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VOL. XXXVII
ASHEBORO, N. C, JULY 18, 1912:
No. 28
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New York, July 13. Theodore
Roosevelt further discussed the aeaW
lug of contsted delegations in the
Republican national convention at
Chicago in an editorial entitled
"Uhou Shalt Not Steal," which ap
pears in. the current issue of the
Outlook. He says in part.
"The American people are entitled
to know that the charge of stealing
I the Chicago convention of 1912 is
f mere than campaign recrimination,1
and that the frauds complained of
are more serious than the mere rep
ctitiVn of loose practices which
iiMteht. have found unfortunate prece
dents in some previous conventions'
of both parties. j
. "Seriously and literally, President
1'aft's renominatlon was stolen for
' linn, from the American people, and
the ratification or rejection of that
nomination raises the critical issue
whether votes or fraud shall deter
mine the selection of American pres
dents.
"President Taft. was nominated
by a majority of barely twenty-one
VLies, and two of these were public')
roped at the last moment from Mas
sachusetts. If, therefore, more than
r.ineteen or twenty-one of his votes
vre demonstrably fraudulent, all
claim to an honest majority disap
pears. The demonstration can be
made as to many more than this
number without touching on a sin
gle honestly debatable case.
"This reckoning takes no account
of the notorious fact that eveu the
undisputed part of Mr. Taft's sup
port was largely artificial and mis
xesentatlve, - made up of delegats
from the outlayingg possession s,from
hopelessly Democratic States, and
from States where the people had
been successfully denied the xprsaio
of their will. It is sufficient to
consider only the four confessedly
Indefensible cases of California,
Arizona, Washington and Texas.whio
alone wipe out the maring. All tha
could be added from the other cases
would only increase the Roosevelt
majority of the honest convention.
I!nt I wish it distinctly understood
that many of these other cases were
clar as the California case itself.
"Three of these cases wer a dlrct
assault on th right of the people tj
elect their own delegates at primar
ies, since in them a few sore polit
c'ans decided that the voters as a
vhole had no right themselves to distantly take up the challenge which
cide whom they wished to see nomi
nated. In the California case the
de'egates to the national convention
were elected by direct vote at StaU.
wide preferential primaries. The na
tional committee first, and then the
Rational Republican convention, nul
lied the State law, and therefore,
1 Inference, all State primary laws
I Arizona and Washington. The
Introl of the State conventions de
luded on which of two rival deles?
tins were seated from certain coun
ts, the one set elected by th
r Rcnn nilnnn vntora at nrlm orlna raa-
larly called, and the other set arbi
trarily appointed by bolting minori
ties of both committees. The S State
Himmlttee, in each case, seated the
ppolnted delegates, and the natlona
bmmitteeaproved that action.
"President Taft was nominated by
remyune tuuss or oj nineteen, 11
)e two from Massachusetts are om'lf
kl which were counted only by the
ttraorcinary ' ruling of Chairman
loot that when a delegate answers
f 'present and not voting" bis alter
nate shall be called to vote, always)
provided that alternate is a Taft mr)
and the delegate a Roosevelt man
Several of. the district! cases
from Texas are Involved in the
same ruling as that which was made;
J In the, case of the delegates at large
and are quite as flagrant.
Numerous other cases as clear!)
j shown by the majority of he na-
snown Dy me majority of the na
j tlonal committee and by the majorif
bf the credentials committee of the
sonvention were Just as bad. . As
I have said, -one Louisiana casewas
f'orse. In one Indiana case the Ta
deleatges were elctd only by first
packing the credentials ommittee by
refusing to lett In Roosevelt dele
gates in whose ase pretendd ontsts
had been filed, and then by revers
ln this ruling and letting the con
tested Taft delegates vote on thir
own cases. There was no form of
trick or fraud whin did not find fa
vor in the eyes of conspirators. I
merely cited a few cass, so conspicu
ous that the facts cannot be truth-
lully . disputed, and sufflcent n
number to show by figures that
tbe nomination of Mr. Taft could
lave lie. i procure I ecyept by their
inclw.in. The meu responsible for
the theft cl the dneectes in question
cared one rap for ther ights or
wrongs of any of tim cases. They
were copiiiied only with getting .14
requisite number of delegates. Thy
did steal as many as were needed;'
they would have stolen as many
more as might have been needd.
"No free people can afford to sub
mit to government by theft. If the
will' of the people is defeated by
fraud, then the people do not rule.
If those who are thus foisted on
them represent the special intersts i
stead of tbe people, then the intr
ests and not the people rule.
