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7 ''0 -t - i VOL. XVIII. RALEIGH, ISOIITH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1900.. NO. 15. fTATTTT CAUCASIAN. r p I Manhood Suffrage in Proposed Constitutional Amendment, I CLAUSE OF n Hi Quote Abundant ami Conclusive I I I.egul Authority to f!iow That Sec ; tloa o in Not Only I'nr aiiHti tutlomtl, I Hut That It Will Knll. Leaving The Kematnrler of the Amendment to Mnnd. If e Discuavti Judge Brown's Proposed Amendment and Shows I hat the Court Would Unquestion ably Ignore any Attempt of the Leg Muttiro tln Ir.ict It How to De ride This or any Ol her Oncstlon. He Brand the Charge of Negro Domlua tlon as n Stand or on the State. Other Feature or t:e Aineiidment I)ls-riiBsed.-llc jjay hat the Proponed Amendment Is Not Only Unconstitu tional and Oangerom to the Liber ties of Fifty 1hounnd White Men In North Carolina, Hut That It is iHshonest lu Its Method and Puts the fouth In a Fale Po.ltton. t " nt inuMt from l.i.t week.! II KIM. Y T!) SKNATOR MKX'ZRY. The V :.:ut.r from Louisiana (Mr. (McEnery) 1 hU wlvjle contention, an I understood him, nj, in the claim that portion ' did not. disn'rirnlnate ngnln-.t forim . rluv because tt (lid not exclude them suffrage; but . on the other hand. i.Vi.-li: ,lt'il ant:her class who had n;i ln;:n in fw ltud. His con ttntion. if I understood him. was that portion I, limiting; to an educational qualification end applying it tt all ircch alike, wn., of course, constitu tional (which everybody admit..), but that when taction, " comes along and confers a still wider 'Suffrage on ,t certain clasa none of whom wei ', hlave, that this inclusion, not being exclusion, Is not in violation of the fit- leant h amendment. I have heard one Y ther persons make the same Vrument; net 'ln.thla body, however, f. President, with all due respect to y nator, candor forces me to say H a thinner and more transparent .iierfuge, p. weaker and more untena i, argument, wns never advanced by jr lawyer In the court honse, even Jth the inott desperate case to tle kd. I take it that the distinguished iiator would not have the courage to rloudy make that argument before . e Supreme Couit of the United la tea. I Bui the Senator cite an authority r Is as follows: McKierson vs. Block (HO U. S., page 1). He quotes the Allowing: The ri?ht to vote Intended to bo pro cted refers to the right to vote as ;tabliahed by the laws and constitu "n of the Stae. There js no color for contention that, under the amend tit, every male inhabitant of tho late, being a citizen of thn United 'ates, has. from the time of nia ma irity, a right to vote for Presidential p etor-. quotes next from The State vs. nk ft al. (91! U. S. Reports ) as follows: this it appears that the right I suffrage in not a necessary attri- ! ltft of natim? il rltl i.mptlcn from di.sciimination i:i the frcise of that right on account of co, .etc., is; but it must be expressly 1 iTho only point that I could see that Ittembted to make bv this rit.it ion thaw i""rcveatel the words "ex- y avoiTeu. ut, Mr. President, the Senator's ' cvuLiiwiitj luuiaujn tiuutcimt luu 'uage with which to tiMwer his con- ntion. Is not the 'inclusion of a clas vto certain privilege which arc do led to another class as much a dis- imlnation as the direct exclusion of e said class? When there is a dl.s- iml'natlon In favcr of one clais there necessarily at the f ame time a tlia Imination against another class; and not this discrimination "expressly yen-el" in ectilon 5? The authority cittia Is an authority against his ntention. Of rrni rtu .t'S.i Vii.lt'-fil tr rw a,m man ijlypei'-ot confer the right to vote on iSfnyone. The States confer that right: ut the fifteenth amendment says that hen a State proceeds to confer that light upciii its citizens It filial! not Jhrtdge the nuffrage rights oi those Lho have been In slavery. Abridge- ent there can mpjn but on? thing. id that Is that the States shall net nfer lews suffrage privilege upon the ass of former alaves than upon Its her citizens. But if there was any ubt about this question, the Supreme ourt. in one terse sentence, lnterpret- Jjidlog the flfte !il"'Le of the U Wiettled it. 1 eenth amendment. In tho r'.ted States 3. Reese, baa That sentence is as fol- 1: ll If citizens of one race having cer H lln nuallfiftatlona ara nermitted bv to vote, those of another having I ame quAlincatlons must be. I . ' .. . . T. . 1 . . . t . .if jr.M U13 we tiuik 11 nviKm ii-o uiiic-i- - whether the discrimination ts by Icting directly the .suffrage prlv ; of another former slave or Indl- fVV J rmwi a'mpt like wi lllCI r; yet It is an abridgement within meaning of the fifteenth amend- 1 that ttc-es not put beyond all ques- u-lithe uncoufclltu-tionaMty of secMoa St) except to have the court tft call I section by name and apply the e words to It. t, Mr. President, I do not consider .'-cfjssury to analyze the argument of 'jfSb.la.tor from Ioukiana. even If it 'i Ue will remember that while the fli tor waa delivering the speech I in- pl iillil X.V 1V V fc-a Vii V. 1V1I7 . from the New Orleans Times ocrat of Friday, March 18, 1838, in v - . -tor strongly expressed HI GRANDFATHtR mm v UNCO ft u North Carolina and the THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT Kill: he same view that I now hold. The etter Is as follows: Washington, D. C, March 17, 1S9S. To the Times-Democrat: In 4V 3Y.'AM t ...... .1... . . t a. , i taj mat eeeiion i is grossly unconstitutional. I "have sub mitted the same to some of the ablest Democrats of the Senate, who are able constitutional lawyers. They all con cur In my opinion, that if adopted, the effect will be to lose our representa tion In Congress and in (the electoral vote of the State. S. D. Me EN BUY. The Sotnate will remember that when I n-sked the Senator If he did not write that letter and if i'ne wa.s not then, of the opinion that the amendment was "grossly u-nccDstitutlonar' he replied: Yes, sir, whe.a the constitutional convention was in sp!