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II !L? ?T -.T -OTH) "ini W 'inTi7i;1T;n - Ji: JHI rim i s r" i -fir 1 ! ! 5 r ESTABLISHED EST ; -Talking prohibition intone i State and free whiskey ia another has brought the Republican party '.into a desperate strait. " - . -Liwi,. tarm tor revenue "only," or; "exclusively K but "all s taxation snail be for public purpose cZvrWy Democratic Platformi -7-rShonld.' the Prohibitionists hold the (balance of power in oar H State legislature, what a nice little scheme . Would jit be for them to elect a United Statea SenatorJ - Stranger 'jhings have happened. Gi" Parties were made for the : i -'i f- ! ! i :s - : j .... . , .. 1 people, and I am unwilling, know '? ingty, to igive my assent to mens ; ures purely partisan? which' will ; sacrifice pr endanger their inter-" iests. Groveb Cleveland. j j-y-Thero are now seven regnlar ; ly liominatetf Presidential tickets in tbe field with Gen. Butler's name i on : two of them. I They are the . Democratic, Republican, Prohibi tion, I American Prohibition, Na- I tionjil, Anti-Monopoly and Green- -i back-Labor. The names of the . nominees for President in the or der! named, are: G rover Cleve- i'laud, James G. Blaine, John P.St. ;i John, !. Samuel C. Pomeroy,, Jona- 1 thaij Blahchard and . Benjamin F. Untler. r BjKot a tariff for revenue j'ouly," or "exclusively," but "all i taxation Shall be for public purposes jexchtsirelif." Democratic Platform. , The Treasurer of Chautau quo county, who has managed to get awayjwith $100,000 of the peo ple's, money, is a close friend of Lo Sessions,! of lobby figured in the gicat renown, who United States Senatorial bribery case When Sessions was in the Senate in 1S73 he got Chautauqua county exempt ed frprai toe generalnCountiy Treas 'urers' act" to prevent stealing, and his friend Sperry has now managed to 'fbag a cool hundred thousand. This' beats lobbying. . ! Parties were made for the people, and I am unwilling, know ingly! to! give my assent to measures'- purely partisan, which Trill sacrifice ' esU.f or endanger their inter Geovee Cleveland. ; -4-The National Prohi bi tion platform 'demands the repeal of the : whiskey and tobacco tax. An other sound plank in its platform reads i-" j . ; i . Revenues for custom duties should be levied for the support of the Government, economically ad ministered,9 and when so levied, the fostering of American labor, . manufactures and industries should bo constantly held in view. j The I Prohibition! party has con victioiis,! and its leaders have the courage jto put them in their party 'platform!. iThis policy will w.in the Jong run. I I . C?" Not j a tariff for i revenue "onlj7," !r "exclusivelyl,, but "all taxation shall be for public purposes exclusively. P Democratic Platform. r - A reduction of wages amount ing, to 20 per ceni. in Pennsylvania steei ' works, an4 10 per cent, in , Rhode Island worsted mills is an- ndnpeea. Neqrlv every day like i reductions ' are announced else : where.1 1 This Is very unfavorable for the; Republican party. Dis ! charge and re notion beget dis : con tent, and the political victim is ;alwaya jtho part in power. The Republican party will not be able ! to hold; the workingmen with its explanations and promises of what the tariff has done and will do if j the'workingmen jare out of employ jment, jr on reduced pay. The ma rjority oi men care little for politi cal l economy or commercial laws, but 'they will work hard to per ipetnate a state which ' they (are of affairs under doing well, and ! thy will not take the trouble even j tQTptpl for the preservation of the status quo, if that status is unsatis- factory- ,j , I am a Democrat because I : believe that this truth lies at i the foundation of true Democracy. I, i have' kept the faith because I be lieve, if rightly and fairly adminis - tered and' applied, Democratic doc ." s tribes and measures will insure the : happiness, contentment and pros .;perity jof the people. If in the contest upon which we now enter, ; , wei steadfastly hold to the nnder j ling principles of our party creed, " Land at 'all times keep in view the people's good, we shall Ie strong, : oecausc we are i and befcause the true, to ourselves plain and indepen dent voters of the land will seek by their suffrages to compass their !release from parity tyranny where : ; there should besubmission to the -: popular wilt, aud their protection frorp- party corruption where there shpoldibo devotion to the people's interest Geovee Cleveland. ' 1825. ' Wnt IS RESPONSIBLE t - The Democratic caucus, through the persistent efforts of Gen. Scales, adopted the following resolution : ' Resolved, That in order to rqcon cile conflicting opinions and to se cure legislation reducing taxation, the plan for the reduction of taxes at tbe,present session, of Congress shall embrace a provision repealing au internal revenue taxes on to bacco, snuff, and cigars and special taxes connected therewith, and also reducing the tax on brandy distill ed from fruit to ten cents per gal lon, provided that such repeal and re duction shall not be made except in connection icith a reduction of