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THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
The stubborn fight for the Presi
dential nomination, at Chicago hap
pily terminated Wednesday night, or
rather Thursday morning, in. the se
lection of Grover Cleveland by such
a vote as leaves no doubt that he
was the choice of a large majority of
the Democracy of this country.
His opponents, although In an ap
parently hopeless minority-from the
start, made a njanly.brave and almost
desperate struggle, not so much with
the hope ot nominating the ; particu
lar candidate whose cause they es
poused as of defeating himvThis
was shown by a little incident which
occurred when the Hill delegation,
which was the! center of opposition
to Cleveland, lustily cheered the ban
ner bearing the . picture of Horace
Boies, of Iowa. By this act they
manifestly showed that the plan was
.to drop their cwri candidate, Hill, if
a second vote were taken, and sup
port Boies. But the result of the
first ballot spoiled 'all the plans and
showed on what a frail foundation
the opponents of "the man of desti
ny",had built '
A glance at the vote by States is
interesting as showing how great the
preference was for Cleveland and
how strong the hold he has upon the
Democracy olj this country. Out of
the forty-four States, six. Territories
and the District of Columbia repre
sented, he received the solid vote of
nineteen States, of all the Territories
and the District of Columbia, a ma
jority in eleven States, a plurality in
one and one half the vote of two
"others. " There were but six in which
he received no votes, five of those
being Western States which gave
their votes to Boies, and one, New
York, which gave her vote to Hill.
Here is a record of nineteen States
solid and eleven in which Cleveland
had a majority, thirtv States out of
forty-four in which he had all or a
majority of the votes,' with a few
others in which he had a plurality or I
1V-.1.1a1- li ' x 1 . I
divided the honors with other can-
dates. "... Had not Gov. Boies been- in
the race . Cleveland would have been
the choice of at least four of the five
States which cast their votes fori
him. . -
It is the jfirst instance on record
in a Democratic convention where a
candidate was nominated and won
such a signal
victory with the delega
tion from his own State solid against
him.' This settles, or should settle
the question of Cleveland's populari
ty and: his availability as a candi
date, it we cant win with such a
candidate, after such a magnificent
endorsement" from the representa
tives of the party from every State
and territory of the Union repre
senting all tjhe different elements jof
the-party we could not win with any
one.- - tie got blvt votes without his
own State, while his principal com
petitor, for whom the big fight was
made, carried only one State, his
own, and but forty votes outside of
it. Whether Senator Hill's friends
be disappointed at the result or not,
they .n no longer contend that he
was stronger than Cleveland and can
have no go-d ground for refusing to
give' their hearty support to the
victor after such an emphatic decision
by the grand tribunal to which they
submitted the claims of their favorite.-
:' :
That Grover Cleveland will receive
the loyal support of the solid Demo
cracy of th'e Empire State we do not
doubt, and we could not doubt it
without questioning the sincerity and
veracity of Mr. Hill's friends, who
have repeatedly pledged the loyal
support of the organization which
they represent, and which made the
stubborn fight gainst Cleveland, to"
.1 I m . . . .
the nominee of the Chicaco . Con
vention, whoever he might be, which
pledge wis officially reiterated in
the Convention by Bourke
Cockran, the representative of
the Tammany Democracy when
in his speech seconding the nomina
tion of Mjr. Hill he declared that
"no mattet what action the conven
tion took, New York Democrats
couldn't be disloyal if they tried."
New York is all right, Grover Cleve
- land is all right, and it now remains
for the Democracy of the Union,
whatever the preferences might have
been, to fall into line, close- up the
ranks and) move in solid column un-
der the banner of the chosen leader,
to the grand contest and to "the
Victory int November which will be
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VOL. XXIII.
oars if every Democrat does his duty,
and strives half as determinedly: as
their representatives did in the mem
orable fight m the Chicago wigwam.
Gen. Adlai E. Stevenson for Vice-r
Presidents makes a very strong sec
ond to Clevelaud. He is very popu
lar in the South, as well as in Illinois,
and it is believed he may succeed in
placing that State in the Democratic
column.
; THE PLATFORM.
..The platform adopted by the De
mocracy in Convention at Chicago ts
one upon which every Democrat in
this country can stand straight and
flat-footed. " It "shows evidence of
care and thought in; the construction
and meets fairly, squarely and une
quivocally eyery issue., upon , which
the people of this country are divided,
save the coinage question, and on
that it goes as far as good sense and
level-headed judgment would permit
it to go. . -
To have declared for free and un
limited coinage would have created
irreconcilable dissension, and handi
capped the party in at least a half
dozen States and made disaster ine
vitable. The men who drafted that
platform saw this, knew it and pru
dently avoided the rock of danger
T7 cffprtnor oImt of it '
The adoption of a free coinage
plank would not have carried a sin
gle Republican State while it would
nave unquestionably lost us some
States which are safely t Democratic
and made, it impossible for us to car
ry other States which are doubtful
but lean towards the Democratic
party. - ; . . ,
On JFedera! interference in the
States, force bills and the centraliz
ing schemes of theRepublican party it
rings a clear and emphatic utterance
On the tariff it is as sound as a bell,
pronouncing lor tarin ror revenue
only, and pulls the disguise off the
sham reciprocity with which the. Re
publican party is trying, to humbug
the people and make the McKinley
dose a less nauseating one to swal
low. It strikes the hypocrisy of the
Republican pretension to civil service
reform when it denounces the domi
nation of conventions by Federal
office holders, and presents a strong
claim to the support of all true civil
service reformers in - the pledge to
abate that abuse if the people entrust
the Democratic party with power at
the next election.
