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VOL XXX,
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 31912.
No. SO.
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EDITORIAL BRIEFS
KaJeigb will have to enlarge ita
large Auditorium before Roosevelt
come again.
Roosevelt was pleased with North
Carolina and North Carolina wai well
pleased with Roosevelt.
North Carolina gave Roosevelt the
jlad band Tuesday. Now let her re
peat it in November.
Bryan claims that Wilson will car
ry 'em all. But claims don't count
like votes on election day.
Oh, yes, the Democrats have heard
from Maine, but it doesn't suit (heir
purpose to say much about It.
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If Senator immons is poorer now
than when he was elected to the Sen
ate, where is he getting the money for
his expensive campaign?
Down in South Carolina they are
trying to decide which set of Demo-
crats cheated the most in the recent
primary in that State.
If Senator Simmons is running on
bisjt-cord, won't he have to do some
high vaulting when he strikes that
Lorimer stump in the road?
It may be that the American To
bacco Company is not opposing Gov
ernor Kitchin for Senator, and there
is no apparent reason why they
should.
The Greensboro News says flipping
a coin would never settle this Senato
rial dispute. Oh, well, it might if
they would flip enough of them, and
it is reported they are flipping some.
The Oxford Public Ledger says Mr.
Xitchin's record as Governor is worse
than his record as Congressman, if
possible. The ledger is a Demacratic
organ and "should know whereof it
speaks.
Hon. William J. Bryan says he does
not concede a single State to Roose
velt or Taft. It will also be remem
bered that Mr. Bryan claimed he
-would be elected President on three
different occasions.
Senator O'Gorman and Murphy, the
leader of Tammany Hall, went to the
Democratic State Convention on the
same train and rode side by side.
Still the Wilson forces would have
the public believe that O'Gorman is
Progressive.
Senator Dixon, who has just re
turned from :i Western trip, says that
he finds the Roosevelt sentiment
Srowing daily, and that he is now sat
isfied that the vote of every State
est of the Mississippi River will be
given to him in the Electoral College.
Woodrow Wilson and his running
ate both favor local option. And
just think the North Carolina Demo
crats will have to vote for these
to candidates, and endorse their
Uquor plank, or else be denied that
eat privilege of voting in the Sen
sorial primary.
The trusts and special interests had
Senator Simmons of this State made
toe acting minority leader of the Fi
ance Committee of the Senate in or
er to help to re-elect him to the
senate and 10 make him Chairman
of that committee. The fact that
these special interests want him
hairrnan of this committee is the
reason why the people of this
Stat
should not re-elect him.
Governor Wilson declared squarely
against the election of ex-Senator
Slaith, of New Jersey, saying that he
cnsi(iered Smith a reactionary and a
friend of the trusts and special in
vests, if Governor Wilson takes
hls Position with reference to ex
enator Smith, then he must take the
ame position with reference - to Sen
t0r Simmons of this State and the
emocratic bosses and machine lead
ers du tne States. Every trust
special interest in this country
h0
wants ex-Sena tnr QmlfTi alar a A
the Senate also wants Senator
Mmmons of this State re-elected.
HKVKIIAL IIAZKIIS EXPELLED.
Four Students at the State Univer
sity Expelled and Twelve Suspend
ed for a Year Some of the Stu
dents Blame President Venable for
Condition at the University.
As a result of Investigations by the
faculty of the University of North
Carolina started since the death of
Freshman Rand, four students were
dismissed Friday and twelve sus
pended for a year.
Seven of these men were not pun
ished for participation in the Rand
affair, but for hazing last year, evi
dence of which came oat In the fac
ulty's Investigation.
The Juniors resented the action of
the faculty for dismissing students
for a hazing a year ago, and claim
the matter should have been investi
gated then, If at all, and many
threatened to leave the University.
Some of the dismissed students ap
pealed to the Executive Committee
of the Board of Trustees of the Uni
versity. Dr. Venable, President of the
University, reported Monday to the
meeting of the board, held in Raleigh
giving the findings of faculty in their
investigation of hazing at the "Hill,"
and some of the dismissed students
were here to make their appeal to
the Executive Committee. But the
Executive Committee, after haring
President Venable's report, and hear
ing one appeal by a junior from the
action of the faculty, decided not to
go over the heads of the faculty and
left the government of the institution
in the hands of the University. It
was announced that any of the stu
dents who thought the faculty's ac
tion unfair to them might appeal to
tTie faculty, who would open up the
cases. It is thought that some of the
twelve juniors will present new evi
dence. Blames President Venable for Condi
tions at the University.
