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VOLUME 27.
RALEIGH, N. C.,
PRESIDENT FAVORS
FULL CITIZENSHIP
FOR PORTO RICANS
PECULIAR POINT
WAS RAISED
A Special message With Ref
erence to the Matter
Sent to Congress
JUSTICE TO ISLAND,
IE SAYS,
IT
Ho Speaks of the Rapid Advance
That the Porto Ricans Are .Making
Along Educational and Other
Lines, of the Increasing Prosper
ity of the Island, of the Wise Ad
ministration of the Present Gov
ernor and Council and Indicates
That the People Arc Well Pre
pured for the Status He Suggests
lie Given Them.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Wc. 11. The follow
ing special measag from the presi
dent concerning the island and the
people of Porto ' Rico was read in
both houses of ' congress today:
To the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives: On Noveinbor 21st I visited the
Island of Porto Rico, landing at
Ponce, crossing by the old Spanish
road by Cayey to San Juan, and re
turning next morning over the now
American fbad from Are"'.''0 to
Pence. The scenery Was wonderfully
beautiful, especially among the-mountains
Of the interior, which constitute
a veritable tropic Switzerland. P
could not embark at San Juan be
cause the harbor has not been
dredged out and cannot receive an
American battleship. I do not think
this fact creditable to us as a nation,
and I earnestly hope that immediate
provision will be made for dredging
San Juan harb&r.
f doubt whether our people as a
whole realize the beauty and fertility
of Porto Rico, and the progress that
has been made under its admirable
government. We have just cause for
pride In the character of our repre
sentatives who have administered the
tropic islands which came under our
flag as a result of the war with Spain ;
and of no one of them is this more
true than of Porto Rico. It would
be impossible to wish a more faithful,
a more efficient and a more disinter
ested public service than that now
being rendered in the Island of Porto
Rico by those in control of the insu
lar government.
Educational Progress.
I stopped at a dozen towns, all told,
and one of the notable features In
every town was the gathering of the
school children. The) work that has
been done in Porto Rico for educa
tion' has been noteworthy. The main
emphasis, as is eminently wise and
pro'jier. ' has been' put upon primary
cducaVlbh': but in addition to this
there is a normal school, an agricul
tural school, three , industrial and
three high' schools. Every effort is
being made to secure not only the
benefits of elementary education to
all the Porto Ricans Of the next gen
eration, but also as far as means will
permit to train them so that the in
dustrial, agricultural and commercial
opportunities of the island can be
utilized to the best possible advan
tage. It was evident at a glance that
the teachers, both Americans and na
tive ' Porto Ricans, were devoted to
their work, took the greatest pride
in it, and were endeavoring to train
their pupils, not only in mind, but in
what counts for far more than mind
In citizenship that Is, in character.
I was very much struck by the ex
cellent character both of the insular
police and of the Porto Rlcan regi
ment. They are both of them bodies
that reflect credit upon the American
administration of the island. The
insular police are under the local
Porto Rican government. The Porto
Rican regiment of troop& must be ap
propriated for by congress. I ear
nestly hope that this bqdy will be
kept permanent. There should cer
tainly be troops in the island, and It
is wise that these troops should be
themselves native Porto Ricans. It
would be from every standpoint a
mistake not to perpetuate this regi
ment. Prosperity oi the Island.
In traversing the island even the
,most cursory survey leaves the be
holder struck with the evident raptu
growth In the culture both of the
sugar cane and tobacco. The fruit
industry is also growing. Last year
was the most prosperous year that
the Island has ever known before or
since the American occupation. The
total of exports and Imports of, the
island was fortyrflvqr; millions o( dol
lars as against eighteen" millions in
1S01. This is the largest in the
island's history. Prior to the Ameri
can occupation the greatest trade for
any ond'year was that of 1896, when
li. readied nearly twenty-three mil
lions of dollars. Last year, there
fore, there was double the trade that
there was in the most prosperous
year under the Spanish regime.
