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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-13
THE SO-CALLED PROGRESSIVE
MOVEMENT IN THE DEMOCRA-
TIC PARTY.

The recent movement started by
certain self-constituted leaders in the
Democratic party. to organize in ev-
cry county and every voting precinct
what is to be known as the progress
sive organization inside of the Demo-
cratic party strikes us as being a new
scheme to divert the attention of the
people from the bad record of brok-
en- promises of the Democratic party.
The leaders of this movement declare
that their purpose is to try to make
the Democratic party more Demo-
cratic.
This is what these same leaders
have been pretending that they were
doing for a number of years under
one guise and another. These men
claim that they are greatly disap-
pointed that the last Democratic Leg
islature was so un-Democratic and
guilty of so many sins of omission
and commission. These men are the
same men who went into a conspiracy
with the machine and corporation
owned element of their party at the
beginning of the last campaign to try
to distract the attention of the peo-
pie from the real live issues at stake.
so as to prevent a discussion of the
record of the Democratic party in
the past and to prevent the candi-
dates of the party on the stump from
being forced to tell the people where
they stood on the great economic
questions demanding remedial legis-
lation.
The men in this so-calIed progress
siFe movement, who are now at
tempting to criticise Mr.. Simmons
and his conservative wing of the
party, tried to out-herod Herod in
creating campaign of personal SLAM
der and abuse in order to help to
elect to the Legislature candidates
whom they knew, if elected, would
vote for anything that they opposed.
They did everything within their
power to help conduct such a cam
paign in order that a Legislature
could be elected that would betray
the people and serve the trusts. They
are now attempting to call attention
from their miserable treachery in
that campaign by claiming for them
selves great virtue in that they want
to get the party on plane where If
will keep at least one pledge to the
people.
These same men who are now
working this scheme to distract the
attention Of the people from their
record Of perfidy and -dishonor will
again try to out-herod Herod at the
beginning Of the next campaign in
order to create false issues and again
distract the attention Of the people
from how un-Democrat;c are the
nominees and how false and treaeh-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-13

Judge Ewart. In his open letter e
The Caucasian (which. by the way
he sent for publication 70 the RIA.
leigh News and Observer. the Demo.
cratic organ which has been pattins
Mr.. Ewart for many years on the
back, denied vehementiy what The
Caucasian had said about him. He
first vigorously denied that there was
ever an unfavorable report made by
the Judiciary Committee OF the Unit
ed States Senate on his nomination
for Judge, and secondly. he denied
that he was removed as chairman OF
the election committee OF the House
OF Representatives in 1895 by Speak
er Walser on account Of the serious
complaint OF unfairness on his part
made by Republicans and Populists.
He closes his open letter by saying
that Speaker Walser and Judge
Pritchard would both sustain him I'm
his denials.
A letter from Speaker walser,
commenting upon this matter, says:
There were SO many election
contests undecided In the latter
part Of February, 1895, and the
session being near its end, and
Judge Ewart, the chairman OF
the committee, being away.
think at the New Bern Fair,
that l added six new members
to the committee. There was
great complaint that the COM
mittee would take no action on
the pending election contests.
My purpose in increasing the
membership of the committee
was to secure action on the part
OF the committee. My recollec-
ton is that the committee az
constituted took prompt action
upon the election contests. The
Populists and Republicans rep
resented to me that the contest
ants could not get hearing by
the committee and the increase
OF the membership of the COM :
mittee was for the purpose Of
getting report from the COM
mittee and getting that report
before the House. My reeollec-
ton is that the action taken by
me was effective. My impression
is that the committee went ahead
with its work in the absence of
its chairman, and that my action
in the matter had the effect OF
securing action on the contests
regardless of its chairman.
remember distinctly that the
leaders were greatly displeased
at the failure of the committee
to take action on the contests.
The current press will show how
all this was. The Journal shows
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-13

The Charlotte Observer thinks IL
deplorable that money and whisky
was used to purchase votes In the
Charlotte city election last week.
Yes, but not any more deplorable
than when the Democrats used IT to
purchase votes in the last State eiec-
ton.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-13

A headline In Saturdays cha<.
iotte Observer stated two members
OF the legislature had resigned. You
can imagine our surprise-until We
read In the body OF the article they
had appointed to better paying Of
ncers. which were created by the
last Democratic legislature.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-13
STILL REAPING THE HARVEST.

