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VOL. XXIX. FiALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19. 1911. No. 2 EDITORIAL BRIEFS! MEASURES KUST PASSjMARIQN BUTLER'S RALEIGH SPEECH ticnr iiuxst mn coxvxvson un WITH 1UE LAiraitEOS That penitentiary gurpiu in one than the irishman' flea. Ho does the proposition for a million dollar bond Issue etrike you? Adams County, Ohio, is almost a famous as Halifax County, North Carolina. If the trust are afraid of this Leg islature, they are not saying any thing about it. There were ways and means by -which Congressman I'ou was gotten off that committee. Jf the legislature votes out near bee r, wonder what will bo the nam of the next intoxicant? ! At the Baltimore "conference" j Tuesday Mr. Iiryan was very con- j picuous by his absence. Those Democrats who think that "consistency is the bug-bear of little minds will wake up some day. If there is anything going on that does not suit you, now is the time to have the Legislature pass a law. The Democrats have assumed the resposibillty for revising the tariff. They don't even know trouble when i they sco it. Of course the State will have to issue bonds it the Legislature is go ing to increase salaries and eyeate a let ot new offices. The Wake County juries might also save some criticisms by seeing j the News and Observer before ren dering decisions. Where is that penitentiary surplus the Democrats were talking about in the last campaign? The State Treas urer's office is badly in need of it. Even the Democratic prohibition ists did not seem to object to the strong liquid refreshments served at the Baltimore "conference" Tuesday. The Legislature should appoint a Vigilance Committee to locate that penitentiary surplus of which we heard so much during the last cam paign. Some of the Democratic Congress men are now trying to boom Champ Clark for President In 1912. They had better wait until they get him elected Speaker. Some of the Democratic members of the Legislature have gotten so they don't mind asking for a million or half-million dollar bond issue al most any day. Since the State Senate ..Committee has killed the black and white con cubinage bill it might not be amiss to ask what is "white supremacy" and "pure Democracy" anyway? If there is another Democrat in the State who wants to be appointed a justice of the peace he should hurry up and say so. The Legisla ture has already appointed them as far as its acquaintanceship runs. The News and Observer says that Congressman Small was the only member of the North Carolina dele gation that voted right on the Can non matter. Wonder if the other members in -Congress will now be read out of the party? The negro Democratic club In Brooklyn, New York, has offices In the .Thomas Jefferson Building and onlya few doors from, the white Democratic club. Wonder if both of these organizations are advocates of pure Jefferson Democracy and white supremacy? Where is that long-lost secret midnight white-washed report on the rottenness of the management of the A. & N. Cj Railroad under .Demo cratic good government? That re port was so bad that it not only was never allowed to come to life, but it soon disappeared from its official resting-place in the Governor's of fice. Is there riot enough patriotism In the present Legislature to put through a f resolution calling for tiie finding, unearthing and publication of that odious midnight document? Qr President Taft May Call iiay Vru an Extraordinary Scssici ? of Congress. WANTS A TARIFF COMMISSION Dt-mocratj in Congress Show More Inconsistency by Again Reversing Themselves , Party Wanting in Convict Ions tThe Democratic Free Trader in Charge SImmons-Pou j Compact Trailing in the Dust! However, Pou Will Be Allowed ! r j the Privilege of a Free Bath. (Special to The Caucasian.) j Washington. D. C Jan. 17, 1911. j At the beginning of the present j session of Congress, President Taft was very hopeful that legislation to broaden the scope of the autHorKy of the tariff board or commission j could be passed. He also was hope- j ful for the passage of one or two j other Important measures, including j one for the .building up of a mer- j chant marine, the fortifying of the j Panama Canal, the establishment of a parcels post, at least, in an experi- j mental way, and indeed several other ; measures to which the party was j committed In its last National plat form. With the passing of each day, the chances for any of these reform measures grow less. Therefore, it has developed within the last few daye that the President is seriously "considering the calling of an extra session of Congress immediately after the 4th of March, unless some of these measures become a law at this