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CONCEKNING CANDIDATES.
Having pointed out- the plan for
ganlzing the Democratic party in
North Carolina, we come to consf-dt-r
briefly the question :of candi
dates. Our readers know that the
Stab has not ben the mouth-piece
of men. - It has never advocated the
feo called "claims" of this man or
that man upon the party. The Stab
'ban been much more concerned with
teaching sound political principles
han it has been occupied in sound-
ng the praises of politicians. The
tar has had too many honest con-
vcttona of its own to become tne
dmgling, flipping tail to some po
lilictl kite that aspired, to toaoh the
cnpyreau. pBrerciPLEs aad not men
have been, all along blaz ned upon
i s banner. It has not advocated the
eiiief d.ma- and principles of the
Flalioil party a hn been the case
with many of its Democratic ontem
poraries. It has stoutly maintained
those principles which j antagonized
Fli licali-ru all through; and which it
f einoerely believes to be sound, needed,
true and pure. j. . .';
iJ-Butif the Stab miy not designate
nu n for office in Nurtb Carolina, it:
can, without violating its rule of con-;
duct, say . tb G.-over j Cleveland is
(J'early the miu for the ) nomination
ifor the Presidency in this year of
Grace. He has shown the two great
i! t if
qualification always demanded be
fore the war by men wh loved their
country - Is hehonest, is he capable f
With these two b gh and indispeDsa
bltTqaalities he has others of very
I'sjnjat importance lie K courageous
w t'oe mitte tnc.: aod Enforcement
of u m vic.i :i, vi 1 Hlbroadly pa
tfii0. Toe Stab baa not liked
. ... i J -
ilMirai ot hn Mthoia! acts and utter-i
j - '3
f i!.c'?, aiid lik a frank, honest, earn
:st politicil "' nspaper, i it said so
lolearly and plainly. But it has ad
mired the integrity an.l ability of
the man, and ii has j rej iced that
when the PresidSht,! under the ad
vice of his Cabinet, sent oat his last
! reat message in which bat one prm
ci j. le was enforced, one ubject was
discussed, that it found him urg
ing in all renpeO,' in! every par
ticulir, the precise views which had
been presented in tbee columns from
day to day and from month to
month. The President tras probably
never 'heard of ibis paper, but he has
studied the same wise teachers that
have instructed as and hag drank at
the sune pure fountain of living poli
tical waters that has so often refreshed
our souls whtf jut from a fresh study
of the absurdities and injustices of the
Protection scheme of plunder, and
th se other miasmatic and health
destroying doctrines that iresooften
p -timed off in these latter days as"
Democratic. . Mr. Cleveland is the
.man for the hour. The boar is here
and the man is ready. Sach seems
to be the pervading opinion in all
sections of our vast country.
As to the Vice President he should
come from the West from some
State that is shaky and uncertain, if
ther- be such, but that is Democratic
ordinarily and upoi 'a full and fair
election. lie should be a man with
out a dangerous record a man of
unquestioned probity and ability. He
should be a patriot in its true sense,
and above all he should be a Demo
crat. . Make no mistake there, j Not
r only in name but in principles he
should be a Democrat. !
In North Carolina it is extremely
impcrtaut that for B.ate i. faces the
right me-n (should b selected. J If ;t
oiau ha a bad record fur sobriety
for iniegrity, tor ipeo, la.ir . t'uiiing
it will be bid work to select hiito If
he cannot have the "light turned ou"
"both his political and personal record
he wiJLwt do for the electrio light
campaign ot l soo. mo man snouiu
be nominated for! any office, inclu
ding the Judiciary, who is addicted
to excessive drink. Thero are tbou
fiauds of sober,- mor.il, even religious
men in Norttv Carolina, who aro not
willing to vole for men who embrace
. the jug handle and who are more fa
miliar with demijohns aod ticklers
than tbey are with the last enact
ments and the Revised Statutes. It
is not intended to intimate that such
men will be selected. It is always
wis to look at tho situation in ad-
vai)89 and seo where there are any
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VOL1. XIX.
dangers, bidden or open. It is too
late after the election is over to avoiii
mistakes. . ; " .
As to the Legislature this may be
said; it is important that the Demo--crats
should 'nominate in all the
counties their best. men. Let men of
high morals, of decided intelligence,
of good education, of practical sense
be selected whenever possible. The
complaints have been that oar Legis
latures have been composed of inex
perienced and raw hands, many of
whom were men of little eduoation
and small brains. Let as do better
this year. The Democrats of each
county ought to have pride enough
to select none but a man of educa
tion : and character and excellent
common sense. When it is possible
to do bo it is better to select men of
legislative experience when they
can measure up in other particulars.
The Stab has at heart the welfare
of North Carolina. It desires to see
it prosper and flourish. It would be
glad to know tout its Legislature
equals the best, fit will rejoice! in
its heart of hearts if ail is well; in
November, and the Democratic ticket
al through is elected. It believes
that North Carolina is safe to jthe
Democracy if proper steps are taken
to make it so. The Stab has tried
to point oat the steps, as it under
stands them. In no sense would it be
understood to be dictating. It is only
one worker in a good cause. It j is
only one factor in the campaign.
But it has opinions, and it has ven
tured to lay them before our readers.
If they appear judicious and well
taken then act j upon tbem; if .hey
are without value throw them aside.
In the Congressional election it is
surely very important that our ablest
men are presented. North Carolina
does not stand high in Washington
We may flatter ourselves that
otherwise. But it is a fact
North Carolina has not a high
it is
that
rank.
An able Georgian Bays it s
and
do
low. North Carolina can
better than that. In the
ante-
bellum days North Carolina!
had.
alwavs in the Lower House men
of fine abilities, who ranked well and
were amonc the leaders. When
Venabl, Crudup, Saunders, Odtlaw,
and others were among our Repre
sentatives, North Carolina was al
ways heard from with interest,1 and
its influence was marked. Then in
the Senate there were from time to
time 6uch men as Macon, Badger,
M angora, Graham, Haywood, j and
Br3g to give dignity and character
and influence to the name of Senator.
