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ON THE EIGHT TRACK. ,c
We find the following four! resolu
tions in this week's issue of the Pro
gressive Farmer : I
Whereas, our present experience is
showing conclusively that it is danger
ous in the extreme to rely on the one
crop system; therefore be it
Resolved. That we will diversify our
crops and make our own com, wheat
and forage, and thus make our tobacco
crop our money crop.
2. That we respectfully suggest to our
fellow farmers in the bright tobacco belt
the necessity ot iollowing our example.
3. That our State Alliance be; request
ed to set on foot a plan or plans which
will induce the farmers of the whole
State to keep their cribs and granaries
in their own yards instead of in Balti
more and Chicago.
4. That we will use our best endeav
ors to raise our own mules and horses,
and not have to depend on other sec
tions for them.
There is nothing accompanying
these to indicate the particular lo
cality from which they came, but
they seem to have come from some
sub-Alliance in some of the border
tobacco growing counties, probably
KocKingnara, as tney were requested
to be published in Webster's, Weekly,
published at Reidsville.
However well they may apply to
the particular section from which
they emanated, they will j apply
equally well to every part of the
South, whether it be devoted to the
culture of tobacco or of cotton.
They , fit the case to a dot, and
ought to be; worn in the hat ot every
farmer in the South. We have said
the same thing in a different way so
often in these columns that they
have a familiar sound. '
If the planters of tobacco and the
planters of cotton resolutely follow
out the suggestions herein con
tained, the problem as far as
the Southern farmer is concerned
would soon be solved, and the way
ouof the wilderness be found.! With
all due respect to the farmers, Alli
ance men and non-Alliance men, and
to the caiamity-shriekers who claw
their hair and paw the air in loud
lamentation- over the rough1 ex
perience of tillers of the soil
(though they themselves till no soil
but the Alliance, which they are
working for ajl it is worth), the farm
er's redemption is in his own
- hands, and the plan of redemption
will be found substantially in these
few resolutions:
This plan means more for the
farmers of the South than all the
sub-treasury schemes, Government
..1 J l o- - .1. ' 1
all the relief-corps of statesmen in
the past decade, for it strikes the
root of the trouble and applies the
remedy where it should be applied in
a level-headed, common sense, busi
ness like way. If the farmers of the
South had all the sub-treasuries pos
sible and all the money they needed
at a nominal rate of interest or no
interest at all, and all the Govern
ment paternalism asked for or con
ceived of they can never be permanently-
prosperous as a class until
they farm right, and they will never
farm right while they plant at hap
hazard without any regard to the de
mand for or possible consumption of
what they plant, depend upon- one
crop, and look to some other section
for what they eat and wear and for
the stock to pull their plows and
wagons. If they had to-day the
money they have paid out for
flour, meal, bacon, corn, oats,
hay and stock they wouldn't give
a snap of the finger for all
the sub-treasuries a dog could bark
at or for all the governmental pater
nalism ever invented by cranks or
demagogues. They could; take care
of themselves without the volunteer
assistance of the modern Moseses
who have risen up to lead them out
of the wilderness by the third party
route. . ..
That is a happy and a pertinent
suggestion contained in the third re-
cj-tluf "rim m.USaU it J i ii r
" "vn nvuiu well lJl
the gentlemen who are aspiring to
lead the Alliances to poncler serious
ly, and ask themselves the question
whether in doing something of this
kind they wouldn't be better 'fulfill
ing the purposes of the organization
of the order than in rambling over
the country making political
. speeches, and trying to persuade
the farmers of this country that all
their troubles come from political
causes. That some of them i do there
is no doubt. The monstrous tariff,
for instance, has for years robbed the
farmer out of much of his hard earn
igs, but these evangelists of "re
form" studiously ignore this, while
VOL. XXIII.
some of them boldly declare that the
L tariff is mere moonshine. They know
that the Southern farmer has to pay
tribute to the manufacturers on near
ly everything he buys, the aggregate
of -which tributes amounts to fifty
or sixty dollars a year to - every: fam
ily and to many - millions for the
South, and yet they are silent on this
and when asked why they are "silent
they reply that the tariff is 'moon
shine. They don't want to admit
that the tariff turts the f armer for if
they did they' might be asked why
they do not demand relief from this
oppression, and help the Democratic
party in its efforts to secure this re
lief, which th ey might find it awk
ward to answer; ; ;
; To how much, better purpose than
political haranguing could they use
their talents and their eloquence if as
trusted teachers in this great order
they would study up so me, "plan or
plans which will induce the farmers
of the whole State to keep their
cribs and their granaries in their own
yards instead of in Baltimore and Chi
cago, in dofng that they would be
benefitting not only the farmers who
belong to the Alliance, but all
farmers, not only in this State but in
other States, would be carrying out
one of the objects for which this
great organization was originally
established, would be doing their
duty by it better, and render better
services for the salaries they receive
than by speech-making to array class
against class, inciting antagonisms
as senseless as they are, unpatriotic,
which can do no - good but are sure
sooner or later to end in disaster.
