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j-t it; NE.tS;AND ObSERVEK. 40BI4WKD' pULY (iXCIPT MoKDaY) AND WCKXT. i BtTHE NEWS & OBSERVER CO UHor. mall gostpald. 7 00 M 1 T 1.S8 n Ho name ntrd without payment, and no pa par teat alter tbe expiration of. time paid for. THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1888. lETIOi ItATIC NOMINEES. KLKCTION,' VK8DAY,' If (Ttmber Oth. LAflOXAl. TICKET. nnivll.lIT . r GROflR CLEVELAND, f Stw irk. M tUri-rUKSlDEIT : ALLfcS G. TI1URMAN, : t of Ohio. I FOB ELEGTOliS Statk at Lahob: 1 1 ALJ Hril) M. WAnnELL,oI Now Hanover.l ,FRE0EKtCK5f. STRUDWKK, ol OranRe, - District Electors: j?"lhir.3oilS K. WOODARIVot Wirm. 1 3D Dit -CHAllLKS B. AVCtH'K, bl Wayne. th Disfi-KDSVAKD-W. I'OU, Jr.oIJobnston. TK DisT .'SAMUEL .f.TEMBERTON, of Stanly TTH-lMst. Lf.JiOY C.CAl.DWKIiL, of Iredell. LrHlwT. TH.0MASM. VANCK. .of CaldwcU. itu UiSTir- ! i- : iroB oortENOB : DANIEL (i. FOWLE, :' "' of Wake. FOrt LIEUT. GOVEBNOB : THOMAS M. HOLT, i ;of Alamance. i For Associate Justice of the Su preme Court pto fill the vacancy caused by: the death of Thomas 8. Ashe: . JOS. J. DAVIS, ; of Franklin. I For Associate" Justices of the Su preme Court under amendment to the Constitution: JAMES E. SHEPHERD, : Of Beaufort. ALPHONSO C. AVERY, of Burke. FOR fICBETABY OF BTATI: WM. L. SAUNDERS, of Orange. JOB TBEASUBEB: DONALD W. BAIN, of Wake. f 08 8DPKBISTtNDE5T Of PUBLIC IK8TBC0 I i i: TIOH : I SIDNEY M. FINGER. i I of Catawba. " i fob 'attorney gixeral: THEODORE. F. DAVIDSON, of Biinoombe. I; I I ; fob auditor: Q. W SANDERLIN, , i I of Wayne. FOll CONGRESS. FOCBTH DI8TBI0I! B. H. BUNN, ;i of Nash.' j Master Workman Powdekly advises . a boycott of coffee to offset an alleged 'corner in that article. The Paaf Presbyterian committee oat woman'! work recommend the enrollment of deaconesses. f" Judge Tqubgee is to take a lead ink part in the Chautauqua-Assembly tt s year." t He straggles deperately vossep nimseii Deiore me puDuo. . ;Niw Yofijt'g regular mail carrier system comprises a force of 768 men, which is shortly to be increased to a total of 1,018. This gives an idea of ' the immonsfl size ol the metropolis. Tai St. Louis elopers have been caught. They were both arrested in Kansas City, Moore' charged with grand larceny, though no charge was made against Mrs. Norton. - . , m , . Cot. Docxxbt will not make the too? of the tState this summer with Ja4ge Fowle if he can help it. He considers it politically healthier to only teem to want to go with him -whe ip reality he dodges him. ., ' ; " i A kabbud'e has been arranged be tween the oldest sister of the Duke of Norfolk and a practicing physician of tOndon. i Thus does the demo cratic leavehf work in the effete mon archies &c, to the obliteration of lines of caste. I has evn reached London this certainty of' Cleveland's re-election. The'Poat of the 9th expresses the opinion, it is cabled, that the Presi 'dentwill be re'.urneJ to office. There is novmis taking the signs of the times- Wbat ! a Dockery and afeardt Butt bless; his soul, Chairman Whitaker bjs ihe eball not be harmed, and . neither Davidson, Finger nor Fowle will bake unfair advantage of him, he may e sure, for they are honorable men.; Howjsilly to torture himself with the hobgoblin he raises up for pqliticaHfcffect. Oe. Hasbisos has received an other;, delegation. Michigan people made a call, on him and ho told them he counted on their State in tho com . ing election.- It woul J b3 well for him to revifje such figuring. With the high tariff attitude of his party Michigan is iiot at all unlikely to cast her votes for Cleveland, as she ought to do l she wishes to advance her own inteiests. I altogether irrelevant to talk of free trie when the Democratic proposition! is merely to reduce the tariff ritte from fin average of 47 1-10 per ceijt to an average of 40 per cent. Whatever may be said for or against free tride, tie question is not up for diejeussionV; Let us s i k to the .im portant mitter in band steppage of the; wirplui md reduction of taxation to reasonable rate. DOCKEBTf TrCIfJIICAl. MAWOEC- Col. Rookery's efforts to get th benefit of an apparent desire for a joint canvass with Judge Fowle ancf at the sstae time really to avoid meet ing his eloquent competitor are very amusing indeed. He will have this oonaolaUion after his defeat in No vember.; He has at least afforded hi fellow citizens some fun. His utter anoes and published letters al show" that his pretended desire for a joint debate is a pretence merely.The effort to make things appear differ ently is "technical manoeuvring" of a sort that does credit to the invent tive genius Of the Radical candidate but that will serve to damn him in the eyes of the public with respect to th matter of a joint debate nevertheless! It is -natural that Ool. Dockery should not Wish to meet Judge Fowlejj for, as an intelligent citizen of thtj State, he knows the eloquence" and ability of the Democratic leader and he must realize therefore that meet ing him would be very much like tackling a-buzz saw. -Still he ehoultj not trr to make it appear that h wants to meet him. The people like honesty and frankness