Certainly it is important that the
ablest men, tho most experienced
men, the wisest and best furnished
mersshould be sent to the Hfuse of
Representatives. It is for tpe peo
ple of the several Districts to select
thtir own men. Unless a man has
real ability, and a good deal of it,
be will be completely lost inj Wash
ington. We I once heard au able
North Carolinian say that he never
realized how very small and how
utterly unimportant he was until he
got in the House of Representatives
as a member.
A QXTKSTION OF I JIPOKTANCB TO
THE FRE11 ARO PCBLlfl
Within the last ten years more
bills of a dangerous character have
been introduced into Congress per
haps than daring the preceding fifty
years. Bills of all kinds the tendency
of which is to strip the Slates of
power and build op a grand Central-ix-d
Government with all power. The
most unpleasant part of it is that this
is done by men who are not! believed
to be Imperialists in disguise or in
any sense the enemies of a Conetitu
ticmal and free Government. They
simply do not know. Tbey are igno
rant of tbe far-reacbing character of
their bills. They look at :ono seg
ment of an aro and think tbey see
the whole circle. They glimpse a
tiny portion of one side of the shield
and think they have seen both sides.
Ignorance has done a vast deat'of in
jury to mankind when we'd meant.
There is a number of bills before
the Congress looking to the regula
tion of . tbe press of the country.
These bills undertake to dictate what
shall not appear in the public prints.
The end sought is to rule 'out lotter
ies and gift enterprises. Members
dislixe lotteries, believe Lhera evil,
and at once eeek to prevent them.
To do this the newspapers of the
country must be taken in hand. The
end justifies the means. The clergy
and others say well done. Some of
the newspapers themselves chime in
with well done.
ITT i . la 'v
vvnere win mis end? it it is
proper by ; legislation to prevent
newspapers from publishing lotter
ies, cannot legislation compel pub
Ushers to insert such matter as shall
be ordered? If so, then where is the
f -
liberty of, the press the right" to
print? I m j--'-'
? Congressmen, before they go any
farther in this business ot restricting
the press by fines and penalties,
would do themselves and the oountry
a ssrviee if they will go to Mr. Spof-
ford, the able and learned Libranaa
1
E
of Congress, and gee him xo give I
tbem a coarse of reading in the his-,
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tory of the great contest in England
between a free press and its enemies.
They, would do well to read up
about John Wilkes and the fight for
the light to print, - If they can un
derstand Milton's prose tbey might
find both instruction and delight in
reading tho great argument of the
great poet -his immortal Artopa
gilica. ' - 1 -:-':'--':
What we are saying is not selfish.
The principle involved is a most
serious one. If the Congress can by
enactment make illegal certain
classes of matter it can easily extend
its prerogatives and exclude other
classes of matter. jWhy not? If
the Federal Congress is competent
to legislate in 'this matter, can there
be any imit ; to its already vast !
powers? .. j . j
7 The friends of freedom are silent
while their rights are being stealthi
ly invaded and destroyed. Paternal'
ism is on lop. j It lays its great hand
upon the States 'and all their inter
ests. It may
have lotteries.
be desirable not to.
It may be desirable
to have newspapers exclude all
patent medicines and raffliogs and
races and walking matches and lot
tery drawings and; gift enterprises
from their jciolumns, but can the
Congress do this without infring
ing the rights of. the States, and
violating the 1 rights of the press?
W ill not a free press disappear under
ssuch usurpation? j
To Washington Post discusses
vigorously and tellingly this mon
strous attempt to gag the press of
the couatryl j What it says is timely
and unanswerable. If under the
specious plea of curii-g a real or an
imaginary evil the right to publish is
either infringed j or removed al
together thf-o a dagger is driven deep
irtt-t the vs ijyj heart of liberty i'self.
Next, will come the reguUtiag by
Ceugri s-sional legislation of religious
ansembliesjand then we are set back
two or three' hundred years when re
ligions persecutions damned and dis
graced the world and a censorship
was placed upon the thoughts and
pens of men, : j
We muhL copy a part of what tho
able Post fays: j
' Embuldtd in Ibis ppareally very plain J
proposition is the rather esteneive question
of n treo prew. . For if Mr Browne, -of In
diana, btcauao he does not buy a lottery
ticket or invest in a scheme of chance, has
tbo right to tell tbe publisher of the Post
that be shall not publish anything concern
ing gnme8 of ; chance, be has the riant as
well to dictate to him what be shall pub
lifeb: Without both Jegs his proposition
C)Uld cot 8iand for a moment la the
Uou'9 of Representitivts prepared to go
quite so far 63 this because Mr. Browne
ur Mr Glass are opD ed to lotteries? It
is undoubtedly trua t&atmany of the States
have passed! Uws eiciilar to the bill
which was before the Hou?e for a few mo
ments on Thursday, bat there is a vast dif
ference between tbe right of a btate to do
this and tbe propriety of imitation by Con
gress Because a Sute may have done it,
it does not folio that it u constitutional,
nor will it be an undisputed question until
the Supreme Court, nas pissed upon it.
Tuts bill, however, differs widely from the
otber bits engasin; tbe attention of Coa
grcss. Tc?y not o&i? make it illegal to
publish advertisements or news item3 rela
tion to schta:t8 of chance, but ro so far as
to provide for the appointment of a censor
of the press on individual who weot out,
Art far as tbe United Sutea is concerned,
with the Georges, and hs not been tinea
revived. This is a patercal eovernment
with a vfogence, and all this for fearsome
information, may find its wrv into the col
umas of a newspaper T7biuh may lead its
readers to descend to tbe depravity of buy
ing a lottery ticket .'
This 'editorial was prepared days
ago. Jt will answer now as it refers
to a real principle the freedom of
tbe prees in which is involved the
destinies of oar country. Civil and
religions : liberty depend upon an
unshackled public press. The bill
aimed at the j newspapers was de
feated ia th8 Moase Committee on
Pest Offices by a close vote. Tbe
names of the six ayes ought to be
known.
a great von E.
