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U'ASHI X ( J T 0 X L ETT E 1 1 .
Fiom our Regular Correspondent
For the Democrat
Representative Lodge is a
monomaniac on the subject
of a Federal election law.
He wants lie says, "if neces
sary, a file of federal soldiers
tit every polling- place in his
district." He lias made the
Federal election idea the
sole object of his thoughts
tlnoughout this session, and
will attempt to crowd out
any other important busi
ness in its favor. lie was
the first member to arrive in
Washington, and promptly
attached his fortune to that
of Mr. Ueed, while he was a
candidate for the speakers
ship of the Ilonsei He came
here before any other of the
M a ssa ch u set t s d i -lega t i o n ,
mid when they arrived, they
learned, as they did two
years before, that Mr. Lodge
had his committee places
picked out in advance of any
ofihem.
There is a grea t pres.su re
at present in republican cir
cles, to have the Lodge bill
pass. Of course the actual
reason is that millions have
been given through subsi
dies and tariff, public build
ings and in many other ex
travagant ways, and it is
admitted by those in author
ity that, the U. S. Treasury
is nearly bankrupted. To
avoid a deficit the republican
majorty proposes that the
government shall commit a
colossal breach of trust. To
hi brief : On the 14 th of Au-
jrut iM'Xt the silr eoinae;e'
jnct Imi-osjj"s o-rative. I p-
:n that hy the nmount held
;hyt!iel. S' Treaerer for
i the redemption iif ',h cir n -
l.itmg fioies in tie- hind-
the pubbe, tif('.;. (.n!;!:".'-;! t ;i
i
tional binks. according tt.
the terms cf th" ;;'
i be turned into the
a re Vy
r.era!
Ifund. The nmouiM V..
propably, r.econling to t!i-) republican pi 'i:r.'.i:iiiic is the
best estimates, amount tojXational Bankrupti-y bll,
about !?.".", ()()(),( ((). This is whivli is to be railroaded in
done 'tinder the pretense of
increasing the circulation;
while the rud reason is tt)
avoid ji deficit in the Treasu
ry, when nil these wasteful
appropriations come to be
paid.
The statesmen here are.
also, intensely excited as to
the out come of the census,
and the new apportionment.
They realize that the old
Xorthern states will scarce! v
hold their own in in popula-
tion, and that the growth of
the country tit large may
even detract from hem
something of their present
representation. There is ,
also good reason to believe.! be observed by everyone w ho j
that the new industries, ironies in contact with the!
mines, and activity of the
South, developed during the
last ten years, have brought
more people here than once
were. Hence the great anx
iety on the part of the re
publicans to pass the Bodge
bill. But that cannot, be
reached with out violating
and changing the rules that
have governed the Senate
for a hundred years.
Pressure is being brought
to bear on the five or six re
publican Senators who are
most determined in their op
position to the measure; arid
meanwhile th features of the
bill are being considered by
the Senate Committee on
Privileges and Flections. The
Senate will dispose of the ap
propriation bills, and then
the tariff bill, before the elec
tion bill is reached; and it
will be left pending at ad
journment, unless those more
conservative statesmen can
be influenced in its favor.
Representative Yoder, of
Ohio, who is a member of the
DemocTotic Congressional j
commintce, says that the;
democrats will gain several j
Representatives at the com-j
ing election, as the result of
the gerrymander of thestate.
Mr. McKinley has been
thrown into a district that
will have a majority of 2000
against him. His friends will
make a desperate effort to
secure his election, but Mr.
Yoder says that nothing
short a of million dollars will
accomplish that result.
The other gains, which the
committee if confident of ma-
king, are three in Missouri, j
onem Ketitucky, two in Ma
ryland, one each in Louesi
ana, Pennsylvania, and oth
ers possible in Iowa and Mas
sachusetts. Enough, in short,
to give the democrats a good
working; majority in the next
House.
