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s - THE ASHEVELLE GITIZEN .' CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS . THE WEATHER: FAIR. ASHEV1LLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1911 VOL. XXVII. NO. 208. TRICE FIVE CENTS 0 RIFT APPEARS 111 PERFECT HIM AMONG DEMOCRATS II House Members Fly Into Pas sion at What They Term Un warranted Authority COMMITTEE ON RULES CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE It Recommends Some Investi gating Committees Not Named In Caucus WASHINGTON. May 16 Charges that democratic members of the house committee on rules were seeking to usurp functions of a caucus by nomi nating the members of committees which will Investigate the so-called steel and sugar trusts created today the most serious break that has oc curred In the democratic ranks of the house since the opening of con gress. Chairman Henry was de nounced by Representative Fitzgerald, Chairman of the appropriations com mittee with having made an "unwar ranted assumption of authority" for the rules committee. Other demo crat declared that the action of the ; rules, committee If ratified by the house, would e a complete abrogation of the principles for which the dem ocrats have stood, namely the selec tion of committees by action of the democratic caucus. Two lists of names, one being the proposed steel trust committee and the other the sugar trust comiittee. were submitted- toy -Mr.- Henry in the form of privileged resolutions, .which lie asked the house to adopt. Many Democrats Opposed immediately questioned by demo crats who had not been consulted as to the authority by which the rules committee offered these names, Mr. 'Henry said that about 150 demo- ' crats had approved the democratic lst and republican members were named by minority- leader Mann. f The steel trust investigating com mittee was approved before the dem t ocrats woke up to the full effect of I the situation. The resultant tight, fell on the sugar trust committee; and cent! iOnatJoA. of ithe, struggle final-;i 'y was averted by the action of dem- -' ocratic Leader Underwood In adjourn ing the house while the resolution was still pending. Mr. Henry denied that there had been any assumption of authority, or (Continued on page livp.) FIFTY MILLION IN BONOS ARE OFFERED THE PUBLIC or For First Time the Small Investor Will Be Given Chance to Buy. FOR PANAMA CANAL - WASHINGTON. May 16. Secretarv MacVeagh today Invited popular sub scription to a $50,000,000 issue of government bonds, to reimburse the treasury general fund for expenditure on account of the Panama canal. Treasury officials expect the loan will be largely over subscribed and in distributing the new securities the government's announced Intention Is t) give preference to smaller bidders. The new securities will bear three per rent Interest, payable quarterly; ; filed by Attorneys lvy Mayer and will be free from all national, state ' Jl)hn s M1pr Tne wh()p riw a(;an and municipal taxation and will be , In denominations of $100. 500 and " nun on the 'luestlon of whai is $1,000. They will be dated June 1 , 1 "reasonable" and what Is unreaaon 1911 and will be payable In BO years. . ahle restraint of trade. It was the By provision of law, the new bonds will not be available to national banks as the basis of circulation. Inas much as they are the first the fnited States ever has Issued with such a restriction, muchilnterest Is attached 4o the price they will bring. Accord ing to law they cannot be sold at less than par. Inasmuch as the postal savings bank law fixes the par value of a pos tal bank band bearing two and one half per cent Interest at J100. it Is i . . , . . "'r' v-r ceni t ana- jii .