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VOL. XXVII,
RALEIGH, N. C.; THUHSDAY,
4. 1909.
No. 3
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EDITORIAL BRIEFS
The Legislature Is making Justices!
of the Peace while you wait.
As yet no bills hae been introduc
ed to protect hawks and chicken
snakes.
We would like to we n itemize!
statement showing that the State la
out of debt.
State officers may continue to send
out documents, though the State
pays for the courtesy.
The solicitors salary bill would
prevent some solicitors from urging
true bills in trivial cases.
If N. Glenn Williams is permitted
to sell whiskey In Yadkin, you may
listen for a racket from New Han
over. The lid fieems to be on tight in
Rowan County. They can't get it
there lawfully even on a doctor's pre
scription. Why do the Democrats object to
allowing each county to elect their
board of education? Is there any pol
itics in it?
The gentleman who introduced a
bill in the House last Thursday to
tax dogs had better look out for his
political scalp.
If Democrats favor local self-government
why do they oppose the
election of county boards of educa
tion by a vote of the people?
If the country is growing better
under "Democratic good govern
ment" why is it necessary for every
legislature to appoint extra Justices
of the Peace?
Indications are that the Senate is
getting ready to take water a bill
has been introduced providing for
placing of large water coolers in the
Senate chamber.
Some Democrats vote the ticket,
not because they think it is the best
for the country, but simply because
they don't know how to break them
selves from the habit.
The Tennessee legislature passed
the State prohibition act over Gov
ernor Patterson's veto. The governor
was elected on a local option plank,
and was sticking to it.
And still no bill for guaranty of
bank deposits has been introduced in
the Legislature. It seems to be a
hard matter for the Democratic
members to decide just what to do
about the matter.
Bryan is trying to have the Ne
braska law-makers to legislate him
into a job. By special legislation
seems to be the only way In which
Bryan's friends can land him into a
government position.
A certain writer in this State says
to recur to the past may do good.
Yes it might if the proper subjects
were dealt with, but, unfortunately
the- aforesaid writer stirs up strife
every time he writes, and it would be
better that he did not write at all.
During the campaign the Demo
cratic orators were loud in their de
mand to "let the people rule." As
soon as the legislature met in Ra
leigh they began appointing Justices
of the Peace and other officers in
various counties when the voters of
those counties had already said who
they wanted to hold said offices. Do
such methods "let the people rule?"
Bills have been introduced in both
branches of the Legislature provid
ing for the election of County Boards
of Education by a direct rote of the
people, instead of appointment of
such officers by the Legislature as at
present. The House Committee to
which these bills were referred, re
ported them unfavorably Saturday,
but a minority report was made
which was called up by one of the
Republican members for the consid
eration of the House, but some of the
Democratic members were not ready
for the hearing and on their request
it was made a special order for to
day. This is a bill for local self
government and if the Democrats
defeat this measure it would be
needless for them to again advocate
local self government in this State.
RILKINS IN WASHINGTON.
The Major Enjoy LJfe at the White
House1 Mr Roosevelt Doesn't Be
lieve All the HI Bear Stories
Why it Cts o Mach to Ron the
Government The Ires;dent and
Illlkins Dig Up History,
Correspondence of the 'Caucasian
Enterprise. If they It. any man in this country
Viho enjoys gude feed hit iz tho un
dersigned. I te bin eatm' at.&e
White House fer several days aa I
never enjoyed a visit better in my
life. Mr. srd Mrs. Roosevelt know ex
actly how a man feels when meal
time rools erround. An' Bob iz git
tin' fat an' sassy in the White House
barns. I tried every way I could ter
dodge gittin' into sosiety. But now;
that I am in I expect they will hev to j
buy me off.
The Preserdent has lots ov busi
ness ter tend to an' a heap ov promi
nent people air awlways callin' ter
see him, especially them furrin diplo
mats. But he manages ter be with
me a gude deal. An I am learnin
ter like him a whole heap. At first
he called me "Major Bilkins." But I
insisted that az I wuz nothin' but a
private in the ranks that he call me
Zeke.
