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At U tiiMU' table alone mty-tnree cover were laid.' All of tb prominent Democratic leader who wer present at tea afternoon maas ineetinc. auameated by a trala load ol national lealslators from Washington, attended, tn towquet,. which wm tba largest and must alaborat feast avar held la Baltimore, in very aeaa at th. ward tb spread waa a bountiful one.-and tho . exuberant of - prtt - which brought eninusmsm i w tamooa-guttoertiif roached It baldht at tb banquet... ' ' I WOO! T banquet' bg on after 7 'dock, and It nt half aat tea ba- fnr. an iumDt waa fnada to awra order. Tba tomanaa crowd at dlnara tf thta tlma OM w Finally toaatmaster fardlnand Wtl llama, of Cwihbarland. bagaa hlaopaa Inr addreea despite tha dlaordor. , Tb gentleman Who ,aat at tha vpeaaera Ubl did their beat to de liver th meaMgoa tney naa prepiu fur tha 'oocaaien, bat th cobtuelon waa great thaf fog horn would hua Imoii uneffectlv and th mega phone role of Toastmaater William wa loot to avcry on more man iuir It WM apparent that too much bad been attempted In tb way or pan Muet pe.kiog. Th armory waa too iirm. tho dinera too aumerou to Dermtt of ainr aemblanco of order. iU). 3, C Hemphill, of Richmond, Va whs waa to apeah on Tb Oam- ocraUc Pre." and h waa afraid to undertake it. The dlnara br thla tlma had reft their tttacea and war tthr vUltlng with each, other or atanoing aavenu row deep about th apeaker'a Ubla, nt.Drauma.tive A. Mitchell Aimer. of Pennsylvania, waa th third him than any man who vor a "And ' th moat . obnoiloua Itnnia firtt," exclaimed Mr. Clark. "As between roiven apptaa." Insisted (Senator UaJley, "there la no chole. Uvery aohedul la Kh PaynwAJdrlch law Is bad" ' Governor lIsnion..jrf Ohio. on-f tba moat Brominent arurea tn tb day'a gatberlaK, also pounced apoa W9 uriir. Dar faaeed a Leadnw Wished. The day Da Med aa th Iiemocrntio eaorra wisa K asigM, wftnorat aa at tempt from any quarter ta launch a Boom tor tna preetoeatisi nontlnaUoa m HIS. Senator Bailey twld Champ Clark, th . Democratic leader of the House, tha tribute et placing him la th presidential class. iwpeaker than Mr. Harmon makes a governor, w will, nominate htm for FreeldenL" he declared, amid anthu slanm, at th lrle meeting. "But," he added. TI OoTemor Har mon makea a better governor thaa Champ Clark makes a Bpaaker. tbea wa are going to nominate Mr. Har mon. The tariff was artaowtodarnd aa the factor which brongbt a boat Uw defeat of the BepnUlraa party In the last campaign, and with equal frankness the DrmOcratk' leadera acknwwrledged that if they oKT not deal wisely with that Isaw and fulfill tha horma of the country. Democratic snores Would he And. while they were not dtaeoastng ths tariff vtth serious rplrtt, th Dem- cratle leaders "were calling wot ahoatl of laughter and rounds of applause by their witty and, at times, vitriolic attacks en th grand old party. ., : Censere for Booaevctt. - -Colonel Rooaavelt earn hi f mm share of the maMktkaks hurled at . the HcpablU-aa prtT' Kovmee snwnr . V. n. nnanra, vm atm tni ky, at the Bfternnoa aie'iiieKlna. declared ttiat the "new watloBaitBm' enunciated try Colonel Roosevelt wa Riled with trnaaon. "dw-per and dark than any rbarged against' the south from to 'as. - Oorernor Harmon waa tha first speaker at the afternoon meeting. whldh Wa called to order by Oen. Murray Vandevlver and prealded over by Oevrrnur Ciullien. of MsryTgna. Harmon for Harmony. Gowrnor llarmoa aoanded m kev- note whew be declared that ""personal preferenre, Jenlowsles and mbitioas must not be allowed to spring up and mred cnnruMoa In council or nr-tion." Ha sharply erltlolsed Republican extravagance In submitting so long to Republican rule and a Republican tariff aystem. Mr. Clark la his (Wrens vramed Ma fellow Democrat that It waa the failure of the Henubllcaa prty40 keep ft pledges, especially with re- apoct to the tariff that brengbt a boat Its defeat, and that the Dworrate party must nvo up to Its promises In every respect. Mr. Clark deolared that President Tart had gone Into office with mors good will attached ('.