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h VOL. XXVI. RALEIGH. N. C.. THURSDAY, MAY 14. I9O0, No. 18 IS EDITORIAL BRIEFS. Tin- Ohio Democrats nominated Harmon for governor, but har mony aid not reign and the police a !- called In to preserve the peace. Tlw Mount Airy Leader says that harmony reigns In that town. Sun-ly the Democratic candidates h;iven't yet pulled off a joint debate in .lt. Airy. An exchange tells of the capture .f :. lobster which weighed fourteen pounds. We know gome still at large that weigh a great deal more than I hat. One Durham physician wrote 971 whiskey prescriptions during the past three months. That physician ap pears to have a good living in the whiskey business alone. The Caucasian still doubts the cor rctness of that Hitchcock telegram whitewashing Adams. And our opin ion is that Adams would need a lot of whitewashing if all the truth about hi in were known. When Mr. Craig and Mr. Kitchin get through with each other there will not be much left for the Re publicans to tell on them. Clinton Xews-Dispatch. Infact, they have already told more on each other than the Republicans ever dreamed conld he true. Some people are doubtful whether either one should be Gover nor. Fairbrother's Everything is getting anxious to know whether Mars is in- habited or not. For a final answer, von will have to wait nntll after the November election. We are in doubt about the matter, but we would not be surprised if it was from that I source that the Democrats secured tneir u,g majority in nauiax wun- . ... ... TV I tV in 1900. When the State Convention re- fused to let Adams name the State Kxecutive Committee and then In ad-laa dition voted to postpone the election I of that committee untN the next severely as it could. That action rneans more it means that the con- veution condemned Adams' machine methods and declared in favor ofluc trying to elect a Republican governor this year. A prominent Democratic politi cian of Chicago wants Bryan to nom inate Governor Johnson, of Minneso ta, for President. Some time ago the editor of the Atlanta Georgian suggested that Bryan nominate Roosevelt. How can Bryan do either, sinrf he himelf is in the race to I the finish? What the Nebraskan wants to hear is from those who favor the nomination of Bryan. Governor Johnson says the States J should be allowed to run their own affairs. Isn't that sound enough De mocracy to suit the most ardent of the radical wing of the party? Wil mington Star. And whv shouldn't ithe various s. o v. COUniieS 1U IU1S OWIC, luai, ua.s vv- denied the right of local self-govern- ment by Democratic Legislatures, be allowed to run their own affairs? We are waiting for an answer. The Democratic papers say matjthan eignt hours a day or forty- the negroes of Sampson held a con- .... it.. ti I vention or tneir own wneu m xvc- publican convention was held in that mail county. The Republicans of that! county say they know nothing of it, and that no such convention was held; that the only negroes in evi- dence in town that day wno were politically inclined were tnose wno voted the Democratic ticket. An- other case of misrepresentation and . . . - nni an attemnt to again raise me negro issue when there is no such issue. We have received letters for publi- catioir from su bscribers for and None of against State proniDition. ione "Mgg.o, these letters have been published. Asand 82.9 May 1, 1907. a rule we are very glad to receive communications on timely topics, hut if w0 had nnened our columns to all comers on this subject we would not have snace to print any other news, and however we might feel in the matter, we would not print an arU" cle from one and then deny another x. w toip a neanng ou me suujcvi. it for granted that every suDscnoer . . knows how he will vote on the ques- tion, and that he prefers reading the nw f th dav when he receives our paper each week. ADAMS JN A ROW He Runs Amuck When He Went Up Against Mr. Mott SCENE OCCURED AT CAPITOL Did Adams Demand an Investigation of Alleged Ilribery Charges? The Ireldent Still Urges Congrees to Art A Mt Remarkable Politi cal Situation. Special to TLe Caucasian. Washington, D. C, May 11. The resolutions recently offered in the Senate and the House providing for a congressional investigation of Judge Adams and his Indian Citizen ship Court caused him to come here Friday of last week with an attorney with a view to looking after his de fense. It Is safe to say that what ever he learned or did not learn or did or did