The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-02
To Bolster His Congress
SiOnal Contest
ELECTION INDICTMENTS
To Prosecute I'm Fedora Court citizens
Of Robeson County for illuminating
Eieetors-Couference Of state Omciais
Over the Insurance Decided
That the Craig Hill d. Not uepealeA.
Commissioners Young.s Letter Co Ins
surance Conn anie~.
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Commissioners Nouug,s Letter Co Inc
surancc Com panics.
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Raleigh. y. G.. May ss.-Ohver III.
Dockery and his republican party
friends are springing something new
here in the federal court and they have
had m here fifteen or twenty
republicans. white and colored. AMI n
democrat. in an effort To prove that
during the election last November
! there was Red Shirt" intimidation in
Robeson county. II is the expectation
or the promoters OF this plan n: the
district attorney will send in twenty
five or thirty bills To the grani jury
against people who mainly live near
Maxton. 1t is said that the whole
thing is for the purpose Of boistering
Dockery's contest for a seat in con-
gress. 1t is the view OF the republican
promoters of this new scheme that, no
doubt, when Dockery presents the
v0luminous evidence he has been gath
ering in his contest. members OF the
| house will ask why. IL he has such a
mass of testimony, he has not gone into
Nb1 Ncol II Nh8A NANSN
prosecutions thus begun today are not
in good faith. and that the republicans
know there can be no conviction. but
that they are willing TO try 10 put n
pillory good citizens OF Robson for
partisan purposes. II is not ever be-
lieved that the grand jury will find the
bills to be true.
A conference OF the attorney general,
the secretary of state, the insurance
commissioner and the treasurer today
on the Craig bill lasted four hours. IL
was agreed that the insurance bill did
not repeal any part OF the C1aig law,
as the former bill does not specifically
name the Craig bill in section in which
it says: All former laws and clauses
of laws inconsistent herewith are here
by repealed" This is the opinion OF
the attorney general.
The following fire insurance compan-
les today filed charters and domesticat-
ed themselves here: Union Assurance,
Of London; Royal Exchange Assurance;
British American; Western Assurance,
OF Canada; W~eschester: Queen, OF
New York; Orient; Northern; United
States. and Eastern. The Michigan
Mutual Life domesticated itself.
The following important letter was
written tonight by Insurance Commits
sioner Young to insurance companies.
making inquiry as to the Craig law:
1T is generally understood that he
object of the lawmakers in thus do
mesticating' the foreign corporations.
covered by the Craig law. was solely
to confne them to our state courts and
prevent the removal OF cases from
state to federal courts, and that there
was no intention OF getting them
where they could be compelled to bear
new burdens Of taxation or Interference
with their internal management. There
Is no decision Of our courts in the past
that would cause them to fear i'll treat
ment in the future. and no action OF
our Legislature which would raise any
grounds for expecting unjust taxation
or Interference.
There are no unjust burdens in the
present insurance laws, nor is there
any intention on the part Of the state
to place the companies where they can
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such a position that they cannot help
themselves. Under our present laws a
corporation ~forfeits it's charter by nom
use or by failure to pay any franchise
tax. | have consulted the attorney
general. secretary OF state AID state
treasurer, and am authorized 10 say
that they concur in this letter"
one case of smallpox was found here
this a~fternoon-a white man named
Lowery-and was sent to the pest
house.
The storm tonight reduced the at
tendance at the house Of commons hail.
where Wharton j. Green delivered a
well prepared address on General Rob-
ert Ransom. Ex-senator Ransom was
a deeply interested listener.
Graves ii thu national cemetery mere
Will be decorated tomorrow by Meade
Post, Grand Army OF the Republic.
and an address by Il. =. Smith. who
was an officer in tnc First regim m. In
Cuba. Tner" are FIVE graves IN TIE
cemetery OF soldiers who died in the
camp OF the Second regiment mere last
sumner