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Morton Admits Paying Rebates
Defiance of Orders, But is Shielded
by the President—Tariff Reform.
Washington. July L'o.—It s'rikcs m<*
that President Roosevelt has dealt
knock out blov\ to his own net
*
road scheme by ! is typical Roosevelt
iau sticiiVi< .-.'ty ir favor of his friend |
Paul Morton ViiAt earthly use can :
there be in giving him more law j
against railroad corporations, when j
j he refuses to enforce what he has at!
hand, if it happens to affect a personal
friend? His position recalls to me
Congressman Tim Campbell’s famous
remark to President Cleveland.
“What’s the constitution between
frit nds?”
“What’s the law as between
friends?” says President Roosevelt.
“When you can just as well dodge
congress did not approve of. because |
if carried out. it would leave the reg
ular session in December free to a
consideration <>f tariff issues. So
they united to induce the president‘o
change his mind about calling an ex
tra session of congress, and gave as
an excuse therefor the near apuroach
of the November congressional elect
ions and the necessity for looking out!
for political fences. They wanted no
short session in November so they
found a good reason for having ’he
president abandon that idea in the
fact that the Ri publican party would
have to explain to the country, after a
three w eks s. -«ion in which nothing
! had been accomplished, why congress
had been called together and allowed
*o run up a wholb* unnecessan' mile-
a age hill of $190,000. They also ar-
rail-j Rued that it would he impossible to
! procure such railway legislation as
the president desired in such a short
j session.
The possibility of an extra session
i being out of the way leaves the apti-
tariff revision people in a strong
strategic position. The\ believe the
president can h.» induced to press the
question of control of railway rates at
the expense of anything else. The
The consideration of this legislation
they assert can be. and will be. drawn
out to an inordinate length, because
at the senate hearings ‘here anueared
to he no public demand for giving to
the interstate eommerre commission
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Everyone is hustling and busi
ness is booming. : :
Put your surplus money at
work at * : : : :
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Compounded quarterly, in the
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SUMMER GOODS
Figured Lawns, Nub Zephyrs, India Linens,
Light Percales, Dress Ginghams. Every
thing must be cleaned up by August 1st.
Embroideries worth up to 18c to go at 10c.
Val Laces, Cotton Torchon Laces and all kinds
of Laces will be sold cheap. Solid colored
Chambry worth 10c, at 8c. Bargains in
Towels, Napkins, Table Linens, Sheets, Pil
low Cases, Counterpanes. : ; :
Shoes and Oxfords
Every Shoe in our stock is made of solid
leather throughout. Cut prices on all Oxfords.
Lipscomb, Goudelock &
state commerce law, which Roosevelt
maintains does not call for the pun
ishment of individuals but ra'her of
me corporation for its violation, spe
cifically says in Section 10:
“That any common carrier subject
to the provisions of this aci 4 or when
ever such common carrier is a cor
poration, any director or officer there
of, or any receiver, trustee, lessee,
agent or person acting for or em
ployed by such corporation, company,
person or party, shall willfully do or
cause to he done, any act. matter or
thing in this act prohibited or de
clared to be unlawful, or who shall
aid or abet therein, or who shall will
fully omit or fail to do any act, matter
or *hing in this act required to he
dono <„• shall cause or willingly suffer
or permit any act, matter or thing so
directed or reouired by this act to he
done not to he so done, or shall aid
or abet any such omission or faiulre,
or shall he guiltv of any infraction of
this act, or shall aid or abet therein,
shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor, and shall conviction
thereof in any jurisdiction of which
such offense vas committed be sub
jected to r. fine not to exceed five
thousand dollars for each offense.”
The so-called Elkins act also spe
cifically states in about the same lan
guage. that persons are equally liable
with corporations to punishment un
der its provisions.
If the section I have quoted does
not mean that Mr. Morton, as the
traffic manager of the Atchison. To
peka & Santa Fe Railroad, after con
fessing to have paid rebates, was
guilty of a misdemeanor, then i do
not know what the English language
means. He admitted that he had paid
rebates, and says that after the pass
age of the Elkins law he personally
ordered ‘he discontinuance of th#se
rebates and the strict compliance
with the provisions of the interstate
commerce act. His admission in his
letter to the president, that for more
than a year these bebates were con
tinued in defiance of his orders, was
due to a “misplaced switch.” is a sub
terfuge too transnarem for any sane
m ut excepling the president to be
lieve.
Every railroad man knows that it
was an impossibility, nothing more
nor less, and every railroad manager
uu to the time of the president’s dec
laration understood that violation of
the law was to be followed b" per
sonal punishment. That they so con
strued the act. I am credibly informed,
and President Roosevelt’s letter is
the first intimation that they have had
that they were immune.
The president with a great, splurge
is trying to make much of the prose-
e nion of the Atchison. Toneka &
Santa Ft* Railroad as a corporation,
which he has ordered, huFthe feeling
among people with whom I have
talke-i is that the thing is becoming
fa-cial. and that its effect as an off-
t to the shielding of Morton will be
absolutely nil.
And so fades away the people's
, f,v- -nilroad rate leglslaMon a’
• lit* coming session of congress. Roose
velt’s decision in this Morton busi-
' less 't js made so manifest the insin
cerity of his repeated declarations
for a square deal all around, that to
| my mind u makes it impossible for
'be Democrats to join hands with the
i demagogic Fepuhlicans in passing
:.nv legislation that Roosevelt may
is I- for in the face of his refusal to
nf i.ee the law that is now on the
t.-fute book;. What a black eve to
the existing law a-' would enable them
to better deal with the question of
discriminations against individuals
and localities. With a lively fight
pending on this question, and the cer
tainty that the Democrats will talo*
advantage of it to press their claims
for government ownership as the only
remedy for railway abuses, the man
agers of the campaign against tariff
revision believe that any legislation
regarding the tariff can he staved off
indefinitely. Appropriation hills w'U i
occupy so great a portion of tne time
as to help materially in their cam
paign.
