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GLUME 21
BILL ARP'S LETTER
)LI) LAWYERS WHO ARE ADVO
CATES, NOT ATTORNEYS,
lND WHO PUT THtlR HEARTS INTO
THEIR CLIENT'S CAUSE, MAKING
TIUM THEIR OWN ABOUT
j0 AUGUSTUS R- WRIGHT.
It is a biased privilege to a
young man to be constantly as
sociated i' h his seniors, espe
cially if they be great men ana
good men. it is the most ef
fectual and delightful educa
tion that he can get. Books
are a good thing, but it is bet
ter to be in daily communion
with men who have read and
studied the books, and sifted
from them all the good that la
in them. 1 was ruminating
at out the notable men of the
olden time the men to whom
I iooke'l up with love and ad
nitration. They aire all gone,
but they left their impress upon
the age in which they lived
aua upon ine. The bad is min
tied with the good in every
thing, and it was sal to me to
t;ee these great men pas away.
Que by one they fell before the
scyth) of the reaper, and I am
af 0
ful companions are left me,
but the men I reverenced are
goLe. How swiftly and su.ely
they go. I was thinking about
the great lawyers of the Wes
tern circuit. About Howell
Cobb and his brother Tom.
and the two Doughertys, and
liope Hall, and Junius Hilyer,
and Basil H. Overby, and Judge
Jackson, and Joseph Henry
Lumpkiu,and Judge Hutcliins,
and Ciucinattus Peebles. What
a glorious galaxy of learned
aud brilliant men honorable
men who fought a fair fight,
a 1 niiiiin. l luiim v l ii i v w u l ii
and scorned the tricks of the
lawyer's trade. I have often
wondered at the measure of
contempt they would have felt
for a lawyer who would have
stolen a paper, or hid a set of
interrogatories, or bribed a wit
ness or a iuror, or perjured
influence of a' good man does
not die with bim whether he
be a lawjer or a doctor, or a
preacner, or a merchant, or a
farmer or a mechanic, it reach
es and affects the rising jeuer
eration, aud permeates through
society, and leaves? its impress
upon the community in which
h lives. Long lime ago I heard
a Rome merchant say "com
munities have character just
like individuals. My most re
liable trade is from the Alpine
Tegiou in Chattanooga county.
It is honorable with that people
to pay their debts, ,to perform
their promises. If their crop
falls and they can't' do it, they
will settle fairly and pay the
next year, and I don't need any
morgage. Their word is their
bond. But here , is another
county not far away wh jre it
is considered smart to t ick a
merchant out of his money.
They hide behind trusts and
homesteads and force you to
sue and their lawyers are as
meau . and tricky as they are,
and it has got to be so that
even a good, honest man from
that cpunty can hardly get
credit in Rome."
Bad conduct, bad habits,
bad principles are catching
jtfst like contagious diseases
The tricks of one tradesman
will be made an excuse for his
nabor to use the same methods.
The villainy of one artful law
yer will provoke another to
ujeet trick wi'h trick to gain
.disease. The responsibility of
the lawyers to the community
is very great, greater even than
that of the preachers, for there
are more of them. I have not
been in the Western circuit
since the war, but the pre.-id
ing judge told me not long ago
that, although the bar was n t
a3 gifted and brainy as that of
of half a century ago, yet it had
well maintained its high pro
fessional honor and integrity.
It does not take the brain work
now to practice law that it did
half a century .ago, when
the supreme court was iu its
infancy and there were no sev
enty volumes of precedents es
tablished. It took more brain
work io establish them than it
does now to Keep up wi'h them
I recall with never-failing
pleasure the great arguments
of those great men. How were
we charmed with their learning
their pathos, their humor, aud
could hardly blame a jury iov
giving their verdict in favor of
the last great speech that was
made. Hope Hall was the
greatest lawyer. The Dougher
tys were great every way, but
as an advocate in a case where
there was a wife or a widow or
some orphan children, I don't
think that Basil H. Overby had
an equal. I recall the sweet
melody of hip voice as he drew
Dearer and nearer to the jury
and with teary eyes and quiv
ermg lips he almost whispered
his tender pleadings in their
ears.
