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GOLDSBORO. X. C THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1893.
NO. 98
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JE0LIA.N HARP.
EY HUGH EOSE PLEAS ANTS,
Sweet minstrel to whose magic art
The everlasting power is given
To steal away from earth the heart
And yitld it up to heaven;
Say, art thon not a holy thing,
That thus, with msgic fingers.
To . rapture wak'st each slumbering
string
Where sound ecstatic lingers?
Thy strain is not the voice of mirth.
Forever fraught with fully.
Tis 1-j.t too sweet lor trtight on earth
Saye holy melancholy;
For as it Tiently floats thro' air
Upon the Lreath ct evt-n'
No found of earth isu.iagled there,
It brathes alone of heaven.
It seems to speak of happier hourp,
Of joys forever faded,
Of paths once bright and strewed with
flowers,
Bare and by sorrow shaded.
Oh, Angels stives might not disdain,
Thy sl"er tores to borrow,
And maurn in thine own melting b'rain
Mans doom of endless sorrow,
The Democratic Idea.
In his inaugnral address Presi
dent Cleveland regards as one of"
the serious dangers to national
safety the prevalence of a popular
disposition to expect from the op
oration of the government epecial
and direct individual advantages.
This not only applies to the
manufacturing interest, which has
been directly protected by the
tariff, f nt alto to the class of legis
lation demanded by the belieyers
in the third paity p'ht:'o:m.
The prin iple i- dangerous in
both cases, because the government
iu bo'li c-.ees is cxnecttd to legi
la'e r the individual instead of
th e sreiiei a) to d.
Whenever the lawmaking
po er nnderinke-i to make laws to
pr-iiin,te c:ta!ti liiu-re-ts there
iiri-et at nc:'' rhe d nir r t nation
al safety H prebendt-d by the Press
ident.
Government heir g in-titnted for
te gener! good cerinot go outside
'' it levrlti'iMti- sphere and hope to
fi-jc h't;g eitbrr imperialism or
communism
What slu-nld be impressed upon
our people is that laws cannot with
eatery bo euacted to adva ee the
in!eie-t. of an individual. Bui the
piople have the right to expect
that : ti- avrti thai! be iquitable
and j s
This is exactly -,vl ai the repnh-lic-af.s
have not done. Tie evil
it'Dnq'.it ntt-s ae seen in fi iaueh.1
(.in! rf.c; iu! by which business has
bi n depressed Ctrry into legis
la'ion the third party idea, and
there wid be financial expansion to
a degree that wilt bn stall business
tntcr re?, depending tor success
n 8 und b i-iresa principles.
The dimccra'ie idea is that leys
is'ation t-bi.ii Id move on lines to
prevent contraction or expansion
in any way hurtful to material
progtetP, that thechief aim ot those
intrusted with the direction of
public fcffaira thonld be to give
cenfider.ee to bnsinesp, which can
only be done by supplying a Riffiei
ent v. laroa of currency to meet He
reeds of industry and enterprise.
This we nnderetami to be the
policy of the democratic adminie-
iraiion inoucrea into omee on tne
4'h Raleigh Qhronicle.
Raleigh Chronicle; Col. Pani
Fai-on retires from the Superin
tendency of the Penitentiary with
one i-f the ber-t records ever made
by a State officer. Whtn he was
app jinttd the eniti ntiary wss a
gieat xpense to the State. Every
year the people were taxed about
$150,000 for its fupport. It had
i;evtr been te'f -sustaining. It ap
ie.Hed that it neer Trou'd he.
What has been the reenlt undtr
his inanaenien ? The people have
nt been taxed a cent fur its eu;
l rt. The penitentiarv has not
only been a self-sustaining but it
has declared a profit in favor ot tne
Srate every year under Col.EVsoii's
management, and now, at the eud
of tour yers, he rein burses Ihe
State for the $113 159 80, which he
found to the creditor the peniten
tiary fund, a balance of an ap
propriation made fr its support,
ai d shows a clear profit in lavor
of ttie Stale, in assets, Btock at-d
improvements of $176 645 16. The
Ux payers of North Carolina w:ll
not fail in jnst appreciation of the
efficiency oi such management. It
j rove's. that Col Fa:aon has been
loyal and faithful to their interest.
