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VOL. X.
CLINTON, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1892.
Na 15.
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Alliance Directory.
NATIONAL I'ABMEKS' ALLIANCK AND
INDUSTRIAL UNION.
President L. L. Polk, North Car
lina. Address, 344 D S.rcct, X. W.,
Washington, D. C.
Vice-President B. II. Clover, Catu-
biitlie, Kaunas.
'ccreiary and Treasurer J. II. Turn
er, (ieoryia. Address. 229 2$orlh Capi
tol Street, N. V Washington, D. C.
Lecturer J. II. Willeits, Kansas.
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
C. W. Macune, Washington, 1). C.
AloiizoH'ardall, Huron, South Dekota.
J. F. Tillman, Palmetto, Tennessee.
JUDICIARY.
II. C. Dernming, Chairman.
Isaac McCracken, Ozone, Arkansas.
A E. Cole, Fowlcrville, Michigan.
NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
The Presidents of all the State organ
izations with L. L. Polkex-otlicioCuair-man.
NOKTII CAKOMNA FARMERS 3 TATE
ALLIANCK.
President Marion Butler, Clinton,
North Carolina.
Vice-President T. 15. Long, Ashe
ville, N. C.
Secretary-Ti eaurer W. b. Barnes,
Kaleigh, fci. C.
Lecturer J. S. Bell, Brasstovru, N.C.
Steward C. C. Wright, Glass, X. C.
Chaplain Uev. Erskiue Pop;, Chalk
Level, N. C.
Door-Keeper W. II. Tomliuson, Fay
ctteville, X. C.
Assistant Doo -Keeper II. E. King,
Peanut. X. C.
Screant-at-Atms J. 5. Holt, Chalk
Levl, X. C.
StaU Business Agent W. II. WortU.
Baleuih, X. C.
Trustee Business Agency Fund W.
A. Graham, JJachpelah, X. C.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OK THE
NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS'
STATE ALLIANCE.
y. B. Alexander, Charlotte, X. C,
Chairman; J. M. Mewborne, Kinston,
X. C. ; J. S. Johnston, Buffin, X. C.
STATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COM
MITTEE. Ellis Cair, A. Lcazer, X. M. Culhrcth,
M. G. Gregory, ffra. C. Cennell.
STATE ALLIANCE LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEE.
If J. Powell, Raleigh, X. 0. ; N. C.
English, Trinity College; J. J.Young,
Polenta; II. A Forney, Newton, X. C.
NORTH CAROLINA REF )RM TRESS
ASSOCIATION.
Officers J. L. Ramsey . President;
Marion Bullei, Vice-President; W. S.
Uarnes, Secretary.
PAPERS.
The Caucasian, Clinton; Pro
gressive Farmer, Raleigh ; Rural
Home, Wilson; Farmer's Advocate,
Tarboro; Salisbury Watchman, Sal
isbury; Alliance Sentinel, Golds
boro; Hickory Mercury, Hickory;
The Rattler, Whitakers; Country
Lite, Trinity College; Mountain
Home Journal, Ashevill; Agricul
tural Bee Goldsboro; Columbus
News, Whiteville, i . C; The Busi
ness Agent, Raleigh, N. C.
Capt. A. S. Peace, editor of Alli
ance Department, Oxford, N. C.
Each of the above-named papers are
requested to keep the list standing on
the lirst page and add other.", provided
they are duly elected. Any paper fail
ing to advocate the Ocala platform will
be dropped from the list promptly. Our
people can now sec what papers are pub
lished In their interest.
PROFESSIONAL COLUMN.
W. R. ALLEN. W. T. DORTCH.
ALLEN & DORTCH,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Goldsboro, N. (J.
Will practice in Sampson county.
feb27 tf
M. LEE, M. D.
PuYSIClAN,SlJKOEON AND DENTIST,
Office in Leo's Drug Store, je 7-lyr
TT E. FAISON,
J I Attorney and Counsell
or at Law,
Office on Main Street,
will practice in courts of Sampson and
adjoining counties. Also in Supreme
Court. All business intrusted to his
care will receive prompt and careful
attention. je 7-lyr
W. KERR,
. 1 A Attorney and Counsellor
at Law.
Office on Wall Street.
Will practice in Sampson, Bladen,
Pender, Harnett and Duplin Coun
ties. Also in Supreme Court.
Prompt personal attention will be
given to all legal business. ie 7-1 vr
TCI RANK BOYETTE, D.B.S.
J Dentistry
Office ou Main Street.
