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.. .-:.'K . tth-it----"-- 11 n tt i Til 11 n n -It1 J The News M Ta DAvntad to Iha N X I The News fl ttu:i .3: .. - - t la TTnaarpasaddaawi Ad- I : J . vertLnag Medium.. O Rates Low. Polk County. S OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF POLK COUNTY. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINQS. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.00 PER YEAR, IN ADYANCB. VOL. IX. COLUMBUS, N. 0., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 4, 1904. NO. 42. r - v IS IT FOR SALE?" Pertinently Inquires The Virainian Pilot, of the ClGet Back to Demo cratic Principles" Organs. - JUST WHAf IT ALL DEANS Let Us Win With Clean Hands," or "Accept Defeat and Abide Our Time," It Says Party's Cause H as Been For Honesty and Independence. The Virginian-Pilot yesterday had something to say . about the morally precarious situation in which the Dem-1 ocratic pafrtv finds itself at this time. The matter is one of the first import- ance and for that reason we shall pur sue it further, particularly with a. view to calling attention to certain salient facts and the conclusions to be drawn from them. . Whatever may be said of the course of the Democratic party in the last eight years, its honesty, its sincerity its independence of the sinister influ ences of special interests, its earnest ness and its candor were indisputable and.mi8takable. , Wrong it may have been, we may concede for the ake of the argument, but honest it certainly was. No man of capacity and open mind will deny that. -: Well how a great deal is being" said about "getting back to "Democratic principles." It is easy to talk in gen eral terms. Wet-should like to be in. formed by. some of those contempo raries who find that phrase so useful in what respect the party has gotton away from Democratic principles and what principles it has deserted and how it is to get bark to them? That is a fair question and an eminently prac tical question. It is less , than six months now until the Democratic Na tional Convention meets. In the mean time delegates must be chosen. Is it not fair and legitimate) to ask that con temporaries like the Richmond Times Dispatch, the Petersburg Index-Appeal, the Charlotte observer, the Chatta nooga Times and the Montgomery Ad vertiserrepresentative - Southern newspapers, allthat hold that the party has gotten away from Democratic e principles should point out wherein, to the end that the Democrats of the South may be warned, advised and in- stracted, and hence may select, the rljrht candidates and aive the riffht Bort. of inBf-.niAt.inns? Tt is .useless of course to instance the money issue, for not only can Democrats not agree as to that, but it is a - foregone conclusion that the issue will not be raised by the next platform. .But in what other par ticular can the charge of departure be made? .. Our contention is. and we desire to make it distinctly, that "getting back to Democratic principles" means, when interpreted in the light of the situation that exists and rationally it can be considered in no other light the adoption of a platform and the nomina- tion of a candidate acceptable to the moneyed interest' of the country. It means surrender and it means subser- viency. it means tnat tne democratic party shall throw up its hands, cry quits ln its-attempt to be honest wih itself and with the people, -and "bend the pregnant hinges of the knee - that thrift may follow r fawning." That is what it means and that is what in tel i gent Democrats know and privately say that it means. . - Jv; The Virginian Pilot ha3 ho sympathy with the senseless denunciation of wealth, the indiscriminate " abuse of corporations and the ' other manifesta tions of a wild and wooley agrarianism that has run its course and subsided with the lifting of mortgages, on. Kansas farms and the advance in the price of cotton. Neither has it any - taste for the insolence of a militant plutocracy that assumes that political parties are mere chattels to be bought at will and hirelings to be