VOL- XXX
N. C.t THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1012.
RALEIGH
EDITORIAL BRIEFS
Legislature will meet in Jan
to appoint a few more Justices
? th
peace.
ITf-pIdfTit Taft has confided to
that he will not be a candl
,atf. for President again in 1916.
Some of the Democrats will prob
ably
wonder whether they have
a
Eajority in the House, or Senate
either, when they attempt to line up
on the tariff.
Congressman Page says the Demo
cratic administration ought to prac
tice economy in every department.
Well, let them begin by cutting off
their mileage graft
And now the Democratic Congress
men are proposing to give Speaker
Clark's son a Job In the House. But
even that won't cause the Speaker to
forget that Bryan euchred him out
of the Presidency.
Raleigh has a "sanitary laundry"
that will open for business in a few
days The owners should run through
the- Democratic party as its first job
just to find out if the laundry will
stand the supreme test.
An exchange says that Cakle
hfrries in Haywood County are sell
ing at 4 0 cents a dozen. Do they
make pie of those things; if so, it is
Ki.-y to understand why they are sell
i; "a so high just at this time.
The North Carolina Teachers As
sembly has gone on record as favor
ins compulsory education. Wouldn't
If b better first to give the children
free school books, which in itself
would add much to the school at
tendance? Mr. C. B. Watson, of Winston,
says the liquor sold and consumed in
North Carolina is responsible for
most of the crimes committed. And
this in the face of the fact that
North Carolina is supposed to have
State-wide prohibition.
The News and Observer says life
tenure in office is not American. Still
the Democratic State officers have
served three terms, and recently
elected for a fourth term. Evident
ly they don't care whether they are
"American" or not so long as they
can hold office.
Some former Democratic civil ser
vice reformers are now criticising
President Taft for placing all fourth
class postmasters under the civil ser
vice. The Democrats will have the
next turn at the pie-counter, which
accounts for the change in their atti
tude towards civil service-
President Taft sent a large bunch
of appointments to the Senate Tues
day, but the Democrats wants the
distribution of all these jobs to feed
the hungry in their ranks and will
therefore try to have all the appoint
ments held up until they can get a pie
dispenser in the White House.
After the Democrats have made
such a premature scramble for all
the jobs, wouldn't it be funny if
President Wilson should name Re
Publicans and Progressives for some
f the best? You know he may find
H necessary to go outside of his own
Party in order to find suitable mate
rial. The Statesville Landmark says that
Governor-elect Craig is beseiged by
office-seekers for every appointment
within his gift, and for some not
within his gift, and is embarrassed.
If it is that bad over a month before
he will be sworn in as Governor, the
chances are that life will hardly be
worth living for some months after
Mr. Craig takes the oath of office.
At the Governors' Conference in
Richmond, Tuesday, Governor Blease
of South Carolina stated that in the
Past twenty-two months he had par
doned or paroled four hundred per
Bns and that he hoped the number
at the end of his second term would
be eight hundred. The Governor of
tQis State will have to look to his
urels if he beats Blease's pardon
tog record.
PREPARING FOH 4O.0O0.
War Department Kxpecta to FeetJ1
That Many Veteran of the Blue!
am! Gray at GettAburg Kncamp-j
incut.
A Washington, D. C.. dispatch Sat
urday says:
"The War Department is making
plans to care for the feeding and
shelter of the army of veterans. Con
federate as well as Federal, who are
to attend the Encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic on the
battlefield of Gettysburg next July,
when the fiftieth anniversary of the
great battle will be celebrated Or
ders to-day assigned Capt. Harry F.
Dalton, quartermaster's corps, as as
sistant to Major Normoyle, the quar
termaster here, who is charged with
the military arrangements. Both of
the officers have been authorized to
proceed to the battlefield. It Is rough
ly estimated 40,000 veterans must be
placed under canvas and fed next
July, so that a great deal of work
must be done to prepare quarters and
get proper water supply."
North Carolina's Crops.
This year North Carolina increased
her yield of corn from 49,680,000
bushels in 1911 to 51.106,000; oats,
from 3,614,000 bushels to 3,794,000
bushels; Irish potatoes, from 1,488,
(ft)0 bushels to 2,500,000 bushels;
hay, from 304,000 tons to 381,000
tons; tobacco, from 99,400,000
pounds to 1,98,500,000 pounds.
North Carolina fell short in wheat
but made up for it in other crops.
Wilmington Star.
UNION PACIFIC TRUST
The Great Harriman Merger was
in Violation of Law and Must
Dissolve
United States Supreme Court Holds
That Acquisition of Stock of South
em Pacific Was in Violation of the
Sherman Anti-Trust Law Receiv
er May Be Appointed to Sell the
Stock.
