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VOT. yyvnf 1 BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. FRIDAY. AUGUST 2, 1901." ___NUMBER 24
CONVENTION
IS DISCUSSING
Plan is Temporary and Leg
islature ill Provide a
taw After 1903,
i
MANY OBJECTIONS RAISED
{Three Registrars Will De Appointed
In Each County and They Will
Issue Certificates to Legal
Voters—The Plan.
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BY FRANK HARVEY MILLER.
Montgomery. August 1.—(Special.)—The
teonventlon worked at high speed today,
considering the plan of registration re
ported by the committee on suffrage. In
the absence of Judge Coleman, Captain
iWhite acted as chairman of the commit
tee. The plan is only temporary and the
Legislature is to provide a law for reg
istering after 1903, imder the permanent
euffrage plan which requires an educa
tion or property qualification.
The provisions of the temporary regis
tration plan adopted today require that
the Governor, Auditor and Commissioner
of Agriculture shall appoint three com
petent men in each county as registrars.
These men are to be paid $2 a day for
their services and before entering on the
discharge of their duties must take the
same oath as the Judges of the State.
They must visit each precinct in the
county proior to August 1, 1902, and make
^ a complete registration. Twenty days
public notice of the time must be given
and they must not consume more than
sixty days in each county, except that
In counties of over 1,000 square miles they
are allowed seventy-five days. In each
county also where there Is a city of
8.000 poplation they may sit for three suc
cessive weeks extra in such cities, and
in Jefferson county the board may have
additional sessions not exceeding five con
secutive days in any town whose popula
tion is over 900 and under 8,000.
I A- regltration certificate must be issued
^ »!each person registered. Provision is
gnade for registering those who come of
%ge after August 1, 1902, and before the
election in November. An oath is pre
scribed for electors to take if their right
to register is challenged, and the board
has power to examine all applications.
The action of the majority of the board
is the action of the board. Any one de
nied the right to register may appeal
without cost to the circuit court. It is
made a felony to register illegally. Lists
of electors are to me filed with the pro
bate judge and the Secretary of State
and those who register prior to 1908 are
•lectors for life. A poll tax of |L50 is
required.
Under the permanent plan after Jan
uary 1, 1903, an application for registra
tion may be required to state while he
has lived during the proceeding five years
and the name of his employers, if any.
Mr. Chapman of Sumter introduc ed a
resolution this morning to have the com
/mittee on rules fix a day for final ad
journment of the convention. The con
mlttee on rules, it is understood, will not
fix any day, or if they do fix any it will
be so far in the future as to be feacetious.
Convention Opens.
The sixtieth day’s session of the con
stitutional convention was called to order
at 9 o’clock by President Knox. Roil call
showed 112 members present.
General Sanford of Montgomery, Mr. De
Grs.ffenreld of Hale and several others
arose to correct errors in the stenographic
report.
Mr. Beddow of Jefferson, trose to a
question of personal privilege to correct
a statement maed yesterday by Mr. San
ford ct Pis* as to his position in refer
ence to the descendant clause. He said
he was not opposed to the descendant of
a Confederate soldier voting.
Mr. Pettus of Limestone introduced 'a,
petition from citizens of his county pro
testing against the railroad pass evil and
asking that the convention, pass an ordi
nance to prohibit it.
rar t nsjman or Sumter Introduced a
resolution to have a day fixed for the
final adjournment of the convention.
The committee on schedules and print
ing rf ported a resolution to authorize' the
committee to contract for the printing
of 1000 copies of the Journal, and appro
priating 22000 for the expense of same.
Captain White of Jefferson stated that
Judge Coleman, chairman of the om
mlttee on suffrage, was absent on ac
count of sickness an thdat he had been
requested by him to move a reconsider
ation of the vote whereby section 8 was
adotped yesterday. This was and a sub
atitute das adopted, as follows:
Section 8. No person not registered and
qualified as an elector under the provi
sions of this article, shall vote at the gen
eral election in 1902 or at any State, coun
ty or municipal election, general, loca
special; but the provisions of this article
■hall not apply to any election held prior
to the general election in 1902.
