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THE CAUCASIAN Has the Largest Circulation and is CASIAf -A. POrCT'l'EKr Istf, wf t0 p.nnt od cir 1 M ! L L I 0 (OriCS l" i -1 1 v . u- a- a: a- y f . y 0 1: Tin CAU'JUXA. H'Librrj vol. xir. GOLDSBORO. X. C.? THURSDAY, AUGUST !, 1894. THE CAU N O NO. II. KDITOirS CIIAIU. ! ;,-t th-cry "f th pow ar.d wh: h maek- il.-s-: f ' i ! i"-r the .i.Mcir.g proposition of olUr.-: per ( api'a tort y acre., i , : ; i i not only rejected in . t. !w, hut :s abhorrent ' :. i n.-.-ial." r'..ve!ie ill ) !-u'l,lv ii!i!-r.- d HiiV t!i - i 1 1 f of tin- Ob.--rver should! at. h- financial theory li-t-. A four years r .f tii . . i , i tie-1 : :i'!-r t hi- .-hadow ' ! m i k Kxchiti'i't T.atural!'. ' , , . iiii .-i'-(.-tli.tt!lf- mind w.th ',.'A.i'-j.' aaiiiJ. 'l'he in.-oleiit in;u.:i of their exjue-jr.ioi; m :i& (;,ii;nal. It ic an aboiiiinal)!' ini.i-..-. -.eritatioii, hut let tltitt .'o arn h irui'j down on thirt r!id of the broad Atiantic, - getting down to fodder pulling, every day politicri, w hat does .Mr. Hale think of .1. D. haws nomination for congrea.s in the old district? Al one time, if our niern ory in not at fault, the relations be tween them were a little strained. If we recolleet aright it was "boss" Ransom's telegram (l. II. j from (Jieensboro that brought about an armi.sticr between the "traitor" .Shaw and the "nnterrilied Democrat" Hale. How wan it anyway? A DISTINCTION AND A DIFFERENCE. With the Democratic party incor porating an income tax and the Re publican party adopting the free ( (linage of silver in their platforms tin-two old parties are making an Ilort to steal the thunder of the IVople's party as Ivite to catch suck- c'S. This scheme will not work. If t lie old parties between them were to .-.teal every plank of the Omaha plat form there is a difference between them ami the People's party likened into the extent of the east from the West. As organizations the old parties are ouUide the people and their ob ject in seeking power is to be in a p sition to grow fat at the people's expense. They look upon the people as their legitimate prey. They con are con troled by the trim's, banks and monopolies of this country and they never grant a demand of the people so long as they are able to fool the masses and retain their hold upon them. And whatever concessions might be made we are still at the mercy of the money pow er that holds fast to the purse strings of this government Statesmanship with them is to throw an occussonal t-xip to the peo ple while the plundering goes mer rily on. Mn the other hand the I'tople's party is made up of the peo ple and hence its demands are made by the people for the people. In other words the Populists only desire that the people shall rule themselves. The essential difference then be-tnt-en the new and the old parties is this. Tiie new party is of the people and for the people while the old. parties lire run by the inoney sharks and for themselves. Which is the greater, your welfare and the welfare of your posterity or the ties that bind ; p to a party that has proven false and treacher ous aud is daily bleediug you of your livelihood. And now they say Hansom has heart disease. We thought so, but have had some misgiving about sug- gesting it. It is due his long and Wilmington & Weldon railroad au dtstinguisdied services in the Senate thorities about the very matter, and that he should be relieved of tl p worries and responsibilities of pulJ he life. Another river and harbor bill or a fast mail subsidy might prove a fatal shock to his delicate nervous system and prematurely end his brilliant career. At the age of 70 he has earned long, undisturbed tranquility. Another most serious question, is the opportunity that a sudden demise would afford "calami ty Carr to appoint an allianceman his successor. A correspondent says the record shows that the Democrats in con gress voted solidly to pass the Fede ral election law at the time of its en actment They now condemn it a3 yieious legislation and thus complete their work of repudiation by repeal ing it. The point is well taken. Thanks. Mion't waste abuse on Pullman, lie is simply the product of a sys tem, and if it were not he would be gome one else fully as bad. We don't hate a man for having a disease it is the disease that excites our ire." Nonconformist. The old parties have caused the disease and the l'tople's party offers the remedy. Crush the machine and save the State. AM IIRI'M. LI Ti-; ' G-T . i R . , S SEP S A N S C V NCi A GOOD PUR in A I CAI . N I II I I I C-T I II.H I . ii i;nh (in A I i i; !l t 1 li!' 1 Ii r M ... ll I (! t a : I ir III o-l.tf- 411.111-. I 1'uliliKli 111 Idi lirtt " IWfli 1111:111" lia tii I Tl. L':Miim ciict'iif w :trn imivi.' ii:i- kii:g .-.eri"ii. cliarg'-s i'raiii.-.t Sena'or iJaiVis. JiVifom the oth'-r dav' voted . i . : i i ....... . . i 1 .. r. . i ' ' ' - liichmoMl v. Macv'ne banroa-j j I ... i . . , , . i xcjiiien liHiiroa'j ,i, .Jarvis o?to again -it it. .Jama' friends atone began to ii.-.