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-t.t.t..t..t..i ' t TrTTTiTTTTT i n 1 1 mi 1 1 1 ii 1 1 in i nw MADISON COUNTY HECO&D, J &e Medium Through which you reach the Ci.tb)bhedJunZ8, 1901 FRENCH BROAD NEWS, Established May 16. 1907. pccpis oi I'l&aison woumy. . . Advertising Rates on Application Consolidated, : Nov. 2nd, 1911 I nil ift ''l,,J"l"I,,l"l",lMJ,,Jt,!,l4 THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY. VOL. XIV, MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1912. NO. 7. i r n n ra r n r in n rr s RECORD. Madison County. Established by the Legislature loo 1860-'61. ' , Population, 2,133. County Stat, Marshall. 1648 lest above sea lereL . Now and modern Court Houso, cost $33,000.00. ' Now and modern Jail, cost J 15.000.00. Now and modern County Home, cost 110,000.00. Officers. Hdn. Jas, L. Hyatt, Senator; S3 District, BurnsTllle, N. C. Hon. J. C. Ramsey, Representative. Marshall, N. C. W. H. Henderson, Clehlt Superior Court, Marshall, N. C. W. M. Buckner, Sheriff, Marshall. N. C. James Smart. Register ot Deeds, . Marshall. N. C. C. F. Runnion, Treasurer, Marshall, N. C. R. P. D. No. 2. R. L. Tweed, Surveyor, White Rock, N. C Dr. J. H. Balrd, Coroner, Mars Hill. N. C . , Mrs. Eliza Henderson; Jailor, Mar lhall. N. C. ' ' John Honeycutt, Janitor, Marshall. s. a Dr. C. N. Sprinkle, County Physician, Marshall. N. C. James Haynle, Supt County Home, Marshall, N. C. Home located about two miles south west ot Marshall. Courts. Criminal and Civil, Klrst Monday be ' fore First Monday In March, Com mencing Feb. 26th, 1912. Civil 11th. Monday after First Mon day In March, commences May 20, 1912. Criminal and Civil, First Monday after First Monday in 8eut Com mences 8ept. 9th, 1912. Civil 6th Monday after First Mon day in September. Commences Octo ber 14. 1912. BOARDS. County Commissioners. W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman. Marshall, .1. C. C. F. Cassada. Member, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 1. Reubln A. Tweed, Member, Big I-uurel, N. C. , C. B. Mashburn, Atty., Marshall N. C. Board meets first Monday In every month. Road Commissioners. A. E. Bryan, Chairman, Marshall, N. C H. K. D. .. - k ,-', J. A. Ramsey, Secretary, Mara Hill, N. C. R. F. D. 2. Sam Cox. Member, Mars Hill, N. C R. F. D. No. 2. i G. W. Wild, Big Pine, N. C. ' Dudley Chlpley, Road Engineer, Marahall. N. C. George M. Prltchard, Atty., Marshall N. C. ' . Board meets first Monday in Janu ary, April, July and. October each year. Board T Education. . Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring Creek, N. C. Thos. J. Murray, Member, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 3. W. R. Sams, Marshall, N. Or R- F. I). No. 2. .':.. Prof. M. C. Buckner, Supt. of Schools. Mara HilL N. C. R. F. D .- 8 Board Meets first Monday In Janu ary, April, July and October each year. Collages and High Schools. Mars Hill College. Prof. R. L. Moore, President. Mara Hill, N. C. Fall Term begins August 17, 1911. Spring Term begins January 2, 1912. ' Spring Creek High School. Prof. O. C. Brown, Principal, Spring Creek, N. C I Mo. School opened - August 1, 1911. ' Mnridirui ftetnlnsrv Hleh School Prof J. M. Weatherly, Principal, Mar shall. N. C., R. F. D. No! 2. 7 Mo. Sobool began October 2, 1911. " ' Bell Institute. ' Miss Margaret E. Griffith, Principal, Walnut, N. C, 8 Mo. School began September 9. 1911. Marshall Academy. ' Prof. R, Q, .anders, principal. Marshall, N. C, f Mo. School began Sept. 4. 1911. . Notary Publics. . J. C. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C. Term expires Jan. 11, 1912. A. J. Roberts, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 5, Term expires May 30, 1912. Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek, N. C. Term expires August 10, 1912. -' C. C. Brown, Bluff, N. C. Term ex pires December (, 1912. v , J; A. Leak, Revere, N. C. Term ex pires January 10, 1913. W. , T. Davis. Hot Springa. N. C. Term expires January 10, 1913. J. H. South worth, Stackfaouse, N. C. Term expiree January If, 1913. If. W. Andersen, Paint Fork, N. C. .Term expires February 8, 1913. J. H. Hunter. Marahall, N. C R. F. - D. No. S. Term expires April. 1, 191? J. F Tilson, Marshall, N. C. R. F. D. :, No. 2. Term expires April 3. 1913.. - u. j. jfiBbs, Marshall, N. C. Term expires Aprll 21, 1913. . J. W. Nelson. Marshall, N. C. Term expires April 35, 1913. ' Roy l Cadger, Marshall, N. C. Term expires May 3, 1913. Geo. M. Prltchard. Marshall, n C. Term expires May 25. 