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CHARLOTTE, DAILY, OBSERVER, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1909.,- EljctfljarlotteObsmifr. 4. P. CAIJOWKUb, D. A. TOXPKI2C&. Publisher. EVtRY BAY IN THt TftAK SUBSCRIPTION P1UCK; Daily One year Mix months lore moats Semi-Weekly One year Sue meat Vbree manic $$.00 4.'i0 i vJ Jl.Ofc FCIttilSalfcJtb' A.NSOlH-tt.M Ko. M Soutn Tryou street Telephone numbers. business f:;ce. Beii poone M;.JUtX eAlipr'- oilicc. iiei; i.ionr M. SSWS mAiX-tTm Oflice. Bii u.,uv t A subsrrloer A oidei.ng tne laartu of his parr changec. piene n.ao eats the a-aaies 10 wmci - at Ike time lie &.s tor m 1 be made Advertising rates are funU.hed on applioaUea. Advertisers may m. sure tna through ti.e cu.un.m "I -'' paper they may reac. ao Cr-ai'. and a portion of tr.e tx-st i,e.pi m this State and ur,per So-ti. r. i;i.& Thla paper :vci con esp-.r.jeiiis wide latitude at n th.r.ks pui l"'1" lcy ptrmiii. but it m in as" '- sponsible xor ikeu views I' i mucii preferred that -r.r:espor.crr.- their nanus to then mtice .-pe . ly la case where ir.ey s'v (..ihr.s or InstitutUne ir.o-jgr. ' .i . ' ' de manded. The ej ! oi r i v ea ' 1 ' r ' ' : to give the nan.ee of .-. ni ;.: ' whan they are decan-teu ' ' ,! Pee ef ps tonal ..! t.. " " celve consideration a n.jr.. a - must t eccon-.ps r. .r ' l: t: 1-J nam of th coirf pnr,tii-ni SATURDAY, MARCH lil. TVRIGGLIXG THAT IHVT IIIT.l The latest ex ue of ir.n 1 hi.:." Democrats" in the Hu.-e ,s t ,a: t).- : mutiny was esent.ali a re-, i gainst Mr Er a n The;. re. : . they say. the ir.lerer,-. ..: Peerless and took or as;.jr. i smI blow at the du tato; s: v m. :i h- - umes in all party nii'i.. A ' n. all the excutes yet gien. this is s. the limit, It goes even !. -n.l the n ouse that uonn action -the eolters. Why a.'ioul-i ..1 r 1 '-: i i Congressmen v ie to -e; j.e oi'e .is. nonlsm simply l.auw tne r"rlv ' -i-cus lacked authoi.ty. --r s::nily an a means of exprf sunir r'-ci ' n.-:. t '" ward Mr. Biyan" Their . . ire w oi-i have been equally wrong if neither th House Democrat' raucut- r.or .Mr. Bryan had ever existed -Mi Bry.m has much unwise and dktatotial --induct to answer for. but the win. propoae saddling him .m ie jnu Cannon bolt only expose turtiiet tne utterly Indefensible na'.ure of t h r position. We find The New Yoik Kvenn.i; Post summing up the slt jatloii m- .1 -rstely. "Very little pr!r.. lp.-" this i .t-errer notes, "entered li-f. the h.it gain between the Insurgent In itio r its i the Republican machine. Tin noble little band. under Mc 'arn-n leadership, struck not agamsl lirjsii. but for offices and power Th- fe-ir of losing fat committee v i ,i ;e -t-gla, the promise ot fat O'ltiiiiii'-' Jobs led New York. Long t nn jipart by difference in principle, th, in:: cratlc party has now shown thu: ; can be split apart by son! 1 in'erest. However poor a shn !n tli- i-ar! may make, if taken state by state, Its united representatives in t'onsre till made an impressive th-iw :iik. a party that is in a minority of 4; in a. body of 391 cannot l.e cnlled a ni-o ! bund party. But when that mir. -; ty stands ready to fail ar-ait on i-mai. Issues as well as birf. on a:.v le at all, If only it d-.-s l.iil ap.nr r k-ht in the fare of opportunity, its f -,,re i; dark Indeed. How 1-ng will t ! no mocracy continue to t-mul-ili- t!i i--v est forms of animal life w hi h n, jl'l ply by aplitilr.g ?" We cannot easily Imagine an-thlnn more sordid and lnex us,.M. action of the t e,-.t .v Democrats the iiem-i rac ed to Cannon and s.iv i h s Jc powers from ovo:h!' have their reward I: :i fitting, however, tha" as a they hereafter fr :tn a r, selves. In return f -r .'a-,n . and doubtless with virions as a secondary m -ti... i conducted themse!. i.si i reiualns to be see:, .:!.