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gpxe meekly 3 to. WILLIAM H. BEBWAED, Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C Friday, - - - September 23, 1892. rf In writing to change yonr addreai atmayt give ftrmtr direction as well as fall pamculan as where yon wish root pvpet to be sent hereafter. Unless you do both change can net be made. ty Notices of Marriage or Death, Tributes of Re aped, Resolutions of Thanks, &c, are charged for as ordinary ads-errJsements, but only half rates when paid for strictly in advance. At this rate 60 cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. HT Remittances most be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Postmas ters will register letters when desired. JT" Only loch remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. 3 Specimen copies forwarded when desired. National Democratic Ticket. For President: ' "i . G ROVER CLEVELAND, Of New York. For Vice-President: ADLAI E. STEVENSON, Of Illinois. For Presidential Electors at Large: C. B. AYCOCIC, of Wayne. R. B. GLENN, OF FORSYTH. For Congressman Sixth District: S. B. ALEXANDER. Mecklenburg Districtleotors. Second District: . ; N. J. ROUSJt.OF LENOIR. ' Third District: , JNO. G. SHAW, of Cumberlandi Fourth District: E. S. ABELL, of Johnston. Filth District: J. A. BARRINGER, of Guilford. Sixth District: SOL. C. WEILL, of New Hanover. Seventh District: AUGUSTUS LEAZAR, of Iredell Eighth District: . ' ). R. LEWELLYN, of Surry. !' Ninth District:, LOCKE CRAIG, of Buncombe. State Democratic Ticket . For Governor: ELI AS CARR, of Edgecombe. JFor Lieutenant-Governor , A. DoughTon, of Alleghany. For Secretary of State: OCTAVIUS COKE, OF Wake. For State Treasurer: DONALD W. BAIN, of Wake. For State Auditor: M. FURMANof Buncombe.' R. For Attorney-General: FRANK I. OSBORNE.Mecklknburg. For Sup't of Public Instruction: J. C. SCARBOROUGH, of Johnston. For Judge Twelfth Judicial District: GEO.' A. SHUFORD. of Buncombe. County Democratic Ticket. For House of Representatives: EDGAR G. PARMELE, G. W. WESTBROOK. For Sheriff: , FRANK H. STEDMAN. , f ; For Register ot Deeds: .; JOHN HAAR, Jr. - . - For County Treasurer: I AMES A. MONTGOMERY: 1 For Coroner: J. C. WALTON. For Constable, Wilmington Township: J.:W. MILLIS. . For the State Senate, Twelfth District- New Hanover and Brunswick. GEO. L. MORTON, of New Hanover. A PERVEBTED ORDER. ance was one ot the best institutions ever organized for the farmers of this country, and if it had been fol lowed up according to the original intention there is not a farmer in this country' who would not have been more or less benefitted by it. . When organized there was nothing political about it, and it was not intended by its founders that there ever should be. While it was conducted in the same spirit in which it was. organ ized it grew rapidly, until its mem bership was numbered by the thou sands in all the agricultural States, and numbered in it some of the best and the brainiest men of the farm, educated, able men, "quali fied to fill any position to which they might be called. Then it was a united, harmonious, progressive order in which every member took a per sonal interest, for every member felt that he was or would be personally benefitted by it. How is it now? Instead of In creasing the membership has de creased, many sub-alliances have sur ..rendered their charters and have 'dis banded; men who once took an ac live ana zeaious interest in it take a" . m interest no -more, and instead of unltv and harmonv thr la AWmrA and dissension. The politician has wormed himself into the leadership and driven the farmer out. Two or three years ago the South em Alliances had grand schemes of a business character under consider ation, such as the establishment of steamship lines from Southern ports to carry cotton direct to the Euro pean markets, the building of cotton 1 mills and oil mills, and of warrftnnspa where the planter who did not care to sell his cotton at prevailing prices : could store it and draw money on it i from capitalists who were willing to loan it with the warehoused cotton as. security. They also discussed the question ot crops, methods of pro curing statistical information for the I guidance of farmers as to supply and demand, so as to enable them to judge as to what was best to plant, the acreage to plant, &c. There was business in all "this, business, that meant much to the farmer if it had been followed up. But you don't hear anything of this kind now. All this has Deen dropped and politicians have cofbe to the front. The fanner and the pro gressive business man have been sent to a back seat, and the soft handed political schemer who propo ses to relieve the "oppressed" farmer by getting into office himself has come to the front and does ; the talking and the platform making, for the whole fraternity. This has had the effect precisely that every observant, thinking person thought it would have, that is it has not only stopped the growth of the, Alliance, but has driven thousands of once zealous members out of it and put its very existence in imminent peril. It is so in this State, and it is so in other Southern States. ; In this State a couple years ago it was claimed by leading Alliahcemen that the order numbered 100,000. This may have been an exaggeration; but well-informed men are authority for the .statement that the number now does not exceed 25,000., A sig nificant fact tn this connection, and corroborative, too, of the assertion that the order is decreasing, instead of increasing, .is the silence on these points in the last report of President Butler, in striking contrast to the reports of previous presidents of the Alliance, relating to the progress of the order. He speaks in general terms of progress made political 'prog-ress"-but he gives no figures showing again in membership. He is signifi cantly silent on that point. If it had gained no one would