The j United States have really
grown :to be a great country m all
respects. Its ! v?:stoess of territory;
its diversity of soil, olimate and pro
ductions; its' tremendous material
resources; its population and enter
prise make it a vast power. It is.
now a country of 65,000,000 people.
Its mi itary strength is very great.
Think of it. j.Tbid oountry can upon
aa emergency put eight million able
bodied men in tbe field between 18
and 45 , years old. Tbe organized
strength of the States is 100,000
men. j 5New York le3ds with 12,634
men; Penitsylvania next, with 8,367;
Ohio next, with 6,694; Massachusetts
fourth, with 4,757, aod South Caro
lina fifth, with 4,457. North Caro
lina has but 1,198. The Stab has
often j urged that it ' should have
2,500 men. Went Virginia has bat
233. North Carolina stands seventh
but at the tail end. ! ....
. The unorganized strength is 7,920,
763 men. The grand aggregate of
organized and unorganized is 8,021,-
605. Of course New York leads
with its 650,000 men; Pennsylvania
comes next with 463,000; Ohio and
Illinois have each 450,000. North
Carolina is credited with 170,000,
Virginia with 200,000, and South
Carolina with 115,000. South Caro
lina has a larger organized force in
proportion to militia strength than
any other; State. West Virginia hat
the smallest in proportion to aor-
u v U v Le V
y v ii iMi ir ii x )i .
WILMINGTON, N. C-FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1888.
ganized strength. These are the es-
ti mates of the War DeDartment and
... - f I ,., - ....,-:,-. .... -'. .....
were sent to the Congress by Secre
tary Eodioott.
There are thousands of. Democrats
who do not believe in abolishing the
! I - ;
liquor tax. Bat they can make noth
ing by "jining the Radikils," who
are "tarred : with jthe same stick."
Whatever else yotf may meditate
that is dangerous and desperate, do
not unite with the "black and tan"
party.:" - :
Gov. Hill's indiscreet friends are
really injuring his Presidential pros
pects. The country is not now look
ing to him for leadership. It has one
in Grover Cleveland.
Washington is said to be rapidly
improving and to look' more and
more city like. 0 - .
THC PRESIDES TI J f. PJ RTF.
Arrival at WllmlnetoB A Cordial.
' Creatine ay Ila4redof Cttlarh.
There was a large crowd assembled
at the old Union depot yesterday af
ternoon to see the President and Mrs.
Cleveland. The special train which
conveyed the Presidential party ar
rived au 4.50 p.. in., Mr. J. L. Rus
sell being the conductor and J. J. Jen
nings the engineer, of engine No. 34.
As the train oame in 6lght there
were load cheers from the people as
sembled, and when it stopped, after
redoubled cheers for the President,
he appeared on the platform and de
scended from the car. Mrs. Cleve
land also appeared, with Secretary
Whitney and wife and Col. Lamont.
The crowd then formed into line, and
all who were disposed had an oppor
tunity of shaking hands with the
President, and many availed them
selves of it,
Among the pleasant features of the
occasion was the presentation of
a basket of beautiful - flowers
and a bunch of violets to Mrs.
Cleveland, by little Julia Nor
ton Parsley, daughter of Mr. Waif
ter Parsley and grand-daughter of
Mr. D. MacRae. There was also
an exquisite bouquet of camelias
presented by master Lonnie Souther -land,
and presentations of flowers by
others whose names were, not ascer
tained. Mrs!. Cleveland Is a remark
ably handsome-woman, and made a
very pleasant impression, one was
becomingly attired in a garnet col-.
ored cashmere dress, trimmed with
braid, and wore pinned to her corsage
a beautiful . bouquet of pink hya
cinths. In the car occupied by the party
were seen many tropical fruits and
bouquets which had been pre
sented to the President and his wife
at places along the route from Flo
rida. ;
Among the officials of the Atlantic
Coast Line present were Messrs. H.
Walters, T. M. Emerson and B. R.
Dunn. Mr. R. Kenly, master of trans
portation, came with the party from
Charl ston, and accompanied them
to Weld on.
The train only stopped about ten
minutes, bat even in this short time
a most happy impression was made,
and loud cheers given as the car sped
on its way to Washington.
Capt. W. L. Harlow took charge of
the President's train, as conductor,
with Mr. WL S. Taylor engineer.
About two hundred ladies and gen
tlemen went out to see the President
from the Front street depot in a
I coach furnished for their accommo
dation by the railroad omclals, and a
party of about thirty ladies and gen
tlemen were taken up to the Bluff on
the steamer Navassa to meet the train
at that point.
AT MOTJ3ST OLIVB.
A telegram to the Star from Mr.
I. W. Faison, says: "Five hundred
persons shook hands with the Presi
dent and greeted Mrs. Cleveland upon
the arrival of ; the train at this place.
It was a big day for Democrats and
low tariff.''!
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Procerdlocs of the Slate Executive
I Committee,
The matter of the selection of the
place of meeting of the Convention
came up and excited warm and pro
longed debate. Large delegations
were present to present, claims of Fay
etteville and Charlotte. Speeches
were made by ex-Congressman Whar
ton J. Green. R. S. Huwke, ex-Speaker
George Ju. Hose, tl. It. Uooa, and
others In favor of X ayetteyille. Kal
eigh's claims were ably presented by
Mayor Tuompson ana uctavius uoise
The vote was taken, resulting in 14
for Raleigh, 6 for Fayetteville, and 3
for Charlotte. Wednesday, tne win
of May, was selected .as the date of
the Convention.
The committee made some amend
ments to the general rules of apian
of organization, as follows; tteguiar
delegates present at any State Con
vention shall have the right to cast
the whole! vote of the County which
tbev reDresent. or. . in case of
disagreement ' amontr themselves.
each delegate .shall cast part of
the
vote or tne county in
proportion to the number present.
If no regular delegate from a county
shall attend, tne alternate or alter
nates appointed by the Convention
shall have the right to cast the vote
of the county; but if neither the regu
lar delesrate nor such alternate shall
be present, then the President of the
county vjonveniion, or on uio uu
to appoint, tne secretary or sucn con
vention may appoint a person to rep
resent said county.
