The
Carolina
Watchman.
VOL. XXI, THIED SEBIES.
SALISBURY, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1890.
NO. 39.
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A Fine Fair the reverse faithful to his constituents
r and the public interests! he.wmild h;ive
quay am pklamatf.R are is the deserved and received the execration
SADDLE.
National Democrat.
The late republican State convention
of his fcffoiv man." And yet when the
late Semttor Beck was trying to get a
law to prevent Senators of the United
in Pennsylvania was i, typical republi-! &t;ltes trom s'Ppeanng before the bn-
can conclave. There seems to be no leme Court as the attorneys for cor
don bt whatever, that among the can-! Prions, bills affecting which were
didatesfor the nomination for Gov- pending ui the Senate Senators Ed
frnnr Genorul H ttfttJm? v:i th nnn-Iniunds and Spooner resented with
lulariuan, the man whom the k reat mutch warmth the idea that a man
majority of the republicans of the State could not represent the people in the
wanted But Delamater was the man Senate and the corporation in the court
whom Quay wanted, and as the repub- room min justice to both,
licun partv "is a boss ridden party, a Ine following account of the victory
party in which the sentiments of the gf t,1P tandanl Oil Company in the
majority are sacrificed to tUe selfish f ennsylvania Senate is worth reprint-
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interests of a minority, the convention
did what Boss Quay told it to do.
Boss Quay himself had twice used
! the public office he held to enable him
to emblaze the funds of the State. He
procured the pardon of a useful politi
cian who had pleaded guilty to an
indictment o bribing members of the
Legislature, and in divers and sundry
other ways, had proved his indifference
to the Ten Commandments the statute
book and anything like a public moral
sentiment, lint he has control of the re
publican organization of his state and
the nation, when he tells the conven
tion in this State to nominate Dela
mater it obeys.
Of Delamater we have learned a good
deal recently; the people of Pennsyl
vania have known him tor a dozen years.
Mr. Emery ,ex-State seirator,is a reputa
ble man, and he made criminal charges
against Delamater which the accused
treated with cynical indifference shown
by his master, Quay, under charges of
criminal misconduct. In a speech at
Bradford, Pa., April 4, Mr. Emery
said :
'! charge that he (Delamater) pur
chased his election to the senate of
this State in 1886;that he directly bribed
citizens of Crawford County to vote
j for him at the general election, and
that when a memorial had been con
templated to prevent him from taking
the oath of office he paid huge sums
of money for the suppression of the
said memorial. ."! charge,'1
Si'id the ex-Senator, " that Delamater
securing his services in the senate' at
tempted to alter a public record In
forming a conference report on a bill,
bi'fcre it had been proper! v considered
contrary to all rules and practice, and
signing or having had signed the
names of the commiittee, and in so
doing offended the dignity of the Leg
islature and the law of the common
wealth.'" The bill to which reference is
here made was in the interest of the
Standard Oil Company, and its object
was to swindle thousands of compara
tively poor men for the benefit of the
rich and powerful monopoly.
The Pniladelplm Press opposed the
ing in full because it is the account
published at the time, simply as a
matter of news, without political sig
nificance. It is a New York Sun dis
patch and we give it head tine and all:
VICTORY FOR A MONOPOLY.
the standard oil company s power
in Pennsylvania's senate.
nomination ot DeUinater so tar ; s it
could without breaking with Quay and
the republican machine. After' the
nomination all the Press could do was
to appeal to republicans generally to ! Lewis Emory, dr., of Bradford
Defeating the Fatuous Billhusleij Pipe
L'tnr Hill, which Proposed to Iteju-e
the Cost of storiiKf aud Transport tnu
Oil.
Harrisburg, April 23. -The Standard
Oil Company, by defeating the meas
ure known as tne Billingstey Pipe Line
bill in Pennsylvania Senate to-dav, has
more than ever shown the strong grasp
it has on the law-making power of tlte
State. The most significant incident
connected with the result accomplished
was the fact that not one word was
spoken in defence of the Standard, nor
any attempt made to show ordeny that
the bill was not entirely just ami for
the best interests of tin? State, bv the
supporters of the Standard in t he State,
while an overwhelming array of incon
trovertible statistics and many strong
arguments showing the improtance at
taching to the passage of the bill, were
presented by the Standard's opponents.
The Uillmgsby bill originated in the
House of Representatives. Its object wafe
to reduce the cost of storing and trans
porting Oil, both controlled by the
Standard Oil Compafiy, and to reg
ulate those branches of the petroleum
business so that the products could
command fair treatment. There are
over 2U0 members in the Hose and the
bill went through all the routime there
and passed finally without the Stand
ard making any light against it. The
bill had still to run its course in the
Senate, where there are only 50 mem
bers and where the leaders are more
or less favorable to corporate interests.
