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The morning times., 1896-04-04

The bill discussed yesterday by the com
miltee OF the IeCeIatiou OF Labor, cCm-
posed OF L. NJ. blake, j. h. Potter aud
J. j. McCarIh'y, III an auulcnce win The
Comm SsIumcrs, nrniIon OF when was
maze IN The Ev,hlng 1Imes OF yesterday,
l,thv one nuIn.>Iv'. ItI =, introduced Janu-
AIRY ) by Senator Lodge.
IlprUN IuC> IIsIr rom ..iualter The pa SsaSe
Oi tnC aCI Ihc ,UIIIIIIIs SIontfs snail nave
supervision ana Conlrol or all labor en-
pIO yea OH puI,Ilc DuliGlngs and pubnc WORKS
~ "a GA bVHitIi "a tHC IIstrlct, ana designate
au OFFICER or Officers unucr whose inn
mediate supervision and direction all labor,
whether skilled or unSkilleu, shall be per
formed.
The bill also provides that labor, skilled
anu unskilIcd, must be emplo yed by tie uay,
aud no work upon any OF such buildings
shall he conc by contract.
The measure has teen before the Com
missIoners ANA passed upon. Their report
was 10 the effect that the PROVISION 1lrst
auOvc quoted was unnecessary, since lne
building inspector already has SUPERVISION
OF construction OF District buildings, and
The second section, requiring labor 10 be
emplOy ycd by the day, was contrary 10 the
organic act under which the government
of the District was established.
STILL ADHERE TO IT.
This opinion the commissioners adhere
10, as stated ia the conference yesterday,
and they said further THAT congress wonlu
have 10 change the law before tie
pariure from the present custom could be
made.
President Ross referred totbe papers, how
ever. upon which their original Endorsements
were made, and showed that they had all
! three agreed that discretion should be given
| the Commissioners, and that when, i'll their
| Judgment il would be best labor should be
/ employed by the day .as sreCommendedbyt the
! Federation and embodied in the bill.
Thisrecommendation wasafterwards COM
! muniCated To Congress, and is now before
that body. Commissioner Ross asked the
committee why the Federation would not
! be willing TO permit fair trial to be made
| of the act proposed, conferrlng ulscre-
tionary powers upon the board.
In a general way Mr.. Blake objected totbe
suggestion. He said il is understood that
| the Commissioners already have discretion
| airy powers but this was met by Il reading
| OF the section in the organic act, which
| requires that in all public work. exceeding
| 81 900 in cost, n contract must be made,
| and not only so. but the contract must De
solicited by advertisement in Baltimore,
| New Yorkand = Philadelphia, and dthena ward
| ed to the lowest bidder.
HAVE BEEN TO CONGRESS-.
The committee has been already before
| the senate Committee III advocacy ul the
| measure and will doubtless make further
| effort Tor IaNoraDlc consideration.
The meeting with the Commissioners was
! solicited andcX pected before they Forwarded
| a report upon the BILL but the communlca-
! tiun was mislaid.
Building permits were issued yesterday
as follows: Rufus A. Suits, for dwelling
No. lis Kentucky avenue southeast, 81, 400
). b. Priest. two dwellings, Nos. 14lS ana
1928 Binney street. Columbia Heights, $lo,
| 600
The morning times., 1896-04-04
Strong
Words!

Washington. n. c.. March 81, 1895.
TO the ''I. e. R." Chemical Company:
Knowing the good results of the II. g. +.
Rheumatic Cure" OF persons who have used
IL, concluded to send a bottle of il TO IN
aunt OF niue of Camden, n. j., who has
been afflicted with the disease for nearly
fifty years. About two weeks ago j sent
her q bottle, and yesterday ] received
other bottle, for il was the only medicine
in all her affIiCiion that did her any good.
Before iakfAE it, her pains were so great
that IL was impossible for her 10 sleep or
rest at night, and in three days after tax
ing the first dose she began TO feel q won
derfUl change. She says she can now sleep
JOHN F. o'NEILL,
1l17 Pa. ave. Sc,
Brick Merchant.
Sold by all druggists.
Trade supplied hy F. A. TSchiffely and
rs. Leadiicater 6 Sons.
The morning times., 1896-04-04
SHIP BUILDING STATISTICS.