THE THIRD PAETY BUILDERS.
y The men who are actively engaged
jn boosting the third party in this
State, are either Republicans .who
hope thus to break up the Dem
ocratic party, or men who have called
themselves Democrats, but who have
a hankering for office which they
could not gratify in the Democratic
party because they were not "appre
ciated" at the estimate which they
put; upon themselves. At all the
meetings so far the colored brother
seems to have shown up more or
less. At a township meeting in
Wayne county last week the thing
was launched by thirteen white men
and eleven negroes. In referring to
a meeting which was held in Chatham
county last week the Record speaks
Of the make-up of those who took an
active part thus:
"Ot the four who are reported as hav
ing made speeches, two have been so
called "independent" candidates for the
Legislature (A. W. Wicker in 1882 and
H. C Farrell in 1888) and one (the ven
erable W. C Thomas) is an old "fire
tried" Republican, who was a county
commissioner in 1868-'69. And since
writing the above, we are informed that
several colored men. made speeches at
the Moncure meeting, among them be
ing Bin tsryant, Allen Avent, Allen At
kins and Archie Marks. Deputy Mar
shal Joe Smith probably forgot (?) to
mention them among the speakers..
"We hear that one of the most promi
nent participants in the meeting at Gulf
was Joe Riley Beal, the Republican post
master ot that place. It any disaffected
Democrats in that section of the country
are following him for financial reform
and relief, may the Lord have mercy on
their misguided souls !"
MINOS MENTION.
If " the accounts that come from
Europe be true about the use to
which the Germans are putting bal-
oons in spying out the movements
in the Russian camps on the frontier,
they have solved the problem of
aerial navigation, and have mastered
it in practice. " These balloons seem
to be under perfect control, to sail
in any direction desired, with " or
against , the wind, can be moved
rapidly or slowly, and be brought to
a standstill and kept in stationary
position as long as desired, and all
this so far above the range of
a gun as - to- be entirely; safe.
They use them by night as
well as by day, hover over the
Russian, camps and fortifications and
by use of electric search lights see
everything that is going on below,
and when through with their inspec
tion sail back across the frontier to
the places whence they came. There
is not one but many of these bal
loons in daily and nightly active ser
vice, and as may be inferred they are
giving the Russians no small amount
of trouble? and as one account says
are-mking-them "very angry." So
far the jjSermans have retained" pos
session of the secret by which the
balloons are propelled and con
trolled, butv of course, a secret like
this cannot be ' kept from the
world long, for it will be either dis
covered, bought or stolen. ; If all or
anything like what is said about their
performances be true, it means a re
volution in warfare, and perhaps
eventually the end of war, for what
would fortifications, ships and armies
amount to with manageable fleets of
balloons in the air above the reach
of ball from rifle or cannon, equipped
with bombs to 'drop upon . the forts,
ships and armies beneath? , There is
no use in fighting when fighting is
hopeless and means inevitable anni
hilation. - ,
Mr. Watson of Georgia, third
partyite, seems to be aspiring to the
reputation of a funny man, if we are
to judge from his : speechon the
tariff, Friday. It must be" admitted
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that in the role of the ridiculous he is
successfully ludicrous, but as a wit
or a humorist he is so far: below
mediocrity that he ought ' to reserve
himself for the backwoods where the
circus, never comes and the clown
never performs. He seems, Tiowever,
to recognize the principal constituent
of the party which he represents and
the man who on that oqcasion was
chosen for that purpose, when he de
clared that although the third
party was small ."iu made, up in
noise what it lacked in numbers, and
had selected him to represent if in
that capacity." Considering his vol
ume of voice he does ' pretty well m
this respect, ' but - we would suggest
to him that it would help him ."pow
erful" if. he practiced some on the
trombone, and used that instead of
his vocal powers. By frequent prac
tice he might become sufficiently ex
pert to entertain even . the peanut
venders who he. says were " driven
away by the gentlemen who had pre
ceded him in the tariff discussion.
He made, however, some good points
in his speech, but they were points
which had been made time and time
again by other speakers in discussing
this subject. r
When the Sugar Trust took in
Claus Spreckels Philadelphia refinery
last week, it got practical control of
the sugar business of this country;
there being but three other refineries
in the country not embraced in the
Trust, but these work in harmony
with it. These have an aggregate
capacity of only 4,600 barrels a day;
while the eighteenrun by the the
Trust, have an aggregate capacity of
44,800 barrels a day. This, of course,
gives them a complete monopoly of
the sugar business, and enables them
to absolutely control the price and
the trade.
THE NAVAL STORES TRADE.
Wilmington's Loss and Savannah' Gain
Food for Be flection.
The decrease in the naval stores busi
ness of Wilmington should arouse her
merchants to the importance of supply
ing this commercial deficiency from
other sources. It is true that the de
crease mentioned is due to natural
.causes and can in no way be prevented,
but it is none the less incumbent on the
business men here to enter new fields
and make an earnest effort to recover
the lost ground. The cotton trade of
the port can be increased, manufactures
can be encouraged and other steps may
be taken to keep Wilmington at the
front. ;
During the year ending March 31st
the falling off in the receipts of naval
stores at this port was 83,572 packages
net, the only gain being in the receipts
Gt tar,. which exceeded those of the pre
vious year 2,447 barrels. In Savannah
the gain for the year is about 140,000
packages. Is there not food for reflec
tion in these figures? Of course, this
loss on naval stores cannot be regained,
as the pine forests in the section tribu
tary to Wilmington are being rapidly
exhausted; but a determined effort
should be made to make up this loss of
business from other sources.
The annexed article from the News
will show what Savannah is doing in the
naval stores trade :
Yesterday was the closing day of the
naval stores season of 1891-92. The re
ceipts foot up the largest at this port of
any year within the history of the trade.
The total receipts were 1,103,665 pack
ages, against 954,614 packages the pre
vious season. t is remarkable with such
a very heavy production that it should
all have gone into consumption except
the small stock now held here. It was.
however, a bad year for prices.
as the immense production, like the
cotton, was held over the market to
depress prices, t although the low
valuation ot cotton toad as -much to do
with the prices ot naval stores as any
thing else, while the cheapness of the
stuff of course induced more buying,
which accounts for the small stock of
spirits and rosin now carried over for the
new season, which begins with to-day.
