THE WEATHER
FAIR
VOL. XXIV. NO. 178.
ASHEVILLE IS
HONORED AT
GREENVILLE
Exhibitors From the Mount
ain City Sweep the Plat
ter With Entries
SIXTEEN RIBB0NS
COME THIS WAY
Wayne Ray Captures Three
Blues, Two Reds and
Four Yellows
f- (Special to The CtUaea.-
GREffViWUB. S- C.. May
The AahevUte exhibitor who
19.
went
down to tSreeewill for the second an
nual norm show la that city almost
swept the platter clean " yesterday
taking In all sixteen ribbons. Of these
nine were first prises, three were
second and four wera third prises.
Dr. Cfert Reynold won a bine ribbon
In the pony clasB with "Cricket" and
Messrs. ChapcnaJl and -Stlkeleather
wim two blue ribbons In the harness
pairs with "Vermont" . and "Mon
trose." The same gentlemen also
took a blue ribbon with "Bradford"
In the saddle class, the horse being
cleverly ridden by MM. WHliam Bry
er of Greenville. .
Mrs. Dr, it. H. Briggs took a blue
ribbon in the saddle class with "Cap
tain," ridden by Miss Craig of Ashe-villi-
Dr. Reynolds took a red rib
bon In the roadster class and anoth
er In harness pairs.
Mr. Wayne Kay walked away with
lhne blue ribbons, two reds and
four yellows. He took blues In the
walk, trot and saddle class with
'Monogram' a blue In the combina
tion class and a blue In the t riding
contest. In the latter class. Mrs. 11a
nlce of New York, who won the first
AnheviHe horse ehow, also won a blue
,ihh n .iai... . mu I
plauded. aa waa also Miss Cin.p,' HJHTfi
Mr. Ray took red in the gaited sad
dle clan and gentlemen's saddle clan.
The show Is regarded ma one of the
best yet (held In the south. There are
over 3GB entries, over one hundred of
these being from Ashevllle. The snow
will continue today and tonight.
SENATE AGREES
WITH COMMITTEE
Accepts Agricultural Bill as
Amended by Recent Con
ference. (By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. May 19. The scn
aii today tijrreed to the lonfercnce
i"poit oti the agricultural bill. A
panned by the house It carried 111.
"it.80S, which was Increased by the
e-natr to 12,15,40.
The conferees decreased this
amount by taking -off appropriations
mpreRatlntf I4S0.380. the net In
crease of the bill over the amount
pd.-ed by the house being $1 S3. 300
"''he amdtfnt f the appropriation
I' Hi.' 10rH( service to be expended
f-r i'ie construction and maintenance
- i "ads, trails, bridges, fir.' lines.
' I' i'lione Itnes, cabins, fences an!
"'"i permanent improvements wa
' d to JS0O.00O, the amout fixed
h il house. The senate provision
t lit :', pet cent of the money recelv
' 'ch ear from forest reserves
fhnW be paid to the states and terri
'k in which the reserves were lo
ut'd. was retained.
Among other Important amend
ments made by the senate which
"re retained by the conferees are
'lie followmg:
l or the extermination of the boll
"vii ln Oklahoma, 110.000; to
barb, farmers 0W to make denatur
ed alcob,oJ pYv '4 profftable basis $10,
""' to provide for an Inquiry Into
'he destruction of the forests by the
ir...tuttlon f rosin and turpentine,
'I 000. and to provide for a national
'i.. ii range In Montana, $40,000.
A , - ' '
SUBPOilmS STARTLE MEMBERS
OF NEW YORK C0TT0H MARKET
(4 Associated Press)
NEW YORK. May 1 Cotton trad
in thla city were given a pronounc
ed shock when H became known that
forty-three members of the cotton ex
change had been supoenaed to appear
before the fraud Jury of this district
Among those summoned were the
board of managers, and also many
members of the trade revision com
mittee of the past few years.
