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voir vii RALEIGH," N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY II, 1901- Ho 43 (11 Amendments to the Constitu tion Proposed tl THE DAY IN THE HOUSE To Give the White Race Ben efit of its School TaxesA Code Commission Labor in the Textile Factories The House encountered a whirlwind of l.iils yesterday morning. The new m a-urcs embrace most everything in sid.r. from a change , in county-road jaws to an amendment to the- Constitu tion. Th-- House was in session some two hours, and a good part of the time was -ivt'u to the reading of the Governor's Three bills were introduced proposing M'.ven.lmonts to section 2, Art. IX., "of the Stare Constitution. All of these n;e;'.sur s are directed at the present sys um of apportioning the school fund, and :iieir object is to give the -white race the benefit of its tares paid into the cl)' iol l'u mi. ; Other important bills introduced were thne which provide for a change in the Jim Crow Car Law, the regulation of ..r ju textile factories, the creation of a Code commission, the increase of the Superior Court judges- to sixteen, thr employment of stenographers for juiU-e-. the legalization of primary elec ti -u, compulsion of education and a thiiiige in the divorce laws. Representative Rountree of New Han over has 'the honor of getting through the first bill in the House. This bill changes tae name ui nit? uuuiuuu itcvuihj- uu Tni't Company to the People's Savings Bank of Wilmington. It passed all if its readings. Sneaker Moore named the Committee on Privileges and Elections. ; Francis, D. Viuston of Bertie heads this important rjunittee. Mr. Winston was chairman this committee in 1899, and; his suc ion to the important post was but tarai. wnen m& .services m vuuuevuua rh the framing of the present election v are taken into consideration. I he House adjourned, ou- motion of Ir. Wright of Kowan, until 11 o'clock ihis morning. . The Hons Proceedings Speaker Moore called the House to or d,r s:t 11 o'clock. Rev. A. A. Marshall, pastor of the First Baptist church, of fered prayer. - Kepresentative C. T. Williams cf i' !i'. who was not present at the Jp-n-i:;' session Wednesday, came forward v,js administered the oath of of fice. Kepresentstivcs S: M. Beasley or Cur rit uk. and X. W. Taylor of Carteret, v.vre granted leaver of absence on ac f'.i i ut of sickness., 1 U-prc-se r.tative McNeill of Brunswick, offrred a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of two to wait on th Secretary of State and re quest him o furnish members f the I-vgilature with copies of the Code if he lias them. flhe resolution was No. 32. .Mr. Mason offered an amendment 're quiring tho Secretary of State to furnish the members with copies of subsequent acts of the Legislature. The amendment was lost. An amendment to give copies of the Code and Acts of the Legisla ture for every five members was intro duced by Representative L. L. fcfmith of ates. The amendment was ' adopted and the resolution passed in its. amend ed form. , A resolution introduced by Repre 'Mitative Carroway of Lenoir, provid ing for the appointment of a committee to select quarters for the engrossing elerk, was adopted. Speaker Moore named the following committee: " Carroway of Lenoir, Mor 'bew of McDowell, and Oliver of Du plin. ' r The resolution introduced by" Repre sentative Watts relative to contested 'Iff'tioi) cases, was. referred to the Com luittee on Elections by request. H. D. Xo. 29, introduced by Rountree New Hanover,, providing for the liango of the Guardians Security Trust nd Deposit Company -to the People's Savings Bank, passed its second , and third readings. - Committee oa Elections . Speaker Moore announced the follow ing committee on Privileges and Elec tions: . -, - .: Winston of Bertie, Thompson of Ons Spainhour of Burke, McOullock of !adon, Watts of Iredell, Doughtridge ' t Edgecombe, Nicholson of Beaufort, Lawrence of Hertford, Weaver of Asne. I'he appointment of pages , was an lionnoed by the Speaker as follows: - Joseph F. Jerome, Benny Dawson, Hubert E. Lee, Tudor Hardy, Robert C Hof-kaday, Mack Oliver, John A. Clen-df-niii. Thomas F. Farrow, Roy Leath ei wood, Core Daniels, Robert E. Den ny. Balsom Dugger. . - , II. B. No.. 11,. introduced by Repre- sentativoBlythe, relating to tne fctate Hank of Commerce at -HendersonvrUe, passed all of its readings and was sent to the Senate. -: '' : :,:-V ; J, Shortly after noon Private Secretary Cr.de appeared with the Governor's naes sage. It was 'read' by Reading Clerk Wilson.". k ' 7 , ' ' . . 