session. It is generally believed that the President is sure to do this, unless at least the measure for broadening the scope of the author- ity of the Tarjff Commission becomes a law before the 4th of March. New Orleans or San Francisco. A very spirited contest is now go ing on here between the rival advo cates of San Francisco and New Or leans as the place for holding the exposition to celebrate the finishing of the Panama Canal in 1915. A large delegation from each place is here, and the friends or partisans of each side are lined up. While the arguments in favor of the celebration of New Orleans as the most logical point seem to be the strongest, yet it must be admitted that the proverbial hustling quality of the Westerner is being evinced by the representatives of San Francisco in such a marked degree that it is possible that- San Francisco may win. It was suggested by a prominent Congressman from the Mississippi Valey on yesterday that it would not be a bad idea to provide for an ex position to be held at both places, so that those who desire to can go first either to San Francisco or to New Orleans, and then go through the Canal and return by the other expo sition. While it can not be said now that it is possible,, that this compro mise will be made, yet there are not a few who think it would be not only a desirable solution of the contest, but that an exposition at each end of the Canal was desirable for patriotic and National reasons, and that both should pay. The finishing of this Canal will mark the completion of the greatest project "ever undertaken by man. It is not only a great National project, but it is a wTorld-wide project in its importance, and it is certainly big enough to justify a celebration by the leading city nearest each end of the gigantic waterway. More Glaring Democratic Inconsis tency. When the news of the fact that the Democrats in Congress had reversed the position they had taken at the last session of Congress, when they lined up with the insurgent or pro gressive Republicans to overrule Speaker Cannon and make an im portant amendment to the rules of the House to limit the Czar-like pow er of the Speaker, there wasgurprise and more or less caustic Criticisms indulged in from one end of the country to the other. So general and so severe has been the pointed : criticism of Leader Champ Clark : and the other Demo cratic Congressmen for, this exhibi tion of want of convictions and standing for principles, that .they have been ever since looking for an opportunity to try to break the force of their present - inconsistency and hypocrisy. The opportunity came day before yesterday when another effort was made to overrule the Speaker, at which time all of those Demo crats who had voted with Speaker Cannon two weeks ago rushed to join the progressive Republicans , and overrule him. ; ' A prominent Republican to-day commenting upon this Democratic exhibition, said:' "Nothing which the Democratic party has ever done in (Continued on Page 2.) 4 J 1 T vjrccicu uyui rcmcuuuus rkuuicucc acre He Exposes and Denounces Sim mons, Daniels and Others, LYING. AND COWARDLY SLANDERERS RAlfc He Trainee Proof Conclusive to Show That He is not Now and Never Has Had Any Connection, Either Directly or Indirectly, With Fraud ulent Carpetbag Bonda He Shows That These Honda . Were Co eel red and Engineered by a Conspiracy of Leading Democrat, and That They Iiooted the State, and Not the Republican He Exposed the Miserable Record of Hypocrisy of Simmons, Daniels, Overman and Otherslie Proved That Senator Vance Had Denounced Sim mons as Being an Unscrupulous Politician and a Man Unworthy of the Confidence of the People of the State He Showed How Daniels, With Baseless Ingratitude, Hail Had Befriended Him and HJa Widowed Mother, and Also How He Betrayed and Misrepresented Senator Vance to His Grave The Speak er Was Given a Warm Welcome When He Entered the Hall, Was Frequently Interrupted by Vociferous Applause, and Waa Given An Ovation at the End of Ills Speech. (Continued from last week.) Democrats Waul Foreign Made Goods "Another complaint' the speaker ' said, "which the Democratic party is constantly making against Republi can policies and Republican prosper ity is that the people of this country are forced to pay a much higher price here for articles comprising the nec essaries of life than they would the same articles k in foreign countries. They point to this as a great injus tice against our peopte and indeed they denounce it as robbery, and they say that this robbery is brought about by the Republican tariff wall, and therefore they declare that their greatest desire is to tear down this wall, bo that we can buy manufac tured articles and all kinds of