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rv At-." I r BOONE, VATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THUKSDAY, JANUARY, 0, 1898. NO. 2. difcri Ill y . ... it i .r npiiiiinir inn in lut u t- i. klf..nn.3 Af 4 ti ft Vn. fwa ( Sent a Letter of Fond ly Counsel. ClytfrnianiJharlesA.Toivne of t!rilvep Republican nil tUual'Conimittef, issued the ' Jti?tft4liliI,',, t Silver j. l)iiMlviw,ren'nt,.: frTo the fcllvti" Republicans of the UuitedStates: The eri sh long expeted is ut hand. Tim policy (renounced when we proclaimd that aconspir ncy had beet formed to cap jMHyre the Republican porty in V the 1nteresKf the gold stan dard is neAring its consurn . ination. pe Wolcott com mission h confessedly fail ed in its igntia tions for an intermit1- agreement for the eBWftfaient of bimetal lism.1 'Mint failure, foreseen bv tho-J who drafted theenn . ningjttnjineinl plank or t h e St. Lo Vis platform and fore id its' tLinption, is jnow used, W a fnA the first it has Seen YjnteA'.tjiH tri be used, as the 'rpre1itiiinary to the definite es tablifchinent of the gold stun darn in the United States -kctlv that a pMm and hon- mnomieiifiient for the : " gold Btnudajain that plat ' .form wouiynn its disns 'irons dMt t the pulls Thev inseed the weak and ' ftieonnisti't promise "to pro n.bte" aj internntionl agree ? ni)nt, f' -he purpose of hol-'-' dii&ly) allegiance of mill 'irfn J Republican voters who e himetallists, while at tlii same time it w m b fcougl to bind them perma- neutl, to th( gold standard thrown a firm and unnmhig uotixleearatiou that, if the nffiveipnt'could not be pro cundihe standard "'mut be' preset ed." The wi etched farce lis been played thro'. The hmiiliuting appeal to . the goVj powers of Europe that wiNj graciously permit :te:l toO.relieved by them from a monetary servitude -that is wrecking our produc era and destrovirW our n a - tional independence has bean spurned hefore the eye of the world. The alternative so art fully provided in the St. Lou is platform is now invoked. ; The supporters of the British money system now claim wur tant for their whole nefari ous program in the alleged endorsement of that declara tion by the Republican voters -Pf 1896. Steps therefore are rapidly being taken to put the plan Y.fi in ntiAriit.inn Tim nrowidptit. s i'Cby Hpeeial message to cong yress, endorses the scheme of v; -' the Indianapolis convention ''.'iH ifi Veoond money" advocates 'lH- which was declared by them wnicn was aeciarea uy mem ., ,. . . ' . t 0 . ,b will come again the peo lo rest on three fundamentalist i ';:.. ' '.and epsential features: l.The .':i.7..w-rihanent establishment of - t l.i gold standard. 2. The re- .i'J' 'i.-l .It OR nw i nf 4- a n Ln v1vr ii1"1" luw K'e7 T i, r itnd otl.er irovernment notes. p- -:A , mir i " i tkue sense; the people as oe y, and 3. The institution of a 7 ? ..!. .... ,! ... , - I iL yyvtt banking sy' ' IS!--' X trol metall ism a nd t he conseq nen t necessity for a com prehensi ve readiustment of ourcurrencv sysreni on the eold hasis. Ki nally the National 1 Sound Money League, at its emi- annual meeting in New York puts the stamp of its infalli bility on the same conclusion in the following language The situation demands a definite, clean, unequivocal declaration that internation al bimetallism is a dream of the past. The United States must proclaim their accept ance of the 'worh' fact' and plant themselves finally on th single gold standard." Silver Republicans of the rt.nntry, the crisis demands your most energetic ana con seciated efforts. In the glori o is campaign of 1890, and again in the recent elections, you nobly proved your putri otism and vindicated your t' tie to the grateful remember ance of succeeding genera tions. In this supreme junct ure your duties are heavier and your opportunities grea ter than those of any other citizens of the republic. It is yours to hold together in a common fidelity the co-operative elements of reform; itis yours especially to persuade deceived and betrayed Repuh Means that revolt against their betrayers is their high est duty. If thedegradation of the country and the en- hlaven.ent of its producers are to be averted; if to our selves and our posterity the blessings ol liberty are to be preserved, if tlui final indus trial and social regeneration of the r ice is to remain a so cure and reasonable h o p e, thire must come enlighten ment andcnfianchiseinent to hundreds (l thousands or those yet blinded by parti san pivjuuii'e and in bond age top wiisan custom. You, more readily than the mem bers of either of Ihe great al lied fonys, may open I heir eyes to the truth and arouse their patriotism to action. Let 'if ba thankiul that at length the battle is to be fought in the open; that one after another all subterfuges have finahy fallen; that at last we shall be able to chal- eiue the gold standard and all its associated wrongsand '.buses to meet us in the fo rum (if the common sense, the justice and the patriot ism of the American people. They cannot remain blind to the clear ami now confessed designs of those who have trafficked in their confidence. They cannot continuadeaf to the language of reason and tho appeals of humanity. Ci t izenship will rise aboTe parti sanship. The rule or the peo- upon whom our institu tions rest, for whom they were created and by whom they .shall be preserved; the fFoplcin the broad and only T ' . )fir" H in, loveti miu uuimhi h y Jeff ;rson, by Lincoln, by Brvan and by nil the great soul that h'lve become near est to the hearts of men ano therefore must be in harmo- t nv with the infinite purpose V ofvlod. 