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fSAV &sfe t F" SECOND. - ! Weather. Washington, March 23 Forecast for North Carolina fpr tonight and Wednesday: Fair tonight and Wed nesday -with rising temperature. - ESTABLISHED 1871. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1909. PRICE CEHT3 N i. V r it f i .J '., 1 CITIZENS The People Looked the Issue Squarely In the Face Without Flinching J. W. BAILEY'S SPEECH A MASTERFUL EFFORT Onljr Representatives of the City's Brat Peofle Nominated to Conduct the Affairs ol the City "We Want' a : Change Because We Want a Change, And it For No Other Rea son That Would be Sufficient, 'A Long Lease of Power (Breeds Cor ruption," Says Mr. Bailey Great Enthusiasm. ( Ticket nominated at mass-meeting: Mayor B. L. Harris. Police Justice Alex Stronach. Police Commissioner James A. Briggs. City Clerk and City Tax Collector Left open. " For Aldermen: First Division, First Ward Geo. L. Womble. Second Division, First Ward D. K. Wright. First Division, Second Ward J. C. Ellington. Second Division, Second Ward Ed. Peebles. First Division, Third Ward W. A. Cooper. ' . Second Division, Third Ward Loft for executive committee to nom inate. First Division, Fourth Ward Jos. O. Brown. I Second Division, Fourth Ward Left for executive committee to nom inate. ." .- ";-v . Mr. W. H. Pace was elected cam paign manager. Last bight the Chinese wall of tra dition, the massive bulwark that has stood for generations between the people and a free exercise of their in herent rights, was swept away and the "citizenship of Raleigh came to gether in a spirit of determination and zeal for the welfare of the city never before equalled In this good town. For many years Ralelgh'B best citi zens, the strong men and true, who at heart loved their city, have been quiescent. They have sat with fold ed arms, while little men, men of lit tle minds and little purposes, have seized upon their fair city, usurped her high offices, abused their power and made the great city of Raleigh a laughing-stock, an object of jest and Idle scorn, a target for the cheap wit of paragraphers. Well might the people of Raleigh exclaim with Mark Anthony, stand ing over the prostrate form of their city as Anthony stood over the dead body of his friend: "Oh, what a fall was there, my country-men! There you and I and all of us fell down. - ' And bloody treason flourished over us." . ' The people of Raleigh last night looked the issue sqoarely in the face without flinching or faltering and realized that the present low status of tholr city's affairs, the conditions at home and her standing abroad is due to their own negligence. Good men have been too busy to work for tho city's interests. Only the lncom potent, the cheap politician, the ward heeler, with here and there a good man, have aspired to position of trust in the city and no one could expect a model municipality with such areni tecU building It. Last night the county court house was packed from the judge's seat to the door with Ral eigh's best citizens, "all with one ac cord in one place." There was not a man in the crowd, with the exception of probably two or three of the office holders and (their henchmen, who ' did not have in his heart a realization of the city's needs and a burning Ae sire to minister to those needs. Mr.. Alt A. Thompson, sterling bus. iness man and a man of great ability and high patriotism, was made per manent chairman of the great mass meeting, -sHe presided with dignity and efficiency.. Mr, J. W. Bailey was called upon to state the object of the meeting He took 'the stand and made one of the strongest speeches ever, heard in this olty. It was brilliant, earnest, forceful; ' Hi voice was not in good shape put-he'poured all the earnest ness of his soul into bis words ana carried his great audience with him, He divided the city of Raleigh up Into . two classes the "stand-pat ters," those who see nothing wrong HARRIS DEC INES L W. H. Pace, chairman of the cam paign committee appointed by the democratic mass-mooting eld In the court house on Monday night to unite upon a ticket which they will press for nomination at the democratic pri maries, was een this afternoon ana asked about the situation, and said: "I have been greatly gratified and pleased at the assurances which have come from many sources of the de termination to aid in the fight for a change in our city administration. These assurances following the mass- meeting make us confident of success in the campaign. The ticket nomi nated has met with great approval, and the various wards are actively at work. i ; "Upon mature reflection this morn