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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-25
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS
A GENIUS FOR LEADERSHIP.
Wilmington Star.

Wilmington Star.
Some of the Republican journals of
this country make studied efforts to be-
little VIM. j. Bryan by referring to him
as 1.-THE hoy orator." the Col" &c., bun
there is not living to-day man who
commands so much attention, or one
who has q firmer hold on the esteem
Of the American people than VIM. j.
Bryan. who is stronger man now than
he was when 100000 Americans cast
their ballots for him for President.
We are not alone in this opinion, for
some of the highest tributes paid TO
him as Il man and Il leader come from
journals which opposed his election to
the Presidency. Some time ago we pro-
duced a glowing tribute TO him from
the Washington Post, AN independent
gold standard paper, and herewith
give another from the Chattanooga
Times. a Democratic gold standard pa
per- which vigorously opposed his cleo
ton in 1896:
The Hon. William j. Bryan received
a cordial and sincere welcome in Chatta-
nooga yesterday His admirers came
from three States to do him homage,
and wherever he appeared they crowded
about him with enthusiasm. There is
certainly magnetism in the man, and
genius for leadership. The thousands
Who thronged the Auditorium last night,
entirely filling the immense building, and
the hundreds who We're turned away,
unable to gain admittance, testified 30
the intense admiration which he inspires
among the masses. The multitudes who
heard him last night hung upon his
words as one inspired and accepted his
statements as prophetic utterances. His
genial personality, his brilliant oratory,
his easy manners and his cordial, sympa-
thetic demeanor bind to him the people
with bands of steel; his keen apprecia-
ton of popular will and his total alb
sence OF Journalism make him indeed a
commoner and bring forcibly TO mind the
wonderful power of Andrew jackson.
We believe Mr.. Bryan is sincere in his
views on the money question and feels
deeply what he says, but we think he
is greatly in error and by his insistence
in making Il political issue of question
now purely academic he will weaken him
self as a candidate before the country
at large. Mr.. Bryan's views on eXpan-
sion. on trusts, on the tariff-in fact,
on all fundamental Democratic doctrines,
are eminently sound, and we believe if
these latter propositions are made the
more prominent in the coming cam
paign. he will not only hold the 6,50O,000
votes he received in 1896, but will attract
enough more 10 give the Democratic
party the best chance to sweep the coun-
try it has had since 1892"
| Aside from his freedom from for
mality, his personal magnetism, his bril-
liant oratory, his sincerity and devotion
to principle, which few doubt, he has
that thing which the masses of the
people admire-that is, the courage Of
his convictions, and the boldness to de-
clare them any and everywhere, to Il
greater extent than any other political
leader who stands before the American
people to-day.
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sULzER PLAYS \ wHIPsAW.

Washington Post.
In the midst of all this shilly-shally
contention and pickering over the Demo
cratic banquets to. be given in New
York next month, the Hon. William
Sulzer stands erect, figure of courage.
vigor, and determinations proud,
though childlike fern. Hon. William
Sulzer, after hearing all the arguments
pro and con-may we add, and vice
versa with reference TO the rival cere-
monies, and having passed these gems
of thought and intellect carefully
through the aIcmbic of his powerful
Judgment, has decided that he will eat
both dinners. He will fare sumptu-
ously with Croker, Perry Belmont and
the aristocracy of the Democratic party
one day, and he will sit down to leeks
and slumgullions with the riff-raff next
day. lie is all kinds OF Democrat,
is Sulzer, and he doesn't quail at any
Democratic function or responsibility.
Heart and soul, stomach and Digestion
he is ready for the party call, at any
time, at any place, and with any bill
of fare.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-25
Additional Testimony as TO the Merits Of
Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy.
ARE YOU ALWAYS TIRED?

