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J Tnn . CAtTCJtQf AS, Tbortday, February IS, mi.J 11 1,11 11 MARION BUTLER'S s EIGH SPEECH. (Continued from Pa 1.) fore re ornmend that the General As afxr.ll accept and approve It. ' 'Respectfully submitted. "K H. Glenn, A. C. Zolllcoffer, A M. Scale. J. ft. Gordon. It. B :aie. J. H. uoraon. n. ij. eld. Walter Murphy, Com-jH"M Cora" mitt " We concur in the store. " J. Ilryan Grimes. B. F, Dixon, J. Y. Joner. It. Ii. Lacy, Council of State.' ne Fact Supprrel and .Ww SLtn Ur StartHi. When these bald, pregnant and unanswerable fact-4 were brought out ind made public through the suit be-; fore the Supreme Court of the Unlt - Statea. did the editor of the Ita- would aroused so that they would! make appropriations for tha support leigh News and Observer publish the!nol longer permit their State to con- nd maintenance and for increasing rne and retract its false and bafe-nuo n the po8jtlon of refutiing toie dormitory capacity of the SUte Ies charges? No. It takes a man pay an nonegt debt i Normal and Industrial College. Com- wiiii an ordinary amount of honesty j ..e that he had Just raadc J mittee on Education, and courage and decency to make anjanother appeai t0 tne Legislature' s- B 642 by Mr Rnhardt: Per honest retraction, and the editor of:th?n jn gessi0n and had been so dis-S mlttlns lbe Commissioners of L4n that paper Is wanting in these ordl- I heartened by th'e indifference and theicoIa County to donate money for nary qualities of manhood and decen-1 repulse8 wbIch he fcad met that hej erecting a Confederate monument rr instead of giving its readers theik,i ffifn n r thereon. Committee on Pensions benent of the facts and making an honorable retraction of false and j ftlanderous charges, that paper at; Ar.A InvAnioH further moans fnr ( .v v- j abusing, mtsrepreeenting and slan- lring me. The line of attack may be classed under two heads: .'(1) Charging that Mr. Butler when bringing this suit before the Supreme Court was guilty of working -a fraud upon the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States. (2) Charging that Mr. Butler was guilty of moral treason against his State for agreeing to accept employ ment to act as counsel to test the val idity of these bonds a few weeks be fore the end of his term as United States Senator. Fraud on the Jurisdiction of the Supremo Court. "As to the first charge, what are the facts? When the case was brought to trial before the Supreme Court of the United States, the great array of counsel employed by the State did not go before the Court contending that the bonds were fraudulent or illegal, or that it was not an honest debt, because they dared not do so in the face of the evidence produced before the Court, but they appeared before that great tribunal fighting the case on techni calities. Their chief technicality was in that they contended that the Court should not take jurisdiction of this ca'se on the ground that an attempt to bring such a suit was working a fraud upon the jurisdiction of that Court. Thus we see that that ques tion of fraud on the jurisdiction of the Court was not only before the Su preme Court of the United States, but was the leading defense. "Now let us see what view the Su preme Court took of that charge or of that defense. The Supreme Court considered that question carefully, as shown by its opinion, and held that the bringing of such a suit was en tirely proper, and that it was the duty of that Court to hear that case and render judgment according to the law and the facts. What is the situation to-day? The opinion of the highest court in the land, which is to-day the law of the land, is that the bringing of that suit was not an attempt to work a fraud upon its Jurisdiction. ' "Therefore, when the editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, in the face of that decision, in order to at- tempt to injure and slander me con- tinues to charge that I was guilty of a crime in working a fraud upon the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, he is not only atUcking the decision of that august tribunal, but he is wilfully and . maliciously using his contemptible sheet to slander me and to' fool the good people who are forced to read it for the Associated Press dispatches. No honest man "would make such a charge in tne face of the final decision of that great Court. As to Moral Treason. "As to the other charge thatT was guilty of moral, treason in agreeing to bring this suit in the Supreme Court of the United States a few weeks before the end of my term in the Senate, I have to say that that is "a question that I am willing to sub mit, and do now submit, to the fair and candid judgment of a great, fair and honest people. I take it that if the editor of the Raleigh. News and Observer had been . serving in the Senate, as I was, within a few weeks of his term, his successor having been elected, and that if tne holders of these honest bonds had approached him to know if he would bring the suit in the Supreme Court to test their validity, that he would have answered, 'Yes, I know your bonds axe honest; I