-ion I was tele graphed to know what was my opinion of this section 3. I replied to that tel egram that la my opinion it was un constitutional. I then received another telegram, after Us adoption, to know if. when it w'di attacked, I would de fend it in the Senate of the United Siates. To that telegram I replied that I would. So. Mr. President. I take it that the Senator's speech was simply delivered i'a response to that pledge to attempt J " defend the "grossly unconstitution- ; a I thing ifhis State should unwiselv I adopt it. i nr?Pt.V Tr epviTA.) nvi.- Tho Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Money), if I remember correctly, citfd only ouo authority in support of his contention that section 5 is constitu tional, and that was tho Mlslssippi rniia In 1 1 o in r. ,mi ii uic supreme. i..ourt sus- jainco tae constitutionality of the Mis M!"uni sunrage amendment; but the ..vv.,,,, yjL tulu t nt mat case i? not in the least in point, but applies to an entirely different constitutional pro- vision, vv nat does the suffra.2-Q nrovis ion of tin? Mis,'siippi constitution pro- viue; I happen not to have an official copv of tiie constitution of Mississippi, and this extract is taken from a magazine arucie. out it provides that On and after January 1, 1892, eery elector shall, in addition to the fore going qualifications, be able to read and write an:y section of the consti tlon of this State, ,or he shall be able to understand the same when read to him, or to give a (reasonable interpre tation taereor. Thi3 provision, as is readily seen creates no privileged class. It does not confer the right to vote upefn. one class and deny it to another, but it provides an educational qualiUcatlca which ap pnes to all classes alike. It is similar to section 4 of the proposal amend ment in North Carolina, which every- oooy uumit3 is constitutional. To mak the Mississippi suffrage provision like ine xortn Carolina amendment it would be necessary to add another sec tion following the section I have just reau, wnicn would exempt a class that is, taose who voted or who.se fath ers and grandfathers voted in 18G7 or oeiore rrom the provisions of the Mississippi constitution. But the Mis bissippi constitution contains no such provision. T,he court, in passing upon uie sunrage provision of the Mississ lnn( .mf-. A!...f. . iim Luuiciikuiion, wiatea mat it was clearly constitutional unless the S:ate court should so construe that provis ion or unless tts provisions should be administered in a way to violate the fifteenth amendment by denying the former slaves and their descendants the right to vote as conferred upon otehr citizens. In short, as the court said in WilLam.3 vs. Mississippi, in I Issing upon the same provision there wa j nothing unconstitutional in the terms of the Mississippi suffrage provision nor was there anything un constitutional in its legal effect. The court did not say. however, that might be construed so as to make it unconstitutional and tthat it might be administered "with an evil eye aud an unequal nana so as to make it uncon r,t.,:i n . Tv' -V-u ! r." " coun went on i ' ' . f"' w lue ad " was pre senited to the court did not show that cither 'had been done; therefore the court upheld its constitutionality. But how different with the proposed wireuuiuvm iu iorta Carolina, where tiie ..Mississippi educational provision is quaiifled ly section 5. In this case tne unconstitutionality of the "grand ia.iner section is apparent from its I terms when interpreted according to the rules I have referred to that is, in the light of tho history of the times and in view of the Jmmedlate and nec essary effect. So the Mississippi cases instead of being authority to fsupport section 3, are strong and direct author ity the other way. Mr. President, section 5 of fche proposed amendment can not be so construed or interpreted as to make it constitutional. It can not be administered so as to make it con- flltutlctoal. It 13 unconstitutLonal It aliancU on its face and by 1t3 neces sary effect, by every rule of construc tion that the court baa ever followed. REPLY TO SENATOR MORGAN. When the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Morgan) delivered Oils speech on this question, I sat near him and paid the closest attention. On account of his reputation as a constitutional law yer I was very anxious to hear him and curious to 'enow what kind of ar gument the oould advance or what (hitherto undiscovered opinion of the Supreme Court he could adduce to maintain the constitutionality of &uch a thinly veiled subterfuge as section 5. But for once. I was doomed (to disap pointment when listening to the Sena tor from Alabama. He did not at tempt seriously to discuss and argue the constitutionality of section 5. Clearly he Is too wise and too good a lawyer to put 'himself on record with argument that would not bear the test of analysis and comparison with de cided cases. So he contented himself wMi ex pressing ian opinion that the Mississ ippi cases applied to section 5 and then devoting all of the remainder of his speech to a discussion cf the dan gers of reconstruction and using high sounding phrases about the. magnitude of the difference between the Anglo Saxon and the "African.'