and "technical manoeuvring" like this has a tendeo! ov to diiffUBt them. The mere p"rj- tence of desire for a meeting is to clearly apparent. The accompanying shaking m the boots of Candidate Dockery at the thought of such a meeting in reality is too plainly visi ble. Tlie dodging of the issue plajor ly put iff too funny for anything bit it will nbt help to advance the cause of the Republican nominee. Col. Dqckeby's pretence of fe4t that unfair advantage would be taken of him in a joint canvass because it was arranged before it was known whether, he was going to run or not, that Messrs. Finger and Davidson should speak with Judge Fowle at certain appointments already an nounced;' is its discreditable to him as his pretended wish to meet Judge Fowle when it is clear that he desires nothing so much as to keep well out of the Way of Judge Fowle's virtu ous indignation and eloquence in be half of Democratic principles, lie shows bisl lack of frankness here again. He knows with whom .he has to deal. He knows he has to do with gentlemen He must be aware, therefore, that no unfair advantage would be taken of him under any circumstances. His action in the matter, as in other matters, we are afraid, must be put down to "technical manoeuvring." He is dodg ing again- ; Chairman Whitaker as sures him, however, of absolute and complete safety. He has reason to be afraid in truth, of course, of both Messrs. fFinger and Davidson, who are powers on the stump aa-they are able officers of the State, as he hs reason to be afraid of Judge Fowle, but he it assured that no harm will be done him beyond showing the in adequacy of his cause to the needs Of the people and his own sheer dema goguery. More than this he could not askr Let him try to be mote frank; let him make his pretences less prominent; ; let him "technically tn nceuvre"! less or he will be consigned to ignominy by the people long before his time, that time being the - frit Tuesday in November. f I It is a fine illustration of the sinu ous methods of the Radical party that in 1881 lit; wooed the "Antis" aqd sought to entice them into i's em brace by means of the "Liberal" movement, while'today Col. Dockery, and Mr. Pevereux, who appears to be the Colonel's "adviser," as the "Attor. VG - D - rid" in expectancy should be, are trying to dove-tail in with Mr. Walker and the Prohibition party, i . 'And, indeed, Judge Russell openly advises that the Radicals should co alesce with the Prohibitionists, and as we understand him, have a coin mon ticket, just as they had with the "Liberals'! in the days when Dockery was beaten for Congressman-at-large, and York Was made so tired by (Jov. Scales. . ! i ; ' v ; This disposition to turn from; one sweetheart to another is rather ridic ulous. Indeed we hazard nothing In saying that the Prohibitionists will be disgusted with this attempt to rope them in, now that the Radicals find that they have nothing more to gain from parading over the country in the disguise of : "Liberals." They say that politics ;make8 strange bed-fellows; but the idea of the "Liberals"; of: a few years ago proposing a union' with the Prohibitionists ! 1 That beats the record. Col. Dockeby resorts to further "technical manoeuvring" when Le lugs candidate Walker into the mat ter of the joint canvass between him self and Judge Fowle, He is very careful of tli9 third party's interests) but to & man up 1 a tree it appears that Mr. Walker - is himself : in Republican interests and it is hot strange therefore that Republican candidate Dockery would like to hive him along in any political contest He is likely to Work in ihe interest of Republicanistn. Indeed ho is now working in the In terest of the Republican party , as a matter of fact, whether ostensibly or otherwise. Dockery very naturally wishes sttfh an ally. He lugs him in for political effect. He brings him in "by the ears," as the saying goes. He, well knows that in any contest with Candidate Walker he would simply be opposing a Republican side-show- He" technically manoeuvres" well, but the people as a rule see through bis insincere purposes and will condemn i. ; .- i: i : r .i , r- The proposition to supply head stoneB for the North Carolina heroes whose remains lie entombed in the beautiful cemetery at Richmond 7 is one that will appeal to the sympathies of us all. It ought to be done. It ought to be done by the people, with their mites, rather than by largo do nations from a few. lie understated that live hundred dollars will Bujlice. Let the Vork now begun be at once completed. Let subscriptions be male at oncej sending th& money to Col Anderson, president of the Citizens' Bank here, who will acknowledge tin the columns of this paper We hope , hh Tbe hat every town and every coun'.y wiii represented by liberal donations until the above amount is raised. tabiff i beforh. IptMk f Mam. Chu. W. HClunmjr, of Klrtl ( iriillu, In Huh of Hprr - antmUies,'WlKedajr, May 16, lHf. The House being in committee of the whole House on the state of the Union, and having under consider., tioh the bill (H, 11. 