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RALEIGH, M. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER EG, 1012.
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.rmAnT A T DDTCDC
Fll uniaij Divim' o
Don't elP clect anotncr Demo-
lic legislature unless you want
TOur tares increased again.
y the Democrats continue their
0le of campaigning, Simmons may
t get some smut on his white feath
er.
Tvp public generally may not
,,,, it, but about the best deflnlton
0 a Democrat is one who stands in
ith the party machine.
Those who expect to vote In the
senatorial primary must vote the
Democratic ticket straight, including
,be hound dawg and all.
Ev-n those Democrats who do not
scratch the ticket will be sure to
grratch their heads several times be
fore casting their ballot at the fall
election.
The Wilmington Star says the only
Democrats who are wrangling are
the Democrats who want the offices.
Weil, that is practically the whole
party, isn't it?
If the rulings of the Taft Commit
tee and the Simmons Committee
stands there will be very few left
sithin the party lines.
If they read them all out who do
not vote the ticket straight, the Dem
ocrats will be sure to have the min
ority party in this State.
The Democratic State
Committee
thinks it has found a panacea for the
scratches, however it will find out
that the proposed remedy will only
cause the disease to spread.
Is the definition of a Democrat
adopted by the State Committee un
. rncstitutional? Attorney - General
ftckett has given a dissenting opin
ion on the committee's ruling.
The Democratic politicians now say
that prohibition is a moral question
and not a political one. Which is an
other way of saying the Democratic
party is not considered a moral party.
Candidate Wilson says the Demo
cratic platform is not the party pro
gram. And the Democratic candi
date for President has jumped the
platform and is now running at
large.
The Democratic State Committee
decided that Locke Craig should not
enter any joint debates. The Demo
crats are probably wise in wanting to
keep their candidate hid until after
the election.
The Newton Enterprise says some
Democrats are doing dirty work in!tlon contributions, or he may go di
this campaign. If the Enterprise
doesn't mind it will be read out of
the party for exposing the dirty work
f its fnends.
If the Senatorial poll-holders hew
to the line there will be a small vote
Polled for the three candidates in
November, for the number of straight
jacket Democrats in North Carolina
are growing smaller each year.
The News and Observer has found
a few Republicans in the Northwest
that say they will vote for Wilson,
but it fails to tell of the large number
f Democrats who have announced
that they will vote for Colonel Roose
velt. The Democratic papers' tell of the
enthusiastic crowds Candidate Craig
is having to hear him, but they all
faiied to tell that it was necessary to
conscript the school children at Pitts
bro in order to get Mr. Craig an au
dience. Ex-Governor Glenn has stopped
Preaching and has gone West to en
ter the campaign. Why didn't he
cnie East and preach prohibition
Bome more, or was he afraid that
uld not be agreeable to Candidate
Wilson? , .
Josephus Daniels claims that Wil
ao& will carry Vermont. If the Re
tlicans can find a man In their
ranks
so reckless, they should have
Mm
to arise and claim the Repub-
lican:
8 will carry South Carolina by
111 overwhelming majority.
COLONEL DEFENDS HIS ACTION.
Tells Why He Quit Republican Par
ty He Spent the Day in Nebraska
With a Speech For Every Stop
Says In Reply to Mr. Bryan That
He Wouldn't Hare the Democrat
ic Platform as a Gift.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. ,20. A defense
of his action In quitting the Repub
lican party and taking the lead In
the formation of a new party was
made to-day by Colonel Roosevelt.
He spent the day in Nebraska and
traveled leisurely across the State
with a speech for every stop. He
spent three hours this afternoon at
Lincoln and the evening In Omaha.
'At Lincoln he spoke at the audi
torium. A number of students from
the University of Nebraska greeted
the Colonel with college yells. He
began by saying that Victor Rose
water, of Omaha, former Republican
National Committeeman, "stole the
Nebraska delegates to the Republi
can Convention Just as effectively as
if the i delegates had been thrown
out." I He attacked leaders of the
Republican party, adding:
"Imagine Abraham Lincoln in the
company of Barnes and Penrose and
other minor people."