There is one great advocate
still left us in this Cherokee
region. Augustus R. Wright is
vary much like Overby in his
peculiar gifts. Too emotional
ever to be a grbat lawyer, he was
thereby the greater advocate.
Not long ago I looked at him
and pondered. There he sat in
the courtroom, his battle
ground for forty years, the
field of his many victories, vic
tories of mind over human pas
sions, his eyes still pleasing and
penetratiug in their glance, his
olear-cut features, his abun
dant hair falling grace ully and
half concealing an intellectual
brow, his heavy overhanging
eyebrows and patriarchal beard
and I wondered how much of
life he had lived, how much
more than most of us, even if
he had died twenty years ago.
He too, wanted the right side
of a pathetic case. If it was
the wrong side from a legal
standpoint he did not care. His
victory was greater if the court
and the law were against him.
He was a giant before a jury
and moulded them to his will.
He sued the Rome railroad for
820,000 damages for injuries
done Col. James Waddeil.
There was no light at the de
pot when the train arrived one
dark night, and the colonel
stepped off the pla'form and
injured his spine by the fall.
He lingered lor somo weeks,
and got well enough to go about
with crutches and offered to
settle with the load for $75,
the amount of his doctor's bill.
The road declined to pay it,
md Judge Wright was employ
ed. Colonel Waddeil got worse
liisepinal troubles seemed to
affect his mind, and the judge
raised his demand from $20,000
to $-40,00$. and everybody
smiled. The railroad had John
P. King, of Augusta, a great
lawyer and many other lawyers
for the defense, but Judge
Wright had the conclusion, and
I can neve" forget his picture
of a live man dead, of the
wreck of life, of the swift and
pitiful descent of a great mind
from all its brilliant prospects
down to the gloom of despair
and semi-idiocy. De Quincey
wrote like he spoke. He, too,
got down to the very whisper
ings of eloquence and every
body was in tears. It was dan
gerous for even the opposing
counsel to listen to him. I
knew that Jim Waddeil was in
no such extreme condition, for
1 was his companion and friend
and ye't I was completely over
come and wept like a child.
The jury found for the plaintiff
$35,000, and they did it quickly
and the iudge was ashamed of
himself and he settled it that
night for half the amount.
Ben Hill was a great lawyer
and a greater advocate. An old
man had died iu our county
leaving a considerable estate,
but it was embarrassed by
mortgages, and if these were
paid his widow would be pen
niless. She had two children
by a former husband. She had
been raised in affluence and wat?
a refined, cultured woman, but
her second husband proved to
be a miserly, selfish. man. He
put her in a log cabin daubed
with mud and kept her there
notwithstanding a good portion
of the property came by her.
When she applied for a year's
support fivd good men gave lies
$10,000. Dr. Miller was one of
those men. They desired to
make amends to the old lady
for her long suffering, and yet
the law said they should take
into consideration her accus
tomed manner of life aud the
condition of the estate as to its
indebtedness. Ben Hil' repre
sented a creditor with a mort
gage of $8,000. If the award to
the widow was to staud his
client would get nothing, and
so he came to Rome and made
a vigorous assault upon it. The
law was clearly with him, and
so was the court. For many
years the widow had lived on
less than $100. I never saw a
lawyer more confident of his
case than was Ben Hill,
willing to allow the
$50j but no more.
He was
widow
. Judge
Wright was her counsel.
He
half closed his eyes and seem
ed calm and sweet while Hill
was reading the law and laying
his firm foundations. It was
agreed between them that the
jury should fix the amount and
their verdict should be final.
Judge Wright had another life
wreck to picture and this time
a woman. Such an appeal was
never heard in that 'court room
and although there were only
$10,000 in the administrator's
hands that jury increased the
award to $12,500 and Beu Hill
went home a sadder and a wiser
man. Bill Akp.
.See my new line of Scrims,
Drapery, &c, E. R. Gay.
WILSON, WILSON
THE CAPITAL
WHAT THE PRESiDENT AND
POLITICIANS ARE DOING.
THE SWIRL OF' POLITICS AT THE NAS
TIONS' CAPITAL.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 20, '91.
