I
I " vjmjmu'i-- v. ".rrv " rfjV.v.. , .';rL .. jtt-,., y11'111111?
percent wore ..77 II " 77 ' Mi 0 - . - A VT U " ' " -
610 than any f v - . . V .' h: .J . W ". A 7 " i' 1 " - " ' 1 "'
Sbw - iL lit wl;UJiMltt V V w
-cir iridium. - J . - r . . - .-.IP!' - .. , ' t ..V . .-A ' ' - " - -1" ! I : , ' -- " - ' 1 - - A "
f g 1S & ,..,,,,,,-.,...,-,.,.,.; .....r , ! y.y,....jrjmir,-,. ..r.,, f 1 - - -
01. XXIII- TIIIKD SERIES.
wm 1 e ail bj
for Infants ani
-Ca or ! a ir- so eH adaptld to children that
. .onVrvl itas superior taariyprescripUon
lv-u tin" A. Aacoea, II. p.,
' ! Ill So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, -JIS;
. Tnf 11 v V m tKA it. cApma a work
fcBS3 fa.nUiesvrbodonotkwpCasteria
r.rr CARLOS XaAnTYN, I'. ,
. New York City.
le pastor Bloomingdale informed Church.
The Csktato
1 1 coiiio to yon ...with !a small ailaii
,i ,.,, nivd; In E:ixl;ind, thef
rontinfMit, and nmt y foreign countries,
mvIf find u'ares are well known,
Many
Amt'iican families- m their re
tnrn from abroad bring my
articles
willi flirln, or they know thcwi 'pretty J
v,.H, but v.)i i ;n. iv not be one"6f 'these.
Gtnfi ii nc'.' between man and man
j.rtv-of growth, and' v.be-n futindits
roiirv m
-ttHifiiU'iK
: and "make a refvrer.ee to
t'ustV!!jfn,M..t( indorse :that couficlence.
do" jnt Hiink ii;vili be misplaced.
1 nia' IsH' h'A fiiim of a cure :;n
a'.isolittf ,omj for 1hliui!Mss
and
itfadiiclu lii it. c.an
be fou i d in fbis
vcir. The ( lire is so
small in usrii.
;iinl viiis comfort to von isso roaf
2( minal'S b'iiiits limit when relief
hat it ha;
become the marvel
..f h
l
(mi". One and a n lit grains i
mi'ilkaiM
eo ited wit h
su:ar. is my
isth'-'.sb.
ipe of-oiii small pill,
kno.vii to fonitii'MCe as J)U. UAl-
1)0 K'S XE W LlVHlt PILL. It, ;U
old iii t lit in irkets of lviropr, bat- is
Wvv to North Ani:iica.. Tiie price is
aJtw ;t at.i boir st uie lieiiie rail be
'sid'l at, 25 t esits. -Seiul-a vial card
'ffrt'-H sample vi.iL, to try them, before
: )m I'urchase.
; mi liAYiiocK,
. Go Fulton St., N. Y.
- 1 i
r Mention Xpn Wtchmivn when you write.
kAUiauGeExGhanfio
r 41 arid 13 Conimsrce 2tf
-Owned and controlled by 'Alliancenvcn
fir handling produce, , 7
CJQTlON A SPECIALTY.
Daii't sell before writing for par
ticulars to
L J J. ROGERS, Mr.
NOTICE.
My wifo. Mary-f; Hall, having left my bod
ajbOiird, I lieM.y.isqtifj ail pefsoiis that I
ail not bo responsible for any debt,, contract
jr obligation" wtiich she may make-, nor for any
iiability which she may incur. A. L. II ALL.
Tins June 7lli, 1892. i 'V '
Norfo
STATES
YILLE MAR
: Is tho Place to Get Monuments, Tombstones, &c
' . :" "'Si-". - 1 . - " - '
1 " -fiji v rjtwKjsi x mjxumjiu
laciion ia every rtnpcc't and positively will not be undersold. " "
Granite Monuments
:V r Of all kiofiv a specialty 'i .''
C
J5,ly
Tentlon tho Watcliman when you mite
loU
.
V vfeiS '-Jwr- j- ft r3tm U . -Off '
SI
Children..
