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RALEIGH, IV. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 39. 1912.
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EDITORIAL BRIEFS
j-v,. ",joe flays" are on and yon got-
n kicking.
t j(.nator Penrose is to be im
what will become of Senator
Tb Democratic candidate for Vice
Pr,.,i rif-nt in not large enough to be a
;.,.! States Marshal.
V,wii'!'-r if Senator Simmons will
trv f .our any Standard Oil on the
(r0 iM' i gators in this State?
jr ins that Simmons was ever
ray to render service to "Boss"
.f.:in;.,.- in the Senate. Wonder why?
speeches of Judge Clark and
cy rii.tnam.T are at least giving the
-j-Li.iiion supporters something to
tbir.k about.
jf th.' school book trust is at all ap
prwiarive it will probably donate a
good sum to the Democratic cam
paign fund in this State.
A man named Dr. Doolittle is now
on the Government pay-roll and there
are probably many of his relatives on
the roll under assumed names.
Mat Senator Simmons labors
sh are over, wonder what
will have for not meeting
Kitchin in joint debate?
in
ex
T!. !: ( publican party has stood
cat.;. 1 .ws, but if certain Democrats
juiY. t d in proving that Senator Sim
n jus is a Republican, there is no tell
iixK what will become of the party.
If Governor Kitchin and Senator
Simmons are each standing on their
words, then they certainly haven't
iich to go before the voters with.
Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, warns
the Democrats of the country of .the
danger of over-confidence. Even a
blind man can see that the Democrats
have a rocky road to travel.
The Democratic candidate for Vice
President is now running without a
platform. The platform on which he
was standing collapsed even before he
had finished accepting tl nomina
tion. The medical dispensary in Union
cost the county more than $800 to fill
"licker" prescriptions alone. Isn't it
strange that "licker" is considered
such good medicine in prohibiton ter
ritory. Detective Burns says that the graft
in South Carolina is worse than in
California. Don't you know the
Democratic politicians in North Car
olina hope that Burns will not strike
tfci State.
A Democratic exchange says that
the recent primary campaign in South
Carolina was the bitterest held in
that State since Reconstruction days.
And to think they are all Democrats
scrambling for pie!
The Charlotte physicians have been
Prohibited from writing any more
whiskey prescriptions, but they have
increased their fees for visits to the
Jick in order to make up the loss in
revenue from the liquor business.
The Democrats are requesting the
teachers to contribute JLo Woodrow
Wilson's campaign fund. Wonder if
the teachers will now be required to
contribute to Wilson's fund in addi
tion to voting the Democratic ticket
to order to be eligible to teach?
!n the beginning of the campaign
lt was announced that Mr. Bryan
as assigned to look after Mr. Roo
sevelt, but Bryan shied and has de
eded to choose a different route. Of
course Bryan wasn't Beared, but
bought it would be better for his
health to campaign in other terri
tory. Four years ago Governor Kitchin
Renounced Mr. Craig as being too
riendly to the trusts, and further
Jaded him as "not being a true
democrat." Governor Kitchin is now
Porting Mr. Craig for Governor.
important query, therefore, now
J"lses, Has Governor Kitchin chang-
or has Mr. Craig changed?
OFFERS A RKWAIiD OF $30 FOR
RESOLUTION MANUSCRIPT.
Mr. I'ecnon Anxiou to Get Original
of Tucker Amendment to Mott
Resolution.
Developments continue In the con
troversy over the Mott resolution
passed at the meeting of the Repub
lican State Committee, by which it is
asserted that the Republican who do
not favor Taft were read out of the
party and over the Tucker amend
ment in which Hon. Richmond Pear
son claims the word "national" was!
inserted without Mr. Tucker's con
sent. Mr .Pearson has published the
following in the form of an advertise
ment: " 'Nothing was further from my
mind than to bind any participant in
the convention to abide by the action
of the National Convention.' Extract
from letter of Committeeman Tucker
to Committeeman Jenkins.
