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RALEIGH, K. C. TEJUHQDAY, XJQVEMDEIV 17, 1910.
Uo. 45
EDITORIAL BRIEFS
Now, watch
tbe boat.
the Democrats rock
At least the Republicans made a
clean sweep In Montana.
It certainly did take them a long
time to get the votes counted as they
wanted them in Wake.
Champ Clark will- find Congress
duleish enough without carrying up
& pair of the Missouri variety.
A Democratic poll-holder in Ran
dolph was caught "tapping" the ballot-box.
Is he the only guilty one?.
The Democratic papers have not
even attempted to explain the in
creased Republican vote in Sampson.
Nebraska showed a 'Republican
gain this year, notwithstanding it is
the home State of the "Peerless One"
A Socialist has been elected to
Congress from Milwaukee. He Is
said to have the virtue of consistency.
"Et tu. Brute.",. Those who will
not comprehend the meaning of the
quotation should be as dead as
Caesar.
Even the Standard Oil Company
will not be able to still the troubled
waters in the Democratic ranks two
years hence.
Milwaukee has elected a "Social
ist Democrat" to Congress. Another
new brand but it will never make
Milwaukee famous.
He laughs best who laughs last.
The Democrats are now crowing, but
we will give them the merry ha-ha
two years from now.
Will the next Legislature pass an
anti-trust law with "teeth?" Well,
not unless the American Tobacco
Company bought a gold brick.
The cat is out of the bag. Champ
Clark, Democratic leader and possi
bly Speaker, says that the tariff must
be placed on a basis for revenue only.
How odd some things are! Portu
gal became a republic just a few
weeks before this country went back
ward to a rule that, like Portugese
royalty, had proved a failure.
Some of the Democratic leaders
say that they will now revise the tar
iff. If they attempt it you may look
out for another "act of party perfidy
and dishonor."
The Democrats are now talking of
revising the tariff, but they couldn't
agree on a tariff bill if a lease of
one hundred years of the Presidency
depended upon it
What will President Taft do? asks
a newspaper headline. That's easy.
He will continue a wise administra
tion and aid in making the Republi
can party successful in 1912.
If Champ Clark drives his pair of
Missouri mules to Congress this year,
he had better keep them there to
pull him back to Missouri when the
voters get through showing him two
years hence.
The Standard Oil trust has the
Democraitc party in the nation by the
throat, and the American Tobacco
Company owns the party in this
State. How much anti-trust legisla
tion do you suppose will be enacted
by the next Democratic Congress or
by the next State Legislature?
All the employes of John D. Rocke
feller were instructed to vote the
Democratic ticket on November 8th.
This shows that the Democratic party
is in "cahoot" with- the Standard Oil
trust and it also shows the blatant
hypocrisy 0f the Democratic party
it aoners "trusts ana com
bines."
TTT 1
ne aaye received i many letters
from different parts of the State giv
ing accounts of Democratic frauds at
the election, and also of the whole
sale use of Democratic prohibition
boose on the day of
have hesitated to publish such infor
mation, but if it continues to accu
mulate for the next week we will
have something to say along this line
aexi issue of The Caucasian.
iE3iocn.vnc foll-holder
CAUGHT.
Xames of Republican GindltUtcs 11
legally Scratch!.
"? InformaUta given oat in Green
boro and published in The News la
attended by strong circumstantial
evidence that a Democratic poll
bolder in New Market Township,
Randolph County, is guilty of
scratching names of candidates on
the Reupbllcaa ticket ; The careless
ness and the apparent lack of shrewd
ness with which the erasures are
made excite suspicion, and the tickets
themselves will reveal the evidence.
The person giving out the evidence
has in possession scratched Republi
can tickets taken from & New Market
ballot box. The names of the candi
dates are printed in capital letters,
the Initials or given names preceding
the surnames, of course, being on
the right-hand side of the ticket.