A special from High Point, N. C,
to Monday's Greensboro News, says:
"W. R. Edmonds, a young lawyer
of this city and a graduate from the
University of North Carolina with the
class of 1910, made an expose of in
tfr f.al conditions on the University
campus . In the last few years, and
charged President F. P. Venable with
the responsibility for an atmosphere
of unrest aiifd for the leeway which
obstreperous students have exhibited
in recent days by hazing, one result
being the death of William Rand.
At some .length Mr. Edmonds review
ed an incident that happened in Feb
ruary, 1910, at which time, he said,
the spirit of unrest and disorderly
conduct originated.
He recalled at this time the Presi
dent and his executive committee
committed an act that discredited
student self-government and that
placed the student body and the
President at loggerheads, this act be
ing named as the reinstatement of a
student who had been tried by the
student council and expelled for al
leged cheating on an examination.
He said that since that incident there
have been others of even more signifi
cance in their effect and of more con
cern to the welfare of the institution.
"There have been instances," said
Mr. Edmonds, "of students engaging
in condemned habits and disorderly
conduct being expelled by the fac
ulty only to be reinstated immediate
ly thereafter without rhyme, reason
or regularity. It is common belief by
those on the campus that the promi
nence of these students and their so
cial connections led the President to
be lenient with them."
At another time Mr. Edmond
charges that somebody was "asleep
at the switch." He stated that the
core of the trouble and of the inter
nal unrest should be thoroughly and
impartially investigated and be made
public property. "Such action will
exonerate or eliminate," said he,
"and one or the other is needed."
MORE DEMOCRATIC "HARMONY."
Conservative Democrats Deplore the
Condition in Their Party.
The Newton, N. C, correspondent
of the Charlotte Observer savs there
is high tension in that county be
tween the Simmons and Kitchin
forces and that it was the chief talk
of the Democrats in that town Sun
day (Sunday, mind, you). The cor
respondent in writing of what the ul
timate result to the party may be
says:
"What effect it will have on the
common cause on election day is
problematical, but conservative Dem
ocrats who are committed to no can
didate, among them being a number
of men who would have stood for
Aycock, deplore the situation, not
only in this county, but throughout
the State.
"Old-time Democrats can't get
used to these fights between Demo
crats in which so much Ill-feeling Is
generated. But I guess we will have
to get used to it declared an old
timer to-day, 'for it is going to be the
fashion and the primary has caused
it" :
WAS IMMfMAOT
Greeted by La?oe and Enthusiastic Crowds in
North. Carolina at Every Town Itirczob-
Unieh Ge Passed. '
OVERFLOW
The Large Auditorium Wai Packed and About Three
Thousand Could Not Get in at the D .on Introduced
Here by Judge Robinson Crowd Stood end Cheered
and Waved Hats and Red Bandannas When the Col
onel Arose to Speak In Speech at Salisbury Colonel
Roosevelt Denounced E. C Duncan for the Part He
Took in the Chicago SteaHrHis Explanation cf Why
He Took Over the Panama Canal Captivated the Im
mense Au dunce.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt came,
he saw, he conquered. His trip
through North Carolina. Tuesday was
one grand ovation from beginning to
end, and the reception given him in
Raleigh Tuesday night capped the
cilmax. They may not all vote for
him in November, but they certainly
seemed to take the Colonel in their
hearts in the Auditorium Tuesday
night. Colonel Roosevelt's train
reached Asheville early Tuesday
morning, where a short stop was
made. Other stops were made at
Hickory, Salisbury, Greensboro, Bur
lington, and Durham, the special
train reaching Raleigh at 5:25, five
minutes ahead of schedule time.
The special train was met in Ral
eigh by a committee of local Pro
gressives antra committee appointed
by the Chamber of Commerce. Au
tomobiles were lined up in front of
the station and Mr. Roosevelt and his
party and the Progressive State or
ganization were placed- in the ma
chines and a line of march was form
ed up Dawson Street to Hlllsboro and
down Fayetteville Street to the Yar-
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Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Progressive Candidate for President.
borough House, where Col. Roosevelt
and his party remained until the hour
for ihe speaking. ,
A Tremendous Crowd.
- Long before the hour for the
speaking Fayetteville Street and Da
vie Street in front of the Auditorium
was lined up with people anxious to
get in; and as soon as the doors
were opened the crowd poured in
and every available seat and all the
standing room was occupied a half
fiour before the speaking. The peo
ple were here to. hear Roosevelt, and
they were determined to- hear him
and see him. The crowd was very or
derly and very attentive. The Audi
torium will seat 5,000 people and
there were probably seven thousand
people In the Auditorium and several
thousand on the streets who could
not gain admittance to the hall.
Colonel Roosevelt and his party
were escorted to the hall by the local
committees, and the Colonel was giv
en a warm welcome as he mounted
the rostrum. ;
Introduced by Judge Robinson.
