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J r 0R$ J JLJJJJ Vol. VIL HALEIG-H, K". C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 1901 No. 8$ Post. After Many Days Senate Votes on Divorce Bill , , ABANDONMENT ADDED Senate Amendments Adopted hv flVfirwn minff IVIa: J - - ' Other Changes Road yA Measues of Local Interest Senate parsed the divorce bill yester day. This is no ordinary statement, for the tipper house has been working on this bill at intervals for a nionth On seven different days, extending over. a period of lour weeks, there was an animated discussion of the measure, and some particularly eloquent, speeches were delivered and some fine legal argu ments made. The speeches of Senators Henderson, Justice, Ward, Morrison, Webb. Lon don. Woodard. .Morton. Broughton and others were the best those gentlemen have made duriDg the .session of the Senate. The bill which passed the Senate yes terday is not. by a good deal, the same bi'! it was when it came over from the II ni-r.. ' - '" - Tti light was chiefly over the amend ment f Mr. Webb-, reported favorably by the Senate Judiciary Committee, to Vdd- abandonment i'r three years as a ground for divorce. Th" v.-.if hy which tins nmennmenr was :id"ii 'd yesterday was P) to 14, a-s For tin abandonment amendment M.-s?--. Aycoek. liuehanan, Burroughs, Calver:. Candler. Crisp. Currie, Dula, I'ov, (4Ienn. James, Justice. Leak. Mar shall, ' McAllister. Michael. Miller of Caldwell. Miller of Pamlico. Morton. Piniiix. Roberson. Stikeleather. Sugg, Thomas. Travis. Vanu, Ward, Warren, Webb. Woodard. Against the abandonment amendment Messrs. Alexander, Broughton, -.Gudger, Henderson. Lindsay, London, Iong, Mcintosh. Mclntyre, Morrison, Scott, Smith. Nt.ringneld, Wood. The other amendment (by Mr. Wood ward i reeommejided by the committee, "making rape or assault, with intent to rape by husband of another woman, ground "for divorce, was adopted by the vote, of -7 to V, An anieuflmenr (offered in the Senate yesterday i by Mr. Gudger, striking out .the l".'o vision in the bill permuting the marrvinc of parties divorce by the lawsj naror nrougnron. wno. tne this bill", repeals (as will be seen morel0'11" (la' sa"' ,c know f a prood and particularly In-low) was also adopted, only four vote being cast against it One negative votes being cast by Messrs. Dula. Long. Morton and Wood) as against ."" for it. The amendment submitted by Mr. Mor ton 1 n t Thursday, to make the aban donment apply to future cases as well as to those in the past, and up to January 1. 1901 las Mr. Webb's amendment stipu lates wa defeated vote. 31 to The bill then passed its iinaf reading and was sent to the House for concur rence, the "clincher" being put on "it in the Sen.ite by Mr Webb. The vote on third reading was 30 to 15, exactly two to o::e. ai follows: Cor the bill as amended lessrs. Alex ander, Avcock. Bray, Buchanan. Bur roughs, Qandler, Currie. Foy, Glenn, James. Justice, Leak. Marshall, McAllis ter. Mcintosh. Michael. Miller of Pam lico, Morton, Pinnix, Roberson, Smith, Stikeleather. Sugg. Thomas. Travis, A" a nn. Ward, Warren, Webb, Wodtl- nrd .VI. Against the bill Messrs. Broughton, Calvert, Crisp, Dula, Gudger. Hender- - son. Lindsay. London, Long, Mclntyre, Mdter of , a la well. Morrison, Scott, Strimrfield, Wood 15. - Following is the full text of the origi nal bill as it passed the House, after a protracted fight, and the additions and changes made by the Senate yesterday: Section 1. That all statutes amending section 1285 of the Code, relative to (granting divorces, enacted since the doptionof the Code, be and the same are here by repealed: Provided that any person from whom a divorce has been obtained or shall be obtained under any of the laws hereby repealed may marry again during the lifetime of the other, upon application to the court, showing in' a regular action that his or her wife or husband, as the case may be, has Ween divorced under any of the laws hereby repealed. .? Sec. 2. This act shall not apply to pending cases. In the Senate yesterday the above bill I which is the text of the bill as it came from the House) was amended as fol lows; By Mr. Webb: Amend section 1 by adding thereto: "If the husband shaft abandon the wife without just cause end live separate and apart from her for to a dissolution of the bonds of matri mony;, and if the wife shall abandon the husband without jest cause and live separate and apart from her husband for three years, the husband shall be entitled to a dissolution of the bonds of 'TCRtrimony: Provided, all such abandon ment