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I o o o 0 O o o o o o o CHAMP 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 . Special Washington Letter. ON REED SMOOT of Utah. apostle and prophet of tbe Mor mons, in giving Republicans In general and President Roose velt In particular a bad turn. Reed aspires to be a senator of tbe United States and with senators to stand. He baa beard of tbe cushioned curule cbairs, tbe morocco covered lounges, tbe Persian rugs, the lemonade, tbe free barbers and tbe other glmcracks in which the members of tbe bouse of tbe ancients luxuriate, and Reed ban kers after tbem even as tbe hearts of tbe Israelites yearned for tbe fleshpots of Egrpt What's more,' Reed is going to possess them. He will on March 4, a i nign noon, oecome a umiea suites senator a Republican at that Tbe president may gnash bis teeth and rage like a caged lion Reed defies bim, goes on counting bis majority and is arranging to take up bis residence in Washington for six years. And Reed is right in claiming, bis pound of flesh. He and bis brother apostles and proph ets carried out their part of the con tract with -the Republican national leaders to turn the state over to tbe Republicans on condition that tbe Mor mons should have things their own way. and not be disturbed. . Reed bas tbem on the blp, and be knows it; con sequently be pays about as much at tention to tbe messages of President Roosevelt and other high and mighty functionaries remonstrating against bis election as a full feathered duck would to a gentle April shower. - It will be delightful to see the Re publican hypocrites in the senate squirm when Brother Smoot walks down the big aisle on the arm of Mar- 1 cus A. Xlanna to be sworn in as a con script father. Those bogus propagan dists of purity and sweetness have been exploiting their own virtues for, lo, these many years, standing on tbe street corners, smiting their breasts, rolling their eyes to heaven and thank ing God fervently and vociferously tbat they are' not as other men. ; Now they , .must fraternize openly ' with Apostle Reed Smoot, for Reed controls two senatorships, one representative In congress and three presidential elect ors. He knows his power. They have . bim on their bands. He is not to be sneezed at Publicly they must lionize Smoot They can cuss bim under their breath. . - v A la Banquo's Ghost At this stage of tbe quadrennial pe riod between presidential elections It is inevitable tbat there should be more or less presidential gossip ana aiecussion of possible r probable candidates. Tbe signs of tbe times indicate that . Presi dent Roosevelt is the strongest. Repub lican. If the convention were held to . day, ha would be nominated most like ly, but there is many slip twixt cup and lip in presidential nominations," as in all things else. A thousand accidents may happen any one of .which would be fatal to the Roosevelt boom. Indeed it may be safely assumed that several blebodied Republican statesmen' are waiting for, hoping for, praying for those same accidents to fall upon the strenuous young man now occupying the White House. More and more in Democratic circles Is the name of Judge Alton B. Parker ' of New k Tork, discussed and with in creasing favor. ' In fact tbe four east ern names whleh are most frequently beard In tbat connection are those of William Randolph Hearst editor , of three great Democratic dalles; Arthur Pue Gorman, ex-senator and senator elect from Maryland; Richard Oiney, ex-attorney general and ex-secretary of state, and Judge Parker, chief Justice of the New York court of appeals. The proponents of the Parker propo sition declare with constantly increas ing vigor tbat the fact that be has been on the bench for many years and there by removed from active participation In politics will add to his strength as a candidate when taken ' In connection with bis high character, great talents and straight record as a Democrat In other words, ' bis lack of -4 record will make him available. There Is some force in the, contention; for ,the, Parker stock seems to be rising. His name, like Banquo's ghost, ' will not down. The fact that nobody has yet been able to trump up any charge against bim helps his boom amazingly. Clearly he is a growing man, perhaps -the coming man. ; i , 1 ' ' , A Sketch of Judge Parker. As Judge Alton B. Parker is clearly in tbe list of possible presidents hi 1904, tbe principal events of his life are here set