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toll II fiw
iALEIGH EVENING TIMES.
EAXXI3H, N C, IIONDAY, ITBEUAtTlt 1U
FOUR ARE MANGLED
BETWEEN ENGINES
.. GREENSBORO
AT
BOXER 1IPR1S1XG
NOW PREDICTED
STREET CAR DISEASED SHIP senator lodge on
I TUP DATF UTIf?
BOWLED OYER! LIMPS 10 PORT;
THE RATE QUESTION
KiitcrJtiprqsrbjlOllTICS IN EIGHTH
I:!3 C;:a hi.ctuiniiy
ir i nr.
lAUUtarfaa in Virtei io,nrtecnhaatwci:EfliBrtl!ciiteCrciEd:j
0:!t ft!:! it Otcc i It Vcre tilled I III Willi tollpn Secrtlan tiu$ut Gives
L..$ 13 Ec-r
SRIFTIK6 EKS1KE VMS
FOR HER
h Tm TMrt Ha Briar U
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Wra fcrtrktM "lre"U
mrttrfc Rugls 4 Coadartw
Var4 Knitte Ta Otltrrs Killed-
'tfeftlaw a WswiaHl HI
llifMM hi Time U lt
lev's IJfc.
Sozethlc j Atai ttc Yarlcss
Candidates
-MHkia4 Rials W ill Make th lUrr
nr Mum ft!, Jvha M. Jal.aa
for lvr lfc.nir Mkkltr
GiwM I"tea X rU ad aad
llartrtt.
(Special to Th Evening Tliwt.)
prrnibro, K. C, Feb. lt.-Ae
linn No. M, northbound, white at vh
wMtMD limit of ih shifting yarda, on
mile ( of th passenger station hare.
wm approaching lit Bfty " 0,M
At I o'clock r!rday rooming. It r
Into 'an opi witch and cwahedMnto
shifting angln standing on hundred
yards off, waiting for the' jnalu Una
trolh' to.paa atkA kill.' ot right th
following awlteh crew: F.ngtner Will
Ballara and. Fireman Charll Johnson.
Charlie Noo?ll. engineer M !
" gr and tprfW. was ot only, Killed,
bat horribly mangled when found but
ted beneath in overturned coal under
the tender. ..Bimpaou Freeman con
ductor of the yard enflne, died two
hour tfttar. .
. winiam flalfev. a youn telegrapher.
wa terribly acftlded and otherwlae in
' Jured. and Flroman W. Si. Hiarrer of
Mount Airy, on the iMiwnKer. won
badly Injured. None of the pasfrngein
wot Injured. ,
Another engine and. crew bt4iiK
peedlly provided the train aped on im
way borth. Newa of the wreck was
aoon communicated to physician, and
many went out to admlnlnter to iho
wounded trainmen. They were
brought to the city- hospital and have
been Improving, the latent news being
that they will recover. Fireman Spar
ger of Mount Airy., escaped death by
being on the atepaxot the- tender
aweenlnC and iut aa the train thun
dered Into the open awltch. . Engineer
Morvell. seeing death m front, tnougni
to Bhout to him to Jump, and being
wher. h eould do o. Sparger Jeapea
and was aoVed though terribly bruised
onH lnrtaratfed bv the full. . .
All the othera of the dead and Injured
save Engineer , Norvell reside in
- nreenaboro and have families'. Nor
vell lived at Monroe, where hie Jwdy
was ahlobed dW the evening train.
