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ELM CITY, N. C., DECEMBER 5, 1902.
NO 17.
g|i WINTHROP’S DEFEAT.
a Ko9d.
'^ JEAN KATf LtJDLOM
iCopTBtoHT. Romz Bf xxa^BoiHt imj
CHArXER XV,
(ContinuedO
riif lialls of tragedy are so often
hniit on the pillars of farce. And tbe
ffheels >“ grinding mUte are
f,!iiou«l from such spider films of
incnesi'- Aud they ^valked up the
Lmenado-tli^t strange group - as
"hongh nothi’ig had happened to mav
JhP sunsh’:ue in uliy of their lives, ut-^
jirinV careless words in the thousand
one items of small-talk, no mighty
^,rih*iuake. r.o fearful fire from heav
en to chans:e the face of nature, be-
,acsc two souls were struggling be-
tii«en pride and love.
Beatrice -n«s •vraiting for her sister.
She was staiuliug on the piasza talk-
ins: with flrogory Bensonhurst, and
there was the old stem expression
lier face as -when first Alecia
tnado koowu to her Vie failure of her
sjKhlins: with Palmer Earle’s counsel.
.V sfrangeiy hard look to be upon the
fate of a girl, scorn and pride and in-
»;icnation Imruing within. She was
not sniilinsr as Beatrice usually dM'.
eniile for the man beside her. Her
eyrs were lifted to his, and she was
fwaiiing very slowly and -with evi
dent eTort. as though the topic of
their conversation were some cruel
tJiin?. hard to comprehend.
«.he recognized instantly her sister’s
vompaaioui!. but gave no sign, stand-
inf perfectlT still and proud and calm,
•nFtii her iiauiovable face turned to
(i.egory Bensonhurst, and her slender
figr.ro erect aud graceful.
•Beatrice." said Alecia, pausing be-
(.jde her, while the others passed on
to fiip diuiug-room, ‘’are you ready,
UC4'-;"
Yen." said Beatrice, quietly. “But
l.'t nv' warn you. Alecia, that you will
uf«ft iu there the man whom I hope
^o'.l hate a=; earnestly as I. Palmer
5’:'.riP canie over in the Banjo with
Mr. Priestly this afternoon. He came
ii> see his beloved counsel, on some
V.'jsiness. of course, and took the op-
portuuiry of an outing. I sincerely
rfsrct that the Banjo, with her usual
tuielligence. did not sink, knowing
tiijt he was sailing in her.”
•V.'el!." said Alecia, indifferently.
‘ I i-Lali not let Mr. Earle or his coun-
Tfl affect my happiness. Bee, nor my
r.’ijKtire. Let us go in.”
Biu there is more that I have
I .uned." said Beatrice, intensely, her
 ves upon her sister's calm face. “I
ihiuk that you know it .already Alecia.
Hr. Bensonhurst told me. They shall
I 'arn it, too. presently."
■ WLat do yois mean. Bee?” There
yrv-, an earnest gravity iu Alecia's
that betrayed her fear.
■Xever mind,” said Beatrice, slowly
raid very distinctly. “I shall have the
ll^asnie of .speaking the truth for
V-ncc. (Iraham. as I have so long
Iiop?d. Did I not tell you if ever the
t lae eamo I would tell John Win-
»ijrop the truth? You shall not pre-
''-nt njc in this, Alecia. Mr. Benson-
litirsc is a man as well as this grand
laogul couu.sel, and he does not tell
Lo I am unjnst.”
'I think,” Gregory Bensonhurst
'aid. gravely, “that it may do John
V. inturoy "cod to^hear the truth from
'Ilfs Beatrice’s point of view, Sirs,
•■'raiiani. Ho is a thoroughly honor-
Ji'ii’f ni.",n. but he overstrains his code
■ I justice sometimes, fearing that his
t-.irt shall make him weak. I have
1 "’.in.cii to know him pretty well dur-
■aj th€«o past two years, and that is
’ii" only flaw that I discover in him.
lie is .1 very noble man save for that.”
"A man’s nobility is proved in small
’'i 'ngs j'.s in great, Mr. Bensonhurst!”
viied lieatrieo swiftly, with waking
••nger in her great darU eyes and
.'’round her quivering mouth. “There
can be not true nobility where there
ii no heart:’’
' Then you shall prove him. Bee,”
£a«d Alecia, quietly, slipping one hand
>^oftIy vithin her sister’s arm. “They
’'’■;11 bei’evc that we fear to face them
'^^Ipss '"’e go in at once.”
"They shall shortly learn that I do
said Beatrice, as she turned
wi!!i Lur sister and friend and entered
tliC room.
