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gHgaagaii H s' e £ ss SANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26,1890. No. 14. 113 ABOUT WHISKEY. What the U. S. Supreme^ Court Say* E% • '*4' • ; • About Certain. Rights. ' ■ An appeal from San Francisco to tlie tJ. S. Supreme Court by Chief of police against a dealer who sold whiskey after license had been re ■ fused him, and lie imprisoned and granted a writ'-of- habeas corpus^ Justice Field of the U. S. Supreme ^Court in his filed op.iniojLfiaya.^— -- " 'AIt is Undoubtedly true that it is i,; the right of every citizen to pursue •any lawful busiuess, subject only to such restrictions as are imposed up on all persons of the same age, Sex, or condition- But the possession and enjoyment of this right, and, indeed, of all rights, are subject to such restrictions as may be deemed . by the governing authority of the country- essential to the safety, health, peaee and good order and morals of the community. Even liberty itself is not unrestrict ed by license to act according to one’s own Will. ~ It is only freedom from restraint under conditions es sential to the equal enjoyment of the same right by others. It ..is, then, liberty regulated by law.” The court says the regulations governing the various pursui ts . of life are almost infinite, varying with the nature of the business, some re gulations being designed to lessen noise, others to protect health, oth* ere to remove odors, Sc., and it wojild hardly bo necessary to mention this, the court continues, were it not for the position often taken and vehe mently pressed that there is some thing, wrong in theprinciple and ob jectionable in similar restrictions when applied to the business of selling retail intoxicating liquors. It is urged that as liquors are used as a beverage and the injury follow ing them if taken in excess is vol untarily inflicted and'is confined to the party offending, then the sale should be without restrictions, the Contention being that what a man s’naii drink, equally with wlmt Jie shall eat, is not properly a matter for legislation.' ---:'- - ^ ” There is in this position an sis* sumption of a fact which does not exist—that when liquors are taken in excess the injuries are confined to the party offending. The injury, it is true first'falls upon him in his health, which -that habit undermiesj in his morals, winch it weakens, and in self-abasement, which it cre ates, But as it leads to neglect of business and waste of property* and general demoralization' it effects those who are immediately connect ed with and dependent upon him. By general concurrence of the opinion of every civilized and Chris tian community there are few sour ces of crime in society equal to the dram-shop, where intoxicating li quors in Small quantities to be drunk at the time are sold indis criminately to all. parties applying. The statistics of every St^te show a greater amount of crime attributa ble to this than any other source., The sale of such liquors in this way has therefore been at all times cou siaerea nt aa times a proper subject : of legislative regulation. For this 3 matter, their sale by the glass may - he absolutely prohibited. - It is a question of public expediency and morality, and not of Federal law. ; . ‘There is no inherent right of the |: citiaen to sell . intoxicating liquors f by retail.' It is not a privilege of a citizen of a State or a citizen of the United States.' In prohibition or regulation of the traffic 'discretion i. may be vested in officers to whom to refuse liquors. The officers may • not always exereise the power con*. ferred upon them with wisdom, ,Or justice to the partices affected. This . matter is not one that, can be brought under -the cognizance of tho United States Courts. The Court says that it does not perceive that the ordinance , under which the prisoner was arrested yie ;iates’any provision of the Tfederal ‘ 'Constitution or laws, and that as to” the State Constitution and . laws ; —v i* of the State’s Supreme Court that the or-' dinanee does not violate them. The order discharging the prisoner from custody 1s therefore reversed and the case remanded with directions to take further proceedings in con formity with the opinions of the floort,'-;/..*- % ■ ?? ■ The Farmers’ Alliance... Xrto lore Herald Editorial. 4 Keep your weather eye on " the F^mera’-. Alliance. -I t ~iage tti n g to be d powerful organization, end if it continues to grow in the next two years a3 it has in the last two; it will become a political factor in the campaign of 180£" It represents a tendency of the times—toward . a , paternal gov ernment—which in our [judge ment is fraught with boundless dan ger. The Alliance most think a lit tle more on this subject. Its pres ent'position is that of a tyro in po litical economy, As it grows older, however, it will probably grow wiser, and so become a healthy, hear ty, vigorous and inspiring element in our American ilife. The bottom fact is that the gov ernment at Washington should be curtailed, not,enlarged. A Presi dent is nothing more than the poo-, pie’s servant. If he is ever allowed to become their master, you may as well order a tombstone, for our lib erties will languish and die. The less government you have the better off the people are; the more you have the worse of the peo ple are. It is the people’s business to run this country, not the President’s. The Alliance folks must come round 1o thi§ basis before they can stand firm. - ' A Comet to te Vfebte Several Months, NiSHVitLE, Tenri., Nov. 1,0th.