The scratch, instead , of presenting
several marks or one . thin mark,
such as an ordinary lead pencil will
make, is broad and shadowy, after
the manner of a mark made by the
side of a piece of chalk. The 'erasure
is most frequently made of the sur
name, though on one ticket the mark
missed the. name altogether and
erased a word in a line giving the
office for which the candidate t was
nominated. '
One ticket alone contains the bur-.
den of evidence. The voter of this
ticket, riot wishing to vote for three
of the Republican candidates there
on, and instead of erasing their
names, had had pasted over those
names for him the names of Demo
cratic candidates for these same of
fices, the pasted strips being known
as "stickers."
A Republican friend of this voter
pasted the Democratic names for
him, and this Republican inadvert
ently left a small mark on the ticket
which he remembered and recogniz
ed when he saw the ticket later. One
of the "stickers" on this ticket has
been erased, the poll-holder, in his
haste, believing he was erasing a
Republican name. The same kind of
scratch as on several other tickets
Is on this ticket.
The fact Is noticeable that several
scratched tickets are scratched; with
the same kind of mark. - '
Just how the scratching was done
is undetermined, but the person who
examlne4 the ticket in Greensboro
believes the poll-holder had some
thing to erase with attached to a
finger, possibly the thumb of th9
right hand. The suspected poll
holder was seen frequently to rub his
thumb over the tickets as they were
being counted, as would seen perfect
ly natural had not the strange era
sures been discovered.
The fact was also noticed that the
poll-holder was inconsistent In' call
ing out the names on the ticket. For
a time he did not call the erased
names, out as tne scratcnea ticKets
he called forth all the names includ
ing the scratched.
Claim to Know Nothing.
Jackson, Tenn., Nov.14. If the
Standard Oil Company, of Indiana,
as has been testified to, received the
advantage of a 13-cent rate on petro
leum and products from Whiting,
ind., to Grand Junction, Tenn., it was
without the knowledge of at least
two of the general traffic managers
of the Southern Railway, according
to their statements under oath today.
In fact, neither J. M. Culp, at pres
ent vice president of the Southern
Railway, and Lincoln Green, freight
traffic manager of the same system,
knew of theh 13-cent rate, they
avowed, between the two points nam
ed. Again, the .witness contended
the Standard Oil Company, of Ken
tucky, the purchaser "of the oil in
question and with whom the South
ern Railway dealt in connection with
its trans-shipment to the southeast
from Grand Junction, would not have
been granted certain rates by the
Southern Railway had they known
that less than the proportionate part
of a Joint Illinois Central-Southern
Railway tariff had been charged for
the haul from Evansvllle to Grand
Junction.
It is the charge of the United
States that the payment of the divis
ional part of the 13-cent rate be
tween the two points named was il
legal. Also that a scheme and a
device was used to keep the 13-cent
rate secret and that, as a whole, It
was a violation of the Elkins law.
The shipments testified to by Mr.
Culp and Mr.' Green form the basis
for the government's suit5
How Dix Won.
New York Tribune, j
The stay-at-home voters were the
extraordinary features of . the State
election. Dix received 75,000 fewer
votes than Chanler received in 1908,
yet the majority for Dix is about as
big as was the majority against
Chanler. The stay-atyhome' element
was more than twice as numerous up
the State-as It was in this city. That
tells the story of what became of the
old-fashioned Republican majorities
above the Bronx.
AISiHlT lliSTGHV
Some Facta About Assyria
a Strcaj Little
Country. - ;
niimOD THE CGHTf tUHTER
Semi ram I a, a Female Soldier, Vbo
Conted Her Sctcceaa in Arma by
If er Eaeapea An Army for Orna
menu Only A King, Who Dosacd
Female AttlreTlie Israeli tea VTem
: Once Slaves for a Time. j
(Correspondence of The Caucasian-;
Enterprise.) 1 ' ;
Bllklnsville, N. C. Nov 14, lSlO,
Assyria iz'one or the most Inter
ests little countries on earth. Ko
doubt you hev met with one or more
pedders rite here in North Carolina,
small, yellow-skinned fellers. They
air keen traders an air usually ener
getic. These people leave their far
away homes for tradln' purposes only
and generally return to Assyria after
makln' some money.
Assyria U sed to hev derived hlta
name from Ashur, the second son ov
Shenii and the grandson ov Noah.