And that evening, wiUi her usual
iapetuosity, Beatrice Fi*eld, alert for
*'ti opportunity to face Palmer Earle
•■ad his eoun.sel with her truth, came
'ipon them in apparent unconscious-
Jtess as they loitered on the pier "with
cigar.s before joining the ladies
the piazza.
Beatrice had been promenading with
^■f»,'ory Bensonhm-st, but giving him
‘hiince of uttering the words so
y'ai- his heart, too much excited by
tiiuh made known to her that
' '••iiiujr, and as she saw tbat^the two
ii-tii Were about returning to the hotel
slipped her hand from her com-
Vii’ulou s arm and walked delllierately
^ w n the plank to meet' them.
•'0 cue observed them save young
.'^^-oahupt, for mort of the guests
ou iue piazza paviBon
sands or aloQ^ the promen-
• Ti:^s oae girl casMfe upon thea
'‘I s-ianger, but*uttOTly* dflsw-
^"’.‘iful of the fae^ in her desire for
of Graham’s memory.
^ ijotu lifted their hats as she paused
‘>ft:ore them. '
she said, in her low.
■I'ady, distinct voice, her eyes black
'’“sry spirit, “and you, also,
irl' . “‘‘'‘I’op, I have waited very pa-
-f'luiy for t))is moment. I may be to
-Scarcely upon Kpeaking acqualnt-
bv.t the cause justifies the
_>^vinthrop will be
'*e io lon-oljorate, I think. I have
‘irox iinrai to sSy o you, and you win
pardon me If I detain you for a mo
ment.
“Three years ago,” she said, her
eyes meeting levelly now the cold eves
o£ Palmer Earle, now the answering
flashing eyes of his counsel, “my sis
ter, Mrs. Graham, went to you to
plead for leniency toward • her hus
band. Yoti, Mr. Earle, with your con
science tou«.«ied by her words, sug
gested, (hat some oon(*emlon bo made.
But your counsel,” how her eyes
.'^corned the tall, commandin" man.
with his haughty face never flinching
from her gaxo. ‘ .leemed it but a fool
ish prompting of heart weakness! He
would press to the utmost the man
touched by misfortune, never by dlc-
honor!”
Very low and steady her voice, but
how it cut the soft airs floating in
from the quiet sea? With one slim
hand she seemed to push aside any
detaining thought, and continued her
denunciation.
“Mr. Winthrop judged—so he said—
from bis standpoint of justice and
honor! Wait! Was it honorable—was
it manlike—I do not ask it it were
kind, for the heart is to have nothins
to do with this—but was it simplest
Justice that the man holding the
claim of money against this other
man shoiild turn a deaf ear to the
yielding of even an inch in his Rrro-
gance and pride? Does that man who
was so immovable that day—I speak
to you, Mr. Earle!—never think of
how he -wanted in justice to the man
who placed his own life in the balance
to save yours? Oh, you start, do yo",
and wonder how I. a woman, can set
myself in Judgment against you! 1
have waited very patiently for this
moment to cume, when I might f:\ ,c
you both with the trutli of your ac
tion that day! Tlie world justified
your course, and claimed that you de
manded but your rights! What would
that same ■world say should It dis
cover, as I have discovered, the nobil
ity of the man you pushed down to
his death?”
“Pardon me,” said Palmer Earle,
coldly, “but you do not look at this
matter in its true light. Miss Field!
One could scarcely expect that you
ifould, however, as you are Mrs.
Oraham's sister!”
“What could a woman like yourself
know of business claims?” added John
Winthrop.
“Oh, yes!” cried Beatrice, in her bit
terly distinct undertone, that swift
gesture of the sweeping hand. “That
is w^t you say, in your own ignor
ance! Listen to me but for one mo
ment and then judge, not from a
woman’s standpoint, but as men—
both of you! Do you not know. Mr.
Earle, in this great justice of yours,
that but for my sister’s husband and
his great nobility of soul you would
not stand here facing me to-night?
Do you not know—or were you loo oc
cupied with your weighing of business
balances—to discover who it was
saved yon from the water that night
when your yacht went to pieces out
there?”
Her passionate hand touched for
one instant the direction of the point
where the struggle occurred.
“You offered a reward for the man
who acted so nobly that night, but
could discover nothing definite enough
to satisfy you in placing the reward,
and so yon let slip the bravery that
places you among men to sit in
Judgment on them! Only a man as
noble and proud as Harold Graham
would have withheld the knowledge
that might have given him daim upon
your leniency! But would he accept
It from the hand that would so care
lessly and arrogantly push him down?
Nor’
She laughed shortly and scornfully
and flashed her great black eyes upon
them standing motionless before her,
struck speechless by the truth at last.