not do, that his case is in no better shape now than before he came. Of course he urged the committees to make a searching In vestigation of the charges of alleged bribery as he said he would do, as he is a truthful man and is not afraid. This writer has, been informed of quite a hot altercation that occurred between Mr. Adams and Mr. M. L. Mott, the national attorney for the Creek Nation at the Capitol. The scene occurred in the ante-room of the Committee on Indian Affairs where the two men met. It seems Mr. Mott spoke to Mr. Adams when they met in the usual way, but that Mr. Adams refused to speak and in return said to Mr. Mott, in an ugly way, that he did not care to speak to him; whereupon, Mr. Mott re sponded with some strong and ex- pressive iangUage to the effect that he had no confidence in Mr. Adams' integrity and that rumors about him ere very "S1 Tnis writer nas not been aoie to connrm tne woras mat took place, but has given the sub- stance as reported to him. It seems that Adams acted just like a man would who has a guilty conscience. Tho Prcinont ic incictino- that X "V a VJIUVUb At? .ov;i.uh . I without naccintr at lot enme- mnre nf the ro- form measures which he has urged o - I n I.. . I u"" UUU61CM " u I Lent TnAssjiires ami it now seems that I Congress may not adjOUrn as early was at first expected, and that at least one of the measures urged by . . . r j. . i me rresiaeui, n not moie, may ue- nnme i law I Each dav the number of delegates jth t elected nledeed to vote for Mr. Taft for President is increasing, and yet, at the same time, each day lv, I.-.. th it va t iKinui anin serve tne oeoDie is n- creasine at an eaual. if not greater, ratio. This demand that the Presi- rtpnt should a en in serve the neonle. I in view of his many times expressed s possmie mat among tne sud determination not to do so, presents Jects t? be considered will be a plan nt tt,n rr,r.ot romrtohio sitnn- tor universal divorce laws and the tions in American history. CHILD LABOR LAW PASSES. Under Suspension of the Rules the House Passes a Child Labor Law For the District of Columbia. the victims of consumption, to pre Washington, May 9. The House I . thA cnrM1 nf thft dlspoap! a today under suspension of the rules plan for hetter supervision and ob unanimously passed a child labor law . nilorantine reenla- for the District of Columbia after Drief debate Mr. Olcott, of New York, in charge I . ... m . . l! It I ot the Dili, wmcn was praciicany substitute for tne measure recently A V-rr ViA (Sartata ovnlalnttlP' Its onions. Tb. i featuT ol which are: No child under 14 to work in I factory or store, or anywhere else -u , i . v fQre g 0,clock a m or after 7 o'clock auring puunc scuuui uumo, p. m. notwoon 14 and Ifi children em- ployed in any factory or shop must procure schooling certificates. "No child under 16 to work more eight hours a week. " W hnir under 10 or Cirl under r 16 to sell newspapers or omer mei- , , ivt..i.u. the gtreets; ana an boys under chandlse, or engage in uooiumca.iuB hg are required to obtain a permit and badge to pursue these occupa- tions. wheat Area 29,751,000 Wheat Area Acres. Washington, May 8. The depart- .'.a itQ Q11TnTnorv I Ul nglUHU . m r-t ksnpd todav. places the total area of winter whea standing on May 1, to be narvestea lx rrrri AAA nr. 1 Kl !) Illltl ai a:'::, C . J'V'a acres more man I 1 A 'M nniHnn mv 1 was Q0r ar ith 91.S April w C Monroe Lady Shoots Her Daughter's Escort. Luther Williams, a young man em- ployed at the Monroe Cotton Mills at xt n ro oirtt tn thft harir.led as a Dart of the .minutes of the Fm , " . . t itet'a home in" Monroe Saturday night. WI1- liama called on Mrs. Phifer's daugh- I onH waa frninff out with her wnen . . . A , v I f ha mnthor nTTemniea lO JVCCLl uc ' " 1 wim.m drove -oMr into the house, wherelscriptions - for whiskey during the h o a revolver and shot him thrnneh a window. The wouna, I . ni.rA fatal iwnue senuus, ... ,,. ATTHElVluTElIBUSE President Roosevelt TzXks With Governors From Many States AN INTERESTING MEETING Addree on Subject that Demand Uws Attention of Americas People. Needs of Different States Up for Iicttata -FUa tor Universal Di vorce Lwa Ooveraora Dined at the White Ilonae. Washington. May 11. President Roosevelt has finished his program and Is now ready for the meeting of governors of State he has invited to confer with him on the Deeds of the various States. Tbe conference will open Wednesday and continue three days. Forty-four governors have accept ed the