SECOND.
EDITION
'' Washington, March 2' Forecast ;
- for North Carolina lor tonight and
Saturday;', ; Fair . tonight , and Satur
: .day; warmer in western portion.,
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RALEIGH, N, C, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1909.
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BIILIISTOOWGSPEKH
DELIVERED ON
Says Payne BUI Is a Worse
1 Measure Than the Ding
ley Tariff Gill
IT REVISES UPWARD
In Teeth of Promise to Revise, Tariff
Downward, the Kill Yon Submit to
Congress Revises Upward and Is
Worse Than the Present Low Re
publican Party, Because of its Un
hridled Extravagance, Has Deficit
Confronting if and Must Raise
More Revenue, But it Takes Care
Not to legislate Against the Tariff
fostered Trusts.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, March 26 Soon after
the house convened at 11 o'clock
Representative Pou obtained the floor
and began an attack upon the Payne
bill. He said in part: i
"A place at the pie counter is de
sired by us all, let us candidly admit,
but I have often thought that our re
publican friends get there quicker,
stay longer, and are" harder to force
away, than any class of people oh the
face of the earth. Therefore, rather
than lose its place at the counter of
, the national restaurant, that party
agreed to revise your Dingley tariff;,
and, when you agreed to revise it you
meant to revise it downward, In a
manner fair and Just to all sections,
and the people so understood it.
"I make hold tp assert, hee and.
now, that the Payne bill is a worse
measure than the Dingley tariff,
which all parties now admit must
pass from the pages of our law books.
In-.th -teeth of ,your promise Jto the
people to revise downward, you have
revised upward; for you have in
creased the-average ad valorem rate
of 44.16 percent under the Tingle
bill, to 45.72 percent under the pro
posed Payne bill.
"You have a deficit In the treasury
confronting you the result of your
unbridled extravagance and, in or
der to cover that deficit, of course
you have got to realize more taxes
which will come directly from the
packets' of the people; but you have
been careful not to legislate so that
any of your great tariff fostered
trusts will be forced 'to surrender any
part -of their unreasonable profits or
the protection against competition,
whlph has surrounded them like a
granite wall.
"The party to which I belong asks
that in the laying of these duties, as
far as possible, injustice shall be done
no one. I call upon the Independent
membership of this body to unite in
one common effort to defeat this, the
worst of all tariff bills ever submitted
for the consideration of the Ameri
can congress. .
"After all, Mr. Chairman, what are
we here for? Is not the consumer
entitled to some consideration? Must,
he be" forever taxed and forever
forced to buy in a market where all
competition i killed? Such has been
the position .occupied by the con
sumer for many years. Special inter
eats can afford to send their repre
sentatives here. Not stf with the aver
age citizen. If he is represented at
all. you and I. and all other gentle
men elected to fill aeats In this cham
ber must see that he has a square
deal. .
"The spokesman of the majority of
this house, announcing the policy of
: his party recently, declared that
duties would be levied or withheld,
according as the people of the var
. ious districts of the, United . States
elected to congress a democrat or re
publican. Possibly this accounts for
the scant consideration, accorded In
this bill to the pedple of the section
from which I come. The farmers of
Virginia and North Carolina aBked
for an increase In the duty on pea
' nuU. It was denied to them. The
long staple cotton raisers of Georgia
and Florida asked, for a duty oh long
taple cotton, 300,000 bales of which
are Imported annually. A reason
able import duty on long staple cot
ton would ralsa considerable revenue,
but the request of these people was
denied by .the majority of the commlt-
tee. '.'-'.."i . .v. . v V-. : v ' ..
r",Thelr cause was not .worthy ,i of
consideration. They had "sent a dem
ocrat to congreM,' not a republican.
If an Import. duty on longstaplo cot
ton til a food thing , for lhem, then
they must be punished for recording
, .their honest convictions at the ballot
box. t
"One of the Important mining In
dustrie of Jhe mountain district of
MEASURE
my state is the mica industry. In
1902, forty mica mines were report
ed in operation In the United States.
