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BOTH SIDES OF CONTROVERSY PRESENTED
ATTACK ON JUDGE WALTE-R CLARK
Maj. J. W. Wilson Attacks Justice Clark and Opposes
His Nomination as Chief Justice of the
The political situation in North Caro- j
lina is one of some uncertainty. The !
approaching election is to be held under '
conditions and circumstances that are j
new to us; we cannot with any certainty ;
foretell the result of the various changes
in the Constitution and the election laws
enacted since the last election. The
enemy is awake, preparing for a vigor
ous campaign. It therefore behooves us
to' look well to our defences, to take
counsel of one another, to plan wisely,
to execute carefully.
We are just now emerging from the
baneful effects of Fusion rule in North
Carolina. The education of our people
and the industrial development of our
natural resources will soon put our State
in the front rank of Commonwealths;
but a mistake now would be fatal. I
feel that my life-long adherence to the
Democratic party gives me the right to
speak to Democrats. My knowledge of
a peculiar danger that confronts the par
ty impels me to warn it. I respectfully
ask the thoughtful attention of all Dem
ocrats, leaders in party thought and ac
tion, as well as the rank and file, to
wliat I have to say.
The candidacy of Associate Justice
Walter ('lark for the nomination at the
hands of the Democratic party for the
office of Chief Justice of North Caro
lina, is openly avowed, and seems to be
seriously received. Personal injustice
received at the hands of this man led
me to an investigation, the result of
vhich I feel it is my duty to make
public. If any charge I shall make is
untrue, Judge Clark has his remedy In
a suit for libel, and he may be sure I
shall plead justification and produce
proof.
Judge Clark should not be nominated
by the Democratic party because.
1. He is not a Democrat, and was
against us during the Fusion regime.
2. He is morally unfit for the place.
3. He is not and was not, during the
Fusion regime, a Democrat. In the
first place, he was elected in 1394 by
Fusion votes. The Democratic judicial
ticket, headed by Judge Shepherd in
cluding ('lark —was defeated. The Fu
sion judicial ticket, headed by Fair
cloth —including Clark —was elected.
Judge Connor declined the Fusion nomi
ration (as any other democrat would
l ave done). Judge Clark accepted it,
ai least by not declining, and was elect
ed by Fusion v "os. Clark, Democrat,
was defeated, end has been no
such person in North Carolina since that
election. Hnv.ng “turned his face to
wards Sodom,” is it any wonder he was
soon deep in the flesh-pots of Fusion
ism.? What was his own estimate of
bis politiral status at that time? Let
us see. lie undertook to convince the
Fusion T eisiature of 1895 that he was
gcod er< ugh a Populist to go to the
United States Senate instead of Mr.
Marion Butler. He held private inter
views with leading Populists iu the Leg
islature cf 1895, and sought at their
hand:' the Senatorship, pleading that lie
the endorsement of the Populist
party in the election of 1894. When he
revs f< r himself that he is a Topulist,
shall Democrats gainsay him?
He was the confidential adviser of
Butler, Russell, Ayer & Co. He had
t rivate. nay, even secret conferences with
i hem; he inspired ar.d suggested edito
rials in the Caucasian while the Fusion
i.-ts were in control; ho was one of them.
Throughout the whole of that black page
in North Carolina’s history he was in
close touch with the enemies of
mocracy. He had no sympathy .nor en
couragement for the Democratic party
during the White Supremacy campaign cf
8; instead he was conferring secretly
with Marion Butler, with Dr. Thompson,
with Hal Ayer, vith Mr. Cade and other
leading Populists. He thought the De
atoeracy was done for in North Carolina,
and aligned himself with, vital he
thought was, the winning side. After
Faircloth died and before re was buried,
be requested Dr. Cyrus Thompson to see
Governor Russell in his behalf, asking
for himself the appointment as Chief
Justice to succeed Faircloth, saying that
his appointment would be acceptable to
the Fusionists, end referring again to
the support they gave him in 1894.
His correspondence with Governor Rus
sell, Mr. Butler, Mr. Cade and other
Populists was very volunminous, very in
teresting. and a part at least is still in
existence. He wrote and spoke freely
then, because he thought Democracy
a dead duck in North Carolina. He
was not a Democrat then, he is not a
' Demociat now, and he cannot be elected
Chief Justice of North Carolina. If
nominated, the correspondence I have re
ferred to will be produced and scattered
broadcast over the State. Republican and
Populist leaders may be able to whip
their .followers in line and elect unfit
iron to office, but Democrats have too
much intelligence and too much honesty
to vote for such a man; they cannot
lie made to do it.
