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Vol. ' IX.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY JULY 25. 1901.
No.,32
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LETT RS OF
THE PEOPLE.
JV DEMOCRATS TRIED TO
PREVENT FREE SPEECH
IX NORTH CAROLINA
IN AUG. CAMPAIGN.
A LETTER FROtt HON. I.N. EBBS.
A Hull h Beea leetltated la LoaUlaaa
untestlea- the Validity of the Lai
A inondoMot to the Coaatltatloa of That
Mtt To be Mad a Teat C
The Constitution of the United
Htatt Mayer "Congress shall make
no laws respecting an establishment
of religion, or prohibiting free exer
i luc thereof, or abridge the froedom
of Hfieoch, or . of the press; or the
riht of the people peaceably to
M(MiiMf, and to itltIon the Gov
ernor for a redress of grievances
Amendment!, article , page 628 of
the Code, Vol. 2. Aud In the pre
hidI.Im to our state conHtltution,
civil, political and religious liberty
in aillrmed, and It is stated, "for the
nior certain Hecurlty thereof and
for the letter government of thin
tte, onlaln and establish this con
Htltution.". Page 678 of the Code,
volume 2. Ho that we have some
constitutional guaranty in respect to
lilerty of speech whether civil,
IMiUtical or religious; and in this
"connection the most pertinent and
prominent questloas would seem to
le, what is political freedom? What
is HU'rty of speech? Political free
dom embraces in broad terms the
right to exercise unmolested all the
rights and privileges of an American
citizen guaranteed by the funda
mental law of the United States,
and of the state, not inconsistent
therewith; and such other laws,
state and national, as shall Incident
ally confer these rights and privi
leges upon the citizens. So it Is de
clared that man shall worship God
according to the dictates of his own
coiihcience, and that no human
authority shall interfere with this
right. See 26th amendment, article
I , Vol. 2, page 685 of the State Con
stitution. It Is stated as a truth
that the arts and the sciences flourish
together, and it might be said ax io
inatically that civil, religious and
political liberty are Inseparable and
must be maintained together, and
hence liberty or freedom of speech
much logically embrace the right of
the citizen to express without let or
hinderance, his political views and
. a ...
latin, no matter whether they ac
cord or not with the dominant party,
hq long as he can get people to listen
to him, and he keeps within the
limits of the law. No citizen, or
body of citizens would have a right
to molest him, or prevent a free ex
pression ot his political thought or
ideas, no matter how objectionable
they might be to those holding dif
ferent political views, so long as
stated the speaker remains within
the pails of the law and does not
abuse his great privilege. In fact,
the General Assembly of the state
regarded this matter with so much
respect that It passed an act making
it a mldemeanor to Interfere with
any political meeting or gathering.
Notwithstanding, the fundamental
laws of the state and nation, and the
law above referred to, did the re
publican and populist speakers have
these rights accorded to them? Every
body in the state knows that they
did not have these rights accorded
to them. At some points in the
state they were met by red shirts and
not permitted to get off of the cars
to go to their appointments, and at
other places they were met by bands
of armed men, who were ready to
enforce their purpose to prevent
speaking; and at Smlthfield they
did actually drag a speaker from the
Stand and across the street, with
words of abuse, and blows, and tore
the stand to pieces. These are only
a few of the Instances of ruffianism
practiced by the dominant party.
On all occasions the passions and
prejudices were greatly aroused by
the lnflamltory speeches made by
the leaders and speakers of the Dem
ocratic party men who claimed to
be statesmen and members of the
great Anglo Saxon. Yet those who
did not hesitate to say anything
that would help to inflame the peo
ple of the white race to greater strife
and commotion, and bring out their
savage qualities. '
. Can such work as this be state-
menship, of which any man in his
sober senses could endorse, or be
proud of? We think not. The
writer of this article heard one of
the most prominent men in the
Democratic party, at a political
meeting, use language no gentleman
would be guilty of, for it was with
out argument and nothing but
tirade of vilification and abuse of
the populist and white republicans.
When asked by a populist . lor an
opportunity to reply to this speech
the opportunity was refused, and
why? because the speaker knew full
well that a complete answer could
be made to his negro argument and
tirade of abuse.
This learned stateman, and lawyer
said among other things, "Any one
who tells you that the constitutional
amendment is not constitutional lies
and he knows that he lies." We
wonder how he feels now after both
Virginia and Alabama constitutional
conventions have turned the North
Carolina amendment 'down as being
unconstitutional; End they state that
a tenous objection to our amend'
ment Is that It affords an Incentive
for the negro to become enr.u
and leaves the whites without such
encouragement. We umme that
in other part of the state similar
speeches were made and similar
oceurrances took place. A disgrace
m uiouern civilization, and to
con-
servative North Carolina.
