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E ASHE lle git: ZEN A Citizen For Rent Ad Will Rent That Vacant Room. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY, 19, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ROOSEVELT IS ASSAILED iW MOST SCATHING ADDRESS "Waiting the Church" NEGRO SHOOTS AT ASHEVILLE NOMINATION OF SEAWELL MAY FAIL IN SENATE EVER MADE IN THE HOUSE CAR CONDUCTOR Calls President "Prying GRANT SCORES OFFICE OF THE Fires Four Shots, One Bullc Passing Through Rob inson's Hat North Carolina Members Descendant of Dutch " Trades People. Hold up Nomination Un til Taft Comes. TH 1 THE WEATHER: PAIR. vol. xxir. no. 9i. ?a "TYRANT WIIO FEARS CARNIVAL TICKLER' Finally Willctt is Directed to Take 'His Seat House . In Furore. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Charac terlzing President Roosevelt as i "Gargoyle' and as "this pigmy des cendent of Dutch trades-people," and charging him with having "establish ed a court in the white house which 'would have delighted the heart of his admired, Alexander Hamilton," Mr Wlllett, of New York, In the house of representatives today made one of the most bitter attacks on the chief ex ecutive ever heard In that body. Mr. Wlllett took for his theme "the pass ing of Roosevelt'' and in a speech of great length dealt with numerous of the president's acta since he came Into office and scathingly denounced them. So severe was the attack of Mr. Wll lett that after several efforts repub lican members were able to force him to take his seat on A call to order before he had finished his apeeeh 1 After declaring that In the face of all sorts of conditions America was possessed of universal sense of humor, Mr. Wlllett said that to such people 'it must be confessed, a chief magis trate who has himself no sense of humor, moving like a horse tedder over the hay field of American acti vities, stirring: up every drying blade of once green grans, to let It fall drier than before, quarrelling one day with the practical polltlcana then with the part-your-halr-ln-the-middle reforms then with the socialists then with the Industrial corporations, wrestling In agony of spirit with Noah Webster and our glorious English tongue; tak ing a fall out of nature fakirs, ex horting our women to avoid race sui cide, cannot be' an unmixed nuisance. "He plays tyrant to be sure, but he Is a . try ant who fear the carnival tickle! He sees things that have bad smell' but the fresh breeze of Capitol hill doesn't let the odor lin ger. "Good to laugh At." "He tries our patlance, but he is al ways good-to laugh at. Thank heaven for the things that make us laugh. Without them we might easily become raw, untamed Anglo-Saxon, making much of Magna Charts., bellowing about an effete bill of rights, or even ready to fight for freedom of thought, freedom of speech and freedom of the press, as did our uncivilized ances tors at Lexington and Bunker Hill." "And Mr. Chairman, should the gentlemen who view this curious fig ure with feigned admiration ask me how any son of Adam can be at the same time a hay tedder, a Jocularity jinri n vnrvnvle. 1 ran nnlv answer that this particular hero Is an eccen- -nvlct camps at sleeping and eating trie exception to all rules, a solelsm hou- Another measure hy Mr. Mor sul generis, a mixed metaphor vlvlantton B f,,r thR hptter Gaining of col an Impossibility, a comet that roves ored youths and thereby mlmlmlstlng at will regardless of the limitations j rare Prejudice. It provides that only nf ordered law that applv to earth ml m,n t. an,i ninnetH. i "He exults in a strain of the old- Hueennt. hut the 1'renrh gentleman ! loesn't fiv Into a passion and lash the schools for the colored. He calls at horse of' a timid young girl whose j tention In a preamble to the marked rmiv i nmrtverentiv nassln difference between the old time darky the' royal party In a public highway Even Louis the Fourteen was not that!"- r ... wie sort of a tyrant, and Henry tho Fourth : ,'9ri' training received from white Henry of Navarre, the preat Hngen- j masters. .t king wore the white plume of no-1 A 'tory bill by Hinsdale, nf Wake. Messe oblige 1 Pronlhl,H ny child tinder fourteen to "He tells 'us that Southern arislo-j work ""V factory, any under slx crats were smnne- hi imlvelot anc-s-t tron nl"nt- any woman or minor more nr ht I cn Inform him Hint If thothil" H'ty hOUrS a Week. wlfe of a Robert Tombs, or of a Jef ferson Davis had been treated by him i.m Mr. Mlnnr lUot-H iv He would have been called out or branded a 1 P"rt a" violations to solicitors, make a coward If he had been a thousand quarterly reports to commissioner or time a prsldent ,nhor and PrIntnK. his salary to be "Beam tho DuUli." 