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iTbamUr, February 27, 1913
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THE REMEDY IS, TO REMOVE THE
CAUSE.
The Greensboro Newt calls atten
tion to the fact that there were 7.021
fewer children enrolled In the public
schools during the last year than
were during the year before. That
paper deplores the great falling off
of the attendance in the schools and
proposes as a remedy the adoption of
a compulsory public school law.
We would like to ask our contem
porary if it Is not wiser when such a
deplorable condition as this exists, to
look for that whfch causes it before
looking for a remedy. The only prop
er and effective remedy for an evil is
to remove the cause. It is clear that
a compulsory law will not remove
that cause, whatever it is.
To us it seems clear that the cause
Is the fact that the Democratic party
has given us the poorest public school
system in the United States. The
remedy is better public schools, and
at the same time, for the State to
furnish free text-books to all the chil
dren. This, however, will never be
secured from such a Democratic Leg
islature as is now sitting at the State
capital.
SENATOR O'GORMAN vs. SENATOR
OVERMAN.
The Raleigh News and Observer,
in an editorial, says:
"It was Senator O'Gorman,
and not Overman, who intro
duced an amendment to the
Webb bill. Mr. Overman has
all along been strongly with the
measure."
Senator O'Gorman is a Democrat,
and is one of the strongest of their
men in the Senate. He tried to amend
the Webb bill so as to make it effect
ive. It would seem from the editori
al in the Democratic organ that Mr.
Overman did not want it amended so
as to make it effective, but that he
stood for the Webb bill, as it was, so
as to make it a fraud.
Mr. Fitzgerald, one of the leading
Democratic members of the House,
and head of the Committee on Ap
propriations, also denounced the
Webb bill as a fraud, and charged
that its authors knew that it was a
fraud and were simply trying to fool
the prohibition people of the coun
try. SHOULD 1UT ON BRAKES.
The Lenior News has hit the key
note when it says the Legislature had
been giving more attention to re
trenchment and curtailing expenses
instead of trying to devise means for
increasing the peoples' taxes. We
haven't yet seen an satisfactory ex
planation why the State should run
in debt one hundred thousand dollars
every year. The State is collecting
more taxes now than ever before, still
they say they must now Increase the
taxes and issue more bonds in order
to keep up with current expenses.
Isn't It time" to put on the brakes.
The Lenoir News, speaking of this
subject, says:
"That everlasting question of taxes
has been troubling the Legislatures
for ages past and it Is still the most
troublesome thing they have to tac
kle. The Legislature of two years
ago inaugurated a new plan at much
cost, which was a failure and now
they are bothered again. They much
better -give more attention to re
trenchments and to curtailing of ex
penses. They will never be able to
arrange a plan of taxation that will
meet all the increasing demands
made upon them, without direct con
fiscation of property. The increas-i
ing wealth of the State, should yield
enough revenue to take care of her
increasing demands and would do it,
if all the officials would do their
duty and all grafters and useless em
ployees were dropped from the pay
rolls of the State and schemes cut
out."
The Greensboro News suggests that
the only thing Governor Locke Craig
should do is to sit still and not rock
the boat. (
But if he sits still how is he going
to drive the trusts out of the State,
build all those good roads, wipe out
an $800,000 deficit in the State's
Treasury, and give the children a six
months' school term?
JJKOKKX PflOMIKRS IX BOTH
STATK AND NATION.
The Democratic party, in its nation
tional platform adopted at Baltimore,
declared for reform and economy and
denounced the Republican party fori
"profligate waste of money run from!
the people by oppressive taxation,!
through the lavish appropriation of'
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This was the party's solemn cam
paign promise, yet we find the pres
ent Democratic House has piled np
appropriations over a hundred mil
lion dollars larger than ever before
made by any Congress.
Thus we see that Democratic prom-
ises in National platforms are no j
more reliable than their platforms in I
this State.
They have succerded already in
bankrupting this great and rich State.
