The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-03-14
Pointed Paragraphs from the Ed
itorial Column of the
Durham Herald.

think of it now?
II all who believed i'll prohibition
practiced it the outlook Would DE
much more encouraging.
Combine or 10 combine, the man
who started the report had inside IN
formation as to what was gong Oh
The committee will perhaps>not at
tempt to iack-up every man VINO ne
loves what the Times said about II.
Fact is the Legislature has received
so much advice that it might have
acted on some of it without knowing
it.
If begins to look as if the only
way ont OF it. for the president, Is ior
him to explain that somebody Is a
liar.
Ii seems that Il Raleigh newspaper
man is expected to stand Tor beng
called n liar il he expects to hold his
Job.
Those of us who do not own rail-
road. or II trust, nor much OF any
thing else s"e perhaps safe Tor the
present.
No man has yet accused the editor
of the News and Observer OF having
Mr.. Simpson hauled before that com
mittoe.
If YOU will make a note OF 1T you
will find that those who do the most
kicking about IL high tax rate have
the least to pay.
As the editor of the News and Ob-
server is the biggest stakeholder I'D
the paper he will perhaps be allowed
to hold his Job.
We are about ready to take off our
hat to the populist party ana make
IL profound apology rwhat we have
said about it.
Forcing the trusts out OF business
in the State might do the State no
rood but it would be making trouble
for folks you do not like.
These gentlmen who have been
making q business of giving out i'll
formation might relieve the situation
by telling what they know.
II the gentlmen can continue the
combination and prove that there
is no such thing they may succeed IN
getting what they want.
Nevertheless, Notwithstanding and
all that we continue to buy our tick
cts over the road that will promise
to make the quicket time.
OF course the Tobacco trust buys
it's raw material as cheaply as pos
sihle and lots of us who are opposed
to trusts do the same thing.
\ man who believes in the unwritten
law should hesitate before taking
upon himself an oath to try case
according to the written law.
The tobacco trust may have had
IL lobby on the scene but as matters
now stand you had better not init
mate that it accomplished its pur-
pose.
The Legislature perhaps would not
have been averse to handing it out
to the trust if it could have seen
where it would have benefited any
body else.
The many differences that are aris-
ing will not split the party, but you
will find that it will hereafter be left
to no one man to say what is and
should be-
While it is denied that there is Il
fifth district combine it is not denied
that the gentlemen of the fifth want
all that they have been accused of
wanting.
of course Surry county was not
taken out of the eighth and put in
the fifth district in the hope OF MAX
ing Mr.. Hackett's majority n per-
mcnt institution.
From the dissatisfaction expressed
as to the antitrust law we take it
that it will not put the American To
bacco company out of business in
North Carolina.
We have no regrets that an cleo
ton asking prohibition was not
held still it would have been fairer
way for the prohibitionists to get
what they wanted.
The Legislature has forced prohi-
bitiOn on several communities but
for some reason or other it appears
TO be afraid to tackle Salisbury
and Winston-Salem.
Mr.. Durham might not have pro-
ven anything to the satisfaction of
the committee, yet he let them know
what large part OF public is think
ing and saying about it.
As the antitrust law that was
wanted did not pass those who think
that the News and Observer has been
running things will have to admit
that its hold has been broken.
The members of the Legislature
need not worry about a vindication.
The people have been keeping up
with what has been going on and
will form their own conclusions.
We do not understand, anyway.
how it is that special term of court
Is called totry one murderer while an
other is allowed to secure postpone
ment OF his case from court to court.
The committee cannot be expected
to make out II case against itself. still
II there is anything in the charges
that could be proven it could per-
haps lay its hands on the men who
could do it.
Governor Glenn is sorry that he did
not make a campaign for state prohi.
bition. Even so good a politician as
our governor cannot always tell be-
forehand what will be the popular
thing to do.
As we understand it an editor is
supposed to give the source OF sland-
erous information made use of in his
columns or assume full responsibility
himself and NE take IL this 10 ubo+