The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-14
A TRIBUTE TO GEN. LEE
THE JUST ESTIMATE IS CREDIT
ED TO MR.. ZEB. B. VANCE.
SEN. MONEY WILL REPLY TO PRITcHARD
He Will Stand Up For the Rights of the White
Folks to Rule North Carolina. Mr..
Linney and "The
Gals"

Carrie Jenkins Harris has just been ap-
pointed to a position in the United States
Building at the Paris Exposition by Com
missioner General Peck. Senator Pritch-
ard and Assistant Attorney General
Boyd have been most persistent in their
efforts in her behalf and it is to their
efforts it is mainly due that North Caro-
lima and the South gets the first appoint
ment yet given TO a woman. Her fitness
for the place was what first decided Sen
ator Pritchard to nominate her for it, and
Attorney General Boyd purposely gave
her some exposition training by placing
her in charge of the Exhibit of the De
partment of Justice at Omaha. She re-
ceived diploma and medal for her work
in this particular md Col. Boyl said he
duties had never been more satisfac ctorily
performed. She knows the resodrces OF
the South, thoroughly and Senator
Pritchard, Col Boyd and her other
friends expect her to do her best to bring
the splendid scenery; minerals traits
grains, climate, &c, &c, OF North Caro-
lima into all possible prominence at Paris.
She is pledged to do her best. She speaks
and writes French, translates Spanish.
Italian, Latin and Greek BEFORE the
exposition opens she will be expected TO
perhaps German, about all that IS m0st
desirable in our land!
Besides the two gentlemen named above
and to whom she is most deenlv indett
cd, she was endorsed by Senators Thurs
tom, Henry Cabot Lodge, John w. Dan
iel, 'Cushman II. Davis, Perkins, of Cali
fo1nia, Arthur 2. German, the entire
House Delegation from North Carolina.
Governor Theodore Roosevelt, Col. A. b.
Andrews. Hon. John S. Henderson, Wal
ter H. Page, the North Carolina Society
of the Cincinnati. Julian s. Carr, the
Fayetteville Lodge of Royal Arch Ma
sons (which conferred ON her the Eastern
Star degree.) Joseph P. Caldwell
Josephus Daniels, Esq, the Journal of
Commerce, the Springfield Republican,
the editor of the Post, the editor of the
Star. ex-Congressmen Henry Fiummer
Cheatham and many others.
Mrs Harris sails in a short time aud
besides doing all in her power tG advance
the interest of her own section, she will
keep her friends informed through the
State press of the Exposition and its
progress.
I think Mrs. Senator Vance is resDon-
appeared in the Post this morning. 1t is
worthy of reproduction anywhere:
"A MONUMENT FOR ROBT. e. LEE.
1T is not conceivable that any man.
North, South. East, or West, thorGughout
the tremendous length and breadth of the
United States, would frown upon or even
fail to sympathize with q movement to
celebrate the memory Of Robert e. Lee.
NXhn
himself every element Of a noble heroism.
Prre-minded, generous, chivalric. brave,
and gentle, he was yet the man Of strenu-
GUS action, the soldier, the commander,
and the war god. If he ever harbored Il
mean Thought or committed a mean act
his most Industrious critic has failed to
mention it, If he was ever other than
the gentleman. the Christian, and the
ideal soldier, the closest students of his
record do not know it to this day. Ii he
had fault it was that of self-abnegatlon.
If he had q weakness it was that or
mercy and compassion. His life makes Il
stainless and a splendid page in history.
He showed the world that a pUisSant sol
dier could be pitiful and kind as any
angel. He showed the world that very
lord Of battle could be innocent and
stainless in his private life. If in modern
times there has been developed the proto-
type of Tennyson's Sir Galahad, we ind
it i'm the character and career of Lee. lie
met Grants magnificent strategy and lnl-
perious attack with genius and a fortl-
tude which provoked the admiration OF
all Christendom. He met Grants splen-
did magnanimity at AppomattoX with an
eager heroism and patient resignation be-
yond all words. He should have monu-
1nent if nobility of character and splendor
rf courage and magnificence of devotion
are entitled to recognition by brave men.
It should be the pride of every one to aid
an so high a cause"
For two days Senator Pritchard has
been very busy in the Elections Commit
tee Room with the Montana contest which
threatens to cost Mr.. Clark his seat in
the United States Senate.
Senator Money tells me today that he
will make an immediate and eXtempore
reply to Senator Pritchard's speech on the
22nd. He says he never writes a speech.
AS you know, every Congressman is en-
+itled to a certain quota in the new Cen
sus office but all have to stand en- exam
nation Judge Linney corraled his quota
here promptly and put them to work. He
tells me: "The gals from my district nave