Nothing very dehnite can be formed
of the outlook as yet for this season. It
is believed, however, that prices cannot
take on any .great spurt in view of the
unsatisfactory condition of cotton.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION..
The Gathering at the Court House Tester-
day Beaoluiions Adopted, lite.
The Republicans of .New Hanover
county met in Convention yesterday in
the Court House, r I
Mr. Fred U. Rice called the meeting
to order and Mr. CP. Lockey was made
permanent chairman, with Jno. W. Mose-
ly and E. T. Dickson secretaries. ,
The following resolutions were adopt
ed: TV -W -
Resolved. That we heartily endorse the
administration of President Harrison,
and we are rejoiced to see that the indi
cations point unmistakably, not only to
bis renomination, but certain re-election.
Resolved, That ! we re-affirm our alle
giance and devotion to the Republican
party, and its time-honored principles
and doctrines ; and it is the sense of this
Convention, that candidates (represent"
ing the principles of our party) should
be nominated in the State Congressional
districts and thej several counties;. and
this . Convention repudiates and de
nounces the ideas entertained and course
recommended bythe few self-appointed
so-called s "leading Republicans, who
met in "cpnference" in t ha United States
Court room in this city, on the evening
of March 29th, 1892. Not to nominate
candidates, would in the opinion of this
Convention, be a piece of unjustifiable
Political cowardice, unworthy of a great
Party. - -.j.C" r'V. . ' 7"
- Resolved, Thatf-ire , heartily -endorse
our esteemed young townsman, Mr. C P.
Lockey, for the nomination for Congress
in this district, and we also endorse Jas.
H. Young, Esq., as a suitable and worthy
person to be elected as one of the dele
gates to the National Republican Con
ventionTrom this district. .-
On motion, the- Convention then ad
journed until August 27th, when it is
proposed to re-convene and nominate
county and; legislative tickets.
WILMINGTON, N. C.,
- THE THRIFTY TRUCKERS. " '
The Season Later Than Xiast Tear The
" . i- Outlook : Bear Charleston.
' The truck season has not yet opened
in this immediate section, Mrs. Bow.
den, Mr. Westbrook and Capt. Manning,
of Wrightsville, and possibly one or two
others, are shipping some asparagus by
Express, but there is not yet any move
ment , of importance. Strawberries are
ten days to two weeks later than last
year, and the sarfle may-be said of other
fruits and vegetables. . . . -
J, Further.. South, it is now remarked.
that the cold March weather did no last
ing injury- to fruits . and vegetables
further than to retard their growth.' The
News and .Courier, says,' concerning the
crops in the Charleston section :
.. "ill is now apparent that the yield this
year will be fully equal to, if it does not
surpass that qf last. Shipments are be
ginning, but a3 yet consignments are in
very small lots: ? Asparagus strawber--
ries, lettuce and cabbages: are the - only
articles . which are moving as yet, the
cabbages leading off and the shipments
Increasing very rapidly. A few crates of
strawberries, were seen in the express
office yesterday, bound for Northern
points, mainly New York. The aspara
gus of this season is reported especially
fine, and it is belived that the shipments,
which have just started, will be unusual
ly large this season. . A consultation
With shippers yesterday revealed the fact
that prices this year are very good.' and
indications am that they will equal those
of last year, which were entirely satisfactory.",;-
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; IN A CRITICAL CONDITION.
The Wounded Pickpocket It Is the Same
,,!'"- -. Old Harriss. ;
The Weldon News gives the following
details of the shooting of the pickpocket
convict Harriss," heretofore mentioned
in the Star. It says: ; " ,
On Friday at the penitentiary farms
near here a very serious affray took
place which may result fatally to one of
the parties. A number of convicts were
at work under supervision of the guard
when one of them, a white man, became
very slow, and was struck with a brush
by one Of the guards named Drake.
The two men then clinched in a fight
and Drake succeeded in getting the con
vict down and was getting the best of
the fight. The convict promised to be
have himself if let alone and 4 Drake
then released him. No sooner-- had the
convict regained his feet than he seized
an axe near by and struck Drake on
the head with it, the blade cuttme his
skull and making a wound about two
inches long. As the convict inflicted the
blow Mr. J. T. Briggs, another guard,
who was a little distance off. shot the
convict with a rifle, the ball entering his
leu oreast ana going entirely through
the body, passing within about an inch
of his heart. The convict at this writ
ing is in a very critical condition, while
Drake is up and walking about, appar
ently not dangerously injured.
J be convict s name is .Harms, and he
was sentenced to the penitentiary from
New Hanover county, for stealing $500
from the Navassa Guano Company. He
is of foreign blood.
NAVAL STORES.
End of the Crop Tear A Falling Off
in Beoeipta as Compared With the
Previous Tear. '
The statement of receipts of naval
stores at Wilmington, N. C, for the na
val stores year ended March 81st, 1892,
shows a decrease as compared with re
ceipts the previous year of 8,786 casks
spirits turpentine, 71,983 barrels rosin
and 4,277 barrels crude turpentine, and
an increase of 2,474 barrels tar. The re
ceipts as posted at the Produce Exchange
are as follows: Spirits ' turpen
tine. 58,999 casks; last year, 67,
785. Rosin, 294.520 barrels; j last
year, 866,503. Tar, 68.798 barrels; last
year, 66,324. Crude turpentine. 13,924
barrels, last year, 18.201. i :
Stocks at this. port. April 1st, 1892, are
reported as follows:-Spirits turpentine,
1,904 casks; rosin, 89,917 barrels; tar, 11,-
426 barrels; crude turpentine, 1,245 bar
rels. ' .1.
