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IJOOXE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, TIIUKSDAY, MAliCIMG. MM, NO.
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W. 1?. COUXC1LL, J u.
Attorney at Lay.
Poone, X. C.
W. B. COUM'ILL. M. 1).
P lOlie, N. C.
Resident Physician. Office
ttn King Street north of Tost
Office.
E. F. LOYILL
Attorney At I AW,
P.oone N. C.
Pit. L. C. P.HEYKS.
PHYSICIAN AND SUR(iEON
Cff ce at Resider.ce.
Boone, X. C.
L. l. LOW 10,
tttim at Law
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W.itiiiiL ft. .le.!itr!)e!l.MVIow
l! m:i1 n'.S other emu 'tic in n
.ve.-tern iiMiKt PS-Special utter
tii.n uiffii to the collection o'
claims.
NoTlCK.
(' Viwri'i r 'or Sale.
Oh account of failing healtl
rf ihvscV immI wife, 1 offer for 8:.1
rot bote't proper! v in the town ot
lUione. N.vrT'i f nve.liijn. n1 il;
si ll low t'nrea.ih make terms
o vt the haver, iii. i will 1nkc
ifl n pctsoiml property in cx-
W. L. nRYAN.
AofYe.
Vor sale. 900 r.ciesof land,
on Uich Moonlnin. Wnttugn
County, on hi his asbestos,
nnd fin" land for sheep ranch
Sales private. L. T. Lowe &
T. T. Fnrgeron, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. P. Calloway, deed.
Banner El. Nov. IP '90.
NOTICE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for exeoulion will
nleise advance the Zees with
the papers nnd they will re
ceive prompt attention, other
wise they will tie returned
not execrtW for the want of
fees. I). F. Baird Shff.
CJIYEBS1TY OF 30RTH CAS0L1N1.
Instruction is offered in four
ceneral courses of study, six
li ief courses, large number
of special courses, and in law,
medicine, nnd engineering.
The Faculty i win den twenty
tea-mers. scholarship and
loan funds are available for
needy voting men of talent
nnd character. The next ses
sion begins Sept. 1 . For ca t-
alogue with full information
address President Winston,
Chapel Hill, X. 0.
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. CLEVELAND S ADDUCSH.
DWivertd to tha SuUiUdf Brfo-e tha
Oath T omm wan Administered.
HIh Opinions on (he Leading Iufi.
Mr. Cleveland Said :
My Fkllow '.'iti7.k.n:Iii
obedience to the nandate tif
my countrymen. I am about
to dedicate myself to their
service under the nanrtiou of
a olmn oath. Deeply mo1
ed by the expression of confi
dence and personal attach
ment which has called me to
this service, I am nun my
gratitude can make no bet
ter return than the ildy;e I
nowjgive before God and tin a
witness1 of my unreserved
and complete devotion to the
interest and welfare ot those
who have honored me.
UK FINANCIAL SITUATION.
I fleem it fitting on this oe
casioti. while indicating the
opinions I hold concerning
titiblic quetioc f present
importance, to also briefly re
fT to the existence of certain
conditions and tendencies a
tnong our peop j, which seem
to menace the int'i ity and
usefulness of their Govern
ment. While every American
citizen must contemplate
with utmost pride and enthu
siasm the g;rovl!iand expan
siou of our country. thesu'H
cienv 'if o'ir tMsrit u t ions to
strt'tid acr;iint the rudest
k hocks of violetv e, the won
derfnl thrift and enteriiriseof
our free (ioveri'iuent," it be-
lioovs ustoconstantlv watch
for every KTiUjiinm o1 insidu-:
ons infirmity that threatens'
our n -tionril vigor. The
strong man w'.io, in the con
fidenceothis sturdy health,
courts the sternest activities
of life and rejoices in the har
dihood of constant labor may
still have lurking near his vi
tafs, unheeded, a disease that
dooms him to sudden col
lapse. It can not be doubt
el that our stupendous a
enlevements aa a people and
o'ir countrys robust strength
have given rise to heedless
ness uf thosf laws govertMie
our national health rhich we
can no more evade than hu
man life can escape the laws
of God and nature. Manifest
ly, nothing it more vital to
our supremacy as a nation
and to the benificent put pos
es of our Government than
sound and stable cunency.
Its exposure to degradation
should at once arouse to ac
tivity the m"st enlightened
statesmanship and the dan
ger of depreciation in the put
chasing power of wages paid
to toil should furnish the
st r.uigest incentive toprompt
and coneervative preception.
In dealing with our present
embarrassingsituation asre
bted to this subject, we will
.e w ise if we temper our con-
ffidence and faith in our na
tional strength and resour
ces with the trank concession
that even these will not per
mit us to defy with impunity
theiuexorable laws of finance
and trade. At the eame time,
in our efforts to idjust the
differences of opinion, we
should be free from intoler
ance or passion, and our judg
ments should be unmoved by
alluring phrases and unvex
ed by selfish interests. I am
confident th it such approach
to the subject will result in zens, and contempt of our
prudent and effective remedi-i jieople for economy and fru
al legislation. In the mean gality in their personal nf-
time, so for as the Executive!
branch of the Government
can intervene, none of thejour national character. It
power with which it is invent
ed will be withheld when their
exercise is deemed nec -ssary
to maintain our national
credit or avert financial dis
aster. KVILS OF PATERNALISM.
