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WASHINGTON LETTER
"from or RejplUr Comipoadeni
q Nothing: more . daring wai
. don In the Hons) duriftg ei
ther of the autocratic rgns
of Czar Heed than the passing
, in of the appropriation bills
' which failed to bncome laws
at the last session of C'on
grora, without reference t o
any sort ot , committee and
GhracticHlly without debate.
. just stop and.thiuk for a mo
meat ol the audacity of ; this
t - proceeding. Here is a n e w
House, more than one-third
of its members being ui e n
' who did not belong to the
last House and who know
Coo more about the items in
'those appropriation bills
than if they had been prepar
ed in Africa. These bills were
brought forward and House
was ordered to pass them
. "siirht unseen", as th6 boys
used to say about swapping
. . .' 1.1 . . ti
ronceaiea articles,-' nirnouRu
,bey carried many millions of
ibe people's money and it was
'admitted by some of the re-publicar-s
who helped to torce
'tbem through that they con
tained items that were ques
tionable as well as those that
- were extravagant. And this
remarkable assumption of au
" ahorityon the part of Czar
J Reed had not even the excuse
of urgency and lack of time
to have the bills take the reg
ular course of such measures
There will be tim to waste in
the House after the 31st of
fcthis month, upon which date
tUe AlcKinley tariff bili No. 2
is to be passed. The sole ob
ject was to keep the hands of
the House tied for the whole
ot the present session, by not
appointing the regular com
mitters. Another unheard 01
thing originated by the, gen
tletnan from Maine, who still
kindly allows the members of
the House to draw their sal
aries and dispose of the raon
e.t without consulting him.
and who also allowed them
to vote , tbemseives extra
mileage.:
O Ren. "Champ" Clarke, o
Mo., made a red-hot speech
In the House on the new metb
od of passing appropriation
bills, saving in part: "The
longer a man lives the. more
he finds out. First and : last,
I've said sonift unkind things
O of the United States Senate,
and poked considerable fun
at it. , In the days of loyfj
was exasperated ; at its con
duct,' that, alt boush 1 believe
in two leuUlattve b6dies,
was in favor of abolishing it.
But in thi8distingtiihed pres
- ence. I wish to retract all the
criticisms I ha ve said against
it. I thank God ; that the
Senate remains a deliberate
body. In this House we are
going through the most ama
zing, most astounding per
forinances which ever took
place on thifif Continent. 8 pea
king directly of the republ
cans Mr. Clarke said: "In the
campaign oMast' year you
charged 6,500,000 70ters of
. this country with' .being an
archist. What is anarchy 'I
It is running the affairs of u
country without government.
You are doing Just what you
charged us with wanting to
do, but let me tell you, a day
o reckoning will come' ;
Mr. McKinleVand other re
nublicans are moob alarmed
at thesi&rns of a tariff revolt
in the Seriate, It Is given out
by prominent republican Hen
. 9 i ' . . . t ;
ators, among them members
of the Senate Finance Com-
mittee, whir has already ta
ken np the subject, that the
McKinley tariff bill, No. 2,
will not do.; and f hat t be v
are going to amend it "so itLThe bill was drawn by Sena-
will not be recoamized. It is.
of course, possible that these
republican Senators are only
making a bluff to give Mr.
McKin ev an oooortun tv to
offer them inducements in the
shape of patronage to sup-
port his tariff bill, b u t the
manner in which tke Senaie
nmpnded the two last tariff
bills passed, is calculated to
make Mr. McKinlev believe it
mpnnR fmmethincr more eH-l
oos. "
: Theie is a rumor that Sac-
retarv Bliss lias resigned he
cnnse Mr. McKinlev comoell-
ed him to accept the resigna.
tiouof Land Commissioner
Lamoreux, which was teuder
ed before the close of t h e
Cleveland administration
nnri which Bliss had refused
to accept because of accuia-
t ons made in connection
with the Chicago lake front
.
case, put 1 ne rumor is ae-
nied. . :
Although the output of the
ftrtminitafratlnn ni nlnnt POn
Hnnoa limil-orl in miAtitirv.
the fact is noted with wrath
nal McKinleyites that nearly
all that has been dished out
has rrnno n fViA nriarinn I Ma.
K-inlnv mpn. This too. in the
face of McKinley's continued
i.0UAPntin nfhiintint onro
Mmmin nn fnftinn nf hia
nartvlin makinir aoDoint-
mpnta It is heuinninff t o
Hatvn nnnn thp ininHn nfsnm
of the republicans who were
not for McKinlev before the
St. Louis Convention, t h a t
thov hpinir triotprf Whnn
ever one of them looms upas
ftDrominent aswrant for
trrxA nnoitinn it. "hflnnAna"
thnt ha rnno no-ninRt. MnKin.
ley's very convenient rule not
to nnnoint mpn who cHnnot
w w . D
tha inHnraamonf ft tfiaii!
entire Congressional d-lega-
tiwu. lit i wu rv i7ij uiui.il aoi
n .b... mnnh ...
tl.Mft'a will
have have to content them-
selves withhe smaller Feder
al offices in heir states, while
Kinganna takes bare of
"ouHiriends."
