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lHE MORMNG Pos nn 'la Vol. IX BALEIG-H, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY i 8. 1902 No. 61 THE HOU REPEAL THE WAR TAXES Zxcry Vote in the Affirma tiveRichardson Takes the Wind Out of Re publican Sails .-h iisron. Fob. 17. The bill to re-t;.r- War Tax act passed the House ,..vtcdly his afternoon. . r the rule to prevent the discns- ijn-d by the Democrats had been by a party vote, Mr. Richardson ", -nneseee, the Democratic leader, :,iinouneed that as -debate would fniitless and as every one .was ho asked unanimous consent hill be placed upon its passage II,. 'ictrotion caused a sensation on ,,, : oublican side. Members looked .! h other with amazement. Not ,u!il wan heard. "There is no ob- i.,n." announced the Speaker, as he r.-:;L-ht Iks gavel down. "The clerk will rn1 bill.' : ,-h -ides of the House joined in , ; iiuiug applaust that filled the T c. lerk then began to read the 1-: proceedings thus far had taken so quickly that the Republican ; . seemed dazed. While the clerk u-.'is reading the bill Messrs. Payne, lulz!!, Grosvenor, Russell and others t,f ;h" committee gathered in the space v. 11 liit of th. speaker's desk and held f-i!!:Mit conferences, one of them oe : i-fon il'y going tip to the. speaker and i,.n li'ing with him. There ""as a good o- ;iT .1!' amusement on the Republican f nwr the unexpected turn of af fairs, bin n protests were made -against fli. proceedings. When the reading of ili, L;.I as. completed the speaker an - i:n et :hat the question was upon its Permanent Census Bits Passed bv the Senate he Danish Islands, Treaty Adopted Without Amend ment ' Washington, Feb. hsion of routine 17. Upon the con business today the Senate, at p. m. went into exec utive session to consider the treaty pro vidinu fur the acquisition of the Dau ik West Indies. The Senate ratified the I.anih treaty without amending it In any particular. S;iat'r Bacon proposed an aniend ripnf eliminating the paragraph in the ncHiy tivini authority to Congress to :ix the civil and political rights of ihf inhabitants, but it was voted down V a viva voce vote Senator .Cullom tii"!! explained the 'provisions of tl.e n ::iiy in detail. The resolution to rat i.'y vvas adopted without division. TiK Senate resumed business in open Kr--i !i at 2.1u p. m. .' "tideration then was resumed of the Permanent Census Bureau bill, the landing amendment being that offered 1 v Mr. Tillman providing that the di-i-fctor of the census should issue month ly bulletins from October 1st each year ''nil and including March 1st on the ITolnctiun of cotton as .reported by the Mr. Allison opposed the amendment. rnr-ipMlly because information con " ruing the cotton crop was now furnish P'i 1. ''t the Necretarv of Agriculture. He :i i'ed in detail the methods pursued th- AjrriculturaT Department in ob- 1 1 v t;'i nuir information concerning the pro 'iu.ii.,,, ot- cotton. Af.er Mr. Allison had been sneaking m,i ;in hour a suggestion was made fiif-ctioiisly by Mr. Bacon of Georgia A Roast for Schlev from the White House he President's Review Un derstood to Be Severe on the Admiral's Conduct -'ton. Feb. T7.- -President Roose- i VK'"" "''.the Schley case has been .'' lb, printer and copies will be Y.-,ln, "1 - . tn press this Meek, probably b'. The review consists of about or alwut two columns of a i --. !'' ' While care has been taken '"it 'Lie premature publication in of the President's comments, 'st u nee is known to a number Hi' u to whom the President has "mimed them, and there is a U"! Ill' tiiph- . "r l"ii. eluitf "auiomr th(ff tbnt all l';o,; I'l'Io will be satisfied with 'nnu.lpr: ''''Hon r,, .1.- : ".. T. ' . -il ,. . connection it uiav oe l.v r resident has been assured 1 N 1 ! 1 oth houses that the not be taken up by , "if.V ''rUl-;-, '!!':';" 1"'ilUs ''"W'1 ' the. Presi dent 01 i'1'"."n AlI'niral Schley's treat Pliant Commander Hodgson SE VOTES TO passage, and the yeas. and nays were ordered. " .-, There was a large attendance upon the floor of the House and in jthe gal leries in anticipation of the "opening of the debate. . Mr. Da Izell of Pennsylvania, from the Committee, on Rules, presented the spe cial order agreed upon by that com mittee. Mr. Dalzell explained the ef fect of the rule.