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THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER. TUESDAY. JAN I JARY 23. 1903 . - - ' ' , ' mmntv. PHILIPPINE TARIFF BLLXl - Tbe debate on tbe Philippine tariff " bill .which ended in the passage tf that measure by the house of repre sentatives last Tuesday, was a most interesting one and it showed, togeth . er with the vote, that there are many republican who think that the time has come for a revision of our present tariff laws, and. it was also shownand that by republicans that the legislation of the American con fess in the past as to the Philippines had not always been in the interest of those people. A most notable ex pression regarding the latter was that of Mr. Crumpacker, of Indiana, in a speech delivered January 12th in which he said: About two years aj?o congress passed a law extending the coastwise laws of the United States to the Philippine Archipelago, to become operative on the 1st day of July. 1906. After that law goes into operation every pound of freight and every passenger between the United States and the Philippine islands must be carried in an Ameri can boat. It is admitted on nil hands that the effect of the law will be to In crease substantially the rate on com merce and travel between the United States and the Philippines, it is now generally conceded by those who are familiar with the situation that the law will operate disastrously upon the commerce and the prosperity of the people of the islands. That law was clearly not in the interest of the oeople of those islands, out was for the ..':le benefit of the shipowners and ship builders of the United States. The following extract from a speech, made on the 11th instant by Mr. WiU liams. the democratic leader gives in the last paragraph the substance of the committee majority bill, the one which the house passed. It provides for free trade letween the United State and the Philippines on all pro ducts except three, sugar, tobacco and rice the last having been added to the exception clause after Mr Wil. liams' speech. These are to pay twenty-five per cent of the duties im posed by the Dingley bill. It will be seen that the democratic leader thinks the republicans are be ing driven toward tariff revision and that this bill is the tirst step in that lljrevtlV.1"; II? said in part: Mr. Chairman f t have just listen ed to another of those well known Ie publican speeches upon the tariff aues tion which illustrate the aptness of the Latin adae. "Qui ambulat in tencbris. nescit quo vadit." Whoever walks in the shadows is ignorant beforehand of the point at which he is coming: out. The closing part of that speech illus trated the fact that when a tariff Ull fails it benefits the American people. The object in imposing a tariff is to raise the price of -the article upon which "it is imposed. If the tariff be imposed for protection, whenever it fails to do that, then the object of the protectionist has failed, and then the protectionist in due course of time comes before the American congress and boasts of its failure as one of IVjg blessings o protectionism. f I'hehfieMan i3jusi shou'il that American salt is much cheaper than foreign salt thai American meat cUf ers use it ail the time. He has proved that the Object in laying a protective tariff upon salt has failed, ahd then the gentleman congratulated Ihe coun try upon the ( benefits whicn "were de rived for the consumers f rOm cheap salt. Now. Mr. Chairman, if a man were to attempt to dam up "a stream and were to discover afterwards that the stream had dug itself a new channel around the dam with a current as strong as ever, and were to come in and boast that he had created an ad ditional current, he would stand in just about the attitude that the gen tleman stands. Mr. Chairman, let us get our bear ings. I want to talk about these par ticular bills. What is the choice of the house today when it comes to the qes tion of fixing the commercial relations between the Philippine islands and continental United States or the bal ance of tfce United States? We stand with a majority bill before us. and I am glad to welcome as its advocates ' among the democratic following in this house the Agamemnon of the republi can party, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Payne):5 old Ulysses him self, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. llrosvenor). and young Achilles, per haps with a vulnerable heel, but noth ing else vulnerable about him. the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr Dalzell). (Laughter.) The gentleman from Colorado was right when he said these eentlemen even in advocating their own bills were following in dem ocratic footsteps. We have been for years trying to drive the republican party to the very position which this 'majority bill now expresses, and what str'kes me as irious is? that there are some few mei. upon this side of the chamber who. when we have succeeded in bringing them to that position, want us now to quit driving because they are about to do what we have been trying to make them do for years. One proposition before the house is the majority bill. What is it? It is a rec ognition of the democratic claim that FOR TORPID LIVER. A torpid liver deranges the whole system, and prduccs SICK HEADACHE, . Dysocpsta, CcstWeness, Rheu matism, Sallow Skin and Piles There is no better rcn-.c i'y for these common diseases thj-i D'A. TUTT S LIVER PILL5. r.r u i ria I mil prove. Ickz Ho Si& if:ue is 5 U 1 ' lr. Viiw B" ? ; , J-'-nt i ir4 v irr:ir.:e.. Es.txt .