I i THE : ASBMLLB m T f JH J r XT' TVT ? TWELVE PACES. PART ONE. i i TWELVE PAGES. , PACES 1 TO 6. ! . y VOL XXI NO 90 ASHBVTLLK N. C SUNDAY MORNING JANUARY 21 19C6 PRICE FIVE CENTS Associated Press Newspap&r in Western North Carolina The Only FOLK, THE DESTROYER OF TRUSTS AND FOE OF GRAFT MAKES NOTABLE SPEECH Knight of Reform -Llqhts a Beacon to Point Out v 1 "the Path. "IDEAS OF MORALTIY HAVE CHANCED MUCH' Political Parties are Begin ning to Learn That Hon. esty is Best Policy. (Bx Associated' Press.) BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 20. Five hun dred of the 'leading business men of Boston, member of the Boston Mer chants' Association, attended the an nual dinner of the organization at Ho tel Somerset tonight and heard ad dresses by Gov. Joseph W. Folk of MiMOurl;. Mayor John Weaver, cf Philadelphia! Gov.' Curtis Guild and others.. Gov. Folk was accorded a hearty reception. He discussed In a very different now from what It waa, Unless this Idea of Civic right now abroad In the land dies out we will pass from the ago of sordid commer clalism to the age of high Ideals. Even now wealth Is not worshipped wealth is not worshipped with the same devotion it used to he, and the idea Is to get right rather than to gel rich. A new standard has been es tablished; new, yet old Just honesty, that Is all: The remedy for corruption has been found In the hearts of the people. There Is nothing a corrupt man or those who make a business of violating laws fear more than nub llcity and an aroused public, con science. The prisons' might be tilled with grafters, yet if the people were indifferent graftfng would go on just the same. On the other hand very few might get where they belong, yet if the people are awake grafting can be stopped through the force' of pub lic sentiment. The grafters who would make money at the expense of the common good do not know good from bad; all they know Is whether it pays or not. They are being taught that official grafting, insurance graft ing, trust grafting and private graft ing does not pay, and when this les 'son shall have been thoroughly learned the revolution will be victorious and reoresentative government will be He irAnAMil .ivnv rpffwmn. J-n nnli-t.trs. spoke- la parr as follows: '-- j "The-more I become acquainted wun this country the more I am Impressed with the fact that there is not much difference between the Sections after all. The bad people are alike every where, andsjjood people are the same, wherever they may toe found., The dif ference ; la - In. external appearance, caused by different circumstances and different problems of life. Though some belongFo"one state tffid some to another,1 all' are How Americans. In solving the great problems that con front,the American people, the patriot Ism of, the west is the same as the ; patriotism of the east. Time was when speech 'appropriate to Massachusetts ' would have been-very inappropriate in Missouri. That in not so now.. Never before .. In the historyof the nation has there been less sectionalism than there Is today; never before have the American people., been so united In mind and; In'-patriotic purpose. There is now but one heart in all north, east, south, west and that Is the heart of America. Never In all history were greater movements .in progress than those now going on. ' Great Reform. There have been great reform move ments of political nature In days gone by, but- they were merely local. The people were not awakened; there was no constancy In the 'movement; no concert of action: no organizatlan of the forces of reform; nothing but lo cal crusades brought on by local In fluences, which died with the move ments that gave them birth. The present reveals a situation of brighter promise to the lovers of good gov ernment. Reform shows signs of be " coming universal, instead of local and transitory. The revolt from political oppression Is rearing Us head in city after, city and state after state. A civic regeneration is going on all over the laild. iand its influences are ex tending from the domain of the pub lic to that of the private wrong doer and probing Into the doings of rascals of every kind. The elections of kist November were but the taking of the first breastworks of the opposition. The fight' must be made and will be kept ml " with unceasing vigor, and the time will never come when the people can be secure of their politi cal liberty while they rest upon their arms in Idleness. The battle against civic evils- wlH continue as long as men love their family, their home and their country. This is what civic re vival means love of country. 