tariff duties. ' " ; , . The resolution was prepared and introduced by j Speaker Carlisle The attempt to reduce tariff duties failed. The Morrison bill was de feated. It was defeated by Repub lican votes. The same blow killed Revenue reform. The same blow prevented the reduction of the tax on brandy and the abolition of the tar on tobacco.: ' ' A vote' against tariff", reduction meant a vote to perpetuate the to bacco and brandy tax. It was a question Of individual responsibili ty. ! Who is responsible. Certain-! ly not Gen. Scales. He appealed to the Ways i and Means ; com mittee, urging' action, ! and sub mitted argument after argument, showing theinjustice und oppres sion of the laws and the undemo j cratic and infamous system of taxation. ! It j is not i his fault that these laws are not torn up, root and branch. It is not his fault that the iniquitous tax on tobaceo is not abolished. It is not his fault that millions and millions of bash- els of fruit must rot 1 noon the ground. Jit is not his fault that an army of spies and informers, whis key gangers and storekeepers, must still fatten on taxes wrung from the people. Nor is the Democratic party in North! Carolina responsi ' We. Its utterances have been, still are, uniquivocal and unmis takable. Through its majority in the State j Legislature It has ap pealed to Congress time and again for relief. 1 Through i its I platform. year after year, it has denounced the system and demanded the total abolition of the laws. It is power less to do more. f i A test vote in the House showed that a majority of both parties were opposed to repeal at this time, and a section incorporated in one of the; general appropriation bills, showed that a majority of the Re publicans ! were opposed to any modification of the system. The following ;is the section referred toll - ' i : " . :' -'' 'i'-r; 'That the Secretary of the Treas ury snail exempt ail distilleries which mash ten bushels of grain or less per day from the .operation of the provisions of title 3o of the Re vised Statues, relating to the manu facture of spirits, except as-to the payment of tax; and said distilleries shall be run and operated without storekeepers; and said secretary may exempt and distillery, or all distilleries, which mash twenty-five bushels of grain per day from the operations of. said title relating to the manufacture of spirits, except as to the payment of the tax. and any distillery so exempted shall be run as fruit distilleries are now operated jl Provided, That special warehouses may be established by the Secretary of the Treasury, in which he jmay cause to be deposited the product of any number of said distilleries,, to be designated by him by his order, and in which any of said distilleries may. deposit his product, j and when so deposited shall be subject to all the laws and regulations as to bonds, tax remov ed, and otherwise as is now provid ed by, law for other warehouses: And provided further, That store keepers, or storekeepers and gau gers, whi are assigned to distiller ies ' whose registered capacity is twenty-five bushels or less, shall receive f2 per day for ! their ser vices; and nd collector in any dis trict shall recommend. ! nor shall there be appointed or commission ed, more deputy collectors, store keepers, storekeepers and gangers, gangers and inspectors, or other officers,' Jr allow to remain in com mission more! of any of said officers at any one time than are actually engaged iu porforming duty at the time, and arc indispensably neces- Bary lor duty. Of the the performance of said i ' h . . i. I 74 votes against it 51 were Republicans. J Of the 116 affirma tive votes there was' one LRepubli can vote, It passed the House by Democratic votes. It was killed in the Republican Senate by Re pnblicanj; votes. The bill was a good one. It was a long step in the direction! of a needed reform, and offered great relief j to an' op pressed class of our people. Small distilleries mashing 25 bushels aud less of grain per day it exempted from taxation. Distilleries mash ing ten bushels and less of grain per day it exempted from the curse and expense df storekeepers. Opr posed by a majority of Republicans in the House, killed by a Republi can Senate,k Democrats were forced to yield! in conference committee at tho last hour of the session. It I is easy to Hz the responsibility. ' YORK. VOTED NO, , J On the. proposition to "provide for the speiedy completion of the Western North Carolina Railroad," York voted NO. , The road has been completcdr and is worth millions of dollars to the State.! It is developing the in exhaustible j resources of Western North Carolina. In three counties alone it has added over three mil lions doll-aes to the valuation of property. I York voted to throttle this grand and magnificent enter prise, : T i i Oil the bill to "settle the State debt. York foted NO. j On the bill to exchange the old North Carolina construction bonds for new ones, York voted NO. I On the bill to create. the Depart ment of Agriculture,-York voted NO; j' f H-i''i'VsUI ' On the bill to establish the color ed Insane Asylum at Goldsboro, York