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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
SENATE WITHOUT A PRESIDING
OFFICER.

With the beginning Of the ses-
Senate will be without presiding Of
ficer and without any definite pros
pect of being able to agree upon one.
Since the death of Senator Frye
the Senate has been unable to agree
upon a President pro tenn.
The Democrats are anxious to
name Senator Bacon, of Georgia, for
the honor, but he is Objectionable to
the Progressives and will not re-
ceive their support.
Since the death of Vice-President
Sherman the President of the Senate
will draw the e-President's sal
airy, which amounts to $4,000 a
year. There is something more than
honor in the position and there will
probably be a scramble for the place.
Unless the Progressives and Re-
publicans can agree upon one candi-
date the Senate will have to wag
along without any President, in
which event the honors would prob
ably alternate between Senator Ba-
con and Senator Gallinger, of New
Hampshire, which has been the ar
rangement in the past, when Vice
President Sherman was absent from
the Senate.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28

Eugene V. Debbs, the Socialist can
didate for President, prophecies that
the Republican party Is In a dying
condition mad that the Progressive
Party will disintegrate.
If Debs doesn't hatch up some new
scheme to catch the voters 1t will be
his own party that will disintegrate.
The Socialist vote fell off consider
ably in the last election. Debs has
been running for President nearly
sixteen years, and still Colonel Roose-
Welt entered the field and within three
months time corralled more votes
than Debs could command after
working at the job for sixteen years.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
WHY NOT BE FAIR?

For the past three months the
Democrats and stand-pat Republicans
have been abusing the Roosevelt
forces because they did not give way
and allow Mr.. Taft part of the Presi-
Dental electors in California not
outstanding that under the State
law Mr.. Taft was not entitled to any
electors in that State. But how many
Democrats and stand-pat Republicans
have raised their voices against the
Republicans in Oklahoma because
they denied the Roosevelt electors a
place on the ticket in that State?
Wasn't it just as bad to deny Roose-
welt electors on the ticket in Okla
homa as it was to deny the Taft
electors place on the ticket in Cali
fornia? If SO, why haven't the Demo-
Gratis denounced the action of the
"stand-patters" in Oklahoma? Meth
or the Democrats nor the stand-pat
Republicans will gain anything by
grossly disappearing Col. Roose-
yelt and his followers.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28

The newspaper men that have been
picturing President-elect Wilson as a
man of such even temper will now
have to note a few exceptions. While
Mr.. Wilson was basking in the sun
light on the Beautiful Isle of Some
where" a few days ago a photogra-
pher snapped a picture of the Cover
nor which caused his wrath to rise
and he threatened to thrash the pho
tographer right on the spot.
Don't you know that exhibition of
temper will cause the offce-seekers
to tremble when they go to the White
House to have him settle their
squabbles?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GOV. WILL
SON

A special dispatch from Trenton,
N. J., to the Baltimore Sun says that
a charity and correction association
in New Jersey have found out that In
some districts of the State men bar
ter away their wives or will swap
wives for a little ito boot" That
many are living in adultery and
many children really have no one to
care for them.
Before Governor Wilson starts In
TO reform the nation wouldn't 1t be
we'll for him to return home from
Bermuda and reform his own State
before giving up his office as Cover
nor of that State? He announced
some days ago that he would not yet
resign as Governor as there were
number of reforms he wanted to
make In New Jersey. This Is an ex-
cellent opening for Mr.. Wilson to re-
turn to New Jersey and start up his
reforms.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
SENATE MAY BE REPUBLICAN,.

The death of Senator 1sador Ray
ner, of Maryland, will add one more
Republican Senator in the present
Congress, and in fact the new Sena-
tor will serve until January, 1914.
While the Democrats have majority
in the Maryland Legislature, still 1t
will not meet until 1914. Governor
GoIdsboro, who is a Republican,
will appoint a successor to Senator
Rayner probably this week. While
the Governor has not intimated
whom he will appoint, yet it is GER
tain that he will appoint Republi-
can.
Governor Goldsborough's appointee
will serve through the special ses-
sion of Congress and the death of
Senator Rayner makes it doubtful
whether the Democrats will have a
majority in the next Senate.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
Mexican Federal Troops Have De-
stroyed 25 Villages.