The first nite I wuz at the White
House the President told Mrs. Roose
velt erbout that fake bear-hunt I
gave him when he wuz at Raleigh an'
hit tickled her mightily. She sed she
had an idea that some ov them big
hunts the Preserdent hed taken out
West wuz jist erbout ther same.
Anyway, he had not brought any
bears home at the end ov some ov
the huntin' trips. But I explained
that by tellin' her the Preserdent hed
friends in the West. The Preserdent
said i might not be a pollytishun, but
I must hev bin mixin' up with them
sumwhar, fer i seemed ter know the
game.
The first nite I stayed at the White
House the Preserdent went up ter
my room with me an' looked erround
ter see if everything wuz awl rite.
The room wuz az fine az a fiddle an'
the bed looked like a big snow-bank.
"Mr. President," sez I, "I guess
you ain't got none ov them foldin'
beds here that air liable ter close up
an 'catch a feller In a trap an' crush
the life out ov him before he kin say
Jack Robinson."
Mr. Roosevelt 'lowed: "No, we
don't hev none ov them contraptions
in the White House. The beds air
gude ones. But they air awl of the
gude old-fashion sort an don't play
no pranks on a man when he goes ter
bed. Awl you hev ter do iz ter say
your prayers an tumble rite in
Morpheous does the rest."
After he had gone downstairs I got
to wonderin who that feller "Mor
pheus" iz. I guess he iz employed
at the White House ter look af r
visitors an' sich. This governmeat;
iz a plum site. No won ier hit costs
many millions ov dollers ter keep
things a-goin'.
I slept lik a house a-fire- I'll bet
they could hear me a-snorin awl
over the White House, an' over half
the city ov Washington, fer I hev
taken several premiums fer loud
snorin in the last few years. But
the President never said a word er
bout hit if he noticed hit.
The next mornin I wuz up bright
an early. But az I didn'a hear no
movin erbout in the White House Ij
took a chair an sot down close terj
a winder an took in tne sites. I
kept waltin an waitin. an after a
while sumbody knocked on my bed
room door. "Come In," sez I. Hit!
wuz a servant an' he sed that he had
cum up ter see if the gentleman wuz
ready ter git up. "Get up." sez I. j
"Why I hev bin up fer the last hour
or so, an' wuz jist hevin a little ar
gyment with myself az ter whether
or not hit wouldn't be a gude Idea ter
stroll up on Pennsylvania avenue an
git an' eye-opener. I'm from North
Carolina, you know." The feller laff
ed an sed: "Them eye-openers air
mity comfortin on a coJf mbrnin."
Then he 'lowed: "Maybe if you give
the Preserdent the wink he will un
uncork some ov that old wine in the
White House cellar. They say hit iz
fine."
"Wine!" sez I. "Didn't I jist tell
you that I am frum North Carolina?"
"Yes, sir; that iz what you sed."
"Well," sez I, "lam a dymakrat
pollytishun frum the. great State ov
North Carolina a prohibition polly
tishun at that; an' I wanter tell you
rite now that if the President does
not wish ter insult me he had better
trot up sumpthin' stronger than wine
Why, down in the grate prohibition
State of North Carolina we give sick
people wine. But when a man wants
an 'eye-opener hit must consist ov
pure Kentucky corn juice or ov Vir
ginia concentrated lye mixed with
liquid dynermite an hit must be at
least 130 proof."
"Breakfast will be ready in 20
minits, 'sed the servant. So I fol
lered him downstairs. I foun' the
President busy in hiz private offis,
openin hiz letters, az he sed-, that
wuz marked "personal." I excused
him till he would finish lookin' over
them.
"Did you rest well. Major?" sed
the President. v
"I certainly did," sez I "fer I took
two rows at a time."
" 'Two rows at a time!'" That iz
a new one on me. What do you mean
by that?"
"Oh, that iz sum ov our North Car
olina lingo. Hit means that we slept
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AN lilSURiOE BILL
Requires Fire and tonality
Companies to Deposit Pood
With Commissioner.
