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WILMINGTON, N. C, i -t ' -.":; v" '.; ;. $1t00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE, 88888888888888S88 88S88888888888888 88888888888888888 g S 3 S S S95S22SSBSS 88888888888888888 sijlouJ g "Si , a : ! . 3 z i m i s H ! M ; 5 ! 3: 82888888282888388 888S88S88S8888888 82888882888888888 01 IS - 00 S M JO IO JJ jg g gj 88888888888888888 !3AV I HMl0ei.01OH)tBJ . i a n io d t- oo ok o jj eo jj jo g gj Q I Enterrd at the Post Office at Wilmtgton, NaC, i 1 : Second Class Matter.! . r"- SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. ; I 11k- 'subscription price of the 'Weekly Star is as SineleCopy 1 year postage paid .......$1 00 " 6 months " . .............-.. OU .' " 3 months " f ................ 80 IT MUST BE DESTROYED: There are issues-of vital Import ance commanding the attention of the. American people now 'jand for years past, issues upon which each of the respective political parties wages battle, but the . great ques tion, the one in' fhe presence of which all the others, the Force bill, the tariff, the finances,' silver coin age, civil service, and' others dwindle into insignificance, is, "shall the Re- nnbiicart party live? i Un its lite or death, hinges the solution of these other issues. They never will" be finally and satisfactorily settled un til that party is dead. We don't mean simply defeated, but dead, and dead beyond the power of resurrection. As a national pow er it must be destroyed, and until it is the people will never recover full possession of the Government and never secure redress of grievances and the reforms in governmental methods and policies which the majority of them demand, and for which they have struggled for years. , .; I - ' - It eame into existence as the off spring of sectional j prejudice - and hate; as such, it 'grew to its full pro portions, and as; such it has been perpetuated to ,the present day as sectional, as proscriptive, as 'mali cious, as arrogant and despotic as it ever, was in the halcyon days of its usurped or stolen pwer, or in the wildest hours of its unbridled career. The welfare and prosperity of the 'country demand its destruction; the Traand social security of the South demand it. "There can be" no permanent prosperity to the country until it :s swept from the earth there can be no lasting1 peace and social secttfity for the, South until it ceases to exist. While it lives it will be a menace to both, the fomenter of dis cord, contention and hate, an inciter to race conflicts, an emissary of dis order and violence, a fosterer of sec tional enmities, which with ghoul like glee rakes open the graves and drags out the skeletons to revive old ! t memories, old ' contentions and old hates that , brave men fought over thirty years ago and that good men have been trying to bury ever since. It hates the South to-day with as malignant hatred as it did when the causes of strife were fresh and it hurled its iron and its leaden missiles against the serried ranks of her gal lant sons, or as it did when the armed contest closed and it with healtless and soulless despotism .tried to put into political bondage the men that it couldn't daunt by arming the enfranchised slave with the ballot to govern his late master. There was an '-'irrepressible con- . nict" in the beginning of the contest for power; there is an "irrepressible conflict" now. and there will be an ! irrepressible Conflict until the Repub lican party is destroyed or the South bows her head, submits to its dicta tion, and accepts the: terms of ser vile fraternity which it offers.' " - ' There is an offshoot if this party in the South which "carries its name, which bears a servile .relation to it, the leaders of which, white and , black, receive a sort of quasi recog; nition and some little nubbins from the public crib, while the favored brethren on the side of :the line wax fat and sleek . on pastures green Even the Southern Republican, the man who turned his back on bis seo t'on and his neoDle. is not exempt .'torn the discriminating, proscriptive spirit for hels not received into full "fellowship m the pafiy councils, nor entitled to a full share of the public Plunder when the fight is won, and e spoils are distributed. He is al towed the right to claim nothing but ust be content to humbly receive arI be thankful for the cullings of the spoils such as the distributors ma7 see fit to dole out to him. . The leaders of the party at the orin make war upon the Demo crats of the South, but respect them, ey half-way recognize, because Qey want to use: the white ReDubli- cans of the South, but despise them. "CV UrnnUI l ' e . ; ' "wuiu.rrMsn inp . inrmPT - 1 1 nCY COllld. tKTT tnUrifA fTiAj fViA- cc; ausethey use him as-an instru ct to help to crush.. ine hrst and the last nnlitiral rlntv t every white man, (and it would be r j -"ay lie annul rnp nrnrmir tber questions at issue, to direct VOL; XXIII. his energies ' to; the destruction : of that party, which Vis not -.of the peo ple,, and .which is ' to-dayt laboring as earnestly astt ever did to reducethe South to a - condition ."of political vassalage. -TheSouth can never be really safe and toistress. of her own destiny until thts, malicious enemy which looms up, asJtconstant menace before her js destroyed and "removed forever, To endeavor for that should be the, mission of every patriot in the land and especially of every true son of the Southland.' - A considerable number of subscri bers to the Weekly Star have re cently changed their.subscriptions to the Daily Star. '-.---'- - ' This is a.capital idea in" all cases where the' pape"f will reach- subscri bers three; times ; or of tenerT every week. We have many subscribers to the Daily who can only get the paper, twice a week. Try the Daily and keep posted during the. campaign. Terras, $1.50 for 3 months, $3.00 for 6 months. " -' .