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VOL 2
1JOOXE, WATAUGA COUNTY, X. C TIIUliSDAY, AT1UL. 3, 181K).
NO. no.
WASHINGTON LETTER,
from ear fejpd&r Correspondent
For the Democrat:
Ex-Seaker Carlisle thinks
the Lodge Federal election
bill one of the most objec
tionable measures ever before
tVongress, and considers that
it would be practically im
possible to hold a legal elec
tion under its complicated
provisions. ' In speaking of
the bill, Mr." Carlisle said :
"Suppose we do a little figur
ng on it to start with. If
this bill "was a law there
would be at each of the 90,
000 election precincts of the
country, at every Congress
ional and Presidential elec
tion, 7 Federal officers, ma
king a total of 030,000 men,
and costing ten or fifteen
millions of dollars every two
years. This estimate is bas
ed upon the present number
of voting precincts, but the
complications of this bill
would make the process of vo
ting such a slow one that the
number of precincts would
have to be largely increased,
perhaps doubled, in order to
give the voters an opportu
nity to deposit their ballots."
The bill has not been much
better received by the Repub
lieans than ny the Demo
crats. The Blair educational bill
is dead, but the Senator has
come up s. ailing with anoth
er bill. This time the appro
priation is only $58,000,000.
The Republican of the
House don't vote as they
talk in contested election ca
ses. The Democrats were led
to believe that seven or eight
Republicans would vote with
them in the case of Mndd vs
Compton, but when the vote
was taken Mudd got the sol
id Republican vote and the
seat.
There are four contested e
lection cases in which all the
arguments have been heard,
and it is exacted that the
Republicans of the commit
tee on Elections will try to
railroad them through this
week.
A favorable report has been
made to the Houseon the bill
providing for the appoint
ment of a coir mission to in
vestigate the liquor traffic.
The announcement by the
Republicans of the House
lFays and Means committee
several days ago that the
tariff bill was complete, has
brought a great deal of trou
ble upon thtm in the shape
of objections from influen
tial members of their party
"to certain clauses of the bill
The lesult is that the bill has
nofryet been reported to the
House, and may not be this
week, and it would not be
surprising if the pressure
should prove great enough
to compel radical changes in
the bill before it is reported.
It is probable that the Dem
ocrats will prepare a substi
tute, based on the Mills bill,
but giving all raw material
used in manufacturingaplace
on the free list.
So general has been the
complaint against the paper
used in the postal cards that
thfl Pnarnffice rienartment
was compelled to get after
the contractor, and thai, m-
2 x
diviJual has promised to use
a better quality of pajierin
the future.
The House has passed the
annual appropriation bill. It
was for $98,500,000, umi ev
ery man who voted for it!
know that it is not enough, j
and that there is bound to
be a big k?flciency at the end
of the next fiscal year, but
that does not stop the dema
gogues from getting up nuil
howling for additional pen
sion legislation. One of them
in a speech advocating a ser-j
vice pension said, us coolly
as if he he was speaking of
buying an apple, that the to
tal cost of such a bill would
not exceed $948,000,000.
When Mr. Carlisle's state
ment was published recently
that the appropriations
which the Republicans of this
Congress intended making
would cause a deficiency in
the Treasury at the end of
the next fiscal year. Mr. Can
non, chairman of the House
commit tee on Appropria
tions, stated that it was a
misrepresentation made for
political effect. Nowasgood
a Republican as Senator Haw
ley states on the floor of the
Senate that the appropria
tions to be made for the next
fiscal year wil' aggregate
$523,000 000 against an es-
tima ted revenue of$ 450,000,
000, making a deficit of $73,
000,000. Certainly Mr. Haw-
ley was not talking for polit
ical effect.
Now it is discovered that
the Secretary of the Navy
needs an assistant. Any
thing to increase the payroll
is the motto of the party
in power.
The Pan-American Con
gress wants subsidized steam
ships and cables from San
Francisco to South America.
Senator Vest made a good
point when Senator Sher
man's anti-trust bill was un
der consideration by stating
that the easiest way to abol
ish trusts was to abolish the
protective tariff which made
them possible.
The bill placing John C. Fre
mont on the retired list of
the Army with the rank of
Majoa General has passed the
House, n
The committee engaged in
investigating the Ohio ballot
box forgeries has notified
Foraker and (irosvenor that
they will pe allowed nntil the
31, inst., to submit argu
ments in writing.
The House will vote on the
World's Fair bill tomorrow
afternoon. It's passage by
the House is certain.
Nearly every one of our boys
who go away from the State
on his return speaks out in
no uncertain sound, and as
sures us that North Carolina
is the best place in which to
Jive. In that we concur, and
when we see the country to
the west visited by snow and
sleet, and crops lost by terri
ble storms, and w hen we read
of the rivers breaking levees
and flooding fields, and cities
invaded by the raging flood,
we are quite content that
our lines have been cast, in
pleasant old North Carolna.
Obsei rer.
Yktek.ixs ox Haiirison.
The Indiana Service Pen
sion Association met in Indi
anopoli March the 10th.