- This measure, -he said, was presented to redeem a pledge made when the war revenue taxes were imposed that when the necessity for them ceased they would be repealed. It was a simple repeal measure, and it was deemed wise that it should be brought to a vote without complication or extraneous issues. At the conclusion of this brief state ment, Mr. Dalzell yielded thirty min utes to Mr. Underwood of Alabama, also of the Committee on Rules. The Alabama member protested against the adoption of" the rule, not, he said, because it provided for the con sideration of a bill to reduce taxation, but because it prevented individual mem bers from exercising their own judgment or carrying out the wishes of their constituents as to what portion of the excessive taxes should be repealed. As an instance of a tx wnich it was not advisable to repeal he cited the in heritance tax, a tax which, he said, was levied on a class that was not reacneu by other taxation. Mr. Underwood said he did not think a general tariff revision should be made, because such a revision, whether good or bad. would unsettle present conditions and might lead to disorder. . Mr. Rail of Texas denounced the rule as but another step in the parliament ary evolution "by which' individualism in the House was being crushed and a few nun were enthroned an the autocrats to dominate its will. Mr. Ball said it was reported in the papers that the President had been con verted to the. view that the "iron that the. object of the Iowa Senator was to delay and postpone action on the bill. With iome exhibition of an nojance Mr. Allison characterized the suggestion as unkind and untrue. "I hope, said Mr. Bacon deprecat ingly, .'that, the Senator will allow me to disclaim anything more than a mere matter of (pleasantry." Mr. Allison accepted the disclaimer ana went on with bis remarks. Mr. Bacon asked Mr. Allison whether he, representing a corn state ,knew the importance of the amendment to the cotton producer better than all the Sen ators from tue cotton states. Mr. .llison admitted that he might be in the position of the one juror stand ing out against the other eleven; that he was willing to be outvoted by them: and that he would lie content with' the results. He again disclaimed any pur pose to delay action on the bill, and said that he would make no f urther objection to its passage. After further discussion, Mr. Till man's ameuument was agreed to. Mr. Allison moved to strike out the paragraph referring to cotton statistics 1.0m the ginners. Rejected without a division. After some formal corrections the bill was reported from the committee of the whole, to the Senate, the several amend ments were agreed to, and the Perma nent Census bill was passed. The callendar was then taken up and the following bills were passed: To increase the efficiency of the rev enue cutter service. Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to return to Harvard University certain colors, silver cup and Norden fcldt gun. After a short executive session the Senate at 4.53 adjourned until tomor row , and the famous loop of the Brooklyn. All the other matters concerned are subordi nated to these, even the question of command, which Schley made the princi pal subject of his appeal, being disposed of briefly. Mr. Roosevelt regards this question as having been settled by Presi-1 dent McKinley in nominating Admiral Sampson to the Senate for advancement over Schley, and as to the contention that Schley directed the movements of the American ships in the battle with Cerveni's fleet, he decides that no order from that officer to the vessels had any effect whatever on the fight. Admiral Schley's treatment of Lieuten ant Commander Hodgson is regarded by the President a lacking in honor and fairness, and what he says on that sub ject will be anything but pleasant reading to those who, though not understanding this matter, have believed that it was of no importance and merely brought for ward to increase the sum of accusations against Schley. Admiral Schley caused to be published in a newspaper a letter from Mr. Hodgson, denying that any such colloquy ever occurred on the Brook lyn between Schley and himself during the fight, the colloquy as printed indi cating that Schley "was timid about ap proaching the enemy's ships and that in his haste to avoid them he was reckless hand" was necessary to prevent ' a wholesale revision of the tariff. Mr. Babcoek of Wisconsin said he did not believe in complicating the repeal bill with other tariff matters, but at the first opportunity he would press his measure to amend the steel sched ule. Mr. Hay of Virginia said the rule was such a display of cowardice as had never been seen in the House. The bill would be debated and amended in the Senate. . Mr. Cannon of Illinois argued in fa vor of the adoption of the rule in order hat the war taxes might be repealed. Mr. Richardson of .Tennessee said there were many Republicans who were restive under the demand of their con stituents for a revision of some of the til riff schedules. Mr. Babcock's excuse, he said, was lame and he could, not go back to his constituents and explain. He lost his opportunity, continued Mr. Richardson, after voting for