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TH Ij CAUCASIAN mi H,w The Largest Csr.u!atS'a''L-r" w" print! r 4.VW0 ropiM ta 1S93. W ?.trrt to print t4 ir ruUt darim th ) rF&t j,ar I MILLION t 0 r I K S !'.V'' weekly is yo irrn LA U'.'Ll.W-. H I) ol, XII. OOLDSBORO. X. C, THURSDAY, S KPT KM HER 27, 1894. NO. 48. WM RANSiiM S On IT. f.a:,, - Mr r -;, . , ' .:, j v-.'V ' :. ir.v ,u !.:- ". i Hi- ! .. '; - Tl-. " lu-f.il " C, THOSK AWFUL HAD HOYS. Ail! i ' r .,! r .-, i , ;i.vi i.-' I f ri - m I P lil i n i in in r Di M-y. uiiu t'lj.lc'l Hill Til t'l.,. i. . . ... All .TO.! 4R CAUCASIAN. H'filF III hi -' '.-.(::. 1 :. i : . I'- ,i i. A ! I I I.I ! Mil ' M V. X. i , i.. ; i i " 1 1 1 mi i 1 . 1 i 1. 1 i :: i a i II imi ! A A .i hi.. I. A III V M IWK.N IM ( - '.ini a i in-, r i i.i n i.x- II.NnK. i"ii- lit i lit- A (I ii ii in in lk nf - - .1 li 'i V li I. I li c re w i imi I ' p mi i . . . , : l'i '. I . - - ii c M t ;i - ii I e - 1 n t i , -( t ! I l'"i Mll l el I III' III' Kli f till' I I ll I ' 1 I . - - I III' V '. 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Iil la ii.U'n'liicnl hx I'oimli.-it 1 1 1 - is ai;ri i-a'i ! anil t'.j,-inli- of t hi 1 1 -ii i- billion dollar.-; I ii i ii r. m a i) a lot s i:kc()Ki I , inocra!ic failure :u:d iiicoin- 'i icy, as evidenced lv the ."ird "Unless, it took the rall of a Coii- client .oldlni to sur-s! such iiiii-in. Arf for 1 'us.si I Ian i iiioik e'ott, he i.s rioh k y. I le made one !'-ch dlllil'g the se.-.sio,'i (i(;ei!. -Ji exactly thr ininulejj. Ik- wa. nl three-lifiii.s of the S",S8ion un . I he eiifoii ! ini'iit. of the rule de ni n ' t lie ji.iy of ahsi nt nieiuher.s I: "rent, oee niinute i Ii jit was in 'ocaey of a dut, on "our giia! i .-ry 1 Ik ' list l . eColiOllli.iL 'i-ei ! fi .ii r jiri v. . ; ! 'i .in 'al ion el lie H -OII!( t lli lie; ol dins If. Jle i ut ro te hills covcrii'- aii ne;i rly half :i i 1 1 ioi' " 1 ia'-s. Of course oln of theee hilh- a as for tie' KI.I.I K !' OK A X K . i'lilike the l'i jmli.-t hills they wen 'M-iiieied m.il received f;!vorabl iiiin!'. I'u-i ilaiiimoiis was alvvay.- 'Ii h.l'ld to Note with the ''o!tibr:e ie ntfd for the u iH'oiidil lioliii.1 re j i al of the Sherman law ; he votid .jaiiist t he comae,-of ihe seinor: :, .. and voted ni;aiiisr. t lies. meas sues, k iiowieir at the ;ime there wa. imi enough liiom-v in ciicula' imi in ''.i.1 ci'iml.ry to jia i's debt-, and in :!' .-! one year. The eurrein v o1 I in- country is rapidly deer, asi iu; : pi ii i .- continue to fall; tie- ho;t.s o) u in'inploved workinineii increarec'. but every h m :si m kasi'kk i'lti m It d for the relief of the p"oph I'i-eott vott d aeamsf. And it is tin .-inline ied .-jirech of the man that it u.-d b t he democratic iiKMitiiTd a a cairpaiiTii document. Without auv disc iif-ion of the merits cf tie ii'po,-ed legislation, it is well enough I i c H reet one or two palpable nii- I I preocntaiioris. The billidis ol e oeiidit lire which frightens th bij. and Lb' dcniiiije-iies alike do no: all belong to the ."tord coneress Twent j - two billions should be cred ited to the last congresn and to .Mr '. lover, w ho is a li publican. Xum i t thtse bills intn dllCed by I'opill i.-ts coiiteliiplated the i.-suil'! of ii bond or the expenditure of one dd iar of piibiie money. AN ll.l.l W ;A' ()X js f,irni.-died in the liitl introdin ed In llu'b-oii. of Kansas. Jt author i. d peiiMotiers to sell their pension dins to the government for a period of ten veins. The object was to en able (he pensioner to acquire in out pavmciu. front the yovei nnieiit a sum siitlicieiit for in vestment in a burnt or business. This, it is argued, would Inlp the pensioner, add mil lions to the volume of currency and save the government millions in tin ad m mist rut ion of the pension laws. It would praciically disperse with peii.ii!i bui'taii, take the pelisioi ipiestioii out of polit'cs anil then, like Othello, Hoke Sniith and Jot I'.uiiels iiccupat ion would vanish it lllijiht lie the biggest and best in voluieiit the government could make if its etii ct should be, as is claimed, to ieciia.-e the curicney and therebv give t mpioyinetit to the idle alu! rai?e the price of corn, wheat and cotton, it would tie a tlod send to an impoverish! d i ud suffering p-op'e Jt takes great, cheek for I 'emocrat to try to abuse or lni.-n present the l p.ilis: Senators ami (.'oi.gressinen 'i bey were always in their seats and wei e ulwavs using their voices and vetes ti ving to cuiry out tiie n form til.lt the DelnuCKltS liud promised the people m the campaign, tut wen not m iuvor of cai rying it out in ci'iigreis. Another consideration t ii ti ought to compel Deinccrats to pi' 1 1 (,'i't their hats in tin.- presence ol i'epll i. W'iuit, but f-r l'opulis. vote.