-iiiii uuiKM oiusL ucing more man psr. How much more. Is conjecture. , The estimates ' range from slightly : ab-.ve par to 103. Checks and postal orders will be accepted for the new bonds; some thing which never has been done be fore. Although the issue is desig nated for prtvato bankers, national ban which bid fo- the bonds will be allowed to deposit them as se curity for government deposits. ! The Southern Baptist educational con- ACQUITTED OF BRIBERY. j ferenco will convene In Jacksonville PITTSBURG, Pa.. May 16. Frank st 10.30 tomorrow morning Robert O N. Hoffstot, the banker-manufacturer I Patrick, president of the organlxa of New York City, was acquitted on I tion, having called the meeting. The the charge of bribery In connection I conference Is composed of the leadlnz with the bank depository ordinance ! exposed in the council-municipal 1 graft crusade. The bribery case went to the jury late this afternoon and a verdict was rendered la tittle more tin an, hour. OPINION OFHARLAN DISSENTING FROM COURT OUTSPOKEN Regarding the Standard Oil Decision Says Most Alarming Tendency of Country is Toward Legislation by the Courts WASHINGTON. May 1 The Standard Oil decision occupied the cabinet almost exclusively at today's session, and President Taft having read It over twice, also discussed Its purport with some of his callers. The attitude of the president himself, that he should defer to the Supreme court and accept their law as his law, was reflected by the cabinet. There Is a disposition among cabinet members to await the decision of the Supreme court in the Tobacco case. That de cision is expected May 29, and until then no policy will be outlined by the administration to strengthen the anti trust law or solve a problem that yes terday's decision seems to have made even more vexatious than ever before. Xo Special Message Proposed. To visitors tonight President Taft declared that he had no present Inten tion of sending a special message to congress proposing additional anti trust legislation. While the president would not dls cufs the decision generally his speeches on the subject and his spe cial message of Jan. 7, 1910, left no doubt as to his views. He had hoped not so much for a decree dissolving the Standard Oil, it Is said, as for clear interpretation of the anti-trust act under which the department of Justice could proceed In the future. However he may regard the Inter pretation of the law as It may be ap plied In future cases, the president believes that the upholding of the anti-trust law generally by the court will he very useful to accomplish the end which congress desires. There Is no Intention upon the psrt of the administration to check the activities of the department of Jus- J 't'ce. Trusts found violating the antl- 1 trust art will be proceeded against as in the past. The president thinks that conviction in most cases generally la certain where the evidence produced shows an attempt to reate a, monop oly. No Criminal Prosecution. Although the matter had been con sidered, It seemed probaWe tonight mat mere woma oc no empi iviB ill trie nuiuuaiu . ' . i . At this time the president. Is not determined whether he will press the federal Incorporation bill which he recommended to the. consideration of congress more than a vear ago. He told callers tnn'sht that he sill; believes In the merits of that hill. BEACON USB, OF HOPE TO IICTEO MEAT PACKERS Their Attorneys Immediate -; ly File Petition for Re hearing of Demurrers "IN LIGHT OF REASON" I flllf'AGO, May 111. On the grounds that the federal Supreme court's .Standard Oil decision over ruled t'nlted States District Judge Carpenter's decision of May 12 in th eef packers cafe?, attorneys for th.' of Gabriel llernindex and I DO rebel packers today flle l a motion for per- I soldiers who marched In this morn mission to appear tomorrow and re- I Ing. The federal garrison of SO ru- argue the demurrers which Jurtge t Carpenter overruled. The motion was ' Supreme court's dictum that In effect j the word "unreasonable" must be read ln,n th Sherman antl trust act, tha: gave the beef attorneys their -excuse i for the request to reoj he demur- , rer argument. The attorneys Included , that argument In their demurrers In ' what Ihey sa.d is almost the Identical ! language of the Supreme court s Stan-j dard Oil decision but the court held riKdiitai inis reasoning. I n r.rv aeuinst this tv,,,. - w l'iuii in aumu u erred. I It was learned on authoritv ih. i the word "unreasonable" or to be more exact, the Supreme court's phrase, "in the light of reason." would hear the burden or argument for re hearing. EDUCATIONAL WXFKRKXCE. I JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. May 16 educators of the South and various j educational matters will he discussed ' The establishment of a Raptlst Instl- ! tution here as a