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YOL. XXXIX No 99.
"WTLMIM G-TON. N. C. DECEMBEJEi 25, 1906
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FOREFATHER'S
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PURITANS ID GAUAL1ERB
Difference in the Make-up of the
Two People.
!VJieel in Individual Liberty
ftid the other in the Lilcrty of Local
Self. Government and the Right to
Regulate His Own Affairs Upon the
SO'.ill: Bests the Problem of the Ne
icrc. Upon Vci England the Prob-
'. : i ti;- iien.
New York. December 22 With three
governors, Uvo college presidents, an
atlmi:! of the Tailed States navy, a
bishop and a distinguished explorer as
its principal guests, the New England
society of New York tonight celebrated
its one hundred and first anniversary
with a banquet, at the Waldorf Astoria.
The big ball room of the hotel was
decorated with Hags and bunting and
immediatey behind the chair of Presi
dent Austin 15. Fletcher was a large
framed picture of the seal of the so
ciety. The toast. 'Forefathers' Day." was
responded to by liishcp Lawrence;
'"Sectionalism and Nationality" was ike
topic assigned to President Alderman.
President Aldeiman said that ho
brou bt the greetings and good will
of the old dominion and her daughter
states to New England. He reviewed
:it length the elements which entered
into t he make-up of the two people, the
puritan -in the north and. the cavalier
in the south, with the Scotch-Irish
strain added, both becoming believers
in liberty, the northern branch in indi-1
viduai Jiberty and the Virginian in the
liberty of local self-government and the
ri.s&t to regulate his own affairs. These
different view points when applied to
tiitTnegro question brought on the war.
frouching on state rights. President
Alderman said:
'Tile doctrine of state's rights, as a
necessity of popular government is
again engaging the attention of this
republic because mightier forces than
war are vitaliing this old issue under
new enemies and those who understand
it best and love it dearest and will
fight for it longest, are those who live
In tihe states where devotion to it one
had power to separate them from a
country they had fought to found.
There is nothing stranger or mor.-j in
teresting in political history than the
reeurence of this best loved dogma of
the south, unconnected with secession
and imconfused with slavey, as neces
sary to federal union and human free
com. "If, as Mr. Root thinks, the struggle
is on between the growing power of the
federal government and the decreasing
authority of the states you can count
, ,n h.a southerner to he on th? Sido
of maintaining the just balance; no
American sees more clearly than he
just what is the vital spot in the liberty
of a sitate. 1 interpret Mr. Root's
speech as a prophecy and a warning
rather than as a plea for centralization.
The drift that way is unquesnoneu.
Will the states ict ine unit wuu.u....
"Wfcen race riot oecurrs. there are
outer-tea and loud voices and some sink -
.r T 4. I-,-, v.n'oo rio?i lnirW
ilLj Ol ilCYlil, AU1 IJJ .im-iA. .w...
how hard it is to distinguish between
the moral and economic phases of such
a problem as that which produces those
outbreaks. I dare to say here tonight
-tfipt the people of the south ure hand
illg the oroblems of the African, which
lias both marred and moulded the
will eonunuu at v ui iv iu i, w .
tae quality and breed of our race shall ;
not bo allowed to deteirorate and the
quality of justice be allowed to become .
cheapened. Upon the south rests ih?;
burdein of the African and the proo-,
lemof the integrity of the race as upon
New England and her breed rests the
burden of assimilating the discontented
snd aspiring of all lands.