State iJemoc ratio Convention. I
The Atlantic Coast Line will sell round
trip tickets, at reduced rates, on account
of the North Carolina State Democratic
Convention at Raleigh. N. C. Tickets
to be sold' May 16th, 17th and 18th, good
to return until May 21st, 1892, inclusive.
The rate from Wilmington will be $7i00
The Seaboard Air Line will also sell re
duced rate tickets to Raleigh for the
above convention. The following will
govern from junction points, viz: Char
lotte, $7.45; Forest City, $10.00; Hender
son, $2.45; Maxton, $5.75; Rutherford
ton, $10.20; Sanford, $2.45; Shelby, $9.20;
Weldon, $5.00, and Wilmington $7.05.
Tickets on sale May 16th to 17th, good
to return till May 21st. .
The Terrapin Boute.
One ot the many reasons why ; the
present mail route between Wilmington
and South port should be continued, is
the fact that vessels can now leave this
port early ; in the morning, taking : ad
vantage frequently of favoring tides, be-.
fore the - Custom House is open, and
have their clearance papers follow by the
regular mail to Southport. But there
are so many reasons why the mail should
be sent by steamer, instead of on the
back of a highland terrapin, that it would
require a column of newspaper space to
name them. It is not to be supposed for
a moment that, after investigation, the
Post Office Department will embarrass
the business interests ot Wilmington
and Southport by adopting the terrapin
route. I '
"Here's Ter Mule." ,
' :; Here is an interesting item clipped
from the Marion Free Lance:
There is in this county "a terrapin
which was picked up in 1840 by Mr. M.
S. McCurry, of Golden Valley, and the
date cut on the shell. The same terrapin
has been found and marked from tune
to time until now it bears the dates 1840,
1865, 1875, 1876, 1880 and 1891. ,' -J
The bidders for the "overland" mail
route between Wilmington and South
port ought to buy that terrapin and
break him to harness at once that is,
if they really expect to secure the ter
rapin route." -
Y
FRIDAY, APRIL 8,-1892.
t ' , NATIONAL BANK NOTES.
Claims May Still Bo Proven First Quar
. terly Statement Nearly Hedy What
: f Creditors. Think "They Win Bealiae.
: i Although the ninety days given byr
the: Comptroller' of ' the Currency to
creditors of the first National Bank. -of
tbis citVito prove their claims have ex-1
pired, no claims are barred, and those
who have heretofore neglected this mat
ter wm still find Mr. W. S.O'B. Robin-
son at his desk., ready and willing to
"swear"' them as soon as their claims
are presented and the signatures of the
ciai mants are "thereunto annexed."
- s Receiver Robinson Js now at work on
the " first - quarterly -statement : of his
work.? ;This statement is very elaborate,
and it requires a good deal of time and
care lor its preparation. C It will be ootni
pieted sime time next week, and lor
warded to Comptroller Lacey for exami
nation, -He - will then "determine what
actshall be taken in the interests of
the creditors, ; arid wilC instruct the
Receiver what to do. He may order a
3ividenddeclared, or he may wait until
add it lonal collections; are made. K tt
ought to be understood by 'this time
that aJReceiver is not allowed to publish
statements showing the condition of a
suspended national bank; nor is it cus
tomary for the Comptroller to do this.
The Star has made a special effort
to ascertain the opinions of creditors as
to the probable per centage they will re
ceive onj their claims. The estimates
range from 50 to 75 per cent. Sixty per
cent, is considered a conservative aver
age. It may be recalled that the Star
expressed the, opimon, based on trust
worthy information, not long since, that
creditors would realize not less than 50
per cent, on their claims. ; - t '
Taken jaltogether. the indications-are
that the creditors will fare much better
than most of them thought possible,
though they may have to wait some
time for! a final settlement. In the
meantime dividends will be declared
whenever' m the judgment of the Comp
troller the amount of money in hand will
justify it.!.- . . ' ;
College Honors.
We understand that Dr. Russell Bel
lamy, son of Dr. W. J. H. FtoMai.iv. nf
this city, received the degree of Doctor
of Medicine from the University of New
York a few days ago. He was also one
of the "six Honor men" in a class of
over one hundred and eighty students.
This grade entitled him, with thirteen
other students, to stand a: practical ex
amination in the wards of Bellevue Hos
pital for ! the appointments upon the
bouse staff. The Doctor came off with
flying colors, receiving the first appoint
ment, in the order of merit, thereby en
titling him to choose the first place. 1 .
He goes on duty to-day, and will re
main in that reat hospital two years, in
the medical and gynaelogical wards, with
the separate divisions for . the treatment
of the insane and. alcoholic patients
respectively. It will be remembered
that we chronicled the fact nearly a year
ago, of his being the prize man when he
obtained his license from the Board of
Medical Examiners of this State. We
congratulate the young doctor, and be
speak for him a bright future
Justiee Banting's Court. ' -
Moses Coachman, the colored man
arrested for assault with a deadly weapon
and on suspicion of being the incendiary
who set fire to a house on Mr. L. Vol-
lers' premises, was arraigned yesterday
before Justice R. , H. ' Bunting on the
first-named charge assault with a knife
with inteni to kill A. W. Cook. After
the hearing Coachman was ordered to
give bond in the sum of $100 for his
appearance at the May term of the
Criminal Court, and in default was com
mitted to jail. - J
A Watch Stolen. i
Mr. Higgins, a stone-cutter, who
works With- Mr. H. A. Tucker, yesterday
afternoon about 5 o'clock had a watch
stolen from his vest, which was banging
in a room where he was working. He
left a man' in the room who had been
loafing around the place begging, and
when he returned, man and watch had
both disappeared.. Mr. Higgins had a
warrant issued for the man's arrest, but
up to last! accounts he bad not been
found. ' I '
The Watch Thief Caught.