9051) to reduc taxation and simplify the laws in re lation to the. collection of the revenue, Mr. McClammy Bald : Mr. Chairman : The questions of revenue, of how to get the necessary funds to bear the expenses of the government, has at all times been exceedingly interesting. The object of ; all government is to secure the best interests of the governed. X'or this have men banded together into societies, organized government, made constitutions and framed lawe, the object being to promote the gen eral welfare and secure a community ia which individual prosperity and happiness would be the basis of gov- ernmsntal strength and durability. Aad so our forefathers, fleeing from the wrongs and oppressions of the Old World, came to this new conti nent and settled into communities and colon:e?, which in due time were formed into counties , and States, and one grand f government, the United States of America. And so the gov ernment was formed and framed for the protection and benefit of each in dividual, as well as for the protection and benefit of the whole. And thus our fathers started on a grand and; mighty ca eer, after a ter-iible-and exhausting struggle of sev en long apd weary years for inda pendence. It was never their pur pose t& flee from one oppression to be sufferers and slaves of another. The bloody struggle had united the peo ple in one patriotic brotherhood, and the white-winged messengers of peace found no sectional lines stretch ing from east to west to divide and mar and checker this glorious coun try, the fortitude and courage of whose sons had plucked liberty from the hands of the despot, and forced the Kingdom of Great Britain to pro claim the colonies "Free and inde- Sendent States." And .then "in or er to form a more perfect union, es tablish justice, inaure domestic tran quility, provide for the common de fense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty," did our fathers "ordain and establish this constitution for the United Sta es of Amerca;" "to promote the genera! welfare, and not create and protect monopolies and trust combination to enrich the few and enslave and nn poverish the many; to protect all, and not enforce a condition in which a few would become the wealthy class and the multitude the poor class. This was not intended to be a govern ment where the word "caste should live and have a place, but a free gov ernment, where the poorest may be come rich, and the highest and most distinguished place and office tbe legitimate ambitions of the sons of toil who follow the plow or drive the jack plane or wield the trowel. And if the true-spirit of the government is ever destroyed, if liberty is finally lost, it will be because the people will have bold their birthright for a mess of pottage. I will read with great pleasure the able message of the President of the United States addressed to tbe two Houses of Congress at the beginning of this session, and sir, I felt a growing interest in my heart and recognized the fact that the country had once more a thief Executive who felt an in terest in the whols country, who re cognized himself to be President of the whole country, uninfluenced by sectional ill-will, animatod by a pa triotic desire to promote the beBtN in terests of all the people, who early calls the attention of Congress and the whole country," not to how best the country may be kept in continued discord, nor how best the strifes and hatreds of sectional animosities may be inflamed and kept burning, but how best peace, prosperity, and hap piness may be secured and perpetu ated to the people of a glorious and harmonious government after the clouds of civil war have rolled away and the sunshi'ne of peace and kind ness .once more united friend with friend and section wilh.sect on.Tboee dark and bloody and unhappy dys are gone, and I hope forever. And as the signs'and symbols of the hard strife are fading away from our memories we gladly unite in the hearty wish for the prosperity and coo-tmued welfare of the wnole country. And for one I shall stand by and. sustain that policy which may be best calculated to' preserve the peace and secure and promote the happiness and prosperity of the people. Questions of finance, of political economyand governmental adminis tration confront us, and as lawmakers, representatives of the people, we must address ourselves to these grave and great questions. It may not he expected that partisan spirit has ceased to exist, but hope revives when we witness, as we often do at this capitol and upon this floor, how Rep resentatives on all sides, if not agree ing in all thiDgs, agreeing at least to move steadily on for what is believed to b the best for the whole country. vAs for myself, Mr. Chairman, I am here with no other purpose in view than to represent my constituents faithfully, and secure for them, so far as my own humble efforts ran be ef fective, the passage of such law's as will enhance the welfare of my con stituents, the welfare of nty State, and the welfare of the whole country. I have given attention to such mat ters as I have thought would best 1 ... . Ii -I m secure tnese results, ana n my voice has not been nearu upon every ques tion which has challenged the atten tion of the House, I