goods abroad. - The Watch Illustration. "In nearly every campaign they take certain articles which they use as object lessons. In the last cam paign, one of the object lessons that nearly every Democratic speaker used from one ocean to the other was' to hold up a watch and say that this watch could be bought for two dol lars in Europe, while here it cost three dollars. Then they would ask who got that extra dollar which we' were forced to pay here, and they' would charge that It went into the nnotot of rrot R0nhnMn tmt , "It is noticeable, however, that our Democratic friends never tell the vot ers the fact that it takes more labor in Europe to buy that watch than it does here. In Europe, a laborer of a certain class, working for fifty cents a day, would be required to work fmir rtavH to hiiv that wntrh fnr two Holloa Th.t CQr0 low i Ma country would receive, at least, one dollar and a half a day. Therefore, in this country, the laborer doing the .same kind of work could work two Bays and buy the same watch, paying for it three dollars. Conditions Here and Abroad. "The fact is that a laborer in this country, whether working in the mines or In the cotton factories or in the fields, can buy with each day's la bor more of the necessaries of life ' than the people in the old countries, employed in exactly the same trade "Mr 3,mflirnmn . the AmprSJan vJr iLr Sent IS ll X h?i?.fie J??, ocai ivvv, btuujrius uie couuiuons ut the laboring people in each Country in Europe and comparing their wages and conditions with similar labor em ployed in this country. He made an official report of his investigations, which was published in the American Federationist in January, 1910: In discussing conditions in Great Bri tain, Mr. Gompers said: " 'In the United Kingdom the poor dress in much the same clothing sum mer and winter, the large proportion of the people in shabby clothes in the streets of Dublin, Manchester or Lon don giving an impression to the American observer of a prevalent poverty. . .... . w " 'The housing of the .wage-work ers of the various European countries as compared with that of the same class In America would, in order to bring out the full truth, require a long and faithful study.' . , . . . 'The wage-earner with them is re garded as permanently a rent-payer, an animal in a stall in a five-, six-, or seven-story stable. No; not one animal in a staU not so good as that - whole families or a herd of lodgers live in one of the stalls. The doub ling up of families of relatives, the keeping of lodgers, the hiring of a small apartment by several young persons, such devices for distribution among many persons of the burdens of rent must be general in cities where apartments are made the land lord's investment and few small A I! - ! Hounded to His Death a Man Who ! homes are built to sell the man with a small purse. " The immigrant, coming to Amer ica, finds that if he can buy in quant ity (and in cases wiiere he need not) his flour, fuel, potatoes, oil. sugar, j uuuee, wn-iue esseuiuus lor ms . iJiaiu tauie an ieaa mau luej uiuiaauy m iub uuu uu ieii. ' "Mr. Gompers contrasted the wages of a number of the different classes , were enforced against him." S. II. 5. by Mr llarhain To of people, but we have time only to j This is the second slap which has amend Chapter 4 45 of the Public refer to one illustration. He point-; been taken in the moit prominent ; Laws of 1909, relative to lbs tre4 ed out that a man doing book-work Democratic newspaper in Ohio against of automobiles. Committee on pVep. in a printing establishment in New j Harmon. For Harmon is the man m Tons and Grievances York will get $21.50 a week-, for ex-; who is thought to be acceptable to s. H. C7. by Mr Cobb- To change actly the same work that in London ; the trusts and the railroads, inas- the name of the Indians heretofore is done foe the low wage of $9.50 a j much as he was and still is the at-. known as Croataas to that of Chero Wek . , ! torney for several railroad trusts in : kees. and to provide separate apart- Now should not our Democratic j Ohio, including J. P. Morgan & Co. : ments In the State Hoipital at Ila- lnenas, ueiore mey auempt io tear uowa mis iiepuoucan xarin wan mat protects our labor in America, be truthful andfair enough to try to show to the people that the expert book-maker in London, who gets only $9.50 a week, can buy, more neces-4be saries of life in London than the same worker can buy in New York for $21.50 a week? The High Plane of Living Here and the Low Plane Abroad. , ... "The fact is, that the people of the United States farmers laborers, manufacturers and wealth-producers of all kinds indeed, all of our peo- pie live upon a higher plane of com fort than