Windsor. \. c., May q, 1897.
Five years ago l was completely run
down from general debility. My liver
didn't act, ] had Indigestion, was just
as nervous as l could be, and was al
ways tired The least eXertion would
bring on shortness of breath and it was
a drag to me to keep up. n friend of
mine who had been cured by using Mrs.
Joe Persons Remedy told me to take it.
| bought half a dozen bottles and took
it Just because l knew ] would nave
to try something. ! suffered greatly
from wakefulness, would lay awake
often the greater part Of the night, UNI
able to rest or sleep. When | was on
the second bottle | got SO 1 could sleep,
and when | had finished the six bottles
| WAS WELL. Indigestion cured. that
shortness of breath cured, and | feel
like another person. Mrs. Joe Persons
Remedy is a wonderful medicine. 1t did
me more good than anything | ever took
in my life. MRS. T. w. NORRIS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-25
A BANKING TRUST.

Boston Advertiser.
Nobody should be surprised at the
fact that the banks generally are re-
garding with evident suspicion most of
the industrial" securities that are Of
fcred as collateral on loans. The stocks
in most of the trusts that have been or
ganized in the past six months are com
posed largely of water" and good
deal of the industrial paper afloat today
may sell at half of the present prices be-
fore the year is out. Naturally the
trusts are feeling aggrieved at the at
titude of the banks, however, and there
are already some rumOrs to the effect
that the trusts are to have banking
trust of their own i'll New York before
much time has elapsed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-25

ton of 1896, the party organization is
in the hands of silver men, and no other
course than the sending of solid silver
delegations is thought of. In addition
the organizations in many States car
ried for gold in the last convention are
now in the hands of silver men. This is
notably the case in Pennsylvania, Mas
sachusetts, Wisconsin,, South Dakota
and Maine. While this is true as to the
platform. the tremendous Ovations given
TO Mr. Bryan at every public appearance
and the number at the party leaders
who have declared for him make it equal
~ as certain that he will be the candi-
date The people and the leaders who
lead are for him." lit will be the old
candidate and the old platform next
year, and Democrats, whether for silver
or gold, may as we'll recognize this fact
and make their plans accordingly.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-25
MUCH GREATER THAN BLAINE
Ashevile Citizen.

The charm and power of W. j. Bry-
ans personality was very strikingly illus
rated by the way he captured the
Chattanooga Times, rabid gold paper,
during his visit to that city this week.
The Times pays a most handsome trib-
ute TO the extraordinary power of this
man, ana says that no individual since
Blaine has approached him either in
brilliancy or the potency of his sway
over the minds and affections of the
greater than Blaine is here.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-25

IMPERIALISTS SAY THE SOUTH
ERN POLICY is RIGHT.

The majority of the people of the
South are opposed to Imperialism pc
cause they think it contrary to the ge-
MUS of our government and because
they object to shooting Republican prin-
ciples into naked islanders with a Cat
ling gun. They think, also that the
first duty of country is to It's own
people, and that the grave problems of
government in the United States ought
10 be settled before we undertake the
civilization of the heather.
The Southern people do not think the
natives in the Philippine islands ought
to be given the ballot by us. They
think we have no business there at all.
If we use our force to take these islands
the Southern people agree with the most
rampant imperialist that the ballot
ought not to be given to the incapable
natives. The experience of the. South
has burnt that faith in its people. We
oppose Imperialism upon the ground that
we have no right to take the islands,
and that it is inimical to our domestic
interests to enter upon colonial pol
icy.
Mr.. Charles DENLY, ex-Minister to
China, who has spent much time i'll the
Philippine Islands, seems to think that
the Southern people have changed their
views, for in recent article in the For
UNI, he says:
''We, who are a trifle progressive, are
called 'imperialists,' because we are not
going to allow the poor Filipinos TO
vote. Probably we are not going to al
low them to vote until we are satisfied
they can vote intelligently; but, just as
certainly, when the time comes that the
islanders are qualified to exercise the
right of suffrage they will get it. In all
human probability they will secure it
sooner than some of the negro population
in some of the Southern States. Gentle
men of the South, gentlemen of Dixie
some of us imperialists do not blame
you at all for taking all possible legal
measures to protect your cherished
rights. Will you not forgive us. if we
pursue the same policy with regard to
a new and untried racer"
The Southern people have not changed.
1t is the ''imperialists" who for twenty
years tried to place the negro on top
in the South who have completely chang
ed front. We congratulate them upon
coming to true understanding of ne
gro suffrage, but we are too devoted to
the Monroe Doctrine to follow them in
their wild career for expansion. colonial
ism and Imperialism.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-25
BRYAN GROWS BIGGER EVERY
DAY.
Thomasville News.

