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THE ' CAUCASIAN ilits tlit- Largest Circulation and is LEADING WEEKLY IN NORTH CAUOMNA. CASIAI -A. JPOX2STO?3KEt, j We priateU over 4."0,PO copies in l IS33. Wpipft to ftsat tJ rir- culat- duhnc th rwnt rear MILLION COMES Si ale Library vol. xm. GOLDSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1894. NO. 7. JJl JLL .sk Ji j "I'.RIMSTOSE AND wall met OR FREE SILVER? .HOST IN CYC1 THE .ONE. DEMOCRATIC u n ins. i ill only At- .ii.i i.ot "Hiuvi- slil.SK M V,U,I. slKl.hT'lN IIS PAUL I If mill I'ltriililul H-tilllH l.oi kril in ;nl linn-.. lir I ii I i Im-hI inn-- y- l.ii.i' In iikii rrfts (rnuil tin- M il 1 1 h. I i -t ,i i. II .-..ll.il in W ailiitiKtoii A I'i imn i ii. nl mlll liiliilnil lli ni.xl.it Sil 11 I' I In Ui'iiilt --Ti-IN VVIi.tt l.-.nl I" it ami l'la k I .f i;oii'i li 1 il y lirr. it llf-I.111UH--I t in a I:'iihiiihI ram-i; Aunin-I I H-limi. -t ( lei I imi4, ,"lt.i -ilii" an. I Slai liiiir" I ni'lul ion in Stall- 1'i.lilii-., IV In-1 al lu iiioi rals .iiii-r .illy arr l'l l Hn i-i.il to I n K Cam -i n, I ! Washington, Dec. 1". -Mt-tropo! it.-tii Hu. ii1;il is -i vvtlt-.l with Southern cyclone .-ii'iVrcrs. Tiny are here in bad shni-i. ;it t i-ri-l i n the re union of tin- army oi' tin- defeated ones. Cri-( s ave 1 on last Monday enhanced t he convocation of the I;i.-t I -1 1 1 ;crat ii- ( jiiin'i'i'.ss for the su--i-i-i iliti! ipi.-ulcr of ;i c-nt ury. All th.it. is I - ft of it is 1 1 1 t eternally .-mashed "solid South." Then' will i:ot 1m- lif'ty honestly 1 1 t ! Demo crats in tin; oltli Conres-i. It needs only a half minutes contact with the v. i i-.-k sist ivors at tin- Hospital to ;ippr -hend h w completely dazed :unl bewildered are the I K mocratic leaders in tin; Southern States. Jt is impo ilile to obtain from any om ul' them an intelligent, opinion or surest ion as to what the party will lo now or two years hence. The de moralization is complete. The re volt ao-ain.-t the party and the de mand for honest elections has ended Democratic supremacy in the South. That is the meaniiii,' of the Novem ber elect ion : t ho Democratic, leaders see it, ami the situation is hopeless. They ate despondent, desperate; hat it will surprise the country if they do not repeat the cowardly, truck ling policy at the approaching Con gress that has made the party a term of reproach and contempt. The leadeis are as wide apart as they wen; ilur'niv; the last session. The same division is remarked. The same lack of unity is pot'eed. There is no common understand in ir. All they know is that they have heen an nihilated. .Many inquiries are made ahout North Carolina. None of the victims are here to explain the havoc and wreck of the equinox. Due to the thoutjhtl'iilncss of funeral director Dan es the Noith Carolina ward in ihe Hospital has l -en closed aim the door gracefully ctaped. 1'utaprom im-nt Democratic politician who par ticipated in the campaign inal.es an inteiestiu' explanation of the result in the State, sV 1 1 A T CMS K I THK R K V I 1. 1 Tl ( X. "I was not entirely surprised, he said. It was obvious to every speak er in the campaign that there was a threat reaction against the Demo cratic party. It was plain enough to me Ihat the revolt had by Hut lor in lslt'J has e;rown into a revolution in the interv ening two years. It had infected public sentiment, and no appeal was made or that could be made had the slightest effect. The current against the party was inevit able. And what caused the reac lion? The orimai'V trouble was, in my opinion, Kansom's candidacy for re-election to the Senate. The free silver sentiment in t he party reseuted his allegiance to the administration on the iin.incial question. His vote to repeal the Sherman law was open ly denounced by the best Democrats in the State as treachery. The cam paign was conducted ill the interest of his re-election against Demo cratic remonstrance. next election I am not prepared to say. Whether any radic al change in the leadership of the party is possi ble is a debatable question. We are completely at sea, and Macawbe-r like, waiting for something to turn up. The Fusion Legislature may ex tricate us somewhat from our pres ent embarrassment. I doubt it. I have never underestimated the lead ership of the Fusiouists. I regard Dutlt-r as an aceeptionally strong leader. It has taken nerve, sagaci ty and the highest order of leader ship to overcome apparently insu perable obstich s. It is a mi-stake to treat thu election as tlx; achievement of a demagogue. liuth-r only took ad vantage of Democratic division and iiupotency. Faith that moves moun tains would stagger under the load of "party perlidy and dishonor"' im posed upon thu people by treach erous and cowardly leadership." What of the future in North Caroli na.' "Well, that depend;. If the at tempt at nompartiun State govern ment Sails, as many ant i'-i pal e, the 1 'cinocrat ic pa rty under clean leadership- not "bosses" --may regain its los-scs in IS'.Mi. lieing a l'rt si deiitial year all depends upon the candidate and the platform id' the National Democratic convention :.s to whether there will bo a trare lett of the present party organization in the State. Speaking for myself only I will not support another Chi cago experiment. The reputation of that cowardly makeshift will leave the Democratic party in the State without enough adherents to organize a State convention. 