VOL. 4
COLUMBUS, N. C. -THURSDAY, JUlE'9, 1904.
20;s
SENSATIONAL AFFAIR
IN NEW YORK CITY
Woman Besieged In Her Pala
tial Home by Officers-
DEEKING
TO SERVE. WARRANT.
Millionaire Piatt Claims that Manna
Elias, the Octoroon, Secured from
Him by Blackmail, nearly $700,000
In Cash and Real Estate. ;
New "York, June 4. A charge by
polioe reserves .has been necessary
to drive thousands of persons blocking
Central park west In front of the
home of. Hanba Elias, the octoroon,
who is charged by John R. Piatt, an
aged millionaire manufacturer, wiuo
having scmred ,from him by black
mail nearly $700,000 in cash and real
estate. ';' " . ,.";:; -
Mounted police headed the charge,
1TT.S. HANNAH EXIAS.
and they were comipeMed to use ex
treme measurxv? in order , to - drive
off the crowd which wars composed
piargely of negroes, friendly to t5e wo
man. -. " . " -V : .; ' ;::
Mrs. Elias has beep besieged In her
splendid residence by deputies "seek
ing to serve a warrant since suit was
begun by Piatt.- As It isa civil case.
the officers'- are not empowered ti
break in- the door, so they have await
ed about patiently -expecting the wo
man to attempt an escape.
Meanwhile scores of private detec
tives employed by numerous persons
interested in the case, have stationed
themselves at the entrance of the res
idence. The crowd became so dense
that the Central park west was crowd
ed f oar a block In both direction.
From the sullen "attitude. ot the ne
groes it is surnstsed that they or at
least some of the leaders, bad an Idea,
of protecting Mrs;; Elias, r should sfae
endeavor to leave the house. , -
When the police reserves were call
ed the negroes became extremely sul
len, and were driven away with much
difficulty, Jeering and. insulting the
white men as they "went. No ; one
was injured. , ;
LOST LIFE FOR FREEQOM.
Desperate Effort of Sailor
ship to Escape.
n Battle-
New Yorkr June 4. By ; the finding
of Ms dead body., it ha9 developed that
ETmer S. Lewis, of Cleveland, O., a
eaitor on the battleship Kentucky, ly
ing at the New York navy yard, who
eaeaned from that vessel May 26. and
Jumped overboard, had lost his life
in the attempt to get away.
The man had been imprisoned un
der orders from Washington, which
said that he was wanted in Manila on
a civil charge, but of what offense was
'accused was not stated.
During the night of Lewis' escape
a shore boat with three men was seen
hanging about near the battleship. The
men rowed around tor an hour and
were finally ordered away by the
ship's officers. , "
It is thought , the men were 'friends
of the prisoner and -were expecting to
ptofc hdm irp.: " " -'
A short time after they had rowed
away - Lewi9 broke - from the bridge,
and running on- wk,laaped yw
oard. He was not seen again.
Getllnir'lhe Wortt of the
Bargain.
The Protective Tariff league, which
is a league of trusts and protected
monopolists, is of course interestedLin
making the taxpayer bel ieve thai he
too, is protected, but the palpable mass
ing of the wealth of the country in the
hands of .a few and the continued strug
gle for existence of the many is an un
answerable argument to the farmer, the
storekeeper, the clerk,' the artisan and
the laborer that they have the worst of
rhe bargain
As the protectionists nave
neknowlPdirpri . thnt the suirar trust 'is
Hintntes the
a ,a . i ,i atiaif ni
urWV. 14 I.-.IIt, nn flirt Oil CP T
planter, why are not' the other - trusts
that protecUon pampers equally hurt-
iui iu ue America u peopiex aui. w
form is the only way to reach them.
THE INTELLIGENT FARMER.
He
la Bothering; the ; Republicans.,
With Awkward Questions.
Giving the farmers taffy before elec
tion - and promising them legislation
that never was intended to materialize
Is a favorite game of the Republican
leaders. It is therefore not an unex
pected pleasure to read the first install
ment of guff and. bluff given out by
Hon. Joseph Weeks Babcock, chair
man, of the Republican congressional
committee, in which he brings in the
"Intelligent farmer" f as the standby of J
the Q. O. P. Mr. Babcock says he has
Implicit faith that the 'Intelligent
farmer" will vote the Republican tick
et, for they have telephones in their
houses and read the dally newspapers.