President's invitation to at tend this notable conference. Three of them are here. They are Joseph H. Kibbey, of Arizona; Walter Frear. of Hawaii, and X. O. Pindall, of Ar kansas. This is the first time In the history of the country that a Presi dent has held such a conference. Five of the governors, in all proba bility, will be absent. These are the chief executives of California, Ore gon, Georgia, Massachusetts and Texas. There will be present the gover nors of all the territories except the Philippines, the cabinet members, justices of the supreme court, and senators and representatives. Among the noted speakers to at tend will be William J. Bryan, James J. Hill. John Mitchell and Andrew Carnegie. The meetings will -be held In the east room of the white house. This room will have on the vails great maps of the United States to illus- trate points made by the speakers, and colored transparencies will be usea ocvickuj uucu ituauuuces the white house will be closed to the general public during the confer- ence. Tuesday night the president will i . ... KlVe & aiXlDer tO tile eOVPrBOffi At 1 .P - a- white house. Justices Of the SUDreme Court. . secretaries Garfield and Wilson, the Inland waterwuva rommiKslnnpra w T Rrvan Tnhn Mitrhlii r J uryan, John Mitchell, James J. HI" and Andrew Carnegie complete tnc or guests lor tne dinner. A reception will be held Thursday even- liner hv fli ffnrrt Pinrhrt rh lof fnroat. .... r : " luI au lu; memuers ui me con- ference and for a number of sena tors and representatives specially in- ieu President Roosevelt will open the conference Wednesday with an ad- ?, la tn w oHttx v... the subject of coal mining, its diffl cuuies, ana me laws relating tnere- classification of offences for which divorce may be granted; a plan for the extradition of criminals from one State to another upon telegraphic demand of governors; a plan for a universal agreement regarding the treatment of tuberculosis in cattle; Plans for tbe care and segregation oi tiong; plang fof the cM,peration of adjoining States for the better pro ton of intftfstate narks and forest V W CHILDBEX BURN TO DEATH Terrible Crime is Charged to Ala- ma Father, Who is Now in Hiding. Montgomery, Ala., May 11. Five children of Jim Kennedy were burn- I A- A. I 1- A. J A -m,. All. ea 10 aeam last mpmuu two om- ers were so badly burned they cannot ; v- father, who, the mother says,, lock- ea me seven in ana set ure iu m5 nouse me pouce mu6 I ivcuucu . xuc wui ... - Hran Thp wnmnn ravs cne saw Ken- - . - nedy lock and set fire to the cabin. Durham's Liquor Business for the Past Quarter, A special from .Durham to Sun day's Charlotte Observer says Sergeant Aldridge, of the .police force, finds that during the past three Menn IV.Q tho I" uclu " v. ZT'LVL ZTl" t I OL UUIUaiU auu uiivi "J dme stores that are licensed to do - business. This shows that during the last Quarter the num- her for booze increased 1,03 over I .m J!M ThAM Qfa ine preccuiug uanci. xuio those who insisted that the list of physicians and the number of pre- Uons by each he published This request was made of the board of aldermen and toe board simply pasa a ruie - board and in this way to he open to the public and any one who cares to pay tne dui can. puuusn wem m one or as mauy payers m '8 " - , tyia Viar nrtW nnhlie. one doc- I ' mt ' tor is shown to have given .9 71 pre- time that Is covered by the last cnecK-up ,m imu.c tu .m.,-m lh nuhllshed reeularly. r - LKTTKJJ FROM IUI.Kl. The Tw rrt Kftt CVffM la lin den On at j diiktnm aa.1 -poii-tirk I"rid-t IloomrU aa aa AdfiM-r Tli Wail of a IUMe Agvst PoMlr aa I aortal a Creed. Correspondence of CsuraftUn-Enter prie. BllkiDiville. N. C. My S. North Iredell It a rite prod act iv country. They rain corn, wheat, oat, poli tick!, cotton, cattle n' children. An' while they do party well with awl the other crop, the crop ov chil dren an politicks Iz erboat the big gest thing going. I am told that there iz 45 children in three families rite In this naborhood. In fackt, they Iz more competition In that line than in any other in these dlggim. If they had an association ter offer pre miums fer the largest number ov children ter the famidly. I reckon the populashun or the State would soon be double what hit Iz now. They would keep rite up with Noah. Solo mon an them other fellers erway back in the gude ole days when they usually had erbout ennuff children ter the family ter form a regiment without Includln' the girls, fer they hardly ever counted them, anyway, they