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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. MARCH 27, 1908 John Sharpe Williams Tells Legislation Dem ocrats Will Support OUR r.y Associated Press. Washington, D. C, March 27. Rep resentative John Sharp Williams, of .Mississippi, as leader of the minority in Hit' House of Representatives, last nisht issued to the press a written sinU'iiient defining precisely the atti tude of the democratic party in the House toward legislation urged by President Roosevelt in his message at Congress at the present session. The statement describes what re publican legislation the democrats wi support. what they will oppose. and what concessions they demand on the part of the majority as the price of refraining from an organized ii i muster throughout the remainder ol the session Mr. Williams opened his statement by saying: "Some things in the president's re cent message are so immediately im portant to the interests of the entire country as to pass the bounds of partisanship and to make it excus able, if not necessary, for me to say .something concerning them with the view of assuring the president himself and reasonably inclined re publican members of the House and; ihe country of the support and en-! ilorsement. or the opposition of the1 democratic minority. In so far as the things urged by the president are ;4oo.,i tilings I would like the country to know that all he has to do is to tloiivcr 0 or ri rrmnhliriin Hnimr- " ' votes in favor of them. These, con-! joined with the solid democratic! votes, will put them through." j Mr. Williams notes the following' measures as ones which will "com-1 maud virtually the solid democratic' vote within constitutional limits." To compel publication of cam paign contributions. Prohibition of child labor in the District cf Columbia and the Territories. An employer's liability law, drawn to conform to the recent decision of the supreme court. Federal liability to govern ment employes. A law to prohibit the issuance of injunctions without notice to the party enjoined. Removal of the tariff on wood pulp and printing paper. Imposition of a federal charge for every water power right granted on a navigable stream. Those principles and measures urg e,: by the president with which Mr. Williams, as minority leader, takes issue are enumerated as follows: The penalizing of the boycott. The right of the attorney gen eral to nominate receivers when a common carrier is thrown into the hands of a receiver. The modification of the Sher man anti-trust law so as to per mit within limitation the main tenance of trusts and the mak ing of trade agreements be tween combinations of capital. The appointment of a commis mission to prepare data for a revision of the tariff. Mr. Williams frankly states that he does not know whether a majority of the minority favors the creation of a permanent waterways commission. Referring to the president's dec laration that child labor ought to be prohibited throughout the nation, and his recommendation that " at least a model child labor bill should be pass ed for the District of Columbia," Mr. Williams says: "Child labor ought to be prohibited throughout the nation, but the states are sole authorities having constitu tional power to prohibit it. If those who could protect the children on the land, and through them the genera tions to come, would waste less of their time in the useless agitation for invalid and unconstitutional federal legislation and would devote more of their time in the several states, it would do better for all. But the president is right in saying that we can act for the District of Columbia, and for the Territories as well, and that we ought to do it." Commending the president for his recommendation for "the immediate re-enactment of an employer's liabil ity law," Mr. Williams says: ""Tiir.rf. i no excuse for the delay on the part of republican members o. the House judiciary committee to report an employer's liability law . Their delay at least arouses, if H does not justify, a suspicion that they are having a lot of useless hearings simply for the purpose of using that bill as a buffer to prevent the serious consideration of other bills before the committee. For example the Clayton bill to put an end to the temporary restraining orders of courts invalidat ing state laws, and the various bill there pending to recognize the police powers of the states in dealing with alcoholic stimulants when introduced into prohibition territory. I nave given notice in the House that no legislation shall be enacted by unani mous consent until an employer s lia bility bill is at least reported for tne consideration of the House." Respecting pending bills to prevent the issuing of injunctions without prior opportunity for the enjoined party to be heard, the minority lead er says: , , "Of course, I take it that nobody will understand the president or me to mean that there should be anv limit upon temporary restraining orders when intended to prevent the immediate destruction of property, life or limb. When I say property i do not mean judicially construed 'property rights.'" One of the most vigorous