"It has been said," he continued,
"Oh, wjell, of course, that Is bad, but
you should stay in the party and re
form if?." The only way you can re
form that kind of men is with a club.
"Look at what the Republican Na
tional Committee is doing at this mo
ment," said Colonel Roosevelt who
charged that the committee is now
seating the men who were defeated
at the primaries last spring. Among
them he mentioned Franklin Mur
phy, of New Jersey; Senator Crane,
of Massachusetts; and Mr. Mulvane,
of Kansas. The committee has not
put Penrose and Rosewater back
yet," said the Colonel, "but they
will get back."
Colonel Roosevelt then turned to
the Democratic party speaking of
William J. Bryan and criticising the
position of Governor Wilson.
"One of the prominent features of
this campaign," he said, "has been
that Mr. Bryan has said we have stol
en our issues from the Democratic
platform. Stole the Democratic plat
form! I would not have it as a gift."
ROOSEVELT TO ENTER THE
STATE OCTOBER 1.
Progressive Candidate Will Make His
First Stop of Invasion at Raleigh
Followed by Durham, Greensboro,
Asheville, and Others.
New York, Sept. 21. North Caro
lina and Virginia will be included in
Colonel Roosevelt's itinerary during
the next ten days, it was announced
here to-night.
On Tuesday, October 1st, on his
way East he will make short stops
at Asheville, Salisbury, Greensboro,
Burlington and Durham, and will
speak in a new hall in Raleigh on
the evening of October 1st.
Passing through Lynchburg and
Charlottesville, Va., he will speak at
an evening meetingin Baltimore on
October 2nd. From Baltimore Col
onel Rosoevelt may go to Washing
ton to appear before the Senate Sub-
Committee that is investigating elec-
rect to Oyster Bay where he hadi
planned to rest for the remainder of
the week.
After passing through Columbus
and Macon, Ga., on September 28th,
the Colonel will arrive In -Atlanta
that evening and speak in the audi
torium. He will leave" Atlanta on the
afternoon of Sunday the 29 th for
Chattanooga where he will talk on
September 30th. He will arrive at
Knoxvllle, Tenn., on Monday at 2:30
p. m., and speak at a meeting there
that night.
DIXON ALLEGES ESPIONAGE.
Charges WickershanVs Agents Also
Watch Medill McCormick.
Chicago, 111., Sept. 21. Senator
Joseph Dixon, Progressive campaign
manager, declares that he and Me
dill McCormick are being shadowed
by two men connected with a spe
cial secret service attached to Attorney-General
Wickersham's depart
ment. "These fellows are . dodging us,"
said the Senator, "and I think they
are under orders to watch Progres
siYe headquarters and report what
they find out. We cannot walk around
the block without having their com
pany at a little distance.'
Senator Dixon charges the detec
tives with having stolen the contents
of a suit-case "belonging to his sten
ographer. A Georgia Posamaster Beady to Give
Up His Office to Support T. R.
. Harry Stilwell Edwards, the Geor
glal novelist, postmaster at Macon,
declares for Roosevelt and the Bull
Moose. He has not taken and will
not take an active personal part in
politics, but he wants the world to
know where his heart lies. "My hat
is in the ring with Roosevelt's and
my head, too, if need be' he says.
rephes to mm
Gol. Roosevelt Gives the Pro
fessor Some Food for
Thought
WILSON MISSTATED FACTS
Wilson Was the Standing Candidate
of Wall Street While Colonel Waa
Prosecuting the Trust and Appeal
ing to Congress to Strengthen the
Law Mr. Roosevelt Says Mr. Wil
son Should Read the Progressive
Platform Before He Attu.ks It
Senator Barton Whom Roosevelt
Sent to Jail is Now Supporting Wil
son. We clip the following from the
Associated Press report of Colonel
Roosevelt's speech at Lincoln, Neb.,
on last Saturday:
First to Attack Trusts.