thrashed and rebuked for any manifestation of independence. It holds that the Democratic; party, preserving ita sanity, should spurn the nrst, and, preserving its independence, should meet the latter asx eouragous men and clean men are wont to meet a threat and an insult. ; - i; " Hence it is that the ' Virginian Pilot has urged day in and day out that the Southern Democracy assert- itself in the shaping of Democratic policy and the naming of candidates. Tammany? Bah! Tammany's support we shall have to have to win, of course. But anybody can have Tammany for the price. Similarly in many Northern btates the Democratic organization is ii republicans .very Busy. !Are Preparing to Make a Hard FfchtThis Year. PRESIDENT'S ' PENSION" BILL To Secure Support for Old Sol- uiers is ravorapiy neporiea to the House. Washington, Jan. 27. President Roose- velt'd service pension bill - was . reported to i to the house today by Chairman' Sulloway i of the committee on invalid pension. The bill designed and now reported in sures the support of old soldiers to the Re publican party duriDg; the, comiog presi dential campaign. Even Republican mem bers of the house admit that this is the sole object of the bill. - The committee on rules must bring in a special rule before the bill can be consider- ed. The bill will add $12,000,000 to $20,- OOO.OOU to the pension appropriation bill. J CAMPAIGN THUNDER GATHERING. Wash i ngton , Jan , , 27. The- orators i u the house have received instructions to be gin delivering speeches for use iu the cam paign. Republican orators have been rather slow in eulogizing President Roose velt, but they have been assured ; that he will get the nomination, and have instruct ions to be eulogistic and to say something that the people will read. - j Practically the entire Republican cam paign wiH be made on prosperity." Every 'ftr. . T i-ri' j lceni proppeniy 01 me couniry uumig me 1 past eight years of Republican rale. Representative Burkett, of Nebraska, Watson, of Indiana, and Landis of Indiana, were the three speakers for the ;RepuWi cans today. They secured time to speak on the urgent denciency bill, but never once mentioned it. The speeches are de livered In the house so they may be dis stributed by the bagful thronghout the country, under congressional franks Speeches delivered now will be found in practically every farmhouse in the next six months. HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT. The 16 to Theory Prevailed In The Convention By a Majority , " of One Vote. : "I see that Colonel Bryan wants the next Democratic national convention to ratify the Kansas City platform in its entirety,'' said Mr. M. D. Garwood, of Chicago, according to the Washington Post. 1 "A good many people will recall the fact that Colonel Bryan got at, Kansas City reaffirmation of the platform of 1896 by the slender majority of one vote. Prince David, the delegate from Hawaii, cast the! vote that 6aved the old olatfornT with its declaration: in favor of the 16 to 1-theory. "The inside of this affair is interest ing, and up to this time has never been in print. This Prince David, and amia- bie and fairly intelligent young Kanaka, was a delegate to the convention. He knew but little as to the merits of the free silver cause, and in reality cared less. His adhesion to the iiryan wing was, as he told me, based orr a senti ment of cratitude. He said that when former Queen Lil had been despoiled of her throne Colonel Bryan had taken 9, uu a great act 01 injustice nan oeen per- petrated. l be prince , had at last got to a piace wnere ne couia return , a kindness, and he threw his vote in iavor of again affirming Democratic aiiegi- ance to free 'silver." Senator Daniel s v; rubllC career. Counting his four years- service in the Confederacy, a portion of which time he fought under the - late Geoeral Gordon . being the only man in the Senate with that distinction, Senator Daniel has had a pub- lie career of 31 years. It will be 88 years if he lives to the end of his fourth term-in the Secato. He was six years in the Vir- I cjnia