shall have accrued before the first day of January, 1901: Provided fur ther, the defendant against whom a judgment of divorce shall be rendered for such abandonment shall not bo al lowed to marry again during the life of -the plaintiff' Amendment by Mr: Gudger: Strike out .in section 1 all after the word -:nro. v:ded (it. the original bill). I-hn amendment strikes out th- 5m. Mnoii i erm.ttir.g the marrying agn'bi f pvrsoaii . d.vorced under the law i-,.. ;.".' led by this act. Ainen.imont; by Mr. Woodard: Amend .: a M:r.i' sub section 6 of. the Code of 1SS3: "If the husband shall' commit rape or be indicted and convicted of an assault with intent to commit rape, the wife shall be entitled to a divorce from the bonds of matrimony." Whether the House will concur in the Senate amendments is not known. That another big fight will be precipitated when the bill-as reached appears to be certain. It may prove to be so protracted that unless the House does finally adopt the Senate amendments the bill will never go through both branches of the Legis lature again on account of the rush dur ing the closing days of the session. In such event the divorce laws would of course remain as they now are, and aban donment for one year would hold good still. Before the bill passed yesterday .Sena tor Morrison spoke against ' the Webb amendment making abandonment for three years a ground for divorce. He claimed that this bill, as amended. than. the. existing law, m his opinion: j'that the Senate had just as well have ; adopted the amendment offered by Sena- J tor Morton, making abandonment apply i to future as well as to past cases only. . because in the future he expected to j S4e efforts made to get legislatures to j move up toe date, and -that -this could be done every two.. or four years if the legislatures consented to it. Mr. Morton then made a strong ap peal for his side, but he was on the losing .side. Senator Webb made a final appeal for the adoption of his amendment, anil in cidentally replied to Senator Morrison, lie also read a letter from Rev. Dr. Huffham. the well-known and venerable Baptist minister of Henderson, who vol untarily wrot,- the letter to Senator Webb. Although a private letter, he (Mr. Weiiio would take the liberty of reading it lo'ihe Senate. It proved to be a strong letter in favor of the W-'hb amendment adding aban donment for three years as a ground for divorce. Among other things. Dr. Huffham stated that there is neither scii.se or justice in holding a good woman bound : the man who deserted and aban doned her: that such a man is as one dead to such a woman; that the Webb amendment ought to pass, and he (Huff ham t hoped it would pass. That the Baptist Church of North Carolina has no official "organ"; that tl'o church has made no deliverance as to the matter pending before the Legisla ture, and that no man has the right to speak for the church on this subject. ' The Secession Convention of said Dr. Huffham, passed a measure divorcing a good woman from a man who went North to escape servk-e as a Confeder ate soldier; that he (Huffham) after wards married that woman to a good man and they lived happily afterward. He had no apology or excuse to make for having married -them, and he was cer tain lie had done a righteous act when he did so. Both of the parties to the marriage, continued Dr. Huffham. were members of the First Baptist Church of Raleigh. "The members of the Legislature need to bear in mind that they are not in Eden," concluded Dr. Huffham. Senator Webb said he was willing to accept the position of this venerable and able minister of the gospel" as his guide in this matter. He had rather accept his construction .ofthe '"Baptist-view" than that of the younger men of the denomi nationthan that of Mr. Bailey of The Recorder, whom the Senator from Chat ham had induced to write a letter on the subject 'for his use in the Senate while speaking against the amendment the otljer day. As to Senator Broughton, who, the pure woman in the city of llaleigh who ought, to be released from a brute of a husband who had made her life a bur den and neglected her, but who. the Senator from Wake stated, he could not aid because it was against The law of ihe State and against the law of the Bible he (Webb) wanted to say that he did not essay to construe or interpret rhe ."biblical commands on this subject for any man. but he reserved the right to place his own construction upon them for his own guidance. He wonld say that there are as good Christians in this Senate favorincr his amendment as there are opposing