Closing related totneexag
ge rated confidence in our
country's greatness, which
tend to disregard the rulesof
the national safety, another
danger confronts us not less
serious. I reler to the preva
lence of popular disposition
to expect from the operation
of the Government cspwial
and direct individual advan
tages. The ven!i:-t ofour vo
ters which condemned the in
justice of maintaining pro tec
tion for protection's sake, en
joins upon the people's Kerv
ants the duty of ex posing and
destroying the broo 1 of kin
died evils which are the un
wholesome progeny of pater
nalism. This is the bane of
republican institutions and
the constant peril of our Gov
eminent by the people. Itde
grades t') purposes of w i 1 y
craft the plan of rule r-f )ur
lathers established and be
queathed t'j us as an object
of our love and veneralior..
It perverts the patriotic sen
timent of our countrymen
and tempts them to pitiful
calculations of sordid gain to
be derived from their Govern
merit's maintenance. It un
dermines the self-reliance of
our people, a.'.d substitutes
in its pbee dependence upon
Governmental favoritism. It
stifles the spirit of true Airier
icanism, and stnpifies every
ennobling trait of American
citizenship. The lesions of pa
ternalism ought to be un
learned iind better lessons
taught that, while the peo
ple should patriotically and
cheerfully support their Gov
ernment, its functions do not
include the support of the
people. The acceptance of
.his principle leads to the te
fusal of bounties and subsi
dies which burden the labor
and thrift of a portion of our
citizens to aid ill-advised or
languishing enterprises
which they have no concern.
It leads also to a challenge
of wild and reckless pension
expenditures which overleap
the bounds of a grateful rec
ognition of patriotic service
and prostitutes to vicious us
esthe people's prompt and
generous impulse to aid those
disabled in their country's
defense. Every thoughtlu
American must realize theirn
portance of checking at its
beginning any tendency in
public or private station to
regard frugality and econo
my as virtues which we may
safely outgrow. The tolera
tion of this idea results in a
waste of the people's money
by thtir chosen servants and
encourages prodigality und
extravaeance in the home
life of our countrymen.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Under our scheme of Gov
ernment waste of public mon
ey is a crime against the citi
fairs deplorably saps the
strength and sturdiiu's of
is a plain dictate of honesty
and good government that
public exju'tiditures should be
limited by the rulesof strict
economy, and it is equally
clear that frugality among
the pe pl is the best guarnn
tee of the contented, strong
support ol free institutions.
One mode of misappropria
tion of public funds is avoid
ed when appointments to of
fice, instead of being rewards
)f partisan activity, are a-
warded to those whose elfi-
iency promises a fair return
of work for the comiiensa-
tion paid to them. To secure
fitness and competency of ap
itiin tees to office and to re
move from political action
the democratizing madness
or spoils, the civil service re-
orm has found a place in our
mbiic policy and laws. The
benefit already gamed by
this instrumentality and the
jrther usefulness it prom
ises entitles it to the hearty
support and encouragement
of all who desire to see our
iiib'.ic service well performed
or who hope for the el jvation
of political sentiment.
TRUSTS AND COMBINATIONS.
The existence of an immense
aggregation of kindred enter
prises and combinations of
business interests, formed for
the purpose of limiting pro
duction and fixing piices is
inconsistent with a fair field
.vhich ought to be open to
every independent activity.
Legitimate strife in business
should not be superceded by
entoived concession to the
lemand of combinations that
ha ve power to destroy; nor
should the people be forced
to lose the benefit of cheap
ness which usually result
from wholesome competition.
f hese aggregations and com
binations frequently consti
tute conspiracies against the
interests of the people and in
all their phases they are un
natural and opposed to our
American sense of fair ness.
To the extent that they can
be reached and restrained by
tederal power, the general gov
eminent should relieve our
citizens from their interfer
ence and exactions.
EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW.
-Loyalty to the principles
upon which our Government
resth positively demands that
equality before the law, which
it guarantees to every citizen,
should be justly and in good
faith conceded in all parts of
the land. The enjoyment of
this right pillows the badge of
citizenship wherever found
and, unimpaired by race or
color, it appeals for recogni
tion to American manliness
and fairness. Our relations
with the Indianslocated with
in our borders impose upon
us responsibilities we cannot
escape. Humanity and con
sistency require us to treat
them with forbearance, and
in our dealings with them to
honesty and considerately
regard their rights and inter
ests. Every effort should be
made to lead them through
paths of civilization ami edu
cation to self supporting a nd
independent citizenship. In
the meantime, n the nation's
wards, they should be prompt
ly defended against the cupi
dity of designing men and
shielded from every influence
or temptation that retards
their advancement.