-. ' ;; MINOS MENTION. :.; 'After a session of eight months Congress adjourned last"? Friday night. Although overwhelmingly Democratic in the lower House the j majority was embarrassed from the very start, and ' confronted by diffi- ; cullies of a peculiarly trying charac ter. The Republican minority was not only there under experienced,. cunning and tricky leadership to bbstruct the passage of such legisla-- tion as: the people desired, but the Third party element, bent more "ou Contention than on salutary legisla tion, helped to kill time, pro tract the . session and prevent practical results, when they couldn't dictate. " . The Democratic major ity was divided at the outset on questions which attracted public attention the coinage question and the tariff, the former of which after two warm.stubborn contests was final ly shelved and left where it was at the beginning, and .where it practically stood at the end of the last Congress, endorsed by the Senate, rejected by House. On . the tariff the majority was also divided, all agreeing on the necessity of tariff, reform, but differ ing as to the method to be : pur sued. What appeared to be the most practical course was decid ed upon and the effort; made to. amend the " McKinley bill by- special bills. In pursuance of this plan bills were passed placing some of the articles in common use on the free list and reducing the tariff tax on otbeis which, if they had passed the Senate and been approved by the President, would have taken a great burden off the people. That it was not taken off was not the fault of the Democratic House- but of the Repub lican Senate, which 'even refused to consider them. Although it endeav ored honestly to cut down expenses, and did : "materially reduce . them be low the appropriations of the last Congress, where they could be re duced, still it has been criticized as extravagant because it had to make large appropriations to meet the de mands of the bills passed by the last Congress, on default in payment. On the whole while the practical results were not great the Democratic House of Representatives of the Fifty-second Congress did all it could and kept faith with the people. Notwithstanding the opposition to the World's Fair appropriation .the Durborrow compromise, bill passed both Houses Friday and the Fair got $2,500,000 as a gift. From an eco nomic standpoint this Js better than a $5,000,000 loan, as none of the $5, 000,000, il it had been appropriated, would ever have ' come back. - It seems that the gentlemen - who were taking care of the' Fair in Congress managed to-call in votes enough to put the appropriation through) and hence many of the Democratic Senators, and Representatives re frained ; from opposition because it would be useless, in -addition to which they -were doubtless anxious to get out-of Washington and did not care to protract a hopeless strug gle indefinitely. The reasons assigned may have been satisfactory .to them and possibly may 'be. to their con stituents, but Senator, Sherman gave a reason why it should pass which for - uniqueness and originality caps the climax: He did not think that the citizens of Chicago ought to ask or accept this money, "but," he said, '.'the President is detained in Wash ington' under" circumstances .which appeal . to . the sympathy of the people" and he didn't see that 'Congress could do any better J now than, let the bill r pass." ' The President was awaiting the adjourn ment of Congress to join his wife who is at a health resort. . It does Hotap pear, however, that she is seriously or dangerously ill, but he was anx hp natnrallv wonld be. I .A fVkfsn ic4nnnSnt htm anrl keep him in Washington against his will. Mr. Sherman thought the best thing Congress could do was to vote I the $2,500,000 of the people's money although he didn't believe it was right or that the people of .Chicago should accept it, after all the Gov ernment bad already done. But what is $2,500,000 in the estimation of Mr. Sherman, com pared with ' disappoint ing Mr. Harnsou?; , ' ' 1 ; . ;, The ; Committee ' on Ways ' and Means in the House -of Representa tives have 'disposed ; of ;theoft; re peated assertion - of T, Watson : and the other third party luminaries in the House that they intended to strangle the sub treasury bill," by reporting it adversely, unanimously so, and-jjiv;-- tng very good reasons why it should not pass. ; Among others they ' show that the .sub-treasury, as proposed, while clearly outside of .the consti tutional limits,, would be more in the interest of the speculator and of the money-lender than of the farmer or of; - the. people." - The C speculator .coufd, as they say (as has been shown repeatedly lay others who ' have1 In vestigated and discussed this crude scheme) .with a; capital of $95,000 purchase and store in" the Gpvern men t warehouses $750,000 .. worth'of wheat, or if he felt disposed he could store wheat or other products which come ' within ; the purview ' of the scheme, get money from the Govern ment at one per cent, and loan it to the man who could not avail himself of the warehouse system at eighteen or perhaps a higher rae of interest. Withr Government warehouses this sort ot sharpers would be numerous and would soon have "a monopoly-of them. On the slightest study this wild scheme has so little tdr recom mend it, even if there were no con stitutional 'obstacles in the way, it is surprising that' it wasn't aban doned long ago. ; -"- ' - A considerable number of sub scribers to the Weekly Star have recently changed their subscriptions to the Daily Star. " - . - This is a capital idea in all cases where the paper will, reach subscri bers three times or oftener every week. We have a good many sub scribers to the "Daily who can only get the paper twice a week. Try the Daily and keep posted" during the! campaign. 