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May Be Attacked as Result of
Senator Tillman's Speech.
Says Tillman's Frank Admission That
Southern Suffrage Law Was Unjust
Created Profound Impsession. |
Washington, D, C.—A new line of
attack upon the legality of laws
adopted by southern states to restrict
the right of negroes to vote has been
indicated by Justice Harlan of the
supreme court of the United States.
In connection with the recent
speech of Senator Tillman, in the
senate, in which he told how the
negro was denied the ballot of suf
frage amendments of southern states
and the fraud that was practiced un
der these amendments to keep even
intelligent negroes from voting, the
words of Mr., Harlan assume a new
significance,
There is no doubt that Mr, Till
man’s disclosures produced a pro
found impression on the minds of cer
tain northern senators,
The threats of reduction of south
ern representation in congress and
the efforts made to secure such re
duction have always been based on
the ground that the negro was count
ed in the population, but was denied
the right to vote simply because hel
was a negro,
Thus in the south a congressman
is usually chosen by a much smaller
number of voters than in the north
although the total number of persons
living in southern districts %N
course, equal to the number in con
gressional districts in the north and
west, |
In the primary elections of the
south the vote is maturally very much
larger than in the regular elections.
The primary practically settles the
contest, and is the only one in which
the people take any particular inter
est. Thus a congressman who re
ceives 12,000 or 15,000 votes in a
primary election usually has his vote
dwindle to 2,000 or 3,000 in the reg
ular election.
In northern and western states, on
the contrary, where there is a strong
opposition party, a much larger vote
is brought out on election day. In
close states like Indiana, Ohio and
New York, a congressional election
usually results in from 20,000 to 50,
000 votes being cast.
Mr. Harlan pointed out that a rep
resentative in congress from one Ci
these districts can claim to represent
the majority sentiment of three ur
four times as many people as the
southern congressman, for the senti
ment of all the people in the south
is not allowed exprescion. He meant
by this that the negroes who are
made citizens ani voters by the ted
eral eonstitution were being denied
their rights by state enactments.
The supreme court justice made it
plain that a man received his right
m vote from his state, but he also
yntimated thas, if ever the question
was brought before the high court
and argued that the real and admit
ted purpose of the law was to dis
franchise negroes because of their
color, there might be trouble.
«“1 don’t say that negroes are be
ing denied the ballot simply because
they are negroes,” said Mr. Harlan.
“1 do not know that to be true; but
1 have heard that it is being done.”
BILLY 'POSSUM AT WASAINGTON.
Marsupiel is Contesting the Place
Held by Teddy Bear.
Washington, D. C.— Billy Possum’
has made his bow to the Washington
public. He is contesting the place of
the Teddy Bear and will make a very
strong fight for public favor before
inauguration day. |
It takes a wide stretch of the imagi
nation to connect this fuzzy, plebeian
little animal with Mr. Taft, but “Bil
ly” is making a fight for recognition
as the mascot of the mnew adminis
tration. With bag and baggage he
has arrived in Washington, and is
quartered at a large department store.
He has a handsome grey plush coat
and a ribbon badge bearing his cre
dentials. He is the first of the inaug
uration visitors to arrive,
A mammoth reproduction of the lit
{le animal has beén sent to Mr. Taft.
MONKEY ATTACKED BOY.
After Child Was Rescued the Animal
. Fought For Him,
Savannah, Ga.—Attacked by “Nel
lie,” the largest of the monkey col
ony at Thunderbolt, four-year-old
Frank Beasley was very seriously in
jured; the boy was rushed to a hos
pital after he was freed from the ani
mal, with His face a mass of torn
flesh, where the monkey’s teeth had
been.
The monkey fought for its prey af
ter the rescue, and a half-dozen men
were hardly able to repel its attacks.
There is no suggestion that the mon
key was rabid, but the wounds. it left
were carefully treated.
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SCHOONER WRECKED.
Thought the Entire Crew Were
~ Drowned When It §ank.
Pensacola, Fla—The ocean-going
tug Simpson reports passing about
one hundred miles east of Pensacola,
the wreck of a’'large schooner. The
vessel was partially submerged, the
masts gone and the deck swept cleay,
with no signs of life aboard. Owing
to the nature of the coast at this
point, it is believed that the crew
were drowned.
it is thought that the wreck is
either that of the schooner Cleopat
ra, with a cargo of naval stores, Or
a sflb@ner from Millville with =
oargo of furniture; both of which are
long overdue. S f )
* $400,000,000 NEEDED FOR GANAL.
Sensation Sprung in Report of Senate
Isthmian Caual Committee.
