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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21
r ON THE LIGHT.

4 public service Of value, a service IN the tie
sense Of the word 70 the Democratic party. IS
been performed by Senator Gore IN securing J
poll Of the delegates to the Democratic NatonI
Convention at Baltimore as to the Panama Csral
act in relation to the matter of free tolls for llr
coastwise vessels.
More than half Of the membership Il Io4i
delegates TO that convention have thus la =
piled to his letter Of inquiry concerning The -
tolls plank in the platform. OF these 54 sust4n
absolutely the position Of the President IN ealing
for a repeal Of the exenptio provision ii Il.
canal act, 9S delegates state they are in orpo~.
ton to repeal and q delegates wrote non com.
initial letters. The ratio in the 625 replies K.
ceived show that by five to one the delegates
who voted for the platform sustain The Pres,3en-.
The truth is, as we have stated before, that
when the platform was adopted in Baltimore that
but a handful of delegates knew what was = 4.
or were advertent to this free tolls provision.
Confidence was felt in the platform committee
having made the right platform, and the .re-
ton of the free tolls plank can only be REGARDED
as an inadvertence on the part OF some members
Of that committee.
Real Democracy, that Democracy which stands
against subsidies, repudiates any measure When
has in it a subsidy. We may never know eAayu!
how that free toll plank got a place in tie
platform, but we know If had no right there. orl
the degelat ties who by their votes have become
responsible for the platform. are making i clear
that they knew nothing Of this free tol!s matter.
that if they had they would have voted against
it. The President is advocating a Democratc
policy when he calls for the repeal OF the tree
tolls clause in the canal act
The New York World, commenting on tie
matter of the free tolls plank IN the platform.
takes this view of its finding a place there. 1T
was a clever trick by the subsidy crowd to com
NIT the Democratic party to a policy that 7
had always opposed. 1t was an inside Job IF
course, and for that reason every Democrat who
now processes to be guided by it places himself
under suspicion. 1t was so deity done that none
but those of the inner circle knew anything
about it, and none but those who are SUBSIDY
men at heart are now influenced by it
The poll being taken by Senator Gore Is clear
ing up the situation. 1t reveals plainly that tht
Democrats gathered at Baltimore are in a va~t
majority against the free tolls declaration, anl
that the great body Of the party is still strong
in its opposition to subsidies of all kinds.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21

Advocates of the exemption of coastwise yes
sells from Panama Canal tolls had their innings
Saturday before the Senate Canals Committee
No men notable IN the life and history of the
country were introduced Indeed, it would seem
that the statesmen OF the country. the author
ties on international affairs. the sp@at scholars.
are on the side OF rep1l
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21

Buncombe Republicans refuse to forgive and
forget. Consequently there is to be no fusion
between them and the Republicans in that
county. And no normal person can much blame
the Progressives for remembering the raw deal
that was given them at Chicago.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21

Secretary Garrison is giving Governor Blease
just the sort of treatment that he needs. 1t
should prove in the long run beneficial to the
obstreperous South Carolina executive.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21
AND AFTER"

Just by way OF keeping history straight AID
the records close together we desire to submit a
few extracts published before and after the
500, 900 Raleigh street bond election OF last
Wednesday.
These, by way of explanation, let it be stated,
have to do with the matter of competitive bid
ding for this street work, competitive bidding
which was talked OF as being on the program, bat
which fell by the waysde. But to the extract
The first, from the Raleigh Daily Times Il
Monday, April 10, 1914, is as follows:
Commissioner Seawell sta ted that the work
(ot building the streets in Raleigh in case
the bond issue carried, will be let bv contract |
to the lowest bidder, the successful bidder
putting up a bond to guarantee proper work
manship.
The second extract, this from the Raleigh DAILY
Times of Tuesday, April IA. 1914. being part 4
an editorial, is as follows.
The street work if the bonds carry, will be
let by contract to the lowest responsible
bidder.
The street bond election was Overwhelmingly
carried on Wednesday, April Is. 1914.
The third last extract to which Nc AN
attention IS also from the Raleigh Dali Times
two days after the election. Friday Anil y 1914
and is as follows:
The City Commissioners at Their roe4t,ng
today directed Mr.. R. G.. Lasster TO proceed
with the paving outlined to be done with the
ei"Ooo OF bonds voted on Wednesday under
hs present contract with the city. r
me commissioners consider that there :
small likelihood of any possibility Of receiving
over BIDS Tor the same high grade Of paving
mat MI. LasHter has been furnishing and see
no reason tor a repetition Of the time. labor.
ana expense involved IN going through
another such investigation as was held laet
October.
mats al. But BY the way. there's alw.v.
some interest in things Before" and Alter
taking
Nh. Charles ]. Bonaparte. Of Baltimore say> "a
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21

