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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-10
Spirit of the Press.
THE HOT END Or THE POKER.
Augusta Chronicle.

1880 AACh nv W LII L Ci@A@AN'
Augusta Chronicle.
The boys of Trinity College, N. c.,
burned Josephus Daniels in effigy be-
cause, as editor of the Raleigh News ard
Observer, he expressed an opinion of Prof
Bassett'o Booker Washington article
which opinion, we veture to say, is
shared by nine tenths of the white people
of the State. The boys kindled this bon
fire as a protest against The assumed
denial of free speech to Prof. Bassett
but they did not seem to observe that
If Prof. Bassett was to have unlimited
free speech It could not well be denied to
Mr.. Daniels. OF course, the boys were
boys. They were in a frolicsome and re-
sentful mood, but not a reasoning mood.
Mr. Daniels will not take them too seri
ously, but will continue to address his
cogert arguments, from day to day, to
their fathers, and the effigy burners VIII
come out of the contest in bad shape,
eventually, while the editor will continue
business ut the same stand, as one o.
most vigorous of Southern writer's, and
man true to principles which these young
jackanapes appear to have forgotten, il
indeed they ever knew them.
We predict that in the long run it Will
not be Daniels but the Basset sympathiz-
ers who will have the hot end OF the
poker to hold.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-10

1 desire every friend l have in Raleigh
or State of North Carolina to put every
dollar they possibly can in Great Wes-
tern at once, as it advances from Zoe to
amined into the merits of the company
know everything connected with it
and earnestly desiring to help my friends
on all lines, I unhesitatingly recommend
this stock. 7 have just returned from
st. Louis. where l have been looking
after the interest of my friends who
have invested in Great Western. and
want to assure them and all who may
purchase through my solicitation, that
no living man Will guard their inter
est more carefully than l will do. This
company's affairs are in good shape We
started with so acres of land and now
have 5000 practically ali paid for. We
have been blocking out ore for nearly
two years, and we don't have to guess
what we may get, but can take tape-line
and measure what we have now. There
is 10 proposition on the American CONT
rent equal to it. We expect to COM
mence paying dividends in the summer
ana WHICH oAce star Ied IhcJ WIN DC w
tinuous, Barring Strikes" Remember
that money made from mining is the pur-
est and cleanest money that can be made
it comes from first hands; $500, OOO,-
GOO taken out of the earth last year in
the United States, and 1 have no apologies
to make to friend or foe for selling stock
in a first-class legitimate mining enter
prise. Men buy stock in banks IN order
to get dividends in railroads and other
enterprises the same. l recommend this
stock for same purpose, and positively be-
leve that it will pay much more in divi-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-10


The editor of the News and Observer
thanks the scores of friends in all sec
tons of North Carolina end in fourteen
states who have written letters APPROX
ing the News. and Observers position in
the Kilgo-Bassett attempt to create a
new and an alien spirit in the life of a
Southern college. Most of these letters
are from Methodist preachers and Meth
odist laymen who feel deeply the injury
theec new ''isms' are doing to
their church. 1t is, impossible just
now TO answer each letter. They serve
to strengthen the determination of this
paper to wage eternal warfare upon the
false teaching of history and the perver-
sion of the minds OF the youth of this
great commonwealth.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-10
PROF. BASSETT AND THE NEGRO.
Richmond Times DiSD9 tch

