THUK3DAY, MAUCH 21, 1907.
H, A. LONDON, Editor.
Much has been printed recently
in some of our State newspapers
about a "split" in the Democratic
party, and some writers hate gone
so far a3 to predict it with much
confidence. We fear that with
some "the wish was father to the
t.hmio-lit" and that they were
o - j
only predicting that which they
hoped for.
This biennial crv of alarm has
been made so often ' that it will
friorhtfm onlv those who wish to
o ,
believe it.' While there were differ
ences of opinion among Demo
crats in the last Legislature upon
several important measures there
pending, and the advocates and
opponents of such measures ex
pressed their sentiments fully and
forcibly, yet that is nothing new
or unusual. A brief review of our
legislation fov several sessions
past will prove that this threaten
ed split is not new and that dire
disaster ha3 often, before now,
been predicted to the Democratic
party in this State.
Let us begin with he Legisla
ture of 1899, the first after i'usi j
rule had nearly ruined our go u
old State. When the proposition
to disfranchise the negro voters
was first made in that Legislature
(in 1899) there was a wide differ
ence of opinion as to its policy or
expediency. Jlany predicted that
it would be defeated if such an
amendment to our constitution
was proposed, and confidently
predicted dire results to the Dem
ocratic party The result has
proved how unfounded was such
a predictiou.
Take the next Legislature and
see how the predictions about its
course were not fulfilled. That
body was called upon to impeach
two of our Supreme Court Judges.
After a long and animated debate
in the House that body adopted a
resolution to impeach the judges.
Many predicted that if the judges
were impeached the Democratic
party would suffer greatly, while
others as confidently predicted
that the party would be nearly
ruined if the judges were not im
peached. This question of im
peaching the judges excited the
people all over the- State, some'
strongly advocating it and others
strongly opposing it, each side
predicting dire results if the oth
er side prevailed. The result pro
ved how unfounded were these
predictions, and, in the nomina
tion and election of our candidates
since that time, nobody has ever
thought of, or cared to know,
whether the candidate was in fa
vor of or opposed to impeachment.
In the next Legislature (1903)
the temperance question threaten
ed (as some feared) a "split" in
our party. Day after day both
branches of that body discussed
with much warmth the various
temperance bills, that had been in
troduced, and 'finally when the
Watts act was passed its oppon
ents confidently predicted disaster
to the Democratic party It is
needless to say that this predic
tion also proved false.
The Legislature of 1905 was
divided on the question of pass
ing the "Ward bill and, its op
ponents predicted disaster to our
party if it was passed. It was pas
sed and all men know how un
founded, was this prediction. So
that it will be seen that the four
Legislatures immediately precd
ing our last discussed measures
which were predicted would cause
a split in our party, and yet we
had a larger majority in our last
Legislature than ever before!
Let a"ll Democrats bear in mind
that "We be brethren" and act
accordingly. Let none do or say
anything that, may even tend to
the disruption of our good old
party, upon whose supremacy de
pends the good government of
our State.
' Geoveij Cleveland, the only
living ex-president of the United
States, celebrated his 70th birth
day on last Monday. By an order
of Mayor McClellan, the national,
State and city flags were run up
on the New York 'City hall flag
staffs in honor of America's most
dirtinguished citizen in private
life, a compliment which is said
not to have been paid to any oth
er private citizen in the last half
century;
A yerv sensational. trial, and the
first of its kind ever held in this
State, has just been held at Eliza
beth City. It was thetrial of i
white man, named Joshua Har
rison, upon the charge of kidnap
ping Kenneth Beasley, a young
son of Mr. S. H. Beasley, of- Cur
rituck county.
Two years ago the boy sudden
ly disappeared when going home
from school in the neighborhood,
and nothing has ever been heard
of him since, although his' father
has expended a srood deal of
money and made every eflo.rt try
msr to nncl nim. Harrison was
suspected of kidnapping (and
probably murdering) the boy be
cause of certain threats which he
had made against Mr. Beasley.
Among the lawyers employed
by HaiTison to defend him were
the only two living ex-governoi
of this State, Jarvis and Aycock,
which fact of itself would make
this a notable trial, even if the
crime ltseit was non without a
Drecedent in this State.
Our "little brown brothers" in
he Philippines will be allowed to
cast tneir first ballot on the 30th
of next Julv. On that day will be
lelcl the preliminary election for
he Philippine Assembly, which
will consist of eiirhtv-one mera-
ers, or one delegate for each
linety thousand inhabitants of
the islands.
This assembly will correspond
to the House of Bepresentatives
in Congress, and the Philippine
Commission will correspond to
the Senate. The members of the
assembly will be elected for a term
of two years. This election will
be a" new sensation for the Filipi
nos, who have not heretofore par
ticipated in an elective govern
ment. Thousands of these Filipi
nos, who vote for the first time
next July, are highly educated and
are fully competent to vote and)
yet for eight years they have been
denied that privilege by' the same
political party, which gave the
right to vote to. thousands of ne
groes just emancipated from slav
ray! Chief Justice Walter Clark has
just completed the pub...- itiou of
the state and colonial records.
