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A TT WL. XXVII. RALEIGH, N. C THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1909. No. 19. Tf 'A ;rf TT A 1 rv ' A v' A U i . i I XX I s i A I 4 EDITORIAL BRIEFS Congress Democrats. should place a duty on And the penitentiary affairs were not In good shape after all. Afid bow Senator Daniel has asked for a high tariff on quebracho. The fJeffiocrats talk tariff reform, and then go the Republicans one bet Ur on high schedules. If Congress should place a duty on Democrats It would be simply protec tive and without hope of revenue. If the Democratic leaders won't stand by their platform, how can they expect the voters to do so? If Bryan had been elected last fall what would he have done with the high tariff Democrats In Congress? The Democratic papers have been unusually quiet about that $10,000 deficit of the Shell Fish Commission. There are only two more weeks In which Democrats can file their applications for a job as oil inspec tor. They may try to oil up the Demo cratic machine, but it is the general opinion that the thing Is past repair ing. That Denver platform which was made of "free lumber" Is not now considered safe by many of the Dem eratlc members. The Democratic machine will be oiled up and started off anew about June 9th. but it is not likely the old machine will illuminate much. If the special session lasts much longer Senator Culberson, the Demo cratic leader, will be left standing on the Denver platform all alone. Benator Culberson says the Demo crats are not for "Free Trade" or for "Protection." The supposlton la that they are simply Democrats. Where were the 'trust busters" in this State , when the Ice Trnst in Greensboro was squeezing to death an independent concern In that city? Here it goes again: "The Nation," a weekly magazine, says sixteen Dem ocrats voted with Aldrich to put a duty on Iron ore, which shows there is no Democratic party. So far as it applies to the tariff question, what is the difference be tween a Democrat for revenue only and a Republican for protection, when both advocate the same sched ules in the tariff? Senator Daniel, of Virginia, says he wants to protect American inter eats. It looks like the most of them are going to land into the Republi can -party in spite of all Bryan can do to the contrary. One by one the Democrats in Con gress are deserting the Democratic platform. On Monday Senator Bailey flew the coop and declared that he did not propose to be bound by the Denver platform. The Republican gains made in North Carolina last year caused the politicians to think that the old Dem ocratic machine needed oiling up, and when the Legislature met they pro vided salaries for ten oilers who will be appointed June 9th. Senator Bailey deposes and says that before he would be bound by the Denver platform that he would leave the Democratic party. If this sort of business keeps up the Repub lican party might as well begin mak lng preparations to receive many new visitors. While the lumber schedule was be ing discussed in the Senate Monday Senator Bailey, of Texas, said he re fused to be bound by the Denver platform because it was not a Demo cratic doctrine. If a Democratic plat form Is not Democratic doctrine what is it? The Democrats waged their last two campaigns on the trusts and the tariff questions. But since the noise of the last campaign has died away we find that most of the Democrats hare gone over to the protective ta riff. Let us hope they have not gone over to the trusts also; but if they have not. It is high time they were CEttlfig busy la this State. BILKINS IS SPAIN. Spain Now on Friendly Term With Us Her Former Greatnew How She Lot Out The New King and Queen Her Fanning Methods Are Ancient The National Sport Evidence of National Decay. Madrid, Spain, May 20, 1909. Correspondence of The Caucasian- Enterprise. I am now In Spain. Four or five years ergo hit mite hev bin a bft dangerous fer an American ter strike camp In this country. But hit Iz dif ferent now. Then we wuz at war with Spain. But we gave her the best In the Hhop, destroyed her navy, drove her out ov Cuba an' the Philip pines, an' then, In order ter, keep her out, we bought Cuba an' the Philip pine Islands an' now Spain iz reason ably friendly with us, so far az I know. If she Iz not, an' I find hit out, I'll finish up the job an' take Spain back with me when I return ter the United States. Hit li curious the way things turn out. Erway back in 1492 Christo pher Columbus, a citizen ov Spain, got hit