PROF. BASSETT AND THE NEGRO.
Richmond Times Dispatch.
The Board of Trustees Of Trinity Col
lege, N. c., by a vote Of IS to Z, refused
to accept the resignation of Professor
Bassett who recently came into noto-
riety on account of a saying of his in
public print that Booker Washington
was the greatest man, save Lee, produced
in the South in 100 years
We are much surprised at this action
Of The board, and we do not believe that
it represents the dominant sentiment OF
the white people of North Carolina. We
nave read the article of Professor Bas-
sett with some care, and We are shock
cd at the view he takes of the negro
question. The opinion which he ex-
presses about Booker Washington, is by
no means the only Objectionable express
sion, nor the most Objectionable express
sion in his now famous article.
Professor Bassett says that these chill
dren of Africa are to be adopted into our
American life with view to making
them our equals, and he makes this state
ment without any qualification whatever.
We, therefore, infer and must inter that
to be drawn into our political life and
our social life, and affiliated as The
equals of whites, and as if to emphasize
that he says that the conflict now going
On between the. races is in many respects
the old conflict between Roman Psebs ard
Roman patricians, and that it ought to
be shorter than that struggle, and that
the issue ought to be more fortunate.
Just what he means by this is again a
matter Of inference, but the irresistible
conclusion is that the struggle is to re-
suit in the breaking down of all walls
Of division between the white race and
the negro race. 1t is a fact OF Roman
history that the Pleboians finally became
part and parcel of the political and social
life of Rome; that the Plebeians hlled
many of the most important offices, and
that there was indiscrimirate marriage
between them and the Patricians.
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SOCIAL INTERESTS AS FUN DAMIEN
TAI, AS FREE SPEECH.
Loinh Christian Advocate.

Raleigh Christian Advocate
1t is useless for us to renearse our
views. We have no explanation ~ in"Ne
We have no desire to bolster our views
with argument. Our corscieHcc - gu
We only say this: We were uiii'',iuo1'o ~
by the consciousness that no Not ~ = ~,
stitution of learning, in spite q pos9.e'
tolerance, would tolerate meiiipol - ~ I,le
faculty who would proclaim N pm 80 ..9
Southern orthodox views on Tue -
question We voted to accept -
sets resignation because we pei0'oa go
the influence and effect OF ms - 80
whether that influence and eiIece w. ~,
tended or not, have been such a. II
that resignation necessary to Tue nTaett
of Trinity College, the properly - 80 ~
Carolina Methodism and to tne p. pr CO..
of those social interests ID Noi'
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-10
ALL is NOT SERENE.

It does not now look like there will
be any organized opposition to the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Roosevelt, but that does
not mean that all Republicans are salts
fed. There is very large element OF
the party FESTIVE under the leadership
OF the bronco buster whose natural gait
is running away" In black letter edl-
torial, headed Let us Reason Together,
the Cincinnati Commercial and Tribune
warns the Republicans that the Republican
party is resting on false basis offse-
curity.
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mot so EIG AS He THINKS.
(Rhamkatte Roaster.)

(Rhamkatte Roaster)
Selma, Ala, Dec. Z.
Editor Rooster: After Kilgos saying 81
can be an uninspired fool, etc, etc, /
thought Of what occurred several years
ago.
After VIM. Dorsheimcr retired from the
-Governorship of New York, he
and the late witty VIM. r. Travers, OF
New York City, went buggy-ridirg stop
ping in front of a hotel. Travers left
Dorsheimer in the buggy and went in the
hotel Some of the boys" said, why
Billy, Dorsheimer is a bigger man than
we thought he was" QuicI; as Hash,
in his suffering way, Travers replied,
"Well-Well! just, just let-let-me tell
tell you boys. Dorsheimer, -sheimer amt,
amt as-as big a man as he thinks-thinks,
thinks ne Isl
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-10
A MORNING TONIC.
(Joseph Parker.)

Our business is not to build quickly,
but to build upon a right foundation and
in a right spirit. Life is more than
mere competition as between man and
man; it is not who can be done first, but
who can work best; not who can rise
highest, but who is working most patiently
and lovingly in accordance with the de-
signs of God.
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A FINE COMMENTARY.

Presbyterian Standard.
And the hanging in effigy Of the editor
OF a leading North Carolina paper, by
the students, was an apt commentary on
the fine periods in paper adopted by
the faculty on the following ideals OF
jefferson as to the "illii2.table freedom
OF the human mind"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-10

The meeting of negroes in Tennessee
requested legislation making it "a high
misdemeanor to sell coacaine unless mixed
with other medicine by pharmacist or
physician" In New Orleans and other
Southern cities it is said that the Goa
caine habit which prevails among many
negroes has played sad havoc with them
and calls for stringent remedies.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-10

Referring TO those papers that criticize
Bassett, the Siler City Enterprise says:
These same people did all in their
power to cripple the University whilst un-
Ger the management of the Rev. DR..
Pool"
What was the result? DIR. Pool had to
go. History will repeat itself.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-10