He hasheen one, i f the maL,i ffi-
cient fli ;ers North Carolina ever
had. The figures prove it-
Wicstoi Sentinel: Theni fe" rea
fti. that with pr. pcr tfESrl.'Win
Brdn may erenre the locatfon oi the
Inte'inal Kevenne office for this
distiict, ;lt has already been
ehwn how lare a proportion of
the Federal tuxes aro paid herf ; it
has been proven that this is a moat
convenient locality for the transac
tion of the business of that of
fice.
Encouraging Words.
We understand that provisions,
meats and lard have gone up very
high. The chief reason given for
advocating the anti-option bill was
that it wou.d put the prices of such
thirgs up, ai.d even an it is they
are getting to bo beyond the reach
of ordinary people. What, then,
would haye been the result if the
anti t ttion bill had passed and
the reasoning above mentioned had
proved correo:? But that u by the
way, for what, we .viah to do is to
cail the attention ot the farmers of
North Carolina to the benefit tl.a
will accrue to them ftom making
provisions.
Tee present crop of cotton will
be sufficiently ehoit to make the
market still" at.d prices will rule
higher during the Spring, and also
dining the summer, if the pros
pects of the new crop re n ot !co
favorable. If our farmers shall
adhere to the rule adopted last
year and limit t lie cotton acreage,
I hiy will make; money and be pic-
teroup. The fiae prices for meat
and provisions should induce them
to turn their attention to the old
channel otlarm 1 fe, and to raise
their own bac a and have some to
sell. Then by 'limiting the cotton
crop, they will also obtain good
prices for their cot;on, and they
will make money.
Oue good year of sensible farm
ing will relieve the South ot her
troublea. Oae good year of plenty
wf provisions and eleven cents for
cottcn will pay olf oi;e millions of
debt,
A newspoper with a large circu
lation iise the ATews and Observer
touches the people of North Caros
lina are better iff to-day than
they were a year ago. If they
wiii only pursue the same course
this Spring always saving and
excepting the organization of the
Th rd party delusion :hey will
hi iii an e;isy condition this fall,
and wi 1 bj happy. Raleigh
Aews- Observer.
Office -Ssnkers-
Waskingt k, March 10. The
Cabinet meeting 'o-day curtailed
the time usually g ven to cal'ers,
and their number, consequently,
wts no': so great as it has bercon
other days this week. Hereafter
the Cabinet will meet at 11 o'clock
Tuesdays and Fridays. Under
Harrison and the former Cleveland
administration, meetings were held
on the days named, hut the hour
was halt par-t 4 o'clock . For an
hour and a hF.if prioi to theatsem
i ing o: the Cabinet, Jilr. Cleveland
sa-v a Imge number of visitors, the
greater number composed of officer
seekers and their advocate. with a
sprinkling of llepublicana and
others who came merely to pay
their respects.
R. P. Cole, of Paris, Tenn., an
applicant for the marfhalship of
the Western District of Tennessee,
wao presented and endorse by
Reprt sentative Enlce. Gus Rich
ardson, of Mead county, Ky., was
with Senator Lindsay, who spoke
a good word for Irs candidacy for
the marshalehip it the Blue Grass
Slate. Senator Litidaaj was also
accompanied by Judge Severs, who
hah applied for the position of col
lector of internal revenue fur the
S cond Distiict of Kentucky.
Other callers who wanted offices
we; e II chard McCart, of Texas,
;Rd Thomas Wentzler, of Ln -caster,
Ohio. Congressman Outh
wailo presented Wentzler, who is
one of the numerous candidates tor
the position of Public Printer.
McCart, introduced by Mr. Kile
gore, wants the mission to Be ginm.
CongteHftnan Pendletou, of West
Virginia presented the name oi
Frank P. Jefl'erson, of Wheeling,
for United States Treasurer.
A candidate for the pota:a3ler
ehip if Jew York City appeared
this morning in the person ot
Jn jge Maurice J Power. H-i was
accompanied by Col. Robt, M ji.roe
aud Judge Paul Halpin.
