home. Stevens, however,
had better luck, and was sent home by a
two-bagger by Collier, who was killed at
third.
Lehigh came to the bat, but f tiled to
find Collier's puzzlers, and so went out
in one, two, three order.
The University was ‘-goose egged” in
the second.
Lehigh had better luck in the second,
and managed to place two marks to their
credit.
The game was noted for the brilliant
pitching of Collier, and by special fine
plays of both teams. The visitors were
out-played in every particular.
The score is as follows:
University, - -- 10040001 o—6
Lehigh, 02000100 0-3
Errors even; struck out by Collier
14; by Bowie 6. Stolen base ; Gregory
2. Slocumb 2, Stanley 2, Graham 1,
Gan? oa 1. Attendance about 400. Um
pire, Taylor of Greensboro.
SUN’S COTTON REPORT.
The News wasall Bullish and the Bears
Here all Running.
New Yorl, April 15.— Cotton ad
vanced 22 to 24 pilots and closed strong
with sales of 242,200 bales. The Liver
pool exchange will not be open until
Wednesday. New Orleans advanced 20
to 21 points. Spot cotton here was
steady at an advat.ee of 1 4c.
The Southern spot markets were gener
ally firm and higher. New Orleans,
Srvannah, Norfolk, Augusta and St.
Louis advanced l-80. and Mobile and
Baltimore 1 4c. The port receipts to-day
were 20,635. Thus far this week they
are 29,006, against 28,626, thus far last
week.
The exports from the ports were 2,260
to the continent. New Orleans receipts
to-morrow estimated 3,500 against 15,503
last week and 3,143 last year.
To-Day’s Features.
The news was all bullish and the bears
were all running. The South was on a
high horse, and in fact most of the news
received was of the kind to stimulate the
bull and depress the bears. The re
ceipts were large, but they are said to be
partly made up of cotton raised in
former years. At any rate they have
no influence.
Big sales on the spot here had not a
little to do with the heavy advance. The
Soul h and Europe, as well as local opera
tors, bought heavily and the tone at the
close was confident.*
OIL REGION EXCITED.
The Exchange Crowded and Men Re«k
le.»sly Speculating.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 15 —The oil ex
citement continues with unabated in
tensity. Crowds of people congregated
at the local exchange to-day anxious to
see what the market would open at
Years ago the former exchange build
ing was well equipped for the public as
well as the speculators. This building,
however, on account of the utter inac
tivity of the oil market was sold. Now
the business is transacted in two rooms
across the street. New quarters were
entirely inadequate to accommodate the
throng" interested in oil this morning.
Many old time brokers, producers and
speculators crowded the new quarters,
which were tilled up long before the
market opened.
When it was anuouuced that the Stan
dard had set aprrie of $1.75 per barrel
as the price they would pay for Pennsyl
vania oil at their purchasing agencies
speculators could not keep quiet until the
excl an 'e markets opened.
At the tap of the gong at 10 o’clock
$1.75 was bid There were no sellers,
and not until $1.95 was reached could
anybody be persuaded to part with cer
tificates of the greasy fluid. At $195 a
lot of 19,000 barrels that had been prob
ably purchased at a much lower figure,
was sold. This was the only sale re
corded on the Pittfburg Exchange.
RALEIGH. N. C.. TUESDAY. APRIL 16. 1895.
THE INCOME TAX AGAIN
A RICH CHICAGO FIRM EN
JOINED FROM MAKING
ANY RETURN.
THE LAW ATTACKED IN THE BILL.
All the Questions Raised in the Peti
tion that are Involved in the Income
Tax Dispute, Inelnding those Already
Decided by the Supreme Court—The
Government Will Be Compelled to
Take Part in Proceedings to De
fend the Operation of the Law.
Chicago, April 15. —Judge Showalter,
in the United States Court this morning,
enjoined Siegel Cooper and Company
from making any return to the internal
revenue collector under the provisions of
the income tax law.
The restraining order was granted on
a bill filed by Gerson Siegel, one of the
New York stockholders in the defendant
corporation. The bill attacks the law,
and under the order granted this morn
ing the government will be compelled to
take part in the proceedings to defend
the operation of the new law.
When the attorney for Mr. Siegel pre
sented the bill to Judge Showalter, the
latter asked for an explanation of the
application. “This is the last day for
the return of the income tax to the col
lector of internal revenue,” said the at
torney. “My client protests against his
firm making any payment of the tax nr
any report. He maintains that the hill
in its entirety is unconstutional. All we
ask is for an order restraining the firm
of Siegel. Cooper and Company from
making its return to-day. If not grant
ed the firm will be liable to an imposi
tion of SI,OOO fine for failing to make
the return.”
