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Castpria is Dr. Samuel Piifehcr's pTcacription for Infants
and Children, 'it contain neither Opium, Morphine nor
; other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Pops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. J Its guarantee is thirty years' use by
ivTtuinhi of 3Iothers. Castoria is the Children's Panacea
the Mother's friend.
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Gastoria.
CMtorl Is w well adapted to children tat
I jecornmend It aamiperior to any preacription
laown to niH." ' II, A. Arciikr, H. D.,
Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, NrV .
cThfta- f-f ' Castoria " is so universal and
- Us' merits m well kuown that it iwiis a work
of suiererogation to endorse it. i Few, are the
diligent families wno do not keep Caetoria
jfithla easy reach. " -
Carlos Maktyn, D. D.,
V New York City.
: Tariff .IvrrageB and Cnlcalntlonn Import
; ant. - ; ( !
. Tariff calculations arc something
puzzling Tariff estimates do not
lyjree. It takes experts to formulate
4rconstructxa scientific bill, and jt
takes, ex jefts to make the calcula
tions as to a ve'rages. Hut they are
not expert enough to agree.
Let us illustrate. In every news
paper, in every ; Democratic circular,
in all the campaign speeches, in both
-houses of the Congress, in books on
tariffs, it was stated' that the Re
publican tariff of 1888 averaged justJ
47.10 per cent, on thousands of arti
cles.!:: the great schedule. When Mc
Kipley's bill was up for discussion,
anil aftervvjtrds in 1 the camoaicn of
S90and "1JS'J2, the press and the
speaker again told . the people that
(he vile monster averaged GO per
cent., an increase of 12.90 per cent
upon thcRepublican grinding tariff
of 1888. Note; these figures.
.. Now the experts who have been
calculating various bills forthe Sen
ate report this. Tlvc lcKinley law
qow irT7forcc, .averages not GO per
cent as afl Democrats said was the
case, and we believed lit, 'but 49.58
jercent. It is true this an enormous
'tasiftaking 50 cents upon every dol
lar out of a laboring man's pocket
when lie makes his purchases. It is
; mainly "a tax for Monopoly apd
Srusts and is clearly uncon'stitutioti
,ak The Republican Supreme Ccrurt
decided that a tarifl". tor any purpose
W revenue was ' "robbery" rob
bery of the people who are -forced' to
, to pay by iqiquitous'arttl oppressive
s legislation. I So you see the experts
have.iiot agree4 as to a verages. The
fast report of alleged experts puts
the Wilson House bill at 35.51 per
cent, a reduction of the McKinley
bill 13187 per cent which is movin"
towards a lower tax average in
good faith. The Senate Gorman bill
is put at 38,68, or 3.17 per cent
higher than the House bill. In Eng
land the interest" on the permanent
natidualdebt is tut 3 per cent. So
-a higher tax of 3.17 per cent js "not
to be grinned at.'?
The famous Walker ! Democratic
tow Tariff of ' 1846, averaged 2o
per cent in rbund numbers. It was
a-er a fcyears trial replaced by the
aidbf Republican votes to about 19
P cent. Under these ; lovir tariffs
the Ignited States flourished as they
: never have flourished since and had
ocver flourished before. The great
; Henry Clay favored y1a permanent
of 20 per cent. So by com-
Paring those. low tariffs with these
now under discussion, j you can form
very near estimate of the excess of
latter and what a justrtevenue,
"einberatic tariff should be. It will
r instructive to look further into
j 6fi bills; IWhat revenues will they
: Produce as it is estimated or guessed
t? The existing McKinley law pro
ves $198,373:452.97. The House
Wl is laid so as to produce $124,
7,429.32r The Senate Gorman
Mis laid so as to woduce $179.
I25l,l32.17i
the1 Senate's "increase over House
1 ... t
ul is mainly on sugar the poor
toan's sugaj.. The increase on all the
er schedules aggregates but $11,
W0,00O. - The experts tell us that in
lhe Sedate bill tbe change in the per
Stages of duties' to the value of the
goods, is not yery marked, except in
is
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Castoria.