. The- r-ame Is true in this respect of the sfpacehes of 1 the othtr two Senators. Woat legal argument they essayed Co put forth seema to Indicate that they are influ t nced more by their desires and hopes than by their Judgment. Their speeches would no doubt be fitting la a campaign where "nig-ger" was to bo the slogan and race prejudice must ba aroused-in order to prevent the calm and deliberate consMeraticin of argu ment and to banish reason and to en throne In 1U stead passion and preju dice; and, whether so intended or not, this will be the chief use to which their speeches will be put In the com ing campaign in North Carolina. But I submit that such a discussion of the difference between the Anglo-Saxon and the African does ant seem fitting in the United States Senate when a greaJt legal and constitutional question Is under consideration, and surely, their authors could not expect such speeches to be listened to with much patience should they attempt to deliv-; er them before the greatest and ablest couift in the world while this constitu tional question was being considered j far adjudication. WHAT THE LAW JOURNALS AND GREAT CONSTITUTIONAL LAW- YERS SAY. j Mr.' President, the fldontlnn 'of this i novel scheme of attempting to evade the fifteenth amendment in Louisiana' and the proposed attempt in Nortn Canolina has attracted a great deal of attention from the legal profession and the law journals. I have a my desk the Harvard Law Review of De cember, 1899, which contains an able and thoughtful article toy Amasa M. Eton on this queJtlon, to which I have already referred. After reviewing the whole question at length from a legal standpoint, he contends that the court must necessarily declare section unconstitutional. He himself ex presses doubt as to the wisdom of tho adoption of the fifteenth amendment, but calls attention to the fact that this ft.s nothing whatever to do with the constitutionality of the proposed suf frage amendment. A numler of other law louiiaals have i discussed It, and &o far as I have seen not a single cne haa attempted to up hold its constitutionality. I have, a copy of the currenit number of Law Notes, with a comment upon th? speech delivered by my colleague, in which the editor takes the same posi tion, he editor also cites the opinion of Mr. William D. Guthrde, of the New York bar, as a good constitutional au thority. Mr. Guthrie was one of tha distin guished lawyers associated with Mr. Choate 4n arguing the income tax cases before the Supreme Court, and is re cognized as one of the ablest constitu tional lawyers in the United States. In his law lectures on the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, he refers to and discusses Sao constitutional amend meiit of Louisiana, and the proposed one in North Carolina i3 like t- Ho declares, commenting upon section 5. the "grandfather clause," that it is a travesty of constitutional justaca" I do not put my hand just now upon the extract from Mr. Guthnle's lectures, in which he declared the proposed consti tutional amendment is a travesty of constitutional justice, but I will ask permission to put It in my remarks. The matter referred to is as follows: This travesty of constitutional jus tice oug'ht to be brougfot to the test in the Federal courts at the earliest pos sible moment. If such a provision can be sustained as within the power of the States to regulate the qualification of voters, the result ought to be the dlminutiota of Louisiana's representa tion in Congress and in the electoral college in proportion to the excluded negro vote. Ex-Senator Edmunds, who is recog niized as one of 'the. greatest, if not the greatest, living constitutional lawyers, has declared section 5 of tha Louisiana amendment unconstitutional, and he is aUo of the opinion that section 5 would fall and Uit the remainder of the amendment would stand. But I will discuss that feature of the question in a few minutes. In this connection I also call atten tion to the recent action of the Georgia legislature in vot'ing down a similar amendment by the overwhelming ma jority of 137 to 3. In the debate the members took the position that section' 5 was not only unconstitutional, but that it was an unmanly isubterfuge, was unjust and wa.s not necessary. I have condensed the debate on this question before the Geofgia legislature, as published in the Atlanta papers, and will ask permission Ito put it into the Record as part of my remarks. I ask permission to put the extracts from that debate in my remarks be cause I think the Senate and the coun try ought to. see the argument, the le gal opinions, and the doubts expressed that influenced the Georgia legislature in repudiating this dangerous uncan did, and unmanly scheme. THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND MENT DISCUSSED BY THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. The Atlanta (Ga) Constitution of November 29, 1899, g'iving a report of the legislative proceedings said: ""The only voice raised in defense of the measure was that of its author, who made an able, though ineffective argument, wihile naif a dozen leading members of the House took the floor1 in protest against the passage of the bill, which they pronounced an open and admitted discrimination against one class of citizens in the State. After the previous question had been called. shutting off debate on the issue," an ef fort wa3 made to lay the bill on the table, paitly out of deference to its author atod in view of the stubborn