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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13
Issues of the Campaign.

! As Chauncey +. Blacl, Of PennsyI-
vania. President of the National AS
sociaton of Democratic Clubs, Secs
Them.
0etter to the New York World.)
The issues of the campaign are not
forming. They are formed. The fat
nous administration has shaped them
in such hideous nakedness and such
brutal candor that they insult the in
tcllgence and challenge the virtue of
/ the people. The Democracy could
not change them if it would. and
unless they should suddenly 90 mad
would not if it could.
The Porto Rican crime is but the
concrete example Of what is to come.
It is the first Of the 'crown colonies,
not the last, and the steady British
drift of all things under the existing
trust administration demonstrates
the secret foreign influences which
are pushing cur government on to the
wreck of the republic and the betray-
al Of human liberty the word%her.
Shall Republican government be
foresworn and discarded? Shall the
Declaration of independence be set
aside for good?
Shall we send forces into the new
territories acquired to crush with the
bludgeon of mere power every human
right which has hitherto been held
sacred?
Shall the Constitution hereafter APP
ply within our domain only on one
side or the other Of black lines drawn
by the fingers of the ruling trusts?
Shall the republic be displaced by
the empire. of which the great trusts.
''mutiplied fifty fold" in three years
of Mckinley, shall be the actual elec-
- and of course the cOrmorant ben
eficaries?
These questions the American peo-
pie are quite ready to answer. There
is little or no division concerning
them. At fair election the answer
would be Overwhelming, but the
trusts do not intend to permit an
election. They do not propose to al
low millions of employed electors to
vote according to their judgment.
Whom they cannot corrupt they cX-
pect to cOerce.
This is the secret of their temerity.
They believe that the independence
Of the people is already gone. But for
this they would never have dared to
coerce the administration and the
House committee on ways and means
and force through their typical colo
NAL measures for the enslavement of
the unfortunate Porto Ricans
Upon the ominous questions thus
presented to the people by the trust
party the Democracy is already per-
fectly united: its leader is clearly
marked out No rival is anywhere in
sight. He represents the popular side
of these issues of 1900 just as dis
tinctively and almost as exclusive
" as he did those of 1896.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13
The Laboratory of the U. S Fish Com
mission at Beaufort, N C.

chapel Hill, \. c.. May 12.-(Special1 y
The laboratory Of the United States
Fish Commission. at Beaufort. on the
coast OF North Carolina, will be re-opened
for work on the first of June, and will
remain open until October The labora
tory is designed for research in marine
biology Geology, botany physiology, and
fer the present. is open to men only The
collecting outfit is particularly good in
Guiding steam launch, sailboat. skiffs,
dredges, trawl. seines, surface nets. etc.
The indoor equipment embraces the usual
apparatus, glassware, and reagents, pro-
vlded by marine laboratories The more
important works On the systematic zoolo-
gy ana natural history of the forms that
are found on this part of the coast, will
be on hand; and the current numbers of
the more commonly used journals will also
De received. Naturalists working at the
staten Will find collection of identified
iorhs' illustrative Of the fauna and flora
OF the region, together with a record of
breeding times and local habitat of the
species.
beaufort is pleasant village to which
lew people come for quiet vacation.
The collections of the earlier naturalists
ana the work of the Marine Laboratory
CT the Johns Hopkins University sta
toned here under Professor Brooks for
many years, made known the interesting
character of the fauna-which is exceed
ingly varied and abundant, including most
OF the forms described for the South At
lantic coast. Research at the laboratory
is untrammeled, it being assumed that
every occupant of a table will in the
course of his Investigations, add to our
knowledge of the natural history of this
part of the coast. Inquiries and applica-
items for tables, for which there is nc
charge. should be addressed TO the Com
missioner of Fish and Fisheries, Hon
George NJ Bowers. or TO the director of
the laboratory Professor Fl. V. Wilson,
OF the University of North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13

