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She MccMtj Sfya. WILLIAM H. BEEN ARD, ! ' Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C. Friday, July, 4, 1890. In writing to change your address Always give fyrmer direction as well as full particulars as where; you wish your peper to be sent hereafter. Unless you as Dotn cnanges can not oe maac. tS7 Notices of Marriage or Death, Tributes of Re spect, Resolutions of Thanks, etc. , are charged for as ordinary advertisements but only half rates when paid for strictly in advance. At this rale 50 cents will pay i or a simple announcement 01 marriage or jjeatn Remittances must be Imade bv Check. Draft. . Postal Money Order or Registered Lettefl Postmas- mu icgisici tenuis wucu ucsircu. I . ' fW Only such remittances will be at the risk of the puuusner. 55?" Specimen copies forwarded when desired. COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKfeT. ' - For House Representatives '' GEO. L. MORTON, M. J. CORBETT. For Sheriff : FRANK II. STEDMAN, ' ' : . For Clerk Superior Court j ' h. JOHN D. TAYLOR. For Register Deeds : ' JOHN HAAR, Jr. For Treasurer : ' . JOHN L. DUDLEY. For ' Surveyor: M. P. TAYLOR. For Constables: Wilmington C. M. HARRISS. . Cape Fear J. T. KERR. Masonboro-JOHN MILTON. Harnett W.H. STjOKLEY. fe;lcra; Point J. DAVE SOUTHERL AND. For Coroner: . V JOHN WALTON. I A CHEEKY ASSERTION. , Mr. Lodge ' said in hisfl opening speech on his election bill that it was not a sectional measure, but applied to' all sections of the country alike; where the"people wanted It." The effrontery of this declaration is as cool as the bill is sneaking and in famous. They know as well as they know that they have venonj in their -hearts, that it is as sectional as any partisan measure that was pvercoh- cocted, and they felt as sure when they drafted it that ' it wo Id i never . go into operation in any State, with the exception, Northern perhaps, of some Northern cities, wh ere; there ;. are strong Democratic districts, as ; they were that it would go into oper 'ation'm every Southern State wherej ; there was a possible chapce of icount- ' ing in a Republican candidate! : I '(Where the people waritht say 3 i Mr. Lodge. Are one hlihdrcd fifty petitioners the people ? . From what district in the United (States( -..North or South, have "the .people" asked for the passage of such a law, . . Or even intimated that they want it? Who has been consulted; about it ? whose opinion asked outs de of the few politicians who might jhave 'had an eye on a seat in- Congress or the cabal of conspirators who concocted the various bills which w Ire framed, of which the Ldge billf s uited the v caucus best ? If their object was to frame a bill to work in accordance with popular .sentiment) and one intended to go into operation in those districts " where "the .i people wanted n, w ny ciicust they provide that th applica .lion, should be signed by a majority of the voters of the district, instead of 100 or 50? A -petition beari.ngi'tfte names of a majority of the voter 5 Pf a district would have been dication of what the "peopl some in- e" wanted ana mignt nave commanded : some respect and be, entitled to some Con sideration as an expression, of popu lar sentiment and desire. But this petition of one hundred or fifty . is simply a disgusting burlesque, and means only that one hundred men or fifty can be found in any Southern district who would sign th at or any other petition. , What guarantee, have the judges to whom application is made for su pervisors, that these petitions were really signectby the hundred or 'fifty whose names 'they bear? that they are citizens? that they desire a ''free ballot and a fair count '? or that . they did not sign,- '(if they did sign), ' at the suggestion or solicitation of some political striker who was -doing the dirty work of the bosses? What assurance have they that the 'peti tions are not manufacture 1 and the names appended to them borrowed, forged or fictitious ham;s? "None .'. whatever, and the frames of this ' bill didn't intend they should. They shaped it so that there Wouldn't -be any trouble ingetting tip the appli cations, and purposely pu ; the num ber of names so small ijhat it would be. an easy matter to get up one in . any ordinary town. . , V ' i '1 What superlative cheek to ' refer to such petitions, gottim I up in the way these will be, and signed by the names that these will be, when gen- uine, as an expression of th e wishes of the people. Such petitions willT represent the wish i about as much as thdy will wishes of the angels in heaven. ! NO one but an igrioramous !who was influenced by som: political thirty-worker; or coward, or a knave . would sign such a petition. If the signers be in the minority1 they have . no excuse for making such a petition, for being in the minority the ma chinery of the law, unless thef hope to swindle through it, cc.n be.of.no avail to them in carrying an election when they have not the votes to win. If they are in the majority it is a con cession of cowardice, that they, have -not tne courage to maintain their -rights without the intervention ; of of Federal backing. ; There is fraud," deceit and hypoc risy sticking out all over- this bill, none , more conspicuous than --. the fraudulent pretence that it is to be applied when the "people" want it, for the people .have not been and will not be consulted -"inj connection with it. It is t&e work pf the con spiring gang 'jin. Congress, ' led by that thoroughly " unscrupulous and unprincipled trickster, Tom 'Reed, who has Presidential aspirations, and hopes to make this law a step ping: stone to ; the Presidency. He said that what they t wanted was to do "their own registration, their own counting and their own certifying" and this is the way they propose to doit.: - ... DEATH OF JUDGE SffiLPP. We regret to learn of the death of Judge W. M. Shipp after a brief ill ness, at his home in Charlotte last Saturday. His' condition on)Friday was, reported so much better that hopes were entertained of his speedy recovery, though it was. stated that in his debilitated 'condition he was suffering much from the intense heat He was born in Lincoln county in 1819, and graduated at the State University in 1840, and was admitted to t.he j bar in 1842. He served in the army in the war as a captain until 18G2, when he was elected Judge. In )1S70 he was nominated for Attor ney General and was elected. From 1872 to 1881 he practiced his pro