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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, AUGUST 10, .1ZZ3. ..FHIRD; BY SAVOTARD. Third pvUM hevs played import ant parts la our political history, end a glance at them may not be uninter Mtiu td y M fi cares tny stuff. As a general proposition third party Is rank class politics, and .1 .u. initnt It era usually loua- i est again class leg islatiea. A tbffd party la the 'spirit ot discontent with out which free government on - me would die of dry rot ; but it .,. tha.u-4t la the safety vahe through which may TanUh the empty vaporing, of the knave, , . ohou Id have been norn iw - who ahould not have b-born at an. And our crops of knaves and fooU are as the fennel In the fence corner, and they have their beneficent uses. How oft. as a boy, have 1 lay down la a patch of dog fennel, looked up In the face of the totaling July sun, ana dreamed and dreamed and dreamed bo it is with aU of us. Hut at to third parties. The first D was the Invention of Thurlow Weed. Thad Steven oeionaeo b. and It all came about because a feN low warned Morgan bad pretended to reveal the secret ritual of the Order of Free and Accepted Masons. Mor gan disappeared, and It was Insisted that he was murdered by Masons and tbac no man's life was safe who had Mason for neighbor. In 112 thlg party, having domi nated the politics of New Yrk. en tered the lists wiih a presidential ticket, because H"nry Clay, the Whig candidate, was a hlh Mason. What did they do? They nominated for president Wllllarn Wrrt, ln ha1 been twelve years Attornry Cencral ( the United States, uyd who waf hlm aelf a Mason of the frllouvraft de gree. And he gut the -i k I t votes of Vermont, too. In the electoral colii'sr. I can never think of Wirt without re calling that very readable nnvfl of Mrs. JJouthworth. of which. In thin velL he was the hero, mid the Ameri can boy who wants to lo a lawyer Is not half lit for t lit- Job un1e he ha read Kennedy' "Life uf William "Wirt." It ouirht to be In every law yer's office. j The second third party wan the "Pre Poll" layout that had It orlniti from that spirit of the Puritans that topped bear-baiting in old England, not In benevolent consideration of the hears, but ecaue It gave ..pleasure to the folks who practiced the sport. New Kngland for 'gainful pillage" had put the African slave trade Into the constitution of the United Htates until 108, nn(j African slavery was Immensely popular In New England tiDtil It was discovered that It was nt profitable In that climate. Then It became vary wicked down Pouth but that Is an old story. In 1141 the "r Soli party served to defeat Henry Clao for President by taking enough votes from the Whig ticket In New York to give the State to Polk. Four years later, through the manipulations of Thurlow Wee.l. the Free 8oll party elected Zaehury Taylor, a slaveholder of l,ouiiana, President of the United Statea. The very -next Congress that party mniln Howell Cobb, a Oeorpia. slaveholder, Speaker, because Pobert C. Wlnthrop refused to be an Abolitionist. Thad Ftevens did It when ho coined the word "doughface," stabbed tho great Webster, and paid tribute to the then South. The "then" South is now dead, and from its stump tljern same no sprout. What a beggarly, what a mlserahle. part was the South's at Denver the other day!" It la fiamson in a wig. What Phil istine fears It? What Philistine can It hurt? More than fifty years ago. when a boy of less than 16 years, I becan the reading of history, and In all thone years it ha been my favorite study What has man done? Hut what I history even that most splendid of all Its chapters. Robertson's Introduc tion to that moft splendid of all his torical biographies, the 'I.lfe of Charles V?" What has man done? Here's what he has done he has been opposing envy againt con science. Now, that scrap would