THE CAUCASIAN.
VOL. XXX,
RALEIGH, IV. C,
, IV1ARCH 21, 1012.
Mo. lO.
EDITORIAL BRIEFS
i
t.'ollier'a Weekly refers to Speaker
rharup Clark as "some ordinary com
promise." It looks as though the mocking
UhIb will have to move out of Vir
ginia also.
After all it may be that Governor
Kitchin wants the people to trust in
r al of anti-trust.
Mr. Simmons Is probably aware
that the Halifax County registrars
art- not on his side this time.
Springtime Is almost here but un
der the circumstances the mocking
bird is afraid to show his head.
If Simmons doesn't re-organlze his
rtdshirt bands he may not get any
thing like a solid vote in the east.
Governor Kitchin opened his cam
paign in Greensboro with a brass
band. Wonder if the finish will be
only a tinkling cymbal?
A Democratic exchange announces
that Congressman Steadman will
have no opposition in the Fifth. How
ever that assertion is a little prema
ture. And Collier's Weekly thinks the
Democrats may hand the next ejec
tion to the Republicans. It is news
that they even had it to be handed
over to anybody.
Those Demosrats In Washington
should take a little time off to inves
tigate their platform and see what
it really stands for that is, of
course, if it is standing at this time.
As further proof that Democrats
want office, and are not at all partic
ular as to what kind, so it is office,
thero are already three pronounced
candidates for Lieutenant-Governor.
The Oscar Underwood supplements
made theirappearance as a part of
several of the newspapers in this
State last Saturday. As In Wilson's
case, wonder who is putting up the
money?
Governor Kitchin has again chal
lenged Senator Simmons for a joint
debate. The Governor has probably
forgotten that Simmons is "too re
spectable" too meet any one in joint
debate.
The editor of the Statesville Land
mark is very much against the dog,
under-dog and all. But in this con
nection it is also noted that the ed
itor of the Landmark is not running
for any office.
Simmons and Kitchin are trying
to prove that each other are out of
line with their party. It would seem
that each should be able to prove
their contention on the other without
much argument.
The Democrats in North Carolina
will have to explain to the voters
about the Democratic high taxes, the
low price of cotton and the poor pub
lic school system and they might as
well be framing up their excuses.
The Durham Herald thinks If a
party cannot require its representa
tives in Congress to live up to its
platform, it is not in a position to
promise the people of the country
anything. And we all remember
that the Democrats in Congress have
not lived up to their platform.
When Simmons was State Chair
dan, the Democrats in Halifax
County returned a majority of five
thousand, which was more than the
entire vote of the county, but if
those same Democrats return a ma
jority of five thousand for Kitchin in
the Senatorial primary, guess Sim
mons will feel like squealing.
There is no doubt but that the
people are in favor of good roads,
and if you can show them that the
money will be properly spent they
will be with you on the proposition
But the people are not in favor of
paying their good money just for
the road overseer to take the road
force to dig stumps out his field.
UBAItD A LB AX V.
Member of the New York Legisla
ture Finally Crawl From Under
Their Seat and Promise to Cod
fclder the Matter.
An Albany, N. V., dispatch of
March 6 says:
"For three hours this afternoon
suffragists and anti-suffragists bom
barded the members of the Assembly
Judiciary Committee with arguments
for and against the proposed amend
ment to tho constitution which would
enable women to do a little bargain
hunting at the polls on election day,
and when the cruel war was over the
floor of the assembly parlor was
strewn with hairpins, feathers, and
puffs, all of which had slipped their
anchorages during the discussion.
"As soon as the skirted storm pass
ed over the assemblymen crawled
from under the table and announced
that they would give the measure ev
ery consideration, which means that
it will be dragged out on the floor
one of these fine mornings and beat
en to death."
WIND MB RAIN ST0RT.1
The Piedmont Section Experi
ences the Heaviest Rains
in Years
Greensboro Child Drowned While Re
turning From School Railroad
Trains Forced to Tie Up Much
Damage to Property in Several
Counties The Storm in Other
States.
This State was visited by a severe
rain and windstorm Friday. The
heaviest of the storm appears to have
struck Piedmont North Carolina.
The damage to roads and bridges in
Mecklenburg County is estimated at
$10,000, while in Forsyth the dam
age to roads is said to be at least
$25,000. In Rockingham County
bridges and mill dams were washed
away. The tobacco planters in that
county suffered- heavily. Tobacco
beds in all sections of that county
were washed away.