-: tltuencle at le.-t ' ...s. l-y MeCarren -r h- ' snd a half Uter dt a : they deserve. The Wades: -r . An - with a pari' f-a' ) J" attempt next t.. " ' n from Nortr ''jr ...t.a and The Obwrver t. as- a f defence ' . i " attempt will ! c ... Squire Boor.. :!.- a '.. fir Caroiinlan was a , e ' in his later d - s b. v oid t took care t . Ve ' ' heart of N-r-h '-.r-d:!.. a Successive hails sr . 1 1 .- v -p-ave th South Car.; r.a : st berth co. -istent w .: h nlence. ! 1 1 a : i h. ' ' "The woman s idea if n. . -. d us try Is to play idge w : -lug and night; her Idea of r. is to have some one ele t s .; ;- :: her." This fool ger.erai ..!.. tranjely enough, from rr Lot.,:, Abbott. Perhaps the l-ar-.n! d..-tor JiaS been spending too much tin.e in the literary cam par. y of those (,.rn:n "wiief"wlJO see little mere than cr.e eld Of OUT American V.te ar '. w ho ex press themselves accordingly. .The Observer quite agrees with XJr. Stephen B. Weeks that there Should be BO intolerance displayed in tipholdlnc (or attacking) the Meck- lenbarf Declaration of Independence. , We. 40 no think,, for example, that, Uf teacher should find himself plac ed ta TUj position of a teacher stems fenerations afro who stood prepared te teAeh the earth's roundness or fatness according as th school board might require. WHAT A STATE'S DIGGING DID. Few subjects possess mors impor- mm tanre for the United State and near ly every Stats than internal water way construction and Improvement. There can be very little doubt that the waterwaya of New Tork State 1 1 have been the chief Instrument proaiirins me great prosperity ana wealth of that State and in making! New York City the American metrop- I oils. ' Artificial Waterways and Com- i meroiid Development." a recent work, gives tomt excellent information upon ; the subject The mot: Important ci Nr l or s . ar..il( is the K.'.e. 3S1 mis long exactly the ilisunv from Charlotte tv Washington. It extet.ds (rum Buf falo t Albany and thence boats go to N vv V r k "( a i 1 i d . i n r i v c r . it itsel: a.'i immense id 'or . lui'tli.;! iif v e.. I rr. :l ' of N 'State ar.J tlie auricuitjie a h.jle ' st - ' roa cs w n l.i S'-w - -. ' :' j ri.per if la:. I a '.i hur ga 1 . h a. . is V ! k fr-irr, I - e ,fi N ci rum' , i 1 , 1 1 '. 1 ,i r.x"i. .-in : e.l. Tr.e n New Y.'l k , ir.e-I ti.e i v, Mcri j aii tale .is been i ier rale i' fB'' t-ne l.e ! -i f railway ,- 1 fre:g!.S to ail ,., 1 ,- : err . .- i.ei.erUed : e.- 1 : tie ' atMi .- err. t.er. r 1:1 n. I-'.-: n. Mat. e. o Vk - -al. I 1.1- , - 4. 1.1- per l ,-!... ; , . 'a 1 ried h lake ,, 1 to- . S!,nl and t iv 1 11 ' e w a - 2 ' I r. I een (i 01 1 ecej.l iS It &!t l-h tr.e let. 1.' nt ll.Olp 1 1 r. II U p a 1 h fl 1 1 1 o fac- Ht.d ! I.i- f-.-i- w ea 1 1 l,s w- j . r . 1 d ' 1 1 1 of N- V. Old :-d oir .d ..r ima-i:l' t"tnl exp-u . it Ir.W I'D- I I 1 r- e p-;- 1 it ' 1 ti of tie wis i ' tK its Hi 111 ' lor, w ft $ J. e 'jo Ti e. present vH,-u-a'i"n ' nearly y (mm 'kl 1 'l .c.-Mwl ai.ti.,ri 18 $X . (. TI.m S . nil II: I. 11 I.e-Iei urt-ol n, ei, l IIM . r.- ,ii Mie . hi.rii -.' w fin n c-miM fi'i-o.-oO m l-.ii Wl ilo ' -II' - I" 'I'- least Minimr, l1..- rnle -i tie, easily is (-0'e s Kte;it '- N'.-v1 in Iniporlan e to the I'ne ra- a. perhaps the 'han. plain r'f I loil-a lu leii).ih. ..n,e of Hi, oih- r. at- the tom-no 77 mile,; the 11 .0 k li'.-.-r. lis tn'len top '-unni;-). 1 - 7 inilee. a. id the ( ;n. -.-.- .illey. I - t !-. 1 ne , - 1 : . a tie th 1 lli.leag ..us i n.V rme.i th t h W'h Male is f . . . 1 r n t I I lit. .'.! of t ! nc -1 pop - i Vir-I t )n , it il'li was. lit it Pen nsyl v a n la onu, ' 1 cl ! i . , 1 1 . fo'llfl, N'W Vo '') that n.ii. 1 k. It 1 rta , I. i ;i i : .-S .-. 