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UTAH AND POLYGAMY.
For tho Democuat:
It was tin intontiou ofour
Constitution not only to se
cure the greatest good to the
majority, but also to pro
mote justice and right, and
nnd repress wrniiR. Hither
to our senators nnd represen
tatives have in the discharge
of their varied duties, shown
themselves equal to every e
mergenoy, but one.
Whenever the Constitution
needed tin amendment to
guarantee to our people
rights not already secured,
the Congress in its wisdom
and patriotism atonee nuwe
the necessary provision, and
presented the amendment to
the people for ratification or
rejection. Several amend
ments have thuaJUum added
to the original Constitution;
and it seems to me that one
more is now badly needed. It
seems incredible that our
great Government has been
baffled and defied so long by
one little territory, Utah.
With the requisite popula
tion, she demands admission
as a state, and boldly claims
that she can not be refused
admission as the Constitu
tion provides. Why may not
Congress at its next session
add a clause to the Constitu
tion prohibiting polygamy
in any state or territory, and
submit it to the people for
ratification?
Tnis would not be lega
ting against any religious
sect or denomination, but on
ly to check and suppress a
growing evil, whose tendency
is to destroy virtue and bring
everlasting disgrace and ru
in upon our country. The
sooner this matter is dealt
with, the better. It would
stop the immigration of the
hordes of Mormon proselytes
that are pouring into Utah
from Europe and other parts
of the world, with their sen
sual and develish doctrines
of nihilism, infidelity and
hate for our Government.
Don,t. admit Utah as a
state until polygamy is wi
ped out and provision made
to prevent the recurrence of
a likeevil. J. S. Hill.
Butler Tenn., Oct. 2(i, '89.
WAKE FORES LEETTTR.
To t he D mo-rrat.
Foot ball is a new game in
the South while in the North
it has been played for mary
j ears. The game U a, very i
laborious one to n:y the I :Hni!-s below h : re the 1 ' h.
lejwt. A large bull the size'of Nov. Mid continue for -.-ofawatermelonnr.il
the same era! days.
Khape is US4 d. To a h; -ta- Tin- mj'.cthI p.-.j,i.. hav
tor, who does not uaderston b en in a leg way t .'l.:s'.w-' .
the "points" the game up- Tie y hid a Fair j.t Ih.'.eh
jears to l under a hard and .-wry ie'ro one nav
fight among the yce.ng mn '""'t 'd !o go. Gov. 1'owle
for the ball. Kveiy Collemv a the op-, in ti c'i and
in the state hasu team. A;1 his audii-me v;i.i the
Inter StateUoot I!alll."agii';i" in Amvica
Has formed at Ralcig'i last .n ! -v; rybody beKev.il .t.
week, Chapel Hill, was a I- The .State I'air was said to
lowed the Presidency and jh ive been t he best for Never
elected Mr. Lv, Wake Forest jal years,
the Secretary andcleeted Mr. I Frost has c t shoit lb
Sikes, Trinity, the Tr asurer cot ;on crop in this seeli hi a
whMi was filled by Mr. Dan- guod ilea!. I. i). I).
i-ls.
Wake rorest lias, re
ceive! a challenge from the
Richmond College team and
will play them on the 9th
somewhere on the. James Riv
er near Richmond.
There was to have been a
match game of base-ball at
Raleigh this afternoon be
tween the Chicago Ft male
Team and the Raleigh team.
The rain I suppose will break
it up.
The Prof, of Physical cul
ture is giving the students
and a few of the Profes
sors all they want in the
way of exercise. This
feature of the college is a
good one,stooped shouldered
young men will be made
straight and the weak places
developed. As the Prof, was
coming to Wake Forest hist
summer he took a carriage
at Richmond, Va., to drive
to the hotel and created
quite a sensation. The ne
gro driver was. hailed on all
sides and asked if that was
Kilram, audit was with diffi
culty he succeeded in getting
to the hotel for the throng
of people who crowded the
streets to get a glimpse of
the great sluggar, as they
thought.