We believe that God, In his
own I
bv, Mu,t, nm neiiie wiin UiOKft I
inn Mi m ka wwr . . a a . a .a .
.vn ivi nLK.ll UUUUOL mil
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UV,H" ciwuon irauas. The answer
:T uu" lven. y "ieao I001 I
a, . . I
www m i-ennsyivania and other
iwinicru niaua similar iranria
are
committed. But In all soberness
can this be any answer, from the
standpoint of an honest man, of In
other words can an honest man be
satisfied with such an answer. We
think not. for how can he be? A
does an evil, and D Justifies his evil
conduct because A has been irulltv
of like evil conduct. Shame on such
Justification. " jT '''
Brother Kingsbury of the Wil
mington Messenger, says that there
is as much free speech in the state
now as there was in 1860, 1870,1880,
m vu or later. Brother Klntrsbury
do yon not know that in the state
campaign of 1900 that there was no
political or religious liberty in the
state? Do you not know that nvn
preachers were afraid to speak their
political sentiments if they differed
from three entertained by the demo
cratic machine? Do you not know
that in some churches in the state
that there is still great division on
account of the political views held
by some of the members, which are
not endorsed by the democratic
members; and that this thing has
gone so far that the democratic
members will not take the bread
and wine at the communion service
when handed around by a populist
or republican, and that even now it
is stated by the democratic press
that the populist will not be recog
nized by the Democratic party of the
state or by the state administration,
and yet in the same paper they
claim that there is liberty oi thought
and freedom of speech.
If you don't know these things
then you ought not to write so free
ly about something that you have
not considered, or when you don't
know the facts in the case. It will,
however, be hard for a man of your
intelligence and sources of informa
tion to convince any one that you
do not know the conditions that
exist, and have existed in North
Carolina for the last four or five
years, or that you believe the state
ments made by you.
We think that you and all others
who are so ready to jump on Mr.
Page and Brother Bailey, had better
take Brother C. Troy's advice and
go slow; for you know if there ever
was a state that needed toleration
and freedom of speech, and political
freedom, that state is North Caro
lina. We, democrats, populists and
republicans, all know it, and you
cannot, be your pen ever so facile,
cover the fact up. The great com
mon people the masses are begin
ning to think for themselves, and
they will seon see through all such
schemes. Then beware.
A Citizen.
A SUIT INSTITUTED IN LOUISIANA
TO TEST THE GRAND-FATHER
CLAUSE.
For The Caucasian
New Orleans, La., July 11,
Yesterday a suit, the first one of the
kind, was commenced in the courts
of Louisiana, to test the validity of
the late Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, relative to disfranchising
voters on the illiterate and property
ualifl:ations clause of the Constitu
tion of Louisiana. The suit is
brought on these two grounds for
the reason that the time for registra
tion under the "grandfather clause"
has passed, and the hope that the
entire validity of the Constitution
of the State can be tested in this
suit on the grounds mentioned.
The object of this suit is to make
test case of the validity of the
State's Constitution. It has been
the intention of prominent Republi
cans for some time to test the vali
ditv of this clause, but not until
Wednesday was there an opportuni
ar
ty, then uoi. Jerry uieason, regis
trar, refused to allow a negro named
Ry ves to register, Ry vee went to th8
registers office with Col. James
Lewis and other prominent Repub-
icans with the purpose of register-
ng, Col. Gleason, on questioning
the man, refused to allow him to
register and then James Lewis ad
mitted this was going to be made a
test case. The applicant did not
have the necessary qualifications,
under the Louisiana Constitution,
adopted May 12, 1898, and went in
to effect August 31, about three and
half months thereafter, and conse
quently was refused the right to
register by Col. Gleason, the regis
trar. When asked about the case
yesterday Col. Gleason said that the
negro went to the legisters omce
and made application to register.
He was asked if he could read and
write and he said he could not. . He
was then asked if he owned the nec-
essary amount of property to qualify
him as a voter, and Rvves said he
did notr Col. Gleason then told him
that he could not register him. CoL
Gleason admits that this law applies
to both colors and would be rigidly
enforced. After the refusal James
Lewis said that they . had taken
Ryves to the officeto see if he could
twister, and that if he was refused
test case would be, made of itl
a
take it that this case will be watch
.Mi.---.f- Intelsat all . over the
o..u t wiK.hir f i.a North.
ouuui.uiu, iwwxv
This," so a very prominent Repub -
llcan said yesterday. "Is the becin
ning of the fight of the Afro-American
Council, which has Its head
quarters at Washington, D. C to
not only test the validity of the
Constitution of Louisiana, as to the
colored man's right to exercise the
elective franchise, but the right of
the Illiterate and poor white man as
well." The manwratlnn nT ihA flvht
tirtrmn WJnaa..