It took a long stride in the direc
tion of expanding the currency, and
of supplying the necessary volume
for the transaction of " business, a
volume over which the people of the
respective States would have control,
when it. pronounced in favor of the
repeal of the ten per cent, tax on the
circulation of State banks of issue, a
matter in which the South and some
of the Western States are espe-
.- . .
dally and vitally interested
With this law repealed a State
bank system would be at once
established, the free' coinage of
silver would cease to be a necessity,
would cease to an issue and would be
retired as a factor from the political
arena.
, These are a few of the salient
points - in this' platform of twenty
planks, m which the - people as . a
whole are interested, and' one on
which we ought to win. It is at least
one on which every Democrat can
stand, and cordially support. "
CHAS. A. DANA WHEELS INTO
, ' LINE. '
Charles A. Dana, editor of the
New York Sun, is one of the ablest
if not the ablest editor in this coun
try. One characteristic which in ad
dition to his universally conceded
ability as a writer has given him na
tional reputation is the unceasing
and relentless animosity with which
he pursues the man in public station
who incurs his displeasure and re
sentment.
- -During the years when the Repub
lican party had supreme sway in
Washington there was no editor who
did as much to expose the corruption
with which all the departments of the
Government had become honeycomb
ed than he. It was the Sun which
through its Washington correspon
dent. Gibson, exposed the Credit
Mobilier fraud, which precipitated
the Black Friday financial disasters,
and involvedthe names of a good
many distinguished Republicans,
some of whom are dead and others
retired to obscurity, from which they
have never attempted to - emerge
I since. It fastened upon men charged
I ..." a . . m
with ana proven to De guuiy or cor-
rupt practices, nick-names that as
sociated them with the corruption
charged which became so generally.
adopted that many people supposed
they were their, real names. If
the Sun were to mention any
of these men to-day, at , least
anv of them who are - liv
ing, it would call them -by the
. . ' . .. -
characterizing names it gave them
years ago. It never refers to' Ruther
ford B. Hayes as ex-President, but
as the pretender who stole the Presi
dency. .
We refer to this to show the ant
mus of the S&n, how implacable in
its pursuit of a victim and that it
I never forgives nor forgets and never
I declares an armistice or peace after
having once declared war. Johnson,
who loved a good hater, would have
been enraptured with Chas. " A. Dana,
who., though' a man- of venerable
"years still hates with the vigorand in
tensity of his younger days, when
he slashed the objects ; ot his wrath
with lacerating invective and - every
now and then spurted acids from his
editorial - fountain jipon the wounds
to keep them fresh and his victims.
writhing. --
For some years, ever since Grover
Cleveland was Governor of New
York; the Sun has pursued him with
a merciless, tireless spirit of ven
geance. .It opposed his nomination
in 1884:, .and-,.supported Ben Butler,
the candidate of the Greenback party
who ran not with the expectation' of
being elected, but to help Blaine beat
Cleveland. . :It: antagonized . him
through all his administration.and op
posed his renommation is 1888. .In
that campaign it did not support him
confining its labors to helping elect
the Democratic State ticket with
David B. Hill at the head of it. The
State ticket was elected, Cleveland
lost New. York and with it the Presi
dency, and Charles A. Dana did not
weep. ' -
With unbridled fury the- Sun has
pursued him from the first mention
of his-name as a possible candidate
for renomination, exhausting the re
sources of the English language to
heap odium upon htm and undermine
the popular regard for and confidence
in him, ; and this ..savage : warfare-was
unceasingly ' carried
on until the tally list . in the
convention at Chicago showed that
Cleveland was nominated, and that
all the restless labor, brilliant ability
and; vindictive denunciation of the
great hater had failed in their pur
pose. ;.Then, contrary to gefieral ex
pectation, the uncompromising fight
er washed off the .war-paint, drew a
good long sigh of disappointment
and disgust, put up his knife, and de
clared the war off, in other words he
wheeled into line to help elect Cleve
land, because the election' of Harri
son would be one of the greatest ca
lamities that could befall the coun
try. He does not pretend to
be friendly to Cleveland, but
speaking to those Democrats who
have looked upon the Sun as their
organ, he declares that it would be
"better to vote for the devil himself
than for Benjamin Harrison with his
Force t)ill in his pocket,"' and coun
sels all Democrats, however much
they may have differed, to sink their
differences and work loyally together
for the defeat of Harrison-and to
avert the disaster that "would result
from his election.
There is cause for congratulation
in this for the Sun wields a mighty
power among its constituency in
New York and elsewhere, and the
probability is that it would have had
its followers if it had sulked in its
tent or openly opposed Cleveland,
Its wheeling so quickly "into line
means, if there were any doubt of it
before, that the New York Demo
cracy will be solid for the Presiden
tial ticket and that New York is safe
to the Democracy In November.
Chas. A. Dana having gotten that
fight off his hands and that load off
his mind doubtless feels better and
the Sun will continue to "shine for
all," not excepting Grover Cleveland,
MINOR MENTION.
