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,'M- .pcBUSKBO AT WILMINGTON, N. C, A YEAR. IN ADVANCE ' ! I I -I : 88888888888888888 K"W8I Sfigg888S8a?8S!5?aS 83888888888888888 ' " 88888888888888888? miaou t saS88gSB2SSgS3:8 " 1 88888888888888888 - .i 82888888282888888 " 8888888838888888 ! 8388S882288888888 883S83888S8888S88 : i ,1' V .1 ..-la-. .; . . " i w . . V VnrntMed at the Post OfUce at Wiimtg jltiitere" gecond ClasJ Matter.! i; SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. " v ' 'Th, jubscription price of the Weekly Star h ' -' 8 months " " ................ 80 THE TUT FBAUD. P' ;The McjKinley tariff is a fraud -in vaHous 'ays DUt in none 4s the V fraud tnotp apparent than in the tin -.nlate feature, The pretences upon I : which the. tax' was doubled are I fraudulent and the tricks, they are resorting to to make . the people be lieve the double tax is accomplish- J frig . what ijt was claimed it would ac- ;-:compIish are the -shabbiest kind "of i frauds. - . ' . Mr. Neidringhaus, who runs a little Kshtp in Sti Louis, which he calls a ; tin-plate factory, and the Norton ,Bros., at Chicago, who run another Mttn'-plate factory;" have been adver tising that they have been making f$in-plate " genuine American tin v plate anc have been sending imall samples ot it to Republi I can conventions to be ' admired i'and talked about, when the truth is neither of! them has ever made a pound of genuine American tin-plate, : fhe steel-plate of which it is made - and the tii in which it is dipped be ing both imported. . -. But that is, not as bad a fraud as 'McKinley was guilty of a short while ago in Ohio when he undertook to - show the Ohio doubting Thomases that tin-plate is made itl this country and at. the: same time show them how it is done, j ; ' " It appears they liave in the town of Piqua a tin-shop something like that of N;eidrmghaus in St. Louis, and the Korton Bros.' in Chicago. Mr. McKinley thought it would be a -visible demonstration and a smart trick if he wb;uld make some tin-plate in the presence of the people who dame td bear him speak, so he ar- ; Tpgea witn tne tellows who were .Tunning the tin shop to Dring over some iron plate and a potful of molten tin, &c, to dip it in and show the uninitiated how the thing is done. 'They did, and when he struck -the tin tax in discussing his tariff he .'proceeded in grand, style with the; practical j demonstration. . He took ups a . sheet of alleged steel plate, and in the presence of the believers and the junbelievers he dipped that plate into the pot of Alleged molten tin, and holding it up in triumph ex claimed, "behold, fellow citizens, genuine r American tin-plate, which with these eyes of yours you have Seen me make with' these hands of mine," of words to that effect. But ihat was a base spectacular fraud, for the performance was, a fraud in its conception, the plate used was a fraud, the tin used was a fraud, and .-v. i ; - ' . .. . . tne result was a fraud, it- oeing ; neither American tin-plate nor even first-class tin-plate of any kind or .nationality. I In Wales there are two kinds of tin-plate made, one of rolled steel dipped In pure tin, which is used in ' making tinware i for domestic use, Pane frtr maofc' Airefarc vegetables, fruiti, &c., the other is : made . of rolled j steel dipped in a composition of tin and lead, which is used, for the various other pur C' poses when-a commoner and cheaper f quality of tin-plate answers, but is ,i; not used in tinware or for cans, 'on account of the poisonous lead which is mixed with the tin. That is the kind of', tin-plate Mr. "McKin- : ley made and held up to ' the admiring gaze of those unsophisti- ,j" cated Buckeye sovereigns, who were s unconscious of the base deception y practiced upon -them. McKinley v would lie palming that off as genuine American steel plate tin yet if - the . trick hadn't been exposed by expertsi j v who know all about the tin business1 i and pointed out the , difference - tween first class tin-plate and -cheap counterfeit McKinley tried to -' palm off on his fellow citizens. , , -out jthere was .another fraud m ltis per-formance when he tried -to i' make his audience believe that this grand achievement was the result of his double tax on imported tin-plate hich had not been made In , country until manufacturers . ffere encouraged to ' begin it (by "c protection which his bill gave them-. Common tin-plate has been madeui thiscountry for twelve or juteeni years, 4ut' has been used principally in roofing. No one has dlsputed that ,it could be made here, flor has anv nn disnuted that the finer gjrade of tin-plate can be made .nere. j The only question was, and ls can; either be made in sufficient quantities to supply the demand at a reasonable prixe? . The steel plate . '--i.. ' -.. - mm m m s . . . t m. v v m m m m : m as . j mm . m , mm . : bba m : a ...v m. '.r.., .- .t . , t -a ivwuijwi v. ' uiauv. a . mmm VOL. XXII. suitable for the purpose is not made m this country. It can be, but it re quires costly machinery to do it. Tin ore has not yet been found in , suffi cient! quantities to justify the put ting up of this costly machinery. Un til the tin ore is found in sufficient quantities to supply the factories with all they need at a - less price than it can be imported, the tin-plate industry will be an impossibility, and when it is found in sufficient quan tities ta be sold for less than the im ported tin, then there will be no ex cuse for this exorbitant protective tanfff The tariff will not discover it in sufficient quantities to make it available, so that whether tin-plate can be made in this country or not, this McKinley tariff on it is a fraud and a gross imposition. WHERE IS IT? The estimated wealth of the United btates is $60,000,000,000. If this wealth were equally