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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-24
JAMES IREDEI1L AGAINST GAMING
AND DRINKING.

Scotland Neck Commonwealth
The influence and advice of great and
good men against the vices of gaming
and drinking are nothing new. The time
out of mind the good and the great have
stolen against these evils.
James Iredell, in a letter from Edenton
to his young brother Frank in London,
under date of june 5. 1771, gave the fol-
lowing advice:
There are two very dangerous vices,
against which l must very particularly
caution you-gaming and drinking. The
Indictment to the first is the hope of
gain: what Indictment the other has God
knows. l know not. Now how many men
have made fortunes by gaming? or have
any? and how many have been ruined by
it, Millions! God forbid any friend of
mine should add to the number. Between
two persons of equal skill. the chance is
equal, and one must infallibly lose; and
when we again consider the innumerable
sharper to be met with in all DISCUSSES,
would point at a gaming house as a
place OF utter destruction. Private gam
ing Is almost as bad; avoid it. and TO &c
it ef1cctually learn no game. and then
you can Withstand solicitation. This Is
my method. and | never play cards at all,
but to make one among particular friends
by way of amusement. They are cursed
things and the four knaves of cards have
done as much mischief as all the knaves
of the world besides
Drinking hoae you have natural
aversion to: it is not only uniustifable,
but criminal. I mean when taken to ex-
cess. How it first happened that men
drank more than was necessary to their
support is astonishing. l will say. it dis
orders the understanding. debilitates the
constitutions, ruins an estate. and is a
prelude to every other misfortune
Thus the wisdom and counsel of n
great man have been preserved and
handed down to the State which he serv-
ed with such ability more than a hundred
years ago. What the great Iredel still
a young man, said against thcco two hide
Gus vices comes like a clarion note of
warning through long drawn century;
and every wise and prudent young man
will today take counsel of these burning
words of tender and loving advice writ
ten more than a century ago by one of
master mind in his affection and great
anxiety for younger brother.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-24
LET'S HAVE ALL THE FIGHTS BEFORE THE CON-
VENTION.

without resnect for that of others. This
has never been my opinion, nor my prac-
tise, when have been OF that or any otncf
body, differing on a political question
from those whom | knew to be OF the
same political principles with myself, ana
with whom / generally thought and acted
a consciousness of the fallibility OF the
human mind and of my own in particular,
with a respect for the accumulated JudS-
ment of nv friends has induced me 70
suspect erroneous impressions on mysell,
to suunose my own opinion wrong, and TO
act with them on theirs. The want of this
spirit of compromise, or of self distrust
proudly, but falsely. called independence,
is what eivCs the Federalists victories
which they could never obtain If these
brethren could learn to respect the opln-
ion of their friends more than their enc
mics, and prevent MAJ able and learned
men from doing all the good they other
wise might do"
In this year when constitutional govern
ment, honest administration at home, and
honorable foreign policies that make for
peace Ind in need of the success of the
Democratic National ticket, let all oppon-
ents of the Republican policies invoke the
spirit of the letter from Jefferson, for it
applies as truly - conditions today as in
1911.
In 1896 the Democrats were defeated be
cause a section of the party were wanting
in this spirit of compromise, or of self
distrust proudly, but falsely, called indie
pendence. That spirit gave Fcdcralists
victories an hundred years ago just as il
gave their successors victory in 1896. We
have had enough of it this decade to last
another century, and Democrats of all
shades of opinion ought to avoid anything
like reviving it.
Let the differences be discussed before
the National Convention acts. Then let
us present a united front to the Republi-
can party-the enemy of everything for
which every Democrat contends. After
the convention has spoken every many
worthy to be called Democrat will stand
true to the party's platform and give
earnest support to its nominees.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-24

