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.i.v erf VOL. XL BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, X. C T1IU11SDAY, JANUAHY 19, 1809; no. nx ' ""Witt - a WASHINGTON LETTER. From oar Regular Correspondent. Senator Mason fired an un expected bomb-shell into the ranks of the Philippine an nexationists when he offered his icsolntion. starting with ill quotation from the Deelar a t i o n of Independence ''Whereas, all just powers of government are derived from the consent of the govern ment" and declaring that the United States will not attempt to govern the peo ple of any other country without the consent of the people themselves or subject tHein hy force to our dorhin aiUOtt against their will. Un less Xh'i attitude of Aguinal rlo and his followers chaimes wildly from what the latest official advices state it to be, we have got to govern them by force or not at all. Representative Bailey won his constitutional fight with out a report from the House Judiciary Co inm.it tec; al though the members of the Committee are understood to be unanimous in the be lief that the acceptance ol a commission in the volunteer army, bv a Representative, vacates his seat in the House. Czar Reed won Mr. Bailee's fight for him, by refusing to certify the vouchers for the pay of the.tbtee members of the House who holo com mis sions. The mail of Southern Senators-and Representatives is full of protests from ex -Confederate soldiers against the proposal of Senator Butter, of N. C, to give them United States pensions. Senator Pas cal presented a formal me inorial to the Senate against the Butler idea, from theCon federate veterans of Ocala, Fla. The Houe has administer ed its animal s"aie to the Civil Service Commission, and it was more real than usual. This time; the House, Hitting as a Committe of the whole actually voted to strikeout the appropriation for the Civil Service Commis sion, in the Executive, Leg islative a n d Judicial bill. When the yea ami nay voU was taken, however, the ap propriation got.a small ma jority, and this year's scars was over. Senator Cafrrey,' o f La,, and RepiesetitativeSwanson. of Va., made speeches in sup port of Senator Vest's itro lution, declaring a colonial system to be prohibited by the United States Constitu tion. Mr. Swanson, after pointing our-mat, m nis opinion, tuo truiie, advant ages we would secure by the annexation of the Philip pines, would not begin to balance the expense of keep ing them, stated his belief that the main support of the imperialistic policy came from those who are working to bring about an offensive and defensive alliance be tween the United .States and Great Britain. Senator Caf- frey's speech was a reply to that made before the h'oli day recess by Senator Piatt, 6fConn. , lie said: "Hero the bold proposition is advanced that the right to govern is broao and impei inland with out limitation ny our! onsti- tution. If the argument ad vanced by the Senator from Connecticut be true a n d sound, then the individual right of man are to be held by th United States under a Congressional despotism. Our Constitution knows no despotisms; i t sedulously provides against despotism! but right here is a despotism of the most flagrant charac ter possible." No one do'ibts that the treaty of Peace, which went to the Senate last week, will in due time receive the neces sary number of votes to rat ify it, with a number to spare, but it does not necessarily follow tliat the Senate will, in the meantime, consent, ,to be muzzled. This was fully demonstrated when the Sen ate adopted, over the vigor ous protest of Sena tor I)a iti. Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, and late a Peace Commissioner, Senator Hoar's resolution calling upon the President, if not. incompatible with pub lic interests, to send to the Senate copies of . all instruc tions given to the Peace Com missioners, and of all corres pondence with the Commis sioners during their stay in Pun's. The Senate took the ground that it ought to have this information before vot ing on the treaty. The boys who tried to eat the "embalmed" beef issued to them in Cuba and Porto Rico will have to read the testimony of Alger-controll-ed army officers in order to rind out what elegant bee that was, and how mistaKen they were in finding fault with it. A man who was in both places and who knew what he was talking about remarked: "The testimony of some of these officers is quite nauseating to me as that embalmed beef was." There are reasons for the belief that, his dickering with Agiiinaluo cost E. Spencer Pratt, the position of United States Consul at. Singapore, at which Robt. A. Mosley, of Alabama, has been nominat ed. Pratt was largely re- sponsion tor Aguinaldo s ue- ing taken to Manila by Ad miral Dewey, a tact of which he boasted in recently pub lished official eon espondence. It is stated that Pratt resign ed his position, but he was probably officially invited to do so. Ae a rule, democrats in Congress decline to discuss, for publication, the state ment against silver and in favor of expansion, made by Mr. Richard Cioker, head of the Tammany organization, further than to saythatthey accept -Mr. Croktr's assertion that the statement was made as his individual opinion; and that as such it is worth no more than the opinion of a n j other individual demo crat of equal potninenee. Privately, a number of theui hare expressed the opinion, that so far as anything he can accomplish by going to the Democratic National Con vention, is concerned, Mr. Croker might just as well 'stay at home; What tee Penitentiary Cost-Under Democrats and Radicals--A Contrast. ' News and Observer. 