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v5 ;t-t - ' 31 &"E!mTT? i U ' t . . - re I s ? i . 4; '1 ? -4 0 C & Pi O 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' Vol. XVI. GOUDSBORO, K. C. THURSDAY AUGUST 9, 1894- NO. 40 41 w -1 7 3 . '.V- -If 7 i 11 "1 A ALL FOE ME. THEN AND NOW. Dear sweetheart, let the gleaming Of your smiling be for me Let it cast a glowing brightness On life's turbid; restless sea: Let -its sweetness ever greet me, When the shade begins to loop Dark curtains as the sunbeams Into arms of dreaming droop! Dear sweetheart, the beating Of your heart be all. for me, Let me feel it throbbing softly, Let me know it 'twill ever be, Filled with deep emotions. That awake when I am near; That will bind you closer, closer, That will make you love- me dear. Atlauta Constitution. , The Wool Schedule. Tariff rates on wool and the New York price in January for" each year from 1825 to 1892. excluding- the period of deranged currency, taken from offi cial records in tho Treasury Depart ment: YEAR PRICES FOR FINE MED. COARSE 821 Value less than 10 38 I cents per pound; 15 28 per cent. ; other wool 2o j 20 and 30. Act of 1824 351 Value less than 10 30 cts per lb, 15 p. c,; 48 other, 4 cts ptr lb. 48 J and 40 and 50 p, c. 33 Under 8 cts, free; 48 I over 8 cts, 5 cts per 40 f pound and 38 per 45 J cent. 48 35 Under 8 cents free: 38 ! over 8 cents, 4 cents 38 f per pound and 38 35 per cent. 35 J Let Facts and Reason Prevail. Gkanthams, July 29, '94. Dear Argus: This beautiful morning, when nature seems loveliness within itself, and' all mankind ought to be at peace with his neighbor and full of thankfulness to his God for the many blessings bestowed, especi ally for the beautiful crops given to our Southland, I propose com menting just a little on Mr. E. H. Parker's notice published in your esteemed daily of yesterday. Mr. Parker calls on all who think their liberties and their prosperous conditions have been taken from them to come out and hear the great Bull of Bashon. Suppose we couldcallupOld Mr. Zachariah Parker (Mr. E. H. Parkerjs grandfather) from his angelic home, let him stalk around his old home in Granthams township, and say whether ' or not we are less prosperous now than in his day. 4 Let him look around his old the im 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1845 1843 1544 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1829 180 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1845 188(5 1887 1888 1889 1890 1791 1892 60 55 36 42 54 40 70 65 55 70 63 65 72 50 56 5fl 52 48 35 3-T 47 40 45 45 33 47 46 43 58 53 40 50 58 40 60 60 34 50 47 s4 40 sO 34 35 33 31 34 33 33 30 43 43 82 30 45 35 60 55 41 60 50 60 63 42 48 45 45 43 30 30 40 35 40 38 30 40 40 38 56 47 25 38' 50 33 52 20 35 55 49 46 43 40 s3 36 38 35 38 37 37 31 neighborhood and see provements made, the people. Comrades of many vic torious battles fought and won, proud of your well-earned tro phies, in whose veins flow the blood of patriots and statesmen, who have never vet faltered when duty called, your coun try demands your services. Come and let us make an effort in the party the grand old Democratic party that has survived all other parties, to rescue our country and people from that which threatens , a worse servi tude than Russian serfdom. Mr. Editor, we present to the people from this district for congress a man true ana triea, descehdedfrom pure Democratic ancestry, has been m public lira! for several years, and by his high moral course and legisla tive capacity has won the re spect and confidence of the peo ple. Being emphatically ? a peo ple's man, he is also one of, the most feeling and humane men always ready and willing to help the oppressed and needy. ouch, never go to him in vain. Being a very magnetic man he manner has the happy faculty of drawing Under 7 cents; 5 per cent; over 7 cents 3 cents per pound and 30 per cent. 30 Per cent. 25 26 31 30 30 30 23 33 33 34 50 42 3a 35 42 27 1 42 ) 321 Value 32 cents or 48 I less, . 10 cents per lb 43 Kf and 11 p. c. Value 37 j over 'Si cts, 12 cts per 33 I lb and 10 p. c 34 29 32 34 33 33 29 31 31 24 Per cent. Value 32 cents or less, 10 cents per lb.: ! over 32 cents, 13 cts per pound. 