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The Press Has a Right to Criticize
Judge.
[From Atlaata Constitution.]
In delivering his opinion in the
Josephus Daniels case of alleged
contempt of court, Judge Pritch
ard, to whom appeal had been
made by the defendant in habeas,
corpus proceedings, re-enunciated
certain fundamental principles of
civil liberty touching freedom of
speech and of press, with which
every welLposted American school
boy should be familiar.
So patent is the truth which
this jurist proclaimed as constitu
tional authority and made doubly
binding by congressional enact
ment in 1881, that the simple
reference of the court to these
well understood rudiments of free
government was much in the
nature of a quiet rebuke to the
brother jurist who, seemingly,
allowed the heat of his heart to
influence the normal temperature
of his bead, something that the
judicial temperament prides itself
on never doing.
Judge Purnell, of the federal
district court, sitting in Raleigh,
has held Editor Josephus Daniels,
of the Raleigh News and Observer,
to he id pontempt of his court
because of certain guarded strict
ures which the editor had made
Upon the action of the court in a
railroad receivership case in which
the State of North Carolina was
the chief party at interest. As a
citizen of the state, interested in
the business welfare of the com
monwealth in the premises, Editor
Daniels had pointed out wherein
he thought the court had done the
state an injury and exceeded his
authority. The response of the
pourt came in the form of a $2,000
fjne for contempt, in default of
which the defendant was confined
to lie in jail indefinitely. The
editor refused to pay the fine,
although money was subscribed
for the purpose by his friends, and
appealed to a higher court on writ
of habeas corpus.
The liberation and final vindi
cation of Editor Daniels must be
accepted as a matter of course, if
our free institutions mean any
thing, although we will not with
hold cougratulations from him on
that account. The case suggests
that there should be a way to
discipline the ill-balanced judge
who subjects a citizen to the
stigma of arrest and restraint of
fiis liberty unlawfully, more
throqgh personal chofer than a
sense of injured judicial dignity,
if he cannot be held pecuniarily
liable for damages. No doubt
the affair has .post the Raleigh
editor a good many dollars, to say
nothing of his loss of time, mental
anxiety and physical discomfort
while in the custody of the
court's officers.
The day has passed when a
judge on the bench can hedge
himself about with an assumed
infallibility which, through fear
of summary punishment, deters
an honest press from conscientious
criticism of judicial acts believed
to be inimical to the public inter
est. The weapofi of contempt is
generally a cowardly weapon, and
jts etqplqyment has more often
been ip the direction of repressing
the legitimate exercise of free
speech and the expression of
righteous opinion. 4
A court that administers justice
even approximately seldom has
need of resorting to it.
Georgian Nominated for President by
Springfield Convention.
Springfield, Ill., July 6.—Thos
• Watson, of Georgia, for presi
dent, and Thomas H. Tibbies, of
ebraska, for vice president, was
t ie ticket nominated by acclama
tion to-day by the populist nation
al convention. The names of
William V. Allen, of Nebraska,
and of Samuel W. Williams, of
Indiana, were placed before the
convention for president, but bes
fore the list of states had been
completed in the roll call their
names were withdrawn and Wat
son was nominated by acclama
tion.
Whether Watson will accept
the nomination no one in the
convention seemed to know, and
ifforts to secure some definite
information from Watson’s friends
failed. Watson was quoted as
saying that if the democrats at
St. Louis nominated William R.
Hearst he would support Hearst
for president.
The platform as adopted
affirms former platforms and de
mands the issue of money by the
government in such quantities es
shall maintain stability in prices,
the establishment of postal
savings banks, abolition of child
labor, the eight-hour day, and the
initiative and referendum. Gov
ernment by injunction is de
nounced. The monopoly plank
reads:
To prevent unjust discrimina
tion and monopoly the govern
ment should own and control the
railroads and those public utilities
which in their nature are monop
olistic. To perfect the postal
service the government should
own and operate the telegraph
and telephone system and provide
parcels post,
“As tq those trusts and monop
olies which are not public utilities
or natural monopolies we demand
that those special privileges which
they now enjoy and which alone
enable them to exist should be
mmediately withdrawn. Corpo
rations being the creatures of
government should be subjected
to such governmental regulations
and control as will adequately
protect the public. We demand
the taxation of monopoly privi
leges, while they reqiaiu iy private
hands, to the extent of the value
of privileges granted-
“We demand that congress
shall enact a general law uniform
ly regulating the power and duties
of all incorporated companies
doing inter-state business.”
Money Saved is Money Made.