'The message was1 heard with interest by the representatives. It required forty minutes to read it. To Print Governor's nessajge. Representative P. D. Winston of Ber tie, suggested that the usual number of copies of the message be ordered print ed. .Mr. Winston said that this action should be taken by joint resolution and he deferred the matter. ; - - Representative Joseph A. Collins of Haywood, who arrived curing-the morn ing,, was administered ' the oath of of fice. . , : . A:---: - H. B. No 34, for the relief of F.P. Kobgood, Jr., which was introduced by Major Graham of .Granville, was taken from the calendar.' The bill authorizes the payment of $300 to Mr. Hobgood, who served as superintendent of the county Board of Education for one year. He has never been reimbursed for his services. The bill provides that the sum shallbe paid out of the School fund of Granville County.: Mr. Hobgood was elected superintendent of the County T3oard of Education and a decision of the Supreme Court put him out of offio. The bill passed all of its readings and went to the Senate. . New Bills Introduced II. B. 5. By Nichols, of Pitt An act to amend the constitution of North Car olina in reference to school tax. H. B. 0. By Bernhardt, of Lincoln A bill to amend the road law of Lincoln county. '-::,.,- " H. B, 7. By Blount, of Washington An act to amend chapter 3S4,' public laws of 1899, relating to the provision of separate apartments " for white and colored races on railroads and steam boats in North Carolina. II. B. 8 By Wright of Rowan An act to regulate labor in textile factories. H. B. 9. By Whitaker of Forsyth An act to amend the charter of the Winston-Salem Railway and Electric Com pany. II. B. 10. By Bl'ythe of Henderson An act to incorporate the Bank of Hen dersonville. H. B. 11. By Blythe of Henderson An act to amend chapter 2, private laws of 1899. v relating to tne State Bank (Of Commerce at Hendersonville. :H. B. 12. By Rountree of New Han overAn act for revising and adjusting the public statute laws of North Caro lina. H. B.-13 By Graham of Granville An act for the relief of Miss Mamie ix. Parham. 1 To Increase tbe Judges H. B. 14. By Craig of Buncombe An act to increase the number of "Su perior Court judges and judicial dis tricts. H: B. 15. By Doughtridge of Edge combe An aet to amend the Edge combe stock law. II. B. 16. By (Wright of Rowan An act to provide each judicial district with a stenographer. . " - ' II." B. IT. By Blount of Washington An act to legalize and Tegulate primary elections. s r , II. B. 18. By Nash of Pasquotank An act to regulate the working of con .victs ru Pasquotank county. H. B. 19 By Wright of Rowan An act to make education Compulsory. . II. B. 20 By Manney of Graham An act to repeal chapter 154, laws -of 1899, relating to wild animals in Gra ham county. " II. B. 21. By Manney of Graham An act to pay the indebtedness on the new jail and other county indebtedness' in Graham county. H. B.22. By Dean of Macon An act to authorize the town of Franklin, Ma con county, to issue bonds for the im provement of its streets and to levy special tax. H. B. 23. By Pierce of Craven -An act -to allow the county commissioners of Craven "extra pay. II. B. 24. By Pierce of Craven An act to allow the commissioners of Cra ven county to levy a special tpx.' II. B. 25. By Pierce of Craven An act to prevent, persons, from fishing aud shooting across ? the 7New3 and Trent rivers in Craven county. - t - , . II. B. 2G.7xBy. Gaither of Catawba An act to repeal chapter 100 laws of 1887; chapter ' 277, laws "of -1895; and chapter 29 and 211, laws of lSDi), re lating to divorce. ...... . To Amend Constitution II. B. 27. By Stubbs of Martin -An act to amend .section 2, -'article 9, of the Constitution. , II., B. 28.-By Wright, of Rowan An act to amend article 9 of theConstitu tion so as to give the -white race the benefit of the .school taxes and the col ored the benefit of its school tax. " H. B- 29. By Rountree of New Hano ver An' act to change the name of the Guardian Security .Trust, and Deposit Company of Wilmington to the IVnpii'ts Savings Bank-of-Wilmington. - H. B. 30. By Hartley of. Davidson An act to repeal chapter 426, public lavs of 1899, relating- to shooting wi -. i f owl. II. B. 31. By Fage of Montgomery An act to continue in force chao--;r 9(5, private laws of 1891. H. R. 32. By, McNeill of Brunswick - An act relating to the furnishing of copies of the. Code -to members. , t H. R. 33. By Qarraway of Lenoir A resolution