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'For N. C : Rain, ; for Raleigh : Temperature for tha past 2 4 hoars: .Max. 32; Min. 14. Warmer, rain Vol. XIII RALEIG-H. N. C. THURSDAY; JANUARY 21, 1904 No. 45 w ; .. . , to Buy the IstlimMs Grand Army Veterans Ask for Service Pensions-Patterson Attacks the Presi dent's Intention to Steal Panama V.Vs'nmgton, Jan. 20. Senator Mor to Jay introduced a bill providing r the annexation of Panama to the :.r..,; .states, "the right and property r Panama resting in the United c- t- 5-. without reserve." The bill ap- , ; ites $10,000,000 as compensation Panama for its cession; places ?15,- ,. at the disposal of the president the compensation of Colombia, and , priates $-50,000,000 for the purchase! the property of the New Panama Company of Colombia, including ; ,, Panama canal. It is especially ..vKied that the provisions of this shall not have the effect of repeal- the Spooner act. r. , Mr. Morgan gave notice that he ..vkl submit some remarks on the Ml tomorrow. !: has been practically determined .. drop all the amendments- to the i1. rair.a treaty. Assurances have been reived that Panama concedes- that treaty will be interpreted as the .u ndments, provide in regard to the hirbors, sanitation and limitation of cities of Panama and Colon. . . Ilr. Cullom presented a number of it ions for a service pension bill, say- that he had received such petitions : ..i almost every G. A. R. post in is. and that he hoped thsy would ...tve the attention of the Senate. "1 i( n't know." lie said, "what it would ost to give a pension to every man . ;io served in the civil war." Mr. Gallinger, who sat next to Mr. "uilom, replied under his breath: About forty or'fifty millions for the .list year." . " , Patterson Quotes the Records Mr. Patterson then continued his ad dress on the Panama canal question. Tie entered" into a discussion for he purpose "of 'showing that President Roosevelt's claim that his course in Panama was in the line of the policies Df preceding administrations was un founded,, and. to .this end quoted many i'ffieial documents bearing - upon the abject since lS-Hf, wheu the treaty was negotiated. He arraigned the prjesi Vr.t for failing to carry the Spooner inw'into effect, and he declared that ;he president had 'boldly announced :is intention to steal Panama or take t by sheer force." The president's views, the speaker argued,1 must have Teen known to the people of Panama: !u-nce he held the president to be at s .st partially responsible - for the se ?e?sion of Panama. Mr. Patterson quoted from newspaper T' counts to support his contention that administration intervened in the l uiKima revolution. Mr. Aldrich questioned the weight of r nvppaper accounts as evidence. ' in -i.-itters of such moment. "Well, I have noticed that if the Pipers of the capital refer to promi nent officials in material matters and -i:ch references are not true they are . retty promptly con tradicted,".v replied Mr. Patterson. "I couid point out a .---cent instance with -which senators re familiar." .; J don't recall the incident," remark--! Mr. Aldrich. . ' "I will recall it to the senator's at r;tion, replied Mr. Patterson. "It v ? said that, the chief executive had 5-.il.-l that a certain gentleman when he 'turned to Washington would have to sh or cut bait (laughter.) All sena tors know how promptly that was de ! at the White House, and proper- y tii." Piatt Defends the President , Mr. 5r ?t Piatt of Connecticut replied to Mr. Patterson. The mysteries n Panama debate, he declarea, vo rk.ared by the admission of M. . Patterson and Carmack that "uue reason for opposing the tre?.ty ' '.s the desire to have the canal con truct. ;i at Nicaragua rather than at . r. una. Mr. Piatt remarked that for ? e ks he had been unble to understand "hy th.? motives, good faith and hon-"-y of the president had been assailed, - r. times in brutal, and sometimes in languag-e by Democratic sena- Put the admissions of Messrs. ?:'tt'rson and Carmack ltiade their purr..-,? clear. . ' ' rtheless, In Mr. Piatt's opinion, -i-- was no possibility of evading the ': "t that Panama was an independent ; n i ii . fully entitled to deal with the - t-l States. '"I have violated inter "ri:onal law and thereby assisted it, to '''-iish itself," remarked Mr. Piatt; at least twenty other nations l!lvo violated the canons of iriterna !'ai law." . ; : Piatt said if the pending treaty : -:: -i be ratified without amendment v ;,jf en(j the ions an(j v-eary con-.rovr-ry over the isthmian canal. !' Patterson If we withdraw our --hi ps Is not Panama powerless to :ri'i v.