During the Last Quarter 124 Vessels
Were Built In America.
During the last quarter the total number
of vessels built in the United States
was 124 of 2S,1 10 tons, as COM
pared with 12S vessels of 80, 1886 tons for
the previous quarter.
or the vessels built during the last
quarter, 60 were sail, and 50 steam. The
steel steamers built were 8, of 12,349
tons. of which of Z ,004 tons, were built on
the Great Lakes Forty-eight were wooden
sailing vessels of 9,OS9 tons, were built on
the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and 26 wooden
steam vessels, of 1912 tons, were built on
Western rivers.
The morning times., 1896-04-04
LAW STUDENTS DEBATE.
Emitted States Should Not Grant BE
ligerent Rights TO Cuba

ligerent Rights to Cuba.
The Debating Society of the senior class,
National University Law School, held its
regular bi-weekly meeting last night, at
the college. Thesubiect fordehate was Re
solved, That The United States should grant
beiigerent rights TO the insurgents of Cuba.
Messrs. willard II. Yoyles Of Indiana,
Joseph II. Jochum, ir., of the District of
Columbia, ana Alan NJ. Johnson OF Mary
lana mainl lained the affirmative of the ques-
tIon, while Messrs. Arnold Y. Graves OF
North Carolina, Domingo A. Usina of
Georgia, and F. S. Key Smith upheld the
negative.
The judges were: MesSrs. Hall, Sanders
and Merilatt, and they rendered their de-
ciSion in favor of the negative. Mr.. c. K.
Allen, Of the junior class, Officiated as
critic
The morning times., 1896-04-04
CORRESPONDENT Rule Held.

James +. Rule. Washington correspondent
Of the Knoxville Journal and private sec
retary TO Representative Henry r. Glib
son of Tennessee. was held for the action
Of the grand jury in $500 bonds by Judge
Miller in the Police court yesterday. The
charge against Mr.. Rule was criminal libel,
preferred by Representative Franklin
Bartlett OF New York. Representative
Gibson signed his bond
The morning times., 1896-04-04
biological Society's Meeting.

The Biological Society will hold its regu-
lar meeting this evening. at O'Clock, in
the assembly hall of the Cosmos Club. No.
1920 III street northwest. Communications;
" X. Chestnut, "Pfaff's Recent Investiga-
tions on Rhus Poisoning B. T. Galloway,
The Action of Copper i'll Poisoning Fungi"
BARTON w. Evermann. THE Story of Two
Salmon,'' and Frederick V. Covillc, =" Bo-
tanical Explorations Near the Mexican
ROundary"
The morning times., 1896-04-04
The full intensity

The full intensity
of living is reached
only by the perfectly
healthy. Sickness
discounts the capec-
ity for enjoyment.
w b en- a piano is
badly out of tune,
the noises that come
from 1t are certainly
not musical. They
are not beautiful. IF
1t is only a little bit
out of tune, you can
play some few things
on it. You can create
a SEN b lan ce of
music. but Won can
The morning times., 1896-04-04
Shit for Partition

Margaret A. Draley brought suit against
Richard Brown yesterday for the partition
by sale of lot and parts of lots 100 and
101, Square677. The properi Y was former
ly the estate OF Daniel Brown.
The morning times., 1896-04-04
wakefield Monument In Place.

A telegram received by Col. John NJ.
Wilson, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., re-
ports that the shaft of the monument to
mark the birthplace of George Washington.
was placed In position yesterday at
Wakefield, Westmoreland county, Va.
The morning times., 1896-04-04

S125 to Baltimore and Return.
The B. & o. R. R. Company will sell
excursion tickets from Washington TO Baiti-
more for all trains of Saturday and Sun
day, April and 8, at the rate of 81 20
for the round trip, valid for return passage
until following Monday inclusive. ap2-4t
The morning times., 1896-04-04
ORGANIC let PREVENTS
Obstacle in the Way of EnsGlinS
Senate Bill No. l4l7.
In THE INTEREST OF LABOR

of the Measure Before the
District commissioners, and State
ment of Their Vfews-Preyiously
Reported Upon Acknowledgements
tion That Board be Given Powers.
The morning times., 1896-04-04
Postoffice Mt Indian Head.

