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CAUCASIAN THE CAUCASIAN: fl th Larger Circulation aaa i! Ii.;. We xj et t" prim arm eir ,;. t'- .iu-jnir prev.-nt year 1 I I I. I. I 0 COPIES CAIiOUXA. VOL. XII. GOLDSBOKO, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY l4, 1894. NO. ;h. E !!. Iffl i lK I l( r.s I lll:l. M r. (ini MdNHK.ll.. :!- I con Men .f M.-HII- ll. 'I Ml.i ii. , f ft . to V ii - h I ii 4 t mi I r a ( M.ii. h on Hi.- i.i-il.il - "i'l ..( I in. - -- niPi I. in :. I! I In i-. .1 uii iii.". i I. 41 ' T I l.il li t,.- i.f II i- I 1 1... in ii ! - I ClXi-v ,a .-Y-.he.l 'I!. i j i : t an ! i 'I a .-i i h H ii jlil t !.- ): vi I : .a' ii l!l of it ! pi it: i ji H i ml It: i!. i i a : n ' w ! a 1 ! !.- .-w rai I- ll ; u'l ., l i . th -ii ji- 'II. I. In .a :, I i- iii :i. I'lSii'I'H- ! ;; . . I fi'li, K.'.l d Jll til.' I i UiiK-il alld lii-i r'-h'-HI ; .-, i1 ! II .- c;ii'i-!i-.v 1 v f.-.tt ji'ipu'l ar ci.C'-pioll d ! !l ! .- J.ll'- d t,.a III II: ir ,eo- ! .-a-. e.-1 h i ia i I V b v t f "i 'A'. -..f ; t h l.t,t, . -'" is a i'lif ii-- d oia lull v in the t i riloi .-nun Kiw r, th'-re i- (lit .. .Mi-. 1 1 ' i . i 1 ! mi'.-. :i ill!!--! - I ' : ( .- - I iil ('ols li'l.'t'!- ( 'ui-v',s vai i ) 1 4 - lit fnlllH haVi' oft ill tin- meet i ug.-i id diiTe.-ent lahor or- la; in- I'-: and tin L' ' 1 1 A.l I' ill.-'. Tin- iliriiln rv (.'oey is repi'i-sen t-i-d a- a .-ni l uf modern I 'on tuixote, at I !i- f i ; i i of an army of haif-cra i aamiilli in, Imund on a fnols er rand, with vaue dreario of an im-iio.i.-ililc I'to ;iia to lir cntahli.ihcd in t in- A iiu-ncan I '-jUi lilic. The p-al Coxey is a .-;lin-w d, at ron individual Americ.in all the way tlir.iiili and to 1 he iiciniier horn. If nit May day, a vear airo, a irr-hu i 1 1 man of medium height, dre.- il in a well liilinir, t.ii lor-mai.le lui-ines.s suit of hliii.-li ray cloth and wearing a hiowd deriiy hat, had pas.sed i.'owti 1'i-n n.-y 1 vania avenue In: would noi have attracted the attention of any I'ody. Jf this man, with his oval ! ce and iinall llouiati tio.se, sur mounted with jo!d .-ptctatdes, the windows for a pair of weak, yet enri-ee.-iy ii.'piiri" ecs, wi'li his clow a'.d leisurely, iievr-in-i 'irrrv son ot Lr'iM, had started up '.In- .-teps o' th'- t 'a pi tol a ar iiio 1,0 i i,e hut I he ne'.v!'OVf won "id havcyiuu liiui even a pai-siu uiance. Only a sear h.ter the same man ridis.iovvn 1 nnsy Ivania avenue at tin In ad of a curious army, and if a foieiner in an airship had happened to he passim: o'.vr it wouid have ap peared to him from the skies to he a m.o-t wnirdciiui paeiit, in which a u:;.'!eri' vva.s interested, and if at .'.'i- station I . 1 - ' IJ p! I I 11 1 '..V irn-d th e h tu receiveil ttie afternoon he woiihi it t lie v hole (.'oiint r a- pi ojouiidly a arka'nle parade. itateO. tv tlu IV- tin ; not i : i v id-torv a-o i' i. H' lay a- lio!"" in iviiu' rs alii- in mi- f J. S. ( ',.i v. ) A ori I ! ii h. 1 ') ), Ii" the village of flin".- -ove. l'a. ,i , u a- a! The ("lily .- ii ' I i ii ir in tile cotiutrv .-c!i ml Ilou-'e.-. ;.-!; eais of ;i:;e h- win ked mi a !!'. and in ! he ml line; mills during -annn -r and attend d school ii: o. inter. He eventually heeann--t ;i i iotierv eirjiie. cr, aiid follovveij i! vocafioii until ls-, when in- l-h tone marry at .Ma.-ilo;i. 1 1 1 u hieh he -til! own.-. l.eiti'r a ...-r of trottiui: lor.-es, tie pu rchasi d a farm in Kentucky in 1SV, ami has i nil am' owned some line annuals, 'i he trotting horse husiiiess was more of a dier.-ioii than a husiiiess enter- pp.-e. ho'uver, .Mr. v.oxey lias iounu t i.e h a-ine-s so u n foti table t hat he would uladly rid himself of it if 1k could do so without serious loss. I S 1 i:i:t:si!-.u IN (i KEEN HACK ISM. i 'oxev became interested in the prin ciph s of the Greenback party and later in the revised code of green l aekism. as formulated by the Peo ple's party, lie doubtless had been a close student of Bellamy and kin dred latter-day philosophers, and from these studies evolved his final -chenie as crvstalized in the two bills he has asked Congress to enact. The originality for which (,'oxey isdoubt h ss entitled to full credit, is his con ct ption of the army uf the common w.al. The genius which he has shown in organizing such a great body of men as this commonweal armv and subjecting them to such complt te regulations and discipline as would do credit to a regular armv olVicer. The loyaltv of these wretch ed men, their confidence in his integ rity of purpose, tr.eir willingness to endure privation while lie enjoys a 1 the comforts of life, are the same traits which characterize genuine soldiers, nnd they bear evidence that .1. S. (.'oxev has those elements as a le.t.cr which only men oi s rength possess. The real Coxey is a quiet, cool headed and careful man, as different from the blatant Carl Urown asisj possible for two men to dilt'er from each other. Coxey knew perfectly well tbiit he had no legal right to in vade the Capitol or deliver a har angue from its steps. lv owne didn't know any better, and he wouldn't i ave Cdied if lie did. At the trial ratuiia(5 in Judge .Miller's omi t Lieut. Kelly testified that Coxey was ipiitt and his conduct was gentle manly. Coxey knew that his parade and his mission would be a complete failure unless he made a showing n:l he was prev cine i hy force from epeaking from the Capitol steps. He ni--a.su red well the consequences and knew that he was not iiable to per sonal danger himself, and he had his nen under such perfect control that he felt icaionably assurtd that there would be no serious trouble. During the stormy sceues at the Capitol grounds Coxey had the cool- A fur the comfortable OUHI ltrij ill I lie .illloimi iimci, onu . .i ti- 1 ..,.