CMtorla euros Oolia, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, liarrhoe&, Eruciation,
Kills Worms, ives deep, and promotes B
gestion,
Without injurious medication.
"For several years I have recommendoc
your 'Castoria,1 and shall always continue U
do so as it has invariably produced beneficia
Enwni F. Pabuku, M. I.,
12fth Street and Tth Ave, Kew York City
TliK ClNTAl'R CoMPAHT, 77 McBJiAY SKKKKT, JfccW YORX ClTT
the case of sugar, cottons, manufac
turers of flax and hemp, and vool
ens, reaching 14 per cent on tobacco,
5 per cent on cottons, 10 per cent on
manufacturers of flax and hemp, and
9 per cent, on woolens.
So under the Gorman protection
bill you will pa.y ten of millions of
dollars more on sugar than under
the House bill; yon will pay a deci&d
advance on cotton goods and flax
and hemp goods, and upon all wool
ens, including clothing, blanket,
carpets etc. You will also pay 55
per cent, tax on cuffs and collars, for
the benefit of twenty-one'mannac-turers
living at Troy, N. Y. This is,
called in the Senate Democratic
Tariff Tax6 reform and Ransom and
farvis favor it and vote for it.
In addition to the tariff revenues
the Senate bill will get $2,000,000
additional tax on the -increase upon
spirit; $3,000,000 frdm income tax
and $3,000,)00 from gambling cards
over the McKinley law. We give
the two tables of the experts' xz
ports: ESTIMATE OF REVENUES UNDER IIOUSE
' " BILL. '
Customs.. .,.'.'.$134,657,429 82
Internal revenue (undr pres
ent law) ......C 150,000,000 oo
Internal revenue, additional
(under bill 4864) 53,000,000 00
Miscellaneous items (under
present law.. 20,000,000 00
Postal service (under present
law)..7.. 84,427,748 00
$442,085,17762
ESTIMATE OF REVEXUCS UNDER SEN
ATE BILL.
Customs.........'. ..4..... '.,.(179,251,142 10
Internal revenue (as stated
above) 213,000,000 00
Miscellaneous Items (as
stated above..,. 20,000,000 06
Postal service (as stated above 84,42f7,T48 00
-496,678,8016
Secretary Carlisle'sjestimate of ex
penditures during ihe fiscal year
1895, which began on July 1st, was
$448,306,489 and it has since been
ascertained that his estimate for
pensions was $20,000,000 in excess
of what the actual exoenditure is
ikely to be. This vyould indicate a
surplus of $14,000,000 under the
House bill and $68,000,000 under
the Senate bill."
Here we are threatened with an
actual surplus under both bills the
Senate huge. The House bill should
be razeed of some of its protection
features so as to-bring down the sur
plus of $14,000,000 to not more
than $3,000,000 or a millioa more.
Great Britain does not levy taxes to
create a surplus and neither should
this country beo burdened. Why
should legislators at a tin of such
low prices for farm products and
such trade paralysisbc Icvylina t.W
to make a great surplus
The Gorman bill that Ransom and
Jarvis favor according to the ex
perts, will create a surplus of $68,
000,000. Think of that. Are Sena
tors mad or worse? Why raise a
revenue of $40,000,000 or more on
sugar when the Senate bill creates a
surplus of $68,000,000 ? .
There is one other thing to be con
sidered in this connection. The
averages of tariffs are misleading.
