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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-06-11
The Man With q Billion
A Great Samma' Story of N<w Yora.
by Tohn A. Moroso

AueAss = "THD oUAR8Y,'1

returned to her slsspang aOartnsus .
md . warm WSap. t.
The siseeris cAaaAsiiss susDsn1o1
from the centre Of the room was A1ooaA
A. she glanced to the bed shs ieA -
. few moments aeo she starts1 -
surprise. There was Q @&Doon Doodo
beside one OF the DillewA A. - y
looked like . great spot oe blood, 81
she paled with . handles ter -
crowded her heart.
A second glance and she saW to- -
thing which had 90 disturbed her -
. crimson velvet case. and that 6es
OF white paper peeped from 10 Bear .
finely wrought gold clasp.
SIN holding the giisteniAs rsve1vegs
she picked up the jewel case and hso1
II 60 the light from overhead. 0oe
Possessed no such thing among her TO
articles OF Jeweiry.
She opened the case ana . ~ q
paper fell out displaying 2 dianen9 &
dased her 10 look ~ Il
Her hands trsmbisd - che picked -
the note and read:
''0oodby. What leave for 200 GAotV
% on one until you have sssn -
Again"
., n: nth: .. sheet =. of paper '''' ~
She Fsco0n1sed he masculine hAnes
wsetin0. ire words Wv3ttsa ARMY cd -
Clearly ana caSAnly - u thay had 49,
engraved
"Or exclaimed the Violet VIEW.
Il wonder. ie - darede'
me sank N ne bsd w3sh . luaU1
tAAa waD ~ hyut0soAA ~
ne reAe bastse heA lAllsa frem ~
paaos IN ne er1msm oaaA u lay - :
<.>s~~fSH
~ GeassA - ~ OsA - q 0yU1ni
GASW wsuiA int ~ ~ - o1obA
ysnally sse ~ ~ w. baoik II
"HsS Uous" - s1c1a1aseA aDou1,
Hes goAsr'
Her voice eroks int . 80 a. -
evng hssUslf Saes oswuWAs1 n ~ -
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The Sensitive SUain.

TSHE best way
to avoid being
i teassd on
the subject Of
ones Affections 10
not to let the
teasing take Of.
feet.
OF course. II Il
W er re generally
realized that kid
ding . love af-
fair 10 vulgar and
unkind the prac-
tice would b.
muOfh losA prAy1-
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CHAPTER XIV.