The friends of theill felt that the
Standard intended to make its light in
the Senate, and as the passage of the
bill would reduce the yearly profits of
the company in handling tin? producers1
oil nearly &",XHs(K)0, they knew it
could afford to make a telling fight.
The bill came up for its third reading
to-day. It was in charge of Senator
There
The Comb Didn't Calm Him.
ator who spoke against the bill, and lie
merely said that it was unconstitutional.
SwMiator Rutin attacked Senator Emory j
personally, and said he was inspired by
a mob, referring to the oil producers in
the gallery. Senator Emory defended
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R.itan apologized foi the roruark,v;hieh I V i?"" inuei over urn ap
Mr. Emory refused to accept. ' VSSSS" T J
The vote on the bill was culled for, tS2 convention was to
and while Senator F.mnrv rpi J i Tfc " Strda3, ami, on V nday night,
on his feeta.nl londlv protested the roll i idZM f
t i-niiCTi. . mere were irt vfrps tor ir. i t i.. r a
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HIS RIVAL COMHEO HIM DOWN.
- . Loattftne Courier-Journal.
Simpson county, Kentucky, was in a
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caught in a ram
stopped at the house of old
and 25 agnfinst it. Only two demo-
Blood good and C
The politicians, Maj.
yol. Noix, were sly can-
Vi.u vuieu in lavoror tne ntandanl ,i;,i.,f " h... .,"
McAter, of Huntington, and Metier. ' iXTZ V ' ' Z, "7"""' "2
, mi i.ii, iu.il in-iuin one Miew ot tne
schemes of the other.
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support the partv ticket. It said
"The opposition to him was based
almost wholly on doubts of his ability
to rally the full republican vote.
The success of the repub
lican party is of far more consequence
than tlve politic; 1 fortune of any indi
vidual, and it is only when this is
fully realized and accepted by every
division of the party that its success is
assured."
The doubt of Delamaler's ability to
rally the full republ'can vote- means
simply that his public record is so bad
that it was believed a large number of
republicans would not vote for him.
But, says the press in substance, he
has got the nomination and we cannot
afford to let the republican ticket be
beaten. A majority of 80,000 is
mighty, says the press, elsewhere, and
must prevail. Yes suppose it hat 75, 000
republicans refused to vote for Dela
mater because he had purchased hiselec
tioirtuthe Senate, and his nomination
for governor.und betraved the interests
of the people to the Standard Oil Com
pany, and because nomination was
demanded by a man who embezzled
the money of Pennsylvania, who bribed
votes and procure! the pardon of bri
bers, still there would be 5,000 major
ity left for Delamater. This is what the
press means when it says that 80,000
majority is mighty and must prevail.
'There was recently published an
interview with one J. H. Woodward,
in which he was asked if
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were seven senators ansem. Senator
Emory asked, as a matter of courtesy,
that the bill be allowed to go over.
Senator Itiitan, of Alleghany, the
Standard's mouthpiece in the senate,
and Senator Delamater, of Crawford,
opposed the request, and it was not
granted. In the course of the debate
Senator Emory, who is a republican,
vehemently remarked: 4 I warn the
republican party against defeating this
measure here to-day on behalf of the
Standard Oil Company. There are
fifteen counties in the ii ot ii western
part of the Slate whose people are pray
ing for the passage of this bill. Thir
teen of those counties are republican.
If this republican senate throws this
brand into their midst the conse
quences will be seen at the next elec
tion."' This made a sensation in the
senate, the gallery of which was packed
The Ghostly Tollkeeper.
There waS;U good deal of excitement
recently over in He! mot county, ().,
along that portion of the old Nsttional
pike extending some four or five miles
eastward from St, Clairsville, over the
appearance of an apparition of old Toll
keeper Felt us, who presided at the first
gate east of St, Clairsville for nearly a
generation, but who died some five
years ago, since which time the old toll
house has been allowed to fall into
ruins. Uly-Smith, a traveling sales
man, and Henry .Johnson, his colored
driver, had a thrilling experience with
the ghost about 12:30 o'clock one morn
ing, the details of which were related
by both gentlemen. They were return
ing in one of the delivery wagons from
late trip to St. Clairsv ille, and when
nearly opposite the spot where the toll
house stood the attention of both men
was attracted to an object on the left
hand side of t he road.
