The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-26

| the most attractive speakers in the
country everybody knows, consequent
ly they have taken some rather loose
remarks that the Rev. Sam made and
are circulating them through the ad-
vertising agencies. The scheme will
hardly work, for if he finds out that the
trusts are trying to use him as cats
paw to pull Mark Hanna's chestnuts
out Of the fire they will hear some
thing drop. IF Sam ever does open up
on Mark, it will seem that he is using
the English language as a bull whip
about the ears of that past master
boss.
Another illustrious Republican who
has deserted the G. 0. p. is Miss Phoebe
w. Couzins, the only woman who in
the history of the human race ever
filled the Office of United States mar
shall. Her father was one of the most
eminent of the old line Republicans in
this state and held many offices of
trust and profit, dying in that Of Unit
ed States marshal of the eastern dis
trict of Missouri. Miss Phoebe was
appointed to fill out his uneXpired term
and did it with credit to herself and to
the satisfaction of the government. She
was a prominent and influential figure
in Republican circles, but she could
not stand the corruption and imperial
istic tendencies of the G. o. p, so she,
TOO, flew the coop, and in flying the
coop she let fly broadside into Mark
Hannas serried ranks entitled rs
America again a vassal of England"
with subhead "Shall the British Lion
Typify the Sacrifice of American Sol
diers or British Hireling Writer
Dub the Farewell Address of George
Washington as a Curio Of History?"
Then she proceeds to belabor the Re-
publicans through % pages, in which
she absolutely fays the hides off Of
the whole gang. | cheerfully COM
mend the pamphlet to all who want
good campaign literature.
Fighting For the House.
Two Washington dispatches in the
public press show what a desperate
fight the Republican managers are
making to control the next house of
representatives. One is to the effect
that that palpitating and aspiring pa
triot, Colonel r. G. Kerens, member
of the Republican national committee
from Missouri, has employed Colonel
w. w. Dudley of ''blockS of five
fame to organize the Republicans of
Missouri OF course this means that
every method known to the most cor
rupt politics is to be employed for the
purpose of debauching the Missouri
voters and electing one or more con-
gressmen from districts now represent
ed by Democrats
The other dispatch Of Importance is
along the same line as this and is to
the effect that the beloved Babcock of
Wisconsin, chairman of the Republican
congressional campaign committee, has
agreed to put $4,000 of Doodle into
each of the congressional districts of
Missouri. Now, Brother Babcock is
like Major Joe Bagstock, "sly, sir, dev-
ilish sly" He is generally supposed
to be as willy as any fox, but If it is
true that he has promised to send
$4,000 into each Missouri district for
} corruption purposes, then 4 great con-
{ fidence game has been played on
J Brother Babcock. The chances are
| that instead of the delegation standing
| II Democrats and Republicans in the
next congress, as in this, it will be IA
( Democrats and 1 Republican, a great
| Improvement. But if it be true that
they are sending this money into Mis-
| souri, it will demonstrate that they are
I fnr,
the next house as they are for the pres
idency itself.
Judge Griggs of Georgia.
One of the brightest ablest and most
| genial young men in the house of
representatives is Judge J. NJ. Griggs
of Georgia Usually he is a man Of
great discretion and tact. but unless
| the Baltimore Sun is the greatest liar
in the country the judge recently
stirred up most ablebodied hornets
nest in delivering an address at Rome,
Ga, to Che graduating class of Shorter
| College For Young Ladies, for he
tackled the new woman and pro-
nounced a eulogy for the old fashioned
woman which it does the heart good
| TO TedU, out Wnlcn Is lldDle TO DflnS
down on the judges devoted head the
wrath of every short haired woman in
the land. and | fear that my genial
friend will not have as easy sailing in
the contest which he has evoked as he
generally has in his debates with his
| fellow congressman. where he is thor
oughly capable of holding his own l
| have no doubt that somehow he will
be able to come out victor. but he will
need to have all his wits about him.
No doubt the judge was Influenced by
patriotic and philanthropic motives
His address as reported in The Sun is
one of the most brilliant that / ever
read. 1t shines and glStens and
sparkles like the ocean in the morning
sunshine. But the trouble is, the more
it shone and the more it glistened and
sparkled the madder his audience got,
for it was composed Of young women
who want to belong to the new wom-
an class.