It Is stated on excellent authority
that the Investigation has to do with
the case of Edwin 8. Holmes, who
was dismissed la 105 from the asso
ciate chietshlp of the bureau of sta
tistics, department of agriculture aft. r
"leaks" In the crop report system of
the rersrament bad bees tnrestlgat
cd hjr aett sen-Ice agents.
THE
STRIKERS RIOT
ON STREETS OF
CLEVELAND 0.
Three Wounded, Tw0 Sen
ously, in Fight Between
Strikers and Mob
FIRST DEATH DUE
TO THE STRIKE
Child Run Over and Killed
By Inexperienced Moter
man Attempt to Lynch
(By Associated Press)
CLEVELAND, O., May 19. Rlcrt
ing became more general and serious
In the street railway strike, late to
day. The first death, while not a
part of the strike, but Incident to It,
occurred when Yetta Wtlklnsky, t
years old, was run over by a car
operated by an Inexperienced motor-
man. A crowd quickly garnered aim
would have lynched! the motorman
had lie not turned on full speed and
escaped.
In Lakewood a car was stopped
and the crew fired upon. Four pei
sons were shot and seriously Injured
and the car was burned to the trucks.
The first disturbance In the down
town section took place after dark
when a Woodland car was held up
on Ontario street and the motorman
and conductor attacked. The police
dispersed the rioters. The burning of
Clifton Boulevard car In Lakewood
was the most serious riot of the
strike. The car was going toward
the western terminal when It was
stopped by a log thrown across the
track. It was the first effort to op
erate a car In Lakewood and It
carried no passengers. As soon as the
car stopped It was surrounded by a
crowd of rlolerSI who were hidden
behind a railway bridge. Immedl-
ately the croWd begB" 8hoo'in" at ",0
members of the crew and guards.
returned the nee. Over thirty' shots
wenj exchanged. White the shooting.
vmir In progress the crowd grew to
nearly a thousand. Another car ar
rived and Its crew anil guards Joined
In the free for all ItghJ. Uasolene
was poured upon the second car and
It was "uui:nd to the trucks. The
Cleveland police were notified and
aixtj officers were sent to the scene.
Three- Shot.
The first cir. riddled with bullets
and windows broken, pro ded to
the car barn Motorman P. C. Els
holz was shot In the L b. John Gray
and Ororge Alexander, guards on the
second car. were shirt in the chest.
Mace Hurllnirham, one of the attack
ing crowd, whs shot In the hand. All
wi-re taken to a hospital. Two aro
in a serious condition
ictta Wolklnsky was killed by a
Woodland avenue car while attempt
ing to cross the street. Her death
was said to be due ti tin- Inexperi
enced motorman being unable to con-
f.-i-i
1 the car After ihe accident ne
needed the ca
Severn 1 blocks ahead.
whiTt the ptllie were notified. The
conductor soi'it refuge in a nearby
drug store. The crowd attempted to
reach him. which others attempted to
catch the fleeing car and assault the
I motorman. The police arrived Just
in time to save the conductor, while
the mob was yelling "Lynch him;
lynch him."
The llttl'e girl's head had been sev
red from her body. By mistake two
morgue keepers had been called
When their dead wagons arrived one
took the gill's head and the other
her body. The frantic parents of
the girl, excitedly trylm? to obtain
possession of the severed parts of the
body. Inflamed the mob spirit, but
the police prevented seriou trouble.
The state arbitrators took up their
task of er. ieavorlng to effect a recon
ciliation between the strikers and
the Municipal Traction company to
r.uht. President Dnpont or th.- trac
tion company said today that he
would take the strikers back to work
onlv as "new" men, and that thore
who remained with the eompan,
would be Riven preference Vice
president Nehner. of the union, posi
tively declined to waive tills point.
The state arbitrators now mt
avorlmt to have this single oiijec-
Aio:if,ble p int removed.