“Harold Graham was the man who
saved yoor life that night. Mr. Barle-
the man who died six months later,
through youy hardness —yours and
that of your counsel! And wliat re
ward did you grant to him?”
John Winthrop roused himself from
thte stupor that seemed to have
touched him at the fuU knowledge of
his Iwd justice. He also made a
movement as though pushing down
some obitade to his iwlde.
“You are mistaken. Miss Field.” he
said, coldly. “If it were Mr. Graham^
as^ you My. there were those present
who would not have kept silent, espe-
ciaUy at such a time.”
“Would they not?” she cned. But
there *re those who are governed by
friendship at times, Mr. Winthrop.
even l9T0»»r world. If yon have the
daring to doubt my word, a^ any of
tbe men who were present that nlgh^
I hare this from the lips of «•
them myfelf. You find It somewtot
too bitter to accept. d> JO" ^
deed, I wonder that the truth
not strike you dead. I
yon-cw face me and.not blurt for
cruelty to a woman as true and irare
as you are hard and najurt
In your arrogance and pride. Were It
T T «htnir Hkc Judas. I could not
own? W^ould he not have placed
himself In a better light with the
world, so doing? There was no man
dared breatlie a word against Miim,
but might they not feci that he liad
been imuecessarily harsh?
“.Miss Field*” he said.
He Would not speak until he could
command his voice before this slip of
a gir), w’ith her scornful eyes aud
voice, but he must esouerate bimsclf
from blame.
8he paused, turning her flashing
eyes upon him iu the darkening pur
ple falling upon the world of niglit,
lighted only by the amber stars iu tbe
tended iieaven.
“If this be true, as you say—and I
do not doubt It—I must not stand in
such a light with you and Mrw.
Graham as now I fear is the case.
Had your sister or her husband made
known this truth to mo that day,
wotild have paid the debt I o^'cd Har
old Graham by free gift of his debt,
and Mr. Winthrop would have given
me his perfect acquiescence. It placed
me In a hard light most unjustly.”
The girl fluug out her hands, as
though she would set them from her
as far as the world would admit,
were it in her power, and a quiver
struck her own face.
“Is it possible, after hearing the
truth, that Mr. Earle can speak of in-
fustiee to himself?” she asked. “Was
it not from the height of honor that
Harold Graham scorned to win your
justice by Ihc acknowledgement of
your infinitely greater de..t to him
You wrong my sister's liusband even
in that, Mr. Earle—you and your coun
sel.:’
John Winthrop’s voice struck like
ice upon her passionate words.
“You are a woman,” he said, coldly,
“Miss Field. It is your heart that
siieaks now, not your judgment
“Though you grant a woman no
judgment,” cried the girl, i>assionate-
ly, with her beautiful face flushed iu
(be dnrkeuing shadows, “yot some-
tiu’.es the truth strikes fYom a worn
aa’s iiands to cut even your pride,
you men, Mr. Winthrop, to defeat
youT
She turned swiftly from them and
went bac’ic along the plauk walk to
her waiting friend, a soh siruggiing
with her pride, her hands trembling
with cxcitcmeut and anger.
mu
■4
Mr. loosevelt Makes lecoaneida-
tioas to Coifress
SAYS COUNTRY IS PROIPEIOUS
H* Touches L'pcn tkc Trusts* Tariff*
Our Foreign Rclatioaa and Other
Hatters of Public Pol'cy#
I, I «htnk, like Judas.
dnte conscience.”
Palmer Earle stopped her as rte
^as turnlng.proudlj^w»y. Ws
told heart was stirred by her re^
tion. Had not Harold Grajam bwn
classed his friend until the ^y ofWs
misfortune? Should he
governed by that a^d the toiowledge
S h” Pe»iect
stain upon tbe proud name eqnal with
CHAPTER XVII.
A PKOCD -WOIIAS’S AJSeWEC.
“Mrs. ‘Jrnham.’’
Aleeia was alone in the paViiiou on
tile following momiug, ■watching tfie
early lights ui»on the. ot.-ean ere the
breakfasi-bell Bunimoucd the guests
from their rooms. She was an early
riser, an«l enjoyed the freshness of
the morning ere she was ealleil to as
sume her quiet pride for her friends.
The voice uttering her name startled
iier, autough she Instantly recosaizcd
it. In the first moment of sui-prise
•she turned her exquisite eyes upon
the speaker, with a flush d0ei)0uiiJg
in her cheeks. Then a slow smile of
perfett Indlfl’ertnce parted her lips.
••Mr. Winthrop ventures out early,**
she said.
