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WASHINGTON LETTER.
Tiea our lUgalar Corretpondent
For the Democrat:
Ex-Speakers Carlisle and
Randall have nbly presented
their case in the minority re
port on the code of Rules,
which Mr. Carlisle by his par
liamentary adroitness, com
pelled the republican majori
ty of the House committee
ou Rules to report much
Hoonerthan thvyhnd intend
ed. It says of the . clause in
theproposed Rulen,- authori
zing the Speaker to count
ing members not voting to
make a quorum. "This is
the most radical, and in our
opinion, the most dangerous
innovation proposal by the
majority. If agreed to, the
personal rights of the citi
zens, protected heretofore by
laws enacted by the votes of
a majority may be impaired
Ly the votes of a fraction of
the members of Congress. In
the same way enormous sums
of money may be appropria
ted from the public treasury
for unconstitutional and
improper purposes. Any
rule or practice which ena
bles the Speaker or the c!erk
to pass bills by counting mem
bers present and not voting,
will inevitably result in de
stroying theconfid mee of the
people in the integrity of leg
islation. The Rules were called up in
the House today and noth
ing else is to- be done until
they are disposed of. .lust
when that will be, cannot be
stated yet. The Republicans
eeem inclined to try to rush
them through and have a fi
nal vote taken not later than
Wednesday, but this pro
gramme will be vigorously
resisted by the Democrats,
who insist upon ample time
being given for a full and free
discussion. They have taken
this stand, not because they
expect to defeat the adoption
of the Rules, but that they
may have an oportunity,
through the medium of
speeches, to show up every
flaw in them, so that the
country may place the re
sponsibility where it belongs.
The imperative need of more
public buildings in Washing
ton has been much talked of
in both ends of the Capitol,
since Senator Morril brought
out the fact that $121,700
a year was being paid out
by the Government for rents
in this City, and owing to
the overcrowded condition of
the Government building the
amount was continuously in
creasing. The sentiment in
Congress seems to be in favor
of erecting the buildings nec
essary to carry on the busi
ness of the Government, and
it is probable that early ac
tion will be taken in the mat
ter. This is particularly nec
essary in the Government
printing office, a ramshackle
ty old rat-trap which will
some day fall down and kill
several hundreds of its sar
dine-packed occupants if it is
not replaced by a new build
ins:.
The Republicans in Con-
cress are a long ways from
being a happy family just
now. Senator Edmondn threa
tens to resign from the Sen
ate Committee on Foreign
affairs, because a restitution
of his was voted down in ex
ecutive session, while Sena
tor Sherman, chairman of the
committee, chuckles and
says', "let him go." On the
House nide there are oceans
of trouble. Speaker Heed is
hopping mad because the Re
publican caucus amended his
code of Rules by adding a
clause making pension legis
lation privileged at all times
and he has intimated to Mr.
Carlisle through a third par
ty that if a Democrat will
move to strikeoutthisclause
enough " Republicans would
vote with him to do so.
The hearings in the Ohio
ballot-box forgeries still go
merrily on, but it is expected
that this week will end them.
Whatever thecommittee may
do, the impartial public has
xmvicteJ Foraker and Ilnls
tead of trying to destroy a
man's good name with a pa
per which they knew to be
forged.
Belief that the new Rules
are to be adopted ,by the
House has brought a swarm
of lobbyists ol all descrip
tions to Washington in the
hope of getting part of the
spoils. This is the way the
matter strikes Representa
tive Crisp, of Georgia, one of
the most clear headed men in
the House: "When you con-,
s der the proposition for im
mense expenditures of public
money that are being urged
upon the Congress, and that
these Rules make the way
clear for t hem, you do not
have to be a prophet to see
that the money asked for by
Congress is apt to o verbal-,
enced that held at the Treas
ury."
The Democrats are taking
the preliminary steps toward
a winniug Congressional cam
paign this year. Represent
ative Flower, of New York'
has been elected temporary
chairman, and Representa
tive McRea, of Arkansas,
temporary secretary of
the Congressional cam
paign committee. Great
pressure is being brought to
bear on Senator Gorman to
accept the permanent chair
manship of this committee.
Bob Ingersol, who is here,
endorses Speaker Reed, but
then it must he remembered
that Ingersoll, like Reed,
does not believe in a hereaf
ter. The Presidential proclama
tion opening the Sioux Indi
an reservation to settlement,
was issued to-day.
Washington, Feb. 10.
KESIXISCENCES, COGITATIONS
AND NEWS ITEMS.
NUMBER VII.
Foi the Democrat.
I have been cogitating.
This country is in need of
good roads' and good farm
ers. Thegeneration of young
men Just now entering life
as farmers, ought greatly to
ouldo their fathers, and the
generation now ripening for
the grave. Superior farm
ing machinery is comatable
by young farmers greatly in
excess of that which - was to
be obtained even twenty
years aero. There are more
books and newspapers and
knowledge which the young
men of-to-day can command
over those which their fath
ers ever dreamed of.