-...-. .... ... ,, ... ......... many others oa th Lyrlo stare, crowd, ed about Benator Bailey t eongratn lat him on his speech. Th big audi- (onun waa arowaea to (be doora. Tha enthusiasm with which each speaker "as greeted was so equally distributed a to leave no thought of favoritism, ui. u stag Is addition to th sneak- era, war many members of Congress and prominent Democrats throughout me oiate or Maryland, senator TU man, of Sooth Carolina: Senator Ray ner. f this SUti Henry Oasaoway Da via ot West Vlralhlai Rna.tnr Tom. tsr, of Louisiana; Ma. Jaa. C Hemp, hill , of Virginia, and other notable were in tna iront row. speaker to mount th table. By th time he began hi speech the crowd A th armory bad dwindled to about , and there was at last a eemblanc of ouieU Representative Theodore Bell, of Omlliotla, was on of the final speak ers ot tba evening. Mr. Bell paid a striking tribute to Champ Clara, and declared ' that if the party stand be hind him aa speaker of the House ot Representatives, Democratle suo cess In 1I1S will be assured. "Th people of th mlddl West ' and tmr far' wan the" gteatest conddenoe in th Integrity and tb ability of Champ Clark aa a leader vX the. Jaoctac;' said Msv 4etWMf The refarenc to Mr. Clark waa. fe garded aa unusually significant. Inas much as Mr. Bell has generally been known aa lb close friend and rep resentative vjtWm.Jenninra. Bryan, it wa emphasised a tew minutes later, however, when Mr.- Bell warned his hearers that Jio mattrr bow much they tnlsht be attracted toward gen tleraea Trc-m Ohio and New Jersey la connection with leadership la 1HX. Uiey must not forget that tbs affec tions of millions of the people still clustsred, about th geutlemaa from Nebraska Mr. Bryan. The hand of fate, Mr. Bell said, had probably determined that Mr. Bryan should nof be nominated tor a fourth time sr ever be elected President but that he must not be overlooked la the councils of the party. Tariff Prominent Tplv Baltimore, Md., Jan. 17. Th gaunt ' specter ot the tariff, with All the vicis situde It brlnrs from without and within a political party, stalked boldly through the Jar una Day gatneniig nf the Democrats la this City today, tt made Its presence felt at tha fossa meeting at tha Lyrlo In tb afternoon, nd It would not down at th bounti ful teaat which was spread at the fifth Iterlment armory tonight, But tha issue waa fairly met by al) the pee It era. Some frankly srknowi aged that there would he difference t opinion among tbe Democrats oa Mils subject, as there has been anions the Republican. Senator Bailey, fcl instance, while declaring that har mony of action must be the watch word bt Democracy, If they maintain 'he sdvantare won at the election. ' took direct Inrae with tho Demo tmu hs favor pleeemeeJ revision of 'he tariff Champ Clark, of Miwoun, Hptaker-to-b of the House of Repre ntatlTna, had hist snn.mned tht 'hs nfmnt anion" the lmoerats , the Hnie srmeil to-fsvor pier. r. v'1..n -'t'c'l'ile hy wdiwlule, .If p"(U.l.. but item by Itfiii If oects- A number of Democratic govemora. aleet In Nevwnber last war anabl to com to th celebration en aoooikit of th legislative dutlea which kept them at their State capitals. Th absen tee Included Gov. rose. Of Masssnhu setts; Dlx. of New York; Wilson of Mew Jersey, and Marshall, of Indiana. Th throne la th city durlna? the day waa greatly augmented tonight wben a special trala from Waskingtoa brought practically every Democrat of in Donate ana House over to attend tb banquet, which marked tha clos va mi jTjtiivv. . Champ CUrk'a Address. Dachuing that the ratherln ef Democrats was not for tha purpose of achieving harmony, but for the main tenance of