op position with which it met, as well as the certainty that it would meet defeat if put on its passage. The main line of opposition to the Hardwick bill brought out in debate was against the grandfather clause. "Mr. Copeland, of Walker, addressed the chair. He said: 'If I properly understand this measure, it is radical, unjust, and unfa'ir. I am in favor of no amendment to,ithe contsitution or change in the law that does not meet with the approval of the qualified vot ers of the State, and I am satisfied that the people- of Georgia would not and never have given thek- approval to so radical a change as this. No one ap preciates more than I the deplorable condition of the ballot In our State to day, but I submit that this measure is l not the proper one to work the change so much needed. I wish to remind the House that for every one who sells his vote there is one who buys it, and the wrong in dne case is as great as in the other.' Mr. Copeland proceeded to make an able presentation of the rea sons against the passage of the meas ure, and was once interupted by loud applause. "Mr. Harrison, of Quitmanv declared the proposed measure harsher in every respect than any reforra bill ever en acted Into law in any f the Southern States except Louisiana. He said: 'In .Mississippi some educational qualifi cation is imposed by recent enactment, II 1 0 Points Out The Dangers Behind The Constitu tional Amendment. HE I'J II I Illiterate White Voter Will Be Robbed of His Right to Vote, and Put on a Plane Lower Than the Town Negro and "Spider-Legged" Dude True Democrats Against Ring RuleHe Stands For Manhood Suffrage? and the Rule of the People. The Cauca&ion clips the following 1 extract from a recent speech from Hon. D. M. Luther, a democratic lawyer of Ashc-ville. Mr. Luther is President of the Zeb Vance Clubs of Buncombe county, and is cfr.e of the most prom inent and active Democrats in western North Carolina. In his speech he said: j "The question that is now before the j people of North Carolina, is on in which all citizens, without regard to r .:tAn rt i race, color or previous iwumuu u j servitude, feel the greatest interest of itny question that has come before the people of this State since the declara tion of independence at the city of Charlotte on the 20th day of May, 1775. It is a question which involves the freedom of every citizen of the State. Ths right of suffrage which is be queathed to u by our forefathers has been invaded, and a strong effort is being made, and will be made until our next election, to rob us of the priv ilege of casting our votes as freemen, and co filch from us the rights which cost the blood of sa many of our.noble ancestors. TAXATION WITHOU REPRESEN TATION. ' Our forefathers declared that taxa tion without representation was tyran iny but Lord North amd his administra tion declared that the edict must be consummated which "lost to England the American colonies and laid the foundation of the greatest government now on the face of the globe. Now we who have inherited the blessing of this atter the lapse of one hundred and thirty years, declare .the same truth that taxation without representation is tyranny, and we are willing to make any sacrifice in order to defeat the amendment now proposed to the State constitution, and to perpetuate the rdgiits of free suffrage guaranteed to every citizen by the constitution of the United States. WOULD DISFRANCHISE VEERANS. "I see before me tonight many vete rans wrho went forth in the dark days of 1860 and 1361. to figh for those prin ciples that you believed to be right and just and in the defense of your homes and firesides, and for your own Sunny South, and we were willing to lay down your lives, and many of you to day on account of pour patriotism at that time are unable to "read and write any section of the constitution of North Carolina," as is prescribed in article fourth of the proposed amend ment, and therefore, if such amend ment is carried, will be disfranchised and placed upon the level of a convict felon. I call on you young men, the sons of these veterans, to remember whose sons you are and whose inher itance you possess, to go to the ballot box and cast your votes to defeat the measure tnat would bring shame and disgrace on your fathers amd your neighbors and your own native State. BOOK EDUCATION NOT EVERY THING. "They tell you no white man will be disfranchised under this amendment, but if section. 5 is declared unconstitu tional by our national Supreme Court then the white man ajd the negro are placed upon the came plane of an edu cational qualification, and in, our tum ble opinion, In western' North Carolina there will be at least three white men disfranchise! to one negro. And again, the man who Is a freeholder, and who owns anywhere from $4,000 to $10,000 worth of property, and pays taxes on the same, but who Is unable to read and write any section of the constitu tion, will be disfranchised; while the 'spider-legged dude,' who does not own a dollar's worth of property In the world, and is indebted for the suit of clothes that he wears, and owes hi3 landlady a board 'bill, but who can iread and write, will be protected in his right to vote. The-hoary-handed son of a toil,' who earns his Hying by the sweat of his brow, and who pays his honest debts, is robbed of his 'vote polely because of Ihis lack of book edu cation, while the educated negro and dude will be allowed to vote over him. A FOLLOWER OP VANCE. "I believe in the grand principles of Democracy as laid down by Jefferson advocated by Jackson, Tllden, Bryan and