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Piorida'Judge Under : Very Danidging "he Impiachment of Judge Swayne Asked for on the Score of Ignorance of the Law and Improp er Conduct Jabtma has presented to the House Wilmington. Fob. 23. Spcc.a.1. .ie nicnorlal of W. C. 0.7cal.of Pcq- acola. 9raylr.it for . rrioceedings look. ! Judiro Jharles Swayne of the northern district f Florida. The memorial presents six harge upon which Is based tha re quest for action. rint, t!it la violation of the sfat ctes. Judge Swayne Is not a. resident of the district, tut a resident of Dela ware. Second, that he Is incompetent to erfonn the duties of his office, because f lack of legal learning, the records f the appellate courts showing that nly about 25 per cent of his decisions art sustained. Third, that his conduct and Improper administration of the office has brought hlmsMf into disrepute and caused his oourj to be discredited; in support of wfc," , the memorial-cites, a resolution tir .d by the Legislature of Florida the second of June. ISM. calling upon tht congressional delegation to causa an Investigation of his conduct as Judge to be made. The preamble to the rt solution declares that the people et ths stale doubt the Integrity of Judge Swayne and be Move his official actions to be susceptible to" corrupt Influences and that his reputation as a corrupt Judge Is Injurious to the state of Florida . Fourth, that he keeps in office as United States commissioner 11. C. Tu nison. of Pensacola," who. the memorial declares, to be of notoriously bad char acter and repute, which fact. It is as rerted. Is well known to Judge Swayne. In It is told, his evidence as a witness In a criminal trial before Judge fcWaj-ne was impeached by a number of people- who declared they would not 'believe him under oath." On November 17, 1002. it Is further as rerted. Judge Swayne permitted Tunl t on to represent as counsel for a fee. The South WWlMvtr Permit )he Stable Soeech a)-'the Ban quet of the SouLHern Socie- ir ia NpwYork,ly a .yVni Visilorv ;c-.v York. Feb. 23. The members of tlrr N"'-v-Yerk Southern Society who . ttt nded th? annual banquet of the cr : !ii.i?Uvn .it the VaIJoff-Aatorla Sat 1 i,!,iy -iTht sho-cd they are still trtio .0 th-- southern country. "here we.e ::bou; three !::irjdred fouihern'f rs prea r.nd their enthusiasm, aroused by I tT.rinT uch tuns s "Dixie"' and M' MiirJIand." was practlcal.y The hit cf the "evening was made by the Hon. A. Caprron Braxton, who, leaking en "Gcdrg?! Washington." de voted rrrcrt of hi time to a rtl.cussion .-f tht? r.irro Problem. Mr. Dmxton was 1 M-rr,ber of thi r-ent omstitutlonil rom whJrh. wUhout any effort of their 8h..uld hepT,omt X l Pjk n the onvcntlrn In Virginia. He was Inter- own. they had recently been liberated. ;co"on. anJ rlce pfd of the touth. .They -bptel 17 applauie many times, and They soon became a menace to thei1'1 GO e work better than the ne hn he AIJ tlit white men In ths verv rii-tiiMtion f th. rmmtrv. groes and cheaper, and against -the oath wli! never allow negroes "to gov-' rn -thtm the cheers sounded like a '.bcl yrIL Mr. .Ihraslon was optimistic egardlnj the r.egro problem. He salt ict tic tonstltutional convention fixed t'zo ll.ct orly ttose! negroes' who can rote l-.tlltg r.tly may vote. Mr. Liatn suid In part: -In a tj.omc'nfof infatuation and fcouglt'es folly. In an evil hour, by Hie co ba.cJ agency of fraud and !or e. tn- n'trn!.h amendment was ldd'ti cur fCcnil constitution, thus Hrtyln .a3 far beyond reason and rlht ii