being thrown in fer gude mea sure. ' WThen the order ter go forth an' multiply an replenish the earth wuz Issued awl these peeple begun ter sit up an' take notis an' they air still obeyin instrucshuns ter the let ter. In sum seckshung ov the coun try they brag on their farmin', their stock an' sich like. But in this seck- shun they brag on the children. Two or three sets ov twins ter the family iz not unusual. But hit causes a gude deal ov envy ter exist ermong nabors ermong them that air not so lucky. Preserdent Roosevelt orter come down here an' spend a few days, fer he Iz a grate man fer encouragin the raisin' ov large families. If he wuz ter visit erround in Iredell and Alexander counties he would git so enthuzed that he would dance a jig every now an then. I see by the papers that Congress iz sorter down on the Preserdent's plan ter add four new battleships ter the navy this year. I am with the Preserdent. We need more battleships. Not that we air tryin' ter git up a war with any furrin' coontries. But we need the battleships ter help keep the peace. A feller that iz goin' erround armed an' lookin' fer a row iz more apt ter attack an' unarmed man than he iz ter attack a feller that iz prepared fer trouble. If we had four or five new battleships we would probably be safe frum a furrin' war fer a long time ter cum. Give us more battle- hips an' fewer pollytishuns. The wise men in both parties generally agree oi this subjeck. an' the polly- ishuns orter be driven ter the rack, fodder or no fodder. But while I am in favor ov more battleships, I don't think much ov them long trips they hev bin goin' on ter China an' awl erround, them 5,000-mile trips. Hit looks ter me ike wearin an hit iz mity expensive. Better put the cost ov them trips into new warships. I hear that a Bible agent who hez bin travelin' in Iredell County iz tellin that he hez found many fami- ies withoufa Bible in their homes. am purty well acquainted in most seckshuns ov the county an' I think tie must be mistaken. Still, they air a gude many peeple in the land who take up s o much time with pol- yticks that they may be negleckin' that part ov their lives. I know a gude many peeple who think that they air awl rite fer the next wnrld jist so they happen ter. belong ter a certain perlitical party an they may be sum ov that sort in Iredell coun ty. If such iz the case, they had bet ter flee frum the wrath ter cum, fer pollyticks air mity onsertin at times on earth, an' they air apt ter be more so fer spiritual purposes. I see that they hev h ad a "so cial equality" convention 'in New York an they air raisin' a grate ru- cus erbout nit. I don't beleeve in anything ov that sort an I don't reckon anybody else . does. Hit Iz simply another perlitical game ter keep the South solid an the North iz solid anyway. The sitizens ov both seckshuns air the losers an' the pol- tishuns air the gainers. The peeple who tnk part in that convention air simply hired tools ov one ot the grate perlitical parties, an this bein cam pane year, the hall hez opened az usual by raisin' the colored line az a flag, an' the people will be humbug ged some more. I am opposed ter social equality, an I haint got any kin folks with negro blood in their veins, which sum ov the prominent men in the State can't say. But that don't keep me frum sayin' that I'd like ter see the campane run on the issues an' fought ont on its merits. But I never expeck ter see that done. The people ov this State an other States also, hev bin humbugged fer forty years an they will continue ter march up an take their medicin fer sum years longer, I guess. May be the. next generation wil be born with hits eyes open, or will get them open after a few years. But hum bug iz the fruit we will gather fer sum time yit so far az pollyticks air concerned. The country up here iz gittin fill ed up with rural teliphone lines. Most every house hez a telephone in hit. They send fer the doctor by telephone an' one nabor will call up another an pay . a visit an find out how the baby iz an talk over aw the ftaboTfeoo4 gomAp rrf the tr This he party aich hro4r bp ife gt4 old aodal way ov tabor hood vtsltta, the wry ttf or rural & trick. 