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WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN COMING TO AriEBORO JULY FOURTH little WuKlMC ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR VOL. 39 Asheboro, N. C. Thursday, June 18, 1914 No. 24 THE SAME OLD GOON Only Had ''Another Ring j Around Its Tail," As Zeb Vance Says J. W. KURFEES WRITES (GERMAXTOX ClTIZENf TWISTS THE TAJX OF THE O. O. I CRITICISM OF THE GREEXS BORO RHPUBLIOAX CONVEX" TIOX. , i . , ,L Editor of the Courier: It was with amusing interest that I read the account of the Greensboro Rennhliran meetintr of May 26. From the speeches that were made and the tironositions that were discussed one would hardiv' think it were the same personnel that controlled the memora- ble Charlotte convention in 1912. There the doors were locked, and the keys thrown away, so far as a fel- jow was concerned woum nut. swear allegiance to Mr. Taft. But cuk. from all accounts I guess it was the., unts l guess n was me same crowa. as eo vance saiu, n, . nee said, with ano was the same old coon with another ring around its tail." Who would oiuui.u ...o ,,.. , have thought that at this early date , they would be make overtures to Progressives or JNOrtn Laroiina r drouth. Why, for the last six months we I have heard it proclaimed from the Beginning with December the first housetops that there was no more Johnston county officers will draw progressive party! Then why all this salaries from the county instead of "get together" talk? They even go working on the commission plan, so far as to say that if a convention tun is called and the Progressives are the! Rev T. H. Spence, Prtor . of the stronger they will fall in line and be Smithfield Presbyterian chuich m i.s Progressives too flom New York thls veek for Iieland v logiessnes too. I mother whom he hasn't seen We proved conclusively m 1012, both . A .ica twelve in convention and at the polls, which " was the stronger. The vote for Set-, B tie and Mears furnished sufficient j Weaver college, at Weaverville, will proof for that. The vote in both state ke enlarged during the summer. Cot and nation was conclusive, gentle- tages will be built to accommodate men, and you had as well take your tne inerease in the student body which medicine like men. But Mr. Duncan js expected. Several additions have says Mr. Taft is not an issue now. ijeen niaUe t0 the faculty. No; but he was very much an issua at . Chicago in 1912. There it was t'.rat Dr. J. F. Royster and family, of Mr. Duncan's friends went to him Le- Chapel Hill, will move to Texas with fore that convention was held and in a few weeks. Dr. Royster will be plead for a "square deal" and not to at the head of the English Depart allow that nomination to be stolen ment of the University of Texas, from Colonel Roosevelt. What was his reply? Was he advocating his; With 50 mills represented, the ninih "get toghether" plans then? Not at annual convention of the Cotton Man all. He replied bv lauehine heartily ufacturers Association of North Car- .in the face of those who were plead- mg to him and said, "Boys, it is all The compulsory age limit was raised fixed, Mr. Taft will be nominated." from 12 to 13 years. Yes, "all fixed," the "cards were. stacked." He was like the juror who Mrs. W. J. McCorkle, wife of a heard some express surprise at a ver- farmer of the Mill Bridge neighbor diet he and his fellow jurymen had hood, Rowan county, was struck by iust rendered. "Whv." he said, "my lightning last week. The stroke left mind was already made up before the trial began." So it was at cnicago, one oi ner snoes ana spin a noe nan their mindd were made up. Then when die which she was holding in her hand, the Charlotte convention was called It is thought that she will recover, the several counties in regular legal j fiuhion elected delegates to represent" A little child of Mr. and Mrs. J. vV. them there, but they were deprived Braswell, of Boon Hill, came very of their seats. The Morehead-Settle- near being strangled to death in a Holton-Revnolds combine locked the peculiar manner one day last week. doors, and the only password recog- nized was, "I'll vote for Taft." It was not a nuestion as to whether his county had sent him to that conven- tion, but will you vote for Taft? No "get together" talk then; no, no. It was an insignificant number they were reckoning with, they thought party now want to come back, and ho But when Mr. Settle was buried be- for one is willing to kill the fatted neath an avalanche of votes from the calf for them." If there are "many" thousands whose representatives ha 1 it looks as if he could name one. The been shamefully treated