Washington, D C., Dec. 2. The
great Harriman merger, created when
the Union Pacific Railroad Company
bought forty-six per cent of the stock
of the Southern Pacific Railway Sys
tem, was split asunder to-day by the
Supreme Court of the United States
as a violation of the Sherman anti
trust law. Then with the end of the
merger before it, the court sent forth
its portentious declaration that "while
the law may not be able to enforce
competition, it can reach commissions
which render competition impracti
cable." Justice Day announced the unani
mous opinion of the court. Judge
Van Devanter took no part in the con
sideration of the case to-day. His
personal finding as a judge of the
Utah Circuit Court that the two roads
were not competitors, and therefore
no violation of the law had resulted
from the purchase, was reversed and
annulled- Instead of following the
court in substance, approved the min
ority holding of Judge Hood that the
roads were competitors and that it
was just as much a violation of the
law for one road to buy the control
ing stock of a competitor as it was
for a holding company as in the
Northern Securieties cases to buy the
controlling stock of two competiting
companies.
The Circuit Court for the District
of Utah was directed to supervise the
subdivision of the two roads, and in
emergency to appoint a receiver to
sell the stock.
It is the general belief here that
the application of the decision to the
railroad situation of the country will
be widespread, placing a powerful
precedent in the hands of the Attorney-General
to present consolidation
of competing roads.
Iarge Furniture Industry at Hickory.
Hickory Democrat.
The Ivey Manufacturing Company
has sold in one month as high as 25,
000 taborettes, which are little stands
for flowers. They are made of oak
and utilize the waste from the desk
factory. The factory is behind on Its
orders for desks all the time. They
have placed 1,000 in Mecklenburg
and 1,000 in Buncombe amongst re
cent shipments.
Bought First Sack of Flour In 84
Years.
Mr. A. J. Pigge, who lives near
Brief, in the northern part of the
county, is eighty-four years old and
works his farm and is a strong man
for one of his years. Mr. Plgge says
that he bought his first sack of flour
last Friday, having always until this
year grown enough wheat for home
UBe Monroe Enquirer. .
TRIAL OF ARCHBOLD
Impeachment Proceeding Against
Judge of Commerce Court Being
Heard by Senate
DEFENDANT ADMITS CHARGES
Attorneys Claim Offenses Not Suffici
ent for Conviction, However the
Ctiarge Will Probably Be Sustain
ed The Southern Pacific Merger
Case With the Assembling of Con
gress it is More Evident That Dem
ocrats in Both House Are More
Divided Than Ever Before.
(Special to The Caucasian.)
Washington, D. C, Dec. 3, 1912-
The final session of this Congress
assembled on Monday.
In the Senate the announcement of
the death of Vice-President Sherman I
and Senator Rayner, of Maryland, ! nor-elect on November 16. Just eleven
and Senator Heyburn.of Idaho, were!daTi after tne election, and contrast
made, and that body promptly ad -
jounied out of respect to the
ory of these three distinguished pub -
lie officials.
The scene was entirely different in
the House. When Speaker Clark
called the House together he was opolies. I would not disturb the
given an ovation; whea Uncle Joe ' equilibrium of business. I would not;
Cannon entered he was also given an impede the march of progress, i!
ovation; probably the greatest ova-, would not mar a single note in the!
tion, however, was given to Congress- grand symphony of the music of in
man Sulzer, of New York, who has dustry. I do not believe that the
been elected Governor of that great ! abolition of the tariff would destroy J
State. There was no more business, ' the trusts." j
however, transacted in the House' Now, Mr. Democrat, whom willj
than in the Senate. Both bodies soon 'u believe. Dr. Wilson or Mr. Craig?)
adjourned.
The Trial of Judge Archbold.
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To-day the trial of Judge Archbold
of the Commerce Court was taken up
in the Senate. It will be remember -
ed that he was impeached by the
rimiKR or HPnrpspnranvps rt inp iast
session of Congress, and that the Sen-
ate fixed Tuesday, the 3rd of Decem
ber, for the trial of the impeached
judge-
The charges against the judge are
grave and it Is thought that the Sen
ate will sustain the impeachment.