The dead bodies were taken to Poole'
undertaking establishment and pro-
- narcd for burial. Two of the four bod
les were terribly mangled, the head-ot
one of them being plU. nearly double,
and one of the heads being entirely
severed from the body. . t j
. The two engineer; were not extrlcat
ed from the engines tantll J o'clock, be
;v mr mi-llv ' nlnned in between, , the
: cinseiv locked engine. Neither" left
thn trnrft - but were literally welded
together.;'," '! A - -
la obedience to rules. Engineer gel
lars of the shifting engine was out in
front of It holding his' hat over the
headlight waiting for 34 to, pass.' It
was speeding north on'oae of the two
': tracks, the shifter being on the paral-
. lei track .waiting to come out. Turner
, Welfare and Lawrence Malcolm, who
. had attended the switch, are atd to
have neglected closing; It or putting up
the lights, and when the engineer of 34
. saw he was oft the emergency waa ap'
plied but it wa treeless . The shifter
' was knocked ninety , feet down 4 the
. track,, bothenglnea were torn com
pleteiy qlear nf pflota nd "locked to
,( gether. solid icon, against' solid .iron,
and the Kaerof the passenger was
hurled on top of an express coach be
hind. Kealilng trie terrible result of
their negligence or ' fearint ' arrest,
, , Swlthchrhen Malcom nd Welfare have
disappeared and cannot be located. A
v warrant for their arrest was sworn out
1 yesterday afternoon, but officers have
failed to find them. The two dlsman.
" tied engines were hitched together and
brought to the tracks of the passenger
yard limit at noon and large crowds
have visited he focepe. ;
Norvell Was Helping Friend.
. Salisbury, C, Feb. I2.-Both En.
glneer Owen florvell - and - Fireman
Bailey, who lost their lives yesterday
nmrnlnir near Greensboro In the fear
ful wreck, .were well known here, the
v flremnd hnvlhg lived at Spencer and
(Concluded on Fago two.j
(KprUl 10 The Evening Tlmra.)
P'lbiv. K. . F-b lt-Th cn
Jtrance nt Mr. T. V. IWi Into th d-n-
ocratic rae for xwgic In the lgliiK
dlitl4 iatmnlfte the itrpi. It N.
tlarkett of WHkeshntn l sn nod
randltlmr and W, C Nca lnnd nf Ln r,
the nomlnt of lM. ugaln nffer.
Ilarkrtt and Newlnnd rrpivwnt rlhr
the lrmn lcmlt. Nm land's well
known Watt Inw rnil bi'lng dedil
dly agnlnat him while Harkrtt Is not
the choir of the mrrnw ipmpunnw
element by any means. v
BLOW IS ABOUT TO FAllllilT BV THEATRE TRALN
TORTURE WAS FEARFUL'
jHlDDIES GWDUATEO'CJi ij U:::.-3 t:i
u
Ant i n i ft!ifi
vm iui uiwi.i4ti
Vm I THngraptM tM kmmher
MtMwtr te AImhmi Ortabi aM
of firrtMay simI IVa trare l"-avdlal'-l
.
Ua ltnyltta RMpn4 la tmth
ffciraga ilv ln)mT liar
HarW4 lata Air, UrmsnH ad
Gru4 titmtfrm IMwr I'-"-n4trr,
YMrti Tar-4
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JKEREFDHE FAY DBS A
EONSERYATIVE LAV
ltil an Feb 11-A rtlii. h lo
Inlrt-i K-rntl flow Ooi lnnali ir.
Bowie la a fine middle man. No pro.
hlbltloolM can go bmk o:i him for tm
perance'a sake nor nn w hm are known
aa whlakev den rain refuw lo up
nort him. Ho Is a gwxt lawyer, a line
Mumper, nopulnr and regnlnr. H a ran
vaaa of the dlalrtet rn I KM as elector
was brtlllunt.- Ha withdrew bofore the
Wllkraboro convention In 1904 efifl made
friend. He took a thoroughly repub
lieaa district Itf t0 and almost revers
ed the orriixtontrd majority, lending
his ticket WKl voice:. Uowie will make
a good run and 1 anxious to hnve a
rh.ince p.t ninckbnrn.
Mr. Whitehead Klults, the young
man eloquent of the local btir. will thi
fall mnke the inoe for the mate senate
or lmorc his frtcndH. He h" a fine
pt art Ice. but lie will have to f.irnnke It
ml foVnw his frlamls. Mr. John M.