-1 ' ! to parapha-e the Scripture,"his ap- ' p-tite wa-j unuiniinMi nor ma natur- i r .. 1 ......I .v-.t head in the crowd, etorui he went to hid j wife said that the night of the uiem amii iii k ! orahlt: election of 1S(J the General ! went to hid at hid usual hour and i slept as sound ad if the result of his I i-l-ction or defeat was fns lea'.t con ; ! During his trying experiences i.i. ., j which have followed the arrival of t he ciiuiiiioi.wea. armv at tne yani- . . i . tal. '(i.-ri." (,'o.ey ha-n't lost any -i-i'P or nii-.-vd a meal, fo far as the !' can in- a-c.ertained. N . 1 H I.o:-T HIS T KM I Kit. .1 'du i d through the ho'e luhhy !,,- ji'iiied and hauled alcut ii. i-v . r Laid, rect-i '. i rj a hi-a vy mail . , ;- . i r i . , tin- t,;.,d. ti. of tin' arni d ni.i'ni'" Ids ii'.'t-iit'a'ii, he ha- 'f-M-r, hit' -i Mnf! lllnlllt-llt i IS" hi- -L 1) ' i'-a-; it-;-no f u riM'.s of tuhuc- in 1 h'-re ;ii'i uir.-h'ii (,i! his t'r,-;tt h. and hi- .lieai.l; i-a!wavs that of a self- d man, whom nothing short f an cart h'piake would -hake. Coe complains wiih nome justiot ttiat hi legislative schemes are enre-le-.-.h- und pei liaps w ilfnlly misrepre sented by the newspapers. Kverj day, he says, he see some paragraph charging that his scheme is to have the ( ioveiument iasue and negotiate non-interest bearing bonds. Of course, the negotiation by the (Jov- rnment of such a bond would be impossible and absurd. Coxey -hrewdlv took advantage of the agi tation for good roads, which the w heelmen and others have been push ing for the pa.t two years, to make this road reform movement a part of his scheme. His good roads bill does not contain his bond scheme at all. It simple provides that Congress authoiize the issue of .f v00,(Mi!),0(lO in Treasury notes, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, m building a system of country roads all over the country, the fund '-to be divided prorata with he number of miles to each State and Territory." This bill is some what indefinite, but the idea is not at all new. (iood-roads meetings have beer held all over the country urging '.'ongre.-s to act in the matter. Cox "V's pro rata jiiati of Government distribution of money among the States for a specific purpose lecalls that proposed by the late James (i. Ulaine, who advocated the distribu tion of the Treasury surplus among the States pro rata. The real Coxey scheme is not. a Government bond issue at all. Coxey :ays it is the national bank system reversed. In the national bank scheme the Government issues the bonds and pays interest upon tin m The national banks buy the bonds virh their money, which is a fair in ve.-tment in the "tirst instance They hen deposit these bonds with the ' er.onen t and the Governmant is--ues : iioui HO per cent, of the face oi t in-bonds in money, and from thi. Goveriiinent the hanks receive a large rate of ir terc-t In addition t inter est on all the bond.-, they have depos l'ed ,-is collateral. Coxey argues t ha1 .his double interest ciiarge is a drain upon the pmple which would me happen if his scheme is adopted. Coxev's primary object, he savs, is "o start public improvements ami give emplov nieiit to labor, and this is what his non-interest-bearitig-bond scheme R If States, Territo ries, counties, townships or towns or villages, desire to make public im provements they shall issue non-iu-terest bearing bonds in any sum suf ficient for the purpose, not exceeding in amount one-ha If of the assessed valuation of the State, county, or municipal organization. On depos iting these bonds, the Secretary of the Treasury issues Treasury notes of the Government to the full amount of the boud. reserving 1 per cent of the amount to pay expenses of en graving and printing the money. Every year the municipality making the improvement is required to pay back into the Treasury -i per cent, of the principal, but no interest. This would wipe out the debt to the Gov ernment iu twenty-five years. TAXATION FEARFUL AND OPPRESSIVE. Coxey says that thousands of towns in the West have been heavily bond ed for improvements, and they pay rive to six per cent, interest charges. The rate of taxatior. to meet this in terest is fearful and oppressive, and the result is that these municipal debts are perpetual and are funded and shifted from one generation to another. Under his sceeme there would be no taxation and no interest at all. This scheme Coxey declares would put the unemployed to work at living wages and substitute a real and safe money system, which would be a vast improvement upon the present monopolistic