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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08

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epesaslus of The si.sass. - as - 60
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pToauess and raise prices wksie 20
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50 The ssprxaa1 CoaFs as sha rnEssa
States has held that saes > law gives
"a snaae privilege 80 . pAxsIgslar
class ID the eosnmaaasy. creates an
adjust sxssnpsioa fFoz tie oserAssoa
Of useful la. asEaes The e1aaI pro-
ssesIon of the taws. violates sAe eon-
stitntion aud Is invalid.
Answer to Critics.
but IL 10 said that aTn not eon-
slsien;. because proposed 20 the
last Congress that Interstate railroad
companies be permitted 10 make
temporary agreements lasting for 30
days and nxing uniform rztca for
traffie besween the same places. and
TO this extent be exempted from the
operation Of the antitrust law is
vas said with great FEASIBILITY.
you are opposed 60 exemptInw work
-ingmen from the operation Of such q
law. but you favor the exemption 90
railroad companies" The answer Is
that interstate railroads are restrict
ed much more closely and are under
much more minute observation By
the provisions OF the interstate com
merce iaw than they can possibly be
under the antitrust Law.
Doctrine Of Square Deal.
The interstate commrece iaw thus
/ logically makes them a special class
to be treated by themselves. Tho
reason for my recommendation was
that the business OF railroads and
the fixing of rates can not practi-
caliy carried out without rather an
express or tacit ARRANGEMENT for uni
formity in rates between competing
lines for short period. OF course
there will be constant changing 90
rates. ending generally In a war OF
rates which inures 10 the benefit OF
no one. In order TO avoid any poe
sible danger from tho exemption.
however. ii was proposed that the
temporary agreement permitted
should only be regarded as legal
and binding after approval by the
interstate commerce commission.
That commission. Of It's own motion.
or upon complaint OF another, can
find n rate to be unreasonable and
can change II. Everything which the
railroad does Is subject TO examina-
tion and correction by the commits
sion. No such rule applies In the
case OF farmers, or workingmen. or
OF individuals generally. They have
right TO charge what they choose
for what they sell. whether IL be pro-
ducts Of the farm or labor OF their
hands. They are under no suuer-
vision In this regard.
Thus the distinction made in the
statute and judicial decisions. when
understood, Is found TO be in accord
with the doctrine OF the square deal
and TO be based on the same consid-
Grafton OF fairness and justice as are
transactions In every day life be-
tween honest and Just men.
}
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08

Maybe the editor of the Raleigh
Evening Times has one of those
things he has been charging some of
his Democratic brethren with pos
sessing-what was it, 'bonehead"?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08

Governor Kitchin lodged the issue
at Spray and devoted himself to a
defense of his pardoning record. But
as the Democratic candidate for Con-
sress up there is running without a
Pc torn, he can hardly be blamed.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08

Vermont only gives 1900 Re
publican majority" howls the News
and Observer. Well, what do you
want us to do, make it unanimous?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08

There won't be button-hole OF
that red shirt OF Doc" Faison when
E-9 Tom owens gets through with
him.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08

\ contemporary explains the mud
die in the Sixth District by saying
that two men want a job which only
one man can have. Well, now, do
tell.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08
Property Qualification Next-Look
Out.

Lincolnton Times.1
A party that will disfranchise ne
groes and poor white boys, viii dis
franchise poor white men IL it be-
comes necessary to keep the party in
power Next thing will be that men
must be worth property before they
can vote.
Property qualifications to voting
are already in force in twelve States
of the Union. These States are Ioeat-
ed for the most part in New England,
the seat of capitalism. and in the
South, the old stronghold of chattel
slavery. The following States for
bid the ballot to paupers: Delaware,
Maine, Massachusetts,, Rhode Island.
Mississippi, South Carolina. Texas,
Virginia, West Virginia, Oklahoma,
Missouri and Nevada.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08

Frost in Nebraska" says a head
linz: Strange to say the article has
1T a word about Bryan's defeat out
there.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08

They are now booming Hoke Smith
fn- resident. Is this hoax" or a
-mrth"?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08
How Democrats Enforce the Law

Charlotte Observer.
For the first time in four years a
resident Of Charleston County, s. c..
has been convicted for a violation OF
the dispensary law. The beWildered
public is now fully prepared to hear
of Mississippi going Republican.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08

reports to contrary notwithstand-
.-- Georgia insists that she Is not
gong to the devil.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08
EDITORIAL BRIEFS

those automobile 10y" rides too
frequently end in sorrow.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08
Near Beer and Democratic deception.