1 am not lamenting the situation. Not a material interest in the State is in peril. No permanent injury can be inilicted. The people's vigilance and resent merit stand between the State and evil legislation. Wild, reckless, partizan newspaper criticism and foreboding is doing the State a grievous harm in public estimation. Persisting in that course is madness. Senator Kansom's retirement from the Senate I regard as a god-send to the State, and of incalculable im portance to the Democratic party. It is not manly to speak unkindly or uncharitably of a man w hen he is down. My criticism is not personal. He built up the "machine'' in State politic that finally crushed hint. It is the end of "bossism" in the State and 1 felicitate myself and the rank and lile of the Democratic party on the result. The election of the Pop- STILL il WORK. THE STATE CANVASS NG ECAFD Ml ON THE ERRCRS ACT- llitlr: ItV 1 II K ( lit STV wlist leader as his successor in the Senate is a small price to pay for freedom from "machine" dictation in State politics. lam not talking for publication, but my name is at the disposal of anybody who wants it." NO P1SSENT. This statement was made in the presence; of two Democrats w it limit dissent or qualification. On the con trary one of them said in corrobera- tion that he could name '20 Demo cratsiu one neighborhood who--. re fused to vote the Democratic ticket from apprehension that a Democrat ic Legislature would re-elect Sena tor Kansom. But whether Demo crats stayed at home or voted, the result was none the less an emphatic protest against ''bossisni"' and ma chine" dictation in State politics. If any great sorrow obtains in the State on account of it the bereave ment is not rellected in the talk and bearing of visiting Demoorats. J. E. Till-; HI-MKTAI.IC I. K AG UK. "TRAITOU OR FOOL." Democrats remembered Vance's warning. He said "the professed friend of silver money who will fa vor the unconditional repeal of the Sherman law, trusting to the justieeof capital or the chapter of accidents to tret favorable legislation thereaf ter, is either a traitor or a fool." They believed him w hen he declared in the Senate "that if the refusal to serve the bankers and brokers by the unconditional repeal of the Sherman iaw puts me out of the Democratic party, you will my dear sir, if you live a few months longer, see the great ei party of that party deliber ately walk out of itself leaving nothing behiud but a smell of brim stone and Wall street." Defeat of the Legislative ticket was the only alterative. Thousands of honest, self-respeeiiug Democrats preferred defeat to "brimstone and Wall street."' It was the sentiment that emphasized the revolt against the party. It widened and deepened the breech and made conciliation impossible. There were contributory causes. The belief that elections were dishonestly conducted in the State was one. Election frauds were vehemently denounced by every Re publican and ropulist in tne cam paign. The defense made by Demo cratic speakers was accepted by the people as an extenuation and justi fication or tne election metnous em ployed in lb'J'2. This was extreme ly irritating and more than one speaker was impressed with silence by the resentment of the people. The effect was disastrous. I saw it and .1 , A i 1 ottiers saw it. Anotner cause was the indiscriminate abuse of Butler. The same mistake was made in $92. It slowly intensified the devotion of his followers and created sympathy where there was hostility, That ilLu and misrepresentation is no answer to argument has been more than once demonstrated in North Carolina. Butler's campaign in J892 was a revelation to the people'. By dispassionate statement in .the face of personal abuse that was almost brutal, he won the ear .and syinpa tliv or tne people, liis course since has won their confidence. It is j revolution, precipitated by the rash ness ot tne democratic leaders in forcing Senator Ransom's re-election. Democratic management lias destroyed public confidence. What it will do or can do to restore it in the W liat arc t In- I'ott trt of tin- Itoril of Mat f Can a-si-rs.' J In- I.a m Infamous or tin A i-1 ioi'.-s of That Ito.l v 1 n.lrli-iiii.le H r nanl ami - ;uii ll HoMm-iI of 'I lit-ir li';- Ik ssers the At- Rai.kii.ii, N El. CA! I AMAN: Tin; Board id Statu '.in v orisistiug of tiie tiovernor of State, Secretary of the bt;:ef tornev ('ctieral, and Senators Cooke of Wairm and '. i. Adams of Moore, base been s -..ion here incethe J'.llh canvassing the vote 'f the State. A great many irreg-il-irities have turned up in the re urns sent by the County Canvass ing IJuni'u. rsoine counties rel used o send up any vote at. all for Mr. W. H. Worth for State Treasurer M.-cause his tickets were printed "for State Treasurer" instead of "for Treasurer." Both of these forms ire legal, and the Attorney Ceneral of the State has so ruled, yet tin- State CanvassiDg Board refused to otint votes cast for Worth for State .Treasurer simply because the County invassmg Board had relused to count them. 1 he. State Canvassing Board claims that it lias no power to do more than to toot up returns sent ii. by County Canvassing Boards. There is a difference of opinion on this question aiming some of the iblest lawyers of the State, but the majority of. the returning Board lave ruled that this is their duty and their only power, ami therefore thev iave refused to correct any errors whatever, no matter how glaring they have been made, purposely or carelessly, by the various County Boards. Two members, of Canvassers certified that all of the votes in Anson county were cast for Rolx --t F, Sea will aud Nt-ill A. Mc L an. That in the county of Cumberland at said election all the votes east for the office of Solicitor were for Her bert F. Seawelland Neill A. McLean as the ballots will show. That the original precinct returns of the Judges of election, which are filed in the office of the Clerk of the Supe rior Court of Cumberland county thow that the votes were all cast for Herbert F. Seawell and Neill A. Mc Lean ami for no other persons. That the con at v Board of Canvass- is duly canvassed the said returns ml ascertained and declared that Herbert F. Staweli had received '! votes, and that Neill A. Mc tan had received, l!,-71 votes for Solii-itor. That their L hairman, Mr. D. B. (iillis, signed the certificates, one ot wuicli ue iienvcreu io me lerk of the Superior Court of Cum- leiland county, and the other he maUeil lo tne rei reiarv oi riaie. That bv a clerical error of the Clerk who made out the said returns, the inner shows that 'J, 'Jo'.) votes were ast for Herbert L. Seawell, ami by the latter that 'J,2f! votes were cast or ii. it- rv.