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VOL XVI.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY; N. C THURSDAY JUNE 30, 1904.
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- J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
BOONE, N. C
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Lenoir, N,C.
Practices in the courts of
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Ashe and other surrounding
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WASHINGTON LETTER,
from tar Regular Cor reap ident.
Senator 8pooner, the boss
Republican kicker of Wiscon
sin, is represented in Wash
ington (his week by an emis
sary whose business it is to
obtain the assistance of the
President in the fight against
GoternorLa Fullette. Th
President shies off and is not
inclined to take a band. It
looks now as if the diminu
tive Fuzzy Wuzr.v of the Sen
ate might be disappointed in
bis ambition, though the Re
publican Committee lias de
cided to seat his c-owd.
When he pets to Chicogo with
his bolting, delegation, he
will not find plain soiling
Asher Hinds, the mnn who
has all the of the parliamen
tary manuals by heart, and
who stands at the speaker'
right, during the sessions of
the House always ready with
a word of a wink, will be at
Mr, Caunon's right when the
convention is called to order.
The precedents he has studied
will justify the speaker chair
rnau iu throwing the Wiscon
sin bolters out altogether or
giving each contestant half a
vote. 0, yen! A lively time
at Chicago is on the tabis,
La Fullette will be there.
There has been considerable
evidence that th9 people of
the District of Columbia are
tolerably, well satisfied with
their form ot government un
der which all their affairs are
taien care of iy three Com
raissioners; but local self gov
eminent will be the slogan of
the delegation to the Repub
lican national convention
from this city, next week. Dr.
Robert Reyburn, and John
F. Cook will put fort h every
effort to -induce the Republi
cans to incorporate a plank
in their platform looking to
a 'really republican form of
government for the'eity.
There is active fermenta
tion in military circles' here
over the sudden appoint
ment of Major-General Hen
fy V. Corbm to tbecommand
of the Philippine archipelago
relieving General Wade, It is
privately understood that
General Corbin does not at
all like the assignment. He
has had th . misfortune .not
to be a popnlar officer, as to
the record of .blackballs in
several aristocratic clubs tes
titles but this status was ma
terially improved by his mar
riag with the wealthy and
much liked Edyth Pattonnot
long sini'e. '
General Corbin's character
as a man and a soldier uiav
perhaps be inferred by an in
terview which your corres
pondent had with him a year
ago. He was then Adjutant
General of the U. S. army, a
large, sturdy.., bluff man. I
told him I bad called to see
what was being dona about
the case of Liur. Sinclair, of
the army in the Philippines,
who had killed young Rii hter
a soldier of his company de
liberately, after twov hour
and a half of tortue. in which
he wih at lasr strangled to
death. t .
"Yes, I remember it,'? 'said
the General, "there ban been
a greut deal of talk . about
t
"Apparently not too much
General," I ventured to say,
"if the report of the cas is
correct.. It was what we iiju
ally call murder,"
0, this case that you are
so excited about"
"General," I interrupted,
"I call your attention to the
fact that you'iire not in the
least excited, I have no oc
casion to be,"
"0,1 don't mean you ps
pwially," explained General
Corbin, "but these anti-imperialists,
and p.'oplealln
round. The fact seems to be
that this unfortunate young
man forgot himself for the
time being and lost hid head
and I don't wonder at it in
that d Philppine climate.
Before he made that mistake
he was considered one of the
finest young men in the army.
"Do you define this offence
as a 'mistake', General?" I
asked. "Do you forget the
testimony as to what Lieu
tenant Sinclair did? He com
mitted muider."
"You call it murder, said
the General, "but he was tried
for the alleged offence, and
acquitted." ' '
"Certainly, G e n e r al. He
was tried and acquitted by
his .comrades who found tnat
he had done the things 'with
which ha was charged, and
was innocent.
The General leaned back,
asked bi6 interlocutor to be
seated, continued: "When I
think about it, and my long
service in the army, I believe,
sir, that 1 have done norse
things myself, than Lieu ten
ant Sinclair is sad to ha ve
done."
"You have done w o s e
things, General?"
"Yes, I have. When I was
out in the west among the
Indians one of our men got
fighting drunk and came
whooping up t h e company
street ,a n d yelling that h e
wanted to .kill the Captain,
that was me. I Was not afraid.
