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ttv -n ti Enterprise LJS x-ft II Os l TVs 1 1 VOL. I. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1904. NO. 13. BILKIN5 AT THE SEASHORE Has Been Buncoed Again Dancing is no Longer a Wicked Diversion The flajar Describes a Blind Tiger. Seashore, N. C, July 12. Mr. Editur : I'll be jimswiggered if I aint a havin' a picnick, a 4th of July an' three strate weeks ov Christ mas awl at one time. What do I care erbout perlitercal flatforms an' single standards an' tariff reform, now? I'm a listenin' ter what .the sad waves are a sayin', an' pretty murmades are a flirtin' with me on both land an' wa ter twenty-four hours per day an' several hours per nite. They iz one thing I hain't seed yit an' that iz a seasarpent. I thought they allers had them at the seashore resorts. I've bin axin' erbout them purty nigh every day. The manager of the hotel sez hit iz a little early yit f er them. I guess I've bin bun coed, though. It iz sorter like when you go ter a sircus ; you never git ter see more'n half the anermals that was advertized. I've bin a watchin' 'em dance here every nite, an' feelin' sorter skittish, I tole sum ov the gurls I'd like ter try it if I wasn't erf raid my feet would git tangled up. Then, too, I wuz erf raid the paster ov my church at Bethlehem would git onter the racket. The gurls sed I could larn in, one or two lessons and my paster need never git wise. They was dead anxious fer me ter larn ter dance. T rPflcnn tTlAvM (moe wiVi a anara- crow rite outen ov the cornfield here, fer men are so skase. One ov the gurls that iz powerful purty an'' like ly lookin' sed she'd give me sum pri vate lessons in the stepsiscorin' art, or sumthin' thet sounded exakly like that. I tole her I hed belonged ter the KuKlux, hed bin skule cummit teeman, belonged ter the Amalger mated and Ansient Order of Red Shirts, an' belonged ter the home gard durin' ov the war, an' that I wasn't erf raid to go through a grave yard at midnite, but that I wuz er f raid ter begin ter take dansin les sons at this stage ov the game. She looked so purty, I know I blushed if I couldn't see myself. But she kept insistin'. I finally tole her if she'd promise not ter put her arm eroun me like they did in the ballroom, I'd try ter larn. So we went out on the piazza where the lite wasnt much brite two or three evenins an' you orter a seed me larn ter danse. Blamed if it aint nicer than eatin' turnip sallad an' hog jaw in the spring ov the year. I hope the pas ter ov my church an' Betsy will over look this letter. After takin' sum lessons my purty teacher tole me I'd pass muster. I tole her I'd accept her statement an' would be in the ballroom with my trump suit .an' yaller shoes on the next nite. She 'lowed: "What iz a trump suit?" Why, sez I, don't you know what a trump suit iz ? That means my long suit, my Prince Al bert. Columbus sprung that joke on the Injuns at the first recepshun they give him after he landed in America. They couldn't see the point ov the joke an' they immediately declared war on the white people an' hev kept it up ever sinse. Sum gurls don't know much histery. Well, I soon got the hang ov that dancin' crame. an' I think it iz tc4 squisit. The preachers don't know whut they are runnin' down when they resolute erginst dancin'. Its nicer than strawberries an' cream. Sum say the round dance iz wurse than the square dance. I don't think enny ov it is worse. It beats fallin' asleep just after a shower ov rain. If I knew everything wuz goin' on rite at home I'd stay here till Christ mas enyhow. I wuz strollin' erlong the beech with a luvly gurl frum Greensboro yisterday. She 'lowed, "Mr. Bilkins, why wuz the ocean filled with salt water instead ov fresh water?" Sez I, I don't know unless the proprie ters ov the summer resort hotels put salt inter the sea ter keep their guests frum drikin' eny water. She 'lowed, "Why don't the hotel men want people to drink water?" "Be kase thet would kill awl the blind tigers," sez I. "What iz a blind tiger ?" sez she. "It iz a place whar you go in ter look at the seashore an' when you cum out you can't see the sea-shore. While you are in there you put on glasses with a view ter takin' a look at the seashore, but the more glasses you put on the less sea shore you can see, an' the longer you stay in there an' the more you see of the seashore the less you care for seein' the seashore." She 'lowed she wuz ready ter go back ter the hotel an' I never could git her ter under stand erbout the blind tiger. Yours fer a gude time, " ZEKE BILKINS: Cream of the Press. Dowie says he is for Roosevelt. Elijah is evidently able to distinguish a band wagon from a hearse. Mil waukee Sentinel. It is a pity that the State does not again need saving, considering the material that the party has on hand. Durham Herald. Cortelyou poses as the man who has never failed in anything he has ever undertaken. He never ventured far from land. Birmingham Age Herald. Senator Fairbanks says that he will manage his own campaign in Indi ana. That will make it a lot easier on his barrel, anyhow. Jacksonville Times-Union. , ... Many a woman who poses as a Christian lies awake nights trying to concoct a scheme to get her neigh bor's hired girl away from her. Elizabeth City Economist. .' Japan announces that she rests her hopes in the glory of her arms. Russia is apparently resting hers in the glory of her legs. Washington Post. Upon mature deliberation General Miles decided that from now until November would be too long for him to stick with the water wagon out fit. Springfield (Ohio) Press-Republic. -. '. . '. Mr. Cleveland is "out of politics" but that fifteen-mile private wire to his summer home cannot be ex plained as disclosing his interest in race-track events or in the stock market. New York Commercial. THE TWO-THIRDS RULE Mr. Crutchfleld