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VOLUME XI. NO. 18.
DETAIL OF EXPENDITURES AND
INCOME OF GREENE AND GAYNOR
THE MOST INTERESTING DAY OF
THE BIG TRIAL IN PROGRESS
IN SAVANNAH.
ERWIN TELLS HOW
THEY RAN VENABLE
OUT OF THE WAY
Says Carter Left i nincjs to "Cormally,
Who Might be Called Jim the Pen
man of the Conspiracy—Gained
One Mattress in Every Six.
(By W. G. Sutlive.)
SAVANNAH. Ga., .lan. JO.—Today
was the most interesting of the Greene
and Gaynor conspiracy trial since the
hearing began. Special Assistant At
torney General Marion Erwin outlined
to the Jury in full what the govern
ment expects to prove against the de
fendants. lie spoke of the "seduc
tion" of Lieutenant (later Captain)
Oberlin M. Carter, by Greene and Gay
nor, and said that, documentary evi
dence would be produced to show that
Carter was completely in their power.
That he framed advertisements for
bids for work so that no one could
bid against them, let them do poor
work and had it passed and was in
terested with them forming subsidiary
companies to get more work from the
government.
The trials that \V. H. Venable, of
Atlanta, had in an endeavor to get a
government contract were reviewed
and in this connection Mr. Erwin Haid
Mr. Venable had the greatest trouble
in getting specifications for work. He
said that Carter left Venable to Mitch
ell Connally, who is jointly indicted
with Greene and Gaynor, but who is
not on trial.
He said in this connection:
“Carter left the city and left the
matter in charge of COnnallv, who
might be called "Jim the Penman” of
the conspiracy.”
"Finally Carter camo back and at
once began to chill the Venable peo
ple. He told them all sorts of things
which were untrue and led them to
believe that they'd have to build all
sorts of trestles and things.
"When they got Venable out of the
way they made a subcontract with
hint to furnish $1,000,000 worth of
stone, but they never took SIO,OOO
worth of that stone. Instead they
put in all sorts of inferior brush mat
tresses. It ruined men like Venable
and others, this public trick to kill
’em out after they bought 'em off
when it came to the work on the con
tract they had the government up
worse than that,” declnred Mr. Er
win.
The district attorney then detailed
the way in which the defendants de
frauded the government by furnishing
the poorest quality of material. He
said there was no inspector at the
camp where they were built. Once or
twfre Carter sent out inspectors for a
day or two, he said, within five or six
years, and that Carter instructed the
inspectors to accept mats if they were
the proper size, regardless of what
thp interior was.
"They gained one matrass in every
six by the use of faulty material the
government paid four or five times
over for what they got, even where
♦lie material proved satisfactory. You
will find that the poor lieutenant, Car
ter, jumps from a borrowing man to
a capitalist, about this time,” said
the district attorney, then submitted
a table showing Carter's expenditures
and Income as follows:
Expendi- Income and
tures. salaries.
1890 $ 4,300 $ 2,800
1891 5.897 2,800
1892 8.352 3,269
1893 14,982 8.000
1894 14.410 16.000 I
1895 20,113 23,000
1896 28,000 28,000
BIG JEWEL ROBBERY
EXPOSED IN LONDON
NEW YORK WOMAN RELIEVED
OF $75,000 WORTH OF VALUA
BLES WHILE GUEST AT CARL
ETON HOTEL, SAYS THE HER
ALD.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—The Herald
tomorrow will say:
“That Lady Parker, wile of Sir Gil
bert Parker, was robbed of
jewels several weeks ago in the
t'arleton hotel, London, has been re
vealed in this city since the departure
of a representative of Scotland yard
for Palm Beach, Florida. For more
than a week the London detectives
worked in this city independently of the
central office, visiting pawnshops and
following other trails.
"In the recent political campaign in
England Lady Parker took up a tem
porary residence in the Carleton. She
was Miss A. E. Vantine, of this city,
daughter of the late A. A. Vantine,
and wealthy in her own right. Her
jewel? are well known and on this
occasion she had in a casket in her
room part of her collection.