result of the confer- enre is not an improbability. It i stated. As a whole the cabinet Is more like ly to favor a federal Incorporation law than an amendment to the Sher man act. Justice Harlan's dissenting opinion, delivered orally and without notes, was available In its entirety for the first time today and received a most careful consideration. Opinion of Justice Harlan. "As to all the chief Justice has said about the Illegal combination of this oil company and Its coming within the anti-trust act. I cordially concur," said Justice Harlan at th outset. "There are, however, some thing In this opinion, and thBt are to result from this opinion, which I think may very well alarm thoughtful men, or many thoughtful men; and 1 am un willing to let them pass with any Idea that I approve them." Justice Harlan referred to the anti trust act of 1890 as being passed at a time of great unrest regarding tggre. ration of capital and referred to the Supreme court decisions In ths trana Mlssourl and Joint traffic cases, sav ing that no view was pressed In this rase that was not brought out In those two esses, under which he sup posed millions of dollars of property have changed hands, and that efforts unsuccessful hsd been made at everv ronirress to get the Sherman anil trust law amended. The trans-Missouri esse, he pointed out. Involved construction a to the scope and meanng of that anti-trust law. "Who was here to Instruct the court on that occasion We hoar s i,ond deal rbout the 'lump of reason.' We hear fht the time he come .when We sWt -rl ir the light of reason e-d !ee et tMs set: es -If the men of hnt av. feeshlv eft th" n'" of the Bet were moving shout In dsrV pn end die" "M 'tow what thev were de'nt or savin-." " KirniH lrTnniJh counsel 'n mmk.' end i"tr refenrltiT to fhi , herrn set. rM: Co:irt tlrverse tsolf. "Prorecutlons have been Instituted, and I suppose men have been convict. . ateA and sent t sent to Jail, under the antl. fi the coiWtrJclloh that tils court has given to It. "The court, In the opinion In this esse, says that this act of congress mfrj and embraces only unreasona ble reitrslnt of trade In flat contra diction to what this court has said fif- (ConMr.i'ed on Pge Slvl in SOPPBESSEO BT REBELS AFTER BUIIC ALL NIGHT Federal Force in City Sixty Miles From Capital Joined Rebels. TWENTY ARE SHOT PAi'lH'CA, Hidalgo. Mm., May IS. Pachuca, capital of Hidalgo, which last night was In th hands of rioters, who looted stores and saloons, was quirt tuntght unjer the guardianship rales Joined the rebel forces without firing a shot and marched around the plaza with their new co,nra.es, keep- Ing step to the blare of a cornet and shouting "Viva Madero" with great enthusiasm (Jen Mernmulez slate.l that his scouts had captured 20 fugi- Uve In the hills and executerl them ! No r.ne within the cilv was killed Pachuca is SO miles from Mexico field, secretarv ( the Ohio Butchers City, and Its occupation by a rebel ' nd Orocers' ass. .elation In conne--force Is regarded as slsnlflcant In the ' tlon with trading "tamp legislation. light of a statement from Ambrose i Fleuero that he Is ureparing to march ' on Mexico City. A detachment of i federal soldiers was started from Mex- ! ieo City for Pachuca this morning but the train was stopped at Tula by or-. ders from the wsr office. It Is thought ; 'that the government wished to avoid Dlooasneo Decause or tne excellent ; 0hance to restore peace by diplo- rnstic measures. Rioting started last night when H.fr.. h. th. f..rui t. ernor to leave the city. A force of hoys began breaking Pndows. Many men and a considerable number of women joined In the demonstration. WHAT BRYAN THINKS. TORONTO, Ont., Msy 1. W. J. Bryan, here on a lecture tour, said today regarding the Standard Oil de cision : "This decision la likely to make the trust on est Ion more of an Issue than it ha been In recent years. While on the face of it the decision seems a victory for the government It virtually amends the anti-trust l hm .