have been quicker to herald that fact with proud boasting than President Butler as an effective answer to the oft-repeated chaFgethat he and his fellow schemers were destroying the order. That he claims no increase is a tacit admission of , a decrease and of the truth of the charges made. fact is that he and his fellow- third party advocates have perverted, in as far as they could, a noble order, and have practically wrecked it to carry out their own ambitious or mercenary schemes. The last one of them should be arraigned for treach ery to and abuse of the order and be expelled rom it. THERE IS HO COMPARISON. The Third party Republican alals- tants who travel around in this and other Southern States misrepresent ing the Democratic party and doing all they can to help elect Harrison, find it necessary, ia order to keep up the deception and make it appear that they are really fighting the "two old parties," to express some disap; proval of some of the methods pur sued by the Republican party, but when they do so, they are always careful to couple it with the declara tion that "the Democratic party is no better," that, the Democratic party is as deep in the mud as the Repub lican party is .in th e mire, that they are both tarred with the same stick, and that there isn't difference enough between them to make it worth while to draw a distinction. This is not only shameful but it is disgusting;shameful because the men who say it know better, know that they are not telling the truth, and it is disgusting because the men who say it have for years acted with the Democratic party, and when they brand as false to ,the people they put the brand upon their own fore heads as aiders and abettors of the faithlessness which they now have the unblushing effrontery to proclaim and denounce. But it is not true. There is no more resemblance between the Democratic party and the KepuDiican party than there is between the- judge who tries and the criminal arraigned, be t ween the protector of the' people and the plunderer of the people, be tween the man who earns his living by honest effort and the ' man who gets it by sharp practice and by pil fering from his neighbor, between the true friend who stands by you in all emergencies and the false friend who betrays you and robs you at the first opportunity. 1 hey know that no two parties ever existed in this country in which there were : fewer points of resem blance and more points of difference, They are alike ia nothing, different in everything. a When in all the record of the Democratic party ias it ever oppress ed the people? When did it ever plunder them? When did it ever ignore the civil law and subordinate it to the law of the bayonet ? - When did it ever discriminate be tween classes or callings ahd put one class or calling above another ? When did it ever legislate against one section or class and make them tribute-payers to another section or class ? When did it ever , declare that the Federal power was supreme and that the States had no riehts that the Federal power was bound to respect? When did it ever claim -the right to take the money out of the public treasury and divide it among combi nations of men under the pretence of building up a merchant marine? When did it ever usurp the right to levy tariff taxes on the people un der pretence of encouraging Ameri can industries, to enrich a few men because they contributed freely to the corruption funds which kept the party in power? . When did It ever claim the right to tax the people as much as it might deem proper for this especial purpose? When did it ever throttle the i gantly and arbitrarily proclaim ; tba$ the minority had no rights save such as the majority was willing to grant? When did it ever cut up the Cov-t . "... . -, . . " J eminent lands into territories and take them in as States when they had none of the requisites for State-t hood, to secure votes in the Congress and hold the" power which they felt slipping from their.grasp? When did it ever turn the whole Governmental system into a political machine and turn it loose to do political work to keep the party in power? y.-. -yf-'-r;-;- When did it-' ever send its orders out . to Government employes ana office-holders to manipulate State conventions in the. interest of. the men to whom they owed their places? When did it ever : encourage .the system of levying assessments upon Government employes to raise funds f or purposes of corruption and make the cheerful payment a requisite for future recognition? -'' We might prolong these inquiries indefinitely, and defy any of these Third party Republican apologists and assistants to point out where the Democratic party cjould be charged with any of them, while every one of them is a part-of the infamous record of the Republican party. And yet these mendacious desert ers have tne cnees 10 assert nam there - is no difference between the "two old parties" If they were capable of feeling shame or remorse they would go out into the woods and hang themselves. , MUfOR MENTION. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat is a Republican paper, one of the leading Republican papers in the West, and has never been anything but a Re publican paper of the strictest sect. The New York Advertiser has become a Republican paper since the nomK natfon of Cleveland. It professed to be independent before that, admired Blaine but despised Harrison, and hit him and his protective tariff and his Chili bulldozing business some of the hardest swipes they got from any of the Northern papers, partisan or independent After Cleveland -was nominated some mysterious in fluence was brought to bear on the editorial management of the Advertiser and Commercial Adver tiser, both edited by Col. Cockerill. They suddenly flopped and from "in dependent papers became the most violent and vituperative Republican partisans. The editor of these pa pers, alter a couple montns service as a Republican scribe is now lec turing the Globe-Democrat and charg ing it with giving aid and comfort ta the Democratic party, with being run in the interest of the Democratic party, &c, because it said just before the Maine election that if tliA Knnh1ir9n imiin'tit fall below 18,000 the country will assume that the Republican party is " not , holding its own in the east, but if it goes above, the exhibit will be favorable to the party." It went below, and hence this ire on the part of the new convert. But why didn't it score Senator Proctor, of Vermont, who two weeks before the election in that State said the same thing? It was his identical language with the exception of the figures which the Globe-Democrat used. It should also have gone tor him and denounced him as it . did the GD. Cockerill is not only a versatile hustler, but he is a man of colossal and adamantine cheek. It is remarkable that the Third party leaders, who regard an increase of the currency a matter of such vital imDortance that thev have made it ohe of the cardinal flanks in their national platform, are ' as much op posed to State Banks as the Repub licans are, the .only difference be tween them and the Republicans be ing that they are in favor of abolish ing, the national banks, which the Republicans insist should be perpet uated. They oppose the repeal of the ten per cent." tax on the circulation of State banks of issue because that would lead to the establishment of State banks, and pretend to be afraid of "wild-cat" money, echoing what tne Republicans say, and ig nore the, fact that State Banks may be made as solid and se cure as the national bank. Of course it will be to the interest of the peo ple amongst whom they are estab lished to make them secure. We had the State Bank system in this country up to the time of the es tablishment of the national banking system, and while there were failures and financial disasters at times, the system worked well and the country prospered under it. .It would work even better now because there would be in addition the national banks to furnish the currency for general cir- lation, while the State Banks would supply all that was necessary for local use. - Politics is getting hot down "in Georgia, so hot that it has warmed up the pulpit and the preachers are taking a whack at it. Rev. Dr. J. B Hawthorne, of - the First Baptist Church in Atlanta, stood it as long as he could, and last Sunday paid his respects to the Third party thus "All this unjust legislation in the in terest of monopoly bad its origin in the hearts ot New England infidels, men who repudiated moral government and dis carded the last idea of retribution after death. All these wild Communistic and wicked methods which certain elements of the oppressed classes are adopting for the redress of their grievances are in spired mainly by unbelief in the eternal verities of the word of God. - "The old political parties are . bad enough. They must either mend or end. But the new parties, with their agrarian and communistic principles and spirit and their Nihilistic threatemngs . and methods, are incontrovertibly worse. "I hate despotism as 1 hate the gates of hell, and especially the despotism! of monied monopoly. I believe it to be a robbery of the people which a just God will punish with unquenchable fire. But I hate worse and dread more the Infidel madness that would tear downthe fair fabrics of our Government and make a desolation of our bounteous birthland for the sake of punishing monopoly." minority in the , Congress and arro- GRAND DEMONSTRATION BY THE DEMOCRATS OF NEW HAN- : OVER COUNTY. - - ' "deception of Gen. A. B. Bteveaaon the Democntlo Candidate for the Vloa Presidency Cannon Firtnc, Bella Bing i ing mnd Whistles Blowing Th Fro ceion Hlumlnatltm Speaking; at the Tabernacle. ----- The steady - down-pour ot. rain on Tuesday was a damper on the , hopes of the Democracy of Wilmington, . who feared that the Weather Bureau might hot make the necessary "arrangements lor favoring skies yesterday, but For tune, while she did not smile on the fair women and brave men who were anxious to do honor to a distinguished champion of the great Democratic party,' withheld the deluge that many expected and only an overcast sky with occasionally a few drops of rain slightly marred the bright ness of a day that will ever be memor able in the history of Wilmington. .It did not, however, lessen the enthusiasm,' nor Jceep within doors the good people of tne city, for never, probably, was seen a larger outpouring of the inhabitants both men and women. r 1 Gen. Stevenson and party reached the city by special train from Fayetteville about half-past 5 o'clock in the after noon. Long before the arrival people began to gather on Front street, north of Market, and when the signal was given by the fire-alarm bell that the train had arrived, they could be seen hurrying, j 'to the lront" from all parts pf the city. Then the cannon's dusky throat gave forth- hoarse greeting to the visitors and screeching steam whistles and ringing bells added volume to the sounds that awakened long-sleeping echoes far up and down the river. V THE RECEPTION. . Yesterday morning the following gen tlemen, viz.: Marsden Bellamy, W. R. Kenan, A. G. Ricaud, F. W. Kerchncr, J. C. Stevenson, Iredell Meares. Thomas McMillan, Junius Davis, Col. J. L. Cant well, A. J. Marshall, F. A. Montgomery W. A. Riach. E. S. Tennent, J. G, L. Gieschen, M. Newman, John Cotton, J. W. Jackson and T. W. Clawson, compos ing the Escort Committee of the Young Men's Democratic C lub, went to Fayette ville to escort General Adlai E. Steven son, the Democratic nominee for Vice President, to this city. The committee left at 5 o'clock on the C. F. & Y. V. R. R. and arrived in Fayetteville at about 8 o'clock. They went to the hotel LaFayette for breakfast and made then head auart ers in room No. 1. A banner was suspended