"There came a knock at her door
one morning and a well dressed man
THE SUNDAY HERALD
ERIN OUTLINED
CASE HE INTENDS
TO MAKE
OUT
WILL ENDEAVOR TO SHOW THAT
GREENE AND GAYNOR GOT EN
TIRE POSSESSION OF CARTER.
“OWNED HIM
BODY AND SOUL”
Forced Only Other Competition Out
of the Way by Driving Him to Fail
ure—He Had Saved Thousands of
Dollars for the Government.
(By Associated Press.)
SAVANNAH, Ga., January 30.
Assistant Attorney Marion Er
win indicted to the jury today the
course the government would follow
in presenting its case against Greene
and Gaynor. He said it would show
in support of the charge of conspiracy
that the defendants knew each other
personally, that they were associated,
that, they came together in an agree
ment to defraud the government of
the United States, anil that an overt
act of conspiracy had actually been
committed. Speaking of the defend
ant's alleged relations with Captain
Carter, Mr. Erwin said they led Carter
to believe he could leave the army
and go in with them in carrying out
great contracts in Chili and else
where. Mr. Erwin implied that the
defendants never had any intention of
carrying out these plans, but by en
tering into them they made Carter
their man indisputably.
He then alleged that the conspira
tors interested the people of Savan
nah in getting very large appropria
tions for Savannah harbor work. This
overstepped the Chill scheme even
and offered a splendid opportunity for
the alleged conspirators, he continu
ed. Congress made this great ap
propriation and in 1891, Erwin said,
Carter went over to Greene and Gay
nor “body and soul."
Mr. Erwin gave a description of the
work called for under the "big con
tract” to improve the river from Sa
vannah down to Tybee Island at the
river's mouth. In advertising these
contracts Mr. Erwin declared Carter
did not follow the regulations; often
on $1,000,060 contracts cutting down
the time and so managing as to sup
press competition and leave the work
necessarily to fall to the Atlantic Con
tracting company, of which Greene
and Gaynor and Carter were the chief
beneficiaries.
In one instance, said Mr. Erwin,
where they could not buy off an out
sider ihe government was saved over
SIOO,OOO on one contract, in the
course of five or six years, he said,
from 1891 to 1897, all contracts, with
that single exception, went to Greene
and Gaynor and Carter and the net
profits were regularly divided among
these three.
In the exception, when the contract
went to an outsider, Mr. Erwin said,
they put the screws upon him and
caused hint to fail. Carter treating
him with severity that he never show
ed in his demands upon Greene and
Gaynor, thus crushing him and put
j ting him out of the lists, so that there
was no longer any competition.
Judge Speer informed the jury that
was discovered. At sight of Lady
Parker he apologised profusely, saying
he had made a mistake, having been
called to the room of a friend. Little
was thought of the Incident and Lady
Parker went to make some calls.
When she returned she discovered that,
the case and its contents had been
taken. Nothing else had been dis
turbed. Entrance had been obtained
by a master key.
“It was Lady Parker’s description
of the man who had rapped at her
door that caused the Scotland Yard
man to take ship for this city. The
detective authorities thought they rec
ognized in it a man who has made a
reputation as a sneak thief and hotel
thief on two continents. It waslearned
he had sailed for New York. He was
not in New York when the detective
arrived, but there were traces of him
here, and after a week's investigation
a clew was found which indicated
lhat he had gone to Florida."
PROMINENT AUTHOR DEAD.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 20—Word
was received here today of the death
in Bournemouth, England, of Robert
Neilson Stephens, of this city. Ste
phens wrote “An enemy to the
King" which was produced b> E. H.
S t hern. He was 40 years old and
leaves a widow s
GRAFT CHARGED BY MEMBERS
OF HOUSE IN HOT DISCUSSION
TWOHUNDREOWERE
KILLED 111 THE
RIOTING IN
ECUADOR
NEW GOVERNMENT FORMED AT
QUITO. THE CAPITAL. AND GEN
ERAL FIGHTING FOLLOWED.