"Will the age-long antagonism be
tween New England and the south ever
end? They are peoples of long memo
ries, of stiff necks and perhaps will
never lie down in lion and lamD lasii
Vthii neSsarv or desirable
IS I3 ?rWio or th-
Vf fthft Ktnhil-itv of 'the reP-UDLlO or uis
fnr the stabilitv of 'the republic
5randenr of its ideals. Fate only
drove them to war for their laeais or
Americanism, As the struggle for lib-
ertv
Hl-ps m tiptv rrtinses late may
briflS tkem to understanding and sym
pathy." Charleston, S. C, December 22. The
R?th annual banquet of New England
, tto-eiety of Charleston, was enjoyed by
Add
national development for three nunu.cd independent investigation will be made j in a fire that destroyd their home at
years, as wisely as any people on carta bj. lilton D. Purdy, an assistaat to the i pomptton Lake, X. J., early this morn
could hope to do in the first generation .ltlrney general, who talked w"th the ing. The mother and children were
of African freedom and in a tinio of president today concerning the matter. the oniy occupants of the house when
human foment and struggle in all Purdv will leave W-ishingtoi., sit the fire sarted. How the fire started
about one hundred members and guests J
tonight at the St. John hotel. D
S. Vedder, the venerable president, pre- .
sided and anions the special guests was j
Hon Francis Rives Lassiter, of VIr-j
ginia, who responded t the loan
"Forefather's Day." Mr. Lassiter'.s
climax was as follows i
"Let the platform be for the union.
Let it be broad as political science and j
keen as self interest. Let it be written j
in a lme. It will be buttressed by
forty-six towers where gleam as many j
stars and every star a state. Necessity .
1 win ritB it i ointv million hearts
Abolish unjust taxation; tariff reiorm;
H 111 s A All C ' " t
reserved rights of the state and of the j
people."
He took occasion to score the national ;
administration roundly and in ontIu- j
sion suggested as a way out of possi- i
ble trouble, the nomination of a south- j
ern man for president 'in 1008.
'The strategy of modern national
ists," he declared, "is the indirect en-j
largement of fe.leral ptowess. " No
scheme of taxation is too reckless ;
that will idle up the million?, miidon::
used in exaggcr.-' i.i'j: national splendor
and in debauching
'he unthinkm:.', wnc
hone evervthi::-V Lor::
!i ove:f:ov:m;.
government treasury.
i: ' . " "
"We aie not here to device detail
hut whf-n ,ne cabinet officer h
ms i
i
jrower to lock u; fifty millions oi' :cl
lars needed in the country's trade, I he
is something wrong.
"Tcdav the president o
f the 1 idled
Urates form.-
himsvlf on the model ot :
! Caesar and adopts the manners of mod
ern emperois.. Though occupying oi
fieiaf place he is never unmindful of the
partisan necessities of the political
newer which elevated him to office."
Allusion was made to the suggestion
of personal Intermediaries looking for
assistance of the Vatican, to the prop
osition made to congress that the pres
ident be given the right to dismiss
officers of the army or navy without
trial and to fix tenure of office in civi,
service and the remedy for all this was
said to be to choose a conservative
southerner for president.
MXiBO WAS APTKi; 31 ON Li V.
All LiYorts to Catch Assailant of Cap
tain laeklin Cnsucces-dul Mayor
Penrose's Report of the Affair.
El Reno, Okla.. December 22.
Blood hounds placed on the trail of the
negro, who last night shot and sen-
ously wounded Captain liagar it. -uaciv-lin,
of Company C. 25th infantry at
Fort Reno, today followed the scent
from Macklin's quarters to Darlington,
a small station on the Rock Island rail
road, four miles southeast; of the fort.
it is believed tne negro escapeu ou v
northbound train. There is a steep
rade at Darlington, an dtrams are
forced to run slowly.
It was learned today that; Captain
Macklin, who is in charge of the post
exchange, is in the habit of keeping
large sums of money in she hcuse
when not convenient to take it to the
bank at El Reno, five miles from the
post.. Last evening, he had $1,5C0 in
au upstairs room, and today he said
that the negro, aiming a revolver
cried: "I want the money up stairs'
Washington. Des 22 Mayor Penrose,
in command ar Fort Reno, Oklahoma,
made the following report by telegraph
today to the military secretary con
cerning the shooting oT Captain Mack
lin: "Captain Macklin was shot twice last
evening by an unknown colored man,
,-oo in thp frifp break ins the jaw, and
once in the side. The latter wound is
only a slight one and neither wound is
believed serious by surgeons and ulti
mate recovery is assured if complica
tions which are not anticipated do not
set in. I am satisfied after a rigid in
vestigation that: the shooting wai not
done by any member ot teas coramanu.