Many horses and cattle were swept
down the Catawba River.
In Cabarrus County numerous
mills and bridges were washed away
and one school-house was blown
over. At Weldon the Roanoke River
rose to forty-five feet above low wa
ter mark, and the farmers in the
lowlands suffered heavily.
While the storm was more or less
severe all over the State it appears
that the greatest damage was done
in Rowan and Guilford Counties. A
report from Salisbury Friday night
says:
"The heaviest rain storms experi
enced in this part of North Carolina
since June, 1897, came to-day, para
lyzing railroad business in all direc
tions and doing many thousand dol
lars in damage to property. At
Swearing Creek, near Lexington, the
main line of the Southern Railway
is washed out and travel has been
held up all day. Three bad wash
outs are reported on the main line
south of this city and no trains were
run on the western branch between
Salisbury and Asheville upto a late
hour to-night on account of bad
washouts. "The main line trains are
still tied up behind washouts, but no
wrecks are reported, which is con
sidered miraculous.
The Yadkin River is on a ram
page and is rising two feet per hour.
All creeks are greatly swollen, ru
ral mails were impossible or badly
delayed on account of high water.
Many of the bridges in all directions
are washed away and travel is at a
standstill. Scores of employes at
reach their homes in the country ts
the shops at Spencer were unable to
night on account of swollen streams.
Street culverts, fills and bridges in
Salisbury and Spencer' were washed
out in many instances and the dam
age is heavy. A huge concrete wall
on the right of way of the Southern
in Salisbury tumbled down to-day to
a length of more than 200 feet en
tailing a loss of $5,000.
"The rain fell in torrents, reach
ing more than six inches in twelve
hours. Wind also played havoc with
electric lines and telephone commun
ication in many instances is cut off.
About 3,000 feet of new macadam
road in Salisbury was washed away
to-day."
Worst Ever Known in G?ensboro
Child Drowned.
A Greensboro dispatch says:
"Nothing like the rainfall since
11 o'clock last night until noon to
day has ever been known here. The
last rain was a cloud burst at 12
o'clock, accompanied by blinding
gusts of wind. Basements in all
large buildings are flooded. Reports
from the county are that over twelre
bridges across Important streams
(Continued on page 3.)
SL'FFKACjI.S,
THOSE TARIFF BILLS
Democrats Continue to Intro
duce Bills Which They Know
Gan't Pass and Don't Want
to Pass
A PLAY TO THE GALLERIES
Why Their Free Sugar Dill is a
Fraud on the People What a
Western Roosevelt Man Thinks
Situation in Republican Camp Ha
Changed Wry little in the Past
Week G reat Unrest and Lawless
ness in China The Revolution in
Mexico is Subsiding-Resignation
of Dr. Wiley Regretted by Whole
Country, Except Violators of the
Law.
(Special to The Caucasian.)
Washington, D. C, March 19, 1912.
The many tariff bills which the
Democratic House is preparing and
passing up to the Republican Senate
are so radical in nature and crudely
prepared that they have ceased to at
tract any attention or comment ex
cept that of ridicule or indifference.
All of the Washington papers have
for some time been commenting up
on these bills to the effect that they
are clearly drawn for campaign bun
combe, with no idea of their becom
ing a law.
It is pointed out that, in the first
place, the Democrats would not be
harmonious among themselves over
these bills, if every one was not sure
that the bills would promptly be re
jected by the Senate and by the
President. Everybody knows thj.t if
the Democratic House was sincere in
wanting to make substantial reduc
tions on the leading tariff schedules,
and would prepare bills based on the
difference in the cost of production
here and abroad, that every such
bill would receive enough votes in
the Senate to pass it, and that the
President would sign every such bill:
He has declared time and again that
he would do this.
Therefore, the Democratic House
has put itself in the position of not
desiring such reasonable and effec
tive reductions of the tariff, but has
determined to so act as to have no
reductions, but to simply offer sham
bills for campaign buncombe. The
beUef is growing that the average
voter is too intelligent to be fooled
by such cheap partisan clap-trap. In
deed, the sentiment is fast growing
over the country that the people have
had enough already of Democratic
incompetency and that the voters will'
not risk the calamity of another
Democratic National administration.
Don't Want to Know the Facts.
