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4 - .1 . t nn nn Vol. IV RALEIGH. N. C. FRIDAY. MARCH Si, 1902 No. 3 las HE FATE OF WILCOX WITIiTH Closing Argument Harked by Sensational Interruption-Local Feel ing Running High :-:.H.-tli City, N. C, March 2f? Spe Tlie State of North Carolina has j- vf'iitttl its rase against,. Jiui Wilcox. : ,.n!y is all it evidence in the jury's : -... but when the morning session was , ..r ;he lawyers' plea against him had j iv; been completed by Mr. Ward, leaQ- attorney for the prosecution. The : inn iivealth has told why it believes AViirox should suffer death to avenge y.-'-.l Croissey's murder. Chief counsel r the defense. Mr; Aydleit. tells why ,: iient should not die fox a crime ;l: o H whose commission there is so much ,i n ht. He had the last say to the jury -Wilcox's countrymen. The State vests! with the presentation a very strong case of circumstantial ( vi !-ace, testimony on less than which, i ; ;,?, many a murderer has suffered State says Wilcox, after visitinrr I h:- sweetheart frequently for three year, i l a falling out. that his attentions I v. ore no longer agreeable to Nell Crop-( uiai ur m.iue an inuiicti luir.u iit turning the laugh when Nell ridi- iwled him. that he was the last person frpcn with her alive when he called her i i;: that she was killed by a blow; Wilcox's after conduct was indiea- j 1 ;ui v n ,,f indifference and that there is evidence m the case. minutes of unaccounted for time be- j He complimented the people of Kliz ' ' Cj; 11 iind 12 o'clock on last Novem-jabeth City on their actions during all hT 20. - I tltA elbrfltrr d.v-l(irmiPrl Ho threw Tii;- defense holds that the evidence j ., .nffipi.n t mnn,i- that Wil- x was a creature of unfortunate cir- iimstanees: that his indifference was in i rmony Avith nature and he could not 1 ;p it: that he has been hounded down l'.v sentiment, money, influence, detec i:.p and neAvspapers and that his con :ih t whiih ha caused so much feeling 1- not' compatible Avith guilt. There is much talk that a hung jury " ill result, though many, people think i: wih le nnmrer in tne second degree. ilrox s demeanor belore and during ; !he trial is one of the features of the j rxecVatefevvSid V con! i-ajot bv public opinion, the target of Jawyens"' olomeuce. and subjected to a :rain Avnidi mignt -weaKen a nerve oiptnu to t lie jury tne i saiui on uuw. icT!!tin n nii, netiier soou or oai is i . , II -x. il , , ..1 l" i . . . v- ------ i, tho sameeAl.l riri.l. i " ........ . . . . , - v. . emotionless. During the trial scenes of " -rrow and pathos have brought tears f I the eyes of his father and swters; n the eyes of 4he Cropseys and spec-1 f.-rors ana to me lawyers on ooin siues. ad yet Jim Wilcox has remained un i : ved- and chewed turn. His is a fit iture for the study of uhvsiologists. People say he is either hardened to all mixtion or sentiment, or that he is ab-f'-bitely nerveless. When Wilcox aa a s brought into court Did had sat down, one of his sisters ipii'.e l over on his-chair, and gpokc'to ':i:n tenderly. Some of the negroes are i''ins crowded out of the court house. A portion of the section reserved for h'ii is beinjr occupied by ladies whose ;:-:mier when court opened Ava quite :;rze. Thf jury looked imn-h refreshed "'is nioriiinjr. They had a worn an-;-vranee when adjournment was had . -s; erday. .Ir. WiirilU Areamcut. Solicitor George W. Ward opened. He :i tall, spare man. sitiooth-shaven, p.ile-facPd and of classic countenance. II'1 aid: "We are now. gentlemen of the jury, : th.- eighth day. including Saturday, i f the most imiwn-iant trial ever held in l'.isoiiotank conn. v "1 shall not begin here this morning j United Mine Workers Convention this l:JT'??u vJvll j afternoon amid great enthusiasm adopt li -.-ir me and bear with me: T am not ' ed resolutions embodying their de- inu' to talk in pictures and clouds. inamis the one for the eight hour work i ain-so-.ns to talK in jiiam rnusn. 