Of these, ' 28 were located in North
Carolina and 14 of them were report
ed Idle. ' Those engaged in the In
dustry earnestly begged the commit
tee not to change the Import duties
provided In the Dingley act, but they
made their plea in vain; and they,
even, sent a republican to congress.
"No doubt they had heard of what
the speaker of this house told the
voters of the .Toplin district Jn Mis
souri. By a very narrow margin
they defeated one of the most useful
representatives in this chamber.
Now, Lo! and behold! the speaker
has failed to keep his word, and, even
though a republican has beei sent
here for only one term, however, I
predict the committee has recom
mended a radical reduction in the Im
port duty on mica. .
"The southern people are largely
Interested in -the manufacture of
lumber. , We have a ' perennial
growth of timber. The present rate
oh sawed lumber is only 12.94 per
cent but your committee has feltcon
strained to cut this In half, thereby
reducing the ad valorem rate to 6.47
percent. Tor the fiscal year Aiding
June 30, 1906, the importation of
lumber and the manufacture thereof
amounted to a trifle more than $28,-
000.000, paying into the treasury
revenues amounting to $5,650,054.
"In the last campaign, throughout
the length and breadth of my state,
at least, republicans were warning
every voter who owned a bunch of
trees not to vote the democratic
ticket, because a democratic congress
would certainly reduce, or remove
this duty entirely. Everywhere the
promise was made that a republican
congress would see to it that the
duty on lumber should not be
changed.
"The chemical schedule Is pro
tected i.6 the extent of 28.- percent.
Tobacco and the manufactures there
of, are protected by an average ad
valorem of 104 percent. Agricul
tural products and provisions are pro
tected by an average equivalent ad
valorem of 39.08 percent. The man
ufacture of spirits, wines and other
beverages are paid by an average
equivalent ad valorem ."7 4. 9 2 percent
Increased from 71.18 per cent, cot
ton manufactures are paid by an ad
valorem of 50.27 percent. I chal
lenge the majority of the committee
to name a single individual who has
received such a scant consideration as
the lumber manufactures of this na
tion. "Upon what evidence the commit
tee based its action, I do not know,
but I do know that throughout the
length and breadth of the country,
with singular unanimity, a plea has
come up to this committee from lum
ber manufacturers asking that the
old rates of duty be permitted kto
stand. I charge that this is an injus
tice to these people. If you are go
ing to have a tariff at all, they are en
titled to exactly the same tonsldera-
tlon as any other class of manufac
turers of this nation.
"I houo I will live to see the day
when no American industry will need
any protection. I am opposed to ths
protective policy on principle. r It has
never be?n possible to administer
such a policy In a manner fair and
(Continued on Pa (to Two.)
Congressman E. W. Iou, of the Fourth District, who spoke on tho Tariff
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SUPERIOR COURT
PROCEEDINGS
Today Juips Mtfallum and Oscar
Ball, two nrgro boys, each about 12
years of age, were sentenced to twelve
months on the county roads for steal
ing. There were probably twenty
cases against the two boys, several of
which could have been easily proven.
Their favorite pastime was robbing
ga melei's and in following this
phasing profession they became re
markably bold anil their boldness re
sulted In their undoing. In sentencing
them Judge Lyon -said he considered
their rases hopeless and would send
them to "the ro:ids for a year to keep
them from stealing for that length of
time. He reminded them that there
were other charges against them suffi
cient to send them back again if they
did not behave when they got out.
Tho boys were very bright young
m groe!', one of them at the request, of
counsel naming 'the states of the union
and the capital of each.
The ease of the state against John
and Turner Evans, was heard this
morning Turner Evans pleaded guilty
of murder Jn the second degree and
was sentenced to twenty years in the
state prison. John Evans was released.
The case of state vs. Hay Carter" and
Ed S. Harris, murder, will be taken
up tomorrow morning.
l'AVXK WANTS. HARMONY. ..
Will Try to Get. All the Republicans
Together on Tariff Bill.