That .Mr, Babcock really, believes the
"intelligent . farmer" will Support the
party in league "with the : trusts and
corporations is doubtful, for he is evi
dently muc exercised, though he saya
he Is not; worrying over the outlook for
a Republican majority in the,nextcpn
gress. -;V".
et Mr. Babcock evidently Is alarmed
about what the "intelligent farmer'1
will do, for be also says, "It keeps a
member of congress busy all the time
to answer the questions they ask him
about public affairs." Maybe when he
gave-out that interview Mr. Babcock
was thinking of the uncomfortable
questions that many of his own con
stituents have been asking him about
the charges "of his too close connection
with the railroad corporations, of pad
ding the mails In the interest of those
institutions and his failure to push his
bill to reform the tariff, schedule that
shelters the steel trust, though he had
declared the tariff must be reformed,
or possibly he was thinking of the
charges made, by Secretary . Bristow
that over 100 Republican congressmen,
including himself, had been mixed up
with the postotfiee grafters If not in
league with them. . V - :
The "intelligent farmer" "who reads
the daily v newspapers- could, hardly
have missed knowing- about those
chargea and a number of other scan
dals thatMr. Babcock and his partr
are responsible for, and It is hardly
any wonder that It has kept those
members ot-congress busy as it has
Mr. -Babcock. for be tells us so ex
plaining and twisting and turning to
answer the questions of not only the
"intelligent farmer," but othersof his
and their constituents. ' ; r ' C
No more favorable jews for- the
Democrats has been published than
lis acknowledged interest the farm
ers are taking in public affairs. No
doubt they are inquiring about Repub
lican extravagance, about the 'enormous
Increase in price of what they buy and
the cause for it. They doubtless want
to know wiry the packers' combine is
paying less fOr cattle and hogs and yet
the price of meat to the consumer is
relativelv hleher than It was. There
is no end to thexquestions that intelll
gent farmers will ask candidates for
congress that . will puzzle the Repub
licans to evade, let alone to. answer.
That is Just what .the Democrats want
full and free discussion and intelll
gent inquiry by all voters. - ;.
-v. The G. O. P. Machine.
All the acts and doings of the coming
Republican national convention are be
ing fixed up at the White House. The
candidate for vice president, the plat
form, who shall be temporary and per
manent chairman, even the speeches,
are all being considered and censored
by President Roosevelt. :
Political bosses and dictators, gener
flllv have a hard time of it. so the re
port that the. president is much "ex
hausted by the constant and prolong
ed conferences that are being tield is
probably correct. It would seem to be
a tntfll wnste of time and money to
hold a convention the proceedings o:
which are all arranged In advance, but
for the sake of appearances the forms
at Chicaeo will have to be gone
through with. w -
The public interest In the Republic
an convention will be dampened, fof
the cut and dried programme will be
known and published long before the
delegates - ratify the decisions oi me
bosses. The G. O. P. Is indeed a per
fect machine and - runs smoothly if
oiled liberally. : :-,
That tDo-nothinsr Conarre. ?
When the Republican leaders deter
mined to pass the appropriation billa
and "go home" t is possible that a
good many of the lesser lights of the
party did not approve the programme,
but they are all equally, guilty, for
when f given an opportunity by Demo
cratic amendments ' they were " voted
down by a strict party vote; also the
bills introduced by Democrats, which
vpred all the matters of public - in-
t allowed even to beT,
ixn cotf - vt -w -
considered- in the committees or re
jected by' a party vote. So there is no
escape from the record made that, the
Republican party feared to go on rec
ord on bills of great ; Importance or
were so intent on a policy; of concilia
j
tion that they adopted tne "uo-nuiu
ins" orocramme,
1 ." '. mnte tnd 8ne
I " n.ia is n hnve a newspaper . ror-ne
a a - nnhiiaiiM under thename
..nbe Journal of the Deaseo. ui
-4ditoitol'poli.wiIVdoobsv,(J5
i gane kuu -wuuv'
J Axnerican. . : v ;
Men Hn the
Public Eye
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Theodore F. Davidson ;
Theodore F. Davidson - was born in
Haywood County; N. C., March 30, 1845.