BOARD OF EDUCATION BILL
BUI for 3ectksn Boards of Educa
tion by VSe ot the Feople Re
ported Unfavorably; Minority Re-
p6w a Special Older for To-Day
Warm Debate Over Bill to Increase
Labor Commissioner's Salary Bill
to Prevent Adulteration of Feed
stuffs Petition to Pat a Negro on
Pension Roll Nimock and the
Amendment.
The bill introduced in the Legisla
ture to elect county boards of educa
tion by a vote of the people, .was re
ported unfavorably by the committee
to whom It was referred, but a minor
ity report was returned and Mr. Har-
shaw, leader of the minority in the
House, called up the bill Saturday
and asked for a discussion on same.
It was made a special order for to
day. The bill to increase the salary
of the Labor Commissioner created a
lively discussion in the House. The
present salary is $1,500 and the com
mittee recommended an increase of
$500. Amendments were offered
making the salary $2,500. $2,750,
and $2,250. Mr. Grant and Speaker
Graham wanted to know what the
department had ever done except to
file a report. Speaker Graham said
that department had not benefitted
the laboring man and he was asham
ed of its record. All amendments
were voted down, and the bill finally
passed the House as reported by the
committee.
SENATE THURSDAY.
New bills and resolutions were in
troduced as follows:
S. B. 304, Senator Barringer: An
act to protect ducks and squirrels in
Guilford County. Committee on Game
Laws.
S. B. 306, Senator Jones: An act
to provide adequate equipment and
maintenance of the North Carolina
Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Committee on Education.
-- STB. 308, Senator Barton: "To
validate a bond issue in Beaufort.
Placed on calendar.
S. B. 309, Kluttz: A bill to pro
vide fire escapes. Committee on In
surance. S. B. 310, Senator Britt: An act
to appoint a non-partisan jury com
mission -for Buncombe County. Com
mittee on Counties, Cities and Towns
S. B. 311: A bill to relieve blind
peddlers of peddlers ta.
S. B. 312: Senator Barham: To
appoint Justices of the Peace in
Wayne County.
S. B. 315, Senator Spence: An act
relating to liens for labor due by cor
porations. Bills on Their Passage.
B. 72: To increase the salary of
the assistant State Librarian from
$600 to $900. Passed its second and
third readings.
S. B. 127: To prevent depredations
of turkeys and geese in Swain and
Jackson Counties.
S. B. 141: To punish public drunk
enness in Northampton County. In
definitely postponed by request of
Seantor Gay.
S. B. 165: Relating to public
drunkenness a general law was
made a special order for next Wed
nesday, on motion of Senator Gay.
S. B. 285: To prevent the sending
of public documents with the compli
ments of State officers.
IN THE HOUSi:
Under the call, -for petitions, Mr.
Koonce presented a petition from cit
izens of Onslow County for putting
James Sanders, colored, on pension
roll. - This is the first negro asking
for a pension.
Bills Introduced.
By Rod well: To amend Warren
County road law.
By Pickett: To protect foxes in
Alamance County.
By Cotten: To tax coupons on
cigars and cigarettes.
By Davis: To tax dogs.
The bill to put Catawba County of
ficers on salary was called up. It de
veloped that the committee had
amended the bill. A division was
called for and on rising vote it pass
ed by a vote of 52 to 18.
The bill to increase the salary of
Commissioner of Labor. M. L. Ship
man. There waa an amendment mak
ing the salary $2,500 instead of $2,
000, as fixed by the House, and on a
viva voce vote carried, but on a call
for a division, it was lost 51 to 32.
After several other amendments were
voted down the bill was adopted in
creasing the salary to $2,000.
. The following bills were enrolled
and sent to Secretary of State:
To appoint justices of Duplin
County; to fix boundary lines in
Robeson County; to amend road law
of Bertie County; to establish stock
law in Moore County.
SENATE FRIDAY.
After a sharp debate the Senate
by a vote of IS to 14 killed the bill
of Senator KlutU to prohibit State
officers from sending out public doc
uments with their "compliments,1
after the bill had passed its second
reading.
The Senate concurred in the House
bill Increasing the saJLiry ot the Com
missioner of Labor mod Printing, and
tiat offifflcial is now drawing $2,000
a year Instead of $1,500, as before.