1 CII-ARLES A. TOWNE. l! Chairman National Commitee of Silyer Uepublicaua. VVASIIINGTON LETTER. From our Regular Correspondent. Up to this time the most marked feature of the Con gressional recess in Washing ton has been I he unconcealed anxiety of the administra tion s to the probable ac tion ofcertairi Senators when Congress gets togetheragain and the attempts made toca jole them with patronageand promises int'j doing as Mr. McKiidey desires, or into do ing nothing and keeping qui et. The two puncipalcauys the minor ones are too nu merous to mention of Mr. MoKmley's auxlty are. Fi n ni.',eand the tieaty for the annexation of Hawaii. He wants the treasury speedily ratine 1 and he wants the sil ver republicans to keep quiet and not at tempt to carry out the intention announced by some of them of forcing Mr. McKinley's hand by compell ing him to ( ome out in the open and declare himself o be in sympathy with the oui spoken efforts of Secretary Gage to secure-legislation to strengthen the gold stand ard, or else "to declare in fa vor of bimetallism, which he has all along let them to be lieve he favored. The Sena tors ivho have been put in the doubtful cciumn on the annexation question and the silver republican Senators can Have anything at Mr. Mc Kinley's disposal in the way of patronage, if t h y will pledge themselves to do as be wants them. The effect of this cajolery of Senators can not be told to a certainty un td the questions effected get up in the Senate. Soon alter the debate on the annexa tion treaty opens it will be come apparent whether any o, lie douhlfnlSeuatorshnve V 'oitie advocates of annexa t ion, and the explanation hat Senator Wol -ott, who is regarded as the leader of the silver republicans, has promised to make his tup to Europe in hehalf of interna tional bimetallism, about the middle of January, will prob ably indicate the attitude of the silver republicans, at least one of them has told Mr. McKinley in very plain words that unless he muz zles Secretary Gage the silver republicans would openly re pudiate ihe financial policy of the administration. The Navy department will reestablish the Marine guard at IVnsacola, Fin., which was discontinued a fewyearsago, a detatchment of U. S. Ma rines having lei t Washing ton Sunday for thePeiisacola station. It is practically certain that nenilynll the democrats in both branches of .Congress will vote for the bill provid ing for tU publication of a complete list f those draw ing pensions frJtr the gov ernment and the amount they draw, which Commis sioner Evans says h will have introduced when Con giess resumes work. In fact it is difficult to imagine any good reason why the vote in Congress should not be unan imouA for such a bill. The publication would serve sev eral good purposesand could not possibly injure any hon est and deserving pensioner. Some of the G. A. R. men are opposing the idea and are try ing to work up sentiment a gainst it. Representative Rhea of Ky. whose seat is beingcontested by Dr. Hunter, the republi can who thought he had a! cinch on the Senatorial toga that was raptured by Deboe, and who in that connection wascharged with bribery and some other little things ol that sort, isn't at all afraid of being unseated, notwith standing the big republican majoiity in the House. The evidence in favor of Mr. Rhea was overwhelming before Dr. Hunter virtually acknowledg ed ihat his claim to the seat wai not a valid one by ac cepting the posit i n of Minis ter to Guataniala and Hon duras. The contest has not been abandoned, but the hope of getting an allowance for lawyer's fees and other expenses is probably the on- Iv reason that it has n o t been. The money pull with t h e present administration has once more been demonstrat ed. Although there were stv eral men with the strongest sort of political endorsements after the ofli-e ot U. S. Mar shal oi the District of Col urn bin, Mr. McKinle.p decided to give it to Mr. Aulick Palmer, who knows all about, club and social life in Washing ton and Newport, but who h.ih never even learned the a b - m politics. It is an o pen s.i-ivt that. the appoint ment was t; i vi-.ri to ralmer, because the place was req lies red for him by Cornelius Van del bilt, who was one