Prof. L. R. Mills gave a
very interesring lecture on
rain storms and cyclones last
Tuesday night. He had sev
eral requests from scientific
men for a copy of his lecture.
It would be a great advan
tage if the Prof. Mould make
prediction of all the rain and
storms especially such a rain
a s i s n o vv i n p r ogress ,
The Y.M.C.A.of the College
is in a very prosperous coi d -tion
under the management
of Mr. John L. Kesler who
will deliver an address at the
district convention which
meets at Durham the 8th,
9th and 10th, of Nov. Wake
Forest will send a large dele
gation. Rev. John Mitchell who
has for several years been
Agent of the Ministerial aid
association of W. F. College
has been called to the pasto
rate of the Baptist church at
Hendersonville, N. C, and
will soon enter on the duty.
One year ago the two so
cieties and the college did
away with medals, this fall
each society has put back
the improvement medal.
I light C. Moore, tf Cald
well has been very sick for
two weeks but is now much
better. There are numerous
cases of sickl es inthecol-
lege now, more than common ; kins public the report in re
for this time of year. . jgard to the .'jdministration
The aptist State Conven-jf the pension of the Pension
tion will meet at Henderson. I OiWw by Corporal Tanner is
TANN'EIGSM.
Tannerism is but another
name for iiieo.iqieteiicy,
fraud, waste, scandal and dis
grace. H.uras ..n appointed
the corporal to olliee know
ing all about his character.
He had been told just what
he might expect. Mr. Franu
lin Woodruff, as we learn
from the Ne-.v York livening
Post, is oueoflhe mos' prom
inent Republicans in Brook
lyn. He told the President
"if he appointed Tanner, he
would disgrace the adminis
tration insideof six months."
So whatever disgrace has be
fallen the Radical Hood Ad
ministration because of Tan
nerism is to be laid at the
door of the partisan, weak
President of the Republican
(tarty. He deliberately chose
his tool with his eyes wide o
pen, and after a thorough
revelation of the fellows char
ill! i r i
acrer naa ueen made, lie ue
liberatel.v sinned against
light and knowledge when le
put this fellow in a position
to waste a great surplus and
bring an incurable scandal
upon himself.
Now thisisnot Democratic
lies and Democrat it; preju
dice, but a fact easily estab
lished It is known in Wash
ington to the officials as well
as to the men on newspaper
row, that Tanner has sjCeut
nearly or quite one hundred
million dollars by "rerating"
pensioners. Thit is to say,
he has not only expended
the .f 7,000,000 allowed by
the act of the Congress, but
helms added $100,000,000
to thatgreatsum by conupt
means. Now is not that a
blistering disgrace and shame
Now for proof.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
is a leading Republican pa
per of Pennsylvania, it is not
a blind organ like the Press,
but is reliable if Republican.
It publishes in its news col
umns, and discusses editori
ally the seandallous transact
ions under Tanner and de
mands that all the facts be
given to the country by the
Administration. It is a ter
rible revelation of folly and
crime, and Harrison stands
before the country guilty and
responsible.
IVe give such parts of the
rnquirers statements as are
necessary to make the start
ling scheme apparent. It
says:
"It is now stated that the
hesitation manifested in m;i-
oa a- o:nt of ill' i f.'e -t vhi.h th I'.Iue.'i.Id t.r.g.-dy, all.g -'
th uV Vati i:s iei:ht !riv:iiig iliat Ih-.v, McCi.y Mid
i i !h tiriair ial :-.n I bu-i- Hat!! -Id. w:Te 1 : i :- . 1 to kill
ii.-s interest.',- :; the romiiy. little Al P.iU!;;fied. and that
Th" v.hol 'sal. i -rating ord -r ihey re-ivd ."00. or v.eiv
which h.isj.i-t b-s'ii re, i idtsl. Jo. when th- job was romp'.-'
involves untold million, an ! fed. The attempt on little
it is not certain yet Cat th" Al and his wi m wt V kno:i :i
(resent, revenue.-! of the Gov-j and that t he progi a ;nme was;
jenuient will 1m equal to thej not fully carried out was be-!
i.'UiaiM!s created by t h 1 1 V uw th e RruniflH's were too '
Jhwim p of Tanner's pei. The hot on th.' tricksif then-!
