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PRESIDENT
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RECEIVED
EH PROMISE
to include, too, tuose members of the land not with what was uoetical and
Confederate veterans, "ihcsa members : m-tnr;c::i and rhetorical.
oi me uranu rmv or t no Republic,
r iv first fn ';!!! VnilV "HonHoi; ir
inohe mentors ci tlie Daughters of i enforcing what i am talking about to
the Revolution, mat distinguished lady, tho guaranties of life the guaran
tee widow of a ton ew all Jackson, and I i5c a v.,-.-. um-.w them n ,.,v-,c.t;!
uid d: light ! tution. of life, liberty and property.
l BE II T
D;;.cendants of Signers Pre
sent The Nation's Chief
With a Silver Paper
Weight As a Souvenir of
His Visit.
The President Took Mrs.
Jackson Into the Dining
Room at JJi u n e r He
Promises to Come Back to
Charlotte.
"I compliment
beautiful
IHIIUL
n nmiTii
u au n
all the other charm in
! iicupio mjkc', tnemsesves to uie
elements this morning to celebrate
this day, and in part, I hope, to givej Hev
me welcome.
-"I wish to express also to the coro-
Tiiey ec
m general resolutions,
that we believe in liberty, and we be-
cveiy man ought to be free,
and we be'neve that he ought to be
treated justlv, and we believe he ought
: mittee of arrangements my deep re-1 not to be imprisoned except lawful
grct that Mrs. Tafi waa not able to be
present to eh -lie the welcome which
your cormrjitte was gooJ enough to
tender her. 1 asKiire von I don't m-tke
VOll nil vnnr drill ,
in ioc!crtii .. i s-ou a iiiow waen tue uetter
... -v.K,IOilla anu excel tine snoh a
ly. Is that ah:
That is not all
souvenir, and wish von
success in everything vou undertake
in the future."
The paper weight had tha follow
nali or my firm is not with me.
"We ere here to celebrate a decla
ration of independence. There are
some umegeiu-rate persons who live ia
lnanpiril im. till 1-1 , . l- u .-.! 1 .. tnu. -
;"';7'; i-ieeKienuurg jjeciara- various motives have cast a dcub
I Mill ft Il t (1 rl r. J. XT T T ,., ... t
;;; " tc 71 lu w- 1 ait the claim. Now anvbo lv
20, 1909.
The President
luuci last nignt the President and
guests invited to dine with him as
sembled in t-e hotel parlors. Mrs.
Stonewall Jackson was among the
number and wnen dinner was an
nounced, the President arose and
wnn uie distinguished widow of th
! w-e have in our constitution. If that
were all we had, it would not be worth
the paper it is written on; it would
not be worth mere than the hundred
constitutions that h'-ve been made in
various countries, it would be invidi
ous to mention vhlea constitutions
have gone clown ana haven't, made a
ripple on the ocean of civilization.
The Habeas Corpus Writ.
'"What is it in the constitution . of
the United States inherited from our
British ancestry that makes that in
strument and all the instruments of
the state constitutions so valuable?
It is that each guaranty is a practi
cal method of procedure by which the
liberty and the rights of the individ
ual srs PAri'ied. What are thpv' The
stories. He said that he was holding' -it of hnhrais conms. Vhnt i tfcnt?
, court in the County of Tipperary, and That H a K,ethod cf procedure. It is
on
tnsx comes
ay 20. l(7u. Charlotte IV n ni,....!,!.. " ,
iona l v.iii.iion who is not wining vrj ad
mit in the full the Declaration of In-
and Mrs. Jaikon. I dpiniiPiiro T.-.M,-U in M!-.!.lf.v,!-r,i-;f ?
Just before dinner at the Selwyn ! in the msiiir.- n r.t ,h,
lord justice of the Court of Appeals of
Ireland tcld me. I met him in Camilla.