Quite a political sensation
has followed the announcement
of Senator Gorman, whose po
litical astuteness cannot be
gainsaid, that he was not and
would not under any combina
tion of circumstances be a can
didate before the Democratic
National convention next year,
and that he favored the nomi
nation of ex-President Cleve
land as the strcngest and most
available man, and proposed
to do all in his power to get
him nominated. It is yet to be
seen what effect this announce'
ment will havo upon those
Democratic Senators and Rep
resentatives who have express-,
ed the opinion that Mr. Cleve
land's letter against the free
coinage of silver has destroyed
his availability as a candidate
and what adds to the interest
of the situation is the fact that
some of these gentlemen have
been, sinee the publication of
Mr. Cleveland's letter, strongly
in favor of nominating Senator
Gorman.
It seems strange that three
Democratic Senators should
have cast their vctes for such
palpable "job" as that con
tained in the Senata amend
ment to the diplomatic appro
priation bill, which gives a
subsidy of $3,000,000 to the
company, which as yet only ex
ists on paper, that proposes to
lay a cable between San Fran
cisco aud the Sandwich Islands,
but they did. It is not be
lieved that the House will con
cur in the amendment, at any
rate no Democrat should vote
to do a thing eo foreign to all
the principles of the Demo
cratic party.
Rumors have been flying
thick and fasf this we.?k about
the new Secretary of the Treas
ury. One day it was Repre
sentative Cannon, the next day
Clarkson and to-day, ic iu ex
Gov. ("Calico Charley") Foster,
ofOhii. ' It is believed that
Mr. Harrison has determined
upon the man, and his nomina
tion is looked for every day.
Senator Quay's much advert
tised speech of vindication fell
as flat in the Senate as one of
Senator Blair's educational hars
angues, and he has gone to
Florida to sejk consolation in
fishing.
The general deficiency bill Is
this year, $36,000,000. Ia it
strange that the surplus has
disappeared?
The international copyright
bill has been passed by the
Senate with several amend
ments, which makes its becom
ing a law at this session very
doubtful.
The Republicans in the
House are so mush alarmed
lest wicked Democrats should
interfere with their plans dur
ing the closing rush of the ses
sion tnat telegrapnic appeals
have been sent to all absent
Republicans begging them to
come here and remain until the
end of the session. What they
are specially wauted for is to
pass the subsidy shipping bill,
which is opposed by nearly all
of the Democrats. "
Representative-elect Jerry
Simpson, and several of his
Farmers' Alliance to be col
leagues in the next House, are
in town. Thay. are recipients
of a great deal of atteutiou at
the Capitol.
The House committee on
Coinage to-day reported the
free coinage bill to the House,
but the general belief seems to
be that its friends will not suc
ceed in getting it before the
House, but they intend to try
very hard to do so.
Senator Plumb despairing of
getting his .joint resolution
providing for the violation of
existing law by the transfer of
the employes of the Census bu
reau to the classified depart
mental service without the for
mality of a civil -ervice exam
ination, has offered it as an
amendment to the sundry civil
appropriation bill.
It is commented upon rather
unfavorably that Congress did
not adjourn the day of Admir
al Porter's funeral.
Probably the most disagreea
ble legislative duty ever per
formed by Senator Iugalls was
the presentation by him this
week of the credentials of John
A. Peffer, Senator-elect from
the State of Kansas for the
term beginning March 4th,
next.
Notwithstanding the almost
daily reiteration of the charge
that somewhere in the neigh
borhood of one fourth of the
enormous amount of money
paid out by the Pension bu
COUNTY, NORTH
reau is paid -on fraudulent
claims no Republican in or out
of Congress has proposed an
investigation for the purpose
of purging the rolls of such
names as may be shown to be
there fraudulently. This, as
well as other things will be
thoroughly looked into by the
next House.
Representative Payson, of
Illinois, was elected Speaker
pro tern of the House, this
week, during the sickness of
Speaker Reed.
The Republicans are begin
ning to be frightened at the
prospect of losing control of
the Senate. It is now regarded
as certain that the McKinley
tariff law will be repealed out
right or greatly modified in
1893, if not-next year.
NOTES.
The Republicans iu Congress
are evidently determined to
make hay while the sunshines.
The latest subsidy scheme is
the adoption by the Senate of
an amendment to the Diplo
matic Appropriation bill grant
ing a subsidy of $3,000,000, in
annual instalments of $250,000,
to a company that proposes to
lay a cable between San Fran
cisco and the Sandwich Islands.
