Weather To-Day: RAIN.
VOLi. XL.V. NQ. 108.
BLOWS FOB LIBERTY
Senator Mason Against Gov
ernment by Force.
THE TRUE EXPANSION
OTHER REPUBLICS WERE BORN
OF 1 OURS.
SHALL WE STRANGLE FREEDOM NOW?
An Eloquent Plea fir the Filipinos. Some of
the Evils of Our Own Government.
Expansion Fever Abating.
Law of Compensation.
Washington, Jan. 10.-Sonator Mason,
of Illinois, occupied the attention of the
Senate for nearly an hour and a half
to-day with a speech in support of his
resolution declaring that the United
States will never attempt to govern the
people of any country without their con
sent. In many respects the speech was
one of the most notable utterances in
the Senate thus far this senson. Rug
nod in language, pointed and effective in
illustration, Mr. Mason commanded the
attention of the Senate and of the gal
leries from the first sentence of hi*
speech to the apostrophe to liberty which
formed his peroration. Several times
spontaneous applause swept over the
galleries, but under the stringent rules
of the Senate it was quelled quickly. It
was several minutes after the conclu
sion of the speech before the Senate
could proceed with its business on ac
count of the confusion incident to the
congratulations which many of Mr. Ma
son’s colleagues hastened to extend to
him.
“It is easy to drift with the tide.’
began Mr. Mason, but it is not always
safe. It is pleasant to remain in the
harbor when the storm is on, but some
times the storm within the inner con
science is more dangerous to peace of
miud than the storm without the oavhoi
is to human life.
“The simple resolution I have intro
duced has nothing necessarily to do with
any treaty, so far as I am Informed,
nor do I intend to speak of any proposed
treaty.
“The resolution I present docs not
involve a question of law, but ’s
question as to the future policy of this
republic. My resolution recites the I)( e
la ration of Independence. I do not
apologize for the resolution—’, regret its
necessity. 1 agree that you can, as Lin
coin said, in the long run ir Ist the peo
pie. I am willing to trust :!■.«• people,
and I want the people to hear both
sides of the ease before the verdict
is rendered.
“Distinguished editors and statesmen
say the Republican party favors g»«'crn
ing certain nations without the coiiseii'
of its people. Who dares t peak in ad
vance for the party that speaks only in
its convention? That party sprang like
a young giant from the worn t of con
science and made its first fight for hu
man liberty. It has never bowed to the
storm of expediency, and if 1 may I>>
allowed to prophecy, I predict that if th
delegates will go in again, the raftpr
will ring again and again when they de
mand the same independence for the
citizen of the Philippines as they did
« two years ago for Cuba.
“Do you say I am speaking for the
Philippines? Yes, one word for them,
and two for ourselves.
“I may appear to speak one word for
tin* Philippines, but two for my own
people when I plead for the broad man
hood of the man who wrote ‘All just
powers of government are derived from
the consent of the governed.’
“We ought to begin to learn the inexor
able law of compensation. You cannot
govern the Philippines without taxing
them; you have not yet their consent
and when the proposition of taxation
without representation is made again
look out for tea parties—those little semi
social functions are likely to break out
even there, for Hail Columbia and Yan
kee Doodle.have been heard in the arch
i | M ‘lil go.
“We may talk of it as we please, hut
there is nothing that satisfies the human
mind in an enlightened sige, unless man
is governed by his own country and the
institutions of his own government. No
matter how easy may be the yoke of a
foreign power—no matter how lightly it
sits upon his shoulders, if it is "not im
posed by the voice of his own nati< n
and of his own country, he will not, In
cannot, and he means not to he happy
lyulcr its burden.
“We are now asked to say to the citi
zens of the Philippine Islands. ‘You
poor ignorant creatures, you can’t gov
ern yourselves; we will extend our com
morce and we will do it for you. You
don’t know how to tax yourselves, and
in order that we may continue to exer
cise our Christian duty to you we wil
prevent your exercising sovereignty—w<
will exercise that function ourselves.’
“Mr. President they will never learn
to govern themselves while we govern
them. There is no such thing as teach
ing the art of self-government.