-hat we are asking Piatt If that treaty is ratified "'iy on earth can say us nay. But ' v u.t to ask what senators propose 0 Win they vote against ratifl 'on of the treaty beca?-e they think that in some way or other the presi dent was in complicity with the revo lutionists in the state of Panama? Or for any other reason other than that avowed, that of securing a canal by the Nicaragua route? It has been said that a great wrong has been done to Colombia and that Colombia has a just right to complain that the United Spates has wrested from her portions or her territory. I deny these "as sumptions. Suppose it is true that we were in some way responsible for tfie creation of this new state. What will senators do then? The senator from Colorado is very frank about it. He would withdraw our ships from Panama- Would other senators . do it? Would any others vote for a . resolu tion directing the president to with draw our warships now in those wa ters? If they are determined that no canal shall be built except across Nicaragua, they would probably vote for such a resolution. But if they want a canal built on the route se lected by the Congress of .the United States and which is now provided for in that treaty, they would not. I think the senator from Colorado is bold, but he does not , represent the sentiment of the people of the United States." . ; The Senate at 4 o'clock adjourned until tomorrow. (Continued on page 2.) COSTLY BUSINESS It WiirTake a Great Deal of Money to Make Chicago Theatres Safe Chicago, Jan. 20. Nearly two months of work and $500,000 expenditure for repairs will be required under the new theatre building ordinance for the opening of the Chicago playhouses. This i3 the estimate of theatre mana gers, " and it ' does not include the amount Jhat will be expended for the entire rebuilding of at least one theatre. Three theatres are closed certainly and Ave others have almost admitted that they will be - forced to suspend. There are fe v theatres which '-will be able to use more than two floors for many months, and many, even of tha best, - may -abandon the gallery perma nently. ' The price of theater tickets is almost certain to be increased.- It is said that $2 and $2.50 as a standard price for seats is likely to be advocated by the managers, and that the low-priced bourns will make -.corresponding in creases. DIVIDED THE SPOIL . - The Banking Accounts of Ma- chen and the Lorenzes Explained Washington, Jan. 20. In the ppst of fice cases today the government proved that when the Lorenzes received a check from the" Groffs they, on the same day or soon thereafter, forward ed a check to Machen for half the amount they had received from the Groff s. . ' - . Bank officers from Toledo and Cleve land, O., where the Lornzes had ac counts, testified to the credits and deb its on the Lorenze bank books, while the treasurer of the banking and trust company in which ' Machen kept his account in Westminster, Md., testified that the amounts forwarded by the Lorenzes to Machen had been received and credited to his account. .Mr. Kumler, referring to his charge made yesterday that Post Office In spector Mayer had approached wit nesses, said he did not want to call the attention of the court again to the matter, but as the district attorney had pressed him for proof of his asser tion, he was prepared to .present an affidavit. The district attorney pro ttort that the matter could not be brought before the court in this way; that, oral testimony should be heard. "I beg to differ with you as to that," remarked Justice Pritchard. Mr. Kum ler then said that as 'two affidavits would be necessary, he would obtain one more, whereupon Justice Pritchard remarked that if he found sufficient cause for Issuing a rule for contempt against Mayer . he would do it. Mr. Douglass . interjected . tfie statement that the affidavit would apply equally, and perhaps more so, to Post Office Inspector Gregory. Justice Pritchard informed, counsel on both sides that he would demand that no extraneous matters be introduced to influence the jury but that he would take occasion to Tnention it when he delivered his charge to the jury. Editors Going to St. Louis Salisbury. ; N.; C Jan. 20.