Cantor! a enrcs Colic, Cocfpatloii,
Sour Stoiimch, Diarrbcea. liructation,
KiU3 Worraii, give eietsp, and prouiotca
pestion, .
Without injurious mcdlcatioa,
For several years I have recommenced
your Castoria,' and shall always continue t
do so as it has invariably produced btuitaicial
results.'? . .
EowikT. Paedeh, JL DU' .
Tho Winthrop," li5h Street and 7th Ave.,
Kew York City.
Compaky, 77 M on bat Strkst, Krw York.
TELL THE TALE.
The suits
we
are scl
at S10
hjnor tlllS WCClv
take
the lead of any
thing ever placed
OH
sale for the price. Tlrey
are made iirsvery.styjc
-Cassime As, Flannels,
Serges, Worsteds, Suits
that arc well cut and
c 1 c gan tly t r i m m ed , S uits
that will vv'car well are
yours for a 810 bill.
- Suits that; vould be n
bargain at S3or 1 more,
I)tit i order to clean
out odds and ends, and
broken -sizesr we oifer
them for
Our . line of $400,
5 00, 7.50; 12 50 and
15.00 Suits are the best,
cheapest and nobbiest
Suits we ever sold at
these prices. Makes of
first class material, and
are 25 per cent, clieaper
than can lie bought
elsewhere. We arc 2:0
mg to cut prices right
and deft until every suit
is sold; We have a full
line of summer Coats
and I Vests Alpaca,
i Seersucker, Mohair, &c.
1 Full line o'f Trunks,
j Traveling Bags, Satch
els, etc. - -
M. S. BROWN.
10 arrive in a lew Hays- We guarantee
B. WEBB & CO.,
, - ntiOPIUETOR.
THE 1892
$10.00
BLE
WORKS
Georgia Home Insurance Co.5
COLUMBUS, GJt.
EH0DES BK0WNE, WM, 0. GO ART,
,raEsini;NT. . Secuetary.
Total Assets, over $1,000,000.
A Home Ccropany, seeking Home Patroha?e
inu(f tJi cjrftcs rf Eisksjtt lowest
adequate lates. Losses adjusted -
x and paid promptly. .
J. ALLEN BROWN, Agt.
I,,. ..III.!. I- 1' ' -
OVCCI. t,: fc. t'OL
A noble man i miselng Irdm the tjdnt fanit m f
!tht! fierlit
toife is lihshed Mlitch ncVcr ejmko except
J ;i,trlhan d ht' tll A - !
II H al it fofm no more s ball lead our forces
j Itilhe frari ;
Tt!iMVittir r'f!! ftltunW slctra our chit'f
fliftfl passeft awaj.
; i tt bU4 we mourn, as mortal must, tor inn
We'll rue the work be left to to. nttd trftfet '
j again to. meet; - ; 'f- ; r
He' lives, tliougti lost a mortal's sight; lie acts,
f f t thisli uaftsht we see,. .1
Ilcl stiHJaajnn'S the gathering- hosts, life helps
i i ' it M t- rt. m r f'voa ' I
rfHtr t'.nnt.t nnt r-n whn lfirpcl him" lifre tlio :
L j I purK)3c from on high,
fcueii, souls us his immortal are, taey w?ra not
mi 'nimLrsSbolcA shall be, his zeal our '
, i model jrrand, - . j
Among the pation's honored dead his tomb 1
1 jsiiaii ever standt r !
.And on the ttfiaft shich marks thjespot of Ids
i i last earthly sleep,
We'll icarve these words; "He sowed the seed,
tlit freedom men might reap." ;
t j ' Dr. A. S. Jloughtoh
T II K S I A M ESK T W I NS.