There were 210,273 tons of sugar ex
ported last year, of the value of
$14,186,319; $3,555,163 of tobacco,
and 28,290,32 pounds of coffee of
the value of $3,481,102. Unfortu
nately, what used to be Porto Rico's
prime crop coffee has not shared
this prosperity. It has never recov
ered from the disaster o.f the hurri
cane, and, moreover, the benefit. of
throwing open our market to it has
not compensated for the loss inflicted
by the closing of the markets to it
abroad. I call your attention to the
accompanying memorial on this sub
ject of the board of trade of San
Juan, and I earnestly hope that some
measure will be taken for the benefit
of the excellent and high-grade Porto
Rican coffee.
In addition to delegations from the
board of trade and chamber of com
merce of San Juan, I also received
delegations from the Porto Rican fed
eration of labor and from the coffee
growers' association.
Fuvors Pull Citizenship.
, There is a matter 'to which I wish
to , call your special attention, and
that is the desirability of conferring
full American citizenship upon the
nebnle of Porto Rico. I most ear
nestly hope that this will be done.
I cannot see how any harm can pos
sibly result from it, and it seems to
me a matter of right and justice to
the people of Porto Rico. They are
loyal, they are glad to be under our
flag, they are making rapid progress
along the path of orderly liberty.
Surely we should show our apprecia
tion of them, our pride in what they
have done, and our pleasure in ex
tending recognition for what has thus
been done, by granting them full
American citizenship.
Under the wise administration of
the present governor and council,
marked progress has been made in
the difficult matter of granting to the
people of the island the largest meas
ure of self-government that can with
safety bo given at the present time.
It would have been a very serious
mistake to have gone any faster than
we have already gone in this direc
tion. The Porto Ricans have com
plete and absolute autonomy in all
their municipal governments, the
only power over them possessed by
the Insular government being that of
removing corrupt or incompetent mu
nicipal officials. This power has
never been exercised save on the
clearest proof of corruption or of in
competence such as to jeopardize
the interests of the people of the
island; and under such circumstances
it has been fearlessly used to the
immense benefit of the people. It is
not a power with which It would be
safe, for the sake of the island itself,
to dispense at present. The lower
house is absolutely elective, while
the upper house is appointive. This
scheme Is working well; no injustice
of any kind results from it, and great
benefit to the island, and it should
certainly not be changed at this time.
The machinery of the elections is ad
ministered entirely by the Porto
Rlcan people themselves, the gover
nor and council keeping only such
supervision as is necessary in order
to insure, an orderly election. Any
protest, as to electoral frauds is set
tled in the courts. Here again it
would not be safe to make any change
In the present system. The elections
this year were absolutely orderly, un
accompanied by any disturbance; and
no protest has been made against the
management of the elections, al
though three contests are threatened
where the majorities were very small
and error was claimed; the contests,
of course, to be settled .'n the courts.
In short, the governor and council
are co-operating with all of the most
enlightened and most patriotic of the
people of Porto Rico In educating the
citizens of the Island in the princi
ples of orderly liberty. They are pro
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Doubtful as to Which Court
Had Jurisdiction
POSTAL CLERK CASE
Charge Was Embezzling' Funds, but
Clerk Ran on a Train Which
Passed Through a Part of Roth
North Carolina and Virginia
Case Was Disposed of This Morn
ing. The docket in the federal court 13
dwindling but there are still a number
of cases on the docket. A case of more
than passing interest was disposed of
this morning ami there were certain
facts connected with it which made it
somewhat out of the ordinary. It was
where a postal clerk by the name of F.
S. Rhodes, who was on a run between
Elizabeteh City and Norfolk was
charged with taking money from the
pouches. It was not a new case but had
been on the docket for several years.
The pnstolflee inspectors worked the
ease up. and owing to the train the
man ran on having passed through a
part of both North Carolina and also
Virginia, the point came up us to which
Court had jurisdiction. The United
States court for eastern Virginia would
not take action in the matter owing to
the uncertainty, and then It was that
the man was Indicted In this state. Th,i
specific charge was embezzling funds.
