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"VASHlN(iTOX "LETTi:ir.
F-om our Regular Correspondent.
For the Democrat
.As usual the ' republican
administration nnd pnity
are sailing under false colors.
It has'-been decided by the
liosses to have Mr. Harrison
issue a proclamation calling
mi extra session of Congress
to meet after the elections
next month, and fearing its
effect upon the voters they
do not dare to have the pro
clamation issued until it will
be too late to call the 'atten
tion of the people to what it
means. It means that hav
ing control of both the ex
ecutive and legislative bran
ches of the Government the
republicans have fully made
up their minds to enact laws
which will onable them to
continue to control them, it
means that, for the first time
in the history of our Govern
ment, Congress is to meet in
extra session for the sole pur
pose of perpetuating thepow
er of a political party the
republican party; it means
that the Force bill is to be
passed and that the negro,
bucked by the United States
Army, is to be put on top in
the South, notwithstanding
the remonstrances of thous
ands of northern business
men who have invested their
money in southern industries;
it means that an unjust ap
portionment bill making it
practically impossible forthe
democrats to elect a majori
ty in either the House of
Representatives or tin1 elect-(
oral college is to Imvoiuo a.
law; it means that hundreds
of millions of dollars of the
peoples money in to go into
the pockets of a ring already j
formed in anticipation of the
ship subsidy bill; it means
that the IT. S. Treasury is to
bo emptied into the pockets
of the schemers, who have
supplied the corruption fund
used by Quay, Dudley, t lark
son & Co., to buy theelection
of Harrison and Morten and
the republican majority in
the present House of Repres
entatives, by means of ap
propriations of one kind and
another. And that is notall
it means; it means if success
ful, the sounding of thedeath
knoll of the republic
Mr Huston, of Indiana,
who by the grace of Mr.
Benjamin Harrison, of the
same State, is Treasurer of
the United States, drawing;
a salary of 6,000 a year,
has publicly served notice up
on Mr. Jen ja miu Harrison
that, he must not expect the
support of the Indiana dele
gation to the republican
National convention of 1892.
But perhaps I his notice will
lose some of its effect when it
is learned, as 1 have reason
to believe it soon w ill be, that
Mr. Harrison had previously
served notice on Mr. Huston
that he must turn loose that
$J,0)0 Government teat.
Attorney General Miller
has gone to Indiana to see
n' he cannot placate the re
publican opposition in that
State to his going upon the
Supreme Court bench as suc
cessor to the late Justice
Miller. If he can quiet the
'practical politicians" out
here Mr. Harrison will send
his nomination to theSenate
as soon as it meets; if not he
gets left, as Mi. Harrison's
spinal column - isn't strong
enough to enable him to go
against the "gang."
One would suppose that
the Civil Service Commission
had suddenly gone out of
existence to see the part
taken by the big republican
office holders in compelling
the small fry to chip in then
assessments to thecampaign
funds of the party. Public
meetings of the various State
republican associations are
held almost nightly at which
speeches are made by Govern
ment officials, and published
in full in the local papers,
which are punishable under
the civil service law, if th;
Commissioners had nerve
enough to see that the law
waj enforced. There is an
open and public rivalry be
tween the state associations
of Ohio and Indiana to see
which shall succeed in raising
the most money for cam
paign uses among " employes
Government, and the names,
not only of those who have
contributed, but of those
who must contribute are
openly read out at their
meetings. In the meantime
Commissioner Roosevelt
seems to be spending the
most of his time since return
ing from a'six weeks vacation,
during which his salary went
right along and his travel
ling expenses were paid by
the Government, in telling
fi.h stories. Many republi
cans openly express their dis
gust at the present condi
tion of things in the depart
ments here.
Commissioner of Pensions
Rauni has left his duties hen?.
Refrigerator company and
all, and gone on the stump
for (5. O. P. It would be in e
qually good taste to taken
burglar from state's prison
to deliver a lecture on hones
ty. Why not j.ut ex-Postmaster
Wheat, of the House
of Representatives, on the
stump?
RESOLUTIONS A DOPTED
m tiii: democratic
COUNTY COXY EX
TIOX. Read, Consider, and Yote
Accordingly.
1. That we reaffirm and en
dorse the principles set forth
in the national nnd State
Democratic platforms.
i That, we denounce the
unjust and unprecidented u
surpntion of power bv the
present Speaker of the House
of Reprsentntivos and the in
iquitous sctiopal and class
legislation enacted by the
present Rpoubliean Congress,
wherebv thv have increased
the burdens' of the farming
mid hihoi'm" clashes tor the
sole benefit of rich manufac
turers and millionairs.