-, woiihl tie the late ot the tior nmu compromise bill?' Jlow could auv ! eii)i;c;vt lace the jieopie with a record of tariff failure I' That the Kemocratic party in North Carolina bus one inch of sitd ground i. due to the I'opul.sl vot-s in tin S. uate in favor of the Democratic tariff bill. It was l'opuiist votes that broke the -dead-lock in the J louse and made a quorum for the consideration of the House tariff bill; the passage of the bill repeal ing the Ktderul election law; tin passage of tne seiguoiiage bill and other important Democratic legisla tion. Scores and scores of limes during the session of congress the lopulisL contingent in the House Continued ou second page. ' n. I i i: i s i; i ( i 1 1 1 1 1 1 v ..4lli-iiV l: I,.MiKI:m, I II I.I'.S. A letter Irinn , .he ilV--VV hut si l'-u-ie s I n IV t , it re... m ,t ii n.. i.l I la li-emi a n. I ll l,i i ii., N 1. 1 l. (.ill. I !'.! ii -- I lie -i ..,. I'iirl) i, i ;ii. I.,ii-lit in .1 V.,1.,1 I'.l Mm- ;,,,, , - I ,im. - II i I In- .Mil v 1 1. It I I l I I l'. Ui, ,,,( i , -,,, . in . Im I i ii. i ii. i.i i.. I i ii,. Asil Y. VI I.I.K, ( '. Si f r. S'-nii'or k.iii.- in in a sp ee:i iii i -a'ter rehashing all the ,-a:;le '.. -ii.!;' tiiat. h,. tulk. ! f'-i .'o ye.trs, a l'i. d some; inng ne;v In ch.u gin. i ii.it t in; I'eopie's p.irtv tJ.!ti'jr--.-...iii' .. and Setiarors woii'd i:av e ti tn km. p. ' ti ' g"e; liili'Mil in ibis C!ii:gn ll ibev be! hud a ciiance. He ,U, th.it : In- (nil, t hey .ff. n .I carried more .ip ;ii ojirnt' ions tliau tie ! was mun, s in im- I'nit'd .states, ,!) the world. I I e .said t he y wanted to iiure;i.se jicli- -lou.-, to increase I lie standing annv and to do a number of other thine, that would piif. a heavier burd.-n of bix.itioii on the people. l'kase tell us how these- things arc Yours very truly, l'opuiist. We fear that. "l'opuiist" has not been nadmg 'J UK C.v si v x C.tl'ef uli v. If he bad he coll hi have ris.-ii in the audience and and brand. il Senator Kansom's state meiits as willfully and idisoluteiv hilse. Kiiiiooiu knows better anU die falsifying that he is doing is in keeping with his "-ii years of shaine h i.s betrayal of the pt opleiti congress, lie is not only a faisifver, but he is a t raitor. lie knows that not a singl - bill has been introduced in congress b a member of the People's party th.it would increase the burden ol taxa tion on the people, lie knows thai every bill either piovided for tin lowering of taxation, or the lnen as nig of the volume of money so tin people could more easily p;v them taxes ami earn a liv ing, or lor i.j..:.l l.ing taxation so the rich won hi near their fair share of the taxes 01 for breaking the grip of si me mo uopoly that lias and is now bleidine. the people. The whole efiort of tin ('copies party has been direeied to i-xpjse and break up the oppnssivi laws and conditions that Kansein nas helped to or allowed to be fast ened ou the ptople. We i iiallengi iiaiiso.'u to show a single bill t hut v as aduvcated by our people that .votild fie dis;idvai;big s or hurtliu to the p.eopK- ii Al Lad become u law j'lu ganubfis of Wail tercet and New York waul Hansom to go back to the Semite because they know that thev can count on him to be trtiy bis people for their interests, while a People's party Senator l hey know would stand by ami light for the i-teitsts id lie people of .North Carolina '1 in same Kind of brazen nieiidacitv is i icing practiced in (ieoigia that U m soui is jiracticing in this, "5tute. t tiave just leccived a c qy of a lettei written bv Congressman John Davn luanding some of these same charges. All:. ii. CliANE, Pixie, i;i. 1 ii.ak . l; Veiir note nl Auj:. 1.1. l'.U, in-i-loMii- 1 e:innT;tt ie eireinar over (he ikiiiu "W ."s. 1 li;niiiiri vs." i.s rei-eiveii on luii.-t luive t lie 1 lean irnit.s in (e.-ei-ia in eiy eln-e iiarters wln'ii lliey are enveii to .-iumi suli icrl'ilKes anil l'al.st lioo'ls as lhal i iiviilar eon tains. I. Ii is stated in tin; circular dial Mr. ia vis has iutiiiUiieeil a luil to lant a sei'vici ieli-lini to I moll siililiers. 1 lie i in ula! Iiou ut iiave aiIUe.1 tliat llie iiill in-nviUeil a sienal I uiiii lur t liat iiu lose, to lc raiseU li'iuii ;iailuateii laxes oil iare Ilicoiues, laie liiliiTitaiice. ami larm' lai.iieil estates. It eiiiviiles that cliui-:i-.s lor pensions shall In' si-i;irat!-,l entirely 1 rum tan !l taxes ami Irom aii the usual revenues oi the llovern ineiit. Soliliers ami other poor men shuulii lie reiieveil irom all pension tmntens. Pen sion money shoulU lie raised by taxing lare lortiiiies, the fotunliuioiis ol' hi"ii were hint uurmy; Hie war, ami winch have since lieen increasing tlironjrh class laws mm Ihe violations ol law. JVnsion money shoulil he raised entiieiy Irom the loi tiines oi those t Ii i rty t hoilsaini liiilliuii aires who now own mine than one-hall ol I lie great wealth ol' this country, ll is the purport and object oi my hill to relieve the cotiiiiioii people from all laxatiun on account oi pensions. ( )u the other haini, the Uenio crats in the Fiit -secoini Congress passen inlis largely incieasing me charges lor pen sums without proviUing any speiial lunu lor meeting the burdens. One oi those Peni ocratic laws provides iensioiis lur ainiv nurses al il- per niniitli , another increases the pensions ol' siilniei's who seived m the Alexuan war irom ss tolL' per month ; ami an hitenneuiate pension law granting a cer tain class of soldiers u per month, i'hc l-'il ly-.