VOL. V. - 'lCXV--v EDENTON, N. G., THUYlABklLl2, 1900. 'Y "W '- ' ' ' : -. '"'I' ' ' ,vo n
A STRONG LETTER.
Mr. Bittiflf Declares Butler's Arfu
raents Against tbe AmendineBt
AN INSULT TO THE WHITE MEN
Of the State nr. Bitting Studies the
Amendment, and Wants No More
"Anti" Literature.
The following is a genuSne letter
Eent to Chairman Simmons from For-,
syth ootmity. The wrtcr of it, Mr. Z. B.,
Bitting, -was uncertain. at-n time as
to iow he would ote, and so etpress
ed himself to a' revenue officer who
gave his name -to Butler, and he (But
ler) sent him the letter ihe refers to.
Mr. Bitting thereupon got the amend
ment and convinced himself that it had
been misrepresented to him by the
doodlers, and writes this latter:
MR. BITTINa TO SENATOR BUT
LER. Rural Hall, Fbrsytlr Co., N. C, March
14 th.
Senator Butler, Dear Sir: You let
ter came some .days ago, and with it
the papers you got up to defeat, as you
say, the amendment to the constitution
of this State, but really the letter you
send has so muoh more to dp with tho
destruction of the peaceable condition
of our people now, that I think it noth
ing but right for me to tell, you that
you will please to not send me any
more such. "When I read the follow
ing in your letter sent to me: "We
must band ourselves together and fight
until this red shixt mob lis driven
from power,' I 'tshiink you insult me
and every other man wiho voted in 189S
to get rid of the awful state of things
negro rule had brought us to. You
may not Lave intended it to insult me,
but it is wrong for you, way yonder
safe in Washington, to try to 'bring on
a fight among us down here, who are
peaceable people.
I would have wondered why this
matter was sent to me, a life long
Democrat, If you had not enclosed two
large blanks for me to fill up and re
turn to you. One marked Form No. 1,
had on it ' List of Democrats who do
not approve of and may vote against
the amendment." Now I know, like a
great many white men, before I studied
this amendment, I spoke my doubt3
about voting for it. I spoke from the
lights I then had as to lits meaning,
.and I am satisfied that a certain reve-
uuj oiui-er ui my neigDOOTnood -or
somebody who heard me talk, sent my
name to you. and that's how I come to
get your letter, and that's why I re
reived for over a month the Asheville
Gazette, which came to me as a Dem
ocratic paper, but is very "bitter on the
amendment. I read in that paper
"JTSt: That the amendment would
disfranchise whites and negroes both,
if they could not read and write. I
was xrouDiea, ana so l sent for a copy
of the amendment to Secretary of State
Thompson, at Raleigh, and looked this
matter up for myself. In section 4
tound this: Every person presenting
himself for registration shall be able
to read and write any section of the
constitution in the English language;"
that looked skittish to ime, 'but I read
on and m section 5 I read tMs: "No
male person who was entitled to vote
oTi January 1, 1867, or .prior thereto, and
no lineal dependent, (heir) of amy
fcuch person shall be denied the fight
to vote by reason of his failure to pos
sess the educational qualification men
tioned in paragraph 4." Now I've got
nense enough to know that before 1807
negroes couldn't vote and white people
could, and this certainly means, that
ALL white men will be let in, and all
negroes, wiho can't read and write will
be ruled out, and I am free to say
thats exactly what I would like to
have done.
Second: But my mind was disturbed
the second time by reading in the Ga
zette afterwards in explaining my ask
ing if this wasn't so, by its saying that
if the law could stand like this, yes,
though It had said the opposite at first
but it was in two sections and the Su
preme Ceurt would knock out the
grandfather, or section 5, part of the
bill and let the reading and writing
section 4, stand, therefore cutting out
everybody, white and Wack who were
Sgnorant of book learning from voting
anyhow. I had lost some faith in the
Gazette for catching it in the first mis
take, so I went to studying again.
And 'this is the way I studied it out.
The Democratic party is made up of
white men entirely and it must stand
up for its own people. It certainly has
had to do it ever since the war, and it
is the party of the laboring people who
really dislike a negro's manndshness
worse than you high-class ofHce-QioJd-ers,
and I don't mean offense to you,
if so I beg your pardon. Now a heap
of white people can't read and write,
but they have been killing nigger votes
for the Democratic party ever since
niggers begun voting against honest
white men, and they begun it eaTly and
flxave kept it- up late. Would that par
ty, I thought to myself, be fool enough
to cut its own throat by handing one
of these honest white friends who ihad
ii o book-learnung a ticket and say:
"Here, you uneducated fool you, vote
this ticket for the amendment and I
guarantee it will destroy your privi
lege of ever voting for me any more,
because you can't vote no more for
anything," and to a nigger that's voted
against it all his 'life say, "Here, you
educated mlgger, you are better than
that white man, take this ticket and
you and (him together will Mil his
chance to vote any more."
Mr. Butler, anybody knows that's all
rot, ridiculous, and so I found that the
best mem in this State and other States
and in the United States Senate all
safid that the hullabulloo over the con
stitutionality of the amendment be
cause it was in two sections and that
the bad sectkrajwus good law and the
good section , was bad law was just a
dust kicked up to save the nigger from
betog disfranchised, by scaning just
euoh men as me.