ard intoxicating, and the rank and file
are expected to comport themselves with
patriotic and Christian resignation, and
not interfere with the free workings OF
the millionarium an ingenious American
substitute for the millennium.
The stock market. athletic sports, and
cocktails were the tutelary saints of this
sect ion of society. They were habitually
long or short of the market from one
or two hundred 90 several thousand
shares, according to their means. They
followed feverishly the prevailing fads
golf raakets, hunting horse shows (as
now, a few years later, bridge" ping.
pong, and the deadly au omobile). AND
after exercise, before lunch and dinner
ard on every other excuse, they imbibec
cocktail or a whiskey and soda as a
fillip to the nervous system. They were
dashing, manipulating fellows, these com
ranions of Paul. ingenious and daring In
their business enterprise, or, ii men OF
leisure. keen and brilliant at their games
They set great store by physical courage
and unflinching endurance OF peril and
pain, and they would have responded
promptly to a national demand for troops
in case of war; but when anything arose
on the political or social horizon which
threatened to disturb prices on the STOCK
exchange they set their teeth as ono
man and howled maledictions at it ano
its author, though it bore the sign man
ual of true progress. In short. life foI
them meant bull market, galaxy Of
competitive sports, and perpetual nov
city
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-24
NINETEEN TIMES TOO MUCH.

Elsewhere we publish letter from
Mr. Bouldin, which shows that the state
ments made by him of the 100000 steal
at Milton was what WAS ACTUALLY,
CLEARLY AND INDISPUTABLY
PROVEN in the trial of Gauger Davis.
flee in Raleigh, 'as was proven In court,
issued stamps for nineteen to twenty-one
times the amount he should have done:
all of which could easily have been avoid
ed had the collector required the clip to
show the proof gallons, as the law pro-
vides shall be done
Why was the government defrauded OF
100000 at Milton? That, is what the PEG
pie wish to know and that is what they
have a right to know If the law had
been followed in Mr.. Duncan's office the
gauger and the rectifier, acting in collus-
ion, could not have defrauded the govern
ment of that amount. Was somebody in
Collector Duncans office also in collision
with the gauger and rectifier, who were
executing the frauds at Milton? Or is ii
that the officer in Collector Duncans OF
flee, whose duty it was to follow the law.
is too ignorant of the duties to perform
them? Or was the swindle made possible
by negligence?
fraud of one hundred thousand dol
lars is not fully punished when little
gauger is arrested and convicted if his as
sistance in the fraud was due to the col
fusion, ignorance or neglect of any other
public official
Turn on the light. Let us have a full
investigation and let the people be given
the result, no matter who is hurt by it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-24
TARIFF FOR REVENUE ONLY.

New York's milk-and-water declaration
on the tariff is meeting with proper crit
icism from all quarters. 1t is safe to say
that the National Convention will throw
that plank in the Mississippi river just
as it threw Cleveland's tariff straddle in
Lake Michigan in 1892. In an interview
with the New York Herald's Washington
correspondent, Hon. W. w. Kitchin. the
senior member of Congress from North
Carolina in point of service spoke out
like the honest Democrat he is, saying:
II am in favor of a straIghtout decia1
alton OF tariff for revenue only. | would
not call it free trade There are some
articles upon which the tariff might be
greatly reduced. If not entirely abolished.
but / would only levy sufficient tax to
raise enough revenue to defray legitimate
expenses OF the government The New
York platform might have been more
emphatic on the subject of trusts, but
the convention was not expected to con
struct the National platform. It has
given the party several suggestions to
consider. and / suppose other States will
go to the St. Louis Convention and do
likewise
Some of the planks in the New York
resolutions are admirable, but on the
tariff and trusts they were what might
be called miserable makeshifts" The
1876 or 1892 plank on the tariff, or both
consolidated into one, is the honest old
fashioned sort of declaration that should
be made at ST. Louis
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-24
VOICES FOR PEACE.
Bishop Hendrix.