The feature of today's happenings
which crested the blKgest stir In the
cotton trading circles, however, was
a demand made by the grand Jury
through Federal District Attorney
fltlmson, for the production of the
books of the exchange members sum
moned Many cotton traders have
gathered the Idea that the present In
vetigatlon has a purpose beyond the
discovery of additional evidence bear
ing upon the Holmes case- Whether" or
not the boohs of the firms will be pro
duced, without being compelled to do
so through court proceedings, cannot
be learned. It Is denied tonight that
the service df suponeas had anything
. with the method of the classi
fication committee or with the buaJcanvlcUona that there a. something
hums of th whang.
t
ASHEVI
ASIIEVILLE, N. C,
The
Ltr wr. ;g (jWW
e,Boi0 f in ciirlmiil ' '",'? . ,IIIH(, , TiHttHt
XiHOMtrtil namo atet- I Imiii truHtMHun i ' ,v esrA'V xSV '
r' r" ''''r-
DID
MADE PLEA FOR
HIGH STANDARD
FORCHURCHMEN
Opening Address of Presby
terian Men's Convention
ade by Rev. Cecil
EVENT WAS UNIQUE
AND IMPRESSIVE!
First "Mwtingof Its Kind
liver Held by Presbyter
ain Dciioinination
(By Associated Press.)
OnnENHIiOItO. N. C, May 19.--
The Presbyterian Men's Convention,
a par: of the great Laymen's Mis
sionary Movement, assembled in this
city lils afternoon for a two day's
serdon, preliminary to the meeting of
the general assembly of the Bouthorn
Presbyterian church, which will open
here Thursday morning.
The men's convention was called
to order at 4 o'clock this evening by
the Rev. A. L. Phillips. I). D.. of
Richmond, Va , who stated that this
was the first meeting of the kind ever
held by the Presbyterian denomina
tion.
The. Ilev. Himsell Cecil. 1) 1). of
Richmond, Va.. delivered the opening
address, making u forceful argument
for'a hlghr standard of religious life
among men: that present conditions
do not require as high a standard of
Christian living among men as among
women; that this Is wrong and should
be changed m pidily as possible.
I'dlotinlilp .Meeting:
Following the first session, a fel
lowship meeting was held during
which old acquaintances were renew
ed and new onea formed. Represen
tatives are in attendance from Texas.
North Carolina. Kouth Carolina. Ten
nessee, Georgia. West Virginia, Vir
ginia, Kentucky and Alabama. anl
visitors from New York and the Dis
trict of Columbia.
A number of addresses by visiting
laymen will be delivered at tomor
row's session of th conventkm. 'i
nlght a banquet. Inter-denomlnatlon-al
In character, glwn under the aus
pices of the local chamber of com
merce, complimentary to the men s
convention, was attended by about
four hundred men The principal ad
dresses were delivered by William T.
Kills or Philadelphia. J. Campbell
White. New York, general secretary
of the Inter-Denomlnatlonal lay
men' Movement
Signs of the Times.
Mr. Ellis spoke of his experience
as a newspaper reporter among the
missionaries in foreign hinds. the
conclusions arrived at as to the signs
of the times and their relative Impor
tance upon the effort of the laymen's
missionary movement to Christianize
the whole world within the present
generation. Mr. Ellis said he had
trawled li, 000 miles. In steamships.
railroad trains, on horseback, camel
bark, elephant back, donkey hack. In
hand carts and In various other ways.
Interviewing one thousand missiona
ries, statesmen and diplomats, and
comes back to America with the pro
found conviction that there Is "some
thing doing" in the world.
"You may call It the wave of so
cialism, the tide of democracy, or
anything else you. may." said the
speaker, "but you can't escape the
ilnins la the iworid.
WEDNESDAY MORNING,
Weight If the Whirled
IT EVER OCCUR TO OU?
LANDSLIDE FOR
BRYAN IN ALA.
Returns Indicate That Neb
raskau Carried State by
Vote of Three to One.
(By Associated Press) -
BIRMINGHAM, Ala , May 1
Tonlshit's retorna from yesterday's
democratic prlmafy at which deli
gali i to the AaflAnal convention at
Denver were soled tor, Indicate -that
the candidates pledged to support W.
J. Bryan for the presidential nomi
nation bae been elected by a vote
of. 3 to 1. - iV "
The retnrna Indicate that John W.