from the window with the following . inscription : "Head quarters, Wilmington Democratic Club.' The Committee was received in a royal and hospitably style by the Fay etteville Democratic Club, and carriages were furnished for the whole committee for the procession. The procession was formed in front of the Hotel LaFayette and proceeded to the city limits; where they met Gen. Stevenson and party as they came in from Col. Wharton J Green's, where they were guests. ' As the party approached the procession stopped and the Wilmington committee formed in line and gave three cheers for Gen. Stevenson. The party also halted and received the committee, when each mem-. her of it was personally presented and introduced to Gen. Stevenson. The General greeted them in the most cor dial manner and spoke very warmly of the personal - friendship existing between himself and some of the citizens of- Wilmington, principally on account of their support at the last Na tional Convention at Chicago. After the speaking was over Mr. Ewing and other members of the party were guests of the committee at their headquarters, where everybody was introduced and a social and very enjoyable time was had. The special train bearing the party and committee left Fayetteville at 2.30 and arrived in Wilmington at S.80. Be side the committee and Gen. Stevenson ana wne. tne toiiowing gentlemen came down on the special, viz.: J. B. Smith, sheriff of Cumberland county; CoL Wharton J. Green, - Fayetteville; Maj. W. M. Robbins, btatesvi He; Hon. F. M. Simmons, Chairman State Executive Committee; Capt. E. . Pemberton, Fay etteville; B. C. Beckwith, Secretary of N. C. Clubs, Raleigh; A. D. Jones, Ral eigh; J. D. Williams, Fayetteville; Capt. J. W. Fry and J. C. Murchison, Greens boro; C. L. Taylor, Fayetteville; W. W- McDairmid, Lumberton, and CoL Thos W. Strange, Wilmington. Mr. Ewing did . not come with the party on account of his health and left to return home. On arrival of ihe train at Front street depot, it was met by the Reception Committee, who took Gen. Stevenson and wife to The Orton, where they had supper, and a formal reception was held. THE PROCESSION . was formed in front of the City Hall at 7.1S o'clock, under command of Chief Marshal O. A. Wiggins and assistants. The Second Regiment Band; with full numbers, led the parade. It was ' fol lowed by visitors from - the" country marshalled by Mr. Thos. H. Sheppard. Then came 'the Fifth Ward Dem ocrats, under ; command of Clay ton Redd and Bob. Harker: the Atlantic Coast . Line office boys 1 jolly : set under command : of Armand D. Myers and J. W, Ragsdale; the "Wharf Rats," under Geo. Lewis and , Dick Love; the Atlantic Engine Company boys, with ; commanders Cooper and Warren. The Red Shirt boys of the First ward were last, but not least of those on foot, and received ap plause at every street crossing. It is estimated that the procession was a mile long, there being over two thous and people in line, including the cycle club with forty wheelmen and about two hundred men on horseback. At every street crossing there were many ladies, and verandas, yards and piazzas along the line of march were crowded with spectators, and beautifully . Illuminated. On Front street, from Castle to Red Cross the sidewalks were crowded. Several hundred people from the country were in the procession. There were a number of transparencies with appropriate and striking mottoes. ' . When the procession reached .The urton -it was joined oy carriages, in which were seated Mr. Stevenson, Gov. Holt, Judge P. P. Meares and Marsden Bellamy, Esq., President of the Young Men's Central Democratic Club, and there were other carriages with commit tees and distinguished visitors. Considering the very unfavorable weather and the confusion created by the determination reached about 3 p. m. to abandon the procession, and its subsequent reconsideration, this , feature of the programme was a 1 great success. The number in line was estimated at over two thousand, and, : with ' their grand torchlight illumination, made a very handsome picture ': ; ,:'. J , A DELEGATION TROM DUPLIN- ' i ' The Duplin delegation, three hundred strong, came id on a special on the W. & W,. road at r 6.40 o'clock. -Dr. Jno. Faison, of .Faison, was - chairman "and spokesman of the delegation, and M. W. Teachey, of Teachey's, , was secretary. The special started from Faison and stop-? ped for passengers at all stations on the road.Od arriving tit Front street dep.ot. Dr. Faison made a short address to , the delegation," which was warmly applaud ed. Mr. jbcott Stanford, of Wallace, was one ol the prominent members' of the party. - - . ; - AT THE TABERNACLE. . The decorations of the platform were exceedingly tasteful, and gave evidence at a glance that the. deft fingers of the ladies appointed for that work had done their duty, transforming the place and rendering it as attractive as possible in honor of the occasion. In the back ground, on a soiid blue ground bordered with the tri-colors of the American flag, was a large painting , representing tne seal of the North State, while dispos ed in soft folds and ' graceful drap- ings were flags and bunting,: a large number of Chinese lanterns lending their soft light to the scene. On the ros trum sat the Second Regiment band who during the evening added much to the entertainment ot the audience with their music, and a large . number of distin guished gentlemen, among them Gov. Thos. M. Holt, Hon. O. P. Meares, Hon. A. M. Wad dell. Hon. W. M. Robbins, Hon. F, M. Simmons, Hon. Wharton J. Green,. and many prominent citizens of the city. ;;- .V : :'l v " Six thousand would be a conservative estimate of the audience, and of that number at least three thousand stood on account of the seats being wet for three hours, and listened with the in tensest interest and most unbounded en thusiasm at the addresses delivered. Among this immense audience were hun dreds of ladies, who seemed at all times in fait sympathy with the speakers and cheered and waved their handkerchiefs most enthusiastically. Our Southern ladies do" not -want to vote though sometimes they control a voter and they want to be well informed on the issues besides, they are always ready to lend the inspiration of their presence wherever questions of universal interest involving the liberty and rights of their loved ones are to be discussed. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Marsden Bellamy, chairman of the Young Men's Democratic Club of this city, who announced that a distinguished son of North Carolina who is unexpec tedly among ns had consented, as it was fitting he should do, to introduce "the distinguished guest of the evening, and that person was Gov. Thos. M. Holt. This announcement was received with prolonged applause, wnicn lasted until Gov. Holt had been standing some mo ments. The Governor stated that be did not have the honor of meeting Mr. Steven son in Raleigh, and he had come hereto meet him before he left our soil, to shake his hand and tell him that North Caro lina is proud to be represented in such a distinguished decendent. You have, he said, honored me with the highest gift in the power of the people to bestow, but I have felt no pleasure more profoundly than that of introducing your distin gulshed guest this evening. ; We love him becaufe he loves our Constitution, and that means simple Democracy. We love him because if elected together with Grover Cleveland, the South need fear no Force bill.' This campaign is a mo mentous one, because on it hinges our freedom, for which we fought and for which we will die if need be. ; He then introduced the Hon. A. E. Stevenson and retired amid vigorous applause. As Mr. Stevenson arose there was a perfect ovation given him. , The ap plause was deafening, and it was some time before he could gain cpntrol of the audience sufficiently to allow him to proceed. , His voice was a little husky from the hard work he has been doing, but he made himself heard over the entire building. I He said: Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen; I am profoundly grateful to the distinguished Governor ot your commonwealth, and the chairman of this meeting for the exceedingly courte ous terms in which they have been pleased to present me tcr'this audience, and I return thanks for the cordial wel Come you have given me. Whatever the result of this struggle the ; memory of the hearty greeting you have ac corded me will never be forgotten. . I do not leel that I stand among strangers. .. All that is dear to you in the history and traditions of the Old North State are dear to me. I am not unmind ful of the fact that I stand on historic ground, the scene of the first resistance of the Colonies against the Crown of Great Britain, under the leadership of two great men that ought to have monu ments to perpetuate their memory Waddell and Ashe names that are still borne and honored among you. "Old North Carolina led in the Declaration of Independence and I glory with you in the record of these events. The blood of my ancestors with yours was shed at King's Mountain in defence of their rights. I have known nothing but wel come since I crossed the borders of Ten nessee into your State.: : ; I came to talk with you to-night on questions in which we all have an in terest, and to show you some of the reasons why yoar interests and those of the whole country will be subserved by the restoration of the Democratic party to power. He then , gave a very clear review of Mr. Cleveland's administration which was one of peace and prosperity over the entire country.; The bonds of the Government -were paid at maturity and ' the . question was, wnat snau we do with the sur plus ? Under his wise and economical administration the receipts of the Treas ury were more than a hundred millions of dollars in excess of the necessities of the Government.: Under three years of Republican rule the question is, where shall we get the money to supply the deficit :offifty-two millions with which the Treasury of the United States is now threatened? What are. the causes of this difference? Z First, the lavish ap propriations of the last Republican Con gres, which is known as the Billion Dol lar Congress-r-and second, the passage of the McKinley Tariff bill. By the lat ter the import duties are . raised so very high that importers are cut off and the Treasury deprived of the purchasing power. of wages bv in creasing the : cost of ; articles. Powers & Welghtman the - only, manufactur ers of quinine in the United States at the time when that drug was taken off the protected list protested against the pas-;, sage ot that measure, ; but it was passed by the Democrats, and now youjCan buy one dollar's worth of that article for one dollar, instead of wenty cents worth of quinine and eighty cents paid to protec ted monopolists. He then; compared the era of - low taxes under Polk's ad ministration with the present tariff and its revenue. "-The Democratic party de mand the lowest possible tax on the necessities of life. The .Republicans tell you that you can under the McKin ley tariff buy much more sugar than you used to for a dollar; but do they tell you that under the provisions of that bill the sum of ten millions per year for fifteen years is J to be taken , from ! the U. S. Treasury to be paid as a bonus to the Sugar manufacturers? : , - '' . Tariff import duties all these terms mean taxes, and the taxes come out of; the pockets of the people..' In no case is "the wages of the working man in creased by the reduction of the tariff-r the effect of the McKinley bill is to re duce.' showing the advantages of the former under a Democratic regime.' - But how, be said, I come to discuss a question of greater, more terrible mo ment to the people of North Carolina than a hundred tariffs that is the