11 Cents per lb. This table speaks louder than all the arguments of the protectionists. It shows that the price of wool has gone down as the tariff tax has gone up. This is made clear by the following ta ble of average prices from each tariff poriod from 1843 to 1892, inclusive: of living now, compared with his day the line style of his grand children, the improved vehicles they ride in to church and to their county seat, the imany churches and school houses that dot this beautiful land of ours. Knowing old Mr. Parker to have been one of the best men this writer ever saw, we would be willing for him to be the Jury, and say whether or not this country is not in a more prosperous condition, and more people enjoying their liberty now, than in his day. Let. us come a little nearer to young Mr. Parker's home: call up his uncle, Mr. W. R. Parker, of your city, go back with him to the time when he (Mr. W. R. Parker) lived in a log cabin near the Hall old mill place, with Tom Myers to help him work his crop, and let him say whether or not, the people of to-day do not live far better than then. Its true we are not so happy now, as then, but its our own selfishness: Ave want the earth and the fullness thereof, and would like to sit in the shade to obtain it. Let Mr. E. H. Parker compare his educational advantages and other ways of improvement, with those enjoyed by his father, and men of his father's day, I think he will be ashamed of himself for "sticking" his name, to such a piece of nonsense. We would like to pay our re spects to Wayne Counties great "Refomer" Dr. Person, and say to him, if he would do the laborers of Wayne County a deed of char ity, allow a few of them the pri people towards him. The name of Hon. B. F. Aycock would be a tower of strength, and if he is the nominee, a grand and glori ous victory would crown the ef forts of Democrats in Novem ber. What say the people? Nahunta. Fremont, July 31, 1894. JAPAN SHOOTS TO KILL. YEARS FINE MED. cents cents 1843-46 39J 33 1846-57 46 2-11411 1857-60 43 45 COARSE, cents 28 High Tariff. 11 ?4 10-11 Low " 38 Lowest " 1879-92 37 39 11-14 342-14 High't " Here we see that medium wool aver aged nearly 3 cents per pound more than fine wool from 1889 to 1892, al though up to 1891 it was protected 2 cents less per pound. If anybody asks me for reasons why low tariff and high tariff prices go to gether I may find it difficult to ex plain, The protectionists in Congress demand high rates on wool for the rea son, they allege, that cheap wool will be the result. Whatever the reason may be, the above tables make it clear that a tax on imported wool does not help wool raisers in these States. Satisfied that this is true, the Demo crats in Congress decided to place wool on the free list, and deprive the manufacturer of woolen goods of one excuse for his high prices. But they did not stop at that; th?y took down nearly half of his protection' wall; and if they get another opportunity they will take down some more of it. Why did they not do so this time? Because the manufacturers reduced wages, shut up shop, drove their em ployes into idleness, converted them into tramps, Coxeyitos, etc., and made the stoutest hearted free trader hesi tate. They overwhelmed us with peti tions and protests from manufacturers and their employes. One of the most imposing, signed by persons and firms in all the States and Territories, had Smith & Yelverton in the North Caro lina list. Yours, etc., B. F. Grady. vilege of going on his Nahunta farm, work those lands, and re claim them, make bread for their children and become more pros -perous and better citizens. One of the People. Onr Fremont Letter. Editor Argus ; Mr. David Johnson's child who has been sick for some time, fell on sleep last Saturday evening, and has gone where all children go-to Him who said: "Suffer little children to come unto me " The parents have the sympathy of the community. Mr, Johnson is himself very sick. Dr. R. E. Cox has been dan gerously sick for some time, but his friends hope for him a speedy recovery. Since writing the above, Dr. Cox died this morning, just be lt is quite usual for the party that is worsted in a fight to com plain that the party of the other part did not play fair, but there is more than the usual absurdity in the complaint of the Chinese and their British commercial allies that the Japanese have started in to fight without observ ing all the necessary formalities, and are fighting on the theory that warfare means destruction of -life. The complaint that there has been no formal decla ration of war between China and