— Professor Charles N. Thorn berg, [Professor of engineering at the Vanderbilt University, last night located the comet which was first seen in Columbo, Italy, November 15' He says that he telegraphed Harvard uouegeanu that lie receiv ed a reply that be was the first as tromomerin America to discover it. The location of the comet is as fol lows: Its right ascension is 33 de grees 16 seconds, and its declina tion is 83 degress 37 seconds north. It is the comet “E” of 1890, and will be visible from the earth' for several months, and wi.l probably he visible to-the naked eye before loug. As it is now the nebulae is visible, _ History in a Nutshell. ‘ » ; • rfi FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Rep. Senate, Rep. House, 1872 FORT Y-FOURTH C0NGRES8. Rep. Senate, Dem. House, 1874. .forty-fifth congress. Rep. Senate, Dem. nouse, 1876. FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Dem. Senate, Dem. Honse, 1878. FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Rep. Senate, Rep. House, 1880. i • FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Rep. Senate, -Dem. House, 1882. ' -** FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Itep. Senate, Dem. House, 1884. — - FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Rep. Senate, Dem. House, . 1886. i ^-: FIETY-FIRST CONGRESS. - Rep. Senate, Rep. House, 1888. FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Rep. Senate, Dem. House, 1892. ' / Georgia Happy. Charleston Xetcs .and Courier. ; Georgia has gone wild over the election of Jolla E. Gordon to the United States. Bonfires have been blazing from one end of "the State to the other, cannon have been firing, flags flying, bands playing old sbldies crying and the women praying because the old foldier was elected. Everybody is Happy. There is to be a groat gaterhing in Augusta to-night and Gordon will be there. The Augusta Chronicle, which, is happier than we have ever known it to He, Wore on any occasion, "has extended an invitation to everybody to join the procession tonight. 'Among other- things it says; ’ ‘‘Let ‘the Georgians come to show to imr Caronina neighbors how we love and honor onr great military chieftain, Let Carolinians cohio to drink in the inspiration of the hour and go home with the firm resolve to stand by Hampton as Georgia has done by Gordon.” y i Trying to Saddle the Blame on,Macune. Charlotte Chronicle. The Richmond Dispatch is a sure enough friend and intimate of Col. Polk, whose affable manner, gener ous nature, friendly verbosity caused this paper, long ago to dub him “Lovely Lovable;” and from his let ters one who reads closely may get an inkling of : Col. Polk’s plan of campaign. h It appears from a Raleigh specia. in yesterday’s Dispatch that Coll Polk does not want to be in the same boat with those who advocated ;Calhoun for the Senate; and it also looks as if the Colonel were prepar ing to dissolve political partnership with the learned Macune. The Dispatch says: j “Polk made a.speech in opposition to Gordon before the caneus,* bijt in no way intimated that he favored Calhoun, and when he left Atlanta though the-scheme to force Calhoun oil the Alliance had been abandoned, the day after the anti-Gordon cau cus nominated Calhoun. _ Polk, who was here, received ^tel egram from Atlanta asking him i to allow his name to a circular urging the alliance men to stand by the caucus and elect"' Calhoun. . Polk peremptorially refused to do so. This telegram was certainly sent him by an alliance man: a suppor ter of Calhoun. The alliance men in North Caro linu say openly to-day that Dr. Ma cune’s position, in this matter is such that he must explain „ it. In other words he is under suspicion. ’ 1 There is a belief that lie himkelf prepared the circular above referred to, and that he is the man who sent Polk the telegram asking him to al low his signature to be- appended to it.” Col. Folk put bis influence against Gordon, He was before the Alli ance, caucus, and that caucus endors ed Calhoun. Was any protest heard from Polk against Calli&un till after a dead weight. However, it is pleas ant to note that the Colonel is awa kening to his friend Macunefs idios yncartic methods in politics; and a pretty row among the headlights will be the natural outcome of the men who solely for personal ambi tion, except possibly Dr, Mociine who is accredited with another “mo tive,"have dragged the Alilance "In to, politics. 4. ; > If the Colonel should break with Mocune before the legislature as sembles in Raleigh, wouldn’t that block another game;that has already been arranged for in the plan of campaign? -u ■' Ike work of the newspapers in the recent campaign is an, influence that must ' hot he lost sight of, Truly the campaign of education was waged to a successful result and the newspapers have occupied the position of earnest school teachers. In giving the meed of praise let us not* forget the newspapers of the land. Abuse is an evidence of ap probation that they always receive from those whose efforts to injure and defraud the people are instru mental in frustrating. Words of appreciation from those who favor their cause are always" very sparing ly spoken while deeds practically showing that appreciation rare ex ceedingly scarce and lonely. - Is there any class of our people who deserve a higher measure of praise for ‘the vict.ory than does the earnest sincere editor who gave of his time and thought, his influence and op portunities without stint, towards aiding the people in their efforts to see clearly the condition of the Country?