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iiiwmiiiiiiTTI nTT""' .1 . i .-. " :. :. - 7 ,- VOL. IX. ft WASHINGTON -.LETTER From our Regular Correspondent. .Mr.McKinley is likely to be 'much more interested iti the Senate: than in the soft s'pee- ; cbes the army of office; seek- era are now pouring itito his c ears, if certain plans now be v. ing urged are. carried , out. The majority of the Jjf0a te U 3 composed of silver men", but - they represent three different -parties, democrats, populists andilver republicans. The . greediness of .he republicans in Maiming 'the r l g h.t to y change tjie financial complex ion of the Committee on fi hnuce by filling both vaoan cies with gold .v republicans, :': has aroused the .silver men, and the proposition has been inatie that they shu'l coiii s;'bineand reorganize the Sen r- ate by deposing thfe republi . cans trom the Chairmanships - f of all important committed p; and by giving the silver Sen- - ators control of all commit r tees. In other words, to put the legislative machinery of the Senate into the hands of the silver men. This propo sition will not be easy, to, car ry into effect because of-1 h e difficulty of combining 'in e n . who agree on nothing but sil pi ver, bit it hat frightened 'the 'republicans badly.; v V' . Senator Teller ' was speak- nMa (maim minvt I A VkVMmvt nn . nifS ii win. ci owimi rA firi ii-in c, having hi mself been ; Secret 3- ? rv of the Interior from April -17, 1882. to March 4, 1885, : when he told the Senate that : Mr. MeKinley had made a se 'l j-ious mistake when he norai- "nated Cornelius -. N. Bliss, to 'tie Secretary of the Interior. v.He said that Mr.'Bliss was a v banker and, merchant, with 'k'&xi experience which rSi i g h t Vhave fitted him for the head - of some of the departments, but that, in his opinion, the head of the Interior Depart- ; ",' ... . . i , ' ' - - J. A. a MW4 4 'V SI,. )'- tMr. Teller did not speak in :n . smrit of antatronisiu to Mr. Bliss,- nor did he vote against j his conflrroathjn; Jie merely called-a ttention ta.whatvhe believed to be a mistnke.V,' ' As might be'imagined those ; Senators and ftepresentati vs .. who are opposed to . Roed's idea otcpnflnirigthe V legisla tidn of the extra - session of Congress, which meets next ; Monday, to" the tajiff bill by not appointing the ' commit- tees of the :Uouse: w h i c.h . yould haye to act upon 6th i cr bills, ere not grieving over the failure of four of the regu tet appropriatiou bills t h e Zzipj Civil. Agricultural, In '.'..zn andi)eflcjency. ; 0 1, a r "d already . has, another hstne to pre vent general leg ' - tSonT, It is to " authorize, . I;;t resolution, a contip .r.c of f . 11 fha regula r a p- ' ; riations of ; the current x r.r.til uext December. V Thrre was a more or less . cctrojj republican riim; Veshington , the day tha inauguration about '.'i verj little, has been A meeting of republi ) tluta had tcsn called for t day by CoK John Dowles ' wt cnrounced purporanf ".. J r.-ottior.fcd vicing 7 cdn:rr :tr-t:z -r BOONE . W ATAUGA COUNTY, N. Woodmnnsee, who is Chair man of the" Executive Com mittee of the National organ ization of republican c.l u b s and who claimed that the in dividual j:lube. represented at "this convention could not properly act ii pon such reso lutions as were to be offered, succeeded in ha ving the con vention adjourh ns soon .as .it-was culled to order. There whs, some very warm t a-Yk about this application of the gag, but the scent of the pie counter made it mostly whis pered among those interested.'-':'- y-?- . '' :' ' " " ; ' Ex-Seilator Kla ckburn : will attend the extra session of thICen t'ueky legislature that ha.s been called to elect a Sen Kor and will make a strong fight for '.his own re-election. notwithstanding the repub)i - t:an majority in inat. DO.iy, 5bod y expects the Sejiat e to s,tat Maj. Wood, who" hfa s bhen appointed to the vacan jy'by Gov. Bradley a n d whether the gentlemen ap pointed by the (iovernors of Florida and Oregon will fare any better remains to be seen' .'