This morning in the federal court th--atttorney
for F. S. Rhodes entered a
plea of nolle contendere for his client,
which pie, was accepted, and it being
stated that Rhodes had made full res
titution for the funds he was charged
with taking, the case was dismissed
upon payment of 'a $100 fine. The line
was paid today. Rhodes had been out
under bond.
Johnnie Ponton, thirteen-year-old
negro boy. was tried this morning upon
the charge of forging the name of a
party on a money order and collecting
the same. The money order w-as sent
from Huntington, 'West Virginia, to a
party in Weldon and there it was that
the boy was charged with having got
the money on it. The jury returned a
verdict of not guilty.
The trial of Kent Hopkins of Nash
county, charged with illicit distilling was
begun but it was found tha'. the case
was out of date, so his honor instruct
ed the jury to return a verdict of not
guilty.
A very amusing ease was being tried
when court adjourned, or at least one of
the witnesses furnished considerable
amusement to all in the court room. A
negro from Greenville known as
"Tony" was being tried for rotailing
and one of his principal witnesses was
a runner for him, an old negro who
tried to use very high-sounding words
and bungled them up awfully. When
asked by the district attorney If the
people wanted more of the cider he got
for them after they tasted it, he re
plied: "Yes, sir, they kept me busy,
and as fast as I could get some for one
man another wanted some. They kept
me on the go, they did." But District
Attorney Skinner could never get him
to say It was anything other than
elder.
The case had not been concluded
when court adjourned.
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TUEbDA
49
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Y, DECEMBER 11, 1906.
PRICE 6c.
"'r
SHAME
IT IS
CRIES BURROWS
The Presence of Smoot in
the Senate
EXPEL THIS MEMBER
The linpenr?iihMit of Senator Smoot
is Based Upon His Connection
With the Mormon Hierarchy.
Calling Up; His Resolution, Bur
rows Speaks for It in Words That
Burn.
SWALLOWED A REPTILE
Doctqrs Say Her Body is
Alive With Chameleons
She Dies and Two of the Creatures
Crawl From Her Mouth The
Woman Swallowed the Reptile as
an Advertisement.
(By the Associated Press.)
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 11. As the re
sult of swallowing a live chamelipn
as an advertisement, Louise Douglas,
formerly a well-known comic opera
actress, died here yesterday. An hour
before her death two live chameleons
crawled from the woman's mouth,
and physicians say her body is alive
with the little reptiles.
Two years ago Louise Douglas,
whose real name was Mrs. Harry F.
Lee, swallowed a chameleon and re
ceived much advertising therefrom.
But soon afterward she began failing
and left the stage. She has been In a
hospital in Omaha for more than a
year.
The nurse at the hospital in which
the woman died is authority for the
story that two of the reptiles crawled
from the dying woman's mouth.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Dee. 11. At the con
clusion of morning business in the
senate today, Senator Burrows, chair
man of the senate Committee on priv
ileges and elections, called up the
resolution from that committee de
claring that Hon. Reed Smoot is not
entitled to a seat as senator of the
United States from the state of Utah,
and addressed the senate on that sub
ject. Mr. Burrows' Impeachment was
based entirely upon the connection
of Mr. Smoot. with the governing
body of the church, consisting of the
president and the twelve apostles.
He referred to this body as a hier
archy," and said:
"The power exercised by this body
is far-reaching and commanding,
holding in its grasp practically the
entire membership of the organiza
tion, and through it the domination
of the state by arrogating to itself
and inculcating the belief in its fol
lowers that they are endowed with
supernatural powers as prophets,
saers, and revelators, and specially
commissioned by the Almighty to
dominate the Jiff airs of this world,
and that resisflfcpee tp the will of this
theocracy is rebellion, against God.
The testimony Mbyiustalns the alle
gation that tht vTOrSioli priesthood is
vested with supreme authority in all
things, temporal and spiritual."