Tonillm"n of Plrmingham, ("nngress
nnun J. Thomas Heilln of the firth
dietrlct and Congressman II. I). ''Iny
ton of the third district, three Bryan
supporters, have been elected as del
egates at large, while the fourth place
lies between K. W. Booker of Bir
mingham and I)' It. M. I'linnlgham.
of Ensley who declared for Johnson.
8am W. Jones, of Birmingham, a
Hryan candidate, has been elected In
the ninth district with the second
place still In dotibt between Jaino
!. Oakley of Irccrivllle, a Hryiin
supporter, and
mlnftham, one
$ Ik it Vvrvy of Hir
' iovrrnor Johnson'
Upturn lire
siii'l 'inmmpli'
rv Rlowly.
Hint
uro coming In
ARREST FOR
EMBEZZLEMENT
(By Associated Press.)
IHtlKTOI,, Va . Mhv 1'J. I). II Wil
li re J, a protiMiftti nisur.'incM man, nni
until M'f; nily km' rnl uKi-nt for T u
neHflri' of tin- Km ployor liult innlt y
c-umpHnt, of I'hil.i'l.'lphiu, was uru Mt
c( at Johnson ' it' t'KlHy, nl tnkcn
to ChattanooKn h HhcrifT hlpp. ('
Hamilton couni on an Irulk tm. nt
rt'turni'fj idkmIdM him in that rouni) ,
charRlnK i-nitn-r.l' im-nt. , WtlUtrd whh
(llHcharKtJ iH i." ii' ral anent f th.
mpIoyi-rH InlcniiHi compiinv In Krli
rnary aiiflntit nici a unit far $.'.o.
000 damafffH ILi t-n-arh of contract
lie Ih hIN'K-'1 i" ' short In Mm a -
founts nver J I I '"'O.
The rriltiil St.it- KMflity am
i riiaraiit v orni-.m of I'hllnlc ph hi
which is nrfv (.n WMlafJ'H ImmhI. Iiuj
rf'talnf a num'' t of the hi-Ht law
yers In Tciiri'v, . t-, conduct the pro
coition. It i- s.iid that Willi. rd'
arr-t may in i-.ll-.wJ by other dis
closure and lii'l!' i menta may be ti rn
cd aKHinnt him l where. lie N ;
son-in-law of . tm W. Klsher, a
wealthy m;iin.f;e 'orcr of Newport
Tenm-sse?, and i prornlnnnt sm iallv
FLORIDA ELECTS
STATE OFFICERS ?
(By Ai"ited 'rsss)
JACKSONVILI.K. fla.. May t .
The general (f m ratic primary for I
the nomination or l?nlted State,! j
senator, congres.-;uian in each of Oi
three 'districts and for all state and ;
county offices, was held In Floi i I
today. Owlnfr lo the extreme lnni?th
of the ballot Ho- count will not be'
complMed tonlithi In the larger conn-j
ties and the resulis wilt not be known
until tomorrow ' onirreHsmen Spark
man And dark, "f tha first and sec
ond dlstrk-ls, had no opposition , and
their nomination and election la as
sured. In the third congressional dis
trict there are three candidates and
the contest Is quite Close.
At 1 o'clock rhte -morning no
counties had completed the count
and from all Indications it will be
about Thursday before complete re
turns are In. r '
CITIZEN
MAY 20, 1908.
MILLIONAIRE
SLAIN BY SOI.
WHOKILLSSELF
Family Trimble Leads to
Dealli of Cleorge Sterry,
Wealtliy Exporter
SON SAID TRAGEDY
WAS PREMEDITATED
Iiiteiitifln of Father to T?e
Murry C1ause of Killing
Proniincnt N. Y. Family
(By Auocltted Prm.
NKW YORK. May If. A family
iwtramrement which had driven one
of the family to insanity, culminated
In the murder today of Ceorne Bter
ry, a millionaire dniK exporter, by his
son. Oenrue K Hterry, Jr , and Ihe
suicide of the latter.