1 WlBve UWphoft awl orter b bur CM cp an they orw b a law ergia thra. If I ever ma fer the leslalatere ther dextrstckshsa, or the tekphos will be ay mala piaak. They air a Bslca&e in tow, bat or la the coaatry a actaal crim. Ai Evr. ZKKE B1UK1N3 A UETROSPTXT. Why lb IbrpahUcaat Party I La Xot ilccom the Majority Party In North Carotin Tt lUmmly. Mr. Editor: When Ayrurk-dl-BB and Company, In 1500, went all through North Carolina, telling the people (the white men especially) that it was best for all. that the dis franchising of the negroes was bent. for the reason that with the elimina tion of the negroe, men could stand ap to each other face to face and dirti issues, with no personal en mity, prejudice or abuse, and there would be a white people's party sim ply, and in effect that the Republi cans would be as the Democrats, stand or fall upon the merits of pub lic questions, and upon that alone; how is it now? There is as much. If not more, hatred and ill-feeling against Re publicans, especially white Republi cans now, than ever before, and the purpose of it all l to crush those who stand, or might stand, in their way, or dare to disagree with them, in anything. So that, the man who is a Repub lican from principle, and not for the "office" finds himself hounded down on the one hand by the Democrats, and hectored, badgered and "read out" of the party by the office-holders on the other? Thus, the Republican, because he believes in the fundamental and everlasting principles of that party. finds himself between two fires, and t is they who have become Jlred of such persecution by Both Democrats and office-holding Republicans, that he takes himself to "the woods" po- itically speaking, and these are the ones, who want a growing successful party of voters, not office-holders, that it will be difficult to get out to the polls, or conventions when called by and for the office-holders only. Truly it takes a hero to be a Re publican in North Carolina, in these days of Democratic hatred, and office-holders' selfishness, prejudice nd venality! If anything more was needed to prove it, the performances of the ate Republican Convention in Greensboro (April 30th) clearly show that the office-holders do not want a Republican party in North Carolina, a live, militant, growing party, is the very last thing they want! When we see such men as ix-Senator Butler, Judge Bynum, Mr. Settle, J. F. Newell, and others, re fused recognition because, forsooth, they did not agree with the narrow views of the office-holders, and these gentlemen virtually driven out, does any one doubt that the party has dwindled down to a mere offlce-hold- ng few, who want no one in it, but themselves? When we see one man holding by virtue of the deputy rev enue collectors of the East the places of State and National committeeman. receiver ($15,000 per year) and now a delegate to the National Conven tion, is it any wonder that decent men are disgusted, and stay away from the conventions and will not even lose the few moments time to go to the polls? But, such is the office-holders' party of North Caro- ina!!! REPUBLICAN. "A TRAITOR." Clinton News-Dispatch. The Republicans of Sampson Coun ty will, no doubt, be surprised to know that they sent a delegate to the State and Congressional Conven tion who tried to break an instructed delegation from this county and tried to cast his vote against the wishes of those who sent him, but Senator Butler whipped him out and the chairman ruled that Sampson Coun ty should cast her 18 rotes as she had been instructed. So this new comer from the sand hills of Moore County conld not deliver the goods as he no doubt had promised the Ex Judge, the consideration being the ittle three dollar postoffice at Mints, but so determined was he to carry out his hellish design that he fol lowed his big boss on to New Bern where he was aided by the chairman ruling in his favor against the wishes and instructions of two thousand Re publican voters of Sampson County and over the protest ot all the other delegates present. Senator Butler characterized him as a traitor, a black sheep and a political skunk and asked all good Republicans of Sampson County to never trust him again. This Is the first time that Sampson County was ever betrayed by a delegate in any convention, and we hope it will be the last, for we don't believe the good people of Mc- Daniels Township will lever allow this political degenerate to misrepre sent them again. Secretary Taft Now in Panama. Secretary of War Taft sailed for Panama last Thursday and was due to reach here yesterday. He was accompanied by General. Counse Rogers of the Interstate Commission. WHY ADAMS LEFT JHE STAGE Wet Rebuked by the State Convention. If It l-lrmlr U4 !W ! vtmcUHS tike Male lluJrma W oUl Xot Kvra lia lUrrm IUtI Ti MaclUt and lWUlrr