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i...1 9 i.ljlu, mj'i ', '.. J'.. J "-- THE CAUCASIAN ;aucasian -A. POHTT32R. W pH.od over 4A0.000 copie in J"-.. Vripct to print and cir cu'st Jur-nr to prot year 1 M I L M 0 I 0 T I E S . ... Largest Circul Sta',rar ,::!! WF.EKLY IS SOUTH CAIiO'.lSA. VOL. XII. GOLDSBOKO, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30. 1894. NO. 44. c . m I L'i1UJ.UjXJ II tW I0NK ANDNOT U0N1: t .rS S CF its Vlt!' B-E PECQPD. . E V A P A I't- u l.i ii an I.failfrxliip in lirmii ,ti tiiigrrsn S m cct- tied in Inline t, i! K-iubli-Hii l.eailri li ii Cimi Id not . i it .1 He n til i-li (int;rn. iiin'.tmn, Aug. ptohahly se. Tomor- CloSe of tile . 1-' i!id rfet don of the LI I M Con-'dent lt is one ot the most remark -,: . periods of legislation ever wit , .-.iiiue the foundation of the i i .'.-i Stated iovernnieiit. A lit i ;, '''.tioti will show tho.-c dis- ... .; ,o challenge this Hlatement, , . ground tliat it is too general, i u ue the assertion is. For the . . -;. tinn since .March I, 161, !.-!. Abraham Lincoln fucoetiied a i ' hi cratic 1'reotUeijt, th-. KxecuLive and Legislative branched of the (iov ernnieiit were in the jxr a fusion of the Dtiuocratii: party, pledged u, ( hange the prevailing method of raiding revenue. Added to this, the country wad confronted hy an ap palling prosiect of linan(;ial dida.s t. r to n- hiidinend interests and the "r lookeij to coiiLrrc.sd to give ' !.i ni i lief from the juwailing dis- 1 1 '-.-:.s. On August 7th the President con . in d congress in "extraordinary -.-.-ion,"' to cotiS'iler the financial -.Ui.ttion. Tile Democrats had made 'a. tariff the leading issue in tlie r.inijiaigll, but tiny were forced to u." ' in extra S'-.-sion to consider the ,.:;n ial iple.stioii. On August 1 I, 1 :'.:;, ,he Wilson mil repeal i n ; the Sherman law was piv.-eiited. with an order limiting de bate to fourteen legislative days; and on Monday, August just three w . k- from the day conirre.sd asseni i'', the measure passed the House ie. a majority of L51. The bill vva ii. patclicd to the Senate on the day of its passage, immediately referred ; the Finance Committee, and the following day Senator oorhees, its liaiiiiian, rejorted back a substi tute for it. On August oO the bill was taken up and started to its linal, but by.no means easy, passage, by a speech by Mr. Sherman, the leading goldbugon the bepubliean side. On Muvembt-r 1 the Senate substitute passed both houses and the vame day became law through the I'resi dent's signature. Thus the extra ordinary session did a most extraor dinary thing. Thev killed silvei which they had promised to redeem 1 n the previous M'-KMum under Re publican rule, Mr. Sherman had of It-red t he same bill but it was de feated. Thus .lohu Sherman as leader of the Democrats succeeded in doing what John Sherman as leader of the Republicans had failed to do. Another extraordinary thing and congress adjourned. '1 11 K TARIFF A NO TH K IthKiN OF Til K i IU'S. The Ways and Means Committee of -.he House having charge of the preparation of a tariff bill, began it work during the extra session and worked during the recess. The bill prepared by the committee was re ported to the House by Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia, chairman of the committee, on December lit, les. than a fortnight after the regular session began; was passed by the House on February 1, after '-i'-i days of debate; passed by the Senate on July.', with I'i'-i I material changes, including the gift of 40.000,1 K0 to the sugar trust, ami linallv, after disagreements between conferrees, the House, on August 35, accepted' the bill as it came from the Senate' without tlie change of a figure or a letter or a punctuation mark. On the day it was tinaby passed by the House that body also adopted bills placing sugar, coal, iron ore and barbed wire on the free list. These bills were sent to the Senate and re ferred to the Committee on Finance, and there they will undoubtedly re main unacted on for this session. On August b the bill went to the 1 'resident, in the midst of a general interchange of opinion whether he would veto it, approve it or allow it to become a law under the constitu tiuuat limit of ten days. The Presi dents action on this matter is told in another column. The tariff legislation was marked by the investigation into the sensa tional allegations that Senators had been inlhienced in its consideration by the American Sugar Itehning Company, commonly known as the Sugar Trust, and by speculation in Sugar stock, and also by the bitter ness engendered in his own party in the Senate by the President's leth r to Mr. Wilson, in which he said that an abandonment of the pro visions of the House bill would mean party perfidy and party dis honor. The second session of the LI I Id Congress, including the tirst or ex traordinary session, has issued al ready 351 days, a record exceeded only by the 1st Congress, which hrkl a session of 43 J days, and the A'XVUth Congress, which transact ed business for 3 To days. Compared withotiua long sessions of a Congress, the session just ended has not been prolific in the enact ment of important measures. Next in general importance to the Tariff and Silver repeal bills were two measures which passed both the Senate and the House, one to re ceive the approval of the President and the other to be returned to the body whence it came, accompanied by a veto message. These were the Bland Siigni.rage bill which was only a small and paitial recognition COKIISUEU OS SECOND PAGE. CLKVKLAM) HE LETS THE T i R ' c F B LL fecCCVE A LA A WITHOUT H S S ; G N A T 'J Ft . II Y. W ANT Yl Y HY.Y MA I. H)K I II I t A NI)IA COAI. I It I "!