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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17
THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY.

New 1ork World.
The faults in the conduct of the war,
the failure to strike Il solar-pleXus blow
the waste of energy and money ana time
in straying and struggling, are not at
tributable to the War Board at WASH
ington. They are solely the fault of
William Mckinley.
The board is composed of three emf
nent men of the navy-Sicard, Mahan
and Crowninshield. They are men who
know their business much too well to
think of interfering with the practical
work of such men as Sampson and
SchlCy.
But they do not control. Mr. Nc
Kinley embodies in himself all the func-
tons of Il Navy Secretary, War Score
tary and Board of Strategy. lie Gre
ated and has directed the policy of
straying and struggling.
1t was he who decided to substitute
Il long and tedious land invasion for a
short, sharp and decisive naval blow mt
Spain's vital parts.
1t was he who kept our fleets idle when
they should have met and smashed
Cevera with his greatly inferior squad
ron.
1t was he who afterward sent our
ships to potter and paltcr on the South
coast of Cuba instead of striking solar
pleXus blow ut Havana and Porto Rico
the sole seats of Spanish power i'll this
hemisphere.
1t was Mr.. Mckinley who, having de-
cided on campaign via Santiago, kept
the troops necessary for that campaign
dilly-dallying in Florida and off the
Florida ports for two weeks, while the
navy waited for them.
1t is he who is now keeping Sampson
waiting and exposing his heroic little
company of marines on shore to possible
destruction, because of an idle fear
that four mythical spool ships of the
Spanish navy may pOunce upon squad
ron conveyed by the battleship Indiana
and sixteen other fighting vessels that
would in ten minutes make scrap-irOn OF
any four ships in the entire Spanish
feet
Mr.. Mckinley is supreme. Nothing
is done without his sanction He can
at any moment remove the Secretary OF
War, the Secretary of the Navy and the
War Board. He has assumed all The
power and with it all the responsibility
With the navy still waiting for the
assistance Of troops whose sailing was
announced for fortnight ago, it would
be unjust to the country longer to with
hold criticism Of the paralyzing policy
that is working this stupendous mis-
chief.
10 concentrate our fleet and blow Ha-
vana off the island of Cuba is still the
obvious dictate of common sense, if the
purpose is to end the war now instead OF
prolongng it as Il helpful factor in the
autumn elections.
Sooner or later we have got that job
TO do. The sooner we do it the less ii
will cost in blood and treasure. But il
cannot be done until Mr.. Mckinley shall
take his hand off and let our trained
and educated and expert warriors dc
their work in their own wise way.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17
THE SPIRIT OF LEE AND LINCOLN.

In striking contrast to the present
policy of putting sons and political de-
pendents in places requiring experience
and military training is the position
taken by General Lee In referring to
bis youngest son Bob, private in the
Rockbridge artillery battery, whose
mother desired him to be with his faith
er, General Lee wrote:
His company would be a great pleas
ure and comfort to me, and he would
be extremely useful i'll various ways, but
/ am opposed to officers surrounding
themselves with their sons and relatives.
1t is wrong in principle, and in that
case selections would be made from prl-
yate and social relations rather than
for the public good. There is the same
objection to going with F'itZ Lee.
should prefer Bob's being in the line in
an Independent position, where he could
rise by his own merit, and not through
the recommendation of his relatives. |
expect him here soon, when | can bet
ter see what he himself thinks"
Here was General for you! No
wonder he lives now and will live for
ever as one of the greatest men the
world has produced.
Lincoln was like Lee in his feel
ing about giving his son an honor and
position for which he was not fitted,
though he had not the willingness of Lee
to put his boy in the ranks as private
En- letter to General Grant, written on
the 18th OF January, 1865, he said:
"Please read and answer this letter as
though / were not President, but only
a friend. My son, now in his 22nd
year, having graduated at Harvard,
wishes to see something of the war be
fore it ends. do not wish to put him
in the ranks. nor. yet to give him a
commission, to which those who have
already served long are better entitled
and better qualified. Could he, without
embarrassment to you or detriment to
the service, 20 into your military family
with some nominal rank, | and not the
public furnishing the necessary means
Ii not. say so without the least hesita
ton because | am as anxious and as
deeply interested that you shall not be
encountered as you can be yourself"
What we need now is more of the
spirit of Lee and Lincoln, and less Of
the yielding of Mckinley and the nepot
ism of his chief advisers.
If we had that the soldiers woult
have been well provided for, and thu
war would have been ended with
glorious victory before the Fourth o.
July.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17

