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RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY. JANUARY 18. 1912.
No. 2
EDITORIAL BRIEFS
Dr. Frederick Cook, the artic ex
plorer, is to lecture in Raleigh but
thn, Raleigh is Democratic, too.
Every time one faction of the Dem
ocrats bury the hatchet another fac
tioa comes along and scratches it up.
An exchange pays this U "Dickens
year." Doubtless many of the candi
dates will think ko before the year is
over.
Dr. Cook will not be the only Dem
ocrat to imagine he has cliacoverc-d
the North Pole after the next elec
tion. The Democrats might endorse that
$75,000,000 "steer in their platform
if they are looking for a real para
mount. Wonder if Dr. Cook's visit to
North Carolina was responsible for
the extremely cold spell the past
week?
Of course the Democratic farmer
who thinks he was too prosperous
can still vote the Democratic ticket
and be consistent.
While Mr. Bryan has said he will,
not be a candidate again, he has also
given his party to understand that he
is not out of politics. '
The Reidsvllle Review wants to see j
Bryan and Roosevelt fight It out. The
Review should remember what Col.
Roosevelt did for Judge Parker!
The next Democratic nominee for ,
President will be selected just forty !
miles from Washington, but that is as!
close as he will get to the White
House.
Mr. Bryan has decided to turn over
his cross of gold and crown of thorns
to some other candidate. He prob
ably found there were more thorns
than gold connected with work.
If every Democratic politician was
given an office for life you would hear
no more from them about the "robber
tariff" and they would shed no more
crocodile tears for "the dear people."
The Agricultural Department has
issued a bulletin giving the yield of
"sweet potatoes" and "yams." That
information is of course instructive,
still we would like to know if yams
are not sweet potatoes?
And now they say Congressman
Gudger voted for the Sherwood pen
sion bill because there are many ex
Federal soldiers living in his district.
Isn't that awful to be poked at a
Southern Democrat?
Speaking of the Presidential possi
bilities, an exchange says if the Dem
ocratic party is defeated this time it
will probably be because it deserves
defeat And may the Democratic
party again get what it deserves.
One exchange thought Professor
Coon took an inopportune time to
wash the State's "dirty linen" before
Speaker Champ Clark. But what is
the State doing with dirty linen un
der "pure Democracy" and "white su
premacy?" The Governor of South Carolina
says that if matters keep up there
will have to be some more monu
ments erected to editors in that State.
Evidently the South Carolina editors
haven't been saying nice things about
Governor Blease.
Win. R. Hearst was lionized by the
Democrats at their Jackson Day, din
ner, it was only a few years ago
that they were trying to read him out
of the party, but they have probably
found out they need every voter they
can get, and then aome.
Some weeks ago Judge B. F. Long
wrote a letter stating in effect that
he would be a candidate for Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court if the
people thought he should run. Evi
dently the people didn't think he
should, as the Judge has recently de
cided to hold on to what he has and
not enter the race.
to changk inauguration
DATK.
Cmffrvnman Henry Introduce Reo
lutlon to Chan;; Date to Iat
TburMlay In April.
The Houte Judiciary Committee
Tuesday ordered" favorably reported
tho Henry resolution changing the
date of the Presidential inauguration
from March 4th to the last Thurs
day In April, and the terms of Rep
resentatives in Congress to begin the
second Tuesday in January instead
of on March 4th. These changes
would be effective April, 1917, and
January, 1918.
The Henry resolution would pro
vide for extension of the term of the
the President and Vice-President
elected in 1912 to the last Thursday
in April, 1917. Congress would con
vene annually on the second Tuesday
in January. This would leave the
biennial elections In November, ex
cept in Oregon in June, and in Maine
and Vermont in September.
Several Democratic members re
served the right to amend the reso
lution on the floor.
The bill would also give Congress
constitutional power to legislate
where there is a vacancy on account
of the death or inability of the President-elect
and Vice-President-elect
between the counting of the electoral
vote and the inauguration.
CHINA IS IN A TURMOIL
Ten Xhousaod MancllUS are
Massacred by Rebels in
Shen-Si District
Many Towns Have Ileen Ijooted and
Deserted Preparing for Big Battle
The Abdication of the Emperor
Continues to be Discussed, But No
Decision Has Been Reached.
Peking, Jan. 15. The Kan-Su Im
perial army, after much fighting, has
succeeded in pushing its way to with
in sixty miles of Siap-Pu. The entire
province of Shen-Si dg in a turmoil.