Ashur lz believed to hev migrated
from the land ov Shlmar and took
possession ov the new land about
2247 before Christ. About that date
Nimrod wuz creatin' some talk on
ccount ov the fact that he trained a
great many hunterB In the use ov the
bow an,sarrow an other old-fashioned
weapons. Nimrod wuz a great
hunter, if reports be true, and he
made a man fer himself. He wuz the
"Buffalo Bill" ov that day an time.
Nimrod iz said to hev conquered the
colony ov Ashur. Nimrod founded
hiz kingdom at Babylon, an then
moved hlz forces into Assyria an'
built Ninevah to be the capital ov
that country. Nimrod placed hlz son,
Ninus, in charge ov affairs. But Nin
us wuz even a greaer sport than
Nimrod an' he wuz soon engaged in
a war that lasted seventeen years.
, Zt , aj&Js stepJhe extlngukhedthames
whipped Babylon. Later he Invaded
Armenia and Media and conquered
the inhabitants. At one time he wuz
at the head ''ov an army ov nearly
two millions of soldiers. In hiz war
fare he wuz assisted by Semiramis, a
woman. She wuz a natural-born
soldier. He later married this wo
man. Ninus didn't., live long after
the marriage an hiz widow became
Queen. She aniused herself for a
time in beautifyin' and enlargin' the
city. But that wuz too tame. She
finally made war upon India, direct
ing the campaign in person. Stabro
bates, the ruler ov India, let the
Queen think she wuz makln great
headway ih "war until she had pur
sued hiz army into the heart ov that
country. Then he made real resist
ance and nearly destroyed her army.
She wuz obliged to retreat. But, woman-like,
she led her demoralized
forces back home, a portion ov her
army, at least, an' seemed to think
that she had been successful because
she had made the other side run
run after her army In pursuit. But
her war . wuz a success In that she
got back home without bein' killed
or captured, regardless ov what be
came ov her army.
This woman ruled Assyria for.
about forty years an' wuz succeeded
by her son, Nlnyas. Strange to say,
the son wuz unlike either parent. He
had no use for war, an though he
kept up a large army, hit wuz purely
ornamental, for war never, came. In
fact, Nlnyas didn't hev energy 'ennuff
to get Into war. Hlz chief occupa
tion wuz to be ruler an draw hlz
salary check regular an hevgude
time, hopln' hiz subjects were enjoy
in' the same great blessings awl the
while. An fer some thirty genera
tions the rulers ov Assyria followed
the same ruler Oy course hit wuz a
pity an' the people suffered1 many
hardships on account ov the slack
rule, or, rather, the misrule. ;
At the end ov that period the gov
ernment went from bad to worse.
Twelve hundred years had passed. A
fellow by the name ov Sardanapalous
got elected an he wuz the extreme
limit. Hit lz even said that Sarda
napalous laid aside the dress usually
worn by men in that country an ap
peared in. publics; dressed az a wo
man. Ov course this caused a gude
deal ov talk among the society folks.
But what could be done ? He wuz
King an' nothin short or revolution
could free the country ov such a rul
er. Arbaces wuz Governor, ov Me
dia at the time; He wuz considered
a gude man an' he decided that a
change , must be made. ; He .had the
backing ov Beleces, viceroy or Baby
lon. An army wuz raised an the
King wuz beselged In hlz palaces. For
about two years he held out against
the rebel forces. At last, seein that
hiz case wua hopeless, , he set the
palace on fire an' he an' hiz family
an a portion or hiz guard perished
rails than ur?msdt-r4. The asei
st Kingdom bavia thus bees eter
throws, hit ts 4 that ib country
tare or the chief rebel rakd Jotat-
it for a time. , -
; A man by the tarloma name ov TIjc-lath-ptUea
was a the Aatyrtaa
throne for a time !! Invaded the
Kingdom of Israel a a carried two
tribes back with film aa captive. This
King wax succeeded by his son ShaS-
manser. He continued the
ed by his father. Invaded
Urael. captured Samaria an
People pay a tribute to his treasury
etery year; But Hoshea. King of
faraeL aocn grew tired payln such a
revenue aa at last reflated. Form
In' an agreement with Sacabus who
then ruled Egypt, he finally got Into
war up to hit neck. lie fought against
his enemies for three years, but the
King ov Assyria finally won out.
tlaahea wuz placed in chains an in
prison. But his fate did not affect
Ileteklah. King of Judah. He re
fused to pay tribute. Az Shalamas
ser wuz then engaged in war in an
other direction, Hezekiah wuz not
molested. Shaiamanser besetged Tyre
for five years, an might hev finally
won but hlz death put an end to that.