raising a committee in se cure quarters for' the engrossing, clerk. II. B. 34. By Graham of Granville An act for the relief of-F. P. Hobgood, Tho Code Commission The bill introduced : by Mr. llountree ofNew Hanover,' providing for the: cjv ntion of a .Code; Commission, ?5 one. f the most: important? matters vliat. wi.i come before the General i -,' Asst-moiy. There is general unanimity of opinion that the commission is 'needed. The bill may be defeated as the result of in tn seeraly scramble for thef appoi'ntmenrs ot Code commissioners. To obviate tins fU Mr Rountree has made provision tnat the governor; "shall name the comm)S of. whom. there;wilLbe thcK - The bill provides that three comms nTnointed br.the goVernor io collate, digest revise .and index all the ; . (Continued on Third PageJ " Caused by Precipitation of the Dispensary "Question GOVERNOR'S PARDONS Senators Order Executive's Reasons for Clemency Printed Appalachian Park Matters The Committees Right breezy time dn .the Senate yes terday for a few minutes not due to an improved ventilation of the chamber (so much desired), however. Liquor dispensary question caused it, and Senator Glenn of Guilford, was the man in charge of the bellows. Senator Aycock got in a few turns at this weapon, also, but he developed a dif ferent character of "hot air"; from that manufactured by the General. - , The man with the bellows won his fight, as will be seen by reference to the proceedings in detail below," and it was a distinct and decisive victory.1 " ; The Governor's message was read, as announced, and a pointer, was given by the adoption of , a resolution ordering printed 250 copies of the "accompanying documents," as well as 500 copies of the message itself. What does that mean? Well,' among the . accompanying documents are the reasons given by the Govrnor for grant ing pardons and commutations ; of sen tences. It ds the purpose of the Sena tors td .examine into these, L- am t04d, more carefully than usual this session.' ; The Appalachian National Park mat ter, anent the condemnation of land, in western North Carolina, as provided; in a bill introduced, was another matter of interest which came up. The pro posed park is a good thing, and every-i body seems disposed To neip it along.. The Senate committees were agreed to in caucus last night. The list in full oh page three of this paper. .They will be announced in the Senate this morning. ' Froeeedlass In VetallT ; j. Senate ' was called to order at noon, by Lieutenant-Governor Reynolds, .y. Rev. Dr. M. M. Marshall, rector of Christ (Episcopal) church, opened pio ceedings with prayer. The Journal of preceding, day read and approved, after one or two slight errors were corrected. Private .Secretary Cade -appeared and the sergeant-at-arms announced a mess age from the governor. . ' , Governor's Itleasase Senator Ixndon, from the committee to wait on the governor, announced that His Excellency had a communication to make to the Senate (his biennial mess age) which he believed was now in the possession of the Senate. . " The chair then announced the recep; tion of a message from- the governor, which was ordered read. The reading of the message (which will be found-printed in full in this issue of The-Post) was attentively listened to by the Senate. Senator , Woodward -moved that 5D0 copies of the .message bo printed and ottered a resolution to that ffject.-Pass-; ed and ordered sent to the,;Hous4 Vith ont engrossment' -y &is,:.;u;-; .:T' Senator Brown offered a .Vesolut'on providing for'the printing of 250 -copies Ut; Lilt: v . ULtUlU'au Ul . ViUUU".".lo ( the Message (these being' 'the reasons given by His Excellency for granting pardons and commutations" , of sen tences, etc.), which was also .passed. Senator Currie subyiitted the evi dence in . the contested election ! case; in which he appears' as the 'contesteej Bill Passed ; . . Messages from the House wei-e ; re ceived announcing the passage of, cer tain bills and 'resolutions, .including those notifying the Senate of the or ganization of the House; with reference to passage of "Senate 'Resolution "Noi "1, anent formal opening of election i ro turns next Tuesday (15th); also' that providing for joint committee on inaugu ration,: the latter being amended by in creasing House committee from 4 t? o. this amendment being concurred in by the Senate:, also a bill , changing the name of Wilmington Trust and Secur ity Company to that of "People's Sav ings' Bank," the latter' being' put on its immediate passage in the Senate (on motion of Senator Morton) and ordered enrolled for ratification; also a bill re ducing the capital stock of the State Bank of Hendersonville from $30,000 to ?i5,000. Mr. Candler asking that it be put on its immediate passage in the Sen ate; objection being made,' it was re ferred (after some discussion between Senators Tracy, Aycock, Gudger . - and Candler)-to the Committee on. Banks and lianking. : . - , ; Appalachian Park matters " Spnntnr flni-. j. 1 ..... miiuuucea a Dili con- cfrinnsr tho rTi-iri.,,..4.:-. ... . -n-tPr-, VArfi, n Ul iana nrotsed Aul L 0ithe SVof GefrT thst the;Legisla---Senator, Morton felt sure the com Stw fi 8 ?,8Ssed a like twn m5lee to ich ifc as soaght to refer added SJfS V do ? soon.1 He :the ' bill would unhesitatingly reSun iteS that' Cnlti "SJ it, and there was no good reason i,itA n nrJl 8WU :aPPFO- l i-.i OUUi or money m fnp-l therance of the plans of the park com mission, and that President -McKi&a had become interested in the proposition and Avould give it his support, etc. Re ferred, v;- - ' ' yy-'-f":;V:'v -'r - Exptnscs oTDanzarons Insane .'Senator', .London placed be for a ;the Senate "the foUowmg,;-communication from the executive conimitfee 'iff "the Hospital for the Insane, at SLaleigh re garding 'thet necessary espenies for the care and maintenance of the' dangerous insane (now confined In ;a.v. wing of the State prison) and for .which the last General Assembly "made no" provision:" "State Hospital ' at " Raleigh- : . "Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 10, 1901. "Hon. II. A. Indon, President, Pio Tern, of Senate of 'Noyth Carolina, i : "Dear Sir: We lesiiectfully pall j'our attention, , and through . you, that of the General Assembly 4now, in .session, to the fact that the treasurer of the State of North Carolinai by the advice of the governor , and his council, advanced to the daugerous insane "department tha sum of $0,000 for the maintenance of the . unfoilunates tcontined in the west wing of the State prison. , . "That amount has . been entirely dis posed of, - and there are v. tow r urgent needs for the money to pay off the em ployes and discharge some . outstanding claims, which the steward "says can ba covered by $700.. . . . "We will be pleased to have the hon orable General Asembly pass a resolu tion covering the amount Jdue the State Treasurer ($6,000) so . that helmay bs paid before he retires from office. -. .."Another resolution which we will be pleased to have ', your honorable, body pass is to meet the immediate expenses of the dangerous insanei - - ' "The dangerous ' insanC swere com mitted .tOthe care of the directory of the .State Hospital at Raleigh and no provision was made for their mainten ance by - the Legislature 'of 1899, "Trusting, that-. this, appeal ' may com mand your immediate " attention. "JAMES McKEE, ' "R. H. STA3SCILL, Y. B. FORT, "Executive Committee." Referred to the Committee on Afj Iums for the Insane, ; v Senator Justice announced the ap pointment of Senators Webb, Wood and Warren - as committeemen oh - the part of the Senate to serve on the joint inauguration committee-rai agreed upon the preceding day. ' ' ; A Wblskey Dispensary Breeze Senator Glenn introduced the follow ing bill .and' asked immediate considera tion and passage; Senate, Bill 14, pio iiding for the repeal of., Chap., 254, Acts 1899. establishing a whiskey dispensary for Guilford county ; x at Greensboro. .Under, this bil operation ?f the dispens ary, as su"ch; is to stop Feb.' 1,; 1901, and the stockr: remaining- on J hand at that date to .be disposed of ;di ;vholesale, ; or as agreed, and that five mofctbs (or until Julv-ll ;be allowed foi thfe rnnos.f L-lu spealving of his lpri6enat.orGlenn called? attention to the &et that the Jast. Democratic. ' county - ' convention (the largest ever held) it - was agreed to sub mit the' matter -"of .continuing" the dis pensary -system5 to the white roteK of the county; that this had been done and that they (by a-majority of more than 2,000) had voted against the continu ance of the dispensary system, it having leen agreed and generally understood that in the event of such result this Leg islature would, as soon as it assembled, be asked to relieve thcpeople of. the un Xopular dispensary. That" was why i he was now offering this ineascre; bath members of the House from Guilford fceir.g as earnest advocates of the bill as himself. Cumberland In the Same "Fix" .Senator McNeill of Cumberland arose and stated that his county . was in , a similar condition, the