Xew $taric. of the; Most' Famous Twins
tliatl fiver lived Their Homes and i 1
their Families. I
Tli recent death near Mount Airy,
Nl'CUcif Mrs Saltie Bunker, window
ofl EherlBunker, one- of the world-re-
now'etl, Siamese twins, recalls to mini
mil eh of -the donietic history vf thesj
gentlemen and their families, com pa ra
tij'ely little of .which has ever found
it fvjajrjinto print, which now comes
tlijiebt from one who lived in the neigh
borhood of their homes in the old Stale,
n0t ivhb was a personal friend of the
tviihs from their youth up. j
jCliang and E ig were born in 18li,
HI he lowlands of Siam, of humbje
parentage, and at an early age lost their
tatlitri As soon, as they were old
eiioiigh to be of use- to their Widened
inot'erhe put them to the light worjv
of tending a large flock of ducks, which
then ued to cany out every moruinjg
in a boat to a neighboring marsh, where
the wild rice was plentiful; there they
i;eniaiiied alt day and night, and atfie
bloUiug of a horn, the ducks would
wijidalelbaeJc to the boat, crawl aboarlt,
am thet the twins would puddle them
hiuiicv When the boys were -prbbabjv
It k lycars of age an English tray
liejrinaimed Hunker happened th:lt way,
.,."d after viewing them with am z
for.
a stipubtted
consideratidn
with! tht:r . tiier, obtained -.nosiJessi' n
'i i i - - " '
of th m. ,
L fayniir the EaSt hoi t' ,' lifter. M
ljuiilei for several years tJchi-ifN tle
yns in everv part. of the known '.v
lieaiing them with great kiudniss ami
naKi n nonev uv it em wiernver
went, until in 1832 be had amassed ia
fortune1, and the twins being by this time
!ige,;he considerately gave thenf thejir
freed mi with permission to addpt !iis
name, and with enough ready cash to
stlar them comfortably in life.! This
happened in Raleigh, "North Caroliuja.
and the younginen, though they lovfrd
their protector well, loved freedom bet-
Pit
i 1
so,! with a friendly parting on both
ides
they started out to make their
alone and vet together. ! While
vyay
ill Raleigh they heard some talk regard
ing Jthcj excellent hunting to be found
iii the inoimtainous part of the! State,
rid wishing for a little recreation,
hey iourueved to the Biedmont section.
where they 'finally took up their reSi-
dehee fit the house of a well-tc-do f ;dr-
njierjhamed Yates, living in the county
of Wilkes, situated at the foot lot the
time itidge mountaius,and seveiity-tiye
Uiiles west ot ureensboro,
Farmer Yates was fond of the chase.
living! in good, old-fashioned j tyije,
with plenty ot negroes and dogs, rais
ing supplies of all kinds, and surrounded
by 4 large family, he took life easy aijid
made it pleasant for the twins, who
boarded with him for a considerable
time. 1 vv hue there Eng Hunker be-
came greatly attached to Miss Sal lie
It ates, and Chang lost his heart to Miss
Adelaide. Some time between 1833
and 1840 a double marriage took place
tit the residence of Father-in-law Yates,
and; the twins commenced their married
life on a farm which was in easy reaeh
of their wives" old homestead. Here
thejf lived happily, farming part of the
tim and at intervals going on the rotd
with j Barnum and others, returning
occusiclnally to their families and fire
side with well-filled pockets. But the
farm on which they lived did riot suit
the iwin, 0 they purchased! about
2,000 acres in the adjoining county jf
Suriry, within three miles of thethen
little Village of Mount Airy, now tie
rernnuus ot llie Uane rear S 1 ad inn
Railroad. On this estate they
erecte
with i
made
a farge, comfortable farni hou$e,
11 necessary outbuildings, aiid
many improvements, lie-
ing b a cheerful, kindly disposition
their
ives passed smooth iy" for many
while several children were born
to each Wife. I
?j oiiie or the children, were! nearly
grbjwn when que day, from sonje cause
(jirOther, a squabble ensued, in; which
i hejmcithers took part, and subsequen I ly
Chang and Eng, being "men of spirit
anc( coniage,drew kuivesand were alK.ut
to attiick each other, when the wives,
Seeing t he danger, begged them to desist.
Fin levins "'ceased f truggliug, hnt de
cided thatthey would then and thtre
be separated, and at once sent j to Mt.
Avry ifor their family physician, Dr.
no iingsworin, a man witn quite a o-
caiireputation an a skillful!
surgeon.
lie
arrived witlr liH instruufehts, and
SALISBURY, N. C,, THURSDAY,
Infttf bjiKg told what Wa3 wanted, re-
Very wellv just get up on that tabl?
, t ii n ' b .
u,,u 1 v "ut which wnuM
you pj"efer, that I should sever the flesh
!thntconiectyouorciit off your hwids?
rv. . -n i i i '
1 will produce just about t ha some
result as' the ether
This brought the twin-; to their fim-
Kes, for-they knew vcrv well that the
Ttu "u,u,i
New York had decide ' that
it
won id-
be death to separate thm.