Auent w a i uif tor warm
nnKoknna fs.hon
renrefwntflHvelnWfwhinfirton.En
aorsea Dy uuoan patnow. in tre
menuous demand. A bonanza lor
Aont- onir ti.50. Riff hook.
grants the only endorsed, reliabfel
book. Ootfit free. Credit given.
Freight paid. Drop all trash and
make ,J00 a month with War in
Cuba. Address today the Nat-
ioMAt,KooKixcBii,aoz-eoo,
learbornBt, Chicago.
Spp.n AdMrtwmimta. -
Wanted, a room lor two gen-
t-iftiricn about 30 teetloni? and 20
feab broad."
"For sale a piano, the proper-
ty ol a musician with curved legs
and a lyre."
, ."Mr. Brown, rorrter, beg to
Rnnonnce that ha will make nn
...
gowni i, capes etc., for ladies out
of their own skins." -
. i-. -n
4ing: very fond ot children."
:'JVanted-an orennist and
boy to blow same.'
"Widow In comfoHablecirtum
"tancee wishes to marry two
ou
Tte titter SckMl Uv. '
.v
News tad Observer. r
. The school law passed bv
the last General Assembly was
the most far-reachiug and
probably the most salutery
measure passed by the body.
tor Ueorge K. uutlero'Bamp
son county, and has received
the endorsement of the State
Supenntendant 01 runiic ;.in-
structions, as well as promi-
nent educators of the State,
and was reported favorably
by the Senate and the House
Educations ICoromittees and
the subcommittees oh Edu-
cation to which it was relerr-
led for inspection.
The bill is a thorough revis
ion of the public school sys-
tern of the State and we give
blow the chief featursof
the bill:
1st. It provides for a State
Board of School examiners
consisting of three profession
al teachers to ne apnointea
by the State Board of Educa
tion. The.v meet upon the
call of the State Superintend-
ent or fuouo instructions.
who is ex officio chairman of
I ir w 1 is 3
tne noara 01 examiners, anu
their duties are to prepare
courses of readmg and pro-
fe88i01ial Study for teachers
nuu w uuumo uiuiuwuu w
teaching and school govern-.
ment. They are further em
powered to prepare annually
a ser 01 examination ques-
tions to be submitted to the
County Supervisor of schools
" ecn county on tne secona
I mt ti . t
inursaaym Juiy 01 eacn
year and teachers passing a
satisfactory examination are
granted a Life Certificate by
the State Board of Examin
rs-lut said cerlificates are
to oe renewed every uveyears
tne saia ooara, prov;ueu
the teacher makes an affida-
vit that he has actoal,y
niengagea in wacmnK e.nce n-
Ceiving the Certificate
2nd. It abolishes the oflBce
... . . i :
of tounty examiner ana re
establishes County Board o
Kducation. and gives tnero
the power, with the Clerk o
t tjir uourc ana iwifieicr u
Deeds to elect a County bu
-
pervisor of Schools. The du-
ties 01 tne uounr.v supervisor
nre to examine teachers, t o
orflerB drayrn uPon
iinescnooi iunaoiineciiuuij,
to supervise the scuoois ot
. . 0 j k
bis county, and to pp senre ta
TV of theCOUntV Board of
Education.
q tf 'thAnnnntv
-3rd' " requires tnegoiuiTy
J Board of Education to di-
viae their county into as, ma
n gchoordistricts al' there
, . .A i-4
are townships in said county
but allows as many school
houses n each district as
Lav be necessary Jor the ac
coinmodation of both races
provided a greater number
of schools are not establish-
et1 than will ghe to each dis-
tiict an average of fewer
than sixty-five pnpils.
4th. It abolishes all public
hocl committees for each
. . j.j
ihw ub uow ui wviuru UJ WT,
flnd pPovide8 fngVad of the
. A . rt
appointment, br the County
Board of Educ6tfonPf & v e
a intelligent business men favor
able to nulic education; who
an to act as school commit
teemen for both races in each
township district.
5th. It reauires the school
und of each county to be a p
portioned to each district
per capita, and the commit
ee are then to re-apportion
his sum to the vanous
schools, white and colored in
thrir district, so that each
school shall have the same
ength of term, butin making
said apportionment the com
mittee are to have proper re
gard for the grade of w o r k
to be done and the qu ah flea
tions of the teachers required
m each school, white and col
ored in the district.