A postoffice has been established at
Indian Head. Md, Facilitating the delivery
of the mail intended 70, the Naval Proving
Ground This mail will close at 8 n. IN.
each day at the Washington pOstGffice.
The morning times., 1896-04-04
STATE of the Gold Reserye

The Treasury gold reserve at the close
of business yesterday stood at $12S,22I,-
$50. The Withdrawals for the day were
S2O1 ,9O4,
The morning times., 1896-04-04
Al His Son's Ordina,ion

Rev. s. NJ. Hartsock has gone to New
York 10 assist in the ordination service OF
his son, Rev. J. Lewis Hartsock, on Easter
Sunday al Central NJ. +. Church, where he
cfa
The morning times., 1896-04-04

by poor circulation because your heart ac-
tIon is weakened by nicotine, and your
blOo1 Is tObaccO-pOiSoned. Tobacco weak
ems the heart-acton, the blood is not pumped
fast enough. Your feet get cold, ache and
burn by turns. No wonder you feel like
putting them head-high when you sit down.
Don't you know that tobacco weakens all
the ncrve-centerS, and is the cause OF many
weak, tired, lifelesS, listless feeling?
There is a guaranteed cure, No-To- Bac,
which has cured over 800 900 cases, a nd will
cure you just as it has Senator Ellington and
the Hon. X. H. Pearce, who
USED TOBACCO 27 YEARS.
Thompson, Ga, Nov. %.
Dear Sirs-Aftcr using tobacco nearly
twenty-seven years l took two and one
half boxes of your No-To Bac, which freed
me OF the pcrGicious habit, and have not
tasted tobacco since, neither have | any
desire for it. / had previously tried Il
number of antidotcs, but without success.
Some months ago / procured three boxes
for the Hon. c. II. Ellington, of this place,
late State Senator, and now President of
the Farmers State Alliance of Georgia.
He had used tobacco excessively for thirty
years. He used two boxes of No-To-Ba
and Immediately discontinued the use OF
tobacco. Yours truly,
X. II. PEARCE, Clerk of Supr. Ct
II all rests with you-why not try No-To-
Bac under absolute guarantee of cure by
your own druggist? If you don't like feel
! ing well, enjoying new manhood, you can
learn tobacco using over again. Get our
booklet, Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke
Your Life Away" written guarantee and
free sample mailed for the asking. Address
The Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New
York
The morning times., 1896-04-04
DON'T DRAG YOUR FEET
Lifeless Movements and You're
Always Tired.
Heart Action Seriously Affected
and Blood Nicotine-Tainted.

Do you feel hurt7
Pains in the legs,
below the knees?
Feet cold day
time, burning at
night?
nj a u y other
pains and symp-
toms?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06

THE FEE SYSTEM TO co.


If the bin to pay United States Dis
trict Attorneys and Marshals salaries
instead Of fees should become a law.
Mr.. Aycock. Attorney, and Mr. Carroll,
Marshal, in the Eastern District would
each receive a salary Of $4,000, and Mr.
Glenn, Attorney and Mr. Allison. Mar
shall, in the Western District, would
each receive a salary Of $500 This
change ought to be made 1t Is in the
line Of correct principles, and will take
away the incentive to increase business
for fees. In some districts this hot
haste for fees has been scandalous. The
Marshal Of Oklahoma was recently re-
moved for his undue activity that ar
mounted to persecution.
Mr. b. NJ. Ambler, member Of the
West Virginia Bar Association, has
taken great interest in this subject
and collected some astounding statis-
tics relating to the operation Of the
fee system in his State. IN paper,
recently read before the association, he
stated that out Of 925 cases in the Uni
ted States courts in West Virginia last
year, only ISL convictions resulted. In
the other 534 cases the jnries either ac-
quilted on the District Attorney enter
ed mol pros. It was shown that wit
nesses are dragged to court from
great distances and held for days and
weeks. only 10 be sent back 10 their
homes without even being called upon
TO testify just so as 10 enable the Of
ficials 10 charge up fees.
The change from fees to fixed sala-
nv will be welcomed by all right mind
ed officials. even if their emolnment is
less, as 1t would be in the case Of all
North Carolina officials. 1t would ena-
BILE them to execute the duties Of their
offices without the idea of increasing
their personal incomes. This idea is
grating to men Of lofty mould. IT is a
temptation that cannot be resisted
to men whose love of money is more
deeply rooted than their love Of JUS
tice.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06
LAWYERS NOT WANTED.


J. f. Spence, private secretary to
Congressman Strowd, writes to the
Chatham Citizen from Washington:
'sThe present Congress is composed
almost entirely of lawyers or other pro
fessional men. They do not seem to
know, and d great many of them do
not care, anything of the condition Of
the farmers and working people of the
country. So long as such men are
chosen to make our laws, there can be
no hope for the relief of the masses of
the people When the people choose to
vote for men to make their laws who
know from experience the needs Of the
people, then and only then can we ex-
pect laws in our interest"
This p notice to Harry Skinner, Set
tie, Linney, and all other fusion law
yers, that they are not fit to represent
the people. We agree with Mr.. Spence
that the present Congress will do Moth
ing for the masses Of the people, but it
is not because Of their occupation. The
reason is deeper than that. Jefferson
and Jackson were lawyers. while
Washington and Macon were farmers.
1t is character and ability and knowl-
edge Of the people and their needs, not
occupation, that fits men for represen-
tatives.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06
COL. MCCLURE ON THE CUBAN
QUESTION.