Japan is ridiculous. The dis patch of troops to Corea, under the existing conditions, was in itself an act of war, and the Chinese troops that were pro ceeding to Seoul on the transport that was sunk by the Japanese torpedo were as plainly engaged in warfare as though all the diplomatic .formalities had been complied with in advance. It is true that the transport belonged to an English firm, but there is no provision of interna tional law that permits the em ployment of neutral vessels for the transportation of troops in time of war, or exempts such vessels from the military risks they assume. If the English choose to make this incident a pretext for engaging openly in the contest in Corea, that is their right; but they must do so as the avowed allies of China and not under any pretext of law or humanity. To abuse the Japanese for hav ing shot to kill is another ab surdity that is entitled to small consideration. No doubt the Japanese are a little old-fashioned in their ideas of war. When they went out to fight un: der the old regime it was with the idea of doing as much injury to the enemy as possible. It is evident that, with all their readi ness to accept modern ideas, this old idea still clings to them, and it may be questioned whether the most enlightened European nation could suggest a better Pass the Tariff Bill. The contradictory guesses made at Washington as to the outcome of the tariff conference may be accounted for by the divergent views of the opposing factions as to what the outcome ought to be. There are two kinds . of ob structionists in the way of an agreement, the practical . Sena tors who will accept no modifi cation of their own terms and the theoretical Representatives who will make no ; terms 'at all. As between these twq, agreement is impossible; the question i whether-the few on either side are to govern the action of Con gress", or whether the urgent de mand of the country at large, in cluding the great body i of the Democratic party who are .not disposed to quibble either for abstract theories or for practical details, but who want the tariff issue settled now can make itself felt above this war of fac tions. That the popular desire is with the House and the President, rather than with the striking Senators, it needs no resolutions to make clear. But the popular desire is first of all for the achievement of the work es pecially charged upon this Con gress, the revision of the reve nue system, and imperfections in this work will be far more readily forgiven than failure to accom plish anything. That will be utterly unpardonable, and it will involve in general condemnation not alone the few Senators who may be directly and morally re sponsible for the present entan gelment,butCongressand the ad ministration and the whole Demo cratic party. The people want the tariff settled, and they want it settled now. Only reckless partisans can entertain the idea of prolong ing this controversy into another campaign, and Republicans and Democrats alike will rejoice when the tariff issue is finally removed from our politics, as it will be by the passage of reasonable bill within the next few weeks. The one duty of . the Democrats at Washington, therefore, whether Senators or Representatives, is not to stand out for their theories or their.constitutional rights, but to get together on a common ground and pass the bill. It is not a question of the triumph or defeat of individuals; it is rather a question of the salvation or de struction of the Democratic party, and more than that, of the peace and prosperity of the country. THE WAR IN THE EAST. Russia Announces that She Act with Great Britain. will Judge Shanghai, August 2. It is stated to-day that the Japanese have withdrawn all their troops with Seoul. It is also rumored that 30,000 Chinese soldiers have crossed the Corean frontier. Advices received here from different points in China and Japan state that the Japanese in China and the -Chinese m Ja pan have placed themselves un der the protection of the United States representatives in those countries. Tien-Tsin, August 2. A coun cil of war was held to-day. Af terward the Viceroy told the representatives of the European powers that he was confident of the ultimate defeat of the Ja panese. He had no fears oi an attack on Taku, as" the garrison there had been strongly rein forced. The Emperor of China has issued a manifesto in