The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25

Everybody knows it;sno. ;
TOR each iadiviiuel ,nen her ne
eide as to his vote for l,in,',if d..
majority members # til. "A The
Means Com n.iitee. IN to- md
stance. naxe up the = ''r> III,
s'gnments of the IIuus4 as
man Of the Cotj,r,,t . win. a.
with 1T tie , sltio! 90 y, is
Leader. sil;.! an 8. . -. ''N
tons in Influencing in ;s..v v., '"i
member on ts.e Question My
VINO oppose my position d "a noe
WIZ endorse 1t Will be treated . u'se
as to their assignments to - he
tees and as 10 all other ma!ra,,ri i'Ht,
|. as such Chairman and ,saa,n hich
the Members OF the II ~. ~ and
ua!ly or collectively, are cooru ',' D.
y. The alta cIs~ by tl:.. I'a T.,
YORK HERALD. -"
This paper (whose ov,
ago, d'sda'l ii = the fe!i,y.} '*'s
Amerlcans, abandoned h. = 'l
country to live mid tie ~ '.'r
| OF Paris, and who, by c2n,., 49,
Paris, dictates its tr!ic, has bom
lighting the D-tn:c'a e Psrfv,r 'e' n
twenty years. This is the S:,,' '"eariy
per which only a lew mn,ths d
to show its disgust Of and 49,
for President Wilson, Will. ~ ~
consummate s:aies,Eanshio a.. ,. ''n
steering the country safely tD,,''aS
Its greatest cc.sis. loudly px..I..' ~
on, Ter k'osevelt in the Vt w
| Hruse!' 'hite
The purported interview 10 =,
Washlngto,i correspondent vi i mo
puonshed IN its issue of Nuv,..,,,,S,
10TH, parts of which have becn n"I
l,5Gs: n every l~s,e since. IS ,
Ky HE fABkIDATlDN, A DsIEP
ERATE FAIL >t,+oOD, Ala = =
| FACIUk:.D IN :tE HFpAI y,
OFFICE IN AEA YORK t'nR L,2
PURPOSE of forming basis fn. ~
succeeding ATTACKS and stnsa,,,,'I
stories. No aus,l intervi-w
occurred. | n+>.r saw or snox.
It's correspondent beIoi e its p!.iics'
Ion. After reading il il ,ho
the HERALD, | saw and ask 4 -
Washington correspondent # he J.. ~
such an interview 20 TIL HERAIn
He said he had not and kfe. nn,,;,,.
about il until he t~ ii pu :!j,h,,5 ,S
the HERALD. ! nev-r MA :. y ~
ference in the rrm .Iese ~ 10 a,v
one in Washingtnu or e.s-wha,a .,
to the sentiment in my district"
or as to. the TO KS back home" #
knew, too, or could have kcown 80
It's Washington correspondent knew
that l did not return to nv dis,
trict because Of IFS exposures If t,a
sentiment in my district ra-
turned the day l intended 10 return
when thee days before | Wen, IN
Washington.
In conclusion: To differ with the
President, to differ with my friends
in and out Of Congress, in the hear
OF the moment to be. severely criticiz.
ed, and sometimes Cenoui.ced ~
them, gives ME not only EXCEEDING
regret, but much pain and distress
However after having given Ia.
subject much stuiy AMI th.c,,-
being once On the Naval Altar;
Committee. and Interested FIR YEAR,
in naval subjects. Cannot sum ,rt
the program. In deciding On hi,
course | knew full We'll that :, uart
OF the penalty which | woui, hav.
to undergo would be the cri,;cisc,
the rldicule, the denunciailon, IT,
misrepresentation and the nyrb2t
of myself by the press from one cad
OF the country to the o;her. itav.n,
the approval Of my Judgment aYi
concIence, after mature study AMI
thought, and impelled by Sense of
duty, | take the step, matrvrlng OF
the consequences, political or 9th r
wise, to myself.
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