The Weather To-Day: SHOWERS. The News and Observer. VOL.XLYII. NO. 111. HEADS ALL NORTH CAROLINA DAILIES IN NEWS AND GIROULAT4N. THE POPULISTS WILL BL AGIST THE AMENDMENT The State Committee so De cided Last Night. BUTLER CONTROLLED IT STATE CONVENTION TO MEET ON APRIL IS. A GENERAL CONFERENCE ON APRIL 17TH The Committee Was in Session Until After Midnight. Nearly Every Man Present Made a Speech. Butler’s Plea For Fusion. •••••••••••••••••••••• • • • CONVENTION DATES: • • • # Democratic, April 11th. 9 # Populist, April ISth. • • Republican, May 2ml. # • • •••••••••••••••••••••• Tlie Populist State convention will be held in Raleigh on Wednesday, April lSt’li. The Populist party will opix»se the Con stitutional Amendment in tlie coming campaign. This was decided last by the State executive committee, which was in sec? sion here to fix the date for the eonveu lion. The Populist party will again fuse with the Republicans on the State ticket and an effort will bo made to effect fusion again on the county and Congressional tickets. The committee met at 7:30 o’clock in the Senate Chamber at the capitol ami was in session until alter 12 o’clock. Dr. Cyrus Thompson, chairman of tin* committee, presided and Hal W. Ayer was secretary. The roll call shewed eleven of the twenty-two members of the committee present. Several other mem bers were represented by proxy. After discussion of the situation by those* present, it was practically decided to adopt Senator Butler's suggestion of another fusion with the Republicans on the offices and in opposition to the amend ment and the new Election Law. This decision was announced to the public in the following resolution: "Resolved, That the letter recently written by lion. Marion Butler to Capt. Geo. Wilcox concerning the election law enacted by the General Assembly of 1899 and tin* franchise amendment to the Constitution submitted by the same body, is entitled to the most careful and fullest consideration of all voters and citizens who favor political liberty and popular government, and that said letter is unqualifiedly commended and endorsed by this committee; ami that the chair man of the committee take immediate steps to effect the publication and dis tribution of fifty thousand copies of the same.” This done the committee proceeded to name the date of the convention. As. under the fusion arrangement un folded to tin* committee by Senator But ler in his speech printed below, the Popu lists are to furnish the candidates and the Republicans do the voting, it was decided that the Populist convention should be held before that of the Repub licans. Hence the following resolution was adopted fixing the 18th of April as the time. “Resolved, That tile chairman of the People’s party State committee be au thorized and directed to call u State con vention of the People's party to assemble in Raleigh on Wednesday, April the 18th. 1900: and in connection with such call lie invites the assembling of a gen end conference of members of the Poo -1 lo's party on Tuesday night, April 17th, 1900; and that he lx> authorized to ex lend a cordial invitation on India If of the Slate committee, to such citizens of the State to address said conference as may be deemed proper and advisable by him. ’•Resolved, That while it does not come within the official prerogatives of the State committee to so direct, it is recom mended that county conventions, called lor electiug delegates to the State con vention. defer the nomination of county and legislative ticket's until after the meeting of the State convention.” l ids latter means that an effort will be made to again effef-t a fusion of Pop ulists and Republicans on county and Congressional offices. Not only was the meeting slimly at tended, but it lacked its old time en thusiasm. Things wagged along very tamely un til shortly after 10 o'clock when Chair man Thompson said: "I see we have Senator Butler, the National chairman, with us tonight. We'd be glad to hear from him.” Senator Butler began by compliment ing the meeting, its i>ersonnel and busi ness-like methods, lie had listened, he said, with a great, deal of interest to the reimrts that different members and others bad brought up from their sec tions. These reports, lie bad observed with satisfaction, corresponded closely with the reports he bad been receiving lvoui all parts of the State by letter. “Except.” he added, "the letters give even a more hopeful outlook than you do. Perhaps, however, that is due to the fact that letters as a rule are short, and their statements are not qualified as are those we make in our speeches.” With this introduction the Senator proceeded to i«>ur on copious quantities of the oil of Hattery. It