I have found out that a law just like
tMs has been working in Louisiana for
tnre years, and is working 'all right,
white men rating right along and nig-
tmo imve quit young aq,d fooling and
uuw w raising cotton, and I thxjtught
to myself, "That's Just what I want
tihem to go to doing fcene and ! be
lieve I Will thelD to DUSh it alone and
take the risk," when I heard, that to
oo.uei.jr evwyooay a aouDts, the mem
bers of the Legislature that put this
law before the people, have given it
out that it will meet again in June.
and tfle very first thing it does will be
w yui, uum ewuuu ana o in one sec
tion, and give the wfoite man a chance
to rule this country. That's right.
Then for CERTAIN every wMte man
who was born and raised in this coun
try, mo matter whether he ever looked
in a book, can evermore vote, but a
nigger who couldn't vote in 1867 and
none of bis (heire who can't read and
write now, could ever vote, and that is
honestly about like I want it, for I do
not believe that God Almighty ever in
tended for niggers to have equality
over white people, and I know I don't
intend to if I can help It, without hurt
ing any of my own race and blood.
Third: The Gazette, instead of being
satisfied at thiis prospect of having the
amendments married tn June and ev
erybody happy, so it could not be de
cided by the court to be unlawful in
the good part and 'lawful in the bad
part, but lawful all over, then jumped
another rabbit and It was 8hLs: white
men, after 1908 who can't read and
write can't vote. I got my law and read
it again and I found .that it says, in
section 5: "All persons wio register
and vote before 1908 shall haVe their
names emrolled and -kept forever," so
you see their names are kept on this
record in the court house, so that there
can never be any dispute over their not
always voting. 1908 only means per
sons -wQk get -to .be 21 after then and I
explained this to one of my revenue
officer friends who seems to take a
great interest in me somehow, and he
said that would be all Tight, but the
trouble is, that after then there might
be more educated niggers than white
men, and L couldn't help from telling
him that if he Uhought that much bet
ter of a nigger than a white man's ca
pacity, I don't, and if I did, why I am
that more bent and--determined now
to vote for the amendment so as to
evermore cut off a nigger's prospect to
outgeneral my children. And I couldn't!
help from asking him if he was so
much concerned about a nigger's vot
ing after 1908, how in the name of
common sense me was so anxious to
keep Mm voting now he had a chance
to stop it Tight away. He left about
then to cut up somebody's still and I
never (heard his reply.
The last report 1 have heard was one
sent out from revenue 'headquarters at
Winston. They say that it as that all
who failed to pay their taxes by the
first of March, just gone, will not be
allowed to vote under the amendment.
picked up the law and went to stu
dying again and I found 'this: "And be
fore lie shall be entitled to vote ne
shall have paid his poll tax on or be
fore the 1st day of March for the pre
vious year."
Now that did phase me a little, until
common sense and a little thought told
me that as it could not be a law until
we voted on it, and we did not vote on
it until August, 1900, now the (iiclieas
could anything in March, 1900, affect
ray rights, but I kept on reading and
when I got down to sub-section 2, I
read this: "The provisions of this con
stitution, etc., shall go ftnto effect on
the fiTSt day of July, 1902, etc." So
that looked like a sockdologer to false
report No. 7.
Now, Mr. Butler, I have honestly
told you the trouble of my mind, and
how I came to experience perfect sat
isfaction about the amendment, and
the more I understand iit the bettr I
like it, but I can feel for them who are
yet 'honestly trying to get out of the
darkness, for I was honestly in the
dark myself. The more I am informed
on thiis amendment the better I like it.
I am stronger than ever for it since I
have found out that that same Ashe
ville Gazette, pretending to be Demo
cratic, had been bought up by office
holding Republicans for the purpose of
deceiving, and I hate a traitor and spy.
I do not thiink you could have read the
amendment carefully. If you will send
to Mr. F. M. Simmons, Raleugh, N. C,
for a copy, he will send you one, or if
you prefer not asking him, write to
our new county chairman, sa Winston,
N. C, Mr. Andrew Joyner, and he will
send you or anybody else one, with
Lieutenant Governor Charlie Rey
nolds' name to it, to show that it is the
genuine article, just like it passed. Ex
cuse this long letter. I suppose you
meant well by writing to me, and i
certainly mean well by writing to you.
Yours truly,
ZEBULON BAIRD BITTING.
ANOTHER REPUBLICAN LIE.
1 A Ridiculous One This Time.
The ?rd section of the amendment
provides:
Section 3. "Every person offering to
vote sihall be at the time a legally reg
istered voter as 'herein prescribed anJ
in the vay herein provided by law,
and the General Assembly of North
Carolina shall enact general registra
tion laws to carry into effect the pro
visions of this article."
The Republicans, although they do
not printit 'in their papers, because
they know that then that lie would
soon be exposed.are thaving the reve
nue doodlers and otheT bush-whackers
'to tell the people that trader this
section of the amendment the Legisla
ture is iven the' power to set aside
through the registration laws the 5th,
or grandfather, section of the amend
ment, and that it can under this sec
tion pass registration laws which will
requtae everybody to register under the
4th section.