"When the people are denied their,
only thoroughly efficient weapon, thf
direct primary, against this usurpa
tion, as was dene by the ruling in
the California case, then under the
system thus established the people
cannot rule. The only remedy is
to break from the system. It is use
less to counsel patience until the
next convention, because the or-
narization is already complete to nul
lify the action of the people as ef
fectively then as It was dene this
tiue.
"The same arbitrary powers have
been conferred on the national com
mittee that were exercised this Urn,
aud that committee, which is to act
pesed of men the majority of whom,
under the lead of one of their num
be', Mr. Barnts, have-lready shown
by their votes in the convention
that they are prepared to repeat in
1916 the usurpation of 1912. Every
States might vote for the same can
State in the Union might pass presi
dential primary laws, and all these
didate, but if that candidate were
not satisfactory to the national com
mittee in office, it could, and would
reverse the action of the people. Qui
a square issue of power between the
Republican national committee and
the Republican voters the committee
has won, andhas demonstrated that
It can win again. Tbe organization
has frankly abandoned the pretense
of making effective the will of the
people. (
"If the American people are reall
fit for self-government, they will in-
a knot of political conspirators have
so insolertly thrown down. Non-resistance
to such treason against pop
ular government would be almost a3
reprehensible as active participation
therein. Both a great moral issue
and a fundamental principle of self
government are Involved in actiofi
of tha so-called Republican conven
tion at Chicago; we cannot submit
to that action withcu being false
to the basic principles of American
democracy and to that spirit of rlgh
eousness and honesty which must un
derlle every form of sucessful gov
ernment.'" Obituary.
Died, at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Mezona Samuels, , in
Hankstown, Saturday, June 8, 1912,
Raleigh. William Samuel, aged 4
years, 2 weeks and 4 days- As we
looked upon the sweet, placid little
form In its white casket, surround
ed by beautiful and fragrant flowers
but not more beautiful or pure than
the little face within, our . hearts
swelled In sympathy for the be-
reaved family,
Let us not think of little Raleigh
as dead, but as living; not as a
flower that has withered, but as one
that has been transplanted; one
that has been touchd by a Divine
hand and is blooming In richer coloi"
and sweeter fragrance than those of
earth. .
The remains were laid to rest in
the cemetery' at this place Sunday,
June 9.
A precious one from them is gone;
A voice they love is still;
A place is vacant in their home.
That never can be filled.
- A Friend-
Hon. Josephus Abroad.
National Committeeman Josephus
Daniels has been in Baltimore and
was received there with open arms
by newspaper fraternity; not only
because the Honu Josephus ia prob
ably well liked, but because he can
furnish the reporters with fine, snap
py copy when it comes to reeling off
an interview. He more than meas
ured up to the demand, or desire
upon this occasion, and while giving
a dissertation on Republican frailty
and "dog rottenness," especially in
its application to Southern Republi
cans, who love their ''pie," he took
occasion to bat-out a few for Gover
nor Wood row Wilson. Truly, when
the Hon. Josephus commences to
'boost' he sticks to it with bulldog
tenacity and charges about with the
power and madness of an infuriated
bull and right here and now we
say that, regardless of whether one
agrees with the Hon. Josephus or
not, it must be admitted that he is
a high-power scrapper, and his paper
the Kaleigh News and Observer, dots;
an immense amount of good for the
Democratic party in North Carolina.
There is no discounting that through!
disagreement over his deeds or dis
like of the man. On specific occa
sions, he is often much of a plunge,
ard therefore frequently goes wrong
and he or some of his lieutenants
have a way of overlooking things
when they don't, perhaps, please
them, but the Hon. Josephus is an
editorial fighter just the same. He
is as powerful a fighter as he Is
not bashful, whichwe kind'er 'spect
is saying quite a few. And the Hoh
Josephus cuts quite a "figger" away
from home and he manages to make
'cm sit up and take notice. In fact,
one of the most novel and really
charming of expressions was ap
liVed to him by the Laiimore Even
ing Sun when It designated him as
"the man whose paper is a tag to
hia own personality and who is a
sort of Horace Greeley or Henry
Watterson of his section." The
Hon. Josephus fully repaid the re
porter for "them kind words" by giv
ing him a spiel of over a column,
which was a red-hot cross between a
stump speech for the Democratic par
ty and an eulogy of Governor Wil
son. "Down home," as the Even
ing Sun called the Old North State,
Hon. Josephus says twenty of the
twenty-four delegates to the Na
tional conenvtlon are for Wllsom.
This conclusively shows all Wilson is
counting on from the Old North
Sttate are twenty-four votes. Wil
mintgon Star. ,
Loi-inier Ousted from the Senate.
