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VOL. XIII.
.'BOUT THAT
ASSIGNMENT LAW
v . li,l ia;in, of Cabarrus, Makes
.; Remarks Thereon Tells
,' , .,: Things He Knows.
i l.CORD OF ITS ROVINOS
l iii miilt ICnoiu Mini Atiiiili IIk
i ,ii i..inif Muggm! 1M mn tii
,i it Itnf Itri n I nlr liilnl-.l lio
, Hi n iiir iif i fnk-r.
,,i i.ki. N. April 10, '!."(.
ic ( rrrr;
, ,. . ii i-im' f April - r 1 , you used
. ,.,f 1 1. iii iilly in connect '.ou
:iif init'-li discussed assign
i i I uml by innendo, misrcp-
,? mii !inl lyintTi try to create
: ! i"ti that I was connected
Ml '1 II I'. M Dl'MillKI.H
i i im ii 1 he ratification of that
!i luitl never been p:tssfl by
.'i lit iic. You chargo the
!, i nt iif the committee to mn
... :!v, when you well know or
'.. know, tliut I, as chairman
i i iiMi- committee, wnxacting
1 ,.'ial capacity, and reported
:-,! ! y ;i inl correct ly the net ion of
, , in mi t !'.'
l int of the committee is in
I Anting and was ngned ly
I ut the amendment rt-cow-:,
! iy the committee is not in
. vl a i it ing
- I V ,s NOT I'lt'it'OKKD
. imI ly myself, neither do I
; v. whom tiie amendment was
,!;.!. i 1 liave no recollection of
ti, i.i, hi of the committee what
I ,. ! n tins matter, and can only ac
, i ii- !'.! this want of knowledge of
I , i :i hi of the committee, to my
l, m! unwell, and having laid
i.,,.i ii list while the c inmittto
ui !! mi with the work.
M i . niitli, of Concord, has stated
vim'.-r of times that he was pres-
i,i at ihe meeting of the committee
i i :i, State treasurer's office, and
s.-i nt i l e opinion that I win pres-
ii '; !'ut I, I i n jf very ituwell at the
tinii a - he wells knows, was resting
ii iii ti.e sofa while some one else
ii nl i i i ; 1 1 -r of the committee. IIow-
CWT ll'
W .1 - n r
Mini I :
IImII Mi.
nt St., i,
w i -
Ii it w a
- may be, the amendment
Hiimeiided by the committee,
i reported the hill to the
null, of Concord, Mr. Smith
i , and others knew that I
' I .1 Kl to THIS III
in favor of au assignment
1 1 1 i I t i nevciit preferences of ftc-
I : r . anil MU'i'ced that I would off r
ll,'' i - t;'irn nl lull as published in
in' l.i.il ( 'a t't'Asi an as a substitute
I'm- tii. it- lull. Smith, of Stanly,
tuiil t in 'lull introduced by him (not
I V nipii.t) was objectionable to
liiii!. ami i, mst be a mended before he
ci i : I I iijiiirl it (his own bill),thcre
f'Tn tlic iii.stioii would naturally
in i i'iI Smith, of Stanly, have
:m villi ii'.: tn do with having the bill
iiiiii iiili il by tin' finance committee ?
It In ilnl not want the bill changed
H-i ii i iHimii nded by the committee,
why diil he not offer such amend
ment a Im wanted'.' Why did he
h.ivt- tn.' bill
M W'K A M'KCIAIi ORI'F.R,
uIp n it wtis delayed and did not
tin
conn- up, '.viiy did he go the Speaker
tui'l ui'. ! i i in to bing up his bill
tii" i i bi I,,. says he approved if
aiiK ihl' il. the very bill the commit
tfi' ;iiu mi lr , (certainly) at the sug
C' turn n Mime one interested in the
hill' ('an aus body conceive any rea
s"titiyMi. Smith wanted his bill
put up., ii ,t pasfagi solely for the
fiiirpii;,!' nf having it tallied, when it
wi'iil'l have died a natural death on
tii" cal ml r.
1" tlu r,. had been any honesty and
sitn-t'i it y of purpose i'i his action, he
W'xiiil liave n ied to amend tho bill
,u tn t" ma kr it conform to his idea
I "t tin a:L-u merit bill, instead of ar-
riuiijini: witii Mr, ij0e, of Haywood,
I't'iimcrat, to make a motion to
I wU- it, ,. lie would have fiven me
- - - o
'Ul (itilinr! im it - t, .IV..f uiil.ti-
I J U I'll k I LI V fVA-'a
j!11'' w h1(-h lie was in favor of and
''"'I ;il'ivim! t...
iiin.oril wii'a ln in fbf.