'Terms, $1.50 for 3 months, $3.00 for 6. months. Henry M. Stanley has got so mad at this country because, some of the papers poked fun at him when he was running or "standing" as they say over there, tor rarliament, that he says be will never visit the United States again. - But he - hasn't got quite mad enough to throw away the bag full of money he got out of his ectures in this country. T. Watson palliates . his slanders on his colleagues by saying that his book is a campaign book. ' That is to say Hon. T. Watson thinks it is excusable and proper to misrepre sent facts in a campaign book. As misrepresenter Hon. Tom is con sistent. - - . - We are again sending out bills to subscribers who are indebted to us for the Weekly Star, and hope they will respond promptly with the cash. It is hot fair to read a paper without paying for it. - . Intelligence f rom , Georgia indi cates that thousands of the colored voters of that State will follow the example of their race in Alabama by supporting the Democratic ticket. The leaven is working in North Can. ina, too. ' ; - ' ,'- - f'".. -..'- There are -250.000 words in the English language, regular orthodox words, and yet the Republican ma chine managers didn't find these suf ficient to express their feelings when thev saw the' way the election went in Alabama. .'" ' : We are again sending lout bills to subscribers who are indebted o:us for the Weekly Star, andbope theyH will respond promptly with tbcash It is not fair to read a paper without paying for it. The Third partyites who mus tered to the call of the County Conven ten yesterday, -were Messrs. Dale, Little ton, Geo. Rodgers,-Tobe Carney, Kinch Jones. M. L.Corbett. Jno. R. Melton, R J. Gore and S. W. Kobles. ;' . Mrr J. T. Kerr, who was ap pointed a" delegate to the. Third party State Convention by the ; one : dozen on the half-shell yesterday, is a Democrat, and will not be. slow In repudiating all connection :or svmoathv - with'the kickera, ---." "- .' .;.y o Mr Dempsey- is another dele gate appointed by the dozen on the half shell yesterday.- A friend of his says be is a fichtine Democrat and will "make things hot" when he hears the news. Ll The reply of John3 Beauchamp Eaves to Daniel Lindsay Russell will be awaited with breathless . impatience by the Republican's who take their 'Uicker straight." 1 '; .- m J ' - . The Board of .Directors of. the Bank of New Hanover have declared a semi-annual dividend of three per cent., payable on and after the 13th inst. ' Well, the Third party meeting didn't have to adjourn to Hilton Park after all. The whole crowd might have been packed in a sardine box, ' As there are so few of the Third party people in New Hanover county, they ought to fewse with something. This torrid weather is having a had effect on the Third party. It is Melton away'last. A THIEVES'- DEhf. Seizaro of a XiOt of. StoHa Good ;-' ii-Home of a' Colorad Cbuple j, Ed King, the colored youth arrested Thursday ,oight at Wrightsville, (as er ported in the . Star) for ..robbing Mr. Chas. Borden's resi dence in th is' city. was .brought before Justice Jno .. f ovri ler yesterday for' preliminary, examina tion. His mother Jane. Davis and her husband Josh Davis wereialso arraigned On the charge of receiving Btolen goods. The boy and his mother were coram ttted to jail in, default of bail and Josh pavis was held for further, examination.- King made . no defence. "He admitted .the robbery he was charged" with, said, that he entered. Mr. Borden's . houseih the day-time by breaking pen the Jback-. door, that he had . no , accomplice,' and that he had given the stolen articles to his mother . . v ; v '' ? Early yesterday morning officers made a raid on the . house ; occupied by Josh Davis and his : wife on Ann; between Seventh and Eighth streets, and found a lot of stolen goods, which were carted to the court house and 5fe now io pos session of the sheriff for identification by the owners. Mr. Borden recovered all the articles taken from his house principally jewelry valued at about $125.- -: - .' In : the miscellaneous -collection of goods at the court house are 2. breast pins; $ scarf-pins, a pair of ear-rings. Hfr silver table-spoons. 3 tea-spoons, 3 pieces of silk, a piece of yelveC 6 dress skirts; several elaboratel' , trimmed ladies jackets and basques, 2 bed-spreads, a box of- ribbons, ladies' handkerchiefs. napkins, : feather plumes and other hat trimmings, a pocket-knife, pair of. scis sors, ladies' under-wear, a lot ol em broidery, a silver cup, a gold sleeve-button, a gold stud, eta, etc P: v - House-breaker tanjtht. ; "; ": Deputy sheriff Shehan and police offi cer Turlington came up from Wrignts- ville last nieht with a colored boy named Ed. King in custody. - Last Tuesday the -residence of Mr. Chas Borden, in this city, was entered and robbed of a valua- able diamond ring and other articles, in the absence of the family. The ring was sold by King to Chas. Willis, col ored, who finding that it. bad been stolen by King reported the matter to the authorities. - Some years ago King broke into an unoccupied house on Orange street and carried off and sold a lot of furniture. He. was too, young then to be sent to the penitentiary, but' he will probably make the trip this time. A Campaign Paper, . - . The Star has received a circular an nouncing that the Cleveland, and Carr Democratic Club of Fayetteville will, oh Friday. August 5th inst issue the first number; of a semi-weekly campaign paper, entitled' The Cumberland Demo crat. Mr. Duncan Rose has been made editor and Messrs. W. C Troy and G. A Burns, business managers. The single aim of the Club is to aid in securing the success of the whole Democratic ticket National, State and County in the November election. Bev. Dr. W. A. Nelson. Rev. Dr. W. A. Nelson, a well known Bast pti preacher, once of Shelby and later of Asheville, N. C-, but now of Aiken. S. C, is seeking to restore his health at Wrightsville, his health having been recently impaired. Last night he received . a" dispatch , from Nashville, Tenn bringing him the sad news of the death of his venerable and distinguished brother, Hon. Anson Nelson. Mr. Nel son was for years a prominent journalist in Tennessee, and was for twenty-five consecutive years treasurer of the city of Nashville; a fact that is as honorable to him as is unusual. He was known far and wide, and honored by all who knew him. ! - - - ..