Many towns have been looted and de
serted. The reported massacre of 10,000
Manchus by rebels in the Shen-Si dis
trict is confirmed.
Conditions in the interior of China
are graphically described in an inter
view with Adolph Herman, who went
to Tayan-Fu to rescue women asd
children of the China Inland Mis
sion. The Provinces of Shen-Si and Shan
Si from which the reported massacre
of 10,000 Manchus by rebels is now
confirmed, have been hot-beds of the
revolution for some months. . On De
cember 8th news was received by
messenger of Sian-Fu, the capital of j
Shan-Si, that 8,000 Manchus had been
slain in the province up' to that date.
A column of imperialist troops has
been operating in the district to sup
press the rebellion, but the slaying of
Manchus has continued steadily.
Preparing for Big Battle.
Shanghai, Jan. 15. Three cruisers
and three transports, conveying three
bataalions of revolutionary infantry,
eight machine guns and three moun
tain guns, sailed from Shanghai to
day for Chi-Fu. A large force of rev
olutionaries is reported to have con
centrated seventy miles South of the
Su-Show-Pukow Railroad line.
Xo Abdication Yet.
Peking, China, Jan. 15. Discus
sion regarding the question of the ab
dication of the Emperor continues but
up to this evening has not resulted in
any decision being retached. The
court is unable to reconcile the con
fliscting advice of the different fac
tions. Some Manchu leaders urge that the
Emperor abdicate and remain in Pe
king, while the, Chinese contend that
abdication would be futile unless the
court departs fro mthe capital.
It is understood that the plans for
the abdication have undergone delay
pending the final arrangements in
cluding the place of retirement, the
guarantee of pensions and other
terms offered by the republicans.
There has been -great difficulty in de
vising assurances for carrying out the
republican pledges. No confidence
exists in the ability or in the firm in
tention of the Republicans to observe
their promises.
Women Voted "Wet."
A press dispatch from Los Angeles,
Calf., says that Vernon, near there,
the only Incorrporated city in the
United States having no church, vot
ed for "wet" Sundays yesterday. Fif
ty women voted. Most of them vot
ed "wet."
"In case of war, a German airship
will carry 300 soldiers." But where
it will carry them to remains uncer
tain. Richmond News-Leader.
HITCHCOCK'S INTIRVIcVij
Astonishes President by Giv-
inf Out Interview With
out Consulting
,
CALLED TO WOIff llOUSE
after the interstate commerce com
It U Understood in Uhlp'Hi That mlsg!on ha3 onrri the ratr- 03
There !!a Been Friction between certain important railroads. Then
the Ittniater-;eneral and the
President Since Mr. Hitchcock i
Tried to Name the Arrangement
Committee for National Convention
Rumored That the Potmter-!
(ieneral May Resign Supreme ;
(urt Suhtaiins Interstate Com
merce Commission For Govern
ment Aid for Good Roads.
(Special to The Caucasian.)
Washington. D. C. Jan 16, 1912.
Postmaster-General Hitchcock as
tonished Washington as well as the
whole country by giving out an In
terview Sunday evening to the press
stating that he would recommend in
his annual report that the Govern
ment should buy all of the telegraph
lines in the United States and operate
them as a part of the postal system.
It is said that no one was more sur
prised at the action of Mr. Hitchcock
than was President Taft himself,
It was considered a most astonish
ing thing that a cabinet officer should
give out an interview stating what he
would recommend to Congress with
out having consulted his chief and
especially is this true when it is
known that the Postmaster-General
cannot make any recommendation to
Congress except through the Presi
dent, and that the President never
sends a recommendation from any
cabinet officer to Congress unless it
meets his approval and becomes,
therefore, an administration meas
ure. t-
On yesterday the President sent, ,
for the Postmaster-General - to c;rPi
to the White House and explain his
action. The explanation which the
Postmaster-General made was to the
effect that he had intended to confer
with the President before the state
ment was published hut that he was
called out of town and had forgotten
the matter. It was further stated
that the Postmaster-General had for
merly discussed the question of a
postal telegraph with the President,
and that the President at that time
had asked his Postmaster-General to
delay the consideration of the matter
for he did not want such a recom
mendation then to be sent to Con
gres. A prominent politician, comment
ting upon the explanation of Mr.
Hitchcock, to the effect that he had
intended to consult the President but
had gone off and forgotten it, said
that this was the thinnest explanation
he had ever heard. He asked why
should the Postmaster-General have
given his statement to the press be
fore he consulted the President, be
cause he had clearly given it to the i
press before lie could have gone off
and "forgotten It."