one direction ns slavery had taee m in the other. . .. . - "No white man believes In the fif teenth " amendment, save ns a tluo. y to be epp'.Ied to some other man's caxc. I Cheer.) It Is wrong m prindpre; H is lmn-nIMe of enforcement where the sifrlor re H numerous; It la denior- llUIng to tie" m-gro; it Is corrupting to t white -ir.an.. To abandon that srnorit anJ h!pless raee io thefr own Uvlr and control would be .he great t crMity: to tet them up as rulera Trcr the'tfcee thar' produced Washlng- fcn jj-1:L would be a crlme agalhst to to re ':id a' sin against-God. :" The southern 'people entertain not ke slightest nnlmoJty egaln-t th n' ro Thy are. in fact, the best friends le ever ?ieJ. In this their acts speax WxWri'than their .words." His condi- En- in- in? "uia ixhihj is lar Dexier, opportunities for moral and matc kl development are far greater than a any other country on the face of t!J!IIi.wr?i mendment. as It was" understood when flopted. are either denied or begrudg J hinr there. " r. ' " ; . Uut. while all this Is true, still In U south white men are unalterab'y solved that.; rome what may. .no lacK. rea or yeuow man shall vr l. vVM. v- .K-i- ' Itne decree Of nature which no human ktate can reverse. A. well trv .7 . .... ESliT t-JT r lkT": tTjLU'i? llA l .raT 10 ogres. govern-wniie men and jat'li to first kill all the white men. ' Charg es A. G. Nicholson, who was on trial upon an Indictment charging him with mur der committed on the high seas, Tuni son as commissioner having previous y comimtted Nicholson to Jail-', to"-await action by the grand .Jury upon the charge. This over the protest of D: trict Attorney John K. . Gan, wrforri Judge Fwayne ignored. Fifth, that he has appc-lnted as a ;f eree in bankruDtcv at Pensacola, E. K T ?fA unaoie in- Nichols, who, the memorial notoriously Incompetent and telllrently to perform the duties or that office, which fact Judge Swayn? welf knowc . t ? Sixth, that by tyranny, by opp-e-Mon.by arbitrary conduct, and by oth er Improper acts and practices. Judge Swayne has brought discredit on htyri self and his court Into 'disrepute to the extent that pcp!c living with in its Jurisdiction have losi fai h In Its Integrity and doubt tha righteousness of Its adjudications. . Wherefore."' 8 vs ,tbY memorialist In conclusion. J'in order, that, in behalf of the people of Florida, whose 'faith in the Judicial department of the Unl-? ted States ' government his conduct threatens to impair. If hot totally to destroy, and In behalf of the federal Judiciary, whoe character for Incor ruptibility should not be Jeopardised, the acts and conduct of the said Jude Chas. Swayne may be Investigated and the facts made known, your 'memorial ist prays your honorable gody for the adoption of a resolution charging he said Judge Charles Swayne according to the terrris, hereof; or, if your hon orable body deems "best, that a com mittee be appointed to Inquire Into the acts and conduct ( of the . said Judge. Charles Swayhe." j number of affidavits, one of which peems" to have no relatioh to. the charges mde. This was to' the effect that a bank in Pensacola had received from Judge Swayne. December 1, 1901, a certificate of deposit of $4,000 issued by the City National Bank of New Tofk to H. M. Flagler, and by. him endorssd to Swayne. The bank paid the Judge $1,000 tn cash and the balance was col lected through regular Channels. The memorial was referred to the commit tee on Judiciary. Negro to Rule qualities of mind, his virtues and hi eourage'." fn order that he