-. II is l.ate Keforni ' Ii;uii N l'r-r I!a. MHlfiiitl fur lite llrnrlll i.f llir ;.M,r-r Taritt liarofi ll- i iM.ft Ih- liifiuue '1 11 - II m Letter in I- nil. - Wa-hi xi.tm.v, Aug. ;!7. Pi- Cleveland has writt' n the fol- lowing letter Kepre.--iitatie (,'atciung.-, of M iriid.-ippi, in wh'n i he Hetd forth his views of the new tariff law, and ives his reason.- for not approving the bill : Kxeciitive Maiieion, Washington, D. C., Aug. 27, "'.!. llun. ''. ('. 1 Inu'ls : My lKAt Si u Since the conv-r- ation I 1 in' vith ou and Mr. ! Clark, of A lahaina, a few days ago in leg ird to my action on the tariti !ill now before trie, I have given the ttibjcct most serious consideration. The result id J am more settled than ever in the determination to allow the bill to become a law without m signature. Whm the formation of legislation which it was hoped would embody Democratic ideas of tariff reform was lately entered upon by the Con gress, nothing was further from my anticipation than a result which I could not promptly and ecthus iasticylly endorse. It is therefore with a feeling of the utmost disap pointment that 1 submit to a denial of this privilege. I il" not claim to be better than the masses of my party, nor wish to avoid auv responsibility, which, on account of the passage of this law, 1 ought to bear as a member of t he Democratic organization. Neither will I permit myself to be separated from my party to such an extent a might be implied by my veto of tar iff legislation, which, though disap pointing, is still chargeable to Dem ocratic effort But there are provi sions in this bill which are not in line with honest tariff reform, and it contains inconsistencies and crudi ties which ought not to appear in tariff laws or laws of any kind. lie sides, tln re were, as you and I well know, incidents accompanying tin passage of the bill through the Coi giess which lnade every sincere tarilV lvforniei unhappy, while iniiiieiice. d irrounded it in its latter stages and interfered with its final construct ion. which ought not to be recognized oi tolerated in Democratic tariff reform counsels. And yet, not w ithstand ing ail its vicissitudes and ail the hard treatment it received at Un hands of pretended friends, it pre sents a vast improvement to existing conditions. It will certainly lighten many tariff burdens that now rest heavilv upon the people. It is not only a barrier against the return of mad-protection, buc it furnishes a vantage ground from which must be waged further aggressive operations against protected monopoly and tiov ern mental favoritism. I take my place with the rank and file of the Democratic party who be lieve in tariff reform and who know what it is, who refuse to accept the results embodied in this bill as tin close of the war, who are not blind ed to the fact that the liver v of Democratic tariff reform has been stole:! and worn in the service of Ke- Miiblicau protection, and wiio have marked the places where the deadly bliirht of treason has blasted the counsels of the brave in their hour or might. The trusts anil com lunations--tne communion of pelf who see that machinations have prevented us from reaching the success we deserved, should not be forgotten or forgiven. We shall recover from our astonish ment at their exhibition of power, and if then the question is forced upon us whether they shall submi' to the free legislative will of the peo ple's representatives, or shall dictate the laws which the people must obey, we will accept and settle that issue as one involving1 the integrity and safety of Aineiicau institutions. ! "1 love the principles of true De mocracy because they are founded in patriotism and upon justice and fair ness towards all interests. I am proud of my party organization be cause it is conservatively sturdy and persistent in the enforcement of its principles. Therefore I do not de spair of the efforts made by the House of Kepresentatives to supple ment the bill already passed by fur ther legislation and to have eugraft td upon such modifications as will more nearly meet Democratic hopes ami aspirations. I cannot be mistaken as to the necessity of free raw materials as the foundation of logical and sensi ble tariff reform. The extent to which this is recoguized in the legis lation already secured is one of its encouraging and redeeming features; but it is vexatious to recall that while free coal and iron ore have been denied us, a recent letter of the Secretary of the Treasury discloses the fact that 4oth might have been made free by the annual surrender of only about $700, 0U0 of unneces sary revenue. 1 am sure that there is a common habit of under-estimating the im portance of free raw materials in tariff legislation and of regarding them as only related to concessions to be made to our manufacturers The truth is,, their influence is so far reaching that if disregarded a com plete and bcneliecut scheme of tariff reform cannot be successfully in augurated. hen we give to our manufac turers free raw materials, we un shackle American enterprises and in genuity, aud these will open the doors of foreign markets to the re ception of our wares, and give op portunity for the continuous aud re- employment , Am-ri-! I) With materials cheapened by their j fr-edom from tariff charges theco.