Judge Showalter took the application
and after reading it made the restrain
ing order. A bond of SI,OOO will be
filed to day.
By the issuance of the order of the
court the firm escapes the payment of the
flue, should the Supreme court, to which
the question will be carried, decide
against the compMnaM
Mr. Siegel in his bill, raises all of the
questions that are involved in the income
tax dispute, iaclu ring those decided by
the Supreme court last w’eek. His grounds
for the unconstitutionally of the act are
set forth in the following order:
“The provisions of the income tax are
unconstitutional, null and void, aud if
collectable upon the defendant’s in
come or profits it is a direct tax, in
respect to real estate, and in respect to
his personal property, by levying impost
upon the profits and income thereof,
which direct taxes are not in and by said
act apportioned among the several
States, as required by the Constitution
of the United States. If not a direct
tax, the tax is not uniform as required
by the constitution. The profits of many
corporations amount to less than $4,000
and said tax is imposed on such corpora
tions, a’though individuals carrying on
and transacting similar business under
iike conditions, and having like property,
values and quantities and incomes, are
exempted by the act from the power of
said tax,
“The tax is not uniform because your
orator has an annual income, and, as be
is informed, numerous holders of stock
in corporations likewise, have annual
incomes of less than $4,000, and the
effect of such payment will be to lessen
aud diminish the dividends of such stock
holders and compel them to bear and
pay the tax, althongh other parties of
the same class, similarly situated, whose
income is less than the $4,000, are ex
empted.
“It is r ot uniform in that it is imposed
upon 1 per cent, of the population of the
United States, and the other 99 per cent,
are exempted, although they hold among
themselves the greater part of all prop
erty, real aud personal, in the United
States.
“It is net uniform in that a tax
of 2 per cent, is imposed on all income
acquired by gift or inheritance, while no
similar tax is imposed on real estate ac
quired under similar conditions.
“It is not uniform in that it exempts
from its operations all mutual incomes,
whose aggregate wealth is $t,200,000,000
and imposes a tax upon all other insur
arice companies. It exempts Building
and Loan Associations whose aggregate
holdings are $268,000,000. Savings Banks
operated upon the mutual plan are ex
erupted from the operation of the tax,
whose aggregate deposits are $1,748,-
000,000, while all other savings banks
are taxed.
‘•The tax is not uniform because it
varies according as the property belongs
to an individual or to more than one in
dividual.
‘ The tax is unconstitutional in that
it imposes a tax upon property rights
vested prior to the passage of the said
act, and it deprives persons of their pro
perty without due process of law.”
Mr. Siegel’s attorney said that it was
intended to test the entire act. before the
Supreme Court.
“Had the opinion of the court below
been against the constitutionality of the
entire tet, the decision of the Supreme
Court would have caused the law to fail.
By bringing the matter up again we wav
get an opinion from the Supreme Court
As General Black, the United States
District Attorney, is away from the city
no action will be taken in calling up the
issue for hearing until next Monday.
Dachess ol Marlborough'* tforrloe*'-
London, April 15. -The marriage of
the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough
and Lord Borcsford w ill take place on
April 30.
JAMES W. SCOTT DEAD.
The Editor of Chicago Heralil Dies
Very Suddenly.
New York, April 15. - James W.Scott,
proprietor of the Chicago Times Herald
and the Chicago Evening Post, died yes
terday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Hol
land House, this city. His death was
very sudden. lie was taken with pains
in the left side this morning and a doc
tor was called in. He said the pain
arose from the passage of a stone from
the bladder, and administered morphine.
At 1 o’eloek Mr. Scott became uncon
scious and the doctor was hastily sum
moned again. He found that apoplexy
had supervened, probably brought on
from the pain, and Mr. Scott died with
out recovering consciousness. Mrs. Scott
and a little niece were the only relatives
with him.
Will Be Buried in Chicago.
New York, April 15.—The body of
James W. fiott, editor aud proprietor ot
the Chicago Times-Herald, was taken to
Chicago on the North Shore limited
train, which left the Grand Central sta
tion this afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. It
will be buried in the city in which Mr
Scott made his home. Chauncey M.