10A m?n,tt,a"d P,n- , , , "He Is proud to Insist that the; A pistol bill by Latham, of Heaufort. familv whose name he hoars comes requires dealers In pistol and cart from Holland, but his roadv surren- ridges to obtain a license at fifty dol der of the politicians of his own party I lars a ypar for "honl fund, and to makes it clear enough that timed : kPf P a record of all pistols and cart burghers who put up their shutters ridges sold, to whom. age. color, oc st the first beat of the war drum must '"ipatlon. residence, open to the pub have been his progenators. He beats' lic an1 ,n 0I following charge the Putoh. however, as even his , to Kran'1 nr7- severest critics confess. . ,n tno ate, Tllson Introduced a "We have a king and a court now"! ' to authorize Marshall to issue Mr Wlllett exclaimed, ".as good an ! h,,nda for municipal Improvements; imi..i of the real thi Unnu-n lo Hay to put officers of Henderson the nobility of monarehlal countries ; as the scion of a family of trading Dutch can' conceive-" "The president" Mr. Wlllett said "showed his teeth at all heroes, be (Contlnutd on page three.) WEALTHY MAN KILLS CITIZEN (By -i"t Pres REIDSVILLE. Ga., Jan. 18 Roundtree a well known citizen, was hot and killed this morning by George Andrews, one of the most prominent and wealthy " planters of TattiB.1l county. The men. It ts stated, eogaeed In a controversy over an al leged account Andre held against Rouhdtre. Hot word led to a per aonal ' encounter following, ' which Roundtree procured ' ahotgua and kagan Bring at Andrews, who barri COMMISSIONER Biennial Report Only Work of Department Printing c and Labor. BILL TO INCREASE SALARY IS HELD UP. Bill to Incorporate Asheville and East Tennessee Railroad. (Special ts The Cltlxsn.) RALEIGH, N. C, Jan. 18. A fierce assault upon the efficiency of the of flee of commissioner of labor and printing made things lively In the lower branch of the general assem bly today. It was over the senate bill Increasing the salary of the commis slonera from tl,B00 to 13,600, as re' commended by Governor Glenn. . Representative Grant declared that the commissioners, during the ten years since the establishment of the office, had done nothing but submit his biennial reports and that this con sisted merely of statistics tabulated from the reports sent In reply to his letters, was all the officer's work and done by the assistant, yet the state pays to that department about 14,000 a year, including clerglcal help and traveling expenses. A compromise amendment, offered by Cotton, of Pitt, making the salary 12,000, was adopted on a roll call vote of 67 to S. The bill had passed Its second reading 43 to 38. Finally, on motion or Mr, Kosooe, of Bertie, who thought the matter of elerlcal help In the office ought to be looked into further, the bill was made a specific order for Wednesday at noon, when It will come up on It's third reading. as amended Among the new bills of state wide Interest Introduced was one by Speak er Graham to give the state and de fence twelve peremptory challenges each in capital cases, the state to stand none at the foot of the panel. IMvnrce Inw. A divorce bill by Hlgden, of Macon amends the present ten year separa tion clause by providing that parties that have lived apart for ten years may be divorced If any children they may have are over 21 years Instead of If there are no children. Morton, of New Hanover, had a bill n separate white and colored con victs In the state penitentiary and HUln "wners as nave graauateu from "me school or college approved tho 8tte board of education shall De employed to teach in public and lhn Present negro, and believes The governor, with the commission er of labor and printing, to appoint an Inspector of factories, who shall re- county on salaries; Elliott to provide (a police Justice court for Hickory and i to revise Hickory schools laws; Wea- v"r t Incorporate the Asheville and East Tennessee railroad: Wilson t' protect deer In Transylvania. Haywood and Jackson counties. PROMINENT TO SAVE HIMSELF caded himself behind a mule. The first shot fired by Roundtree stuck the mule. Andrews drew his pistol and hot Roundtree. killing him Instantly. Andrew owns valuable farming lands west of the Ohoopee river, where he reside. The attack made upon the planter was unprovoked. It la stated. .Andrew at once surren dered to the sheriff here. The animal behind whfcK Andrew shielded almaelf was killed.'