Already these things are flying from
mouth to mouth, and this hidden history
of ’94 to ’9B is even now the subject of
c.< nmrn talk. If Judge Clark shall be
the standard-bearer of the Democratic
party in this year of 1902 Democracy
is doomed to defeat.
In October, 1898, when it became ap
parent that the Democrats would win,
The News an&Dbserver.
Supreme Court.
Judge Clark abandoned his former politi
cal associates, jumped ou the Democratic
band-wagcn and tried to take charge of
it. In order to make peace with the
Democratic organization he was willing
to sacrifice all his Populist friends and
impeach the men with whom he was
elected on the Fusion ticket of 1894.
Politically, he has been all things to
all men. Prior to 1894, posing as a
Democrat, holding office as a Democrat.
From ’94 to ’9B the confidential adviser
of the leaders of the Populist party, still
holding office. In 1898, turning his face i
to the rising sun of Democracy, holding
out both hands for more office. Winds
from the four quarters of the compass
blowing salary into his pocket. The j
rest of us suffered defeat and went down
in sorrow and chagrin before the unholy
alliance of black and tan; not he. The
Kentucky postmaster who had held on
for thirty years, and explained his stay- i
ing qualities by saying that it took a
darn smart administration to change any
faster than he could, can learu tricks
from Judge Clark, even as Saul of Tar
sus at the feet of Gamaliel.
I am an old man now, and my thoughts j
often go back to the days that tried
men’s souls. From ’6l to ’65 I followed
the stars and bars with Lee and Jack- ;
son. I have seen deserters and traitors
shot, I have seen them pardoned and
restored to the ranks, but I have never
seen nor heard of one who was put in
command of the army. The experiment, |
if made, will prove as disastrous in poli
tics as in war.
2. Ho is not morally fit for the place.
I charge that Judge Clark has sat in
| judgment on cases which he himself had
previously instigated, and concealed his
I connection with them. It is a well known
! rule of law that a new trial may be
! had if one juror out of the twelve can
be shown to have had any interest, how
ever remote, in the case; or, to have
formed and expressed deciued Opinion
about the merits of the case before the
trial. Yet here we have a judge of the
court of last resort instigating cases with
i full knowledge that they w'ould come
j up for hearing in his court and hiding
> his connection with them, gravely sitting
| in judgment on the very cases he him
self had inspired, and writing judgments
and rendering decisions with all the in
i.ocence of virtue. There is no parallel
in the history of the judiciary in North
Carolina
1 charge that Judge Clark prepared a
paper which was submitted and tendered
for the use and approval of Governor
| Russell, giving the reasons for the re
moval of the two Railroad Coramission
j ers, Otho Wilson and myself, when he
had every reason to know that the mat
ter would come before him for decision
as Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of North Carolina; that this paper
was prepared by Judge Clark after per
sonal conference with Governor Russell
ar.d Senator Butler; typewritten, with
frequent correction and interlineations
in Judge Clark’s handwriting; that after
the Railroad Commissioners were re
moved by Governor Russell, and while
thuey were resisting such removal in the
court, Judge Clark wrote in his own
handwriting a letter to Governor Rus
sell, of which the following is the sub
stance;
There was first a memorandum that
the letter was confidential, or a request
to destroy. It then stated that he (Judge
Clark) had previously sent to the Gov
ernor a paper giving the reasons for the
removal of the Railroad Commissioners;
that the paper was in typewriting, but
had interlineations in his (Judge Clark’s)
handwriting; that the paper had not been
adopted by the Governor, but he now'
heard that the Commissioners intended
to object to his sitting on the case when
it came up for hearing before the Su
preme Court, therefore it was importaut
to destroy the paper referred to. as it
was the only evidence of his connection
with the matter, and requested Governor
Russell to destroy the paper, if in exis
tence, and to destroy the letter.
At that time I had no valid proof that
Judge Clark had acted as promoter or
irstigator of my removal, and could not
therefore object to his sitting on the
case. Having, as he thought, removed
the evidence of his connection with the
case in its beginning, he did sit in judg
ment on the case, wrote the opinion of
the court removing me from the office,
, and was particularly active in having
the Marshal seize the office by force of
arms, thus depriving me of my office
pending an appeal to the United States
u Court.
