The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-04
Fairbanks Voices Tariff
Sentiment OF Party.
Qualification Felt by the Friends of W.
E. Christian Over the Coming
Appointment of His Son
as Cadet.
BY CICERO w. HARRIS.
Especial to News and Observer


as having let up any at all in his de-
votion to the protective tariff. Made
to the Home Market Club. an ultra
protectionist organization, it should
not have been expected that he would
tone down anything in order to be
in line with the administration, part
of which he will be. in a fashion. after
March 4. 1905. But the fact is, Fair
banks seemed to make very broad his
determination to stand pat. AS for
his talk about reciprocity. notwith-
standing the locality in which the ut
terances were delivered, he let it ap
pear evident he was motto Sympathizing
really with the idea so popular in
Massachusetts, for he took occasion to
declare that there was wide difference
between McKinley's sort of reciprocity
and the Democratic view of the mat
ter.
On this question of the tariff, while
we are considering it, the suggestion
of a new member of the House from
Ohio are significant The RepreSen-
tative is Mr.. Thomas, chosen to fill
the vacancy created by the promotion
of General Dick to the Senate. He is
a manufacturer of iron and steel on
an extensive scale. Now this practi-
cal man says that the tariff schedules
should be revised in certain particu-
stance, the duty on steel rails is not
required for protection. 1t should
be removed. And there are other
schedules which should be reduced or
arranged in manner to suit the oc-
casion. STILL he regards the tariff as
whole as not requiring revision, and
seems to favor a mode of special
amendment of few schedules and
not going into a general consideration
of the matter of revision. This is evil
IDENTITY the limit of what will be done,
If anything is done by the Republi-
cans. They do not intend to lower
duties except on a very few articles
about which considerable clamor has
been raised in Republican States. And
what they do will be accomplished
not in short session, after an election
which has been the greatest political
triumph in years, or in an extra Ses-
sion either in the spring, summer or
fall, but at the regular session of the
following winter, without many hear
ings and altogether without stirring
up their people on the subject
Christians riends Gratified.
The friends of William e. Chris
tian and the admirers of Stonewall
Jackson will be deeply gratified by
The News and Observers announce
ment that President Roosevelt will
appoint the grandson of the
to cadetship at West Point.
Among the callers at the White House
Thursday were Representative Living
ston and Professor W. C. Woodard of
the Georgia Military Academy. Their
purpose was to request the President
to appoint Stonewall Jackson Chris
tian, a student of the Georgia Mill
tary Academy at College Park, to one
of the cadetships within the gift of
the Chief Executive. The young fell
low is a son of Mr.. William E. Chris
tian and his wife, the late Julia Jack
son, and therefore a grandson of Gen
eral Thomas J. and Mrs. Jackson. The
Georgians told Mr.. Roosevelt that
young Christian was one of the bright
est students at the States military
academy and they enlarged, of course,
upon the transcendent merits of the
noble soldier, his ancestor. The Presi-
dent heard them gladly and observed:
1T has been the practice to give this
class of appointments to the sons of
army officers only, but / am going to
make an exception in this case. If
can place the name of Stonewall Jack
son in the army register, l am going
to do it,"
Later in the day several Democratic
congressman called at the White
House and We're informed by the
President that he mad decided tC
were Representatives Bankhead
Clayton and Richardson, of Albania,
and Sims. of Tennessee, to all of
whom the Presidents statement was a
source of the highest qualification, OF
which they took occasion to assure
him. By this act Mr.. Roosevelt mas
in a measure made an atonement for
the structures in his Life of Benton
uron the Southern people and their
greet leader in civil life, Jefferson
Davis
Stcnewall Jackson, in the opinion
OF military tacticians and of important
foreign historians, is one of the great
strategists of all time. | have long
thought he was the mightiest lieuten
ant general in history, and that
had ne enjoyed a separate command
after the first year he would have
wen greater successes than any Amer
lean ever won in battle.
From the Old North State.
North Carolina thus figures ir
Third Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Maddry's annual report: Regis
trations by city carrier in 1908, 1902:
1904, 1854, increase registration 262
per cent 20.12. Rural carrier regis
tration 1922. 1893; 1908, 1924: 1904
i4.lOC Number of registered letters
and parcels for six months ended
June 81, 1908, 170,291; ended June
81, 1'V1' 1oU;Il 4. Grand total fOl
1904, 350,505 increase, 25.06b: il
per cent. 40, fees 1873.
brief summary of the Fourth AS
sstant Postmaster Generals reDor
is all that is possible here Tota
number of presidential postmaster
appointed during the year, 767 There
are 2,o03 fourth class postofiices IL
North Carolina. There are 81 pres
Dental offices. North Cardinals ranl
IN number is 20: in population is
Average compensation Of fourth elias
postmasters is S112.33. rank in mum
Der of fourth class postmasters, 5
rank in compensation of the same, SO
The gross receipts at North Carolin;
postofices We're S1,21204.07. Th
whole number of postoffices wa
1854; rank in number of postoffices
8. This is high. Tile average amour
expended per capita is sixt ycents. TIL
number of rural routes was SIS. To
tai pieces delivered were 10,9O3977
Number of pieces collected on rura
routes was 26S.182.07. Value of post
age on rural routes, $105,S29.06.
Col. Vim. F. Beasley was her
Thursday.
Ducks from North Carolina hav
arrived mere at the wharf and bring
fair prices.