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?!jc JlcruUl price one dollar per year. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.'' single copies three cents VOL.21. SMITIIFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1902. NO. 4. POU WINS APPLAUSE. Says he Would Lose His Seat to Save the State from Negro Rule. BOLDLY DEFIES REPUBLICANS. Calls on Congress to Investigate the Corrupt use of Money tor Cam paign Purposes, Ever Pres ent Menace to Liberty. Our townsman Edward VV. Pou, delivered the following speech in Congress Monday: Mr. Chairman, I make the usu al apology in submitting these remarks. I apologize because 1 shall not discuss the bill under consideration; but it would seem that an apology is hardly neces sary, inasmuch as it appears to tie the custom of this House to discuss the merits of one measure while some other measure is be ing considered. It is not deemed improper to discus >, for instance, the tariff when the Indian appro priation bill is under considera tion. Bills about which there is an honest diffeaence of opinion are rushed through almost with out debate, while ample time for discussion is permitted when bills about which there is no contest - :J 3 TM a x-iL- 1 are coiisiuereu. r uriuimim there is, I am told, no rule of the House requiring gentlemen to confine their remarks to the sub ject under consideration. This strikes tHfe new member as being a little peculiar, but we are told that this is one of the great lib erties permitted by the Reed rules. Now, in the exercise of my right as an American Representative, I I saw fit the other day ta intro duce certain resolutions requiring the Speaker to appoint a select committee of 13, whose duty it shall be to investigate the cor rupt use of money in elections by all the great political parties. These resolutions have been mis represented to such an extent by the Republican press of the coun try that I feel constrained to sub mit these remarks. The reply of the Republican! press is threefold. They say first,; that I am proposing to invest!-! gate the use of money by the Republican party only, and that the resolutions are therefore un fair. Those who charge this certainly did not read the resolu tions. The word "Republican" is not j used. They would inaugurate an investigation of money used by the national committees of all the great political parties offering candidates for President in the years 1890 and 1900. Why the Republican press should distort tin; resolutions 1 can not imagine, unless it is prompted to do so by a consciousness of the guilt of that party. 'Secondly, this partisan press has attempt ed a little ridicule which is indeed erushiug. It suggests that I ani a new member. .Mv reply is that I came here just as soon as I could get here. [Laughter.] Thirdly, it suggests that I am a member of unimportant commit tees. 1 deny tins; but if it be true, a Republican Speaker is re sponsible, and not myself. [Laughter ] All this, Mr. Presi dent, will not prevent honest men, thinking men, from giving the resolutions some considera tion. How is it that the House is about to enter into an investiga tion of the affairs of the States? What has provoked the resolu tions of the gentleman from In diana? I can only speak for my own State. It is not necessary 1 to go further back than the year 1 1H04. During that year two parties, professedly opposite in 1 principles, united t carry our St te. One favored tile freecoin age of silver, vhil< file other was con mitt'.I to the gold standard. O' t'-.-n - d the subtreasury pro \\ the other favored the | >aal banks. , die favored the Government ( 0 vnership of railroads, while the | 01 liet favored the railroad own- 1 ?r diip of government. And there 1 < a other radical differences be- I tween these two parties, but all 1 that made no difference. Offices i they wanted and offices they in- ] tended to have. So they divided i out all the offices, except the I electors for President. Their i leaders even went so far as to i calculate the emoluments of thej< numerous offices parceled out in 1 order that the division might be I just and fair. This is not a jest, .Mr. Chairman, but a melancholy i truth. On election day, in com pliance with their programme, 1 50,000 white men walked to the j ballot box by the side of more j1 than 100,000 negroes, and de-'1 cent government wasoverthrown in our State. It gives me pleasure to admit j that some men in both these par ties repudiated this unnatural al liance, and that most of those who did repudiate it helped us to redeem the State in 1808. What was the result? What offspring was born to this union? As I love my State, 1 hesitate to make this admission. As 1 am proud of her history, I am ashamed lor the world to hear it. The result of this fusion enabled more than 000 incompetent negroes?some of them vicious, very many of them venal?to occupy positions of trust or profit in our good old State from 1801 to 1808. There was incompetency al most every where. Public virtue was ridiculed. There were many rumors of scandal in high places. Pills were put upon the statute ?m:?l. ul/wivw wiiii u iicvci pciiSBtru riiuci house of the general assembly. The negro, by nature kind, be came|in8olent. Ourjwives and our daughters walked the streets of some of our largest towns in the broad day time in constant fear of negro insults. During these few moments I can give you but a faint idea of the humiliation of our good old State. In 181)8 the white men of North Carolina