it, and he, for one, would hreak. the bonds that bind the woman alluded to by the Sen ator from Wake and not say to her that she should forever remain chained to such a man. That would be merciful and just, and, it is against my conception of a good and merciful God to believe that such a view is contra rv to His will.. Among the other bills which passed the .senate yesterday was one to amend the charter of the city of Baleigh (giving the board of aldermen control of space above the sidewalks as well as upon the sidewalks, perfecting title to the re cently purchased sanitary farm, etc.), as heretofore printed in The Post. Another bill was that to authorize- the county commissioners of Wake county to fund its floating indebtedness. Senator- Alexander's road commission bill passed its second reading, but not til! it was amended so that any county whoso board of commissioners did not dc shev it could exempt their county from its provisions, and where this law was accepted all other road lawn to be abro gated. The bill was then ordered to be printed, and will come up on its final reading later. The detailed proceedings Tollow. PROCEEDINGS 1 DETAIL Senate called to order at 10 o'clock by Lieut. Governor Turner. Prayer by Bcv. J. A. T. Jones of the Baptist church. Journal of Monday approved. - Reports of the various standing com mittees sent forward and bills placed on the calendar. v Leave of absence was granted to Sen ator Arringtop till Thursday, and to Senator Brown on account of siokues's. Petitions were introduced as fo flows: By Mr. Stikeleather: From citizens of Iredell county asking mcorpornvlon of Silvan church. By Mr. Scott: Fjom citizens of Haw River in reference to public schools for, that town. New Bills Introduced By Mr. Miller of Pamlico S. B. 990 To appoint justice, of the peace in No. 1 township, Pamlico county. Committee on Justice of the Peace. By Mr. Scott S. P.. 1000 To provide for the public schools in Burlington, Ala mance county. Calendar. By Mr. Scott -S. B. 1001 To punish ? ... , ' (Continued on Sixth Page.) 1 Special Order in House To day at Noon THE CRIMINAL INSANE -- Bill Creating Department at PenitentiarySmith Edu cational Bill Discussed Yesterday The House held two sessions yester day, day and night, a practice that will continue while the General Assembly is in session. The Senate bill, which requires that the public schools, shall be kept open four months in the year, was under con sideration, but was finally recommitted to the Committee on Education. The .pension bill, which passed the Senate, was discussed and it was finally made the special order today at noon. The bill was unfamiliar to the members of the House and action was postopened in order to give them time to examine the measure. The bill appropriating $25 per month for the employment of a stenographer by the Supreme Court failed of passage. The usual discussion that attends con sideration of a bill creating an office or i increasing a salary resulted." The revenue act was made the special order"" Thursday at noon. Printed copies of the bill were furnished members of the House. There are two special orders Friday at noon. They are the bills which pre vent the State from growing peanuts on the prison farms and also prohibiting the employment of labor on the State farms. Mr. Bradsher of Person, introduced an important measure yesterday creating the department for the criminal insane. The bill requires that the criminal insane be confined in the Stale prison in this city and makes the board of directors of the penitentiary a board ex-oflicio to manage the department. The prison phy sician is directed to treat and care for the pat Tents confined in the department. Another provision requires that the de partment for the criminal insane be sep arated from the prison by a wall and that both institutions be kept separate. Provision for the erection of a stockade to separate the two departments. To car ry out the requirements of the bill ah appropriation of $3,000 is made. An an nual appropriation of $-1,000 is also pro vided. IMPORTANT BILLS REFERRED Tba Smith School Bill and tho lata ranee Bill The bill introduced by Mr. Smith of Gates to carry out the constitutional re quirements in regard to public schools was considered in the House yesterday, it being the special order at noon. The bill was reported from the Educa tion Committee without prejndiqe, but it was apparent that there were members of the commit te wno were opposed to it and so it was recommitted to the Com mittee on Education. Mr. Smith wanted to make the