do the people of any other country in the world. The difference between our high plane of living here and the low plane of living abroad is measured by the height of the tariff wall about which our Democratic ! friends so loudly complain. The Democratic party wants to tear down that wall and reduce us here to the ' !amf low levf wltn tne PePle in a11 foreign countries. "Is there a single man, woman or child in the United States, who knows the facts, who could vote to place in power a party that would propose to do such an un-American and unpatri- otic thing? - The Mean Tariff R,e. "The Republican rule about the ta- 8 inf this: hf 1 wa" I De iust hign enouSh to C0Ter the dif- ference in the cost of production here &nd ahT0SLd- lt is CW to the waU that high because if u is lowered" to a-poinf wHero It will not fh.f Aiffpr(inc then our waeea - - ' 1 : majjii.j j t. an lucuiucis v uuiu and our high plane of living here j Houses present and voting is neces must go down just that much. j sary f or election The Fight Between the Progressive i An effort to make the nomination and thft Stand-Patters. I ot Mr. Sheehan unanimous failed be- m m w. x x a 9 me uemocrauc pariy is ma&mg a t new attack on the Republican party 1 and its tariff policy by pointing to the strenuous fight inthe last Congress between what is known as the 'Stand pat' or 'RegxUar' Republicans on the one side, and the 'Insurgent' or 'Pro gressive Republicans on the other. "It is true that there was a great battle between the Republicans over the last tariff bill. Indeed, it was the only battle there was, because the Democratic party was so incompetent and so uninformed 'and so divided that it was not able to perform the duties of or even to present the ap pearance of a party of opposition. But what was that fight between the two wings of. the Republican party? Was it a fight oyer principle? No. Every Republican in Congress to-day believes in the great fundamental rule by vhich the policy of protection is to be applied, and that is. that the ': tariff rates on each article shall be j just high enough to cover the differ ence in production here and abroad. A Difference as to Facts Only "There was no controversy between Republicans on that rule or that prin ciple. The whole controversy was as (Continued on Page 3.) WIU OffwiM Ills fr lrret f W4 11 rr.i cwui. 1 Gotrrtor Juimu Hsrsoa. f 0sa,f la r-ot al all rc?tabl t t C;sla 1 I aati Uzitixttr t&r irr;4si of ts United Start, s dlfeal ll Of of j I that ecf paper, 3o alto ov ashlngtoa Pott, mill coat a tastioa. Is a axais to-day fbea James 'X. FsulVtMrr. the Ce! Iambus corret jxjsdent for the lis i qulrer asd the rrl political dictator ! behind all its sieves, coses oat w'.ta another blat at Harmon's Ideas of j running fo? the Presidency. I Paul a e r says tait wbea the ctxt I big political deal cosies around ta j ta asked to waive her rlcat for the Sr,tcr Gra&am. of Or, iatro 1 Presidential nominee. Ohio mill taut- j dseed a Mil la the Senate T&ars4ay ter two words, to-wli: "I past " to provide for tbe payment t alt tp- He says that William Jennings proprieties that feav bn mad or Bryan is the real dictator of the par- j ty and w,n say ho iU be aea j I by the Democrats. His next paragraph reads: "In the first place. William J. ( wants no man acceptable to the : j trusts. Whom does that let out, brethren? Next, he must not be close! I to the railroad. Who goes into the S discard, people? Again, he must not s ) have a speaking acquaintance with the protected Interests. Whose goat 3 does that get, men of Ohio? lastly, he must not have the taint of the support or the friendship of the 11-; quor interests. Who Is Rung by thli harsh imprecation, fellow-electors? js u possible that this psrty in Xe- sraska is cracking don on one or s oalo s favorae sons. Verily, it look : mat way. Kven Tora L. Johnson j would not pass master if the.e things ; ne is also said to have promised , the liquor interests so to amend the liquor laws of Ohio that they will be ! perfectly acceptable to those men. In ; fact, the Legislature has a majority i of "wet" votes, which are thought to j able to pass any legislation that - faction of Ohio politicians desire. NEW VOHK DEMOCRATS NAME SHEEHAX. relating to pensions of Confederate The Party Still in the Hands of the ! veterans. Trusts and Gamblers. . . j By ilr. Taylor, of Vance: Looking Albany, N. Y.. Jan. 16. William to the Protection of the Supreme F. Sheehan was nominated as theiCourt aDd Agricultural Department Democratic candidate for United buildings from destruction by Art. States Senator to-night at the joint) Kjr Mr- Connor, of Wilson: To caucus of Democratic legislators, re-1 amend Section 43 of the Rerisal, re ceiving