Issues come and issues go, but Bryan
grows bigger every day in the estima-
ton of the thinking people of America.
Even those who are opposed to his poll
ties. are bound to acknowledge his su-
perior powers in intellectual ability and
craftsmanship. If any one man in
America today is greater than any other,
that man is w. J. Bryan. The country
Is coming to see that he is greater than
the silver and gold of the nation; is a
mightier power than all his foes; is
strong enough to turn the tide of hem
isphere.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-25
ONE WAY THAT WAR PAYS.

SpflngheId KepnDncan.
The Baldwin locomotive works have
recently received orders for seventy To-
comotives for Russia's Manchuria line.
The Westinghouse company also has
large contracts for the adoption of its
brake on all Russian lines. Such facts
go to explain the great activity in iron
and steel. War ships and military rail
roads are helping to do the business.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-25

The Raleigh Blade, the colored organ,
has as its leading editorial a strong
argument to negroes to own their own
homes. 1t points out that land can be
purchased very cheaply, and says that
no people who move every few months
will ever accumulate anything. II is
excellent advice. A few years ago, Civ
ing good advice to his race, a negro
leader said: Last year the white peo-
pie invested 100000 in cotton fa1-
tory; the negroes invested $1,000 n
excursions" That money paid on home.
would have helped the race in every
way.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-25

William Sulzer has bought seats for
the Croker and Chicago platform din
ners. Billie is winner when it comes to
harmonizing imported champagne and
ginger ale.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-25

In view of the fact that he did all he
could to destroy the Democratic party
in 1896. the party may be little coy
about accepting the Hon. Henry Wat
terson's advice as to how it can be
'snved" now.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-25

Speaking of the part Durham WI.
take in the News and Observers forlh-
coming great edition, the Durham San
says: Durham never does things ~
halves. She could not well afford not to
be represented in the greatest State news
paper. To advertise the State III IL
true colors, and leave Durham oI;.
would be like the play of Hamlet with
Hamlet omitted
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-25

The Wilmington Stars tribute to Bry
an, published elsewhere, voices the senti-
ment of the people of North Carolina.
The people who think to change that
sentiment by filings and slurs will find
that it will have no effect. The North
Carolina Democratic State Convention
in 1900 will elect solid Bryan delega-
tion TO the National Convention, and
the sooner such action is acquiesced in
the better it will be for the party.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-25

The Agricultural and Mechanical Col.
legc is an institution of which the State
is proud II is in safe hands. We regret
that a rumor that Mr.. w. j. Peelc. one
of the trustees, might be n candidate for
a position in the college, was published.
North Carolina because in his discus
sion Of public questions he Is never
moved by self-seeking. He is brave
enough to speak plainly and honestly.
and no man has done more for the col
lcge
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-25