These new rales are to apply only
to State Conventions and not to Dis-
trint or Conntv Conventions,
besides tne resolutions reported m
the press dispatches the following
was unanimously adopted:
Res ized. That the Democratic State
Executive Committea of North Caro-
lin heartily endorse the Administra
tion of .President Cleveland on ac
count of its broad patriotism, its emi
nent ability, its unbending honesty,
and its rigid adherence to the princi
ples oi l tne .National uemooratio
nartv. Mi .
A resolution was adopted instruct
ing Chairman Battle to issue such an
address to the Demooratio party in
North Caretlina as he atay lee pre-
Utitlrlns 8.amea U.wrC.
Hans Koch, keep of a sailor board
ing house on '. Natt street, was ar
raigned before' the Mayor yesterday
afternoon on the charge of enticing
seamen to desert their vessels and
harboring such deserters. There were
two cases against , the defendant, in
both ot which he - was found v guilty.
The Mayor sentenced him to pay a
fine of fifty dollars in one case and to
imprisonment fof thirty days, in the
county jail in the other,; The com
plainant in the case was Capt. Peters
of . the German - .barque Anna. The
defendant (Koch) , craved.; an appeal
from the decision of the Court, but
the Mayor ruled that an appeal eould
not be granted, . unoTer , the provision
of the Code, which makes it a misde-j
meaner to entice a seamen, to desert
his vessel, the law reeitingthat "if
any appeal is prayed by either party
at the time of the trial it shall be
granted; but no appeal shall be
granted by any justice at any . time
after the final hearing of the . case."
The law fixes the penalty at "not ex
ceeding fifty dollars fine or imprison
ment not exceeding thirty days."
Tb Stau Gaard EMtiapneoi: ;
Telegrams were received here last
nigt announcing that j Gov. Scales
had decided upon ordering the en
campment of the State Guard to be
held this year at Wrightsville. This
selection by the Governor will giye
great pleasure to the people of Wil
mington, who will do everything in
their power to make the ; occasion a
memorable one to the visiting sol
diery and their friends.; The en
campment will be held about the
uiiuuiv ui rfiuj-UY wuiuu time tu i
.: jl. t T.. I t i xi
and in active operation and will con
tinue a week or ten days. , There can
be no question that it will be made
a season of great enioyment to all
Court tionae Improvements.
The work of enlarging the record
room In the County Register's office
was commenced yesterday. The par
tition between this room and the one
formerly occupied by the sheriff will
be taken down, and tbe two rooms
thrown into one. This arrangement
will give ample facilities for some
time to come for the storage of the
valuable records, etc., that are con
stantly accumulating. The enlarged
room will be made fire-proof, similar
to the present record room. Mr. J.
F. Post is the contractor for the work
to be done.
fhe Knsb to Florida
Following tbe President and Mrs.
Cleveland the rush of Northern visit
ors to Florida over the Atlantic Coast
Line has been immense. The fast
mail Thursday, passed here with 160
on board bound for the land! of
flowers, the vestibule train was
crowded to its utmost capacity of
ninety, the 11.30 a. m. train had on
15(1 ror tne same destination, ana a
speiial excursion train followed from
New York with 100 more. This made
over 500 on the Coast Line a'one.
Tbe Wllnon Sbort Cut.
The Fayetteville Observer says j CoL
R. R. Bridgers and Capt. J. F. Di
vine spent Friday the 17th in that
town, looking after the interests of
the Atlantic Coast Line. In the af
ternoon they had a conference I with
the Town Commissioners in regard to
the right of way through Wihslow
street. Satisfactory arrangements
were made and an agreement signed.
thus ending a matter in which there
was considerable difference of opin
ion. CoL Bridgers states that he
cannot say positively when the road
win pe ouiit from tnis point sontp.
but that in less than two years time
we will see tbe through travel: from
the North to Florida and other south
ern points passing this way. The
road is now built 18 miles. his side of
the Pee Dee, and a contract has been
let for ten additional miles in tnis
direction and work has commenced.
While it is impossible for us to say
certainly, we think from what ,is go
ing on tnat it win not De many
months before work is commenced on
this end of the line.
Tbe State Guard E eampment,
The Raleigh News and Observer
says:
We note with pleasure that the en
campment of the State Guard is to be
held at Wrightsville, tbe charming
summer resort near Wilmington,
which has a wealth of fine old coun
trv seats where hospitality reigns su
pre ne, abundant shade from magnifi
cent specimens of tbe live oak, the
magnolia and the pine and Jail the
pleasures of immediate proximity to
both the ocean and tbe sound. The
decision means a very happy sojourn
for our soldier boys tnis summer oy
the sounding sea and a very pleasant
occasion, too, for the Wilmington
npnnle. who will siumlv Vsnread
themselves," it may safely be said, in
order that the duties of camp-life
may not weigh tho heavily on the
hower or our youtn.
Cotton movement.
The regular "weekly statement"
posted at the Produce Exchange,
gives the total receipts of cotton at
this port from September 1st! to Feb
ruary 25th as 164,282 bales, as against
receipts of 129,770 bales for the same
time last season; an increase of 34,522
bales. Receipts for the week ended
yesterday were 672, against 811 bales
for the corresponding week last year.
The stock at this port is 11,156 bales,
against 3,611 bales at the same date
last year.
Total exports since September 1st,
153,781 bales,
Tbe Sampson Guards.
The report of the monthly parade
and inspection of, the Sampson
Guards of Clinton, (Company F, of
the Third Regiment N. C. S. G.,)
shows the strength of the company
to be forty men, rank and file. There
were present at the inspection two
offloers and thirty-seven men; one
man being absent, witn leave.
Among the many projects "on
foot and in the air," to add interest
to the encampment ' of the State
Guard, it is proposed to have a fire
men's tournament; to '. invite all the
white fire companies in the State,and
possibly some i from beyond our bor
ders, to come here and indulge in a
friendly contest with oar home com
panies. The i tea is a capital one,and
aaewta with fenerei favor.
- XA.TAOAJiL. DEJUVVRA.VY. .
The Committee's' Reason for Select.