his rule. Mr. Dalzell," closing the debate, said that in 1804 the Democrats of the House, then in a majority, under a rule swallowed (MO amendments to the Wil son tariff bill after two hours debate. Upon his demand the previous question was ordered. Mr. Richardson offered a motion to recommit the rule. After rather a sharp tilt between the Speak er and Mr, Richardson the Speaker sus tained a point, of order against the mo tion. Mr. Richardson appealed from the decision, and upon a roll call the chair was sustained 1G5 to l-o. Then it was that the rule was, adopt ed 158 to 120. The proceedings in the House then took a sudden and very surprising turn. Mr. Richardson moved that the billvip ing out war taxes be put upon its im mediate passage. The bill passed unanimously, 278 Rep resentatives voting. After the vote and at 2:13 the House adjourned until tomorrow. of the danger of collision with the Texas. It was subsequently shown that Admiral Schley had suppressed an accompanying letter from Hodgson, explaining that there was a colloquy substantially as al leged, and. that his denial intended to apply only to the literal accuracy of its published version. At the Court of In quiry it was developed that Admiral Schley ignored Hodgson's importunities to put him straight with the navy and the eomitry by printing the accompanying letter. Mr. Rousevelt regards this treat ment of Hodgson by Schley as anything except the conduct of an .officer- and a gentleman, and scores Schley for it. In the loop the President finds cause for condemnation of Admiral Schley. He expresses the belief that Schley acted courageously in the battle up to the point that he gave the order for the loop. Then,-JUr. Roosevelt holds. Schley lot nerve, faltered and turned fl.way from" the Spanish ships, when he should have gone toward or in the direction they were taking. Very little consideration is given by Mr. Roosevelt to the allegations against the conduct of Admiral Schley prior to tlie battle of July M. He disposes at them by holding that Admiral Sampson and the Navy Department condoned those offences by not calling Schley to account for them at the time and in the ,TocoHimenuaum iua, oi-m for his war services. be advanced The President Comes to the Relief of Hohson Legislation Proposed to Trans fer Him to the Retired List for Disability Washington, Feb. 17 I Resident Roooevelt today sent to Congress the following message recommending the transfer of Naval Constructor Hobson to the retired list. "In June, 15XH), Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hobson, then on duty at the naval station, Cavite, 1. I., was found to be . suffering from compound hypermetropic astigmatism. retinal hyperaemia and trachoma, and an oper ation was performed for the latter. On the -Stb of June, r.MMi. he was admit ted to the naval hospital, Yokohama. Japan, the hospital ticket stating: Ret initis.' There is good evidence that it was incurred in the line of duty. While on duty at I long Kong during the past year he suffered from weakness of eyes, particularly of exposure to glare of sun. or while subject to the irregular ities of light, on board the shipts under repairs. "On Septemuer 7, 1900, he was dis charged from the naval hospital at Yokohama and ordered to the United States and was subsequently granted six months leave of absence on account of continued 'irritation of the retina.' "In January, Y.HY2, Naval Construc tor Hobson appeared before a retiring board of the medical members who. af ter an examination of hir case, made the following certificate: 'At present there is apparently only a slight retinal irritation, tut by the exercise of rea sonable care it should not give trouble. An cthalmoscopic examination not mar1 and not deemed essential. We believe, therefore, that Mr. Hobson is tit for active duty.' Upon this state of facts the retiring board decided 'that Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hob son. Uuited Stater Navy, is fit for duty, Without- Vugffesting that any injustice has been done by ' this finding, and REPUBLICAN CAUCUS umpacker Succeeds at Last in Getting a Resolu tion Through Washington, Feb. 17. The caucus of the Republican members of the House after three meetings, tonight adopted a. modified form of the Crumpacker res olution providing for, an investigation of the election laws, of the several states--' and a report as to whether the right of suffrage of males 21 years of age being citizens of the United States is abridged, except for crime. The resolu tion.', as adopted was outlined in one introduced by Representative' Dick of Ohicj Representatives Dick and Crum pac&cr: supported the resolution in its awendded form tonight and it was unan imously adopted. Although there were