Ili a perplexity of mind how toward
against future warfafe in the bouse-
uOU
uwm, uic iwun c;iMt-u in nonius-
worth and Messrs. Gifmor and Hawhy
tf Mount Airv, a. arbitrators. These
Kei ttenien, ;rfter revolving the problem
lu- "eir nWWa, "ew fi n legal emi tract
whose principal provisions were that
out of the money owned by the twins '
a xnniiar niansion anu iiKe outnmni-
ings as those which they then owned
shiild be' built on the krjre estate about
one mile froai the existing homestead;
that the hind shouldjie equally divided
between the brothers by a competent
surveyor; that no transaction of a bus-
i 1 1 1 i a .i
iness ture snouici taice place on these
rarms b -t ween the two lmthers, that
?the family of Chaiiir shoulii live in one
house, while that of Eng sjiotdd live in
the other. And, while the wives-occasionally
visited each othei, it is worth
noting that for many years t he children
did not interchange viMts, though they i
il l I . t -v. I
,UCI"1 ouic.i or ii. me vmage. it is followed by a! choking, smothering
was also agreed that Eng should spend , sensation that is! anything but pleas
three days and three nights with h is :,nt. It makes me feel like I did just
Tmks. ami that. taiMurr ( w in nf pen . . T t- , J
could not help being present) should.
,..,..1.1 ..4 I,aI. I..,..,,. .....,l. V II
during that time, remain passive and
not in and way interfero with the af-!
fairs of Eng; then Ohii jg should spend
three days and nights at his own house.
Eng. being during that time as mind
ful of attending strictly todiisowu bus-
mess, and on that of his
nother, as
uuang n.ii oeen. lliese provisions
were acceple 1 and religiously observed
by the brothers until death, they alter-
lining every tliree das in their visits ,
to -their, family. Indeed, so particular
were they m not having business trans- ;
actions with each other that. if. for, in-
stance, Eng ne ded corn for bis cattle, !
and Luang had it tor sale, Eng never
once hinted at buying t i his brother.
Ar.d again, as soiue1. li'K s.hapi ened. if
one brother received an invitation to
dinner or. tea the other woild. of course,
go, but upon leaving would remark to
the liost, "will pay my visit to on at
some rutitre ume.
Allusion has been made to the cheer
ful disposition of the cwins.
were lively and vury fond sf a
1 ney
joke,
."Q several in ight be related did paee
pt,::'!'-. Two will snffioe. Oiiajii" oc
casion. ,. . " 'driving through tlv neij'i
borhood in a v ..'J?y. they werj throv n
out, resulting in otiu .bad!y bruised
while the other escapad cratch.
it then became necessary for thb;',j..'d
twin to remain in bed for a week, ait.',
A - r 1
of course, his brother had to do like-'
wise, explaining to a friend who c tiled
to see them that he stayed thereto look
after his brother and keep off the flies,
The other loke occurred an a trip
they made from Greensboro to R ileigh.
Bei'ore starting Eng purchased one
ticket ; they then boarded the train, and
after a while the conductor came around
for tickets. Eng handed his up, bat
Chang, with a merry twinkle in hiseye,
remarked: "I have no ticket, and 1
have no money." Then when
the conductor threatened to put
him off Eusr interpose
and told
"him it could not be done, as he (Eng)
had given up his ticket. At this the
passengers raised such a laugh that the
conductor concluded to pass Chang,
who passage vv;is, however, soort after
properly paid, for in all dealings they
were strictly honorable. So far as can
be learned their lives at their homes
were irreproachable ; they were virtu
ous, temperate, scrupulously honest,
sociable, and, while never having pro
fessed religion, they often attended
oh in-pb t.hei r ni an ners and d ress were
those of gentlemen, though their edu-
cation had been gained almost entirely reform though, and that won t hurt,
by travel. They were naturalized citi- llStop," said my friend, "you can men
Wns, and regularly voted the Demo- tion financial reform on the stump,
eVatic ticket. . but it won't do in Washington. The
When the war ended it found them bankers stand by us on the tariff qucs
,:a, .v..t nPfir l. l7il- 'ill il iliiKrh f inn and iwe nnist stand bv them on
these 'of course vvere liberated,
... ... .