- st ruing it to prohibit not all restraint of trade but only such restraint as the court after each lengthy litigation may decide to he unreasonable." ALL SORTS OF t a UPON DECISION OF SUPREME COURT Decision Narrows the Meaning of the Statute and This May Result in Furthzr Legis lation by CongressDemocrttts and Insurgents Are Not so Well Pleased .' Contrary to Expressed Views of President Taft WASHINGTON, May II Govern ment Washington .In ll Its branches- legislative, executive' and , Judicial gave over the greater pan of today to a discussion of ths Supreme court's disposition oftn Standard Olt as. Administration titlfkl. ' . Whl'e there was milch gratification In administration eifejes over the or der for the diatolutlun of the giant corporation, which bad been declared "an unreasonable combination and monopoly in retrtln(k of trad, ther unquestionably was some mlsglv. ing as to the1 interpretation of the anti-trust law - lva ta courts ths ngnt to aetsrmina net her or hot. monopoly wag' reaoitbl" and de claring a 'reasonable" monopoly Aot to ba (a contravevi'Mr-f the Statute, President Taft.Tno little-mora than a year ago. in a special message to congress declared that under Su preme court precedents there could be no such thing ns "reasonable" ami "unreasonable" restraints of trade, ur in other words, "good trusts" and "had trusts." was Bld today to have i been rsther keenly disappointed that ! the court should have seen lit to re- : whl1' wn reasonable restraint of verse Itself In this Important matter. I fl. Would be to put Into the hand President Tft message fre-i the courts "a power Impossible to ly quoted about the capital today and 'exercise on any consistent principle the Feemlng lmllrlty of his views as' hleh would Insure thn uniformity of to the scope of fte anti-trust law i decision essential to good Judgment, the view express-e.l by A!-oclati Jus- ! "" 'o throw upon the courts," he tice Harlan In his dissenting opinion j added, "a burden that they have no of yesterday attr.ic ted renewed atten- i precedents to enable them to carry, tlon to Justice Hurlan's position i!nl to give them a power approach outlined In his statement to the court, j Ing the arbitrary, the nhuse of Which JuHtlic Jlarlim IHiwciitcd. might Involve our Judicial system In Justice Harlan In Id that his brother dlpiister." Judges had no right to usurp the funo j As to the doctrine of "good trusts" tlons of the legislative branch of the j and "bad trusts" which the majority government bv writing into the stat- opinion of th court, as expressed by OHIO LEGISLATORS WERE AFTER THE REAL MONEY! Offered Their Votes for What They Could Get and Now Are Indicted. eoi.UMnrs n. May 11. -Sena-.vIYird, of Carroll H'Titatlve A. C!:irk i'e county, rcp'ii' i ntatlve Owen I. county, democrat, liy the grand Jury tnr Edgar T. '' county, and Hep ijr,yl,,ryt of l,"r' Hcans, snr Heprei Owens, of Stark were Indicted to.la for Drum on lui'c.r,. Crawford Is allege,! to hsve asked 1200 from V. II ''rook of SprinK- Xowery, against whom an Indictment I had previously be.-n returned on th evidence of detective,, i now cnnrg i with soliciting Jl'.OO from . V Moore, eecertary of the Ohio Mann facturers association for his vote n the nine hour dnv for women bill Oreii Is alleged to have solicited a urine ot mu ior ivu in local option bill. A$l the Indicted legislators enterc! their appearanc and gave bond of $.1,000 each. The trials of Indicted aasemblymen will begin next Thursday. WASHINGTON, May It.-Forecast: j North Carolina: generally fair Wed- neaday and Thursday; not much ; rbang i in temperature; lljjht variable I wtod , Out of a Clear Sky OPINIONS EXPRESSED ute a differentiation between "reason-ble"- and "unreasonabla." He de clared that congress had resisted all appeal to so amend the ct, and that there was every reanon to Believe that such an. amendment never could be put through the legislative branch Under these circumstances and In their extremity, treat aggregation Of Wealth applied to the court In ah effort to have It construe the law in Way that would be a flat reversal of what It had held on two previous ee.. caslons, . - . - Justice Hsrlen declined to be p party to such-reversal, and hence hit dis senting . opinion. Ha denounced ss "the. most alarmtnir lAniUnnu ha dar- thfc tendency to, Judlefat le'rfls-'! lation. Mei,f ways wer trying to get the courts to do what congress would not Pre-ldent Taft In his special mes sage to congress of Jen. 7, 1910, urg ing s federal corporation act, de clared mat to put the word "reason