system of the national banks. Bv this system too, Coxey says every town could have a bank account at Washington, and the money issued being less in amount than half the assessed valua tirn of the real estate of the muni cipality issuing the bonds, it would be an absolutely sound currency, and being a full legal tender could not Luctuate in value. Coxey is a man of too much in telligence to feel confident that he jan force the present Congress to con sider his bills. Nevertheless he is d'-sermiried to stay and make the ef fort, it would be hit-vesting to sift the mass of letters he is receiving from all parts of the country. If-the man's mind could be read it would record wholly different ideas than those he is supposed to entertain, aud w hich he allows the public to infer. The .ruth is that Coxey does not care to have his armv recruited with Continued on fourth page. CAPT UM V I AM AG A NST THE MACHiNE ANO A ILL iN THE FUTURE ACT WITH THE PEOPLE'S PARTY" UK HOI'EI) I.ONO AOAiNST HOPE. 'o KHJrf rmn roine from the Drui.x rtlr Party It huShown Hi Want tf Patrl ntlnui, l.ai k of Huiimty and I ntitue lu Govern. Scoti.ani Neck, N. C. JUy 10th, 18D4. Kmtor The Caucasian: I am .'7 years old, I served through th war, I have lived all uiy life a strong advocate and heliever in the iK inorratie party. My heart's de sire since the days Lee surrendered, whs to see the Republican party dri ven from power and the Democratic organization restored to power. Ami if this had never taken place, I am almost persuaded I should have died in the ranks of that party with my face to the enemy. But thousands of my 1 ilow-eitiz- n.s as patriotic and loyal as 1 was, lost hope in that par ty ever since coming into power M'ain, and organized a new party under a different name, mainly upon t he same principles. I still had faith in the final success of the party, and verily believed, if victorious, prom ises aud pledges would be faithfully kept. 1 clung to the old ship and rapt its banner around me determined never to yield or surrender until she, was landed safely into the haven of vic tory. I felt that the party of my fathers and of my first love had not had a fair tdiow for thirty years and that all patriots an lovers of liberty ought to remain on board and aid iu giving the grand old party a fair chance. At the same time I must confess that 1 began to lose faith in the sincerity and honesty of the lead ers and its platform when it nomina ted Cleveland for the second term. Still I hoped against hope. Hut when he was forced upon the party the third time, I despaired of any good ever coming to the toiling mil lions through its atrency. But through my great love for it and tbe eternal Democratic principles, and because of my high regard for the noble men with whom I had cordially co-operated for thirty years, and with a glim mering hope that something might turn up for the good of its people, and with the longing desired to see the par'y tried, 1 reluctantly agreed to take the stump once more for the party. With a unanimity and a majority rarely witnessed in political convul sions, the people restored the Demo crats to power. They implicitly trusted its leaders, and marked out the evils of the Republican party and issued their commands to its law makers and lav repealers. They ac eepted the trust with the beating of drums, the flying of banners and the booming of cannons. Such rejoic ing has not been seen in this coun try since the foundation of the gov ernment. It was desired and ex pected that the policy of the Federal administration would be changed. That was the purpose of the triumph. That was the purpose of the people in defeating the KepuMiean organi zation and restoring the Democratic organization to power. But instead of a change, instead of relief, the Democratic yarty lead by ( rover Cleveland a traitor to the paity aud its principles marched over into the enemies camp, and placed itself under the leadership of the two arch-enemies of the party an 1 its time-honored principles, John Sherman of the Senate, and Thomas Brackett Reed of the House. .Not but one promise has been kept. The election law was repealed, not for our benefit however, but to satis-, fy David B. Hill and company in northern Democratic cities. The party in short has demonstrated its want of patriotism, its lack of hon esty, its unfitnees to govern a great country like this, its utter unrelia bility If we wait for relief through the party, final judgment ' will over take us all in the world to come be fore we receive it. It, the party, or rather its leaders, have followed in the wake of the Re publicans ever since the war on all economic questions. There is no mate rial diffeience between the leaders of the two parties on finances, the tariff and retrenchment and reform. The same shoe fit the foot of both. Neith er has any use for the working peo ple of this country, except to vote. The Northern Democrats hates the Southern Democrat and looks upon him as simply an appendage to the Northern Democrat, just as the Nor teern Republican looks upon the Southern Republican. Both are con sidered as the tail end of the two parties, and