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Weather To-Day: FAIR; WARMER. THIRD EDITION} The News and Observer. VOI J# XLV. NO. 1\ 7. MS, NELSON'S PIEA FOR EXPANSION The Senator Says it’s Cruel to Abandon Filipinos. WE MUST PROTECT THEM KEEP THEM OUT OF OTHER GOVERNMENT’S CLUTCHES. MR. TILWAN ON THE RACE QUESTION Called to Order for Interrupting Mr. Nelson, » Mr Tilman then Prevented Comp’e tion of Canal Bill Which he Call-d a fc'ieme to "teal. Washington, Jan. 20.—The Senate was in session for live hours and a half to-day, but the session was practically barren of results. Mr. Nelson, (Rep. Minn.), spoke in op position to Mr. Vest's anti-expansion resolution, and Mr. White, (Dem. Cal.), made a personal explanation of his po sition with respect to the instructions given the California Senators by the Legislature of that State as to voting on the pending peace treaty. Mr. Nelson’s address was a constitu tional argument in support of the right of the United States Government to ac quire and govern foreign territory. He maintained that it was no longer rn un settled question that this country had the power not only to acquire foreign territory by discovery, conquest c.r treaty, but also to govern territory so acquired. That question, he said, had been settled by a decision of the Su preme court, and was scarcely longer open to debate. He referred to the ter ritory that had been acquired in the past by the United States Government, and declared that in no single case had the people of the territory acquired been consulted or their consent secured. In the course of this debate, lie said, the contention was being made that the people of the territory proposed to l><> acquired were not fit for citizenship in onr republic. Admitting that that con tention was correct it was quite as true that the people of territory hitherto acquired by this country were unfit for citizenship at the time the territorj was taken into the Union. Had we applied the reasoning that was now bping ad vanced against the acquisition of terri tory to the people of Florida and the Louisiana territory when they were ad mitted into the United States, they scarcely could have passed muster, as it was well known that they were not fitted for citizenship. Mr. Nelson then entered upon an ela borate constitutional argument, citing .numerous authorities in support of his position. He maintained that the argu ments that taxation without represen tation was tyranny, and that Govern ments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, were true only in a limited extent. A majority of our people, he said, were without direct rep resentation. Women had to hear their share of taxation. In response to a question by Mr. Ma son (Ills.), Mr. Nelson said that no man could say truthfully that the rights of Englishmen had been destroyed or even in any sense impaired by Great Britain’s great scheme of colonization. Further replying to Mr. Mason he declared that the United States, our own magnificent Government, was the product of the col onization plans of Great Britain and de manded to know whether Mr. Mason would desire to blot out that great work of England. Mr. Tillman (S. C.), interrupted Mr. Nelson and referring to the contest be tween Sweden and Norway and the practical severance of their relations, in quired why the Norwegians at homo wanted liberty, while those of the United States do not desire to give liberty to the Filipinos. This reference to Mr. Nelson’s Norwe gian birth aroused him. “I am not rep resenting either the people or the Gov ernment of Norway, whose rights and liberties 1 am satisfied are greater than ihose of the people of South Carolina.” (Laughter). In his discussion of the situation in the Philippines when Admiral Dewey arri ved at Manila on the memorable first of May. Mr. Nelson pointed out that the islanders were in a state of practical slavery under the dominion of Spain Agninaldo had abandoned them, he said on (he payment to him by Spain of a paltry “thirty pieces of silver,” which it this ease was to be $800,0()0 half of which amount the insurgent leader had already received. He was to leave tin people and leave the country to the ten der mercies of Spanish cruelties. Mr. Nelson maintained that it would b<* the acme of cruelty, for the United States Government to despoil the Fili pinos in 1 his time of their need. “W< are there,’ ho said, “to give them a jus l free and good Government and to keei them out of the dutches of tin* grea* powers of ihe earth. If is our dut l thus to protect them, and it would be th* greatest cruelty for us to leave them a tin* mercy of any powers who miglr choose to attack them.” Mr. Tillman called attention to Mi- Nelson’s use of the word “slave” in hi reference to the Philippines and aske< the latter if he appreciated that those LEADS kii 10m CAROLINA MlllES II IEIS AID CIRCIJLATC*?. v* people were of the same class as those slaves whose rule and dominion Mr. Nelson and his party associates had