After the cheering had subsided,
Judge W. S. O'B. Robinson, of Golds-
boro arose an introduced the spaak-.
IN RALEIGH
' er in jjls usual happy style. Judge
( Robinson did not talk long, for he
said he knew that the Immense audi
' ence had assembled there to hear
Colonel Roosevelt.
A Great Demonstration.
When Colonel Roosevelt arose he
was greeted by practically the entire
audience wh orose and waved their
hats and red bandannas. Colonel
Roosevelt began his speech, saying:
"Mr. Chairman, and You, My Fellow-Citizens,
Ladies, and Gentlemen:
I have come down here to present
the cause of the Progressive party.
There is no State in the Union that
has embodied in greater degree, that
which we like to feel is typically
American more than North Carolina.
It was in this State that the first dec
laration of independence was, made
long before the rest of the Nation
spoke. ( . Great applause.) It was in
this State that the first real battle
fwidt7 tonUU one - looking - towards
American independence. . And with
such a history behind you, I think
I have the right to come here and
appeal to you to join us in the great
est movement for regeneration that
you have seen or will see, as I be
lieve.". He said he believed the South has
the opportunity to aid in this politi
cal regeneration and he wanted it to
share in it.
"I have been profoundly touched
In this trip through the country by
the greetings that have come from
the sons of those who wore the gray
and the sons of those who wore
the blue. (Applause.) They have been
exactly the same. It was my good
fortune to command a regiment of
soldiers in the Spanish-American
I War, a regiment of a large propor
tion of men from the North and from
the South."
Here the audience interrupted with
cheers, but the Colonel later con
tinued by saying that the South is a
great moral reservoir and he desired
to stir up the good that Is 'in this
section. He begged them not to lag
behind in this great movement, that
he wished to see the South come
back into its former position of Na
tional importance, and which by the
right of its ideals It should have.
(Prolonged applause.)
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movement to put America la the
forfrmt of tatioat and to rtttort
people. (Ap
plause.)
Ail TsnUac to Anareicm.
Colonel Roosevelt her told of his
trip through the Old Cooatry aad
stated that throsghoat the Old World
he could the aatives, who were
bora poorer, with saaller opportaa
lties and liberty only a dream, tu ra
ise to America. Aad everywuere.
he stated, this great agitaUoa for
popular rule has been going on there
has beea Indifference, and at every
fail are. the heart of every reaction
ary Is glad!oaed. and the heart of
every Progressive saddened.
Platform of the Two Old Parti.
"If you will turn to the platform
of the two old parties," continued
Colonel Roosevelt, "you will find no
remedy offered for our troubles. Un
fortunately for us, when we launch
a movement, we have to fight en
trenched power, 98 per cent of the
organized wealth, a large majority of
the newspapers, and nearly all of the
political ability. I told our people I
when I e rife red this fight that if the j
matter was left to the people and X
was defeated, I would have nothing!
to say. And said in the beginlng. ;
that if I were not beaten by the peo-j
pie, I would have a good deal to say. !
(Laughter.) And I am saying it. j
( Renewed laughter.) And I expect
to keep on saying it for about five
weeks."
Here the A. & M. students who hsd
a section in the gallery could hold
their enthusiasm no longer and they
gave many "rahs" for "Teddy."
which was appreciated by, Colonel
Roosevelt.
"I am spekaing about the rule of
the people because I have known of
the rule of the bosses (laughter), and
I am going to tell you that If you
won't govern yourself, some boss will
govern you.
"My opponents say that I am
against representative government. I
am not, but if against mis-repre
sentative government. (Applause.)
I am against government by some
body that you don't see.
This is why I favor the election of
United States Senators by a direct
vote.
"I know that if we had popular
elections of Senators, we would make
Borne mistakes. But then we would
be making them, not somebody else.
And we could see our mistakes. We
could correct them. We would take
our own medicine when we made
those errors. We don't want to see
the errors made by Mr. Penrose and
Mr. Barnes."
Wants the Law to Give Us a Chance.
"Now, friends, we want the law to
give us a chance to get government.
When I was Governor of New York
and President of the United States, I
found out that I couldn't get what I
wanted from the politicians. So I
went over the heads of the politicians
to the people. They didn't always
give me what I wanted, either, and if
they didn't, I had to be satisfied."
Here Mr. Rosoevelt took up the
great trusts, the Standard Oil and the
American Tobacco Company. He told
how he started the suits, bow they
were prosecuted "and a decision ren
dered in favor of the people. The
Supreme Court rendered a decision in
favor of the people and wrote an
opinion severely " condemning the
Standard Oil Company and the To
bacco Trust. It was a sweeping in
dictment against those companies."
He showed that the law was not
being carried out, that the values of
those companies are doubling and
that on Wall Street instead of getting
an envelope with one slip of paper,
you get an envelope with thirty-four
slips of paper, showing that the trusts
are intact.