harmony already achieved. Representative Chamn Clark, at Via. curl, leader of tha minority la the House and assured of the Speakership of tha next Congrese, .warned the Democratic conference her today that much remained to be dona to assure Democracy a secure hold on what It already has attained. Bva mora waa necessary, he cautioned, to make car. tain of he further political gains wnirn a aaciarso to be due th Warty. -r nen w analyse th flgures of th last election," he ealr "It wit be en that th result waa not so .mace-a vic tory for tha Democrats aa a defeat for the Republicans. Our success waa the result largely of the stay-at-home vow. Therefor, we are really In late of probation. Tha. country has eonciuaea to una over the government after sixteen years of excluatoa from power.. , - r :,'. ,; ,-. ,.-v "Really, a a are' in state of bro batlos.- W hold ear destiny ta our owe nana, wa nave a gotaea.oppor- tnnlty. Coupled with It are grave re sponsibilities. If w are equal to the opportunity. IT wa meet the responsi btutlea with wisdom, courage and pa triotism, wa will have a long as of power." v At th outset of his remarks Mr. Clark admitted that tb victory, of govern Dr waa a surprise to the rank and Die or the Democrat lo party. He added that with th inspiration born ot victory tha party had "mors than an sven chance of sweeping th oouu try from sea to sea In If II." "This glorious result can be ae com pllshed," he continued, "by the very simple process of carrying out rellgtouely the promises which wa made In order to win last November. Even If we were not disposed to re deem our promises aa a matter of principle, when we look upon the iwfeck of th Republican party wa, have a moat valuable object lesson f the low state to which a great or ganisation may fall by a failure to, live up t its promises, because all these who havlns eyes see and havtna- earrbear, know that he O. O. P. waa brought to death's door because In lfOt It railed to do what In 1m It promised to do. Unless ws desire to hare Its fats we would do well not to follow Its bad example." . Resenting th Imputation hat tha Democratic party waa a party of ne gation. Mr. Clark pointed out that Thursday of tbe present week would see the Democrats of tha, House. 4a conference In 'Washington to aolect th Democratic members of tha Way and Mean Committee. This accom plished, be said, tbs members would proceed to. , the. ionsldexatlon, of , th. lartn, ana waea u e nen vongrsea convsned ther would b ready a sys tematic and thoroughly considered plan for-revwon;' r There are two ways of revising tb tariff." be continued, ""on by a gen eral bill, the other by particular bills for particular schedules, or evea par ticular blikr for particular 1tema -"Th concensus of opinio among Demo crats' seems ts be that- tha tatter la th preferable method and that we should preeeed to revise It by separate bills, taking tna most obnoxious sched ule first." Ther la to be no drmstlo er 0-ad vised tinkering with the tariff laws Mr. Clark assured bta hearers, and b referred sharply to criticism that any such plan was In contemplation. No sane man desires to injur any legitimate business Interest," h said. and all talk tn the effect that anybody desires to injure lesitbnata buslosss Is the wiuked, revengeful and reckless utterances or tb etaad-pattera, who. having been thrown out by reason ot their wwn sins of omission and com' mission, are .desperately analoua to get -In again. ) . - - "To tho Who understand some what of htarlff question It Is per- fectly clear that It require a vast amount at wotk to prepare for a win anq systematic and reasonable revis ion ef the tariff, and that th aam amount of preparation and inform . tlon Is necessary whether the revleioa Is to be accomplished by one general bill or through separate bills for sepa- rate schedule; for at last a general bill would be practically th sum total of tbs Separate bills. Economy tn the conduct of th pub lic business ws another" ants-cam-palm promise that th party would carry out, . Mr. uiar averred. "TMf curtailment of appropriations.' he acknowledged, "will prove perhaps e nmicun mm ins rrmirxion m toe tar iff, but thst both will be accomplished Now nationalism." said the Ken-Mhere esn he little douht, fee this yaf ttK-klsn. 