forced upon the white people of the South. “You are undertaking,” said Mr. Till man,’ “to annex and make a component part of this Government ten millions of the colored race, one halt or more of whom are barbarians of the lowest type. It is but the introduction into the body politic of the United States of that vitiated blood that debased ignorant peo ple that we object to.” At thits point, the hour of 2 o’clock arrived and the chair laid before the Senate the Nicaraguan Canal Bill. Mr. Morgan, after some persuasion, yielded to permit Mr. Nelson to conclude his speech. After the Minnesota Senator had proceeded for a time he was again interrupted by Mr. Tillman, whereupon Mr. Morgan complained that Mr. Nelson was not justified in permitting interrup tions when holding the lioor by courtesy in the time of the Canal Bill. Evidently anxious to oblige Mr. Morgan Mr. Nel son declined to yield. This declination being announced by the Chair, Mr. Till man exclaimed: “The Senator from Minnesota is acting under the constant nagging of the Senator from Alabama.” He also asserted that Mr. Morgan had no right after he had given permission to another Senator to proceed to “dic tate how the time should be parcelled out.” For this Mr. Tillman was called to order by the Chair. These proceedings were evidently not to Mr. Tillman’s liking, and he imme diately made the point of no quorum, repeating the proceeding, several times during the session. Replying, Mr. Nelson deprecated any reference to the race question in the South. Let the dead past bury the dead, lie did not consider the point revel ant. Interrupting again. Mr. Tillman urged that the race question was the one ques tion in the whole problem, and his ob jection was to the intention to bring these ignorant people of vitiated blood into this country as an integral part of it. Mr. Nelson contended that the Fili pinos w ould not become voters under the arrangement proposed. At the conclusion of Mr. Nelson’s re marks. Mr. White defined his position as an anti-expansionist, and said, speak ing of the request of the California Leg islature that its Senators vote for the peace treaty: “I would be glad to meet the desire of the Legislature of California if it were possible for me to do so without loss of eels respect and a sacrifice of all my opinions.” Mr. White stated that the Legislature and his colleague. Mr. Perkins, are Re publican. while he is- a Democrat. As soon as Mr. White had'concluded his statement. Mr. Perkins;, addressed the Senate. lie paid a high tribute to the honesty, energy and ability of Mr. White, hut notwithstanding his able argument, ho believed this to be truly a representative Government. So believ ing he felt that his obligation was to the people of his State, and that when he had ascertained what their desires were he wopld bo false to himself and to them if he did not heed their wishes. “I am opposed,” said he, “to the policy of acquiring the Philippine Islands, be lieving such a policy to bbe a menace to our Government and it# institutions; but nine tenths of the people of my State, as their wishes are expressed through a Legislature recently elected, think otherwise. While I shall vote for the pending treaty it will be under pro test. I shall do so because I regard such action to be my duty.” Consideration of the Nicaraguan Canal Bill was then resumed, considera tion being on Mr. Caffery’s amendments. The completion of the bill was prevented probaltly by the filibustering tactics adopted by Mr. Tillman (Dem., S. C.), who frankly announced that the bill could not be passed to-day as he and other Senators if necessary would re main in the chamber until midnight to prevent a final vote. Mr. Tillman declared that the whole canal “scheme” was purely speculative and had for its main idea the pulling out, of the treasury $5,000,000, a sum which he characterized as tlie “last apple on the tree which the Maritime Canal- Company is grasping at, after having missed getting the fifty millions, or a hundred millions which previous hills had proposed to give them. “I believe,” he declared, “that this scheme is a steal and nothing hut a steal.” “The more you stir this thing,” he shouted, “the more you investigate the dirtier it becomes and the louder it stinks. (Laughter). “When the Senator from Alabama, Mr. Morgan) tried to interfere with my rights as a Senator on this floor 1 made up my mind that this bill should not pass to-day and that we might as well adjourn.” Whi’e Mr. Caffery was discussing liis amendment reducing the amount avaii tble to he paid the Canal Company $2, W(0,000, Mr. Berry offered the following amendment to section three: “Nothing in this act sh ill he construed N> authorize the payment to sai l co n puny or to any other person or persons i greater sum than the value of such aroperty as ascertained by the conmiis •iion herein named, nor dnil any war rants* be delivered until siteh commis sion has reported such value.” Mr. Morgan acceptd the amendment