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jHS QEOWTH
OF 0TOL CITIES.
Our America!
cities andj towns
ire increasing rq
ore rapidly in popu-
lation than the jural districts.
But
this is not pecu
tar to this country,
for the same is true of Europe,
where in late years nearly all he
principal cities have grown rapidly,
some of, them jistonishingly. And
still they continue to grow, the ten
dency of population seeming to be
to the cities and towns. This is so
not only in Europe and j in this
country, but in all civilized quarters
of the glebe, in this country this
tendmcy is very marked in all the
older States, North , and South, but
more especially in
the North, the
the rural in-
only States where
crease keeps up
lts proportion with
the city s increase oeing the new
States of the West, where there has
een a large immigration, ; induced
by the low price of Government
ands, when, as territories, they were'
thrown open to settlements But in
' a
time, when the cheap lanas nave
been . appropriated, : farms laid off,
and the settlers
get down.to the reg-
ular business of farming, as in the
older States, the newjjStates will fpl-
L jo the example of the older ones,
and we shall be loldi the same result
there. .' ' . h
The late census shows, as fair as it
can be relied upon, that in some of
the older NortW Atlantic States,while
the cities have gained the States,put-
sideof the citieshave barely held their
own in -population in the i past de-
cade, while in some there has' been a
decrease, the decrease being attribu
table to the abandonment of the
farms by the people moving to the
cities ot emigrating to : the new
States. This is the case notably in
Vermont and in J New Hampshire,
I and also in the best agricultural sec
I tion of the State of Pennsylvania.
There are reasons for this and good
ones which become apparent on the
slightest reflection. We live in a
fast and a speculative age when
there is a universal rush riot simply
to; make a comfortaBle jiving and
lay up- a competence but to make
a fortune. ; The young men
and ambitious, therefore, leave
the -farms Wjhich have j but few
enticements to offer, where mak
ing money by dull plodding every,
flay labor is slow at best; and hie
away to the cities which offer more
numerous opportunities arid advan-
tages,
From this class sprang the
Vanderbllts, 4
e Goulds, the Rocke-
fellers, the
FSaglers, the Hearsts,
and other many-millipnaries.
As a matter! of fact, a very large
per cent, of tjie successful men of
the times in all ' the departments of
activity, commercial, speculative, in
dustrial and professional, weref country-born,
and jsought the cities with
thir greater advantages and better
opportuaitiesj j '
There is another reason and that
is the monotony of farm life, especi
ally for the young men who long for
variety, for more or less excitement,
and hence thousands of the bright
est of the farm boyfi turn their backs
on me farm with its dull routine of
daily labor and seek life in the town
or city with its more congenial sur
roundings. ' "' .. f
Anotner reason is that in the de
pressed condition of agriculture for
some years back thousands of farm
ers throughout the countrv hav hp-1
?ome hopelessly involved in debt, I
ia, discouraged, sell out at the first
opportunity and seek business or em
ployment in the towns or cities.
Another rtaaon is, aside from tb e
pecuniary or social advantages, the
lwns and cities present better op
portunities for the education of chit.
dren, better and more comfortable
""ng, with better compensation for
rk and less labor.
Anfl SO the fa
a.nfi m net nrVAt mn
Durt,ionthe town. And thus it will
MVkXb VUV1 aVvlV UiVU V
farm is such5 a struggle as it is now
and has been for vears to make
ends meet, and while life on the
""mis as poorlv reauited as it i is
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and hag been far years. When agrt-
Pttfcapslife on the farm may hav
Pore attractions for those who toil
ft thf fil4c I t;e : . I
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VOL. XXII.
COTJFirSG THE HEGROES.
Senator Fry e, of Maine, insists on
the passage of the Force bill, and is
candid enough to give the true rea
son for it. Very few of the advo
cates of the infamous scheme will
admit that Its object is to carry
Southern States which the RepublU
cans cannot carry -now. Mr. Harri
son devoted a considerable portion
of his message in the effort to show
that it was neither partisan nor sec
tional. Mr. Frye is more honest
and more candid when he says he
wants the bill passed because the Re
publicans have as much right to
have the negroes counted for them
as the Democrats in the' State of
Maine have to have the foreigners
in that State counted for them. This
is what Mr. Frye expects to accom
plish by the passage of this bill and
this is the reason why "he and the
other conspirators support it. They
take it for granted that the negro
vote belongs to them, that they have
a prior claim on it, and whenever it
fails to come up to their expectation,
it is conclusive evidence of fraud and
intimidation. It is not fair play or
justice for the negroes the sneaking
hypocrites are striving for but. votes
for the Republican party.
It seems never to have occurred to
them that the negro would under
any circumstances vote any other
than the Republican ticket, nor that
the negro might not sometimes take
so little interest in an election as to
remain away from the polls on the
day of election. And yet if they
took the trouble . to inquire, they
would find that there are thousands
of negroes who take as little interest
in elections as they do in last year's
ice crop. They might ascertain, too,
by a little investigation, that there is
m the Southern States a growing
spirit of independence among the.
colored voters, and that they do not,
follow their white bosses with that
unquestioning obedience which they
once did. The more intelligent and
observant of them have gotten tired
of pulling the chestnuts out of the
fire for the benefit of a few white
tricksters who have taken advantage
of their submissive following to
build up their own political fortunes
and put money in their pockets, and
they have pot yet discovered where
one negro in a thousond has gained
the least by it.