He had a good deal of experience in
courts, and he was redolent with Irish.
that
man came before him anil
Souths great Chieftain led the way jury charged in the indictment with
i into the dining hall, room No. lib ! manslaughter, and that the evidence
which had been converted into n m-i
. i-wcin lu.Mauuu.va.e dining room, luxuriously
M,-cklenouig county de- niched with solid mahogany bv
ua.it i.u- in n.o, a ear parker-Garc!ner Company,
riurt-en Colonies, and em- During the course of the dinner
:S Uitt-nt lOJl tO be abSO-.n epnerst ranvprwM.in --oo onm
tur-the
. . iuv ojuui uuring ins in. The President talked freely and
, ! resident Taft made saiJ among otner things that ne
' i ' fpeecii in tne Auditor- j would certainly return to Charlotte
. ..j anciuuuu. una uie. ou another celebration and that
!h- 1
.,i :. uus aim Keenness 01 he woul(1 bring Mrs Taft wih him.
'; lei itic of him. he saw ( ln fact he promised. He seemed de-i;-
greatest lesson of all j lighted with the reception and said
t ie r.ir Heel declaration, that his only regret about the trip
a tue ever-wonderful abil-;vas the rain which partly destroyed
AiifUo-baxon to rue. 1 he Ul. effect of the decorations,
i.i, Ul not say enough about ... ,
ible system of self-govern- We" Taken Cars 0f-
' i' bv the Mccklenburgers I The President was greatly pleased
off the ilritioh yoke, j with the parade and laughed heartily
iie passed on by natural; at Vo. Lee's possum float. As he
p the importance of the! was leaving the hotel for the depot
!!e referred to his ap-!tne President said to Mr. Moore, who
i'l Judge Connor, a Demo-' acompanied him to the station, that
i ..-w the manner in which he had only one fault with the en-
n treat the South in the tertainmen provided for lum, "and
you. have ted me
am uncomfortable
showed that the deceased had come
to his death by a blow from a black
thorn stick in the hands of the de
fendant; but the evidence also show
ed that the man who died had a
'paper skull,' as it is called in medical
parlance unduly thin. The verdict
brought in was that of 'guilty of man
slaughter,' and his lordship called the
man before him. and asked him
whether he had anything to say why
the sentence of the court should not
be pronounced upon him. The de
fendant, turning to his lordship said.
a method uy wnien a man wnen ne is
imprisoned has the right to go to any
judge and say to that judge, T wish
you to call my captors here and have
them tell you whether I am lawfully
imprisoned or not.' and if that judge
does not do it. he has a right of action
against him which usually involves im
prisonment. "That is a practical method. It is
a procedure. It is not a general dec
laration. It is something that every
body can tell about. I am a little
more emphatic about this because I
have come up against the other kind
of declaration in some of my experi
ences in the Philippines. A gentle-
'No, your lordship I have nothing to man came to see me one morningf the
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appointments.
Splendid Audience.
' uilid audience ot peoplj,
kri the Auditorium, as it
r h,on packed before, met
! nt half wav. Always ap
. Mi" audience accorded him
i as the result of two
lu' made. The first was
- lie intended to bu fair
that is he sa a
so high that I
because of eating so much. I suppose
you judged the quantity needed by my
size."
.say. but I would like to ask one ques
tion.' 'What, my man, is that?' said
he. 'I -would like to ask 'What the
devil a man with a head like that was
doing in Tipperary?' I would like to
add in explanation of my position, what
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me uevii a man who uoes uui ueiieve
in the Declaration of Mecklenburg is
doing in this presence?
The Important Part of the Declaration.
"The claim is that more than 12
months before the members of the
Continental Congress declared that it
was necessary to have a separate and
independent government in this eoun-
Gov. Kitchin's Introduction.
Gov. Kitchin said:
"It Is unfortunate that these exer
cises must be held indoors, instead of
h, and the other was outside, where everybody could see ' to your congratulation
d. dared that he was going and hear. To-day is the Twentieth of ancestry. There is a contro
iViny ami my wjumrviiieu, n me nuuuo
that have descended to-day could not
dampen the ardor of the Twentieth of
May spirit, you may know that that
spirit is warmed by the eternal truth.
"Mr. President, I understand that
when you were inaugurated in Wash
ington a haupy event, at which I!
could not be present the storms there
raged, but I will guarantee that we
have convinced the president that we
could have surpassed any inaugura
tion time, if it had just been winter
time.