are counted only as the caudel appendage to aid in wagging the body of the masters in the elec tions. But I have said enough. I will ex plain to the public at the proper places. I am out of the party and will in the future act w ith the Peo ple's party. W. H. Kitchix, THF COXFEDKKATE MXUEXT. Tle Corner Stoqe Laid With Fitting Ceremonies lant Tuesday. The procession formed at the inter section of Cabarrus and Fayetteville streets at 10:30 o'clock a. m., then moved up Fayetteville street to Mor gan, east on Morgan to Wilmington, north to Edenton, thence west to Salisbury, and south to the site of the monument The following was the order of march ; Platoon of Police Chief Marshall and Staff Band State Guard Governor, Orators, Chaplain, and Oauirnittep. of Arrangements Fayetteville Independent Light In fantry, Veterans Confederate States Army. Ladies Mcnumeuial Society. Military Schools Distinguished Guests. State Officers Civic Societies. Schools Fire Department. Visitors, citizers and public at large. somktiiim; komoi.i kockincii m HY W. H . M.'HOOLFIElIi. Reideville, X. C, May 27, 'y4. Mr. Kuitor The seasons change, and time, that never ceasing tide, rolls on, but the I'opuhst partv ha corne to fctay. The Democratic party, as It calis itself, is dead : dead, but it refuses to be buried, and a few of its ghostly ruptures still live to dic tate politics to the uubelieving, and believe their game now is to put an "anti" before liansom's name, or that is they will nominate what they call an "anti-Kan soih ticket." Ourbovg have cut their eve twth and will not be fooled by a little insignificant word like "anti." If it was a whole sentence like "give us a chance," then some of our boys might ie led astray, but "anti" is too small a po tato for us to bite at Any bodv knows, or they had just as well to kuow, that if the Democrats have control of the next legislature that Mr. Ransom will be re-elected to the United States Senate. There are about five thousand registered voters in this county. The democrats for merly had twelve hundred majority, now I will venture the assertion without any fear of successful con tradiction that there are not twelve hundred bona fide democratic voters in the county. The democrats evidently want to figjit out the next campaign on local or State issues alone. Their desires will hardly be gratified as far as this county is concerutd, as the next legislature has two United States Senators to elect. Every democratic candidate in this county will have both Cleveland and Ransom to tote with a good share of the hard times thrown in for good measure. The people will justly hold every man who affiliates with the democratic party responsible for the hard times and the short comings and misdo ings of the democratic party. The scripture says, 44 Ve who yield your selves servants to obey his servants are ye to whom ye obey." And again it says, "A servant is no greater than his master." If a man is nominated for office by the democratic party he is a servant of that party, and there is no way we can shirk the responsi bility except to get out of the party. I don't see how the democrats can have the cheek and audacity to come before the people asking their suf frage again. They have defaulted in almost every promise made to the people, and have fastened upon the country a reign of hard times far leaching in its effects and unprece dented in the history of the country. Some of the democratic journals are out at sea catching at straws to 3ave the sinking old rotten ship, and they say if the Wilson tariff bill passes before the next election it will conciliate the people and elect the next democratic tickets. Did any body ever hear of such a preposterous idea ? What is the Wilson tariff bill ? Let us analyze it or such parts of it as mostly effects to people iu this locality. Take sugar for inst ance, what does it do for sugar ? It puts a duty of one to two cents per pound on that article. When that law goes into effect a poor man when he wants a pound of sugar for a sick baby, he will have to pay 8 instead of b' cents per pound as he now pays for it. The ad valorum duty on carpets is i educed from forty to thirty per cent It will be a great consolation to a poor man who lives in a log cabin with a puncheon floor, when he goes to town and has to pay two cents more for a pound of sugar for his sick wife and baby to know that his rich neighbor can get his carpets for twenty-five per cent less. The new tariff bill reduces the duty on tin. Under the McKinley tariff law you can buy a very re spectable tin cup for five cents. Un der the Wilson tariff bill if you buy twenty cents worth of sugar yen pay five cents duty, enough on twenty cents of sugar over and above what you would have to pay under the McKinley tariff to buy a tin cup. Xow which had you rather do, let the McKinley law remain and go to the store with twenty cents and buy two pounds and a half of sugar and a tin cup 'or twenty cents, or have the good old democratic reform tariff bill and go to the store with twenty cents and buy two pounds and a half of sugar alone with no tin cup to stir it up in, and have to stir it up