CUh Trtamptt t itmUre- tuktw-wnw t Mate OtHrtto. A prvmiaebt Kpab!ican retttreib from the Hrpobiicaa t$tal Conven tion at Jreeaburo In an later vie yesterday to id uf Judge &p&cr IV Adama, humiliation in the coat ration of the defeat of a reoiutka to cvn fer torr upon htm and of th trt umph of Hut ler Urn over the State chairman, forcing the convention into arqul-cencf in Huller a rvaolutiou. Adams, it was aaid, after brlog re buked by the contention, left tbe stage and did not show his face ln until the adjournment of the conven tion. In speaking of the rebuking of Adams the Republican said: "After the chairman waa elected. and after Skinner bad been aal upon by the convention, Ike Meekina, of Pasquotank, atummed the leading role and introduced a resolution em powering the State chairman to se lect the six members of the State Committee. Ex-United States Sena tor Marion Butler offered a substi tute providing that the members of the State committer should not be elected until the next convention, at which time the State ticket will be nominated. The majority of the con vention was with Butler on this prop osition. Prominent among them was Judge W. P. Bynum, of Greensboro, who said that it would be a bad prec edent to allow tbe State chairman to select the State Committee and sur round himself with a little coterie who would simply do his bidding. The resolution of Meeklna was de feated and Butler's substitute was adopted. After this rebuke to Ad ams he left the stage and did not again make his appearance before the convention adjourned. If the delegates had not been instructed the State chairman would not even have been elected, as much senti ment for a postponement had devel oped and many who voted as In structed said afterwards that the next convention would be the proper time to elect a State chairman, after the State ticket bad been named. Skin ner did not get in another word af ter he was forced to lake his neat by the convention, and if he had a prepared speech he still has It. The officeholders dominated at 11 rat, but were routed on tbe question of State Committee, Skinner, an officeholder. was at first master of, ceremonies un til he was howled down and then Meekins; an ex-officeholder, assumed the leading role on the stage and did Committee. Skinner, an officeholder, ers. News and Uuservera. "Why Not Keep it Up." We understand that tbe people are a little busy just now; no me or them are out fighting for prohibi tion; some of them are out fighting against prohibition; some are try ing to work the rabbit foot on the Taft boom; some are insisting that Yon Yonson should be the Denver nominee; some are whooping up Cul berson's boomlet, and milady is in terested in the Merry Widow hat. while my male friend is more inter ested in the Merry Widow, but all the same it looks like this Mars bus iness is being neglected. It wasn't long ago, a half dozen years or so, and every mother's son. scientific and unscientific, was out ooking upwards and trying to deter- minewhether or not the Maritans were asking us up to nave sometnlng with them; philosophers were insist ing that we could signal Mars if he had the apparatus, and there were all kinds of stories being written on the subject. But these days we get no tidings from Mars or from the professors concerning Mars. We know the Taft Boom is a big thing we know that Bryan has some divine ratios of one kind and another, and we know that Yon Yon son once upon a. time carried the washing that his mother did but even that should not dim the glory of the heavenly bodies and put Mars to the bad. If Mars is inhabited why isn't it of jnst as much interest today as It was a dozen years ago; why should an impulsive people go wild over a the ory that is so soon discarded even before it Is proven false? Just as soon as Professor J. Allen Holt finds that he is out of the race, and just as soon as the prohibition question is decided one way or an other, we take it that It would be in order, to again take up the Mars proposition. If Mars is inhabited we ought to know, it; we have a right to know it; we should know It. If it isn't inhabited and there are no bar rooms there we should be ad vised. What we want are the facts in the case. We want information and unless we get it one way cer tainly we shall proceed In another. Briefly it is up to the people o North Carolina to do something. Fairbrother's Everything. A known enemy is better than treacherous friend.