hl"" lnt" h anti-trust statute and ,hl, l""v ' '"f 'he courts to say THOUSAND PERSONS MADE SHELTERLESS 0, FLAMES Sleep on Hillside When Fire Destroys Cheap Shacks in Construction Camp. )IATTANOO(JA, Tenn., May If. Ah a result of a lire which raged for several hours tonight at Hales lUr, where the big kick and darn are be ing constructed, lwnly houses and two larne bull pens," places which he d hundreds of ihe employes on the work, have been destroyed and a thousand persons are sleeping out on the hillsides with no shelter. These employes lost all their goods and are left destitute and homeless. The hos pital and hotel were saved though ,,mv damaged Th buildings destroyed were of ha. cinstruciion ann irift loss win not exceed $40,000. The (Ire may de In operations until the burned house ' ran he rebuilt. ( II IU.l:l WITH AKKOX LKNOtrt. N '.. May 11... Post , Office Inspector leonsrd arrived Here ' today with an officer lit whose cue- I tod was Kot.ert 'ilaas MrooKs, native j of this county and formerly clerk In opinion of the Hupreme court of the the l i'Hi postoffce. charged with set- I'nltf.d states, the request of the Vlr tln (ire to the !riolr postofflce sev- , t;lnla dsbt commission for a confer- ral weeks ago. ( ;'ass Brooks, against enc, between the two states and hit whom the government claims It has reply to that request. eonvln, Ing evidence, was arrested yes- teday at t'hase City. Va. FRENCH CIUISKU HERE t'HAHLKSTOV. S. C, May 16. Kn voyage to Newport, ft. T., whence she will proceed t New Fotindland. the French cruiser D'Estrere. Captain Troulletf, from Prest, France, came, the French column were fiercely st int., this harbor today. Bhe was sa-i tacked by the other tribe. The luted by the guns of Forth Moultrie j as she steamed through the. channel. Official visits will h exchanged to- morrow probably. The L'riuere will 1 eave Sunday. & n n Chief Justice White, seems to have laid down. President Taft la hie me. ago written more than a year aald: . .' ..... VlHtlmninn Kot Practilte. ;. - in public. ' and especially the ousiness public ought to rid them. solves at the Idea that ucb a, dlsUnu- tion 1 practicable or can be Intro duced into the statute. Certainly un- wr me. present ntt-truat law no uch distinction exist." . Helylng uport ths former opinion or tne uprms eourt In the eo-ealled trns-Mlsourt; and joint traffic eases, the President aaldi "The Supreme tourt In several of it ascisions ha declined to read into "her "aS-ir'; -W;U. .'eMnabla' .lVTZP": 'toli "trade , on the arnuna mat inn sistute applies to all restraint and doe not Intend to leave to the. wiurt the discretion to deter, mine what a reasonable restraint or trade." The apparent reversal in the Stand ard Oil case of the court' decision on these former occasion formed the nasi of mucin of th discussion and peculation Indulged In here today. Although the president' Idea as to the "rule of reason" seem to be di vergent from those of th majority opinion and to coincide more closely with (he dissenting view of Justice Harlan. Mr. Taft was quoted by call ers today as saying: "I defer to the decision of the Su preme court; I am willing to take my law from It." Democrats Are) Disappointed, Democratic senator and represen- (Oontinned on Ige His) L West Virginia Governor Sends Legislature Special Message on Subject. fff A WjBHTON, W. Va., May HI "That candidates for office have been niiendlng large sums of money Ille gally and corruptly cannot be denied, I know that we cannot legislate Into tiie peoplt but we can have laws that will disfranchise those who corrupt thn electorate and no man should be permits to he the beneficiary of a I ABH,N,?T T " I 24 hours after the decision of th Stt crime committed by him against o- ,)r,m4. Pourt r lBe United Btate jre. clety." Bo declared Governor Wm, K. ' terday which revoked thf Jail genten fSlasacock In a special message to the!cs of Samuel Oompers. John Mltche ,,,.,,,, whrh POnVened In st.sclal .session today In which he pleaded for " enaciment a corrupt prince (act which will safeguard the ballot lt.