" 'There is an error somewhere, for
I know Mr. Tucker never intended to
convey any such meaning as publish
ed in the newspapers.' Extract from
telegram of Committeeman Jenkins
to Mr. Pearson.
"Offers of Reward. I hereby offer
a reward of $50 to any person who
will produce the original manuscript
amendment offered by Mr. Tucker
and adopted by the members of the
Republican State Committee present
at the meeting on the seventh in
stant." SIMMONS ANDPENttOSE
Gharged Simmons Wanted to
Swap Some Votes With the
Republican Senator
Winston Paper Reprints Charges
Made Against Simmons in1 a Den
ver Paier Makes Interesting
Reading For North Carolina Vot
ers. According to report of a Washing
ton correspondent of a Denver paper,
Senator Simmons has been very
handy to offer votes "Boss" Penrose
in the Senate when Penrose should
chance to be in need of such a com
modity. In commenting on the Den
ver article which was reprinted in
the Winston Sentinel, the Greensboro
News of Tuesday says:
"Acknowledged supporters and
workers of Governor Kitchin in his
campaign to defeat Senator Simmons
were busy yesterday circulating a
copy of an article printed originally
in the Denver Express from its Wash
ington corerspondent and reprinted
in this State by the Winston-Salem
Sentinel. The article, which was
credited to Gibson Gardner, charged
a frame-up between Senator Sim
mons, of North Carolina, and Sena
tor Penrose, of Pennsylvania, as re
garding tariff measures. Gardner
charges that he overheard a conver
sation between Senator Simmons and
Penrose in which the two reached an
agreement as to how votes should be
cast upon a pending tariff measure.
"The article, originally printed in
the Denver Express, was clipped by
the semi-weekly edition of the Win
ston Sentinel and the Kitchin sup
porters here Becured copies of the
Winston paper, decorated the article
in question with a red ink border
and in a sort of confidential way call
ed voters to one side and gave them
the privilege of reading what the Col
orado paper had to say of Senator
Simmons. It was said that circulars
containing the articles were being
printed by a local printery and that
they would be distributed through
out the country.
"The article in question is rather
interesting and Is herewith reproduc
ed as it appeared in the Winston pa
per, headline and all:
SENATOR SIMMONS STAND
IN WITH ROSS PENROSE.
"This statement Is by Gibson Gard
ner, Washington correspondent of
the Denver Express.
"Senator Penrose is following in
the footsteps of his predecessor, Mr.
Aldrich, in trading across the party
line when it comes to protecting the
high tariff schedules. The other day
when the Pennsylvania Senator re
ported his suggested revision of the
i wool schedules a bill drawn by Mr.
Lippett, of Rhode Island, the attor
ney for the American Woolen Com
pany, Penrose held a little informal
meeting in the Senate lobby with
Senator Simmons, of North Carolina.
The writer stood by and heard the
following conversation:
"Simmons: What do you want us
to do. Do you need any votes?'
"Penrose: 'No, I think I can put
it over; you fellows vote for your own
bill.'
"Simmons: 'You don't need any
of our votes, then?'
"Penrose: 'No, you fellows vote
for your own bill. I'll take a chance
on putting It over, and then I'll fix it
up in conference. "
DONOTIIIRG CONGRESS
Democrats Would Not Evtn
Pass Important Measures
Within Their Power
ONE SlRIIiIIIC EXAOPIE
Could Have Saved the Couiain
Twenty Millions of Dollars a Year
on the Sugar Schedule-Wu One
of the longest and One of the
Most Fruitless Sessions of Con
gress in the History of the Coun
try Not a Single Important Act
Passed Which the Democrats Had
IYomlfed The Standard Oil Con
tribution Those Duncan Appoint
ments and Why.
(Special to The Caucasian.)
Washington, D. C, Aug. 28, 1912.
