Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 12, 27 February 1908 — Page 3

r.GE THREE. HORROR OF SLAVERY SHOCK TO NATION CLOUD IS BLACK 111 LISBON SKIES Congressional Inquiry Will Be Made in Southern Labor Conditions. Government Now Trembles for Fear of Revolution in Near Future. are found in all our suits, overcoats and men's trousers; all going this week at EMPLOYERS TO BLAME. BARRACKS WELL FILLED.

Tnr: tucitmoxd palladium and sun-telegram, Thursday, ferruary 27, ioos.

SHOULD NOT USE THE TACTICS THEY DO IN MAKING EMPLOYES WORK OUT DEBTS BY FORCEIN A CHAIN GANG.

Washington, D. C, Feb. 27. The investigation of peonage conditions in the southern states which the house is preparing to undertake is likely to result in some unexpected developments. There are two or thre3 kinds of jconage in this country. In the first place, the laborer who promises to perform labor at a specified price and who refuses to do so may be compelled to work by force if be is in a lonely situation where he cannot appeal to the law. In many cases laborers are Riven advances of cash or supplies, and then seek to run away without, 'making good.' These people can often be held by civil process on the ground that Ihey are seeking to get out. of the jurisdiction of the court to escape liability for debt. In some cases laborers are right in Reeking to escape responsibility un:ler an atrocious and cruel contract, the 1crms of which they did not fairly understand, and which frequently the employer entirely fails to fulfill. In many eases the laborers are at fault. Employer Usually to Blame. in all these instances it is the natural tendency of the employer to compel a man to work out his debt by force, and this is frequently possible in the sparsely settled agricultural districts, particularly in the southern, states, where the demand for labor is so great that the employer is tempted 10 resort to extraordinary means to retain what he has. In all these ordinary peonage cases 1be employer is to blame, because be uses personal force, which he is not entitled to do, no matter how honest lie may have been iu dealing with his employes. This ' is the condition of affairs which the house of representatives proposes to investigate. Horrors to be Exposed. The prosecutions instituted by the department of justice have only touched the edge of the real evil, which is. first, the existence of laws providing for imm-isonmeut for debt, and sec

ond, the existence of a system of chain gangs, convict camps, and shocking penitentiaries, the real horrors of which never yet have been adequately painted. So long as the chain gangs and terrible penitentiaries were filled only by negro convicts, they were sustained moro or less by local sentiment, bocause of the general belief that the south must deal, in its own way, with the race question, and that the negro must be punished for the least, infaction of the law, for which the white people were not troubled. The trouble now is that the chain gang nnd the old fashioned penitentiary have been applied to the white laborers from Italy, Hungary and other Kuropean countries. Made Slaves by Law. There are many such white convicts in the sottth today who have committed no crime which would justify a sentence to hard labor. A majority of them have violated contracts which they could not read. Some of them have deliberately attempted to defraud their employers. Some of them have been made victims of unscrupulous labor agents of their own race in Xew York and other northern cities.

SINCE THE RISE OF THE BOY RULER THERE HAS BEEN NO ABATEMENT IN THE FEELING AGAINST MONARCH I AL RULE.

hisbon, Feb.' 27 With all the public buildings, the national banks and edifices of the administration teeming with armed guards, with commerce stilled almost to lifelessness and with the palace atmosphere charged with suppressed alarm and anxiety, Portugal seems to face a crisis in its affairs that it feels rather than sees. Since the assassination of King Carlos and the crown prince and the elevation of the boy king to the throne, there has been no abatement, the government spies say. of the feeling against the monarchy, which is. indeed, between two fires, either one of which, springing into violent being, might destroy the throne and its supporters. On one hand is the renewal of popular agitation for increased liberties and on the other is reactionary conspiracy. To fight both at the same time is a task almost hopeless in its enormity. Hive of Precaution. Lisbon is a hive of royal precaution in an effort to preserve order; every move of the government is looking to the suppression of revolution, should its head be raised as it was the day the streets were drenched with royal blood and crimsoned with that of the assassins. The soldiers are under arms iu the barracks; munitions are at hand, and the throne's troops are evi

dently awaiting a summons to action. The Duke of Oporto, surrounded by j an armed guard that would not be ; stronger in time of internal strife,! inspects the garrison posts daily, J searching for any indications there! might be of treason in the ranks. Lis-1

bon reflects this condition of affairs; many people are unemployed and the streets are filled with anxious, alert groups. These keep the royal police busy; it was from such a group that the assassins of the king and his firstborn sprang only a few weeks ago. Press Outspoken. The press is outspoken in the belief that the government is anticipating revolutionary activities. The murder

Uf the royal pair is believed not to

have surfeited the desire for blood if blood is to be the price of liberty from monarchial forms. El Seculo today says that. King Emanuel, Premier Ferriera, the civil governor of Lisbon, and Gen. Lopes, commander of the municipal garrison, held a conference last night. Following upon this military council it is announced today that the gunboat Zaire has been dispatched in haste to Setubal, where the situation is said to be critical.