Depew placed the private car, “Trav
eler,” at the disposal of the funeral
party, n *
When the train drew out of the sta
tion the party of mourners in the private
car was composed of Mrs. Scott, her
niece, Miss Grace Hatch; William Cul
len Bryant, of the Brooklyn Times; Pro
prietor Bauman, of the Holland House;
Walter Wellman, the Washington cor
respondent of the Chicago Times-Herald,
and Geo. Randall, the special agent of
the paper in New York.
Tne oody was placed in the baggtge
compartment of the buffet ear, and the
casket enclosing it was covered with a
bank of white roses, lillies, violets and
maidenhair ferns.
No final arrangement for the funeral
will be made until the arrival in Chicago
of the party. Mrs. Scott, however, has
expressed the wish that there be as little
pomp and ceremony as possible.
Upon its arrival in Chicago the body
will be met by a delegation composed of
all the members, in and around Chicago,
of the American Newspaper Publisher’s
Association, as well as the staff of the
Times-Herald.
POLITICS CAUSED IT ALL.
A Banker and City Attorney Have a
Duel ou the Streets.
Jacksonville, Fla., April 15—This
afternoon J. L. Marvin, banker, and J.
M. Barrs, city attorney, met on the side
wdik and a shooting affray oomrred.
There had been bad blood between
them on account of factional political
criminations and recriminations having
passed which led to the assault three
weeks ago by Marvin and brothers upon
Barrs with canes Since then Marvin,
expecting assault has been armed. When
they met by chance to day Marvin
drew a pistol aud fired point blank.
Barrs jumped forward, seized the weapon
and thus diverted the aim. Marvin
fired two or three shots without effect.
All were arrested. Barrs had no
weapon, aud says he made no belliger
ent demonstration. Ou the other hand,
Marvin says Bairs approached him and
said: “D n you, I’ve got you now.”
Then, according to Marvin, the shooting
followed.
The men are antagonistic in city pul -
tics and the trouble is attributable to
that fact. Barrs represents the re
formers aud Marvin those opposed to
reform.
Oaly a few days ago Barrs was as
saulted by the Marvins because of his
: opposition to their methods, and it is
supposed that this assault grew out of
| that one. Florida’s pernicious election
law is responsible for the trouble.
ME r AL- WUR K EUS STRI KE.
The Carnegie People Trying to Fill
Their Places W ith Negroes.
Pittsbcug, Pa., April 15.— One hun
dred metal workers in the converting
mill at Carnegie's Homestead Works,
struck this morning for an advance in
wages. The company is trying to re
place the strikers with negroes, and
already have fifty men at work.
Situation in Coal Regions | Alarmiug.
I)es Moines, lowa, April 15. — The
coal miningsituatiou at Cincinnati, lowa,
is growing alarming. The striking min
ers congregated there say they will get
the men at work out at all hazards.
Major General Prime, of the State Militia
is on the ground and has saked the g <v*
ernor for more troops The sheriff is
swearing in deputies. It is understood
that the miners have Winchesters and
dynamite bombs at Forbush.
Weavers Want Higher W age*.
Fall River, Mass., April 15 -About
130 weavers struck at the Barnaby
gingham mill to day. They refuse to
work for the wages offered, and have
asked for an advance of 20 per ceut. A
very small proportion of them are mem
bers of the Weavers’ Union in good
standing. The strike was not author
ized by the union.
Swallowed ller f alse teeth.
Atlanta, Ga , April 15. -Mrs. Oliie
Gray, 85 years old, who lived at 166 El
liott street, took a dose of poison and
swallowed her false teeth at the same
time last night. She died to-day. The
swallowing of the teeth may have been
an accident. She wsts a divorcee
Ground will be broken next week for
the Baptist Female University on the
Pullen lot, corner Blunt and Eden ton
streets.
THE EARTH TREMBLED
\ IOLENT EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
FELT THROUGHOUT
EURO PE.
MANY PERSONS ARE KILLED.
A Large Number of People are aho
Injured by Falling Buildings—Ex
cited Inhabitants of the Cities Flee
to the Open Country—! he Direction
of the Distuibanccs from Southeast
to Northwest—Ten Shocks were Felt
—Even Trains were Wrecked.
Vienna, April 15. —Violent shocks of
earthquake were experienced through
out Southern Austria last night, the
manifestations beginning at midnight,
and at Laibaek, 35 miles northwest of
Trieste, between midnight and 7:30 this
morning. All churches, public buildings,
and residences in the two were damaged.