1 t i . .. r .. ,..1 I I the man AA-ho murdered her. I am j oing to say anything to prejudice t )i jury, if i do say anyttung outsiae i ;. ta: evidence do not . c;l'sier u. '"fi hns been said bv .vlr. Bond that ' :ni Wilcox has been hounded rdoAvn, 1 -. I tand here in the name of the of Pasquotank and adjoining ''iinrirs to say that is -not so. When Wn.-t,x was skulking around, when the ti nirer of suspicion Avas pointed at him, 'f1 people protected, when they could lnvp h.inged his l-.oily to a limb and ended the case there. The citizens are to he congratulated. They have waited j f"i' this dav and waited patiently. They ate waiting for your verdict now. "Brother Bond referred to Wilcox's fing hist, seen Avith .Nellie Cropsey. Now I want to ask if you had been -'tag to see a girl three times a week !"fj- three years and she had gone down '" a Avatery grave and been found there. J"1" mother crying, her father crying, her Mirers wrought in nngulf-b. would you or.jiny ofTyou have acted like Jim Wil- "We are nob here trying Tom Wll ,rx: he has been my friend for many ar. We are not trying Mrs. Wil ' who Iihs- been ill on a bed: Ave are :,,,! trying Jim AVilcox's beautiful sis ' i - whr. M-ould perhaps haA'e given the i ! .,r frm their veins to save him.' T'u speaker referred to Mr. Bond's "iii-ion to the shades of Jim Wilcox f " ! asked how about the shades of Nel- 'ropsey. aid Wilcox had too much sense run away because he knew tha would ;i strong link when the dead body v'a- found. xIr. Ward took lip the doctor's testi- y in detail and argued that there !n resisthsr the conclusion that ropsey was not drowned. He paid ''oquent tribute to Dr.. Wood and l'"f:ivillg. 'iinUatling the suicide theory he v,:t en l'r 1 'i-nw-d the fact that Miss Cropsey "f a joyous temperament. That "a buoyan;. that v-ry night in " nipial ion of her New -York trip: : slu. could not get music- enough 1.1:' ::i! 'hut she avas dancing about with i V, r '"ter, with no care in Ler heart E JURY 'You tell nn; that looks like the eon- diipct of a man or woman who contem plates suicide T' "Now if you have come to the con clusion that Miss Cropsey was murder ed, who did it? I will answer that in one question, who else eould have done it, who. else had thr .'motive, who else had the opportunity, who else had rnade a ''threat about h, who else could be guilty V" Mr. Ward said Ollie Cropsey was the best witness he had seen on the stand smve heiad been practicing law. After describing scenes of the fatal evening leading up to when Nell was called to the door, the speaker said: "Now what becvime of this girl af'.er she left those steps? Thirty-seven days fter Jim Wilcox called out Nell Crop sey she was tkfn from the river 75 feel from its bank. vWho put her there? i Only vne man in this court house can tell and Jim Wilcox is the man. If tits trees eould talk, if the wind and the tars could talk thev could tell, but Wjlcox i(5 h( 0!llv hmmm boins 'who' rjriie attorney walked over to Wilcox's chair and shook his Ions finger in his face. The lawyer did not name the manner in avuicii tne ueea was aone after Wilcox had gotten the girl alone, but said the details of the crime were ma tters of guess work and opinion. Mr. Ward gave a logical review of all tha , , -.,' - ,, dewn the gauntlet to defendants conn- sel to show a man in Elizabeth City, os'de from Wilcox, who had not helped with the search. The lawyer made a lengthy eonipari- son between the AVileox case and Cluve rius eae at Richmond, holding that the evidence is stronger in the Wilcox case tl an in the Cluverius case. "And yet." lie said, "this slayer of Lillian Madison a a - hanged, and that before he awis hWfr-rt fri 'Wai death ho had re- nived he minister in attendance toKlnuJ' and that his name is Richard ?d t ' t -a place which croker is contained i a numl.r of vnieafed a confession. Itjters that have been received in this A. Ward grabled a Kible nearby and t-tv iu th? ,ast fev weeks in- whk.h uid in i v nriii ji.ivi fcVur I? 11' ' i t?