The so-called People's party of
Texas held a State convention at
Dallas, Friday, to choose delegates
to the National convention, to be
held at Omaha on the 4th of next
month. Two out of the eight dele
gates chosen were negroes. This is
suggestive, and presents an inquiry
to third party white men throughout
the South that they would do well to
consider, and see what road they are
travelling. Choosing negro dele
gates as representatives to National,
State or other conventions is a re
cognition of the full ; political
equality of the races, and
a voluntary abnegation of white
supremacy. The men ' who vote
for negro delegates and sit in con
vention with them by such acts
commit themselves to the doctrine ot
equality and virtually obligate them
selves to support ana vote tor any
negro who may happen to be nomin
ated for office, however high or low
that office may be. This is the logi
cal deduction; of such action, if the
parties to it be consistent and hon
est, otherwise it is simply disreputa
ble trickery and following in the
footsteps of the Republican
party which has been playing the
hypocrite with the negro for ! years.
But the negroes are in abetter posi
tion to make demands and enforce
them as adherents of the third party
than they'are in the Republican
party, or the .Republicans do not
hone to carry any Southern States
with theirvotes, unless they can do so
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with the assistance the third party
may indirectly give them, while the
third party leaders do, or say they do.
In addition to this the negroes have a
separate organization known as the
Colored Alliance, which being a secret
organization can- be more readily
I wielded by its leaders and made more
effective in a : political campaign if
I they have any particular object to
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WILMINGTON, N. Cr,
accomplish. Is it .to.be supposed
that they are going to abandon the
Republican party and join the so
called People's : party : to sbake-the
tree and drop the plumbs into the
white men's baskets as they have so
long been doing for the' white Re
publican bosses ?. Not much. If the
osses r. nui muuu. n iuc i
white men of the South who are seek-1
inc meco-ODeration 01 tae negroes i
to carry the Southern States, vote for .
them and sit with them as delegates
9 - . . .
in conventions, believe this they will
wake np some of these days,', should
their party in the mysterious ways of
Providence gain a foothold, and dis
cover how much mistaken they are.
They are "simply conceding negro
equality : and " inviting . negro rule
wherever the negroes have the ma
jority.-' This is "the. If gic of . negro
delegates.. - j ' ,
The triumph of-,, the "Republican
party in the next, election means the
Force bill and the perpetuation of
sectional strife; the . triumph of the
Democratic party means the end of
the Force Will and : the unity of the
sections-. ' The New York sun, a bit
ter enemy of Cleveland, but now" his
supporter, declares , all the issues be
tween the parties insignificant com
pared to this, which involves the su
premacy of the ?; white race in the
South. It briefly and pithily sums up
the situation thus: : : : - V-
On the other hand, and by.tbe nature
and necessity of the ideas involved, the
success of the Democracy is death to the
Force bill project. Killed in this election.
it can never be revived.
-The Republican party is making
Jts last determined struggle on that
line, for its leaders, who are com
mitted to it, from Harrison - to the
puniest of his supporters, know that
if they fail in the next election it is
gone forever, and that without it, it
will be only a question of little time
when the Republican party will be
gone forever, " tod; They must se
cure . Southern States to offset the
States, they are losing in the North,
and the only way they can secure
them is through the force bill, which
means negro rule.
Uov. McKinley thought he was
pulling the wool over the eyes of New
York workmen the other night when
at a ratification meeting he declared
that when -European manufacturers
paid their workmen as high wages as
are paid in this country the high tariff
men would be willing to remove the
the tariff. . That's more of the same
old stereotyped humbug. But if the
high tariff brings "prosperity to the
manufacturer, to : the workman, to
the farmer and to every one else,
why should they be willing to see it
removed whatever the wages of Eu
ropean workmen might be' As
a! matter of fact the European work
men in the manufacturing industries
receiye about as good pay, consider
ing the cost of living, as the .work
men; in our highly protected indus
tries do.
. Gen. John S. Mosby, the famous
Confederate cavalry officer, formerly
of Virginia but : now of California,'
don't take much stock In Benj. Har
rison. He is quoted thus: "1 am a
Republican, but will not vote for
Harrisonf Harrison is narrow-mind
ed, sectional bigot, still believing in
hell-fire and infant damnation. He
is a man whpse illiberal character is
now known to the people of: the
United States, who can carry neither
New York nor Indiana, nor any of
the Southern States whose delega
tions have renominated him." This
is a mixture of politics and some
thing else, but it shows Mosby's opin
ion of Harrison, which is shared by
a good' many other people.
As a proof that the leaders of the
Tammany organization in New York
intended to support the nominees of
the Chicago Convention in good
faith, it is noted that before leaving
for Chicago, Richard Croker, the
Grand Sachem, gave orders for an
immense banner seventy-five feet by
forty, with oval spaces left for two
portraits fifteen feet high, in which
will now be placed the portraits of
Cleveland and Stevenson. Tam
many is all right and the "tiger" still
vigorous, although somewhat worst
ed In the fray. ' ' .. -; "iv;-
When the Nashville American re
marked that "Grover Cleveland has
been weighed in the scales and not
found wanting," itxpressed its esti
mate of Grover in an epigrammattc
way, and uttered a solid fact. That
gentleman is not only hefty of head
but pulls down the scales with an
emphatic 300 pounds. '. When"he sits
down on Harrison in November that
hat will present an awful appearance.