From the Sentinel's report of
tlio proicdings we take the
following. C. P. Powers, of
Terre Haute, said :
"We want everyone hereto
understand that Gov. Alvin
P. Hovey is to le the next
Senator from Indiana. We
are getting aw fill sick ol prom
ises. I have been a Republi
can for 30 vears and it has
been the same old story, and
if our bill is not passed this
time I am going to look a
round for something else. We
want trie members of Con
gress to understand that if
they don't do something du
ring this Congress they will
never get there again. This
corning back withexcusesand
promises to do better next
time will not do any longer.
We .propose to have what be
longs tons what candidates
for Congress have promised
us time and again. If a ser
vice pension bill is not pass
ed by this Republican Con
gress, I doubt much whether
there will be a Republican
majority in the Congress of
1802. 1 hey have lied tons
too many times. Our men
are doing just what we charg
ed the Democrats w ith. You
know what a close. State Indi
ana is. Can there benny oth
cr reason that down at Washington-they
are dealing ut
three times as many pensions
to this little commonwealth
as to the State of Kansas?
Out there the old soldiers a re
in want and distress, and
this bill would be a great
help to them."
Mr. Powers closed his re
marks by comingforward on
the platform until he was
nearly balanced on its edge,
and shoutingimpresively ' We
have been political dd fools
long enough.'
The next speaker was Jas.
Grimsley, of Gosport. His re
marks were much in the line
w ith those of his predecssor.
He roasted the Harrison Ad
ministration without stint.
In speaking of the cry that
no means can be found where
by to pay the pension de
mand, he said : 'When we an
swered our country's call we
did not hesitatingly ask if
there were funds with -wh'ch
to pay us; we went."
, Colonel Tom Dennett step
ped before the body of old
soldiers and warmed them up
and showed up the light of
the question in glowing col
ors. He dwelt, in the begin
ning, on his strong alliance
to the Republican party. He
said he had been a Republi
can for the past hundred
years. He said :
"I attended the last State
Republican Convention held
in this hall. I came herewith
a resolution indorsing the
service pension movement. At
the very mention of thee a. it.
that convention would howl
itself hoarse. I thought of
course, I could get that reso
lution through. A delegate
sat back in the audience Mrho
was to second my motion of
adoption. But somehow,
while talking to Ligellalford
I mentioned the name of my
prospective svond. In a few
momei.ts I saw a small boy
carry a note directly to that
delegate. Picsently the boy
came with a note from him
tome. Inithesaul: "Tom
don't introduce that resolu
tion, for it will embarrass
the candidacy of Renjamin
Harrison for President." Of
course I didn't want to em
barrass that old soldier com
rade, Jenjamin Harrison.
J list then that exponent of
service pension idea, Gov. Al
vin P. Hovey, was nomina
ted for the position he now
holds. That settled it. 1
t hough t tha t w as enough ami
I didn't introduce the resolu
tion. I didn't want to em
barrass Harrison. Rut if Har
rison is no more in sympathy
with theserviee pension move
meat than he has so far
show n himself to be, I want
to embarrass his candidacy.
It is to be hoped that this ad
ministration will do us jus
tice, but if it don't, we will
do it justice. We have had
too much praise At every
political convention the old
soldier is held up as a great
individual. He is praised and
piomised. Rut we have had
praises and promises long e
nough .'-Nn t ional Dcmocra t.
K1LRAIN isll APPY.
Chicago, 111., March 24 A
dispatch from RichburgMiss.
sjiys: Jake Kilrain is a pris
oner, serving out his two
mom lis sentence lor an as
sault . conimited on one John
L. Sullivan in Macon county.
Practically he is enjoyingfull
liberty and the generoushos
pitality of the jailer When
Jake left, this city for Colum
bia county, the seat of Ma
con, Saturday morning in
company with Charles W.
Rich, it was with ihe belief
that the efforts of his friends
to secure his release under
the prisoner contract system
had been futile. Jake was
blue and so was Rich. The
latter has conceived a warm
friendship for the Baltimore
pugilist and said he would
keep Jake out of jail if itcost
$10,000. Friday telegiams
were passing between Rich
and the authorities of Macon
county. Rich was ordered to
prod uce J a ke bef o re t he cou n
ty commissioners. On the
meeting of the Commission
ers, Rich took off his coat,
produced a check-book, anb
began a rgurnent in Ja ke's be
half. It required two hours
of fast talking and emphatic
talk to gain his point, but b
gained it. The climax to the
argument was reached when
Rich signed a check for a good
round sura, and throwing it
before them invited theCom
missioners to either accept or
regret it, and to be in a hur
ry about making up their
minds. The amount of mon
ey it -cads for is not yet
know n. News and Ocserver.
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you w ill feel and look w retch' !,
even in the most eheerful soviet v.
meloncholv on the jolliest occa
sions Dr. J. McLean's Liver and
Kidney Balm will net you right
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Citoi'P suffocation, nioht oughs
and all the common affections' or
the throat and luiifrs quickly re
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wine lung balm.
GRADY ON BAR-ROOMS.