might guide, govern and protect his ' weaTcer 'breth ren f'" the "human vace.and mitlsats pie.conseqy'ences of their vice and fojly. The soythern peepje. determined to give the negro a fair trial as a voter, and .God only knows what the tr.al cost them. , Utterly impoverished as we were, we sport tens of millions upon public schools for the education of the ne groes, to which they practically con tributed nothing, and from which they graduated only to officer the vast army of blacks arrayed solidly and persist ently ogalr.fit the very men who were educating them. No sooner was the fifteenth amendment proclaimed than the negroes banded themselves to gether In a solid, impenetrable mass, and, true to the Instincts of their race. voluntarily submitted themselves to a political bondage, as complete as that "When God. In His wrath, saw fit to' banish us Into the wilderness wltj'f0 " can not ana. , : the fifteenth amendment. He still. In H,ls iate w!n be fhe fat .of the f1 His mercy, left a difficult, narrow, but, ln South Afrl?a, where, the blacks safe, path by which we might, with If rc -ow!y but euiejy dying put, It much striving and tribulation, once,1 " mistake to thinK that . the . negro j more achlve salvation and regain the!111 Incrcas6 and muitlply In the face 'promised land. We have reached ,of hardy competition. He reproduces Mount Pisgah and are now, with re- jtapldly In the farming districts of this Jolclng and gratitude to God. . gazing, country, but he Is becomlngextjnct in once more into the happy land of Ca- ,thc c,tlc!i- Th Attest will survive and "One by one the toutheVn states have! "And -ou cannct put fitness Into him placed such restrictions upon suffrage. b appointing h?m to office. The acr Irrc-pectivc of race or color, that ths Hon of President. Roosevelt in impoa vast sea of lennrance of the venal and teg upon the Southern w .iites . office vlclous negroes Is now safely and per-, petually shut out." The negro vote ha' not been entirely eliminated In the - south:, but. bv Dermittlne only those to vote who can ba entrusted with the ballot without too great peril to the state, that vote has, been reduced far below the dr.nger point, and thus one third of the fairest and richest domain of this great nation has been saved from the. threatened possibility of be coming lrje another Haytl, the perma nent home of anarchy and barbarism. -in9 13 tne work of the. aoutue-n peo- pie since tne civil war. . and this li what they have accomplished by their sm,enifni 01. me r.egro question mat - once rent our land. In twain." SITTING CN PINS Canal Officials Un- ctrrain of tne Uutcome Paris, Feb. 23.0"fficlals of the .Pan ama canal Company - are maintaining a rigid reserve concerning their plans. (ne of the chjer T.m J n, , 7 ; , V. -"""ai .iHaun:, v- pbo ve riULfSSSL.'Sl; . - - v!.. H'r" comPs ucouiuai iws grcdi nxi(y, oai oeen attorney General Knox, accepting' the company's' offer for ,the . safe of It. oroDertv sublet to ttiflrttor, uv i TTnif c " " ' United States Senat THE MORNIXGOST: Ttffc.2OAY. FEBRUARY 24 W03 course of the negotiations do" not con - sider the attitude of the cojppaftf ah- tagonisuc. to theposition of tAe. unites, States. The officials continue- tdL take an 'optimistic view ipf Uiesuccessful close of " the transaction, as'theycon slder that the position of the company Is such that the purchase can be corf surf ited by "an extra session.' of the Senate In case no action is taken be ore March 4th. v: FM''f ( an Act n! Fit Mr. II. Hagrrlns of Melbourne. Fla..'" young