" What's thai?" hsked Mr. Smith.
u Its a man' said Johntson. wIku
eyes were a little sharper.
kk Oh, I see; it's the tollkeeper,"' said
Smith, who had not been over the
road for half a dozen years, aud ther
fore did not know that Fetus, whom
he knew quite well, was der.d.
dust, at this point off, the horse ran,
right over the figure, which, however,
was not in the least disturbed, and
Ipromptly appeared at the front wheel
ot the wagon, standing erect, in Fel
tus' characteristic attitude, with one
arm outstretched to receive the toll.
Mr. Smith s ud, in explaining what
transpired: "I asked him what he was
d )ing out at such a late hour, as llenFy
had pulled up tin; horses, but he gave
me no answer. The figure just stool
there holding out his hand as old man
Feltususel to do, and I was is confi
dent I was talking to him as I am to
von this minute. As the rain was
pouring down in torrents I asked him
why he didn't have a light and not
keep us wating. There was no answer
still. I asked him how much the fare
was, that I might have enough change,
and he still made no answer I told
Henry we didn't have time to waste
there in the rain and to drive on. This
aroused Henry, who had his whip aloft,
but was paralyzed at Hie apparition of
the old man, whom he knew to be
dead, and he drove away only too rap
dly, with his hat standing up off his
head.
'" When I discovered, the state of
affairs 1 felt about as scarv
fter supper, while old John and his
guests were sitting on the porch talk
ing over the coming struggle and
listening to a wet catvdid that held
vesper service- in a locust tree, old
John, getting up and stretching him- KasP'"g for breath
self, said to the Major:
''Let me see you a moment, please."
The Major followed him to the end
of the gallery. "Major,"1 old John
whispered, "I am compelled to tell you
something. You gentlemen are wel
come to stay at my house as long as
you please, but ability to accommodate
cannot always be measured by willing
ness to do so. The truth is, haven't
but one spare lied."
"But can't the Colonel and I sleep
together?"
"Yes, you can: but the truth is the
Colonel is awfully particular."
"How?"
"Well, as rational as he appears
while stirring about, he's a strange
man in lied. Our families, you know,
are well acquainted, and I therefore
know all about him. His peculiarity
comes from a scare he received when
he was a child. It seems that a dog
once tried to bite him: and now, just
before he dnxpj nfF in lren lio Iwmmiiq
;.fi,;.. .r. ! Colo el had found his hair
! larjre and the proceedings harmonious.
I the result will be of great benefit to
tne county.
w Who you reckon will be nominated
for judge?" old John asked.
"Neither of the candidates that have
been named. We-have Iietter timber
than nut of those fellers."
"Well," said the Major yawning, fr
reckon we hud better go to bed so as to
be in trim for to-morrow's work."
4I will show you to the room," the
old man remarked; arising.
The politicians were shown into an.
upper mom and the old man, placing a
candle on the mantel, bade them good
night and went down stairs "What
noise was that?" the "Major asked when
the old man quitted the room.
UI didn't hear anything," the Colo
net answered.
"I did; it sounded Tike some ouo
He might have
heard a noise might have heard old
John struggling to suppress his laugh
ter. "Suppose we go to bed," said the
Major.
"All right. You go ahead and I will
blow out the candle."
They talked for some time after ly
ing down, and then after a long si
lence the Colonel uttered a deep growl.
The Major reached over and gave hiui
a rake with the comb.
"What the deuce are you doing?"
exclaimed the Colonel, springing up in
lied, "What do yon mean?1' and in
his rage he began to grate his teeth.
The Major, supposing he was getting
ready to begiif biting, reached over and
gave him another rak "You infer
nal idiot!" yelled the Colonel, feeling
for the Majors hair. "If I don't wool
you, I'm a shote."
"What are you doing?" howled the
1 i . r 1 1 III luift irnnl
.1(1J'M. LJ V ii' I 11 111 Hill V
Haven't you got any
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sense.'
you:
The
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ciiry
did, and I do not care to have another
such experience. It is a sfcrnge case,
and I cannot account for it at all."
Johnson was as confident as Mr.
Smith that he was the ghost of tie1 old
man, and In; wouldn't put the horse
away by himself, he was so scared. -WUfifVnuj
Cor. St. ynis (Holte.
The World's Way.
It is so unreasonable to expect us to
forgive the friend we have wronged,
isn't it? He makes us so uncomfort
able whenever we chance to meet him
that it is already unpardonable in him.