Force bill. I hope you will not grow tired lis tening; I assure you you will not grow half as tired as you will: if this bill be comes a law. . . r 'Since I came to this State I have been told that it has been whispered among you that the Force bill is a dead issue. If you let the electoral vote of the State go to tne Kepuoiicans .you 11 find out that it is a very live issue. In the last Senate every Republican but three voted for it, and every Democrat, from East, West, North, ; South for, thank Cod, the Democratic party is a national party voted against it. , The bill passed the House, but the - Democrats of the Senate stood as a solid phalanx under the leadership of Vance the blessing of God rest on him to-night and with the help of three Republicans they de feated it for a time. One of these Re publican Senators said it was the most infamous bill that ever crossed the threshold of the Senate. - Before I tell you what the Force bill is-let me remind you of some of your history; it is unnecessary for the grey haired ones present, for they remember it, but I want the young men to hear it, that they may . know something of the humiliation suffered by this - and other States under ' carpet-bag domination. In 1868 your State government was set aside and men set up to rule who were not of your choosing, and whose pur pose it was to plunder and despoil. Dur ing the first session of the Legislature r largely Republican majorities' in both houses bonds to the amount ot $25, 850,000 were authorized to be issued. Of this amount $14,000,000 were to be used in building railroads, not a mile of which was ever built. This State held a school fund of $420,000.00, invest-: ed in two railroads; was it guarded?' A Republican State Treasurer in order to pay the expenses of that Legislature, and by its authority, sold these bonds for $158,000 00. so that the children were robbed of their school fund by the men who solemnly pie dged their protection. Sitting in the Electoral Commission, I heard Judge Jerem iah S. Black say of these carpet-baggers : "They thrust their long, felonious fingers into the pockets of posterity and stole the inher itance ot unborn babes." Your State was not an exception. The high water mark of misrule was reached in South Carolina. In seventy-eight years of her history, prior to 1868, the expense of public printing aggregated about $600,000; . under eight years of carpet-bag rule - the aggregate paid for public printing was $1,326,389. The history of One Southern State dur ihg this period was the history of all, for they all suffered. I remind you of these things because history may repeat itself. The Force bill is general in its character, but it is a'imed at you." It provides that your ltate laws lor elections shall be set aside and appointees of the Federal Government, supervisors, shall have charge of the polls, and these are backed with United States marshals without limit. The registration and ; voting shall be under their control and they are created sole judges whether the election officers do their duty, and from their de cision there is no appeal. From its ut ter, disregard of local self-government the expense would be enormous. It would call into service election officers aggregating more than ; 300,000, and the estimated cost would fall little short of ten millions of dollars at each Congres sional election. Thos. B. Reed, who is the exponent of the Republican party, said: "Speaking for myself, the only wise course is to take into our hands Federal elections; let .us -cut loose from State elections, do our own counting and our own certification." That would about settle it, now, wouldn't it? Do you remember how, under the lead ership of Vance - and Ransom, and some of these distinguished men on the platform, you rallied from .the. moun tains to the sea and overthrew the rob bers, the carpet-baggers, whose sole aim was profit? Can any one tell me at what hour a Third party came to your rescue? The Democratic party was the salvation of your State. ; Men of oppo site sentiments hundreds of you stood with us then in those dark days I ask you why not stand by us now? I im plore you to stand by your own blood and kindred, those near and dear to you; to stand for your rights, the rights of State, your hearthstones and your loved ones. ---v '-'''! '"J- ; His speech was clear, logical, forceful I. and convincing and was received with the most unstinted applause. . ; - After he"had finished there were loud calls for Hon; A. M. Waddell. Gov. Holt, Hon. W." M. Robbins and Chair man F. M. Simmons, each of whom re sponded in most happy and felicitous efforts, and were applauded to the echo. The attention, good order and ' patience of the vast audience were remarkable showing that they were deeply interested in the matters presented and discussed. CHARGED WITH FORGERY. ' A Tonus White Man Arretted to Passing ,-. . a Toi-ged Check.'. J - A young white man named Bruce Cos- tin, abont 25 years of age, - living near Ivanhoe, a station on the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley railroad., was brought to Wilmington late yesterday afternoon by officers who arrested htm; on the charge of forgery. Last Saturday a young man called at the store of Mr.- D. L.