New Bill.
By Blow: A petition from the col
ored teachers of Forsyth County, en
dorsing the present board of educa
tion, and asking i? reappointment.
By Fry: ApoffcUrg members of
the boari of education In Swain
County.
By Spence: To appoint Justices of
the Peace for Randolph County.
By Peele; To amend the constitu
tion of North Carolina, repealing the
office of solicitor and creating the of
flee of county attorney.
By Blow: . A resolution fhat the
select committee appointed to con
sider the report of the Legislative
Auditing Committee have leave to
sit during the sessions of the Senate
Put on its immediate passage.
By Wray: To empower the Board
of Commissioners of Reidsville to re
move obstructions from the public
streets.
On motion of Mr. Martin, the bill
providing for draining of wet, swamp
and overflowed lands was made a
special order for next Thursday at
12 o'clock.
Passed Final Reading.
S. B. Appointing T. J. Wooten, of
Maxton township, Robeson County, a
Justice-of the Peace for six years.
S. B. To allow the register of
deeds of Durham to appoint a deputy.
S. B. To amend section 1661 of
the Revisal pertaining to fences in
Sampson County.
IN THE HOUSE.
The following bills were intro
duced:
By Barnes: To appoint Justices of
the Peace in Hertford County.
By Gavin: To appoint Justices of
the Peace in Duplin County.
By Connor: To allow the register
of deeds of Person County to appoint
a deputy.
By Underwood: To amend the
Constitution in respect to the qualifi
cations of voters.
By Smith: To regulate the elec
tion of justices of the peace in Har
nett County.
By Crumpler: - To amend the Re
visal relative to year's support.
By McDonald: To allow Moore
County to hire out convicts.
By Connor: To amend section
1635 of the Revisal for the protec
tion of married women.
Bills Passed Final Reading.
To regulate the pay of Jurors in
Wilson County.
To -provide for draining the low
lands in Bladen.
To punish persons maliciously cir
culating false and derogatory state
ments concerning banks.
To regulate fishing in the waters
of Sampson County.
To prevent live stock running at
large in Ashe County.
To amend the Revisal relating to
fees in criminal cases in Catawba
and Brunswick Counties.
To appoint a cotton weigher for
Four Oaks, in Johnston County.
To increase pay Of jurors in Co
lumbus County.
SENATE SATURDAY.
The following bills were intro
duced:
S. B. 363, Senator Manning: An
act to require fire insurance and cas
ualty insurance companies to deposit
a certain amount with the insurance
commissioner for the protection of
policy-holders. Committee on Insur
ance. Senator Nimocks offered, by re
quest, a petition from colored citi
zens of Cumberland County relative
to the suffrage. Referred to the
Committee on Constitutional Amend
ment.
Bills on Their Passage.
S. B. 324: To -appoint justice of
the peace for 'Randolph County.
Passed.
S. B. 166. Relating to the separa
tion of races in street cars, exempt
ing from the provisions of the law,
chapter 850 of pnblic laws of 1907,
nurses and sick and infirm persons.
S. B. 249. To permit guardians to
cultivate lands of their wards. Pass
ed second reading.
IN THE HOUSE.
Bill to allow Wakelon. Wake
County, to vote bonds for schools.
was reported favorably by the com
mittee; to promote education in
Sampson, unfavorably; same as to
Alamance.
Anumber of bills as to election
of boards of education in Durham,
Catawba, Graham, Yadkin, Mitchell,
and for various other counties, and
for the State at large, air unfavor
ably. Mr. Gibbs sent forward a mi
nority report on his bill for several
counties.
Mr. Harshaw called up bill for the
election of boards of education and
It was agreed to hear the minority
report and discuss same next Thurs
day. The following also came forward:
As to protection of forest ranges In
mountains, unfavorably; to appoint
a cotton weigher for Warsaw, and to
sell home Jn Ashe County, favorably.
ilJUs Introduced.
By Taylor: To allow Brunswick
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WARD WILL HANG
Negro Rcpai Will Pay Death
Pecalty March 3rd.