On Monday night ia Philadelphia
five hundred Cubans celebrated the an
niversary of the Cuban war. The VET
eran editor Of the Philadelphia Times,
Col. A. X. Mcclure, was invited and
made the principal address. The fol-
lowing synopsis Of his address voices
our sentiments exactly:
Mr.. Mcclure said that when he read
yesterday mornings papers he thought
that Spain, i'm a moment Of madness,
had thrown the yoke from Cuba's neck
by attacking this country, but he was
somewhat disappointed when looking
over the afternoon papers he found
that the Spanish Minister had, without
stopping for breakfast, hurried Off 10
apologize He did not want this coun-
try to be behind Spain IN a matter Of
politeness. There was no reason now
when the Cubans had practically been
accorded the rights of belligerents,
why some thousands of brave men from
the North should not go down and aid
the Cubans in driving the Spaniards
into the sea- Then he, for one, he
said, would be pc fectly willing to
apologize to Spain
Il do not know" he continued,
''that the Cuban people realize what a
victory they have gained to-day Con-
gress represents a nation OF seventy
million people, and the resolutions
they have passed not only recommends
ed the accordance of belIigerent rights,
but were intended, as all who read may
see, to bring Cuba to freedom There
were but sixteen votes against them,
and these were east by a few quibblers
for law. There are times when there is
but one law the safety of the people
is the supreme law. 1t was by that law
that this country saved itself from dis
solution. What law but this was there
for Lincoln's proclamation, and as long
as liberty occupies a sacred place on
this earth his name viii remain among
the immortaIs.
This is not a rebellion but a reyolu-
ton. If there be one Cuban on that ill
fated isle who is in sympathy with
Spain. he is false to his birth and to
his home 1T is a nation speaking with
one voice, and fighting shoulder to
shoulder for home and country. To
aid them in their struggle, there is no
need for this country to violate neu-
trality laws. Cuba is able to maintain
herself and carve out independence
when she can get arms and men here.
So far the fight has been with the MAJ
Ghetto against artillery. Never has
battle been so unequal, nor never has
orander history been made. The time
has come when Cuba must be free.
This warfare Of assassination must be
stopped. Men captured with arms in
their hands must be treated as prison
ers of war. The man who shoots them
is a murderer and the nation permit
ting it must be warred against. Look
ing at the logical consequences OF the
action Of Congress to-day, | say that
from this day dates the absolute free
dom of Cnba."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06
LIE REAL FRIENps OF sILvER.

The Textile Manufacturers Journal
published in New York, in an editorial
on Silver vs.. Protection" uses an ar
gument that is true when il points
out that the only hope Of silver is
through the Democratic party 1t takes
ground against silver, fayors high pro-
lection, and is therefore the natural
enemy of Democracy We COM
mend its utterances to men who pre-
tend to believe in silver and at the same
time are in an alliance with the Bepub-
lican party. the agents Of the money
power that demonetized silver. The
Journal says;
There is a good deal Of wind and
buster in all this talk about silver, and
the country will wake up soon to a
realization that it has been iutimidated
by a shadow. Tt is clearly evident that
the country is not suffering as it was
some time ago from this nightmare
though it must be confessed that some
of the presidential timber is still in
the throes of all the horrors of this
hideouS phantom. Silver has had the
helm in the Senate, but it is because
of its alliance with the Democratic
party; it must not be forgotten that
it was a Democratic Senator who NOV
eel the substitution of a free coinage
measure for the tariff measure i'm the
Senate Finance Committee, and that
it was Democratic votes that carried
this substitute through the Senate. If
there is a silver party in the country,
it is wing of the Democratic party"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06

Mr.. Frank Garter sticks to his posi-
ton. 1t il very certain that we are
going to have an interesting time in the
Democratic State Convention There
viii be probably three propositions
debated: |. TO send no delegates at all,
on the line pointed out by Mr.. Carter;
2. TO send delegates instructed to with
draw if a gold platform is adopted or
Il gold candidate nominated as propos-
ed by Messrs. Craig and Reed; 3. To
oppose gold platforms and gold candi-
dates, but 10 abide the action Of the
convention as in the past as advocated
by Capt. Cooke. The old plan viii pre-
vail
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06
4 STRIKING FACT.