-a wei i , i ii u s mseruiig oy as a mortgage on an tne lanus ami , .i I (1 I 1- 111") - I . . . 1 1 1 mi-t.-iKe, tne mniai i lor j m tenemeuts, gooas ana cnatteis oi , . fl" ! . A. ' L ! . A. I , , 1 , aiu returns. iuiu u i nppaiem every man, woman ana ciiuu in .1,1 .1 .A ! 111.. . rom all tne otner returns irotn an tne L uioD ; tney nave a the other counties in said District build up an aristocracy of wealth; Uisnl ii I i ons in Favor of Silver Coinage as Kxisteil I'ntll IX:5- Tlie t'ent-ral ;-, ( i ll mi nt Alone Should issue anil Ki'Kiilate Paper Curreniy liiiml Time of Peace Wit limit Law ami I'tterly Defenceless as Pulilie Policy. At the conference of the Bi-Metal lie Leage helel at St. Louis, Mo., last week the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: Whereas, It is an indisputable fact that the monetary revolution in augurated in 1873, by changing the money standard from gold ami su ver to gout alone, has resulted in twenty years, in doubling the value of money and reducing the general level of price 50 per cent, Therefore. This conference calls upon the advocates of moneytary re form everywhere to make moneytary reform the paramount issue, aud to vote for no candielata who is not in favor of the free coinage of both gold and silver at the ratio of 1G to 1, as it existeel in this country from the foundation of the government, and for iueletinite ages throughout the civilized world until 1873. Americans must act for "America, independently of what ether nations may do or may not do; and to this end we urge the organization of sil ver leagues throughout the entire country, the members of which shall pledge themselves to do all in their power to carry out these principles; and that the mining and agricultur al States unite in close compact, and, subordinating all other issues aud all party considerations to this one pur pose, work together to secure this re form. Resolved, That a committee of Qve be appointed to take this move ment in charge, with power to call a convention when the time has come for further action. The gold stan dard cannot be maintained by issning bonds and borrowing gold, and we denounce the issue of bonels in times of peace as not only without author ity of law, but utterly indefensible as public policy; and we call upo: Congress to immediately put a stop to this lawless and reckless use of the public credit. What is needed now is more standard money to pay debts and taxes with, and not more prom ises to pay in gold. We denounce also the proposed policy ot delegat ing to banking institutions organized for private gain the right to issue and regulate the paper currency of the country, a sovereign power which the general government alone should exercise. Canvassing Boards. Two however, of the State Canvassing Board dissent from this ruling ami the vote on nearly every question be fore that body stands three to two. If the majority of the Board is right in its ruling, it simply serves to show how infamously unjust and absurd the Election law is. The re were not enough errors, however, of this kind to defraud Mr. Worth of his office. In the returns of the vote from the Supreme Court and the Supeiior Court Judges the middle name or in itials of the Judges of the Co-operative ticket were wrong; for instance, some counties sent up the vote for Walter L. Montgomery insteatl of Walter A. Montgomery. Errors of this kind were so frequent that it seems to b almost certain that it was a plot to try to defeat our cand idate , by making errors of this kind with, tne understanding luai tne State' Canvassing Board would re fuse to count votes where such er rors were made. The majorities for the co-nperative ticket, however, were so large that none of these er rors could reverse the vote and de teat our eanaielates, but in the case of the Solicitors errors of this kind are more serious. In the case of the .'rd Judicial Dis trict the vote was sent up from some counties for "Claude N. Bernarel." instead of'Claude M. Berdaid". An other county sent up a vote for Ber narel for 4th District instead of 3rd District. Judge Whitaker represent iug Mr. Bernard went before the Board with evidence to show that al of the votes were cast for Claude M. Bernard for the 3rd Judicial District and that fraudulent returns were made out as mdieateel above, but the State Canvassing Board refused to act on this evielence and decidei to give the certificate to Mr. Jno. E oodard the defeated candidate for Solicitor, whereupon Judge Whita ker acting as Counsel for Bernard got out an injunction against the State Board of Canvassers restrain ing them from adjourning ami then had a Mandamus served on them to appear before Judge Bynum on Dec 14th when Bernard through his Counsel, will ask the Court to ol der the State Canvassing Board to hear the evidence of fraud and to ac cept the true return of vote cast for Bernard- In the votes sent up for Solicitor in the rth District, there were simi lar errors. For instance, the Board of County Canvassers of Anson couii ty sent up vote for "Robt. S. Sew ell" instead of "Herbert F. Seawell The returns from Cumberland coun ty were for "Herbert L. Sewell." Mr. Sewell, through his Attorneys Col. Jno. W. Hinsdale of Raleigh, and Col. Thos. II. Sutton of Fay etteville, appeared before