Vance; in the motto of njjfjversa! suffrage to all and special privileges to none. If there is any Democrat "here to-night who can show me by one word or sentence ever uttered or writ ten by our great states man, hero and patriot, Z&bukxs E- Vancp. dVooatiitg the disfranchisement of any citi2en of North Carolina, I will then support the amendment. Although the Hds of Vance are now - forever silept, - his Mil II teachings of universal suffrage will go ringing down the grooves of time, awaking thrills of patrioiical devotion in the breast of every true son of the Old North State, "But, my friends, I dont believe in the Democracy of Benjamin R, Till mam and his associates, who advocate contraction of suffrage to a limited few, and the placing of the power of the ballot in the hands of a Bourbon aristocracy. TRUE DEMOCRACY. "I ask you tonight, my friends, what Democracy means? If its tme meaning isn't a government of the people and for the people, confen-ing the greatest good upon the greatest number of its citizens? And I contend tonight if this, constitutional amendment is adopted, that we will not have a Democratic form of government In Noi'tli Carolina, because the franchise will be limited to a minority of the quaiifled voters of the State, and that the clicks and rings of each ofhe political parties will ma nipulate and control the affairs of the State and county absolutely Independ ently of the votes of our people. May that (hide from me the day that condi tion shall envelope my own native State. If it oornes, the freedam and liberty which our forefathers fought bled and died for, and which they be queathed to us, their children the rich inheritance of political freedom will (have become as "soundling brass and a tinkling cymbal,' and we will bo owned and controlled by political tricksters amd charlatans." MAKING WAR IMPOSSIBLE.' Revolution Wrought by tne .Magazine Rifle, Smokeless -fowder and Artillery. The invention of the magazine rifle was the beginning of the end of war. The modern rifle is not only more rap id but it has greater precision and wid er range. It has a range from three to four miles, and this Increases its ef fectiveness immensely, lu the last great war it was necessary to sight the rifle high no that it bad no effective ness between the muzzle and the point where It approached the ground again; the modern rifle missile proceeds at the same distance from the ground for more than a mile, and will kill or wound any living thing it strikes in Its course. At a near range it will go through a file of soldiers. The rifle of to-morrow will be forty times as of":,r- tive as the Chassepot of the Frauct- Prussian War. With this rifle a soldier can carry rive hundred and seventy-, rive cartridges where he carried only eight3'-four with the old style. The invention of smokeless powder lis equally important. It demolishes the screen behind which human beings have fought and died. Every soldier in the fighting-line will see with fright ful distinctness the havoic being made in the ranks by the shot and shell of the enemy, causing an immense strain upou the nerve and morale of the army. An army on the march, without hearing anything, will be apprised of the proximity of the enemy by seeing men drop, killed and wounded. There will be nothing along the whole line of the horizon to show whence the death-dealing missiles come. The artillery branch of the service has made even greater advance. The French gun of to-day Is one hundred and sixteen times as effective as that In use twenty years ago against the Germans. By. the use of range-tinders a great saving in time and in ammuni tion has been effected. While the range has increased, the explosive power of the projectiles has enormous ly developed. It is "estimated that If a force of ten thousand men, advan cing to an attack, had to traverse a distance of one and one-half miles un der the lire of a single battery, the bursting of shells thrown by that bat tery would scatter two hundred and seventy-five thousand bullets in frag ments over the line of advance. Ar gonaut. Bound to Depart. San Francisco Wave: A youthful Stockton man rushed to catch a river boat for San Francisco, but was about two minutes ' late. The steamer was six feet out as he reached the dock. He swung his grip aboard and, jump ing, caught a rope and a post and held fast. Every one imagined he had fallen in. Tne captain, peering over the side, saw his intrepid passenger. "Here, you," he shouted, "by Jimlny crickets, don't you ever do that again!" The passenger had hauled himself aboard by this time, and, turning, a look ol scorn at the captain, said; "What do you think I'm going to do jump bacr and try it over?" A few years ago the Koreans came irk Washington in the auaintest of Ori ental garbs, from which they never de viated, wnnler tne ivorean Minis ter is making the afternoon social i rounds In a Prince Albert and striped trousers. TREATY 1EP01HD To the Senate Pension Bills In the Moils. SENATE. Sixty-seventh day. The Senate com. T1tx OQappropriatkm authorised a favorable report oa the House MIL pro Tiding that the revenues collected frora Porto Rico be expended in that Island. The bill wa amended toub Include the money collected to January 1. 1900. The clause of the bill authorizing the refunding of future revenue collections was stricken out. Sixty-ninCJh Day. The Stuito com- j miuee on foreign relations reported the Hay-Iiunotfote treaty to tha Senate with an amendment reserving the right to Of fend the canal In case of war. The amendment merely place limitation upon the restriction in ar ticle 2, and is oa follow: Insert at the enU- of 6ecUon S of article 2, the following: "It is agreed, however. that none of the Immediately foregoing conditions and exipu rations in- sections numeral 1, 2, 3. 