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V o i - t -1-4 .aoi . re) d X S3 a w no Ij c3 f-i 8S o5 S-S R a a p3 B i J O r-l O : .s -3 5 O O 3 w O ' l-l -T3 Xil ill W 'J 2 P t?d t-i . Eh O w This ARGUS o'er the people's rights, Doth an eternal vigil keep No soothing strains of Maia's sun, Can lull its hundred eyes to sleep" GOLDSBORO, N. C THURSDAY MAY 24,1894. VOL. XVI. 1 i T3 o . CO O ! 'V 7 j j u si 1 .1 1 " "" I .V ,j THE ETHICS OF LIFE. The splendid address delivered by Prof. S. G. Atkins, Principal of the Winston Colored Graded Schools, at the closing of the Colored State Normal School of this city, Thursday Evening. When your respected Principal and my esteemed friend, Dr. Rives, ex tended me an invitation to speak to you on this occasion. I was nncortain as to whether I should accept or not on two accounts. In the first place it was a question with me whether I should find time in the midst of a very busy life to prepare a suitable address, and' in the second place, I knew that the usual puzzle of the speaker what to talk about would be a difficulty with me. As to the difficulty, in the first place, I finally concluded to answer Dr. Rives in the affirmative and take my chances: and as to the second I resolved that I would, in a sense, await the prompting of the spirit, that, per chance, through that agency the right topic might present itself to me. Fol lowing this course I became persuaded, in view of your prospective work as teachers, that it would be well for me to speak to you briefly on this subject, viz. : 'THE PATH OF DUTY, OR TOE THEO LOGY OF LIFE." Most of you, doubtless, have read that superb poem by Gray, entitled "An Elegy in a Country Church Yard," Perhaps nowhere in all the language do we find a sublimer or more faithful picture of the vicissitudes of life and the inevitable conclusion thereof. The poem furnishes an interesting study in the frailties and uncertain ties, as. well as the seeming incongrui ties of human life. It teaches most powerfully, that in ther death, men are placed on a common level and meas ured by a common standard. But. per haps, the -most striking suggestion of the poem is its sweeping recital of the futility of earthly glory to illumine the "path beyond the grave. How striking and strange these lines to us who are accustomed to the ways of the world: "The boast c heraldry. the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth ever gave. Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of arloiy lead but to the grave." If you will note my purpose it is to remind the young men and women present thai not every path they would choose to tread loads on to glorious destiny. Some paths lead only to the grave. Not so with the path of duty. We would, therefore, commend to you such a course in life as will bear you on to immortality. We would cite you to a path which, though it be sometimes apparently dark, and again unseen to the eye of flesh, nevertheless leads up and up, and constitutes the highway upon which only the redeemed do walk, and whose end is the very gateway of heaven. The various means by which mm have sought a glorious immortali ty have been the burden of song and story: and history, apart 'rom the dis cussion of those means, would be a blank. But it is not the means that gives the chief element of dignity to a cause: it is the end. It is not the path, therefore, so much as the destiny to which it leads. It may bo seen, then, t hat to know the path of duty we must study the sub ject of destiny. We must endeavor to know the whole truth. Wo must understand not only the science of life. but also the the theology of life. We should study not only how we live, but also why we live. In order, therefore. to understand properly the significance oi history and philosophy we must ln- wetigato not only the "how," but ""especially the "why" and the "where fore." It is interesting- and instructive, nay. thrilling, to read how that gallant band of spartans, under leoniuas, with in describably consummate valor, met the Persion hordes at Thermopylae and found their victory m their death but it is far more beautiful to study how Eastern sloth ana despotism was checked by their fatai, but immortal stand, and how the East was prevented from swallowing up the civilization of Greece, which has furnished models in art, in music, and in letters for all European and Occidental nations to the present time. Who can read the story of the desperate resistance of the thirteen hundred Swiss at Morgarlea, when the chivalry of the Austrian army went down without exultations for the rise of the sun of the Swiss re public. But it is more interesting to note that this was the planting of the seeds of a republic m the very heart of Eu rope that has successfully withstood every encroachment or attack upon its rights, and taught the world its primal lessons in real-popular