(By Leased Wire to Tho Times)
Washington, March 26 Appre
ciating that there Is a serious differ
ence of opinion on some of the tariff
schedules among a number of promi
nent republicans, Chairman , jPayr.'s
has started a moveneit to ascertain
just how far those who disagree with
him will go in their opposition. Mr.
Payne understands that the bill in
Its present condition can not com
mand the full republican vote, and
to make It a strict party measure has
sent out word to those who have
amendmepts to offer that he is anx
ious to secure their co-operation. To
bring this about there is to be a
caucus within the next few days, when
it is hoped a definite program can be
agreed on which will limit all amend
ments to be offered by the majority
members. Mr. Payne is not con
cerned about amendments the demo
crats may seek to offer. What he is
trying to bring about is unity of ac
tion on the part of the republicans.
This Is no easy task for the reason
that some 30 members of the ma
jority are demanding that they be
permitted to offer. certain amend
ments. It is to reach a compromise
in this matter that the caucus .ley' to
be held. The democrats'will have to
content themselves, with moving to
recommit, the bill, with.' instructions.
They have' no substitute to offer,
Pleads Self-Defense For Killing
Brother.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Dallas, Tex , March 26 Roy H.
Terry, of this city, surrendered early
today for killing his brother, Dr.
Hugh F. Terry, a physician, who was
stabbed and Bhot to death In his
apartments. The body showed 67
knife and six bullet wounds. Terry
pleads self-defense.
Quarantine Revoked.
(By Leased Wire to The Times) .
Washington, March 26 The Brit
ish government .:. has revoked the
quarantine which it declared some
time ago against livestock from the
port of Baltimore on account of the
foot and mouth disease, v
Today, '
A Plea For Fair Play and an Earnest Protest Against
The Tyranny of Democratic Bossism in City of Raleigh
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j Last night the democrats of Raleigh, in mass-meeting assembled, adopted by a unanimous vote the fol
lowing resolutions: -
WHERK.VS, The democratic executive committee of the t'ily of Raleigh, on Monday, March 22nd,
called a primary of jhe democratic citizens of this city to nominate city ol'liceis on .March :Otli thus giving
only eight days' notice and that, too, immediately following an election in which the people were so absorbed
that they could not prepare for the primary, and
WHEBKAS, Kight days' notice in a primary is, wholly undcnion atic, ridiculously unreasonable, con
trary to all pV'iTeilent, manifestly unjust and obviously for the purpose of prcvciitiu;; a lull and fair expres
sion of opinion; and 5
WHERKAS, A majority of the democratic execntive committee of the t'iiy of Kalciuli on hist night
followed up its outrageous treatment of the democratic citizens with regard to the primary by milium a regis
tration, at the demand of the law, which they obeyed only because they must a registration without mil ice, to
.ho completed in four ilays and td close with practically no interval heltwi n i and the primary election, a
thing unheard of, and mifpassing if possible in highumh'diiess the action in lalline, lie- piiinary; anil
vVHEfctKAS, In the same session of the democratic executive committee, the democratic ciliens of (his
city who desire a change in the city government were denied the right to choose their represent atiies at the
pulls on primary day; ami
' .WHERKAS, This mass-meeting of Hie democratic citizens' of Raleigh d. sires to make formal protest
against and record of their disapproval of the higli-handed conduct if the democratic cvculnc committee; there
fore, heit i " . .
RESOTj l-:i), FIRST, That we call (he attention of (lie democratic executive committee (i the fact that
on the face of,' Hie primary election law for the 'ily of Raleigh, a registration .period of ul least It) days is
required. (Sep sections 1 1 and 12) and that in the name of decency, democracy, and .justice we demand that
the law be complied with,
.-': RESOLVED, SECOND, That we express our pain and regret that a democratic executive committee
could he induced by heat or led on by those Who seem lo he governed only by an inordinate lust for ol'tirc, to
the point of so arrogantly defying all the standards of precedent, the dictates of common sense and instincts of
justice am honor. ' '
, RKHOLVED, THIRD, That we denounce as undemocratic, unlawful and unfair the action of the demo
cratic executive committer.