SIILH 1tEdTI NU THE HARV EST.
According to the press dispatches,
Judge PEBBLES was not at all pleased
with the juries that decided cases in
his court in Wilmington last week.
Following the acquittal of white
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-13

With the advent OF woman suf.
frage will the rooster, long the en-
blem OF political victory. be succeed
ed by the hen?-Kansas City Star.
We would not be surprised. for
We have often heard that the roos-
tiers, lay the eggs I'm Kansas"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-13
THE INITIATIVE AND REFEREN.
DUN AND THE RECALL.

THE INITIATIVE AND REFEREN-
DUN AND THE RECALL.
We notice that a number of re-
dictionary papers, both Republican
and Democratic, have criticised sew
erely the new constitution of Arizo-
ma ON the ground that it is extremely
radical. Some have gone so far as to
say that Arizona should not be ad-
mitted into the Union with such a
constitution, because it would not
be a constitution Republican in
form" as required by the fundamen-
tai laws of the United States.
The feature of the constitution Of
Arizona that has been most severely
criticised in this way is the one pro-
viding for the initiative and referen-
dunn and recall.
The Caucasian has always believed
in and advocated the initiative and
referendum as a fundamental prin-
ciple of the rule of the people where
ever the same could be practically
applied. Many States already in the
Union have the initiative and refer
endum, and some of them have the
recall in addition as a part of their
nv or,f0 10 nrfn f osy
statutory law, and we have never
known any State having once adopt
ed this principle to have discarded it
or abridged it's scope.
The experience of those States and
municipalities which have adopted
this principle has been that the very
fact that the people could initiate
legislation and have legislation re-
ferred to the people to be voted upon
before becoming operative has large
ly removed the evils, and therefore
made the occasions for the use of
this principle very limited.
There is no mystery about the in
itiative and referendum. Every
State in the Union, so far as we
know, has the initiative and referen-
dunn principle in it's constitution,
providing that no amendments to the
constitution shall be enacted unless
initiated by the people or by the Leg
islature, and then be submitted on a
referendum vote to the people. The
Constitution Of the United States
contains similar provision for an
amendment thereto. The whole ques-
ton is simply how far it is neces-
sary and practical to apply this prin-
ciple to general legislation.
The chief attack on the constitu-
ton of Arizona, however, has been
directed to what is known as the re-
call, and an effort has been made to
show that If this principle is applied
to judges as we'll as other officers
whose services become unsatisfactory
to the people that it viii destroy the
independence Of the judiciary.
One editorial which we have Just
read along this line says that IL the
people have the right to recall a
Judge on account of unpopular de-
cisions it would deprive that Judge
of his independence to render an
honest Judgment according to the
law and the facts because he would
be intimidated by the power of the
people to recall him. This strikes us
as most lame and vulnerable expla-
nation.
We submit that Judge who would
be intimidated from rendering a just
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-13
DEMOCRATIC "GOOD GOVERN
MENT.o

For sample Of Democratic "goot
government" under Democratic pro
hibiton. the following occurrence wa,
exhibited In the news columns of yes
terday's Greensboro News:
"a serious affair happened
late Saturday evening at the Po-
mona Cotton Mills. T w. Nc
Chez, deputy sheriff, arrested
two men, Phillips and Hullender,
for being highly intoxicated and
engaging In ARRAY in which Phil
lips emptied a revolver at HUI
lender. After arresting the two
intoxicated men, McGhee, him.
self, it Is reported, was SO highly
intoxicated that he had to turn
them loose. Those who were
present at the time say that the
deputy sheriff was the drunkest
man in the lot and that on the
advice of friends. he went to
bed"
They not only allow Democrat,
magistrates "try" cases while they
are drunk, but it seems that tn,
Democratic deputy sheriffs are oper
ating under the same license.
Great is Democratic good govern
ment!
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-13
tn. CALIFORNIA.