In all the discussions of the silver
question in Congress, participated in
by gold bugs land they were usually
silent) it is noticeable that they as
sumo but two classes in this country,
the owners of money or credits and
the wage -earners, as having any in
terest in the matter or in fact as hav-
ing existence.
This is almost the truth in those
sections from which the gold bugs
come, and is rapidly becoming true for
the Whole country. IN 1860 the farmers
owned more than half the wealth of
the United States; in 1890 they owned
less than one-ffth
Those census figures tell the whole
story. Mr. Manufacturer, Mr.. Bond
holder, Mr. Transportation Owner, Mr..
Income Owner Of whatsoever sort has
by slIllful legislation not only held
his relative rank, he has increased it,
and at the same time has fed his
army Of operatives, on Western corn
and meat and clothed them with South
ern cotton at cheaper figures each sue
ceeding year.
Plutocrats and peasants will be our
divisions in less than fifty years under
present conditions. There is no fight
left in the people, they yield quickly
il there is promised them even small
part Of "the swag." On no other theory
can one reconcile the indifference to
the open notorious pension thefts
committed in every neighborhood and
winked at by our best men, to the
waste Of millions on inland creeks
and rivers under the river and harbor
bill, to the erection Of costly govern
inent structures in small towns, which
instead Of being a reproach to the Con-
gresham securing them is a sure
means of his reelection. Yet we
know that all this expenditure is finally
paid for from the farm or the mine
from this mother earth whose bosom
we are forced to rely on for all our
wealth.
The cry Of 'demagogue" is enough to
frighten even the stoutest champion
and the average representative feels
almost a sense of shame in taking the
fioor,which he occupies by the gracious
permission Of the old war horses Of
monopoly, returned for twenty sue
cessiye years by impreguabIe corporate
influence.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06

The man who claims to be for silver
and runs around advocating the nom
ination Of Mckinley for President
must think the people fools. There
would have been a free coinage law be-
fore now but for the fear Of an eNecu-
tive veto. What true silver man, there
fore, can advocate the nomination Of a
candidate who would veto silver legis-
lafion9
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06

Any reputable enterprise can adyer-
tise its merits in these@columns but
we are not in the business of per-
hitting attacks upon reputable rivals,
even for pay.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06

Hard to Please. st. Peter You
were very, very good little 10y on
earth, and now you enter to your re-
ward.
Boy Spirit Can have tin horn
and drum and a horse fiddle?
.sOh, no; bat You can have harp
and crown"
II wish I'd been bad. New York
Neekly.)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06

HOODS PILLS cure Liver IlIss
Riiiousness, INDIGESTION Headache,
q pleasant laxative. All DruKRfsts
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06

What's the matter with Boutelle? He
was so hot to fight over the Hawaiian
affair that his friends had to put him
in cold storage to cool him off. In the
Venezuelan matter. he stood alone
against the Presidents firm policy and
he was one of seventeen to vote against
the recognition of the belligerency OF
Cuba.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06

Colonel John S. Cunningham OF
North Carolina, is said to be the owner
of the largest tobacco farm in the
United States. He had nearly three
million hills to cultivate and harvest
last year.-Nev York Tribune.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06

AAEANTED Sealed bids to put in "a sewer
wv pipe from the Jail TO the river, in the
town OF Smithfeld, N. G., with the right 60
reject any and all bids. The County Com
missiOners will open and consider al bids
april 9Th, 1885, A. Il. SMITH,
elk 3D. Co. Cam'Ts.
smithdeld, N, G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06
Notice by Executor.

Having qualified as Executor of the last
viii and testament of Sarah A. Williams,
deceased, late of Wake county. n. c., i here
by notify all persons having claims against
the estate Of Sarah A. Williams TO present
the same to me or leave them with Mr.. Err.
nest Haywood. OF Raleigh, y. g. on or be-
fore the 18th day Of February 1897 or this
notice VIII be plead in bar OF their recov.
cry. This is also to notify All persons in
debted 20 said estate 20 make prompt pay,
ment to me.
ALFRED w. HAYWOOD,
Executor of the last viii and testament
Of sarah Al. Williams deceased.
Haw River, n. g., February 10th. 1896.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-06

EFF some men paid ez much tention
ter bein' Congressman, said Uncle
Eben, ''ez dey does ter bein' candidates,
dar'd be moh statesmen in dis here
country Evening Star.