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The True Story Of Woodrow Wilson ? Ily DAVID LAWRENCE (Co#?r ifhl 192* kr tti? C'?rt? H. Dnran C?bh"> In tfc? U"it*4 Malta. Canada. Aa*rk?. W* Id publication n?Mi (CMOed by Cnrrtnl M?wt Ftaturta. Inc.) Wilson and the Presidency i Chapter V. t Dr. Wilson's conception of party ; leadership auil party discipline was novel indeed. His favorite text book in the" college lecture room was i Bagheot's "English Constitution,", a remarkable treatise on the British parliamentary theory as contrasted with our own. Often in subsequent years of his political career. Wood row Wilson revealed the uncou-. ?clous influence of these studies of parliamentary government. From the days when the Underwood-Simmons tariff law and the Federal Reserve Act were under consideration, he was ready to "read out of the party" those who disagreed with his lead ership. This readiness persisted to the very end. To him it was an essential of party discipline. He maintained this notion even through the days of his illness, expressing his views in a aeries of letters re lating to the candidacy for renomi natlon vf certain United States Sen aors who had strayed from his Lead ership and occasionally approving others who had remained faithful. Dr. Wilson admired certain "tetf tures of the English governmental system. He liked the idea of re-! aponsibllity t? the petrple of a Cab inet formed by the party successful! in an election. He was impressed' by the opportunity of a prliye minis ter and his cabinet, when opposed by the legislature, either to resign i and permit another mlnJstry to be formed by the same party, or to , carry the disagreement at once to the country a a that the voters might l decide it in a general election. Only the few who knew of the deep Impression which the parlia mentary form of government had made on Wilson's mind in his col lege years realized what he meant when on two occasions he spoke to his intimates about resigning the Presidency orf the United States. The general public has never Jcnown that Woodrow Wilson harbored such thoughts while he was in the White House. The first instance occurred but a few week? after Mr. Wilson was in augurated. He had delivered nn address in person asking for *he re peal of tho legislation which had exempted American vessels from the * payment of tolls in passing through the Panama Canal. The exemption, he claimed. had discriminated against the vessels of Great Britain which under the Hay-Pauncefote treaty had been guaranteed equal rights with the ships of the United States. This was Mr. Wilson's first test of strength with his own party. It looked for a few days as If he would be defeated. "1 would rather resign" he said one day "than remain Presideut of a country which repudiated its treaty obligations." On another occasion Just before! the United States entered the Eu-j ropean war, when Congress was con sidering the McLemore resolution providing that American citizens be warned to keep off the high seas so as to avoid complications with Ger many's campaign of submarine warfare, Mr. Wilson was told that such a resolution might pass In direct opposition to his wishes. He talked again of resigning. Wood row Wilson won both fights, how-i ever. Whether, if he had lost | either (me, he would have carried into effect the threat of resignation. < nobody knows. Subsequent events would seem to prove, however, that he came ut least to realize that, unless the members of Congress re signed also and the country had an opportunity to pass judgment simultaneously on those who had disagreed with the Executive, the I move would be futile. ! Within his own party, on the other hand. Wood row Wilson did consider it his duty tor appeal lo the people to decide for or against his i [ead<Tfihip. He wrote letters which were made public and used against the candidacy, for example, of Sen ator Vardaman of Mississippi in the party primary campaign. He op posed several members of the House of Representatives whcr sought re - nomination on the Demoorat+p ticket. Some of these contests turned In his