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StateLibrarv IFOXISTTIEIRi- U ' printed over l.'iO.OOO copies in liij W.- ' to print and cir ,. ;,' ti'iring the pr'-ent year n 1 l l 1 o . i o r I k s CASIAN ,TIIE CAUCASIA flat the Largest Circulation aa I LEAD I SO VTXRKLT IX NORTH CAROUXA. I VOL. XII. GOLDSBOHO, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1894. NO. 24. (HA -1 IL Jl H j 4 ! f ) f THE merit was irf snt Fair. Th'-n- is no , at the Worl.l oni in hiMory of :tn thing so. m.i!'iiifi" lit tor -u-';i fern-. 'I In- tni re bigr.i ys of it ' .11)','- ii- won !l r: - I n 1 1 mi- 1 1 i.'tvc -nri it !!!. !i i' 1.- ' - (.foCi'Vetl HI the ; Goluniliian Album" of iin rli halt-tone 1 1 h o f i o fit v i ti k s "f Wr-1! -seleeled vit-ws of the DRM CITY OF THE WEST. Its palatial Uiiildings, lovely Land-si-ap'-s, Watcrvit ws, Statuary anil Fountains; Marvels of Art ami rr'ci-eiict-; Me'-lia ni'-al ami Industrial Wonders ; Sim ro s of Foreign bite. Ail that was most wonderful and aliui ii.tr, and ber-t worth coin tin m- M .-iting. 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It is in Oootl Cui.ilil i.oi ami Gronins in I'sel'iilin-ss. "NVilminton, N. C , April'.). The North Carolina State Convention of the Young Men's Christian Assifcia tion, which was in session here last week, adjourned yesterday. Over 100 delegates were present from all parts of the State. Keport shows the association to be in good condition, and increasing in usefulness. Members of the State Executive Committee were elected as follow: C. 11. Tillett, W. C. Dovvd, CharlotU; P. 11. Manning, Wilmington; Kev. Thomas Hume, Chapel Ilil!; Kev. William Back .Monroe, X. 0. Brown-Si-qnaril tl"al. Paris, April 4. Dr. Charles Ed ward Brown-Secpiard, the famous physician, died here last evening of pongestion of the brain. He claimed evera! years ago to have discovered a njuvenatiug elixir whicn would restore to its Eormal condition the exhausted vitality of man. But the end c.ime at 73 years and he died like the restof men. The dwelling house of Mr. John R Bell of Duplin County was burn ed on the night of the 58th of .March together with everything therein, Mr. Bell's loss is about $800, 3.50 of which was cove-ed by irj s u ra n ce. The residence of Mr. McD'armid Editor of tha Lumbertou Hobesoii nan was burned last week. Most of the furniture was saved. i T-S ; ; AN j COMPLETED ISSUE. I t.ny l lie a M mit h tiee of th-llxi-lttri in Hit- J-itiii rnlit- I'artv. Iitit it 'frtki four); litl Manhood to lit- it l'lllit Nil Corrupt I'lcrty lia -v-r Ii-i-ii K-fir m4l from I lie Indole. iie 4 an't Help th lenite in : iiinrr.al le 1'iirl v- I- hi-I ;int I it- u re I i'ft it. A N-u 'lii'in- til tin Mtiii.'. So III'- hi II I II lil It l!ll- I'll.- - 1 1 ii 1 1 Uil.lfl ' ( ' . t i 1 1 h -i 1 from I i-t vi k. u ii ki:i I!!K sKF.tn m' K V I I- WKKl .i'A N. .seeds of our present trouble sown in the eredil. st ITU t ben - Wi'fe in a lii t.ii r to pluui'v the1 t nor of your public obligation:?, in tin- n-.-nmption act and the act t demonetize silver, all of which th I eiiiocrati: party denounced and !ia continuously denounced i-.nd mani fested hostility , until this ?ann influence iii the name manner ha. crept into the councils ot the Ibino cratie party and increased in power until it ccntrolri conventions, nomi nates candidaU-rf and directs the (.ouikc of the aduiiniatratioij as we behold in Sit I Ih'tiiocracy a an endorser, iod father, and advocate of the very policies it h;M condemned, lining the tneaiiri, the power entrusted bv a con.'iditiir people, tlie inllueno-t of governmental put) oiiage to etl tiruily rivet upon courage and more our exasperated miuda worn Itodies and tired limbs the invisible but the galling chains of these, conspirators, the gold owners of the world. "I lOf.D vou so." I admit that I am not an impar tial crire of the p;eseiit administra tion, I have not been disappointed or deceived as the southern silver wing of the Democracy profess to have been. Those who have heard me within the last four years will not consider that I am arrogating pro phetic vision when I simply say that I told you so." I can only say that 1 spoke then as I do now the truth as 1 see it and as it appears to nit that all reading and thinking people ought to see and speak. The presen; administration will go into history with two distinctive features, the single gold standard and that mam mouth humbug in principle and practice civil service reform. THE DISTINCTIVE MARKS OF THK ADMINISTRATION. The "gold standard, iu a word, is simply surrendering all we have in cluding our rights and our property to the gold owners, this conuected with civil service reform can work out but one result and that is to cre ate in this country a property hold ing class and an oHice holding class oi me te.iure out oi me same cias Civil service reform as practiced by Cleveland is the