-. Gore and purchased a small quantity of . gro ceries, in payment for which he tendered a check for - $75 on the Bank of New Hanover, made payable to W. T. Moore and. signed "T &. Fs Simmons." - Mr. Gore accepted" the check! and paid the young man the difference in money, but oh presenting. it at the bank it was thrown out, the Messrs. "Simmons hav ing no account at the bank. J . . " v Instructions were 'then sent to the railroad agent at Ivanhoe to hold the groceries which had been marked and shipped to " W. T. Moore." - They were called for by Mr, Brucifejpostin. who was told that they would, not be delivered unless Moore came in person or gave a written . order for the goods. . Costin then left, but soon returned with an or der purporting to be signed by Moore, and was thereupon arrested. It is said that no such person asW. T. Moore lives in the neighborhood of Ivanhoe. - HEAVY RAIN. " Over Four Tnchfw in a Few Hours Streets Badly Washed. V - ' There was. a heavy rainfall in Wil mington yesterday. From 8 a. m. to 8 p. mi 4.14 inches was the' record at: the Weather Bureau station. The greater part of this was between 1.15 and 1.45 p. m. " : The streets were flooded and badly washed-out in many plates. On Mul berry street, between Frot and Water, a great' hole was made by, the torrents of water that flowed through the street. A brick wall between the Y. M. C. A. buildingand Mr. O'Brien's property ad joining, on Front street, was undermined by the flood and caved in, smashing three windows in the basement of the Y. M. C. A. building. ; There was, also, a bad wash-out undeY the railroad track at the freight depot of the W-t C &A R. R. on Nutt street. One end of the bridge on Sixth street over the railroad was undermined and fell in and the track was obstructed so as to delay the passage of trains until the debris was re moved by a force of railroad hands. At many other places in the city there were ugly breaks in the roadways.- The street hands will be busy for several days in re pairing the damage. WHAT, NEVER T WELL HARDLY EVER. Judge Bussell Bays He Would Not Ac cept the Third Party Nomination for ; Governor., ' A Star reporter met ex-Judge Rus sell yesterday and interrogated him as follows : , ;' Reporter What have you to say, for publication, concerning the rumor that Exum will be taken down, and that you will accept the second-hand hdnor? Judge Russell "I have heard noth ing of the rumor. I have received let ters suggesting that I be placed on the ticket, but have no"., reason to" believe that , the Third party ticket will be changed." J . Jn Reporter "Would you accept the nomination if tendered?". Judge Russell "I would not accept the nomination under anjj Circumstances, and am surprised that -any one should entertain an opinion toHhe contrary." Ko Third Partyites at Marlville. Mr. J. C Stanley, of Marlville, N. C, writes the Star : "It had been adver tised on my store for some time that one Sam King, formerly from, Pennsylvania and up to this year a noted Republican, but now of Kelly's Cove, N. C and the nominee for the Legislature from Bladen county on the Third party ticket, would speak at Marlville on Thursday night; but not a single man came out to hear him. One of my tenants said he knew there was no one, for he looked good. The would-be orator took the early freight train next morning. I tell you, you need not come in the vicinity of Marlville hunting Third partyites." Mrs. Adlai Btevenson. The Charlotte Observer gives the fol lowing pen-picture of Mrs. Stevenson. She is about five feet three inches high. She is on the brunette order, with large soft "brown eyes, a clear complexion, re gular features and an expression of kind liness and ready sympathy beaming from her eye. She has most charming manners gracious just to the point of quiet ease, she draws one irresistibly, in to the meshes of her charms. Perhaps after all though her chief charm is in her perfect naturalness. She is thor oughly en rapport with all, and makes each and all feel thoroughly at home with her. Such is the wife qf the dis tinguished Adial Stevenson and the woman who is destined' to share the honors of this great Republic with Mrs. Cleveland. The Costin Forgery Case. Bruce Costin the young white man arrested at Ivanhoe charged with forging a check for $75, signed "T. & E. Ses soms"(as told in the Star), was arraigned before Justice Jno. Cowan yesterday and after an investigation of the case was committed to jail in default of $200 bond for appearance at the. Criminal Court. Mr. D. L. Gore, upon whom the bogus check was passed, identified Costin as the man who presented it and pur chased a bill of groceries in the name of W. A. Moore. J For the State Senate. A correspondent of the Star at Rocky Mount writes : "Mr. Jacob Battle of this place was nominated last Friday at Nashville for the Senate, to fill the place of Rev. G. N. Duke, who declined a rfc nomination on account of its conflicting with his ministerial duties. Mr. Battle will make a good. representative and fill he position with satisfaction." '. Specimen Cases. S. H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis., was troubled with Neuralgia and Rheuma tism, his Stomach was disordered, his Liver was affected to an alarming degree, appetite fell away, and he was terribly reduced in flesh and strength. Three bottles of Electric bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd, , Harrisburg, 111., had a running sore on his leg of eight year's standing. .Used three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is sound and well. John Speaker Catawba, O., had five large Fever sores on his leg, doctors said he was incurable. One bottle Electric Bitters and one ! box Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold bv R. R. Bellamy's Drug Store. ' t RELENTLESS RUSSELL, THE EX-JUDGE UNSHEATHS HIS KNIFE" AND SHARPENS HIS PITCHFORK. BcathtaK Bertew ot tLe Bepublican Eeve nuers-Ttilnks the Presidential ProJ y pect Favorable to the Democrat-Bay8 - the Bepublican Party in New Han - over, a Kow Controlled, Cannot Find . a Man Who Could Give a Bond forthe - . value of a Lousy Calf. : A Star representative interviewed Hon. Daniel L. Russell yesterday for the purpose of ascertaining bis views on national and State politics with special reference to the Republican and Third party situation. In response to a num ber of questions the Judge expressed himself in very plain -and forcible language, it will be . observed that he has not abandoned U'.S intcn. uon. . expressed some weeks sincp. when hp 1mlarfl that i'nii.l r ... r- . ...oivau