Several persons were killed by falling
| walls and a large number were injured
At Veldon ten shocks were felt, and at
Trieste four. Shocks were also felt at
Abazzaia, Gorizia, Cilli and other place**,
iu all of which many buildings were
damaged. The direction of the disturb
ances was from southeast to northwest.
Slight seismic vibrations were also felt
in this city. Communication between
Labach and Trieste is suspended. In
many of the districts people are camping
out in the fields.
Shocks at Rome, Veuice and Verona.
Rome, April 15. —Severe shocks of
, earthquake were felt at Venice and
| Verona yesterday. Many buildings were
damaged, and several persons injured.
At the first sock in Venice the guests
lied from the hotels to the public squares,
and the inhabitant- de.-erted their homes
and took refuge in the open spaces.
Many left the city this morning fear
ing a recurrence of the shocks.
Shocks were also txperienced at Bo
logna, Ferrara and Trevise, in each of
which towiis great damage was done to
buildings
In Trevise the entire audience rushed
from a theatre to the street at the first
shock. Many were hurt in the panic,
but no one was killed.
Shocks have been generally felt
throughout the north of Italy.
Scene* of Terror at Trieste.
Trieste, April 15.— Persons coming
from Laibaek give vivid descriptions of
the scenes of terror during the earth
quakes.
The first shock shortly af f er midnight
was so severe tha’ the whole population
was aroused, and hundreds ran half
naked into the streets. By 3 o’clock the
streets were blocked with carts and car
riages in which the sick and aged and
children were being conveyed to places
of safety.
A little later vans loaded with furni
ture could be seen on every side. Men
and women carrying clothing and boxes
of valuables crowded the streets, and
often stupped completely the progress of
the vehicles. Terrified groups knelt ou
the corners and before churches praying
for deliverance and begging the priests
to pray for them.
The barracks, the museum, the distil
lery and half a dozen other large build
ings were laid in ruins Scores of other
buildings were cracked aud half shaken
from their foundations.
At Fiume the audience in the players
theatre had just nseu to leave the build
ing when the first, shock came.
All the crowd rushed madly to the
exits. Many persons were injured in
the struggle, but none fatally. All night
boats with fugitives put out from the
Fiume wharves to the shipping. There
is hardly a vessel iu the harbor without
Fiume families on board who refuse to
return to land.
During the panic in Trieste a fright
ened horse ran down a crowded street
1 injuring twenty persons seriously and
knockiug down fifty or sixty.
The harbor was agitated as if by a
storm and several boats carrying per
sons to the shipping were capsized. S'x
persons were drowned. Slight shocks
have been felt here throughout the day.
All the clocks in the city stopped at
11:20 o'clock this moiling. Persons ar
riving at the railioad stations report
deaths and damage to property in many
towns beside those already mentioned.
They say that along the railroad lines
they saw thousands camping in
the fields. Toe trains were wrecked by
the shocks. Some say that the rolling
motion was a* noticeable as ou a ship at
sea. All reports indicate that the shocks
followed the lines from Florence to But
z n, Florence to Vienna, and Seragiue,
in Busina, to Stain-An-A. gar, iu Hun
gary.
King O car .Hay Abdicate
Berlin, April 15. —The Frankfurter
Zeiturg’s correspondent in Stockholm
says: “King Oscar takes the gloomiest
view of the present crisis and prob
ably would abdicate should it.
come to an open rupture. The
Crown Prince is much displeased with
the malcontent Norwegians, and would
not yield an inch if his father should ab
dicate. It is reported that the Swedish
general staff declare that Norway could
be easily occupied, but do no’ deny that,
the real difficulty would begin after
w rd.”
An Ex-chief of Police Suicides.
St. Paul, Minn., April 15.-As a re
sult of sickness Charles Weber, ex chief
of police, committed suicide this morn
ing by shooting himself in the bead.
Weber was for twenty years a prominent
feature in local affairs*
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SATTERFIELD SCORED.
Smith, of Stanly, Replies To Thf
Chief Clerk's Explanation.
Norwood, N. C., April 14.
To the Editor of the News and Observt r. 3
Will you kindly allow me a short space
in your valuable paper to answer a few
very incorrect statements made by Mr.
| Satterfield in his article of April 4th.
He starts out by saying that “House)
; Bill 1,018 was introduced by R.
! Smith, a Republican.”