was a sort of sircak-of-fat-strcak-of-lean affair. this speech. One moment lie would tell them what brave men they were, li >v lin y possessed the confidence of the business world and how victory was sure to be theirs if they would only stand and light The next minute lie would Lo denounc ing those who favor the amendment amt those who helped pass the election law. as anarchists, red-shirts and ballot box staffers. Thus oiled, lie led them along gently by the nose toward the gate of Fusion. He told them that back many years ago they girt up their loins and decided to cast all else aside —forgot for the time being all the great fundamental issue* —and fight for a free ballot and a fan count. "Having entered this light we cannot forsake it. We must go forward. Now more even than then are our liberties threatened. There is one issue and but one, and we must light till that is set tled. That issue is whether or not North Carolinians are free men.” This brought forth the first applause of the night. It was very faint, but it was applause. “Let us join hands with all who will help us ami wipe out such a conspiracy.” The committee was-now Butler’s for he had them well withim the Fusion gates The wily Senator closed and locked the gates with the following: "I am satisfied that those in favor of free suffrage can, by combining their strength in the coining campaign, redeem the State from the Red Shirt Gang.” Somehow this failed as an applause producer and Butler at once detected the cause and added: "The negro question I know confronts us, and it must lx* settled, but we can’t trust tin* man who has lived on the negro for thirty years to settle it. We’ve got to settle it. We are the folks who at heart want it settled, not they. We want it settled so they can no longer use it as a scarecrow. The Republicans also are anxious for its settlement, and they’ll help to settle it in the proper way." Having thus disposed of the negro the Senator proceeded with his injunction: “Let us join hands and defeat forever this little gang of anarchists and red shiits. who try to take by violence that which they cannot win by fair means. But it takes something more than a red shirt to scare a Populist. In the east ern counties in the campaign of recent years the Populists haven’t been run ning. They have been in more danger there than anywhere else, but they have stood true as steel. “We have got to fight and we had as well make up our minds to it. I believe there are enough votes in favor of free sffiage to win in the campaign in spite of their ballot-box stuffing and red shirt: lawlessness. But to do it we have got to be on our guard. The election law of 1894 was wide open ami I wouldn’t ask anything easier than to steal ."10,OOP votes under it. The new election law is worse. But we’ll win in spite of it and of Simmons and the red shirts. “The Republicans arc in this tight to the death. Let us join hands with them and help them whip this gang out. of the State. Let us announce to the world that North Carolina will no longer be ruled by am irehists, red shirts and a lit tle gang of toadies—men who have be trayed everybody and everything. "The Requblicans are willing for us to take the lead, go ahead mud hold a convention' and name a ticket. They will help us elect, it. Os course there will be some Republicans on it and it may be we can find a Democrat who will join in this anti-amendment tight. There are some such prominent Democrats and I think it possible that one or more of them may offer to take »a place on the ticket.” There was considerable applause when Senator Butler finished. It was then that the resolution endors ing his anti-amendment letter was adopt ed and tht* date of the convention fixed. After that the question of issuing an address to the people was taken up. After considerable discussion it was de cided to promulgate the following ad dress to the people of the State: “The executive committee of the Peo ple's party of North Carolina, while holding to the principles heretofore de clared in convention, feel that it would be derelict in its duty if it should fail to give a note of warning t) the ptop’o on the new issue raised by the last Legislature. The election law enacted by that body is intensely partisan and so oixii to fraud and corruption that all honest men who love lilrerty may well view it with alarm. The proposed con stitutional amendment, even if the courts should sustain it would degrade the poor, uneducated white men who become of age after 1908 below the educated negro. It would even degrade him below the uneducated free negro who should be come of age prior to 1908. But no mi- L'ised man who has education sufficient to | a-s