These record's embrace twenty six
volumes, ten of which were com
pleted by Colonel Saunders at
whose death fifteen years a?o
Judge Clark took up the work and
brought to a successful comple
tion. This valuable publication
will ever stand as a monument to
the patriotic and indefatigable
labors of Judge Clark, who in the
midst of other numerous duties
has given freely of his time and
pen, without any compensation
whatever, to the preservation in a
substantial form of much of our
State's true history.
March Grain Report.
From The Crop Reporter.
The Crop Keporting Board of
the Bureau of Statistics of the
Department of Agriculture, from
the reports of the correspondents
and agents of the Bureau, finds
the amount of wheat remaining in
farmers' bauds on March 1 to have
been about 200,044,000 bushels,
or 28.1 per cent of last year's crop,
as compared with 158,403,000
bushels, or 22.9 per cent of 'the
crop of 1905, on hand on March 1,
190G, and 20.1 par cent of the crop
of 1904 on hand at the correspon
ding date in 1905.
The corn in farmers' hands is
estimated at about 1,298.000,000
bushels, or 44.3 per cent 'of last
year's crop, against 1,108,000,000
bushefs, or 40.9 per cent of the
crop of 1895, on hand on March 1,
1900, and 38.7 per cent of the crop
of 1904 on hand at the correspon
ding date in 1905-
Of oats there are reported to be
about 384,401,000 bushels, or 39.8
per cent of last year's crop, still
in farmers' hands, as compared
with 379,805,000 bushels, or 39.8
per cent of the crop of 1905, on
hand on March 1, 1905, and 38.8
per cent of 1904 on hand at the
corresponding date in 1905.
Pay of Canal Chiefs.
Washington, March 1G. The
President today issued an execu
tive order fixing the compensation
of Majors Sibert and Galliard, of
the army, and Civil Engineer Bos
seau of the navy, as members of
the Isthmian Canal Commission.
Each of these officers is to receive
$14,000 a year, including their
present pay as officers and in ad
dition each will be allowed the
use of a furnished dwelling on the
isthmus, and will be paid their
actual and necessary expenses
white away from the isthmus on
official business. Chief Engineer
Stevens broke all records March
14, when he removed 35,000 yards
of material from Culebra cut.
Washington Letter.
From Our RegularOorreapondent.
Washington, March 15, 1907.
Although the session of Con
gress just ended established a
new record in the number of bills
passed, probably also set a new
mark for the number of measures
it "turned down." Probably nev
er before in history were there
such a number of bitter fights on
questions of public importance as
marked the fin,al days of the Fifty
ninth Congress. Among the most
bitter of these clashes was that
over the ship subsidy bill, which
passed the House only to meet its
usual fate in the Senate. Among
the other more prominent victims
of the legislative axe were the
child labor bill, the revision of
the copyright law, tariff reform
for the Philippines, citizenship
for Porto liicans, inheritance tax,
creation of forest reserves in the
White and Appalachian moun
tains, the eight-hour and the
prison-made goods bills. Em
balmed in committee rooms are
numbers of other measures, from
which all vitality has sped. Al
together, despite the great activi
ty of the short session, probabty
more measures fell before the on
slaught of enemies .than ever ' be
fore in the same space of time
within the halls of Congress.
Evidently the American people
are awakening to tne necessity
of the conservation of the forests
and the establishment of new
ones. Such srreat interest lias
been aroused in the. subject that
the forest service has been com
pelled to add considerably to its
publications. In addition to the
fourteen bulletins . and circulars
dwelling on the general principles
of forest conservation and replace
ment, the service has just issued
twenty-four special circulars, or
eatlets, treating of specific trees.
It is adding to this series sixteen
more documents treating particu-
arly of trees adapted to conditions
in tne middle west, lliese will
be ready within a very short time.
Although Congress at the last
session passed an appropriation
bill carrying approximately b87,-
000,000 for the improvement of
he waterways of the country, the
national sautiment in favor of ra-
oidlv and scientifically develop-
ug these channels of trade has
frown so remarkably that a num
ber of states have made specific
appropriations to hasten the work.
Word has just been received here
hat Oregon has appropriated
;300,000 to aid the federal govern
ment acquiring the locks and ca
nal at Oregon City, with a view
making the Willamette liner
absolutely free to commerce.
These western states realize that
money paid out in this way is a
direct investment that will return
mmediate interest in the shape
of reduced freight rates. In addi-
ion, every citizen shares in the
benefits derived from this cheap
ened transportation, for it affects
primarily the price of the neces
saries of life. Grain growers are
enabled to market their products
at a much more reasonable rate,
hus enabling the baker either to
increase the size of his loaf or de
crease its cost. Ihe same condi-
ion extends to all lines of pro
duction and thus the initial bene
fits of reduced transportation tolls
are multiplied and effect all class
es of people. At the convention
of the .National luvers and Har
bors Congress held in this city in
December, the state of Oregon
sent ten delegates, neaded by
Governor Chamberlain, to work
with the organization to the end
hat the federal government
should provide an annual appro
priation of 50,000,000 for the na-
ional work of development. This
national organization is continu-
ng its efforts along this line, and
at the present time is seeking- to
increase its membership so that it
may exert even greater influence
with the Sixtieth Congress.
