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RALEIGH, N, C. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 19. I91U
No. 41
FDifORL . BRIEFS
:TrL ie7 bought up
r(rats in
-re. too.
the V
nsln Leglala-
A
'.Vender if the tariff sponsible
,J the high cost of U in free
ade England?
Democratic candidates are spring
,.r ur all over the State, but the
f-oit 'iH 8et the m08t of them.
The Salisbury Post wants to know
,f the Greensboro News ever tascted
s'T.mon pudding. That's pretty good.
Vardaman has been Invited to
r.2k in Greensboro next week. It
items that Greensboro must havo
er sensations.
Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas was
n-arried last week. Here is hoping
bis wife will be able to make a man
out of him.
Oat West the Democratic politi
cians are using a big supply of chew
ing gum in an effort to influence the
suffragettes.
If the Democratic politicians are
friendly to the public schools in this
State they certainly have a poor way
of showing it.
The Madison Herald thinks almost
any change in the Senatorship in the
East would be an improvement. And
doubtless it would.
Dr. Sen, promoter of the Chinese
revolution, is lecturing in the United
States. Hope he isn't trying to start
something over here.
There are already three Democrat
ic candidates for Congress in the
Seventh District and the election is
more than a year off.
Mr. Bryan wants to put the trust
officials in prison stripes. Why
doesn't he advocate the same medi
cine for ballot-box stuffers.
Some of ex-Governor Bob Glenn's
former friends are wondering as to
his whereabouts. He will probably
Bob up again, even if not serenely.
"Alfalfa Bill" wants Oklahoma to
send him to the United States Sen
ate. Just as though Oklahoma hasn't
already enough trouble on her hands.
The price of sugar continues to
soar. Sugar trust is probably trying
to make up for what they contributed
to the Democratic campaign fund last
year.
With so many Democrats running
for office this early in the game, the
chances are that many of them will
he wind-broken before the race is
over.
There are three Democrats In the
race for Governor, but as yet neither
one has stated just how much money
he expects to spend in order to se
cure the nomination.
The. Democratic politicians have
claimed that "protection is robbery,"
hut it is very noticeable that some of
the Democrats have been very willing
to receive "stolen goods."
The Asheboro Courier says the
Senatorial campaign has already
reached the mud-slinging stage. As
the campaign waxes warmer, they will
Probably begin slinging brick.
It seems that the American Tobac
co Company is ready to re-organize
as soon as it can dispose of some
0(icls and ends amounting to one hun
dred and fifteen million dollars.
The Winston Sentinel says the
General Coxey, of soup house fame,
is now a prosperous business man.
Yes, but he didn't get his prosperity
under a Democratic administration.
The Asheville Citizen saysLocke
Craig is the logical candidate for the
r . . .
"uvernorship in 1912. Why so? If
continually running for office makes
a Democrat a logical candidate, then
there are a plenty of them who can
fce termed the "logical candidafe."
por instance, hasn't Major Graham
for every office in sight?
JUSTICE IIARLAX PASSKS.
Was Considered by Many the Great,
eat Constitutional Authority of the
Day Waa Once Conflcuoua
Figure fa Pol tic.
t Washington, D. C, Oct. 14.
"Good-bye, I am sorry I have kept
you all waiting so long." With these
words. Associate Justice Harlan, of
the Supreme Court of the United
States, often claimed to be the great
est constitutional authority of the
day, once a conspicuous figure In
national politics and long a leader in
Presbyterian councils, passed away
early to-day. He had been ill less
than a week.
The famous jurist will be burled in
the National Cemetery at Arlington
or at Rock Creek Cemetery here fol
lowing a service next Tuesday at the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
church, of which he was an active
member. The Supreme Court will
take formal action on his death Mon
day and adjourn immediately as a
mark of respect.
Justice Harlan's greatest ambition
was to serve until next June, when
he would have exceeded the service
of any other man who sat on the
bench.
With the death of Justice Harlan
the opportunity is given President
Taft to select during his single term
of office five members of the Su
preme Court bench, or a majority.
(illlUOXS A DEFAULTER AND DE
SERTER. Xavy Department Looking for North
Carolina Hoy.
Washington, Oct. 13. Formally
declared a deserter from the navy,
Pay Clerk Charles A. Gibbons, of. the
armored cruiser California, in whose
accounts the authorities say they
discovered a shortage of $2,000, is
being sought by the naval authorities
on both charges. Gibbons was on
leave when the' loss of the ship's
funds was discovered and his leave
has expired.
