CHAELOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, SEPTEMBER 10, 1C03.
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v CANDIDATE WATKIXS HEKE
srEAKS TO A . SHALL CROWD
Candidate lor Vice Presidency of the
Catted State oa Prohibition Tk-ket
' Addresses Pew Voters in .amr
Irate A Strong and Convincing
" IWeos of His Stand tn National
Pontiff Temperance la toe. Only
i vitii oamioa Before tbe Ainerl-
,-aa PropJe A.n Other QaeatloM
... Are Mere Sobtrrfuires to Keep the
Partita- Divided ana
' DaUn Thunder.
Clear and concise in his arrumenU,
strong and Impressive in his logic,
' appeHn and pleasing In hj
eloquence. Hon. Aaron 8. Watkins, ot
Ohio, candidate for the vice . presi
- a., nt h United States on the
Prohibition ticket., dellhtd the 100
' listener who gathered last night at
the court house. Mr. Watkins leaves
out the element of emotionalism In
We addresses and deals solely In
reason, making his appeals direct to
the intellect.
T. annearano. the candidate Is
1.
strikingly handsome. Tall, erect,
rlth hair tinned with gray, dressod
In' ministerial garb, h presents a line
apecmen of physical manhood. In
his tone there Is the peculiar appeal
of the brogue obtaining north of the
Mason and Dixon line. H has the
accent of the Northerner and par
ticularly of that citizenship from the
section of the country whence h
comes, the sheep-raising section of
Ohio. In personality Mr. Watkins Is
Impressive. His eye is. clear, his face
Is manly with the markings of
Intellectuality, and withal there Is an
air about him that brings him clone
to humanity. The character of th
neech he delivered is an Index to
the uncommon fertility of his lraln.
PARTISAN PARTY NKKDKU
The sneaker, laying aside the
emotional feature which generally
abounds in prohihltlon addressee. Hp
pealed Tor a strong partisan Prohi-
bit Ion party He declared that It
'aa out of the question for-' the
temperance people to ever gain any
thing; by securing the balance of
power from the Republicans and
Democrats. It was out of the ques
tion to manipulate votes by which
Jhls third party would get Into power
and become the dominant party of
the nation. He drew this deduction
from the first fact that both the Re
publicans and Democrats are here to
atay; their party lines have been
clearly and distinctly drawn, and
they own the territory because they
occupied it first. The partisan
temperance party was the only
reasonable conveyance by which the
liquor-hating people could ever come
Into possession of power in the
United 8tate. He whs particularly
logical In deflnlnlg this point.
LIQUOR PEOPI.K HK8T MANIPU
LATORS "I venture to say." he declared,
"that 60 per cent, of the voters In
the State of Ohio, which Is a Re
publican State, are temperance peo-
file. The other 40 per cent, are
Iquor voters, but this minority
actually holds the power In Ohio
because they are not conservative
but reckleas people. When they go
to an aspiring candidate qnd tell him
what he must do to get their votes,
he does It and dares not go against
their dictations. But when a temper
ance man applies to a candidate to
ascertain his position on the question
of prohibition, he Is put off with
some excuse and the canddate knows
deep down In his heart that this
same man will vote for him the next
time. The church people vote for
a candidate whether he is In favor
of temperance or not: the liquor
man refuses to vote for him un)ess
he Is subservient to his will and au
thority. That Is the reason why the
liquor people, really In the minority
In my State, actually own the govern
ment. This will be true In your
(Mate unless you follow up your work
at the polls by a strong partisan
organization.
LEADING PARTIES NON-COMMITTAL.
"I have observed that the two
leading parties In North Carolina
have drawn up their platforms and
have omitted a plank declaring on
the temperance question. I have
further observed that the national
platform of the Democrats and Re
publicans alike contains not a word
on this subject. And yet It Is the
only vital question before the Ameri
can people. Ve are not Interested In
the injunction and tariff questions.
When the leading parties rind that
they have nothing else to flght over,
they trot out the old tariff question,
which can never be settled, no matter
how long the fight over It lasts. The
real, live, burning Issue now and
hereafter Is the liquor question which
both the leading parties refuse to
touch. We need a strong, partisan
Prohibition party all along the line.