only exception be ing that the primary of white 'voters had not. yet been held, but he as an anti-dispensary man, predicted that they would vote it out of his county a!so.. He hoped that the request of the Sena tor from Guilford for immediate con sideration i. would be granted, and ha f wanted the same courtesy ext?nded to him when he should arise for a -like purpose. '' " " .. Senator Foushee opposed immediate cV)hsideration, and moved to refer to ths Committee on Proportions and Griev ances. He did not oppose the bil', but believed that all bills should be formally and properly considered by the proper committees. . - Ayeoek Favors Dispensaries Senator Aycock agreed with Mr. Fou shee, and went further. He ' thought the dispensary system of selling liquor should be generally adopted. He thought he saw a fine avenue here to increase the school fund and thereby materially assist in carrykig out our promises to the "mothers crying out for the educa tion of their sons and ."daughters.".-. "I kiiow of no channel through which the State could derive revenue easier than by levying tax on the s-ale of liquor, and if it is best for the State to go into the dispensary; business to secure the neces sary; revenue then I favor it." . Many Opposed to It Senator Glenn explained that the dis pensary authorities (county and muni cipal) had paid the $500 tax for this year, and that the school fund would lose nothing. On the other hand, the barmen .could be licensed at once, if this bill passes, and the money secured , from them (fuil amount for whole year) . would be added to the school fund, etc. . Senator W'oodard made the point (in favoring immediate action) that - no committee could act more intelligently on this subject than did the white voters of Guilford at their primarv. ' senator Morrison thought the Senate, J needed and non inan that the vwmte people,, of cted opposed the dispens- tion than that i uiwiaio- xpr me fleiay. ;";' Senator Webb favored immediate ac- (Continued from First Page.)- D if-, Thnw' fleb flmflrfM - tn - ClUta D H . iij wwix riiiiwiivu w wioj..And yev' said he, inhis isthe man Them Freedom THEY LOVE LIBERTY Petition Read in the Senate. Havvley Denounces "It as Treason The Army -Bill Still Willis Washington,-. Jan. 10. There were many vacant seats When the Senate con vened at noon today. After the transaction of . morning routine business,. , Mr, - Teller presented a petition, signed by 2,000 Filipinos, in which the Fillpinos,state their sentiment toward the-United; States. . Mr. Teller sa'id-these Filipinos were not enemies of the' United States. He asked", unanimous consent, which was granted, that the body of the petition be read for the information of tne feenate. mi. 1 1 .V ' . . - " .ine petition- vros a piea ior maepena ence and recited the s;truggles made by theai' against the. tyranny of Spain. Aguinaldo, : the' petition stated, was the idol of the Filipinos,5 and when the. war broke,-out with Spain" the Filipinos be lieved the dawn of '.their independence had arrived, but; in this they weredis appolnted. .. ' . r The idea of independence, they de- ciarea, was not new, . ,dut naa oeen im planted in the . hearts ,of the. Filipinos for years , before: the advent of the American soldier. The petitioners ap peal to Congress to suspend, hostilities and grant the Independence which they crave. It ' would not be acceptable, to the Filipinos, t the petition stated, to annex the island to the United States, nor would they agree to a form of gov ernment su:h as .enjoyed by Canada, because the Filipinos cannot assimilate American idejus. . They insist on a gov ernment of their own. " . : The Filipiner nationi the paper states, bearing in mind the history of America and its humanitarian, doctrnes," asks America to cease her persecution of men struggling to be free, struggling , against greater, i odds and. .greater wrongs than those whk-h ' inspired the fathers of the republic, This- they asli in "the name of Washington, of Jefferson, or luicoin, in the name of justice and in the name of After about ' half an hour's reading, which was listened to with very close attention by; Senators on both- sides, a change of readers led to tne supposition that the paper had .been all read; where upon Mr. Teller asked unanimous con sent that it should be printed as a Sen ate document, v- -" "I objecf," Mr. Hawley exclaimed, ex citedly. "It is a treasonable deuuniia tiou of the government and an , attack on alJ our soldiers. , . 