Into hiz head that tbey wuz a great country ov some sort across the water. The more he thought er bout hit the stronger he believed hit. Finally, after worryln the rulers ov Spain purty nigh ter death, they told Columbus ter fit out a number ov ships an' sail in search ov the land. He did, an' he found hit rite close ter the spot he had sed hit wuz at. The new land wuz America, or lz called that now. Columbus found only Indians In the new country. Had he cared to he could hev. bought up the whole American continent fer a few Spanish pennies or a few toys. But he went back ter Spain an' reported. In those days a new country or two wuz not desirable. For many years the In dians and buffaloes an' other live stock continued ter run pollytlcks In America. Finally another citizen, Sir Walter Raleigh, went over an' estab- ished a colony. But it wuz a fail ure. But, after many efforts, the English an' the French got a start in America. The Spanish later took an Interest again, but never got much ov a foothold in the new coun try an' finally lost what they had. Later on they took hold ov Cuba an the Philipine Islands an' held them fer many yearsaz colonial territory, badly governed. Finally the Ameri can-Spanish War came an' Cuba an' the Philippines air now American soil, though Cuba hez her independ ence, provided she will be gude. Spain, relieved ov her burdens, fer they wuz nothln less, beln so badly managed, hez settled down ter live without hope ov more territory, fer she iz too small ter hope ter whip any ov the big countries an' regain what they hez lost, sold an' given er way. Nations, like Individuals, can lose strength, power an' prestige, which air practically the same thing, very easily. Spain lz a small country, thickly populated. It iz really a peninsula runnln' out Into the ocean. But not awl ov this peninsula iz owned by Spain, fer Portgual occupies a small part ov hit. Strange that Spain hez not annexed Portgual before now. But the Spanish air curious people. Like the French they air smart. But they attach more Importance to "a gude time" than to anything else. The present King ov Spain iz a young man an he married an Eng- ish woman. Somehow I hev an idea that Spain may yet be a part ov Eng- and az time rolls on, though her ter ritory iz more convenient to France than to England, the peninsula jut ting out from French territory. Spain hez a mild climate an' lz a grate fruit-growing country. The vineyards, especially, air very fine. No better grapes air grown in the world. Lots ov wine iz made. Az ter farmin', the Spanish air az far behind some other civilized coun tries az they air in other lines. Most ov the farmin' iz now done here az hit wuz flvei hundred years ergo. They don't even use threshin' ma- sheens In most ov the country. The wheat lz threshed on the larger farms by hitchin a pair ov mules ter a consarn that looks like a small disc harrow an' draggin' hit over the wheat on the threshin' floor. Hit tears the straw an gets out most ov the wheat. The wheat iz then clean ed of chaff by pourin' hit when the wind iz blowln pretty hard, the breeze takln out most ov the chaff, On the smaller farms they "beat" the sheaves ov wheat over the edge ov a barrell an get it out ov the straw an' then clean hit by pourin when the breezes air gude, which iz nearly awl the time on any peninsu larlike land. The agricultural backwardness ov the Spanish, az above-stated, illus trates the general lack ov progres- siveness noticed In Spain. The peo ple air Intelligent, that iz, many ov them air. But many ov them air without any education at awl. In Spain the grate national sport lz bull-flghtinV Every town an city hez a great circular pit containin' seats, each row risin a little higher than the one in front. At stated times bull-fights air pulled off an' the Spanish lay aside everythin an' at tend, dressed in their best clothes The fightin lz done by. men mounted on horses an they use long spears or knives ter disable an' finally kil the bull. These men wear a bright (Continued on Page 3.) WO FREELUi,iBEn Senate Votes For One Dol lar Duty on Each Thousand j Feet. THE PfflUJmIS ELL PASSES Message of the realdit liegardiag porto Rican Affairs Referred to the Ways and Means OommlUee BUI to Divest the Porto Rican Legisla ture of Certain Authority Was Dis cussed in the House Mr. Tarrto- age, tlio Porto III can Oommissioi. er. Vigorously Opposed the Bill. Washington, D. C, May 24. No single piece of lumber was ever used more effectually as a see-saw by chil dren than was the