The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-13

that the topic has been before the
public a long while and the feeling
in important quarters is very decided
that there should be reimbursement and
reduction of the schedules, or some of
them. Eut the more moderate revis-
lon.sts would be satisfied with a COM
promise on q fall session to be devo-
ted to the tariff. The stand patters,
who form the majority, prefer a late
to an early session. And so it begins
to look as if the extra session, if called
at all, will be held late in the year.
Quick Retort by Fitchin.
one of the best campaign anecdotes
is that Representative w. w. I<itchin
got off in reply to Reynolds at two or
{hree places, | despair of telling it
as he tells it, and if it has appeared
IN The News and Observer, it does not
much matter how 1 present the points.
REYNOLDS in treating the Booker
washington incident. said that there
was no more social equality in Book
er dining With the President than
his own (Reynolds), taking a cold
lunch while squirrel hunting with
colored lad who accompanied him on
thelr excursions into the western Wilds
OF North Carolina. yes" observed
the quick-witted w. W., there is
this difference. which is very plain
L
Roosevelt was hunting coons"
The dean of the Tar-HeeI delegation
in the House is of course Mr.. William
w. kltchin, the able and affable. Mr..
hltchln comes TO the capitol early
and is found in his seat among the
first. Mr.. Page is another early bird.
Whether they "catCn the worm or
not, they are certainly on hand ready
to catch him. The North Carolina
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but lately there is a keener sense of
the value of experience. In some
cases, as in that of Mr.. Theodore +.
KluttZ the retiracy, was due to dis
inclination to serve longer. He is one
of the best men the State has had
here, quiet, modest, thoughtful faith
full. That district--that is to say. a
part of it, that including Salisbury,
has had some very capable men IN
Congress since / have resided here as
newspaper correspondent and OBJ
server of men and events. One of
the foremost representatives the
State has had in all the Congresses of
the last half century was John Steel
Henderson, chairman of the House
PostOftice committee. a gentleman
and q lawyer Of force and learning
he was ever too modest to take the
full rank he was entitled to: and yet
as years wore on, he come to be re-
garded as one of the best practical
legislators at the capitol
In the persons of x-Lieutcnant-
Governor Armfield and earlier of
Major VIM. M. Robbins, the old
Seventh had magnificent representa-
ton likewise. Running memory back
! think also, as to other districts, of
the brilliant Waddell. of Wilmington
chairman of the PostOffice commit
tee, of the cultured Wharton j. Green,
of the Fayetteville or old Third. and
of the learned b. Il. Grady. of the
same district l think Of VIM. r. Cox,
able in war as general, able in civil
lif as solicitor, judge and Congress
man; | think of Colonel Sydenham 3.
Alexander, of Charlotte. practical
wise, the friend of the farmers and
plain people and yet the elegant gem
tleman in private life like so many Of
the South's representatives in the past
and the prpesent recall the oI>l
admirable term of the judici0us Sim
mons. Some of the good members are
dead, as Col. Alfred Rowland, of Lum-
berton. One of the most Jealous and
popular members here and he repre-
scented the district e numbr of terms
was Col. Cowles. gallant soldier, true
gentleman We all regret the decrease
of the useful and experienced Robert
b. Vance, of the Asheville district
~ oIhCi VI TIC silllIlllldDIe oeildlOf LeD-
ulon Baird Vance. / remember, later
Johnston and Crawford able Demo-
Gratis and staying all-too-short a time
Major Glen Dowd was here two terms
only | think and acquired a good
standing for business ability. But |
cannot. offhand. recall all of them. No
disparagement to any is intended of
notable men like the virtuous, upright
and gifted Alfred NJ. Scales is reserved
to the very end of a fragmentary con-
Versation on North Carolina post
oellum Congressman of "the Lower
House." or if the business-like and
popular Badly" Williams, or the
calm politician, Tom Skinner is put
in postscript. At some future time
| may recur to the subject with par
ticulars