representative: of, Catawba-co.ri-writesS'Mj- doctor told me 1 had Con- ty "has won.fame.Hls came will to sumption and nothing could be doa-.Jian .downto.iws.enty. -m lus.cojin-; for me. I was given up to dl. The offer of a fr trin! bottle of Dr. Kihz : New ;;Dicovery for Consumption la-.of Jtfco stale io, the- other on the. part dtrced me jto try It. Results were start, of that much despel , and- degraded - am ftQw Qn fae roa(J to recov. anii: al, the f uck-es? do. - ' r ig cry and owe all to Dr. Kind's Npw Mr. elfs bill makes it a mlsdemean , Discovery. It surely saved my life." or, punishable" by f.ne and' "imp; b o:i Thi crreat tu In erunranteed for all: ment. of "both, for the suck-egg Coz, ' throat and lung diseases by all drug-j gists . Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bot- ties- free. . his own u.wy:r A HlYlOOnSn HST oetS HIS YtZ c: oi n lOr a Oil III VrfUnltrOo j waters arter-a long or ha-tfy run. NO Richmond. Va., Feb. 2C.-J. O. Terry, longer rray he meet hi i comrades o,, accused of being a bold moonlner, Vs corners, in alleys cr in the qut preparing to enter the race or Con of the country for fight or fun, b.t gress from the sixth district, now filieJ, with cha.n about his neck or surround by Hon. CrW Glass. ' ;ed by Prison walls he -will bark at the Terry's career' is a' remarkable one:' rr.oon, and his oration entitled, "Y3 Some ten or twelve months ago he was arrested on th charge of being engaged In the illicit manufacture Of whiskey. While confined in jail pend - inir a. trial he secured possession of some. law books, fills education was of the most elementary character, but, aided by strong common tense and native wit, he made such progress that wnen he waa brought to trial in the United States court he announced that ,ook after his .own case. Attired In flannel shirt and' high bootsiihe was a picturesque figure. He succeeded In worsting the district attorney and wa? finally acquitted. He-believes that he can win for Congress B Iter Than 0l4 "I was troubled for several years with chronic indigestion and nervous de blllty writes .F. J, Green, , of Lancas- ter. N. XL.". "No remedy helped jne un til I began using Electric .', Bitters, which did . me more good than .all .the medicines I ever used. . Th.ey have also kept my wife in excellent health for years. She says Electric. BJtjers . are Just splendid for female trouble; that they are a grand, tonic , arid. Inyigora tor for weak, run-down women. .No other, medicine can take its place in our family.' Try them. ' Grity-50c, Sat isfaction guaranteed, by allirugglsts. YELLOW VS. BLACK . on ISIegro Poulfnty Bigelow and ChineSe'Prbblems New York, Feb. 23. Poulteney Blge loy lectured before. the League for Po litical Education Saturday morning on "Our Duties to - Subject Races;'- He said: ..'.-roLA - "In my opinion If we are "to solve the negro problem right we must bring to the solution: a coh'sideratlofi .:" of" the Chinese. Instead of keeping the Chin ese out of the country we should wel come them as we welcome . ,the Immi grants from all other nations. ' The ; Chinese exclusion act should be re- Pw.and the inflow of ceJestlals 'competition .of the ellow man holding blacks Is an Insult to the south, If th- President insists on having negro ofllce holders, let him select his men nd P"t them In. omce in Massachu etts. or. Pennsylvania, or New York. L Maybe "the peop!e of the north will take kindly to them. The south never will." Kelp fokBishop Wa'son Washington, Feb. 2$. Mr. Clayton of The