-eco mi and 1'n ty-tiiird Congresses i Democratic) have passed the large.-1 appro priation bilis lor pensions ever passul by any Congress or nation. 1. The circular belore me states that "This same Davis has introduced a bill to increase the standing army of the I'niten States from i",iiU to.'iUO ;IKK.") ynkee sol. tiers " This is literally and positively untrue, i he lull referred to is one to enlist an "111 e.ustrial army'' of the unemployed, to ht put to work ou authorized puteic improve mcnts in tiie t inted sjtates. the men are 10 serve one year only, anil to be paid w ith newly issued legal tender greenbacks. '1 he object is i.l) to furnish work lor starving iik n in older lo prevent the necessity of in creasing the standing army" to shout them down, in older to keep the peace while mul titudes are siiiieiing in the delirium of star ;ition ; 1) to put more money afloat fur ihe use of the people, and (6t to'save tne people from taxation, and for the purpose el carrying on uie numerous punlie works now authorized, planned and ''egun in aii parts ol tiie country. 1 take tiie ground that it is better lo employ men than to starve and shoot them ; and tuat it is bitter to furnish the people money to do business with, panl out lor Usciiit pin pu.-es, than it is to decrease the liiO.uy ami increase the taxes. J. Air. Hudson s bill, mentioned in the circular, is dc.-igned to retire the peiisiuii sui.ject entirely by a lump payment ot ten years W illi new legal tender greenbacks, the result being to lehoe peopie irom all taxa tion on account, of pensiuiis, and to give lliem more inohev to do business wilii. The bills of the Populists usually have the double purpose in view of rebeving the com mon people truiu tax burdens and to n.aiie money pientier. siume of them are emer gency bills, and will be withdrawn when the passage of other hill.-, have reiieveil the situation by granting to the people a siillic lent volume of money with which to do busihes-j and to pay debts and taxes. f. 'The Populists are all for low tariff, and are utterly opposed to the national hanking system V e are all in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of hi to 1. We have always voted lor this, and never lor any other ratio or for the single gold standard. On the oth er bund, all men who voted for drover Cleveland voted lor a well known gold standard man, and a friend of the national i I! i: i: i ' V I ; tv p. -. t :.' i-r. - i!! ' s.,, I :. .'I ! .- i , I.')'- '. r.-i:: -.I ut ;:;.: v -: rl- ; ' Mil' I .'.': i ' ! I ' I : ..:i,v I - ' I r. : .-ii ly : :i i ..I,. :.'-s ii, ' lie;. ; l ii.: : II, - . -; y . I ' I . ' V i If ' lUiiti- ; c.;n.:.' ol ,,;. ., .1 -ip:..i-iiii'.i'."l i h !:'. ii ii ;i ., :id ' . j" y an- n'n-i -y opj ,-. i i le 1 al.;. ' 1 i f , c; i : t-iiT , c: ' ay i.i.n.-f.iii.i. ph.. h,:i A e are !:.- 'Hiiy ;.. !! .- : - lice. 1-. 1 ll l I,'.- .!.-!'. VI.HVO i.i-'' 'lie ! U .l'i ! Li !. f. :,!,.,. k-. e !..!tlOI,.li i. il ...n,i,. ,.,it ,,l III.- '.HV. a I ! '.' I i.-.il.-i- oi .Mill: the ..id p.. :.! inei'id.t. : Pri-.-i.-nt i a ei.i ii. I . -.'in : . i . i , : i 1 1 (-. i ; , ;k, ;, ran. wliiIiii .-n uni,, Si in". i'.oeoiii and 1 -nil lieed lia'.i' v .,: !,,... ; :,.,t!j , l;a nd Willi .me . ice Uie l a so! in n.;e asram-t -over, wl-.ie in.- Cp ,- , wntioi.t a - ii--eni tti-.' vo. e, i .e t ; r :!;;;. 1 1 - i i he i v -o id party o'. a; i i,-r -.. :i tins -'Ur j.'l t J'.'tli.i. ruts li le itiiliollllllV I'CI-ll on iiolii -iOes, .-oil K. ;,iii.;;. 1 1 ir ii.e.i- a- con st al it iV been on but ii s i- -. Pi.,. , ,u i,nt . 1 1 '. i, :e on lb- money jiiei ,n. i n v a re a . 1 lor 1 ree siKer. lur neite money, and !..--.-taxes. 7. Astoll.e N"uy.s. Ilockweil eojiiesl e:t-, which seems to lloiibie Aii. I ! u , ,, p, . ev.s. i'npuiists voted on wii.it i'lcy iieii.-w d hi he t he merits oi t he c.i-e. I I. "V wer. hot inilu diced bv Jiarli an l',v mi- li w is not a case of politic, m; j ,- ji c. I 'opi, !i! s In ve voted to seal an,: to iij--t-.it both prmoei ais and Kepiiiiheaii- a- lie y ill ';g.,l ti.e mei.ts of the respective ca.-es le-pii.eit. '!'i paitV men have seldom i en thus i n, i i d. ' 1 hear ihe most e.ieouiauing news iruin all parts of the lounfry. in w tv Slate where election-have been hein the Populist vote ha.-been great iy increased. In some places II is irom two to three times as great as ever before K erv where i hat elections are yet coming the acces-ions to our l.mks are increasing. Our enemies feel the import ance of the crisis and a doing their best to deceive the people as to the pinicipies and puipose.sot the Populisls; In 1 1 t ; :ei r ineni la city is so unreasonable and so thread-bare li'oin long use t liat tiie people are rcfusim; lo lie deeer, ed. Our workelsare brave, (rue ,iud tireless. The sun liulil is gilding the mountain tops and the tunes are lull of hope. Let Us push on I in-( olll 1 ii lis. The great London money power, which lias lobbed the people of India, llgypt. and Lurope, has never attacked the ( hrisiian chinch and the free public school until now. Americans will i.e.. r be slaves. Agitation, edin -at i, !,, and v i i :. .. are uur means of re-iii-l ' Let Us use He in ' .loliN DAV IS. M. C. Washington, 1). ('.. Aug. In, !