Julian, editor of The Kvening ViM, will
nake the rnre for the lower house, and
in these two men Rowan count v would
have two representatives the cnuni of
her United Slrto-s sen-toiT. Mr. Klutts
is a son of ex-Congrcssinun Klutts anil
nephew of Editor J, P. Cnldwell.
SIX AT LEAST DEAD
Is mmnnln e l-n I'li'trti u i U
VUUIng in this rltr. av he Ihifikt the
toer iroutile In "htn l ahout to rul
mlnnl.' In the ri'i-iUii miik..nt ..f
mortem 1 1 men.
He toxuoil the fnlloing wnriilna t
several Ameiti-sn fcU'ni lt ntghi.
telegraphing It t- PatUe. lx Anifel-
and S-n Fmiu-iaro.
The Wo t nbout to fall. "atje
warning to friend to leave China at
once, ,TII theia to wek protertUin of.
fk'rmnny t minrlly ami g't oni of
the count it before Frbmnry S."
Kong I vlolftn Ah Wal. tbc
wealthiest of the local CMoeoe rerlilent
and after the mesatgea were sent ei
plnlned their purport aa follow:
"1 received word yesterday that the
order hna been sent out to the subor
dinate circle of the Chinese reform -Kx
Int Ion to throw off all the-foi elitn
elementfin our country, starting Feb
ruary ti. The aioHntloh I ostenslh y
Continued on Pag Five.)
MAJOR GILLETTE AGAIN
iPr the Aawla:"0
( hirago. Feb. Xt A m-aire irm ..n
Wong FM. former an-n-laiy .rf ih'l'" ' '' . " ;
li.r rir . p'mi' -
nahed lnl a enlej ireei ar In
South tlilcago laat ml.i. tilllna In
aunty threw pern ami Injurtni
twelve. The kllle ai.d lnline.1 eie
all wcupant of the u. .-i .,u. Tli
i name and firt c-Hi .f ihe .t-n-Kir
irnln left 'ihe lull n. " M-r-iiirneil.
The dead: ,
Mr. William Itaom. South Chi
cago. MinttirViraslc. 12 'r. old. Chi
cago.
Mix Kadi I.wy.
Thilnjured Im'ludml th. following:
. C. Mack, Host Chh-ngo. .-nglneer. se
verely cut about the fi-e ami heart:
Edward M. Pay. motormnn of the
street car, cut ahout head and hod v.
C. It. Hollar, contlui toi of Ktrei-t riir,
cut about nevk and head; Mr. I'.lnmhe
Warsule. severely lnjuml bnit hw1y:
Mr, lyouls lAicy, injur.-d Internnlly
The passenger ti n In wa a hx-al. lea v.
Ing Chtcagtt at Jl 34 p. m. for East
Chicago. Indiana, it wa Well filled
wlth-itMuaianirer Vim iver4luovvn into
a. panic hy the rollialnn. 1 The stivet
oar was hurled Into the nir, overturned
and ground to splinters before the lo
comotive. The crash enme almost
without warning, and but few occu
pants of the street car had an oppor
tunity to leap fioni the car before It
was struck. The imssenRers of tin
railway train hurried to the naslslnnce
of those imprisoned In the debris and
began the work of ivhcuc. Calls for
nlstince were sent to the nearest lo
llce station, and physicians were sum
moned to aid the Injured.
The engineer of the passenger train
end ttte crew of the street car were
ploced under arrest.
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:i.nlipox .in.t w 1 1 'i
the illcui' and ihi
lwrs of the . lv fianlli lo
1 .e i lllle l.i gan. Ml II
l.ll i li I 1 1 i I li.ii-.l III. IUliil of I'.Ko!
in Ui" A ion Afni Hie In m hail le"
mil Holm iiiiie the piiuiltpox utailcil
with one m. The dieae uprenil un
til nine aalloi-e were III ly followed
nhin owing to the fear whUh xpread
among. the mi mlei-s of the t rew the
hrlK liiifie.l a:, -.t; nlniost like a ilesi-r.-
ni llllp.