SHOOTING IN ALL
PARTS OF THE CITY
New Ministry Lasted Only One Hour
After it Had Been Set Up, When it
Was Rejected by Administration of
Moreno—New President Proclaim
ed.
GUAYAQUILL. Ecuador. Jan. 20.
Two hundred persons were killed or
wounded in the fighting here.
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador. Jan. 19.
General Alfaro occupied Quito, the
capital, at 3p. m. Thursday. A Junta
of notable persons met in the govern
ment palace here at 4 p. in. today
and formed a new government. Vico
President Baquerizo Moreno assumed
the executive power, establishing the
capital here and appointing a new min
istry.
Rioting followed. The people dur
ing the afternoon attacked the prisons,
liberated the political prisoners and
afterwards captured the police liar
racks where the tioters obtained pos
session of a number of rifles and
some cannon. Rifle shots later were
heard In all parts of the city and the
rioters became so bold that they at
tacked a battalion of artillery. Many
persons were killed or wounded on
both sides during the fighting.
The new ministry, however, only
lasted one hour. The people rejected
the administration of Baquerizo Mo
reno and proclaimed as president Gen.
Eloy Alfaro, the former president of
Ecuador anil leader of the revolution,
and in his absence Fir. Hmilo Arrevalo
assumed the civil and military author
ity.
A great panic prevailed here dur
ing the evening and in the midst, of
the disorder, Gen. Leonidas Plaza,
minister of Ecuador to the United
States, who arrived here January 18
and assumed chief command of the
army in its operations against the
rebels, escaped front the eity and cm
! barked on board the Chilian steamer
I gw, which leaves here tomorrow for
Panama.
Later in the evening order was re
stored.
they should not take Iho prosecut
ing attorney's statement as evidence
and directed an adjournment, until
Monday.
When the payments began upon
big contracts divisions of the money
could be shown to have been made
at the end of each month as regular
ly as clock work. From 1892 con
tinued Mr. Krwin, month by month,
the balances from payments, after
defraying the expenses of the work
were split up by Clreene, Gaynor and
Carter in equal amounts.
Mr. Krwin with pencils and
bundles of straws indicated the con
struction of mattresses and fascines.
He said that Carter had three de
signs of mattresses set forth in the
specifications, stating that the engi
neer might require the use of any one
of the three specified In the carry
ing out of the work. One of these
designs was much more costly than
the others, and yet contractors were
required to bid upon them together
at one price, t'artor selecting which
he might, see fit. Then, continued Mr.
Erwin, with bids In Greene and Gay
nor would be given the contract, be
cause they had understood with Car
ter that he would use the cheapest
style and had figured accordingly,
while the "outsiders” would have
figured upon the basis of the possi
bility of the engineers choosing the
most expensive design.
The obstacles thrown in the way
of Venable Brothers, of Atlanta, to
"chill the bidders” were described,
Carter even trying to keep specifi
cations from them by absenting him
self and leaving his private secre
tary, Michael A. Connolly, his “Jim
the penman," as Mr. Erwin termed
him, to put them off. Then, he said,
Carter would mislead them by telling
them that they would have to do a
great, deal of expensive subsidiary
work that really was not necessary,
and that was not done at all by
Greene and Gaynor when they se
cured the contracts.
"The Jury will find,” Mr. Erwin
said in summing up what he pur
poses to prove, and referring to Cap
tain Carter," that In 1891, after hav
ing been a borrower, a poor lieu
tenant who had to get. money from
Continued on page twenty-one.,, j*
AUGUSTA. GA,. SUNDAY. JANUARY 21. 1906.
GOVERNMENT ASKED TO SPEND
$2,615 FOR A PICTURE OF AT
TORNEY GENERAL KNOX.
SHOT FIRED AT
THE PRACTICE OF
HAULING SILVER
Smith, of lowa, Says It's Graft Pure
and Simple, While Hill Says It's
"Unadulterated" —Williams Thinks
It’s Necessary.
WASHINGTON, D C„ Jan. 20.