and drink it out of a cimblin shell. Don't tell the democrats you are go ing to utilize cimblin shells, if you do the Plutes might have a duty put on squash seed. The sugar duty don't go into effect until the first of Jan uarv, ostensible to let the Louisiana planters get the benefit of this years bouuty, but in reality to let the su gar trust import large quanities of this year's crop, so they can get the benefit of the duty. If we keep on voting the denioc atic ticket we will get there after awhile get where either to Coxey 's army or the poor house, one or the other. SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION To Meet Nest Tear In Aut;ii,ta, O., to Celebrate It Seiui-Centennial. The Southern Baptist Convention adjourned at Dallas, Texas, last week to meet next year iu Augusta, Geor gia. The Association was organized there ia 18-t5 and will go back to celebrate its semi-centennial. Gov. Northen, of Georgia, yas a candidate before the vonvention for Vice-President A fight was made against him because he appointed a Catholic (Senator Walsh) to. office Dr. Hawthorne at ones came to the rescue of Gov. Northen. He said that no religious test should he made for office nnder onr government. The doctor's eloquent appeal was successful and Gov. Nor then was elected. YOUR SERVAMSWAST- f YM'D UAVLV I JlUJU. THE HOUSE ALMOST AS BAD AS THE SENATE. EACH tOX.HKssM COSTS Vol mo. IMMt. Vour Money Elona Like Water. Hut it la lour Fault, V ou If at .- -r Emaiulnr.1 The ArrauBliof Your SerTaota. Ml hen I Congrrwinan U not in hia Val, IKry Fend For Him anil Chart the Carriage Bill up to You EnoiiKh Soap Bought and Charged to Yon to M'mli tbe Elec tion Returitn of North Carolina !u IKlfJ. (Hy Ei -Congressman Tom Watnon ) Turning to the official report of the running expenses of the lower House of Congress for the fl-cal vear euumg, Dec. ?, lS'.H, the first items I find relate to clerks, pages, door keepers, etc, etc. The aggregate, to page 5 37,034.44 Next comes the pay of the police .... 18,299.9o Next come miscellane - ous items .... 1 ?,91S Among these, 1 find Si .'3 paid to the Pinkerton Detective Agency; $7 for a meat block: $74.25 for carriages to bring absent members to the House July 10, 1810; $( tor parlor on New Jersey avenue for the World's rair committee; $:3l) for carriages for absent members; $H0 more for rent of parlors for World's Fair committee; $30 more for carriages to bring absent members; $00 more for parlor for World's Fair committee; 300 for committee attending Gen. Sherman's fuueral; $7o.00 for a steam oyster cooker; $(JS more fo parlorsfor the World's Fair commit tee; $348 more for committee; at tending Gen. Shermau'8 funerals: MJ more for parlors for that World's Fair committee; $1,039 expenses for Hon. Sam Hiudall's funeral; $877 more for same; $30'1 on funeral of M. L. Ioote;$-250 for expenses last illuessof same; $G35 for funeral lion. Jas. Laird; $89 more for Sam Kaudall s funeral; one years's salary for a dead reporter namd J. J. Mc- Llhone. $0,000; six months salary for another dead man (a clerk) named L. oote, $1,098 $324 more for Sam Randal i's funeral; oue oyster box, $15; expenses last illness etc , of Mci.ihone, the reporter, $500. Sev eral other funeral are also charged, amounting to thousands of dol lars. Tien comes the bill for envelopes an.; paste in wrapping Speeches, .... $ 0,286.63 Fuel and oil - - . 9,251.00 Furniture and repairs- 7,715.00 Packing boxes - - - 3,005.00 Postage 525.00 Stationery - - , . 45,260.05 Stationery to reporters and committees - - 3,337.81 Then come the statement for the time embraced between July 1, 1891, and Dec. 7, 1891. First we pay the clerks messengers, door-keepers, pages, postmasters, la borers, etc. .... $139,332.21 More messengers ond foremen - " - - (100.02 Police .... 16,128.29 Miscellaneous - - - 666.75 Ditto - - - 257.80 Stationery - - - - 7,325.00 Folding materials - - 5,903.00 Postage 135.00 Packing boxes - - - 3,003.00 Fuel and oil ... 3,323.89 Oue month's extra pay all round, Mch. 1891- 37,034.44 The total of all these various sums is about $725,000 cost of the em ployee and the contingent expenses of the lower House. Now add in the salaries of mem bers and you will have (including mileage) upwards of two millions, seven hundred and twenty-five thous and dollars ! Thus you wil observe that each of your Congressmen cost you, during the Heed Congress, upwards of $80, 000. The salary of each member is $5, 000; his mileage is 20 cents per mile each way. It is a fact that the mile age of some of the members amounts to almost as much as their salar ies. In my calculation I have not in cluded the value of books, fish, flow ers, seeds and plants furnished to members at your expense. Besides the 333 members of the Lower House who draw salary, mile age and perquisites, there are four pay and perquisites are the same as those of Members. Coming now to the Crisp Congress of 1892 1 find salaries of officers and employees to be (up to page 39 of re port) .... $ 264,903.24 Special employees - 57.96 Police . . . , 3,269.30 Stationery - - 39,971.33 Fuel and oil - - - 3,430 79 Furniture and repairs 8,760.99 FoldiDg