1 . - r -s i n irse :, i 1 : e the most 1 m pot - .a I a 11 1 . ..llillit-l -Ml i : n m 1 1 erla 1 pros ress. tm p: ! her opp or- ; In - v'- ie North an-i'tia sei -ns I ha.e lo-Kle !e,i 1-,-rs. Vetv York os the lest r.ires in the country. -n while North l-Kht I ' k.-.-p in I.lised. ' er w 1 1 s have I-' t i :. e e . ti neneft, ,1 X. .t The le-.on ! 1 'a ; -1 : na mil st tnak e a the hlijhest rates from Abroad artificial wa- r . It ed ( ;-rma ny and :n oi e than the, have Ytk tat- over h-re. of this " : I-I: I bv Stud plain that no one .-t. I -h t ' l IU A I II HI Ill s l'OK A.Ml'ltICA1 ' hi !ly .lift .-. d th it t he pro nil I n h. t It a 'i e 'a Incites i 1 is i ,-!! , -. d I-'. !. ail Y o' le i incut ui . s and will fail of en - the ..ti:-... k for public -rn'-s wo-. t h i n at j res--':.'- ' f - -ns' it u' i inn h I y : .. -n ..st !. . .iisnVnid t hi f a 'no 1 wl.h a the Stales h ' r- kept t . t hemsfl v is. ,-sa'es out of foltt-six lloW a n .- t i s. and s trie of s-. bo at lie that a substan- v th K.'deral government . i "i r 1 ' . 1 ti t he no. re of.--',.-.! Cat- Legislatures .-: h . . n . i 1 l . e pros' n t ' a - r hear l-o; d co m i - ' h , j . .1 ri. M itfs i.- . :: t '. e :ie 1 n tie- l -. . .- .. r. i : i . p . - I i n t t a x a 1 1 i n ' want to- f 1 p' e- w na t : . ..-.'.. n means s f a -- 1 r ' - h . ' V 1 1 -s rn a y ,i f: :-i ' !." f i t th it th.s v v ..-'.' - N . -.v Y : it i n I he t r s olh N i r ln Ne York ".' mes-Dispat b sub a of home Interest 'n i:y Fe 1. rnl '"-.s is 'i N .ill Carolina a r,d a -o i: . ie- same assess-e.1 a I ar.d personal prop--i Carolina taxes ihberl-:.-: tare than ,ts ric-gh-: :..i.ti V;re : n - a c ! !cc t- source J 2 C 4 1 as c.!!e.-ted by North v'Ri.d. with an assess- f r V. t -.5' t ( valuation only ahout one- : y about one- 1. . m .'ic. 1 IIU - llinilj dubS B- v cb larger than Virginia's and an : re mHde to an editor as to what he ,.- - a rate half as high, col- ! ought to say about this one. or that "ne v.re;nia amount four times !on !" editorial capacity how vu- nerable the puolic career, etc.. of of r. (ithr (iicrep.nciea are cited , ela)B. o, and when lho editor kindly '. show that like laws en this subject are adn..i.ii!ered by different States ;r. .try unlike manner. Wide dis Pain :es undotiutedly do exist, but or onteirp -rary's conclusions as re- zarrts the North Carolina and Virginia! - i r. nernaiit e uiei iiarui impiefsa us with much force. Investigation show that the-Virglnia la exempts lineal ancestors, lines! descendants, husband -or wife, brothers and sis ters; taxing all others five per cent. The North Carolina law exempts hus band or wife and exempts up to $2, 000 lineal ancestors or descendants. brotheri or sisters, and cases where there existed the mutual relation of parent and child; It taxes descend ants of brother or slater IVi per cent., unclea or aunts and their descendants three per cent., great-uncles and oth er like relatives four per cent., all otnera at rates Increasing progressive- ly from five per cent, on $2,000-15,000 to fifteen per cent, on amounts above J50.000. We should say that to reach any baaia for reasonab'v accurate comparison between the North Caro lina and Virginia laws Is almost out of the question. In Great Britain and most Euro pean countries inheritance taxes, un der various names, have lorg been regular feature of national finances, i the ocean b thei''1" in tne united states governmen has not only been j tal structure and traditional means of the in- ! raising revenue create decided diffl Vork j t ulties. It is not likely that any Fed ,,f the i eral Inheritance tax will be levied V. -i-' the raii- ! among us for some time to come. ;iai alle.e d it. the ; . .i.j.i tr.e Kr:e, ,n j We observe with pleasure that the this p'j.nt tlie I esteemed Associated Press is ortho Idox concerning the Meoklenburg Dec- ' 'ollaratlun. "The anniversary of this declaration of Independence," said the esteemed In a Washington dispatch dealing with Mr. Taft's coming on May 20, ' has been celebrated In Char- ; lotte for many years." i For a time Willie Whltla blotted out Charlie Taft from public recol lectior., but Charlie will come again. The only way for a boy to make sure of fame over any extended period Is to hustle around and get his father elected President of the United .States. P.