ing Mr. E. L. Harris, who was unani mously nominated by the mass-meeting for mayor, found that he could not accept the nomination, and to fill the vacancy thus created, I have call ed a meeting of the executive com mittee of each ward r and the various candidates, to meet tonight at eight o'clock, "when a candidate for mayor will be selected, and the plans of the campaign will be matured." with the city as it is, and those who stand for progress. He compared city politics to a baseball game, in which the office-holders stay at the bat for two years and - the people come to the hat only once in two years, and this year the "profession als" on the city administration team have cut the people's inning short by a "snap primary." He predicted that the people would finish the profes sional pitchers, despite their great advantage, and when the game is error -March Sltfl,- twoJTtr fcvuie TUiri would stand to the credit of the toeo- ple on the Bcore board. He paid a beautiful tribute to Raleigh. He said: We are living in no inean city. I stood In the senate chamber of North Carolina and I looked down upon that body of men making a jest of our fair city, and It hurt my pocketbook a lit tle, but it hurt my pride more. I went out on the east portico of the capital and looked down Newborn avenue and saw the beautiful homes nestling among the elms and oaks and I went out on the western por tico and saw the beauties of Hillfeboro street and I thought of the great ed ucational institutions that gird our city like ramparts that made for the glory and Bplendor of ancient cities, and I said in my heart, "In all the length and breadth of this fair state there is none that can compare with thee, my native city!" Mr. Bailey condemned in the se verest terms the action of the city ad ministration in taking snap judgment on the people, attempting to etlfle their voice by a "snap primary." "A private political snap," said Mr. Bailey, "is a stench in the nostrils oi honest men and the people of Raleigh will not stand for it. They warn no selfappolnted guardians. When the people of Raleigh asked for the right to vote on changing the city charter these self-appointed guardians used the funds of the tax-payers to thwart the will of the tax-payers. They were afraid to trust the people, and I say unto you that a city administration that won't trust the penpe ought not to bo trusted by the iieople!" Mr. Bailey then went on to give the reasons for deserving a change in the administration. "FlrBt." he said, we want a change because we want a change, and if we had po other reason that would be sufficient, 'a long lease of power breedscorrruption," was Cleve land's slogan In his first campaign. If a long lease of power has not bred corruption in this case, it has certain ly bred arrogance. - Second, we need business men at the helm. The eight aldermen of the city pay less than' flOO property ta. They are rank failures as business men and the business interests of the city has been without represen? tatlon on the board long enough. "Third, we want a lower tax rate, A tax rate of $2.55, which we will soon be railed upon to face, will keep capital away from the city. . The'al darmen raised our, taxes over night, anil say they had to do It. They have done their best, they say, and I'm hot questioning the truth of their state ment. All I've got to say in the face of their abject surrender is this: 'For God's sake, get out and give business men a chance!' ' "Fourth, we need law, enforcement, We read of Durham's - jail full of THE NOM EVATfON ' (Continued on Page Five.) ' WILLIE WH1TLA RETURNED HOME (ByLeased Wire to The Times.) Sharon, Pa., March 23. Thousands Welcomed Willie Whitla when he re-, turned here with his 1 father today. People drove in from all directions to see the boy who was surrendered by his abductors upon payment of $10,000. It Is reported here that Joseph Wess, arrested last night In Youngstown, has been released, but Is still under sur veillance and the boy Is yet to be given a chance to look at him. Detective Ward'rf men are working in Cleveland today In their hunt for the kidnappers. When the" ' boy was placed on a street ear in Cleveland he had on a new pair of smoked specta cles. The optical store were all being Islted with a view of possible identi- fleatlon of the person who purchased them. There will be a conference at the Whitla homo early this afternoon while strong clews are being run out In Akron, Ohio, and in Cincinnati and Indianapolis. F. H. Buhl, the boy's rich uncle, de clared today that he would spend $100. 