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WASHINGTON ' LETTER.
From our Kegular Corre BpondentI -
Washington, D. C. While , the
work of tariff lawmaking seems
glow to the people at large, yet it
must be considered how stupendous
a task it really Is.: There ;isw not
oply revenue to be wnsideml y- but
protection to our labor ' anii.. indus
tries. Wbile there will be revision
downward in orae schedules, yet
the bill when passed will beVa most
thoroughly protective measure. The
fact of the matterHs tht we, were
never so near being universally tn
favor protection as We are today.
There are Frotectionista in both par
ties sad in every State 3n the Unioi.
Upder these circumstances then no
very ;great doty reductions can be
looked for in the coming law. There
will be i5ome increases and chfsages
both from and to the free list.
Again, while tfae bill is 'being
most seriously debated m the Senate,
.at the same time Khere is not?the 'in-
terest in tariff mxikinP' ttpoughoUtrShould be be renominated and re-
the country as dring the iframimx
ot previous laws. The business in-.
. .
terests-witnout exception are anr-
ious ior tne oui to oe passed, no
matter what its fprovisioos, :in ordfr
that we may as-soon as possible ie-
turn to a norceai onaioon ot 'in
dustry. It isestimate ttiat we re
losing ten miJRons of dllars a -day
and will continue to lose this
amount until the bill feeeoraes a?iaw,
That is three 'hundred -million "dol
lars a montk, or neatly a billion
dollars for 'three months dtrring
which the bill will barve been debat
ed. . It will-be seen then that-a loss
or gain of a" few million -dollars re
venne canoet compensate for this
. m.
immense loss to tho industrialinter
ests of our country, and Soaators
and Representatives re beie . im-:
portuned "ora eveiy side to fasten
the bill with all possible peed:
What effeet this wSl have cannot
yet be dermined, but it is evident
that sever-al Senatots. will insist up
on long speeches in explanation of
such featuTes as the income tax,, the
inheritance tax, a Tariff Commiss
ion and other provisions not exactly
connected 'With the schedules. So
after all it may be toearer the - first
of July than the 3;t of Junbefore
the bill finally reaches the Presi
dent. It seems quite evident, Ioq, that
the leading Democcats are g&iag to
take everv advantage possible of
the differences. a rno-rng the Republi
can leaders. These differeneesifaave
to do largely with the su"jects-am-ed
above mre than with the amount
of duty to be adopted in the various
schedules. Hope s entertataed,
however, tbat after a few "joaore
days of debate, the eonditions will
be more clear and that perhaps he
bill can be passed by June lt.
How long it will remain in confer
ence it is idle o contemplate, pop
haps nnly a few days and perhaps
for weeka but when the bill does
reach the President there will be a'
lot'g sigh of relief from every busa
ness interest in the Cwiintry.
It becomes more and more evi
Jent daily that the present Ad
aiiimtratioo is goiag to be a. thoro
ughly busiaess one, and - that Mr.
Taft proposes to be the Puesident
the whole people and to take
upon hi ra self the responsibility of
very bepartment.
NV hile the difference be wteen Mr.
orth, the Director of the Census,
d Mr. Xagel, Secretary of the
partmeut of Commerce and bab-
raay more or less exaggerated
tie press, still it is a fact that
e Cenais, Bureau is not at present
instituted and managed in a way
" suit the President. He feels that
he is to be responsible for the
Work of that Bureau he must have
sulreme authority, ' and for that
feason some changes mav be made
in
fe V f'lKna 1qit fv Vi oro mow Ka
ehancrp
-en-
)ill now in conference mav
H .x' ti, ally passed until the Tariff
M1 s out of the way, and in the
"Untune the President will ac
'1Uaint himself with the entire con-
n-s and be ready to so rule as
VI. v
in
ttie conrncr
Census to b
fl "Hi
next SDriner. It should be
borne in mind, however, that there
isN no reflection upon the , character
or ability of Mr. North, the whole
matter being simply the difference
of opinion as toe how great an
authority" he should exercise.