state Senate, two years in the V'r giDia House of Delegates and two years in tne House of Represeniatbzes .His third term as a United States Senator ends March 3, of next year. Reoublican machine- In the South alone is the Democracy at : once -domi nant, virile, free from corporation con trol and really Democratic at heart. Upon the Southern Democracy pecu liarly, therefore Crests the . obligation to see to it that sqrdid bargains is mot made between the hungry , politicians and the Wall street prowd, by which the former: get the spoils of office and the latter, w ill get a 'safe : man" towit: a trust tool in the White House. If the Democratic party cannot win with clean hands, Jet it accept defeat and bide its time. y,;.:.:y':: v r THE MISTAKE OF HIS LIFE Brilliant Young Man Erred In.Ac- epting Uoverment Ufflce LESSON FOR OTHERS TO LEARN Young Men of Ability Should Stick ToTheir Professions It Pays .More in the Long Run. The death of Jamea Madison Leach, S"n unive'X' me" SVE o an university men DacK w com-i mencement occasion some 22 years ago. The graduating class wa3 an unusually brilliant one, composed of young men of real , power and great promise. The goal was the Wiley P. Mangum medal given every year to the member of the graduating class who delivers the best oration -'Mad" Leach, as ev erybody called, the scintilating and pop ular son of Gen. James Madison ijeacn, made a thrilling speech," captivating the immense audience, and amid genu- ine enthusiasm and applause was award- th wht Man la th. of tha State. He studied law and entered up- - t " - i on the practice auspiciously at Lexing-1 ton 1116 lee8 ln smali wwnwere noi w,..uo 6. u j , ".. frit l I waitlKg that comes even to the most brilliant young , lawyers was :? irk- I some to him. In I880 he was Offered a I position as division chief in the treas- a a T j - tt. -''j " . r uiu0 w urae wnen ne snouia nave oeea laying 1 deep and broad the foundations for his professional career. Afterwards he saw the mistake, but he never saw how he could retrace his steps. . No young man of his time was more generously endowed with oratorcial gifts. He was a most attractive and charming young man.,' If he had re mained in North Carolina, given his days and nights to the study of law, he had the talents and the endowments to have made a name for himself. ' The. worst thing a young man of real talentxan do is take to office uless he does so merely to provide the money to enable him to complete his eduation. 1 News and Observer. Hold a Conference and Decide to Support . A HEIIDERSOII COUlITY I.IAlI -,- ' . I ForContzressional Nomination -OoDOSed to Earlv Conven- tion The PolfYax Provision Of ""Election Law Already Known to Voters. ' I I TT.J : 1 1 TkT d-t : tl.l 1 I xicuuerduuYUic, w. w., Bruiuarjr An informal meeting of leading Hen- derson county republicans ws held in Hendersonville on last Friday, for the i purpose of discussing the -feasibility and practiability of holding an early convention and pressing, the claims of this county in regard to a candidate. The discussion also touched largely up on the proposition to. hold the; conven tion in Hendersonville this year. ; Those present were practically un animous in opposition to the early con- mention idea, giving it as their opinion tnat suctl a course would tena to weaic en ther than strengthen their cause; it wa8 tne ppoVailiri g opinion that the convention should be held after the nominations for state officers and the aa0ptlon ola state platform. The peo ple are already well informed upon the poll tax requirement, they contend, 1 and the various county . and precinct committees can look afterhe payment J of this tax as wen oeiore a convention f is held, and this feature of the party's worlc should begin without delay. So It can be stated , with reasonable accuracy that the Henderson county contingent will oppose the holding of an early convention. The meeting further decided , to pre sent a candidate frcm thisxcounty and to press an invitation for; the conveh 1 tion to be held in this city. This being I the banner