Mr. Garron, ot Omaha, called
on the President this afternoon, in
company with Senator Allen and
Representative Bryan, of Nebraska,
and Representative Hayej, ot
Iowa. Garron ia President of the
Irish National League, and is a
cat didate for thu Chilian Mission,
now held by Patrick Egan. His
case was presented to the President
by Alien, Bryan and Hayes.
Cleveland was noncommittal and
gave tiO indication of hia choice in
Ihe matter.
Di-rir.g the afternoon tbt Pres
idetit shoots hands with several
hundred people in tbo E-vst Room.
. Wilmington Sla: Intel igence
Mas received in thia city last even
irg, from 'Mr. D,. Ii. Moody, him
self, in regard to the meetings to
be held in this city. He elated
hat he will begin on Saturday,
the 18th inBt., at 3 o'clock p. m.
Ths meetings will continue a week
or tin days, andwill bj held in the
warehouse of the Champion Com
preas on Nott street.
A PASTORAL.
Along the lane beside the mead
Where cowslip-gold is in the grass
I matched the milkmaid's oisy speed,
A tall and springing country lass,
But though she ha l a merry plan
To shield her from my soft replies,
Love played at Catch-me-il-you-Can
In Mary's eyej.
A mile or twain frcmVarley bridge
I plucked a dock-leaf (or a fan.
And drove away the constant midge.
And cooled her forehead's strip of tan
But though the maiden would not spare
My hand her pretty fin er-tips.
Love played st Kiss-me if-you Dare
On Mary's lips, -And
now the village fl ished in sight,
And closer came I to her side,
A flush ran down into the white.
The impulse of a pinky tide,
And though her face was turned away.
How much her panting heart con
fes3?d! Love played at Find-me-if-you May
I.i Mary's breast.
Norman Gale.
A Needed Amendment.
Senator Sherman has reintro
duced what is apparently the same
i roposal or an amendment t the
Constitution that was offered by
Senator Evarts two years ago, fix
ing April 30th, as the date upon
which the term of office of the
President and members of Con
gress shall begin. Tne avowed
object of this proposed change is
to put ioangaration day at a sea
son when ths weather is less likely
to be stormy. Desirable as this
may be- in itse f it is not worth
while to j.o through ail the long
foriiialititB of changing the Con
stitution merely to improve the
chance of a line day lor the parade,
especially when the change would
increase instead f removing the
serious objection to tne present
date.
That ol jection of course, the
longiuteival bat ween the e ection
of members of Jocgress and their
entrance upon Iheir duties, allow
ing and nqu'rins a session of the
old Cocgies3 after the people have
vo ed it ou To prolong th"1 term
ot the discredited reprt sen tatives
two months further would aggra
vate this evil, puttiug Congress al
most out ot the rcac'i of the peo
pie it is fcupposed to represent.
There can be no doubt that the
framers of the Constitution, in
fixing the first Monday in Decem
ber as the time for the meeting of
Congress, expr-cttd that the e.ecs
lions would bo held in th j autumn
imm-jdiave y preceding. lc hap
pened, in getting the machinery of
the Constitution f-iarved, that the
i&w government couid not be or
ganizjd u;:-tii Spring, at.d thus an
accidental da:.-; was fixed from
which the terr. ot two years and
four years have since been counted.
The Constitution does not fix this
date, but it does fix the length of
the term, which cannot be even
temporarily extended or reduced, as
would be rtquiied to eb&ngo this
date, without the formality of an
amendment.
The difficulties of commcnicaH
tion that caused so much delay a
century ago do notxistnow. A
newlv-elected Congress and a new
President also, might just as well
come into office o:j the lt of Jan
uary as on the 4'.h cf March. It
could then get immediately to
work under its instruction?, in
stead f waiting, as now, an entire
year, and allowing a morally de
fuuet Congress to do any amount
of mischief in the meanwhile.
This is the reform ihat i3 really
needed. Ths necessity was never
more imperatively shown than
this year, and if Senator Sherman
or any ira?) of similar authority in
either house will only take it np
earnestly ho eon Id-.carry a con?ti
tut local anu rid nent to this fffect
thfct would hi. promptly ratified by
the States. Philadelphia Times.
STATE NEWS.
Ashevillle Citizen: Internal
revenue colleeti ns for the F-fth
North Carolina dittiict yesterday
were $6,430,28.