The gold watch stolen from Mr. Hig
gins, the stonecutter, several days ago,
as reported ; in the Star, was found
yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Wm. Shee-
han, in the possession of the man sus
pected, a tramp, who gave his name as
Oscar Johnson, and who was captured by
the deputy beyond the city limits on the
W. & W. railroad. Johnson, when over
taken,' was in company with another
tramp bound North. He .was brought
back to the city and lodged in jail.
Death of Mr J William D. FearsalL
Mr. William Dickson Pearsall, father.
of Mr. Oscar Pearsall and Mr. Philander
Pearsall, of this city, died yesterday at
the residence of Mr. Oscar Pearsall. , He
was a native of Duplin county, one of its
most prominent citizens, and before the
war was the county court clerk there for
several years.-, His wife was a. Miss
Whitaker, of that county, whom he mar
ried in 1841. j About four years ago he
removed to this city and has since resid
ed here. - i --.
Sunday School Convention. '
The State Sunday School Convention
at Newbern elected Wm. G. Burkhead,
president for' the ensuing year. W. H.
Snow was elected general secretary;
E. E. Harper recording secretary, and
W. H. Sprunt, treasurer. The executive
committee is to select the next place of
meeting, which will probably be Greens
boro. " j ' " "
ICvangellst Pearson, v v .'
Rev. Mr. Pearson is still in Savannah,
where he is preaching strong sermons to
very large congregations. ' At the close
of the services Friday night, nearly one
half, the congregation remained and a
very interesting inquiry meeting was
held, ' The people of Wilmington are
always glad to hear from Mr: Pearson,
and wish him success in his great work.
Star.
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GR0VER CLEVELAND.
THE. CAMPAIGN IN RHODE ISLAND.
Great Confidence i Professed toy Both
.'Parties The Ex-President's Addrets
to a Iiarge Gathering of Uemoorata.
VV'. . ;i Br Telegraph to. the Morning Star.. . : ;
Providence. Rl I., April 2. The po
litical temperature of Rhode Island is at
fever heat to-night. Both parties pro
fess great confidence.- The Democratic
campaign reached its climax to-day in
ex-President Cleveland's speech and re
ception. -Afr. Cleveland was greeted On
his arrival with such a demonstration as
Providence has seldom given any public
man. i i
f The party was driven rapidly to the
Opera House through a mass of people
who blocked, the streets and followed
them. The Opera House was packed
shortly after 3 o'clock, and all the State
candidates and ! almost all the leading
Democrats in the State were on the plat
form:-"!. : , ;"'...; :. .
'My fellow-citizens I have found it
impossible to decline the invitation you
sent me to meet here to-day the Dem
ocracy of Rhode Island. I have come
to look in the faces of men who have
been given the place of honor in advance
of the vast army which moves toward
the decisive battle-field ot next Novem
ber. I have not come to point the way
to consolation in case of your defeat,
but have come to share the enthusiasm
which . presages f victory. I . have not
come to condole with you upon difficul
ties which confront I you, but to suggest
that they will only add to the glory of
your triumph. I have , come to re
mind you that j the intrenchment
of spoils and ' patronage cannot avail
against the valor and determination of
the right; that corruption and bribery
cannot smother and destroy the aroused
conscience of our countrymen, and that
splendid achievements await those who
bravely, honestly and stubbornly fight
in the people's cause. : Let us not for a
moment miss the - inspiration of those
words "The people's cause." They
signify the defense of the rights of every
man, rich or poor, in every corner of
our land, who by virtue of simple Ameri
can manhood lays claim to the promise
ot our free government, and they mean
the promotion of the welfare and happi
ness of the humblest American citizen
who confidently invokes the protection
of just and equal laws. 1
The covenant of our Democratic faith,
as 1 understand it, exacts constant effort
in this cause, and its betrayal I conceive
to be a crime against the creed of true
Democracy. The struggle in which you
are engaged arrests the attention of your
party brp-aren in every state, and they
pause iff .heir preparation for the gen
eral engagement near at hand, in which
all will be in the field and , look toward
Rhode Island with hope and trust. They
read the legends on your banner and
they hear your rallying cries and" know
that your fight is in the people's cause.
It you should oe defeated, there will be
no discouragement in this vast waiting:
army; but you will earn their plaudits
and cover yourselves with glory by win
ning success. Large and bright upon
your banners are i blazoned the words.
"Tariff Reform," the Shibboleth of true
Democracy and the testof loyalty to the
people's cause. "y I Those who .. oppose
tariff reform delude themselves, if they
suppose it rests wholly upon appeals to
selfish consideration and the promise of
advantage, right or wrong: or that our
only hope of ; winning depends upon
arousing animosity between the differ
ent interests among our people.