1t IS To be assumed that Mr.. Mellen as presi-
dent of the Federated Railway EMPLOYEES would
not expect as large An annual compensa ton as
the New Haven Railroad allowed him.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21
~HAY-PAUNCEFOTE TREATY

President Wilson is a man of lofty ideals, and
less could not be expected of him that after com
parlng the provision in the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty with the action of Congress in providing
for free tolls than that he would ask for the
repeal Of the exemption. 1t was on the question
OF Our national honor that he made his appeal
to Congress.
There have been things said pro and con as to
that part of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty which
relates to the Panama Canal act, and the very
reading of this will appeal to the layman as
showing that President Wilson is absolutely in
the right in the position which he takes that it
is incumbent upon the United States to repeal
the tolls exemption clause. The provision in the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty referred to, reads:
The canal shall be free and open, in times
of war as in time Of peace, to tho vessels of
commerce and war of all nations ON TERMS
OF ENTIRE EQUALITY so that there shall
be NO DISCRIMINATION GAINS ANY
NATION, OF its citizens or subjects in re-
spect to the conditions OF charges of traffic or
otherwise.
Do not these words bear out President Wilson
in the position he has taken: As The Com
moner we'll puts the matter: 1t requires no
finely trained mind to learn theretrom that when
the United States charges the vessels of com
merCe Of other nations and permits free passage
OF certain vessels OF commerce OF its own 1t Is not
keeping the canal open to all nations on terms
OF entire equality
The support which is given to President vii
son on this matter OF maintaining our national
honor IN living up to our treaty with Great
Britain Is only what Is to be expected of. Amen
cans. And beyond tins the Democratic party.
TO be true to its oft repeated principle Of oppo-
siton to subsidies and bounties, must stand low
ally by the side Of the President. The united
support Of Democratic Senators is due the Presi-
dent in support OF the time i~rnmemorial principle
or the party. The support OF Senators Of all
parties IS due the President IN main tanning our
national honor. The country looks to the Sen
ate to act with dispatch in this matter, and to
repeal the toll exemption clause by such a vote as
to give higher prestige to this great nation.
The steamship Majestic, once as the name IN
oicate., a grand ship, IS 10 be broken up as innk
there being no use for il now that more modern
vessels are plentiful. 1t is a pity that old ra1
road equipment is 50 much slower in its ,rav.,
TO the junk reap than steamships are
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21

If Coxevs army fell from two hundred to fiji
teen N one day. IT is predetermined as to what the
figures viii be when the army reaches Wash
JnetOn.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21

Wen gather size as a snow ball does" said
CoNey. Yes, about like a snow ball does in
August.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21

There rs said to be a movement on foot to make
Theodore Roosevelt president of a university.
Have to chloroform him to do it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21
NJ forming Tonic
April 81, 1914.