substitution of per sonal service for party service, the complete annihilation oi trie demo cratic doctrine of Marcy that "to the victor belong the spoils for the mugwump doctrine of Cleveland that "the spoils belong to the enemy, ex cept when needed to the increase Legislative inllueuce of the adminis tration or to make some distinctive reward for past Cleveland service But back to the record. DUES VAXCE !EE IT? The analysis of the vote of the past two congresses will clearly ex-t-iiij)lify that the Northern and East ern representatives aided and abetted bv the representatives from the met ropolitan districts, have voted prac tically solidly with the liepubhcaus from the same sections upon every material issue. I want to be entire ly frank and fair in my statements so 1 will repeat that there are a great many nobie and patriotic Democrats from the South who have fought for and voted with the people; such men as Vest of Missouri, Vance of North Carolina, Morgan of Alabama, and Daniel of Virginia, and a large mini in the House, but these Senators and Uepresentatives ought to see that it is impossible for them to succeed w. thin the organization of Democra cy ; that upon these principles they have steadily fallen off in influence and power both m the halls of con gress and councils of their party and that thev are burning their oii to no use or service ; wasting time at the expense of their suffeiing constitu ents by remaining within an organi zation whose every convention is bow and will continue to be dominated and controlled by these influences which they themselves admit are hos tile to the principles which they ad vocate upon the hustings cngratf iu State platform and vote for in Con gress, and, whicn 1 believe, that they are sincere in. THE SOUTH ELECTS, BUT NEVER NOMINATES. Let's examine this position. The National Democratic convention is composed of 888 votes. The Eastern and .Northern States, including Ohio, Illinois and Maryldnd, which, on ac count of their large commercial in terests may be associated and will doubtless always vote together, have 350 votes; the solid South, exclud ing Maryland, has 281 votes; of the 254 remaining votes there are at least 100 votes that are dominated by the same commercial aud mone tary iuteivsts that will vote with the New England States aud increase their power in convention to 4o0 votes, which secures them more than a majority in convention. Their po sition however is stronger than this. There is a cardinal rule of action in National Democratic councils that is known as the two-third rule. The New England and Northern States alone have power enough in conven tion to prevent the abolition of this two-third rule and to name their candidate and their platform aud ; f-r e them njo'i voa or lc ie yon ; ti perpetual dead-lH k. Hence, you ! e4-e, when vou enter a Lein K;ratic convention entry in; with you princi j pies which the-e monetary centres! are hostile to, you do so with the! kiiowled inaihame th.it Ijoth vour' ' incipleti and Candida'? will he i-j norid, ar,d after vou hae entered j and dlibeiaUd with them and they have out-voted you ;n to nien and i rneaMiref, tlie n-sult ii accepted in I the name of Deimx lacy and it has to j ret, ive your moral and political siij-! jH,rt. Now while the Sotith's vote) iii convention .' only about .Jo per j cent., yet in the elecroral college wi'ti her 14: votes nas to do or K-r cent, of the 1 'etnocnitic voting for ni'-iiibers of the electoral college luU itre powerless il convention and in the halls of congress and in Detn-i ouratic administration c'rcles, but you are the backbone and siuue of the party jn the electoral college. Then my Southern Democratic friends, why not meet the isme hon estly aud cipiarely and openly con fess that you must do one of two things that you must surrender your convictions ami thereby prove unfaithful to yourselves and to your co j ii try, or you must leave the Dem ocratic party. Eor vou must know that we will never s e either accom plished in the name and with the consent of the organization of Dem ocracy. THE ONLY HOI-K. Will you pardon us for appealing to you to come out from among them and pel mit the solid South with the primitive principles of Democracy in the name of the people to gather strength from all other sections of this grand and glorious country and to establish the principles for which you contend in a straight and houest American way. Do you tell me that some of our principles are herasies? Then come with us and give us the benefit of your experience and talents that we may make our demands wise, practi cal and useful in accomplishing the general purposes upon which we are all agreed. Our interests are the same and it is well that we should dwell together in union. . This can only be brought about and secured by moving in a plain, straight, open honest and direct way, to attain