KVVM urhn ! Ai M.i.b
e . u uuciuij uuuci'
It is generally
Bumrf horO that a l.nn an in. rf ..-.,
" mmtsi wui Kim ujwu-
y has been raised to test the Coo
stttntlonallty
of such acts, and the
suit will be pushed to Its final con
clusion. Major Armand 1 to main, a
very prominent attorney, In New
Orlean-, La., has been employed to
fight the case at this end of the line.
and when the case eoea to the Su
preme Court of the United States,
as it will certainly do, some of the
best legal talent in the country will
represent the Council.
The cojufiltUonallty cf the grand
lather clause will also be presented:
before the Supreme Court of the
United States. The decision of thU
case, by the highest court In the
hind, will be far-reaching in its ef
fects and importance, as all past and
future legislation of the Southern
states will hinge on this when the
negro has been, or is about to be.
disfranchised. We claim that ii
operates for one class of the citizens
as against another class, not race.
but class. This will be the first case
of this kind to be tested, and it will
be watched with much interest, com
ing as it does from one of the South
ern states, that has enacted the edu
cational and property qualifications,
while Virginia and Alabama are
now in session with similar ques
tions being agitated.
It will, of course, require some
time to take the case through the
different courts, and necessarily, a
considerable outlay of money, but it
is- thought by those who have
volunteered their services to test
the case, that a decision will have
been reached before the next presi
dential election is held. The Demo
cratic party, (red shirt variety), al
ways on the alert for new and untri
ed issues, will, doubtless, make this
question an issue in the next cam
paign already has the Alabama
Constitutional Convention been
criticised by some of the democratic
press, for legislating or trying to
do so, to put a premium, as they
are pleased to term it, on ignorance,'
and encouraging the negro to educate
himself, by passing, or attempting
to pass, an ordinance imposing an
educational and property qualifica
tion for suffrage applying to those
only who were voting or whose
ancestors were voting on Jan. 1,
1867, or prior thereto. The colored
. I " ' . . . . . .
a citizen or urieans rariBn, state oi
Louisiana, good repute, owned no
property or did not have the re
quired amount, $300, had no edu
cational qualification, was a voter
under the old Constitution and laws
of Loussiana, native born, over 21
years of age, an actual resident of
the state for more than two years,
resident of Orleans Parish for more
than one year, resident of the voting
precinct for more than six months,
and who had tried to register under
the grandfather clause, section 5, of I
the Constitution of Louisiana.
It occurs to our mind that this is
case that will thoroughly test
every clause of the Constitution of
Louisiana, and that of our own state,
North Carolina, the present Constitu
tion of North Carolina being fash
ioned somewhat after that of Loulsl-
ana, on the question of suffrage and
eligibilily to its exercise. Thinking !
that perhaps our friends might want
to hear something of what is being
done in Louisiana along this line,
I give the Caucasian an article
bearing on the history of this case.
Hoping you will find space for same,
I am,
Yours respectfully,
I. N. Ebbs.
NECR0 KILLED BY A SNAKE.
Bepltile Crawled Down His Throat while
he Slept in Dismal Swamp.
Washington Post. .
Suffolk, Va., July 18. Word of
a remarkable Dismal Swamp snake
story, the result of which was the
death of Grant Wilkins, a negro,
reached here this evening. The
victim waa literally choked to death
in his sleep by a long black snake.
Wilkins, whose home was in North
Carolina, had started through the
swamp alone to look after shingle
timber. The weather being .warm,
he sat down by a big juniper tree to
refresh himself and fell asleep. '
When found Wilkins was dead.
Nearly three feet of live snake were
protruding from his mouth. . ,4 By
his side were an empty beer bottle
and a sardine box, remnants , of his
luncheon. ; Wilkins' neck was
swollen, Ids eyes protruded, and an
expression of agony was on Ms face.
It took the strength of two men to
pull the snake from the corpse. Its
head and about two feet of the body
were inside. " The reptile was killed.
It is supposed that Wilkins ; was
sleeping with his mouth open and
the snake took it for a hole that
I jq : investigation. . Another
theory is that the snake was attract
ed by sardines.
Valaeor
1 Shocked Xerree.'
According to a recent legal deci
sion In the Vienna courte "shocks to
thft nerves'' constitutes a serious ac-
cident... A passenger on a local une
cUlme4 dainages, which were award-
ed him, for a shock to , nis nerves,
caused DYi, the j eonductor-Lshoutlng
I ont to oasseneers to jump
- . -n .