Some tariffs are far more oppressive
than others and because of the man
ner in which the protection is distri
'-r . ' f , I .
trate, is jkud ijheaviett on tfe flaw
of goods worn by the masdes, wrrlc
the fioe gpods of the rich j Hear a
much lighter tax This is inVtous
and infaniiS but At ' tx&e. The
, tax on woolens under the MkrKJPley
law ig eriornious quite wholesale
robbery EjSp with dozens of bause
j hold articles, j On cutlery, yrindow
! glass, cncjtery, glassware;, linen
I goods, pefrl and shell buttjons, tin
plate, wuom, etc., the tax is im
ply enormous. The McKinfey law
taxes larnps immensely hih, one
kind bein:taxed hundreds! of per
cnt. TumbleVs are taxed 75 per
cent. Those used by the poor 115
per cent. $Lv Springer, discasang
the McKinley bill a year br two
back, said ijhat ''through thi scbfedlr
ujes the grades of articles used by
the poor a taxed from lOCj to 130
per cent antf in one case 450 pr cent,
for the benitpf favored monkery."
It is understood that the Qorma)a
bill retains a higher tax upon a large
variety f lousehold goods juasaby
all families and puts a tax upon tfce
sugar of Cp.000,000 poor Of labor
ing people. 1 This tax will tajkefrom
$40,000,000 to $48,000,00 pearly
from the people, and tha bp whin
the ;needed revenues can be easily
raised without 'ft. This tax. it is
conceded inlthe Senate, will eive notH
less than $7000,000, (and perhaps
double thafcsim) to the Sugar Truit
every year. J The expenditures of the
State Government of North Ct$rolinaJ
do not anatwint to more than $2,-
000,000. So it is prppownj o givt
the Sugar llrds qnils eoogti toon-f
ty to run ous State lor ftotn kut
years ana pore da wy
mUigtoo Mss?ngr. .. j
buted. Th 4cKmlej C4t to WifM
ley, a manaflcturer of merlnoioslsrHSFf iarectii?ing
(Lea Mills, Matlopk, Eriglaod), . de
scribes the manner is wtfieh exployes
are treateaii at rns lactones, ine
work begins at 6 a.m., and goes on
till breakfast time, "at 8 0 cjocK.
Breakfast is ' served in a common.
hallj where cottee ana at a penny a
pint and Scotch oatmeal or a pint of
milk at fourpeuce halfpenny k week
are provided. But this Is optional."
A man cook land assistants re em-1
ployed, who receive and prepare any
food that the : employes mayjbringj
with them, i work is resumeu at
- r s '
o'clock, and continues till jtfi.30,
when dinner is served. The dinner
consistr of various kinds of food-
bacon, fresh meat, pastries anj-other
things brought by the employes to
be cooked as at breakfast. Work
begins.' again at 1.30 p. m.. and con
tinues till 6 o'clock, v&cn tlie milfj
close, except )ii Saturday, whjch is a
half-holiday. j Christmas Say and
Good Fridayf ivages are pal Sn fall.
A hydropathic hopital w provided
by the proprietor in which erriployes
requiring treatment have tyjaf d and
lodging free and half wages'. If ill ati
home they art brought to therbjaspl
tal if they wish it. When a death or
any other calamity occurs in a fami
ly, Mr. Smedley says, "we(assi8fc
them, and they know where j) gw
for help and Sympathy." A (supply
of dry stockings is contan;ly onq
hand for those women who; come
from a distance and get their feet
wet, and "every overlooker has a
stock of mackintosh petticoats to
lend to women going a distance onjioperatioas
a wet night.' If the employes have
any complaint or request tcf make
they are always heard, an4 grev-tj
ances are promptly redaessesL The
mills employ from 1000 toj 1100
hands, and 'Mr. Smedley s&jfs they
have never, had a striks m his time
nor in his father's or grandfather's
As for profits; Mr. Smedley j adds :
"We get what 'should satisfy any
reasonable expectation." Th secret
01 ms success, ne conciqaes, ; ss in
. 1 1
trying to make workinginen effi
cien 1 as possible for the woi they
have toda i
Ttxi. is &txibesticCretiiSOt&fcHT
9C&&fe
there avb tsttls f&b-
which the employes jtt
siderately tfeted, and la
ways are much better aidapfted Wf.
the habits of American working peo
ple. American men and women who
work in factories prefer to breakfast
and dine in their own families t eat
ing publicly at a common tae with
with a thousand other employes.