county in the district, they argued, we are entitled to the candi HENDERSON REPUBLICANS date: and the convention, as well.!. Flat Hock. : iucrewro a'vjuuiyus uioiosk win uc made against any contrary action upon - . the part of the district organization. . No conclusion was reached regarding the candidate to be presented, but it is very apparent now that Prof. Brltt and Thos. Settle will nothoin it a little bit, r t?LiA::l Vr Ewart and C M. Pace: J. G. Grant, J. B. Freeman, J. l Williams ; and others, have been mentioned in this connection. So it will be f seen that there is no scarcity for "material'-' in this 'neck.'o the woods. V GUQGER IS VERY BUSY S: Says Haj. KirkpatricX In An itefestintt "Special" From the . X National. Capital. ohingMMcohbents On-Distinguished .'North-- CaVolin- - . y - ; I V. (re . i I an S Ab road-rr N Oth I ng ,W 1 1 1 Be Left 'Undone!! By Mr. 'Gudker f " : . ; - Should He f Halve to Pack His G rip" and R etu rn H o m e. House of Representatives U.S. W&hingtoD-fJar. 30, 1904. Special), 1 he Moody-Gudger 'contest case has I teen referred by (Chairman Mann, to a i nbommittfie r'otTiospd of -Vmincr 1 nf KentudtK Young i. chair- w . man of this committee. It is generally agreed that an early report will be made 4ndiihat tQQ will be settied 1, . ,n. ' fl .fl . . i " nvva. ui uuiiUE' vuo ncBU'lU t month. A majority of those who are an a position ttl expres an opinion I worthv of r.rpAf hAei. hnlinVA tHat, dnA. ger will hold his seat. Mr. Gudger, wiwr. Instill . hnw oflnnnnf , a . , . . -- -- r-w...w -""f etc.; and is working on his bills before the various committees, say ing that if he should have to pack his grip and I come back home before' the end of his i ' - - ' - - I term, he will Vav the consolation of haying worked as hard and accomplish' ed as much as possible under the cir cumstances. - 1 1 - --,- James, the democratic member . of the' suVcommittee above mentioned,' is one ox tne young-est members 01 tne House but has impressed his colleagues with the fact that 'he is a very strong man In natural ability and that during his few years in the school' of "experi- ariaa Ma time has not been wasted. It lo cold tViof. nrVion KOrit.nW noorla Q naw Senator, Ollie James will be the man. The Washington Post of Sunday, January 23d, in d scussing the nativity of Congressmen,' has this to say of 4 'Representatives North Carolina: Shober, of New: York, and Dixon of Montana, Speaker Cannon of Illinois, and Sentor cf Connecticut were all born in North Carolina. " Senator Hawley was born in Rich: mona county in iooana movea isortn in 18465 heservedjin the federal army and at the close oi the war was brevet major-general; was elected Governor of Connecticut in Atlril 1866. and has been , ... nf lrCnl that date. finfialffir CsL nnOTJ was r,uilfor(1. N n . . 1M- t to TlHno! in earlv life was State's attorney from 1861 to 1868, was elected the first time to the 43d Congress and has f been a member con tinuously since that date except the 52d Congress. ''Uncle Joe," as he is famil iarly known, resembles " in a striking degree, a well kno'w citizen of Haywood county, Mr. W. J G. B. Boyd. . . . Representative Dixon, of Montana, was , born in Alamance county,'. July, 1867, moved to Montana; served in the Legislature of that State and was elect ed to the 58th Congress for the State at large. Representative: Shober was born in oaiuu. j, uOW - ex-Copgressman iShober, went North in early life, engaged In the newspaper business, and was nominated and elect: ed to" the 58th Congress, receiving a handsome majority over five other can didates. ,-.'''' Air of these eminent'gentlemon "are Republicans, except Mr. Shober and two of themy Messrs. Hawley and Can non, are statesmen of national promi nence. Respectf ullyP i " vr " i. Ben H. Kirkp ATRICK, MISS DE CHOISEUL DEAD. Was a Member of. Famous Frencn Family-rBurial at Flat Rock. , I xj k. v v ? ajliv) . Nf . wj v mvm iuiw I - n-oonrillii a r Tin UTice Greenville, - S. C, Jan. 29. Miss ElDe Choise'ul; eldest daughter cf v0 Kfa?u r'or. n nhn?,,! nf th branch 0f that