CJ =
a fED1eD VaS . tAaue nSnous o.
usAs esva . ssraW - ne
he stood over hss - ane
- eShsed her s1quisatA. waite
arms ana the oeautsfui. oausv0ne1
throat he had - admired. Her 80
hair lay abou< her he'd Ire . $umssca.
wind -hsewn column q sus0ke n ne
nisht. Hsp ease wA0 0lshe1 an1 80
a. ne tuner lisin8 q . 0eaahdl.
Asa - haA come AssA . shsse. -
seal
He asans0 ever ssswfy. Vssesa ssAs-
thina OsssAs her Viilsv asl tAsa
touohsd her red lips WITH AaA
That WAS bis 1ooty.
Az me stirred 10 Ssr sossD o ~
theft from her iips. Hqntagus JenrsN
aiias Sir Richard CaavsrIy. ResusS 0ai-
iery No. 1887. was out Of the room
with the spring and the noissdsssasss
Of . psnthsr.
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Al train, just ~ . healthy ~.
mai woman should swakA
49, Oomsthing had happened -
wake her. she knew not what but she
was conscious and surely conscious Ut
me fact that her room had Been q.
tered.
Coming from profound siumbsr. the
soft dusk nSAt with which . ShAdsd
taper diffused ne room was 09fght
enough for her eyes and shs ssw nat
her bedroom door was partly eesn.
Under . lace ndksrchise % . IT,
ourst near he head Of her bed vas Q
tiny silver mounted revolver. Ne
reached out and picked % - - 6hs
slipped from the covers.
In bare feet she crossed ne rugs anA
peered into me corridor Of her apsrs-
ment. There WAS . slight draft ~ u Q
door had been opensd and immsdiatsly
closed.
Gathering the Grken ribbons Of her
night gown tightly At the throat with
her left hand and holding the pistol
ready to IRE with her riGht she stepped
into me corridor. repressing Q shivor -
her feet touched ne Do,ishe1 hardwood
door.
Whether the Violet Widow haA any Of
the nghting blood OF the Lees In her,
or whether TIER middle name was .
late addition for the sake Of gsnsa.
logical exigencies. she showed in the
dark corridor that she was far from
being q coward.
She paused and listener intsmtiy. She
was near tho door leading TO the hotai
corridor. and at her right hand was the
door Of the room she had offered Mrs.
Bronson.
A yellow seam under the latter door
told her that the bedroom |of hcr gusst
was lighted. 6hs opened the door
quickly and drew back A. she ievei,ed
her weapon.
There was no one In tho room.
She knew that there would be q iight
outside.
To protect herself she closed the door
OF the lighted room. and then. with q
quick wrench OF the knob. threw opsn
the door opening on the hotel corridor.
she sww no one. but thought that She
heard. very family. soft footballs on
the carpeted steps leading to the Moor
above.
The widow drew back and was about
to close the door when she heard the
elevator buzzsr sound. She drew II
nearly shut and listened. She timed the
elevator and was certain that the car
had stopped on the floor above.
Perhaps. after AL. II was Mrs. Bron-
son who had entered and had returned
To her brothers apartment for some
thing forgotten. She heard tho door OF
the elevator open and close. and then
tho elevator operator start II downward.
n did not stop until II reached the bot
tom floor.
She closed her door ana turned the
switch which would flood ne entire
apartment with light.
In the nearest room, that Of her guegt
she fouad . pair OF slippers and tucked
her pretty te1t Into them a gilt sleeh
on . chinoniss told hss that u vas ~
o'eloek. Thsreywas no traso Of - -
andsf u spx 0s ne geaQA ~ -
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nos ene ~ ~ 49, - 80
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scrapsss which maske1 ~ - So
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pansss esueyollin4 ~ 0an0 Ia1
vaults, and tAsso1sro pesDansD1S =
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- ". 00e N0w Tea 1sUDAo WssaO.
and small; throueH water and linz
tboth Of whios Sur1fy ~. and at last
reaches the gas holder or Gas tank.
Gas. being tighter than ar. rises In
the tank. Tho tank. though II looks %
heavy. u nicely balanced by . lake Of
watss At the bottom Of It. and by air,
% that II rises gently - the gas Oils
It. When the tank 10 snsptyins. It sinks
gradually late TIE water. The gentle
pressure that the tank 10 always sx.
ertin9 upon the Gas hsips eesos tbs
latter through the pipes out into the
streets.
Only seventy years aSo people knew
- aittis shout gas that Queen Victoria
commanded the Duke % Wsilin9ton Ia
cut "a the Oas end stop W ~ the
slDD = Nln1DD oa0h
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~ - s. GAS.
kooe q - use sas every day Of
W Os1 itvss-for light. cooking or
Ava AsAA We know. in an indefinite
~ dat gaf comes from gas tanks,
- tAsss all most Of W. know about
u
o.. - course. 10 the basis OF gss.
- u brought into the gas works In
IRon1 Naantitiss. This coal 10 put into
SAOA AelaeW tuess made Of iron o.
80 H1oese tubes are called "rsterts. -
~ ~ dusd into tremendous fur
baats Wtth Arss underneath them.
- t1esass heat partly mslts the
- oo1Anec In the retorts and smoke
- 0UMr large pipes At the top. Thst
- = gas. In ride safe. -
DooA o0al OooeA Mn
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III. g." writes: II am In love with .
girl who II continually asking me to
take her to places OF amusement. But
I am supporting my parents on . very
small salary and am unable to crafty
her destrea I am a,rrad shs win pre-
fer some other man who can take her
around. What shall DOR
Be thankful that such . mercenary
young woman has not permanently en-
tangled You. 4,
20. W." writes: II recently gave a
blrthday party. and a young man who
has paid me attention for . year Wa
invited. DO you not think no would
have brought me some little gift II he
had eared7"
Tie should have done 30 In common
courtesy.
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Betty Vincent's
Advice to Lovers