The Senate is still discuss
ing the Sunday Civil Bill. A
lively debate between Sena
tors Ragan, of Texas, and
Steward of Xevada, was one
of the gleams of sun-shinedu-riitg
this prolonged "deliberation'
Th.1 1!oi:-o 1o-i!ny, ;ff
n times oxeettlinuly lively
debate. paeil the ' orgina
; package" bill, it having en
1 dei ' m by the republican
iMnii.ip-rstli.il the pass.igi
'.', t -ill was
i! v to
e.-p 1 1 j !!o!. ti lit ion rcpijbii -
a" -i !: h !i:-.e at tit-' i m'h -
' ' t
Yh n ihi'iu c !.c 1
tiie usual Reed stvle; the,
' 1
House having by a party
Vote decided that the final
vote should be taken on Wed
nesday. Think of passing a
measure as sweeping' in its
effects ns this one is, afteron
ly two days ofalleged "delib-
eration.
Y;iItinton; July 2G.
Ml V AM) PROFAMTV.
Vices, likeall moral rebnns,
seem to have their ebbs and
tide., and perhaps then; nev
er was a time when profanity
was as open and public as at
the present time. This will
public. Y'ou hear it on the
streets, in the business hous
es, at the hotels, and in fact,
wheiever you go. It does
not seem to be confined to
the low find vulgar, but men
of position and high social
standing indulge with impu
nity in this coarse and vul
gar vice. Ladies are constant
ly exposed to the mortifica
tion and humiliation of hear
ing the name of (iod profan
ed in almost every public
place that they visit. This
useless and pernicious prac
tice is not only a violation of
the commonest sense of pro
priety but of the plain law of
the land, the statutes of
the state, subjects the
violator to indictment and
punishment. We call atten
tion to this matter, believing
as we do, th.vt much of it is
the result of habit and
thoughtlesness and that in
many instances it would not
be indulged in, if the parties
would take time to reflect.
Such things are very unpleas
ant to many of our best ei ti
zens, who are compelled to
listen to ir, or abandon the
hotels and all places of pub-
lie, travel. Johnson City En-
toiprhe.
ICashing-ton, I). C.
July 21, 3 800.
D. B. DoniiuciiTY, Si:e.
Boone, X. C.
My dear sir: I have neg
lected to answer your letter
this long in the hope that I
might be able to accept your
invitation to be with, and
speak to, the Confederate vet
erans of Caldwell and Watau-
ga on the 7tli, 8th arid iUh
of next month. As the time
draws near I find that it will
be impossible for me to geti
away from here. My duties
will require my constan :pres
ence here until thesess'' n ad
journs, and I cannot now say
near when that will be;
Please express to all my
sincere regrets at not being
able to attend, .tkI believe
me with best wishes,
Very truly yours,
Z. B. V .wrr..
Morp-atiton, N.
Julv H, 1 .
' I). 15. Dot ;i:i:'rty. Fs.,
j Sir. t
o.n:i.F.HATi: Vft.
r.ooM:, X. ( .
'!v rv -ir: Your favor
'of !!. tir-' 'ontaiiiing't vita-
. t : :ii to 1 h'- i''!i:;ion of ( 'on fed
1 era' ct": ;':i at Blowing
j Bock, on the 7th, Mli and
; Oil; o1' Ane;. is received. I can
eo.u-t ive ti noth.ir.g that
j would be a source of more
! pleasure to me than meeting
with the "Mountain Bovs
! wh.o "wore the grey,'' in the
! struggle for the 'Lost Cau-'e':
and though sad the memo
ries that will cluster around
such an assemblage, many
will be the break in the cloud
through which the silver li
ning ra;i be seen ; but my du
ties require of me to forego
the pleasure. I ride the Sth
judicial district, this fall, and
the first court begins at
StatesviHc, Aug the 4th.