Tl-iccd rounds now on the tiail Neither
Macklin nor his cook, who witccssed
the shooting, can give an accurate de
scription of the man Am doing every
thing possible in the matter."
AN OTHER I N V MSTI GAT ION
iv.n;,.li to Get at the
1 rue
Af-
-.iiww r tiw P.rownsvill
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Washington. December 21. An
other investigation is to be made of
the trouble at. Brownsville, Texas, as
a result of which a battalion of the
twenty-fifth infantry was discharged
without honor" by the presi;den-:. This
for Brow
the inquirv as thorough as possible and
may visit other points than Browns
ville to secure evidence.
FORFEITED THEIR CHARTERS
Lumbermen AYiU try to Throw Rail
roads in Hands of Receivers.
Minneapolis. Minn.. December 22. j
Mississippi Valley Lumberman. a
prominent organ of the Western lum-
ber trade announces today that the
lumber and shingle manufacturers of
the Pacific coast have already under-
way steps looking to an application for
- - t- i
receivers ior cciiam i.vmi-iiu.
admitted that the properties are per- j
fectiy solvent but the attack is to be
made orr the ground that .the roads
nav lorieitetl tneir cnaners mruugi.
insufficient service. The interests
back of the movement have prepared
elaborate data showing delays in tran
sit and losses to shippers through fail
ure to receive cars.
Roosevelt Bears T5
at Render's.
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Count Alexis Ignatieff Killed by
him
UHKnOWn iliail.
ATTIrj ,:i TO COMMIT SI ICIDJ:.
Deed Commute! in Restaurant Ah-
sassin Fired G Bullets into Victim's
Body Seized Before lie Could Com
plete Attempt to Kill Himself and
Turned Over to Police.
Tver, Russia, December 22. Count
Alexis Ignatiefl, a member of the coun
cil of the empire and ex-governor gen
eral of Kiev, Volhynia and Podolia, was
shot and killed by an pnknown man
here today in the refreshment romn
i or tne nan occupied uy tne nooies as
J sembly. The assassin fired six bullets
fro ma revolver into his victim's body
and then tried to' commit suicide, but
was seized before he could do so and
j is now in custody of the police
At the moment or tne assassination
Count Ignatieff was sitting with other
.members of the Zemstvo in the refresh
! ment room. The Zemstvo meets in the
nobles' assembly
hall. Suddenly a
young man who had been siting apart,
arose, and approaching the count,
emptied the contents of a revolver at
him. One of the shots pierced his heart
and the count died almost instantly.
The murderer followed by some mem
bers of the zemstvo fled to an adjoin
ing room where he turned his revolver,
two chambers of which he had reloaued
toward his own breast. One shot miss
ed his body entirely and the other
pierced his shoulder He was then
seized and at the moment his pur
suers laid hold of him, he shouted: "I
did what I came here to do."
A card of admission to the zemstvo
bearing the name of Kulikoff was
found in the assassin's pocket His ap
pearance is that of a working man.
MUS. W. A. GATTTS PARALYZED.
Ilaptist State Mission Board KIcct two
"Evangelists.
(Special to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. C , December 22. Mrs.
Wliliam A. Gattis, whose husband, a
wTell known Confederate veteran, died
here three years ago, -was paralyzed
this afternoon. She is a prominent
local Daughter of the Confederacy.
Adjutand General and Mrs. Thomas
R Robertson left for Virginia to spend
the holidays.
Rev. W. T. Bradshaw, of Reidsville,
and Rev. Braxton Craig, of Rocky
Mount are elected evangelists by the
sate Baptist Mission Board, the former
for the western half of the state, the
latter for the eastern half
Get your fireworks and candies to
morrow at the Carl B. Render Candy
Company.
INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.
Signor Giacci Gives Demonstration of
How a Seeming Miracle is Perform
ed. Rome, December 22. An interesting
experiment was conducted at the
People's Palace here today when Signor
Gadcci gave a visible and comprehen
sible demonstration of the yearly mir
acle of the liquifying of the blood of
St. Gennaro, which is kept in a ia in
the church of St. Gennaro, at Naples.
Signor Giacca explained and showed
that this change was effected by the
use of a chemical combination, known
to the ancients for the purification of
blood and that blood treated with it
liquifies at a, certain temperature. Sig
nor Giacci performed his experiments
j with calf's blood, adding thereto sub
stances the nature of which he did not
reveal. He will make a scientific com
munication in the matter.
MOTHER AND CHILDREN BURNED
Lost Their Lives in Fir. Wliieh De
stroyed Their Home.
New York. December 2. Mrs. Alice
Linen McWithey and her children,
Helen, six years old, and Elizabeth,
four years old, were burned to death
seen standing: at a window appealing
for help. Before a ladder could be
procured Mrs. McWithey fell, over
come by the flames. After the ruins
cooled a search- was made for the
bodies. In the cellar was found a
portion of Mrs. McWithey s body and
o. fragment of the body of one of the
children.
Sailed for Home.
New York. December 22. The Earl
of rxinmore, head of the Christian
J Scientists in England, who came here
a feW days ago to pay a brief visit to
, Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, at ConeorJ,
N. H., sailed for home today on the
steamer St. Louis.
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B nk Robbed of $30,000.
El Paso, .Texas. December 22. The
Torron branch of the Bank of Cca
huila at Terr eon, Mexico, .was robbed
three days ago of $30,000 in gold and
bills. The robbery was concealed until
today, in the hope of apprehending the
robbers. The bank officers will not
jtalk for publication.
LEASE OF U1C.
no valid
i
Supreme Court Decides in Favor
of State.
SUSTAINED BY AUTHORITIES.
State had Full Power to Lease the
Bond Court alsb Decides That it
Will not Enjoin the Building of
'Bridge Across Pamlico River Oili
er Opinions Piled.
Special to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. C , December 22. The
supreme court filed the following opin
ions: Hill vs. Atlantic & North Caro
lina railway from Craven, affirmed;
Pedrick vs. Railroad, from Beaufort,
affirmed; Keel vs. Contraction Co,
from Wayne, affirmed; Sutton vs
Davis, from Union, modified; Holland
vs. Railroad, from Moore, no error;
Canady vs. Railroad, from Guilford, re
vised; Hickory vs. Railroad, from Ca
tawba, former decree modified; Duck
worth vs. Mull, from Burke, reversed;
Bank vs. Hollingsworth, from Bun
combe, no error; Hairsion vs, Leather
Company, from Buncombe, no error;
ledford vs. Emerson, from Cherokee,
no error on each appeal; state vs. Hes
ter, from Rutherfordton, motion to re
instate, appeal continued until next
term.
The most important opinion is the
case Hill vs. Atlantic and North Caro
lina railway writtenb y Justice Walker.
It is of great length Hill and the
commissioners of Craven sued to annul
the lesser to make The court says the
Carolina railway to the Howland Im
provement Company, now the Atlantic
and North Carolina company. The
principal point was whether the lease
was ultra vires of beyond the power of
the lesser to make, the court says the
case is exceedingly important, but
former decisions of this court greatly
lessen difficulty of deciding it. If it
were an open question it would be very
serious problem. This charter and that
of the North Carolina railway are preT
cisely similar parts of them being
copies of each other and the sace thing
applies to this lease. The power to
"farm out," which is given in the char
ter fully authorizes the making of the
lease. The court found in the North Car
olina 'railway case one which was very
well considered. After the Richmond
and Danville railway had taken over
the North Carolina railway under a
lease it changed the gauge through the
charter forbid the change but the
courts held the road which had the
lease had all the rights and privileges
granted later by this court which de
cisively answered questions of ultra
vires over 30 years ago. Judge L.ng,
in the court below, while differing from
the view held by the court i'l North
Carolina railway lease case, ycl held
the lease to be valid Judge Walker
says the supreme court concurs ruiiy
with him in this opinion.