'strikes dowa every bsrrtor i"mo-ra'.s are sntmaiea oy tne utiier- eremd for the protection of the rf&tits I mlnMInn to wnrk lisrnnmlouly tn- Jor the rltlirn." i fewer, an ny tne nop et apprnach- Senator Italiey t m:nMiiiuM. iug Tinner a YK-iiry wmrrr win re Qov. Harmon, Cramp CltJ-k,, and j (CnUnod SB page twe. STOP IT THEY SAY. Rooklngham, N. 0. Ralaigh Kewa and Observer - " B41eigh,"N. 0. -'- 'Dear ZitBif !J,l--:.:-' ' Tou will do ts tlje favor to di a ; cohtinu otxr advertisement; don't pub- 'lish it anbther day. fTie too expen l aive , t urnlshing s t anpa to answer ppAioan-w. ,.v.j. -We re jaimply overrnn, and haven't time to keep it up. Ye made a mistake in giving It to your paper for publi cation; we had no idea you would ;gather in so many replies. - Very truly yours, 'Olr Steele' s Mills, p, Robt. t. -Steele, Pres. 5 The tboT U copy of letter from one of oor tdvertisers which is worthy testimony of tbe overwhelming results accomplished by The Newt nd Observer. With iU .tate-widt circulation, it reaches every- tody who reads, and everybody whoViyt. Try It. FINAL ASSAULT ON CORPORATION TAX GLDSING ARGUMENT IN OIL TRUST CASE' Argtment Before U. S. i Attorney Johnson Pleads Supremo Court for Standard Oil Til Ml OVER TO THE CRITICS Preachers Splcial Offi cers to Chase Tigers I nnin i iir i nnnr UIUU mt LUUbt ! BUT BY SQUEEZE MBaisaea, Joint Convention Expect ed to Elect Him Today tered th White House, And if th Republican party bad carried oat its plsdgea no power on earth eould have dethroned It, W must not fall Into th mm srror." Aldrtcb-fimoot Monstreeity. Mr. Clark referred to the new tart law as tbe "rano-Aldrk-fa-Smoot PHmajrojIty.'y . ..T.-. ..-. Ml put (ieaator Bmoot in," tut dn dared, "because I believe In rlvtng tbe Devil his due, for Bmoot, of Vteh. wne of the twelve npostlea, bad more to 4 sutUs eakin wa4hsa bill hww nay oUw mas aav AUftch." , - Senator Bailey deolared that Dem ocrats were all of -aosord ae-aw-tlw. em sty and tb extent to wlilcb tbe tariff should be revised, and the prtn dpi which should nnderlt that re vision. The only differ en o of opln-f; Ion, he ase.ned, wuld be . sa . the awnthod of rovioe, ''For my part," b declared, "I be llcve that tiaa only way to revise a bill like tbe Fayne-Altlrlch art as to cut Its bead off and te cat la oaf as soon ss yoa ge to K. "Every schedule In It I bad. 1 am not willing to take out one and leave another ther. Take them all out.! as between rotten apples, there is na choice. "Let's prepare a tariff bill exactly aa If we bad control of the Henat and 'th presidency, and then If those Republican heathens and Infidels of tha Senate refuse to take It up, that will be time enough to talk about revision schsdule by schedule. If wa are not capable of preparing a tariff bill from oenesla to Revelations, we will dlappolnt tha hope of th country and tha prospects pi. the Democratic party, lay vry dutl for, revenue and none for protection. Rapping New KationaUana. In rapping "new nationalism.' Sen ator Blackburn Instated that the three co-ordinate branches of th govern ment should be kept separate and dis tinct, and tha there should be no fle croschments one upon another, "rle durtlve and alluring aa Is th title." said Mr. Blackburn, "ws want no new nationalism." He said that thla Issus had been thrust upon tbs country by tha "blnest boldest and ablest leader of hie party." but that In spite of Its exalted origin.. -"It means more tnan political revolution It means treason treasoa