-etidenl Eliot, of Harvard, hai said nothing tr ier slnce his Sout.iern "jtrlp lit-xan than when he remarked upon th- parsimony with which North ''arolina treats its ancient and splen didly useful University. That parsi mony is thoroughly discreditable. Cniifessi'illy l'ii(lvlrabln, uncord Tribune. Ha 1 11 - burners and kidnapers would. we lake it 'li-.s! ull'l I I., unlit t- be class-.! as undesirable. sir.'ibh-, v-ltlzens. A few jusiice and severely p in- i.-h.-d would hae a splendid effe. t. ml it seems that some sections ne.-d sin h a lesson in the case of the kid nape: while some others need the i'-ihoii applied to the barn-burners T he fellow who would steal the child for gain, bring Intense anguish to parents, and the sneak vvho would under coy.-r of darkness set fire to a l ain in which Is housed Innocent and helpl.-Ks dumb animals are ea' h de- serving of no ordinary punishment. W.;h barn-hunting the rule, 110 man is Mi.-, no home Is safe, property and life are always In Jeopardy and th strong aim of Hie law cannot be to str-.nK nor too vigorously applied in ither Instance. The authorities are 'o he .-ommended for vigor '.. c atch bn rn-lwirtii'-s and igorous efforts every citi- mu'-h lo the suppo.t of law m its elT oris to bring su.-ti skunks to lust'1". No one knot's where the blaze w ill b-x t start. lMl'illthto Pnihuc Irefe.rrcd. i loldsboro Headlight. Six of the hoard of aldermen. In spe. ia! session Friday night, adopted the pioposition of the Hitullthic Pom-pan-, to pave Walnut street. from James street to the new union depot, and give the ity five y ears in which I lo pay for same In annual tnstal i merits. A these payments will have ' to bo met by Increase of taxation, i and as our citizens in a recent mass ! meeting pi 'Hosted against such . "rough-shod" procedure, without sub- milling the pavinc plan to a popular ivnte, Aidcrmen (ieorge ('. Kornegiy and Lionel Weil Justly opposef) the proposit ion. which was also lgr.ore.-1 l.v the ninth ablet-man. Mr Walter P Wrenn. he being absent from the city. I raiii hlsp (iraoiiil to Southern Power and Traction Coniimny. State dispatch. Bui llrigton. Th' hoard of aldermen, at a special meeting held last Thursday nlghf, crantcd a franchise to the Southern: power nnd Traction Company t - en ter the city and furnish power to j plants using 2 0-horse-power or more, j This restriction to plants of 20-hors-- j power or mor was made because of '.be fact that the city owns Its light-i In; plant and has recently ordered necessary changes in the machinery in order to furnish day current and power for small enterprises. A Profitable Turkey. Rock Hill Record. Mr, W J Simpson, of the LessLii otiimunity, one of Y'ork county's most lrliable citizens and farmers, has a, turkey hen that can take the ptiz ' . ter anv'hing that we have heard of In the tin Key line. The hen is of the ; Bronze variety and last year she la 1! hoir dirf-reiit lots of eggs, set and; hatched a brood of young turkeys and 1 tins year in January she had started; ;.. laying and tip to Saturday morn'ng j had laid 37 eggs. If there is any one! vvho baa a turkey -Bronze or other) v ariety that can beat this record The j liei-. rd would like to hear It. IvIvvHi 109 Veara. Wax haw Enterprise. Lil.a Mitchell, a colored woman who lived at Steele Creek in Mecklenburg . ounty, died one day last week at the age of pis years. Her memory was iotive and she reca.led easily things of long ago. One of the occurrences which made a vivid impression on her mind was the notable fall of stars ln is 3.!, when h'T race thought the judg ment (lav had surely come but the . Id woman lived 76 years after that anil probably at the close of her ca reer she had ceased to expect to wit ness the dissolution of the material creation Why Not Be Your Own Editor. 