Sauf .rd Express: Wheat in
this section is teginmog to make
gome show on the ground and it
the weather will remain warm the
fields will soon be perfectly
green. ine tout trees seem
to be very late m blooming this
season. We haven't noticed a ein
gle bloom. But eo much the better
as there i lesn danger of their be
ing killed by the frost.
A special from New York to the
Charlotte JVeivs, dated March 7th,
says: C. T. Bailey, a son of Rv.
Dr. Bailey, of Raleigh, waa found
wandering aimlessly around the
ferry house of the Pennsylvania
Railroad yesterday, thowiug a
ticket for Raleigh. He had been
in charge of Jlev. , Ichorous Dixon,
Jr., who hurried, .to the ferry, aud
as Bailey did hot return to his ho
tel, Dixon had him 'co'nSne-d in the
Tombs on the charge of insanity,
and then- telegraphed fo Raleigh
for his mother.
-.'ff Groundless Pears. ".
Our morning neighbor has wor
ried itbelf into the belief that
"tariff reform has been dropped"
by the Democratic party and is
udead issue for the time being,"
and it derides the ' mugwumps and
free traders" for their supposed in
consistency in this regard, One
wou'd enppose that our neighbor
violently opposed Democratic tariff
reform bills heretofore supported
by the party and aided the little
Randall f iction in defeating them,
it woulcruow find cause for rejoic
ing and congratulation oyer this
fancied thange of purpose instead
of gibes and lametations. .But
times change and men have a right
to change (for the belter) with
them. So we will let that pass.
The idea of the Democratic
party abandoning tariff refonn! It
might just aa reasonably be said
that thty intended abandoning
their organization, for tariff reform
is the political issue that holds its
elements together the issue upon
which they won their splendid
victt ries of 1890 and 1892, and
sshioh has now secured for them
full control of the government.
But, as we took occassion to say
several weeks ago, there are serious
impediment to the speedy reah'zaa
tion of a full measure of tariff re
form The finances of the govern
ment are in a precarious condition,
to say the least. The Harrison ad-,
ministration has had to avail itselt
of funds always previously held as
reserves to enable it to "make both
en Is meet" or show a favorable
balance ia its financial statements.
Whether this was legally and
properly done or not, it was done
as a measire of necessity.
The question then arises, are the
reveuues of the government now
sufficient to meet expenses impose?
by Republican extravagance.
This question must be settled be
fore the precise measure of tariff
rel'oitn that may be safely under
taken at this time can be deter
mined. In some instances, doubt
less, a reduction of the duties
would b: ing in more revenue; in
others, it would have a contrary ef
feet.
Theu there is a complication
arising from the several reciproc
ity treaties already entered into,
It remains to be been to what ex
tent they will rtduce the revenue,
and whether the benefit to the
people derived from them ia suffi
cient to justify the continuance or
extension of the po icy.
The heatheu may rage and tne
whangdood e mourn, but we
think we may tafoly reassure our
perturbed neighbor that its new
born fears oi the abandonment ot
tariff reform are groundless, and
that th 3 Democratic party will, as
soon as it can intelligently and
safely do so, accomplish the great
work which the people have ent
trusted to its hands. Atlanta
Journal.
In Memcriam-
Whebeas, Death having again vis
ited our circle and taken from cor midst
our worthy brother, John lyey, who de
parted this ?ile on the 3rd of January,
1893, therefore,
Bait Resolved Dy Lenoir Lodge No.
.38 A. F. & A. M., that while our hearts
are saddened by the removal of our es
teemed brothei, whose association with
us his been sj long and so pleasant, we
reverently bow to the will of our Divine
Master, whose goodness and omnipo
tence are supreme.
Resolved, That in the death of broth
er Ivry, Masoaary has lost a true pa
tron, our lodge an exemplary member,
the community a benevole t, upright
citizen and his family a husband and
father, who has left an example worthy
of emulation.
Resolved, That we tender our sympa
thy to the bereaved family in this hour
of great distress, and commend them to
Hira who has promised comfort to those
who mourn.
Resolved, That we wear the usual
badge of mourning for thirty days, that
a copy of these resolutions be placed on
the records of the Lodge and that copies
of the same be sent to the family of the
deceased and to the Kinston Free Press
and Goldsboro Argus for publication,
thos. button.
