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yrnoMi LETTER OF PRESIDENT. Continued from Page 2.) one forbidding the charging of xeT rate for a less distance In a;el the greater distance, than f'r'tv prear distance was amend for " - to vest in the Commission r Vhat !r discretion In enforc- rf the flaws than has been permlt- r J '-" h1 Supreme Court decisions ;'lVr' easting law. Moreover, in ! mc telegraphs and telephones as r"rzfnts of commerce have been T " jgM tbln the regulation of the "'jnjjfcion. Tne Dil1 as at Pr8nt r ior'r is an excellent bill. It is "enacted in a spirit of hostility to broads, but it submits them to a and more effective supervision ,s tb-a Interstate Commerce Coramis- Vn to avoid Injustice In their man- f-nt and control. Tsf. important part that railways r!ar as the arterial circulation in the sir.ess of the country, the million j and a half of their employes and the Bullion of their stockholders, the Im portance of their purchasing power aS acting the prosperity of general business all require in the public In terest that no unfair treatment should bo accorded them. But I am Klad to note that the railway man-apr-r? have acquiesced in the fairness of th present b l.iland propose loy ally to comply with Its useful pro visions. It was supported by the wholo Republican party in Congress, and that party is entitled to credit for its passage. The whole Demo cratic strength was exhibited against it in both Houses. It was a perform ance of a pledge of the platform, and only needs time to vindicate the wis dom of its enactment. Postal Savings Bank. The postal savings bank bill has a similar history. It is one of the preat Congressional enactments. It creates an epoch. It Institutes a sys tem which will work effectively to Iiromote thrift among the poor by providing a depository for their sav ings which they properly may con sider absolutely safe, and will also turn into the channels of trade and commerce a large volume of money which otherwise would be hoarded. By specific provision it will stimulate the investment of savings in Govern ment bonds of small denominations, for which the bill provides. Like the tariff bill and the railroad bill, this was put through each House of Con gress by a Republican majority, and was signed by a Republican Presi dent. Tho legislation of Congress ia re spect to the Navy Department is a full compliance with thep romises of the Republican platform. In spite o! a proper desire to keep down ap propriations, Congress saw the neces sity for a continuance of our present naval policy and a regular strength ening of the Navy by the addition of two more battleships. More than this, it has enabled the Secretary of the Navy to carry out a reform in the business management of the De partment and a re-organization of the bureaus and staff of the Navy so as to contribute materially to its effective ness as one of the military arms of the Government. Although the Dem ocratic national platform apparently favored the increase In the Navy, a large majority of the Democrats, both in the House and the Senate, opposed the policy when presented in the form of concrete legislation. Labor Legislation. The Republican party at the last session of Congress again exhibited its deep and sincere interest in the general welfare of the working men and women of the country by adding important enactments to its already long record of legislation on this sub ject. Practically all classes of em ployees, especially those engaged in occupations more or less hazardous, are the beneficiaries of laws which should operate to lighten the bur dens which naturally fall upon the shoulders of man. The Republican party recognized the necessity of re ducing the dangers under which hun dreds of thousands of miners work by creating the Bureau of Mines. This bill was passed for the purpose of establishing an efficient governmental instrument for investigation, exami nation and reports to the world of the kind of safety appliances that will prevent the awful losses of life in the operation of mines, and espe cially of coal mines. A second pur pose of the Bureau is to perform the same office in respect to the great in dustry of mining that the Depart ment of" Agriculture performs in re spect to the farming interests of the country; that Is, by experiment and investigation to determine the most effective methods of mining and the best means of avoiding the deplorable waste that now obtains in the present mining methods. No more important legislation in the interest of human life has ever been enacted by Congress than the laws of the recent session giving to the Interstate Commerce Commission ampler powers to define the needed safety appliances for