THE ASHBW.LLE CITIZEN lm
THE WEATHER
CLOUDY.
Swoni Dally
Average
For January
VOL. XXV. NO. 107.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MOUXIXO, FKHliU AKY 4, 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FIRST ANTI-JAP BILL FAILS
OF PASSAGE IN THE GENERAL
Is Uncle Loosing His Nerve?
WANTS SECRET
SERVICE MEN
HOUSE PASSES
BILLS RELATIVE
TO ASHEVILLE
Larger Number Passed oa
Third Reading of Inter
est Here.
ASSEMBLY OF CALIFORNIA
EVERYWHERE
After Debate Lasting all
CLASH BETWEEN
NEGROES AND
President Emphatically Oji
poses Restricting Field of
Usefulness of Service.
Day, Drew's Measure is
Knocked Out.
DRAMATIC PLEA
MARKS DEBATE
Golden Haired Girl of Three
is Used By Speaker For
Illustration.
(By Auoclated Press.)
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Feb. 3
After a debate extending from 11
o'clock thta morning until 6 p. m. the
assembly by a vote of 48 to 28 reject
ed the bill drawn by A. M. Drew,
barring aliens from ownership of land
in California. The bill had been
amended at the request of President
Roosevelt and Secretary Root so that
the clause applying it to Japanese
only was eliminated, making the bill
apply to all aliens, but the measure
aroused sucn a storm of opposition
that long before the debate was closed
by Mr. Drew it was apparent that
the measure wouH be defeated. In
substance the objection to it was that
it would drive at least a billion dol
lars of foreign capital out of the
state and might Jeopardize the pres
ent friendly commercial relations
with Japan.
Sensational Spncvlies.
The supporters of the bill contend
ed that the state was being over-run
by thrifty Japanese who were gradu
ally gaining an impregnable position
as land o-wners ai.d whose govern
ment was Irving to dictate to Califor
nia regarding legislation. Two sen
sational speeches were made, one fur
a .id one against the measure. Asscm-:
blyman Grove L. Johnson, of Sacra
mento, ex-congressman and author of
four bills segregating Japanese in
schools and residential districts and
pi eventing aliens being members of
lorporatlons, made an Impassioned
app( al for the enactment of the Drew
MM. At the climax of his speech he
wall, ed backward from his seat to the
tbby. rail and- seising to his arms a
gdldcn haJrecTgfrt bf'fhree. held her
k-i'ft and declared that he was "in
faor of this as opposed to the Jap
anese menace to our Institutions."
Nathan O. Cole, of San F'ranclsco.
who was elected with the endorse
ment of the union labor party, oppos
ed the Drew bill on the ground that
It ivns in conflict with the state ron
.'Jtution, that It was inimical to union
labor, and that U was not favored
1 y the national administration, which,
he 'aid, was dealing with a delicate
problem and should bo supported by
the people of California.
Dramatic? Question.
Dramatically confronting Assembly
man Drew he said:
"It President Tloosevelt should
t'n-rw open the doors of this assembly
cha.nber and, layin r hi h ni.l xrn
.our shoulder, should request for rea
son -f state that you withdraw this
bill, .U. Mr- Drew, as a patriotic
cltlzi n of he United Stales, would
assent wltn. ttt a murmur."
In reply Mr. 0rvw. closing his argu
ment for the bii, declared that he
had received a b'tte. fr m the presi
dent In which the pre. Sent stated
"that he was not opposed to he bill
as It had been amended at his . e
l"o ?i.
In his opening remarks Mr Drew
fild thut already there were In Cali
fornia O.OO1) Japanese, most of whom
line! belonped to the Japanese army,
who could be mobilized at a moment'
: o'lee in case of hostilities.
itichard Melrose, of Anah'-im. who
hid gathered statistics in opposition
:o the bill declared that there were
not more han 2r..'ico Japanese in Cal
ifornia. He quoted from statistics
compiled by the Asiatic Exclusion,
I. ague to the effect that (lu re w- re
jvv more than seventy-live Japanese
l-roptry owners in the stab'
Fit-fore adjournment tonight As-,
semblymnn Johnson asked that his
bills Iw tak'ii up the first thin in
the morning, limiting tie: d-bate to
Ihirtv mini tea on each fide. This wa-s:
granted by the house.