4 and S of this xrtkl? shall apply to measures which the Uni ted States may find it necoss" to tike for securing by it own fcoxehe defence of the United States and th maintenance of public order." The concitislcQ to re port the treaty with this amendment was reached af ter a session of the ooanmltteo, la wnich Sentiitor Morgan very strenuous, ly opposed the amendment. He was, however, the only Senator la opposi tion. Senators- Bacon and Daniel, the other Democratic members of the com mittee, vctinig with the Republican members for the amendment, an'd then for a resolution to report. Seventieth Day. While tho Senate had dipl'om-aiUlc an! consular appro- PTlaticn bells) unier consideration a lively debate was predpitated 'by an amendment proposed by Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts, proposing to give Form er Quefen Liliuok&land of Hawaii $20, 000 and laa annuity of $10,000. The. amsnxiixisntt was tattled finally without division. Ttie pending bell was paasedj wit-h a few minor amendments. The re-malm?sr of the e6sion- was de voted to eulogies of the late Monroe L.' Haywaird, who as elected Senator from Nebraska, but died balbre the opening of the present session of Congress. HOUSE. Sixty-seventh day. The death of Representative Harmer, of Pennsylva-' rda, "the Father of the House," cast a deep gloom over the House. Although he was known to be in feeble health, his death came as a shock to his col leagues, by whom he was universally, beloved. Mr. Harmer was the oldest member of the House, both In length of service and of continuVi service, and was, therefore, entitled to the distinc tion of the Father of the House. As such it was his duty to swear in tho incoming Speaker at the opening of each Congress, and this was the occa sion of his only appearance in the Houes this season. Sixty-nlntli Day. The first day pen sion session of the House provided for. j under (the new rule proved a eucccss. j I Here was conrparatnvely little fric tion, and 97 bills were favorably acted upon in committee of the whol an I snibsequently passed by the House. The only iacident was a brisk ex change between Mr. Loud, of Califor nia., and Mr. Sulloway, of New Hamp shire, upon the general policy of spe cial pension legislation, in which the former attacked and the latter defen ded the system. " When it was (moved that the House go Into committee of the whole to con aMer privtaite pension bills. Mr. Tal bert, of South Carolina, true to his announced plan, made the point of n- quorum. The Speaker was unable to count more than 116 members present and the doors were closed and a call of the House ordered. The presence of 218 members- resulted and the commit tee began its proceedingj. Mr. Loud, in n-ls remarks, asserted that 95 per cent, of the special bills passed by Congress should raver ihave been favorably cocsiderod. All of Chens had been rejected by the Pension offce. S. venLleith Day. The hour agreed to tnke ug the bill providing a govern ment ir Hawaii of April 3. the final roi)5 to b3 taken of April 5, at 1 p. m. Ooni-ldcratioc of the Wise-Youn e!ec tion e&nteet was resumed and occupied the remainder of the session. THE BLACK WALNUT, Ont of Fashion la This Cooitrr, bat Earepe Is Esjer For It The great size often reached by this tree, the richness of the dark-brown wood, the unique beauty of the gralt, sometimes found in burls, knots, feath ers, and In the curl of the roots, all conspire to make this the most choice and high-priced of all our native woods says a writer in the Berea Quarterly. Twenty-five years ago walnut was etxenslvely used In the manufacture of fine furniture and finishings in this country, but manufacturers adroitly drew attention to the beauty of darkly stained quartered oak, and the use of the rarer wood has greatly declined. But all this time the search for fine black walnut logs has gone on system atically, thought quietly, the trade at- 'traeting little attention, though the volume of lumber handled has been large. Though found to some extent In the Atlantic States from Massachu setts southward, the great source of supply has beeu the central portions of the Mississippi valley. The walnut Is j at home In the rich alluvial bottom ; lands of the Western streams and In the stony limestone soils of the hills and mountains, and in such localities the buyers have left few trees nnsur veyed. Throughout Eastern Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas, as "well as tbe States along the Ohio and Its tribu taries, may be seen a few loss at this little station, a car or two at that, with carefully hewn sides and painted end ready for the market. If you ask where the market Is you will find that the great bulk of thls rare lumber goes to Europe. While we hare been led Into an en thusiastic admiration for fine oak, stained according to the degree of an tiquity it is supposed to represent our European cousins have been paying fancy prices for tbe rich black walnut that we have allowed to go "out of fashion." Tie "Boston Journal puts it in thit ray: "Congressman eject Uobeita rill return to his families. KENTUCKY IS AGAIN Difljcronsly Near the Vcrre cf Chlf Conflict. BOTH PA1TIES GROW BELLIGERENT Taylor and Peckhsm Each Order Out the Militia State Mouse Qnum4$ Again Surrounded With Troops. Frankfort, Ky.. ftpeliL The i.u tAon (here fuses reach! point rf ex- cuement alam apppooaiikn; that of ,the Rtimag tin iaimedLatcfy follow. 