All this business will be stop
ped when the Government is
controlled by the Democrats.
Will Mr. Harrison make
speeches on the financial ques
tion when he visits the Pacific
coast this spring?
"Fighting Bob" Kennedy, of
Ohio, should make a reply to
Senator Quay's speech.
Mr. Cleveland has written a
letter against the free and un
limited coinage of silver. No
flies on that man's nerve-
What Cowards be these Con
gressmen. Votiug by tellers
the Houses of Representatives
by a large uaajority voted for
giving each member of that
body a clerk $1,200 a year,
but upon a roll call upon the
same question it was over"
whelmingly defeated. The
reason is obvious. Ih the first
place the vote was by acclama
tion and the members were not
individually recorded, while in
the latter it was by roll call,
and each, member's vote was
permanently recorded in the
Congressional Record.
If Mr. Harrison can stand
the coat of white wash that has
been given to Commissioner of
Pensions Raum, he can stand
anything.
The men who achieve repu
tation are usually the ones that
take care of themselves. Sena
tor Gorman, the great Demo
cratic leader of the Senate, gets
up every morning at 6 o'clock,
sitsi one hour at his dinner, and
never allows himself to be in
terrupted when at hi meals.
He never uses either tobacco or
liquors in any shape, and makes
it a rule after a bath, which is
taken daily always at the same
hour, to taks a long walk in
the open air. No physician
could give you better health
rales than these.
According to the New York
Herald Mr. Blaine's reciproci
ty treaties will not reciprocate.
The death of Admiral Porter
and General Sherman, the two
last great commanders on the
Union side, during the late
Civil war, reminds us that
death has been kinder to the
grat commanders on the Con
federate side, of whom John
son, Longstreet, Early, Gordon
and Beauregard are still living.
These hide bound high pro
tection Republicans wno are
just uow shouting themselves
hoarse over the little reciproci
ty treaty that Mr. Blaine has
negotiated witn brazil, seem
to forget that reciprocity and
free trade are synonymous
But they are, all the same.
ISew Foundland wants to
join the Union at once, wheth
er or not, and she hasn't even
asked the consent of either
John Bull or Uncle Sam. Bet
ter wait awhile, brethren,
There are 'soma formalities
that must be gone through with
hrst.
Oh, there's no danger, say most
persons suffering from catarrh
I lint we say there is great danger,
and nniess one uses Old Saul s Oa
tarrh Cure in time, the disease may
become chronic.
Baby is king all the woria over.
As its rule shon'd be, as quiet as
possible, fail not to provide it with
Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup for all the
ailments incident to its condition.
It is a safe remedy.
Mrs. Laura Hart, Beaniort. S. O.,
wines: "A loathsome form of
blocd poison was killing me. My
appetite was lest, my bones ached,
and parts of my flesh seemed as if
it wo ild come off my bones. A
friend brought ms a bottle of B. B.
B. The sores began healing at
once, and when 1 bad taken two
bottles I surprised my friends at
my rapid recovery,"
CAROLINA, MARCH 5, 1891.
BEN TERRELL,
TALES TO WILSON CO- PEOPLE.
THE GIFTED TEXAN MAKES A
MAGNIFICENT ADDRESS.
THE VITAL PRINCIPLES OF THE ALLI
ANCE ABLY ENUNCIATED,
Ben Terrell, of Texap, spoke here
last Friday. His words were ad
dressed to Wilson county people,
and moe particularly to Alliance,
men. His speech was the very
best of its kind ever delivered here.
It gave better satisfaction, more
pleasure, and clearer information
than, any we have ever beard. The
verdict was "it can't bt beat." He
addressed himself to the aims and
demands of the Alliance and nar
rated the condition that had led
to its organization and existence.
He was clear, positive aud em
phatic ic his assertions and defied
contradiction.
In appearance Mr. Terrell is a
striking figure, of medium s'ze,
large, full bead, almost bald, brists
inggrey moustache, piercing, pene
trating voice, and steel-grey eyes
that twinkle humorously or sparkle
with determination like the saber's
flash There is no magnetism
about him, save that of cold facts,
and yet a large crowd (the court
bouse was censely packed) listen
ed to him for two hours and fifteen
minutes and the very best order
and closest attention obtained.