Offers his services to the people of
Jlinton and vicinity. Everything
. n the line of Dentistry done in the
fcest style. Satisfaction guaranteed.
lMy terms are strictly cash.
Don't ask me to vary from this rule
irfolK Alliance Maie.
11 AND 13 COMMERCE ST.,
NOBFOLK, VA.
Owned and controled by Alliance
wen for handling farm produce.
COTTON AND PEAFDTS
SPECIALTIES.
Don't sell before writing for par
ticulars. J. J. ROGERS,
Manager.
P. O. BOX 212.S sept24 tf
Piles! Piles!! Itching Piles II I
Symptoms Moisture; intense itch
ing and stinging; most at night;
worse by scratching. If allowed to
continue tumors form, which often
bleed and ulcerate, becoming very
sore. Swayne's Ointment stops
the itchinLand bleeding, heals ulcer
ation, and in most cases removes the
tumors. At druggists, or by mail,
for 50 cents.
Dr. Swayne & Son,
c 8 tf Philadelphia.
IN CONGRESS.
WHAT'S SEEN AND HEARD
THERE BILLS GAMBLING
IN FUTURES FREE SIL
VERWHAT ABOUT
CHILI ?
OTHER THINGS OF INTEREST.
Editorial CorrepndenM.l
Washington, D. C, Jan. 13, '12,
Congress was in session but little
over an hour to-c!ay. They give as
an excuse for sutfi short sessions,
that the committees are at work.
But unless this body Is unlike all
previous ones there is a vast quali
ty of wind, gas and buncomb to be
blown off this session, then why not
stay iu session longer each day and
let th'se fellows who are loaded
with speeches for the galleries and
for effect on their, constituents at
home to help their re-election be
gin to deliver themselves nsw
instead of taking precious time to
ward the latter part of the session?
Holeman's resolutlox plcdgiag
the body to economy etc., ete., will
pass now, but he probably could not
pass it 90 days from nw. We sup
pose that it is in view of this that
he passes it now to try to stiffen the
backbone of the fellow whom the
lobbyist will probably capture.
.
Congressman Alexander is pre
paring a bill that will be a death
blow to gambling in futures if It
should become a law. He is mod
elling it after the lottery bill, which
will make it illegal to send through
the mails any quotatious from the
gamblers in Wall Street; a newspa
per can not be sent through the
mails that publish; their quotations
& etc. Our DeoDle ere erallv have
no idea how much money is taken
from North Carolina in fact from
the whole South and West every
year through the "bucket shops" in
nearly all our larger towns which
are little gamblig dens, branches
of the big gambling hell in Wall
Street. Not only does this specula
tion have a deletlrious effect upon
the market price of farm products,'
but a large number of the failures
we are . seeing every day are the
result of money lost on cotton or
grains futures. Our people are
playing with gamblers at their own
game, and are just as foolish to
invest in these futures as a man is
to play with a common circus gam
bler at his three card monteor other
similar games. Then another trou
ble, nearly all of our Southern and
Western people who deal In futures
try to bull the market, that is they
bet that prices will go up, then of
course the speculator's interest is to
bear the market and make prices
decline.The "bull" not only loses his
money but the farmers get lower
prices, a double loss. Those who
will gamble ought to try to "bear"
the market so that if they did loose,
the farmer would gain. We hoe that
Congressman Alexander's bill will
pass and be effectual in wiping out
the whole infamy.
We have had the pleasure of
meeting here Prof. Hamlin Garland,
who will soon have a national repu
tation as the author of reform
literature. He is the author of that
excellent book "Main-Travelled
Roads;" another book of his "Jason
Edwards" will soon be from the
press. He is a young man' about SO
years of age, an original and aggres
sive thinker, and though young is
already a scholar in the broad sense
of the term. He was a farm boy
raised out in the great west. He
has risen rapid! v and is now on the
staff of that great reform Magazine
The Arena, published in Boston.
He has come from the 'ground up
and understands the true . meaning
and indwardness of this gigantic re-
formmovement.Prof.Garland Is now
writing the story "A Spoil in Office"
the opening chapters of whioh ap
pear in the January nnmber of The
Arena. The hero of this strong
story is a farm boy who grows up
and is sent to Congress by the peo
ple of his distriet. Prof . Garland is
here studying tho details for that
portion of his story. The story com
mences with the Grange-" movement
and leads up through the' progress
of the Alliance movement to the
present.