have felt no less interest and given them no loss labor and attention. liut, sir, alter all, we Lave as yet accomplished but little for the relief of the people, and 1 have thought it were high time we were giving atten tiou to the necessities of the hour What .has yet been done for the relief of tbe tax-burdened people ? What has been done to carry out the rtcoui menuauonB oi me i resident xor a re lief from the dangers and oppressions of an pvtoiflowihg Treasury 1 What has been done to-remove from the weary necks of the people the now unnecessary and oppressive war taxes whicb tortbi8 day, Dearly twenty -five years alter the close of the war, hang ill gloom over the people like a mis erable nightmare, attacking labor, de Stroying the fruits of industry, ex handing further the already overflow ing and Swollen pockets of the rich, and breaking down the hopes of the laboring classes as the rich grow richer and tbe poor become poorer T Sir, visions of horror rise up before me as I lock in the face of the uncertain future, and for one I am here to work and to vote for each and every measure which mill restore ' to the people prospeity at home. And I am ready now tovote for the removal of these high and unreasonable and oppres sive tae?, and assist as . best I may all effofts, come they from whatever quarter they may, to a return to the times when capital and labor shall ba reekorfd to their true relation of twm sisters in th s common inheritance of the grat Union of our fathers. V'e acknowledge no authority or claim frbm aey quarter or section of supe riority and I say to Congress and to the Chief Executive, give all the peo ple a fair and equal chance. Mr. Chairman, time will not serve me to investigate and canvass in a speech'at this time a'l the multifarious questions involved in the bi .1 now be fore us. But, sir, I have examined the bill in detail, and I Bhall cheer fully support ft. It is a moderate bill. It does not cut down at one lick all;, tbe inequalities of the present tariff Irw. It was i bought wise to bo legislate that business, now supported and maintained by the kindness and partialities and favoritism of the gov ernment, as seen and felt' under the existing law, should have time enough to be warned that the days of their infancy, have about expired and they must prepare to walk alone. bolero 1 enter further the discui jt , . . sion ot trie lniustice ana uniairueHS of a tat upon the necessaries of life generally called the tariff, I wish to conbidbr another species of tax, in vented and brought into being by the Republican party, as is said by them, to meet the necessities of immediate war and procure the means of sup porting the government in war between the States, called the "ar : of the Rebellion, lo raise ar sufficiency of funds to carry on that war it became necessary, in the opinion of those then in control of the: Congress, to' pass what was called, the internal revenue law. Under this act incomes, and banks, and matches, whisky and brandy, ale, beer, cigars, snuff, tobacco, etc., were taxed and a large amount of revenue was collected, which at that time was of gret necessity to meet the exi gencies of civil War. Thee weie essentially war taxes, and should have been discontinued as soon as the necessity which created them had pa"586i( away. Ihey were willingly borne, when necessary, because the people recog nized the necessities of the govern ment; bat they were never popular, and as'the Republican parly held on to them after the war was over and used the thousands of internal reve nue officers, who like locusts filled all the land, as instruments in the hauds of that party to terrorize .the people, to spy upon them and entrap them in all kinds of charges of vio lations of the law and through and by such influence and such prosecu tions nd persecutions control the elections and perpetuate the contin uance of that party in power, the law i t-elf soon became to be despised and bated by the people, and a uni versal desire was for the repeal of these odious laws- The war was over and the Republicans were in power.; in every branch of the government. Did they repeal them ? No ! In the Forty-seventh Congress the Republicans were in full posses sion of the government and controlled every branch of the government ex ecutive, legislative and judicial both house of Congress and the Presi dent. Mr. Chairman, then they had a fair chance to repeal the internal revenue- Did they do sot Did they introduce one bill to do so ? They were m full power; did they take the tax oS of -brandy and whisky and other distilled spirits ? No, sir, no! Did they then take the tax off or moke one step to take it oil of tobac co ? No, sir, no ! What did the Republicans in that Congress do towards lightening the burden of the tax payers then? Listen, ye oppressed tax payers; the Repub lican party then in full power took the tax off of banJts and bank eapitai and inoomes, and never said a wo.d about removing the tax on distilled spirits aad tobacco. If the Republi can party was the friend of the people who suffer from these onerous and disagreeable taxes, why did it not re move them' in the Forty seventh Con gress, when in f u 1 power? There can be but one answer, Mr. Chair man. . The Republican party was not in sympathy with the people, not in sympathy with those who had to meet these hard taxes, and only passed such lawsas would relieve the wealthy thebapks and those who had large incomes and gave not a vote k re lieve ike oppressed or remove these hard Jaws from the necks of the poor. . Bui that party now is moving to lift these taxes. Ah ! Mr. Chairman, they pretend to be so doing. Fol lowing the lead of one who sits on th'B stde of this Chamber, they pro tend to be marshaling their forces to repeal these laws, but, sir, judging them, by the past, I assert that this is a pure species of political hypocrisy, a mere trick to deceive the people. 