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SECRETARY DANIELS' RECORD.
Secretary Daniels is being made the brunt of ridicule
and attack by some of the "funnyjrraph" magazines and
weeklies of general circulation. Nevertheless the dis
tinguished Tar Heel ha made good in a most difficult
place at a most trying period. His administration of the
Navy Department has exceeded the anticipations of his
best friends, and he has been one of the most consistent
! supporters of President Wilson. The attacks of the
j "space writers" of the various magazines ipay lead some
people, who do not think and analyze foy themselves, into
the error of condemning Mr. Daniels, but the more
thoughtful American citizen will give him credit for an
earnest, intelligent and capable service.
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THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1816
The Richmond News Leader thinks that if there is
anything in name. Secretary Tumulty might be given
the portfolio of Wfir in the cabinet. But then who wants
a tumult?
The Bulgars are said to be growing tired of the Teu
tonic allies. There is the alternative of Jumping to the
enemy, but stopping in the middle of the road is impossible.
We hope it i not violation of "strict neutrality" to
express the hope that the Russians succeed in pushing
the Turks off the nap. Anyway our neutrality does not
include the heathen and barbarous Turk.
, iFrom the way the fraternity is endeavoring to har
poon Mr. Brandeis it is evident that the distinguished
Boston barrister has represented the "other side" suc
cessfully, to the discomfort of his opposing legal lights
It's bud enough to charge an engineer with neglect
of duty and violation of orders when he survives the ac
cident which results, but it is a bit gruesome to hold in
quests and fix the llume upon a dead knight of the throt-
Our idea of the wrong man in office is: The official
whose business it is to safeguard the health and welfare
of the people, but who listens to the "wheedlings" of
those, whose pocketbooks would be touched by the ope
ration of modern health measures, rather than do his
duty to the whole people. Swat the fly!
THE NICARAGUA CANAL ROUTE.
The revival of th discussion of the Nicaragua canal
route as the most feasible and practical and the apparent
ratification of new treaties -which will give to the United
States the rights of this route as well as across the
Panama peninsula is a vindication of the farsightedness
of the illustrious John T. Morgan who, yith his distin
guished colleague, Senator Pettus, represented the State
of Alabama in the upper branch of the National Asem
bly for so many years.
Mr. Morgan was the "father" of the canal idea. It
was his hobby, and he came in for more or less criti
cism and attempted fun-wiaking on the part of his less
brainy and far-seeing contemporaries, when at first he
proclaimed the need of an inter-ocean channel which
would give to the United States of America an easy ac
cess between its coasts. He consistently contended for
the Nicaragua route and the selection of the Panama site
was in reality a compromise on the part of the majority,
who came fo see as did Mr. Morgan, after many years
of advocacy on his part, but who (were not broad-gauged
enough to ackonwledge that they had been wrong, and
that he had been right. 'Mr. Morgan's opinion never wa
vered, he was to the day of his death firmly convinced
that the Nicaragua route was the feasible one, and k
was only in the spirit that jthe Panama route was better
than no canal at all, that he would bow to the will o
the majority.
The Free Press hopes that the Nicaragua treaty will
bo ratified and that a second canal will le dug, which
will make the communication between the Atlantic and
Pacific doubly sure. Mr. Morgan was right in advocat
ing the necessity of a canal, and he was right in the se
lection of the route.
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Prince Albert is
such friendly ' tobacco
that it just makes a man sorry hr didn't pot wind of this
pipe and cigarette smoke long, long ago. He counts it lost
time, quick as the goodness of Prince Albert gets firm set
in his life 1 The patented process fixes that and cvts out
bite and parch !
Get on the right-smoke-lrack soon as you know howl
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WHAT OTHERS SAY
A I)E FACTO STATESMAN.
Columbia State: "Senator Root, who says that Iluerta
was the de facto president of Mexico, is the Mr. Root who
was the de facto chairman of the Republican convention
in Chicago in 1912. Senator Root is the most eminent
of de facto statesmen."
Saloon interests valued at approximately a hundred
milium dollars In the State of Michigan are Mid to be
at stake in the coming prohibition election. A mere bag
atelle as compared with the lives of the boys and girls
at stake while the liquor demon is permitted to stalk
unmolested and unrestricted through that Commonwealth.
Lord Robert Cecil is the "minister of blockade" of the
British cabinet He is the fellow who will have to bear
the brunt of a lot of cussing, and if the policy of his
country leads to serious unpleasantness with neutral
powers, he wiH most probably have to ehoulder a good
deal of the blame in after years, when history is writ
ten, if indeed he escapes now.