1913. - Dudley Chlpley, Marshall, ' K. C Term expiree July 29, 1918. ' W. 6. Connor, Mara Hill. N. C. Tens xplroa November 27, 1913. -s, ; . post. ' ; - George W. Gabagaa Post, No. M O. A. R. ,' V S. M. Davla, Commander. ' 3. H. Ballard. Adjutant. Meeta at the Court House gatariay rore me second Soaday la month at 11 A. U. PEGAN CULTURE III STATE lOOO ADVICE GIVEN BY STATE HORTICULTURIST HUTT AS TO. LOCATION. JUST GET FIT CONDITIONS Mr. Holloway Who la Planing a Twenty-Five Acre Farm In Pecan Treea 8enda an Address That Waa Made by a Pecan Authority. Raleigh. "It is to be noted that the reports show that North Carolina produces the largest and best kind of pecans. The soil and climate auit the growth of the pecan and the wise thing for men with lands in the state to do la to aet out pecan groves. They will pay handsomely." Referring to this item a letter was received from a prominent nursery man of thia atate who said In part: "The above statement might cause a great losa to people in the state who have land and locations not adapted to growing pecans. In fact In our state condltiona and soil are so varied that we can grow almost anything, yet some things can only be grown successfully in certain lo cations and the pecan Is one of these. the area being limited on which it will make a commercial success any one contemplating planting should take up the- matter of location with Prof. Hutt, state horticulturist, and submit a full description of location, etc., and get his advice. This view of the matter Is exactly the right one and of course it meant only, of course, that pecan groves should be attempted where the lands and other conditions were suitable just as a farmer who plants tobacco should know whether or not the land he proposes to use suitable. A matter of location af fects the growth of almost every thing that can be mentioned, and in pecan planting, as In other things, the condition and adaptability ct the land should be first known. An Improvement of Business. A statement of Interest has been given out by tbe local poatofflce of ficials. Thia statement is to the effect that the January business of the Ashevllle office, Including the sale of stamps, box rent and newspaper post age, for thia year shows an Increase over the business for the same month of last year of 3923.83. The figures for the two months compar ed are: January, 1911, $6,083.18; Jan uary, 1912, 87,016.01. This makes percentage increase for this month over that of last year of over 15 per cent. It Is also stated that this vast Increase is attributable only to general Improvement of business. Will Be Given Another Chance. The Forsyth Commissioners order ed - another election in Broadbay township, , to be held March 11, for the purpose ot voting on the town ship Issuing bonds In the sum ; of 230,000 to aid in the construction ot the Randolph and Cumberland Rail road. The former election was de clared void on account of two bal lot boxes being Used. A. E. Tate, of High Point, one ot 'the leading pro moters of the new road, stated that the road would be built if Randolph county and Broadbay township vote the bonds submitted to them. Begin The 8urvey of Railroad. The survey of the Durham and Danville Railroad has been begun, the organization made permanent and the work of laying out a route between these two great business (owns start ed in earnest Ma. W. A. Graham, of Durham, who wa? in Raleigh, told of the election of a president and a secretary-treasurer, the head of the organization being Mr. Gilbert C. White, an engineer of large reputa tion, and the secretary-treasurer Mr. John F. Wily, former cashier of the Fidelity bank and one of the city's most splendid business. Portrait of James E. Shepherd. A splendid oil painting of the la mented former Chief Justice James E. Shepherd waa presetned . to the North Carol! na Supreme Court, the address a fine tribute to the person ality and official and professional ca reer ot Judge Shepherd, being deliv ered by 1 former Gov. Charles B. Ay cock. The court room waa crowded with people .representing-atate offi cialdom and the social lite of the city. Judge Shepherd waa a member of the Supreme Court bench ' from July L 1889 to January 1, 1906. . Was A Disgrace to The 8tata. Declaring that the verdict render ed waa totally at variance with the evidence presented. Judge B. Long of the superior court of Ashevllle in the caae of the State against P. H. Thrash, . charged with violation of the 'search and aoliure law," dla charged the Jury which, he said, was a "disgrace to the state." Thrash waa convicted In the local police court some mouths ago, having more liqqor In bis possesion than - the law allows. He appealed and the Jury returned a rerdlct of not, guilty. WILL PURSUE ANEW POLICY Mecklenburg County Fathers Begin, nlng to Realize Importance of - Preserving Macadam. Charlotte. There are' 230 miles of macadam roads la Mecklenburg county. The county board of com missioners haa almost decided that there Is enough and want to devotf all of the time of the convict labor era to repairing and rebuilding these roads, Instead ot macadamizing oth ers. In almost every section of the county there are macadam roads and nearly all of these, are in bad condi tion, such condition that they need reworking and