- An Aootdent at Ocean View. During the concert of the Second Regiment Band at Ocean View yester, day afternoon.the Rev. W. A. . Nelson, D. D., an eminent Baptist divine, : met -With an accident which came near be ing a serious one. He was standing at the northeast corner ot the pavilion when he was struck with a bullet from an air-gun, which - nao glanced irom a target of the shooting- gallery just7 north of the pavilion, Upon examination it f was ascertained that the bullet; had - entered just below the right eye. . A -young man standing near picked it out with his knife, and Rev. Dr. I1. W, E. Peschau bathed it with hot 1 water - furnished from Mr. Fletcher Manning's restaurant, and Mrs. Hinton sent over some court plaster and arnica, which served the purpose well. Although the accident , was pain ful and came very near being a ; serious one. Dr. Nelson did not complain much and took the , train for his : boarding house at Wrightsville, ;' 'v i The Zhcht Hour Law. - " . , -. ' Last: Monday . the "eight-hour bill passed by Congress was signed by Presi dent Harrison and Is now a law. It pro hibits all employes of the; Government from working more than eight .'hours daily, and restricts contractors on any and air Government works to eight hours per day for all grades ot employes, There is no distinction made between engineers and mechanics, masters and deck hands, and foremen and superin tendents And unskilled laborers. -, ". Tor Wilinuitoak,3port8. . A New York telegram to the Balti more Sum of yesterday says: - "The ru mor that John L. Sullivan has-broken his leg is untrue. Phil. Casey, his trainer, savs he is in as -fine a condition as he can possibly be.' He. weighed 215 1-6 pounds this morning when he returned from bis tramp. Sullivan has not broken down in his training. Casey will not be superseded by Trainer Robinson, of the Manhattan Athletic Club, as reported. Charley Johnston, who is now with bul livan until the 1st of September, will ac comoanv him to New Orleans. Johnston is satisfied with the condition of Sulli van, who "covered his usual ten miles this morning in one hour and one-half. WAKE CPU NT Y. Tntr Party XTomtnattiuc Oonventlon Ex- BepabUeans and disappointed Demo orata A Weij Ticket, "'-.v l 1 ! V -, rSpeds4 Star Teleram.1 i Raleigh, N. C, . August; e. The hird party nominating county conven tion met here ti-day,. and jwas called to brderrat ; 12.80 Ip. m by Otho Wilson. A. ' C. Greeo, late . Senator of Wake county was chosen chairman. All the townships were Represented but the per- suuuei ui vuc tuuvcunon uia doi repre sent any ot the intelligence of the county. Among . the ; delegates were several former white Republicans, and most of the former Democrats present were evi dently those .'disappointed about, office. A full county ticket was nominated as (olrows. -WH.iJ. Goodwin for Sheriff; Geo, W Tonnoffski ; (a former Republi can) Register of Deeds; R. N. Wynne (a lormer.'.Kepuoucanj l reasurer;, tor ben atbr; Rev H. XV. Norrk; Hous4 of tRep resentatiyeVRufus Barbee. H; B. Buffalo, no. W. Smith. ' The ticket ; w- considered very weak, he lobbies of the hall were well filled with Republican, allies. The Democrats are elated and firm. Wake is all right. " . ; , w. EDG ECOMBE COM NTY. Third ' Party . Convention Two Kegroes and Ponr Whites IToniinated. LSpedaJ Star TelegRwn. ; j : Tarboro. August 6. The Third rarty convention nere to-day was slimly : : attended. Nominations were made for the Legislature and county- officers two negroes" and four white men. The ticket gives great" disatisfac tion: It will put all white - men in line with the Democratic party. PEOPLE'S PARTY JMew Banover County Convention Mot a : Boaen Members Present Delegates to State Convention, Eto. The People's party convention of New Hanover county. was held yesterday at noon in the court house. The chair man and secretary of.the convention oc cupied the bench. - The member who made most of th motions sat in the wit ness chair, and the other members pres ent filled the "ujry box with the excep tion ot four seats that were unoccupied. This was all there was of it. There was quite a number bf spectators, however on the floor and 1 seated 1 within the bar. The few negroes present seemed to be deeply interested, but declined an invi tation to take part in the meeting. . The convention was called to order by Capt. S. W. Nobles, chairman of the County Executive Committee, and Mr. R. F. Gore was made secretary. They -were also made permanent officers of the convention. Delegates to the;. State Convention that meets in Ral eieh on the 16th were appointed,: viz f j L. R. Mason, J. W. Odenhallf T. B. Carney, G. W. Rodgers, E. N. Ennett, S. W. Nobles, D. G. West- brook. J. T. KerrJ F. J. Dempsey. - Mr. Jno. R. Melton; moved that Mr Joe Kerr be nominated for the! Legisla ture; he was the right man for the place. and besides he had been to Raleigh and knew all the cheapest boarding places The chair doubted the feasibility of putting out a county ticket and Mr. Melton's motion was dropped. Mr. Melton then moved that the nomi nation . of a county ticket be deferred and that the chair appoint a committee to "confer 'with anybody" in regard to putting a ticket in the field. j. The chair appointed as this commit tee Messrs. K. r. Oore, j. K. Melton, E. N. Ennett. G. W; Rodgers I and J. W. Odenhall. The meeting then adjourned,! subject to the call of the chairman. . The New Postal Card. ! The - Morgan Envelope Company' Springfield, Mass., has the contract for 24.000,000 I double - postal cards.