fession in Charlotte, when he was appointed by Gov. Jarvis to the vacancy in the j Superior j Court caused by the resignation of Judge Schenck.. In 1882 he was nominated and elected and held this position till the time of his death. He was uni versally esteemed, an able!; Judge, and his genial manners made him a host of friends throughout ;the State AGAIN THE HIGHWAYMAN. ".Tour Money op Your Life" Two Ons- i low County Men ; Have an Encounter . ; with the Robber. : . Another encounter with the colored desperado whose bold attack on people on the highway - in j broad daylight has created something; of a sensation, was reported to Mayor Fowler yesterday. Mr. M. M. Capps, son of Mr. C. A. Capps, of Onslow, says that on the 20th of June last, while; on his way home from Wilmington in company with Mr. Cato Bryan, of the j same county, they were stopped between, the "twenty-first and twenty-second mile-posts by a negro man with a bludgeon, who boldly made the demand, "Your; money or your life." Mr. Bryan being armed, drew his pistol and attempted to shoot the fellow, but thq weapon missed fire. They rin to their horses which were a short distance from them and made their, escape, ,the high wayman firing twice at them with a pis tol. Again, on thejlst inst., (Mr. Capps said, while in company with !Mr. Henry Jarman, on the way to this city, they saw the same ; negro, about six miles from town,- but; irpon their approach the man left the road and went into the woods. It. is reported also, that recently the store of Mr. Cornegy, at the eight-mile post on the old Newbern road, was Droicen open ana robDea and it is sup posed by the same robber. Mayor fowler, who is also a magistrate of the county, has 'determined to take ine matter in nana, ana win make an effort to rid the j community of the desperadoes prowling on the roads leading to the city. I NQUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING CO. . i - A: Successful Enterprise "With a Very " "'' - Bright' Future.; j ' '.';. The Industrial Manufacturing Com pany is now in good shape for the man ufacture lpf the Various products to which its machinery is adapted, It has just filledj an order for 260,000 butter dishes which will be forwarded by the steamship Ycmassek to-morrow. It has supplied the truckers of this section with thousands of ' vegetable crates and berry baskets, and it has now bgun the manufacture of dia mond baskets, for which there is a steady and growjng demand. The first order for these !baskets, pne hundred dozen, Was received from Mr. R. W. Hicks, of this city. ; . ij ! The saw-mill, said to be Unsurpassed by any mill of its; class made in the United States.is now being placed in posi tion, and will be running before theclose of the present week. This will AA largely to the faciiities of the factory and enable it to utilize large quantities of material which would be compara tively worthless without the mill. On the whole the prospects of the Industrial" are highly encouraeine. Iri a few months its! entire indebtedness on building and machinery will be can celled, when its stockholders will be the owners of a plant worth thirty thousand dollars and absolutely free of incum brance, j ! ; HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. J : i: Deeper Water on the Bar-A Gratifying ! ": . Besult. ' Capt. Wj If. Bixb'y, U. S. engineer in charge of tic river ind harbor improve ments, in a communication to the Star A recent survey of Bald HmH Thon. nel i at the mouth of the Carje shows a clear channel way of at least! two nunarea ieet width and at Ipast six teen and three-tenths feet depth at mean low water all the way frorrv South port to the ocean across the harh new channel. With the three short sections the survey shows a depth of twenty feet along this new .wicuvcrme Dar.i lrns is two and a halt feet more deDth trMn pvitAH ; 1884, and the indications hrc th tv,, will be another two feet additional depth slue ui tnc next tnree or tour years. A Brunswick County Battler. P. M. Brvant. of INput wick county, writes the Star of a laree rattlesnake he killed a A while on hisway to his field. The snake was coiled close by the road-side. Mr. ryiru says tne rattler measured four feet six inches in lenslh and itB.tr were an inch long, but does not sfy v. .uciny rames if sported on its tail. i" I Electric Bitters. This remedv i , j - "wwijiiiit: . avj Well known and so popular as to need no special mention. All who haw JX Electric Bitters sine the sam t praise. A purer medirin and it is guaranteed to.; do all that is claimed. Electric! Bitters mill 'h diseases of the Liver and KiHn ,.n Lremove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and unlet . ciueciions ! caused blood. Will DV - tmnurA drive Malaria imm system and prevent as well as cure all Malarial fevers. For cure of u ionstipation and Indigestion try Elec tric Bitters Entire satisfaction r- r w t UcLi anteed, or money refunded. Price 50 cents and $t.00 per bottle at Robert R p,x.n.aii a wnoiesaie ana Ketail Drue Store. : !.,. s PENDER COUNTY. Democratic Primaries Meeting in Topsail : Townhin Ke8olutions Delegates to : County Convention. .;' j The primary meeting in Topsail town ship. Pender county, was held on Satur day, June 28th. The meeting was called to order by the chairman oi the Town ship Executive Committee, Mr. J. C Nixon. I ' . . i ' -' . ' . j On motion of Mr. J. A. King. Mr. L. W. Howard was made permanent-chair man: Dr. L. L Alexander was unani mously elected secretary of the meet ing. ''" ' j -V-: ' '(' The following resolution; offered by Mr. R. K. Bryan, Jr., was unanimously adopted: Resolccd, That we the people of his township, his life time associates and friends, jhave watched the Congressional career of Uhas.W. McCIammy with de' light and pride, that his able opposition to the (taxing of agricultural; products at the behest oi millionaire manufactur ers as set forth in the minority report upon the pure leat land bill, his stern resistance to the newly attempted de monitzation of silver by the despot Reed and his followers, both by vote and speech; his satirical speech i! upon the Mckinley Tariff bill with which a con tinent rang: his tribute to the gittcd Cox. in which 6e showed himself to be the peer of the most eloquent orators who laid upon that immortal grave their wreaths of immortelles; his bill to loan monev to our toiling' neoole at the lowest rate of interest I and thus admit them to the exclusive privileges so long enioyeq by