If Judge Clark cares to deny any of the
allegations I have made, full proof of
my charges is in reach and will be pro
duced.
In like manner I charge that he in
spired or originated what is known as the
free-pass indictments, and afterwards sat
on them in judgment. How many other
cases he may have originated or sug
gested and afterwards adjudged, there is
no way of finding out; but enough is
known to warrant the belief that there
have been very many.
In the Gattis vs. Kilgo suit, heard
at this term, his connection with the
case was so plain that it could not be
hid, therefore he refrained from sitting
on it. In Jackson vs. Corporation Com
mission, heard also at this term, the
reverse is true; it was hid (so he
thought) and he sat on "(he case. Re
(Continued on Fagc Six.)
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL 30. 1902.
JUDGE WALTER CLARK DEFENDED
Mr. W. P. Batchelor Replies to Maj. Wilson and Ad=
vocates the Nomination of Justice Clark
For Chief Justice.
Mr. Editor: It has been the imme- I
morial privilege of a suitor who loses j
his case to “cuss the court,” but the
late pamphlet signed by Jas. W. Wilson
abuses the privilege. He not ouly cusses
out the wrong judge for Judge Doug
las (not Judge (.’lark as Major Wilson
states) wrote the opinion, which is an j
elaborate one, covering thirty-two pages ;
and can be found 121 N. C. Reports, |
pages 448-480, but with unparallelled
cheek he assumes that his charges, abso- |
lately unsustained by a title of proof,
are to be taken as true unless Judge ,
Clark disproves them. Such a course I
is so contrary to the most elemental i
principles of fair play and justice as to J
need no discussion with any fair mind
ed man.
The whole performance is but the rep
itition of a similar scene which so sig
ually failed at the Impeachment trial.
It is now' rehearsed, with blowing of
horns and beating of drums by the j
“Dan Russell-Jim Wilson-Southern
Railioad Combination,’’ with the addition 1
only of several well known railroad j
agents as chorus boys. In fact the at- j
tide was concocted at a meeting of rai’-
road agents and attorneys recently held
in this city.
It is here stated on the authority of the
highest character, from the section in
which Maj. Jno. D. Shaw lives that he
left home to attend that meeting: He
said there had been a meeting, to bring
out an independent candidate against
Judge Clark, which he had not been
able to attend, but now some papers
had teen found against him which would
ruin him, and that he was going down
to Raleigh “to fix up the matter” and
defeat his nomination. About the same
time Major James W. Wilson left Mor
ganton. making Very nearly similar
statements to some friends of Ids as
is avouched by a letter from a well
known citizen of Morganton. The files
of the Raleigh papers show an unusual
gathering of railroad lawyers in Ral
eigh at that time. This combination to
secure the control of the Supreme court
of the State, and to reform and revise
and change the decisions of that court
which arc repugnant to the corporations
because fair and just to the public,
sought to find the best mouth-piece for
their purpose and after considerable
hesitation selected Major James W. Wil
son- Knowing that a judge could not
go into a newspaper controversy, these
conspirators thought they had Judge
Clark at a disadvantage by ottering no
proofs which his friends could answer,
but simply making charges without
proof, and calling upon him to answer-
Their object was to embroil him person
ally in a newspaper squabble, keep it
up no matter what he said in reply till
the convention and then say it was be
neath the dignity of the office to nomi
nate such a man for Chief Justice.
They had lately used Mr. Page, the
president of one of the subordinate rail
roads (who by the way voted for the
Republican candidate for President,
both in 289 G and 1900) to oppose Judge
Clark’s nomination by the Democratic
| party. His attack had specified the
j proofs of his charges and had therefore
i been promptly and effectually answered
jby Judge Clark’s friends. It was at
! first thought that Page sYiould again be
j used as their mouth-piece and he had
| boasted that he would issue this
pamphlet, which can be proved by a
well known lawyer of his county and he
avowed his knowledge of its contents
and its being forthcoming in one of his
many recent visits to this city.
But it was thought prudent, in view of
the failure of his previous attack to use
another and it proves a more fortunate
selection for if ever a piece of goods
here a hall mark, James W- Wilson
bears in his whole career for long- years
past the trade mark “Southern Railroad
■ Company—their man.”
