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VOL 1
HOOXE, WATAUGA COUNTY. X. C TJIUltSDAW AP1UL, 10, 1890.
NO. 40.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Eegnlar Correipondent
For t Iw Democra t :
Boss Quay linn returned,
niul the very firt thing he
diil was to order the Sii:
tors of hit party to confirm
the nomination of the Flor
ida official!, that the pro
tent h and ch.itgcsof the Flor
ida Senators have had "hung
up" forborne time, nnd the
tesult was the liveliest Ferret
session of the Senate for ma
ny a day. The Democratic
Senators did not mince1 words
in attacking the men that
Quay was cracking his whip
to have confirmed, und the
Senate adjourned without
confirming them, but of
course Mr. Quay will see to it
that they are confirmed this
week.
At d meeting of the execu
tive committee of the Nation
nl Association of Democratic
clubs held here Saturday, it
was determined to take nnac
tive part in the coining cam
paign notwithstanding the
genlle hint given by certain
leading democrats that no
help was needed from the
clubs. Mr. Carlisle is a believ
er in the good accomplished
by clubs and so is Mr. Cleve
land, and in fact, the majori
ty of good democrats. The
headquarters of the executive
committee wiii in the future
be in this citv instead of New
York.
The Commissioner of Pen
sions estininles that it. will
take iM 0,000,000 a year to j
meet the service pension bill
proposed by the House com
mittee on Invalid Pensions.
The woman suffrage folks
are jubilant over the passage
by the House, of the bill to
admit Wyoming as a State,
with a constitution provi
ding for suffrage. The demo
crats solidly opposed the bill
nnd they had the assistance
of one solitary repnblican.
The House, after making
the date for holding the
World's Fair, from April
to November 1893 passed
the bill, and it is now before
the special Senate committee.
Senator Daniel has ofieredan
amendment providing for a
celebration to take place in
this city on October the I4th
1892, on the occasion of the
unveiling of the proposeti
monument to v olumbus.
Representative Seney, who
has just returned from Ohio,
says: "I don't think the re
distrcting of State assures
the democrats as much as
some count on. The districts
are shaped to give not fif
teen, but eight out of that
fifteen have democratic ma
jorities, or less than 1,500,
which is rather a narrow mar
gin in Ohio politics.
i After a irrand flourish of
trumpets and the adoption
of enough amendments to kill
a dozen bills, tta Senate re
ferred Senator Sherman's al
leged anti-trust bill to the Jn
dietary Committee with in
structions to report it back
in twenty days. It would not
have hurt the trusts in any
way if it had been adopted
just as Mr. Sherman intro
duced it, and it is very cer
tain that it will be equally as
harmless when it is reported
from the Judiciary com
mittee. Senator Morgan has intro
duced a bill, which if there
was any possibility of its ev
er becoming a law, would in
real i t y cn rb t he ra pidly grow-
ing power ot ttie '.rusts in
this country, but that is just
what the republican million
airs of the Senate do not
want.
Next Satutday we shall see
whether the powers that be,
really want to enforce the
civil service law. " Two offi
cials officials of the Virgin
ia republican club ore to be
tried on that day for solicit
ing campaign contributions
from office holders, in viola
tion of that law. There is no
doubt of theguiltof the men,
and everybody is anxious to
see whether they are to be
punished or acquitted It's
dollars to brass buttoas
that nothing will be done
with them.
Representatives Bland, of
Missouri, and Williams of Il
linois, in a strong minority
report against the Windom
silver bill say, that in their
opinion, the bill is very a
droitiy drawn to suspend sil
ver coinage, to totally de
monetize this metal and to
permanently establish the sin
gle standard of gold pay
ments. Ihe election committees of
the House havedecidedto un
seat two more democrats.
Wise, of Virginia, und Tnr-i
i p:n, oi Alabama.
i
Heaiinirs have bee:i rroimr
Kr li,,,,.. w.,'.
ouse
and Meanscommittee just as
vigorously for the last few
days as when the tariff bill
was first begun. The republi
cans have promised to lay
the new bill before the whole
committee to-morrow, and if
they do, it will soon get be
fore the House, but it isn't
safe to count on anything a
bout this bill, owing to the
kickers in that party.
It is now regarded as a cer
tainty that Assistant Post
master General Clarkson will
leave the Government service
this spring. His resignation
is now said to beinthehands
of Mr. Wanamaker, and was
handed in because of a hint
from Mr. Harrison that it
would be accept a ole to nim.
It is rumored that Mr. J.
G. Elaine intends to have a
proposition made to the Pan
American Congress for abso
lute reciprocity of trade with
South and Central American
countries. R.
Washington, D. C. March 31.
One Fanz, an Indiana tin
ner, cuts down an effigy at
Aberdeen, Miss., gets a brush
ing for it and his wrongs are
rehearsed in the United States
Senate. Rut the lintels of
his own door-posts are red
with the blood of Henry Mc
Monnen, a North Carolina ne
gro, put to death by a Repub
lican revnne officer, and not
a word is said in the Senate
about an investigating com
mittee. It depends alto
gether upon the character of
the Southern outrage wheth
er Messrs. Ingalls, Hoar and
Chandler ran be interested in
t.-Landmark.