While the negroes have been do-
ng nine-tenths ot the Kepubiican
voting in the South, and have held
the balance of power in several
Northern States, tby have yet f allwl
tt discover where their numbers or
their, services to the party have been
recognized by the dispensers of pub
lic patronage. The only recognition
tbev have received in the South is
appointment, and that reluctantly,
.
to some menial or petty positions
which white Republicans did not
. a
contend for.
Pretending to be the especial
friends of the negro the Republican
leaders argue that he should be given
a fair square show in the battle of
life and that there should be no dis
crimination against him, and yet
when it comes to the distribution of
the sooils which the negroes are ex
pected to help to win, the color line
is sharply drawn and the colored
voters are told that they must fall
back to the rear and wait until their
white allies are served before they
ask for anvthinar or present their
laims for consideration.'.
' Originally the right of the ballot
was given to the negro professedly
as a measure of self-protection; that
he might have a voice in the making
of the laws bv which he was to be
governed, that he might better his
condition and elevate himself, and
yet in the twenty-five years in which
the Republican - party has used the
neg'ro as a voting machine to perpet
uate its oower, with all its opportu
nities, it has never done a single
thin? to better his condition, its
whole'purpose, aitfar as he is con
cerned, being to make him a party
chattel and keep him in party bond
age, which is one 01 te cniei odjccuj
of this infamous r orce diu.
STATE TOPICS. .
A meeting of the stockholders of
the North Carolina Steel and Iron
Company has been called to be held
at Greensboro oh the 16th inst. for
the purpose of consinering the im
mediate erection of a blast furnace,
and to get things in shape for active
business. It is said that the contract
will be given out for the erection of
the furnaces and necessary buildings
immediately after this meeting. This
is good t news not only for Greens
boro, which is vitally interested in
this enterprise, but tor the country
tributarv to' Greensboro, and the
State at large. It is the beginning
of a great industry in which this
State must eventually figure, and if
successf ul which it doubtless will be,
will be a stimulus to the! starting of
similar, enterprises at other points
which present the necessary cob
ditions. We have watched this en
terprise with considerable interest
from the time it was first mentioned
and take pleasure in noting these
assurance of its success.
When the soul resolves to per
form every duty,' immcdi-tcl? it is con
scious 01 the presence ol uoa. bacon, .
M3T0R MEHTI03T.
The presumption is that when; as
distinguished a body as the United
States Senate undertakes to discuss
an important bill in which the whole
country is interested, that the Sena
tors, at least those who have charge
of it, should know what is in it. But
this is not always the case, a remark
able illustration of which was given
in the debate on the Force bill Fri
day. Senator Gray, of Delaware, in
his speech in opposition to it justly
and severely denounced the '-domiciliary
visit" clause, when Mr. Spoons
er informed him that, the clause had
been struck out bv the committee.
'But, said Mr. Gray, it is in the bill.'
Then Mr. Hoar, who has assumed
the especial guardianship of this
measure in the Senate, arose to re
mark that it ; was- in by mistake of
the clerk, or the printer, or perhaps
it was his mistake. It. may have
been a mistake, or it may not, but it
is somewhat remarkable that a mis
take involving the most objection
able and infamous clause of the bill
was not discovered : until a Demo
cratic Senator discovered it. It is
very convenient . to have clerks and
printers to saddle mistakes upon,
-.- a "la . .
especially ' when tne mistakes are
made ': by . design, as was in
all probabilty the case in this
instance. It is 'not the first
times these "mistakes" have hap
pened. The tobacco rebate clause
was left out of the tariff bill as it fi
nally passed by a "mistake," . and it
was afterwards acknowledged that
the "mistake" was intentional. It
would be just like slippery old Hoar
and the balance of the conspiring
tricksters who are running this Force
bill to let the "mistake" remain in
and become a part of the law if the
withering denunciation of a Demo
cratic Senator had not made it poli-
i c to disown it and say that it had
been struck out. Struck out and yet
left in. It was very properly sug
gested by Senator Gorman that with
such mistakes as those in the bill
they had better hare it revised and
reprinted, that they might know what
they were debating and what they
were voting on.
In his speech on the Pension ques
tion in the House last Friday Mr.
Breckinridge, of Kentucky, suggest
ed several things for the prevention
of fraud and for the protection of
people who have to pay these enor
mous and annually increasing pen
sion bills. Among them was a pro-
vicinn ftr th rranafW nf the3ggns1pn
Bureau to the War Department "to
take it out of thedomain of politics."
The very reason which Mr. Breckin
ridge gives for the adoption, of this
provision is a reason why it never
will be adopted under a Republican
administration. The Republican
statesmen don't want it taken
out of the domain of politics, and
they won't have it taken out while
they can prevent it, for they have
found it very useful, have worked it,
and propose to work it for all it is
worth. Is there a sane man in this
country who imagines for a moment
that these, enormous pension bills
would be piled up, and that they
would have so increased from year
to year, if the Republican statesmen
didn't see political advantage in it?
and is it to be supposed that "they
are going to relinquish this advan
tage at a time when they are more in
need of help than they ever were?
