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TU.UR3DAY, NOV. 21, 1907.
EL A. LONDON, Editor.
Oklahoma is now a full-fledged
state. On last Saturday President
Roosevelt signed the proclama
tion formally admitting the new
state, as prescribed by the act of
Congress. He signed the procla
mation with a pen made of a
feather plucked from the wing of
an American eagle. On the same
day the recently elected governor
of the new state was duly inaugu
rated with great rejoicing, includ
ing a grand parade and big bar
becue. This new state is destined to be
one of the greatest of all the
states. It has already a popula
tion of one million and a half,
which seems almost incredible
when it is recalled that only seven
teen years ago the territory of
Oklahoma was first opened to
white settlers. Its capital city
now has a population of nearly
50,000, which is larger than the
population of any city in North
Carolina.
Oklahoma is Democratic by an
overwhelming majority, the State
Senate having 39 Democrats and
5 Republicans, and the House of
Representatives having 119 Dem
ocrats and 17 Republicans. The
State. constitution of Oklahoma is
the longest of all other state con
stitutions, making quite a book,
and contains many new provisions
not found in the constitution of
any other state.
Among the provisions of Okla
homa's constitution is the prohi
bition of the manufactuie and
sale of any kind of intoxicating
liquors. Another provision is
that in all civil cases, and in
criminal cases, less tbau felonies,
three-fourths of a jury may ren
der a verdict, instead of the assent
of all twelve.
But the most striking and im
portant feature of Oklahoma's
long constitution is the unusual
powers reserved to the people and
the checks laid upon the leg
islature, which can hardly be call
ed a representative body, as any
law passed by the legislature can
be repealed by a vote of the peo
ple. This unusual clause of the
constitution is in these words:
"The legislative authority of
the state shall be vested in a legis
lature, consisting of a Senate and
House of Representatives; but the
people reserve to themselves the
power to propose laws and amend
ments to the constitution and to
enact or reject the same at the
polls independent of the legisla
ture, and also reserve power at
their own option to approve or re
ject at the polls any act of the
legislature."
Oklahoma has thus put in full
force the much ridiculed "initia
tive and referendum" that was
advocated by the Populists a few
years ago. Indeed the above
quoted clause of Oklahoma's con
stitution reserves more power to
the people than that embraced in
the initiative and referendnm, for
it reserves to the people not only
the power to propose and make
new laws but also to reject, by
their direct"vote, any law passed
by the legislature. The practical
workings of this unusual clause
of 'Oklahoma's constitution ' will
be watched with much interest all
over the United States.
The financial condition in New
York is greatly relieved. The im
portation of nearly fifty million
dollars in gold (as mentioned last
week) was a great help, and now
the Secretary of the Treasury has
relieyed the stringency by the is
suing of fifty million dollars worth
of Panama canal bonds and one
hundred million dollars worth of
Treasury certificates. The issuance
of these bonds and certificates
will add jast that amount to the
c ireuLitingj currency, and it is
hoped will enable all lines of
business to resume their normal
condition. One immediate etfect
of the Secretary's announcement
was an increase of Si. 21 k bale in
the price of cotton. "
Hon. William Jeuninys Bryab
lias at last formally announced
that he will accept the nomination
next year as the Democratic
candidate for President, but thai
he will make no effort to obtain
the nomination.
Whether or not Mr. Bryan will
be the most available' candidate is
l matter that should be seriously
I considered by the Democrats of
the United States.' Much can be
!said for and also against his
nomination and circumstances
may arise between now and the , Mr . Kooseve tfg renominated the
date of nomination that will clear j solitary hope of Democratic sue
up the situation and enable the cess lies in a new man, other than
party to make no mistake. The
matter should be discussed and
decided without, passion or pre
judice. About eight months will
elapse before the nomination will
be made, and in that time much
may happen to change men's
minds.
It is argued in favor of Mr.
Bryan's nomination that Roose
velt has adopted and is advocat
ing any of he principles and
measures which Mr. Bryan first
advocated; or in other words has
"stolen his thunder". It is also
arguedand generally admitted)
that Mr. BrjTan has a larger per
sonal following than any other
Democrat, and he is undoubtedly
a man of great ability and hones
ty of purpose. On the other hand
it is argued against his nomina
tion that having already been de
feated twice by overwhelming ma
jorities, that fact would injure
his chances of election . Then
again his position on "government
ownership of railroads", will dam
age materially his chances of
election.
- 1 ttiioiiNT RooseveP has in
vited the Governors of all the
States and Territories to meet
him in Washington next May, to
discuss the question or means to
conserve the national resources
of the country. In his letter of
invitation the President states
that our natural resources, great
as they have been, are being de
pleted and in not a few cases are
already exhausted. The subjects
to be considered at the proposed
confernece include the use and
conservation of the mineral re
sources; the resources of the land
and of the waters in every part of
the United States.
