r. ntinued f»‘rvm first paj^e
Saturday, May 11, 1912, there is » head-
line reading, ‘Circulars Insult Honest
Teacher,’ oyer an article referring to
campaign literature sent out in advoca
cy of Hon. Oscar W. Underwood for
President; the article was inspired by a
letter written to me by a teacher
whom you do not name, but whom I
have no hesitancy in identifying as Dr.
M. C. S. Noble, of Chapel Hill. Hy
the way, it may be interesting to note
that the copy of the letter sent me was
marked “confidential,” but as he has
seen fit to give out the text to you I
presume that he has no objection to
my stating who wrote it. Dr. Noble
was irritated because every time Mr.
Wilson’s name was called in the letter
it appeared ‘Proffessor Wilson/ and
from this you argue that I have insulted
the teachers of the state. I confess I
stand amazed, for while I am not a
worshipper of the ex-president of Prin
ceton by any means, still I consider
him a very able man, and I had no idea
it would insult the teachers of the state
to class him among them. In fact,
am still of the opmson that you are
mistaken; the evidence of your head
line to the contrary notwithstanding, I
do not believe that there is a teacher
in the state of North Carolina who
would be aggrieved at the comparison
Throughout the body of the article,
you consistently endeavor to give the
impression that the Underwood bureau
has been sending out circulars abusive
of the teaching profession; you never
say so straight out, for you know very
well that no such circulars have been
sent out, but by repeated iniiuedo and
insinuation you strive to grive that
false impression. For instance, how
would the average reader construe this
sentence? “Sneers at ‘poverty-stricken
professors’ and like utterances are not
relished by the teaching profession of
the (rer.eral public.” Nine men out of
ten would infer that the Underwood
bureau had been sneering at some
teacher on account of his poverty, yet
you have not said so and you will not
say so, for you know that it is not
true. The sole time that the expression
“povarty-stricken” has been used in
Underwood campaign literature is in
the following sentence in reference to
Mr. Wilson’s hundred-thousand-dollar
campaign in Wisconsin. “The-poverty
stricken pedagogue has been carrying
on a campaign that would have bank
rupted all • the rest of them in two
months.” I will not insult the intelliif-
ence of the editor of the News and Ob
server by suggesting that he is so dull
of mind that he has not understood
that the sneer is not at Mr. Wilson’s
poverty, but at his pose.
Lest you may think that you have
not received all the evidence ■ in the
case, I am enclosing in this letter a
copy of every piece of literature that
has issued from the Underwood bureau.
Look it over; scan it carefully; read it
backwards, if you like, and print it if
you dare! You know very well that if
all the facts were laid before them the
people of North Carolina would be for
Underwood by an overwhelming majori
ty, and you know that your only chance
of making any impression upon the vot
ers is by means of a campaigfn of mis
representation and garbled news reports
such as the one under consideration.
You know that Mr. Wilson has been
abolutely out of the running for six
weeks; you know that his friends are
even now admitting that he has no
chance; but you also know that a
certain candidate from the Weft is
looming up larger every day, and if,
after the second or third ballot the
North Carolina delegation should be
handed over to him, you know whose
would be the glory—and the spoils!
You are national committeeman from
North Carolina and supp>osed to be
disinterested, and you are sending out
letters marked “personal” making
discreditable insinuations about one of
the candidates, and at the same time
you hold up hands of holy horror when
the supporters of Mr. Underwood, by
means of the mails, appeal directly to
the people, right over the head of the
national committeeman as well as the
state committee. They would have
made fine progress if they had attemp
ted to carry on their cam aign through
the colums of the News and Observer,
which will not even allow them space
to reply to direct attacks! You are
strong for the rule of the people as
long as the people are with you; but
when the Underwood men attempt to
get an expression from the people on
their candidate, you are shocked beyond
expression, and all but chat^ge them
with having attempted to bribe the
primary officials.
I would not be understood as accusing
the Editor of the News and Observer
of dishonesty personaly for soch
charge would be ridiculous on its face;
but I do accuse him of having allowed
his enthusiasm for one candidate to
carry him far beyond the bonds which
a fairminded man should ever allow
himself to cross. And I futhermore
charge him with using-perhaps uncon-
^ Bcioudly-'the candidacy of Woodrow
Wilson as a masic behind which lurks
the News and Observer’s real candidate
—William Jennings Bryan.
I shall be very much surprised if this
ever sees the light in the News and Ob
server; it would be contrary to the
settled policy of that journal to publish
a reply to any attack it choses to
make. But I shaU take care to see
that it is published in papers whose
eyes are not so blinded by the dazzling
glory of the Nebraskan that they are
unable to distinguish between good and
evil.
H, B. Vamer.
Manag4*r Underwood State Campaign
Committee.
Missed, of Course.
(From The Washington Star.)
Joseph H. Choate, at the Three Arts
Club benefit at the Republic theater,
in New York, told after his witty
speech:
Two young girls were drinking tea
when a young man passed. As he
passed the first girl blushed, displayed
a beautiful ring on her white hand
and murmured:
“Well, Jack and I am to be married
Eaater week.”
“But,” said the other girl. “1
thought you had thrown Jack over ”
“Oh, sol did,” the first replied, “but
—but you know how a girl throws.”
Democradc County Con
vention,
All Democratic voters of Alamance
county are earnestly requested to at
tend the Democratic Mass Convention
which is hereby called to meet in the
court house in Graham, at 11KK) o’clock
a. m.. m Saturday May 25, 1912. This
convention will select delegates to the
State, Congressional, Judicial and
State Senatorial conventions.
By order of Alamance County Dem
ocratic Executive Committee.
F. L. Williamson, Chairman.
Definition From Experi
ence,
(From The Clevland Plain Dealer.)
A Cleveland school teacher writes
that she asked her class what was the
difference between the expression, “a
while” and “a time.” Nobody seemed
to land Plain Dealer. Nobody seemed
to have any ideas on tiie snbject. Fin-
rilly the li^ht of intelligence vas se^-ii
to shine in the eyes of ore little boy,
and the teacher cailed upon him to save
the intellectu&l lionor of the class,
“I know, teacher,” he cried eager
ly. “When papa says he’s going out
for a while, mamma says she knows
he’s g-^ing out for a time,’’
That’s one way of looking at it.
Pension Bill
President Tatt
Increased
signed by
President Taft Saturday night signed
the increased pension bill, passed by
the House and Senate. The measure
was signed and became a law just be
fore midnight.
'The bill as finally agreed to, carries
an increase of $35,000,000 for pensions
during the first year of its operation.
During the first three years the in
creased payments to veterans will
avenige t22,000,000.
Assassination has never changed the
history of the world.—«Disraeli.
It makes the mind very free when
we give up wishing, and only think of
bearing what is laid upon us, and do
ing what is given us to do.—George
Eliot.
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On Bargain Day.
Er—where can I find the
Gentleman
silk counter?
Floorwalker—Third
right.—Judge.
battle to the
It easy in the world to live after the
world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude
to live after our own; but the great
man is he who in the midst of the
ciowd keeps with ])erfect sweetness
the independence of solitude. — Emer
son.
Thought For the Day.
Love and you will grow wise; grow
wise and you must love. One cannot
love truly without growing better, and
to grow better is to become wise.—
Maeterlinck.
Be not diverted from your duty by
any idle reflections the silly world may
mak(> upon you, for their censures are
not in your power, and consecjuently
should not be any part of your con
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(MV: i
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