D. C. Mukchison Com
J. M. Hadley,
A Boston Blaze.
Boston, March 10. Fire broke
out about 4 p. m. in the building
owned by A. L, Ames, corner of
Essex and Lincoln street, and ma
volved the entire block. The fire
was under control shortly before 8
o'clock. The area burned over
comprises practicailv one whole
equare, bounded on the north by
Essex street on the east by Lin
coln on the South by Tufts street,
on the west by Kingston street. In
addition to this fqnare, one build
ing on the north of Essex street
extending along Columbia street
was burned; also, three buildings
on the east side of Lincoln street;
also, oneon the south side by Tuft
street, with the Emergency hospi
tal, which was a part ot the United
States hotel, and the rear corner of
the hotel. The loss v ill probably
reach 13,000,000. Three unideotH
ified dead bodies have been taken
from the ruins, and there are sup
posed to be many others yet no
discovered. The injured number
about thirty.
THE MOTHER'S PRAYER.
BY WILLIAM CCLLEN BRYANT.
Starting forth on life's rough way.
Father, guide them;
O, we know not what of harm
May betide them;
Walking, sleeping, Lord, we pray,
Go beside them.
When in prayer they cry to Thee.
Do Thou hear them;
From the stains of sin and shame,
Do Thou cleai them;
'Mid the quicksand and the rocks.
Do Thou steer them;
In temptation, trial, grief
Be tbou near f iem.
Unto Thee we give them;
Lord, receive them;
In the world we know must be -
Much to grieve them
Many striving oft and strong
To deceive them.
Trustful in Thy hands of lave
We must leave them.
THE LEGISLATURE.
A Brief Review of Iti Actions Ssad
and then criticise.
The General Assembly of 1893
has adjourned and many app aud its
actions while others criticise and
condemn.
We propose ia a few articles to
point out some of its principal acts
anltonote their effect upon the
people of the State. Ia tlm article
we will give the salient features of
its money legislation.
It reduced State taxation for the
next two years from 253fs to 22 cts.,
increased the pension tax for Con
federate soldiers from 3 cts, to 31 ets.,
and increased the common school
tax from 15 cts. to 16 ct?. This
shows a total decrease annually for
the next two years of Is cis. It
will be remembered that one cent of
taxation raises about $25,000 of
rtvenup, and this reduction of Is
cts. will, therefore, save to the people
for the next two years $10,000 an
nually. It changed the method of con
tracting for the public printing, and
by the contiact made saves 15 per
cent, of the former price?, thereby
saving for the next two years annu
ally from $3,000 to $5,000.
It saved $4,400 by lapping oS. un
necessary expenses connected with
running the Penitentiarv. Here
tofore there has been a Chair
man of the Board of Directors who
had a general superintendence, and
was paid $,500, a Warden who was
paid about $2,500, and five Directors
who were paid $500 each. The
Legislature abolished the office of
Warden and placed in charge a Su
perintendent at a salary of $2,500
and reduced the pay of the Direc
tors to $4.00 per day for not exceed
ing thirty days annually. Thus the
salary of the Warden was saved and
no director can get moie than $120
annually.
It reduced the merchants pur
chase tax one-half. This is a double
tax, as the merchant has to pay, in
addition, the tax on his goods, and has
been considered unjust and burden
some. It has settled the vexed question
with the W, & W. K. 11. Go.
The courts had decided that the
branch lines of this company were
subject to taxatiop, and substantial
ly that the main line was exempt.
By the settlement made the W. &
W. Co., pays taxes on all its pro
perty of every description, gives up
its power to fix freight and passenger
rates . (a power which it had
under its charter independent of the
action of a railroad commission);
pays about $35,000 into the State
Treasury and about $40,000 into the
Treasuries of the various counties
along its branch and main lines. This
will add to the taxable "property of
the State near $10,000,000, which
will pay taxes for all time to come;
will add to the taxable property of
Wayne county near $500,000, and
will place in the treasury of Wayne
county from back taxps from
$2,500 to $3,000.
The Legislature has done somo
good and valuable work, and when
endeavoring to find a flaw, it is just
to admit what is commendable.