favor and some he lost. This did not swerve him from i his conception of party leadership. I Although he rarely commented (rn I public question during the last three i years of his life, he never failed to I respond to a request from Demo [ crats far an expression of opinion | as to a Democratic candidate for re j iiominatlt/u who had opposed him. ; Typical of these were his bitter epis ! ties on the party infidelity of Sena j tors James A. Heed of Missouri and | John K. Shields of Tennessee, both of whom had failed to support the j Versailles treaty and League of Na tions with or without reservations. There was nothing personal In any of this. When he characterized Senator Shields as the "least trust worthy" of Ills associates in public life, he did not mean personally. No one had acheived a high er reputation for integrity I I h a n Senator Shields o f Ten | nessee. At one time Mr. Shields was i Chief Justice of the Supreme Court i of the state of Tennessee. But he ; differed with Woodrow Wilson's for BAHAMAS BUILT 1 HOUSE ON SAND Nations as Well as Individ uals Made Suddenly Kich liy Bootleg Liquor Discover K iclies Have Wings lly XtSKI'H UAIIl'UY Co#?ri?tit. 1*24. by The Advance I Havana, Feb. 29 ? The sad story of a government which builded lid fiscal house on the treacherous sands of American bootleg revenue was brought to this thriving rum center today by a group of briny-eyed Ba-. hama islanders. In brief, the story is that the Ba hamas, having got all nicely adjust led to a scale of living in keeping with their importance as assuagers of the great American thirst, have I more or less suddenly had their i rich trade kicked out from under J them. I And now, loaded down with a 'costly and elaborate government, they lind themselves rapidly going ; broke, and facing the doleful pros eigh policy. This act made him in Mr. Wilson's judgment unworthy of trust as a Democrat. For he as lead er of the party had come to regard the League of Nations as a cause which the Democratic party should champion to a man. particularly be cause almost all the Republicans had chosen to take the crtfeer side. ?Mr. Wilson felt that when Senator | Shields voted with the Republicans he forfeited his right to the votes of | Democrats In a party primary con Perhaps he most striking example of this Wilsonian theory about party [discipline occurred after he left the White House. He had always been fond of Oscar Underwood, worked I in close cooperation with him when the latter led the Democrats in the House, and wrote him many friendly letters notwithstanding the fact that one wing of the party ? particu larly the Bryan Influence ? was op posed to the conservatism of the Alabama statesman. After Senator Underwood voted for a "separate peace" with Her many and served on the delega tion with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge whlbh negotiated the four power pact between the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan. Mr. Wilson was deeply dis appointed. "It Underwood is a Democrat" he remarked to a friend, "then I am a Republican." (Tomorrow's chapter tells how Wilson's theor> of personal respcrn j nihility to his party prompted him to try for a third nomination for I the Presidency.) pect of borrowing money to make both ends meet. Naturally they blame Cuba, which has cornered so much of the Ameri can liquor trade that Cubans are j facing an alcohol fuel shortage. In-i cid?*ntally, they also blame the Unit-jj ed States, arguing that the United J States could have made its recent [ protest to Cuba against rum expor-. tattons stick, had it been really in { earnest. _ The real trouble with the Baham-1* as seems to be that those rocky isl-|! ands couldn't stand prosperity. In the old days before Volstead- [j ism. the Bahamas government rolled! peacefully along on an annual reve-j nue of the sterling equivalent of, $400,000. When rum running be-} came the vogue, liquor revenues ? quickly jumped the total to $2,000, 000. For a land of some 50.000! souls, this seemed like an awful lot 1 2 of money. And it looked as if, with J a little encouragement, the