1 Littleton News-RtDorter. ,. .. K .....uii... offers to the would-be writer the use of this columns, over the signature of the writer the opportunity to glv vent tc. pent up Iridlgr.atioa, the zeal for the public good becomes vapor and is no more. Why expect an editor to mcKe cnrSes lnal ,wu,a noi oars ... ., 1 . ..mi, avis I trr q In . 7 Can Von .Blame Him? Houston Post. A North Carolina negro died from the effects ot drinking blind tiger llcker. It seems, then, that there are some constitutions that cannot sur vive that Virginia, concoction of asafetlda, tobacco, juice, tannic acid snd wood alcohol. Is the North Caro lina stock deteriorating T POU SPEAKS 0NTHETAEIFF (Continued froca Page One). duties provided la the JDingley act, but they made their pie in vain; and they, even, tent ft Republican to Congress. ".No dou.bt, they had heard of what the Speaker of thla House told the voters 0 the Joplin district In Mis souri. By a very narrow margin they defeated one of the most useful Rep resentatives In this Chamber. Now, lo! and behold! the Speaker has fail ed to keep his word; and, even though a Republican has been sent here for only one term, however, I predict the committee has recom mended a radical reduction in the im port duty on mica. THE LUMBER SCHEDULE. "Likewise, Mr. Chairman, the Southern people are largely interest ed in the manufacture of lumber. We have a, perennial growth of tim oer. The present rate on sawed lum Der is only 12. 9 per cent., but your committee has felt constrained to cut ihis in half, thereby reducing the ad talorem rate to 6.47 per cent. Fos, the fiscal year ending June 30, 1S06, iha importation of lumber and the manufacture thereof amounts to a ..rifle more than $28,000,000, paying into tile treasury revenues amounting to $3,660,05 4. In the last campaign, throughout ihe length and bteadth of my dtate, it least, Republicans were warning every voter who owned a bunch of irees not to vote the Democratic tick et, because a Democratic Congreee would certainly reduce or remove this duty entirely. Everywhere the promise was made that a Republican Congress would see to it that the duty on lumuer should not be changed. "I am told by those engaged in the lumber business that a duty on one dollar per thousand, practically speaking, leaves them at the mercy ot the lurnnew manufacturers of Canada, that is, so far as the Kastern market is concerned. They insist that the present rate of $2 per thousand has only benefited them to the extent of enabling them to iind a market for their lower grades. in other words, ihey nay it enables them to clean up the cut of the tree. Why strike at ihete people.' Many of ihem voted jour ticket in the laist campaign. PERTINENT QL EHI U.S. ' W hy leave an average ad valorem impel t duty of 6S per cent on wool, while you reduce the average ad talorem on wood and Its luanuia. luroa from 16.05 pel cent, lo lu.4i per cent? If the manufacturer oi metals Is entitled to a protection of J6 15 per cent., as nrouosed bv this bill. la not the lumber man iifac, o re. entitled to the same consideration ? il the manufacturer of earthenware and glassware Is entitled to an aver age ad valorem duty of 5J. 13 per . ent., which is an actual Increase, by tvhat process of reasoning did you leel Justuied in reducing the aver age ad valorem rate on lumber from li-.thj per cent, to 10.42 per cent." OPPOSED ON PRINCIPLE. In concluding. Mr. Pou said. ' 1 hope e will live to see the day when1'." , " 88 ,rarm,r an'1 business and no America,, industry will nee.i any ', fhT, 1 m?n- Before he finished prot.