- this card in hi.; favor ami airai'iat l ir:som. '1 his arouse' the iniigt:ati.n 'f Ratisi.m's friends. They reaiined to themse e.s a.- fol lows: "Jjrvis has bien just as much a tool of monopolies as Ransom, and it is mean in him now to expose Ran- s 'in to try to get the votes of the behl element of the people. We will ex pose Jarvis." Aud so the fun be gan. The Ransom organs at once and for the lirst time published the facts about Jarvis helping the legis lature of 189:5 to sell out the inter ests of the State to the Wilmington , Weldon Railroad. Thk Caucasian exposed the deal when it was made, but not a single Democratic paper in the State said a word. If a tight had not occurred inside of the machine between Ran som and Jarvis, the democratic org ans would never have published the facts. And if Til E Caucasian had not already exposed them, we doubt if they ever would have done sc. The tiles of Titk Caucasian show that on Feb. l!Sj:$, (while the Legislature was in session) our Raleigh correspondent wrote as fol lows : "A I. Kill SI. ATI V K PliAMA." There was an attempt by the bosses to work a dodg on a grand scale here a few ibivs since. It was when the proposition of the Wilmington it Weldon railroad was before the Legislature, or rather the committe for consideration. Scene 1. There were a number of paid attorneys of the road here lot hying in favor of the proposition Rut there was in Raleigh one man who walked about grandly and hal himself styled by the daily papers a.-" "a visiting statesman." Scene . There was some hiut that it was just possible that he wac an attorney of the Wr. i W. railroad anil was here also in its interest. This was indignantly denied by the daily papers next morning. They asserted that he was a disinterested party and that the Legislat lire should feel honored at the presence of the visiting statesman. Scene :. The committee met to consider the proposition. It was an nou need that the "disinterested vis iting statesman" would appear be fore the committee by request and give them his views as to what it w;it best to do for the interests of North Carolina (and certaiuly that is what the - Legislature is sent here for, to look after the State.) The said "visiting statesman" appears befon the committee to donate to the State a chunk of patriotic wisdom. He, of course, advises the committee to accept the proposition of the railroad and then declares himself that he is a disinterested party and that he has nothing to conceal This sound ed a little suspicious, though coming from one so grand, so reverend, so wise and so patriotic. W hereupon one gentleman present who had more sense than sentiment, who knew a few things, asked the disinterested visjtinir statesman" a question. Tht question sounded something like this: "Did you not go to "Wilming ton recently and nonsuit, with f.h are you not up here now in their pav to influence the Legislature to accept this proposition 5"' The "disinter ested visiting statesniau" was thun derstruck. He saw that the man who asked that question, asked it from a knowledge of fact, that it were folly to deny. He was done for. The halo of patriotic and dis interested wisdom that he had hunf about him, fell with a sickening thud, and there was nothing left but the writhing hypocrite in all liis naked ness. Out of mercy we let the cur tain fall. One more word. The now ex-"dlsinterested visiting states man" had a conference with Gov. Carr Was it a part of his mission to iulluence the Governor as well as the Legislature ?" 1 ii the same issue of The Cau casian the following editorial com ments on our Raleigh letter was pub lished : "Our Raleigh letter was very short last week, but our correspondent mukps it all up this week by sending us the best letter he has written, liis description of the exposure of the "disinterested visiting states man" is tragic and pathetic, lie sure to read it. We suppose he re fers to ex-Gov. Thomas J. Jarvis. We noticed ia the Raleigh papers that he was there while the Wr. & W. proposition was tip, and the papers referred to him as the "visiting statesman." If he is the man and he had gone there as an attorney of the Wilmington & Weldon company and made no secret of it and done Dnri) win i what could in a. l-gitiuiat- uav to I i show why the legislature ehoubl u ! . . . i . . , ten tic- proposuioii. mere o' .a i haVc br 'h::.g in 1- c 1 -o .-- t;-f it'-u to r.av- I ibe jrl'u-'c- r.v .-!-.: u.irz to u i iL'rr' nt-! j art v. ahd wa-'ut t: ante ! tin.- a p.ud attorney, then his con- j duet id not only contemptible, 'up j Ki'-.-i'nte Ha' rt-VTl CeTidtltt'. It Id! nam to i.-n-e wia' one w im na- tt-ei i Honor' d and trusted by t fie people, j tw;ev ti.-:d the highest !!lef- h: the l'iflof the State, would ib iitu rat !v ! i . , . . - aud covertly try to oetrav tb- inter-e.-t -f bis State. We have b. li-e! for some time that the Wilmington .'v Weldon Railroad either bad him If! t heir ti:iv. fir -i- thmirrht t h.-v I'1 '.i; M control him it; ai: t-merj- ncvJ h g the Wiiillilktun M,-;Se!-! i'l'r (wtiieb, it is ihargl, i.s owned; by Uie railroad company, and at ati rate i.