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Carolina Watchman. THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1890. Tom Reed. - Louis Napoleon planned and execut ed a conp kf etat and J.yst a kjngdojn inwt miaewbly for hi pains. Vietor Hugo, when he canje to coin pile a his tory of the eveutvcajled it u THE his tory of a crime," and his term found acceptance before the word. Yet prance at that tinte tjra a limited mon arehy , and the violet was dtnr to her people. Still, because of bisoppw&on and arrogance, it followed the lily to disgrace, and the tears of the Buona partists will never unfold it again" as Byron sang.. t: On theotlier hand pussy Tom Heed, f)t the State of flfaiue, is in no sense fctttg of this country. IJe has never lieen of sufficient importance even to command a biographical sketch outside of a congressional stud book, and to- 4ay, without reference to some such th-rate .literary asbarrel, 1)99 out of everv one thousand Americans T- . y . . . . - couldn't "tell whether lie was the hou of a down east sod fisherman or a goafof a Well, say lumberman. Still , thel do know that be is a fat old cus.s, fcouirh in sin. ridiculous m his arro- r r ' - - ganee where be thinks his obese person secure from actual corporal punish meat and-equally cowardly when be thinks t is in danger, denunciation m open session,, anathema, expletive and "all sorts of indignities have been wisited on him by fearless democrats during thjs session, and yet his pol troon's gorge has engulfed itall. Atthe same time, given an assurance of per sonal safety and he will stick at noth ing; witness his iiufamous. proposition, we will do "our own registering, our own counting and our own certifica ion." In other words we wiJK totally and forever djsseyer the States as States from the federation, Not that he for got for a moment that a Congressman is a representative of a State in na jtional affairs., and not the represent pve of the nation as such, but ratner because lje would drop to any level of Indecency to consummate his dishonest purpose. He knows full well that he is tlie representative of the State of Maine and the devil and as such ought to continue to be selected and cer titied by his constituency, nor ought h"e. general government, if a vestage of States' rights is to survive, to know even his name until he produces his certificate at the desk. No one ever Recognized him as the gentleman from fhe United States, when addressing the speaker, but always as the gentleman from Maine. He knows as well as another that it is the aggregation o the integers of States that forms the federation or integrity called the Union, and that with the abolition o the integral parts the sum is dissipated also. Even the name United States would become a ridiculous paradox i there should transpire a merger by which the units should lapse, into th sum. Again, he is fully aware tha even if advantage accrues to the differ ent candidates through the Union ac cording the political complexion pf tfee States, still it is much better so than if by united party, partisan, na tional effort everything is swept one way. As it is now the advantage; through the various republican and democratic States are fairly well 1al anced. JJnder jj3 proposition the democrats Jthrough the nation will be registered ojjt, counted out, and voted put, while a portion of the trembling few who escape this drag-net will find i McDuffies for their Turpins and the remainder gaged and beruled into mute iui potency. Ah, Tom Reed, the great of America Jiave been only great as they were hon est and brave, 'flie criminal oi '70 is now buried in npprobrium and con tempt as deep as the bounds of the nation. One day ho will have a com panion felon in you, the unscrupulous, short-polieied suicide of the Fiftieth (Congress, j Let bin) go on. The South can neither stay his band nor punish him for his wrong. It only remains for Jier to knit herself more closely to getber while she watches the hair braiaed folly of this foolish fat old man and awaits the retrjbutiou that time will uudoubted work out. When the pood meii qf the tyorth repudiate him, when Ijis own party turns its back on jts poor broken topi, when his name becomes a byword of wrong and his jnemory a Rational reproach, then will she nod her quiet approval and turn fcer eyes to better men. Addressed to U)is second nephew of an nneje" who would have a cqup fT etat. " ' - r - Henderson, of Iowa, has threatened ! fo bolt thp ; Ifciuley bill, tye hope he iroirrfnjr if there is any one thing which i'ti operate tq clinch the last pail iu th.pubiican coffiu it is tut ,an,e McKiul'y tariff Ktl. Tell TT jPlease: If jthe State of North Carolina is to have only thirty-four ware houses of deposit, under the Sub-Treasury plan, how the farmers are to be ex pected to haul their grain and bulkier articles of produce a distance of fifty miles to a place of deposit f Tell us who is to do the rating, the farmer or the government? If the government, wont the scale hi fixed, so that the Kansas farmer will be allowed fifteen cents per bushel on his corn, and the North Carolina man the same? If not the Kansas man will kick boundlessly, and bolt the whole con ceru. If to tli e contrary, tne .worm mm . .i , it -v- 11 ! arolina farmer will have remarks to make on fifteen cent corn. Does not this rule apply to wheat as well and to all other crops, cotton excepted? If it does, can they pass, since the Northerner, whether farmer, city man or politician has forgotten the fortifica tion of Jackson at New Orleans in the memory of cotton as a great arm of the South ia the late Avar. MoreAer, cotton being raised only in the South, need we expect any favor itism for our product? Is not tobacco in the same category? Moreover, can tobacco, in'.the leaf, be stored for a year or any considerable proportion of a year without partial or entire loss of the crop? If the farmer fixes the price, will he not name one at which he can produce at a comfortable profit? This is his right and it is right all round, but will it not injure him in the end? For, if he (the North Caiolina farm er) names a comfortable sum, does he not thereby refuse to compete with India and Russia for the grain markets of Europe and with the great West for those of the United States? If he allows them to undersell him , does he not thereby bank up a heavy surplus in his ware houses, which the Government will sell at any price when the bond year exuires, and so absolutely ruin the market for the next crop? If the price is to be fixed all over the United States, does not the North Car olina farmer forfeit his heavy advan tage in freight rates over his more dis tant brother? What is to become of the mortgage Lfor fertiliser and supplies? Will not the fees for storage sack- ? 1 II in g, airing aim Handling tor a year make a heavy inroad into the profits of the crop? These questions are asked by the Watchman for several reasons. First, the movement is so wide spread, im portant and respectable in character that no paper can conscientiously re main silent on the subject. Second we want to lend a helping hand when we are taught to see that the plan is i good one all through for the North Carolina farmers, for if there ever was class deserving every consideration at the hands of the Government, we have it in them. Expediting With a Vengencc. As an excuse for practically ruling the democrats off the floor, the repub licans passed certain gag laws, cal rule, by which our fellows are made a dumb as a blue bottle in tar. In the mean time months have pass ed and nothing is done. The House is further liehind its work than ever be fore. Tho only explanation possible is that it was hides that did it, for during the term hides have been put on the free list, dutied, redutied, dutied side ways, dutied wrong end front, inside aad out, upside and down andskiltered around until the middle of the session has come and nothing done. Perhaps our radical friends have just cause to fear their old boyhoods acquantance, a raw hide, but judging from appearance, t!i3y never yet a lick a-miss. Two Chicago burglars staked $500, with Pinkerton of the Detective Agen cy that they could burgle a safe inside of 3 minutes. At the signal they jumped through the window and went quickly to work. One drilled a hole in the combination lock, blew in the powder with a bellows, puttied the crack around the door inserted and lit the fuse while the other cut the hinges and muftled the safe in wet blankets. Both then jumped back and with a dull scarcely audible report the door heav ed outward, and fell at their feet. Time, three minutes and forty se conds. Proctor Knott, Judge Lindsay, Con gressman Stone, Mr. McCreary and Carlisle, are all actively seeking the seat qf tlje late Senator Beck. Car lisle has eyery advantage in the con MMixcept tlwit there is a belief