-!.. LINXKV V T VT. !i(H I I.V I.INSKY WON A SIl.N.Vi. vitiiiiiv fi-.i; im, i:t i.i -ii(i.i.v(, ISLAl'tlKK-KITK, liim UK. !lie Man uii'i ISii-ciIa 'l!;:iui. I'tintt-i- to Write Ilis i.-ccli ami l.'eiiiseil ,i J'ay 1 ll I ll (' I..-I l.'il Iia s.(1 jt. ISpeei.tl to Tub Caccasi x J Mt. Iloi.LY, Kept. lo. The joint discussion here to-day was urn xpt et d. It was Mr. Lin ney's apioint inent Imt L is opponent , Mr. Biihi r, apt. can d on the scene Hid a division of iitue was pronuitly agret d to. It is no t-xatigerjit iou to say that Linney blistered Uowei ana made him sorry many times oyer, for his temerity ami appa rent ly unconscious invulnerability. He made but one point in Lis speech, and that fell pt rfeet 1 y fiat . Like a irie;ii many other !) ino-rats and Republicans, including ilowcr, Lin ney has said s rne vi ry bard tilings (bout the I'npuiists" but he h;is m-v-ei le en chare; d with ;in ;i Item pt to deceive tin m or to cheat them out f in election. Therein is ( ne marked difference between Linnej and I5..W .1'. in ljiuney's favor. Idection frauds in Winston and Mt. Airy made Mr. liowti'tlie representative from this district in the present Con jrri'ss. lie knows how it was done and accepted his eertitica t; knowing that it had no other basis than fraud. 1'opu ists will hardly aprre ei;ite I'ovver's services in criticising; Linney's 'ineonsnsteney.'' What they have have honestly pledged to do they will faithfully perform. lliUVflli'.S TK.iMI' I'KIXTKIl. It is said here, upon pretty good authority, thai Bovver's tariff speech was written by a tramp printer, and that he refused to pay the "poor devil" for his services until compell ed to do so by suit in the District of Columbia. I understand that suit was brought and sooner than subject himself to the notoriety involved in such a sear dnlous proeeedirjg he ompronihed it. But whether it is true or not, he is far from being a match for Linney, and the reports to the tontrary in the Democratic newspapers are fabrications out of the whole cloth. P. One Lie 1'ajsfor fi,(HI(l.(KiO Worth of Ail vert isi iij;. John Moneymaker, alias Wana niakvr, ot Philadelphia, recently ad vertised that he would be obliged to sell his goods cheaper ou account of the new tariff bill. .lohu is a sharp and stupendous liar. Every Demo cratic sheet in the United States has published his advertisement. For telling one lie, Wannamaker will get probably 'r-,,UOO,000 worth of adver tising and the public will gtt de ceived. Progressive Fanner. But Senator J rvis says that these goods will not go down till J.iu. 1st, 1 SD-". He a d Wanamaker had bet ter ho'd a conference. lSKTTEli LATK THAN' SKVUK. A Mr iiiiirat with aliltle Cor science Left. We regret very much that we made use of certain language in last week's paper in speaking of the Pops ami Rails. We, after taking a second thought, decided that such is ungen teel, and hope our readers will for give us, and we promise that such will never appear again Dunn Times. Fiftn Judicial Ilistrict. The People's party delegates of the 5th judicial district of X. (J. will meet in llillsboro. 2s. C, ou the ind day of Oct., 1894, for the pur pose of nominating a candidate for the office of Solicitor of said district. Phis 14th day of Sept., 1894. A. S- Peace, Chrm Ex. Com. it Ii : I : v 1 i '. Si M V H r I K I V s H NlIU t- OK CAM - j r i. in m i . W Io n a - ., iki-r 1 1 il- on m.il li.iu n ful I to.-.- I .i. IV. r.- ii. le, III.., .. VI I. ..I J III.- t I 1,1 I.l , I .. I,, , , - , i, Ol I H' i.l aii.i K-i- the ijmiii .u I'.i-I'im. 1 i I !: B. I.i.-.'.i. T ! i'r . . i '., S. pr. 1 !, ,; J. 1 til l nh Til K ( a f si v n : The eutilj.ai ;;".e-:-.s of 'Jic D-mocm-: tie party are emh iivoring to make a; ji,i thai ( f capital for their partv 1 on :c -count of the rep.-il uf th.- Fed-; erai t 'ect.oii law. a-.d m v; -v of this fact 1 dt -in-, to have publish d in ! ll !: ( : a t ' A si a n. t h- ('pit ion of the , former Attorney b-nera! of this j -'nte as to the duties and lowers of I trie Federal supervisors of elections:1 also the Oil!!, lolis nf iill,.. L-.i.titiir'. lawyers of 1,'iileioh, shown g that the powers uml duties of said supervis ors were very limited, in that thev ci' ibl not make arrests, but could ob!v leinain "in the presence of the oiiii'ef.s holding the election, and to vit.ic.--s ail their proceedings, ii elud ing; tiie counting of votes and mak ing ti e p-tii n thereof." The provisions cf the act do not contain any violence, force or uii ' .'arn n ted power to Ik ves'ed in the supervisors, yet the Diiiceruto began to howl that our very liberties were in danger, and in const ,nienc" of this cry the law was repealed. You will .see from theirovvn opinions that the law did not contain the dyna mite, nor was it as odious as tiny maintained, for campaign purjises. When the l)t htocratic speakers claim so much for their party bv its repeal of this law, ask them wliv was it they issued a circular in 18'Jn showing that the supervisors had such small powers, and now contend that they had repealed such an odi ous m-asure 'i The opinions are as follows : 'I IIK ATIOKNKY I, KMC It A IAS Ol'IMON. IVilcral So r isois ll;ie no to lu ll l ien- uilli Itcjjist l iirs, Mukt- Arrests, Copy m.