“When Kossuth wrote the declaration
for Hungarian independence he said hi
had in mind our own Declaration of In
dependence. For over 100 years every
lover of liberty has pointed to this sen
tence within this resolution: ‘That al
just powers of government are derived
from the consent of the governed,’ as a
reason for their tight for liberty. This
sentence has been u pillar of fire by
The News and Observer.
LEMS Mi Mini CMOUH HUES II IBS ADO CRCUUWX
night and has stirred the hearts of the
oppressed all over the world. In the
light of this sentence crowns have fallen
into dust, and the foundations of repub
lics have been laid. You ask for ex
pansion. See how we have expanded
in the time since this sentence was
written. Not only have republics started
up in place of monarchies, but mon
archies have themselves gradually
broadened into constitutional govern
ments, getting nearer aud nearer to the
voice of the people. Our own was the
first great republic, and in the better
and broader sense our flag floats from
the dome of every republic. From Brazil
to Nicaragua and Venezuela the brave
little republican flag is floating. Jt may
not be starred nor striped, like our own.
but it is born of the spirit of our spirit,
wherever it floats, and it breathes de
fiance to the monarchies of the world,
because our flag is in our sky and be
cause the Monroe Doctrine is written
forever in the hearts of the people.
“The other day when the distinguished
Senator from Massachusetts asked the
Senator from Connecticut (Platt) what
lie was going to do with this sentence
that ‘all just powers of government are
derived from the consent of the govern
ed.’ he answered ‘from the consent ci
some of the governed.’
'Mr. President, when any great cause,
which is agitating the minds of the peo
ple, needs for its defense such shallow
and un-American evasions ns this, that
cause will not live long in the minds of
intelligent people. We cannot avoid that
sentence now, and when we all shall
have mouldered into forgotten dust thi
sentence will live and continue to burn
a menace to tyrants and a beacon of
hope to the down-trodden and the op
pressed.
“The Filipino is begging to treat with
us as to his own land; he acknowledges
our gallant service; there is uo hones)
commercial treaty that an honest nation
could ask that he is not willing to con
sent to. He wants liberty as we did
and when seventy million people have
heard his cry for mercy and indepen
dence the father in New England will
plead for the father in Manila, the
mother in Illinois will pray for the poor
mother in the islands of the sea; the
fathers will vote as the mothers pray;
the poisoned views of selfishness wil
have had its run, and God help the par
ty that urges war on the native who
defends only his liberties and his home
Ah! Mr. President, have we got to
fight and plead for these people as we
did for Cuba? Are we to hear Aguin .Id <
and his followers called robbers and cut
throats, as we heard of the brave (larch
aud his followers within the last tweivi
months in this chamber? Why not make
them our friends forever instead of on
enemies. Why not with a free and open
hand give to them what we have prom
ised to give to Cuba? Tnen wo have k p‘
our promise, then have we hound them
to us by bauds stronger than steel, am;
then can we answer the slanders of
Europe who called us land-grabber*.
Pointing to Bedloe’s Islands we can say;
“‘Sec. the liberty cap is not a crown;
see, the Goddess has turned on her ne
destal and with her search light, swrp
the mountains; see. ten thousand mile
across the water, the seed sown at Con
cord has taken root there am! flaunts its
defiant ting of self-government at the
very portals of the Orient.’
“But distinguished gentlemen who
claim a monopoly of patriotism, who
don’t seem jo observe the difference i>e
tween expansion and explosion, say that
we, who believe in getting the consent
of the governed before we govern them
want to give back the Philippines t >
Spain. Every one who makes the state
rnent knows that we want nothing of (In
sert. Mexico was invaded by the French
and we said to them ‘Go, it is covered
by the Monroe Doctrine.’ Prance with
drew her troops and the brave strug
gling republic is climbing up tue scale o
civilization —slowly, hut surclv. That i
the expansion 1 believe in. That is the
imperialism that Monroe taught us."
Referring to the statements that the
Americans intended to give the Philip
pines liberty, Senator Mason said:
“How is liberty to be established? Is
it to l e done hyperdermically. with a Cl
inch gun? Are not our men and ships
lying off Iloilo? Did not the natives
who have been our allies drive the
Spaniards out? Are they not in posses
sion of their own land, their own homes?
Are they guilty of any crime, except tin
love of home and country? Having worn
the Spanish yoke so long do you wonder
at their fear of ours? Shall wo
shoot them and burn their homes, be
••auso God Almighty has planted in their
hearts and on their lips the sweet song
of liberty? Forbid it. Almighty God.