-SpeciaL The executive committee of the North Carolina Press Association held a busi ness session here oday. It was decid ed that the next annual session of the delation shall be hejd in St. Uowb. May 16th. Salisbury will be the star -ins point and the . North Carolina ed -tors will travel in Pullman cars. Presi dent H B. Varner of the association expects to leave or St. Louis at onc to perfect arrangements for the body. BOARD OF TRADE National Organization Takes Cognizance of Matters of Public Interest Washington, Jan. 20. Today's session of the National Board of Trade was devoted principally to a general discus sion olr matters of commercial ; inter est. Reports- from the various stand ing and special committees , were read and resolutions, reported to the organ ization, were adopted. ' The session opened with the reading of the report of the committee on the department of commerce and- labor. The National Board, since its organi zation in 1867, has been an .ardent ad vocate of such a department and- its efforts have contributed largely .to- thi passage of the bill by congress provid ing for the present executive branch of the government. - The . report ! con sisted largely of a history of the move ment which resulted in ' the establish ment of the - department. Acompany ing the report-were resolutions affect ing the future' relations -of the national body with the department of- commerce and labor and providing for-the ap pointment of - a special committee, of five for conference' and advisory - pur poses,, which were unanimously adopt ed. - :- The organization also adopted reso-. lutions providing for the adoption of the metric system' of measurement by the United States and recommending the passage of -a national - corporation law. A report from the committee on laws, advising the national board to retain its present organization and not take out articles of incorportion, was also adopted. Ex-Governor Pattison of Pennsyl vania, chairman of the committee on currency reform, introduced & resolu tion, which was passed, providing that congress be asked to enact legislation discontinuing the coinage of silver dol lars, authorizing the coinage of such subsidiary coins as may be necessary, from silver bullion purchased by the secretary of the treasury and from silver dolars, directing the secretary of the treasury to maintain the parity with gold of legal tender silver dol lars remaining outstanding, to ex change gold for silver dollars, and to provide for other matters of consider able financial interest. IF GUDGER LOSE ; W ; Politicians DiscUoSing the Question of a Special ' - Election Asheville, N. ..C, Jan. 20. Special. In the interim between the arguing by the attorneys of the Gudger contested election case from this congressional district, and the report of the commit tee of the House of Representatives jhaving in charge the election case. law jyers and politicians, generaly are in Idulging in considerable speculation as to what course Governor Aycock will pursue in the event that Congressman Gudger Is declared to have been unfair ly elected and his seat in congress made vacant. It is the opinion of a number of gentlemen in this city who. have ex pressed themselves that Governor Ay cock will, according to law, order the . holding of an election to fill the vacan- cy, but that he will set the date of the special election on the day of the gen 'eral election next fall, and thus avoid 'the expense and work incident to a 'special lection so near to the general (election in November. It is pointed jout that while the law requires that the governor, In calling a special elec tion, "shall give thirty days notice of such an election," the law does not say that the governor shall not give more than thirty days notice. A prominent Democrat and a promi nent Republican of this city, in dis cussing the possibility of Mr. Gudger ! being unseated, expressed the hope that Governor Aycock would not ; decide to have a special election before the gen eral election in the event that the seat was declared vacant.. The expense of a special election must be borne by the several counties, and this Item alone would be considerable, to say nothing of the expense and the amount of work that of necessity would have to be per formed by the members of the two or jganlzations in this district. Three Million Fire Shelby, O., Jan. 20. Fire broke out at nine o'clock tonight in the small stock house at the Shelby Steel Works, a branch of the United States Steel Company, and in fifty minutes had de stroyed both stock rooms and - their contents. The stock houses were filled with finished steel tubing and the ag- ' gregate number bf feet of tubing they i contained was about 25,000,000. One of j the men said that the total weight of the stock on hand would aggregate SOO.COO tons. The value is $3,000,000. Chicago Hotel Fire Chicago, Jan. 20. The ill-fortune of Chicago theatrical people during the last few weeks was again in evidence at a fire in the Grand Palace Hotel early today, nearly two hundred mem bers of theatrical troupes being driven into the streets by the flames. It was with difficulty that a panic was averted and the frightened men and women were assisted from the structure m safetr. . , x , Almost all the guests at the hotel are members of theatrical companies stranded Jua Chicago. ANTI-JUG liW OF NATIONAL SCOPE . -, .