-s a good organ and mouth-pie--!or that monopoly.) began to urt I hemas J. Jarvis for chairman ot the Democratic Stale K cutive Com mittee. I'.ut at la.-t the railroad company, or whoever was working the inner circle, decided D at it would lie best to have a good safe man to take Carr under training and pilot him about over the State. Jarvis was selected for this work. Who piid his expenses has never been made public, but if he succeeded i'i getting the Governor under good t mining, so their interests will be stfe in his hands after he is advised, then the railroad company certainly ought to have paid Jarvis expenses, By the way we see it reported that Gov. Carr is in favor of the Wil mington A Weldon Railroad's pro position. Now put two and two to gether. .Kuough for the present. By de grees, from week to week, The Cau casian wilLturn on more light." Week after week The Caucasian did turn on the light. We showed that the State was robbed of over half a million dollars, and we charg ed that the W. & W. company paid Jarvis a large fee for his services to them aud his betrayal of the State. During all this time the Democratic organs kept mum. 5ut they read The Caucasian and remembered what we said, and today are them selves using the very facts that we made public nearly two years ago. All this proves that The Caucasian is the best defender of the interests of the people and the State. We publish below what "Bohemian," a Ransom cuckoo, now s:iys about the matter in the Charlotte Observer : ' 'The Sciuitor i.s a s ih-11. 1 id iilil ici;i n as lias lit-rii illustrate! in many campaigns where he hamlieii with consummate tact and ski'l his iielen-eneoiis ton es, compose.! of I lie honest, simple farmers as well as the coi-Mira!e interests to which lie lias always heen so ( losely allied. He made the lamh of Agriculture to lie dow l with the lion of Monopoly and the politician led them. Therefore, it is admirahle adroitness with which he seeks to avoid a discussion of the main question involved iu my criticism, viz: his vote a'-rainst the "'fast mail." I wonder how he would explain his Jack of opposition lo a suhsidv. a simon-pure. straiyht-out suhsidy, of l()0,()un carried hy I lie very same lull tor foreign .steamshio companies not even carrying the American Ma, and not one dollar of which is spent nearer North Carolina than New York City. vvnere wall street, Hsu., lias Ins lair, llns -anie appropriation had heen made the year hefore with exactly the same provision as to its expenditure, and the Postmaster (ieneral leemed il necessary and expended it. l'.v reference to the Congressional Record enn laiiiint.' the proceedings relative to this mat ter 1 tind in a communication from the Post master (ieneral a .statement that iu receivim.' Iln.i inoney fur special service, the railroad, company does so only when schedules, as. provided hy the department, are complied with. The Senator sought in his letter to emphasize his desire to lie "frank and can-i Hd ' in ui vintr liis answers to Mr. Mathews' respectful imiuiries. He also emphasized that he had ' no concealment" of any puhlic act from the ueople of North Carolina. fliese declarations are easily made: thev sound well and are sometimes effective ol" their purpose, when not contradicted or dis- proven. llns style of protesting: unusual lion est v i and purity, however, seems to tie a specially of our vice-Watch dog of the T -asury. Ail tlirotin the record ot the proceedings of the hist legislative joint committee on the hack taxes case against the Wilmington ,n don Railroad Company, Mr. Jarvis can be io'iiki constantly protesting lus noUility ol purpose, his patriotism, and his stubborn determination to guard the interest of the people. Notwithstanding the tact that all this time he is being richly compensated to look out for the interests of a corporation whose interests there are diametrically in imical to the interests of the people. The Senator in his letter writes very smoothly of how nobly lie acted and says inferentililly that it was a great blessing to the people of North Carolina that they had such a good and unselfish a patriot to settle that matter fo: them. One could almost believe that the Senator took a recreant Legislature by the nape of its neck ami the seat qf its trousers and forced it into doing its duty. Let us see about that. Mr. Warren Elliott, president of the Wil mington it Weldon Railrcud Company, and Mr. Ceo. Davis, of Wilmington, regular counsel for the Weldon company, and one of the best lawyers in the United States, vis ited Raleigh about the 27th of March, 18SJ3, and hal a hearing before a special commit tee of the Legislature concerning the buck taxes of Sl.'i!) nou due the' Slate and certain counties and towns. During that hearing Mr. Davis argued the '"legal aspects" of the case. One week after Lawyer Davii had argued the law ixjfore the committee, States man Jarvis appears on the scene, commences the role of patriotic harmonizer, wrapt in the m.intie of equity and inspired only by a love of justice, lie so impressed every one that he is a disinterested party to these very important