-a. new device which has; long been considered by the Post Office Department. ; The card will be five jand. one-half by three ana one-nau incnes, ana win oe ioiaea in the middle, presenting lour surfaces. The outside surface is for the address and the inside for the message. At the fold the card is perforated, so that the I in the party, the less will be the compe f h 1a h.n I tition for the offices, and if they can get recipient lbWILTHllb TV 111 wa; wa uuv acuta wiv uvu answer' on the other. The Deer Law. 1: On examining the law tbe"Deerslayer of the STAR finds that the open season tor - deer in - Brunswick, and Columbus counties, only, begins July 15th. But he must be an ardent : follower of the hounds who can find any sport in hunt ing deer" at this: season, and no true sportsman will shoot an unweaned fawn. Give the little spotted beauties a fair chance. Remember,11 this is a special act and only applies to Brunswick and Columbus counties. ; . -t The .Russell Interview. The Star reproduces to-day from the Raleigh Signal, .headlines and all, the full text of the Russell interview, -which is likely to: "cut a- dash"; in ; Republican politics in North j Carolina. It is racy reading; 4 It will be seen-" that, the. ex Judge proposes to go at the Eaves Re publicans with "pitch-forks" if they noni- inatta State ticket" . r THIRD PARTY CAN DIDATtS. The SUte Ttpketj Bamed in Advance of : 4-.. -1 the Convention.' - - f - . v. By Telegraph to the Moraine Star. Asheville, NiC. Aug. 6. It is gen- erally conceded that the People's party of North Carolina will nominate : for Governor, Col. T. B. Long; Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Sewell; Treasurer,:.W. H. Worthev: Secretary of State. Dr. L. M. Dunham: Attorney General, Wm. Ma- lone: Auditor. Wi H. Mewborne; Super intendent bf Public Instruction," T. O. Hunt, of Davidson; Judge 12th district, W. H. Norwood, bf Haywood ? A New Orleans dispatch says a special from Bolton. Miss., says the county Sun day school convention of colored Bap tis met tb-dav at Chappal Hill. A diffi culty occurred over the riding of a "flying machine," which resulted in a -riot, and forty ot fifty pistol shots were fired, one man being killed i and seven wounded, including two women and a child. Seve ral arrests nave been made. A B HON.- DANIEL RUSSELL ON THE POLI T1CAL SITUATION. " -; ; He Benounoee Eaves and hie Committee No State TickeMThe Earmfol Action of " Colored Hepublicane Apiove Several Prinoiplea of the . People'e iParty The Presidxmtial Situation..; . From, the Ratkizh Siznal. - Knowing the people would like to hear , from Judge Ru ssell, we sent a reporter to Wilmington, who interviewed him as follows:"- - : i r -V Reporter The 5araJ wishes to ob tain your views as "to the policy of run? mug a State ticket in North Carolina in this campaign and' generally, as to the political out-look in the State and country.;- '.. v-r - 4: judge Russell The views of the white Republicans of-the Cape Fear section. and of Eastern North Carolina generally, were formulated by the conference which was held at Wilmington last spring, and t oeneve tne signal published, that. I wish you would print it again.. We are On that platform, and we are there for the campaign. : You may not believe it but I will tell you who will believe it be fore the thing is over. ; ji" Reporter Who do you refer to. Judge Russell I mean r the fellows who may be nominated on the State ticket by the" negro and revenue gang and who may come found ! this part or nuna warouna jooKing i ..jor irienas among decent people, white or colored. They will find themselves friendless and forlorn and lonesome, except as they may" now ana tnen ajscover some trembling revenue officer, who may think that his' butter will stick to his bread . better by his supporting the ticket. ' Reporter Then you mean to say that you will not follow the decisions of the State Convention and its leaders if they nominate a State ticket? , Judge .Russell No, you got that wrong; we will follow them with pitch forks. How could we do anything else than follow such illustrious leaders? Why shouldn't we be proud of the party in North Carolina? r A party that . has tor its chairman a man who, while pre tending to support the ticket that was nominated in bis own convention, sneak- ngly knifed it in every county to which his influence extended, and this man. after his guilt is exposed, is endorsed by the State Convention, presided over by a corrupt and venal little negro, and this little blatherskite, presiding over the State Convention of the Republican party of North Carolina; insults from the chair one of the bravest and best white Republicans ot the State, a man. who through all the years Of noble en deavor has courageously stood for the highest principles of the party and is known all over the State as one of .the best types of its true manhood.- To this lame and impotent conclusion has come at last the party that once had witnm its ranKs more than 40,000 in trepid white men who stood in the face of danger and against the allied elements of social and political power, for princi ples that represented the best aspira tions of the age the party whose con ventions were presided over by men like Samuel F. Phillips and which was led by such men as brave old Todd Caldwell, by lohn Pool, whose accomplishments adorned the National Senate, and Rich mond M. Pearson, the greatest lawyer of his time in the state or nation. Reporter Then you do not think well of the chances of Republican suc cess in North Carolina. Judge Russell Oh! yes, under its pre sent management its chances are excel lent tor success in electing the Demo cratic ticket by any: maiority. that the Democratic Executive Committee may draw for. Of course. the Democratic managers want the Republicans to put up a ticket, and of course the Keoublican machine will do just what tne Democrats want tbem to do. 1 1 he only menace to Democratic success is the existence of the People's party. . The leaders of this party say that they wiu nominate a State ticket; and they have called a con- posed to have a large white following, with