at Charlotte, writer has failed to meet any who en they saw it was not so insignnificant tertain such thought, after all. j gut jjr- Linney must understand But my good friend Judge Bynum that we deny occupying the position wants everything done in the name of of the prodigal son. He must remem the Republican party. Yes, that out- ber that we occupy the position of that rageous conduct at Chicago, and also noble person who "came unto his own at Charlotte, was done in the name and his own received him not." Af of the Republican party, but its being ter which he spent his time among done in a certain name did not make the others. We went as we thought the conduct any less shameful. Judge to be "our own" in Charlotte, but we Bynum's request is a repetition of th-3 were not received. We were driven request made to Abraham Lincoln in out in the cold by high handed meth 1800. He was implored to use his in- ods, all because we desired our free fluence to unite the divided Whig par- dom which is guaranted to every man ty under the old name. Yes, he was under a true democratic government, seriously advised to not follow the Not alone do they insist on the Repub new Republican party, but to unite lican name, but all its "meaning" must the Whig forces and present a solid be kept. Pray, tell us who is to decide f.-ont to the "common enemy, the what all its "meaning is." No one Democrats." But said he, "We are would or could object to "all its mean uot fighting for names, but a princi- ing being kept" if by that is only pie. It is a government of the people meant the true definition of the word, in reality as well as in name for which But if you mean to include such con we stand, and we'll win or lose on that duct as was pulled off both at Char proposition." Ilotte and at Chicago as part of "its The same proposition confronts the Renublican nartv American people today. The boss rule 75,000 other Progressives in North tica ta,e standing com- and corrupt practices in each of the Carolina. If indeed you have seen the imltt f th SeMlte, ls papSulanly old parties have gone to s-ed. The error of your way and are repent- Lj, ,, hnvino- ft nas its Hftrnps m inein satMioui aimnsiiM wiiy uun i New York, its Penrose in Pennsylva- you say so? Why don't you come out nia, its Cannon in Illinois, its Smoot like men and say "We chea.ed you in Utah, and its Morehead-Settle 't of your rights at Chicago and combine in North Carolina, while the again at Charlotte, and knowing this Democrats have their Smith in New to be the people's government we free Jersey, their Murphy in New York, ly acknowledge our wrong. We know their Taggart in Indiana and their. we wrecked the party, we know wc Watts in North Carolina. So I for j squandered our substance and are r.o one can see no relief by marshaling more worthy to be called thy sons'; our forces in the same old camp. The 'make us as hired servants.' " Then Progressive party is needed today i the fatted calf might be in order, but just as bad as the Republican party the calf was not provided by those who was needed in I860. In that year of , had transgressed the law, as Mr. Lin grace recruits were had from the two ; ney would imply. It was provided old parties the Whigs and Democrats ,by the righteous for the unrighteous, and today the Progressive party, I We Progressives have not departed standing as it does on a piatform of the faith. We stand today m the the noblest progressive principles of footprints of the immortals Lincoln modern times, is in position to invite ;and Garfield, and alongside of that recruits, not alone from each political matcheless statesman Theodore Roo party but from every section of the I seveit, fighting as we have since 1860 country as well. for a government "of the people, by Mr. Linney in his famous harmony the people, for the people." letter, now being circulated, says JNO. W. KURFEES. "many who went to the Progressive Germantown, June 1, 1914. STATE NEWS ITEMS 1 HAPPEXIXGS OF INTEREST GATHERED FROM Ol It EX CHAN UBS AND CONDENSED IN A BRIEF FORM. Edgar Dameron and Miss Lola Lan ley, of Burlington, were married lajt Wednesday evening. Mrs. Lula Braxton, wife of John Braxton Burlington, died Sunday eveimiK- one whs a uaugnier 01 W. C. Moore of Graham. The Creedmore Times says that nr. O. W. Hollaway, of Northside, is in a serious condition from blood poison as the result of a mashed finger. "Jimmie" Vaucrhn. a nressm:in i of skill, died at his home in Kington last week on the eve of his twelfth i .wedding anniversary. There are now 12,000 automobiles and 1,200 motorcycles in the state. The revenue to the state from taxes on these machines is no small amount. T- TInivtireitv Snmmp- cohnn fnl. 1 -V,,l Hill Tr,o 1R T. ft,i " : u-,Qi,in,. - m ..i : ..i w i,s v.t j v The gmithfield Herald reports that -Ane srnixnneiu neraiu itF'w tj,e tobacco crop in Johnston will he very short this year on account of the olina, convened at Charlotte last week. her black from head to foot, tore o.f Some larger children had tied a string to a key in a door and in some man- ner the little child succeeded in wrap- ping the string around its neck and was almost strangled when found by its mother. 