among many of his friends that his grand brain is needed most in th.it tumul- TUiukfci 7 T. T ' X , 7 " 0? to Riefcmond." jGoy, JFowie has ac$f?pted an invitation to atteud the occasion of the unveiling of the Lee monumeut at Richmond, and yesterday inyjted his personal and gen eral staff to accompany him. The State Guard will make a fine show on the occasion. All four regiments will he represented, and there mril be about twenty -two companies present.. The following companies up to Jate haye cansttiited to attend: First regiment Tnrhoro, Raleigh, Goldsboro, Warrenton Bod Elizabeth City. Second regiment Clinton. Third regiment Winston. Greensboro, Henderson, Durham, Oxford, Burlintrton and Reidsville (two compa nies). Fourth regiment Statesvillc, Lincolnton, Waynesville, Monroe, cnar lotte, Asheville, Concord and Dallas. The fourth reuimental band from Hick ory will accompany the North Carolina troops. The band will carry tweniy-six nieces, and will be the laruest band in the Stare. Col. Grav. of the third regiment, will narade with field and staff, as will also Col. Anthonv. of the fourth. The strength of the JSorth Carolina roops will approximate eight hundred ' - - fc men. Xeua-Ubaerver. The many companies who will attend the unveiling of Mercies statue to the great southern general, Robert E. Lee, will make a fine show, and North Caro- ina's troops will doubtless atttact as much notice any. The attraction at Richmond, however, of especial inter est, will be the unnmformed com panies, the one-legged regiments and he sleeveless brigades, commanded by captains, colonels and generals with silvery hair, bended forms and wrinkled brows the old veterans. They go back to see for the last time the battle fields of their younger days, when the fire of youth and the ardor of patriot ism burned within their bosoms ; to vjew the ground where they spilled their blood for the cause that was lost. For the hist time before their tired oodies are laid down for its last sleep, after the forced march of life ; before hey answer "here" to the muster roll f of the martial spirits, they go to visit the old Virginia battle grounds where twenty-five years ago they fought. For the last time they pull back mem- J I t i 1 I T ? ory s curtain ana taice a Dim s-eye view ( of the smoky, powdery, bloody past of twenty-five years gone by. Among the veteran regiments that will attend, is the Rowan County Veteran Regiment of the North Caro lina State Troops. A hundred to a hundred and fifty of the old, gray- headed "boys" will go from this county. These veterans were in the hottest of the Virginia battles, and many of the them left brothers, fathers and friends at Cold Harbor, Gaine Mill, Chaucellorsville, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. Among their com manders were Col. H. C. Jones and Col. John E. Brown, now of the Charlotte bar, Col. Bill Saunders, Col. Godwin, who was killed, Capt.Jno. Beard, and others. This county's organization is the most perfect in the Stite. They met not long ago and assessed themselves for the benefit of their needyconfec!ei' ates, and their presence will be an honor to Richmond. Bricks Without Straw. Asheville is in a pother about the strength of the brick to be be used on her pavements. The Watchman would suggest the application of those worn by her young man in their hats. About the toughest old brick we eyer saw was made in the strawless way that these come. The memory of that brick haunts us still, and "not for all the mud in Egypt" would we renew our acquaintance. However, part of it came through a straw and there was one pretzel in it ; and from right there we date our last day's work in a brick yard. Congressman Eivart made a speech in Asiieville last week in which he characterized some democrat whohadbsen writing about him as a "second class liar." Citizen . Possibly, since the subject matter of the lie rates as poor second, farmer Ewart. Say, how's craps ? Have you got into the Alliance yet ? If you had a sturdy set of men, such as those of Rowan, to deal with, you would knock in vain. Avery Butler, the boy who assasina ted his father from ambush, in Clin ton, N. C, a short time ago, has been convicted and sentenced to be hanged on the 1 1 th of July next. The jury and court officers have united to ask executive clemency, and it is likely that his sentence will be commuted to a term of years in the.penetentiary. The House committee, sent to