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K. F. JOHNSON. Editor and Manager
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1 >I ftjck months. / - Friday,
January 20, 1911.
8anfori> had a $24,000 tiro on
. Monday of this week.
' Thkbk muBt be iomethiag wrong
' with the G. O. P., for the Colonel
ha* not Baid a word in it* favor since
eleetion day.
On Monday night at Albany, X.
Y., William F. Sheenan was nomiaated
tor U. S. Senator to succeed
Chauncey M. Depew.
Col NY.J. iIicks, who for many j
years /?t'as Superintendent of the
' Oxford Orphan Asylum, died on last i
Saturday morning and was buried in
Raleigh on Monday.
That Senatorial whitewash is of a
yery poor quality; it won't stick!
Maybe-a little salt would help it,-but
it is too late to change the recipe
so as to help Ballinger and Lorimer.
Tut Senate Judiciary Committee
has reported favorably fer the election
of ^fnited States Senators by
popular vote. The staadpatters do
tpove after all when they fear the
|;cupic.
The voters having killed off the
Colonel, the President doing his best
to kill off hiinselt, and the stalwarts
1 t ing in wait to bat the insurgents,
the Kepubiiciiti* hardly know where
they are at.
Andrew Cabseoie, who was an
a'dunt standpatter as long as he was
running the steel trust, prophesises
that Tail will he renominated. From,
? a Democratic standpoint it is to be 1
hoped that Carnegie is a trne proph-1
et, for Tafl is 1111 easy one to beat.
The "lame Ducks" ara beginning
to grow impatient; and if Piesideiitj
Tafl dues not take care ot these He-;
pnblican patriots before March 4th,!
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they will make the summer White
House at Beverly anything but a |
restful place.
The ship subsidy hunters, including
President'Taft, have agreed to I
another modification of the subsidybills
before- Congress, in the hope
that this Congress will pass such
a legislation; but a small dose of
subsidy is just as bad as a large
meaaure except in the quantity.
The decision of the Board of
Trustees of Louisburg Female College
held in Haleigh last week to
provide for the expenses of the
financial agent other than to- take it
out of the contributions to the new
building is a very wise one and will
no doubt be a great help towards
His many friends in this district
will regret to learn ot lion. E. W.
Pou's decision to retire from the
Ways and Means Committe in Congress.
Ilis statement containing
his reasons fordoing so will be found
on another page in this issue. Th?y
. are both patriotic and generous.
Maxy of theltbode Island liepubli-.
.. can members of the Assembly refuse
" to attend Senatorial caucus, and a
prolonged contest is possible, as the
Aldrich Bray ton machine is evidently
out of gear and the new Republi.
Mao bosses cannot control it; there
fore, the legislature is deadlocked.
That |turdy Republican newspaper,
the Baltimore American, says
"the country is still waiting to hear
that drop in food prices". It seems
impossible for the American lo get
through its stand pat bead that the
country trill keep right on waiting
? -** as long an the hig tariff proteoiion
cm good food prevails.
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Thb Democratic celebration at
Baltimore on January 17th waa the
grand tat and largest polltioal assembly
of the kind ever attempted. All
? i of the thousand tickets, wbioh was
* ?;
I the number for sale, have Oeen disposed
of at 110 each, and a large
I number of belated applicants will
I have to be satisfied with burns
mere spectators of the doings of
their brother Democrats.
A Gheat many public meu have
become quite sensitive about their
political reputations in these strenuous
times; but Senator Loriuier
seems to be proof against all the arrows
that are being shot at him.
Other stalwart standpat senators are
dodging the shafts that are living so
thickly, as though they were gnilty
| themselves!
That Vermont congressman
i David J. Foster, w ho is chairman of
of the House Committee on Foreign
Affairs, declares that if Japan waats
1 the Philippines the United States
will gladly give them up. It was
nqt long ago that there was a great
shouting that when the llag was
once raised over United States territorv
it would never coiue?no never,
come down.
Wednesday, February 21, has
been designated by Superintendent
of Public Instruction Joyner as Bill
Nye day in the public schools of
North Carolina. A specially prepared
program of selections from the
humorist's works, and a statement
setting forth the memorial movement,
on which the newspaper men
are woiking so hard, will be lead to
the children, and each pupil will be
asked .to contribute a penny to the
fund, which, as is generally known,
will be applied to the erection of a
Bill Nye memorial building at tbe
| Stonewall Jackson Training School.
| Superintendent Jovner is cooperat- j
ling earnestly with the editors to
' make the occasion a success.
montague to die
j On the evening of January 16th
1911, the death sentence was read
I J .
' to Nathan Montague, the Granville
county murderer. The trial onlyconsumed
a short while and the jury
was out only eight minutes. He
was senteuced to be electrocuted on
February 15th.
the legislature.
Siuce our last iss te both branches
of the legislature has been kept
pretty busy. Many bills hare been
introduced and several possod oil
but none that effects Franklin County
especially. A bill to provide for
| the building of a $1,000,000 state
I building has been introduced, also a
bill to provide a home for the widows
of Confederate Veterans, and a1
I bill to supplement the pensions of
| the Confederate Soldiers.