proceedings, involving thousands of the people's money, that the Daily Chron icle, his avowed friend, declared on the Sth of February: "Ex-Cov. Jarvis is not the attorney of the Wilmington it Weldon Rail road Company, nor does he represent the State, or any city or town, but ii is expected that the committee will invite hini to address them because of his. eminent ability in this behalf, by reason of his long .service as Gov ernor of the State. There is a feeling abroad that the committee will recommend the bill of Mr. Spruill.'' He was invited to address the committee as was forecasted by the Chronicle and a majority of that committee, if not all of it expressed surprise and indig nation when counsel for the State extracted a confession from the ' visiting statesman" that he was only a hired attorney ! That he was trying to pass as a voluntary sacrifice on the altar of justice antl fairness,! quote the following paragraph from his speech, utter ed two minutes before he was uncovered by the wary Col. Hinsdale, of opposing coun sel, as evidence : "I say if as earnestly as evey sa.id any thing in my life, if 1 were a member of the Cjencriil Assembly of North Carolina I would not hesitate for one moment to accept the lrouositioii embodied in thp nrniirwud bill read to you, and as I would not hesitate to vote for it myself I do not hesitate to say to the committee, as a citizen, that it ought to oe accepted : ' Now let us see what that bill was. It was COSTIJJUED OJS SECOJTD PAGE. Ml THAT SIM. -- i ii.-JfT ak.i i in I t l; MUM . niaiiiiiii (iimiIii.is 1 III ( (ItMIO I- IN. H- no if. .if l-ttt i ttii l !ir-- H, ' it !irr rt.." tliv i;-p- ! Urn Ml t 1 !'. rr mil l.-i.l 1 1 , r V . I .- 1 hii ;"!; following is a, tr -tnir "but true toiy written expressly f,,r Thk ''.MCA.MAN.- Kl'.i Kpbra'iii Ambro.-e i- a man of or dinary education and ii:T--!I!'-!;o- a fit!.--:: of the county L, (.1-!,Jw. in w h ' h he ha-? rc-ided, near the tow n of . Jacksonville, the full forty years f his life. In his community he is perhaps the best informed and. therefore, the l-a 1 i i. mati. o fa' ao he knows hia ann-sti v, !p- ;s K--.icetided from Jewish and Iv.yiinh j;tt e-ntae". r'or two tr, ti. -rations be- f . 1 .: '. . 1 . 1 I . lore mm, nis l;illi rj were I 'eino crat.-: and he cam-- into the world, he said, with a birthright to be a Dem ocrat, lie was fond of his birth right and reverenced the traditions of the fathers. Jt was poss bly ow ing to his Jewish blood that he was so radically opposed to a change of view. Less in point of hair than the Governor of North Carolina, he nevertheless could boast with gub ernatorial brilliancy that he know how to do two things: he could su perintend a farm ar.d vote the Dem cra ic ticket. Kepublicans cited him as a typical Bourbon, he never for got any thing and never learned any thing. He wore his grandfather's hat aud sometimes also his trous ers, utterly disregarding the differ ence in size of head and length of legs. The Populists might have thought him a fool, but they never uttered the thought in his presence. Impressed with the blighting ef fect of Republican rule and believ ing with child-like faith in the saving efficacy of Democratic success, he entered the campaign of 1892 with the zeal of a missionary upon whom rested the burden of souls. Though not an orator by birth or training, by reason of his enthusi asm he grew eloquent in denuncia tion for Republican iniquity. Soar ing aloft to some misty mountain top of faith, his speech was a little short of inspiration; and his audi tors caught the glimpse and felt the thrill of the auroral tints cf a long belated Democratic day. Physically he was uot strong, while in temperament he was exeita bleand sanguine. His whole soul vitalized the work in hand. Tho! engrossed, he lost all thought cf physical limitations. Being natur ally inclined to dreams and visions, his zeal easily opened the way for this biao. lie occasionally became ecstatic, and this was especially no ticed by his wife some two weeks be fore the election, when his .comrades were wearing without change the reg ulation countenance of the classic "straightout." Feeling unable tc restrain F.phraim, she said sorrow fully to Abel McOullers, her neigh bor, "I want'Kphrairn to be a Dem ocrat but I'm uneasy about him; and I'll be glad when the election is over, let it go as it will." 