He was prepared for college at" Ashe-
ville, by Col. Stephen - Lee, a cousin of
Gen. Robert E. Lee, and r had been ap
pointed a naval cadet at Annapolis,
when the Jjreakin out ;pf hostilities,
between the sections of the Union chang
ed the course of his life. -. Responding
with alacrity tothe call of .his State, he,
onApnl 161861, being just 16 years of
oge, enlisted as a private in the Bun-
combe Rifles, W. W. McDowell, (Cap
tain, that being the first company or
ganized in the State, West of the Blue
Ridge. This company was assigned po
the First North Carolina Regiment, and
was disbanded at the end of six mouths,
ts .term of- enlistment. However;
young Davidson at once enlUted "In
Company C, of the Thirty-ninth Regi
ment. Col. David Coleman, command
ing the "Regiment,- serving with the
western army. He was made sergeant-,
major, and held that position until
r
J
HOM. , THEODORE F. - DAVIDSON
after the battle of Murfreesbpro, when
be was commissioned as aide to Gen
Robert B. Vance, who - was assigned
the command of the military district of
western-North Carolina. Subsequent
ly, he served as assistant adjutant
general, on the staff of his brigade, suc
cessively commanded by Col. JohnjB.
Palmer and Gen. James U. Martin,
wbch post he held until the close of the
war. lie participated with gallantry
and heroism In the cam pains of Chlca
mauga, Cumberland Gap, Kentucky and
East Tennessee, c A" portion of the bri
gade to which he belonged, about Ma j
1, 1805, fired the last hostile guns in the
grea drama of the "Wari"? east of the
Mississippi Ri ver. ,."i-':"-;';.'T- TV
As soon as peace was restored, ; young
Dividson resumed bis studies under the
direction of his old preceptor, Col. Lee,
and toward the close of " theTrear 1865,
he began the" study of the" law under
Judge J. L. Bailey at ; AshevilleJ and
two years later was admitted to the bar
Iu 1868 he entered 'into partnership
with his fatheiyin the practice of the
law, and, on the dissolution of that
partnership, upon the retirement of his
father in 1882, he became a partner of
Col. James G. Martin of Ashevllle. In
1867 Mr. Davidson was elected Solicitor
for Clay County, and he retainQd, that
office until it was abolished by the
Constitution tn 1868. Ho opposed ihe
adoption of that constitution - with - all
his powers, and early took an active
part in the political" contests ; of that
time. In 1872, bis talents ior organi
zation, and his zeal, led to his selection
for the arduous post of chairman of the
democratic executive committee lor
Buncombe County, the exacting duties
of which, position he acceptably dis
f harcreid for . neriod of ten a ears, m
the same time he was also - chairmjui of
the democratic congresaional executive
committee for; the Ninth District.. In
1878 the' people of : Buncombe County
aaIIm) innrr him to renresent them in
the State Senate, the district : being
then composed of Buncombe and' Madi
son ; and two years later he was re-elect
ed to the same position. At the first
Rftssion. he was assigned to the chair
manship of "the important committee on
corporations. Western North Carolina
haint? at that time lareely interested in
the extension of railroad construction
ana at. t.h succeedincf session he was
chairman of the judiciary committee,
and the recognized leader of the body.
Tri 1S7Q hA wnjs am minted Director, for
the State i &t largey of I the Western
North Carolina Railroad,whoe comple.
tion wusof such vast importance to Jhe
western' counties; and in 1881 he was
made Director - of the Western North
riamifnA ; Insane Asvlum. - the act
HIS HOPE BEING FULFILLLD.
Format Memorial Services Over the
VSouth's Dead at Arlington.
Washington, June 5.In the presence of
thousands of ex-Confederate and ex-Union
soldiers and a number of otficei s of ti e
United States army aud the Grand ArmV-
of the Republic, the first formal memorial
exercises ever held over the grave J in the
Confederate section of Arlington cemetery
wre held today.
, As the result ot a' movement initiated by
the law President McKinley, the - Confeder
ate dead iw have been gather el in a large,
and beautiful circle in the southern part of
the cemetery where the gravt s , have beeo
marked with separate stones. Wnen the
vast crowd had srathiered to hold tha me-
-t .w 1 I
federate dead, the exercises were opened
with music by the Fifteenth cavalry band.