THE EDITORIAL EXCH EqUEB.
, An editor' lot is inded n
hard one. Day after day he
grins away ntthe intellectual
and mechanical mill, nnd be
twvn these grinds he has got
to grind uway at d linquent
subscribers in order to keep
the mills running. As a class
he has a wonderful versatili
ty in accomplishing this last
grind Here heenttvats, there
threatens, elsewhere resorts
to the weapon of sarcasm.
Following are given n few ex
amples of this, to the finan
cially uninteiested, delightful
humor, clipped from country
newspapers hardly a month
old:
The shop wants a few hun
dred pounds of potatoes. A
delinquent subscriber or two
can easily square up by bring
ing us in some of the afore
said fruit. Our books
must be closed, and it must
be cash or its equivolent. Do
not forget that vegetables are
legal tender, as well as well as
cord wood, of which this pa
per sees but little, except
when it borrows a few dol
lars and buys a load : but
don't forget the potatoes.
We wish to inform the read
ers of the outlook and all who
read our paper, that we are
not engaged in the news-pa
per business in this town a
way off from the railroad, in
the midst of the wilds of the
country, merely for our
health.. Those who owe us on
account must come to the
scratch, or we will resort to
severe measures to bring
them there.
The man who reads the pn per,
And sponges as he goes,
Will never reach that happy
land,
IVhere milk and honey flows.
A man might as well at
tempt to quench the phos
phorescent emenation from
the tail end of a lightning bug
with a squirt gun as to try to
run a news-paper without
money.
All delinquent subserbers
are hereby warned not to let
their daughters wear this pa
per for a bustle, as there is
considerable due on it and
they might take cold.
Logwood or cord wood is as
good as cash at this office.
Yet in less than a month we
will have laid in our winters
supply. Cash payments will
then be in order.
When a man is stingy e
nough to borrow a news-paper
when he is able to buy, he
will talk through his nose to
save his teeth.
It is easier to pay your sub
sen nt ton one year at a time
than to settle after it has ac
cumulated. Type Founder.
A female dress reformer pre
sents Eve as ai example to
her sisters. Eve, she says,
wore no corset. Neither did
she wear a number two shoe
on a number four foot, nor a
t wo-story hat at the theatre,
nor bancs, and didn't chew
irum. There are a good ma
ny things that she didn't do
that her daughters might
take a hint from, but it would
not do for them to imitate
her too closelv in matters of
dress. Wilmington Star.
For sick headache, female trou
bles. neuraltric pains in the head
take Dr. J. McLean's Little Liv
er and kidney pillets 25 cents a
vial.
Senator Huwley recently
made a strong Suites Rights
speech in the Senate, nnd
now comes Senator Ed muds
who says that he believes the
safety of the nation depends
more largely on the preserva
tion of what is called the
Rights of the States than a-
ny other one thing. He Iks
lievesjtto be better to en
dure the partial evil of even
the most grinding monopo
lies than to attempt to step
one inch over the clear boun
dary line that has been estab
lished and maintained be
tween Congress nnd the legis
lative power of the States.
We bhako hands with Sena
tor Edmunds on that. The
State can deal with oppres
sions of the people if those
oppressions are so obvious
as to call for action by the
people.
The government of the
States in a general way may
be said to be a government
of the people, by the people
and for the people; and the
will of the people is the law of
the States. Although that is
not strictly true, for that can
only be said of a pure democ
racy, while our State govern
ments are representativ de
mocracies; and the govern
incut is by representa
tives for the people.
The Federal Government is
still less a pure democracy
It is a representative Repub
lic. And the srovevnment is
bv the St ate nnd not by tho
people, i neiteprps mauves
are represntatives of the
States. Representatives shall
be appointed among the sev
eral States, says the Consti
tution. The Senate shall be
composed of two Senators
from eah State. Each State
shall appoint a number of e
lectors, who shall elect the
President.
The Fedeml Government
is a representative govern
ment, representing the States
It is a govern irent of thepeo
pie, it is a government by the
States.
As Senator Edmunds well
i i .
says, we snouin never siep
one inch beyond the line lim
iting the powers of the Feder
al government.' That govern
ment is not a government by
the people. The will of the
people but in a small degree
affects its tone, gives it com
plexion, or influences its ac
tions. The popular will was
for Cleveland and the Mills
bill. Yet Cleveland was de
feated and all the branches of
the goverment are against
the Mills bill. This works a
gainst us to-day; but on an
other occasion, when some
catching idea shall tempora
rily stir the people, the checks
of our system of govenment
will stand as a stone wall and
prevent calamitous action
Let us abide by a strict con
struction of the Constit ution
and always antagonize th
miserable demagoguery that
the Federal covernment is a
government by the people,
News and Observer.
Yon will have no use for spec
tach'sif vou use Dr. J. II. Mc
lean's Strengthening Eye Salve,
it removes the film and skum
which acumulates on theeye balls
subdues lnflamation, cools and
soothes the irritated nerves, stru
gthens weak and failing strength
25 cen1 s a box.
A Cuiuots Prophecy.
