VOL. V.
DUNN", N C. WEDKESDAY. SEtTEMBlEll 16, 16
NO. 38.
BRYAN'S
ACCEPTANCE,
Y HE DKCliARES UNQUALIFIEDLY
a;ainst a second teem.
Against Federal Interference Witt
State Affairs Condemns' Cleve
land's Financial Policy Hear
tiiy Favors the Monroe
Doctrine, Etc .
Wiliiam J. Bryan has given out hit
Utter of acceptance for the nomination
of President. The full text is as fol
lows: '
Hon. Stephen M. White and - Other
M miicrs of the Notification Com
iniffrrnf the Democratic Committee:
Centlfmen: I accept the nomina
tion t''Mlcred by you in behalf of the
Democratic party and in so doing de
sire to .assure you that I fully appre
ciate the high honor which such a nora
iantion confersand the grave respon-fil-iliticR
which accompany an election
to the presidency of tho United States.
So deeply am I impressed with the
magnitude of the power vested by the
constitution ia the chief executive of
the nation and with the enormous in
fluence which he can wield for the
benefit or injury of the people, that I
wiph to enter the office,Aif elected, free
W. J. BEX AN.
from any jierscnal desire, except the
tloM're t provo worthy of the confi
nenoc of ray country. Human judg
ment is fallible enough when unbiased
by selfish considerations, and in ordei
that I may not be tempted to use the
1 atroDrtgo of an office to advance' my
personal ambition, I hereby announce,
with all the emphasis which words can
"rrtsn, my fixed determination not,
nuikr any circumstances, to be a can
didate for re-election in case the cam
fajgu results in my election. I have
carefully considered the platform
adopted by the Democratic national
convention and unqualifiedly endorse
every plank therein.
Our institutions rest upon the posi
tion that all men being created equal
re entitled to equal consideration at
the bands of the government. Because
all men, being created equal, it follows
that i o citizen has a right to injure
another citizen. The main purpose of
government being to protect all citi
zens in the enjoyment of life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness, this pur
pose must lead the government, first,
to avoid acts of affirmative injustice
and, second, to restrain each citizen
from tiespassingnpon the rights of any
other citizen. A democratic form of
government is conducive tohighestciv
ilization because it opens -.before each
individual the greatest opportunities
for development and stimulates to the
highest endeavor by insurings to each
the full enjoyment of all the rewards
of toil, except such contribution as is
necessary to support the government
hieh protects him. Democracy is in
different to pedigree it deals with the
individual rather than with his ances
tors. Democracy ignores differences
in wealth. Neither riches nor poverty
can bo invoked in behalf of or against
n j citizen. Democracy knows no creed
recognizing the right or each indi
vidual to worship God according to the
nictates of hia own conscience. It wel
comes all to a common brotherhood
nd guarantees equal treatment to all,
no matter in what character or through
hat form they commune with their
Creator.
Law of the Cbtstamzatioh op thi
People's Wm,.-u-Having disouese?
Portions of tho platform at the time of
its adoption, and again when its letter
pf notification was formally delivered
will not be necessary at this time to
touch upon all the subjects, embraced
its declarations. Honest differences
MPin.ion nave ever existed and ever
"1 exist as to the most effective means
f securing domestio tranquility but
o citizen fails to recognize at all times
fnd under all circumstances the abso-
. e necessity for ' its prompt and
Vlgorous enforcement of law and the
Preservation of the publio peace. In
a government like ours, law1 is but the
"Jetalization of the will of the people
thout it the citizen is neither secure
1Q the enjoyment of life and liberty,
ar protected in the pursuit of happi
ness. Without obedience to law, gov
ernment is impossible. The Demo
cratic party is pledged to defend the
Institution and enforce the laws o(
Jae United States and it is also pledged
J 8Pportand defend the dual scheme
01 government instituted by the found
ers of the republic The name United
jates was happily chosen. It com-,
Jines the ilea of natural strength with
idea of local self-government and
Jiggests "an indissoluble nnion of In-,
destructible States." - I
States Rights. Our wise forafath.
rs, feariug the tendency towards cen
tralization, as well as "the dangers of
integration guarded against both,
Becurity. be found in the care
observant nf ...