the banks and mon eyed classes, at the same tim6 providing a fund for the l education of the rising generation anq furnishing a volume of legal tender currency sufficient for our business needs, thus giving higher values for our products so long below the cost of production, enabling ns to pay our indebtedness in money of a; value like that in which it was created, ! a measure in our judgment unapproached and un approachable fey any yet proposed for our relieff and ,in fine, whose every act consistent withj his past devotion to the people's welfare and power have forever enshrined him n our hearts, and we humbly pledge him our most grateful support, ana instruct our delegates trom the township in both Countv and Con gressional Conventions to vote always for Charles W. McClammy as i our only cnoice lor congressman iron? the lhird North Carolina District On motion, the following delegates to the county convention were zunani mously elected; R. K. Bryan, Jr., T. C Nixon.W. C. Johnston, Andrew Garra son, Jos. W. Sidbury, L. H. .McClammy ana ur. L.. L.. Alexander. f A motion tp instruct delegates to vote for R. T.i Boykin for i Judge .was unanimously adopted., i Motion to elect township executive committee was adopted and the follow ing gentlemen were elected: J. c. Nixon., Peter Batson, Andrew Garrason Newton Sidbury and Dr. L. der. . I . ' j Alexan- Motion to have proceedings and reso lutions published in lull in the Wil mington papers and Burgawj Herald, was unanimously adopted. j ine .meeting' then adjourned. L. W Howard, L. Alexander. Chairman. Treasurer. POPULATION OF WILMINGTON. An Unofficial Estimate from the Census - . j Supervisor, j . . V - ' The Census Supervison Mr. C. P Lockey, furnished the St4r yesterday with his estimate of the population of the aty of Wilmington. He says that the official report will show that it is in the neighborhood of 20,00j0 either above or below these figuresr say be tween 19,050 and 20,950. If this is the result of the! enumeration of the population of Wilmington it is not -hat people anticipated, and many persons will not hesitate to'express their belief that it is incorrect altogether out of the way by a thousand or more. According to the census of 1870 the ''population of Wilmington was then 13,440, ' and by the enumer ation' of lSS(i it was 17.350 show ing I an increase of - nearly thirty per cent. The same ratio of; increase for the last decade would give us a popula tion, of, say, 22t550. Mr. Lockey, in conversation with the Star representative, expressed his be lief that the enumeration was as correct as it could be made. Great carefulness had been exercised, and in the second division of the? Fifth Ward the enume ration was repeated, by Mr. Cherry, the enumerator appointed for the Second Ward. Most of the complaints made. however, came from the Third and Fourth Wards; but in these it was found upon investigation that there had been no neglect and although some persons themselves had not been seen thev wore enumerated, the necessary information having been obtained from their neighbors.- '..'"!' .... . - . I In making1 up his estimates for the number of enumerators to be appointed, Supervisor Lockey says- he took as a basis for calculation the vote in the different wards at the last Presidential election, multiplying py five. The enumeration fell short of this calculation in i the Third and Second Wardsf hut was fully sustained in' the other wards of the city. j ! Guesses at the population are. of course, no longer invited. The last re ceived yesterday were as follows: R. M. Fowler 23,410;! Eugene Berry 25,601; A, Dicksey 23,850; W. G. ; Fowler 27,000; RJ Morrison 25,500; H. G. Evans 25.000: P. R. Fowler S8,450; J. E. Hill 19,950; P. Barrentine ; 19,999; J. E, Boney, 23, 149; W.H. Rdbbins 24,000: R. H.Beerv 241444; C D. lacobs 21.797: T. L. Breck- enridge 20,923; T. B. Gibson (McCall b. C.,) 22,222.! The Cumberland Convention.' ' jThe Star's correspondent at Favette- ville in a specl in regard to the Dem ocratic County Convention held in Fav- etteville, Saturday, says : "I T uninten tionally failed to give full force to in structions for Judge MacRae last Satur day. Delegates pledged themselves that tneywiii offer his name for renomina- tion, and without disparagement to others will stand by it to the end." A Large Hotel to be Built at Ocean View. The Ocean View Railroad Company are planning for a new and commodious hotel, to be erected on the beach be tween Switchback station and Mason boro Inlet. The building ; is to be of wood, two or three stories high, and it is estimated that the cost will,! be $20, 000. It will contain about 120 sleeoino- apartments besides a large ball room dining rooms, , offices halls, etc. The railroad will of course be extended to the hotel and probably to Mason bo iro Inlet. - Officers of the - company sav that stock in the new enterprise! has been freely taken. " 1 WASHINGTON NEWS. A Home Educational Bill Proposals r , j., . Mew War Vessels. ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. . for Washington. Julv 1.. Renrcspnta. tive O'Donaell, of Michigan, chairman of the House Committee on Education to-day reported to the House the Edn cational Aid bill agreed upon by a ma jority of its 'members, similar in its pro visions j to jthe, Blair Educational bill The report (accompanying the bill refers to the fact pf its passage by the Senate on three occasions in the last ten years, and says that although numerous bills in aid of education have been offered in the House and referred to its Committee on Education, ! during the same time, not one has ever been reported to the bodv which referred them. In view of these facts, and as ten million signatures to petitions tavorable to the several bills have, been filed m the two Houses, mecommiuee or maiority tnereot. in deference to the wishes of said petition ers, and realizing the necessity for act ing, report the bill. Several members of the committee, says the report, re serve the right to offer amendments or oppose the; passage of the measure when snau come oeiore xne House lor con sideration.! 