bill tho special order next Friday at noon and he spoke on the merits jof the measure. Mr. Connor and others thought such an important bill should be recommitted to the Committee on Education. Mr. Simms made the point that a bill carrying an appropriation should be con sidered by the Committee on rinancel The speaker said the point was well made. The motion to make the bill the special order Friday next was defeated as was the motion to refer the bill to the committee on finance. The bill introduced by Mr. Willard to amend the insurance laws, embodying the recommendations of the Commission er of Insurance was discussed and re ferred to the Committee on Judiciary. Mr. Willard explained the bill. Sec tion two did not meet with popular fa vor. Mr. illard said that bonding com panics refused to guarantee county offi cers bonds under the present law. Sec lion 2 provided for a bank of deposit for the county iittnds to be named bv the commissioners and the board of alder men. , Mr. Graham of Granville, said: "Wc gave bonds long before surety companies come into the State and 1 reckon we can do so now." Mr; Winston: "This seems to be a dangerous provision' Mr. Shannonhouse: "This is an invpor. tant matter, and the bill ought to go to the Judiciary Committee." r The motion uy Mj Shannonhouse pre vailed. - SALARY QUESTION AGAIN Home Defeats a BUI Giving th $Q preme Court a Stenographer The bill appropriating $25 a month for the employment of a stenographer Xoi' the Supreme Court failed of passage by the vote of 36 to 70. It is a dulj day when the House does not discuss . a salary bill. , : , Mr. Mason said he did not like 'to otwose such matters, but that the clerk received fees and should meet this ex pense. He suggested that the fees of the clerk be increased so as to meet this additional expense. lie said the liti- gants in North Carolina should meet "the expense of the additional clerkship. Mr. Allen said that the rules adopted by the court in recent -year$ had greatly increased the duties in the office. He said the committee had investigated the matter fully and had comd to the con clusion that the State should meet "part of the expense. He said that $25. would not pay the clerk, and that Colonel Kenan would be forced to pay $30 out of his fees to employ the clerk.- Mr. Blount of Washington opposed the bill. He said it was not right to pay for services for which the State is already paying an official, Mr. McLean "IIow. much does the clerk of the Supreme Court receive a. a salary''" Mr. Spainhour "Colonel: Kenan filed a statement with the sub-committee ap proximating his salary. I think it was .S2.7K) a year. Out of this he pays S70O a year to his typewriter and to truoet other necessary expenses." Mr. Curtis of Buncombe Y e find that the clerk gets $2,lKX)t now, and I think that is a good eoough-isalary for any man. I am opposed to .the bill." Mr. Gattis of Orange'And the court is not in session -til the year." j Br. Brittain of Randolph opposed the j bill. He said the clerk's office was well j salaried. Continuing, he feaid: "If this ; thing keeps on we will hareto enlarge Ihe county homes. It seems from what transpires here every day ithat the State officers are too poor to live on their salaries." The bill failed to pass its second read ing. The vote was 3(i to 70. OBNEBAL PENSION BILL. JVtasnre Dlieniied and 91 ade th Spe cial Order Today The London pension, bill, which has already passed the Senate, will be the special order in the House today at noon. - This bill, which provides" for the dis- " d Stated ' the special order j esterday, and- after some discussion went over ttntil today. This action was taken by reason of the fact that the bill is new to the mem bers of the House, having been intro duced in tho Senate. There is no oppo sition to the measure itself, which will undoubtedly pass. An important amendment was offered by Mr. Kussell of Durham, and which the chairman of the Pension Committee. Mr. Bernhardt, of Lincoln, announced he would accept. This amendment vir tually nullities the special acts of the Legislature granting pensions, which has been a very much abused privilege exer cised by the solons. Mr. Russell's amendment is to the end of section 3 of the substitute, and is as follows: . . "And all persons applying for pensions under this act, whether heretofore draw ing pensions or not. cither: by authority of the county board of pensions or by' special act of the Legislature, shall ap pear before the county board of pensions on the first -Monday in July. 1901, for examination and classification