Among the acts of the Legislature
of 1893 the act dividing the crime
of murder into two degrees ia of the
first importance. Prior to thi3 the
law made no distinction between a
homicide with a deadly weapon, upon
s'ight provecation and in anger, and
a deliborate and premeditated kill
ing from ambush; but punished j
both with death. Uuder this con
struction of the law many who de
served punishment escaped, b3cause
jurors were unwilling to hang the
prisoner and had to choose between
han'Dg him and' turning him loose.
The lc w set doe3 -, not disturb the
law of man-slaugLter, but divides
the crime of murder into two de
grees, making deliberate and pre
meditated murders and murders
committed w hile attempting to com
mit burglary and other felonies,
murder in the first degree and pun
ishable with death, and other mur
derf, murder in the second de
gree ar.d punishable with imprison
ment in the penitentiary for not less
than five ncr more than thirty years.
A kindred piece of legislation is
the bill to prevent lynching, which
requires the Solicitor of the district
when persons have been taken from
juil and lynched to go at once to the
place aud investigate, with power to
summon witnesses eic., and with au
thority to bind over the accused to
the Superior Court of an adjoining
county for trial. Thia bill ako
makes it the duty of any ecnuty
coramissiorier, when a lynching is
threatened, aud upon uj-plicatioE, to
authorize the employment of a tuf
ficient guard by the sheriff; aad upon
failure to uo so the county is liable
for any injury to the prisoner.
Another lav worthy of considera
tion is one regulating assignments.
The frequency of frauds in assign
ments has injured our credit abroad
aad lias dene much" to damage the
reputation of our people. Tho new
law des not interfere with the right
to prefer a creditor, but ncdertukes
to thrjtv obstacles i,i the way of
f raudulc-r. t practices.
A merchant who intends to com
mit a frasd usually buys a large
stock on sixty, ninety and one hun-
! dred aud tweul.y aays time, conies
bonne and begins to ell for cash.
Before bis deb's become due he as
sign?, generally to aa insolvent per
sou, and within tea days, before the
creditors cau assemble, the assignee
hs sold the stock, paid cut the
money and settled the trust.
The new law provides that upon j
the registsation of a deed of asrign-:
meat all debfs of the maker shall
become due at once; that the assign
ee shall not sell the property in
bulk, except such as is perishable,
within Jess than ten days; that the
assignee shall file with th3 clerk a
sworn in ventory and quarti rly and
annual account;; that the maker of
the deed shall file with thi clerk a
sworn statement that the deb&; se
cured in the deed are due; that the
assignee shall not pay any amount
to any creditor until such creditor
shall first file with the clerk a sworn
statement of his claim; that the
clerk, upon the sworn complaint of
any creditor, alleging the insolvency
of aa assignee, shall, upou being
satisfie-d that he is iusol veat, tequire
him to give bond, and in default cf
boud shall remove him and appoint
some suitable person who shall give
bond. Sufficient penalties ar2' at
tached to secure obedience to the
law.
Another law of general import
ance relates to laud titles. There .are
many cases in which a person is in
possession o a tract of land, and
some other person who has no valid
title sets up a claim to it. The party
claiming it will not bring an action
to try the title, but by his claim
throws a cloud ever the titl e and
thereby depreciates the value of the
laud and prevents the person iu p .os
session from borrowing money on
the land or setliDg it.
The old law provided no remedy
for this case, because the party was
in possession of the land and could
not bring his action to recover the
possessiou. The iiew law provides
that in such case the party in pos
sion may bring his action to establish
his title, buf; provid2a that if the
party against whom the action i3
brought files uo answer and makes
uo defense, he shall not ba required i
to pay any costs.
Continued.')
Dr. Fnrness, tho Shakes earean
scholar, declares thnt Harvard
dacEm-ate hit upon it much better
motto for the Union when he
proposed "Inseparables Insup
erabillis," instead of 'E Plnribua
Unutn"'
The two daughters of Sir Alfred
Stephen, the exChief Justice of
New South Wales, have no sine
cure in life. They have to keep at
work six hours daily in taking
down from dictation reminlf csnces
of their father's judicial experU
ecccs.