'i The Navy Department has issued circular inviting proposals for building three huge 8,500-ton coast-line battle ships, whose construction was authorized by the navl appropriation act passed by congress a iew days ago. ihe vessels are to cost exclusive of armament, not more than $4,000,000 each, the term armament including, besides guns and ammunition, all the armor of the turrets, barbettes, gun shields and armored tubes, directly pertaining to the protec tion ot guns and loading positions. AH parts of thfc. vessels shall be of domestic manulacture. - Washington, July 2. The confer ees on the Silver bill met this morning and spent an hour in discussing the dif ferences between the two houses. They separated at noon, having come to no conclusion. It is said there were three propositions presented for consideration but their terms have not yet been made known, j 1 he conference adjourned to meet again to-morrow morning. The House conferees brought to the meeting a copy ot the bill as it passed that body, and this formed the basis of whatever dis cussion took place. A great portion of the time, one of the conferees said, was spent in general talk upon the subject with ho definite proposition before them The conference is said to have been sat isfactory ;in its tone and tendency to members.) 1 he benate has receded from its amendments to the Legislative Ap propriation bill, and the bill now goes to tne rresiacnt lor his signature. SERIOUS CHARGE. Two Prominent Israelite Citizens of Gal veston Arrested Xor Sotting Fire to Oil MillJ I!y-Te!egrapb to the Murninc; Star. i GacvkBton, Tex., June 29. Samp son and Isaac Heindenheimer, two ofGal veston 'swell known and wealthy Hebrew citizens, were arrested yesterday charged with arson, in burning the oil mill last April of the Texas Standard Oil Co., of which Sampson Heidenheimer was presi dent, .nd the largest stock holder. The estimated value of the plant was about $200,000,and it was insured nearly up to this amount. The mill was in the oil trust and was fiot doing a profitable business. The insurance companies, suspecting mat an was not as it should have been. instituted an investigation, resulting the securing of affidavits from several of the operators of the mill, to the effect that they saw Sampson inside the mill with a light just before the fire; and Isaac Heidenheimer, over an affidavit, says Sampson was seen to apply the torch. tJpon these affidavits the ar rests were made. Each has given $5,000 bonds. FATAL EXPLOSION. Three. Persons Killed and I Wounded. Thirty-five . Louisville, fune 30. By an explo sion at tne standard Kehnery this morn ing three persons wers instantly killed and thirty-five wounded. Louisville, June SO.-Sofaras known nobody livas killed outright by the fire or explosions, but four persons were so badly injured and burned they will un doubtedlv die. One was a workman who was caught by the rush of flame and the I other three were little boys of ia ana ii, wno were walking along the rauroaa tracK and were surrounded bv a wave of flaming gas, through which iney rari some distance with their clothas burning! 1 he hre was caused bv the escaoe of gas irom a tan k car which was opened for the purpose of emptying it. The hot weatheri had generated a heavy pressure of gas which escaped when the. manhole cover Was unscrewed, and it. spread through the neighborhood until some of it reached the workshop in which there was fire. LverVthintr 'combustible in the Stan dard yards was burned tanks, build ings', cars and oil. The loss is estimated at about $40,000. CHATTANOOGA. Chattering About Census Returns and a Confederate Beunion. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Chattanooga, June 30. The official census figures give Chattanooga and su burbs 48,500, instead of 45.000 as an nounced the other day. . 1 he first reunion of the United Con federate Veterans' Association, which will be held in Chattanooga on the 3d, 4th and 5th of July, is attractingattcntion throughout ths South, and old veterans are coming in from every direction. The city is being elaborately decorated, but not a Confederate nag has as vet been displayed. Generals John B. Gordon, Beauregard. Longstreet, Early,. Basil Duke, and - many other consDicuous leaders of the Confederacy, will be pre sent. A very interesting programme has been arranged and the occasion pro mises tp be the most memorable gather ing of Soldiers of the Lost Cause since the war.. Wilmington Itixtrloi Third Round I Quarterly Meetings in Part. Grace Church, July 5th and 6th. Sampson Circuit, Hall's July. 5th and 6th. j -ii - . Kenansville Circuit. Richlands. Tw 12th and 13th. . Magnolia Circuit, Magnolia District. Confereifce July 19th and 20th. Kladeri Circuit, boulis ChaDel. Julv 2Gth and 27th. Fifth Street, August 2d and 3rd. Carver's Creek, Shiloh, August 5th and 6th. - - Cokesburg, McNatt's, August 9th and 10th. I , - Clinton. -Goshen, August 16th and 17th. j i-f Elizabeth. Perdew. August 23rd and 24th. I I Wapcamaw Circuit, August 28th- and 29th. I ! ! Whitesville, Cerro Gorda, August 30th and 31st. ' Brunswick Mission. Cedar Bav. Sprw tember 6th and 7th. . Brunswick Circuit, Bethel. SeDtemrr 12th and 13th. - j i F. D. Swindell. Presiding Elder. Rpan Aflvprf imnf- rt n.. w ..wv w vjilci uurn I.lt.nift Wfltr in rVlie nnrv.r TT i.j ; . -r if-- uucuuiuea for Dyspepsia and all diseases of kid ney and bladder. Price within reach of alL. .! - i , . , i THE HENDRICKS MONUMENT, Unveiling Ceremonies at Indianapolis -; Grand Outpouring of the Democracy '. from Chicago. Cincinnati and Other Points ' j- ' By Telegraph to the Mornine Star. Indianapolis, July 1. The. day for the unveiling of the Hendricks monu ment dawned clear and hot with a good breeze blowing, and the. earliest trains began to pour crowds into the city, and it was early apparent ! that the crowd would be the largest ever assembled in Indianapolis.; Governor Campbell and party, of Ohio, and Governor Hill and party, of New York, arrived yesterday. and among the earliest arrivals to-day was Governor Francis, of Missouri.! Early this morning a delegation of the Cook county Uemocracy, 300 strong, accompanied by the famous Second Regiment band, came by a special train from Chicago, followed a little later by a big delegation from the Tre- quois Club. Five hundred members of the Duckworth Club also put m an ap pearance. About every civil and mill tary organization in Indiana.' and . many from Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky and Mis souri were represented. Indianapolis. : July 1. Indiana's most illustrious son has been fitly hon ored to-day. io his memory has been unveiled a monument whose solidity is an expression of the indelible love with which the State and nation cherish his memory'. Never before was such a display seen in this city. The parade was a notable