|, A standing army is a necessary evil
like constabulary, or police force.
A great standing army, especially IN a
republic, is menace to the liberties o.
the people More than once in France
it has meant the subversion of their lib
critics. whether civil or religious. Under
the best discipline army life is democrat
lzing whether in times of peace or war.
Men withdrawn for term of years from
commercial and industrial pursuits not
only cease to be producers but soon for
get the very arts which make producers.
Retired soldiers from the regular army are
usually unfit for anything but unskilled
labor. aud with such an aversion to
that as often to be useless to their en-.
ployers VINO may be moved by semf-
ment to give them work London can
tell the story of The countless discharge
soldiers or ''Redcoats" whom General
Booth encountered as he began his Chris
tian Mission to which he finally gave the
name Salvation Army in order to APP
peal to the military instinct i'll men where
every other instinct was long dead. His
industrial colonies were undertaken to re-
move them from the vices so common TO
men whose idle hours in barracks and
camp arc usually spent III sdLuDllHS. VI
worse 80
General Sheridan shocked the sonsibill-
ties of many patriots when he declared
that an Old Soldiers Home should not
be located near great fort with its reg
iments of regulars. He knew too well
the habits of even veterans to consent
to have his army exposed to the same
vices no longer controlled. We breathed
easier when our regular army was re-
duced after the campaign in the Philip
pines, when we knew what vices were
undermining the health and morals OF
thousands of our young men IN another
hemisphere May we expose as few as
possible to such evils OF army life! Our
own land, with it's self-reliant manhood
quick to respond in time or national
peru, can be depended on to turnlsA al
additional armed force besides our mod
crate sized regular army without invok
ing all the evils which come OF largo
standing forces such as cursed tho as
sembleG troops al Mission Ridge waiting
for orders during our war with Spain
Tne Hague Tribunal is better than a
stadinS army Of million men to sucn a
nation as America the peace-heeper OF
tho world.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-24
NOW INSTRUCT FOR AYCoCK.


Charlotte News.
The Empire State of the North has
given ample notice to the sister States
that her taVorite Democratic son is Al
ton b. Parker, as her favorite Republi-
can son is Theodore Roosevelt. The action
Of New York, as has been remarked about
l thousand times, practically settles the
question as to who shall be the Demo
cratic nominee for the first place on the
ticket.
But North Carolina Democrats hardly
know how favorably has been received
in the North and West the proposal to
nominate a Southern man for the second
place on the ticket, that Southern man
preferably to be Charles B. Aycock, Gov
ernor of North Carolina. His own mis-
givings on the subject recently published
IN South Carolina paper that was adj
vocating his claims, have not affected
the question at all, except to prove his
self-sacrficing modesty But just to show
how the folks are talking about it. we
quote from the ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
which is really Republican, as the Post
Republic OF the same city is Democratic.
Speaking of the Democratic ticket the
Globe Democrat says:
IF the Democrats think there is no
chance to win In any case, Southarn
man who is put on either end of it can
not be complimented by that act very
highly. though of course it may be bet
ter to be nominated and lose than never
to be nominated at all. a good Southern
man to select for the second place on the
ticket would be the North Carolina Cover.
nor himself He is able, heightened and
personally popular, and would make Il
good presiding officer of the Senate. IL
there were any chance for his party to
elect that official this year"
Our esteemed Republican contemporary
need not trouble itself about the success
this year of the Democratic ticket. Vic
tory is in the very air And it is not
hat the nomination of Southern man
would be a risk. but because it would
Bring into the campaign the splendid new
Issue of n reunited country. that we
have been advocating a Southern man,
preferably Aycock. And North Carolina
at the coming State convention ought to
instruct fer Aycock for Vice-presldent,
whatever other instructions are given.
South Carolina stands ready to follow
our lead. The Southern States would
one after another fall in line just "a
they are doing for Parker. We need
not say anything about Aycock to our
North Carolina constituency. But North
Carolina ought to say to the st. LOUIS
convention, I'VE have man who is fit
to be President, if anybody IN the Uni
ted States is. We yield to New York for
the first place on the ticket and we press
our man for the second place for his
character and his achievements and his
ability" And since ii is the fashion for
the Vice presidential candidate to do the
talking in a Presidential year, there could
not be found in all the land anybody bet
ter qualified than Aycock for the task
of telling the folks Just how it is.
Let us instruct for Aycock, whatever
may be the plans of present or future
rivals Of his. Parker and Aycock is the
ticket that viii win.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-24
Is Woman Extravagant?