materials - 7,050,30 Miscellaneous - - 19,514.10 Ditto - - - Si.793.4G Besides severs! smaller items. The stationery bill is full of inter est. In addition to the amounts already mentioned, I find that nearly five thousands dollars worth of it was furnished to committees etc, between the dates of July 1, 3,8.91, and June 30, 1S9$. The Clerk's office con sumed $1,268 in pens, ink, paper, rubber bands, memorandum books, etc. The Door-Jteeper, whose office does not have anv literary suggestion about it, used $563 in stationery; the Reporters of Debates used $325; even the engineer was free to write letters at your expense, and so was the chap- LIU IUL1 lain, anu so wen? the jHlicr The itema are daly ch.nrged up against you. ODe feature of thi-i paj-r and ink bill which you will admire ts tb.t th? rrjiorters of the newspapers are f uriUBbrtl envelops, paji-r, ink, vm, Ieneils, blotters, uoiesors, enters, memorandum books and n-n bolder at your expense. S- ie 1 . of the KejKirt of the Cris-n Coiisrnss 1892. fc In the Speaker's Pootn was ud $130 of stationery beridt-s the $rv5 which the law allows the Steaker aa a .Muiiber of Congress. Then come the commit tees; and each of the fif'y odd committees usrd st;it i m ery to the tune of from twelve to ei-htv dollar in addition to the M25 of stationery whieh the law a' !o.vs to each ineinber of those Com mittees. Now let us recapitulate (lie ex pn--es uf running the House under .Mr. t'n-p from Dec-. 8, l'Jl to June 3o 1V.-2. Salaries of Members -Kx'ra for Mr. Speaker - 1.6S",0 'O 3,000 4(10,000 2'.5,023 3,269 39,971 3,430 11,03 4 7,050 22,957 4.9S5 Milt age of Members (ib-rut) .... Sal;i'i' s of officers and employees ... Police ' Commutation for Sta tionery .... Fuel Furniture -.Materials for folding -Miscellaneous items -Stationery foi Com mittees .... Ditto for Members -Keniemlier that Consrret-s 7,611 am not adjourn in June 1SJ2 but held on till August, remember that extra pay, for one mouth, was voted to all the officers, messengers, clerks, assistant clerks, door-keepers, assistant door keepers, pages laborers, police, en gineer, elevator men, etc, etc., and that this extra pay does not appear in the above statenien; remember that this extra pay equals forty thousand dollars; rememler that t he stationery bill and the "contingent" expenses aud the "miscellaneous" outlay continued till August; re member that the last thing the Crisp Congress did was to authorize mem bers of Congress to emply clerks at your expense, during the Congres sional sessions, at salaries of $100 per month each; and remember that there are three hundred and thirty sex en of these clerks that you will thus have to pay one hundred dol lars per month during the whole time Congress is sitting. In this particular Mr. Crisp's CoDgress ad ded about $37,000 p.r mouth to the exptuses of the lower House. Ihus, it will cost vou about two and one-half millions of dollars to run the House of Representatives each tiical vear. T'us does not include interest up on ine Sl o. 000.000 whieh Vina 1k.ph spent upon the marble building in which they meet, nor does it include repairs upon the building. The greater part of the expendi ture of this two aud one-half millons of doLars is strictly neccessary aud iegai, uuc a caretul examination of the account will convince an v citizen that at least $250,000 of the outlay is more waste illegal waste of your money. W nere have you authorized vour Representatives to supply the report ers for the newspapers with station ery : nere is the justice of mak ing you pay enormous sums for new ruruiture every year? What goes with the old ? I find that you eot only about &300 for the displaced furniture in 1SH1 aud 1892. Eight thousand for new- furniture and only $300 for the old look 8 queer. V hy should your money be paid to that infernal Pink-nrfm wanr- The doctor bills aud ihe burial ex penses of reporters and clerks and members ? What law sanctions it? When did you authorize your representa tives to buy oyster cookers, aud to charge them to you ? Imitating the lordy Senate, the House also has its elegant bath rooms, restaurant, barber shops aud bar room. Where is the law for it ? Where is the common sense of it ? Why should you have to pav for the carriages sent after your, absent Congressmen ? Do absent jurors get such dainty treatment? Do absent road-hands get transportation at public expense? Do merchants send carriages after absent clerks free of charge to the clerk? Will you ever have real service from your Congressmen as long as a premium is put upon neglect of du ty. Is there aDy reason why a member of Congress, absent from his post, should not be treated iust a3 you treat a juror who is absent from his past . Why should you have to pay their salaries a vear after they are dead when you ar also paying the mem bers who succeed them? This funeral business is such a fraud and such a mockery of decency aud justice that they even charge you for the shoe blacks who polish the shoes of the funeral committee, and the papers the members read as they journey to the burial ! See page 94 of the report I started out to count the number of doze is of towels you were charged with hayiBg washed. Got to 9,400 doaens and collapsed. Divided among 383 Congressmen this makes nearly thirty dozens of towels for each. And yet some of those States men do not impress you as having been so insanely neat as all that Enough soap is charged np in those Continued on Third Page. niPTiir nvrrnY am siiirroonvnv IUU NIL U)K JLIILI j lTr K TIN M. I roir lo ll hi: ! lit I It l ill. tNI u . K. Thr kel ( ounlri lolrrr.lhlTlir - ; rmairal .linl to ImUIUIMni. I From I'rewi I pa to lit . j Washington, May 1. Citi n?J acfomaniel ly a pa.'ty of repr'n. Utive business uu-n of the South, ap- jnareti iwlore the IIoik-h- LomtnitPv jon Appropriations and explained the I aitiio aud purjH'Wii of the pn-p-wil Cotton States Intt -(national Kjo?!