the Board of State Canvassers with the follow ing affidavits from Mr. Seawell and from Mr. D. B. Gillis who was Chair man of the poll of County Canvass ers of Cumberland county. I EACH OTHtm T BACKS. Tom M aUon oa the Nrir Hand Iwaf-Tbt Two OI4 Partir arr Tocrthrr la the Coa Milrc? tw Sab th People. ITbe Iaity Tress. Just before the Democratic admin istration came into power in lSll'J, Chas. Foster had prepared the plates for a new issue of bonds. He was hustled out of his scheme, and thus the Wall Street Bankers weie balked in their game. At least it looked that way; and we remember what an out-cry was raised by the Demo cratic newspapers when it was dis covered that Foster had been on the very brink of a bond issue- Loud and Long were the rejedeiugs among the Democrats that they had been able to arrive just in time to stop the Republicans from giving bonds. To hear them tell it, Blutcher's arrival on the field of Waterloo was not more niceiy timed than that of the Democrats who hatlthus caught, as it were, the uplifted hand of Fos ter, and prevented him Ironi deal ing a deadly blow to the welfare of the- country. For you must know that bonds are fearful things when issueel by the Republicans. They are just the same f now betoretue state Hoard or . an- issers in which no clerical error , ,1 . 1 IT . . 1 i 1.1 I- was made, mat oniy neroeri r. -ea well and Neill A McLean, who were the candidates for the office, weie voted for as such as is the notorious fact. And it is also a notorious tact that there is no lawyer m the Sev nth Judicial District who bears the name either or ii. u. oeaweii or Herbert L. Seawell or Robert F Seawell. Ill's affiant further sa that he has never heard ot any per son in the said District bearing either of these names and upon in formation and belief, he says that no such individual exists in said listrict. Aihant turther says that u the cor .... A 1 1 ..!,. 1 1' rectum r me misiaKes nereinueiore set out which appear upon the face of the returns are made, he v, ill have received a majority of 1,370 votes iver his competitor. That if the ipparent error in the Cumberland return alone is corrected, he will have received a majority of 179 votes He respectfully insists that taking aJl the returns together in the light of the notorious facts which must be known to the State Board of Can vassers, enough appears upon the returns themselves from the palpable" cleiical error to be corrected without resorting to evidence aliund, Affiant Turther savs that he feels sine that the said (iillis will, if per mitted by the Board in fact he is assured by Mr. (iillis that he will correct the error committed by the transcribing clerk, who copied the leturns to which he certified, and thus prevent the perpetration ot a llagrant wrong upon this affiant But he still insists that this is not necessary, as the returns taken to and child tendency they exempt from taxation the hold ers or huge sums of money; they put one class, the few, where they are supported by the taxes of the many; th"y have ruined every people they have held in their remorseless clutch es; they were hated by denersonanu all the patriotic statesmen who found ed our government, with the excep tion ot Alexander, Hamilton and the Federalists who followed his lead. All this we know because the Dem ocrats have tolel us so, as they de nounced the bonels issueel by the Republicans. Consequently when the Cleveland Administration arriveel on the field in the nick of time, and stoppeel Fos ter from issuing the bonds, all hands ipplauded and all voices cried Bravo' ! Allowing a reasonable time to elapse, the Wall streeters renewed their demand for bonds. They got Carlisle to adopt the practice of pay ing gold only, on silver Treasury Notes; and with these silver notes, the Wall streeters began to rake the "(Sold Reserve" out of the Treasury. Don t we all remember what a pan ic then ensued! Don't we remember how our knees knocked together when the news came that "Europe was getting all our gold." Don't we all know that the newspapers kept ding dongiug this doleful bell, day in and day out, until we all were scared to death, and were on the verge of lunacy? Didn t we think that unless we could stop that gold, and get it back into the dark vaults of the Treasury, that we might just as well let Ga- Tilt: TYRANNICAL CO CI IS III THEY SVEST NEW METHODS TO NULL! ft THE WILL CF THE PEOPLE AND TO R03 MN CF THE R OFF:CES ALL(.IK)l) HKNWIll. (OMil lIN si 1 11 IHSIIONKST .llllM.liniMVUI. TheSh riU'of Wlse ounts. l;.bl,.l l hi. OltU-r. l-arcvr Itiimlt Kaiiult-rd than Kl rr llrfore. A Nr IUi of Valuation a ,4lo.trl. The Pr.ir are I nillxnant. RA1.EI..H, N. C, Dec. 10, El. C.U e'AsUN- The proceedings of the Board of county Commissiemers in this ( ltv the past week, has caused no oil of talk bv all classes of people. The Board met, were sworn into office and hould ha e taken up the bond of the Register of D.-i ds and sworn him in as Register and Clerk to theBoard. Thiswas not done aud it dweleqied later that the reason was that a ropulist llpiK wouui have proven very unhandy in the ski u ft CAl'Ci's of the Board while consider ing public business. The bond of the Sheriff-elect was taken up, con sidered for three days and no action taken, only rumors allcat that the Board did not consider the bond "good aud suuicient" but they would not in any way indicate in what re spect it was not goeid aud sufficient Counsellor Sheriff asked the Board to state whether in considering the bond, they would follow their usual custom of taking the justdications of sureties as per their sworn sched ules of values, or whether they would only consider tax valuations? This they declined to answer and only said the bouds must be in their opin ions food. After argument by counsel, the Bonds weut