In k spirit of good will and fraternity af
ter the exercises over the graves of the Con
federate dead,those in charge of the ser
vices repeated them over the graves of the
two thousand unknown Union soldiers dead
at Arlington and decorated the graves with
flowers. ; The Rev. Alexander W. Pitzer,
- tor of the Southern Presbyterian church
in this city, and an ex-Confederate soldier,
was the orator of the day. He eferrcd to
the fact that the government of the United
States, through .the representatives of its
army, participating b the exercises and tbat
the government of the United States had
collected the remains of ; the Confederate
soldiers and bad erected suitable stones to
mark their graves. - He asked the ex-Con
federates present if they should not recog
nized that it is true magnanimity. He feeling
ly referred to the interest Mr. McKinley,
while a member of congress Jiad taken in
the proper care, by .he government," of the
graves of the1 Confederate dead how
the establishment of a Confederate section
in Arlington as a fulfillment ot Mr. Mc
Kinley 's cherished hope. i ; ;f
The extreisej were brought to a close 1 y
the Rev. Dr. Prettyman. who raydd fei
verently for the living represeotativi s if
those, who fell on both sides and for. the
pomtng of universal peace and good wdl,
Mhith Ihe-crremonies -of- the day -fore
shadowed. . -
establishing that
institution having
ably advocated by
been, zealously and
In 1882 Mr. Davidson ; was appointed
Judge of the Criminal Court of Bun
combe, called tbe ''Inferior . court,'.'
which position be filled with great ac
ceptability and credit to himself until
June, 1884, when the. State Democratic
Conyention, recognizing his excellent
talents, his -purity of character, and
sound learning, nominated him for At
torney-General. He was elected, , to
gether with the rest of the Democratic
State ticket by-a handsome majority,
after a warm campaign, in which he
made an able and extensive canvass of
the State,' winning many encomiums
for. the excellency of his politicarad-
dresses. At the end of his ; term, o
satisfactorily had he discharged his
d utle3 as , Attorney-Ueneral and - re-
jx)rter of the Supreme Court's decisions
that there was no opposition to his re-
nomination by the State Democratic
Convention, and he was again chosen
for a four years' terms, by an increased
popular majority, leading the State
ticket. As "Attorney-General, Mr.
Davidson largely increased the high re
putation he has; so . long enjoyed as a
safe and learned jurist and he so con
ducted the affairs of the office as to
enhance the; respect" and confidence
with which he has ever been regarded.
At the close of his second term as
AttorneyGeneral, he declined ; to stand
for re-nomination, and returned to the
practice Of .tbis profession at his home
in loHo, ne was called upon - by tne
Democrats of Asbeville to make a eon
test for Mayor, and was elected bv a
decisive majority.
In i9 VI. h- wa-i tgatn called upon bv
hlsiirtr h .make, a contet tor -Lbf
Genrf'M5 s-einbl v, and ' was elected to
the ' I'm' of ReoresentAtix-es. In that
CHKly he ti'ok a pnminent 0-lton,
tm n-j Ohairmau it' u mi tree on Con-
Mtitunon.t I Amesidmf in., -and an aoti ve-
memr of Oommittev-on Judiciary and
Joint Committee to itevise and Codify
the Statutes of the State, and prepared
and secured : the passage . of the Act,
under which i the-Code . Commission is
now. acting. - - .'::r "
- During his service in the Legislature,
Mr? Davidson was especially kind and
helpful to younger and more inexperi
enced members of that body, who seem
ed to turn to him instinctively for coun
sel and suggestion ;
In spite of his large participation in
public affairs, Mr.- Davidson has not
neglected his . private business, and is
now actively . identified with some of
the most prosperous business institu
tions of the State. "-He is still in the
active practice of his profession, and is
regarded as one of the foremost , law
yers of NorthCarolina. -r " r
In temperament and method, Mr.
Davidson is progressively; conservative,
and all his life haff been largely guided
by the principle that is embodied in
those homely, but expressive lines.-.
" "Be not the first by whom the new is
tried,Nor yet a the . last to lay the old
aside." . - " .
FAIR;
Athjetes Give Exhibitions Miss Alio
; -.Roosevelt Presents Medals.
St. Louiss World's Pair Grounds,
June 4. Athletes from ; aill parts of
.the country many of them with
world's records, were seen at the sta
dium today where the, championship
events of the amateur ajthTetic union
were held.
The ' first of : thei program proved
to be the . junior contests: postponed
from yesterday owing to the rain, and.
the closing numbers decided the sen
lor championships. The . heavy rains
bf the last few days prevented fast
time 'behrg'Tnade; in -the spiints, and
dastlnct runsy but as the entries In
cluded the countries best men in their
respective classes, great interest was
taken
In the events. V"c.i;
The feature of the day was the pre
sentation of medals to the winner of
the senior championships by Miss
Alice Roosey eit, the daughter, of tihe
presdid'ent. " . 'Jr x-y'v;.