The committee then reported a substi
tute for the part of section 5 which had
been recommitted yesterday. This pro
vided that those who. not being physcially
unable, can read and write any article
of the constitution of the United States,
and who, being able to work, have worked
or been regularly engaged in some lawful
calling for the quarter part of the twelve
months next preceding the time they of
fer to register, can vote.
Mr. Long of Walker offered a substitute
to provide that the general assembly
shall provide for the registration of citi
zens coming of age after January 1, 1903.
Considerable parliamentary discussion
followed as to whether Mr. Long's substi
tute was In iprder and the chair ruled it
was not at tills time.
Judge Robinqpn of Chambers wanted to
kr.ow what provision the committee’s sub
stitute made folVpersons registering who
were physcially triable to read and write.
He offered a newVsubdivlslon to provide
that persons who were physically unable
to qualify for this reason only under the
committee’s sectii^f might register.
Captain \YMte e fplained that he thought.
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BESSEMER IS STILL
AFTER NEW COUNTY
Mr. Cornwell Addressed Committee on County Boundaries in
Montgomery Last Night Urging a Split of Jefferson.
Several Speeches Were Made in Opposition.
Montgomery, August 1.—(Special.)—The committee on State and coun
ty boundaries met tonight to hear arguments relative to the ordinance of
of Mr. Cornwell to carve a new county out of tue county_of Jefferson.
Mr. Cornwell spoke in favor of his ordinance. He said his people had
been fighting for it since 1888; that the proposed county would contain
400 square miles, 25,000 people and about $5,000,000 oi taxable valuation;
that 95 per cent or the people in his section wanted it and that most of
the merchants of Birmingham favored it
Judge Howze opposed the ordinance, and said there was no neces
sity for a new county, and besides that it was a purely legislative matter.
W. K. Smith of Bessemer favored the new county, and urged the po
litical power of Jefferson County as a reason for dividing it
Dr. Cunningham said that leaving out Birmingham and the proposed
new county, *iiere remained 85,000 people and $20,ou0,000 of property to
be considered. Speaking as one of these, he opposed the splitting up of
the county. He spoke of the number of offices filled by citizens from
Bessemer and said it had its full share in the county government.
Mr. Weatherly said that the convention having fixed 600 square miles
as the minimum size of counties, no exception should be made except in
a case of urgent necessity; that Bessemer already had all the courts It
needed and there was no physical necessity for the new county.
William Jackson and T. Y. Huffman of Bessemer spoke in favor of
the new county. The latter said the Bessemer courts were no courts at
all, and that ue wanted a new county because the taxes would be no
higher then than now. They needed a Probate Court.
..r. Ferguson said that nine out of ten of L-e jefferson delegation
opposed the splitting up of the county anu that the convention was not
called for such a purpose.
The committee then adjourned until 8:30 o'clock tomorrow night
\ F. H. MILLER.
the section as reported by the committee
meant this. He moved to lay Judge Rob
inson's amendment on the table. He with
drew this motion at Judge Robinson's re
quest.
Judge Robinson then withdrew his
amendment and offered as a substitute a
proviso that persons who can neither read
nor write on account of physical disability
shall be allowed -to vote if otherwise qual
ified under this section. This amendment
whs adopted and subdivision one as re
ported by the committee was adopted thus
amended.
i om Long’s Amendment.
Mr. Long then offered his amendment.
He explained that under his amendment
the grandfather clause, and the good char
acter clause would be' extended to 1903 so
that those coming of age by that time
should register, and It gave the Legisla
ture 'the right to pass registration laws
to go into effect after that time. He had
no respect for a suffrage clause which al
lowed a man to vote simply because hie
wife owned 40 acres of land or $300 of
property. (Applause.) Why not make It
$3000 ait $3,000,000 for the right 'to vote. This
provision would disfranchise hundreds o,‘
voters. The understanding clause alone
would allow anybody to register, for if a
man had no understanding he ought to be
In the asylum. After 190S a poll tax qual
ification would be sufficient. He said that
under 'the plan It would disfranchise
Lazarus and enfranchise Dives. We had
always been taught to think Lazarus was
the better.
“That was In hell," suggested a dele
gate.