Mith Mi". Haggertv ..n loail the
veHe wii-e Ihm tvo chiiilrea. Arter
landing at ltlo Dr Jin"lin she rm itnrd
there until the tleane had leen
stamped out on the Sullivan.
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in the mf rilo..!
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ami ii t.tr
JOHN W. THOMAS DEAD
Railroad President Passed
Away Early Today
Fire In Commercial District
in Portland
Ten or More Seriously Injured Sa
loon and Lodging House Above It
Consumed Watchman's Heroic
Deatli Trying to Save Horses.
He Practically Cut Off Competition
by leaving Selection of Mattresses
to Discretion of Engineer Instead
of That of the Contractor.
; (By the Associated Press.)
Portland. Ore... Feb. 12.-At least six
persons lost thelr lives in a fire that
swept a busy commercial district of
the end of the. Morrison street bridge
spanning the Wtlllametw river early
today, ' Ten or more persons were ser
iously Injured and f were removed to
hospital ob th? nearby residences.
A' number 'of ; persona are reported
missing. .The fir started in the Mount
Hood .Saloon, and consumed 'lhat place
and the lodging house- above ft, in
which a majority of those killed and
injured were sleeping. - Twenty-two
horses, property, of' the East. Side
Transfer- Company were destroyed. :v
Wachmnn Young,, who was killed,
met death In a heroic effort to save
the horses. He made several trips into
the transfer 'company's stables and
finally was cut off by the flamesiiXiOok
lng from an upper window, he waved
his hands to the crowd below and cried,
"Good bye, boys; I can't get out this
time," and fell back into the flames.
The loss is 5000. - , v , "
FIH8T SECTION OP TRANS-
ANDINE RAILWAY STARTED.
' Bv the Associated Press.)
ftantingn. Chile, Feb. 12. The first
section of t Trans-Andlne -Railway
wus inaugurated today. The line will
shorten tho timo to Buenos Avres by
lx hours. The president and tho clv.l
military authorities were present at
the inauguration ceremony. , '
Inspecting Cotton Mills. .
fBy the Associated Press.) "'
Boston. Mass.. - Feb.' 12.-e-Tlie
Chinese imperial commission today
inspected a number of cotton mills in
this vicinity. Tonight ihe members
will be given a dinner by the state,
By the Associated Pre.
Savannah, Oa., Feb. 12. On the its-
sumption of the Greene and Gaynor j
trial today. Major Qtllete ngain occu
pied the stand. as a, government wit
ness. .
Major Gillette said that up to Sep
tember 16, 1892, when tho Edward H.
Gaynor contract at Cumberland Sound
was let the submission of three de
signs of mattresses by the bidders at
the same price with the selecting of
the kind left to the discretion of the
engineer officer had never been heard
of. Heretofore the plan had been to
bid on three designs at 6 ne price with
the selection of the kind to be used at
the contractor's option. The change
from contractor's option to engineer's
option was a radical jone, resulting in a
great disadvantage to those contract
ors, who did not know what design the
engineer would choose, and a corre
sponding advantage to those contract
ors Who did know, the service practi
cally cutting off competition.
Following 1 these changes In the
specifications," said Major Gillette al
ter examining several contracts, "the
price jumped from tl.40 per square yard
to $3.80 per square yard. The price ot
log mattresses more than doubled at
Cumberland Sound and each cubic
yard of faslne cost' the government
4.40, whereas about the same character
of work was let at l.iu under Major
atlmore." , - -
After comparing all of the contract
Major Gillette said that a square yard
of log mattresses would always cost
twice- as much as a square yard of
brush mattresses. .