Not they. They have no idea of
taking the pension bureau out of the
domain of politics, and losing their
grip on the soldiers in that way.
w m
The New York Herald asks
whether the Democratic Senators
may not be making a. mistake in try
ing to defeat tke Force bill, remark
ing' that the enactment of the bill
would cost the Republican party .as
dearly at the polls as the McKinley
bill did. This may be so, but still
the Denaocratic Senators could not
make themselves indirectly parties
to the passage ot such an infamous
measure though they were sure that
great party gain would come from it
The measure is a wrong, base and
criminal one and the duty which
they owe to their people; and the
country would not allow : them to
stand quietly by and permit its pas
age without a protest and a deter
mined effort to prevent it. Their
duty is to their country before their
party, arid if they . were certain that
the passage of that bil I would bury
the Republican party seven fathoms
deep it would still be their duty as
Senators holding an important trust
fmm the neoole to oppose it to the
V - f
end. There may be politics in
some things but not in matters as
vital as this, and involving the weal
nr the. woe of the country as this
does. ' ' "- ' ":- ' IQ
The Farmers' Alliance and Indus
trial Convention, at Ocalai Fhv is
still working on the third p?rty move
ment, and the indications are that a
third party will be the outcome.
7roxth Beouaent ST. O. . 0.
' Col. J. T. Anthony was - re-elected
Colonel of the Fourth regiment, receiv-
irw twelve votes out of the fifteen cast.
Lieut. CoU Martin ws also , re-elected
Hit vote nf eleven to four, and Mai. E.
F. Young was rejected Mar. -
WILMINGTON, N. C.r FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12,
' - THE SMITH SUIT.
The Jury Find a Verdiot for the Plaintiff,
y,) Geo.' H. Smith." " ' ' "
" : Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, Nov. 5i The jury found a
verdict for the paintiff in the. Smith
case. ' -
The Raleigh papers f yesterday give
the following account f the proceedings
in the case on Thursday: ' " r- f.
One of the defendants. Mrs.' Sarah C.
Davis nee-Smith, was examined as a
witness and testified to the conversation
had with her father as to the death of
his first wile and that he stated on sev
eral occasions that she died in Nassau in
1862, and that her name was Ellen. The
defendants then closed their case.-
The plaintiff .introduced a number of
witnesses in rebuttal, who testified as to
the identity of the woman who came to
Wilmington with bmith in 1855, as the
woman who lived .with him as his wife
up to 1861, , when: he sent her and his
two children away to England. ?
une sterling ballings said that he knew
Smith well, and traded with him when
he -kept store - on ; Front and -Church
streets, and that he heard Smith calHiis
wife Bridget and Ellen interchangeably.
Capt. W. W. Mintz testified that he
first met Smith in 1859 at his store in
Wilmington, and - that he heard Smith
call his.. wife Bridget, and that the
woman he called Bridget-was the same
woman that Smith sent awav with his
two children at the outbreak of the war.
The plaintiff, Georee H. Smith, and
his wife, were' both, examined as wit
nesses, and testified as to the existence
of the plaintiff's 'mother, and as to her
death in 1S84: ' . ' ! v
Witness was asked by Mr. T.;D. Bella
my, of counsel for the defence, why his
brother s child , was not . a party to the
suit., , ..
The witness said: Because my brother
was born, put of wedlock andj is a bas
tard. 'I was born in wedlock in lurie,
1859. These are facts with which my
mother made me acquainted, j
ine plamtia then. closed his case. 1
At the conclusion oj the evidence the
argument was began and Mr. Sol. Weill
opened for the plaintiff. ; In a lucid and
comprehensive address of considerable
length he reviewed the evidence in de
tail and presented it with a clearness
that was remarkable -for so intricate a
case.- In forming the evidence into a
chain and presenting it forcibly and irre
sistibly to the jury Mr.-Weill jwas mas-
tertul, and his speech was universally
pronounced as one of the finest pieces
of argument ever heard in Raleigh. His
speech was highly complimented.
Mr.-Marsden Bellamy followed for the
defence in one of the most eloauent ad
dresses we have ever heard. His open
ing remarks in which he called the at
tention of the jury to the fact that, aside
trom considerations ot property, the
most momentous consequences would
hang upon their verdict, in that it in
volved the honor and good name of
innocent people, were thrilling and elo
quent. His address was powerful and
telling all the way through, and held the
attention of all in the court room and
the jury riveted. '
At the conclusion ot Mr. Bellamy s
address court adjourned till this morn
ing, when Messrs. Russell and Ricaud
will streak for the olaintiff. and Messrs.'
John D. Bellamy, Jr., and F. H. Busbee
lor the detendants.
The case will probably reach a con
clusion this afternoon, and the verdict
of the jury is awaited with great inter
est. No case of recent date has created
such interest, and there is considerable
speculation as to what the result will be.
The' News and Observer of yesterday
gives the following account of the con
clusion of the trial on Friday:
The day was consumed in argument
by counsel on both sides, which was not
concluded till late in the evening. Mr.
Ricaud and judge Russell spoke for the
plaintiff and both made powerful and
telling speeches which carried convic
tion with them.
Messrs. John D. Bellamy and F. H.
Busbee spoke for the defendants, and
both were powerful - and eloquent in
their argument, presenting their case in
a strong and forcible light.
ludge seymours charge to the jury
was clear, comprenensive ana impartial.
Two issues were presented to the iury.
as follows:
First, as to whether Geo. H. Smith
was entitled to recover tne estate 01
Thomas H. Smith.
Second, as to whether Ellen Smith
and Bridget Massa were one and the
same woman.
The iurv after being out an hour.
found in the affirmative in both issues;
both findings being in favor of the plain
tiff.
The matter of rents was compio-
mised beforehand and was not submit
ted to the iury. The estate which Geo.