The elder Sterry was shot down at
the Pine street office of Weaver am
Sterry. Ltd , ln re hc had been elos
etcil fiir a few moments with the
murderer The eon Immediately af
terwards shot himself and both men
were dead hell others of the llrm
hurried Into the room
Deliberately I'laulicd.
The determination of the futhsr to
n-marry led to Ihe traK'-dy. A letter
left by the won made plain that hl
aims wtc deliberate and the prod
uct of a deruiiKed mind.
The senior Nli-i ry was 12 years oh'
ami In adilMlon to his druir Interests,
was president of the llloomtleld Mill"
company, and a director In the
Hilinf Coal .Milium -company. I!
Kiiiall proinlii'-iii and active In
reliKlouH work.
ficiirRe K Sterry. Jr. viis 40 years
old. and with bis wife, lived at Man
huttan K'liiare hotel. The murdered
msn was pi-caldent o the llrm of
V'ea-r and Sterry. the murderc
waH Its sccri-taly. while William I)e
Wlti Ht-rr', a set-find son, is the
t i'ii surer
Mr. Hterry s wife died four years
iiK'i and In bust January be announc
ed his Internum of nmri vlnif Miss Ita
eb.i.l Ulakle. a pilblh school teacher
oi -;al MiMiiKe. ,V J 'flu- sons dla-
approveil -,f Ihe alll.illie. but were
unable to persuade their father
uKalum II Today ll'-'HK'- Hterry, Jr.
nt to his place .t ImiImc:is as usual
ami entered hi father'- private room
I'ei hup live mliiiiteK later the sound
of ,l M'V. ller (Wile dlHelial'Ked t
liaeted ,,itief!. ti the private, room
The ' ider Sterry nat uiilKht In a
'hair befoie bis (le.. Mild brood
trlcklliiK down the faie let from a
bullet w'oiiiul lii tin- rlirhl temple
Stretched out In a chair nesr hl
trier's desk, wan lb" llfelivas form
tin von lie hill) beell killed by a
bullet over the rlKbl ear Ills rlKhl
band (laped Ho- revolver
METHODISTS MEET
THE GATE CITY
(By AMOClsted PreM.I
ATLANTA 'ia.. May l--That d
ueaiional facilities Is now the ureatest
nei-d 'if Ihe south, was the key-not of
a notable address by Kev. J W Je.
pastor of Trliiltv Methodist church.
I this city. Wfleomlng the delegates to
I the fourteenth annual conference for
I education "f the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Sooth, si its opening meet
ing here tonight
The other speakers tonight were
ftlshp C B. Oalloway. snd Rv. K.
Hlnltl president of Central Universi
ty. Oanvllle, Ky.
At a meeting of the board ff ed
ucation, reports ot the officers were
read, each showing much progress In
the various lines of work.
CHARGED THAT
BIG OFFICIALS
"BUTTED IN"
Interesting Develojinients in
Divorce Case Against
Senator Piatt.
POOK OLD IiOEH
IS AGAIN "IN HAD."
Interesting Story Which
Gtes tt Show That "Dest
Iiid Plans" eet.
(By AuoelaUd lrM )
NKW YOHK, May I v. High gov
ernment officials at Washington are.
alleged to have conspired to obtain
possession of love letters said to have
been written by United Hiatus Hunatnr
Thomas O. l'latt, to Miss Msa C
Wood, in a signed statement Introduc
ed as evidence during today's hearing
In Miss Wood's suit Tor divorce
against the senator.
The statement, which was Introduc
ed after the court had denied a mo
tion by counsel for Senator l'latt to
dismiss the complahtt bears what
purports lo be the signature of J.
Martin Miller, and Miss Wood said
that while she did not ace the signa
ture affixed she was assured by Mr
Miller that It was genuine. The state
ment was prepared by Miller at her
reiiuest she testified. It declared that
Miller was asked by "high govern-
nicht officials In Washington and New
York lo get possession of Bcnntor
f lail's love Idlers"
Mow It Was Manned.
That the papers when obtained
tvere not li be given to Senator Piatt
but were to lie turned ovsr lo "Mr.