'You need'nt be uneasy about Ephraim, Mrs. Ambrose," said Abel, "He'll never line the 3rd party. Ephraim is the solidest man I know, lie's jinedtohis idols, as the IScripture says, ana lie wouldn t quit his idols even if his idols were to quit him. Cleveland will jine the Republicans; long before hphraim jines hisself to the Weaver set, and you'll see it iust as I'm telling vu." "I'm not talk- pig about thi-t, sud Mrs. Ambios , ' lie 11 stay a Democrat all his life ins nnnu is wfiat troubles me Ephraim isn't right, vou cau see it in his face; and then he doesn't no tice the children or bother about his work as he used to. He's a good man, but he is too full of politics. He knows the Democratic party will live forever, but it lives at such a poor, dying rate. lie knows the Re publicans have ruined Ihe country aud the tariff runs down our prices so that we cau hardly live, and the only hope of the people and better prices is the success of the Demo cratic party. And now when it looks like we pould get all three aud set things right one time more, here comes these 3rd partyites, just to help the Republicans, with their sub-treasury and railroad ownership, which are unconstitutional and would ruin everything. Rut K phraim's ways are just as unconsti tutional for him as the 3rd party's, and they'll ruin him the way he goes on. His mind can t stand it It worri s me." It was shortly ol erved, however, that Ephraim's an o began to abate, (somebody whispeml that he had sold out.) Hisauxjety subsided in to happy assurance. This was grat ifying to those who had been touch ed by the good woman's recital of her fears; aud they said "he has heard from headquarters aud has got right again." Rut thb. change gave 10 comfort to his wife; she knew that this feeling of assured success was further evidence of mental disorder. His calmness vanished on the day of election into the most joyous ecstacy. With the air of one who had seen, he declared the certainty of achauce and the millennial blessedness to follow its acquisition. By night his spirit utterly becalmed. Returning from the po'ls, he said to his wife, '-Th.e eletti m is over and I feel like resting. Yet I feel strangely happy. Of course I do not know the result, but something seems to say to me, 'Ephraim, we've got the coon!' And if we have; wife, you know how . . : t . i; for our children, and for i -" oprrtiseu every where Hi . ti . : i i T r : smiled ia--!iS -d a v 1 1: T Vo inc. -V. I -a:m. p. "hi t .wr. and :tt. have'at Sifc: Y n f. r a At.d Kphraiin Ambrose who, urh a hrmocrat, was not a otliof-v.-r. fell aseep Hnd slept soundly Hiht. l"Va ri nt: ft should disturb !;er -lie-,, rtti.. il Wifp r.itf i'i.fv i ; in the morn ins: and went a! i'i ut iitr household duties. (Ilanc hackward uin his .-lundier, bhe tllollLr,t ojf w i !" And he sl.-ep, he shall do he slept. B.vak'asf V. . :. nou ;1i--; -,t v o'iet! v, the irMM v.-.j- sa l.'lg to ttie ')' ; father slep as childrep, "I-t long as lie w ill. He Heeds sleep. lie can eat wb e-r he awakes." "HehWps very soundly," sh a mid-dut a." she went to roust said li'iu for dinner. Comiugto his l.tdside C'e nut:."t-d that he breathed regu larly, but slowly and alum.st imper ceptibly. Finding herself unable t break his slumoer, she grew alarmed, ai.ut sent m haste for Dr. Moses, an aged physician of long and vari. d experience, 'I he Dr., however, a. was his custom, did not arrive till next morning. The man had slept continuously through the night and his slumber was still unbroken. Dr. Moses detected the slightest pul sat on of the heart, which had grown ie-ble from the day before; and he could discover a feeble effort at res piration at long intervals only bv the most careful and scientific exam ination. He gave the man hypo dermics ot strychnia and atropia. but he was utterly unable to rouse him. His patient, he said, was cat aleptic; not dead, but in a trance, the duration of which he could not foretell. "But he will come out of it after awhile," said he. One week brought no change, aud the end of the second week found Hphraim Am brose still asleep, ghastly pale but his features not shrunken. To the common eye, he was dead; but he neve - acquired the oder of death nor entirely lost some signs of life. To the wisdom of Dr. Moses he owes that he was not buried alive. "And how long did his trance con tinue?" you ask. Until the loth day of July 1801, every bodily func- tion havinr been in abeyance for full twenty months. On the morn ing of Tuesday the 10th day of July lSul, without premonition, he arose and went like a ghost into the pres ence or nis astonished rami v. He ate breakfast as if nothing had oc curred; and picking up the thread ol .ile where he dropped it, was about to leave his house, saying to his wife, -'it seems very warm for the time of year, but I'll walk over to the court house and see if they've got any news," when in came hit neighbor, Abel Meddlers, who gaz ed in utter bewilderment upon the sleeper. "Hello, Abel," said' E phraim; "what's the news?" "Noth ing," said he, "times are hard aud prices low, but that's no news." "You've heard from the county, haven't you?" said Ephraim; "Tom told me last night when I left that he would get a message from even precinct by this morning, and I war just going out to hear how much w beat 'em. I know we ibeat 'em.' "Yes, we beat 'em about 400; but E phraim, you've been asleep since you saw Tom, not one night, but six hundred days and nights since the election, without food or drink, or waking; and if it had uot been that old Dr. Moses kept saying you wen not dead, we fellows would havt buried you like a Third party man." This was news to Ephraim Ambrose, which it took him some time to re alize. Gradually appreciating the situation and regaining his compos ure wi'h half-audible smile he