distributed it would give each inhabitant of this country in round figures '. about $1,000. But there is. not one in a thousand "who has $1,000. The fajrms represent a considerable' pro4 portion of the wealth of the country, but deducting the mortgage debts on the farms, how. much is left to the credit of their nominal owners? The farmers of Kansas owe $$35,4 000,000, more than their farms would sell for to-day if they were put up and sold under the hammer. The farmers of Illinois, one of the best" agricultural States in America, owe $165,000,000, for which there are mortgages recorded against them. And so in other States. There is nof a State in the Union where the money lender has not mortgages on more or less of the farms. . . The cities and the towns have their; mortgages, too. Nearly half the mortgage indebtedness of the State of Illinois is on houses and lots in the city of Chicago. Deduct from the real or assessed value of these farms and city property the mortgage encumbrance, and how much is left to the owners? Then take the army of wage earners, tlow many of these have any bank - accounts, save the little that i some of them have in the sav ings banks, which little they squeeze out ;by rigid economy from their dails earnings? Who. then, owns the $60,000,000,000 wealth in this country? A handful of men "own and control it. It was not always so. It was not so a half a century ago: it was not sojthirtyjjyears. ago. The change began when paternalism in the Gov ernment began, and the policies were inaugurated which created a legisla tive distinction between different callings and made some tribute-pay ers to others. Up to 1861, the wealth of this country was more evenly distributed among the people than in any other country under the sun. There were fewer very rich and fewer very poor people in proportion to population than in any other country under the sun . and up to 1861 it had made more progress -and was then enjoying more prosperity nhan anv country under the sun. The Democratic party which, had directed the Government and shaped its policies for more than one half of its first century didn't believe in paternalism,and didn't belieye in leg' islatiph to enrich some of the citi zens at the expense of others. It didn't believe in building up one in dustry at the expense of others. It didn't believe in levying tribute upon the men who earned their daily bread in the sweat of their faces, and lived in humble dwell ings, to support in luxury and build marble palaces for the men who spun and wove the wool the farmer grew, or melted and moulded the iron which the miner dag from the earth. It didn't be lieve in any f avoritism of this or any other kind and consequently the men' who made fortunes made them by their own industrious, honest efforts, and did not get them by legislative enactment. The . many were not plundered to enrich the few, and there were then more people who had something and fewer people who count their fortunes by the million. Then, the "almighty dollar" was not worshipped as it is now, then it was hot as notent as it is now. then it was not as corrupt and demoraliz ing as it is now, then it didn't ; buy voters like cattle as it does now, then it didn't own and. control Con gresses, and Legislatures as it does now, "then a man's millions were not the talisman that opened the way to the United.States Senate as they are now.- 'f:, ; ..'... A mighty change has come over thiscountry within the past genera tion, the people getting poorer and poorer, and the, few favored rich growing richer and richer until they have become the owners of the larger part of these $60,000,000,000 which rorirpspnt the estimated wealth of our people, add this is the logi cal result of the monstrous tariff policy . whicb took the hard-earned money from the pockets of one man to put it into the pockets of another man, who toiled not at all. . TrnninV; -Ax . A 7 ii-'.i 11 -.VTr:r--rn-- "r . k' nn a', ir-h .' -i.iAV -. . . -u Ji.-ILJJ V V II A II Vi-tLW II J JL Kf JLL XLJLW - . .-r 1 ." " ' 1 - 1 ' ' ' " - 1 i ii ii .1.1 i i ii t iii mi i ii i. i i.ii. . i i ii i mwmm nm . 11 11 i. in It is well for an individual or a country to be wealthy. But that country is ( in. the best condition where the wealth is most evenly dis tributed, and that country the most unfortunate where there is great wealth in the hands of the few and little if any in the hands of the many. It is the happy mean -where there is extreme bf neither wealth nor pov erty. ' "Til frc 1 A ;ti I ; a prey, p - r , 0 Where wealth accumulates and men decay." MTJTOE MEHTIOff. . When McKinley and the balance of the high tariff boomers were, through, the arbitrary rules adopted, forcing their monstrous bill upon the country, they predicted an era of unprecedented prosperity as the result, when that bill became a law. It has now been in operation over a year, and ;how do these gilded pre dictions pan out? The Philadelphia Record ' gives the answer, and shows that for the first nine months of this year as compared with the first nine months of last year, there has been 'an increase of 17 per" cent, in the number of . business fail ures, and an increase of 50 per cent, in the aggregate liabilities. For the first nine months of 1891 there were 8,866 failures, the aggregate liabilities amounting to $138,811,510. For the corresponding period of 1890, there were 7,538 failures, , with aggregate liabilities amounting to $92,541,950 ; excess of failures this year -4328 ; excess of liabilities $46,269,560. What an outcome of the confident predictions they made. Fortunately tor the country, for- which, however, it is not indebted to them, there is an immense grain crop in the West, and fortunately for this country, also, a short gram crpp in the old, world, which gives a profitable work