great lumber in dustry to-day by the United States Senate. The lumber schedule of the tariff bill was nnder consideration al most the entire day, with Senators Root, Heyburn, Borah and Dolllver contending on the one hand for a protection for the Industry and Sen-J ators uiapp, uurkett and Mcc umber arguing as sterenuously against that policy. The day closed with more than two-thirds vote against Senator McCumber's free lumber amendment. the ballot showing 25 for and 56 against. Both parties were split upon the vote. Only 10 of the 25 votes in favor of free rough lumber were cast by Democrats, while the other sev enteen Democrats present and voting were in favor of a duty. Fifteen Re publicans voted for free lumber and 39 for the duty. Messrs. Dolllver and Borah voted with the Aldrich committee In favor of the $1.00 rate contained in the bill as reported to the Senate. The two Maryland Senators were on opposite sides or the question. Senator Culberson, the minority lead er, voted for free lumber; Senator Bailey, his colleague from the Lone Star State, against it. Tennessee was divided Senator Frazier voting 'aye" and Senator Taylor "no." So was Georgia Senator Clay voting for free lumber and Bacon against It. Philippine Tariff Bill Passed. Washington, D. C, May 24. The Republicans of the House to-day again took matters into their own hands, and with a sudden show of strength passed the Philippine tariff bill, the consideration of which had been concluded two weeks ago, re ferred the message of .the President regarding Porto Rican affairs to the Committee on Ways and Means, and devoted some time to a discussion of the bill amending the laws of Porto Rico so as to divest the Legislature of certain authority possessed by it. The feature of the day was a speech of considerable length by Mr. Tarrinage, the Porto Rican Commis sioner, vigorously opposing the bill affecting the Island represented by him, and denouncing the Executive Council or upper branch of the Leg- slature of Porto Rico. The bill was pending when the House at 2:27 p. m. adjourned until Thursday. HIRED MEN TO KILL HUSBAND. Thomas Farmer Assaulted by Negro and White Man and Is In Serious Condition Assailants Say Farm er's Wife Hired Tbom to Commit the DeeL Snow Hill, N. C, May 20. At his home "I'll Bull Head Township, this county; Tuesday night between ten and eleven o'clock, a murderous as sault was made upon Thomas Farmer with a club and pistol. He had re tired and was dozing when in bis semi-conscious condition, after vague ly hearing whispers in the room, he was struck with a club, but was able to jump from the bed and in spite of other blows and a gun-shot wound in the abdomen he fled from the house, closely pursued by his assailants, finding refuge at his sister's home, a few hundred yards distant. He was able to recognize his assailants John Howell, white, seventeen years old, and Ben Farmer, colored, twenty years old. Both fled, but 'were ar rested at the home of Ben Farmer's sister, near Stantonburg, in Wilson County, this morning about 4 o'clock by the sheriff of this county. They were both in the same bed when ar rested. They confessed, .implicating Tom Farmer's wife, stating that she had promised them five hundred dol lars and a mule and bugev if thev would kill Farmer, and that she turn ed them In the house. Howell also stated that hut for him the negro would have shot Farmer through a window at his sister's house, to which he fled, but that" he (Howell) stopped him. Mrs. Farmer and the two boys are in jail here at Snow Hill now. Only recently Mrs. Farmer entered. into possession of several thousand dollars worth of property from her f ather a estate. The physician states that Farmer has a fighting chance for life. It is stated that about two weeks ago Farmer, after eating dinner, was taken deathly ill and a physician who was near and who was called in etat ea mac ne was suffering from an over-dose of strychnine which was supposed to have been administered in his food. , MUIiDIin, OF CHRXSTIAXa DC TUB-KEY. How COO Were Put to DeUt te Ome Spot AH Bat Twelve f thw Sub ber Were Boned U Death, the Others ttehdrd--Te tiling Are la Distress. New York. May 24. How firs hun dred Christians were destroyed In on spot by fanatical Mohammedans is told la the following letter, written fa Arabalc Just received by Constan tine Kahley, 2 Washington Street, from Bandar Kamel. The men are both Christian Arabian; not related by any families ties: "Mer&lna. Asiatic Turkey. April 199$. 