.',";!..'.V:-'-" 'j-i V':..." . - King Hanha has got every thing he has reached for up ... T . .?l .." . I -to date, but cef ta in Senators who think be iH now reaching after too much are preparing to gi ve hi m a d isa ppoin trnen t and there aretig o.dds,;inr fa-yoiof-theirw8uccfcihg.'-King Hanna is reaching for a place on the Senate Finance Cpm: mittee, in which there are two vacancies caused by the retirement of Sherman a n"d Vporhees, jri" order that , h e may be properly fixed to boss the tariff bill, which will go to that com mitee as soon as it gets througn the House. No new Senator has been giv en a place oh thfitomaifttee in the memory of the- oldest Senator, but that doe&:n o t make any difference to Han ha." He wante it,' a n d has made his wants known; It is practically certain that h e won't get it. Tom Piatt also wants a place on this com mittee, but as he has beejrin the Senate before, his aspira tion is not considered as au dacions as that pi King Han na, but whether: he will get the place is very, very doubt VEx Secretafy Carlisle h a s beeii offered the position of General Counsel for the Pull man Car ; now held by Gen Hoi ace Porter who ex pects to go abroad, at a sal ary of $25,000 a year, -an d the expectation is that Mr. Carlisle will hccp'pt the" offer., Senator. Ha una, of Ohio, will occu py a seat next to Senator Butler, of NorthCar olina. TlnV .will bring ? the chairman of the 'ttepublicnfti national committee and; the chairman of . the Populist national committee Vide by Bitif.Laiid nark.. . It , GENTS WANTP:D-F5r Warin i .Cuba b.v Sonor Quesada, Cubau representative in Waahinton. En dorBed by Cubau patriots. In tre mendous demand. Abonan2afor agents. Only $ 1.50. IMg book, big commissione. Every body ants the only endorsed, reliable book. Outfit free. Credit, given. Freight p.u.3. Drop all trash and r- ' i C a.rcct'i Ver in v ' . . ' t f Nat- , Dead At a Door NaiL -News and Observer , '" -' "Praise God from whom rill ble8singB flnwj" , -' All things, bad as well as good, must end Botpetiine. The legislature has adjour ned at last. ' r j- - '- It is dead. Deader than the deadest of door nails. . Why door nails are deader than nnv-other kind of nails, and why nails 7 should' be picked out. of all created things to express annihilation is more tf)'an I can comprehend: But I' do know whythe legislat ure of 1897 should smell louder in ;the nostrils of a civ ilized people and be Juried deeper, by, n proud, liberty-. loving-.State than any of is predecessors.' ' A funeral is no time for mer, 1ry - mnking, but I am finpr co-nignt. l can .c I a p my hands vjth joy, ' In common witfT a million true-hearted Tar" Heels I amnssistinpr at a blessed vvaker my sole re cret being that it did not oc cur earlier in the season; be fore life became a burden to those who had to watch over the festering corpse.' '. ' , Hut at last the end has come; 'the country breRthws freely again; the air aiound the capital city is becoming pure once moreas pure as the poisoned cerements left behind by the dead body and the microbes that will remain with us for the next . f 6 u r years will admit of. And for this we are jgrate ftil. and should gird - np our loins and prepare to turn the bad into better. Things.aiight hav been worse; tji pu iz jh it is hard to belie ye it, Instead of tcrippe we-tnight hJHrehad thecholerajjnstead of rioting and ; disgraceful scenes of disorder ive ; might hayelhnd blows and blood shed ; instead of an arden t gold-bug for Senator - we might have had a little railroad attorney instead of a high priced one--in the up per branch of Congress; in stead 'T of leaving the lease question for the people to set tie we might have had the ee cret sa les of the fcifri te's pro p erty for - o song . confirmed, and instead of adjourning yesterday t h Jpgislature might have remained iru ses sion.until today or tomor row. . .; ' , This is the bright side of the picture and should be en tered up to the credit, of the deceased. ; , . : ''-' Though it is in bad taste to speak ill of thread it would, perhaps not be- improper, just here to point out a few of the minor faults and short comings of the late legi -Ia-ture.