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' Ever since tbe protective tariff became an issue .between the Demo . cratic and the Republican parties the? people of this 4c)pntry have had to fight money in tbefr elections, and a great deaf bUtt1,'' for, the protected manufacturers who wanted to retain the protection they .had and to get more contributediyvery liberally to the Republican campaign funds and ant their mnnev h4ck with ernnA In. s -- : J s--- v teiesrwhen they won the elections; but never in all the political "history of this country has the contest been so emphatically one of dollars against men as now.jf Never has the Demo cratic party had concentrated against it so many agencies of combined v wealth as now. It is eminently anc literally a, campaign of dollars on '.oae side against reason argument and the masses on the other, and Is so regarded by the people and so prac- tically confessed by the agents 6f the combines against the people. 7: n - the typical This isjllustrated representative j of these combines, 1 the distinguished Mfirk Hanna, of Cleveland, Ohio. j j( Who is Mark Hanna ? j h nc is a wca.ua j iron maQuiaciurer tKjiiat city. He has made most of the - money which constitutes his large fortune out of! 7th s .. practical monopoly which he and others en gaged in that- industry ; enjoyed through that Mprotjefctipn?,:;V given . them by Republican tariffs. He was iuc man . wno, alter ; Mciiniey De came financially wrecked by the failure of some, manufacturing es -tiblishments in wbich he was inter- . ested,j started the subscription to pay iis debts, amounting to some-" thing like $100,000. j : " This does not reflect upon Mr McKtnley, who acted squarely in the : premises ' and surrendered all his property to make good his obliga tions, and, if the interest taken by Mr. Hanna had been inspired only by his high regard or friendship for Mr. McKinley it would have been: highly creditable to him, but there is ground for the suspicion, at least, ' that there was an ulterior motive in this not so creditable, and that ulterior motive was to put Mr. Mc Kinley under obligations to, him which would enable him to use Mr, McKinley later. ' j ' When the time came he put Mr. McKinley forward as his candidate for the Presidency, as the typical representative of himself and other, protetted; manufacturers. ' j He went about securing the nomi nation of McKinley in a business like way, and the campaign of dollars was inaugurated, a campaign which has grown since Hanna's success at St. Louis into one of phenomenal and almost incredible proportions. The Republican aspirants for the , nomination againstj McKinley could make no headway against the power of the dollars that Hanna secured to further- the candidacy of his man. After being frequently charged with 4,f at frying" . and I corruption, and after frequent'denials, he ' admitted, - when he had won his game and nom inated McKinley, that the nomina? tlon cost him $100,000, $60,000 of which was .contributed by others and ; $40,000 of which was famished by himself. It is perfectly natural and j consistent that the" manager who started out to nominate his candi' , date with dollars should rely upon dollars to secure bis election. ' r The money issde having become; the looming issue of the campaign, n spite of jHanna, who wanted i ; to! Put the tariff iutiA ta the front, he has been, enabled j to; secure the ccj operation of numerous U azencles Which he could not have enlisted if the tariff had been the leading issue; and securing the .co-operation of these he has been enabled to com mand a fabulous sam of money and make this the shameless campaign of dollars which it has become.; . The , ReDublicaln orcans ; ooealv ? boast of the colossal campaign fund mat Hanna has at fei rtnmmand. and ; bis coram taunt the Democrats with the pover . weir treasury as if ..this was an evidence of a bad .cause. Heretofore they were rather disinclined to admit that they had much money to spend or were spending much, f but now they gleefully herald the announce-, ment that Hanna has more money than any chairman of a Republican committee ever had" before, boast of It and glory in it 'as if it was i some thing to be proud of, and while thus boasting admit that they are placing their dependence on the corruption fund that , Hanna has secured, for that is what iHs. There is need for money in all political campaigns, for tnere are legitimate expenses which must be met, but there is no need in an honest campaign for the millions that Hanna has gathered. Isn't this an evidence that he and. themen who are co-operating with him for the election of McKinley are afraid of the American people and realize that if McKinley wins it must be by the free use of m6ney, and thus confess that this is an election where jdollars are arrayed against men, and where fraud and corruption are count ed upon to do a mighty part?; But if they realize this so do the people, and that makes the task of Hanna and his lieutenants alt the more dif ficult. If it is a contest of dollars versos men so the men realize that it Is a contest of men