This train of thought has
been suggested from the fact
that a young man of my ac
quaintance has voluntarily
given up other employment,
and retired to some 80 acres
of land, which he proposes to
cultivate in true style, and
avail himself of this market,
which, in time, will demand
the produce of many intelli
gent, prosjerou8 farmers.
Noah P. Webb, was born
in Caldwell county, some six
miles from Linvlile. Years
ago it seemed, to me that
he thought there was noth
ing good enough for h'nr
here in his native neighbor
hood and was longingly look
ing toward the Great West.
The Linville Improvment
Company was organized and
began surveys of their pur
chases. Noah engaged with
the company, saved his mon
ey, and, a year ago last fall,
went to Kansas. He wan
dered over that State, ob
tained many new ideas, and
found that theie was more
than the North Carolina
ways of doing business, yet
he was not satisfied ; became
back home and again enter
ed into the company's ser
vice. At last, he has conclud
ed that he can do even bet
ter on his land and now pro
pose to settle down on the
old homestead of his father.
A grand, good decision.
Njw, letMr. Webb study
his profession, learn what
will command the most ready
sale and prove the most re
munerative and he will suc
ceed.
Messrs. Black well & Weld,
who have had a big contract
sawing lumber for the Lin
ville ImprovetnentCompany,
are pulling up stakes prepar
atory to the removal of their
saw-mill to Russell county,
Va.. where they have a con
tract which will keep them
sawing for three years or
more, and then there will be
thousands of lumber left for
others.
And this reminds me of the
vast forest still standing in
old Virginia, though she has
been settled longer than any
of the original states except
North Carolina. And on
this fact I might indulge in
some reminiscences of an in
teiesting character, but I
forbear.
The other day I heard of
the death of W. S. Turbyfill,
of Cane Creek, in this county.
He was A. S. Church's saw
yer, and a most excellent
workman and citizen he
proved to be. A month or
more ago he was taken sick,
and growing worse instead
of better was conveyed to his
home, where he lingered some
weeks and died. Mr. Church
speaks highly of him.
Mr. George W. Julian has
been Black well & Weld's saw
yer here. He bought two
lots on Roanoke street, and
erected a frame dwelling. He
is going to Virginia with his
employers, and has sold his
real estate to J. G. Loven.
He is from Heatons Creek,
Tenn. J. S. W.
Linville, Feb. 12. .
THE MONTANA IMBROGLIO.
St Paul, Minn. Feb. 10. A
Pioneer-1'rvss special from
Helena, Montana says: Sen
ator Becker, a Democratic
absentee arrested at Miles
City on Friday, was brought
into Helena on n spcial
train Saturday night by
Sheriff Parker. When Boze
inan was reached the Demo
crats had Parker arrested
for kidnapping on a warrant
issnedl)y a Justice of the
Peace. ' Parker did not feel
disposed to obey the warrant
but the sheriff who served it,
was accompanied by a crowd
of Bozeman men, who would
probably have taken the
prisoner a way had he resist
ed. He went to court and
easily gave bonds for his ap
pearance next week. A spec
ial train was then made up
and brought Parker and
Becker to Helena.
Becker was brought into
the Senate, which was in sess
ion, and fhe question wheth
er or not he should be fined
for contempt was taken un
der consideration by thecom
mittee on privileges and elec
tions. The presence of Beck
er makes a quorum and the
Senate will probably sit all
night and pass laws, as it is
expected other Democratic
absentees will be present on
Monday to block the pro
ceedings. (Later.) The Republican
House nnd henate were in
session until U:c5U o ciock
yesterday morning and pass
ed eight appropriation bills
Becker took no part in the
proceedings, but was count
ed present by the Lieut.Gov
ernor, thus making a quo
rum.
Helena, Montana, Feb. 10.
Democratic State Senator
Becker, who was brought
here by the sheriff on Satur
day night, was spirited away
by Democrats last night on
a special train. A dispatch
just received says he crossed
the Idaho-Montana line this
morning. All of the Demo
cratic Senators are now out
of the State and the Senate
is without a quorum. The
question now raised is wheth
er bills passed Saturday
can become laws. The Lieu
tenant Governor is ordered
to sign bills in the presenc of
the Senate. The bills are not
yet signed. Legal advice will
be taken whether the signa
ture of the President of the
Senate must be affixed in the
presence of a quorum ; if not,
theappropriation bills willbe
signed and sent to the Gov.
TRAGEDY IN CHURCH.
Charlotte, N. 0. Febr. 5th.
A terrible tragedy occurred
just across the Virginia line,
about thirty miles from Spar
ta, N. C, last Sunday, the
particulars of which reached
Charlotte to-night. The scene
of the tragedy was in a Bap
tist church, of which the Rev.
Jasper M. Stooke is the pas
tor. Sunday morning the
Rev. Jasder was preachinga
bout the "Sins of Men." He
used some very strong lan-
iruacre m picturing tne un
godly and wayward men, and
during the course of his re
marks took occasion to say
that "there was a man in his
congregation who was so
mean and unfaithful to his
wife that it was a wonder
God did not rain down fire
and brimstone on his head
and consume him."