ful
it - ""iimuoDs wmcn
iK wiU noticed that
b lL ira of firnment
aLt??? 6-d to Ptect each State
Jgainst invasion, it is not authorized to
interfere in the domestic affairs of
any Mate, except upon application of
the Legislature- of the State, or upon
application of the Executive when the
legislature cannot he convened. This
provision rests updn the sound theory
that the people of the State, acting
through their legally chosen represen
tatives, are, because of their most in
timate acquaintance with local condi
tions, better qualified than a President
to judge of the necessity for Federal
interference. Those who framed our
constitution ; wisely determined to
make' as broad an . application of the
principles of local self -government as
circumstances would permit and we
cannot dispute the correctness of the
position taken by them without ex
pressing a distrust of the people them
selves, Econokt. Since governments exist
for the protection of the tights of the
people and not for their spoilation, no
expenditure of public money can be
justified, unless that expenditure is
necessary for the honest, economical
administration of the government. In
determining what appropriations are
necessary the interests of those who
pay the taxes should be consulted
rather than the wishes of those who
receive or disburse public money.
Bonds rAn increase in the bonded
debt of the United States at this time
is entirely without excuse. The issue
of interest-bearing bonds within the
last few years has been -defended on
the ground that - they were necessary,
to secure gold with which to redeem
United States notes and Treasury notes;
but this necessity has been imaginary
rather than real. Instead of exercis
ing the legal right vested in the United
States I to redeem its bonds in either
gold or silver, the executive branch of
the government has followed a prece
dent established by a former adminis
tration and surrendered the option to.
the holders o? the obligations. This
administrative policy leaves the gov
ernment at the mercy of those who
find pecuniary profit m bond is
sues. Ihe fact that the dealers in
money and securities have been able to
deplete or protect the treasury accord
ing to their changing whims shows
how dangerous it is to hermit them to
exercise a controlling influence over
the Treasury Department, The gov
ernment of the United States when ad
ministered in the interest of all the
people is to establish and maintain its
own financial policy, not only without
the aid of any syndicates, but in spite
of any opposition which the syndicates
may exert. To assert that the govern
ment is dependent upon the assistance
or good will of a portion of the people
other than a constitutional majority, is
to assert that we have a government in
form, but without vital force.
National Baxx Cxtkkenct. The position
taken by the platform against the Issue of
gaper money by national banks Is supported
y the highest Democratic authority, as well
as demanded by the Interests of the people.
The present attempt of the national banks to
force the retirement of United States notes
and Treasury notes in order to secure a
basis for a larger issue of their own notes il
lustrates the danger which arises from per
mitting them to issue their paper as a circu
lating medium. Tho national bank note, be
ing redeemable in lawful money, has never
been better than the United States note,
which stands behind it and yet the banks per
sistently demand that these United States
notes, which draw no interest, shall give
place to interest-bearing bonds, in order that
the banks may collect the interest which the
people now save. To empower national
banks to issue circulating notes is to grant a
valunblo privilege to a favored class, surren
der to private corporations the control over
the volume of paper money, and build np a
class which will claim a vested interest in the
national financial policy.
The United States notes, commonly known
as greenbacks, being redeemable in either
gold or silver, at the option of the govern
ment and not at the option of the holder, are
safer and eheaper for the people than the na
tional bank notes, based upon interest-bearing
bonds.
Tex ITonboi Doctbiite. A dignified, but
firm, maintenance of the foreicn nolicv first
set forth by President Monroe and reiterated
by the Presidents who hive succeeded him.
instead of arousing hostility abroad ia the
best guarantee of amicable relations witn
other nations. It is belter for all concerned
that the United States 6hou!d resist any ex
tension of Europe t authority in the West
ern hemisphere rather than invite the con
tinued irritation which would necessarily re
sult from any attempt to Increase the influ
ence of monarchical institutions -over that
portion of the Ameriecas which has been ded
icated to republican government.
Pxvsioss. No nation can afford to be nn-
iust to its defenders. The care of those who
tave suffered in the military and naval ser
vice of the country is a sacred duty. A na
tion, which, like the United States, relies
upon volnnteer service rather than upon a
large standing army, adds to its own securi
ty when it makes irenerous provision for
those who have risked their lives in its de
fense, and. for those who are dependent upon
them.
The Fbodcckbs or Wealth, Labor
creates caDital. Until wealth is produced by
Application of brain and muscle to there-
sources ol una country, mere is nouuDg 10
divide among the non-proaucing classes oi
society. Since the products of wealth create
the nation s prosperity, in timeoi pwee, uu
defend the nation's flag in time of peril, their
interests ought at all times to be considered
bv those who stand in official positions. The
Democratic party has ever found its voting
strength among tnose wno are proua to do
known as the common people, and it
E ledges itself to propose ana enact sucn leg
Jation as is necessary to protect the masses
In the free exercise of every political right
and in the enjoyment of their just sharo of
the rewards ot their labor.