voted. NO. Qn the bill to establish the West-i ernInsane Asylum at Morgan ton, York voted NO. : v'-ll I On the bill to establish addition al Normal Schools in the State, York voted NO. i He votes against enterprise and progress. s i He votes against humanity and charity. - He votes against public ednca tion. I "'. .,' K He votes agaiost the industrial interests of the State. York in the face of this record, ask 8 North Carolinians to elect him Governor of this great and growing Commonwealth, , The people will vote NO. TILDEN ENDORSES CLEVELAND. Before and during the Chicago convention it was loudly asserted that Mr.iTilden was not friendly to Gov. Cleveland. He has said noth ing since the nomination to dis prove these j hurtful reports until last week. The occasion was the notification pf Gov.; Cleveland of his nomination. Mr. TiUleu was invited to be present. He sent the following telegraphic letter regret ing his inability to attend : Altliougli I cannot be present in person with my old friends in Albany on that interesting occa sion, I cordially co-operate with them in the support of the excellent ticket nominated by the Democratic Na tional convention, and feel assured that in its success at the election, of which there is every promise, the coun try mil achieve a substantial victory for the cause of good government.77 The campaign will now proceed Parties were made for tho people, and i am unwilling, know-! inglyj to give my assent to meas ures imrely j partisan, which will sacrifice ; or endanger their inter ests. I 1 Geovee Cleveland. -For the first time the Prohi bition party comes on the Na tional stage in such formidable shape as to compel attention and command general respect. The aggressive element of the Republi can party, the same class of men who constituted the Abolition and Free Soil parties 'of ante-bellum-times, and who led the Republican column in all its early conquests j the class who have committed and wedded that party, to Prohibition in Maine, Kansas, Iowa and other States, are in this movement. In Gov. St. John they find a candidate who will inspire the highest degree of enthusiasm. An army of speak ers will be put in the field, and the country; will; be flooded with their campaign literature. Lookout. Somebody is going to .be hurt. .... ,. L , . Not ia tariff for revenue only'jor exclusively," but "all taxation shall be for public purposes av?ttre.n4-Democratic Platform. A tern perance orator at Ocean Grove made a speech the other day for St. John and Daniel. Mr. Conk ling acted as a patron of the meet ing, sitting on the platform,lenthu Siastically applauding the orator's attacks' on j the drink fiend, and finally congratulating the orator very cordially. Beyond all doubt Mr. Conkling is for St. John, Dan iel and prohibitionV Mr. Conkling was not formerly a prohibitionist, but the influence of his friend R. B. Hayes must have had its effect. -CiNot a tariff for revenue "only," or "exclusively," but "all taxation shall be for public purposes exclusively.71 -Democratic Platform. The law prohibiting the sale of malt and spirituous liquors in Iowa has boomed the sale of butter milk in that State, and many saloons are to be opened for its sale by persons who formerly sold intoxicants. . - i ' ' . First New Tobacco Winston Sentinel. The first new tobacco of the 1884 crop was sold on the market Tues day morning, it was primings and brought 7c a pound. Hall & Edmunds were- the purchasers. This is the earliest sale of new crop in the history of Winston. July" 23d, ?84. - Chalk her down. GREENSBORO, OCT. C, THURSDAY," AUGUST 7, 1884. TYRE YORK. Ill Record Written , by Himself in - the LiUtlTe Journals. To count up the material results accomplished;! in North Carolina under Democratic rule is doubtless gratifying to those who bore a hand in bringing about those happy results.- But to men' like Dr. York, who . were hindrances and . stumb ling blocks in almost every line cif progress, such a reckoning must be anything batjrieasaut. , Is it true, however, that Dr. York was a stumbling block and an obsta cle to , Democratic progress and prosperity.. To this important ques tion we propose to make no answer ourselves, but to let Dr. York's re cord, jnst be himself made it, tell the whole story. ; AGAINST THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. In 1876-77Dr. York was a iuem ber. of the Senate, i On January 24th, the "bill to j provide for the speedy completion of the Western North Carolina Bailroad" was taken up on its second reading. - (See Senate Journal 1&7G?TI, page25D.) A proposition was offered to ap propriate $140,000 for the road, and Dr. York moved to amend as fol lows : "Strike out! one hundred and forty thousand dollars and in sert one dollar." One dollar I His amendment was voted down. An amendment was offered by Senator J. L. Kobinson, allowing the Gov ernor to purchase finch iron rails and materials as might be needed each year. Failing in his "one" dollar" proposition, Dr.; York mov ed to limit the amount of this ex nenditure to $50,000 a year. Mr. Troy moved to make the limit $70, 000. ; Dr. York voted against Mr. Troy's