Reversing its vote of March 1,
1911, the United States Senate on
last Saturday took away from Wil
liam Lorimer his seat as -junior
Senatcr from Illinois by a vote of
55.io 28. Mr- Lorimer has been a
member of the Senate since Jun,
1909, but It Is now declared that he
was the recipient of vots scurd"
by "corrupt methods and prac
tices" and his ektion is held to be
invalid.
Senators Simmons and Overman
both voted against Lorimer. At the
foimer hearing Senator Simmons
voted for him as he did not think
the evidence was suflcient to show
the election was corrupted by use
of money; but the changed aspect of
the case at the second Investigation
compelled him to vote against the
validity of Senator Lorimer's elec
tion. Progressives Not to be Recognized
In This State.
Col.Roosevelt's party will have no
represntatlon on the State or coun
ty boards of election this fall on ac
count of the statute holding that
a political party to be reognlzed
must have received as many as
50,000 votes in the year 1900.
Clark Confers With Wilson
Speaker Champ Clark and Gorerm
Wilson were in conference for two
hours last Saturday on legislation
pending before the House of Rep
resentatives. Charles A. Crane and
President Van Hise, of Wisconsin,
both of whom were prominent LaFol
lette spporters, also conferred with
Gov. Wilson the same day. Mr.
Crane said he was going back to Chi
cago to work for Wilson. "
Appeal of Democracy
Young Men.
to
By Hon. Charles R. Thomas.
The Democratic party should appeal
to young men because for mora than
one hundred years it has stood the
test of time, and has beeni the party
of the people and of popular rights'
The Democratic party has existed
since Jeferson's time in 1800; it has
stood at the cradle and the grave of
every political party that has existed
in the country and will live when
the Republican party passes forever
cut of existence, because the principl
of Democracy are immorltai.
out of existence, because the prin
cipls of Democracy are immortal.
Second, the Democratic party wrote
the Declaration of Independence
and breathed into the Constitution
of our country the spirit of liberty
and It stands now, and has olways
stood by the Constitution. The
founders of the Democratic party
( laid broad and deep the foundations
0f government, added to the Union
its largest and
and, before 1861,
fairest
fought
territory
and won
every war, in wich the country was
engaged. The' Republican party was
born In I860 amidst sectional strife,
and in the Nation it has lived since
1860 by an appeal to sectional issues
Third, In the Nation the Demo
cratic party stands-for equal oppor
tunity to all men and special privi
leges to none. In the language of
Jefferson, it stands for the support
of the state government In its whole
constitutional vigor, as the sheet an
chor of our peace at home and saf
ety abroad. . '
For a further declaration of its
principles I refer all young men to
the fundamentiil principles of Democ
racy in the ii:ri)iring Inaugural of
Thomas Jefferson.
Fourth. In the State the adminis
tration, of the Dcmccratc p.irty has
been. WirVuut stain and without re
proach. Fifth- With few exceptions, all
the offices within the gift of the
Congressmen, judges and State of
fices are held by young men or
those born about the- time of the
Civil War.
Sixth. The success of Democracy
is assured. The Republcan party has
failed to, redeem its promise; it has
disappointed the people; it has been.
weighd in the balance and found
weighed in the balance and found
Is short; the stars In their courses
are 'fighting for Democracy. All we
have to do from now on is to act
wisely; exercise a little conservat
ism; use ordinary political sagac Ity;
adopt short, sensible up-to-date plat
forms; nominate loyal, able, honest
and efficient candidatess, and the
Democratic party will sweep the
country in the coming presidential
election.
Former Trinity President Fleased
with South's Pt grefs
A recent jggu.j of the Ch.rloft
Obs;iver Rave:
Dr. J. F. C'rowelJ, for even year6
presiuentof Trinity Colli ge uf tlvs
State, dropped ji.to Churht'e lai
night on Lis way through me South
on a general tour of observation of
financial, industrial and agricultural
conditions. The visit is m bis ;a
parity as associate editor of The
Wall Street Journal, New York.
Di. Crowell has made a point of
keeping in tonch with Southern de.
velopmentp, and nothing is mire
gratifying in these occstioaal visits
than to notice the rapid advance
ment which has been made in practi
cally every phase of economic and
social life, in tbe different Southern
States. It is four years since be
bas been in Nortb Carolina.
A terrific storm at Mt. Airy last
Friday blew down a large shed be
longing to the Mt. Airy Granite Co.,
killing Robert Perkins, a stone cut
ter, and injuring several others.