Dr. ffm. Self, of Webster, N. C., an
old practitioner of medicine,tells ub that
after many years experience in medicine
he finds it money saved to his patients
use Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of
When you want a suit pressed
and cleaned, take it to S. 1
Parker, the tailor.
In
credi
Notice of First meeting of Creditors
In the District Court of the United
States for the Northern District of Geor
gia Northwestern Division In the
Setter of J eaI l?K a P h , an ’^ D Se Pt c
Rankruptcy. No. 133. To tne c
tors of Jeane Kaphan, of Dalton, in the
county of Whitfield and district afore-
#a Notioe is hereby given that on the
At-** hqtt af July A, D.i 1904, the said
Jeane Kaphan was duly adjudicated
bankrupt; and that the first meeting of
Jer creditors will be held at the office of
the undersigned referee m Dalto «’^ a ^
on the 16th day of July A. D., WJ4, at
10 o’dock in the forenoon, at which
time the said creditors may attend
prove their claims, appoint a trustee
examine the bankrupt, and transact
guch other businessas may properly
come before said meeting.
come uo C. D. McCutchen,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
This July 6, 1904.
HIGHLY ENDORSED.
Her. Walker Lewis, the well-know*
Methodist minister, writes: “I have
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family with. ?ery beneficial results. It is
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CIVIL WAR ARMIES.
Relative
Armies
Strength of Two
Compared.
[From the Macon Telegraph.]
There has always been, and
there always will be, more or less
re - controversy about the relative
strength of the two forces in the
field North and South from 1861
to 1865.
The Boston Transcript con
cedes that Cassanove G. Lee is “a
recognized authority on civil war
statistics,” and he has prepared an
interesting table showing the
enormous numerical superiority of
the Northern army over that of
the South.
Mr. Lee’s figures show that the
total enlistments in the Northern
army were 2,778,304, as against
600,000 in the Confederate army.
The foreigners and negroes in the
Northern army aggregated 680,*«
917, or 80,917 more than the total
strength of the Confederate army.
There were 316,424 men of South
ern birth in the Northern army.
Mr. Lee s figures are as follows:
NORTHERN ARMY. '
Whites from the North 2,272,333
Whites from the South 316,421
Negroes 186,017
Indians 8,530
Total 2,778,304
Southern army 600,000
North’s numerical superiority 2,178,304
In the Northern army there were:
Germans, 176,800
Irish 144,200
British Americans 53,500
English 45,500
Other nationalities 74,900
Negroes 186,017
Total 080,917
Total of Southern soldiers 600,000
to
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EMMETT LAID TO REST.
Band Played “Dixie” at Funeral of
Battle Hymn’s Author.
Mount Vernon, O., July 1.—
The funeral of Daniel Emmett,
composer of “Dixie,” was held
this afternoon Tinder the auspices
of the local Elk lodge.
Mr. Emmetf was not a member
of the Elks, but a special dispen
sation was granted by District
Deputy J. T. Murray, of Cleve
land, providing authority for the
local lodge to conduct the funeral.
Scores of well known theatrical
men were present, including Al
G. Field, who acted in the capaci
ty of marshal at the funeral. The
funeral was held at St. Patrick
Episcopal church, which was
crowded with people. The band
rendered “Dixie,” while the body
lay in state at the residence from
9 to 11 o’clock, and “Dixie” was
also played as the body was con
signed to the tomb.
Hundreds viewed the body
Members of the Elks’ lodge acted
as pall bearers.
Wonderful Nerve.
Is displayed by many a man enduring
pains of accidental Cuts,
Bruises, Burns, Scalds,Sore Feet or Stiff
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Southern men In Northern army 316,424
Foreigners 494,900
Negroes 180,017
Total 998,613
ARMIES AT THE WAR’S END.
Aggregate Federal army May 1
1865
Aggregate Confederate army
May 1, 1865 133,433
NUMBER IN BATTUE.
Confed.
Seven days’ fight 80,835^
Antietam 35,255
Chancellorsville , 57,212
Fredericksburg 78,110
Gettysburg 63,000
Chickamauga 44,000
Wilderness 62,987
Federal prisoners in Confeder
ate prisons 370,000
Confederate prisoners in Fed
eral prisons 220,000
Confederates died in Federal
prisons 26,433
Federals died in Confederate
prisons 22,570
These figures are worth pre*
serving in one’s scrap book.
.1,000,516
Fed.
115,249
87,164
131,661
110,000
95,000
65,000
141,160
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Many attempts have been made
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