portions of Mr. Williams' statement regards the boycott. After quoting the presi dent's declaration that "nothing should be done to legalize a blacklist or boycott that would be illegal at common law," Mr. Williams says: It is a sad commentary upon -this utterance of his that while the fed eral courts have held that a boycott is a combination in restraint of trade and therefore illegal, they have vir tually Upheid the employer in his assertion of a right to blacklist; be cause one federal court went so far as to say that because the employer nail a right to discharge without giv ing any notice at all, therefore, he "ad a right to discharge because the discharged man was a member of a labor union. It is a poor rule that does not work both ways. Another decision of a federal court the decis ion by Judge Gould has gone so far as to say that a labor man's news paper should not publish the name of a firm under the heading 'we don't patronize.' A man has a right to patronize or not to patronize any body, according to his own sweet will, and he therefore has the right to publish those whom he docs not patronize." The president's recommendation of a law to place wood pulp on the free list, "with a corresponding reduction upon paper made from wood pulp, when they come from any country that does not put an export duty up on them." meets with Mr. Williams approval, "except that it does not go quite far enough. Not only ought wood pulp to be placed upon the free; list, tie says, "but print paper ought to be placed there also. The publish ers will not be very much benefitted by the placing of wood pulp upon the free list if there be only a slight re duction of the duty upon print pa pers." "There are other things in the president's message." says Mr. Will iams, "which one might naturally ex pect, considering his education in the line of Hamiltonism and his tenden cies toward federalism, cannot meet with democratic approval. One is his idea that the attorney general, representing the government, should have the right to nominate receivers when a common carrier is thrown in to the hands of a receiver. That right ought to rest in a court not in the executive." "The president's utterances con cerning the anti-trust law are an in dication of his inability to see that which will appear plain to a demo cratic mind, to-wit: That anything approximating a private monopoly is intolerable and unendurable in a free government. His attempt and that of others to classify trusts as good trusts and bad trusts is abhorrent. There can be no such thing as a good trust, There may be some time a good trust magnate who uses his powers benevolently, but the power is too much fraught with danger to be vest ed in a few men. We ought simply to provide that organization of labor and of workingmen for the purpose of securing shorter hours of labor or higher pav or more equitable treat - ment, shall not be construed to fall within the inhibition of any existing law. "The president's idea of letting the substance part of the anti-trust law remain as it is, but giving to some branch of the executive government authority to determine when a trust is a good trust and when it is a bad one in effect to license one and to restrain another is so very vicious in its ultimate effects if adopted, that it would seem that no friend of a well ordered government could stand for it. "As to the president's proposition for tariff revision by consideration at the hands of a commission composed of members of the House and Senate and so-called 'experts,' it is both J cumbersome and. useless. The very best possible tariff commission is a commission consisting of the repre sentatives of the people selected by the people in the interest of the peo ple. Even that body has too many men selected by private interests- iu the interest of private interests. If the republican party cannot furnish a ways and means committee with COOOBE ells Reporter i ccomplishes So Much No man in recent years has been more successful in restoring human health than L. T. Cooper. During his stay in Chicago, and while he was meeting thousands of people daily, he gave the following reason for the re markable demand for his medicine to a reporter: Mr. Cooper said: "My New Dis covery is successful because it cor rects the stomach. My theory is that few can be sick if the digestive appa ratus is working properly. It naturally follows that few can be well with a poor digestion. "I know from experience that most of the tired, half-sick people that are so common now-a-days have half-sick stomachs. Put the stomach in shape, and nature dees the rest. The result is general good health. My medicine does this. That is why faty thousand people here in Chicago are using it who never heard of me until a month ago." Among the fifty thousand mentioned by Mr. Cooper who used his medicine in Chicago is Mrs. Hilda Pflueger, liv ing at 1203 Ainslie Avenue. This is the statement she makes concerning her experience with the medicine: One J,1 sufficient intelligence to revise the tariff, then it will surrender the reins of power to us of the minority and let us see whether we can or not." Mi-Careme Carnival in