He cited many instances of politi
cal Interference, not only in Utah,
but adjoining states, and quoted the
church manifesto requiring members
to obtain the consent of the hier
archy before becoming candidates fou
office. Smoot had been compelled to
obtain this permission.
The Church in Politics.
He continued; "No more cunningly
devised scheme could possibly be
concocted to pul the church In poli
tics and make it potential therein
than thh-:. There has been no ease
in which a candidate for a high office
in Utah lias obtained the consent of
the church to run and has been de
feated." Continuing, Mr. Burrows said:
"If the public press is to be cred
ited, this number has been augment
ed during the last year to forty-three,
and while we are discussing the right
of the representative of the hierarchy
to a seat In this body we can Imagine
Its saintly head sitting in the home
of his fifth plural wife, rocking the
cradle of the largest illegitimate off
spring of his debauchery and crime,
and, with sanctimonious air, singing
the familiar hymn of his church:
" 'Now the gentile reign is o'er, dark
ness covers earth no more;
Gontle tyrants sink to hell, now's the
day of Israel.' "
Senator Burrows concluded:
"It is submitted that the senator,
by becoming a member of and identi
fyingjiimself with such organization
and participating in its functions, has
disqualified himself for membership
in this body. An organization that
fosters and encourages crime, tram
ples upon all law, human and divine;
practices polygamy and polygamous
cohabitation; desecrates the home,
degrades womanhooJ; debauches
public morals, strikes at the Chris
tian civilization of this age, under
mines and shakes the foundation of
human society and government, de
stroys the sanctity of the marriage
relation, defies the authority o.the
state and national government, reg
isters an oath of hostility to the
American nation, and brings the
name and fame of the gbod people of
Utah into disrepute and shame and
humiliation to the American people
I submit that such an organization is
not entitled to have Its representative
in the senate of the United States,
and I therefore ask ithe adoption of
this resolution."
COMMITTEE ON
THE WEAKENING BOND
LEGISLATION
Educators to Meet lore Fri
day od Saturday
CALL ISSUED TODAY
BETWEEN CHURCH AND
STATE PARTS AT LAST
chise requires, the Raleigh and Dur
ham Company to build as much
trackage in the city as the Raleigh
Electric Company has in operation,
and to have at least seven miles of
track in the city and township together.
MORE EVIDENCE IN 1
BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR.
Object is to Confer in Regard to Eud
rational Legislation and to Make
Certain Recommendations to the
Legislature The Joint Commit
tee Is composed of Members From
the Superintendents und Teachers
Associations.
There is to be a joint meeting of
the legislative committee from the
County Superintendents' Association
and from the Teachers' Associati-jn,
the same to meet here on Friday
night, December 1 4th, and also on
the following morning. Superin
tendent of Public Instruction J. Y.
Joyner called the meeting of the for
mer committee and Prof. J. I. Foust
that of the Teachers' Association.
Those composing the committee
from the County Superintendents'
Association are Prof. R. R. White,
of Franklin county; Prof. W. H.
Ragsdale, of Pitt county; Prof. .1.
M. Way. Randolph county; Prof. J.
C. Kittrell, Vance county, and Prof.
W. S. Long, Alamance ec u ty; and
from the Teachers' Association,
Chairman J. I. Foust, Greensboro;
Secretary R. D. W. Connor, of this
city; Prof. N. M. Walker, Chapel
Hill;Prof. J. Allen Holt, Oak Ridge;
Prof. C. W. Massey, Durham county;
Prof. J. B. Caiiyle, Wake Forest;
Prof. E. C. Brooks, Goldsboro.
The object of the meeting is to
decide on what recommendations are
to be made to the approaching legis-xoRTHKRX CENTRAL
latttre relative to educatftmal legis
lation. It is very probable that the
majority of the members of the com
mittees will be present for the mat
ter to be considered is one of great
importance to every school in North
Carolina. The call for the meeting
was issued this morning and the
members notified by wire. Tre
mendous advancement has been
made in North Carolina during the
past few years along educational
lines and those who are looking
after this very important branch of
the state government are determined
tnat the cause shall not suffer at
their hands but continue to go forward.