Se rctary of the 7Veasury h.-is, sarins. The report further j
railed attention to lie-rnor-'savs that the result of these
I '
niou- increase of expendl-. lisilosiires h is b rough tj
tares f. a pension allowances j.diout open hostilities, and
ltevo 'd te estimates for 1 he1 th it the entire dist rict isnr-'
ear. auo nas vie.iriy indica -
ted that th. 'existing income!
of th" Government can not
meet the drain upon its re
tources. "A statement has b'n pre
p wed in outline, intended to
show the extent of the mon
ey involved in Tanner's ivck-
1 -iMiess. The amount is pine
e ! not far fro!n on" humlred
million:, inaddirion toabout
that sum now expended on
pensions granted in accord
nice with some regard f
law and responsibiiit . It is , and his wife. This shooting
very evident from the toneof j occurred on a Sunday night,
conversation that great un-jsoiJ both the victims were
easiness exists in ofiicinl cir-j badly wounded, Mrs. Rruni
cles. A demand for more rev; '"'id being shot in th" bre.-jst
enue with whicli to 'meet these and her husband in the leg
unexpected drains would ci-e-j McCoy and Haley escaped
ate a popular revultion which 1 1 Kentucky, but not until
would put a ston to nension ' there had been two more at-
legislation, ii it did not. wipe
out some of the radical fea
tures of existing fU'atues."'
Up to this hour tin re has
been no attempt made to re- jded. The two would be mut
cover the tens of mUlions ' derers were arrested in Ken
thus paid our. by Tanner
paid out wickedly, illegally,
corruptly. The man now op-!
crating in Tanner's place is;
actually in possession offO,
(H)0 he got through Tannner.
S ) says the New York Time..
.What a stinking kettle of
fish I It: says with r tinging
appropriateness and direct
ness: "If the President, and Sec
retary Noble really desire to
make reparation for Tan
ner's reckless and unlawful
acts, they should find a less
objectionable temporary sub
stitute for Tanner than the
chief beneficiary of his "rera
ting" policy."
A d waved concern!
Wilmington Mess&nger.
A Desperate War.
Wheeling, W. Va., Oct.,
29th. Lincoln county, or at
least that part of.t around the
county seat, is now in a fer
mente fexeitmont concerning
the fearful tragedies enacted
within the borders of the
county Thursday night of
last week. There is quite a
degree of interest manifested
to get the accurate details of
the double killing at Queen
Shoals on the above night.
Intelligence from that sec
tion is meagre, but enough
is known to satisfy the most
credulous that Green McCoy
and Milt Hally were riddled
with bullets on the night in
question organized force
numbering sixty determined
men. ine latest report, re
ceived, and from a reliable
man who was detained sev
eral days, is to the effect that
McCoy and Haley implicated
oaer pro mi:i .'nt par lie., in
. rayeil. eillier on one snle or
th" other, and they arecon-
gregating well armed and
the aspect is of a mostthrent
uing nature.
Holey nnd McCoy are r.a-
! fives of Kentucky, and are
allied to the McCoy faction
of outlaws whose murderciH
feud with the Uattiel ls is
j i genera ly familliar to the
: public. McCoy about a
month ago, in company with
Haley, ambushed and attemp
r;tedt murder Al Ihumfield
td.ipts at assassination in
the rounly, in one of which a
man named Adkins, a friend
of the Rrumfields, was woun
tucky and on Friday they
were brought to Lincoln
county, (W. Va.) jail. About
midnight Friday night a mob
surrounding the Lincoln jail,
forced an entrance after a
.
snort resistance ov the au-
thorities, took two of til
prisoners Green McCoy nnd
Milton Haley and hung
them to a tree a short dis
tance from the jail building.