government and civil liberty. How sublime a contem plation to think of the gldrious heroism of JNelson s command at Xrataigar, Wellington's at Waterloo, and Wash ington's at Yorktown, but how much more sablime to study how the map of Europe and the identity of continental nations were preserved by the hands of Nelson and Wellington, and how the rights of men were given "a new birth" by our own illustrious Washington. come to you, therefore, my friends, discussing causes only as they produce effects, discussing the principles of life only as they are related to th.3 facts of eternity. It becomes my duty, then, to maintain such a trend of discussion as will have a practical bearing upon the atTairs of Hie from an ethical stand point as well as from a standpoint of utility. I want to speak now of your ; duty to yourself and the theology of eelf-culture. I hold that it is incuml bent upou every individual to attain to the highest possible development and culture. It has been the execution of this idea, the following up of such Bense of responsibility that has pro- duced all the great men of all the ages, The parent or guardian and the youth Bhould remember continually that in Hia image God created man, and that consequently, the human being is en dowed with capacity like unto divinity, that beinsr so endowed, the mind of man has infinite capacity for develop ment. We look upon the babe in the moth er's arms, the sweet innocent creature just eivins- siens of its upward ten dency. Bve-and-bve the bud of intelli gence burets forth and continues to en large unto reason and iudennent. But unlike the bud and blossom the mind is bound by no ultimate law of decay and death. Under 'proper care and with, proper nurture and stimulus it contin- ues to reach out and widen its capacity with emabiiity, zeal and progress unti the tenement w ciay becomes an - un suitable and incompatible habitat, when it leaps forth to the boundless realm of the infinite where capacity for development is unconfined and where the environment is perfect. In the education one's self, coupled with the right growth of the soul, may be found the best representation of God working in man and man working with God . That is why this business of Education the education of our chil dren and our pupils, or the education of ourselves is so beautiful. It is the effort of the parent or the teacher or the person himself to restore God's im age, doi perhaps better, to develop God's image in ourselves or in our children. Where is any higher duty? Where is any better theology? The growth of the soul may be slow, tedious, and mysterious, but is heaven ward, nevertheless, if it is earnest, pro gressive and sincere. Susan Colridge has given us a few -lEties that will be instructive at this juncture: "How does the soul grow? not all in a , miimte. Now it may lose ground and now it may win it; Now it resolves, and again the wind faileth: now it rejoiceth, and now it bovvaileth; Now its hopes fructify, then they are blighted: now it walks sunnily, now gropes be nighted: Fed by discouragement, taught by dis aster. So it goes forward, now slower, now faster, 'Till all the pain past and failures made whole, It is full grown, and the Lord rules the soul. " Herein is the first object of our crea tion realized. We have undertaken TO be someting by comprehending the duty we owe to ourselves in the culti vation of our immortal powers and in the growth of our own immortal souls. But I must not leave this point without laying heavily upon the parents pres ent the charge which comes to them as the guardians of the immortal powers. What parent knows but that wrapped up m the capability ot his or her child may be the potentialities of "Some village Hampden. " or "Some mute inglorious Milton. A fearful responsibility to be a pa ent. to be God's agent in working out the high destinies of the human soul. But the full grown soul and the cultur ed mind have a social and civic value that must not be overlooked here. Such development as I have tried to suggest makes of its possessor a useful and helpful member of society and a good citizen. Hence I urge most emphatic ally that the best protection against social disorder and anarchy is educa tion. True enough, the socialist and anarchist are often educated in some sort of fashion. But it is not the education that our three-fold natures require. We are at one and the same time mental, moral and physical beings, and any education which does not recognize this is not real education. It is what might properly be called a one-sided development. To be truly educated one must be trained to com prehend and obey the great laws of life, the laws of nature, the laws of society and the laws of God. He must be trained into the great bed-rock principle couched in Paul's declaration on Mar's Hill, viz: "God our father: man our brother. " Any education which