1 charge that at this day they are in favor." of heaping up the taxes cn spirits and tobacco, and would only vote to take them off in order to keep the tiU up on breadstuffs, clo hing, and the real necessities of life. I sir, myself, would vote to remove t e odious tax and forever abolish it, but I inuHt a' so vote to relieve the people froi' an onerous tax on tho prime necessities of life, and while I am anxious to remove all these iuternal revenue taxes, I must say that I pre fer cheap clothes, cheap shoes, cheap hats, cheap blankets, cheap plows, cheat) hoes, cheap axes, and cheap necessaries of life to cheap whiskey. A protective tariff ia an unjust and unfair discrimiuat on by the Gov eminent in favor of one class of citi zens against another class of citizens. It is an eufo'.ced contribution in which one mi n is maio to contribute to the support of another man's busi ness; without a resulting benefit, and euuirary to the spirit and letter of our Constitution. The Govern ment baa a r ght to tax people either directly or indirectly to raise money to carry on the government, but (congress. has no r ght under the ConBtitution to fores A to support 15 in Liu business. What right has tiie government to show such diflerenee and sucb partiality as to pats a law to force one man, without alue received, to give his money to the assistance of another in his private business? And yet that is what those who advocate a protective tariff are doing, and that ris what has been forced upon the working masses and poor toilers fa. oi thee many years, until in justice and wrong come up in sighs and gptoans from the oppressed poor in a greater grief and deeper woe than es caped from the hearts of the unhappy Jews when they toiled- and endur&d Egyptian bondage. ."in at this government of th people and for the people, foremost in ti e arts and sciences and in free lawn, with a constitution the admiration of the world, declaring equal rights to alii and special privileges to none, the handy but immoital work Of those im mortal heroes who before they would Bubmit to have forced upon them a stamp tariff tax of a few pence on tea, and for the maintenance of, that right pledge! and offered up their fortunes, their sacred honor and their lives I say that we, the descendants of such a people, should come at this dav, under the cringing and whining plea of aiding and helping poor infant in fant industries, thereby soekiDg ;to grow rich by placing hard burdens, grievous to be borne, upon the necks of the poor, the toilers, the workirig- ingmen and workingwomen, and the young and tender children, who, be cause of this powerful giant infant, are ent so early to the treadmills of the machine shops instead of to school, that the vat investments in manufac tories of affluent c rporations might be sustained and upheld in their al ready too great influence and power these crimes, I say, are enough to shock, to startle the people frbm their lethargy to rise up in mass and drive these would be lords and mas ters from their already fortified cas ties. I have not time, Mr. Chairman, to call the attention of the committee and the country, in detail, to the de mands of those who are seeking power and influence from the general government- with which to opprtess the people. I can only call at'ention to a few necessaries, the markets-of which are under the control and in fluence of the protectionists. Sut h articles as sugar, salt, wool and woolen goods and wearing apparel, blankets, hats, Bhoes, etc Under the' plea of aiding infant in dustries the tools of the workingman are sold at high prices to benefit the corporations which manufacture them. Spades and shovels and shoes have to pay a tariff rate of about 35 per cent in order that the same articles made here may be forced upon tLe men who are compelled to use them. So, aho, scythes, sickles and reaping hooks are made by the pres ent tariff 35per cent higher :o the purchaser as the law now stands; screws of iron, called wood screwn, cross-cut saws taxed in 1883 8 cents per lineal foot, and mill pit and drar, over 9 inches wide, 15 cents per lineal foot, and hand saws over 21 inches in length, 1 per dozen and 30 per cent additional. Lst all the workers in wood hear this. Axes, hatchets and adzes, a tariff tax of 35 per cent., drawing knives 21 per cent, squares in iron or steel 6 cents per pound and per cent