'meaning" I draw the line, and so wul OVERMAN MAN OF WORTH PROMINENT I'LXCE TAKKX 11 Y THE JUNIOR SKNA'IOR FROM NOR IH CAI OIj NA IN UNITED STATES SENATE. Washington, D. c. June 15. Of all the thirty-cue Senators of tlie class whose terms expiie in 415, none is surer from, indications to date to succeed 14invlf than the popular junicT Senator from North t'aniiiiiu. Lee Slaiter Overman. Al though serving the Isist year of Ms second term. Mr. Overra n is tne of the vetcTtus of the Senate, only fif teen of the ninety-five members of the body antedatj-ig him in continu ous tf-i'v.'ee. It is a singullar' thing i that the tersent Senate has an un- usually Ir.rge proportion! of members whese eer-ice ds comparatlevly brief. 0vel two-thirds of the member.! i-lp have served but one term 10 les:. So great a proportion of new mate- rial the Situate hns not 14ad since the very earliest days or its history. ConseQUintly opeiience in that contiguous legislative branch of tn,e government is accounted of peciJliar value. When to experience is added high capacity, energy, fidelity to duty and superior tact, the Senator ineviably becomes one k the great factors in Amercican institutions. Senator O.erman f .Is the m a u e of these attributes tf worth in his public lile as have done but a small group of men as the political kale'.uoscope brings into view in the elevated arena new faces and new characters: j from his earliest youthi as'-oct- ated wit i disti iguis,hitd p iblio men. having been, soon alter leaving col lege private secretary tr the fam ous Zebulon P. Vance whil he vas Governor of North Carolina, and. serving in te same capacity for the succeeding governor, A. S. Mor- risv.m, it was such' environniti.it, lich in oppoitunlty for study ini pulil.c service, that the present ju- i r Sen ator get hi rudiment of official education. For ten years thereafter he served in tha Legislature of hiji State, and the 1 si term, a speaker. He was the Democratic choice for I'nited States Senator in 1895. but lost through a cmbinatlon of Inde pendents and Rcppublicans. Six y ar laiter he was elected to succeed the man wJio defeated himi Met eft C. Pritchard now on the circuit court bench through appointment by Pres ident Rooseveflit. Takes Prondnent Place. Senator Overman's prominence in the United! States Senate is attested bet idee thrvugh' his character and attainments by his Silgh committee connections. He Is chairman of the allimniportat.it committee on rules, the ranking Democrat on the Ju diciary Committee and seo.-nc' on the Appropriations comniitte:. Oi;fly six other Democrats are his seniors i i seivice length, and rs thel puty appears assured f retailing control df the Semite for some years be yond the next election.. Overman's prominence is bound to increase. It is a prominence, it is weUI to ren.:k that caxtijs with, it a heavy weiut.t of responsibility and a constan exacti i.i of energy and ability. Adequately to fill thte Treas ure of duty and experience In such a position, requires a combina tion of mental and physical strength only the fewest of men. possess; The chairnia:ishIp of the Rules committee imposts tBie most inces sant of the requisitions of duty upon any Senator. Senatr.-r Overman has discharged bis tas-k at tiia.t m to the entire satisfaction of Ms col leagues on both sides of the cham ber since the Democratsi assumed control with tflie beginning c.f the Sixty-thirdi Congress. The chairman of the Judiciary Committee.. Chas. A. Culbers-on of Texas having been absent on accourt of Hints-!' t- r more tHian a year, and having at tended but two meetings of the com mittee, Mr. Overman, being the mext rankinig Democrat, l as had to act as chairman and on occas-ioi s u. the utlutet p bl c concern s.nd 1 -terest. Chairman LoMiy r.rolie Coinlmittee. He was made chairman of the Ju diciary's tnb-comimitteo t investi gate the activities of the "insidi ous lobby' to whidi 'President Wilson called attention early in his administration, with Messrs. Reed of Missouri; Walsh of Montana. Nelson of Minnesota andi Cummins of Iowa, as his associates. The work of thfat committee, not yet complet ed, it having reacl'ved Itself prac- picuously useful public service. Its hearings and investigations soon dement rated! tUe. acumen and alertness of President Wilson in his prompt discernment of one of tlie evil incident o5 legislation in Washington as it had existed and flouiJshed for m any y a-. It was May 25. 