The news & observer., 1905-01-05
THE DOME

U1NULA L ILL IL " NIL
81 with withdraw as candidate for
4 Enrolling Clerk of the Senate because
i / have pressing personal business tnat
requires my attention at home" slid
! Mr.. O. P. Shell, of Harnett. who was
the popular and efficient incumbent
of that office in 1903 as he was re-
turning home yesterday.
Do not envy the Speaker while he is
making up the committees. Like the
policeman his lot in not happy
one
politics in the Western rart of the
! State is different from the article as
you find it in Eastern North Carolina"
said Senator Charles French Toms, Of
Henderson county. whose father before
him represented that district in the
Senate some years. Capt. NJ. c. Toms
/ was a model Senator and made mary
friends while here. He is still lead
/ ing business man in Hendersonvile
and proud that his only son succeeds
him in the Senate.
ITO show how it is in the noun
tains" continued Mr.. Toms. my law
partner Mr.. Rector. is here as the
Republican member of the House. He
is a Republican OF the Madison county
type as devoted to his party as ] am
to the Democratic party, and we have
shut up our law office and will keep it
shut up for sixty days"
4 You are liable to get in trouble If
you meet the CASTOR delegation" sa 4
MIR. c. M Cooke, Jr., to the Dome man
yesterday
/ What grievance can the delegation
from that good county have against
the News and Observer" l asked
why you said this morning that
/ Randolph had the tallest member of
say that, when Senator fIason is SIX
feet and two inches, and Representa-
I tive VIII te is six feet and six inches?"
The thing in order is for some one
TO take a yard stick and ascertain who
is the tallest man IN the Legislature.
In the person of Representative White
CASTOR Jays claim to "the sun-Crown-
ed member. BY the way, he was a
member of the House in 1S89--WaS a
safe and popular member then and
will always be safe IN any public po-
sit. on. Senator Mason has in former
Legislatures represented CASTOR COun-
ty in both the House and the Senate
and is one OF the ablest men IN the
present General Assembly.
|
The "dicky bird" says that Judge
| WinbCrne is 20 be cha rman of the
| House Judiciary Committee, Col. w. p,
| Wood, of Randolph is to be chairman
Of the Finance Committee. and Mr.. w
A. Stewart of Harnett, is TO be chair
man of the Committee on Ea lroads
ana Railroad Commission. But the
| dickey bird often hits 1t and often
misses it
Ie is evident that there will be dis
cUssion in this Legislature about a
| Compulsory School law 1t Will prob
| ably come up as general measure
and on local measures for particular
counties. The sentiment in Bun
| combe for a compulsory educational
law seems to be stronger than else
| where. The Asheville Citizen with
| ability and earnestness is advocating
| such law for Buncombe county and
| tho authorities there seem TO be in
| favor Of such q measure as the fol-
lowing in Yesterdays Citizen shows:
at is gratifying to note that the
! County Board of Education. and the
! City School Committee are using every
| effort To obtain the passage of bill
! favoring compulsory education. The
/ Citizen some weeks ago urged the ne
cessity of early action along these
lines, and in view of the fact that the
proposed bill has generally met with
approval there is no reason 10 DelleVe
that the legislators from Burs ombe
4
support tc the measure when 1t comes
up Al recent meeting OF the Coull-
ty Board outlines of the blll We're
| drawn. ana an examination OF Tie
same reveals the fact that the pro-
| posed measure was conceived with
q view of meeting all the peculiar
| conditions which exist or may arlss,
in this section Of the state. Some of
the points which command themselves
are the following exemptions made:
i :, Those physically or mental
| ~ inca FACILITATED.
q" Those so destitute as not to
be able 10 provide decent cloth
:. In cases where family is
del,,.uGent on the earnings of
ch!la
ishe ii the studies OF the fifth
4 grade.
/ :. Where no public school is in
session within two miles of pu~
pil's home.
S. such pupils between the
ages OF Il and 10 as are usually
employed.
oIt viii be readily seen that a bill
/ empodying the above features could
| work no hardship on any particular
class; nenuc the chief objection OF
these who oppose compulsory educa-
4 ton are overcome. Compulsory edu-
cation is not coercion by any means.
r is legislative action taken TO the
end that parents might be emphati-
Il cally impressed with the error of their
ways. AS recently remarked in THESE
/ coTumns even in cases where young
| children are compelled to work by
force OF circumstances, their earning
capacity can be greatly increased by
means Of some education. North Car
| DINA can accent compulsory educa
ton with the Same degree Of profit as
ms visited those States where COM
pulsory measures have passed. The
Citizen Gongratulates the county and
city boards on the commendabie stand
taken"