-v ' '.(:, ; . x. :?. Tut 1 1L P 5 fcsatJ0 :--''- t-curt 4ind. all parts of the common domain of the United States ought to have free trade with one another. The majority bill recognizes free trade now in every pro duct except two. and then it says that on and after a certain day in 1909 we shall have free trade between these two separate parts of the common do main of the United States in all prod ucts, these two products included. THE REPUBLICAN REVOLT. Is the political history of Mr. Cleve land's administration going to repeat Itself during the present administra tion? Is Mr. Roosevelt going to take such positions on certain public ques tions as will drive the majority of his party from him as has been done twice in the history of our country in the administrations of Tyler and of Cleve land? A good many politicians and people who are not politicians are pre dicting that such will be the case. The Charlotte Observer of last Wed nesday, the day after the vote was tak en in the house of representatives on the Philippine tariff bill, contained this editorial: Our Washington correspondent notes In yesterday's paper that "it is the de liberate opinion of many close politi cal observers that President Roosevelt is today face to face with the same sit uation that President Cleveland was compelled to face during his last ad ministration, and there are not a few republicans who fear that it will end as disastrously for the republican party as did the breach between Mr. Cleveland and congress for the demo cratic party." Things certainly ap pear to be tending in that general di rection. In this connection some figuring In regard to the vote on the Philippine tariff bill will be interesting. It must be borne in mind that the bill passed by the house was an "administration measure" and that it passed just as it came from the committee, with the ( exception of a few minor amendments, The only one of any importance was the putting of rice with sugar and to bacco, subject to a duty equal to twenty-five per cent of the tariff levied by the Dingley bill on these articles. The democrats of the house support ed this bill on the ground that it was in line with their party's tenets on the tariff. There are in the present housft of representatives 249 republicans and 137 democrats making 386 members, 194 being a bare majority. There were 71 votes cast against the bill. Add Jhis number to the 137 democrats and yotf will have 208, a majority of 15 of all 'the members and thirty more than the republican vote for the bill. There was ndt a full vote on the pill, j only 329 members voting, but had the vote of every; ahsmt republican been counted, for the bill and all the demo crats joined the bolting republicans the administration bill would have been defeated by the majority of 30 as shown above, the vote standing 20S to 178. While we do not preten tq say that an. occasion will ftfl& during the pres ent session of ingress where this same number o republican bolters will join the democrats in opposition to an ad- ulinlistration measure, these figures show that there is such opposition to Mr. Roosevelt in his own party that such a thing is entirely possible and that the hold of the administration on congress is by no means firm . There is another administration bill pending in congress which is causing the president much uneasiness lest it fail. That is the statehood bill. The "insurgent" republicans seem to have made up their minds to embarrass the administration by opposing this along with its other pet schemes. MIDSHIPMEN DISMISSED. To date tbe results of the courts martial at the naval academy have been tbe dismissal of three cadets. It does not look as if the investigation is over either, Meriwether is sure to go and. no doubt, there will be others. We have no sympathy for the men who are dismissed for the kind of hazing which is carried on at the academy. It is a species of brutality and cowardice which should not be countenanced and men who practice It are not fit to have command of the men who form our navy. We hope the navv department will continue the trials until the practice is broken. ui. This action should have been taken long ago. Ail the officers con nected with the academy for years past must have known that it was be ing done. The cowardly and unmanly practice led to perjury in at least two cases which have "been tried recently. In them the testimony was directly and most positively contradictory. The president has decided to give another hearing on the application for pardon of Lawrence Pulliam,the Ashe ville bank cashier, convicted. of em bezzlement and sentenced to six years imprisonment Senator Overman was notified of this fact Wednesday. The marshalship of this district will stay In the Dockery family. The pres ident has ordered the appointment of Claude Dockery, a nephew of Henry C Dockery, the present incumbent. He is just about ending his second four year term. We have no kick coming: We would as lief see