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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-23

"An overwhelming victory carries
with 1T a great responsibility. The vic
torious party can not ignore it's re-
sponsibility and continue to be victor
GUS" warningly reiterates the Water
loo Renorter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-23

The Davenport Times urges that
"the man who tries to get assistance
of any kind by misrepresenting himself
by wearing the emblems of member
ship in societies that under no circum-
stances would receive him ought to be
made amenable ito the law
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-23

Cincinnati business district swept By
fire; loss estimated at 100000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-23

"How would it do" suggests the
Iowa City Republican to invent some
kind of badge to indicate student
has brains and capacity to master i'm
portant subjects rather than beef
enough to make him a foot ball play
er?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-23

IF people could cast so many votes
by hand, what would they have done
had machines been used" wonderingly
queries the Mason City Times-Herald?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-23

IF the farmer Of today was reared to
cultivate a quarter section, he should
teach his sons the knack of handling
with profit three "forties," advises the
Iowa City Citizen. This Is an age when
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
TWO ABLE CAROLINIANS.

At the meeting of the University
trustees last week, Mr.. Thomas Ruff
fin. associate professor of law, resigned
and will practise law in Charlotte. He
has made reputation at Chapel Hill
as lawyer and instructor and his
resignation is regretted He bears a
rame synonymous with judicial learn
ing and personal probity. He is worthy
TO wear the name Thomas Ruffin and
we look to see him the third of the
name to honor the Supreme Court
bench of his native State.
The State is to be congratulated that
Mr.. Lucius P. McGehee has been
chosen to succeed Mr.. Ruffin. Mr.. Nc
Gehee graduated at the University
in 1885 with the highest marks ever
received by any student since Petit
grew and Ransom made high water
marks over half q century ago. Since
graduation he has held a position as
editor i'm a great law publishing house
in New York He began as a junior edi
tor, on a small salary. By his ability,
industry and capacity he was adj
vanced to the highest place in editing
law publications. Mr.. McGehee is
son of the late Hon. Montford Niece
hee and loves his native State, which
will warmly welcome him back home.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
.IEFFERSON'S CONTRIBUTION TO
THE FREE PRESS.

In each volume of 1.-The Writings of
Thomas jefferson" being published
by the jefferson Memorial Association
and edited by Hon. Andrew A. Lips
comb. president of the Board of Gov
errors. there appears, a preface by
some living man on some phase of
Jefferson's service to his country. In
the first volume, Senator Hoar wrote
on Jefferson and the Declaration of
Independence" In one volume Hon.
Charles Emory Smith wrote on JEFF
ferson and the Louisiana Purchase. T"
In the last volume the predatory ar
ticle was written by Judge Alton b.
Parker Chief Justice of the Court of
Appeals of the State of New York.
In the forthcoming volume the pre-
fatory article will be Jefferson s
Contribution to the Free Press" writ
ten by Mr.. Josephus Daniels editor of
The News and Observer. Inasmuch
the subject matter of that article is
of special public interest in North
Carolina at this time we are permitted
to print today the full text of it from
the advance sheets of the next volume
of 1.-The Writings of Thomas Jeffer-
SON. 1t is a little remarkable that
the editor of The News and Observer
should have completed in May of this
year an article on a subject which
was SO shortly to become of such vital
interest to shim.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Cannot Afford to Be Silent.

Henderson Gold Leaf.
The strict silence editorially Oh GER
tain newspapers with regard TO the
contempt proceedings against Editor
Daniels is noticeable. This may or
may not be surprising. Their attitude
of indifference can be accounted Tor III
one or two WAYS. either abject cow
ardice or the green-eyed monster,
jealousy. But we want to say that that
this thing has a greater significance
than its effect uDon a single newspa-
per. 1t is infinitely more far-reach-
inc. Josephus Daniels might rot in
jail, his paper might be cohhscated
and suppressed and the loss could be
survived. But destroy the liberties
of the people, abridge the right OF
free speech and the freedom OF tne
press, and the result would DC quite
different. A great principle is involv-
ed and the press cannot affori to be
silent in this hour OF imperi,ci lrce-
dom whether it admires ana endorses
the course of Josephus Daniels and
the News and Observer or not.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
SUFFERS BY THE COMPARISON