The article starts out with a statement
! by the nominal writer, Mr. Wilson, that
Judge Clark had done him a wrong in
writing an opinion in his case (which the
record shows was written by Judge
Douglas), and getting hotter and hotter
it winds up by saying that he has no
! malice. This is a fair sample of the in
; consistency and inaccuracy that per-
I vades the whole of the joint production
jof the eminent railroad attorneys. In
the light of a fair, impartial investiga
tion, let us examine the charges; First
they attacked Judge Clark's party feal
| ty. It is alleged that he was endorsed
by the Populist Convention of 1894. and
did not decline the endorsement, while
Judge Connor did. Let us see how the
truth may be: The Populist Convention
met the Ist day of August, 1894. Mr.
Butler had eonccdved the idea that he
i could achieve some popularity for his
| new movement by adopting the plan ot
i dividing the judges between the two po
litical parties, as is the custom in Illi-
I nois, and several other States. In pur
suance of that, idea, the Populist Con
i ventirn passed a resolution that they
would cast their ballots for Faircloth
for Chief Justice, Furehes for Associate
Justice, and “for Judge Walter Clark to
succeed himself, as Associate Justice,
and for Henry G. Connor to succeed
Judge Armstead Burwell, as Associate
Justice”—two well known Democrats,
the two other gentlemen being equally
well known Republicans. Judge Clark
was at the Supreme Court room when
ho heard news of his endorsement, and
as I learn from Hon. B. R. Lacy, our
present public Treasurer, he immediate
ly sent for him and Hon-F. M. Simmons,
then and now Chairman of the State
Democratic Executive Committee and
now Senator. Judge Clark stated to
them, so Mr. Lacy says, that he was sur
prised, and said that the next day he
would come out iu such card as they
thought proper, declining the endorse
ment. or he would take any other course
they thought proper. Chairman Simmons
advised his not declining, saying that he
thought Judge Clark would probably „be
nominated for Associate Justice by the
Democratic Convention the following
week, and that it was his duty to his
party to obtain all the votes possible
for the candidate of the Democratic
party- Judge Clark told him he had
carte blanche to write what he thought
fit and proper. It was thought best to
put it in the form of an interview, and
the following interview was thereupon
wiitten entirely in Mr. Simmon’s own
hand writing, and was adopted bv Judge
Clark without alteration, and appeared
next morning in the News and Obser
ver, parallel with a column containing
the report of the Populist Convention-
The original in Mr. Simmon’s hand w rit
ing' is still in existence and is In the
possession of Mr- Lacy at the public
Treasury, where it can be seen. Here
is a copy as taken from the News and
Observer August 2nd 1894, on file in che
State Library:
“AN INTERVIEW WITH JUDGE
CLARK.”
Judge Clark was seen last night, and
said in substance: that the action of the
Peoples party in endorsing him for As
! soeate Justice was neither sought for in
; any way, or encouraged by him, that
! while he greatly appreciated the desire
j of any body of his fellow' citizens to elect
i him to this position, it must be dis
tinctly understood that he is a Demo
crat, and is not, and has not been a can
didate ftr the nomination or endorse
ment cf any party, except the Demc-
I cratic Party? that if nominated by the
| Democratic Party at its convention on
! August Bth,• he would be a candidate tor
I re-election, otherwise he would not no a
candidate.”
The News and Observer in comment
! ing upon it states that Judge Clark and
i Judge Connor had been nominated with
; out their consent, suggests a reason wl y
Judge Connor would not be a candidate,
and adds as follows: “Judge Clark is
not in the same boat. Assuming the
Democrats will nominate him. he will
receive the votes of his own party and
the Populists, and it may be that the
Republicans will follow suit ar.d he will
be elected unanimously.”
On the following day the News and
Observer editorially, Capt. S. A. Ashe
j beim' the e'ditor- said as follows: “It is
■ well to observe that Judge ('lark in his
; interview which we printed yesterday
j says in effect, that the action of tlie
Populists in endorsing him was without
his sanction, and that ho would abide by
| the action of the convention of his own
party, just as if the Populists had taken
i no such action, otherwise he will no
| candidate.”
After these prompt and excellent de-
I derations, the Populists and Republi
cans who voted for him, could have no
! misconception of his attitude.