said. "I 's 4 o you. Abel, but it's nev a to me: now did the whole thing go?'' WHAT EPHRAIM AMBROSE HEARD. "I'll tell you directly," said Abel, 'but I'll tell you the condition ol things aud you can guess the rest. (J resham is Secretary of ""State, and a negro name Taylor is Recorder in the Dist rict of Columbia. Beginning a year ago aud not yet ended, we've suffered the most ruinous panic tht country ever knew. Congress wa convened in extraordinary session last August on account of it; and, at the dictation of 'the business in terests" and the president, the Sher man law was repealed uncondition ditioually. To this day there is no favorable legislation in its stead; we are in 1804 where the Republicans put us iu 1873. Millions of men and women Aere thrown out and art still out of employment. During last fall and winter, hundreds of thousands were kept from starvation by bread funds aud soup houses in all our great cities. Strikes havt have been frequent and of immense proportions. The greatest strike since 1877 is now on, centred in Chic ago. All trains are stopped. There is neither freight nor passenger traf fic. The President, not waiting for request from State authorities, and acting upon laws passed by the Re publican party, has disregarded the doctrine of State sovereignty aud massed L S. troops here and there to suppress the strikers according to his own sweet will. Ko monopolies a-e prosecuted. There is the same extravagance in expenditure which Reed was denounced for. There hat been an issue of new bonds. They have to count a quorum just as Reed used to do. Th currency has been contracted more and more. Cotton is lower than since 1890 and wheat has not been so low in 75 yeats The McKinley bill is still in operation. The internal revenue laws are unre- Continued on third page. in .1 u l'fUKn.ni'.ic surct-cs mens "r'A NON-PARTISAN ti 111. istri HVTIO.II.illKx lK1 .. 1HI HIl.H .Mi IMI-OKT M roof Tit. y Mr.r, Up t.i lh Mlel, jr.,t,r.l Ikia tlowu t.) , r Hrior,,, The People's party high aud Indd jM'-,ition partisan .Judiciary. lis t uk , for a no: The i.-forn (.'o'srts -!..)'..;. party U heve.- that ti. move wdiMcs. :i:i.i t b;: ;!, i he Supreme Court, the hi-!t.t tn banal, and one of the last resort u State, should be t-omjx.-d, not onl .." t...... ,.r a. . ... . . . - im o oi i iu- icatcM legal aid ii tne tiruadot and must li! UH-ra minds, of (he high.-rt am! pure character, but that they should be of different political parties. A Su preme Court made up entirely of on. political party is dangerous to th liberties of the people. Bdieviui this, the People's party has nam-! to fill the vacancy that will soon c cur on the Supreme Couit bench: Hon. W. T. Faircloth, for Chid Justice, and Hon. Walter Clark. Hon. D. M. Furches, and Hon. II C. Connor, for Associate Justices The C'AfCASiA.v gi.es it readers le low a portrait of the men and a bio graphical skeu h f ,-ach. V'u5i HON. W ILLIAM 'IT UN KK l VIIi LTII Ex-Judge Fiiircloth was burn Jan uary the 8th, 1SV0, in E.lgeconib. country, North Carolina. His fath er was William Y ai re ot. h. ami b- is; the oldest of live children, liis an cestors were Eutilisli. ami came t. North Carolina from the Eastern shores of Maryland and Yinni bi 1 1 is father wxr. It farmer, and the sub ject of this sketch bore his hand to the plow until he was IS years ol Having attended the common schools and academies, be entei-e.l Wake Forest College in 1850, grad uating from that Institution iu 18ol at the head of his class. His means being limited, he taught school dur ing vacation and thus earned the money to pay the first natt. of bis Col leg. i expenses. Iu LSol he entered the famous law - chool of Chief Justice Pearson at Richmond Hill, N, C, and was li censed to practice law in the State Couits in ISot). Helocat-.! ut S Hill.Urteae county and was soon elected county Solicitor. The lirs! money that bo raised from his prac tice went to pay the balance that he was due for bis College and law education. In May LSoti he located in (Joldsboro, N. C, where he still resides: He was a Henry Clay Whig, and opposed secession but after the State receded, he took up arms and went to the front to light for the cause. He enlisted a private in Company C. in the nd North Caro lina, troops, commanded by Col C. lew, and was on duty iu the army of .Northern Virginia until Lee's surieuder at Appomattox where he held a position as Captain of the cavalry. After the war he resumed his professional work. In August lS(i3 he was elected from Wayn. county to the provis ional State convention which con vened October 7, 18(io. He repre sented this eouuty in the firf-t legis lature after the war, which conven ed November the li7th, lSb.l. While serving his term in the legislature he was elected Solicitor of the ."id Judicial district of North Carolina, and discharged the duties of that offi ce with marked ability until dis placed in the reconstruction of the State in 18'iS. On January the lUth, 18G7 he was married to Miss Evelyn, the oldest daughter of Council Wooten ot Mosely Hall (now LaC.range.) in Le noir countv. During