President Roosevelt has come TO the
conclusion that all North Carollnians
are born orators. When he spoke at
the Charleston Exposition he was
second to the eloquent Charles Brant-
ley Aycock, Governor of North Caro-
lima, and there was no comparison be-
tween the two speeches. Last week,
Maj. William McKendree Robbins
spoke with the President at Gettys-
burg. The North Carolinian, whose
eloquence moves and stirs the hearts
of men, made a speech that thrilled
the people, and the second time he
had to play second fiddler to a North
Carolinian.
Hereafter when the President is in
vited to speak from the same plat
form he will plead official business"
He is not an orator and suffers in the
comparison.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05

ciary shall be accorded impesialistic
authority. 1t realms to be seen if
quietus cannot be put on the royalis-
tic tendencies of Federal judges who
are moved by ideas strongly suggest
i've of absolute monarchy. Here it
may be remrked that there is little
couse for wonder that Federal judges
should follow the example SO strik-
ingly set by the chief executive of
the nation. When the President him.
self has instituted in the White House
ceremonies replete with meaningless
mummery; when he who governs a
free republic apes the pageantries of
the royal courts of Europe what
cause for surprise is there when his
satellites try to initiate him. Like
master like man." and as long as
King Theodore reigns at Washington
we can expect no relief from the high
handed proceedings of an ambitious
Federal judiciary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Would Not Have Been Brave Man
and True Exponent.
Roanoke (Va.) Times.

ItOanOKe (Na.) Times.
Is a newspaper to be barred from
such nature of comment? Here was
quasi public question affecting public
interests in which every taxpayer of
North Carolina was more or less con-
cerned and upon the face of the facts
as they appeared to the mind of the
editor, an actual wrong was being per-
petrated concerning the matter.
What was he to do? Should he fetter
his pencil because of the awful sane.
tity supposed to cling to the garments
of the Federal judiciary? He would
not have been brave man and a true
exponent of journalism if believing
what he did he had remained silent.
Be it understood that Federal judges
and any other sort of judges are hu-
man and can err,-and in the foot
prints of their error, grave injury may
stalk-often irremediable injury un-
less attention be publicly directed to
the fact and criticism visited thereon.
Mr. Daniels in adverting to the
courts action in this instance did not,
i'm our Judgment, exceed the bounds of
legitimate editorial comment. He saw
or thought he saw that an important
property interest belonging to the
State of North Carolina was imperilled
by what appeared to him palpably
improper court decree, and he said SO,
and said SO plainly, though not in in
sulting nor even in disrespectful Ian
guage.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Spirit of the Press.
Entitled to Redress Out of the Hide
OF His DctractOr or Otherwise"
Charlotte ObSerVer,

CnafiOtte observer.
We trust that we have a due sense
of the rights of the press and a due
appreciation Of the dignity of the edi-
torial profession. Yet, accustomed as
we are to look at both sides of all
questions, we cannot lose sight of the
fact that official servants and private
citizens have rights also, and that one
of these is the right to protection
from venomous attacks and aSperson
of their characters when they have
done nothing corruptly wrong. The
liberty of the press is one of the safe
guards of the people, but liberty is
one thing and license another; and
any honest man. priest or layman,
who is persistently and with bad in
tent, held UP to the eXecration of the
world, is entitled to redress, out of
the hide of his detractor or otherwise.
Judge Purnell could hardly be eX-
pected to submit forever to the de-
traction of Mr.. Daniels. which was
of such sort as to bring him into con-
tempt and his court into disrepute.
The red fire. the hurrah, the glorifica-
ton and the free advertising are Incl
dents Of the case. The proposition,
however, that the liberty of respect
full criticism is one thing and the IL
cenSe of abuse another, holds goo !.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Tyranny Breeds Anarchy and Revoiu-
ton.
Elizabeth City Tar Heel.