the prevention of accidents to employees and passen gers, and, after a hearing, to re quire their adoption by interstate railways. Other, legislation, with re spect to the inspection of locomotive boilers and the removal of dangerous overhead obstructions, awaits the consideration of the next session of this Congress, and I hope that it may speedily be passed. The employ ers' liability act was perfected by needed amendment so as to enable J . , ' mill... -I. i - - I,,, 0? TOE BUST IPIUJIEILD DM &TIHi AI0OMA COL. GEO. E. BUTLER AND HIS BRILLIANT RECORD He Has Been Termed the Father .of the Best Public School Law Ever Enacted in North Carolina IS A CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS IN THE THIRD DISTRICT Prof. Brewer, Former Superintendent of Schcils in Sampson County, Writes Tribute to Col. But er's Services in the Cause of The People of the District Hon. Geo. E. Butler, the Republi can candidate for Congress in the Third Congressional District, was born and reared as Salemburg, Samp son County, about forty years ago. He received his education at Salem High School, and the State University. After completing his ed ucation he was principal of Salem High School for several years. He then took up the profession of law, graduating at the University Law School in 1893. He located at Clinton, N. C, upon receiving his license, and the next year was unanimously elected Super intendent of Schools of Sampson County,, and was afterwards appoint ed County School Examiner. He was one of the most progressive, compet ent and enthusiastic advocates of public education in the State. He made a State reputation in his ad dress before the State' Teachers As semblies in 1896 and 1897, by his advanced ideas on popular education. He represented this district in the State Senate of 1S97, and was the leading member of that body on all educational matters and was the au thor of the new school law enacted by that body, which was recognized then and now by the leading educators in the State as the best school law the State ever had. The town ship system and the local tax system, first inaugurated by the legislation injured employees more easily to re cover just damages. But in one sense the most forward step taken in the interest of the worker was the creation of a Con gressional Commission to report a practical bill for the fixing of work men's compensation for injuries re ceived in the employment of inter state commerce railways, as risks in the business to be fixed by speedy ar bitration and to be graduated accord ing to the extent of the injury and the earning capacity of the injured person. This is important, not only as affecting interstate commerce rail ways, but, if adopted, as furnishing a model to the country for a bene ficial change in the legal relation be tween employee and employer. This reform would put an end to the vex atious and costly litigation through which an injured employee must go in order to recover damages litiga tion which on account of the poverty of the employee frequently serves to defeat the ends of justice, and in other instances leads to exorbitant and unjust verdicts. Conservation. One of the great questions which has been made- a national issue and aroused public interest through the insistence of President Roosevelt is that of conservation of our national resources. From the Federal stand point, this concerns the preservation of forests, the reclamation of arid lands of the. Government and the proper .treatment and disposition of our Government coal lands, phos Will Support Him in His Progressive and Enlightened Policy of 1897, gave the State the greatest educational impetus in its history Mr. Butler together with Dr. Chas. D. Mclver, and other leading educators, made a campaign in this section of the State, advocating this great edu cational reform. This writer heard Prof. P. P. Clax ton say, while holding a teachers' In stitute in Sampson County in 1900, that Mr. Geo. E. Butler, by reforming the school law of North Carolina and originating the township system, had shown himself to be one of the great est benefactors of the State, and was entitled to a monument at the hands of the educators of North Carolina. Mr. Butler, while a member of the Legislature of 1905, advocated many other educational reforms, chief of which was the election of all school officials in each country by a direct vote of the people. . When the call for volunteers was made in 1898, to enlist in the war with Spain. Mr. Geo. E. Butler was the first man in Sampson County to offer himself for service at the front. He was made a major in the First North Carolina Regiment, and saw service in Cuba. He was appointed President of the General Court Mar tial