-- ' . House Judiciary Committee Gives a Hearing on the Original Package Bill ' Washington, Jan. j. 20. The House committee on the 1 judiciary today granted a - hear.ing on the Hepburn Dolliver bill, to give rthe 'states police power over, 'original packages" of li quor shipped into a state for use. Many advocates and opponents of the meas ure appeared before t the committee, and preliminary to the argument it was arranged that each side should have half an hour today and that future hearings would be granted. Much in terest .was manifested in the hearing and it was declared . that the bill, it adopted, would result in national local option. , ' - -; : ' ; Robert .Crain of . Baltimore, general counsel of the .United States Brewers - , , - . . ,. , Association, stated that the pending , Km n-aa io mnt TTitiftrfant mpnsure t ....r - presented to congress, since the civil war, and he suggested mac tne com mittee grant ample time for its consid eration. .- ; .- Rev. .E. C. Dinwiddie, representing, the American . Anti-Saloon League, spoke in favor of: .the measure. He said the..legislatipn was necessary in view of the decisions of the' supreme court of the" United: States, the effect of -which was to deny to the state all power of control' or prohibit the sale of liquors . transported from one state to another while they remain in the original package. Rev. Dr. James Cannon," Jr., of Rich mond, Va., also representing the Anti Saloon League, said' the legislation was necessary to the local option movement, which, he said; was gaining great headway in the south. Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis, legislative superintendent of the National Wo man's Christian Temperance Union, pleaded for the passage of the bill n behalf of the mothers of the country. Secretary Hay jComes South Washington, Jam 20. Secretary Hay left Washington ithis afternoon for Thomasville, Ga.;rhere he expects to remain for ten days or two weeks as the guest of Col. Payne. The secretary is acting under his doctor's orders in making a visit to the south at this time, as there yet- lingers in his sys tem some' of the. traces of the recent attack of grip which he suffered. :r - Evading Game Law Reidsville, N. - C, Jan. 20. Special. Game Warden ; Parish seized a box of quail consigned to & firm . in-Washington and purporting to be from J. S. Smith. It was believed .that C. F. Lewis shipped the birds. He was given a "hearing and 'was released on a bond of $100 to appear for trial next Monday. Negotiations Protracted Sev v eral Months White the Czar's Government Strengthened Its Military Po sition , ' London, Jan. 21, 4 a. m. The corres- How Etissia Has iwiJi Bewail w ' disnatch to the paper, outlines what , Rosen, the Russian minister ana Baron purports to be the history of te ne-jKomura. minister of foreign affairs ! goSns between Japan and Russia, this afternoon. Public feeling is asi ' The firit divergence between the two'er. Tha prices of stocks have -men ' rowers was hSeS at in a council held , slightly, but it is dlared that officials 1 June r CoMteat exchanges after do not regard the situation as im- .rkAtirtfttir rT Tnp i h pki cluii at uU tel Twh the SSAt a meeting of the priVy cotmcll to proposals were telegraphed to St. Pet-! day Baron Komura made a detailed PIf.!f fjL. oiinwinff forty 'report of the present and past nego- ....rJw r.na rations aay lvussid m" - for war, Japan remaining quiescent. Russia presented her reply December 11. She made no concessions and showed herself overbearing.-Thereupon Japan began her war preparations, and December 2 submitted a 'note contain- m i0-the following demands: Both powers shall endeavor to mn- , in tYin territorial integrity of corea tain the territorial integrity of Corea and Manchuria, ana DOtnjmaii recus- nize special concessions, whether in China or Corea,, provided' the open and Manchuria, and bothshall recog door is resetLeti. aor is respected. . . The note also Included certain minia- tory clauses. "Iters to extremes are utterly mislead- Russia's reply of December. 