Mr. Terrell was intro Juced to the
audience of Prof. W. S. Barnes, in
a few well cbosen words and at
11:15 began bis address. The fol
lowing is a synopsis, as gathered
by the ADVANCE mas :
He began by saying that there
was something dangerous in the
condition of affairs at present. I
am not bere to tell anecdotes to
make yoa laugh, but to discuss
economic and financial questions
to make you think and realise
Some men will readily acknowledge
that a bad condition exists but
they cah't see the need of a change
the need of the Alliance. I do.
Now what is the Alliance? It is:
1st, A secret organization.
2nd. A fraternal organizatiou.
As such it must be secret. Mason
ry aud Odd Fellowship ae simply
fraternal organizations and if you
do away with the secrecy how long
would they last T They would be
farces. As a fraternal organiza
tion the Alliance equals iu aims
any ot tnem. Me nopeu those
present wno were not members
would give it justice. We could
not have it fraternal without
being secret. Why not admit the
lawyer, merchant and physician,
you ask f Because it seeks to ad
vance morally, nientallv, socially,
financially and pecuniarily, t he con
dition of farmers. Now you can't join
the bankers Association. It is not
secret, but you must be a banker
in order to have a vote in its
deliberations. Railroad corpora
tions are called into council to pro
mote their interests, to make money
for tnemselves. Every city of im
portance has its Board of JTrade to
look after it interests. You can't
find any of these organiz itions that
will call a delegation of farmers
from any section to help them set
tie their questious. Now yon know
this is so and i is not inconsistent
for the farmer to organize. There
fore I opine that your objection to
the Alliance as a secret organize
tion is a captious oue. They ought
to have the same rights and privil
eges as other people. I believe the
elegibility clause should be kept
close. The door should be kept
closed. All men do not think alike
For that reason it had been said
that the Farmers' Alliance would
fail. It was argued that they would
not have sense enough to reconcile
thtir differences as other organi
zations had done.
I want to say that the farm
ers have come together. Jiacb
man -speaks his own mind, ex
presses bis own opinion. It is
manly, intelligent aud right to do
so. Then they vote as a unit on
questions affecting them. Attend
to your own affairs and let other
people alone.' You ought to do
tbat. (Applause.) When you look
arouad you and see the condition
of affairs, how your wife is poorly
dressed and your lamily deprived
of all the luxuries of lile, if you fail
to stand together and provide for
those dependent ou you the Bible
says you are worse than an iufi
vel. (Applause.)
3rd a business organization.
You are charged by trying by
concert of action and buying in
large quantities, to purchase goods
as cheap as possible. There is no
sentiment in that. It's business.
Your merchants do the same and
they will sell for every niekle they
can get. Yoa will sell ycur cotton
for 1100 per bale, if you cau, and
then be dissatisfied. So act uat
nrally, all of yu Let the farmer
buv as cheap as he can and sell as
blgh, for when lie the rodicer adi
vances his interests, an ot tiers are
bettered. This is so of no other
calling, It is shameful tbat the
farmer is opposed by the mer
chants whose interests are identi
cal. Whatever condition makes
wages low a;.d the farmer in a
poor fix causes . the merchant to
suffer. As a business organization
the farmers are looking into mat
ters, Tbey have learned tbat the
retail merchant is not the source
of extortion. It lies deenar. - Tf
eonr itions make the merchant pav
20 per cent, more for goods he
does not lose ir. You pay it. You
have but oue way to burt the mer
chant and I will tell you bow;
Buy their goods on time. Bay
all yon cn all tbey have. Then
plant your crop and go fishing.
That will break the last one of
them. (Laugbter.) Now suppose
vou do this, what good will bs
accomplished. We are foolish to
antagonize each other, while we are
fighting like Kilkenny cats our
liberties are being stolen.' You
have common interest! and your
good common sense ought to make
you quit it.
He thought it good policy to sup
port the Business Agency. EnabU
it to buy cheap. Get the lowest
price, act intelligently, and buy
from whom you please even if he
has horns and smells like brim
stone. He said a farmer could not sell his
crop where he pleased under the
present condition of affairs. He
entered into the question of tare
on otto a and explained how 30
pounds was deducted, t mattered
not what a bale was covered with.