repairs. During. the past year, the county commissioners have been rebuilding roads. They have laid much dustless and perma nent county road and have kept the gangs at work filling In gaps ot un macadamtzed strips connecting the macadam. - One of the officials said the other day: "Mecklenburg county la grad ually losing out on its reputation for the best roads in the South. That is because we devoted all of our time to building new roads instead of keep ing the ones we have in repair and keeping abreast with the times in road building. "Other counties have profited by our experience of years in road build ing and are now putting down coun ty roads with a permanent top dress ing of asphalt all at one time. We must go over every road in the coun ty and put it in good condition be fore we can go up to our old stand ard and maintatn our reputation of past years, making all our roads tho very best with asphalt top, 'It will take years to do this for we have so many roads." Home Seekers Ask Information. There are coming into the state department of agriculture every day inquiries from many parts of tbe country as to the conditions in west tern North Carolina for apple and other fruit growing and in. central and eastern Carolina for trucking, these Inquiries being from prospect ive settlers and from agricultural and horticultural journals gathering In formation fpr patrons of theirs the country over. It is stated at the de partment at Raleigh that there were probably never in the history ot the state, jso many evidently, really inter estetff Inquirers and the Indications are for some really considerable ao quisition In the way of desirable home-owning settlers In the near fu ture. It is thought that the fine showing that the state has made in winning prizes at the national horti cultural congresses the past two years is having a very considerable effect in catching and holding the attention of the people the country over. Myslsry In Death of juice. The coroner's jury which inquired Into the Budden death of Bailess Guice, divorced husband of Bessie Clark Guice, mentioned in connection with the Myrtle Hawkins mystery, return ed the following verdict: "We find ihat the deceased came to'his death possibly from a gumma at the base of the Jjrain, but we recommend a chemical examination of the stomach and Its contents." Guice, who was superintnedent of ,the Oakdale ceme tery, died suddenly. At the coroner'a inquest it was testified that he and his wife were on bad terms and that she had threatened to get rid of him. To Hold Track Meet In Greensboro. It IS practically assured that ttie second annual track meet and decla mation contest between the fifty-two high schools in tne eastern district of North Carolina will be held in Greensboro on April 6. In order to secure this contest it wag asked that Greensboro raise $75 toward defray ing the expenses of the contestants. A conference was held between Super intendent Foust of the county schools and Secretary Burgin ot . the cham ber of commerce. ' Thia State 8ends Many Delegates. It is probable that no atate in the South will send a larger delegation of laymen. 4o the Chattanooga Con vention than will North Carolina, for In no state is the work of the Lay men's Movement more active than is thia. There Is Mystery About Thia Caae. The coroner's Jury completed for the preesnt its ; Inquest into ' tbe deaths of tbe three young men from Benson, who were found dead In tbe Wilson apartments', and , took a re cess to await the analysis of the stomachs of the men. One of tjie ju rors said the police and detectives must do a great deal of work. There is mystery about this case. He. re ferred to bow thero could have been a deadly accumulation of gas in room No. 4 without pervading other por tions of the building. . - i t v Resignation Tendered and Accepted. It was learned thet at a meeting Ot Guilford county commissioners several days ago the resignation of county auditor J. Leslie Abbott was tendered and immediately accepted, the action of Mr. Abbott being at the request of the board. Former chair man of tbe board of commisaloqera J. A. Davidson was choaen as succes sor through a consolidation of tha of fice of road superintendent and audi tor, Mr. Davidson having held tha position of road superintendent form- rly. HER PROBE FINALLY ENDED SECOND SENATORIAL INVESTIGA TION INTO ELECTION OF IL ' LINOIS SENATOR CLOSED. HEARING TOOK 8 MONTHS 10,000 Pages of Testimony Were Tak en by Committee In Most Ex haustive Probe on Record. Washington. Public hearings In the second senatorial Investigation into the election of Senator Lorlmer were declared closed y Chairman Dllling ham of the senate Lorimer commit tee. Attorney Hanecy, representing Senator Lorlraer, ' was given permis sion to file a brief to the effect that Ike senator'a election had been ad Judicated before tho present InvestI gatlon began and therefore that