Two days after Judge Clark’s card.
| Judge Connor published a very similar
; one in the News and Observer on Au
gust 4th- The following week, on Au
i gust Sih. the Democratic Convention
| met and with all the facts kno.vu to
1 Chairman Simmons and other leaders,
and indeed to the public, Judge (’lark
i was unanimously nominated by the
Democratc party. Judge Connor could
not run against Judge Burwell, the nom
i inee of his own party, but Judge Clark
I being the nominee of the Democratic
| party had no right to refuse any votes
tendered for its nominee. His declara
; tion that he had not sought the Popu
list endorsement is as explicit as pea
can make it, was wrtten by the chairman
of the Democratic party and was not de
nied by a single man. Populist or other
j wise, in the whole state.
’I wo year later, as Major Wilson says,
Judge Clark was tendered the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor, and we
know that he was unanimously endorsed
for Vice-President by the State Con
vention, and later was voted for by sev
eral States at Chicago, as the running
mate cf Mr- Bryan, and his friends say
he failed of the nomination solely and
j only because when a boy he had been a
| Confederate soldier. After these paity
endorsements, six or eight years ago, it
is too late to question his party loyal
ty. We who live in Raleigh, where be
has resided for nearly' thirty years past
know that, he has attended every Dem
ocratic primary and always voted the
Der. ccratic ticket without scratching-
For a great part of the time I lived in
(Continued on Page Three.)
BODY KOI YET FOUND
It is Believed That Mr. Ray
Was Murdered.
The Negro in Jail in Danger if the Body of the
Missing Man is Found by the
Searchers.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Troy, N. C., April 29. —Vigorous search
is still being made for the body of Mr.
Ray, whose mysterious disappearance
and probable murder is the sensation of
this section of Montgomery county. Over
three hundred men arc searching for the
body of the missing man and the coun
try is being scoured in all directions.
The negro who is suspected of being
implicated in the disappearance is under
arrest and in the jail here. The evi-
dence in hand going to show that Ray
was killed is such that of his body is
found a lynching may take place. The
reward of a thousand dollars offered by
tin; lumber company for Ray’s body is
stimulating the search for it.
The suspicion against the negro ar
rested comes from the fact that lie de
manded of Mr. Ray, who was the book
keeper for the Mills Lumber Company
here, money which Mr. Ray had reserved
from his wages to pay for medical at
tention given the negroe’s wife by Dr.
Thompson. This the negro had asked to
be done, but later demanded tlie money
and was heard to say that lie would
have it or kill Ray.
Mr. Rnv declined to give the man the
money. Last Monday Ray disappeared,
being last seen leaving the mill at Vesta
on nis vay to another mill to pay off
the men. The negro arrested was seen
shortly afterward coming from the direc
tion in which Ray had gone, and when
a sear.’h was instituted for Ray’s hotly
the earth at this place was found to
lie spaded up as if to remove blood and
everywhere there were signs of a strug
gle. Two clubs made from the limbs of
trees were found and a negro woman
living near by says she heard two pistol
.shots about the hour the men must
have met.
The excitement, in place of subsiding,
is increasing, and this is added to by the
report that Mrs. Ray, the wife of t,he
missing man. is fco prostrated by grief
that it is feared she will lose her rea
son.
On the Diamond.
Greensboro Defeats Trinity.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Greensboro, N. C., April 29 Greens
boro defeated Trinity College in a game
of baseball here this afternoon by a
score of 7 to 5. The game was not
specially interesting. The attendance
was £ood.
American League Games.
(By the Associated Press.)
Chicago, April 29.—A gift, an error and
three hits gave Chicago today’s game in
tlie seventh inning.
Score: H- H. E.
Chicago 00000031 *—4 4 3
Cleveland 00001010 o—20 —2 11 5
I Batteries: Callahan and Sullivan;
Wright and Bemis. Time 1:50. Umpires,
Johnstone and Connolly. Attendance
2,200.
St. Louis, April 29.—Mercer had the
local players at his mercy today and was
well supported, while Douahde was bat
ted all over the field.
Score: P-- H. E.
St. Louis.. .. ...100002000— 3 5 4
Detroit.. .. .*....0 0013 20 0 s—ll 16 4
Batteries: Donahue and Donahue;
Mercer, Buelow and McGuire. Time 2
flat. Attendance 2,000. Umpire, Car
u tilers.
Washington, April 29.—Inability to hit
Patton consecutively, and bunching of
five hits by Washington in the second
inning, lost the game for Philadelphia
today. Ccore- R- H. E.