1 cartas he fearea a comaou.
A BOILER
EXPLODES.
KILLS ONE COLORED FIRE
MAN AND SERIOUSLY IN
JURES ANOTHER.
IC33 CF RrcntTY ABC3T 0IO,CS3.
Taa lea Plaa at KUtabata
City la Rata
Tfca 6aprlataa4aat
Vary Narrow
Elizabeth City, July 20 As the
result of an explosion of an am
monia boiler here this morning the
Ice factory of the Crystal lee & Coal
Company
la In - ml na tne v1mwl
fireman is dead and another Is ser
lously injured and property to the
extent of $10,000 is destroyed. The
town is also threatened with an ice
famine, and the fish industry will
suffer.
Superintendent Dunston and Fore
man Brown had very narrow es
capes. Huge parts of the defective
tank, which was the cause of the
explosion, passed through the office
of the factory while the superinten
dent was at his desk, completely de
molishing the building, but leaving
Mr. Dunston uninjured. The shock
of the explosion was very severe,
being felt all over the city, while
windows were broken three blocks
away.
A Girl of Mystery.
Goshen, Ind., July 19. Irene
Canning, the mysterious girl found
near here several days ago and who
claimed to have been abducted from
New Haven, Conn., has not been
identified. The girl still insists she
is heiress to a $300,000 estate at
Galveston, Texas.
The police have been asked to as
certain if she is Bertha A. Mallish,
who Is said to have recently disap
peared from the Mount Holyoke
(Mass.) Seminary.
Civil Service Examinations.
Washington, July 19. The civil
service commission will hold a series
of examinations in North Carolina
this fall, for positions in the depart
mental service at Washington. The
times and places designated are:
Raleigh, October . 10 and 12; Wil
mington, September 22 and 25;
Siatesville, October 4; Greensboro,
September 23; Asheville, October 7.
I rim nurori i nirinc nun TV.
CAM. nuooLLL rLLAUo UUILI I
A PICTURESQUE SCENE IN TNE HOUSE
OF LORDS.
He Claimed to Hare Gotten a DlTorce
From bla First Wife and Married
A rain la Nevada Goas to Prison For
Three Months.
London, July 18. Earl Russell,
arraigned at the bar of House of
Lords, today for trial on the charge
of bigamy, pleaded guilty after long
arguments against the jurisdiction
of court. The trial was carried on
with all quaint Middle-Age cere
monies. The arguments lasted one
hour. Both the Earl and Countess
Russell (Mrs. Somervllle), through
their counsel, pleaded that they did
not know they were doing wrong,
but had acted on the best legal ad
vice . obtainable in Nevada.. The
poers reached their decision after a
consideration of the case lasting 20
minutes. Earl Russell; was sent
enced . to three month's imprison
ment as a first-class misdemeanant.
The scene in the royal gallery,
temporarily converted into a court
of justice when the Lord High
Chancellor, ; Lord ' Halsbury, who
had been appointed Lord High Ste
ward of the occasion, took his seat,
and the quaint ceremonial that then
began was most ; picturesque. The
hail was a magnificent blaze of color,
produced by the robes of-peers, the
academic t robes of the judges and
the brilliant uniforms of high estate
office. About 200 of Earl Russell's
oeers attended his trial. T
Lord Salisbury, : the Premier,
brought up the rear of the procession
rr! waa aimrttt nnnhtlced as he took
his seat near Lord Halsbury Im
mediately beneath the dais sat the
ten judges in their gorgeous robes,
surrounded- by a phalanx of leaser
iaoi iiiminariAH. On either side of
- -
t h inrioW wATA ramrod five benches
filled with peers whose rank was
distinguishable by the varying num
ber of rows of ermine ? and gold lace
on their scarlet mantles. -
New Buffalo Bill
. Washington, July 18.The fourth
in the series of the new silver certi
ficates which will be known as the
American series will soon be issued
from the bureau of engraving and
printing, where the plates are nearly
fixdshedi tit will be a ten dollar
bill and has already been christened
e ""Buffalo Bill," not after Colonel
Cody.; but because ;its ; distinctive
characteristic will be the figure of a
gigantic buffalo vOn the note the
buffalo is headed - westward, his
shaggy head well down for a charge,
his tail in a pugnaclousattitude, and
his '.'.matted mane sweeping the
ground. - :
V Grove City, Pa., July , 19. A
flen electrical storm here today re-
off thel suited in four deaths and the severe
I i-l .!.4la .U-
u
DEATH TO
THE TRUSTS.