Washington, D, C.—~A large sized
sensation was sprung in ihe report
of Senator Kittredge, chairman of the
isthmian canal commitiee, who de
clared that an amazingly costly blun
der was made in adopiung the lock
and dam instead of the sea level type
of canal at Panama,
He declared the tinal cost would be
three times the original estimate of
the engineers, .He showed™ lhat al
ready $170,000,000 had been appropri
ated for the work, and that if current
reports be true, congrese will be ask
ed to continue to pour enough money
to make $400,000,000 into the canal
project, The estimated cost, as amen
ded to date, reaches the latler ng
ure, which i» one-fourth larger than
the original estimated cost of a sea
level canal,’
The debate was an indirect assault
upcn President Roosevelt, who was
responsible for the adoption of the
lock type of canal. The majority ot
the international board of consulting
engineers favored a sea level canal,
The American engineers submitted a
minority report advocating a lock ca
nal, The president threw his influ
ence on their side, and secured the
passage of legislation authorizing a
lock canal at Panama.
Senator Clay, in discussing the re
port of the canal committee, heartily
concurred in all Senator Kittredge
had said. He related the history of
canal legislation, and recalled the ac
tivity of William Nelson Cromwell.
“I pelieve the canal will‘cost a halt
billion of dollars before it is com
nleted, and that it will be completed,
if at all, as a sea level canal,” said
the Georgia senator.
This is in a way a vindication of
the position of the late Senator John
Tyler Morgan of Alabama, who urged
the Nicaraguan route and pleaded for
it for sixteen years, The present sta
tus of affairs is an entire vindication
of the position of the democrats, who
voted for the Nicaraguan route unti’
overwhelmed by numbers, and then
directed their efforts to secure a sea
level canal at Panama. Ivery demo
crat so voted except Senator Jones
of Arkansas. The rresident summon
ed several reptblicans who opposed
his plans to a white house conferevcs
and secured (heir support.
The discussion grew out of a report
by Mr. Kittredge on the bill increas
ing the limit of cost for the canal to
$550,000,000 and authorizing the sec
cetary of the treasury to issue bonds
to that amount. He said that this
committee had decided that the meas
ure should be considered by the fin
ance committee, and he reported it
back with that recommendation.
FIRE DESTROYS FLORIDA KJTEL.
Clarendon Hotel at Seabreeze, Fla.,, a
Total Loss.
Daytona, Fla.—The Hotel Claren
don at Seabreeze, one of the largest
hotels on the east coast, together
with ten cottages adjoining the house,
was totally destroyed by fire; the 215
guests, who were asleep at the time,
were saved without injury and many
were able to gather up most of their
belongings.
The ten cottages owned by B R
Kochersperger, caught from. sparks,
and all were burning at the same
time. The hotel was a wooden struc
ture, valued at $200,000, and was in
sured for about 40 per cent.
President-Elect Tait At New Crleans.
New Orleans, La.—President-elect
william H. Taft landed here from
Panama, and was most enthusiastical
ly received by the entire city.
Mr. Taft made a brief speech, in
which he heartily approved the pres
ent lock type of canal across the
Isthmus of Panama. He reviewed a
parade of enthusiastic citizens miles
in length, attended one of the carni
val season balls, that of the Elves
of Obercn, addressed the Negro
Young Men’s Christian Association,
and was the guest of honor at an
elaborate banquet, at which nearly
500 prominent citizens paid $25 a
plate to participate.
Feast For Vice President Sherman.
Washington, D. C.—Regretful that
Vice President-elect James S. Sher
man should have been deprived of the
gastronomic. pleasure enjoyed Dby
President-elect Taft upon the occasion
of the recent “possum and taters” din
ner at Atlanta, the Georgia delegation
in congress has determined to give
Mr. Sherman a dinner in this city
shortly after the inauguration, at
which this famous dish shall appear.
Chicago Beef For British Army.
London, England.—A Chicago firm
has been awarded a contract to sup
ply the British army with corned
beef for a period of three years. The
first delivery, between 500,000 and 1,-
000,000 pounds, will be made next
July. The 'meat will be packed at
Chicago under the supervision of Brit
}ish army oflicers.
Hotei Sued For $38,000,000.
Guthrie, Okla.—State Prohibition
Enforcement Attorney Caldwell has
filed suit against the lone Hotel Com
pany, proprietors of the lone Hotel,
for $38,000,000 at the rate of SI,OOO
per day, as a fine accruing for alleg
ed violations of the state prohibition
laws.
Surgeon Victim Of Own Knife.