Of couirse it is only necessary to call
attention to this falsehood in order
that everybody may see how ridiculous
it is. It will be plain to every man of
sense when he reads this section that
it simply authorizes the Legislature to
pass registration laws in accordance
With the other; 'piovieions of the
amendment and that tttie Legislature
would have no power to pass any reg
istration law that would in any way
conflict with or nullify any provision
of the amendment There is no 'dan-
J ger of any sensible man, who as read
the amend men t, toeing mii&led by this
statement of these buah-whaokers.
They are only making ithio statement
to persons wiho they thiink have not
read the amendment, or who will pro
bably not read the amendment It i3
simply another attempt of "the Repub
licans in their desperation to fool and
mislead the uneducated whites. This,
like the othr misrepresentations of
the advocates of negro domfl nation,
will not avail them. They will learn
before the election that it is always
best to be frank and (honest with the
people.
FOOLHARDY COURAGE,
The Asheville Gazette, Republican
Organ, Says it is Better to Steal
Than to Belong to a Democratic Club
The AsQieviille Gazette, wMdh ie re
cognized as the Republican, organ of
the State and piiMlshd under the aus
pices olf Piritchiaird, Pearson and Bol
ton, in a recent issue in oammonlttaug
upon tihe p-uOrttaatioln 'by the Wiae&ing
ton Post amid certain North v Carolina
journals of the fact that Downing;
Dockeiry's stair witnteas- in his combes!
Car the seat of the Hon, John D. Bel
lamy, tod. been caught by the police oi
Wa3hi3Eton city in the act of robbing
a drunken nuam and arrested and pout
in jail ifar larceay, used the following
language:
"Bowling was a leading ligtat in .ttw
'White Union' chub atnd at the .electtot
was a Democratic 'registrar, whidh, ir
owr opinion, were muoh worse offense
Chan roTibtnig a drunken man."
In commenting uponi tfh'is djeclamatkHi
of Pribdhard's organ, the Aeheville
Citizen administers to Norton, the edi
tor of tMs disreputable arad discredited
sheet t!he following just rebuke:
'BabSjimg a drunken man is larceny,
aimd under some circuimetances is (high
way robbery; but according to Norton
eitlher larceny or highway roWbery is
a less crime, less degraidiLng, less toeta
cus amid less felonious than to be a
mem'bar Of a 'White untfan' or to be a
Democratic registrar. It anight be
said that Norton 'has overstepped the
bounds of decency 'but for the fact
Chat it is a long time since he was on
this ide the bounds of decency.
"Butler's threat to 'whip' he whit
men out of Che State seems to have
infused: a Pert of drunken or idiotic
cow age into a few curs. Whisn curs of
low degree insist on making them
selves obnoxious- it is not inifreqnenitly
She case tihat something of a disagree
able nature occurs to them. Nothing
tftaat Norton can say can injure t'h
standing of any white main, much lcs.
atiash a etain to the ' white men o;
Norh Carolina. '
"After all perfoaps it is Pri!fcdh)fflrd:
not Norton, Who is responsible for th
Gazette. Nevertheless, even if that be
true, no decent man would hire him
self to write what Norton writes."
Butler's Unpardonable Sin.
Senator Butler strenously denied say
ing that "outrages were committed by
negroes hired by Democrats for par
tisan purposes." It was proved that he
siid it by tfoe 'best citizens of Edge
conAe and 'Nasft. But it was said in
our 0'wn tor&ers under stress of poli
tical excitement and some were willing
to extenuate words spoken in excite
msntt. But When he gets up in Con
gress', in the Senate of the United
States, in 'the presence of the nation's
assembled wisdom and reiterates the
charge that there aire White men iti
North Carolina who, 'for partisan pur
poses, wiiil ibLre negroes to assault
white women, the whip be was going
to drive Democrats out of the State
with owgiht to be used on him when he
sets foot en our soil again, if such
nuetlhoas were encouraged by Demo
crats. The "whip" of just indignation
amd righteous wrat'h will be used by
all self-respecting North Carolinians
on this Senator who traduces his awa
people. j
In bis speech, on Feb. 6, on tni
Pritdhcrd resolution, page 1783, Con
gressional Record, Butler uses .thes
words:
"Now what class of negroes wouU
be left to vote? There would be ma-nj
thousands who would still vote, an
this :numiber would include all that ele
meat who hiave 'been active and offen
sive in politics,, and- who, either iron
innate perversity or for a coosidera
Hon, 'have furnished the capital neces
sary to enable the machine 'poliidiciaii
to raise the negro cry and appeal U
race prejudice."
Here is the man wiho misrepresent'
us at Washington. "Let's whip hta
out" of the State's list of offiice-ihold
t Auieust. We can do it, an
the peoiple are getting ready in evrj
county to. North -OaTolina. The unpar
donable sin in Southern politics is U
exalt the political "power of the negra.
and the crime tor which ftlbere is nc
forgiveness ihere or 'hlereafteI, is foj
a Southern man to slander the peopl
of !his State -News and Observer.
Dr. Meserve's parting remarks to
the graduates were brief, but to the
point. He pointed out the serious side
of the battle of life upon which the
graduates are entering ; the thorns and
pitfalls that encompass the traveler,
and counselled them as to their con
duct through the Journey. He strong
ly advised the youing men to keep out
of politics; to exercise tihelr right oi
suffrage, but carefully ' avoid further
connection with party or partisan. The
only things gained by the colored race
in North Carolina, through politics,
said the speaker, are the "Jim Crow"
car law and disfranchisement. Poli
tics, as a vocation or profession, he
argued, is bound to result ruinously.