Smith recovers consists almost entirely
of real estate valued at $35,000.'
Wealth in the Produce of the Sounds.
The Fayetteville Observer says: .
The time is to come when Wilming
ton and the circumiacent section are to
find their wealth in the produce ot their
sounds and estuaries. When once
they get their dues in the way of ample
transDortation. the fish and oysters will
be worth millions to the people 01 that
oart of the coast. The most delightlui
fish in the world are thre in nearly ex-
haustless profusion, while the New
River ovster the supply of which is
almost untouched-revokes unbounded
enthusiasm with the experienced
gourmet. -'
A SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE.
Thirty-Pound Gobbler as Common aa Fig
- Traaka.
Wilmington sportmen will read with
interest, even if they cannot "go to
Halifax," this from a Weldon correspon
dent of a Virginia paper : -
"Game of all kinds is quite abundant
in the woods around - town. Mr. w. ri
Brown, who is a celebrated sportsman
here, killed four large turkeys'Saturday,
and Mr. Slater, of Halifax, killed two
tremendous gobblers, weighing over
thirty pounds each. There was never
the like of opossums seen here before,
and some of them are very large. Coons,
mink, and beaver are also taken in every
night by the trapper,
Ufe-8aving Servioe.
The annual report of the Superinten
dent of the - life-Savin Service gives
the following details for the Sixth dis
trict, including the southern part of the
Virginia coast ana JNortn iaronna
as follows: Number of disasters, ; 36
value of vessels, $451,010; value of car
goes, $141,600; total value of property,
$592,610; number, of persons on board
vessels; 248; number of persons lost, 19;
number of shipwrecked persons succor
ed at stations, 65; number of days suc
cor "afforded, 299. value of property
saved. $328,080; value of. property lost.
$263,580; numbertf disasters involving
total loss 01 vessels i.
Messrs:-'RObinson ; & King
rfeared the German baraue O. B. Vou
Wimter vesterdav. for Rotterdam,' Hol
land, with 4,856 barrels pf rosin, valued
at $6,776.
TALK OFTHE BIG'CHIEFS
RESULT OF A COUNCIL WITH A CATH-
, OLIC PRIEST. ,
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Omaha rw "ft Th T h,.
jyed the following from 1 its special
correspondent ; at Pine Ridge Agency
S. D, via Rushville, Nebraska: As peril
ous a mission as a man of kGod has un
dertook for many a day toward averting
bloodshed and loss of human life, was
completed tOrday, when good Father
Jule,-the Catholic priest, whom Gen.
Brooker requested to go out and talk
with the hostile Indians, returned to
the Agency. It seemed sheer madness
lor a while to so much as think of at
tempting such a mission and hope to re
turn alive, but Father Jule having spent
seven years among the Indians, four of
seven on the Agency, and having been
looked up to and greatly confided in bv
the reds, he and the officials considered
it would be more - possible for him
to make .. a... final effort at a
peaceable adjustment of the present
crisis than any one else. The Rev.
Father was accompanied bv Tack Red
Cloud, the . widely respected son of
the -famua chief, who went more as a
guide than upon the supposition that
he would be of an - use in making the
mission a success, lhe start was made
Wednesday noon. They went to White
Clay creek, a very unusual route, and as
a result got lost . after crossing , White
river. All of Thursday night they wound
about, being compelled' to keep moving
about in order to avoid freezing. Hun
ger was added to' their discomfiture as
thev had not taken a morsel of food
with them. Ten miles from the hostile
camp they were halted by the enemy's
pickets, who levelled their guns on them
and held them until an Indian runner
could be sent into the camp and inquire
whether or not they were to be ad
mitted. A favorable reply was received
and they proceeded on'. The camp was
reached at 11 a. m. next day. Two hours
later the chiefs met Father Jule in coun
cil. There were present Two Strike,
Head Chief, Turning Bear, Short Bull
High Hawk, Crow Dog, Kicking Bear,
kagle ripe, Big lurkey and High Fipe.
The pipe of peace was conspicuous by
its absence, Father Jule opened the
council by asking the . Chiefs to
state the particular cause of griev
ance that had led them to assume so
startling an attitude of war. The replies
to this question were' substantially
as follows: "We object to the recent
census returns made by Mr. Lee. His
enumeration, 'as he is now makiug it,
would not give food sufficient for us
to live on. . Lee put us down less, many
less, for each teepee, than it contains.
If we are to receive food according to
enumeration we shall starve; we know
we shall starve. If the Great Father
chooses to cheat us we will have one
big eat before the starving time comes;
after that we shah fight our last fight,
and the white man shall see more blood
made by us from our guns than ever be
fore. Then we will go to the last hunt
ing grounds happy. If the white man
did not mean to cheat us out of food
the Great Father never would have sent
the soldiers, We know he intends
cheating us by the way the
census man is now putting down
figures that lie, and by which we are
to be fed. The Great Father has
done another wrong. He put a new
line. a-nw . boundary line,; between
Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agency. That
makes many of us leave our homes and
give them to others. The Great Father
broke the old treaty when he did this.
We cannot longer believe the Great
Father. He says, children, you shall
never be moved again unless you want
to go, and then he goes right away and
move us. We are done with promises,
and now we make the promise that we
will fight, and the Greats-bather will
find that we will not break our promise.
We will now be very plain with you.