4. V '.i -1 rrrt, .11 voon (States represented on. the committee to Mr : Teller renewed his reauest 'f or i greater proportion of the-reeommenda-tua Thf ZJL? nn,l Mr TTnw tions of the chief engineers adopted by e Sw'iio&n efor the States. the .members VV nvIvlu Jij - represented: than - for - the s remaining Mr. Teller said he - would make the mo tion after the morning hour. Mr. Teller offered a nesolution for the printing - of the,. -petition from the Fili pinos which h&d been read. VI . protest - agaihst the paper being printed as a Senate document," Mr. ITawlev': intt?rnosed. v"It is; an. attack upon the- United States, i its power andi its trooos,- auar a : passionate . appeal io the ' FiUpinS toc -.Continue nto iMH our. men. If -Jeffei-son fDavis4iad brougat nlontr : iiiimUas iiaoer after the battle of Gettysburg, find jdemanded to have it read- and-'-printedas ar senate document, it would have-been a. mild crime in comfiavison' with this' - ." 4 - The resolution went over until tomor row, - j -.' 'V The bill to increase the. efficiency of the army- was ; taken .up, the pending nnpstinit - heinsron a , committee amend ment offered "yesterday by Mr. Proctor as to tne uitimniiiatrux. ui lumuwin the grades of first or-second lieutenants in the regular army. The amendment was agreed to. '. j , Another - committee amendment which was. agreed ! to was: one increasing the first-class privates, of the signal coips from ,200 to 230. u - , ,r An" amendment was offered by Mr. Penrose - of : : Pennsylvania and was agreed to',- allowing the wearing of diV tinctive-badges" :by soldiers and sailors of the- Spanish-American war, on occa sions of Ceremony; Mr. Daniel'? of s Virginia offered an amendment authorizing the president to select from the brigadier generals of the volunteers - two i volnnteer officers with out regard to age land appoint them to be brigadier generals of the United States army for. the. purpose of placing them on the retired, list. After a short discussion in. which' it was stated that the amendment applied to General Wil son and ' General : Fitzhugh 'Leer- the amendment was agreed to. . . . . Mr. Sewell of New Jersey also offered an amendment-- authorizing the . presi dent to select t from, the retired list of the army ran officer not above the rank of brigadier general who distinguished himself during fthe ; war with Spain in i th command of a, separate corps,, and aDonit him" as- major general on the re- f wirt 1SI. . Mr. Pettigrew astea wnetner this amendment ; was' intended to . apply to i.aI -Shaftpv.. a lid when he was in formed hki it was ; he questioned the rio-bt ol the ; General to be so t selected, and i orernaQ xnai ioiajsuj3icu himself 'in thercampaign at Santiago. ,! He had noticed, he ssAa, that when an lefforti K-J.Uo Rennblican' factions -in" Wilkes.-and hv act" of Congress ine .soiaier was not'-; . . , . ... . . .- -. . .- a man who fad 4one. fighting. The ;" ""cd that this actvon ot Lmney Sshtiax'' -Satttitutn. ha MfL4s widened the breach.- . ; . ; . t idone bv Shnfter . and there was nothinir ;in the history of that transaction which j en titled Shatter to promotion. In that I connection, and .to verify . his assertion, he sent to the secretary's table and had read an extract from Senator Lodge's i nistory of the battle of: Santiago. . Commenting on Mr.t Lodge's descrip tion of the battle, Mr. Pettigrew 8poke of the absence of any plan whatever ion - the part of the commanding general who is to be specially honored after this damaging testimony, from the niost eminent historian of thi body." (Laugh ter.) ', : r'-.- - - j- "We have already.Jie ' added, "pro-r moted Corbin by act of Congress and promoted Ainsworth, who preferred the duties of a clerk, and now it ,1s pro posed to put Shatter oh the list It em phasises the fact that ' Congress never promates anybody by special act un less he is sure not to have do'ne any fighting." " , Mr. " Sewell replied to Mr. . Pettigrew and spoke of General Shaiter as one of the best soldiers of the army,' and as entitled to great credit. ' 't. - The vote was taken on Mr. Sewell' s amendment to put General' Shafter fn the retired list as major general, and it was agreed to, yeas 41, nays II. - , f At 5 o'clock the Senate adjourned until tomorrow. ' A' :';--LiJr-, ;': '-."'' . i HOUSE The River and Harbor Bill Considered In Committee of ths Whole V j Washington, ." Jan. 10. Honse. After transacting some routine businets.at 1 2:10 : the House went - into." committee ot the whole on the River-and 'HarbOr bill, with Mr. Hopkins '.