Prior to ,1891, Bald Major Gillette, the
mattresses had always been paid for
by the cubic yard, but Carter Intro
duced the. innovation ot paying-, for
them by the square yard. Three lay
ers of" the three square yard measure
ments were .required .to make up the
old cubic yard measurement,
A table was submitted to Major Gil
lette Showing contract prices,' covering
a. period' of years.'' He; Raid -there had
been a tremendous advance in cost to
the government. On a contract let in
1884 under Colonel Gllmore the price
of the brush mattress per cubic yard
was 44 eeftts. In 1892 for the same
style the 'Atlantic Contracting . Com
pany, (Greene and Gaynor) ..was paid
$3.80. These were savannan nver con
tract and at- Cumborland Sound de
cided advancei wore also noted, run
ning from $1.32 a cubic yard In 1884 to
4-20 In 1892. when Edward -II. 'Gaynon
got tho contract. .
MITCHELL SILENT
ABOUT PAT DOLAN
He Was President of the Naslllle,
Chattnnooxa and Kt. Louis anil
Was One of the Active Workers
for the Tennessee Exposition.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York. Feb. 12. -John Mitchell
president of the United Mine-Work
ers of America, who Is In' this city to
confer with the operators of the an
thracite mine?, said today .that he did
not care to discuss the statement given
out by President Dolan, of the Pitts
burs district yesterday. In this state
ment Dolan said that President Mitch
ell was coming to New Terlt "to ask
the anthracite operators for. n con
tract which he has not the power to
enter into as the national convention
has tied him hand and foot" He also
attacked President Mitchell's conduct
of coal Htrrftes in the past and de
clareil that ever strike in the soft coal
regions under his leadership had ended
in iai:ure.
"What do you think of Patrick Dol
an's. attack on you before the Pitts
burg miners?" Mr. Mitchell was asked
today.
"I do not care to discuss Mr. Dolan,
Wus the reply.
To all other questions Mr. Mitche
made similar answers. . . .
THE BANK WRECKERS
MAY BE TRIED ANEW
a hn H-f -t:t of ite tj 1'tiarte J
llofta mil tr (tell ri tit HI HiriliUer of
ihe ! Hwlr diploma m Ihe i.re-
etii , of full J . (rra-in
In tin laie ilowit w.-ie th. fiimt-ll-
an, I fiti.t uf the ui silun l r from
all i.oi Ihe loiintrs. nml while not
tiimkeit wlih the Jov.maneM of alml
Imi on aainii In Ihe Miai ike ii-ne
an ln.pr-ir and beautiful one.
The nih fit the m-iei.ai-y did not
refer In any way to the nvwnl condi
tion nt the academy, which have ma
intain atTfiteo Ihe traditional gay
ety of the occ.iat in and -nt a ilanqier
over the whole week' cetflnof ile.
The hainlwiiiie mnnl clven each
year hy the rl:m of 1ST! lo Ihe mld
hliman holding the bet record In the
department of practical and theoret
ical o.dnahi-e and gunnery was pre
aented to Midshipman W A. Tlaford
of Seattle. Wiishlngton.
The dance tonixht will clone the ei-
erelae, uml tomorrow the graduate
will leave for their respective homes,
to which they have lieen sent on "welt
ing order" before la-lng olgned to
duty ft! tre service. '
(Tins. Arey Retire.
(SK'cial to The Kvening Times.)
Salisbury, N. C, Feb. 12. The
rouncil Street saloon, owned and
operated for the last four year hy
('has. A rev, was today turned over
lo Messrs. S. V. McCall and W. W.
l'oole, who will conduct in the fu
ture. Mr. Arey retires from business
with a splendid record for sobriety
and orderliness. He has other busi
ness Interests which may keep him in
Salisbury.
WHIPPING POST BILL
(P.v the Associated PffSi.)
Nashville, Tonn., Feb. 12. MaJ.
John W. Thomas, president of tho
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louisr
Railroad, died at his home here to
day nt the age of 76. He was a na
tive of Nashville and hno been for
years one of iis most public spirited
citizens. Heart failure was the di
rect cause ot his death. He leaves
a wife and one son, John W. Thomas,
Jr., who is general manager of the
Nashville. Chattanooga & St. l,ouls
Railroad.