Butputting details aside, th meth
od of Mr. John Smedley showsrfiow
much an employer can accqntplish
by putting himself in toujeh (with
those whomhe etrrplays-. ifram, a
SAUSRtTftY, C UBSAT AUGUST 9, 1894.
merely slfish pofrj of viefr such an
emplojt.is (VLj ctnnpensatiiby the
the greater efficiency 0 Iflae febor
employetk Rat Witb corpQrake em
; 'loyersj conmsfftng 4f distant stock
iuflders iTh neer -know the men
who WTrk for them, TfcnmedJcy's
method? ar q,uHtC oat of th ques
tion. With fche stockholder in a
corporate mill the main object Is the
div$dend; and the treatment of its
employe is a minor coneitftratiofr. if
ever corsiidered" at all.
Inxoritrast with the waja of such
manufacturers as Jobn Smedley was.
the condition of affairs at the model
town of Pullman, Ul.,-.before th
strike. Everything in. this 4Work-
Lingman s farad ie worn do toner
shop to bakery, bel cr3 tb the Pull-
I man Car Company; aBd sndjv cover
of a beHetfileat s jstem of paternal
ism the corporation setoVers a large
part of the waes paid to its em
ployes. Thfe paternalism, qdte dif
renl'from that of plain John Smed
ley, consists of an ostentatious,
medijeval feudalism and serfdom,
with a hf&ous mixture of trading
ganjraoni
It hi qfcite probable that witb a
Jlttic concliliatory djspositioH the
strike at Pulman rIght have been
averted. When the intimate rela
tions of thp business of the Pullman
Car Company with the semi-public
business of the transportation com
panies an taken into consideration
every reasonable effort should have
been made to pfevenfr an outbreak.
At tbasame time, it will not do to
pretend that the feUura or fault of
thcMXicqW aatfje real
can 6 Ui'Ga$f6t& IntfturcctLba. A
fpKtea5 tiB' wotod bp a bid of
0rteWro att0s'8 Vuaaryqless
the tfJeeSoase of; tii k atCthapfe- t dis-
oriaHSiec artd otalrthraw the whole
system 6l tfaasoftatign as 1 pre
liminary stc) to p4ijtical and social
revolution. PuIman and bis patern
alism were 1qb0 from sight, aiid the
conspiracy was crushed by tfft? ener
getic action of the governipent,
backed by an irresistible ptjjfRc opin
ion. Kow that industrial peace has
been restored, or is within sight, the
ccmsklcration of the best means bv
which 6trikes may be prevented, es
pecially against corporations closely
connected with the public, orJce more
becomes one of theordeis 0 the day.
Jnfmn Got WhfcfttaA.
Shanghai, Aug. l.r-At 11 cf clock
in the morning f paly 27, the day
after the attack qn the iiinese trans
ports which resulted in the shaking
of the Kow Shung, the Japanese
warships Takachihi and Hiyel made
an attack Tipon thediifiese iron-clad
ClHn Yuen. After a long and de
sperate fight tfte Japanese vessels
were beaten dK, the Hiyei being dis-
ed and rendered helpless. The
en Yuen, though badly daraeged,
succeeded in reaching port in safety,
In company with two gunboats.
which also took partun the engage
ment, and immediately wert into
dry dpok for repairs affcer hex two
days' fightme.
The damage 1fD tbe Chen Yuen is
so great that some time must; t-lapse
before sbe can be fully repaired and
the vessel be sen4 oyut the s.iene of
Six junk transports packed with
troops sailed on Moniay from Chee
Foo. They were convetd by three
warhip6.
Advices from Ya&han state that
the Chinese are strong entrenched
tbefe and repeated attempt have
beeti made by Japanese troops to
:disJodge them. In ery instance,
however, the-attackingfqrces. after
hard fighting, were repulsed with
heavy losses. A portion of the Chi
ncse soldiery engaged in thes'lJattles
1 vere the best troops ol the JUhern
ArtY of Viojr Hfiag Chang.