. It, a the property ot Roundtree. ' ". 1 : ; : tlJ f HEARST'S AGENT IS ARRESTED Charged With Conspiracy to Defame Governor Charles N, Haskell. (By Associated Press.) GUTHRIE, Okla., Jan. 18. On warrant worn out by Governor Charle N. Haskell, charging consplr acy to defame the governor, Scott MacReynolds, attorney, and special agent for William R. Hearat, was ar rested tonight. Armed with a search warrant, also worn to by Governor Haskell, Mac- Reynolde' rooms at tho lone hotel were searched by Sheriff John Ma hony and Orvllle T. Smith, private attorney ot the governor. Papers were seised which are. said to pertain to the 1400,000 libel suit Instituted by Governor Haskell against Mr. Hearst. . MacReynolds demanded of the eointy court the whereabouts of his papers. They were found in the pri vate office of the governor. They were turned over to the court. MacRey nolda had collected a vast amount of data In confidence. Tonight 'he de lared Governor Haskell's purpose In obtaining his arrest was to obtain this nformstlon. Governor Haskell said: "Mr. Mac Reynolds has been In the state almost constahtly Tor nearly three months, at times assisted hy one or two other men from the east and by a. certain person from Ohio, and three or four people of our own state. Recently I learned that they were dlsapponted at not finding anything use against me, whereupon they began offering largo sums of money persons to manufacture false statements. In some statements I am reliably Informed they have used the expression 'We have the money and re willing to give It to you if you ill help us.' '11 is not Hearst atone, but there are other interested parties In the con- plracy and with the main purpose of njuring me, they combine their ef forts." ONE BOARD FOR ALL STATE HOSPITALS Commission Thinks This Will Eliminate Rivalry Among Throe Institutions 'Special to Th Citizen.) RALEIGH, N. C, Jan. j,. The re port and recommendation of the state hospital commission to the governor nd general assembly made public onlght contains a rf-commendatTon hat on the board of directors be ap pointed for all three of the state hos pitals for Insane at Raleigh. Morgan ton and Ooldshoros the board to be composed of one member from each f the congressional districts, with a ew to eliminating alleged churtful rivalry between the Morganton and : the Raleigh hospitals In efforts for increased capacity and equipment and ! struggle for appropriations as well as for tho purpose of economizing In the purchase of supplies of certain classes n bulk for all three Institutions. The report reviews the work of the com mission the past two years. In enlarge capacity, showing that additional at the three hospitals add 881-527 at Raleigh, 10S at Morganton and 4 at Ooldsboro. BXECT BAVK EXAMINER (Special te The Citizen.) RALEIGH, N. C. Jan. 1. The corporation commission elects J. Kemp Doughton. now cashier of the People' National bank at Wlnston- Salam, atate bank examiner to suc- E. J. , Hay wood, resigned. He for a while teller In the Mate treasurer, and la experienced In bank Ing. W. U William I re-elected as sistant examiner, r 1 - ' V J SEAWEXL'g NlMK ;;k SElT'TO SENATE. WASHINGTOk, Jan. 18. President Roosevelt today sent to the aenate tin nomination of Herbert SeawelR to be Judge of the eastern dlstrk-t of North Car- pllna, thereby settling a vigorous fight over thi "Vacancy. WHOLESALE FRAUDS SO ACjjiTS CLAIM $110,000,000 Worth of Lands in West JVaiidulently Ac quired, They! Say. WASHINOTOIC itlnfffrntar " HfnHee e-rH tlon of a startling character of alleg ed wholesale and astounding frauds upon the public lands has come Into the possession of Secretary of the In terlor Oarfleld through special agents in the field. The serious ullvaatlnn Is made that approximately 3110,000,000 worth of lands In state west of Miss issippi river have been fraudulently acquired within thn past two years by corporal lens ami individuals. With a view of recovering these lands, Secre tary