Elizabeth City Tar Heel.
To what are we coming? Is this no
longer the land of free speech ana Ifee
thought? Just the other day Ger
man soldier was sent to prison Tor
seven years, because he carelessly CT,
ticised the Emperor when his tram ala
NOT sion to receive a salute from the
soldiery. drawn up for the purpose
1t is such acts as these which breed
anarchy and revolution. The press OF
this land is the forum of the people
the greatest protection to the rights
of the masses. Our constitution pro-
tects us in the right to speak the truth
and laws protect the public from hpel-
ous utterances. Must the judiciary
use its own power which power is the
gift of the people themselves, to Wreak
their personal vengence through the
power of their own tribunals? No, no,
a thousand times no.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
THE WORD CONSERVATIVE"

conservative" is one of the best
words in the world, but like liberty
many crimes are committed in its
name. Those papers that were silent
or that "winked at" the Littlefield
bond stealing called themselves con
servative papers and abused Joe
Turner as "a Radical because he eX-
posed the crimes of the carpet Daggers
and svindiers.
LittleGelds gigantic schemes have
had no parallel in North Carolina I'M
til the conspiracy which eliminated in
the appointment by Judge Purnell of
a man under indictment for a felony
as receiver of property worth $780,
600. Then, as now, the papers that
called themselves conservative" were
silent, "winked at" the crimes, OF
openly defended them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Most ra,nnabic Outrage.

Not only is the Democratic press OF
North Carolina with JoSephus Daniels
i'm his most damnable outrage, an at
tempt to destroy the freedom of the
press, bat the people also. If pub
lie sgrV ant of the people CT n Use to
that dignity where nc is above criti-
cism in his acts directly affecting the
public, then the people are 10 submit
to any kind of outr2 sc. swallow the
miserable corruption, puke it UP and
oo on with their mouth slut. The
count that re sDects The people and
their rights should be respected by
the people The editors in North Car
DINA can go to jail, if needs be, III
their defense of the right All honor
to Joe Daniels and his purpose to un-
cork the bottle that holds the cor
ruption of the Atlantic and North
Carolina railroad affairs
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Distinguished Service to People and
Press.
Norfolk Virginian-P Pilot.

Norfolk Virginian-P1ot
We are not acquainted with all the
facts in the case, but we can but reel
that in taking a resolute stand Tor ms
rights as a citizen, as he sees them
and for the freedom of the press, MT.
Daniels is doing a distinguished ser
vice to his people and to the press.
II NAV be we'll enough to throw flap
doodle to the groundlings, but when
we reason among ourselves, let us
reason as reasonable men. And what
reasonable man is there who does not
know that the judiciary brings more
contempt upon itself than any out
side criticism can ever bring?
We have seen q perjurer on the
bench. and we have seen counsel
blackguarded and insulted from the
bench, and we have seen the presiding
Judge subside into drunken slumper
while counsel was addressing the
court.
Is the voice of the press, by which
alone the masses of the people may
know the facts, to be silenced as 10
these things by the threat of contempt
of court?
The dignity of the court-oh, yes,
preserve it by all means! But is the
dignity of the court paramount TO the
dignity of the people, and is TINS ulg-
nifty to be preserved even though the
rights of the people therethrough per-
ish? Is the court more than the com
monwealth?
Respect for the court-surely! But
who of US, does not know that there
are plenty of biased men on the bench
who were put there by pull, precisely
because they were biased?
The fact of the business is that nc
more RESPECT is due the judiciary de-
partment of our government than Is
due the legislative and executive de-
partments All We're made equal and
all are equal in dignity and import
ance. The acts of one are just az
much open to public criticism as the
acts of the other, and whenever the
judiciary attempts to assume that It's
acts are above criticism, it at once
puts itself beyond the pale of repuph-
can institutions.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Wearing The sallow Complexion.
Troy Examiner.

Troy Examiner.
The display of imperial power
seems to be getting common in North
Carolina, and the question is, When
and where it will eliminate. TO IN
stances within one week is Wen
worthy of the carefulest considera-
ton, since no one knows who VIII De
the next victim seized on a similar
charge.
The arrest of Mr.. Daniels for con :
tempt grew out of his sharp criticism
relative to Judge Purnell in MS ac-
tons in the Atlantic and North Caro-
lima Railroad receivership. we are
not sufficiently versed in law to say
what constitutes contempt, but we 40
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Imagine The Press Crawling and
Cringing Before Federal Judge.