I
had hidden supplies of
ried them comfortably.
gold which car
This fact was
well known, and after Stoneman's raid
through that section the twins were
one day surprised by a camp follower
who forced himself up into their gold
Upon an immediate refusal 'he threat-
enVd to shoot., whereupon they both
eiina to SllOOI.,. wiieieuouu iiu-y
rose from the chairs on which they
were seated and txclaiiued,
-
you
snoot: ana-ineii "iiiiMieu mc i-
. i-i i Li. ... i... ii .1 n.,. r..i
low out.
Duringvtheir travels the twins accu
mulated much money, and in their ab
sence from home their wives managed
their property in an excellent -manner.
Several children were born to each wife,
and all these received a first clas educa
tion, and 'were brought up as members
of the church principally of the Baptist
denomination. All the children, save
ono deaf and dumb daughter, were
healthy and strong, have married, and
arecouuted as some of the best citizens
of that section of the State, and inher
ited about $200,000 left by their fa
thers. The hist scence in the history of the
twins was as sad as it was rem irkahle,
and without precedent. While with
.Baninm in .1873 Chang hadsuffeivd
JUNE ISO, 1892
from a slight stroke! of j paralysis, hut
after medical? treat me ufc nhd'fest had
njrp.irentlv recorered, Mid Christmas
was merrily s(eiit atliome. Abont the
15th or 10th of January, 10, the
twins were oyer; at j Eng hoe.se and
after a comfortable supper, followed
by their iisual pipe, they retired in
seeming. frobd health. Early the next
hiror.'iins Eng wdke up, and calling: to
his wifo askekl Hvr "ko lasceitain what
ailed Clmijg. is he fould not awaken
I m iurs. aaliie linnker. very soon
discovering that iOhung was tin moref
despatchet a loyj on horseback to the
vuiae somel three mies distant) lor
Dr. Uoltingsyorlh. After tly messen
ger hiid ghe Eng complained of feeling
numb and cold in his Extremities, vahd
hi family'did al tlnfy 4ould to restore
the circulation.! He Imnidlv waw
co!der,and within an hour after awaken-
mg ami lietore the doctor arrived h&W
joined his brother on the other shore
nicttmonq jjispaten.
MR. WAllNElt iiECLINKS.
He Was Solicited anl Had About
clci ta Ran. Uut ChanscU
t His Mijid.
I)c-
corresr-omience o tn$ Watchman.
j San)2RSV1LLE, N. C.
About every fwoj years something
conies along ami: strikes us Americans
in the stomach as hard as a mule
can
It
kiclvfirid leaves us all doubled
up.
i i
m . . . .i .. . J
this peculiltr thing is the desire to
go to Congress r to the legislature or
:,ny whereve have
iio business going.
juiiii! nie pasc iew monrns i nave
bten troubled with this thing bump
ing up ngsiinst ine every day or two.
I h ut m;ide iin mvlmind to rim. 1
t I . . ... ' l i t ii
didn't expect tj do the couutrv umeb
gootl, but 1 thought- dr. Henderson
was getting tired drawing his salary,
1 I i t i i I i" ... .
.and mono1 it rxr nans iniiht. :is wm
g p an I see the! horse races and
diasH the United States Treasurer
around the ftVst of each month with a
bill for and heiir liis excuses for
not paying me promptly. Four hun-
dred and eigiite.-n iloilars a month is
pretty good p;tv for' the services of
men who couldn't earn Ho cents aday,
in any other
think it is? !
my oilier business. Lion t you
Well, I told some of my friends and
they told some (if their friends
i ex-
p'cc some ot them Said something
about J he asylum being the best place
for such a- ij but they didn't let me
hrar ir. I went to tou-rr first and
talked wi; h Col. Jones. He said:
11 Jake, f w tot to see you. prosper, and
I am willing; to!-work for you. How
do you stand on the silver question?"
I'm with the people," said T.
"That is a question that. I have studied
and I will make the halls of Congress
i.."ib!c when I get there." "That is
ati rgi.V' siiid Col. Janes, "you can
tell the i,M''te haf, but -you must not
go to Washinloii expecting
the free eoihage Dill.! Why
to pass
v jt that.
were parsed you couldn t nevr r.pe
to' get any more democratic pre?ideuts.