Will Hitchcock Go Out of the Cabi
net? It is understood here that there
has been friction between the Post-
mjiRter-fJeneral and the President
n y, mfinor th Motinn-
al Committee in December, at which
time Mr. Hitchcock attempted to se
lect his own committee on arrange
ments to prepare for and manage
the next national convention without
consulting the President. When the
President's friends learned this they
got busy and selected another and
different committee and made a fight
to have it elected by the National
Committee instead of the sub-committee
selected by Mr. Hitchcock. It
is known that the fight was spirited
and warm, but the President's friends
won put.
Then it was that Mr. Hitchcock ap
pealed to Mr. Hilles, representing the
President, to increase the committee
from five to seven, and permit his
(Hitchcock's) friends to name the
other two members. This was at last
agreed on as a harmony measure and
the two names that Mr. Hitchcock
recommended to be added to the com
mittee representing the opposition to
the President were Mr. Duncan, of
North Carolina, and Mr. Rosewater,
of Nebraska.
There are some people in Washing
ton who say that the only reasonable
explanation for Mr. Hitchcock's ac
tion in declaring for Government
ownership of telegraph lines without
consulting the President is that he
wanted to force the President to put
him out of the Cabinet so as to leave
him free to support some other can
didate for President. Indeed, there
are almost as many views and rumors
about this sensational affair as there
are different people who discuss it.
upreftte rt fali8 tnterite
tlr sice the creation of th s
n iaoa a th cohere. court
J there hate be-en a number o? Cos-
I cress men and public rara Visa hate
prvJicted that the court u unswev
&ry, and that it a sure to clash
in Its authority with the interstate?
ifSJerce cosstwioa. The preiie-
Hons came true a few noatlbi ago
i the railroads applied to the Com-
j merce Court for an injunction pro-
Mbiting the rates from going into
effect and holding that the rates fixed
f were too low. The Commerce Court
granted the injunction.
The act,oa of ta Commerce Court
aroused gTeat antagonism among
members of Coneres. of both nartie.
and at once several bills were intro
duced In Congress providing for th
abolishment of the court.
In the meantime, the interstate Sute apartment hat arved notice
commerce commission appealed toloa Resident Gome that th United
the Supreme Court of the United Sute wUI intervene in Cuba if fur
States against the order of the Com-; tUT attempt are made by the tt-
; ran organization to nnllifv th w-
The Supreme Court haa Just handed
down an opinion upholding the in -
temate commerce commission and
stating that the Commerce Court
nau no auinoruy 10 interiere wun j
any rate fixed by the interstate com
merce Commission The Supreme
Court holds that the only way in
which the Commerce Court can re
view the interstate commerce com
mission is to hold that that body has
exceeded its authority under the law
In a specific case. In short, the Com
merce Court cannot review the rates
fixed by the interstate commerce
mission and can only review them on
matters of law.
For Government Aid for Good
Roads.
A large good roads and automobile '
convention is now In session In Wash
ington representing every State In the
Union. This convention is consider
ing a number of bills and proposi
tions for Government aid for good
roads.
The one that probably will meet
yith the approval of the majority is
one for the Government "to$ttlM tat
least three trunk line public high
ways from one ocean to the other,
one running from New York to Seat
tle, one from Washington to San
Francisco, and one from New Or
leans to Los Angeles, and for these
transcontinental public roads to be
later supplemented by three or four
cross-roads from the North to the
South, extending from the Canadian
border to the Gulf of Mexico and to
the border of the Republic of Mex
ico. It is pointed out that the Govern-
ment started to build roads of this j attended a meeting Sunday night of ; "Should this recommendation be
kind before the war, and the case of the National Council of Veterans, ant adopted," said Mr. Hitchcock to-night
the famous Cumberland pike built by j organization of veterans of the Cu-i, jn a ttatement of his Intention, "I am
the Government is pointed to as a j ban War for Independence. 'convinced it would result in import-
conspicuous example. It is claimed , Xhe veterans have been active In j ant economies and very materially
that the building of these roads will!tne past three months in attempting lower telegraph rate than now are
not cost half as much as the Panama ;to have displaced from the civil scr-! exacted. In approximately fifty coun
Canal, and that they will be worth j vlce persons who Syrapathized with ! tries of the world notably Great
from ten to one hundred, times asjthe Spanish cause in the rebellion, j Britain. France, Germany. Austria,
much to the people of the United j Pres9 dispatches to-day Indicated that Italy, Spain, Aussla, and Japan gov-stales-
the veterans were threatening to co- ernment-controlled telegraph now
It is further contended that if these j erce members of Congress, now in j are In successful and profitable oper
trunk line roads are built by the Gov-. EeS8fon t0 nullify the law regarding ! atlon. In many of the countries they
ernment, that it will induce every j tne participation of the military in are operated in connection with the
State in the Union to build State j pontics. ; postal service. These telegraphs serve
roads connecting with the same, and j Thf mQve convlnced lhe state aggregate population of 90.000..