TARIFF REFORM.
The people of the United
States have decree J that on
this day the control of their
Government in its Legislative
nnd Executive branches shall
be givt ti to that political par
ty pledged iu tfce most posi
tive terms to the accomplish
ment of tariff reform. They
have thus determined in fa vor
of a more just und equi
table system of federal taxa
tion. The agents they have
chosen to carry out their pur
pose a re bound by their prom
ises, not less than bv the
command of their masters,
to devote themselves unre
mittingly to thi- service.
While there should be no sur
render of principle, our tusk
must be undertaken wisely
and without vindictiveness.
Our mission is not punish
ment, but rectification ot
w rongs. If, in lilting burdens
from the daily life of our peo
ple, we reduce inordinateand
unequal advantages too long
enjoyed, this it but a necessa
ry incident of our return to
right and justice. If we exact
from unwilling minds acqui
escence in the theory of hon
est distribution of the fund
o f Government beneficence
treasured up for all, we but
insist upon the principle
which underlies ourfree insti
tutions. When we tear aside
the delusion and misconcep
tions which have blinded our
countrymen to their condi
tion under the vicious tariff
laws, we but show them how
far they have been led away
from the paths of content
ment and prosperity. When
we proclaim that necessity
for revenue to support the
Government furnished the
only justification for taxing
the people, we announce a
truth so plain that its denial
would seem to indicate the
extent to which judgment
may be influenced by fa mi
iarity with perversions of
the taxing power, and when
we seek to reinstate the self
confidence and business enter
prise of our citizens by dis
crediting object dependence
upon Government favor, we
strive to stimulate those ele
meat ofjAmerican character
support the hops of Ameri
can achievements. Anxieiv
for the redemption of tht
pledges which my party has
made and solicitude for the
complete justification of the
trist t he people ha ve deposed
in usconstrainsmeto remind
those with whom 1 am to
cooperate that we can su"
ceed in doing the work whii-h
has been especially set before
us only by the most sincere,
harmonious and disinteres
ted effort. Even, if insupera
ble obstacles and opposition
prevent the consummation
of our task, we shall hardly
be excused; and if failure can
be traced to ourfault or neg
lect we may be sure the peo
ple will hold us to a swift and
exacting accountability.
FEDERAL AND STATE RIGHTS.
The oath I now take to pre
serve, protect and defend the
constitution of the United
States not only impressively
defines the great responsibili
ty I assume, but suggests o
b"dience to the constitution
al commands as a rule by
which my official conduct
must be guided. I shall to
the best of my ability and
within my sphere of duty,
preserve the constitution by
loyally protecting every
grant of federal power it con
tains, by defending all its
restraints when attacked by
i tnpa t ience a nd restleness and
by enforcing its limitations
and reservations in favor of
the States and the people.
Fully impressed with the
gravity of the duties that
confi out me and mindful of
my weakness, I should be ap
palled if it were my lot to
bear unaided the responsibil
ities which await mo. I am,
however, saved from discour
agement when 1 remember
that I shall have thesuppcrt
and counsel and co-operation
of wise and patriotic men,
who will stand at my side in
the Cabinet places or wil! rep
resent the people in their Leg
islative halls. I find also
much comtort in remember
ing that my countrymen are
just and generous und in thj
assurance that they will not
ondeu those is ho by sincere
devotion to their service de
serve 'heir foibearance and
approval. Aboveall, I know
there is a Supreme Being who
rules tha affaiis of men and
whose goodness and mercy
have always followed the
American people, und I know
He will not turn fr jmus inw
if we humbly und reverently
seek IIi powerful aid.
Tice-President Stevenson.
His B if Address Upon Taldn? the
Chair Ttcatcd By Nr. Morton.
He said:
"Senators Deeply impress
ed with a sense of its respon
sibilty and of its dignity, I
now enter upon the discharge
of the duties of the high of
fice to which I have been call
ed. Iam not unmindful of
the fact than among the oc
cupants of this chair, during
the one hundred and four
years of its constitution:: his
tory, have been statesmen,
eminent alike for their talents
and the:r tireless devotion to
public duty. Adams, Jeffer
son and Calhoun honored its
incumbency during the early
days of the republic, whii6
Arthur, Hendricks and Mor
ton have, at a later period of
our history, shed lustre upon
the office of the President of
the most august, deliberative
assembly known to men. I
assume the duties of the
great trust confided to me
with no feeling of self-confidence,
but rather with that
of grave distrust of my abil
ity satisfactorily to meet its
requirements. 1 may be par
doned for saying thatithhall
oe my earnest endeavor to
discharge the important du
ties which lie before me wfth
impartiality, courtesy, firm
ness and fidelity. Earnestly
invoking the co-operation,
the forbearaee, t'.ie charity of
each of its members, I now
enter upon ray duties as pre
siding officer of the Senate."