4nc tb aaeaifttln-nlon of Goebf-I. The TvLoefjUtrmmt of the military pjwer .'a complete cotxrol cl the State rxvut'r buiriER and the nrvu-l of tle military auihuritleH to allow the krul pz'J-s and civil officers to eocer the buiMinj iVr tho purpOHe of arrewtins: STvtirj of State Caleb Ien ard Cape Joui. W. Darts, eh-argr-d tn being acc--oories to the Goo1m- assaivrlnaUoa, a si the probability of a conflict bvuem tho civil ncd m:Ltiry authorities hzj made the eCi-aiSHon lookaei loua Sutur-j day anomin? Olty Marshal Rk!hardon J anolled t th rri tn.n.i , ni domaaied to be aJn:ktcd for the p.r. pose of arrcecing Powers and lUvu. but wus turned lack and tho a arran s wre then turned tvt to Sheriff Su:e?. ! Tho latter idso p;end hladf at j tho exccutilve buChLas and dcmatdc-K admictanre. lis was rrmed by th! - - ..... fa-.r.4W, I t2 latter being found, said: "I ant sorry, Mr. Sheriff, but It ts against Cw. Taylor's ordtrs to let any one Inu the building." SLerlff Suiter thco. Lteld a consul: Hon with County Attorney Iangrovc, Commonwealth Al'jurncy Franklin and other officials. Meantime the iiollce force bail been doubled anl a detail gutamded c&h of Che entrances to th State House grounds to prevent th men waxCted from escaping. At the conference between the officials it wa decided that the (fieri ff tvhuuld rum moa a large rettrvo crve. of (Kptitles, to be colled' into use In tho evcr.t It was Oenldei to attempt to enter the building by furv? to make iha arrtxV a, and in puratance of this, tiie shtclfl eworein CO men, who were sUUonel In the ncighborhooi of tho sheriffs offi (Luring the afternoon. Sh-r;lT Subt made antather atteraiA to ec an u tEence with Gov. Taylor n tiie after raooni init was unsuocuful. Ine sticee'ts were fairly blocked w ith p?oy5 in the vicinity of 1he State ll u, Lu! thero waa no open demons a tivn, though it was evident that the popu lace was on the ride of tbe civil au thorities. At 3 o'clock Sheriff Sutcr, bavins fa fled to get any rt of unW standing with the military cuthorltlej as to the Gcreet of the pir;ici. .jb- a. - M ai . r- a . . . micico (.no qiieKiu.ua o aeotuci-auc uui, ( Beckham to decide to what extent the civil officers thould go to gain ad mittamce to the bullling for the pur pose of anakirg the arrests. It is said that Itnocrttic Gov. IWk ham will noC give an answer to Sheriff Suter'a request for in&trufilona l4 Rxnetlme kater la the week and aUne the escape of Powers sad Davis h may decide that the changed cocditloni of affairs does cot necessitate the gi- hfl" aff 'HCt T- laf CiT1 sTsTl Vl 1 hi. tttlTt The avu va a aaaw van. vivhh vata, aa.v a-- m Triplet rcaoIutkni authorizing :ns expenditure cf $100,000 in arming am equipping a State guard under Hot. Beckham and Adjt. Gen. Cattleman, will come up in the house Tueadiy, an it is told that Cor. Beckham baa ! ternxlziied to wait until after the boa sasje of the messure, when, if me i wanted by civil officers were acill Uir rlcaded In the State hiri, he w oall call on Adjt. Geni Ca&tlemaa ual au thorize him to muster in enough met to take th'd prisoners. Since the t cape of Powers anil Davis, h the con!-'J!oaa have changed, ar. 1 wibat will be done now depend alto gether unon- their ifuture ci.vemfnt. The events of the day served to ph'K very forcibly that the State guard 4 j at present organized Ioea not unan'-, "mously recognize Taylor as governor j Lieut. Sharks refused to musVr in :ti i London company in response to a tcleV gram from Gdv. Taylor ordering lira to .brintg the company here, and tie Lexington companfes also refused. Maj. Robert Kenedy of one of tbs Lexington companies, came here and personally tendered to Gov. Bet-khan the services of the Third battalion o! the Second regiment. Ho aso state that 50 men are guarding' the com. pany's armory and will reoocnixe only Beck&tam as gwroor. No Chromoa With Cigarettes. Washington, D. C, Special. Com missSoner Wilson, of the internal rere nrue (has decVffled to proceed against the -aaanuacttarerB of tobacco and cigar ettes who violate seotloa 10 of the act of July 24, 1897. This section pro hibits placing In or connecting; with packages of smokicg tobacoo aod fine cut ctbewicrg and cigarettes and article or thing wbateJoeveT other than the inanruilacturer's -wiapoe: amd labeia. and excludes all gifts, prtzes, prem iums, etc. or orders for the sun, To day the cooacniasioner sent telegraphia Insanactiom to collectors of iaXernal revenue that Oris act must be strictly observed. British Lasses, lxxotoo. Br Cable. The latest offi cial figures of casualties In South Af rica, rfaow thct the British total !a killed, wounded asd nrlssing is 1I.C34 to which about 70 ere stddafcle. Ac cording fro che latest official figures, cf &63 officers and 7,108 men wounded, only 347 died. Axd of a total of 2.K4 deaths only about 800 were due to dis ease. Queen's Visit Ended. Londbra, By Cable. Queea Victoria brought her visit to London to a close Saturday evening and returned to Wln3or aiUer an Inspection of two bafJtalitJQS of the guards. 'TLTOughout the day vast cwwds gathered outalde BockirG'lram palace and along the ad Tjertfeel route t the railroad station, and when, the royal carriage finally started for Hyde perk.