To the surprise of everybody to
day, the lawyers representing Judge
Archbold admitted every fact and
charge made against him. Their con
tention, however, was that the of
fenses charged were not sufficient to
sustain his conviction. This is the
ninth time in the history of the coun
try that the Senate has tried a case of
impeachment. Most of the parties
impeached, including President John
son, have been acquitted. The gen
eral impression here, however, is
that Judge Archbold will be con
victed. The positon taken by Col. Roose
velt during the last campaign for
having a more effective and swifter!
remedy of getting rid of improper j the peQple beHeve tnat tneirg wag a
judges has had its effect, not only on IofUer t Qf patriotism; but the
the whole country, but on the mem-, Democratic pie-counter is to-day be
bers of the Senate itself. jing fairly stampeded by office-seek-
The Southern Pacific Merger Case, i ers. Some Democrats have even fol-
On yesterday, the Supreme Court
of the United States handed down an
opinion declaring that the merger of
the Southern Pacific and the Union
Pacific Railways, which were compet
ing lines across the Southern end of
the continent, was in violation of the
Sherman anti-trust law, and ordered
their dissolution-
The decision is in line with the de
cision of the same court dissolving
the Northern Merger Securieties case,
the first suit of this kind brought in
this country by President Roosevelt,
and also in line with the decisions of
the court dissolving the Standard Oil
and American Tobacco Trust cases,
both of which suits were also brought
by Colonel Roosevelt.
While the country generally is
gratified at the upholding of the
Sherman anti-trust law in these great
cases, yet there is a growing feeling
that the position taken by Colonel
Roosevelt in the last campaign that
the Sherman anti-trust law should be
further amended and strengthened, so
as to make the victory of the Govern
ment when securing such a decision
more effective in regulating the fu
ture conduct of these properties, is
absolutely essential.
More Democratic Dissensions.
With the assembling of Congress,
it is more evident than ever that the?
Democratic Congress In both tne
House and Senate are more divided
than ever before on every public
question that was an issue in the last
campaign and that they will be live
issues from now on until they are set
tied.
It is perfectly plain that the Demo
cratic Congressmen are not united on
any fundamental plan or policy, and
that the Democratic administration
will begin to dissolve even before
President Wilson is inaugurated on
the 4 th of March next.
There is an old saying that there
are times when a sick person must
get sicker before he can get better,
and it seems that the American body
politic is now In that condition.
WHAT IS A DEMOCRAT?
Irt-.idmt-lU t WUoa ami kveraor
Elect Craig Have Opposite Vim '
on the Trait ueUon.
Burlintgon State Divpatch.) j
I believe with the Democratic
platform that privately monopoly la
indefensible and Intolerable, and if I
become President of the United
States I will do everything in my!
power to destroy monoply. I cannot'
see how anyone can oppose privilege!
and at the same time tavor a pro tec-!
tive tariff for protection it the pro-!
lific mother of all privilege." j
The above quotation will be recog-l
nixed as the much-advertised utter-!
ance of Dr. Wood row Wilson on the!
tariff and monopoly. It will be re
membered also that the News and
Observer carried this quotation in its
most conspicuous editorial column
for several weeks before the election,
and it was heralded forth through
out the State as genuine orthodox
Democratic doctrine fresh from head
quarters. But now. gtntle reader, be-
bold the declarations of our Gover
Jhls enunciations with those of the
mem-!"man blgber up" in the same party.
!Mr - Craig expressed his views on ta
riff and trusts in the following words:
j "You cannot destroy these great
1 Industrial enterprises these mon-
! You voted for both of them. One
!Bays ne is going to do a11 be can t0
l destroy the trusts; the other says he
J doe8 not want tQ degtroy them.
j Qne the tarIff is the mother of
all rivilegef the otner say8 tne aboli.
;tlon of the tariff wl not de8troy the
trusts. These opinions are diametri
cally opposed to each other- They
go to show the confusion of counsel
and the babel of tongues in the Dem
ocratic party; and we may look for
this confusion to become worse con
founded as the days go by.
Nobody knows what it takes to
make a Democrat anyway. Some
Democrats do not want protective
tariff while others want it and vote
for it whenever the chance comes to
them. Some are against the trusts
and others are in favor of the trusts.
Some clamored for a special session
of Congress and opposed it with equal
energy. They are divided hopeless
ly divided on these and many other
questions, and they seem to be to
gether in only one particular and
that is the pursuit of office. Lust for
office is the one fraud cohesive force
that holds the party as nearly togeth
er as it is. Democrats have branded
1 Republicans and Progressives as of-
flBkp nnd thpv tried to make
j lowed the office-hunger craze so far j
! as to advertise in newspapers for ap-:
pointlve offices. Dr. Wilson has fled
to the island of the sea to get rid of
office-seekers and Speaker Champ
Clark has had to employ four extra j
stenographers in order to answer
questions for office. But, after all,
what meaning has the word consist
ency among Democrats?
Going to Be a Change.