Bat few people have any idea of
the immense amount of work done
by Prei.'iieot Polk. He is up every
morning at ft o'clock and at his office
all day and day after day; rushed
with work, except the necessities
of the order calls him into, the field.
He is built for bard work and has a
wonderful capacity for dispatching
business, else it would take two or
three clerks to' do what he does
himself.
Congressman Gray Is working on
several -important bills which he
will soon introduce. One is to make
the Federal courts conform to the
State law in levying costs etc. He
is looking well, but says that his
health is not very good. He is
making a good impression.
A resolution to raise n committee
to investigate the Department of
Agriculture has been introduced by
Hon. Jerry Simpson, lie charges
that the Department is of no bene
fit to the farmers its present managed
but rather a fraud and a humbug, a
tool for politicians and ' the Wall
Street gamblers and a so nice of op
prossion to the , people. The: De
mocrats supported his resolution
and Simpson will have a chance to
make a record for himself and do
the people a genuine service on this
line.. The immense appropiia-
tions that have goae to River and
Harbor Jobbery ought also to be
investigated. The friends of Hon.
S. B. Alexander urged speaker
Crisp to put him on that co amittee
with the hope of getting some light
turned on, but for some yet unknown
cause he refused to do so.
A bill will roo be introduced in
conformity to the cotton resolution
passed by the Supreme Council of
the Alliance at Indianapolis that is
to take all tariff whatever off of cot
ton manufactured goods. This will
cheapen cotton goods and benefit
everybody who uses cotton goods,
and everybody uses it except a few
of the aristocratic rich who cannot let
anything coarser than silk touch their
precious hides. This will greatly in
crease the consumption of cotton
kgo ds, and thereby increase the de
mand and raise the price of cotton.
If this bill were a law the price ot
cotton would go to i robably over ten
cents in thirty days. If this is no
done then Reciprocity should be
applied to cotton, which would
have a similar effect upon the price
of the raw material.
We heard an old Congressman
talking to a new Congressman who '
was elected on a free silver platform,
about the ad versibility of silver leg
islation this session: The old Con
gressman ?aid that he himself was
in favor of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver, but that it was no
use to pass a bill in the Houso for if
they did the Senate would kill it and
if the Senate did not that Harrison
woald be sure to veto it. This is a
sample of the hedging already of
certain Democratic Congressmen
whose people are demanding free
coinage. What does it mean? It
means that that old Congressman is
not in favor of free coinage, and he
trying to lead the new Congressman
to his idea of doing nothing by pre
tending to be for it. Let the House
by all means pass a free coinage bill
and let the Senate and Harrison
shoulder the- responsibility of kill
ing it If they can affoid it. How do
we know they will kill it, if we don't
give them a chance ? We need ac
tion, not inaction. If the people
can't get relief let our Congressmen
show them who is responsible for it.
If Congress ignores the memorial
of the Farmers' Alliance and refuses
to do anything substantial for the peo
ple on the currency question during
the present half of this session then
a bill on the Sub-Treasury plan will
be presented and if possible the mem
bers will be forced on record on it.
At the supper table at the JTation-
al Hotel last night a gentleman frono
Cincinnati, a manufacturer ef wag
ons, said You Alliance people ought
to be satisfied, you have gotten the
prices of things down so low that
there is scarcely any profit in mak
ing wagons now." We told him no,
that we were not satisfied because he
was still making a profit, tho small
cn his wagons while we were not
making anything, were in fact losing
money on our products. He looked
at us in surprise, but we went on to
say that he was wrong when he said
that we had gotten the prices down
so that his profit was lessened, but
that it w as the same causes and con
ditions that had made farming profit
able, that." had " reduced his profits
We told him that when the farmers
were pnisperous they' paid him n
good profit f possibly too good a one)
On his -wagons and did it without
feeling it' much or grumbling that
now they could not, and that if he
sold us wagons he muiit sell them
them low. He mid yes, that was so.
Well then, we said, pou ought te be
Interested to see that the geverment
does tot discrimato against the farm
er and that he has a free opportunity
to prosper by his labors but Instead
of that you and your whole class are
arrayed .against. this reform move
ment of the farmers 'and helping
plutocracy to Jr.eepv tha yoke of dis
erimination and oppression on nim.