"The chief magistrate of this nation
lias often faced vaster crowds than
this, in the greater cities of the coun
try; in immense auditoriums often
leading counsel in Manila, who had
drafted the constitution cf the Phil
ippines, and at the same time an old
man came in with a petition to me.
I was then chairman of the Philip
pine commission, and the petition
showed that this old man's son had
been six years in Bilibid, imprisoned
without a. trial, and without knowing
what he was there for.
"I said to the lawyer, 'Why don't
you get out a writ of habeas corpus?'
He said, 'What is that writ?' I said,
'It, is a petition inquiring into the law
fulness of his imprisonment, and Gen
try, free from British control, that eral Otis has issu.erl.4he order granting
declaration was made in the court ( that writ .or the allowance of that writ,
house in this town of Charlotte by a j and vou can have it here.'
committee of the county, of whom
in- c(juki to cemrut me
the significance and ini
"i his words seeped con
f the vast audience it
mid cheered, and cheered
that it was difficult for Mr.
"'lUinuc his speech for a
t
li
' -i"ii was inspiring in ev
HaiKisome as Apollo, and
a- Cicero, Governor Kitchin
i "..i m i liff-n t speech of intro-Hi-
ilkhts of stontaneou.5
..! i.i contrast to the pon
' of tiiy president who
i,i:a.
ni ml, wonl, not be satisfied
- ' i"i:-t.ii!!g'.' to introduce the
i an the brilliant governor
!at".
Ajditorjum Jammed.
!"'!! of tis ; president v.' as to
niai- from the grandstand
: i:i- drenching in the mom-b'Ui-u
il. is coud noUbe done.
hi- was changed to the Au-
:ni thousands did not knov.
oil iherefore missed th.
li' 'apacity of the Audi
"bout ii.ouO and it was
: ai,y i.undreds standing m
and near the doors.
ev.rt-d Wlth paper Weight.
'.i" mom. interesting inci
'"i.metiou with the presi-
' as the presentation to
i.u-e .-iiver paper weight
'"iaiaitt.,. r. piesentative of the
'''"''' ' of i he signers of the
if . irg licclaration. Just be
' i" '".'inng's reception at the
1 ;i i'ic couiiiiit tee was received
" 'si'l- nt in the parlor of the
1 ' ' li consisted ot the follow
;"iif" r.-:
ia. A. Grahai.i. commission-
-:'!' ulMiie; Hx-CougrcEsnian S
' ':i;i:,f r. Ir. George V. Graham,
Haxitr liavid.son, Mr. ana
''. Ah'Aiinder. Mrs. Stonewall
"" -mis.s Julia Alexander, Miss
' i '. iider. Miss Julia Kobe;!
t. lireund, ami others
oaiimiiee selected Maj. Mm
;'n i'i. sun of the former dislin
''" "tetary or the navy VVil
V 'i.iiuun. to present the
1 In a few we ll i hosen words
i''ii'.'s;.-d the President
''in "if silver paper weight as
tl.ai by it he might be
! iuviiij; iin-t iii Charlotte
d'.'sceinlents ni' the mail
"; '"'I" the .Mei Klenlnirg Declara
"' 'iii,'!"iHlen::e, aiid to keep
n.Ms.ntly before his mind's
. 1 ! a-, a ,Uii ftuther reminder
1 joined in t he celebration
" glorious event.
b"r. Taft Pleased.
' I'i' idiit thanked them for the
""'"il souvenir, and said be was
":i 1 'I pi Hfe his face cast in silver
:.' '"" .kiuile that won't come
'"H'l'iiiiee ch.'ered this remark
;'::'H'oi:s hand-clapping.
President inquired who the
"K! was and Mr. K. O. Alexander
'"I .Mr. v. p.entheiin, to whom
" i'- Taft said:
'i
have 12,000 and 15,000 people heard;
him. but never did a truer people, a
nobler people, cr a more patriotic peo
ple hear him than will hear him to
day; a people who seek for the truth.
there are now descendants living
among you entitled to your respect
on such
oversy as to
what the exact words were that were
used in that Declaration. I am not
going to enter upon any such dis
cussion, but I am going to point out
what seems to me to be. whether you
take one version or the other, the very
important part of that Declaration,
viewed from the standpoint of prac
tical patriotism and practical states
manship. "The general declaration as to the
rights of man I do not count nearly so
important, looked at. from the stand
point, cf the responsibility of the peo
ple who made it, as the practical pro
vision contained in that Declaration
for a government which was to suc-
jceefl the British government and to
accept all the responsibilities, to main
tain a government of law and order
and a government which should
have a military force to defend itself.
