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THE RALEIGH
ENTERPRISE.
Thursday, September 29, 1901
THE RALEIGH ENTERPRISE.
An Independent Newspaper Pub
lished Every Thursday
' '.BY'
J. L. RAMSEY, Editor and Prop.,
Raleigh, N. C.
Office of publication, Law Build
ing, 331 Fayetteville Street.
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pired. TCntered as fecund-class matter May 12,
1904, at tbe postofflce at Rale ph. N C, under
the Act of Congress of March 8, 1879.
TRADES lgfM COUNCIL)
Decent papers do not publish in
decent cartoons.
The Charlotte Observer's society
pages are well they are.
The Japanese are surprised at the
stupidity of Russia in not realizing
that she has enough.
Lieutenant Peary wants to make
another trip after the North Pole.
It is time for him to swear off.
With wheat at $2 per bushel, the
hole in loaves of bread are likely
to be large enough for horses to fall
into.
Russia is determined to get all the
free advertising she can for the Bal
tic fleet. It is rumored that the fleet
isn't much anyway.
Oen. Grippenburg is to command
the second great army that Russia is
going to raise on paper. All right.
General, we have got your name.
"Wo notice that a number of prom
inent newspapers are again declaring
tbat the Populist party is dead. In
times past that was proof of activity.
The Supreme Court has affirmed
the case of Editor McNeill, of Car
thage, and he will get $4,500 dam
ages. ITe was injured in a railroad
wreck while riding as a passenger on
an expired pass.
Just so long as the Russians and
Japs fight around Port Arthur, Muk
den and Harbin, we advise hands off.
But if they move to some towns with
unpronounceable names, the powers
should stop it at any cost.
The headon collision at Newmar
ket, Tenn., last Saturday, was one
of the most appalling wrecks that
has ever occurred in this country.
More than sixty people were killed
and one hundred and twenty wounded..
These be terrible times. Robert
T. Paine, who has been a Democrat,
and who was prominent enough to be
offered the nomination for Gover
nor by the party in Massachusetts
four different times, has left the
parity because it is against Booker
Washington.
NO ECONOMY HERE.
From published advance sheets of
Chairman Simmons's Handbook it is
apparent that an effort is being made
to show that the State government
is conducted on a more economical
basis than it was under Republican
Populist rule. There is a mistake
somewhere a serious mistake.
In 1898, according to the Auditor's
Report, the total receipts were $1,
342,047.85. The disbursements were
$1,287,641.18.
In 1903 (the last report of course)
we find that the total receipts were
$2,371,636.60. The disbursements
were $2,322,404.24. The difference
between the disbursements of 1898
and 1903 is $1,034,763.06. That is
the amount that was wrung from the
taxpapers of the State last year and
spent how ? Read it again : one mil
lion, thirty-four thousand, seven hun
dred and sixty-three dollars and six
cents. That is the amount in excess
of what it cost to conduct the State
government in 1898. You were told
by organs and spellbinders that the
State was being ruined ; that extrava
gance and even stealing was going
on. Now you know that the organs
and spellbinders were telling false
hoods. We knew it at the time, and
simply publish a comparison of the
figures to prove it to you. "State
savers" come high.
In 1878, when Vance was Govern
or, the total disbursements were
$539,102.10. It now costs almost five
times as much to conduct the State
affairs. Of course the population
and taxable property has increased
every year and thelecitimate expendir
tures should increase proportionately
But note carefully that in 1898
twenty years later the fusion ex
penditures were only a little more
than twice as large as they were dur
ing one year of Vance's administra
tion, while, in 1903, only five years
later, the State savers have run the
expenditures up to almost five times
as much as it cost to run the State
during Vance's administration.
Put it another way. It cost nearly
twice as much for the State savers
to conduct the State in 1903 as it did
the fusionists in 1898. At the pres
ent ratio of increase the State savers
will own the State and everything in
it in less than twenty years.
We are not accusing anybody of
stealing. Oh, no! We presume that
there is some semblance of legality
in most of it. We have given the
facts and figures. Take warning 1
This thing can't go on much longer.
There is a limit to everything. In
the near future we will tell where
much of this money is going. ..
THE ORGAN TRY1NQ A NEW TUNE.
That wheezy old organ, the News
and Observer, which stands for silver
one year and gold the next, is trying
to practice a new tune. The organ
is trying to tell independents and
working men what they are and what
they must do. It is the grand censor
of all that takes place in this coun
try. It tries to be boss, dictator, cen
sor, everything.
Outside of a select ring of State
savers and other spoilsmen in Ra
leigh the News Observer has abso
lutely no influence in this city. It
is too well known. Throughout tho
State it has a lot of prejudiced fol
lowers who have not yet learned the
exact character of the paper. It is
possible that with the aid of its lieu
tenants here it may be able to control
a baker's dozen votes. But the aver
age business man and working man
will make up his ticket this year
without consulting the News and Observer.