Rear Admiral Thomas, command
ant of the Pacific fleet, notified the
Navy Department of the facts and the
Department of Justice was requested
to apprehend Gibbons, who is bonded
for twice the amount of the aleged
shortage. Gibbons is a native of
North Carolina.
WILMINGTON OFFICIALS SCRAP.
Their Fight in the "Red Light" Dis
trict a Disgrace to New Hanover
County.
Wilmington, Oct. 14. A. Clash be
tween city and county authorities
came to-day in the issuance of war
rants against Deputy Sheriff Harvey
Cox and Tom Croom, charging them
with an assault on Police Officery A.
D. Newton, in the "red light" district
at 3 o'clock this morning, disorderly
conduct and obstructing Police Officer
E. Ellis in the discharge of his duty.
Officer Cox was arrested this morn
ing and gave $200 bond for appear
ance at trial Monday, Sheriff S. P.
Cowan becoming security, but Officer
Croom had not been arrested up to
to-night.
Two very different versions of the
affair are given, but whatever may be
the facts in the case, Officer Newton
was pretty roughly used in the melee
and as a result his mouth was so
badly swollen that he could not tell
the story of the affair and it was re
lated by his partner, Ellis.
It is claimed that Officer Cox struck
Policeman Newton on one side of the
mouth and a blow mjthe other side
was dealt by Croom.
CASEY AND WIFE CONVICTED.
Sentenced to Ten Years for the Mur
der of Mrs. Casey's First Husband.
New Bern, Oct. 14. "We find the
defendants, Leona and Burrill Casey,
guilty of murder in the second de
gree, with a recommendation for mer
cy." Such was the finding of the jury
at 12 o'clock last night in the now
famous Casey trial for murder. Im
mediately upon the verdict being ren
dered, Mr. .Mclver, for the defend
ants, made an appeal which was not
granted, the counsel stating his ob
jections. The turpitude of the crime
warranted the full sentence of 30
years, but the court regarded the
youthfuness of Leona Casey, only ma
ture physically, still a child in intelli
gence, and in the conception of moral
ideas, therefore the sentence, was 12
years. At this Mr. Mclver implored
the court's mercy that the sentence
be cut In two. The court replied that
it would reduce the sentence to 10
years at hard labor in the State pen
itentiary, which would make the time
a little over eight years. The court
gave Burrill Casey the same sentence
judging "him" an accessory, with a
knowledge of the crime, If not a par
ticipant It is reported that the four can
didates for the United States Senate
in the recent Virginia primary spent
a total of $42,782.11. ,
A 018 TRUST DISSOLVED
General Electric Company Has
Been Declared a Treat
And Ordered Dissolved
JUSTICE DAIlLAflS SUCCESSOR
Attorney-General Wlrkeraham, Sec
retary Xagel and Solicitor-Genera!
Lehman DLacnaaed as his Succes
sor Sketch of Justice Harlan's
Notable Career War Situation In
Europe- The Revolution in China
Democratic Railroad Commis
sioners Fall Down Plan of Dis
solution of the Tobacco Trust.
(Special to The Caucasian.)
Washington, D. a. Oct. 17, 1911.
Not only the whole country but the
national capital itself was shocked at
the sudden death of Justice Harlan
of the Supreme Court bench.
This writer saw Justice Harlan
not more than a week before bis
death, and was struck with his vig
orous appearance, and also with the
fact that notwithstanding his ad
vanced years, his body was well pre
served and his mind not the mind of
an old man but of a man in the vigor
of manhood.
When the Supreme Court convened
oh Tuesday morning of last week,
Justice Harlan sat with the Court
and seemed to be as well as usual,
except a bad cold. The . next day,
Justice Harlan did not sit on the
bench, but, stayed home to nurse his
cold and get rid of it. It was known
during the day that he was not seri
ously sick and that no physician had
been called. Indeed, it was not un
til that night that his family physi
cian was called in because his cold
grew worse instead of better. Still
there was no alarm, and no one knew
that he was in the least danger until
Friday, when it was reported that he
was not so strong. The news of his
sudden death from bronchitis and
pneumonia early Saturday morning
therefore came with a most sudden
shock.
Sketch, of Justice Harlan.
Justice Harlan was born in 1833
and was therefore- in his seventy
eighth year. All of those who last
saw him agreed that he looked like
he was safe for ten years more of
active service on the bench.
Justice Harlan was appointed Jus
tice of the Supreme Court when he
was only forty-four years of age.
only two or three justices of the court
were ever appointed to this great
bench at a younger age. One of that
number was Justice Iredell, of North
Carolina, in the early days of the
Republic.