but eighty-five members of the caucus present, it was understood beforehand that the resolu tion .was agreeable to the leaders, and there being no opposition to the resolu tion it stands as the sense of the Re publican caucus. It provides that the Committee on Rules shall bring in a rule for the appointment by the Speak er of a select committee of eleven mem bers to investigate the subject and re port, but does not aurhorize the com mittee to draft a bill or resolution and does not bind the Republicans to support the committee's action. POPULISM VINDICATED Charles A. Towne Thinks the Present Prosperity Proves the Case Louisville, Feb. 17. Charles A. Towne, the last nominee of -tne Popu lists for Vice President, and one of the recent leadens of the Democratic party, is in the eitv to confer with business men trom tne outn ana west regard - iig on lauus in xexas. "I --am out of politics for good," .said Mr. Towne. "Perhaps in years to come, after I have provided bread, I may write a few books and make a few speeenes on economic questions. When I was in. politics I not only devoted all my time to it, but my money also, and the result was that I found myself short in finances last summer, so 1 decided to go to iXew York and see what I could do there toward regaining it." When asked if the current rumor , as to free silver beingvdead was true, Mr. Tjti?r.e said: " - . '.' r .. "This is a matter that cannot'be dis cussed in a few minutes talk. I will) say, however, that the fact that the announced supply of gold for basis money made prosperity is proof of the correctness of our position. We decid ed we would have no more money an t the Lord, as if to provide for us, opened immense gold iieh." Report on Pacific Cable Washington. Feb. 17. The report which expresses the views of the ma-iery system, today. -Mr. .Machen was jority of the members of the House Com- j greatly pleased over his trip to Raleigh mittee on Interstate and Foreign Com-j.-t av&s v ry much Impressed with the merce on the subject of a Pacific cable ! Good Roads Convention. Congressman was filed today. The report endorses Kluttz was assured that fourteen new the Corliss bill, which provides that the routes in his district, which have al calde shall be built. laid and owned by j ready been mapped out. will be in opera the United States government. It was , tion April 1. There are sixty-five appli- drawn by Mr. Corliss and discusses every phase of the question from that standpoint. while in .effect 'pronouncing it correct, jlr. Hobson states, in a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Navy, Febru aty 5, 1902, that the duty required in the construction corps in connection with inspection and supervision in the glare of the sun at shi'p yards and navy yards, requires just the. kind of use of the eyes that is painful and injurious mid would tend to thwart their recov ery; that the condition of his eyes hart improved since his return to the United States; while on special duty not in the usual line of work of the construction corps; but that under thoso favorable conditions the irritation and sensitive ness continue and show that he should not undertake work that taxes his eyes in the future. Accordingly he asks special legislation authorizing n.s re tirement as for disabilities incurred in the line of duty. This request ii ap proved by the Chief Constructor and by the Secretary of the Navy. "In consideration of the foregoing, but especially of the gallant service render ed by Mr. Hobson in the sinking of the Merrimac in the harbor of Santiago during the recent ' war with Spain, I recommend the enactment of a suitable measure for his relief." The message was referred to the Committee 011 Naval Affairs together with a bill introduced by Senator Gal linger to carry into effect the recom mendations of the President, by author izing Hobson's transfer to the retired list under the law providing for the re timent of -officers "on account of disa bilities resulting from long and faithful service." -' - , ' Wireless Vt'erds from Henry's Ship London. Feb. 17. The North German Lloyd steamship Kronprinz Wilhelm with Prince Henry aboard was in wire less communication with the Marconi station at the Lizard from 12:30 until tweeu 8:50 and !) o clock this morning. At tne latter sojs have passed in the Capes since min hour the Kronprinz Wilhelm was 140 j'j a.