'iM..,t .. j,...; . t.-L l . i
1I1HI V,l5 H SLIIilllt'I 1U1 UIC. 1. iUUH
tell the people on tlie stump that 1 was
for free Coinage, but when I
get
to
VV;
asumi'i.on
i - i
I muse play mum.
r i !
Next man 1 met was a cotton mill
man. He wanted to know- how 1
stood on the tariff. ; i told him 1
would knock the Mclvinley bill four
thousand miles the hrstAveek
'Hush!'
said my friend
"You must go
slow
on t uat. ii is wen enougn to aouse
the tariff on the stump. Of course we
have a tariff reform plank in the
platform, but it wont do to go to
Washington expecting to make any
changes. We manufacturers can't
vote for voil if vou really mean to
. t . 1 I i 11 '. 1.1 1 -
kh:k up a row on that question, j
"Well," said; I, "there's self interest in j
vonr policy, but I cannot .ifford to
wear one face before I go to Washing
ton and another after I get. I expect
to make-my hardest fight for financial
financial matters.
Mr. Editor, then and there I resolved
that I wouldn't be-a candidate. It
takes a bigger Har, bigger rascal and
a bigger fool than I ever expect to be,
to go to ; Congress. I will goVest
and
fk'ht Indians or become
a book
agent anything rather than allow
; my name to be taken in yam by either
of the influential political parties now
ailoar.
ft i
I am croing to live a moral
...i.i ,mni. it ttrnjiTrpr. ir vou stfu
, .um hiSm..i.iv j - -
anybody wanting to buy a nrst-cias
Congressional aspiration as good as
new semi them to Sandersville at my
expense. !
Yours for peace,
f Jacom AVarner.
Strength and Hoalth.
" If you are not, feeling strong and heal
th v, "try Elect He fitters. If la grippe
has left vbu weak aiid weary, use Elec
tric Bitters. ! This remedy acts directly
on Liverj Stomach and Kidneys, gently
aiding those organs to perform" their
functions!. If 3 0U are afflicted with Sick
Ileadachis, vou ivill iiud speedy and per
manent relief by taking Electric Bitters.
One bottle will convince you mat mis is.
t he remedy you need. Large bottles ooc.
at Kluttzl &,'Co.r drug store.
phildrcii Cr for Pitcher's Castoria!
Of tlie Cliicajn Contention as OHlciallf .
Ilepprtetl. ;
Section 1. The representaMves : of
the democraticL pnrtv of the United
States in nationnl convention assecn-
bled, re-aihrm their. rllejjiance to the
principles of the party
y as fprmnlatiHlh beC rfile interchaiiSo or
ipIifiedW atonglwSHtn.f tiproCal advantage t
ancestors of dem- Pticipating m a time
oy Jeiterson and exetn
illustrious hue of his
ocratic leadership fro?n Madison
to t
Ctevelaud. We believe that nublie
welfare demands that the?e priheme'si
be applitd to the conduct of the fed- T enlitea tore,"n mkets a freerex
eral government through aecessiontb c V1- hy Preteild'ng toestabnsh tradv
power of the parIy th at votes theni; wwas for acothntry whose articles of
and We solemnlv declare that th nurd itxPP" ar alnM4t exclusive agricaltu
ot a return to these fundamental prin
ciples ot free, jKpular government,
based on home rule and individual lib
erty, was never more urgent than now,
when the tendency to centralize all
money power at the federal capital Jias
become a menace to the reserved rights
of tTie States that strikes at the very
roots of our government, and under
the constitution as framed by the fath
fatUtrs of the republic.
Sec. 2. We warn the people of our
common country, jealous for the pres
ervation of their free institutions that
the policy of he federal control of
elections to which the republican party
has committed itself, is fraught with"
the gravest dangers, carCedy less mo
mentous than would result from -a
revolution practically establishing
'.monarchy on the ruin of the republic
lt strikes at the Worth as . well
as the South and injures the colored
citizen even more than the white; it
means a horde of d puty marshals at
every polling place armed with federal
power, returning hoards appointed tnd
controlled by federal authority, the
outrage of the electoral right of the
people in, the several States, the subju
gation of the colored people to the con
trol of the party in power and the re
viving of race antagonisms now hap
pily abated, of the utmost peril to the-
safety and happiness of alt; a measure
deliberately and justly defined by a re
republican Senator as "the most infa
mous bill that ever crossed the tnres
hold of the Senate."