TAFT FINISHES
CANAL INSPECTION
(By Associated Press")
CL-LEBKA, Feb. 3. President-elect
had niu- l-.im It If t -d hlS i IIS !l ' t l"n
of the entire line of the canal, havinvl
traversed the Pacific channel today.
ir. v..rf.us..(! himself as greatly Krat-I
Ifled at the result of the labors of the
engineers. Tomorrow he will view the
entire Culebra cut from the Empire
hills.
AGREE UPON OFFICIAL STANDARD
FOk NINE GRADES OF COTTON
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. James
Wilson, secretary of agriculture. Is
Sitting on the lid" In connection with
the recommendations of the commit
tee of expert cotton classifiers desig
nated by him to fix an ornclar stand
ard for the various grades of cotton.
After a three day s session the com-
... i .aihi us work ana
mam tu.iu..
submitted Oialr report to Secretary
.. " ,.. . V. M.n.
WHITES FEARED
Orators are Inflaming Pitts
burg Negroes to Resist
Arrest.
MEN AND WOMEN
CARRY WEAPONS
Every Effort By Police to
Check Carnival of Crime
Against White Girls.
(Bv Associated Press.)
PITTSHURG, Feb. 8. In splt"J of
many threats of armod resistance
upon the parts of negroes If the po
lice continue their wholesale arrests
of members of their race.wltnout em
ployment In the Ilerron Hill district
of the city, no outbreak of any kind
has occurred up to late tonight. Fol
lowing the arrest last night of 126
negroes and the release today of nil
but 41, the police force in the dis
trict has been doubled tonight and
every patrolman has orders to arrest
eviery suspicious negro.
During the afternoon three were
taken to police stations and It Is an
ticipated that tonight many others
will be arrested.
No further attack upon women or
girls has been reported since last
night and should one occur, the tam
per of the citizens is such that vlo
lence very probably would be meted
out to tho assailant If caught.
Men ami Women Armed.
Men and women throughout the
section involved are carrying rcvol
vers and the negroes are said to be
well armed also. Should a clash con
as la considered not at all Improba
ble If more arrests are made, the re
utiTronld be serious. Local orators
are Inflaming the negroes to resis
tance and the feeling Is high. The
police, however, 'seem to have tho sit
uation well In hand and prohnbly will
not make furffler indiscriminate ar
rests.
Of the negroes arrested Inst nighl
thirty-nine were fined, most going to
the work house, and two. Mack Mo
Gee and Edward Armstead. were h '!d
over for further evidence, having
been partly lcntWcdas perpetrators
of one of the attacks on girls.
DINNER GIVEN
ADMIRAL SPERRY
By Rear-Admiral Sir James
E, Goodrich, Admiral Su
perintendent of Gibraltar.
(By Associated Press.)
GUJliAl.TAK. l-Vb. :; - Kear-Ad
miral Jao.es E. Goodin-h. admiral su
perintendent at ;!hraltar. and Iudy
Goodrich gave a dinner t'-on" of eigh
teen covers at the admirality houst
In honor of 'ltenr-Admiral Charles 8.
ssperry, commander of the American
fleet. Among tho other guests were
Sir Frederick Milner and Admiral
Kit-he r.
The fraternizing among the officers
of the warships of four coiintri's
crowded In the has In is now In full
swing. Except for the Ohio, Missouri
and Kentucky, which are eoaling by
the aid of searchlights, every ship In
the harbor tonlghl in entertaining
brother officers aboard.
Tin- American fleet will sail from
l,i re on Saturday morning, following
the thlry-(irtli parallel rout. , and will
form a junction with the third squad
ron about logitude west. Kear
Admlral Sperry will Is.ard and inspect
all tli- ships on their way home.
