The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-12-03
THE SPEAKERSHIP
Several New Candidates
i'm the Race Against
Mr.. Cannon.
SOME INTERESTING
STATE NEWS

The Remarkable Campaign by Con-
gressman Morehead-Some Inter
esting Stories In Connection With
Judge Taft's Special Train Through
This state.
Special TO The Caucasian.
Washington. d. C.. Dec. i. 1905.
Washington is beginning to take
| on busy air. The whole atmosphere
| Of the capital OF the Nation il affect
ed by the return of the Senators and
| Representatives preparatory for the
| opening Of Congress. Or course, the
| opening of Congress each year brings
to the city not only very large num-
Der of people from every part of the
| country, but 1t also brings to the
city many residents who live here
only during the winter. or rather
| during the Congressional season:
| hence at this season of the year
there Is not only activity in the hotel
| lobbies and around both ends OF the
| Capitol. but the actual population of
this city is greatly increased.
Who VIII Be Speaker?
The chief topic of conversation
continues to be the attitude of Pres
ident-elect Taft towards Speaker Can
non. The opposition to the re-elec-
ton Of Cannon lthe Speaker) be-
| came SO pronounced during last week
that the Speaker came out in an in
terview and declared that he was In
favor of not only the revision of the
tariff as pledged by the Republican
platform, but also that he would not
stand in the way OF the reform pol
icies of Roosevelt, which are to be
carried forward by President Taft.
This interview. however, has not
stopped the opposition to his re-elec-
ton. During the last few days other
names in addition to Burton, of Ohio,
have been mentioned for Speaker,
among them being Mr.. Townsend, of
Michigan; Mr.. Fowler, of New Jer-
sey, and Mr.. Gardner, of Massachu-
setts. The general opinion at this
stage Is that President Taft will
| have to be thoroughly satisfied that
he can rely upon the cooperation OF
Speaker Cannon, not only upon the
revision of the tariff, but all the way
down the line, or else 1t will be made
| known that the President desires the
| who will work in harmony with the
administration.
Freeze Out Stockholders.
A prominent Republican of North
Carolina, who was here a few days
| ago, called attention TO the fact that
the small clique, which has been
| dominating the Daily Industrial
| News, tried to make it appear that
it was the creditors of that paper
| who forced it into bankruptcy, while
it developed at the hearing before
Judge Boyd that it was the managers
of the paper themselves who had
drummed up these creditors and in
duced them to make an effort to put
the paper into bankruptcy. Some oi
| the names signed to the petition, as
it has turned out, were unauthorized
/ one or more Of them having made af
| fidavit that they did not want to put
| the paper into bankruptcy.
This party further said that 1t was
| believed by many that 1t was the de-
sire of Chairman Adams to discon
tinue the paper, and that the ground
for this belief was the fact that hi
had on a former occasion attempted
to suspend the publication of the pa
| per, and also the further fact that ht
has made no proper effort to make
| the paper a success, but has beer
busy using 1t as personal organ
even while it was ON Its last legs
That Republican said, however, tina
his view was that 1t was the purpos'
of Adams not to suspend the paper
but to put 1t into bankruptcy, SO a
to freeze out all of the stoekholder
who had put up their money to es
tablish the paper and run 1t SO tha
he and his small clique could buy i
in cheap and re-organize 1t them
selves.
He said that 1t was also though
that some deal had been made some
where to raise a goodly sum OF mon
ey from one Of more sources to q
nance the project He called atten
ton to the fact that Immediately al
ter the first effort to put the pape
into bankruptcy, that Adams CAV
out an interview in which he sal
that the paper would not suspend
but that it would be re-organize
and its publication continued. II
asked how Adams knew this whe
the paper was reported to be in dir
|, financial straits, unless deal ha
already been made to this effect. II
said this made it seem that the pu'
ting OF the paper into bankruptc
was the first step In the scheme
freeze out the stockholders and
re-organiZe the paper?
How Congressman Morehead Wa
Elected.
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