stamline committee of the dloeese of Eastern Carolina; summoned advisory counsel to the bishop of the enfeebled condition of his unanimously recommends that urgent cpLsccpal, acts , he mlg: any . biahop to perform the same, most earnestly Insist that .Bishop A. A. LWatron should abstaini.until . the meet ing of, the diocesan , counsel in May from any physical , or, mental exertion J in regard to , the aftaira Bishop Watson intin an.J. is still .con. Will Meet at yVrjehtsvHIe W Umington,. N. . C. Feb. 21. Special ine annuaumeeun? of the North Carolina Teachers Assembly will be neia at ti.e Seashore Hrtel. WM?hi. d to. his bed. .i wiiama-duw prtue-saci tu sinue o anury ;ut in oraermjpayvmeriOVfrgQi :"f '"'--"oV.must.be settled before March vw, luuny .liirougn .a ietter from Prof. W. Dr Carmichaei 0f Dur- ham. secretary . of the Teachers As iS : 13nJ' tended by tSc Invitation to hold the at Wilmington was ex- by . the chamber .o.f .. commerce. 4 v ; r.r v ' 5 " - r- ."ly mtwit More. nft ft "Jt ftP Tl JJJ4f U I II C SUCK-EGG DOG Mr.- Self of: Catawba Would1 Stop His Fisttal VVan-y- derings; Mr. Self., the able . 7 and handsome ty. ; a,a . benefactor oi m?.-:T. 1U bill will ralt.c a .howl from one end be he hound, cvsr, bird dog, bull pup, cr by whatever naK.e or .? pedes, known, to run at large. Hl3 owner mu?t connne t him. , r.y thfi.eltritfil, he Is d corned to j wear, the shackles .of the slave.-. - No i longer may he, roam at nigh;, under clear skies 'or -amid -howliog- s;6rms in, quest of egg, now. worth 20 cents on l.s bathe hi? panilng eidc in babblln?. i brook?, or lap it cool and sp vr mm g can ni fcie,-anu 3 uu wen iy me-felave," will be heard nighty after; night for miles and miles. ' 4 ; j - But "every cloud has its silver lin-v Ing." There will be a cro ' ing timeV !n j the barnyard tomorrow morning when this bill is announced iri the elation "liotes of the : h!gh-cock-a-rortirnt ' Account of . Southern . Educational Conference. V tt B. from Raleigh and all point", at the rate of one-third fares for the round trip. Tickets on sale April 20th and 21st with final limit April SSth. - Account -of Anniston Chautaqua, Anniston, Ala., the. S. A. 1 Railway will sell round trip tickets to Ander- gon Ala,, at the rate of one first-class fare for the round trip. Tickets sold TT-V TK m Oie Patent Colt and Kid Br and Vici Kid Shoes Wot For Casli Only. Sale ' - P who owe us. A?. "lTV BR RY &: '" ROSENTHAL. , in. M .1. . , v , .mmm, 1 ., .1 -'!' 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 , 1 .VL.Vjy4itfctskA-l 1 ,,, .rm.wfafjlV.- a' , liVi.ii nil s 1 1 1 1 .sssl-iriM 11 11 iiisiii li snrniMliW'i- 1 1 '" 111 ' '- ' ' " ' ' n f ' - --.. -: ' 1 ..;',;'.,.' .. -.':'' '-;",-''." ' ". '.''. ' " '. ' i of tHe Dissolution ' - ," ..'V V v-'-"'.,' ' .' '' ' ' " You can select -whatever is here yet-: at . thersame i Drice-sacrificinsr reduction as as an irom tne start. Jkverv. garment, everv niece of f rirnlshin crA: P.vrv1 hat. troes at cus. iieaith- Pnces 1111 tne store closes next saturaaynignt. ' .c ., . ; fo'r-anyj, . . , . ' '.;; ' - :'. ,:' ' v : . . . and U 'aV ' 1 U ii:' fl&ZL zr !' ues in in heaitn;. . nUuu 'Ljsj2 Tii riwrr rrrvto fz'rrrxr-Tf . .: . , we appreciate yom: noerai response. 1 .' ' ' "'' ' ' '''' '' "v ' , t '. . ' .. ' ." l-'.y -.y ; s April ':. 