the relief that is admitted to be needed. Now we are determined that you shall not sail nnder false colors auy longer nor deceive the people again without our most active and strenu ous protest. If you are really in earnest for these measures, to-wit: Free silver, an income tax, a tariff for revenue and financial reform, then don't be ashamed to serve the people in their own name. In the last campaign, you will ad mit, tliat your public speakers ap pealed' to the people to stand by the old .party aud give it one more chance and many of you personally assured them in public speech that if that chance was secured with full power and the Democratic party did not give the people relief, that you would never appeal to them again but that you would come over and assist the people in their own way. Now we are willing to excuse you, gentlemen personally, for making such a rash promise of controlling your party, for I will admit that many of you have been deceived and we are willing to release vour per sonally for that action of your party which you could not control, but we do sincerely insist that as men of honor and integrity that you should keep faith with the people who relied upon your personal promises and come with, assist aud act with them for the future. A NEW SCHEME OF THE MACHINE The class of men that I refer to are now busily eugaged organizing themselves into an anti-admiuistra-tion or Southern silver wine of the Democratic party with the patent purpose of entrenching themselves again in the confidence of the people and holding together this organiza tion which has proven to be their en emy. Oh, "consistency thou art a jewel !" This same class of men read me and those who think with me out of the Democratic primaries because we could not endure the test prescribed and promise to vote for Cleveland. Now since time has proven that we were right and they were wrong, they would hold the Democratic par ty together by not only abolishing the test but by denouncing the ad ministration and its policy. To use a slang word, I would say scat! Do you think that the people are fools and can be longer deceived iu such a manner r JJo you think weveianu and Harrity, ltansom and Simmons, will permit such disintegration with in party lines, will permit such here sies without reading you gentlemen out of the party ? Won't they ad vise you that Democracy or 94 stands for civil service reform aud the single gold standard ; that your natural affiliation is with the Popu lists, that the Populists alone are consistent and united for free silver and an income tax and a new cur rency system, and wont they he tell ing you the truth and the sooner you realize it the better for your reputa tion as statesmen and your patriot ism as citizens? Again let me say, come with us and let me admonish you that the people are moving they are going to move either with or without you, and if this movement goes into the hands of incompetent or currupt men the responsibility for the wreck and disaster consequent, will rest upon vour shoulders and will be chargeable to a lack of patriotism on your part in not coming with and l mi properly directing them. I repeat, come with and assist them in secur CONTINUED ON FOURTH FAE. IS TIIEIiE ROOM FOR 1" Hi I'UiTvr DR. CYRUS THOMPSON- i NS-VFRS THE O'JESTON. HOW I'.IKIV HHIM 1.1) UK Jl iHiKII BtfOKK AMI A I tKR "A I IUM K.1 lliinTtir I'niihia aurl th ItrincM-rntir Ki-kiiiI l(-vit-r mill (Ontrxtrtl. o it Siiiclr I'le-ilsr l(rl-riii-il. A linplr HiinIiinh l'rioit lun. Stitite iiimiI I.iijj it-. KruroR ok The Caucasian: Just after the November election in 189:J, The Atlanta Constitution. ( which iu the interval of campaigns feigns great friendliness ror th mas- oeti and is remarkable alwavs tor th- agi'ity of its frequent somersets) pub lished an editorial which was copied by the Fayetteville Observer nnde the head-line, "No Place for a Third Party." About a month ao, a personal friend, whose political views differ from mine, with a measure of quiet compassion for my waywardness, di rected my attention to this editorial. 1 read the editorial with interest; for from careful observation of the course of events and from passing association with men of every parti san affiliation in all sections of the State, I had become very certain not only that there was a plice for a Third party, but that this place was growing larger from day to day. Hide with open ears in a railroad car, or listen attentively iu a hotel, or drop into conversation with a stranger by the way, as I have doue the past year, and the magnitude of popular disgust, the inevitable de fection from old party lines, and the rapid growth of Populist sentiment become so evident that you have no need to read official figures for eu couragenient ; nor will you be put out of heart by editorial statements like the following: "It becomes evident that, the Populist3 