It
up
aiiaa man,
otrM&ilt doeSrrtrijr 'j(3il of 4roops
The a&oceosfal defence made by the
Chinese was directed hy European
ofHcerg.
A letter from Hankow says that
the outbreak of hostilities has reviv
ed all the fanaticism of the Chinese
rereigners are msuitea openiv. ana
violence is feared.
Nine heavy guns have been itdded
to the artillery at Taku barhor in
the last three days, and nJt-marine
mtnes trave been fed hi etfptxtation
ofan attaek fjrom the Japanese fleet.
Alarm is felt at Taku, as the peo
ple there believe that any day may
bring several Tapanese war yessels
and- a bombardment. The steam
aunches of the Chinese customs ser
vices are scouting jalong the coast to
ascertain whether or not the Japa
nese are approaching. Their officers
report that several Japanese cruisers
have been seen in the gulf of Pachili.
The ability ofthe Teku forts to with
stand a bombardment is doubted.
The fort works were not built to re
sist the fire of modern guns.
Tap ax Apologizes to England.
London, Aug. IkThe, Japanese
minister waited upon Lord Kimber-
y at the Foreign Office to day and
expressed the regret of his govern
ment that it was not until after the
engagement between the Taoanese
cruiser and the Chinese troop shin
Kow Shung that it was ascer
tained that the latter was a British
vessel. The Japanese minister ten
dered a formal apology on behalf of
his government and promised full re-
paparation for the affair.
Russia will Maintain Coijda's In
dependence.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 1. The Rus
sian newspapers are unanimous in
saying that, whatever the result of
the war between China and Japan,
Russja will not tolerate any diminu
tion of Corean territory nor aliena
tion of Corean independence. Russia,
it is declared, will hot permit any in
terference UDon" the oart of Great
&
Britain or any other power, if such
interference endangers Russian in
terests.
W ar Formally Dkclahed hy
JAPAN.
London, Aug. 1. The Exchange
Telegroph Company says that war
between China and Japan was
formally declared at noon to day by
apan.
London, Aug. 1. The Japanese
minister at 2 o'clock this afternoon
nformed the Earl of Kimberly, Sec
retary of Foreign Affairs, that a
state of war existed between Japan
and China. Charlotte Observer.
Figures That Talk.
In Vinginia thereis much discussion
over the cost of State and county
governments, and comparisons with
this staid, moderate, economical
State are made in the public prints.
Mr. Eugene Withers, in the Danville
Register,publishes; facts and figures
that show that government in his
State is very much more expensive
than in North Carolina. Mr. With
ers estimates that the sum total of
taxation of Virginia is $11,500,000
annually, and an average $6,58 per
capita, while government in our own
State is only about $3,000,000 for
State and county. The population
of Virginia was 1,655,980, and of
North Carolina 1,617,947. The per
capita in this State is less than $2.
In view of the contrast, and the
ow ta'xes in North Carolina under
Democratic management lower
than those of any State in the entire
Union it is presumptuous, it is little
ess than disreputable and infamous
for the Republicans and Populists to
talk about turning out the low tax
Democrats to put in schemers, in
competents and plunderers. Let the
people ponder long before they make
the leap in the dark. Wilmington
Messenger.
The poker table is about the only
place where a man can have the
blues and be happy at one and the
same time. Detroit From Press.