Since the arrival of the warships a,t
Gibraltar nostalgia. In its most violent
form has taken complete possession
of the officers and men. The one de
sire now seems to be to get home
at the earliest possible moment-
mittee were a "state secret." they
could not be more carefully guarded
The secretary will not discuss the
nature of the committee's conclusions
until he has carefully reviewed th jm.
Meantime officials of the agricultural
department have pledged themselvej
to secrecy. It was learned, however,
that the committee unanimouaiy
agreed upon an official standard for
.kA nln. different s-ra.de of cotton.
In called for by congress.
DOCTOR TELLS OF
MRS. JONES' DEATH
Caused by Poison, He De
clares. Saw Bottle Contain
ing Strychnine in Room.
(By Associated Prtss.)
UNION, H. C, Feb. 3. -The trial of
W. T. Jones, a prominent and wealthy
planter of this county, charged with
poisoning his wife last July, began in
earnest this afternoon.
Attorney George Johnston, of the
defendant's counsel, moved to quash
the indictment because It was Indef
initely as to the kind of poison alleg-
ud to have been used and because of
the character of the bruises on Mrs.
Jones' dead body were not described.
The motion was over-ruled by Judge
Memmenger.
Dr. Jeter, the Jones family physi
cian, was the first witness. He told
how he had been hurriedly summoned
by Jones and found Mrs. Jones In
convulsions, brokenly repeating the
Lord's prayer and asking for for-
glvenness for her sins. She died in
llfteen minutes. His opinion was that
leath was caused by strychnine pbls
inlng. He said hu saw a bottle in the
room containing strychnine. Jones
teemed unaffected, fie said, when told
that his wife was dead.
REFEREE BOARD
IS ATTACKED
ppointed to Assist in En
forcement of Pure Food
and Drug Act
(By Associsted Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.- As an oul-
ome of the Investigation by the com
mittee or agiculture of the creation
and work of the referee board np
oolnted tu assist the secretary of ag
riculture the enforcement of tho
pure food ana drug act, Representa
tive Lever of South Carolina today
made a severe attack on the bard, on
tho floor of the house. He de.iouncol
the appointment of the board as with
out authority of law, as "bad Judg
ment," and as an unnecessary in'.'-r-ference
with the work of tho burenu
f chemistry of the department of ag
riculture. He said that in the Interest
f unadulterated food and droits con
gress should prohibit the use of ap
propriations for maintaining the
board
"The quetlo,i. r," said Mr. Livtr.
'shall congress stand for any such
action on the part of tho executive
branch of the government and svall
we permit the amasculation of the
pure f'Hol law through the devi ius
workings and windings of commissi ins
and boards whi. h have been app -inl-
d In the face of the law?"
Declaring that the Innocent custo
mers of the country bad found In Or.
Wiley a benefactor, Mr. Lever said It
was the dishonest manufacturer who
did not like him, "such as those who
sent thousands of brave soKlieri in
Cuba to their deaths with emba'n.ed
beef, those who sold you cat-sup made
from the peelings of rotten tomat'ies,
those who had Jeopardized the lives
of children and Invalids."
It was this class that whined out
when the manacles of the la-v began
to tighten around them. It was In
answer to their call that scientific
boards were created."
BRIDGE BURNS
IN FAYETTEVILLE
FAYETTE VIIXE. "x. C, Feb. S.
Fire today destroyed the nuuwive
wooden bridge which spans the Cape
Fe&r rtvt?r in thi scity. This bridge
on finally cost $45,600 and was insur
ed for
ELEVEN JURORS
BOX IN
COOPER TRIAL
'Two New Jurors Yesterday.
Fifth Venire Ordered in
Court Monday.
II E ARINtr AO A INST
JUROR RESUMED
Whitworth Accused of Hav
ing Said That Defendants
Should Killed.