Gen John Y. Thomas, president
of the Nashville, Chattanooga & t,-
Louis Railway, was born at Nash
ville, August 2 1, 1 s:50. He entered
the railway service in November,
1S5S, a agent of the Nashville &
Chattanooga at Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
and from Jrfly 1X68 to July, 1865, he
was in charge of the company's roll
ing stock. Ho then became auditor
and paymaster, subsequently being
annnintpd annerintetident. He was
gc-tjeral superintendent ot t He same
ro;i and the Nashville & Northwest
era When-these properties were
consolidated into the Nashville, Chat
tanooga & St. Louis he was made
general, manager,, being elected pres
ident in 180!).
(ieneral Thomas .was regarded as
one of the ablest railroad men in
the United Slates, having mastered
the business from the bottom. When
the Tennessee exposition i movement
was started at Nashville he was elect-
Ad president and the BuccesS of that
undertaking was duo In no small
measure to his personal efforts and
Untiring energy.
Adams Says President Roose
velt Favors it
A Ripple of Interest in the House-
Police Report !WH Wife Beatings
in Past Two Years in Washington
Does Xot Advocate Di-lnwai-e Law.
(Special to The Evening Times.) .
Ashevllle, N. C, Feb, IS.- It was
learned this moi nlng that In all prob
ability Breese, Diekcrson end Pender
would again bo tried "under the origi
nal bill of Indictment; found at
Greensboro prior to tho Asriovllle
bUi. A
The Toriginal indictment - only
charges conspiracy to wreck the .bank
and not embezzlement.1.. ' - n',
Mt.ia known that Ashevillo people
conneeVd with tho case are in com
municarion with Holton, relative to
the matter. ' .'
WM.ir; BARRETT
DIED TODAY
; mv the' Associated Press.) ,
West Newton, Mass.t Fob. 12. Wil
liam Emerson Barrett, publisher of
the Ronton Advertiser and Record,
died today at his horn here of pneu
monia. He was about fifty years of
age,- He tvas Washington correspond
tif of the Boston Advertiser from 1883
.inni isuu nnd later secured control ot
the paper. He BGrved five terms in the
Massachusetts legislature, and was Its
speaker for a few sessions. From 1WS
to 1899 he represented the ievent h Mas
1 ' 1 1 sacnuseus uisinci m viiihw
. ,,11 .rt,r nr. .
(llv the Associated Press.)
Washington. Feb. 12. A new gave
was dedicated to the memory of Lin
coln bv Speaker Cannon tn lay in opei
ln? the house and the birthdiy of the
martyred niesldeni was remembered in
the prnvcr of the chaplain.
Legislation for the District of Colum
bia was taken up. the bill most Inter
esting on the calendar being the Adams
whipping post bill for wife beaters.
During the consideration of a Dill
to regulate the sale of poisons in the
District of Columbia, the statement
was made that the drug habit, par
ticularly the use of cocaine, had
grown at an alarming rate during
the past live years. Chairman Bab-
cook said he had been called on at
all times of day and night by mothers
and persons interested to plead for a
law which would make it impossible
to' obtain this drug.
The evil had grown, he said, to be
decidedly greater than the liquor
evil. The bill was passed.
Tho house passed a bill to require
banks and trust companies organized
elsewhere, but doing business in the
District of Columbia, to comply with
regulations to be prescribed by the
comptroller of the currency.