have cut a very insignificant figure in the tight. They were over whelmingly snowed under in Virgi nia. In other states they failed to cause even a ripple on the surface. They cannot org anize a Third party with any reason able hope of success under existing conditions." This last phrase, "un der existing conditions," may be in tended as a mild prophecy of the re petition in the future of the fraud ulent methods used here in 18!)2 and used in Virginia in 1893 to "snow under" the Populists, methods which pave an easy road to bloodshed in I eij conservative communities. Furthermore, it is well known to readers of reform papers that the Pi.pulists in 18"J3 made remarkable gains everywhere, notably in Virgi nia eveu in the face of fraud self confessed, while the old parties, even wheu successful, succeeded with a greatly diminished poll. The army of stay-at-homes was never so great. In Virginia, for instance, thousands having lost confidence in the Lemo cratic party but not yet having the courage necessary to break entirely from old associations, or suffering the common feeling of the deceived a temporary loss of faith in every thing, expressed their disgust by not voting at all. THE USE THE CITIZEN SHOULD MAKE OF A PARTY. After reading such editorials m the light of events now transpiring, one feels inclined to ask, what is the purpose of political parties, and why do men gather to the support of one or another? Parties come into ex istence for the purpose of redressing popular wrongs. You can conceive of no reason for their existence if it be nof to secure the enactment of I certain definite principles into law, principles which in the judgment of their advocates will advance the gen eral welfare. A man of intelligence will support one party or another ac cording as the principles and the practice of the one or the other are consonant with his own views of right and justice. HOW TO BE JUDGED BEFORE AND AF TER "A CHANCE." Until a party has "a chance," that word is classic it mav justly plead for support on the basis of its principles. Alter it nas had a chance, it must be judged ou the basis of its practice as the best and onlv evidence of its principles. "Bv their fruits shall ye know them. When a party has had a chanceand has grossly failed to use it, when it has laid aside its ancient principles and practiced the principles of its enemy, only maudlin sentiment on the one hand or worse than suicidal prejudice on the other can secure the continual support ot its adherents. A SIMPLE BUSINESS PROPOSITION. Political parties are made for use on broad principles of humanity. The support of a party ought to be a business proposition. If you bought a plow to do a certain work, gave it a fair trial, and it failed utterly, as a man of common sense, what wouh you do ? If you bought a cow for milk, fed her well, aud she gave no milk, would you keep on feeding her with the certainty of do ng without milk, simply because of her relation to your ancestry r A N ILLUSTRATION THAT ILLUSTRATES A certain man was devoted to 'possum While 'possum-hunting he caught a polecat. Through prej udice aud sentiment he tried to per suade himself and others that the polecat was a 'possum. He simply disgusted the iemainder of his farm ly. W hat think you of that man : WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN. If th Democratic partj were t T i ii i ill i nui I ; realise Ha rromis there might W I no tilac- for a Ihirdpartv. Hut. failipg to reUevra its pledges, it has lost ita ancient jilact' ui the head aud heart of th! i-eople. A toenfuarv press throughout the .South, without! comictioDS or courage, docile"'umk r I th.-lead of great metropolitan jour-! nals, may attempt a jierpetnation t,f '- ltd jHjwer with new pronu.se.., new men, and new explanations, but thv mii.muti-'s nave leu it, and only those will remain quietly iu it who are suggested in Job's feelf-anacied question: "Doth the uild hjw bray when he hath grass, or low eth the ox over hid fodder ?" TWO CREEDS OR ONE ? And said The Constitution and The Kayetteville Observer, "Tin two old parties represent the oppo site political creeds of the ieple." if ,'iis were true, there would thi n be no place for a Third party. Un it is not true. The two old parties represent tiie same political creed Their eecch-makitig, in emigres arid out, is sometimes at variance, but their legislation and administra tive practice, their policy, is the same. THE DEMOCRATIC RECORD. Where is the tariff reform so earn estly promised in the last campaign : The wilful robbery of a lb-publican high tariff continues under an ad ministration Democratic from rind U . 