- ;ir; : . It squandered the public money in unnecessary appro priations, and increased ; t!e ta xes . It created scores "of new offices and filled t h e m wi t b i nuo m pe ten t men . T t t a -ped t h e pu bl io i n sii t u t i o n s a rid t u rned the in o ver to h ood lums, heelers, and" pie-hunters. It was more completely unriVr railroad domination than was ever its illustrious predei-essor of 10C3. It c ve to i;orcnt r : c; j' a n t n -!r"r .7-olutocon i . . ''.. C, THUHSDA Y , MARCH Id. 1897 . gave to the Governor more power and patronage than has ever been enjoyed by a chief executive of the State; to all intents and purposes Governor Russell is now. a despot, with alnwst unlimit ed appointing power in his hands, and the sooner the people ol North Carolina re alize this and restore the old ord,r of things the belter it will be for them.; ,. " But we can take our chances with all this, provided we have the assurance that the end has come. Unless the Ne mesis that now seems to be sitting cross-leggi , waiting for co-operation, we will not have a repetition of this "a bominarion and desolation of spirit'' of which Daniel, the prophet, spoke. A few of the legislators went home Monday, more went yesterday and last night's trains took awtfy great gobs of them. By to morrow the hist remaining ones with the exception of clerks who stay to straighten up the journals will have folded their tents and stolen away. The legislature of 1897 is dead and over its tomb may well be written "It has done those things which it should not ha ve done, nd left un done those things which it should have done." No man will ever rise1 up and call it blessed. " ;- lf Ton Want to-be Loved, " ; Don't find fault. ' ., Don't beli9ve all the e v i 1 you hear. . : Dont jeer at everybody's religious beliefs, y Don't be rude to your inf3 riors in social position. Dort repeat gossip, even f it does interest a crowd. . V Don't underrate anything because you don't possess it. Don't go untidy on the plea 1 hat everybody knows you Don't contradict people, e ven if you are sure that you nre right. Don't conclude t h ft t,you have never bad any opportu nities' in life. ; ' :v .. . Don't, believe that everyone else in the world is ' happier tnan you. . -:r.r :, y Don't be inquisitive about the affairs of even your most i n ti m a te friends. -; 1 . Don't get into the habit of vulgarizing life by, making light of the sentiment of it. Don't express a positive o pinion unless you perfectly understand what you are tai king about. Christian ' Out look, v' -'V v UKev. A. .1. Gordon, D. D., m one of his sermons, says of the cross: "Draw men it will, as long n.tbere is a sinner sighing for pardon ot a penitent seeking peace, draw men it will v h e n they have guilt to be, cleansed, and burdens to be lifted, and stains to be washed.: But it will draw no one through his aesthetic taster, or his sense of the beauti ful, or his 'poetic sentiment. There is a cross that can do so, that jejreled and exquiaitively curved adornment which hangs upon the neck of b;aut that cross . wrought with 'diamonds and robbed of its oei:c' rl'ch - : ' - I'm Too Busy. Chrie.iaii at Work. ; A merchant sat at bis of fice desk. Various letters were spread before him. His whole being was absorbed' in the in tricacies of his business. A zealous friend of religion en tered bis office. "I want to in terest yon a little in,a new effort for the 2ause of Christ," said the , good man. "Sir, yon must excuse me," replied the merchant. "I'm too bu sy to attend to that