One of the latest moves made by
the Democratic House is to try to
kill the appropriation made by a pre
vious Congress for the expenses of
the Tariff Board, which was author
ized to gather the facts to show the
difference in the cost of production
here and abroad.
The Tariff Board has already made
a report on this difference in the
cost of production on woolen goods,
but the Democratic House has re
fused to consider the facts or to of
fer a bill based on the facts. The
Tariff Board has also made a report
on the cotton industry, showing that
slight reductions could be made in
certain schedules based on the dif
ference in the cost of production
here and abroad. The Democratic
House has ignored these facts and
has refused to prepare a bill based
upon them.
In short, the Democratic House
seems to be irritated every time facts
are presented in any official form to
them, and they are now determined
to try to abolish the Tariff Board so
that no more facts can be furnished.
If the facts furnished by this Tariff
Board on the wool and cotton
schedules were inaccurate, every
body knows that every Democratic
Congressman would be pointing out
the inaccuracies and making speech
es riddling the report of the Tariff
Board. This they have not done, and
it is believed they cannot do.
A Buncombe Free Sugar "Bill.
One of the latest bills reported by
the Democratic House is for free su
gar. This is intended to be one of
the star Democratic campaign slo
gans in the next campaign. The
Democrats know that this bill can
not pass and ought not to pass. In
deed, they would not have reported
this bill if they thought it could pass.
The fact is, this bill would give
the Sugar Trust free raw sugar, and
if they can get that from the cheap
labor countries in the world then
they would pay less for raw sugar
than they now pay, and having a
monopoly of the refining of sugar.
If the Democrats had wanted to
reduce the price of sugar to the con
sumer and to reduce the proCts of
the trust, they would have left the
duty on raw sugar to protect our far
mers and laborers who are raising
sugar la the South and West, and I
they would hare reduced the protec-j
uon on renned sugar, and also re
moved the Dutch standard test under
which the trust makes its biggest
profits. A bill of this kind could
have become a law, and the Demo
crat knew it, but they are more an
xious to try to fool the people with
clap-trap campaigns than they are to
give measures of relief.
The sugar industry in the South
west and in the West means the same
to those States as cotton does to the
Southern and Middle Atlantic States,
and yet the proposition of the Demo
cratic House Is to strike down this
great industry at one blow and force
the buying of all our raw sugar from
abroad and still leave the Sugar
Trust with a big profit for refining.
It is a peculiar and striking thing
that every proposition offered by the
Democratic House Is one not to build
up an Industry but one to strike
down an Industry.
This emphasizes again strongly
the fact that the Democratic party
is a party of negation and stagna
tion and a producer of panics. On
the other hand, every law offered by
the Republican party, no matter
what its defects may be, is one that
looks to construction and develop
ment and prosperity.
What a Western Roosevelt Man
Says.
A leading Western Republican,
who is a strong supporter of Presi
dent Roosevelt, said to-day, in dis
cussing the policy of the Democratic
House, that in the face of the threat
ened danger of another Democratic
administration, that he and no other
Republican could have any serious
differences as to who the Republican
candidate should be. He said that
any Republican President, standing
for the great progressive and. con
structive policies of the Republican
party, was a hundred-fold better for
the country than any Democratic
President- and his administration
could be. He further said that in
tho light of the action of the Demo
cratic House, that he was no satis
fied that the West would line up and
support President Taft, if he was
nominated, which six months ago he
did not believe it would have done.
The Situation in China.
The reports from China show that
tbere is still great unrest and law
lessness in that country, but the lat
est threatened danger is the belief
that Russia and Japan have entered
into an undertkaing for the parti
tion of China before its Republican
form of government can be thor
oughly established.
This has caused our government to
order several of our largest cruisers
to join our other vessels in Chinese
waters and be on the spot ready to
protest effectively against any at
tempt of any European or Asiatic
powers to dismember and divide up
China. It is the belief of a number
of statesmen in Washington that if
the United States does not thus effec
tively interfere that within the next
few months China would be dismem
bered and divided among a number
of the larger powers of Europe and
the Orient.
The Situation In Mexico.
Since the order issued by the Pres
ident last week, under the authority
of a resolution of Congress, prohibit
ing the shlument of guns and am
munition into Mexico, the new revo
lution against the Madero govern
ment has failed to gain headway and
has now much subsided. It is be
lieved now that the revolution will
boon be over and the Madero govern
ment will soon be firmly established.