Not long after the negro editor,
Manly, left Wilmington and the other
obnoxious whites and blacks were ex
pelled from that place, a negro preach
er named Scott, of Henderson, went, to
New York and t a "Manly meeting"
uncorked the vials of his wrathl He
was notified by Henderson people that
Ms return to tlhat place would not be
permitted. A Henderson man says that
notwithstanding this Scott appeared
there a day or two ago. He was waited
on and told he must depart In 24 hours.
He departed.
-v-v f'A " 'a ' 1 . - i - -- - - i. pMM
PUT AlESJlir 0N L
; :
'A
Richmond Cottiwjr erlff flecei
Special fro NewDbertover.
Rockiagihan, ,CUftiigay y&jt
was a rousing uwaeisflbtiie Wpfflthjgw
tie Democratic nllagof 44i Pee Ejee
Factory. Elaab3Sj3id ivtocf&g
Bpeeches were nfpde Messrs. p. 'hi.
Morrison, A. SpooJry anfjl PaulC.
WMUook. Tbm comodiouS hall ae
crowded and yeha laj? poruon of ,h
audience failed '? getinel44 It iae
tfre occasion ctf $Sh4s-jpbttoio tfUcyrs
tor 4Ihe Pee: Dei-;.FagW3t''!VMte. ju
prerna.'cy Club, Vihsleota fesoHed
President, ' OftwtTl? "VVbey; vice
president, J .- .tX ; jbbs secretary,
Tames Meiacharav; - -
Mr. Worley Vill fnke alboid, ak
arad intelligent r pre$iing : ipfCicer. '.In
fact we eaimnot tt?p hi ply ccyamend th
ttftire veaiM otfbe iwstioi -
The miost tnitrestfe anEtfgnfiflc&it
Incident of t3ie tcapa -&s the pe
senta'tion of a J&'agaifce!nt .:red &hivt'
to aheriff T. S.VWrljiiL r atuett.
The eiolih fromr'W'hiit ;thiJl tbeautiul
CamauB red sihirtvWaVinacDef. was wsosr
em axd made a& Pef .Dee IBactory,
the younig laddes of e ifacioay, alirm
nearly att of tihyCsng lajies weav
ing a tew tihreaa a4 seating a ir
sbitdhes until th&- Kuautiful ganit
was complete 3n r-eJr jpartloulax
The preseaiiat loorijddresg was maiie
by that eloxrueri)v;Eajjlhimei Mr. GWo
WrbuTiton, lon sitj an sdopted tm
of the old Tar leel jkte, hose refei
bs&cta. as an eloiuer "speaker, himjit
the superin'tenientlf tjp "weaye
room," was fully- suh Jinedipn ChisifC
oa&ibn. He allildedr-rith lpride aia
fer-vld ipa'trioSkH tojhe Ew8iiervineitis
of Deaaacrajcy, rtth -ye aidSof he Ifey-
crs of white iguiiiremiiy; to9the valiant
figM siade toy iShiari Wriglit in fiu
great camipaign! of tw&, ayd1 to fh
grand ba'title to .perp'HuateK thite gfey-
erncneint to 1900 ?HJ : edaauence ma
pathos weresb2iBh)&;4n toi? alluisloiao
the sad misfartuaie kh :lef ell a rjEjp
u'iafcle younig lady, of, heir opeftu
tives, moffe, thanua :0ar ajp, at the
hiaadB of a meKj: or 3e. said ;3ie
"spent sleepless .nig is, ssarcMng r
le vilMn," an whC wasiat .that fie
tenmimiert to ave.lgeitftr frong? lid
the Repuiblicarie coi ?to;er resc?ge
Are your f rienid& jitw-e whChunted ie
brute or defenddp'h,ii$-? badies asJ
fellow -citizens ttwji theaone po$ty
amd eairrle peop&PywW noviT propos:iu
plant the flag orhtjftgoyrnriient ip
on tCa dome oi thfe-"fcatecapito; Kitn
every court hioi'fte tpajlolranid on he
gabl-ee of every 5iogt ilhJfiivted Ijby
wQif te pecofle, wao aVe whi. It is-fiif
party that Willi Iov-kit igomen, light
for hm, ant.t-d'ie f(Hhcm I't .8 qit
fittirug then, 3rttng jgwiies that jsou
sihoudd honor t ise .ntho onor yu,
and swear by tpe emal jod, to pro
tect you now- aad fver, tftc. ;c
At the cclO&tonif MP. Warbur
tem's most eXceMvKitriiid. algogetil&r Ap
propriate ad!tirt8i l;VcalLe out Sher
iff Wrigiht who met? by fcMee
ieauitifu!l :lttletn:rar Hjd faefcary
?iris, toindsomK rTrayedT in whit?
iresses, trimirjCet : fh -rd, The.
tihe .red ehKrf.a daftei? ccanmafed-.
' 4 . jf-: - -- m
!o
the trio, in ra!i'esi5rS styifj, repeaiu
beautiful, heJ-ov pirMietic: gpoetiy, ce
lected for arid dapt to -the .sceie.