False to start on. lam not a Repul?
lican, nor a Populist, but a Democrat
pure and uudtfiled and Mr. Satterfield
well knows it. With this for a start
we are not surprised to find many other
equally false statements inhisexplana
tions of the handling of this famous bill.
He says this bill was called up at the
evening session of March 12th, and on
motion of Mr. Lee, of Haywood, was
“tabled by a large majority.” The same
was promptly stamped “tabled” in large
letters by myself.” The above are Mr.
Satterfield's facts??) But let us see what
are the real facts as shown by com
petent witnesses. First the bill
was not called up on March 12th,
as he tries to prove in order to make it
harmonize with the stamp afterwards
placed on the bill, for the Caucasian, in
its report of the proceedings of March
11th says that it was tabled at the even
ing session of March 11th. Now tell me
how this paper could have given this in
its proceedings of March 11th if it was
not tabled until the 12th? Hon. Lee 8.
Overman, who was in the Hall of the
House on March 11 and was not there on
March 12 states that while ho was in the
Hall the bill was taken up and disposed
of. In the Chailotte Observer of April
4th, Mr. Satterfield says that his journal
and calendar both show that it was
tabled March 12th. I cannot say what
his calendar shows as that can’t be found,
but Ido know that his journal shows
nothing of wbat disposition the House
made of this bill. I will admit that it
I ought to state these things,but it doesn’t.
Who is to blame? From the above we
see that the bill was “tabled” on the
night of March 11th, but the bill itself
shows it was not so stamped until the
12th or next day. Do you call that
promptly stamping it ?
The next point at which Mr. Satter
field tries to pervert facts, so as to shield
himself from responsibility, is in regard
to our meeting on March 12th. I have
twice before stated these facts just as
they occurred, but 1 will again say that
we did meet; that he showed me the
bills, and said that he was going to give
them to the enrolling clerk, and at that
time the bill was not stamped “tabled,”
and that he said he would go back and
see about it. The above are substan
tially the facts as they occurred, and
Mr. Satterfield acknowledged the truth
of the same to me in Raleigh on April
2d iu the presence of Mr. W. E. Chris
tian, reporter for the News and Ob
server. But now this “great explainer'’
tries to deny facts and shape them
to suit his own suspicious conduct. 1
say suspicious, because it does iook
queer that a bill which the
House ordered “tabled” March 11th
was rot so stamped until the 12th, and
even then ic had not bpen done when he
told me that he was guing to have it en
rolled or give it to the enrolling clerk.
Queer conduct indeed for a clerk to
take a “tabled” bill, or one that has only
! passed its first reading, and start to
i have it enrolled.
“When first we venture to deceive,
What a tangled web we weave.”
In this web Mr. Satterfield has caught
j himself completely.
Again he says “it is false that any bill
was ever stamped through the House by
myself or aDy clerk without a vote of
the House.” Will he please state how
! the bill to amend the Goldsboro Graded
; Schools and place women ou the board
j of trustees got through the House and
was enrolled fur ratification when the
facts are that it was killed on the third
j reading?
Again he says “It is false that bills or
bill was lost in the House pending session
of 1895.” Will he please explain what
became of House bill 664, which passed its
three readings in the House and was or
dered engrossed, as the House calendar
shows, but the engrossing clerk never
received and was never found, and lor
w T hieh I offered a substitute.
He says that “It is inequivocally false
that H. B. 1018, as considered by the
House was taken out by cny person and
allowed to be enrolled.”
While the fact is the bill was enroll
ed and is now a law. Will he explain
this mystery? If it never left his office
how did the enrolling clerk get it?
Did Mr. Satterfield himself enroll it?
Turn on the light. He says, “my calen
dar shows if a dead letter.” I looked
for it iu the capitol, where it should be
but could nut liud it. Have you oaten
it? Here it is three weeks after the ad
journme-1 of the legislature and you
Lave not y ♦ t delivered your calendar to
the State Librarian, as the law requires.
What aie you doing to it?”
One more question, what become
of that protest offered by Mr. Ray, which
was ordered to be placed upon the jour
nal, but is not then ?
R. L. Smith.
Guilford Hina Again.
Special to the News aiul Observer
Winston, N. C, April 15.
Tne Guilford and the Agricultural and
Mechanical Coll ge baseball teams played
a fine game here this afternoon. The
soo)e stood Bto 9 iu favor of Guilford
Collage.
The girls of Peace Institute will give
the pretty oper tta Gen vievo thwre on
Saturday night next.