RESOLVED, l'Ol'RTH, That we submit these facts .to our fellow democratic citizens as the best evi
dence of the need of a complete change in the administration of affairs in Raleigli, and that ue call upon them
to come with u i'llo this most important routes! in Hie city's history a conies! for fair play, a contest for Un
common rigid) of free men, a contest for a true and worthy democratic parly, a contest lor a better and a
greater Raleigii. , ' .. ' :
ERRORS IN REGISTERING
Some Citizens Have Goiton
on Wrong Book
Recent Changes in lSoundary Lines of
Divisions Hani Caused Mistakes
Can be Comted Now If ' Not
llectiiied ftefoie Primary Votes
Will be Lostv
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It has come to the knowledge of
the campaign cdft'mittee that some of
thc inbsnhTelnjJtt tftlze'hS bf Ral
eigh have registered at the wrong
places on account of the recent
changes in tne boundary lines of the
various divisions of the city.
This would prevent a man from
voting, for he will not be allowed to
cast his ballot in the primary on next
Tuesday if his name is not found on
the registration list - at the polling
place for the division in which he
lives . It will avail him nothing at
ull to be registered if he is registered
on. the book at the voting place for
the precinct which used to include
his residence before the change in
the boundary lines. In other words,
the voter must be registered at the
place appointed for the division that
now Includes his residence.
It therefore behooves every citizen
to see to it that he puts his mime on
the right hook, or rather on the booh
at the right place, for his division ac
cording to the new lines. Those who
have already registered ' would do
well to look again at the places for
registration and make sure they
made no mistake from force of habit;
Those who have not yet registered
should be careful to do so iu their
own division, of course, dolus so
without f unite" delay.
Those who have made mistakes in
this matter can rectify them easily
now, but It they wait until the day of
the primary, nothing can be done, for
they cannot vote in the precinct in
which they do not live, and they can
not Vote in their own precinct un
less their names are on the proper
book for their precinct.
The man who has gotten ills name
on the wrong book has only to go to
the small trouble of paying a visit to
Ids own registrar (tills evening
would be best) and putting his name
on the book. Then if he wishes .to be
beyond the peradventuro of a pos
sible doubt, he can take his name oil'
the book on w hich it was entered by
mistake.
The whole thing is that every citi
zen must be careful to see that his
name gets on the book for the divis
ion In which he lives according to the
new boundary lines,
Elsewhere in today's paper under
the head of "The Places of Registra
tion" the uew ward lines are given
and all the Information necessary is
set forth.
Iiiuee Refuses Right of Succession
, (By Cable to Tho Times)
Belgrade, ' Servla, March 26
Prince Alexander today refused the
right of succofislon to the throne re
nounced by his brother George; '
Germany Mobilizing Army Corps,
(By Cable to The Times)
St. Petersburg. March 26 A re
port here today says that 'Germany
la rapidly mobilizing two army corps
ou Russia's frontier.
COMMERCE FALLS OFF
Low Record Made Every
where Last Year
International Commerce Made a
Lower Record in 110S Than iu
11)07 in Nearly All the Countries
of the World.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington,' - March 26 Interna-'
tiOaal commerce made a lower record
in 190X than ; 'in 1907' in practically
all the commercial countries of the
world, according to a bulletin just
issued by the .'department, of com
merce, and labor.
Figures of the imports and exports
of the principal countries if lite world
in 1!0S -compared with 1!M)7, show,
in neat ly every case a falling "off iu
both . imports and exports. In the
commerce of the 1' tilled Kingdom,
for, example, imports show a fa. 1 1 of
2ali, OOll.tMMi ami -exports, a fall of
2:!.X, 000,(100 iu tile full calendar year
i!H)S, coin pared wil h the full Calen
dar year 11107. In the case of Her
mann., the impii ls show a fall of 102,
000.000 dollars, and the exports a
fall of 2;!, 000, 000; these figures be
ing for' the full Calendar year 1 DOS,
compared with the calendar year
1007. In the case of France, the im
ports show a fall of 25 millions
and the exports , a fall of .23,00(1, 000.
lions, la' tile case of Belgium, the
imports." show.' it fall of ::2,0(H,00()
and the xporls :a fall of 2::,OOII,000.