Ala bama to investigate the' workings of the United States Courts, have reported that in Alabama the machinery of the court has been perverted to the pur poses of systematic robbery. And yet it is to these courts that Hoar asks the Senate to commit the election of our congressmen. Thus far Eaves' so-called auspicious telegrams have failed to fructify. There is a good deal of JDead Sea fruit about republican promises, anyhow. At all events Eaves is distinctly un confirmed and a mere tenaut suffer ance of the collectorship as yet. Washington Letter. A (Frvtm oar regular correspondent.) May 12. The two main topics of Majjr McKinley in the speed i before the Mouse in wmcu ueopeuetl the tariff debate was, first the great and lenefi eient scheme of extending and liberal izing the tmr back sections of the law. The bill provides that the draw backs paid by the government to the manufacturers of exported goods be nintv-niue per cent of his duties that exporters are obliged to pay foreign Custom-houses. Under the present law 90 per cent, is paid. The result of this law is that the manufacturers are supposed to sell their goods to foreigners at a price less than he charges American citizens. No sophistry can misconstrue this meas ure iuto anything but a direct bounty paid manufacturers for selling goods in foreign markets. Secondly: That the time had come when the American agriculturist must sell the products in the markets of the world in competition witu the low priced labor of foreign countries. The only remedy or advice he offered the farmers was to take great care of and preserve the home market, for they would certainly be driven from the foreign ones. He was followed by Mr. Mills who said that this was the first tariff bill that had ever come before the people with its mask torn off, like a highway man demanding their purses. To check importation was to check exportation. No man could show how we could buy if we could not sell. When we refused the product of nations that refusal was an interdiction against our exports. Protection boiled down meant more work and less result. What did the bill lo for agriculture? It put sugar on the free list. Why wasn't sugar dealt with iu the same way as was woolen goods, cotton and iron goods? Why not put a prohibitive tariff on enftvn nnd develoo the coffee industry ? or on e.x mu develop the sassafras in- dnstry?. Why did not the committee put a prohibitory duty on raw silk in- S !. , was laid to deceive. The bill increas ;el tariff on wheat 50 per cent. (J0,- 000,000 bu. a year were exported and 1 .i .i l-n.l jc.w mc. -. .....w,. - for seed. Tile tariff was raised on corn and rye. Last year 2338 bu. of corn and 16 :f rye were imported. The repub licans had lodo more than this to deceive the farmers. They needed markets for their products. They were told that the home market was best. But they knew that both home and foreigu mar kets were best. Senator John F. Wilson, of Town, who is regarded ss one of the best law yers in the Senate has prepared for pub lication a long article concerning the recent ''liquor package decision" of the S o 11 i. J iU fP.,..l- DUpreuie vuiiit, ;mu me cupci ui ni.u decision on the liquor traffic in the prohibition states. He says that the police powers of a state permit it to prohibit or regulate the sale, within the borders, of intoxicating liquors. That if the prohibition of the sale of intoxieaing liquors in original pack ages was a violation of interstate com merce law the license system would al so fail. The saloons of New York City would have liquors sent from Jer sey City in packages, containing from a drink to a gallon, ana avoid paymganv license. He does not approve a com mon suggestion that Congress gives the states permission to make laws pro hibitinc and regulating the liquor traffic, as he thinks that right shouldn't be questioned, but suggests that a bill entitled "a bill to protect the states in the exercise of their police powers, already on the calendar of the Semite, will grant the permission suggested bv the Supreme Court to the States for the effective enforcement ot then liquor laws. A special law recently enacted pro hibits tho arrest? ot an v '-deserter from the army within! two years after thi time of his enlistment would have ex pired. Senator jPlumb has been en deavoring to havte amnesty extended to all deserters through a President!! proclam ition. He failed in this but through his