amendment, which, how- ever, was adopted, and then he voted against Mr. Itobinson's pro position as amended by Mr. Troy's. On this reading Dr York voted against the bill. On page 304. of the same Senate Journal, this bill came up on the third reading. I Dr. York moved to strike out "seventy thousand", and insert 'fifty thousand'' as the amount that could be spent to buy iron, &c., each year. His motion was lost. He then offered a proviso, limiting its operation to two years. The road could! not be built for $140,000. and could not be built in two years, arid yet - he offered the proviso. Un its third reading Dr. York again voted squarely against the bill. ; ! If Dr. York had controlled the Democratic party the Western North Carolina j Kailroad would have been stopped at Old Fort. It would never have crossed the moun tains. He would have denied to the people across the Blue Itidge all hope of opening up the country to the world. Such was his states manship. But his policy did not triumph. The Democratic parry was not governed by such narrow conceptions ot justice to the West. They appropriated $70,000 annual ly and carried the work on slowly and practically, and substantially that great road is built. And every cent of that nioney, with the inter est on it, has -been paid back into the State Treasury ; and because it has been j paid back into the State Treasury there are to be no taxes this year. So the work cost ns nothing. ' H' : Now, let us see the benefits. The counties that 1 have been directly benefited by this road are. up to the present, Buncombe, Haywood and Madison. The iron has not as yet been laid in other counties, but will be before September, vv e make below a comparison of the valuation of property for taxation in these three counties, "before and after" in 1878, before they had railroad facilities and in 1883, after they had begun to enjoy the bene fits and advantages of a railroad connection . ' v . Counties. 1878. 1883., Buncombe, $2)20,594 $4,014,441 Haywood, ; 718,018 1,559,897 Madison, , 518,617 1,140.105 Total, $3,203,229 $6,714,443 The total valuation of property in these three counties in which the railroad track is now laid, was, after a hundred years without rail road facilities,! $3,263,229. In five years after they had a solid hope of getting a road, the value of the property more than doubled ! The railroad has added to the property in these counties $3,350,000. The prosperity which has attended this growth was predicted by all men all understood that railroad facil ities would bring this great develop menf. -.- HI :r .' r ti""t ! Nine counties ot the State of North Carolina embracing that fine western section which is now it; tracing so much attention were without railroad facilities. Asbe ville was inaccessible and the pro duce raised by farmers across the mountains found no ready means of transportation to the markets of the world. The splendid timberof that region was beyond the reach of purchasers, i Indeed, hemmed in by the mountains, those North Carolinians across the Blue Ridge were cut off most effectually from the balance of the StateJ And yet by his rote, solemnly and . publicly recorded, Dr4 York declared these nine counties! ought to remain its they were 1 cut off from "all 1 tho world 1' 1 '!-. AGAINST THE GAPE FEAR & YADKIN . VALLEY RAILROAD. .. In 1879 Br. York was a roemVer of the House of Representatives, and on February 7th that' body took op the bill entitled a bill to change tho name and authorize the consolidation of the Western Kail- road - Company: with the Mount Airy: Kailroad Company, , and to complete-the; same, on its second reading. (See House Journal 1879, page 262.) This bill finally became the law under! which the road got the uame of the Cape Fear lad km Valley Kailroad, and is now being completed. But in becoming alaw it got no help from Dr. York. W hen the .roll was called on its passage, on its second reading, Dr. xorfc made no resiwnseUthat is to say, he dodged. On tho next "day; February , 8th, the same bill was taken up on, its third reading, and as before, when .Dr. York's name was calledr there was no answer j that is to say, he dodged again, (bee House Journal 1879, page 279.) '.' 7. - - - , Oa February 6th, Dr.; York; ac cording to the Journal, was certain ly in the House; on the seventh, it niakcs no mention of him what ever J on the eighth, just : before adjournment and after the vote on the passage of the bill on its third reading, the Journal for that dav says (page 280), "Leave of absence is granted to Mr. York for this day on account of business of the House itf connection with the duties of the committee on the Insane." ; So far as appears then there waa no ex cuse for Jr. York's missing the vote on either day. V This road traverses I and is. to traverse the counties of Robeson," Cumberland, Harnett, Moore, Chat ham, Randolph, Guilford, Forsyth, Stokes, .Surry, I Yadkin, .Wil kes, Caldwell, Mitchell. Watauca. Ashe and Alleghany, and the people ot tuese counties , may. see lor them selves how Dr. York treated them in the hour of their extremitv. The passage of this bill was a matter of life and death to them, and even then, although representing one of the very counties to which it was intended to afford railroad facili ties, Dr. York could not be induced to vote for it. . ! ' . 