ri t last one quarter of a second If envy did not appear n the rln In the garb of conacji-nee, and that Is where all this devilment get" In Its work. Envy was ever the consummate gam bler. Envy rltipa In a loaded rile; eonsclswe stands the hazard of the die ltknos Is loaded for conscience. stands for a hereafter, und envy is ai atheist And hence the Abolitionist move ment. Hence that party called the Know-Nothing-, that was so en vious It would nt allow a siatettman of the North to toiernte siav.ry, n 1 so politic It would not allow a public Trn of the South to qncMinn the fu gitive slave law that the only Know Nothing I 'resident we i vi r had ap proved. Well, this Know-Nfithlrir nartv frwept nearly " all "The TforOa TiT 1 RC 1 Jt was met at the I'otomae in. 1 ?'.".! ly Henry A. Wise, collared and throt-I tied. It carrier! Kentfi kv ilmi ven r but in Tcnneasee Andv ji.hns.in did I ""'" ,u ,vni ll ,no American delega for It what Wise visited upon it In ! t i . i n U asked to remain as guests of Virginia. Nevertheless, this party tho Swlfll, rounci. This will be a made l'.nnks Speaker of the Thirtv- , , ,. , . fourth ConKreJ. and it survived omP . ur' lU representative Katherlng of wo enousrh to make Pennlnston Speaker ! men. The Countess Aberdeen will pre f the Tliiriy-slxth Congress. j hide and prominent women from t wciity-one countries "will be officially In IU! the Republican r'irty. over' represented by ilc'.egates. Application the protest of every Democrat. !n ha also been made for the admission ConsTress and out of 4'onjcre, v,ai'of two more countriea to the inter guilty 'f the onstitutlonal atrtx ity i nat tonal council, HulRarla and Oreece. and the economic monstrosity nf mnk-! The Swiss council is one of the most Ing a worthless p)ece of paper, w i'.h I repres ntatlve of the national coun try stamp of tht tiovernment on It, a cIN.. Swiss women belnK noted for the legal tender for debt. If was an a"t i ot Congress that should have bad for It title, "To make knavery patriotic ana respectable." Lat winter Joe Raj ! " Imch on thui subject that j all the Senate said was unanswerable ( oth sides of it. Never before had T wished to b a senator as I did men. wan the gii of jra! of J?hn I Bailer said that leeal tendr r nnf r i nr nan uwn embalmed In the de cision of the Supreme Court making - it constitutional. Very well. Ho Is It ronstKotional to satisfy a debt with a discharge in bankruptcy; hut a man with such discharge for debts exceed ing a minion could not buy a beef steak with it of the butcher. But what I itched to aslf Bailey was this: Tou sey the adjudication of the su preme bench has f JTJZSS. be 4ouobed by the vulgar ftands. of Cotstnu now tell me, sir, If the Supreme Court has sot dealt in the exact same way with the protective feature of the tariff, and are not pro tection In the tariff and fiat, in the . currency twlnf" .. ; . .'.- . And so If the gigantic Intellect and the luminous, analytic mind of Joe Bailer could be clouded by such .non sense, as legal-tender Taper money. It is small wonder that there had arises for two-score years earlier the Green back party, whose basic principle was that every cltisen as he got out ot bed in the morning might-held -out his bat and the government would put In it all tha money to pay his -k nt h.i what be needed for that day-in his household oLfitber expenses. It was au very aunpie, on causa mankind, for all ihs centuries, has been devising schemes to nullify and render void this flat of God that may foe found by the diligent searcher of the Scriptures. All of us dally seek, to make that law of the eternal Ood exceptional as to us; but from the plutocrat that eats of all the luxuries of all the feasts the insatiate palate of the voluptuary can Imagine, to tbe sturdy toiler on the street crossing, who eata bacon and cabbage, that law Is Inexorable, and It never