My friends, these general declarations
"He asked me to draw up a peti
tion, which I did, and he took it into
one of the local courts, which happen
ed to be presided over by an Ameri
can. He wrent out to Bilibid prison
and before he got through that day
he had filed ninety petitions for the
to rob you he has got to rob you in
a regular way.
"Now, that is practical. The Anglo
Saxon ancestor knew that if he could
once get it before court he would
have a show for his white alley, that
he would have a day in that court,
and that that was the true basis of
civil liberty. So it is with the dec
larations that were made at Mecklen-
mirg. You go ever them and see that
they create selectmcnt, they create
military guards, they create courts
with jurisdiction, they create courts
to make collection of debts, and they
made every provision which a single
community like a county could make,
together with commitments for felonv.
to await the decision of courts to be
created by the highest authority un
der the authority cf the general con
gress.
Declaration Makes Him Thrill With
Pride
'Now there are things in that De
claration that make me thrill with
pride, that there was a community in
this country, and I venture to say this
v.ras not the oniy community, but it
seems to nave been the one most
charged with its sense of responsibil
ity which knew that self-government
was not a mere gift, but it was some
thing when it is to be enjoyed must
be enjoyed with a full sense of its
responsibility, and with the idea that
there is a duty imposed on everyone
who enjoys it of seing to it that it is
carried on for the benefit of all.
' The Scotch-Irishmen who lived in
this community were hard-headed.
They were willing to take upon them
selves the risk of being- strung up
as traitors to Great Britain, they
were willing to fight if out, as they
did so often thereafter in the Hor
nets' Nest; but they recognized their
responsibility as citizens and as in
dividuals, that if they went into the
business of self-government, they
must make that government worthy
of the name. Now, it is a fact that
by reason of the lax government
which Great Britain was able to
give our colonies I say 'lax' it was
lax, but it was unjust by fits and
starts, we were our ancestors were
the best prepared people for self
government that ever assumed an
independent government. They had
had 200 years of independence in the
sense of distance from the home gov
ernment. When brought to mind they
were attacked occasionally by such
tyranny as Governor Tryon manifest
ed in North Carolina and as was
manifested by other governors at dif
ferent times throughout the other
colonies, but all that time we were
gathering experience, we were gath
ering a sense of responsibility as to
our own communities so that when
in '75 you declared your independ
ence here, and in '7ti we all declared
our independence at Philadelphia, we
were in a ' condition with men as
great, as able, as full of the knowl
edge of statecraft as any nation in
Europe or any nation that ever lived,
to step into the ranks of nations and
carry on a government worthy the
consideration of the entire world.
Vanishing of Sectional Feeling.
"Now, we have had a great deal
of experience since that time. We
Union veterans from Pennsylvania,
who had taken part in the battles
about Petersburg, meet and frater
nize with 500 veterans of the Confed
eracy in their gray, and hear the ex
pressions of mutual esteem and mu
tual appreciation of the bravery on
both sides and the desire to further
unite without being convinced that
that is a sincere and a deep-rooted
feeling on both sides. It is true that
political divisions have continued in
such a way as at some times to seem
to perpetuate the. lines which were
made at the time of the war, but
even those lines are rapidly disap
pearing; and it is the duty of all of
us with respect to political partisan
ship to wipe out those lines as far
as we can, and to see.so far as we
may, that each state the tolerance of
opinion shall continue until there
shall be respectable parties on both
sides of the line, because it is essen
tial to have a good opposition to have
a good government.
To Make Union Closer.
"Now, if there is anything that 1
can do in my administration to make
that feeling of union more close, I
shall do it. When I was running for
the presidency, I prided myself on
having been the first Republican can
didate that ever came into North
Carolina seeking suffrages for the Re
publican party. I did not carry the
state, but I had a mighty good time.