1 The action of the Democratic caucus makes it certain now that the penitentiary will shortly be under a Democratic Superintend ent selec'ed by the Democratic mem hern of this Genmd Assem bly. Tie rot ten condition of the institution, together with the re sponsibility thut rests upon the party in power, makes such ac tion necessary. The penitentiary cun bo made self supporting unier economi cal, careful and prudent manage ment, but it is a very hard thing even then to do" so. Under the ef ficient management ot Mr. Leaz- er, l lie expensi s of the four jears were as tollows: . , 18W $ 131,001.20 1HD4- 1 37.741. 3 180: 131.(52.") .2(5 18(.)G 140,504.1)1 Total. r4(i.f)32.82 or an average ot 130,733.20 per yea r. What thp penitentiary cost, un der John It. Smith is as difficult to answer as the old query '-Who struck Hilly Patterson?".' In his recent report, ex-Superintendent Mowbone tells how much the pen itentiary cost in 1898: . , Au.lihtl' bills paid...:? 107.713.1 Audited bills unpaid G2.U70.3!) 170.383.(50 Democratic average 13G.733.20 Excess by Mew bone 33,550.40 These figures are from the offi cial reports. Why did Mr. Mew bone spend in 1808 the sum of $33,550.40 more than Mr. Leaz er averaged during thefouryears he was at the helm? One answer is that Mr. Mewbque had a gang of second class pjl'tkians, an in competent board, and is a poor manager. The Legislature must make its own investigation under oath. The experts appointed by Capt. Day cannot get a the true eondi tion because they have no power to administer oaths. The people want to know the exact condi tion of the penitentiary to a cent even if there has been no stealing. If there-has been any stealing, they want to send the thieves to the penitentiary, no mattei who they are. It the loss is due to in competence and extravagance, they want to know the exact a ! mount that has been wasted. It is prohably true that the Legisla tive Committee cannot complete the investigation during the six ty days' '.'Ksion but they can as Certain cnojgh to make reasona bly certain what the true coudi tion is, und, h is been suggested, if they do not finish the work be fore sixty days eypire, they can be authorized to sit dining the recess. There is plenty of evidence if it can bo secured, to make an other Fraud Commission Report to stand as a perpetual reminder of Ilalical rule. An exchange says: "We live in a land of high mountains, high taxs, low valleys and low wa ges, big crooked rivers and big crooked statesmen, big lakes, big strikes, big pumpkins, higdrunks big nieu with big pumpkin heads, silver streams tliatgambol in the mountains and pious politicians who gamble in the night, roar ing cataracts anl roaring ora tors, fast trains, fast horses, fast young men. and girls, fast, fast est, sharp lawyers, sharp finan ciers and sharp toed shoes, noisy children, fertile plains that lie like a sheet of water, and thous ands of newepajK'rtf that lie like thunder, and these thousands of newspapers have thousands of de linquent subscribers who lie like blazes and won't pay a cent. A Legalized Primary. AsheyillH Citizen, The Citizen believes that the Legislature should enact what is known in other States as the primary sys tem, and put it in operation in North Carolina. There has been n feeling in the minds of many of our citizens, and ordinarily it is found in the better class, that the great mass of the people those who do not bold office, or expect to hold office do not have a suffic ient voice in the naming of the candidates for the var ious offices they are called upon to fill from time to time. And this feeling has been very much intensified now 'hat the better element of our citizenship feels that in the future the colored vote will not play the prominent part in politics that it has in the past. Hereafter the most important part of politics in North Carolina will be the nomination of candidates. The candidates nominated by the white people will be the ones elected, and in nam ing thorn the white people be given a chnuce to participate. Now. a pri ma ry that h a s no more significance than mere party policy i s not w h a t i s wa n t ed . T 1 1 ere should bo system of primariesadopt ed having about it all the le gal safeguards that ordinar ily attach to elections. Then the cotifli?ts will be for nom inations and the people will express themselves at the point where the greatest care should be taken. It is im possible to have bad officials if none but. the best men are nominated. The lime is near-at hand in North Carolina when it will not do to make nominations by manipulating meetings and conventions and then e:i pect the nominees to beelect ed whether fit or unfit. If Democracy is fit to rul e North Carolina it-must show that fitness by nominating for office only those men who are known to be capable of making good officials. Gasfonia Gazette: We have read somewhere a hint that the law for sepemte cars tor the races would make it per missabJo for a colored nurse with white children or prison ers in charge of'whhe officers to ride in the whitefolks'car. It is a y.icious suggest ion and ought never to be considered a moment. We are against it first, last and all the time. We a re unalterably opposed to it. One practice that did morn than any other to set the fashion of negroes riding in the same car with the white people was this tiling of uppity white folk taking their uppity negro nurses in to the cars with them. If we are to have a jimerow car law, have it out-and-out. Let i white folk1 ride with white folks without'any admixture of colored nurses or stuffy