Court of the First Brigade, and he made an enviable reputation not only as a soldier and officer, but as the head of the Brigade court mar tial. phate lands, oil and gas lands, and of the lands known as water-power sites at the points on the streams where the water-powar must be con verted in order to be useful. Dur ing Mr. Roosevelt's administration millions of acres of lands included within the classes described were withdrawn in the United States prop er and in Alaska, in order to await proper legislation. Doubt arose as to the Executive power to make these withdrawals, and therefore as to their legality should they be contest ed in court. The present adminis tration continued the Executive withdrawals, but suggested, as a mat ter of wise precaution, securing from Congress express power to make them. By Republican majorities in both Houses a withdrawal bill for this, purpose was enacted, and now over seventy millions of acres have been re-withdrawn of lands included within the classes described. Much of the land reserved is coal and is valuable for agriculture, and there fore Congress adopted an entirely feasible and useful plan by which the homestead laws were applied to the surface of the land, while the coal in the ground is till reserved as the property of the Government. This is a new departure "in our land laws, and is highly to be commended. In addition to this, it was deemed nec essary, in order that certain reclama tion projects of the Government should he completed within a reason able time, that an issue, of $20,000, 000 bonds should be authorized with which to secure water for the settlers a Letter in Which Fe Pays High Education He is a good lawyer and one of the strongest advocates at the bar In this section of the State. Born and reared as the son of a farmer, heserved his time as a farm boy on his father's farm and upon receiving his education he has, as teacher, Superintendent of Public Schools, County School Examiner, legislator, soldier and lawyer, prov en himself faithful, competent and progressive, and can be relied upon to perform with ability and integrity every public and private trust repos ed in him. There are few men In the State who have a cleaner public and private life and enjoy more the confidence of the people; and for his years there are few men in the State better equipped to represent his State In the National Congress, to which place he now aspires as the chosen representa tive of his party in the Third Con gressional District. This sketch is written by one of his friends and co-workers In education, with the hope that his merit may be known in this district and recognis ed by all men who are friends of public education and who want an honest, energetic and progressive rep resentative in Congress. This September 23rd, 1910. (Signed) STREET BREWER. Ex-County Superintendent Schools of Sampson County. upon Government lands within the promise of the project, the bonds to be redemed by the water rents for the service rendered. In this way hundreds of settlers who have been patiently waiting for the completion of the projects and suffering great i privation will be re-habilitated. At I the same time, the law authorizing the bond issue prevents the expend!- ? ture of any of the proceeds of the' bonds in any of the projects until a i board of army engineers shall report i the same as worthy and feasible. Moreover, additional provision has been made in the appropriation laws for money with which to carry on surveys of unsurveyed public lands, a crying need In certain States and In Alaska. Thus it is not too much to say that most important steps have been taken toward the proper conser vation of our resources in the legisla tion of the present Congress. There remains to be considered and settled the question of the method of dispos ing of these lands so that the Govern ment may retain sufficient control to prevent a monopoly in their use and to secure the public against extortion for coal, oil, gas, phosphate or water power on the one hand, and yet may give to private capital sufficient in ducement to bring about a normal development of the wealth contained in these lands to aid in the building up of the country. Neither the Dem ocrats of the House nor the Demo crats of the Senate as a body, al though their platform formally de clared in favor of conservation, have taken any active part m or can be wsst4 npcm to assist a!tay la the eSsUoa pt Omm oattea!4 Another tablet of pttmiZM Issjor taar U that f the lssf-vet of oar waterway. The prtil C crrmp has esarfed a rfvr aad har bor hill s?fcf?tlia saer thaa Sll,eo.)e for the crryiag est of easatwr of ii4S&ed plat f$r the jraBAfcai lis$rovat of river and tartars within a