While we do not propose that those
whose wellfare we champion shall be
blind to the advantages accruing to them
from our plan of tariff reform, and while
we are determined that these advantages
shall not be surrendered to blandishments
of greed avarice, we still claim nothing
that has not underlying it, word, senti
ment and considerations of equity and
good conscience. Because our case rests
upon such a foundation, sordidness and
selfishness cannot destroy it. The fight
is for justice and right, a clear and com
forting one, and because the American
people have justice and right, ours must
be the winning bent. "1 he government
of the Union is a government of the peo
ple; it em mates from them; its powers
are granted by them, and are to be exer
cised directly on them and for
this benefit." This is not the language
of a political platform;' it is the declara
tion of the highest court in the land,
whose mandate all must obey, and whose
definitions all partisans must accept.
In the light ot this exposition ot the
duty the government owes to the peo
ple, the Democratic party claims that
when, through Federal taxation, burdens
are laid upon the daily life of the people,
not necessary tor the government s eco
nomical administration and intended
whatever be the pretext, to enrich a few at
the expense" - of the many, the
governmental compact is violated.
A distinguished justice of the
Supreme Court, with no Democratic
affiliations, but loved and respected when
living by every American, and' since his
death universally lamented, , has charac
terised such proceedings as, "None the
less robbery, because it is done under
forms of law and is called taxation."
Let us then, appreciate the fact that we
not only stand upon sure and safe ground
when we appeal, to honesty and majority
in our championship of the interests of
the masses of our people as they
are related to . tariff taxation, but
that our mission is invested with the
highest patriotism, when we attempt to
preserve from perversion, distortion and
decay, the justice, equality and moral in
tegrity which are constituent, elements
of our scheme of popular government.
Those who believe in tarift reform for
the substantial good it will bring to the
multitude w ho are neglected.when selfish
greed is in the ascendancy; those who
believe that the legitimate motive of our
government is to do equal and exact jus
tice" to all our people, and grant especial
privileges to none; ; those who believe
that a nation boasting that , its founda
tion is in honesty and conscience, cannot
afford to discard moral sentiment, and
those who would save our institutions
from undermining, the decay of sordid
ness and selfishness,' can hardly excuse
themselyes it they fail to join us in the
crusade, we have undertaken. . Certainly
our sincerity cannot be questioned.
. In the beginning of . the struggle we
were not. only bitterly i opposed by the
great party of avowed enemies, but,were
embarrassed Ty those in our own ranks
who had become . infected with the un
wholesome atmosphere our enemies had
created. We hesitated not a moment
bodily to encounter both. We unified
our party, not by any surrender to the
half-hearted among our members, but
by honest appeal to Democratic senti
ment and conscience, j We - have - never
lowered . our standard. ;? It surely was
not policy nor expediency that induced
us defiantly to carry the banner of tariff
referm as we went forth. ' - -
We invite the strictest scrutiny of our
conduct in dealing with, this subject,
and we insist that our course is an open,
fair and considerate one, I believe this
is not now soberly denied in any quarter.
Our .opponents,' too, have a record on
the question. ' Those who still adhere to
the ' doctrine that, the important func
tions of the government is especially to
aid t them in their business; those who
only see in ; the consumers of our land
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forced contributors to the artificial bene
fits permitted by governmental favorit
ism; those who see in our workingmen
.only tools with which their shops and
manufactories are to be supplied at the
cheapest possible cost, and thole who
believe there is no- moral question in
volved in tariff taxation of the people,
are probably - familiar with this record
and abundantly satisfied with it.
It may, however, be profitably reviewed
by those who believe that integrity and
good faith bave-to do with governmental
operations, and who honestly confess
that the present tariff burdens are not
justly and fairly distributed. Such re
viewing also, will be of interest to those
who believe that our consumers are en
titled to be treated ; justly and honestly
by the government and that the work
ing man should be allowed to feel in his
humble home as he supplies bis family's
daily needs, that his earnings are not
unjustly extorted from him for the ben
efit of favored beneficiaries of unfair
tariff laws.
: This, then, is the record. When we
begin the contest for tariff reform, it was
said by our Republican opponents in the
face of our avowal and acts, that we
were determined on free trade. - Along
advance was made in their insincerity
and impudence when they accused us of
acting in the interests of foreigners and
when they more than hinted that we
had been bought with British gold.
Those who distrusted the effectiveness
of these senseless appeals insulted the
intelligence, of our people by claiming
that increase in the cost of articles to
the consumer caused by the tariff was
not a tax paid by him, but that it was
paid by foreigners who sent their goods
to our market. Sectional prejudice was
invoked in the most outrageous manner
and people of the North were asked to
condemn" the measure of tariff reform
proposed by us, because members of
Congress from the South had sup
ported it. ; i
. These are" fair samples of arguments
submitted to the American people in
the Presidential campaign of 1888. It
will be observed that the purpose of
these amazing deliyerances was to defeat
entirely any reform in the tariff, though
it had been enacted at a time when the
expense of a tremendous war justified
the exaction of tribute from the people
which in time of peace became a griev
ous, burden, thought it had congested
the Federal treasury with a worse than
useless surplus, inviting reckless public
waste and exaravagance, and though in
many of its features the only purpose of
its continuation was the bargaining it
permitted for party support. There
were those, however,in the ranks of our
opponents, who recognized the fact that
we bad so aroused popular attention to
the evils and injustice of such a tariff,
that it might not be safe to rely for suc
cess upon bold opposition to its reform.