11 ex- j Qn he i3 urging dip- eluded Manchnria and dealt solely with . JJ am statesmanlike treatment Corea, proposing that all territory in tho situation, believing that time that country south of parellel 39 be. brInff-about what Russia is con made neutral. Japan refused and . pro-, tend,ng. foj.f vchereas war would only posed a neutral zone, 2a kilometres ; natural course of events. : wide, on both sides of the Corean jcnetlfc -frontier. Russia, January 6, insisted upon the- 30th parellel, but vaguely j . Reply Will Be Courteous hinted that it was her intention to re- , Tendon, Jan. 20. The St; Petersburg spect Japan's rights in Aiancnuna. Japan's note of January 13 reaffirmed; her former demands. Russian Trar.SDorts Delayed London. Jan. 2L The Moscott cor respondent of the Times says that ow- NOT BLOOD STAINS Experts in Bechtel Trial Con . tradict Each Other Allentown, Pa., Jan. 20. This was another field day "for the experts in the Bechtel 'trial, and judge, jurors and spectators breathed a sigh of re lyief when, at the conclusion of the day's work, it was announced that the tedious feature was over. Yesterday the commonwealth, by a full half doz en leading physicians, showed the jury that the stains were those of human blood; and today the defense, by as many doctors, showed or attempted to show that the serum test is not only new and in its experimental stage, but that it is unreliable and inaccurate. In addition to this the defense called doctors land college professors, who made tests of the stained articles and who declared unhesitatingly that there was not a drop of human blood on any of the exhibits taken from the Bechlel home, including the bedding, carpet. 1 plaster, hatchet, collar, steps and cloth- . - ennte unnn xTn Viol's ng except in four spots labels undervest. The: aeiense maae us ex- . ,f tirifr than pert testimony was that of the prosecution by conduct ing a series of chemical and microscop ic tests in the court room in the pres ence of the judge, lawyers and jury. CARVED THE DOCTOR . . . t . ha . ' A HOSpital Attendant IViaKeS a Deadly Attack on a Surgeon Macon, Ga., Jan. 20. Surgeon Elder, in charge at the city hospital, is dy ing tonight from half a dozen knife wounds inflicted by Tom Franks, a ne gro orderly at the Institution, this af ternoon. Dr. Elder reprimanded the negro. The latter was impudent and was struck in the face by the doctor. The negro then drew an ugly knife and repeatedly plunged it into the surgeon. Whn the doctor fell the nes:ro ran. ! Finding his way barred by a female ! nurse, the negro threw the girl from the second stcry window and she was badly injured. Franks fled, but was pursued and captured, this afternoon. Tonight the negro was sent to Atlanta for safe keeping, as there were threats of lynching here. Campaign Against Smallpox Lumberton, N. . C, Jan. 20. Special. A joint meeting of the board of health and county commissioners was held here todsy to discuss the smallpox sit-j uation. xt was oraerea . mat a buau cient quantity Of virus should be. fur nished by the county to all practicing dng physicians to he issueaj:ree to au wno ..... . . were u uauie iu ptiy,i.wi uci..js .iji..- ed. It was also ordered that the law requiring a sign of caution to be dis played at each house where there is a case of smallpox be strictly observed. Every effort will be made to rid the county of this pest. aitiii - lng to a serious accident the transports KeifT and Vladimir will be unable to leave me xsicujiv oca. ivun biuiw reinforcements for possibly more than a month. The ministry of war is in- tensely annoyed by the delay. The vessels were recently prepared at short llOllCe. Japan Waiting to Hear From Russia Tokio, Jan. 0. It is asserted posi tively that the Russian reply to the last Japanese note has not been re ceived. It is expected that it will reach Tokio tomorrow. Some commu- 'nications iassed batween Baron De , . tiations. The substance of his report, i.. . ( It is said, will be published soon. Situation Remains Unchanged St. Petersburg, Jan. 20. Apart from the general acceptance in commercial circles of the belief that the danger of ho. naswi there is nothine that !visIbl indicates any change in the . . , , ., situation. Whatever is happening j tiaions and imperial councils , bidden by .the veil of official secrecy. n t authority that Uhe reports accusing Admiral Alexieff, , of . f east of pushing mat- corresn0!n(3ent of tho Telegraph says learns Chat Russia's . forthcoming be courteous. It will denote ! certain progress on lines of concession, ihut on the points I that Russia deems - 1 essential it will differ little from her original standpoint. s...