Union Republican
The Daily Sentinel of this city
notes that State Senator E. B. Jones
and Solicitor Porter Graves may
want the Democratic nomination for
Congress in this the Fifth District In
the next go around. Up to the prea-!
ent time Democrats in North Carolina!
have generally conceded a nomination i
equivalent to an election and not!
without cause. But there Is going
to be a change. It Is a long road
that has no turn. Had Colonel Roose-j
velt been the regular Republican j
nominee for President he and Hon.
Thomas Settle would have carried the;
State, in November, by a large ma-
jorlty. Both in State and Nation
Democrats did not poll their custo- j
mary vote and with a divided dissat-l
lsfied Republican party, the victory
was no gain, but the result of mostj
unfortunate conditions.
And, Again, What is a Democrat?
Yanceyville Sentinel. J
What is a loyal Democrat? We;
have received letters from two news
paper editors in the Fifth District
asking that we recommend thme to
Congressman Stedman for post-ofSce
jobs on account of their party ser
vice and loyalty. Yet less than a
month ago both of these editors were
bitterly assailing the Democratic or
ganization In North Carolina. We
have serious doubts whether their
loyalty Is now entitled to a post
office apiece.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Was Read in Both the Hosu I
Congress Toesday at tne
Same Host
, poltrj folJo4 tjr it i:<4 Stat
rnnriru nn itiaup iMrmtprrn lo ih diScalUe &kh Ik
FOREIGN RELATIONS DISCUSSED ico&tieue4 ati of utrr.t ta tfcat t-
- jtloa eogradered. H caractrtie4
Indent Slate! That the IleUUoaa tfc ftlca of lh l tiHp4 ta
th crt 'oe of sltat boa
tf the l ulled Scir With All For- inuraUon and ttradfatt rt-coinUloa
rlgn iVmrrm Were at lWnt im alad t!'lSft rrecltlea f cmU-
tuted authority &4inc feU rfr-
luu of IVr Harmony. !
Friendship, Hut IT runlet! for an !
tension of the Diplomatic Tariff
McMAur for Delin With OrLaJa
Countries.
Washington. D. C . Dec. 3. A mes
sage from President Taft on the for
eign relatione of the United State
was read in both Houses of Con
gress to-day. This communication waa
limited to the discussion of one sub
ject. The President stated that the rela
tions of the United States with all
foreign powers were at present main
tained on a basis of "peace, harmony,
and friendship." He pleaded, how
ever, for an extension of the diplo
matic system, stating "that Congress
should fully realize the conditions
which obtain In the world as we
stand on the threshold of our middle
age as a nation."
Many Important suggestions were
made to Congress In the President'
Message. Chief among these was his
espousal of a more elastic tariff meas-
ure for use In dealing with foreign'
countries showing discrimination;
against the products of American S
manufacturers.
President Taft stated that the ad
justment of trade relations with for
eign governments under Seclon 2 of'
the tariff law of 1909 had conclusive
ly shown that their scope should be
widened so as to enable the Execu
tive to apply, as the case may require,
to all commodities, whether or not
on the free list from a country which
discriminates against the United
States, a graduated scale of duties up
to the maximum of 25 per cent ad
valorem provided by the president
law.
The President stated that "flat
tariffs were out of date" and "could
not too strongly recommend" this
proposed amendment to the consider
ation of Congress- In this recom
mendation the President said:
"Nations no longer accord equal
tariff treatment to all other nations
irrespective of the treatment from
them received, and such a flexible
power as a graduated scale of duties
in the hands of the executive would
serve to moderate any unfavorable
tendencies on the part of those coun-j
tries from which the importations in-jtice as revised to-day.
to the United States are substantially j The refusal of Greece to aign the
confined to articles on the free lists as! armistice Is susceptible of different
well as of the countries which find a ; interpretations. In the first place,
lucrative market in the United States as a tacit armistice has been in ex
for their products under existing j lutence for more than a week already,
relations between the United States lit is not impossible that the negotia
and her sister Republics of North j tions may have served to bring about
and South America. In this connec- an agreement on the general prln
tion the President dwelt upon his petciples of peace terms, such a would
theme of dollar diplomacy, relterat-j promise the speedy arrangement of
ing his oft-repeated statement, that! a peace treaty when the conference
this means of invading the smaller! I meets, as is now expected. In London,
authorities of the Americans, not j In this case the fact that Greece la
only worked great benefit to both the (standing out from the armistice pro
American bankers interested and thejtocol would not be of great import
Republics receiving the loan, but; ance.
strengthened the position of the Unit-j In the second place the Greek ab
ed States through the elimination of intention may mean a serious split
foreign loans, which might cause an j among Che Allies, arising from Jeal
Internatlonal discussion of the Mon-jousies concerning the poeloa of
roe doctrine. jSalonlki and the Insistence of the
As a direct slap at the enemies of (Greeks on the capitulation of Adrla
the loan convention in the United ! nople, Soutarl and Janlna.