NAHHVILLK Tenn., Feb. 3. After
securing two new Jurors, making
eleven now In the box. the trial of
Col. Duncan M. Cooper. Itoblii J.
Cooper and John l. Sharp wan ab
ruptly Interrupted today because or a
lack of veniremen. A fifth venire of
500 men was ordered In the emirt on
Monday at which time an elfort .vlll
be resumed to complete the Jury. The
hearing of tie charges against Juior
Whitworth. ai used of' having preju
dice, whs taK. ii up but not eomplet-j I
It will be resumed In the morning.
A few lulu ites after the court
opened J. A. Woodruff, the tenth man
examined wh" selected us juror No.
10.
Woodruff
defense, lie
the state th
about the ( ;
mack hart I
was a friend
n not examined by the
stilled on ouestlons by
ho had read nothing
rind merely, knew t'ar
ri killed. He said I...
I" John Sharp but would
consider on!-, the
dence.
law and Hie evi-
Jacob 1-'. I:
i gcr, another talisman.
ountry from S.vit7.'-r-1
n years old. Me has
' ralized but his f.ith'-r
ipltated a illipute as
t.ad to take out paper
came to th1
land w hen . '
never la-en i,
had. This ,.
to whether I,-
Scud For Code,
Tilt' ;t M
'ii both sMf-H 'JlHpia '"i1 1
nrft of th'- nalnrali.i- i
il to n 1 1 out for he!
rtnlo. 1 1
not oppos' 1 ti i a,ital !
i. mnn w.'inti-ii It.
i y both sides a Jurur j
r fifty whs ' -xhansti-il 1
I another nrf inf,'t up;
wan oxhaiif f"d h. fi.r.;
iton and nn ot h r it i
irf WfTf Triads,
rty talisriK'n uf ili-s
nd tho p..!H r' (tiir-d
MC. Hi ni " th" fit i h
' nam oh i ,i 'rd- i I
t lU U a. in Mond;t .'.
nt f08jhl- to pl TK oi' I
the ox.irninHlion of
rs, thfi ran nf .1 tir-r ,
'nr thf r f' iii" n' ''h
d for djnh". w.ih tal-ori
aftor lufu hffin
innounnvl th; h'- i -'
havo M r. litt .vo t n
' the rhart'f"'. Th" -'
hut tho fnurt wa- m
W. Mitoholl waH ro-:
! to rcpr-at hN '-hnc
"i, after tiio i 'arfiia-'K !
trkffmtth Hh"p h.i'i do-'
ry damnfil ono f,r tho,
ild havo boon hariKod."'
piinishm' nt
was :( U i
So. 11.
Tho p;n !
before ri"'.n f
of 4 f Lilt--.
reHa f r 1 1 '
ditif.riH tn IK
Th ik I' M '
frmrt h mi : '
forty-H' a
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furtht-r . '
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to hn f r- if
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J'Hilff K..
.He-'V'-d it tn
Tt f-nt lii l
Hit rit ;i n - T
f;ill"l nn-l 1
Hint Whit
KiHini'. in
rlart-d tht
(Jcfeno'an ta
WASHINGTON, Feb- J Forecast:
North Carolina Partly cloudy Thurs
tay and Friday; light winds mostly
sol-tb went.
NOW IN
CAPTAIN ON TRIAL
FOR DRUNKENESS
All Evidence in Court Mar
tial of Cajit. Qualtrough
Taken Yesterday.
(By Associsted Press.)
GIHHALTAH. Keb. 3. All the evi
dence In the court martial of Captain
Edward V. Qualtrough, of the battle
ship Georgia, on charge preferred by
Itcar-Adnilral W'ainwrlght that he
was, under the Infltunce of Intoxicants
at a reception given at Tangier by
the American minister, Butmiel II
Gumniere, was presented today. The
hearing In the case was held on thi
battleship Louisiana and a number of
witnesses testified that Captain Qual
trough yma Intoxicated and unfit tot
duty. The accused offloer made
lengthy statement to ths effect that he
was sick and suffermir greatly from
fatigue, and that he had only taken
one glass of sherry and nothing afterwards-
Ho had smoked a strong
cigar.