-tj "f th.-ir product must be eorrc -pood-! ii.gly cheapened. Thereupon justice j and fairness to the consumer would ; ! jejr.u!il that the maimiucmrer.i u- : , t r I oblir d t submit to such reaoju-t- m-f;t aiid mo'iiii'-ation of h tariff upon their tit shed good; as would secure to the people the benefit ol the reduced cost of their manufac ture, and ehield the consumer a- !'iir. - t the exaction of inordinate i o prolits. It will t 'ins be seen that free ia v ma'i-ria's and Ti just and fearie?s refill iti iii and reduction of the Tariff to meet the changed fotidi 'i ins would carry to every humble home iu the land, the bh ssii of increased comfort and ing. The millions of men w ho have fought cheaper liv our coiintrv bravely and .... I f ... 'I'.. ..:.t ....(. ...... . I.,..,!, I I'! be ex V.iv struggle, oicn warfare j I I 1 : 1 ill i I ei ' u u: iioitd to continue boldlv challenging to and constantly guarding against treachery and half heartedriess in their camp. Tariff tef.rm will not b-settled until it is honestly and fairly setth d in the interest and to the benefit of a patient and long offering people. Yours very truly, Signed, I (J rover Cleveland. M A.J. .l Til It IK AT TIMIMASl I I.I.K. lle Speaks to 5, eople ami Makes it I me I in jresi(iii--anueh-t Kile I'reuiTi a nl I si-s Somir i-rv siiiilie.nil Llter a in s. Thomasvillc, X. (,'., Aug. 21th, IS 'J !. - Kmtoi: Ca ic'a.-ia : Farly this morning the crowd began to gather. They came to hear Marion I'littler and Col. Skinner speak. It. had been learned, however, that morning by the committee on ar rangements that neither of y ou could be present. Your telegram stating w hy you could not come was read to the audience and while, of course, it was a great disappointment, yet no Hie blamed you under the circum stances. It was known that Maj. Wm. A. Outhrie, of Durham, would be on hand to till your place. When he stepped from the south bound train he was warmly greeted. At the hour of speaking the crowd numbered over ,",ooo. There were farmers, lawyers, doctors, merchants, ladies, and iu fact every class of citi zens represented. We had heard much of Maj. (iuthrie as a stum) speaker, but his effort today sur passed all expectations. It was able, il was masterly, it was charming, it was eloquent. It was a clear state ment of the condition of the country and w hat caused it, it was a bold arraignment of those in power ami all who are responsible for the evils that we suffer from, it was a strong and convincing presentation of the remedies and a pow 'rful appeal to rally to one standard and vote for a change of methods and of men. He literally captured the whole audience. K angel ist Fife was in the audi ence and heard the speech, and spoke highly of Maj. (iuthrie and his effort. After dinner Mr. Fife held a reli gious meeting, speaking strongly and plainly from the text, "Let your light so shine, itc." In the course of his sermon he touched on politics and announced himself a prohibi tionist, lie denounced dishonesty in politics and declared in favor of honest ehctions and a fair count. He admonished the people upon the imperative nectssity of adopting honest political me' hods and putting honest men in ollice. Iu his payer he used this expression, "Lord thou knowest our Covernment is as cor rupt as Hell." The sermon made a great impression and will promote political honesty. It KM HOT tiOMIMHS OS STKIKKS. lie 'uvni'fl StriKps ami Suvs Ki tent, tif 1 lieni Wins. My Per We clip the following from the testimony of President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor before the strike commission. Mr. Gompers said : "So long as the present conditions exists there will be strikes. 1 do not join in this general denunciation of strikes. I regard the strike as the protest of labor against being bound in slavery. But for the strike labor would never have been given a sec ond thought, except for the amount of work it can produce. Strikes are not the failures that they are usually w ritten down to be. Labor statistics demonstrate that a majority of strikes are won. The reports in New York show that two-thirds of the sirikes in that State have been gain ed by the strikers. Some time ago I sent out requests for reports on strike by trade unions affiliated with the American Federation of Lkbor. Thesa. reports show that eighty per. cent, of the strikes were won, four per cent, compromised and sixteen per cent, lost. Even when strikes are lost they have their good effects. They show employers that if they at tetnpt to push their men further down it will be resisted and will at least prove very expensive. The fact that this honorable commission was called to meet shows that the A. II. IT. strike had a beneficial effect. It at "least called the attention of the public to the grievances of labor. I believe, however, that this meeting should have been called during the strike instead of after. It is more like a coroner's jury now to me than anything eise." "31 r. Gompers stated that the brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen would shortly affiliate with the American Federation of Labor, and he believed the other railroad organ izations would soon follow suit" mini-rati ve fan labor. 