But a son ov Salamanser kept up the
fight and Hezekiah paid for peace
with gold and silver. But the son of
Shaiamanser violated hiz promise af
ter getting the money. Hezekiah
avuz a good man, however, an Im
plored the assistance ov the Al
mighty. This was given an' hit iz a
historical fact that the Angel of the
Almighty slew 185,000 Assyrian sol
diers in one night Shaiamanser es
caped an returned to Assyria. But
by this time he wuz an object ov uni
versal hatred. He wuz slain by two
ov hiz sons a short time later. This
had been foretold by one ov the
prophets.
After awl this, Esarhaddon, the
third son ov Shaiamanser, ascended
to the throne. He found the country
weak an' the people discouraged.
Hiz Dollcy wuz for peace for some
time. But havin' grown strong, he
annexed Babylon. After this, he
marched against Israel and Syria an'
findin' the people too poor to engage
jin war, he took both countries an
added them to Assyria an transplant-
k-
ed the remainder ov the people. By
bv the two countries from among na
tions. The next ruler, Saosduchinus, wuz
a mild, peaceful fellow He restored
Mauasseh to hlz job az King ov
Egypt. One object In doin' this wuz
to avoid war, says one ov the writers
Ov history.. But that wuz commend
able. He wuz succeeded by hiz son,
Chyniladou. One ov hi3 first acts
wuz war. Media had asserted its in
dependence. All ov the countries
east ov him responded, but those on
the west, includln' Persia, refused to
fight hiz battles. He fought Media
o nthe plains ov Ragan an' gained a
victory over that country an return
ed In triumph to Ninevah. Then he
resolved to punish the States in hiz
Empire which had refused to take
part in hiz war. For this purpose he
sent General Holofernes an' an army
through Mesopotamia, Cilicia an' Sy
ria an desolated those countries.
Reaching Bethulia he met opposition
an' he invested -the city to enforce
obedience. But a woman cut off, the
head ov the general with hiz own
sword while he wuz asleep. When
hlz army found that the leader wuz
dead they fled in disorder an the
pursuin natives ov Bethulia killed
many ov them. Sorac then became
ruler ov Assyria, so Sir Isaac Newton
claims. He wuz a weak vessel, the
historians claim, an hiz reign wuz
but little short ov a burlesque. He
did but little worthy ov note, an
when hlz enemlesf attacked the cap
ital city, he made but a weak resist
ance an finally set fire to hlz palace
an perished in the flames rather
than fight. The Babylonians an'
Medes took an' destroyed the city,
an the predictions of the prophet
Isaiah were thus fulfilled.
Ax ever,
5- ZEKE BILKINS.
Paying Election Beta.
San Francisco, Nov. 14.Mrs. J.
G. Pierson, wlf e of a Chicago farmer,
will stay In bed for two weeks be
cause Hiram W. Johnson was elected
Governor of California, while her
husband a staunch Democrat Is do
ing the housework,- c serving her
meals in bed and taking care of their
three little children.:
Mrs. Pierson made a bet with Mrs.
J. L. Henry, wife of a neighbor, on
the strength of Mr. Pierson's positive
prediction that Mr. Bell would win.
Mrs. Henry took the Johnson, end of
the bet. Each woman agreed to stay
in bed two weeks if hert favorite can
didate was defeated. Mrs. Piersoni
went to bed yesterday morning and
says she will remain until the terms
of the wager are fulfilled.
Those of us who thought that we
would have decently conducted cam
paigns with the negro out of politics
had as well make up our minds to
get' that idea out of our heads.
Durham Herald.