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-25

terest in church work. In addition n,
his work IN his home church Mr.. Bran.
son, as stated above IL trustee Of
the two great colleges of the Methodist
church, Trinity aud Greensboro, and has
been treasurer OF the joint board of e.
nance of the North Carolina Conferences
since 1889, and was n delegate to tho
General Conference OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church. South, chat met in
Memphis in 1894. Mr.. Branson was
married in Greensboro December :. 1885,.
TO Miss Clara Sergeant. And with all
the business successes and honors that
have come to him no man is more de.
voted 10 his family. An all around sue
ccssful, heightened. useful citizen is w.
III. Branson. Tho BEST wish for W. II.
Branson, Jr., Is that he may grow like
his father"
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ter of a century hence. He is fresh
faced young man. is lover of all ath-
letic sports and is not averse to the club
and social pleasures which he can SO we'll
afford.
Another member of the Rockefeller
family whose wealth will be conspicuous
a generation from now Is William G.
Rockcfeller, jr., a young man of whom
little is known. He sometimes is seen
at his clubs, but usually spends his days
at his desk al the office of the Standard
Oil company and his evenings with his
wife, who was Miss Elsie Stillman. He
is a quiet, diffident young man, dresses
carelessly and cares little for what are
termed the pleasures of life. He was a
graduate of Yale in the class of 80.
Another prospective millionaire whose
name is almost unknown to the general
public is J. Pierpont Morgan. jr. Like
his father he objects to any notoriety.
and his name seldom appears in the
papers. While he is still less than thr-
ty years of age he is the manager of his
fathers London Office and will eventually
come into a fortune that will scarcely be
less than $3.50, 100000. Several years ago
he was married to Miss Jane N. Grew,
of Boston, and the position that he holds
in London society is one of the best.
He enjoys life as thoroughly as his father
has always done; and is such delight
full companion and generally good fellow
| that his popularity is well desrved.
The heir to the Havemeyer millions is
Theodore A. Havemeyer, jr., who will yet
be worth close upon $50,000,0O0. In spite
of this he works every day at his office
on Wall street and for recreation plays
| golf and polo. He is married and is a
member of several of the smart clubs.
| There are several millionaires who
| might be mentioned, but the wealth that
| they possess or that they will inherit
is by no means as great as that of those
l a 9lrp9HV referred to- In E.llrODo. now.
ever, there are many young men whom
fate has destined to be the rich men of
the next century. First among these is
Lord Belgrave, grandson and heir of the
wealthy Duke of Westminster, whose in
come is not much less than $4,000,000 a
! year. At present this young man is but
| nineteen years of age but it will not be
many years before he will become one of
the richest men in the world. At the
| same time he will succeed to every rank
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ject of the queen, however. While john
Jacob Astor is not as rich as his English
relative he has something over $4,000
600 in his own right and by the time that
it comes to his heir, little Wlfilam van
cent Astor it will be materially increas-
ed. At the present time the heir to the
Astor millions is freckle faced boy of
about eight years whose nurse has all she
can do to keep him from spending his
entire time playing in the dirt He is
| a bright boy, however, and will be edu-
Gated with view to fitting him to take
as good care of his millions as his father
had done.
| The Gould fortune may be pretty well
cut UP during the next quarter of a
| century for there will be many heirs who
will be considered. The richest Of all,
however, will be Kingdom Gould, who
will undoubtedly receive the bulk of his
! fathers fortune. At present George
Gould is rated as being worth s7o.oo0,-
900, but in his careful hands this fortune
| will be greatly increased by the time it
comes to his son. Although still quite
small boy Kingdom has what would be
sailed quite a liberal education He
! speaks German and French as we'll as he
! does English; and he knows more about
! yachting than many of the members of
: the New York Yacht club.
| One of the young men who will be
among the richest of the rich men of the
! first decade of the twentieth century is
Harry Payne Whitney. He is at present
the heir of three great fortunes. H is
! father, William c. Whitney. is worth
probably not less than s75.0oOc0O, his
uncle, Colonel Oliver Payne. has nearly
as much and it will go to him. His wife,
ceive something like $15,000,000 from her
father; So taking it all in all, Harry
Payne Whitney is liable to be one of the
richest men i'll the United States quar-
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THE MOST UNFORTUNATE
WOMAN IN EUROPE
UNkINDLY THE FATES HAVE
QUEEN