that this will lead to every county j partmenf that the gIluatIon wag the 000. and In every in.tanc they have
and every township in the United seriQup h faad presented it. been found to be of Immense practl-
ant.r, HA t m rr .imtloi trrrn mono t r i ! . . ... .
aica
connect with the State roads
It is also pointed out that such
i highways will save to the people
within ten years more money man
what they will cost, and besides, will
have a more or less beneficial effect
in lowering railroad rates.
One prominent Congressman, com
menting upon this subject to-day,
said that the seventy-five million dol
lar pension steal which the Democrat
ic House has recently passed would
build several such trunk lines across
the continent, and have money left
over.
Came Over for a Conference.
H. Kern, chairman of the Liver
pool Cotton Bills of Lading Confer
ence Committee, and James H. Simp
son, secretary, at the European
Bankers' Conference Committee have
arrived in New York for , the purpose
of a conference.
To get into closer touch with
American bankers, railroad men, cot
ton shippers, and arrange a more sat
isfactory system of safe-guarding cot
ton bills against fraud and forgeries.
The New York bankers will hold a
conference with them to-day. Ar
rangements will also be made to meet
Southern cotton shippers In Mem
phis, Tenn., Saturday.
A deputy collector of internal rev
enue at Walhalla. S. C, a few. days
ago sold a quantity of liquor seized
by the government, and was arrested
for selling liquor in violation of State
laws and bound over to the State
court, but the case has been trans
ferred to the Federal court.
CCfltflTC rfflTlPf fill f llfift
OLUVta 1IUIIUU Utl UUUH
Uncle Sim Notifies Gomez
Thit Military Must Keep
Hands off Politics
TEXT QF .VH E PRESLH'ftB
Tle Hituatitm In j!a
Jrfrl rar Grate
the ot ernment of
(Vttrern to
the Initrd
State A Moictnent ( on tot In
Cuha to I'retmt Any Spnih Sym
pathiser from Holding tMHke in the
UlarnS If rdrr W .Vol IUtomI
American flag Will Again tie
Ilanted on Cuban Soil.
Washington. D. C. Jan.
j Prohibiting the interference of the
'ml,ttary In political affairs in Cuba.
The attitude of the United State.
j U shown In the following note pre-
seniea io-uay to the Cuban jsovern -
en
"The situation in Cuba at now re-1
ported causes grave concern to the
Government of the United State.
"That the laws intended to safe-
guard free Republican Government
.ha,, e forced .nd no. MM U
obviously essential to the malnten -
u.Tr v , oruer, ana aiaoimy in-
dispense to the statu, of the He-
puonc or t;uba. in the continued well
being of which the United States has
always evinced and cannot escape a
vital interest.
"The President of the United
States therefore looks to the Preai -
dent and Government of Cuba to pre-!
vent the threatened situation which
would compel the Government of the ;
United States much against it de-l
sires to consider what measure its!
must take in pursuance of the cbli-i
gations of Its relations to Cuba." j
The notification of the American
Governmenr'wai Ej5vvea,tlpt3irPreiI
dent Gomez through American Min
ister Beaupre, at Havana. Senor
Martin-Rivero, Cuban Minister to the
United States, was unapprised of the
action, except through the press and
declined to comment upon it.
Minister Beaupre reported to-day j hM had this recommendation under
from Havana that In defiance of a de- j consideration. After a thorough
cree Issued by President Gomez, for- j study of the operation of governinenl
bidding officers of the army and ru- j controlled telegraph lines and postal
ral guard to participate in politics j telegraph systems of foreign coun
whlch also is prohibited by military j tries, he ha decided to urge the mat-
iay., many array omcers ana ruraies
fself since the veterans move began.
It had been evident to the Depart-
ment that President Gomez was prar-
tically powerless to resist the move -
ment unless he received substantial
suDDort from the outside.