The old spirit of rebellion, mingled
with that suijtle power that held hira
apart from hatred of thi-s woman,
brought this strange quiver to his
face like the flash .-.ml fading of
gome far-off lightning jrleam. His
eyes smould'-red lire- into her cool,
ste.idy eyes lifted to his. But he
wouhl not be dauntell by this one
^omau when he h.id lived lilS life
apart from vhe power of a woman’s
face and voice.
He did not offer to be seated, but
stood beside her very sti'l and proud,
but w’lth a stern determination upon
his fare tliat forced from her a feel
ing of resiwct for his magnificent
self-command, even set aiwrt from j
liim as she was in her memory of his
harshness.
I’erhaps >Irs. Graham will find It
difficult to hear ov believe what I
have to say,” he said, after a moment
of utter siieuoe. save for the seething
of the surf uijon the sands and Iho
sharp screaming of n g'lH swooping
just over the surface of the water.
As 1 told yon that day. I try always
to be just. I advised my client as I
believed from my heart was right. I
might have urged upon him the easi
er "course of yielding to 3'our wish,
for It was my desire to do so. but I
deemed it unfair to the man whom
I was serving. It is always easier to
grant happiness to others, unljeliev-
Ing as Mrs. Graham may be of this
from me; but I felt that I must not
yield to you. You know the re.sult.
There is no need of going over tliat
old difficult ground, that contains only
sadness for us both.”
For yon?” queried Alecia, smiling
coldly. “Is It possible that 'sadness
also sometimes touches Kr. Win
throp?”
‘I cannot expect kind words from
you,” said John Winthrop, patiently,
though his hands were clenched.
‘•You belleA’c me beyond the pale of
feding, Mrs. Graiiam. I will not at
tempt to argu« that point with you;
It would only be painful to both of
US- •
vjfot • tr> me,” interrupted Alecia
again. Ip her steady, cold voice, her
eyjM upon tbe glimmering sails along
the ocean before them. “Mr. Win
throp cau cause me no niore pahi
thkn he:«av,e me three years ago. Ho
no long.er-;lias influence in my life, I
assure him. *
Still very quiet aud proud the tall
figure stood beside her, wrth the
clenched hands and stem face and
burning eyes. He was looking down
upon her; she was watching the dis
tant ships, and her slim hands were
li^tly lying, clapped, in her lap.
(To be contirued.^
INTRODUCTIOM.
To the Senate and HouSfe of Represen
tatives: . •
We still coatlntte in a'perlod of un
bounded prosperity. This prosperity is
not the creature of law, but undoubt
edly the laws under which we nrork
have l)cen instrumental In creating
the conditions which made It possible,
and by unwise legislation It would be
easy enough to destroy It. There will
andoubtedly be periods of depression.
The wave will recede; but the tide
will advance. This Nation is seated
a continent flanked by two great
oceans. It hs composed of men thc
descendants of plcneers, or, in a
sense, pioneers themselves; of men
winnowed out from among tbe na
tions c»f the Old World by the energy,
loldntrs, and love ai adventure found
In vheir own eager hearts. Such a na
tion, so placed, will surely wrest suc
cess :rom fortune.
As a people we have played a large
part In the world, and we aro inrnt
uptm making our future ovea larser
than the past. In i*nicular, the ovcita
of tho last four years have delnitelv
decided that, for woe or for weal, our
place must be great among the ua
tions. We may either fall greatly or
succeed greatly *, but We can not avoid
the endeavor from .which either great
failure or great success must come.
Even if we would, wc can not play a
small part. If we should try, all that
would follow would be that we should
play a large part ignobly and shame*
fully.
But our people, the sons of the men
of the Civil War. the sons of the men
who had iron In their blood, re.loicc
In the present and face the future
high of heart and resolute of will.
Ours is not the creed of the weakling
and the coward; ours is the gospel of
hope and of triumphant endeavar. We
Qo not shrink from the struikgle be
fore us. There are many problems for
us tc face at the outset cf tho twen
tieth century—grave problems abroad
and still grp.ver at home; but we
know that W3 can solve theni aud
eolve them Well, provided only that
we bring to the solution the qualities
of head and heart which were shown
by the men who. In the days of Wash
ington. fofunded this Government,
In the days of Lincoln, preserved It.