1 1 I.. X t to core. "The Wilson bill deals ten derly with protection," and do-'S no: propose to put the tariff lower than the well-accursed Uepublieans had it iu Garfield's day.. The time-worn slogan of a "Tariff for lieveini' ouly" materializes into a "Tariff foi Protection." After twenty years of continual denunciation of the Kcpublieau party for its demonetization of silver and all the consequent evils, twenty years of premeditated deception,; without compunction of conscience or shame at its treachery, the Demo cratic party perpetrates the very crime which it had taught us to be the height of Republican atrocity. Pledged to the des ruction of trusts and monopolies as instance. of Republican enormity, the Demo cratic party prosecutes uo trust and Cires for every monopoly with Re publican tenderness. Denunciation of Republican ex travagance, "Reed's billioH-dollar-isni," one of the strongest cards ever played by Democratic hand, having served the purpose of eUcting a mort extravagant Democratic congress under Mr. Crisp, is not. much aluid ed io these days by Democratic pa pers. I he bad Republican laws (which we were told, made it necessary for the Crisp congress to exceed Reed's,) this present congress, (pledged to tariff reform on ancient Democratic ines, to the restoration of siiver as standard money, and to economy in national expenditures,; has made no ttort to repeal. To squander a thousand millions every two years is now the settled policy oi both old parties. By it. they h'ive emptied the Treasury oi its surplus aud left the national debts unpaid ; to replenish it, a Democratic Secretary advises the issuing of $200.000,00u of bonds; and, claiming authority under an old law which no Republican had thought sufficient, he issues fifty millions without waiting for later authority from a congress in session. lhe moneyed elements set out de iberately for another issue of bonds upon this nation, and the Democra tic "party of the people" iu a time of peace, makes indecent haste to destroy popular resources and to in crease the public debt. NOT A SINGLE PLEDGE REDEEMED. This party from which so much was fondly expected and from which so much was urgently needed for the preservation of property, life, and iberty, has not fulfilled a single promise on which it received the peo ple's support ; it has not redeemed a single pledge which it gave to the public. WHAT THEY nAVE DONE. In a time of extremist internal peril, unprecedented wrecking of individual fortunes; stagnation iu every business, trade, and industry ; enforced idleness and consequent destitution and starvation (iu a laud of "overproduction") of millions, which the charity of soup-houses and bread-funds inadequately relieves; consequent loss of the pride of citi zenship, and the sapping of every element of manhood so vital to the perpetuation of a republic; despera tion and misery as bitter as ever groaned under a monarchy ; a Dem ocratic president busily attempts the overthrow of a young republic and the re-establishment, on theoretical of justice, of a dissolute monarchy ; a Democratic congress does nothing to relieve the universal distress, and Democratic congress men, like common criminals (and they are no less) are sought for and arrested to make a quorum for the transaction of auv business what ever, bay, it you will, that all these evils are the inevitable event of "30 years of Republican bad legislation." The failure to undo this evil legisla tion and so to redres3 these wrongs is now chargeable only to the party in power; ana this iauure is evi dence, furthermore, of a conspiracy against the masses, entered into by the controlling elements of both old parties. Still there is a certain class of editors, and now a'd then a suck er, participant or expectant, who cry out "that the success of the Demo cratic party is the only hope of the people, SOME SOCND LOGIC. Inertia is a property of matter, It is no less a property of mind. We (Continued on Second Page.) M()RK OIMMONS i ( )X TH K Vl'Vl't.).! ! I ioiik imki! iii M.iiTt i ami im umi i.ii uiinn. KW '- r ' Part V ! m m ViuIim ( rl ttott Ibr rl tm mumy .nr of !hi i-tng ub!-rf w( thv hu wltl I 'art i-. Senator Allen, Populi.-t; Wbra-ka I I I lie veto i uutiiiiclv, and the pro-1 o.-ed ls-ue of bonds with coma e -; mpracticuble. Senator Stewart, Populist. NYd The message wipe away the lyiiii: subterfuges of the last twenty earV 1 1 lal the IMiiocratie and h' lwihlH an .Told coinbiliatio'i were not in fa or of co.i tract ion, fallii-jj prices and hard tim-s for the masses, the rule of banks and Ixiiids to cor.centrate wealth in the nt tu y.il at i.-tm-ra'-v. The jRiIiry of Clew-land's Deinov i is made plain in the tidclity of t he Republican party to tH-v eland a their leader is amply estaMi-hed bv the votes of K-publicans in the 1'if-ty-third Congress. The isMic ia made plain ; the jieople must decide which is the stronger forct tics or part or pang of hunger. K'-presentali ve Pence, of Colorado, vh- is one of the active Populist uem! e s of the II mse, charact ri.eo the situation as a light to the e.tent of $."). ,000,000 between paytn-nts from our assets and borrowed mo ney, "l he money power," he con tinued, "wants governmental bonds, and the President is going to give them to them and wants the law nit homing their issuance made clearer. Vou wish to know what the "fleet cf the veto will be politically !' In reply to th..t I can simply say that ve look for a general breaking away from the Dein-cracy in the South as a result of this lcgisl ition. All our correspondence indicates that" ;ki:at satisfaction in nf.w yoiik. 