Mexico City, Nov 24.-No fewer
than twenty-five villages have been
destroyed in the State of Oaxaca in
the last ten days by Government
troops.
The administration, believing the
rebels in that region have been suf-
ficiently cowed by the terrible war
fare which has been waged, has now
sanctioned orders for the retirement
of the greater part of the Federals
from that State, leaving the final pa
cification to local troops.
In spite Of the fact that the Fed
erals in all the districts invested by
Zapatistas have been freely using the
right conferred by the suspension of
the guarantees to execute summarily,
there is little il any Improvement I'm
the general situation.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
CAUSE OF POSTAL DEFICIT.

The postoffice department at
Washington states that political cam
paign material transmitted free OF
postage through the mails accounts
for the difference between a postal
surplus and a postal deficit for the
last fiscal year, ending June 80. An
account of franked mail forwarded
for Congress, the executive depart
ments and other government estab-
lishments, shows that postage at the
ordinary rate on this matter would
have netted the government nearly
20,OOO,O0O. About s25,000,00O of
this would have been paid on politi-
cal documents.
AS the Democrats claim they are
economical and want to save the gov
eminent all the expense possible,
they will soon have an opportunity
of showing that economical streak
by abolishing the ranking privilege
and pay postage on all their cam
paign documents. This would cause
less campaign speeches to be made
in the halls of Congress. But will
they do it?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
SOCIALIST LEADERS Ixp,c--
Charged With Inducing wttn.-
Leave Country: Also Win n :
OF the Mails. es

Fort Scott. Kas.. Nov :.
Federal indictment return.
against Eugene V. Debs. So~l,,t..
didate for President. Fred n "a
rem. editor Of The Appeal "a p.,.
Socialist newspaper. puhll,A.s :
Girard. Kansas. and J. |. sA......
Warren's attorney. Warren Ass s.
pard. were arrested here ,o-a,r :, ;.
Deputy United States MArtA.l
Indictment charged "obs,rur,i.. :.
justice by inducing witnesses "a -.
the country"
Warren and Sheppard ~ers 49,.
ed on $1,000 bond each. The o..
charged in the indictment il a.,
TO have been committed In cons..4s.'
with the case OF J. A Waylant sv,
er OF the Appeal to Reason. Ci,y n
itor Pfifer, OF that paper. and p,
Warren, accused In a Federal ~.
rant OF misuse OF the mails In pos.s.,
obscene matter concerning the F.s
|eral court.
Debs, Warren and Sheppard -,
cited for contempt by the Fedar,
court in Topeka three months Az e.
the same charge which led to ,ot,r,
arrests. They were discharres A.
that time by Judge Pollock.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
Fire on the Vanderbilt Estate.

Asheville, n. c., Nov. 25.-Fire is
devastating the Pink Beds, one of the
best timber tracts of the George w
Vanderbilt estate at Biltmore, and an
extra force of over a hundred men
has been employed to fight the flames
which are sweeping through this
choice piece of timber land.
The fire has been in progress for
the past three days, but has not been
made public, the managers of the es-
tate preferring to fight it out alone
without any publicity.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28

Milwaukee. VIA. Nov. 92.-John
schrank. Who shot Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt on the night OF October IL
In Milwaukee, Ia insane and was late
this afternoon committed By NUM-
cipal Judge A. c. Baskus TO the
Northern Hospital for the Insane near
Oshkosh until cured.
Before being led back TO jail TO
await preparations for the trip to the
asylum. Schrank said:
II had expected they would find me
insane. because IL vas In the papers
two days ago. want TO say now
that am sane and know what I am
doing all the time. am not q luna
tic and never was one. was called
upon 10 do q duty and have done IL.
The commission has sworn away my
life. Each member went upon the
stand and said | was uncurably in
sane. They can bury me alive IL they
see fit / don't care what happens
now"
Commitment was pronounced fol-
lowing the reading Of an exhaustive
report OF the commission OF ave alien
lists in which the defendants was
unanimously adjudged insane. and
following the introduction OF prima
facie evidence Of several witnesses.
Conclusions reached by the COM
mission were as follows:
cd John Schrank is suffering
from insane decisions, grandiose in
character and Of a systematized va
riety.
"(2) In our~opinion, he is insane
at the present time.
"(3) On account OF the connection
evisting between his decisions and
the act with which he stands charg-
ed, we are of the opinion he Is unable
to confer intelligently with counsel
on the conduct of his defense"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28