iml it was agreed to. Mr. Caffery’s amendment was then lefeated 82 to 20. Mr. Chilton (Tex.), offered an amend nont reducing the number of directors if the canal from 11 to 7. five of vihom re to be from the Unite 1 States. The rnendment was agreed to. Mr. Spooner offer*»il an amendment ’hat if the President lie unable to secure rein the Governments r? Nicaragua and Tosta Rica such concession's as will eit tble the United States to build and icrpetually own and control ihe canal. (Continued on Sixth Page.) RA.LF!TfHI. N. 0,, SATURDAY MORNINR, JAN UAIIY 21, 1*99 MAJOR W, H, DALY ATE EMBALMED BEEF Subsequently Had Trouble With His Stomach DALY’S STRONG REPORT PROOF BY ANALYSIS OF PRES ENCE OF CHEMICALS. B3RAX AND SAUCY.I3 ACID UTED \ Test New to be Made by Government Cht m ists. Dr. Daly Says no “Beard” can Appear Upon Meat Free from f utres Cent Germs. Washington, D. C., Jan. 20.—Major W. H. Daly, chief surgeon with General Miles, and whose field service stretches from Tampa to Porto Rico and whose report condemning the beef furnished the expeditionary forces created a sen sation some weeks ago, made his long awaited appearance as a witness before the war investigating commission to day. Surgeon Daly’s report was the strongest in language of those submitted by General Miles in substantiation of his attack on the beef supplies. Dr. Daly has been too ill to appear heretofore. He was accompanied by General Miles’ own stenographer, despite the preseme of the commissions’ official stenographer. On being sworn, the wit ness identified the report submitted as his own, changing its date, however from September 51st to October 31st. He was willing, he said, to stand by his report. It was wholly voluntary and was not called out by any mjuest or,in obedience to any circular or letter, so far as he remembered. He had heard nothing of an official circular calling for reports. At Ponce, however, some time between August Ist and 12th, he believed, he conuuuuienfed tu General Miles some ob servations made at Tampa'. He had noticed a quarter of beef hanging free in the sun on shipboard, and he became in terested in the experiment of having fresh slaughtered beef placed under such conditions to see how long it could stand it. “I observed,” he said, “that the flies especially the bull flies, did not affect it; did not alight on it, or if they did they got away from it very quickly.” He cut off a piece of that beef at Tampa and cooked it lmt it neither smelled nor tasted naturab Later he helped the men corral some horses, and subsequently had trouble with his stom ach, which he first attributed to tin* ac tivity of corralling. Then he notieed in dications of the presence of chemicals that brought back recollections of chemi cal stuff he had used to preserve elk in hunting expeditions in the Rocky Moun tains some years before. All that day at Tampa and the next he had an unpleas ant taste. In that previous hunting ex perience lie had analyzed the chemical preservative and found it to contain borax and salicylic acid. These were to he used externally on the elk hunt, hut he had rubbed it in the raw flesh and also injected it. Questioned as to these ingredients, he said borax was not safe to he used in connection with food nor for ordinary medical purposes, while the salicylic acid whs most nauseous, loathsome and dis gusting, almost destructive to digestion. Dr. Italy said he should say the attempt to preserve the beef by chemicals was not a suc cess. That had been bis cxi*‘ rience on the transport Panama. In tin.* beef carried by that ship lit* was “pretty sure chemicals were involved.” That beef, he said, was very foul. He thought the Government beef requirements of the contractors were very unreasonable. Everybody knows, he said, that beef ex posed to moisture and warmth for 21 hours, “will be very much tried.” Recurring to the transport Panama lie said most of the beef ft carried was re frigerated. They had secured a ton of beef and for this they at first had one and one-half tons of ice, later it was in creased to eleven and one half tons of ice. The beef, however, had a decidedly peculiar odor. “At Ponce,” In* went <m to say, “I observed the refrigerated beef taken from the transports. It had a peculiar odor. I observed the examina tion of spoiled beef on one transport. It was done by a butcher down in the hold. He thrust his arm in every direction into the putrid meat trying to find a solid piece. This meat had the same peculiar odor.' ’He added that the Panama’s beef warranted his report and that its odor wus like* that of a dead human injected with preservatives. He also depicted the strong odors aboard tin* transport Ches ter. General Beaver asked if the witness did not think his examination purely su perficial and without any substantial knowledge. ‘‘No, I would not like to say that," he replied. On the Panama, coming over from Ponce, lie had made some tea, or soup, from the refrigerated 'beef, tin* same that had been condemned, had