for our surplus grain. It it were noi for the money that will come into the country from this source, what would our condition be and how many more, failures would be added to this already long list? Now these fellows have the brazen impu dence to go before the people and ask to be continued in . power be cause Providence, by blessing the fields of the husbandman, has saved us from the ruin that . would other wise have been the result of their folly. Under the McKinley ' tariff the people of this country are now pay ing a tax of $15,000,000, over double the amount they paid before, on the tin they use. For years a tax of $7,000,000 a year was imposed to encourage, they said, the building up of tin-plate manufactories in this country. They didn't build up, but somebody said if they had more protection" they would build up forthwith, and soon supply this country with all the tin-plate it would ever have use for. And there upon Mr. McKinley and his crowd increased the protection and whack ed on $15,000,000 instead of $7,000, 000. ' It' is now over a year since that thing was done, but where are the tin-plate factories? We hear of them occasionally through the col umnsof the McKinley organs, but when they are hunted up the nearest approach to a . tin-plate factory that can be found are a: few little shops, working a few men and boys, - which make an' ansignifi cant quantity of interior platejin the making of which both imported iron i v. - i : -ia or steel sheets and imported block tin are used. All of them together haven't turned out tin-plate enough to run an ordinary tin shop. To keen uo such ridiculous frauds as ; these the American people are re auired to Dav an annual tribute of $15,000,000. And they still have cheek to try to defend this plunder, and make the people believe that the tin Dlate industry is a success and has come to stay. STATE TOPICS; Citizens of Halifax county com plain that the convicts employed on the State farm are turned loose on the people . of that county when their terms expire, and they very naturally protest against it. The convicts, some of them doubtless hard cases, are turned out without means to get : to their old homes, if thev have anv: and also without - j . . . . . ... means of subsistence. If they were disposed to work- people don't like to employ penitentiary convicts, and the . only thing left for the released convicts- to do is to beg or steal, while . they are tramping their way through the country. This is all wrong.VIt is a wrong upon the people of Halifax to turn these convicts loose - upon them, and it is wrong to turn the convicts out without providing them with some means to get to their for-, mer homes, or to procure food while they are trying to do that -or to, find nlovment ; Sending' them back to em the counties whence they, came is the fairest-: way, for then they are distributed and not thrown upon one community. . - WILMINGTON, N. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1891. FARMER'S ALLIANCE. A MASS MEETING HELD AT RALEIGH In Metropolian Hall A. large Attend attoe Ex-Senator - Norwood' Address, Etc. Special Star Telegram - Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 9. On account of the cool threatening weather, the Al- liance meetine to-dav was held in Met- I ropolitan Hall. President Bell pre- oiAaA TW . l 1 ance. Among the crowd were several I ladies, including : the Female Cornet Band, which occupied seats on the stage. ' - Ex-Senator Norwood's address con sumed about two hours in its delivery. He gave the rigin of the Alliance and dwelt on the wrongs that brought it in to existence. He favored th sub-treasury plan, it nothing better could be se- cured, and suggested as al substitute j vudk vuuicss auiaurize inc secretary of the Treasury to-issue a sufficient amount of Treasury notes to be fur-1 nished in sums of $30, $10, or even $50 per capita ; sufficient gold and silver to be retained in the Treasury to redeem the notes. When issued the notes to be divided between the States according to population. Notes to be made payable of all debts, dues, etc., except duties on imports. He took no definite stand relative to the Third party. He said that he was not a member of the Alli ance but a lawyer; that the Alliance had -been first for unification of the South and redress . 6f wrongs. ( Since the surrender of Appomattox he thanked God a manly stand had been taken. State Lecturer Bell also delivered a speech which was well received. There was much disappointment at the non-arrival of Senator Peffer.j NAVAL ARTILLERY. A few Points About the Drill and In- strnction of the Men. In furtherance of the plans of the U. S. government for the formation of a naval militia, a new drill book for the use of the naval reserves has been issued by the bureau of navigation of the Navy Department, and, as since the issuance of the order granting permission for the formation of a battalion of naval artille ry in this State the matter has excited no little interest in Wilmington, the Star has collected a few points that will be of interest: I In the manual of arms there is a con siderable departure from the army regu lations necessitated in some measure by the fact that the service rifle in the pavy is different from that of the army. The blue jacket ot to-day must be taught a thousand and one things that are of vital importance in the practical use of many weapons, great and. small, ranging from the revolver to the fifty- ton gun. It would manifestly be ab surd to spend valuable time in teaching him a complicated red-tape method of shifting a rifle .from one shoulder or position to another. For this reason the new navy "manual of arms" has been greatly shortened and simplified. Many positions-"carry, "support, "rest on, "reverse. etc have been abolish- ed and the number