—Clinton Caucasian. The Farmers Alliance of Kansas has elected as a Judge a farmer who knows nothing of law. That is twbnt we call runing the thing' in the ground and breaking it off. The fellows they have cllected is off studying law at a law school. Wo hope such “fool notions” "will1 not control the fnrmers of this State.—C/inton Cancastan, . . • THE NEW INDIAN MESSIAH. - i Extraordinary Tales of the Coming Is ' , of a Christ -' . A’tif York Timet. • * “7 a&r* Fort Reno, I. T., Nor. -|5.—At various times during* the last six mo&ths dispatches have appeared in the papers referring to tha prog ress of the new religion which has within the pqst year sprung --?qg among some of the Western Indian tribes. Nothing, however, has been printed which gives any history of this strange belief or any idea of its rapid spread. , Since the 1st of August I have travelled over a good deal .of the Western country east of the Rocky Mountains and have seen more ‘or less of several Indian tribes, some of whom believe devoutly in the new Messiah, while others have not heard of him. Although the tribes in tfe. Indian Territory believe that the Christ appeared to the Indians in the North, the truth is that the More northern tribes know nothing about the new religion. About the Blackfeet, Assiniboins, Gros Ven tres of Prairie, Rees, Mandans and the Gros Ventres of the Village ; can speak with great confidence, for within two months I have seen and talked with men of all these tribes. But as soon as one gets south of the Northern Pacific Railroad he begins to hear, if he goes into an Indian camp, whispers of the coming of the Messiah, or the women and chill dren singing the songs of - the wort ship dances. The Northern Chey-i ennes are interested believers in the coming of this Christ, and one of their number, Porcupine by name, is one of his chief prophets. All, or almsot all, the bands of the Missouri River Sioux believe in him; so do the Shoshones, the Arapahoe*, ftorth and South, the Kiowas, Com aches, Wiehitas, Caddoes, and inany other smaller tribes. All tbe above mentioned tribes hold the worship dances. The Pawnees, Poncas, Ot toes and Missonrians have heard of the Messiah auu believe in him, hut they have not yet generally taken up the dances. ' bomewhere about a year agoan Arapahoe Indiha named Sitting Bull came into the Shoshone Agen cy at. Fort Washakie, in Wyoming, and told the Indians there that up North he had seen- a Christ. lie gave a detailed-account of his jour neyings up to the point where he reached the place-where he saw the vision, for such it appears to have been, described the person- whom litf saw, told what he had said, and that he foretold a restoration of the old order of things which prevailed on the plains and in the mountains be fore the hdvent of the while set tlejs. The Christ told Sitting Bull of his previous life on this earth, when he had come to help the white people, gf their . refusal to accept him, showed the scars on his hands and feet where be bad been nailed to the cross, and finally said that bo fore long the whites would all be removed from the country, the Buffalo and the game would return in their old-time abundance, and the Indiuns would settle down tot he old life in which they depended for subsistence on game killed by the bow and arrow. After some further conversation Sitting Bull was fed on Buffalo meat and then fell asleep and woke up near his own camp. * This announcement by the Arapa hoe received a good deal of attention from the Indians at Washakie, and some time in the winter a Northern Cheyenne named Porcupine, who was visiting there' and heard the story mode a pilgrimage to see foT himself if these things were true. His story, as I received it recently when in the country of the North* ern Cheyennes,'1 was as follows: From. Washakie he went to some point where he took the cars and traveled for some distance; then leaving the railroad, he .went two day 8 in a wagon until he reached the borders of a large lake, near which is an Indian agency. Neur this lake were camped a great many Indians of different tribes and some whites. When Porcupine reached there these people told him that the Christ would be there to meet them the following afteroon. The brush, sage and rose bushes had been cut off close to the. ground over a circle perhaps one hundred feet in diameter, and in the underbrush close to , this circle a little place had been cut out and a piece at canvass spread on the ground for Christ to lie on when he should come. . The next day, as the sun Was get ting low, the people all assembled about this circle, and presently a man was seen walking into it. The people stood about until he had reached the middle of the circle and then they went in to meet him. He stood in the midst and talked to them, appearing to be able to talk all languages and to make himself understood by all the tribes present. On the first occason bf his appear ance he had short hair, a beard, and wore’ citizens’ clothing—in