united and swept these people from power. In 1900 they boldly, openly adopted an amend ment to their constitution which renders a repetition of this con dition forever impossible. I have not time to-day, Mr. Chairman, to discuss the constitutionality of that amendment. We believe it will be sustained by thecourts. We do not believe that by law the Kepnblican majority in the House has any right to reduce our representation here. But we have done what we have done. If the law of the land requires a reduction in our representa tion in this House we will submit to it. 1 undertake to say there is not a Democratic member from our State who would not willing ly give up his seat if it is neces sary to save our State from the curse of negro rule. If you wish tp punish us for protecting our homes, do your worst. We defy you. We shall appeal from the blind partisan here to our patri otic and sympathetic white brother in all tile States of the Union. Think you this appeal will be in vain? Hut, Mr. Chairman, while they are proposing to investigate, I thought it, would be a good idea to pro[io.se an additional investi gation. Let us ascertain, if we can, something about the cor rupt use of money in our nation al elections. While you are in vestigating the legal suppression of the negro in the South, sup pose you investigate how many white votes were purchased in ( other sections. It is a matter of common knowledge that large funds are raised and distributed in every campaign by the Repub lican party. It is charged and not denied, that this corruption fund (for it can have no otherh correct name) 1 i 1890 amount- ' ed to millions. It has been j charged that the Republican i national chairman raised $000,- ( 1(00 in one city, and more than a 1 million in another. Of course i this cannot be proven without the aid of the law. I do not undertake to say the statement is true, but it is i believed to be true by many ] iin honest man in this country. ( I >ne of the editorials in a Re- j publican paper, which misrea | resented my resolutions (as the i alitor has since admitted,) uses i these words: "It is the common i belief that far too much money is spent in our political cam paigns. It is a growing evil, and many men deplore it. When a j Republican paner makes this ad mission, Mr. Chairman, you may rest assured that a very grave jvil exists. Whether true or false, there is a belief entertained by many a good man that the Presidency of this great Republic j aoes to the party who can raise the greatest corruption fund. Let us illustrate. Suppose, in 1004, the Republi can party shall name its candi date, supply its national chair man with unlimited means, as was said to be the case in 1890, and suppose the Democratic [tar ty shall name its candidate, and its national chairman shall only be supplied with enough money i to defray the legitimate expenses of the campaign, which candidate do you suppose will win? Now, reverse the proposition. Give the Democratic national chair man plenty of money and the Re publican chairman little or none. j How do you think doubtful States j will go? Do you think, Mr. Chairman, that there would be very much Republican money put up on their candidate? The parties are so equally divided that a few doubtful States generally decide the election. How utterly abom inable the practice of pouring money like water into theBe doubtful States to corrunt their vojys! How utterly horrible this (juadrennial contest between campaign funds! If my party is guilty, let us turn on the lights. Let us investigate, and if these rumors be true which we con stantly hear, let us do some thing.to put an end to the prac tice forever. We sometimes hear men sug gest that the Republic is in dan ger. Most of tnis is idol talk. But, Mr. Chairman, there is one real danger; there is one ever present menace to liberty. It overhangs our country like a black cloud. It is thecorruption of the American electorate by the use of money. Neither party can justify the oractice by charg ing that the other party is guil ty. It never has been right to "fight the devil with fire." Gen tlemen can not evade the respon-1 nihility. No man should be will ing for his party to do what he himself would not do. 4 For one, Mr. Chairman, 1 pre fer a repression of partisan strife. Rancor and partisan bitterness are to be deplored at all times. Let us look beyond our own State, our own section, and em brace within our loyalty and our love every inch of this Republic. Let the gentleman from Indiana be warned that 110 good can come of his investigation, but much harm. Lt>t him be warned that it will open up strife in a land now prosperous and peace ful. It might be well for him to ask himself whether there is any demand for the passage of his resolutions. But if his partv shall insist upon an investiga tion let it proceed to correct, if possible, the very greatest of all our national evils. Mr. Chairman, it remains to be seen what will be done with the resolutions 1 have seen fit to introduce. They have been re ferred to theCoinmittee on Rules. That committee is all-powerful, but the resolutions will not be reported. They will sleep, be cause, if adopted, t hey will ex pose such practices as will render a continuance of the power of the Republican party impossible. [Loud applause] Congressman Pou must be making a pretty good start. The New York Sun takes nearly i column editorial in which to ridicule him a bit. Mr. Pou is in the right track if he can bring Ihe Sun out to denounce or rid icule.?Concord Tribune. Wields A Sharp Ax. Millions marvel at the multi ude of maladies cut off by Dr. King's New Life Pills?the most listressing too. Stomach, Liver ?.nd Rowel troubles?Dyspepsia. Loss of Appetite, Jaundice, Ril busness. Fever, Malaria, all fall :>efore these wonder workers. 