am going to practice law to support my family, but please wait for three weeks, and in the meantime, for Heaven's sake, do not employ any other attorney, and then come hack to me on the fifth day of March, as I walk down the front steps of the Capitol; and then I will accept employment. ; ; ; " That is just what any contempti ble, cowardly hypocrit would do. That is not my way of dealing with the world. Through life I have never done anything under cover that I would not do In the open. The only guide for an ordinary frank and hon est man in his dealings-with his fel- !RAL-!,ow,",B Uto4ohwimi a i what appears to him to be mean or j Improper In any reepect. This itm-! pi ordinary rale in ttaall thing atf well at is larjfe, I submit, mark the difference hetetn a frank, stralitht' forward. hont man. oa the on; hand, and a cowardly, doable ea! J I nir. dishonest hypocrlt a Use other J j, .. Wf lJmJ "At that time Hon. ratios"!!. Bus-j bee. of lUleixh, N. C. was the attor- ney for the holders of these bonds. i and had been for a number of years.' He went to Waahlnifton to see me. : and said thst he had for a number off years appealed to the legislature to pa this honest debt. He said that; he b?Hetred that If h could ret thH . facU More a guCicient number of lhe memtrs of any Legislature, that! .fhfir mnwUnr n f intirA 1 - r - " 1 tnb gtaIn from the falr name of the;ar "omfe- wu , , Sta(e uniess the truth about the hon- S' B' 6o5 bT Mr- Cobb: In rela"! egty of thege bonds couid be brought tion 10 reductlon from ori . .1. -. ... . . A. I nric of rnttnn for hirrlnr anH tiyt. i iQ me auenuon 01 ine peopie 01 me ; state. He said that be had decided that the only way to accomplish this result was, if possible, to bring a suit in the Supreme Court of the United States to test the validity of these bonds. He asked me if I felt satis fied the bonds were honest. I told him yes. He said that if he waa a member of the State Legislature that he would unhesitatingly vota to pay or make some honorable adjustment of the same. I frankly told him I would do likewise if I were a mem ber of the Legislature. "He then asked me if I was will ing to become associated with him in an effort to bring a suit in the Su preme Court of the United States. I frankly told him, yes. It did not oc cur to me that there was any man in the State so unfair or dishonest as to attempt to misrepresent me because I answered him then. Instead of tell ing him to wait few weeks and come back, when I would give him my answer. "Here was a case that could not be brought to trial In the Supreme Court of the United States for sev eral years- a case that could not in terfere with my duties as a United States Senator, even if I had had years to serve instead of a few weeks, and it is for this that I am charged with being guilty of moral treason to the State. The Line of Duty and Ethics. "I submit that when a lawyer is holding a position of public honor or trust, whether great or small, that that position limits him in the prac tice of his profession as a lawyer to cases where his duty as a public of ficial and his duty as counsel will not conflict. If a member of the State Legislature Is at the same time an attorney for a railroad corporation or some public service corporation that should be regulated by law in the in terest of justice between the corpora tion and the public, that it is the duty of that official to either resign as an attorney or resign as a public o flBcial; and yet has there ever been one of the many Democrats who serv ed as members of the Legislature' and at the same time as attorneys for such corporations resigned from eith er place, and has any one of such Democrats ever been criticised by the self-professed virtuous editor of the RaIeigh Newjj 0bseryer? Tnere have no doubt been some Senators and Congressmen who, while serving in such places, have also, at the same time, been the regularly retained counsel for railroads or corporations whose interests are liable to-be af fected by legislation. "I have always considered such employment by lawyers holding such public positions as improper. I have refused employment in a number of such cases myself, though I Uke it that it would not be dlfQcult to find more than one Democrat in this SUte to-day holding such positions, and also, at the same' time, acting as such paid attorneys. "I have never accepted employ ment while holding public office in any case where there could, under any possibility, arise any conflict be tween my duty as a public officer and my duty as counsel. The Democratic ring in this , SUte have kept up a consUnt tirade of attack and abuse on me ever since I left the Demo cratic party and before., I was even attacked and abused villainously by the Democratic machine press and politicians when I was. a Democratic member of the Legislature, simply because I dared to stand for certain great reform measures in the interest of the people and for the uplift and progress of the SUte. , I "They have searched my record, public and private, to find some one fact that they could bring to my dis credit. They -have never found