Such a conference is very timei
ly and the subjects for its con
sideration are very important.
Confidence is all that is need-
ed
to relieve the stringency in tin
financial condition. As has be
mi.) frequently stated, there i
more money now in the United
States than ever before, but the
trouble is that people have be
come frightened at nothing and
are hoarding their money and not
allowing it to circulate. Of course
money that is hoarded does no
body any good, therefore the best
way to relieve the stringency is
for people to let their money cir
culate. The truth is that over
ninety per cent of business is and
has been transacted for many years
on credit, that is with paper rep
resenting money, and not with
money itself.
An election was held last week at
Scotland Neck upon the question
of saloons or prohibition in that
town, and prohibition prevailed
by a majority ot six, after a very
exciting campaign.
Encouraged by this victory and
the great victories at Asheville and
Wadesbord, the prohibitionists at
Wilmington are preparing for an
election to be held in that citv.
where there are over sixty saloons
and the whiskey element is very
influential.
Bayboro Sentinel: Last week.
Grover Paul, of Alliance, and Lu
ther Balangia wuh others were
over tu Adams Creek on a bear
and deer hunt. The party were
separated and each was going
around through the thick under
growth, when Groyer Paul heard
a noise near by and, stopping, dis
covered something shaking the
thick bushes which he took to be
a bear and fired on it. It proved
to be young Balangia whom he
had shot and killed almost in
stantly. Balangia lived about 30
minutes. The shooting was pure
ly accidental and Grover Paul is
almost crazy over the mishap.
Nashville Graphic; Mr. T. J.
Braswell, of Castalia, was in the
city this morning. He informs us
of the horrible burning of the lit
tle three-year-old child of Mr. and
Mrs. Mack Davis, near Castalia,
Tuesday. The child was playing
near a stove, when its clothing
became ignited and when the
mother, who heard its screams,
came into the room the little one
was literally roasted, and lived
only a short while.
The Jity authorities of Ashe
ville have passed an ordinance
forbidding boys, under twenty
one years, old, from smoking cig
arettes. The penalty is a fine of
5 for each offence.
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Washington Letter.
rrrom Our Regular Correspondents
Washington, D. C, Nov. 14
The report comes to Washiug-
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Bryan, and a new platform, while
others are equally insistent that
in the renomination of Mr. rloose
velt lies the salvation of the
Democratic party, as it will sure
ly place Mr. Bryan in the execu
tive chair. Among the latter class
of prognosticators ih Washington
the recent utterance of Mr. Heury
Watterson, the editor of a promi
nent Southern Journal", who de
clares that the vpry thought of a
third term is treaswn, and that "if
through any machinations of po
litical conditions, or any conspir
acy of party machinery, it could
present itself as an actuality, the
people will rise en mass, especial
ly in New England, and crush it
as a
giant
misrht crush an
shell," is being quoted as gospel
truth.
Mr. Bryan's recent declaration
in favor of immediate tariff re
vision is welcomed by Democrats
in Washington who believe that
it will serve to emphasize the ut
ter incapacity of the Republican
party to deal with the tariff mon
ster, which it has of itself created.
Already there are indications of a
lively rowvin Ltepublican ranks.
Representative Barton of Ohio,
has announced his intention to
resign the chairmanship of the
committee on rivers and harbors.
He contemplates this step because
he believes that he is entitled to
and hopes to force the Speaker to
appoint him to the vacancy on
the ways and means committee
created by the defeat of Repre
sentative Grosvenor of Ohio. The
Speaker, however, cares nothing
for the fact that Mr. Burton is
entitled to.this recognition and is
determined that he shall not have
it because Mr. Burton has es
poused the cause of the President
and Secretarj' Taft, both of whom
favor revision. Like all ardent
protectionists, Mr. Cannon is first
a ''stand-patter and with him jus
tice has to take its chances after
the protected industries have been
duly prouived for.
The State of Oklahoma which
will be admitted to the union on
Saturday next, is the first Demo
cratic State to come into the union
in sixty-two years, or since Texas
was admitted. And it will have
a greater voting strength in Con
gress aud in Presidential elections
because of the fact that it is the
lamest State in population ever
admitted to the union. It is a
source of infinite satisfaction to
Democratic politicians in Wash
ington that it comes in just at a
time when the party most needs
it to save the Democracy in the
United States Senate from the
disgrace of falling below one
third of the membership of that
body. With the two Democratic
Senators from Oklahoma, the
Democrats will again have one
moie vote than the one-third nec
essary, and if united, the party
will have u unlimited veto power
in the consideration of treaties.