No country has ever occupied a
higher plajie of material well-being
than ours at the present moment. This
well-being is due to no sudden or ac
cidental causes, but to the play of I’ae
economic forccs in this country for
on th« contrary, thew Wg _ _
tion:« are an inevitame ^devdw^eij*
of modern InduBtriallsm, afid the ef>
feet to destroy them womld be fntlle
nnlecB accomplish&J Itt ways thi^
would v>ork the ut.aost mischief to
the entire body politic. We can do
nothing of good In the way of regulat
ing and supervising thMe corporations
until we fix clearly in onr mlnda that
we are not attacking the corporations,
bat endeavoring to do away with any
evil in them. We are not hostile to
them; we are merely determined that
they shall be so handled as to sub
serve the public -irood’. We draw the
line against misconduct, not agalns*:
wealth. The capitalist who. atone or
in conjunction wilh the fellow®, per
forms some great Industrial feat by
which he wins money is a welldoer,
not a wrongdoer, provided only he
works In proper and legitimate l)ne;>.
Wc wish to favor such a man whec he
does well. Wo wish to supervise and
control his actions only to prevent
him ttom doing ill. Publicity can do no
harm ro the honest corporation; ond
we need not be overtender about
sparing the dishonest corporation.
One way In which the readjustment
(fought can be reached is by reclprofci-
ty treaties. It is greatly to be deslreu
that such treaties may be adopted.
Thev can be used to widen our mar
kets and to ^ve a greater field for the
activities of our producers on the one
hand, and on the other hand to secure
in practical shape the lowering o£
duties when they are no longer need
ed for protection among our own peo
ple, or when the minimum of damage
•lone may be disregarded fOr the
sake of the maximum of good'accpm-
pllshed. If It prove impossible to rati
fy the pending tiealies, and If there
seem to be no warrant for the tn-
deavcr to execute others, or to amend
the pending treaties so that Ihey can
be ratified, then the same end—to
secure reciprocity—should be mtt by
direct legislation.
In continuing his discussion of the
tiust question the President argues
that we should not In any way inter-
fert with the legitimate co.nbinatlon of
capital which often results ia cheapen
ing production. He further argues
that such conditions as are hurtful to
the public should be throttled, even if
it should become necessary to adopt
an amendment to the constitution to
meet the case.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS,
On July 4 last, on the one hundred
and twenty-sixth anniversary of the
declaration of our independence, peace
and amnesty were promulgated in the
Philippine Islands. Some trouble has
6incc frotn time to time threatened
tiiih the Mohammedan Moroe,' but
with the late insurrectionary Pllipinos.
tjie war has entirely ceased. Civil ‘
government has now been intro
duced. Not only does each Filipino
enjov such rights to life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness as he has
never before known during the re
corded history of the islands, but the
people takMi as a whole now ypjoy a
measure of self-government greater
than that granted to any other
Orientals by any foreign power and
greater than that enjoyed by - any
other Orientals under their own gov
ernments, save the Japanese alone
plexity of the Orgaaisatioas through
^hlch both labor and catrftaVftow find
ecpresslon, the steady tenancy to
ward the employment oC« captoi in
huge corporations, attd the wonderfcl
strides of this countiy toward leade:-
ehip in the international ImsIneiiS
world justl^ an urgent demand for
the creation of snch a position. Sub
stantially all the leading commercial
IMiea 1m this country have united in
Te^esting its creatiMi. It la desirable
that some such measure as that whicit
has already passed the Senate be en
acted into law. The creation of such
a department would in itself be an
advance toward dealing with and el-
ercising supervision over the whol3
subject of the great rorporatlons do-
MANY WEKE RAIDED
AMtker Mtnl Sfum Attacks City
•fNewYock
«ET EVIKIKE Win DYNAHITA.
District Attonwy Jeroow Make* a
Sraaatioual Raid oa OanMers Is
Fashionable Quarter.
New York. Special.—District Attor
ney Jerome’s sensational raids un al
leged gambling resorts begun about
midnight Sunday night, were continued
until 4:30 o'clock Monday morning
and nnmerona small places were ralded.
ing in IntersUte bnsiness; and with
thb end in view, the Congress shouid
endow the department with large
powers, which could be Increased as
experience might show the need.
RECIPROCITY WITH CUBA.
I hope soon to submit to the Senate
a reciprocity treaty with Cuba. :On
May 20 last the United Stotes kept;it«j nie attacks on the latter, however,
promise to the Island by formally 1 almost overlooked In the public
Mting Cuban sou and tnr^ng^to , centered in the assanita'
Sd'ch’oiSi; STtS? ' .. tl.. b, Bld«rd
„1rS5m“ |A- C«riWd.Bd WUIUm Biirbrld*..'