0 tflULIi t:IJ! )Tt KKITOiJ KIMH.4Tl.KIIK THK IIMtHA H Y. fc lti.iti t mm I hi- National lit-imlilii an Commit trr anil Hrmut Iu tronij l.an Kii:. tlit- Kt ptitilit an Nmiiiin-f fur t.o -rrtjiir in N-tra-ka. 1 ma'u. Neb.. Aug. The Ke publican State Convention here to day nominated T. J. Maj- rs, a tool of tlie railroads, for Governor, over Mr. J. II. McCall. who is an anti corpora! ion ist. As soon as this wa done, Mr. K. Lo-ewater, editor of th. Omaha l!ee, who has been making a strong fight against railroad influ ence in State polities, prf-' '-.;!! . withdrew from the party. He sent j immediately the toiiovving letter to j the convention which was read: lna!i:i, Neb.. All-. To I he ie pi;l li'-aii Male I 'en vent ion : ' T wo year-aro I In- llei.iji.lii-an-ot N'el.ra k:i. 1 1, roil;.' h i he unanimous, vote of I he Man eon volition reijin ted the i!eic-rate to tl Nation:;! convention to iac e me on the .a timial Republican committee. 1 have en ilcavoreil to discharge tli jt trit-t loyally ami coii ieiitiou-iy, to tlie lies! of my ability. The action of your convention impels nie To teii'li-r my resignation as National coinuu! tccman. You have nominate! a man loi iijvei ni win) lias I'ceii hraniiel as an ac cessory to forgery am! perjury lv a llepu1 liean ('ontrre-siona! committee, a man wl.ij lias consorted with ln)-l!er ami jobbers, and converted the room of the Lieut -tiovtr-nor of tin: capito! of the titan.- into a den fur ileliauehes ; a man ho has .been t he l ia ut tooi of railroads in .-ea-on and out ni sea son and whose lioniiu.it Ion w;e- ip-eircd by tlie combined int'ueuce of orioratam-sii, .eis, professional bribegivers, jury lixei and impeached Stale oili lata. "Melievinu it niy sacred duty to upheld the .standard of t rue Uepublicanisni at any sacrilicc. I desire lo be freed from all re strain! which inh'litbe imposed upon me b remainim; on the National com in il tec. Very respect! nil v, II. Ko-kw i'ki:." The resignation was accepted ami Mr. .1. M. Thurston, who is another tool and attorney for the Cnion Pa cilic Railroad, was elected in his place. The railroads had complete control of the convention. The Omaha I tee, which is the strongest daily in Nebraska, will support tin People's party ticket. The editor of the l'ee could have made more money by bowing his neck to the machine and like the Cleveland tariff cuckoos declared that everything was lovely, but he was made of better stuff. Ed itor liosewater is a man of courage and patriotism, just such a man a be longs in the People's party. NKIilt.tMv VS I'Ol'l LISTS. Name u Ticket iiml lle-inlopt tlie Omulia I'lat form. Condensed from 1'ress Dispatches. Grand Is' a ml, iebr., Any;. .4. The Populists in convention here to-day nominated the following tick et: Governor, Judre S. A. Holcomb, of Brooklyu How; lieutenant govern or, .1. X. Gafiiu, of Omaha; secretary of state, V. H. McFadden. of Furn as; auditor, Judye J. J. Wilson, of Keith; treasurer, Hon. J. H. Powers, of Hitchcock. I). B. Carey, of Fre mont, received the nomination for attorney general, aud S. G. Kent, of Lincoln, secured the nomination for commissioner of public land and buildings, and Prof W. A. Jones, of Adams county, that of superintend ent of public instruction. The platform realliirms the prin ciples laid down in the Omaha plat form, emphasized with the demand for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 1(5 to 1. It brands as treason to labor in every lit-id the unconditional repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman law, and demands national laws for the encouragement of irrigation. Before the convention opened this morning W. L. Greene and Senator Allen made speeches, which were enthusiastically received. The lat ter said he thought the Populists' day had arrived in Nebraska He denounced Majors, the Republican candidate asa corporation mau, aud said that with a short platform and a good set of candidates the Popu lists would win. A LKTTKK THAT THK Wtlll.l) NT M MKSSKN'UKi: I'.l.lsil- Capt. I.loyil Askeil the Ktlitor Some (ue tions That lie L'oultl not Answer. Tarp.oro, N. 0. Aug. 121, '!)4. Editor The Caucasian': I sen 1 you a copy of a letter I recently w rote to the WilmiDgton Messenger, but same was not published, the ed itor making a comment on a part of a sentence without doing me the justice to publish the lettei. Please publish and oblige me. Very truly, James B. Lloyd. Editor Messenger: In yesterday's is sue of the Messenger I noticed that you were rejoicing over the election of Col. Gates of Alabama. To me it is amazing that you should ffnd so much comfort in the result, when Gates is a "gold bug" Cleveland ''cuckoo'' who voted for the repeal of the Sherman law. The absolute repeal of that law was generally con ceded to have been agaiust the best interests of the south, and Mr. Gates' own State. The fight in thisj State against Senator iiansotn is made principally on account of his vote to strike down silver, by the absolute aud uncon ditional repeal of the purchase clause (without substitute) of the Sheiman law. Is the Messenger consistent in this matter? Is there any real cause for rejoicing over the election of a Cleveland "cuckoo"! Why do you favor a free coinage Democrat in North Carolina, and a "goidbug" Democrat in'Alabama! Yours truly, James B. Lloyd. The torture of dyspepsia and sick headache, the agonizing itchir; and pain or salt rneum, are removed uy Hood's Sarsapaiilla. . ND PATR OTK THK UFMIMK.4TII' ( OX.KIlll.4L ; IUN4t.MION.tI IdKhlHtllNT. ' M r. Voxirf .t)lr- Wit Cunlmou tt f-.r U hat It t nttnrU, hut for W hi! it l;tl nut i out iu--l hurtlrim of I t-iu urrrv arr Mure Ht.n t'rtnt rat ran 1 Mtt. Tki'i.!;. N. C. Aug. '21. IvKt.