deeper and darker than was ever attributed to the south from to lift BeUmlng Tboae Who Been to Snow o MwctJ Abwat .fosayorernsan. ' - of the Laws fibonid itlw TbeVsar, the Mayor is taring Thews a aao Affair Creates a SUr-AsbevUle to tight CemmlMSoa rorra ef City Charter. (Special to Xews and Observer.) Ashevlll. Jan. 17. Because dUssns had criticised bis attempt to enforce the prohibition laws of Canton, Mayor Curtis and the board f aldsrmea aav turned the town over te tb critic. Today h summoned a number ot prominent persona. Including Rev. 1. a Abernethy. psstor of tbe Southern Methodist church, ana net. A. urey beaL Pastor of tha Northern Method ist church, to sppir batore him ana b sworn aa special police to cbasi "tigers' to their self satisfaction. K csntly a large mss meeting was held with Judge t. U. t-ntcnara as sposes maa. In tbe interest ot better law en forcement, and th - lews has lust amsrgsd from a revival led by Rev. George C. Catee, before be was ejected from a Southern railway train at Arden, for failure to produce a ticket, and tha criticism baa - la aom. In stincts been Severn of tbe board and officeis. Believing those who seem to know o much about non-enforcement ot laws should have their day. the mayor Is giving them their chance, th af fair has caused quit a stir. Conamissloa rorna, By a close vote. It to 14, the com- mlUee of en hundred last night. after three hours of discussion, de cided to appoint a committee ef seven to arart a eommimoa ions oi gov ernment charter for th city, the same to-be saind tb eowmtftree and In urn te a mass meeting for ratMca Uoa. Thla charter Is to be presented to the legislature. While ndsaaaaaag that tba preeeat city government- was not InsfOolsBt, but they believed tke oommkssiaa) form mors progressive. jrarrrnoxn von mobse. Another Batch Brceise m the De partment of Jsstl.-e. Are CUardacd. (Br th Associated Preoa.) Washington. D. C, Jsa. 17. More petitions tor the pardoa of Chaa. w. Mors wsr received by the Depart ment of Jostle today. They war di vided Into groups snd were elgned by lawyers, CMagressmen, ejewapapermen. bankers, educators and man ef many other professions. Printed arguments ahowlng why Morse should be pardon ed aeoomoenled them. It has beea develop: thai before tb Lieoartni.nl of Justice eaa begta wnrk In en the ee addition at reports will be required from tn Utetrtet At torney's etflce In New lorn. , It may be several weeks before the convicted banker' case gets before tbe Frest dsn. ; - WAST MOKIC TRAlXa, ' retltloa Mb arculsssd M Owy for Double Daily Doral acrvsae Boureos j Car and Uamlrt, ' - - Csry. N. C Jan. IT.'-A petltJon hi being signed by the ctttaen here ask ing tb Legislature for a double dally load passenger aervlre o tb ftea biard. between Rslsilh and Hamlet. Tns.Beaboard eperstss only two local trains on thla division. It northbound. In the morning, and 41 southbound la th evening. A train going south la th morning, returning north la th evening, I much oeeded by th pub He, between Raleigh and Dam let II Is understood that a Uka petition I being signed In towns south of her. nTTOTOOCK. WXtTED tF.S won. Lincoln, Nb., Jan. II --Representative O. St. Illtrhrwk tnemoeraO was trnley elcwtM fnltd Plate fenstot to suoceed inator . J, SuiketV FAILED OS OTITE ME fa tba Vote fake Yesterday lbs Wag BwrAed by Tbreo Majortfj' ba rpprr Braax-b ef tb Legiaiatura, But lie FWlled by Three Votew to Obtala K-rwdursemeat la the lDiee. (By the Associated Prees.1 Boston, Msss.. Jan. 17. Although backed by three majority In the up per branch of the legislature. United Statee Senator lienrjr Cabot IxxIks failed by three votes to obtain a rc eudorsement tn the Houwe tndsy, but H CASE FROM VERMONT Maxwell Ewarta, of New York. Argue That tba Law la Void Julian Davli Also of Kew York, Continued the Awault The Plea Was Made That the Imw Invaded the Sovcrtgnty ot tlie ntc--TKay Soilcilor-demeral ! Ieiimann WU1 Be Urard. 