The Free IVesw is glad the local police have begun to
raid the restricted district again. The warning note was
sounded in these columns some days ago when It was
learned that neighboring municipalities were crusading
against vice, and that the unfortunate women were leav
ing for other places. The word was going the rounds
that Kinston's segregated population was to be increased.
The vigilance of the officers must be constant to keep
down this moral canker and prevent its insidious growth
in the community.
HIS WHOLE AIM TO AVOID TROUBLE.
Wilmington Star: "The long and short of President
Wilson's foreign policy has been to keep this country out
of war. The Republicans are denouncing that policy,
hence, if the administration had gotten into war in Mex
ico and Europe, it follows logically that he would have
been carrying out a policy that the Republicans would
have carried out had they controlled the government. A
merciful Providence must have divided the Republican
party four years ago, so this country could be preserved
from the horrors of war."
Watch your step!
It's caiy to changa the thepe
and color of unsalable brands
to imitate the Princo Albert
tidy red tin, but it i impossible
to imitate the flavor of Princo
Albert tobacco! Tho
patented protest
prole. Ij that !
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the national joy smoke
It stands to reason, doesn't it, that if men all over the
nation, all over the world,
prefer P. A. that it must
have all the qualities to
satisfy your fondest desires?
Men, get us right on Prince
Albert! We tell you this
tobacco will prove better
than you can figure out,
it's so chummy and fra
grant and inviting all the
time. Can't cost you more
than 5c or 10c to get your
bearings !
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WE NKEI) BOTH ROUTES TO BE SECURE.
Birmingham Ledger: "The Nicaragua treaty is again
efore the Senate for consideration. There is little doubt
that the treaty will be ratified. It is of national inter
est because there is a practicable canal route in which
lie United States is interested. The Panama canal is
not reliable. It has top many slides, and while the en
irineers are confident that the hills can be cut back so
as to make the slides impossible, those rise-? in tho bed
of the canal are unreliable and may occu:1 at critical
u-nes. It is a wise national policy to secure the Nicar
agua route and begin work on it the day 'heic is more
trouble at Panama after the canal is open aga'n.
"The Senate should, and no doubt will, vote the treaty
'hrough and secure the rights to the old canal mute. Sen
ator Morgan liked the Nicaragua route because he did
not apprehend any physical difficulties in cutting or main
tnining the canal.
"We are into this canal scheme, and it is business as
well as policy to get and hold both routes. This Nicara
gua treaty will secure the second feasible route
REPARATION FOR COLOMBIA.
Richmond News Leader: "The ra
tification of the treaty whh Nicara
gua should be followed by the rejec
tion by the Senate of the mutilating
amendments to the Colombian repa
ration treaty, reported from the
Senate committee on foreign rela
tions, and the ratification of that
convention in form acceptable to
Colombia. Such action is dictated by
;he obligation of consistency, by com
mercial and trade considerations and
by regard for American honor. The
"taking" of Panama by Roosevelt
was the greatest blow that has been
struck in years to Latin-American
confidence in our professions of un
selfishness in our dealings with our
Central and Smith American sister
republics. It. brought our honesty
with respect to our declarations
touching the objects and aim of the
Monroe lWtrine into question as it
had not been brought since the Mex
ican war. Reparation such as Colom
bia has announced her willingness to
take, as 'closing the incident,' would
be another long step towards the
Pan-American union and our trade
expansion in 1 atin-America it would
bring, about which we have heard so
much lately. It would be a confes
sion of a wrong we had perpetrated
that is due no less to ourselves than
to Colombia; and we cannot afford
any the less not to make it because
Colombia's claim comes as a 'demand,'
even as an "arrogant demand from a
li'liputian State,' as some of the op
position have termed it.
"The more lilliputtan Colombia the
more defensive we arc placed by not
acceding. In truth, m allowing Co
lombia's 'arrogance' and Miminutive
ness' to influence us against confess
ing Rtid correcting the wrong is to
present to the world the spectacle of
being, in a sense, more arrogant and
lillipuiiaii than the complainant.
Last, but more important than all.
the blot 'the Tape of Panama' put up
on our national honor will never be
effaced until reparation shall have
been m;de. That consideration apart
from all others, weighty as they may
lie, should lie sufficient to move the
Senate to shear the treaty of all its
amendments it is a foregone conclu
sion Colombia will not accept, and
to its ratification in the rehabilitated
shape she has signified she will ac
cept it."
DR. F. FITTS,
Osteopath,
Upstairs, Next Door to Postoffice.
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