efforts an amendment has been made to the army appropriation bill prohibiting the use of the annual allowance for the capture of any man who deserted prior to January 1, lbbo Senator Gorman has introduced an amendment to the interstate commerce law providing that it shall be unlawful for any railroad company to operate a line extending into ..an adjourning country, to transport either pasengers or freight between the two countries without a license granted by the In terstate Commerce Com mission. The Commission to have jurisdiction to investigate any violation of the inter state commerce law by such Company is if it operated wholly within the United States, and to have . power to suspend the comyanp's license. Mr. Hill has introduced a bill in the House granting a pension ofSoO per month to the mother ot Chas. S. Par nell. He explained that the pension was asked, not for the reason that she was mother of Mr. Parnell, but as the daughter of Admiral Stewart. The bill classifying worsted goods as woolen cloths has passed both Houses and Congress. The Kind of Daisy he is. The papers are still discussing the national flower question. Why wouldn't Tom Heed do. Isu't he a daisy? Wilmington Stan t He must be an ox-eyed daisy, for he js the most bull-headed weed that grows in the fields of the G. O. P. This daisy is in rather bad odor dowu our way at present. Dave Settle made a medium clerk of courJLfor Rockiugham county, but why l.e should aspire to Congress, we are not taught. His district is full of abler, worthier, better men than he. Grover Cleveland to the Farmers. HE ENDORSES THE ALLIANCE PLATFORM i - OF PMNneLES. Atlanta Constitution. Steubenville, Ohio, May 11. A few weeks ago, J. Hill, corresponding secretary of O.tk Grove lodge, No. 22, Farmers' Alliance, near this city, wrote to ex-President Cleveland, en closing a copy of the declaration of purposes of the Alliance, and asking for Cleveland's views thereon. THE DECLARATION OF PURPOSES.. The following are the declaration of purpose, and Mr. Cleveland's reply 4 Profoundly impressed that we, the Farmer's Alliance, united by strong and faithful ties of financial and home interests, should set forth our tleclara tion of intention, we therefore. Resolve to strive to secure the es tablishment of right and justice to our selves and our posterity : to labor for the education of the agricultural classes in the science of economical government in a strictly non-partisan spirit; to endorse the motto, "in things essential, unity ; in all things, charity;" to secure the purity of the elective franchise, and to induce all voters to intelligently exercise it for the enactment and execution of laws which will express the most advanced public sentiment upon all questions involving the interests of laborers and farmers; to develop a better state, mentally, morally, socially nnd finan cially ; to constantly strive to secure entire harmony and good will among all mankind, and brotherly love among ourselves ; to suppress personal, local, sectional and natural projudices, all unhealthful and all selfish ambition f to assuage the sufferings of brother and sister, bury the dead, care for the wid ows and educate the the orphans; to exercise charity toward offenders; to construe the words and purposes iu their most favorable light, granting honesty of purpose and good intentions to others, and to protect the principles ot the Alliance unto death. ) mr. Cleveland's reply. Mr. Cleveland's replv was: March 24, 1S(J0. J. A. Hill. Tor- responding Secretary Dear Sir: I lave received your letter, accompanied by a copy or tiie declaration or priuci- tles of the runners Alliance. I see nothing in this declaration that cannot be fully endorsed by any man who loves his country ; who believes that the object of our government should be the freedom, prosperity and happiness of all our people; and who belt yes that justice and fairness to all are necessary conditions to its use fu1 administration. It has always seemed to nie that the farmers of the country were especially interested in the equitable adjustment of our tariff system. The indifference they have shown to that question, and thetase with which thev have been led away rrom a sober consideration or their needs and their nghts, as related to t his subject, have excited my surprise. Struggle as they might, our farmers must continue to be the purchasers and consumers of the numberless things enhanced