The farmer and mechanic., 1910-03-08
WHEN THE GOVERNoh

ne0pIe to leave their cola MONIES 0
move into the balmy climate Oh 20
lumbus county. Everybody corhilieiio
ed the patriotic purpose and "elcoii'eu
tn, new citizens For some moIithS
Mr.. Hugh MacRae has been BUSY
planting colony Of ltailans rom
Northern italy in Pender county, al"
has been commended and his coio-
nists given the glad hand. THESE TWO
incidents show that North CaFoilila
is glad to welcome new cltlzeilS' ho
matter where they come from so they
will become good citizens
Yesterday this paper carried an item
that brought disappointment TO every
friend OF Governor Kitchln. whose
administration failed signally IN s1hi
important matter. Mrs. Amelia LyhcH'
Of Asheboro wrote the Governor 1Fat
she was the mother Of three fine girls
and asked the Governor to 90 hef
the honor Of naming the young lao'es.
What an opportunity for the Governor
to have now applause from every "o-
man in the State bearing the names
Of Mary Sallie and Annie by SlVlhs
those three names to the tf1p1etS.
Would the Governor have declined Il
the triplets had been boys, armed with
the potential power of a vote? HIS
gallantry should have caused him 70
measure up to the occasion, Dut De
failed to do SO, and there is sadness
and disappointment in the nome o1
the triplets. Just suppose the moth-
cr, in sadness that the Democratic
Governor failed her in the hour o1
need, should apply to Taft and he
should name the babies, would there
not be danger Of Democratic detection
among the Lynches of the county OF
Randolph? More than that: Is it not
probable these girl triplets Will vote
twenty-one years from now? Will they
resent the unwillingneSS of the Gov
ernor to bestow the names upon them
and give their support to the opposi-
ton party?
We greatly fear the Governor did
not give these questions long and
prayerful consideration before writing
that he did not feel equal to the task
Of naming the gal babies Far
reaching consequences often come
from apparently small incidents. Let
us hope that the Lynches Will call
upon Solicitor Hammer, the Demo
cratic leader in Randolph, to name
the babies. He is a versatile lawyer
editor orator and can name girl babies
and Kiss pretty girls as we'll as write
editorials
Democratic speeches. II he will offer
his service. perhaps the sins OF omis-
sion committed by the Governor may
be forgiven and no injury therefrom
viii come to the party.
1t seems that report has gone out
that the state has offered a reward to
the mother Of triplets and Mrs. Lynch
applied to the Governor for such re-
ward of her contribution to the wealth
Of the State. If he who makes two
blades Of grass grow where formerly
one grew is a benefactor to his State.
how much more is the mother who
gives the State triplets? The mother
OF the Gracchi is held up to this day
as a model mother, but did she serve
the State so we'll as Mrs. Amelia
Lynch, OF the county of Randolph?
The Governor was forced to write to
her that the legislators had failed to
provide any adequate reward-indeed
any reward at all-for the mother Of
trlplets. It is to be regretted, how
ever, that the Governor did not write
the ambitious and patriotic mother
'may her tribe increaseD that he
would send a message to the next
General Assembly asking that some
reward be offered in such cases. with
a retroactive clause to reach the good
Randolph mother. 1t NAV he nre~ad
'ha' TINS would be class legislation and
would be dangerous legislation and