( a(h It Avas nu impressive scene to bc - ok m hand standing before tne twelve Kfii Avho have the keeiing of - Wilcox' f afc reading from "fs" pages : " and' com nw - T.tinir oil their stcuifit-aiiee. yir 'Axd made an eloquent appeal i fcr coiniction on ;he ground that the AAxmanhood of North Carolina must be (Cconfinued on 2nd page.) Demands of the United Mine Workers Convention An Eight Hour Work Day is the Most Important and May Precipitate a Strike Shamokin, Pa., March 20.-The , tiaj being the most important and alone sufficient to precipitate a strike if the coal carrying companies refuse to grant it. The resolutions in brief insist upon: An eight hour day; recognition of the mining committee in the adjustnient.of disputes which arise thus avoiding numerous contentions which result, in local strikes opposition to working with the men Avho refuse to become members of the organization; providing for the organization of all skilled mechanics m conformity Avith the decision render- ed by the American federation ot l.a lnr convention: in favor of arbitration of trade disputes; providing for the se lection f six members of the organi zation, tvo from each district to act in conjunction with the I.ihuian Poln club in the erection of a monument as a memorial to the victims of the Lati mer riot, monument not to cost, more than Jpo.OOO; condemning the action of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company in changing condition of em ployment at Plymouth Avhich changes resulted in the reduction of wages in violation of contract; in favor of col liery locals whenever practicable; pro viding for the- systematic examination of workmens cards; demanding the rein statement of firemen'; who Avere dis charged by the Delaware, Lackuwanna and Western at the Woodward, Avou dale and Pettebone collieries. AA'ho re fused to comply Avith the order of the company "requiring them to work upon what J5 called "the swing shift" sys- j teni; opposition to the contract system In fnri'e at. "some of -the i-nllipi-iu nml IhnitinL' to two the ntmber of laborers that may be employed by any one con-! ceeJs to bestow bitter iuvec-tive in large tractor regulating the bnieair of mines chunks upon him in 'today's Commoner. and mining to nrint H .t less than 2-V V" ,on11-v "J""'1'"1 d'eam" ' ' . r. ,i .. ., - v leveland has had Avas the repiidiat.on ,MK) copies of the m r.i,K laws in the(,r his adluiuistration by. an indignant Knglish language for distribution among Democracy. Ht charges that Cleve t he mine workers.' Condemning the sj-s- land made the White House "the ren- tem of blacklisting employees who are discharged by tne companies. Secretarv J. T. Mullahy of the Tnter- national -Brotherhood of Stationary COMPLAINT AGAINST CHINESE CONSULS , San Francisco Celestials Think Ho Yow Lukewarm -San Francisco. March 20. -The Chi nese Six Companies of San Francisco have entered a complaint at Pekin un der their official sea against Consul (jeneral IIo Yow, of this cityj and in directly against'- the Chinese Minister tViv Ting Fang-, at Washington, who is Ho Yow's brother-hi-law. . Wu has received a copy of the charges and has telegraphed to Ho Y'ow to investigate and report. The Consul General met the head of the Six Companies last night 'and .;hey declared their seal must hare been fovged. ,A Chinaman, how ever, who is conversant wirh the facts said this Avas the .usual method of evad ing responsibility as Ho Yow could have i -. .t ! : t 'l. : . t. -. a a ZlSSJStr' nau junm.ed liej made tiie t.iarge. .1 lhis informant said the principal cnarget were the lukewarmuess of Ho low in the light against Chinese exclu sion and his failure to appear at the consulate in the day time so that Chi nese merchants -can see him on busi ness. He is also accused of devoting undue time to his riding stable and of dressing his jockeys in imperial .yellow a-Inch is a heinous offense. The 'Reai - lead Tammany Documentary Evidence That He Lives at Wantage, England . Ncav York, March 20. Documentary i evidence that the real