re sponse to Japan's declaration of war. It declares that the Em peror accepts the war wmcn Japan has thrust upon him, and orders the Viceroy and command ers of the Imperial courts to 4 'root these pestilertial Japanese from their lairs." The Emperor throws the whole blame for the shedding of blood upon the Jap anese who, he asserts, are fight ing in an unjust cause. The JKmperor has expressed a desire to come to Tien-Tsin, in order to be near the center of move interest, but Viceroy Li Chang is opposed to the ment, on the ground that Tien Tsin does not afford suitable ac commodations for the Emperor. Shanghai, Aug. 2. Although the treaty ports are exempt from hostilities during the war, the precautions taken to block the Yang-tseKiang have rendered navigation unsafe except m broad daylight. The lights at the entrance of the river have been removed and many . torpe does have been laid The Chinese . steamer plying between this port and Ningpo has hoisted the British flag The Mith and Cass, local Chinese coasters, have raised the Ameri can flag. Shanghai, August 2. Ah of ficial telegram received from Tien-Tsin says that in the battles fought July 27th and 28th, at Yashan, in Corea, Japanese troops were repulsed with a loss of over 20,000. Yokahma, August- 2. The Chinese Minister at Tokio has demanded his passports. The Chinese residents in Ja Durham Globe Hal. W. Aver, pan are being placed under the secretarv to the State fair, came I protection of the United States in on the afternoon tram yester-1 Legation. .STATE NEWS. day and was in : conference with I Col. Carr, president of the fair association, last night. Mr. Ayer says this fair will sur pass anything in the way or a fair that has been seen in this State, he alos has .assurance that many of the most prominent people in the State will be pres: ent and will send exhibits. ,Asheville Citizen'. A telegram received this morning by Solici tor Eug. D. Carter announced! the death at Syracuse, N. Y. , of Thos. D. Carter, father of So licitor Carter and Justice Frank! Carter, of this city. His death occurred last night. Mr, Carter was in his 61st year. It was not ! deemed best to bring the remains here for interment at St. Petersburg, Aug. 2. It is officially announced that Rus sia, desiring a settlement of the war between China and Japan, will act in complete accord with Great Britain in an effort to se cure an immediate solution of the difficulty. Failing to do this, Russia will not allow any power to take even partial pos session of Corea. Passing Away. Judge Holt, who was the Advocate on the court martial that tried Mrs. Surrat, has just died from the effects of fall. We believe that no per son who was prominentlv con nected with that judicial murder, has died a natural death. Judge Holt's connection with the affair was particularly scandalous. It is said that there was a recom mendation of mercy signed by the members of the court, which he suppressed and did not present to the President. The Baltimore Sun says. "The late John T. Ford, of Baltimore, who was manager of the theatre in Washington in which President Lincoln was as sassinated by J. Wilkes Booth, was a firm believer in the inno cence, of Mrs. Surratt of any complicity with the plot, and on a number of occasions defended vigorously her memory in the press. Mr.r'ordTOs m Kichmond Va., at the time of the assassina tion, but on hearing of it returned home and was arrested in Balti more April 17, 1865, and kept imprisoned for forty days in the old Capitol, Washington. For a few days he was m prison with Mrs. Surratt prior to her removal to the penitentiary (the arsenal building) in Washington. While in the old Capitol Mr. Ford came in contact with the witnesses ainst Mrs. Surratt Weichman and Lloyd and was, by what he heard from them, convinced of Mrs. Surratt's innocence of any knowledge or complicity with the assassination of President Lincoln. Mrs. Surratt and Weich man and Lloyd were strangers to Mr. Ford at the time. Both Weichman and . Lloyd were conspicuous in their ex pression of terror. The latter said he had been threatened with torture and intimated that he had to say what he did against Mrs. Surratt to secure relief. Mr. Ford declared that the memory of his contact with these two men, without whose testimony there was no shadow of a crime against Mrs. Surratt, made her execution a fearful horror. Mr. Ford made strenuous