He next paid his respects to the
credit system and denounced it
roundly. As long as it is in vogue
you are at a disadvantage. You
bind yourself to trade with one
man. He skins you. You cry.
He ought to skin you if you permit
him to. Yon give a merchant a
mortgage and trade with him al.
most to its limit. You come in one
day and your crops look sick. The
merchant walks to the back door
and looks out. You ask the clerk
for a piece of domestic and he
throws down the worst looking
price in the store. Yoa ask the
piece and ho names it high enough.
You say you oau't pay it and he
throws it back on the shelf and
says you needn't to if you don't
want it (a voice iu the audience :
"Ptu haan riant. fhor'M V r. nrr if
you have the cash when you enter
a store you are met at the door by
the merchant, who pats you on
the back and goes right behind the
counter throws down ! best piece
of domestic in the bUba and says
its just so much to you. Do you
blame the merchant? Idon't. You
say you cannot buy for dash T I'll
tell you bow we did down in Tex
as. My sub Alliancwas 60 strong.
We had some men who were solvent
We went to San Aatouio, 40 miles
away, gave our note and borrowed
money from a bank. We let each
mas haye what he needed monthly
We bought our goods for cash,
lied close, wore bad clothes, made
every edge cut and at the end of
three years we were able to pay
our own way. Now when you
trade on time, mistakes can be
made. You don't keep books.1 You
must abide by what your merchant
says your account K Do not kick.
I could tell you jokes about mer
chants ana make yoa laugh, bat I
would be a contemptible dema
gogue if I didn't tell you the truth.
We, in Texas, bought where we
could. Did that hurt our borne
merchants 1 Well, it squeezed
out some that had no business there.
Every merchant here ' would say
God speed the day when you oan
all pay cash for what you buy.
But, above all, you must do your
duty to all men. If that is wrong
the Alliance is wrong.
He said that the Alliance must
go into politics to advance the
moral, social, mental and financial
condition of the farmers. We
must study government. That is
politics. We must change the fi
nancial policy of the present gov
ernment to bring the relief we
need. We have organized for re
lief. Criticism is invited, but we
want it to be fair and just.
He declared that the Alliance
must be nonpartisan. Men of ev
ery party are wanted. We an
tagonize no party. W have not
asked the Democratic or Republi
can party for anything. He de
nounced drawing the Ma30n and
Dixou hue. Sectionalism is dead,
and its great embodiment, John J.
Iugalls, bas beeu repudiated by his
people. The Alliance brought it
about and if they had not went
with clean hands they could -have
accomplished nothing.
He wanted it distinctly under
stood tbat the AlHance was non
partisan the tail to no party's
kite, and he hoped the papers of
North Carolina wonld report bim
right and not misrepresent the Al
liance. He then said the Alliance de
mands are
1st. Tbat lands now belonging
to aliens and corporations shall be
reclaimed for the public good. If
I own the soil, I own the people,
and such a condition should aot be
allowed in free America. It exists
in Ireland. There are no braver,
liberry-ioviug people than the Irish
and why is such a state of affairs?
Tbat proud race could not have
been enslaved except by allowing
corporations and monopolists to
own her soil. Oar fate will be the
same. To-day men who owe no
allegiance to our government own
61,000,000 acres of landforeign
ers, all of them. You can't realize
it here. Half of Kansas is thus
owned. $83,000,000 is annually
paid foreigners as interest at 8 per
cent. 30 years ago there was not a
foot of land so owued, we bad no
millionaires and no tramps. To
day we have 15,000 millionaires
and 40,000 tramps. The gulf is
constantly widening between
Dives ahd Lazarus If we demand
ttfat Monroe's doctrine, "America
for Americans," be carried out, and
these lands redeemed, are we tar
from right f And yet you cry at
us 'partisanship,' I say that such a
cry most be hashed and we must
all look t o the preservation of our
liberties.
2nd We demand that 'begovern
ment shall control transportation
and prevent its abuses. The first
thing to be considered is discrimi
nation. I do not believe there is
any right in discrimination in
freight and passenger tariffs.