Paris. Paris, March 2G. All Paris turned out today for the festivities in connec tion with the annual Mi-Careme carni val. The spectacular procession and the public decorations were fully as srorgeous as in any previous year. Mile. Fernando Morin, the young market wo man who was honored this year with the election of queen of the carnival, was received by President and Mine. Fallieres at the Elyssee with the custo mary elaborate ceremonies. It is no empty honor to be qeen of the market women and laundresses. Mile. Morin received from the president of the re public a handsome jewelled brooch and the Paris municipality- presented her with a. diamond bracelet. The various articles that went to make up her mag nificent "coronation" costume were contributed by leading modistes and shopkeepers. Michigan Y. M. C. A. Convention f next three 'davs delegates to the 36th- annLl convent Bay City, Mich.. March 27. For the Christian Associations of Michigan will be in session in this city. Each local association has sent from half a dozen to a score of delegates, so that the gathering is the largest the organization ever has held in this state. The program arranged for the convention offers numerous attrac tions. The leading pulpits of the city will be occupied Sunday by the best speakers at the command of the convention. Intercollegiate Conference. Milwaukee, Wis., March 26. Many noted educators of the Middle West gathered in Milwaukee today for the annual intercollegiate conference to discuss problems of common interest. Prominent among those present were President McClellan of Knox College, President Eaton of Beloit college, Pres ident Van Hise of the University of Wisconsin, President Perry of Mariet ta college, and President Graham Tay lor of Chicago Theological seminary. "They say very few authors sleep more than seven hours a day." "But think how much slumber: they furnish other people." The Herald and Pres byter. The actor who leaves footprints in the sands of time isn't the one who walks home. "I have been sick for six years with stomach trouble. I was always hun gry, but did not dare to eat much, as I had severe pains in my stomach, and also through my body. I could not sleep at night and w-as very restless. I was also very nervous, and would have severe headaches. I was consti pated, and always felt bloated after eating. "I had tried many remedies, but could secure no relief, until one day I noticed in the newspapers what won derful results Cooper's medicines were accomplishing in Chicago. I decided to try them, and shortly after com mencing the treatment I began to feel better. 1 I did not have those severe pains in my stomach, and I could sleep at night; my appetite improved, and I can now eat well. I am feeling like a new woman. "I am very thankful to Mr. Cooper for what his remedies have done for me. They have restored me to good health, and I would advise any one who suffers as I did to try them." We sell the Cooper medicines. They are easily the most celebrated prepa rations ever introduced in this coun try, growing in popularity daily. R. H. Jordan & Co. Why Energy is well-nourished muscles plus well-nourished nerves. iscuit are the greatest energy-makers of all the wheat foods. Yh In dust tight. Neper sold in bulk. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Tobacco Men Talk. ' Special to The Xews. Mt. Airy, N. C, March 26. A large number of tobacco growers tell your correspondent that the 100S tobacco crop will bring only about half as much as the 1907 crop. Asked why they be lieved this the answer is that by the time the crop is ready for market, the presidential election will be over and it will be four years before the next great campaign and te trust will not care alter next November what the people think about low prices. There may be more in this than one would think. Time will tell whether or not this prophecy is true.' Y. M. C. A. Convention. Columbia, S. ' C, March 27. The 5th. annual interstate convention of the Y. M. C. A. of North and South Carolina opened here today with a full representation of delegates. The formal opening this afternoon was I preceded by a conference of student delegates this morning. Governor Ansel, Bishop Guerry of Charleston, Robert Glasgow, Ja., of Charlotte,! and Prcsidenteherer of Newberry are among -the potables on the program for the afternoon and evening sessions. The convention will remain in session over Saturday and Sunday. The man who can talk to himself while shaving doesn't miss the barber. The egotist is fond of capital I's, but he can't always capitalize them. Some people would be too supersti-' eleache, two hours; sore throat, twelve tious to walk under the ladder of hours Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil, mon fame. j arch over pain. i however, by the use of Mother's Friend before baby comes, as this great liniment always prepares the body for the strain upon it, and preserves the symmetry of her form. Mother's Friend overcomes all the danger of child-birth, and carries the expectant mother safely through this critical period without pain. It is woman's greatest blessing. 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