. log St LoalsastbePueeforlbeCoB
veatlOB Xba Call for tbe Cnavea-
By TelecrapSi to the Horning star ' "
. Washington, Feb 83 The National
Democratic Committee met sg-iio in secret
session this morning at 10 o'clock. At the
opening of the ce-oion. Mr Scott, at Penn
sylvania, moved that the curreut business
of balloting for the selection of tbe city in
which the next Democratic . National Con
vention shall ba held, ba suspended, so that
a motion might be made to reconsider the
vote by which July 3rd was decided upon
as the'date for holding the Convention.
Points of order were made br ceTeral mem
bers, when Senator McPbersoo took the
floor and delivered a short but earnest ad
drees, ia which be urged that there should
be no resistance on technicalities, and that
tbe only considerattoa ehould be tud good
of the party, and reminding the Committee
lb at whatever tbe attractiveness of the Pa
cioc Slope might be. Presidential elections
bitberto had been determined by the votes
of New York, New Jersey and Connecti
cut; mat on account oi the proposed reduc
tion of taxation there would be heed of
more work than ever before in knowing the
people that it was for their interest that it
baouia taae the lorm proposed.
Alter other remarss vote was taken
upon Mr. Scott's motion, with the follow
ing result 23 for and 24 against The mo
tion was aeciarea lost.
Balloting was then resumed for is nlace
for holding the Convention. ' The first bil
lot stood: Chicago 15, San Francisco 17.
Cincinnati 2. 8l. Louia 12. New York 1:
The second ballot. Cbicaeo 16. San Fran
cisco 17, Bt. .bonis 13, New York I
At this point a recess was taken for flf-
:eeo minutes, after which Senator Gorman
arose to make, as ha said, an ansal to those
no, nee Himself, bad voted for Ban Fran.
clfcj. 11a had been of the oniaion. as
omers naa, mat br coins to California.
wmca was part of the termor acquired by
uemocrauc government and which owed
its birth to tbe Democrntio party, political '
seuiment in favor of Democracy could be ,
considerably strengthened. The . Dam-
ocr.i-'a had eanied California at the State:
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il
nevea tnat Dy Coming tbe Convention at
3io Francisco, the Dmccmev would mir.-lv
gain tbo electoral votes of 1 the Pacific
6m.es. He found, however.! that manv'
Democrats whose views deserved cou-!
alteration, Wtre cf the opinion that if the'
Convention were held there some of tbd
ablest and mofct important members of the
party would be unable to attend. For this
and other reasons be appealed to the dele-
ates from the Pacific diatea to vield tUeii
inference and Join with him m voting to
no;a the Uonvent.on at a more accessibli
point. Il had .been intimated, he said, bj
our t-pen enemies, cr by our lsuiscree!
f needs, that tbe vote its erday was an ev
tdence of the existence of h noli adminisr
tmtion feeliog io the Committee. It was
nut true, so far as be was concerned, and
ne uia not relieve n to be true of s:.y one
else "1 am an administration mas," be
eaid; "if I am not I should like to know
wbo is T" Mr. Gorman allowed it to be
knawn, however, that he still considered
it wisest and safest to hold tbe Convention
ia July. I ! . . j
Mr, Scot; : followed and ureeu that tbe
time for holding tae Cocvec.ioa was 6f
ar.x importance )hso tbe pUce. it coA
aiiitred it of ! vital consequence that the
Cu3vcaUoa should bo -Wd . aa earlier
da; than bad been agreed upon
iiallo'.liDiz then begno, and whe Geor
gia wan reached, Mr. Walsh roaa ia his
place and stated that he bad thus far vited
Hteadtif for can r ra&cisco, but he wes sat
isfied tbat tbat city would i not r-o seiecred.
He would therefore vote tvi St. Ljuif. j
i 5
Mr. Gorman, in ac ordance with his re
marks, vote-1 fo St. Louis, and wa fol
lowed b others who had previouaiy voted
for Chicago, including Messrs Scott and
Grubb, of Delaware Wsen Illinois was
reached, Jad?e Gaudy thanked the Com
mittee for the consideration shown Chica
go, but eaid he was Quito willing that the
Convention should go to St. Louis, which
he eaid. was the commercial capital; of
Southern Illiaois Changes to St. Louis
became very general, and it became
evident that Si. Louis would be the choice
of the Ccmmi-tec. During the tall
Mr Turols.f in a brief t peccb. wilhdrb--
Saa Francisco from tbo corneal. Voting
then procer-ded almost solidly for 8t.
Louis, wbta a motion was mads and car
ried declaring St. Louis to ho the noaci
mous choice of ihe Committee. Before
the break was msda tho I vote stood J St
r.sia Q!l Ran TPrfmjtdfV A (.h i.diT.-M ft
New York 2 Cincionall 1 1. The vote by
States was as follows: For St. Louis
j.j uiu a,r , . . .i v.. .... v, .v.
Arkansas. Connecticut, Delaware. Florida,
Indiana, Kentuckr. Louisiana. MariUnd.
Mtissichueettg, Misri&sippi. Missouri. Mon
tana. N nlh Carolina. South Carolina, Tea-
Desate. Tex-iS, Vsrmon- VirRrma. West
Virginia, Dakoa. D:iric. Columbia, jand
Washisir'oo Tcrritorv. For Cnicsgo
Alabam -. Colorado. Illinois, Iowa. Ma se,
MicbUae. I Mi-.nesota, ('Nebraska. New
tlampfiirc iMew Jersey. I'ennayivanta,
Rhode Island, Wiscocsin. New Mexico,
Utah. Wyoming. For I San Frncisico
California; Kansas, Georgia.' Oregon, 'An-
zona, Idaho. Ivor rtew lort rtev-da.
New York. For Cincinnati Ohio,
Mr. Scott made a motion to reconsider
the vote by which Jnly Sd had been fixed
as the time for holding the Convention
Messrs. f Turpie of California, CI S.