tittered it arid sealed it hermetically in a can and when he reached his Home at* Pittsburg had analyzed it. From this In got a lightish brown residuum. This, he said, disclosed the characteristics of borax and salicyclie acid. • [Continued on 6tb page.] A BILL BY PRITCHARD. Will Embody President’s Views as to Cart* of Graves. Washington, I>. Jan. 20. —(Special.) —Senator Pritchard, of North Carolina, had a talk with President McKinley this morning about Congressional action ml the ideas expressed by the President as to National care for the graves of Confederate soldiers. Senator Pritchard went from the White House to the War Department to gather whatever facts* as to Confederate cemeteries are to he had. In a few days the Senator will i introduce a bill, which will embody the views of the President. Among the delegates here attending the Pure Food Congress, now In session, are Prof. Holladay, of the Agricultural College of North Carolina; Prof, iV.'th ers, director of the Experiment' Station; Profs. Brewer and Blair and J. L. Ramsey. Secretary of the Board of Ag riculture; Dr. I>. Reid Parker and J. B. Lloyd. Prof. Withers delivered an address to day on “Food Adulteration in North Cat olina.” ACQUITTED OF MURDER. When Jury Declared Rawls Innocent People Cheered Tumultuously. Greenville, N. C., Jan. 20.—(Special.)— The trial of Joseph Rawls, for murder, which has been in progress four days, closed to-night with a verdict of not guilty. The jury was out only two hours and the verdict was greeted with tumul tuous shouting by the immense crowd in the court room, which the judge and offi cers could not restrain. WILL SUPPORT TREATY GERMANY’S CONSUL’S ACT, HOWEVER, SEEMS TO HER REGULAR. Our Cabinet Will Ask for a Conference of Rep resen'a ivf-s of the Three Powers Interested, Berlin, Jan. 20. —The Foreign Office informs the correspondent of the Asso ciated Press that the official reports re ceived from Samoa by the Government, tally with those received by the Asso ciated Frees. Germany will not support any possible insularity inconsistent with the treaty, hut. the Foreign Office’s officials point out it is not yet clear that the German Consul at Apia lias been guilty of any irregularities of that na ture. On the contrary the Foreign Office insists that it still remains to be explained why Mataafa’s election was declared invalid, as he was admittedly elected by an overwhelmingly majority. The Foreign Office officials say that the Captain of the German warship Falke, at Apia, “does not attach much importance to the recent incident;” and lienee the Government does not intend to send additional warships to Samoa unless the other powers do. OUR CABINET DISCUSSION. Washington. Jan. 20.—A1l of the mem bers of the Cabinet were present at to day’s meeting. The situation in Samoa was under discussion, but in the ab sence of any official or late information, it is thought no action will be taken now beyond asking for a conference between the representatives of the three powers, which have concurrent jurisdiction over the islands under the present treaty. If was stated that it must he presumed (bat whatever overt action was taken by ihe German Consul in Apia, was not with the knowledge or consent of his sovereign, but rather was taken on his own account, and that such action, should it bbe found to be inconsistent with the terms of the treaty will be promptly disavowed by the German Government. It is believed that the con ference of the three powers will he held at Berlin at an early date. THE ORDERS TO KAUTZ. Washington. .Inn. 20. —The Navy De partment's orders to the Philadelphia did not go out to Admiral Ivautz today. They are in the shape of instructions to take on a full supply of coal and make ready for a cruise to Samoa. If the Admiral, as reported in tin* press dis patches, finds that his ship’s bottom is so foul through his cruise in the South ern waters as to be unfit for the voyage to Samoa, lie probably will be authoriz ed to use divers to clean the hull, for the department has decided that the ship should not be sent to the Mure Island navy yard to be fitted out. TELEGRAPHIC FLASHES. Senator Quay is still thirteen votes short of eh*otioii. An Anglo-French treaty of the hightest historic importance is on the tapis. The British third class cruiser Tour nngn has started from Wellington. X. to Samoa. Tlie loss of the launch Paul .Tones is now confirmed. The launch exploded, fishermen report, mid all on board of her perished. Both houses of (he West Virginia leg islature got down to business yesterday, tin* Republican Senate at last, recogniz ing the Democratic House. The river and harbor bill, which was completed yesterday, carries an appro priation of SIS(UHMI for the Cape Fear at and below Wilmington. We.vler will accept tin* War Office portfolio in u Liberal Cabinet on con dition that he be allowed to reconstruct the Liberal party and reorganize the a rni.v. Jeffries and Corbett’s managers huVo covered the $2,509 which Fitzsimmons put up for Sharkey to cover. Two weeks will he given Sharkey before Fitz simmons will say anything about a tight with either Jeffries or Corbett. 