Abbitbatioh. I desire to give special em
phasis to the plank which recommends such
iMriaiiitinn an is neoessarv to secure the arbi
tration of differences between employers en
gaged In inter-State commerce and their em
ployes. Arbitration la not a new idea it is
simply an extension of the courts of justice.
The laboring men oi mo tuuuuj uau ex
pressed a desire or arbitration, and the rail
roads cannot reasonably object to the decis
ion rendered by an impartial tribunal. So
ciety has an Interest even greater than the
interest of employes, and has a right to pro
tect itself by courts of arbitration agajnstthe
growing inconvenience and embarrassments
occasioned by disputes by those who own the
art Art a nf commerce, on the one hand.
and the laborers who operate them, on the I
Imkiobatios. While the Democratic par
ty welcomes to the country those who come,
with love for our institutions, and with de
termination and ability to contribute to the
prosperity of our nation, it Is opposed to the
tic
dumping of criminal classes upon our shores,
and to the Importation of either pauper or
contract labor to compete with American la
Dofc. -
- IJ uSctjobs. The recent abuses which
have grown out of injunction proceedings
have been so emphatically condemned by
public opinion that the Senate bill providing
.r trial by jury in certain contempt cases,
will meet with general approval.
Trusts. The Democratic party Is oppos
ed to the trusts.' It would be recreant to its
duty to the people of the country if it recog
nized either the moral or legal right of these
great aggregations of wealth to stifle compe
tition, bankrupt rivals and then prey upon
society. Corporations are the creatures of
law. and they aiust not be permitted to pass
from under the control of the power which
created them. They are permitted to exist
tipott the theory that they advance the public
Weal, and ttfey must not be allowed to use
their powers for the public injury.
lUrLBOXbs. The right of the United States
government to regulate Inter-State commerce
cannot be questioned, and the necessity for
the vigorous exercise of that right is becoming
more and more Imperative. The Interests of
the whole people require such an enlarge-
uioub Ul uia powers oi me Anter-state Com
merce Commission as will enable it to pre
sent discrimination between persons and
places, and protect patrons from Unreasona
ble charges.
Pacttio Batlbo Aim . The government can
not afford to discriminate between its dett
ors and must, therefore, prosecute Its legal
claim against the Pacific railroads Such a
policy is necessary for the protection of the
rights of the patrons as well as for the inter
ttt-j of the government. ,
Coba. The peoplo of the United States,
happy ih the enjoyment of the blessings of
free government, feel a generous sympathy
towards all who are endeavoring to secure
like blessings for themselves. This sympathy,
While respecting all treaty obligations, is es
pt cially active -ind earnest when excited by
the struggling of neighboring peoples, who,
like the Cubans, are near enough to observe
the workings of a government which derives
all its authority from the consent of the gov
erned. ;
Th Ctrtts Sebvic. That the American
people are not in favor or life tenure in the
civil service is evident from the. fact that
they, as a rule, making frequent changes in
their official representatives when ph6s& rep
resentatives are chosen by the ballot. A per
manent office-holding class is not in har
mony with our institutions. A fixed term in
appointive offices, except where the Federal
constitution now provides otherwise, would
open the public service to a larger number
of citizens without lmDairing its efficiency.
Tub Tbbbitobibs. The territorial form of
government is temporary in its nature and
should give way as soon as the territory is
sufficiently advanced to take its place among
the States. New Mexico. Oklahoma and Ari
zona are entitled to statehood and their early
admission is demanded by their material and
political Interests. The demand of the plat
form that officials appointed to administer
the government of the Territories, the Dis
trict of Columbia and Alaska should be bona
fide residents of the Territories and district,
is entire in keeping with the Democratic theo
ry of home rule. I am also heartily in sym
pathy with declaration that all public lands
should be reserved for the establishment of
free homes for American citizens.
WATBBWAYS.The policy of improving the
great waterways ol the country la Jostifled
by the national character of those waterways
and the enormous tonnage borne upon them
Experience has demonstratea that contin
uing appropriations are in the end, more
economical than single appropriations sepa
rated by long, intervals.
The TAairr. It Is not necessary to discuss
the tariff question at this time. Whatever
may be the individual views of citizens as to
the relative merits of protection and tariff re
form, all must recognize that until the mon
ey question is fully and finally settled the
American people will not consent to the con
federation of any other important question.