Therefore we hope : you will soon
reach the point where you can't make
a cent at your business, for then you
Will wake up to the true situation,
you will see the true merits of this
reform, that it is an absolute nVce&sity
and will help us to bring it about. No
reform was evet started by people
In high life, men have to get hurt, to
feel the pinch of oppression before
they inquire into wrongs and seek a
remedy. We need your help. We
can't get it till you feel the pinch,
therefore the quicker the better. Thin
he could not, or at least did not an
swer. Ft r the first time we have beea
through The Economist building,
from third floor to basement, i Jt is
a scene of busy Industry. 1 For the
last few months the wht Ie office has
been worked beyomt Its capacity bf
the great rush of new subscr'ptlons.
For weeks they have been running
three presses night and day, but have
been unable to keep up; but the
have just put In a Webb-Perfecting
Press that prints, trims, fold and
pastes four thousand copies complete
per hour, so they will now be able to
keep up and send out the paper on
timo each week. ' The Order if for
tunate In having men of such emi
nent ability as Bros. Macune, Dun i
ning. Gray and others in charge of
the National Organ. Every reform
er whether a member of the Order
or not should read this paper. ' He
can't afford to be without it.
We have found a certain under
current of sentiment .here; Among
some members of Congress that has
surprised us. We expected to hear
them speak regretfully of the Chilian
trouble and the outlook for war with
that country. But on the other
hand we think that some of them
secretly desire to see war declared.
What does this mean? It pnzxled
us for awhile, and we can now see
but one explanation. Congress does
not want to do anything for reform
at this session. , Each. side is afraid
of making a mistake, and are watch-:
iag each otherwitii a hope of getting
some party advantage for the next
campaign. Each side is afraid not to
do -something for the relief of the
people, yet each side is afraid to do
anything. They think that is this
country will get into a war with
Chili that the attention of tho coun
try will be drawn from the greiit
living issues now pressed before
Congress, and they can thereby es
cape the responsibility of doing no
thing. So they hope by making the
Americas Eagle scream at a little
country, by talking loud about de
fending the Nation's honor, etc., that
they can make the people to some
extent forget their oppression and
grievances at home. But they will
learn that the people cannot be fool
ed or trifled with in this way.
SEE!
Where Is The Trouble ?
In 1866 our circulation was $52.01
per head, price of cotton was 73 cts.
1867, 137.51, Cotton 4Z cents.
1868, 21.47, " 20
1869, 19.34, 27
1870, 18.70, " 25
1871, 16.89, 20
1872, 16.14, " 19
1873, 15.45, " 17
1874, 14.51, 16
1875, 14.04, " 15
1876, 13.40, " 12
1877, 12.28, " 12
1878, 11.23, " 11
1879, (date of resumption) we had
$10,65, cotton 11 cents.
The volume of money has gradu
ally decreased till now we have only
about $5.00 and cotton selling in Clin
ton less than five cents. These fig
ures were given by N. A. Dunning,
and havd so far not been denied or
reply made.
One More Offer.
We have received a " number ' Of
letters and requests to hold our $1.00
special reduction offer open a week
or two more. Some have written
that they were getting us up a club
and others said they had friends and
neighbors who would subscribe soon;
The secretaries ef some . Sub-Lodges
have written that they will get up a
clubat their next meetings. While
we have not gotten more than half
of the subscribers we needed, this is
very encouraging, so we have deci
ded te keep the proposition open till
February 1st. Now lefcvery reader
nnd friend of the paper determine
that we shall have tho 8000 subscri
bers by then. Talk for the piper,
worfr for it and we will reach it. We
are very anxious to pat1 the price of
The Caucasian at i.uu,anu you
my dear readers certainly ought to
be more anxious ' if possible Tfor us
to be able to do so. As - soon ; a? y ou
getr ne si hscriber, send the name
on to us. ... - -.
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WHY ABE TUKSK THINGS?
If You Can't Answer tins Ques
tion, wny Aotv
The person who can't think is an
Idiot.
The person who won't think is a
fool.
The person who fears to think is a
coward.
y The perse n who dares to talk about
evils and suggests remedies is a pa
triot.
'EJgLt million bales of cotton flood
(h- markets of the world, ' and have
hammered the price dowu to aero
Yet millions of laborers haven't de
cent clothes to wear! Corn was made
n the west so plentifully that peo
ple burnt it for winter ; fires because
it would only bring twelve cents per
bushel. Yet millions of laborers hun
ger, and some of them starve. The
earth quivers every second with the
falling of the majestic pines as the
lumberman eeksrafter.andjoist.and
sill,' and planking, and never before
were hurrying cars so laden with
lumber yet thousands of laborers
shelter their families in wretched
hovels, through whose sunken roof
patters the rain, and through whose
cracks steals the bitter eold.