Loeb In Washington" and when Ihe
plant to get possession of the original
papers failed, a scandal was . begun
In the newspapers to force Miss Wood
to come to terms, "Wynne, first asj-
Dtatant postmaster general, started the
ball rolling by getting a New York
newspaper to print the article . a4 ' It
first appeared," say tba statement.
which concludes:, ;i. j,,
"1 was gotten Into (he conspiracy
by powerful officials whom I dare
not lo displease from a newspaper or
political standpoint. 1 consulted Mr.
Howe, Senator Plait's secretary, frc-
'liiently and acted at all limes under
the direction nf Uieb and Plait."
Former Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Hubert Wynne, Is the present
America! consul general to London, ,f.
Maitln Miller, a prominent newspa
per man. recently was consul at
Khclms, Krance.
"Old Miller say anything to yon
aboUft thn letters?" asked the exam
ining attorney of Miss Wood, who
had been on the witness stand In her
own behalf since early yesterday.
Yes" she replied, "He said that If
got the letters the l'lntts would
never get them." ,
"What as he going to d with
them '"
Hold them over Piatt's head, 1
believe" she answered.
Miller's la-ltcr.
The letter purporting to be signed
by Miller, bears the date of October
lf. I M3. it reads:
"I was asked by high government
officials In Washington snd New York
to get povHeimion uf Henator Piatt's
love letters to Mae Wood In order to
do this I had to pretend that 1 was
getting out a book for which she gave
tie the manuscript on October H, 1903.
It was agreed that I was to go to Now
York and get the papers out of her
room Mr. Loch called up Platl In
New York and told him Miss Wood
was suing film for breach of promise.
Then l'latt said he would be a party
to Ihe rtchctnc I failed to get pos-
sslon of utiv original documents of
letters. We then began the scandal
In the newspapers to force her to
come to terms Wynne, first assist
ant postmaster general atarted the ball
rolling by gelling a New York paper
lo print the article as It first appear
ed I
cxtiihltwhcd ni headquarter In
On- Tribune building. disseminating
such Information as I could get f rom j
the office of the flint assistant post-1
master Senator T ' l'latt was In-!
formed of all matters by me and I :
hh:' Inwtruetid lo co-operate with him.
but the 'ill"!llal papers were not tol
be given lo l'latt but to Mr lieli,
at Washington,
"I was gotten Into the conspiracy by)
powi-tfiil officials whom I dare mil j
dlspleaae from a newspaper or polltl-
cal standpoint I consulted Mr Huwi-,
Secretary l'latt' scr'try. frequent
ly and aeie-d at all tjmes under the dl
( Continued on Page Five.)
DENTIST IDENTIFIES
TEETH AS THOSE
(By Associated Pral,l
LA POHTE Ind . May 19 Louis
Bchultr.. th" expert miner today found
in the annex ,,f h- Ounness iiik. the
upper and lower bridges, containing
what the officials here pronounce the
false tei'th of Mrs Hello Ounness. who
Is thought to have murdered a dirsen
persons The lower set of teeth tally
exactly wllh the description and di
agram furnished by Ir. I. II. Nor
ton. the dentist, wtio built tha
bridge, and who today identified the
teiW-.XMe4tlvb-e thoea of Mrs.&un-
imint wonnY A WANT
An. IN TUG CTTISREN WlIJi
FIX IT. PHONK 80.
PRICK FIVE CENTS.
EX-GOV.TAYLOR
MAKES SPEECH
IN THESENATE
Maiden Talk Characterized
Hy Humorous Thrusts
at Administration.
HE CUITCISES
CENTRALIZATION.
Declares Nation Between
The Big Stick and Bag
of Gold.
Associated "Yew.)