000 to run down the kidnappers. He wll preside at the conference in Whit la's home. LIQUOR TRADE n (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Richmond, March 23. The liquor trade has received another blow in the supreme court of appeals. In July of last year John G. . Blnford, represent ing a distillery company of Baltimore, came to Richmond and began to sell liquors, refusing to take out a license, He notified the police department of his intention, in order that a test case might be made and was arrested im mediately after he opened up for bus- ness. .. The violation, was made for the spe cific purpose of testing the validity of that portion of the Byrd law which re quires a license tax of $500 on all per sons who sell liquor. by sample. ""Th riertultn ia tr, th nfTesct that the. section Complained of is valid and Tf fun force and effect. Blnford was fined 100. ." He took an appeal to tire Hustings court, where tho verdict of the police court was upheld. Te case was then taken to the supreme court of appeals for a writ of error, but that court re fused to gran the writ or to afford any relief-whatever In the matter. It has not yet been decided whether or not the case will be taken to the federal courts. . Frederick LaiiR Hanged. (By Leased Wire to the Times) New York. March 23 Frederick Lanz was hanged in the county jail vard at New Brunswick, N. J., today fnr tho murder of his niece, Katie Gordon, at Bonhampton, on April 20, 1906. Lang is the last man who will be executed by hanging In New Jcr sey, the electric chair having been es tablished In that state, MR. BOWERS APPOINTED Solicitor General of the United States Nomination Will Be Sent to the Sen ate Thursday Naming of Bowers a Deuth Blow to the Hopes of Wade Kllis. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, March 23 Lloyd Wheaton Bowers, of Chicago,, gen eral counsel of the Chicago & North western Railroad, has been selected as solicitor-general of the United States. The nomination will be sent to the senate Thursday. Mr. Bow ers will succeed Henry Hoyt, who has held this important post for a num ber of .years, prior to which he was an assistant attorney-general. The naming of Bowers is a blow to the hopes of Wade EHIb, formerly at torney-general of Ohio. .While solicitor-general and previ ously assistant attorney-general Mr, Hoyt was prominent in many cases which determined the legal construe Hon of important constitutional points. Since becoming solicitor-general he has been the legal adviser for the ,' United States government in the Philippines tariff and various other cases affecting the question of govern ment in its insular possession, the oleomargarine, the coal land law, and the commodities clause cases,, " As an assistant attorney-general Mr. Hoyt had to do with the prize cases resulting from thd Spanish American war, customs and lmmlgra tion cases. GET KNOCK A QUORUM NOT PRESENT WHEN SPEAKING BEGAN Mr. Payne Took Up the Thread of His Argument Where He' Left Off Yesterday REPLIES TO QUESTIONS IjC-ss Than a Quorum in the I louse When Mr. I 'ay no liognii Speaking, Rut as No One Maie the Point of Order He Proceeded Was Asked if the Revision of the Tariff Was Not Upward He Denied This and Insisted That Revision as Made by the New Bill Was Downward. Statement Was Loudly Applauded by Both Democrats and Republi cans. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, March 23 There was less than a quorum present in the house when Chairman Payne re sumed his speech, on the tariff bill this morning, but as no one made the point of order Mr. Payne took up the .bread of argument where he left off esterday. He said he would have printed In he Congressional Record the prices of steel rails In foreign countries. He was asked if the revision of the tariff was not upward. He denied this, but said the revision ; was downward, which statement was loudly applaud ed by the republicans and a good many democrats. , Representative Garner asked when the gentleman from New York would say something about free hides. "If the gentleman from Texas will hold his peace I'll tell him all about hides," Mri' Payne ad ded.. "It was a local' question with yie gentleman f rohtCexair,? he added ft.. 1 eAftVH. ED IlilUUU. 