Fanaticism and iutteuness.
He clipped last week a de
liverance of the "Abe Patter
son Grand Army Post " of
Pittsdurg. Pa., but failed to
note it editorially. It isthese
bloody shirt performances
that aredi.sgustingand mean
and that react on the shab
by fellows engaged in the dir
ty work. Such actions on the
part of the G. A. P's will be
sure to bring them into do
served reproach, and to make
the Radical element in the
North still more detestable.
The Pittsburg bloody shift
ers are raving mad over the
erection of a monument at
Gettysburg in memory of the
men who fell in that battle,
who belonged to the "Second
Maryland Rebel Regiment,"
as the Pitsmrghers put it in
their fiery resolution. These
f u r i o u s f el lows d eel a re that
they desire to enter their sol
emn protest against this sac
rilege, and most emphatical
ly denounce any such intru
sion by traitors upon sacred
soil, etc., etc.
The dignified and able New
York Evening Post says ol
this ugly and inexcusable be
havior: "It really seems as though
the Grand Ar ay Mahine
x; ..... f..f;.j ij.-s !j l"
ai! adi.i'rati n of tli l"i:"o-f
soldi r by ho in j l.i a n -
worthy oi admirati n. " 3
Tl." true soldier would ;
0. rn :,-! tl;e fa t. that rvr-y
good iti.'.i is i!itere.-ted i?'
s:-'ii:g 1 1. ai the po.i upon
the (Jettysburg ittle!ie!d
marked by great achieve
iii. nts. " lietli";- on th'N'a-'
tior.al or Conf..,.I.,rate m ie.'
are prperly marked, iua
mil. h as the greater the rvi
diMiei f bravery on the p.iru
of tlw ilefeated niin,,'. tii'
greater is the tribute to t.'i.'
victorious army.''
It notei the interesting
fact th.it (Jen. Grant, in h'i
last book, his "Personal i
r.iories," never refers to t',e
Confederates reb'ds and
Iraitors. He says that bot't
lidos fouuht for ''principle.-
they d'remed dearer than lit '
and that he, the success'ul
rommnnder of the side that
finally triumphed, died be
ieveing "vi' art' on the eve Of
anew era. when there is t
he great harmony betw -e;i
the Federal and the Coiifedei'
ate."
Fanaticism and malice an'
born of the same pnrentsnud
no brave, just, and lionora
ble man can afford to cher
1. s'h either of them. They
would blister his sotlh Messenger.
The Two ( 'a mel ons.
"Am" Cameron is as cohl
as ice, and when .i visitor
has the rare good luck to s-iv
him he often wishes he hadn't
Ixvii so suoeessul. says the
New York Herald. The de
ceased Cameron, who was1
tho friend and at times the
patron of Democrats and
K;'publicnns;alike( concilia ted
everybody with whom he
came in contact. Someyenrs
ago in Pennsylvania, Don,
who was beginning to run
things withthedynastic force
of the family, told his father
at. Donegal one day: "I'm
going to put my man in as
temporary as well as perma-1
nent chairman of the Repub
lican tftate convention to
morrow." "Don't do i:"
said Simon. "Why not coik
cilia ie the other faction by
letting their man go in as
temporary chairman. If
cazt do you any arm. and
when the time for real work
comes your man will go in
gracefully." Don refused tif
heed tins sapient counsel
and vowed he'd have both
places. "All right," said the
old gentlomon, "have your
own way. but if your man
gets licked don't come to mi?
for sympathy." Don per
sisted, and 1iis candidate for
permanent chairman did pet
badly licked. "Don" said
his father that night as they
took a glass of wine togeth
er; "Don, when you die yon
will be richer probably than
I will, but you won't have
hjilf ns lif- afuneral "Ex.
F. MO MMEW, O. EAVES.
Elerphewfe Eaves,
A TTO UN E YS-AT-L A W ,
AND
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
MARION, NotiTH Carolina.
jfccnHain Ltreet ovs. D.Ujj Co's.
jta. July 13 d9. 1 y.