Congress finally adjourned on
Monday evening, after one of the
longest sessions in the history of the
country and also one of the most
fruitless sessions. Not a single im
portant act was passed which the
Democratic party promised to enact
if they were put in power.
The Democrats had complete con
trol of the House, and besides they
were given notice early in the session
that they would have the support of
the progressive Republicans in the
Senate for any practical and substan
tial reform measure. Therefore, we
see that the Democratic party was in
a position to pass at least any meas
ure that was advocated by the pro
gressive Republicans. The fact is,
that the progressive Republicans are
advocating more reforms than have
ever been offered by the Democratic
party.
The fact that the session adjourns
with nothing done, simply shows that
the Democratic p :ity was trying to
make political capital by offering
measures that they knew would not
be adopted and refusing to adopt
measures that they knew would not
be adopted and refusing to adopt
measures that had met, or would
meet, the approval of the progressive
Republicans.
One Striking Illustration.
One of the striking illustrations of
the proof of this statement is the ac
tion of the Democratic House in re
fusing to agree to a Senate amend
ment to the tariff sugar schedule that
would save the consumers over twen
ty millions of dollars a year. The
facts, briefly, are as follows:
The Democratic House passed a bill
pretending to make radical reductions
in the tariff on sugar, and made
loud claims about how much such a
bill would save the consumers of
America. The House bill, however,
did not strike out the part of the
Aldrich tariff bill which gave the
greatest profit and protection io the
sugar trust, that is, the iniquitous
Dutch standard color test and the su
gar deferential duty. These are the
two features that the sugar trust have
strenuously contended for in every
tariff bill and so far have succeeded
In keeping it in every tariff bill,
whether passed by a Democratic or
Republican Congress.
It will be remembered that the
Wilson Democratic tariff bill passed
under the Cleveland administration
contained these two iniquitous pro
visions for the benefit of the sugar
trust. It was developed soon after
wards that the sugar trust made large
contributions, in equal amounts, to
both the Democratic and Republican
parties.
When the House Democratic sugar
bill reached the Senate, the progres
sive Republicans in the Senate at
once offered amendments eliminating
the Dutch Standard color test and the
deferential and they succeeded In
passing the bill with these amend
ments. This bill was returned to the
Democratic House and the House re
fused to pass it.
Thus Congress adjourns with a
Senate bill , before a Democratic
House that would reduce the profits
of the sugar trust twenty million dol
lars a year and save that amount to
the consumer. This proves that the
Democratic House is either controlled
by the sugar trust, or else that they
are incompetent to handle the af
fairs of the people of this great coun
try. The Standard Oil Contribution.
Just before the adjournment of
Congress, Hearst's magazine publish
ed proof of the fact that the Standard
Oil Company had made a contribution
of $25,000 to Senator Penrose for
some purpose that seemed to affect
legislation. ,
Senator Penrose at once arose in
the Senate to explain that while the
contribution was made to him, that
he accepted it and used it for cam
paign purposes in Pennsylvania. He
further stated that five times the
amount that he received for Pennsyl
vania ($25,000) was contributed to
Roosevelt's campaign, mounting to
$125,000.
Colonel Roosevelt at once cave out j
a statement branding Senator Pen- j
rose's charge- about the $125,000 con
tribution to the National campaign as
false and demanding an Inve Ligation
and that he be givea an opportunity I
to be heard.
Senator Penrose attempted to pre
vent the passage of a resolution that
would cover a broad, sweeping lne-t
tigation of all the money contributed I
by the Standard Oil Company to all j
parties and to all public men since j
$1&00. The progressive Republicans!
blocked the adjournment of Congress
by filibustering until such a reeolu-
tion was passed. j
Immediately upon the passage of
the resolution, Colonel Roosevelt)
wired to the committee instructed toj
make the investigation asking to be
summoned or permitted to appear and !
give the facts with reference to him-j
col f and hia rnninilim I
Senator Clapp, chairman of the
committee designated to make the in
vestigation, tried to get a quroum of
either the committee or sub-commit-!
tee, but failed to do so. j
Colonel Roosevelt now announces j
that he will publish a statement giv-i
ing the facts as to himself and prov
ing the falsity of the charge.