In November there will be righted a
wrong which has been wrought only by
adverse fates and which has existed only
because of the tenacity of fates still un
explainable. On the date of her fifty
ninth birthday the Dowager Empress of
Germany, generally known as the En-
press Frederick, will receive at the hands
Of her son, the Emperor. decoration
which she has long craved; and will be
awarded at the hands of her mother,
Queen Victoria. the new Cross of India,
which she has also long coveted. Thus. in
q way, her two nearest and dearest rela-
tlveS win seek to recompenSe her for
the disappointment of a life which has
been singularly crowded with trouble.
No career among the living great ones
Of the old world is as unique as that of
the Empress Frederick. Wonderful and
brilliant has been her life yet pitiful and
full Of grief. No woman has so often
stepped upon the threshold of power only
to be thrust back into oblivion: no woman
has been so often trained to rude, only
to see younger person usurp her place.
AS Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise, the
Princess was born in 1910. the first OF
Queen Victoria's children: and, as as
woman can reign in England, she was
| the Princess Royal.
She was Immediately granted by act Of
parliament a dover of 10000 pounds and
a life annunity of 5000 pounds. She was
endowed with the Royal Order of Vic
torla and Albert. and was sung on every
| hand as "Our future queen For Il year
/ hers was the most idolized name upon the
! British tongue and babies were named
| for her throughout the kingdom.
! But one year later her baby joy if she
We're old enough to understand. was
, turned into grief: for a boy. the future
! PrlEce OF Wales, was born; and the sue
cession by English law passed over her
head to his.
| Then came children fast. one year un-
! til there were nine in the royal household.
! But through it all, the heart of the queen
was faithful to her first born "Vickey,"
as she was called in the household; and
she resolved to atone to the girl for the
disappointment which she must some day
| feel for not ruling
/ So when Vickey was scarcely sixteen
| Queen Victoria began match making for
field of her labors the then richest count
ry in Europe-Germany Germany had
a crown prince, Frederick William Nicho-
las Charles. and upon him the queen
mother set her eyes.
And the union found favor in the
hearts of the German people; all warmed
toward the little English princess, then
, scarcely full grown, with such timid
| ways and clever homely face: all except
| Bismarck, who hated her from the min
ute he set eyes upon her: and whose en-.
! nifty she was often to feel in the years tC
come.
! When she was seventeen the marriage
took place; and "Vickey' bade farewell
to the baby. in a last scene touchngly
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told in the letters of Queen Victoria. She
left Windsor and went among a strange
people, to be the Wife of the Crown Prince
of Germany.
Viclsey was not happy at first. She
missed the eight little brothers and sis
ters and wrote home to her mother more
than once to "kiss the baby" then the
Princess Beatrice. for her. But the
Queen, while greving for her girls lone-
liness saw a great future for her as the
Empress of all the Germans when Fred
erick should succeed to the throne.
The next year, with barely eighteen
years between them, the little transplant
ed princess had boy, now Kaiser Will
helm H.; and in the years following
there came three girls and another boy
tho last the Prince Henry of Prussia
who, on the Alx, tried do 50 much to our
Dewey.
The Princes Victoria had her troubles
in those years, for the etiquette of the
German court took her babies away from
her: nor was She permitted to retain her
own English physician; the idea of COM
ing home to Windsor, to her mother, was
greeted with u royal howl which was
heard outside the palace, and which
spread throughout the entire circle of
Berlin physicians until they were look
ing at each other and wagging their
heads and saying German doctors are
not good enough for her"
Then came the death of the old En-
peror, and, amid the firing of cannon ana
the salvos of the nation, the Emperor
Frederick came to the throne. That was
in 1899, and the country allowed itself a
tidal wave Of joy not soon to be forgot
ten.
But 1t was a JOY in which the newly
made Impress did not share. Both she
ard the Emperor knew that in his throat
lay the germs of a deadly disease which
could not longer be hidden and, 50 when
the Hoch rose it was false echo which it
found in their hearts.
For three months the Emperor ling
cred, then he died and they buried him
and called him Frederick the Good
Buried him without knowing whether he
could rule CT not; buried him before the