the ensuing y ar he applied himself diligently to the law, and rapidly rose in his pro fession. In 1S7." he was sent from Wayne county as a delegate to the constitutional convention which as sembled in Raleigh September the Gih, I87,"i. On November the 18th of the same year he was appointed and commissioned a Justice of tin Supreme Court of the State, where he served with marked ability. The other members of the Court were Chief Justice Pearson, and Ju-tiee Read, Rodman, auI Byuum. It was probably the ablest Supreme "ouit that the State has ever had. Judge Faircloth is ardent friend of the cause of education. He is now a Trustee of the State Uni versity and of Wake Forest College. He is also one of the Trustees of the Baptist Orphanage at Thomasville, N C. lie has frequently served as a director of the W. V. IL IL.and the A, & N. C Ii. R, and also as the director of many State institu tions. In 1888 he. was the nominee on the Republican ticket for Judge cf the Supreme court. Judge Faircloth has been very successful as a business man, and has been extensively identified with vari ous important enterprises looking towards the developments of the State's resources. . It III I I IM. A- A Uwv.r In- a:.d hi,' jr-l-W the r,-,rd ,f . ...f i:, ; pni-t;tio::r. He a a tiitu-.iJi:ci;t !.;.-.'...- ..,.:.. . f o ..,r,:v 4 !: '"' ai d m:. npiht .ilk :-i ;.ie. N't!T f , ,;ld i;.tv,. :" rn.i ie f..r t'e hih ?d niurt. 'U p.-lt!o!! . t !,:,f J.s-t.,,. ,f ,,,. ;:fh"t J':i:rrV Tr:Vs:-'; "' th- II" IX. WAl.TKi. . I.AKK. "Walter Hat k. was l-oiti in Halifax county. North Carolina Aug. Pub 18bi and hence will be IS yai of age this inoutii. Hewa raided on the farm, and ha I,,.,.,, J,,, ilt(. (l practical fanner. H iui.-, p,,,,. through the pecuniary dUtresM- which the present linau ial system has entailed upon lb,, attricu'ltutai classes. lleti.-e ,is i eji.l v - n i 1 1--Iiensiou of aud deep sympathy with the tillers of the soil . n tin- breaking mt of th.- war he was at the .Military School of C,,l. Tew at Hillsl.oro." This don bt i.-s-i caused him. though not yet liltei n years of age ptoinptly to'entt r the irmy in which he served the whole lour years, except about :t er w bile at sehool. He served with hon orable distinction both in the annv of northern Va., n.l iu the west cm army. He surrend.-rtd with his command at High Point, N.C., Uli JerO.-u. Joseph j;. .b.hiix.u April Jli IN.."., .being then IS years of age. He wjiit to work to i-nmiil. t.- l.. ...1. ucation and in due time obtained h cense to practice law. He then . n it-red upon the practice of law and ihe cultivation of hisfaim two pur suits which have ecr since engaged his attention. In ls7;; u. removed to Raleigh and in January ls71 he married the only daughter. I' tiov. Win. A. (iraham by whom he has a family of seven children. In JNSl he was sent as a delegate Uy the .Methodists of this St:ile to the World's Conference in London, and took the occasion to travel extensive ly in Europe. In 1 s.-s. he was ap- poibtld Judge of the Superior C.MII! md elected by (I,,, people at the next election. In 1 NS! he was appointed to the Supreme court and elected by the people at the next election on both occasions leading his ticket. He is the author of two or three law books. Also of several magazine Articles, which have had a wide cir culation throughout the 1,'nion. Among them is his well known arti cle favoring the (jovernmeiit owner ship of telegraphs ami t It-phones, .vhich was published by tl ie Arena, nie of the ablest and most progres sive magazines, in America. He fa vors a telephone at every country postoflice at a rate of two cents diessage, and a telegraph at all prin cipal points at a rate of live cents per message. He demonstrates that Jiese rates would pay the govern Mient and that these facilities are de nied the people only through the iu lluence of the present telegraph trust aid monopoly. He has aiso written articles favoring the election of post ui asters and U. S. Senators by the people, the shortening of the Sena torial Win to four years, the aboli tion of the President's veto power and the suppression in good earnest of all trusts. He is a bimetalist at a ratio of It; to 1, anJ an outspoken opponent of all monopolies. Ou the Supreme court, he wrote the opinion of the majority of the court which secured the taxation of the W. & W. R R. after its wrong ful exemption for r-0 years. Tbie opinion was sustained by the Supreme court of the LT. .S. on an appeal to that court by that railroad corpora tion. He was not so fortunate iu carrying a majority of the court with mm in tne Harris vs. Scarboro case, in which he placed tiimself on record as to the duties of Registrars. He wrote a clear dissenting opinion, which was concurred in only by Judge Davis. The dissenting opin ion has, however, been prououueed law by the majority report of the committee on elections iu congress in the case of Williams vs. Settle. If Judge Davis were living he would, no doubt, have been nauifd for a place on the Supreme court bench by the People's Party State Convention last week. Like Judge Clark he measures up to the standard set forth in the resolution for an able, fair and non-partisan judiciary. All people who know Judge Clark have full confidence that the law will be justly construed by him, and that all property, personal aud o litical rights wiB be properly guard ed to the extent of his ability and vote while he. is on the bench. Continue) next week. COM; It KSSIOSAL.COM KM ION. To Mi--t at Jacksonville. By order of the Executive Com mittee the convention for the Jrd Congressional District will be held at Jacksonville, Onslow county ou Weduesday August 2;th '!! E. N. Roberun, Cha ruian. Scrofula humors and all diseases caused or promoted by impure blood or low state of the system, are cured by Hood's Sarsapariila. ' . 