QUICK WORK OF THE JURY
Will Ward Waa Taken lUcV to Kap
OA for Trial Under Milh'Ary Ovarii
His Victim TMlflf in Court
One of the Most Revolting (Mm
That Ha Ever Been Perpetrated in
Gampson County.
Clinton N. C. Feb. 2. The trial of
Will Ward for criminal &2ault upon
Mrs. Mollla McLeod, began here at
2:30 this afternoon before Judge W.
R. Allen and ended at 6:35 p. m..
when the jury returned a verdict of
guilty. George E. Butler assisted
Solicitor Duly for the State and Hen
ry A. Grady was appointed by the
court to represent the defendant, who
was without counsel. At the close
of the taking of testimony, the case
was submitted to the jury upon the
evidence without argument upon the
part of the State or the defense.
Ward assaulted Mrs. McLeod on
January 19th and has been in the
State Penitentiary to prevent his be
ing lynched. He arrived from Ra
leigh this morning under an esort of
a detail of the local military com
pany, and the entire company Is on
guard duty to-night. The prisoner
sat through the trial unmoved and
presented a spectacle of stolid Indif
ference. When asked if he had any
thing to say why sentence should not
be passed upon him, he stated that
he was once injured by a blow on
the head which at times affected his
mind especially when he was drink
ing. Judge Allen sentenced Ward to
be hanged March 3rd.
The trial was witnessed by a pack
ed court-house. All disinterested
spectators vacated the court-room
while Mrs. McLeod was on the stand,
at the request of Judge Allen. The
crowd was at all times orderly. The
judge's charge to the grand jury and
his wise counsel in open court had a
good effect and encouraged letting
the law take its course in this case.
Ward claims to be the son of an
Indian mother and to have come from
Oklahoma. His appearance indicates
a decided trace of Indian blood.
PRESIDENT-ELECT TAFT IX, PAN
AMA.
Mr. Taft and Visiting Engineers De
cide That Existing Plans for Lock
and Dam are Satisfactory.
Culebra, Panama, Feb. 1 William
H. Taft and the engineers accom
panying him reached here from Pan
ama to-day on a special train and
made a detailed examination of the
fourteen miles of the Culebra cut.
The fact that the existing plans for
the lock and am at Gatum are satis
factory to the visiting engineers has
created a local feeling of optimism
and the fears of delay in the comple
tion of the work have been relieved.
Mr. Taft explained that the views
of the engineers regarding the situa
tion at Gatum would be favorable
and their finding consequently did
not come as a surprise to him.
Mr. Taft and the engineers are
very much gratified at the extent of
the work accomplished at Culebra.
OMNIBUS BILL PASSES SENATE.
The Shooting Up of Brownsville to
Be Given Another Airing.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 29. The
omnibus claims bill, carrying an ap
propriation of about $3,000,000,
which has been favorably acted upon
by the House of Representatives was
passed by the Senate today with an
amendment repealing the law allow
ing the reference of Southern War
claims to the court of claims by the
Senate or House of Representatieves.
A substitute bill for all pending
measures relating to the re-enlistment
of the soldiers of the 25th
regiment who were discharged with
out honor following the Brownsville,
Texas, "shooting up" was introduced
by Senator Aid rich and other Repub
lican Senators who had proposed leg
islation for the same purposes. . It
provides for a court of Inquiry -to
pass upon the qualifications of the
discharged men for re-enlistment.
Iredell Lady Terribly Burned.
Statesville, Jan. 30. Miss Martha
Gillespie, an aged maiden lady, was
horribly burned to-day about noon at
the home of her nephew and niece,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mennls, three
miles east of Statesville. She was
alive at 7 o'clock this evening but is
not expected to live through the
night.
Store Blown Open With Dynamite.
Salisbury, N. C Feb. 2. By the
use of dynamite the grocery store of
D-M .Miller, In Salisbury waa blown
open shortly after midnight this
morning and the premises robbed by
unknown parties.
Nimocks & Co. of Fayetterille Make
Assignment.
Fayetteville, N. C. Feb. 2. The
firm of Nimocks it Company, grocers,
late this afternoon filed an assign
ment for the benefit of creditors.