.1. That we denounce the
tiMwrt PeniiMiean Collsrress
for its failure to pass the bill
or The free and unlimited
eoin::re o silver, which was
demanded by every organ izm
t'on of farmer and laborers
throughout tins Union.
4. That we denounce this
Republican Congress for is
failure to keep its pledges to
the people, especially those
to pass the Blair bill, and to
repeal the Internal Revenue
law.
5-Thnt we heartily en
dorse the efforts of the farm
ers alliance in the warfare
they fire now waging against
mnnnnolipK. trusts, combines
and high taxes; all of which
we believe to be the legiti
mate offspring of a high pro
tective tariff,
G. that unendorse and reaf
firm the principles inculcated
by Thomas Jefferson, of "E
qual and exact justice to all
and special privileges to
none," and this should be the
wuteh-word of every true
Democrat.
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Railroads in North Carolina.
Although railroads are
running to only sixty out of
ninety six county seats, they
are running their trains with
in the borders of all but
twelve of the counties of
North Carolina. These coun
ties are Hyde, Tyrrell, Dare
and Greene, in the east; Stan
Ij and Davie, in the centre;
Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga,
and Yancey in the northwest
and-Transylvania and Clay,
in the extreme west. In four
of these, Stanly, Davie, Yan
cey and Transylvania, rail
roads are now in process of
construction. A year hence
we shall have railroads to
si x ty three cou n ty sea t s and
within the borders of eighty
eight counties. State Ihron
cle. Indigestion results from a par
tial paralysis of thestoniach and
is the irunary cause of a very
large majority of the ills that
humanity is heir to. 1 lie most
agreeable and pflVtive remedy is
nr. J. ii. McLean s Little Liver and
Kidney eillots. 25 cents a vial.
I
N.wlaud at Jeffcrxm. i
Oetolier, 17, 1890.
Editor Democrat:
W. C. New land, democratic
candidate for Solicitor in the
10th Judicial District, ad
dressed a large number of the
voters in the court houso at
Jefferson yesterday. His
speech was logical, reas
onable, and forcable. He
stated in the outset, that he
regretted that his opponant,
Mr. Blackburn, was not
present and said his canvass
so far with Mr. Blackburn,
had been of a pleasant na
ture and neither of them had
stooped so low as to bring
any personal charges against
the other nnd that he thought
this agreement was being
carried out by his opponant
until he came to Jefferson,
where forthe first time, he
learned that Blackburn had
written to his pa per. publish
ed at Jefferson, charging
Newland with circulating the
report that he (Jlackburn)
was a drunkard etc. Mr.
Xewland read the letter and
said that Blackburn never
had On the stump or else
where, in nil their canvass,
brought any such charge
against him. He said he did
not think that Blackburn
would have so far departed
from the terms of an honor
able agreement as to charge
him with a falsehood a t home
in his own paper ami never
mentioned it on the stump,
or to him personally. Mr.
Xewland, in a brief but sen
sable manner', discussed the
main issues of the day, and
refered to the iniquitous
Force bill as being danger
ous and corrupt, and having
no other object in view than
to arrest from the voters
their liberty at the ballot
box, and to perpetuate the
republican party in power.
He said that his opponent
now claimed to be against
the Force bill and denied of
ever having expressed ln'm
self in favor of 't.
. It is too well remembered
by many of the voters in
Ashe county that the embryo
lawyer in his maiden speech
in the court house in Jeffer
son last August, strongly
advocated the Force bill, say
ing that the frauds and pur
juries in the elections in the
South called for such a law.
Ah! It was whispered in his
ear that such talk ns that
would 'nt. take with masses of
the people, democrats nnd
republican. So Blackburn
was not heard of for some
time, not even nt Watnugn
Court the following week, as
was expected by his party.
Now he says he was against
it and always was.
Mr. Newland showed- by
facts and figures, how the
republican party, before the
administration was half out,
had by reckless and extrave
gant appropriations had
emptied out the surplus in
the U. S. Treasury and had
so legislated a deficiency in
the Treasury of more than
seventy seven millions of
dollars, which would demand
an increase of taxation upon
the already burdened farm
ers of the South. Upon the
whole his speech was full of
reason and facts that was
listeiiisl to bydenn era's and
republicans, more so than
common. We believe, be
cause several letters from
Jakersville, Burnsville and
other points, published in
Jlackburns pa jkt prahing
him to the skies, a n politi
cal hero, masterly rhetoric
and bombastic language, in
describing how the "tall sug
ar tree" was doing Xewland
up on the stump. Behold! it
has been wafted home upon
the wings of a dove or some
other messenger of truth that
"the tall sugar tree" was the
author of these well written
letters. Mr. Xewland said
that he being called the
"weeping willow of Caldwell"
by his opponent, would weep
over the downfall of a young
mail, and that in November
he expected to weep over the
downfall and crash of the
"tall sugar tr.e of Watauga."