THE POPULIST PARTY WILL
GO IT ALONE IN CAM
PAIGN OF 1904.
MTUKJ CF TM PAITY PCCSIAEIS.
Marioa Batiar. Caalraiaa oTtaa
JTnjaHat if atlaaal CoaaaUttaa, Talaa af
rarer PliafMawr WU1 B Fllailaat.
ad. a Da Caaf ada It tao14 Bala
S'attla (Waah) Peat-IoteUIraoce.
One of the most distinguished par
ties that has visited Seattle In some
monO arrived In the city yesterday
afternoon and Is registered at the
Ilalner-Grand. It is composed of
Senator John P. Jones, of Nevada,
and his son Hoy; former Senator
Marion Butler, of North Carolina,
chairman of the Populists national
committee; former Senator K. F.
Pettigrew, of South Dakota; former
Senator Stephen W. Dorsey, of New
York, Congressman William Sulzer,
of New York; Robert M. Catlin, of
New York; J. B. and L. A. Coate,
of Atlantic, la., the latter four being
mining men.
The party come direct from the
East and will leave today for a trip
to - Alaska on the revenue cutter
Perry. The vessel has been tender
ed Senator Jones by the treasury de
partment, and will be used by the
party for as long a period as the
members may wish to remain in the
North.
The trip is one of business and
pleasure. The members are all in
terested in Alaska pioperties, and
the business part of the trip is for
the purpose of looking them over
and determining upon a plan for
development. The properties in the
main are on Prince Edward island,
and it is there the Perry will go
first. Later the party will be land
ed at Skagway and will go as far as
White Horse over the railroad. It
may be that some of the members
will go on to Dawson, but this has
not yet been determined. They ex
pect to be absent at least two weeks,
with a maximum limit of one
month.
Populist Party Leader,
While every member of the par
ty is interesting there axe none more
so than Senator Butler and Senator
Pettigrew, both of whom have at
tained a national reputation; the
former, from his close connection
with the Populist party and the lat
1 1 n i ..i ,
wr "W1U8 biu uwu against,
the administration on the question
. . . . ... I
of expansion. There is also added
Interest attached to Senator Butler
as it is more than probable, accord
ing to the opinion of those who are
in a position to know, that he will
be the People's party nominee for
president in 1904. He is at least
one of the brightest minds in the
Populist party and a leader. Sena
tor Butler said:
"Some months ago the members
of the party, all of whom are
inter-
ested in Alaska properties, decided
to make a trip the North. It is In
reality an outing, for there are none
of us who would be willing to un
dertake such a long journey just to
see our mines. By correspondence
we ascertained that the present was
the most suitable . time, and the
treasury department kindly placed
the Perry at the disposal of Senator
Jones for the purpose of carrying
the party North, , We will be gone
two weeks at least, and it may be a
month. Our trip has no public
significance, nor is it in any way
connected with the government.
. "It is a little early to talk politics.
L might say that in the next cam
palgn there will be no talk of the
money question. Just' what the
platforms will be cannot at this time
be, fully tola, .mere are many
things veMch will have to be rem
edied. 1 However, it is settled that
in the next campaign there will be
too talk of money as a plank The
free coinage of silver ' will not cut
I any figure at all.
J "I do not wish you to understand
I that I think the gold-standard men
are right. It simply . means-That
things which they and the Populist
party did not foresee In 1896 have
come about, and the money question
for the ; present is eliminated. The
Populist party has always maintain
ed that the substance' from which
..a
money was maae amouniea to notn-
I inin it is the quantity on which we
I have been harping.
Does Not Care for Gold.
"The Populist party today cares
no more lor gold - man it does xor
silvers I did not want to fight the
campaign; of. 1896 on . the silver is
sue, for its principal was then and is
now just as false as the gold stand
ard.' It Is true there was some ne
cessity for fighting for the free coin
age of silver owing to the scarcity
of money at .the time, and this was
the means whereby the ' quantity
would be increased' We tried to
make the fight on the money ques-
tion on the quantity, - v . ,
The Populist party is against the
eold and sdver standards both at the
same time, for the reason that both
are accidental standards. In fact,1
neither " of them Is a standard and
both are absurd.. Under either
eold or silver standard you have
of; value, as the: value
ther standard fluctuates aceojrdina
to
the output of either the gold o
the silver mines. It Is the quantity
and not the material of which "mon -
Ley Is made which zesnutas the pur -
ehaalng power of a dollar.