of t h largest individual 'contribu tors to Boss liaima'ssixteen million dollai r.t uipalgu fund. Representative Bailey, of Texas, is .pending his Christ mas.witb x-Re). Sibley, of lenn..nn(l as both are close friends of Mr. Bryan there is believed to be more in it than a holiday recreation. Both gentlemen are prominent in leiiDcratic councils, and al though Mi: Sibley is it pres ent out of pubJic life, it by no means followsjthat he will re main out. He has ability ol a hi&h order, and his devo tion to democratic princi ples interpreted by the .Chi''a go platform is unquestioned. (). W. O. Hurdman. when sheiiff of Tyler county, V. V a., was at one time, almost prostrate! wil ii a cold. He used Chamberlain's cough remedy and was so much pleased with tin quick relief and cure it afforded him that be gave the following i- .l 4 4- i Janci-s 1 1 is I'Vident that Judge unsolicited testimonial: HM . 7 till who rnav be int"iested. I wish to sar. that 1 have used Cha in berla ill's couuh remedy and find it invaluable tor eouiihs and cohlu." For sale bv M. B. Hbickburn. Biickleii's Arnica Sa're. The best Halve in the word for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chap ped hands, chilblains, corns and all ski.i eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required.lt is guaranteed to give perfect sat istactiun or money refunded. 25 cents per box. For sale by Hols claw and by lil ickburn. A Judicial Joker, Stutesville Landmark. "Judge Sutton is picsiding over .Mecklenburg Criminal Court in Charlotte, and the firnt of last week there appeared in both t le dailv papers there an advertise merit over his name stating Ihat he had ordered the sheriff to hand him nt the end of the week a list of the names of all t .ix-payers who had not paid their taxes for this venr. in order that the solic itor might take such action os the law rein i i red. This action of Judge eut ton attracted a good deal of attention and the opin ion wns expressel that he was simply ilo'ng hia duty in enforc ing compliance with the act of the ast Legislature which provides fine and imprisonment for the non-paymrnt oft axes. Rutlound ehold ! Last Saturday after a week hud elapsed, Judge Sutton gave out that he never wrote the sulv-prlisiiment in question, or ordered it inserted in U newspa uers; that he did not instruct the grand jury v it h regani to thetax law, hut that the whole business grew out ot a jocular remark he made to the sheriff in open court about the payment of taxes. At last accounts thev had saddled on'the sheriffs clerk the responsi bility of writing the tax ad. and signing Judge Sutton's name to it, but the clerk and the sheriff are yet to be heard from. In the meantime, however, Judge Kv- art hnd said at McDowell court that no lawyer who had seiiHe enough to come in out oftherain would put su'h a construction on the tax law as Judge Sutton was reported to have put on it; and it seems that Gov. KihsoII had als ) jumped on Judge Sut ton for making himself conspicu ous in the matter. fn view of thesa faces and Judge Sutton's belated and ratherequi vocal denial, there is something mysterious about the whole bus iness, l lie iirlge claims Mint, ne asked the sheriff" in open court. alter the grand jury had been dis charged, how he wus getting on collecting taxes, and that the of ficer icplied "rather poorly ; then his honor told him to make out at the end of the week a list of thse who had failed to pay thi,;r taxes and present it to him. and lie would see what he could do for him. This. Judge Sutton now claims was intend fora joke. The Charlotte papers reported his remarks, evidently under the impression that he was in earn est about enforcing the tay law. and when the advertisement ap peared in the papers over h i s name there was such a hustling in Mecklenburg to get up the money to pay tuxes as has not, bsen since ttie Mecklenburg Dec laration was signed. It is rather strange that Judge Sutton allowed the advertise ment, unauthorized, as he says, to appear for a whole week with out saying anything about it: he must have known of its being in the papers. And it was rather n bold thing lor the sheriff'j clerk to write the ad. and sign t h e judge's name to it 'without h i f authority. From outside appear Sutton ei'.her intended to enforce the tax la.v or was bluffed out ol it by Gov. Russell. J udge Kvvart et al, or he allowed his "joking" remarks to be taken in eornest purposely to frighten the people into paying taxes. Ineiiherevent he comes out of the business with no credit to himself. Ertrybody Byt So. Cavareto Candv CuUiartic, tlie mof wor. derful medical diitcovtry of tlie a(:e. p'tf.K aut and refresluns to ibe lane, m-i Keotl) and positively od klilue. liver and bovvclr, iloaiisinif the entire ivstftn. dliel colK cur headaolie, levor, habl.u; 1 oiiti.nlion and btlfnunnoKS. PSeaso buy anj uv u bo; of O. C. 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