- Parte and; Aycock. Maj. Dixon talks Politics While Looking After Con federate Rosters Mor ganton Lawyers to the Rescue of Judge Boyd - . . By HO MAS J. PENCE. Washington, Jan. 20. Special. "Par ker and Aycock is a winning combina tion -on which the Democracy could """ "JU F" xo"' thi state auditor, who is here to see the war with reference to the :publication of a complete roster or tne , "Judge Parker is my personal chotce for the Democratic presidential nomi nation, and I think he has as many sup porters in North" Carolina as any other candidate who has been mentioned. As for Governor Aycock, he is the choice of everybody in the state for second Dlace on the ticket. There is no man In t In the south who stands so high as our 'governor in the estimation of the peo- pie of the country, and I think this fact is generally recognized. I am one of those who believe that it is time for the south to assert itself and again take a commanding position in na tional politics. It wearies me to hear this talk that southern men are una vailable for positions of honor and trust in the gift of the nation. Gov ernor Aycock is the man upon whom the Democracy should unite for the vice presidential nomination. He would sweep everything before him." Major Dixon has an engagement to meet Governor Montague of Virginia and Governor Candler of Georgia to morow, when they will call on EUhu Root, secretary of war, and present a memorial 'from the southern states, urging that each state be allowed to correct and amend its official roster so as to show the full strength of the troops furnished to the Confederate army. The government, under-the di rection of the secretary of war. Is pre paring a complete roster of the troops In both the Union and Confederate ar mies, and these will be published as gaverntnt'iit ocumentg." under "a rul ing made by General Alnsworth eacn state Is limited to its original official , , I1t kn nnnAacxMr In records m ncv-cui j ,f ormation The commissioners appoint- d hv the eovernors of the various southern states to compile the infor mation think that a broader-interpretation should be placed upon the stat ute, as many of the southern states have lost their official records. North Carolina is more fortunate than any of her sister states in this respect, but at that the original Tar Heel records are not entirely complete. Major Dix on estimates that North Carolina fur nished 127,000 trocps to the Confederate army and between 4,000 and 5,000 to the TTnfnn armv. In his opinion the state led an others m ine contributed to the fr. Pubn- to population. The fcoming publi cation will be or great interest i.-u, it wIU show what st ates nished the neatest number of soldiers. That is tne reason tne nai .. r cautious and careful in compiling this , information. Lawyers Detend Judge Boyd PAnrPSPTitative Webb received last .. . - . TViTr week a petition irom auurucjo m. ganton defending Judge Boyd in a general way from charges that have been preferred against him before the House judiciary committee. The peti tion has been placed with Judge Jen kins, who also has the charges, the nature of which have never yet been divulged. There have been no devel opments in the fight on Judge Boyd since the publication of the fact in the Post a month ago that the charges had been filed. Several members of the House have conducted a quiet in vestigation with reference to the sub ject, and it may be that developments will result in the course of a few weeks. Judge Jenkins is rot willing to make his committee a vehicle for cowardly attacks, and no one will be acquainted with the nature of the complaints against Judge Boyd until the matter has been Inquired into fully. ' The petitioners from Morganton who defend Judge Boyd are I. T. Avery, M. Sylva, W. S. Pearson, , Charles McKes n. W. C. Erwin. S. J. Erwin and F. xfnrmvell. They refer to the accusa- lon against the judge . . ;tion against the judge as "a raosi un just attack" and express tneir convic tion that "personal animus on the part of an enemy of the Judge is at the root of the attack." The'Morganton attor neys further declare that "in all things ; Judee Boyd is fair, humane and cour- Judge Boyd is fair, humane and cour teous in the administration or nis oi fice." ' . - Pou Speaks for Pure Food Bill Representative Pou spoke in the House today in advocacy of the pure food bill. Much interest was manifest ed by members in this measure. While Mr. Pou was speaking he was Interro gated by the opposition. The Tar Heel member was under fire by Goldfogle of tc- Ynrk Shackelford of Missouri, J James and Shirley of Kentucky ana choral others, and he acquitted him self moat creditabiy. Mr. Pou Bald among other things: "I believe one of the real evils ox the ia the practice "e adwbUwitAoL w1uU.La- cr. age we eat a-nd drink, and I maintain that there is nothing in this bill which an honest manufacturer may be afraid of. I am told that a certain kind of earth has a market value because of its um in the adulteration of .flour and candy, and it is a mtter of common knowledK tht It Is exceeding- difficult to pur chase an