1 ; AGAINST THE STATE DEBT SETTLE The old bonded debt of the" State was compromised by the Legisla ture at ita session in 1879, at which time Dr. York was a member of the House of Representatives. 1 Dr. York voted squarely against the compromise. (See House- Journal 1879, pages 593 and 602.) : L The plan for the exchange of the old North Carolina Kailroad Con struction Bonds for new ones was perfected by the 'same Legislature, aud Dr. York votd squarely against the arrangement made in regard to them also. (See House Journal 1879, page 757.) . ! j AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF I AGRICtJLTUBE. j Nor did the Department find favor iuDr. Yorks eyes, for he voted squarely against the bill es tablishing it. The possibilities, probabilities and certainties that lay before it as a help to the farmer, a promoter of the manufactures, as a developer of) our mineral re sources, of the phosphates aud coal in particular, a finder of markets for our woods land timbers, &c, &c, had no charm for him. He cared for none of these things ; at least he voted against the Depart ment. (See Senate Journal 1876-7i, page 586.) ' j rt if -H - AGAINST THE ASYLUMS. The Western 1 North Carolina Kailroad was unable to command Dr. York's vote. The Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Kailroad w-as un able to command it. The proposi tion to settle the State debt was equally powerless to do so, and so was the Department of Agriculture. But these were material measures that made no appeal to the in stincts of common humanity, but only to the more sordid instincts of our nature.! What then was Dr. York's I record on j measures of hu manity T . The story is a brief? one. Dr. York was as deaf to the ap peals for help to suffering hum&ni ty as he was blind to measures for material progress, and in this he regarded neither race nor color nor locality. : . 1 , . t ..:. The bill that! resulted in its es tablishment found him ' AGAINST THE j COLORED INSANE ASYLUM AT GOLDSBORO.! It was passed by the Legislature at its session ofi1876-,7, and Dr. York, who was then a member of the Senate, voted against it. ! (See Senate Journal 1876-7, pages 691 aud 690.) j ) AGAINST THE WESTERN OR MOR- GANTON ASYLUM Dr.' York fought most viciously, and that too even after a great part of the work had been done towards its erection. .On February j 20th, 1877, the Senate took up the bill to construct the Western Insane Asy lam. Dr. York was a member of the Senate and fongbt the bill in ! i everv way. une oi me amenuuieuw he nro nosed was to Strike ont $15,000 for the year fHbA nnt 15. 1877 and 1878'j and insert f m tor each ypaf to I keep an ordiuary board roof on;, the walls for the next two yeirs or! until tbef State can sell the! same."' (See Senate Journal 1876-7, pages 491, 492 and 493.) !., ."1 : ! : " " t Some complete indifference to the appeals of suffering humauity was not to have been expected from a practicing physiciau who must have bad Constant evidence oi tuej unci inadequacy ot the then existing facilities for the care of the insane j certainly.be had proof of the "inade quacy of those facilities for the white insane in the western jrartor the Stated Bnt so it was? the ap peal of the suffering insane, bether white or black, east or west, was utterly jowerless to move him. -And equally powerless, too, were the poor children of ; the iState. Neither; helpless insanity nor help less childhootl could move his bowels of compassion. It is well known how much has been accom plished! in' educational " matters hi the State, and how greatly that progress is due to the establish ment of our normal school. Dr. York, however, has constantly voted i'--':."- '!' AGAINST THE FIRST NORMAL , j . SCHOOLS. : In 1876-7 a bill was passed to catry out the plain requirement of the.' Constitution to establish a whitelformal &.hool in connection with the University of the j State, and also to establish one for the blacks at : Fayette ville. 1 Dr. York opposed both these school, that for the whites as well as that, for the blacks. (See Senate Journal 1876-7, page 594.) " t . 4 , jj J iiGAINfeT' ADDITIONAL ! NORMAL SCHOOLS. : i "j jlu lSSlan act was passed, pro. viding, among other things, for ad ditional Normal Schools. ; (See Laws 1881, ch. 141.) Tho fifth sec tion reads as' follows iTpi " v :!4Sec 5. That the State Board of Education lie directed to establish other Normal Schools than those! at Fayetteville and the University, and that the sum of $2,000 per an num is hereby appropriated for such schools for white teachers, and the sum of $2,000 for such schools for colored teachers, authorized hv this act in addition to'the appro priation heretofore made for Nor ma! i Schools j .Provided however, that the number, of schools shall not be less than four 1 for each COlor.? 