Garfield today sent letters to Chairman Hale and Tawney of the senate and house appropriation com- mlttees respectUi ly, asking for an ad ditional appropriation of JT.00.flOO, which. If grant. .I. with that already asked for, will i;lve the department 31.000,000 for that purpose. It is stated that there is a reason able prospect of recovering much of thls alleged fraudulently n en u I red and If the s ipr 'I'rtatlon Is promptly made. It also is pointed out that wntre a million dollar may seem large It is but ..ne per cent of the commercial vain, of the land which the government hope to recover.. Hcrelary ( l;n il' id also suhmlls ;i statement of II If. Schartz, chles-of the field serv.ii .', nhowlng over 32,000 distinct cases ..f alleged land frauds demanding furl her Investigation. Among such ea.-s awaiting Investiga tion are l,!io .1 .j.ltd among Florida. Alabama and Mi stsslppi. TO ALLOW BUNCOMBE ISSUANCE OF BONDS (Special to The Citizen.) RALKKSII. N C, Jan. I H The house commlii On Counties, cities and towns il.- i'l.'d to report favor ..n the bill introduced '. 'oday to authorlz" it-, to bond It s floa'lng This indebtedness i' ably tomorrow by Mr. Gaston Buncombe conn Indebtedness. 1120,000. YOUNG MEN LYNCH NEGRO (By ABsnclstetf Press.) IIOPK. Ark.. .Ian., Jg. After forc ing the engineer of the light plant lo cut off the ciio. nt leaving the town In darkness, a early of young no n early today to. k an Is-year-oM ne :ird from the county gro named llil Jail and i him to a telegraph pole. The n'-cro had spoken Insul tingly to a woman clerk In Haynes Brothers store Friday. WASHINGTON, Jan. J I. forecast: North Carolina Fair Tuesday: Wednesday Increasing cloudiness and warmer; light variable winds. , SUBPOENAED MEN HAVEAHEARING Question Whether News paper Men Should Ignore Subpoenas. (By Associated Press.) NEW TORK, Jan. 1. The right of the live employe of the New York World, subpoenaed to appear before tho federal grand jury to give Infor mation presumably regarding the pub lication of alleged libelous matter re flecting upon the United State gov ernment, to Ignore the said subpoena on the ground that their Issuance was an abuse of process, was left unde termined at the dose of today' hear- cult court After argument by District Attor ney Htlmson, representing the gov ernment, and Delancey Nlokol, and John M. Bowers, representing The World men, Judge Henry Wrd gave both until tomorrow at 4 o'clock to submit brief. While the proceedings are believed to have been brought on the Initia tive of President Roosevelt, owing to the publication of alleged Irregulari ties in the purchase of the Panama canal from the French government there Is nothing to Indicate what the Inquisition is about; who the com plainant Is and against whom the ac lion Is brought. In an argument that thn subpoenas should be quashed, , particular stress was laid upon that part of the docu monts in question which call for the appearance before tho grand Jury of those subpoenaed, for the purpose of testifying "about anything you may know generally on the part of the United Htates." The subpoenas In general terms fall to make It plain what the action was or against whom II was directed. Mr. Rowers argued that such suhpnenHS bad uniformly been adjudged faulty by the courts, and as such dismissed. Mr. Htlmson on the other hand, contended that the subpoenas were In every way valid. DECISION AGAINST WATERS-PIERCE CO. V. S. Supreme Court Af firms Decree Imposing $1, IK5,(KK) Fine on Oil Co. 'By Aitoclsted Press.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 1 The su preme eourt or tne i nuea nmi"" i"- lay affirmed that the decree of the state courts of Texas, Imposing, a tine of 1 1, 821,. 000 on the Waters-Tierce Oil company of St. Loins, and ousting it from the state on the charge of vio lating tli" Texas anti-trust law. The court also sustained the action of the Texas state courts In the ap pointment or Itobert J. Kckhardt as receiver, and thus again decided against the company which sought to have sustained the action of the fed eral court In appointing O. B. Dor chester at the Instance of the com pany. The decisions In the case were unanimous. One of the receivership cases came to the court on a writ of error from the supreme Judicial district Court of Texas and the other from the United Htates circuit court of appeal for the twelfth circuit