Railroads are public highways for
the pub'.ic goou. All highways
must be equally free or they are an
abuse. Now havent we the right
to say this must stop T By discrim
inatiou a railroad ean break any
town or build up another. Our de
mand is for just and economic con
trol of these highways. They have
Decome entangled in politics. If a
man does not suit them they use
the money wrung from you to de
feat him. They have bought courts
aud legislations. The road beds
are their property but I do ob
ject to their going any further. He
told how railroads controlled the
price of western wheat and corn.
When competition comes ia and
controls things be stood hands off.
He did not blame Transportation
Companies for makiug all 'they
could. He would do It too. The
people wore to blame, lie charged
both parties with having accepted
help from Railway corporations.
Our platform is to stand on, not to
get in. All our officers from Col.
Polk down have been accused of
trying to use the Alliance to get in
office with. Col. Polk had been
accused of wanting a seat in
the U. 8. Senate. 1 don't
blame bim. Sucn an ambition is a
laudable one. I d in't iiow a sensi
ble man who docjs not want that
honor. But Gotf forbid that the
Order should evor be prostituted
to such ignoble purposes. Don't
favor a man because he belongs to
the Alliance snd vice versa. Now
let me digress jut here to say
that I have beard members say :
4I won't vote for that man. He la
a lawyer." Now that's prejudice.
He eulogized lawyers highly. There
are some bad lawyers some yon
can buy for $2 50. But they are
lew. There are broad, generoun,
good men in all callings and there
are little oues. I have seen one
soal so little that it could float
around ia a mustard seed for 12
days and never cross its path.
You have no right to your preju
dices. Judge a man by what he is
and not by what his avocation may
be. The Alliance wants to do
away with prejudics
3rd. Reform in financial sys
tem is demanded. The present
system is the devil fish that has
been squeezing the life out of us.
I lay down this proposition: The
amount of money and the amount
of goods for sale fixes the price.
Iu 1865 the war ceased. Money
was plentiful. Tiiousauds of men
went West, pre-empted land and
bailt small bouses. Wheat was
worth $1 95 per bashel, com $1 00
and beef 5 cents per p wind. Eas
tern hpecalators weut out and
loaned money to build better hous
es. Then the currency was con
tracted and the debt tbat could
then be paid by oue bushel of
wheat or one pound ot beet now
requires four to liqaidate it. This
makes a debt four times as much
as men then got value for. Is this
right! We saw the President aud
asked that the circulation ot money
be increased. He said it would
cause innocent men who held these
debts to sutler. I asked him
which would be betrer, that these
few innoceut should snfiier (rich
men who can afford to (lose) or
that millions should suffif His
answer was, gojd morning gentle
men and we were politely bowed
out. We ask that the circulation
be increased. I do not care how it
is done.
He favored the free coinage ot
silver ' and gold and one money
good for all purposes- Mr. Cleve
land opposes free coinage. Who
the devil Is Mr. Cleveland, anyhow,
(a voice: A demogogue.) He is
worth millions, and only a man.
The Democrats will compromise
this question and so will the Re
publicans. They ad want the offi
ces. Now we are going to have free
coinage, and check the robbery of
corporations and we are with the
party that does it world without
end, amen !
The sub-Treasury plan was full?
and ably discussed, It is simply a
plaa to distribute mouey. Some
one has said we e'esire the Govern
ment to loan us mor.ey. We do
not. We want money distributed
to the people. That is all. It is
said it is unconstitutional for the
government to loau money. It
loaned one hundred million each to
the Pacific Railroads afcd it is now
proposed to loan the Nicaragua
canal the same amount. Money is a
medium of exchange. A man Las
to be worth 50,0()0 in orier to be
a distributor. Tben the govern
ment famishes him money at on
per cent and"he loans it for what
he can get- The farmer simply
asks equal privileges. Now in pro
viding more money three things
are to be considered ;
1st. Is it a necessity.
2nd. Is the eecjrity good.
3rd. Will it bring relief.
Now no one will deny tbat more
money is needed in the fall. Tne
currency is then contracted by
throwing the entire cop on the
market at one time. The necessi
ty is self evident and paramount.