W AHH1NUTON. May . deflator
Hubert L. Taylor, ot Tennessee, dsllv.
ered Ills maiden speech in the senata i
today his subject bstng the tariff and
currency legislation, which he made -entertaining-
by many Mrtkmf and
humorous references to . (be , policies
of the republican partif. -vw ! J- ,
Mr. Taylor drew a parallel between , c
the solar system regulated bf cen
tripetal and centrifugal foroeev and ,
the government the federal power be
Ing the centripetal and the states the
centrifugal force. He declared that '
aa cessation waa an emphasis of tha t
force seeking , dlstlntegratlon, : the
federal power representing tha othsr 1 ; ,
extreme, is - now endangering ' the '
rights of tha stales. Continuing ha
said: , . . .. -JP y . r '-.-"'''vO'iistt
"The system ia as badly out of bal- ;
ance today as it waa bt 111. and . - .
what Is tha difference I ua If wa .
leave our orbit and f cavorting
among the star to freeie to death on
the outskirts of creation or whether
wa are drawn, the other way to ba .
converted Into full fledged sung
"What la tha difference If we go tha
confederate rout , or th centralis ; ;
rout"' ' ; J.'Vr ' W;:;j';;:i"
EquUlbrinm Cgunet Eaiat '
"In these Imperial day whan, eon. '
centrated wealth 1 Intrenched uniier
the dome of the capital and central
ised power Is enthornsd In tha Whit
House' what can be expected but the
gradual etwroachmsnt of tha federal
govarnnient upon tha- reserved right
of tha state. Mow. can tba squill- .
brlum be presorted under tha reign
f bit stick snd -fold I Are
not concentrated wealth and central- ,
Ised power dictaiing th policies of t
Ihe party In power and" controlling the) , "
legislation of congress? , , ,
"1 would no reflect ut"n th chief
executive of the nation. On the oon- -trary
I would praise Jilrri for th nohl , V
things he has doing" during his iBtf.,
cumbency, chief of waa turning on
the light .and, revealing tha enormity .
of th crimes his party had oommltt- '.
ed. ' ' " ' ; '
Kioto Democratic Planlui.
lint our peril ha reached the
limit when he stole all the beat self
planks of all the democratic ' plat-
form of the past and planted himself '
sipiarely upon them, Was there ever 1 .
a grander spectacle of coup d estal
than this history of American poll ; fe
tire. Tha ouestlon for you on tha
other side of thl chamber to aettle Is: "
Are you going to put his reform pol
icies In your platform at Chicago? If
you are, why don't endorse and be '
done with It. If you are not, you re- i, ...
pudlate your president"
"He demanded tha reform of tha
tariff system, but of lata he has con
landed himself with storming tha '.
citadel crested by Ill-gotten wealth.
He has not laid the age to th tree. . ,..
but ha thundered at th rich ripe
fruits borne by tha tree.
' The railroads .he said, "ere only ons ; 1
siring, of a harp of a thousand
strings upon which our modern Or- ,
phem is playing our modern Or- .,
march of federalism. '
We hear" he continued, " not.
from the metallls string of the steal
trust snd a long sw.t etraln from '
the sugar trust and a bellowing note
from the beef trust and the ding
dong of the copper trust, and ths ping
pong of the leather trust and the sing
song of a tide of other trust all of
which are th results of an abnormal
tariff system. They compel the small
industries of Ihe Industrie to sell out
to them or lie crushed In the colls
of the serpent. They are (weeping
out every vestige of competition in
every department of manufacture and
trade which Is the only safeguard of
the people. No wonder we hear tha
burning appeals for reform In th
message of the president- No wonder
we hear the m titterings of a long
suffering people." . 1
VV E ATI IEK FORECAST
(By Aseeelit rss
WASHINGTON, May , It. for- ..
cast " ' J
North Carolina- fair and warmer
Wednesday; Thursday fair. Ugh
went winds. " j!-
FALSE
VF MRS. GUNNESS
ness.
In view of the unmistakable evi
dence. Coroner Mack stated thl even
Ing that he would probably render
an official findings that the burned
body found In the ruin waa that of
Mrs. Ounness-
The grand Jury today examined Ray
Ijamphere Prosecutor Smith ia of
the opinion that the entire week may
be consumed before the grand Jury Is -ready
to make Its report.- - There t
little expectation that the -trial of Ray
Utmphere will take place thla spring;.