into secret session with their attorney, Arm stead Jones Esq., and what they did is not yet known, except they decid ed on a basis of valuations Tl.ey de cliued to accept the Sheriffs bond. After three days caucusing, they de cided the bond not good, eleclared the office vacant and elected the Democratic candidate (defeated by about DUO majority) and gave him until December 21st to make a good and satisfactory bond. They refused to give the co-operation candidate any further time to make a new bond or increase or strengthen his bond. The Sheriff, Treasurer ai d R. gister eif Deeds were all required to tile their bonds, before they would take action on any. This was for the reason that a ruling on one bond would have indicated the standard of valuations thev must aelhere to in others. The Clerk of the Court was ready on Monday with sureties with $,00, 000 but the Commission ers would not let him li 1-3 his bond or they would have to swear him in I KITCH A KII IUH . ATllK. ' K t'TII KR FeK 1TC V, Dev. 3, VI. Mi. KtdTt'K: A iiiavs meeting of thw Kpuh!ico and iVpubst of Rutherford county wcw called to meet at Rutherfo'rdtwa on Monday December 3rd 1S.H. to dUouM the situatiou ats to what e understood to be carrieel out bv our Sainton and Kepreentntivr in the neit Gen eral Assembly, provided w succeed ed in defeating the machine Democ racy. After a harmonious discuion of the subject by a uumher of geutle tlcinen the following preamble and resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising vote. When-a. A ijrjrvn.3jor.lv nf the uf North Carolina v . rv'd. ..' to unit n, one eoiiuuoti liht ;anl ll.e mat tone IV Uim rj y, aii'l v a Wh.'tviei. Mar on P- uUr and Ji-! r f. rriuliard were the foiv;u.i-l im-tt m the St;le to arrange anil make jVaMi.U' the i operatiou r.ioveint-iil. au.l U-atin pre-ruu nelitiy Ihf aMi:!l ol our eiieime-.' and lead in llu- I wo ;iu nl mir arm lo u torv. riiereloie K.solvi .1, lint the Krpiitt li. aiis an. i IVpuhM of ;iiti rt.n.l .i.u! in i n ass uit-clim; assent I !! ,1.-, laic the aUiv". r I named tent U-iueii to Ik- our i lioi-.v for I'mled Mate Scuutots to he riveted ly our next lA-i'cdattire. It a tutly i.ii.iirsl.mil M lure llu- I III ! Kill .v I Vim r:.! r.iilallv with ourselves, thai in iae we uivd the licgi.-dalurv, thr-jr tm-ii wuuM In- our S na- tor-. ami any t her hi tmu hv n::r I'l-nrrsrnt - itiM - would he a hreui h uf Ziood faith. Also Mr. A. De K. Wallace was unanimously recommended for En grossing Clerk in the next General Assembly. Oamotiou the proceed ings of this meeting be published in TilE Caivasiax, Asheville Kegister. Progressive Farmer, Carolina Dress, and other papers in the State friend ly to this cause be requested to pub- A DISAPPOINTMENT AHEAD FOR HIE THEIR E IPi CT ATiCN ABOUT 'THE fU SON LEG'SLATURE II I. II AKHLV MIUKUllfK lOASV UK ATII IMI KXTKXT. .I. (aaif HaUri II Will a at II full tul l tfc 'r. aa4 M.4m sui Imm thu lirri ami tOltM ml hrmwrtllr I'arlUan l-IUallua mn-t -Mx.htn. -.illr."- lMiwrratl lln thai !! l-Mlur M III l'm ! (ha Atvrag llvmtK ral Ir t(iata li l I itti Kr.irrtJan ! IUrw l..r ts-Hl KrtraMlulf I MUI .l K' lnliMiatl Tli! Urn Will lc lha lm- all. I aa.ltilal. lur liiMmirl t !- iiS Kin.iiM-l uuji Mm (,mi. t I lir I t mil. briel blow his horn, and be done ana thereby lose to tne u. u. i w;th ; ? Clerk the three days pay that he got Surely we elid. ou-t f the office ot his successor Hence, after having been scared The Register of deeds lileel a bond gether contain internal evidence, in to dearh, about the going away of with justified sureties to the amount connection with tne notorious iacis, our uoid iteserve," we telt unspeaK- ot $io,ouu. lhey began its consider- which are known to the State Board ably relieved when the Democrats ation and upon intimation it was took the very plates which r oster not sufficient, askeel to add new sur had prepared, changed them a little eties, but it was refused, w hereupon sufficient to correct of Canvassers, the error. Herbert F. Seawell Subscribed and sworn before me this 4ih day of December, 1894. A. 1. Massev, Notary Public. as to date, etc., and then issued the MR. GILLIS AFFIDAVIT. he got up an entirely new bond for .$11,500 and filed that. This they accepted after much hesitation, fear iug that they would not accept this, he made a third bond with justified securities for $17,500 the signers riiammi s.t Mr. 7..b nam pie "fusion- 'u th e same1, Nathan Rii ts William- Secretary. S ..:-: t NT, Chairman. A TIMM.V W.UISIM.. istuvia. lo Tut YA AslllS'i.TelN, Dee. Vance Walter i a i.-t" tin Democratic "ealamitv howl et" w ill Mon Im without a occupation, lie was elected to the Houso from Davidson county by a traditional Waltzer majority. Hi grandfather, Henry Waltser, represented David son county 40 yars in the legisla ture. He va a man of heroic mould, nnd in his day wa the inviu cible Whig ehampiou of the Yadkin Valley country. Zeb Vance Wal ser was loru aKout the tiruo of the climax of Vance's ad mi uist ra tion as the war Governeir of Nerth Carolina, and ; o bears the name of the illustrious North Carolinian. He graduated at thu I'uiverMty, and la ter graduated w ith distinction at the Michigan Law I nivemity. He wa one of the bright nun of lSNi which graduated Marion Butler, Judge Starbuck and Cable. Twice elwctinl to the Legislature he ha thu exMj rience involuable to lcadcrtdiip in that body. He is a t ipo lawyer, elo si uileiit. admir.iiilo presence, excel lent habits, cautious, hi inllueuco will bo felt whether ho is. in the Speakers chair or on the lloor. A lit SINKS LKoISl.ATl'KK. In conversation with your corres pondent, tourhing the contemplated work of the Legislature lie wxpreaHed the opinion that it would be a Kuui- tie-Hs' Legislature. Both Republican very bonds which Foster had intenel