There are at least 127,000 men in
New York who do not believe "mar
riaere a failure." Industrial statis
tics report that of the 00,000 women
in that city who work at trades 127,-
000 support their husbands. .
The New York Sun feels so confi
dent of the election of Cleveland that
it takes time by the forelock and
suggests Wm. C. Whitney for Secre-
tary of State.-'
. Gov. Boies came to time nicely for
himself and the Hawkeye Democracy
in his cordial congratulaion to Cleve
land. " ' -
FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1892.
PRESIDENTIAL POINTS.
: - You'd better believe .'twill be
Clevis and Steve.
-d Even the New York Sun now
shiias for Cleveland.
.
H "If. you want to have a" good
tirrfia tine th" . I irmnrrats. ; - .r . ; - .
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-f hree cheers and a lammany
for Cleveland and Stevenson,
. frr.
j-r, ; The Chicago .wigwam had no
windows and the "dark horse" could not
JSe seen. ' ! . " '
eveland has a good fighting
chance in every New England State ex
cept Maine and Vermont. ;
I- The R.ichmond Dispatch vigor
ously fought for Hill, but --it will ,be' no
Coward -in the fight for Cleveland. -
The INorfolk Virginian i ought
not to spell Chief Croker's ' name with
an a. - lie s not at all "fishy . now. . .
TKe 'original" Cleveland men
are now as thick as bees in a sugar, bar
rel. .They are iust as "sweet," too. :
The t Tammany tiger - is now
sharpening its claws for Harrison, It
will "come to the scratch" in fine shape.
"Many a flower was . born to
blush'unseen and waste-its fragrance on
the desert air." Roswell P. was one of
'em at Chica&o. . . - -. -: " -
The dark horses were too thin to
enter the Chicago sweepstakes last
week but, a Gray horse came mighty
near being in it. ' " . -!
In 1888 Harrison had only 2,-
300 plurality in New Hampshire. In
1890, the State went Democratic on the
Congressional vote by nearly 1,500.
Strange coincidence : Blaine did
not congratulate Harrison on his nomi
nation, and Hill has forgotten to con
gratulate Develand. , But Uncle Horace
Boies was on time with a frank and cor
dial telegram to Grover.
The following was the vote of
Illinois in 1890 for State Treasuter,
there being no other candidates on the
State ticlcet: Democratic, 831,837; Re
publican, L 821.990; Prohibition, 22.306.
Democratic plurality, 0,847. "No flies"
on that vote. J
Brunawiolc Items.
From a Southporter just returned
from a trip to Little - River, S. C the
Leader learns that the crops between
that place and Southport look very fine.
This applies to corn, cotton and ground
peas. The crops have not suffered lrom
drouth and the farmers are feeling well
satisfied with the prospects." -
Rev. Mr. Hildreth, of Wilmington, has
been assisting Rev. Mr. Howell ot the
Baptist Church . at Southport, for the
past two weeks in a series of revival
meetings. A number of conversions
have been made and several additions to
the church. The meetings have been
very successful and prodtfctive of great
good, j
An Ased GeniMinuly Dead.
Born in Germany May 10, 1818, coming
to this country in 1854,living in Wilming
ton almost forty years, Mrs. Anna
Schaefef1, a widow for over twenty-five
years, died yesterday, aged 74 o years,!
month and 6 days. For quite a while
she has resided at No. 407, Taylor street.
with Mr1, and Mrs. C Jones, and there
she passed away. She was well j known
to many of our older, citizens, - Her
native home was near the city of Giesen
in the land of i Hesse-Darmstadt, Ger
many. Her funeral will take place this
morning at half-past ten o'clock from
the house, thence to St. Paul's Church
where principally English services will be
held at 11 a.m and thence to Bellevue
Cemetery. .-.',:'
Fishing Frolio.
A party of gentlemen left the city last
Tuesday morning for the Rocks and re-
turned yesterday with all the sheephead,
pig-fish! and drum that they could well
bring back. In the party there were six
Fayetteville gentlemen and one of Wil
mington's expert fishermen Mr. Jas. H.
TaylorJ Those from Fayetteville were
Gen. LeDuc, Mr. Gotten, B. R. Taylor,
Jno. Brown, R. M. Nimocks and Capt.
W. A. Robeson. All. speak very highly
of the j' Rocks" as a fishing place.
Democratic Executive Committee.
The State Democratic Executive
Committee will meet in Raleigh, Wed
nesday. Tulv 6tb. at 3 p. m.. to elect a
chairman and transact other business.
It is important that there should be a
full attendance of members of the com-.
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RALEIGH RATIFIES,
Enthusiastio Gathering Grand Cleveland
' and Btevenson Katifi cation Meeting
I (.Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh. N. C, - June 23. A grand
Cleveland and Stevenson ratification
meeting was held hereto-night. There
was a jtremendous crowd in attendance.
The principal streets were brilliantly
lighted with bon-.fires and blazing- tar
barrels. Bells were rung and the enthu
siasm was great. -
Juat I4ke CoU Elliott.
The Raleigh Chronicle publishes the
following;
IV. C Stronach, Esq Raleigh, N. C-
' Dear Sir: I enclose herein the pass
for Nathan Carter from Selma to Mt.