While - President Taft exhibits
none of i the impulsiveness .of his
predecessor, yet it is becoming more
and more apparent tt at once he
makes up his mind that he is right,
nothing can swerve him from the
course 4e wishes 1 take. In the
matter -of the Panama Canal, for
instance, while criticisms are being
hurled at the Govern inerjt from
many, sources, yet Mr. Taft is so
convmced-frora a personal examina
tion oc the work and from . a thor
ough 'knowledge of the entire mat
ter 'that the construction is going -on
in the best possible manner, that he
wm -listen'te no suggestion what
ever looking to a change. He be
lieves that he work will fee com
pleted in 1-913, with perfcatps just
& -slight tpe that it may ceme be
fore the end of his Admwwstration.
elected (there is no doubt that the
opening will be celebrated ilong be
fore his -second term has "expired.
The President, too, has most
positive convictions regarding the
Philippines, the conditions , with
which he is also most familiar, and
he proposes to work zealously dur
ing bis Administration for every
thiog that will bring -advantage to
those. people and hasten their finail
selkgo vern raent.
e have probabuy -never Had
-President in our history so famifiatr
with the various Departments of;
the Government and our possessions
acd under takings ;as ithe present in
cumbent of the W.hife House, od
this knowledge and experience ad
ded to the iudcial tempeiameat -of
Mr. Taft should make him an Ex
ecutive whose opirBions must be re
spected without regard to party or
htate. There is no Senator or R-
re6entative or any officer in ,the
-
Government servJce or any citizen
who is not today persona grata
the -White House. Many have called
upon Mr. Taft who have not been
to the White House for theieceed-
ing seven years, and this esteem 'fr
the. President and Confidenee in his
judgment should go far toward
making his Administration 9ne erf
the most successfol in the iiiatory
of Government.
Shifting Democrats.
Seaft&e. Post-Intettigescer.
Surely the scenes are shafting'
ranidlv in American politics wiien:
a Damorcratic representative in:
Congress offers a absolution faror-'
ing fee annexation -of Cuba; Mr.
Aelm, -of Kentucky has intdneed
sucji a resolution. It hasn't been
long since the Anerican govern
ment wts shamelessly abused (be
cause it nought to stay the hand at
the pppreesor in Cuba and the men
who abused the government were
Democrat. When William Me
Kinlev. in defence of his insular
t oru t iwTt acci J
mtlation" the Democrats spoke
tauntingly in reply of -"malevolent
diH5imultion', and prceeeded to
corgure up the bogey of a despotic
miiitarism.
But the Democrats seedn to be
shifting tr sanver views. The re
cent debate and vote on the tarriff
in the national House of Represen
tatives surprised the country . be
cause of the large number of Demo
crats who went on record as favor
ing the policy of protection. Are
the Democrats of the South going
back to the old school of Southern
statesmen and leaders. Are they
going back to the protective policies
of Washington and Jefferson, Madi
son and Mcnroe, and Jackson and
Clay? The vote onthe tariff sug
gests it.
When the ball player is out on
strikes he realizes that many. are
called, but few are chosen. g
The Canadain Pacific has signed
a new wage agreement with its em
nlovees on terms favorable to both
sides. The strike of last year was
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not
TAFT TALKS OF
UNITED NATION
Discnues Conditions
States. :
in Southern
Philadelphia, Pa., April 27.
President Taft tonight was ihe
principal speaker at the Grant birth-
day dinner of the Union Leaugue;
in this city. Mr. Tatt was sharply
criticized a year ago, because of cer
tain of his references to General
Grant and he took advantage of to
night's opportunity to express anew
his admiration for General Grant as
a man, a soldier and as chief execu
tive of the United States.
"What I wished particularly to
dwell upon tonight," said President
Taft, "was the spirit of that peace at
Appomattox, represented on the' one
hand by the magnanmity and far
sightedness of Grant and by the
sel f-restraint and courage and iar
eighted patriotism (for that it was)
on the part of jLee, in bringing
atruggle to a finish. The spirit at
Appomattox is today, 1 trust,
triumphant. Between to two lead
ers it existed when the terms of the
surrender were signed, but it was
impossible under the conditions
that spirit should control and make
itself immediately 'manifest between
.the two sections. The conditions
-sach that it ofetld not be. The
remnants of slavery and the dis-
.tuessed condition -of tthe South, and
(the feelings that had been wrought
between the two sections could not
H-be downed by the mere expression
of two such leaders as Grant and
JLee, and it-was Jieeessary I suppose,
that we should .go through that
thirty -or forty years in order that
the . rent which was made to the
foundations of our country and of
our civilization should be united in
a common, country, with a common
spirit.