-ilis, or Count V oles. North Carolina Exteutive Dept., Ulliceof Attorney Ceueral, Ibileigh, October ?A, l.s'.cj. A. .McL Moukison', Ksii , Max ton, M. C. : icar Sir: Pi my letter of Lie "i'-ind ii.stanr, in which, replying to your impiiry as to the nature and ex tent of t lie duties and powers cf Su pervisors of Flections for Represent atives and delegates in Congttts, 1 referred you t3 Sections "-iolb toc'i Bevised Statutes of the I'liited States, and endeavored bri.-lly to suniinariz" their ju'incipie ruv isions. I fail.-d to call your attention to Section o'.i of tile same statute, which seems to make a marked difference between the powers and duties of such Super v sois as may be "dipoinud for any county or parish in any Congression al district, at the instance of ten cit zens," ai.il those appointed upon the application of two citizens "m ant ctyor town lur ing upward of twenty thousat d in lubitan ts." The powers cf Suptniscrs in cities and tow i s having upwards of twenty thousand inhabitants are much more extensive than those appointed in counties and Irishes. They are, in ihe former, as 1 said in my letter, specifically enumerabd iu Sections sililb to Xl'."m while in the latter it is expressly provided th-y shall have no authoiity to make arrests, per form any other duties than to be in tiie immediate presence of the cllicers holding the ebction, and to witness all their proceedings, inch diag the counting of votes and the making of a return thereof." The original stat ute, commonly known as the 'En f ore t me nt Act." was passed in ls?o and amended in 1871, but it was not until June, 18?;!, that the clause to which I now call your attention was adoptul. Being amendatory of the original act, it must be interpreted with reference to it ; and the obvious purpose being to limit the powers and duties of Supervisors iu couuty and parish election districts r pre cincts, it should not be construed to confer any powers by implication, but only those expressly enumerated. I therefore am of the opinion that Supervisors iu county and parish elec tion districts have not the right, as such Supervisors, to challenge voters, or to make lists of registered elec tors, or to scrutinize ballots or re turns. In fact, they have no duties to pet form with respect to registra tion, but simply to Le "in the imme diate presence of the officers hoiding the election and wit-nets aii their proceedings, including the countings of the votes and making the returns thereof." Very truly yours, (Signed) Tkko. F. Davidson', Attorney General. Opinion ol .Messrs. ISattle Ai M-iniecai ami Iiatrlielor & Devereux. Kaleigh, X. C, Nov. 1, 18:K Hon. F. M. Simmoxs, Kaleigh, X. C. Dear Sir: In answer to yorv le quest for an opinion in regard to the powers of Supervisors of Elections, under what is known as the ''En forcement Act,"" being the Act of Congress embraced from Section 2002 to 2031 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, we have care fully examineel these sections, and in our opinion the law is as follows: ly this Act two entirely distinct classes of Federal Supervisors are ; ' ' ' . A c J i - i.. t.t.j: ::.' 4 m ' . v t . i. j j . i : il J ZZ' ,, ' " ? o s - . V-" .1 - ' s. -. - - '. .' created. First, iu cities or towns of Jo, noo inhabitants or upwards, upon petition of two citizens, it is made the duty of the 1'. S. Circuit Court to appoint Supervisors of Ehction: Second, iu any county, upon the ap plication of tlx citizens of good sun. ding, it is likewise made the duty of the Circuit Court to appoint Supervisors. (See section ( 1 1 1 ). This statute makes it perfectly plain that Congress intended to cre ate two distinct t'l.isses of Ftderal Supervisors: one class to be Hppoint id upon the application of two citi zens only, which class can on'y be app inted iu cities or towns of ;!i,- 000 inhabitants or over; and one ciass to be appointed in any county upon the application of ten citizens 01 good standing. Py the Act as it was originally passed, very large powers were given to Federal Supervisors of both class es ; such as to attend at all times lixed for the registration of voters; to c hallenge any person offering to register; to attend when the names of registered voters are marked for challenge; to cause such names to be marked for challenge as they may see tit; to make, when required bv t he Chief Superv isor, lists of the per sons who may register and vote, and to cause the right to vote of such persons as they may honestly think have not the right to vote to be in quired into; to inspect the registra tion books; to attend at the election and challenge any person's vote w ho they think may not be entitled ; and to perform various other duties, too prolix to be set out here. Fntil IS?",! Federal Supervisors of