eel to issue We all felt good. Here was a tri umph of Democratic statesmanship which no man could deny. To stop th ReDublicans from issuing bonds, worth S30.000 or more. This they DiAit; vt uuiti uAituLiaA, i to seize the piates which Foster had Cumberland COUNTY, gg. J prepared, and then to issue Demo D. B. Gillis being duly sworn says cratic bonds upon Republican plates that the nrecinct returns in Cum- was a neat tripping up ot the enemy berland county show that Herbert which had not been surpassed since Id s. a 1 1 m ' n I I n w Ciesar and his victorious troops sat n;r.,i tbo mhrp vntP for Snhfitor. down to the banquet which Pompey nn,.. Unir rntP.1 for. rhp had prepared. . f -i i Hiclnrir tlncx tiat. ns a.nvthinor county Boara ot Canvassers, oi wiicn && . about $1So,000-with sureties worth afliant was Chairman, canvassed the p . -J! nto PftmwU;250.000 (the bond re-.uired beinc -. -a - 1 T 11 I A J 1JL1 l kJ "TaaJW iux. M W v J 1 7 V I J vote and found and declared tnat naulj eggs- roast beef, aud devilled $140,000-) and by the aid of counsel, neroerc r. oeawen xeueiveo. crab. but we can imagine that a finally got it accented votes, ana tnac xsein xu jicuean re- stern crin was on Ciesar's lips as he ceived 2,271 votes. That I, aj feasted upon the good things his ene Chairman of Said Board of county my had prepared tor himselr r..nv.ijsprs nftpr the said vote of bo when JUr. Carlisle sat down Vlll I ltkj1.Lkl &k..a. " . - . Cumberland county was canvassed, witn v all ctreet to a Danquet oi non made the public declaration in the ii, i,.,,..i i, irvie presence ul euc nuaiu tuai, uuucn . , , - , . , ,-,.1, i1A irnre affor ov.,ai; rorrtl 1 -, , , 111 1 " I .. f - i I ILl U(IU CJ L t. va a i iu.a.uu I IJI e tja IU1U1U Ui x v, -i nuoaui iuc a Vta. v r. oeawen nau reueneei oi.es ,. io ..:ftTin To thfi L. ' tu ..V...1 1.., ; i,ri,0 fnr Sn lfiimr am that Neil A. Me. i , i-c.u- ii -u -r . . a a. , w . . v, , v. ' - - - - - i Kon in pane 11-11 fir 1 1 1 1 ( -1' 11.111 1 V III-- I : , . . I 1 ,. . 1 1, ,, - I , T . - - - ,)71 , r i -e i- -- Muipossiuie luwuuti. uic tiniiumio. j.eau iuiu icocivcu. ,.u vulit ii cause tnev tavorea Donas, anu men Ti,Ant; nf th ( rr,,,; Solicitor. That the returns of the to take the plates prepared by the , , mon hU nir,na anil -1 , - J'l 1 1 II 1 1 , 11- 3 1 1, .3 I UlIO 1 J kj KJA. Ml 11111 VI . i vtuvv Am LA A. eieCLloii were uiicu u i vmlii iuc ivepuuiicaus, name of II. L. Seawell instead of tried to refuse to consider, but coun 1 sel by hard work forced it on them While they were cousiderins this third bond, certain tools of the ma chine offered one of the sureties 500 to go before the Commissioners and take his name off the bond. The Treasurer made his bond for $250,000 (the bond required being The main tight seemed to be against the sheriff, not because he was unpopular, but because the ma chine feared prosecution of its heel ers for election frauds aud thev knew that with a machine sheriff to sub- lliw lo ue l tin au.l lluw to Win in- lurt lUl I Irs, Kiutoi' Caucasian: It was said of Hannibal, the gnat C.irthagenian general, that he knew how to v 111 a Mriory hut not how to use it. The Democratic editors of the State are now paiiifullv coneious if the fact that the Populist leaders know how to win a victory at the polls, but they barber the hope t hut like Hannibal they will not know how to utilize this success, arm that mis takes may be made which will en able them to rally their demoralized forces two years hence ami recapture the fort. Let them "lay this Hatter- and Populists, ho said, are commit ing unction to their souls and "roll it as a sweet morsel under their tongues." They cannot cherish such a delusion long, for I am per suaded that wise and patriotic coun sels will characterize the course of the party placed in power and that two years hence the people w ill vote to secure the government "of the people, bv the people and for Un people," in preference to a tyranny over the people, by mocopolieB, and for mcnopolie'S. The battle for good government has just begun. The contest two years hence will be the battle royal. The tools of monopoly will be busy these two year?. The "ring politicians" and monopolies will seek to sow the seeds of discord in the ranks of the People's Party. Saton himself when he tempted Kve in the garden of Kelen, wai-, accord ing to Milton, forced to appe-al to her desire to possess knowle-dge eipial to the wisdom of Cod. The assass ins of Ceasar prevailed upon hia be loved Brutas to join the conFpiracy by appealiug to his ambition. The enemies of the People's party will adapt similar tactics. They will strive to stir up envy and dis content among the people against the Populist leaders by dwelling up on their good fortune and telling the the Salt rheum with its intense itch ing, dry, hot skin is cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla, because it purifies the blood. Herbert 1 Seawell by a clerical er ror, which was not noticed at the time. One of these returns was filed bv me as Chairman of the said Board with the Clerk of the Superi or Court of Cumberland county, through the hands of the Sheriff of said county. Another one of these ilR SEAVELL'.S AFFIDAVIT. North Carolina, ( Wake County, ss. ) Herbert F. Seawell being duly sworn says that the only two persons who were voted for for Solicitor in the Seventh Judicial District at the recent election held on the (ith ulti mo were Neill A. McLean and Her bert F. Seawell. That there were no candidates for this office in said District other than himself and said McLean. That as he is informed and believes, all of the ballots cast in the county of Anson for this of fice were either for Herbert F. Sea well or Xeill A. McLean, as the tickets will show. That the original precinct returns of Anson