No More Sunday Mail.
Just before the adjournment of
Congress, there was passed an act,
without any discussion and without
notice to the country, providing that
hereafter there should be no Sunday
mail delivered by any first or second
class post-office in the United States.
No one seemed to know that such an
act had been passed until the first
and second-class post-offices on last
Sunday morning refused to distribute
mail here in Washington and over the
whole country.
Those who had lock boxes went to
the post-office Sunday morning and
unlocked their boxes, but found no
mail in them. The guests in the ho
tels of Washington were also greatly
disappointed because, heretofore,
mail has been delivered Sunday
morning by the special carriers to ev
ery hotel in the city. f
Many Congressmen and Senators
received protests from their home
States before they left the city, ask
ing "te amendment or repeal of this
law, but It was too late- for action
to be taken at this session.
More Pay for Duncan's Perfidy.
Just before the adjournment of
Congress, the President sent to the
Senate another large batch of North
Carolina appointments, among them
being the following: N
Samuel M. Hamrick, Hickory; Wil
liam F. Cox, Laurinburg; Frank Rob
ert, Marshall; George W. Robblns,
Rocky Mount; Charles F. Smathers,
Canton; Samuel M .Jones, Sanford;
Wm. A. Mace, Beaufort; John W.
Brown, Oxford; Edward C. Beaman,
Farmville; Thomas B. Wallace, Wil
mington.
It is announced In the State papers
of Monday and Tuesday that these ap
pointments, like all other appoint-
i ments made for North Carolina since
the National Convention, were made
on the recommendation of Mr. Dun
can, who is no longer National Com
mitteeman and who is now simply a
private citizen.
It is known and generally admitted
that Mr. Duncan and his friends have
boasted since the Chicago Convention
that though he had been repudiated
by the Republicans of his State, that
he would be permitted to control all
appointments.
There is no reason why Mr. Dun
can any more than any other private
citizen should be permitted to dictate
the appointments of the State, unless
this is done for pay to him for his
perfidy as a member of the National
Committee in unseating the legally
elected delegates at the Chicago Con
vention in order to thwart the rule
of the people.
That Mr. Duncan was thus being
paid for his perfidy at Chicago was so
well understood in the Seuate, that
none of the appointments that have
been made on his recommendation
have been confirmed or will be con
firmed at the next session of Con
gress. Voting One Way and Praying An-
other. j
Union Republican.
A Democrat told us the other day
that he believed Wilson would be the
next President, and if he was, hard
times would doubtless follow and that
he was beginning to get ready for it,
as it was always prudent to be on the
safe side. Yet blinded by political
heredity or choice, he will vote for
Wilson with due preparation for the
inevitable, instead of avoiding all
doubt and uncertainty and cast his
vote for President Taft, the repre
sentative of the Republican party
and its policies. This may be good
politics, voting one way and praying
another, but lt looks like rank fool
ishness. And many will vote far Wil
son and ignore the preparation and
then repeat the refrain, "The saddest
cf all it might have been" other
wise. The best way and the safest
and surest way is to take no chances
and vote the Republican ticket.
REAL AOTftiTESTOCY
Napoleon Was Made Emporer
of France for Life, Instead
of President
HIS DSCERDAF1TS IN S17IO !
Vat I 'oner IMegated to Xapole by
the French, Italians aad Anuria !
Kfm Hi lirading Gfral Wm;
Provided For in a Political Way j
A Dream Which Would Not Oocae
True, Hence Empire Huildi&c1
Came to Naught Rut He tW !
i
(;iimpe of Power Which Might
Have Turned the Head of Any j
Other Van. !
Bilkinsvilie. N. C, Aug. 26, 1912.
Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise.
After peace wuz arranged at Tilsit!