Wordsworth
TT HE wisest, happiest of Our kind are they
= that ever walk content with Natures wav.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21
ALL FOR $1.7O

There has never been offered In North Carolina
so much good reading for so little money as we
are offering under the following proposition: For
$1.70 we will send the following for one year:
The Weekly News and Observer, an eightpage
weekly newspaper.
The Commoner, an able monthly journal, pub
ished by William Jennings Bryan.
The Farmer and Mechanic, sixteen page North
Carolina home and farm weekly journal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy Cents you
can get all these papers one year.
v. c. MOORE, Manager.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21

Beng Mayor of New York is the next mos
risky Job to being President of the United States
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21
NxcGe Nall maocm

rs hard to wear a sanity smile when bores
- exclaim together, We've just dropped in to
talk a while about the crops and weather" The
earnest man gets down to brads, sells goods or
scrlbbles sonnets, to earn the dollars of our dads,
and keep his wife in bonnets; he has no time to
fool away, he needs
UNTIMELY GUESTS. each precious second;
if man would win at
baling hay, each moment must be reckoned. And
SO the toiler, anxious eyed, must labor at his
fences, it he would keep his wife supplied with
coin for bridge expenses. And when his troubles
are so thick that he could fairly blubber, the
bores come in, Hank, Tom and Dick, and sit and
talk and rubber. There ought to be q law, me
thinks, for those who thrash the weather, compel
ing all such idle ginks to 60 and herd together. It
isn't fair that busy folks must evermore be both
cred, by dizzy jays with dizzy jokes and gags
they've lately fathered. Protect the man who to
his work with righteous fervor passes, and boil
the idler and the shirk in sulphur and molasses.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21

MI Charles j. Bonaparte. Of Baltimore say> 10
haton would have been 50 foolish as to build ne
canal with the understanding that it was 70 de-
' no special privileges from It. Mr.. Bonaparte
conluSes the ooastwise shipping interests y III
the ia ton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

"a That Minneapolis girl-Miss Clara
:Bourke-who fought aNtrio of bur-
glars that were robbing her fathers
store and: blackened the eyes OF one
Of the thieves with her fists, should
receive one of Andy. Carnegie's gold
medals for heroism. e In Minneapolis,
where burglars and thugs are almost
Jas plentiful as ffeas in California, ii
.behooves parents to give their chill
.dren an opportunity to- become prof
icient in the manly arts of fisticuffs
and jid jitsu; in fact every mem
her of the family should not fail to
keep ''muscled up'' and ready. for. all
emergencies, Down town day and
night highwaymen are liable to hold
them up at any time and when at
home burglars are apt to drop i'll at
any moment. Every home should
also be well supplied with shooting
irons and no one should venture
abroad without having an automatic
revolver in his or her pocket. ie,s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15
Announcement Of Peterson's
! Candidacy Of Governor.
4 ~ $500 = gy
ARE HOPING FOR LARGE FIELD
Administration Backers Would Like
to See Additional Aspirants for
~. Executive Office.

st. Paul-{SpeciaD-Large punches
of joy and much glee is the. chief as
set of those persons who, acknowl.
edge Governor Eberhart as their
leadere,and provider. James A. Peter
son of Minneapolis is. responsible.
"Jim," be it known, announced his
candidacy for the Republican nominal
kon for governor, all: of which
prompts the query: Why shouldn't
those who are now enjoying the
spoils make merry? AS they argue,
it means the usual cumming of the
cards for the opposition, with another
two years for his excellency. TWO
more announcements for governor
and their cup of joy will be overflow
ing. Mr.. Peterson's entrance into
the game, which came with a column
statement for the Twin City dailies,
was characteristic of the Minneapolis
man: It bristles with invectives. In
his announcement Jim flayed Govern
or Eberhart because of alleged execu-
tive shortcomings and the gall that
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

Speaking of the eliminating OF
gubernatorial candidates on the re-
publican side of the house it is easier
said than done. Referring to this
subject the Duluth. News Tribune
does not see how the elimination of
all but one Of the alleged progressive
candidates an'be accomplished and
has this to say of the doughty James
A. Peterson: <a..: + -: .<..s.,..
''Mr. Peterson, more. recently in
the field, has made his statement
that he is not in favor of elimination,
and would not attempt to prescribe
the candidacy Of any one. The
more, the better my chance, is his
theory, and free-for- all his dgIight.
Jim should have been born Irish, -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