Cringing Before a Federal Judge.
Webster's Weekly
The News and Observer, which tore
the mask from the McBee-Finch con-
spiracy and has stood manfully for
the peoples rights in the whole con-
troversy, measured up to the respon-
sbility of the occasion last Sunday
and voiced the indignation of the
State in no uncertain words. For this
courageous action it's editor, Mr..
Josephus Daniels was served with
rule from Judge Purneli'S court for
contempt. The details of this latest
development of the MISUNDERSTANDING
campaign will be found in our news
columns.
Editor Daniels need have no fears
as to the outcome of this issue. The
Supreme Court Of the United States
will never endorse the doctrine that
a judge may suppress the freest pos
sible discussion of his official acts by
the exercise of arbitrary power. I'm
agine the press crawling and cringing
before a Federal judge, appointed for
life, with nothing to restrain him but
the fear of Impeachment, and holding
that danger off by sitting discussion
of his official acts! This is what is in
volved in this case. We applaud Edi-
tor Daniels refusal to pay one penny
of the fine assessed against him and
dis determination to exercise his
rights without fear of the conse-
quences. 1t is this spirit that has
blazed the way for free government
and the case of Daniels will be cited in
years to come when some one dressed
in a little brief authority" attempts to
muZzle the press.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Honest and Candid.
Asheboro Courier.

AS0eDOTO 1OuIIeI.
In Yesterdays issue MI. Daiii re
published an article addressed 10 liie
people of North Carolina. the artlcle
is written in a clear cool ana y con
servative in tone, but shows 'nal ne
is fixed in his purpose and 20 an ull-
biased reader leaves thf, III e''l0 !,
that Mr.. Daniels is honest ana ca. 'I y !!
and is oursuing his course because he
IS impelIed to do so by a sense :, Of e,f
duty He says before ne wi retract
he will rot in :. dark dungeon an MS
days. Instead of regarol.le - l;tH ~
tence as a punishment ne coHSiue'S IT,
q ooa tbinq is evident that Mr..
na uhe viii, be load on the hands
Of those who have him II. cna' sc.
There is no getting rid OF nm. ne ne
Vii not down and DEVELOPMENTS OF
1ata have added to his popularity IN
stead of Iessening his influence WITH
the pubic.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
"Stand Your Ground.
Chapel Hill News,

No ore here regards the editorial
clicked at as being of such a nature
as to cause the judge to act as he has.
The fruits of Mr.. Daniels labors re-
garding the situation of the Atlantic
and North Carolina railorad is crop
ing out as the contempt proceedings
testify Mr.. Daniels has fought
good fight and the people of the en-
tire State are standing by him. He
showed the matter up in it's true ligh
and brought the receivership to an
abrupt end. Stand your ground, Mr..
Daniels, and tell the naked truth and
the press and people will back you.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
May Temp Others.
Wilmington Star.

Wilmington Star.
If Judge Purnell keeps Editor
Daniels in Jail much longer at Raleigh,
the newspaper man will make SO much
glory and get such an increased circu-
lation out of it that it will tempt other
editors to get sassy towards judges.
eco Higher Up" is the text from
which, Editor Daniels has been preach
ing for some time Now he is prac-
ticing what he breaches. And he is
getting what he went for, too-a writ
of habeas corpus.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Judge Purnel's Action Upheld.
The Caucasian.

To read the News and Observer any
one might think that the whole State
is indignant at Judge PurnelPs action
in filming Mr.. Josephus DanielsY FOR
contempt of court. But the News and
Observer publishes only one side of
the case, and the other side is larger
than a reader of the News and on
server might suppose. The following
editorial appeared in the Wednesdays
issue of the Charlotte Observer. Here
follows the editorial from the Char
lotte Observer, printed elsewhere
Editor.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Will Not Play Shut Mouth.