that | felt somewhat as though l had
been sat upon. Every year at our
State Convention ! have had to tell
about our ugly skeleton: but each
time add with great hopefulness that
we would certainly soon have things
better. Now. | have said this so Of
ten that | have felt half glad that
my poor health won't permit of my
going to convention this year and
face those women with that old tale
again. ! was so glad that | clapped
my. hands and said hurrah. for our
last grand jury because they con-
demned our jail even mildly. and |
take this opportunity to express my
unbounded admiration for those same
gentlemen, for they must have clearer
eyesight and altogether better
sense of cleanliness than any grand
jury we have had in long time. Mr.
Shaw said the Jail was disgrace, ust
from what he saw on one visit. but |
don't know what he would have said
if he had taken in all the facts of the
case. If he had known that the pris-
oners not only stand in. sit upon the
iron floor but sleep upon it in the
bitter cold of winter with no bedding
but two blankets each; or had known
that they are eaten of vermen three
fourths of the time and the other
fourth. too. Had known that there is
no faith in our Jail or had been told
that no prisoner ever gets Il step of
exercise outside the narrow limits of
the cage, no matter how long his con
finement. Or had taken note of the
greatest shame of all that men and
women are imprisoned side by side
with only a. thin sheet iron partition
between them. making privacy Il thing
impossible. Well. there are many.
many things about our jail that need
mending. and now that everybody
knows it | am sure wonderful things
will be done. and | shall no longer
have to hang my head in shame at
the mention Of our county jail. So
with all my heart | thank Mr.. Shaw
for telling it out loud Next time |
shall speak louder myself
MRS. |. c. BLAIR.
Supt. Prison Work w. c. r. L.
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A Pertinent Question.
Washington STAR

Admiral Dewey's self-appointed can
didacy for the Presidency reminds me OF
a little incident which occurred in one
of my campaigns" said a Western Rep
resentative to a Star reporter today Il
had stopped for supper at the house of
a Constituent, and as Brother jones was
carving the fried beefsteak and helping
out the ham ! noticed his three bright
eyed little boys on the other side of the
table.
All boys, eh? | said; enough for
one of them to have been a girl. Then
UP spalle little Tommy, with great indig-
nation:
Well l dunno who'd have been her:
Pete, he wouldn't a been er. Jim would
not a been 'er. and know durn well |
wouldn't a been 'er'
"As for Admiral Dewey. / don't know
who wants him. The Republicans don't
want him because he is Democrat: the
Democrats don't want him because he is
gold standard man and stands for the
spirit of miIitarism Ii seems 10 me that
it is another case of 4 dunno who'd a
been 'er'
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13

tRaleigh Christian Advocate.)
\ State political Convention, ire
Spective of party caste. is interesting
| and instructive in more ways than
one. We saw something of the great
Convention last month.
Hon. +. NJ. Simmons. who called
the convention TO order. and who is
acknowledged. even by his enemies.
to be one of the brainest political
leaders the state has ever known. is
an aIumnus of Trinity College. Mr.
+. Y. Webb, who made such Il SPLEEN
did temporary chairman. and who
was our pupil in the early sos. is an
alumnus of Wake Forest. Hon. l..
5. Overman. that superb specimen of
physical and moral manhood, who
made Il model permanent chairman,
is an alumnus of Trinity. Hon. w. D..
Turner. who is one of the strongest
pillars of our citizenship. and who
was nominated for the office of Lieu
tenant Governor, graduated at Trinity
in 1876. DR.. b. +. Dixon, the versatile
and brany nominee for the Auditor
ship. was educated in Methodist
school, Robert d. Gilmer. the strong
and popular candidate for the office of
ATTORNEY bcneral. Is an dlunnuS OF
Emory and Henry college. General
Thomas. f. Toon, who was nominated
for the office of superintendent of
Public Instruction. and who from all
accounts viii make a good officer, is
an alumnus Of Wake Forest. We have
no doubt that others nominated re-
ceived their education at church
schools.
We do not make mention of these
facts in order that we may exploit
the Christian denominations Those
nominees who were educated at other
schools are as worthy as those whom
we have mentioned. Where can you
find a higher type Of manhood than is
presented by Charles b. Aycock? But
we mention ,hese facts because il is
popular saying that the church col
leges give Il student a good theologi-
cal training, but not that broad, pa
triotic culture suitable for states
manship. Do the facts above given
Justify the impression? Nay. verify.
But it is clearly seen that when the
State wants a man. she can turn with
confidence to the UNCONVENTIONAL col
leges.- Mr. Aycock graduated at the
University.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13
THE WAKE COUNTY JAIL.
Mrs, Blair Hopes That the Needed Improve
ments Will Come.