Then they dvncer and 5laced
Eihirt on itJhie sriftpn front, 'pa
cm side, wete-in'segfoed tfeise magic
words: "Wihite Suipleanacy-," on the
oJher. "Our Sieriff . : ThC: scene ei;x
tirifled the audjeflce Snd ters flowed
freely. . r- "S
This was too;muceven fer a sheriff.
But T. S Wrtltht, pa kijii-heart.d,
whole-souled dhristi gen-gemah, cnd
a faithful minister- thegosncl. nie
could not conic&al . Ips enpatioa, 'ljut
wihtln it biad bien s&dued.he made
flnst rate, Tom Wifhit sfeodhf
thait captivated; Thismnflience and nv
ed c-verybody o;fef ithat Miey coid
brave any -and Yerpla.nger which ij-.v.
in the p-athwat tbSemal elivcnufre
from negro dninooi. fhe Hhefiff
siaid he was pWidfi Jhis pd ehdrt
that he was-rtl&flriman gwho' ' eyer
raised a Whit 5 ; Serniacsj- flag;; fin
North Oaroltn ' anytlhatS whien thie
caimpaign was Wer;i woup send-yhe
btait'teired flag aid sryirt tothe S'ttiitfe
miisoimtl -to be TjresLived. al relics of
the mmicirtaiblevicfeii&s o? ' 1898 stndt
i9oo. : m f.g
The oppoatiiMn -t4l0 amendment is
ist vainislhdnigandioki cafa ppt M
fast
Mchimond dori ft
least 800 for tAe a8n)djmet. Givert
C. B. Aycock . Or CSNrnorgand WI.
Everett, of . Rdamwfe fojtl treasuat,
anid other counties up; fifelf . out yhe
ticket ' ' '' ? : fx yi
The Pee Pet elotry is' clamorous
to (have Capt, jiyereon t)M ticket ; -
Western Rer0bliejtes esruecially 'gre
Khowine indeTndee'. This weeS-'s
Shelby Aurorapnts thlscari f em.
a life-long uerapni:
Editor Auro5t;4iave :een a e
jiubl ican for tv'SehtyWears aiiid Wamfcl it
understood thSt: I liin ffigvor oflhe
amendment betisMfe; lif w drop he
negro our parwr w be stnigtheed
in the South. M t0eve inf white Su
premacy, and h4ing pifnciples of
the Republican R4y- I&m a sub
scriber of tihe ir3i d, "
WALTjHC LAfCFORDi
The WilkesbTQ roniclJ editorial
"y says: ?r
"A Republic wfti has ben promi
nent In Wilk0,poi:ics anthas held
office 4n the lasl
that he was no'" opp.ed to,ie amend
ment and wou.d export He said
that some of tfie' -reJnues (had triedsto
get him to jin aa- .anti-ftmendmnt-J
club, but he trtM rtilth flhag he wogild -
not do so. thattfrerC-Jnas enough, of .the
hired revenue fco ruj .feheir ulubP with-'
out him. 'last is Xe way(W taiK; ie.
Let the revenues r&a ithete negro
premacy clubsiaad i;te wbsSi men will
run heirs.'V - a '
They are cdmina. ? -It is r? tflme ffor
white men wto, belf e to cWbite Su
premacy to nflitse makelt periaa
aent ; J "& 't-
f-' - ' i n m
BUTLER TRIES TO WRlOGLl l QUT.
Senator Aldrlch Says He Was'Crrcct-
ly Reported.
WasiMnjgjtxm, Mandh 13. At-it .con
elusion of itihe xuorning bnistoesi . iij tihe
Senate Mr. wallea of Nebraska 'vng
to a question of privilege, midted.
been mdsnepresenteid as to Ms ' oaliion
on tho firee cornae of silver."
NotMnig that I Qmve ever.fV fouto
by any kstod of torture be cohsil'iKid as
a lack of f aditih. in my patty: pj 'Jtana,
which, declares for the free' d:.
inn.
lfinSted coinage of eilrer at .a "-iMfb of'
T 'Mc. Allen read Uhie-colloxjwy t stfbreen
hflaneelf iasnid Mr. Aldadch, whic!h,-.ttdl
was ifoe basis of tihe report ' i'noBct-.
ing him. "I want to repeait," ; sad,
"aad I want the .pablie prtot3ettt put
tMs statement in black-face i type,
tihat I am a firm toeHeneavamd alwayB
have been 4n the doctrtoie of f jer. free,
and unlimited) coinage of gold ind sil
ver at the TOio of 16 to 1, and J,doh.'t
belleTre iftFwafitiinig tor any a) Aer na
tion." ;
Mr. Allen, was foilowed-by 3 f But
ler of Nooitlh Carolina, nviho de red to
make a personal statement aBcern
inig a Rfimfilar imatter.
Mr. BytLer e&iJd that the re ant of
this, oolloQuy 'between hilmself . jnd; Mr.