comes short of this, it matters not how splendidly it may seem to shine out, nor how pol ished its possessor may appear to be, tends only to dwarf, to belittle our own natures, to wrong our fellow-man, and to dishonor our God. The right sort of education, therefore, is the indispensa ble introduction to a healthy life a Tfo that blesses society, protects and dignifies the State and glorifies God. And so the right discharge of the duty we owe to ourselves, to our fellow-man, and to the State involves the right sort of education. Hence, the parent or guardian who professes to have the best interests of society, and the pro tection and perpetuity of the State at heart, must educate the children com mitted to his care, or he waives the very first injunction of duty, and thus proves himself false to the great trust committed to his keeping- So important is this training! and so bound up is it with the fortunes and destinies of man as a moral being, that every religious denomination of. the world maintains and encourages schools and colleges. So absolutely necessary has it been found to be in the production of good citizenship that every civilized state on the globe has made education its first business. The state has found, too, that for its own safety it must not leave the edu cation of future citizens to the whims and indifference, or inability of the parent, but comes in with its own powerful arm and inexhaustible resources to see to it that the youth of the laad are educated. Therefore, North Carolina has founded and is fos tering a system of public schools, an important factor of which is the Nor mal schools of the state. The Normal school is, when properly fostered, the best representation of the progress of the state. The Normal school suggests, too, that the state means not only to educate her children, but to educate them in the right way, and thus to train them truly, by giving special preparation to those who are to be the children's instructors and exemplars. The Normal school, then, should be the great source of light in the state, the head fountains of truth and right eousness, we are, therefore, greatly interested. Mr. Principal, in the work you are doing, because yon are train ing teachers for the state. You are pre paring those who are to mould the character of the rising negro manhood and womanhood. X hereto re, "Our hearts thee, our hopes, are all with Our. -hearts our hopes, tears, our prayers, our Our faith triumphant o'er our fears, Are all wih thee, are all with thee, But I have not forgotten that in the discussion of the theology of life, the divinity in life, that I am speaking more directly to the students, to the young men and women who have been in attendance on this institution. My young friends, it is a great thing to live a good life; it is by far the great est thing in the world. I mean in this connection, a really beautiful life; mean such a life as is wrought -out in following the path of duty; I mean as far as possible such a life as was lived bv our blessed Lord, a life of abso lutely correct habits, that is, such hab its as involve no depreciation of the largest capability of the body, of the mind, of the heart; in short, a life that exerts the highest powers and largest influence for good of him who lives it. You who are students of history know how we take the lives of the so called great characters of history and analyze and sift them to see what there was in them of real life; whether in. the light of the Bible and the cultivated christian conscience there is anything in them that gives them beauty, and permanence among the lives that have been recorded as sublime. Whether they lived wholly for themselves or mainly for others; whether they considered their duty with reference to their des tiny and their responsibility to God. or rushed on as though they had no iden tity in the moral universe. Life is made up of deeds, great, small, good and evil; then if you would reap the reward of a life well spent begin now to build a character so full at good deeds that your life may be a pattern for those whose - lives shall de pend upon you for light. Self -sacrifice must be the foun dation of such a character. It is this self-sacrifice that makes life glorious and gives effective ness to the self-surrender by which God works through us. It is this self-sacrifice that gives to life a beauty that is more than beauty, an excellency of life, hav ing for its elements the- good, the true, and the beautiful. It is this idea of life that Carlyle gives to us when he says: "For whether thou bear a scepter or a sledge hammer, art thou not alive; is not this, thy brother, alive? 