County which were made and certified by the Judges of election and filed in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court in Wadesboro, with the ex ception of Ansonville Township, show that the votes were cast for Herbert F. Seawell and Neill A. Mc Lean for Solicitor, and for no other persons. That the ballots cast in Ansonville township were cast for the same persons, but that by some mistake the Judges of election made return that itooert . beawell was voted for. That in Ansonville town ship the actual vote cast was 32 for Herbert F. Seawell and 138 for Neill uicLiean. mat by a clerical error the Chairman of the county Board returns I mailed to the Secretary of grins State at Raleigh. All of these re turns were signed by me as Chair man of the county Canvassing Board, and when I signed them it was with the understanding and be lief that they were drawn up and tilled up in accordance with the vote as actually cast and as ap pears by the original precinct re turns and as declared by the board of county Canvassers', to-wit, Herbert 1. Seawell and JSeill A. McLean. In order to place myself right on the record and that justice may be done to Herbert F. Seawell, and that he may not be made to suffer by a clerical mistake, I desire that the re turns which I sent to the Secretary of State shall be corrected so that it will speak the truth, and show that Herbert F. Seawell, instead of II. L. Seawell, received the vote for Solicitor in Cumberland county a3 above set forth. And I now request the Board to allow me to make the correction of what is purely a mistake, and which, unless corrected, does not show the true result of the said election for Solicitor in Cumberland county as declared by the Board of county Canvassers in said county. I know that the ticket hereto at tached marked "Exhibit A," with the name of Herbert F. Seawell., for Solicilor of the Seventh Judicial auu issue uouua ui; . ev,V, ,am!,0lUS!ll.l,;Wm(.nt we ueinocraue; pany win pay mem, cic. m.vv.-K, . , . . , pvpn tor Democratic hvnoensv. penalty oi it uv looiug iicanv an ui But our readers will say that all the best elememt of the party. The this is ancient history. Not so people believe in fair play. The for Mr. Carlisle is going to issue an- rmestion with fair-minded and hon- . i i.i n 1 1 . i . . i other oaten or Donas, presumaDiy, 0rable men here is, how can the dem- upon Foster's plates again. ocratic ex-sheriff who has bten de- It Carlisle keeps on engraving : f . j 900 ma- rit ft t 11 U 1 11 1 O I'laiO, 1 A Vj -' AAA undoubtedly give -Foster the dry the office and face the people of the county ? In the meantime the country can This same Loard of Commission- witness the manner in which the er3 m October lefuseel to appoint as Democrats follow in the footsteps of Jdcres of election, the men recom- the Republicans, just as the Repub mended by the Peoples and Repub licans m isyo ana in ioyu win ionow M...-M illlf nnnfl;ntil,i ;n ti1(. main such men a3 either could not ted to a non-partuan tat jMuey. Partizan laws havo cursed Th State crippled its development and me naced its best citizenship with ! litical bondage. Effectually an poa sible the Legislature win establish a simple, saf, progressive, economi cal, industrial non-part i.a perma nent State policy. That means a "government vr the people- by the people for the people." This ia ridi culed as Ctopiau and demagojf uial by some people, but miles popular government is a delusion aud a rdiam it is easily w ithin the reach of ac complishment. The paramount -uen-tion in the campaign wan hemest elections. There is no reasein, ex cept a vicious, p;iiti.an one, why elections in North Carolina ahoulii not bo absedutly fair aud honest. If legislature can "accomplish that re form and redeem the State from re proach, it w ill be done. Some change in the county government "ystem will be effected. Some entertain rad ical views aud may insist upon ex treme acl ion, but nothing, in my judgment, will be done that in not demanded by the public weal. In some counties the system is intolera ble and the people demand its abso lute abrogation. The evil of the system will bo eradicated in aomo way and it w ill be done independent of Democratic clamor or parti .an advantage. Among Republicans I have not discovered the slightest dis people that these leaders are stilish position to agitate or support any aud no more deserving ot such re wards than the rank and file of the party. Populist, beware of the tempter when he approaches you in this manner. The'y "come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly they are raving wolves." Tli3 future of the People's party depends, as it has always, upon the people themselves. The momeut the, people halt, grow lukewarm or abandon their efforts, that moment a government by the people and for the people is doomed. Leaders without the power of the people behind them are as helpless as King Richard when he cried "a horse, my Kingdom for a horse." Never was there a time calling for more patriotic unselfishness, more vigilant-", more strict integrity, and more tenacity of purpose than in the hour of victory, when the sceptre of power is to be upheld. Let every patriotic citizen resolve with Spartan determination that this government revengeful or recriminating legisla tion. We have submitted t 20 yearn of abuse and misrepresentation and, I might truthfully say, outlawery as a party. Conditons prevented a complete party triumph, but the ob ligations of t he allied victory involven a vindication of Republican integri ty. In this spirit the Republicans accept the result of the election. To the fullest estetit Republicans will respect and justify the peoples confi dence. I expect to see perfect har mony in the Legislature. There in some feeling in connection with the western