efforts to have her sentence commuted and appealed directly to President Johnson by letter. Mr. Ford always contended and cited evidence in his publish ed articles to show that Judge Holt, as judge advocate-general, had not presented to President Johnson a recommendation of mercy in Mrs. Surratt's case which had been signed by five members of the military commis sion before which she was tried. Mr. Ford attended the trial of JMrs. Surratt and afterward stated it was the unanimous opin ion of those with whom he dis cussed the subject that her ankles were manacled. Other prisoners were handcuffed and allowed to remain so in the presence of HIS WORK LIVES AFTER HIM in The memorial for George Wil liam Curtis proposed by the Curtis Memorial Association is so modest that it can hardly fail of accomplishment. It is the foundation of a perpetual lec tureship in connection with some university, and the placing of a portrait bust somewhere in New York. The themes of the lectures will be good citizenship and the high ideals of a free people-r-subjects that were dear to his soul and illustrated by his life and writings. When times are out of joint, we feel the need of such instruc tion. In our population are dis cordant elements, naturalized citizen ing of the institutions he assails. And there are some natives the depths of ignorance. We must teach them that while they enjoy greater blessings and higher privileges than in any other country, there are also duties to be discharged and laws to be obeyed. Lectures on good citizenship cannot fail of good results and the future will bring forth good fruit. Enlightenment of mind and conscience is needed to keep universal suffrage from being a failure. Thousands of men and women throughout the United States de light in the wit and wisdom and tender grace of the Easy Chair, and "Prue and I" are firside friends. They will be happy to contribute to this Memorial, in recognition of the large soul, wide sympathy and unselfish aims, that made George William Curtis "a son-kissed man that lived above the fogs." THEN AND NOW. fore seven o'clock, His death! way or even a more humane way! present, and they will be tempo of carrying on war against China ramy lwsrrea m ayracuse THE POPS' FIACO. What They did in Raleigh Yester-day. (Special to The Arous.) Raleigh, N. C. Aug. 1. The People's Party State con vention to-day nominated W. T. Faircloth, of Goldsboro, for Chief -Justice; D. N. Furches, Walter Clark and H. G. Connor, for Associate Justices; and W. H. Worth for Treasurer. The nominations were made without requiring the nominees to endorse or accept the plat form. ' Third Judicial District. Rocky Mount, Aug. 1.- The Third Judicial convention met here to-day and nominated Hon. Jacob Battle for Judge, and John E. Wo5dard, the present incum bent, for Solicitor of this district, The meeting was very harmoni ous. ' The Perfume of Violets The purity of the lily, the glow of the Taf, and the Cash of Hebe combine in Ponn' wendrous Pov?d;r. has cast a gloom over the com munity, for nearly all loved him. May the Most High be with his family, be a husband to the widow and a father to the father less children. Crops in this section are fine so far; but the people seem depressed. That may be owing to their financial condition and the slow and tardy way in which Congress legislates in giving re lief to the mass of the people, if such a thing can be . done by legislation. Anyway the people heve been looking that way for promises made to be fumlled. Most of our Southern members have stood up manfully for the rights of their constituents,; and have done all in their power for the people and to redeem their pledges. We are more deter mined than ever to fight for the principles of Democracy" that gave to America its proudest title and made the people sovereigns. To your tents, Oh, Democrats! Unfurl the banner of Democracy, and under its proud and stain less folds, as true patriots and lovers of liberty, make one grand rally and fight in the party for the people, and for those principles which ; have so often led the people on to victory and glory, so that when future his tory shall be written, on its high est scroll and fairest page shall be inscribed the vigorous and manly fight made by Democrats for a pure, simple Democratic form of government, outside of which there is no hope for the than by killing as many Chinese soldiers