their s as the only ticket against the regular Democrats there may be a big break in the white vote, but the mo ment a Republican ticket is nominated the People's party will see that there is no chance for their ticket and they Will sink out of sight by ; going back to the Demcratic party. Anybody can see that the best politics for the Democratic man agers is to encourage the nomination ot a straight Kepuoiican ticket ine mo ment this is done Democratic success is assured, Reporter On that view of the case. what is the motive of the! Republican machine in running a btate ticketi Jpdge Russell I don t know, unless it is to show bow weak tne party is in the State. The smaller the number ot men - 1 , ... tne party aown so smaii as to consist only ot the machine fellows, then they will feel more comfortable as to the ten ure of the revenue offices which they hold, and when they get it to that con dition that it will consist only of the of ficeholders and a few mouthy - negro heelers, things will be satisfactory and lovely.- They are having excellent suc cess in this direction. : They have driven out of the party such competent leaders as Wm. A. Guthrie, Thomas' M. Argo, and Frank Winston and Col. Johnson in the East. And look at the West: CoU' Geo.- N. , Folk, once our can didate . for Supreme Judge, whose accomplishments and professional fitness for the place no man could deny: Charles F. McKesson," heretofore one of our most prominent candidates on the gen eral State ticket; Win. S. Pearson, -a man of rare attainments, of whom any party ought to be proud, as bright and brainy a man (excepting possibly vance) as has lived in Western North Carolina since Mark Erwin died. I see in some newspaper that these three giants of the West; were participating the other day in a Democratic convention, ana i sup pose .on their banner is inscribed the sentiment : "Anything to down the gang that dominates the Republican party of North Carolina. lo be sure, l regret that these gentlemen have espoused the cause of a , party to 'which their records and. convictions bave been, so strongly opposed.-. 'There "are some of us who cannot be driven out of the Na- tional Republican party by any combioa- 1 tion of black and white "Kummers," past.' present and prospective. . True it is that the substantial Republicans of the East, many of them colored as : well as all the whites, are profoundly dis gusted at the intolerable obstrusiyeness of many of the "negro politicians, supported- as they are by the revenue crowd: and the unfortunate fact must be acknowledged that the black people (witb thousands ot : exceptions, to be sure) have chosen to follow corrupt and worthless mercenaries of their own . race and to -ignore ? the . counsels of white I leaders to whose advice they have, here tofore deferred , Why, just look at It 1 The actual leader of the - party in the State is a negro Congressman, whose only qualification for leadership is the color - of his skin. : In that . negro district in past years when the negro majority was five times what it is to-dav. hite men' of character an capacity were elected to Congress bv necrro votes. NqW -no white man ever thinks of asking for the nomination in that district. None but a negro is thought of and the- more wwmpeiem ana treacnerous he is the more certain he is to get the -prized If Blaine and Tom Reed and Chauncey Depew and Judge Tourgee resided in that district neither one of .them could be nominated . for- Congress.1 unless ,he bought it at a good round price for cash. Look at Mecklenburg- county: A few years ago the opposition . to the ' Demo cratic party in that county comprised several hundred sturdy white men, led by such gentlemen as Judge Bynum and General Barringer; and what is the' Re publican party there to-day but an" impo tent' negro rabble ? - Look rat Wayne county i and v you will see ; that any mouthy, negro grog-shop keeper is of more importance in the councils of the party than such men as Governor orogden,, judge Faircloth,; W. S. O'B. Robinson,! and John R." Smith.: Now the result of all this is that the white Republicahs of Eastern North Carolina have determined to accept the situation and to refuse to ioin in anv effort to take the control 6f the black counties from the white people, The worthy and honorable colored people will follow us in pursuing this policy. : We are their friends. : 1 do not and never will take back one word that I have ever saidor written in lavor of the negro, and nOone would 'mare rejoice to- see that race treated with liberality and justice. But tne attainment of this great end is re mote so long as the neero indicates bv his political conduct that he only wants power to enact in the. South the scenes which have demonstrated his incanacitv for self-government in Hayti, Jamaica,' ana san uommgo. v Reporter Who do the "revenuers." as you call - them, propose to run for governor. Judge Russell I don't know: but somebody has suggested that they are looking iot some eminent belles-lettres scholar,- and so have ,lit . upon Eaves. Chairman of the State Committee. But why don't they run Cheatham ? He can read and write and does wash his face at least once a week. Besides, rhe is the real Boss. He has put his corrupt cronies in omce about asr he pleases and .they stay there until they break , into the penitentiary. Look at the . Fayetteville postoffice In that promising city Cheatham appoints one of his color, who is withdrawn under charges, and then he names another one,' while such gentle men as Judge Buxton, Colonel Lutter- loh and Mr. Orrell and other reputable Republicans are so far ig'nored that they are not permitted even to advise as to the appointment of the Postmaster of their own town. - By all means let them run Cheatham for Governor and Eaves for Lieutenant-Governor. Reporter Suppose there should be no Republican ticket, -what would be the prospects then ? - Judge Russell That depends entirely upon the