President Roosevelt is the honorary,
preisident of the CHymipic. games, amd
Miss "Roosevelt was, requested" by
Chief Sullivan, of uhe physical, cut
xure aepartment to represent her
father. " ;- v '
rne contests included ail tn regu-
fture department, to represent her fath-
rne contests inciuxied an tne regu-.
"latlon events recognized by the A."A.-
U. in several there were so many
entries that it was found necessiary' to
-divide them into heats. - ! ' .
TdTTALAREA IN COTTON.. .
Statistics of the Department off Agri-
" .. ;;; -; culture. . ; ;;.;;
Wlasihinston June 4. The feature
tof the "statistics of the department
txf ' agriculture estimates tbe total
area planted -In cotton in the United
States this season at 31,730,371 acres,
an increase of 2.,823,016 ' acres, or. 9.8
er cent upon the acreage planted last
year. ''rY.'
The averajge cohdition of the grow,
ing crop on May 26 was 83 as compar
ed with 74.1 on May 26, 1903; 95.1 at
the corresponding date of 1902, and a
ten-year average of 85.8. r
The percentage of increase in acre
age of : tne dliieret states (tne coror
parison : being with Che . area planted
last season), is as fallowa:
Vfrcrlnio 1Q Wnrtli Powllwi 19 K
South Caroiina 9, Georgia Flori
da 10.7, i Alabama 9, MlssdssippI 10.2r
Louisiana 13.5, Texas 7.1, Arkansas
9.2, Tennessee 11.5, Missouri 2 S,- Ok
lahoma Territory 29.2, Indian Terri
tory; 26. -VrT v - ;-:-;C;
The condition of tha crop on May
26 was as follows: ; - -
Virginia 82, North Carolina 84,
Smith GaTOHna 81, Georgia 78, Flori
da 88, Alaibama; 80s -Mississippi 85,
Lulsiasnia 86 , Texas 84, Arkaneias ' 84,
Tennessee 85, Missouri 82, Oklahoma
93, Indian Territory 90. " .-.;;; 'V
r Asdde from the large increase in the
acreage due malnfly to the 'bJigh iprice
of cotton there are no conditions call
ing for special comment, at this . time.
MAN MISSING AT ZEBULON.
Community Excited Over Strange Dls-
.' :;ll v : appearance. ;:";;:'-:
Zebulon, Ga., June 4. Zebulon has
been mowch excited over ; the sudden
and mysteniorus disappearance of . W.
C. Scott, a printer, in the employ erf
the Pike County Journal office. ;
?Mr. Scott came to Zebulon 15
months ago" and went to work on the
Journal, boarding at the home of "K
Hor Smith. When he failed to come
to breakfast his room was entered
tond Mr. Soobt was missing. :k " ': '
A pool off blood wasr found on the'
floor and finger prints ox blood on the
doorv together with 'articles of his
clothing scattered about in the room.
His coat hanging on the wau created
1st once the suspicion, that he had
comanJtted . suicide - or -had been muj
1 dered. .;--' ; --i - '
The light iffc hds. room; was put out
uabout 10 o'clock and no one heard him
leave the house. ; Diligent search' in
and around town failed to reveal the
slightest clew, to the mystery. - Spal
dlnr county r Moodhounds were sent
for - but no trail could be found by
f them, and as yet no trace of the miss-
lng : man has been heard , from.
Charge . of Conspiracy.
;; St. Louis, June 4. -The April gisi
jury "which, reported, today IsdlsHeC
James ; M. Sedbext, state excisev com
mission er, on the charge of conspira
cy T to hinder, the "doe administration
of- law. - The indictment grows ourt
ot investigation: into the flagrant vio
lations of the excise laws in. the city
of St. Louis. "The grand Jury "also
relurned indictanents against five cap
tains of steamboats, who axe charged
with : permitting rambling on theif
boats. ::rr . r--':.
"Writ In ar and Dressing. "
Dorothy Don't, you feel in awe of
' literary women '- '-- p-
Dora No, indeed. My literary cousin
says it takes more sense to dress well
than It does to write a book. Detroit
ErgePress. '
AT WORLD'S
A VERY WEAK PRETENSE
Republican Desire For Reciproc-
ity Is a Hollow Mockery. .
NO KEAL EEDU0TI0N SOUGHT.
Protectionist Will Reduce, the Tar .
iff Only on Noncomnetlnc. Mat--rlajs,
.Which Do Not &zltXet
Well Enongh Alone" la the Cry.