AMrich had" n)ot comectly rep eseauted
Mm. TMs report stated that r. Boi
ler evaded a direct answer to,lr.
drkih's Question as to wthertJhiei for toot
he (Buttier) wtas in favor of 4 e free
amd unlimited oc&nage of silvfj- aft. tihe
ratio of 16 to 1 Mr. Butler re
si tailed bis position as given, dtuntg the
colloquy, In closing, he said; -Ie was
in fafvor of the free ooiinage of jjpfld and
silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 by e Un)Lt
ed States, independent of an? otiher
nation. i
Mr. Aldirich replied brtiefly, tsaiyinig
tJhiatt the press account of the olloquy
was a fair and accurate stattent of
what occurred. He had as1 r ed the
(North Carolina,) Senator six r eight
times if .he was in favor of i ie free
amd unlimited coinage of sifr-.fe at a
ratio of 16 to 1 by 'the Uaitstv States
alone, amd had not received y direct
answer. 'Mr. Aldrioh said he 'us glad
to get to-day a statement tr'.'jxk Mr.
Butler, itihat be was now in t ivor of
such true coinage. :
In its Tuew-born zeal in a b a cause
tha Asheville Gazette pujblii9'es "the
affidavit of one M. F. Dowi ligf re
cently filed in the contest of Cjl. O. H.
Dockery jagatost Hon . John1 i". Bel-
lainy,The Gazette introduies tbe
affiant thus lugubriously: i
"To those who are not fami'ar wibh
the casmpaagn metnods ox ia,in some
of the eaeibeiiin counties of .th- State
the faicts et forth in the aff javit of
M. F. Dpwling, which appear in an
bfher "column of to-day's Gazvbe-, wili
be a shocking siurprise." i :
Now will the esteem-ed Ga: add
that witlhin a week after filing life in
famous slander and false1 icufd as
above, and appearing 'before he com
mit'tee in it-he interest of Coloi jl -Docker
y, that he was caught by Je police
in Washington city, with a pt n the
act of picking the pocket of j anfor
tunabe creature whom be 1 d first
filled with wihiskey, then rabfa? him
of all his money and a diamf tdc 'rfing?
It is upon the testimony of tiu 4ort of
a ticioundrel that the Gazette indulges
in its denhrncia'tion of the effo-4s .oCthe
be?t people of all parties to remove
that which is an intolerable; oppres
sion. t the Gazette really believes
that the several hundred neg p Voters
of Asheville are the equals t like
numiber of White citizens of.ta town
in any of the essential's wh .;h go to
make a refliaJble or a proper. ( v'-eraing
class, it will n'sver succeed .iiAbonvinie
ing the -white Republican cf that
Tnounitain section of such, nfci). les
wMte Democrats. The Gaze te is en
gaged, in a business it will i yet be
ashamed of, end will have f; re foi
its efforts. But Dowlihg ia a- sweet
scented wianess for such entt ipiise as
our mioumitain contempoj-ary ihj. "jsn ?hosen
to enter upon. ,
Brevities. .
Word has been received a Tampa,
Fla., that the schooner An i4a E,
Herrick, Captain. W. A. Allej owne
by the Crowell-Savares Corr, a:;y, oi
that city,' was wrecked at Ht ; Island;
off the coast of Honduras ,iiting a
heavy storm. The crew was ;LV;ed and
are now on their way home, with the
exception! of Captain Alley, .wio, re
mained on the island. f "3
Senator Allen and Jee.prt jetative
Lentz :h)ve introduced a joi. t. ,jfesolu
tionValling upon .the Presditt to
withdraw the troops from . ' ieil tJour
D'Alene mining country ont)y de
clare martial law there at J'eud.
Reuben Griggs, iolored, . ag3ed 16
years, : was hanged at CC-tterland
Court House, Va., for crimdn; assault
upon a girl of his own colo, Iged 7
years. At the last 'moment 4$ nerve
gave way and he hod to be 1uti)orted
by five men, while the noosj was be
ing adjusted. There was noi igg else
unusual, about the execution.';- ;
Four men were instantly VHi.jd, one
fatally and two seriously in-ord- by
the explosion of a saw mill b aliir near
Anthony, seven miles ifrom- 'Ituncie,
Ind. . .4- ' ,
'Miss-Maud Adams, the was
the model, and Mrs. Bessie Pi lit r Von
nah the sculptor, of "The it jerican
Girl," cast in gold, to be ex ih-ted &t
the Paris Exposition. It w itgiis 71J
pounds and. is valued' at $18;fKf0.
The United States steamijj Iro
quois will make a search for'.jhtj miss
ing iMorrill Island, while si j :'is en
gaged in the survey for a ce jl' rout
in the Pacific. ; it '
An attempt is 'being made t 'ai jaalga
mate the elate quarries in W tla -wfth
$6,225,000. ' - -.
The 'War rpartment fs I yiraTinj;
advertisements fox bids1 fW;;"t'addl.
tlorial Tjuflldahgs to be At orj Erected
at Egmont Key, Fla, tere:i llf be an
administration btiildlng,a ibaj r'a shop
an oil house and a stable aj d large
wagon shed. The work oh 4 " tortifl
cations is still in progress ahk'very -
tensive
: 7:
arp sis -mm.