as possible. The only advantage .which China appears to possess- over Japan in the contest for influence in Corea is the advantage of numbers. Army for army, the Japanese would prove the better soldiers all the time." but China has infinite hordes, a vast barbaric y reserve, that she can continue to pour over the frontier. " Human life counts for little in China, where people die by thousands in fire and flood, plague, pestilence and famine, and are never; missed, and Japan's best chance of suc cess seems to lie in a short, sharp and decisive campaign that will, put her in control in Corea before the Chinese can overwhelm it or British commer cial interests interfere. ? 1 4 It is a very interesting, tjuarrel as it stands, and if these two na tions can be left to fight it out unhindered the result is likely to prove of value to -the world at large. As between the two, Ja pan is certainly entitled to our sympathies, and we do not think the less of her if she should fight a little more fiercely than strict humanitarians. ; approve. Criticism on this score comes with poor grace from the British, when we recall the methods of warfare they have pursued in the East. The United States are happily in a position to keep out of the entanglement, but we ought to insist that the j apanese shall have a fair field., They will be ter. removed here la- Sheriff James II. Grant, declines the Renomination for Sheriff of Wayne County. To the Editor Goldsboro Argus: Having heard my name men tioned in connection with the office of Sheriff for the ensuing two years, 1 take this occasion to say to my friends that I am not a candidate for renomination. I am deeply sensible of the great favors u which have been repeatedly conferred upon me, and shall always be grateful to my county friend's evidence of confidence and respect, - . - ' But in view of all the circum: stances, I consider that I am'act ing in good faith, and for the best intei e 3t of the Democratic party, in not being a "candidate for the nomination for the office of Sheriff of Wayne county The Tariff Matter. Washington, Aug. 2. When the tariff conference broke up this afternoon the House mem bers reported to their friends that substantial progress was be ing made, but as usual declined to state in what particulars. One of the- House conferees said to day that an agreement on coaL iron ore and sugar would certain ly be reached either Saturday or Monday next. One of the Senate conferees said to-day that the bill is now in such shape that an agreement can be reached very speedily if the House wishes it, or; the whole bill may be defeated if the House insists upon it. The House caucus is off for the present. Mr. Holman stated to-day that so long as the con ferees report substantial prog ress in the settlement of their differences, there is no necessity for the call. A caucus will be held only when it is apparent that the representatives of the two Houses are in a deadlock which can only be broken by instruct ine the House conferees as to their duty in the matter. The Kinston Free Press father and grand parents of Mr Noble,' of this county lived re markablv long lives. His father lived 84 vears: one of his grand Again thanking the people for fathers lived 85 years, the jother i i i -i -i ii . t tneir Kinaness in ;u b past, auu with the assurance of my best ef forts to advance our cause in the ensuing election. i I remain their obliged friend, s " Jas. H. Grant, ISP'Wilmington 1 Messenger and J Goldsboro Headlight please copy. f nil if Httle ftmrtamtMve n mtfttai Work for tin, hy Ann lIT AoMin, kTxa, and Jno. Hxm, Tolcdn, Ohio. ! not tit. Ye th work mwA Ittf rintwrs v Mttlv rami ftaw t IVftdftT. Aller. W bIioot ro haw ihI Mart ym. Can wrfc hHiit tla rail tit ttma. Rlf noaty fr wrfc ca. Failure mknowi arooatpf thtvm. 