-ction. 1 am opposed lo me pro-V m '?"fhlTnS he r"d uc.ive poiby on principl- it has ! ao "1 malnU"le Lamb " wlthvarl neter been possible to administer nudn 'd ,,, ' r,?tect,rtn b- a policy m a manner fair and just ''i al, f 1 i"'"'10"8 f0r all the people, i, is the old, old ry.lZTiZ prvaTbsn"' f " f"a" over again. If, b operation of law, , a dollar is put in one man s pocket, 1 er governor Vance finished that that dollar must be taken out of ih'm anf r-?ad 11 ln he Senate. It pock-t of another man. I regret that S receiv with shouts f laugh- the Uioe has not yet come when either; "' h u i n J, Senators -an- l-ny can consider the removal of all : reft rained swvVh .a"d f'M" duties The expense of running ', 1 m " Here government Is so large that a system1 ,' oi import duties is still necessary, but,1 'Z'r'nZt mt 'mn, the party to which I belong asks that To make its wool beyond Its worth In laying these duties, hs far as pos-J I3i log 56 per cent. sib!-. Injustice shall be done to no one f those who are really opposed p. tlila bill, in this chamber, unite, we can amend it as we see fit, or de feat it. Altogether, it is the worst tariff bill ever submitted for the con sideration of the jiierlcan Congress. This i.s a question which rises. or ought to rise, above party. The pass ing of a new tariff law always has a far-reaching effect upon the buslnessj if. ... .. .- - .i oi. i rr o'..B i myself. I earnestly wish it were pos-. slble to divorce the question fromj politics entireiy. I w ish It were pos-1 slble and practicable to submit -Jlie! whole question to some non-partisan ! body of men sworn to lay and adjust: ouues in ine mn'iwi "i an me r"i'"-, as nearly a.s possible, In the raising of revenue Business all over th-v land t waiting, while we are discuss-1 Ing the measure in this chnmber Let us not defer action any longer tha.n a proper oons!d.rs.tlon of such a meas ure requires. PRESIDENT'S VIEWS. "I venture one thing more. I do not believe the President is favorable to1 the schedules In thla bill, which kill competition and make the building up of monopoly all the more easy. The President Is broad arc' patriotic, and has publicly announced that he wishes a bill passed which will make favoritism and discrimination as near ly as may be impossible. If In stead of lowering these ridiculously high schedules, you permit them to remain as they are. while you Increase other schedules on the necessaries of life; If you permit your Standard Oil countervailing duty to remain, if you decline to change Section 29, "nirh robody understands, but which may take millions out of the Treasury; if you permit your direct Inheritance tsx. operating as a double tax ln ihlrtv-elsrht States, to remain un- changed; If you insist upon taxing encourage its efforts. Any section is tea instead of beer. I predict that youn !argely judged by Its local paper. The own President will never sign yourilocaI pap(,r ls usually what the peo- bill. Before It is too late, let us puiipie make it. No business can prosper aside all considerations of party policy j wm,out liberal support and we ask snd party advantage. It is all rightithe liberal support of the public In to be a good Democrat, it Is all rlgh to be a good Republican. It is better still to be a good American. EQUAL JUSTICE TO ALL. "If. in readjusting duties, some of our manufacturing Interests are re quired to meet a little competition from