“But, Mr. President, we are told that
we must civilize them. Which part of
our civilization shall we give first? Shall
we show them how to run municipalities
with hoodie aldermen? I see the chief
,of that great ethical society, known as
Tammany Hull. says. ‘Keep the islands,
hold them.’ Khali we send him to teach
the untaught Filipinos cleanliness in
municipal politics? Shall we teach them
to worship money, or the man who has
it? Shall we have special instructions
to teach them how to kill postmasters
aud their wives and children because of
their complexion? Shall we have illus
trations showing enlarged pictures of the
works of our mobs in the last ninety
days in North Carolina, South Carolina
and Illinois? Shall we teach them how
to organize trusts so that one or two
men raise the price of the necessaries
of life to all the people? Shall we
amend and print Lincoln’s Gettysburg
speech so that it will read:
“ ‘A government of all the people by
a part of the people for a few people?’
“Have we the right to purchase sov
ereignty we have such right, have
we the right to purchase it from Spain,
who had no right and whose title we
had already discredited among the na
tions of the world? If we purchase the
Spanish title of sovereignty, would we
then have the truest title?
“Who wants to govern the Philippine
Ida nils? Who among us wishes to vote
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
RALEIGH, N. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING-, JANUARY 11, 1899.
BUTLERWILLRECEDE
No Pensions Will be Asked
for the Confederates.
VETS WOULD NONE OF IT
SOUTHERNERS GENERALLY
WERE AGAINST IT.
BUTLER’S 0 m VIEWS OF THE MATTER
The 'A'ar Being Over a Constitutional Question,
is it Not Discrimination to Grant
Pensions to Only One of
theSd*s.
Washington. Jan. 10. —(Special. 1— Sen
ator Marion Butler will withdraw his
proposition for pensions for Confed
erates. He does it. he says, because of
the opposition from Confederate veter
ans and Southerners generally.
“I believe,” said Senator Butler, “that
if the matter of the enactment of the
bill into law was left to the Grand
Army of the Republic, they would pass
it without delay. But the opposition
which has developed from ex-Confede
rnte soldiers, who feel that such a law
would place them in the position of men
dicants. calls for a reconsideration of tin
proposed measure, and 1 shall respect it
accordingly. 1 do not see the matter
in that light, however, and shall state
iny reasons for proposing the measure
when the Appropriation bill, to which it
is an amendment, comes up for consid
eration in the Senate.
“The Civil War was unlike any other
war in the history of the world. It was
fought over a constitutional question,
and its result determined nothing more
than a vote of the Senate would have
done. The result of the war gave the
construction to the Constitution, that the
Union is indissoluble. Each State
which withdrew from the Union did s >
under the belief that it was exercising
its constitutional prerogative. The war
was anything but a rebellion. More
over. according to the Northern con
struction, the Southern States were al
ways part of the Union, and the ques
tion which to my mind, at least, pre
sents itself is whether it Is not dis
crimination to grant pensions to the men
who fought on one side of this great
struggle and not to those who fought on
the other side.”
LAW AND LYNCHINGS.
Gov. Ellerbei.’s Message Dealing With
an Absorbing Question.
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 10. —The Gen
eral Assembly of South Carolina con
vened in actual session today. Gov
ernor Kllerbe, in his message, took oc
casion to refer to the subject of lynch
ing. He says at the outset:
“During the last several years there
has been an apparently increasing dis
position among us to attempt the right
ing of real or supposed wrongs b.v the
law-breaking practice of lynching.”
He says ii means tin* abolition of the
regular order of justice, and this is the
first step in the destruction of social or
der.
Concluding, he says the remedy sug
gests itself, “See to it as conservators of
the peace of the State, as makers of its
laws, as the guardians of its sacred
honor, that its laws are so enacted and
so administered that conviction and pun
ishment shall follow crime with the cer
tainty that links effects to causes. It is
possible, it is necessary for the protec
tion of society and vindication of justice
that a stop he put to those legal quibbles,
those astute technicalities, that vice-en
couraging dilatoriness in the administra
tion of justice, which tends not so much
to the protection of individual rights as
to the subversion of Iho rights of so
ciety and to utter hiss of confidence in
the stability and even in the possibility
of government.