It could not be the subject ot a secou avestigati.'iCrf The Inquiry has proved to be one of the most exhaustive ever made by WILLIAM E. LORIMER, Senator Fnum lllnola. ' a congressional committee, in the eight months' hearing about 10,000 pages of printed testimony were tak en, constituting about 5,000,000 words. It is estimated that the stenogra phers' fees alone reached 215,000. Edward Illnes was the last witness called. He denied he had attempted to bribe Miss Helen Seavers, a local telegraph operator, to see a message a private detective in the case had just sent. Members ot the committee declin ed to predict when they would be pre pared to submit a report to the sen ate. TROUBLE ON MEXIC BORDER Mexican Troops Ask Permission to Cross Through El Paso, Texas. Washington. Diplomatic complica tions arose between the state of Tex as and the United States government on the one .hand and the Mexican government on the other, which, tem porarily at least, will not allow Mex ico to move any troops over American territory in connection with her revo lutionary disturbances. Secretary ot State Knox made fur ther inquiry from Mexico through the American ; embassy at Mexico City asking tile specific purpose of the mil itary expedition for which permission is sought to travel from Eagle Pass, Texas, to El Paso, Texas, in order that points in northern Mexico may be reached to which the rebels have cut internal railroad communication. Governor Colquitt ot Texaa pointed out to the state department in his messages that residents of El Paso were apprehensive that rebels at Jua rez,' Mexico, might resist the entry of- Mexican "troops from American territory and precipitate a battle en dangering American, lives and prop erty. Secretary Knox assured Gov ernor Colquitt that no permission would be granted until the . matter had been carefully studied. U. 8. Interferes in Honduiin Row. . Puerto Cortez, Hon. Considerable excitement prevails here, as the re sult of a serious clash between the United States and Honduran author itles over the enforcement of a de cree of President Bonilla directing the representatives of W., S. Valen tine forthwith to turn over to govern- ment authorities the railroad, wharf I and other properties which the Val entlne syndicate holds under lease. The commander of the United States gunboat Petrel landed 75 marines and took charge of tbe railroad and wharf. ; Moras Believed to Have Millions. . New York. Charles W. Morse Is poor only In comparison, some of his friends say. Of the ex-banker's origi nal 122,000, it is rumored bo still baa a million or more. One solitary batch of $11,000,000 in cash or gilt edged securities has never been ac counted for publicly. . Talk ot soma prospective- new legal action waa hard. Harry Morse stated In the moat emphatic term that bis father had no plana to re-engage in Wall atreet operations.1 I WHAT WOULD iuy I'iMllt. iui.i g. o. p:convention SPLITS G. O. P. CONVENTION IN FLORIDA TO 8ELECT DELEGATES WAS STORMY GATHERING. Friends cf Roosevelt Organize Con. vention of Their Own and Name Celegates. Palatka, Fia. The Republican state convention met here, but split to pieces beforu it got down to busi ness The office holders wanted a del egation Instructed for Taft, while the greater number of delegates favored Roosevelt. Over halt of the dole- gates walked from the hall after fil ing notice with the convention, pro- ceded to another part ot the city, met, organized and with great enthu siasm elected delegates to the nation al convention, instructed for Theo dore Roosevelt as the standard-bearer of the G. O. P. for 1912. Both factions will send Instructed delegates to the convention, and both have nominated a state ticket Theo dore Roosevelt was notified of the action of the Insurgent delegates by a committee appointed at the convention-; - . - - - Tbe regular, administration fac tion of the convention, after the de parture of the Insurgent delegates from the hall, organized and elected delegates to the Chicago convention, whom they instructed to vote for the nomination ot President Taft. Joseph Lee, collector of internal revenue in Jacksonville, the leading negro politician of tbe state, was the chairman of the regular convention, and led the Taft forces. There Is a strong Roosevelt feeling among some of the negro Republicans and they are causing the trouble. George Chubb, the national commit teeman from Florida, was present. and watched the proceedings for tbe national committee. 