I am anxious, of course, speaking
from a partisan standpoint and leav
ing my official position for a moment,
that the Republican party of North
Carolina should be strengthened
merely to have a good fight every
election, and of course in so far as
I may legitimately I .should be glad
to build up the Republican party.
Now, I understand that some of my
Republican friends think that I have
lost sight of the Republican' party in
putting into office in North Carolina
a gentleman now upon the supreme
bench of the state, but a lawyer of
the highest eminence and learning
and integrity, and a Democrat.
"I promised, after 1 was president
elect, not before the election, to the
South that 1 would do the best. 1
could to wipe out the feeling that
the central government at Washing
ton was a government alien to the
Southland, and I pointed out that he
only way by which the executive
could cure that feeling was, in so
far as in him lay, to put into office
men in whom the community at
large, without regard to party, would
have the highest confidence. Now, 1
am trying to do that and I am going
to appoint Republicans and I am go-
111 FIRED
Oil BURGLAR
FIVE TIES
By Associated Press.
Gainesville, Ga., May-21. Awaken
ed at an early hour yesterday to find
a burglar in heY home on a farm
several miles from Gainesville. Mrs.
James S. Longstreet, aged widow ot
the famous Confederate general, open
ed fire on the intruder, causing him
to leave the house post haste, aband
oning his booty as he fled.
Mrs. Longstreet heard the burglar
in the- dining room, which adjoins her
bed room. Quietly arising from the
bed she seized a revolver and tip
toed down the room. There the man
was busy stowing away family plates
in a sack. She immediately opened
fire, shooting five times.
Neighbors, who heard the shots,
hurried to the Longstreet home, but
Mrs. Longstreet had again calmly
retired.
Pres byt erians
At Denver
By Associated Press.
"Denver, Col.. May 21 The general
assembly of the Presbyterian church
met this morning and before adjourn
ment at noon the organization for
actual business of the church execu
tive body was well underway.
Dr. Roberts, of Philadelphia, was
re-elected stated clerk, a position he
has held for 2G years, and Judge
Charles S. Holt, of Chicago, was ap
pointed vice moderator.
The four hundredth anniversary of
the birth of John Calvin will be cele
brated this afternoon. Elaborate pre
parations have been made to make
the event noteworthy.
What Party
Stands For
ing to appoint Democ rats, striving in Asso,.5aU.r, PrPSS.
each case to get a man who wjiI com- ,; ...... ,
WaSIUiiglUII. I. V.. -I. .jtw.
Culberson, speaking in the senate said:
writ of habeas corpus to release pen- j have been through a number of wars,
pie at Bilibid prison who had been tve watched the institution of slav
there from four to ten years. When i ery grow bv unfortunate circumstan
they heard how he had gotten them ces until it seemed to be an issue
out. they wanted to attend in a mass j that had to be fought out, and that
and come and thank me at my house, j wc could not cure the body politic
I expressed my appreciation of their j except by an incision that threatened
ratitude, but as I was not quite sure
but that half of them ought to have
the whole physical structure of the
nation. But we have lived that
been where iney were anynow, l ex-. through. You in the Southland had
cused them from coming and received i the troubles, the suffering. The sad
an acknowledgement in the form of a i iOKs was burned into your hearts with
table ornament, such as tney give in i Im,ch lllorc emnhasis than we iu tht
the Philippines, which consists of a ; Northland, because here was the ceu-
Duncife ot tootnpicivs. tre 0f the war, and it is entirely nat-
Indictrnent by Grand Jury. t ural that in that forty years which
"To so nn. the writ, of habeas cornus bave succeeded the war, with the con-
in d worship at the shrine of justice, Unaccompanierl by some sense of the
iiome ami iuuuu y , rptinnns n nrv nt no.it srovernment. are
le wnose worth nttle c
whose loyalty to
and God is unstinted; a peop
or nothing. It is the men
is one thing; an indictment by "a grand
jury is another. That is mere proce
dure. That is not a general right. It
tinuancc here of the race whose face