Tile defense Introduced as evidence
the record of Captain Qualtrough'
thirty-eight years service and two flat
tering letters of reromendatlon re
ceived by him during the present
.cruise.
Tim pleadings will be made tomor
row. Captain Qunllrough will lomaln
aboard the Georgia under arrest.
I As Captain Qualtrnugb was present
j at Mr. Gummere's reception officially.
the specifications charge him wllb
. "ilrunkenhes on duly."
The penalty Is anything up to dis
missal from the navy.
Jiear-Artmlral Walnwrlght said Cap
1 tain Qualtrough was smoking at the
entrance to the hall room and he
' touched him on the shoulder and re.
minded him that there was a smoking
' room adjoining.
Captain Nicholson, who went
'ashore ulth Qualtrough. testified that
i tin- latter had complained of reeling
' w ry roi ky " Lieut. Kmll I". Hvari,
off lc i' of tie- deed when Captain
iQualtroiiKh returned to his ship, tesll
11..) that he saw nothing unusuul In
the captain's condition-
SUBSTITUTE FOR
CHILD LABOR BILL
CouiinittiT mi Mamifaff urns
Will li'opoH I'lifuvorahly
Hiiis.liilc liill.
(Spe.-lul lit 'Hie lllll.)
l!,M,l-:ii;il, Fh After an im
nuiteil ami lengthy hearing, the hoiin,
.oiNiiiiti. e on mimof.-o lureB anO iah.ii
vol'-.j to report nnliivoriihly the IIiph
. I ihihl hibor hill ,irul dw-Mc-tl to
n-port f-. ornbly a substitute olfored l
the tnill men In tie shiip- of an
am. ii'lni' nt to the prew nt law em
powering the labor orn in iseloin r, up
on lompliilnt of lol.il i. .oh of the lw.
to ihref-t the Hheriff of the county eon-ci-n.i
-i lo ni.-ike an InveMtlgalion .'ind
hav. any guilty parties Indicted and
providing for seml-aiinuul sworn
reports to the labor i om mlMsloner by
th.- mill.
U. S. DESERTER
IS ARRESTED
(By Associsted Press.)
FltKDKKH'KSHI'KO, Va.. Keb. 6.
Mathew W. i.Hip, a des-rter from the
I'. H. K. Tiicoma. Hampton Itoads, Au
gust 11107, to iniirry Miss Lynch,
'Norfolk. "The couple went to Wash
ington, and lived there until January
lit lat. whin Mrs. Doss committed
(suicide by drinking carbolic acid. Af
, ter her death Doss, it Is alleged, went
I on a spree, came here and today gave
j himself up. He soys he desires to re
turn to his home In Nashville. Doss
will be taken to the Norfolk nary
yard.
HIS STATEMENT
MADE PUBLIC
Called Forth by "Mislead
ing Statements Appear
ing in Some Papers."
'v Assoclattd Press.)
WASHINGTON. Keb. J torturing
that "If the government la to act with
full efficiency against criminals, It
must have some force of secret service
agent who ran act against criminals
anywhere," president lioosevnlt In a
statement made public from the white
house tonight emphatically reiterated
his opposition to restricting tho field
of usefulness of the secret service,
"The .position of the administration
Is," said (he president, "that It Is
against sound public policy to dlscrlm
Inate In favor of criminal by discrim
inating against tha use of the secret
service to detect and punish them."
Tha statement was railed forth by
misleading statement appearing , In
some of the afternoon paper" to tho
effect that tho work of tho eret
service has not been hampered and
thut the Investigation of case outside
the detection of counterfeiter and the
protection of the president hna not
been circumscribed by restrictive) leg
islation at the last aesslon of congress.
Statement.
The statement I In part a follow!