-, one cannot see more than fifty miles west of the Cornish coast. Oyer fr0)U ifie Vuore.' Of the vessels one hundred Avordg were exchanged le- , - , ,,k w-kwnter not one has r 1 uii.nuiv " ill. n--" ' ij a. IK. V WHEELER'S SPEECH HAS BROUGHT HIM FAME Gen. Carr Credited with a Desire to Succeed Kitch in the House' : BY THOTIAS J. PENCE Washington, Feb. 17. Special. Repre sentative Wheeler's desk resembled a small-sized document room when the House assembled this morning. The sen sational speech delivered by the young Kentuckian Friday last has attracted attention throughout the country. His desk was piled high with- letters and papers and his mail included more than oOO letters relating to his speech. - "Yes, I received a number from North Carolina, and in" fact every State in the union," Mr. Wheeler stated today. "The majority of them came fromsaorth ern and western states, and out of the entire lot there is not half a dozen that criticizes my speech. There are many from" German-Americans and they were written by an intelligent class of people. The Republicans are attempting to di vert attention from the force of my speech by emphasizing a few passing references to the (ierman prince. My just castigation of that fellow Hay and his policy is ignored altogether and they seek to cover this up. I will pay for the circulation of my speech in any Re publican district and am ready to meet all comers on the subject." Senator Pritchard continues to receive letters from Charlotte in behalf of Post master J. W. Mullen, whose nomination still hangs fire. Senator Pritchard has no idea when the Post Office Depart ment will take action. He is informed that a special agent has gone to North Carolina to make a further investiga tion. Sam Alexander, the hero of the Emma burglary who was so desperately wounded in the conflict with the four burglars in Buncombe county, is here ari has been given a position in the Post Office De partment in recognition of his bravery and defense of government property. Alexander's arrival was unexpected at this time, and the position which had 1 nP0U promised him was not yet avail able. Postmaster General Payne was .so much impressed with Alexander's courageous conduct that he removed an employee in order to provide for him. Alexander has practically recovered from his wounds. .Congressman Kluttz has introduced a bill in the House for the establishment of two terms of the United States Cir cint and District Courts at Wilkesboro. The bill provides; that the clerk at Greensboro shall appoint a deputy clerk for the two courts, who shall reside at Wilkesboro. and authorizes the Attorney General to rent such court quarters as may be, necessary. Congressman W. W. Kitchin presented a petition in the House today for a re duction of the war revenue tax on to- bacco. which was signed by Governor Aycock. Secretary-, of State J. Bryan Grimes,. State Treasurer Lacy. S. L. Patterson. Commissioner of Agriculture, and Col. John S. Cunningham, president of the State" Tobacco. Growers -Association. In les than an hour after the presentation of the petition, the bill for the reduction of the tax had gone through the House by a unanimous vote. Congressman Kluttz called on Super- ; intendent Machen. of the rural freo dehv- cations for new routes in the district. Little is heard now from Senator Mc- Laurin of South Carolina, who only a few months ago was so prominent in The Snow Storm Has Moved to the North New York, FeV. 17 This city got a tasie of the kind of winter New York State has been having pretty much all the season, and made a fuss about it. A high wind, rising at night to a velocity of CO miles an hour, drifted the snow a good deal, made trouble for the rail roads, and with the floating, ice practi cally stopped business in the harbor. The total snowfall was about ten inches. The prospects were for- clear, cold windy weather tomoroow.- This city and the New Jersey coast immediately to the soutnwara eaugtit an me woii of the storm which was brewed on St. Valentine dav in Western Texas. New Jersey coast towne had more snow than New York city, Long Branca reporting twelve inches. Atlantic' City reported "one and a half inches of melted snow." This mean about ten inches Of snow and considerable rain. From Atlantic City southward the reports showed less and lest? snow and more rain. Lynch burg, Va., for instance, had only an inch of snow, Baltimore had half an inch. Washington had an inch. Philadel phia had four and a half inches, lo the north the snowfall was even lighter. Albany had merely.. a flurry, Boston had two-tenths' of an inch. The high winds, ice-clogged piers and the wet and driving snow practically tied up traffic in the haroor except that of the ferry boats. Not one steamship, liner or tramp, had been reported pars ing in at the Hook from midnight this morning until late tonight. Lewes, Del., Feb. 17. A heavy snow storm is raging here, seriously iuterfer ring with craft in the Delaware Bay. it is impossible to tell whether any ves- the public eye. It is generally-; under stood here that McLaurin will not even mate an effort for .re-election