head of the Tam many organization liAesat Wantage, Croker lfas told his friends among the disTvioL leaders and other big men fof Tammany Hall how he thinks that (the organization should be conducted j -ud how they should act toward j.cav1s "pSIxon. Mr. Nixon paid today that lie um nor think that it Avas a matter of great importance tlint .Mr. i roter nan Arit- ten to some of his old friends, lhen he mad? this formal announcement con- taining the intimation that he has poav- Firemen, requested the convention to adopt an eight hour day for the colliery firemen, the same as the Brotherhood has demanded of the operators. The convention will take, up the -matter to morrow. A strike would affect between 43.000 and oo.OOO miners. - $ 11 WIVES ABANDONED With Several More States Yet to Be Heard From Austin. Texas. March 20. Sheriff H. C. Wiser, of Buchanan county. Mo., was here today -and obtained a requisi tion warrant from Goa Sayers for the rcvurn of Christian C. Nelson, alias Nelson Foster to Buchanan county to "stand trial for bigamy committed Sep tember 2k 1001. Nelson is under arrest at San Antonio. The Governor today received tele- ! grains from sheriffs iir Arkansas. Iowa and Missouri, asking him to hold Nel son, bu!t Sheriff Wiser Avas the first to reach here with an application for the. ryan Bestows Bitter Invective Declares There is Not a Sin- y f. V gle Issue Upon Which the Cleveland Democ racy is Pre pared . to Fight - Lincoln. Neb., March 20. Because ex President Cle-eland said in a recently published letter his belief that the Democracy Avas recovering from its. re- 'nt 'dreadful dreams Mr. Bryan pro- tlezvous of cunning, nredaiorv Av-enlrh and of delivering his; adminii-stVation to the control of corporations and syndi cates." He says: "If we could punish the betrayal of CUBAN CHARI TIES CONFERENCE 0 p e n e d Yesterday in H avan a by General Wood Havana March" 20. Governor Gen eral TVocti started today for Washing ton. - Th- first Cuban national confer ence "on hilarities opened here today. The conference is based on those of the" United States with the 'idea of educating public ., opinion in -the best methods; of charity. 7- Tlie conference is managed by an executive committee of Cubans and is the outcome of theWork done by the department of charities wa der Major Keaxi and pm-ate Ameri can philanthropists. Over 1,000 per sons, representative of all classes " "of present. Oenera'l Wood opened the conference.! - , ; -,1IB- yrw"' autl viss xwoseveix we:c;fj Hatteni piiesenf. Vice vPiesid"en.:. Surex read a paper . reviewing the charitable work done-sinee..the " American ;' intervention. Mr., .mn Glenn, president of 'the Na. . , . ,, , . . tionnl Conference held in the -United fetaces in 101, spoke on public i'.ud private charities and the imoyrtance of private effort. - thev' - ." Organization er if he chooses to throw all of Ui ; Croker men out of the organization. "So Mr. Croker has actually Avrit ten to some of his ol friends and ask ed them, to visit the club. And this furnishes material enough -.for three columns of padded prohesy. Probably the progress we are making in-getting Democrats together has alarmed some j of 'the' opposition. The idea that an i understanding wlih Mr. lull Avas ar rived at by Mr. Croker before leaving is abenrd. "1 know that Mr. Croker has retired from political leadership but. I do not fiel . it 7ie'Aicn-ri fur ma tn i.rnmr'fr t such of his friend as are Ioval to the ! ninv,tliat lie bad in Iih possession an an-j self in favor of the nomination of Sen organization .to hoA to others that tographie -album belonging to Mr. 'Bel-! a tor-elect G-orman of Maryland, for beUeye in the' trnthfufness and sincerity j lam's 'brother. Senator Hawley ex-1 President in" 1004. The impression of his statements to me. j plained that he-came into possession oC j fvevails that in making this expression "'Elere js-.no well-in formed man of i tne lbnm .during the war, when as a J Mr. Simmons' puriKse Avas simply to ordinary ititelligence avIio believes that feal general le-'K.