additional, and iron squares marked on one side 3 cents per pound and 30 per cent addi tional. I call the attention of the commit tee and of the people to these high taxes put upon these necessary tools of the mechanics and (laboring men. Before a man can start put on his work to support himself and 'family he must go to a store and purchase these tools of his trade', and pay into the hands of the manufacturers an extra price above what he might get them far, in order that the manufacturer may receive his protected blessings from a one-sided and partial admin istration of the government. This, Mr. Chairman, is Republican rule Republican methods of dealing with the workirgman. If we look to an earlier day, when it was said American manufactories were young and needed assistance, you tiill see that our earlier statesmen did not. make the burdens of the people so hard to be borne. Wool and woolen goods unmanu factured bad no protection from 1789 to 1816, and not until March 3, 1857, dik this industry seem to need pro tection, but was absolutely free up to that time, and then a tariff of 21 per cent was levied. The act of June C, 1872, reduced the du'y 10 per cent, and the act of March 3, 1875, re enacted the duties to what they wer prior to the act of June G, 1872, and, Mr. (Juairman, as ;he law now is the people are unmercifully taxed to sup port these woolen manufactoriea. Blankets, 1'aucol good, all goods with wool as part of the tox'ure with as high a tariff as possible, so as . to amount to prohibition to the foreign manufacturer with the privilege to the home manufacturers to ask as high a price as these bloated corpora tions may agree to demand from the consumer- Ana so the poor consumer has to pay these pets of the govern ment from the shoes and socks which keep his feet from the ground to the shirts and pants and coats which cover his body, to the hat which shelters his head from the'sun and storms. These infant industiies are strong. They are seeking to be our masters, and we are nearly their slaves. We are all, with exery interest we have in life, completely dominated by the power and influence of the pro tectionists. To show, Mr. Chairman, the enor mous amount of tax the people pay, from all sources of taxation, the total amount of receipts of tbe gouernment from all directions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, was $371,103, 277 Gli. To mike this sum, this enormous drain fioin the earnings of the people, there was paid in on cus toms, or tar.ff, ,$217,28fl,893.13, and on the intern tl revenue $118,823,391 22, which makes an average duty or tax on goods imported into this coun try of 17 per cent. And of this im mense tax we paid a tax on Sugar, molasses, and sugar candy $58.016, GSu.OO Iron and steel, and inauufactures of Wool Manufactures of wool Silk l ilasi and glaswate Earthenware Hemp, juie, material for cotton bagging, and flax goods Cotton and cotton goods Lumber and rait, in iound figures 20,713,231.00 5,729,717.00 29,729,717.20 15,510,301.00 1,510,312.00 2,109,79(5.10 (1,228,310.11 1,233,599-57 1,700,000.00 Total i 115,981,773 11 1 ui'ght go on for hours and hours enumerating the articles which ;the protectionists have dominion over, and bhow how they do place heavy burdens on the people such articles of prime necessity as sugar and salt and wool and woolen (goods and wearing apparel and ; blankets and hats and shoes and almost every arti cle used as necessaries of life which I are produced and manufactured in; this country. Upon what principle of right, I ask. Mr. Chairman, has a man w l:o rais; s !. sheep to have the goverinent use 1 j power to enable him to receive for bis i wool more th-aa it is worth in i:n I j open market? What has he done that he should be protected at the expense i i of the pooi? Will tho government make laws to keep tbe poor from be- i ing clad? Will the government to legislate that the poor whom, we are told by the great Master, we always have with u?, must suffer for ordinary raiment to protect their flesh and 6kin from the cold rains and snows and blasts of winter winds that creep through the crevices of their poorly thatched hornet! W ill tie government take sides with tbe wool trowt-rs in a controversy between .tbetn and tbe poor widow with her orphan children as to how much they shall exact fr m her to clothe the little b and girl, and assist these rich eslaSiishuieuts in grinding out of the unhappy widow hei last dollar to meet the bard uecffl sitiesof her untmppj lift' I again ask, will the government lake bides with these vast monopolies sgaiunt the poor widow with her young and tender brood, amongst theai. perhaps, boys who are to be the defenders pf this countrj' Will the government a83ist in making these boys and girlp, the children of the poor, tributary slaves and vassals of these powerful I trusts and corporationtt Mr. Chairman, I speak plainly. I use-the simplest and plainest words t which (an i-xptess the hardship of j the suffering poor, the oppressed and tax-burdened laborers and working- mem of our country; and if perchance j 1 may contribute some good 1 sha.l be isatifefied tha', iny time at