Claude have It as the old man, and we reckon it is all the same to them. They are both clev er men and we are glad that the mat ter is decided as it has been. OX ROOSEr Mr. Tillman's denunciation of th president in the senate was terrific and we must say, in our opinion, entirely out of place. We do not see that the senate has any authority to investigate a breach of the criminal laws in the White house. That is a matter for the courts. Whn they have passed on the case and found the men guilty of assault on the lady then will be tbm time for criticising Mr. Roosevelt for having allowed the men to remain in service after such brutal conduct to ward a lady. The country does not know yet what was the conduct of these men. Two accounts, very different from each oth er, have been given of the affair. Ac cording to one their conduct was out rageous. The other shows that they did nothing more than their duty and committed no violence upon the lady, using only so much force as her vio lent conduct made necessary to re move her. Now that the affair has taken such a turn as Mr. Tillman's speech has given it we hope Mr. Roosevelt will call for a full investiration of the con duct of the men by the proper tribu nal. It would have been better had this been done when first there was so much sensational matter about it 1 in the press. We do not mean to defend the men if they acted as some charge they did, ! it . ' 1 r- m t , - . nor me president, ir ne retained tnem in office knowing such to have been their conduct; but all we say is let's have the facts before passing judgment on either. If the former are guilty, as Mr. Tillman charged, they j deserve the severest punishment, and if the latter, knowing their guilt, pass ed it over and caused a false state ment to be given to the public he de serves condemnation for his action. HAS A TON OF RATTLESNAKES Dealer Down in Texas Sells Them by Weight. B. F. Armstrong, a professional snake and wild animal collector, has more than a ton of rattlesnakes at his camp, situated near here. He sells his snakes by weight instead of by number. He is preparing to make a big shipment to northern and eastern points. He also supplies 'large quan tities of rattlesnakes lor a snake oil factory that is in operation at Corpus Christi, Texas-. Owing to the' mildness of climate down here he can" carry on his work of capturing the snakes throughout the whole year. He has a number of assistants who are experts in cajrtn ing them1. Thes$ assistants je Mex. icans, who. are thoroughly familiar With thft habits and haunts of the rat tlers which are aiways taken alive. Even those which are intended for the oil factory are not killed until Just before they are to be put through the boiling process. Brownsville (Tfex- as.) Hispatch. impossible to foresee an accident. Not impossible to be prepared for it. Dr. Thomas' Efcletric Oil. Monarch over pain. Bis Real Estate Deal Electric line. Big deals in real estate are the or der of the day in Franklin, the latest being one of Allen Brothers ' large j plantations. The amount involved is $50,000. Land has increased in value at a rapid rate within the past few years in this county. ' Among the latest industrial devel opments in this section is the building of an electric road from Henderson to Springhope, a large part of the stock having already been subscribed. -Louisburg Special to Charlotte Ob server. t are caused by Indigestion, If you eat a ! little too much, or if you are subject to 1 attacks of Indigestion, you have no doubt had shortness of breath, rapid heart beats, heartburn or palpitation of the heart. Indigestion causes the stomach to expand swell, and puff up against tht heart This crowds the heart and inter feres with its action, and in the course of time the heart becomes diseased. . Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat takes the strain off of the., heart and contributes nourishment strength and health to every organ of the body. Cures Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Scur Stomach, Inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the Stomach and Diges tive Tract Nervous Dyspepsia and Catarrh of the Stomach. After eating, my food would distress me by maktaf my heart palpitate and I would become very weak. Finally I got a bottle of Kodol and it care me imme tiate relief. After Dsn? a few bottles I am cored. MRSLORINQ NICHOLS. Perm Yan. If. 1. Iliad stomach trouble and was in a bad state as I bad heart trouble with it I took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure fox about few months and it wed me. : s D. KAUBLE, 2f erada, Q. Digests What You Eat Dollar kettUkeMsStt ttM aa stack a the Tnpvni at ts Xafc j OTtarylfcA.SWfcft Q.. CUow , P.S JL, For Sale by R. R. BELLAMY. ? "Ask for the 1906 Kodol A1-; manac and 200 year Calen- dar. i TILLMAN'S ATTACK .. VELT. I&odo A HUSBAND DISAPPEARS The Wife in Concord and the Husband as Yet Not Heard Front A Sad ' Ca se. Mrs J. B. Simmons the young wife and mother who came to Concord last Monday night looking for and expect ing, her husband, Is still here and noth ing has been heard of the husband. Several attempts have been made to find him and he being at one time a member of the Junior. Order and aa organizer, the members of the order lb