Another case of much inteiest in
North Carolina is that cf Fedrick vs.
Railroad, in which the court decides
that' iu.will not enjoin the building of
the bridge across the Familco river at
Washington. The legislature authori
zed the construction of such a bridge
and Pedrick and others sought to an
nul this act of that body, i'he court
will not interfere in tne matter. It
is clear that the state has ecntio! of its
navigable waters and thai it has given
the right to the railway company to
cross the river This court will not
interfere wit.h great public improve
meents which have beea gven full
rights in such manner. In case d an-
nady vs.' Railroad the court says North
Carolina courts will follow the law as
decided in other states.
CAN'T P.E AEFIREM OR DENIED.
Alleged Thru American Cattle are to
be Shipped to Germany, Slaughtered
ant! Distributed Over the Country
in Refrigerator Cars.
Bedlin, December 22. The Deutsche
Tage-Zeitung. the most important cf
the agrarian organs, printed an article
today headed "The surrender of Ger
many to the American Meat Trust," in
which the writer said that informal on !
had been obtained from a trustworthy j
source to the effect that the German- j
American tariff commission was c!L- I
cussing tne importation or mnericu-a
live cattle into Germany by way of
Hamburg, the slaughtering f the cat
tle there and the transportation of the
meat to various places in Germany ia
refrigerator cars. The pa::r add:d
that it. alo had learned lha; negotia
tions were going on between various
TTamh-.-r-r shioninsr firms and the Ham
bure authorities concernm
tee estal-
lishment of the necessity technical
bindings. The article concluded witu
expressing the hope that no minister
would be found to carry out a plan
which would ruin Germany's cattle
raising
The American tariff commissioners
are precluded from giving any inform
ation on subjects connected with the
proceedings of the commissica under
an agreement with the German repre
sentatives not to disclose what takes
place until the report of the commis
sion is made public in Washington.
Therefore nothing can be ascertained
officially regarding the correctness ot
the statements made by the Deutsch
Tages-Zietung which generally Is well
informed.
r.vnxRK or brokerage firm.
Arnold Iee & Co., Makes Alignment.
Stringency of the Money Market
Said to be the Cause.
New York. December 22. The sus
pension of the brokerage firm of Ar
nold Lee & Company was announced
on the stock exchange today.
L. V. Hubbard, to whom the firm has
assigned, issued a statement in which
ho said that the assignment wis mad"
for the benefit of all creditors. Ho
said that the firm's embarrassment was
caused direetly by the stringency of the
money market and that he was hopeful
that a settlement satisfactory to ail
the creditors may soon Vh mad and
that the firm will be able to resume
business. No estimate of the assets
or liabilities was given out. The firm I
has branch offices in the upper sr. -tio i
of New York eitv
Snn monoid ic cormKur I
established thirty-liw years ag.
The
was
bv Arnold Iee. He retired from a?nvi j
business some time ago ;nid .inee ih.;t
time the business has been under the
direction of his son, Edgar E. Lee. The
firm had an office in Philadelphia,
where a large business was done.
The standing of Arnold Lee & Com
pany on the exchange wns very hign
and the announcement of the suspen
sion came as :i great surprise t- a
majority of the board members. Much
sympathy was expressed for Mr. LQe
and many prominent brokers called
personally at his office to offer condol
ences. A meeting of the creditors lias
been called for December 20.
Mr. Hubbard, the assignee of Ar
nold Lee & Company, said that, th
Philadelphia branch was not respon
sible for the failure cf the firm. Mr.
Mubbard said that the only reason he
could assign for the failure was its in
a bility to raise money during the re
cent stringency in the money market.
He had no idea of the firm's liabilities.
THERE WILL RE NO STRIKE.