thecapi tol of my country has not been ipent in vain. I want to see Congress engaged in making laws which shall ;bo equal aud just to all raou. We want no jiartiality shown by the government to a favored few. But let all men stand alike, upon their personal merits and worth, and- not a few favored at the expense of tbe many laborers of the land We can not disguise the im-A t tat a miserable and wretched discontent id now uni versal with tbe patriotic woikiugtuen of our country; and wh.Ie I am op posed to strikes and other couibinaj tions) of like cba acter, because I be lieve ucedad redrc s of their unjust grievances can not Le secured by sueh muthods, jt I do sympathize with the tff irts of Ubor to becure a just reward for toil and sweat, that moves engine?, b iilds houses, tills lands, sows seed, reclaims waste places, and fills barns and smoke houses with corn and meat. And for one, in this great struggle for bread, for life, I say to the government and to Congress, Hands off: and let the laboring man have a fair and equal chance with the capitalist, with the bondholder, the stock-broker, aud the kings of imperial corporations and trusts. If you would not sap the blood of patriotism which gives vigor and life to tbe government; if you would not destroy the love of country now so fresh and pure in the hearts of the yeomanry of our country; if you would put down a mean effort to es tablish caste in this' free country, which like some miserable wire-grass is now clogging the plowshare of la b,or, we will have no more class or sectional legislation; industry will be encouraged by laws which are equal in their burden and equal in their protection and benefits to all, the rich and the poor, the laboring men, the farmers, the mechanics, the mer chants, and the manufacturers. Then real peace will be tstabl bhed and strikes and riots will no more disturb our repose. The honest working people are tired of supporting aad gaziug st these lilies of the valley, who toil not, neither do they epin; and yet Solo mon in all h.s glor)' was not arrayed like one of them. This is a free government, and 'the people want freedom in it freedom to all, oppression to none; equally before aud in the laws to all; speciid and preferred protection aud privi leges to none. Loud and long-ccn-tiuut-d applause. J For Flrt Place. A great amount of political engineer ing will Do done by friends of candidates to secure for their man the first place on the ticket, and the best man will proba bly secure the coveted place. Then if indorsed by the majority of the people, the election is assured. Electric Bitten has been put to the front, its merits passed upon, has been indorsed, and unanimously given the first plaoe, among remedies peculiarly adapted to the relief and cure of all disease of kidneys,' liver and stomach. Electric Bitters, being guaranteed, is safe investment. Price 60c and $1 per bottle at Lee, Johnson & Co's drug store. The Republican members of the Senate finance commit toe are framing a tariff bill with fear and trembling. elerv propound Nervout Protrtion, Nrvoui cadachc. Neuralgia, Ncrvoui Weikncii, Stomach and Liver biiiuei. Rheumatimm, Dyspepaia, aad all affection of tha Kidney. WEAK NERVES PiJift'i C exert ConirovNn !i & Nerve Tonic which neTir fail. Containing Celery and (Joe a, thoce .wmdtrP.il stimulants, it speed ily curci all nervous diaord.- RHEUMATISM rj!' Celert (v.mpocnu prlfle f blood. U drives nut the lactic acid, wliiol cauws Uheumntisni, and restores the Mood, making owum to a healthy condition. Tui true remedy kr RheiuiialiiUi. KIDNEY COMPLAINTS Pitaa's Cti tRYroMPot'SD quickly rrartn.-e tho liver and kidneys to perfect heallfc. This curative power combined with ll nerve tonics, make It tho rJ&t rmd4 for all liidney complaint. DYSPEPSIA I'aise'b Cei:rv Covpo.'wd strengthens the stomach, and qiticls the nerret jf tho dices tive organs. ThU is wfcy it cures even ?he worst cases of Dyspepsia. CONSTIPATION Paisi's Celiby CoMPOUKn is not a Cathar tic. It is a laxative, giving easy and natural action to the howel. Regularity surely fol lows Its use. Recommended by profeanlonal and business men. Send for book. Price $1.00. Sold bv DnaggJsta. ttELLS, RICHARDSON ft CCv, Prop's sVyEUHOTOH, V1V r UNQUESTIONABLY THE FINEST LIGHT RICHLY PACKED Manufacture Excellence t& K & SSi 0, Materials TTtHE TANNHAECSEE BEER la brewed from tho Finest Pala Canada J I West Barley Malt and Saazor Hops, and especially recommended for 1 Its tonlo and nutritive qualltlee. It i richly packed In attractive glaea bottles for Family C. BEBONEB 6c ENOEL received TWO MEDALS at the Centennial Exhibition and wore awarded the GRAND PRIZE at the Universal Exposition In ParU, 1878. The Bergner & Engel Brewing Co SUMJIER ten riie Summer Capital by the Sea. THE ATLANTIC HOTEL, Morehead City, N. C. (Open June 1st, to Oct.r 1888.)