was the cause of the war, that their
condition, even after the magna nani-
is a mere form cf procedure. The nrous spirit snown on octn siaes ii
risrht of tripl hv iurv is another form Appomattox was Dlazoned to the
of procedure. Then there is the four- world there should continue a bitter-
patriot ism is as boundless as the in-1 -u f0rwarfi knowing what they are Ueenth amendment and the other, the ness of feeling that" time and long
.. . - l . l : I - ... ... t f j . : . , i , ... i j . Htyio (.'in I a nnK, orncc lint whfTi VVP
iuercc cf the American republic. doirr when thev are cutting off their
The vast crowds that have gather-1 ,.Qioin tr. ot-o tavern merit and lin
ed in this beautiful city in this May- j ,ierstand that the only justification
time this year, are not merely paying ;fo so doing is the preparation and the
tribute to history and heroism ana i practical preparation of
Presi-! lvlOT1t
u nractical preparation of a new govern-
patriotism. but they come, Mr. Fresi- men That is what makes Anglo-
dent, to pay tribute to the eminent j saxon liberty; that is what has distin-
fifteenth amendment to the constitu- time couici oniy erase; uui wnen
tion which nccords to cverv one the look back I think we must congratu
rifM not tn he denrived of bis nroo- late ourselves that even in that time
ertv without due process of law. That the feeling has so largely disappeared,
firo imt tov fiv.-,t v(ki nr nnt t.- hfl and that we are now a more united
T.
pharartpr the snleridid fame, the
worthy service and the exalted posi
tion of the president of our common
country. Fellow countrymen ot me
Carolinas, this sea ot intelligent races,
this happy audience, demonstrates a
welcome to him far beyond the power
of man to express in words.
"And yet it has been fitting that,
your honorable servant not merely in
his own behalf, and voicing his own
sentiments of joy, but in behalf of the
great commonwealth cf Carolina,
should participate in the exercises
as an official evidence of the sincere
pleasure of- the genuine welcome,
which North Carolina tenders to-day
to one whose strength was great
enough to make him the leader of a
-reat political party; whose manhood
and magnetism and patriotism and
greatness were sufficient to moke him
the highest official of the greatest peo
ple in the universe.
"Carolina, I present to you His Ex
cellency, the President of the United
States, Honorable William Howard
Taft. who will speak: to you."
i Jl T .-.y-ISrtc- o i"i rl
Governor iitcmn auu jauc.-
Gentlemen of the Carolinas:
"One of the embarrassments that
attends the intense pleasure I have in
coming into the Southland is the con
sciousness that I will have to do some
t-peaking. and that you are so used
to eloquence of the highest order that
I have to submit myself to a compari
son that is always invidious. I am
here this afternoon merely to talk
to you. What I have to say will not
rise to the dignity of a speech.
"In the first place, I should like to
express mv sincere gratitude to the
trovernor of your state, to the senators
of your state, and to the congressmen
of your state, who have done me the
honor to be present on this occasion,
and to give me welcome. I should like
that we dealt with what was practical
deprived of your property unjustly.
You may be. All that it says is that
you shall have a hearing before a
tribunal, and that if a man is going
country than ever since I should say
even a decade oetore the war.
"One could not stand, as I did, on
the platform yesterday, and see 1,200
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MAY 20TH, 1909 !
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mend himself to the community
which he lives.
'.'It is suggested that it is an insult
to the Republicans of a district u
appoint a Democrat a judge because
from that is to be inferred that there
is no Republican worthy of the ap
pointment, and I understand that
there are some gentlemen in the
Democratic party who are willing to
make that inference as strong as pos
sible. But I venture to say that when
the whole account is added up, that
spirit will have disappeared and the
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find that it is not such a popular
method of attacking the Republican
administration after all.
Did No More Than Harrison.