"Yes, and hell Is not far from a propo
sition like 'this,” replied Mr. Long. Con
tinuing he said hat nothing had ever been
said on the stump about adopting a prop
erty qualification, and if there had been,
we would not be here today. He consider
ed this the first step towards the downfall
of the grand old Democratic party which
he loved. Is a man any better because
he has $300 of property, or Ills wife has?
Here his time expired.
Mr. Weatherly of Jefferson said he was
surprised that Mr. Long with his quick
Intelligence should so widely misappre
hend the purpose of the committee's plan
He had condemned certain qualifications
yet by his own amendment left it within
the power of the legislature to prescribe
the way of qualifications which he con
demned. It had always been the policy
of our state to prohibit the legislature
from prescribing qualifications other
than those in the fundamental law. The
purpose of the committee was to fix
some definite qualification, remembering
that those who are voterB now should re
main life votera
Mr. Long's amendment puts It within
the power of the legislature to continue
permanently the board of registrars. He
did not think the convention cared to
prolong the discussion and he called for
the previous question.
It was moved to table the Long amend
ment which was done by a vote of 94 to
35.
The previous question was demanded
and section 5 as thus amended was adop
ted.
Registration Clause.
"hie committee then took up the pend
ing question, which was section ten. pro
viding for the registration of voters.
This being a long section, was taken up
by subdivisions.
Paragraph one was read as follows:
Sec. 10. The General Assembly shall
provide by law for the registration, after
the first day of January, 1903, of all qual
ified electors. Until the first day of Jan
uary, 1903, all electors shall be registered
under and in accordance with the re
quirements of this section, as follows:
Mr. Reese moved to amend by exclud
ing bastards from voting. He said there
were no white bastards in his oounty
which statement caused much laughter.
It was suggested that this amendment
w'ould have excluded Alexander Hamil
ton Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jack
son. Mr. Reese said that his amend
ment was aimed at the negroes and
should not be defeated because some one
white man might be disfranchised.
Judge Coleman moved to lay this
amendment on the table, which was done
and the paragraph as read was adopted.
Sub-Llivision One.
Subdivision one was then read as fol
1. Registration shall be conducted, in
each county, by a board of three reputa
ble and suitable persons resident in the
county, who shall not hold any elective
office during their term, to be appointed
within sixty days after the ratification of
this constitution by the Governor, Audi
tor and Commissioner of Agriculture and
Industries, or a majority of them, acting
as a board of appointment. If one or more
of the persons appointed on such board of
registration shall refuse, neglect or be
unable to qualify or serve, or a vacancy
or vacancies occur in the membership of
the board of registrars from any cause,
the Governor, Auditor and Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries, of a ma
jority of them acting as a board of ap
pointment, shall make other appointments
to fill such board. Each registrar shall re
ceive 32 per day, to be paid by the State
and disbursed by the probate Judges, for
each entire day’s attendance upon the
sessions of the board.
Before entering upon the performance
of the duties of his office, each registrar
shall take the same oath required of the
judicial officers of the State, which oath
may be administered by any person au
thorized by law to administer oaths. The
oath shall be in writing and subscribed
by the Registrar, and filed in the office of
the probate judge of «the county.
A Populist View.
Mr. Reynolds of Chilton said while the
members of the party to which he belong
ed constituted a small minority still, they
represented white people. He was not un
der any pledge as to how he should vote.
He had been opposed to the calling of the
convention because he believed It was un
wise to hold one at this time. The com
mittee on suffrage after fifty days hard
labor had presented a plan to the con
vention which delegates on the floor did
not understand. How then could the peo
ple understand It? Even members of the
committee differed as to the construction
of certain sections. This section, hi
thought, was devised not to turn men out
but to turn them In. No penalty had been
provided for the registrars If they failed
to do their duty. It gave to three men
in every county the right to say who
should register, and onoe on the list there
was no way to gek them off. No restric
tions were thrown around them. They
were not held accountable. He asked
Captain White If he would accept the
plan himself if he knew that every regis
trar in the State would be opposed to him
politically. Captain White replied that
what he himself might do Individually
would perhaps not be entertaining to the
convention. Mr. Reynolds replied that he
had never yet seen a lawyer who could
not get out of answering a question. Con
tinuing, he said that the people would rise
up and condemn the convention for giving
them a worse election law than they now
had. You could not trust men politically
as you could personally. We are .told w*
must trust these officers, hut can we do
it? As to the constitutionality of the law
wo must leave tlrnt to the lawyers. He
paid a tribute to Governor Jones and said
that he considered it unconstitutional. He
read an editorial from the Age-Herald
condemning the registration clause.