There is suggestion that Il new
criminal circuit ought to be established
More pie is wanted. AS matter OF
fact the present ones ought to be abolish
ed. There is no reason why every coun.
ty in the State cannot have as many
terms for criminal cases as it needs, all
to be held by our twelve Superior court
Judges. Wake is one of the biggest
counties in the State, and has no need
for more courts than the legislature ord
ers. If the present judges are worked
too hard add another. That's better and
cheaper, but our observation is that the
Superior court judges are not wearing
out from hard work.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17
HE IS AN ASS.
Greensboro Telegram.

Greensboro Telegram.
There are some men hampered with
a natural tendency to make Baalam' S
mount of themselves-and like Baal-
ANS mount they are usually given TO
the use of language, which makes them
all the more conspicuous.lt is very
much to be feared that in the exercise
Of that wise discretion which has lately
rendered Mr.. McKinleys appointments
so illustrious he has hit upon one such
man viz: Brigadier General Arnold.
Some one reported to his brigadiership
that North Carolina troops were beg
ging and stealing in Jacksonville, and
without making any investigation of
the facts he rushed into an order there
by giving the matter IA wide publicity in
those papers willing enough to hawk
any scandal upon the South and its peo-
pie. We are not aware what State is
privileged to claim the distinguished
honor of Mr.. Arnold's nativity, nor dc
we know whether he is n Northerner OIL
Southerner. But we do know that in
giving the Northern press an opportunl-
ty to insult the men of this State, III
and out of the ranks, at a time when
better feeling was coming to prevail
Mr.. Arnold is most Extensively and I'M
mistakably an ass.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17
THE BRIGADIERsHIP.
Lumberton Robesonian.

LumbertOn Robesonlan.
General X. r. Hoke, of Raleigh, who
won the stars of major general in the
Confederate army, being one of the
youngest and most gallant of the South 5
fine officers in the great struggle. was
last week rendered the position of brig
adler general of volunteers, but was
compelled to decline. The honor was one
of which he was well worthy and had il
been possible for him TO accept he would
have filed it with credit The friends
of General w. +. Roberts, who was the
youngest brigadier general in the Con
federate army, which position he won
by conspicuous bravery, entering the
ranks as a private are suggesting him
as a suitable person for this position de-
clined by General Hoke. North Caro-
lima is entitled to one general officer, and
we know of no more worthy man than
General Roberts.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17
1T DID THE WORK.

The News and Observers staff CORE
spondent has driven General Arnold
from the ease and luxury Of Jacksonville
hotels to the real duties of camp life.
The charge that he was a feather.
bed officer" was shown General Arnold
one morning, and that very day he NOV.
ed out to camp and established head
quarters.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17

DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.

FOR JUDGES SUPERIOR COURT
First District George H. Brown, Jr.
of Beaufort.
Second District-Henry r. Bryan, OF
Craven.
Fifth District-Thomas ]. Shaw, oil
Guilford.
Sixth District-Oliver Fl. Allen, OF
Lenoir.
Seventh District-Thomas A. McNeill
of Robson.
Eleventh District-W. A. Hoke. Of
Lincoln.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17
SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE
Wilmington Star.


In an interview published in the Raj
eigh News and Observer, Colonel Julian
S. Carr. who had just returned TO Dur
ham after spending ten days in Jackson
vile, Fla. (siX Of which were spent in
camp with the First regiment) pro-
nounces those allegations of General Ar
mold an unmitigated SANDER, and de.
clares that unless he restracts them and
apologies he Carr will go to Washing
ton and file charges against him. Colonel
Carr was a close observer; he went into
camp with the boys to see and note how
they were getting along, and says that
there is not a more manly or better be-
haved regiment in camp at Jacksonville.
or one that stands better in the eyes of
the people of that city. They lack uni
forms and some of them shoes, and
therefore do not show off as well as
some of the other regiments which are
better provided in this respect, but in all
the soldierly essentials, and in their de-
meanor as men they are the peers of any.
We confess to ignorance DIS to who Brig
adler General Arnold is, but probably
he is one of those individuals who hasn't
entirely forgotten the late unpleasant
ness between the States, and is some
what riled at the honorable record
Southern soldiers are making in this bus
mess with Spain. At all events he has
either Intentionally or through careless
ness done the North Carolina regiment.
which he falsely arraigned. a gross in
justice, for which he should be held re
sponsible.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
NEPOTISNI.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