MAttbe present time th great
ootpat ofgoU I almost a Urge a
was the total ootpet of gold aoi all
ver together la ISM, end, therrfbrts
we have totly about U same vol
ume of moocy and the coaaoqnnil
prosperity we would have had If w
had won the free and mnlisBiUal
coinage of silver In 1W. Aa long
as the output of gold coo tin o as It
Is at present the tuovey . quaOUn
will be quiescent. There will be no
panlos and no hard times. How
ever, If the output of gold ahould
greatly Increase, then I would op
pose the free coinage of gold and
limit the amount coined each year
by Uw.
Ctoaf
Everybody will admit that this
Is sound policy, for with a great la
crease in the output gold bugs would
become silverbugt and would cry
for the demonetization of gold, for
what they want Is a scarce money.
To sum all up. It la a foolish thins
for the people to put their' trust In
an accidental standard the 'outnUt
of the mines for their money.
The only way to have a dollar with
the same purchasing power today
and ten years from today is to regu
late the quantity by law. The
People's party Is as much opposed to
Inflation as It Is to contraction. Both
are evils. The per capita of dollars
Is not so material. The Important
and the only money question worth
considering is the quantity, what
ever that may be at the present time.
it should be Increased each year ac
cording to the increase In population
and business: no more and no less.
"It Is tremendously foolish for
us to use so expensive a metal a
either gold or silver for money when
a greenback dollar Is better and
every one would rather have it.
But I have no quarrel with either
the goldbug or the silverbug, so
long as they stand with us to regu
late the quantity according to the
needs of the country. ;
"As I have said, in the next cam
paign there will be but one question.
Expansion will cut no figure, for the
reason that it is now firmly estab
lished and from this time on it Is
only a matter of details. No mat
ter who is in the presidential chair,
expansion as it is established, will
have to be perpetuated. The great
question in the next campaign will
be the trusts and monopolies. Both
of the old parties have denounced
trust, but . neither of them has of
fered a remedy. There Is but one
remeay, ana tnat is public owner
ship of all natural monopolies. ;
"The outlook at the present time
Is that the Cleveland element will
control the next Democratic conven
tion, but whether they will have
complete control or not, it is almost
certain that the party will not do-
2re ?r th? ly remedy for trusts.
Thftrpfnro tho PAnnta'a raritr will tm
Therefore the People's party will go
it alone and is sure to poll more
votes than it did for Weaver in 1892.
sataat Got rnmant Owaershla.
"The People's party is not for
government ownership of every
thing. Those who favor that pol
icy, let them be called Socialists,
Nationalists, or whatever you please.
are as far from the principles of the
People's party as the North pole is
from the South.1 When the people
own the natural monopolies, then
every Individual will have an equal
opportunity. It is the trusts and
the monopolies that destroy the Op
portunities of individual effort and
Individual. . enterprise. We are 'in
lavor, not or the government own
ing everything and all working for
the government, but for competition,
and before we can have thiscompeti
tion it will be necessary to eliminate
the trust evil.
"We are now in a position where
it Is necessary to meet steel with
steel. Greek must face Greek In
order that we may develop a great
race of people.
.The People's party will put an
independent , ticket in the field in
the next campaign. The condition
is this, that even should the Peo
ple's party become defunct, there
would be another spring up for the
very purpose of putting an Indepen
dent ticket in the field. 1
"It is much too early to make any
statement as to who will head the
People's party ticket. There are
many things which must be settled
upon before that can he done. How
ever, you can rest assured that the
People's party "is -united and will
count In the next campaign. ' There
has not been any talk reeardinsf the
Republican probabilities, . that j I
know of. That party is controlled
by level V heads, and even should
they have decided' upon anything,
you can rest assured there will De
nothing about it get out. - However,
I am of the opinion .that the leaders
I have taken no steps toward naming
a successor to Mr. McKinley. . J
There is a tremendous prosper
ity in all parts of the' Booth this
year. We are 'developing our nat
ural : resources.; - We are building
factories. V; This. year, - instead of
shipping cotton out of the State of
I North Carolina, we will manafac-
I ture all we grow at home and will
I have to import some.' This is a new
condition with us and win be the
means of making the South, which
has always been a iree-trade section,
I strocz for protecsa
I Senator Jones, of the party. Is 86
years of ase...; Iq. the ecO ate, among
the Democratic' members, he f is
known as an authority on te mon-
a I ev quertiod. Jn 1192 he -was one of
nol the commissioners from the TTnited
of I States, to attend 2 the'. international
I monetary, : .conference! ; at Brussels,
and after bis addrera on money was
voted the thanks of . the con&ess,
1 which was the only such Tote giv
1 en.
1
rarraan Itrl.i.i l.to .nm Laaa,
Haairal ra ry aataa, Twmm Matt.
MmI aa aaaaaa.