'This civic awakening to the heces-' sity of stamping out the things that oppress in private life, the revelatloa of private corruption and of private wrong doing do not Indicate a moral 'degeneration;: it does, not show that men are becoming worse, but th.it men are becoming better. The hope tot. the perpetuity of a government by the; people was never brighter thin lC is today. There will be only white lights ahead, as long as the people are awake.: . 'The accepted; Idea of morality s enthroned. .:.'-.,." Beginning to team. "Political parties are beginning to learn that honesty Is after all the best politics. The people will no longer respond to the empty sound of mere party names, but a party must stand for something and mean somethlnji Corrupt men used to hide behind the party areas ana wnenever attacKeu would cry out that the party was be ing assailed.' The people have learned that a grafter If a grafter still, whether he calls himself a, Demoorat or a Re publican. ' Grafters do not recognise allegiance to any -party. They work wHU .both sides. -They ahout . party fealty to the multitude, and then make common- traffic of party loyalty for their own profitj The private citizen '"Often becomes a mere pawn In the game of the grafters. The time has come when good citizens put the wel fare of the state above the mere ad vantage of any one party. Partisan ship is a good thing when consistent with patriotism, but patriotism is higher virtue than partisanship. A new day has dawned in our politics life. The moral idea 1n politics has come to stay The wave of the patri otism of peace will go on with ever increasing force. This does not mean the destruction, of political parties, but the putting of political parties on a higher plane. There has been much talk since the recent elections of doing away witl the old political parties or the forming of a new one. The firit would be impossible, and the second is entirely unnecessary. The two great political parties can furnish every ele ment of political reform, when' coupled with a- large and healthy measure of political independence. It is unneces sary in furtnerance or -moral princi pals to destroy old parties, but it is necessary to overthrow the corrupt elements in ail parties. 'The greatest enemy to representa-i tlve governments, the root of all evil in public affairs, Is lawlessness. In a republic the government rests entirely upon the law, which the people make for themselves. The law represents the sovereignty of the people and the rule of law means the rule of the people, for a majority of the people make the laws. It is more difficult, however, to get good laws enforced than, it is to enact , them. The easy nullification o(J laws by executive of ficials is one 01 me greatest evus in our day. Too many officials feel themselves, more bound- by what they think Is public sentiment man tne law. No official has the right to violate the oath he takes to enforce the taw simply because some people do not want the law enforced. If public sen timent is to be the arbltrater of whether laws are to be-enforced or not, laws loose all their solemnity and binding force, put an active public now demanding that every official keep his oath inviolate. We need msre respect for existing Jaw rather ECUADOR HAS THREE RULERS WITHIN HOUR Change Follows Change In Rapid Succession and Hun dreds are Injured. VICE-PRESIDENT IS DEPOSED BY ALFONSO Leader of Old Government ForcesEscapes to Ship During Panic. CHANGES ARE RECOMMENDED BY UNION MEN CONTINUED ON PAGE. THREE.) LADY PARKER ROBBED OF $75,000 IN , JEWELRY BY SNEAK THIEF IN A HOTEL SB.. A m'.mtA Df NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-The Herald tomorrow will say: "That Lady Parker, wife of Sir Gil bert Parker, was robbed of $75,000 In " jewels several weeks ago In the Carle ton Hotel, London. has been revealed In this yclty since the parture of a representative, of Scotland Yard, for Palm Beach, Fla. For more than a week the London detectives worked in this city, independently of the Central office, visiting pawn shops and follow ing other trails. "In the recent political campaign in r..i.n ti. Parker took od a tem porary residence in the Carleton. Her jewels are well known ana on inn -- "There came a knock at her door one morning and a well- dressed man was discovered. At sight of Lady Parker he apologised profusely, saying he had made a mistake, havtug been called to the rpom of a friend. Little was thought of the incident and Lady Parker went to made some calls. When she returned she discovered that the case and Us contents had been taken. Nothing else had been disturbd. .En trance had been obtained by a master key. . "It was Lady Parker's description of the man. who hid rapped at her door that caused the Scotland Yard man to take ship for this city. The detective authorities thought ttwy recognised In , it a man who had made a reputation casion she had m a cafket in her room as a. snean " ('"" (By Aioolated Press.) GUAYAQUIL, Kcuador. Jan. W. Gen. Alfaro occupied Qulio, the capl