It now seems that they will bank
rupt the United States if they are
given enough time and opportunity.
DEMOCRATS TWENTY YEARS BE
HIND. A Philadelphia minister prophesies
that the battle of Armageddon will
be fought in 1933. So the Colonel
and the Progressives were standing
afar off from it during the last elec
tion. Wilmington Star.
The Progressives were not ahead
at all. The Democratic party was
just twenty years behind, and, in
fact, that is the usual state of affairs
with them.
It was twenty years ago that the
Populist were agitating, the initia
tive and referendum, the parcels
post, the postal savings banks, and
many other reforms, which the -Democrats
are now trying to put their
label on.
A DRAIN ON THE POST-OFFICE
DEPARTMENT.
An interesting item in the annual
report of the Postmaster-General just
made public is that during the fiscal
year 1912 more than 300,000,000
pieces of mail having an aggregate
weight of about 61,000,000,000
pounds, were carried free through the
mails under the franks of Congress
men and Senators and the various
Government establishments; and that
had postage at the ordinary rates
been paid on the matter, the reve
nues of the Department would have
been increased by more than $20,
000,000. This is a tidy little sum to
pay for the privilege of receiving a
Congressman's speech or a public
document through the mails, litera
ture that may be read or may not
mostly not. But this loss of revenue
to the Government doesn't represent
the whole cost. There are the railroad
companies to pay for transporting
it, and when it comes to paying the
railroads for this service the Govern
ment has never shown any tendency
to curtail its liberality. Little mat
ters of this kind are the ones that de
lay the day of 1 cent letter postage
and that have permitted some of the
"imperfections" to creep into the new
parcel post service.
Wonder who are the eight Demo
cratic lawyers that had to be voted
relief in the way of judgeships and
solicitorships?
WITH THE EDITORS.
It a drunk on liquor from Rich
mond a Virginia reel modernized?
Greensboro News.
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What a lot of fun Carrie Nation
could" have if she only had lived to
be a London suffragette. St. Paul
Pioneer Press.
There is nothing in the Webb bill
for even a strong prohibitionist to
rejoice over, it is not worth the pa
per that it is written on. Clinton
News Dispatch.
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"Let your enemies kiss you," says
an eastern clergyman. Not us, and
we're for peace at any price, too.
Detroit Free Press.
The high taxes which the Demo
crats are forcing upon the people will
be a serious proposition for the farm
ers to go up against when they are
forcec. to sell their cotton for 7 or
8 cents a pound. Clinton News Dis
patch. Suppose the Democrats were in
power in this country and a Republi
can Senate were to refuse to confirm
the apointment of officers whose
terms expire in order to give the
places to Republicans after the Dem
ocrats went out of power. Wouldn't
there be a howl! The Lincoln
Times.
- When a Democratic Congressional
Committee spends sixty thousand dol
lars trying to catch a money trust,
and then doesn't catch it, some criti
cism must be expected. But spend
ing the people's money is not a hard
job, and there are plenty who would
rather do that than spend any of their
own. Union Republican.
I.1ADER0SH0TT0 DEATH
Ex-Preiide&t b Ushered WH!e
en-Rotxte to tne PenUesturr
K,.vice-iYtklem u Shot Ifcmn .
the Same Time Vniti Sfatr U
Molrilizlnjc TruofM on the Meiiraa
IWtlir i.Uvrtmtr of Truu a km!
Washington Are at Odd.
Mexico City. Feb. 23. Francisco
I. Madero and Jose Pino Saurex.
deposed President and Vice-President,
respective, of the Mexican Re
public, were shot and killed today
when an attempt was made to rescue
them from an automobile that was
tfferrlng them to the penlten-
nary.
News of the death of Madero and
Saurez was confirmed by General
Huerta. Previously It had been an
nounced that the transfer from the
Palace to the penitentiary had been
made successfully.
Two of the party that attacked thel
automobile were killed in the ex
change of shots.