The long-neglected tribute of plac
ing a bronze commemorative tablet
on the rugged quartz boulder above
Ralph Waldo Emerson's grave, in
Sleepy Hollow, ConcordMass., has
caused the ees of all America to
turn to the last resting place of the
greatest philosopher of the New
World. Besidhim, in as humble a
burial mound, lies the dust ot Amen
ca's most gifted romancer, Haw
thorne; and not far away sleeps the
earthly remains of Emerson's dreamy
fellow -transcendentalist. Bronson
Alcott. The old Concord -transcendentalism
lies buried in Sleepy Hoi
low, too. Near these old-time broth
ers rests also Thoreau. Consecratec
ground, truly, is this old.ceruetery,
which holds within its narrow limits
the great Idealist, the great Realist
and the great Romanticist of the na
tion. In the last fourteen years the South
has increased ber manufacturing pro
duct from $10,370,000 to $54,LU0.-000.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
AS2finJLfif5l2f RJSE "
The Negro Dmoeratie Lrifiiwi.
There have been colored Democrats
ever since Horace Greeley ran for
the Presidency and Chariea Sumner
urged the colored people to vote for
him; but the colored Democrats have
never exercised the influence in Ameri
can politics which their numerical
strength entitled them to command,
and this simply for the reason that
they have lacked organization. The
necessity of combination was re
cognized by intelligent colored lead
ers during Mr. Cleveland's first term
and as a first step the Democratic
Leagues were instituted. So well
have these organizations grown and
flourished that the leaders, who have
established headquarters in Wash
ington, have already laid plans to
participate actively in the ensuing
fall elections, and the more sanguine
among them claim that of fifty
doubtful Congressional districts in
the North they have sure hold on
fourteen, while such influential South
ern journals as the Charleston News
and Courier and the Florida Times
Union are quoted to the effect that
the colored Democracy probably
control the balance of power in ten
Northern States.
But claims, estimates and opinions,
while by no means without their
yalue, must give way before the
tangible evidence ot facts; and the
highest significance will, therefore,
attach to the first demonstration of
the importance of this movement in
a national sense to be afforded by
the Convention of National Negro
Democratic Leagues which will meet
in Indianapolis on August 14, 15
and 16. This gathering will include
representatives from thirty or more
States, and promises to mark a fresh
departure in Federal and State poli
tics. In the first place, it will bear
testimony to the formal emancipa
tion of the negro vote from Republi-
cansway, which has assumeu tnc
sole title to it by virtue ot a species
of unwritten "eminent domain."
Again, in placing the new wing of
the Democracy on solid ground the
ground which President Cleveland
las taken against the lawless and
semi-anarckic tendencies of certain
sections the forthcoming Conven
tion will prove itself not alone an al-
y of the Democratic party, but an
important factor in the promotions
of the general welfare while for the
nen of negro race it will mean en
arged opportunity, politically and
otherwise, that may enable them to
rise to the full stature of citizenship.
The growth of the Negro Demo
cratic Leagues during the past two
years shows that the colored men
have not been slow to grasp the pos
sibilities of the new movement
In-:
evitably their appreciation will be
quickened by the proceedings and
deliverances " ot the approaching
Convention. Philadelphia Record.
The Philadelphia Record has
the following of Aug. 6th: The
youthf ulness of American litera
ture is strangely emphasized in
in the aunquncemeut of tbe forth
coming centennial celebration of
William Cullen Bryant's birthday
at his natives town, the little village
of Cnmmmgton, Massachusetts.
It was only eight-one years ago
that the niueteen year-old Ouui
mington lad wrote the immortal
poem of "Thsnatopsis," and only
seven years ago that its initial
publication gave American letters
the first serious introduction to
the Old Wrorld, Washington Irviug
had, indeed, amused New Yorkers
with his "Salmagundr'niasquerad
iug and his humorous ';Jvuicker
bocker'sllifstoryof 2sew Amster
dam," but his ;8kotch Book,"
which enraptured our English cou
sins with its romance of "The
lirokeu Heart" and its classic
legend of "Hip Van Winkle." did
not begin to appear iu serial form
nnt.il 1S18. Since then America
has given birth to Cooper, I'oo;
Emerson. Hawthorne, Thoreau,
Longfellow, Lowell, 'Whittier
Holmes and a world-noted galaxy;
and vet at the coming Bryant an
niversarv, v, omy one 01
mentioned still survives, a brother
of America's pioneer poet John
H. Bryant, of Pi inceton, Illinois
r . 1
will be a guet oi honor ana
poem will be read by Mrs. Hophio
nia r?nTers a sister of Senator
Dawes, who attended the same
village school with William Cullen
Bryant.