Taxation presents a problem which in some
form Is continually present, and a postpone
ment of definite action upon it involves no
sacrifice of personal opinion or political prin
ciples; but tho crisis presented by financial
conditions cannot be postponed. Tremen
dous results will follow the notion taken by
the United States on the money question and
delay is -impossible. The people of this na
tion, sitting as a high court, must render
judgment in the cause which greed is prose
cuting against humanity. The decision will
either give hope and inspiration to those who
toil, or "shut the doors of mercy on man
kind." In the presence of this overshadowing
lssu. differences of opinion upon minor
questions must be laid aside In order that
there may be united action among those who
ire determined that progress toward a unl
rersal gold standard shall be stayed and the
gold and silver standard of the constitution
restored. (Signed) W. J. Bbtajt.
SOUTHERN GRAIN EXPORTS.
Two-Thirds of Corn Exports Went
Through. Our Ports.
" The Manufacturers' Record publishes sta
tistics of the grain exports from all the
Southern parts of the crop year ending Aug
ust 1, 1896. These figures show tbatthe total
exports from all Southern ports were 4,567,
188 barrels of flour,. 6,408,983 bushels of
wheat and 65,819,790 bushels of corn. Re
ducing the flour to bushels, the total figures
up to 95,000,000 bushels of grain from South
ern ports, against 85,000,000 bushels for the
preceding year, showing an increase of 50,
000,000 bushels. The total exports of corn
from the United States for the year were 94,
000,000 bushels, and of this 65,800,000 were
from Southern ports.
Comparing the exports of corn by ports,
New Orleans shows the phenomenal increase
of from 2,700,000 bushels in 1894-95 to 21,148,
000 for the past year. Norfolk and Newport
News, which are practically one and the
same port, as they are both off Hampton
Roads, shipped this year 18,300,000 bushels
against 7,600,000 last year. Galveston, which
made no corn shipments last year, has sent
out this year 5,138,000 bushels. Mobile's corn
shipments advanced from 93,000 to 1,000.000
bushels; Pensacola from 12,000 bushels to
115.000 bushels; Beaufort "and Tort Royal
from 85,000 to 417,000. At Baltimore the in
crease was from 5,500.000 to 19,000?000.
OFFICIALS FALL. OUT.
Tennessee's Finances Are in a Fearful
i - Tangle.
The general assembly of Tennessee met In
extra session last Monday with a peculiar
situation confronting It. The governor
called the Legislature together to amend the
revenue and assessment laws and prevent a
deficit which Treasurer Craig estimates at
$269,000 on January 1, 1897, and over f 700,
d00 a year later. The comptroller, Mr. Har
ris, howerer, opposed the calling of the ex
tra session and takes the ground that there
Will be a surplus of t72,000 In the treasury
January 1, 1897, when the Legislature to be
elected in November will meet.
In his message -to the gAoeral assembly
Gov. Turney includes the detailed estimates
oi both the treasurer and the- comptroller,
but indorses the views of the treasurer In all
but one or two minor items. He dissects the
comptroller's estimates and urges the legis
lature to take action either by repealing the
revenue law of 1895 and re-enacting that of
1893, or by restoring the , tax rate for State
purposes to 30 cent-, from which it was re
duced by this legislature to 20 cents.
Both Mr. Craig and Mr. Harris have sup
porters among the Democrats aad an inves
tigation will be made in order to see which Is
nearer correct in his estimate. The Repa b
lican members have decided not to vote for
Increased tax, unless clearly shown to be ab
solutely necessary. It U possible that the
State offieeiS wil' simply be empowered by
resolutipn to borrow money, if uecessarv, as
some Democrats are fearful that the State
ticket would be weakened by increasing
mm OF
- THE WORLD;
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Arranged paragraphicaLlIt
FOlt THE BUSY READER.
Happenings Both flome and Foreign
as Taken From thn Latest Dis- V
patchee. '
' . Notes From be South.
. The "Lilly White' wing of the Re
publicans of Texas met at Fort Worth
and nominated a full ticket. .
J. H. Edmunds, a j prominent insur
ance man of 'Birmingham, Ala., com
mitted suicide by cutting his throat.
Judge Jas. T Earls has defeated
.Governor Evans, of South Carolina,
for the United States Senate by ; a
majority of 3,000 rotes.
Geo. Peyton,, clerk in the Macon,
Ga., postoffice, has been arrested by
Inspector Barry and put under bond,
charged with embezzlement.