'roiniiu-nt lCaiikerx I for 11 is raii the Veil. in. I'l -T.i.lenl Xew York, March -JO. Wall street rejoiced at the news of the veto of the Bland bill. On all the exchanges the news of the veto was received with some demonstrations of enthu siasm, and the broken; and bankers feel that the clouds on the financial horizon are beginning to clear away. After the closing of business nrouii nent financiers were interviewed tn the veto, and the President's action was generady endorsed. Banker Henry Clews said: "The veto stamp cu the seigniorage bill is a safe barrier against the intrusion of the silver-tongued representatives in Congress during the remainder of Mr. Cleveland's administration, at least, and leaves the way clear for a silver conference of nations, which will only be convened after the false hop s heretofore held out by this country have been abandoned." Mr. K. O. Leech, late Director of he Mint, and now vice-president of the .National Union Bmk, s iid: "On general principles, I am glad of the et . The action is in consonance Aith his record on financial matters. I believe the veto will have a bene ih ial effect in restoring confidence ahroaiV' A. B. Hepburn, president of the Third .National Bank, formerly comptroller of the Currency during the administration of President Har rison, said : "The veto will lay the silver spectre and proclaim the gold standard to be maintained. It will convince foreigners of the stability of our financial system and restore confidence here." J. Edward Simmons, president of the Fourth National Bank, said: "The effect will be good; unquestion ably good. Mr. Cleveland's action meets with the hearty approval of auanciers and business men." President Cannon, of the Chase National Bauk: "The veto of the seigniorage bill simply removes a menace to a sound hnaucial policy. KnglaiMl Gratified at the Veto. Loudon, March 30. The Stand ard savs of President Cleveland's veto of the seigniorage bill: "Mr. Cleveland's message is plain and straightforward. It is all the more creditable in view of the pressure brought to bear upon the author by Democratic wire-pullers. He speaksr the language of real statesmanship. It would seem that the President will improve rather than injure the prospects of his party by the strong and sensible course which he has adopted." Two Suiciilcn iu JoliUHton. La-t week J. B. Wall, of Johnston County, weut to the residence of J. II. Cjok, his son-in-law, live miles from Sel ma, and committed 6uicide by shooting a pistol bullet through his head, using Cook s pistol. He showed uo signs of insanity, but just before the suicide spoke in the usual manner to Cook's wife, his daughter. Coo' to-day took the same revolver and shot himself through the brain. Cook to-day bade his wife good-bye as if he were going away, but in stead took the same pistol Wall had used and at the same hour took his life in precisely the same way. Xo reason can be assigned for either suicide as both Wall and Cook were in comfortable circumstances. The Chicago Herald savs Breckin- ndge is the meanest man 6ince Adam. This is au insult to Adam It. is true that he, too, like a coward ly sneak, laid it all on the woman, but his offense stopped there. The only one in that garden party that can be compared to old Breckin ridge is the one that crawled on his belly aud tempted Eve from hts perch in tk tre. Xoneonformiit. M ITKIN-A (.REIT MUKIL HOW. 'Morpaoton IIor!d It is ib th air. The nicn r a'! ! propitious, and every pawiDC br-! i kiptr of it Th political railh-n-f t muni i about to dawn on th land j of the Tar Iled, aud th day wfour' prosperity urawrth uish. Tinie are bard now, but hard tiru will Kn W but a nirtaorv. The pi- I ct-f of corn aud wheat and cotton ar iiw now, hut noon tbr will not h .enough to t-upply the demand at pri-j that tdy would run u craiv. ? immMriai auu nnanctfci kir ur ho, ouijii ixyona uitiin l itiv mi i-r lining, aua noon in nun ot ; i prompt rit v will ilnv? th cloud aw av f i. i . ... " .i , . i, - j nuu fiur r wi iani irom Hop j I5.u k Mountain intn WVnt n Tad ; ld Swamp in tin Ka-.t a mellow ' ilood of joy, and life and prosp-rity ! of which all h&ll frctdv i.trtakr av only the wild and woolv Democrat. on whi.se poor nouis may the good I.otd have UH'ro. i ue r-a.iu oi it nil isstrlotr rea.iu ot tnii l the curiou. comical, colossal conhtiori is about to coalesce. "Tlie greatest jdjow