Abuses In the expenditure of npprop
riations was the text of the discus
sion In the house today during the
consideration of the urgent deft
nilency appropriation bill. Hut little
progress was made in the considera
tion of the hill whlrh will be the con
tinning topic for Monday.
The portrait of ox-Attorney Gen
eral Knox, for which the department
of Justice has asked $2,615. was again
the topic of comment. The most ant
mated discussion of the day took
place on an amendment by Mr.
Heifer, of Ohio, to Increase the
amount for the transportation of
silver coin.
Mr. Smith, of lowa, declared the
practice of transporting silver coin
front and to subtreasuries was
"graft . pure and simple. In the Inter
est of express companies.”
Mr. Hill, of Connecticut, said it
was “unadulterated graft." Every
secretary of the treasury from Car
lisle down, he said, hud disapproved of
the practice. He said he could gHe
a specific instance where an ex
press company was paid by the gov
ernment $16,000 for transporting its
own money front San Francisco to
New York.
Mr. Williams, of Mississippi,
stated that if the movement of silver
was stopped or restricted it woui.l
work a hardship in agricultural dis
tricts. The amendment was lost.
Mr. Humphreys, of Mississippi, dis
cussed a measure he has pending to
make the government records of Fed
eral liquor tax payers and license
holders available as evidence.
In prohibition and local option h"’-
tions of the country, he said, tho
present practice of withholding this
information really placed the Fed
eral government, in the position of
aiding the violators of local laws
Persons operating "blind tigers," said
Mr. Humphreys, always obtain Fed
eral licenses and thus avoid pursuit
by government, agents, but the gov
ernment records were withheld by
the rules of the internal revenue bu
reau from being available by state of
ficials in making prosecutions, 'tli:
rule of the Internal revenue bureau,
he said, contravened the well e.-itnb
lishcd rules of evidence of our juris
prudence.
Stating that there bail been con
siderable criticism of southern cotton
planters in their efforts to decrease
their cotton acreage, Mr Sims, of
Tennessee, denied Unit this would in
crease Kuropean acdt.igc and placed
in the Record an article from the
government crop reporter on the f.u.)-
ject.
Mr. Tawney discussed the an called !
"coercion” appropriations by govern
ment departments. Having his at ten I
tion called again to the Iten in Ihe
hill of $2,615 for a portrait of ev-At
torney General Knox, Mr. Padgett,j
of Tennessee, asked Mr. Tawney ii ,
he believed that, to be a justifiable
appropriation.
Mr. Tawney said he did not think
any man could justify it. Mt Taw
ney said it was hoped the present dis
cussion, if notMng else, woih.j put an
end to the practice.
Mr. Littauer remarked that the
state department had sought, to evade
the law of last year restricting the
use of government carriages to heads
of departments and hail secured car
riages for assistant secretaries out of
the fund "to enable the president to
meet unforseen emergencies in the
diplomatic and consular service." A
provision has been inserted in the
bill to prevent this.
Mr, Llttauor said the Portsmouth
peace conference had cost the gov
ernment $26,000 and the entertain
ment of Prince Louis, of Hattcnburg,
had cost $4,311.07.
Rising to the defense of a provi
sion for eight clerks in the treasury
to count money, Mr. Gaines said this
old money should be retired. It was
rotten, dirty, hacterla-carrylng, dls
ease-breeding paper money.” It
smelled like dead animals and ought
to be retired from circulation.
The house adjourned until Mon
day.
ONE CONVICTED OF MURDER.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., .lan. 20.
Jim Walker, Mr., is on trial here for
his part in the murder of W. I>
Hill, a well known white merchant,
of this county. Walker’s son, Jim
Walker, Jr., was yesterday after
noon sentenced to hang for the
crime.
The youth has always told the
story that, his father forced him to
fire the shots which took Hill’s nfe,
and plead guilty when he was ar
raigned. The old negro protests his'
Innocence. Neither of the negroes
has any money and the attorneys de
fending them had to be appointed by
order of court, j
CLOAK OF PARTI IS
NO LONGER A
SRIELD FROM
CUE
JOE FOLK SAYS CORPORATE
DOMINATION OF LEGISLA
TURES EXISTS TO AN AMAZING
EXTENT.