tal, at 3 p. m., Thursday. A junta of notable persons met in the government palace here at 4 p. m. today and formed a new government. Vice Pres ident Baquerizo Moreno assumed the executive lower, establishing the cap ital here and appointing a new ministry. Rioting followed. The pople during the afternoon attacked the prisons. liberated the political prisoners ana afterwards captured by the police bnr raoks, where the rioters obtained pos session of a number of arms and some cannon. Rifle shots later were heard in All parts of the city and the riot ers became so bold that they attacked battalion of artillery. Many persons wero killed or wounded on both sides during the fighting. The new . ministry, however, only asted an hour. The people rejected the administration of Baq-uerlso Mo reno and proclaimed as tpresldent Gen. Eloy Alfaro, the former president of Ecuador, and the leader of the revolu tion, and in his abBence Dr. Emllo Ar revalu assumed the civil and military authority . .'r""t;-:.-r-' ' 1 A great panic .prevailed here during the evening and In the midst-of the disorder Gen. Leonidas Plaza, minis ter of Ecuador to the United States, who arrived here January 18, and as sumed chief command of the "army in Its operations against the rebels, es caped from the city, and embarked on board the Chilian steamer Loa, which leaves here 'tomorrow for Panama. Later in the evening order was restored. Mine Workers' Committee wll Report Three Vital Changes to' the Union. WILL KEEP CHILDREN UNDER 12 OUT OF MINE Increase of Wages and Other Questions Discussed at Yesterday's Session. STEPHENS DIES. (By Associated Press.) PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20. Word was received here today of the death in Bournemouth. Eng., of Robert Neil son Stephens, of this city. Stephens wrote "An Enemy to the King," iwhleh was produced by E: H. Sothern. He was 40 years old, and leaves a widow. (By Associated Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, lud.. Jan. 20. The sub-committee of the settle committee Jvt the United Mine Workers of Amer ica has been considering the wage scale demands to be made by the mjn' ers of the central competitive district composed of Indiana. ihlo, Illinois and Western Pennsylvania and that part of Vliginia that. ships n the West and Northwest, has agrd to report to the geiveral committee; meeting the follow ing demands: it First Admission of the Southwest em states to 'the;' central competitive field. - ;S . - St.cbnd A 12?per cenl Increase hi wages. ' - . t i Third- Prohibition' of employment of boys less that ltj years of age. The generat committee will meet to morrow or Monday to assemble the demands agreed on by the sub-committee, and formulate a scale to be submitted to the convention. . Minora Starving. " , . The, thirteen delegates who repre sent the- striking miners of Alabama, who -bave-been out of the mines for nineuen months; made a plea for more financial Bupporti Several- delegates told stories of the; distress of the mtn and children ofyttie miners, Who are out of shoes -ri clothe. .' The chil dren1, one of the speakers declared, do not even have books. : The apportion ment of support now given the strik ers, he said,-amounts to- $2.30 a. week. or two cents a meal for each person dependent "Upon the mining Industry affected1 by th- strike. Secretary' -'Wilson stated that 3,832 men, -representing J.932 families were out oln strike. Ho estimated the cost of clothing these families at approxi mately $98,310. am said that he thought the national executive com mittee 'was correct In not paying thls money out of the national fund at this time, unless additional funds were pro vided, by the membership. On his suggestion the whole matter, of sup port. wa 'referred, to the international executive board ' " : . The - convent inn. today declared against the open door policy of this government tor he immigration of Japanese and ("mean laborers. ( i GERMANY AND FRANCE MAY HAVE TROUBLE Moroccan Conference Not Progressing Satisfactorily at Present Say Some. NEITHER SIDE SEEMS ' FRANK WITH OTHER Minor Powers Watching With Interest Moves of Rivals In the Game. JURORS HEAR ALLEGATIONS IN BIG CASE Assistant Attorney Ervvln tells Jury About the Caynor Green Thefts. MORE ABUSES CAUSE DEBATE IN THE HOUSE Improper Expenditure of Ap propriation Freely Charged by Many Congressmen. DEFENDANTS UNMOVED BY STRONG LANGUAGE USE OF CARRIAGES BY ASSISTANTSISATOPIC (By Associated Pros.) ALGEC1KAS. Spain, Jan. SO. lie hind the screen of amiability that en velopes the relations of the envoys of the powers to the Moroccan confer ence, a rising feeling Of distrust is ob servable, due, seemingly to the un willingness) of both France end Ger many to define their positions beyond reaffirming now somewhat wearisome ly their adherence to the open door, the sovereignty of rhe sultan, and the Integrity of his territories, There to feeling among the ambassadors of the less Interested powers that trouble la In sight. The Moroccan delegates have'; become ionscJous of this ami take satisfaction therein. The committee examining into he question of contrabands haa complet ed tiift draft of an, agreement which will be submitted to the conference Monday. , - .