one. . - Illinois, Ohio, New York and Missou ri were represented, In the first car riage Sat Mrs. Hendricks, Senator Tur pie. sculptor R. H. Parks, and President Rand of the Monument Association. At the monument an amphitheatre had been erected for distinguished guests and chorus of 1,000 school children. Governor Hovey delivered the wel coming address, returning grateful acknowledgments to Governors Camp bell, of Ohio. . Hill, of New York, and Francis, of Missouri, for their presence. He then introduced Judge Rand, as presiding officer of the occasion. Judge Rand very briefly reviewed the history of the Monument Association, and Rev. Dr. J. S. Jencks, of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, invoked the Divine blessing on the occasion and its partici pants. " Gen. Dan 1 Sickles was then .intro- duced, and he presented to Mrs. Hendricks a handsome wreath of white roses, as a memorial from Tammany nan. r Judge Rand tben read a historical statement, and again the children's voices swelled in the strains of 'Amer ica." As they died away Judge Rand rose and said: - "Ladies and Gentlemen: We will now unveil the Hendricks monument." Taking the arm of Mrs. Hendricks he escorted her to the base of the monu ment, where she drew the veil of na tional colors from the bronze figure of ner nusDana, amid tne shouts of that vasf throng,-and the booming of cannon An ode written ; by James Whitcomb Riley was"then read. Then Senator Turpie made , the address of the day. At the the conclusion of Senator Tur pie s address brief spcaches were made by Governors HiU, Francis and Camp Iell, and after a benediction by Bishop cnaiara tne assempiage dispersed. '- ; i PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRACY. Meeting of the State Convention at Scran ton. J'y Telegraph to the Morning Star. Scranton, PA.. July 2. Notwith- standing the great, crowds of Democrats that have been filling the streets and hotels for a day or two. the Convention hall was very slow in filling upJ This, perhaps, was due to a driving rain, which broke over the city" early this morning, and kept up till after the hour set lor the convention. It was half-past 10 o'clock when Chairman Kisner called the Convent'on to order and instructed Secretary Nead in rean me can. i . After the reading of the call the secretary called the roll of delegates. The roll call ran along smoothly enough until Blair county was reached. There is a contest in that county, and the l attison men were placed on the roll When they were read Mr. Landis, one oi the contestants, demanded to be 1 1 TT . m aru. ne said tne men whose names had been read were not delegates from liiair. .Chairman Kisner called him to order. and then followed a scene of excitement. lhe galleries hissed and yelled, "Let him talk ; and the other contestants de- manded "fa ir play" in loud and angry voices. Chairman Kisner pounded his gavel. He finally obtained order and got the ijiair man in nis seat. He then said the contest from Blair county would go. to the Committee on Credentials, where it belonged. - Alter the outbreak the roll call ran along smoothly to the end. There were a number of substitutions, and at the close Chairman Kisner announced that the election of a temporary chairman was in order. ; Mr. Kuhn. of Luzerne, nominated Mr. licklcy B. Coxe, for temporary chair man, and he was elected bv.acclamation. Mr. Coxe, on being escorted to the platform, was greeted enthusiastically. and after being introduced brieflv ad dressed, the Convention. it was tnen decided that all reso lutions should be referred to the Com mittee on Resolutions without debate. I Mr." Sowden moved that Commit tees on Permanent Organization. Cre dentials and Resolutions be appointed. Agreed to. ! !' The appointment of the Committee on Credentials was the first taken ! up, and the committee appointed is conceded to be controlled by the Pattison people. l lie Committees on Resolutions and Permanent Organization were then ap pointed, and the Convention took a re cess until 2 o'clock. After the recess. the Committed on Contested Seats made their report, giving Pattison a ma jority of the disputed votes. fix-postmaster Harrity, of Philadel phia, was elected permanent chairman, (also a Pattison victory.) The Blair county delegates were each given half a vote. This created some dissatisfaction, which was manifested at different times during the proceedings, but this was tne only discordant note of the convention. ' ; Nominations for Governor were then n order and the following were named: Ex-Senator Wm. j A. Wallace, ex-Gov ernor Kooert ii,.? pattison, Robert S. Wright, of Lehigh, William V. Hensel. of Lancashire, and Chauncey F. Black, of York. - The first ballot stood: Pattison 200, Wallace 132, Wright 11, Hensel .13. Blaek 10. When the Convention got tired of shouting, Pattisqn's nomination ? was made unanimous.! ; I Wright and Black and Hannibal K. Sloan, of Indiana county. were placed in nomination for Lieutenant Governor, i Black was nominated on the first ballot. and his nomination was also made unani mous. Wm. H. Barclay, of Allegheny countv. was nominated by acclamation for Secre tary of Internal Affairs. Gov. Pattison was brought before the Convention, and made a speech which roused the Convention to the highest pitcn oi entnusiasm. j The convention then adiourned with three cheers lor uov. F attison. . Keep tne Gams Healthy If you want a sweet mouth and breath, If the gums become spongy, they. lose their power to hold the teeth. The use pf SOZODONT is invaluable because it removes the tartar which separates the teeth and gums. - ! v THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE. narmtnT Vance i Writes "Wise and. Pa- L triotio letter: and Defines His Position mi i t.im Sub-Treasury - Bill and. Other j. Questions. j h ; "Senate Chamber, June 28,:'90. lEIids Carr. JSs'ffJ President Farmers' Allianse of North Carolina, Old ; Sparta, N. C.: ... ' , ' Dear Sir:- So many reports con cerning my position on what is known as the suD-ireasury or rarmerj. Warehouse bill have been circulated in our State, and I have" received so many letters, of enquiry on the sub- jject; that I have deemed it my duty to answer them all m this way. l write to vou las the honored head of : the 1 armers ; Alliance of JN orth car olina. and desire in this manner to make known; to the people my hon est .opinion on Ithis and cognate sub jects. I do jttiis all the more readily because I am conscious that 1 