subject now." "But, sir, inquiiy is on the increase said the friend. among "Is ft? us I'm sorry, but I'm too busy at present to do anything." ' "When shall I call again?'' I cannct tell. I'm busy every day."' Excuse me, sir; I wish you a good morning." Then, bowing the intruder out of his office, he resumed thestn dy of his papers. The mer chant had repeatedly repuls ed the friends of humanity in this manner. No matter what the object, he "was al ways too busy to' listen to their claims. Ho had even toll his minister that he was, too busy for anything except to makemoney. Butonemor nlng-a disagreable stranger stepped very softly to h i ft side, laying a cold, moist hand upon his brow, and say ing, "Go home with mcT The merchant laid down his pen; his head grew dizy; his stom ach felt faint "and. eick. He left the counting room, went home and retired to his bed chamber. His unvvclome vi itor had followed him, and now took his place by t h e bed-side, whisperingever and anon, "You must go with me." A cold chill settled over the merchants heart; spec tres of ships and houses and lands flitted before his excited mind. Still " his pulse- bear slower; his heart heaved heav ily; thick films gathered over his eyes; his tongue refused to speak. Then the mer chant knew that the name of his visitor was death 1 Hu manity, mercy, and religion had alike begged his influence means and attention in vain; but when death came he was powerless he was compelled to ha ve leisure to die I Let us beware how we make our sel ves too ,; busy to "secure life's "great end. When' the excuse rises to our lips, and we are about to say we are too busy to do good, let. us remember we cannot be too busy to die. f. The Times says a school riot far from Elkin had a .Washing tohjbirthday celebration on the 22nd of February , and the teach er, who h also a preacher, deliv ered an adiresa to the school in which, he told them that Easter was celebrated because it: is the th birth day of Christ. : . Our readers will please note that this incident occurred near the church vhere, a few dav a go, the ltev. Robinson preached that sermon on the, ;"iiriioranc,' destitution; andheatbenism" of Watauga and Aeh counties. UEMOCKAT. . - ; '. Tha nks this is the last week that the people of North Car olina will be misrepresented by plunderers and ps'.f-bunt-crt, by bc!t :r3 v:'.:r r-1 !t! 'r k r NO. XII. were elected , who treated t heir party brethren, meaner , and more rascally than Jo-", seph was'when sold to t h e Egyptians by his brethren. , They go to a place prepared ' for the devil and hisangels. " Let os hope. Wilmington ' Dispatch. V , ' ' ' rut Mtl If MADE UPON HONOR, SOLD UPON iVIERJT. FULL, OF' BEAUTY, GRACE ?JH STRENGTH. EVERY WHEEL VARRANTEIX RMpoiulbto Dtaltn inrttei to Cr- , rwpoa.wHhw. ' 4 MANUFACTURED' BY 1 B&LLIS. CYCLE CO., . l . rumiiuinAiia nun W.L.DOUCLAC WWwIIVfariTrMAKiNa. i. cordovan; mwcn HMf i id. mr. S.VP0UCE3MLe OrarOMMUUoaPMplawwtiM - W.L. Douglas $3 & $4 Stcca All oar hoec m equally Mtlttactocj Thty giv th b t vri lor tSm nt. ' Thev canal out (Imim In atvla mmd inirwviniqwmi m wmnni, Tha price ara Bnltof, ..it ptid m Mi. Prom i to 3 ved vr ather makm. . If your dealer cannot (apply fouwt can. Sotdbr PROFESSIONAL. s W. B. COUNCILL, Jr. : Attorney at Lkr. r r Boone, N. C. W. B. COUNCILL, M. D. . Boone, N. C. . Resident Physician. ' Office on King Street north of Post Office. : .. : T. C. BLACKBURN, M. D. BOONE, N. C. ' '' 1 Office at the residence ot . M. Hi Blackburn. ', tCalls Promptly Attended ,: E. P. LOVTLL. J. C. FLETCHER WViU & FLETCHER . ATIUllNbYSATLAWt ' BOONE, N. C. :' Special attention given to the colletion ofclainm.'XZX WILLIAM R. LOVILL. . . 1 "ATTORNEY AT LAW. ; Ur.. ; ;; Sutherlands, N. 0. Practices in the State and fl Federal courts. ; . - " Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD, BAiIIIEli'3 j HLZl. 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