Although entitled by its popula
tion to seven members of the low
er houae, Oklahoma will have but
five, and of those five members
four are Democrats and one is a
Republican.
A call for the Democratic cau
cus, which will assemble in the
hall of the House on the evening
of November 30th, at S o'clock,
has been issued by the chairman,
Representative Henry of Texas.
The expectation is that' John
Sharp Williams, of Mississippi,
will again be chosen minority
leader and it is probable that few
changes will be made in the partv
personnel of'offices. Mr. Williams
has made a decidedly capable
leader of the minority and it is
expected that with fifty more
Democrats at his back in the forth
coming Congress, he will make
an even belter showing during
the coming winter.
The financial situation,, is no
longer the chief topic of conver
sation and discussion at the Cabi
net meetings because of the'steady
and wholly satisfactory improve
ment in conditions throughout
the country, and particularly in
New York the outlook is greatly
improved. According to the Sec
retary of-the Treasury the fact
that money is now beinr sent to
the West freely throu-'hthe usual
channels, indicates, better than
anything else, that the stringent
conditions which have prevailed!
recently are easing up. j
The Royal Luncheon. j
Windsor, Eng., Nov. 17. To- j
day will lonir be remembered in j
Windsor as the occasion of an j
event probably unique in history:
at Windsor jastle a luncheon was
served in the St; tediniug room to
a party consisting of three kings,
five queens aud 16 princes and
princesses. The roval guests were
the King and Queeu of England,
tne Jimperor and iutnpress of Ger
many, the King aud Queen of
Spain, the Queen of Portugal and
the ' Queen of Nor way. Several
interesting photographs 'of the
group of monarch and then' of
the entire party were taken.
Thev are calling the rliiA liilla
and certified checks tho brinks are
issuing to Hd over the panic,'
"Iiooseeit u reuoy."
THE WORLD AND THE LOVER.
An Old Proverb That Is Exceedingly
Open to Question.
The whole world is proverbially
said to love a lover. Like most pro
verbial statements, this one is ex
ceedingly open to question. ( In fact,
all the evidence seems flatly the
other way. On what data, one won
ders, did the old proverb maker
base his dictum? Surely not on
the great love stories. The world,
with its appetite for vicarious ex
citement, likes well enough to
watch the tragic spectacle .-of a
great passion. Incapable of great
feelings itself, it thrills to the
drama of them in others. It even
applauds their lawlessness, and can
onizes their audacity. All the same,
it will not raise a finger to help
while' the story is in the malQng,
but, on the contrary, . does every
thing in its power to persecute and
impede. The moment Romeo and
Juliet are safely dead in each oth
er's arms the world is voluble with
its sympathy, but not till' it is quite
sure that its sympathy can be of no
possible service to the lovers. While
sympathy would be of some use, the
world, which is the embodied cow
ardice and cant of humanity, stands
firm with Montague and Capulet,
seniors. If the lovers win, well and
good. No one has ever denied that
the world loves success, though it
has always consistently done its
worst to prevent it. Yes, the world
loves successful love, as it fawns on
anything that has conquered it. It
loves also pity that costs it nothing.
But that it loves a lover, for love of
love, is simply not true. If it were
true, there would probably have
been no love stories, for the drama
of love has mostly come of the con
flict between the lovers and the
world. They had to count the world
well lost to win each other. It was
so in the days of Tristan and Iseult,
and so it still is in the days of Ru
dolph of Bavaria. Richard Le Gal
lienne in Smart Set.
Life of a Watch.
The lifetime of a good watch,
says Amateur Work, is fifty years.
In its daily duties the balance vi
brates 18,000 times every hour,
432,000 times a day, or 157,G80,000
times a year. The hairspring makes
a similar number jf vibrations and
an equal number of ticks from the
escapement.' If it' is really a good
watch, multiply 157,6S0,000 by 50,
which gives 7,884,000,000 pulsa
tions in fifty yearf. The chances
are that the watch may even then
be in serviceable condition. This is
a marvelous record, considering the
small quantity of food that, has been
consumed by its constant action.
We say food because whatever la
bors must be fed, and the watch
'lives" on about sixteen inches of
mainspring every twenty-four hours,
which furnishes the power.
His Hereditary Foe.
An Irishman, a Scotchman and
an Englishman on the unemployed
list were once tramping the coun
try in search of work. On coming
to a field of turnips they took sev
eral in order to appease the pangs
of hunger. For this they were
dragged before the judge, .lio took
a lenient view of the ' ase. Before
sentencing each to twelve lashes on
the bare back he agreed to confer
a small favor according a? each re
quested v The Englishman asked the
favor of his overcoat, the Scotch
man his own as well as that of the
Englishman, while the Irishman,
easting a sly glance at the judge,
said, ''May it please your honor, I
would just like the Englishman
across mv back."