Representative Longworth, who
was confined to his residence because
of illness la9t week, was present in,
tho house today and was .warmly
congratulated. 1 ' -'...The
whipping post hill was de
feated by being "laid oV the table"
by a vote of 185 to 57 . -
'Washington, Feb. "-Representative
Nicholas Longworth has so far recov
ered from his recent attack ot tonso-
litls as to be able to take a short drive
today?- W ':. ' HJ ,: 1J
MmmiM Iiwe4 m ull t tawM OtPR,
far Ttftrtv at liaafwr TTaa tgM-
a h I RtArrXaW May Ilarif L4
Iff Uamsaat 0merahlps tbm
iNMtgi tmm a IK fall We Art Nravtai(
i AtoM lltlng of Ilatra Ity
(toreraawwt Will Mot Oaet Rvll
MM la-tt Vk4atera of KHmM
I JIM .
(fly the Aaauriated Praaa.) (
A aahtngton. It Mr. TtllmaJI
fmm the commute on Interstate xm
mercc report ed lo lha BfHaata today a
)olnl reentution dlrartlng the InWratate
coi.i mere commHxnoii . to Inveatlcat
the alleged dlacrtmlna4ton by railroad
fkimpanles In the matter of the Iran-
port at kin of coal and other eommodU
t lea. The refxilutloh directs Inquiry
as to whether the railroad companlaa .
own atock In coal compaalaa or In othar
commodltls carried by them; whether
any nt lha railroad oTncera are Inter
ested In auch commodlllaa; - whether
there Is any monopoliatnff pombln
tion or tniat In whkk the railroads are
Interested; and - whether any ot the
railroad companlea.enntrol th output
of coal or tlx lta price.. Tha f oeamla- .
akin aim la diraetad ta Investigate the
system of car distribution, and also
whether there la dlacHmlnatka agaJnat "
shipper either In the matter ot the dis
tribution of cart or otherwise. The'
oommlaslon Is required to report - to
congresa. .-..' . ; ...
The resolution la the result of the
the complaint against twndltiona In
West Virginia, but that ta.tt la not
speclflcally mentioned in the resolu
tlon. Mr. Tillman took the matter be
fore the committee .today' and It or-
dared a favorable report, so that In
stead of merely Introducing this reso
lution, as' he had intended, he was en- '
abled to present it with the' commit
tee's favorable report. He gave no-
ticc that later in the day he would Ask
the senat to take up the resolution
with a view to action upon It.
Mr. Patterson resigned as a member
of the committee on privileges and
elections and Mr. Frailer was deaig- ,
nated to fill the vacancy. . .
Mr. Lodge then addressed the senate
on the railroad rate , question. He
spoke to Mr. Clay's resolution on that
subject and was listened to by an aud
lence that filled the galleries. : ;. ;
Mr. Lodge announced bis support
of legislation for the control of rail
road rates along the lines ot the
Esch-Townsend bill of last session,
and said that he believed the 'practice ,
of giving rebates to be the most serf-
our of all the evils complained of.
I He expressed the conviction that only f
by legislation along the lines sug
gested could government ownership s
be prevented. He Said that before
entering npon the Investigation of
the question he had disposed of his
railroad interests In order . that his
inquiry might be free from bias. . .
He expressed the, opinion that the
rate question Is second only as an
economical problem to the financial
I question and one of the most Import- '
ant ever before congress. All were .
agreed, he said, as to what we as It
people desire to do, hut the differ
ences arise over the method of pro
ceeding. He was convinced that there
are evils to be remedied in connee- -.
41on with the transportation system.
but the problem consisted in finding
a fair fend just means of dealing with
them. He passed over as an estab- -United
fact the right of congress to
legislate for the regulation of the .
railroads! The grievances against the
roads he divided Jato three classes,',
as follows;. ' .
Rebates, pr discrimination between
persons; . excessive rates- atscrimi- .
nation between localities,
He quoted statistics in an effort
W bhow that freight rates were lower
in the United States than In any other
country and concluded that it . no
other f grievances Were presented
there would be no cause for legisla
tion and that in the matter pf dis
crimination' between localities It is
Very difficult to Interfere in behalf
of one place without doing Injustice
to others but that the' only- way to
accomplish anything is tor the gov
ernment to asssme supervision of
rate making,' He confessed the dlt
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