Former sales are memorable for the sweeping reductions, but this time the price cutting is so extraordinary and so absolutely as here indicated that we urge a quick response for the best choice. If your size is here you must save money, for clothing this week goes for less than cost. Hart, Schaffner & Marx and Clothcraft fine clothes are all included nothing held back.

Choice of all $25 and $22 Overcoats and Suits Choice of all $20 and $18 Overcoats and Suits Choice of all $15.00 Overcoats and Suits - -

$15.00 $13.00 $10.50

Remnant Sale of Young Men's and Men's Trousers.

$3.00 men's and young men s trousers $2 50 men's and young men's trousers

$6.00 men's and young men's trousers $4.98 $5.00 men's and yonng men's trousers $3.98 $4.00 men's and young men's trousers $3.23 $3.50 men's and young men's trousers $2.89

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THEATRICAL CALENDAR.

EARLHAM GRADUATE GETS LIERARY POSITION

NEW PHILLIPS. Week of Feb. 24 Vaudeville.

GENNETT.

American writer." Bronson Howard, dean of American playwrights. Author of "The Hanker's Daughter," "The Henrietta" and "Shennandoah."

"The Great Divide." At last we are to see "The Great

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Feb. 29 (Matinee

Great Divide." March 14 (Matinee and "The Man of the Hour."

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made as a condition of their employment. The serious thing which is about to confront the house in its investigation of peonage is that these white victims of an unfortunate system are in the chain gang by process of law. They are legal slaves, except when ihe laws under which they are convicird happens to be declared unconstitutional, as sometimes happens. They cannot be reached by any habeas corpus proceedings bcause their trial and convictions were entirely regular.

pie. I am yours sincerely, George II. Hartlett. Mattapan, Mass." The moment you begin to use Pvra-

Vaudeville at the Phillips.

the New Phillips this week, has one of the cleanest, most refined acts that has ever been seen at this house. Mr. Golden appears in his usual street dress and has no changes of costume to trouble him. He recites splendidly and can in:te very successfully. His stories are well told. Mr. Golden has

strikingly original dramatic success an American playwright, has yet. achieved. This is welcome news to all lovers of good drama, for no play in the history of the American stage has won so large a measure of artistic as well as financial success as has this picturesnue, and beautifully written dra-

Joe Golden, an entertainer who is at lna of virile American life from the

pen of William Vaughn Moody. "The Great Divide" has been hailed by many of the leading dramatic reviewers a "the long awaited, 'great American play.' The play will be presented here under the direction of the distinguished actor manager Henry Miller, on Saturday, Feb. 29, matinee and night, with a superb company, and

Miss Henley Now Assistant Reference Librarian.

South Paris has a bid on the champion absent minded man. This candidate, who is a business man, fell in with a fried who was on his way to

the barber shop the other night and went along with him, and when bis turn came, got into the chair. The

barber had nearly finished spreading the lather, when the fchavee suddenly exclaimed: "Didn't I get shaved in

this shop today noon?" And the barber assured him that ho did, and the proceedings were suspended. Kennebec (Me.) Journal.

Japan Is steadily increasing her exportatlons of Jlnrlkbhas.

Lard is one of the chief Mexican imports from the United States.

Miss Lillian Henley of Carthage, Ind., having passed a competitive examination, has been appointed assistant reference librarian in the state library by Demarchus t Drown, state librarian, succeeding Miss Florence Venn, who was promoted to reference librarian to succeed Mii-s Mary Moffat, resigned. Hiss Henley entered upon Iter duties Wednesday. She graduated from Earlham college in 1001, and from the library school at Winona institute in I'.hs!. For some time she was connected with public libraries at Connersville and Shelby ville.

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j The population of New Zealand (exelusive of Maoris) in was Ki,ikii.

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City League Friday Evening. Feb. 28. Greeks vs. Beallview, game at 7:30 BIG GAME. Gaar, Scott & Co. vs. Starr Piano Co. Game at 8:30. .Ohio League Polo Game Wed. Mar. 4.

GENNETT THEATRE Saturday, Matinee and Night, February 29th

HENRY MILLER-

Presenls a Superb Company In The Long Awanted Great American Play

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