Ealem Recorder.l
The Democrats vii and out thar
their near beer subterfuxe eontasns
As much OF the reekfng red as the
term local self-governmsnt" stIII
tney VIII try to force the issue ac-
cording to the Interpretation that
wiii best suit their attempts at fur
ther deception
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-08

But there Is kind of legislation
to which ! would refer. that does
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

Congress In the Herkimer District?
What does he think Of the Pope. end
Merry del VAL and Monsignor Ken
nedy, and the Northern Metlodlsts In
Rome? How did he like the ghost OF
Hamlet when he shook handa with IL
at Esinore2 Does he think the comma
should be changed In the Lords Pray
er? Does he believe that Gorst Is as
much of a chump as the Egyptians
should have? II he should 80 the
United States Senate in place Of DR.. De-
pew, what would become of Dcpew, and
would he have anything to do with
Jeffries Davis and brave old Ben Till
man? What does he think about the
advisability of using dark updercloth-
ing in hot weather? When does he
think that he Will settle down into
a disnified. useful private citizen, and
cease making himself ridiculous?
All these questions are of far more
human interest than the act of call
Ing George Harvey a liar and snap
ping his eyes and clicking his teeth
while doing it. Everybody knows that
George Is a queer sort of fellow: but
he has been behaving very we'll OF
late, and 1t Is hoped that the new
blushing honor now thrust upon him
will make him mindful. that even the
Contributing Editor Is mortal
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with the sentiment of the country
largely against him, and in tho county
OF Edgefeld, South Carolina, Ben Till
I! mans home county, he would be ac-
ruitted by the jury without leaving the
box.
The question OF his fitness for the
Office he fills is not pertinent to the
present Inquiry Mr.. Taft thought he
was when he appointed him, and evil
IDENTITY still thinks 80; the United states
Senate thought he was when 1T voted
for his confirmation. plnchot and Gar
held and CLAWS and Kcrby and Golfers
Weekly and Henry Watterson think
that he is not. Whatever damage he
has done to Taft has already been
done, and done apparently with the
full knowledge and approval OF what
appears to have been well organized
conspiracy to drive Ballinger out, with
the hope, possibly, of striking higher
up. 1t Is a miserable piece of business
All around. In the meantime. It is a
fact that Taft has conserved more. of
.the natural resources of the country,
by authority of law, than Pinchot and
his hackers and promoters ever saved
or ever could have saved by force and
arms 1t looks Just now as if the
pliers have been bitten. the consplra
tors foiied, the letter book sleuths
brought to confusion.
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Bf|rWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE
DEEP BLUE SEA.

What does this mean? The Boston
Evening Transcript says that the Ban.
sor and Penobscot county liquor deal
ers in the Prohibition State Of Maine
have been much disturbed by the an
nouncement of the internal revenue coll
lector that United States liquor license
stamps due on July / must be paid be-
fore August /, or immediate prosecu-
tions and jail sentences will follow.
Heretofore the liquor dealers have
been "in the habit" of not paying the
United States tax until after the sit
ting of the August term of the Su.
preme Court of the State, being willing
to pay the extra so per cent. penalty
imposed for the delay of thirty days in
the payment of the tax, and now they
seem to have been Caught with the
goods" and must go to jail in any
event. The United States will send
them to jail IL they have not paid be-
fore the first of August, and If they
pay the Federal license before that date,
the criminal term of the State Supreme
Court. which open on August Q, will
consider the holding of United States
license as prima facie evidence of the
sale of liquor and as subjecting the
holders to Indictment, as provided for
in the law.
Maine has been Prohibition state
since 1916, sixty-four years, and since
1854 twenty-six years. 1t has lived UNI
der Prohibition Constitution. Yet
here we have it stated that 1t has been
1.-THE habit" of the liquor dealers Of
Bangor and Penobscot county to sell
under United States licenses all these
years. We believe that the consump-
ton of intoxicating liquors in Maine
per capita exceeds such consumption
in any of the States and communities
where the business is controlled by
sane regulations and restrictions.
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n.LL1SGER HANGS ON.