C1IILDHKX RAN A BLOCKADE
STILL.
An I'nnMtal Story Told by IUvraK
Officer of Itaid in Smlh Caro
Una. Aaheville, N. C. FeL. 1. United
State Deputy Marshal 11. S. Ramsey
and Special Ageat E. P. McCoy a ad
C. F. Blalock. of Revenue A cent
Sams office, who accompanied him
on a raid made Friday, to booth
Mount Mn, In the York settlement of
the "Dark Corner" of S-jth Caro
lina, have had some ueusurU vxest
ences through long eree for t!j
United Stau) Revenue Department,
but never one so extraordinary as
that ot Friday, when they found in
fanta, three mere children, ranging
from five to ten years of age. engag
ed in the production of brandy, and
that by means of a still constructed
by themselves.
The officers stated thit on January
Sth they had made a raid at the
same place and had cut up a number
of "fermenters" and emptied a lot of
peach "doublings" on the around
and Friday returned to capture those
who had operated the stills. It was
then that they espied the three child
ren busily engaged over a fire. The
officers approached and found after
the children had scampered away
that they had taken a wooden bucket
for a eap" used a pair of kegs for
"doublers" and a bored-out poplar
limb for a "worm," and the resulting
brandy was trickling into a beer
bottle.
THE INDUSTRIAL NEWS SUS
PENDED. Office Closed by Order of Ui Court.
IMant Will Be Sold at Auction.
Greensboro, N. C, Jan. 29 Judge
Boyd this afternoon ordered Receiv
er W. I. Underwood to discontinue
publication of the industrial News,
the organ of the Republican organi
zation in the State, and to advertise
again for bids. The only bid pre
sented was by E. C. Duncan and
others for ? 15,000. The court would
not confirm this bid as it was les
than the amount of indebtedness.
The plant will be sold at auction on
the 15th.
Honeycutt Killed by Friend Officer
Wounded.
Lenoir, X. C, Jan. 29. Last night
about 9 o'clock, four miles west of
Mortimer, this county, in Harpers
Crek neighborhooi, -waa thr5ane of
a shooting scrape. The participants
in the battle were Deputies Sam
Smith and Zeke Garland and Dolph
and Keith Pritchard.
The trouble arose over the arrest
of W. W. Honeycutt, for whom the
officers had a capias for retailing.
When the deputies went to the home
of Honeycutt, Honeycutt asked them
to accompany him to see the Prltcli
ards and fix up the bofU. On their
way they were fired upon by frtend
of the prisoner.
He aimed to kill Deputy "Garland,
and shot Honeycutt through the
heart, killing him instantly, and the
second shot took effect in Garland's
face. The prisoner waa handcuffed
to Garland. Deputy Smith was then
fired at. Spith returned the fire, and
while reloading his pistol it waa shot
from his hand.
Son of Rev. J. N. H. Snmmcrell kill
ed by Accidental Discharge of
Gnn. -
New Bern, N. C, Jan. 29. How
ard, the fifteen-year-old son of Rev.
J. N. H. Summerell, pastor of the
Presbyterian church here, met with
a distressing death to-day.
He went hunting this morning.
and when he had not returned at the
time appointed citizens .went in
search of the boy, and the dead body
was found in the marsh near the
County Home, five milea from Jletr
Bern. The gun had discharged iti
load which lodged uader the boy's
jaw, and his brain was perforated
with the shot. The trigger had evi
dently caught on a brier in the un
dergrowth and caused the discharge.
Wanted Special Legislation.
Hickory Times-Mercury.
A bill was Introduced in the Senate
which the News and Observer asys
Judge Adams had introduced to help
him In the Butler suit that he might
send them to the chain gang. The
legislature and people are not with
the Judge In such a law.
Miss Claudia Yoangbiood Burned to
Death at Fayetterille.
Fayetteville, N. C FebJ.l. Miss
Claude Youngblood. the If -year-old
daughter of N. E. Youngblood a rail
road engineer of this city, was burn
ed to death yesterday afternoon as a
result of her clothing catching fire
from an open store.