yet failed to execute It self. We see this law made plain to the simplest mind In Shakespeare's "Trollus and Cresida." But the Greenback party sprang up and covered Ther tarth-Mw,tth the luxuriance of Jonah a gourd vine. I remember that I made a long Journey on a hot July day to hear a great orator, who had never plowed a fur row, tell of the dignity of labor. I was young then, and had some pride in my personal pulchritude, fiome of the ladies were evon kind enough to intimate, in maidenly way, tnat I was handsome, and so excited did they niakn my vanity that on a trip to I,oiilsvlllc I had paid l for a stove pipe hat, and eally 1 thought It be came me. Well, I wore It to Horse Cave on that Fourth ot July to lifiif that orator from the Blue Grass make that speech. I had a seat clone up, and after a while the orator pointed t. my hat, and In an ecstasy of elo quence exclaimed: "Who paid for that hat? The farmer." Now, the fact was that I had won that hat on a h"rne race of a man whone hands were innicent of plow or hoe. He wum a barkeeper. It has always been a source of some satisfaction to me that the ora tor of that occasion never g-ot an of fice. He taught that no lahor was respectable but farm lubor, and yet I am under the delusion that as I write this I am a laboring- man. Hut for this work I would go hungry to-morrow. Well, the Greenback, Farmers Alli ance and Grange movement culminat ed In the Popullut party, whosie. one and only principle is that nil men In authority are knavea, and that tho rhlefeat of malefactors was Grover '"levcland. Tonj Watson the Rrcat CHt man who ever belonged to titls party, and he became very nearly be In a statesman. He In entirely hon est; hut he sees thlnx at Inauspic ious hours of tho early morn and the late nlKht. He Is a much greater man than Jerry KimpHon was. and In a battle royal of political disputation I'll bet money that Watson would survive William J. Hrysn. , Mr. Sum Gonipis Is the head of a third party. If he FhouJd nueci ed In auctioning off labor to the partv that will bid highest for It and that Is what he means, what, Indeed, he says then it will be a gloomy day for labor the next morn. I can prove by rule and figure, and by bsnk statistics, that labor was never before so prosperous as It Is this moment In these United States. GUKAT COrXH, OF WOMKX. OelcKatn- Kali For (ienera, Switzer land lo Attend Meotinir of the In ternational Council Will Attend 8vlf Council Later List of the delegate and Alternates, Sneclnl lo The Observer. Alexandria, Va., Aug. 9. Mrs. Kate Waller Itnrrett, vice president at larsre of the National Council of Women, sallMrt yesterday to attend the meeting of "he Internallnnal Council of Wo men which is held In flpneva from August 23th to September 7th. Mrs. HHrreit 'wIll liearl the American dele gation, representlnjr the president of the national cAuncll otr the United Stales, Mrf. Mary Wood fUvlft, hav lnr been detained from attending the meet lug. The lint of delegates and alternates are: Tele(rale; Mrs. Kato Waller Bar rett, Mrs. Anna H. Shaw. Mrs. Ida liu-ted Harper. Miss Ulna. M. West. Mr. Kiizabeth I!. Crannis, Mrs. lTonry Itlsenberjt. Mrs. laullne Stelnem. Alternates: Mrs. Cnrrle Chap-j nuiif Catt, Mr.. M. Josie Nelson, Mrs. j l.mia Ames Mead, Mrs. Alice Wheeler j I'i.