of motions has been reduced to a minimum, Nearly all the marching and massing manceuvers of bodies of men are similar- to those of Upton s tactics, -jln this simDlicitv and freedom of movement have been secured, however, by abolish ing all wheels, except by forms, and us ing the "turn" instead. This will re i lieve the men of much fatigue on drilL A short chapter is devoted tp forma tions to be used in case ot duty in quelling street riots. The formations' for both battalions and separate com panies are simple, quickly learned and will be effective in clearing streets and dispersing mobs with as little loss of life as possible. The chapter on light artillery deals with the service of howitzers, iGatling guns and Hotchkiss machine guns, mounted in boats or in field carriages. All manceuvers needed on show; are ex plained, and provision is made to sup- rt the uns agst attack py skir I . . . . .. ... .. .1 mishers by arming half the dragmen ot the crew of each piece with a rifle, so that three men may be deployed upon the flanks of the batteries for their pro tection. The Bice Syndicate. The latest about the rice syndicate, mentioned in the papers some days since, is a report that the New Orleans rice mills, thirteen in number, nave or ganized a. pool or combination very similar to the cotton seed oil mills. Each mill will be put in the- pool at 'a fixed price, some of them will be closed and others Operated, and the profits divided among them in proportion to the amountof stock or certificates each hold. The pool hopes to entirely control the nice trade, and to fix the price of rough and cleaned rice not only for Louisiana but for the greater portion of the coun try.; So far it is confined to Louisiana, but It may be extended so as td I include all the other rice mills in the country. Robeson countv item frbm Red Serines Farmer and Scottish Chief'. We had opportunity this week to inquire ot several cotton farmers from different sections as to the cotton prospect, and the same complaint was heard from all that the crop would be far short! of the estimate. The cotton is nearly all open, and that which is ungathered will be in jured by the recent heavy rams. The British steamship Newby cleared yesterday for Liverpool, Eng., with a cargo of 6,650 bales of cotton, valued at $289,325. . Vesseljand cargo by Messrs. Alex. Sprunt Sc. Son. ' The Norwegian - barquentine Victoria cleared, vesterdav for Hull, I Ene., with 3.220 barrels of rosinj valued by Messrs. Williams & Murchison. Tar again advanced selling at $1.75 per barrel yesterday.' NOTICE. This is intended only for subscribers whose subscriptions have ex- nirorl v Tf i nnf a Htiti , -w y but a EITTITllft reQUeSt ....... - . . tliat all. WflO ar 6 Ul ar- rears for the STAB will favor us with a prompt remittance. 1 We are sending ont bills now (a few each WOOk). and if 5 OU TQ" I ceive one ploase firive it I your attention. Bednoed Hates on Seaboard Air-Line. The Seaboard Air-Line will put re duced rate tickets on sale to following points for occasions named : , Atlanta for Piedmont Exposition, on sale October 20 to November 4, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, only, good to return till November 9th. Price from Wilmington, including one admission, $16.90. Asheville, for Blue Ridge Conference M. E. Church, on sale October 19 to 23. good to return till October 28. Price from ; Wilmington $14.20. ' Winston-Sa lem, for Conference M.; E. Church colored, on sale October 12 to 16, good to return till October 21st. Price from Wilmington, $9.20. Chapel Hill for Convention Colored Baptist Church on sale October 19 to 22, good to return till October 27th. Price from Wilming ton. $9.10. '.. For rates from other Stations, apply to Agents or to Thos. D. Meares, Agent S. A. L., Wilmington. C. P. A Y. V. Baiiroad. . At the annual meeting of stockholders of this road held in .Feyetteville the fol lowing were elected directors: Col. K. M. Murchison, New York; Chas. P. Stokes, Richmond, Va.; J. E. "Gilmer, Winston; W. A. Moore, Mt. Airv; Dr. W. A. Lash, Walnut Cove; J. T. Morehead. Leaksville: R. P. Grav Dr. D. "W. C. Benbow, Greensboro; G, W. Williams, Wilmington; R. T. Gray. Raleigh; ino. D. Williams, E. I. Lilly, Fayetteville. This is a re-election of the old board, except in the case of R. P. .Gray, in place ot his father, the late Julius A. Gray, and of 1. E. Gilmer, in piace oi ur. . ivi. w onn, woo aecunea a re-election. At a subsequent meeting 1 Th . T TIT I l I l- of the board of directors the President, Dr. W. A. Lash, was re-elected, as were all the other officers of the company. THE EASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. Special Star Correspondence Held its 48th annual session at Dob- son's chapel, which is eight miles from Magnolia, and six from Keenansville, Duplin county. ; . " The opening sermon was preached by Rev. O. P. Meeks, of Clinton. The old moderator, Rev. J. L. Steward, was elected, and so was the old treasur er, S, M. Carlton, but the former clerk, J. T, Bland, Esq., at his own request, was not chosen, but J. T. Blackburn was elected in his place. The association is composed of the churches lying in Duplin, Sampson, Pender, New Hanover and Onslow, and aggregating about 7,000 members. The past year has been one of great prosperity, there having been baptized nearly 700," and a considerable increase in the contributions to almost all ob jects. The aggregate amount reported to the body given to all objects was $14,933.81. The h irst Baptist Church of Wilmington reported 486 members, and contributions to all objects to the mnnn f T KTO AO The Brooklyn Baptist Church re- ported 295 members. Dr. fritchard preached tne missiona ry sermon Wednesday at 11 a. m. and at Kenansville that night, other sermons, were preached by Revs. M. T. Kessler