troducsd to another fellow In the same
academy. Because would not tell the
hrst young man me nAme of the sec.
ond. the hrst has left of writing 70 me
How can win him oackr'
! do not 80 what you ON DO now
You were silly to stGrt Q russ for such
. reason,
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: ~ haaae9 % vearyi16 ~
tAao tale q vSheasnt emo
tioas must b 1eslaas6 ~ Q
dl0ooOreo on Goou0tyy.
Mature novO Ia C1pOloo;
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MRS. LARAIMORE
TELLS TROUBLES
lsdy h coodwaier Describes 6eF
Ns.ressiag Experience md
Tells How She Was
H6alty believed.

Ooodwa,es. Mo.-''Evef since was
Q iiitie gil." says Hs. Riley l-aramofe.
81 was great sufferer from dyspepsia.
! suffered misery alter eating. and had
terrible heartburn.
I thought l lad 10 suffer this way as
iong as I lived. but when began 10 take
ThcdioSd's Blsek-Dta,igii. in small
doses. every night. the heartburn vas all
gone In 4 tew days. and ! could eat
without distress.
liook Two small packages In oil. and
although that was some time ago. the
dyspepsia las moi returned.
! speak q good word Tor Thed!ofd's
Black -Draught whenever have the op-
pottunity."
u eating causes distress. we urGe you
10 Try Thedioti's B!ack-Drlughi. u
cleanseS the system. helps the stomach 10
digest It's food. regulates the bowels. and
stimulates the liver.
Il acts gently and is without bad aiies.
effects. TtyN. Pt.cc &c.
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A Few Unrefutable Facts

following which will defy successful cn.radie
ton arc your attention careful confederation
ITkat Phil Dnitz Co. have purchased the Famous
Department TaIabmo Co. at ridieuonsly low fig
n-Tha selling every article in this immense
establishment money thar they be purchased At whole
sale prices.
nThat will continue do until every dollars worth
of the rerscnt stock is exhausted
1v-Tha you have the greatest opportunity to make
dollars farther than did before the
atmosphere inside the will you glance
What intend make the Famous rank Of the
leading Of the state and credit TO Trinidad
W-Thst going sell for Cash only your
moneys worth money back without question
vThs years Of experience with plenty Of capital will
enable carry Now
operation. We visit the Famous We youto
how much cheaper buy than heretofore We want
regular Famous before
it will mean great saving to you.
PHIL DENITz 6 CO..
Successor to the Famous
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rirs, u. E. Church. South.

sunday school ut :.i:. Visit n''
aud ycu will 40 ~ii"-.wasc -nn-
day school. Preaching q; In. m
mud ..:o y. M. by tn" pastor. Thr
subj.ct for the mcrninE will he "rh"
H.ac,iy. and Restorative Forces.
Mis-. brown aud Mr.. P.nilcion VIII
piur Time and Eternity TIL. cS-
cnins topic will he Fruitful Avenues
si Thought. "" cordially Invite
you to worship with us. stranger
viii receive warm welcome This
ia the church where prop'" Hay they
are mad. To feel nj hom..-A. u. Pen
.il-'on. pastor.
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Fin. Presbyterian Church.