-"But what Iinaean to pointout is
tbat spirit we now rejoice in as
we find between :the two sections no
remaining bitterness, is a (pint that
as betweec the two great command
ers existed the day that they shook
hands andsigned the terms of .sur
render. It is a matter that I have
very much at heart. I believe it is
possible to jnake the two section
eveu closer together, the oouth is
the .more homogeneous people than
we. immigration mto this country
spread over the -North and went not
into. the South, and .the South pre
served its traditions longer than
did we in the .North.
"J &m not making. a Republican
l i l - t
-speech, ano l ot sieaiiing taom a
liepublican standpoint, at least I
hopa J can separate myself frm
that disposition natural to one who
went through the last .campaign.
"-"What I am ieoking forward to
.is a division ot Ahe ; parties in tne
South, so tthat these shall be toler
ance of Klitical (Opinion there so
that an their State -government and
in their .natural offairs, there shall
be more than one political ereed to
De suBscnoea to ana uppoea. l
I I Ml. 1- .1 T
?beli
eye that .generally through the
.South the meu who are not .actively
engaged in .politics wouii recognize
that end 41s one devohjJy to be wish
ed; expressing these desires I am
q;uite conscious that my cjotives ;ire
liJkely to be su'sonstruexl r, at
least, that. I &haJl.have attributed to
me rather more political policy than
patriotic desire, but, nevertheless, I
persist in expressing it, and while
some of my friends from the South
who represent that section in Cbn
gress and in the Senate are constan
tly throwing cold water on my at
tempts to encourage a little indepen
dence of political thinking in thej
South and saying that it is hopeless'
for me to attempt to bring about a
change in that regard, they will ex
cuse me if I attribute to them axlit
tle , of that .political prejudice that
they think is actuating me, (laugh
ter) and it is possible they would
not welcome that division of jpolti
cal opinion in the South with all
the fervor of some other patriots in
mat section wno ao not noia now
'the position of representative land
senator iu Washington.
hjiwever,
I , feel cer-
INJUSTICE IN OUR COURTS.
The Case for Reform in Procedure
Strongly Put;
Collier's .Weekly. . f . "1.
Does' it sound' sensational to de
clare tbat 'American law, to "a - very
large ; extent, make ' for injustice?
The facts are as sensational as the
sound. .: The American Bar Associa
tion has admitted it; leading judges
have aditted it; and President Taft
once, famed? a - pointed amendment
that no judgement, civil or criminal
should .be set aside unless it appear
ed affirmati ely that the error of
complaint had resulted in miscarri
age of justice. Americans often
mourn about lynch law. Not al
ways do' they take into account the
part played by the law's delay in
encouraging ; rough attempts at
justice. In England procedure is
swift and punishment follows ' wiih
certainty. Jfc or seventy-five years,
in England, Ireland, Scotland, and
the British -colonies all over the
the world there has not been one
case of lynching. We have recent
ly pointed out 'that the lawyers suc
ceeded in beating sira plication in
Montana. In an admirable article
in the Kansas City Bar 'Monthly
for March Prof. John D. Lawson,
ot the University of Missouri legis
lature passed a law simplifying pro
cedure the Supreme Court of that
State upset it Judge Lawson be
1
iieves that our - civil nroceaure is
M
immeasurably behind the age, and
that in criminal procedure we have
not advanced a step since the days
of Hueen Elizabeth. Judge Araidon
of the Federal bench, has stated that
11 a man has the means to keep up
the. fight he can; in a maiority of
casa. -escape 'punishment for crime
A.s our rules aTe now, , the mam
concrn is not a earch ! for truth;
Lawyers struggle to get errors into
the record wittfess" are bflllied, an
judges are afraid. Those complica-
tedtechnicahties which the English
judges invented long ago to protect
the tndi"idual from cruelty and op
pression have been retained and ex
aggerated by us. The English
threw them away when the days ofH
cruelty and oppression were vat an
end. An indictment in England
now states, in parhaps forty, words
of utmost Simplicity, that a certain
person. We fill pages , of foolscap
with -most ridiculoua language, and
then upset-convictions if some one
of the unnecessary words can be
strained into a failure to observe
some minor rule. The conviction
for uaurderis upset because the fore
OTirvr. 4 4.1. ..11 C.J. liC,-,. t)
Anosner conviction for muraer is
Ail . n 1
upset because the indictment charg
ed that the victim died iostantly, in
stead of theu and there; another l)e
cause beast was spelled without the
ua.f aoother, (eeause the record fail
ed to tate tlw prisoner was present
at ms own tnal, although the
court .could readily have determined
that he was. These things truly
sound incredible. We need a Jere
my Bentiiam to goad us into mak
ing legal justice a reality. We
need a novelist to do what Dickens
did in "Bleak Honse," or what
Goldsmith did in "A Citizen of the
World." We need a John Wesley
to point out that our attempts at
justice would have brought discredit
on any court of centuries ago in
Greece or Rome. . -
Mr. Itoosevelt will never forgive
that earthquake for failing to make
connection with his visit.
