.Democrat.
VOL
noOXK, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, TIHJltSDAY, MAHCII. U).
no. :u.
PIIOWSSIOXAL.
W. It. councill, J u.
Attouxmv at La y.
Boone, N. C.
W. 15. COUXCILL. M. I).
Boone, X. C.
Resident Physician. Oillce
on King Street north of Post
Hiiro.
K. F. LOV1LL
Attoknky At T aw,
. Boone X. c.
DR. L.C. ItKKVKS.
PlIYSU'IAN AND SlTKufiOX
Office at Residence.
Boone, X. C.
L. I). LOWL
AHornsy at Law
VXD
notary punur,
BANNER'S ELK. X. C.
J. i. WILBAK,
DENTIST,
KI.K P.VKK, NOKTH CAROLINA.
Olf.'rs liis professional services
t: t!l o;,. of Mitchell,
Vi!t:iiri:i mid adjoining coiiii
ties.JfiSTWo l-ti1 muteinl used
mid .ill work n;i r;i riteed."'-
Mav 1 1 y.
J. F. Morpli;w.
Marion, X. C.
E. S. Blackburn
Je er-on, N.C.
MO 11 PI I E W & BLACK BURN
Atttouxkys at Law.
Will practice in the courts
of Ashe, Watauga and Mitch
ell counties, also in tl'e Fed
eral courts of the Dist.. and
Supreme Court of the State.
f olleclion ot vl-iims solicited.
Aprl, 10.
Notice.
For sale. 900 a ores of land,
on Rich Mountain, Watauga
County, on which is asbestos,
and fine land for sheep ranch.
Sales private. L. I). Lowe &
J. T. Fiauerson, Kx'trs. of
Mrs. A. P. Callowav, deed
Banner Elk, Nov. i" '90.
Money to loan. .
Persons wishing to bor
row money, who can secure
it by mortgage on good real
estate, enh be accommodated
hy applying to
J.F. Spainhour, Boone X. C.
or A. J. ditcher, Ilorton X. C.
4. 24.
NOTICE 1
I am just, receiving a new
stock of goods ' bought for
cash down and will sell for
strickly pay down, at prices
to live and let live. You will
do well to call and examine
my goods consisting of boots,
shoes, dry goods, notions,
ttc. Yours truly,
T. A. CnnvuKK,
Bamboo. X. C.
SUTHERLAND SEMINARY.
MISS EMMA WINN,
Graduate Greensboro Female College
PRINCIPAL.
Tins Institution of learning is
situated in one ot the most liictur
esque and hospitable sections of
the fctate, and rare oppotuintics
are here offered for a practical,
and cheap education. The school
now has an enrollment of over
100 pupils. Latin, French, and
all the English branches tau'ht.
For full particulars address the
Principal at
Sutherland, N. 0.
WASHINGTON LETT KB.
From our Regular Coneapondenl.
Mr. Harrison lias never
been credited with having an
over-supply of back bone,
but he has just given indis
putable evidence that he can
be stubborn when he desires
to be. Sometime before Con
gress ndj( mined he nomina
ted .James II. I'eatty to be
United States District Judge
for Idaho, but owing to the
active opposition of the two
Idaho Senators and other
republicans the Senate ad
journed without acting on
the nomination. Xow Mr.
Harrison has appointed Mr.
Beatty to be judge, and he
will sit on thf. bench until the
Senate meets again, even, if
his nomination should' then
be rejected. Another exhibi
tion of the obstinacy of Mr.
Harrison was his going off
to-day on a week's hunting
trip instead of settling the
question of who shall be the
nine judges of the United
States Circuit court, provi
ded for uudei the new law,
which he was urged to do by
many members of his party,
who do not wish to leave
here until this matter is set
tled. It is thought that it
was to get away from this
gang that Mr. Harrison went
on this hunting trip, but it
will do him no good, for these
fellow? will never leave heie
until these prizes are distrib
uted. Believing that it would be
but justice to have thedemo
cratic party represented
In these appointments, a
number of prominent demo
crats have decided to present
the name of representative
Cnlverson, of Texas, to Mr.
Harrison. Mr. Culberson is
recogni.eh as one of the a
blest lawyers in congress and
he was re-elected to the Fifty-
second Congres, but his
friends say that he would re
sign if appointed to the
bench, as the judicial duties
would be more congenial. It
is not probable, however,
that Mr. Harrison will give
the democrats even one out
of the nine new judges.
Bepresentative Sayers, ol
Texas, who has to a large
extent taken the important
place so long and so ably
filled by the late Bepresenta
tive Samuel J. Randall in the
House committee on Appro
priations, has made a state
ment showing the amount
appropriated by the Fifty
first Congress to be in excess'
of one billion and six million
dollars stop a niomei.t and
think of that immense a
mount of money. He has al
so suggested a practical way
to reform the expendituresof
the government that is wor
thy of careful consideration
by the new democratic House.
He thinks that there should
be one committee of not less
than fiifteen members upon
the expenditures of the Gov
ernment instead oi a separ
ate committee for each de
partment as it is now.
