The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-29

MCLauriniSm
A Failure
In This State.



Senator Simmons is of the opinion that
McLaurinism will amount to little in
South Carolina or
McLAURINISM anywhere else. He
is ABOUT thinks it is daily be-
PLAYED OUT. coming weaker and
that the movement
will soon be a thing of the past. The
effort to introduce it into this State, he
thinks has failed utterly.
: In the mountains this summer / met
many South Carolinians," he said, "and
some of them were gold Democrats and
Mckinley sympathZers. While they are
favorable to the McLaurin movement, they
are hopeless of it's success. One OF them,
the best informed man | met in regard
to South Carolina politics, told me there
could be no doubt as to the outcome OF
the struggle between Tillman and Nc
Laurin; that McLaurn is no match for
his antagonist.
GAS to the movement, imported into this
State under the titles of Business Mems
Leagues Commercial Democracy the
New Democracy and the like, ] think
that reached it's climax with the forma-
ton of one lone league with a dozen men
at Louisburg. You will hear very little
more of the movement, / predict"
Corporation Commissioner Abbott has
returned from trip to the Western part
of the State. He
INCREASE visited eight counties
IN THE for conference with
TAX VALUES. t h e commissioners
and register of deeds
in regard to taxation matters, and says
that but for the almost continuous rains
his trip would have been a very delight
full one
II find the people, as rule, pleased
with the new revenue act he said yes
terday land it will raise a surprising
amount of revenue, the increase coming
principally from property that has here
tofore escaped taxation. In the eight coun-
ties l visited the increase will not be less
than $4,000, 000 In Catawba and Iredell
there is an increase of half million each.
Even in Madison county there's an in
crease of 100000. In some counties
found an increase of 100 per cent in the
item of solvent credits alone. And this
increase, it must be remembered. is in
the item of personal property alone, real
estate remaining at what it was last
wear"
Congressman Small, Of the First North
Carolina district, reports great interest in
education in his sec
A GREAT ton. He says the
EDUCATIONAL people are aroused on
REVIVAL. the subject as he
never knew them to
be before, and he is looking for general
educational revival throughout The State.
'.In many of the counties of my district, .
he added, educational meetings are being
held in every township and are largely
attended. The speeches are eagerly list
ened to- and there are unmis taxable evil
dences of great interest in education. l
shall myself make speeches at a. number
Of these meetings this fall, and do all
in my power to encourage the movement.
/ attribute 1t largely to the effect of the
amendment and think it means much for
North Carolina"
Are there any local measures that you
will specially urge at the next session of
Congress-" l asked
AN INLAND Congressman Small,
WATERWAY who is here this
PROPOSED. week attending Su-
preme Court.
] "There are number he replied, "but
the one of greatest general public inter-
est and certainly of most far reaching i'm
portance is the proposition for an inland
waterway from Beaufort harbor to Bos-
ton. l have given a great deal of study
to this measure, and though the idea may
not be carried out for many years it
not NV fret idea WAS
to draw bill for an inland waterway
from Norfolk to Beaufort, by using either
tho Dismal Swamp or Albemarle and
Chesapeake Canal and then deepening ce"-
tain sounds along the coast. But on in
vestigation of the subject ] found that
from Norfolk the inland waterway natur-
ally extended itself through the Chesa-
peake bay on up to baltimore, theme by
the Delaware and Chesapeake canal to
Philadelphia, then by the Delaware ard
Raritan canal and river to New York. At
New York it strikes the Erie canal sys-
tenn and that will Put us in water connec-
ton with the Great Lakes and the West.
From New York through Long Island
Sound Boston could be reached by a canal
across Cape Cod from BuzZard's Bay to
| Barnstable Bay.
''This is the general plan, and it could
| be accomplished by the digging Of some
| forty or fifty miles of canal and the widen
| ing and deepening of some of those al
ready in existence and whose ownership
| or control the government would have to
acquire. Also some of the North Caro-
| lima sounds would have to be deepened in
| places.
"Of course the influence of the railroads
| ~ Oh, Of
| but it's accomplishment would mean much
| to our domestic commerce in time of peace
| and be OF very great value to the gov
eminent in time OF war. Certainly tc
| Southern farmers lumbermen and mer-
I oho tho SAYING in ha oocf of fra spOr