2.">c vt Hood Rrps. Drugstore. > NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Some Happenings of the Week Tersely Told. Many Items of Interest Concerning j Tarheeldom Clipped and Culled From the State Press. Last week an 18-year-old girl at Spray eloped with a widower, who is -ill years old. James L. Fowle has donated $10,000 for a hospital at Wil mington. to be known ns the .1. L. Fowle Memorial. l'lans and specifications for a new city hall and market house for Goldsboro have been accepted and bids will soon be called for. Goldsboro also expects to get a union passenger station. Rev. A. C. Dixon, uastor of the Haggle Street * Baptist church. Boston, Mass., will hold a series of revival meetings in Ral eigh, beginning on Wednes day night, April 80th. All of the churches will cooperate in these services, which will be held for the most part in the Tabernacle Baptist church and the Academy of Music. Prof. George H. Crowell, super intendent of the High Point graded school and president of the .North Carolina Sunday School Association, has been appointed manager of the South ern Educational Association for the State of North Carolina, and assistant State director. The| next meeting of the association will be held at Chattanooga, Tenn., July 1-4, 1902. I^eaksville Rockingham county, was the scene of a runaway mar riage last week, the contracting parties walking eight miles from the country into town. Thej bride-elect struck town first and confided in someone that she had come up to get married, but had not "run up against" her man yet. The groom soon arrived and claimed his bride, who was arrayed in the glory of a new calico dress and bonnet. A colored man named Isaac Johnson, who lives near Crowells, in Halifax county, was poisoned by his son some days ago and narrowly escaped death. The old man had rented some land and the boy had to do some of the {Work in cultivating it He got tired of the job and thought he would get out of it bv killing his father, so he put Paris green in his coffee. The old man was taken to Enfield, where the physi cian saved him. Mr. H. I?. Varner,Commissioner of Labor and Printing, left Lex ington Tuesday for New Orleans, < where he will attend a meeting of the Labor Commissioners of the Enited States from April 1st to 5th. He will go to Hot Springs, Ark., April 15th to be present at the National Editorial Asso ciation and read a paper on "How to Secure and Handle a Circula tion." He will go to Denver, St Louis and other cities, winding up at Charleston while on this trip. Dr. I) red Peacock has resigned the presidency of Greensboro Female College, in consequence of a partial failure in health. He will be succeeded by Mrs. Lucy H. Robertson, at present lady prin cipal of the college. The change will take place at the end af the present term. The new president is a woman of strength and cul ture She has been in the educa tional work for twenty-five years and is well fitted for the duties of the new position to which she has been called. A Doctor's Bad Plight. "Two years ago, as a result of a severe cold, I lost my voice," writes llr. M. L. Scarbrough, of Hebron. Ohio, "then began an obstinate cough. Hverv remedy known to me as a practicing physician for Ro years, failed, and I daily grew worse, being urged to try I>r. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, I found quick relief, and for last ten days have felt better than for two years." Positively guar anteed for Throat ami Ihing troubles by Hood Bros. .r>()c and $1.00. Trial bottles free. Hie Criticisms Show That Republi cans are Ruled by the Trusts. ! \ Hon. Edward VV. Pou, memtier of Congress from the Fourth district, is the subject of the lend- , ing editorial in Friday's New York Sun and Washington Star. ( These papers evidently feel that the two shots he has tired have I had some effect or they would not turn their big guns on Mr. l'ou. ( The Sun criticizes his resolution to put all trust-made or trust-1 controlled articlesonthe free list, taking the ground that Congress could not constitutionally dele gate the power of removing the tax to the Executive. As a mat ter of fact, Mr. l'ou proposed that Congress itself should re move the tax whenever a trust sold goods "at a lower price abroad than in the Tinted States,' leaving it only to the President to execute the mandate of Con gress. The Sun pokes the usual amount of the so-called fun that scintillates in that paper at Mr. Pou, but that does not answer the impregnable position that Mr. Pou talkes in his resolution against the trusts. It is far-reach ing and would destroy or cripple those trusts that depend 011 the tariff bonus. Mr. l'ou's resolu tion provides: "That whenever any article manuiactureu in tne i nit en States is sold at a lower price abroad than in the United States, the President, having ascertained such to be the case, is authorized and empowered to suspend the collection of import duty now imposed by law upon similar articles imported into this coun try from abroad for such length of time as the President shall deem expedient." The Washington Star takes Mr. P ou's resolution to investi gate the corrupt use of money in elections as its text. It says that "Mr. Pou may live some distance from the big road," but he ought to know that resolu tions to investigate and make public "all such transactions"? corrupt use of money in elections ?will not help his party to get campaign funds from the "big money interests of the country." Mr. Pou is not interested in get ting corruption money from any source, but in preventing the collection and us.