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Latest U. S. Gov't Report1
' ' The Election In Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. C.
Everything is perfectly quiet.,
Iiain fell all aa, aud-1 U vh -
cut down in consequence. Only
scattering returns so far received.
This city and countv will give
about 3,000 majority for , the Do
mocratic ticket. Democrats seems -
to have gained in nearly cvefy
locality beard from, and some of
the counties that gave Kxlb a
majority iu 1892 have gone for
Oates. Xo difinito news beforo"l2
o'clock.
Mobile, Aug. 0. lietmns com
ing 111 slowly. Majority for Oates
in this city will be about 700. In
whole county about 1,000.
IHrmingham, Aug. C- -Election
returns indicate Oates' election
by majority not largely different
from that of 1892,-Kolb is gaining
in five 6r ix counties, principally
in Jefferson where the Democrats
have lost ovet 2,000. Oates' gains
are generally distributed over the
State, and are in the white coun
ties. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. G. So
far as returns received the Demo
crats have gained in nearly every
county heard from. TColb's big
gain is in Jofforson county; but De
mocrats claims that county also.
Chairman Tompkins, of'tho Demo
cratic committoe, says the returns
come up to reports sont in prior
to election and thatCol. Oates
and the Democratic ticket are safe
ly elected with a good majority in
the Legislature.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. The
returns shows steady Democratic
gains in every county with only a
few exceptions. The increase Is
mostly in the white counties. Col.
Oates, who arrived here this after
noon, says he is confident of not
less than 20,000 majority.
' That tho Senate has a good De
mocratic majority and tho House
at least ten Democrat majority,
he is also confident. Chairman
Tompkins, of the Democratic com
mittee feels safe in claiming 35
000 majority for the Democrat
ticket, and a good reliable majori
ty iu both braucb.es of tho Legis
lature. At this hour (12:30 a. m.)
these estimates seem to bo borne
out by the returns that has been
received. -
Morgan's Eletion Assubed.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. The
election was everywhere quiet so.
far as known. The new Australian
ballot law worked like a charm.
Keturusup to midnight indicate
that Oates' majority will run con
siderably over 20,000, while the
Legislature Is Democratic in both
branches, with a maioritvof more
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recuiu to the Senate is assured.
This, Jefferson county, was the
seat of war, and though tho Demo
crats lost heavily, they have elect
ed their entire ticket by from 500
to 1,000. Charlotte Observer.
W. C; P. Breckinridge's friends
have completed a poll of tho Ashland
district, of Kentucky, and claim by
tho result that Breckinridge will carry
the district by 4000 votes over his
opponents. On the other hand the
friends of Owens are now making a
poll of the same district and rlnim
Iicy will carry it
Judge Battle was nominated
ast week unanimously. Out of
six judges before tho people this
year, he is the only olc who es
caped. We congratulate Judge
Battle upon his success, he is a
gentleman, a fine lawyer, and
treats every one before his court
with tho utmost respect.
Tho Democrats have just won an
overwhelming victory in Alabama and
Tennessee. In both these States the-
returns shows increased majorities
over the vutc of two years" airo. The
Republicans and Populists hoped 'to
carry Tennessee on tho fusion idea and
by this mean;? elect a Supreme court
ticket, but they have lost all, as re
turns show that the Supreme court
ticket is elected by a good majority.
This news must necessarily be-en-
couraging '.-to Democrats and dlscour-i
agin? to our opponent, Republicans
and Populist-. If fusion in Tennes
see will nor work, there can not be
much hop- for it in North Carolina
a it is more strongly Democratic.
Doultkss North Carolina will follow
the example of her two sister State.
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