certain period and i& additloa astbortti&g contract to t-r entered Into tsbject to fstr appropriation by Csr, axxr Kaii&K our ta mUllo&i of dollar. Th bill vu ab)t to ertUrlfsa ta that it tUU roat!na4 tb old plc tnea! yvtesa and appropriated aoa thicg for nearlr rery prot rrcora roeaded by th army eaciara. It U feopd aad believed that la lb ettxt ion and thereafter the eatfnert will so make their reomneadai)oea a to indicate the projects of greater importance . so that adequate tarns may be appropriated for their com pletion within a reasonably hort time and the piece-meal policy of ex tending the construction of improve meats of this kind indefinitely for years may be abandoned. Other lteWt Ite!oeroet, The Republican platform promised that it would admit to Statehood the Territories of New Mexico and Ari zona, and that promise has ben re deemed with suitable provisions for securing good and sane constitutions of the States by requiring their adop tion in advance of the election of State officer, and their submission to Congress for consideration, and pos sible rejection, at one of Its sessions. All this long list of useful enact ments was promised in the Republi can platform and has been put through by Republican majorities. Congress has also enacted into law. In accordance with the promise which I made as a candidate for the Presi dency,, a bill requiring the publica tion by the Congressional committees of detailed statements of the money received by them and the money ex pended by them In the political can vass of each Congressional candi date. In addition, the present Congress has appropriated $100,000 to enable the Executive to Investigate and make recommendation as to the methods by which the cost of run ning the Government may be re duced. I regard this last as one of the most important parts of the ad ministration's policy. I am confi dent that If full opportunity is given, and a Republican Congress is elect ed to assist, the cutting down of the National expenditures by the adop tion of modern economic methods in doing the business of the Govern ment will reach to a point of saving many millions. How much the ex penses can be curtailed it is impossi ble to approximate at this time. The problem before the administration is to get full value for every dollar It disburses. The appropriations for the last year were more than $20,000,000 less than the appropriations of the year before, and in the actual execu tion of the law $11,000,000 were saved in the operation of the Post office Department, for which appro priation had already been made. Future Legislation. A number of other promises re main to be kept. I have already al luded to the provisions to regulate the issue of stocks and bonds by in terstate commerce railways, to which the Democratic minority in the Sen ate gave Its solid opposition on the the ground that the Central Govern ment has no Constitutional power to make and enforce such regulation. In addition, there is the promised procedure to determine how prelimi nary injunction shall lssuo without notice, and when. In substitution for this the Democratic platform pro poses an amendment to the existing law which would create a privileged class of lawless workmen and would seriously impair the power of the courts of equity to do Justice. Then there is the measure to promote the merchant marine engaged in foreign service, to which in previous Con gresses the Democratic party has al ways opposed an almost solid front. There is the measure forbidding the acquisition of stocks by one railway company in a competing line, and there are also thole bill, already re ferred to, to secure further safety appliances on railways and to estab lish a basis for workmen's compenaa-j tlon. There is also the promise of the Republican platform to make bet ter provision for securing the health of the nation. The most tangible and useful form that this can take would be the establishment of a na tional bureau of health to include all the health agencies of the Govern ment now distributed In different De partments. Finally there is the Ap palachian Forest Reserve Bill which passed the House by a Republican majority, is on the calendar of the Senate, and will probably pass at the coming session of this Congress. In view of what the present Re publican Congress has done In the fulfillment of Its promises, and in view of the standard that It has set in respect to the sacredn ess of party pledges, I have no hesitation In urg ing all who are in favor of the per formance of the remaining pledges, who are In favor of progress, In fa vor of practical conservation. In fa vor of economy In government, In favor of the just regulation of rail ways and of interstate commerce