It was generally conceded that
Justice Harlan possessed one of the
greatest legal minds that has ever
graced the Federal bench, next to
Chief Justice John Marshall. Jus
tice Harlan was named for that dis
tinguished Chief Justice, his name
being John Marshall Harlan. In this
connection, it should be noted that
next to Chief Justice Marshall, Jus
tice Harlan served longer on the
Supreme Court bench than any other
Justice of that court in the history
of the country. It has been Justice
Harlan's ambition to become Chief
Justice of the greatest court in the
world, and there are many who think
that President Taft should have pro
moted him to this position when he
appointed Justice White a few months
ago.
Justice Harlan early made a great
reputation as a jurist on the bench,
and all admit that he was not only a
profound lawyer but of the purest
patriotic mould. His decisions were
always on the side of justice and lib
erty. He has written some of the
most famous dissenting opinions in
the history of the country, chief
among which to be remembered were
his dissenting opinion on the Income
tax case and his dissenting opinions
on the Standard Oil and Tobacco
Trust cases.
The distinguished jurist will be
buried to-day, and all the remaining
members of the Supreme Court will
act as honorary pall-bearers
President Taft Will Appoint a Fifth
Justice.
The death of Justice Harlan gives
President Taft an opportunity to ap
point a. fifth member of that great
tribunal. No other? President, except
President Lincoln, ever had the op-
portunlty during his term of office
to appoint a majority of the mem
bers of that court, and. not even Lin
coln had that solemn duty and re
sponsibility placed upon him during
the first two' years of his administra
tion. . .
The names of Attorney-General
Wickersham, Secretary Nagale, and
Solicitor-General Leman, are 1 the
most prominent names discussed, as
probably successors to Justicev Har
lan. .
Wats Justice lUrtaa had served
twenty-five years n the Suprese
Conn beach, fee via givta a great
dinner by the Washiagtea bar. the
distinguished Lawyers aad jurists
froza every pan of Use country beiax
Invited On that occasion, Preaidtat;
Roosevelt paid to Justice Harlan
probably the most remarkable trib
ute that one man ever paid another.
The War Situation in Europe.
There Li bat little change la the
war situation as between Italy and
Turkey from that described in the
Washington letter to The Caucasian
last week. Italy has landed more
troops at Tripoli and there have been
several more skirmishes between the
Italian soldiers and tlve Arab tribes
men back In the hills behind the
city of Triroll. That this would oc
cur was predicted in our letter of
last week.
The Revolution in China.
The most Important foreign news
this week is the growing civil war
or rebellion in China. This is a re
bellion against the present ruling
dynasty.
Every school child has seen In his
geography and read about the great
Chinese wall. This was built by
the natives of China proper to pro
tect them against other Mongolian
races living to the north of China,
chief among them being the Manchu
Tartars from whom the Province of
Manchuria, north of China, was
named. This great wall, which is
considered one of the wonders of the
world, was effective to protect China
for over a thousand years. In 1643,
however, the Manchu Tartars came
down from the north and scaled this
wall and conquered the native Chin
ese, overthrowing the Ming or native
Chinese dynasty and establishing
themselves as the rulers of China,
which dynasty has since been known
as the Manchu dynasty.
Our readers will remember that a
few years ago, about the year 1890,
there was an uprising in China called
the Boxer Movement. This uprising
started out as a rebellion by the na
tive Chinese against the Manchu dy
nasty, but the Manchu leaders were
smart enough to change the cry to
"Dpwn w'ith the Foreigners and Mis
sionaries." This cry grew popular
and drew together both the Manchus
and the Chinese in a common cause.
Our readers will also remember how
the United States, England, Germany
and other countries sent troops and
warships to China to stop the upris
ing, and how China was forced to pay
a heavy indemnity for the damage
to property and the loss of life of
citizens of our country and Christian
countries.
This, however, was not the first
uprising by the native Chinese
against the Manchu dynasty. There
have been thirty or forty uprisings
of greater or less pretensions since
1643, probably the most serious one'
being in the year 1850, at which
time the Chinese came near succeed
ing and overthrowing the Manchu
dynasty.
The cry of the native Chinese at
the present time is not "Down with
the Foreigners and Missionaries," but
"Down and out with the Manchus."
The native Chinese are proclaiming
daily that they have no hostilities
against the missionaries and foreign
ers, and that their lives and property
will be protected.
Another Big Trust Dissolved.