"He states that the trust grew fas
ter during my administration than
previously. Let him be frank enough
and manly enough to admit, what he
cannot deny, that my administration
was the first administration that ever
undertook to endorse the law against
the trusts. It is not in accordance
with the facts to say that they grew
faster during my administration than
during any other, if by growth is
meant a growth in illegal trusts, for
most of the growth referred to was
merely a growth In corporations due
to the general prosperity.
"But the reason why there was any
growth in illegal trusts at all, as I
repeatedly pointed out in messages
while was President, was that we
were not given the proper law for
dealing with them. Mr. Wilson is
now doing his best to prevent such a
law being given. The failure of this
Government efficiently to grapple
with the trusts is due almost exclu
sively to the attitude of men like Mr.
Wilson.
Charges Reversal of Truth.
"Mr. Wilson states, in rather, dis
engenuous form, that I had said that
.it was not possible to 'check' the su
premacy of the trusts. Now, if Mr.
Wilson does not know that this is an
absolute mis-statement it is due to
his deliberate refusal to read what I
have said and what the platform
said. My statement is the direct re
verse of that which Mr. Wilson al
leges. "Mr. Wilson says that our pro
posed commission 'would not tell how
other men should be admitted into
the field of competition with the
trusts.' This is an absolute mis
statement., Mr. Wilson would do well
hereafter not to attempt, to state our
position without taking the trouble
to find out what it is. Our platform
says explicitly that our commission
must attack unfair competition, false
.capitalization and political privilege
and by continued trained watchful
ness guard and keep open, equally to
all, the highways of American com
merce. A "Preposterous Mis-statement."
"This is the language of the plat
form. If Mr. Wilson had taken the
trouble to read it before attacking it,
he would have saved me the necessity
of showing that he has directly in
verted the truth about it. If he did
not know of it, then he had no busi
ness to speak on the subject at all.
He continues by saying that our pro
posal is to say to the trusts that they
are 'beneficent' and 'big, but not
cruel.' This Is such a preposterous
mis-statement, that I suppose Mr.
Wilson must have had a theory that
he was being funny when he made it.
"If Mr. Wilson wishes to be fun
ny, I cordially advise him to let his;
humor find some other outlet than
that of deliberate misrepresentation.
"Mr. Wilson's knowledge of what
I did as President was gained from
the seclusion of the class-room at a
time when he was still taking the po
sition of .an- ultra-conservative, and
was being carefully groomed for the
Presidency by George B. Harvey andj
other representatives of the Wall
Street Interests."
He Sent Senator Burton to Prison.
J. R. Burton, formerly a Republi
can United States Senator, Colonel
Roosevelt said he had been informed,'
was a candidate for State Senator on
the Democratic State tickfet. He said
that under his directionjthe Depart
ment of Justice h"T-4cuted Mr.
Burton "in connection, I think, with
a get-rlch-quick scheme," and that he
had been sent to prison.
Mr. Burton is now running on the
Democratic ticket for reform," he
added, "in support of Mr. Wilson. I
like to see the company they gather
togeher. ....
q navO mown vemuGraw uut
only to "vote with" but Tote for Re
publicans and Populists. Wilming
ton Star. '
SEN-1
THIRTY TEAK
TKXCE.
Unexpected radio of the trial of
Milton Hobgood. at Oxford, for Ue
Murder of OomxnWoaer Wilkin
foa f
Oxford Sept. 23. Prepared for
on of the greatest criminal prosecu
tions of Granville 's life as a county,
the defense for Milton Hobgood.
layer of County Commissioner
Propus Wilkinson, .hi brother-lrilaw
three weeks ago to-day, this after
noon tendered a plea of guilty to se
cond degree murder, and Judge II.
W. Wbedbee sentenced Hobgood to
thirty years in the penitentiary.
The homicide alone exceeded In
sensation the turn of. things today.