1 (By th Associated Praa.) Washington, D, C Jan. 17. Tbe iinal assault on tbe eomtltutlouallty ot i the corporation provisions of tbe I'ayne-Aldrich terl ft act of 190 be (. in today In the Supreme Court of the ; I niUHl Statea For two hours Maxwell ; Knurts. ol New York, argued that the j luw was void. Julian T, Davis, also i ( New York, continued tb assault. Tomorrow Kredelck W. Dehmann. Ho-Hntur-Ueneral for the Department of Juatlce, will defend the law. Mr. Ewarta appeoared as counsel (or Stella P. Flint, general guardian of Samuel N. Stone, Jr., owner of stock In the Stone-Tracy Company, ef Wlnd "r, Vermont. Hhe sought to prevent i he corporation from paying the Ux. lin contended the tax was unconstitu tional principally because It fell upon the corporate franchise of the com pany. In so doing tt Invaded tb ov ereignty of the Slate, he ursd. While the law on Its (see said It whs a tax un the "doing ot business'' Mr. Kweru told the court that 'the burdens ot this law, falling on th defendant corpora tion because It has a corporate char ter and because It sets In a corporate rapacity rests burdens upon tho right to be a aorporatlon and to art aa such. The argument that the tax wus upon an Instrumentality of ths state, drew forth numerous questions fr.iru the bench. tXGRESKloNAli nCMMVTtr. Argue Resolution iMrlarlng Balling''' tiullty 8h!p Kutwtdy I no or ionmu crtlin Armj Appropriation BUI.' (Hy th Awociatsd Press.) Washington, I C , Jsn. 17 In a spirited speech, SetiMor Hurcell todsy argued In favor of the adoption of hit resolution declaring that HI. hard A. llalllnger. Secretary ut the Interior, waa nullty of the charges of Incompe tency and maladministration In nffu , made against him by Ulfford Plnchot, r.irmtr Chl.r of the Forestry net-vice. If there Is no shift during the night ti, Benat took no action on the reeo the Joint convention tomorrow will dution. The Oaltlngfr ocean mall send him back to Washington for h hli-subaldy will max also unJT cou- fuurth term with a majortty of Just ,i,r ration, but no action was taken. one vote on joint ballot. Mr. Ixix in th Rouse the srmy approprla- poUed ti out uf 40 votes In tho Hin i..n bill carrying approximately 193.- ate, but In the ouha only 117 out f ..ou.OOO, waa passed. Consideration of tbe 149 members lined up for him. it-. postoifloa appropriation measurn hi then begun. 1 iuth Sensteand House will meet at no ..ii tomorrow. Th vote In the Henatx whs as fil lows: Whole number of votes, 4 0; neces sary for chslce, 21. Henry Cabot Lodge, (Rep.) 34. Kherman U Whlpplo, (Dem ) II Congrsssman Butler Ames. (Re publican) f. The vote In the House mi Whols number of votes, :2$, re.-fury for choice. 120. Lodse. (Rep.) 117. Whipple. (Dem.) 101. Ames. (Rep ) . Joseph Wslker, (Rep ) 4 Curtis Oulld, Jr.. (Rep.) 1, John A. Thayer, (Dem.) I. Sylvester J. McBrlde, (Hoclallst) 1. The result tn the Annate was as had been anticipated for aeveral week, so that Interest centered main, ly tn tbe vote of the House, where the excitement was Intense. There were nw"Tndicwtton''vet any' backallulnk among the Republican members this evening. Tha- DewMKwwt - wwre -eowtlfy- staunch In their determination to stand by their party candidate, and some of the more optimistic of thrm declare the senatorial situation would be. deadlocked tor sometime. Governor feugene N. Foss, who eat In his room at the far end of the building refused to comment a to the result although he has fought Mr. Lodge on the stump and repeat edly predicted his defest. Hpeaker walker of the House to night sent a letter to the four mem bers who cast their vote fey him ssklng them not to vote tor him tomorrow. TOWRSEJfD JTOR SE.NATort. Will He fleeted by Michigan to Suc ceed Senator Burrows. (By ths Associated Presa.) loosing, Mich., Jan. 17. The Roust an. I Kenate balloted separately this