Thomas of Colorado, and Barbour of Vir
ginia, spoko in opposition to tbe motion,
but it prevaiieu oy a vote or zo to lW.i
Ex -Senator McDonald moved that tbe
date of the Convection be changed! from
July 3d, to Tot sday. June 5th A motion
to amend by substituting June 26th for
June 5ih was lost, senator McDonald s
motion was then adopted by a vote of 29 to
17. f . 1 i f-
On motion the Chairman was directed
to apooiot a committee -of seven, of which
he shall be chairman, and the Secretary of
the Committee to be secretary t which com
mittee shall have aathority to make all ne
cessary arrangements for holding tbe Cou
vention. and also have: charge of the pre
paration and organization of the canvass
until tbe meeting of tbe Convention.! That
committee was not announced. 1
Resolutions of regret were adopted for
the deaths of Messrs. Wibon. of Maine,
and Thompson, of New York, late mem
bers of tbe Committee.
Tbe call for the Convention was agreed
upon. It is substantially tbe same as that
of 1884 except that in Conformity with the
action of the last National Convention, tbe
Territories aod the District of Columbia
were placed i n tbe same footing as States,
Territories having two delegates each.
however, instead of double representation
in Congress, as in the care of States. The
following is the call: J
Thy National Democratic Committee
ba?iog met in the city; cf Washington, on
the aM W reoruary im
pointed Tuesday, tbe 5th day of Ju4e next,
day oi jreoruary, 188. naa ap
at noon, as tne time, and chosen tbe city of
St. Louisas the plica' for holding the Na
tional Democratic Convention ifiich state
is entitled to representation therein equal
to double the number of its Senators and
Representatives in the Congress of the
Uniiea eistes, ana eacn t erritory ana me
District cf Columbia have two delegates.
All Democratic conservative citizens of the
United States, irrespective of past political
associations and differences, who can unite
with us in the effort for pure, economical
and constitutional government, are cordial
ly invited to Join us in sending delegates
to the Convention. i i
l?TtTtTMenTflir O PuTWnis I i
Sec'y. National Demi Com.
The Committtee adjourned to meet in St.
Louis, Monday, June 4. lose.
PASSED AWAY.
Death of nr. VTi W. Coreoraa. 1
Washington. Feb.' 24 Mr. W. W.
Corcoran died at 6:80 o'clock this morning
Tarboro Southerner: - The peti
tion to Congress for I the Tar river and
Fishing Creek appropriation has fceea seat
to nater naasess.
NO. 1 17 I
Stae Uemocratie NomlaailDK Conven
tion to be beld la Ralelgb, Rlay 30.
Soeolal Star Telegram. '
Raleigh, N.C.: Feb 23. The Demo
cratic State Executive Committee to day I
called a Nominating Convention, -to be
held in this city, on Wednesday, May 30th
next. The. proceedings were harmonious.
Many prominent Democrats from different
sections of the State were present.
!JIXiil-ailJ.i!i. JUiU.JU.&B,Il.
Decision Concerning; Discriminations
by Kallroads in Favor of tbe Stan
dard Oil Co. '-, j -;':f ..
By Teletrraoh to the Mornlait Star.,
Washington. Feb. S3. The Interstate
Commerce Commission to-day promnlsa-
ted an- elaborate j opinion in the case of
Georee Rice, of Marietta. Obio. asatnst the
juouiavuie s Mashviile anjl several other
Tailroads, charging among other thinss dis
jcrimiD&tion in favor of the Standard Oil
Co. The complaint was held to be well
founded in all tbe cases.. Ia that &aainst
the Louisville & Nashville R. R., an order
was entered that defendants cease their
unjust discrimination; that they cease to
make tans rates when tanks differ in ca
pacity, and that they conform their charges
on tanK-car ana barrel shipments to tbe
rule prescribed in this decision, in tne
Case of the St. , Louis Iron Mountain and
Southern Kail way .Co., tbe Commission
hods that the defendant made excessive
rates on barrel shipments and that the ef
fect was to unjustly discriminate against
complainant, and to give . undue and un
reasonable preference to shippers by tank
cars. Order was entered that its charges
be corrected and; made to conform to the
rule.; I
In the other! three cases Mobile and
Obio, Mississippi and Tennessee and Illi
nois Central no orders wera entered.
The Commission states that while the
questions raised by the charges are impor
tant, they scarcely received any attention,
either in the taking of evidence or in tbe
arguments which were made oa behalf of
the complainant. The decision upon tbcm
lUBouuipiumui, luoutramuu u iuuui
it would parties now before the Co mm is-
sion, and under such circumstances; it
would be improper to pass upon them
now.
WASBLINGION.
Civil Service Examinations lu tbe
South mr. Corcoran's Dealb The
Bill to Prohibit Lottery Advertise
ments. Wa8HIHotoh, Feb. 24. The Civil Ser
vice Commission gives notice that it will
hold ex-tminattons for applicants for posi
tions In tbe departmental service at Wash
ington, who in addition to ordinary cleri
cal attainments have knowledge of steno
graphy and typewriting, at the following
times ana places ia tbe soutb: mrming
ham, Alabama, Tnursday, March 8; Chat
tanooga. Tenn , Saturday, March 10;
Knoxville. Tenu.. Tuesday, Mirch 13;
Nasbville, TeQn , Tuesday. Mircii 13;
Memphis. Thursday, March 15.
Mr. W. W. Corcoran who died this
morning, passed away quietly and ia un
consciousness: tie lapsed into insensibili
ty ytsterdav afternooa from which he did
not again awake. Tbe forces of life faded
gradually but steadily until breathing was
no longer noticeable
The bill prohibiting newspapers contain-.
ing lottery advertisements from tranemia
sion through the mails, was defeated in tbe
House Committee on Post Offices to-day
Tbe vote stood sevea against tbe bill and
six for it. Mr. Mernman, of New York,
will make a majority report to the House,
and Mr. Lind, of Minnesota, will prepare
tbe minority report, recommending the
passage of the bill.