Each side with half a doien of the
best attorneys in the State came with
experts on insanity, numberless wit
nesses a to threats and pre-existing
feeling, and Governor Kitchen had
ordered special term of court.
Though there was no military guard
as there Was In January of last year
when Nathan Montague, the slayer
of the Sanders family, was tried, the
crowd was greater and the Interest
infinltelyllarger.
MiltonfHobgood. brother of Incom
ing Sheriff Hobgood, a white man of
prominent connections was the pris
oner on trial. He is 52 years of age.
He stood indicted for the premedi
tated and deliberate murder of W. P.
Wilkinson, county commissioner, a
brother-in-law of the defendant. The
charge was that on September 2,
Hobgood shot down Wilkinson, who
had been sheltering Mrs. Hobgood
from the assaults and maltreatment
generally of Hobgood, and thatxhere
was no element of justification. On
the same morning that he killed Mr.
Wilkinson, he badly wounded his
daughter, Miss Minnie Hobgood, who
is now in a Richmond hospital. The
infuriated man after shooting his
brother-in-law, continued his wild
demonstration and fired no less than
thirty shots in the road while driving
back and? forth, before and behind
his two victims. When he was ar
rested, a small arsenal was found on
his premises. He had long been on
a debauch.
REPUDIATES TAMMANY AND WIL
SON TO BECOME A BULL
MOOSE.
Judge Sanders Comes Out for Roose-
velt and Says That Profrressive
Ticket Will Sweep East Side of
New York City.
New York, Sept. 18. Justice Leon
Sanders, of the Municipal Court, long
prominent in Democratic politics on
the East Side, has left his party to
become a Progressive. In making
this announcement yesterday he pre
dicted that Roosevelt and Straus
would carry the East Side at the
coming election and said that thou
sands of his people who had previ
ously lost interest in politics would
come out this year and vote the Pro
gressive ticket.
"Roosevelt's personality, Mr.i
Straus' popularity and the magnifi
cent platform upon which they stand
will sweep the East Side," said the
judge. "There are thousands on the
East Side who have not voted for
years because of their disgust with
machine politics. Some of them
have gone over to the Socialists, but
this fall they will vote the Progres
sive ticket, realizing that the princi
ples of the Progressive party are op
posed to the political boss. Most
especially is there enthusiasm for
the new party and the new ldeas(
among the young men of the East
Side, and It Is to them and their,
votes that we are looking for a vic
tory in the fall.
"I believe," he continued, "that
Mr. Straus is an ideal candidate and
that his nomination establishes a
standard for executives that has nev
er before been attained, and that if
he is elected he will give us the
cleanest administration that this
State has ever had. He is a states
man, diplomat and public-spirited cit
izen and I have no doubt of his elec
tion." A Town That Pays Dividends to Its
Citizens.
Fargo, N. D., Sept. 12 The city of
Fargo has declared a dividend of
6 1-2 per cent, which will be paid in
cash on March 1, 1913. Mayor
Sweet, in annnouncing the dividend,
said:
"Ten thousand dollars has been
saved the city during the past year
and we have decided' to refund this
surplus to tax-payers in proportions
to the last assessment."
This Is something "new under the
sun." A majority of towns and cities
down this way are loaded with bonds.
debt and interest payments. The
Idea of making the income meet ex-
pensfes, let alone having a balance, is
something never dreamed of. Yet
eooner or later it will be a matter of
necessity, for there is a limit to ever
increasing indebtedness. "The worm
win turn." Union Republican.
RECEIVES
ftOATiS ABEICIMT?!
Ruling of Democratic State
Committee Not Satisfactory
to Rank and File
mas m session ram zk.il
The Committee Kay If They Scratch
the Ticket They Can t Vote la Sen- j
atorlal Primary Many-Are Deter ;
mined to Have the Privilege of j
Scratch! Some or Will Kick Oat i
of the Trace It U Probable the!
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Committer Will Have to Meet j
Again and Let Down the liars.
The Democratic State Executive i tn last, bat of this number, John J.