both classes had all these powtiv, but in 1S?"J Congress passed the follow ing Act, which is an amend men t to the original Iviforcemeut Act, and is found in Section W.) of the Revised Statutes of the United States. This Act reds as fol'oAs: "The Supervi sors of Election appoiuted for an county or parish in any Congression al district, at the instance of ten ci' izens, as provided in SectioD .v'Ull, shall have no authority to make ar rests, or to perform other duties than to b in the immediate presence of the oflicers holding the election, and to witness &11 their proceedings, in cluding the counting of the votes aud the making of a return thereof." X'o one can contend that Federal Supervisors have any power, or cat. discharge any duties, except as such pjwer may be confer d or such duty required by statute. X'ow while the original Enforc nieut Act gave to them large powers, and required various and grave duties to be performed, as far as Federal Supervisors appoiuted on the appli cation of ten citizens iu counties in any Congressional district (which in cludes all Federal Supervisors, except those appointed on the application of two citizens in cities or towns hav ing 20,000 in habitants or over are eonctrned), the subsequent Act of 1892 takes away all of their powers ai d requires no duties of them, ex i' p; to be iu the immediate presence ol the officers holding the election, and to witness all of their proceed ings, including the counting of the votes and the making of a return thereof. We are therefore of opinion that Federal Supervisors, except those for cities and towns of 20,0o inhabit ants or over, have no power to make arrests; no pjwer as such Supervi sors to make, or require to be made for them, any copy of the registra tion books ; or to do any other act, except to be in the immediate pres ence of the officers holding the elec tion, and to witnet-s all of their pro ceedings, including the counting of the votes and makiug a return there of. Yours truly, SiguedJ Battle & Mordecai. Batchelou & Devereux. Attorneys at Law. Copy. The people quickly recognize merit, and this is the reason the sales of Hood's Sarsaparilla are continually increasing. Hood's is "on top." - .X' :- -i-v :A JVC A 1 ' il ,PAW '",ri ClMIiKKLANDCO DEMOCRATS HOLD THEiR CONVENTION NOT A RE SPECTABLE SHOW FOR A TOWN. SH.P PR MARY. At Some of I lif ' l'i iniaii-H Hie f Imi rmaii u I lie only I'l'i -im l'i i-si nl - Itr. 'I lionip mi "ill ihmv I lie county lv l.rniii yi .joril v. I '! -o. I ii krt will poll h Larue M ...j,.i it y--I lie I itt li- Itaml ol l'i utoirat liespi-i ale, lint 'Iln-ir VinUs an- i rop pi ,! - I he l'.,l,. Ilm e .limiril I lie I'ru pie's I'mly. IlLCKHOI'iX, Sept. IS, lS'.tl. The Democratic county conven : tion held at Fayetteville was but ! thiiidly attended, not a respectable i show for a township primary. There j was of course no enthusias.u among j the little band of plutocrats. They ; nominated for the Senate S. C. Ran ! kin; 11 .ms-?, Ben McBrvde and Press Hail all three are outandout gohl bugs, atnl special friends of that faithful cuckoo "Mattie Ransom." 'jeti, A. G. Brady a Kepublican and ;i van ken. of Point Lookout fame, was a prominent delegate in the Democratic convention today. (Jen. A. (I. Brady, declared before the convention that he was a Repub lican, and vet he w is allowed to par ticipate in the convention hand in hand, heart and heart, and was es corted around by Cid. Green. It is whi-pered around that the once -unterrilL'd Democracy" are coquetting and courting (ieu. Brady for campaign money to corrupt the election iu Cumberland county The. Democratic primaries in a majority of the townships was a com plete failure. Your correspondent learns from Democrats themselves that in many of the townships that ; he Chairman of the F'.x. Com. was rhe only person present at the pri maries. The Democrats nominated a cer tain nun to-day who was the nomi nee of the party two years ago, and acted as judge at his own box m Fayetteville. The Democrats in this county allow their nominees to to act as judges and poll holders. These are tacts which will brbrought to light before the campaign is over. Conservative Democrats concedt the election of the entire Populist county and legislative ticket. It i couceded b' every one that Dr Thompson will carry this count 1,000 majority over John Snaw. A resolution was introduced in the convention to-day endorsing Maj. E. J. Hale for United States Senator and was adopted, but the Ransomites kicked and had the ies olutiou reconsidered and called a primary to be held in December next. The pretended followers of Hale were using Maj. Hale as a cas paw to rake Ransom chesnut out ot the lire of the People's wrath. It was a misunderstanding among the Ransoaiites. A part of the Rau somites (the pretended Haleites) were going to use Maj. Hale to deceive the people in the coming campaign and the other faction the fools as they were called did not know the trick, henCi.' the click, and the pre tended Hale followerd could not then tell their brothers of the trick, because the secret would have