To the Editor: The Wake county
Jail a disgrace,
Well. at last it has been said out
loud; yea. in the newspaper. that
Wake county Jail is disgrace to both
county and city! Said out loud and
that, too. by stranger visiting our
city. How can | make myself under
stood when | say | am both glad and
sorry. proud and ashamed: glad that
the secret is out, if out it must be;
sorry that stranger had to thus pub
licly rebuke us; proud for humanity's
sake; ashamed that the world must
know of our cruel neglect of the help
less. For five years ! as superintend-
ent of prison work for the w. c. r.
t.. have made weekly visits to our
county Jail when able to get there.
was Mortified at my first visit and the
horror has increased as ! have be
come better acquainted with the true
condition of the jail. Why did ! not
speak? All. did | not speak? | have
told the story to ministers of the Cos
pei, lawyers, doctors and leading citi
Zens. | have even been before the
county commissioners. They nearly
all expressed surprise. Indignation
and all that. but alas, for the prison
ers that was all Mr.. Editor. the wo-
men of the Woman'S Christian Tenn
perance Union are very modest and
unassuming. and greatly prefer doing
their work in quiet way. For this
reason and also because we were
ashamed to let everybody know of
this disgraceful thing. we thought we
would not go into print about it; so
no longer ago than this very winter
], in obedience to the commands of
our Union. wrote to every white min
lister in the city telling them briefly
how things were in the Jail and ask
ing their aid 10 remedy them; but
don't tell it,. | never heard from one
of those letters. You will not wonder
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13
A Queer Pension Claimant
washington Post.


Hon. Tom Fitzpatrick. he Kentucky
Congressman, told a good pension sto
ry at the Wellington. He received &
letter from woman in his district
who asked that he become interested
in her application for Il pension. She
said that when the war broke out she
was engaged 10 4 young farmer boS
who went to the front. Before he
left he gave her Il medal to wear. He
was killed. and since that time she
has been married twice and has raised
two families. Butt she never could
forget the blue-cyed farmer boy. ant
has always worn his medal. She
thinks this entities her to a pension
and asked Mr.. Fitzpatrick to carry
the matter to the attention Of III. Clay
Evans, Commissioner.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13
DURHAM DIDN'T RESPOND
Because DR.. Long Didn't Voice the
Sentiments OF Democracy.
a. WHITES AND II NEGROES HEARD HIM
Fire Breaks Out at the Neathery Home, and
Mrs Neathery, Greatly Excited, Says
Her intoxicated Husband Started It.
Evidence Against Him Mil
Evidence Against Him Nil.
Especial to News and Observer)

Durham. y. c. May 12.-Rey. DR..
Daniel II. Long spoke here last night
in opposition to the principles OF
what Democracy and good govern
ment stand for.
w. T. O'Brien. a leading Republic
can. introduced Mr.. Long to the audi
ence. Long. at the beginning of his
remarks. in order to try to show off,
offered to divide time with any one
present or try to answer any ques-
tons that might be asked him. He
said nice things, real sugary words.
about Durham. her growth and devel-
opment. its educational institutions.
etc. He told his hearers that he was
an educator, a farmer. etc. but not
one word to the effect that he was
a minister of the gospel. And PR
haps it was better that he did not.
There We're present By actual count
A white men and rs negroes. \ por-
ton Of these white men belonged to
other political parties. The proper
ton of colored people to white Re
publicans present was about three to
one.
Long talked on that old oft dis
cussed and threadbare subject of the
tariff. the era of MckinleyiSm. eX-
pansion. etc. The speech and line of
argument was weak and fiimsy. in
fact of such superficial nature that
there was nothing in it worth the
trouble of taking note of. Such
speeches can do no harm to Democ-
racy. for there is nothing in them.
DWELLING DAMAGED By FIRE.
Durham. y. c.. May l2.-This morn
about 1890 o'clock. there was fire
on Fuller street. \ dwelling house
owned by l.. w. Wise. of Richmond,
Va. and occupied by John Neathery.
was damaged TO the amount of some
$500 or $500. How the fire originated
is not known. Mrs. Neatherv said
that her husband fired the building
She was very much excited at the
time on account of the fire. Neathery
went home last night pretty drunk.
About the time of the fire he was
out in the street in a very intoXica-
ted condition and was arrested by
the police and locked up. He denied
all knowledge of how the fire origina-
ted. and said he had been asleep.
but was awakened by the smoke and
flames. He got out of the house
through a window. The charge on
which he was arrested was drunken
ness. This case Acting Mayor Taylor
disposed of this morning in one min
ute and half. b. fining Neathery
So. Not the least evidence was
brought out to show that he had any
connection with the firing of his
house.
APPOINTMENT OF MARSHALS.
Durham. n G.. May 12.The fol-
lowing gentlemen have been appoint
ed marshals for the Aycock speak
ings which take place Monday, at 100
and s p. M. at the Parrish Ware
house: Chief marshal, J.. &. Cole:
marshals. Albert Kramer. ". NJ. Fal-
lon. w. S. Newton. Arthur Cobb. \.
NJ. Aston. Lucius Tilley, Fred q. Bat
tie, Robert p. Hackney. Thos b.
Christian. j. X. Patton, w. p. Glenn
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13
Baby's Wireless Telephone Plan.
Chicago Inter ocean,