Washington. Feb. 25. Tne Sunate
Committee on Rules acted to-day favorably
upon Senator Blackburn's resolution to
make it not in order for the Senate Com
mittee on Appropriations to report .back
any appropriation bill (except the Urgent
Deficiency bill), within five days afier its
receipt from the House of Kepreseatattves
The original resolution eaid ten day s. but
the Committee amended it. This is a noti
fication to the House of Representatives
that tbe Senate will not bereafter consent
to an adjournment sine die until it can see
its way clear to an opportunity of at least
five days within -which to consider appro
priation bills At the last session tared lm
port ant bills reached the senate for the
first time within two days of the final ad
journment
t he uommittee aiso agreea to so amend
the rules that no debate or remark shall
be in order upon presentation of petitions
or memorials
Mr. Piatt's resolution for open executive
sessions was talked over an hour without
definite result. It was developed, however,
that a msi jrity of the Committee, namely.
Senators Aldricb, Sherman and Blackburn,
are at least in favor of some modification
of existing rules, both with reepect to
treaties and" nominations. Another meet
ing will be called soon to consider the mat
ter further!.
Washinqtoh, Feb. 25. Mr. Wilson,
chief naval constructor, and Commodore
Schley, Chief of tho Bureau ot Equipment
and Recruiting, have lust returned from a
visit of inspection to Cramp s ship yard.
Philadelphia. They report the status of
work !on the new vessels as follows: Ways
are being j put undei the gunboat York-
town, preparatory to her launching; tbe
cruiser (Unnamed), is ready for tbe ways.
and will be launched a few data later tban
the Yorktowo. Both of these vessels wili'ue
launched inside of a month. The cruiser
Baltimore is in the frame and all plated up,
and her deck beams are crossed for all the
decks. Everything is in readiness for the
work on tbe cruisers Newark and Phuadul
phi a. Tbe blocking is all down for laving
the keel of the former, and the keel of the
latter will be laid inside of six week.
Washington, Feb. 25. After the per
formauce at the new National Theatre, this
evening, the National Opera Company de
cided to disband. The business has been
for a long time very Indifferent in receipts,
and the return engagement this week was
simply disastrous. There have been strikes
amoog the artists, orchestra, etc., for the
last four cigbts of tbe week, delaying tbe
rising of tbe curtain and necessitating a
change of operas. At a meeting of tbe
Comnanv this afternoon. Manacer Locke
.. A U . . V. n A V. .. .1 . .U....J
auuuuuucu buaii me cuu uuu uuuic; bucic
were no funds, and he had exhausted:
all means of financial help. The
receipts of the matinee and to-night's
performance mil be used to take the com
pany to New York. Manager L cbe states
that tbe deficit of sixteen weeks ia $100,-
000; $75 000 of which is a loss to himself
and friends. He has lost everything
Twenty-five thousand dollars Is owing to
the artists and other members cf the
M ,
T K ' . ft he .-.th.fj
tie is now convinced, ne says, that the
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opera on a grand scale cannot be made
selt-suBUioing in America.
OHIO,
Iualetaient of tha President of the
metropolitan Bank of Cincinnati.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star. i
Cincinnati Feb. 25 William Means,
late president of the Metcopolitan National
Bank, i appeared before Judire Sage and
pleaded not guilty to an indictment found
late yesterday, which charges bim with the
misapplication of the funds of the Metro
politan bank to the amount 01 f.UlVIBS.
His bond was given as fifty thousand dol
lars, and Henry Uanna and Uaptam C. M.
Holloway were accepted as sureties. Tbe
bond of John R DeCamp. late vio presi
dent of the same bank, was fixed at $35 000.
It has not yet ncen given, but his previous
bond will noia nntu tne new one is given.
His indictment charges bim with making a
false statement to the Comptroller of the
t reasury ot tne condition of the bank on
December 10th last.
. A pop-ular query Will you be
miner- rreuitngton n.
Spiiirrentiiie;
Concord - Timesi r The report
comes from Charlotte,', pretty well authen
ticated, that Cot. Chas. R. Jones will soon
resurrect the Charlotte Observer. r ? '
: Charlotte Democrat'. Mr.- T.
Pi
WV Mann of tbe Mint Hill neighborhood. :
this county, informs us that he worked one '
J J . t . 1 . . Aft . -
uiuie auu uuua u9u utiles uoium, ousn :
els corn. 74 eallons avruD. and some wheat. '
oat8an1 potatoes. ;..
iiraham weaner: there are
two dc-aeo and one candidates for the leg la-;
lature in Alamance that we ' have' heard
mentioned thus far, and full returns from
al the precincts are not in yet Mr.
James V. Pomeroy. President of Bier Fall's"'
Cotton Mills, returned to Graham last
week. He has been confined to hla room .
io Charlotte suffering from a leg that was
broken many years ago.
Asneville Vuizen
Mr. Gar
Williams, a Lieutenant of the Rouch and
Ready Army, is stopping with Dr. H. B
Weaver, on Spruce street. Mr. Williams
is a native of Buncombe. A party
bought a piece of Asheville citv Dtonertv
for $13,800, and in less than one year after
purchase be sold a portion for $9,600 cash,
and was offered $23,000 for the remainder.
Another party about the same time bought
another piece of Asheville property for $5.
000, and in one year sold it for $16,800.
Asheville will, grow.
Warrenton Gazette; We regret v
to hear of the death of Mrs. James Mont
gomery, who died on Tuesday last, at her
husband's residence on the turnpike, of
pneumonia after a short illness. From
current reports every man, white or color
ed, who can -start" a steer will raise tobac
co. If by an over crop the price is low you '
have only yourself to blame. - War
ran has a large negro population, and dur
ing the past her jail received only twenty-
eight people. This is indeed a creditable,
showing for a population of 23,000.
Hickory Press- Carolinian : A ;
gentleman from near the "moonshiner's" . ".
territory was in town a few days ago and
gave us some news from the land of tbe '
happy bJockaders. They seem to be banded :
together and ready for any sort of visitors. .
luverybody lu HurUe county knows that
Alex. Perry is no coward. He and a com
panion were in search of a reported block
ade still up in the South Mountains and
round it. it was not' only half full of
stands and material, but of men also. And
the men all had shooting irons of greater
or less death-dealing appearance. They
toia Aiex, ana his rriena they could come
in and look as much as they wished, but if
he went to cutting down their concern,
therei would be shooting. Alex, retreated
in good order to get up recruits.