some weeks 40 TIE camezss.a
made reference 70 q case IN ~
State where . worthless hnshana
Sho had failed 10 support he wlfs
and child lad been s~nfencea 10 th<
changing for air months. We CON.
msntsd then on sAe fact that the I'm.
prlsonment 81 the husband did moi
better the woman's destitute condi.
ton and stated that the husband
should have been hired out and his
wages paid TO his starving wife and
boy. The California Legislature takes
our view Of the matter. as viii b
observed from the following press
dispatch from Sacramento:
Governor Johnson to-day
signed . bin providing that In
case OF conviction for non
support husband may be sen
fenced to jail and be required
to work on the public roads or
other public works. the county
paying $3.50 to his wife and
children for each day the non-
provider works"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-13

eroas II - recors % tkss party -
he past
TnAs II ~hat fAe progressive Desn-
uxrassr nsoxemens mcanA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01
DdShing
or DemUre
IRE THE
Newest Hats

models is extensive, especially in the
small hats. A very jaunty turban of
Dlack and white hemp had a wide pump
DOW OF red wings springing back from
under the loops at each side.
The little flower hats are more ir-
reslst1ble than ever. Tiny pink roses,
lilacs and violets are the flowers most
ly utilized, and while some of the
shapes are brimless, many show the up
right br1m turned up sharply against.
the crown This brim and the crown
itself may be entirely covered with the
flowers, the trimming usually consist
Ing of an outstanding bow of ribbon, or
chou of maline placed at the side or
back. In some of the Napoleon shapes
those having the brim turned up
closely against the crown in the front
and back-the crowns alone are covered
with flowers. This idea was used in a
smart French model of dark blue straw
braid which had the crown entirely COW
cred with dark blue silk violets. A twig
of deep pink roses was made to stand
UP at the right side
The chic tricorne shapes, that seem
never to get wholly out of favor, are
being shown in many odd, irregular
forms. A smart little hat of this de-
sign was of Leghorn braid, with a two
inch edge of fine black braid. Sewed
to the edge of the brim, all around, 50
close together as to form a solid band
The only other triming was a small
black mercury wing set at the side OF
| the crown.
Many variations of the becoming
sailor shape will be seen, but all sim
| liar in one respective up-turning
brim. They will be distinguished for
moderation in size and simplicity IN
trimming. Sometimes a swirl of ma
line with big bow to the side or the
| back is all the trimming used. One
simple but effective idea in trimming,
| seen on a white chip sailor shape in an
| exclusive shop, was the use of an inch
wide band made of closely pleated
white silk that was wired at each
| edge. This vas formed into large
round buckles placed at each side of
the crown, and through which was run
| the folds of soft silk that encircled the
| crown. Two pointed pieces of the wired
| pleating, to simulate quilts, were run
/ through the buckle at the left, in a
! semiupright position. Another some
| what unique feature in trimming, noted
! in the same shop, was a padded roll #
black satin, like a huge cord, that was
over an inch in diameter. This WAS
| used on a large sailor shape, also, and
placed on the top of the brim a few
inches from the edge. At the side of
the crown was a small bunch of very
small red cherries, and from beneath
the satin cable the little cherries lay
all around the brim, at intervals.
| There is a decided preference fol
the small flowers this season, which
| are usually applied to the larger hats
in the form of close little wreaths OF
made into shapes to simulate buckles
This latter method was carried ou1
charmingly on a white Milan which
was turned up sharply at the side be-
| meath a large black satin bow A
small circle of tiny French flowers, ii
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01
Middle Names Popular.