Bill Comes by Savaoaah pa Retura
"' .frdfflf FloHila, 1
m IN CRUSH ;0N THE STREETS
Arp and His. Wife 5aw Dewey and
Heard the Cheering of be Peo
pie, ' v
un our. return trip .from, Florida we
raa in4o the Dewey reception at f Sav
annah. r Itf had not occurred to ne thai
tt is was any of our business, - but aF
Vraycross and Jessup and all along the
the line men and women were boarding
the car like there was a carnival on
hand and by the " tlmV we arrived we
could hardly get into the depot for the
people.. In the 'course of time we got
the leavings of a dinner and took a car
for the central depot wtbich was to. be
out headquarters until 9 p. m. !From
there we radiated down toward the De
Soto, following the crowds that, were
gravitating that way. Seeing how they
were massing on the broad sidewalk
just opposite the hotel my wife said:
Let us stop here by this telegraph
pole." It was a fortunate selection for
with the big pole behind her and the
curbstone before her she couldn't be
crowded to any x extent In half an
hour the crowd was immense ( and
would have moved her from her moor
ings but for the pole. I braced her on
one side with two solid feet and a
firm corporosity. Expansion was the
word and I expanded, : All sorts and
sizes of colors swarmed around us, but
my wife stood solid, to her post An
other half hour passed, but still! there
was no Dewey sign, and I began to
feel a little tired in my legs and 4.ri
draw a long breath once or twice in a
while. Sometimes I would bend one
knee a little for a rest and then change
to the other. She street was kept clear
by the mounted police,so that the mil
itary could have distance to march in
platoons, but the military did not ap
pear. Another half hour -passed and
we heard the solemn beats of a' drum
far away; so I braced up my knees for
another effort In the meantime fine
carriages adorned with flags and bunt
ing' and beautiful ladies and swell gen
tlemen passed and repassed but no sol
diers. I was nearly ready to drop to
the marble flagging on which-we stood,
.but my wife stood as firm to the tele
graph pole as Cassabiahea clM to tihe
mast. About this time a little heathen
Chinee appeared at the big plate glass
bay. window and trie-small boys ctheefed
him, for he was Dewey's pet that he
brought from Manjla a fad about T2
years old and as good looking as a Chi
nee ever get3 to be: My wife said that
was a sign, a forerunner, and sure
enough Mrs. Dewey soon appeared and
parted "the lace curtain and gazed upon
te crowd and smiled. I was not look
ing tat way and my wife nudged me
with her elbow and said there she is,
but .she had disappeared and I saw an
other lady in another window : drink
ing a cup. of tea, and temarked-'she is
older than I thought she was and more
thirsty, ahd was then infromed that I
was looking at the wrong window,
Still there was no sign that the show
was about to begin and I drew another
long breath and sighed. . "Cant you
stand it a little longer?" said she. "I
am almost dead," said I. "I ; would
give $10 to be out of this and sit down
somewhere." It was then 5 o'clock
we had stood there three solids hours.
My wife endeavored to detract from
myself to the flags and to the; smali
boys who had climbed to the jopings
of the windows, and up in- the trees
but I felt like I was at a funeral and I
was the corpse in the coffin. At lat,
at last Mrs. Dewey came again ; -to the
window and removed the lace contains,
and the admiral came with her and
waved his hand to the outside ? multi
tude,. and everybody shouted. The
important crisis which were to' have
arrivera bad arroven,. There was the
great admiral in full regalia and there
was his wife,: radiant and smiling,
dressed in a silver sat:.n waist that was
modestly low cut n the breastworks
and my wife could see diamonds, spark
ling and jewels shinging from h-er hair
' to her waist, but I couldn't, for the
.window was not raased and all that w
saw was through a glass darkly, and
my eyes were never sfained much by di
amonds. The admiraT was sick and t.a
doctors said the air . must not blow on
him. About this time the thrill'ng
notes of a-brass band came ov&r the
east wind and cheered the multitudes
and my wife nudged ml again and
said, "lsent that beautiful?" Tolera
ble." said I. for my knees were! in - a
tremble and I was considering how
could stand up any longer. I had not
realized the difference in our ages until
then, nor (how it was possible for her
to outstand' me, but she never faltered
for a moment, nor complained of any
thing. She came there to see and she
saw.
Well, the military followed the band
and that took another half an hour
for there were thirty companies, in
eluding infantry and marines and the
cadets and the artillery and the caval
ry and so forth.- I suppose the -artil
lery are the fellows what made .the
punch that made the admiral so sick
The artillery .was drawn by thejblggesi
mules I ever saw, and on each mule
was a big darkey . and the guns 'were
little long things about as big as my
arm looked like toys compared with.
What we ihad in the civil war. I- still
do hot understand what they want with
such big mules to pull such Httie guns.
But at last one show, was-oyer and my
wire saw sne was- wuung oepan
those coast if . it was possibleo;getlms covered witn harrow biafc,vel-.
away. As tne grand paraae or tne mil
itary was going on-and the braes bands
were floating music in the air sbe nud
ged jne and, said: W feel just like
shouting, don't JFOU?" , Oh, my country.
How '' we (have lived "together "for over
fifty years' aiidwe are ho mort 'alike
about some things than a mocking bird
is to a buzzards "Shouting," ; said I.
"no, I feel more like going home and
going to bed. X wouldn't give l eents
for the whole show with the (heathen
C&ine. atihrftwed in, I'm worn osj&
tanding oa tM cold, hard pavement '
I wont get over It in moptllt" . This -world
is all a fleeting ohow for man's
illusion giTexfc Vanity of vanities
saith the preacher.