W. B. J ohnson and J otin Wi 1 bourn,
two prominent farmers, fought a duel
with Winchester rifles, at fifty yards,
near Coffey ville, Miss., which resulted
in Johnson's death from four waunds.
At Owensborough, Ky., the Mardsen
works, occupying a block of jground, a
new industry, was burned. The plant
was working on some: large naval con
tracts in which the Sewalls, Cramps
and Eastern capitalists were interested.
Loss $30,000, partly insured. "
The Louisville Courier-Journal says
it is probable that during October Sec
retary Carlisle will make a number of
speeches for the ticket of the National
Democracy. . One of these may be in
Louisville in answer to the speech
which Mr. Bryan is to make there.
Charles Ballare, who has been serv
ing in the insurgent army, has reached
Jacksonville, Fla., from Cuba. He
gives a thrilling account of raids made
by the insurgents on Manzanillo, Cein
fuegos, Batanabo and FejuoaL He says
Cuba is now an ash heap and that the
insurgents' success is aured.
The rate committee; of the Southern
States Freight Association met in At
lanta, Ga., last Tuesday to consider the
preparation of new tariffs ' to meet ths
latest cut by the Seaboard Air Line.
The purpose of the committee was to
fix a rate using .Atlanta as" a distribut
ing point to all other points reached by
the associated lines. The committee
adjourned without definitely settling
the matter. !
Throughout the-North
Ex-United States Senator Henry B.
Payne, of Ohio, is dead . Cause,
paralysis.
Sewall Gillam, father of the late Ber
nard Gillam, the famous cartoonist,
died at his home at Mount Vernon, N..
Y., last week. j
The Consolidated Electric Bailway
Company of Fort Wayne, Ind.i has
gone into the hands of receivers. The
company was capitalized at $2,000,000.
AtWatertown, N. Y., Walter Sanger
beat E. C. Bald two straight heats in
a mile race for $1,000. Time, first
race, 1 :59 3-5. Time, second race,
1:59 4-5. -
The Democrats of New Jersey met
at Trenton last Wednesday and nomi
nated Presidential electors and en
dorsed the Chicago: platform in
emphatic language.
The Prohibitionists of Massachusetts
met in Boston last week and elected
Presidential electors and a full State
ticket. The seceders of the above
named party did likewise.
Miscellaneous. .
Chairman Bynum, of the National
Democratic party, expects' the Palmer
and Buckner ticket to poll a million
votes. "
The latest reports j from Li Hung
Chang is that he stopped at Winnipeg,
Canada, for a few hours and thence on
to Van Cover. ' . i
What the Cable Brings.
Luigi Palmeiri, the Italian meteor
ologist, is dead. Aged 89 years.
A cablegram from Havana, Cuba,
says: "The Cortes has adjourned
after unanimouslv authorizing the gov
eminent to borrow $20,000,000, guar
anteed by the railroads, and also unani
mously authorizing the: government to
raise another loan of unlimited amount
to defray the expenses of the campaign
against the insurgents, this loan to be
guaranteed by any of the national
revenues." " j ' '
The Northwestern Millers Associa
tion, also known as the Flonr Trust,
has gone to the wall, j It was organ
ized a year ago to maintain a uniform
price of flour and to do away with com
petition. The books were closed and
the penalty of one cent a barrel, which
every manufacturer paid into the trust
as a guarantee that he would keep
faith, was divided among those who re-
mained faithful.
Asked td Sleet In Joint Debate.
Acting on the report that Major McKlnley
is to take the stump a petition is being circu
lated in Chicago, 111., among local organiza
tions asking Messrs. McKinley and Bryan to
meet in joint debate upon the financial question-in
the Coliseum on the evening of Octo
ber 17 or thereabouts. Letters will accom
pany the petitions assuring the candidates of
a fair and impartial hearing and urging them
to grant organized labor an opportunity to
hear both sides of the financial question.
Sewall Will Not Withdraw.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
prints the following dispatch: . ' - -
'Bath. Me.. Sept. 4. Editor Commercial
Advertiser: Any statement or inferences that
I propose to withdraw from the Democratic
National tieket are without foundation. I
have never had the remotest Intention of do'
ingso. . . Axtbub SxwAtfc"
1I0RTH STATE
CULLI1I6S.
ftOCtXERY ia DXHfifNEP
Aftd neytrolds of "Winston, Steps Into
Ills Shoe. - '
The leading Republicans and Popu
lists met in Baleigh last week to con
sider the matter of fusion between the
two above named parties, and the fol-.
lowing is the result:
. For Governor: Daniel L. Bussell,
gold, or Win. A. Guthrie, silver.