-r ..f The Caitamas -Tl wr.fer atteLUed the Democratic C'on irt essioual convention held at Koeky Mount on the JJi d in.-t. I was otdy there, however, as a "looker-on iu Vicn tia." The convention was called to or der l'V the retiring chairman. Dr. Collins. Mr Joe Kobinson of the 11..! KU rn Argus wa- reouested to act as teinporaiy chairman. Fpnc taking the gavel he made a liiet -p. cell. Win! ttte eotuuti'tce on perma nent oi -an ia t ion w e! e ou t t o choose permanent oiVua is. Mr. W. A. Dunn. ;' Scotland Neck, was called for t spiech. lie iicgati liv saying that he ;r Very unwell the LilUI.t Ot fore. COIise- MUenTiyhe was w' .n good trim !: a .-pee.-h. However. !o- sjioive ;or :-. t'ew minutes. Mr. Dunn said the op poiients of the Democratic patty ar barging that congress had not ful tilled any of the Democratic pledet He then asked what has congress done.' "A voict in one of the dele gatmns cried out, " not h i rig !" Mr. Dunn then expressed himself as be ing surprised that a representative of the Democratic party should In so ignorant of what the patty had done. He said 't had repealed the Federal election law and discovered -' millions in pension frauds. Mr. F. D. Winston was elected permanent chairman, and the re pre selllatives of the Democratic press acted as secretaries. Nomina tions ware then declared iu order and the present incumlient, '. A. Woodttd, and It. II. Speight of Kdgecotnlie were placed in nomina tion. Mr. Woodard was nominated on the first ballot, receiving '211 votes against Sd" for Dr. Speight. Mr. Wood-trd addressed the conven tion, expressing thanks, and then .attempted to prove that congress had gone along way in the redemp tion of its pledges. He said the great tariff issue, upon which the patty was elected hail been reformed somewhat though not as much as he desired. He said the Democratic party pledged economy, and had saved the county million dollars in tlie reduction of expenses, hut he did not tell his patty that silver, a 'money of the constitution, God and Democracy," as Sunset Cox once said, had been stricken down W to tal demonetization. He did not tel) his friends that the great (?) Demo cratic party had issued fifty million dollars in bonds, thereby imposing a heavy debt upon the people. He did not tell them that, notwithstand ing the fact that tue repeal of the ten per cent tax on State banks was in the Democratic platform, yet it was overwhelmingly defeated, when the bill was up for repeal of the law. He did not tell them that the income tax was a Populist measure. He did not tell them that the sugar bill would be a tax of 40 million dollars on the poor people of this land. He did not tell them (according to the Democratic papers) that the sen ate tariff bill was but a small im provement on the McKinley bill, lie did not tell them that as the Democratic platform denounced pro tection as "robbery" that his party was continuing to "rob" the poor people of this country. Mr. Wood ard said the unredeemed pledges was finance, but, said he, you can not expect the pledges to be fulfilled in so short a time. But it killed silver in a very short time. What ever it was determined to do it did in "short order." Mr. Woodard praised Cleveland very highly. He said he differed with the President, but under his ad ministration the south had received much recognition. He didn't say how much recognition C. II. J. Tay lor (col.) had received at the hands of the President, or Mr. Gresham (Republican) or Van Alien, the fifty thousand dollar campaign contribu tor, who on account of public indig nation was constrained to resign his appointment. Well, there is absolutely no politi cal health in the Democratic (?) ad ministration, and 1 will not prolong this article. However, I cannot fail to say that the burden of Mr. Wood ard's speech was to show how much the farmers were benefited by free salt, free bagging, free barb wire etc., yet when an excellent gentle man and TVi'iCAL farmer, Dr Speight, was contending for the nomination he gets left. The fol lowing poetic Hues are beautifully adapted to the "dear old party:" THE CHICAtiO PLATFORM. I was once a joyous platform; in Chicago I w as made Tlie people laughed aud hollered and the nanus all came and played. My planks were joined so. neatly that tlie carpenters declared "fvvas a case of clear perfection, and they'd hck tne man who dared Insinuate that t was anything "but staunch and flood; And now there ain't enough of me for cam paign kindling wood. Where are now those vocal efforts and those sentiments sublime? Those tunes played gladly out of key and mostly out. oi time.' Uone into deep oblivion; laid high uoon the shell. Dear, patriotic speeches, you're back nuni bers, like nivself. They said they made me strong enough to cope with any late. And yet I pro veil as. fragile as a chunk of armor plate: To patriotic tires I'd give fome splinters, if I could, But now there ain't enough of nie for cam paign kindling wood. Hell to l& Beirentfd In Jet Congress. (News and Obsarver.) Col. Breckinridge having declared in a speech that he has "been living in hell for tea years," the Louis ville Post protests against his repre senting a Kentucky distiict in Con gress on the ground that he js a none-resident. Fogg My wife is realy getting complimentary. Brown Ah! how's that? Fogg Why, she came mighty near speaking of my raven locks. Brown How near, for instance! Fosrsr Why, she said my head looked like a Transcript. crows nest. Boston S (IN HIE SiANU. Hz Cli.VS CCSS iC Cr T-E SA L KOACS i u A AGES. THK I t 1.1 M l.MI'l I v Thr y rrf MnW ing lr--r mint irr.rr In Drill lo Ihr I oini.tnt fc.mU.t luj 1 l.riii Thr MnLr. CnirA.,...A'.iir. '.. President Kit-I gene V. Debs, of the American Hail- way l ii ion. t.xik the Mand at tin ... . , . . i U-ginning of this morning's i.itu of the National Iibor I'fiiuniioi.. I ue it until mat irom tne !