The Rev. Case Davis pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Warren.
Ill, has a daughter nearly three years
of age who is very particular about say
ing her prayers before retiring each
night. One evening last week her mother
was detained from hearing her prayers
at the usual hour and little Louise wait
ed patiently some time Finally patience
ceased to be a virtue with her and she
climbed upon chair and taking down
the receiver Of the telephone. shouted
into IT,
Hello, Central. dive me heaven; /
want tC say my prayers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13

after suffering from severe dyspepsia
over twelve years and using ~lany rene
dies without permanent good | finally took
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 1t did me so much
good l recommended it to everyone"
writes j. L. Watkins. Clerk and Recor-
der, Chillicothe, Mo. 1t digests what you
eat. Bobtitt-Wynne Drug Co., w. II.
King, Adams & Moye, VIM. Simpson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13

North Carolina will be well represent
ed at the Annual Reunion of Confederate
Veterans, at Louisville. KY, and Messrs.
Whiting Bros. will be represented there,
too, by some handsome gray uniforms they
have made for several of the Vets"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13
Church Schools, Nursery of Manhood

z
Raleigh. y. c.. May 10, 1900.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-09-04

rapidly than the commerce of any Euro
pean empire. We do not own Japan or
China, but we trade with their people.
We have not absorbed the republics of
Central and South America, but we
trade with them. 1t has not been neces-
sary to have any political connections
with Canada or the nations of Europe in
order to trade with them. Trade cannot
be permanently profitable unless it is
voluntary. When trade is secured by
force the cost of securing it and retain
ing it must be taken out of the profits,
and the profits would never be large
enough to cover the expense. Such a
system would never be defended but for
the fact that the expense is borne by all
the people while the profits are enjoyed
by the few.
Imperialism would be profitable to
army contractors; it would be profitable
to the ship owners, who would carry live
soldiers to the Philippines and bring
dead soldiers back; it would be profit
able to those who would seize upon the
franchises, and it would be profitable to
the officials whose salaries would be
fixed here and paid over there; but to
the farmer, to the laboringman and to
the vast majority of those engaged in
other occupations it would bring expen-
diture without return and risk without
reward.
Farmers and laboringmen have, as a
rule, small incomes, and under systems
which place the tax upon consumption,
pay more than their share of the ex-
penses of government. Thus the very
people who receive the least benefit from
imperialism will be injured most by the
burdens which accompany it.
w. j. Bryan.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-09-04

The Bee is grateful for the Inter Lakes
indulgence. Instead of showing wherein
the county commissioners are censurable
for reducing the tax levy, the Inter Lake
merely attributes the Bees contention
that the reduction is praiseworthy act
to ignorance of local conditions and let's
it go at that. The Inter Lake evidently
is not anxious to discuss the subject
further, Notwithstanding it's assumed
advantage of knowing it all" The Bee
submits that the extensive knowledge of
local conditions claimed by the Inter
Lake is not necessary to an appreciation
of the fact that reduction in taxation
OF nearly one per cent in two years is
matter for congratulation, any more than
such knowledge is necessary to an ap-
probation of the fact that the Inter Lake
"roasts' the commissioners for it's own
reasons and not because of any particu
lar solicitude for the interests of the tax
payers
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-09-04
FOR PRESIDENT
WILLIAM. J. BRYAN
OF NEBRASKA
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
ADLAI E. STEVENSON
OF ILLINOIS