afternoon on ths election of Repre sentative Chuee Townsend. of Jack h..ii. to succeed United States Senator HuTowe. Tomorrow Mr. Towneeud's rl-'tlon will he confirmed In joint aes ion. In th House today Mr. Townsend received 17 votes, and John T. Wln hlp. of Saginaw, (Dem.) 11. In the Henat the vote was: Townsend II, Winshlp I. Representative Townsend' candi dacy received popular endorsement w the September primaries. Bit T1MBKR' BE.t: j ORATORY IS THE WEAPON The Trust's Attorney Depends en Brilliant flight of language to have tho Mounter (Jctopua From, IHwrsolutlon, ta the Absrare ef Cold IVw to HutMtaatiaie His JatWa. Hr tho Associated Presa) Waehloirton, D. C, Jan. 17. In a brilliant oratorical effort. Jytn 43.. Johnson., leading, counsel, for. the Standurd disorganisation, edneluded today the long oral argument before the ftuprerae Court ot the United States on tbe proposed dissolution ef the Htandard Oil Company, et New Jereey as In violation ot the Sherman anti-trust law. In marked contrast with, Mr. John ion's effort waa ths plain, unpreten tious summary of tbs govsmment's side of the caae by Attorney General Wtckcriiham. "Nowadays we hear a great deal of what are stlgmetlssd "reactionary' courts.' isld Mr. Johnson, "by which 1 understand the courts that go to th. statutes ss printed and tb volumes of decisions by which the law 1 set tled, and not to the riles ot nawspn- per or to ths epecches ot orslorl l demagogue. "1 a moment of hysterical cos templatlon ot the sins of others for we are never so spt to exaggerate our own wo are apt to mistaae the 'ex tent of others and the remedy t be upplli-d. In th. case of then, tarix corporations the need Is not for tbelr extirpation. By their mere largenee the country does not suffer. Wlinout tho. corporations prices would be maker; hundred ot million et men ' would be deprived of employment, and our foreign trade (more and m-r dependent upon our manufactures. b cauxe of thn alarming Increase of growth of our pormlwtlon. which con fumes our agricultural products) would be destroyed. W should have no choice In tho competition of th. world for trade with a rival Ilk Ger many, the mnst intelligent Of them all. which by settled legislation foe ters the combination which you ar anked eondemn aa criminal." Mr Joluuion then replied to thn warulnic ot Mr. Kellogg that unlee th .Sherman law waa enforced tbe Hianiard 'Ml Company would drtv. all independents out of buslnesa within live years. "Mr. Kellogg need not fear any over-fondness (or the corporations by Judges," said Mr. Johnson, "and ho haruly need lose any sleep over their receiving any tavor from Juries "Lt the rhawwVls of commerce b. open for al"who may dealr. to enter, whether with ocean steamer or tin out. with Rockefeller's wealth oi with nauKht, but their brains and their hands, unfettered by their own Improper restraints and uninterfemi with by the abuse of others; and s'.l will hsve been done that Is wise. Be yotid that lies the antagonism of Ir repressible ecorromlo necessity sn.t danger of disaster, ths Isngth and breadth of which no man caa talL" A KEW BANK. xrr. rwsvaie imams press-new at KuycToruton, where He la Vie hing. (Special to News and Observer.) Hutherfordton, Jan. It. Th Peo ple Bank of Union Mills, with a rwld capital stock or 11,000, hss begun bus iness having received deposits to the amount ot It, 000 for the first day's business, me stock bolder and di rectors of this new Institution are among the leading cltlsena and suc cessful business men of Rutherford county. The name of th officers srs Mr. J. D. Morris, president, of Union Mill: Mr. T. M Mlnnlsh. cashier, of Kentucky. Tb president la a mem bar ef th mercantile firm of Manning A II orris, of Union Mill, and vice- president of th Cltlsena Bank of RotherfordtoB. Th cashier comes highly recommended from a Kentucky bank. Thl snrsnliatlon makea "the sixth bank