leaked out and the people would nave seen Cataline's conspiracy to betray and deceive the people. It is an open secret that Maj. Hile is an advocate of President Cleve land because he was the Democratic platform writer at the Demx;ratic State convention. The Democratic State platform says: "We admire and endorse the lofty patriotism of the President" The Democrats of this county are divided over local matters, aud a split in its own ranks is inevitable. The Democrats of .Fayettevil'e in their primary on Friday night (? iust) at the dreary hour of mid-uight disagreed aud fought all over town, which came near ending in a serious riot and blood shed. The police, it is said, commenced the disturbance. The riot has caused a breach iu thj party ranks, but oil will Le poured in the wounds before the election to : overcome the dissatisfaction. "When Greek meets Greek then tom.s the tug of war." 1 Dunk Downing. -S - s, stew ,si 4; - -A A - 0,4 iHiIi - r. ; i i I I jMZ ' fc'i 5i O. (& 3 f . r ' -- '-!. S3 tlrl ll ?.-S,i''w,ii''''','i,'' ivs . ' . K.II.WAV NATION A I 1ATlON. Many of our readers k .low that we have been opposed to the tint iolia li.H ; tion, or government ownership of the : Railroads, from the time that qucst ! ion began to be discussed. But le I cent study of the ijiustion hits brouglu aliMiit a complete change in jour views upon this subject. We j are now distinctly in favor of the government owning and operating all the railroads in the country, and the following are some of the reasons which eontn-1 our conclusion: First, Government ownership of the railroads would take all the greater and more unscrupulous cor porations in the country out of poli ties at once. This result would certainly follow, for those corpora tions would go out of existence. Even, if those corporations did not vanish at once, as the result of tho nationalization of the railways, their motive to interfere in, ami control, elections and legislative bodys would vanish, when no profits could come to stockholders as the result of such interference. Second, Government ownership of railroad would eliminate all hurt ful rivalries betwixt different sec tions and cities of the country, by making it impossible for Chambers of Commerce, Stock Exchanges and Boards of Trade to employ any of the railways to promote schemes of local self aggrandizement. To eli minate from our national life this one cause of disturbance, would be worth, to the people, all it might cost them to acquire possession of the railways. For any one may know, that there is, and can be, no as surance for the perpetuity of freedom in a country dominated by cities and sections. Third, Government ownership of the railroads would cheapen the cost of transportation by, at least, one half. Freight and passenger traflie would be reduced to actual cost: and the hundreds of millions now paid annually in dividends to stockhold ers would be saved to the people. Thus the railways would leave in the hands of those who make it, wealth which, under the present systtin, they collect out of those hands and pay over to a few men, who use their money to still furthvr increase their incomes. Fourth, Government ownership of; the railroads would give employ ment to aa increasing number of la-j bors pav them better waives, and' work them fewer hours per day. Under such a system moreover, or ganizations to control wap;es would disappear from amongst one entire class of laborers at once. Finally, Government ownership of the railroads would introduce the principle of co-operation into the business life of the country, and do much to eliminate from that life the savage principle of competition. These and other reason, which might easily be given, have caused us to change our view in relation to this question. In a future number we shall present some suggestions as to the best course to be taken by the government to acquire a just title to the railway property of the country. Kev. Bay 1 us Cade in Search Bight. ISa.l In IKU.'I ; H ome in IH'II. The "Charlotte Observer quotes from Senator Ransom and Congress man Henderson, and, -in an adroit way, tries to pull the wool over the eyes of its readers as regards pension reform. The facts (official.) for fhe past two years are as follows: The Republicans paid out $158,15.",342,5l in 1S!KJ. The Democrats have paid out iC,541, 350,00 for 1894. We defy a successful contradiction ot these facts. Secretary of the In terior Ho'.i Smith, can't assert that they are untrue. Accept no other statements. Progressive Farmer. What a 2 Inch AdvrtieiDot Hi'. Door. Office of Barnes Bros, Commercial Job Printers, Academy of Music, Raleigh, X. C. The Caucasian, Dear sir: You may now discontinue our advertise ment. Orders for work are coming in faiter than we can fill them. Voura truly, Barnes Bros. People buy of concerns that keep themselves before the public by ad ! Vdrtising. TnJ YN0T0r Tut JtVCAT.C iN A CCAi. SND CAU- ' lllit Nti Mt IIKHU TO rM.KI HHH IMI or Wl K 1 II I It li M.t t IMI IlktM). .linr Iini Ol.l ik.l mil CmI ""' ,,'- llm-.lir.l MiiIIms It-liar m lniiiHimai...ii,,w, i,, a IH.innrr. 