on Kartu" in aliottt to spread its canvass for a double rinped performance that will make Itanium turn over in bin grave and prima with impotent rajfe and envy. While wronps are beinp righted, the people will be amu.ied and in ftructed. Wheu the band liegiu to day the performance w ill commence. Dr. Mott, whoso picture will deco rate the show bills as the "lroii Dukv," will be ring-ni'ister. Twined together around the arena, will be bannem bearing extracts from the platform of the Republican and Populist parties, a adopted in their national conventions in l4,.f, of which these are samples. "We denounce the continued in human outrages perpetrated upon American citizens iu the Southern States of the L'uion.'' ltei i ni.H AN. "The civil war is over and every passion and prejudice which grew out of it must die with it." PoiT LIst. "We ream tin the American doc trine of protection." Rki Tiil.ICAN. "We coudemn the fallacy of pro tecting American labor under the prevent system w hich opens our ports to the pauper labor of the whole world, ami crowds out our wage ear ners." Populist. " We congrat ulate our count ryinen on the ningiiifieeiit march of the na tion under the banners inscribed with the priin-ipies of our platform of lHS, vindicated by victory at the polls and Prosperity in our fields, work-shops and mines." Republi can. "We meet iii the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, politi cal and material Ruin. Business prostrated, homes covered with mort gages, labor impoverished." Po pulist.. "li e fruits of the toil of millions is boldly stolen to build up collossal fortunes for a few , and the possess ors of these in turn despise the Re public aud endanger liberty. From the sane prolilie womb we breed the two gnat classes tramps aud mil lionaires' Populists. Over it all, with slow music and red fire, will be flashed iu letters of Uame the legend: "Variety is the Spice of Life." Marion Butler will perform on the Alliance trapeze w ith his three thou sand dollar presidential salary in ou hand, and the profits of his widely circulated journal in the other, aud while suspended by the tips or his patent leather shoes, with a pencil grasped in his teeth, will write an editorial entitled "(iive us Money or (live us OlHce." Jeter Pritchard will perform the wonderful feat of swallowing three black crows, after whih he will lead iuto the ring a richly caparisoned chargtr on w hich will be seated th Duke of Richmond, and a crier shall cry before him saying, "Thus shall it be done to the ninth district Republi can whom the Duke deligtheth to honor." The Duke will then entertain the assembled audience by riding three horses around both rings, springing from back to back with such marvel ous agility that no one can tell w hith horse he is riding, the while tossing showers of golden coin to his clin ging vassels. Hairy Skinner, the versatile come dian imported at enormous expense, will sing a song of his own composi tion beginning, "Simmons sea to me ssz he: 4Me and Orover did it.' " Otho Wilson, the celebrated Gideo nitish chief, will be there full paBop- Iied in the dazzling regalia of his offi ce, and will deh er his celebrated lec ture, "Profits in Poultry, or the Sci ence of Picking Geese." Green, of Wake, will read a script ural acrostic which he wrote to proves that Marion Butler is King David, after which he will swallow the. cala platform without crossing a t or bat ting an eye. Eaves, Ru-sel, Moye and Barnes will do the Lottie Collins act, and after Governor Exurn has driven through the arena in a chariot drawn by two thousand milk white goats, Rom. Linney will give the Egyptian dance du ventre holdiug aloft a rus ty Watauga county case knife, (as yet, alas, unused), and Lieut. Gov Cobb, with one foot on the sands of Ocala and the other on the neck of the minions of Wall street, will blow a might' blast and announce that haru times shall be no more Its coming, coming, coming I. Rain or shine, the monster aggregation will spread its tent on the day adver tised on the bills, whi-h are to be written in Hussey's most mellifluous and mendacious style. Wait for the wagon. Listen for the music. Get in line, aud move in solid phalanx on to the ticket stand. Keep your hands on your money, and look out for pickpockets and confidence men. Don't drink their red lemonade and don't bet on their tricks. If you do, you will wish you never left home. We publish the above to let our readers see how the Democrats are trying to amuse themselves in these days of sore distress. The above article however is well written and dose credit to the very fertile imagi nation of the editor of the Morgan tou Herald. E. A PRETTY KtnLE OF i FISH Th DEMOCRATS R BEFU2CU0 BUT SMERVA iSBCSS CF TMf S.TUATrOV WHT THK fcT MOK WI14. (IK. " o- vi TAUS TMK frSATOKSHir. or aw ai II U Naals aal t)l4 If. -I . h4 al. Jfc t.Unl Krfraha Willi Wlu Twa I lorl.la U'Klur. t thai II la a WaaB Orgaalralljr mm Ma la Falll trally W tfca Dotation an.l Car of a abt Ullla tf ku4ulail Uml ar4tt. I! - - - !iFiumtl.ifS;-l.l r,irM'.tnll.tt'uk. Va!iitw,-Um, April 7. A bill has tn In troduced tu ihr llouw by I'otit'rfaatuatt M-y-r of New Orlwiii, U authortt U un limited wmic of jiolJ tiitrre.it l-r,ti; S r cent Uu i 1 lie Batue bill pruvntva for Ui coitiiio of nH oi the n'i;ioora-r. Tiiia ka on the tine of (hr I'rM.'