75 vears: one grandmother bo vears. the other 84 years. The ages of the five added make 413 -" Newborn Journal : Mr. T. E Hage who moves to Newborn this fall to carry on -a poultry business with Mr. Wm. Dunn seems to be getting his stock down in installments. Another supply of half grown chickens arrived last night from Salem for their vards here. - The chick ens were - "of several . leading breeds, but Brown leghorns pre dominated udge Holt." TRINITY' NEW PKEIDE.Vr. The trustees of Trinity College yesterday elected Prof, John C. Kugo, of the faculty of Wofford College, to succeed Dr. John P. Crowell, resigned. Prof. Kilgo comes to Trinity with the high est recommendations, He has been filling the same chair in Wofford that William Wallace Duncan filled before his election to the bishopric, and a chair that has been filled by men of the highest capacity and require ments, ard the President of the college states that Prof. Kilgo has measured fully up to the standard, Bishop Duncan says -that Wofford can hardly afford to give up Prof. Kilgo. Prof. Kilgo will have the hearty, earnest co-operation of all the friends of Trinity College. Trinity will perhaps enter upon new era of progress and pros perity. With a strong man at the head of the college it should forge ahead and take its place in the front ranks of education m North Carolina. Durham has reason to be proud of Trinity. Durham Globe. Concord Standard According to the measurement of the rain fall Monday evening, as secured from Dr. Ghbson, there were 208,544,912 gallons of water fell inside the corporate limits of Concord, or there were over 4,000,000 barrels of over fifty gal lons each. The rainfall was 3 inches. ' Elizabeth City Economist: G. A. Mebane, a'Bertie county ne gro, - who was somewhat notor ious there as a crooked Republi can politician, is in trouble for having obtained money - from Northern men upon false pre tences, for educational purposes. An agent was here last week to search up Mebane's ugly record." Mebane was an oily Slick Peter, very plausible, very loquacious and very presumptious. Or, Miles' Nerve Plasters 25c. at all druggists. The Days when Jarvis Consented o he Stoning of Vance. In the history of North Caro linians, in public life, no man has presented a spectacle so humiliat ing to the State as ' is manifest from the present aspect of Govi ernor Elias Carr's Senator the Hon. Thomas Jordan Jarvis; In the contest pending between Ransom and Jarvis, The Argus frankly admits a preference for the candidacy of the former! However, until now, The Argus has been mindful of an apparent degree of fitness in Senator Jar vis, should he so shuffle his tenure as to become the success sor of Ransom instead of Vance. But, now, candor persuades the admission that our value of Gov ernor Carr's Senator has been an overestimate. In the many, very many letters which Governor Carr's Senator has written for publication, he has shown an eagerness for the retention of office, so immodest, so intensely selfish, and, withal, so unrepresentative of the fore most men of the great Demo cratic party as to markedly dis tinguish the fact that J arvisism, in the opinion of Governor Carr's Senator, should dominate the more vital questions of State and Federal politics. Soon after passing to the Sen ate, Mr. Jarvis, in . one : of his letters, said, substantially, that the issue was not what men were to be chosen as Senators, but that the saving of the State to the Democracy was the overshadow ing issue. Since then, in singu lar ccntrast, he has asseverated that the Senatorial issue cannot be kept from ; the canvass, and, going yet further, he declares that it is not 'desirable" that it should be eliminated Then, to controversially, project his can didacy, he implores that those traditions and customs of the party, by which heretofore he has been so signally honored, be now overturned, and that the rotten, unrepresentative primary system, which in South Carolina, after resulting indirectly in the over-running of the superb, chiyalric Wade Hampton, puked up the infamy oE Tillmanism, be also adopted as the rule and guide in North Carolina. This State wants and needs less pontics to disturb the, nor mal conservative poise . of its people. But Governor Carr's Senator insists, for the sake of his august self, that , we supple ment our official - elections by another perturbing factor ran unofficial vote- in short, the bal lot of the primary, where, in view oi the fact that plural ities instead of majorities ma rule, turbulent minorities seek refuge and hope for success in the fractional divisions of major ities. In one of the earlier epistles of Governor Carr's Senator he confesses that had not the execu tive of the State stretched forth a hand to deflect the descending course of Vance's mantle, it would have fallen, in direct and natural descent, athwart the shoulders of a Western Demo crat. But, in the same letter, he promises to restore the usurped garment to a rightful heir when be shall have been successful in procuring for him self the duplicate now worn by Senator Ransom. But in another epistle he says that he will cheer fully support and abide by can didates selected by means of the primary,-no matter "from what section they may be chosen;" his eagerness being so overreaching as to persuade him to qaulify his former declaration The recently and thereby place himself in an knows noth-1 attitude where he may run with or against Ransom. 