He said that every body
knew that a sugar tree was
no good until it had been
frozen and was tapped, and
that he intended to freeze to
Blackburn 'till November
nnd then tap him nnd sel1
gas.
There is no doubt but that
Mr. Newland will be our next
Solicitor. Z.
What Pensions Cost Vs.
A few days ago it was stat
ed on the floor of the Senate
that 400,000 apj lications
for pensions had been made
under the new law. Accord
ing to the latest bulletin the
number was 445,01 8. They
came in at the rate 15,000 n
week. They are figuring on
150,000 more, or about
600,000 in all, and this num
ber may be swelled to 750,
000. Senator Plumb was
probably well within the
mark when he said that the
annual charge on account of
this bill would be $50,000,
000, and he would not be
surprised to see it reach
$00,000,000. And even this
is not enough. In the last
hours of the session Senator
Ingalls, by request introduc
ed a service pension bill, call
ing for r.o man can tell how
many' millions more, but
probably not less than $100,
000,000 a year. Among the
incidents of the dependent
pension act it may be stated
that the doctors will get
$200,000 and the claim
agents will clean up a mat
ter of $5,000,000.
This nearly all goes to the
North. Can any Southern
man vote for a party that
continues such extravagance
and robbery? Press and
Carolinian.
Happiness depends very much
on the condition of the liver and
kidneys. The ills of life make
but little impression on those
xvnose digestion is goou. mu
can regulate your liver and kid
neys with Dr. J. h. McLean's Liv
er and Kidney nalm. $1. 00 per
bottle.
pains in the small of the back
indicate a diseased condition of
the liver or kidneys, which may
be easily removed by the use of
Dr. J. n. McLean's Liver nnd Kid
ney nalm. fl.00 per bottle.
A free and easy expectoration
is produced by a few doses of nr.
J. H. McLean's Tar wine Lung nalm
in all cases of hoarseness, sore
throat or difficulty of breathing.
thi: TARIFF.
The period of greatest pros
perity of this country was un
der the low tariff of 1840 to
185(5. when the rate was on
ly 24 ier cent. The pros
perity of our manufacturing,
agricultural and commercial
interests were so great that
by unanimous consent the
tariff was still further lower
ed. Mr. Blainesaysinhishistor
ical work,: "After 1852 the
Democrats had almost undis
puted control of the govern
ment, and had gradually be
came a freMrade party. The
principles involved in the tar
iff ofl84G seemed for the
time to be so entirely vindi
cated and approved that re
sistance to it ceased, not on
ly among the people, but a
mong the protective econo
mists, and even among the
manufacturers to a large ex
tent." Indeed it censed so com
pletely that the Representa
tives in Congress from New
England, with but two excep
tjons, we believe voted for the
lower duties of 1857. To
quote again from Mr Blaine's
History;
'So general", says he, "was
this acquiescence, that in 18
5G a protective tariff was not
suggestsd or even hinted at
by any of the three parties
which piesented Presidential
candidates. .It was not sur
prising, therefore, that with
a plethoric condition of the
National Treasury for two or
three consecutive years, the
Dem ocra t ie Cong ress en acted
what has since becomeknown
as the tariff of 1857. By this
law the duties were placed
lower than they had been at
any time since the war of 18
12." The policy of protection
had been so combatted by
the facts resulting from low
duties, that no presidential
candidates even so much as
suggested or hinted at the
obsolete idea. It has been en
tirely overthrown by the
fiuitsof low tariff. Yet we
see now for partisan politi
cal purposes, the leaders of
the Republican party have
gone back to it, and they
hive constantly raised the
duties from 19 per cent to a
bout GO per centl
Is that, not atrocious, when
the people have to pay their
duties, and the government
has no need for the money?
And still further to foster
these exactions upon the ag
ricultural and consuming
classes, they have sought to
entrench themselves in pow
er by means of the Force bill.
The New York Tribune, the
organ of protective ideas,
says: "The election bill car
ries within itself the assur
ance of future tariff bills by
the hundred." 7hey propose
to move on still further. Let
them pass the Force bill and
more tariff bills will come, ac
cording to the Iribune.
Even 60 per cent is not
high enough for them 1 They
want to impose a still heavi
er burden on tho people, giv
ing still greater opportuni
ties for the formations of
trusts and combines, which
will furnish millions of "fat"
to be used in elections. To
what depths of infamy have
not the American people de
cended, when they do not
rise in their might and put
an end put an end to such
things. Where is our boast
ed freedom, where our liber
ty? News and Observer.