Christian Father, and tell you another
thing, something of which you may
have already thought, it is this, we
are not coming in now, and will not lay
down our rifles, because we are afraid of
the consequences. We have done wrong;
we know it, If we stop now we will be
punished. The Great Father will send
many of us to his big iron house to stay
many moons. We would die. Now we
will not go and give up. We know the
Great Father better than he knows us
or cares to know us. - !
After a long pause Crow Dog said
that they might come in if the soldiers
were taken away. I
father Jule says he then, urgea tnem
with much fervor to be practical, give
up their designs of war and be peacea
ble. He explained that the soldiers
were not to harm the Indians but to
protect the Agency; that the rations had
been increased at the Agency, and that
if they came in Oen. JBrooke would tel
egraph to Washington and get permis.
sion for them to stay upon the Agency
So far as depredations were concerned
the Father told them they had better
stop committing them, and they would
be more easily forgiven. Finally he
urged the Chiefs that they all come back
with him. 10 this some ot the older
ones, who were heavily in the majority,
said no. But the Red men finally agreed
that they would come back to Father
Jule's house, which is about four' miles
. , t . 1 . . 1
nortnwesi or tne Agency, mis mornjng,
and there meet Gen; "Brooke and tell
him m person - just what they had. told
Father Jule. This- brought on
a renewal : ot .-bitter opposition
from the majority, which came near end
ing in a row. Finally the young chiefs
cooled off, and Two Strike, addressing
Father Jule, said, "Hold your hands up
to the Great Spirit and tell us, as though
you were about to start on a journey to
the last hunting ground of the red man,
whether what you say to us from Gen.
Brooke be true, and that we will not be
harmed if we come m simply to talk to
Gen. Brooke. Father Jule says he com
plied with the request. All the Chiefs
then extended their hands to heaven,
and with great solemnity promised they
would come in.
This ended the council, and -Father
Jule and young Red Cloud withdrew,
the former telling the Chiefs that if they
broke their word to him he would never
again believe an Indian. ,t
If the Chiefs keep their pledges a
meeting between them and Gen. Brooke
will occur at Father Jule's residence this
forenoon. . - ; , 4 '
While in the hostile camp Father Tule
said there were between a thousand and
twelve hundred men, all fully armed,
and he supposes from the size of the
camp and the great number of. pickets
out. that the hostiles number over 2,000
fighting men. He saw large numbers of
cattle being driven in from . all direc
tions, and slaughtered , all about the
camp, f and the meat was being cured.
The camp is, he says, remarkably well
fortified . with ,finely .. constructed rifle
pits, considering that the Indians did
the work. iThe camp is wholly inacces
sible, he says, by mflilary, otherwise
than on foot and in single file, and as
cannon and such pieces as a Gatling
gun is out of the question, God alone
knows, continued the priest, the fear-
fulness of the results awaiting the effort
to conquer these hostile people," if thsy
continue in their present strongnoia.
1890.
NATIONAL ALLIANCE.
yesterday's Happenings in the Conven--'
tion at Ooala The Third Party Hove
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.- By Telegraph to tk Meaning Star .
, Ocala, Fla. December 4. The
National Alliance met at 10.30 a. m.
The early part of the session was de
voted " chiefly , to ' discussion of inside
topics, and at 11.80 A. Gallagher, frater
nal delegate of the Working Men's Re
form League, of New " York city, and
W. A. Carsey, pf New York, from the
American Anti-Monopoly League, were
invited to address the Convention.
Each spoke for halt an hour or more,
their remarks being principally directed
in favor of a close . bond between all
national organizations of the same
character, but against consolidation.
Both advised the National Alliance to
stand by its St. Louis platform, to take
the lead in any national political move
ment which might grow out of it."and
said that other, organizations would
follow. j "
1 J. H. Rice and John Davis, of Kansas,
in connection with one or two others tn
sympathy with the recent. - political
movement in that State, among them
delegate Vincent, are working upon a
call for a National Convention to form
anew party, the date being fixed for
February 12, 1891, and the place Cin
cinnati. The call iwill invite delegates
from the National Farmers' -Alliance,
and all other national organizations in
sympathy with it or which endorse the
St. Louis platform, as well as editors of
the reform press throughout th country,
to take party in the convention. The
new party to be formed would-doubtless
work on the same line as the Peo
ples' part in Kansas; that is, renounce
ali affiliation with other political parties,
and place a national ticket of its own in
the field. TJiis call, when completed,
will probably, be; presented to the Na
tional Alliance for endorsement, air
though some , of the men in the move
ment are not convinced that this course
will be wise or politic, r 1
John J. Holland, of Jacksonville, Fla
ts here. When Powderly arrives this
will make four members of the National
Executive Board of the Supreme Coun
cil of the Knights of Labor present in
the city, being all of that committee-except
one (Devlin, of Michigan,) and this
fact is thought to be fraught with deep
significance apropos of a third party
movement.
. : There is said to be a 'strong feeliag
among the National Alliance members
in favor of the general consolidation of
al, similar national bodies. It is alleged
that they have offered, in the event of
such consolidation, to give all national
political. nominations to organizations
outside of their own. There is, how
ever, a conservative element which may
hold the more radical members in
check. .
At the forenoon session Messrs. Hol
den, Williams and "Rice, of Kansas, rep
resenting the Citizens' Alliance of that
State, were introduced and all three
made addresses which in the1 main fol
lowed the same line of thoughtand ar
gument. They said that their "organi
zation was as deeply interested in the
sweep of the Farmers' Alliance move
ment as was the Alliance itself, that
both bodies were practically working on
the same line and in the same direction.