TO-MORROW AND YJSdTERNOON.
BY C. II. KILUY.
It ii better !o learn tow'rd to-morrow
Thiii to weep over suns that arcee';
The future holds hope we mny borrow
The past offers only regret- ,
Jrotn the past we cv.. g :ia no cq--o-sioc;
It is yoicekss, and clothed likd the
DigLf;
But the hiir distant Lil'.s of progression
Are cro wned with a glory ot light.
To-morrcft'o whito, beautiful psfjes.
Are yours to write on as you ma; ;
But the closed ledgers c f ages
Are yesterday's leaves locked away.
To the future let now be Leho'dec.
And not to a day tlir.f is gen;
There never was sunset so golttan
But lovelier still was some dawn.
No reconnscnsr, no satisfaction
Reward those who seek fir I ha past,
Rr.t tlia soul rhat is restl-.-S3 with action
v ill find all it longs f r at last.
?0E PSOTSOTION'S SAKS 0KLY-
The Philadelphia Tdojraqh, one
of the best and fairest Republican
papers of the country, fiada fault
with 1'rosident Cleveland's assertion
in hia inaugural address, that ' the
injustice of maintaining protection
for protection's sake was condemned
by the American people. It insist
r.Vinr. Mr. Cleveland made no such
before the 1j
profsi
dential election, and that if he had
made it he would have been defeat
ed.
II Mr. Clevelaad made no declar
ation before tho eltrctior,, i;i this
precise language or equivalent terms,
it was because no such declaration
by him was necessary. His position
en the tariff question was well un
derstood by the people. In his mes
sage to congress during his fi st
term, he- insisted o:i the in
justice of bestowing govern ment.
bounties upon"favorcd induslrics"by
protective d uties. He accepted the
Daoocratic .nomination last year
upon ti platform which explicitly
condemned "protection for protee-
tion s take' iu pum'-ciii tuna-ai
which resumed iu such a signal
Derrioceatic triumph was fought
squarely upon thi3 issnc--the issue
of opposition to it tariff schema whose
main objjct.as its author announced,
was protection for tne sake or prc-
tioo.
The Democratic party has ever
insisted that there -vus no warrant
in the constitution for) dutieslevied,
not to vieM revenue to the govern
ment, but to C-ut off or diminish it,
as was tho admu d. object of the
McKiuloy act. Suh duties give
protection for the sake of protection
milr. Thev dlrnv r?vp. "USauu tax
tne great body of the people
baneiit of "favored indastrie ;."
The Iiepublicau Senate and Tre
dent Harrison appear to have at
least recognized the truth of Tresis
dent Cleveland's declaration which
the Telegraph condemns. .They co
operated at the last session of Con
gress with the Democratic House in
the passage of bill repealing pro
tective duties levied by the JMc
Kinley act for the sake of protection
only. The McKiuley act took tin
from the free list aud imposed &
heavy duty upon it, confessedly with
an eye to protection solely, and
largely increased the duty on linen
with avowedly the same object. Both
these duties which were to have
taken effect on tte first of J aiy next,
were repealed at the late session of
Congress, Republicans who passed
the McKinley act assisting in their
repeal because tLe ''injustice of
maintaining protection for protec
tion's sake was condemned by the
American people" in the late Presi
dential and Congressional election.
With a treasury on the varge of
depletion, the folly of maintaining,
for the sake of protection, duties
which cut off revenue is as manifest
as it is injustice.
Roewell Beardiey, .of North
Lansing, is the oldest pesttvaeter in
the service. He has been in office
since 1S23 and is now S3 years old.
It is hardly likely that arrvono will
try to rob the old man of his posi
tioc, eeeing that, . after sixty-five
years' service, he only gets $170 a
Mahone Hve3 at ChSm
lerln's in Washington, and is . as
crotchety, port and swear-wordish
as ever. He is rich enough to be
a'' ?e to wear old clothes without
ai-ousing symyathy, and his self-
jsertive face is ornamented -with a
'ong beard and surmounted ".by a
j costly white slouched hat.
The Busings Outlook-
NkwYcbk, March 10. 11 Q.