For Lieutenant-Governor: O. H.
Dockery, silver, or G. A. Reynolds,
gold. ,
For Treasurer: W. H. Worth, gold
or silver, which?
For Secretary of State: ; . Hah W.
Ayer. silver, or Coon Skinner Hender
son, gold.
For Supt. Publio Instruction: OVA.
Mebane, silver. '
For Attorney -General : Z.V, Walser,
gold. - r
For Associate Justices: W. A. Mont
gomery, Silver. R. M. Douglass,
gold.
For Congress First District: Harry
I Skinner, silver.
Second District: Geo. H. White, coL
gold:
Third District: J. E. Fowler, silver.
Fourth District: W.F. Strowd, silver.
Fifth District: Thos. Settle, gold.
Sixth District: C. H. Martin, silver.
Seventh District: A. S. Shuford, sil
ver. Eighth District: R. Z. Linney, gold.
Ninth District: Richmond Pearson,
gold.
For United States Senator: Jeter C.
Pritchard, gold.
THX OFFICIAL AGREEMENT, , ;
The People's party State executive
committee and Republican State execu
tive committee, in behalf of their re
spective parties, affirm our devotion
and fixed determination to support
and maintain a free ballot and fair
count in all elections held in North
Carolina, and pledge ourselves to the
policy of upholding the principles of
free and honest elections aimed at and
provided for by election laws enacted
by the Legislature of 1890 and for the
purpose of maintaining the act of the
last Legislature restoring to the people
the right of local self-government, en
ter into the following terms of co
operation: ' i
First. To equitable co-operation to
secure the election of members of the
Legislature pledged to these reforms,
with co-operation on county officers. i
Second. That the Republicans con
cede the Populists candidates for Con
gress in the following districts: Third,
Fourth, Sixth and Seventh, and the
Populists reserve the right to name
candidates in the Second, Fifth and
Ninth, the First and Eighth districts
having made satisfactory adjustment
through their respective Congressional
committees. . j
Third. That the Republicans sup
port the nominees of the People's -Party
for secretary of State; treasurer,
superintendent of public Instruction
and associate justice of the Supreme
court. That the Populists support (he
nominees of the Republican party lwi
attorney general, associate justice and
judgeof the Superior court in the Fifth
district.
Fourth. The good offices .of our re
spective committees are pledged to
accomplish the results aimed at in this
agreement.
Hal W. Ayer, chairman; L. C.
Caldwell and L. Z. Garret, People's
Party Committee; A. F. Holton, chair
man, M. L. Mott, R. O. Patterson and
A. R. Middleton, Republican commit
tee. "Both State chairmen say this agree
ment completely satisfies them.
,.v
Smallest of the Insane
Wednesday of last week a young
colored girl, of Wake county, Amanda
Scott, only 14 years old was taken to
the insane asylum at Goldsboro. As
she stood beside the' deputy who had
her in charge, she looked almost like
a baby. She measures only about
three and a half feet in height But
her mind is as badly deranged as if s"he
were full sized. She is the querest
and tinest patient that was ever sent
from that county.
L. W. Ashley & Sons, a large plung
tobacco manufacturing firm of Mt.
Airy, has assigned, naming J.'M. Pat
terson as trustee. A mercantile firm in
which they are interested at the same
place has also failed. The assets and
liabilities have not been given out.
. '
Preliminary arrangements are being
made for the encampment of . the First
and' Third Regiments of the State
Guard at Raleigh duiing the State
Fair.
The Governor has appointed Jas. T.
Post, of Wilmington, director of the
colored Agricultural and Mechanical
College at Greensboro, vice James B.
Dudley, resigned.
What is stated to be the largest
single consignment of tobacco ever re
ceived in Macon, Ga., was recently
shipped to that city from Winston. It
consisted pf a solid - carload oi chew
ing tobacco.
A TRIPLE EXECUTION.
The White Slan Asked to Be Allowed
to Go Flrstne Did.