ISTHMIAN CANAU I which were entered by means of lad-
On the subject of an isthmian canal ^ aledges. The police al-
the President commends the action of Frank Farrell is interested
the past ttot Burbridge’s place. Great quantities
makes further recommendation tnai ... >artefi away
tbe great work be underUken as early of coatly evidence were cart^ away
practicable. from those places by the police but
Arbitration between the Unit^ **^*tc7lart*^^t a general impres-
Stetes Md the sion prevailed that Canfield’s which is
commended where possible. fashionable up-town
Tbe army has been reduced^ the digtrfct, only a few doors from Fifth
minimum allowed by law. It Is small jyenQ* ^nd near two celebrated res-
for so Uirge a nation. We can Ukc ti^^^rants. was a “GlbrtStor” which
pride in both our officers and enlisted ^ uken and a similar be
lt is urged that the necessary ap
propriations be made for the con-
tinuanre of the naval manoeuvres.
Also, that the necessary officers
should be provided for the proper
oversight of the enlisted men.
CIVIL SERVICE.
Oratifving progress has been made
during the year in the extension of the
merit svstem of mak’ng appointments
in the Government service. It should
be extended by law to the District of
lief prevailed In regard to Burbridge s
place, which was especially protected
by steel doors. This place is in a cross
strMt up-town, only half a block from
Fifth avenue and a few steps from a.
celebrated hotel.
I So great was public interest aroused
by the news of the raid on Canfield’s
that people fiocked to the neighbor
hood until the intersection of Fifth
avenue and Forty-fourth street, the
comer nearest Canfield’s, was blocked
with carriages and people. After Bur-
Columbia. It Is much to be desired bridge’s the raiders visited LmUam’s
Brooks, several assistants to the dis-
sequence of proved fitness.
IRRIGATION
blew open a safe for evidence.
Earlier in the night the district at
torney made many raids in the down
* /i,- trict attomejrs and numerous detectives
The message suggests the mlama- ^ ^ mdlam's place until
lion of the arid lands by irrigation and ^ o’clock this morning. They
also the protection of game.
PORTO RICO.
Of Porto Rico it toi^'^ItTiSS ^e^'oraife^'' dfeOT-
to say that the derly houses. These were “prellmina-
and the rles,” as it were, to ti»e big events,
been governed have been such as- la Burbridge’s.
make it serve as an ► District Attorney Jerome refused to
that Is best in insular admlnlstratioa, r
*‘teo?b them“*nto the ^or^. CapU^n Lantir. ot Uie Bast
should of educa- Fifty-first street sUUon, in whose pre
body politic. .K fmnnf clnct the Canfield place has been for
tional work must be done amo t declared to the reporters and
th- ¥>rp.ident araues others assembled that he had never
2^ fSrovfd^te to liv. to Me such an e.eM
- I We have not gone too far In grantmg
over a century; to our laws, our sus- these rights of liberty and self-govem-
talned and continuous policies; acove [ ni,.nt; but we have certainly gone to
all, to the high individual average o-: j that in the interests of the
our cltlsenship. Great fortunes have ; phiiippine people themselves it was
teen won by those who have taken j gg. fo hurry matters.
the lead In this phenomenal industrial j ,^gter than we are now going, f,.’
I ^ jj calamity on the peopia t A number of recommendations-fo»- every place. But that the raids wm to
former with a never failing source ^hg ,,13, ^ere expected in every
cf revenue. I Place visited. In Calkfield’s the owner
SMITHSONIAN INSTITl/TION. declared nothing had been “doing” for
The President recommends spircial n ^aa much the same In Bur-
care for the Smithsonian Institution. j,|.|dge’g and Ludlam’s, although Joseph
and commends its good work. i Jacobs, the Citizens’ Union detective.
DISTRICT OP COLOMBIA. • last night declai-ed he had played
development, and most of these for
tunes have been won not by doing | ^f’the islands. No policy ever enterec:
evil, but as an incident to action which j j,y American people has vie-
has benefited the commuKlty as a j bleated itself in more signal manner
whole. Never before has matejial ^ policy of holding the Philii*-
well-belng been so widely diffused j pi„es. The triumph of our arms, above
among our people. Great fortunes ; triumph of our laws and prln-
have been, accumulated, and yet in gjpipg j,as come sooner than we tad
the aggregate these fortunes are small | ^ight to expect. Too much
indeed when compared to the weaiUi given to tlie
whole. The plaia 1
people are better off .iian they have . phiuppines both in
ever been before. The Insurance cotU- ‘
panies, which are practically mutual
benefit societies—especially helpful
to men of moderate means—represoat
accumulations of capital which are
among the largest in this country.