in cost bv tariff regulations. Surely they have a rirht to s iv th.it this cost shall not be increased for the purpose ot collecting unnecessary reve nues, or to give untitle advantage to do mestic manufacturers. The plea that our infant industries need protection, which thus impover lsiies the tanner and consumer, is, in view of our natural advantagfs and skili, and the ingenuity of our people, ii hollow pretext. Struiiule as thev may, our farmers cannot escape the conditions which fix the price of what I hey produce and sell, according to the rates which pre vail in foreign markets, flooded with the competition of countries enjoying a freer exchange ot trade than we The plausible presentation of the hlessiirgs of a home market should no deceive our depressed and impoverished agriculturists. There is no home mar ket for them which does not take its instructions from the seaboard, and the seaboard transmits the word of for eign markets. . Because my conviction that there should be a modification of our tariff laws arose principally from an apprecia tion of the wants of the vast army o consumers, comprising our farmers, our artisans, and our workingmen, and be cause their condition has led me to protest aghinst the present imposition, I am especially glad to see these asso ciations of fellow countrymen, arous ing themselves to the importance of tariff reform. Yours, very truly, l: Grover Cleveland. There is anf impression afloat that there is a charter provision which in hibits any and ajl other lines from par alleling the North Carolina railroad within range of twenty miles. This is probably a mistake arisen out of the constant refusal of the Legislature to grant any charter to any road where it proposes such a parallel. Still, if it does exist, it is void, as against public policy. The legislature could not grant a.vay the soveign prerogative of eminent domain, or the absolute right of the state to d. vote at her will pri vate property to public use. Thus you see the track of one road through the streets of Charlotte condemned and jointly used by another Hne. Again a bridge or a tunnel of one road is sub ject to the same right. In the con struction of the charter of the N. C. R. R. the same rule would indubitably hold. Aside from this the R. & has one os the most .liberal charters granted by the State, ever KLDTTZ & RENDLEMAH DOUBLE STORES ! TN S TTTiT UUUDLH a DRY GOODS n t JRESS GOODS NOTIONS CARPET3 CLOTHING HATS MATTS CAPS - RUGS SHOES . MATTING The family supply fflde, like the other, is inexhanig xt is our peciuiai uusiucco w -r . i- . l ... ... .1 0 tr you give us. the slightest encouragement we will do it, siippjvg a greater variety of high class goods at n smaller cost than it eL k r.io-nwliftrn Wifcn everv assurance. KLUTTZ SUSGOW i: ROCKBRIDGE CO., VA PEAL ESTATES EGGLESTON & BOTXLDiN, Glaso w, V a. REFERENCES." M- M- Martin, Hon. W. VV. Henry, Richmond, Va.; Craige, Esq., Salisbury, if. C. DRY G00D$ 1 can be found everything good to eat : Beef, Chickens, Butter, Eggs, Pickles, FRUITS ! Banannas. Oranges. Lemons, A ppies, of country produce. McCubbins Corner. w A T O H of 25 c u B W. I have placed a wool carding machine in the Salisbury Knitting Milk, and am prepared to buy voolor exchange wool rolls for it, to sell rolfe or card for a price or for toll. Respectfully, J. D. McNEELY. ff Mil I CUl ton Mills ten oHifteen female operatives to work or learn to work in the mill. Girls or women from fifteen years of age and upward may ap ply at the mill. F ' 1 te tiSa My spring stock isnow in and I have an elegant assortment of eerswkm, ;hi"hams Lawns, Dress Goods, Plushes, White Goods, &c. Have t He handsomest iue"of Seersuckers, iu Solids, Stripes and Plaids in thexity 11 colors. 4u my r STOCKS! - - - -1 I m nnwu ill i.nui .. ii. M"'y, anuirf & RENDLEMAN. Esq., General Manar It oek brides IV.; Judge F. D. Irving, FarmvHk V.i.iK t Hams, Breakfast Strips, Beef-lonjsue Uriel, etc., etc. L FRUITS I and -Cocuanuts. 1 buy and sell all kinds Respectfully, FRANK YOUNG. SIOCK laKULtUI$ "Fuihcr-Timc" saysw Watch Club Vthc best plan out for you to get a Watch, Diamond Ring, . x Ear Rings, Silverware, or any num ber aif articles valued at in our line. We nc4 two more to complete our first club name; when it is com plete, we will at once begin to form another. Call and see Jhc goods we offer and learn the plan. Very Truly, H. 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