Those were grave and sedate Republican
statesmen" who declared that they never,
never could, consent to subserve the in
terests of England at the expense of their
own country as wicked Democrats pro
posed to do,and that they felt constrained
to insist upon tariff protective to the
point of prohibition, because they truly
loved our workingmen, and were deter
mined that their employment should be
constant, and that their wages should
never sink to the disgusting level of the
pauper labor of Europe, but that in view
of the fact that the war in which the
tariff then existing originated, had been
closed for more than twenty years, and
in view of the further fact that the pub
lic Treasury was over-burdened, they
were willing to readjust the tariff, if it
could only be done by its friends instead
of "rebel brigadiers." I will not refer to
all the means by which our opponents
succeeded in that contest; suffice it to
say they gained-complete possession of
the government in every branch, and the
tariff was reformed by its alleged friends.
We must admit, however, that either
this was not done by the people's friends,
or that effort in their behalf sadly mis
carried, or was ungratefully remembered
for a few weeks; then after relegation to
private life among those occupying seats
in Congress who had been active in re
forming the tariff occurred, which
amounted to a practical revolution,
these victims claimed that our voters
failed to endorse their reform of the tar
iff, because they did not understand it.
It is quite, probable however
that if they did; not, understand
it they felt it, and that because it made
them uncomfortable they emphatically
said such reform was not what they
wanted. At any rate the consumer has
found life harder since this reform than
before, and if there is a working man
anywhere who has had his wages in
creased by virtue of its operation, he
has not yet made himself known.
.;.
Our opponents must in the coming
national canvass settle accounts with us
on the issue of tariff reform. It will
not do for them to say to us that this is
an old and foolish contention. The Ten
Commandments are thousands of years
old, but they and the doctrine of tariff
reform will be taught and preached un
til mankind and the Republican party
shall heed the Injunction, "Thou shalt
not steal." ' m v .
As I leave you, let me say to you that
your cause deserves success; and let me
express the hope that theclose p! your
canvass will bring you no reerets on ac
count of activity relaxeffor opportunities
lost. Demonstrate to your people the mer
its of your cause and trust them. ' Above
all things, banish every personal feeling
of discontent and let every personal
consideration be merged into determi
nation, pervading your ranks everywhere,
to win the victory. With a course so
just, and with activity, vigilance, har
mony and determination on the part of
Rhode Island's staunch Democracy. I
believe you will not fail.
The audience was evidently thorough
ly in sympathy with the speaker through
out the disscussion of the tariff and the
wit and .sarcasm which appeared here
and there met instant: and hearty re
sponse in laughter and clapping- of
hands. -- X :-. ' .. n
. THE CRUISEf RALEIGH"
Successfully Launohed "st . tha. Norfolk
" Navy Yard.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. -
Portsmouth, March " 31. Construc
tor Francis' T. Bowles is the recipient
to-day of hundreds 6f congratulations
over the complete success of. launching
the cruiser "Raleigh" this morning at
the Norfolk Navy Yard.
.. - Fully forty thousand people witnessed
the interesting event. The Navy. Yard,
shores of the river, and dozens of
steamers, tugs and yacts were covered
with spectators. At twenty-four min
utes of twelve o'clock the signal was
given, and Mrs. Alfred W. Haywood; of
Raleigh, N. C, daughter of Gov. Holt,
of that State, standing between the Sec
retary of the Navy and Ensign Hilby P.
Jones, broke a bottle of wine on the bow
of the cruiser, and she began to move
off easily, as if under. her own propeller.
It was just three quarters of a minute
from the time the bottle was broken
that the "Raleigh" was. stopped by her
anchors in mid-stream. : . -
The affair was a marvel ot success.
Shouts of .the multitude and the salutes
of steamers were deafening . for: several
minutes. " Gov. Holt and staff, volunteer
soldiery of this section, and many prom
inent people from a distance , were
present. . 2
- SPIKITS TURPENTINE.
:-t ..'- ' ...... ,
- SmitbBeldrlferad:' There has
already been more corn shipped to this
place this year than was, during the'
whole of 1891. '
: Norwood Vidctte: We were mis- n
informed last week about Mr, James f
McRae. of Montgomery, having his I
throat cut at Sol. Haywood's still. We
are in receipt ot a letter from Mr. Mc-.
LKae. in which be sava th. rennrt io on. .
tirely without foundation. r -
. ; Salisbury Herald: Mrs. Pu- !
rity Kirk died last - night at her home
hear Granite Quarry, in the 77th year of
her age Mr. Moses A. Fultz died '
at his home in Brooklyn lat 8 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. He was about 60
years old.
Washington Gazette: The so- -called
People's party enthusiasts led by
little Bobby Lane and a few others made "
an attempt to Organize at Aurora last
Saturday. . We understand it resulted in ' r
ridiculous failure. With sensible men'V
like the. Aurora people this might have r:
been expected. . . . ;
Newton Enterprise : We have '
talked with a number of Alliance men
this week, and have not yet found av ' i
Third party man. ' They say that while ; "
the Alliance is all right, the Third party 5
is an entirely different thing, and the "
attempt to array them against the Dem- ' h
ocratic party will utterly fail, r . . .; .i; ,r v" T
Oxford: Day: News has reach-"l
ed here of a fatal accident .near Kittrell
Sunday. Charles Canthorne, a white i
boy about eighteen years old, rode in a '
Cart tO Service at Fairnnrt. Phnrrli . R
turning home his horse ranaway, he . '
lost his seat, got hung in- the vehicle in i
some way and was dragged to his father's : '
door. Here the cart struck a stump and ;
the boy was thrown violently against a '
tree. His skull was smashed, and he
died instantly. ;
Greensboro Record: Wash
Wright, a bright mulatto, was placed in
Surry jail yesterday on the charge' of
robbing the store of Col. Galloway at .