4They tell ns that this country is
suffering from over-production ot
food! Then why do men go hungry
through your streets? - Over produc
tion of goods? Then why do shrink
ing women and feeble children go
shivering down the icy sidewalk so
scantuy ciau that suffering speaks In
every line oi pinched and uaggard
teatures?
In Christendom are some 350,000,
000 people. - Statistics show that
one-third of the number never have
enough to eat.
Farmer friend, do you know that
you v' raise here in your beloved
Southland about four-fifths of the
cotton of the werld? Do you know
that ootton must come from your
country? The world looks to the
South for its cotton. You raise it,
and who dictates prices? The most
important thing to you after all?
Why, it is a money class, who, re
gardless ot your rights as raisers,
speculate on this cottOn for their
own self agrandizement. What do
they tare about what prices you get,
whether or not r you are forced to
starvation. Farmers' Advocate.
-
Why jhould not ihe farmer take
a hand in politics? btop and think
about this; and ask ' who it is that
would keep him out of politics? In
nine, cases out of ten it is tne class
of people who hitherto have been
most active in politics and who
have enjoyed a monopoly of the
business so long that they begin to
look upon it as their special proper.
ty. He easy, gentlemen, and if you
can't be easy, be as easy as you can.
-The Cotton Plant.
The farmer has a right in politics.
He should take an active interest in
alt public questions. This is a duty
that he owes his country, his posteri
ty, and himself. The New South.
i
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEO
PLE. Listen to what - the patriot and
statesman, ex -Gov. Charles M. Sted
man, said hi his speech to his broth
er soldiers, on the banks of the beau
iiful Swannanoa,' on the 5th day Of
September, in relation to the tyran
ny of money m practiced at the pre
sent time.
- "Everywhere is peaec, prosperity
and plenty save where the brutal,
coarse, and insolent tyranny of mo
ney has made liberty a mockery,
and home a ghastly unreality."
The above words were uttered by
the abefve gentleman, a man hunting
no office, and too brave and consci
entious to bow before, and worship
at the feet of thoae who follow Wall
street bosses and oppressors of his
fellow-men, but boldly speaks his
sentiments on this and all subjects
bearing upon the prosperity of his
feliow-eitizens. Mountain Home
Journal.
POLITICAL PICKINGS .
Hill and ' Gorman have become
very intimate friends. . ' We have not
heard ' what has become of the Re
publicans. Tammany Hall has 'declared ' it
wn ennnnrt. iitiv nominee of the
' - tr i
Democratic party.
Senator Carlisle tmnks uiame win
be a weaker candidate than Harrison
for the Republicans.
The first bill introduced in the
Ohio general assembly after its or
ganization was for redisricting the
State fbr representation in Congress,
go that the Republicans will havfc
seventeen congressmen and the Dem
ocrats four. Columbus, which has
been In a democratic district fcr
twenty years, is thrown In a repub
lican district, thongh the majority Is
less than 1,000 In a tolal vote of 85,
000. The four democratic districts
will have an average majority of 10,
000. . ,
OEN. ROBT. RANSOM DEAD.
At his home; at New Berne, on
Thursday, of congestion of the lung.
He ranked as Major General in the
late war. s He was elected last Octo
ber president of N. C. Veterans' As
sociation. He will be specially re
membered rby the old Veterans in
camp at Wrightsville, where he ws
commander-in-chief. He was about
sixty-five years old.
TOO BAD.
. I The Billion Dollar Congress eould
not remeoaber sdl of Its opportuni
ties. It forgo! lormafce aiappropri
ationforan tatteWga'ttug commit
tv tn (urortainir ttt&!nA WAS in tOO
badeaIthHoHaHulte' Bofr
wasn't v tpp.y
Beany fewmoVfc&t ? have pointed
that committee. ' .
News from Washington.
NOTES AND ITEMS FROM CON
GRESS AND WHAT If IS
DOING.
Some Hills Introduced Person
al. Mention.
It is noticeable that it is the Dem
ocrats around Washington who have
the mtt of the grip. The Republi
cans lost theirs In the elections of
last year and this.
Representative Henderson has in
troduced a bill in the House to re
peal the 10 per cent tax on notes of
State banks.
It Is charged that Senator Sher
man bought votes in the Senatorial
caucus which nominated him.
3Iembers of Congress and Sena
tors are beginning to get very uneasy
over the situation in the Chilian af
fairs aud are waiting patiently for
the President's message on the sub
ject before taking any action in or
der not to embarrass the President
in his treatment of the affair. Our
war vessels are being put In positions
of easy access in case of more war
like demonstrations on Chili's part.