-ciipied the city (indicate his '.judgment that the time Mr. Croker has the slightf st idea of ' Wilmington. At that time General j tad come to drop Bryan. cer resuming the leadership either t Hawley-. had his headquarters at the J Arrivals; Dr. ,. E.-, R. Michanx and cpenlv or otherwise. magnificent home of -Mr. Bellamy's j Mrs. W. T. Mot?s of Greensboro: R. L. "The enemies of T'niiiii.inr TI.ill nnwt father and. he wa so impressed Avith iV?teele. W. V. Steele and A. L. M-. get be:ter than this if 'they wish to discourage me in mj- Avork." prisoner's extradition and the Goa ernor gave the man into his hands. It is said that there are eleven charges of bigamy already standing against 'Nel sou. He abandoned wives in Missouri. Iowa, Arkansas, Indian and Illinois with probably other States yet to be heard from. According to information received by Gov. Sayers from Qie com plaining parties Nelson deserted most of his Avives after a fCAV Aveeks of mar riage, Hi's object in each case AA-an to get Avhat money he could from them and then quietly take his departure. LOYALTY TO COUNTRY A Young German Gets Good Slice from Grandfather Cincinnati, March 20. "I bequeath to my grandson. Otto Schmahl, the sum of $12,000 because he was brave and loyal to his country in time of trouble." The aboA'e is a provision in the will of Max Schmahl, a millionaire sugar king in Germany. Otto Schmahl, the beneficiary, who is mentioned in the will.- resides with his parents in a mod est little home in this city. Upon the declnrnton of war with Sn.iln vonnff " 1 '"" cnmani eunsteu in tne u niteu states ... army. He participated in numerous ! skirmishes to the great satisfaction of his grandfather. on Cleveland ponucav connaence. as we oo iac tra - i l .-. ." 1 ei . a. . i nezzitJiiieni 01 puuvic money ne wouni wSngs tnTi? liim "lo Vy i 7 . i i: .. i. .ij.ir nurses resentment and waits im- itly -for the party to ap.dogize to, for not allowing him to lead it, i him bodily, into the Republican camp... . j "What excuse can there be f.r a : Cleveland party.' 1 he Republican liarty ' punishment "should not be inflicted ex can serve every person that a Cleveland ' t -when it Avas established that the Democracy could serve. There is 1 ot , (fl-ense wa committed against the I'resi a single issue upon Avhich the Cleveland ' lent other -official, only when he Avas Democracy is prepared to make a tight; jn performance of his duties as such auu its assumption oi cohlioi 111 uif party Avould be regarded as a treaty of ueace with the Republicans on every im portant question. If Mr. (.leveland , thinks the Democratic party is ready to - retiirn to the mire into which he ld -it ' Tarv guard for the President, that the and in which he left it. let him" .n- j ecreFary of tlie Treasury employ com nounce his candidacy on any platform !y,Ptent and discreel men to guard the and he cannot secure the delegation j jr0sideut and to '.-prevent the cousumma from a single Siate in the Union. (tion of conspiracy against him. "If his . modest v forbids his own can-i Mr. Spooner nf Wisconsin said that didacv let him iiame a candidate Avho : that very- plait Avas in force now and in Avill agree to make his administration, the instance of President .McKinley s like Mr. Cleveland's second adminis-j assassination it had proved inefficacious, tration and he Avill not have a delegate Mr. Pettus of Alabama thought it in the convention." J as beneath the dignity of the President Mullen's Case 1 Promises of No FurtherTfans- gression Pleasant Inci dent in the House. Senator Simmons Expresses Views By THQ.TIAS J. FENCE Washington, March 20. Special. With a tub foil of water and a den in miniature of the light hoiwc h pro poiefi o erect off Oape Ilacteras, Al- j ibert F. Ells gave a demonstration today ( before the Senate Committee on Com - of.th.e ltlcabilitr of bU .pliu for orercoining the terrors of the dred - O iairman Frre ar.d n.i j the . membere! of the committer yvtrc j very much interested in Mr. RW talk, : which lasted for an hour. ' Xo action ! was taken and' the matter was deferred until next week, AVhen (Jongreafiioaji rSmall . w-n .ppobftbIr be heard. No op, ! ... n annari rikA ... -p, nnn9l. tion at the meeting today but at the same time tn ere was no declaration in favor of it. Mr. Ells' mode! of the light househe proposes to erect is uaiqee. He told the committee that he j Av.