have nevjer, in thej course of my life, con cealed from the people who have honored me any candid conviction in regard to any important public mat ter.l It is too late for me now to be gin such a course. On the 24th day of February, 1890, at the request of Col. L. L. Polk, President of the 'N. F. Alliance and Industrial Union," ! introduced in the! Senate! bill, 2806, popularly known as the Sub-Treasury bill, and procured its reference to the Com mittee on Agriculture and Forestry, where it was supposed that it would receive more friendly consideration than from the Committee on Finance, to which it would otherwise" have gone according to the rules, ! On re ceiving it I j told both Col. Polk and Dr MacuneJthe chairman of the Legislative .Cdmmitte of the Alliance, that I was not prepared to promise thejm to support the bill; that it was a great and radical -departure from thq accustomed policy of oUr legisla tion, and tfiatf there were questions both of practicability aud constitu tionahty, which I wished to reserve I tbld them also, that I hoped for gobd results from its introduction, and believed that its discussion would attiract the attention of the coun try5 to the condition and the wants of I the agricultural classes, and if this bill was not deemed the proper one, that some other would be for miilated in the direction of the need edf relief. I procured an. early eon siaeration of tne Din Dy the com mittee, and a very able and most in teresting discussion by Messrs. Polk and Macune was had. Cut sd far without result, j The committee has not yet made a report, though I am assured that a majority df its mem bfjrs are anxiously seeking to devise a .method ot relief which shall not b6 open to the objections of that bill. j'!-.;;.. j My own position, remains the same, i :cannot support this bill in its ores eht shape. But I am not opposed to the principle and purposes of the measure. On the contrary, they are tEiose wnicn l nave tor ten years ad vbcated, and for the accomplishment of which I have in every county in cforin Carolina again and again urged the organization of farmers, pointing out to them how that all qtner classes of society were organ ized for tne promotion of their sepa rate interests, j It is a shameful truth that in the enprmous growth of the wealth of our country in the last twenty years the farmers have not proportionately participated. AH candid men admit that they have pot had their share of the aggregate prosperity of pur country. I he rea Son for this is as plain to be seen as any cause for any effect. For a quar ter of a century the legislation of our Country has been notoriously in the interest of certain combinations of papital. The manufacturers have been protected by enormous duties upon foreign imports, many of which are absolutely prohibitory. The cur rency has been systematically con tracted by the withdrawal of circula tion and the demonetization of silver in the interest of the ! bankers, bro kers, bondholders and all the creditor class. In this way the inevitable re suits have been produced. The enor mous wealth of our country has more and more Ceased to be widely distri buted and has become concentrated in the hands of a few. Overgrown fortunes have been accumulated by the favored ones, while mortgages have been the chief acquisition of the many. The -farmer being compelled to sell his -surplus wheat, beef and cotton in free trade markets of the world, was not allowed also io uuy nis supplies m tne same place, but was compelled to bring nis money home from Europe and buy his iron, his clothing and all his farm supplies from the domestic manufacturers at prices enhanced not only these enormous tariff duties, but likewise by this severe contrac tion of the currency. iWhat else could possibly have followed but in debtedness and bankruptcy for that class who had thus to bear the ulti mate burdens caused by this distur bance of the laws of economy, and by which alone the undue riches of one class was secured? - All efforts to secure.the repeal of this outrageous taxation and to re store the full use of silver as money, having so far proved unavailing, reasonable men are not surprised that the oppressed classes of our peo ple have at last organized and de termined to do something. For one I sympathize most cordially and sin cerely with this determination. ; In asmuch a it is impossible to com pensate the farmer for the robbing of him under this tariff taxation by imposing tariff duties for his benefit. also for the reason that similar products to his are not imported into this country the question arises, how shall he be contpensated ? If some way pe not devised, and we continue to impose these tariff taxes on him, we simDlv admit fiat ht ic to be oppressed forever, or' until he is sent to the poor-house, and that whilst we have power under the Con-. stitution to 1 destroy bv taxation one class of citizens, we bave neither the power nortthe disposition to com-; pensate that destroyed class, nor toil equalize the burdens of life among? me people.; l never will agree to this, and I j stand ready to vote for any measure for the relief of the ag ricultural classes of the community that will ! serve the purpose, askinsr only that it be within the power con ferred upon Congress by the Consti tution. We live, happily for us, in a government of limited powers, but because, as I believe, the present tariff duties are utterly unconstitu tional, and but "robbery under the forms of law," I can not gain my consent to vote for: this sub-Treas ury bill which provides for the loan- ing of money to the people by, the government, and which, in my opt ion, is without Constitutional author ity. 1 I believe, however, under that clause of the Constitution which -gives Congress the power .to regu late commerce witn toreign countries and among: the States, that the bond ed warehouies now in use for the re ception of foreign importations might also be used at every port of entry in the United States arfd others estab lished elsewhere as well, for the re ception of domestic articles, intend ed for' export r or j for salt in other States, and that the government could be made tbreceiye these arti cles and issue receipts Xberef or upon which the holders could readily bor row money. This, I believe, would answer every purpose contemplated by. the sub-Treasury ; plan, except that of borrowing money at a spe cified cheap rate. However this may be, I know, my: dear sir, that neither you