abroad. It is no Injustice to them. All that anybody has promised to do Is to levy duties high enough to cover the difference In cost here and abroad. Ncbody wishes to force American labor to compete with the pauper labor of Europe, but when you raise duties so high that they become prohibitive, you do an Injus tice to the wsge-earner and every body els as well, except the manu facturer who enjoys such favoritism! Too are. thereby, unjust to the treas ury of the people, and above all you raise the standard of monopoly. Equal snd xaetv Justice to all men; equality before the law; economy In the pub lic expense that th laborer may be lightly burden!; equal opportunity to all citiientt. States and sections these are the symbols that make a people or a nation great. It Is hard to rise above party, and yet when one does rise above party, political ene mies as well as friends applaud. The President has called us together to deal with a great question. Shall w legislate in behalf of special Interests, or for all th people of th nation? This Is th question now presented to very member ot : tae , Slxtrflit Contrresa." .'" ' A number of Democrats congratu lated Mr. Pou on his capital speech. Cham Clark told aim that it was just to the point Mr. Pou is on of the Democratic members of tlx ways and means committee. , 6enator and Mrs. Lee 6. Overman dined at th White House as the guests of President and Mra. Tait tonight. VANCE AND THE TARIFF. Reminiscence of One ot Use Great Statesman's Campaigns Hi Tariff Speech and the Parody on Mary and Use Lamb. To the Editor of Th Observer: This reminiscence of Governor Vance Is submitted to your discretion. It may be a dual pleasure to your readers. It will renew their pride in his statesmanship, patriotism and wit. It wjU bring; a merry response from those who hold to the Democratic policy of "tariff for revenue." And It is most timely; for ths na tion is in a sense standing still, await ing the action of the Congress, now proposing or pretending (?) to re vise the tariff. E. N. J. During Vance's life there was more than one movement among some man ufacturers to go over to the Republi cans upon the protection issue. In one of his iast campaigns, when Senator Vance reached a county in which there were many cotton facto ries, he was approached by a Demo cratic county leader, who said in sub slance: "We have a very r'ose fight In our county this year. The cotton mill peo ple, most of them, believe In protec tion but will vote with us on State is sues. I have come to request you not to discuss the tariff question here to day. It might drive oft votes." Tiie great war Governor, who was Hlwavs more noted for fortlter in re than for suavlter in modo, replied, substantially saying: "If most of your cotton mill people believe in protec tion, my duty is plain. I must speak on the tariff and give "them the trutn hat will destroy the sophistry by which they have been deceived. I could not be true to my duty to them, to myself, or to the party if I were to dodge here where preaching the truth seems to be needed." The local leader couldn't dissuade him from his purpose He told his friends "Governor Vance will not listen to reason and we will lose the county. Hs is determined to speak on (lie tariff." When the speech began. '."er.' er not a f9w among the par- I " wf were depressed. All ! , ! 