1 constituents are Biteroaled W." Ireet leather and free shoes. In' discussing the house schedule, Mr. Payne said a duty was put on hides as a war revenue measure and that In 1871 the duty was taken off. An effort has been made to put a duty on hides when the McKinley bill was under consideration, but the house voted it down. When the Dingley bill was considered an amendment was offered to put a tax on hides, but the house refused to do it. When the bill reached the senate, however, a duty was placed on hides. "It was senatorial courtesy," Mr. Payne said. "For six weeks,' he added, "the Dingley bill was In con ference, the house conferees holding out for free hides, but finally yielded in order to allow the bill to be passed. For 12 years there has born a. duty of 15 per cent, on hides. The effect of -this duty had been to keep out the hides from south America, which go to Germany, where they are tanned and then exported to this country. Something should be done to revive the tanning industry in this country, and the first step was to remove the duty on hides." TO TEST WILL. Writ of Entry Brought in the In lied States Circuit Court. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Boston, March 23 A writ of en try was brought in the United Slates circuit court yesterday by Benjamin W. Hubbard, of Forest, a., ncphow of the late Stephen Salisbury, of Worcester, who left the bulk of his $5,000,000 estate to the Worcester Art Museum against the Institution, seeking to get all the property In ex cess of $150,000, the amount which it is alleged the museum Is limited to hold. ' In quo warranto proceedings, a similar question was raised in the state court In the same case and the decision was adverse to the petitioner. BILL TO SUPPRESS GAMBLING. Representative Gordon Introduces Bill For Suppression of Race-horse Gambling. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, March 23 Represen tative Gordon introduced a bill for the suppression of gambling on horse races by means of national and in terstate commerce1 and the postal service, subject to the jurisdiction and the laws of the United States. Mr. Gordon says that as betting on horsp-races 'Is gambling and most of the business Is inducted through the mail and the telegraph It could be stopped under the Interstate com inerce clause of the constitution. ROOSEVELT SAILS FOR THE AFRICAN WILDS Three Hundred Kens of Oyster Bay See Their Fellow Townsman Off GREAT FLEET OF TUGS (Jreat Crowd Gathered on the Pier of the Hamburg American Line Eurly Today to See Former President Theodore Roosevelt Sail for Africa. 300 Oyster Bay Citizens and Many Hobokenites and Personal Friends See the Distinguished American Off A Fleet of Tugboats Escorted the President Down the Bay One Tug, Goes Out to Son. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, March 23 A great crowd gathered on the pier of the Hamburg-American ilne early today to see former President Theodore Roosevelt sail for Africa. Among the crowd were 300 citizens from Oyster Bay, Senator Elihu Root, ex-Secretary Bacon, the French ambassador, J. J. Jesserand, Collector of the Port William Loeb, Surveyor Clarkbon, Captain Archibald Butt, military alse to President Taft, and many promi nent republicans. , j A fleet of tug boats escorted the steamship Hamburg down the bay, and the seagoing tug Timmons, with seventy of the former president's friends, goes a distance out to sea with the Hamburg. Mr. Roosevelt made no speech be fore his departure but stood on the bridge with the captain and respond ed to the salutes of his friends. a . . . ... - . .. , - "r ..K' walk up to anu pul tli teifnier chlet executive on the back and shdut loHtf enough for many of those In the vi cinity to hear him: You'll be the next president of the United States, Colonel. That's what you will be." Colonel Roosevelt smiled, and wav ing his hand, murmured softly, Hush." General James Clarkson, surveyor of the port, Invited about severity of Colonel Roosevelt's friends to go down the bay on the tug John C. Tim mons to escort the Hamburg to sea. The Timmons takes the party to the Hoboken pier and afterwards es corts the steamer down the bay. General Leonard Wood, com mander of the department of the east, assigned a cornetist from the Governors Island band to play "Gar ry Owen" and "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight," which are Col onel Roosevelt's favorites, and other selections. -.. The sond-off was us spectacular as even the former president could have wished. There were cheering crowds at Oyster Bay, cheeriug crowds at the ferry boats, enthusiastic admirers at tho pier and noisy wellwishers on tugs. Every where ho went ho was the center of attraction The Hamburg's escort attracted great attention. The tug Timmons led the procession with seventy friends of the ex-president.