-re Mrs. !. Mrs. K'elley, Mary Church Terrell, Mm. Coonley Ward. Af"tns clnsr -of "the neertng- of -rhtr international council there will be a imcllns of the Hwlss Council of Wo-! activity which thev dlsDlay in connec tion with affairs pertaining to the na- tlon. Madame Chaponnlere-Cbaix Is president and Is also In charge of the arrangement for the meeting of the international council. A number of social functions hai 1 been arranged in connection with rhn ' meeting of the counall. Krerythlngl p.'SHlble will be done for the cdmforti and entertainment of the visiting del egation. Immediately following the meeting of the councils there will be a meet ing, of the International Society for the-Abolition of the White Slave Traf fic, to which a large number of repre sentative men and women will attend. Mrs. Barrett has been named by tht National Council of Women the fra- , tarwel , allegata vr this '"WKlety-etaaj will also represent tha National Flor ence Crlttenton Mission Which has been actively engaged In the work of rescuing girls for tbe past twenty-five years. . . These gatherings will bring togeth er a lares number of , the leading thinkers and workers of the world along tbe most advanced lines of prog ress and it Is a remarkable example of. hew far the world has advanced along fraternal and educational line that such a meeting as this Is possible. MIt'GAJtUNGTCMrs RESIGNATION better of tha South Carolinian Wh Withdrawn From the Executive cnmfttM ot tha Hearst Party.' :' Greenville Special to Columbia state, .Mr. J. e-Garllngton, of Greenville, has resigned as executive committee man, from Sou'h Catolina of the In dependence narty.T The following let ter mailed to-day to headquarters at Chicago gives his position: .i . Greenville. S C.. Aug. tn 1CJ. C Hon. Charles A, Walsh, Chicago. IU PearSir:' I have com to the con clusion that your'biue-eyed baby in a perambulator" U quite as formida ble and as greatly to be feared as the "steam roller pr the 'rock crusher." . You recently expressed a sentiment, In which I concurred, that when a man does not like the policies and methods of a party. It la his duty to get out. ::,'. I went into this Independence move ment believing that It was laboring for certain well-denned policies, chier of which was the elimination of the boss and larger opportunity for the individual. In the 'recent assemblage In Chica go, there were men from many states who were impressed with the same Idea. Before the convention met they yi'"i!Hsit-ia.w-B"Bti.. i " would bb suicidal to the party and treachery to its principles to place an electoral ticket in the field In opposi tion to the party which has certainly given the Independence movement "half a loaf." A national convention is a novrrelgn body. It is supposed to hear all sides and abide by the major ity. This minority was not allowed to be heard. When Jacob I. Khep- parrt. of Kansas, attempted lo express his views ho was dragged from the platform with your aid, connivance and approval. , Tho conviction is Inevitable, that th Independence party is working in the Interost of Taft. if It Is done witting ly, it has betrayed its trust; If it is done unwittingly. It Is too weak to be trusted. On fundamentals the Inde pendency and Democratic parties aro ucreed. The placing of electors In the field can only have the effect of strengthening Taft. The part I took in organizing Bouth Carolina was not mi tlie understanding of any such pur pose. Having lost faith In your move ment and having no desire to aid la perpetuating a party that is not serv ing the best Interests of the people, I beg herewith to tender my resigna tion from the executive committee. Tory truly yours, J. C. OAnUINGTOK. Republicans of Thirty-Third Senato rial I list Hot to Name Candidate Special to The Observer. Hutherfordton, Aug. 9. Tho Re publican senatorial convention for the purpose of nominating two State Senators for this, tho thlrtv-thlrd senatorial district, and the county convention to nominate a ticket In opposition to the Democrats will he liehi hern Saturday. August 2M. The Republicans, we understand, will put up a "st Iff" tight In this campaign In an effort to carry this county and con resslonal district, but of rourse they will ngaln meet with defeat, as this la a Democratic year nnd old Hutherford will roil n )irr uual nrgo Democratic majority and save the congressional district. Mr Craw ford Is a favorite of Rutherford peo ple and will defeat any opponent the Republicans can name. it Mechanics Charlotte, HM for llhie Fifty Secoimd falling off a amount ihg in $2,000,000. . We respectfully and seriously call the attention of ; non-borrowers or investors to .the fact, that by invest-" ' ing with us they will make 6 2-5 per cent, .net J.. as against 1 5-8 by investing in institution's other than ' Building and Loan institutions... . ' jyHh.:, NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE FOR THE nfTY-SECOriD SERIES cither as borrowers or investors. RJESCITS OF SECOND PRIMARY. 