He jumped into my tent and
drew a knife on me. I stoop
ed and picked op a root that
lay b e a i de my. chair and
knocked him down with it. It
might hare killed him; if it
had, I should have b?en just
as guilty n Sinclair."
Your correspondent, was
astonished. He reminded the
General that one case was
simple self defense nnd t h e
other deliberate murder of
an imprisoned soldier, and
reminded him further that
young Ricbter was, bound
upon iheground; that be was
gagged with a cloth stuffed
into his mouth with tbd end
of a club; that he was tort
nred with Ice water .for t w o
.hours. and was finally suffo
cated and died under the tor
ture. '.- L
"Where do you get these
fart?" asked General Cor
bin, "There in but one place in
the U. S General," I answer
ed "where they can be found.
I found them in the record of
your own office, General." I
added that General Corbin
had friends in tbeU" 8. and
perhaps some eneraief. but
that he had not a friend Aor
an enemy who would not tie
astounded and grieved - to
ininK Mm capaoie or sncn a
deed as that of Sinclair's,
"WHI" concluded the Gen
eral, "You came to inquire a
bout the reputation oty-)ung
Sinclair. I say it is uniformly
good"
It is known that General
Corbin did not like hisremov
al from this city to JGoyern
or's Inland last bill although
hisgracions wife made for
herself a secure place in the
innermost circles of N, Y. so
ciety. He will have a .tear
and a half of serviee in the
Philippines and will then sue
ceed to the Lieutenant-Generalship
on the retirement of
General Hiaffeo.
Startling evidence
Fresh testimony in great quantity
is constantly coming in, declaring
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T. J. McFarland Bentorville Va.
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Sj many queer things have
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Why shouldn't a young
man consult bis father and
mother about the matter of
his marrying? Does be know
more about human nature
than bis parents? If he gets
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he bawls for help in the loud
est manner, Yet be does not
know that these things are
as nothing compared with
the trouble of an unhappy
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A Forf ottea Art.
State '(Indiana) Sentinel. V
Former 'Senator Thurston
of Nebraska it will be recalled
said not long ugo tba t Roose
veltisa man whom every
body is for, but whom no
body wants. Mr. Thurston
speaks as a Republican and
bis reference is to the voters
of that patty. The final an
a lysis of his statement is
that the Republicans by
force of circumstances are
compelled to accept Roose
velt as their candidate for
the presidency, but would
ruther have some other per
son. That seems to be the
practically unanimous opin
ion of his fellow partisans. It
was the late S?nator Quay
who said that the Republi can
party wasprepuiing for
"a good licking." Whatever
due may be said about Mr.
Quay he was a good judge. of
the political eSects'of things
As every one knows, it has
been given out from the
Whitb House that the plat
form which Senator Lodge,
as the president's personal
representative has been work
ing upon, has been agreed
upon except the phraseology
of the Btaff and trust planks.
These are troubling the mind
of the President. Not the
question of revising the tar
iff or curbing the trusts, but
how to compose the plank so
that the tariff beneficiaries
and the trnst magnates will
not be a 1 a r ra e d and the
voters lulled into the tieliet
that the Republican party is
of vigorous measures in peo
ple's interests.
jt does seem that states
raanship is a forgotten art
with the Republican leaders
and that chicanery and wire
pulling have succeeded it,
With the traditions of t b e
party thrown to the winds
and all ethical responsibility
left lor a few who look with
regret upon the change that
has come over the organiza
tion, t h e r e is no element
powerful e n o ugh to with
stand the fights for spoils.
No wonder the worst e le-
Lmcnts have come to the front
nnd are fighting amons-st
themselves for mastery and
that personal ambition is
their sole motive of action.
It is dishearteningto those
who believe in righteous par
ty government to see a great
party descend' toppnrtunism
and spoils. If Lincoln and
the other fathers of the Re
publican party could see it
now what would they think
ot it? Would they recognize
it after they had looked into
its present aims and tenden
cies? It is n o t the same or
ganization and does not rep
resent the same ideas. It is
merply maintained for t h e
benefit of a selfish few who
with the aid of its machinery
have striven to milk the
country dry. How long will
the people allow themselves
to be deluded.
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the genrral sagging f
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perity" will come before the
end of the campaign doe,
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ground for him to stand up ,
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business, the latest coining
from Rack Hill S. C, where
the directors of the Union'
National Bank have adopted
a resolution that no person
smoking cigarettes can find
employment, in that institu
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Charlotte Observer:
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