other words, was apparently a white man. Subsequently he bad long hair, down to his waist, and his skin was darker, like an Indians. He told the peo ple that things were going to be changed; that the game and the ■buffalo would be brought back; that they should again have their own country, and -that ’ the world should be turned upside down and all the whites spilled out. He closed his speech by saying that in the night he should go up to Heaven to see God. Then he went to the place prepared for him and lay down and slept. ’ ■ Next morning about 9 or 10 o’ clock the people again gathered about the circle, and presently the Messiah walked in among them. He told them that he had 'ust returned from Heaven, where he had seen God. He taught the people a dance and several songs, and ordered them to hold one of these dances for four days and four nights at the full of every moon. Such is Porcupine’s story. In this new dance the people form a circle facing inward and standing shoulder to shoulder, touching each other. They sing the new songs taught them by the prophets of this religion, and move with a slow step ping motion in time to the song from right to left, landing the knees slightly at each step, so that the head dips down a little. In the midst of the ring formed be the dancers usually stands an old man, who wi(,h uplifted hands exhorts them. 1 As the Ceremony proceeds, . some of the dancers become excited, and at intervals a man will break out of the ring and rush to the centre of circle, there falling stiffly, on' the ground where he may lie for hours perfectly motionless. Women, too, rush to the centre of the circle, but they seem to bo affected less easily than the man, and will sometimes dance about for ten or fifteen min utes, crying and, wailing and making stange gestures, before they fall over and lose ^consciousness. At a dance of Cheyennes and Arapahoes that I attended a few nights ago there were at one time in the circle three prostrate men add two men and two women on their feet. At a Caddo dance that I witnessed recent ly several women broke away from the ring and danced about like in toxicated or insane persons outside the circle, finally falling apparently insensible. One of these, a young girl, not more than 10 or 17 years old, recovered in a short time and rose and walked away. No one here appears to have seen the Messiah in the flesh except the Arapaho. Bitting Bull, but there are a number who have seen him in their dreams or in tra ces during ‘the dance. Those who profess to have seen him report what he says and often bring directions as to new things which shall las done in the dances. • - One of ‘the cardinal points of faith of this religion is that those who are dead will-all be raised, and will again live upon the .earth with 's£’\ V •' fclieii- people. Sometimes djnriug a dance a man who has been in trance will revive and may rise t6 hia feet and shout in aloud voice that lie sees about biin certain people who have long been deita. He will call these risen dead by name, and say that he sees thenrstandipgp ior sitting near certain of the people who are look ing on, mentioning the names of tile latter, ~ Tne people believe that he sees these long-head people, and are frightened to know that they are Close to them. It is not quite clear whether the living regard these per sons whom they cannot see as actu ally resurrected but invisible, or as ghosts. As nearly as I can gather by talking with the Indians, they think them ghosts. In connection with these dances miracles are not infrequently per formed. For example, the other night one of the prophets announced that a number of persons long dead had risen from the grave and come to visit him. They -had, brought him, he Said, a piece of buffalo meat, and that night the people , should again taste their old-time food. Af ter the dance was over this man ap peared in the ring; holding in his hands a small wooden dish full of meat. He called up to him the lancers, one hundred or more, one by one, and gave to each a small piece of meat out of the dish. Af ter all had been supplied the dish appeared to be still half full. The Cheyennes and other tribes in this Territory frequently receive from the Northern Indians letters touching on religious topics, and sometimes these letters contain most extravogant|statements, which, how ever, are received by the Indians with ippHcitfaith. A letter which came recently told of an attempt' on the part of some United States hoops to arrest a prophet. The soldiers approached him and tried to take hold of him in order to. take him to the gnard house, bat as they j reechcd out their hand to seize him their arms would fall down to their sides. For a long time they tried to take hold of him, but they could not do it. He did not attempt to resist or run away, but set them motionless. At length the soldiers gave it up for a bad job and went away. btill more remarkable is. in ac count which tells of a narrow escape by one of the three Major Generals of. thq array. Accord ins; to this story Gen. Miles, with some troops, went out in person to arrest the Christ. When they came to the place where he was he told the Gen. that it was useless to attempt to arrest him; it could not be done and it would be better for him not to try to do it. The General said that hi had received his orders and must obey them. He