is Woman Extravaganza" is the sub
ject Of an interesting symposium in the
aousekeeper One writer says:
Yes, with her love, her tender care
Tor those who are dear 70 her, lrcr sym
pathy and consideration, woman is ex-
uavagant If she really loves her hus-
hand and knows that he returns and APP
preciates her love, there is no limit to
ner extravaganza. All-health, strength,
ambition-all is laid on the altar, and
hcr happiness is complete. But extrav-
agant with money, as a class, no. AL
though there are exceptions, it will be
found that the extravagant women are
the ones who have never had the real
value of money brought home to them.
Look at the great army of selfsupport-
Ing women, careful, saving, frugal. Not
for moment would any one think OF
calling them extravagant. AS for the
woman safely sheltered in her home with
\ strong masculine army between hef
and the world, il she spends money more
freely than she should, nine times out OF
ten it is because she does not know what
be limit should be- and not because OF
an eXtravagaut nature. LOOK INTO Ihe
homes YOU know and see if you can ma
= woman who. If her husband would deal
honestly ard fairly with her, tell her the
tate Of his finances and name the amount
.he might with impunity spend, wouid
not be willing and glad to keep within
tbie limit WeFare Of the belief that the
distinguished Frenchman has failed to
take some important points regarding
srcss into consideration, or elseehe IS g-
porant Of them The initial cost OF men,
clothing EQUALS. even Il il does not *
coon the first cost Of women's
wardrobe. and when mems clothes 2.
come worn or out of iase they arc .aid
aside. but women's are turned ana mae
over and finished with hounce OF
disguised with lace What does frchch
man know about the resoVrcefuihess oi
the American woman, anyway!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-24

with the bottle nose and cigar. We fear
ed that he would own the entire earth and
all the things of it-all the ships and rail
roads, the mines and factories, and with
out his permission we would hardly have
the right to breathe.
Everybody who came into the editorial
rooms of the News Leader looked at the
medallion with the interest and wonder
that would be aroused by the likeness of
some new god. some awful, tremendous,
lmnipotent power of brains and money
md majesty.
A few DAYS ago a stenographer in The
News Leader office wanted to hang up
map. With a gesture not at all express
sive of Difference or interest, she took
Town the medallion from It's place ON the
walls and thrust it behind telephone
box, where it lies neglected, gathering
lust and of interest to nobody. VINO
hears of J. Piernont Morgan and who
cares for him now? A few lines IN the
newspapers the other day announced that
ne had celebrated his seventy sixth birth
lay, and after that event he promptly re-
apsed into obscurIty. Hardly any one OF
is plain citizens who have to struggle TO
keep our bank balances on the right side
ire heard of less. There came a frost,
chilling frost His bubbles burst, his
combinations tumbled to pieces, his
mighty purposes crumbled and withered
to nothing and many of his securities are
IN the financial Junk heap. Probably he
is yet a very rich man, but he is a world
power and master no LONGER; and prob
ibly many of the smaller figures of the
financial world do not hesitate to give
him a kick on occasions, to discredit his
ability, to sell his securities short, to flout
and flip him before whose enormous and
looming statue they were ready a year
ago to bow down in humble and reveren-
tial obeisance. So soon passeth away the
glory. We move fast these days and for
get quickly. and a man to hold worship
must hold his power and be able to assert
IL
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-24
JUST WHAT THE LIQUOR ELE
MENT WANTS.
Webster's Weekly.

The amendment of the Watts law in
the manner demanded by the Raleigh
Post, to-wit: to allow bar-rooms and still
houses where there is no police supervis-
ion, would make the whole act worthless.
And that is just what the liquor element
is after. I" All the talk about the
country people clamoring for bar-rooms
and stillhouses is an insult to their intel
ligence. Bv special act of the Legislature
and otherwise these dens of vice and cor
ruption had already been driven out of
two-thirds of the unincorporated territory
of the State before the Watts bill was en-
acted, and the elections since held show
a mighty tide of Temperance sentiment il
sweeping over the State. Let the Raleigh
Post and the Winston Republican mar
majority.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-24
THREE SELF-EvIDENT FACTS.