They saw no reason why merchants,
traders, druggists, etc., should not unite
in forwarding this movement, and they
asked for a committee of conference to
arrange for closer relations between the
Citizens' Alliance and the National Al
liance.. The request was granted and a com
mittee was appointed. i .
Messrs. Gallaher and Carsey, from the
New York Working Men's Reform
League and anti-Monopoly League, re
spectively addressed the Convention,
and among other things said that me
chanics and laborers in cities were as
much dependenr upon the industrial
condition of the country as farmers were,
and should be eligible to membership in
the Alliance. They recommended that
Alliance organizers be sent to New York
State at once to institute sub-Alliances
in all cities of that State.
Col.. Livingstone, of Georgia, said in
reply that he did not regard it as fitting
or politic that alliances of men, even if
imbued with the same general ideas,
should belong to the same organization;
they would do best to . keep their own
separate organizations, as at present,
but should fraternize more closely , and
confer together s more frequently upon
measures of public policy. The Farmers'
Alliance, he, said, deserved no credit for
having discovered that these reforms
were necessary, nor for taking the lead
in the matter. 1 he masses ot the coun
try were practically in the same boat,
and all should work together.1 "The
money power of this country," he ex
claimed, "backed up by the money power
of JCurope, ' and aided and encour
aged by railroads and corporations,
is our common enemy, lo meet this
enemy and to cope with If successfully
co-operation is absolutely necessary, and
it must soon come abouu 1 therelore
recommend co-operation and fraternity
with other national bodies, but not con
solidation. t
The National Colored Alliance was
announced as ready to be received for
fraternal greetings, but the hour of
noon arrived and the reception was
postponed till the evening session.
OcAiA, FlaJ, December 5. After
short'time devoted to routine business
at the afternoon session, President Mc-
Grath, of the Kansas Alliance, moved
that the annual election of officers be
proceeded with, and placed the name of
L. L. Polk in nomination for President.
The whole body of delegates in a simul
taneous shout- seconded the nomina
tion, and Mr. Polk was unanimously re
elected by acclamation, j
Ocala, Fla., December 9. The
Alliance met at 9.30 this morning.
A resolution was offered by Governor-
elect Buchanan, of Tennessee, to amend
thej Ocala platform, adopted yester
day, so that the President of the Na
tional Alliance shall not have the power
to suspend the editor of ' any Alliance
newspaper organ, which advocates any
policy or any measure in violation of
said platform.
Mr, Buchanan says this gives too
much authority to the President, and
would be a dangerous precedent to
establish,
The amendment was discussed at
length, and referred to a committee,
which will probably report action before
the noon adiournment.
An amandment to the constitution
was offered by Mr. Buchanan, which pro
vides that it ; shall not be necessary
for an Alliance editor, to get the omcia
sanction of the President before publish
ing a State or county sub-Alliance or
gan. His objectioas were practically
the same as to the platform - provision
above referred to. " It vested too much
power in the National President.
This amendment was also discussed
and will doubtless be reported before
ahe noon adiournment.
Immediately after the adjournment
the National "Alliance , delegates will
march in - body to the Alliance Expo
sition building. Grand Master work-
NO. 4
man Powderlv, of the K. of L., will ad
dress a public meeting.
Much dissatisfaction was expressed at
the report of the committee on investi
gation of the charges agains Folk, Mc
Cune and Liyingston, presented yester
day, i ' y . ''.
It is learned this morning that Presi
dent Hall, of the Missouri Alliance, who
was a member of the committee, pro
nounced against its finding, and that his
protest was attached to the report as
presented and adopted.
1 here are rumors that Mr. Hall and
othera of like views will have the matter
brought up again to-day for discussion,
hoping't'o have the investigation re
opened, but this is not likely to occur as
the time is getting short, and the com
mittee claims to have thoroughly silted
every rumor to the bottom.
While the election of officers yester
day gives general satisfaction, there is
a strong indication ot dissatisfaction
with the result. This feeling is likely to
lead to some Alliance political compli
cations. Everybody is looking for a
final adjournment some time before
midnight, but there is a great deal of
unfinished business now before the Con-,
vention. :' ...
The National Alliance adiourned iust
before noon to-day, with the resolution
on furnishing a roster" of Sub-Alliances
to the Secretaries of State under discus
sion. When the meeting was called to
gether nobody expected a' continuance
of this debate, or any final disposition
of matters under consideration. During
the forenoon a cloud had been gather
ing, and everybody was waiting to hear
it burst. It related to the Macune-Polk-
Livingston investigation, and it burst
with suddenness and uproar.
President Hall, of the Missouri Alli
ance, got the floor,; and he was loaded
to the neck with indignation, which
suasequently found vent in a written
protest which he held in his hand
against the report of the Committee of
investigation, submitted and adopted
esterday. He proceeded to read
is reason for not signing that
report, but had hardly read the open
ing sentences when delegate Wynn, of
Kentucky, objected to Mr. Hall's stating
his reasons, on the ground that his pre
viously formulated objections were in
the nature of a majority report of the
committee. A cross fire of objections
and demands ensued, during which
there was a good deal of sharp-shooting,
and excitement arose to the highest
pitch. While the debate was at the
highest Dr. Macune got the floor find
said that if the Hill report was read he
should certainly claim the right to offer
testimony in rebuttal on the floor of the
Convention. As he sat down a dozen
members claimed recognition, and
without getting it demanded in
loud voices an investigation of
the most serious charges, Ma-
cune's friends in the meanwhile using
every art of politicians and parliamenta
rians to choke oft the whole business
and to proceed with the order of the af
ternoon. Those of the anti-Macuneites
who managed to make themselves heard,
said that if there was "a cat in the bag
they would let it out; they wanted it let
out; they demanded again that Mr.; Sail s
report be read.