Committee met in Raleigh oa last and James 11. McNsntr are ta Saa
Thursday night to decide what Is ajQueatia prison. California.
Democrat. Many resolutions were!
offered to the meeting
h aiuivffi v e j
ery member had different Ideas as to
Just how much of the ticket a Dem-;
ocrat must vote In order to really be j
a Democrat. All of them realized they
were fooling with a many-edged j
sword, and all were sorry they had
picked the thing up to examine It.
but they didn't know how to lay It
down. i
Even the supporters of the samel
natorial candidal could not rrm
Senatorial candidate could not agree
on any one resolution. The cross
fire between the committee kept up
until 3 o'clock Friday morning, when
the following resolution Introduced
by R. N. Hackett. of Wilkes, was
adopted:
Must Swallow Whole Ticket.
"Resolved, That the words 'the
Democratic ticket,' as used by the
State Democratic Convention, with?
reference to the qualification of elec
tors who shall have a right to vote
In the Senatorial primary, be con
strued to mean all nominees of the
Democratic party for office."
The committee unanimously de-
cunea to autnonze a joint canvass
between Hon. Locke Craig and Hon.
Thomas Settle, candidates for Gover
nor, -and, by - a iarga-TOte . declined to
pass a resolution offered by Mr. Wal
ter Clark, Jr., to have the names of
the three candidates for Senator
placed on the same ballot.
T-Tvati nftr tho rosnliiflnn vat
adopted many hoped it would be re-!
vised and made more elastic so a vot-j
er could scratch a township consta-j
ble or a county officer. The News and
Observer on Saturday said a voter
would be allowed to scratch a town-:
ship constable but that Is not what!
the resolution says.
Some wanted the test to be the
electoral and legislative ticket, but It
is rumored that the Simmons men
were afraid of that proposition as
they charge that many of the Kitch-
in men are whiskey men and might
vote for Tom Settle Instead of Locke'
Craig, if the bars were let down; on1
the other hand, the Kltchin and Clark
men were affrald the "Duncan Re
publicans" would vote for Simmons
if the bars were not fastened up in
that particular place. Finally, the
Simmons supporters or the commit
tee with great gusto decided they
would support the Hackett amend
ment. Mr. Cameron Morrison, of
Charlotte, advocated the stringent
resolution and made an Impassioned
appeal for its adoption. But since
the committee adjourned It seems
that Mr. Morrison had experienced a
change of mind, and Sunday's Char
lotte Observer quotes Mr. Morrison
as saying he hopes the resolution may,
be revised and made more lax. It Is
understood that Chairman Webb has
said since the meeting that the reso
lution is too stringent, and, in fact.
Democrats all over the State are pro
testing against the definition of a
Democrat as construed by the com
mittee, and some of them are going
to scratch or come out of the harness.
It is surprising " to see Democrats
showing some independence. It used
to be that when Boss Simmons crack
ed his whip all the little ones danced
to the music. But some of them are
now kicking like Texas steers. The
committee may have to meet again.
Confederate Veterans Strong for
Roosevelt.
Ada, Okla., Sept. 20. There Is
considerable uneasiness among Dem
ocratic politicians here over the dis
co very that an overwhelming major
ity of the United Confederate Vet
erans, who attended the State Re
union here recently, are for Roose
velt. The matter was kept quiet at
the time, but the news of how the
wearers of the gray stood has finally
leaked out.
A polj was taken at the big dinner.
at which all. were Confederate vet
erans, except members of the visiting
drum corps, who were Union sol
diers. Two hundred and eighty
eight men expressed their prefer
ence. One was for Taft, one, for
Debs, six for Wilson and 280 for Roo
sevelt.
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"ItySMJdflaj CVsiv to fee
Afraig4 OrtoJ&rr iN
j I&4ia&f022t l&C X
Charged !ls co:;lUUy la tit to
talled "dyaasltiag eeatiracy. fifty
oae cura. irat or forts? oSklaU
of labor ufiio&a, are to appear for
trial before Jade Albert tL Aa4tf
on and a Jury la the Federal Court
of this district a October l.