Many OF the Democratic papers
claim that President Wilson and the
Democratic Congress Understand the
tariff already and that it will be use
less to have a tariff commission or
have any public hearings on the tar
iff before framing the bill when the
extra session meets. The Democrats
may know more about the tariff than
anybody else, but the chances are If
they frame bill and pass it hastily
that two years hence they will have
quiet time at home in which to re-
pent.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
Gets FOrty-One Bales From Only
Twenty Acres.

The Dunn, n. c., correspondent
IF the News and Observer says: G.
gressive farmers of this section. made
a bumper cotton crop on part of his
farm near town. He has gathered
and marketed from twenty acres Of
land forty-one bales of cotton. He
measured off this twenty acres and
has given it most careful attention
and has kept a record OF all expenses
and the amount of cotton picked.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
SEVERAL WOUNDED IN FIGHT.
Desperate Encounter With Negroes at
Railroad Camp Near the Yadkin
River.

railroad camp Near the 1a0k1n
River.
Greensboro, N c., Nov. 25.-In a
desperate encounter with negroes at
railroad camp near the Yadkin Riv-
er early yesterday morning. Rassie
Butler, of Liberty, was shot and CIV
en- wounds which 1t is said will likely
prove fatal, and a white man whose
name could not be learned, was seri-
ously wounded. Two of the negroes
are known to have been shot by But
Ter, who, it is said, opened fire upon
a body of negroes who had attacked
his companion and who, in turn, gave
him a very desperate wound. Young
Butler was brought to this city last
night and hurried to st. Leo's Hos
pital, where an examination showed
that number of shot, evidently fired
from a shotgun at close range, had
entered the pit of his stomach. But
Ter is about eighteen years of age
and halls from Liberty, of this coun-
ty, but had been at work with a con-
struction force near the Yadkin Riv-
er. He is a son of G. F. Butler, of
Liberty.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
GOV. WILSON WOULD 81
Wanted Co Whip Gamer.
took His Ps<x, "a

Hamilton. Nov. IT.
elect Woodrow wIisoa ,as'Assa&
lively dispute wi,A a a. At I.
sosrapher. which aisaos, =. BE-
exchange OF blows : -
The photographer took
at Ar. Wilson In spite o. =. saa'
ton Mr. Wilson ,hersvs.. ID
exclaimed: 1F-ss
You are no Esa,lczaa, :,
want good ,hrasAiaE as~s -. - IN
l can take care OF nys~s, :
things / came here ssp..r.,.s Lea
avoid photographer 4" .
Mr.. Wilson passed the xr.,.
OF to-day In bicycling in -. a.
OF his residence. ''-s'sf
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
Gompers is Reelected Presidest =
American Federation OF Iahs

A Rochester, y. Y. dispatch Of W
vember % says: Samuel Cors1
was reelected President OF the Azr.
lean Federation OF Labor this a,,s.
noon over Max Hayes OF the In,E.
national Typographical Union. y
vote was Gompers, 1884: Han
5,074. 1t was the first time In -
years that there had been Opposite.
to Mr.. Gompers, who has beer p
elected annually since 1895. All 81.
er officers were reelected.
The convention defeated the UEf.
ed Mine Workers resolution calliEs
for future elections by a referendum
vote of the Federation's two uIll!oa
members.
Seattle was chosen as the 1919
meeting place.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
THRILLING WITH THE PUBLIC.