Olive and return, good for sixty days, as
reauested in your letter ot tne . n in
stant.! We are very elad to comply with
your requests for these passes for the
disabled veterans, and beg to assure you
that it gives us -no trouble, but rather a
pleasure to do so. - Yours truly,
w. ijr. li.iott, rres.
CaptTaft's new steamer, Jblh,
will make her first trip to Town Creek
to-morrow, under command of Capt.
Bruce Ward. She will carry passengers
and freight, and will be run regularly be
tween Wilmington and Town, Creek,
leaving Wilmington - Mondays and
Thurdays, and returning Tuesdays and
Fridays. - .
v? i-j Thanks, boys, for the many
comDlimentarv words spoken of the
Star recently. ,'.
ADLAI E. STEVENSON.
'"""''V-- '':.-i-:'-''"" aMHa ''' - v.-f-'j. i "". f i .
The Demooratio Candidate for Vioe Preai-
dent A Short Sketoh of Hla Oareer.
- Br Teksrapb to the Marauu! Star. - "
Washington, June' 23. The nomi
nation by the Chicago Democratic Con
vention of Adlai E. Stevenson as the
candidate of the party for Vice-President
was received In- Washington with
every manifestation of popular approval.
It is not too much to say that Stevenson
has as many warm personal friends here
as any official whoever held public office
in tne aistnct. He was, while in Wash
ington, equally popular with both politi
cal parties, ana possessed tne confidence
and friendship of President Cleveland
and .-every - member of : his Cabinet.
and had the : regard and esteem of
Democrats and Republicans In Congress
alike. At the Postoffice; Department.
where he was First Assistant Postmas
ter-General under Cleveland's Adminis
tration, many of i the . employes to-day
expressed tnelr gratification that ; this
great honor had been conferred upon
their former chief. . . - ; ' ' v- '-
Mr. Stevenson's administration of the
postoffice affairs was able and thorough.
and he gained for -himself an enviable
record lor efficiency : and executive
ability. Democrats of this city consider
mm an exceptionally strong candidate.
btevenson was born in 1835m Chns-
tion county,- Kentucky, near the birth
place of Abraham Lincoln. . His parents
removed . from North Carolina to
Kentucky, one of ' his ancestors
being a signer of the Mecklenburg De
claration ol Independence. At twenty
years of - age Mr. Stevenson graduated
from Centre - Colleee. Kentucky, and
married Miss Lettie Green, daughter of
tne. president of that institution. Among
bis class mates were. Senator - Blackburn,
benator Davidson, of Florida, ex-Gov.
McCreary and many other distinguished
men. boon alter graduating Mr. Steven
son removed to Illinois, where he studied
law with the late David Davis, and was
admitted to the bar at Bloomington. He
rose rapidly ' in his profession and was
I elected prosecuting attorney of McLean
county. He was a Presidential elector
in 1864, and was twice elected to the
House of Representatives as a Demo
crat from a district largely Republican.
He was appointed t irst Assistant
Postmaster General by Mr. Cleveland,
July6tb, 1885. One of the last official
acts of Mr. Cleveland was to nominate
Mr. Stevenson for Justice of the Su
preme Court for the District of Colum
bia, but the Republican Senate failed to
act upon his' nomination. - Since his re
tirement from the Postoffice Depart
ment he has been engaged in the prac
tice of law at Bloomington, Illinois.
FROM CLEVELAND.
A Statement from the Ex-Prealdent How
He Eeooired the News of His -domina
tion. -
Bv Telegraph to the Uorninc Star. -
Buzzards' Bay, Mass., June 23. At
4.30 - this morning, Mr. Cleveland,
through Gov. .Russell, sent-from Gray
Gables the following statement to the
press:. ' J
! should certainly be chargeable with
dense insincerity if 1 were not profound
ly touched by this trust of the great par
ty to which I belong, and whose man
dates claim my loyal obedience. 1 am
confident that our fellow-country inen
are ready to receive with approval the
ui imiuic ui rue ucmociacv. anu x can
! -1 1 - - I 1 T
not divest mysell of tne belief tbat to
win success it is only necessary to per
sistently and honestly advocate these
principles.
"Uinerences ot opinion and judgment
in Democratic conventions are by no
means unwholesome indications, but it
is hardly conservative. In view of- the
importance of our success to the coun
try and to the party, that there should
be anywhere among Democrats any lack
of harmonious and active effort to win
in the campaign which opens before us.
1 have therefore no concern on that
subject. It will certainly be my con
stant endeavor to deserve the support of
every Democrat." ! - : ;
Mr. Cleveland was terribly tired when
the news of the total of the balloting
reached him. Joseph H. Jefferson de
parted at 4J30 o'clock from Gray Gables.
Mrs. Cleveland went to bed at 4 o'clock,
and when the nominee of the Demo
cratic party sought his chamber it was
nearly nve.- . - - ;
BOIES TO CLEVELAND.
Co-Utratulationa from Gov. Boles to Ex-
. President Cleveland.
Waterloo, Ia, June 24. Gov. Boies
has sent the following telegram to
Grover Cleveland, at Buzzard's Bay,
Mass.: - , '''".'-. I"; '
"Accept the hearty congratulations ot
all Iowa Democrats, and be assured
none will be more devoted to you than
myself and those I am proud to number
among my friends in this state.