In both of which occur the decision were favorable to the state. Robert J. EckhaVJt wu ap pointed receiver by th Travis county state court on the theory that audi appointment Was necessary to pre serve the property of the company until the penalty could be collected. FEELING HIGH AGAINST NEGRO Sheriff With Posso Search ing in Weaverville for Escaped Negro. Babe Hors, the negro who shot at Conductor Robinson yesterday, was caught In Weavervlllei by a posse at 1 o'clock this morning. He 1 now In the city prison. O. 8. Robinson, a conductor on the Wools car line, was fired at four time by a drunken negro yesterday afternoon at 1.41 o'clock. On the trip from the aquar Rob nson had a crowded ear. A negro was stretched out1 In the last aide ekt and when a lady entered the car with some children Robinson asked the negro to make room. The negro instantly became angry and began to wear. Another negro, who was in eompa. ny with the one In the seat, and also under the Influence of liquor, took hi companion' part, and hot -word followed. It wa some time before Conductor Robinson could partially quiet them, , When the car arrived at Woolsey the negroe were stilt cursing Robin son and gradually working themselves Into a frensy, After , the passengers had left the car, one of the negroes refused to get off the step, Robin ion gave the man a little above, and the other negro Immediately pulled hi gun. He fired polntblank at Robinson, the bullet going through the conduc tor' hat half an Inch above th brow band. The second bullet fired enter ed the side of the car not a foot away front the conductor. Walking over to th other Md of the car the negro again fired, missing .Hublnson a, law Tt Jtl9$ qf jMesegefC, men and womefi; during the shooting, fled. The two negroe started up the Woolaey road at a drunken pace, th one still flourishing hi revolver. In the meantime Conductor Robinson had taken down the trolley pole and started around for the other end of the car. After adjusting the pole he entered the car and began to wind, hi register. Just then the negro turned and fired again, - the bullet striking the platform behind Robinson. Lnhlndered, the two negroes then walked away down the Woolsey road, A soon aa Robinson had mad his trip back to the city he nodded the police and Sheriff William and Pa trolman Adam In a buggy started out to Woolsey. Conductor Robinson said that he could easily Identify the negro who did the shooting, as he had ridden a good many times on his car. TT!i be lieve the negro used a fi calibre re volver. Feeling I running high against the negro among the street car employes. t'onductor Robinson has a tine rec ord during his three years in the street ear service. Ilia bums Is In Waverly, Madison county, and ho Is at present living at No. lift West Hay wood street. A little after ten o'clock last night Sheriff Williams and Patrolman Adams found the negro who did the shooting Mo was In a house located on the road from Woolsey to Weaver ville. Thn negro was brought back lo Asheville ami placed In thn city prison. Ho gave his name as Will Campbell. From him was learned tho name of the man who did the shooting, and It Is believed that his whereabouts was also learned Sheriff Williams atfIT a posse left for WeaverWrie, where they were still searching at 2 30 ??!is morn ing. 1IN(XI,N HOLIDAY. (By Associated Prsss.) WAHHINOTON. Jan. 1 The pres ident today sent to congress a special message recommerrllng the passage of a law authorizing htm to Issue a pro clamation setting apart February 13. lflOfl. as a KpcetHi holiday In recogni tion of the centennial annlvernay of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. RESOLUTION ASKING ABOUT THE NEWSPAPER LIBEL SUITS (By Axeelated Prsts.) WA8I1INOTON'. Jan. IX A reso lution was Introduced In thn senate today by Henator Rayner, of Mary land, calling on the attorney general for Information In the bringing of a suit for libel against certain news paper. Mr. Rayner asks for imme diate consideration, saying that the only purpose was to get information as to whether this suit had been or dered; whether It wae brought at the Instance of the president: under which statute It had been ordered and by what power and authority the court are being used to forward tbia suit, i , ' Thl," declared Mr. Rayner. "1 an attempted revival of th sedition TOO AtANY JOBS PASS OVER PLATE Senators Are Lying In Wait 1 ' ; for the President-elect Is Now Reported. (By . Hooper Caffc.) WASHINGTON, Jan. lt.