Mr. Sayers says in advoca
cy of this change: "It is a
fact which cannot be dispu
ted that r.o single one of the
several committees upon the
expenditures in the depart
ments has within the last
three Congresses ever investi
gated the exM'iiditnre of any
dv'partment and reported the
result of their investigation i
to the House. In truth, these j
committees have rarely ever
held even a single sitting
during any Congress, and the
consequence has lieen that
nothing has resulted to the
House Tom their orsraniza-j
tion. If a general commit tee
w 1 1 I l i f m(I III W a I'wn-
essing the same dignity and
enjoying the same towers
and privileges asthecommit
tee on Ways and Means and
the committee on Appropri.
ations, it cannot be doubted
that such a committee would
be able to furnish the House
with such information and
advice as would lead to a
very gt eat reduction of ex
penditures and a thorough
reform in the administration
of the public service. What
do the House and! the coun
try know of the expenditures
under the several laws mak
ing indefinite appropria
tions? The expenditures and
methods of administration
under these permanent ap
propriation acts are practi
cally unknown to Congress.
What do Congress and the
country known about the in
ternal administration of the
Pension Office, the Patent
Office, and Bureau of Inter
nal Bevenueand tin several
bureaus of the War and Xa
vy department" ?
Mr. Sayers has another
good idea too that should
not be over-looked. He thinks
the House should elect a per
manent chairman ofthecom
inittee of the whole and the
committee of the whole on
the State of the Union. In
speaking of this he said: "It
has been a noticnble fact
that these chairmen have
beed appointed by the Speak
er, from time to time, at the
instance of the gentlemen
whose bills were to beconsid-
ered, and very often it has
been the case that theruliugs
of such chairmen have not
only been 'at variance, but
have led to the suspicious
that there was an undue lean
ing towards the opinion ex
pressed by the gentlemen in
charge of the particular bill
under consideration when a
question of order has been
raised. This would be obvi
ated by electing one man to
position, making him inde
pendent of the Speaker." Mr.
Saj-ers thinks these two chan
ges would result in reducing
tin current expenditures at
least 0 per cent.
Secretary Piocter, who has
spent less time in Washing
ton than any member of the
Cabinet, has gone on a South
ern jaunt that will last a
month.
The Johnson City Comet
says: T w o j a i 1 - b i r d s esea ped
from Jonesboro jail last
night. They were Sherman
Lewis, a murderer, and Ben.
Williams, a burglar. Both
were from Johnson City and
were daring, desperate fel
lows. It is reported that they
escaped by locking jailor Haw
kins in the cell w hen he took
them their supper.
THE MOXI XF.XTU. WASTE ANNEX
1KAVAGAKIZ.
The pajM-rs are daily dis
cussing the great financial a
buse and sins of the late rad
ical Congress that was bur
ied on the 4th with all its pu
Olfaction. It is regarded as
the surprise of the nge. If nil
the republican had been
drunk from first to last they
could scarcely have made a
greater havoc with the finan
ces.
Representative Dockery, of
Missouri, who is a member of
the House Committee on ap
propiations, has given the
details of the expenditures,
and they are indeed calcula
ted to make men believe that
a republican politician of this
day is not responsible to any
thing or any body for his
acts to God, his country his
conscience. The total ex pen-,
diture amounts to 1,009.2
70,471 for two years. This
is about 200,000 in excess
of the deiiiocraticadminstra
tion that expended $200,00
0,000 at least too much.
Buchanan required from 04
to OS million dollars for ev
erything. Then the country
was half the population it is
now. The expenses of the
country administered rigid e
conomy would not surely ex
ceed $200,000,000 or double
that in two years, making
$100,000,000. Clevela mi's ad
ministration expended more
t han,S()0,000.00() which was
far beyond what a proper e
conomy justified.
But tiie Badicalshaveswept
far beyond these figures and
vote away over a billion for
two years. The surplus re
maining in the Treasury Ju
ly st, 1N91, is figured at
4;248,240; theestimated re
ceipts for the ensuing year
are $ 440,.).":,0:i2; making a
total of available resources,
$451,203,272. The appro
pria lions to be expended du
ring that period amount to
$31 0,21)2,901; le a yingin
sight a deficiency in the treas
ury, July 1, 1892, of $08,
089,089. Mr. Cleveland, it wi'l be re
membered, left an actual sur
plus in the Treasury of near
ly $100,000,000. It is gone
and the balance short shows
on the ot her side an a pproach
ing deficiency of possibly $08-
000,000. Oneestimateisthat
by 1st July, 1892, the actu
al deficit will be $75,000,000.
But this is not all the wrong
done to the people by the
Tom Beed gang of incapa
bles and robbers. They vo
ted away at a rateofextrava
gance monies to be ra ised a nd
then authorized contracts re
quiring great sums, but ma
king no provisions to meet
them. The people will have
to meet these hereafter. The
B a 1 1 i l n o r e iS'h n s a y s t h a t. " i u i -mense
war-ships, numerous
public buildings, etc, have
been sanctioned but not ap
propriated for, throwing a
heavy burden upon the Fifty
second Congress. A feature
of the work of Speaker Heed's
regime was the creation of
several thousands of new of
fices carrying salaries aggre
gating over $300,000. The
party provided for its friends.