'There is but one temple in the world,' (says Novalis) 'and that temple is the body of man.' Nothing is holier than this high form. Bending before men in a reverence done to this revelation in the flesh. We touch Heaven when we lay our hands on a hu man body. ' " It is this idea of life meant by Mrs. Browning when she says: ' 'The man most man, with ten- derest human kind works best for men, as God in Nazareth." It was this test of life and this kind of sense of duty which gave to the world a Moses, who chose "rather to suffer affliction with flie people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season It was such a test of life and such a sense of duty that gave to the world, a David. Livingstone, who in order that he might bless a lowly people and restore to Af rica a place in the map of the world, renounced the environ ments oi civilization: ana with a self-abnegation that will be lum inous "till the last syllable of re corded time," set out on his per ilous mission to help mankind ev en at the price of his own great life The application of this test gave to the world a Florence Nightin gale, one whom, young ladies, you should study it you wish a type, a glorious illustration of the most exalted and most God like qualities in humanity. Flor ence Nightingale was highly edu cated and brilliantly accomplish ed, out tnis was only a proper j preparation for heroic self -sacri fice; and I feel that one of the grandest commentaries we have on tne virtues oi real unris tian education is furnished in her illustrious devotion to the alleviation of the sufferings of the wounded and dying during that awful period of the Crimean war. Moses, Liivingstone, Fior ence Nightingale these three will have a place iu history and in the loving hearts of men for ever; while Alexader, Nepoleon and J oan of Arc will be remem bered only in the light of severe contrast. But you will inquire how these , three whom I first mentioned came to their magni ficent success in life, how they secured sucn iame and sucn a place in history. Only by fol lowing the -path of duty I an swer. It is by this rigid dis charge of duty that men become wiser and more certain of the truth. Ruskin says: "Every duty we omit obscures some truth we should have known. And thus the performance of duty always brings us nearer and nearer to the truth, and as we draw thus nearer to the truth it grows more attractive and facinating. One writer says "Truth will always setm deeper, broader, nigner, tne nearer we approach it;the more we converse with the eternal the less we dream of comprehending it.' Finally,' my friends, let me em pnasize one more phrase ot my message. Do not hanker after great things according to the common view. Do not be anx ious to become great, for while "It is well to be wise and great. 'Tis better to be good. Do not be in a hurry to become a College President, a legislator, or a famous man. Do not start out, "the applause of glistening senates - to command. " Simply do the duty nearest you. 'Do what conscience says is right,- Do what reason says is besf; Do with all your mind and might Do your duty and be blest. Remember that' the develop ment of power, the grrow-fch of the soul is slow: that "Knowl edge comes, but wisdom lingers. But still be persevering, resolute, industrious, honest. Let your motto be "Excelsior.' for there are greater triumphs awaitin you, there is a glorious day ahead. Never mind the seeming iscotiragment's which come to you and your race, iney are necessarily only temporary. Mark you, ' tight is sight, since God is God, And right the day must win, To doubt would be disloyalty To falter would be sin." Simply on, my young friends, up the highway oi duty and ngh iving and all will be well. 1 am aware of a higher truth, that you are men. I am aware that your ancestors were slaves, but I thank God for the other more cheering fact, that you are free men and. American citizens. Iam encouraged also that we are among our friends, the Southern people. The evidences before me to-night demonstrate that you are among the same kind of friends, Only do not be weary in well-do- mg. Follow the path of duty. Learn to labor, and to wait. Bribery Attempted. Washington, May 16. Sena tor Hunton, of Virginia, and Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, (the latter through his clerk,) this morning admitted the truth of the published statement that they had; been approached and offered money for their votes no-ainst, the Tariff bill, a.lt Viniio-h both gentlemen declined to name the man who made the offer. The storv was published in full bv a New York paper this morning. Yes." said Mr. riunton. "tne story is correct, although I am sorry that it has been made pub lic. It was not a matter of re cent occurrence, however, for it happened more than a month ago, and I immediately notified the managers of the bill on the floor of the Senate, and it is in their hands for such action as they may see fit to take. I do not care anything for Congres sional investigation, but if the managers ot the bill think it is tVio voct tbino- r An T will asie. thpm nil in mv nnwpr Thfi offpr was not ma.rle to me nprsfmallv hut tiimno-li mv snn t.he sum r ho rii.