to tha Senate. lie studiously avoids talking on thja subject. McLaurin is complete ly out of toucn with the Democrats 0 the Senate, and the Booker Washington incident sealed his Lps from a Repub lican standpoint. . , There is a report here that Gen. Jnv lian S. Carr will not be a candidate fol the Senate, but will enter the race foi the congressional nomination against Cungressman V. W. Kitchin. The story was repeated several times last week. 1 Rural free delivery is much more ex tensive in the north and west than in the south, but the system is gradually being extended iu the south. Ono rea son for tuis is that the. Republican rep resentatives from the north have had the "pull,"' as the saying goes here. A Georgia congressman cited the fact on the floor of the House the other day' that in some so at hern district there was not a route in operation, while in some instances influential Congressmen had secured early 150 rural routes for their districts. The North Carolina congressmen have been devoting mneh ( their time to this subject and nearly all of them have the promise of a visit by a special agent for the purpose o establishing, routes.- Special Ajent Poss will meet Congressman Qlaud Kitchin at Halifax today and go t work in the Second district. Congrcssi man W. W. Kitchin has secured tni following routes in his district: Two each at Durham and Roxboro and one at Oxford, Reidsrille, Creedmore In. Granville and Gorman in Durham county. v ' 'Mr. J. J. Farris, editor of the High Point Eneterprise, was here yesterday on his return from Baltimore, where he went to purchase a new press and! outfit for his already well equipped printing establishment. It is to be used for the publication of the Southern Fur niture Journal. Congressman E. W. Pou has returned from Smithfield. He is accompanied by his bright little daughter. Mrs. W. W. Kitchin and children have gone to North Carolina on a visit The passage of the Dick resolution by the caucus of the Republican members of the House tonight amounts to nothing. Congressman Blackburn, who has fa vored an election law with features con trolling the election of members of tha House of Representatives, admits as much. After the caucus tonight Mr. Blackburn said: "We have defeated the Crumpacker bill; and more.we .are entitled to -be allowed to work "out bur salvation in the South." Congressmen Bartholdt of Missouri and Blackburn of North Carolina were the southern Republicans who addressed the caucus tonight. Their contention was that Missouri, Kentucky; North Carolina and Tennessee should" be treated as other5 states and should not be subjected to a cut in representation. Congressman Blackburn is quoted as saying that in asmuch as the constitutional amendment had not gone into effect in North Caro lina, Mr. Crumpacker could not estimate with any degree of certainty how many voters would be disfranchised. The caucus tonight, is looked upon a a joke, as -there were only a handful of Republican present. It was known that the Dick resolution would be of fered as a compromise, and this seems to have killed interest hi the meeting. The chances are that the agitation of anti southern legislation is at an end. Arrivals Dr. F. P. Tenable of Chaprl Hill. Capt. R. B. Glenn of Winston, Capt. David Clark of Charlotte. ventured to move since the severe storm began during the night. Capt May ,N. J., Feb. 17. The hear iest snow storm of the winter 13 raging on the southern New Jersey, coast. The, wind is blowing from the northwest and the snow is now 10 inches deep. The ' prospects are that the snow will con tinue all day. The Jife-savera are ex- , perieucing difficulty in patrolling the beaches owing to the drifting of the snow, and it is impossible for thera to see more than a few yards from the shore line. . A HINT TO HILL Harmony Could Be Promoted by Following Cro ker's Example New Y'ork, Feb. 17. Edward Mur phy, Jr., formerly Democratic United States Senator, arrived at the Hoffman House tonight and had a Jong talk with, a number of Democrats of prominence in the State. The Democratic State situ-i ation is much more interesting than the Republican situation foi the reason that all believe on the Republican side that Governor Odell is to be renominated. Mr. Murphy has recently been the friend of Mr. Croker. Formerly he wa the staunch advocate of Mr. Hill and all of Mr. Hill's policies. Mr. Croker has ostensibly retired a head of Tammany Hall and he did this, it has been de clared,, for harmony sake: and last uight it was reiterated at the Hoffman House that inasmiKih as Croker has taken thi stand 1 1 ill himself should pull out and go into his shell, and if Mr. HhU does 1 this, unadulterated harmony can eom' to the Democratic rarty ia the Etata. 71 V