; Reciprocity is doomed: as far as the
Republican party is concerned, for the
leaders -have, determined ; to "stand
pat." Senator Lodge, the head of Pres
ident Roosevelt's "kitchen cabinet," ia
as much opposed to reciprocity as Con
gressman Littauer, he of glove scandal
fame, whom the president described as
his personal friend and close political.
adviser. Senator Dolliver, who not
long , ago was defending .the "Iowa
idea," has just made a speech in the "
senate; renouncing . his former heresy
and urging that the tariff does not
shelter the trusts, but rather hurts
tnem nv.nwninir rnAir Kmnii vimnoti-
tors. And so the list of those Republic- '
ans who flirted with tariff. reform and.
courted reciprocity, including Presi
dent Roosevelt, may nearly all be said
to have decided to do nothing, go home
and tell the people, "We must let well -
enough alone."; Ex-Congressman Foss
of Massachusetts says he Is still fight-
ing . for reciprocity with Canada, and
Governor Cummins of Iowa may. con
tinue . to declare he has not surren
dered, but it ia onlv with a faint hpnrt
and a knowledge that reciprocity has
been put to sleep with trust medicine
In allopathic and not homeopathic
doses. If McKinley were alive he
would be forced to recant his last
speech, in which he declared for recl-
nrocitv. or he rend ont nf thA Ttannh-
. , ww
lican party by those who now control
But if the politicians have . surren
dered to the threats of the trust mag
nates and have abandoned their efforts
for reciprocity or the reform of those
schedules of the tariff law that give
the trusts their monopoly there are -
more people demanding tariff legisla
tion than ever before. Democrats are
united for a reasonable reform of the
iariff, and Republican business men.
farmers and others, all over the coun
try have organized reciprocity leagues.
the object of which is to promote busi
ness with other countries by. mutually
reforming the tariffs that now bat the
way. To show - how extensive this v
movement has become here is a list of
these organizations:- - '. -.-1
New -England Reciprocity League--
William E. -Brlguam. secretary, 603
Board of Trade building, Boston, Mass.
Minnesota Branch of National Reci
procity LeagueBenjamin F. Beard. "
ley, - secretary, 649 Endlcott building,
St Paul, Minn. '; ': " '
Lower Lakes Reciprocity League-
Campbell " Shaw: secretary, 730 . E1U-.
cott square, Buffalo. 1
Trl-City Reciprocity League Nathan
iel French, secretary, Davenport, la.
National Reciprocity League Adams
Express building, Chicago. ;
It Is hardly-, probable . that these ;
leagues will be able to convert the Re
publican party to the kind of reciproci
ty' they demand, although they hate
thousands of members, for Congress
man Dalzell, who Is the "recognized
mouthpiece of the protectionists, de
clared la the house of representatives
that "Republican reciprocity Ji reci
procity in noricompeting articles and.
in nothing else." That means that the
protectionists refuse to lower the tar
iff barriers to any product of a for
eign country that ls lprodnced in the
United States.
Since the United States has Included
in her territory tropical and semltrpp
lcal countries there is hardly a produc
tion of any foreign country v that will
not compete with our products, so that
reciprocity of the . Republican brand
under those circumstances is impossi
ble or would be so infinitesimal that it
would amount to nothing. The Repub
licans at great expense made reciproci
ty treaties with several countries, but
the Republican leaders in the senate
refused to ratify them because some of
the articles included In those treaties
ere products ot the tJnited States.
Any declaration for reciprocity by :
the comings Republican national con
vention will be for reciprocity In non
competing articies''Snd not for the reci
procity that the 'reciprocity leagues are
striving' for. SacB a declaration will
not lead to any Increased trade with
foreign countries because 'true reci
procity means that ;txth sides .: most
give and take or there. can be no trade.
The Republicans are so; wedded to pro
tection that ty fear, real reciprocity
as an opening - wedge to break down
the protection walls. The , protected
Interests mostly ; .the trusts control
the leaders and by, furnishing then
money for Republican . campaigns de
mand In "return; full protection, and,
with that real reciprocity would Inter
fere.- :.f:''-' '. -i .
C,"i-"5An"iynolvablV Pfttl"-''
Whether congress adjourned In obedi
ence to Theodore Roosevelt or In fear
of John Sharp Williams Is a problem
that Is none the less Interesting for be
ing insoluble Philadelphia Record,