Such a policy, if sanctioned by law,
woidd mean the dominance of a self
perpetuating oligarchy of ollice hold
ers, and the parly first entrns'el with
its machinery could be dislodged from
power only by an appeal of the re
served right of the eople to resist op
pression which is inherent in all self
government conim unities. Two years
ago this revolutionary policy was em
phatically condemned by the people at
the polls; but in contempt of that ver
dict, the republican party has defiantly
declared in its latest autlyirative utter
ance that its success in the coming
elections will mean the enactment of
the force bill and the usurpation of
despotic control oyer elections in all
States. Believing that the preserva
tion of republican government in 4he
United States is dependent upon the
defeat of this policy of legalized force
and fraud, we invite the assistance of
all citiz ns who desire to see the ' con
stitution maintained in its integrity
with the laws pursuant thereto which
have gifJU' our country a hundred
years of unexampled properil) , and
we pledge the democratic party, if it
be entrusted with tower, not-only the
defeat of the force bill, but also the re
lentless opposition to the republican
policy of profligate expenditure, which
in the short space -of two years has
.squandered an enormous surplus and
emnfied an overflowing treasury after
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piling new burdens oi taxation upon
the alreuny
overtaxed labor of the
country
S,c. 3. We denounce republican I
protection as a fraud, a robberv of the
great majority of the Amrriean people
for the bt-nelit of the few. We declare
it to be a f lyidamentaJ principle of the
democratic party that the federal gov
ernment has no constitutional power
to impose and collect tariff duties, ex
cept for the purposes of revenue only,
and we demand that the collection of
suchtaxes shall be limited to the ne
cessities of the government when hon
est!? and economically administered.
We denounce the McKinley tariff
law enacted by the Fifty-first Congress
as the culminating atro.ity of chus
legislation. We endorse the efforts
made by the democrats of the present
Congress to modify its most oppres
sive features in The direction of free,
raw material and cheaper manufac
tured goods than enter into home con
sumption, and we propose its rep -al ,s
one of Ihe beneficient lesulls that will
foflow the action of .the jeople en
trusting power to the deuuvcratic
parly, bince lire JdcAinsey tann went
into operation there have Iwcn ten re
ductions of wages of lahprmgTien to
one increase. We deny that there Ivas
been any increase of prosperity to the
country since that tariff went into op
eration, and we point to tlie jlullness
and tlislress, the wage reductions and
strikes in the iron trade as the best ev
idence that no such prosperity has re
sulted from the 'McKinlej- act. We
call the attention of- thoughtful mer
chants to the fact that for jtliirty years
of restrictive taxation against importa
tions of foreign products ih exchange
for our agricultural products the
hnmps ar d hums of the country have
v..--' i
become burdened with a' real estate
mortgage of two thousand 1 five hun
dred million dollars, exclusive of all
other logins of indebted! that in
'THE WATQH15IAIf
i3 the ; Organ of thef
Farmers' Alliance iqi
6th and 7th bongres-;
slonal Districts.
Advortiserst mako av
nots of this. -
NOc as,
o:ic of thcidiief ftgrrcultufhl States of
ths West tliere aVix.'ars a real osfato
mortgage A-bt J averaging $103 . per
capita, nS Unit iinlilar conditions an
s!low to eiist Jn other rfgrtealtunil
exporbng btatr?. v denortneb'a poU
icy which fosters tia industry o t&xttVt
as it aoes that ot the hei'ill.
Sec. 4. Trade interchaiizo on lli
to tho
tinie-hon-
nnJ Jnf.i..;.,(4l. .1 ' ill.
iiiiic ui (,nu ii itiucraiic lann,
out we denounce! the sham reemroeirv
)v,nch J"9 !th le Iples desire
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ral while rect ing a Cjustoni t Ikkisq liar-
ner of prohibitive tariff tnxpsP against
the richest countries of tho world",
when they stand re idy to take '"'our en
tire surplus of products and4rexchangjs .
there for comtiiodies which aro neces
sary and are comforts of 1 if a among .
our own people. .