“That an officer charged with the duty
of holding and »f protecting a prisoner
should suffer him to l>e seized and snatch
ed from the hands of the representa
tives of the State’s power and sovereign
ty should constitute forfeiture in itself
of his office, for it is a confession of in
disposition or of liability to perform the
high duty committed to him. Such offi
cers will never correct lawlessness, for
jliey are either in sympathy with it or
they are afraid of it.
“As an additional measure of restraint
it would he well, and I recommend that
any county in which the crime of lynch
ing is erfirnnitted shall be liable to the
heirs of the victim of the lynchers in the
sum of live thousand dollars, and 'hat
men who shall he convicted of participa
tion in lynching shall he deprived of (he
right to vote or hold office in the State.”
He dealt with the ever-increasing sub
ject of the dispensary in extenso. lie
recommends the submission of the ques
tion of dispensary or prohibition to the
people for a popular vote and letting
each comity decide on which it will
adopt. High license as a factor in the
vote is omitted, though it was generally
expected. The law’s delay is vigorously
handled in what he says about tlie* courts
of the State.
CHICAGO'S MAYOR FOR BRYAN.
Carter Harrison Says Free Silver at Hi
to 1 Will be the Leading Issue in
11 tOO.
Chicago, Jan. 10.—Mayor Carter Har
rison came out squarely for Bryan and
free silver in his speech at file Jeffer
son Day banquet.
“To-day, as two years ago/’ he said.
“we regard the man whose name »ur
dub bears ;as the logical leader of the
contest in 1900. Events since 1896 have
shown the wisdom of the Chicago con
vention. The constant growth of the
money power, the firm dutch it lias
taken on the nation, and : ts fixed de
termination to fasten upon the people an
absolute control by the hanks of the na
tional currency is satisfactory evidence
that to-day. as iti 189(1, the people’s sole
remedy lies in a return to ilie money
system under which the nation thrived
and prospered the free coinage under
the Constitution of silver and gold) and
at the ratio of 16 to 1.
“The growth of the trusts *nd the
daily centralization of capital in those
powerful agencies afford abundant proof
of tlu* necessity for early and determined
action to prevent the actual and hope
less subserviency of the people to wealth
aud aristocracy. For this nation i
drifting rapidly toward a condition
when, though free in name, it threatens
to be in fact an oligarchy, whose chosen
few will hold jjjre-eniiuenee neither by
right nor birth jior ability, but by the
single power off wealth.
“In the trying days when war was
first declared, when every true Ameri
can stood ready;to brave all in defense
of the fatherland, the one sign of fear
came from the capitalists, who trembled
lest business relations should be dis
turbed. The on* note of discord to nutr
the harmony "I 80,000,(100 freemen
singing in tuiisnn the anthem of the
Republic was th# hoarse croak of alarm
sounded by Wall street. The dangers
which threaten the stability of the Re
public do not a ripe from any fault of the
people, but from the selfishness, the cor
ruption. the insatiable greed, the lack
of patriotism of those who dominate the
trusts ami monopolies.”
After the banquet Mayor Harrison
said: “1 consider the a< rion of a small
faction of Eastern Democrats under
Croker will only t“sult in defeat to those
who follow theiu|”
WAR CLOUD PASSING
CONFERENCE WITH FLiPINGS [NEWS
FROM OHS REAS-UIING.
Sagasta Announc s t*at There is no Cibi et
Cris'S Diss : dint Conservative Parly
is Dissolved.
London, Jan -Tile Manila corre
spondent of the Morning Post says:
“There was an important conference last
evening between duly authorized .Ameri
can and Filipino committees at the in
stance of Aguinaldo. Tire latter ap
pointed General Flores, Colonel Aquilles
and Senor Torres.
“Major General Otis appointed Gener
al Hughes, Colonel Smith, of the Cali
fornia regiment, and Judge' Advocate
Crowder. General Otis said the purpose
of tlu* conference was a mutual under
standing of the policies, aims and desires
of the people of the United States and
of the Philippines. There-#,as a frank
discussion.”
ADVICES FROM GENERAL OTIS.