States Senate, the President stated
that it was his opinion that he terri
ble loss of life In Nicaragua could
have been prevented had the Depart
ment of State been permitted through
the approval of a loan convention by
the Senate, to carry out Its policy of
encouraging financial aid to weaken
Central American States.
Special mention was made of the
necessity of strengthening the present'
neutrality laws, the President sug
gesting an amendment to this effect.
Such an amendment, he replied,
should be wide enough to cover the
possible necessity of dealing with spe
cial cases by the application of spe
cial laws. In this connection the
Chief Executive expressed the utmost I . , . " , , " .
a n, , ... k .(.,Jthe signatories Is Interpreted as
good will of this nation for her sister
Republic, stating that the present
policy of the United States to pro
mote prosperity and good feeling
among the smaller independencies
would be adhered to.
In developing the Department of
State abroad, the President said no
more important step had bene made
than the establishment of the merit
system. He closed his recommenda
tion on this subject by adjuring Con
gress to enact legislation making 'it
permanent. The larger provision foT
the maintenance of foreign embassies
was also asked for; particularly was
he in favor of the provision vf funds
for the establishment of permanent
quarters for United States ministers
: at. road la roes&Usc oti tM
ll. I talr4 list It "IS4
bifh tlsie ttat h 4taltj &4 f9
rf of Itlt grrAl fcaUaa te BttUftjr
'.ctS'.t! bf pttpt tHU4isr for ttm
Kupittj of the ti fry fr-n!-
Tht Prjd&t toech4 ufoa the
nc to MeUco itb tb bop that Ihm
Mexican "nation voold aooa raza
th path of ordtr, pro parity, a&4
profreaa.
Among hm other matttra rfrr4
to In tha ta&g was th tnv rati ra
tion of agricultural cr4tu by th
Stat DtartmaU Thla b termasl
aa one of th moat important vorka
undertaken by tb Govromot.
He alao referred to tha far al
treaty and the need for aa amend
ment to the preaent atatote; tie peace
treaties with England and Franca
which were loat throuah th refaaal
of Senate ratifications and the dis
patch of American alr-ahipa of Con
stantinople. Tb Knjcllih and French
peace treaties Prealdent Taft dlamlaa
ed with a remark expresalnc hit re
gret over the action of the He&ate,
and the Balkan situation he regarded
aa one which waa well In the hands
of the powera aa far aa the protection
of cltlzena of other Hepubllc were
concerned.
A PEACE PR0CT0C0L
A . . . , .
ArmuUcc IQ the Turkish-Balkan
War Signed by Turkey and
Balkan States
(Jreocc IIa Not Klgnr!, Ilownrr,
Hut It l Thought tluU Final Trrmt
Will He Arrangeil--Her HeUtion
With Bulgaria rratly Strained
Turkifth DUpatrh Heporta Fighting
Sunday Between. Turkey and
Greece
London, Dec. 3. The protocol ar
ranging an armistice Id the Turkish
Balkan War waa algned late In la eve
ning by the Turkish and Bulgarian
delegates, the latter repreaenting also
Servia and Montenegro. Prior to this
there had been a long sitting of the
Turkish Council of Mlntatera to con
sider fresh proposals submitted by
the allies.
Apparently the Greek delegates did
not sign the protocal. A? present
nothing fa definitely known on this
point nor of the term of the armU-
Other point which may influence
the situation are to be found In the
fact that Turkey recently sought to
conclude a separate treaty of peace
with Greece, that Bulgaria apparent
ly is not unwilling to enter Into an
alliance with Turkey and that the Al
lies are deslrou that Turkey shall
enter the Balkan Customs League.
Refusal of Greece to Sign 3Iay Con-
tinue War With Turkey.
Constantinople. Dec Z A dispatch
from a Turkish official says fighting
continued on Sunday and Monday at
Chios between the Turks and the
Greeks.
TVA ka tm a. m
meaning that hostilities will be con
tinued between that State and Tur
key and there is considerable specu
lation as to what will become of the
alliance agreement between the Bal
kan States.
It has not been determined when
andwhere the peace negotiations will
begin.
The Georgia Legislature abolished
the fees of the officers of Fulton
County, in which Atlanta is situated,
and substituted salaries. The sarins
Is estimated at $75,000 per annum,
but the officers threaten to test the
change in the courts on the ground
that it Is unconstitutional.
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