versus dollar?, and when . the manhood of Amer icans is thoroughly aroused as it is being by these defiant boastings of Hanna's hirelings : their manhood will assert itself and the horde of corruptionists with their dollars will be vanquished. ; j - WATCH THE B0SSZBS. The Republican managers in. this State have been using extraordinary efforts to get the names of Republi can .voters on the registry lists, and there is little doubt that they are registering many who are not voters in Xhe State. Uader the present reg istry law this is not a difficult matter if the man who registers is willing to take the chances of prosecution af terwards for illegal registering, but as very few of those, who are cor ralled for this purpose ' know any thing about this law or the penalties attached to illegal registering, and those -who corrall them take good care not to let them know anything about it, the prospect of punishment isn't a serious obsUcle in the way of this vilaliny. Along the border counties there are good opportunities for the Repub lican hustlers to get in this kind of work, and that they are doing it Is shown by the following which we clip from the Charlotte News ct Thursday last : "The Democratic managers have re liable information that South Carolina negroes are being colonized br the wholesale in this citv and county for the purpose of swelling the Republican vote in November. "A number are already ., spotted, anil will be prosecuted to the fall extent of the law if their names are illegally fonad on the registration booics. ' It is important that every Democrat be on the lookout for floating negroes, and keep the Democratic i Com mittee posted about the presence of sus picious characters. . "The registration feature of the new election law renders this olonizattoa comparatively easy. - ; -.j-. "The registrars must register every man who applies.no matter ii tbev know that be is not properly entitled to vote at that precinct. : He must be registered without question. ' That is the way the Populists and Republicans construe the law. y "It is well known that the registra tion of negro voters is larger than ever before, and it has been time and again reported that negroes from South Caro lina are being brought over Into this and: adjoining counties, and rushed to the registration dooks. 'It is the duty of every white man to look out" for these frauds at every pre cinct in the county, and to report every Instance to the Democratic committee so that it may be investigated and the fraudulent, voter prosecuted. . . - : The Republicans have no hope earrvinc South Carolina, but have? J v - t. , . - some - hope of carrying this State, which is clearly shown by the inter est they take and' the efforts they are making to get their. voters regis tered. - While nothing is lost by takr ing voters out of. South Carolina, which they ; look upon as beyond their reach, every voter they import from that State helDS them In this State. '..'v' :;-'..;..v-.-r',.v"; This rascally "game can be played in this end of the State and all along the Southern border as well as it can in Mecklenburg- and adjoining counties, and it doubtless will. be played unless Democrats are wide awake and keep an eagle eye on the registering and spot the Imported. HTJIOS KEHTIOS". The New York; World has for some time been making itself conspicu ously ridiculous by creating a great silver trust, alleged to be worth, In round numbers, $700,000,000, which isacking the fight for free silver, and it makes itself ridiculous again by publishing semi-occaslonally at tractively beaded accounts of the dilapidated condition of the treasury of the National Democratic Com mittee, in which there is much more truth than in. the :silver trust fake, which has been repeatedly exposed; But if there were any; truth . in the silver trust canard the Washington J Post; goiy standard, paper, hits the 1 esteemed World on tne neaa, ana thus shows how ; that kind of talk doesn't count in this campaign: f i "We have -more than once already pointed out the stupidity of the New York Worlds cackle over the alleged liver trust" and its wicked and nefari ous detigns upon the United States Treasury.- It seems fair to assume that u there were such a trust and it that trust had any sort of comprehension of Us own welfare the campaign fund of the Bryan committee would not be soetnp Trusts of all kinds look out for their selfish interests They are established for that purpose. The oil trust, the su gar trust, the whole lot of them, were or ganized for the purpose of making money. .They seek legislation which pro tects and oppose legislation which threatens them..- That is their right as well as their profit and they would be fools and cowards if they did not exer cise it. We argue, therefore, that if there were a silver trust, and if it were ani mated b?