family distinguished - in French history,; died at her home here this afternooh jr She was born at Palir- mo. Sicilv. but has sDent ! the trreater portion of her life inthis country. .The funeral services;; will be conducted to- morrow by Bishop Ellison Capers, of Charleston. Interment' will be in the former home of the deceased -at Flat Rok N. C.;:; l), : :rrj -:i - WHAT IS THEREjH POLITICS? Office-holders Often Quit ' Losers. THE GOVERNOR NOT PLEASED, He Would Rather Be Kept Busy Than Sleeping Around the 4 . - Capital. -What v is there In North , Caro- Un-a l0 H 4vou ro to the Senate chnnAee nm iiri If O r '-wvj wmmiaww w Msmm against your making a reputation ; you haveto run into debt if you live de" cently; and when you come back home you have no more honor, usually, than the man who runs the hog farm. TWo are such democrats down here. And congressmen-why," there ought to' be a charity home for the care of the ex- Congressman from this State. Judges fret about half r m.h mnn aV u n essarv to suuort an ordinarv famil v. and f"" e gs ?TC"e! iu a ruasrisLraiiB's court. inu uovernor . there's a thankless iob for vOu. Vance was the only Governor who went out of official harness as strong as he waswhen he nut itori. Governor Av - , : ' . i , l l T rt e.tt.i . xi I s - A "ha-a tu. it eicau Kiiuou spend every cent that he makes. He is cursea tor cause ana without cause; is bothered and badgered is made a big, shlnino- tnvcr&t for anvhndv'a ill-humor- Qe i3 a big man in lots of ways, but he must walk in an official tread mill that demands conservatism and-idde-bound J mvil.nn ..lr. rt .A .nknbAn I force of originality in these piping times of progress." VCui a bono?" asl Cant. Geo. F. Bason says to Col. Hamil-1 ton C. Jones. When General and ex-1 Senator Matt W.Ransom appeared at there-union at Greensboro -and pulled I down his right cuff with tnat seductive I in ward movement, the . audience arose and cried, "Hail, chieftain!" But he was best remembered even then because he raises more cotton than nearly any body else in - eastern North Carolina. The reward of politics is not. But pol itics shuts One off from really honest work, and causes his grocer to be more suspicious. The only man that the wri ter ever knew -who made any money out of North Carolina politics was Col. Peter Murphy; of Sulisbuary, who was reading clerk in the State Senate. They raised the limit to $2 and allowed jack pots whenever anybody held threes, And the Colonel caught full houses and stralghts f roma lone king. But the rest of the politicians couldn't win with a straight flush pot. The foolish, hurt ful, heart-sore gamel - 7 Do you want to know a secret? Well, it is this: Charles Brantley Aycock is not having a bit of fun being Governor. He says there is too little ttr do, and what there is to do. is not particularly interesting. Governor.. Brogdenused to sit around in the capital in his stock' insrs. and dozed without fear in a place that was as sleeoilv ouiet as the sleeov nalace in the fairv tales. : Governor Av - onMr wearfl his Khoes. hut he is restive; He.hadn't been Governor four months u -t-A x ti,A M,nc and 'there under the beautiful trees Governor Ayk ,ighed and the whole thlnsr was tlresom e. 1 '1 have been Used to working all my life,'? said hA. "And there's , no work to do here. T .a - a lawvftr --a VTft fmin5 pleasure in advocating a cause, in work- ing for accomplishment; but what can a Governor doior interest?" He had just walked out' of his big solid playhouse i and he was. unhappy; want some thin? to do." he said over and over l again. . One can imagine a reason why the Governor is so strenuous in his ed ucational campaign. 