and R. C. Landing. The visiting ministers present were Dr. C Durham, of the State Mission Board: Rev. M. T. Kessler, of the Sun day School Board, and Rev. T. D. New ton, of the Thomasville Orphanage, who added much interest to the session of the body. This part of the country seems to De prospering. . and the neighborhood ex tended to the Association a , generous and elegant hospitality. . The next ses sion of the body will be held with the church at Richlands, Onslow county, and Rev. R. E. Peele cwas chosen to preach the missionary sermon. BRUNSWICK ITEMS. The South port Leader says: Farmers throughout almost "the entire county are complaining of too much ram and say that they are afraid that the potato crops will be badly in j ured. The Brunswick Ferry, operating be tweeh Wilmington and this county, will reduce all ferry -rates to one-half the regular rates, during the Tones revival meetings, which will begin to-morrow, Friday, at Wilmington. : I he pilot-boat Harper, on last Mon day, when off the t Cape Fear bar about twenty-hve miles, b. w picked up life preserver,, marked "Minnie," under neath this name ii. tJ. 1 be inspec tion mark showed the date of inspection lb be San Francisco, May, 1890, also that the life-preserver was manufactured tn the same city. . ' A telegram received at the of fice of the C. C." R. R. in this city yes terday, said that at the meeting of stock holders held jn New York city, the old board of directors of the company had been re-elected. ' - - The JNortolk Virginian men tions the arrival there Wednesday ot a party of visiting capitalists interested in the Norfolk, Wilmington & Charleston Railroad. .They will proceed South as far as Charleston, S. C, some of Jhem driving over the line of the proposed route. Mr. Scott Stanford, of Duplin i Roads, was in town yesterday. NEW YORK DEMOCRATS GREAT RATIFICATION MEETING , HELb AT COOPER UNION. Ex-President Cleveland's Addreai A Severe Arraignment . of - the Bepub- lioan Party Tne Fight to be Made on j Rational Issues. - - . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, Oct. 8 The Demo crats of this city , assembled in mass meeting in the large hall of Cooper Union this even to ratify the nomina tions made at the Saratoga Convention. When the doors were opened there was such a wiid rush that within ten min utes every seat, every inch of standing room in the large hall was filled. Then the gates were closed, and lines of policemen held them - last against a crowd large enougn wniltnree nails as : large as the one selected lor the mass meeting, ' It was 8.20 o'clock before der the meeting was 'called to or- by Charles W. Dayton, who that duty nad been deputed to him read a long list of vice presidents and secretaries and the selections made were unanimously approved: The list was headed by. the name of ex-President Grover Cleveland and that name elicited much applause. . ' ' - The committee , presently conducted Mr. Cleveland, Chairman pf the meeting, to the chair. Tumultuous applause greeted the appearance of the Democratic . ex-President. Wait ing for the applause to subside he" stood quietly at the reading desk, dress ed in black frock-coat and trousers, and at length obtained silence by waving his hand. He said: My "Fellow Citizens: 1 acknowledge with much satisfaction the compliment paid me. by my selec tion as your presiding officer- to-night. I am glad to meet an assemblage ot my fellow townsmen on an4occasion,. when their thoughts turn to the political situ ation which Confronts them at a time when their duty as Citizens as well as members of the grand political organi zation should be a subject of their seri ous consideration. If I may be in dulged a few moments, I shall occupy that much of your time in presenting some suggestions touching the condition and responsibilities pf the Democracy to the people of the country and the obligation and duty at this particular time of the Democracy of our btate. 1 he Demo cratic party has at all times been, by profession and by tradition, tne party oi the people; but I by no means intend to intimate in the use ol this expression that in its conduct and action it has failed to justify its profession or been recreant to its traditions. It must, however, be ad mitted that we have had our season of revivals when the consciousness of what true Democracy reklly means has been especially awakened, and when we have been unusually aroused to a lively ap plication of the aggressiveness and ac tivity which conscience exacts of those who professed Democratic laith and who are thus enlisted: in the-people's cause, we contemplate to-nitnt sucn revival and the stupendous result which have thus far attended it. In view of these things we cannot be honest " and sincere and fail to see that stern and inexorable duty is now at oar door. We saw the money of the people unconsciously extorted from them under the guise of taxation. We saw that that was the result of a scheme perpetuated for the purpose of exacting tribute from the poor and tor the benefit of the rich. We saw growing out of this scheme wholesale debauchery and corruption of people whom - it impov erished. We saw the party which advocated and defended this wrong gaining land holding power ' in the Government .by shameless appeals to the selfishness, which it invited We saw people actually burnishing the bonds of misrepresentation and miscon ception which held them, and we : saw the sordidness and perversion of all that constitutes good "citizenship on every hand and sturdy Americanism in jeo pardy. We saw that party planning to retain partisan ascendency by throttling and destroying freedom and integrity of suffrage through the most radical and redness legislation. We saw waste and extravagance raiding the public treasury and Justified in official places, while economy in Government expenditure was ridiculed by those who held in trust the people's money. , We saw the national assemblage ot the peo ples representatives transformed to the mere sembiage ot a legislative assem bly by the brute force of a violently crea tedmajority and by unprecedented arbi trary rulings, while it was leenngly de clared by those who usurped its func tions to be no longer a deliberative body. . 