-i hpinw fivttri si s nnn w the man who attempted the bribe, No. T cannot e-ive the name of themanwho sought to get my vote. Mr. Kyle is out of the city, but Hunton said he knew that the same man had approached him, and this was corroborated by Mr. McFarlane, Mr. Kyle's clerk. Mr. Hunton went so far as to say that the man who had at tempted to conduct the negotia tions for these votes was for- mprlv connected with the carrnet, bas: government of South Caro- ina and Dakota. Pertinent query in connection with thfica.se is. who is the man? Principles in the bribing episode decline abso1utely to say any thing about the man's indentity. A prominent Democratic Sena tor, however, told the reporter that he knew the man well and that he is named C. W. Buttz. ex- member of Congress from South Carolina during the period of re construction. The Presbyterians. Nashville, Tenn., May 18. The General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church re-assembled to-day, Moderator Graham presiding. The most important overtures presented Maryland, to unite the mission- ary and .home mission Boards; f rom.the Presbytery, of Louisiana A-; rWo v,Q o; of the Birmingham Conference; from the Presbytery of Ebenezer, to separate colored workers; East Hanover Presbytery, to change the. Baptismal formula; Presby tery of Washburn, to make a de liverance on the question of mar riage; Presbytery of Tuscaloosa, to transfer the work of colored evangelization to the Board of Home Missions, and abolish the executive committee of the col- ored evangelization; Presbytery of Holston, asking the appoint ment of a Commitl ee on Organi zation to meet a like committee from the Northern Assembly. The last mentioned overture was referred to a special committee of one member from each Synod. There was also presented i an overture from the" Presbytery of Augusta concerning the case; of Rev. James Woodrow, who by letter was transferred from Au gusta to Charleston Presbytery. The Charleston Presbytery re- nct;tt;,i o wV.Qi,aT. r-n nTWsi . '"-"1' -" - bytery until he has formally re turned his letter, JNewbern Journal A colored man, named Daniel Daniels, who had consumption was taken with a violent hemorrhage from nose and mouth near the market yes- terday and died before a physi cian could reach him. ; He lived only about two minutes from the time the attack commenced. " TENDENCIES TIMES. OF THE As the Richmond State says, this is one of the most common expressions to be seen in the newspapers of to-day, It is one of the expressions that drop most glibly from the lips of speakers. And yet in many in stances we fail to find any agree ment among the users of the term as to what the tendencies of the time really are. It is true that the word used most fre quently is "unrest," but is there more real unrest now than has existed for some years past? The Americans have -rapidly devel- oped this characteristic, but it cannot be charged to this partic- uiar time as one of its tendencies. The tramp movement is one sort of unret, but, in the main, the present tendency has been against an unrestful tendency of the mind. Looking at the nation as a whole it has been marked by pa tience and conservatism, and this we regard as one of the encour aging signs of the times. Men are besrinninsr to appreciate the fact that national unrest is a bad habit, whether it be of the men- or physical kind. We have naa ot course, some sprayers, over the face of the country, and tuc icuuci..ciJ Wmu;Ki.mu0 neome of the day, unrest can scarcely be charged to the Amer ican account, as an American tendency of the times. One tendency of the times, and a very hurtful one, has received a check. It is one, however, which has come in for a very lit tie notice. This is extravagance. It is a mistake to charge it to the rich alone. The average American is not a rich man, though he is richer than the citi zen ot any otiier portion oi tne world. But the average Ameri watch his output of money. One of the reasons that many for- eigners, who settle in this coun try, are ireuueiiuy more piu&pei- ous than the natives is that they are not Handicapped by" tnis American tendency towards ex travasrance. Nor is the term to be applied solely to the active habit of extravagance in spend ing money, but it fits as well the tendency to extravagance of speech, extravagance of ideas and of public policies. Business enterprises, upon their very in- I ception, are given an extrava companies, to ac gant bulge; comphsh excellent ends, are handicapped by the prospectus in extravagant terms. The re sult is that meritorious measures can not be made to live up to their extravagant programmes. Then, again, we have the ex travagant theorists, whose the ories and dreams are as extrava- gant in their summation of all