New York City.—Dr. Adolph Von
During, a well known surgeon in the
Bronx, is dead. the victim of his own
knife. The surgeon, while handling
a keen-edged instrument during an
operation, cut one of his fingers very
slightly, but blood poison set in, and
he died. v
COUNTRY LIFE REPORT IS MADE
Washington, D, C. — Emphasizing
that not a dollar of the public money
had been paid to any one of the]
members for his work, President
Rocsevelt submitted to congress the
report of the commission on country
life,
Mr, Roosevelt declares that “our
civilization rests at bottom on the
wholesomeness, the altractiveness
and the completeness, as well as the
prosperity of life, in the country,
Defining the object of the commis
sion as being “not to help the farmer
raise better crops, but to call his at
tention to the opportunities for bet
ter business and vetter living on the
farm,” the president outlined the
agencies instrumental in that direc
tion:
Stressing the value of organization,
Mr, Roosevelt refers to the desirabil
ity of “improving rural environment”
8¢ as to so equalize city and coun
try as to make the latter a more
attractive place to live in.
The president recommends thats2s,-
000 be appropriated to enable the
commission to digest -its recently ac
quired material. ,
The report of the commission de
scribes with some fulness the exist
ing conditions of farm life and points
out the causes that may have led to
its present lack of organization. It
suggests methods for the redirection
of rural society, for arresting ' the
drift to the city, for maintaining thre
unatural rights of the farmer azi for
the development of an organized ru
ral life that will promote the pros
perity of the whole nation.
Broadly speaking, agriculture in the
United <! :tes 1s prosperous, and the
conaitions in many of the great farm
‘ng regions are improving. Country
ho=ies generally are improving in com
fort, attractiveness and healthfulness.,
Masy institutions, organizations and
movements are actively contributing
to the increasing welfare of the open
country.
There has never been a time when
the American farmer was as well off
as he is today, when not only his
earning power, but the comforts and
advantages he may secure are consid
ered. There has been a complete
and fundamental change in our whole
economic system within the past cen
tury. ;
Yet it is true, notwithstanding alil
‘this progress, as measured by histori
cal standards, that agriculture is not
commmercial as profitable as it is
‘entitled to be for the labor and eu
‘ergy that the farmer expends and
the risks that he assumes, and that
the social conditions in the open
country are far short of their possi
bilities.
Rural society is lacking chiefly in
a knowledge on the part of the farm
ers of the exact agricultural condi
tions and possibilities of their ree
gions, resulting in the widespread de
pletion of soils with the injurious ef
fect on rural life; in proper training
for country -life in the schools; in
‘good highway facilities, and in organ
ization for buying and selling.
There is an absence of any ade
CONFEDERATE VETERANS REUNION
.
Annual Meeting Will Be June 8-10,
at Memphis.’
New Orleans, La.—Adjutant Gen
eral and Chief of Staff William E.
Mickle issued from the headquarters
of the United Confederate Veterans
the following general order by com
mand of General Clement A. Evans,
commander-in-chief:
“The general commanding an
nounces that, according to the cus
tom heretofore in force, which.leaves
to the general commanding and the
department commanders the fixing of
the date of the reunion, tbe nine
teenth annual reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans will be held in
the city of Memphis, Tenn., on June
g 8 9 :10, 1909, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, respectively.
«por the fifth time in the brief life
of this order, the people of Tennessee
throw open their doors and invite the
burvivors of the glorious armies of
the confederacy to partake of their
hospitality, while the noble and pa
triotic citizens of Memphis, a second
time, beg the wearers of the gray
to be their guests.
“The general commanding, with
much pleasure, announces at the re
quest of its most energetic president,
Mrs, W. J. Behan, that the Confed
erated Sonthern Memorial Associa
tion will hold its meeting at the same
time.
“The general commanding sincere
ly hopes that the press of the entire
country will endeavor to stir up In
terest in the coming meeting, and, to
this end, he requests that this order
be published and editorial comment
made thereon.”
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AFTER 12 YEAR'S SEARCH
Florida Man Has Been Arrested and
Charged With Murder.
Tampa, Fla—F. H. Cox, a white
man, was arrested here charged with
having murdered a deputy sheriff, E.
H. Johns, in Nassau county, 1895.
Just previous to the murder of Johns
had been very active as sheriff of
Bradford county, prosecuting certain
men in the federal court. 'Cox was
engaged in the fish Dusiness; he
claimed some one had stolen his nets,
and asked Johns to accompany him
on a search for the miscreant. The
next day Johns was found dead in
the woods. Pinkerton detectives
captured Cox after twelve years’
search, 7 S |
quate system of agricultural credit,
2 shortage of labor, often complicat:
ed by intemperance among workmen;
a lack of institutions and incentives
that tie the laboring man to the soll;
the life of the farm woman is bur
densome and narrow; there is need of
adequate supervision of public health,
The farmer is handicapped hy the
gpeculative holding of lands, monop
olistic control of streams and forests,
waste of our natural resources and by
restraint of trade, .