30 UNION MEN INDICTED Labor Leadera Accused of Being Re sponsible for Explosions. Indianapolis, Ind. Union labor of ficials and agents said to number be tween thirty and forty, whom the gov ernment holds criminally responsible with the McNamaraa and Ortie E. McManlgal for perpetrating more than one hundred explosions which occur red In cities from Massachusetts to California in the last six yeara, and iu which the wrecking ot the Los An geles Times building was an incident, were Indicted. Thirty-two indictments were return ed. Capiases for arrests have been issued and all the men Indicted are to be taken in custody on a day se cretly fixed by the governmeui, but know nto be within a week. March 12 has been set for arraign ment before Federal Judge B. Ander son In Indianapolis. The papers for the arrests designate the amount of bond which the defendants may give In the Federal districts In- which they reside for their appearance here. The amounts of the bonds in the Individ ual cases were not made known, but was said in the aggregate they would total $300,000. Army Mobollzed for Mexie Border. Washington. President Taft and his cabinet turned a scrutinizing eye toward Mexico. Official dispatches, placed before tbe president, serious ly questioned the loyalty of Gen. Pas- cual Orozco to the Mexican Federal government and Intimated that the present conditions 4n the state ot chihuahua, bordering on Texaa, might develop a movement of secession. The war department baa sent additional orders to army poets throughout the country to be ready for a possible mobilization. v Colored Mob Lynches Negro. Vldalia, Ga. Homer Stewart, a ne gro, who bad killed another negro and wounded two others ao that they are not expected to live, waa taken from the officers and lynched, ft Is reported, by members of his own race. The blacks, incensed at the killing, are aaid to have formed a mob which overtook the bailiff and captured Stew art The black waa then led a ahort distance Into tha woods, hanged to a tree, and hia body riddled with bul leta. - LINCOLN DO? HOUSE DODGES THIRD TERM Resolution Would Make the Demo crats Appear to Be Afraid of the Colonel. Washington. For reasons of polit ical expediency the Democratic bouse of representatives declined tf pass a resolution aimed to defeat former President Roosevelt's nomination by the Republicans. Representative Slayden of Texas, tbe author of the resolution, sought in vain to get a vote on it under a suspension ot the rules. The opposi tion was led by Representative Ollle James of Kentucky and Tbctus W. Sims of Tennessee. On the vote by tellers, the result was 51 to 90, the house refusing to consider the resolution, which Is still pending before a committee ot the house. Just at the moment when the Slay den resolution, aimed primarily at Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, seemed about to pass8, a shrewd parliamenta ry turn displaced tbe measure from further consideration. It may be re vived later in the session, but its position of vantage on (he house cal-' endar was lost. Mr. Slayden, a Texas Democrat, In troduced the resolution a week ago. It sought to express the "opinion ot the house" that the example ot Wash ington In retiring after a second term, bad by universal concurrence become the time-honored custom of the country a violation of which would be fraught with peril to free institutions. HEYBURN SHOWS HIS HATE Senator From Idaho Again Scores the South for "Treason." Wasuington.r-Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi again aroused the animosity and stirred to bitter ness Senator Hey burn of Idaho when he sought to get a vote on his bill to erect a monument to the naval forces of the Confederacy in the Vicksburg national cemetery. The bill wa8 Introduced at the request ot the park commission to erect a companion piece to the monument to the Union naval forces to be ready in time for the semi-centennial cele bration in 1913. When Senator Hey- burn objected to the consideration of the measure and before the chair ruled that it must go over under the custom of the senate, Senator Wil liams made this proposal: If tbe sen ator from Idaho will agree to let this bill come to a vote, 1 will promise that no aenator from the South, so far as I am able to influence their action, will vote on the measure." This pledge did not swerve Senator Heyburn, who insisted that it would not be proper or constitutional. He said such measures amounted to "treading upon the sacred memo ries of the people of the North." He said It waa proposed to take money "rrom tne treasury or the people of the United States" to expend in com memorating the virtues of tbe enemy Ot the country. Harmon Controla Colorado. Denver, Colo. Supporters of Gover nor Harmon of Ohio for the presiden tial nomination controlled the - meet ing of the Colorado Democratic Btate central committee which chose Colora do Springs and April 29 as the time and place for the state convention, which will name twelve delegatea to the national convention. The Harmon supporters, who are poiiticaty aligned with Mayor Speer of Denver were op posed by friends of Governor Shaft roth of Colorado, who favor Woodrow Wilson. Hearst Buys Atlanta Georgian. Atlanta. William Randolph Hearst announced the purchase of the Atlan ta Georgian and