I Mease express to the veter
ans my great regret at my
inability to accept their kind
invitation to be present and
talk to and with them; an I
say to them, that while the
days of the ','iue' and the
'drey' have passed away and
become as a tale that is told,
and the Bonny Blue Flag
lias been .vaved for the last
time ay the ensign of a na
tion, mid duty demands that
they and I shall endeavor to
build up our South-land un
der i he- st ars and stripes of
our common country, to eon
tribute liberally of our means
to provide jten.sions for the
boys who wore the blue. To
toil on in our poverty, with
no outstretched helpinghand
from that 'common country'
to the battle-scarred old man
wluC Woi'e the grey now
scarce able to toil. Yes, .say
to them, for me, to remem
ber always to be true to
themselves; to teach their
children, and their children's
children, that no more brave,
noble or loyal men ever sac
rificed their lives in defense of
right and country, than the
noble dead of the Confedera
cy, scattered over the bloody
fields throughout our lovely
South-land.
Historians and poets have
written and sung of Mara
thon and Leuctra. of Hast
ings and of Waterloo; of the
many battles of our own rev
olution. Arbcla boasts her
Alexander . T h e r m o p y 1 ic
points with mournful pride
to her Leonidas. Tlwi "Old
(iuard'' has been rendered
immortal by song and story:
Jalaclava and the Light lh -gade
is the wonder and ad
miration of the century, but
the Confederate veterans
point to Bethel, Manasas
and Gettysburg; for the Old
Guard and the Light Brig
ade. He can speak with pride
and with hive of that meek
man of peace and mighty
thuuderer of war, Stonewall
Jackson. Of Let1) that mag
nanimous man in war; that
ourat MAN iii peace, that
christian man in both. The
Tar Heel ever honored name
can refer to our own Pen
der find Gorden and a host
of others, and as the Moun
tain boys gather around
their camp-fires at Blowing
Rock their own Cm m pier:
than whose, . i iioh.'er bra-' to it. If a man U -Sieves th.
ver soul ere winged its f:ig'.it ! ill to be unconstitutional i'.
to the spirit land from the.i.; hi-duty to vote against
field of Hood and Va I tiage, j it , r ti'l he is tt) le hononnt
Will he recalled. Yes. tell them for it. b:!l c rxpevt are!
( to instill it into the very be-
ing )f their eh-Sdn-n. so that
i it may be tranMnilted to th
g"ii"rations yet unborn, that
the war for the Lost Cause,
, lias h it thera an heritage
rich with put rials, solilh-iv-' men. The majority in Con
hirn, that the history of past 'gross belong to Wall street,
ages, not no page, on which j From owning over half of
is recorded nobler deeds of I the property of the country;
nobler men than the page on; the property of the farmer
which will be. written the
TRUTH of the Confederate
soldiers.
I cannot trust myself to
say more. That (iod in His
goodness and merry will
bless the veterans of the
Lost Cause, and ever shield,
protect and keep pure their
posterity, will. I hope, be the
earnest prayer of all true
Southerners.
Very sincerely yours,
Jxo. (Jhay Byniwi.
Take one of Dr. McLean's bit
tie Liver and Kidney Billets at
night before yon go to bed and
you will be surprised how buoy
ant aiil vigorous von will feel the
! next da w Onlv cents u vial.
Col. 'o!k t AshevH'.c.
Col Polk made a speech at
Asheville a few days ago. It
was his first speech in the
state since his Western trip.
Col. PoM; is president of the
I-'tn-tiioi-H Alliutioo niiil Indus
trial Union in the II. S. Heis
also editor of the Piogics
siw Farmer that has recent
ly made such an attack on
Senator Vance.
Below are a few of the lead
ing thoughts ofhistwo hours
speech:
In reference to his alleged
ambition for office he said he
warf k candidate for no office,
and never would approach
any man for his support.
THK FA KM Eli's CAt sE.
lie would never-cast a vote
for a man who was not a
friend to the farmers' cause.