4 HAMAH HANGED WITH FIIS 01 HALTER The Deplorable Fate of a Fusionist. DUDLEY PAUL, OF PAMLICO HE YIELDS UP THE GHOST AS A SOLON. HE IS SUCCEEDED BY MR. GEORGE DEES Republicans Stand’by Paul but are in a Hope less Minority. Elcquent Speech cf Mr. Winston. Mention cf Bryan’s Name Applauded. Exit Dudley Paul, Republican. Enter George Dees, Democrat. Human was hanged on his own gal lows—the gallows lie had erected for the execution of Mordecai. A fusion head in the House was yes terday cut off by the Fusion election law —a guillotine erected for the exe cution of Democrats exclusively. Governor Russell spoke truly when he said there was Retribution in History. The only fault with the dictum is that he neglected to state that the aforesaid Itetr.hution doesn’t always exactly car ry out the programme arranged for it. For instance, it acted very contrary in the contest of Dees ivs. Paul in the House yesterday. Thy Fusionists pui in their election law a section providing for preservation of the ballots in ordei that there might at any time be* a re count. This, they said, was for the purpose of detecting Democratic frauds. It is worthy of note, however, that s> far the only frauds detected are Fusion frauds. And none of them have been more bold, more* flagrant or more shame less than htose committed in Pamlico comity in the recent election. The method of conducting the election, as disclosed by the r, port* of the com mittee to the House yesterday, is strong ly tainted with suspicion. To begin with tile Fusionists tool* ! charge of three of the largest township: in Pamlico county—Grantsboro, Baybor< and Baird’s Creek. At Grantsboro the Democrats had only one of the six elec tion«ifficers, at Bayboro only two of tin six, and at Baird’s Creek only two. li was also shown that one of the tw< Democrats at Bayboro was made drunk before the count. The other Democrat watched (Ihe tickets, but kept no tally All the Fusion officers of election here were related either to Dees or sons other of the Fusion candidates. At the conclusion of the count at Bay lioro five more votes were found in the box than there were persons on tin poll books, and the Republican election officers consented to a division of these votes on the proposition of three for Paul and two for Dees. One of the Republican poll-holders heer dropped—and intentionally—a Dees ticket on the floor, and it was not put in the box. In Grantsboro precinct seven votes found in tlie wrong boxes were rejected and at the same precinct four votes so Paul found in the wrong box were count ed. These Dees votes are not in the re count. The evidence that three persons who were ineligible were allowed to vote was not disnuted. The original count gave Paul a major ity of 38 votes. The recount gave Dees a majority of 25 votes. This digest of the evidence is given that the reader may understand the facts on which the contest was based. Also to incidentally show that Dees gained his majority at the Bayboro pre cinct. This was the second.contested election ease—and it will be the last—to conic before the House at this session. It was called up shortly before 11 o’clock by Mr. Francis I). Winston, chairman of the House Committee on Privileges and Elections. The evidence, together with the reports of majority and minority committees and argument of counsel, had been print ed and placed on the desks of members. The committee reports were, however, also read by the clerk. Then the case was discussed by mem bers of the House. The linst speech on the case was made by Mr. Carr, of Duplin. It was a clear and able statement of the contest, and a careful review of the evidence on which it was founded. In concluding his remarks, Mr. Carr said ho wanted to call attention to some further facts touching this case. It is. he said, the first opportunity that, has ever been given in tlie House to investi gate and ventilate the workings of the Fusion election law, whose alleged vir tues ,hav<* been so industriously paraded before the State. “The one honest provision in the law— that providing for a re-count —has been resorted to by the contestant in good faith; but the eontestee sets; up the de fence that even that is a failure. Ho says the boxes have been tampered with and the re-count should not be consid ered. “The re-count was held in accordance with law. and l>y it certainly the makers of that law ought to be bound. This re-count shifts the burden of proof upon the eontestee. He must not only charge, lie must prove that the boxes were tam pered with, I claim that ho has not! done so. Until he does he has no ground on which to claim his seat. “That there was fraud in the I’amlieo election I do not doubt. I am sure there were frauds. There were more votes eaist and counted than there were voters. There were votes thrown out for one side and counted for