Representative Alexander, of N.
C, introduces a bill, stringent in its
terms, against "futures."
Hon. A. H. Williams, member
from the fifth N. C. district, has
been confined to hi room at Wash
ington bya severe case of la grippe,
accompanied by symptoms which
caused alarm. Ho had severe hem
morrhage from the nose, which con
tinued until the physician complete
ly closed the nostrils.
There was almost as much betting
in Washington on the race for the
speakership as there is oa an ordina
ry horse race. The largest winner
was W. T. Blackwell, of North Car
olina, who is reported to have won
J10,t)00, in sums from $500 down.
A bill is introduced in Congress to
repeal the law which prohibits the
appointment as officers of the army
of men who served in th'e Confede
rate service.
Representative Pierce, of Tennes
see, introduced a free silver resolu
tion in the meeting of the House
Committee on Coinage. A long dis
cussion followed which showed tht
committee to be a free silver one.
The resolution went over until last
Wednesday.
Representative Bunn has returned
to h's home, summoned ou account
of the illness of a sou. Representa
tive Grady has introduced a bill to
pay to the Cape Fear Steamboat Co.
$50,000 for use of its steamers by the
Government just after the close of
the war.
A resolution has been introduced
in the House to investigate the Pink
erton det ctive agency.' It is said it
employs 25,000 armed men.
Eight of the thirteen members of
the Committee on Coinage, Weights
aud Measures, appointed by the
Speaker, are in favor of free coinage
of sliver.
Gov. Hill, of New York, says that
he will not accept salary as Govern
or since his election as United States
Senator, but will turn It over to the
State.
There is a proposed amendment of
the Constitution changing the day for
inaugurating the President from
March 4th to sometime in April.
This will be brought about by the
disagreeable March weather, which
has caused so many deaths on such
occasions.
Gen. Porter has asked for a mil
lion dollar more to finish his census.
He has already spent six million,
four hundred thousand.
Bills have been introduced placing
the following articles on the free
list: Jute, jute bagging, iron ties,
binding twine, lumber, . tin plate,
salt, agricultural implements, wool,
coal and iron ore; and bills have
been introduced to repeal the sugar
county clause of the law, and so
much of the reciprocity elause as
gives the President authority to re
store the duty upon certain products
of countries which fail to make re
ciprocity treati with the United
States.
Mr. Livingstone, of Georgia, has
introduced a resolution in the House
tor the appointment of a special
committee to make a thorough in
vestigation into the financial system
of the United Sta.es.
Senator Vance was appointed on
committees on contingent expenses,
finance, privileges and elections, and
District of Columbia and Chairman
of the Committeo on Woman's Suf
frage. The silver question has already
shown a ready disposition bob up
at any and all times. 8ever.il bills
have been introduced in the Senate
providing for free coinage, and al
though there has been oulv one
"bill" day in the House, four bills
of the same sort were introduced,
besides several others having a more
or less direct bearing on silver.
The House has adopted a resolu
tion offered by Representative Hol
nan that has spread consternation
among the promoters of schemes re
quiring a little appropriation." It
declares it to the Judgment of tne
House that the granting of subsidies
or bounties by Congress in money,
public lands, bonds oi by endorse
ment or by pledge of the . public
credit, -to promote .special private
industries or enterprises, indepen
dent of the constitutional power of
Congress, is unjust and impolitic
and in manifest conflict with the
spirit of republican institutions.
And further resolves that in view
of. the present condition of the
treasury, and because efficient aud
honest government can only bo as
sured by the frugal expenditure of
the public money, .while unneces
sary and lavish 5 expenditure under
any and all conditions leads Inevita
bly to venal and corrupt methods in
public affairs,' no money ought to
be appropriated by Congress, except
such as is necessary to carry on the
departments, frugally, efficiently
and honestly administered.
The Senate Committee on Elec
tion this week heard the contested
casos of Claggett vs DuboU, or
Idiho, and IhtvUlor vs Call, of
Florid. The hearings in both
eases were mere formalities, it hav
iug been certain beforehand that the
committee, almost nntnim
favored the sitting member, DuboH
and Call.
Owing to th fact that the article
which w ill be a&Vcted by the opera
te tariff bill likely to be reported
bV the ll0X0 H'rtV mill M.n.
Committeo sre few in numlwr. mt
that they have been so thoroughly
uim;usshi in tne press, ana com rait
tee has decided that it Will n nn.
necessary to grant hearings to those
I.. a- l . . .
iiurrt-siwu ie mem, as it is not pro
bable that a sluzlo new fet rnl.l
De Drought ut.