forth for future reference by the readers of these tetters. He comes of Revolutionary stock. He was bora in Cortland county, N. Y, fifty-one years ago and is therefore la (be very prime of life. It will be of interest to tbe vast army of teachers in the United States to know that Judge Parker once wield ed the birch and ferule himself, and thereby hangs a tale pleasant to all who have healthy hearts in their bos oms, for while engaged in tbat delecta ble business be found, wooed and won his wife, who may be tbe next mistress of the White House. She was Miss Scboonmaker of tbe county of Ulster. He seerus to have bad a penchant for politics from the beginning. Having held various minor cilices, be achieved his Crt important promotion and rpc oCTsitlon when be was elected surrogate, belts the or'y sneeefful Democrat on the t:(k-t. lie was r'-Vct. -1 surro-p--.!- Id 1 " ' - i ' n f t" e o O O 0 0 o c CLARK'S Judg Parker aa Presidential nmoer ihaneei ol vcmo- gt craiie Victor J J J V and managed David Bennett Hill's can vass for governor. Tne same year President Cleveland offered bim the po sition of flwt assistant postmaster gen eral, whlcb he declined, having set bis heart on a Judicial career. Governor Hill wanted bim to accept the office of lieutenant governor, which be also de clined. There was soon a vacancy on the supreme bench, and, as it apinred to be the almost universal desire of New York Democrats that Judge Par ker tbould have tbe phiee, Governor Hill appointed him, and be hns been on the bench ever since. In 1S07 be wn triumphantly elected, though all of the other men on the Democratic ticket i met with defeat, thus proving bis great popularity, The fact that Judge Parker Is a prac tlcal farmer will have a tendency to in crease his popularity. He owns and lives upon a farm of 140 acres on tbe banks of the Hudson. His place called Rosemont, and there he spends all the time which he can snateh from his Judicial labors and Is neither asham ea nor afraid to work with bis own bands, as did tbat other great New York Democrat, Silas Wright. While not enthusiastic as to the Dem ocratic platforms of 1806 and 1900, Judge Parker supported Bryan man fully and In good faith In both those campaigns. Those who are acquainted with him declare bim to be genial and lovable, yet possessing the reserve and dignity becoming in one holding high Judicial position. Perhaps Judge Tarker is the Demo cratic Moses, to borrow a popular phrase the Democratic Joshua, more properly speaking, for it was Joshua and not Moses who took possession of the promised bind Declines. King Solomon said, "There is nothing new under the sun," but this new thing has happened nevertheless: A Republic an statesman declines a good fat office. Hon. William H. Taft governor gener al of the Philippines, declines to sue ceed Mr. Justice Shiras on tbe supreme bench because of a sense of duty to fin lsh his work In the orient Tbe place bas been tendered Hon. William R. Day, now a United States circuit Judge in Ohio, who succeeded John Sherman as secretary of state and who helped negotiate the treaty of Paris, which has given us lots of (rouble and which is perhaps destined to give us more than any other document created since the world began. Judge. Day is a man of fair capacity and high character. He was a special friend and pet of Presi dent McKInley and will do as well for supreme Judge as jmost Republicans. Democratic Chances. If no more states are admitted, there will in 1904 be 470 votes in the elect oral college. Two hundred aud thirty nine will be required to elect a presi dent and vice president V In 1902 the Democrats carried Ala bama with 11 electoral votes, Arkansas with 9, Florida with 5, Georgia with 13, Kentucky with 13, Louisiana with 9, Mississippi with 10, Missouri with 18, Nevada with 3, North Carolina with 12, Rhode Island with 4, South Carolina with 9, Tennessee with 12, Texas with 18 and Virginia wltfi 12, aggregating 158. ' Therefore in order to elect a presi dent and vice president In 1904 the Democrats must hold the states they have and In addition thereto carry enough states to give them 81 more electoral- votes. Can they do it? The chances are fairly good for, them to do so. Most assuredly we are not without hope in the world. ' . , In what states have we tbe best prospects of securing the 81 extra electors? u From 1900 to 1902 the Republican majorities shrank in ' tbe following states by more than one-half' (any