-'- Along side puffed revenue cutters, motor boats and other crafts, some of which went all the way to Sandy Hook Colonel Roosevelt was out of bed at 5 o'clock this morning and so were were Kermit and Quentin. The rest of the household at Oyster Bay was out of bed shortly afterward. Col onel Roosevelt did not let his coming trip Interfere with his usual routine and went for a two mile walk before breakfast. The breakfast was in the nature of a family farewell to the head. It was not altogether a happy meal, for Mrs, Roosevelt had suspiciously red eyes and Miss Ethel was hot altogether herself. The ex-president, however was the life of the' meal and tried to keep out all appearance of sadness. The farewell between Colonel Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt was an affecting one. Mrs. Roosevelt was In tears and gazed after the carriage that held him and Kermit and Quen tin as their companion to the station. In the excitement the colonel forgot his railroad tickets and had to pay his fare over again on the train. On the train the ex-president chat ted briefly with the newspaper cor respondents. He was In the jollies of mood and declared thnt he look en forward to fifteen months of unadul terated delight. . "This is a great day," he said, "ana I take it as a good omen (or the trip. And the trip will certainly he a gooa one. I feel it. I know it." The ex-president asked the news paper men if any one of them was go ing to Africa with him. He was in formed that two or three of the men would go all the way to Mombasa, and further,' if possible. Colonel Roosevelt shook his head and smiled, apparently with great glee. "It won't do you any good," he said, "Vc will lose the newspaper men this time. It won't do a bit of good when we reach the firing line.' Mr. Rouscvelt, in his old uniform of a colonel of Hough Riders and ac- oiupanied by his son Kermit, also in khaki was greeted by cheering rowds as lie reached New York. A heer met him as he and Kermit left the train arriving at 7:17 a. in. and amid a pnisnir of shouts ami hand wavings, he went to I ho -ferry boat.. Here tho cheers were more" vocifer ous' -than before. The ex-pri'sidc-nt. and Kermit had made way for them in the ferry boat but the room was jammed full of people who crowded about the uniformed hunters. Again there was a vociferous reception when the .ex-president and his son reached Manhattan. Douglass Robinson Colonel Roose velt's brother-in-law, had. his. auto mobile, an open touring car, waiting at the Thirty-fourth street terminal. Colonel Roosevelt and Kermit jump ed In amid renewed cheering and drove across town followed by a stream of other automobiles and tax icabs two blocks long. The crowds on the streets recogniz ed "Teddy" as they called him In their shouts of good luck, and a steady succession of cheers followed him as all drove to the Twenty-third street station tunnel. Crowds had gathered about the en trance to the station and in the tun nel. William G. McAdoo, head of Hie Hudson tunnel companies, Pliny Fiske, the banker and financial agent of the tunnel companies, and a num ber of Its other officials were waiting. The McAdoo tunnel officials had provided a special train of two cars. Colonel Roosevelt, Kermit, two tun nel officials, Douglass Robinson and a few plain clothes men boarded the train, which pulled out slowly in charge of Motorman George Schohart. Again the crowd cheered itself hoarse. It was President Roosevelt who from the white house, by pressing a but ton Started the first train through the tuntfoi oa atarJLT, . .i a q gu, . TJhe nearer: Colonel .Roosevelt got tft idie steamship the joUier, he - came. He stopped and shook hands with people he did not know here, there and everywhere This hand shaking marked his progress to the terminal. The colonel went out or his way to shake hands with people. The colonel was plainly forgetting that he was not going to make a speech and the newspaper men were waiting eagerly for the spread Into a general discourse; when some one in terrupted and said: "I understand, colonel, that you are going to be our next president?'- He grinned his broadest, but stopp ed his speech. "Good bye, gentlemen, there's nothing more to be said." CH ANGES IN TARIFF BILL Will be But Few Made in Bill Proposed Chairman Payne, of the W.V and .Means Commit t-e, is Quoted as Saying But Few Changes Will Be Made in the Bill. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, March 23 Chairman Payne, of the ways' and means com mittee, is quoted as saying that but few changes will be made by the house In the pending tariff bill. The sentiment in favor of the bill as a whole is strong, but this does not mean that a determined fight will not be made against, free hides and the reduction of the duly on lumber and coal. There Wl'l be a fight on very many schedules, some members vot Ing against any change in the existing law, while others will contend for a reduction of duties. The print paper manufacturers have enlisted their employes In: the fight against any reduction in the tariff on wood pulp and foreign prim paper. The claim that a change in the present duty will bring about t reduction in wages of the men em ployed In this Industry is having some influence. Mr. Paynes and his colleagues on t.he committe eliave a number of amendments they will offer when the bill Is open lo amendment under the five minute rule. It was said today that, an amendment will be offered to Increase the tax on beer and to strike out the proposed 8 cents a pound tax on tea. Petitions In favor of this change are coming in from all sec tions of the country. SCORE DpLp Lively Democratic Caucus Lasts Until After Midnight, Many Speeches Heard SCORES THE DESERTERS .Vorc Than 25 Stirring Speeches Made it. the Caucus, Both Sides Giving Villi Kxpression to Their Feelings. Representative Fitzgerald Made the First Speech in Defense of the Bolt ers Chump Clark Scored the Men Who He Said Had Deserted From the Ranks of the Democratic Party to Save Cannonism Said the Can non Appointments to Committee Were Not Sanctioned by the Party. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, March 23 With the democrats declaring they had "run the bolters out of the party" and those referred to as bolters asserting the party "was split to pieces" Worse than it had been for 15 years, one of , the liveliest democratic caucuses ever held at the capital was brought to a close at 1 o'clock this morning. More than 25 stinging speeches were made by members of both fac- ' tions and the insurgents, or bolters, as the organization forces call them, spared no words to express the con tempt in which they held the party for the 'course it has taken, Representative Fitzgerald made the rust speech in defense of the oiirse of the "bolters", and no part of it could be construed as an apology for his actions. Following him Rep resentatives Francis Burton Harri son, of New York, and Keliher and Peters, of Massachusetts, stated their position lii what they later termed: cold and deliberate" statements. Champ Clark scored the men. he ld had deserted from" the-ratrtw-! the-democrats party to save "Can nonism n the ftoiise, and deplored the fact that the party of Jefferson should have among its member such epresentatives. He declared the Cannon appointments to committees were not sanctioned by the party and that the speaker had deliberately made the appointments with a view of personal gain and to win a point over the democracy,. He said on the rules committee was a member who represented in no way the principles of the party and that the new democratic appoint ments to the ways and means commit te were equally as unsatisfactory to the minority, The select;" Committee of 15, ap pointed at the.-caucus, of the demo crats last week to draft a set of party rules and .-.report, on what action should l)e taken toward the "bolters", made their report, and then the fight started. The resolution of censure, which was carried by a vote of 106 to 10, deplores the action of the democrats who followed the lead set by Repre sentative Fitzgerald on March 15, iind disclaims'' any responsibility on the part, of 'the 'minority for such ac tion. - :.;' Following the caucuses there was an air of disgust over the whole mix up among the regular democrats, who declared tho actions of tho Insurgents were entirely what they - would ex pect from any body made tho object of a resolution of censure. They said that ihe claims of the Insurgents were nothing more than natural, and Insisted that the party was on as solid foundation as it ever was In Its history. The democrats declared that none of the appointments to committees by Speaker Cannon would be accepted by the democrats unless they had the approval of Champ Clark; that any members accepting such appoint ment s would do so at their own peril.. .''. This is what some of the insurgents had to say as '.bey were leaving the meet in: Mr. Fitzgerald The manipulations of the democratic party March 15, and tonight, are marked by the same idiocy that has characterized the democratic party clashes for the last 15 years. ,.' ' Mr. Keliher -Champ Clark tonight resigned his leadership to Olll James. Mr. Clark, as a leader, proved an ut ter failure, and had no following.', Mr. Harrison We told them where they got off. We asserted our rights and will continue In, our course, Re gardless of what they say. Mr. Peters il represent the north (Continued oa Pags Eight.) Ml
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