Washington, Jan. 10.—It can he
stated on authority that such news as
has been received to-day from General
Otis is rather reassuring than otherwise
as to the situation in the Philippines,
lie has been instructed to use gentleness
in dealing with the insurgents and to
advise and co-operate- with Admiral
Dewey. The question has arisen here
as to the exact purpose to he served
now in attempting to seize Iloilo. Orig
inally it was intended to release the
Spanish force there beseiged, hut by
their evacuation of that place they have
removed that incentive, and were it not
for the false encouragement it would
give the insurgents there is little doubt
that the Unted States troops would not
be moved against Iloilo.
Meanwhile the navy is expected to
draw a cordon around the Island of
Panay, and also Luzon should it be
deemed necessary to do so, to prevent
the further supply of arms and muni
tions of war to the insurgents.
SAGASTA STILL AT THE HEAD.
Madrid, Jan. 10.—Senor Sagasta had
'an hour’s audience with the Queen Re
gent to-day and afterwards announced
that there was no Cabinet crisis, that
he would not submit a vote of confidence
and that he believed the present Minis
try would present itself to Parliament.
It is not yet clear whether the crisis
is merely deferred until after the next
Cabinet meeting or whether Senor Sa
gasta has succeeded in inducing certain
colleagues to reconsider their resigna
tion.
Several Dissident Conservatives, in*
eluding the Duke of Tetuan. Minister of
Foreign Affairs in the Canovas Cabinet
and Tomas Castellanos, former Minister
for the Colonics, have apparently decided
to join Senor Sagasta. Otiu r members
of the party have attached themselves
to Senor Silrelit s<> that the Dissident
Conservative parly, as an organization,
may he considered dissolved.
BREAK WITH OUR CONSUL.
Hong Kong. Jan. 10.—The Filipino
Committee has broken off all relations
with the United States Consul. Rounse
velle Wiklman.
The committee today issued a writ in
the Supreme Court to recover the smn
of $47,000 which the Filipinos claim to
have deposited with Mr. Wildman as
Treasurer of the Filipino Independence
Fund in June last. Tic members of the
committee further allege that sensational
disclosures are probable, showing, they
add. that th* American Government
recognized the Filipinos as belligerents by
affording them assistants in arms and
moral influence to co-operate aganst
Spain, “thus endorsing the agreement
made with Aguinaldo at Singapore in
April.”
Flattery—The art of making others
believe your disbelief.
ALAS! FOB TBE KID
Sharkey Knocked Him Out
in Tenth Round.
TOM FORCED HGHTIN6
MoCOY’S MARVELOUS FOOT
WORK A PUZZLE.
HE WAS LIKE THE IRISHMAN’S FLEA
In Round 10 Sharkey Landed a left Hander on
McKoy’s Neck Which Put Him to
Sleep With his Head Hanging
Cver the Ropes.
Lenox Athletic Club, New York, Jan.
10. —Tom Sharkey, the American bailor,
stands to-night .the only heavy-weight
possibility for championship honors, and
the title now held by Rob Fitzsimmons.
He whipped Kid McCoy good and hard in
the tenth round of what was to have
been a 20-round battle, and by doing so,
the Irish-Amerieau pugilist forged his
way so positively and undeniably to the
front rank that Fitzsimmons must now
consider the sailor pugilist's claim with
out delay.
Sharkey to-night was a revelation to
those who saw him a couple of years
ago. llis ring work :yid generalship are.
so vastly superior to his exhibitions when
lie first came to the East as a fighter
that the improvement is almost in
credible.
Great hunches of muscle, with unlim
ited confidence and a cool head, are the
qualifications which have enabled
Sharkey to fight his way to the front
rank of heavy-weight* pugilists, and no
one, not even McCoy, who suffered de
feat at his hands to-night, denies the full
measure of praise that is due to the
Irishman.
McCoy’s marvelous foot-work and that
long left jab, with which he has put so
many of his opponents to sleep, are two
factors in his make-up that must al
ways appeal to lovers of the fistic art.
He used every artifice known to the ad
vanced school of pugilism in hi,* contest
to-night, and his defeat must not he at
tributed to any lack of close study on his
part of every trick in the boxing game.
When McCoy sent Sharkey twice to
the floor in the third round to-night, no
one doubted the Kid's ability to hit hard,
and many thought that he had Sharkey
at his mercy. This idea was soon dis
pelled when the Irishman began to get to
his man.