'Yet there is i something sad in the thought of a yawning Governor a Governor who is i bored ,to death a, Governor who sits there in his executive mansion and weeps like Alexander of old. Capting Bob Glenn would be a handsome centre j piece for such a picture, wouldn't he? Idle Comments in Charlotte Observer. y : WHITE POSTMASTER AT LAST , ' ' I -' ' - " """""" 1 ' " ' u' wnmLoi rt Qhooo1 ,,aa uccu WU,T"V " V Negro Woman! . t Washing ton,-i JanJ 27.President Roosevelt today nominated William B. Uf- w not.moster at Tndi - anoia; Miss. He takes the place of Minnie Cox, colored, whose resignation W demanded some time asro by the white citizens of the town, resulting in th the - .tZrs- ' - -: -. -J;r- h COLOR LIB DRAWN Ex-Consressman Smalls Is Ordered Out of Columbia Hotel L( BY PROPRIETOR 8. F. WHEELER After Smalls Imprudent Answer, the Command, "Get Out of Here Quick," Was Sounded by Mr. Wheeler, and Small Got Lily Whites Also Were Called Down Proprietor. F. Wheeler, of the Co lumbia hotel here, is one Southern ho-' tel man who will not tolerate even the semblance . of color in his business, a fact illu9trat.fid i n nia hnfAl a fow Aa order ex-Coneressman Small,' from hi. lobby- Smalls, who is collector of the port of Beaufort and very black, came into the lhv tchnn:vr Whi . J Mww n uvvivi ntn uvuuiu H"? des the PU.tIoin n w"h his silk hat on Mr. Wheeler. Take thai hat off." . - "You have yours on," replied Smalls, who generally has shown sense enough to know and keep his, place in South. Carolina. ': -.- ;; "Get out of here quick,"" Mr. Wheel- er cauea out, aaamg some stronger lan- (Til a CTO Uihlnh Kmollo ,WiH t. in fail promptly to appropriate, The estimates of time Smalla required to reach the payment vary, between three and five second seconds. The next day, one of the white Re- publicans who had learned from Smalls tnat he had been excluded from the ho- J tel called Mr. Wheeler aside and apolo- guearpr causing him any inconven- I ience. He suggested that possibly v it might be as well for him to transfer his patronage. Mr. Wheeler Is not . the sort of man to be stampeded by fear. : He told the white Republican that he was welcome to . receive whatever negroes "it cave m pleasure to entertain, but that J tney must' 06 received as other negroes wn0 came into the hotel, and that ll he "dished to transfer his patronage , with thia understanding he might do sow He j wished the politician to.understand that ne would not ne responsible tor promis- cuous negroes coming into tne notei and would net allow any general con ference in his lobbies between blade and tan and lily white guests; that if a" negro caller wished to see any of his white guests be would insist upon his ' being accompanied to the room by one of the hotel's representatives." The lily white has not yet transferred his patronage. j; -' - . ' . :i Another lily white who is quite a' wheel - horse - with the Republicans, prompuy sent lor tne cieric on nearmg of Smalls' exclusion. When the clerk ar- 1 rived he demanded an explanation for the treament of Smalls. The clerk told him lhat Mr. Wheeler I himself had ordered Smalls from the lobby and that he would have to see Mr. Wheeler. ; ; : Thls last lily white has not yet asked to see Mr. Wheeler. Columbia State, Jan. 26. . : - - . . ... ) .. . tnt( niCFR AfiniUQPriFNT By Deleware Democrats Is " Considered as a Plank in the Platform.- - Willlngton, Del.,, Jan 28. Negro disfranchisement was suggested as one of the slogans for the next Democratic campaign; and Judge George Gray was . lauded-as a candidate for the presiden--tial nomination tonight at the . eighth anniversary dinner of the Democratic league of Delaware, the pioneer! Bryan organization of the State. Among the speakers were Willard ; Saulebury,. Democratic State chairman; . Josiah Marvel and John G. Evans prominent Democrats of the State. ; ; Marvel de clared that the only remedy : for. the . bartering In votes wis to disfranchise a I crreatei TftTT. Or tne venal COloreu VObers I o Mr " who ha4 the balance of power,between th twti reat nolitibal narties. All other methods for preventing the traffic in votes has faUed, he asserted, and it had been proved that it was, a mistake 1 to give the negro the right of franchise without conditions, . He concluded his address by suggest- mg Judge uray as tne party s canaiuato for president and lauded the judge as ! the friend of labor, an able lawyer, statesman and citizen. s nine more than an appendix . ot tne