ITnOtlStna Democrat AfC
Not JcKhst Orar B'
tiea A He t Hct f ct
be war start- jTHE REPUBLICAN VJEX
a portion ov
aa made the! ....... - -
lresdt Taft Will Hake ttmaua.
datioa Vrota. IU port of TmtiS Com
tnijuiot -lmocTBl Will IUt to
S&ffKMrt ilcxxmxmfEtdAUotLS cr Go
In the Iloicw-ivot Taft la
rsnam' U rkaiw4 With trogra
Being Mad cm th Great Ckaal.
(Special to The Caucasian,) !
Washington. D. C. Nov. IS, 1 1 O.J
News has come to Washingtoa f
from Panama that President Taft it
greatly pleased with the progress be
ing made on the Panama Canal, the
most stupendous work eter undcrtak
en by man.
The ofScial Information receive!
here Is that there is no longer ary
question about the success of the
canal and its early completion. ThU
Is the President's view, who has
eral times before visited and inspect
ed the canal, and he Is now miking
another Investigation and inspection
for probably the last time before Itt
completion.
This enormous project, when com
pleted, will mean more to the South
land than to any other part of the
United States, or to any other part
of the world.
Thoughtful Democrat Not Jubilant.
Quite a number of Democratic and
Republican Congressmen from differ
ent parts of the country are arriving
in Washington for the winter. 1 Their
explanations of how it happened and
their views about the neat turn of
the political wheel are Just at pres
ent of more than, usual interest.
Some few Democrats are In a Jubi
lant mood, but the more thoughtful
and experienced wear a sober and
anxious look. They kuow that the:
except when In the minority and when
in opposition. Indeed, all of the wis
est and most thoughtful show from
their looks and manner that they
realize that they are up against it be
cause now they are required to do
something more than talk. The only
jubilant Democrats that we have seen
are those who expect to get office
upon the organization of the Demo
cratic House of Representatives.
Mr. Champ Clark, the avowed
Democratic candidate for Speaker,
has Just arrived and is looking for
votes to elect himself. ,He has al
ready forgotten about his pair of
Democratic mules that he threatened
tc drive up Pennsylvania Avenue, for
now he is seeing ghosts of opposi
tion. Already he has learned that
the Virginia delegation intend to pre
sent the name of Congressman Hay
for Speaker, and that tbe New York
delegation will present the name of
Congressman Sulzer of that State.
Besides, he has had notice served on
him from every quarter that unless
he stands squarely In favor of rob
bing the Speakership of all its Czar
like power and investing a committee
to be elected by the House with the
appointment of the House commit
tees, that he will be defeated for
Speaker, and that If this Li to hap
pen that Mr. Clark cares but little
about being Speaker.
The Republican View.
The Republicans who are arriving
in Washington, as a rule, wear a
broad smile and a confident air. Each
one says that he can afford to be
cheerful and happy because tbe Dem
ocratic House can not do the country
any harm, for a Republican Presi
dent and a Republican Senate stands
in the way. Their position. In short,
is that the people who elected this
Democratic House would never have
dent and a Republican Senate stand'
ble chance for them to carry out their
threats and put the country on a free
trade basis, which means to close our
factories and force all labor to the
low level of pauper labor abroad. Be
sides, they say that the happiest thing
that ever happened for the country
and the Republican party is to give
the Democrats the House for one ses
sion, to let them see what they will
do with it and to let the country see
what they won't do with It- In short,
every Republican is In a pleasant
frame of mind, is confident, and is
Jubilant for the future.
One prominent Western Republi
can, who was an insurgent in the
last Congress, to-day said :
"I opposed the present tariff bill
but was in favor of appointing : a
tariff commission to gather the facts
so that hereafter every Republican
who believes in protection would vote
to raise or lower rates according to
the facts which the President will
gather from every country In the
world, showing the actual difference
saJ ar4. Wat a ttm rv$ns ar
gatfeerviS asd seat, t Cgrr If U
Vtmimu at Uty milt i ssita af
ter meati. tvery ail.r win 1
fuasd tmttg ta tm a? e? Iti lav
te tarts lit amr-da la t facta,
ftct aad f rrsffta oar ttmz
alah alaae e? titta for laV&r aai
tryfe&4y Sm ta A&uria. ,
Tt Otstotrau & ante
v fc Ommf BW W . WW
11 at ta ttrta GtaxnT
! If . 3 Mfa t art aja ttsa, Uity
jwUf dsia4 ferwtr a&I tur
aaJly tae eoaatry. Frees fcaw ca
the HtpsMitaa ratty t aaited ca &
tariff asd the DtssocraUt ptnj Ut
be rtat asadr as nave? fetfa
The att td t the aUsa
ties ta a &uthtn aad tt cseaat ea
thlcg certain, aad that U, laal the
next electloa will be for a fUsaVt&ta
Prealdest, a IlepsbUcaa &eaat, asd
a IlepaUcaS' House, with a target
majority than trer before.