one thing. They have never even dared to criticise a single vote of mine cast in the SUte Legislature or in the United SUtes Senate. I have simply gone along doing my plain simple duty each day as I saw it, and It has made a recordo f which I am proud and in which they cannot find a sin gle fact to criticise or condemn. v, "In this matter of taking employ ment to collect these bonds I . did what I had a right to do- aye, what w': jr; a tayaf iwm of tki tfce hoern feoeds is the oaly ttataj that aat'eter beea pUm4 on the fair! mm of tali great Sut as f thaak' Cod t bid pari Is removtag that' 4 te to fsm4 Vee4t feXits Democratic stala, to that to4ir the a fa If IS, mi to a!S$ a Tm Stat caa face the wort J as aa aocrt rer tci fte a for 4eAm ta &at mm dtaife to face ih world, Thts'Trtajrary at U roar, a fu eas4l the ' . aa ' who are slandering e edia&. o. and el la their deaperatloa cr. 'Moral treason 'Mora! treason and moral obltaalty. He at the door of Ma wfcowoald repudiate aa honest debt, public or private. No citizen of North Caro - Una could afford to teach his child ? to sanction a dishonest act. (Pro- longed applause.) (Continued cost week. ) WITH THK IWMAKF!tS. (Continued from Page X.) ' ,ommuiee on Agricunure. S. B..657. by Mr. Martin, of Wash ington: To establish fisheries com mission. Committee on Fish and Fisheries. S. B. 647, by Mr. Hobgood: To prevent the prostitution of women and girls in bawdy houses. Commit- tee on Judiciary. In the House. The following bills were intro duced: Spainhour: To appropriate $400,- 000 in addition to present a rv n rv ' yiiauuus iu puutiu stuuuis. Lmiara, or unerokee: to secure the more accurate listing of incomes lniJCtJMf !1k,.?:. e ... 1 j "to provide for the proper registra The bill establishing a SUte High- Lon of a empIoyes of department8 way Commission was reported an- and lMtltutloM of state As on favorably by the Committee on , .v. , m 1 Roads and Turnpikes. j To amend the Revisal relating to theatricals at Chapel Hill. (Prevents; vaudeville and moving picture shows.) j To allow Sampson County to do- nate funds to Confederate monu- ment at Clinton. j Resolution .requesting Senators and Representatives in Congress to vote for a parcels post bill. j To provide for supplying free school books to indigent children of Wilkes County. To amend the charter of the Na tional Religious Training School and Chatauqua for the colored race. Mr. Connor, of Wilson, presented a resolution authorizing Represent-ative-elect William A. Bailey, of Davie County to qualify before the. clerk of the court and thence be en titled to his per diem.' Mr. Bailey has been desperately ill and is re ported as unable to recover. The resolution was placed on the calen dar and was immediately passed. A night session was held for the purpose of considering Conners' uni form bill of lading measure. The bill finally passed second reading. The bill to issue bonds to the ex tent of one million dollars for a SUte Administration building waa reported favorably by the House Committee. Senate Saturday. f 1 Senator Sikes. introduced in the Senate a bill increasing the school tax by seven cents on the hundred dollars of property. Senator Pharr offered an amend ment to the insurance law so as to allow mutual fire insurance com panies to be formed by persons en gaged in the .same kind of business with twenty-five risks. He also in troduced an act incorporating the Industrial Reform and Manual Training School for colored youth. - The ' Senate . received the favora ble report on the 3oyden-Horne measure for the erection of a mil lion dollar administration building, but action was postponed until Wed nesday. ' The hill increasing the salary of the Adjutant General from S 1.600 to $2,000 per annum was reported favorably by the Committee on Sal-; aries and Fees. Senator J. C. Martin's meaaure to allow married women to contract aa if unmarried, was reported favor ably, and deferred until a fuller at tendance. Bills Introduced. Sv B. 679, by Mr. Martia, of Washington: To amend law relative to fish laws. Committee on Fish and Fisheries. . ': S. B. 686, by Mr. Lemmond: To permit; dentists and veterinary sur geons in Union County to write pre scriptions for whiskey. Committee on Revisal. - . The following bills were ratified: . Resolution to . ratify sixteenth amendment to Federal , Constitution of United SUtes. To allow Sampson County to ap propriate funds for Confederate monument at Clinton. A The following bills passed third reading: , -. - To regulate the sale of land under mortgages and deeds in trust- En grossed and sent to the House. -To raise the age limit from 18 to 21 for working public roads la cer-i alanatiti m t t llm far f - - - Pox&uia Ull rroUljt far a The da4: The follow far hllla wer iairt- Marshall: To seastea all te& federal soldiers a ad their widows ed all Home shards at IS,t per aoath. Kellaa: Joint resotaUoa relatlra to the sale of the Atlantic and Tad- kia Railroad, (fteferred to Coaait lee oa Public Service Corporation a-! Nunn: To as seaW for measur ing Umber logs bought or sold la North Carolina. Dartlett: To allow special