Pittsburg Dispatch.
1t is, perhaps, not necessary to blame
the President for throwing these little
sops to the political appetites that he
was forced to conciliate. But the peo-
pie should make it special occupation
TO mark the men who have utilized
this war to push their relatives into
commissions and to demonstrate to them
that such an act establishes a first-cass
qualification for retirement to private
life.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17

The Governor will keep John Il. Smith
in his present place or give him one
equally as good" John II. and Daniel
t., are two of IA kind. and that is why
they will both scandalously mismanage
North Cardinals affairs jointly. The
Governors criticism of John r.. was all
buncombe and made for effect.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17
CONVENTION DATES.

Sixth District, Congressional, VIII
mington, July 9th.
Third Congressional district, Clinton
June 80
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17
A VERY ELASTIC CONSCIENCE
Pilot and Nirginian.

TO claim to be a Democrat and OPP
pose every important plank in the plat
form of the National Democratic party;
to claim to be Democrat and support
every important plank in the platform
of the National Republican party re-
latng to internal affairs; to claim to
be a Democrat and not vote for the
candidates of the Democratic party; to
claim to be ii Democrat and vote the
Republican ticket, or a ticket in opposi-
ton to the Democratic ticket; to do NIL
these things and more of like kind, inn
plies, to put it mildly, Il very elastic
political conscience, without any very
marked political principle or backbone.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17

Beginning the first of July a two cent
stamp must be affixed to each bank
check, draft or certificate of deposit not
drawing interest, or order for the pay
ment of any sum of money drawn upon
or issued by any bank. trust company,
or any person or persons, companies or
corporations. There will be fewer bills
paid by checks and n return to cash pay
ments in small transactions.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17

There is great deal in names, no
matter what the poet said about it. A
man signing himself "Hannaite" writes
to the Chatham Citizen, which claims to
be Populist paper, and advocates DR..
III. r. Chaplin a Mckinley elector, for
the State Senate from Chatham. The
Republicans from top to bottom, all are
under the boss rule of Hanna, the most
infamous corruptionist known in the
annals of politics. Most of them seek to
deny ii. The Chatham 'Hannaite'
glories in his party's shame!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17

1t seems that when Romulus Zigzag
Linney first went to Congress he gave il
out that he would be satisfied with two
terms Now that ne is trying to get a
third term, his former expression is being
used against him. He is somewhat in
the position of the Duplin county poet
who was elected register of deeds over
an old incumbent by Il taking speech,
beginning something like this
Rotation, Rotation.
T'is the cry of the Nation"
Four years thereafter the poem that
gave him official life was used to send
him to his political grave.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17

The Durham Herald advocates the pur-
chase of the water works by the city.
That's right Every town and city
ought to own its water and light sup
plies. Wilson is a good example of how
well it pays.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17
The News : Observer.
NEWS AND OBSERVER PUBLISH.
ING COMPANY.

Office: News and Observer Building,
Fayetteville Street.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17

The young fellow who tried to control
the wheat market has Letter bank ac-
count than he had last week.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17

'FIRST OF ALL-THE NEWS"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17

Entered at the postoffice at Raleigh,
n. c., as second-cldss matter.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17
BARBEE & SMITH"

Within very few days after the APP
preparation was made, Stahlman col
lects 50 per cent. of the claim as b
fee or commission, and, from the facts
now i'll the possession of the public,
Barbec & Smith made no objection.
Their conduct has an ugly look, and
Stahlman is exposed in his deception.
Let the fraud and deceit be exposed.
LET the CALLED jade vince"
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NOTICE NO CoNTRIBUTORs.

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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-01-12
WHY LEAVE OUT COTTON2
is the south's Great Crop no Longer One
of Consequence?