1 " I w" 'Nfii' . 'X " 1 1 ' ' ... .. ; ' HilHy TM forth. ll.a.Ur mt lb : . Ir.,1.1 .,.,. lt..lr, , ... !.'!;!. n, Ai: ; A d:,r,Uh to . . i'u.Iv N.vf fret-i ... .ii. dv.f of lb- .;t!u iut; to.!, of ..!.. -fcT rcporti tj!rt( !!!,! inn J "... I,- ,o Hitt nd fat-. ?!., ,.f j r. - - - w bo l,d of ho!. i. ut,- tu k "! i ! u tii ir wax hoiue, I;,. ,luu and i:t a f. hour. In- i.twn i- iM !.i!.il. I h. re ui .o comrn.-r r Indi.MM. 1 !., ;., j4.l f. : i.e.- a:.-1 !.-d. 'Ii-.-iol, r'.M., While til- w,.rk;l.g (.fop!- lkthe Mrt. m a romlitum, take the !:m-W ai..i die on t!.cfi.t wh-r-. asta.-k. d. . V ""II Nil M ...,!,,. , . F-d;:..r Hart, w int., .4-.! I.I y .tr, at.u 1 b, ,bv M her. a. d i War. ! colored, of Nitiford, .. t , while en- ; 'i-g d ;u a diiJicultv on L.9t Thur- day the white Ih.V, Hart, ;is stabbed ! to .bath by th.- b.-ro. The knife 'used was handed the uui.g inurd.r ;crby AU Randolph. .!. .u-d. a d I Vi ,itr,i" Voung Halt u MbU-d in three j.buvs and ah Miioct ii.etant death r stilted. s.t...l!i; Ol I.mi loll, . Mr. Jal. My.r.s, ; piomuicnt traxeling s.tl.-Miian, was hhot in Charlotte, Mon..,v, b Mr. -',J Oliver, iwcident of th,. ( ur.1tt,. bl FerliJier Company. Mr. My ers was shot twice- in th,. rtiiu ami in the mm. Th- wounds are seri ous and L i.s rericn is pronounced iloubtfnl. t,u1Jb,. oli;iimtei ovcrsoin.' mistiudcrstainliii which (H-curivd at Mon h.-ad City. Rockingham Rocket : Two white hov.s named Whitley, ag.-d npct iv. ly 1 1 and I I, aud two clor.-d I'oys nanie.l Powell, agul rsjie live ly V and 1 I, bad been at 'ouU" ail the bummer and had had several clashes. Monday morning the Whit ley boys started out hunting and came across the Powell Ihiys grazing nunc cattle. The obi quarrel wa.s there renewed, when the Urgent of the Whitley boys shot ami killed t he older Powell boy and wounded the "tier -how seriously w do not know. Some whit- boys were phiving hanging at R tl. igh'Ust Sunday,' im itators of Orange Page, who swung from the gallows last Friday. The boys ngge.1 up the gal low n anJ ea.b lie Chjoyc.l Ihe iileasure of l'ing .liopji.-d through the trap. Vh- roj.. was shortened for a tall boy and wa made no short his tc t did not touch. Ik was slowly strangling and t he frightened boy lb-d. I 'oiluiiat ly the rope broke and he was saved. The Ohio People's jiarLy SLiU couveiiliou Ut be licbl Aug. Kith and I7lh will be a prominent event. Al ready Kugene V. Debs, (ii. J:w. B. Weaver, tiov. Waite, Hon. Lafe Pence, and Paul 'atidTvert have accepted invitations to be present. An extra freight train ran into the iocal on the Seaboard Air Line about, four miles from Wilson, Aug. Jrd. One man was injured and several oars were splintered. One of th engines turned completely over and rolled into a ditch. An attempt vas mad- to rob (icti. Jackson's grave at Hermitage, Tenn., V hole 18 inches iu depth ami three feet in length was dug but the par lies were scared oir before they uc comolished their obj-ct. The People's party Slate Conven tion of Idahi nominated forOover uor, K. J. W. Bol.-ntine, of Bidlevue, and James bunii was iiominaU'! for iJongress. Benj. F. Log has been nominated in the Sth Judicial district Ut suc ceed Judge Armliebl. W. B. Coun cil has been nominated in the 10th lirftrict to succ 1 Judge Bvnui'i. The. case of Santo Cw.sario, the fanatic that assassinated President Carnot, came off at Lyons last week, He was sentenced to death. Town marshal John Shotw-H, of Rutherfoidton, shot and killed a ne gro John Jjewis who was under ar rest and trying to escape,. X. A McL"an, of Rjb-sou c mnty, was nominat-d on the 4v'7th ballot at Fayettcville last Thursday for So licitor iu the 7th district. Maj. Rufin S. Tucker, one of R leigh's l-t known and richest citi zens, died last Friday night of paral ysis, aged b;. Orange Page, th. much ta'k-d of negro murderer, was privately hang ed last Friday in the jail yard at Uileigh. Los Angelos, Cal., ha.? 1-en shaken by an earth. 'iake. The shock was eharp but did not do much damage. The Florida Democratic State con vention endorsed Cleveland and his administration in tote. The Pullman Car company works have beeu started up again. I iMiiint'', r: n
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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Aug. 9, 1894, edition 1
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