Senator Knute Nelson says that All
renorts TO the effect that secretary
RalIingcr Is to be 'whitewashed or
convicted are absolutely without foun-
dation. No man knows what the YER
dict of the committee Will be-. Yet II
has been only week or so since John
Callan OIaughlin---the same who act
ed as a sort of ackey for the Colonel
when he was defying the Pope and play
ing tennis with the Methodists (NoHh-
ern Methodists, bear in mind) in Rome.
SO to say--told all about what the
committee would say. how Senator Nell
son would write. or had written. the
report for The majority of the commit
tee, withdrawing" Ballinger; how the
minority of the committee, OF which
Ollie James of Kentucky, is shining
light, would show that Ballinger is not
guilty as charged in the indictment,
but that he ought to be hanged on
general principles, and how Madison
the Kansas Insurgent, would fetch IN
special report Of his own, agreeing
with both sides and believing neither.
Senator Nelson now declares that the
committee has not determined upon its
the same effect. But Henry Watterson
has found Ballinser guilty and will not
believe otherwise, whatever the COM
mlttee shall say or do, for which he
jpo to1 IN ms
anyhow. Golfers Weekly convicted
Ballinger before the trial began; Gar.
| field has been salivated in Ohio; Pin-
chot still continues to take himself se-
riously; CLAWS has dropped out of sight
for the present, and Kerby, the stenog-
lrapher, we hope, has been PROVIDED for
by his friends and If he have not, II
does not make The least difference, as
he can we'll afford TO live on the rep
utation for patriotism which he has
made.
One of the objects OF Senator Crane.
Mr.. Tafts alleged ambassador to the
disturbed regions in the West, is said
TO be to persuade Ballinger into re-
| slSNlnS frame OF NINA, but BalllnSer
hangs on and swears by the Great
Hornspoon, or whatever 1t is that they
swear by out in Washington. that he
| will be denounced II he moves n peg
unless Mr. Taft asks him to, AT one
time we thought that. Ballingcr ought
to quit on his own motion, but we are
beginning TO think now that he should
hold on tin the last arm'd foe expires"
He has waited too long, 1t would not
do Mr. TAFT any good for him to get
out now, and Henry Watterson has de-
termined 10 hang him anyhow. so,what's
the difference?
We should he willing to shoot him
up a little bit on the general principle
that he is Republican and that, being
4 q X Republican, he ought 10 be lynched;
hut as a matter of fact he has rot been
convicted Of any crime after months
q sass mges1 egsEsg g nd
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04


Thomas p. Cothran. of Grcenville,
S. C., has withdrawn from the race for
the Legislature lest his candidacy af-
feet the interests of some of his
friends who entered the race believ-
ing that he would not offer for re-
election This is a fine and high thing
for him to do The pity of 1. is that
his county viii be deprived of tho SER
vices of one of the most prominent
young men in the political life OF the
South. 1t is not now as 1t was ever
so many years ago when Cothran
beville silver Cornet Band Then he
had to blow his own horn; now other
people blow his horn for him
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

Some Of the people are beginning
TO find that many Of the houses in
Richmond were not built for living
comfortably in hot weather. and re-
Gently a number OF houses in Grace
street have had plazzas added that
ctsht to have been put on when tho
houses were built. There is nothing
more comfortable in hot climates than
an abundance of piazza space, 1t Is
hoped that architects will make note
OF this suggestion.
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S----------------------''-- q
prom OF RICHMOND.