Some of our beet men are men who can
not read or write. Many of these were
our soldiers. He said that the registrars
would probably be riding around on free
passes and in case of a railroad strike
they would probably say to the strikers
that if you go back to work we will reg
ister you, but If you do not you can't
vote. Although a constitutional conven
tion has been discussed In Alabama for
six years, I never heard the property
qualification mentioned. If dollars are to
vote why not let a man with *900 vote
three times If a man with *300 can vote
once? Answering the question of Mr.
Smith, If he was not opposed to every
thing the convention did, he said he had
been opposed to the convention, but If
they mude a better constitution than the
present one he would vote for It. But he
did not see where anything had been done
toward promoting fair elections.
The Oates Amendment.
Governor Oates offered an amendment
to provide that not more than two of the
registrars shall be of the same political
party. The section, he said, already re
quired that the registrars should be good
men, but the Democrats were in power
and he thought the opposition should have
some representation.
Judge Walker of Madison spoke against
the amendment. He did not think It
wise to put a political provision like this
Into a constitution. He did not want
this board stamped os a partisan polit
ical board. He moved the previous ques
tion on the subdivision and the amend
ment, which was ordered.
Mr. Oates’ amendment was then tabled
by a vote of 74 to 49 and the subdivision
was adopted.
Subdivision 2 was read, as follows;
2. Prior to the first day of August,
1902, the board of registrars In each
county shall visit each precinct at least
once, and oftener. If necessary, to make
a complete registration of all persons en
titled to register, and remain there at
lesat one day from 8 o’clock In the morn
ing until sunset. They shall give at least
twenty days’ notice of the time when,
they will attend to register applicants
for registration, by bills posted at five
or more public places In each election !
precinct, and by advertisement In a news
paper, If there be one, published In the
county, once a week for three successive |
weeks. Upon failure to give such notice ;
or to attend to any appointment mads
by them In any precinct, they shall, after 1
like notice, fill new appointments there
in; but the time consumed by the board
In completing such registration shall not
exceed sixty working days in any county
except that In counties In which there
Is any city of 8000 Inhabitants or over,
the board may remain In session, in addi
tion to the session hereinabove prescrib
ed, for not more than three successive
weeks In each of said cities; and there
after the board may sit from time to time
in eaoh of such other cities not more
than one week In each mpnth, and ex
cept that in the county of Jefferson the
board may hold additional sessions, of
not exceeding five consecutive days’ du
ration for each session. In any towm or
city of 900 or more and less than 8000
Inhabitants. No person shall be register
ed except at the county site or in the
{Continued on Second Page.)
STRIKERS CET
FLAT REFUSAL
FROM MORGAN
Re Will Not Agree to Again
Open Conference Which
Was Broken Off.
MAT MEAN A BITTER FIGRT
Member of Amalgamated Association
Says Terms Offered By Morgan
Are Unfair—Board Working
In Harmony.
Pittsburg. Pa., August 1.—The Commer
cial Gazette tomorrow will say:
The Amalgamated executive board last
evening received by telegram a flat refusal
from J. P. Morgan to re-open the wage
conference where It was broken oft at the
Hotel Lincoln nearly three weeks ago.
The powers of the steel combine Insist
that the only basis of settlement will be
on the terms which President C. M.
Schwab and Chairman F. H. Gary laid
down at the meeting with the Amalga
mated officials In New York on last Satur
day.
A member of the executive board last
night said:
“These terms are denominated by those
who have the best Interests of the organi
zation of the steel workers at heart as the
most unfair, the most unjust ever pro
posed to any body of workingmen by a
set of employers or a corporation. The
terms are such that the executive board
of the Amalgamted Association cannot
accept and has already goni on record
to that effect.”
Tomorrow morning the answer of Mr.