THE The Independent of Helena
COPPER has not yet proved that there
TRUST. is a copper trust. Most OF
the great copper concerns of this coun-
try sell their copper independently. Sen
ator Clark disposes of between 5OO0OOOC
and GO,OOO,OOO pounds yearly. The Cal
umet & Hecla sells it's own product
Most of tho other Lake concerns do
business on their own account. The
Amalgamated sells Independently. The
Montana Ore Purchasing company does
the same thing. Isolated copper com
panies from the Mexican to the British
line sell as they please and for what
they can get. There is no monopoly in
the copper business and no trust EN-
braces enough copper mines to command
the market. There is in New York a
concern which keeps track of the mar
ket, furnishes statistics to the producers
and helps them get the best prices. but
that concern acts Independently for each
producer. 1t is not monopoly or trust.
The Independent is fighting man of
straw when it tackles the copper trust"
1t knows nothing of the subject. 1t is
making itself laughing stock.--Inter
Mountain.
The Independent and the other Clark
organs have the idea that they can fool
the voters into support of Briber Clark
by wailing about 1.-The wicked copper
trust AS pointed out by the Bee,
Clark alone has it within his power to
smash any copper trust that might be
organized. If there is copper trust
why does not Clark destroy it himself
instead of asking the voters of Montana
to do it for him?
AS the Inter Mountain conclusively
shows there cannot be copper trust
without Clark's cooperation, and the
demagogic howl of the Clark press about
copper trust" is plainly for the pur-
pose of diverting attention from Clark's
criminal record as briber and perjurer
long enough for him to repeat his effort
to break into the senate by the weight
of his money.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-09-04
COUNTY CONVENTION

A democratic county convention is
hereby called to meet at II o'clock a. m.
on Saturday, September Is, 1900, in the
court house in the city of Kalispell, for
the purpose of nominating thirteen Q3)
delegates and thirteen 13) alternate del
egates for the state convention, to be
held in Helena on September 10, 1900,
and also for the purpose of nominating
the following county officers: Treasurer,
clerk and recorder, sheriff, clerk of the
court, county attorney, assessor superin-
tendent of schools, surveyor, public ad-
ministrator, coroner and three members
of the Legislative assembly, and to attend
to any further business that may regularly
come before the convention.
The several precincts will be entitled
to representation at the convention as
follows:
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-09-04

SOr1E Among the country newspa-
SHOP pers of Montana the Kalispell
TALK. Bee is forging rapidly to the
front. Less than four months old, it
already occupies splendid working
field. kalispell is surrounded by an ex-
tensive field which is not reached easily
by the other papers of the state. The
Bee appears with a semi weekly edition,
furnishing the people the latest tele
graphic news, and the people welcome
it's coming as bringing them into closer
touch with the greater world, and assure
it future prosperity.-Ravalli County
Democrat
The Bee has very good reason to be-
lieve that the Democrat is right when it
says this newspaper is assured of future
prosperity. The Bee is less than three
months old, but in the short period it
has been before the people it has
achieved measure of public approval
far beyond it's most sanguine cxpecta-
tons.
The Bee has faith in the future of this
town and the surrounding country. 1t
believes, too, that the people hcrcabouts
want good newspaper and are willing
to reward those who will give them one
They have proved this so far in the gen
erous patronage they have given this
newspaper.
The Bee proposes to keep in the van
of progress. Some weeks ago it an
nounced that it had placed an order for
linotype machine, and the manufac-
turers advise this Office that the machine
will be ready for shipment about the
10th of this month. When it arrives
and is placed in position the Bee will be
enlarged to seven columns in order to
meet the constantly increasing demand
for advertising space as we'll as to give
more space for news, and the enlarge
ment will be continued from time to
time as the wants of advertisers and the
newspaper reading public demand.
The Bee proposes to be good news
paper or 60 out of business.