-in.. the'.ehair.. Mr. Burton sought to obtain unanimous consent to close general ; debate , at 4 o'clock, but Mr. Cuhsman objected, ' Mr. Shackleford addressed the- chair for five minutes in opposition to " the abandonment of the work to improve the Missouri river, which: abandonment is contemplated in the: pending, bid. He gave notice of an amendment:."vhich' he thought would correct an error of judg ment orf an injustice in 'the' bill. , , - Mr. Grosvenor addressed ' the chair. He announced his opposition to the prin ciple of committing thef ederalgoveriir. nient to the improvement, he- said, of western real estate by naeans:.of irriga: tion. In reply to a queetiori: by 'Mr. Fitz gerald . off -New York, . Mrv, Grosvenor said he could tee no analogy between subsidies for real 'estateand "subsidies for ships. .The first was -bad, the' b'ecorid was goodJ" . - v "-..t i.' . ; . : . . .I"; ; : Mr. Hepburn made a vviolent l attack upon .the bill, saying that rwahton, -and reckless - ..expenditures i .',.r chai-acterired this River and Harbor bill-' It was not right,; he said.lto tax the ..whole people for local improvements', in : aid. '.of local commerce not inter-state C commerces provided for in the bill.:' .. " , . ' ; . Mr. Fitzgerald asked if Mr. Hepburn did not consider it' as desirable to spend money for the accminodatjon :pf cpva-merce-to the great harbor46f tne'coufi try ,as to spend" $150,000,000 ' for the constructiogi'of an isthmian cannl.- . . Mr. Hepburn answered that the com merce of the proposed -canal would be more than local. It"-vvould be ; interna tional. - "''': ' .". -(--' y "'. -.v. Mr. Cushman (RepUoIican) Of " Wash ington opposed the bill and took the cen ter of the floor, where he could explain his chart. During his speech he enter tained the House with .Kitty responses to interruptions. After .commencing sar castically on the great appropriations for States. He had been taught inschool that the great , harbors of. the country were on the seaboard. .'In-' Congress fie learned that they were in inland ,States. One appropriation was - made for- a river not found on the latest map. , ' Reaching Oregon, he said that $5,000,000 haLieen expended betwepn Iorth!nd:J3ind;jthe-3ea.' When thef engineers. rted-.;yie...tcifpt nOw mxich -water," be :askedVwwi!l ; there be after-another $5,000,tXI0 U expended; At 4 o'clock .the conBndttei.f.os8 ..wih the, bill , still pending, j.; f :- i ' ,. Mr. Hill (Republican) "of Connecticut announced, the suddeadeath last night of Representative Clarke of New IlaiUp fhire, and offered the usual" resolutions. And then, as a further .mark, of , respect, the House, at 4:05, adjourned, unl it.- HiOllCW. ; ' ' -:--J -k CRUSHED IN A RUSH Fire and Death Result from a Panio Vancouver, B. C, Janv 10. The an nual popular fete of. Toshi-No-Ichi, in the Kanda district, of .Tokio; was the scene of a terrible accident recentb1 lireat crowds' attended the festival arid when the - affair was at its height a heavy rain began f aHing.- A rush was made for shelter and a. panic 'resulted. Twenty persons were crashed to: death and 312 injured.: Some- of the buildings were-burned by.the upsett'-ng of keio--ne lamps. .: -"",:.;::-. --:J--'-':i--r Method in Linney's Madness " Winston-Salem, N. C,''.(jau, 1.0. Spec ial. Milton McNeill, who-: recently , lost the. Wilkesboro postoffice- hj , the - ap nointmpnt. of R. S. Cnlirrinsspd throil2h Winston today, on - his 'y return from Washington City, where he had been 40 investigate his removal. . He ' said ha found out, but declined" to - explain. A notber Republican who;: talked " with. Mr. McNeill, .stated-; thit Congressman jjmyey aau nuu -reiuoveu- j.or,pii.e anu to . embarass the 'new'Gongresshian-elect 'was thirty-one feet; it -was., no.w twenty- t reduces'-the depth of water ' seren -ieiU I How to;-Maintain Its Parity - with Gold v. : WHAT EXPERTS SAY Financiers Propose ; to Uump All the White Metal on the :; Country In the Form ;'of Bullion .: " "'v. " T Washington, Jan.10. Secretary of thl Treasury Gage, Horace , White of New; York and several other prominent finan ciers today appeared before the House ' Committee , on Coinage, Weights and Measures at the request of the commit tee, and gave their views of the Over street, Levy and Hill bills to maintain the parity of money of the United States. The three bills, although containing dif ferent provisions, each provide for th exchange, at the optioa .of the holder, of the gold and silver coins of the Uniteol States..: ':., ; - , .V:.. To accomplish this, fthe " Overstreet bill authorized the Secretary of th Treasury to use the gold reserve fundi dn the treasury, and the Levy Mil authors : ized him to issue two-per-cent bonds.