tax for Caadea County. Carr, of Duplin: To establish uni form hours of labor. Marshall: To provide for election of all county boards of education by the people. Kent: To provide for Industrial railroad tracks and sidings. Unfavorable reports were made ba bills to allow counties to lists road construction bonds: to require the union label on public printing; to prohibit the purchasing or sale of cartridges and pistols except by of- - 7 acers. A Bond lstt and Not to Pay Off Deficit. The bill authorising a SUte bond issue of $550,000 to meet bonds fall ing due July l. 1913, and to author- Ze the SUte Treasury to give a abort time note to pay off the deficit of current expenses was heard. After some debate, the measure was pass ed. The following bills passed third reading: I Joint resolution in favor of the 'John L. Stewart; of Montgomery Countv allnwintr hr hla rwr (Ham nt as il nas i trau Luis uiii wits ueiu up and went back to the calendar Senate Monday. The bill recently introduced by Senator Hicks to prohibit the dump- jng Qf sawdust into the streams of xorth Carolina, passed the Senate. with an amendment, that the bill does not go into effect until after SIX months from date of passage. After the Tax-Payer. Senator Graham itnroduced a bill to authorize the Governor to appoint a tax commission consisting of three men to report by October 25th next a scheme for equalizing the valuation of lands and other property. It is provided that each member of the commission shall receive for his ser vices the sum of $500 and actual traveling expenses to place of meet ing and return. Other bills were introduced as fol lows: . S. B. 719. by Mr. B as sett: Autho rizing the commitment of a cerUin class of the dangerous insane. Com mittee on Insane Asylums. S. B. 720, by Mr. Baasett: To pro mote the observance of Sunday aa a day of rest by the employees of rail road companies. Committee on Ju diciary. S. B. 722, by Mr. Thorne:, To amend Chapter 494 of the Public Laws of 1909 and Chapter 926 of the Public Laws of 1907, relative to pri mary elections in Nash County. S. B. 726, by Mr. Hobgood: To regulate the licensing of , insurance agenU. " S. B. .729. by .Mr. Green: To pro vide for the naval militia of North Carolina. S. B. 734, by Mr. Bassett: ,To aid in the prevention and spread of hog cholera in this SUte. Committee on Agriculture. S. B. 735, by Mr. Bellamy: To protect peanut growers of North Car olina. Committee on Agriculture. S. B. 737, by Mr. Bar ham: To amend certain sections of the Public Laws of 1907 and 1909. Passed Third Iteadiag. To amend Revisal, concerning un dertakings by defendants ia claim and delivery proceedings, Enrolled for ratification. To prohibit the dumping of saw dust into the. streams of North Car olina. Sent to House without en grossment. To increase the salary of the Adjutant-General from $1,600 to $2,000 per annum. The bill providing for the estab lishment of farm life schools waa made a special order for Thursday at noon. . In the II A bill waa introduced by Mr. Koonce, of Onslow, appropriating one million dollars to pension ex-Confederate veterans or their widows. Other hills were introduced aa fol lows: Ship man: To build a lawful fence hbetween Columbus and Bladen Coun ties. Spainhour: To amend the sub contractors lien law. Rawls: To amend the law rela tive to isolating diseased hoys. . farr, of Duplin: To establish uni form laws of labor. , Majette: To amend the. law of 1907 so as to extend the time . for registering grants. Battle: To amend the law of 1909, a.sMg f;;nSlar to Su?e tt tatlML TS t34fmtla ? tie MU tt4 & ffKi.! et!e t To profit fr the fe43sj4U of Sut boalft faHlsf 4t Jtr I. It II, &4 to t&t - the 4Hmfff la !3 State. Trery. &rte cr fec4re4 ffta tae Governor tra&sautisg repn of the trutit of the University. A lo a tsra4re rewss es a 4lsg aa iirfc$ of aaoa&tj allowed for clr leal aid la the Keetlvo oSce; for aa l&cre of aspax allowed fat &spree ad Superior Coari Jad, Mr. Marshall, of Sarry, aated that SOU copies ef his bill, to faraish ffp teat-boohs to indigent children, b ordr4 printed. The reaett was denied, which It contrary to tha staal rule of the House. The Kwart hill to appoint a cose aiuee to investigate trims was u bled; .some tar tag It was useieaa. at they had aa aatMrutt bill coaisg that would cover all. At a night session the mileage hook bill parsed on Its leeoad reading; ob- t plant-Bed cloth. t Cin fufnish you first-class Canvass for plant-beds by bolt, bale or yard. WOOLLCOTT DRY GOODS COMPANY RALEIGH, N. C. c East Carolina Teachers' Training School A state school organized and maintained for one defi nite purpose : Training young men and women for teach ing. The regular session opens Tuesday, Sept. 13, 1910 For catalogue and information, address Robt. H. Wright, Pres., Greenville, N. C 7 rtfrrft To Writs LIFE PEOPLE'S GOTUAi OHJEVOLEflT iS8Qi: C?.KC3TM CACOUMA. " BIG MONEY TO A HUS1JJNG I1AN. More than : $59,003 Paid to Hoizs Pecpb Last Year.' All Honey Kept at Home, and Pfiidi Only to Hcsui Pccph. 2 Jo hi-!j . salaried ofHceni to cappcrt . 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