- tiou to bf held in Atlanta, in the fall of lv.C. Clark Howell, editor of the Atlan ta Constitution and St retary of the legislative Committee uf the Kv rition, told the committee that the delegation came to present a mat ter iu which the whule country wa interested. C. A. Collier. President of the .. IoMtion, said the idea which induced those buck of the fti u-rprite to un dertake it at this time, waa that the time had arrived for souring closer commercial relations with the South American countries. The great bulk of this trade now went to Eu rope, which was by ull laws of trade, business that kdonged to the United States. With projK-r eiicoragement this trade could be turned iu mir fa vor. The promoters of the Fjni tion wanted the Government to give it ita approval. Such recognition was necessary for its success, and especially abroad. They did not ask a Government appropriation to aid tne exposition, but warned the Gov ernment to erect building and make an exhibit. While Atlanta, men had started the enterprise it was in no way a local affair. All the Southern and South western States had endorsed it, and j romised their supjMirt New York, New Jersey and some of the New England State? had already expressed a de.ire to participate. The object was to make it an international and inter-State affair, and the Government thou Id be glad to endorse an enterprise which is for the good of whole coun try. The Exposition committee de sired Cougrce.s to authorize the erec tion of a $2no.O00 building aud to appropriate $3(io,Ono for transporta tion and care of a Government exhi bit So far. between 500.000 and $000,0oo has been secured, but the committee did not want to go beyond tne limits ot their States for sub scriptions until the Government has given the movement its appro val. Foreign ministers in Washington had been consulted informally and, had given assurance that when the Government put the stamp of appro val on tlie enterprise, the would present the matter to their Govern ment I'OI.K MEMOItUI. MKKTIMi IX SOI 1 11 DA KIITA. The Aberdeen Lcal Alliance held a meeting over the Star office on Sat urday afternoon of more than usual interest. The programme was spec ially arranged by tbe lecturer, Irene Kidd, to commemorate the memory of the late National President, I L. I oik. President ebb gave a short talk and read the following poem by lion, u is. t rill, publ shed in the Ruralist : He l.ot-e.l Humanity. What can we sav, w hat trilmt pay L'nto the fallen leailcr '.' Who slttt'pfl beneath a Southern sun The jieorile's inten-ecler. Death claimed him for its own. Ami left the legacy The sweetest rhyme of coming time lie loved humanity. Great hearted Polk ! the common fulk In him had found a brother A loving counsellor, whose words His heart did fondly mother. His thought a nation safely guides So frand, so true, so free. The welkin rinjr forever sin Jie loved humanity. His life was snt his courage bent In bettering his nation ; Inspiring man to' rise above A selrish aspiration. And greet his fellow-man with love And truth and loyalty. We'll e"er revere his charai-ter He loved humarity. Where'er he talked,' where'er he walked, His presence was fraternal ; Hia rai-e one brotherhood ; and lo ' His presence, it was paternal To know him waa to love him, so, Hereft iu sorrow, we. His countrymen, doth sin this hvmn ' He loved humanity." Jos. Meyer, State Secretary, fol lowed with a very excellent aud ap preciative paper giving a sketch of Polk's life and work. II. II. IJ.als also gave a short talk. The programme was pleasantly in terspersed with musie, and at the close a collection was taken up for the Polk memorial fui d. The sum of $7.50 was contributed, a very handsome amount for these hard times. The money will be forward ed to President Putlr, of North Carolina, as a token of the good will of the Northwest to 1 leir Southern brethren. Aberdeen, Da., Star. I have iust received a letter f mm Sister Julia E. CasselL, Secretary of Aberdeen Alliance, inclosing money order for $7.50. Marion Butler, Pres. Polk M. Association. ANOTHER JKFFEKSUMAX liKMOCKAT Massillon, May 1G. Peter Smith, for five years chairman A the Demo cratic central commitU -- of Ohio, has declared that he will i.o loDger affi Hate with the undemocratic party but will in the future act with the People's party. CrawVa. Men. (Non-conformist.) The conviction of Coxey for the al