- Before the hearing Chairman Southard read a letter from John - H. Rhodes, chairman of . the Finance Committee of the New York Chamber of Commerce, heartily endorsing the bills and urginj the enactment of the proposed legislation at this session of Congress. . ' . Horace White said he assumed that no argument was ' necessary in 4 sup port of the gold standard, ' The only question at issue was the means to be placed at the disposal of the Secretary," of the Treasury to secure its mamte nance. f He then took up the language of the bills and gave the Hill bill his' en- ' dorsement. , ' "' , , - , . , Mr; Shafroth of Colorado asked wheth er to make silver and greenbacks ex changeable in-gold did not in fact make them simply promises to pay in gold. ' . v ,,Certalnly" replied Mr. White. .enr-yett-' tlesire- to4oapou-nd,.. $500,v . 0W,00P3S VBiIer' and erentrrally - tluhip , the silver oh the country'as bullion'?". ""Not'' at once, . but gradually," replied Mr. White. ' We should do just what (iermany has doner I think wo would be lucky if we could get back , half of what we paid for silver." . . , Questioned further, Mr.. White said a failure of crops anything which wpuld greatly lessen the. demand for money . would send silver and silver certificates under the present law into. the treasury and eventually cause a disparity between the nriee of cold and silver because' of ' the go-Verhnienf inability to pay-gold. Mr. Hill of Uonnecticut said thai,-in his opinion, the two dangers . which " threatened the gold standard were green backs and silver. ; Of those two he con sidered the former, the greater, but the country seemed to think otherwise'. Ha asked . if Mr. White did not agree that much 'of the silver could be recoined into subsidiary coin and the remainder made exchangeable. : - . " Mr. White agreed to this proposition. Secretary Gage said that the . ques- ' tion involved . in the bills before the-T committee was simple. He agreed with Mr. White that in times of business de- pression' the ' bankers and other ' holders of money in the reenters of DODulation would gradually withhold. gold and allow f silver certificates. to pile op In the-treas- ury .turougn xne payment of customs duties and taxes. If Congress failed to make ' gold and silver exchangeable it ' , implied a doubt- as to whether they werti at a parity; As long as this doubt,, no matter how slight it might be, remained, the bankers and holders of money re fused .to take the risk. "Why should they take the risk," - he asked, "if ; you refuse to remove it? Why charge them with responsibilities you will not take?"- he asked, -striking the table emphatically. Secretary Gage : said that his experi ence had taught-him that if a man : showed the slightest inclination to evade responsibility for enterprises he had un dertaken, he was hurt in the community. It was the law of life, he said,, and it, was a pretty good law. He saw no risk in the government removing every doubt as to its policy- and purpose. '-. Mr. Cochran . of .-Missouri asked the Secretary if silver: was to be made re deemable ln gold, why it should not ba better from the standpoint of economy to sell the silver find place it in the gold v fund for redemption purposes.' ' '"It it cpnld be done without-eeriousiv k disturbing the money-markets," replied ' Secretary Gage, "I - think that course would be more honest. . - . . , ., Mr. Levy of New York, who was pres ent to advocate his bill, created some thing of a sensation by stating that Mr, Bryan, the; recent Democratic candi date for President, had told him that if elected President he would find a way . t pay the obligations of the eovernmeni in silver. -'--: -. - '. La. Grippe Everywhere5 New York, Jan. lO.Dispatchet re ceived by the World from almost every city of importance in the country soy, that grip seems to be epidemic. There are thousands of cases in every largd jiCity ' and hundreds of cases r in ' ever, small city. The malady seems to M spreaamg. .. ; : r - . : . . . .'""" "'. ' ' V " '.' ' 1 '"" g?r Cervera at Death's Door, '- Madrid, Jan. ' 1 0. A dispatch in Puerto Royal, near Cadiz, w&jere. Ad nu'ral Cevera is lying seriously ill. My his condition has grown , worse and tt' his recoterySis almost hopeleafc-. r r v
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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