"At no tlmo has the president or amy
administrative officer claimed that th
restrictive legislation of th last ses
sion affected tha secret service divis
ion of the treasury department In the
matter of uppresslng counterfeiting
r protecting the president. A a
matter of foot, the limitation did not
apply In the slightest degree to the
normal function of that service, nod
ihe claim that th secret servlc via
not hampered In looking after coun
terfeiters I admitted but th assertion
that tha .restriction aa harm lea to
he government' interest is not cor
rect : ., . :.:, a v v' ;.-.'
"The effect of the- limitation was
materially to circumscribe the field of
usefulness In which the trained gnt
.f the secret service had hlthrto been
idvantagcoiisly employed. Under the
limitation it became. Impossible to use
iheso Investigator In the class of
ases in which they have been con
sciously successful for many year.
eto, r.hr.unir.r of h r...i riet i va lav.
slallon Is such fliat any person whjtlll, prohibiting th sale of quail and;
va employed In or under the e-ret j mountain pheasant In North Caro.
.ervlce division during 1 OOt for even for two W,Ub,n...m"Br: I
.o shirt a period a an hour becmne ,jy Henator Peele. "'"
llmiuallfled for promotion or employ
ment In any branch of the government
erwlre where either his compensa
tion or expense would be payable
from, any appropriation In the nun
Iry civil act"
SENATE CONSIDERS
CRUM'S POSITION
Dcbatr Ths(h Four Hours
ami RcHi'iiibloK OM-Tinn.'
Minstn l.sy, it is .Said.
-Nearly
V.',HIII.i; TON, Fell
four I oiir v'ere devoted by Ihe Hemite
In vecutle se-.Hl.iti today to eonsl'ler
nth.n of the re-uppolnlment of Wil
liam Ii. from an limpector of eiiHtoms
nt Charleston, H i'. f 'onflrmntlon In
opposod my Henator Tillman, ulle by
his demo, rath- .olleaguen
The republican iM-mitoiM Hre united
In favor of i ..ntlrrnlng from, in order
that Mr Taft mnv l r. Ileved of the
neci-sHltv of vinditig u nomination to
(he senate whleli had I.e. n opposed by
the pres. ut .idiuinjMratl'.n
The debate in th.- wnlite lo.lav. II'
eordmg to the reports which h-uk.d
out afterward, n .emhled an old
time minstrelsy. ft. nators Tlllrtrtin,
MeUiurln, Money and Johnston told
negro dial. . t i.torh and kept the
senate In laiiKht' r throughout Ihe
proeeedlllKS. NotliinK hill III' I.eKt of
numor waji dlnplaye.1 Henaior Till
mall lecounte.I a number of inei. tents
eohn-et.sl with bin various eonlroverH
les with rrewdent Hoosevidt.
ROOSEVELVS REFUSAL TO SUBMIT
PAPERS DISCUSSED BY TELLER
(By Associate Press.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. ). Henatgr,
Teller spoke In the senate today on the
Bacon resolution declaring that all
public documents In the executive de
partments ar.i subj'ct to the inspec
tion of congress. . .
Mr. Teller declared the refusal of
President Cleveland to send Informa
tion to the senate wa not compar
able to the refusal of the present pres
ident to respond to such a call. In
tho Cleveland case. In KID, ha said.
It waa desired to obtain facta relating
to reason for th dismissal ot a pub
lic official, Mr. Cleveland maintain
INSURANCE ASS'N IS
DECLARED A "TRUST".
Mr. Underwood "Would Oust
Southeastern Tariff As
sociation. (t'iMll to Tim Cltisea.)
It A LEIGH, Feb. . Rebrssentatlva
Gaston of Huncomoe Introduced a bill
in the nouse to prohibit publlo drunk
en hens In Hunoumbe county and ana
to appoint Justice of th peaca tor
that county. w.