Napoleon Bonaparte returned to
Dresden, where he signed the con-i
stitution ov the dukedom ov Warsaw j
to Paris. Awl but two ov the Ger
man princes had joined the Rhemtsh j
confederation at Warsaw, except two j
the Dukes ov Mecklenburg and ov !
Oldenburg. They Joined somej
months later. Az a historical matter!
this iz important, for Njfcioleon Bon- j
aparte had been declared Emperor!
ov France, an" the authority given
wuz to be for life, an' hiz descend
ants were to at least hev first chance
at the prize for an indefinite number
ov years. Ov course the argument j
wuz in different language from what j
I hev just used, but I hev given the I
facts. The other most important of-!
fleers were awlso named; but the per-1
sons who should fill them were not I
nanifd, that bein' left to the ap
pointive or elective power. Ov course
the Emperor would In reality name
them an' would come pretty near be
in' the whole thing, if he were smart,
an Bonaparte wuz. The Emperor
could name the Senators and fix num
ber ov such legislators. Az ruler in
chief an' with full power to name
the chief lawmaker, the Emperor
ought to hev been able to run the
country. On August 19, 1807, Na
poleon Bonaparte wuz crowned Em
peror ov France. He had awlready
been Emperor ov Italy for about two
years. Austria awlsj recognized
Bonaparte az Emperor ov that coun
try, az did several districts in Ger
many. If Bonaparte had been a
great politician az some ov our mod
ern Americans he might hev added
several other countries to hiz list an
could hev been an international ruler
callin' himself King in some coun
tries, Sultan In others. When he
struck Japan he would hev been
Mikado; in Russia nothin' short ov
"Czar" would hev "turned a trick."
But, az hit wuz, he wuz "cock ov the
walk" in France, Italy and Austria,
no question about that, and he muz,
for a period, virtually ruler ov Ger
many. Added to hit awl, he wuz
successful in getin' hiz kin folks Into
the royal swim. Hiz brother, Joseph
Bonaparte wuz about this time made
King of Naples, and Sicily. Louis,
hiz second brother, soon became
King ov Holland. Eugene Beauhar
nois. Napoleon's son-in-law, wuz
made viceroy ov Italy. To this ar
ray ov Bonaparte's close kin holdln'
big Jobs, secured through his In
fluence, we may add that Alexander
Berthies, hiz right hand General In
several big wars, wuz made prince ov
Neufchutel; Talleyrand, hiz minister
ov foreign affairs. Prince ov Bone
vento; Bernadotte, Prince ov Ponte
larvo; Joachlne Murat. Grand Duke
of Cleves and Berg; Stephanie Beau
harnois, hiz niece, wuz given in mar
riage to the Crown Prince ov Baden.
Ov fourse the last named countries
were smaller than France, Germany,!
Italy and Austria, but they awl
counted for somethin. for much. In
fact. . An awl were attached, or were :
to be attached to France by a feder
ative system. The addition, how-;
ever, ov Baden, Wirtemburg an Ba
varia to the "great" French Empire
which Napoleon dreamed ov probably
weakened the whole business an'
caused more jealousy than anythln
else In certain other countries. Az
in the case ov "Alexander the Great"
who had planned to conquer the
world an came very near doin hit.
Napoleon finally reached the extreme
limit in vast one-man power an'
Providence virtually said to him,
"thus far, but no further" in this
ambitious undertaking. Napoleon
ruled France an' had much influence
in the alance or the territory, but he
found hit impossible to carry out hiz
dream ov conquerin' an rulln' the
earth. But we must admit that he
got a glimpse of vast power though
he wuz helpless when hit come to
gettin hiz foothold firmly establish
ed. An' hit is well.
About this time the affairs ov
Spain began to get much attention
from Ross part e, The English had
ouch l&Ssesc t& Port&C! as tJils
wot calculated to caa-w t&e draa
ov Itoss parte to b distarWi.