Large crowds assembled at the
scene of the killing. While women
wept and there were signs of disap
proval, the city generally is quiet.
The guards at the penitentiary have
been increased and no one is permit
ted to see the bodies of the slain
men.
Major Cardages and two other offi
cers who were in charge of the guard
of rurals escorting the automobile, j tinued trouble in Mexico was indica
have been imprisoned pending an In- tive of what was to be feared later,
vestigation by the Attorney General.! His statement through Secretary
The bodies of Madero and Suarez! Hilles was written in the home of his
are being held in the penitentiary, j brother, Henry W. Taft, after he had
Relatives and friends are making ef-1 seen the dispatches from Washing
forts to recover them. i ton about the concentration in Gal
General Huerta in an official state-1 veston of one brigade of regulars.
ment said that when the attempt to
rescue them was made Madero and!
Suarez tried to escape. "The Gov
ernment," he continues, "promises
that society shall be fully satisfied
as to the facts in the case. The com-1 precautionary measure because of un
manders of the escort are now under! settled conditions in Mexico. It is
arrest."
The attempt to rescue Madero and
Suarez, the official version says, was
made about midnight when the party
escorting the prisoners was approach
ing the penitentiary.
Public in Doubt.
Not unnaturally a great part of j next and finaJ 6tep
the public regards the official versions! , , , L
with doubt, having in mind the usej President explained that the
for count for centuries of the noto- ?el brigade t0 g Galveston might
rious "lew fuga," the unwritten law,!be ken from th eEast or from the
which is invoked when the death of! ILj st
a prisoner is desired. After its ap-! . ere are about 2'500 troops now
plication there is written on the rec- J? Tex4as, and brigaJe or(ieed
,la,. j-there today will bring the number
'prisoner shot trying to escape.'
Senora Madero, widow of the Ex
President, received the first definite
information of his death from Senor
Cologany Cologan, the Spanish Min
ister. She already had heard reports
that something unusual and serious
had happened but friends had en
deavored up to that time to prevent
her from learning the whole truth.
Soon afterward, accompanied by
her brother, Jose Perez and Mercedes
Madero, a sister of Francisco, Senora
Madero drove to the penitentiary but
was refused permission to see the
body of her husband. Senora Suarez
also was denied admittance to the
mortuary, where physicians, in ac
cordance with the law, were perform
ing an autopsy.
In contrast to the widow, whose
grief was of a pitiably silent character-
expressed in sobs, Mercedes Ma
dero, a beautiful young womanT edu
cated in Paris, who has been a bril
liant leader of society since the rev
olution of 1910, was dry-eyed and
tigerish in her emotions. By the side
of the two women whose husbands
had been killed, the girl hurled ac
cusations at the officers who barred
the entrance.
"Cowards!" Assassins!" she call
ed them, her voice pitched high.
The officers stared impassively.
"You! The men who fired on a
defenseless man! You and your su
perior officers are traitors!"
No effort wras made to remove the
women nor did the officers attempt
to silence them. - Senora Madero con
tinued weeping and the girl did not
eease her hysterical tirade until the
arrival of the Spanish Minister and
the Japanese charge, who came to
offer their services.
United States Orders Troops to Mex
ican Border.
Washington, Feb. 22. About 4,
000 soldiers were ordered today to
Galveston, Tex., and vicinity, the
nearest seaport adapted to the em
barkation of troops for Mexico. They
are not under orders to proceed to
Mexico and it is the expectation and
the hope of the Administration that it
will not be necessary to issue orders
for such a movement. The situation
in that country, however, is regarded
as sufficient to warrant the concen
tration of a force strong enough to
take possession of a seaport and open
the way for an invasion of the coun
try. It will be for President Woodrow
Wilson to determine whether such an
expedition will be dispatched al
though of course it is assumed that
he first will seek the guidance of
Congress. Through trusted agents,
though not directly, the President
elect is understood to have expressed
his interests i nthe situation and has
placed himself in a position to ac
quire specific knowledge as to all the
details before he comes to Washing
ton March 3.