1914. President Wl on gave to the press th.e rtatemeri, in whicJii he said; ) "I thinkk that the public ought to know tih extraordinary exertions being made by the lobby in Wash ington to gain recognition for cer tain alterations in the tar.ff b'll. Washington fhas seldom seen so nu merous, bo industrious, or so Insid ious a lobby. . . . The f) vein ment in all its branches ru ht to be relieved from this intolerable burden and this constant interrup tion to the calm progress of de bate. I know tthat I am speaking for the members of two houses, who would rejoice as much as I GENERAL NEWS ITEMS ITEMS OF INTEREST TAKING PLACE THIS WEEK THROl'GH OIT THE DIFFERENT SEC TOIXS OF THE WORLD. Archie Allsbrook- 17 vp.h-b nll r. drowned while swimming to the Roa- noKe Kiver near Scotland Neck last Sunday. Thendore Rocssvelt third, Col onel Roceevtlt's first grandson to bear ihe family name, was born to Mr. and Mnis. Theolora Ro seveit, Jr., hut week. j Wl.fen woman suffrage was pro posed in the North Carolnia Demo cratic convention it was rejected withl hisses and Jeers. Only the man who iirtroduced the resolution voted ;r It. Firemam T. H. Windham) was in jured on the sMifting yards of t!:e Norfolk-Southern, at Mt. Gilead by falling under a nHovlngj box car. The accident nec ssitated the am putation tf a leg. Policeman Tucker, of Madison, lost a valuable cow last week from eating Japanese clover with dew on it. On the same day another cow belonging to Mr. lucker became tangled in a chain and broke a leg. The Columbian Congress in special session at Bogota, Columbia, last week ratified the treaty with the United States by which Colombia is to re ceive 823,000,000 and certain conces sions in the settlement of the long standing dispute between the two countries over Panama. WHITE-WHITAKEK. Mr. W. L. White and Miss Margaret Whitaker Married in Greensboro Sunday. A pretty home wedding took place in Greensboro Monday afternoon at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hadley when Miss Margaret Whitaker became the bride of Mr. Williiun L. White. Both are residents of Ashe boro. Only a few relatives and friends of the bride and groom were present to witness the ceremony performed by Rev. Mr. Andrews. The following Asheboro people went to Greensboro to be present at the wedding: Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Whitaker. Clifton Whitak. r, Dr. D. K. Lockhart, Messrs. CharlesM. Fox, E. J. Luck, G. W. Hayworth, Miss Nellie Spoon and Miss Mamie Barclay, of Enfield, and Hattie Boyd of Warrenton. The bride is the attractive daugh ter of Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Whitaker, of Asheboro, and is a young woman of sterling worth. Mr. White is to Le congratulated upon winning her as a life companion. Mr. White is a hus tling young man and is the present proprietor of Hotel Ashlyn. would to be released fnom this un bearable situation." Tlie lobby committee, witflrf Mr. Overman presiding, met and organ ised .Jvne 2, 1913. Its firsit task. et for itsetf. was the examination of every member of the Senate as to his pos ib!e knowledge tf any "insiduous" or other kind of lobby. It w.nt on with its work through out She summer and resumed with the regular sessiion In December. It has so far held 119 sessicos, exanu ined 170 witnesses and bias publish ed big volumes of testimony cover ing thouasnds of pages. The p paient sentiment as to the service and longevity of the committee is that it is welll enough! for it to k';f; in tact during ti le se s on f con-re!!, ffor many of ttie same in terests that formerly ev li c d ad attracted the lobby are Mil ndrr consideration and will so continue until the adjournment. Senator Ov erm;u bias scarcely missed a sin r.le -meeting of the committee. The investigation, as published sheds a srreal flood o UglUt upon the rela-ti-ns of Senatrs in;livl;ual y a d collect iveliy withl tlwse interested In legislation In a pecuniary way. Posttien of Higlii Honor. The North Carloina Senator, in the absence of Mr. Culberson, h.vi hfld lit. preside and act as chairniav of tlie fuJI judiciary committee ever since the chairman left Washingtt n a year ago. It has had to deal with t'he most important affairs affect ing the confctitutionoldtfl and effi cacy of the laws and to amend! the Constitution of the Cnitel State -i. nominations of Judges