There are more deposits in the sav
ings banks, more owners of farms,
more well-paid wage-WOrkers in Uiis
country now than ever before in our
history. Of course, when the condi
tions have favored the growth of so
much that was good, they have aloO
favored somewhat the growth of what
was evil. It is eminently necessary
that we should endeavor to cut out this
There is more false hair worn in the
United States than iu all the rest of
the worid put together. —
evil, but let us keep a due sense of
proportion; let us not in flxlVg our
gaze upon the lesser evil forget tuo
greater good. The evils are real an.1
Bome of them are menacing, but they
are the outgrowth, not of misery or
decadence, but of prosperity—of the
progress of our gigantic industrial de
velopment. This industrial develop
ment must not be checked, but sida
by side with It should go such pro
gressive regulation as will dimlniaU
the evHs. We should fail in our dut)
if we did not try to remedy the evils,
but we shall succeed only If we pro
ceed patiently, wlth procticai common
sense as well as resolution, separating
the eood from the bad and holding oa
to the former while endeavoring to
get rid of the latter.
* TRUSTS.
In my Message to the pres
ent Congress at Us first ses
sion I discussed at. length
the question of the regulation of those
big corporations commonly doing an
interstate business, often with somo
tendency to monopoly, which are
popularlv known as trusts. The ex-
wrlence of the past year has cm-
Sasized, in my opinion, the desir
ability cf the steps I then proposed. A
fundamental requisite of social effl
rlency Is a high standard of mdivt,lt:al
cnetgy and exceller»ce; but this is in
ro ’*1ee incopsistent with power to
act in combination ror-alms which can
HOC so well be achieved by the ia-
'di-«1du«l acting alone. A fundameatai
basei ef civilixa^ton is the Inviolability
of property; but this is iu no wis"'
incessistent with the right of socieU’
to'regulate the exercise of the artifi
cial powers which it confers upon tlie
owners of propiarty, under the name
of corporate franchises, in such -x
way as to prevent the misuse of these
powers. Corporations, and especially
combinations of' corporations, should
"be managed under public regulation.
Experience has shown that tsnder our
system of gorammenl the necessary
. supervision can not be obtained by
State action. U must therefore bo
1 achieved by national actiQn. Our a^m
is not to do away with eoiHDratlons;
warfare viu
from an administriaUve standpoln*.
in preparing the way for civil govern
ment; and similar credit belongs to the
civil authorities for the way In which
they have planted the seed* of self-
government In the ground thus made
ready for them. The courage, the un
flinching endurance, the high soWlerly
efficiency, and the general klnfl-heart-
edness and humanity of our/ trwps
have been strikingly manifested. There
now remain only some fifteen thousand
troops in the Islandis. All told, over
one hundred thousand have been sent
there. Of coarse, there have i>eeB inai-
vidual Instances of wrongdoing among
them. They warred under fearful oiffi-
culties of climate and surrounding;
and under the stralu of the terrible
provocations which they continually
received from their foes, occassional
instances of cruel retaliation occurred.
Every effort has been made to prevent
such cruelties, and finally th^ efforts
have been completely successful. ®very
effort has also been made ^ f
punish the wrongdoers. After making
all allowance for these misdeeds, it
remains true that few
been the instances in which war has
S waged by a civilized power
against semioivilized or barbafoua for
ces where there has been llttlo
wrongdoing by the victors as In the
phllipnine Islands. On the other han%1
the amount of difficult, important, and
S^eficent work which has been done
Is well-nigh Incalculable.
•raking the work of the ArtBy and
the civil authorities together, it may be
questioned whether .mywhere else in
modern times the 'world has seen a
better example of real constructive
Btatesmanahip thaa our people have
glTCu In the Philippine Islands. High
praise should also be givea those Fili
pinos. In the aggregate very upmerous
who have accepted the tew conditions
and joined with ojr representatives to
work with hearty gcod wjW for the
well-fare of the islands.
Tbe question of Alaska occupies a
well written paragraph of the |nea-
eage In ■which are a number of good
suEesticES.
, LABOR AND CAPITAJiit
The relations of labor and capital are
dlf.cussed In the message I9 a luciu
mar ner. It is a delicate question
Neither party should have its le^ti
mate rights invaded. It Is
that whatever legislatum is ne^ed to
adjust any present or prospective dif
ferences should be In the ^interest of
harmony between the parties without
discriminating against either.^;
new CABINET OFFICfBR
It is eamestiy hoped tiiat a secre
tary of commerce may, be created,
with a seat in the Cabinet. The rapid
multiplication of qucstloas affecting
labor and eapital, the growth and com-
Flued For Ridluc oa Negro Car.