nor the good and true men whom you represent would ask ! me to in fringe in any way upon the organic, law, of our country, in the' faithful observance of which alone consists the safety of our people, j ' Permit me to say that . there is at this time a great responsibility rest ing upon you. There is an uprising of the agricultural class of our peo ple, the most powerful class of our society, which amounts to little short of a revolution, j .This revolution is directed toward a redress of the evils arising from unjust legislation. You are the chosen head and irepresenta tive of that class in the State of North Carolina, one of its most hon ored and respected citizens. I feel, sir, that with the freedorri of a friend and fellow worker of theisanie politi cal faith, I may say to you that you may do much to prevent this popular cry for iredress j from becoming a clamor for revenge. Guided within the proper channels and by wise counsel, I believe it is th0 movement' for whicn all patriotic men inj our country have waited and wished so long, and. that it will result in juster legislation and more equally diffused prosperity. But1 if recklessly, un wisely or selfishly directed, it may re sult in incalculable injury to our country, and especially our Southern portion or it. 1 I I notice with i pain that much of the ill-feeling, of the ! farmers -is di rected not against the j authors and upholders of this nefarious legisla tion, but, against their nearest neigh bors and friends thOse whose inter ests are as intimately connected with their own as is that ' of members of the same household. . I observe that bitter feeling is springing up be tween town and cotintrv-f-between the farmer who brings hjis product to town and the merchant who buys it, and in return sells him his daily supplies tnat oiten tne farmer is taught to believe that ( the lawyer, the doctor or the professional man is hostile to him or is in isome way re sponsible for the ills which he suf fers. I need not say to you that this is all wrong, unwise! and hurtful to a degree to all concerned. It saps the strength of our people and weakens their power . to procure re dress. We need everybody's help, because our oppressors are a great. party entrenched in the strongholds of the government.1 j Naturally the redress of wrongs occasioned by un just legislation is the repeal of that legislation. The great Democratic party of America, now iiji a large nu merical maiority, but deprived of the control of the government bv the most unscrupulous methods, openly and almost with unanimity, favors the repeal of the legislation of which you complain A little strengthening of its hands, and but a little, will enable it to triumph. Its triumph will be yours. A little sapping of its strength, a little divi sion in its ranks, will be its defeat again. Its defeat will ilikewise be yours. The danger is that oppressed freemen become impatient, and im patient men are often unwise. Your great organization is but little more than two years old it! is not yet grown. It cannot look for great narvest ot result before tne sowing and the maturing of the crop. Al ready wonderful things have i been achieved. Venerable legislators, life long servants ot corporations and Wall street policy have already come to know that there is a large class of the American people called farmers and who have rights and privileges like others. No greater shock for years past has oeen given to tne sleek and comfortable recipients of class legislation than the recent pas sage through the Senate! of the bill to restore the unlimited coinage and legal tender character of Isilver. This was undoubtedly due td the Farm ers finance, for the past six months there has been more discus sion upon the condition of the farm ers and matters pertaining to their interests than had taken place within ten years previous. The more of this talk the better for the farmers. Their wrongs are so palpable that the justice of redressing them will become more and more irresistible as the light is turned on. The policy of the farmers, being now right, is to keep within the right;. Demand nothing that jis illegal, ask nothing that is unreasonable. Especially, it seems to me, they should be careful not to injure their friends. They should hold their forces in hand ready to aid those who favor them and to ! strike those only who are hostile to their purposes and prin ciples. To attempt to make a polit ical party of' the Farmers Alliance for the purpose of supplanting either of the great political parties who di vide the American people would be a . great mistake. In the South it could only destroy the Democratic party and leave in undisputed con trol that other party which is the author and upholder of the evils by which we are afflicted. By your own rules you exclude ifrom; mem bership a majority of' the com munity, and for that rtason alone you should not undertake to be come a political party, ji see many indications of that tendency which give me much concern. In the neighboring State of South Carolina there is a contest raging which, , as it looks to me, dan only have the result of - putting that State back under African rule. This, too, jamong men who profess to agree upon all mat ters of principle. Let us hope that we may avoid such darigerous and unseemly contests in our State. I trust much to you, my dear sir, and to the conservatism, good sense, moderation and . patriotism of - the farmers of North Carolina, to 'avoid the taking of any position or the do ing of anything that would prevent the Democrats who ,are! not in the Alliance trom working together f principles which are common andf interests which are general, with that harmony , which so trjumphanti,. brought us out of the house of i)(J age in the period from. 1870 to s;o and Which has in so great a measbre restored our State to a, reasonable cc gree of prosperity and (ireclit i us not iiuimtc luc ..onuuct of nle Jews when their sacred city .was be sieged by the Roman- armies, who fought their enemies witri incredible valor all day and fought leach other with incredible fury all jnrght. i;el us, On the contrary, stand together and fight our common enemies day and night. Let us strive for a reduc tion of taxation on the necessnri-r life for a reduction of th expend j! tures of the government-ifor an in crease of the currency and the price of farm products by the free coinage of silver and the restoration of its full legal tender character-! for