Threatened Tie-up of Christmas
lie Averted Officials ami
Reach an Agreement.
Traf
Men New York, December 22. There will
be no holiday strike of railroad yard
men in this city This much was made
known tonight at the conclusion of a
conference between railroad officials
and representatives of the employees
who recently demanded an increase of
five cents an hour in wages, coupling
with the demand a threat to step work
under the old schedule today.
The terms of the agreement or na
ture of the arrangements entered is
withheld for a little while, the official
announcement being oniy to the effect
that- an amicable understanding had
been reached and the threatend tie-up
of Christmas traffic avoided. The
roads affected had offered an increase
of four cents an hour and the Pennsyl
vania further agreed to make an addi
tional advance to which the other
roads would agree. This was not satis
factory to the men and the difference
of one centi between the offer' and de
mand unsettled, the yard men issued
an ultimatum to the roads stating that
un'ss '"ic lucre.! ..' soush was con
ceded the men would strike today.
This was the situation when Grand
Master P. H Morrisey of the Brother
hood of Railway Men, went into con
ference with the general managers of
the eight roads m' v?d pad the griev
ance committees of the several yard
crews. The conference continued until
late tonight even after an agreement
had been announced. This joint state
ment was given out:
"Negotiations between the New York
harbor yardmen, through their com
mitees headed by Grand Master P. H.
Morrisey and foi e n-t masur
James Murdock and the managers re
sulted in a satisfactory adjustment of
matters under discussion and the best
of good feeling prevails; the men and
the ;!ficers wi.j . " fir upon
adjournment, a Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year "
Horrible Affair Near Oakland.
Florence, Ala., December 22. .News
has been received here of a horrible
affair near Oakland, this county, in
which William Lewis, a negro, w .
killed by two women of his own ri
Hannah Johnson and Ann Sum:
Lewis was abusing one of the v.-..-: i
when the other hit him on ti e j:. a
with a brick, rendering him a: :
scious. They then pounded 1 he:; i
into a jelly with bricks and made .
escape across the Tennessee river.
Hearing
RECORD BROKEN.
Only
one Hour Consumed in
Divorce Suit.
ot Paul. Minn.,
Tr,s, "fy-om
special to the Pionec-3
Vfuk-t.ir.. S. t . savs:
A divorce was granted t.-r.i-ht to
Mr. James G. Blaine, wife of the son
of the former secretao or
stat'. o
grounds of non-support ar.d cesertion.
The case begun before Judjre E. C.
Smith, at 7 o'clock and at S o'clock
the decree had been jrranted and the
iiiv-i)!'iT( -A-ife had taken f- tram
i y'l
I iOi
i the fac-t. This break? tn rocor
j time, cor.surr.ee in
in a divorce hearing in
South Dakota.
Found Unconscious.
ii p.-.sn. Tfcip. December 22. Ma.e
!
ter Mechanic Kipp. of th American j York Dee-mbe'- 2 Th 'on
Smelter and Refining companies' Smel- rk, Decembe. ia a.
ter here, and his wife were found un-f masted M:hooner Augustus Melt, !-ie-conscious
today in the wxeck of tbe:rjtain Sproul. which sailed from Svar-automobilc-
beside the Southern Pacific naDf Ga.. November 21. for Perth Am-
track. It is supposed they were strucK
by a train. Both. It is believed will re
cover. Bank Clearances.
New York, December 22. The state
ment of clearing house banks fo- the
week shows that the banks hold 2
280,900 more than the legal reserve re
quirements. This Is an increase of
$4,799,950 as compared with last week.
IN PARTY
Powerful Faction Opposed to
President Roosevelt.
IE SITUATION CRITICAL
Game Being Played for Biggest
u ' uu
Slake in Politics.
One t hiol,- Laucilj jcvU- th Liit
lal! of the Problem !'dn:r
liaise ut e-ro Troops as a Ycatoii
lYar That Mr. LoreU Mux he in
Poiiittii to Select ili Suocv-vor.