ills the present and prospective of the country as they are in giv ing remedies for the same. If hard times can cure this Ameri can tendency towards extrava gance, then the effect will put the entire country on a sound basis and make the foundation for better times all the more se cure. Washington News. m w ashijnutu, ( may io -ne treasury Department is informed that 2, ouO.000 in gold was en- erasred to-day -at the New York sub-Treasury fbrvhipment to Europe on Saturday. This re- uces the gold reserve in the reasury to $82,775,000. , Judge Bradley of the District Supreme Court this afternoon re-s fused to grant the writ applied for by Coxey, Browne and Jones, the Commonweal army leaders, and thus defeated the hope of the Coxeyites of bringing up for re- V1r LI1U p?""S P"c? U"U1 " wmKU uou. u conviction To-morrow morning at 10 o'clock the convicted Coxeyites will be brought up before Judge Miller for sentence, the Judge having now received his commis sion; Nothing remains to tne men but to await judgment in the Police Court. The -penalty pre scribed for each of the two of fences of which they have ben found guility is $ 100 or sixty I days in jail, or both. The Senate to-day passed a resolution authorizing the special I committee appointed to invest! sn,te the chars-fts of bribery and the doings of the3ugar Trust . cnnafnr.c on connection with Senators and the legislation of Congress affect ing Tariff measures, to meet its necessary expenses and granting it permission to sit during the sessions of the Senate, it can I be stated upon the authority of the chairman, Mr. Gray, that no line of policy has been discussed - by the members of the commit tee, nor has any conclusion been reached as to how the investiga- "THE " Jtion shall be conducted. HE INCOME TAX. It is no new thenrv nf nolli- . J w i"-""" I cal economy the income tax. " Mr. Hall quotes the Hon. John Sherman, of Ohio, as follows. "The public mind is not yet prepared to apply the key of genuine revenue reform. A few years of further experience will convince the whole body of our people that a system of na tional taxes which rests the whole burden of taxation on con sumption and not one cent on property and income is intrinsi cally unjust, While the ex penses of the national govern- ment are largely caused by the protection of property, it is but right to call property to help contribute to its payment. If will not do to say that each per son consumes in proportion to his means. This is not true, Every one must see that the con suption of the rich does not bear the same relation to the consump tion oi tne poor tnat tne income OI tne ricn does to the wages Ol the poor. As wealth accumu- lates, this injustice m the f unda- mental basis ot our system will ue 1B1U unci lorueu upon me at- tention of Congress. c n Mr. Sherman thus favors the taxation of "the income of the rich." Truly does he say that a system of taxation whiah makes the poor man of a large family pay (in the form of custom du ties) as much tax as the rich man calls for a "genuine revenue re form." Mr. John Stuart Mill, before a joint committee of the jtwo houses of the British Parliament in 1861, defended not only the principles of the income tax law, but advocated the exemption of enough of each man's income to support himself and family. Mr. Mill is further quoted by Mr. Hall as follows: - "The supposed hardship of compelling people of disclosing tne amount oi tneir incomes, m my opinion, does not amount to much. One of the social evils of tnis country is tne practice or custom of maintaining or attempt ing to maintain, to the world, of a larger income tnan one pos sesses; and it would be far better for the interest of those who yield to this weakness if the ex tent of their means were univer sally and exactly known and the temptation removed of expend ing more than they can actually afford, or stinting real wants m order to make a false show ex ternally. " Another of England's ablest writers says: "The ine quality which is caused by this power of evasion is 1lbt, by many so much objected . to as, what they allege, the general immor ality which will be produced by this taxation. It is, for instance, maintained that the income-tax - , u..TCiv u jj. jury tnat men wno would other- wise be .Honorable are tempted to deceive tne government, l hardly think, however, that aiaL&muu uuiil lu pciy iiiuii iu- tention to such an argument, The honesty of such individuals, who are so easily led away from the paths of virtue and honor, is scarcely worth the fostering care of government. Every pre caution should, of course, be taKen to aetect ana punisn tnose , 1 . n , , n , 1 , -i who make lalse returns, because tne ouraens wmcn tney escape is thrown upon the rest of the com- munity. Let us, however, hope that the general honesty of the nation is progressing: and that therefore the force, if any, of