18th to 24th vwlth final return April 26th. ... . - v Madfgtasfc.New.: .Orleans. . mo one r"- Pensacola, FebJ 2Sth-24th. . ' Account of the above occasion ,the A. 1. Railway will sell roiind-Vip Uck ets to the -ribove points ai the rate-f one first-class fare; fdf . thf round trip Tickets will be sold:;February mht to 23rd. final limit February 2Uh. but rofTJ&ut Umi hj . a. h. be extended for a longer penuu. For further . information- apply tq IT. M. 1 Al 11D. V- . " Raleigh, N. C H. S. LKARD, TJ .I'.' ' -. Raleigh. N. C. ' A., $5.05l:egh t6 WinstoniSalem.tf.C..!t to New Orleans 1, . . and.rctnrn, account Anuuawi. Convention North. Carolina 3T. M. ...i Ce At Tickets on sale' March 7, 9 and 10; ilnal return limit ;: March 12. ; - - ' " . $2.75 Raleigh to Wilson, N. C. and . " return," account Grand Chapter Order of Eastern Star. Tickets on sale April' 5, 6 and 7, with, final limit April 12. T V ' $4.63,-Raieigh to High Point, N..C.f . and retu'rn, account Annual Meeting . - state 1 Council J. O." U. Al .. M. . final limit Feb. "18, 1903. $25.53 Raleigh to Nev Orleans, i-a., ana fsturn, account Natlonar ivianu facturers" ' Association: - Tickets' on sale April li. 12 and 13. limit-. ed; returning April 19, except by I depositing ticket with joint ageii't New Orleans and on payment- of ; - a - fee of CO cents, return 7 limit -v will be extenoedv until April 30. -i-or any o uuv" t, H .i.'.4IMr.f arrant RftlltVlPt-n RjltlwaV. Or ! .'T'k. .T.;a ' Raleigh. N, C. Irupraved Ie- ngifr ervrer via w - " "' . " A. I:. Bui wir ' '7";.; T6 Ciacinnatl, Indianapolis, . , Louis, Chicago and all points West and Northwest. "1 . Leave Raleigh 11.50 a. m. " Arrive Richmond 4.55 p. m. Leave Richmond 7.00 p. m, , . Ar-ive Cincinnati 11.45 a. m. Arrive Indianapolis 3.25 p.; m. Arrive St. Louis 9.45 p. m. Arrive Chicago 8.40 p. m Through Pullman Drawing -Room Sleeping Cars and Day Coaches Ral- elgh to Richmond, Richmond to Cin- cinnati, Indianapolis, St. Loui3 and zd o aid G uarante e d . litis Monday; ist.' We will appreciate the M:RDWiSi:i:D'i lea 3 v r.i r.ll through tuty i . 'OH , ,k so tA ; 4Tj J to New Orleans. La, bbile." Ala. $22.95 to Pensacola. Fla.. aecount V . SI Grasv- L Celebrations ta' IS to . 1803. Ticv.t . 1903. Tlrv.ts on8tI. r? 17to 23 i:.cmsiv i tb iruary "3 ' trKW r ' . 1 nfWt - ' "lent of . acrourrt ;AmeH(?an Mefiio.. T"1 Nation May 5 to 8. T-l.'At u , -Tav --3 nA . cn ".i iirr-.it t - ; daT from date of sale. On n . flient of fee of 60 cents tick?' .- can be extended until May For further Information apply fo . ..v H. OATTIS, C. P. & x. A " - - Raleigh, N.V H..S. LEnD. T. P. A :k' Raleigh, N. C. : Imrroted Pan?'r VrTie( t' t A. U Bsi'w r TqJ'Atlanta, Montgomery. xew Pr leans. Txas, Mexico, California g-j "pacific Coast Points. .eave Raleigh C.27 p. m.. 5.:; a. o. Arrive Atlanta 5.13 a. m.. 7.40 p. Lieave Atlanta 6.20 a. m., 11. 15 p" n .Arrive Mobile 4.12 p. m., 7.3f) a m" . Arrive New Orleans S.'J3 r. m.t unj a., m.i.' -t Through Pullman. . Drawing Pl0. . . - s r'0 Sleeping cars and .Day Coach,, Ri;. . t . A. , it . I & 1 A . leans," connecting at New wrlans all through trains to points West ni Southwest.' For Information apply to - . . C. H. G ATT IS, C. P. T. A. ' - Raleigh, n. c II. S. LEARD. T. P. A.. Raleigh, N. C. Congressman Llttlef.eld: '"But ho about my anti-Trust bill? Where do I come in?" President Roosevelt: "My desr f:. low, you have done nobly. Like wv. kelreid, you have drawn the ypears ot the enemy to your own bosom, and 1,. lowed Nelson and Elkins to pa-3 through to victory.' Calf Thi3 Feb. 16. partner, y prompt attention of all thes? Chlca 1 ::: year before at ... : . taUCT -a . latJcn,on8 ,a,?LU??, the Wrlhtsvine:?3ea-E; r.-5r..r.rf-';
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