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IT VOL 3 UOOXE, WATAlKiA COUNTY. X. C TIUTliSDAY, OtTOHKli. il 1MM. NO. 13. V V .V' rt LLWILLE. A place planned and developing AS A GREAT RESORT Situatedin the. Mountains ot W ESTERN NORTH CARO LINA, A region NOTED for health fulness and beauy. of Scenery. AH ELEYATI03C OF ,800 FEET With Cool, Invigorating Ciimute. It is being laid out with taste and skill, with well gra ded roads and EXTENSIVE l GUEST PARKS. A desirable place for fine residen ces an d -I1EAL1HFUL HOMES A Good opportunity for prof itfible investments. e.?For illustrate pamphlet a dil i ess I.ixvh-lk Impkovkmext Co., I inville. Mitchell Co. N.C 5 29-G mo. WASHINGTON LETTER From oar Regular Correspondent, For the Democrat Representative Flower apt ly calls the tariff bill a cy clone men pure, the aim of which is to break up all trade between the United States and foreign countries, and to enable the manufae turerers to combine for the purpose of fleecing the peo ple, while the farmers are allowed to foot all the bills without deriving the slight et,t. benefit. Mr. Flower says that3 one item in the bill binding twine will ruin 300, 000 workingmen in New York and New England, it was eminently fitting that the republicans of the House -, should, a a climax of their outrageous and unprecedent ed conduct in ignoring the lights of the people durin this session of Congress have railroaded this bill, which financially affects the inter est of every man, woman and child in the United States through the House m just five hours, in spite of demo cratic protests against the injustice of such legislative methods.- The bill is a triumph of the Chinese wall high protective tarin wing of the republican party, and is a more unjust measure than any tariff bill yet "pnt into operation in this coun try; it shows that Reed and McKinley are the domina ting spirits of the republican par- ty oi today, mid that the more conservative ideas, of sjme of the Senators of that ...... tarty are not "in it," if I mnysosjwnk. The Senate ispx"ted to agree to the ill tomorrow, and it doubt- ens will, but it will Im? n bit er pill for a number of the majority to swallow. Rut when the party whip cracks conscience and inumduni opinions oonnt for nothing in the republican party. , The negro Langston, whom the republicans seated last week in the House, has de- loped a head of elephan tine proprotions. He inti mated in a more or less in cendiary speech, which he made to a lot of negroes, that he was a candidate for the Presidential nomination of his party. There is a delegationof Georgia folks here who want Mr. Blaine to talk reciprocity at the oening of the Atlan ta exposition, Oct. 15. They have also invited Mr. Har rison and the other members of his cabinet to attend. Another good republican is in trouble. Mr. Wheat, post master of the House of Rep resentatives, is, by resolution of the House, undergoing an investigation. He is charg ed with having compelled the contractor for carrying the mail to and from his office to pay mm i Wheat) $iou a mi . v a - mf s-k month out of the monev paid him by the Government and also with having a man on his pay rolls at $100 a month who merely draws the money and turns over $95 ofjt to Wheat's son. The investigation is being con ducted by the House com mittee on accounts. The Raum white-washing committee is again examin ing witnesses. It wants to know who furnished the New York Tribune with the infor mation upon which some very severe criticism of Pen sion office methods was bas ed. It is said that the major ity of the committee will hold buck its white-washing re port until after Congression al election, for the purpose of preventing the democrats making public their minority report, which is understood to be a scathing argument of Raum. There is a good rush of lob byists who are endeavoring to get some of their bills through the House in the confusion which always pre cedes the closing of a session of Congress, and some of them will probably succeed. A joint resolution author izing the Secretary of the Navy to spend $1,000,000 in the purchase of nickel to be usee! in making nickel-plated steel armour plates for the cruisers now -being built, was last week crowded through House and Senate under the plea of urgent necessity. As the supply of nickel is practi cally controlled by one firm, this looks very much like an old-fashioned republican job. A number of bills carrying large appropriations, which have already been passed by the Senate, anions: them the shipping bills, which Mr. Har rison has taken a rather sus picious interest in g.iing to the extent of sending a soe ial message urging Congees to pass them, ami the Direct tax bill, which caused the memorable dead-lock in the House during the Fiftieth Congress, remain unacted up on l3 the House. The short session will be a grand hoot ing time for the republicans. Senator Ingnlls says he didn't get $000 for going to Pittsburgh the other day and making