1 hen it was that the Democratic party, standing forth to do determined battle against these abuses which threat end the welfare and happiness of the people, called upon them to trust it, and promised them that the warfare should be relentless and uncompromis ing. As results of the struggle then en tered upon, never has the resistless force of the awakened thought of our coun trymen been more cqmpletely demon strated, and never has the irre'sistable strength of the principles of Democracy been more fully exemplified. From the West and from the East came tidings of victory. In the popular branch ot the next Congress the party which lately impudently anogated to itself thedomi nation of that body will fill hardly more than one-fourth of its seats. Democratic Governors occupy the enemy's strong holds in lowa, Massachusetts, Uhio, Wisconsin and Michigan,? In Pennsyl vania the election of a Democratic Gov ernor presented conclusive proof of. Re: publican corruption exposed and Repub lican dishonesty detected. But with all these results of just and fearless Democratic policy, our work is not yet completely done, and I want to suggest to you that any relaxation of efiort within the lines established by the. National Democracy will be a viola tion of the pledges we gave the people when we invited their co-operation and undertook their cause. . 1 do not forget that we are gathered .together to ratify state nominations, and .that we are immediately - concerned ' with the State .campaign. - It seems to me, however, that while national ques tions of the greatest import are yet unsettled, and when we are on the eve' of : a , national cam paign in which they mus? be again pressed be fore the attention of the voters of the country,1 the Democracy bf the great State of New York cannot and will not entirely ignore them. If we fail to at tain ascendancy in the Empire State, no : matter upon what issue it lost, and no matter how much our opponents may seek to avoid the great and lm portant topic, it will be claimed was the verdict of our people against the prin ciples, and platform ot the- Mational Democracy. - - - It is evident that if our opponnets are permitted to choose the line of battle. they will avoid all national issues. Thus far, this is plainly their policy. There is nothing strange, in this, for they may well calculate that whatever may be their fate in other fields, they have beende- IQ cisely beaten in the discussion of na tional questions., Ifcirt- aardiy be ex pected that thiy will omejo the heiaot vyatenoo acain unless lonteci'to ao so. I am very far Irom haviucany fear ot the resuit of a full discussion of subjects which pertain to State affairs. We have an abundance tf reasons to! furnish why on these issues alone we shbuld be fur ther trusted with the State Government; butit does not follow that ait is wise, to regard matters of national concern as entirely, foreign to the pending can vass.and especially tofpllowthe enemy in their lead entirely aw ay I from issues they most tear and which tjiey have the best of reasons to dread their very lear and dread give in this particular .case strength and pertmancy to the doctrine that the party should at alt times and in all places be made, to feel the conse- queuces of their misdeeds as long as they justify and defend J their wrong .doings. Those who act wpth us-merely because : they - approve jpf the. pres ent,; position of ; r the; National TJtemlScracy and ' reiforres1 we have undertaken and who oppose in national affairs, Republican policy and methods, and who still think the State campaign we have in band has no relation to the principles and policy which they "ap prove, are in danger of falling into, a grave error. . j Our opponents in the" pending can vass, though now striving hard to hide their identity in the clouq of dust raised by their iteration of irrelevant things, constitute a' large factot in the party whicb still far from harmless seeks to perpetuate all the wrongs! and abuses of Republican rule in national : affairs. Though they strive to appear tame and tractable m the State campaign, they but dissemble to gain ner opportunity for harm . " In the present condition of affairs it is not to be supposed that any consistent and thoughtful member pf the Deoio cratic organization can' f il to see that it is bis duty to engage enthusiastically and, zealously In .the .support of :the ticket and platforrn which! represent bur party in this campaign. Ihey are abun dantly worthy and deserving of support on their own merits and for their own sake. We are seeking to place at the head of our State j Govern ment a man of affairs, who, in la long busi ness career has carriedsth4 good opinion and respect of all his fellows, whose honesty and trustworthiness have never been , impeached, and who, I am sure, will administer the great office to which he will ie called, indt-pqndently, fear lessly, and for the good of fall the people of tbe State. We seek, further, to se cure the Empire Si4ite h hjer Democrat ic steadfastness, and we seek to win a victory which shall rertee.n the pledges we pave maae to regard oonstantiy ine interests of the p!pJe oi Jthe land, and which shall u'sve hooe and confidence to the National Dempcrady in" struggles yet to come Witn those incentives and witn these purposes in view, I cannot believe thai any Decrat can be guihy of ba,kw&rdr-es4 oi slothfulncss. With the partv united ;-i zealous, with no avoidance of. any .legitimate issue, with refusal to be diverie-.ri from consid erations of the great Ntrnal find State questions to the dtsc.