(bigned; "Horace boies:
REV. THOS. DIXON
indicted for Libel by a New York Grand
'V Jury.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New: York, June 24. The grand
jury this afternoon found an indictment
against Rev. Thos. Dixon, formerly ol
North Carolina, for an alleged criminal
libel upon Excise Commissioner Koch.
The libelous matter, which was pub
lished in circular form, and also during
the course of sermons preached May
29th, declared that K.och was the biggest
scoundrel of all the Board, and "should
be in the penitentiary. ..
THIRD PARTY.
The St. Louis Platform Adopted by the
-: Alabama Convention.
Birmingham, Ala,, June 23. The
-State Convention of the People's party
met in Birmingham to-day. It adopted
the at. Louis platform-and selected a
full delegation to the Umaha conven
tion. The Convention declined to put
out a State ticket.
ELECTRIC SPARKS.
King Sims, murderer of Edward Bran
don on May 11, 1891,. was Ranged at
Dallas, Texas, yesterday.
A London dispatch to the Times from
St. Petersburg. Russia, says that an epi
demic of cholera in central Asia, threat
ens to spread like wild fire. ,
Jno. W." Daniel, or Virginia, ex-Gov
ernor James E. Campbell, of Ohio, and
Gov. McKinley, have accepted an invita
tion to speak att Columbia, Tenn at
the formal opening of the arsenal on
the 13th of July next. A committee -ot
citizens from Columbia, will will, invite
Cleveland and other orators of national
distinction.' .--..-
The Peoole's partyof Texas yesterday
nominated the following State ticket:
Governor T. C Nugent; Lieut, uov
ernor. Marien Martin (How-dve Martin,
ex-Democratic Congressmen from East
Texas); .-; Comptroller, - J. F. Drake, of
Leguin; Treasurer, P. E. McColloch;
Land Commissioner, S. D. A. Duncan;
Superintendent Public :- Instuction, C.
L, Ammons.
NO. 32
AN EXPRESS THEIh
Thirty Thousand Dollar Stolen by a Clerk
in the Offloo at Waahlngton, D. C.
. Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington. June S3. Yesterday
the manager of the office of the United
States Express Company in this city re
ceived notice . from two banks in this
city that money intrusted to the com
pany to be sent to correspondents 'in
New York city had not arrived. It was
found that packages had. been received
at the offi ; here in due . form. This
news gave considerable significance to
the fact that Edwin - J. Regam, clerk in
the office, had not put in an appearance
since tuesaay nignt. it was discovered
that the money unaccounted for amount
ed to about (30,000 . and that - it was
mainly in large bills. : Mr. Topham, su
perintendent of thSv Atlantic' division,
wittt headquarters in New York, city,
was at once notified. He has been in
the city ever since, - and has been in
charge of measures adopted to secure
the arrest of .the thief and recovery of
the money.". .-: . s - .
This afternoon Mr. ToDhara made the
following statement: Edwin ,Jfc Ryan,
cierE in theemproyol the main office,
Pennsylvania avenue, near Ninth street.
abscond with (30,000 on the night ot
Tuesday, June 21. ; The money was con
tained in three packages, shipped by a
business institution to business parties
in other cities. The amount stolen has
been paid by the U. S. Express Com
pany. Kyan had been in the emolov of
the U. S. Express Company nearly two
years, and was trusted as a faithful em
ployee. . The Company will offer a lib
eral reward for his capture : or informa
tion wnicn win lead to his arrest. -
Ryan resided at 813 G street, north
west, where his mother, a very respecta
ble lady, and invalid father kept a board
ing house. He is 20 years, of age. five
feet six inches high, whighs 112 pounds,
complexion light, light brown hair, blue
eyes, straight nose and usually wears a
thin mustache : light in color and has a
decided cast in the right eye, and has a
defect in his speech when talking fast.
HOW THEY TAKE IT.
Enthusiasm Over the Nomination of Ex-
President Cleveland. ' '
Richmond, Va., June 23. The Pe m-
ocrats of Richmond are firing one hun
dred guns in honor of Cleveland's nomi
nation.-, -j v'-H" '.. ; r " v .
Charleston, S. C.,' June 23. The
news of Cleveland's nomination was re
ceived here this morning about 4 o'clock.
Within an hour the guns, of the German
Artillery were firing a salute in his
honor. Forty-four guns were fired for
Cleveland, and two extra rounds were
given for Baby Ruth. A grand ratifica
tion meeting will be held to-night at the
City Hall. Hon. Brawley will send
Cleveland resolutions pledging Charles
ton and South Carolina to the Demo
cratic ticket. A ratification meeting
will be held, in Columbia to-night, at
which Wade Hampton will speak. Rati
fication meetings will.be held in a dozen
other South Carolina towns to-night.
The State is going wild over Cleveland.
"SENATOR HILL
Extends Thanks to His -Triends for Their
Ecerxetia Snsport at Chicago.
By Telegraph to the Moraine Stat.
Chicago, June 23. The- following
telegram-was received from. D. B. Hill
this mormng: . - . j
Washington, D. C. June 23. To
Hon. Edward Murphy, Jr., Auditorium
Hotel, Chicago, III.: "Please express to
the New York delegation my heartfelt
thank for their steady devotion to my
cause, and for the gallant fight they
made to preserve the rights and dignity
of the regular Democracy of the Empire
btate. '? DAVID li. HILL.
THE OFFICIAL BALLOT.