At Paris, Tex., Gee. L. Wheeler, white,
and Ellas Lee aad Hickman Freeman, col
ored, convicted In the Federal Court for the
the eastern district of Texas 'for crimes In
the Indian Territory, were hanged last
Friday. At the request of Wheeler, he was
hanged alone. The trap was sprung at 11:16
and he was pronounced dead at 1138. The
negroes mounted the gallows at 12:05. The
trap was sprung at 12:12. and they were cut
down 15 minutes later. AH three necks were
broken. ; Freeman 'was reziarkably cool,
A BBPOBUCAIIOM
GEHEBAL PROFLIGACY UHDEE HAS-
Recent Statements of McKlnley Com
pletely Disproved Republican
ExtraTvajtanee Mainly Reaponsl' 1
- Vble for the Country's Distress
To Mr. McKinley: j
In your letter of acceptance yon say
of the Wilson Tatiff law. ! ...
"It lacks the essential virtue of the
creation the raising of revenue suf
ficient to supply the needs of the Gov
ernment. It hss contributed to swell
our National debt dore than $262,
000,000,and general business demorali
zation is seen on every hand.
Confidence in home enterprises has
almost wholly disappeared. Our men
at home are idle and men abroad are i
. I
occupiea in supplying us with goods.
In a recent speech at your heme
you were even more explicit. You
said of the sound-money Democrats :
"They .-. were'ehiefly instru
mental in putting on the statute books
tariff legislation which has destroyed
American , manufacturing, checked
foreign trade and reduoed the demand
for the labor of American working
men.' ; : . .
In the same speech yon character
ized the existing (Wilson) tariff law.
as: . - . : : '",
"Free trade legislation which has
already resulted so disastrously to the
American people and entailed upon
the Government deficient revenues,
upon the people diminished trade
abroad and starvation wages at home."
These statements and characteriza
tions are not true, Mr. McKinley.
1. The Wilson tariff has not "de
stroyed American manufacturing' or
"checked foreign trade." On the
contrary, as you very well know, the
exports of American manufactured
goods, which amounted under your
'own tariff law in the fiscal year 1892
only to $158,000,000, havo so in
creased under the Wilson law that for
the fiscal year 1896 they were no less
than $228,000,000.
2. When you assert that the exist
ing tariff has "reduced the demand
for the .labor of American working
men" you are under obligation to es
tablish the fact. What proof have
you that the demand for American
labor is less under the present tarifl
than it was under your own? If your
assertion is true you can easily estab
lish it by statistics. " You doubtless
.remember that in 1890 you asserted
! that wages in protected, industries had
advanced under your tariff, and yet
i upon an oft-repeated challenge you
! utterly failed to point out a single in
j stance in which any such thing had
i occurred. Is your present assertion
j equally without a foundation of fact?
; Is it fair, is it just, is it even honeBt
: to make such an assertion if you can
not prove it? ! I !
3. The Wilson law is not "free trade
legislation," and you know it. Yon
know that tho present tariff is higher
than the Republican tariff of 1883, un
der which hbor was amply protected.
Vou know that it is 50 per cent, highei
than the Morrill war tariff. You know
it is the highest protective tariff in the
world. Is it honest or fair to oall thii
."free trade?"
! 4. The Wilson bill as you perfectlj
know, has not "entailed upon th
Government deficient revenues." You
know that but for the Supreme Court!
anomalous decision declaring its in
come tax feature unconstitutional th
Wilson measure would have produced
ample revenuss to pay all Government
expenses and leave a surplus. - Yoc
know that when that source of revenue
.was destroyed it was a Republicai
Congress which refused to increase thi
beer tax or do anything else to repaii
the deficiency. Is it fair, is it manly,
is it wise, under existing circum
stances, for you thus to misrepresent
facts?
But there is a broader aspect of thii
matter. In these assertions and sug
gestions you challenge scrutiny of
Republican crimes under Harrison.
It is reckless and even a fatal thing
for you to do.
The very mischie fs which you charge
to Democratic legislation and Demo
cratic administration have been the
necessary results, the inevitable fruits
of that orgy which began with Mr.
Harrison's inauguration and ended
only with his departure from office
after his crushing defeat by the peo
ple. As you were yourself a promi
nent and influential factor in the
events of that period yon must know
this facVas'well as we do. Is it fair for
you to ignore it and attribute to Dem
ocratic legislation and administration
results which were unmistakable con
sequences of Republican misconduct?
1. You know perfectly well that
when Mr." Harrison came into office
Mr. Cleveland turned over to him a
Treasury full to repletion, with a sur
plus of more than a hundred million
of dollars, and with revenue laws pro
ducing vastly more money ; than the
Government needed.