Canada's imports show a fall of S:!,-
UOO.ooo and her exports an increase
of il'i ; milions, while most ol the
olher countries in t lie list show sim
ilar falling off, tile chief exception
being Argentina; "which shows bill a
slight decrease in imports and a ma
terial increase in exports.
The' average monthly Importations
of the 2i! countries shown by I lie table
was !07. 000,000 dollars in that por
tion of I0OS which they respectively
represent against. I.OiiOU, millions in
the'', corresponding period of l!ll)7;
and the average monthly exports
!I0 1. 00,000 against 07;!, 000, lino . for
(he l iiTospondiiig period of 1!i:l7.
SMALLPOX THREATENS
QUARANTINE STATION
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Philadelphia, March 2ti. The state
iiiarantliie station here, is threatened,
with an epidemic of smallpox through
the carelessness, It is alleged, of gov
ernment Inspectors, who passed several
sufferers on the steamship .u cj ion as
ehlckeiipox victims. Fifteen .physi
cian rushed to the station today in
answer to a hurry call from thO au
thorities there and severe measures
will be made to prevent the spread of
the disease. .
Knocki'd Down and Robls-d.
New York, March 20 Archibald
C. Haynes, president of the Mutual
Profit Realty Company, and formerly
an agent for the Equitable Life As
surance Society, was knocked down,
choked, beaten, and robbed early to
day by two cabmen, one ol whom was
arresteed. ,
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INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS
Record for the Week in
Southern Field
Industrial Record For the;:'" Week
Shows Many New Important Knter
priscs: in the South North Caro
lina (jets Heer Share of thee New
, Kuterprises.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Baltimoree, March 26 The most
notabla Southern industriaV announce
ments during the past week in the
Manufacturers Kecord were those of
additions to southern cotton maniir
facturing facilities. Among them
were Locke Cotton Mills Company, of
Concord, N. C, contract awarded to
rebuild Odell Mill No. J, and 12,000
spindles ordered as the firsl installa
tion, ' witli 1 2,000 more to follow,
and the ultimate capacity to be 4'i,000
spindles, representing an investment
of $900,000.: ,
Marion iMaiiiifaeluring Company, of
Marion, N, '.,' incorporaled with a
capital of $;ioo,ooo: . F.rwin Cotton
Mills Company decided upon West
Durham, . ('., as the site for its
additional- $1,000,000 mill announced
some weeks ago as to be built for an
equipment of 50,000 spindles and
1,r,00 looms, and Cannon Manufac
turing. Company,' -of Kanmtpolis, X.
C , to install r.UO looms in the addi
tional building announced several
weeks ago.
Dixie Coal Company, l.ogan. W.
Va., wan incorporated with $200,000
capital lo develop coal lands..-'. Brigh
ton and Lulling Coal Company, Blue-
Held. V. Va., incorporated with
$:!00,000 capital to develop coal
lands. .Saga'x Wood Company, ; of
Bnltiniore, niinonnced its plans to
expend $20,nKU for buildings and
$:;o,ooo lor machinery-to 'establish a
plant for ninnufact tiring (ire-proof
building 'material. Coal Itiver Land
Company, Charleston; V, Va., in
corporated with $2,000,000 capital
tit'-arrange- for the development': of
:!0,oo0 acres of mineral and timber
lands. IVniioir Conl, Oil ti ml (3as
Company, llayniarkel. Va.. incorpo
raled will) $200,(100 capilal to de
velop coal, oil, and gas lands.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
SPENT DAY IN CITY
( By Lease,! Wire' to- The. Times.)
Richmond, Va,. March 26. John. I'.
Rockefeller, ;;'hii.' has. been spending
some months in Augusta, ('., In cum-'
pany with several members of his fam.