RALEIGH & DURHAM CO.
Aldermen Correct Date of
Franchise Granted
Raleigh & Durham Passenger &
Power Co. Now Has Until March
:t Next to Commence Work of
Building Tracks, Which Must Be
at Least 7 Miles in City and Township.
Debate on Legislative Bill.
Washington, Dec. 11. The house
soon after convening today went
into committee of the whole for the
further consideration of the legisla
tive, executive and judicial appro
priation bills, Representative Smy
ser of Ohio addressing the house on
the merits of the bill.
At a special called meeting of the
board of aldermen today at noon the
date pf the franchise granted to the
Raleigh and Durham Passenger and
Power Company was corrected from
December 21, 1904, to March 3,
1905, the latter being the final date
of its amendment and acceptance
by the company.
This action was taken in accord
ance with the (report of the special
committee appointed at the regular
meeting of the board last Friday
night, when Mr. Thomas Staples
Fuller requested that the record in
this matter be made straight, and
an ordinance covering the change
was offered.
Today Alderman Upchurch, for
the special committee, reported, rec
ommending that the ordinance be
passed, thereby extending the time
for the beginning of work on the
Raleigh and Durham Jine from two
years from December 21, 1904, to
two years from March 3, 1905. This
will give the company until March 3
next to commence work.
City Attorney Snow explained a
further amendment, correcting the
date in the ordinance from December
2 to December 21, this having been
an error in the original ordinance.
The rules were suspended and the
ordinance was passed without dis
cussion. It will be recalled that the fran-
(Bv the Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 11. Gilchrist
Stewart, representing the constitu
tional league, has filed with the
president a mass of additional evi
dence regarding the Brownsville,
Tex., affair which resulted in the
discharge without honor of a battal
ion of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, col
ored. The president has before him
the application for re-enlistment of
one of the discharged colored sol
diers, which It is expected will serve
as a basis for action on his part and
indicate what must be done by dis
charged soldiers to secure re-enlis'.-ment.
WHITE IS PRESIDENT
OF THE R. F. AND D. ROAD.
Public Catholic Worship ii
France Tomorrow Will Be
come Illegal
EXCEPT UNDER THOSE
CONDITIONS NAMED
The Union of Ten Centuries Broken.
The Catholics Refuse to Make the
Required Declaration Under the
Public Meeting Law of 1881 Wo
men Came from the Churches To
day With .Streaming Eyes Touch
ing Scenes in the Houses of Wor
ship iinth the Government Offi
cials and the Higher Ecclesiastics
Resisting Advice of the Intemperate
(By the Associated Press.)
Paris, Dec. 11. This is an historic
for France. The struggle which
(By the Associated Press.)
Richmond. Va Dec. 11. The stock- j
holders c f the Richmond, Fredericks- i
ourg ami jroiomac ita uroan roaay at i ay
ciureu a script aiviaenu oi percent. .
A resolution bv Thomas Nelson Paee i began in 1880 with the banishment
that the road should be operated in the
interest of Virginia and the people of
the state rather than of that of any
other road was adopted unanimously.
W. H. White of Norfolk was elected
president and George W. Stevens, Judge
J. L. Leake, Henry Walters and W. W.
Flnley. directors. The corporation
commission elects the state director.
DECLARES DIVIDEND".
(By the Associated Press.)
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 11. The
directors of the Northern Central
Railway today declared the usual
semi-annual dividend of 4 per -cent
and also a stock dividend of 12
per cent. The stock dividend was
declared out of the surplus profits
of the company and is payable Janu
ary 155, 1907, to stockholders of
record December 31. The stock divi
dend of 12 per cent is equal to
$6.25 per share on the par value of
the stock. At the present market
value of the stock the dividend is
equivalent to 25 per cent.