convict forced o n people who enjoy riding without them. OAOTOniA. &an th ) M Kind Yen Haw Always Bought A Proposed Railroad from Cranberry to Lincolnton. Newton Enterprise. Gen. U.F.ILoke, of Raleigh, is at the head of a syndicate of capitalists that will make application to the present Legislature for n clrnrter for a new railroad from Cran-. berrv to Lincolnton. Cran berry is on the other side of the Nine ilidgo in Mitchell county, near the Tennessee line, and is famous on ac count of the great mountain of iron ore of the same name. There is also an abundance of the finest quality of coal in the vicinity. The object of building the road is to get a short line to Wilmington, as an outlet by water for the coal and iron. We understand that the plan is to build a broad gauge road across the moun tains from Collettsville to Cranberry, a distance of 20 miles, and change the branch narrow gauge line from ther? to Lenoir, then make ar rangement with the Carolinuj and North Western Com pany to change the gauge of their road to the standard gauge to Lincolnton and use th Carolina Central from Lincolnton to Wilmington. This would make a great railroad, and its building this summer would put out a great deal of" money along" the line. The fact that Gen. Hoke is at the head of the movement leaves little doubt of its success. Ii Biltmore to lie ClowtlJ The following interesting bit of gossip about George Vanderbilt and his bride ap pea red this week in the socie ty columns of the New York Journal: T h e George Vanderbilts have sailed. They made a short say in New Yoik. Mrs. Vanderbilt dislikes America, but New York mostofall. She has been brought up abroad and she prefers the life over there. I hear Hi I tin ore will b e closed after this year for good. .Mrs. Vanderbilt finds it too gloomy and she prefers .i French chateau. What will become of it I do not. know. I'erhaps George Vanderbilt may give it to the state for a museum of some description. He used to be devoted to the place, p.ut he leaves it just now in the height of its glory. There were house parties and private theatricals and heaven knows what all. But all of them seemed to bore the new Mrs. Vamlet bilt, who besidi s, did not seem t o take very kindly to her Van derbilt. relatives. At least, tnere were not many large family house parties during the first year of reign. la Grippe Successfully Treated. "I have just recovered from the second attackollagrippe this year, says Mr. das. A Jones, publisher of the Lead er, Alexia. Texas. "In the latter case I used Chamber herlain's cough remedv, and 1 think witheonsiderablesuc cess, only being in bed si little over two days against teu days for I he former attack The second attack I am sat islied would have heen equal ly as bad as the first but for the use of this remedy as had to go to bed in about six hours after being 'struck' with it, while in the first case 1 was able to attend to busi ness about two days befoie getting 'down.'" J"or sale by Al. B. Blackburn. - i t yX i S3 When the children get (heir feet wet and take cold give them a hot foot bath, a bow) of hot drink, a dose of Ayer't Cherry Pectoral, and put them to bed. The chances are they wilt be all right in thfe morning.. Con tinue the Cherry Pectoral a few" days, until (It cough has dis appeared. ' ry ' - Old coughs are also cured J we mean the coughs of bron' chitis, weak throats and irtitabld lungs. Even the hard cbttghf of consumption are alwava made easy and, frequently Cured by the continued use of Every doctor knows that wild cherry bark is the best remedy known to medical science for soothing and healing inflamed throats and lungs. Put one ot Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Plasters ' ever your lungs Thm Bomt Medio J , AdvlcmFfol We now have lome of tb noit ml- nent phyalotant In tba United Statea. Umiaual opporluiittie aoil lout; tipart-oiict- eminently til tlieta lor giving you moitlcitl adrlt-e. Write freely aU tne L lartlculan In your Lowell, Hul. $ rrV A A PROFESSIONAL. Y. B. C0UNC1LL, Jit. Attorney at Lav.' Boone, N. C.TJ 1 W. B. COUNCILL, AI. D. Boone, N. C. , Resi dent! H- Phy sicia n Offi ce on King Street north of Post Office. C. F. LOV1LL. J. C. FLETCHER. I.OViLL & FLETCHER. ATWUNhYSATLAWi, BOONE; & f3"Specia1 attention givei to the colletion ofchiims." WILLIAM It. LOVILL. ATTORNEY AT LAW.' Sutherland, N. 0. . Practices in the State and Federal courts. Du. J. AI. HOGSHEAD, Cancer Specialist, EANNER'S ELK. N. C, Ao Knite No Burning Out. nighest rerTerences andendbrB ments of prominent persons sue iM'Hrifully treated in Va., Tenn. and N. C. JJetneuiber that thfcre is no time too soon to get rid ol a cancerous growth no matter how small. Examination free, letters answered promptly, and satisfaction guaranteed; . v NOTICE. t Having qualified as Adminis tratrix of L. L. Greene, deceased,' late of Watauga county, N. C.,' this is to notity all persons hav ing claims against the estate of the deceased to exhibit them to, the undersigned withiD twelve months from the date of this no tice or it will be plead in bar of their recovery, All person siudebt, ed to said estate v ill please make immediate payment. l)ec. 15, VS. Mattik J. Oheene, AdoTx.' jtpr's NOTICE. Having qualified na adminis- ' trator ot Piukney Underwood deceased, all persons h a v i a g, ' claims against his estate are no ; tilled to Ipresent the same duiyt authenticated within 12 months ' 1 lrom the date ol this notiee, or it . : V will be plead in bar of their recov ? f . ery. This Jan. 2, 1899. V v ; : x (X T, Oottrell, Adrn'rji' - fc,'
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