1 j-l j , '!: To show' his opposition to the establishment of any more Normal Schools iu the State, 'Dr. j York moved to strike out the section making provision tor them. He failed in this, happily, but coutin ued to the end fighting the bill! in every way and then voted squarely against, it. (See Senate Journal 1881, pages 375 aud 376.) f lit is easy to see what; slow pro gress would have beem made! in the cause of education if no Nor mal Schools had been established," and Hone would have been estab lished if Dr. York had boutrolled the policy of the Democratic party. Fortunate for the poor children of the State, fortunate for the suffer ing insane of the State, it was, that wiser, more beneficent, j more hu mane counsels prevailed ' j' jDoes any one suppose for a mo ment that if Dr. York had been able to control the policy of the Democratic party, that the present prosperity would prevail ? Does any one believe that Dr; York has really changed for the betterand if he has not will it be safe for the people of North Carolina to make him their Chief Magistrate and thus enable him to shape the policy of the State aud the party iu the future f . ! i ! HAS DR. YORK CHANGED FOR THE ; 1 : ;v : BETTER f ' ;: ' ; k j j ' i We think not. Dr York has gone back on .'his verj best point. In 1876, and ever afterward while a member-of tho Legislature, . he strongly supportetl the present system of Couuty Government. Now, however, as every one must who turns Republican, he says the Canby system of County Govern ment must be restored,' which means to turn the white people of the jiegro counties over to negro rule, and in perfect accord' with that he declared not only his pur pose to support Blaine and Logan but that the National Republican platform meets his hearty approval, not excepting even the Civil Rights plank in it. .- ": j ' ! ; j-! . Blaine, Logan and Civil Rights 1 What a load for a man to carry iu North Carolina ! j The man who favors a return to the Canby system of County Gov ernment in this State, who pro IMwes to support Blane and Logan, aud .vho stands squarely on the National Republican platform, Civil Rights aud all, has no right to ex pect the votes of the white men iu North Carolina. '-!.) Let us see how many Dr. York, for ho is just such a man, will get. : 5f Ustiiff Links lii Blaine'a Record, t New York Time Rep. ! . Blaine obtained the' package of letters from Mulligan under a pro mise Blaine broke. Along with the letters was a memorandum stating the date of each. After some days, the pressure ! being great, Blaiue got up in the House aud said he would read the letters, and he read some letters, lie was asked if they were the same letters; he said, 't hey are dated and they correspond precisely with 1 Mulli gan's memorandum, which I have here. I keep this memorandum as a protection to myself, for it is very valuable, as showing the identity of the letters in every respect." The memorandum was on demand sent to the clerk's desk to be read, but Blaine put the letters in hii pocket. An examination now re veals the fact that the memorandum published in the record of the Con gressional proceeding the uext morning, called for a letter dated July 25th, 1869; oue dated Septein ber'oth, 1869; one marked "No. 6, contract with Northern Pacific:"? one dated Octobei; 24th, 1871. M!No such letters and papers were read by Blaine. The whole proceeding is found in the Jiecord of June 6th, 1876. ih ' I "- ' :.i On the same day Mulligan was asked about if, and bo declared that Blaine had toot read all the letters and never wonld! The evi dence is strong. M ' "We dislike to break ltupon Mr. William Walter FJielps's vacation, but we believe that rather more timn 44.000.000 of his countrymen would like to hear his explanation of this discrepancy, lie uas given some attention to the matter, we hink, for in a letter to the editor of the Evening Pott on April 23 Mr. Phelps said: Olulligan's memo randum of the letters, iu which he had nnuiben'd ahd indexed each one of them, was produced, and number aud- index crrespomled exactly with the tetters read.? This was fully ueuionsinue" .- floor of the House, and is a part of its records.,w :- -''tVv-?"v 1 : The New York j Sun say that Mr. Phelps --was substantial! y right, and that the Times has been led into a false position by carelessness excusable than deliberate dishon ,r esty. The discrepancies which it detects are superficial, A careful analysis of the: two t lists would have shown our :Republicau con temporary that it had no; ground ibr this grave charge which it brings against the Republican can didate. ' . : . i ' . Of the fifteen letters described in the memorandum ten appear in the list of those read by Blaioe. In the case of two others there is a slight discrepancy in the date. The letter -marked June 29, 1S69, In the Jiecord .r is evidently . that which is marked June 27 1869 in the memorandum, for it is? the fa mous "no deadhead'' epistle . t, The identity of the memorandum letter, July 25, 18G9,"and the .Record letter Of July 2, 1SC9, is established by. the fact that the letter answers ex actly to Mulligan's synopsis of the former. .Theso discrepancies are obviously the result or trifling cleri cal errors on his part in trauscrib iug the dates. I ' , S This disposes of one