2. Yon know that at the end of Mr.
Harrison's term the surplus was ex
hausted and that there would have
been a deficiency apparent but for
the juggling of accounts in the Treas
nry department and the wrongful
conversion of a trust fond to illegiti
mate uses.
3. Yon know that this result vat
brought about in part by the redac
tion of receipt created by your ewn
tariff bill, under which, in the name
of protection, the customs revenues
were cut down from C229, 000,000 in
1890 to $177,000,000 in 1832 and&31,
000,000 in 1834.
4. You know that it was ia other
part produced by the reckless iquan-
dering ox a uepuDucan ocsre3 i
which in the House you were the
chosen leader. That bc-T ret clr
lars, but fastened so many unjust per
manent charges' upon the Treasury as
to make it impossible for succeeding
Congresses to reduce this extraotdi
fisryafld extraragant total. : : .
- 5. Ytfd kaoir that ' whatever defi
ciency there ht& since been in tho
revenue, whatever consequent-embarrassment
to business ffod whatever
prostration to industry are in largo
part the fruits of ; recklessne? for
which the Republicans much more
than the Democratic party i respond
fiibls, and in which you yourself bor3
a commanding part. Why not tell the"
truth about these things? i Are hon
esty, cardor, fair dealing and truth
telling less imperative obligations to
candidate for President than to ordi
nary men f -v '
But this fa not all. !
Mr. Harrison was elected by a mi
nority vote, even as compared with
that of his Democratic opponent alone.
The majority of the popular vote was
heavily against him. No sooner was
he seated than your party set about
securing his re-election and preserv
ing its control of the Senate in spite
of anything the majority of the voters
might decree. i j ; J
j There were five Territories that
could be depended upon to elebt Re
publican Senators and give their elec
toral rotes to a Republican candidate.
By dividing Dakota a Republican Con
gress made of these five sparsely pop'
nlated Territories six new Republican
States, with twelve Senators, eight
members of Congress and twenty eleo-'
toral votes. i : ':
I Not one of these States had pop
ulation fairly entitling it to admis
sion. Not one of them would have ,
been admitted except in aid of the
Republican conspiracy to re-elect Mr.
jHarrison and to intrench the Republi
can party in control of the Senate in
spite of the country's will. Inciden
tally this political crime was expected;;
to render impossible the repeal of any
legislation the Congress that com
mitted it might enact. It was designed
to enable your party to fasten per-,
manentfy on the country that system'
of bounties and ! favoritism and ex
travagance which 1 made possible and
profitable the very wrongs and rob
beries against : which; (the free silver
craze is largely a misguided protest.
Mr. Harrison and j the Congress'
eleoted with him reduced the revenues,'
squandered the surplus, increased thei
expenditures, swelled ( the pension list
until it cost moie thaa any of the
great European war j establishments
and inaugurated a system of general
profligacy 1 which 'has alarmed and an
gered the country.;
In face of this record it is neither
honest nor politic in you to insult the
intelligence of Democrats whose ' suf
frages you ask by attributing to Demo
cratio legislation and
administration
the ills of which your
chief author. M i
own party! was
It was not the Wilson law, but
the
Republican crimes ; under Harrison,
that laid the foundations for present
distress and created conditions which
threaten the country with policies of
dishonor, New York World.
A Trust Director for Vice-President.
flAwwjai A TT lia v f- riATMinafail Viv trill
Republicans for the Vice-Presidency,
is a tit and proper person to represent
the party of monopoly. ! As a director
in the American Cotton Oil Company,
the official name : of : the cotton seed
trust, he is personally: interested in;
restoring the McKinley low. That,
tariff imposed a duty of twenty-seven
per cent, on cotton seed oiL The Wil- i
son tariff abolished the duty, thus de
creating the power of the trust to
charge higher prices to American con- '
sumers than to foreigners. If McKin- t
ley is elected the duty on cotton seed ;
oil will be restored, for the benefit of -Mr.
Hobart and his trust associates.
How will that help the millions who , :
will have to pay higher prices for oil?
A Tarifl "Restoration." '
Major McKinley wails that our for
eign trade, "so precipitately cut off
by adverse National legislation,", must
jbe reopened for. our surplus agricul
tural and i manufacturing products.
fThat isy tmder a "protective" tarifl we
must again sell to the foreigner cheap
er than we do to our own citizens.--'Pittsburg
Post. . ; - r l . : If 'M H '
nicks I saw your poem In the paper
last week. How did you get your pull
with the editor? Wicks Oh, I didn't
bother the ; editor, I' called upon the
business manager. Somerville Journal.
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