IS the south's Great Crop no Longer One
of Consequence?
The New York Would, in an editorial
comparing the value of our gold outDnt
laSC year with the value of some of onr
crops, says: For example, while onr
goId output is worth SCI 500. 900 orr
corn is worth $49l, 100000 our wheat
S3IO, 6OO, 900, and even our lowly oats
S132 100000" 0"'S
Has the World forgotten the south,s
great crop? Is the cotton crop of so lit
tie account in the estimation of that ma
per that 1t does not even think of it when
calling attention to other crops of the
country? The value of the cotton which
was harvested last year is about $3.50
OOO,O0O. 1t may be more than that. il
VIII hardly be less. Not more than half
Oh thls crop is get marketed. and a sinh
Stanllal advance in the price would make
very considerable difference in the
value of this crop.
Inc price is low-remarkably low. If
the price this season had been cents
per pound instead of the money value
OF the crop would have been greater
than that of the wheat crop, notwitb-
st andlng the high price of wheat.
but nigh as the price or wheat is, it is
douot1ut II the value of the wheat ex-
ports Will be as great as that of the cot
ton exports. Cotton exports are de-
pended upon to keep the balance of
trade IN our favor, and cotton eventual
~ VIII enable rs to greatly increase our
exports OF manufactured goods.
Cotton was king once, and when the
south has miles enough of her own to
manufacture her cotton crop it will be
KING again. The whole world then will
nave co buy cotton manufactures from
the south. The World makes a mistake
IN passing cotton by as if it were no
longer crop OF consequence.-Sava
nah News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-01-12

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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-01-12
Kansas and Her Rabbits.

Kansas is once more after the pluto
Gratis with pitchforks and bludgeons 1t
is all about jack-rabbits. After round
up of rabbits the other day some one
proposed thai several car loads be shipp-
ed to Liverpool in cold storage. 1t was
said there was a good market for jack
rabbits on ice in Liverpool. Application
for freight room was met by the informa-
ton from the transportation agent that
the big packing companies had engaged
all of the cold storage room to be had.
1t was at once clearly evident to the rab-
bit people that the packing companies
had entered into a conspiracy for the
double purpose of restricting the rab bit
market ana forcing the people Of Liver
pool to eat the meat products of the
packing trust.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-01-12
HE DISOBEYED ORDERS.
A Brilliant French Officers First Achieve
ment ON the Field OF Battle,

Lejeune, the brilliant aid-de-camp
of the Marshals Berthier, Davout and
Oudinot, gives a very interesting ao-
count Of his first achievement on the
field of battle. The French army was
crossing the Alps and found itself COM
PEELED to attack at a great disadvantage
town which the Austrians were de-
Tending.
Young Lejeunes who was anxious to
participate in the engagement, was
greatly disappointed when he was or
dered to remain at his post in the rear.
When the firing began, his heart beat
furiously, and as the attack progressed
he felt that he could not remain passive
while his fellow soldiers were perform
ing deeds of valor.
Believing himself unnoticed, he hur-
ried forward, forgetting that the sol
dier's first duty is obedience, and Just
where the fray seemed to be thickest he
found himself face to face with his com
manding officer. The general looked at
the rash young soldier coldly.
Since you have quilted your post, -
he said, ''you may take this order and
recall that company that has gone into
a bad position -
Lejeune heard the order with a
strange sensation, for this was an er
rand from which he was not likely to
return alive. There was no escape, how
ever, and touching his cap he started on
his perilous mission with quaking
heart.
For some distance he crept along be-
hind pile Of rocks that protected him
from the fire Of the enemy, but at last
this shelter came to an end. Before him
there remained 100 steps to be taken
under the fire Of 200 guns pointed
straight at him.
To go forward was, he believed, Ger.
tain death. To 90 back would be eter-
nal disgrace. The whole army seemed
like an amphitheatar around him.
Should he prove himself a coward or
hero?
eff I de-" thought be, sit will be
only the just penalty Of my disobeGi.
ence; if I accomplish my mission, !
shall have proved that am worthy yet
to fight in the emperor's army"
So thinking, he rushed across the
open space amid q storm Of cannon balls
and musket shot. Not one of the mes.
sengers Of death touched him, and as il
by a miracle he arrived safe and sound
in the French lines. The delivery Of
that order saved the battalion and de
cided the destiny Of the young officer
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-01-12
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