Dun & (Jo's weekly review of trade
caja business during the past week
has been affected by severe weather
but even move by the stringency
and unccrf Hi,ty in tho moneys
market.,,. ' ; -viey have
moi""" '. to 51 per
u, and for two days ru'cd above
iO per cent . but the extreme pres-
s ureiif.s abated without any meas-
uro of iclief, .anl announcement
that the Treasury department
would rot u-sue bonds, but would,
ute the bullion ro-ervi? in maina
aining gold payments, "With
drawals of money for the West and
South has nearly ceased. Gold to
the amount cf a million was of -
fcrcd to the Treasury in exchange
for legal tenders by the banks of
Denver, and cs much by one bank
at Chicago, and rates here fell to
?ix per cent. There was some
1'quida.tion in fetocka, but none of
importance in products, and it is
evident that tie restraint of exports
by speculation in the chief staples
is an ini;.o!taiit cau33 of the nione
tary stringency a;d ol loss of gold
by the Treasury.
Fuir increase i? seen in whole
sale trade at St. Louis, with bright
promisa f:r the Sprinar. Tradois
satisfactory at LUllo II ;ck, im
proving at Memphis and quiet at
other point-) in Tcnneesee. Shrink
ing with tight money at Columbus
but fairly good at Atlanta. I3et
tor with increased shipments of
lumber at Mobile, and fair at New
();lean vith eug-ir firm; but rice
is lower,
Iron is at the lowest point and
rates dull, whiio structural works
are still running full times, but
with new orders.
Business failures during the last
week number for tho United States
New Yckk, March 10. Erad-
stieota to-morrow will say: Orders
tor cotton gooas at eastern and
other -centres of production are
larger. More cotton is being con
sumed, and prices are steady. Job
bcrs are taking larger quantities
oi gooo 3 ana country aeaiers are
acing heavy orders. Increased
capacity at Fall river results in a
surplus of five thousand pieces:
but prints are active. At the
South, Charleston reports trade
dull, as interior dealers are permits
ting stocks to run down, Business
is not particularly active at Nash
ville, Memphis, liichmond, Atlanta,
Birmingham, or New Orleans, and
collections while fair at a few points
are generally slow.
Farmers are actively engaged in
fiild work in Georgia. They have
raised so much larger food crops
that grocery sales have been afa
fectcd at Atlanta and elsewhere
although at Birmingham trade in
this line has improved. The slow
movement of cotton mikes trade
dull in Louisiana, where the sugar
acreage is to hi increassd.
TcnSers of Chid-
Washington, March 10, Sevi
eral other offers of gold for small
Treasury notes were made to the
Secretary of the Treasury this
iternooi!. Cincinnati banks ot
tn -sd one million, of which six
tj,ou 'and dollars wa3 accepted.
0'her i'58 j;i small quantics came
in iron' .N"iks in Kentucky, Illi
nois and M 'esoari, Treasurer Re
beker was mu'ch pleased with the
turn of afir3 .'afeen and declared
that snffieicnr offers of gold had
been received to absorb all lh
small legal tender notes on hand.
Senator Hill begins to suspect
that there may be some polities in
this .administration after all- and
that it ii not going to ba of his
kind. The selection ot an cxperi
enced politician like Maxwell, who
knows the State ot New York thon
oaj?h!y, to look after the country
post offices, 'jneaiia that when the
ru;ai workers want appointments
it will not bo to Senator Hill or
Senator Mnrphy that they will
have to apply. No wonder iho
senior Seaator thought it prudent
to call on the President Thurs
day. Thi3 is the thirtieth anni
versay of the marriage of the
Princj and Princess of Wales and
a reminder to "Albert Ed'ard" that
a good wife may do ranch toward
upholding the self-respect and
dignity ota too lively husband.
Mr, Olney's distinction has been
gained principally as a corporation
lawyer. But this administration is
to be anything but a servant of
the encroaching corporations. The
new Attorney General's familiarity
with corporation law and corporaa
tion methods will undoubtedly be
of great advantage to the adminis
tration in enforcing the policy of
evenhanded justice to all people
and all interests.
'I've used Dr. Bull's Cougli Syrap in
my family for a long while, and wouldn't
be withont it I know it's a good medicine.
John Harrison,"' Post-maste", Guvton!
KifiPgham Co., Ga." ; J '
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