Fir.do it Even.
Curran, when master of the rolls
in Ireland, was going one day to a
levee at the castle. ' There was a
great press of carriages, when all at
once he was startled by the pole of
the carriage which followed him
crashing through the back of his.
He hastily put his head out of the
window, crying to his coachman:
"Stop, stop! The pole of the car
riage behind is driven into us."
"Arrah, then, it's all right again,
your honor," said Pat, "for I've just
Sruv my pole into the carriage be
fore." Dividing a Journey.
An Englishman was sent out on a
journey to take a parcel to a place
about twelve mile3 from Maldon,
Essex, a little town near the coast.
As he started rather late in the day
his master was surprised to see him
back soon after, dark. "You surely
haven't been there and back," his
employer said ' to him. "No, no,
master," the man replied; "I -got
halfway theer, and it began to git
dark, so I com'd back ag'in. I'll
goo t'other half termorrer."
Generosity.
Eebecca, aged five, who claimed
a handsome, heavily bearded young
man, a neighbor, for a sweetheart,
was asked by a young lady if she
would not give her a claim also on
the young man. - -
"No," said Rebecca positively; "I
want him all to myself." '
"But won't you give me a part of
him just a little bit ?" pleaded the
young lady. "You see, I haven't
any sweetheart."
"Well," answered Rebecca, delib
erating and somewhat softened -by
the appeal, "you may 'have his
Whiskers." Harpers Weekly.
ODD CASE OF COMBUSTION.
Rosebushes Shipped In Wet Moss AN
most Burned Up.
A peculiar case of spontaneous
combustion or something like it is
described by a writer in Cassiers
Magazine. 1
On Feb. 17, 190G, two large re
frigerator cars of young rosebushes I
were received at Hannibal, Mo., from
a nursery in California. They were
shipped in wooden cases containing
numerous auger holes for. ventila
tion and were carefully, packed wiih
wet sphagnum, or California swamp
moss, to prevent chafing and t.o sup
port their vitality.-
No ice was put in the cooling
tanks, and the covers of these as
yell as all other openings in the
cars were closed as. tightly as possi
ble. The cars were ten days . in
transit. The outside n temperature
was 60 degrees F. at the start and
15 degrees at the end of the trip.
Upon arrival steam was issuing
from every crevice of the cars.
Upon removing the tank covers it
rushed out in large volume. The
doors were opened, and ice was put
in the tanks. The free circulation
of cold air soon cooled the contents
of the cars.
In unloading it was discovered
that some of the upper layers of
boxes were badly damaged by heat,
which naturally was most intense
near the top of the cars. No signs
of actual combustion were found,
but this would probably have oc
curred in a short time had not the
cars been quickly cooled.
The temperature must have been
nearly up to the burning point, as
many of the green stems of these
plants were black and brittle.
Wet sawdust in large quantities
frequently becomes very warm in
the interior even when exposed to
winter weather in fact, the lower
temperature of the atmosphere the
hotter usuallv the sawdust. .
Origin of Dollar Mark. ,
"Every American knows the
meaning of the dollar mark, but in
the urgent quest for that which it
represents few ever take time to
learn its origin," said a bank clerk
the other da'.
"After a careful search of several
books," he continued, "I have found
that it was originally the figure 8
and wao first used to denote dollars
by Alexander Hamilton. This gen
tleman, it is well known, lived for
a number of years among Spanish
people, and it is from them. he de
rived the use of the figure as a sign
for our dollar. In a Spanish dollar
there are just eight pieces, and
when prefixed by a Spaniard to a
number it signifies so many times
eight pieces. The two lines were
afterward drawn through to distin
guish it from other figures." New
.York Press.
Miraculous Eggs.
A correspondent calls to mind an
incident in the life of Professor An
derson, "the wizard of the . north,"
says the London News. Walking
through the butter and egg market
in Aberdeen, he bought, one egg
Trom an old woman with a basket
ful, lie cracked the shell on the
spot and extracted a sovereign,
which he calmly put in his pocket.
He asked for another egg and took
another sovereign from it. The
wizard then asked, "How much for
the basket?"
"Na, .a! Ye'll get nae mair,"
was the reply, as the saleswoman
swung the basket on her arm and
rushed home to break every egg she
had.
She found them all nice and
fresh, and the wizard sent her one
of his sovereigns.
Training School Located.
Greensboro, Nov. 19. The com
mittee appointed to select a site
for the SkmewallJackson Manual
and Training School met in the
Benbow Hotel last night and
unanimously accepted the propo
sition of Concord and Cabarrus
county to locate the school near
C oncord. The proposition consist
f d of a donation of 227 acres of
land and $1,000 in cash.
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