thing approaching a like shrinkage in 1904 will land every one of them In the Democratic column): In Wisconsin from 106,581 to 47,599, in New York from 143,606 to 8,803, in New Jersey from 56,899 , to 17.133, In. California from 39,770 to 1.550, in Pennsylvania from 288,433 to 156,410, in Michigan from 104,584 to 87,184, 'In Massachusetts from 81,869 to 37,120, in New Hamp shire from 19,314 to 8,271. Those states have 142 electoral votes, 61 more than we need. No man in bis senses expects Penn sylvania to go Democratic; hence the 34 votes of the Keystone State ought to be subtracted from the 61, which leaves 27 more than we need." But In discussing tbe possibilities nd the probabilities' of 1904 the 7 votes of Connecticut and the 8 votes of Maryland ought to be added to the 27, making 42 more than we need, for. while their Republican majorities did hot fall off 50 per cent or more. Con necticut's fell from 28,570 to 16,107 and Maryland's from 13,941 to 8,508 the latter figures being the net majority on congressmen in 1902, there being no State ticket. In calculating the chances it must also be remembered tbat both Connecticut and Maryland are normal ly Democratic states and go. Republic an only in moments of temporary aber ration. Here Is Food For Thought There Jv another group of states upon which the gentleman from Ohio should fix his eale eye when he next eesnys the rele of fcr. The small Re publican major!:;.- whkh they gave i -. y-nr wi fvri.Sh Mm nvi h fond - ' ' t v ' ! I ' '.- t 1 ' -i 1 :- ell and his pad to record his prognos tications for 1904. In 1902 the Repub licans carried Delaware by 4,153, Moo tana by 10.48(1, Nebraska i by 8.333, Utah by 4.781. West Virginia by 12,773, Idaho by 5,833. Colorado by 7,:'9. Wyomlug by 4.406. Any or all of those states may go Democrat!?. Tbechaucesare about even that they will. Every Intelligent man can recall instauivs where even one congressional district bus changed Its vote more in two years than any of the eight states last mimed would hnve to do to swing into tbe Democratic Col umn next year. Those eight states have 35 electoral votes, which, ad led to tbe heretofore enumerated, make s total of 77 more than we need. If I were disposed to be extravagant lu my remarks, I might cluliu and on the surface tbe claim would not ap pear unreasonable that Oregon, with her 4 electoral votes. Is a doubtful state by reason of the facts tbat In 1900 McKhiley carried tbe stat- by 13,141 and In 1902 a Democratic gov ernor was elected by 276, but I do not believe that Oregon is any more I kely to go Democratic thnn is Yen wnt. The result in 1902 was determined by local causes or the personality of the candidates. If I were disposed to be unfiir, I might claim that we have prospects worth considering In Minnesota be cause ber Republican majority of 77, 500 In 1000 was reduced to 6M80 in 1902, but I regret to say that Minneso ta appears to be Joined to ber klU. Factors to Consider. . In striving to forecast results sever al factors must be considered, such ns tbe present trend of forces, tbe political antecedents of the states involved, the desire for a change, reasonable or un reasonable; the periodical swinging of the political pendulum, and tbe ele ment of chance or accident. New York is more likely to go Demo cratic than not. If she goes Democrat lc, so will Connecticut New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland most proba bly, for those five states usually vote together, and those five states have C9 of the 81 additional electors which the Democrats must secure. West Virginia has gone Democratic more often than Republican. Nobody who notes events carefully would be surprised to see her 7 electoral votes cast for tbe Democratic candidates In 1904, which would leave the Democrats short only 5 votes. California is evidently traveling rap idly toward the Democratic camp, which she will probably reach next year, with her 10 electoral votes, giv ing us 5 more votes than we need. Counting the 7 votes of West Virgin ia for the Republicans and the 13 votes of Wisconsin for the Democrats, we would have a vote to spare. Tbe only state carried by the Demo crats in 1902 which the Republicans have a ghost of a show of carrying in 1904 is Rhode Island, with 4 electoral votes. To sum it all up, there appear to be 154 electoral votes certain for tbe Dem ocrats Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missis sippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Caroli na, South Carolina, 'Tennessee, Texas and Virginia; certain for the Republic ans, 174 Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kan sas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Vermont and Washing ton; doubtful. 