- of it in thwar ting the will of the people. Nobody knows better than Mr. Pou that, both his resolutions will be defeated or pigeon-holed Hut they serve to still more call attention to the fact that the Republican party legislates iD the interest of the * trusts and perpetuates its power by the corrupt use of money in elections. The more the Sun and the Star criticizes Mr. Pou, the more they show that the Republican party is trust-ridden and money-controlled. ? News and Observer. Durham Leads the State. There are thirty-three public schools for white children in Dur ham county. A public library has been established in every district except two, and Superin tendent Massey will soon send orders for libraries for the re maining two, so that within thirty days there will be a public library in every white public school in Durham county. The State provides the money for not exceeding six in each county. The other twenty-seven libraries are made possible by the gener osity of General Julian S. Carr, of Durham, whose intelligent and zealous devotion to the cause of public education has Is-en marked during his whole career. The value of these rural libra ries is much greater than can be appreciated now. They will grow into educational institutions that will bring cheer anil edu cation to voung and old alike into every community in which they are located.?News and < >1 tserver. To Cure a ?old in one Dav Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Ml druggists refund the monev if it fails tocure. II. W. Grove's -.giia' are is on i ach box. 2~t cents. Selma Social Chat. Mr. F. K. Ellington, of Raleigh, was in town a few hours Sunday. Mrs. Alden and son, of New York, are guests of Mrs. .1. A. Spiers. Rev. Mr. Holmes, pastor Meth odist church here, preached an able sermon Sunday morning. Miss Addie McKinne, of Prince ton, spent a few days in our little city this week, guest of Mrs. R. A. Ashworth. Miss Stella I'asmore, teacher of third grade in the graded school here, spent Faster at her home in Gary. A pleasant occasion was the Easter picnic Monday under the management of the superintend ent and teachers of the graded school. Although the day was cold and the wind blowing a gale all seemed to enjoy the outing and wandering through the woods near the banks of the Neuse. The "Bachelor Maids" Club en tertained the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club at the residence of Miss Margaret EtheredgeWednes day afternoon from four to six. " The occasion was thoroughly in formal and the time spent pleas antly by the guests present. The amusement consisted of a guess ing game, "What shall the har vestbe?" Miss Nannie Richardson and Mrs Ashworth having sharpened their "wits" won the a r prize. Alter cue frame me ioiaing doors were opened and guests were ushered into the beautifully decorated dining room where a dainty luncheon was served. Pink and green, the fresh lovely color scheme was carried out in every detail of the decorations. Mrs. \lden, of New York, render ed some beautiful instrumental solos that were much enjoyed. Those present were Madames Winston, Carringtou, Spiers, Robinson, Ashworth. Alden. Misses Margaret Etheri tge, Ju lia Etheredge, Nannie-richard son, Marion Preston, Stelm Pass more, Fannie Jackson and Mary Hatcher. Y. O. R. Fire in Benson. Benson. N. C., April 2. ?The town of Benson sustained a fire loss Tuesday, the worst in its history. It originated from a defective stove flue in the resi dence of Preston Woodall and spread rapidly till three dwell ings were in flames. Much of the household property, however, was saved, considerably dam aged by rough and hasty hand ling. At one time it seemed in evitable that the entire north eastern portion of thetown would go up in flames, so strong was the southwest wind, and it will seem incredible to anv one other than an eve witness, tnat thelast building burned was within thirty feet of another that was saved, toward which the wind was drift ing. 1 here have been tales told m song and story of daring and heroic effort, during disa trous conflagrations in cities, but none of them, we think, could excel in zeal and activity the efforts of our people in this instance. The country people vied with the town people, and the colored people wit h the white people, to see who should render the best service in a time of great peril. And so effective were their united efforts that what threatened to be the destruction of a fair portion of our little city was confined to three dwellings and some out houses, and damages less than .$.?>,000, partly covered by insur ance. Those who suffered loss as well as those whose property was so miraculously saved, are profuse in their expressions of gratitude to tue people who rendered such valuable service in arresting the progress of the flames. The heaviest losers are 1'res ton Woodall, J. VV. Whittenton and Seth Allen. The Stated Clerk says reduced rat?>s have Iteen promised to him by all the railroads for all par ties going to the meeting of l "ay etteville I'resbyteiy at Raeford, Monday, April 14. Apply to the local ngents for the reduction.