-.ulii1. build at - either Newport News j t:r Norfolk. It is to be of steel in cir j !.' n- fonn and it. is his idea to give it j ;i hai'.ght of thirty feet and float it to 'laiteras like a fihip. Keleasing the air would sink it at the desired posi - tion and then fill it with concrete and fmally surround it Avith solid masonry. His plans call for a light two hundred feet high'. The committee also decided to take up the River and Harbor bill Monday. Senator Berry told me that it vould be before the Senate committee for at least a month. A pleasant incident happened in the j House today In which a North Caroli i nian figured and which 'will be of inter est to the North and South. Senator TIawley of Connecticut, who Avas born' ! in North Carolina, called on Congress man John D. - Hellamy, and informed i the album that he took it away and has retained it ever since. Senator Hawley The Bill to Repeal War Revenue Taxes Every Provision Except the Taxation of Bucket Shops Likely to Be Repealed Washington. March 20. Soon after the Senate convened today, Mr. Aldrich, chairman of the Committee on Finance, reported the bill to repeal Avar revenue taxes. He made known the amendments to the bill suggested by the committee. ? There are many changes in the language llienr fhat some senators should "persist of the bill, but except in one instance in misrepresenting the measure, in niis the intention of the IIoute bill of repeal-1 understanding- the constitution and in , i. a , rri, ! splitting hairs oA-er inuonsequential mat- ing the entire act is respected. - J he ; f ft J whv the Senate exception is the provision m the ; exist-( h( , , hositare for nve Inin'utes t0 pas, ing law providing for the taxation of ; b ei,ilis hi.- In his ophlion it ;.BH busket shops .which .provis j well rowulere.1 and thoroughly matured, intact and the .tax co nt n ed i effe Ia t.on(.llIsion ;lltf,r 3n ..i for ,he Senator Aldrich said before presenting! - , .....,.. v,e slid the report that he expected to ca 1 it up a u' abhon-eSe'of nn within a day or two and ask the Sen- . i.i ;..0 . ,i,....,, Ann.m ate to act. It is understood that there will be no effort on either side of the " . ' . M i -,i i :.. : i .pnari to noieoo l ! oiii u ii is hul- .v ' -' expected that there aviII be any pro longed debate upon it The House provision authorizing tne . . . aniiAinj tnonr nf ten additional in ernai lweuue ,,.., it. nntiiiaiitinn wit 1 1 ln A'isjoil into CileCl. ... rebate on tobacco on hand when the v -"x " V - '-, .., law shall go jut, effect i. eliniinate.1 b,t loln was murder tSe la. the commissioner ol internal ie.,e.u.e. . 1)JVO,vl.Jf, assflssination of i, authorised ".to.d.!t such : S?t;" SSrol n "ni i of his cabinet, A can as may be necessary, to ca.-rj tne pio- , . T .. Consideration then was resumed of the . "c ' ' .r''n, Tf aUArd bill for the protection of the President; thc5?e. of the United States . ,..!,. .,,hr to be eonir.ned with noAver Mr. Rawlins of L tab said lie was not in opposition, to thQ main results to ba nlished Jiv the ' nend'ing bill, but - ' rr-,. .. . v ; - - . , ' ZlT XltJ kiiiii iii m in ii'iiuuii . P-u Jf"T'"'," V i as " n? P - V ! lr - lie dent - ,11 the history ot the count .v. lie , tJ , "provide1 protection 'r , i.f . i,. itd fhnf ihe i f.motr Mr Mallorv-save liot-ice of an amend ment Avhich'.he nrobably would offer provlding .1 substitute for section seven ti.rt l.Ul which arrances fr a mili- Opened General said it would be a pleasure to return it with "a description of bow, when and where it was obtained." This Sen ator llawley said he would do tomor row. Postmaster J. W. Mullen arrived to day with a delegation of Charlotte ci't- 1 ixcn. headed by George Hiss, E. A. Smith, J. A. Wilson and W. T. Jot dsn. They sought Senator Pritchard. 