strength of the People's party. If they have anything like the numbers they claim, and the Republican vote could be thrown for that ticket or for a coalition ticket and the entire vote could be boaestly counted, there is a chance o redeem the State " from ' Democratic control. If the Weaver ticket should get all or a part of the Electors in North Carolina the result might be that North Carolina's vote in the Electoral College, either alone or in connection with such Western States as may declare for Weaver, would hold the balance of power in the Electoral College. Such an event might lead to great results. Mr. Weaver and his Electors might form a coalition either with the A Harrison or Cleveland Electors, which might eventuate in elect ing to the Presidency some man whose name would not be either Harrison; Cleveland or Weaver. Of course, if such a thing should happen there would be no end of rant about selling out the Re public, and the ancient incident" of the Praetorian Guards exposing the Empire by public auction to the highest bidder would be called in to do heavy duty for the time, t -j. But the fact is that the framers of the Constitution intended that the elec tors ana not tne people snouia name the President, and this was the practice during the 'first fifty years after our Government was formed. Of course an elector is in honor bound to- vote for his: nominee so long as the situation is the same as it was on the day of the election. But suppose, after the popular election, ' and before the vote in the Electoral College, the nominee dies - or withdraws, then the electors may vote according to their discretion. We Re publicans woulcr deplore such a result, but it would be better than the election of Cleveland. Coalition is just what the Democrats are doing in Kansas and in . some of" the other West ern States. If it is a eood thing 'out there for1 the Democrats why isn't it a "good thing here-1 for the Republicans? Why shouldn t we try here the identical trick the Democrats are trying in the Republican States of the West? There is another view, however. If the People's party have any real vitality they may get the bulk : ot the Republican vote even though the Republican v office holders shall decide to run a ticket. When the Republican' masses come to understand, that, they cannot "possibly give the State to Harrison, they may go over to Weaver; but - this will not hap pen, unless weaver ievelops- great strength among the farmers of the State. There are some prominent ' Republi cans who are so hostile to the principles of the third party, they prefer Cleveland to Weaver. ; But why should they object to a course which cannot hurt their par ty, but may hurt their adversary? , , Besides, what is there in the platform of the People's party that should be ob jectionable to Southern Republicans? Almost everybody in the South is in fa vor of Free Silver.; The graduated in come tax is nothing but common jus tice. The Postal Telegraph scheme has been jirged by tens bf thousands ot Re publicans all over the country, and has been supported by their greatest leaders. And who would be hurt by government control of - railroads except . the people whose money is invested In railroad se curities? .The t talk." about creating a vast horde -" of government officials is mere clap-trap, and so is .the rant about the countless cost of . purchasing all the railroads in the count?, I don suppose that the People's party propose to run the railroads upon any other than business -. principles. To " secure cheap transportation to the producers of this J country may tnvolve government owner- I ship of railroads, but ite does not follow that every conductor and brakeman would carry a Federal commission in his-, pocket.' ; The' government could establish a lease system by which the railroads would be conducted under a schedule fit rates which would; be just enough to earn the actual cost of opera tion and, the interest on the cost of building pr purchase and a small margin of profit for the lessee. . This would save countless millions to the people, and not involve one dollar of taxation. i As to, the cost of acquiring the rail roads, that would, need be only about what it would cost to construct thenu The .Government could not take rail road property without paying its value; but it could build, and whenever the ex isting railroads see that the people are m earnest ana that tney must eitner sen to the Government or have their own .' V lines paralleled, they would becorapelled to sell, and sell n6t for the market value -of their prpperty, but for about what it would cost to build it. ; In either case, whether the Government should buy or build, its property would pay its way by earning enough to pay its expenses of r . operation and interest on the. cost of ' building it. And the people would get the benefit of almost countless millions in reducing the cost of transportation. If the People's party ca'n ptoaire com petent speakers to advocate their cause -the masses will soon seethe absurdity of the talk -about the untold millions of taxation necessary to get . the railroads and the danger of an enormous increase of Federal power.- True it is that the People's party are hitting States' Rights doctrines some heavy licks, but why should Republicans take the - "connip tions'' about 'that. After all. "the most important mission of the Republican party is to enforce the principles of broad nationality, as taught by john Marshall and Washington and Hamil ton.:; The People s party are heading in that direction and, outside of impracti- ' cable. ; plans. , - like - the sub-Treasury scheme, there , is nothing bad in their, platform or purposes. ,. - . :' - - CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. ,J Don M. Dickinson Selected for Chairman. ',: By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' , " New York, Aug. 4. The Democratic Campaign . Committee met: this morn-" ing. - Neither Whitney nor Goman, who it was desired should take the Chair- . manship of the Committee, fwould per mit the Committee to select him for : Chairman. There was a long discussion, ending in the selection of Don M. Dick- - inson. - " : "", ,.