cor porations, In favor of a Bureau of Health, in favor of a proper llmita- USttt 1 f-T Pt $ 1 1st jsart!, as 4 ar ta ? sja4rv t $fssf la e?r.t. sum raxaxv4 Ia fefsft nf, 19 far IW !W?Ulf.ts ca4UaS far 0&ata ia ft? t&at l4tr ,!2i for all utt $rrrtt WuUttsa tsay fe iratlSe4. Osrl0i la closlac tt saay 4 fr ta??!t t:u for em u tattt ytar atta U$a. aad ttt t all Uk tcf4 la ad recall Ue K?atlica rasa in ihm eoml&jt tacti&a ta tact that it tt of t& tsaot lirta& ta malt ifcls a rasa?! f 4a tloa at to tart aad ta elar aay th ek3da of ttr;rtauU3i tlat otacarvd th rl aad fcsv ssad it difScaU to for the HepabUeaa taajortty ta Cacraa th real credit da thta from tie country for the treseadoat task tfeey hav accopHh4. If taU la fcroagat clearly hots to all volera, and ra cially to the yoa&c cura now rotlsf for the first Uese. and they bcoa Impressed, at they otzcht to b by this record, with th different ia the governmental efficiency aad capacity of the ItepubUran and De$cratio partiet. thty will carol) themselves with the party of cos it ruction and progress rather than with the party of obst ruction and necattoa, aad tha resulting legislation of the Sitty-aee ond Congress will viadicata their choice. Sincerely your. WU. !!. TAFT. HON. WILLIAM n. McKINLKT. Chairman. Republican Concrea sional Committee. 113$ II rot 4 way, New York City. -CUUl FACTS' AIMltT IIUTMUt AMI THK IIOXDH. (Continued from Pag 1.) er is a bond speculator. Such an ar gument is silly and absorb in the extreme. The Fourth Lying HUader. They further charge that it aa moral treason for Mr. Duller to act as attorney for the holders of those honest bonds a few weeks be fore the end of hit term in the Sen ate, is a matter that we are willing to submit to the judgment of a fair, candid and honest people when they know the facts. We take it that the editor of the New and Observer, if he had been serving in tho Senate a few weeks before the end of hi term, his successor having been al ready elected, had been approached by the holders of these honest bond and asked to bring suit for their col lection, that he would have answer ed that be would tx? glad to repre sent them as attorney, but they mutt wait and come back and ee him a few weeks later, on the 5th day of March, the day after his term In the Senate expired. What a Cowardly Hrpoorlte WouAl Do. This would be just what a coward ly hypocrite would do under the cir cumstance. On the other hand, Mr. Butler, in stead of attempting to play the hypo crite and tell the bond-bolder to wait a few weeks, told them frankly that be was convinced that the bonds were honest, and tbat he' would be doing the good name of his State a service, and the cause of honesty a service by having a Just and proper settlement. How Fabius IIubee Urged Mr. But ler to Help to Collect Tbee Ikmds. At this time Hon. Fabius Iiutbee. of Kaleigh, was the attorney for the holders of these bonds and bad betn for several year. He went to Mr. Dutler and told him that he had for years appealed to the Legislature to pay this honest debt, which should be done in the interest of the honor and credit of the State, as well as common honesty and decency, and urged Mr. Butler to become associat ed with him for their collection. .Mr. Butler Did What He Had a Legal and Ethical flight To Do. Mr. Butler not only agreed to rep resent the holder of these bonds as counsel a few weeks before the 4 th of March, when hi term ended, but he had a perfectly legal and ethical right to do so. There is no restric tion upon the practice by a lawyer of his profession while a member of the Senate except tbat, incident to prosecuting claims against the Unit ed States. All Senators and Mem bers of Congress appear la the courts without criticism or the least sug gestion of impropriety from tfcs legal profession or from any one else. Many good men were In the Legis lature which attempted to repudiate these bonds and voted with the 'ma jority under the mistaken idea that the bonds were cf the 'carpet-hag class, but understanding the facts, these men have had opportunity to correct the mistake they then made. Who Is Guilty of "Moral Treason. "Moral treason" and moral ob liquity lie at the door of him who would repudiate an honest debt, pub lic or private. No clUien of North Carolina, could afford to teach his child to sanction a dishonest act, Yes, ex-Senator Butler will take an active part In this campaign and will meet this Issue or any other which may be raised by the Demo cratic sarty. Considering the nnmber of times that he has asked favers at the hands of the party Mr. Bryan ihould sup port the ticket In his own State for the sake of appearances. Durham Herald. i
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