In New Jersey they are getting
the idea that Easter doesn't happen
anywhere except in Atlantic, City.
It is very mortifying for si wo
man to discover that her husband,
doesn't love her any more than she
loves him '
tain, the real spirit, of Appomattox
that it charging on and . that it is
inf using'itself in the people of the
Forthand that we are growing
closer and , closer together, ; and it
will manifest itself in political in
dependence . the country oyer, j so
that we shall not -know each other
by sections In politicrmatters but
i)yilrence!6nlyLin .swtionSvH
PROCEEDING OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS METTING
Graham, N, C. May 3rd. 1909.
The Board of County Commissio-.
ners of Alamance County met in th
Court House on the above' date at
ten o'clock A. M. with the follow-1
mg members present! E. Long,
Chairman; B. 0. Robertson, A. N. j
Roberson WV A. Murry and B R.
Sellars. .
The following business was tran
sacted. '
Ordered: That Lem. Kirkpatrick
(Col) be relieved of poll tax and a
certificate of exemption be issued to
him on account of disabilities.
Ordered: That Lem. Kirkpatrick
be relieved of tax on 45 acres ;of
land valued at $150.00 in Melville
Township same having been listed
twice.
Ordered: That the report of Dr.
H. M. Montgomery Supt, of health
be received and filed.
Ordered: That Neta Martin be
admitted as an inmate of the Coun
ty home.
Ordered: That Julia B. Adams
be relieved of tax one let valued at
$100 00 sameliaving been erroneou
sly listed. 4
Ordered: That J. C. Beasley be
authorized to paint the Steel bridge
of Hope Dale Cotton Mill at a cost
of $55.00, same to be under the
supervision of W. N. Thompson.
Ordered: That J. W. and U. D.
Johnston be authorized to furnish
Mrs. Mary Wolf in provisions to
the amount of $1.50 per mouth for
one month and present and itemized
account with this order attached
Ordered; That the application of
JL, L.. Walker' for , damages on ac
count of Public road leading from
Graham to the Horn place . via" the
Old Sellars place be continued un
til saidroad.is completed in accor
dance, with sectional 2 Chapter 581,
Pub Laws of 1 899. Notice of ap
peal given in open court
Ordered: That the report of J;;H.-
Tarpley Supt. of the County Home
be accepted and filed 1 ;
; Ordered: That J. rl. Tarpley and
W. N. Thomson be authorized to
trade or sell the County horse at the
County home to the best advantage
Ordered: That the road asked tier
by citizens in Burlington Township
leading from near Gunn ; creek
bridge. to tSurlington, be opened as
soon as: practicable. ' i
Ordered? That the Convicts force
continue work in Newlio Townshh
not exceeding ten working. daj s and
to work roads suggested by J. G.
Clark and J. W. Whitehead. And
then go to Faucetts Township and
work road from Giencoe via of
McGrays store. f
Ordered: That John F. Baldwin
be issued a certificate of exemption
relieving him of Poll tax, on ac
counted of disabilities.
Ordered: That B. S. Roberteson,
W. A. Murry and W. N. Thomp
son be appointed a committee to look
over the road leading from Melville
to Mt. Willing and report to this
Board at its next meeting.
It beirj) the proper time to ap
point the Sanitary Board for Ala
mance County E. S. Parker, Mayor
liraham appeared before the Board
and named Dr. W. E. Walker as
member of Board and E. Long,
Chairman of the Board of. County
Commissioners a pointed Dr. R. A.
Freeman as member of the Sanitary
Board.
Dr. R. A. Freeman appeared be
fore the JSOard nd accepted.