Will Mottltx IO.OOO SoM-r at liaS-
N York. Feb. ZZ.lUioT PtU
dent Taft leave oSft a March 4.
he will have concentrated at Gal teu
ton. Tex., do tn 10.06 United
States troops ready to board trans
ports there sad depart for Mexico
on a few hours notice. The Presi
dent, here tonight to attend a ban
quet of the American Peace and Arbi
tration League, is Jut a much op
posed to intervention si he has been
for two year. He it determine!.
however, that he will "lay the tab
cards on the table" so that when Mr.
Wilson becomes President If a crisis
arises, all he will have to do la to
play them.
Through Secretary Hllles. thePres
ident announced tonight that the dis
patch of a brigade of troops to Gal
veston today was part of the original
precautionary plan and that It would
be followed by another order which
would send between 3,000 and 4,
000 more regulars to the boundary.
Galveston is within three days of
Vera Crux, the seaport of Mexico
City. Four transports will be ready
there to take troops South if the con
tingency arises and with battleships
on the Atlantic and Pacific near Mex
ican ports the President feels that
Mr. Wilson will have no cause to
complain of unpreparedness if the
unexpected happens.
The President was plainly concern
ed tonight about conditions in Mex
ico. He told friends He saw no par
ticular reason for further apprehen
sion, but seemed to think the con-
The statement follows:
"The movement of the troops is
merely to bring a brigade to Galves
ton to which place four transports
had already been ordered as a mere
not promoted by any recent news
from Mexico and is only part of the
reasonable precautions directed to be
taken some time ago in which the
sending of batleships to the various
ports in Mexico was the first step.
"The sending of four transports
be taken from the Kast or from thp
above 6,000 so that the President's
': final order would swell the total
; close to 10,000.
! London Paper Wants Uncle Sam to
j Invade Mexico.
London, Feb. 24. The Daily Ex
press, in an editorial referring to
what it terms President Taft's hesi
tation to act in Mexico, says revolu
tion and anarchy do not stand on
presidential etiquette and that the
security of life and property in Mex
ico will not wait while President
elect Wilson installs' himself.
The Express describes an expedi
tionary force of 9,000 American
troops as "a pill for an earthquake"
and declares such a venture will need
100,000 men. The newspaper urges
the British Government to press for
immediate action on the Washington
Government.
Gen. Poroflrio Diaz Elated Over Suc
cess of Felix.
Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 23. Gen. Por
firio Diaz, the exiled ex-President of
Mexico, is highly elated over the sue
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ress of ike rsrolt of his arpew. F
llx ittax. la Mexico, bat that far he
has cot beea !&2eeced by It fo the
xteat of easslag him to curtail his
trip up the imr Nile.
Item her of rre!4rwt HaSrro U fOmC
Mexico City. Ft :i:tn!!o Ma
dero. a brother of the tat Preidtst.
haa been hot a&4 tilled feear Moat
rej. arrordiag to reliable Informa
tion recelted here.
With an ecort of tblrty-fite ran
Madero. it Is said. a attempting to
join the RrbrU hoidlac Nuo La
redo, when he was overtake by
troops ent by General Trevloo. The
reports do not Indicate whether Ma
dero was killed to action or was f id
eated. The shooting took place between
Villa Dimi and Bastazstcte. As the
Rebel leader in the taredo district.
Gerontmo Villoreal. Is a partisan of
General TreTlno, the government ex
pects that the trouble in that vicinity
wll be adjusted soon.
Emeiio Madero. in conjunction
with his brother, flaoul. a few days
ago. began a counter revolution at
San Pedro. In the State of Coahulla.
in the expectation of uniting the Re
bels about Saltillo with those in the
Laredo district. .
Koldier Who !tetolte! Are Six to
Ieath.