"If that is political treason,
make the most of it." He
spoke of the Alliance "going
in to politics." There was a
mistake nlade by small poli
ticians in confounding poli
tics with pnrtyisin. In that
sense the Alliance was not
going into polities. The
trouble which is depressing
the farmer lies in the unjust
and dishonest financial sys
tem of the government.
There is lews than $7 per cap
ita in money iii circulation.
We ask for no class legisla
tion for farmers. Be are
opposed to riass legislation.
We demand simple justice,
and by the help of Heaven
we intend to have it. The
figlit is whether the dollar or
the citizen shall govern this
country. The power of cor
porations aiid combined cap
ital or the people."
NOT A l'AHTY MEASURE.
In presenting the Farmers'
Sub-Treasury bill to Congress
a republican and a denidcrat
friends of the farmers!, were
chosen to introduce it in or
der that it should not be
considered a party measure.
Senator Vance was asked to
state that he introduced the
bill by request and he was
not asked to commit himself
i innd of Confess that il
slmM gi e r.s a n.".i.s;irc et
f;'st re'if. There nr: 1vvA
few farmers m Congies.
m" th. 41 7 members in both
houses, only thirf en are far-
has been reduced to 23 oer
rent of the whole while they
pay 80 per cent of the taxes.
WHAT THEY WILL DO.
If the men of the present
Congress will not give lis re
lief we are oinr to send th4
men who will. Th1 man win)
comes home and can't show
that he had made an hone.st
effort to help the farmers,
said the speaker, 1 wi'd op
pose. He told a reporter that he
knew nothing of Senator
Vance's letter on the sub
treasury 3il! or the article iii
!h-' Progvossive Farmer iii
reference to the same until
a long time after they were
written. Senator Vance
was his oosom friend and he
should deeply implore a, con
flict with him on any subject.
If after investigation hefindrf
that; Senator Vance is oppos
ed to the sub-treasury bill
there will even then be no
conflict unless he fails to pre
si'i't a better measure for the
re'ief of the farmers:
BRONCHITIS
U an iiiflitmmaHon nf the bronchial tubes
the air-prfsai:cj remlhij; lntu the lung.
Few other complaints are so prevalent, ot
call (or more prompt and energetic action'.
As lu'iiU'.ct or deliiy may result seriously,
eflective remi-tlies should always he at
hand. Apply .-,t once a mustard poultice to
the upper part of the chest, and, lor lutemst
treatrn-'iit, take frequent doses ul
Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral
C. O. I.eppnr. Di upftist, Fort Wayne, lnd.,
writes: - My litlie sister, four years of age,
was so 111 from bronchitis that we had almost
plven up hope of her recovery. Our family
physician, a skilful mail and of larue experi
ence, pronoimv-ed It useless to g;ve her any
more medicine, saying he had done all it was
possible to do, and we must prepare for the
worst. As a last resort, we determined to
try Ayer"s Cherry pectoral, and I can truly
say, with most happy results. After t.-ikini;
a few doses she seemed to breathe easier,
and, within a week, was oat of dancer. Wa
continued (living the l'cctoral until satisfied
she was entiiely v.e)l. This indisputable
evidence of the preat merit i f Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral has plven hie -inboundcd confi
dence In the preparation, and I recommend
It to my customers, knowing It cannot disap
point tlr.-m." . ,
, "Ayer's Cherry Pectoral cured nieof a hart
cough and my partner ol brom hitis. I know
pf numerous cases in which this preparation
lias proved very beneficial in families of
Young Children,
i that the medicine Is known among therri
as 'the consoler of the afflicted:",' Jaime
Kufiis Vldal, San Crljtnbel, Sun pomlngo.
"A short time ago, I.was dken with s
severe attack of bronchitis. The remedies
ordinarily used In such cases failed to give
me relief. Almost in despair of ever findlnc
anything to cure me, I bought a bottle of
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and was helped
from the first dose. 1 had not finished on4
jjottle before the disease left tne and mjr
throat and lungs were as sound as ever."
Geo. B. Hunter, Altoona, Pa.
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