The morally brave man may do wrong
when tempted for he is but human
dut he will bear the blame and shoul-
. 4 10 f I ti i rr
clad contract which every prodiu:er is
compelled to sign before his oil will
be run orsti ored by the Standard Coirr
panv. and which will not let him have
the charges against Delamater, in con- j the oil delivered where he wants it,
neetiou with :the Standard Oil Company, but only at points opt ional with the
I.m.1 :mv fnmh.ti.m :in.l Mr. Wtimlvvurd CoinnailV. This the mil would abolish.
replied;
' Perhaps the very worst that can be
said against Gorge W. Delamater is
that he has, as a lawyer, been faith
ful toil is client in his professional ser
vices to the Standard Oil Compny.
The thinking man will, on reflection,
give-hiiii credit for his faithfulness.
Had lie been the reverse, unfaithful,
he would have deserved and received
the exeer.ition of his fellow men,"
This reply shows how dead to every
moral sensibility republican polities
makes a man. Delamater vv;is em-
with oil Droducers favoring the bill
In speaking to a question of privilege
Senator Emory attacked by name a der the burden of the consequence him
leading Standard Oil man present, Sa- self; but the coward will whine: " It
pcrintendentJ3heide, of the National j was more your fault than mine," and
Transit Company, and chargedhim with ' repeat this until he almost believes his
being ther with millions at. his com- j feelings aggreived that any of tin; un
niand ts make hargins for the delate of pleasant result from his action should
the bill. come his way.
Senator Walling,of Erie,defended the When we deceive a friend we find so
bill in a strong argument against the many plausible excuses for our conduct
Shim -in mniiiinii v. lie re;ui the iron- I that we "Tow to consider ourselves
quite virtuous for feeling somewhat
remorseful about the "necessary" de
ception: but when a'frieud deceives" us,
we class it among the seven deadly,
sins, and feed that our conscience can
not tollerate him any longer.
To "bill the remembrance of a wrong
deed to sleep bv getting angry
-gen-
I He showed that at the present rate of
storage and pipeage the gross earning ; orally at the -one who discovers us is
of the company in that branch alone j like getting drunk to drown sorrow; the
was 20,000.00) a year and a net profit after misery is increased ten-fold, li.'t-
iOIWin :i venr. The ter to look both facts souarelv m the
of nearly $18,000,000
Billinssley bill would reduce these
profits to about $1 3,000,000 .the saving
going to the benefit of the producer and
outs'de capital.
Senator Emory presented a list of 230
refiners, onea in Pennsylvania, who had
been crushed out by the S andard. He
showed how the Standard had rcied
50.000.000 in rebates from the Trunk
Railroad in five years. Ijv wincn us
face:to acknowledge the wrong and ask
forgiveness; to muet the sorrow with all
the patienc; we can, and thus in time
to helpMis in both cases.
When a friend dies the wound is
heated by the slow processes of time
and, (hough long tender to the touch
tiiat a word or a scene may give, it
leaves no scar, and the heart stdl re-
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business. The strong point made by moments" prove untrue the wound is
the Senator was that the passage of seared over so suddenly by the scornful
iho Liii wmild enable outside parties to amazement we feel that the scare never
senator by the people of his section.
As State senator he betrayed the inter
ests of the people, and served the inter
ests of the Oil Company, and it is of
this that the aforesaid Woodward says:
"The thinking man will, on reflection,
give him credit for his faithfulness
I to thi corporation. Hud he been
engage in oil refining again at a profit,
which was one reason why the Stand
ard wanted to kill the bill
vanishes, and the heart hardens, closing
its doors suspiciously against all who
make offerings at the desecrated shrine
Senator Delamater was the only Seii of friendship. Detroit Free Press.
to stop him. he begins to bite fearfully
"Humph," the Major grunted, "that's
odd, but what can be done to stop him
after he begins to growl?"
"Well, his brother told ifie how he
used to work it. He always took a
course comb to bed with him and
would rake the Colonel with it when
be began to growl. As strange as it
may seem, it was the only thing that
would quiet him. Th ? family doctor
said that a comb was somehow the
only tiling that would start -the blood
to circulating."
"That's very odd. And would it
quiet him?"
"Would make him gentle as a lamb.
Why he used to insist that his brother
should take the comb to bed with him.
He does not like for any one to men
tion the freakish misfortune, as he
always terms it, but it would be doing
him a great favor if you would take
the comb to bed with you and give
a rake in ease he should begin to growl.
I am telling you this because I am your
friend, because I know that you are
good timber, and especially because I
hope that von may secure his influence
if yon should ever desire any office.
Don't you know that we respect the
man that understands our peculiarities
before we are asked to explain them to
him? He is sensitive that way, and
if he sees that yon understand him he
will then know that you have had all
eve on him have held him in your
mind.''