in com pliance with the provisions of this net: Provided that all such ai fire unable to at tend, said meeting shall be repre sented by certificate from?! a .creditable physician living and practicing medicine in the- comity, in wnjclaid applicant resides' ' Mr, Reinhardt of Lincoln,, the chair man of the Committee on- Pensions, ex plained the provisions of the bill. lie said he regretted that the State could not properly provide for all its veteran soldiers. He said this was impossible, and that the joint Committee on Pen sions had, after most careful considera tion.' reported this bill favorably. He de clared that he believed it would - more noirly do justice to the deserving pen sioners than any measure ever enacted by the Legislature. The bill, he said, amends an act of 1S89 which provides that no veteran who has over $a00 worth of property shall be entitled to a pen sion. . A number of-gentlemen questioned Mr. Reinhardt as to the features and pro visions of the bill. Mr. Allen of Wayne and others thought that inasmuch as the bill had not been read but by a few members of the House, it would be wise to postpone action for a day or so. Mr. Allen said he was not opposed to the bill and was in full sympathy with it. But he desired time to consider it. Mr. Gattis and others took a similar view. 3Ir. Reinhardt 'T may be pardoned for personal reference, but I am speak iug for the men who fought on the heights of Gettysburg. It looks to me like there is a disposition to sit down on this bill." Mr. Gattiis, interrupting the speaker "The gentleman from Lincoln assumes this because of questions asked him by myself and others. I am lor this bill. I only want it explained and desired to have time to study its provisions. I never saw it until five minutes ago. I want to vote intelligently on a measure like this. I am for this bill, and if you say so I will vote for it now." Mr. Reinhardt "This bill has been carefully considered by the joint Com mittee on Pensions, who gavelt a unani mous report. The committee voted for the bill by a rising vote in honor of the old Confederate veterans." Mr. Parker of Halifax "As one of the men who wore the grey I will say that I am in no hurry to have this bill passed. I am not uneasy as to what the people -of North Carolina will do for the old soldiers. I know the people are with thorn and will stahd by 'theni. The old soldiers were slow to go to war, bt they were sure when thev made the start." (Applause.) "This is the case with this House. I suggest that this bill go over until Thursdav." Mr. Blythe of Henderson "I am satis fied that the committee gave this bill full consideration. I- am ready to vote on this measure now. and it ought to pass." Mr. Curtis of Buucombe "As a mem ber of the Committee that passed on this bill I will say that ever.v member of tho House ought to have the opportunity to pass on it. There is disposition here to oppose this measure. There is noth ing concealed in this bill. It is one-of the best that has ever been drawn on this suDjecc it repeats an laws granting pen- slons. There are veterans in this St. now who draw pensions and who nva sid i to De worm $uuu ana more. . You know how it is in the Legislature. Names of veterans are sent to members, and often- uraes huvy .now uoxmns aoout them W ought to stop all such Iesnslntinn The county boards can get at this thin' better than the Legislature." -Mr. .kbbs of Madison "I havon' tItv much consideration to this bill, and -I lX,u;,leraVc?- weo JwLZrilof the adoption the amendment at are none drawing pensions who fb.f.j 1 to the lankees. ue don't have to peu- (Conti-vied on 7th page.) if The Spooner Amendment Ma terially Modified -s- DEBATE IN SENATE Senator Morgan Antagonizes Philippines Legislation and the Cuban ResolutionA Slap at Sampson Washington, Feb. 26. The early part of today was devoted largely to .an ef fort on the part of the leading Sena tors' on both sides to secure a modifica tion of the Philippine amendment to the Army appropriation bill which would render it possible to secure a vote upon it. After several conferences an agree ment was reached which was found to be satisfactory to a large majority of Senators. The amendment to the orig inal provision yesterday suggested by Senator Hoar was urged as the basis of discussion, but various additions were made to it, so that when he again offered it in the Senate, it was presented as a proviso, and read as follows: "Provided, that no sale or lease or oth er disposition of the public lands, or the timber hereon, or the mining rights