If you are in official life in Wash
ington and have middle name, it is
certainly quite the thing not to hide it.
The new and young millionaire Demo-
cratic senator from West Virginia
"tumbled'' to this right away, when he
was sworn in the other day, for he
wrote himself down as Clarence Way
land Watson.
Not such g long time ago the Off
cial Congressional Directory bristled
with initials. 1t seemed as though
boldness in exploiting the middle name
was as unpopular as parting ones
hair on the top of ones head. But
fashions change in effete Washington.
Every mothers son in the plain and
unassuming delegation from plain and
unassuming Mississippi, for instance,
has every shred and scrap of nomen-
clature on file.
A few lawmakers still "hang back
like John j. MITCHELL Ernest w.
Roberts, and "John A. Keliher'' but
Joseph Francis O'Conneil," Andrew
James Peters, civilian Stedman
Greene and all the rest of the Bay
State delegation in congress. without
regard to politics, follow the distin-
guished examples of civilian Howard
Taft" Charles Dyer Norton James
Schoolcraft Sherman and members
of the cabinet.-Boston Herald.
Everybody reads the State Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01

lFgYVT9l MILLINERY MILLENNIUM
Is. vi must, of a surety, be at
I5TA WI hand. We are permitted to
Be- Isl wear large hats and small
IL 80 hats, fiat hats and tall hats,
f1ower-trimmed and ribbon
trimmed and untrimmed hats, and
any of these with the comfortable con-
seriousness that We are quite in style.
One is afraid to think of the mon
strous creations, all to be turned out in
one pattern, that the makers of mil
linery fashion may have up their
sleeves, to pay US up for the present
latitude in styles. For certainly new
er was time when woman might
exercise such great freedom in the
choice of her spring bonnet.
She may pull down over her ears
one of the fascinating new helmet
shapes and peek out from under it
like demure little mouse; she may
set dashing version of the Tryolean
or Pierrot hats upon her curls and
puffs; she may look like the spirit of
spring herself under the bewitching
face with the graceful sweeping curves
of the plume-laden picture hat. What
more could even persnickity femininity
require?
in all the new hats-that is. in those
that have any brim at all-which is
the decidedly upward turn of the
brims. They may curl up only slight
ly. or be turned up sharply at the side.
or sometimes, all around. Crowns
show an infinite variety of shapes
beH-shaped, dome-shaped. or round
ing with a fiat top, and all of them are
of considerable height. A new idea
is the Sloping crown, the top of which
slopes quite a bit from the back to the
front One pretty model with a crown
of this sort somewhat reSembled a
large Alpine in shape. The entire top
was of purple violets while the lower
portion, Stimulating an upright brim,
was of white violets. A bunch of the
the right side.
Very smart for wear with the spring
suit are the little brimless hats whose
popularity during the winter has car
ried them over, with some changes, to
the summer season. About the large
round crowns is twisted ribbon or silk,
finished with bow or chou at the
side. that is often caught to the hat
with a jeweled ornament. What is
called the helmet hat is simply one. of
these brimleSs crowns, which has been
crushed together slightly at the sides
so that a sharp ridge is formed down
the center of the hat from back to
front A wide band of fancy straw
about the edge, with a curved quill at
the left finished with beaded straw
ornament, formed the sole trimming of
a most attractive model in this style
When brims are found at all on these
small hats they are very narrow and
turn up close to the crown, while often
they consist only of a crescent shaped
piece attached at the side A very dar-
| ing model with one of these narrow
brims, was of white chip, with the en-
| tire crown covered with red velvet and
| two white quilts thrust through the
narrow white cord that encircled T..
This use of red on the early spring
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01

shades of dull blue and old pink, rest
ing partly on the crown and partly on
the up-turned brim, had the effect of
a buckle, through which the ends of
the satin bow were drawn.
Black and white is one of the favor
ed combinations just now, and for gen.
eral wear nothing is more satisfac-
tory, since hats of this type may be
worn with any color gown or suit For
dressy occasions the all black hat con-
tinues to be quite as much in vogue
as ever. On these dress hats lace is
being used great deal-white, black,
and some gold lace. An unusual trim
ming scheme used on fine black Mi
Ian hat intended for reception wear
shows one of the ways in which lace
may be most effectively used. Two
ruff1es of black Chantilly lace were
shirred onto wires and attached to the
front of the crown, just where the
brim rolled up slightly, under fiat
bunch of pink roses. The back ends
of the wire were fastened to the crown
in such a way that the ruff1es dropped
toward the back of the hat, strongly
suggesting the graceful sweep of the
willow plume. The whole effect was
filmy and delightful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01
Fox Saves His Skin.