Renresentaliva Martyr, nf OhU
has Introduced a bill to consolidate
an i reduce the number ofCuMtnma
Collection 4itr:ct iu the count r v.
Which ho think will imnmvH tho
service and save S178.0C0 nnnuAlK-
The democrats of-the House have
already reached tho why and where-
iore siatro ni mo fusion. riiv
want to know w hy Secretary Foster
nas wuniieui tlie payment or some
S30.000.000 annronriAtod tor thi
fiscal year ending June 30 hist; also
wny some w.j.uou,uuo less than
should have been Laid out of tho
appropriations for the current fiscal
year, during its first half, ending
Jan. i, nas ben paid. Those ques
tions and others concerning Govern
ment finances, may give the Secre
tary more trouble than the grip,
from which ho has Just recovered,
did.
THE ALLIANCE'S POSITION
The Alliance Presidents Iteite-
ratetne oraia l'lattorm mid
u Significant Resolution
It is Good Politics and
u Shrewd Hove.
(Washington Post.)
The State Alliance presidents con
tinued their secret couterenco yester
day and are evidently very busy
taking stock as to the internal affairs
of the order, as they held two ses
sions. Their place of raeejlng has
beeu moved from the Atlantic
Building to 239 North Capitol street,
and the privacy of the proceedings
is carefully guarded.
The members observe the same
clam-liko silence outside of tho ses
sions room, aud observe the inviola
bility of their deliberations.
Aside from tho memorial the sub
stance of which was published in
yesterday's Post, the only matter
that they have allowed to see the
light are the resolutions which fol
io'. Resolved, That It Is thesentiment
and desire of this conference of the
president of the F. A. and I. U.
that the delegates from the F. A .
and I. U. who attend the industrial
conference to be held it St. Louis,
February 22, 1892, use theii Influ
ence ad votes to establish and per
fect fraternal relations wit hall labor
organizations represented in said
meeting with the Ocala demand its a
basis for a platform of ptinciples,
and that such platform be presented
to the national conventions of the
Democratic party, the Republican
party, and the People's party this
year witn ail earnest request that
Uie principles Involved be engross
ed into their platforms for the coin
ing national election of 1892. But
that ther carefully refrain from com
mitting our order as such to affilia
tion with any political pirtv or
parties.
The North Carolina Alliance had
alieady taken the same position nod
passea simitar resolutions.
LIVINGSTON INTERVIEWED.
Free Silver and the S'lb-Trcnsury
A reporter interviewed Congress
men Liv:ngston upon his return to
Atlanta a few d:ys since with the
following results:
"Does Crips victory affect the for
tunes of either Hiil or Cleveland?"
"It is Cleveland's death-knell. He
Is no longer h possibility. He is no
longer talked about as the Demo
cratic nomiues. He cannot carry
New York."
"How about silver legislation?"
"The bill for free coinage of silver
will go through the House like a
flush. It will also, I believe, pass
the Senate, and I doubt not that
President Harrison will sign it The
country demands relief, and the Re
publican President and Senate will
not shoulder the responsibility of de
feating stich a measure."
"What effect will its passage
have?"
"A beneficial effect, and the coun
try will not be long in feeling it."
"The Sub-Treasury plan. Do you
find many who advocate it ?"
"Oh, yes, it is approved on every
side. Not precisely my plan, yet
modifications of it. Some such leg
ulation must surely be enacted."
BLAINE V8. CARLISLE FOR
PRESIDENT.
Mr. Sherman, the recently re-elected
Republiaan Senator of Ohio, in
an interview said Blaine could have
the nomination for President If he
wanted it but on account of his
health it was a question whether he
should accept it. Harrison should
be the next choice. ' In regard to the
Democratic norainae he theught Car.
lisle should be the IX moeratic candi
date for President. Palmer, of Illi
nois, he said, was most t03 old a
man.
WHISKEY FIG II T EN N.C.
Much interest is being felt in the
liquor question in the State. The
County Commissi one rr are making
strong fights against it. : The follow
ing counties it has been fought and
In nearly overy case euccesfully.
Mecklenburg, Alamance, Sampson,
Bladen, Cumberland, Person, Rober
son Montgomey, Stanly and Gran
ville. ' 'i'. : ."
TUB WORLDS XEW&
S I N t'E LASTT1I V I W PA Y ,C A 1 IE
PULL Y A SHOUTED AND
CONDENSED FOR ltlsY
PEOPLE.