- The draft provides that the various cltisens exporting arms to Morocco's territorial waters, thu avoiding the search or selsure of vessels upon the high seas. It is apparent that the theory of the agrejtnent is that Morocco will adtnln- ter tit coast patrol as the draft Joe not state Who will ' be charged lth thin duty, and therefore the dell- rate Franco-German; '"-eWttroweray hether France Alone or ail the power 111 exercise survellhuic la deferred until the question of police has been j examined. Details of Embezzlement of Only Heads of Departments Uncle Sam's Money Prove Can Ride at Uncle Sam's of Absorbing InteresL Expense. . iny Associated Press.) (B- Aoeiatsd Proas.) Jt- ao tne WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. Abuses In most interesting session that has yet (the expenditure of appropriations wa been held by the Federal court in Its two weeks consideration of the Greene and Guvnor case, was that of today, when Special Assistant Attorney Oen- eral Marlon Erwln, In a long and de tailed arraignment, explained to the Jury the government's contentions as to the guilt- of the defendants and to' dicsted just what the prosecution would endeavor to establish with lit' contestable proof. the text of the discussion In the house today during, the consideration of the deficiency appropriation bill, but lit tle progress was made in tne- consider ation of the bill, which will be the con tinuing topic for (he Monday session. The portrait of ex-Attorney General Knox for which the department of Jus tice nas asked 12,615, was again the topic of comment. The most animated discussion of the day took place on an amendment by Mr. Kekfer, of Ohio, Both defendants wers present, a to Increase the amount for th. ..r.. mey nave seen every aay ot tne trial, portatlon of silver coin, but they aid not seem particularly 1 Savs it is Craft moved by th language that charged Mr. Smith tlowa dciK th. nru them with the seduction of former tlce of transmuting .tiv. mm Captain Oberltn M. Carter from his and to sub-treaauries was "graft nure duty and the embeszlement of -nun. T and simple In the Interest of express umre ul' inxruHuiiun oi uonars. I comnanlea. arwin tne pssKr. i Mr. Hill fflonn.V .nin t Assistant Attorney Marion turwini adulterated graft said the government would seek to Every secretary of the treasury from u.h,t(r . tlint T I nattsMnn m -sv "V If .. I . . - . " """" 'raun v. ju, v u - I varusie aown, no said, had disftp vui lu-re iu too utoiot wnierai uii-i proved of the practice. He sald hs more and was connected! with the river could give sneeino inHin w and harbor work when appropriations an express comoanv wa nM h th fLl'v'r "d hnrbor work WT not jfovernmsnt $18,000 for transporting!! mns-n u jjw. wrm w irppumieu own money from San Francisco to New m flnarge upon me aeatn or uenerat York. was "un- TAKES AN APPEAL, i (By Associated Press.) MANILA, Jan. 20. Lieut. Charles Pendleton, of ithe constabulary, sen teneed to life imprisonment for" mur der, has appealed his case to the Su .preme court. On December 4, 1905, Lieut. Pendle ton then In charge of the constabulary force at Cebu, shot and killed a na tive policeman, while under the Influ enee of liquor, for refusing to iigh the lamps on vehicle in which Pen dlHion . was driving. Pendleton, who -was placed under arrest and subse quently tried on a chrrge of murder, was formerly a sergeant in the Sev enty-flrst regiment. The Hittoris!l cten'l understand itl Aeesrdino t. the rules of Histsry of tha FrsneH Psvsluto you sneulS hsvs had your hosd rovelutsd off somt time sgo. Olhhown'rft-TtovimijncntJ : show, said Mr. Hrwlnv that he fell In with Greene and Oaynor. At an early state Mr. Krwin said the contractors started to work on Carter, getting him Into little side contracts with them and making a little money for him or at least o pretending; then they com- Mr.' WIlllams-rMlss.) stated that If the movement of silver wan stopped or restricted it would work hardship In agricultural districts. The amendment was lost. . Want Bar . Rsmovscf. Mr. Humphreys (Miss.) discussed a meneed to UmA him money. He would " re nHS P""01" -m tne pay the money back and at first the f0VWnment records of federal liquor loaa were lnconslder.hte. hut, soon Paers and license holders avall- ik. - . . - ... lW evidence. In prohibition and .... I lnnnl in nn ian una UA w Q(H; gratJuaiiy ihe amount increased ,y m v""" wunuy, nc. and he