The national administration some
time ago brought a suit against the
General Electric Company. The Gov
ernment has just won its suit and
secured a decree of the District Court
.declaring that the General Electric
Company is a trust and must be dis
solved, under the terms of the de
cision of the United States Supreme
Court in the Standard Oil case and
the Tobacco Trust case.
So strong was the Government's
proof that the General Electric Com
pany has decided not to appeal to
the Supreme Court of the United
States, but to proceed at once to
dissolve under the order of the court
and under the supervision of the Attorney-General
of the United States.
The National Convention of State
Railroad Commissioners.
For many years the railroad com
missioners " for the various States
have been holding annual sessions
in- Washington. These meetings in
the past, have, as a rule, been so
colorless that they have attracte4 lit
tle attention. The effect of the re
form movement started by President
Roosevelt, however, began to show
fruit at the convention of railroad
mmissioners which was In session
here last week.
A committee was appointed to con
sider the express companies, their
service, rates, etc. The committee,
after considering the matter thor
oughly, prepared a report stating
that the express companies were not
necessary in this country, any more
than they have been found necessary
in England. The report further rec
ommended that the express compa-
(Coitnnued on . page S.)
cotto:: to go uigued
Ex-Senator H&rfea Duller,
Jest Back From Soatfa,
co Declares
goueos sc:cld c:id cut?
EWtlo of IVtssncrmtlc It ace tie
Say U 'CaN for Low IMo
Mill Mfo Cut Down Outpat Vu!
Tariff Quffetkm la Settled Thoo.
aaiads of Farmers Will Change
Their Votr Cotton Should To
day Brine Fifteen Orota a round
Under the Law of Supply and D
mand -Tw ice aa Many lropi Vm
Cotton To-day aa Wheat the South
Made a Nine Million Rale Crop.
Washington Post.)
The movement on the part of the
Southern cotton growers to hold
their cotton for higher prices was
discussed yesterday by Marion But
ler, former Senator from North Car
olina, who has Just returoned from
his plantation.
I think the growers are right,"
he said, "and I for one ahali hold
my cotton for a better price, and 1 1
expect to get It. The crop cannot i
possibly be big enough this year to
justify the present low price.
"The law of supply and demand
ought to make prices rise at this
time Instead of fall, even if there is
a 14,000,000-bale crop, because the
demand for cotton all over the world
to-day is more than twice what the
demand was when the South raised a
9,000,000-bale crop.
Use of Cotton Increasing. t
"To-day there are twice as many
people wearing clothes either made!
entirely of cotton or of part cotton
mixed with wool as were doing so
ten or fifteen years ago. This is true
not only in Europe and the Orient,
but it is also true even In the United
States.
"The area ir the world where cot
ton can be raised is limited. The
bulk of it Is now, and always will
be, raised in the South. The terri
tory over which cotton can be raised
successfully can never be increased,
while the demand is Increasing rap
idly and will continue to increase.
Cotton to-day should be at least 15
cents a pound or more, and it should
never be under that figure in the fu
ture. Within ten years the price of
cotton should be at least 20 cents a
pound. In this connection, It should
be remembered, that the great in
crease of gold production has not
only been the chief cause of the rise
of prices generally in this country,
but also over the whole world, and
therefore the conditions outside of
the United States to-day are favor
able for' foreign spinners to bid
higher for raw cotton than ever be
fore. "In my opinion, the chief cause
for the present low price is the elec
tion of a Democratic House, and
their effort to close the cotton mill
of the United States by tearing down
the wall of protection. The cotton
mill men have not been running
their factories at full time, and have
not been buying raw cotton, because
no wise man would manufacture now
a large quantity of cotton clothing
and then have the tariff protection
removed, so that this country could
be flooded with cheap cotton goods
made by cheap foreign labor, where
labor can be employed at half the
wages paid here, and foreign cotton
mill men can buy our cotton, pay tue
freight to their mills, and then pay
the freight back, and undersell an
American milL
Question Crop Report.
"No one can blame the cJtton mill
men. If they did not exercise cau
tion they would become bankrupt if j
the next Congress should do what ;
the Democratic party has threatened !
to do. I'know that there are many
Democratic politicians who are trying
to divert the attention of thef aimers
an d the cotton mill men from the
real truth by declaring that the low
price of cotton is due to a big crop,
over-production, If you please, and
that some of them are even charging
that the crop is not so big as shown
by the Government statistics.