GOVERNMENT AGAINST TEMPER
ANCE. J
"Tou people In North Carolina have
voted for temperance and the North
congratulates you and Is looking
down to you for an example. But
you have not won the fight. After
you have folded your hands and
sung the doxology, the liquor forces
will still have fighting ground and
they will still be fighting. You must
tick toother and bring about the
time when the United States govern
ment, which is now against temper
ance, shall re-enforce the efforts of
the States In effecting the abolition
of license. The government now per
mits the railroads to carry concealed
In boxes whiskey which goea to 'dry'
territory, and then it Is dumped out
and the prohibition people enn do
nothing, because the great govern
ment says that It is legitimate. The
COST FOR TEACH IXG HERE.
Mr. Hirxhlnger Figure the Average
Cost for Teaching Pupils In the
City Schools.
Mr. J. Hirshlnger. chairman of the
audit and finance committee of the
board of school commissioners, after
rather arduous toll, has prepared an
extremely Interesting statement.
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North School
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KUxabeth Mill School..
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Cost tor each white pupil.
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Second Ward School..;. f.sie
Ptddlerflle School iM
.Cherry Street School..., ft
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United States . licenses saloon; r in
Ohio end while the majority of the
voters there are against It, the alt
powerless before the majesty or tne
hlrher covernment. . It la a shame I
and a disgrace that the powera of this
nation Interfere aa-tney 00 wun uie
work of the States in sweeping oat
whiskey from ,-thla country. v v .
NO STATE POLITICS.
"Tou may be surprised at the state
ment, but as a matter of fact there
is no such ihtng aa State andcounty
and city .politics aa this term la ap-
nlled to the-dlstlnctlve principle of
Renuhlcanism and Democracy. All I
your regular election fights are solely I
In regard to names or canaiaaiea.
The areat Issues which have divided
the people of this nation Into two dis
tinctive parties cannot in any sense
of the word reach down to the plane
of State politics. The States are not
interested In the monw question, be-
cause It does not appiy 10 mem. xi
applies to the government; the States
are not concerned viiany aooui me
tariff, because this Is a national ques
tion But the question or temper
ance concerns city, county, State and
nation because it affects the Indi
vidual welfare of the citizens or tljta
country and their moral worth to the
American nation.
PROHIBITION RIGHT, EAST AND
SIMPLE.
The prohibitory plan concerning
whiskey is the plan I favor because
is simple, easy and right, troni-
bitlon will come nearer prohibiting
han regulaton will to regulate. Its
he simplest method by which to
reach this question. Then the pro
hibitory plan Is right. There is only-
one wav to declne a question, ano
hat Is on the basts of right and
wrong. If it Is wrong for me to take
money In rent for a building used ry
a saloon man. it is wrong ror ine
government to get its revenue from
the tmme source. If the saloon Is a
good Institution, then the government
Is sullty of graft in taking licenses
from such an Institution; if the sa
loon is a bad Institution, then the
government become a partner in
crime and it should not be tolerated
by the people of this nation."
TWELVE CENTS MIMIV)I.
Thlt Ielare(l to Be Price Fixed by
Parmer' I'nlon In Convention Ijat
Week.
While officials of the Farmers'
Union, who attended the national
convention at Fort Worth, Texan,
last week, kept strictly confi
dential the minimum price agreed
upon for cotton. It has leaked out that1
12 cents was the figure Axed upon. No
affirmation or denial of the rumor
can be secured, but there Is a distinct
intimation that this is a fact
In view of the large number of
warehouses which are being erected
over the country by this organization.
It looks as If there was a determlna
tlon rtn the part of the farmers to get
good prices for the staple this season
Cotton Is now selling around 9 cents,
which necessitates a Jump of S cents
If the farmers realize their minimum
price.
THE CIRCUS IS COMING.
Advance Agent Negotiated With City
Officials About Tax to Make Ap
pearance Here.
It seems a certainty now that the
Rtncllnir Bros, circus, which Is proba
bly the equal, if not the superior, of
anything of Its kind that has come
this way In recent years, will make
an appearance here next month. The
date In all probability will be the
Hth. An advance agent of the cir
cus has been In the city this week
Investigating the local tax rate upon
such aggregations, which totals about
$750, Including tha county and State
Ilcerse. He aked the mayor for a
reduction m the city's tax. but was
told that the aldermen will have to
take action upon the matter.
This, however, la A rather Imma
terial Item, and the circus will come
here, no matter what the board does.
If the managers have already made
the booking.
WATCH CTLVTtLOTTE GROW.
Mr. Wesley II. Rowe, of Savannah,
Ga., Talks of Cliarlotte'a Progrea
slveness.