Mr. Wade, of Tennessee, and Frank
Burnett, of Mississippi, fairly howled for
the report. The latter, who is a typical
Mississippian, and wears afrince Albert
coat of Confederate grey and a big light
colored slouch hat, never permitted the
opposition to silence his demand, so a
vote hid to be taken, and the report
was ordered by a big majority amid
.cheers and shouVs.
As Mr. Hill arose from his seat the
l-rrnh1v1 wntprc siifwirffvl anH in thp.
most dignified manner and amid fore
bodings, he proceeded to say that he
had refused to sign the report of the
Investigating Committee for the follow
ing reasons: first, because it censured
President Polk for writing the Norwood
letter, censure which was unjust to
Mr, Polk for various reasons. Second,
because it exonerated Mr. Macune,
although Mr; Macune had open
ly admitted belore the committee
that he had gone to' Georgia
and formed a combination among legis
lators and others in the interest of Pat
Calhoun for S. Senator, but because
Macune had also admitted that Calhoun
had loaned him" (Macune) $20,000; and
because Macune had further admitted
that he remained sixteen days in Georgia,
lobbying for Calhoun's election. Third,
because Macune had admitted before
the committee that he had for the past
year travelled on transportation fur
nished him by the West Point Terminal
Company. I
COTTON.
The Bew York Sun's He port of the Market
Yesterday. -
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, Dec. 6. The Sun's
review of the cotton market to-day says:
Futures opened at 6 points decline, clos
ing barely steady at 6 to 7 points de
cline from yesterdays closing prices.
A sharp decline in Liverpool, an ad
verse bank statement, numerous failures,
and an extremely bad report from the
Stock Exchange were the cause of to
day's decline. That prices did not give
way more than they did was probably
owing to the fact that these influences
were largely discounted yesterday, but
some were inclined to argue that the
small decline in the face of such influ
ences reflected in point of sirength on
the general position of cotton. There
was certainly,, under the circumstances,
pretty- fair buying for Saturday. Still
there was a good deal ot uneasiness re
garding the possible effect of an enforced
liquidation which may be at had in the
Southern markets. 1 he result ot a sim
ilar process in January and February,
1886, are not forgotten, Spot cotton
was dull and weak.
THE NEXT HOUSE;
Clerk
UoFherson's, List of Members-
Elect.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, December 6. Clerk
McPherson, of the House of Represen
tatives, has just had printed an u
official list of members-elect to the next
House, showing 88 Republicans, 234
Democrats, 8 Farmers Alliance. One
district (28th New York), is set down
as uncertain, and one (2d Rhode
Island), is marked vacant. .
BANK STATEMENT.
Besort of the Changes During the Fast
' Week. . .
By Telegraph to "the Morning Star,
New York, Dec. 6. Weekly state
ment of associated banks shows the fol
lowing changes: Reserve decrease,
$2,812,000; loans increase, $1,921,400,
specie decrease, $3,820,300; legal ten
ders increase, $594,800; deposits decrease
$1,654,000; circulation decrease 88,800
The banks now hold $2,429,630 less than
the requirements of the 25 per cent, rule.
Josiah StancilLex-postmaster at Salem,
If . C, was convicted yesterday in the
U. S. Court at Raleigh, of embezzle
ment of funds of the Government. Sen
tence will be pronounced this week,
Winston Daily: Died, at fifteen -minutes
past 1 o'clock this afternoon, at
his residence on Summit street, Mr.
Lewis J. Williams, in the 44th year of
his age. " 1
Red Springs Farmer and Scottish
Chief: We learn from Mr. A. T. McCal
lum that there is more or less rot in the
potatoes this season. He has lost about
one-half of his crop up to this time."
Charlotte News: The Novem
ber report of Dr. F. Scarr. cemetery
keeper, shows that there were 19 deaths
in Charlotte during that month. Of
these 12 were among the colored popu
lation. -
Stanly Observer: -It is reported
on good authority that the Atlantic
Coast Line , has decided . tb build at an
early day the railroad from Wadesboro
to Norwood, making connection with
the Yadkin road.
New Berne Journal: Mr. Thos.
S. Howard has been ill for some weeks
past, but not enough to excite any alarm
among his friends, and he did not ap
pear any worse yesterday morning, con
sequently it was a sudden shock to our
community when the news began spread
ing rapidly about 11 o'clock that he was
dying. Alas, the news was true. His
heart began failing near that time and in
about an hour he was dead.
Sanford Express'. Mrs. L. T.
Brown, who had been hovering between
life and death for a month, died at her
home on Hawkin's avenue, about mid
night. Wednesday night. Mr. T.
W. Seagroves, or Egypt, lost his barn
Sunday morning by fire. The barn con
tained all his forage, about 400 bushels
of cotton seed, two bales of cotton, and
all was burned. Happily he discovered
the fire in time to save his horses,
lohn Harris, a neero employed bv- Mr.
Seagroves, was suspected, arrested and
after a preliminary hearing was sent to
Pittsboro jail.