then com manded the troops to take the pris oner into custody, whereupon the Christ made it rain for several days and seven nights, and the result was that all the soldiers were drowned. Gen. Miles alone escaping alive to tell the tale of the disaster. La«t spring and summer the In dians were a good deal excited about this religion, but the Christ predic ted for the September moon some startling events which did not take place, and the excitement for a while died down. Later, howver a visiting party of Shoshones Mid Araphoes from Washaki came into th5 Cheyenne Agency at Tongue Kiver, Montana, and reported that during their journey they had met s number of persons who had been dead thirty years,, but had now come iO lue again. This revived the excitement among the Northern Cheyennes, and from them it has spread to the other tribes interested so that now they are worse tbah ev Under existing conditions there is little probability of an outbreak. I pc prophets preach a gospel of peace and say that it will not be necessary to kill any white people. The Christ will attend to them, and m h.s own way will- remove them At the same time, it i8 very unfor tunate that the Indians should be so excited and should be possesed < f the idead that it wakes little differ ence if they are killed, as they will againi The Cheyennes are brave tovaforI,tlrtany8UC,‘ alitv w ,1 i h° pr1T',€cks of immor tality wtuld give them. ! THE CHAIR OF HISTORY. Or. Battle Was Here Interesting Al umni In the Rroposed Chair. Charlotte Chronicle. '.j . /V.-:. Hon. Kemp P.. Battle, President : of the University, arrived in the ' city yesterday arbd will remain here until this evening. Dr. Battle, as S was announced ini the Chronicle ,:: Wednesday, is here for the purpose of soliciting subscriptions for the - endowment of a “Chair of History” V in the University. Dr. Battle yes terday called on lhe alumni of the University, in Charlotte, and others ’ interested in developing the history or N. C. ' The chief object of the chair will be-the'development of the history, 1 of the State under the modern meth od of teaching, i. e., requiring every sti, student under the. direction of tfie « Professor to investigate thoroughly, some subject assigned, sach as the history of a town, a settlement, some prominent family or,.individu al, the history of each signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration, from the : original sources, and in this way ac- -r cumulate a large amount of histori cal matter, which will be a benefit to the State. • Ur. Battle has visited Raleigh, Asheville, and Greensboro, and met w ilh f air success in the undertaking, f The Alumni and others in Char lotte, have manifested much interest in the matter and are not, behind the other towns in giving substan tial help. This is the first effort ever made to establish a chair of history in the State, and there seems to be a genuine desire for the de partment to he firmly planted. *27, 000 has been raised for the endow ment of the chair, and Dr. Battle says it is the desire of the faculty to ? increase the amount to *85.000. Some Election Figures. >t> News and Observer, . y{ The elections in off yearn are nev er so full as when a President is to * be chosen, and the recent election .was no exception to this rule.. Tt v; is worth while, in order to see the drift of the votes, to note how many men stayed at home in the States where the result was most remark-: able. - ■ . . • Kansas two years ago gave ther following Vote: Republican, 182, 904; Democratic, 162,745; United ' Labor, 37,788. This year the vote stood: Republican, 190,681; Dem ocratic, 69,072; Alliance, 100,688. The total vote in 1888 was 323,487. This year it was 279,436, a falling off of 44,000. The Repnblican vote fell off 73,000; the Democratic 33,000; and the Alliance gained 63, 000 over the Union .Labor vot"1 of 1888. The combined Alliance and Democratic vote was given for At torney General, and it reached 154, 286, while the Republican candidate received 118;487. ■ I L; The legislature last year stood: Republicans, 160; Democrats. 3; Al liance, 2.- This year it stands: Re publicans, 64; Democrats, 10; Alli ance, 91. _ , In Iowa in 1888, the vote was Re publican, 211,598; Democratic, 179, 087. This year on the Congressional ■ vote the total was Republ can 188, 557, Democratic 196,237. The vote, for an off year was a very full one—• and the Democrats got the advan- S tage of it. In Ohio the vote was a round hundred thousand lighter than two ~ years ago; and generally we believe the vote was comparatively light all through the North. Hut enough is seen to show that the drift is, away from the Republi can party, and it is not likely thnt the voters will return solidly tc.that organization two years hence. 4 In Nebraska the vote in 1888 Was, Republican,, 108,425; Democrat ic, 80,552f total 188,97T. In 1890, Republican, 08,868; Democratic, 70,321; Alliance 70,187; total 200,. 386. Here was a fuller vote than two years ago by 20,000; a falling off of 40,000 in the Republican vote; ' of 10,000 in the Democratic vote and a gam of 70,000 Alliaocemen.., This is a hiucb more remarkable!^ showing than even- Kansas makes, * _ The Republicans last year hadjlM members of th.e legislature, the ' Democrats, 68, and the Alliance but 2. This year the legislature stand*; . Republican, 30; Democrats, 80; Al liance 68. >