The Guest Of God AMI tn"
ou.s, for Cod will h" I'll" themes "f
discussion at II u. 10. end Z j" y. IN
rcsp.rtIy"iy. Special music "y IN"
choir a, both services Communion
and reception Of members a, the
morning worship. is"'h 'h" honr"
and the welcome will b" ~nrm.-.R"'.
II y Chandler. pastor.
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CONGREGATIONAL Church.

Rcv. Harold u. Anderson OF spo-
kane. Wash. who IL on his way I"
Kansas City TO attend til. consr"sa-
tlnuai National Council. VIII prcach
n,Ii IA. M. and $50 y. M. tomorrow
sunday school at s:t5 u. NJ. nm"
Christian Endca,or meeting. NJ q; j"
u. ~. Everybody w"lcom. TO 'h"s"
services,
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First N. E. Church.

dny school at .:i. n. III. Ep""s u
i..aEu. ai & )" =. M. Prayer meet
Ing "Wednesday evening at ga"
sunday morning preaching s.tyt''
~ ~ o'clock. Evrnins -"fris" nj
:a". solo hy Mrs. J. \. i-anShiiu ut
the morning service and roi" 10y Mr.
Nm. pnyi., a' the evening service
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Christian Church

Preaching ut II u. IN. and $50 p.
IN. by the pastor. Good music. sun
day school o.ts "a. IN. Christian en-
dcayor 30 y IN. A good plnc" To
res, and spend an Randolph
Cook. pastor.
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Ban,ixf Church.

Tho pastor will speak ai ! II. m.
and .:aO y. M. Snnnay school opens
at a:id. Junior union at . p. m. and
Young peoples prayer meeting Mt
4. 20 u. IN. Midwcek prayer meeting
"Wednesday at .:30 y. m.-E. q. l'mf-
lcr. pastor.
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Trinity Episcopal Church.

Rev. !. o. Ferris. rector. Twenty
second sunday after Trinity. Holy
Eucharist .:30 n. III. Morning pray
cr aud sermon II o'clock, Evening
service aud sermon "a. Services
~ the rcctnry.
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Christian Science.

III. Christian S"i"ne. society hold
regular services every sunday morn
Ing at 10. We, firAi street. Morn
ing service ut II o'clock and Sunday
school at a:sn. "Wednesday evening
meetings at = o'clock. Al are We.
come.
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IN the CHURCHES
Lutheran Church.

x. Waller Schmitl. pastor. sun
day school nj 9:io n. m. Divine ser
vices ut II n. NJ. All services In En-
plIsh. Good music. We cordially In
,iic strangers To worship with Ms.
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IN. Bible study Wednesday exc and
prayer mcctins Friday eve at .:50 u,
M. Corner 0f Baca street and Ne
vadn nvcnucj. All are welcome
W. II. Cox. pastor.
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Tn. salvation Army -nn m.c any
-a-,.off clothing. furniture. kitchen
u,.nsii.. dishes. hcddinS. etc. Any
one having any of such p,caHc phone
Red 900. and they will h" called for
promptly. Thanks s-Cari. = $
Haas
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Seventh Day Adven.i., Church.

Sabbath school every sabbath ,sai-
ur,inyp nt !" u. m. rrca.hin: ~ =.
IN. Sunday night. preaching .:3a y,
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Printing Of .very 6...,' .','" nssi
IS and quickly ~ .'.H th.
Chronicle News Joh T.. s- l'ua,"s
aud quotations On r,-i,a..- 80, the
telephone. Trinidad 49, "
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Vim, vigor, vitality, virility-
in a word, strength lis the net
result of regularly drinking
good mineral water. eA
Standing alone in its class,
the high regard in which
WHITE. ROCK WATER IS
held by the doctors Of today is
attested by its enormous sale.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20
PROPOSED MILLION DOLLAR
BOND ISSUE.