HONEST CORPORATIONS
HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR
Speaking of Legislative Halls, He
Says: "The Free Railroad Pass Is
a Prolific Breeder of Corruption."
Exterminate Graft by Stopping Spe
cial Privileges.
HORTON, .lan. 20. Five hundred
of the leading business men of Bos
ton. members of the Boston Mer
chants’ association, attended the an
nual dinner of the organization at
Hotel Somersei tonight and heard
addresses by Governor Jos. W. Folk,
of Missouri, Mayor John Weaver, of
IMillailelphia. Governor Curtis Guild
and others. Governor Folk was ac
corded a hearty reception. lie dis
cussed In a general way reform in
politics. He spoke as follows:
There have been great reform
movements of a political nature In
days gone by, but they were merely
j local. The people were not awaken
e-el; mere was no constancy In the
movement; no eoncerl of action; no
1 organization of the forces of reform;
nothing hut local crusades brought
on by local Influences, which died
with the movements that gHve them
; birth. The present, reveals a situa
tion of brighter promise to Ihe lov
ers of good government. Reform
shows signs of becoming universal in
stead of local and transitory. The
I revolt from political oppression Ih
rearing its head In eity after eity and
state after stale. A civic regenera
; tion is going on all over the land,
land its Influences are extending from
the domain of Ihe public to that of
the private wrong doer and probing
! into the doings of rascals of every
i kind. The elections of last Novem
ber were but tho Inking of the first
' breast works of the opposition. The
1 llgln must be and will bo kept up
; with unceasing vigor, and the time
will never come when Ihe people
can be secure of their political liber
ty while they rest upon their arms In
Idleness. The bailie against, civic
evils will continue as long as men
love their family, their home and
I their country. This Is whal civic, re
vival means love of country.
Political parties are beginning to
learn that honesty Is after all the
best policy. The people will no long
jer respond to the empty sound of
mere pnrty names, tint a parly inusi
j stand for something and mean some
j thing. Corrupt men use to hide he
I hind the party dress anil whenever
attaet would ery out that the party
was being assailed The people lilive
learned that a grafler is a grafter
still whether he calls himself a dem
ocrat or a republican. Grafters do
not recognize allegiance to any par
ty. They work with both aides. They
shout party fealty to the multitude:
and then make common traffic of par
ty loyalty for their ovVn profit. The
private citizen often becomes a mere
pawn In the game of the grafters. Thu
time has come when good citizens
put, the welfare of Ihe state above
the mere advantage of anyone porty
Partlalanship Is a good tiling when
consistent with patriotism, but pa
trlotlsm Is a higher virtue than par
tisanshfp. A new day has dawned in
our political life. The moral idea lit
politics has come to sisy. The wave
of the patriotism of peace will go on
with ever increasing force. This
does not mean the destruction of po
litical parties, but the putting of po
litics! parties on a higher plane.
There has been much talk since the
recent elections of doing away with
the old political parties or the form
ing of a new one.
Graft cannot be exterminated fully
tint 11 special privileges arc done
away with and the doctrine of equal
rights is recognized. It matters not,
whether this special privilege bn In
the form of a tariff so arranged as to
foster monopoly, or a combination to
control the prices of necessities, or
rebate to favored shippers. Whenever
a class are given a special privilege
in any form whereby they can prey
upon the rest, of the people, that Is
graft and should be stopped. Some
special interest is at the bottom of
.•very graft.
Corporate domination of leglsla
tures and elections has been shown
to evlst to an amazing extent, it Is
yet not made public what other
great concerns may have done, but
the recent insurance disclosures fur
nished some startling information as
(to tho methods of these companies.
FIVE MILLIONS FOR ROAD
FROM AUGUSTA 10 COLOMRIt:
CHARIER ASKED FOR MONDAY
Extension of Augusta and Aiken Line, Which Requires Only
Fifty-two Miles of Road Construction-Plan of
Mr. Jackson to be Realized.