-g'.nnins. he was opposed t a strike, ami so told Vice-Pre-idciit Howard. 1 twice wc.it to CeO"-ge M. Pulhitat and to the tow a of Pullman to !h r ouhly in-si:gae the condition. is'n.g at the car--;iops. ! found t In i IllploVces W ere If i! il!,lv not getti wages enough hv-. but wi get'it.g dc-p.-r the d.-i-t P;.liuiai: O-mparv. No ir.a , i IV f ! !! how ittensive the i otoiitious t he men were obliged ti Wife th -IV submit ti I hem. W hen 1 f, !!,,! out aH tin .- thing's 1 iiirn-ibatciv d t. "-iinm e that the A inei ican l.'ailwn Ii.ioi should go to t he assistance of ibe.-. tlllfoi tllliate people. We believe ilia an v lair board oi arbitration won h i have decided in favor of t h employ ees', and all we askttl for a' ai titra tion. This tl e 1 u 1 :;an ( 'oi,.j..!nv arb: trarially refused. Not only this, bu; w hen wcakcd tin. m to eanii: e inti th.- .jiiestion to r'.'c whether or not ;h'-.'e was anything to arbitrage, tln-y il.-o rcf n seil this. "Very lilt eh Inti Dei-U said aboti: an alleged eoi, - pi 'ary against tin radroads ami against hauling the mails. I want lo call the attention of this coiiitiiissioii to the fact thai every meeting of the American Rail way Fnioii held with open doors, and that representatives of the prcs. wt re allowed to be present. If then had been any conspiracy contem plated, we certainly would have been more secret about it." Mr. Debs then told of the several failures of the American Kailwav I iiiou to secure arbitration irom he Pullman Company and the sub eijuent inauguration of the strike. WHY THEY ST It l'( T. "Not only did the employees of the various railroads strike because if the various roads had grievances of their own, which I shall proceed in tune to show. We used our in fluence to pi event strikes during tlc- Worlds l air, as we did not believe it just to the public to inaugurate a trike at such a timr. It was all that could be done by the leaders of the labor tin ions to prevent a strike. In view of the men's working throughout the fair the railwav on many of the roads promised an increase of wages after the fair was over. Instead of doing this, they began immediately after the fair closed a systematic rtduc- tiou of wages throughout the coun try. No two companies reduced wages at the same time. This, to :ue, was a very fignilieant action. It shows me that there was a concert of action among the various roads, and that they did not wish to arouse the antagonism of too many rail way employees at the same time. President Debs said, moreover, no ail road reduced the waires of all its men at the jsame time, but reduced t hem by sections. He declared the mcricati Kailw&y Union viewed these reductions with the greatest apprehension. The organization felt chat the time had come to act. lie continued: "When the Railwav Cnion met in convention in Chica go on June '-i 1st, it was confronted by these conditions as well as the state of affairs at Pullman." 'Was this convention called to consider tlie reduction of wages or the Pullman matter?" asked Com missioner Wright. "The convention was called for no specific purpose. It was the reg u'ar ((uadrenniaj convention, pro vided tor by the convention." The witness then enumerated the failures of the old labor or&aniza- ionstogain redress for the griev nices of the employeeSj and asserted iliey felt their only hope lay iu the Anicricau Pailway Union, to which they tiLally turned for help. When asked what the outcome of the con vention which declared the boycott igainst JPullman cars would have been had it not been for the grievances of Pullman em ployees, 31 r. Debs said there vould have bteu no strike but for Aie Pullman trouble, as the Ameri can railway Cnion, owing to the de pressed condition of the country, deemed it au inauspicious time to strike. "I would like to state," said .Mr. Debs, that the railroad com panies have never raised the wages of their own accord. Every increase iu wages has been wruug from them oy organized labor." SO VOICE IX OKpEVJNO STRIKE. "I had ftQ voice in ordering this strike myself," said the witness, "but if 1 had had a voice i,r. it, would have ordered it, I have no desire to shirk sQy responsibility. My recortl Mill show, also, that 1 have always counselled against vio lence. The telegram attributed to me which read, S.ave your money and buy a gnu,', though teat over my signature, 1 never saw. It w as sent by our stenographer to his su perior in Montana, and was not in tended literally. It was merely a playful expression current in Mon tana." The witness claimed that the men would have won the strike bad not the courts interfered. 