became involved In contracts , Pent practice of withhold- ... .. line this Inffnt-maHrm -ao1I t ana enterprises witn tnem. i . - --. Then the alleged conspirators in. fef ' eovernment 'He litlon of t fviHt en ' thf ' rwxi rtl A wf - Savannah In I getting a very large appropriation for "IT""" ,"b"nd ?g"' Savannah harbor work. Congress made this great appropriation end in 1'81, Mr. Erwln said, Carter went over to Greene and Gaynor "body and soul.' In the advertising of various con tracts Mr. Erwln declared, darter did not follow the regulations, often on $1,000,000 contracts cutting down the time and so managing a to suppress competition and leave the work nec essarily to fall to the Atlantic Con struction company, of which Greene and Gaynor and Carter were the chief beneficiaries. Various obstacles were Humphreys, always ob In federal li censes and thus avoid pursuit by gov ernment agents, but the government records were withheld by rths rules of the internal revenue bureau from being available by state officials in making prosecutions. The rule' of the internal revenue bureau, he said, contravened the well established rules of evidence of our jurisprudence. Stating that there had been consid erable criticism of Southern cotton planters in their efforts to decrease their cotton acreage, Mr. , Simms (Tenn.) denied that this would in- IhsAU'n In ttV maw r4 aIIWa nn-utnsMitilua llliun is sis siic noj v l vtl IV l S I uriyv tl l v I bidders. Carter was said to have fre"e European acreage, and placed kept the specifications under lock and rom "v key, guarding them carefully and " UD-"!-- knowing every man who got a copy, The alleged conspirators, it was stated, bought off other bidders and the work was let to the Atlantic Construction company' at exhqrbitant prices, Beat "Outsidsrs." Mr. Erwln with pencils and bun dies of straws, indicated the construc tion of mattresses and fascines. He amid that Carter had three designs of mattresses set forth in the specifica tions, stating that fhe engineer might requite the use of any one of the thre specified. In the carrying out of the work. One of these designs was much more costly than the others, and yet contractors were required to bid upon them together at one price. Carter se lecting which he might see fit. Then, continued Mr. Erwln, with bids in Green and Gaynor would be given thej Subs" Must Walk. Mr. Llttauer remarked ithat the state department had sought to evade Ihe law of last year restricting the use of government carriages to pleads of de partments, and had secured carriages for assistant secretaries out of it he fund "to enable the president to meet unforeseen emergencies in the diplo matic and consular services." A provision has been inserted In the bill to prevent this. -'.'.,. Mr. Llttauersald the Portsmouth pea-re conference had cost the govern ment 2,000. and the entertainment or Prince Louis of Battenburg had cost $4,811.07. - WANT CONVENTION. (By Asoeiatsd Press.) T t-tn r'TTV t-i t on - contract, because they had understood hi 2Z, . ' i . .. . I bla county sea Island cotton growers -MV,wviM.ivi started a movement- today in favor of ,1..-... ... fa big convention of sea Island cotton (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.) ' grower lr. the near future. UTURE ACTION OF FRANCE TO DEPEND ON RESULT OF CONFERENCE AT WASHINGTON (By Associated Proas.) PARIS, Jan. JO. The apparent hetl- tatlon in relation to Venesuela appears to be prompted by the desire not to begin active measures without first sking the advice of the authorities at Washington. For this purpose Ambas sador Jusserand has been fully in structed regarding his government's point of view which he is laying before the American government. The offi cials here agree that France's action Is somewhat hampered owing to Vene suels's peculiar situation, the foreign claims upon the customs being regard ed as placing a blockade almost out of the question. It is admitted that preparations are going on for reinforcing the French squadron, but he object of this step is still undefined. The semi-official Temps suxfests that "The best means to adopt would be for the United States to assume flnan clal control of Venesuela, thus assur ing America and other nations the rep aration and satisfaction due them.' - PEOPLE INDIFFERENT. . WILLEMSTAD. Island of Curacao, Jan. 20. The Venezuelan government is actively engaged In garrisoning the porta of the republic and in furnishing the troops wuh supplies. According to the advices recelve.1 here the general public in Veneiueia received the news of therupture of diplomatic relations between Veie suela and Franoe-with the utmost In dirTrenee. but diplomatic c'retes at Caracas are indignant at the action, of the Ven7ueiin K-vernrr nt in riot ul Inwlng 1. TaiRny to return. part of hr collect mn. , two continents.