Xw York Caiasirrlai
The town of Uneuln, In Um north
ern part of Mhldkavx roumty, N.
ones the pride and tfc hot of tfca
woman's suffrage agitator, wa mU
to-day under the ancttonrrr's haa
nxT, fur f 16,000
' The town was founded flreymn
ago by Silas Drake, a land boomrr,
who organised Uw flew Jarary Me
tual Realty Company, which punk
aiwd a big farm and cut It up Into
building and factory altea. ,
Many houum were erertod, faftorte
were rstaWUhed, a trolley line laid
through the main atreci and the
United. States government gave the
town a postoflk. Soon after a
municipal government was organ
ised and the first council of the place
was composed entirely of women,
equal suffrage prevailed at the 'Lin
coln elections.
, . Silas Drake, the boomer, wit
ousted from the presidency by the
new company,' John D. Voorbcre,
of Bound Brook, N. Jn was elrrted.
Mr. Voortiees Is now dead. Tb
enterprises did not thrive after Mr.
Drake lont control. Mr. Drake and
other stockholders applied fur a
receiver. James P. North rup, of
Exchange Place, Jersey city, was
appointed and the sale was arranged
for today. !
The property nold dot not la. Inde
the private residences and factories
In Lincoln, but It does include the
town hall, the tchool house, the
statute of L'nooln. nearly 1.400
building lots and several factory
sites. There was only one bid, and
that came from L. D. Oook A Col,
of Bound Brook, company having
some claims against the Realty
Company. The Incumbrances a
gainst the property amounted to
$15,000, the Bound Brook concern
getting the town for 1 1,000 above
that amount.
Mrs. Mlneola Graham Sexton,
president of the New -Jersey Wo
man's Suffrage Association, says that
woman members of the council had
nothing whatever to do with the
financial affairs of the concern.
Left the OU Can oa taa Mot.
York, Pa., July 18. By the ex
plosion or a can or coal ou - near
York Haven, Pa two daughters of
Calvin Snell Baker, aged ten and
ehrht years, were burned to death.
The mother of the children bft the
oil can on the front of the kitchen
stove. The beat of the stove caused
an explosion and the burning oil set
fire to the children's clothes.
AGAIN WIDER tllllTART RULE.
FILIPINOS EZKEV HOSTILITIES IN
OF THE PROVINCES.
or Mladoro to be Oeeaplad pr
Troops or taa Tweatleta lafaatrr-Gea.
CaaflTa Military Governor.
Manila, July 18. The United
States Civil Commission announced
today that after three months' trial
of a provincial form of government
in the islands of Cebu and Uobol
and the province of Bataogas, Luzon,
control of those districts, owing to
their incomplete pacification, - has
has been returned to the military
authorities, It having been proved
that the communities indicated are
backward and undeserving of civil
administration.
The provincial and civil officials
of these designated districts will
continue their, functions, but are
now under the authority of Gen.
Chaffee instead of that of Civil
Governor Taft, as heretofore. Gen.
Chaffee has the power arbitrarily to
remove from office any or all provin
cial or civil officials and to abrogate
any section of the laws promulgated
n these three provinces.
The residents of the island of
Cebu have protested, but without
success, against the return of that
island to military control. Several
towns on Cebu are still besieged by i
the insurgents. The insurrection
on the Island Bohol has been renew
ed, and susurgent sentiment In the
province of Batangas Is strong.
uen. Chaffee has ordered a battai-
on of the Thirtieth Infantry to be
gin the occupation of the Island of
Mlndorn. .
The province of Bataga, Luzon,
will be occupied by the entire Twent
ieth Infantry.
CSIATS KIJTC2T CF B. S. N. BAS3D.
CrUlrfeaa of Adamlral Seblajr Saeta
tt Oat Frosa Vara!
Washington, July 19. The Sec
retary of the Navy has decided that
the third volume of Mc Lay's history
of the .United State Navy, which
contains the history of the Spanish-
American War. shall not be used as
a text book at the Naval Academy
unless the obnoxious language It con
tains in characterizing the action of
Bear Admiral Schley, is eliminated.
The Secretary says that it would be
manifestly improper to have history
containing such intemperate' langu
age ' used as a text book for the
cadets. 1 He will inform both Com
mander Wainwright, who is in com
mand of the Naval .Academy, - and
Mr. MacLay, the anther of the his
tory of his decision. . j
": Edxr S. UcLay tonight announ
eed that he Would revise that pari of l
his naval history whfch deals with
the battle of SantirJfc The proofs
submitted to Secretary Long dealt
only with the part of the war which
concerned the Cccrcury.
EX-CiOYEfiXOK Jfl.XESUF AU
HAM A CREATES gt'ITll A
SENSATION.