Mr. Sully is in the fight again.
He says cotton will go to at least
thirteen cents. Sully was wise last
fall. However, thirteen is an un
lucky prediction.
IF A BODY KISS A BODY.
The staid old Baltimore Sun pub
lishes an editorial account of a case
in which it was held that if a man at
tempts to kiss a woman and "reason
ably believes" that the woman will
allow it and "does not intend to use
force to obtain the kiss," then it shall
not constitute an assault. The name
of the learned judge is not given,
but the Southwestern Reporter tells
of the case. It was further held
that as there was no intent to injure
in the case mentioned, only the feel
ings of the lady were injured, and it
wa3 intimated that little or no pun
ishment should be meted out.
Perhaps this is opening the gate
too wide. But we can't help extend
ing a vote of thanks to the Judge.
"If a body kiss a body, need a body
cry?" Certainly not. The great
question at issue, however, is how to
size up the situation. It is a very
easy matter to feel "reasonably sure"
about such things when you get in
rifle shot of a pair of ruby lips. But
judges and juries are liable to dis
agree with you. It will not do to kiss
every pretty lip, though you may be
egotistical enough to think, or "rea
sonably believe," that there will be
no complications. If this was not
campaign year we would refer the
whole matter to our learned friends
of the Evening Times and the Char
lotte Observer. Perhaps they could
make up a rule that would apply in
most cases, if they had time. Until
the courts get acclimated, we shall
avoid getting mixed up in "mental
anguish" suits, at any rate.
A few days ago a new item was
headed: One hundred thousand dol
lar fire in Charlotte." We thought
the town was half burned up. But,
after reading the dispatch, found
that only one corner of a building
was burned.
Great moves are being made in the
Eastern war, but no great battles
have occurred in a week. The J apa
nese have gained important positions
at Port Arthur. The capture of the
fortress can hardly be much longer
delayed.
It has been thought that the de
posit of soft coal in Chatham County
known as the Cumnock mines is all
that this State can do in the way of
coal. News comes from Walnut
Cove, Surry County, that a Pennsyl
vania company will probably work
for anthracite coal in that section.
This State produces nearly every
thing else, and we hope coal will be
found in paying quantity and,. quality.
Cream of the Press, r
Governor Odell, of New York, did
all the necessary deliberating before
he called himself to order in conven
tion. Detroit Free Press.
The North Carolina editor who of
fered Judge Parker a job would have
been in a pretty pickle if he had ac
cepted it. Durham Herald.
Brass bands will be in great de
mand this fall to draw crowds for
speakers. But after all it will take
votes to elect. Hickory Mercury.
Kuropatkin has conducted a mas
terly retreat and it is not impossible
that he may yet eat his Christmas
dinner in St. Petersburg. Birming
ham News.
Canada is so swelled by the predic
tion of future greatness made by
former Secretary Root that her next
winter's mantle of snow may not fit
her. Pittsburg Press.
.. .
"New York has a boy who is not
happy unless he is whipped every
day." lie ought to join the Rus
sian army. Richmond News-Leader.
A friend exclaimed, "Bob, you've
been married three times !" Governor
Taylor replied, "Yes ; I was elected
twice and counted out once!" Bris
tol Courier.
A Pennsylvanian offers $25 reward
for the return of his wife. Some of
these Pennsylvanians think as much
of their wives as they would of hu
man beings. Washington Post.
It is astonishing how much time
some people have to spare for the
supervision of other people's busi
ness, and how well they do it in
their minds. Binghamton Press.
Coney is fifty years old, but is as
gay and youthful as Candidate Davis
.after listening to one of "Tom" Ta?
gart's pipe dreams. New York
Tribune.
.
.; William Pinkney Whyte, aged 80,
is to take the stump in West Vir
ginia for Parker and Davis. Candi
date Davis has always been nooular
with the young men. Washington
Post!
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The Sultan of Turkey will un
doubtedly prick up his ears and as
sume a grateful smile every time
Japan talks of collecting indemnity
from Russia. Washington Evening
Star.
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A BovStonian has been arrested for
expressing his opinion of John D.
Rockefeller on a postal card. How
he managed to do it within so small
a space is what is mystifying most
people. San Erancisco Chronicle.
So Carnegie is going into a project
to promote Canadian independence.
That's a more promising way to die
poor than promoting free libraries
and church organs, at any rate.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
A Boston man says the kiss was
originally the noble Roman's method
of testing whether his wife had been
tampering with the wine jug during
hubby's absence. Shoe's on the oth
er foot now. New York Herald.
For goodness sake do not let the
coal barons hear of this theory that
"breathing gold dust is a cure for
consumption," or they will require
the consumer to pay them for con
ducting a health cure. Chicago
News.
We learn that a new journalistic
star will rise here tomorrow the Re
publican State Journal edited by
Mr; Claud Dockery. We wish the
new paper success.