( intelligence enough to equip a canary bird, ; it would ba' fighting for Bryan just as resolutely and industrious It as the other trusts are "now fighting for McKinlev. , iu "And why not?v Is there anything wicked in a business corporation seeking Us own advantage ?v How Jong would any commercial or industrial- concern last which made a practice Of 'neglecting that advantage? Men do not put their money Into such enterprises for the pur pose of frittering it away. They do not organize industrial or financial schemes and then sit idly by when their fortunes,' for good or evil, are at stake. Nobody seems to see any barm in the banks, the manufacturers, the 'representatives of aggregated wealth, contributing to the McKinley cause, nor' does , any body doubt that they are prompted in this by the ' pure and simple j and nniluted desire to promote their own, interests. Only very - ignorant and very credulous persons take stock in the tears that are shed over the workingman by the corporations. Everv one of in telligence understands that the corpora tions are anxious chiefly for themselves. And, as we have shown, this is as proper as it is natural and logical. r f "Why, then, supposing that a Combina tion of silver mine owners really exists, nould these gentlemen refrain from do ing what otner capitalistic combinations are doing ? We see no evidence of the alleged .silver trust, but why, if there be one, should it not consider its interests ? Why should it be reviled!and denounced for action that is regarded as'noble and patriotic in other trusts? Is the liberty oi wnich we boast reserved for sound money corporations oniy ?" It is said that Manager Hanna is now giving attention to the wheat market, because he has come to the conclusion that the condition of the wheat market will have no little in fluence on the chances of his candi date, McKinley. Wheat has raised in price lately because of a foreign demand In 1 consequence of a short age in the world's supply, but for all this the market is speculative and fluctuates, being up one day and down another. " If it should drop materially it would ;' seriously affect McKinley, and hence it is to the interest of the men who are backing him to keep it up, and to boom it as the time of election draws nigh. They can do this very easily and without putting a great deal of money in it or losing much. M These schemers who buy and sell under this arrangement need never deliver, and they can fix the litttle matter of mar gins between themselves without any body else being the wiser. This also. accounts to some extent for the ad vance in the price of stocks which they hasten to inform the public is the result of "returning confidence" and the "growing conviction" that McKinley will be elected. There is plausibility in the report that Hanna has organized a big pool, command ing about $5,000,000, to buy and boost wheat in Chicago, bnt whether the amount be exaggerated or not there is little doubt that he and his co-workers are manipulating the wheat pit. . ; I; V-;; j vUl There is one thing that bothers the Washington Post, which is ; for gold, rhich it gives expression to thus : The truth is that the only features of the present campaign which tend to shake our absolute faith, in the virtue of. the gold standard is the unanimity and the eagerness with which the British newspapers are urging as to perpetuate it." British financiers roped this country into the adoption of the gold standard and it is only natural that they and the pa pers which speak for them should urge its perpetuation. It is business with them. They are sucking the orange,..: I'.:- V , - . ;Vr- Does the Louisville Courier jourtial give it up ? It reproduces the New York Htralfs table forecasting the result of the election, which 'gives Bryan 210 votes and McKinley 237. Included in the States given to Mc Kinley are Michigan, with 14 ( votes, and West Virginia with 6. The Courier-Journal marks these with a star, and adds in a foot note tnat these States are ."likely to Incline to Bryan." ; As Bryan needed only 14 votes, in the Herald's showing, to be elected,1 and as Michigan and West. Virginia would supply 20, or 6 more than necessary, this looks as . if the L,- C.-. might be giving it up. ; Judging from some of the pictures we see wu jeioxnam, vjoyernor elect of Florida, resembles Hbn.Tom Reed. ; But . politically be isn't built like Tomand doesn't xesemble him any more than a nice red -apple does a pumpkin. - v - Hon. Tom - Reed announced that he would speak only in the doubtful States, and; now he. has 'been talk ing to the 3ostonians. - Bid Bryan leave an ugly trail" in Massachu setts, too ? . . WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 165 1896. - CAROLINA CENTRAL Rk R- CO. Btookholden' Meeting Heaolutlon Xc - doraing Uis UanMement of tha Com- - . ' Tifly Olreotors and Offloeis " , Elected jror- ih Kna- 1 -Ing Tiw. . - : The annual meeting of stockholders of the Carolina Central Railroad Com pany was held yesterday " stternoon, at 100 o'clock at the general office of the company in this city. ' - Mr. Jas. C Stevenson was called to the chair, and Mr. T- H. Sharp, by re quest, acted as secretary. - ' Report ot the committee appointed to verify proxies showed that the total of 11,840 shares of stock 1135 were represented in perso or by proxy. : After the reading of the annual re ports of the President and "Treasurer