1t appears that the Democrats at
he last session of Congress were only
rifiing with the President, and with
he country when they passed the
'pop-gun" tariff bills. The following
editorial appeared in a recent issue OF
he Charlotte Observer:
According to a staff correspond
ent of The New York Evening
Post, writing from Washington,
this conversation took place be-
tween Chairman Oscar W. I'm
derwood of the House Ways and
Means Committee and a New
England manufacturer several
weeks ago: Don't you know,
Mr.. Underwood, that if your bill
reducing the tariff on cotton tex
tiles had become a law it would
have caused panic in the cotton
industry?' Mr.. Underwood did
not admit that he knew any such
thing, but he said: We knew
that it would not become a law
The writer adds: There is
world of significance in these
two remarks as regards the
changed point of approach from
which the new Congress will
meet the subject of tariff re-
vision. 1t is serious business
now, not politics. All of which
we take from a newspaper ad-
mirable in every respect except
that of often letting theory run
away with sense, especially
where the tariff and the negro
are concerned. But even The
Post recognizes that there Is a
condition and not a theory con-
fronting the Democratic party at
present; for editorially it has
made just about the same obser-
vations as we quote from it's
staff correspondent here"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28

are mosquitoes. AS they sting te9
put deadly malaria germs 10 ~
blood. Then follow the icy chlIls a.
the fires OF fever. The appetite a'o
and the strength fails: also nala'A
often paves the way for deadly y
phoid. Electric Bitters kill and cas-
out the malaria germs from -
blood; give you q fine appetite So
renew your strength. After Joy
suffering" wrote VIM. FretTell' '.
Lucama. n. c., three bottles ol0's
all the malaria from my system 81
I've had good health ever since. p.
for all stomach, liver and kidney -
so cents at all druggists.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28

The alienist decided that Colonel
assailant Is insane and
the presiding judge issued an order
committing Schrank to an insane hos
pital.
Inasmuch as Schrank had admitted
shooting Colonel Roosevelt, it seems
that he could have been committed
to the insane department of the peni-
Tertiary where his confinement would
be more secure.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
MEDALS OF HONOR TO SIX.
President Taft Presents Them to
Members of the Sixth Cavalry.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 23.-Five
men "of distinguished courage
among men of courage as Mr.. Taft
called them, received formal acknowl-
edgment for their bravery in the
White House to-day when the Presi-
dent presented them with medals of
honor awarded for exceptional serv-
ice on the battlefield. Four of them
were young cavalry officers, the other
an enlisted man, a sergeant.
The men honored were Capt Ar
chic Miller, quartermaster's depart
ment; Capt. Julian De Gaujot, first
cavalry; First Lieutendant Arthur II.
Wilson, sixth cavalry; Second Lieu
tendant John T. Kennedy, fifth cav
airy, and Sergeant Joseph Hender-
son, sixth vavalry
Il understand this medal is grant
ed" said President Taft, mot for
that courage that officers and men
are expected to show under all\cir-
cumstances; for valor of that extra
ordinary character which to use the
expression of my predecessor, puts
a fine edge on the fine courage that is
shown and entities you to bear a
mark of distinction among men of
courage"
The sixth cavalrymen honored to-
day all won their spurs in the Phil
ippines. They were under orders from
General Leonard Wood when they
went on the trail of Jikiri, who had
killed hundreds of Chinese and Mo-
ros and had become the terror of the
Jolo Archipelago
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28

A "squib" in Mondays Raleigh
Times says:
1.-THE man who is too lazy to
work is always seeking public
Officer"
The Times may cause it's readers to
believe that there are lot of lazy
Democrats.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
Must Serve One Minute in Jail azt
Pay One Cent

Woodstock, Va, Nov. 2l.-Josspa
Sheetze, a married man OF near Et!s-
burg, was to-day found guilty OF IL
lawfully secreting Miss Dora Geti, d
the same neighborhood. After TIA
lasting more than four days. the Vs''
dict was one cent fine and one nj
ute In jail.
The defense was set up that re
girl left her home because OF inhs'
man treatment.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
Call for Reservists.

Frankfort, Ger, Nov. 27.rGhe
Austro-Hungarian subjects here be-
longing to the army reserve, have
received orders to report to their
regiments. The Austrians and Hun
garians employed in German mining
districts have received similar or
ders
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
BLACK MOUNTAIN FIRE-SWEPT.
Only One Store Building of Any Con-
sequence Left i'm the Town.