"All right. Yon get the comb and
I will go through with the ceremony
when the time conies."
"Here's one; put it in your pocket."
They returned to the Colonel, and
after awhile, when the Major stepped
into the house to get a drink of water,
I he old man said:
"You and the Major are good friends,
I am triad to see."
"Yes," replied the Colonel,' "I think
he is a first late fellow.''
"Glad you like him, for you and him
have to sleep together to-night, for.
the fact is, 1 have only one spare bed."
"That will be all rightr I reckon,"
said the Colonel.
"Yes, but the truth is, the Major is
the most peculiar fellow youeversaw."
"Ill what, way?"
"As a bed-fellow, f was very inti
mate with his family and know all
about him. It seems that he had a
nervous trouble when he was a boy,
and could not go to sleep until some
one growled like a dog. I have known
him to lie tossing in bed for hours at
a time, and then when I would go to
his bed and growl he would doze off
like a lamb."
"I never before heard of an affliction
so strange," said the Colonel.
"1 either, but it is a very easy matter
to relieve him. He and a fellow named
Ibick Johnson were once opposing can
didates for prosecuting attorney. Well,
they had to sleep, together one night.
Buck knew his peculiar affliction, and
shortly after they went to lied Buck
began to g:owl. The Major didn't say
anything that night, but the next day
he withdrew from the race, declaring
that he would not run against so good
a man as Buck."
"You don't .say-so," exclaimed the
Colonel.
"Yes, I do, and I know it to be a
fact. I would advise you to humor
him in the same way.
"I'll do so."
"We are going to have more rain, I
think." said the Major as he resumed
his Mat.
"Yes," the Colonel responded, "ut
I hope that it will not interfere with
the convention. If I he attendance i
"I'll let you know what it is to rake
the life out of me with a cross-cut
saw.
"I was doing it to oblige you, yu
confounded wolf! Let go my hair!"
"Oblige me! Do you take me for a
saw loji? Look out! I'll pull every
hair out of your head."
They tumbled out oil the floor, rolled
over and over, and then overturned a
tottering old wardrobe that came down
upon them with a crash. The Major
swore that he was dead, and the Colonel
yelled for a light, but no light came.
Had they listened they might have
heard another noise, that sounded like
some one breathing hard. The old
man was in the hall shaking the rail
ing of the stairway. The Major was
the first to scramble to his feet. "I
will throw you out of this window!" he
exclaimed.
"And if I can find my pistol I will
shoot the top of your head off!" howl
ed the Colonel. This threat so frigh
tened the Major that he gathered" up
his clothes as best he could andushed
from the room.
"Why, what's the nutter?" the
old man asked when the Major came
down.
"Nothing, only I am going to get
a cannon, then come back and blow
that fool into eternity."
"Did he try to bite you?"
"He tried to kill me, that's what he
tried to do."
"Why didn't you rake him?"
"I did rake hiui."
"Humph!" grunted the old man;
"lie must diave lost his peculiarity.
What, you are not going out onwich
a night as this?"
"Yes, I am, for if I see that fool
again I'll have to cut his throat. Good
bye. Shortly after the Major left the Col-
onei came down. "Wiiy, iook nere,
said be; "I growled just as you told me
to do, and wish I may die if that fel
low didn't come within one of ripping;
the life out me."
"Mighty sorry to hear it. He
must have changed since I knew him
so well."
Whenthe convention met the next
day, the Major and the Colonel fought
each other so violently that neither
of them could win: aud at an oppor
tune time, ld .John Perdue stepped in
and received the nomination.
A Remarkable Record.
" Judg" James Lawreson, of Balti
more, who died yesterday, had a remark
able record as a Government employee.
He was in the postal service for tweuty-
Lone vears vvnuoui. a urea, ami ueni
one positson for fifty-seven years. Ho
administered the oath of office to every
Postmaster-Genera! since the admin
istration of President Andrew Jack
son. r- r !
Judg" Lawrenson was eight y-seVert
vears of age, having entered the service
when a boy of sixteen. He continured
to reside in Baltimore,notwithsl-ndiug
his employment was in Washington,
and made the journey to and fro for
fifty years. Notwithstanding linage,
he kept activrly at work, he made
these trips daily unt.it prostrated by
sickness last February. Phih4pkk
Isdtjer.
Kiekerx-amoni; colts and calves are
usually bred, nt born. Handle them
gently and kindly and kickers will bo
ra.e. Teasing by heedless boyj and
lored men originate; mo tof the f-.rm
kicker.