therein, shall be made; and, provided further, that no franchise shall be grant ed which is not approved by the Presi dent of the United States 'and is not, in his judgment, clearly necessary for the immediate government of tj islands and indispensable for the' interests of the people therof, and which cannot, with out great public mischief, le postponed until the establishment of permanent civil government, and all such franchises shall terminate one year after the estab lishment of such permanent civil gov ernment." Senators Morgan, Rawlins, Tillman and Bacon, who had been among the most determined opponents of the origi nal provisions were all consulted con cerning tho amendment, and all of them, i except Mr. .Morgan, indicated a willing-! ncss, to let the amendment go through after a reasonable debate Senator Mor-j gan did not commit himself. The Demo cratic acquiescence does not go to the extent of agreeing to support the entire Philippine provision: but uly to ih point of allowing it to reach the voting stage. The Republicans, without excep tion, acccpt-the modification of the amendment. Proceedings In ilie Senate ! "Washington, Feb. 26. The Senate to day resumed consideration of the Army appropriation - bill, t he Spooner Philip pines amendment being up for discus sion. - Mr. Pettigrew asked that certain copies of telegrams sent by tho President to the peace commissioners at Paris be printed with other documents. Mr. Lodge- objected. Mr. Foraker said that the telegrams should be printed if they were authentic. The matter was referred to' the Com mittee on the Philippines. Mr. Hoar offered an amendment pro viding that no sale or lease of public lands in the Philippines shall be permit ted and no transfers shall be made, with out the consent of the President. Tho amendment was adopted, as Mr. Hoar said that it would remove much of the objection to the Spooner amendment. Mr. Bacon gave notice that he would offer an amendment to the amendment. Mr. Morgan stated that he had no intention of filibustering against the bill, and, to his knowledge, no other Demo crat would filibuster. The Cuban and Philippines amendments, however, he said, were so important that he must insist in discussing them at length. He then continued his speech begun yes terday afternoon. Mr. Piatt of Connecticut said that he would not withdraw the Cuban amend ment. He began to explain his position, when Mr. Bacon said that he (Mr. Piatt) did not speak loud enough to be heard. ' 'T am speaking as loud as I can' said Mr. Piatt. "Louder' said Mr. Chandler. "I will not say another word," said Mr. Piatt, as he sat down in a huff. Later he. arose and said that the Cu ban constitution had not yet been sent, to Congress. and that there was plenty of time to insert -the provisions of his amendment. Consideration of the Army appropria tion bill was resumed, Mr. Morgan being entitled to the floor to continue his speech begun yesterday. Mr. Hoar asked Mr. Morgan to vield to him that he might present a lisrht re-rtrnft of The amendment he b.i-l"rITfi-el relating to the restriction upon the sale I of public lands in the Philippines and - the granting of franchises that were not - indispensable to tfto proper development! he chamber, and If ft-could HnrttDH uow it would facilitate materially the consideration or toe measure. " uus"" Aiimppiue. accepted it. Mr. Bacon said he could see no reason why the Senate should not go as far as Tfonl f n tb Porto TUefiTi Kill on r,. vide that all franchises should be mm- tied by 'Coogi-ess,; ' ; Mr. Morgan, ater the amendment hads been'resd, insisted upon proceeding with Senators disagreed as to the wisdom present. lie said his, attention has been di rected to. .a statement in a morning newspaper to the effect that Democratic members of the Senate had reached, an agreement that m vote should Ik? had on the pending proposition before - tha 4th of March. This statement he denied emphatically. He did not know wbv sncli a fal.ri.-ri- ' t'on had been indulged in, as there not; ony had been no agreement of the kind, j but there had not been even a sugges- i tion that the vote be postponed. Person- :. ally, he would not occupy a-minute that j ue uiu not cieem necessary to a proper elucidation of the question. He then asked Mr. Piatt of Connecti cut, chairman of the Senate Committee on Relations with Cuba, whether it was the intention of the committee to pres the amendment it had proposed to. the bill. I "I had hoped." Mr. Piatt replied, "that cal unanimity and that it would be .