-s;iii of mislead ing thing, ann with, sue!) iv'rcseiHHtions of issues involved as tit'il drove pur faith in the intelligence of tne people of the State , theresult cannot be doubtful. . Cleveland was, frequently interrupted by applause. At tne conclusion oi ins speech Gov. Hill appeared, and turning to him with a bow arid then to the audience, Cleveland said fie had now to perform a work of uselessness' and su perogation, but he did not think it ne cessary to say more and I he could not say less than that Gov. rial was. there. As Gov. Hill stepped aorward to the reading desk, he was s greeted by an outburst of - applause similar - to and as prolonged 4s that with which Cleveland was received. When the applause had subsided suffi ciently to permit him to! be heard, he began his speech with thas declaration "We insist that no morelrevenues shall be raised than are necessary for the sup port ot tne LrovernmentL economically administered. The principal purpose of every tariff bill shonldlbe the raising of'revenue and not discouragements prohibition of imports for the benefit of tevonte interests. LYNCHING AT OMAHA. A. Hegro Hanned hr a Mop for Criminal ly Aaoaultrnc a, White Child Arrest of Some of the Lynchers Citisans Threaten to Assault the Jait tol Secure Their Beleaae. ' By Telegraph, to tbe Morning Stan, . Omaha, Neb., October 8. The county jail was broken into last night by a mob of 5,000 citizens, and George Smith, a young negro twenty years of age, charged with criminal assault on tbe person ofa five-year old girl named Lizzie Yeates, was forcibly taken out and hung to a telegraph! pole immedi ately outside the court hquse ycrd. Last Wednesday afternoon Smith went to the house of Mrs. Yeates and asked if she had anyf garbage 'she wanted hauled away, and receiving an answer in the negative the mother supposed he went 'awajy, but instead' he returned, and picking up the little girl, who was playing in fthe yard, car ried her to a barn a shore distance away and accomplished bis dastardly deed. He was arrested that night and yester day morning was bound ver to the dis- irici coun. ior iriau i ne citizens, now- ever, assembled and held a mass meet ing and decided that lynching was the proper method of ending bis earthly ex istence. ' The citizens then went to the jail with the above - results. The little girl although badly lacerated, was not seriously injured, and her ultimate re covery is anticipated.' Omaha, Neb., Oct 10. Joseph Newshopper, who led the assault on the county jail last night which resulted in the lynching ot George! Smith, negro, has been arrested and will be charged with murder, the ; only .Nebraska statue covering lynching prescribing that as the charge. j vJmaha, JNEB.j uct. l. seven mem bers ot the mob wnicn ijncneo the ne gro rapist last night are under arrest, charged with murder mithe first degree County attorney Mahoney hadref used to allow release of the prisoners on bail and by 7 p. m. a large drbvrd surrounded the county jail and threatened that if the prisoners were not given tneir liberty the jail would be attacked and the men liDerated. ine men under arrest, are Ed. Neuschalfer, Patrick O'Heine, John Fritz, R. C Bloom, H. H. Brandis,,Ed. t ltzgerald and loseph cruonohue. Bloom is manager for S, P, Morse & Co.,' the largest dry goods company in the city arid O'Donohue is captain 'of police. QlHeine was a Relegate to the Uemocrattc county convention and was arrested While the convention was -in session' ft : - County Attorney Mahoney sent word that the nmen would not be released un der any circumstances and the crowd at once began to assemble to attack the jaii. : i ne crowa now iia.oo a. m.i is pretty quiet and looks ugly. ' - A Papal order which has just been is sued, announces that it is tbe desire of the Pope that no further pilgrimages to i 'Rome be iinaeriakxn lor the present. - 1 Lexington Dispatch ; Reven officers Field. Patterson and welker, o Greensboro, -made a bic" haul county last Monday evening, resulting in theseizure of about 400 gallons of blockade brandy.' -"-.('vv- V V- y 3.'-,'i. Concord Times : This week a h little cirl at Forest Hill that was sup- ' treated several months for that disease.' On making a close examination a shoe button was found in the child's nose, and promptly removed: The button ; had been there, about a year. ; Raleigh' Chronicle: ' Governor Holt yesterday hohored:the requisition of the Governor of jSouth Carolina for Sam Wright, who is wanted for murder, and who is in jail in Polk county for some petty crime committed there. " : Col. Harrell's excursion party for - Cuba, which will leave here December 27, will be absent fifteen days, but the entire cost of the trip will be only $75. Statesville ; Landmark : Miss Belva Murdoch died of consumption at the residence of her father, W. M. Mur-, doch, Esq.,. in this place, last Friday morning.. Miss Muroocn was aoour. hj, years old and up to about a year ago, when the fatal disease manifested itself, was apparently in perfectly health, j - -.