Elkin. Wash hails from Reidsville and
the police at this place have been watch- '
ing for him, by request of the Durham -authorities,
where he is wanted on a
similar charge. He broke open the
Store at Elkin. bv borinc trie 1nr-lr r.fr trio
door, and by use ot dynamite blew open
the safe. He got something over $100
$42 of which was recovered.. He had a
hearing yesterday in Mt. Airy before a
J ustice of the Peace, and wbs sent to jail.
Concord Standard: Negotiations
for the purchase of th Wi
r .waa jviu
land, adjoining the Montgomery mine
uavc cmminaiea in a traae. we may :
expect some big developments in gold
mining operations at an early day.
Wednesday nieht Esa. John Rankin anrl
others, armed t with a capias fro'm the
sheriff, searched Levi Rumple's house in
XT n .
u. o, ana capiurea jeroy uray, col
ored, who escaped from jail here in Jan
uary. Grav is one of the rinoloarlAVa rf
the cotton stealing club,1 and there was a
reward of $75 for his capture. He was
taken to Salisbury. Levi Rumple is a
white man and: Gray a negro.
Washington Progress: Mrs. N. '
A. Concleton. I who had been ill far a
few weeks, died in this town on Thurs-'
day last, after reaching the ripe old age
Of 78 VearS. Nathan CjtvararA anrl
John Reed, colored, broke ' in Mr. D. R. "
Willis' store on Sunday nierht last.
They were discovered and parties went
in uoon them. ! Coward made hissranA
and the boy. Tohn Reed, was caucht.
He confessed, and also confessed going '
into Rumley Bros.' store. The boy says
it was Coward with him. Chief Fowler ;
went out early: yesterday morning and
captured , Coward. He tried to resist.
They had a hearine before Tustice Mavn
and upon failure to eive bond were
lodged in jail. ; :
r Raleigh Chronicle : Mrs. Nancy
Gooch, whose age is said to be 100 years,
died Sunday night in east Raleigh. .
Yesterday Mr.) Fred A. Watson pre
sented to Governor Holt a quart bottle,
filled with home-grown champagne, the 1
neck of the bottle bright with gold foil
and the red, white and blue of the na
tional colors. It is the bottle which Mrs.
A. W. Haywood will break when she
christens the "Raleigh." : On the bottle
is a picture of the cruiser and the in
scription, "Raleigh Champagne." The
wine is from Mr. Watson's vineyard,
"Leasburg," near here, and is pronounced
by connoisseurs to be fine. It is another
development of grape-growing in Wake, "
as claret, white and other wines are also
made by Mr. Watson. , .
Scotland I Neck Democrat: A
steer arrived in town Saturday evening,
puiung t iung ran Doay cart, tne occu
pants being two little boys. They had
driven from Ayden below Greenville, to
Scotland Neck. They were Masl?rClar--ence
Kitchm, accompanied by a little ne- .
gro boy. '.They say they started from -Ayden
early Friday morning and drove
all day. At night being near a church
on the side of the road, they stopped
and put away their team, and entered,
the church for a night's abode. Find
ing a stove and some wood, and making
them a fire they set to work to prepare
a lunch they had brought for the emer
gency, and after eating their supper re
tired, each to a bench. They resumed
the journey Saturday morning, and ar-
rived here Saturday evening. The trip
was about fifty miles.
Charlotte! News: That jail de
livery at Charlotte yesterday was a suc
cessful affair in all respects. Usually ,
when a break of this kind occurs the
escaped men leave some trail by which
they are run down, but the seven men
who got out of the Charlotte jail ap
peared to have vanished in thin air.
This morning Sergeant Jetton and Offi
cer Baker earned in on the delayed Air v
Line train and brought with them a
negro named John Graham, one of the
escaped prisoners whom they captured
at Spartanburg, having tracked him dili- -gently
all day yesterday and last night '
until they ran him 'down in Spartan
burg. So far he is, the only one cap- -tured.
An officer at Blactaburg tele- -graphed
Sheriff Smith thatJe had ar- '
rested a negro who answered the de- -scription
of Boyd, the train wrecker.
Superintendent John A. Dodson and
Sheriff Smith left for Blacksburg in a
special car this alternoon to see if they
can identify the prisoner held there. ,
: Goldsboro Headlights : The
first People's party .in this county was !
nraanized Sflturrlav at Prnvtnnrp nrc
cmct. Broeden township, with twentv- s-
four members thirteen white and eleven
colored. Some unknown person
waylaid D. Cole, colored, and shot him
just as he was leaving a house in the
northern city limits on Wednesday
night. The ball went into his right arn :
causing a severe flesh wound. After '
a long and suffering illness. Miss Nettie
Sasser, daughter of B. S. basser. breathed
her last Saturday ' night at her paternal
home near this city, aged 22 years. 14
While some of the farmers in the county
have decided to plant hardly any cotton
this year, others again will plant more '
than usual in order to "get ahead of his
neighbor." . From present indications it
seems that the cotton acreage will not
be decreased, in f this county at least.
While transacting some business in '
the hardware store of Messrs. Smith &
Yelverton, in this city, Wednesday even
ing. Mr. Jos. C Price, a cabinet-maker
of Pine Level, was stricken with apo
plexy of the head and died soon after at
the residence of his brother, Mr. N. G.
Price, whither he was conveyed."
A negro woman, the wife of Sol. Mason,
was burned to death Monday in the
Dobbersville section. Her husband was";
at work, and . seeing the house was on
fire, hel ran back to try. to. save, some
thing. He saw his wife lying near the
bed, where it is supposed she had fallen o
in a fit, as she was subject to fits. .When
gotten out she was burned to a crisp., --