11 Tanner Nominated Foe Sheriff V and A. K. Yeltom Vot Treasurer in '- Rutherford. Special to The Observer. " . 1 Rutherfordton, Aug. In - the second primary' held yesterday,' Ed Tanner", was nominated for. sheriff over CM. Roberson by JIT major ity and A. R. Yelton for treasurer over B. R- Hans.il by 626 majority. The returns, owing to the storm and downpour of rain, were slow In com ing in last night, and it was not until a late hour that. . definite result eould be obtained. A large vote was polled, not falling fas below the vote cast n last Saturday' primary. On August 1st, when the other nomina tions were - mads, there were 1,I7 votes cast and in yesterday's contest were were i,itt. - xne . ucaet is a splendid' one tui 'rwtll- receive the united support of the pemocracy of Rutherford county. . . . v - White iln Arrested -on a Charge Of Breaking Into Cars. . Special to The Observer. . . Rocky Mount, Aug. t. Two whit men arrested here Friday night for breaking into an Atlantic Coast Line car were carried back to - Pinner's Point Saturday by Special Detective H. C. McBrlde. The car was entered lust j yi.nn. eik -,.- r7. vTTTirj": "yj Zm'''.m for this city. A wire to the author! ties her put tbem on their guard and the men were arrested while riding In the car on which the seal had Been broken and for the breaking of which they were wanted. . They will be tried at Pinner's Point Monday. VIRGINIA COLLEGE For YOUNG LADIES, Roanoke, Va. OpMH (Sept. M, IMS. Ouaot the leadioc ttcbaoj for Young ldU lo th8oulh. Modern building. Chmpua of ten aor. Orsod moontula snensry la VMy e( Vlrglai. fitmM fur hmlth. Rarapeaa and AiMrtraa Uwebsn. Conservatory Mvaatagaa In Art, Muatc and Klocullon. CartlHcatas ncalTed at WeUaatsy. Htudenia from Sa Swtaa. Moeerats raus. ForcatalngucaddmM MATT1K P. HARRIS, Presides, ltoaooka, Va. tu. Oasisoss Bassii Boatwiot, ' Ma-PrM. 1837 1901. Guilford College For Both Men andr Women. Courses In the Classics and In the Natural Sciences Departments In Blb'.e Htudy and in Music. Labora tories for Chemistry. Biology and Physics All buildings supplied with pore water and lighted bv electricity. Noted for thorough Instruction and high moral tone. Located In the healthful Piedmont Section of North Carolina. For catalour address I j. L. HOBBS. President. Guilford Collea-o. North Carolina. Greensboro Female College Greensboro, -V. G. Elegant new buildings with every modern comfort and convenience., and new furniture and equipment throughout Literary. Scientific, Classi cal and Business Courses. Schools of Music. Art and Expression, run corps of able and experienced teachers, specialists in their several de partments. TERMS MODERATE. For further Information apply 'to LUCY H. ROBERTSON, Pres. Fajl Term Opens September Oth. lQg. OFFICE OF THE .a . . Perpetual B.