As there were a few minor errors in
the vote for President by States as
printed yesterday, we give below the
official ballot: . . " :
Alabama Cleveland 14, Morrison 2,
Campbell 2, Boies 1, Hill 2, Gorman 1.
Arkansas Cleveland 16. V
Alaska Cleveland 2. . r-Arizona-Oeveland
5, Gorman 1. ,
California Cleveland 18.
Colorado Hill 8, Boies 5.
Connecticut Cleveland 12. ;
Delaware Cleveland 6.
District of Columbia Cleveland 2. '
Florida Cleveland 5, Carlisle 3.
ueorgta Hill- 5, Gorman 4, Cleve
land 17.
Idaho Boies 6.
Illinois Cleveland 48.
Indiana Qeveland 30. .
Iowa Boies 26 .
Indian Territory Cleveland 2. ' .
Kansas Cleveland 20.
Kentucky Carlisle 6, Boies 2, Cleve
land 18. "
Louisiana Boies 11, Qeveland 3, Hill
1, Gorman 1. .
Maine Hill 1, Whitney 1, Cleveland 9.
Maryland Cleveland 6, Gorman 9J.
Massachusetts Qeveland 24, Hill 4,
Boies 1, Russell 1.
Michigan Cleveland 28.
Minnesota Qeveland 18. 1
Mississippi Hill 3, Gorman 4, Boies
8, Cleveland 8.
Missouri Cleveland 84.
Montana Boies 6.
Nebraska Qeveland 15, Gorman 1.
Nevada Boies 4, Gorman 2.
New Hampshire-Cleveland 8,
New Jersey Qeveland 20.
New York Hill 72. . ?
North Carolina Stevenson, of Illi
nois, 16?, Cleveland 3Jj, Boies 1,
North Dakota Cleveland 6.
New Mexico Cleveland 4, Hill. 1,
Boies 1. -Ohio
Qeveland 14, Boies 16, Carlisle
5, Hill 6, Gorman 5.
.Oregon Cleveland 8.
Oklahoma Cleveland 2.
- Pennsylvania Cleveland 64.
Rhode Island Cleveland 8. .
. South Dakota Cleveland 7, Hill 1,
South Carolina Boies " 13, Hill 3,
Cleveland 2.
Tennessee Cleveland 24.
Texas Hill 1. Boies 6, Cleveland 23.
Utah Qeveland 2. ,
. Virginia Qeveland 12, Hill 11, Gor
man 1. ; '
. Vermont Qeveland S.
Washington Qeveland 8. .
West Virginia Qeveland 7, Hill 1,
Pattison 1, Gorman 3.
Wisconsin Cleveland 24. -
. Wyoming Gorman 8, Qeveland 3.
Great reioicinc It has iust dawned
on the Convention .that Cleveland is
nominated. '
" Cheering ' and demonstration for
Qeveland is very pronounced. :
Recapitulation Cleveland 6173, Hill
115, Boies 103, Gorman 86, Stevenson
16. Morrison 2, Carlisle 14, .Campbell
2, Patterson 1, Whitney 1, Russell 1. ;
Total votes in the Convention 909;
votes cist 909K. " : ; - ;
A motion to suspend the rules .and
declare Qeveland the nominee by ac
clamation was carried. '
An explosion at the Consumers Ice
. Works, New Orleans, yesterday,, demol
ishena portion of the building, killing
five persons. Their remains were burned
in the debris." Several Wounded were
taken to the hospital.
Red Springs Comet: .The splen
did-rains we are havine has imoroved
the crops very much. - '
z Charlotte Observer Some weeksr
ago it was said that not a sihgle Qeve-t
land man could be found in Pineyille.
Now there- is not a man to be found -there
who is not a Cleveland man. The .
political tide has changed. : : -r
Winston Sentinel: . Mr. Henry
Morame, an industrious citizen, was '
working in the harvest afield on i the f
lands of Mr. H. W. Fries. He stopped -
to take a drink of water and in a few
minutes thereafter, fell over dead He -was
about 54 years of age,
- Raleigh Neivs and' Observer:
The -shoe fly" train on the Raleigh & -V:-Gaston
Railroad coming toward Raleigh
yesterday morning ran over and fatally -injured
a decrepit old colored woman . .
named Sarah Ligon just this side of
Forestville. She was very deaf and did 1 ;
not hear the approach of the train. '
' Asheville Gazette: J. R. Bell, of -Transylvania,
in the railroad mass meet
ing in this city Wednesday, briefly al--liidedfto
the mining interest of this -county,
among other things, said many
wagons were daily employed hauling co- -rundum
to Hendersonville for transpor
tion. This valuable mineral is found in
Its present state in Transylvania, and the
Hog-Back mine alone is said to have ,
shipped 70,000 pounds in the last thirty
days..,. - j.' : v
. Sanford Express; -Tom Davis,
colored, killed a rattle snake on the farm
of Mr. D. E. Mclven two miles from here
on last Saturday, which had twelve' rat
rles and a button. A very large One"
was killed near berp about two years -
ago. . Storms have been prevalent
in some sections of the State since the
last few days. Small grain has been de- v
stroyed in some places by the wind and
rain. The most of the wheat has been
harvested and is standing shocked in
the field and is very easily damaged by
the wet weather. - -
Roanoke Beacon: The death on "
Monday morning of Mrs. Charles Askew.
at her home near this town, was very
sudden. After planning her domestic
work for the coming week, Mrs.- Askew
retired late-Saturday night as well as
usual. During the night she was struck
with a paralytic stroke which seemed to -taxe
possession of every part of her -body,
and though seemingly conscious
until the last moment she was unable to 1
speak, and at sunrise Monday her spirit
was wafted to the great beyond. The
deceased was about 62 years of age.