-HH. t. Sea- well, once a demoorat,' nt' PP- lite, and now th president cnoice for judge of .the east en district of North Carolina hav turned a deaf ear u say knowing politician, to getting Ma nomination confirmed by tne unneo State senate. -t Both members of tho sanata from North Carolina hav turned a deaf ear i to the requests from the Oeawell camp and In all probability Mr. Roosevelt wilt go out of the white house with the appointment still hanging Are, At least that II the program In Wash ington today. ;" : Mr. Reawell, of course, I not popu lar with the old Una members of the "sd ministration party"! In North Caro lina, and certain It Is that he l less popular ' with the demooratlo party. So, since tha president went o far as to break the backbone Of the ring leaders lit Tr Heel republicanism by refusing to, appoint Judge Ppsnoer B. Adams the senate believe it should, go a little further and demand cer. tain things of the man who drew th plum. paj The receipt for the next Judge or the eastern district seems to be about a follow: ' bong service In th ranks of either the democratic or ' repub lican party, mlted with ttis determi nation to continue lu the service and faith of that party (no Taft democrats allowed). Add sufficient amount of experience to give strength to the of- flee about M be filled, fit Ir it tittle and IX any evidences of machine tricks v com to the surface, start over and continue this process until ' purs ar ticle nt the result.' L V Too Many Job. In other word ths senate, that I , the members of th senate who must ' ' pas on the Southern appointments 1 ha about decided that loo many fat Jobs have been dealt out In ths South " during the last eight years. ' Senator say It la time to assart their rights and It ha practically been agreed . that whoever DIM th places to be given by the man In the white hou must please the people. It I going to be left -more to th senator who All the places In their states than ever before, and If anvhodv sSDSete to get by with an appointment just because he Is a Taft democrat or a Taft populist, he had Batter grease up his machine. It la contended by re publican senator that a man should , pint hold office atmpty because (ha voted for Judge Taft. If ha Is' a good. sound democrat and toted for Taft because he liked him better than bs did Mr. liryan, all very well and good : but woe be unto those fellows vm , hava announced they were 'Taft .' democrats," that they were going out . and round up and split te pieces ttrk section so long a follower In the foot steps of Jefferson, If they are honest tn their convictions, be he a demoorat or a republican, he will get fair treat ment at the hands of the aenate, but 1 If he la one of those Who read Taft'a announcement that he was going to appoint democrats to high places, and has been laying for the place, and thought ho helped hi cause by vot ing for Taft, he had better look for. another lob Ikying for Him. In this connection It la Interest ing to note that Southern senator are laying In wait for'the next presi dent, and that just as soon as he goes Into the white house his pledge for "white officials' In tho South will be . put squarely up to him. For no other reason the senate is holding up the appointment of Josiah Wilson, a col ored postmaster at Florence, 8. C. President Ftoosevnlt appointed Wil son two years Bgo. Hut term expired last January, and he was re-appointed The s mite turned flown the nomination, and In a few week the president again sent his nomination to the senate. It was promptly given .WWWWWWMWIWI (Contmusd on psoe three.) laws that have happily gone out of existence long ago. There were half a dozen persons convicted under the old edition laws, when a member of con gress was fined and Imprisoned. But that law is out of existence and thera ts no sedition law on tha statute books of the United States." Quoting from tha attorney general to the effect that the oyster does a lot of thinking and no talking," Mr. Rayner added that the oyster "does as much thinking as some other pso Pla." Tha resolution went over vntU to morrow under senate rules,: objection to Immediate - adoption having been mad by Senator Lodge. l.v V rV.
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