Brother -. G.. Moseley. managing
editor of the Danville Methodist. mas
written in an interesting way about
the recent outing Of the virginia
Press Association. He was especial
~ pleased with the attention SHOWN
to the members of the Association IN
thIs town. about which he says:
"Richmond always does Itself
grandly in the matter OF attention 70
visitors The courtesy shown th -
press association was beautiful as ~
was abundant, The Street car Co!'i-
pany rendered the members very de-
liehtful trolley ride in and around the
city, giving their guests bird eye
view of the business and reslcential
sections of the great city, full OF MS
toric and up-to-date history run
of eight miles out from tho clty
brought the party to the sGrounds o.
the Country Club one OF the mos.
beautiful spots that Is to ne iouhu ~
our state, on high emlncnce' COM
handing a grand view of Sthe SUR
rounding country. On the crest o.
this elevation is located pullulhs ~
keeping with the grandeur OF Us sur,
roundings elegantly furnlshed VIII ~
the modern equipments Tor conliort
On the lawn overlooking James River
tables were arranged in the most at
,ractive manner where a sumptuous
repast was served under the auspices
of the Chamber Of Commerce, GOV
william III. Mann. Mayor Richardson
a committee OF the Chamber of Com,
merce. assisted by ladies' of the city
| gave every attention to their guests
| that would tend to make the occasion
| one OF sweet memory. am under
special obligations for the great cour-
tesy shown my wife and myself by
l,Mr. and Mrs. Christian II. Clark, The
| local newspaper men, under the lead,
srship Of Mr.. Stewart Bryan, We're al,
real chesterhclds In their attention.
What a pity II is that we CANT gel
!. tagsthsg essspsg. Wbak- is assssdsd, IL
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

OF course Senator Swanson, who has
promised TO do whatever is asked at
nm IN reason, VIII make 1t his specla,
business to get increased appropria.
lions for the Improvement OF the James
River Senator Martin can tell him
how he succeeded in raising the an.
tpropriation to s25o'ooo at the late ses-
sion Of Congress and he and senator
Martin working together Inv the,senate.
and with sufficient ACTIVITY In the
House, ought to get not less than a
slma N Ion neas syiatsgs s8
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04
THE nuTonEnY IN TEXAS

y CONSERVATIVE estimate places the
number of negroes killed in the 80.
called race riot in Texas last week at
eighteen; but. we are told by the Hous-
ten Post, that men of standing in
the community declare that not less
than forty were killed." and that mo
white man was injured during the
trouble" All sorts of alarming state
ments have been sent cut about the
affair, about how the negroes had arm
Cd themselves heavily, were holding
meetings nightly and had selected
Saturday night last as the time when
they would advance in body and kill
every man, woman and child in the
community. All these stories, however.
appear to have been manufactured out
of the whole cloth, as the officers of
the law who were sent to the dis
lurbed region have reported that after
diligent search they were unable to
fnd any guns, except a few old.fash-
:cned single barrelled shot guns with
little ammunition, and that nowhere
did they find the armed bodies OF ne
groes alleged to have been organized
for defence and vengeance.
The exact cause of the trouble has
not been discovered, although it is
supposed to have started in a quarrel
between white man and a negro about
o promissory note given by the negro
which he refused TO pay. That is as
good an excuse as has yet been found
for this most brutal display of mob law.
Four white men have been lodged in
Jail at Palestine charged with
murder and they are guarded by
troops. Texas Rangers and the
county officers to prevent their
rescue, threats having peen made by
the mob on the outside to deliver them,
Several negroes have been lodged in
jail as witnesses. While he was pro-
ceedlng with number Of negroes in
his charge. Deputy Sheriff Reeves was
net at n cross roads by three bodies
of armed men, numbering altogether
seventy-hve. who demanded that he
turn over to them one of his prisoners.
Reeves was master of himself and of
the mob. After advising them to go
to their homes he told them they could
only get the victim they desired over
his dead body, and that he would ar
rest or try to arrest every man of them
unless they dispersed. They dispers-
ed. 1t is generally the way. The moo
Is not brave: IL is only strong in It's
plumbers. but it was not strong enough
this time to make Reeves unfaithfui to
his duty
The grand jury of Palestine VIII
make a thorough investigation of this
trouble, and it is hoped that they will
hew to the line letting the chips fail
where they may. Nothing more savage
than this brutal butchery of Innocent
men has ever taken place in Texas. II
ie, a reproach to the State and an OIL
fence TO humanity. The men who are
responsible for it should be shown ap-
aolutely no mercy, as it is only by inc
stern hand OF the law that crime OF
this character can be sufficiently pun
ished. Let us not boast of our cl'laza-
ton so long as such bloody work can
be done with impunity.
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nn1Na LEE nAcIs HOME.