a re peal of the tax upon Statje banks for the regulation of transportation rates by railroad commissions, and last but not least, : let us earnestly contend against that spirit of cen tralization which is constantly threat ening to absorb the' local, self-goy-erament of the people of the States Very truly yours, j : . ' Z. 15.! Van, ,. SPIRITS TUKPENTINE. r Greensboro Patriot : Rev. Tnr fier M. Jones, D. D.,'dicd at G-rccnsb.,,,, Female College this afternoon, at one l ! " .1 ni . r i uuutu, hi me 4isl year oi iis age. : He has been unwell for some titnc, hut lias been confined to hi3 bed onjy since last Friday. He was taken .suddjcnly si !; at the funeral of Mrs. Baker, On fast Fri day morning, and since that Ihc.has Ih Oi, seriously sick. ; Dr. Jones ha4 been Pre s ident of Greensboro Female College since 1854. He was a. minister of hii, standing and a ripe scholar, j Louisburg Times' -J 'the sound of the hammef and plain are! now In ai d more frequently and continually in Louisburg than for many vears previous In order to give the outside world som, idea as to thej extent of the improve ment going on in Louisburg, we wi!! s.u that there are: nearly two hundred la borers employed upon the various build ings that are sroine uo. L Wo h- that the lightning struck the residence of Mr. John W. Pearce, iii -Goldmine tAmn.Ii.. IT 1 .... i.uvuaiiip uu j uesuay evening. Kit-in mucn aamage was done to though it did not take firet inc- House, The cloth was in the ing of a colored boy, who nouse at tne time, took hre, and the was insensible for a few minutes his A clothing beintrl extinguished at once. dog was killed! under flic house ' Mt. Holly Mews: Ou r friend M. L. Clemmer is the father of a little ere ii- tleman, only alfew years old v. ho at his birth had nine; grand-parcnijs living" as lonows: l-athcrand mother parents of his father; fatbbr and mother , parents of grand mo- fa'ther' and find grcat- We are his mother; grandfather am' ther, of his father; grant' grandmother, ff his mother grandfather of his father. .- most reliably unformed that l colored woman of Lowell neighborhood a tew weeks since g;ivc birth to alchild that is spotted white! and black. I In fact the child is most profusely covejred witli the spots. Qne who have seen the child describes it asj blazed-facedj, and says it has a white streak in it's face that makes it look like a blazed-face horse. Newton! EntcrprisA The wife of Rev. J. L. Murphy died at Maiden ol typhoid fever last Friday, j Wheat threshing is !now progressing in the county. The new wheat that has been brought to market is very inferior in quality. The grains arc small and faulty. Newton was the starting point ol a very disgraceful elopement last Saturday morning. The wile of Mr. Lcc Sicilian, an industrious white man on Claries creek, between ' Newton! and Hickory', and Noah Robinson, a! black negro, took the Narrow Gauge i train together for Atlanta, hnd are inOw skulking around somewhere in woman had about S25 Georgia. The in money and bank for $15. traded some notes to the all of which had been stolen from her husband, and the negro,) we learn, had obtained aboat $0 by mortgaging a horse. Burlington JVercs: . Mr. lames Teague has a cow of Jersey stock, Icss than two years old, which has never calved, but is giving one and one-half gallons of milk per day. S. G. Walker, a colored man formerly of this place, graduated (at the institute for train ing colored ministers, at Tuscaloosa, Ala., June 2-jth. borne time ago some newspaper correspondent found ' an old man named Graham Hamrick, in West Virginia.) who-had.) unaided, dis covered a way of preserjing dead bodies in the state they were in when he got them from from all offensive odor. A gentleman here in town wrote to him and found it was true. It keeps the body natural for ninety days, then dries into a rftummy, at a trifling cost. A company has been formed arid a fortune awaits them. It keeps both animal and vege table from decay. j ! ' Ashevilie .Democrat: Reports from the wheat harvest in Western Car olina are quite disappointing. In many sections not much more than seed will be gathered, while in -inlo place will a half crop be realized. Oats, corn, grass, etc., are very promising. The Asheville Loan, Improvement and Con struction Company, of which Mr. G. S. Powell is president, has received a bid for one-half million doll irs of bonds of the company, based on h;al estate of the company, for as long time as may be desired, at six per cent, per annum. This bid is by Northern men who recoe- nize what the future of Asheville will be. Emory Edney, the! little 12-year old son of Mr. Geo. EdncV, residing near Mr. J. C bams store on Ivy in Madison county, shot and killed, A. few days ago, an eagle which Mr. Hardy Merrill in forms us measured seven) feet from tip to tip of wings,; and seven inches from point ol rear toe to point ot front toe. It was a mammoth bird; and 'the little hifnjrfjd is justly proud Of his achieve ment, ' . r Star Correspondence, Shelby, N. C, July 2. The citizens bf Shelby, not .wanting to lag behind ib j the march of progress have organized and incor porated, The Shelby Land and Im provement Company with the following Board of Directors. W' 1 Love, I. L. Webb, J. S. Groves, Mi W. Hamrick, Dr. V. McBrayn, Ceo. ,W. Wray, 1. W Gidney, J, D. ILineberger and W. II. lilanton. The directors have elected the following officers:- W. P. Love, President; T. L Webbd Vice President; S. J, Green, Treasurer,! and C. E. Frick, Secretary.' U Mr.: Rud ' Eskridge, formerly of this plaice, but now of Weatherford, Texas, Was married to-day to Miss Sallie Wright of Gaffney City, S. C. The Young Men's Christian Association has rented; the upper story of the Blanton building and removed to their new quarters. Their gymnasium, which has just jpeen put up is tne most popular resort in town for the young men. The J3oaid of Aldermen having received a proposition from Spartanburg, St C, offering for sale a fire eneine. have authorized the Mayor to examine the enginejand report at the next meeting Of the I board. -mi W. B. Tordanjof the Star, was in town this morning gathering in some! new suhsrrirvrs. -i Thd new schedule on the Carolina Central gives the people of this section 4.h& privilege of reading the Star before supper, The Shelby bar held a meeting to-day and appointed a committee to draft Resolutions of re- gret on the death of J Udge Shipp, X -
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