leged offence of walking on the crracs shows that our mighty government thinks much more of its shrubbery than rt does of its children. Ml VI 1) . ,-wCiS K M S-' S NOV NT0 tQ j GOVIRNCR 6Y THE i j !. i iin ur iiimimiiin. ) U,nmn Milwa IkaaaarH tit t...Ml. trail.. K.am I alatat.iaaaa. t ltva( -Iatrira Adaplnl. j i on d-!i! frr-ni PrrM Iij.pUhr ) j AtUuU.Ga, My Tkc Stat (Vuvt-tuioii of the l'e-ple' party in Georgia is iu 'ssion herr. The col - million is characterized by a very ! large attendance and e stmiif cutliu iam. h certainly indicate, that, ; far from U-ing a dead iu the prty it ery much alive iu thi State. The attitude of the prewnt adtuiuia tiation sime the lat caiiijvaigu t takeii as tlie naon fr such a cyclone of excitement among the PopuluU m this convent ion deveU.jxl. When Tom WaUon made hia ap jarance in the hall thia morning he Has given a great ovation. He waa made chairman of the convention, and made an eloquent vech, severe ly criticising the con roe of the pres ent administration "Two yeariago," said he, "f Here fed un the am brosi.. of lcui(vratic expectation. To-day we are gnawitg the com coba of Democratic reality." Upon this text he electrified the audience, aud was cheered to the echo by more than Sod Populists prercnt Second Day. Atluata, (ia.. May IT. The Popu lism to-day adopted a platform and put out a State ticket with Jaine K. Hines, of Atlanta, for Governor. The preamble of the platform uayi ; "We, the People's party of the State of Georgia, believe iu the prin ciples of government iiniiiiiilL'HtHl and expounded by Thomas Jefferaon, and we declare our resolute adher ence to the principle laid down by the great Southern Utu-siiien, who, at the liegimiiiig of our political msiory, com nam. l the schemes of the Kastern money power (as out lined by Alexander Hamilton) aud who predicted the rum which would fall upon this country when concen trated wealth should dictate ita legis lation. We opMise, as he did, the perpetuation of the public debt aud the policy of issuing non-taxable in-tcreit-lharing bonds, whereby a largo portion of the concentrated wealth of the land reaps a harvest from the laxing oi the unprivileged. We op jKwie, as he did, the national bankb, as being of deadly hostility to the spirit of our republican institutions. We believe, as he did, in the free and unlimited coinage of tilver and the issue of treasury notes to increaae the volume of curreucy when the neces sities of business demand more mon ey. Like him, we believe in a pro gressive iucome tax to discourage the extensive concentration of wealth and to compel our selfish millionaires to contribute to the support of the gov ernment which protects them. like him, we believe that the life of thia republic dejicnds upon the purity of elections and in obedience to the will of the majority. We hereby reuew our unqualified endorsement of the national platform of the People's party, aud we favor iu the State of Georgia the following reforms:" The platform then declares in fa vor of the abolition of the present State couvicc system ; for furnishing primary school books by the State; for the Australian ballot law and against the acceptance of free paaaea by public ollicials. The platform contains no reference to the govern ment ownership of railways aud telegraphs. The full State ticket is as follows : Governor, James K. Hines; Secre tary of State, A. L. Nauce; Comp troller General, W. 1L Kemp ; Attor ney General, J. K. B. Mahaffy; Treasurer, C. M. Jones; Uoramia siouer of Agriculture, James Parrett HOW ins IN WAKItKN COl'NTY. Thai tin Hon thrrn In IHO'i a I.Kra- t til Male Kraar.lleM uf I'artT. llidgeway, X. C, April 30, '91. Mk. Kuitor: I would like to in form Mr. JI. ii. Ewart through The Ca lcasiax that we do not have bon-e-t elections iu Warren county. Nut bush township, where I live, not leas than ISO men were not allowed to vote out 26. names on the Uegis trar's books. This is not official as I have not the official by me, but know this is near the number. If any one does not believe it I will net the official vote of the township and fehow how many white and colored men who did not vote in 1892. The election held here in 18'. 2 was a dis grace to the State regardje33 of par ty. The very best men of Xutbush township were not allowed to vote; one man was 81 years old, has been a J. P. for 20 years here waa not al lowed to vote. I wish I had time to write up how they did do here in mj township. It wa3 a disgrace to our Christian land. I call upon all thir ties to put a stop to such as this. If not, what use is it for us to have an election? The voting was done iu two houses so no one could see what was going on inside except the men who had charge of the voting three white and two colored. The colored men could not tell A from B. And they had things their own way. I will say more soon, how tbe men were kept from voting. Yours as ever, 1L D. Paschall. P. S. The Democrat had charge of the congressional box to their own delight. R. D. P. Crush the machine and save tbe State. DEMOCRACY
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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