Morgan Is expected by mall. There Is
scarcely a fragment of a hope that the
Amalgamated Association will back down
from Its well known position. The leader*
of the workers will In reply outline their
plans to the steel corporation for a con
tinuance of the great struggle. They will
Include the stopping of every we. ;jl pos
sible in the works of the combine nnd the
extension of the strike In all pos Able di
rections by the Amalgamated As.ioiiaton.
Today may develop mi- h, hu: if the om
blne cannot be made ,o waver through
the Influence that will be brought to bear,
the groat conflict probably will be fought
to the end.
AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION
GIVES OUT STATEMENT
Pittsburg, Pa.. August 1.—The third all
day session of the Amalgamated Associa
tion executive board has passed ivl hc-ut
action being taken on the New Y'.ck con
ference peace proposals and another ses
sion will be held tomorrow.
Official confirmation of the status of
the steel workers' strike as It was out
lined by the Associated Press last night
was given In the current Issue of the
Amalgamated Journal, which Is the or
, gan of the association. The executive
board of the association Is In fact waiting
for a word from J. P. Morgan. The mes
sage sent to Mr. Morgan is believed to be
an ultimatum. If the steel workers’
do not get their demand for this confer
ence the strike will go on Indefinitely.
None of the official of the organization
would discuss the point today.
The Statement.
At noon after the executive board had
been In session all morning, and In a
formal manner waited for a reply from
Mr. Morgan, the members decided to
make an official denial of the report that
there was a lack of harmony In their
ranks. To the reporters present they
gave out the following:
"We, the members of the executive
board of the Amalgamated Association,
desire to deny emphatically the reports
published of expressions of a disagree
ment among us. We are disposing of the
work before the commltteo as fast as Its
Importance will permit and no member
has expressed any opinion or given out
any statement of the business. Nothing
of the Intentions of the members has
been made public; neither will any re
ports be Issued until a definite conclusion
has been reached. We are simply trying
to reach a settlement which shall be hon
orable and satisfactory to all concerned.’’
The propositions of Mr. Morgan are said
by one high In authority to be Incom
plete. He says they do not settle the
dispute.
The executive committee sat and waited
all day for a reply. On Wednesday the
same proceedings were gone through
with. Mr. Morgan’s silence Is regarded
by some os significant and ominous. Oth
ers profess to believe that he Is In con
sultation with other officials of the United
States Steel Corporation and will arrive
shortly.
Among the many rumors In the strikers’
circles today was that the American
Sheet Steel Company was preparing to
bring a large number of non-union men
from the South to take their places and
that the officials of the Dernier tin mill
were preparing to break the strike at
that point. Every avenue of approach to
these mills Is being carefully watched by
the strikers.
INDEX TO TODAY’S NEWS.
1— Constitutional Convention.
J4.000.000 Shipbuilding Plant.
Morgan Refuses Strikers’ Request.
Lynching In Mississippi.
Bessemer After New County.
Maryland and the Negro.
2— Corn King Phillips In Trouble.
Miscellany. (
*-•The Racea ♦
Slate Nows. ’>
1 1
4—Editorial.
Hotel Lobbies.
Maclay's Rise to Fame.
Iron and Steel Market.
Short stories.
6—To consider Railroad Scheme.
Crack Shots to Shoot.
Jumped from a Moving Train.
Local News.
6— Social News and Gossip.
Railroads to Weigh Freight.
7— The Markets.
*—Baseball News.
SHIP BUILDING PLANT
TO COST $4,000,000
The Great Works to be Erected at Alabama Port on the Gulf of
Mexico Ihirty-six Miles South of Mobile.
I he Construction Begins in November.
Mobile, August 1.—(Special.)—Alabama Port, thirty-six miles south of
Mobile and on tne Gulf of Mexico, is to have a shipbuilding plant to cost
$4,000,000, which will be capable of building six steamships at the same
time.
The work of construction will begin in November and will be rushed
to a completion.
The plant when finished will employ 30,000 hands.