of aM t'io federal and other courts fi if which the President litis the rigfi t .f ap point ment, along; with a!l presiden tial anpointees for the Department of Justice in Washington and thrj ntvtioiit the ccun-rty. These nom inations have in no instance been considered in a perfunctory) war. The qualifications' .cf every. ap- pointee are considered most careful ly. Tic mere fact that lie is the choice of the (President of the Unit ed States is by no means sufficiemt The Judiciary Committee, especially to insure his success in this ordeal, under the acting chairmanship of Mr. Overman, .has lived: V iff and spirit of its o;f.stitutiriial rights in ttat the advice aTid consent of the Senate is necessary before the choice of the executive cm hovi effect. The judicial department the government has in the Senate Judiciary Committee a ztnlo and vigtltantt power wlncise best efforts are always directed to ketp its rec ord unblemished and its personnel honorable. 1 HEARD ON THE STREETS WHAT OIK TOWN CVHUtES. I'OXDKXT HKA1W AXJ THINKS MATTKItK OK PLCIJC 1XTKK- i:ST DISCUSSED. The days of watermelons will soon be here these hanpy day. We are expecting tie biggest crowd that Uuis ever been in Asheboro on the Fourth of July. ( t.Ipn&nro 1c an nliAflii aa rpfld- lug, nor any pleasure so lasting. A fellow Js lardly in ctyle these days unless he has had hi ippendix rendered. The healths growth) of AsEie- boro's banking institutions tells a st-cry that needs no explanation. Mrs. W. S. Thayer, whu has re siled at High P-iut f V several moutLis. has moved back to her farm in Tabernacle township.', WUy not improve) tli.e alppearance oi the grounds around the churcues and schcol bxuses thi suinur. Some of them are eye-sores now. Aahihtloio has about as many au tomobiles as any othlfcr kind of ve hicle. ' : Mr. Lew,is Phillips will be the c- Joke off lis pir.y for It easurer as Ui.e lhas bad the cluce lor oiny. short while. - Mr. J. V. Lirkhead. our woithy shentf, will ask tor renominatieii and so far .:o oppoitl n is mani fest. No mau has ever made a more atisfuitoiy record as sheriff. Times aie just as good as we could ask for and the Democrats nover have had a bitter ?ppjitun ty te carry haudolpli cuiityi than this year. t The old Confederate s lidier nas always tound tfie Democratic party in North Carolina to be bis best friend. Net a penny has ever been apprmiriated to thVae great gray bearded men except by auiJ.'oiitM of Democratic Legislatures. Yes. by all means, give us an other lairge knitting milli. We jut must have it. I Mr. H. B. Varner of Lexington will give ttie bty wl gTows the niii. corn- n one acre of diit in Davidson this year a free trip to Washington. Mr. V-r.ier i- giving more encouragement to farm boys in Davidson cour.tyl than Inauy farmers are giving. Randolph C unty wants a boys' pig duo. IVip boys are becoming more and more interested in coin clubs and the p'g cubs are d sign d to accomplish tor the hog-rais,ing industry whiat. the corn clubs liave been doing for the iirprcveT.e t cf coru growing. Ne.t Sunday. June 21. is the lonuesl dav of the ye:ir. The days Hive been lengthening suiec the 21s& of ixceniber and after next Sunday will Les-in to grow sho ter .gain until that date, i We would be glad to see some of our thriving nierchkuit branch c ut into tMe electric sign method of advertising. There is. no form more cSty-Iike appearance than a C0P1 the letter at Mr. Newman's re i....,.. f owtris. cio,,a nn th o I quest upon the most available station- ipriniipl business streets, and if ;r'-v- " 'us'- u- tl.e town authorities will set thej1" , , , .... race bv erecting a sign for the copies of the letter found their toxvn. h( mercl Bills will tall iv way to W all Street The letter was 1 sent back to Washington from the New York newspaper ofliee to its I 'lihe industrial growth of the en- j Washington bureau, and the Washing tire o.-'untry anl every v ll-e then- ton newspaper man did the rest. li'i would make an inte.rest.Lns siib- ' Ject for an es.tuled aitic.l. But AULA I STEVENSON DEAD. I we can't give it n.nv. ouring thu I Adlai K. Stevenson, vice-president la sit few years A si', ebon.,, in emmon of the United States through the sec w th this ra't cf tln Siv.th lunjond Cleveland administration, died m made won-derliil strides-. The pop-ja Chicago hospital hist Friday night, ul-.rtk-ii of th.e t.-wn lias htid a after an illness of three months. lie strong anil H-altihy, increase; mod-had a long' and honorable public ea ern iinpiovijniei ts in the way cf ce-jreer. In 1 !