1. ," m,u " and employers. I.. -affix-ted on the tariff, were out. The. governor plunged at once Into his subject. He told his audience that news had reached him that some of them were inclined to favdr protec tion the doctrine of the robber ba rons "that he may take who has the power, and he may keep who can" and he proceeded to make the great est tariff speech in North Carolina 1 " ' ,."BU ",s nearers with him. too. a p.uper girl across the sea Had one small lamb alto. Whose wool for less than half that sum Shed willingly let go. Another girl w-ho had no sheep. No stockings wool nor flax But money enough Just for to buy A pair without the tax, Went to the pauper girl to gt . - ; -'mo ne nom wool to siuel.1 her feet. And make her stockings m,t or fla But out of wool complete, "When Mary saw the girl s design sh straight besn to swear s'd ,make h',r ,u' hoth wool and tax r let on leS So bare. ' And so she cried: 'Protect tt pauper wool In free' Reform! If It will keep her legs both warm What will encourage me?' "So It was done and people said Where'er that poor girl went. nine leg was warm with wool and on With 5) per cent. "Now praise to Mary and her Ia..ib, v ho did tl scheme Invent. To clothe one-half a girl In wool And one-half In per cent. "All honor, too. to Mary's friend, And all protective acts. That clothe the rick In real' wool And wrap the poor ln tax." Entered Its 2th Year. Washington Progress. The Progress has passed Its 2Sd year and entered upon its !4th. It has stood all these years for those things that look to the betterment rif i.iii- muni T t ilflnHi trim ernA morals. tempeiance. education, clean ... ... ... politlcs and the Interest of the masses as against the classes, but with jus tice to all. It Is our Intention to, en large the paper and Its usefulnesa during the present year. It Is the duty of all to stand by the paper and order to enable us to enlarge the paper and make It more useful. A Whopper Turnip. Clinton Oaxette. Mr. Job M. Simpson brought to this office a few days ago a turnip, which for size and weight ls entitled to the championship. The vegetable ls of the White Egg variety and meas ures 32 1-2 inches in ciroumference, tipping the soales at IS pounds. If any one (Including our fine old Rock bridge friend, Mr. R. C Davis), can beat this, "ths polls are open," and we should be glad if they would com forward and vote. Mr. Simpson cer tainly knows how to grow turnlps-v of the biggest and best specimens at that as Well' as Tie knew how to throw the lariat when a cowboy out on the Western plains. A Hrdy Jf ijpenuii Houston Post. President Eliot gave an impressive Illustration last week of hie great physical strength and powers of en durance. He remained In Charleston four days and survived. In Sharp Contrast to Xorth Carolina. Charleston News and Courier. The instant that the Legislature ad journed, the people of South Carolina i began to use their Stat a av sanlta-1 rium (or nervous break-down. fwWi t mim .,1 ..in .II.IIII.I... -Id 1,' ' i " "''' KtMMlvMHMMII i Have You Eft Seems Like Every One Has. Of Course Many of Those Beautiful Hats Are Gone and Judging from What the Customers Tell Us Ours Is Head and Shoulders Above Any Previous Open ing Event Ever Held in Charlotte. This Is the Last Day. Just Come and Look That's AIL Extra Special Every one knows that 36-inch Colored Striped Linen Suiting at 25c. yard is cheap. They are here in all the new coors. 27-inch Colored Mercerized Linen Suiting in Plaids and Stripes 25c. yd. Hosiery Special A very thin Mercerized Lisle Stocking in all the lead ing shades, with wide garter tops. An extra special value at .- 25c. pr Just Arrived w A pretty line of Gold and Silver Mixed and Persian Belts 50c. to $2.50 each Swell line of Hand Bags $1.00 to $6.00 All colors in Silk Hosiery ..... .$1.00 to $2.00 pr. All colors in Short and Long Silk Gloves . .50c. and $1.00 pr. New Neckwear, in all the latest styles and shapes . . 25c. to $5.00 each A full line of Fancy Top Sox for Children. fcll MMIIIPiIIIIIIHlltt:i llMMIHIitl iimw 9mmmi9vmi Been to Our WD o
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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