A movement is on foot at Nash
vile, Tenn., to erect a million-dol--
lar monument to the memory of An
drew Jackson, hero of the battle Of
New Orleans and seventh president
of the United States. Well, Andy is
a great deal more deserving Of such
honor to his memory than are many
of the latter-day presidents who
have gone hence. S-';
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

flowed from his pen was even made
to include S. G. Iverson, who filed
for the governorship a month ago.
Sam, he argued, was smeared with
the same pitch. In the matter Of
newspaper reception two Twin City
organs gave Mr.. Peterson front page
position, while the third ignored him
entirely. In st. Paul both dailies
gave him space. All around it was a
day of merriment, but those who
smacked their lips in anticipation OF
hot things to come did not have it
on those at the state capitol, whose
feet are in the trough and have been
for the last four years. In reality it
was their day and they celebrated ac-
cordingly. All that remains now is
for Mr.. Peterson to put up his $50
and officially file his candidacy. That,
the Minneapolis man assures his
friends, will be done in due time.
!. i. !.
AS w. E. Lee Of Long Prairie, an
other gubernatorial possibility, and S.
G. lverson probably view it, Mr.. Pc.
terson, to use a bit of slang, has
"crabbed" the opposition game a in
ejecting himself into the fight. This
may be true from their point of view
and his entrance undoubtedly has
caused. similar feeling on the part
of the administration crowd, who feel
that they, are due to profit, but just
the same neither the opposition nor
the administration want to take Mr..
Peterson too lightly There is no
better campaigner in the state than
Jim Peterson. He is a fighter from
the ground up and the man that has
him as an. opponent is made aware of
the fact every minute of the time.
I;Jin1s received Ills political training
Hong ago and it was iii a school where
hard knocks were the rule. r think
Hit might be well toftkeeps an eye ON
|iJim: szs.s-' 1*@z.s = z~s@.s
Nov comes :,Blll', Lee Of Long L;
||Prairie with . huneh. = 'Bfll'' argues
THAT All there: il, TO the gubernatoirilal:ll
|'game. this year is . Capitalization 81
|ieftorts, with the defeat Of Gover1noor 81
lBberhartI as the, chief object Il can:
Enot be done, be says, with a half doz--
en- or more ambitious politicians of.
Ifering themselves as individual sacri-
fees and he therefore proposes new
Eline Of tactics. Let the members Of
the opposition Or duly. accredited rep
resentatives Of the same get together,
he advises, and agree on one man.
Draw straws.s he says, until all but one
man is eliminated and then let the
others get behind him.: If this is not
possible call a public meeting and
put the matter up to it. All this and
much other advice is, contained in a
public statement which Mr.. Lee gave
Ito the press, but SO far the other can can
didates have not seen CT Is fall for II.
| AZ Mr.. Lee points oft i Crowded Held
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

And as John Lind entered his cave
at Vera Cruz and the outer guard
closed the aperture with a boulder
he thanked the Lord that he had not
been assassinated, and gave his pet
bats their supper. Johns life is a
solitary one, all right, but we trust
the war clouds will soon clear away
and that he will be able to appear
in the open without fear of being as
saSsinated.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

1t is stated that 30 cures from the
liquor habit were effected at the
state inebriate farm during the
past year. In our mind this is ques-
tionable, but the officials have, of
course, to put forth some excuse for
the existence of the institution.
There are many ways in which the
money spent to maintain this place
could be more advantageously ex-
pended.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

Ralph Fariss, a bandit who held
|up.the Sunset express and killed one
of it's crew near Pomona, CAL, was
tried and sentenced to be hanged in
the brief period of IS minutes. In
-
Minnesota it would have taken year
Or two to try the case, and the muir
derer would probably have been sen.
fenced to life imprisonment and
eventually &pardoned.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

General Simon Buckner is dead.
He died in the log house in which
he was born-''Glen Lily" near
Munfordville, Ky.-and was over &C
years of age. He was a. valiant old
gentleman and had distinguished
himsef in both the Mexican and
civil wars, and was a close personal
friend of the late General Grant.
Bruckner was in every way a. true
lspecimen of the old-time Kentucky
"colonel,' dignified to a certain .ex.
tent, but the soul of generosity and
honesty. 81 80.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