/ =
BRING LEE HACK HOME.
Mr.. Understands opln.cn in the cast
of General Lee Ia regarded by the
Springfield Republican as less SUPER
on the good taste or the statue In
ques ton" The opinion was supernuous
because the terms OF the act, authorizes
each of the States to elect two
OF Its most eminent men for place
in what our Massachusetts contem-
pcrary aptiy describes as THE National
Hall of Horrors but in spite of Nick.
ersham's supernuity, the Republican
holds. strangely enough, that his re-
marks about the reconciliation of the
North and South and the high personal
character and eminent military achieve
ments OF the Confederate General are
entirely unobjectionable in spirit. and
these will be cordially Endorsed by the
great majority of the people"
If Wckershanl had expressed him
self in that way, 1T would have been
Gifferent but he did not. In his oblter
dicta style he loaded his official opinion
with sundry observations touching the
"question Of TASTE which We're the
veriest surplusage, or aliunde, and the
effect of which was not to mollify, but
rather tof excite the spirit OF resent
mcnt in those whom the Attorney
aI al
ty experience, historical knowledge or
superior breeding, to advise. To say
that the statue OF General Lee clad In
the Confederate uniform in '"The Ma
tional Hall of Horrors" is paraded by
his native State "as the symbol or
the acceptance without misgivings, OF
q complete surrender and renewed
loyalty is the purest balderdash TO
say that standing there 1T testifies
ITO the fact that a masnanimous coun'
try has completely forgiven an unsu:.
cessful effort to destroy the Union"
only illustrates in striking way the
extent to which this magnaninnlit'
has gone. and the miserable insincerity
of the alleged forgiveness" Mag
nanimity," that vaunteth itself; for
g,veness," that is pulled up. that be-
baveth itself unseenlly, that would
rardon the presence OF Lee that II
might saw to all the world, see how
magnanimous we are, behold this
monument that we forgive but never
forget!
We agree wholly with our Yankee
friend that "the only solution of Statu-
ary Hall is to clean 1T out; there would
be no more controversy, and triumph
would be scored for art in America"
Now that the right of Virginia to place
Lee in Statuary Hall has been confirm
ed by the chief law officer Of the Gov
eminent at Washington, approved by
the President. we wish Virginia would
bring Lee back home. There would be
room and welcome for him here, and
here his efigy would teach the same
lessons of manly courage, of military
prowess. of civic virtue, of glorious
self effacement and of superb con-
s,ancy in defeat that made him the
first man OF his time. Here also TINS
statue would cloquently testify to the
quality of our country's magnanimlty
and the taste it has displayed in adj
vertising the spirit of its forgiveness,
Let us bring Lee back 20 Virginia
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

the press Of the state is closer ell.
bow touch. better understanding in
the profession, a larger conception of
the mission of the newspaper, nncr
spirit of independence, a higher de-
gree of self-appreciation. The Public
VIII think very much Of the Press
what the Press thinks of itself.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

Some of the fashion plates here are
willing to give up the galluses II ii be-
come lawful for them to wear the
sash They spurn the belt, particular
~ those who are putting on fat. or.
as they euphemistically express It.
gaining in weight"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

The trustees of the North Carolina
State Library have completed their
arrangements for the republication of
Brickell's History of North Carolina. -
1t is hoped that the historical sleuths
will keep a sharp lookout that tho
Mecklenburg Myth is not worked into
this revised version.