of the Company, Mr. T. Aug, Johnson, of os William street, New York represents over two million the securities of the Company, the meeting He stated that he in the New York Sun and other attacks upon the management lairs ot the Seaboard Air Line: tne taroima-Central constitutes' a Dart. which articles alleged that the interests -cf the security-holders of the company were.rmhlessly sacrificed and the physi cal r condition ox the . roads being . im paired by the mismanagement, of the Line, and he deemed it expedient upon the part of the stockholders, in view of the totally different condition of affairs of the company as presented in the an nual reports exhibited to them, to pass resolutions in approval of the business sagacity and - excellent management which had characterized the conduct of the company's operations. x - i - Mr. Johnson then submitted the reso lutions, which were read, as follows: Whereas, alarmist reports have re cently appeared in the daily press indi cating great losses and grievous mis management on the part of the Officer! of the Seaboard Air Line; and, whereas, the official report presented hv the man agement of the Carolina Central Rail road company, a part of said system, shows : a; large ; increase ; in net earnings over last year, and a large sur plus over operating and - fixed charges. tggetner with many valuable improve ments, and . betterments to roadway; therefore, be it Resolved, That the stockholders of the Carolina Central Railroad Company hereby express their grateful recognition to tne management ior sucn increase oi earnings and increase of the company's plant, and their confidence in the prac tical wisdom and. business capacity of its officers in conducting the affairs of the company. Mr. G. J. Boney expressed bis high appreciation of the facts as stated in the resolution, and moved the adoption of the resolution. . i - Mrf l. C. Stevenson, the chairman. stated that he took pleasure : in putting the resolution betore the meeting, the conclusions and sentiments expressed being luuy coinciaed in Dy mm. '. The - resolution was - unanimously adopted, and Mr. -Hoffman expressed his appreciation of the compliment paid him and his officers. - t - . The resignation of Mr. John Gill, ot Baltimore, as a member of the Board of Directors, was read and accepted. An' election for directors was then held and the following were chosen, viz : R. C. Hoffman, Baltimore; T- A.ng Johnson, A. J. Onderdonk. New York; G. X: Boney, I. C Stevenson. Wilming ton; Geo. N, Moale, W.. H. Blackford, J. L. Mims, Baltimore;: J. ' H. Sharp, Portsmouth, Va.; D. A. Tompkins. Charlotte: Charles D. risbec Baltimore, The only change made in the old Board ot Directors was the election of Mr. Moale, of Baltimore, in place of Mr. John Gill, resigned. - Messrs. John F. McNair and W, E Springer were elected directors to rep resent the Carolina Central Railroad Company in meetings of the Wilming ton Bridge Company. -1 Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows t- President R. C. Hoffman. V.ce President Emitt St. lohn. Secretary and ' Treasurer John H Sharp. - r he meeting tnen aaiourned. After adjournment of the meeting. President Hoffman. Vice President St. John, Treasurer J. H. Sharp and others accompanying the party, left in a special car on the 320 p. m. tram on the Caro lina Central for Portsmouth, Va. ' ' r 8ohooner Iioat M Baft-Only Two Bur- TlTOrt. - Messrs. Geo. Harriss, Son & Co., ship brokers, received information yesterday of the loss of the American schooner Gov. fas YSSmith, which foundered at sea while on a voyage from this port to Ponce, P. R with a cargo -of lumber. Report says that two of the crew (names not mentioned) were picked up by a passing vessel and landed at Macoris, Havti. " The Gov. as Y. Smith sailed lrom Wilmington on the 8th of Septem ber.' Her master, Capt. Andrew fat- rick, was a well known frequenter of this port for the past fifteen years or more, and has many friends here who will hear with sorrow of his death. The first mate of the vessel. Harry fierce, was a native of Beaufort, N. C. Saeaped from JaU. - - The Fayetteville Observer . says that four prisoners escaped from the jail there last Saturday morning. The escapes are: Henry Simpson, in for rape, whose trial for his life at the last term of the court resulted in a disagreement -of the jury; Henry Dickson, a Federal prisoner, and said to be a desperate ban; Colin Mc Neill, awaiting trial for larceny, and Isaiah McDnffie. in for non-payment of costs. , ' i - High Tide at Ooaan View.; ... J ; ; The tide at Ocean View yesterday about noon was the highest in twenty years; yet very little damage was done. Mr. S. VanAmringe. who went down to the beach and 'returned last evening, said that outside of the loss of some pil ing put down in front of the bath house the damagewould . not exceed twenty- five dollars. Some of the steps to the cottages were washed up by the high waters, but not carried off. The wind was not high. . - 1 : The only residents now on the beach are the families of Mr. B. F. Hall and Mr. E. J. Powers. 