AS one of the fruits of Demo
cratic good government" the State is
now facing a million dollar bond is
sue to pay off it's indebtedness, and
incidentally to pay the salaries of
the extra judges and solicitors, as
we'll as to provide salaries for any
other new offices the Legislature may
decide to create.
In speaking of the predicament in
which the State finds itself a special
correspondent from Raleigh to the
Charlotte Observer says:
"Those who are naturally inclined
to howl against bonds may prepare
their vocal organs for action. The
State faces another bond issue. AS
the financial situation develops
there seems to be no alternative for
meeting the obligations that face the
Legislature. In the first place, the
State Government, through the Dem
ocratic party, has morally bound it
self to give a public school term OF
six months. This issue is not to be
evaded. So, the State is confronted
with this problem: 1t must provide
the money to finance the extended
school term. It must at the same
time provide money for the State hos
pitfalls and charitable institutions.
This money must be provided at the
outset. The slow process of raising
the deficit by REIMBURSEMENT of the
taxation laws cannot be awaited.
With the present resources, the sup
port of the new school system would
draw from the appropriations to all
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20

the State institutions and the Legis-
lature would not only not be able TO
grant the increased appropriations
demanded. but would actually not be
able TO maintain the appropriations
now standing
The sixe OF the bond Issue would
have 10 be determined after 4 legIs-
lative investigation. but the needs
would call for 4 million dollars-per-
haps more. The question may be stu
died In any light. but always there
will have 10 be return to the bond
issue as the only practicable solu-
ton.
MIR. Carl Duncan's proposition to
take the Atlantic Il North Carolina
Railroad of the hands of the State
pressed on the Legislature. II L. in
soak. When the time Is ripe, the
matter will be presented In due form
by Ex-Governor Thomas j. Jarvis.
Judge Winston and Mr. Mr.. Charles
A. Webb. who will appear as attor-
nSSs Aoi DuuIdH anu tue soEloik
Southern Road From this IL will
be understood that the Legislature
will be called on TO consider the mat
ter as a proposition OF business land
! not OF sentiment"
The Observers special correspond
ent says all can howl against the
! bond issue who want to, but il init
mates that the bowling will do no
/ good. The Democrats have been lead
! ing high and expensive life and now
the Taxpayers must foot the bills.
There is no more need for a bond
issue now than there was for issuing
bonds in times OF peace under Cleve-
! lands administration. Considering
! the increased wealth in this State and
the high tax rate, there is no excuse
! for living above our income. And
there is no excuse for even consider
ing a proposition to sell the A & N
c. Road, just for the purpose of pour
ing the money into a rat hole.
If the present regime can't give
the State a business administration
it is time for them to get off their
perch, and have practical men placed
at the helm in their places.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20
ANOTHER TOOTHLESS FRAUD.

The Greensboro News, in an edi-
torial, says:
eff Congress had debated that
Webb liquor bill much longer it
might have passed almost unani-
mously."
Webb's bill, pretending to prohibit
the shipment of whiskey into a pro-
hibition State, is as much a toothless
fraud as is our State antitrust law.
The Webb bill permits any indi-
vidual in this State to order and have
shipped to him, from Virginia or any
other State, all the whiskey he wants
for his own use. 1t simply declares
that whiskey cannot be shipped into
the State, if it is to be sold in viola
ton of the State prohibition law, but
there is no penalty, even to this pro-
vision of the bill. The courts have
always held that a law without a
penalty is no law at all
If such a fraud of a bill is salts
factory to the so-called prohibition
lists, then surely there is no reason
why the whiskey rings should oppose
it any more than why the trusts
should oppose our State antitrust
law
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20
THE HOUSE

ducei.