SHORTLY AFTER MR. JAMES U. JACKSON CONCLUDED
THE DEAL WHEREBY THE AUGUSTA AND AIKEN RAILWAY
COMPANY PASSED INTO THE HANDS OF INTERESTS WHICH
HE REPRESENTED. INCLUDING ALL ITS ALLIED PROPERTY,
THE HERALD MADE MENTION OF THE FACT THAT IT
WOULD BE BUT A VERY SHORT TIME BEFORE PEOPLE IN
AUGUSTA WOULD BE ABLE TO BOARD A CAR AT THE MONU
MENT ON BROAD STREET AND RIDE TO THE CAPITAL OF
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THAT TIME IS ALMOST
HERE. AS IS INDICATED IN THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL TEL
, GRAM:
(BY WM. BANKB.)
COLUMBIA. S. C„ Jan. 20. (Special.)—Mr. Jame* U. Jackaon
arrived here tonight and will apply Monday for a oharisr for the
Augusta and Columbia Railway company. The capitalization will
be $5,000,000. The road will be an extension of the Augusta and
Aiken. Fifty-two miles of track must he hullt. Fine farming ooun
try between -Aiken and Columbia will be ooened. The new road will
come into Columbia over the Seaboard's bridge. It Is understood
that the Seaboard will be friendly to this road and will thus have an
air line from Washington to Augusta.
Rome four or five years ago. perhaps n little longer than ttiat. Mr.
Jackson conceived the idea, of a line of this kind to connect Augusta
and Columbia. S. (’., and to open np that section of country between the
two cities with more rapid transit than that now available When he
started the Augusta and Aiken trolley line it was learned that he event
ually Intended to push his original Idea, and that, with hhn It was hut a
question of time,
When the Augusta and Aiken line was completed Mr. Jackson still
held to the Idea, hut changes occurred whlph for the time being pre
vented furtherance of his plans. During the interval of a year, or tbere
nbouts, Mr. Jackson lias quietly, but with the marked persistency that
Is one of his characteristics, been engaged In plans to bring about an
other change in the ownership and management of the trolley compa
nies and the silled properties whlrh would again put him In a position
to go ahead with that plnn in which ho still sera great bpneflta
for this cliy and the sister city In Carolina.
Immediately after the announcement of the termination of the deal
on which lie was engaged, a short time ago, the talk of the line from
Augusta to Columbia was revived, but even then it. whs not. expected
that Mr. Jackson hud so far perfected his plnns lo move as definitely
ns he has thus early. It Is a truelsm of him, however, that he has
never yet "let any grass grow under bis feet, and in ihls matter, as In
others, he has worked quietly and with a purpose in view, tho objective
point, being the city of Columbia.
The link of 52 miles, which It Is necessary to build front the end of
the trolley line In Aiken, will, beyond doubt, materialize Just as did tho
line from this city lo Aiken. And. on Us completion, the story then to
be told will beyond doubt be much the same as that of tho lino already
in operation, one of heavy travel and Inestimable benefit* to the country
through which II passed. In tills reaped II Is true that no line enters
the city of Augusta, comparative In size, which has done as much to
develop retail anil wholesale trade In the city hh has the Intarurhan
trolley line The country through which la passes Is a good one. and
tin trade lacked but. tnis kind of an outlet and inlet to make ttielf grow.
With 52 miles more to build It will mean that much more territory.
ASK TO STOP COTTON
REPORTS ISSUED BY GOVT
STEAMER SUNK.
Large Hole Smashed In Port Side
Near Brunswick.