'It was not the soldieis," he said "nor the labor organizations, but the Federal courts CONTIKUKD ON FOURTH PAG. DEB M.K MO Hi; tKKt ri TH t TH it.tniiat i xi tinti. Kl k KKHMHHi MorrTlia I .Uf l:rut.tra Kulr. fl till hiflltii. r ..f tLe SrU Fi-' ::a : . oi, n, . , ntt. atl.ontv for ! s?.i ! tin ; u.sid i fit .'! , i . , r , ,,f t.,, Sucr' Tr-.'. -i I --J- t wi!U tht com-! :u t'.e .(.,- u..-..Ti k-.ec fori u: -..i ti, du?y .f :: per idi. j tl .ik' r. T! : aim-uM i ft H Hit... ! ,4,"V"r 'iu'",! :'" !r'"' "!LM it' Ilmrt' Ih.in tlo eXprvfed ." i ii. i i.i v,.... ....... .. i . . . a IT t. t i o ; T. .,. j.. ., ' ha !.:pi ti. it .on 1 1 .1 v i iney r-l ;'e -n!:t.t;t ?C . re o ; 1ioT;i To- - t'.a:; be !, 1 sat e .-nn- , HI; it w I e ti;i i . Slid i ) .'trn c Ti e ... d liii'ti' p loi i c T .ol, U .1 err:, ?! he It ,1 . at.M 5. It i tir I t!i tl list i. ' C t it. 1 : .ily i:iot tity mg, I ' I e LT lit I'll Miictlt I- '. e!i ail IW, , to Ii .iloW ; till de t: a n i t :i T i: T t.i . ti amount o! i ro !;ai 1 . Ii.-n 11 i t- I ou Ti e ate ft - red t l,.tt w ' :. ti..- .-: a'oi ... have in n to work for i v i n m.-,. i-iotec- .i iioii than the lol.b.r t r u -t first de ne. mb-d. We bi'trill to realize some !i..!iol how corrupt tl.,- a.linnii-. tialio'i i. lla.l the N n lie n viced to 1 1 iv i tiie i r -'s tit -t lb-maud, it W.-illd have been entleliielv li 11 tit 1 1 1 alititT- As it now .-tainL, w can liti-1 no la ticua i;e to express what oui'ht to he said. itlce the pns-aj.'e of the bounty let, thU suirar lru-i has in eti pani ab itit ,Oli(l,ooO MMiuaHy by the govern llieht. If the I " pi r ci lit. lid valorem duty mes into el'iect and there is no prospect of ib-tcaf the trust will i:et probabh it;,ooo,ooo additional pt -r annum, 't ".o.oooi(mio altogether. The total number o! miners and em ploy ees o siii,'ar r lineries in ihi I lilted States is only T.oJ'.t. About two dozen men own them ami com pose the i rust . They get this $.!, ooO.Ooii annually and make from out half a cent to two cents profit on every pound of su'ar used in addi tion to that. .Men and women ot Aineiica. are you got tit; to submit to this eitrftntie robbery, which is oulv one of the many big steals, or will you go to the ballot box and Vote to huil this Ih-mocratic-Kepublican oc topus out d' power? This is a sell on s . uesi ion . Mil. KKOMI S A, A I'OKT. A Miit ItriiiNf kMlile I.IIiihIiiii ill till C'ull-ri-ssional R. iril Iml 1 lit ritiii-HlMii Y urn islie tlir ( liuuix. A nii'st remarkable contribution to tariff literature appeared in the Congressional lleeord last week. It is a speech by Kepresetitative Mar riott Hrosius, of Pennsy lvania, print ed under the the general leave given in the rule by which the House of lieprt seutatives last week concurred iu the Senate amendments to the bill. The key note of the production is given in tin (imitation from Flet cher with w hich the matter is intro duced: - "bet me write the ball. ids of a nut ion, ami 1 cure not who makes their laws." After a brief dissertation in the usual manner upon Democratic defic iencies, Mr. Piiosius says: "I shall not set before our un re generate brethren their sins of omis sion and commission in the scarlet livery of their real turpitude, but I shall let the matters be established by witnesses of well approved char acter for tenderness and mere v. "I shall summon the muse?, who, each in her own peculiar field, yet all with uniform consent and true poetic ardor, have volunteered to transmit the manifold delinquencies which filial 1 engage their pens to coming generations on wings of im mortal song."' Pu-ginning then with the quota tion from the "Bigelow Papers" "That a merciful Proviilem-e fashioned us hollow On purpose tint we might our priiicip'i?? swallow, The belly c:n hold a great many of them, it can And hi iiig i la-it, us ready fur . like a jl ieaii." Mr. Brosius indulges in no less than twenty-' hree rhyming if not poetical description, of the short comings of tho majority. But if he had been opitosed to a single gold standard and had been a true patriot and a Populist he would have closed with the following as a climax : "Now 0-over is in the sad lie and the gold bugs rule the roost, With their outlitof .Sherman, tueen biland ami Haveuicvers lo boost. As they strive to topple over Thrift's fair temple in a day. And sit dow n on genuine progress in a true oli I Vandal way. Hut the voters will lie heard from ere this devil s work is done. With an avalanche of ballots that w ill startle Washington ; November's blasts will chill their souls, from ( oiigressjiieii to burns. And they'll hustle for their i-ellar When The StttIUl. Comes. l.U I'OKT A N'T. WILMINGTON', N C, Aug. 8, 'J4 To our A'jentH and rr fruit: In consequence of very heavy los sps sustained last seasoD by the ex cess in baygiug on cotton bales, the Liverpool Cotton Association has a dopted rules which prohibit the us of side pieces and double headings The rule ia mandatory, and all bales not conforming thereto will be sub- v-et to reclamations. Our buyers are especially charged to exercise greai care in the exaim nation of each and eveiybale for ex cessive bagging, and not to purchase a&y cotton with side strips or double bagging They are also directed to give preference to bales weighing 5U0 pounds and above, as nearly all charges are by the bale, and heavy weights are alike preferable to pro ducer and consumer. Cc aiplianee with the above require ments will prevent friction, and pre clude the possibility of claims aris ing from this cause, otherwise the proaer or seller will have to bear heavy losses. Respectfully, Alex !Sprunt fc Son. T 1 Iliri SIMMONS IIOOPLE. ut. rx k i t.ioi ti i inn i s t i i tit t lot t IJktn UtUKMI II 1111 IIIMIM. I H II KtlUX I AM . HI KIHIM fr. . .K tt. I !. in IU trt..r .! . ra.l) lllllt Ifcst II I Ml ! k-,ru I iloillua - hr llBrr Mlr I i.t .. 