This announcement was made tonight by Mr. S. B. McConnice of New
York, one of the party who spent the day investigating the advantages of
Alabama Port. The other members of the party were Robert G. Morris of
New Orleans and New York, Charles Payne Fenner of New Orleans, Cap
tain John G. Soley and Capt. John B. Waters, formerly of the United
States Navy; G. Herbert Jackson of Augusta, Ga., and i. C. B. Morley of
Philadelphia.
Congressman George W. Taylor of this district and several local capi
talists escorted the party of visitors. A special train took them to the
port, and Superintendent Charles Clark of the Mobile and Ohio and the
Mobile and way Shore (branch of the Southern Railway) showed the
party around.
The Gulf Coast Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company was chartered by
the Alabama Legislature at its last session. It has a capital of $4,000,000,
and the officers are: Robert C. Morris, president; S. D. Scudder, vice
president; S. B. McConnico, second vice-president and secretary; W. D.
Munson, treasurer. All of the officers are of New York.
Mr. McConnico said tonight the company will construct the ship
building plant and will also build at Alabama Port a marine railway with
a lifting capacity of 5,000 tons. He said because of greater tonnage seek
ing dockage facilities at New Orleans, the company would construct
there an immense dry dock, which it is expected will pay interest on the
entire investment Messrs. Waters and Fenner of New Orleans represent
Northern capitalists Interested.
MISSISSIPPI MOB HANG
THREE NEGROES WHILE
PROMINENT MEN PLEAD
[ Carrollton, Miss., August 1.—The murder
of Mr. and Mrs. Taliaferro culminated
this afternoon at 5 o’clock In the lynching
of Betsie McCray, her son, Belfleld Mc
Cray, and daughter Ida McCray, all col
ored. The mob was composed of about
600 white citizens of Carroll County, who
marched to the Jail in order, demanded
the keys from Jailer Duke, proceeded to
the cells of the unfortunate negroes, bound
them by the neck and hands and carried
them to the coprorate limits of town,
where they hung them to a tree by the
public roadside and riddled their bodies
with bullets.
The mob resisted the earnest appeals
of Judge W. F. Stephens and Hon. W. S.
Hill, who stood on the steps of the Jail
and appealed to the mob In the name of
law and order. They even followed the
mob. to the cell doors with their arms
I around 'the necks of the leaders pleading
to let the law take Its course, but with
no effect.
Ida McCray confessed to knowledge of
the murder and stated that her mother,
Betsie, and brother, Belfleld, helped com
mit the murder. Betsie McCray refused
to make any statement.
Governor A .H. Longlno arrived on the
scene by special train from Jackson Just
a few minutes after the hanging. He
addressed a large and attentive audience
at the court house, Impressing upon th?m
the duty of their citizenship and obedi
ence to law and order.
The best citizens of the counT, among
whom were W. F. Stephens, Hon. W. S.
Hill, district attorney; Senator A- H.
George, L. M. Southworth an others, la
bored untiringly with the excited mob all
during the day to allow the law to take
Its course, but without avail.
STRIKE TIES UP
KNOXVILLE CARS
Seventy Motormenand Conduc
tors Demand Recognition
of Their Union
Knoxville, Tenn., August 1.—About
seventy motormen and conductors of the
Knoxville Traction Company’s system
went out on a strike this morningi refus
ing to take out cars. They demanded the
recognition of their union, Which was or
ganized last Friday night. The demand
was very courteously refused by the
managemont. About 7 o’clock a few cars
were put on with non-union men in charge.
Crowds along the streets greeted them
with cries of "scab.” The entire organized
labor element of Knoxville is In sympathy
with the strikers. The Indications are that
the company will easily win the strike
without making any concession whatever
to the strikers, it appearing that sufficient
non-union men can be secured.
A non-union man was arrested for point
ing a pistol at 1!. F. Henry, president of
the Southern striking machinists. It is said
Henry was trying to "pull him off" the
car.
Not a wheel turned in Knoxville to
night. What few cars had been operated
In a haphazard fashion during the day
were run Into the carsheds before dark.