'Ulthnr ,i tlu. bill introduced bv
smith N'u. ' Smith "n. 1. was in
"'l'ii:l ali.ivf llvu il-uL-u uiiil loft
XMIIIi' ll :,: tliu 1 .Ml tul.li.il U
I I II,.- , m lnl...r..l' ,.. .os tl.at liu
I, i.i-r. , ,4 uiui i inn t "v
,""v 1 ,-' not favor the bill neither
Jill he
N'ANT I'll v lin.T, PASSED !
Ptraiur,. ' t.,4i,,. ,
yki',1,.,1: It was killed by and
'S;Dlth No. "M
, till persons connected with the
it'.. t,us who were in-
" "Ti'sti'il ni it. eettRinlv thero Was
1,Jt Hue ,. tiie finance committee,
,, "'""nt .vas made by anv of
u,'in to ii . 1 1,.. i.;n v. i
, ' - km v that I was opposed to
"n.'P'ibli.hed in the Cau-
. ' (N !l" a Sllbstitiitu Tliia lull
-'"II to
me t
introduce, and I was
'florin, ,l
'IV tli.i liupjiin lliat if J tin
rMh" '"Ifthat
Sl'Tiu-i. .... .
' HAM I'.EEN t'REPA RED
;h;',',',:'''" l'Msmiof the legal pro-
ii..O wh- objectionable, and
"H l"H liaml. ,1 t i. ' i.:n
.u,, U Vf'nt preferences in
f'ltilciit, Tl... l.: it i.i:..t.J
Mji 'i.i' uiit wa j i uiisnuu
" ny ..lijiM.tion to it. I con-
"in
1 '''' vi K srspirioi'H
''"fluiti I...,-- ....1 ...t.l.
tipj , : 111.3 I'UiluciHCll Willi
:l n i i"i 'ami was somewnat
. U Hi' t.) ! I
I tin. i i e.
Illl 1 i:ir,- .1 ii -.1 t
ii'jfU.. K 1 personally wun ue-
, i ...,,.1,. fur tne amendment
Ulw Olllit i 1.:m ...i -i . .
ii v n. '" wnicu was ueiore
,&rK as unce ttie
inij - ""ocioos, lnieniionai
..Jj.il.l.i ti, FALSEHOOD,
v ''k'tin that the amend
n't in my hand writincr.
H
JVt' f any recollection of
II
i n was acted upon by
P'l tfe. The rennrt written
I in my handwriting and
ly me, just as the com-
utinued on 4th pa.
COUNTY iOVCRNMENT LAW.
Tl Mrioiirr rrl ly tli I'.rinit Igl-
Ulurr.
Section J. That chapter seventeen
of the hrbt volume of the ('ode,
entitled Counticn, County Comtnis
sioters and County lov rnment," be
ami the name and all amendments
thereto are amended hh fallows: By
striking out the words "just iced of
the peace. ' "with the concurrence of
a maj rity ot 1he justicfs of thf
peace sitting with them," "and t y a
in j rity of the justices of the peace
wherever the same iny occur,
fee. 'J. By (striking out in sub. get
tiou, 1U, of section 707, all of the same
after the wool "provided."
Sic. '.I. Sub-section twenty-eight
CJN) of uect ion 707 is hereby repealed
ami the following inserted itj lieu
thereof, viz. To qualify and induct
into i lli -e at the meeting of the bourd
on the, Hist Monday in the month
next succeeding their election or ap
pointment the following named
couuty ofib ers, to wit: Clerk of the
Superior court, clerk of the Inferior
court, sheriff, coroner, treasur r,
register of deeds, s" rveyor and con
stable; and to take and improve the
olli -lal bonds of said officers, which
Ihe board fchallca"seto be registered
in the fiice of tho register.of detds.
The original bonds shall be deposit d
with the clerk of the Superior court,
except the bond of the said clerk,
which shall be deposited with the
register of deeds for sfe keeping.
Provided, however, that if the said
board shal' declare the official bonds
of any of said countv officers to be
insufficient or shall decline to rteeive
the same, the said officer may appeal
to the Superior court judge riding
the district in which said county is,
or to the resident judge of s;tid
district, as he may elect, who tdiall
hear said appeal In chambers at any
place in said district which he shall
d' .sip uate within ten days after uoti e
by him of the samej and if upon the
hearing of said appeal the judge
shall bo of the opinion that the said
bond is sufficient, he shall issue an
order to the said board of commis
sioners to induct the paid officer in
office, or that he shall bo retained iu
ollico as the case may be: but,
if upon the hearing of said apptal
the judge shall be of the opinion that
the boud is insufficient, he shnll give
the appellant ten days in which to
file I efortj him an additional bond
and if the appellant shall within the
said ten days hie neiore the a;u
judge a good and sufficient bond in
the opinion of said judge, he shall so
declare and issue his order to said
board, directing and requiring them
to induct the appellant into office or
retain him, as the case may be; but
if in the opinion of the said judge
both the original and the additional
bonds are insufficient, he shall de
clare the said office vacant, and
notify said commipsiouers who shall
notify the clerk of the Superior couit,
who shall appoint to fill the vacancy,
except in the case of the clerk of the
Superior court, which vacancy shll
be filled by Ihe res-idt nt judge. The
j uigment or tne (superior court juuge
shall be hual.