1 who accompanied them to the offic of Postmaster General Payne, whora &n loterviey followed. After Rtrongly dorsing Mullen, and giving tho prom ise that thers would be no further treais gresrsion. ha members of the commit tee yleMi to Senator Pritcharo!', who apoko for Mullen. Postmaster General Payee lieteued to the visitors and fcfleu proiried to repeat their statement to the President aid refer the entire mt. r to him Th;: the CUarlott poet of i fice sqaflbble m again opened r Mul ven s oenan. i. m. JMiarne or ynanoue. j who v. nn applicant for the Charlotte I office here. j The Baltimore News printed the fol- lowing interview tms arternoon: "Senator Simmons of "North' Carolrna belieA-es the Democrats will elect a ma jority of the next House of Renres l tatives and that they will enter the Presidential campaign with chances in favor of the election of their candidate. Asked why lie entertained these expec tations. Mr. Simmons said: " 'lecatise the Democratic party Is becoming united and because It shows a disposition to go before the people with issues that are sensible and up-to-date. The feeling ,vn the party seems to be jHmt it no longer is chained up; that it j is no longer under obligation' to reaf- firm doctrines Avhich have been con demned by the people, and all the Dem ocrats admit that the great question on which the party divided has been set tled and' taken out of-politics. In my judgment there is no reason why the Democratic party may not take a posi tion abreast of the times.'" Speakiug of Hon. W. J. Bryan, the speaker said: "Mr. Bryan is a strong -and honest man. But I have no idea he will be the Democratic candidate for President in 1904." Mr. Simmons recently expre;ed him- Donald of Rockingham, Mrs. J. A. ' Thomas of New Bern. to be guarded by secret service officials. In his opinion if President McKinle'r had had a proper military guard he Avould not have been assassinated. Th guard was not provided for pomp or for display but for the safety anil security of the President. Such a proper guard could be furnished only by 1 he army. Mr, Mallory doubted whether a mili tary or -any ofher sort of guard could have prevented President Melvinl'ey's assassination at: Buffalo. He believed that a competent guard of civilians w;ts better and . more iu line Avilh our insti tutions than a military guard. Mr. .Hawley of Connecticut in sn I m-ttt'i ii r tliA li!!l DTitrncjti liij actnnfwn- rtlt A in I it iiii'l j, i v, a inwu-nuu wu t a. . j to cet a jrood shot at an anarchist. " Mr. Nelson of Minnes((ta vigorously ..11 nt.-.l-. It. I T fi f ll.kTlfllllC. 1 1 i f I 111 I ITHI1SI , . ,. , ..i .. i of the provision for the protection not , ; ; ; 8I1(.,e,s;n to mi " ii t t ut i rnv.itii'ii ti.ii ti .tit i iiiiNn .;(rt!liirp mitrhT h, 1 1,1 1 ' ' ' " . " ' r -- - - - r..- l. ,i-i..i.L-;-ii' n' tlio pnrire oveiu'tire to protect not onlv the President and the successors' to' the -presidency but the very life of the. government through 'them. I VIS? vt 1 ie " ,ri - ",. snsinano11 '"'' M,mri ' "e ,u, jt!cU.d t( tlle m ,au?e it established the ine.pK.Hty of men before the law. Fonalitv before the law was, he said. th foundation stone of ail tree re publics. andn cutrary docirire avouM b simply to liquify the foundations and ler the superstructure fall. Mr. Mcl.aurln of Mississippi opposed the bill because it would not effect its purpose; because it infringed on the constitution -and because it established an inequality between citizens of the United States. After a long speech interspersed with colloquit s letween himself and other Senators, Mr. McLurtn took hi? teat; and an- agreement Avas reached under Which the vo.e on ihe bill and amend ments will taken at 4 p. in. tomorrow. After an executive session, the Senate adjourned until toiuovruw. ' 1 ! ! .