1 The latter yesterday went over to Wrlghtsville to spend the night. " Colored Man Drowned. ' . - Joe West, a young colored man about 21 years of age, was drowned in the river near the Champion Compress yes terday morning. He was standing on the end of a pier at Messrs. Sprufft & Sons' wharf, when he was seized with a fit and fell intathe river. , His body bad not been reco vered up to a late hour last evening. West was retarded as a half witted fellowand bad been subject to fits for some rime . dollars of I ' ; . -v j It . ' ,: . . 1 " ! : r- : 1 : From Maine to Texas The Tide of; Foblic Opinion Is All FaYoraMe i to :Paine's Celery Congressman Bell of Colorado o to Health by Paine's There is just now no lack of, news from the Western States, Psblic opinion in Colorado and Iowa is as promptly and accurately heard of as from any New Englang State. ; From all over the West come reports that Paine'a celery compound occupies practically a clear field In - the cure of diseases arising from a tired or other wise impaired nervous sjstem. - -' No other remedy was ever used py so many men oi souna ana reuaDie juag ment. No remedy but Paine's celery compound has ever been recommended by so conspicuously lair-minaea a do ay of men and women. The: half-hearted experimental efforts of scores and scores of saraaparillas, tonics and so-called ner vines, with which the market is con stantly recruited, are in startling con trast with the confident because thor oughly scientific way in which Paine's celery compound sets about restoring health and vigor to the worn out body. Why will people be siny enough to ieoDardize their lives and lessen their chances of getting well byUkingaay-, thing else f --:f 'r :"' v . p-.-i--.-, There is no help so sure and so imme diate as one gets from the use of Paine's celery compound. Detailed information of innumerable - cases of rheumatism. neuralgia and dyspepsia, completely cured, has established this great invig orator as the most valuable remedy those run down in health can make- use of. -. -. . j. -. ir--: : -' y: j--. j -: Women whose stock of nervous energy was well nigh exhausted have been re- D0CKERY SPEAKS AND CONFRONTS M'KINLEY, PRITCH ARD, RUSSELL AND OTHERS WITH THEIR RECORDS. Free BilvarZOu Only Balva ion from tne Bule of the Honey Comblnea and tha ' Croablnz Dstpotlam cf Oold. :' To the Voters of North Carolina :: ' Mangtjm, N. C, September 30. In view of the complicated political conditions by which we are surround ed, I deem it proper to state fully my. position. j- .J--'- '-r 1v ' I.believe the approaching election is the most important one that you have been called updn to participate In. Whatever may be the result, the strong common sense of the man hood of America will array itself on that side which believes in the arbi trament of the ballot, and while this election may not be accepted as final recourse will continue to be had to the ballot,' until prejudice, Ignor ance and pernicious thought shall have been eliminated from the contest, and by a: process r of judicious reasoning, -t one side has gained ra permanent victory. The silver forces will not disband. It is the battle of the great common people f or ,the people s money, and their standard will not be furled un til the victory is won and they are prosperous. ": - V-T : "- - Financial reform overshadows all other issues in this campaign, and until that is settled, the people, can not be cajoled or driven into political byways. He that is not for the re habilitation of silver, is against it, nor can a profession in favor of silver to-day and for gold after next March hoodwink -even the most ignorant. The Issue is squarely with us, and must be squarely met. ,- X A: ' I am a silver. Republican, and, as such, am constrained to cast mv vote for Bryan lor President as the only feasible way. to secure the free coin age of silver, and with this declara tion goes my support of every man down to constable who is favorable to that cause. I fail to see any honesty in a genuine silver man sup porting a gold-bug for President,, or any other office whereby he may be enabled to further retard the course of silver money. ; Unlike Mr. McKinley, I have not changed my views on this question.. Only about four years ago, in Con-: gress, he voted for silver to day he stands for the gold standard .and for all the evil lt carries along with it. I have never been for the gold stand ard, and while I regret the necessity which compels me to sever my con city, who r - "' - r- - -' : . .addressed lt" f ' V&fe&vT:.,. - a. '. 1 . , bad read I lWMM&&&ttX' . ' ' -SH omt? papers. Ti AJr . . of which I .f-H Ji4:iAU:!l::;inmm :fSmWmMm r: ' i i -Componni : . One of Those Recently Restored ; ... i. " Celery Compound .a... 4 SmImI ; rMiaar1 afota At I flu'cu. l" " " I :;r" "r M,:v"v Paine'a celerv comDound is the ereat- J est achievement in modern medicine. It banishes weakness and pain as surely as its famous contemporary; the electric lieht. dispels darkness. Paine's celerv compound frees the bodv of vicious humors that cause kid ney and liver complaints. Only a great remedy based on a deep knowledge of these diseases could do the work that Paine's celery compound is now doing. Better- nutrition for the nerves, an awakened appetite, purified blood and complete assimilation these follow the conscientious use of Paine's celery com- Dound as surely es dav follows night. If vou are alarmed by a throbbing of the heart, an irritable stomach, or gen eral debilitv. be fair with yourself, use the best means there is. examine what Paine's celery compound is doing. It has cured an astonishing number of men and women of Bright s v. disease, rheu matism, : neuralgia, heart r and ' liver trouble. ; No sufferer can pass lightly over the remarkable record that Paine's celery compound, hss to show : to every . sick and ailing person'. - ' Among the thousands of testimonials received this year is one recently sent by. Congressman John C Bell, of Colorado. whosavs be has' used three bottles of this best of all remedies - for dyspepsia and rheumatism, with, the .most satisfac tory results. Among the testimonials; received since January there have beenj no less than 16 from Congressmen lrom different States. nection temporarily with a party that has honored : me, and ? one : which I: have gone out in all weather to serve, yet my conscience tells me it is right in order to secure the end in view financial reform at the hands of the friends, not r the enemies, of silver. Furthermore, in advocating this cause I do not feel loneseme in company with a Grant, a Blaine, a Matthews, a Teller, a Dubois, and even a Mo Kinley, up to four years ago. j Nor do I consider myself more of a trai tor 1 than :- the aforesaid ; illustri ous Republican statesmen, and Mc Kinley's body-servants and satellites,! nTt i i n i T n t . xruuuciiu, jrcarsuu sou xwusscii, wuu, within a twelve months were setting; Khe woods afire for free silver,' but navmg oeen nannaizea, are now goldbugs. Only last spring their cry was McKinley-and silver, and it js well known that a goldbug had little chance to be elected as a delegate to the St. Louis convention the afore said combinatiorr' swept this State and Went to St. Louis for free silver, Why this precipitous change of base? How much brazen effrontery does it require Jto denounce others who did not go to St. Louis to be hypnotized by Hanna in a short interview, and then flop over to the gold standard ? At our state convention, just one month before, the platform, a crea tion of .Senator Pritchard, and sup posed to be inspired from Ohio, said: "We favor the use of gold and silver - as ; standard ; money and the restoration of silver i to its functions and dignity as a money metal." , - :i A '- ' Whereas the "creation Of Hanna at the behest of the gold syndicate, says :' mk,:- i-.v ' ."We are unalterably opposed to our currency of to impair the credit of our country. We are, therefore, op posed to the free coinage of silver except by international agreement with the leading Commercial nations of the world, which we pledge our selves to promote, and until such agreement cab be obtained the ex! isting gold ; standard must Je pre served.'- - Mr. McKinley, In a speech by him in the Presidential campaign of 1892, before the Ohio Republican league, in speaking of Mr. Cleveland, said : "Daring all his years at the head of the Government lie was dishon oring one pt our' precious metals, one of our great products, discredit ing silver and enhancing gold." - "He was determined to contract the circulating medium and demone tize one of the coins of commerce; limit the volume of money among the people, make money scarce and t therefore dear. - 1 "He would have increased the NO. 51 value of money and diminished the value of everything, else, : making money the master and everything eiseiis servant, lie was. not tmnx ing of the 'poor then. He had left 'their side.' He was not standing lortn in 'their defense. Cheap coats. cheap labor and, dear! money. He the sponsor and promoter of these, professing to stand guard over the poor and lowly! K Was there ever more glaring inconsistency of reck less assumption ? He believes, that poverty is a blessing to be promoted ana encouraged, ana tnat a shrink age in value of everything but money is a JMationai Denetaction. v ; - In his letter of acceptance Mr. McKinley says, near the beginning and under the subject "No benefit of labor," referring, to silver as fol lows; "It would not make labor easier: the hours of labor shorter, or the pay better, jit would not make 'farming less laborious or more profitable. It would not start a factory nor make a demand for anl additional 1 day's la oor. n would not add to the com fort of the masses, the capital of the people or the wealth of the nation." ) If McKinley was right then he is wrong now, but the syndicate made him take his medicine and hishench men "here who went to SU Louis for silver gladly say "me tob'Mnd want what was left to this medicine. How about Senator Pritchard's re cord? In a speech in Congress, he said : "I am a friend of silver and believe it soouid be restored to its dignity as a precious metal." And he signed a paper - with Senators Teller, Mantle, Dubois and other Republican Senators declaring that, "The unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 by the independent action of the United States" is the only method possible of securing the people of the jUuitea btates from the impending danger of the dltterence of exchange between gold standard countries." Senator Pritchard further said: "I have proved my loyalty to the cause of silver by my vote in the Senate. My record will parallel Senator But ler's on that great and vital Question p?ey refiectot only the sentiment I nf tn ftAnnlA that. T rmrpvnt hnr they express my honest convictions anrl mw hnnact nnrnncA tA aasn-A an - g r ' - American system Of finance. Bnt the Senator also said October u, xoao: ."i consiaer tnat iree traae and gold monometallism are twin brothers, and he who courts gold monometallism invites the disasters which must follow in the wake of free trade." : ;;. The Senator might now add that the McKinley plank now favoring a continuance of civil service is an other free trade idea imported from isn gland. .. : . - ' - ,-. i But when was the Senator consci entious on the money .question then; or now whenheis trying to switch off the tarifly well knowing that no tariff brings employment in the pro tected cotton factoriestfo a single one of the 100,000 Norfi Carolina ne groes. The Senator views on 'the' money question have likewise been shared, by,. Pearson, Russell. and Others , who are for McKinley,-and also by : Walser, who unfortunately occupies a straddling attitude on the co-operation ticket in the hope of fooling both Republicans and Popu lists out of an omce. I have shown you not only the in consistencies of some of the so-called leaders, but also that they have been very favorable to the 53-cent' dollar until recently. But as to the 53-cent dollar was it not amenable to the same charge in : 1888, when .McKin ley voted for free coinage, and was it not on the same grounds; equally to be discredited in 1892 when Mc Kinley so ably defended1 silver ? What became of this charge only a few months ago when Pritchard, Pearson and Russell so gallantly es poused the cause Of the white metal ? They claim to be Republican lead ers: now what sort of a devious lead Is this ? . ... v; The fact is demonetization alone has caused the decline in the value of silver bullion. When that infam ous act was surreptitiously passed the silver dollar was worth more than the gold dollar, but since then it has been steadily declining, and now, when silver has been discred ited', by the Government, refused mintage and the law for its payment of Government obligations openly violated, the demand for it has de creased and the bullion has Value only fonts use in tne arts -it is no longer a money metal. - i 1 ; L Remonetize it: admit it to the mints, coin it into the standard, dol lars and then : contrast the money value of each ' metal. If conditions were reversed and the seal of con demnation set on gold, and silver alone was honoied, then, indeed. would like results follow.' The peo ple should see to it that the jugglers and their-henchmen, the pie counter fellows, keep their hands off the money, of the fathers. : ? r isismarck tne wisest statesman in Europe, r advises America to go it aloneitake the lead and other na tions will follow. - v( 1 v I Shall we longer submit to the self Ish greed of England whose states men declare that as she is the credl tor nation of the world, debts must be paid in gold. Ours is a debtor na tion and our people are alarmingly embarrassed by this, monied strain upon their every interest this des truction of the money in which they might pay their indebtedness. How need we fear results, with our abun dant resources, our unrivalled facili ties and our unprecedented Vim and push? - We ; want and must have good money no sane man thinks or de sires otherwise; aad the term sound money is merely a catch phrase used by demagogues for purposes of de ception. v ' , If, then, the gold standard has prostrated your : dear interests, of what remedial use will the election of McKinley be when he proposes to pursue the line ot policy : dictated by wan streets Shyiocks? The effort to maintain the present gold standard under-Cleveland has already-cost the people two hun dred and sixty-two million dollars in bonds, which will hang as a mort- i . r12j ". - ... Absoluteiy Pure. A Cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength, .r . Latest United States Government - Food Report; j- i- o: ;, ;. ..V-' . i. r ROYAL1 BAKING POWDER Co.. '';. - ' New York.;;; gage over your1 children for gener ations to come. Let us come back to genuine bimetallism the . mint age of both gold and silver the metals of the constitution,. ' the money of our fathers and the poor -man's only acquaintance and friend. : Dear' money makes - cheap labor. cheap . products, cheap- clothings, -cheap' food and a cheap people. Dear money-makes It easier for the few to control-the masses..- Already, our countjy Is rapidly losing the prestige of an immensely prosperous ; people through the concentration of all money into the hands of a few : , men and the consequent destruction . of the great middle class, the back bone of every country and the v; making of millions of paupers, v ' " The west and bout a must come together and redeem the fame of the nation by securing the; enactment of : wise, just and equal laws for all citi zens alike. : . -. ". i : A -1 ' -: ': . ; ., When a Pxesidentlal nomination is put up for sate through a (,'f at frying" process it is time ior tne people to resent it. No more glaring instance . of public degeneracy and debauchery - ever characterized the later days of, the Roman Empire than we have : lately witnessed in the Hannaizing system adopted In our: country. ... ;i . r4 ; When money Is plentiful the peo- i S pie are prosperous, not otherwise. If you have plenty of money go ahead ; and help the Shyiocks make that money harder for others to get and therefore delude and,-content your-' ; self in the belief that everybody is happy, that everybody can get em plby ment at big wages, and that no body wants an office! except for the : honor of the thing, if you are a gold-bug " vote that ticket, if not, don't stultify your principles by help- ing to put a gold-bug in any sort of an office. I would remind Republicans that free silver is one' of the 'most cherished principles of the Populist party, and also that but, for this party some Republicans would not have ' made such an unseemly scramble for nominations. The"' sudden jrpx. saults and flimsy reasons threfor only, be .equalled by. RjasselJ's au dacity in seeking the Support of a race whom he denounced in 1888rin declining to run on; the RepnlK';Catr ticket, as "largely) savage' and rogues." How can any self - ipect ing colored man endorse ha will not the brand of savage andr thief be lnaetaceapjy stampedjjpoBrhis brow ? Won t he be a self-admitted outcast unworthy the high privileges of citi zenship ? v r : :'J"'' . : :4 "ii' ;' "Truth is irresistible in a time when public confidence ' is- badly shaken; the people's measure of op pression, " misery, misleadings ' and disappointments is full; as also in a time when the ball of fate has fallen into the easy reach of almosN every honest and : patriotic citizen, and when there Is intelligence. and wis dom enough to nut it in motion." The ballot Is your power start that ball in motion and secure your disenthrallment. '! .7 r Respectfully, O. H.DOCKERY. V. SEABOARD AIR LINE. Frealdanc Hoffman Makaa a Statement Oon oarnlnc BTagotiatlona ' for a': Control. - -t , ling lateral in tna JTropartlaa. ' ' : . By Telegraph to the Morning; Star. , ; Baltimori, October 10. Mr. R. Cur- ' zon Hoffman, President of. theS. A.-L. Railroad. returned. from a Southern trip , - ' " j to-day. To a Southern Associated Press reporter he ! made the 'following state- ' ment regarding the status of the nego tiations for the .controlling interest in ' the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad, which' .'. is the parent company 1 of the Seaboard ' Air Line sysum : ...r... .. I am ooeratiB2"the Seaboard Air Line in the Interest, of its stockholders. 3 Warned of coming trouble a number of large owners have pooled our shares in - the bands of a committee in whose abil- ity and integrity -1 have ' absolute - - confidence. That committee .is in control of V ithe situation, and ... V .' advise all stockholders to sign the pool ing agreement without- hesitation or de- -lay, as it ensures fair treatment to all signers alike. Beyond this, I have noth- .. ing to say, except that I have given four yeari of unceasing care to the property V at great cost to myseiri, ana nave received ; lor my service f io.uuu salary pr W,mt and not $87,000. as has been reported." Mr. Hoffman s admission that the situ- 1 v ation is in control of tbe pooling com- - mlttec is regarded as significant. This is v believed to mean that ihe New Yoik syndicates will have jto secure control through the committee Mr. Hoffman re fers to. - - :. . 'T" ., Gen. Gill, however, is still receiving - options and -reports that stockholders . are signing his agreement daily. ,i ; Columbia. S. C, October 10. tn f ; :' ' accordance with the constitutional prof v ; ; vision prohibiting one road from pur chasing within -the limits of the . State V' - of south Carolina a parallel line, tne Attorney General of the State has ' written Messrs. Ryan $ Thomas re- t questing them to furnish the State Rail road Commission with evidence that in the purchase of the Port Royal road they are not acting for the Southern - Railway.' - - -.r.i.-.,., , T FIRE AT MURFREESBORO. c .n Hotlre' Block Bumad Iiom $40,000, Witn Smalt Inanranoo. ' ' - -' " 1 By Telegraph to Monuna Star. . . Nqkfolk, Va.. October 10. A spe cial to the Virginian from Murfrees ooro. N. C, states that a fire, which or iginated in a kitchen, swept away an en tire block In that town to-day. ' Among the buildings burned was the Episcopal Church and E. E. Rice's grccery, the latter quite an extensive establishment. Tbe total loss is estimated arabout $40, 000 ; insurance very slight. :1 :) r F
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Oct. 16, 1896, edition 1
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