4 'Anything to beat Grant," was the slogan of the Blaine Republicans in a memorable contest. "Anything to elect Jarvis," is the shibboleth of Jarvis in the present contest. But the sorriest aspect of Gov ernor Carr's Senator is his pitia ble attitude when invoking the shades of the dead, to save him from the possible onslaught of the living. "Twice within the short space of ten days he, by public outcry, has summoned Vance from the cerements of the grave. Shrewdly drawn into a controversy with Mr. Watt, a usually careful and always bril liant correspendent of the Char lotte Observer, he states that, if Vance did not escape the criti cism of Mr. Watt, he, (Jarvis,) may not hope to elude the same fate, and in a letter to Mr. Cald well, the editor of the Observer, he amplifies the statement. The writing of the letter to Mr. Caldwell is a feeble and ridicu lous attempt to imitate Vance. Those familiar with phases of recent political events will easily recall that Mr. Caldwell edito rially criticised Senator Vance for recognizing the Alliance as a legitimate factor in politics. Sen ator Vance, seeking to sustain his position, wrote an open letter to Mr. Caldwell. The letter was caustic and independent. It al most makes one laugh to note the fact that on the 30th ultimo, Governor Carr's Senator, monkey-like, penned a virulent epis tle to this same Mr. Caldwell. Governor Carr's Senator in his letter to Mr. Caldwell works out for himself a martyrdom which he alleges Vance suffered; noting that he, too, is sustaining, as best he can, an attack from the correspondent who assailed Vance. When Senator Vance insisted that theHichmond and . Danville corporation i comply with the original charter of the Western North Carolina Railway, and at once project its main branch as required by that charter, he was opposed by Jarvis, Andrews and Schenck, whether rightfully or wrongfully, it is not our prov ince to now discuss. But the fact remains that by Andrews and Schenck, the colleagues of Jarvis in this. matter,, Vance was attacked in the public prints as no man .was ; ever assailed in North Carolina. Did Jarvis pro test? No. These letters, inferen tially a defence of Jarvis and ex plicitly a denunciation ofVance, were written in the days Jbefore Jarvis, bidding farewell to the Richmond and Danville, became even temporarily the attorney of the Coast : Line. Then Jarvis stood by, holding the raiment, while stones were cast at Vance. Then Vance must be stoned that Jarvis might live politically. But, to-day, when J arvis is pricked he shrieks for the illustrious dead to save him from the fate which either with the assent of Jarvis, or certainly without his dissent, was entailed on Vance, and, ap parently, that i he, Jarvis, might be vindicated and , sus tained in the railway . policy which he as Governor . had. de termined for North Carolina. Were it not that . the memory of him who is peculiarly North Carolina's distinguished dead is too solemnly sacred, and, that the dignity of Democracy is too aspir ingly lofty to be thus triffled with, it would be very funny, indeed, to witness Governor Carr's Sen ator awkwardly stretching his legs to plant his feet in the foot steps of the now dead giant.. . ! Cavat; and Tmde-Mrfc obtained and U Fm- , ' ent business conducted for Moocratc 1 , ovorrtciOPPofem(U.a. FurxHTOmct ! , nd w cd secure jpatentia leas time Uuu tauac j 1 remote from Washington. -' ' ! ; i Scad model, drawing or photo., with deserip- i tioo. We advise, if patentable or not, free ef ' Ichargo. Our feen.it due till patent Is secured.' i A PaMFMurr.. " How to Obtain Patents," srita (cost or same in tha U. S, and foreign countries ; sent free. Address, i i C.A?OttOV7&Gd.i it r It n ! if 4 u .it i H u in : f . r - i ! 1 1 DO
Goldsboro Weekly Argus (Goldsboro, N.C.)
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Aug. 9, 1894, edition 1
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