AmAlfJASAl3T
MositCXMoerr. jaj rAa .
rmnganeci oorurml today la
i . t -
uuaatimuonal onovssi lion
Ua dlsrjosal at a
protoatlog aaalnat free mM bWn
aoospUd bf any State ofikw. form
er Uowrnor Jonas raxaMad
the tabling of the resolntton and tp
pealed from U derialon of the chair.
rreaMent Rnos ordered Mr. Jm
to take hla amt until the i oration
could he sUtod. The former Gov.
ertx rsftasnd. and aakarf ir ku ..
peal was going lo be pcL
I3iairraan Knox actio cnWl
him to hla chair, bat Mr. Junto ro
fitted and the Pramldent dlreriad tho
aergeant-at-arnM to anal tho x-Oov.
ernor.
Mr. Jonos said there was no omv
ewity for any boat. The chair In.
Oat d on hla being aeafed, bower,
and amid great excitement dirertod
the rergantWarms to remoro Mr.
Jonrs from tho ball. Mr. Ja.
paaftlooately exdalmed: "If nny
one attempt It, It will be done over
my dead body."
Thedlflorder In the hall beramo
generaL Mr. Bulger, o Tallapnoaa,
loudly lnaiated that tho argraaUat
ar.ua should fo hla daty.
"ttuppuMQ you come over and do
It aboatod Mr. Jones.
The chair again directed the form
er Governor's removal, but the Gov
ernor resisted and esrlalnmlt "1
have a right to know If the chair
will put my appeal."
Chairman Knox stated: "The
cbalr will put your appeal.
Mr. Jones sat down and the chair
began to state the qotsiion. I la
was interrupted by Mr. Jonro, and
the chair once more directed the
sergeant at-arms to execute the or
der. As the sergeant at-arms approach
ed, Mr. Jones drew a small pocket
knife, but did not x pen It, and eoon
leiumed it to his pocket.
Mr. Jones said: "If the chair
will keep Its trorr Iroldnt
Knox Interrupted:
"It in not the chair who 1 out of
temper."
Mr. Jones then sat down the chair
put the appeal and wat overwhelm
ingly sustained.
Mutual explanations followed and
good feeling was reatored.
CXT AK3 EST IN KATSAS.
ts riowtaa- as TSair Cara to tow
-tirase Urowle la CfeaAreefaaa'
River.
Topeka, Kan., July 19ThU has
been an exceedingly- hot day fa
Kansas. While the feeling of utter
helplessness attendant upon the
drought has passed, the people of the
state do not attempt to deny that
the fall crops are In a deaperate con
dition. Farmers are beginning to plough
the early ruined corn fields and sow
them In wheat and aifivla to make
pasture fields for the stock In the
fall and winter, but the ground la
dry and bard. The Kansas river,
running through Topeka, Is so dry'
that green grass is growing In the
center of the river bed. Host of
the streams of the state except the
larger ones have gone dry and there
Is a poor prospect for stock water.
. PULTTX BXVZB I)BTS VT.
Lincoln, Neb,, July . 19. The
temperature mounted to 101 in Lin
coln again today. No rain fell any
where in the state today. Grain
men place the damage to the corn
crop thus far at'SO per cent and say
that each continued day of dreught
adds 5 per cent to the damage, rhe
Platte River is very low In place
being entirely dry.
Blew afa Saoi oST Wttfc a
' ewa aad Observer.
Goldsboro, N. C, July 18. In
formation has Just reached the city
of the suicide, at Warsaw this morn-
ng, of Mr. Ollln Sasser. After
tlrrlng around In the early morn-
sing Mr. Passer returned to his home
In the eastern section of the town,'
and went to an up-stairs room. This
was about 8:30 o'clock. Pretty soon
after, his family were startled . by
the report of a gun, and rushing to
the room found Mr. Sasser had shot
himself with a double-barrel' gun,
the entire top of his bead being
blown off. , No cause fag, the . rash
art is known, save that It Is thought
to be due to recent heavy drinking.
He 'In ves' a widow and several
children. ' In this city - reside two
ofhbtocihea.
Barfee! Vaaa
-i"Tu Arm"
: Seattle, Wash' July 20. Adtlces
from Nome City bring ; information
of the discovery, throch . the dis
appearance of the snow, of the frcsen
body, of Mike Clifford of Camp
Creekup Nome River. ' There was
every Indication that the man lad
periled In one oT the winter blls
xarda, and had r lain for caonUs un- .
d4T thepaoy ClITbrd cace. from
Maryland. He. went to Alana In
1897, was 88 years ' of rjs and un-
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