sixty-two votes, four more ! at,ve t0 tne rvice of summons. than a majority of all the Democratic members of both Houses. The fact, however, that twenty-five members refused to attend the caucus leaves a strong possibility that to-morrow when the Legislature votes In regu lar session he may fail to receive the number of votes necessary .for elec- tion. Besides Mr. Sheehan's, the names of Edward M. Shepard, of Brooklyn. and D. Cadr Herrlck. of Albanr. and j New York, were the only ones pre - ! sented to the caucus. Mr. Shepard re- vedtwo vote, and Judge Th a twpntv-firo wuiatnr xchn bolted the caucus will be in a posi- Uion to declare themselves unbound by its action, and even if all those ! wfco entered the caucus vote for Mr. I Sheehan to-morrow, the absentees ican prevent his electIon because a .t n ! cause two assemblymen objected. Two Houses are obliged to take at least one ballot at noon to-morrow. If neither Mr. Sheehan nor any one else receives a majority at that time the Legislature will continue to bal let In this manner until a choice is made. Republicans Name Depevr. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 16. Chaun cey M. Depew was selected by the Republican caucus to-night as min ority candidate for United States Sen ator to succeed himself. Senator De pew received fifty-seven of the sixty eight votes cast and his selection was made 'unanimous. Among others who received votes were Theodore Roose velt 2, Andrew D. White 2, ex-Mayor Seth Low of New York. Judge Harlan Gets Some Good Chew ing Tobacco at Last. Washington, D. C, Jan. 1 6. Pres ident t Brown, of a North Carolina concern, Hearing of the complaint of United States Justice Harlan that be could not secure good chewing tobac co, has sent Judge Harlan 2 pounds of choice North Carolina plug made by .a formula and methods nsed forty years ago. Bill Introduced is its Lcb Ittcrc for HtHon Dollar?'"' Bond Issue. TO KOLEASZ JUDGES PAT fj Salary tram tl.&sa f. fVf ItUis t tmtrmam Habo4erviesf WK1 Have a (Vamliat IXrm t4 tkeu mewl iVverml rArlwrr lUls A IWd of InU fulls latrv dared may be made by tats Legislature, aad the redemption of Stale Ik?b4s faiila due oa January, It it. The bill aa thorites tfee Stale Treasurer, oa ap proval by the Governor to borrow ta necesasry faads or to Issue I per rest bonds to ae extent of one cslllloa dollars, payable la forty ytara. Senator GrahstaV Hit to tsaka Washington time !ra! time ta Ncrta Carolina was reported favorably by the committee. The following bl!U paje4 first reading: s. 11. C2, by Mr. Lemofed: To amend Section :C2 of the UtvisM, relative to rni. Committ IterlsM. s. n. cs fcr jr Relnhardt conserve the cattle surmir of thm ta ; State. Committee and Grievance oa Proportion leigh for the Insame Committee oa j Judiciary. The House, following bills The duced: were Intro 117 Mr. Carr. of Duplin: To regu late passenger rates in North Caro lina. By Mr. Carr. of Durham: Relit ting to payment of county officials of Durham County (salary basis): also uy .Mr. Turllnrton: To amend Section 1904 of the Revlsal and give the State Corporation Commission supervision of railroad track scales, etc. By Mr. Ewart: To raise the age limit of working public roads from 18 to 21 years. The following calendar bills jrere j ?ut on lbe,r ond and third read 1 ,n;- ' R- 33: Relating to Ashlar in 1 A,teiar,e Sound, amendatory of v'nPr iu. acis 19 03. j J. " ! aDle aiJd subjects of lareency. Pass- ! edT,aJrJeing' " Mr- Ros: To amend Section j1,507 of Hevlsal, relating to Juritdlo "oa , ? rms of Superior 1 Courts' al -Ul providing for the registration of planU and surveys. Senate Friday. President Newland announced the appointment of a committee oa Leg islative Apportionment as folio wi; Thorne, chairman; Hicks, Bassctt, f?,0? ' f HarUeli, Davis, I vie. Martin of Buncombe, Long, Brown, Barbour, Coxe, Rascoe, SIgxnoa, Pln nlx, and Mashbum. Passed First Heading. S- B. No. 79. by Mr. Mawkins: To limit the liability to be assumed by Fidelity and Surety Companies. Re ferred to Committee on Jeu dietary. S. B. No. 82: To authorize clerks of courts to pay out sums of money less than $100 deposited with them for indigent children. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. S. B. No. 83, by Mr. Armstrong: To provide for filing a bond or de posit to1 secure cost or fees In refer ence cases. Referred Committee on Judiciary, Passed Third Reading. IL B. No. 7: To prohibit the sale of malt, near-beer, or beerine, in Macon County. v : S. B, No. 1 0, by Mr. Fisher:; Re questing our Senators and Represen tatives in Congress to Tote fer New Orleans as the proper site for hold ing the World's Exposition. In the Iloase. The bill Introduced by Repreca ( Continued on page 6.)