148 California, Colora do, Connecticut Delaware, Idaho, Ma ryland, . Massachusetts, Montana, Ne braska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The Republican Row. When Republicans fall out honest men may get their dues is a very slight modification of a well known saw. The time bas come for tbe fall ing out of the Republicans. They have already begun to wool each other to the queen's taste. Senator George Graham Vest of . Missouri, the Prince Rupert, of Democrats, 'recently intro duced a resolution to take tbe tariff off anthracite coal, which resolution stirred up the animals in the Republic an menagerie at a great rate. Aldrich of Rhode Island Jumped Vest which was natural, as Aldrich .thinks himself the heaven appointed guardian of tbe Chi nese wall tariff advocates and theories; but to bis utter amazement Dolllver of Iowa, a brilliant young Republican, jumped the Rhode Islander in most rigorous fashion. The bone of conten tion, or tbe apple of discord, at present among the Republicans is a purported declaration of the bite .Governor Nel son Dlngley, father of the Dingley tar iff bill, tbat certain schedule rates were1 purposely placed too. high, In that bill In order to give' us an advantage la negotiating reciprocity . treaties ..with other nations. By- placing the rates too high la tbe bill, ao the theory is, it would enable" us to cut tbem to a rea sonable basis In 'reciprocity negotia- j tions. Some say that Dlngley did any I It and some say be didn't and tbe bat- ; tie rages furiously all along the line, among , the Republican freebooters. I More power to their arms! 5 The more ! they wool each other the better off the country will be. Senator "Vest un doubtedly did a good thing in precipi tating the row and no doubt be enjoys it hugely. Am Held It Lorn. Mrs. Fortey-He was pleased to say I held my age Tery well. ' ' . Mrs. Snappe Why shouldn't youT Think of tbe years of practice you're bad: Philadelphia rress. Mliifl, ' . "Cholly Lyttlot.niyiie's aim In life Is to be consMered a lender of fashion. "In l!..it fne it U o,ui!e evident tbat le Is no f' nr; r." ' ti Life. A WILD CASE Of Contagious Blood Poison never exis ted. It i always bad, though sometimes no external symptoms of the disease ap pear for a long time. Because the disease is slow in devel oping does not indicate that the case is a mud one, for the poisonous virus at work in the blood and system may be spending its force upon some internal vuai organ wnue you are loocing tor ex ternal signs. Contagious Blood Poison does not affect all alike. In most cases the first little sore is quickly followed by painful swellings in the groins, a red eruption upon the body, sores or ulcers in tne mouth and throat, unsightly copper colored blotches, loss of hair and eye brows and other symptoms of this miser able disease. When the poison is thus fighting its way to tbe surface, exposing the disease in all its hideousneas, we call it a bad case; but Contagious Blood Poi son, whether working internally or exter nally, is a dangerous, treacherous disease. S, S. S. is tbe only remedy that cures Contagious Blood Poison thoroughly and permanently. It is an antidote for the deadly virus that produces the awful eruptions, sores and ulcers, and destroys the bones. Mercury and Potash dry up the skin eruptions, but in so doing drive the poison further into the system, where it slumbers for a time, but comes back again with redoubled fury. S. S. S. is a vegetable remedy that has been used successfully for years in treat ing this vile disease ana cures it in all stages and forms. If you have the slightest symptom : an occasional sore mouth, or muscular and bone pains, your blood is tainted and the disease is liable to break out again at any time. A course of S. S. S. will remove every tra e of poison and at the same time build up your general hea'th. Write "for our Free Home Treatment book No charge for medical advice. The Swift Specific- Co., Atlanta, Ga. ff T. PARROTT, Ph. G., M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. KINSTON, N, C. Office Houhh: !) p in. Telephone calls; 9 to 10 a. ni. and 8 to Rouse 24, Office 78. 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