"The statistics hare little to do
with the present prices of cotton. The
cotton exchanges and the cotton men
have their own sources of informa
tion, upon which they rely more than
they do upon the Government statis
tics. The Government, in securing
its data, must depend upon voluntary
reports of farmers and others who
should know, but often inaccuracies
creep in. The reports made to the
cotton organizations aro by trained
men, and, as a rule, should be more
accurate. j
Has- TmMh ta fVwf&
1 ia ct',t to kail t&f mum
Jsfty Wcs.w I aataii fait
fa t As&vrUaJi eeJ to
tial tfcey are alrvaiy trtttut4 at
ast the tfesiocratlt Ccxrv at
left4 im d st li last eatr ss
lea. aftd tiai y Jaasaf? Sat, f
a fly ta the striae It wUl
clear that Usamda a at 4 Use of
tWeaaadt ef fans 4 biiss
saen, who voted ta Des&arrmUe tttk
I latt fall will tsdltat Oat tay will
not do so at the nait eJecUea,
The fartstra ire to-4aj Wttr eS
than thty aav Wca in a smartar f
a eeatery, sad tWfor tay are ta
a Wiur jxHttUoa to boU taatr rouea
tnia ever bafor. Taere ara, aow
ever, a very Urge nnnWr lo are
xsor or Was taprovUtat, or wan
have speat tastr easily earned soay
for the Ust few years, laalead t lay
lag aside a bank account, and also
thousands who nave been more or
Iras unfortonst who will not be a Ma
to bold their cotton. us!a some
baalaeas plan or method can be la
auirursted sad properly Unsaced.
Whether or not saca a plan can b
worked out jacoful!r at these far
mers meetinirs depends Isrgtly upoa
the wfadota of those who attend the
meetings. It Is aeticesble, however,
that every person who favors beldiag
cotton Is looking for some plan by
which their cotton ran be stored ia
warehouses, and by which the farm
ra cn then borrow at much meaty
a they may be forced to use upon
elr wsrehouse receipts.
KubTrattury Plan.
r
"This plan, crudely atated, is noth
ing more or less than the syb-treaa-ury
plan worked out and advocated
by the Farmers Alliance a number
of years ago. And if the tub-treasury
plin had been adopted and was
now in operation. It would not be
necessary for farmers to-day to be
holding meetings to try to devise
ways and means for holdlngjtotton
for a better price.
"I have seen It stated In certain
quarters that the farmers, in holding
such meetings, are making them
selves liable to prosecution under the
Sherman anti-trust law. Ia this con
nection, we are reminded of the
threat made by the last 'Democratic
Congress to investigate the cotton
mill men of the South with a view
to prosecuting them under the Sher
man anti-trust law, because it was
reported that there had been a meet
of the mill men for the purpose of
conferring and agreeing as to the wis
dom of not loading up their ware
houses with high-priced goods when
there was a threatened danger of
having the wall of protection re
moved. The men who made that
threat against the mill men could
with equal propriety make the same
threat against the farmers for hold
ing the meetings that are now adver
tised to be held at an early date.
"I admit that such farmers or
ganizations and meetings may be
technically obnoxious to the letter of
the law, but every one knows that It
was never Intended that the law
should prevent such measures on the
part of farmers and laborers to rgan
ize and properly protect their Inter
ests. The fact Is that the Sherman
law wss drawn for conditions as they
existed in this country thirty-three
years ago. Since that time there
has been a wonderful evolution la
our commercial and industrial life.
The Sherman law, while containing
the seed and essence of a great anti
trust lsw, to-day should be remodel
ed so as to strike more effectively
against the criminal trusts and mon
opolies, and at the same time prevent
itbelng used to persecute the farm
ers and laborera,of the country and
other people who unite' their thought,
energies, and capital for honest and,
legitimate purposes which would hurt
no one, but bless mankind.
Need Proper Regulation.
"What we need is proper regula
tion and control of these corporations
by the State: and Federal Govern
ments. The first and greatest reform
to prevent the abase of corporate
power la to prohibit any Individual,
firm, or corporation from owning or
controlling any natural monopoly
which is an instrument or commerce.
A natural monopoly in, the hands of
any one individual or any. corpora
tion La sure to be -abused, and be
sides the Individual r corporation
having control of such a monpoly is
liable to become more powerful than
the Government itself.
"The solution Is to have every nat
ural monopoly takeri" charge of and .
used as a public function for the pub
lic good. The Constitution of the
United States clearly and expressly -makes
it the duty of Congress to con
trol the Instruments of commerce.
Therefore, Congress can at any mo
ment by the simple enactment of a
statute take charge of al lthe natural
monopolies that are instruments of
commerce. Indeed, the wording of
the Constitution makes this the duty
of Congress, , asd it Is a mandatory
duty that fcia XcS Ions bea neg
lected.". , ;
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