business! would conUnue to grow. J So they rot. the revenue on liquors j almost In half. Then they began to boost governmental salaries. j As that didn't eat up all the sur plus. they created a whole lot more*! public jobs. Indeed, so optimistic^ were the Bahamas, that many of the jobs were handed out on a life ten ure basis? their recipients beinB^TmT ^ under civil service and assured of ; positions as long as thein Conduct I , was good. Then ? when everybody was slt : ting pretty ? Cuba cut in on the I liquor trade. From a monthly ex : portation of 80,000 cases, the Ba 1 hamas have dropped to a pitiful 20, j 000. And the revenues derived from I that are only half what they used to| I be. Mrs. E. C. Harrell has returned to her home ^n South Blliott street after a visit of several weeks with j friends and relatives at Richmond. i ' . Extra Special TKCO BUCKWHEAT and PANCAKE FLOUR, Per pkg. 8c Cauliflower, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Celery, Cale, Spinach, Cabbage, ? Lite. Phones 256 and 396 Morgan & Parker . \t Just Arrived A Shipment of 20 "PAIGE HATS" For the lady who is accustomed lo pay S12.00 to SI 5.00 for her hats these are exclusive and only one of a style. Our price is $9.00 each. Our first shipment of these hats two weeks ago was sold in two days. Mitchell's Department Store The Style Center HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT For dinner the family w ill welcome a change. We liave nice Turkeys unci ( iliickenx, Potato and Chicken Salad*, Tender Western and Native Beef, Pork and Veal. Many other good thing!*. LIVEN PUDDING, Ih. 23c PICKLED TRIPE, II 13c FANCY CHUCK ROAST, Ih. 20c COUNTRY SHOULDER, lb 20c COUNTRY SIDE BACON, Ih. 20c MARION C. LOVE City Market Building. PHONE 3B1 SEA FOODS The best place to go for Fish mid Oysters. We han dle nothing but the best. THOMAS CRANK & SON, "The, Man Who Known Fish" 27 Years in the Business. City Market. 20 1*? -Phono 110 Elizabeth City Quotations V K< ? FTA II LKS. Sweet potatoes, 40c to 50c peck, $1.75 buthel; parsnips. 10c pound; carrots. 8c pound; cauliflower, 35c to 40c; celery 15c to 18c stalk; local turnips 18c dozen; onions 8c pound; Irish pota toes 40c peck; tomatoes 2ftc to 25c pound. Florida cabbage 8c pound. Northern cabbage 4c. Spinach 40c. FKUITS. Hananas, 40c to 50c dozen; apples, 25c to 40c peck; fancy, 75c peck; oranges, 35c to 55c dozen; Windfalls, 50c peck; grape fruit, 7c to 9c each; cranberries, 17c-20c quart; lemons, 25c to 30c dozen. Strawberries 60 to 65 cents quart. FRR8H MEATS. Round steak. 25c; sirloin, 30c; porterhouse, 30c; chuck steak and roast, 20c; veal cultlets, 30c; veal chops, 30c; veal roast. 30c; veal chuck, 25c; Western round, sirloin and porterhouse, 30c; liver, 25c; brains, 25c; stew beef, 10c; soup bones, 10c. CUBED MEATS. Country hams, 35c; sugar cured hams, 23c; F. F. V. hams, 30c; n<w corned hams, 30c; country shoulders, 22c: smoked sides, 20c; frankfurters, 22c to 25c; packers pork sausage. 25c to 30c; pork plate 12c; dry sides, 14c; sliced bacon. 35c; pack age sliced bacon, 50c; pork sausage, 25c; mixed sausage, 15c; saus age meat, 10c. SKA FOODS. Salmon trout, 30c; drum, 15o pound; croakers, 15c; small perch, 15c; large perch, 20c; oysters, 60c quart; herring, 15c lb. Meat Buying Made A Pleasure YOU'RE ImmiikI lo smile wlirn yon KPf these tempt ing ents of meiilH in onr shop. Al?ny* the l>e*t, priced to make your pnrkets smile. PURE I.AKI). lb. , 13c SMOKED BACON, lb. 2<>e COUNTRY SHOULDER, II.. 23c COUNTRY IJAM, lb. 33c Culpepper & Davis City Market. Phones 303 or 23 Something for Y our Table GRAPE FIUJIT AND ORANGES, Pk 50c We also have: Apples, Bananas, Lemons, kau: (JIIKIC.V CAI1IIAGE LKTTUCK CBLRUY llllHtf l*OTATOKS PAIlHMIt* CAItltOTH HU'HAOK FHANKH COKNKI) HKAT SWIFT I'llKMIl'M If A MS SUOIIDKItS I ICKSH COUNTRY KCHiM For Fresh Vegetables and Fruits and Fancy and Staple Groceries ('.all 187. J. W. Shannonhouse & Son Can Peaches ROYAL S(;AIILKT, large can .'J.ic ROBIN llOOD, lurno ran 30c BROWNIE BBANI), large can 23c M. V. Perry ~ PHONE 183
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