With reference TO the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad matter there ar,
three facts that ought to be kept in view:
/. Whether the affairs of the Atlantic
and North Carolina Railroad are well
managed or msnanaged does not excuse
the attempt to steal the road.
2. Whether the Atlantic and Norti
Carolina Railroad is leased or not leased
does not palliate the attempt to stea
the road
g. The fact that man who owned a
share of stock, worth $25 four years ago
cen now sell it for 500. establishes the
fact that there is no ground or warrant
for the attempt to steal the road by the
receiycrship route.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-24
POSTOFFICE FRAUDS.

Elsewhere we publish the speech of
Senator Simmons delivered IN the Senate
.ast week. 1t is full of strong points,
clearly and ably presented, showing up
the postal frauds ard explaining why
an investigation into them is refrkcd
Thor, ien.t \ dull line in the speech. ana
every person at all interested IN the pub.
tic measures Of the day will find the
speech deeply interesting. Those who
expect to go on the stump would do
we'll IN preserve the speech. II is SO full
OF good doctrine and reHapie FACTS that
the Democrats will circulate it as cam
paiSn document.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-24
THE SOLID SOUTH
The Commoner.

I UU OUTUIIlUIItT.
1t was Clevelandsm which shook the
foundation of the Democratic party in the
South and a return to Clevelandism will
rekindle the fire of Indignation that once
burned so strongly in many of the South
ern States The solid South can only
be counted upon as for 'sold Democracy
when solid Democracy is built upon the
courageous defense of human rights. 1t
will not be solid if the party panders to
plutocracy or begs for contributions from
Wall street
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-24
BUT CERTAIN LIQUOR FOLKS WILL
PUT UP THE STUFF"
Greensboro Record.

Our Republican friends show an inclinl,
ton to jump on the Watts bill If they
can do this without jumping squarely into
the whiskey camp it will be a feat worthy
of imitation, and when they Jump INTO
the whislley camp they are liable 10 los.
more votes than they will gain. The
truth of the matter is-and The Record
was astonshed when it learned it-that
what is known as the Watts bill is not
opposed by all the whskey men-by those
who deal in liquor For some reason
many of them are now satisfied with it,
though opposed to it first. all of which
shows there are two sides to everything.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-24
so PASSETH.
edmond News-Le&deI

RlCnlnOnU INFWo- I-Ge-0iII.
A wear or two ago one of the Richmond
banks sent out as an advertisement q
bronze medallion of fat man with bot
lie nose. smoking a cigar. above his head
the legend, THE Whole Thing Radlat-
ing from the head were such words rs
"ships" ''coal, iron. copper" \''rail-
roads, bonds. stocks. gold
1t represented j. Pierpont Morgan, who
then was a worlds wonder, who bestrode
the globe like a Colossus, hailed by all
mankind as the mightiest maGnate, the
vastest financial genius humanity had ever
known. Monarch did him honor and the
newspapers filled with the wonders of his
achievements and the magnitude OF his
purposes. All of us considered with min
gled admiration and awe this lat man
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-24

Henry Pare saws the Morning Post
gets it's orders higher up That is OK.
pert testimony to its venality. He saws
the News and Observer cleans to popu-
ism, fusion and that sort of thing" That
is expert testimony from gentleman
whose ideas of Democracy consists in vot.
ing for Mckinley and Roosevelt and op-
posing Judge Clark after be received tbs
Democratic nomination.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-24
TIE CREED or MODERN AMERICAN
SUCCESS.
Grant, in May Scribner's.

Grant, III May Scribncrs.
TIE true creed OF most of PaUl's friends
when reduced to terms was substantial
ly this, tfat the important thing in life
ls TO he on top, that in America every
one has a chance and the best men come
10 the front. that success means money.
mat money ensures enjoyment, and that
no one is supposed TO be enjoying himself
or herself who does not keep feeding the
dynamo Of conscious existence with fresh
satioas and run the human machine
at full pressure. There were necessary
corallares to this, such as the deVii
take the hindmost." uttered conslderate
Iy but firmly: I'VE shall be a long time
dead" murmured loosely but shrewdiy'
and 1.-THE cranks may prevail ana tile
crash come. but we shall be- uhder inc
sod spoken philosophcally with
shake of the head or sigh; the moral
of it all being that the position OF t1e
successful-that is, the rich-ls deiec'aoie