'To much beloved brother and ap ple of my eye: "I kiss you and from afar off send yon iny brotherly love and present yon a multitude of regards and salu tations. I "While writing this I am In great fear and perturbation. This tear has been over our heads for a long time on account of the great number of people killed and becaese of robber ies and the tacking of communities and their extermination. "Only two days ago, in Adana, five hundred Christians took refage in a large stone house. They were all well armed. They defended them selves gallantly against a hail of bul lets that the beseigers rained upon them. They could not be dislodged by bullets. The besiegers then brought cans of petroleum and placed them against the wooden door of the house. Then they set the petroleum on fire. The door took fire and the flames were quickly communicated to the interior of the house which was finished in wood. Quickly the entire inside of the house was in flames. All but twelve of the 500 were burn ed to death. You could have seen their skins burning like candles. The twelve men escaped into an outer court. The Mohammedans quickly broke down the door of this court, placing the head of one Christian in the lap of another beheaded and the twelve thus in succession. "A loaf of bread is now worth 32 cents in American money and a meas ure of wheat $16. Nobody is work ing. There is no store open. The poor and rich are all alike one class. None will lend another a penny. Such is our fate." IRATK CITIZENS THRASH PREACHER, An Exciting Scene at the Depot in Clinton Preacher and Wife Placed Under $ 1,000 Bond. Clinton, N. C, May 24. A rather sensational trial occurred In the may or's court here to-day when John E.' Fawler, C. M. Faircloth, B. H. Crum pler, Jere Matthis and Frank Tur lington were tried for. an assault on Rev. G. M. Fomby. From the facts that came out in the trial they were about as follows: Mrs. John E. Lu- ten, of Perry, Fla., recently had the peculiar experience, so she testified, of having won her children from her husband in a divorce suit at her home and then having a Florida jus tice of the peace award their custody to Rev. O. M. Fomby to take to the rescue home for fallen women that he was conducting. Mrs. Luten heard he was In Clinton and came here to see about her children. Rev. Fomby had not arrived. When he came he was met by a large crowd at the de pot, and Mrs. Luten demanded to know where her children were, only to be told that It was none of her business. She did not take kindly to that suggestion, and asked Mrs. Fomby where they were. Mrs. Fom by called her an insulting name and said she was not fit to know where they were, whereupon some of the de fendants tried their fists upon the anatomy of the Rev. Fomby. He sought refuge under the train and a lively scene was the result. One of the children is said to be seven months old and the other one seven years. The Rev. Mr. Fomby Indict ed the above-named influential '"citi zens, and Mrs. Luten. who was ac compacted by her husband retaliated by having Mr. and Mrs. Fomby put under a thousand dollar justified bond each for the appearance until requisition papers can be gotten here from Florida and a warrant charging the Fomby's with the abduction. The defendants plead guilty' and the may or fined them each five dollars, except Turlington, and their part of the costs. Fomby admits placing the children in a "home" at Meansvile. Ga., and the mayor of that places wires he has the children there await ing their parent's coming. Rev. Fomby established a "rescue home" near Clinton last fall, the reputation of which has been of two kinds. North Carolina "Woman in Sad Plight. Wilmington, Del., May 24. A de mented woman who said she was Mrs. Catherine Dickinson, aged 45, wife of a physician at Pine Bluff, N. C, was picked up at Newark yesterday while wandering aimlessly about town. Mrs. Dickinson Imagines she Is being pursued. It was In that be lief that she fled from New York". While in New York she pawned her Jewels 'and then fearing her pur- surer" would get the pawn ticket she returned it to the pawn-broker for "safe-keeping." She does not know the address of the pawn shop. Superintendent Hanckner has sent word to "Dr. Dickinson, Pino Bluff, N. C." FlHll DAYG? TOIL Case in Which Ex-Jadje Adaxss Sued for Alleged Libel mrnun reiterates charges gays That Jadge Adams Told Him la Spring of IMS That ITe Was Go. lng te lUrmhigham to Get 923,000 Oat of Goal Deal, and After IU turnlag Home Adams THd Itim II Got the 23,000 and Brought it Back With Itlui At Former