A number of. bill Dertalnln to
Anhovllle and that auction paaaed tha
house. They follow! To approprtat
certain monle now. In tha hand ot
a. w. swan, former manager of tha
Madison county dispensary to tab.
llsh a road In Madison county; aenat -bill;
Amend charter of th Maaonlo
Temple association of Charlott. go It
can borrow money to srect new Ma
sonic temple; Aid In the development -
of the city of Ashevllla, allowing from
oHB-rortleth to one-tenth of, en per
cent tax on the city' assessable prop- y
erty to be set aside for advertising tha
city; Allow Ashevllla to purchase the
Auditorium -property; Amend charter
of the city of AihevlUo as to tret .
Improvements; Amend charter of tha -
Western Carolina Power and Trans
portation company j Incorporate Car- '
ollna-Tennessee Power company; Ap
point Justice of the peace In Mont
gomery county; Incorporate Ashe-
vUle and East Tennessee railroad, a
Ixty-mlle branch of th C. C. and Ot -
from" Huntdale In Yancey county to
Ashevllle. .' - " , '
Association "Trt.M ' "
Kepreaentatlve Underwood of Cum
berland Introduced ' a notable - bill,
which diwlares the Southeastern Tariff
association of r Insurance compa
nies sn. uniawiui - cumufnnuoR . aiiu - ,i
trunt and fnrblda It In da business: In
this statu because It regulate risks -
ana ".rates or premium, ni nr insur
ance. It prohibit from doing business
tn the tU any company belonging to
or cpiiiieutod-wlttt the association or
any other iimo unto it, out exempt
home or state ciompehle, Violation la
made punlshabl by (lb of from on
hundred to five thousand dollar, or
Imprisonment In the discretion of the
court. l)y reuuest of Mr. Underwood,
It went to the committee on Insurano.
Not without a Ibn debate, tha en.
ate passed finally the Kmplft sTttma
KllllUS Iiy IlUlliei" W iniwn viiu. "V..
a single day.
The senate also passed the late
drainage bill for th reclaiming ot
swamp and overflowed lands. No op
position manifested Itself.
There was om discussion nt iBv
ator (lay's bill to punish public drtink ;
nn e in the state, but it wa deemed
necessary, In view of the prohibition
law, and was voted down. :
I loth t'lalm Hnat.
The contest Ix-tween IteprMontatlv
Williams and D. M. Htrlngtleld for tha
seat In the house from Dars county '
seems destined to be' aired on tha
floor, for the republican on tha com- ,
mitten on privilege and election
made u mliiorily report, declaring for
41 r. Hirlnglleld. The matter wa (fit .
as a speeiul order for Thursday of
next week.
The purty light over the fuestlon of
cleeilng rounly boards of education
by I lie people was put off from to
morrow until next weonesiisy.
Senator I'luirr and Representative
fox of Wake both Introduced a bill
looking to an adeu.us.te forestry bu
reau for the slate, with several as
sistant forester lo travel over tha
state and look out for work to
be done to pres. rvn and perpetuate
the for.KlM. An appropriation f live
thousand dollars Im asked.
A new bill l.y Mr. Pond In tho
house restores to th" heads of statu
ItiHiliutloiix the nominating power In
e, . iIiik employes, taken from them
two wars u go, prevents the employ
ment of r lathes of superintendent
or directors.
Probably in the llglit of tho fact
that so many rounll.-s have been
withdrawn from the general fish bill
In the hands of the committee for th
reason that Ih.-lr people did not want
to pay the tax on the nets to keep up
th. state tish commission. Itepresen-
(Contlnusd on psg six.)
ing that such papers were not public -
property and that they wera in ni ,
possession for hi personal Inform- ,v
tion. . .. -'
"There may ha case wher tha
senate and hnus may call for lnfor . -matlun
that the executive thought ha -would
lie Justified" In' "with 'hording.'
said Mr. Teller. "Thea are tha ex
ceptions. The nil may d wen
ted to be that tha president or head ,
of a department should give to tha .':
senate Information called for unles ;
It can be made exceptional and takaa
out of tha ordinary. v , ;
.Wilson. it in nnumga