of he four letters which the Times 1 thinks were - suppressed by Blaine. The second in its lists Is number 5 of the memorandum, "Sepf, 5, '69, contract with diflerent parties.9 This was omitted by Blaiue ) be cause it was written liy Fisher to him, not by him Jto Fisher, The Times will find it printed bn page 3,600 of Vol. 4, part 4, of the; -Record, as "Exhibit K . The third docu ment supposed to have beieu sup pressed by Blaine is the "Gautrsict with Northern Pacific of the mem orandum. The Times will find the Inissing paper, on page 3,608 of the same volume of the Record, marked Exhibit J." The fourth of the suppressed" letters was that of Oct. 24, 1871. It was not of Blaine's letters. It was written fby ; Mr. Fisher, and Blaine explained at the time that he failed to find it in the package. We do not think that anybody who has followed mr analysis of the lists wil doubt the truth of his assertion. i Let us have all the truth about Blaine, but let Blaiue have the benefit of strict and , impartial jus tice iu t he development of the case iiaiust hint. i , i Ail sorts. An independent i party Our cook. j I rEx-Gov. Moses has ceased to be a carpet bagger, j lie moves around enough, but he no longer has a carpet bag. v - ! It is estimated at the Navy Department that the cost of the Greely Relief Expedition will foot up about $700,000. j . j The present numercial strength of Free Masonry throughout the world is is placed at 138,06a lodges, kith 1 14,160,543 members, j H Let the toothless rejoice the day pf the mast ication is at hand. A factory is about to be started at Utica, N. Y., that will turn out three thousand sets i of arti Ileal teeth a day. . 1? i j Tis now the time when the lovely maiden at the seaside limp, about with with a pair of number one shoes on u umber three feet and fells how she cut her foot on a hor rid shell while bathing. There is a general conviction hat (Ben. Butler's gun is loaded, and that he means to shoot. This accounts for the geueral anxiety a, to the direction in which that wab bly weapon will be finally pointed. Santa Clara councy, California, is, perhaps, the only, place in thi Country, probably in the world, Where three crops ; ot fruit have been! taken off trees in one year. A an i nsn ra nee the San Jose Times recently aid: "Mrs. J. M. Jami son of the University tract has on her place a number of pear treesf the Winter ; Nellis variety, oil' ot whic i have already been taken, sincuj last January, two large crops of pears, and there is, on the trees now, about half grown, the third crop which is so large that about one llalf of the fruit will have to be picked in order to give .Ktiflicient nourishment to the other lulf. ; Dr. French, iu a recent work, Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England," says that mead whs the intoxicant of the anch'nt jBriton. The Romans introduced wine. Cider Was known at 'an early dsjte, but the Saxons, Danes, and Normans brought in the secret of stronger beverages. Distilled liquors were iutirodneed under the Plantiigeiiets, and clergymen then! began to tip eL I In the sixth century-lueu or a 11 jdegri ees "sin inhered away their time iu drunkenness." The preva lent (intemperance ot the ', seven, teeuth century im said to be due to the Act to Encoarge Distillation, the exhanstiou of light wines, the influences of the court, and the do velopmeiit of toasting and club Jife1. Dr. French predicts that mod cratiou wiH increase uu til in toxica ting I beverages shall le nsetl and not abused, and thus lecoinc one of our blessings. r ir I A KUck as He is Paintsil. Ile'a jiwt an blwk w h b P' intet. The mm of Mud, . i i So d-H-ply with eon-upturn Uinted. And dark with Uin - ., , That boh wmli dre to call nun miiU1--' Not eren lUiu. j ;. - Jut an he i. with all liii letterx, j Miuiy od treat. , ' Official frau-i. ant MalliKMi letter. A fearfbl ireistit. i . f He i uplifted by hi beUeff. i gpite ot the weifbt- j . , Iheeorrapt? They don't deny H- The iht'i too plata. i -Hi record bed? They 11 pa Wy tt With eahn dwdain. : Public opink? They defy it. i And i-hont for BUiae. j I he ceased? They won't de'end him Scarcely jot ,. u Nor will the acrabuiiu bnuu attend him, Toeoaronepftt; . - ! Hi-4 magnetisin mprt eoiamend niui. ; And make thing hoc ' ' It there a bolt ? They acorn and float it la liettooed ? They do not doubt it . ! PreCer him j. . .L "What are you rowc to u about it J" They want to know. : ,; What eare they for the dilettanti Whoaneeratnim, ! j With tone m weak, and nanaSen aeanty, i And urnHpertu dim ? , ' , . ,'. . He may be Wack. but bright and jaunty Is Jinjo Jim. . ' - - - - 1 - V- . . . - - , -! NEW SERIES, NO 919 Political Point. short aud pure record is pre ferable to a long nnd unclean one. It is hinted that Mr. William Chandler will not support .Mr; Hen i dricks. r: : This hot 'ueather make the! crow very gamry. but -still they feast ou it. s , The homestretch will be thel most interesting part of the I'resj.ii dential race. In reality the only notitical i dude is the man who don't think it worth his while to vote. 4 f; ,!' Soon the music of brass b-imls. the glare of torches