The street crowd at that time had grown
to thousands and the feeling ran so high
It would have been folly to have tried
to operate the cars. Central Labor
Union, which Is composed of delegates
from all unions In East Tennessee met
tonight and after several speeches had
been delivered, pledged Its moral and
financial support to the strikers. It also
declared a boycott on the Knoxville Trac
tion Company. Reports tonight are that
men are expected tomorrow from Balti
more and Nashville to take the places
of the strikers, but these can be traced
to no authoritative source. Officials of
the company say that all cars will be
operated tomorrow. This cannot be done
unless men are Imported.
The strike 4s working a great hardship
on hundreds of working men and girls
who live three or four miles out on the
various car lines. Hacks carried as many
as they could hold to their homes tonight,
but hundreds were forced to walk.
Schley Gets Warning.
Washington, August 1.—The War Tls
partment has taken cognisance of the pub
lished Interview of Capt. Thomas F. !
Schley regarding ithe court of Inquiry
which his father, Rear Admiral Schley,
has asked for. it Is understood the de
partment Informed Captain Schley that
such Interviews are contrary to the army
regulations. It Is not believed that u gen
eral order directing army officers not to
talk for publication on such matters will
be necessary.
American Team In Pittsburg.
Chicago, August 1.—The Record
Herald tomorrow will say:
"It Is stated positively that all ar
rangements have been made by Presi
dent Johnson to place a team In Pitts
burg in opposition to the National
League.
DISOBEDIENCE IS
HELD IN CHARGES
Navy Department Refuses to
Accede to Schley’s
Request
Washington, August 1.—Formal action
In the matter of the Schley court of in
quiry was today confined to the dispatch
of a letter to Admiral Dewey, stating
that the department herewith transmit
ted copies of letters dated July 27 and
August 1, respecting the precept un
der which the court of inquiry in the case
of Rear Admiral Schley is to be conven
ed.”
The oourt through Admiral Dewey had
already been supplied with a printed copy
of the precept itself. The correspondence
referred to In Admiral Schley’s letter,
suggestion the omission of the depart
ments expression of opinion touching his
alleged disobedience of orders and the
reply from Acting Secretary Hackett, de
clining to make this modification. It is
very rarely that a precept containing a
court of inquiry is amended. The de
partment’s action, it is stated while tech
nically declining Admiral Schley’s sugges
tion, does, however, in fact amount to
an amendment on the lines pointed ont
by him. As Indicated in the letter to
Admiral Dewey this correspondence will
form a part of the record and In fact is
a supplement to the precept and as such
of force as the original document
Captain Parker of counsel lor Admiral
Schley continued his work at the navy de
partment 'today of scanning the log boo<s
and other records bearing upon the opera
tions of the West Indian fleet. Hs n-'pes
to finish this week. He is maintaining a
close silence of his discovrles, if he has
made any. The log books are write!ec
with jealous ckre at all times. In the
present Instance a keen eyed lieutenant
watches the turning of every page of the
volumes to make sure there shall be no
alteration or excisions.
YOUNG SCHLEY EXPLAINS.
Says He Sees Nothing Improper In Be
ing His rather’s Friend.
Salt Lake. Utah. August L—When
shown the Washington dispatch stating
that the war department would take
cognisance of the published Interview re
garding the court of Inquiry upon his
father, Rear Admiral Schley, Captain
This. F. Schley, who Is stationed at Port
Douglass In this city, today stated that
the Interview as published was wholly
unauthorised.
"All I said In the matter,” continued
Captain Schley, "was that I was natural
ly a Schley partisan and hoped that my
father would be fully vindicated. Surely
there la nothing Improper In a son wish
ing his father success. I positively de
clined to enter into a discussion of the
merits of the controverey. In the first
place I am not competent to dlsscuss the
case, because I know nothing of It. My
father has never spoken of the matter
to me and has never mentioned It In his
letters . If my father has anything
up his sleeve he has not notified me of
the fact.
BE ELIMINATED
Democratic Stale Convention
Declares Thai lo he Pur
pose of the Party
GORMAN WILL BE ELECTED
Paramount Issue In the Coming Cam*
paign Will Be the Election of a
Successor to Senator George
L. Wellington.
Baltimore, Md., August 1.—The Demo
cratic State Convention, which met here
today, declared that the puporse of the
party, If successful In the coming elec
tion, Is to eliminate the negro from poli
tics In Maryland, If such a thing be possi
ble under the constitution of the State.