Louisburg Times: ' The Times
hears that some of . the persons who -were
selected as members of the Execu
tive Committee of the Third party in
this county will not serve; among them,
Dr. E. A. Bobbin, of Cedar Rock; S. T.
Gupton, of Gold Mine, and E. A. Gup- '
ton. of Sandy Creek. There may be v
others of whom we ' have not heard.
. Mr. W. C. Drake, who was ap
pointed to organize the People's party ,
in Warren county, refuses to act. He
says: "I helped to make the' Democratic
platform and the State Democratic ticket
and shall support them cheerfully and
unflinchingly.
'- - - Salisbury Herald: A private
letter received by a Salisbury man from
a friend in Lincoln county, says all the
delegates to the People's party conven-
tion, , held here Saturday, from that ,
county, were. Republicans, and had been
for a number of years. A special
car, loaded with colored immigrants
from Augusta, Ga., passed through here :
last night attached to the north-bound
train. They were en route for Pennsyl
vania, New York and Rhode Island. '
They go principally to work in hotels in
me targe cities. ine rearce uranite .
Company tailed yesterday. Manager
W. H. Pearce was closeted in his room
most of the time yesterday, not appear
ing until late in the evening. The com
pany was not able to meet its obligations .
to employes, etc., owing to a failure to
receiv money, due it.'-.
r- Maxton Union and Scottish Chief:
Our truckers have got more experience '
than cash out of their ventures this
year, but they are hot discouraged.
We very much regret to hear that Mr.
W. E: Miller, lumber dealer at Alma, has
been forced to make an assignment.
' Miss Flora Patterson, , an old and '
esteemed lady, died at her home near
Maxton on last ' Thursday at
11 a. m. She had beerf in feeble
health for some time, but her death was
sudden and expected. Jim Causey,
one of the white members of the chain
gang, made his escape Monday and has
not been recaptured. ; He got the guard
to loosen his shackles so that he could ,
change his pants, and while the guard's
back was turned he made a break for
the swamp near by and disappeared in
the iungle. . .
r Charlotte News : There is an
other row between the Mott and Eaves
factions of the Republican party, due, it
is stated to-day, to the election of Henry
D. Cowles as a member of the National
Executive Committee. Cowles is an an
tagonist of Dr. Mott. the leader of the.
anti-administration forces, and the latter
claims that the office-holders elected
Cowles just as they nominated Harrison.
A regular cyclone is reported as
haying passed through the border coun
ties of North Carolina, near the Vir
ginia line. Trees were stripped of their
branches and the ground covered with
leaves. In the tobacco section the hail
was almost as large as that reported, as
falleu at Chicago yesterday. The dam
age to the growing crops will be great
but cannot as yet be estimated. Heavy
rajns followed the cyclone and the rivers
are overflowing their banks. : ;
Charlotte News: Mr. Steven
son, the nominee, was named after the
illustrious father of the- late Judge
Osborne, of Charlotte. He is related to
the Osbornes, and is also a relative of
Mr. F.TJ. McDowell, and of the David
sons and Brevards. The credit of his
nomination in a great measure is due to
the North Carolina delegation, and is a
fsather in the cap of our State.
Day before yesterday, Mr. . Francis
Abernathy, a farmer , of - Paw Creek -township,
, was plowing in a field.
The plow-share struck a stump' caus- -ing
a sudden rebound. One of the
plow handles struck Mr. Abernathy in
the abdomen, producing injuries from
which he w now at the point of death.
Mr. John W. Wanney, who was
secretary to Hon; John S. Henderson, at
Washington, died at his home in Salis
bury at 11 o'clock yesterday morning.
Mr. Manney was 45 years of . age.
Mr. V. E. McBee has been appointed
general superintendant of the Richmond
& Danville Railroad. '
- Goldsboro Headlight: '- From
reliable information before us we are in
a safe position to state that Dr. G. W.
Sanderlin will not allow his name to be
brought out on the People's party ticket
for State Auditor. , The report gotten .,
out to that effect is entirely unrounded. -
We regret to learn of the sudden
and untimely demise of Mrs. Berjy Pike,
nee Miss Mollie Barnett, which sad
event occurred in Pikeville township,
Saturdav morning at 11 o'clock, aged 18 '
years. The latest curiosity in Stony -
Creek, township is . four live kittens '
grown" to each N other in 1 different
parts, the property of Mr. J. W. Lane.
-The death; of Mrs. L. C. Best, a
former resident of this city, occurred at
her home m Boston, Thursday night at'
11.80 o'clock, after a short illness, in the
38th year of her. age. i. A . certain
trucker of Mount Olive who shipped
eicht barrels of potatoes to New York
recently receiveu iasi rauuuay cigui iu
cent stamps as net returns from his
ahinment. Another trucker of that town .
who shipped eleven barrels was charged
up by the commission mercnant wiin o
cents deficiency to pay freight and inci
dental expenses.-