According to statistics nine-tenths q
the female lecturers arc married women.
This may be news to bachelors, but witn
married men it is ancient history
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-10

What you pay for extracts is important.
but what you get for your money is ten
times more important Burnetts Vanilla
costs more because worth more.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-10

The Washington Star does not accept
Mr.. Cleveland's letter as final. Why not
take him at his word and eliminate pas
dissension and discord?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-10

Your deserts will be perfect It you fla
yor them with Blue Ribbon vanilla.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-10

lima, which are as fundamental and
sacred as those of free speech OF acadc-
mic liberty
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-15
WHO ARE HEROES IN
FIRE DEPARTMENT 4?
"The Fireman's Herald" Discusses The
Times Medals and Protests Against
Awards for Spectacular Service.

The Firemans Herald" Of December
10 contains the following. under the head
Of Medals for Washington Firemen:''
The Times. Of Washington. with the
approval Of the District Commissioners
and the heads of the Fire and Police
departments. will annually oward three
medals, two OF gold and ore OF bronze
% members OF the Fire and Police de-
partments displaying the greatest brav-
cry, heroism, or general efficiency In
line of duty.
The gold medals will go. one to the
Fire Department for life saving. and
one TO the Police Department as q re-
ward for conspicuous bravery.
The bronze medal will be awarded the
fireman credited with the best record for
attention to duty and general efficiency.
1t vas decided to offer this medal for
the reason that hremen attached to
companies in the suburbs have little II
any chance to save lives from burning
buildings
The medals will be gifts. absolutely,
and viii belong TO their respective re-
ciDients for all time. They viii be
awarded each year, beginning Novem-
Der, 1904.
To avoid future trouble. and 10 pre-
vent the awarding Of these medals be-
coming farce, it should be determined
now and definitely understood by all on
just what they are to be awarded, and
that none receive them except those who
are really entitled to them They should
not be awarded by their donors. but by
competent board of experienced fire
men, who know what is really a fire
mans brave act. Newspaper firemen
heroes are often more imaginary than
real
The heroic acts of fremen are most
frequently performed inside OF burning
buildings, where newspaper reporters do
not go. and real heroes and those de-
serving Of medals are often those who
do not wish to have their names pub
hshed in the newspapers on account OF
the cheap notoriety which has been
given TO some firemen in the past who
were In no sense heroes.
To make the medals OF value and an
honor to their recipients. they must be
awarded solely on merit: otherwise they
will be more Of a detriment than a
benefit TO the department Stopping OF
runaway horses should be entirely
eliminated from their award. as that
craze is being overdone in several cities,
and Washington has seen a little CT its
evil effects. These medals will either
be benefit or a detriment to the
Washington department
The method of and by whom they are
awarded will determine their benefit
Buffalo, n. Y. and ST. Paul. MINI,
fire departments can give some good
points on how medals should be award
ed Both cities have recently adopted
new rules concerning such awards. and
both eliminate what is known IN the
fire service as newspaper heroes-those
who are heroes only in imagination.
Real firemen heroes are few, consid-
eTing the number of fremen and their
opportunities for performing heroic acts.
All firemen are not heroes, and all
rescues at fires are not heroic acts
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-15
BOY SINGS "HOLY CITY,"
STOPS THEATER PANIC
Shrouded in Smoke, He Outlets Fright
ened Pittsburg Audience-Fire
Near Playhouse.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Dec. 15.-Shrouded
in smoke. Roy Charles. a twelve-year-
old choir boy with Theatrical com
pany, stopped a panic in the Bijou The
alter yesterday afternoo, by stepping to
the front Of the stage ard singing The
Holy City"
The big fire in the Arrott building.
inst in he rear Of the theater, caused
considers BILE smoke to come into the
playhouse. just as the last act of the
drama vas on. The scene was laid in
a church and a full choir was singing.
When the stage began 10 all with
smoke. the audience became panic
stricken and started TO rush for the
doors, believing the theater was on fire.
The actors withdrew, the boy stepped
to the footlights. and his clear voice
rang through the big auditorium.
The audience stopped. look at the
slight figure standing there so calmly,
and then sat down. After the song they
were dismissed in an ORDER. manner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-15