Senator Long. of Person. intro
duced in the Senate a joint resolu-
ton TO provide a State bond issue to
cover the deficit" in the treasury. to
pay for the completion OF the new
State building. and 10 provide funds
for other permanent building appro-
priations. The resolution was refer
red 10 the Finance Committee.
The House passed the cotton tare
bill and the bill penalizing telegraph
companies for failure TO transmit and
deliver promptly messages filed. Both
bills were amended, the cotton tare
bill so as to require all ginners TO
put thirty pounds of bagging and ties
on each bale OF cotton and providing
that the buyer may deduct from the
bale all tare liz excess Of six per cent
of the gross weight of the bale. The
telegraph bill was amended so that
it would in no wise apply 10 rural
telephone companies. hTe penalty is
500.
An editorial in a recent issue of
Charity and Children was the occa-
sion for a caustic speech by Repre-
sentative Stewart, of Mecklenburg,
on point of personal privilege, in
which he expressed great resentment
of the criticisms of the members of
the House in connection with the di-
vorce matter, and this was followed
/ by the adoption of a resolution offer
/ ed by Representative w A Devin
condemning the unjust criticism
and the grave charges" made in the
editorial
In the Senate there was extended
/ debate on the building and loan bill,
+ but the body finally concurred in the
House amendment of 80 per cent, by
close vote on the second reading.
The bill went over on third reading
to a future date.
The automobile bill, providing for
assistant road engineers, was made a
/ special order in the Senate for We'd
nesday and the bill was ordered
printed. The bill to regulate the use
of State convicts was made a special
order for Thursday at II o'clock.
The Joint Committee on Appropri-
ations of the House and Senate voted
to report favorably the bill appropri-
ating $4,000 to build a home for
the Confederate widows and wives OF
INDECENT Confederate soldiers
The Aycock County bill was killed
on second reading in the House
Thursday night. The bill to create
Jarvis County met a similar fate the
night before.
The House Committee made favor
able report on the bill for a six
months school term, also for compul-
sorry education, providing for fines or
Imprisonment if law is not obeyed
Fridays Proceedings.
The following bills were enrolled
Joint resolution to pay for cleri-
cal hire for Committee on Judicial
Districts.
Bill to prevent public drunkenness
in Alamance County.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20
THE STATE MORTGAGE TO MON
OPOLIES AND TRUSTS.

A few days ago Chief Justice Wal
ter Clark delivered an address before
the law class OF the State University.
He discussed in a very clear and en-
phatic manner many grave conditions
that now confront the people of our
State
He pointed out that we had one OF
the greatest and richest States in the
Union, and that our citizenship was
not surpassed by any. Yet, he said,
we face the humiliating spectacle of
a bankrupt State Treasury, with a
deficit of over three-quarters of a
million dollars, which deficit Is grow
ing larger, and at the same time that
we have one of the worst public
school systems In the country.
He pointed out that there Is no ex-
cuse forthe State being in debt, be-
cause a State, like an individual,
ought to live within it's income. On
the other hand, he pointed out the
fact that the State, while rich in re-
sources, was really poor because 1t
was being robbed, every year, of over
twenty million dollars by the mon
opolies and trusts.
He showed that there was one rail-
road in the State that was paying
taxes on only 500 per mile, while
the road should be taxed on more
than $4,000 per mile.
He next showed the terrible drain
on our State through freight discrim-
nations. He charged that the State
was being robbed each year of not
less than twelve million dollars by
these determinations alone.
He even went so far as to quote
Mr.. Alexander, the President of the
State Farmers Union, as saying,
THAT the State Senate of North
tdIOlIud uOW, anu hdo OCCh LOi
years, controlled by the corporations
and trusts" and he asked each mem
Der of the law class to examine the
votes of the members of the Senate
on every question where the interests
of the State and monopolies conflict
ed and determine for themselves
whether or not this was true. The
Chief Justice drew vivid picture of
conditions, citing facts and proving
his statements, but if he is correctly
reported, he offered no remedy.
Judge Clark knows that the real
trouble is that Senator Simmons
mortgaged the State to the trusts and
monopolies in order to get their sup
port for the Democratic machine and
to secure his election to the Senate
Judge Clark should appeal to ev-
cry member of the law class and to
the whole State, to rise up in their
manhood and declare that this Sim
mons mortgage or the State is a
fraud more vicious than carpet bag
bonds.