Considerable interest is being
taken here in the reported boom
for Jesse B. Grant, the young son
of President Grant, for the head
of the democratic ticket in 1908.
Grant is said to have considerable
of the force of his famous father,
and leading democrats here think
that any hopes their party may
have of success in the coming
campaign will disappear in the
smoke of battle should the Grant
and Bryan booms clash. It is
said here that William II: Hearst
is behind the Grant movement, a
contention that is strengthened
by the fact that Itoger C. Sullivan,
democratic national committee
man for Illinois, and Charles A.
Walsh, who recently resigned the
position of secretary of the demo
cratic national committee, are
both in New York in close confer
ence with Mr. Grant and Mr.
Hearst. The situation is being
watched over with much interest,
especially by the dozen or so ,.of
"receptive candidates" for the re
publican nomination who live and
have their being within the shad
ow of the White House.
The Rockingham County Chap
ter Daughters of the Confederacy
is arranging to place an order for
a Confederate monument at Beids
ville. Dr. Jas. Dinwiddie has announ
red his retirement in June next as
!president of Peace Institute. '
; -. ,
Eighteen Perished in Fire. j
. Wheeling,' W, Va., March 1G.-
Eighteen persons are known, to
have lost their lives in the early
morning fire that occurred today
at the plant of the WarWick Pot
tery Company, which is located
I in the flooded district.
Because of the water surround
ing the burnecTdistrict it was im
possible for the fire apparatus to
reach the scene. The firemen pres- '
sed into service all the boats that '
could be secured and carried the
lines of hose to the burning build-f
ing by this means. They did hero-
ic work and not only fought the .
fire but assisted in rescuing many
persons.
A Collision in Tssniie!. j
Ashevilie, March 18. A col i is. 1
ion between a work train and the
first section of freight train No.
73 in the west end of Swannanoa
tunnel resulted in the slight inju
ry to several trainmen, the derail
ment of two engines, damage to
four cars and the delay of passen
ger trains from Salisbury. Ac
cording to the facts given out by
the officials of the road the work
train was backing, up the moun
tain, folio ived by the first section
of No. 73. The work train stalled
at the west end of the tunnel and
No.73 ran into it.' Both engines
were derailed and several .train
men bruised and slightly injured.
Woman Fatally Burned.
Special tr News and Observer.
Warsaw, N. C, MarchiG. Miss
Tammie Gore who resides near
here, went out in the field where
some parties were burning brush
on Thursday. Her clothing caught
fire and she was burned in a hor
rible manner. Mr. Luther Guy
and his mother were near and they
were badly burned on the hands
and face in the attempt to put out
the flames. "
Miss Gore lived until this morn
ing at 3 o'clock when death re
lieved the awful suffering.
Prisoner Becomes Lecturer.
Abilene, Kas.. March 1G. Ex
Senator Joseph B. Burton, who
is expected to return to his home
here next week from Irontou, Mis
souri, where he is now in jail ser
ving a six months' sentence, has
engaged the local theatre for
March 23, when he will deliver a
public address. Senator Burton
has for some time threatened to
expose those whom he charged
with being responsible for his
conviction aud it is said that his
speech will prove sensational. Mr,
Burton will be-released from Iron
ton jail on March 22.
Ccy Murderer Acquitted.
Gulfport, Miss., March 14.
Fred BiaiikeiisliipjHged nine years,
who for more than a year has 'been
resting under a murder charge,
waited from the court-room today
a free boy, the jury acquitting
him in five minutes. Attorncv
Heni'y Mayben, whom the lad had
employed with money he earned
himself picking cotton, made an
eloqiK-nt argument in his behalf.
Serious Disaster in Gerimn Mine.
Forbad, Germany, March 1G.
An explosion of fire damp in the
coal mine at Kleiurosselu, near
here, lust niirht, resulted in the
death of G5 miners and the injury
of 12 others. Ihe disaster oeuur
red i !tv;3ii 10 and 11 o'clock in a
small gallery in which 80 miners
were' at work. Three of the men
are still missing.
On the'9;h of May the fifth an
nual commencement of the Uni
versity Medical School will be
held at Chapel Hill and Dr. Geo.
W. Long, of Graham, will deliver
the address. There will be 11
graduates.
Four more lad direct from
Scotland have arrived at ilaleigh
and been assigned by Secretary
Bruuer, of the Agriculjural De
partment, to different points in
the State. More will sail for North
Carolina in a few days.
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are vnot an unprejudiced jude. 3
really 'don't think' I'm such a very
.good, ham-merer."-'
"Oli, he knew what I meant," said
Mr. Morse cheerfully.- ."You know
lightning never strikes twice in the
same pbee. they say." '
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