Indicted eader a Federal statute
0'M4dlf the traUortailoa of .
otivet oa racr trains, the de-
fradaats are aUcd to have beea
eoacerned ta a aalloa-wUe plot to
destroy the property of contractors
rtaploT,ng cm.Ualoa tfwa 0rfcra.
culminating ta the esplotloa la the
Los Aagele Tide baUdUf. vaka
cost tveaty-oae live.
Fifty-four ere indicted by the
grand Jury la Its report of February
SPKAK HKlti: AT MCillT.
Colonel lUMMeicit Will fl&trr the
State Next Teday He Will
Hpeak la lUlHgh at .Night.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt will
arrive in North Carolina next
Tuesday morning. His first stop
will be at Asheville and last Stop
stop 4
' at Raleigh Tuesday nlcht, where '
' he will speak to the Urge audi- '
' torlum. beitiunlrgc at about '
o'clock. It Is understood that a '
special train will run from Wash
1 Ington. N. C, over the Norfolk 1
and Southern, and there will 1
' possibly be special rates on otn-
er roads. The Caucasian office
has received a number of In-
qulries from parties over the
State In regard to speaking here
and an enormous crowd Is ex-
peeled. The Yarborough House
has offered Colonel Roosevelt an
elegant suite of roms at his dts-
posal while in the city.
Mr. Roosevelt will travel oa a
special train and the following
Is his program through the
.State:. .... , .
Ar. Asheville C:0a.m.
Lv. Asheville 7:10 a.m.
Ar. Salisbury 1 !:&&. ra.
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Ar. Greensboro .... 1:40p.m.
Lv. Greensboro .... 2:00 p. m.
Ar. Burlington .... 2:40p.m.
Lv. Hurlington 2:50 p.m.
Ar. Durham 3:50 p.m.
Lv. Durham 4:00 p.m.
Ar. Raleigh 5:30 p. m.
Mr. Roosevelt will make a palt
form speech at each point his
train stops until he reaches Ra
leigh. His speech here will be
the principal one in the State.
j OUTLAWS WILL BE TRIED OCTO-
HER 28.
Sidna Allen and We!ey Edwards
Will lie Tried at Wythevllle The
Prisoners Returned to Roanoke
Jail.
Hlllsvllle. Va.. Sept. 23. Sldaa
Allen and Wesley Edwards, the
mountain gunmen, were arraigned
here to-day In the sam ecourt-room
where on March 14th five lives were
Fnuffed out In a shooting affray of
which they are alleged to have been
the ring leaders.
By consent of lawyers oa both
sides their trials were transferred to
Wythevllle, where two of their clan
were sentenced to die and others got
long term sentences. Edwards will
be tried first, beginning October 28,
for the murder of Commonwealth's
Attorney Foster. Allen will be tried
for the murder of Judge Massle,
when Edwards trial is over. The
prisoners were returned to the Roan
oke jail. '
Wilson Had to Get Off His Perch and
Eater the Campaign.
The Lincoln Times.
At the beginning of the campaign
It was announced that Governor WU
sen would xnaxe no campaign tour.
They said It would be undignified.
They thought Wilson was going to
have a walk-over anyhow. Bat tfley
have realized that the Roosevelt wave
Is gathering force as the days go try
They are scared. Yet they cannot
afford to retract their announced pro
gram. So Wilson has jurt publish
ed a belabored distinction between.
the , words -tour" and "trip," and
says he may, he will, make several
campaign "trips" over the country.
In fact, he has made thirteen speech
es in thirteen days on one of these
"trips." Why not Just come out and
admit that the battle is a fiercer one
than was at first believed to be and
that he has Just got to Eght every
inch o fthe ground with our Teddy?
One hundred and twenty vessels
of the American navy will gather
in New York harbor October IS and
will bo reviewed by Prcrliczt TafL
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