Times Mercury Clicks Rep-Pop. Or
gam
Joe Daniels is the tool of tho ma
chine, and OF course tie machine no
7oees to stand to h.ln, and cursed IS
every one or all who do not Join IN
the chorus. But law-abiding citizens
will not play even shut mouth. DEM
ocrats and Democratic papers coh-
denim M. Daniels.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Pond Steal Back Of IT.

MadlSOn KeCOfu.
There is a Niger in the woodpile
sure, and if Editor Daniels of the
News and Disturber" can scare the
coon out he should be voted a war
pension.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05

more able or eloquent man. lie VIII
be leader OF That body we ma
hoped to see him elector for the
State at large so that he coulo nave
led in the national contest IN this
State. There is no man WHO could
stir up the people or uphold Demo
cratic principles with more ability
and power.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Mr.. Daniels Sustained.
Scotland Neck Commonwealth.

Scotland Neck commonwealth.
From what has appeared in print
and from what the people say in con-
versation, the press and the people of
the State will stand by Editor Daniels
in defense of the States rights and in
his criticisms of matters pertaining to
the Atlantic e. North Carolina Rail
road. Judge Purnell is generally con-
demned
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05

The Taylorsvlle convention en-
dorsed Judge Bynum's structures upon
the Republican State Convention, The
Republican party will never have any
chance in North Carolina as long as
for their own promotion and selfish
ends
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
To Fight for the Right.

Warren Record.
The people in this part of the Old
North State are with Joe Daniels ana
he is gaining new friends IL he neeos
assistance he only has to make ms
wishes known. Long may he live and
continue to fight for the right.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
vital Interest to Every Editor.

Asheville Citizen.
AS Mr.. Daniels has so aptly remark
ed it is not his personal fight alone
which he is waging. 1t is a matter
of vital interest not only to the pa
pers of North Carolina. but of the en-
tire country. The issue now at stake
is whether or not the Federal JUL
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Spirit of Liberty Still Dominant.

Aberdeen Telegram.
Our people are indignant at the ar
rest and fining of Josephus aniels,
editor of the News and Observer
$4,000 by Judge Purnell at Raleigh
last Tuesday The mighty protest
that is going up from all over the
State shows that the spirit of liberty
and freedom of the press that ami
mated our forefathers is still domi-
nant in the hearts of North Caro-
linianS
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Coming to Il Pretty Pass.

Louisburg Times.
1t is coming to a pretty pass in the
free old State of North Carolina, when
the act of any public man, even
though he be a judge, are above criti-
ciSm.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Letters Approve Cause of
MIR. Josephus Daniels.
Continued from Page one.)

the leading topic of conversation in
the hotel lobbies and other public
places in the city of Nashville. My
copy of the News and Observer is in
great demand upon it's arrival every
day. Governor Frazier was one of
the first to read it today, and when
he handed it back to me he said. re-
ferring to your address issued while in
the custody of the United States Mar
shall that is a manly, courageous ana
most interesting document. You peo-
pie over in North Carolina are just
now making some very interesting his
tory
marked: "If you all don't elect Dan
iels Governor of North Carolina just
lean him to the national Democracy
and we will nominate him for Vice
President at st. Louis. !"
Yours very truly,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Harry Il Parallel.
Asheville Cleaner.

ASheVille Cleaner.
This action of Judge Purnell has
caused a sensation that has hardly
parallel in this State, and the outcome
of it will be watched with eager in
terest by the press throughout the
country in that it may determine the
limitations of free speech and free
press in this great liberty-loving coun-
try
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Was Not Justified.

Charleston IS. c. News and Courier.
We do not think there was anything
in what the editor said in his news
paper about the judge on the day pre-
ceding his arrest that justified the
court in holding him for contempt
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-05
Would Crowd Out Moonshiners.

Durna1n IttCOTUeI.
The fining of Editor Daniels $2,OOo
for contempt has created comment on
all sides, and many wonder and ask
what next? If men are to be lined Tor
expressing an opinion the Federal
prisons will have no room for moon
sinners and postoffce raiders.