Franc an Spaia Casily 214d to
ar&d an array lato Portugal sa di
vide tbat country bt& tsm If
that piaa ha4 aucc4ed the Siaaiali
monarch wui to be declared Kzzpror
of North Ataerk-a as fWath America.
Spain owned certain Important tarrt
tory weal ov the Mtsiaitpt River an
ah claimed Florid and Cuba. TfeU
plan would bev taken up the tt ov
the world, leavin' out Kcgla&d oa
that side an HumIa. Japan, an'
China on the other side RuaaU
could fight, but her climate wus more
to be feared than her guns China
an' Japan were not then dangerous
antagonists to either France or Spain.
But they both doubtless had some
mlsgitln as to England, even at the
date mentioned, for they had ba
at war with England more than once
in the past few hundred year Hat
their "pipe dreams' ov a world-wide
Empire, oned Jointly at first with
a poa&ibUity ov the "best man" win
ning in the long-run wui powerfully
attractive to each ruler. Hut if any
body wuz alarmed I hev never heard
anythln' ov h'.l. The plan outlined
ui actually started in a small wpy
in 1S07. for by the treaty entered
into Tuscany wux giv-n to France
an became a part ov that country.
Marshal Junot entered Lisbon on the
30th of November. 1S07. after the
royal family had escaped an had
(Continued on page 2J
CONGBESS ADJOURNS
The Sixty - Second Session
Game to an End Monday
Afternoon
President Sinn the Panama Canal
Ilill Angre Yw in a Itaadlock
All Day Saturday Which INdayed
Adjournment Important Meas
ures Cio Over to Neit Term
Congress adjourned Monday after
noon at 4:30 o'clock, closing the pro
ceedings of the Sixty-second Con
gress which convened the first Mon
day in last December.
On Saturday the House and Senate
leaders agreed to adjourn at mid
night, leaving the general deficiency
bill and other subjects of contro
versy to go over until the December
session of Congress. The failure of
conferences to agree on the claims
of States against the United States.
Legislation regarding waterworks in
Hawaii. An extra months pay for
Senate and House employees and the
deficiency bill prolonged the session.
The plan to adjourn contemplated
also the ending of the LaFollette fili
buster In the Senate, on the Penrose
campaign contribution resolution.
After remaining in session until
Sunday morning without completing
its work both houses adjourned un
til Monday.
Senator Chamberlain, Martin.
Swanson and Culberson, after fight
ing bitterly for the payment of the
"state claims" embodied In the gen
eral deficiency bill, yielded to thC
urglngs of their colleagues, and per
mitted the Senate to yield to the de
mands of the House, and strike theae
claims from the bill. In return for
this concession, however, they recetv
ed the promise of support next win
ter, when the claims again will be
pressed for payment.
With these old claims, amounting
In all to $600,000, went the "extra
month's pay to employes."
The President signed the general
deficiency bill at 4:10 o'clock, mak
ing certain the payment of the $1.
S00,000d eflciency in army pay, tho
$150,000 for the Gettysburg memor
ial celebration next year, the $350,
000 for extension of customs work,
the scores of other important pay
ments that hinged on the passage of
the bill.
A comparative handful of members
occupied their seats and a call for
a quorum In either House or Senate
would have forced a return of the
embarrassing situation of last week
President Taft signed the Panama
Canal bill Saturday nlgfcL Following
this he sent to Congress a memoran
dum suggesting the advisability of
the passage of a resolution which
would declare that this measure was
not considered by this government a
violation of the treaty provisions re
garding the canal.
After notification to the House
that President Taft had signed the
Panama bill, Representative Sims, of
Tennessee, introduced a bill repeal
ing the provision of the law provid
ing for free tolls of American ships
engaged in the coastwise trade.1 Mr.
Sims explained thai it was intended
to 'avoid threatening international
complications over the free tolls
proposition. It will be acted upon
when Congress reconvenes in Decern
ber. '
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