his examination before the elec tion hoards for registration who will take the trouble to read for himself can doubt that the fifth section of the pro posed amendment, known as tin* “grand father” e!siuse, is in direct violation of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Con stitution of the l nited States. "No lawyer whose pride of reputation as a jurist has not been humbled by his ambition for political preferment has ever said, or can ever say, that this fifth or grandfather clause will stand tin* test in the courts. "We warn the white people that this amendment will disfranchise approxi mately as many white men a* it a\ ill negroes in this State, and leave the negro svill a factor in polities, with as much power as he now lias. “We warn the uneducated white men, both old and young, that this amend ment will deprive them of the right to I (Continued on Second Page.) RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1900. RAILROADS PLAN 1 COLOSSAL POOL Involving All Lines East of the Mississippi. 50,000 HEADS WILL FALL AND 10000 AGENTS WILL HAVE TO ECONOMIZE. THE REASON FOR THIS GIGANTIC SCHEME As Congress Has Failed to Legalize Pooling the Owners Will Accomplish Their Pur pose if They Have to Buy Every Railroad in the Country. Chicago. 111.. .lan. 18.--The Chronicle tomorrow will say: “As a result of the recent consuli la tions and agreement* among the owners Os the great trunk railways east of Chicago the entire transportation sys tem between the Mississippi river and tin Atlantic seaboard is t > lie re-organ ized. involving the following changes; ‘The abandonment of the city ticket offices of all of the roads m th ■ send - cate in Chicago. New Vorx, Philadel phia. Boston, Buffal >. Washington. Pittsburg. Cincinnati. t 'iev.-lam’, De troit, Indianapolis, l’cori.i and Bt. Louis and the substitution of joint offices in each city. The discharge of all city, general, travelling and district I might and passenger agents and solicitors of the Eastern roads in all par!- of the United States. Canada and Europe This will effect nearly .tl.li'Hi men. "The abolition of all f irms i f coin missions heretofore paid for the sale of tickets over these roads. This AviU affect the incomes of 10,000 agents and eliminate tin* scalpers. ‘The establishment in Chicago ami New York of joint auditing agencies that will apportion to each road an agreed percentage < f the total <*omjiet itive business. “The discharge of all superfioiis as sistants to the heads of departments of the individual roads. Later the heads of these departments may be abol ished and the work done by clerks who will report to the joint agencies. “The establishment in New York of a bo;.rd of control made tip of persons representing the Vanderbilt. Pennsyl vnaia. Morgan and Harrison properties, the rulings of this board on all questions to be final. “Tile abandonment of a number of through fast passenger trains put in service during the past few years as the result of sharp competition. "The establishment of common sched ules for passenger trains between Chi cago and New York and between all of the | rim ipal terminals of the combi nation roads in the territory cast of this city and St. Louis. "The -abandonment of all fast freight trains ami the fixing of common time for those trains between competitive ter minals. “Following are the roads now in the eombina tion: "New York Central. Pennsylvania. Bos ton and Albany. Boston and Mu’.we, Fitchburg. New York. New Haven and Hartford: Erie: Lehigh Valley: Lacka wanna: West -Shore; New } nrk, Onta rio and Western: Rome, 'Watertown and Ogdenslmrg; Lake Shore; Michigan Central; Nickle Plate; Btl'imore and Ohio; Wabash: Big Four: Cht-sjipeake and Ohio; Lake Eric and Western; Mil lion a n-d all auxiliary lines of these systems. "When all details for the future man agement of tin* roads tin the Eastern combination have been perteend toe leaders in the consolidation movement will turn their attention to tlm terri tory Avest of Chicago and attempt 1o bottle up the Chicago-St. Louis-Rocky Mountain country in like manner. Ilm combining proceeding may extend ulti mately to the Pacific coast. "The I larriman- Vanderbilt syndicate owns and controls tin* Illinois i t n‘ral. Union Pacific, North-Western, Oregon Short lane, and Kansas City, Pitts burg and Gulf. All the big competi tors of these systems are ii Avitli the combining movement and stand ready to go into wlmt will maintain stable rates and reduce expenses. Several small, independent roads in tne W est ami Northwest territory are to no purchased. "The failing of Congress to legalize pooling is given as the cause of the con solidation as the owners are determined to pool if the purchase of every railroad in the country is necessary t > ...btain that end.” A BIG PASSENGER POOL. All the Railroads to Get an Agreed Per Cent of the Earnings. Chirago. 