There is another aspect of
the action of the rec kless rad
icals that it is well to not.
These great sum, to a con
siderable extent were voted a
way by men, for the most
part, w ho had been condemn
ed and repudiated by thejeo
pie in thecleM ion of last year.
Dozens of them were "sent to
the rear'' and will have no
chance of deviltry in the next
ongress. The New York live
ning Ptst says:
"Xo party has. in the conn
try, and indeed we think we
may say in any country, ev
er receive! such a. mark oi
popular disapproval as was
inflicted on the republican
party in the Xtvember elec
tion. Xo such voteof "want
of confidence'' is to be found
in political annals. Only a
handful of the legislators of
l889-'90got back to Con
gress. Messenger.
SENATOR VILAS INTERVIEWED.
I'ontinlaueil Ascendancy of H.'n Party
r.eUU-Urt.
Ex-Secretary of the Interi
or and Senator elect Vilas, of
Wisconsin, with his daughter
Miss Xellie, arrived in thecity
yesterday morning. He is
stopping at Worm ley's where
he has been receiving many
friends made during his so-
journ m w asniugton under
the last Administration. The
common desire of many of the
new members of the next Con
gress to be in at the death of
the present one, together with
business affairs, has brought
Senator Vilas hereatthepres
ent time.
The Senator was found in
his room at the hotel lasteve
ning looking the picture of
health. He has lost nothing
of his old time cordiality, and
seems glad to be back on the
scenes of his public life.
In answer to an inquiry
from the Post representative
Mr. Vilas said that the polit
cal outlook from a democrat
ic standpoint was most sat
isfactory.
"Who is the most promi
nent and the most probable
candidate for the party nom
ination in 1892?" was asked.
"Why, ex-President Cleve
land, of course," was the
ready response. "At least he
is the favorite in my State.
We are all for Cleveland in
Wisconsin."
"Then hisexpression on the
silver question did him no
harm in that part of the
North west?"
"On the contrary, the peo
ple of Wisconsin indorse his
position. You know the Leg
islature of that State passed
resolutions instructing their
delegates in Congress to vote
against free coinage. We are
oppo.ied to high protection,
either to big manufacturers
or to big silver miners."
"What is the political feel
ing in Wisconsin at present?'
"One of intense satisfaction.
The people have spoken and
the people rule. Wehave ev
erything in our own hands,
and expect to keep it there.
Last fall's election was the
spontaneous expression of a
leople who demanded change
Instead of running to any
new third tarty or taking
in the political schemes that
have grown up in the West,
they turned to the party that
j has" always been the peo pie's
party and devoted to the peo
pie's interests the honest
democratic party."
"Then the Farmer's Alii
aia-e does not cut much ol u
figure in your State?"
"We have no Farmer's Al
liancein Wisconsin. Tin; far
mers understand that their
interests will be taken care of
by the democratic parly."
"How about the next leg
islature what will its politi
cal complexion be?"
"Undoubtedly democratic,
Thecausea that resulted in
the election of the present leg"
islature are still in existence.
The republicans certainly put
forth their best efforts last
fall, and were defeated. I cart
not see where they expect to
change the result next year."
"Is there any likelyhood of
Senator Spooner succeeding
Senator Sawyer?"
"I cannot see how there can
be.' Senator Sawyer certain
ly did all he could to elect a
republican legislature last
year with the intention of re-
electing Senator Spooner and
I cannot see how he can do
any more next year. Yiseon
sin is safely democratic, and
the feeling of security and
satisfaction now prevalent a
mong the voters of t hat State
argues well for its continu
ance in the derncratic ranks.
Our farmers are too sensible
to be led away by the new
ideas that have cropped out
il. iV . 1 . A... ..1.
in ineuiiru party movement.
Senotor Vilas will remain
hero several days. Among
his callers last evening was
Associate Justice Lamar. A
very strong attachment ex
ists between these two men,
and their greeting was of the
most affectionate character.
Wnshtngton Post, Mot. 3.
Preparing for Emergencies.
Chicago, March 10. A Moil
treal special quotes an officer
of the British Navy as say
ing there is more significance
to be attached to the ap
proaching visit of Lord Wol
seley to Canada than general
ly believed. Wolseley will at
once proceed to the Pacific
coast with Gen. Herbert and
inspect the defences of Brit
ish Columbia and the naval
yard at Esquimault. He will
remain at Victoria until the
United States is given an ul
timatum with regard to the
Behring Sea question. The
officer said "I would not be
surprised to find Great Brit
ain and the United States at
war before the year is out
The British Government has
been remaining quite in view'
of the possibility of the Lib
eral party in Canada getting
into power, through whom
Lord Salisbury believed a
more satisfactory settlement
I of the matter in dispute could
have been reached than
through the administration
of Sir John McDonald, whose
policy has beeri more in the
direction of intensifying hos
tilities than effecting recon
ciliation. The activity about
the British dock yards clear
ly shows that England is
preparing to be ready for
a ny emergency ."-Messenger.
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