6th. It abolishes third
grade teachers' certificates
and makes thf same require
ments for the first grade and
second grade certificates as
are now provided by law, and
requires an examination fee
ot $1.00 fiom each teacher
on the second Thursdays in
July, September and April,
ot each vear. and a fee of
$1.50 from each teacher pro
vided ihey require an exami
nation at any other time
than named above. The fees
from the examination of the
teachersa're required to be
placed inthe general school
fund of the county.
7th. It provides for a tea
chers, Institute for each race
to be held annually) of at
least one week's duration, con
ducted by the County Super
visor of schools or some prac
tical educator.
8th. It provides for the re
moval'of the school commit
teemen, upon just cause by
the County Board ol Educa
tionand for the removal of
the CountVSupervisoi or any
member of the County Hoard
of Education upon just cause
and proper complaint to the
State Board of Education.
. The a u thor f t he bill cla i ms
that this bill has eliminated
the undesirable features of
our former school laws in
this State, and will establish
a new system that will not
only revolutionize the public
schools of the State, but will
provideo' the constitution
al requirements of a four
months school for each dis
trictwithout necessarily in
creasing the present rate of
taxation.
We dwell not in the rich valleys
of the great rivers that, in death
and destruction, overflow their
banks: nor on the great plains
wind-swept and grasshopper gar
nished; nor yet in the fertile north
west where the zero of the tuer-
m imeter is worked to death in
the winter and sun struck in the
suminer: nor in the far South
where sand is but no rocks to
toake shadows q a weary Jani.
But we do dwell io Asherille
where it may be. there in a
thought too much of rain once
in two or three years, but with
plenty of syjehilla for the waiter
. ' 1 -1 !i!
w run on an; ana wuere innuev
er the extreme of heat or cdhj:
where cyclones come not, but on
ly visitors to bu healed. So let
us be thankful even if the . wrong
party is in power, and the Legis
lature has left behihd it a trail of
bad law, bungled laws and bro
ken laws. umen.
Corbett's lather wagered and
lost his livery stabW on the fight.
Some one is sure to remark that
that is a horse on him. Citizen
' A TtMoklir 8eMt :
V tn.townJthe other day t
saw two bright young girls
about 16 and 13 years of age,
who had w alked eight miles
in the bitter cold to tieg food
for the family. The yonnger
wore a pair of coarse cowhide
brognus many sites too large;
the oters fvet were 'protected'
by ragged cloth shoes, while
both were meanly and insuf
ficeutly clad. Their bent, shlv
ering iorm, pale and drawn
faces, blue lips and sunken
eyes told a tale of suffering
that must have melted the
heart of a Spatiishbutcherer.
The mother lay sick unto
death with a babe at b e r
breast, and there are three
other little ones. They ap
plied to the C. L. A..S. for
aid and that body of dames,
who labor in the name of the
Carpenter of Nazareth, dona
tied a 50 cent quilt! I sa,w
these children on their way
homeward. It was on a bit of
break .road, where t h e icy
wind had a sweep of miles,
and it cut like a scalpel. The
little one suffered terribly; she
looked up to his sisters face,
oh, so piteoualy. The brave
sister stooped aud kissed her,
and together they faced the
gale. Friends, I have seen
much of life's pathos, but
never anything so touching
as that. I ara not a good
man. I am a bachelor and
all such are bad. Some peo
ple call , me an extremist a
crank and a socialist. Per
haos. It would not take ma
ny scenes like the one just
mentioned to make me a ni-
tro glycerinist. Epsilon in
Farm and Home. ,
Jedre Waxea'i Proverbi.
What a statesman don't
kno is sometimes wuth know
in'.
Because a farmer has to fas
ten his galluses with a nale
he has an idee that he kin
help himself by getting into
politics.
The more parlimenterry
rules a congressman linos the
less likely he is to tend to the
biznus be was lected fer.
When a man wants to go
into politicks he aint ast ef
heze a pattriot, but how
much money he can put up
fer cam pane purposes.
A man kin be a politician,
and he km be onnest but be
haintgotno time to spair
ef be trize to be both at the
sametime.
Ther ain't no way uv tellin
bow many votes thar is to a
goilun uv licker till the jug's
empty.
Every now and then the
godess uv liberty, wonders
what she is here for.
The money power is mity
ni a rtiuitiritv all the time.
The country wood be full
uv monuments hiern church
steaplesef every statesman
had as big a one as he thinks
he ought to have. Ex.
The State Treasurer has
notified the heads of the van
ous State Institutions that
owing to the large appropri
a tions made by the Legisla
ture and the decreased value
of property he can not. pay
any extra appropriations
ithis year, or nntil be finds
there is a surplus ; after pay-
ing interest nn the four per "
cent, bonds and the necei
sary running expenses of the .
State government. He says
he gives this notict to pre
vent the making of contracts
which might embarrass. Bib
Ileal Recorder. - ; , .
PROFESSIONAL.
W. B. OOUNCILL, Jb.
Attorney at La
Boone, N. C.
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Boone, N. C.
Resident Physician. Office
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