The preacher pointed his
finger towards Thomas Cole
man, who occupied a seat
near the pulpit, and as he
did so that individual jump
ed to his feet to enquire if
the parson meant to be per
sonal in liis remarks. No
sooner was Coleman on his
feet than a half a dozen dea
cons were updemandingthat
he si t d o wn . E very th i ng was
in an uproar and during the
confusion Edward Clawson
cried out to Coleman that
Yes, he meant you and you
know it." Then there were
cries of "put him out" and
several grubbed hold of him.
Coleman resisted bitterly,
and seizing a stick of stove-
wood lying near the stove he
began to wield it hard and
fast, knocking four men to
the floor and fatally wound
ing Jerry Ferguson. One
man becoming enraged
wrenched the r;lub from Cole
man and dealt him a deadly
blow accross l.is head. He
then walked out of the church
and has not been seen since.
It is said that the riot lasted
about six minutes, during
which the greatest confusion
imaginable prevailed. The
women screamed and ran
out of the church, and there
was not one in . sight , when
order was restored. A com
plete list of the killed and
wounded is as follows :
Killed Thomas Coleman
and Jerry Ferguson.
Wounded Ed. Clawson,
John Peeby and Robert Ed
wards. There are many accidents and
diseases which effect Stock and
cause serious inconvenience and
loss to the farmer in his work,
which may be quickly remedied
by the use of nr. J. H. McLean's
volcanic oil Liniment
Learn to be a man of your
word. One of the most dis
heartening of all things is to
be associated in an under
taking with a person whose
promise is not to be depend
ed upon and there are plen
ty of them in this wide world,
people whose promise is as
slender a tie as a spider's web.
Let your given word be a
hemoen cord, a chain of
wrought steel that will bear
the heaviest sort of weight.
It will go far toward making
a man out of you. And a real
man is the noblest work of
God not a lump of moist
putty, moulded and shaped
by the last influence met with
that was calculated to make
an impression; but a man, a
forceful, energized, Belt-reli
ant, and reliable character,
a positive quantity that can
be calculatedupon. Stand
ard.
Exposure to bad weather, pit
ting wet, living m damp local
ties are favorable to the contrac
tion if diseases of the kidneys
and blaider. As a preventive
and for the cure of all kidney
and liver trouble, use tha t valua
ble remedy. Dr. J. II . McLean s
liver and kidney balm. $1.00
per bot tle.
CbreUad aad Hurlm u C3?ll
On civil service reform tllo
practical record of neither
party is immaculate. Both
parties have made public
professions of adhesion" to
the principles of this reform,
and both have fallen short
of their professions under the
temptations of power. Mr.
Cleveland's administration.
in its later months,' lapsed
painfully, from' the resolute
faithfulness with which itbe
gan. But at its worst es
tate, his administration was
like the driven sn- w in com
parision with the shameful
corruption with which the
post-office "patronage" has
been handled by these two
eminent Presbyterian elders,
Mr. Harrison and Mr. Wan
amaker, from th moment
they gripped the reins. Cu
rious, isn't it, that "the
party of the saloon-keepers
and ballot-box stutters"
should have given 113, in this
respect, a comparatively
honest a Jministration; while
"the party of the elders and
deacons," in defiance of its
formal pledges and of the
solemn ostentations of its
presidential candidate on
the floor of the senate, should
so have renewed the shame
of the worst days of the re
public? No punctiliousness
in family prayers, not a life
time of labor in Sunday
school, can undo or outdo
one hundredth part of the
demoralization that has been
wrought by this treachery to
public duty. L. W. Bacon
in Forum.
Pretty Mrs. Morris.
A special from ReidsviHeto
the Atlanta Constitution da
ted Jan. 28, says: As was
well known, there was more
at stake in the trial of Mrs
Cora Morris, charged with
causing the death of her hus
band by chloroform, just
closed, than the mere convic
tion or acquittal of the pris
oner. There is the large es
tate of Mr. Morris, bequeath
ed in his will to his wife, and
a ten thousand dollar insur
ance policy on his life, also
payable to Mrs. Morris. The
acquittal of the prisoner, of
course, throws all this into
her hands, whereas if she had
been convicted, the will of her
husband would have been
null and void. This is the
home of Mrs. Morris, and it
is located in this, thriving
town where is located most
of the property mentioned in
the will of Mr. Morris, It is
learned to-night that there
will be yet more jaw suits p
ver the matter, and there is
more unrest in sjtorefor pret
ty Mrs. Morris. The rela
tives of the dead man will
contest his will on the charge
of the infidelity of Mrs. Mor
ris, and the overpersuasion
on her part, in inducing her
husband to make its provis
ions in her favor. ' The Mu
tual Benefit Life Insurance
Company, of Newark, N. J.,
announces that they will
will fight the case until judg
ment day before they will
pay over the ten thousand
dollar policy.