El Paao, Texas. Feb. 2 4. Ninety
five Federal volunteer soldiers were
executed late to-day at Sauz. below
Juarez, compose part of the garri
son which revolted yesterday, anxer
ed at the killing of ex-President
Modero, their former leader.
Advices received here relate the
soldiers were stood against an adobe
wall, all at one time. Ninety-five
times the firing squad aimed and
fired. Most of the men are said to
have displayed much courage, de
clining the regulation mask.
The Rebels of a day had cut the
Mexican Central Railway, which was
repaired a few hours later. Five of
the volunteer officers escaped death
and will be sent to Juarez.
Serious (1ah May Result at Ilrown
vllle, Texax.
Washington, I).
serious clash may
C Feb 4 t ,
result between!
Federal National guard at Browns
ville. Texas, should the latter, at
tempt to cross the Rio Grande to the
relief of Americans alleged to be Im
periled in Matamoras, Mexico.
When the War Department at mid
night learned that Governor Colquitt
had issued orders for four compa
nies of Texas militiamen to proceed
to Brownsville, orders were tele
graphed at once to Brigadier-General
K. 'A. Stever, in charge of the
Federal troops on the border, tb send
to Brownsville immediately such a
force as he "deemed necessary" and
"under no circumstances to permit
the crossing of the river except un
der the specific orders of the Secre
tary of War."
When word of Governor Colquitt's
action was received, Major-General
Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the
army, recognized the danger in the
situation and immediatley took per
sonal charge. Over the military tele-
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PRESIDENT DUDLEY, GREENSBORO, N. C
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Stiff
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graph lis frea Tort Hjr h t
Imperative orders to Ceatral Sf
to etliU fet forte to ptettat la
rks of MexJcaa territory. Th.
he epimate4 by farther order
through the regular chaasela of th
War Dsrt8at.
At a late hoar th Dprt
meat deUre4 It had received &o ta
formstloa of Goteraof Clltta ac
tivity, aad to the abeeac of advice
declined to comment oft It-
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tWajthiagtoa Correpeadec to The
tlostoa Globe J
Se&ator Lodge !odaj expre4 a
deep svtapalay for Presidentelect
Wood row Wltsoa. 11 MJ that th
problem that wtU coofrel Mr. Wil
son when he take his rt la the
White House are enough to stagger
sqv man. It was aproj? of the ait
uatloa In Mexico that Senator Lodge
poke.
"When one take a mtaule's
thought he mutt realUe that Mr.
Wilson will enter the White Hons
at a time when there are some grave
problems for him to face." remarked
Senator Lodge. The Mexican sit
uation Is a difficult one. Then he
must solve the problem of the Pana
ma Canal tolls, another extremely
vexing matter for him.
"1; is the declared purpose of Mr.
Wilson and the other Democratic,
leaders to revise the tariff at the ex
tra session. I understand that they
are also considering; taking up cur
rency legislation and possibly antl
truM legislation.
"If Mr. Wilson were a little more
experienced in Congressional affair
he would know that either tariff,
currency or anti-trust legislation la
enough for one session. The tariff
alone will keep us here until August,
and If the Democrats attempt to pasa
currency or anti-trust legislation at
the coming extra session, we will !
here until the snow files.
"Then, take the matter of patron
age. By holding up President Taft'a
nominations in the Senate the Demo
ocrats are making a great deal of
trouble for Mr. Wilson. He will t
expected to deal out thousands of po-
i i iuiid in m auuu ui liuv. iu-
u -ni luuuun iu uw
Jt ne win be rorced to tackle It at
once. ince the Democrats, by hold
ing up the nominations, will unload
a tremendous avalanche of appoint
ments upon Mr. Wllon as soon as h
takes his seat.
"I am frank to ay that I do not
envy Mr. Wilson his first few month
in the White Houe. By the tlm
the summer is over he will find out
what a tremendous task Ilea before
him."
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