the objection against the income tax, which we have just noted, is each year diminishing," To Develop the South. Baltimore, May 18. The Manufacturers' Record states that a powerful association has been organized by leading capitalists, bankers and railroad officers, un der the name of Southern Immi gration, Land & Title Company, the purpose of which is to colo nize and develop Southern lands, and in general to direct immigra tion and Investment to the SouthT The scop6 and plans of the com pany are the broadest scale and it will have in the European countries the widest and most in fluential connections. The main office will be in Baltimore, with agencies and branches in impor tant centres in this country and in Canada and Great Britian and on the continent. The projectors of the company have been for some years iden tified with men of noted ability - . . " iniand business sagacity. The Dnnn nf tkn Uav. President of the company is Hon. Chauncey F. Black, of Pennsyl vania; first vice-president, M Julian S. Carr, the millionaire ham, JN i u. , second vice-presi- dent, Mr. M. Erskine Miller, of Staunton, . va., probably the largest individual coal land own- er in the V lrginias, third - vice- president and general manager, Mr. A. A, Arthur, one of the lead: era in ooutnern uoveiopmem. . ILVER. Consrressman Culberson, of " Texas, is an extreme free silver man, but he is also a broad- minded, fair and honest man. Though he differs with President Cleveland on the silver question, he does not misrepresent the President's views or impugn his Democracy. In a recent interview, Mr. Culberson said: '1 tnmlt Mr. Cleveland is very srreatly misunderstood on the silver question. There is no doubt of one thing, and that is, he is unalterably opposed to the-free coinage of the silver unless it shall be controlled by the terms of a fixed international agree ment that will insure an equality. He believes that this country ought to use all the silver it can circulate on a parity with gold. He is opposed to an increase of silver circulation now unless Congress will furnish him with the means to nrotect and nnhold. if necessary, the parity between the metals. My observation is, that he will deplore the spectacle of a ccirronxort ciutphot in this v ---- Ui P.i" " country as the greatest calamity that could befall it. The silver question arises now on condi tions not heretofore presented. The world is practically on a may employ now, in the absence of an international agreement, must be on a domestic basis, be- cause it is no longer current ta the world's counter. Mr. Cleve- CLEVELAND AND land vetoed the sseigniorage bill, vwt vu. not upon the ground that he was tne ta1"1 bill. an enemy of silver, but because We think the country may he did not believe that the silver count a good deal upon the wis- circulation of the country should dom and patriotism of Vice-Pres- be increased without giving him . i j - j. -j- - a. t ii ident Stevenson to aid in devis the means to maintain, if it should . , , , become necessary, the parity be- tween the two metals. Mr. Cleve- land is confronted with a condi- Jf Jl 1 TT J -J 1 1 I tion that did not exist when he was President betore a condi tion which compels him to main tain, if possible, the parity be tween gold and silver." We now expect the soreheads to denounce Mr. Culberson as a traitor to the nartv. It, is im- possible for them to understand Kow anv man can disagree with the President and still do him justice. Money Offered to Defeat the Tariff Bill. Well, well ! Who would have thought that the people of Vir ginia would ever hear of C. W. Butts again? In reconstruction days, that is to say, prior to 1871 he flourished a good deal about Riv-hmond. He was as well- known here as James H. Piatt or Charles H. Porter. He was a mighty man at the Petersburg: convention, where that rupture vvas ueguii m ui xwpuuiican party of Virginia, which led up to the "true Republican" move- ment and the nomination of Gil- bert C. Walker as Governor, i5Utts was an anti-wells man, and aided much in brinffincr on the row. Later Butts rose to promi- nence among the carpet-baggers of South Carolina and got into Congress from that State. Later still he went to the far West, whither, we believe. Mr. Piatt I ' had preceded him. Butts was a short, swarthv. suave, f oreisrn- nookinsr. new comer here, who always dressed well and had all the self-assurance characteristic 0f his class. Now we hear of him hn Washington, where he is said to have offered $25,000 to Sena tor Hunton and Senator Kyle, each, to vote against the tariff bill. It seems that he did not ap proach Senator Hunton directly, but through the Senator s son, and the Senate immediately tnereupon laid tne . i .. . -i f acts before the committee ot the Senate which has charge of bill. the tariff Quite naturally, this revelation has caused a great sensation at Washington