The Sanitary Board was then
called to order by E. Long Chair
man of the Board of County Com
missioners with the Following mem
bers present E. Long, Chairman,
B. S. Robertson, W. A. Murry, B.
R. Sellars members of the Board of
County Commissioners and Dr. R.
A. Freeman member of the Board
of Sanitay Committee. ' -
Not having a full - board . present
the Board - adjourned to meet the
first Monday in June at Four
o'clock -P M. to elect a County
Superintendent yof Health for Ala
mance County. ' X w r; ' ..
The Board of - County Commis-
sioners then adiourned to meet the
first Monday; i n ;; Juhe4;"tKilfc
SAYINGS OF MRS. SOLOMON.
Being the Confessions of the Seven v
Hundredth Wife- translated T
. Helen Rowland. , 1
Washington Herald. ' - .
My danghter, when a youth hath . '
shavetl but three times and hath
known one chorus girl j he shall come
unto thee, ssymg. "Verily, I un- : r j
derstand women; for they are as
easy to see through as a peek-a-boo ,.
waist! Then, mock him not with r
thy-ha-has for he will learn -better! 7
Yea, there is much coming to him ! ,
Yet, to-day, in an attic of the- .
harem, even beneath- his nshing
clothes, I found the diary of thy
ather, Salomon, and these extracts . -
therefrom: .
"Behold, I am accounted the
wisest 01 men! Kings come to sit
at my feet and learn -yet my wives
think me a somewhat amusing aim
pletori, to be cajuled with baby talk.
And why is this? .
"When the Queen of Shaba came -
in shining - robes, the wives of my
harem did titter among themselves,- , .
saying: Well, I'm sure I don't;
see. what men see in her." Yet. the
next day they all wore robes and -
headdresses a la Reine tfe Sheba., "
And why is this?-
"If a man would be a pink tea
idol among women, let him acquire
a pad reputation. For every wo
man shall yearn to find out for her- .
self if the beast is as bad . as he is'
supposed to be; and each shall think
that she alone, can make the brute
do tricks and eat sugar cane. And
why is this? v
"When a woman biddeth thee gOj
salaam and go, quickly ; for ere thdu -
hast closed the front door he shall
run after thee, bidding; thee return
at once. ' "
. "But lo, when a woman beginne-r:
th to sarprise tny dress, saying, 1 -"
prefer thee in a blue tie and thy hair - -,
I desire parted in the fiddle then
giveaway thy French posters -and
bestow the thophieol My : dan" up
on thy bachelor friends. For, thy
time is come, and the lamb is ordan-.
ed for the sacrifice! Yea, thou art
as good as married !
;Yet, when a man hath a chance - :
to gain a woman, and letteth it slip, , n
he saith always that it was ''honor
which prevented him. And by
this means canst thou get out of it! .
. This is the diary of Solomon, the, .
mariied man. Heaven preserve,
thee from a like fate! Yet I charge
thee tell not, what thou knowest of
any woman; for there be. seven hells -and
beneath alfof these a hotter. -place
for the man who tells F
Behold; my beloved, was not thy
father a wise man? For it is a wise
man that knoweth how little he 1
knoweth about .woman! Selah!
Witness From the Sun.
Ohio State Journal. '
Not many years ago a new. ele
ment was discovered in the'sun. an
wuicui w wu'uu me eann was
l C ' L '
a
01 1 auger, jcor oovious reason.
common origin, tor instance, it
was
thought that the earth must have
that element, which had been named -
helium because it was snnnnsr1 fr'
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be peculiar to the sun.
It was only a short time, how
ever, when the chemists located it '
in terrestrial substance, where it
has proven itself to be a very in
teresting object One use' it has -been
riut to is determining the age
of the earth, In the great process
of evolution helium is developed; or
rather becomes distinctive in certain
formations; and the length of time
required for this process is estimat
ed by the chemists. , ,.
For instance what is known aa
the late teatiary period helium .de
cides it took 225,000 years to form;
but tor, the green sand of the creta-
cious period, 3,080,000 years; and
3,950,000 years br the lower green '
sand; and 141,000,000 years for'
the hematite that covers the lime
stone of - the carboniferous. 4 nd -
these, are only a few of the periods
of the eaith's lite." If all were taken
account of, this beautiful green earth.
would be tound to be over, a thou
sand. millions of years young.
..it.
. 9 -it .