llear lag Adams Said He Made So Money, Except Salary, la Okla homa. (By Andrew Joyner. in Raleigh News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. C, April 5. The evidence in the Adams-Butler libel case was closed by both sides at noon to-day, after having been on day and night since last Wednesday morning, and argument of counsel began after noon recess Judge Adams was not placed on the stand again, but Judge Weaver being recalled by the prosecution in answer to deposition of Congressman Stevens, of Texas, that he had told Weaver to his face that his citizen ship court was corrupt and Weaver had replied "that Is hard to take." Judge Weaver testified that when Stevens dd not resent it but walked out of the room Congressman Stevens, who has been present at the trial for several days, and who had testified in person! that the reputation of the court in Oklahoma was very bad, left for Texas last night. Rynum Springs Surprise. The defendants closed their case by a sensational bit of evidence from ex-Judge W. P. Bynum, Introducing no other witness. Bynum had testi fied that Adams told him he had made twenty-five thousand dollars In a coal mine deal shortly after the ex piration of his judgeship. In his evi dence Saturday night Adams vigor ously denied this, explaining that By num had misunderstood him, for he lost two hundred dollars by not mak ing a. deal he. had in view. Bynum this morning related with particular ly the alleged conversation with Adams just as he was getting off to Birmingham with a suit case in his hand, in which Adams stated he was on his way to close a deal for coal properties In which he would make twenty-five thousand dollars; that af ter Adams returned, he told him spe cifically that he had made the deal and brought every cent of money back with him. This sensational climax to the long drawn-out evi dence in the case produced an evi dent sensation in the court-room. . . . The Evidence Closed. When court adjourned at eleven o'clock, Saturday night, Judge Adams was still on the stand as a witness, Solicitor Fuller announcing that he would conclude his re-direct exami nation in a few moments' Monday morning. When court opened at nine o'clock this morning, Judge Adams was not placed on the stand again, but imme diately a large number of character witnesses were sworn. The evidenoe In chief of ex-Jndge Adams Saturday night was as fol lows: Adams on Stand. Am forty-eight years old, born In Surry County. Lived in Caswell County a number of years; been in Greensboro since 1908; clerk of Cas well Court - fourteen years; Judge Superior Court two years; nominated for Congress in 190$; was Secretary and Treasurer of North Carolina Railroad; Chief Justice of Citizenship Court from July, 1902, to July, 1905; was Republican candidate for Gover nor in 1900. The publication was absolutely false. He wrote the opin ion In the case giving Mansfield, Mc Murray and Cornish the $750,000 fee; that he did not receive a penny for this or any other act as officer of the court; that he didn't even know Joins, nor had he ever seen him; that he didn't participate in any of the politics of the Indians; that he merely went to TIshimlngo as a mat ter of curiosity to see ail Indian Leg fslature in session. Had no such con versatlon with Hackett as he test! fled to. There has never been what you might say intimacy between Marion Butler and myself. I always tried to treat him courteously, but knowing his character, I always held him at arms' length. At the time of this publication, and Immediately preced ing it, our relations were exceedingly strained. I was in Washington, But ler came to my room and began talk lng politics. (Objection by defendants. Objes- tlon over-ruled.) Judge Stradwlck. for the prosecu tlon, said the State proposed to show that Butler, after finding that he could not run Adams out of the con test for Chairmanship of Republican State Committee, to be elected Apr! 34,1908, he proceeded to maliciously publish the article -of April 23rd in The C&ncaslan. ' Jadge Adams coatlastag: After this coavfrsaUoa la Wasal>es, But ler's attitude towards me was one of extreme hostility. I was candidate for re-election as State Chairman, and Butler taovd heaven sad earth to defeat me, but he failed Ignoraltii oasly. The statements of Cruse and Ledbetter as to my telling them ! would stand forever, or like a lone iceberg, before I would decide the test case against the Indiana, are not true. The deposition of Mr. Howell, of the Department of the Interior, that I said, "You did not expect us to rule the court out of a Job." la not true. I do not recall any such xprelon. It could not be true, for the dUioa had nothing to do with the life of the court- Was in Washington after court ceased to make my reports and to pay my respects to the President and other Departments, and not at all for the purpose of helping Mans field. McMurray ft Cornish collect their fee. There was not a particle of difference in my relations with or treatment of these lawyers from what treated all lawyers who practiced before the court. I reached Greensboro with my family on January 1. 