1. l(.Ula,r n.l n.a.lr an I u h ll..- III II lo.a u ant, lrll nii..u,r l.f tar llr.l ll...l.ialilt 1-att -runt- l.anltirr .. t.rcat lrH,mralli l. (,, j.l Al . a. I f ,... I', ..gram ii.il HI, an - Malaaurt " i. al. lva.1 l on. iSl" il lo In I'd, ini V AMIIKuTnV, St-i. J2. 1 lie 1 h lliocra' ;.' . I .b l.,i , t mk tl Kali ijrii i-cjll a lining incident u the t'rime.iu W'ur. It b. for. Si'b.ttnju. win ll h l,..,l ,if Fli llch r I.l I . . . ann iirm ni',1 i.i Mm nl I fi M.ilnkotT. The hue formed and Mt a Mnal they tii.iv d to t he charge. The KusMMis nu t them ami hurlrd them back. S.-n tiun- they ad vanced and xeii li tilili'M the tllltlllfd and feeble ranks Were driven befir the b'ussians. As they iallu.1 the i ighth time tin y culled tor the " Mar sclbu .e 11 inn." '1 in- k.iI.Iut i tilncd to move until I he tii'iste sound ed. The inspiring strains rose uvrr the bloody tifclil and the nieu shouted tor the onset ami madly rushed through the blazing shower of idiot and shell. W hole rank were mowed down, but their places were tilled from the rear, am! shouting, ''Match on! March uii!" the mi ll leaped the trenches ami drove the CosaekM from their guns. Thi Malnkoff was won. Til Mt li t.l ." Th! diht lllgllishetl son of York (Pennsylvania; sounded a bugle b!a..t at Kaleigh that will stir the Demo crats from 'M ,tnteo to Currituck'', and the rell.'ciioii o! I he light kindled will cast its cheering shadow, send ing a radiance over the hills ami val leys of the whole State." The Mal.ikotT is won. Cuckoo Mauseur has returned- He says so. He wan there. Speaking of the wide ly "boomed" dc uioiiMration at the. Willard to-day he said, "the crowd was not large, the enthusiasm wan not bewildering, but the hospitality was immense. The 'hoys' are scared lot a fact, and therein possibly lies their success. 1 talked tariff but Chauiicey Black soumb-il the key note and took the people y storm with his NIl'ARAOl'AN t'AS.M. Si II KM B. Mr. Maustir had a good time, he said, ami if the ci il service rules did not prevent it he was strongly disposed to take a baud in the State campaign. Ho did not .fay so in exact words, but the impression he made was that the tar -heel want ed something new to think about. He accounted for Black's climax in this way. The canal scheme is all right. Centuries of agitation has made the project familiar to the. leading people every where. I is a Kepublican movement. It has al ways had the support and advocacy of Mr. Black in Congress. It was discreditable in Mr. Black to inti mate otherwise, r he did. Kvery at tempt made in the last Congress to report and consider tin scheme was defeated by the Democratic side of the House. The Speaker's intlueneo was invoked to that end. A lihOSSAI, KXI KSOITI UK, on the part of the Government, in in volved in the prosecution and com pletion of the project. The estima ted cost is near One Hundred Million Dollars, and it will greatly exceed that amount. IYlTer never dreamed of anything half so extravagant. The "wihb'st Populist" schemw for the relief of the people, by increas ing the volume of currency aud giv ing emplov ment to millions of idle workingmen, is insignificant by com parison. The one mi(,ht save a la bor revolution in the country; Black's canal scheme would end an already I'.AXKUI IT TKKASt KY. .The 40,00U,M)(I .sucar tax was nec essary, Secretary Carlisle said, to save the treasury from insolvency aud bankruptcy." But 40 cent wheat, 0 cent cotton and 7 cent sugar does not fill the farmers cup of happiness to the brim. What he needs to make hirn entirely happy is cheap broad cloth and the Niear.iguan ('anal! That "Malakoff" was so gloriously won is due to the able ami patriotic. young North Carolinian, Col. .Julian S. Catr, President of the North Car olina branc'iof the Club Association. "l'KIilSH THK T HO t'l i II T.'' It has been suggested that the Ral eigh episode was the opening of Ltd. Carr s campaign as a candidate foi Governor in W.)t'. But those, who know him bent resent the uug gestiou. The demonstration wasnot particularly telished by Chairman Pou, it is said, ami its failure to come up to expectations has not demoral ized the State Committee. It was Mr. Black's urgent suggestion that every candidate for Congress should be emphatically committed the Canal schem, but Democratic candidates, it is alleged, are disposed to resent Mi. Black's suggestion as "'officioufi intermeddling." LEGISLATIVE KXPOKSEUKNT. The Demobratic legislature of lSlt.'j endorsed the scheme and adopt ed a resolution of instruction to the Senators from North Carolina. It was inttodueed by F. B. McDowell, ot Mecklenburg. Mr. B. F. Aycock thought it too sweepiug, but voted for it. Mr. Little protested because, he said, it was approved by John Sobn Sherman. The resolution was unanimously adopted. The Wash ington Star's Kaleigh "special" that the object of the meeting in Kaleigh was, apparently, to "boom the Nica ragua canal." Pennsylvanians here account for Mr. Black's great interest in the Continued on third page. li H
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