"I pleaded to my itepublican
friends as a vindication ami jumui
cation of my course, the course of as
orthodox a Republican as ever lined
the executive chair, and a man man
whom there never was a prcsiueia
who did so much to maintain the
standard of the federal judiciary, as
Benjamin Harrison, for he deemed it
is duty to put one Democrat on iu:
Kiinrerr.e. nenen anu two on ui"."
courts of appeal. The federal judi-
ctary, my dear menus, n my i.ui.u
the strongest bulwark that we nave
in all this country to protect ulti
mately our institutions of civil liber
ty. There are the things in mo ieu
cral constitution that we must love
and must hug to our bosom if we
continue this civilization, and there
fore there is no more sacred duty
that the executive has than in the
selection of men whose appointment
and services on the bench will
strengthen it with all the people at
lnrze: and therefore, ordinary con
siderations of political partisanship
have much less application to me ap
pointment of judges than they do to
other and temporary officers. The
federal judiciary should be as much
appreciated in the South as it is in
the North, and if I have an oppcr
tnnitv to make any appointments in
the South, it will continue to be the
chief dutv I have to make such ap-
nointments as shall appeal to all the
people whether they be Republican
or Democrat, and I urge 'all citizens'
whether they be Republicans or Dem
ocrats, to. accept the appointments
made as men, if they are men. who
will carrv on the high duties
a single eye to the administration ot
justice, and not to make use of them
for any partisan argument or parti
san appeal.
The President Closes.
"And now, my dear friends. I have
got to the end of my speech, I be
lieve. I do not think that we are at
a point where there is to .be a politi
cal revolution in the South. I never
had such a dream. But I believe we
are on the eve of such a condition in
the South that there shall be com
plete tolerance of opinion and that
there shall grow into respectable
power an opposition party in "ach
state which tJull tend to the better
ment of the government as it exists
in the state and which shall give "
occasionally, as you have already
given us in North Carolina, a Re
publican in a crowd of Democrats,
in order that we may' have represen
ed in the congress at Washington
your views without regard to some
past issue, without regard to the
ghost of an issue that really ought
not to influence vou in enforcing
those particular economic views that
you really entertain.
"Let me again say to you, how my
While there may be found a Democrat
who is a protectionist, or another who
is a free trader, yet iho Democratic
party believes in neither protection nor
free trade. It stands for a revenue ta
riff, that is for a tariff that will ad
mit imports yielding revenue primarily
as opposed to protective duties whether
levied on finished products or on raw
materials."
Liberian Commission
Down at Business
Monrovia. Liberia, Tuesday, May 13.
via Sirrc Leone. May 21. Members of
the America Liberian commission. R
P. Falkner, E. J. Scott and Dr. Geo.
Sale, who arrived at Monrovia May
K, on board the scout cruiser. Chester,
have been busy since their arrival with
l.reliminaries to their investigation
into conditions in the Liberian repub
lic. They are all in excellent health,
but inclined to complain of attentions
and courtesies shown them on every
hand, as so many invitations interfere
with their work. -
President Back
At White House
Washington. May 21. President
Taft and party returned from Char
lotte, North Carolina.
The train carrying his party arriv
ed ?t 10: 30 a. m. The president was
driven direct to the White House.
Would Stop Target Practice.
Chattanooga. Tenn., May 21. Resi
dents of Catoosa county, Georgia, de
claring that the government rifle
range there is a menace to life and
are preparing a petition for an in
junction to prevent target practice
by the 11th U. S. Cavalry.
heart has been aroused by the cordi
ality of your reception, by the non
partisan welcome of your distinguish
ed governor and your congressmen
and vour senators, whether Republi
cans or Democrats, and to say to you
that I haven't spoken here conscious
ly a word to influence you in a par
tisan way. but it is impossible todis
cuss the conditions without mention
ing the parties I hope you will there
fore forgive me for an apparent ref
erence to political conditions when I
am really only extending to you the
right-hand of fellowship as Americans
explaining possibly by inference some
of the difficulties of conducting this
government as its thief executive. I
thank you.
Prize Winning Floats.
In the floral division of the parade
the first prize went to the Knights
of Columbus float representing the
"landing of Columbus." The second
was awarded to Mecklenburg Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion.
For the best decorated automobile
or double team. No. 2. Mrs. C. B. Bry
ant was awarded the first and Mis
Carrie Louise Davidson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Daidon. the st-c-ond.
For b'est pony care or buggy. No. 2.
Mrs. F. D. Lethco. first prize, and No.
1. Miss Annie Summerrow, second
prize.
For best individual buggy. No. 12.
Mrs. Fred Misenheimer. first prize, and
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