111., dan. 18. —The Tribune tomorrow a\ ill say: “In order to carry out their anti-com mission agreement, it is proposed now to combine ail the railroads in the coun try in a big passenger pool and operate ir in such away that each road will get an agreed percentage of the earn ing-:. By such action no i>os>ible profit can accrue to any of the roads from ig noring the agreement. Each road is to be allowed to carry all the passengers it can secure, but any road that should manage to got more than its proportion would have its labor for its pains, as the profits would go to the competing (Continued ou Second Page.) ARRAIGNMENT OF GAGE B1 TELLER Hepburn’s Letter Should Have Met With Scorn. BANKERS IN POLITICS CONDITIONS THAT SHOULD CALL FOR DRASTIC ACTION. McENERY TO SPEAK ON THE AMENDMENT Gives Notice That He Will Address the Senate Tuesday. Wellington Appeals For Jus tice to the Filipinos. Points Out Congress' Duty. Washington, dan. IS.—For an hour to day Mr. ’Wellington, (Rep., Md.), occu pied the attention of the Senate, con tinuing the debate on the Philippines question. He took as It is text the reso lution he introduced last Tuesday, de claring that the United States should not take permanent possession of the archi pelago, but after subduing the insurrec tion —which lie sincerely deplored—should ; confer upon Ihe Filipinos the right to gov-j era themselves, affording them, such pro tection as they might need. Mr. Teller. him of the glory which justly is his, The A-er dict of the American people has been recorded and be will go down to history as the true hero of that naval battle. A WFOROE IN CUBA. “A year and a half lias passed since that great battle: and yet, there is no indication that we intend to keep faith avit'll the ‘Cubans, but there is every in dication that by the power of syndicates, cabals and combinations there is to be continued in Cuba the despotism of a military government in which the 'Cubans themselves have no part, which is beyond the pale of any law save that of force, and is not recognized b.v our Constitution. A very Pandora's box of national trou bles has been opened and difficulties and dangers are gradually taking form and surrounding us. THE GREAT QUESTION. “Bui the great question, that now confronts us, as a result of this war is the question of the Philippine Islands. It Avould have been well for us as a nation if Admiral Dewey could have re tired from tlie Bay of Manila on the morning after lie had destroyed the Spanish fief. but he dared not do so. He had destroyed the Spanish jMjwer. and it would not have been proper for him as* a representative of the conquer ing nation to have departed and to have left anarchy and chaos remain instead of authority. War finally came, between the United States and Filipino forces, who had been Avorking for the same end —tin* destruction of Spanish power.” After picturing the possibilities of an indefinitely continued desultory war, Mr. Wellington said: “It is neither fair nor just to attack the President or the Administration for tin* conduct of tin* present war. When the unfortunate contention began he could not do otherwise than uphold American authority and stand by Ameri can arms, and during the months of the interregnum between the two sessions of Congress, it was his duty to continue this war for tin* upholding of American au thority on the islands. The American forces could not be withdrawn, for their retreat or embarkation would have mark ed the beginning of international dis order and possibly foreign intervention. THE DUTY OF CONGRESS. “The responsibility of the President has now reused, for Congress is now in session and it is the duty of Congress to provide such legislation as will pro claim to the world in a manner em phatic and free from equivocation, the design and purpose of our Government with reference to tin* Philippine Islands. “I oppose the permanent annexation of these islands for the reason that I be- , lievc it is in opposition to the basic prin ‘•iple of our Government; also because I believe it is unrighteous and unjust to deprive any people of their right of gov erning themselves. There can be no Itenevolent assimilation; there should be no tyrannical alrsdnption. Our Govern ment and our inode of administration is not adapted to the situation existing among the Filipinos.” THE N. C. AMENDMENT. Mr. Melviicry, (Lad, gave notice that oil next Tuesday he would address tliej ‘Senate oil tin* resolutions relating to the proposed amendment to the Constitution of North