Mr. Wesley H. Rowe, special repre-
untatlvA of thA custom house. fiAvan-
nah. Ga.. who has been spending sev-
eral days In the city on business. Is
most favorably Impressed with Char
lotte. "It is the most wide-awake and
progressive city In the South," de
clared he yesterday. "I was simply
astounded when I arrived here and
saw what was going on. It did not
come together as a surprise, for the
conductor of my train when he learn
ed that I was comffig to Charlotte!
volunteered the Information that 1 1
was going to 'a good town.' And I
found the town 'good,' having as It
does a 'good' hotel, 'good' streets,
'good' people and that spirit of 'push
and pull' which augurs well for the
future. The watchword of 'Watch
Charlotte Grow' Is no misnomer. The
town Is coming."
Extension of Bltullfiuc on East Trade.
The bitullthlc will not be extended
farther han one block on East Trade
street until some agreement Is reached
as to the railway crossing at the old
Seaboard freight depot. This matter
was brought up months ago and
those who have It In charge are still
working with it. The Southern has
been asked to submit plana for a sub
way such as would be agreeable and
with this for a working basis, the city
will devise Its plan. No difficulty, but
considerable time is anticipated In dis
posing of this matter.
snowing tne average cost to teach a
pupil for a year in the city graded
schools. The average cost, he finds,
for the white children Is $14. 7S. while
for the colored pupils it Is $.9. The
average cost for both white and col
ored Is $1 2 015. this figuring Includ
ing all expenses.
The table of statistics In Its en
tirety Is as follows;
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A REPUBLICAN MULE.
Appropriate Anecdote Used to Illus
trate a New Phase of Party Poli
tic. Mr. Bruce Craven, superintendent
of schools at Lancaster, S- C, but a
North Carolinian and defender of the
faith In all historical differences be-
tween the two States, was delayed in
Charlotte between trains the other
day and passed the time talking poli
tics with a well-known Republican.
who declared, among: other things.
that the negro. Is out of politics In this
State and the Republicans are glad of
it and want the white people to now
be free to vote their unprejudiced con
victions.
"The Republican Joy over the negro
being out of politics," said Mr. Cra
ven. ' reminds me of a story about a
mule. An effort was made to move
the mule from one pasture across
the road to another pasture, and the
mule, of course, resisted on general
principles, it took six men to move
him. Two pulled 1 and ' two pushed
(with rails) as the others, also with
rails, lifted him clear of the ground.
Finally the animal was safe in the
pasture with a ten-rail-constitutional-
amend men't-fence around him. and
then he stretched his ears, lifted his
voice way up in 'G' and sang out:
"Hee-haw, hee-haw, thank God I'm
across that road at last.' "
MR. HACKKTT CONFIDENT.
Congressman From Eighth Satisfied
That Iemorratlc Majority Will Be
Large This Tear.
Congressman Richard N. Hackett,
of N,orth Wllkesboro, who spent yes
terday In the oJty, is very confident
of the outcome In ihe eighth. "The
Democratic majority," said he "If the
situation rqanalns as It is now. will
be at least 1,500 and possibly 2,500.
There Is apathy among Democratic
voters In certain localities, but this
is being overcome by diligent effort
on the part or tne leaders. Organi
zation is being effected and perfected
In all of the counties and the signs
ttr K00,d."
Mr. Hackett appears to be In line
THE
STIEFr
AND SHAW
PIANOS
ARE
Within reach of any
buyer because they are
sold direct by their
maker to you.
Writo to-day for
special bargains we
have on hand at pres
ent CHAS.H.STIBT
Man a fact ore of tbe EtW and
Shaw, the, ptaaoe with th
tweet tone -'.
: Southern Warerooin
5 West Trade Street.
C. H. WILLIOTH, Mgr.
CHARLOTTE, H. C
health and spirits and has not the
least ahadow of doubt but that the
Democratic strength will be made
equally as manifest In the eighth In
the coming elections as It was two
years ago. He returned to Salisbury
yesterday afternoon.
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Tour feathers and plumes
should be cleaned for fall wear.
Just now is the time to have
this done, too, before the rush
begins.
We will carefully clean and
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make them as fresh, neat and
smart appearing as when new,
or we can dye them an entirely
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dyed a handsome black Is one
of our especially successful
lines.
Charlotte Steam Laundry
Carolina's Leading Cleaners
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But in any ease, the
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Why not use a cooking grease
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