Altogether it was a great show and
pleased my wife immensely. She says
she would not have missed It for any
thing. And so I am satisfied, for all'a
well that ends well. We are (home -again
and found a glad welcome at the"
depot from'e&Jldrea. and grandchildren, .
I tell you. that in ear little circle my
wife and I are of more consequence .'
than Dewey and his wife and the hea-
then Chinee all - combined. Bill Arp,
in AtlanU Constitution.
NfeVER ATE FbREIGN MEAT. '
tr-we mfn?ii?iam "Ton ' 8ar Cat "
On Knows AU the Fact,
v A certain Major Brown jones, whe'"
made it, hl3 boast that he never alt
lowed American or colonial meat to b
served at his table, recently visited an
old comrade in Liverpool. One night
at dinner a most delicious saddle, of
(apparently) Welsh mutton appeared
to which the major did ample justice.
"Ah!" he observed, "I wish that my",
butcher in London would send me Btuff .
like that; and yet he deals only in the
best British meat." "Well," said hla '
friend, "as a matter of fact, you have
been eating New Zealand mutton; but
it's only fair to say that I get it from a
friend who is a large wholesale im
porter." "By Jove, you don't say so!"
jxclaimed the guest "I wish he'd tell
ne where I can get the like in tdwn."
"We'll go , and see him tomorrow,"
laid the host The visit was duly paid
:o the meatmonger, who smiled When
he heard the Londoner's eulogy and -
explanation. "Tell me," Tie returned
after listening to" the epicure's re-.
marks, "in what part of London you
reside, and I dare say I can give you
the address of a retail butcher who
will supply you with exactly the same:
sort of mutton as that whielLyou'like
so much." The major handed him his
card. "Ah!" observed the importer,
"there's the very man within two
streets of your house. , We supply him
with all his meat Here's his address,"
he added, handing a slip of paper to
the seeker after succulent Joints. The
major read, the major started, the ma
jor frowned the major, truth tb say,
cried vengeance; and no wonder, for-
the address was that of his own butch
er, who dealt only in home produce.-
London Sketch. . .
WOMEN AND WORRV.,
A. Feminine Fall toe Contrasted to Blan't
Indifference.
Despite the fact that women hare
beeii warned, that worry, digs .untold
wrinkles in their faces and sprinkles
gray among their tresses, they will go
on worry ingvthrough all time or until ,.
time has solved some mooted ques
tions. If women bad the capacity with
men of getting up and doing, battle :
with things, worry would slip, off their
shoulders as easily as from off those
of the average masculine. Man doesn t
worry about debt, because he feels that
he has it within him, since money
making is his business, to make suffi
cient money to pay his debts some.,
time. Women look at it more prac-,
tically and consider the now. Man
doesD't usually Worry about his health,
because he really has not the time.
Man doesn't worry about the futures
he is so madly interested in the pres
ent; nor about his clothes, for th '
tailor stands between him and that;
nor about home matters they, front"
his point of view, are too trivial until
he comes home to a badly cooked din
ner, and then in his broad outlook
there is no excuse for, this state of
things; for in business circles if an'ett
ploye does not do his work properly
iis employer'gets some one wTio can:
ind this is a method that will yet come
to be a powerful lever in the" leveling
of a woman's worries.
The armless artist .Felu lias Just
died at an advanced age abroad. He
eould do a number of things witho4$
arms that many -men with arms are'
enable to accomplish, He always '
shaved himself, for one thing ,andV
presumably, without cutting himself;
be wrote a successful play, ?and he
painted a large number of pictures.
Sometimes when we see the things
that people have accomplished! under
great difficulties we almost regret 'ifni"
ow n advantages, although the first
thing we should do I were wa to' Ios
them would be to try. to replace tfceni
in some way. The obvious moral of
i'eln, of course, is- that we, lacking
his disabilities,- should accomplish '
much more than he; but this ..is a .
moral that' only the young will meekly.
accept, and they only because they
have to do so. The rest of us merely
wonder,, and! find a few minutes in-
terest m the - contemplation of the
phenomenon. .
' ' 'Wo Waste In This Waist. -r.There
is a certain woman known as
handy" by our'e Tieestojte, who uova
Mys is simply "clever." -One "of flies
has recently Justified por'odical prais ,
by- making an. ornamental and useful
Article out of a ilk blouse. Mrs-Neat
angers needed another soft pillow, anc
thus she secured it. The waist wae
fellow taffeta silk, with small sprigs
)t .white verbena and green leaves., She
ripped it all apart and pressed it; then
excepting worn spaces undef each arm,
2ut ft - Into two inch squaresTfieec,.
wm . hnntod in n. 'muslin linlnsr a'ooLtht'
vet ribbon, which can be bought yery ;
cheaply by the ten yard piece. .At tin. '
vomers of each square yr here tlie velvei
srossecl she sewed imitation jewetsj
topaes, rubies or emeralds, 'ad along ...
the intervening lines, gold pequimc Th
edges of the pillow 'were: bound" With f
wider velvet ribbon and full . rosettes
of ith narrow were at the four corners,,-
Conduct ie ne-forirtk f Brei bS ,