- ot Its way to Pttfidlngton. the enthueiasni broke out tnto cheers, wtioh almost waa tm bxoksB tsxd hsj traja deyJlyX N02T0 STATE ITt.HS. Tbe Court ef Fv.ats 'tm flarroy to Maateo. The irvn tu!n rlllax for saore ne fhe wonderful W el'Yt&eal "f the gld ly fields and ta.Drl ortw-tira la zarty court!, sad the s;rl ssmtt of ruttoo lull! rmiduye add! U Cho eoaautuitif topulti.m la ireetcr North tifvl fc tb orfialcf jrr. all r.Ire prv"CiLc it a r-eUr ltorrse4 ! paADd f r frm rd-.Kts. especially th small by-irliMt. iu h a tulirr. fni!t. tiivWa truck, tail, butter. te ut lartreT W hun-ue the sis jlwlr ptnliry yards and emteud tb toundar.t-s of tbHr urrhsrd afid far I'cti thu tprtas: m.U nuke n mistake. lo-cSI-l .m!l farm! ex U sure to jnfi table in sctra North frx4lns. A nr:Teiiotdrnt ar.tloc to the At lvnt Jotwttsl frvra Charlotte h'eMrrdsy afterxx"n a Al--klenlMirc frmr eold to a Charlotte buyer bls of rottita -f t!ie crop of Lhh he bad frt.r4 In a bars -e.-alnre. He rrteived m.ts pec pound fur :de. the bsJ acarrcaUac 07r. This tracasrtkjQ furnUbe m taais 1jt aa lateretl&c calculation. n the (rutin tits. If t!i ta ot thaa tuirktttd hU 20 tU-a tjn co te,! in 75 he twuld have ree!d 17 cents p- jiound fur It. or atut S1.3&I. as the prlcj In S".m rarl fnm II X-14 tJ 1TJ-2 crt.t: had he received his f 1.134 at C rr c nt. It er-t and saved tha irmceds he uld now have uiethlac I ke $2.U0 as the tK r-ult f njrrL tlEi? 20 biles f i.n. Tbua it Is seen that In this raate It did ar t pay to "hold fotida." en (hunch tt) Ion had la euttaiferd la rll;!. whb h. hoe-r. would smouet bJ con fiderable In 25 yrara. The farmer' actual lota u aliout :0. Adjutant G-teral Itoyster b:i b Washington this week to unr.e with other National Guard officers la s-ectir. ing tbe ?mfndme.at cf the nillltia law of 1H95. which will give t. the entity National Guard of the riun!ry fl.WW. 000 a year In ordinance and quarter master's a:ores. TLU w.Il clre Nrt!t Carolina about $V).ot. If the amend tnert la adopted the Guard In this State will be put in the (-ry b-t shape. This state outfht to hsve almit 4,000 Gusrdmnt aad naval tn1l:tla. always ready for a State of national call. Rutherford and Cleveland countle are enjoying a small mining lm which promises larare results. J. W. Johnston, of Washlnrton, c. 1. act ing for a IVnn)lvsnia company, la working the ld Monarch srll tuln. five milaa sKith of Rutherford. A Mr .Herron, of Trenton. X. Is crying to F-rure control of t!w Allen mine. th old Leod's gold mine. Tbe Hoocler gold mlno Is worklnar and tbe uouai'U operation are InrreaJng Judge Walter Clark's flue biik hotel at lUdLVa wtaat trurnci Ttxmlay morning at about 2:20 oVlork and th bulldlcg and moat of the. content ar total 1 o see. The hotel v. as a rpleadid taree(,tory brick rtrwture. and cost $14,000 to build. It la staid that Jndg Clark dJd not harvw a &.j(iar of Insur ance on it. The nous waa lej4 ty Mrs. M. A. Slater, who niduiied It Mia MollJe Little, of Mace. Meck lenburg county, took laudanum a fw day ago and dlfd. XKsaprtinUueot In love, rather unreqult'd live., was the cause. A young man who hid forika hr married an ae eu-ie sua hour after her death. Khe knew th wedding was to be and decld! to die. Tho Sloan Clothing Company. f i B-stesTlIle, with a cap'taj of $7-fK las granted articles of lnmriKrar.ou ffXrrdiy. Tts Itr,iratrw ere J. t. !oan. B. If. Adama, IL L 1'Jt.tori and J. J. Snellen. There la a plan on f jot to orrsr.i a Wf0rm Norh Carol Ira bsru errn s lifting of teams from CJharktfte, Ojt crd. Stateavllle and KalLdmry. It i the purpoae of the promoters w Li I he teams are organized and the lect formed to give each cliy repr9nted two ganvix of ball each wek. The mining IntTeats In Greenville tvA the adjolalcg count lea aaoiiminx large proportions. A large capw.all named Durges Sjaa bought be eld Tan ey mine and Maj.r J. T. Yanrr'e borne place of IX) acr at a M price and is putting In th moift ap proved mining machinery. Oaford eader. Laft week Mr. J. W. It.cc! 1, roana. fer of tbe Cumberland county .lUno ary. paid over $1J"0 esh to the, t-hy if Fayetbvllle and the county of Ctttn lrlaDd. It was only last January that ie made a similar payment. Fr.yettt llle Observer. The News Wjra hit the mrftinsi for the K'W coffin factory at Cbarloda fcas tscrlTt'S a&l the fartcary will soot be la op or all ca. The pine lumber men of Easters North Carolina hare a pan eat. Oo who lately tad a little raw mill now o-ns 14 curh mills, all of Piich are If operatjoa. and it is said hi ixt ts. come X37V cxm 3ua $'-9 a day. On man lately bought a timbrr trart Vx $12,000, sold It for $1C,000. and In tea days St was resold for $28,000. Mr. Will B. Snow and Mr. Homes fVheex- have bco&ht the bake worhj K CapC W. f L Enow sc Iflgh Paint and fornxxl a wto.-k company with s capital of $10,000. The offiorra of On osnpaotr will be Mr. W. B. Scow president: Mr. C A. Snow, rice pread dent and Mr. Homer Wbeakr, seers tary and treasorer. The laet of tCae rail for the Cheraw- Colunrhea link of the Seaboard Ail Line ia tsefesr carried downs and tbe track Hying will be completed rn s day or two. Regular trains will likely be running tfercogCi to Columbia wrttn In the zseat tx wveks. Wllmlncton ta diacnsswng t&e fpraces c ability of orga&izinar a shirt asd crthu factory wiXh a capXil roek of $2G,00C or $0,000; commenoinc traslcess wii $20,000 or f?.OG0 end drsrwicaT os stockholders for balance as cctosjOs wou4d demand. The Greensboro Record says that while tryCss a case la a magistrate f court Spencer B. Adams and John X Barrinsr. counsel on oppcolts ssdes nearly came to blows and lusft to b separated by Constable Weatherly. E. B. Ctixre, Esq.. of Hickory, is Candida for the Democratic smnina tion for Judge In the Tenth Jodie!' district. Mr. W. A. FoS. of Coocord. has bocght the Sparkling Cucmwba. Sprtng this year and wiQ conduct U lj first CU& ae1v , ! i r'5.-
