The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-01
THE SYLVAN MIR HARRIS.
OF the SOlitudes Only in Name ana
Pining for the Country.

Mr.. Charles ]. H2rris he Of the
dainty WAYS and the smooth speech
with the bur of New England still
ciinging to the verbs thereof, who dur
ing, the past summer created q hreeze
throughout the state by virtue of his
oratoriCal rlonthpiece Mr.. Tom. set
tie at Il time when the faithful of The
Radical party listened TO the hyper
bolic paroxysms of that bird of rhctQr-
icians. dritted into town yesterday like
a transient visitor of the sprinS-t!me
(gentlc Annie.)
Unreasonable as it may sound. Mr..
Harris winged q hithcrward way III
The matter of tanncIy. And The bur
den OF his song was 4 reduction of
his taxes and an abolition of his town
ship responsibilities.
Mr.. Harris. as will be remembered,
dwclls at n nookcry in the bosom Of
the hills which is we'll named sylvia"
In the valleys rest the lonE rcd build
ings which scout the scenery with Il
foreign odor Of commerce. On the
ovcrhanding mountains, men wit hDafc
fet and trcc-hooks strip the trees
which punctuute Inc sky line OF the
bark which gives them life. Mr.. Har-
riS. captain of industry that he IS. tray
els far and travels near, paying the
bills and pocbeting the profits. attuncQ
J-ndcr all Of his sylvia smiled rs is
the wont Of forests in the Springtimc.
giving of tho treasure of her bark.
And over the hills 10 Jackson has the
influence of Mr.. Harris and the great
ness Of his tannery sped like an in
tluenza. even 10 the balliWick of Wal
ter Moore himself. he who g>;s Dem
ocratic majorities as diamonds cut out
OF mud.
Great is Harris, as an orator by
proxy and a financicr by preference.
Tic is here. but not as Il politician.
The head Of FOB Bailey. on his Shout
dcrs or off. has no charms for the eX-
Republican candidate. What he wants
or what he does not wants a mat
ter CT taxes.
1t seems that Mr.. Harris was in
vited To the Sylvan solitudcS. and that
he came with his tanncry. SO urgent
was the cal THAT the local board Of
commissioners extended 10 him the
privileges Of tho community and the
:advanta-na Of The police. fire and
other protection Of the municipality
FREQ of charge for tho space Of ten
years 1t did not even matter that
they did not baYc the authority 10 So
decree: they gave with the hand of
plcntT and the munificcncc Of agency.
So that when Mr. Harris was inciuu
90 III inc lONiiSBjD llDlIS. a'eU SUD
iected tC q tax. be lsicked--as any
other capitalists would have done. n"
Kicked. and he came 20 Raleigh with
his woes. IN tho tag end Of the SEES.
sion the bill granting The necessary re-
lief even passed the Senate. and today
will be before the House Committee on
tho Counties and cities and Towns.
81 along the lac has everything gone
we'll for tho changing Of Mr.. Harris
from a townsmau into a rustic. Tn
III yesterday there arrived some West :
crners to oppose. desiring to keep Mr..
Earris--as any community would de-
sire.
So that is the question for the House
Committee on Counties. Cities and
Towns: Shall Mr.. Charley J. Harris.
cx-candidatc for the Republican party
for Governor. be permitted TO swap his
city residence for that OF a countryside
under the restrictions of the Watts
law?
Mr. Harris. at any rate, continues to
carry in his person more the evidence
OF the Cosmopolitan than the farmer.
Governor Glenn may have sent him
TO The tall timbers' but he could not
make him sylvan.
Nor does Mr.. Harris so desire to be.