others; and there were illegal votes east. There wore many irregularities, but after all these things have been considered—on the filial analysis of this ease —it appears that Mr. Dees has 25 more votes than bis opponent, and he is therefore, en titled to the seat.” 1 Mr. Clarkson, of Mecklenburg, bad taken some pains to investigate the case. It appeared to him from the evidence, that the Fusionists had made special ar rangements to capture two townships— Grantsboro and Bayboro. At the Bay boro box they took complete control, having a majority of the election officers —and these officers were relatives of the candidates. One of the two Demo cratic officers they made drunk. “It will thus be seen that there was plenty of opportunity to commit fraud, and there was personal interest to spur them on. Under these circumstances the order of Judge Bryan, for a re count. was perfectly proper, and there is every reason to believe that the re count was more honest and reliable than the original count. “There is only one question of law in volved in this case. Mr. Paul claims that he was not present at the re-count, and therefore it should not be* used as evidence against him. Though lie was not present, his brother-in-law was, and others interested in hie keeping bis seat. Then again he has never demanded another count.” Mr. Hampton, of Surry, argued that the original count was the best evidence. “When it was made the election offi ces could not have known that the elec tion would turn on the change of i few votes. The other side knew that Mr. Dees must depend on the re-count. It is not surprising, therefore, that sev >ral of the boxes—among them the Bay boro box —were found in bad condition. Some of them were not sealed and a hers were not locked. And for a re •ount to bo valid, it must appear affir matively that the ballots have not been tampered with.” Mr. Hampton, however, based his :*laim for Mr. Paul, principally on the -round that Paul was not present when he re-count was made, and that the evidence conld not therefore be used againut him. “It is not a question of politics. We ire in a hopeless minority. Mr. Paul •an do us no good. Y’ou are in a big majority, am! Mr. Dees cau do yon no jom?. It is simply a question of right ind law. If it were a question of poli ies we would prefer that you give the •seat to Mr. Dees. That would furnish is Radicals with campaign thunder. sut I would be unwilling to see a wrong lone even to give us political advan tage.” Mr. Leatherwood, of Swain, also bought it a question of right and not politics, but the right, he contended, was on the side of Sir. Dees. It had been objected that Mr. Paul was not present at the re-count, but that. Mr. Leatherwood held, is no valid objection, is Mr. Paul was represented by rela ives and attorneys. Mr. Giles. (Fusion) of Chatham, got :ay on the “bull-pen” question and said he Democrats in former years, had a bull pen in every county, and it did seem to him they ought not to object to he fusionists having a bull-pen in one little township. He claimed that the boxes had been tampered with before he re-count, and he thought the origi nal count was the more likely to be correct. Mr. Winston, of Bertie, said the com mittee had been met at every point in his ease with some legal technicality. To begin with, it was moved to dismiss the whole matter because the sheriff, in serving notice on Mr. Paul, simply delivered to him a copy instead of sitting down and reading it over to him. “Now. here they come and say the re count. was ‘no good,’ for the reason that Mr. Paul was not present. The law doesn’t require him to Ik* present, not even by attorney, though in this in stance he was duly represented by friends and relatives. "There is one circumstance in this ease that I’m proud of. 1 notice that whatever of suspicion, whatever of doubt, whatever of destroying of tickets, whatever of removing political opponents and the appointment of relatives on the election board—whatever of these and haveotlier things of evil report there may have been, not one net of it all can .be charged up to a Democrat. Mr. Dees comes into this House, if he comes at all, with a clean record in this matter for himself and his party. I had understood that this great election law, (his fair election law, this virtuous election law, was to arrive at the truth and not to stifle it. And yet here comet* a man bearing in his hand ;t claim to tlie office, signed by blood kin and married relatives, and wearing on its face strong evidence of fraud. “We are to be told that because the court house was not built of iron wall and surrounded by lire and sword and a flaming sentinel, that forsooth the vote cannot be recounted. In this connec tion I want to say that lln* boxes were, deposited at the very place tin* law prescribes. They were not taken to any out-of-the-way place. They were stored in the court house. The clerk had died, Mr. Thos. (.’tinmen. a man of tlie highest character, was upopinted to take