New Orleans, ^;>eclal.—J. Alins Wets,
one of the wealthiest cotton merchants
of New Orleans, was fined |25 for ■vio
lating the separate car law. He sat on
the side reserved for negroes and re
fused to go to the other compartment,
where there was no empty seat.
low^ concerning the proper government be made seemed to have reached the
of the district. i men Interested for every place was
RAILWAY EMPLOYES. j prepared as if in advance. At Bur-
The recommendation for the ea- bridge’s they even left the great steel
actment of laws for the protection ol door ajar. They went Into the house In
railway employes Is concise and the usual way. Canfield waa not ar-
polnted. rested. The report to that effect was
POSTAL DEPARTMENT. erroneous. He waa held at hla hoim
THE PoaiAu u I for Identification by a detective who
The strikl^inCr^ claimed to have gambled In the house,
of the but the detective said Canfield was not
clearly the the man who had dealt faro for him.
the increasing activity of the business detectives said B. W. Bnck-
of the country. j^e man and Bucklin -waa arr
The receipts of the Post-Office De- nested. He is said to be Canfield’s man-
partment for the fiscal y^r endmg
June 30 last amounted f ' David Bucklin and Sampel J. Smith,
26. an Increase of 110.216,85^7 over yf^re arrested in the raids, were
the preceding year, the largest increase qqo (qp examination. Thomas
known in the history of the postal ser.- jjcGlbney, who was arrested at Bur-
vlce. The magnitude of this Jncresae bridge’s house, was discharged.
^11 best appear from the fact that the
entire postal receipts for the year 1860
amounted to but $8,518,'. L
Rural free-dellvery service is no
longer In the experimental stoge; it
has become a fixed policy. The results
following its Introduction have fully
justified the Congress in the ^
proprlatioas made for. its csUblish-
ment and extension. Ihe average
yearlv increase in post-office rvceipts
in ihe rural districts of the country
about two per cent We are now able,
by actml results, to show that where
rural ft-ee-dellvery service nas been es
tablished to such an extent as to en
able US to make comparisons the year-
]y increase has been upward of ten per
cent.
On November 1, 1902, 11,6^ rural
free-dellvery routes had been estab
lished and were in operation, covering
about one-third of the territory 01 the
United Strtes available for rural free-
dellvery service. There are now
awaiting the action of the Department
petitions and applications for the es
tablishment of 10,748 additional routes.
This shows conclusively the want
which the establishment of the service
has met and the need of further, ex
tending it as rapidly as possible. It is
justified both by the financial results
and by the practical benefits to our
rural pcpulatlon; It brings the
who live on the soil into close rela
tions with the active uusiness world;
It keeps the farmer in daily touch with
the markets; it is a potential educa-
tiQB|i lorM; it enhances the value of
tiillta'pro{«rty. makss farm life far
pleasanter- and lees isolated, and ■will
do much to check the undesirable cur
rent-from country to city.
It ia to be hoped that the Congress
win make liberal >*ppropriatioas. l^
the continuance of the service akteiy
established and for its further exten
sion.
The President commends the action
of the last Congress on the great Im
provement made In the White House.
The message is urgent In encour
aging scientific farming, and farmers
given every advantage to improved
methods of farming.
CONCLUSION.
Tcnucsace'a Dauiocratlc riajority.
Nashville, Tenn., Special.—The offi
cial returns in the late electian have
been compiled by the Secretary, of
State and show a total vote of ICO.UF.
This Is a falling off of over 40 per ceut.
as compared with the vote of 1900 and
of over 12 per cent, as compared with
the preceding official year. Tbe vote'is
as foltows: Frazier, 98,954; Campbell
59,002; Cheves, 2,103. ’This is a major
ity for Frazier, Democrat, of 37.759.
Cig*nMakers Return to Woric.
Havana, By Cable.—All possibility of
another general strike has ended, as
the cigar makws have 'voted to return
to work and the factories were runnirg
as usual today. The detachment of ar
tillery from Fort Cabanas, which has
been guarding the public buildings in
this city since the outbreak of the
strike, was ordered back to barrancks.
The police have reported to the au-
thoritiea that anarchists from Barce
lona, Spain, are in Havana and are
supposed to have been in ci^uslon
with the Sodaltotic element duriug tno
strike. The anthirities m conducting
an inveatigation wltb a view to the ar
rest and deportation of these anarch-
The reporta ot the several ExecuUve
DepwtmentB are submitted to the Con
gress with this comm- Ueatiim.
THEODORE ROOBBVELT.-
White House.
Iroa Poopte OM Togetbcr.
' Detroit. Special.-^)ne of the biggest
deals ever made in the State of Michi
gan waa ctmsnmmated in the office of
W. C. here today, when 17
of the leading malleable Iron concerns
in the United States signed an agree
ment to form a big company with cap
ital from H«.0M.000 to $20,000,000.
Neiuly 20 firms, indndlng the Ross-
M^ais Foondry Company, of Chatta
nooga. are In the combination.