Carolina. Mr. Turner, (Washington), announced' that he would speak on the Philippine j question next Monday and Mr. Bacon, i (Ga.), gave notice that ho would discuss; his resolution on the Philippines next ( Wednesday. Mr. Teller then resumed j his speech on the Financial Bill, llel criticised the pending bill because it af-| forded opportunity to banks to issue paper money. “This surrender of the great power of the Government,” said be, “the right to make money, should bring our legislation into absolute contempt. Mr..,Teller read the now famous letter of Vice-President A. B. Ilepbum, of the National City Bank of New YorJk to Secretary Gage. “This,” he said, “ought to have gone back to the writer with a stinging letter of reply. From subsequent events, how ever, it. is evident that tin* 'Si>cretary in tended to grant the request.” BANKERS IN POLITICS. Mr. Teller said that when bank presi dents took such actions in polities as Avere indicated by the Hepburn letter he was satisfied that the situation demanded i severe criticism if not drastic action. Mr. Teller concluded that this Avas> not a safe time to change our financial system to go to the gold standard. Not withstanding the so-called prosperous condition of the country there was a se rious money panic in New York which' forced the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase about 22.000,000 of United States bonds. In addition to that, the Secretary had put into national banks throughout the country about $120,000,- 000 in order to maintain the financial equilibrium. "A. financial condition,” declared Mr. Teller, “which requires to' be bolstered up by tin* Treasury Department is a bad condition. Mr. Teller thought it. v unwjse to be ex perimenting in our finaitfees. when we were very well off at present. Mr. Chandler. een appointed Gov ernor of Albay Province and Catan duane’s Island and lias temporarily boon placed in charge of the islands of Saunar ami Leyte. Ills command embraces the principal hemp producing country. Ho (has been instructed to establish civil governments in the places under bis jur isdiction. General Ivobl>e sailed yester day ou the transport Hancock with a brigade consisting of the Forty-seventh and Forty-third infantry, a battery of ar tillery. Generals Bates, "Wheaton and Schwan 'have occupied the principal towns in the 'Cavite and Batangas Provinces. iA ma jority of the insurgents have returned to their homes and have secret<*d 'their guns. All the Southern ports will Ire oireued soon. General MacArthnr’s troops are pur suing .many small bands, killing numbers of the Filipinos and securing guns. Fight on Indictment Vain. New York, Jan. 18.—When the ex amination in the case of former Captain Oberlin M. Carter's alleged favored con tractors, the Gaynor brothers and B. D. Greene, was resumed today 'ltefoiv United States Commissioner Shields the ques tion of the validity of the indictment Avas raised (by counsel for the accused man. Commissioner Shields said that as a com mitting magistrate lie bad no power to pass upon the Aalidity of the indictment as that was a matter for the courts. He declined to pass on the question so that the defence could appeal to Judge Brown for a ruling. The hearing went over un til (tomorrow. Stephenson-Houston. Kinston, N. C., Jan. 18. —(Special.)— At 9 a. m. yesterday morning Mr. J. W. Stephenson, of Raleigh, was married to Miss Lizzie Houston, of Kinston. It .was a private marriage at the bride's home, only a few friends being invited. Mr. V. J. Stephenson, the groom’s broth er, and Mr. ,T. W. Dowd, of Raleigh, ac companied the groom to Kinston, ltcv. J. B. Jackson of the Baptist church here performed the eereinon.v. Tlie bridal ipavty left on the 10 a. in. Avest-bomtd train for their future home in Raleigh. Cranberry Furnace in Blast. Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 18. —The Cran berry Iron and Coal Company’s furnace at Cranberry, N. started up yesterday, giving employment to one 'hundred lu'lvor ers. Work at tills plant had been shut down since 1806. A Vote of Confidence. Paris, Jan. 18.—The Chamber of Depu ties today passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 329 to 74 noes, on an interpellation criticising tne Govern ment's indecision in the recent strike of miners at Saint Etienne, j McCorkle on the Progressive South.— New York. Jan. 18. —The thirteenth annual dinner of the Newark. N. J.. Board of Trade was held tonight. Be i sides Governor Yoorhwx. Major Sey mour and several Congressmen, ex-Gov ! ernor William A. McCorkle, of West) Virginia, was among tin* guests of honor. Mr. McCorkle spoke upon the ‘‘Attitude of the Progressive South in Promoting the* Country's Foreign Trade.”