charge of them; and he swears the seals on the boxes in which mis takes were found had not been tampertM with. That disposes of this contest. “When the ballots were counted for Bayboro township five more ballots were found than there were voters. How did they dispose of (his surplus. They divi ded them up, giving Paul three votes and Dees two. (Continued on Second Page.) PRICE ’ ’ECfCNTH. THE BARE BOIES OF IHE SUFFRAGE BILL Outlined by Committee on Election Laws. MAIN FEATURES FIXED A UNIFORM BALLOT WITHOUT ANY DEVICE. A STATE ELECTION BOARD CHOSEN And County Board Chosen by the State Board. The T lector Vust Prove that he is En* ti ltd to Vote* Framing the Bill Begins To day. The main features of the election law to be recommended to this Legislature have been practically determined on by the sub-committe having the matter hi charge. The election machinery. The nature of the ballot. The* right of tfce elector to vote. These are, broadly speaking, the fea tures that have engaged the most care ful attention and regarding which a decision has been reached by the commit tee. There will be chosen by this Legisla ture a State Board of Elections com posed of either five cr seven persons, most probably fire, that will perform the duties usually intrusted to such bodies and will serve for two years. The State board of elections will ap point for each county a county board of elections to be composed of three per sons. The county board of elections will ap point at each precina a board of ejec tions composed of one registrar and two poll-holders. All vacancies in the office# of regis trar and poll-hoider will be tL.eti fey the county board of elections except much as may occur on election day, these will be tilled by the precinct beard. The most stringent regaktti ns will be adopted to prevent the registration and voting of inpert. d negroes or others not justly entited to vote. There will be no voting of non-residents and convict*. The burden of proof will be shifted from the challenger to the wonid-te elector, compelling every man who offers to register to show that he is a qualified elector and actual bona fide resident of the precinct where he would cast his vote. This will work no hardship to the qualified voter but will effectually bar the person who is not qualified. The counties along the bo filer where, under the present law, negroes from Virginia and South Carolina have been wont to come over on election day and vote as they would go to a horse race or a dog light will be protected. The separate ballot will be adhered to, the committee not deeming the blanket ballot suited to conditions in this State. The ballots will 1 e of uniform size, col or and weight and will be entirely de void of device. These details will be left to the State Board of Elections which will prescribe the ballot to be used; the ballot itself being furnished as heretofore by the parties or candi dates. * Separate boxes bearing the names of the candidates will be provided and the voter will be allowed to put his ballot in the box for himself though he may, if he so desires, ask tin* election officers to deposit the ballot for him. All ballots dhtiosited in the wrong box will be thrown out as under the present law. f /The State Board of Canvassers will be composed of tho State Board of Elec tions together with the Governor and Secretary of State. These are the outlines of the law air decided upon at the meeting last night by the sub-committee composed of Senator Glenn, chairman of the Senate commit tee on Election Laws, Representative Stubbs,* chairman of the similar House committee and Representative Francis D. Winston. In preparing/flie law (he committe hast followed the election law embodied in the Code as amended in 1885 and 1889, making it the basis of the new law. It was, of course, necessary to so change tin* old law as to adapt it to tin* new mittee with the help of State Chairman officers as set forth above. Thesub-com- Simmons. who has studied widely the suffrage laws of the various States, has officers as set forth above. The sub-coin* been going over the proposed new law point by point, and it is expected that to-day or to-night the committee will begin to frame the law preparatory to submitting it. to the full committee not later than tin* approach ing week, with a view of getting it be fore the caucus as early as possible. A member of the committee said last night that the committee were agreed that all possible speed should be made com patible with i are in the framing of the bill. He also said that many knotty prob lems had arisen in the course of the pre liminary discussion, some of them prac tically uiisolvnble. but that the commit tee believe the law as sketched out would Prove to In* acceptable to the qualified voter and effective against others. An ounce of hint, is often worth mot# than a pound of advice.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 21, 1899, edition 1
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