- -.es of thl state. He charged that j elections and corrupted by primaries have been "X '" "w " '"'. Th go ernor Included certain data with reference to the status of the j v ir.,uia oeoi litigation, jne recenj i i MORRfK'CANH FKJHTTNfJ FRENCH RRL AIOL'N. Morroco, May l. The soc-tlon of the French relief col umn" under Lluet, Colonel Bauvois en gaged the rebels st Merada on Bun day. The rebel tribesmen lost 100 kill- ed am $00 wounded, Other parts of French drove off the enemy at th point of the bayonet. The column le proceeding to Fe to the aid of the heaelged cut" and French forces at the capttt . ELHCEGETS GATHERING OF THE E Cause of the Soutlv Is Ever lastingly Right Declares ' Dr. Cave In Speech ; f' ...'." V" -. . SPIRIT OF FRATERNITY KEYNOTE OF THE NATION At Same Time He Declares His Love for State Is Higher- '' Than for Country m'.. i LITTLE HOOK, Ark,, May", II. Greeting from President Taft, t which a mesrag (n hind will bit tent In response tumorroWi ' the , annual oration delivered by Or, II. C, Cave, of 81. Louis, th address of welcome and th naming or , the committee mad up today' proceeding f th reunion of United Cohfsderatf vet eran. t , ' j ' The address of deneral Jam T, Pmlth, commanding th Arkansas di vision, opening th convention, wst brief, He referred to th event ot th war of lltl-lt, the days of recon trucllon, th organlsstlnn of , th veteran and th il years' hist or)- of that organisation. After the Invocation by thf flew R, Lin Cava, chaplain general, tha trntted Confederate choirs led by Mr. J. Urirf Edwards, of JPnrtsinnuth, V gang southern songs.' Governor 'Donaghey,: of Aihtnsn. welcomed tha delegate on behalf of th state, Dr. H. H. Hsrtsog, ef ti e United Pons of Confederal Veteran , delivered id nd dress f welcome In th court of .which tht tsitetnb'v to fretjuent cheert by hit promise t th veteran that their descendant would keep gllv the' memories of .th wf. , ' Other speaker Included Prof. Ju. nine Jordan, In hehalf of th Arknn tat veteran; Mayor Chsrte K. Tay lor, of Mttle Rock, for the cltv, and Colonel Oenrg L. flssham,' row mender of Omor It. Wtsver, etrnu veverans, LIU foe. . ' Umt, Jordon's Itcpmi, To these addresses through which run th spirit of elvlq prld tnd de sir to socord honor to th ld "' dler. th reply was sntd - by, th tommanr-livchiefj tnernt ti. v, uonton, who prsiseil th clt)' for ij hospitality and tht manner in which tt offering hsd been accomplished, though attended, according to th speaker, hy personal ' Inconvenlen'- to whole temlllM. 'i ' Th appointment of : eommlttees and and announcement completed th first tension tnd after a rece of two hour, thn ' convention recon vened to hear tha annual oration. Quoting the Bcrlpturet gnd fthtkee pear a well, tt other poet, appeal ing tot history, as well to th con tltutlon of th United Htstss! citing tqch authorities a Daniel Webtr and totting forth what be termed "th principle on which th union wi formed by th ftbere wtt founded," fr. Cgve, finally declared, i t "I hold that th respontlbllltri of the wtr, with all the blood and trett. bra that It cost tnd all the desolation and ruin that If wrought, lastly restg upon Abraham Lincoln and hit tdvl. r." After paying a tribute to th 0ntlntsl on- Pmt Pour.) UBOR LEADERS MAY YET E OF Juustice Wright of District Court Immediately Be ; opens Labor Case. ' MAY FINE THEM. , 4,11 n() frnnk Morrison, president. ' . - th, (i,m : i i,ator in tltlfatlon against tn MUCS , I Htove and Range company of Mr ! Jutlc Vtrijihfot the Dlstlrct, Supreme court today began proceed logs anew for slleged . en tempt I against the labor OITICltlt wnien in Bupreme court held yesterday Wa punishable by fine only. Speaking ot me action oi justice w mm ioui, president (Somper salfrf "Justice Wright can go a fa a t. He will find we are not running ayvay not even from him.' Justice Wright, who Impoeed the sentence upon Henri. Compere,. Mitchell and Morrison, today appoint ed Job, J. Darlington, Daniel Daven. port and Jame N. Beffc counsel fof the Bucks Stove and Rang company, aa a committee to Inquire '"forthwith" Info the question of whether th la bor lender had violated the court' order. They were Instructed te re port - to the -court whether. In the opinion of the committee, the labor leader were; guilty of contempt i" violating tha tnjunetlon aealnst I n publication of o-ceile1 l. .it l t rn th American Fe ) - t. t , i . Stt organ of the f 0
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