It shows what des perate expedients have been adopted by the enemies of tariff reform to defeat the pending bill. We hope however, that it have the effect of bringing Dem - ocratic senators to a realizing sensa of the importance of fore- ing a ngnt at once witn the Ke- publicans. There is no sense in dilly-dallying with v them any longer. The Democrats might as well take the bull by the horns as it were and try to force a Vote, Thus they can at least exhibit the Republican senators to the I J. 2 ! J country as enemies of action, atld as selfish politicians who are I and as seltisn noli tic.ian a who n.ro trying to mane tne present tem porary business depression per manent. mclimona Dispatch. "Asheville Citizen R. & D Ticket Agent Frank Darby sold on Saturday morning 128 tickets to United States court attendants who were on their way home. They were sold in thirty minutes and the cash they represented i was zvz.Zd DEMANDED SENATE. BY THE The Richmond Dispatch says that Mr. Voorhees, of Indiana, is reported to have said that the compromise tariff bill cannot be passed in the Senate unless a closure rule be first adopted, and Mr. George of Mississippi, is re ported to have said that no clo sure rule can be forced through the Senate during 'the present session. If the situation be correctly stated this bad news for the Dem ocrats, and they must so manage their matters as to be on the of fensive. -They must so vote and so abstatlT'Irom speaking, as to render it clear to the people at home in the event stated that it was the fault of the Republi cans and not ot the Democrats that no tariff legislation was ac complished. The continued de pression in business which will surely result from filibustering proceedings of the Republicans must be charged upon the Re publicans, Let the cry continue to be that the Democrats are ready and willing to pass a tariff bill but the Republicans will not let them . Offensive warfare is the policy of the Democrats. Indeed, the country will not be satisfied un til the Democrats of the Senate 1 T i 1 nave maae " Piam and put upon record the fact, that they have exhausted everv effort to brincr dilatory discussion to a close, , . o mS a Plan oy wmcli senators may be enabled to discharge their constitutional duty. Vote ! vote ! ! This is the de mand of the people. Let there be long sessions of the Senate; short debates on amendments, and early action on the main question. The Democratic mem bers of the Senate are ex- pected to show their energy, de termination and power, and do t he work they were sent there to do. It is impossible for them to exhibit too much zeal in this mat ter. , Southern Methodists. Memphis, Tenn, May 18. Conference convened this morn ing shortly before 9 o'clock, which is the appointed hour. Bishop Hendricks was in the chair. Dr. David Bash conducted the devotional exercises. The mintues of last night's session were read and approved. Bish- on Mendrick-s then rerirerl and Hendricks Bishop Key took the chair. ur. xxoss ootameu unanimous- consent and introduced a resolu- tion of appreciation and thanks to the Rev. W. P. Harrison who is about to conclude along, la- borous and brilliant service as book editor of the nna.rterlv re- view of the M. E. church South. Adopted. C. B. Long, of the Louisville Conference, chairman of the com- mittee on Finance, reported enousrh monev in the treasurv to I " pay the expenses of the delegates until Mondav nirht. including supper. Dr. Napier moved suspension sion of the rules in order that he mierht introduce an amendment to the report of the Sunday School committee. The amendment amounted to a com promise between the Sunday School committee and the com mittee on education in regard to the disposal of the children's day collection. Item two of the report of the committee on edu- cation had provided for the giv ing of children's day collection to the board of education to bo used for educational purposes. The amendment by Dr. Napier which was agreed to by the committee on education, pro vided that ten per cent, of the funds collected on children s day should go the parent Sunday School Board and ten per cent. 1 to the Board of Education of the M. E. Church South, and the re- mainder, 80 per cent., to the ounday school Board for the maintenance and assistance of needy Sunday schools. Any money that may remain from the collection after it has been thus dealt with to be divided between the Parent Sunday school and the General Conference Board of Itt -1 J T. I I t Education. It was adopted. I m m Willy Wilt: Do you know, I fancy I have quite a literary bent Van Demit: All right, my boy; keep on and you'll be worse than bent; you'll be broke. Puck. She: And they are married? What a case of love at first sight? He: I imagine not The first time he saw her she was riding a bicycle. . Life. ACTION k -7 f ' i r .i i 5 i V k t ' 'I' I f 1"