State.
Uol.lo.oro has rioJ the luvnso
tax from f.'iOto fioo.
30 student ere present at tho
ojoningoftho t'nlvrr-ity for tho
spring gallon.
Two thousand negroes h.iv' in
two weeks gono to ia from the
eastern count its of North Carolina.
The biggest hunt reported during
the holidays was In Caswell county,
80 men and boy and 110 dog bt-lng
engaged in It.
Every Inmate of tho Coif-I.T.to
Werans Home at Raleigh 1 nick
with grip. Four of them hare diod
with this diseao.
Dr. Thos. II. Clark, or Panama
Springs, win killed at VVYMoit l.t-t
week, by Jamming oft wo freight car
as he as crossing the track.
W. E. Grhnsley will bo tri.d for
fhooting Rev. J. T. Alernathy at
the next term of court for Greene
county, which con veils next Monday.
A party of twenty-flvo ncgore.
ha left Weldon tor Pennsylvania,
where they havo Ikhmi promised
good homes and work at remunera
tive wages.
J.C. Palmer, an Alievillft iollco
man, was scratched oinn weeks ago
by a negro whom he bad arretted,
lilood jwlson enued and l.vt week
he policeman died.
The Mecklenburg Times says that
it was in enor In slating tht a jetl
lion was being circulated among
Alliaticemen pledging tho hlgucrs
to vote the Third party ticket. '
ItisKtateUthat.il. M. Bowden.
the long-missing cashier of tho
wrecked First National batik at
Wilmington, has within the past
few days been seen at Baltimore.
A 8iecial train on tho Western
North Carolina railroad was wreck
ed Monday night. Superintendent
xviciiee and Judge henenck were on
the train. No one was Injured.
lion.Tho. ( Fuller, of Raleigh.
N. C, was confirmed by the Senate
Monday as Associate Justice ot the
Court of Private Land Claims of tho
United Statw. The iiptHiintment is
for life and pays a salary of $0,000
per year.
Mr. Chas. M. Bushoe, Grand Sire
of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of
tkc I. O. O. F. of tho world has
Issued a can I that he has so far recov
ered from his recent sickness to lo
able to resume tbe discharge of his
office. This will bo hailed with
delight by all Odd Fellows.
The case of John C. Davis, the
"VllRiInztori lawver who cleaned un
Fifth Street M. E. church, of that
city, as well a many individuals,
has been continued until the March
term of the Criminal Court of New
Hanover. Insanity is to bo pleaded
in his defence and Dr. P. L. Murphy,
superintendent of the Ktnto Ilosnital
at Morganten, is to bo summoned as
an expert witness.
National.
There are 151,014 Roman Catholic
negroes in the United Stotes.
Every cessenger of tho Southern
express company is ordered out on a
strike.
Baby Ruth defeats Baby McKca
In a voting contest for a prizj at a
Chicago church fair.
District Attorney Carter says the
men of the Baltimore were foully
murdered In Valparaiso Chill.
In an interview published in tho
Atlanta Constitution, Congressman
Livingston says Crip'a victory is
Cleveland's death knell.
On Thursday. Jan.'Tth. Senator
PefiVr introduced a bill providing
for a loau by the National G vern
ment of $'.60,000,000 t. tho People
of Indiana.
The Federal Supreme court de
cides that a man ii not compelled as
a witness to testify io having got
reouies on tail road rale in violation
of .the Inter-State Commerce act-
The Democrats In Nebraska are
victorious. They got their Govern
or in spite of Republicans' rascality.
So decides the Supreme court. This
is a fine success for the presidential
year.
The New York chamler of corn
met ce have adopted resolutions call
ing on the Legislature for an appro
priation of not less than $1,000,000
for representation ef the State at
the World s Pair.
A bill has been introducted in the
Virginia Legislature making Janu
ary 19i h, Gen. Lee's birthday, and
June 3rd, Confederate memorial
day, and election days legal holidays,
and Saturday afternoons in the sum
mer timj half holidays.
Foreign.
Paris' death rate was increased by
seventy on Sunday, caused by grip.
It is rumored that negotiations
between our Government aud Italy
are going on Jn Rome.
The gig of the commander of the
Yorktown U.S. boat, while ly
ing at the landing at Valparaiso on
the 9th Jnstant was stoned by rough
at that city.
The British Parliament aliowa to
each of the daaen vers of the queen
an income of $30,000 a year. The
younger pons of the queen receive
$123,000 each a year.