Washington ...13001002 *— 7 11 J
Philadelphia ..1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0— 2 7 0
Batteries: Patton and Brill: Plank
and Steelman. Umpire—Sheridan. Time
1:40- Attendance 2,000.
National League Games.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, April 29.—The New York
team shut out Brooklyn on the Polo
grounds today in a game which was
cabled in the latter half of the sixth in
ning.
Score: R- H. E.
Brooklyn 000 0 0 o—o0 —0 4 4
New York 004 2 0 * —6 9 0
Batteries: McMakin and Ahearn;
Kennedy and Bowermau. Time 1:05.
Umpire, Brown. Attendance 1,500.
From Trinity Association.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Charlotte, N. C., Anril 29.—At the
banquet given by the Methodists at the
Southern Manufacturs Club a “Trinity
College Association was formed. Mr. S.
J. Durham was the toastmaster and
speeches were made by Dr. J. C. Kilgo,
Mr. J. 11. Southgate, Dr. Edwin Mims
and others. The banquet was largely at
tended and the affair most enjoyable.
The Senate Committee on Military Af
fairs yesterday authorized an adverse
report on the bill creating a national
park at Appomattox, Va., where General
Lee surrendered to General Grant.
PUBLIC BUILDING
BILL POT THROUGH
No Opportunity is Given For
Amendment.
SMALL SPEAKS ON BILL
Measure Provides For 77 New Build
ings and Sites.
TELLER DENOUNCES SMITH’S ORDER
A Stirring Discussion in the Senate ot the Bar
barous Methods Practiced in Phil p
pines !o Crush Out All
Opposition.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., April 29. —Under a
special order which allowed the three
hours’ debate but cut off all opportunity
cf amendment the House today passed
an Omnibus Public Building Bill which
will distribute $17,405,450 among 174
cities. As the bill covers Into the treas
ury $1,585,000, the total amount carried j
by the bjfll is reduced to that extent.
The bill provides for 77 new buildings
and sites, six buildings on sites already
purchased, seventeen buildings on dona
ted sites and fifty-eight increases iu ap
propriations for buildings already au- j
thorized. It also provides for the pur- j
chase of sixteen sites.
The majority for the bill was so over- j
whelming that only nine members backed j
a demand for the ayes and noes on the j
passage of the bill. There was some '
criticism of the method by which it was
proposed to pass the bill without oppor- '
tunity for amendment, which Mr. Mer
cer, chairman of the committee, answered
by stating that if the bill bad been sub
ject to amendment the appropriations
carried by it would have been increased
to $60,000,000.
Mr. Richardson (Tenn.), opposed the
addition of the special order saying that j
this method of legislation could not be ,
justified by any course of reasoning.
Among those who spoke on the bill were
Messrs. Bartlett (Ga.), and Small (N. C).
THE PHILIPPINES SITUATION-
Spirited Debate of Two Hours Engages the
Attention of the Senate.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, April 29.—A spirited and
at times heated discussion of the Philip
pine situation occurred in the Senate to
day. It revolved around the order al
leged to have been issued by General
Jacob A. Smith to make the Island of
Samara howling wilderness, and to kill
all male inhabitants over the age of ten
years. The debate took a wide range,
however, and many other points were
discussed.
When the Philippine Bill was laid be
fore the Senate no Senator was prepared ;
to deliver a set speech upon it. Mr. j
Lodge, Mass., in charge of the measure, ■
said he felt compelled to press it for j
consideration. His remarks drew the !
fire of Mr. Teller. Colo., who criticised ■
the Republicans for not participating in
the discussion. This precipitated the
debate and for more than two hours it
continued.
During Mr. Teller’s remarks Mr. Till
man, (S. C.), said it was reported that
the Government was very polite to the
warlike dattos of Mindanao and observed
that consideration was shown Moham
medans of that island, while cruel treat
ment was meted out to the Christians of
Samar.
Discussing the alleged order of Gen
eral Smith, Mr. Teller said he understood
that General Smith had tried to justify
his order by what is known as the “Tom
Ewing Order.” During the Civil War,
by this order, the population of two coun
ties in Missouri was deported and the
property destroyed. He was proceeding
to characterize the action of the Ameri
can army in the Philippines as most
cruel and barbarous when he was inter
rupted by Mr. Spooner with the inquiry,
“Does the Senator not remember Fort
Pillow ?”