a republican speech. Perhaps he only got $500. The compound lard bill is believed to be dead, as it is almost certain that the N;n- ate will pass the Paddock pure food bill as a substitute for it. The stock gamblers lobby. headed by "Deacon" S. V White, of New York, a former republican member of the House, have proven to strong for the Rutterworth "Op tion" bill, and it is not likely that it will be heard of again in the House. A joint resolution provid ing for adjournment tomor row has passed the House, but from present indications the Senate will not be ready so early. Headstones for our Confederate Sol dlers who He Bnrled at Fredericks burg:. Gov. Fowle has addressed the following open letter to the public. It is hoped that there will be liberal respons es, and that others will add their names to these which appear below: Raleigh, N.C, Sept. 19 ;90 To the people of N. C. : In the Confederate cemeta- ry at Fredericksburg, Va., there are one hundred and six ty four North Carolina soldi ers, w hose graves a re withou t headstones, it will require three hundred and twenty- eight dollars to purchase them. Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia Louisiana, Florida and Texas have placed headstones at the graves of each of their deac soldiers. Will not the men and women of North Caro lina do as much for her brave soldiers? Contributions for this pur pose will be gieatfully re ceived and acknowledged through the columns of the News and Obseiver and the State Chronicle. Money may be sent to Joseph G. Rrown, cashier Citizens' National tank, Raleigh, N. C. Dan'l G. Fow le. A n u m ber o f m ad h ogs h a ve been killed on Hunting Creek during the past week, that were bitten by the same dog that created the panic in Morganton. One of these mad hogs, belonging to lsh Mull, made an attack on Mulls family and tried to get into the house to bite them. William Audis had two hogs to go mad, both of which died. We also learn that a hog belonging to Mr. J. M. Clark, who lives in Mor ganton, was discovered to be mad last Sunday morning and died Sunday night. Herald. .1 ULAl.K PRIXWEST. The Prophetic Eye ot Mark (. onztessman luigston j-'tnvyii-s a Colored Ptvsidmt. Last week Speaker Reed for cod out two white, democrat ic Congressmen Wimble, from Va., and Eliott, from South Carolina, and put in their place two negroes Langston and Miller. On Wednesday night the Washington ne groes turned out en masse am serenaded Langston. Thefol lowing is a report of his speech taken from the Wash ington Pout of Sep. 25; "It is a high honor to con fer on anv American a seat in that House where Reed is speaker cheers j wnero .ic- Ivinley is leader of the party on the floor, and where Can non and Grosvenor are. When a negro born in the State of Virginia makes his way, by the grace of God, into the House of Representatives, then he is honored, indeed, and so is the race he repre sents. 1 do not wonder that you turn out to congratulate yourselves when one of your race is given a seat in that House where the orators of Virginia used to stand when you were slaves. Eight millions of people look tonight, proud of this victory of the colored race. Sixty million men thank God that they belong to a repub lican nation. The party of victory rejoices to-night that the class that it emancipated has advanced to take the weight of government on its broad shoulders. It was a great thing to come from the Old Dominion that gave us Washington and Jefferon and Madison and Monroe and Patrick Henry. Patrick Hen rv said to the world, "Give me liberty orgiveuie death. .We have got liberty. And now the sla ve class has ad vanced to liberty, we must sa ve the negro. I say the ne gro must sa ve himself. For no one can save you but yourslef. As Godhasgivenus hands and arms and feet and eyes, ir.telects and genius and power, you shall save your selves and no other shall save you. We enter on our duty bravely and valiantly. This is our government to aid and our fellows to save, it it is purpose that is wanted we will give it. If it is courage that is wanted we will give it by hogsheads, even, until the blood shall run in streams, if necessary, till by the com- minglingof white men'sblood and hkuk men s blood our country shall be the grand est and our government the grandest and most lasting the world has ever seen, or ev er will see. This is the significance of the republican victory in the House of Representatives yes terday. We will go forth and conquer in the name of the whitest and the blackest man in the country. H'e shall aic in the interpretation of the Constitution and its applica tion. We shall consider the question, of a pure ballot in a guarded and protectee ballot-box the shield that preserves our national integ rity? Men used to give uj rights. We will help to give, the country rights now. We1 ale in the great Congits of1 the nation. We will in I I vanre to the Senate, and when m -, and his intellect are both on essary, when the negro has tiiely too vigorous t suit grown great and learned and j the republican leaders, and magnificent n he is now lo.vj unless all outward indica al and true, he shallgototlr.'Jtions are at fault they bid President's chair. Cheers. HVH not stay anywhere. 