-. iv.l a:. i,:u ff l'iti..iu mis inn. "There cannot be unanimity with re spect to it," said Mr. Morgan, "without some effort to amend it. I do not think the Senate is ready to proceed with its discussion. AVe have not the necessary facts and data. We certainly are getting upon dangerous ground." "I should not feel justified in with drawing the . amendment," said Mr. Piatt. "I think it ought to be passed and be passed on this bill. I think it will settle what is known as the Cuban question satisfactorily to the Cubans and to the people of the TJuited States." Mr. Morgan protested against -enter- j ing upon the discussion of a question upon wliich the Senate did not have all i necessary information. He himself was ; ignorant of the details involved in - the nendiiic nmpTirlmerits Tf' wns familiar 1 with many facts respecting Cuba, and , a trolley line for this city, when the ne he did not want to be accused of filibus- gro, carrying a shot gun, called to het; ttring if he discussed them pretty fully. t0 stop She ran an(1 ue gre a portion t ;A-fr' Vla!i id.that an no5.ficial tra.nf of; the load of shot hitting her. She then lation of tho Cn.ian constitution was be-i 7 ing made, but it might be several days j topped and offered him her purse. II iiofore it was available. ITowever, he seized her and when she fought him, h thought the dratt of the constitution al- lcut. ;her throat, afterward maltreating ready printed was sufficient for the Sen- j her. She" died a half hour later and he ate to act upon so far as the pending . assailant escapea. amendment was concerned j The greatest excitement prevailed fta ninct hoin, foreed ! during the night over the crime. This ,n nation the f,cts n,n- to nass noon questions the facts ou cerning which were obscure, Mr. Mor gan resumed his discussion of the T'hil ippines question, urging the. Senate and Congress not to confer such extraordina ry power upon the President as was con templated by- the Philippines amend ment. . "; - Mr. Foraker, chairman of the Com mittee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, interrupted Mr. Morgan to present a conference report upon. "an act to car ry into effect the stipulations of' article 7 of the treaty between the United States and Spain." After some discussion the report went over until tomorrow. At the request of Mr. Shoup, in charge of the Army, bill, the Senate agreed to take, a recess at the conclusion of the eulogies upon the j late Representativ Fnwik Clark of New Hnmnshiiv. which were set for live. o" clock today, until a 8 o'clock this even-. ing. . . ...... i Mr. Allen asked Mr; Morgan to yield to him for a moment which he did. Mr. Allen then had read Admiral Sampson's ietfer .about Gunner Morgan and com mented "on it. "If," Mx Allen exclaimed. "W. T. Sampson is the author of that endorse ment he is a conceited ass( laughter and applause in the galleries), and. he ought to be marked down as such. We are not raising in this country xi race of snobs. If I am correctly informed there was a time when Sampson was no better than, if as good as Morgan5, the gun ner. He came from io better stock." Mr. Morgan interposed and resumed the floor, Mr. Allen merely adding, T want to say to Sampson and his friends that I am responsible for what I say' Mr. Chandler asked Mr. Morgan to let him say a few words. - v "I had no idea," Mr. Morgan said, "that I was going to let in a discussion of a quarrel between Sampson and Schley." , "I ask- the courtesy of the ; Senator from Alabama," Mr. Chandler persisted. "to allow me to say a' few words in re ply to what has been said by the Sena tor from Nebraska." . "I have not heard what he said," Mr. Morgan remarked as a reason for refus ing to yield the floor. - "I have heard it," said Mr, Chand ler. - "Is it personal to the Senator?" Mr. Morgan asked. ' "No: but it is personal to Admiral Sampson," -Mr.- Chandler replied. "I beg pardon." Mr. Morgan pleaded, "I would rather have the admirals quar rel relegated to a time of war than to take it up in a time of peace." 