McCoy’s seconds were Doe I’aync. Con
Reilly, Frank Erne, Time-Keeper Nate
Fenton, of Buffalo. Sharkey’s seconds
Tom O’Rourke. Tommy Ryan. Syracuse;
George Dixon and Jack Doughtery.
Time-keeper, Jimmy DeForest. Tim
Hurst was referee. Sharkey’s weight
was 172; McCoy's 1.78 pounds. McCoy
wore white running trunks with a belt
with stars and stripes. Tom wore
green trunks with a belt of American
colors. They shook hand' at 10:40
o’clock.
Round Ist.—They tub ed. McCoy
tried a left for the wim. but missed.
Tom swung a left over the kidneys. Mc-
Coy trie a left lunik for the head, land
ing lightly. Tom uppercut with a right
on the chest. McCoy made a half circle
of the ring and then caught on the
stomach. Sharkey did not reply. Mc-
Coy again sent his left to the stomach
and brought it up to the face. Sharkey
hooked a light right to the ribs. Both
men were sparring at the gong. McCoy’s
round.
Round 2nd. —McCoy sidestepped to the
left for a half circle of the ring and let
his left go. landing lightly on the face,
Tom stepped back and McCoy ran close
to him. Two efforts of McCoy-to reach
his man were futile, but he caught Tom
on the ropes and caught a light left on
the nose. Tom came to centre of the
ring and tried left and right without ef
fect, and again the Kid sent liis left
lightly to the face. McCoy continually
kept sidestepping and evaded Tom’s at
tempts for a left hook or swing very
cleverly. McCoy put a light left on
Tom’s face when near the ropes on the
west end of the ring, and Sharkey sent a
hard left hook to the ribs as the gong
sounded.
Round 3rd.—Tom tried to force mat
ters and McCoy at close quarters sent
his left to the ear and ducked away
from a left swing. Each sent lefts to
the head at close quarters with little
effect, and McCoy’s foot work puzzled
Tom, \yho could not land until Mac
stopped after getting a left on the
breast. Tom then sent his left to the
neck and Mae jabbed a hard left on the
sc. These seemed to annoy Tom who
as utilise to such quick foot work, and
Mac hit his opponent with another quick
jab on the nose. Twice around the ring
Mac sidestepped and at each step his
left jab. landing lightly. Suddenly the
Kd stood rigid and sent his right to the
face, repeating the blow within two sec
onds so hard that Tom fell to the floor.
Tom jumped up like a rubber ball re
bounding and again fell to the floor,
The bell found them sparring.
Round 4th.—McCoy’s foot work was
marvelous. He cut out the pace and
Sharkey could not reach him through
tiie Kid’s clever side-stepping. Once in
a while Mac would stop and send that
long left to the botl.v or bead. Tom tried
all sorts of dodges to bring his man to
him, blit the Kid side-stepped all the
time, and Tom’s swings fanned the air. ■
Sharkey rushed and tried for tin* bodyj
but the Kid side-stepped again and sent
two hard left** to the face. These l - v >'
stung Tom, but the latter strip 4
tongue out ns much ns to say: s >
don’t count, hit heavier.” V
Round 5th —McCoy rushed acr«. the
ring and the men clinched in Sharkey s
corner. Sharkey tried left and right
swings, but the Kid dodged cleverly.
Tom tried left and right again, but the
Kid dodged him. Tom crossed the ring
and caught Mac in the neutral corner,
sending his left to the stomach and a
right on the ear. McCoy countered
heavily with his right on the head. Tom
kept rushing ineffectively, and once he
caught Mac on the ropes and tried to
land a left hook; lint Mac rebounded
from the ropes like a rubber ball, and
Tom sent liis left to tlie right r,bs, only
landing a glancing blow. Both men
were fresh at the end of the round.
Round 6th. —Sharkey on the aggres
sive, Mac very weary and easing his
feet to advantage. Tom caught him
side-stopping, leading a left hook low on
the body and another on the ribs close
to the heart. Mac jabbed left to the
face and body, but failed to dodge a left
hook from Tom, which caught him on
the neck under the ear. Tom kept on,
the aggressive, and caught Mac ,on the
ropes without gaining anything. Tom
caught Mac in the corner and gave him
two lefts in the fact. Mac jumped to
tiie middle of the ring and side-stepped,
but Tom knocked his left and sent hits
right across the head, but they were
glancing blows. At this stage of the
game there was betting SSOO even Tom
would knock Mac out.