()() he was again nominat men sidewalks and itret wot k e 1 for vire-presiilent to l un with W. J. has kept up the tow.i's dev. ! ' : i Bryan, but was defeated. He served land what is true ( f Aslu-b' ro true of other towns f the county. ;iu matters of progress. I The farmers are about done hav-ves-'ting their wheat and rats, and vir .ne gum i , iirui ii m tue cup is good. It is a narrr.iw-mlnded kind of fellow who wJJl say that there is a court house ring 1 1 Asheb ro and that a n an must live in the town net to e he can h id an of ace In tha county. Hiere is no court house ring in Asheboro and every man : " f.ce was HrTg m t' e couiuiy, when he wau elected. Tlie people in Asheboro have never t ied to take advantage of tlie country people in 'oh fa Mon-T L 6TBe rt th :SV"ty "f . -'Y'alcrniJ0. l Your correspondent took a 'peep Lt-m if",, ha Vse da-vs of in at the county home a tew days ft , Vti ra r. - .n i"'c4 on nJlii. for thev are m-orv. the superintendent ' the z ,1 1 TtvrZT? carbo ,e doing til.lhe best he can with the lJ' X " LZ ? 1wl. Y"1 aconuvod tiors fu.ni hed him and "JZ JJ,m r om' ulcker fault can be found with him. f-cme cf these days, dear reader,! Intelligent and worthy peoMe do take a few hours eff and visit the lit kok down on Uit se vho woik county ihbnie and see if you are i but on thwe VM do not work If in t arf-.amed that the great coun- jtnteW'igtnt) and worthy people take ty of KandolpiV permits human be- this view, there Is no kick coming ing to be housed and cared for a the ideas of tftip other class are like hogs and cattle. no important; , , SENATE IN PANIC OVER AN ARTICLE IN ANEWSPAPER Are Trying to Mix Senator Overman's Name in Scandal STATIONERY USED TO BOOST A MINE REPORT OF (iEOIXX.TSTl OX COLD HIIJj MIXE.XKAlt SALIS HUItV, .MAILF.D OUT OX SJiX' ATE STATION' ERV TO 1JOOST STOClv OK MINK, SAVS RE PORT IN NEW VOIilv PAPER. (Hy Geo. II. Manning.) Washington, June 15. The United Senate was in a panic todav follow ing the publication in a New York morning paper of a report telline of the discovery that a report made to Senator Chilton by J. N. Williams, a mining geologist, that the Gold Hill Consolidated Company mine, near Salisbury, was worth $00,000,000, had been reproduced on the stationery of the Senate rule co.nmittee, of which Senator Overman is chairman, and of the Senate Committee on the census of which Senator Chilton is chairman, and used to boost the stock. It was also stated that at the suif- r estion of Senator Overman, Assistant .Secretary oi Treasury Williams had the chief expert of the United States assay ofliee go to Gold Hill to report on the worth of the mine. Written all through the storv was the suggestion that Walter George Newman, owner of the Gold Hill mine, Had used the Senate stationery with a view to boosting the stock of the company. henators Overman, Chilton. Swan- son and Pomerene admit that they are interested stockholders ot the mine. Both Senator Overman and Chilton. state that they had no knowledge that the Williams letter was reproduced on Senate stationery. The committee clerks say it was copied on that paper because it was the most available, and not with any wrong purpose. In the upper left hand corner of the stationery are the names of the mem bers of the two committees and" ths Senators objected to having their names in any way connected with the affair. Senator Overman, in order to dem onstrate that there was no wrongful purpose connected with the incident introduced a resolution to have a com mittee of five Senators appointed to investigate why the Senate committee writing paper was used, upon which to reproduce the Williams report, and why the treasury official was sent to investigate the Gold Hill property. The whole proposition is generally considered as a tempest in a teapot, and the result of an attempt by an over-ambitious newspaper to create a scandal. Nothing of an irregular or dishonest nature wlil be developed by the inquiry. Senator Overman stated that he had no knowledge that the letter had been written on his committee stationery, and that he had not tried to boost the Gold Hill stock to anyone. He said that one of his lady stenographers had sUis a member of the 44th and 4."ih 'Congress. From 1S85 to 1S80 he was assistant postmaster crenprnl nnH.w Cleveland. His last appearance as a candidate for public office was in 1U0& w nen ne was nominated for governor oi iinnois oy tne Democratic Dirv but was defeated by the Republican candidate. He was born in Kentucky, but his parents moved to Illinois when 'he was very small. DR. HI GH III1? nirc Hr. Husrh Willis, a woll hnm' l8j0ian, of Summerfield, died last Sun- ua,v oi paralysis, ihe deceased wn no years of age. u-asea wa, . :
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