this city have taken the matter in hand and will see that the wife and child is cared for, as well as prosecute a t orous search for the husband. The woman is in a very distressing . condition and unable to understand the circumstances that keep her husbani away from her. Beinr an organizer, according to the wife, for the Modern Woodmen, he may have been sent away by the home office of the order and had no time to notify his wife. No letters from him have gone to Greensboro, since the postmaster there has been asked to forward any that i might be there, , There is a certain mystery about the I case which none understand. It look3 to many like the man has deserted his i wife, but she does not agree to such i an idea, believing to the utmost in him. She is a very young woman. She ' ran away to marry and does not want ' to go back to her mother, who has 1 married a second husband. J The case is not without a sad aspect and a committee from the Juniors is looking after the woman and will do ! ; everything possible to find the husband, J i EVER WATCHFUL A Little Care Will Save Many Wil mington Readers Future Trouble. Watch the kidney secretions. ; See that they have the amber hue .of health, i The discharges not excessive or in ' frannflnt i Contain no "brick-dust-like" sedi- 1 ment. Doan's Kidney Pills will do this for you. They watch the kidneys and cure 1 them when they're sick. Wilmington testimony proves it. f P. C. LeMoyne, contractor, a of 223 I North Seventh street, says: 3 "I did : not know that the trouble with my back was caused by my kidneys not acting properly, although I noticed the secretions from those organs were dark and very irregular, sometimes free and at other times scanty. I saw Doan's j Kidney Pills advertised and went to Bellamy's drug store and got a "box. I was surprised at the result, for I ( have not had backache since I used I them." j For sale by all dealers. Price 50 j cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, i New York, sole agents for the United ; States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. DURHAM WANTS ORPHANAGE Junior Order Councils of That City to Make Strenuous Efforts to Secure its Vacation There. The Durham Juniors will Tfiake an effort to get the state orphanage of this order, which is to be established soon at the next meeting of the state council. When the sTate meeting is held Durham will have a good substan tial offer to make for the orphanage. Two years ago Tar Heel council No. 2, of this city, made the best offer of any council in the state offering a gite and the largest cash donation. At a meeting of this council last night pledges in the sum of $1,200 were made and committees were appointed to visit the business men of the citvJ and solicit donations. This soliciting will begin at once and it is hoped that before the meetng of the council thevfe will be a large amount in cash and good pledges and that the orpfeahagc can be landed for Durham. , The Junior Order United American Mechanics is a growing order, and now has a very large membership in this state. The order has reached the point where an orphanage is necessary to take care of the orphans of Juniors. It is. known that several of the larg est councils in the state will niake an effort to get this institution for their towns. In the effort to be made here Tar Heel council will be assisted by East and West Durham councils I The committees hope to get such en ; couragement as will give the Durham ( end of the string a good show from the very start. Durham Herald URERAIj AND IiABOR GAINS Rural England Seems to be Following the Lead of the Towns. London, January 18 Rural England is now being polled and is returning Liberals to Parliament with the sania I enthusiasm as has already been dlB- j played by the towns. Few additional J returns are available, as generally the j county pollings are not known until ! the day following the balloting, but t those announced show persistent Lib eral and Labor gains. Glasgow has gone strongly Liberal, the seven contests there being mark ed by four Liberal and one Laboi gain, while the only two Unionists left In tho representation. are free traders. John Morley, secretary of state for India, was returned for Montrote by a good majority. Taken altogether the catnrns. al though less sensational than these previously reported, are most disas trous from the Unionist standpoint No less than six members of the Bal four ministry Kave been nnseated,mak ing the total number of cabinet n? em bers, defeated eleven. . Since the elections opened the Un ionists have gained only three scats, while the ministerialists have gained 132 seats. The seats up to the present ! are distributed as follows: ! Liberals, 202; Unionists, 87; Labor sites, 35; Nationals, 60. - Terrible plagues, those Itchinjr. pet texing diseases of the skin. Put an end to misery. Doan's Ointment cures. At any drusr store. ' - , : mm AScgelabls IVcparationfor As similating ttu:Fx3andBcguIa ling iheSiomacts andBoweisrf v yd Promotes DigclionX3b?errur rtess artdRestConfains neither Opium3forp!itne norliiicraL Xor X aii c o n c . X Punn Seed' Aperfecl Remedy forCons'Jpa Tion . Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. 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