Round 7th —Both blocked cleverly.
Tom swung his left for the head. Mac
blocked the blows with his elbow and
side-stepped out of harm’s way. Two
clinches followed in which the referee
had to go between the men to separate
them-. Coming together at close quar
ters. Mae got his left to the wind, and
Mac landed his right on the head. Lend
ing and blocking cleverly on both sides
was then the order, and Mac succeeded
in landing a left hook on Tom’s rijrht
eye, raising a mouse under the cheek
bone. Both were fresh when the gong
sounded.
Round Bth.—They rushed to a clinch
with nothing doing. Mac sent a left
swing to the head. Tom upper-cutting
with left to the head. Sparring continu
ed without any injury to either, and then
Tom shouted: “I’m tired.” The Kid
led a beautiful left for the head, but
Tom twisted away around, bringing his
left to the ribs. In a rush Tom played
for the body, landing his left seemingly
low, and Mae dropped to the floor of
the ring, where he wriggled for eight
seconds. It looked as if Mac were
down about 12 seconds, hut th** referee’s
count was only eight. He came up
again seemingly uninjured, and finished
the round sparring.
Round 9th.—Mac opened with a left
on the jaw, and Tom replied with left
and right on the head, forcing the Kid
all over the ring. Tom forced the fight
ing into his own corner, where he got
Mac with a terrible left in the stomach,
sending a pail of water all over Tim
Sullivan, who was sitting in a box. Mac
recuperated quickly, but got another
welt in the wind which forced him to
the ropes. Then Tom forced the light
ing and landed half dozen hard lefts
on the breast and stomach as Mae was
trying to get away to the left. This
was Tom’s round by long odds.
Round 10th.—The Kid kept skipping to
the right and ran into a clinch, where
he held Tom without a blow being
struck. Sharkey taking the advice of
his chief second, Tom played for the
body, but Mac guarded him effectively.
Then Tom turned his attention to the
body and landed on the ribs with his
left, then Sharkey turned his attention
to the upperworks, with McCoy sprinting
to the right with Sharkey having a de
cided advantage. The sailor let fly both
left and right, landing on the and
forcing Mac to the east end ol* the ring.
Close to the center upright McCoy falter
ed. and Tom caught him with his head
hanging over the lowest of the three*
ropes looking imploringly around. The
Kid lay there helplessly, while the referee
counted ten seconds, after which ho
struggled to his feet, and Sharkey not
knowing that the limit had expired,
rushed at him once more, this time
swinging right on the neck just below
the jaw, McCoy falling again.
Then McCoy seemed to be in a helpless
condition, but the referee, Tim Hurst,
did not trouble himself in counting sec
ends, but waved his right hand to Shark
ey to retire to his corner, saying at the
same time:
“I counted McCoy out on the other fall;
you've won.”
McCoy struggled to his-feet and stag
gered to his corner, where his seconds
were already awaiting him and they
placed him on the stool, while Sharkey’s
adherents almost smothered him with
embraces and congratulations. Time of
round, 1 min., 13 seconds.
THE QUAY CONSPIRACY CASE.
Supreme Court Dismiss* s—Api-lieu;ion
for Writ of Certiorari.
Philadelphia. Pa., Jan. 10.—The Su
preme Court to-day in an opinion hand
ed down by Chief Justice Sterrett dis
missed the application in the Quay con
spiracy case fer a writ <>f certiorari and
placed tin* costs on the petitioners. The
petition of the defendants. United States
Senator M. S. Quay, R. li. Quay and
Benj. J. Haywood, averred that on ac
count of political prejudices they were
of belief that they could not obtain a
fair and impartial trial in th** Philadel
phia court of Quarter Sessions Where the
suit against them was instituted.
As to the claim that the lower court will
not give a fair trial. Judge Street says:
*AVe cannot assent to this proposition.
On the contrary, we are satisfied that
the petitioners can and will have a lair
and impartial trial in that court before
a competent and unprejudiced judge and
a fair and impartial jury. If we thought
otherwise, we would not hesitate a mo- j
I ment to send tin* indictments to another I
jurisdiction for trial.” , I
THIRD EDITION.