1 1 1 o n . " - t' Il'l I t ( o W MUNoToN, Aug. .. The :in dry civ il apj'ropnati m bill for the CUI rent MTMctl of confirm conUit, a!l Iti-lil iich itif..rmf i pbii.di ni ta-tm-r of the co.mtrv. Ctoh r the !. fT the promotion tif ;i!jirv .tud party vitoibty f .'.t'tmaip aiioucti each Mtii' in coniottil cuv- tlOli t s n. ii U MUM id rllpOM-U lO cov ,-r i p. tiM ii.t uiril iu ihi- in vei'ii;ii!i of tic ror.t id. Within itv after t !i- i hi on the ton- teseaTit tiitliii-ft the cotitrstif t.f hit intention to contest his mat iu Cu gress. Thirty davit urc allotted for answer. Following the contentaut ba-i lo.hivsn: which to take Uftl Itloliy. The lesull lit lieaily ,lli'is-a ib jH ml uion w i.ci , r I be i oiili t.laiil or coubstie is in ry input y with the doiuitiant parly. Hut tin- allowance of ', ( t for evjH iiM i) is ci rt.tin. U it h few e p! ions the maximum is always eovelid. The allow ami- ii tiuule by the coiiiinittce on (lection ami Mibmittetl 1 1 the cottiiuitt-' on apj.soptiatn.es. It is made on vouch ers show ing vi rv it to of c iiUi ture in tin prosecution of the lime fixation. It is useless to nay that tlie law is ignoied. Tlii- groswst abuses are practiced ; the treasury is hhann lessl v pliunh i i il ; exorbitant at torney fees are charged. In one or two cases collision inTwfcll l!ie eonU'at ant ami his attorney has U n du coviitd. It wus tiuijdy roblieiy: hoo E S. i . H 1 V . The contest in the case has recent ly attracted home attention on ac count of the enormous ft allowed F. M. Siiiinious, Crady'c uttorney. Possibly it was known lo (irady that Simmons was acting as his attorney, but not until the item appeared iu th" sundry civil bill appropriating ";1,1hi as attorney fees for F. M. Simmons" was it known to outsiders. The allowance is an iinxsition. Koonce made no contest- Apart fiom a formal notice and subsequent ly serving (irady with "a so-called replication," no serious attempt look ing to the prosecution of the contest was made. Not a word of testimony not a scrap of paper Inaring on the cae can Ih- found of the records iu the committee on elections. It was abandoned, forgotten, until a few months ago Jerry Simpson, by re quest, offered a rvsolution iu the House authorizing the substitution of certain piiju-rs by KtRnce for pa pers destroyed by lire. That was withdrawn and abandoned. The contest was a farce, but as a business enterprise to Simmons it was a suc cess. The allowance in the case ia 1,1 01 .50. Of this amount (irady IS allowed ONK POU.AK AND FIKTV cknts for K-rsoual expenses. The balance of the plunder is ockeUd by Chairman Simmons. The ex pense account speaks for itself. SIMMONS' IKE. Hon. Bknjamin F. (iiuov, Washington, 1). C. In compliance with your reouest that I furnish you with a general statement of services rendered by me as your attorney in the proceeding brought against you by Hon. f rank I), hoonce to contest your election from the 3rd Congressional district of North Carolina to the 53rd Cou gress, 1 beg to submit the iollowiug: 1st filed answer to contestant notice of contest and to his so-called replication to said answer. !nd Investigated action of board of canvassers of Craven county iu said district, with reference to the votes alleged Uj have been caat for sai 1 contestant and rejected by said board, at tne lollowing election pre cincts in said county, to wit: St. Philip, James City, .Jasper's, Lee' a Farm. Connor's, Temples, Pleasant Hill, Camp Palmer, and the 4th and ith wards of the city of New Iierne, and made a thorough investigation of the facts aud law upon which the ward of canvassers acted in reject ing such of said precincts ad were not counted. 3rd Made like investigation and exainenatioin of action of board of canvassers of Cumberland eouutv with reference to vote cast for con testant and alleged to have been re jected bj said board at the following voting precincts in said coun ty, to wit: Fayetteville precinct, Flea Hill, Cedar Creek, Little Kiver Acad erny aud Morrell's Mill pre cincts. 4th Made like investigation of alleged action ol board of canvassers of Onslow county in rejecting the votes alleged to have been cast for contestant at Jacksonville precinct in said county and of the alleged fraudulent destruction of 48 votes claimed to havtrin cast for con testant at said piecinct. 5 th Investigated charges of frauds said to have been committod by the judges of elections at Cross Uoada precinct in Onslow county. 6th Investigated charges of ille gal and fraudulent registration of voters, partizans of contestee,at Pol locksville and Trenton in Jones county, Richlands and Williams Store in Onslow county and Clinton in Sampson county. 7th Investigated charges of in timidation and fraud by friend of contestee against electors desiring to vote for contestant at Angola, Haw CONTINUED ox fockth PAGK. r (I H
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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