-Tobacco has all beeacut-and is curing, t The cjOp is a fine.one, and not a tobac co farm in : the County, so faras the ' Landmark has heard, has been burned ; this falL - Mr. Marcus Mitchell, of Shame's townshtp.l Alexander coiinty. lost a barn two or three weeks ago, and -this is the only one reported thus far in , this territory. - H' Raleigh News and. Observer : Claims for the direct land tax still come in. Mr. Andrews informed our reporter vesterdav that twelve thousand warrants i iad been issued, and claims paid to the amount of something over $3,000, Rev. Dr. W. S. Black, superintendent of t , the Oxford Orphan Asylum, says that ' when he took charge, January, 1891. he -found a debt of $4,500, of which $2,500 has been paid. There have been 'made expensive repairs, particularly of the s : boy's dormitory. Other buildings have bee repainted, a large barn bunt 'ana a new steeple replaces the old one on the main building. Bath tubs have been put in at a cost of $500. The farm, of which fifty-five acres are in cultivation, is an excellent one. ' 1 . Asheville Citizen r There was a wholesale poisoning at the residence of Mr. J. V. Brown, on Montford av enue. " Sunday night two or three of the family became very sick, vomiting violently, and Drs. J. A. Burroughs and J. H. Williams were called in. - On ' Monday several others at Mr. Brown s were taken ill with the same peculiar symptoms. J. V. Brown, Miss Mary Ella Brown, Chas. W. Brown and wife, Willie Sabin, Miss Annie Gowan anil a Mr. Becton were affected. It is thought that the sickness was caused by some article of food eaten on Sunday. The condition of several of those poisoned was critical for a time, but they are all now on the way to recovery. Lenoir Topic: John Pitts, who escaped from jail i Sunday night of last week, stayed outside just twenty-four hours and came in and surrendered him self Monday night. We listened to his -tale of woe which he related just before going back . into jail. When he broke out of the front door of the iail he ran and sat down and rested on the Baptist Church steps. Then he went up to the College, and down across the street and up between Dr. Scott's rectory, going up through Freedman and all around town, -looking for the Warrior road, which iie never found. Hej lay in the thickets all day and was completely, lost. About dark on Monday tie went to Lun bhace s, near .the railroad tank, got something to eat, and hired Shade to pilot him to the ' iail. r Charlotte News: There were , no burglaries in the city last night, and none are likely toj occur for some time. A hanging generally has a good effect for from twelve to eighteen months, and . there is a very good prospect for a hang- . ing here some time in November. . The colored people in Charlotte have been considerably exercised to-day over charges that have been preferred against . Dr. D. L. Caldwell, one ol the colored doctors of this cfity. A warrant for his arrest was sworn I out before Esquire D. G, Maxwell, by aaiiy Moseiey, colored, who charges the doctor with having as saulted her daughter Myra, aged 18 years; The assault is alleged to have occurred last August, but the matter had. been kept quiet until to-day. A warrant for Dr. Caldwell's arrest was placed in the hands of constable Irwin, but the officer failed to find the doctor. It is-said that Dr. Caldwell has fled the - town. The colored people are disposed to take up for the doctor and say that the charge is a trumped up one. Scotland Neck Democrat: There has been more than an ordinary quanti ty of peavine and other hay saved this season. A gentleman who ; owns con siderable land said to us recently that , people are just beginning to learn how to do things in this country. Some days ago a colored man named Richard son presented to Messrs. M. Hoffman & Bro. an order bearing . the name of Mr. Norneet bmith, but they were st little suspicous and did not pay it. The . matter passed on ana tney tooK nttie notice of it.' A few days later the same man presented an. order from Mr. J. D. Askew and Messrs. Hogman & Brother. - paid it.H Soon the colored man returned with another foi $8.00. They paid that also, but at night discovered that' Mr. Askew's name was spelled wrong. They investigated and found that it was forged. The man was arrested and tried before Justice Perry, bound in a bond of $100. He failed to give bond and was sent to jail to await his trial at the next term of the Superior court. Asheville Home Journal: A daring highway robbery was perpetrated in 'this city last evening, whereby a stranger lost all of his money with the - . t r TT T r exception oi iw cents, n. l.. viarx, oi Illinois, "who has been in Asheville bur a week, went down to the depot yester day afternoon. When ready to return, about 7.30 o'clock, he decided to walk. When just below the bridge near Crip- . pie Creek, he was accosted by two men, the larger of whom said, '-Gooi evening, Boss," Mr. Clarke replied to the saluta tion and stepped back to .let the men pass. They also stopped and the smaller man said, '"Say, it you have any money . we want it." With that they both pulled revolvers ; and each caught hold of Mr. Clarke's arms. 'Tbe smaller one then stepped behind him and held his arms while the big one went through all bis pockets, getting in all $345. Mr. B. F. Davis while in company with several ladies went out nutting on Beau catcher Sunday. Despite his 65 years, he climbed up a tall chestnut tree. When about thirty-five feet from the ground the limb that he was on broke and he fell to the ground. Dr. T." H. Williams examined him and found, that one leg was broken above - the knee, and the knee cap cut open, while the other leg was broken near the ankle. One foot was badly mashed. The right arm was also broken and the nose lacerated. . ; rr - brazil. Bioting hi the City of Kio Janeiro. V Bt Cable to Use Morning Star. . Rio JaneIro) Oct. 10 Rioting which began at the Italian theatre Thursday - evening, cnntinued during the night. . Troops were called out and patrolled the city till morning. Throughout the night there was desultory ngnting ana a num ber of : persons are said to, have been Killed, r urtner trouDie isapprenenaeu. To hope and not. be impatient: is really to believe.-? To Carlyle. iii
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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