absolutely pure article of whiskey. A few times in the life of a man he must have spirits. It Is both a blessing and a curse to mankind. Every day we see rrlces quoted fop that article which would seem to be Impossible, considering the tax levied by the government, if It wre absolute ly pure. Eminent chemists tell us of all sorts of adulterations of what w ' eat and drink. Large establishment engaged exclusively in the manufac ture of food adulterants have grown uj in our country. It is time that the strong arm of the law should protect the millions of humrui beings who ar' compelled to consume the? manufac tured food products. No honest man' ought to object to the enactment of a, law which requires him to manufacture' pure food. No honest m.-n should ob-, ject to a law which prevents him from obtaining money unier false pretense.' This law, in my judgment, not only will not injure, but will actually, stimu late honest business. Only tho man who offers the ppurfous for the gen uine; who does business In secret; who is afraid for the publio to know the Ingredients of the food products he of-' fers for sale only this man need fear the passage of this bilh "The power vested by this bill in thr secretary of agriculture is infinitely smaller than that exercised by hun dreds of judges who preside every day over the courts of the various states. We must, therefore, assume that ii dishonest secretary of agriculture will' ever have charge of that department, and let us assume In the enactment of this much needed law, that the secre tary who abuses the trust reposed iu him will be impeached and driven from office." Democratic Senators and the Panama Treity The committee named by the Demo--cratlo conference yesterday afternoon to draw up a resolution calling, upon the president for information concern lng the Panama revolution met" today, and considered the draft of a. resolu tion, which will in all probability bo submitted to the Democratic conference-tomorrow. Republicans are bold in their assertions that they will pass tills resolution if it suits them, and'lf it does not they will sidetrack it. Sena tor Gorman and the other members of. the committee are determined to force publication of information thjit has been withheld by the president, If pos sible. The opinion obtains that should this information be forthcoming the canal situation will undergo a great change. " The Indications are now that Dem ocratic senators will desist from speak ing in advocacy of-the ranama treaty and tontent themselves with Lvoting for ratification. Party harmony prompts this course, and again nons..of the Democrats wishes to be put. Ifi the light of endorsing the work of the admlnls- tratln, notwithstanding the fact that I Democrats in many states are urgent , change any s " tha ot majority. Tillman Will Throw Rocks "Do you expect to speak on the trea ty?" Senator Tillman was asked to day, i "I shall make vno set speech on the treaty," he replied, "but I shall sit in the Senate and throw rocks at it as it passes by." Captain Charles Price and Mr. F. H. Busbee are here . to argue the James case in the supreme court of the Unit ed States, which will probably t reached Friday. They will appear for the railroad, as will Colonel W. A. Henderson. The argument for tho James heirs will be made by Senator Overman and ex-Judge Avery. Representative Small appeared beforo the river and harbor committee of thj national board of trade this mornln in behalf of the proposed inland water way between Norfolk and Beaufort harbor. The members of the commit tee were very pleasantly impressed with Mr.. Small's presentation of the. project and they took occasion to tell him so. The committee decided that it could not afford to single out any project and give it endorsement, but agreed to mention it favorably along with a number of other similar pro jects contemplated throughout the country. Representative Pou presented Mrs. Pou and his sifter. Miss Mattle Pou. to Speaker Cannon tod-y. "Unci TrtP." vlrfeneed the fact that he has plenty of state pride, for he remarks 1 that the more he knew of his North Carolina kinsfolk the better he lUed them. ; - Senators Simmons and Overman were the guests of Senator Gorman at dln nor tonle-ht at hii hmne In K street. A number of Democratic senators wero present. The bill authorizing a fww appro priation for the Improvement of th Asheville public buIU'lng has ben ?et for hearing February 12. before the public building committee. Representative Thomas has intro duced a bill authorizing a IIS, 060 appro priation to obtain a depth of fiv U- In. Carrot Island siougn, wrrei
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