Ily, in rived in Richmond this inorning
about six o'clock and is spending tho
day at the .Jefferson, Froirt this city
they go to Hut Springs, where several
days will be spent before going to
I'levilaiid. In tho party "are -'John D.
and Mrs. Rockefeller, Mrs. Spelmnn,
John -Itoekefeller I'l-cntlce and Miss
Matilda Mci'orinick besides the secre
tary of the (llstlnguished visitor.
Trunk Murder Victim Identified.
. Romee. March 26 The trunk mur
der victim, at. first belleeveed to be
the Russian spy, Azef, was today
identified as one Sandresel, a Russian,
who was last seen allvo on Febru
ary 27,
MASS-MEETING
LAST NIGHT A
GREAT
Resolutions Censuring Action
of the Majority of the Demo
cratic Executive Commit .
tee Adopted
CITIZENS, REGISTER NOW
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Court House Filled to Overflowing
Last Night Great Enthusiasm
.Manifested Register, Register,
Register, is the Slogan Mr. Bail
ey's Speech a Strong One Met
With Knthusiastic Appreciation
Strong Sjieeches by Daniels, race
and Battle and Earnest Talks by
Stronacli, CtMiper and Wynne.
Last night the good citizens of Ral
eigh responded to the call for a mass-
nipeting and packed the old court
house to overflowing. The object of
the meeting was to protest against
the snap registration ordered by the
majority of the democratic executive
committee and protest they did in no
uncertain terms, -
The speeches of Mr. Bailey, Mr.
Daniels, Mr. Pace and Mr. Battle,
were of a high order, fearless and
convincing. .
The mass meeting was called to or
der at 8:15 by W. H. Pace. On hla
motion Mr. Nat Dunn was asked to
take the chair. Mr. Dunn asked Mr,
Daniels to state the object of the
meeting.
Mr. Daniels began by showing the
great need of good men at the head
of the city government and showed
wherein the present administration
is lacking. He showed that in 1901
the eost'-of ihe city government was
$63,000. In 1908 the cost was $103,
000. The number of officers have
greatly increased. In 1901 the Bal
ary expenditures reached $19,000.
In 1908 the salaries of city officials
reached $27,900, and this does not
include the amount spent, on the
si reefs, which was about $1,000 per
month.
His arraignment of the office-holding
trust was scathing in the extreme.
He declared that men who hold pub
lic office should not dominate politics.
In Raleigh the men at the counter,
fattening on taxes, dominate politics.
He declared that he had served the
democratic party on executive com
mittee in ward, - township, county,
state and nation, and he had never
seen democratic rights and principles
so arrogantly violated. The only
remedy, he declared, is to turn out
Hie office-holders, mad with power
and put competent men in their
places. . . '- I
He called attention to the need of
determined effort at the polls and
urged every man to do his duty.
Mr. J. W. Bailey followed Mr. Dan
iels and began his speech with a Btory
jf the meeting of the democratic ex
ecutive committee Wednesday night,
at which the steam-roller got in Its
deadly Work. He declared that the
"snap registration" was worse than
the snap iTimary, and both were an
insult to the democratic intelligence
of Raleigh, He declared that In this
fight the right of democracy and the
rights of free men were at stake.
Mr. Bailey declared that there la
going to bo primary election In Ral
eigh next Tuesday that will be no
"joke" and that there is going to bo
an honest election, or a funeral, and
he, for one, was perfectly willing
for it to be his funeral. He scored
Alderman. I'pchurch for his declara
tion that 'an honest primary in Ral
eigh is a joke." ,
'He.. said that he was not surprised
that the people of the state did not
respect our city, for the people ot
Raleigh do not respect their city
government.
He said that he had never seen the
time when the city of Raleigh, put
upon its mettle, did not ring true and
that he believed It would thla time.
He declared that, he was In for war
to the last ditch and that he would
give all of his time And as much of
his money as any other man would
give for the cause,
He urged upon his hearers the ne-'
cessity of registering, He said that
If the administration could out-register
the friends of good government,
they ought to win at the primaries.
He declared that the campaign on :
the part of the good government
forces was going to be clean and that
there was going to be an absolutely,
fair election and that any violation
ot the -legalized primary , law would
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