Thirteen persons were killed and
fifteen or twenty injured in a wrecij
on the Chicago and Quincy Railroad
near Chicago last Sunday afternoon.
Mr. J. J. Blesecker, who died at
Leglngton recently, at the age of
87, was a native of Gettysburg," Pa,
but had lived in North Carolina
since 1870.
Harvey Garrison, of Meck'ea
burg county, is past 99 years of age,
but is hale and hearty.
The
PROGRAMME
North Carolina Press Conventlon,At
lantic Hotel, Morebead City, July
23-25, 1912. 1
Tuesday Evening, July 23, 8:30.
The convention will be called to
order by the president, Mr. J. J.
Farrlss, of the High Point Enter
prise. Prayer by Rev. J. O. Atkinson, D.l
D.
Address of welcome by the mayor
of Morehead City.
Address of welcome on behalf of
the Norfolk and Southern by Mr. B
L. Bugg, traffic manager. i
Response by Mr. Jas. H- Cowan, of
the Wilmington Dispatch.
Wednesday Morning, July 21.
Meeting called to order by pres
ident. Report of executive committee on
new members.
President's address.
Address by Mr. Don. C. Seitz, of
the New York World.
Reminiscences by Maj. E. J. Hale,
of the Fayettevllle Observer.
Appointment of committees and
miscellaneous business.
Adjournment.
Wednesday Afternoon
Memoirs will be read as follows:
J. P. Caldwell R. R. Clark. H. C.
Dockery R. M. Phillips. Dr. P. R.
Law H. A. Banks.
Wednesday Evening . '
Reading ofHistorians Paper by R.
F. Beasley, of the Monroe Journal.
Annual poem read by Mr- William
Laurie Hill, of '.Our Fatherless Ones.
Annual Oration by Mr. Josephus
Daniels, of the Raleigh News and
Observer.
; Thursday riiiiig.
"North Carolina Journalism" W.
C- Hammer.
'.'The Cost of an Inch of Advertis
ing." W. II. Savory.
Question Box.
It Is expected that there , will be
a genral discussion on all topics pre
sented In formal newspapers.
"Steps Necessary to Secure a Le
gitimate Rate for Legal Advertising,
ft A. London.
On Friday the editorial party will
be taken to Cape Lookout and the
proposed Harbor of Refuge. On Sat
urday morning they will be taken
from Morehead to New Berne via
of the Inland Waterways Canal,
reaching New Berne in time to take
the aftrnoon trains to all parts of
the State.
A special car will be arranged
from Charlotte through to More-
head City.to leave Charlotte on train
No. 44 at 6 a. m., Heaving Salisbury
at 7:45, Greensboro at 9:40, Rnleigh
at 12:30 and reaching Goldsboro at
2:30 p. m-
State Farmers' Convention
The Tenth Annual Sru?e Farmers'
Onveniion will he Md n th A. &
Vf. Oolleifp. RU-igh. V C. Au nar,
27.28-29, 1912 t' r-..f.r;T. i-..
I ClHHI.il If d 8 .fxl-H:) of Ni-
tio-al rt-pnv t. "h :.v l,ppn sr-purer1, 1
I) . C. (i U.i;iKies. of the Illinn's
Kiiiemueut S'ituon, will discuss tie
IMe or Uock Paosphate as a Fertil-
zer. O her speakers for the first
day are Prof. C. h Goodrich, W8b.
infelon, D. C, ou Humus: E O.
M.0E8. Of Granville Co. 0.1 t.ho
Qaaluy as Compared with Yield of
looaco; rror. w. jr. Masse v, Apoi
fle cf the Cownea. and Mr. Bradford
Knapp. in Charte of thn n
stration Work in the South.
lhe second day is Live Stick Day.
Mr. 0. L. Oppermac and Mr. Hel
oner Rabild, of Washington, D. 0 ,
Mr. E. B. Moore, of CharlnttA will
talk on snbjocts related to tbe pre
dnotion of livestock. Also on this
dav tbe N. O. Berk shir Paj
Association trill hold their 8econd
Annual Hale of 50 nnr hnut Rt.
shire hogs.
lne third dav will 1 TConnnmi.
Day. Dr. J. L. Uultnre, of the
JenSUl Bureau. Will dinrnao RAi.n..
Co-operative Societies; Mr j. G.
Brown, of Raleigh, on tha R.i.i,n.!
of the Banking System to tbe Farm
er; air. j, w. Uaihy, of Raleigh, on
theTorrens System of Reeiatenuir
Land Titles. v 6 6
A special program is being pre
pared for women and will bo an.
oounced later. For complete pro
gram or information, address I. O.