Some of the remedies for the condi
tions set forth lie with the national
government, some of them with the
states and communities in their cor
porate capacities, some with volunta
ry organizations and some with indi
viduals acting alone.
All organized forces both in town
and country should understand that
there are country phases as well as
city phases of our civilization, and
that one phase needs help as much
as the other, All these agencies
should realize their respensibility to
society., Many existing organizations
and institutions might become prac
tically co-operative or mutual in spir
it, as for example: all agricultural so
cieties, libraries, Young Men’s Chris
tian Associations and churches,
There are several great forces, or
principles, which must be utilized in
the endeavor to solve the country life
qeustion, _
There must be a vast enlargement
of voluntary organized effort among
farmers themselves, It is indisepnsa
ble that farmers shall work together
for their common interests and for
the national welfare, 1f they do not
do this, no governmental activity, no
legislation, not even better schools,
wiil greatly avail. The forces and
institutions that make for morality
and spiritual ideals among rural peo
ple must be energized.
There must be not only a fuller
scheme of public education, but a new
kind of education adapted to the real
needs of the farming people. The
country schools are to be so redirect
ed that they shall educate their pu
pils in terms of the daily life. Op
portunities for training toward the
agricultural callings are to be multi
plied and made broadly effective.
This means redoubled efforts for bet
ter country schools, and a vastly in
creased interest in the welfare of the
country boys and girls on the part
of those who pay the school taxes.
Education by means of agriculture is
to be a part of our regular public
school work. Special agricultural
schools are to be organized.
The country people everywhere are
asking for good roads. Everywhere,
too, they want a parcels post and the
extension of the rural free delivery.
It will be well for us as a people, if
we recognize the opportunity for use
fulness in the open country and con
sider that there is a call for service.
The suggestion of the commission
only ouiline a general plan whereby
the strong resident forces in the open
country may themselves build up a
new and better rural social structure.
To accomplish this, the entire people
‘must be aroused. The time for this
is at hand.
ANTI-JAP BILLS KILLED.
California Legiclature Reverses Itself.
Work of “Big Stick.”
Washington, D. C.—The following
telegrams were given out at the
white house without comment:
“Sacramento, Cal.—The President,
Washington: School segregation bijll
killed in the assembly by a vote of
41 to 37.
“J. N. GILLETT.”
“The White House, Washington.—
To Governor J. N. Gillett, Sacramento,
Cal.: Accept my heartiest congrat
ulations. All good Americans appre
ciate what you have done, Pray
extend my congratulations individu
ally to all who have aided you. I
feel ‘that the way in which Califor
nia has done what was right for the
nation makes it more than ever ob
ligatory on the nation in every way
to safeguard the interests of Califor
nia has done what was right for the
ward this end, whether in public or
private life, shall most certainly be
done,
“THEODORE ROOSEVELT.”
Sacramento, Cal.—Yielding to the
pressure brought to bear by Presi
dent Roosevelt and Governor J. N.
Gillett, the California assembly re
versed its previous position by re
considering the former vote on the
segregation of Japanese students in
the public schools, finally rejecting
the measure by a vote of 41 to 37.
An effort by the supporter of the
bill to further consider was lost Dy
a vote of 38 to 38, and the ‘assem
bly is now clear of any Japanese
measure objected to by the national
administration. s
War On Cattle Disease.
Washington, D. ‘C.—Secretary Wwil
son of the department of agriculture
has communicated to congress the
fact that unless another appropria
tion of $250,000 is made to cover the
expenses or stamping out foot-and
mouth diseases, the work of the bu
reau of animal industry, which has
charge of the meat inspection branch
of the government, will be hampered.
Young Woman Mother 0f Triplets,
New York City. — Mrs. Richard
Shuttleworth, 19 years old, has be
come the mother of triplets, two girls
and a boy. The young mother lives
in Brooklyn, and will name the boy
William Taft Shuttleworth.
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: Diplomacy.
Harold visits on terms of intimacv
a household that boasts of three good
looking sisters—Betty, Babbie and El
len—and of these Harold has not yet
quite made ‘up his mind touching a
certain important 'contingency.
On one occasion, when he had call
ed early, and no one was yet down
stairs, Harold was half-dozing in a
Morris chair in the library, when sud
denly a pair of soft little hands cov
ered his eyes and a sweet little voice
commanded:
“Guess who!” :
Immediately Harold was up a tree,
He couldn’t for the life of him defer
mine whose voice it was-—Betty’s?
Babbie’'s? Ellen’s? A Wwrong guess
would mean complications too awful
to contemplate. Finally, however, a
Fapny solution of the difficulty offered
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“It’s the dearest, sweetest little girl
in all the world!” ;
“Dear Harold,” murmured the
young thing, as she removed her
hands.
~ Troubles are blessings because they
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