&L N. C, August On September 5th commences our fifty-second se ries, the subscription books for which are now open, The 39th series amounting to $97,500"matured on July 15th - aryl was paid off 'jess as Ea-Ea-Ea-sy1 as log as were also the 38 preceding series, ' ;; ; . all to nearly v . ecr S. WITTKOWSKY, SACO; AMD Pickers' EeYolving , Flat Cards Railway Heads . . . and k ''' Vl Drawing , J ;' ; .Frames A. H. VAQHBURW RAEFORD INSTITUTE Is . a high-gradei ' non-sectarian, co educational school of eight depart ments. . z rfr 4- Primary, Intermediate, Art, Elocution, Music, Business, Telegraphy and Hlfch School, all of which are' under weli-tralned experienced teachers. -- ' - ' . Students bearing certificates of graduation from this school are ad mitted to all te loading colleges of the State without examtnaion. The healthf ulness -of the localon Is unsurpassed, the climate, soil, water, etc, being the same as that of the famous winter resorts f Pine hurst and Southern Pines, twenty miles distant. Let Vs Send Ton Catalogue. C. B. M'INTOBH, Denver, N. C.; Z. N. HOLLER. Davidson. N. C. -1 ' MmJIctiy. DMUTy, Sf IK SHIM fa,r iZ , al Arirt ia aa ft -em mm. WMHahWMa. U-tac - Irw. WriWMwaagaatalogoa CkrhMnr rSBfUa Si - tiatmsaltl. Association 6th 1908. President mi W I . ;PETTEEiUA01iiE" SHOPS CHARLOTTE. -KOETH OAEOLINA A', EUZABETH COUEGt , D CCNSERVAM . Of MUSIC . , r caiARLorrx, w. a A Wgk Cbml CwTJefe Urn t . . a Beatttttn! Won, tt fterea ; camputv verleeklng the ettyt flat buildmgs: anlverslty eda ated, ezperteneed teaokv rav ' 'i; ., .. A. B. Xagree Coarse m level with the best eaW leges for en elective degree ceaniea. ' Spedalttsst Kasta, Art broad aad liberal culture ter young went en. niastrate4 catalogue eat (rea jsn applloatien. Capital Stock $10.0o.(K). Has a special and n attractive inducement for all that matriculate before August 15th. Our halls are commodious; our equipment complete; our ceurbes modern. Situations are secured for all worthy graduate Write or call (or catalogue and special rates. Address KING'S BUSINESS COIAEGB, Raleigh, X. C Presbyterian College for Women . CHARLOTTE, N. 0. v The 51st session of this old and. well established school will begin September 3d, 1908. Without making loud claims we point to th work of one-half century. For catalogue address REV. J. R. BETDQES, President TRINITY COLLEGE Four Departments Collegiate, Graduate. Engineering and Law. targe library facllltleal . Well-equipped . laboratorJea la, aU depart ments of Science. Gymnasium furnished with best apparatus. Ex penses very moderate. Aid for worthy, students. , -,- v Teung msn wishing to study' Law should Investigate the suptrlsr advantages offered by the Department of Law at Trinity College. For catalogue and further Information, address . D. W. NEWSOli, Registrar, THE OELVSYN EtmornAic axi americait. " . garcpisn 11.19 per day and ap. American. It.l par day and ap, wuwvrm, e . f. cafe open day and night. . vPtleea reasonable. :'. Tho Koot Modern and Laxorlant Hotel In tho Vaoolmaa. ISO EliEGAXT ROOM& ' . ti PRTVATB BATHS. tM-atMA la the heart ' ef Obarlotte. eonvenlent to railroad . statloa. street ears aad the business and anmmsrciat and tourist trade. V Table do hote dinners to to " ' ' ' ' EDGAR B MOOBB :- al Mama-. I PW O-Wa. . A a. Pia 1 aiaaaaaalkrakaBan Hmt kW ri.M a awlf a1 I I S J J J AVv. ui u r Hr"-. '' A Ilrst-Claas Preparatory 6chc :---j-r- , a '.'. Csrttfleatea " of Graduation acceptsd for entrance to leading Sotith-, em Colleges. '"" ' ' ' ' yr. - peat equipped Preparatory School In the South.' Faculty of ten officers and teachers. Campus of seventy-five acres. Library containing forty thousand volumes. Well-equipped gym naatum. High standards and modern methods of Instruction. Fre quent lectures by prominent lecturers. Expenses exceedingly moder , ate. - Ten years of phenomenal success.- , . . - For eataloguo-and other information, address -:- -, . - , r- , n. M. NORTH, Ucadmaoter, , , t ' ' ";.. rt'-. :". Dwh-tBO, O. . v . ' y ElutbiM' , " Interxnedi&td Eorlnff Frame's Spinning Frames Spoolers ' , and1' - Eeelj y - ,A- Couth crn Aacnt snbarbaa To , ytevlde B. KDtO, rreeld Charlotte, IV. 0. shopping osntre. Caters to high : tit. Uoslo every evening it nNOTTPHITE: RALLICKMU 1 1. 1 Sakaaa at AM. Lay ill rmf a). aeif V mmmc Bwaniare. I Uaa.l J
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