The deficit in the treasury receipts
must he made good and made good
rapidly. To that end the people who
are opposed to tariff revision will urge
strongly, persistently and probably
effectively, the reinsiitution of inter
nal revenue taxation on such necessi
ties as beer, cigars, tobacco, tea,
coffee and other things of daily use
in the life of the common people, that
they are pleased to term luxuries.
This combination the opponents of
tariff revision believe will enable
them to carry through their program,
which is in short to make the rail
roads and the common people the
fenders that will keep the law makers
away from the tariff schedules, and
permit the tariff barons to enjoy two
years more of their present exorbi
tant profits.
I feel certain that there is less of
real heart interest and more dema
goguery and artificiality in this talk 1
abou‘ railroad rate legislation than in
any issue political or semi-political
that has been before the country in
a decade.
Chas. A Edwards.
The Cherokee Building
Loan 11..
Opens its Second Series Angnst 5th, 1905.
Now is the time to subscribe and
file your application for a loan.
Don’t put it off. Others are join
ing and loans are made according
to turn. It’s like goingto mill. See
us about it.
W. H. Gooding,
Sec. and Treas.
C. A. Jefferies,
President.
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1st he money to your credit in
the Gaffney Savings Bank.
Rut remember that it is your
reach only that it is within;
your written order is neceas. ry
to obtain it. Burglars and
thieves have no chance to
get it.
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The Gaffney Savings-Bank
would like to open an account with yen. One dollar
will do for a start, your own pride will make
it grow. We pay four per cent, inter
est on all’deposits.
The Gaffney Savings Bank.
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The Ruling Passion.
The ruling passion is often very
strong in death. A senator from Ten
nessee discovered this some tin e
ago. Among his constituents was a
certain man who came to him regu-
l*"’- twice a year for the purpose of
obtaining a pass Baltimore. The
man and his family had served the
senator when he was first making his
way up the ladder of politics, and as
a result of this he always obliged him.
and had. moreover, a soft ’*ce in
his heart for the man. He obtained
for him a position in one of the de-
ar.vT.-.cnt 1 ’ at T Vcshir.gton: but this
did not seem enough, for regularly
at the end of each six months he ap
plied for his ticket to Baltimore. One
day he sickened and was reported -o
he dying. The senator, ver” much
grieved, immediately called unnn him.
“Joe,” he said, leaning over and
speaking very softly, "is there any- j
thing I can do for you?”
The sick man looked up with a
flash of recognition, and instantly re
plied in a whisper.
“Yes, senator; please get me a pass |
to Baltimore.”
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The Rabbit Chased the Snake.
(Wadesboro Messenger.)
A few days ago, while Mrs. D. F.
Harkey and daughter. Miss Florence
Harkey. of Cedar Hill, were sitting on
their front porch, they noticed a very
large black snake, pursued by a rab
bit. coming into the yard. The rabbit,
time and again, jumped on the snake
and scratched and hit i‘, until finally
the snake became so hard pressed it
took to a tree. Miss Florence, who
is an excellent shot, then procured a
shotgun and shot the snake, but this i
not uinging it down, she tried a •-,<
rifle on it with better success. It is *-
suniiosed that the snake had probably
eaten some of the rabbit’s voting,
which so enraged the rabbit that it
b t its ti'-ual timidity and attacked
its ancient enemy with such success
that the snake was compelled to fiee.
The Spirits of Compromise
You can afford a Life Policy, but don’t
want to “die to win.” : : : :
You want an ^Endowment Policy, but can’t
afford the price. : : : : :
The Mutual Benefit Lite Insurance Co.
Will compromise the matter with you. It
sells Policies which convert themselves into
Endowments. For rates see : : ;
Jones J. Darby, Agent.
German-American Monazite Ga.
The beef trust is begining to lurpej
tha: it will he able to delay the game |
until it can amass, enough to enable it 1
to retire from business.
, t'.ri.T reform, it has none of the ar-
j t ficialities of the seeming demand
! for railway rate regulation which has
| ( f late occupied so much of sp?K}e in
| the nubile press. I say artificially de-
] man,led because I honestly believe,
j mid so do others who have thoroughly
investigated the matter, that the
agents of the protected trusts and in
dustries are really back of what ag
Ration there may he for railway rate
control by the government. The con
nection between the two may not be
apparent at once, yet they are very
Intimately connected.
The president has declared for both
tariff revision and government control
of railroad rates, believing both to be
vbsolutely necessary. Scenting the
danger of the elimination of a part
at least of their iR-gotten gains, the
nrotected industries combined, ami by
their successful work believe that
they have now offset any immediate
danger of an overhauling of the tariff.
When a special session of congress
in October was firs* talked of, the idea
was that it should be devoted to the
question of placing railway freight
tariff barons under government con
trol. This plan the tariff barons and
the “stand pat" representatives in
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Gaffney, S. C.
NOTICE
Colored Teachers of Cherokee County.
The summer school for teachers will
begin July 31st, 1905, at 9 o’clock
A. M., in graded school No. 3, on East
Smith St. Each and every teacher is
urged to be present and to attend this
school from beginning to the close.
BoanJ and lodging mav be had near
school building at a small cost. All
books rjed may be bought at the office
of county superintendent. Teachers
who attend this school will have their
teacher’s certificates renewed.
Done by order of the county super
intendent c>r education, J. L. Walker.
Rev. R. C. Campbell,
Instructor.
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