took active charge of its - publication . immediately, in the announcement of the purchase the Ne York newspaper proprietor an nounced that, there would be no rad ical changes la policy or in manage ment of The Georgian, aa the paper bad been operated largely according to his Ideas since the beginning of Its publication six yeara ago. F. L. 8eely of St Louis-waa the former owner. EVERGLADES WORK TO BE INVESTIGATED SPECULATORS ARE ALLEGED TO HAVE SUPPRESSED GOVERN MENT REPORTS. WARING CIRCULAR WITHHELD Thorough Investigation of the United Statea Agricultural Department's Connection With Everglades. Washington. Thorough Investiga tion of the charges that government reports on Florida Everglade lands were suppressed by officials of the department of agriculture at tha in stance of land speculators and that department engineers were dismissed because of controversies In this con nection was determined upon by tbe Democratic members ot the house committee on expenditures In tbe de parment of agriculture. After a conference Representative Moss ot Indiana, chairman of the com mittee, declared that the formal or der for tbe inquiry would be -executed. "The committee haa determined that there are circumstances in con nection with thl scase which need thorough investigation," said Chair man Moss, "and we already have de cided to subpoena as one of the first witnesses J. O. Wright, the chief drainage engineer of the state of Florida, fnrmerlv an engineer In the- drainage division of the department of agriculture, who made charges against bis former associate engi-t neers In the department which re sulted In their dismissal by order of Secretary Wilson." A statement issued by Solicitor Mc- Cabeof the department of agriculture with the approval of Secretary Wil son declares that the charges against ' the department are untrue, and that "the effort to besmirch the secretary of agriculture will fall." The charge against the dismissed men is that they misapplied an ap propriation. Congress appropriates a , lump sum for the drainage and irri gation divisions of the department of agriculture. Tht heads of these di visions divide it equally. In 1909, tha drainage, division lent to the Irriga tion division some of its unexpended appropriation and Engineer .Elliott discovered soon afterward that be waa some 2900 short, for completion of work under way In North Caroli na and other states. . Rather than have the work stopped, citizens in the section Interested in the completion of the projects ad vanced the money and later were car ried on the payroll as employees un under the appropriation for the next year. With the money thus secured the men who advanced the money wese reimbursed. , UNDERWOOD BESTS BRYAN Democratio Caucua Rejecta Bryan's "Money Trust" Probe Plan. Washington. Representative Oscar Underwood was sustained by a vote of 115 to 60 in defying Mr. Bryan and his lash and in providing that the regular committees ot the house should undertake the investigation into the "money trost" of the coun try. , ' Tbe house caucus on the resolution which has been a bone of contention for many weeks lasted for three hours, and finally adopted the Under wood substitute for the Henry reso lution by a vote of 115 to 66. ' - Through editorials in The Com moner, and by means of telegrams to Washington, William J. Bryan haa urged a special committee to probe financial conditions with especial ref- . erence to the control of the money , market Those who opposed his plan were said to be In the control of the . money trust But his appeals were powerless. The hdlise Democrats re fused to fololw his advice, but chose instead to let the regularly organized committees ot the house do the work. The caucua then instructed the standing comittees of the bouse on banking and currency, judiciary, In terstate commerce and elections to proceed with the Inquiry. Steel Truat Flogged Convicts. . Washington. Convict labor In tbe operation of subsidiary companies of the United States Steel Corporation, particularly In Alabama, were taken up by the Stanley Investigating com mittee. Shelby M. Harrison ot New York, a magazine writer, testified that he had made an investigation of tbe conditions, . He told of tbe large number ot state and county convicts In the camps In Alabama and of the minor offenses for which some of the men had been convicted and put a work in the mines. Hooper Is Out for Re-Election. Nashville, Tenn. In a statement reciting the forward steps, notably in the department of agriculture and In the penal system, which he claims for bis administration and severely arraigning - elements that have, he says, sought to discredit his efforts. Gov. Ben, W. Hooper, the first Re publican Inaugurated governor ct Tennessee In thirty years, announced for re-election. He declares he 1 t faithfully kept bis promise to 1. 1 ! i Influences to the enforct- nt rf liquor lawa.