-. - Senator John F. Ahearn. Nelson Smith, Chairman of the -Tammany Gen- . eral Committee, and Lawrence Gardner. . Secretary of the National League of the Democratic Clubs.-were among the visi- s tors at headquarters. i he Democratic State Committee will meet at the Hoffman house to-morrow evening to arrange for headquarters and take steps to start an active campaign at once. -' . - , On motion of Mr. Gorman. B. B. Smalley, of Vermont, was elected secre tary. : ' Chairman Harritv of the National Committee, was authorized to appoint the necessary sub-commfttees and to . employ assistants. He immediately ap- . pointed George N. Parker auditor, and Wm. Duff Haynes, of South Dakota, su- : , penntendent of the information bureau. The campaign committee decided that the resolution of the National Commit- - tee contemplated the appointment of nine members of the campaign commit tee, exclusive of chairman Harrity: so to-day Harrity added. Wm. C- Whitney to the committee. The advisory com mittee will not be appointed for several days. " v THIRD PARTY MEN. Charges of Swindling; and Criminal Libel Against Iieaders In Alabama. ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Birmingham, Aug. 4. W. G. Hatch- - ell, editor of the Gadsden Leader, Kolb organ, had a contract for printing about -600.000 Kolb tickets. He got . into a quarrel with the Kolb executive com- . mittee over collecting his money, arid on , the morning before-: the election came Jut in an , article charging Jerry Fountane, Secretary of the State Committee, with dead-beating and swindling him. Fountane replied in a , card, , denying it, and calling Hatchell a- iiar. ivednesday - rountarre had . - Hatchett arrested on the charge, of criminal libel. To-day a deputy sheriff . came to Birmingham with a warrant for - fountane, sworn out in baascien Dy Hatchett charging him with obtaining the tickets by false representations. WATSON'S CHARGES." The Committee Report that They Are Not True An Unwarranted -Assault on the . Honor and Dignity of the House. ; t By Telegraph to the Morning Star.-. Washington, August 5.-Represen- tative Boatner has finished his report on the result of the investigation made by the Special Committee of the House into the charges preferred by Mr. Watson, of drunkenness among the members on . the floor of the House. .The report is approved by three Democratic members of the committee, and with some qualifi- - cations by Representatives Grout, Re publican, of Vermont. The report 'de clares the committee has no hesitation in declaring that . the charges -con strued in - the sense in which ; they are made are false and libellous : under the strictest legal definition of those terms; that the evidence was over- v whelming that there was nothing to . ' justify the imputation made against Mr. Cobb. The facts are (the report will -,-say) that three and possibly four mem bers appeared on the floor more or less, under the . influence of liquor, but none '. in the condition described m the charges. The committee wilt report a -resolution declaring that the charges - made by Mr. Watson are not true, and . constitute an unwarranted assault upon ' . the honor and dignity of the House, and have the unqualified disapproval of the House. - : a SU B-TREASU RY BILL,: ..... ; ; Adverse Eeport of the Committee on Ways and Means on the Measurer-Co; " gent Beasons Advanced, , j ' : : - By Telegraph to the Morning Star. 1. - Washington, Aug. 5. The Commit- C tee on Ways and Means through Mr.' McMillin, to-day made a unanimous re- ' ?rt adverse to the Sub-Treasury bill. : 4 he report is a long document and. dis-' -- cusses ail tne pnases oi tne question . in a comprehensive style. It begins by deferring for a time the -ques- . tion of the constitutionality of the bill -and proceeds to state objections that " occur to the committee. - They are briefly stated as follows: If there should be a reduction in value of goods after' tbey are stored below eight per cent., ':y the Government would lose; it the value 'O increased, the Government would get . none of the profit. Jurisdiction of . Federal Courts would be increased so as to make them an instrument ot oppression to. the, people. The. bill.-.'--" tends strongly towards centralization, and interferes -with - individual freedom; ; great fluctuations in the currency will follow its enactment." Operations of the ; . bill wonld not be confined to farmers. -but the iron man, the lumber man, and - manufacturers generally would complain until the Government fixed the limit, to possible loss at twenty percent, on them and so on. : lhe uovernment wouia ; oe usurping the .function of citizens and attending to everybody's business but its own. Inauguration of the scheme -would be the speculator's delight; he r could carry J470,"ul wortn : ot wheat with less than $95,000 cash, and pay the Government i only', one per cent interest. . . ' The great ; increase T in the . number :; of Federal , officials r -would , r make, it almost impossible '. to disloge a corrupt administration; No provision i is made for redemption of , -many millions to be issued under, the " bill, and banks would have power, to -force distribution of the Government's ... money. The bill is class legislation, and it would be ; uniust - to the k day ' laborer and - other'- toilers. ' People having a 'particular kind of prop- t -erty to deposit could get money at one per cent, from the Government and lend r it at, a higher ; rate - to ' other Jpersons.' Lastly, it is a violation of the Constitu- ; tion. as is shown by citations from the : highest judicial tribunals in the land. ' ; ,
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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