cations never find out anything. He
knows it, because he has said so. time
and again, in the newspapers he has
consented to edit. And if he hadn't
said so before, he would, by this time,
cheerfully testify to the face; for
didn't he take an active part in in
vestigating Philippine affairs, with
out doing more serious harm than
that of punching hole in the Treas
uryq Oh, no; the Hon. Edward Ward
Carmack is all right. He wishes to
amuse his constituents, and-HeaveD
knows They are easily amused.
And so, for that matter, is om
amiable correspondent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-15
COMMITTEE TO DECIDE
ALL WHARF MATTERS
District Commissioners Select Harbor-
master Sutton, Engineers Douglass
and Garges to Make Leases.

The District Commissioners have ap-
pointed J. r. Sutton, harbormaster; w.
j. Douglass. engineer OF bridges, and d.
L. Garages. OF the Engineer Department.
a special committee to fix rates for
wharf leases and TO regulate wharf
privileges.
The reason given by Colonel Biddle for
the formation Of this committee is that
many leases VIII expire today and De-
ccmber 81. and it is necessary they be
renewed or let to other parties.
The wharf property under the juris-
diction OF the Commissioners includes
the frontage on the Potomac River. ex-
cepting that between the Arsenal and
n Street and a part OF the flushing res
ervoir at the foot OF Seventeenth Street;
the water frontage on the Eastern
Branch, and also on the Sames Greek
Canal.
Applications for leases and other
questions concerning the wharves are
to be handled by this committee, subject
to the approval of the Commissioners.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-15
MINOR IMPROVEMENTS
At THE WHITE HOUSE
The Presidents Mansion Now in Read
mess for Winter and the
Social Season

a number OF minor improvements have
recently been made at the White House
in view Of the approach of winter and
the social season. according to the No
vember report Of Col. Thomas W. Sy-
mons, Superintendent Of Public Build
ings and Grounds for the District. The
ceilings. walls. and woodwork Of the re-
ception room and the two waiting rooms
in the basement have been painted, as
have the exteriors Of the east and west
terraces.
A large oval rug has been bought for
the library. Encouragement Of the heads
Of animals which attract so much at
tention from visitors has been made nee
essary by the addition OF a new speci-
men. Colonel Symons says a part Of Po-
tomac Park will be devoted TO a nur-
sery for the propagatfng gardens. The
Superintendent OF Public Buildings and
Grounds now has charge OF that section
of the park between the Long Bridge
causeway and the entrance to the tidal
basin. Until recently it was in control
of Col Charles ]. Allen. in charge OF
the improvements along the Potomac.
No less than % 600 Towering bulbs were
sent out from the greenhouses to the
parks last month for spring bloom. In
NONtAiiDcA SAe anu lO1 trees were
planted in the Library OF Congress
grounds.
Announcement is made OF changes in
the hours for running the elevator at
the washington Monument In the
morning the first trip will be made at 9
o'clock. instead OF $50. and in the after
noon the last trip VIII be made at 4
o'clock. a half hour earlier than for
merly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-15
President for One Day.

VIII you kindly answer these questions: What
man was President OF the United States FOR one
day only2 And what was the occasion for itY
Mrs s. c. MACK.
He was David r. Atchison, a Senator
from Missouri, but a native Of Ken
lucky, who was President pro tempore
Of the United States Senate at the time
Of the Inauguration OF President Taylor,
In 1s49- The fourth OF March in that
year fell on Sunday, so shat the in
coming President did not take the quail
flying oath of office until the follow
ing day Owing to an exciting
debate over the Missouri compro-
mise bill the Senate sat all through
the preceding Saturday night Mr..
Atchison, worn and weary, sought his
bed at sunrise. Sunday, March T. and
slept through the whole day, peacefully
ignorant of the fact that he was by
virtue of his ONCE of presiding officer
OF the Senate, President OF the United
States. At noon the next day. Monday.
March 5. 1S4s. General Taylor was for
mally inaucurated
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-15
Aid for the Y. N. C. A.
The Association Explains It's Need of
a New Building.