It you had money ycu would nof
sell them when prices are low. You
would get money, pav your mer
chant, you would pay your creditors
and he could sell bis crop when he
desired. If you admit the need of
a flexible currency you are for the
sub-Treasury plan. 110 one cares
for a particular bill. It's the plan
-ve want. Now, about the security
NUMBER 7
Non-perishable farm products. Toe
only real basis for security in the
world. The merchant would not
sell you unless he believed you
would raise a crop. Now if thig
security is not good, where will you
find it T So why not make the far
mer a distributor T There has been
nothing said about the Bill except
that its unoonstutional.
Well, if the constitution is such
a little flimsy thing that the far
mers can not secure relief, I am
in favor of doing like our wives do
when their dresses get too small;
put a gusset in it. Then the ware.,
houses are a bone of contention.
Has the government a right to
make internal improvements! It
has been in the habit of spending
Immense amounts on creeka and
rivers.
He closed with an earnest ap
peal for AUiancemen to attend the
meetings of their Sub Alliance and
educate themselves. Money must,
not mle America. Men1 must. I
do not know the future. I know
tbis: on the 22nd of February..
I892, the Confederated Organiza
tions will hold a meeting iu Wash
ington City. They wil! formulate
their demands and tbey will be
presented to the Democratic and
Republican Conventions, If they
are not engrafted in Jeither of their
platforms and Cleveland and Blaine
are nominated there will be a third
party in the field and a regular
monkey and parrot of a time
In reference to the negro he fa
vored educating and organizing
them, and permitting them to vote
for Katie and the baby too. He
depicted the state of aff iirs when
scalawags and carpet baggers came
South and took charge ot 1 he negro.
Intelligent white men should con
trol them. The time i ripe for
them to break loose from the old
ties and stand for men .ud not tor
party.
In conclusion he said the home
paper should be supported ;l I 1 i a.
fair and just. It belongs to you
and you ought to keep posted. The
organs of the organization should
be read by every member.
CUBAN GIRLS.
How They Effect a Nor'h Carolin
' ian.
Mr. hugene G. Harreli, edi
tor of the North Carolina
Teacher and a former resident
of Wilson, is in Cuba. In a
letter to the Raleigh News
Observer, dattd February 12th,
he says. This is truly a land
of perpetual summer. We
sleep without covering, with
the doors and windows all
open, while a strong sea breeze
is always fanning the Island.
The floors of all houses are
marble or stone, and have no
carpets. We walk upon the
cool marble with our bare feet,
and "it feels so nice." The .
houses are without chimneys,
fireplaces or stoves, and such a
thing as a fire for warmth is
unknown here. The regular
dress of the working men and
the clerks in stores is simply a-
gauze shirt, low nt the neck
and short sleeves, aud a pair
of linen pants. O Sunday
they add only a wbiuj linen
shirt to this atti 9 and
they ure in full diets fcr
clerking. The Havana ladies
wear very light material in
their dresses with their heads
covered by only a Spanish lace
which they have the art of ar
ranging in a most entrancing
manner. A milliner would
starve under the Havana pat
ronage. No hats or bonnet.- are
worn by these ladies when out
walking or riding snd when we
visit the theatre or other public
occasions we say "Bless these
bareheaded Cabans. Oh, that
they would introduce the same
popular fashion into the United
States and thns aid us to for
ever get rid of the b!g hat at
the Opera."
THE CUBAN GIBLS
are beautilul beyond all de
scriptions. Those great black
eyes, and long lashes droop on
lovely cheeks while a smile ha
bitually pays upon a charming
mouth with pearly teeth; their
bewitching costumes of light
and airy lawns and satins,
mantillas aud laces hanging in
graceful folds from their jet
black hair; their little tapering
feet encased in very low slip
pers with very high h,eela but
no words can truly describe
these tropical senoritas nor can
anything else on earth excell
them in loveliness excep. the
girl 5 of North Carolina.
NOT ONE IN TEN
Of the people yon meet Irom day
to day has perfectly .pure healthy
blood. The hered.tary scrofulous
taint afflicts the large majority of
people, while many others acquire
diseases from impure air, improper
lood and wrong indulgences. Hence
tho imnprativp necessitv for a re
liable blood purifier like Hood's Sar
saparilla, which eradicates every
impurity, and gives to the jlood
vitality and health. It cures scros
fula, salt rheum, humors, boils, pim
ples, and all other affections caused
by impurities or poisonous germs in
the blood. All that is asked for
Hood's Sarsaparilla is that it be
given a fair trial.