“What does the Senator mean by his
reference to Fort Pillow?” inquired Mr.
Carmack, Tennessee.
“I had in mind,” replied Mr. Spooner,
“what has been considered a massacre of
colored troops there.”
Mr. Carmack insisted with some heat
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that there was no massacre of troops or
killing of prisoners at Fort Pillow.
Mr. Teller was continuing his remarks
about General Smith’s order when he
was interrupted by Mr. Fairbanks. “I
do not understand,” said he, ’‘that the
Government approves of General Smith’s
alleged order. It has ordered a court
martial to try General Smith.”
Mr. Teller offered an amendment to
the bill providing for a commission to
be appointed by the President, and to
consist of not less than seven nor more
than fifteen persons to proceed to the
Philippines and try to secure a lasting
peace between the United States and
the Filipinos. The United States to pay
the commissioners salaries of SIO,OOO a
year each and all expenses.
Mr. Teller continued his discussion of
General Smith’s order, which he said,
had shocked the public mind in this
country, regardless of party affiliations.
He said he would despair of our Govern
ment if the American people should not
repudiate such an order.
“If,” sa id he, “’it be true that he is
sued such an order I believe the officer
ought to be dismissed from the service.”
He said he would despise himself if he
did not enter his protean against such
inhumanity as was evinced by the order
of General Smith.
"In the records of all the great wars
since the Middle Ages,” he declared, “you
cannot find such a disgraceful and wicked
order as that issued by General Smith.”
Mr. Lodge said nothing was known
here of General Smith’s order until it
waft pleaded by Major Waller as a de
fense for his action in Samar. As soon
as Waller had pleaded that order as his
defense the President himself had direct
ed that General Smith he court mar
tialed. He said he did not know wheth
er the order of General Smith was ver
bal or written.
Mr. Carmack (Tenn.), insisted the evi
dence indicated that orders of a very
extreme character issued in the Philip
i pines were beiitg suppressed, not, he be
| lieved, by the War Department, but by
; the military authorities in the Philip
! pines.
In calling attention to the report of
Secretary of Batangas province, that
j there had been so great mortality in the
j province as to reduce the population
| from 300,000 to about 200,000, the mor
i tality being due to disease. Mr. Tillman
I inquired Whether the Philippine commis
sion had investigated that matter.
When informed that it had not, he ex
! claimed:
“Well, how long are we going to hold
on to this bag ?f cats? What benefit is
it to the American people to pursue this
infamous policy?”
As the running colloquy continued, Mr.
Culberson asked Mr. Lodge if he endorsed
the order issued by General Bell.
“No,” replied Mr. Lodge. “I do not
endorse cruel methods of warfare. Gen
eral Smith’s order is one which every
American should regret. On the surface
those orders seem to me to be revolt
ing.”
In explaining, the great mortality
among the inhabitants of Batangas, Mr.
Bacon (Ga.), expressed the belief that
the disease among the natives had been
caused by the laying waste of the prov
ince by war. Crops had been destroyed
and the inhabitants had been confronted
almost by a condition of famine.
Mr. Teller in conclusion declared that
! this government could not escape the
condemnation of the world and of every
right thinking man for “this miserable,
wicked attempt to compel those people
to accept our government whether they
desire it or not.”
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May the 10th Will bs a Notible Day a
Taylorsville
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Taylorsville, N. C., April 2‘).—Taylors
ville has been visited the past week by
Father Price, of Raleigh, N. C., a Ro
man Catholic priest, who has given a
series of lectures on the beliefs and doc
trines of his church. This is some
thing quite new in Alexander county-
Few of our citizens have ever seen or
heard a Catholic-
The cornerstone of Alexander county’s
new couit house is to be laid Saturday.
May 10th, by the Grand Lodge? of Ma
sons and Junior Order of American Me
chanics- Congressman Klutti has been
invited by these orders to deliver an
address and he has promised to he on
hand and meet our people, as Alexan
der county is in his Congressional dis
trlst this year. A soldiers' reunion is
also to he held and Private It. Z. Un
ney, Esq., is to address them, while A.
L. Mclntosh, Esq., is to make a talk on
the history of Alexander county.
Taylorsville High School closed for
the term last week.
Minister Wu Ting Fang has declared
ar. invitation to deliver an address at a
school commencement at Millodgeville,
Ga., >n account of the recent criticisms
of himself in the Senate.
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