Grady Hosed his celebrated
speech against bar-rooms
withthe following eloquent
tierorntion: ''I assume to
keep no man's conscience;!
assume to judge for no man ;
I do not assume that I am
better than any man, but
that I am weaker. But I say
this to you, I have a boy as
dear tomeasthe ruddy drops
that gather about this heart.
I find my hope nlreay cen
tered in his little body, nnd I
look to him tonight to take
to himself the work that,
strive as I may, must fall un
finished from my hands. Now,
I know they say it is projer
to educate a boy at home;
that if he is taught, at home
he will not go wrong. This is
a lie to begin with, but don't
matter. I have seen sons of
some as good people nsever
lived turn out badly. I ac
cept my responsibility as a
father. The boy may fall
from the right pa thus things
now exist. If he does, I shall
bear that sorrow with resig
nation as 1 may ; but I tell
you, it 1 were to vote to re
call bar-rooms to this city,
when I know it has prosper
ed in their absence, and that
boy should full through their
agency, I tell you and this
conviction has come to me in
the st ill wa tches of the night
I could not, wearing the
crowning sorrow of his dis
grace, mid looking into the
eves oiner wuoseneari nenuu
broken, I could not, if I had
voted to recall these bar
rooms, find answer for my
conscience or support for my
remorse. Appluse. I don't
know how any 'other father
feels but that is the way I feel,
if God permits me to speak
the truth.
When you are constipated w ith
loss apdetite, headache, tnke one
ot Dr. J. II. Mclean's little liver
and kidney pillets. They are
pleusunt to take and will cure
you. 25 cents a vial.
Effect of the voice.
Probably no one can ever
fully estimate how much in
fluence he is constantly exert
ing through his tones of voice.
Nothing is so powerful to
cheer the drooping energies
of a discouraged group as
the inspiring tones of hope
in the words of a new arrival.
Who has not seen the imme
diate effect of a glad spright
ly voice breaking in upon a
dull and uninterested party
ot people: now t-neir eyes
brighten and their brows
clear, and their forms become
erect 1 On the other hand, let
a solemn, or doleful, or fret
ful voice break in on a cheer
ful company, and how quick
ly the smile dies on the lip.
and the depressing influence
goes around! The infant who
cannot understand a word his
mother says, is soothed and
pleased, or grieved and fright
ened by her tones, and the
seeds thus sown of love and
gentleness, or of harshness
and impatience, are sure to
bear fruit in his later devel
opment, and exert a strong
influence in mellowing his fu
ture character, and prepar
ing it to contend the better
with the roughness of the
world. Ar. Y, Ledgvr.
TFRNS DEMOCRAT.
Col. A. L. Harris, who has"
leen one of the most nromi-
nent Republicans Georgia
has ever had, and who orgn-
nized the Georgia House of
Representatives during the
famous 20 days' fight ovfrf
organization under recon
struction acts, has become a
Democrat. A newspaper an
nouncement that he had turn
ed Democrat calld out the
follow ing published card. He
says: "There is no Republi
can party in Georgia. There
is a small, close eoriorntion
of a few negroes and white
men who keep upjtJstenongh
organization to send them
selves as delegates to Repub
lican national conventions
and to keep themselves in of
fice. This part is wholly
dominated by negroes. Not
such learned, broad-minded
men as Bishop, Turner, Gran
dison and others of their
kind, but a class of negroes
who, were they white men,
could have no standing in o
ny party or community. The
administration at Washing
ton promptly make appoint
meats as recommended by
the sweet scented gang."
Landmark.
You wiil have no use for spec
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it removes the film diid pktim
which acumulatcs on the eyeball
subdues inflfliiuition, cools and
soothes the irritated nerves, stru
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2o chills a box.
Horse Whipped bf a Woman.
Chicago, Mar., 25. United
States Commissioner, Simeon
King was horsewhipped on
the steps of the First Nation-
Bank today, by a dark-eyed,
pretty widow, Mrs. rrank
Kent. Dignified Mr. King,
quietly entered the bank, und
suddenly found himself seized
by the whiskers, receiving
stinging cuts across the face,
his feminine assailantcryingi
I'm not fit to take care of
my children am I?"
Mr. King tried to run, rais
ing h's hands to protect his
countenance, but the woman
kept on in front, lashing him
repeatedly over the head and
shoulders. In desperation he
raised his cane nnd struck
her. The street was throng
ed with excited people, and
he was pushed into the bank,
while the widow was arrested
Mrs. Kent, who is a panora
ma painter, asserts that Mr.
King, her attorney, defraud
ed and calumniated her. Mr.
King says Mrs. Kent heH un
rightful possession of one
of his- houses in company
with an architect named Har
baugh
Obserwr.
NOTICE.
To the voters of the Irtcor
peration of Boone. An elec
tion w ill be held at the court
house in Boone, on Tuesday
May 6th. 1890, for th pur
pose of electing a Mayor and
three Gommissiones for the
incorporation of Boone.
Nathan Horton and M. It.
Blackburn are appointed
Judges to hold said election,
V. L. Bryan Register.
W. C. Coffey Mayor.
3r.