Wadesboro Intelligencer'. CoL
E. B. C. Cash is dead. The old man passed
to his account last Wednesday night, and
was laid by the Bide of his lamented Bog-
gan, in tbe yard, obliquely in front of the
Cash mansion. A man of many sterling
qualities, his end will be regretted by the
crave wno leared him not, Whatever cow
ard hearts, which quaked in his presence,
may prompt malicious tongues to speak
againstUdm now. A car load of col
ored people, men and women, left for Ar
kansas last Thursday morning. More are
to follow. The agent, who was in Wades
boro last week inciting them to leave, ap
pears to have got on a big scare the night
before tbe departure of the negroes. He
got an idea, some how, that he was going
to be regulated by the whites, and so un- '
easy was he that he remained in the office
of the depot hotel all night, afraid to go to
be, "jest bogies take bim unawares, and
was tbe first man to board the train when
it rolled up to the platform.
4Weldon News: John H. Wood.
Sr. died at his home, about six miles from
here, on Tuesday night at 12 o'clock. In
the: 73rd year of his age We have
been informed that Dr. James Hancock.
sop of the late J. H. Hancock, of Scotland
Neck, who has been living in Florida for
thef past three years, has been offered a
position in Switzerland in connection with
his profession as a dental surgeon and will
hereafter reside in that country. On
Major Emry's farm, near here, a homicide'
occurred on Tuesday. It had heen rain
ing and at dinner time the hands stopped
wortt, ana one -or tbem by the name of
Moes borrowed Mr. Hester's gun and some
cartridges with the intention, doubtless, of
hunting. He and two other negroes were
sitting on a lounge in a room about two
o'clock when tbere was a struggle for tbe
gun, during which tbe gun was discharged,
tbe entire load taking effect in the face of
Charles Minor, one of tho three. From
the effects ot the wound he died about
nine o'clock tbat night. AH the negroes
came from Granville county about two
months ago. Moss was arrested, but we
could not learn whether there is anv : "
ground to suspect foul play. t
Charlotte Chronicle: The many
friends of Rev. Dr. L. McKinnon, Presi .
dent of Davidson College, will hear with 1 .
gladness that his health is improving. He .
is in Clinton at present. Tha spring - ;v
meeting of the Presbytery of. Mecklenburg d
will be beld at Sugar Creek Church In tbe . ...
month'of April. During its sessions there ' V
will be centennial celebration, Brink- r
ley and Lawrence, the two bandits'arrested .-.
here as they were boarding the south bound j :
train the other day, are now in jail at New- .
ton, where evidence is being accumulated '
against them rapidly. The Shelby
Aurora claims that Sergeant Jasper, one of . ,
the bravest heroes or the American revolu- ,,-vi
tion, was born on King's creek, two miles ,3
from King's Mountain, in Cleveland coun
ty, this State, and the remains of the house .
in which he was born are now pointed out 1
to travellers. ' Mr. Marsh,, of tbe far-
biture manufacturing firm of Elliott & -v..
Marsh; yesterday made a luchy striae with ' .
a hammer. Tbere is a large black rock on '
the factory lot, and yesterday morning Mr. :". ,..'
Marsh struck it with a hammer, knocking
off a piece about the size of a man's fist
The peculiar formation of the rock attract , ,
ed his attention, and picking up tbe de- . -,
tached fragment he was surprised to see .
tbat it was literally filled with crystallzed
gold. 7 ;-.:
Rockingham Pocket: As will -5
be seen by the proceedings published
elsewhere, D. Stewart, Eq., was cho .
sen by the Democratic Convention,
held on Wedneiday of last week, to - 1 ;
fill out the unexpired term of Mr. C. t
W. Tillett, as chairman of the Demo- , ;.
cratic Executive Committee for this I j
county. Mr. Steward needs no intro- 'J
duction to the people of Richmond t ..'-
county. On the 10th day of last , ) -,-"4
August West Leak, colored, was foul- j ;-4
ly murdered in a box car at the Caro- r i
lina Central depot in this town. It i (:
was claarly proven before the core- : - ..
ner's jury that Jim Leak, West Leak
and Charlie Sims were in the box car ,
gambling; that a row occurred in :
which all three of them participated, ;'
and in which West Leak was stabbed '
to the heart and killed. At the De-
cemberterm ot the Superior Court
Jim Leak was tried for the crime and '
acquitted. At the present term of
Court Charlie Sims was tried for the
same offense and was also acquitted. :
It in very evident that one of them
killed West Leak, but who was it?:
We are not disposed to be captions
or critical, but it seems to us tbat
sach a travesty upon justice should
bring a blush of shame to the cheek
of every honest man in the county. -:
Raleigh News-Observer: W.;
S. Bagwell, Esq., a prominent far
mer of this county, died at his home
I nnnw fin rnl'a ATI MAnnov nlffhl
I "t , . , t, 7s
The election of John S. Cunning- .
ham, Esq., of .Person county, as
president of the great convention of
tbe farmers of North Carolina and
Virginia, recently held at Danville, .
was a graceful and well merited ao-v
knowledgement of the part tbat gen
tleman has taken in the building up
of the great tobacco interests. ;
The State Board of Pharmacy met in
this city on yesterday for th&exami
nation of candidates to practice phar-'
maoy. The following named gentle-'
men passed a successful examination:
G. J. Heflin, Wilson; Chas. S. Jordan;
Asheville; Chas. S. Kingsmore, Char
lotte; B. W. Hunter, Raleigh. The
board was composed of the following
members: E. M. Nadal, president; .
H. R. Home and Wm. Simpson, sec
retaries. Falkland. N. G., Feb. r
21. King Bros., merchants, failed
yesterday. Liabilities $8,500; assets
$3,000. Rbidsville,'. C, Feb.
21. John Hughes, . an idle youth
aged 19 years, slipped a planter's "
check for $50 from the Star Ware
house and got it cashed at the bank. '
He was arrested and the money re .
eovered. Jia has been lodged la jail.
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