Sec. 5. We -mjognize in trusts and
combinations, which are designed -by"
capital to secure more than t-beir just
share of the joint product of capital)
and labor a natural consequent of -prohibitive'1
taxes, which prevent tho;
free competition, which is the lifo oflf
honest trade, dint we lielicve theif
worst evils can be abated by law, ami
we demand lire rights enforcement of
laws wade to prevent and control them.,,
together witli- such further legislation
in restraint of their abuses as. cxeri-
ence may show to be necossaay.. .
Src. 0. The republican party, while
professing a policy of reserving tht,
public lauds for small holdirfg by ac
tual settlers, lias" given away the peo
ple's heritage until now a few railroads,
and non-resident aliens, individual nmt
corporate, possess a lajgec nrea-thhrt,
that of all ou farms between tho two
seas. ; The-last democratic administra
tion reversed the improvident and un
wise policy of Hio jepubliciln. raj'ty;
tdiwchrng the public domain and re
claimed from corporations and syndl- '
cites, alienated ami domestraanl ru
st ored to the people ncaily one'hun-
urea million at r3 ot mluaulo' land t
be sacredly hehl as homesteads for our
citiznvand wc pledged ourselves to '
continue this policy until( every acre of
land so unlawfully held shall be re
claimed and restored to the people.
Sec, 7. We denounce the republi-,
can legislation known'a the, Sherman
act el "1S9Q, as a.! cowardly. niaWcsliTft, ;
fraught with pssibiliiies .of danger in -the
future winch should joialce all ita
supporters, r: well as its natlior, anx
ious for its speedy repeal; wo hold to .
the use of Ixithgold and silver with,-
out discrimination against ei I h a niftii
or charge for mintage, but the dollatr
unit of coinage of both metals must i
equal intrinsic and exchangeable vain
or to be adjustet
agreement or by $
adjusteil by internatiory
or oy sucn sate2uartis o
of
legisiauon as snail insure lua mam
tenanceof the parity of the two mr:
als and tlm equal power of any dollar
at all times in the market and in tho
pnyment of debt-; ai d vye demand that
4ill paper currency shall ha kept ut par -with
gold and redeemable in such coin.
We insist upon this policy as especially
necessary for tho protection of tho
fanners and laboring classes,, the first
and most defenceless victims of unsta
ble currency. -
Sec. 8. We recommend that the pro
hibitive ten prr cent, tux!' on State
bank issues be repealed.
Sec. 0. Public oTce is" a pnblic
trust. We re-affirm tlie declaration of
the democratic national convention of
1870 for the reform of civil service,
and we call for the fionest enforcement
j of all la ws regarding the same. The -nomination
of a president as-4rt the
last republican convention by delegates
consisting largely of his apointees
holding office at his pleasure is a scan- -dalous
satire jupon free popular institu
tions and a startling illustration of the ;
method by which a president may gnit
ifv his ambition. We denounce a pol
icy under which federal office holders
usurp control of party conventions in
the States and wc pledge the demo
cratic party to the reform of those and
all Other abuses which threaten indi
vidual liberty, and local: self govern-
UU'llt. ; -
S c. 10. The democratic party is tho
only fiarty that h;t ever-jnvc'h tlio
the country a foreign policycouistent
and vigorous, couiprlling respect
abread and inspiring confidence at
home. Whdc -avoiding entangling al
liances, it has aimed - to cultivate
friendly relations with other -nation
and especially with our .neighbors, on
the American continent, whose ileslniy
is cloudy linked with onr own, and we
view with alarm the tendency to a poU
icy of irritation, and bluster which is
liable at any time to confront us with
the nlteniatiye-of humiliation or war.
Wre favor the maintenance 'of a navy
strong enough for a' I purp ciof na
tional defence and to properly maintain
the honor and dignity of the country
abroad. '
Sec. IE Thin country ha alway
been tlie. refuge f the ojipresscal from
every land, exi'es for conscience sake,
audio the spirit of the founders or"
our government, we condemn tfie op
pression practiced by the ltussiari gov
enimeut upon rts.Lutherau and JewUU
subjects, and We call upon our national
government, in the interest of- justly
niid humanity, by all just and projM-V
mean to use its prompt and best ct'
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