REFUSES TO CONFIRM
The Senate Wants Informa
tion First
Tin- Nominations of Cortclyou und
Garfield Made Without Any In
formation as to When Shaw and
Hitchcock Will Retire.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington. Dec. 11. Before the sen
ate confirms the nomination of George
B. Cortclyou to be secretary of the
treasury and James R. Garfield to be
secretary of the interior, the senate
committee on finance will insist upon
learning from President Roosevelt when
Secretaries Shaw and Hitchcock Intend
to retire. The committee today declin
ed to make favorable reports on these
nominations until word has been receiv
ed from the president.
Failure to ael on the nominatlns does
not indicate hostility to Messrs. Cortel
vou and Garfield. The nominations
sent to the senate by the president do
not state when the officials named are
to take office or when the posts to
which they are appointed will be va
cated. The decision to call on the pres
ident for an explanation was the result
of discussion concerning the absence of
precedent tor confirming appointments
without idea as to when the;, are to take
effect. The opinion was held by all
members of the Committee present that
dangerous precedent would be estab
lished If these nominations were con
firmed without a definite understanding
as to when the men are to assume office
and when they are to vacate the places
they now hold In the; government ser
vice. Political questions, it is declared, did
not enter into the discussion in any
manner.
It Is expected that the request, to.r,in-
of the Jesuits ended today with the
legal rupture of the bond which for
practically a thousand uinterruptoi
years had united church and state.
By refusing to make the required
declaration under the public meeting
law of 1881, public Catholic worship,
except by schismatic organizations,
tomorrow becomes illegal.
.... The scenes in soma of tha churches
were extremely touching. Not In
years had there been such an attend
ance at mass. The number of women
was especially large, and was note
worthy as indicating the religious In
difference of the male population.
Although seven-eighths of tin inhab
itants of the city are nominally Cath
olics, in no parts of the city were the
churches crowded. Even at Notre
Dame cathedral, where a solemn high
mass was celebrated, the edifice was
only half filled. The officiating clergy
read the regular offices for the week,
as usual, without referring to their
illegal status tomorrow. Neverthe
less, the depression of the Catholics
was manifest. Many women emerged
from the cathedral with their eyes
streaming with tears, and lingered on
the pavement to discuss what to do
when the clergy are turned out of
their churches.
Resisting the Intemperate.
But on the eve of the struggle it is
becoming more apparent that both
the government officials and higher
ecclesiastics are resisting the advice
of the intemperate. Minister of Pub
lic Worship Briand announces that
the government "cannot be driven
into the trap of closing the churches,"
and Cardinal Richard, archbishop of
Paris, has sy-ongiy censured the pla
carding of appeals to the clericals to
make violent resistance to the officers
of the law. "No violence," he says,
"but passive resistance to the unjust
law, after exhausting all protests at
every step."
This is the disposition so far as
the higher ecclesiastics are con
cerned; but their followers evidently
have no intention to submit, and are
preparing to assume the role of mar
tyrs, abandon the churches and or
ganize private worship.
Cardinal Richard and many of the
i bishops already have begun the re
moval of their private effects ti.-m
the Episcopal mansions, and the
clergy are preparing to leave , their
rectories and move into hired lodg
ings. It is announced that the parish
priests have received very many
offers of places in which to hold re
ligious services, but there is not the
slightest indication that they intend
I in Ink a n li van t a era nf thp snip remain
ing chance to retain their churches,
namely, by making the declarations
called for by the law.
Sterner Measures Expected.
The government continues to pro
sent a calm front, although the min
isters realize that additional legisla
tive power will be neceasary if serious
trouble occurB. Receivers have been
appointed everywhere to assume
charge ;of the, sequestered property,
and three policemen will be stationed
tomorrow at the doors of each Of the
11 churches to report violations of the
law; but, as such violations can only
formation will be made by Chairman be tried In the police court, and as
Aldrloh through a call In person at the the penalties are only fifteen francs
white house. e (Continued on Page 2.)