astabllshsd in Rutherford county. Dr.1 lugene Daniel until recently pastor ef - the First Presbyterians church of Lswlsburg, W. Va., veryae. reptablv filled the pulpit, delivering two instrwetlr sermons In the Ruth erfoedtou Presbyterian rhnrch, Sunday morning and - alsht Dr. tan'el Is spending some time with hi on-in-Uw snd dsusht.r, Ber, nd Mrs, Thorns, t Shelby. I Tlie WlUtrvUle Iimhr Compaay Makes 1 1x5.000 IwrrluuW. Wilmington. Jan. 17. It Is learned thnt one nf the largest timber deals ever consummated In this section of (he Stato has been closed, by wblch the Whltevlll Dumber Company, with the principal mill of th concern lo cated at Whltevtlle. acquire betweeb forty and fifty million feet of timber from the Cape Fear Lumber Com pany. Th latter concern It going out of business and the valuable site of the Wilmington plant wan purchased a few days ago by the Atlantic Coast Uns railroad. The price paid for i the timber was I12&.000. STATE DViUm, Tbe First at the White Hoeee Tend ered the Diplomatic Cerp. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, D. C Jan. 1 J. The Brwt of th Stats dinners at th White House waa tendered to the diplomatic corps and Invited guests tonight by Mi rrcsiaeat eaa Mre. Tsftt HFKIDKM IH RXKI). Besides ths dlplomatlo corp ther were present Senator Cullem. ef Illinois Racon. of Georgia, and Boot, of New York; Representatives Foss, of Illlnot. snd Ixingworth, of OhKKr tha Aseistsnt Secretary of Stat and Mrs. Huntington Wilson; Director General John Barrett, of th Pan Amerlcnn I'nlon: th Canadian and American commissioners in tha reci procity negotiations and tha Secretary of State and Mrs. Knox. OIJVER 1X1XTKD 8ESATOR. Rn-rhvlcd cYelrrday by tile State of Pensylvanla, (Py the Associate! Ptm.) nrrlburg. Pa., Jn. J7. United Rtutes Senator Gorgs T. Oliver m re-elected Senator for tb full term of six yen-s today, receiving 147 votes In the House of Representative to JS f .r J Henry Cochran, et WllKsras. port; :o for Jullnn Kennedy, of Pitts. Two Mory Ivame Building, Imerty nf Mr. Heawnll Howell, Near Csry. Cary, Jan. 17. The two story home and contents of Mr. Seawell Howell, Imrg; s for James P. Riley, of Schuyl- three miles soutn oi tary, was ae-'xi" county; l tor George W. Outhrl: stroyed by fire yesterday. ho cause l for William II. Berrv, aid l fo Joseph e. Cohen, ef PilM.lg'hla. Is yet assigned, but It Is thought the flrs started from a defective Hue. The lose amounts to about foul -thousand dollars with no Insurance. Awarded to Friersburg. (By the Associated Press.) Auburn X. T., Jsn. 17. In a de cision handed down tndsy by the Na tional Board of tb National Associa tion ef th Professions.! Basehn.lt Lraguea. H. W. McFarland I awarded to Petersburg, Va. Clapp Re-elected Senator. (By lb Assoclsted Presa) St Paul, Minn... Jan. 17. United Ptatee Senator Mosee K- Clspp was re elected by both hon.es ef tb Minna sot Legislature tenlsy. , . Satbrrhiml lte-ehitel Hcnator. tHy the Associated press.) Salt Mke, Vtnh. Jan. 17. Cnltert State rJenator George A. Sutherland wm re-electe-i today. The vote In th Senate for Cnlted mates Senator was aa follows: Oorg T. Oliver, 34: J. Henry Cochran, t; Jullsn Kennedy (ladependent Repub lican), : William Flyno (Renublt. can), i; absent. 1. Before the vote was taken, a tsrtef from Secretary ef Stat P. C Knag i Rrpresentattv E. M- Abbott. f Ph!! sdelph's, waa read, declining te be a candldste Mr. Knoa bad bean named en January Id. but In acesrdsaee with hi wishes wss iw vta for tsday. BFKD CUObEN SEMATOB. Missouri gTnn Baoceeww tky SeBatOf William Warner. - (By the Associated Press.) Jefferson City, Mo., Jan, 17. Jsmns A. Reed, of Kansaa Cltv, was ghneen innlor United States Senator from Missouri today by the tw ben a et the General Aseembljt. He wilt sue reed Senator William Warner, Repuba jiican, n-.c I t est
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