0M-it licxnli Mav not hur for
Some 'linn- t;anu of t'raft Asaln-t
(ran.
( Special to The Mes.-e.ager.)
Washington. December 22. Is a
schism in the republican party immi
nent? The question is asked hourly
in Washington, by men high in council
in both republican and democratic par
ties. Some who ask the question hope
the answer will be affirmative. Others
dread the possibility. All agnv as to
the criticalness of the situation.
That there is in congress, especially
in the Semite, a powerful faction on
posed to President Roosevelt is ho well
known as to need no argument to -jtip-port
the fact. This faction eagerly
desires and persistently seeks the pres
ident's undoing. It is iersonally oppos
ed to Roosevelt, but more strongly
opposed to Rooseveltism as a republi
can creed. It opposes things advocated
by Roosevelt which under other cir
cumstances it might espouse, opposes
them simply and tle!y bvauso they
are advocated by Roosevelt. A rui
deal of its opposition is under cover,
indirectness being made necessary by
the fact that the suntry appears to be
in support of the president.
In the matter of the discharge of Ai
battalion of colored troops because cf
the riot at Brownsville, Eex., he nnti
Roosevelt republican senators b-eliev'
they have a chance to put the presidea;
in a bad light before the country, and
they have Liken instant advantage- of
!it: If any one supposed that oil
this outcry results from outraged feel
ing over an alleged Injustice to neg'o
soldiers, he is very simple indeed. Too
"Brownsville affair," as it has come to
be known, is merely a pawn, and a
minor one at that, in the big gamo
being played under the dome on Capitol
Hill. There is not at the Capitol any
genuine sympathy for the discharged
soldiers. It is a game of poLitic pure
and simple, and it is being playel by
a cabal of the craftiest politicians .o
be found anywhere on earth.
The game that is being played, more
over, is for the biggest stake in Amer
ican politics the presidency. There i.s
some fear that, should then be im
check in Mr. Roosevelt's popularity, the
190S nomination may be forced uion
him; but it is not especially against
this the opposition senators nr bend
ing their efforts. The thing they reil
ly fear i3 that Mr. Roosevelt may be
in u position to dictate the select-on of
his successor, and this they are deter
mined to prevent. They are resolved
there shall not be another president
of the Roosevelt school, if they can pre vent
it: and if the past is any index
to the future, there is at least an even
chince they can.
It is doubtful if th- .senate combin t-
ioo hr.-i yet select'-d a man to -cr
. gri't Roosevelt or Roosevelt's cho.'-
, r n.e nomination, but there are strong
.uc 'cations that Senator Foraker, of
lio, 13 largely favored. It is admitte I
..ere is a substantial element of repub
lican vote. Senator Foraker couM nM
- .mmand, but it is believed he would
gain enough conservative deirocratic
I votes to offset any republican disaffe -
t tion,
I It is this situation that raises the
nuery as Up an impending republican
!S"rnism The break, if break thero be.
i i not like.lv to occur at once; because
1 . v - .I.. .1,1 . i -i .' i r o M-"nn 'i r . . rn ,
' ducting the serrato opposition have no
stomach for forlorn hopes, ami triey
' will not show their hand until they fed
; .sured victory is within their grasp.
When the Carl IJ. Rehdr Candy :.
advertisr- 30e L'hocolates for ZOc yu
ef .just .what's, advertised. . Other
stores can't afford to rive tresn en'- -
olates at such low prices.
1 - - -
TWO WEEKS OVEIH'E.
Four-Masted Schooner Augustus '".eft
lom "aamiah for Perth Ami'' .
boy, N. J., is two weeks overdue. Notn
ing has been heard of the vessel sinco
she left Savannah.
Captain Sproul's family reside at
Booth Bay, Maine. A relative if the
family was making inquiries toiay 'oa
oernlng.tho schooner. It was stated at
the oQcorof J. 1L Cox, of this city,
owner-xT the vessel, that no aaxiety
waselt as to her safety.