It came to the knowledge of the
government in Washington that cer
tain large financial interests were
furnishing money to back the revolu
tion, and it was thought the duty
of this government to prevent such
a scheme of moneyed interests from
getting control of that great South
ern republic.
The Situation in TripolL
There is not much being published
in the press to-day about the effort of
Italy to conquer Tripoli. The fact is
that the Italian soldiers are finding it
very difficult to hold the country In
Northern Africa, which they have
captured, to say nothing of extending
their conquests.
The Caucasian pointed out when
the fight between Italy and Turkey
over the possession of Tripoli start
ed that Italy would find it very dif
ficult to conquer and hold more of
the Northern African coast than
could be reached by the guns on
Italian battleships.
The Arabs are an intelligent and
warlike race and know how to live
back on the oases of the desert and
(Continued on pas S.)
France Suffers Again Be
cause of an Unwise
Ruler
TWO FAU0US U1UTAQY UlN
Franc Had a Fine Army in the Sli-j
I troth and Seventevnll Crotariev j
A King AUo Has His Trouble, j
Marl borough Was a Grnat Fita-!
er Franc and England Weeej
Once Nearly Eveiilj Mtchel For
i
War Operation- The JhJ of War j
and of Peace Are One and the
Same A Movement fur Perma
nent Peace Failed of Its Pune
Spirit of Conquest Subside For a
Time.
BllklnsTllle, X. C. March 18, 1312.
Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise. In 1685 the ruler or France began
to act very unwisely. He revoked
the edict ov Xantes, which had serv
ed to give a fair degree ov religious
freedom, and the protestanta or
France were forced to flee to Eng
land, Holland and parts ov Ger
many, where many ov them contin
ued the growin' and manufacture or
silk and silk products. This ruler
wuz progressive and aggressive and
soon managed to make enemies ov
many ov the European rulers, both'
high and low, for there were people
then, az now, who could not see any
good in anything except it wuz In
evil. But bavin' selected able assist
ants the King held hlz own for a long
time against everything planned by
hiz adversaries. TJnder Generals
Conde and Turrene, iKth famous mil
itary men, the French army reached
a high state ov military fitness. That
tended to hold back their selfish na
bor's az nothin' else would, and the
consequence wuz a period ov peace
an her excellent people didn't know
anythin except to flgfct If callsd'upon
by their leaders, an' they hev not
gotten over that yet. Finally, the
English made the latter part ov King
Lone's life az miserable az the first
part ov hlz life had been happy. That
great English fighter, the Duke ov
Marlborough and ov Austria, wuz in
charge ov the English army an' he
wuz game. From 1702 to 1711 the
French army suffered many defeats
an' disasters. For a long time the
two countries had been pretty evenly
matched in war. But patriotism,
that great war weapon, wuz growin'
stronger in England, while the relig
ious differences ov the French peo
ple an' the civil wars in which the
flower ov her manhood had been kill
ed rendered France comparatively
weak, an' this wuz what the English
had been waitin' for, for the English
in that day didn't mind a tedious wait
if hit wuz absolutely necessary. But
at the moment when awl seemed to
be lost for the French cause, a por
tion ov the English people, inctudln'
prominent leaders, became tories an'
refused to continue the war. France
wuz saved again and England did not
succeed in adding to the territory un
der the English flag at that time. He
who made an' rule the Kingdoms an'
reepuhllcs ov this earth did not will
that English ambition should be grat
ified in that case an France la still
doin' business under her own tag an'
her people, with awl their faults, are
makla' some progress toward a bet
ter life. Peace wuz concluded be
tween the two nations at TJntrecnt In
'1712, though a state or war existed
between them several times after
ward. In 1713 France wax visited by the
plague an' many died. In 1715 the
King died ov the same disease. He
willed the Kingdom to his great
grandson, Louis, then a minor. The
same will provided that a council be
appointed to rule until the young
King should reach a responsible age.
But the French Parliament set the
will aside an' named the Duke ov Or
leans az temporary ruler or regent.
At first hiz official acta were very
popular an' he won the love or the
people. He restored the parliament
to Ite old position so it could remon
strate against any acts or the King
which the parliament might think
unwise or unjust, and compelled
those who hail enriched themselves
at the expense ov the administration
to disgorge and pay back the money
or restore the property to the right
ful owners. He awlso tried an par
tially succeeded in effacing the cruel
scars left by the recent great wars,
civil an otherwise. He promoted
commerce an agriculture. Best ov
awl, however, he formed a peace al
liance with England an other coun
tries formerly at war with France
with a view to securia' permanent
peace.