A unicorn KTCCTACXX.
Corf Ue4 tec Try to tat aeoce Ve4
era la a Proh!b4Uoa HWtiaa.
Seattle, Wash., Nor. 11. Corraca
of two mea who died fro si alcoholUn
wore placed on exhibition la ths
windows of the undertaking tstaV
llshmeat of the deputy eoro&tT at
Auburn, 20 miles south of Seattle, lz
an effort to wla Totea for the "dry!
in thejocal option election htld her
Tuesday, but without apparent effect,
for the town voted "wet.
Both factions were caking a hard
fight and the prohibltloaUta appear
ed to be In the lead. Then the Ud4
began to turn. The antla!oea lead
ers appealed to Deputy Coroner Cca
nell, an ardent prohibitionist. Ha
hurried to his establishment wfcera
the bodies of the two men lay. Dot
stering them in aa upright position la
their co Qnt, he placed them la the
front windows. Above their heads a
sign, "He died of drink," was tacked.
As voters hurried by the antl-talooa
men directed their attention to the
exhibition. ,
"There was no desecration of the
dead, said Council. 'The men were
without friends, and their bodies may
just as well have been put to iotas
! good use. , ,
v
If ADaLKT3 A TJHUliT.
I
I Governor Will Have Recount In Kan-
sas City if One ft Forced at St.
Louis.
Kansas City, Mo.. Nov. 12. "If a
recount is made In St. Louts, as
asked by tbe Democrats, you may de
pend upon it there will be one la
Kansas City, too,' said Gov. Hadley
to-day, The Democrats are ques
tioning the large Republican major
ity In St. Louii.
The Governor announced that with
the recount in St. Louis, the lids
will be pried off the ballot boxes la
Kansas City, in Randolph County,
and in several other conutles where
the Democrats won by large majori
ties. Royalties Intermarry.
Turin, Italy, Nov. 14. The mar
riage of Prince Victor Napoleon
Bonaparte, cousin of King Victor
Emmanuel, and pretender to the
throne of Prance, and Princess Clem
entine, daughter of the late King
Leopold, of Belgium, which has been
looked forward to with so much in
terest, was celebrated today at Mon
callerl, a village picturesquely sit
uated on a hill a few miles from
here. The ceremony took place la
the royal castle erected in the 15 th
century to which Princess Clotiide,
sister of King Humbert and mother
of Prince Victor Nspoleon, retired
after the overthrow or the French
empire. Public rejoicing narked the
occasion. The streets were decor
ated profusely, bands played Ja the
squares and flags , waved: from the
castle, the municipal ! buildings and
many private houses. All the mem
bers of tbe Savoy and Bonaparte fam
ilies were present, including Prince
Louis aNpoleon, the younger broth
er of the pretender, who for some
time had not been on good terma
with the bridegroom, but who agreed
to a reconciliation on this occasion
chiefly t through the efforts of his
mother. He acted as a witness for
his brother, the other witness being
the Duke of Aosta, while the witness
es for Princess Clementine were
Prince Do Ligno D'Arenborg, rep
resenting the King of Belgium, and
Archduke Fritz, of Austria.
Election Results Please Japan
Special .Cable , to Washington Post.
Tokyo, Nor. 12--Count Okuma,
discussing the American election, de
clared as follows:
"Anything 'feiebxaes rotten"- after
being stagnant for a long time. : Ha
doubted that Roccovclt would accent
a third term, and; foreshadowed a
change la the Monroe doctrine. Dem
ocrats, he says, op per 3 Imperialism,
and he believes they would wlllirislx
part with the Philippines.'