The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-22

| ment to furnish Congress information
! as to the number of extensively en-
graved dies and plates which have
been prepared in his department fol-
| the past three years for the personal
use of assistant secretaries, private
secretaries, chiefs of bureaus and other
officials. He has we'll earned
| and richly deserved the nomination as
Representative of the Ninth district in
the 59th Congress.
AS a result of this resolution the
Secretary of the Treasury was forced
to put an end to this business of eX-
| travagance for the glorification of Of
| ficials.
Mr.. Webb introduced a bill for the
purpose of making a textile and agri-
cultural exhibit at the Cape Fear
| (South Africa) Exposition next De-
cember and January. Such an exhibit
| would have given the Southern cotton
| manufacturers an opportunity to ex-
hibit the South African market, MAX
ing a much larger demand for cheaper
grades of cotton goods and thus bene-
fitting North Carolina greatly. He in
troduced bill to appropriate one hun
dred thousand dollars for the erection
of a monument on the battlefield of
Kings Mountain, to commemorate the
valor of Generals Campbell, Mcdowell
and Williams, Colonies Benjamin
Cleveland, Isaac Shelby, John Sewer
nd wv I'd IN in1 a M
Campbell. The bill also provides for
the enclosure of the battle field to the
extent of fifty acres.
Under the present law the neWspa-
pers pay one cent a pound for postage,
but they cannot send the paper except
at the rate of 1c. for each paper in
the town or city in which it is pub
lished. Mr.. Webb introduced a bill
to give the papers the same rate in
their home cities as when sent by mail
to other cities. To show the value of
this, The News and Observer goes to
its Durham subscribers and is deliver
ed by the carriers. 1t pays for this
service 1c. pound. If the Raleigh
subscribers were served by the city
carriers The News and Observer would
have to pay 1c. for each paper, or
1912 per year. This discrimination
Mr.. Webb sought to have removed.
Another bill of importance intro
duced by Mr.. Webb provided that
manufacturers and shippers of patent
or proprietary medicines shall put on
a label on each bottle or package of
such medicines the names of the in
gradients contained therein, and if
such bottle or package contains opium,
choral, cocaine, or alcohol, the
amount of such ingredients shall be
placed upon the said label.
Mr.. Webb walked right into national
reputation when he made scoop
on all the congressman and newspa-
pers in getting an autograph letter
from Mr.. Cleveland, denying the
charge of the Kansas Republican
Congressman that the ex-President
had invited Fred Douglass and his
wife to dine with Mr.. and Mrs. Cleve-
land at the White House. This charge
had been frequently printed IN the pa
pers and Mr. Cleveland never noticed
it, but in response to a letter from
Mr.. Webb Mr.. Cleveland denied the
charge in vigorous language and his
letter was widely quoted. Mr.. Webb
is studious and progressive and will
grow into one of the most useful Rep
resentatives in the history of his dis
trict He is a splendid campaigner
and will make votes for himself and
for the Democratic party in his dis
trict.