A red fox is generally supposed to be
the slyest of wild animals and the
hardest to tame, and yet Mrs. Wilgus
Luxon, wife of a druggist here, has in
her possession red-and-gray fox that
is perfectly tame.
Luxon bought the fox from 4 noun
taineer to make his wife a muff, but
the animal was SO cunning and gentle
that the druggist could not have it
killed.
Mrs. Luxon took the fox for a pet
and named him Billy" Billy runs
about the drug store like an ordinary
house cat, and, indeed, he greatly imi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01

tates that useful animal. Billy will
catch rats and mice and play with
cats. He is afraid of no dog except
the foxhound, which is very remark
able, showing that, while the fox has
renowned his native sphere, he still
retains his instructive fear of the
hound.-Lexington, KY, dispatch to
the New York American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01

MILLINERY MILLENNIUM
must, of surety, be at
hand. We are permitted to
wear large hats and small
hats, fiat hats and tall hats,
H1arrrnr. I ri Il Il l. /.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01

Everybody reads the State Journal
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-04
Irish american Games.

New York, Feb. 4.-As usual, the
annual winter games of the Irish
American Athletic club, to be held to-
night in Madison Square Garden, have
attracted to the city all of the lead
ing athletes, both collegiate and club.
of the entire east. Four features VIII
be decided among the sixteen events
on the program.
The one that promises most excite
ment Is the ten-mile team race, The
teams are composed of two men from
each club. The one mile inter-city
relay between Manhattan and Brook
lyn quartets also promises to be a
stirring contest. The other features
are a two-mile scratch race and a
220-yard dash for athletes who do
not belong to the l. \. A. c. Tho
former was arranged to give George
Bonhag, the distance king" an op-
portunity to meet Jack Monument and
the New York A. C. distance men.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-04
WOMEN MAY HELP
GOVERN SPOKANE

Spokane may have the unique spec
tacle of a woman sitting in solemn
conclave with four business men and
passing upon the laws needful for the
government of the city under the new
form of commission government which
was recently adopted. The woman is
Mrs. May Arkwright Hutton, one of
the most prominent woman's suf-
fragists in the northwest, who for
merly lived in Wallace, Idaho, in the
famous Coeur d'Alene mining district.
Her husband, a millionaire mine
owner, is large stockholder in the
Hercules mine of that section.
The reason her candidacy has not
been publicly announced as yet Is
that the women are not certain
whether or not she will consent to run
for office. Before her departure for
Olympia to attend the session Of the
legislature, when the matter was pre-
sented to Mrs. Hutton, she would not
consent to become a candidate. How
ever, her supporters seem to feel that
she will comply with their wishes II
urged sufficiently.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-04
STANF|ElD HOLDS
REAL J0LL|F|CAT|ON
RELEASE OF s55,O0O
MORTGAGE CELEBRATED
Twenty Public Spirited Citizens Re
Iieve City of Troublesome Burden
News of Railroad Work Increases
Enthusiasm.
lsnecial Correspondence.l


Stanfield. Ore, Feb. 4.-Last even
ing there was an enthusiastic meeting
of the business men ana citizens OF
Stanfield at the schooI mouse, which
was well attended. The occasion OF
the meeting was the celebration OF
the cancellation of the mortgage which
has been held on the townsite prop
erty, and which was being foreclosed.
II the foreclosure proceedings had
been allowed to go on the town would
have been badly tied up for at least
a year, and this fact has caused no
small amount Of concern on the part
of the people who have come here to
make their homes, many of whom
had come from eastern states. The
meeting was impromptu and was ad-
dressed by several of those present,
everyone joining in the pledge to pull
together for a real live town at this
point. Mayor James NJ. Kyle pre-
sided
The cancellation Of the mortgage
which was held by r. N. Stanfield
was made possible by the organization
of the City Realty company, in which
Mr.. Stanfield subscribed for and takes
a large block Of the capital stock, the
remaining stock being almost entirely
taken. up by local people. who ar'