Asheville, N. c., Nov. 25.-Fire of
unknown origin started at midnight
and destroyed early to-day the bust
ness district of Black Mountain, a
town with a population of 1000 near
here. Only one store building of any
consequence was left standing. The
damage is estimated at more than
$4,000.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28

"Yancey County In La n tur-
moil. The Republican and the
Democratic candidates for the
Legislature tied. each receiving
1,1o2 votes The election board
net yesterday and proceeded to
unite the tie by announcing that
the Democrat was elected. This
man is a member OF the board
and over this action q pretty row
Is on. Wonder how they arrived
at their decision ?"-Greensboro
Record.
Certainly the Democrat 10 no mol
entitled to the place than is the r
publican. He should not be Above
o decide his own case.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
Money for War Supplies.

Berlin, Nov. 27.-An item of over
thirty million dollars entered on the
officially today. intended for paying
for enormous reserves of clothing
and provisions for man and beast.
which the army and navy has accum-
ulated against the possible outbreak
of war
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28

The one fly in the ointment is the
prospect of having some Democratic
'revenoo doodlers" Who could have
thought the party would ever come to
that?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
WITH THE EDITORS.

The little politicians will find out
that they cannot get as thick with
the big ones as they could before the
recent election.-Durham Herald,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28

The Republicans are not the only
people that Mr.. Wilson will have to
watch to keep from running his ad-
ministration in the hole-Durham
Herald.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28

If the Democrats do not make good
this time the Progressives will get
some Democratic votes next time If
they will only keep in the middle of
the road.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28

! Of course it was annoying, yet it
would have been a dickens of a come
off if Mr.. Wilson had lit into that
photographer and come out second
best.-Durham Herald.
The Democrats themselves know
that they can't reduce the high cost
of living" without hurting the farm
ers, but still they say they are going
to do it. Say, Mr.. Farmer, do you
get this?-Clinton News-Dispatch.
The Democrats have all the rope
and no doubt will hang themselves;
but what we dread about it is, the
rest of us will have to drink soup
while the Democrats are turning up
their toes.-Clitnon News-Dispatch.
, They began to name their babies
after Wilson before the returns were
all in. They did that way in Cleve-
land times and then some of them
changed the names after four years.
- S1lO" JdChSI.
The Greensboro Record notes that
on Monday, November Is, Congress
man Stedman received eight letters in
his morning mail and every one of
them was an application for a job
Union Republican.
Trouble-makers now on the scene
in Washington are arranging the
stage for the initial collision between
Bryan on one side and the Democrat
ic leaders in the House and Senate
on the other. 1t Is assumed that
fight is inevitable. Just where Will
son is to come in is not clearly fore
cast as yet.-Union Republican.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28

Mnstappa. Turkey, Nov. 27.-Ftre.
famine and anarchy afiiet the beseig-
ed Turkish fortress OF Adrianople.
according to reports brought here by
fugitives. Refugees who escaped
through the lines OF investment
which are being drawn closer every
day, say the vicinity around Selim
Mosque is afire. Other districts are
deeply inundated with the waters OF
the rivers Martha, Tunga and Arda.
which have overlooked their banks.
The civilian population is short OF
exists.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28

The fighting between Turkey and
the Balkan States may continue
Turkey has refused TO agree 10 the
proposed terms Of peace and the war
may continue TO the bitter end The
prospects are that other countries
may become involved Turkey really
10 In no fighting condition Besides
the epidemic OF cholera there Is a
famine among the civilian population
and a state of anarchy exists.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-01-30
AMERICAN DIPLOMACY
SP0ILS CUBAN TRIP

WASHINGTON, d. C., Jan. a.-Amer-
lean diplomacy prevented number OF
members Of congress. including the mil
nary and naval committees Of the house
e.ho WITNESSED the opening Of the over
sea railroad to Key West last week. from
extending their junket to Cuba, on an
American warship. as had been planned
Soon after they arrived at Key West
word was sent there by the state De
nartment. that the trip could not De
permitted on an American cruiser
President Taft had just sent 70 the
american minister at Havana, MS note
~ warning TO the Cuban government
ssrresting the probable necessity OF IN
prevention. Secretary Knox decided that
Ere nupearance at that time OF an Amer
lean war vessel In Havana haroor, bear
ing members OF congress, might be con-
sfrued by the Cubans TO mean that m
PREVENTION. or steps leading thereto al
ready had begun. For this reason tne
invitation to the congressman 10 use .
warship was withdrawn The congress-
men thought the point well TAKEN ana
abandoned their projected trip.