.ciil vrtn ranaaf, but whrOirr it w ill t uhol by the admin istration uVj'iiU upon Joint M.crinan'i opinion To know what ("Vvctati l arttt U In Ilia matter of any I. nam lal Uyn'aliuu it is uan nary to know- what John Sherman think. When Slioruuii protested aainat th paje se of tht; island winiora-rs lull, left Waiiittton nrf tlj cvrtun that IrvrUtvt would veto it- It tixik no pr.iphct to pr ilict vt h.'tt h.t liiipjM-ncJ. Vet the fftct ha SKS.YTni: 7. It. V.VNVK. been to itimnay mid U-fuddlethe li-lt)oiTaU. They didn't know what to do licit. Hoina tried to i.iss tiie bill over the veto, which, of cour-e, f.iiled Any sort of silver li-Ki"Utiou they Kiion epi:tllv well in iniHissible. Tim NUTATION IS lKl'l.oKUl.E. Tu break w ith the itdiit i nistra ion, destroy the part v and suvc thciunclvin, in the T plexin coudit ion thitt confronts the leuio rats who want a reiioitiuiatiuti und election. An heroic elTott will le ntadu to make Ui silver light within party lines. To thin end a free coiinmc bill w ill I introduced and pushed aloiij; tint il it dead loi k the 1 Inust und protracts tin: session of congrtna until afu-r the November cUction. It i THK " LAST PITCH " KEPoKT. If it is not feasible then an onjii revolt aaui-atht' administration will fallow. It is not intended to Im: seriifua busiittvw. Il i not uuTlerstoo 1 to a permanent thing at all. It is warranted to last only through one eumpaign. It w tussled for ituiubnt u-ic in Alabama. The AlabuntiaiiH bcrr ar REP HOT For that so.t of a campaign, but they arn not agieed as to the lst lime to precipiUt it: whether in the Aupi.t election or the fall congressional election. A day or two ago, when it was thought Mjieaker .'rip would accept the Senatorial appointment, the scheme had cvt rv itpiK-aranou of feasibil ity. It looked us if Senator l.'olijuiU'a death and I'risp'a appointment to miixxasl him wim A OOP SEND To the party. The plan was to eW-t a free silver Democrat S(eaker who would count a pto'rum. That would make ohort work of a free coinage bill and the tariff bill should it ever lie returned to the House. Hut that cal culation has been upset by Crisp's doclina sion. 'From a senm; of duty to the jiarty I must remain where I urn," he says. A Wit two-thirds of the Democrat in the House don't we it that way. lie was lint elect. si Sjicaker on A DISTINCT I'LEIKit To pass a fret? coinage bill. Mow cowardly was the failure on his part is familiar his tory. He was re-elected without ojipOMlion, after a shameless dicker with the adminis tration. "It has lice 1 1 tuy ambition," he says, "to represent (icorgia in the United State Senate," but some other time a more convenient time ; when there is more certainty of a Democratic legislature and a six years' term. HONOR AND AMBITION Aside! It is great.- to his jiecuniary ln etit U) serve out his term as Speaker. Ilia salary is s,0); a son Is employed at 2,riOU; a nephew at l.oj. The family is not ex tensive but what there is of it is provided for iu s;ood old Democratic style. So Crisp will continue to Oar it over the Keputdican mi nority, hoping for a re-elex tiou to congress when he ei perls to lead the Democratic mi nority in the House if, by some arx:ideut, a stray Democrat like Wooilard should be re turned. here was mighty little in the seigniorage bill, but s niiehow the Democratic head was full of THE AIJSL'KD IDEA That it would get the party out of a hole. Hut according to (jrover it was vicious legis lation. So disastrous it seemed to him, the wonder is that he didn't. Ming it back into the teeth of Congress at once. The delay eosi hi iu the contempt of Wall street. The bankers accuse him of wakening and went so far as to say that Grr.ihain had made a Populist of hnn. Of all the hard things that have been said against the Populists this was the cruellist. and the I'opralist leaders here indignantly resented it. But Orover got even with the New York bankers by iriv ing the London bankers the "tip." On Wedneseay, before it w.di known in New York or Washington, the London bankers w ere apprised of the veto. Perhaps the Ixjn don Jews don't control and dictate American financial legislation! SENATOR VANCE RETCBNS. Senator Vance has returned from Florid. He was accompanied by Mrs. Vance, the noble little woman whose love and devotion Contimued on saeond page.
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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