Upon this, the paramount Issue of the
campaign, will stand the candidates nomi
nated today for state officers, and those
chosen In the various county and district
conventions as candidates for places In
the Legislature of 1902, which body will
elect a United States Senator to succeed
George L. Wellington. That his successor.
In the event of Democratic victory, will be
Arthur Gorman Is settled beyond ques
tion, although no formal announcement s
of his candidacy has as yet been made. )
The convention nominated unanimously
for ithe offices of comptroller and clerk of
the court of appeals Dr. Joshua W. Her
rings of Carroll and J. Prank Turner of
Talbot to succeed themselves. This action,
however, was a foregone conclusion and
th real business of the convention was the
formulation and adoption of a platform
upon which the Democrats could go 'before
the people of the sftate with a reasonable
show of winning. The combined sagacity
of all the Democratic leaders In the state
was called Into requisition for this pur
pose and under the advice and guidance
Of Mr. Gorman, the following declaration
upon tha .chief point In Issue was
evolved:
The Declaration.
"The Democratic party represents more
than 40,000 majority of the white people
of Maryland. They, In common with
their brethren of other states into which
large masses of colored voter* have been
Injected into the body politic, recognise
that the peace, good order, personal
safety and proper development of our
material Interests depend upon the con
trol of the commonwealth by its intelli
gent white residents. Without the aid of
the 60,000 colored voters, the Republican
party in Maryland would be a hopeless
minority.
"We, therefore, without hesitation, pro
claim that the success of the Democratic
party will mean, that while we shall deal
with perfect fairness In securing all the
benefits of good government and full and
free opportunity for education to all
classes, such action must be taken as to
prevent the control of the state govern
ment from pausing into the hands of
thoso who have neither the ability nor
the interest to manage public affairs
wisely and well."
The other planks In the platform reaf
firm devotion of local party to the prin
ciples enunciated by Thomas Jefferson;
assert that Democratic control Is neces
sary to the welfare of the State; com
mend the administration of John Walter
Smith as Governor; pledge the party to
amend the oyster and school laws In
such manner as may seem proper; de
clare the course of the Governor In call
ing a special session of the Legislature
and the action of that body in passing
laws to limit the exercise of the right of
franchise to those who are able to read
and write, to be patriotic In the extreme;
denounce the federal authorities for fraud
and Irregularities in the late federal cen
sus; commend the State authorities for
the manner In which a recount of the peo
ple was maxle, and pledge the party to
the adoption of such laws as will make
the primary elections as fair as those
held under the general election law.
Not a Dissenting Vote.
The platform went through without a
dissenting voice or vote. The only rift in
the lute of perfect harmony care when
the announcement of the members of the
n(.w state central committee was made
and It was discovered that every opponent
of I. Freeman Rosin in municipal politics
has been dropped from the list and their
places filled with those whose fidelity to
the organization is unquestioned.
Both Mr. Gorman and Mr. Rasln were
present throughout the proceedings, but
neither of them appeared on the platform
or did they occupy seats in the body of
the hall. After the convention adjourned
Mr. Gorman held an Informal reception
behind the scenes and great enthusiasm
was shown by those who crowded forward
to shake his hands.
Monthly Circulation.
Washington. August 1.—The monthly
circulation statement of the comptroller
of the currency shows that at the close
of business July 31, 1M1. the total cir
culation of national bank notes was $360.
162,903, an Increase for the year of $36,
037,012, and an increase for the month of
$2,470,716.
The circulation, based on United States
bonds, amounted to $327,039,373, an Increase
for the year of $40,691,939, and an Incrsaso
for the month of $3,148,689 The circula
tion secured by lawful money aggregated
$29,113,530, a decrease for the year of $4,
634.937, and a decrease for the month of
$737,973. The amount of registered bonds
on deposit to secure circulation In notes
was 3329.2348,480, and to secure publlo do
posits, $108,881,450.
He Owes $1,128,623.
New York, August 1.—I.orenso J. Welhr,
Jr., a contractor and builder, filed a po
tion in bankruptcy today. His liabilities
are placed at $1,128,623 and his assets $150,
000 In real estate and $16,500 In property
In reversion.
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