1905. I was called by wire to Washlnrton and found this injunction suit had been Instituted against the Secretary of the Treasury. He desired me to give him the facts, so as to make answer. United States District Attorney Rus sell wrote the answer. I made th ffldavit at his request, and every member of the court signed it. Dictated my court decisions to a stenographer. Never knew or in quired what kind of paper the type writer wrote it on. Supposed he used paper from the clerk's office. All cases were carefully heard in open court, evidence being taken by stenographer. After evidence was all n, judges would confer upon decis- ons, and apportion cases to each to write the same. In case of awarding fee to attor neys, I distinctly remember we spent nearly a whole night before agreeing on the amount. I found, when we took a vote, that one was for a mil lion, one for a million and a half, while I was for half a million dol lars, l finally succeeded in ratting t compromised at $750,000. It was not found on a percentage at all, and the letters of the two Oovernors made no impression on me. I had no dea, however, that the law firm dic tated these letters. Adams Contradict Several Witnesses The testimony of Congressman Stevens and Webster balllnger that the court struck from the rolls per sons entitled to be there Is incorrect n the sense that this was wilfully or criminally done. I do not claim Infallibility. Every applicant who came into that court had a fair and Impartial trial. If a single one was denied tin- ustly I do not know It. Judge Adams here went into a de tailed explanation of reasons for de nying several cases, which had been mentioned in depositions as Instances of injustice. Witness said he had no recollection of reputed conversations with Gilbert and could not possibly have said to him that the Joins case was all right. ie was not in the town on the date fixed by Gilbert. Joins did not apply for enrollment as an intermarried citizen, but by Indian blood, so as to get in children by a white wife. He was a white man, who had married an Indian, and had one child by her. He was divorced, had 'a white wife, and wanted to get himself and all the children on the roll. Of course he did not succeed. A Poor Promoter. Concerning the conversation with Judge Bynum, as to my making $25.- 000 out of a coal company in the Indian Territory, will say, I was only promoter for a big coal deal, in which I tried to interest Mr. Duke, Marion Butler and others, and I thought I was going to make a great deal more than $25,000. But I did not make a cent. I was out of pocket in this deal $200. I may at sometime or other in intimate relations with Judge Bynum, when he was talking about how much he was making have Bald that I too was worth $50,000. The property I bought six years ago in Greensboro, has advanced phe nomenally in value. But I have never received a dishonest penny in all my life. I never in my life authorized Mr. Smith or any one else to go to see Butler and try to compromise this case. It is a matter in which there can be no compromise. My integrity Is attacked and I shall have its as sailants punished to the extent of the law. If any man can show that ever received a dishonest dollar. am willing to go to my grave dis graced as I should go, and have my children pointed out In after years as the heirs of a thief. Croaa-exam 1 nation On a rigorous ana prolonged cross- examination Judge Adams denied ever having given expression to any thing mentioned In affidavits or that he had ever received a dollar of taint ed money. (Here the prosecution introduced several witnessed citizens of Greens boro, who said that Adams genera character was good in Greensboro Three persons who had been in Okla homa, were also testified in behalf of Adams character. Ed. Caucasian. It was developed that Adams had but little Superior Court practice. (Continued on Page 2.) GUlLTYOFCOtflKlPT Tennessee Sheriff and Others