Senatorial election. But it is honorable, open and manly rivalry among Republicans. There are nev eral candidate and a selection may involve protracted balloting, but there is not the least friction between the aspirants. On the contrary some of them have not been on "peak ing terms for years until now. When it is made the decision will be satis factory and it will be accepted by the party as propitious of greater ae- comphshments in the future. We of the people, by the people and for 8ball d'sa,I(oint the Democrats, and the people cf Aorth Carolina shall that means "the greatest good to the not be lost by the lack of loyalty to greatest number." (Continued on second page.) in the footsteps of the Democrats of 1 CO I Bo'th parties travel the same road protect their own or their neighbors ,i-Uo0ma t,.ii0 Umino rishts. or sucli as were venal and auu luaau luv owuiv uwvauy i B B Wall Street, the master of the one, would act with the D. O. P. machine. is likewise the master of the other. One of said Judges is said to have Let some incredulous reader should received S100. to turn over his word doubt what we have said about Car- fa the machine and then got a cuss- our leaders who have the wilderness. nared we attach a copy of a letter from Carlisle himself upon that point 1 le's use ot tne plates roster pre- in because he could not do it J 1 1 . 1. ,. 1 I tA. I 1 ' ... ... Democrats, Populist and Republi cans are now asking '-how the Legis lature can be conservative in the face of such treatment?" While it is hard to submit to such, our people rejoice that there is "a better day a coming." Chairman S. Otho Wilson who man- in this county f Treasury Department, Office of Secretary. Washington, Sept. 17, 1SU1. To Mr. Geo. W. Dunn, Tiffin, O. Dear Sir: i our favor of the 14tn mst. is received, and in response you are advised I ., . 1,, !..,- ITrwto,- Ilill riT-rt 1 1 a air IHP p. partment, ordered plates for the issue of the aged the campaign bonds to be prepared, but the $50,000,(100 an(1 district was On hand all the ol Douus issued in reoruary iasi were uui . j ti n - i- . pnmvfti non the niaies-that is to sav. the time and did all in his power to se plates which Secretary Foster had prepared cnre i U3tice for our officerf; he seemed if possible more interested l u i ill iu i lie i,uai(u.ici ui tin. wnvw -. v. . i - tnan tne ouicera tnemseives. February. Very truly yours, J. G. Carlisle. For Door-keeper of Senate. lAdyertisement. I announce myself as a candidate for Door-keeper in the Senate of the approaching General Assembly. A vote for me will confer a favor on an untiring and efficient worker. Respectfully, D. P. Meacham, Awaiting the removal of The Caucasian to our city when wt will have a paper that will see that we have a fair show or make known the reason why. I am Yours respectfully, G. In Wisconsin the Populist vote in creased from 9,909 in 1892 to up- I wards of 40,000 this year. led us out of A.IAX. I OK CHI M' CLKKK OF THK SENATE. I hereby announce myself a cand idate for the position of Chief Cleik of the Senate of North Caroli na, subject however to the co-opera- ton caucus of 1S95. I trust that my past legislative and official duties have some merit, and my pontics and clerical qualifications are such as to commend me to your consider ation. If I bhould be the caucus nominee, and then elected I shall en deavor to fill the position sought in such a manner that you will not re el; the selection. I refer you to Dr. Thompson s testimonial below. Respectfully, Hill E. Kjxu. ItaiiLAM. X. C, Nov. :io, Tj whom it may Concern: lir. Walseris an ardent Republi can, a true and loyal North Caro linian. There are intelligent, thougt ful Democrats who agree with Wal ser in the opinion that Democrats may be disappointed in the expec tation that the CO-OPERATIVE LEGISLATURE will do something hostile to the gen eral interest and cause a reaction of public sentiment in the State. One of them is H. A. Oudger recently appointed Examiner in the Depart ment of Justice. On the eve of hia departure for Texas, where he has been assigned to field duty, he dis cussed with some feeling and free dom the political situation in the State. "So, said he, the fusion Legislature will compare favorably with any of its Democratic prede cessors in the matter of general State legislation. It will do nothing rash and nothing to hurt the State in any way. Our tolks expect it, but they will be disappointed. In point of think it It dyes me pleasure to say that I am well . . , , I i:l I Li I -: i 1 acnuauiteu wim jir. xim mug, miu seeks the position of Chief Clerk in the next o V K I 'arn hna' tmvincr L-nna:n 1 rjeuaic "V" . a . ... i T him intimately for many years. He lias intelligence ana aoiuiy x some experience in legislation, understands will come fully up to the average the duties of the position, and posseses first T-i-i -It will reoeal the nres- rate clerical quahtications. ue nasrenaereei Ft.- , j . . ' . such service in two campaigns as should ent election law, and substitute for commend him favorable consideration. In it matured legislation removing all 1S94 he has done very satisfactory service, tQ6 restrictions and technicalities both as chairman of the Populist Executive .. . nosaiblv defeat & fair Committee of Onslow county and as chair- th& x mav P08101? ueieai a lair man of the Executive Committee of the registration and an honest count. Third Congressional District. 7- OYBusTuojireoN. (Continued on second page.) &Yai". --a mo jumi Utow (in Penn-' piq . - i - waaa-ra'.Xl.'-Hlff ClhK. or I Drug Store, Goldsboro and all Drug gists. 0 4taiw-MiBny j. tn. Bmitn. t. Olive, N. C, J. H. Hill & Son, vroiusooro, a, u.f it. n. Uolliday. Clinton. N. C. vand n-ll Div ronBra. .... Under Hotel Kennon, will ?6d Call V. C. ! 1 i ii 9. r. i ,1 i w -3