In ,4ufl:ust, 1857. the Bava
rian Allgetneine Zeitung prin
ted a remarkable prophecy,
which had been made by on
old hermit many years before.
In it the rise of Napoleon
the III was clearly outlined,
as were also the Au6tro-Pru-sian
and the Franco-Pruss
ian wars nnd thecommuneof
Paris. He told how thedeath
of Pope Pius would occur in
'7G or '77, and how it would
b6 followed by a Turco-Rus-
sian war, being but slightly
wrong in either prediction.
He said that Germany
would have three emperors in
one year before the end of the
century, which was verified
to the letter. He missed it
one, at least, in the number
of United States Presidents
that were to die by assassi-
tiou, which was remarkably
close, to say the least.
He said that when the 20th
century opened Manhatten is
land and the whole of New
York city would be submerg
ed in the waters of the Hud
son, East river und the bay
Cuba will break in two, and
the west half of the city of
Havana find a watery rest
ing place.
Florida and lower Califor
nia are to break loose from
the main land and carry their
load of human freight to the
bottom of the sea.
, The twenty-fifth is to be the
last of the United States presi
dents, ana ireianu is to ue a
i i i i j i
kingdom and England a re
public by the end of the cen
tury.
The United States are to be
divided, and Sanfrancisco,
Salt Lake City, New Orleans,
St. Louis, Washington and
Boston are to be made capi
tals. There should be some
consolation to the Mormons
in this, if not for the other
parts of our great union
To return to England. The
end of the century will not
find either Italy or France on
the maps and Berlin will have
been totally destroyed by
an earthquake. Atlanta Con
stitution.
The esteemed Dr. York used
to weep on the stump as he
told of the bright-eyed little
boys of North Carolina who
were running around in their
shirt-tails and growing up in
ignorance because a Demo
cratic House of Representa
tives would not pass the Blair
educationl bill. If this worthy
docter has recovered suffi
cient! v from his recent sick
ness and can afford the time,
we should be very much pleas
ed to have an expression of
opinion from him upon the
vote on this billinthellepub
lican Senate last Thursday.
R. S. V. V. Landmark.
Here is what ar exchange
saj-s: "A bushel of corn
makes four makes four gal
lons of whiskey. It sells for
$16. The government gets
$3.G0, the farmer 40 cents,
the railroad f 1.00,- the man
ufacturer $4.00. the vender
$7.00, and the drinker all
that is left, the jim-jams."
Croup suffocation, night coughs
and all the common affections ol
lieved by Dr. J.I1. McLean's Tar
wine luns balm.
THE INCOME TAX.
One of the best and most
needed arrangement to re
store something of prosper
ty and lift nt leaat a part of
the burdens of taxation from
the shoulders of the oppress
ed ieople is to tax the incomes
of the rich and prosperous.
England taxes the wealth of
the country. The United
States tax the poverty of thp
land, and the men ofcoloss.il
incomes go comparatively
scot-free. Shall this go on?
Who says so? No true friend
ol the toners anu tarmers win
say so. We a re satisfied that
incomes over $2,000 or $3,
000 should be taxed. It is
but fair that wealth should
shoulder its proper share of
burden. A thoughtful Pres
byterian clergyman favoring
an income tax, writes us of a
recent date: "The intent of
the income tax bill is, and its
outcome if passed would be,
to furnish the Government
with the tax to run if econ
omically administered, not
so much as now from the
poor farmer and others but
from the richer classes who
are most able to pay it. No
bill yet proposed is so little
Utopian and offers so great
advantages to the farmer."
North Carolina taxes now
all incomes over $1,000. It
has been doing thisforalong
time. It is too low. It
ought to be made $2,000, and
less than that is taxing a
man's living. Some men lie
and dodge, but honest men
pay the tax as in duty bound.
Messenger.
Big Rail Ro4 DetL
New York, April l.-Offi-
A ... 3 -
ciat announcement wasmaao
this afternoon that the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Geor
gia Railroad had contracted
for the purchase oftheErlan
der system comprising about
1,200 miles of road at a cost
of $5,500,000. The stock
holders of t he East Tennessee
Company will hold a special
meeting at Knoxville.Tenn. ,
on April 15, to formally ratify
the purchase, and to author
ize the issue of bonds neces
sary to make payment. The
bonds have already been
sold. They will be based up
on security received by the
purchase. President Thom
as, of the East Tennessee Com
pany, made the following
statement in regard to ,the
deal: "The main object of the
East Tennessee Company in
the purchase is to make their
line leading North and South
the line starting from Cincin
nati and reaching from Jack
sonville, Fla. jMobile, on the
Gulf, Shreveport, New Or
leans aad Memphis. It will
be the last purchase of the
East Tennessee Company and
will complete the system.
No Richmond Terminal stock
will be issued on account of
this purchase. The whole
transaction will be on the
East Ten nessee Co m pany and
for the benefit of that system
alone. News and Observer.
If your kidneys are inactive,
you will feel and look wretched,
even in the most cheerful society,
meloncholv on the jolliest occa
sions ur. J. iieijean s Laver ana
kidney Balm will set you right
1 Sam- I tattle.
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