"Such is the policy of make-believe
of the two old parties. The prayer
In Wall Street must be. 'O Provl
dence.gite us another dissolution.' "
(Applause.)
Should Have a Look Inside.
"Now our proposal is definite. We
ask the government to give us a com
mission and allow us to get on the
inside of the business and take a
look at the books. We would do
that business as a receiver of a bank
does from within, and the losses
would fall as they did fall upon Mr.
Morse.
"The big trusts don't care for de
nunciation. They rather like it. And
one of the disadvantages of the pres
ent system Is that it is a constant
menace to the business that is de
cent. We are making no war upon
the size of Dusine&s. We are fight
ing against the conduct of that busi
ness. And when we find a trust that
is not behaving properly, well take
possession of it, appoint a receiver
and get Uncle Sam to run it until it
learns to act decently. (Great laugh
ter.) Views on the Tariff.
"One of the reason that I do not
take the Democratic view of the tariff
. (Continued on, p&9 S.)
GaUSOS Leading UP tO U8
Last French Revolution
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CorTpoadtac of Ta CaocaataA
Enterprise.
We her now reached that tad pe
riod In the hUtory or Prase when
the revolution is about to be da ta
earnest. Ov course, the avrraf9 col
lege graduate, teacher an a fo oth
er people know tomethia ov that
bloody event, or, rather, series o
events. But not one person In a haa
dred can tell you any connected story
ov hit. The King had determined to
enforce certain rules regardless or
consequences, hit seems, and a ua
Jorify ov the people, mostly the coro-
mon claim, no-called, were equally
positive that they should rebel, an
they did. There were many caues
leadin' up to the revolution too
much wsr for one thing. But the
revolution started awl st once when
hit did start. The people first re
fused to pay taxes. The Government
needed lots ov money an that was
a severe blow., An the printers in
France employed on newtpspers hsd
been thrown out ov work when the
Government suspended the papers.
The printers, an many others In
sympathy wtth them, especlslly awl
persons getting less than $60 per
year ax wsges, an who were disfran
chised by a democratic law which re
fused such persons the light or suf
rage because ov the fact that their
wages wui low, had decided that they
must do somethln an do hit quick.
By noon on the 3rd ov August fire
thousand people had gathered at tha
Palais Royal. The printers an many
persons thrown out ov employment
at manufacturin' establishments soon
joined the miscellaneous crowd at the
Palais Royal. Within a few days
awl work wut at a standstill. Com-,
panles ov soldiers were placed on the
streets ov Paris an they attempted
to prevent the gatberin ov crowds.
But hit wuz plain that the troops an
the plain people were In sympathy,
joined together as they were by ties
ov kinship. There were cries or
"Vive la Charter" "Down with the
absolute King." There were thou
sands ov Government troops. Bat
the common people paid but little at
tention to them. Constituted author
ity had lost effect In France. On the
28th ov July every store, factory or
other place ov business in Paris wuz
closed. Any sensible ruler would
hev known thst somethln must be
done quickly. But the French peo
ple had no sensible ruler now; he
didn't understand human nature
didn't seem to know thst Anglo-Saxons
coild not be driven, that the
whole v France wuz suspended be
tween Heaven and hell. One word
rightly spoken would hev brought a
glimmer ov peace, at least. Bat that
word wuz left unsaid. Places where
guns an' ammunition were stored
government arsenals were visited an'
men helped themselves" Without
arms the revolution might her been
a tame affair; with plenty ov guns,
only a spark wuz needed to start the
fire. Those who failed to read each
plain signs were responsible for what
followed, whst wuz bound to follow.
Still the Government rested In fan
cied security. A strong deputation
ov citizens visited the chief military
commander. After heating them, he
replied: "The honor of a soldier is
obedience." M. Lafite, the leader or
the citizens, replied: "And civil hon
or Is not to massacre citizen?.' Then
the military leader asked for the
proposition of the citizens. In sub
stance they , told him that order
might be restored on about the fol
lowing conditions: "The revocation
of the illegal ordinances or the 25th
or July; the dismissal ov the minis
ters, an 'the convocation or the
chambers (the law-makers) on the
3rd or August or earlier." "As a
soldier, I can only carry out orders,"
replied the military man. "But I
will call a conference of the leaders,
especially M. de Polignac, in half an
hour. He did, but that man gave
him no encouragement. When he
returned an' reported to the citizen,
M. Lefite said: "Then we will hare
civil war," an at once the conference
wuz ended, proof that war wuz want
ed by those In authority from the
first It became known that the au
thorities were to hare a conference
with the Duke of Ragusa an the peo
ple remained quiet, hoping that
might result In something. But tho
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