a New Building.
The Young Mems Christian Asso-
cation of this city Is badly in need
of a new building, and the building is
to cost 100000 If the association
can secure $4,000 by New Year Day,
it viii get $4,000 from philantro-
pists who have pledged themselves. j.
is therefore urged that all who feei
an interest in the work of the assoeia-
ton in Washington shall send checks
promptly to the secretary by way Of
Christmas gift.
AS in a good many other things,
Washington is behind other cities of
liz size and Importance in the matter
of building for this association. 1t
Is in the class with cities of from one
third to one-tenth of its population.
New Haven, Scranton, Omaha, and
other cities of a population of 100000
or so having buildings worth two or
three times as much as the present
Washington home of the Young
Mems Christian Association.
The work of the association is i'm
portant in one respect In particular
It strives to bind together in pleasant
social ways young men who want 10
behave themselves. As everybody
knows, rescue work among confirmed
sinners is difficult and unsatisfactory
business, but some bright persons
have suspected that if a little more
care were taken to make the path OF
virtue agreeable there would be fewer
frequenters of the path of vice. Per
haps the lonesomest person IN a big
city is the young man or woman who
comes to it from nome in the eoun-
try or in a village, without friends or
relatives, but with an earnest desire
to do right. 1t is not an exaggera-
ton to say that half the people who
go wrong before they are twenty-five
do so through lack of the right kind
of friends. Therefore it Is important
for the right kind of people to know
one another and be of mutual assist
ance; and in this respect the Young
Mems Christian Association is en-
phatically useful.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-15
Communications From
Readers of The Times
The War With Spain.

10 settle controversy, win you please give
ms some facts about the Spanish American war;
Il. contends that war was declared by the
United States in April, 1898; 81" that
was not declared by the President until June,
when, in his proclamation, Mr.. Mckinley said
war had existed since such and such a date.
L. AND ].
IL" is right ~" is wrong on both
points. The President has no power
TO declare war. That power belongs to
congress. War was declared April IS,
1898, when Congress passed an act,
the first section OF which read as fol-
lows; BE II enacted. That war be and
Is hereby declared to exist, and that
war has existed since the list day OF
april AID. 1898 between the United
states of America and the Kingdom OF
spain. This act was signed by the
President at Sis O'Clock pm on the day
OF its passage
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-15
BIG STEEL COMPANY
BARS UNION LABORERS
International Works at Indiana Harbor
Tied Up by Strike.

CHICAGO. Dec. 15.--SteeI workers at
Indiana Harbor were informed yester-
day that when the international Iron
and Steel works were reopened the com
pany would not recognize organized la
Dor The report that the works had
been reopened under the old conditions
was denied. James II. Gordon. w. E
Hughes. and w. II. Evans. a commit
tee OF steel workers. made this state
ment last night:
The international Iron and Steel
Company's plant is idle and the men
are on strike. The vice president Of the
Amalgamated Association OF Iron, Steel
and Tin Workers and a committee of
strikers have waited upon the officials
of the company. They were told that
when the mill resumed operations the
company would not recognize organized
labor"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-15
Cdligula Roosevelt.
The President as He Appears to the
Imagination of Parkinson.

An excitable New Orleans man bv
the name Of Parkinson has been tell
ing the students of Tulane University
that President Roosevelt is a modern
Cahgula. The printable part of the
biography of Caligula reads as fol-
lows:
when illness, the result of his vi
cious life, had weakened his faculties.
the lower qualities of his nature OBJ
tanned complete mastery. He Danish
ed or murdered his relatives, filed
Rome with executions, confscating
the estates of his victims; amused
himself, while dining, by having VIC
TINS tortured or slain In his presence;
and uttered the wish that all the Ro-
man people had but one neck, so that
be might decapitate it at blow To
crafty his monstrous desires he
shrank from no infamy; he robbed,
plundered, and taxed his subjects 30
a degree which seems incredible"
IF the President were really any
thing like Caligula he might bring o
libel suit against the imaginative Par
kinson.