jl J(J1I0W ing the lead of the revenue gang, if they nominated a Statccket, he would "fol low them with pitcHTorks." Here is the deliverance of a Republican who is pro bably the ablest and most sagacious pol itician in his party in this btate : THE PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECT. -The Presidential prospect is regarded by thoughtful men to be lavorable t0 the Democrats. They do., not see how ' Harrison can win unless he diana, and many . Republicans regard that as next to impossible. As to New York, they do not see how the 50,000 ,. Democratic majority of last year is to be -i overcome with the election machinery largely in the hands of Democratic poli ticians. Besides, there are thousands of Republicans all over the-Nort,!! who are profoundly dissatisfied with theperform ance at Minneapolis. The Republican States were for Blame and yet the nomination was (given to Harrison by the votes of his office-holders, represent ing rotten boroughs which cannot give him a single vote. Independent men do not relish that kind of a dose. Some of them may swallow it, but they will not say that they love it. It is bad' enough 16 have a nomination purchased when it is paid out of the pocket of the benificiary. It is worse when it is psid . out of the National Treasury.- Blaine was slaughtered and Harrison got it by the votes of his hired heelers whose wages were paid out of the people's money. But we have got to stand it. just as you Democrats are swallswins your wrath and supporting Cleveland. THE NEGRO REVENUE TICKET. White Republicans of Eastern North Carolina will not support the negro reve nue ticket which Eaves and his gau? have put up in order to save the Demo cratic party. We will support the People's ticket, and it looks like thou sands of colored men will follow us; but if it should appear that the colored vote will go solidly for the negro ticket, then we would advise the People's party to withdraw their State ticket and appeal to all white men to vote the Democratic State ticket. Skinner was right in say ing what be did in the Raleigh conven tion, and the convention made a great mistake in not agreeing to it. The gang who control the Republican machine nrant tn drive all urhitp men nut ni the party in the negro belt, It they get the State their purpose is to turn over the negro counties- to negro government. V " 1 are ready to go to the full extent of supporting the Democratic State ticket 11 necessary to smasn tneir scnemes. 5 - Tf trio grrmf xrrt e mill. erc tA trio - pie's State ticket, the People's party will see that there is no danger of negro I 1 1 U -I government ana win nuiu ujgcuier anu the fight will be between their ticket and the Democrats for State offices. The white vote will divide. The Wea ver ticket will draw heavily from Cleve land. The Republicans who vote tine People's State ticket will support Har rison. Tbis is the only way to mak'e any showing for Harrison in tne State: Notwithstanding bis treatment of white Republicans in the South, his refusal to encourage and promote Confederate soldiers like Longstreet and Mosbly and Mahoneand Chalmers and Wise, we a,re for him because of the principles he cep resents. NEW HANOVER COUNTY. . I see that they have nom inated a frag ment of a ticket in New Hanover. They have left out the Sheriff and the Treas- A- ! TUi. K...n 11 .4 ., an .-,ro UlCli X 1X13 13 UUU3 All tlll SO disgusted that none of therri will affil iate with such a crowd. They have brought- the party in New Hanover to such a condition that for the offices of Sheriff and Treasurer they cannot find a man who cquld give the bond for the 1 Ar 1 1 T u w . r.K the colored people is to leave the matter of local government to the whites so long as the white people are kept sdlid by the conduct oi tne Republican machine man agers. The black man can be of no con sequence except when the white peqple are divided. So long as the colored vote is controlled by the present party man agement the white people will not divide. If the colored people . do not revolt against this leadership, the time is not distant when their disfranchisement will be as complete as it is in Mississippi and South Carolina. In one county in Mis-, sissippi there. are about 6,OO0l colored men and but of this number there are just 17 who can vote. THIRD PARTY LEADERS. A : Secret Sunday Conference With Prominent Republicans Marion B-.vler Will Continue His Canvass for General Weaver. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, Sept. 19. It was gathered from an interview with interested parties that the proposed sale of the Progressive Farmer was merely a business transac tion, suggested by W. J. Pell, attorney for the administrator of Col. L. L. Polk. The propertyv will be sold'to the highest bidder to make assets. . I Marion Butler left last evening to attend appointments. At a conference held Sunday matters pertaining to fill ing vacancies on the Third party ticket was the main business. No proposal was directly made to Butler to with draw, and would hardly been entertained if made. Prominent Republicans were called into the conference with Third party leaders, with closed doors. It can be safely stated that Butler will contin ue the canvass for Weaver. Mrs. Catharine-Williams, a widow: iaay, living at mat. Moore s, on tne uapc Fear river ia Bladen county, committed suicide last Saturday morning by drown ing herself in Mr. Archie Corbett's canal'. She tied her hands together and laid down in water about six inches deep and was found in this position. She is supposed to have been insane. Mr. Stevenson, Gov. Holt, Mr. Simmons, chairman of the State Execu tive Committee,' Senator Robbins and other distinguished guests, were enter tained last night ' after the speaking at the Tabernacle by the Cape Fear Club.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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