and the mell J of oil will xervade our cities. . , S There is a town in Texas nam'- ed Damsisht. Jim Biuiue w..u't . go to the White House by that 1 town. t ; It is St. John against the demi- i jon, arid the ex-Governor's strug- gie against such fearful odds will bet watched with interest. - , Throughout Uio Und. , Oa every hand. - ' The farmer now up-end rick. I The pnmpeet'n Rood ! Fur plenty fixtd . , With Cleveland and with Ucndru-ki.. George: Willisiin Ctirtii; it is: said; wears a tlmle ewllar. Thw ' main objection toi Mr. Cnrtis's col lar is, however, that it isn't the1 Bepublicau party collar. : There is. a Democratic politi- j cian in - Massachusetts nametl ; Drinkwater. f His associates dfd 1 not trust him: and he has been per- - suaded to resign his place on the state central committee. The campaign lias hard! v ooen- ed, and yet there are politicians who insist that their heads are cool and their temperaments con servative, who claim that New lork is secure for ! their I side bv 1 75,000 majority. How much of a' - majority are the hotheaded and i sanguine politicians claiming! The Blaine and Lojrau bauner. ; stretched across Fifth avenue, New i iorK, in iront oi tne ice publican, i National headquarters, haralready fallen down three times.! ! Iu its last fall it broke the electric light ' wires ana orou&riit oir a sutklcn ecliiwe. If there is anything in s, omens, there is something iu this. Frank James, who used to be '- in the railroad business has gone ; into politics, lie went in to defeat the congressional aspirations of the district , attorrteye; who : has been pioi'euiin; uun ami joreuKing up i his gang. He : way unsm;ces.sful, ; but his course In the inatterttdinira 'I biy illustrates the possibilitieH of : : " . 1 . ' v ' e " ik" f politics ia tho-United States. T-i If the old adage bo trne that : I that uatiou is governed Injst which is go veined legist, the American ; people may be said to have reached r thjt summit of governmental happi ness just now. Neither the Presi-, l dent, the Vice President, nor ! any member of tire Cabi net- is in Wash ' t ingtou at the present time. )u ; new of this fact, what is the use of worying about the election of a ! Chief Magistrate! Cleveland and Reform 1 1 1 To tho koen, sight "a ailrer lining." Of Oorernment reform, . Throusrh chmds of fraud i plainly ithinintf. As Cleroland Ktcnm the ztorin. Our Ship of State, of timber true. I " f : Shall ne'er it Strength mrreiuler: ! Though it may creak, it will pull through In fpite of "legal tender." It Constitution, ctrong and bate. Derivel from fathor hearty s lla principle. "Trnlh shall prevail," .: ! Through all the linea of party. Rich in ' "oitiniomr" ncirer laought. Our Court. Btii.roruo. hHll be 'A Field for men of honert thought. Ylocrjt. aovtroigntil , Commerce by titriff ban unfettured ' I" Khali bring ufl good from every land ; Our good, by cwupetion bettered, ! 1 Their market value shall command. ! Our rawjnaterial, nent abroad, Shall prove "frceaitil" can grow Good, honest stuff; we can al'ord J In fair exchange to show. The Workman's wages riso as brain j Inspires the skilful hand: ' Lnltor true dignity fliall gain. "" IJe profpen-u with Clevelaud. ' ' Let all who love good government 1 sweep out the thieves that swarm, i Vote or an honest i'rexident, ! Cry. Cleviland andKefonu t ! ! ' Cchocs of the Coiiffresttl-jital Von veil tloii.i , , it . j ! Charlotte Veniocrat.) . Jleid U a first rate nelection, be..j ing talented, vigorous and iof um, iniM'aehable tiharaetf-r. i .. .; - (Danbury Reporter. h 1 lie iiotniuaiion is a goou one,! and will receive the hearly kupjmh t ot the party in this couiity.r lie is one f North CalroliuitV pntebt and iiobleKt r-ons aiul to the manor borii;" and in November will Keid his title ch ar to t seat in the next (ionres.H. - 1? very.. -Democrat; in 8tukes is an unqualifiedly Keid man now.. : ' ' T ;-':! ; lAlainaiK-e leaner. James W. Keid,' Esq., of Went .4- worth, wan nominated tor Congi-ens from the Fifth District at Greeiis-j bero on Tuesday on the first ballot It would giv us peculiar pleasure to help elect him, if ue were iu the old Fifth" again. 'Kali for Keid. lie' every inch a man and will re. fleet cretlit on his constituency. n tllaleigh Rogirter.J . Mr. Keid is a gentleman of di tinguiidie:! apM'arauee, courteous and his kiudly manner, and when he meets and parts with a limit he leaves a friend to npe::k hi praie. He jj an eXceUent"caiiipMiguer;:ind. hi oratory i of si sort that, when hit first word are utteretl, 4he an dience becomes at once under his control and in held attentive until he releases it from the delightful thrall. lie has f always been a I)emHrrat of the straitest kind and, tniigii never a ranijniwiis ir hij Hlitio:il oflice, has renderetl valua ble service in every campaign iuwa 1870.: H ha. r ieeii ior Heveral vearH chairman, of the Democratic Executive committee of Koekiiifr ham county, and the heavy majori ties with which the county alnays greet 8 a Demwrjltio candidate of principle, "are". largely due to the organizing skill, the faithful work and magnetic 'touch of James W, I Keid. . r - I