- " Greatly enlarged and improved. Accommodations for 1 ,000 gueeto. Everything first class and rates reasonable. Write for new descriptive pamphlet. .'Sir Beermann & Cooke, Prop'rs. THE KIMBALL, ATLANTA OA., Chaa. Beermann & CO., ProprVs - CONNELLY SPRINGS, BURKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. .' MEIIONEY & BROTHER, Prppr's This remarkable Spring was opened to the public during tlie siiraim-r of by the proprietors. It is situflttld aiuotiLT Cite foot hills of the Blue hidn Mountain, hi tiftv fitif thM w. K rH u rVin- nelly Springs Station, Burke County. N . C. It is about li-oofifft above the level of the ocean, In a delightful, salubrious climate. The Hotel ac-s. commodatlons are first-class. The wondeiful curative properties of LONNBLLV SPRINOtf have al ready made it famous . as an Alkaline v ater it is equal to the celebrated Buffalo Lithia Spring ol Virginia. It cures Gravel and Gout and other depraved diseases of the sy stem dependent on the uric acid diathesis. It relieves Bright's Uisevte and cures Diabetes. Every disease of the Kidney aud Bladdar tinds reliet in Uie use of this water. It Is very efllcacious in all diseases peculiar to women. It eures Dyspepsia aud Nervous Diseases, quiets the nerves, gives peaceful sleep aad restore the viuu eueigies. as acusiyueaie water auu iouic 11 Haywood White Sulphur Springs, fNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. r WAYNBSVILLE, N. C The loveliest spot in all God's wonder land of beauty ! Nature's trundle-bed of recuperation . New 2 story brick hotel, 170 feet long, with veranda'B 12 feet wide and 250 feet long. House handsomely furnished. Everything nev?, bright and clean. Ac commodations in every department strictly first-class in every particular. About 100 rooms, including dt-svable cottages near main building. Special Arrangements will bt made for the Months of June and September. Allen & Neville, Proprietors. PUBLICAU0TI0N. AI.K OK TIIE Kingsbury Property NlUETL' OF OX Ft iKD. G RAX VI LLE CO., I fi-r' Tb' death ot Mrs. Russell Ktnu-burjy bus thrown upon the market that valuable i icce of real estate known as ibe KLhfKLI. KINGhBUKY ESTATE. Th same l.t situate in Bo feet tf the court house. In the town of Oxford, Jiranville County, North Carolina. It fronts lit. feet on Maiu (r,et, 3t0 feet cn College Mr t and 3J1 feet ouau- w street. Ulou 11 are siluatetlie hlNGSULRY MANSION house, cottar house having rooms, & store house and outbuildings. The lot unbraces some thing owr 3 ACEES OF LAM). This valuable piece of real estate will be Sold "at public auction in the town of i ford ou MUNbAY, m JULY. IS, unless the same be privately sold before tht dale aud will be sold in aluiup. When judiciously cut up about u xeeuViit building lots can be made. Terms of sale : Onei-thlrd cash, balance with s per cent interest, due in l and i years, Oonespon h uce elicited. TI108. B. VENABLE, Executor of tin wul of BumH Kingsbury. BEER EXTANT FOR FAMILY USE. Purity and Excellence of Materials in Manufacture PHILADELPHIA. A . TILFENTHAL, Agent Charleston, K C RESORTS. 55 -io: uas no eipiai. rtenu tor circular. MERONEY & BRO., Connelly Springs, Burke County, N. C. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. OT1CK OK HALE OK VALUABLE rKO-perty.-lily virtue of authority idven in three N several mortgages executed by Cornelia A. Thompson aud recorded In the Keglster's office of Wake county, In, Hook W, page i30. Book w, tiage 7, and Book 88, page 2i3 we will sell ou M., at the Court House door in tbe city of Kal elgh, a lot with the improvements thereon, situ ated ou Kayet lev lite street, In said city of Kal eigh, and known In the plan of said city as part of lot No. ioy. and more definitely desrrlbeU Dy metes and bounds in said mortgages which are hereby interred to for description, lerms of sale Cash. 1'ACE, HOLDING & HECK Attorneys for Mortgage, Bobbin and Shuttle Mills and New and Valuable Machin ery for Sale. By virtue i authority coulerrcd upon me In a eeriain deed of trust executed by tlie Durham vulen and Wooden Mills, I will sell at publie unction, on i he premises, ill Durham, N. C. oulhe 14lb day oi JULY, At eleven o'clock, a. m., the buildings, machinery, tools and out lit ol the Durham W oolcn and Wooden Mills, and the land (.twenty acres) uion which said mills are located. The mills are in guud con uiliuu, tlie machinery nearly ucw and the title un questioned l'rivate offers will be received up to day of sale 'lerms, cash, l-j six mouths, 1-3 twelve months. Kor any other i articularsi r information, call on or wiito to the undersigned at Durham, N. C J. L, W ATKINS, Trustee, AND FOK SAI.E.- un Monday. August 6th, at the Court House door in Haldol. N. C, I will sell at public outcry a tract or parrel of forty acres ol land, to be cm oil of tlie north end of a tract of b3 acres In W ake county adjoining the lands of Jdisn race's" heirs, Wyau & Taylor, Mis. Kiuabeth Mater. C. W. Williams and Kium Dunn, being (Part of the lands of the late Napoleon B. Wii iiains in t. Matthew township, bale mad Court, rendered in the speeeiai proceeding eiititieti, A. bvtue, Administrator s. A. Wil liams, et aN, No. 4GH, to make real-estate assetts. lerms of sale: One loiurih cash, residue ou a a credit of six mouths. With Intel est at per euiU Hour ol le, i'-' m. AJsD&KYr" &YVS, CvmnUtsioBWi It 4T
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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