- French. THE BUSINESS MENS PARTY Kitbcul Auftditba ot Mint Ucturcrt WTTJ Tike a HicJ la FolitJcs. A MEETING MONDAY IwawiAti II 3ttd Mnabre !lr-4"r ( Hmnr llr IaTshtI t Vcnmrfrial ImlrerM in live t'aMt Male .Will I lloMf Mm- t.f Ilm-r ! lit k Mrr ! rri I MM. New Vork. Maj 12 It t mS4 tkt ob oulren; of the rotnSsr tkQ of the Natioaal A mutation of Manufacturer i& tkU tit, mhlrb EtB Xlonda). ttl t th forreaUotx of a bualfteMi men political prty t take a hand In the blr c rtn- paiso. The muvemeftt. it it U Ji4- ed on, will aloe lb line of tbe Palmer and lluckner tr.oteu.efct of although n lha .r-rot caw the Idea la to get Into at turn before the campaign ha hspd it-if. la an effort to make th political lead ers mw tbe light and so d awy with tta necessity of nominating third ticket baaed on the prinrlple of no extremism in American polliSf The National Aaaorlatlon of Manu facturers is a nohpolitital orRatilu Hon. It baa 2,000 members, h" represent some of the lart bul neas Interests In this country, and U allied with many other throuKb trade asaoclatlons and through tbe national committee of industrial de fense to which these aaH-iatlona be long, of which James W. Van Cleave, head of the association, is chairman. UAMX) OH Mil. MI.I.l.V. Cliargea of Connecticut Member In llelAtlon to Purcha of Kwl-Ma-rlnc Hate Fallen lKwn. Washington Herald. The collapse of the imrstlgation forced upon Congress by Heprriwnta tlve Lllier, of Connecticut. Into th legislation providing the navy with sub-marines is as Inglorious as the inquiry was unjustifiable. Tbe reck- less charges which were made by Mr. Lilley included, at least by Inferem-.. some of his aiworlate In Congritu and his fellow members of tl lloue Naval Committee, and they iuwled Indirectly certain naval officers and Navy Department offhiaK Of courM. the charges HKcrlbd all ort of corruption and crookednejtM to ie of tbe two firms engaged in tuhtu. rine construction in tbi country. It now appears that all f thu a founded upon babies rumor and was worked up by such vicious means as the employment of anonymous let ters and the dlsnemluatlon of flctl- ious Htatlstlcs. The attempt to make tbe sub-marine legislation of this country a congressional scandal was remarkable for the crude arro gance of IU authors, who have sought to demolish a rival in their parUcsUr field of business activity. It waa the kind of secret warfare which spared no one in its Implication and required a defensive attitude on the pari of some people who should not have been placed in such a position. Mr. Lilley appears to have been as much a victim of the wiles of these anony mous letter writers as was the prin cipal object of his resolution of Inves tigation. The proceedings failed with the disclosure of a plot which evi dently proposed to stop at nothing n the smirching of character so long as the ruin of rivals in business was accomplished. Representative Lilley will be saved rom the serious consequences which his Indiscretion suggests because he s entitled to the suspicion-that he was not knowingly a party to this conspiracy; but congressional sympa thy with his present embarrassment will be lessened by tbe knowledge possessed by his associates In the louse of Representatives that he has been one of those "reformers" who almost habitually indulge In loose and indiscreet talk. Another side to this whole squalid sensation is that furnished by the annoyance and expense to which many people, including tbe govern ment, have been subjected by this purposeless and unwarranted Investi gation. There Is. of course, no re dress for those who were called up on to aeiena inemseivea agaiui with the least possible credit to charges which are now dismissed with the least possible credit to those responsible for them. Crazy Soldier KHU Several Comrade In the Philippine. Manila, May 11. 3; 43 p. ro. Pri vate Mike Beacham, oi Troop F. First Cavalry, ran amuck In the barracks at Camp Stotsenburg this-afternoon. He shot and killed First Sergeant William Hoey and Privates Thomas F. Woodward and G. Wilson, and wounded Privates Edward F. Clark, Emmett W. Samper and Harry W. Whipple, Clark's wound, is in the head and be may die. Beacham was captured and placed in close confinement. He is believed to be Insane. A full ? report of the tragedy has not yet been received. The killed and wounded are all mem bers of Troop F. ' , V i 1 5 f M I I 5 5 - ft J; ! r, n .! a t I t I I I: Si i U I I ft t
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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