Greenville Reflector: ' The most
curious of all the vegetable curiosities
that have come to the Reflector was
brought by Mr. T. H. Fleming last
week. . It is an old plow point with two
sweet potatoes attached to it. The po
tatoes "are on each side and are connec
ted by a stem through a hole ih toe plow j
point. The stem is so short and the po
tatos so close to the point that the hole
in it cannot be seen. The only way this
freak can be accounted for is that . the
.potato vine found its way through the
hole in the plow point and then the po
tatoes formed on each side.
. Shelby Aurora'. In the upper
part of . Cleveland, near Knob Creek,
Mr. John ! Clme s engine and boiler ex
ploded early Monday morning and two
men were killed and John Buff, John R.
Hoyle and LaFayette Wellmon were
scalded and severely injured. - Did
you ever see a live man's tombstone in
a cemetery? We saw two marble slabs
on which were inscribea the names 01
two living men. These are now in Zion
graveyard, six miles northwest ot ahel
by. Let us read the inscription. On one
side " Emiline Wesson, born January XX
1842, died July 25,-1883." Un Jthe op
posite side "James A. . Wesson, Born
Dec. 6, 1836, died 7 He is now a
farmer near Grover.
NewBerne Journal : A huge
cone-shaped pod was cut from the top
of the-peculiar plant in the flower yard
of Mr. H. B. Duffy yesterday. It is
nearly three feet long and has numerous
small cells containing a fruit that very
much resembled the banana. Some have
pronounced the plant to be the mock
banana. ; If it can be preserved, Mr.
Duffy thinks of exhibiting it our Fair.
The plant itself attracted much atten
tion during the summer with its im
mense luxurant leaves from two to three
feet broad and about a dozen feet
long.
Raleigh News and Observer :
It was reported here yesterday that the
penitentiary gin on the Roanoke farm,
near Halifax was burned night before
last and that about forty bales of cotton
and a large quantity of cotton seed were
consumed. Cora E; Davra,rcoiorcd.-
postmistress at Halifax was arrested
yesterday and bound over to appear
before TJ. S. Commissioner Harrell, at
Weldon, on December 16, on a charge
of embezzlement. Her husband, Henry
E. Davis, who is supposed to have done
most of the embezzling, has skipped,
and has ; not yet been arrested. . Cora
languishes in jail. ;
Rocky Mount Argonaut: The
Rocky Mount cotton mills are running
up to their full capacity nighi and day;
but are unable to keep up with their
orders, i - - Dr. J. S. Battle has been
taken bv his physician. Dr. Frank
Thorpe, to Baltimore, where the opera- i
tion of ; trepanning will be penormea.
- The success of our tobacco market
this season has been far greater than the
most sanguine expected, lhe ware
housemen, say the sales for the season
will reacrTfive million pounds. Two
young men were in town Monday who
had tramped aH the way from Portland,
Uregon, since September, iney were
making for Tampa, Florida. f ' I
Mr. P. G. Bartlett, of New
York, a member .of a prominent law
firm, has been here"for several days in
attendance upon the United States
Court in regard to the foreclosure sale
of the Norfolk and Southern Railroad.
On yesterday the order of sale was en
tered, substantially similar to the decree
of sale recently entered in Virginia.
Messrs. F. H. Busbee and S. W. Hins
dale were named as additional commis
sioners to make the sale. Some
wild sounding reports were received
from Wake Forest yesterday. A young
married man named Coppege attempted
to commit suicide by the desperate
method of drinking one pint of cop
peras, pounded up- ana dissolved in
water. I His action was found out soon
after he had taken the dose, and physi
cians were summoned who pumped him
out before the drug could take, fatal
effect. ' Domestic trouble is said to have
been the cause that drove him to des
peration.
Fayetteville Observer : Mr. T.
W. Cobb is industriously at work get
ting a Telephone Exchange lor fay
etteville, and already has secured about
twenty names. Only five additional
subscribers are necessary. major
Orrell tells us that Capt. Gardner, a for
mer resident ot this city, but now at
Washington, D. C, has been in corres
pondence with him since his visit here
a few weeks ago, and in securing esti
mates of the cost of the masonary and
wood work for another cotton factory
he has in contemplation for Fayetteville.
Mr, lohn Everett, ot Urays Creek,,
lost his cotton gin by fire Monday even-!
ing, together with several hundred
pounds of cotton, etc., entailing a loss of
about $2,500, with only $1,100 insurance.
Cols. Faison and hacks, ol Kaleigh,
representing the Board pf penitentiary
authorities, are here negotiating for con
tracts with the Atlantic Coast Line for
grading the Southern extension of the
NYilson & fayetteville Railroad, col.
Gardner is here representing the Coast
Line and something tangible is likely,
and we ; are told, will result from the
meeting, and it is expected that grading
will commence- early in January and
pushed through without delay.
Having imbibed too ireely of "John
Barleycorn" here last Saturday, John
Freeman, of Robeson, made two or
three unsuccessful attempts to get
aboard the Bennettsville train while it
was in motion, and finally failing, whip
ped out a revolver and fired at the con
ductor. Marshal Flowers happened to
be on the scene and promptly arrested
Freeman, who was given a hearing be
fore Justice of the Peace Hardie, and in
default of $200 bail, was sent to jail for
his appearance at the next term of Cum
berland Superior Court, when and where
he will be called on to answer to the
above charge.
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