Has Written Some Interesting HistoryHow Conven tions were Held Many years Ago. Washington, D. C, July 12th. Correspondence of The Enterprise. A history of the two-thirds rule and the unit rule, as applied to the Democratic National Conventions, has been prepared by Mr. Nathaniel T. Crutchfleld, the well-known Ken tucky Democrat, resident of Wash ington, who is especially well versed in political and parliamentary his tory. His paper is of a timely in terest at present. As it traces the acts of the Democratic conventions since the birth of the party, Mr. Crutchfield's paner was used by the party leaders for reference at the St. Louis Convention. It shows that the two-thirds rule has been in use since 1832, and that the unit rule be came a part of the Democratic Code of procedure in 1848. Following is the text of the paper: The rule requiring two-thirds to nominate was adopted at the first Democratic National Convention, held in Baltimore in 1832. Prior to 1828 candidates for the Presidency and vice-Presidency were nominated by a Congressional caucus. In that year Jackson was placed in nomina tion by a resolution of the Tennessee Legislature, and with Calhoun as Vice-President, was elected by a large majority. In 1832 J ackson was again nominated, this time by the Legislatures of New York and Penn sylvania. He had become so identi fied with his pa rty that the party it self was often referred to as the "Jackson party," the designation "Democratic" not being as yet fully accepted as the official title. As to the Vice-Presidency, no such una nimity existed. Jackson certainly did not desire Mr. Calhoun as a com panion on the electoral ticket, and the concentration of the Democratic vote upon an acceptable candidate for the Vice-Presidency appeared to be no easy task. For the purpose, therefore, of nominating a candidate for the Vice Presidency, the Legislature of New Hampshire passed a resolution call ing for a national convention of the Jackson Republican party to meet in the city of Baltimore. Mr. Sumner, of New Hampshire, in calling the body to order, concluded his address as follows: "They," referring to the originators of the movement, "be lieved that the example of this con vention would operate favorably in future elections, that the people would be disposed, after seeing the good effects of this convention in conciliating the different and distant sections of the country, to continue this mode of nomination." The second national convention of the Democratic party was held near ly a year and a half prior to the Presidential election of 1836, it be ing convened at Baltimore, May 20, 1835,' when the new convention sys tem was extended in its scope to em brace nominations for the Presiden cy as well as the Vice-Presidency. The two-thirds rule was again report ed to the convention from the com mittee on rules by Mr. Saunders, of North Carolina, the author of the mle.' :',' V . ! ' ! ' The rules of 1860 were adopted in 1864 and 1868. Governor Seymour, chairman in 1868, was careful, early in the proceedings that the two third rule should be clearly under stood. After reviewing the proceed ings at Charleston and Baltimore, he announced until otherwise resolved, the chairman would declare no can didate to be nominated who should not have received two-thirds of the vote of the full convention. In the convention held in Chicago in 1896 the chair announced that un der the rule adopted in 1852, and since continued as the rule of suc ceeding conventions, "in the opinion of the chair, two-thirds of the vote given will nominate a candidate for President and Vice-President of the United States." In the Kansas City convention of 1900 the nominees for both offices received the unanimous vote of the full convention and the two-thirds rule was not called into question. This rule is of course, a rule of policy, and the fact that a majority can, if it choose, amend or rescind it at any time is a sufficient answer to the charge that it menaces the will of the majority. At Kansas City no question as to the unit rule or any other rule was contested, the proceedings being con ducted throughout with apparent unanimity. "Working the Tailings." A man recently offered a gold mining company a certain price per ton for the quartz that had passed through their crusher, and from which they had extracted all the gold they could. They accepted his offer willingly. At once he set up machinery, and by a modern chemical process he is making a large income "working the tailings." Enterprise and perseverance in using what is 'left over" will often bring large results. The "left-over" minutes of each day well used have placed many a man in a position of high effectiveness. The man who aids his fellows to find riches in the pile of unsightly left-over product of a crusher does a good service. But he who leads others to utilize the moments that would otherwise go to waste is placing deep in his debt all who accept his guidance. And the "left-over" opportunities of life, who can number them ? Op portunities for doing good to others and to one's self have been neglected hourly. Those who would yet ac complish much must spend no time in regretting the past, but must keep the face bravely to the days to come. For the coming days will be wonder ful days of opportunity. And the truly great men will be they who will struggle manfully to "work the tailings." East and West. A Cincinnati doctor says that any man can cure himself of the drink habit by eating five cents' worth of candy every time he wants a drink. Bu? some men can't afford to eat $2 worth of candy every day. Boston Globe. Senator Tillman's zeal always has his discretion beaten in a walk, but it is to be hoped that he will not try to get an endorsement of lynching into the Democratic, platform.1 Charlotte Observer.
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