Edward Wright of Washington Found
Frozen to Death.
Washington, N. C, Feb. 2. Ed
ward N. Wright, the eldest son of M.
F. Wright of this city, waa frozen to
death while in a gas boat on Pamlico
River last night en route for this
city.
Hotel at Hamlet Burned
The Boyd Hotel at Hamlet was
burned last Wednesday. A residence
and a restaurant near the hotel were
also burned.
PATRONAGE
MACHINES
These Organizations la the f oath
Must Disband.
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Special to The Caucasian:
Vahinstoo. l. C . Feb. J, !u.
The order of the Federal Court di
recting the c'lstouUi.uaUon of the
publication of Dally luduatrUi
News, and further ordering that th
plant should bv ulj at public auc
tion on February 15th, ha attracted
attention here and caud rvnM.r
able comment amoug the North Car
olina colony and the Nurth Carolin
ians ho come to Wakhhttou.
The genera comment U that the
Republican patronage machine, which
had taken entire charge of the paper
and used It as a kind of personal or
gan, was discouraged in Its efforts to
continue the paper on accouut ot
Judge Taft's recent speech at At
lanta. tKvery one knew that the
machine was running the paper In a
way by which Its circulation was aure
to decrease and It revenue- fall off.
and that contlnuiug lu publication
meant that the machine expected to
continue to control the Federal pat
ronage and to asaes the Federal office-holders
to keep the paper going
at a loss. It Is said that since the
paper went Into bankruptcy that cer
tain machine leaders, with assess
ments from Federal office-holders,
have put up several thousand dollars
to continue the paper under a re
ceiver, and that they intended to bid
in the property and keep It going in
the old way and with the old meth
ods. Of course, every Republican re
grets to see the paper discontinued,
but if It was "to be continued In tbar
old way, it Is just as well, for It was
doing the party no good.
The Patronage Machine It Battled.
The situation with reference to the
Industrial News is only one of the
many Indications of how badly rattled
the patronage machiiwH are in all of
the Southern States vr Tail's final
decision ' Uvtly4lsl the old refer
system. There comes information
hc-re that theic is not only consterna
tion but many protest by these pl
ronae machines in nearly all the
Southern States. No one expected
them to die without a ttfruggle.
It seems that they never realized
that they were in danger until President-Elect
Taft made the announce
ment of his final determination.' It
seems that these patronage machine
fellows did not expect the administra
tion or Northern Republicans to ever
look to the South for a strong and
vigorous Republican party. It seems
that they felt that all the Republican
National organization would "ever ex
pect" from them would be to deliver
the delegates at convention time.
The leaders ot the National Re
publican party have not only realized
that the time has come when the Re
publican party should and probably
would be forced to look to some
Southern States to help them main
tain the ascendance of the party, but
that a strong party In the South
would be best for the party, not only
In. the North and South, but for th
whole country. Irrespective of party:
at the same time, they realize the ut
ter Incompetency and wortilessness
of the patronage machines to build
up the Republican party in the South,
even if they should desire to do so.
A Sneak Bill Before the LegUlaiare.
A Republican from the State here
to-day commented upon the purpose
that is behind the apparent move
ment to sneak a bill through the
Legislature to help Adams in his li
bel suit against the Butlers.
It was pointed out that the North
Carolina law already goes further
than the laws in most of the States
by permitting a prosecutor in a crim
inal action to employ private counsel
to assist the Solicitor in the prosecu
tion, and that the result of such a -law
has been to permit the prosecu
tor and his private counsel to practi
cally take charge of a case, and too
often to conduct it in a way that it,
would not be conducted if the solic
itor handled, it alone on the part of-'-
the State.
It waa further observed that the
effort now to have the State, la addi
tion, to permit such a prosecutor and ,
his private attorneys to use the pow
er and the name of the State and its
treasury to force a defendant in a
criminal action to meet them any
where and everywhere to take depo
sitions would result In the most us
Jost and cruel est kind of persecution.
It would make it Impossible for a
poor defendant to defend himfiWf or
protect his rights.
An attempt has been made to put
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