4 Mr. Pettigrew said that. he should de sire to reply to Mr. Chandler. Mr. Morgan persisted in liis refusal to yield the floor to Mr. Chandler, and he went on with his argument, haying ta ken up the amendment relating to Cuba. He characterized the Cuban amend ment to the biil as " a legislative ulti matum to Cuba." - "It is," he said, "take this or die. Take this or abandon your hopes of an independent autonomic government. Take this and lay your national an t your race pride beneath the feet of tho Anglo-Saxon; and let him walk ovt-r von you D1UiSt stand and deliver. We solemn act of tho Congress of tb? X-m- , ted States, ana we leave nwnujg 10 . adjusted m the future, expep Japs '.. the mere terminology of the agreement. ted States, and we leave nothing to e me mere leruuufju?;. mc tiwwui. expectations, or to your right, to demand J any sort of autonomy, inaeneuueuce or . sovereignty, most be adopted, by you. -Then the Cubans will appeal tp tbaf : academic declaration which a jnau can scarcely reaa uuui uituer lauur "'Xdestroyea tourteen wen-ii" ' weeping the declaration that the ppopie houses and eight huts. Over of Cuba are, and of right ought to b s dred persons were fered mejws. free, sovereign and independent . Well, The .1 were they free, sovereign ancl independ- gj and the other for S900 The own uit at the time we, made that famous ,are mostjy poor people. The fire do- . . ' I partment did not arrive until after Ui ( (Continued on Second Tage.) 'building vvere burned to th ST?UU , A MOD Lynches a Negro at Terre Haute DONE AT NOONDAY beOTffe i O Ward's Crime Was Terrible and So jWas His PunishmentHe Made 'a Confession . Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 26. A" mob o excited citizens took George Ward, col ored, from the jail this afternoon anJJ iVnced him Ward attacked Miss Ida Finklesteitf, a school teacher, yesterday afternoon and inflicted injuries that resulted in hefi death. She was walking from her coua try school along a lonely road to reactf morning Ward was arrested and con- fessed. A mob immediately began to orm and at noon nbout three hundred men attacked the jail. The doors were shattered down, but the interior, being protected by a steel structure, caused considerable delay. The mob finally hammered down tne steel cell structure, took the ucgro out, and hanged him from, a span of the railroad bridge over tha Wabash river. There was some shooting, and It is re ported that the negro was dead befora he was hanged. It is said that Ward was released from an insane asylum, about six months ago. " '. Governor Durbin was notified at noon that a mob. had formed to lynch Ward, lie immediately placed himself in com munication with the sheriff and chief oC police of Terre II unite. ' ; His first . .advice was that a" lynching was not feared, but private, information n reached him later 'that tho jaii ' door wore being battered down. It was then stated' that the x errc Ilanto military, company would be ordered out. f RIVAL COMMITTEES : ' Complications in the Munici- pal Contest in Charlotte - Charlotte. X. C, Feb. 2C Special.- The municipal election for mayor here is assuming interesting proportions, , in, view of the fact that two committees claim to . be the Democratic Executive Committee. l)ne of the committees met this afternoon, the other . last night. The meeting this afternoon decided notj to make public their proceedings, but," from what those who were present say, it can be judged that the meeting wai not of the slow order by any mean. This latter committee, as well as th former one. is the result -rtf a split ttvo rears atro when one faction insisted upoa the election of the executive committee by ballot and the other committee in sisting that election of committee bv by acclamation. The election was held under two rulings. S. S. McNinch, who was elected a member of both commit tees, writes to the secretaries of each: committee, refusing to attend either meet ing on the . ground that his doing m would indicate that that particular com mitee was the legally elected commit tee, which qnestion Mr. McNinch doea not care to decide. WEAVERS ON A STRIKE Operatives Quickly Found to Take Their Places in Mill Greensboro, N. C, Feb. SCSpecial. Dissatisfaction among employes of th Itevolution cotton inilis culminated in a, strike of all but six of the weavers. Th ' d'ssatisfaction arose over a change from day payment to payment, by the piece. Weavers have already been employed to take the places of over half the strikers. There is no strike among oner:tives in any other department of the mill. r Meetings of the North Carolina Chair Association and the Southern Chair As sociation were held here this afternoon, attended by manufacturers and jobber from North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and Alabama. The meetings were se- One of the most important matter wag d lcgisIation affect- ... Wl . tl,ir hnKines SlOW rlTe Department - . 2s.A; fire which occurred between four ana , ?:lZtw& this morning at p" rt Tierm suburb of San Juan,
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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