The majority of the work done so
jfar has been of purely a local nature
and not ?.f much importance to our
readers.
i popular vote on senators
I If the joint resolution for the elec
. tion of the United States Senators
Ibv direct vote of the people is passed
by Congress, it will leave all details
as to the voting in the several
States to the Legislatures. The vote
ot the Senate Judiciary Committee
Uboii fttfoMlim rvpniilUK Urn Julia
resolution was 10 to 2, the two opposed
being Depew, of New York
and Dillingham, of Vermont. There
was a determined effort to load
down the resolution with objectionable
amendments, one of which was
defeated by the tie vote ttf 6 to 6
It is unlikely that the Senate will
act favorably at this session, fur
there will be nb~~fime for orolonged
debate, so the matter will in all
probability go over until the next
CongressPortentlous
Rumors
There are a number of disquieting
rumors about the activity of the Japanese
in the Philippines. A cable
dispatch tro.ii Manila on December
29th reported that the authorities
had continued the search of Japanese
houses for exp'osives and incriminating
papers. The search began
on December 27tb, when Major
General Will'am P. Duval, U. S.
A., commander o' the department of
the Philippines, received reports that
Japanese spies were active at Corregidor.
Neither papers nor bombs
ware found, bat the move aroused
rauoh resentment among the Japanese
in LnzoiC
Again, on Deoamber 29 the cable
reported that doe Japanese had bean
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deported as an undesirable because
be was discovered installing a com
plete wireless telegraph outfit ill the
violllltN ot the naval station at Oioitgapo
Then on January 2 a rumor of
war with Japan was ciiculated
among the midshipmen at Annapolis,
and was reported to be?remarkably
full snd explicit 011 every point.
"The midshipmen" sa\ s the special
dispatch, "fired with visions of manning
superdreadnaughts, have been
; in a state ot wild excitement all day.
This rumor may not l>e founded on
fact, out it must be remembered
that some of the most intelligent officers
are?on duty at the Naval
Academy, sud who would be more
likely than they to have advance in
I formation that matters were strained
I between the two countries? And
| such information' would be very likely
to leak out so that some midshipman
would hear or be informed of
it ? in aonfidence, of course.
It is rather strange that these
small matters of information should
all he published at about the same
time, and it may be only a part of
a scheme to work on tile nerves of
the Naval affairs Committee of the
House of Representatives Who at
that time were considering the Naval
appropriation bill! There are objections
to the building of two or
.more super-dreadnaughts and other
warships at this time when it is almost
necessary for the impropriation
bills to be cut down toaneet the estimated
revenue. It is to "Twyhoped
that this is the case, but it is not tin
possible that ail the evidence furnished
by the high officials of the Army
to the effect that the country is
entirely unprepared for war mayhave
induced the Japanese to believe
that it would he a srood tune
to strike before the United States is
better prepared.
It is quite probable that Japan
could take possession of the Philippines
before the United Slates could
re-enforce the troops or the navv
there so as to effectually resist such
an attack. The wotkin>? of the
Eastern mind would perhaps be induced
to take advantage of such an
apparently unprepared situation,
while hardly comprehending that
time aj^d money would eventually
turtUtlie scale.
We all know that any attack upon
any territory of the United States
would so arouse the people that no
country could long resist the power.
I that would be brought into play. It
would be a great misfortune to the
United States to be compelled to
j tight, but it is certain that she would
I never stop lighting until her banners
j were victorious.
MR POU'S STATEMENT.
(Continued from First Page)
Clark and Mr. Uaderwood will very
cheerfully endorse this statement.
The .prospects for Democratic victory
in lyT2 aretio bright that I weuld
tcei like a criminal if I had pursued
any other course. I would gladly
serve on the Committee on Ventilation,
and Accouetics, if by bo doing I
can help elect a Democratic President
in 1912.
"Tb? tentative argument reached
IB entirely agreeable lo Ihe. 1 40111(1
not be better satisfied even if 1 had
made a fight from a selfish standpoint.
1 think the country will sea
the Democrats o the next House
more united, if possible, under tbe
leadership of Mr. Clark and Mr.
Underwood than we bave been before.
North Carolina will bave representation
ou a larger number of
the great committees which formulate
and control legislation tbau ever
befute. I shall very gladly support
Mr. Kitchin in tbe caucus for a
place on tbe Ways and Means committee.
Hie services deserve t e
very highest recognition.
"If I had done what is best to
promote tbe success ef our party
without surrendering one of the
principles in which I believe, if I
bave done what is best fer the interest
of my colleagues from North
Carolina; if tbe result shall enable
me to show thy gratitude to some ef
those who for year* have so loyally
supported me, it would seem that I
have some reason to be content."
Hon. Champ Clark read Mr.Pou's
statement before it was given to the
press and said. "Every word of the
statement respecting what took place
between him end me is the exact
fruth. Hie course from the beginning
is deserving of tbe very highest
commendation."
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