to be Punished by U. S. Supreme Court. CHATTANOOGA LYNCHING Sheriff MUpft, lkrpttly Shriiff Uitwtm aal l'Kr Ottwr lwUml ty lit ttrt lo tw tiullty an Art of (VKtmtpl in tVmllatng in ItHKl In a CVip4ry to I.) mh a Xt;ri Wlto W'mm 1' tutor PrMh rtrnc for lUr( ami in 1m 1smi i!m huprrw tmrt Had tiraatrd a New Trial A a I tuul (W, Waihlngton. May 2I Kwr lb nri time in so erinu a . the 8t prem Court of the fnlteJ Stat will, on next Tuesday, undertake to mete out punUhtneni for th rritu of contempt of the court lUelf, and the Importance of tht occakion be enhanced by th number of th defendants. The proceeding Ul tak plac In connection with the ra uf Sheriff Shlpp and Deputy Sheriff Glbmn. of Hamilton County, Tnn and tf four other resident of that county named, respectively. William. Nolan. Padgett and May. TheM? turn rre to-day declared by th Court to lw guilty of an act of contempt in com. bintng In 1905 in a t oneplra- to lynch a negro named Johnson, who had been sentenced to death by the local courts on the charge of !;. and In which rase the Supreme Court had Interfered to the extent of grant ng an appeal which had the effect a supersedeas. On the nltfht fol lowing the announcement ot the Court's action Johnson was taken out of the jail in ChattanooR.i by a mob nd lynched. There was no ret- nce on the part of the jail author ities and Shlpp and a number of his eputles. as well as about twenty citi zens, were proceeded against on the charge of contempt ot the Federal Court. The case has been pending ever ince and the- number of defendants was, from tune to lltn reduced lo nine. Of these nine three were to- ay found guilty, while the other pU were ordered to be brought Into court next Tuesday for sentence. They will b taken Into custody liumedlau-ly. nd will appear In court in rhatRe of Marshal Wright. The teutence may be either fine or Imprisonment, or both. The case Is regarded a of excep tional Interest because It l practical- the first time that the highest court In the United States has ever undertaken to assert Its dignity or to resent acts or words reflecting upon t. In one previous case some years go a defendant was fined for some expression of contempt, but the rase was so comparatively Inslicnlflrant as to practically leave the present pro ceeding standing alone. In the cases of Sheriff Shlpp and Deputy Gibson the court In effect de clares that there may be contempt In a failure of officers of the law to pre vent a crime In contempt tt court, and In taking cognizance of an offense at so great a distaure, the court for the first time asserts by action Its right to compel the proper retpect for and treatment of Its ver dicts In all parts of the Union. Reviewing the proceedings In the case of Johnson, the negro who wa lynched, the Chief Justice pointed out that even before the case wa brought-to the Supreme Court there had been many threats of lynching because of the serious character of the negro's offence. Continuing, he said of the proceeding on the night of the lynching: "The assertions that mob violence was not expected and that there was no occasion for providing more than the usual guard of one man for the jail In Chattanooga are quite unrea sonable and Inconsistent with state ments made by Sheriff Shlpp and his deputies that they were looking for a mob on the next day." The Chief Justice pointed out thit the Jail had been left entirely un guarded and In charge of Deputy Gib son, when precaution to guard the prisoner should have en taken. The Chief Justice quoted liberally from an interview given out by Shlpp some days after the lynching In which Shlpp said that he did not attempt to hurt any of the mob, and In which he charged the Supreme Court with the responsibility for the lynching. because of its interference In the case, commenting on tins uun ance. the Chief Justlc Raid: "He evidently reseutd the neces sary order of this court as an alien intrusion, and declared that the court was responsible for" the lynch ing. According to him 'the people of Hamilton County were willing to let the law takes its "course until It became known that the rase would not probably be disposed of for four or five years by the Supreme Court of the United States. But. be add ed, 'the people would not submit to this and I do not wonder at It.' Doea it Itequire Any Space. Union Republican. It does net require much space to chronicle the trusts that have beo "busted" under the Democratic anti trust law. ' ' t i i i i : i f f V
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