BRUNSWICK, Ga., Jan. 20 The
steamer llesaic. plying between
Brunswick and Darien, was dunk In
live feet of water off Saint Million .
pier Ihhi night. Fortunately the ac
cident occurred In shallow water and
l fie crew anil passengers were not In j
any great danger. A lu-avy fog bus |
been prevailing for the past two ilayH. j
The Hi-hslc- wiik returning from Dar
ien and In feeling h'-r way through
the dense fog struck an obscure pll- |
Ing. * , ,
A large hole was smashed in lu-r i
port side and nhe Immediately went
down, the entire hull being under i
water. The passengers were much
frightened, but II was soon discovered
that there was not any danger. All
on board occupied the pilot house |
for a few bourn, when they were res
cued and landed on the Island. Tugs
are now attempting lo raise the
steamer and she will probably he
saved, although Ihe danger will bo
considerable.
SHOOTS SELF TO DEATH
MONTK/I'MA, Ga., -I»n. 20. D.
L. Wicker, a pioneer citizen and well
known stableman, committed! sui
cide this morning by firing a pistol
ball through his temple.
Mr. Wicker has been a sufferer
from melancholy for some time. Ho
was a highly esteemed citizen and
leaves a wife and four daughters,
throo of whom arc; married.
It Is an established fuel that corpora
tions arc- the chief corrupters of our
public life:. The creatures of the-
Ktale have thud become the- most clan
goroiis enemies of the: slate-. Thai
something must bq done to protect
representative government from Id
lrig thwarted by the dominations of
corporate influences Is manifest. The
honestly conduct e-e| corporations
would have nothing to fear from pub
lication of the-lr expenditures report
Ing to th<- state- their expenditures
with proper vouchers. It woulel then
be; difficult to conce-al the- use of cor
porate moneys for corrupt purpose-s.
In scrttrlng a representative gov
ernment the- Influences of special in
le-re-sts In Legislative halls must be
curtained, The free railroad pass Is
a prolific breeder of corruption.
The- ne-nre-r the- government can be
I brought to the people the more rep
resentative the government will be.
-ffIRAIII ADS. tilVl-
RESUITS FOR OIHERS
wm NO I fait 1»U 7
5 CENTS A COPT.
CONFIDENTIAL BULLETINS BE
ISSUED TO MEMBERB OF SPIN
NERS’ ASSOCIATION EACH
WEEK.
ATLANTA, On., .fan. 20— At tha
| meeting of the Southern Soft Yarn
| Spinners’ association here today b«-
' tween two hundred and fifty and
I three hundred thousand spindles
1 were represented. At an enthuslastlo
meeting Iho following officers wern
1 elected:
President, .1. W. Cannon, Concord,
IN. C.; vice presidents, 1,. D. Tyson,
Knoxville, Term.; .1. B. McMUlnn, Tal
i ladegti. Ala.; 8. A. Carter, Atlanta.
c,a.; d. .1. Littlejohn, Jonesvllle, 8.
secretary and treasurer, A. C,
Hutchinson, Charlotte, N. C.; advisory
1 board, J. W. Cannon, A. C. Hutchin
son. .1. P. Mcßae, 8. A. Carter, Wil
liam Parker, Cedartown, Ua.; J. F.
Taylor, Kingston, N. C., and .1. J. LIU
! tlejohn.
One of the interesting feat ones of
the meeting was an address by Wll
j Ham Whatttam, Jr., editor of the
I American cotton manufacturers.
A resolution was adopted asking
for a discontinuance of the reports
on the cotton crop by the agricultural
department of the government. The
1 Overman bill providing for the crea
tion of a cotton commission, now be
fore congress, was endorsed. Confi
dential bulletins to members of the
association are to be issued weekly.
A resolution was adopted that. It was
the sense of the meeting that yarns
are worth today, on a basis of tens,
2t cents per pound, with a quarter
of a cent rise per number up to
twenties.
The Southern Cotton association
and the American Cotton M&nufac
: hirers’ association were both on
i forced.
FRATERNITY TO GIVE DINNER.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Jan. 20.—0 n
January 2«th next, the local chapter of
the Alpha Tan Omega fraternity will
give a dinner at the Hillman hotel
here, at which will he discussed de
tailed plans for the coming to this
city of the national congress of the
fraternity next December. Arrange
ments are to he made for 500 or
more giteats. and the co-operation of
the commercial bodies for their enter
tainment will be asked. The last con
gress was held in New York city.