7heyKiid "no nigger shall represent the fourth district of Virginia;" and with Rvd to lead, McKiuley to defend. Cannon to advocate, Gros venor to sjtoak, and Powell and Haughen to stand stead fast for the right, victory is ours. Let me tell von what we are going to do down in irginia. We- will send al most a republican from the Alexandria district, if not. en tirely a republian. They say Frank Hume is going to be elected. If he is the right man let him be elec ted. We w ill send a republi can from the I red rick sburg district, a republican from the Norfolk district, a gal lant, man that every timethe roll was called in the House voted lor Langston and e- qual rights. "What are you going to do in the fourth dis trict?" Why I have been no m ina ted in every prayer meet- ing ail over tne district. Cheers, Cheers Old Virginia final ly, having sent six or seven republicans to the next Con gress, will be carried in 1892 Tr mnv be that Reed w ill be our candidate iiommueu T 1 A ft 1 A 1 heering, and it maybe liar rison. ;;ut it makes no (in ference, whoever it is, Clark son or any other man. Vir ginia will go 20 000 majori ty for that man, true to the negro and true to therepubli can party; fast in liberty as once she was fast in sla very. Our course is on ward, always onward. That classic sycamore under w hich you now stand, pointing to a fine old tree in the yard, was given me by Charles Sum mer to plant here to mark this spot. EIUTOTIAL SKETCHES. Speaker Reed assayed the role of a "funny" man the other day in Philadelphia. Rehire he does it again he should obtain a clowns out fit. The negro voters in the doubtful states must be pro pitiated; hence the theft of the seats of two legally elect ed white members of the House of Representatives. Every democrat in the House of Representatives should ptovide himself with a pai;- of "Kilgore boots," and be prepared to use them whenever necessary. If the World's Fair is to be run in the interest of the re publican party exclusively, and it begins to look that way, it is certain to be a col ossal failure. The selection of republicans for Director General and Secretary was hardl.v.accidental. The republican show their fear of Mr. Cleveland by the persistent regularity with which they ptart rumors of his failing he ilth. 1 1 is health fair to remain vearH to come. so for some Why don't Sinker Reed station a United States sol dier alongside of every demo crat'sseatin order to com pel those gentlemen to re main in the House to help republicans manufacture po litical capital? It would le no greater perversion of the principles of a republican hum of government than other things he has done. Perhaps he hasen't thought of the soldiers yet. Democrats, do not allow yourselves to be lulled into a feeling of false security by re publicans who pretend that they will make no effort to control the next House, and that they w ould prefer trans ferring the responsibility to the democrats. Such talk is bosh; the republicans want the House and are prepared to spend unlimited money, which the protected manu facturers have contributed in order to get it. The demo crats can win if they will only work hard enough. The manufacturing Shy locks have demanded their stipulated pound of flesh of the republican party, and not daring to refuse them the republican party has al lowed it to be cut from the most vital part of the man who produces the real foun dation of a country's wealth the agriculturist. Wheth er the operation will kill the victim depends upon whether he proposes to meeklv stand the treatment of high tariff plasters, which is all that is being done to stay the flow of his life blood. The action of the republi can majority of the House of Representatives in giving the seat of Col. Elliott, of South Carolina, to a negro contes tant without a word of argu ment, and without even giv ing Col Elliott an opportuni ty of speaking in his own be half w as unprecedented, and a more revolutionary act never took place upon the floor of either branch of Con gress. Well may the venera ble Representative Vaux, w ho so ably succeeds thelate Samuel J. Randall, exclaim "the empire is coming! " and well may the independent New York Herald character ise Speaker Reed as the Amer ican Robespierre; and if the people do not administer a stinging rebuke to the repub ican party by hurling it from power, there are leaders in its ranks audacious enough to attempt to found an empire, even though it be necessary to go through the horrors of a "Reign of Terror" to do so. A free and easy expectoration is produced by a few doses of nr. J. H. McLean's Tar wine Liuigimhn in all cases of hoarseness, note throat or difficulty of breathing. 'A U' ;
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