6 chsnb, Secretary, Raleigh, N. C.
Charles R. Crane, of Chicago,
who contributed largely to the Lv
follette campaign, ill support Wil
son, it is said.
Judge Cook's Charge to Grand
Jury
Judge Cook's charge to tbe grand
j irj lst Monday morning was an
able and impressive addrt-tis. He
first called the aftention of the
jurors to the relation tbiy euata'ned
in the economy of the law, nod en
deavored to impress them with a
se.8e of their duty in hel"nti to ex.
ecnte the laws of the 8 . t.-. imparti
ally. H cVled attei ti 'U ' the fact
that mo courts hae .o .ug to do
with ibe iibc;uient if laws, bnt
only with tir t-Lurc"ii:c t i.f them.
He sum ibi t a id the ....; cf court
offictro to no 1 l,t: ti.it ia helping
totnioe -il laws, whether of re
cei'i c. f.i: uient or these that hove
ci.ujv' o-. n from ages ago.' The
jufic rs iintained that no matter
; a' 1 j 1 1 'a personal opinion as to
the . 'ii i d proprkty of a law,
he i -iidb i.t iiis part in enforcing it,
or 1 ot be true to bis oath. He said
that the jurors were not trying the
law, bnt endeavoring to find out if
it bas been violated; and if it has,
then their duty is to return a true
bill against tbe off-ndtr.
The judge dwelt at length npon
laws that are frequently violated,
aiid the offenders not punished at
they should be. Among these, is
tbe law against selling cigarettes or
tbe materials of which they are made
to bo s under age. He said that,
aside lrom tbe moral wrong of vio
lating the law, these dealers are
doing the boys piraoral injury, as it
bas been demonstrated that cigarettes
are a deadly enemy tc health, and
often cause the user to commit
cr me. Yet many leading mar
chants and even leading church
members go ou calling them to the
youth of the land, and court officers
fail to punish tbe tffenderp.
The importance cf enforcing tbe
child-labor law was also spoken of.
The judge said, without any dis
paragement to the Christian religion,
be did not hectare to say that tbe
liW is tbe best friend oi man.
He nii.db a strong plea for tbe
young men of the State. He said
ibat if any member of tbe grand
jury sees u boy emoking a cigarette,
it is his duty to summon tte boy
a1 d irqnire wl'ere be got it.
Tbe ir ptr enforcement cf tbe
state prohibition law came iu for a
share of tte j dgtr's attention. He
said that, a in cigarette Belling,
th.-re wsB as much moral wrong in
violating the law as iu tbe barm the
whiskey does.' Nomuicau violate
the law of his country and retain his
innate moial choroct r. Tosny that
a man is a law.aidiug citiz u is a
high testimonial as ti Lid ch aracter.
Tbe Judge urged ie rai.d jury
to use abtolute .and nt.q al,fied
equality 111 tbeir woik. Utuferred
to the failure in some pi cts to pun.
ish gamblers high up in society,
while ignorant mgroea aie punished
to the full fx rn; of the law, for
i.lai:'g game of "crip " Vc said,
that gmib i tg h is b - n ror.snlercd a.
crinir for flg"e, nd that it should
be pnn;sbeil in a I i f iw ; but
urged Uif j 1-.H8 t.i puuian tiir lead
11m ci. z u for tani'j'ii'g j-ist aa
as rtadily i e uie taiiei w. r
An Increased Endowment For
Trinity Co.lege
Aniffirtis now b";ng mde to
add one million dollnrn t- tbe en.
dowment of Trinity Col lege. This
movement look cufli,!tfc Bt ue when
about a jear trnd a l a If uo, the
General Education Boaidif New
Yori offered to contij ute o e hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars of
this amount if tbe College would
raise the balauce. .Eight hundred
and fifty thousand dollars have al
ready been pledged on condit on that
the College obtain by December 31
of this year su ascriptions for the
remaining hundnd and fifty thou,
sand dollars.
District committees are being orJ
ganized in the centers of population
and the campaign is ou throughout
the State. It means much for the
cause of Southern Education that it
must of cour :e sucoeed .
Sea grove Points. ! ' f
Mr. and Mrs- Walter Lawrene and
children, ot Elon College, are vialtf
lng relatives and friends In tbJUf
neighborhood. 1
Mr.and Mrs. Jonah Graves.of Hlgn
Point, are spending gome time with."
Mr. Grave's parents, Mr. and Mrs. EI
kanah Graves, on Route 2. j
Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Graves, 6
High Pt., spent Saturday nlghtl win,"
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Graves, of Why,