PHIOK FIVE CENTS.
bIVEIHE PEOPLE
m LIST SAY
They Should Elect United
States Senators.
A RESOLUTION PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY BY THE STATE
SENATE TO THAT EFFECT.
SENATE ADOPTS NEW SET OF RULES
Bill to Put Hertford County in the Hands of
White Men lelroduc?d by Senator
Cowper. Prafiing a Public
School Law.
The Senate was concerned mostly with
routine work and with legislation of a
local or private nature. The matters
to which the party of the majority mem
bers pledged itself in the last campaign
are nearly all before one house or the
other in some form, or are under con
sideration in committee's instructed to
draft and bring in hills. The rult » were
suspended and a resolution passed
urging our Senators and Representative*
in Congress to take steps looking to the
eleeton of United States Senators by the
people, as was also ,a bill to provide a
site for the much needed fish culture sta
tion. Other bills took ihe regular course.
The main interest of the day was in
the elections committee.
REFERRED TO COMMITTEES.
A petition, by Senator Robinson: To
authorize the appointment of a cotton
weigher of Sampson. To Committee on
Counties. Cities and Towns.
H. li. No. 100: To appoint a cotton
weigher for Harnett. To Committee on
Propositions and Grievances,
S. li. No. 34. Senator Cowpvr: To
re-establish a criminal court for Hert
ford county. To Committee on Judi
ciary.
S. B. No. 55, Senator Cowper, by re
quest: To authorize appointment of u
tax collector for Hertford county. To
Committee on Counties, Cities and
Towns.
S. B. No. 56, Senator Cowper, by re
quest: To provide for the better govern
ment of Hertford county. To Commit
tee on Counties, Cities and Towns.
S. li. No. 57. Senator Skinner, by re
quest: To regulate the duties and pow
ers of town constables. To Committee
on Judiciary.
S. I>. No. 58, Senator Daniels: To
amend section 163 of Code. To Com
mittee on Judiciary.
S. B. No. 59, Senator Glenn: To
enable the tax collector of Salem to col
lect taxes anywhere in Forsyth couuty.
To Committee on Judiciary.
S. I>. No. 00, Senator Glenn: To
amend the charter of the town of Salem.
To Committee on Counties, Cities and
Towns.
S. li. No. 61. Senator Glenn: To
amend chapter 2831 of the Code. To
Committee on Propositions and Griev
ances.
S. li. No. 62. Senator Lowe: For the
relief of A. J.House. To Committee on
Pensions.
S. li. No. 64. Senator Daniels: To
amend section 148 of Code. To Com
mittee on Judiciary.
S. B. No. 65, Senator Jerome: To
unite the Richmond, Petersburg and
Carolina railways and for other pur
poses. To Committee 011 Railroads.
S. R. No. 67, Senator Glenn: Re
solved, that after February 15th, no
bills shall be introduced in either House
except by a vote of a two-thirds ma
jority thereof. To Committee on Rules.
BILLS PASSED.
S. li. No. 63, Senator Ward: To pro
vide for a fish culture station. Rules
suspended and passed three readings.
S. B. Not. 10: To amend charter of
Elizabeth City. Passed thin! reading.
Ayes, 45.
'S. It. No. 66. Senator Cocke: A joint
resolution to request our Senators and
Representatives in Congress to use their
efforts to have a constitutional amend
ment submitted to. the legislatures of
the several States providing that United
States Senators shall be.elected by tin*
people. Rules suspended and passed
three readings.
SECOND READINGS.
Bill to authorize Ismishiirg municipal
bonds.
11. B. No. 29. S. B. No. 18. To re
peal chapter 316, laws of 1897, with ref
erence to working convicts on roads of
Mecklenburg. To calendar for a third
reading.
S. rt. No. 47; To authorize Charlotte
to issue bonds for water works. To
calendar for a third reading.
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES.
The Senate gets a new set of Rules,
With Few Changes.
The Committee on Rules made its re
port which was adopted, and tin* Clerk
was instructed to have 209 copies print
ed for the use of members. Few changes
in the rules were made.
FROM JUDIt IARY COMMITTEE.
S. R. No. 31: To investigate Stnt**
Treasurer’s office, charitable institution*
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