A. J. Jennings, a former train
robber and ex-convict, is candidate
for the governorship of Oklahoma on
the democratic ticket. Having fol-
lowed the profession of train robbing
he ought to be able to run some, but
being named after Bryan will proba.
bly, prove a handicap.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

And now the buns who daily hold
forth on Bridge square, Minneapolis,
are regretting that they were not in
Philadelphia when A. J. Drexel Bid
die hoped on the water wagon and
threw the contents of his cellar
thousands of bottles of wine and
spirits into the street. The. police
Of Minneapolis, whom the Bridge
square hoboes defy, also regret that
the undesirables were not in Phi]a-
delphia.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

We are about to have in Minnesota
another demonstration of how state
wide primaries can be used, and are
almost certain to be- used, to. balk the
will Of ) the people Minneapolis
Journal. Y. r.: %~... 4*s5~
The more of these demonstrations
we have the better-the sooner the
damphool primary law Wilt be s Wiped
off our statute books.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

We have a great deal of admira-
tion for A. j. Drexel Biddle, the
Philadelphia millionaire, who for &C
years had drank quart Of whiskey a
day and on January i became a total
abstainer. By mere accident Mr..
Biddl]e discovered that milk pos
sessed greater stimulating properties
than liquors and consequently threw
the expensive contents of his cellar
into the street.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

fhe girls Of Dodge city, kan,
have organized 'tGood Habits
club and taken an oath that they
will4decline the attentions Of young
men who swear. smoke, drink or
gamble. Unless they change their
minds Dodge City will have multi
tude of old maids in the course of
time, =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

The Pullman company has inaugu-
rated pension plan for it's 80, 900 en-
ployes in the manufacturing depart
ment. 1t wouldn't be a bad idea
were the company to include the ne
groes who do it's dirty work on the
cars and depend upon the generosity
of the travelling public for their liv-
mo a."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

A Minneapolis man is suing the
city for 1000 because, he alleges, he
contracted cold in the public library
and became baldheaded. 1t is more
likely that bugs in his cocoanut,
which deyoured the hair follicles,
caused the badness. He should be
examined in probate court.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

Strawberries are on the market
but there are very few, newspaper
men who can draw check sufficiently
large to pay for a pint of them. ~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

Up in North Dakota there was a
heavy rainstorm on January 8. But
we have no reason for kicking here
in Minnesota. Upon the same date
we gathered hollyhocks, datfodills
and clover blossoms on our upper
fOrtV
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

Over 10000 immigrants were re-
fused admission to the United States
during the year 1913, but if this
number had reached the 200, 900 mark
America would be better off.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

DR.. Mary Walker believes that un-
less something is done quickly Presi-
dent Huerta will be assassinated.H If
Mary's belief is we'll founded pro-
crastination in this case is a virtue.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

We would advise the girls who are
rouging their faces to take more sleep
o'nights. No paint would then be
necessary-the glorious climate Of
Minnesota would produce all the
/:
color tints necessary.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

Now a number of officers connected
with the British army cante6ns have
been summoned to appear in court
upon charges of gross irregularity.
They have probably been watering
the government stock.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

We are told in dispatch from Des
Moines that the Iowa progressives
are rallying and, in reference thereto,
we venture to remark: that they
must be mighty weak in the knees
and locomotor ataxiated in general.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

Major General Wood advises con-
gress to appropriate at least So, OO0,-
600 for field guns and ammunition.
But what's the use when John Lind
is doing all our fighting in Mexico
and no other country demands at
tention from a military standpoint?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

No, that farm down east which
Nose Clapp recently acquired did
not belong to an Indian as insinuated
by a mean contemporary. =. Even
satan should have his dues.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-01-15

] Those new feature" headings
with the ssdudang'' dasies which.
the Minneapolis Journal is using.
bark back to the times Of old man
.Gaxton and look like well, they look
like they might hayelbeen originated
10y y the }anitt6ri: