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NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY, JULY 19,1890.
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THE RATIONAL DEMOCRAT.
the Popular North Carolinian and thi
Sub-Treasury,
yatlonal Democrat.
There is no safer counsellor in tin
Democratic party than the distin
guished Senator from North Caro
lina, Zebulon B. Vafice. He is the
idol of his people at home, for they
have unlimited confidence in his
wisdom. If his counsels had been
listened to in 1860, wfe should have
had no great Civil War—at least not
then, for he declared boldly for the
Union. But when the war cauieon
lie went bravely with and, for the
people whom he loved. Every honor
the State of North Carolina could
confer baa been given him almost
without the asking; and so faithful
has he been to every trust that he is
now everywhere known as the peo
ple’s friend. When, therefore, re
cently, the farmers of the country,
feelingas they justly do, that the
laws of the land discriminate against
them unjustly, organized themselves
for self protection and began to look
Around for a leader,; their eyes
‘ Saturally rested on Zeb Vance.1
To him they turned to introduce
the Sub-Treasury bill, a measure
- that seemed to promis the relief they
So much needed. Mr. Vance intro
duced it “by request.” This left
■him of course free to consider the
Mil carefully on its merits and he did
*o. '
the nleau time it was natural
the farmers should look with favor
on any preposition to put them . on
equal footing with those for whose
benefit they had been so King rob
bed and plundered by the iniquitous
legislation of the Republican party
—the ntohey-kings and the protect
ed manufacturers; So there has
Ivon a mighty movement in favor
tit theSub-Treasury bill, and farm
ers, especially in the South, hhve
been demanding of their representa
tives pledges to support it. Of course
these Representatives were anxious
td do stf. They naturally desired to
please their constituency. But when
they examined it objectionable fea
tures began to appear, going even to
tbe vefy principle on which . the bill
was founded, and so one after au
bther leading men in the House and
Senate came out and declared the
bill to be unwise, inexpedient and
inconsistent with the Constitution,,
which every legislator is sworn to
Support.
Many of these gentlemen knew
whell they gave their opinions that
a majority of their constituencies fa-'
vored the bill; but to their lasting
Credit* be.it said, that not one single
prominent Democrat of the House
or Senate has hesitated, when called
to give his opinions freely, even at
the risk of defeating his re-election
—all ot them against tne mu. oo
Unanimously has this opinion luvu
given even in the face of danger ,to
themselves that the story has been
put into print thatucaucus was held
on the question by the ' Democrats
in Congress. This is absolutely
false, and as -silly as it is false.
Detaocrats agree on this opinion
just for the same reason that they
alt stood together, whether from,
the North, or South on the iniqui
tous Federal Election bill that has
. jilst passed the House and fought it
as one inan, just as they all stood
together now on the unjust tariff
laws of the Republican party. The
country is to be congratulated, on
•;<the spectacle. Lord Brougham many
years ago declared that constitution
al government1 would fail in Amer
ica, because men) Parliament har
riers would never stand in the way
of personal ambition, but this pro
phecy is never to come true so long
the Democracy, comprising, as it
does now, more than half the voters
of the country, shall have loaders;
patriotic enough to sacrifice them
selves rather than violate the Con
stitution, This is the spirit of the old
Roman who rode into tbo gulf that
hu might save his country. How
- etrapgo it will be if Democrats shall
allow thomselves to be persuaded by
self-seeking politicians to set aside
ncnuuw> hs uiese ror tiie sake
of a measure which cannot by any
■ possibility ever become law. In
deed, there'ia not u prominent man
,in either party to-day in public life
who has declared for the bill..
Certainly t he Democracy never can
advocate it without sacrificing that
spirit of devotion and love for the
Constitution which holds theta to
gether to-day as a Wild of brothers
from the North, South. East and
.West, battling against unjust taxa
tion, against Federal election laws,
and for the autonomy of the State
forever., Most assuredly the Demo
cratic fanners of America, when they
, look this question squarely in the
face, will conclude that the class leg
islation of which they now so justly
complain cannot be remedied by oth
er legislation just as objectionable
and even more palpably in viola
tion of the Constitution. The true
remedy is to be found in those ideas
for which Democrats contend.
And the lines on which the battle
for the increase of the currency and
the reduction of taxation are to-be
fought lie straight before us. The
battle is to be between the Democra
cy on the one side' arid the Republi
can party on the other. The Re
publicans favor the issue. They are
seeking to strengthen themselves in
position by Federal election laws and
every other possible legislative de
vidfe; The Democracy needs, in this
light all the experience, all the abili
tyjt can master. This is no time 1
for briuging untried material to the
front;
There hits been danger that the
quarrel in Democratic ranks over the
Sub-'ffeasury scheme would deprive
their party in. the House of some of
those whose services are indispensa- j
ble in an hour like this, But the!
"National Democrat hopes that this
danger is fast passing away. Sure
ly the true Democrats of the coun
try in face of the overwhelming tes
timony as to the impracticability and
uneonstitutionality of the Sub
Ti'casury scheme will not permit
themselves to be driven away from
the-support of those, whom they
have heretofore trusted, simply be
cause these leaders have had the
courage of their, convictions. They
ought rather to be honored for-their
fidelity to trust. The letter of Sen
ator Vance will go a long way to
convince many who have heretofore
favored the Sub-Treasury scheme
that it is thoroughly impracticable.
Many will reluctantly come to this
conclusion—-noiio perhaps more re
luctantly than the Senator himself,
yet that is the conclusion he has ar
rived at.
To those Republicans who have
entered Democratic alliances with
the intent' to break up the Demo
cratic party, Senator Vance’s rea
soning will not be satisfactory,- nor
can any amount of Democratic au
thority be sufficient to-convince
men who for their own political ad
vancement are making use .of the
present discount among the farmers.
Neither can any argument whatever
be successfully addressed.: to those
who are now profiting pecuniarily
by advocating the Sub-Treasury;
scheme. It is not to be exjrmlud
that they will relinquish their prof
its. But the Democratic farmers of
the country will think for themselves
they will weigh the arguments pre
sented by such men as Senator
Vance, Carlisle, Coke and other
trusted leaders, and when they do
there need be no fear for the in
tegrity of the Democratic party, al
ways the truesjt and best friend of
the people.
A Spilt in, the Convention.
The Gveensbdro Patriot of Friday
says: Last Saturday the Republicans
tried to hold a convention at Dob
sou in Surry county. On count
ing noses, the anti-Brower men
were found to be in the majority
and the covention was postponed.
On Monday, the Brower moir being
in the majority, concluded to have
the • convention. L- 3: Norman
was made chairman, very soon S.
M. Holton, who is anti-Brower to
the’core raised a racket and the
fun began; The chairman knocked
Holton down with » oh air and
the roeetwig,adjourned sine die. *
HcNtTY M. STANLEY MARRIED.
Wedded to Miss Tennant in London
Yesterday.
London, July 13. -The marriage
o£ Henry M. Stanley and Miss Dor
othy Tennant took place to-day in
Westminster Abbey. Mr. Stanley
showed the effects? of the illness by
which he was attacked yesterday,
and he was compelled to use a stick
to assist him in walking to and
ftom tlie altar. The abbey was
crowded with friends of the bride
and groom.
Early in the day crowds had col
lected in the vicinity of Westmin
ster Abbey, and at the residences of
the bride arid groom and the "eontj
gous streets were blocked with a
Surging mass of humanity. At 1
45 p. m., the members of Miss
Tennant's family. Mr. Gladstone,
Baroness Burdett (Joints and hus
band. Sir Win. McKinnon end Sir
John Kirke, tlie African, traveller,
entered the building. As the hands
of the clock indicated the hours of
1:55 p. in., Mr. Stanley, looking ill
and nervous, and leaning upon the
arm of his best man, Count Do Ar.
ocla,. the represent alive of King Leo.
pold, of Belgium, entered the door.
Mr. Stanley walked with so much
ditiieulty that lie reciuired the assis
tanee of a cane in addition to the
support of the Count’s ami. Re
was closely followed by a a umbel
of his late African comrades.
The bride was attired in a mag
nificent toilet, of white corded silk,
entrain, with the traditional veil
and orange blossoms, fas tended with
diamonds. She also wore the mag
nificent diamonds presented to her
by Mr. Stanley, as well as the neck
lace, with miniature pendant pre
sented to her by Queen Victoria.
"Miss Tennant wris extremely
nervous and tremulous during the
ceremony. Contrary to expec
tation, in view of Mr. Stanley’s ill
ness, the choral service was carried
out in full, and the bridegroom re
maining seated through the greater
part of the time, while the bride
stood by his side.
The marriage ceremony was sol
emnized by the Bishop of Ripcm.
assisted bv the Dean or Westinin- i
stcr and Canon Farrar. The bride j
was given away by her brother, Mr. |
Charles doom be Tennant. j
Reed Ready to Adjourn.
At>w York Sut*.
The Hou. Thonms Brackett Reed
must be about ready to adjourn him
self. The work that he cut for the
House has been mostly done, and
unless the silver men break away,
it lias all been done to his satisfac
tion and in accordance with his
specifications. Mr. Reed has hid
a very lively session, and he must
begin to long for the breezes of
Portland Bay. His record as a House
of Representatives entitles him to a
vacation. He can look back on him
self' with considerable pride and self
congratulation. He has -changed
tlio House .rules so that the minor
ty have no rights. He has uuseated
Democrats in quantities to suit. He
has admitted two Republican Terri
ries into the Union. He has passed
a tariff bill which nohody in partic
ular seems to want, and which ma
ny of the men who were made to
vote for it didn’t want. He has
scotched free silver coinage, al
though the West, the South, and at
least part of the East, want free sil
ver coinage. He has driven through
the House a bayonet-bill, which
Southern Republicans do not want
and matfy Northern Republicans
are afraid of.
- This is a big record. What makes
it more remarkable is that Mr. Reed,
lias be'e,p able to Jiold together all
tne- Republicans in the House 'to
policies of whose wisdom many of
them are known to lie doubtful. He
has made them do things they would
not-and he tuiskejTt them from doing
the things they would. In some in
stances, as in the case of some of
ttie Western members on'the, Sen
ute-amendments to the silver bill,
lurhtis actually forced Itepresenta
into voting against ther otfru
| interests and the known wishes .of
t constituents. There could be
o;o stronger proof oFhis pdwer. “It
is easy enough for a 'Congressinaubto
oty for a big job like the dependent
pension bill. Iff may not approve
the policy of it., but he'thinks... Jth&fc,
it will get him. votes. When, how
ever, Congressmen can be forced iff, ■
to voting for a measure which their
constituents do not approve, the
commanding quality of the master
of the House is shown in its highest;
form. We have instanced as a proof
mine of the \v esteru .Republicans
on the tariff bill. The vote of the
Minnesota members on the tariff
bill is another proof. The compar
ative meekness with vvnich meni
hois have consented to flie shelving
o£jbills for public buildings in their
districts is another evidence. It is
.wonderful that there has not been a
mutiny. Mr. Reed has been the
absolute sovereign of the Republi
ctfns.' If the other Republican
members had been .mutes, merely
approving in dump show his edicts,
their part in the House would have
been no less insignificant!, than it.
has been.
A BANKRUPT TREASURY!
The Surplus Gone and a Deficit of
$130,000,000 in Prospect.
Washington, July 1*—The
Treasury is bankrupt! This, with
out exaggeration, is the condition
of affairs resulting from undiilnted
Republican government and Reed
rules. On the 3rd of July last Sen
ator Edmunds offered a resolution
directing the Committee on Appro
priations to report to the Senate the
gross amounts appropriated by the
several appropriation bills passed or
pending. As mentioned at the time
it was anticipated that the response
to this resolution would make inter
esting reading.
Chairman Allison of the appro
priations Committee promised that
the information should be ready by
the following Monday. It was
ready, but the purport was so full
of significance that after consulta
tion with the party leaders, he per
suaded Mr. Edmunds not'to press for
an immediate response to his reso
lution at least not until the Sundry
Civil bill, then pending, had 'been
gotten out of idle way.
The statement, prepared in accor
dance with the Edmunds resolution
indicates a probable deficit of nearly
SI30,000,000 for the coining fiscal
year, including §50,000 possible re
duction of revenue by the passage
of the McKinley Tariff bill. The
appropriations already passed and
approved by the President are as
follows:
Army, §24,200,171 ; Legislature
and Executive. §21,158,330; Milita
ry Academy, §135,290; Navy, §23,
126,035; pensions, §08,457,461;
Postottice, §72,226,698; total, §239.- 1
619,801. j
The pending appropriations
which have passed “‘one “ or" both
houses are: Fortifications, $7,
595,000; District of Columbia, $5,
096,000; rivers and harbors, $28,
0(52,000; deficiency bills, $31,500,
000; diplomatic and consular, $1,
710,815; agricultural, $1,799,100;
sltndry civil, $31,241,080; Indian (as
passed House), $0,022,038; 'total
bills passed, $348,911,124. To these
have to be added miscellaneous ap
propriations, $5,000,000; further
deficiencies, $0,000,000; Impendent
Pension bill, $45,000,000: a‘'hand
some total of $105,800,2351
This does llot take into considera
tion the Federal Election bill, which
if passed, will cost about $10,000,
900. The Subsidy bills, which will
cost at least $5,000,000, and whatev
er reduction may arise from the tar
iff bill, if that should become a law.
The reduction by*this bill, accord
ing to Mr. McKinley, the author of
it, will be $65.,000,000. ; »
Putting it atonly $50,000,000, as
amended by the Senate, makes - a
further drain on the revenue equiv
alent to $05,000,000. This makes
the total withdrawn from the Treas
ury by the pending or passed ; bills
$579,211,859. Adding sinking
fund under existing law, $101,000,
000 gives; a grand total of
$080,211,850, Estimated' revenue
for the year 1891, $150,414,337.
Net deficiency as far us - hoard
from, $130,797,022!
A PENSION HALT CALLED.
The Leading Republican Organ Pro
claims it. ;
New i'ork Tribune. ,
• i f the entire population is0(5,000,-;
000 about one person in eighty
eight of the population receives a
I*u.-sidri7and the amount so appro
priated is about $224 for every per
son on the rolls this year. Out of all
the money raised by customers, in
ternal taxes and miscellaneous re
ceipts for the benefit of all the peo
ple, nearly half is paid over to one
eighty-eighth of the people, and lit
tle more than one half is expended
for all other national purposes. Yet
there are further bills proposed, and
clamorously urged by pension agents
which would take-out of the Treas
ury about £2,000,000 more.
The 1 ribtine thinks it time to say
that this is going too far. The
measure of proper expenditure for
this purpose has he**u reached, if in
deed it lia3 not been passed already.
While any part of those who saved
the nation from destruction were
subjoet to .want, or their widows,
children or helpless parents, there
was an honorable feeling that 'they
should be remembered by a power- !
ful and prosperous people, even
though in the attempt . to do so \
avenues should unavoidably be open-j
ed for extensive fradus. Hut the
people will certainly stop somewhere, /
and then, if appropriations for this'
object seem to them excessive or
frauds too numerous, there may be
a flat refusal to continue the appro
priations they have already made,
lie is not the true friend of the sold
ier, in the deliberate judgement of
the T, ibune, who now asks for fur
ther appropriations in his behalf.
The youngest of those who served
in the Union army must to-day bo
about 47 years of age. . Only one
eighth of those living at any time!
exceed that age, so that of the 7,000,
IK)0,000 male adults who were living
when the war closed not more than
000,000 are living now, and over a1
third of these are Southerners. A
voting population of 12,000,000 will
not long consent to pay more than
half the entire revenues of the gov
ernment te a twentieth of their
number. Further appropriations
for pensions cannot be asked with-I
out imperilling the continuance of
all grants for that object. , I
An interesting View of the the Politi
cal Situation.
Xetv York lieraUl.
The Republican party once stood
for freedom, and on those lines it
aroused the conscience of the coun
try, fought a historical battle and
won a splendid victory.
Since the days of slavery, howev
er it has Tived on the reputation of
its ancestry, like the last degenerate
scion of a once noble family.
Of late it has been working the
theory of protection for all it is
worth. But the people are discov
ering that the more protection they"
get the worst off they are.
i The. McKinley bill so far out
dares all other daring of the same
sort that it may be fitly described as
the protective theory in a fit of deli
rium tremens. Like a “honeysuck
le villain,” it promises wealth and
brings brankruptcy. ,
It does not represent the greatest
good of the greatest number, but the
greatest good of the Republican
party. In the last analysis’it hr
taxation to the very verge of rob
bery in the . interest of a favored
class. As a popular measure, there
fore, it is either a blunder or a crime
or possibly both.. . . -
Mr. Blaine declares openly that
the bill indicates b.id generalship
and hints that if it is forced through:
Congress the • Republicans may as
well buy a magniScent tombstone
and make ready for a first-class fu
neral. He boldly asserts that the
country won’t stand it—another'
way of ^saying that in .1802 the
the people will ring out the Mattered
ahd tattered- party of plunder, and
riug'in the healthier policy of the
Democrats. :. _•
, lie even uses stronger language
. . • t
■ ■ . ' - - A ' V ...» -
concerning the Federal el-c'ion
Dill.
- It. is n measure. whose ultimate
effect will he to rill IhejSonth with
pen ncell- havoc, a• \■:i confusion.”
Its passage would be the most omin
ous incident in tlie history, of our
times. -
The South is just begin ing to
pull itself together. Northern, cap
ital a»d Southern enterprise are
working shoulder to shoulder
to develop the .whole sec
tion below the Ohio ‘river.
The bill will hit both the capital
and the enterprise a stinging, "pos
sibly a fatal, blcrw. Money is nat
urally shy of risky investments.
Large dividends fail to allure when
uncertainty prevails as to the prin
cipal.
The Federal election bill proposes
practically, to wrest political, con
trol from the hands of responsible
landowners, merchants and manu
facturers andigive it to an irrespon
sible class Who have nothing to lose
and everything to gain. It banishes
the whites to the background and
brings the colored people to the
.front as the arbiters, of fate.
It is noped thereby to add anoth
er lease of life to the Republican
Party. That is to say, the leaders
dfjthe party stand ready to sacrifice
the industrial prospects to of the
whole South in order to assure them
selves a continued hold on the emol
uments and perquisites of officel
Mr. Blaine has taken a strong
stand in opposition to both of these
measures. He has no sympathy
with the reckless audaqity of his
party, and is too conservative to
dabble with revolutionary methods
in order to gain a temporary advan
tage.
He is therefore roundly denounced,
aud it is even hinted that he will
be forced to resign. A resignation
under such circumstances would be
the most creditable, act of his pub
lic life.
He is willing either to follow or
lead his party to larger national
prosperity, but when he sees it rush
ing headlong into irretrievable folly
he refuses to share its fate.
He has dared to .exhibit some
common souse on matters wliielT'
involve .the welfare of sixty-five
millions of people, and his fellow
Republicans regard that, as an un
pardonable sin.
V*' hen a Second Adventist told
Emerson that the world was com
ing to an end the quiet transcend
ental ist replied,-“I think we shall
get on quite as well without it."
If the Republicans inaugurate
any more measures like the McKin
ley and the Federal election bills
the same rumor will Iks afloat con
cerning their party and the general
verdict Will bo. We can get on quite
as well without it.
“W s’’ Views on the Situation.
There are i Uree hundred lawyers
in Congress, and fourteen fanners.
Out of about 14 good paying, offices
in the gift of the State theTawyers.
have at leasts 40 of them. It is true
30 of them are l>y reason of their
profession. They have S of the
if members of Congress I believe, at
any rate the farmers have only one.
There are about 300,000 voters in
N. C. There are not more than 1000
practicing lawyer voters, yet aceor
lipg the Express there is no
place for a lawyer now in politics
Please show me a prominent lawyer
who is not in office or in politics or
breaking His neck to get in. There
is one farmer in the “shoe string”
district brought out by -Ilia friends,
and Jdiere is at least one lawyer for
iycry: County ill Ehc district, all
brought out to defeat that farmer.'
But not satisfied with what's they
l»avb. got, they want to take theon
ly farmer we have from us and put a
young lawyer without experience in
his place, and you an1 very much
mistaken when you assert that every
farmer mdmils his ( Aycoefc’s) supe
rior ability to the other candidates;
McClain my is his superior in some
respects, his peer in- every thing ex
! perhaps stringing out fine words ...
! to please the people. , The only time
I heard him ho made a dead failure
in defending Judge Shepherd. They
say he made some'good speeches on
the tariff. There are several lawyers’ .
m every county can do that. Col.
Green is a man of much more in*
fluence, weight ami ability and wilt- -•<*
make a good member should he get |
the nomination. .
Now where does that “insane pre
judice” come in P it seems to me it
is on the other boat entirely. I am
afraid the papers and political bosses
are so prejudice themselves, that
they cannot look on a poor farmer
without seeing prejudice written ajl
over him. Are the farmers dogs to 1;f
be kicked1 arid cuffed at will by every
one, and yet expected to fawn upon
and lick the hands of their oppres- h
sors whenever presented tathem. ’
1 am glad to see that Senator
Vance endorses the sub-Treasury
plan, that is its principles and pur
poses, although he cannot vote for —
the bill in its present shape. Dr.
McCune in his very able, fair and
conservative address’before the Sen
ate ana House committees said my
farmer or Alliance expected the bill
to pass in its present shape nor was.
the order which he represented par
ticularly wedded to the bill, but •
they needed and expected relief
along that line, they did not want
any thing if it was unconstitutional,
unjust or class legislation. No man
can thoroughly understand the plan
who hits not read Dr. Macune’s very
able and interesting discussion of
the plan, its purposes, aims, &c.
Vance says to us ”hold your forces
in hand ready to aid those who favor
you, and strike those only who are
hosti|ftdo your purposes and princi
ples. Re careful not to injure your*
triends, don t make a political party
of the alliance.” Good advice!
We have been sending lavCyers to
Congress for a long tifne. We
have planted and sown a big crop
of lawyers, and what have.we reap
ed' We have reaped chiefly debts,
mortgages, scarce high-priced mon
ey, low-priced products and labor.
All fixed salaries, including our
members of Congress have been vir
tually increased by class legislation
nearly they-fold, while the price of
products of all labor have been de
creased in nearly the same ratio.
Mills, Canise, Oats and the most
of them have been voting for more
or less legislation of this kind, ben
efitting, banks, bondholders, whis
key and railroads, army and navy,
public buildings, canals, rivers, &c.,
&c., to the end, thereby scattering
the hard-earned money of the half
starved tax-payers everywhere, for
every purpose except for the benefit
of the agricultural interest. After
looking into this matter as sensible
business men wo ask onr members
for relief. What is the answer?
Altogether they cry out unconstitu
tional. They have voted for or sub
mitted to all the unconstitutional
measures that are oppressing and
well nigh mining us, but have
nothing to offer us, but submission . ’
to our fate. In other words it is
right to do wrong to op
press us, but not right to do wroug
to relieve us. We want a change in
this business. We do nut intend to
desert the “sub-TrcaSury” plan till——r
something better is offered. We
must and will have relief if every
.member of Congress is ousted._^_
“W."
Is That His Position To-day?
Wilmington Mes»e-nger. .... .
Little Benny, when in the Sen
ate,"made a speech in 1880, when he
showed more sense than he has been %
able to display ns President. He
evidently had no use then for Fed- .
eral election laws, and we hope he
has no use for them now. He said:
‘ I have looked hopefully in the
old times to the forcible interven-.
tion of the general Government in
their defense. I have thought that
it might be possible, under that
stringent legislation which Con
gress adopted by the forcible inter
vention of the Federal authority,, to
protect them in their rights of which
they were so crRelly deprived. But
I have ceased to have faith in the
possibility of that intervention m
their behalf, constituted as this gov
eminent is, with its complex organ
igatioH o( Federal and State govern
ments, independent within certain
limitations.” |
He ought-to\vhisper in FatTorn'*
ear, and tell him that be is carry
ing the rotten old ship right down
to “the detanition bow-wows."
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