. u tv, t . , 1 tore, would afford a favorable oppor-
Would Disqualify Spanish Sympathy tunUy fof the widf exUniJoa of th0
m' : telegraphic facilities In many small
The declared purpose of some of ? towns where the telegraph compa
the veterans to make ineligible forfnies have offices, the telegraph and
public service a large enough of the j mail business could be handled read
population because they sided with ! ily by the same employes. It Is evl
Spaln in the revolution had been dent that the separate maintenance
pointed out as inconsistent with the : of the two service under present con
individual freedom and rights guar-' ditions results in a needless expense,
anteed by the constitution of Cuba, j "The flrtt telegraph In the United
The United States regarded the a ctl v- j States was operated from 1844 to
ity of the veterans therefore as like-f 1847 by the Government under au-
! ly to threaten the stability of the re -
public and hence the sharpness of
the warning issued to-day. the Unit -
ed States being by treaty bound to
see that the Cuban constitution Is oh -
served.
If these result are not obtained,
then it may reasonably be expected
that within a short time the Ameri -
can Sag again will be hoisted over
the Government House In Havana.
Threatened Intervention Caaes Some
Excitement in Cuba.
- Havana. Jan. 16. The new of
threatened Intervention ly the Unit
ed States in Cuban affairs, which
was published in the late editions of
the Havana afternoon papers, coming
without the least warning, caused in
tense excitement in the clubs and
cafes, while in all places of public
gatherings it was the absorbing topic
of discussion. Astonishment and re
sentment against American Interfer-
.5.
re taUgWt wfU fy rift
tSC?NjUty.
r4. t& tsaj-fa$ji -ts gaj
rl titat u sstrrtthwa ef iitf.
Slos ?rt!sMy 4 a gaol ?
W is ralssisg ti. tltlsf agttatk'a
as 4 in k!tc tttts.t trts .
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P?43t;t QevzK : at t& taJ
t T-UM. a 14
"i h ca5y fvr-r5.Ujr fr! 1
Tl&Tj K&at tot tarovca hm
At-f if a Misinser. Mr, lw-ti jr. ,a4
htv t-ot rt tiaJe a Tvflj, hi 5?oV
ably iii So o toaiofTo . t am cn
vicc4 that sso oailos jt afi
for any letimttios of Ja'.fTeaUoa.
1 b!if tLat tb Vaaicf toa attl
tud li Lae4 on an rroaeot ttw
of coaditio&f ia Csba arUia frosa
distorted aad $fcaliy tarat4 re-j-ort
from Haras.,
IVnwhrr Am-Mrd at irvenUI
A dupatch from tireaIU. Tnu,
Tuesday night, ? that !tr. Me
Karland ha beD pUc4 un4r arret I
I 5 riHi Itubafg
!
JuJ c. M. CookflTreTboto. on
Txsy cranted the writ of habeas
. ,
'of tb Standard Mirror Company, of
High Point, declaring the proceeding
(recently brought agalntt bin for
j beixlenient were void.
i ,t-.ltfc . -pji v.. m
SHOULD OWN TELEGRAPH
!
j Postmaster Genereal IRec-
OLimcndi Thit it be ll&de
Part of Postal Service
j
j" I' Will Send Such lUvommco-
elation to Omgre. at an llartjr
Dato Claims it Would Aid Got
ernment In 1H patching IU Itaai
new and Would CJlve Cheaper Ser
vice to the Itiblic,
Washington, D. C , Jan. 14. Ac
quiilton of the telegraph lines of the
United States by the Government i&d
their operation a a part of the pos
tal service will be recommended to
Congress in a b'rt time by Postmaa-ter-General
Hitchcock.
For a year or more Mr. Hitchcock
ter upon Congres.
benem to tne people, in both
promptitude and cost or the service,
"In thi country poat-ofSce are
; maintained in numerous piacea not
1 reached by the telegraph tyitema and
' tb proposed consolidation, there-
thority from Congress nd from many
viewpoint it Is desirable that Gove
j ernment control should be resumed,
; A method for the acq alii ti on of line
Us prescribed lr Section S267 of the
1 Revised Statute which provides that.
i for postal, mail or other purposes the
I Government may purchase telegraph
j line operated in the United States at
an appraised value.
"My own view is that every reason
for the transmission of mail under
Government control can be urged
with equal force for the transmifsio
of communications by telegraph. Be
cause of the more extensive organiza
tion maintained by the postal service
and the freedom from taxation and
other charges to which private corpo
rations are subject, the Government
undoubtedly could afford greater fa
cilities at lower rates than are afford
ed by companies now conducting the
telegraph business. , Next to the In
troduction of & general parcels post,
(Continued on page 5.)

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