The spirit ot conquest now ha via'
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la order U . a ffl tae
Popl ov aay eivtli4 U4 If tfeey
can keep the politicises ia t&e rfaat
y. hv twjd rU; ia et!sf words,
sues as the felted S:at hn fe4 at
tin;, wfcf a Cleveland aa hit crowd
didn't fcev tK3 to da with it. for hit
U a fact thai hwf cacusj ta p?ir
ov cost oa. corn aa ether itifl prod
ucts to fall to Re-hai: a a to
on-thlrd the former prim an' tserv
by caused untold disaster, flat
Prottdenc only permits a tittle
taste ov such talnc to Set the peo
pie know how wU of? they really
were under wise n beorficeat cov
enstaect. Pro tide Ice always gttes
many bie4njrs for eery mUfartaae
If we only could aa would realise
It- To-day may be cold, west, aa
the wind may blow a cal; to-narrow
may be a beautiful spring dy
an we will hear the songs ov the
birds aa may view the burttlec ov
the buds upon the trees, the bright
days far out-number the dark,
gloomy days. But you win have to
(Continued on para 3.)
MEN BLOWN TO ATOIjS
Boiler Explosion Causes a
Horrible Tragedy at San
Antonio Texas
Lttrge Engine Had Jut Been Taken
to the Shops for Inspection
Buildings Wrecked and Quarter of
a .Million Dollars to Property.
A dispatch from Ssn Antonio.
Texas, dated March 18th. says:
"At least thirty-two men were
killed and more than 50 injured to
day when the boiler of locomotive
No. 704 exploded in the shop yards
of the Southern Pacific Railroad
here. The property damage will ap
proximate 1250,000.
"A committee of railroad officials,
army officers and citizens made an
Investigation this afternoon and is of
the opinion that the explosion prob
ably was due to carelessness of one
of the men killed in allowing an In
rush of cold water into the super
heated boiler In which the water was
already low.
"Twenty bodies have been Iden
tified, twelve remain unidentified and
human fragments picked up within a
radius of several blocks probably
account for several missing.
"The engine, a big passenger Mo
gul, prat ileal jr new, bad been
brought to the shops for Inspection.
Those in the vicinity who escaped
immediate death declare that the
boiler burst without warning.
"The buildings wrecked are the
copper house, the blacksmith shop
and the round-house, which formed
the square in which the locomotive
stood. Of those killed, the greatest
number were shopmen sent from
Northern and Eastern cities several
months ago to replace employes oa
strike."
DR. IIAIIVEY WILEY KESIGXS.
It is Thought That Difference of
Opinion Between Him and Secre
tary Wilson Caase Pure Food
Chemist to Quit Government Ser
vice. A Wrahlngton. D. C dispatch of
March 15th says:
"Dr. Harvey W. Wiley left the lab
oratories of the Bureau of Chemis
try to-night, where for nearly twenty-nine
years he had been chief
chemist, no longer a government of
ficial but determined to champion
the cause of pure food from the
ranks of the people.
"Friction with his superiors and
irreconcilable differences of opinion
as to the enforcement of the pure
food and drugs act, were the rcaaona
given by Dr. Wlleyfor handling his
resignation to Secretary Wilson of
the Department of Agriculture.
"Dr. Wiley's resignation came as
a dramatic climax to a lolng confer
ence he had with Secretary Wilson
in the' latter private office to-day.
The Secretary would make no state
ment of the case otherwise than
that Dr. Wiley had handed ia hit
resignation.'
Prominent Asheville Lady Commits
SoicJde la Xew York.
A dispatch from New York Satur
day night says:
"Mrs. Kathleen Leslie Doyle Loril
lard, wife of Beekman Lorillard of
Asheville, N. C, committed suicide
labs to-day by hanging in the bota
room of apartments she and her hus
band occupied at the Holland House
the last four or five days. Her hus
band, a son of Louis p. Lorillard and
descended from Peter Lorillard, who
amassed a fortune as a tobacco man
ufacturer, discovered the body oa hia
return from the hotel lobby whero
he had arranged to take his wife ca
an automobile ride."