The appeal and the finding and
judgment of the Superior court judge
snail Ue recorueu ou me miuuies oi
the board of commissioners.
Sec. 4 That section seven hundred
ard sixteen (71(i) is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu there
of, viz: There shall be elected in
each county of the State, at the gen
eral election to be held in the year
one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-six (lSl)f'i) and every two years
thereafter, by the duly qualified elec
tors thereof, three persons to be
chosen from the body of the couuty,
who shall be styled Ihe boaidot com
missioners of the county of ,
and shall hold their office for two
years from the date of their qualifi
cation and until their successors
shall be elected and qualified; and
they shall be qualified by taking the
oath of office before the clerk ot the
Superior court or some judge or jus
tice of the peace, and the register of
deeds shall be ex-offido clerk of the
boasd of commissioners.
Sec 5. That whenever as many as
five electors of the county make affi
davit before the clerk of the Superior
court at any time after theeltctiou
of the coanty commissioners, that
they verily believe that the business
of the county, if left entirely in the
hands of the three commissioners
elected by the people, will be im
properly managed; that then, upon
petition of two hundred electors of
said county, one-half of whom shall
be freeholders, and socertitied bv the
clerk of the Superior court, made to
the judge nf the district or the judge
presiding therein, it shall be the duty
of said judge to appoint two honest
and discreet citizens of said county,
who shall be of a political party dif
ferent from that of a majority of
commissioneis, who shall, from their
appointment and qualifications, by
taking the oath required for county
commissioners, be members of said
board of county commissioners, iu
every respect as fully as if elected bv
the people, and shall continue in
office until the election and qualifi
cation of the successors of said board
of county commissioners, and that
no monev shall be paid upon the
order ot said board, or official bonds
accepted, nor shall any debt be in
curred except upon the concurrence
of as many as four of said board.
That all motions concerning fina
cial matters shall be taken upon
aye and no vote and recorded upo
the minutes. 1
Sec. 6. That section (717) sev j
hundred And seventeen be and the
same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 7. That section (719) seven
hundred and nineteen be and the
name is hereby amended by striking
out "justices of ae pe ice ' ana in
serting in lieu thereof, "the clerk of
the Superioi ciurt."
Sec. 8. That all laws and clauses
of laws inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 9. That this act shall be in
force from and after its ratification.
THE CAUCASIAN W1IX MAKE IT HOT
FOll ENEMIES OF REFORM ALL THIS
TE AR. IF YOU WANT TO KEEP POSTED
IN REFORM WORK. SEND US TOUR
NAME FOR A TEAR.
Mann l-OO THE WEEKLY
FOR CAUCASIAN
b Mat on jemr.
ABOUT THE
INCOME TAX.
Great Confusion and Dissatisfac
tion Over the Decision of the
Court-Trouble
Coming.
PAYING UNDER PROTEST.
Kniile of the I'lifalr Con.llll. n I' re
yailiuK IVole rr.pamig to Hring
More Hull .Kal.mt the Tax-How the
Court Stood -A Summary of the Law.
The income tax is becoming fa
mous since the Supreme court of the
L nited States render! its opinion.
It will re remembered that a suit
wai brought to test the constitu
tionality uf the tax. -The ense was
heard by eight of the. nine Justices
of the Surreme court including the
Chief Justice. After a long and
powerful controversy by the leading
lawyers of the land, a majority of
the court decided that rent incomes
and incomes from State and mitniri.
juil botnlx could not be taxed. As to
other incomes the court was evenly
divided four holding that the
were taxable and four holding that
they were not. This status of the
Court left the law in force as to tax
ing all incomes errejit those from
rents and State and municipal bonds
The action of the Court has raised
a storm of dissatisfaction all over
the country, and will lead to a great
cloud of litigation.
The law was intended to tax all
incomes exceeding $4,000 annually.
But the action of the court will nul
lify the intent of the law in thou
sands of cases, while nearly every
man who has an income exceeding
$1,000 is now ready to bring suit
against paying taxes on it.
For instance a man may have an
income of 500 from a manufactory
and a like income from bonds, mak
ing a" total income of $7 000 per
year; but none of this can be taxed,
because the income from his factory
is not large nough to be t"xed, and
the income from his bonds is exempt
from taxation by the decision of the
Court.
Again, if a man owns a lot of land
which he rents out for $4,000 per
year, he is not taxed; but if the man
who rents the land makes $4,000 per
year on it he is taxed.
It can be plainly seen that a law
which will ope.ate in this manner
will be a discriminating measure,
and will always be a source of con
tjntion and dissatisfaction. It is no
wonder that the court's decision has
made trouble, and that pirlies are
preparing to bring more suits which
they insist shall be heard by the fu'l
bench (nine) of the Court.
The law requires that all parties
having sufficient incomes, shall re
port them by April loth, or be sub
ject to costs ind penalties amount-,
ing to fifty per cent. There is a great
rush to all collection offices, but
every man is making his return and
paying his tax under protest, with a
view of getting it back by some legal
action.
The law, as intended, is undeniably
a fair and good one; but the consti
tutional construction of it is unde
niably unfair and bad.
Upon the important points of the
decision the Court divided as fol
lows: Chief Justice Fuller and Justices
Field, (4 ray and Brewer hld that
the law, cs a whole, is unconstitution
al. Justices Harlan, Shiras, Brown
and white regard the law as wholly
or in part constitutional. Justices
Shiras and Brown believe the tax on
incomes from rents, and S ate,
county and municipal Honds, is un
constitutional, and Justice Harlan
contends that the tax may be levied
on incomes from rents.
Judge Field gave a vigorous de
cision against the whole law.
The effect of the decision on the
Treasury will be most disastrous as
far as the receipts from the income
tax are concerned. No one will pre
tend to say, with any degree of ac
curacy, how much revenue will be
lost on account of the decision.
Commissioner Miller says that it
would take him sev-ral days to make
even an approximate estimate, bu ;
the rough guess that has been made
by the Treasury officials is that the
revenue will be reduced .by about
fifteen million dollars, if there are
no further adverse decisions.
Briefly summed up, the law, as it
stands at present, is as follows:
The tax is levied on incomes re
ceived between January 12, 1894,
and December 31, 1894.
The amount of the tax is two per
cent.
Citizens of the United States
resident or non-residen aliens are
subject to the tax on all incomes
Non-resident aliens are taxed on in
comes derived from any source in the
United States.
Incomes of $4;000 or less are -exempt
from taxation.
On incomes exceeding $4,000 the
tax is levied ODly on the portion of
the income exceeding $4,000.
Incomes ar taxable, no matter
trom what source derived, except
those derived trom rents ot real es
tate, and those derived from inter
est on State or Municipal bonds.
Only one deduction of $4 000 is
made from the aggregate income of
the members of any family composed
of one or more parents and minor
children. . -
Where corporations pay taxes on
their incomes, individual stockhold
ers are not taxed upon, incomes de
rived from dividnts on the stock of
such corporation.
Each person bavin? an income of
more than $3,500 per year must
make a return of such income to the
collector or deputy collector of In
ternal Revenue of the district in
which he resides.
Guardians and trustees must make
returns for their wards or cestui
que trust.
Returns this year must be made
on or before April 15. In succeeding
(Continued on fourth page.)
RALEIGH, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL IS,
IF CHRIST CAME TO CONGRESS.
The Hon. M. W. Howard. orcrrxntaa
"in Alabama. Ilefroil H InitrJf Agaiuat
th At tar It of the I'lutor I'mi, anil
I'olot Out the (irrat Noun of I Ju.t
and Corrupt I.rgUlation.
When a man enters Congress he
must choose one or two thing. If
he wishes to be courted and feted ry
Washington society, if he desires the
praise of the plutocratic press, if he
is looking after fat places for his
relations and triends, if his heart
longs for the smilcg of aristocracy
and the fawnimr of sveophants. he
has only to be the willing: tool f
plutocracy and all these things are
within h's easy jrrasp. If thus he
chooses, his future pathway is
strewn with flowers, and for him
there is the purple and fine linen of
Dives.
On the other hand, if he cham
pions t he cause of the people, and
stands up for the Nation's toilers and
A. it I 1 1 I
auiagjn zes-ouvio ks wno are en
slaving the honest yeomenry of the
country,
HE WILL 15JS CALLED A CRANK,
an agitator and an Anarchist.
He will be scorned by society, ma
ligned, abused and ridicu'ed by the
plutocratic press and treated dis
courteously and snubbrd by those
in power, and (riven to ucd rstand
that he has no injfuenre with the ad
ministration. This condition confronts every
man who is chosen to represent th.
people, and he must become an allv
of the aristocracy of wealth, and de
sert the people, or stand up for the
rights of the people and be
HATED BV THE MONEV POWER.
Surrounded by lobbyists and cor
ruptionists, with, unlimited money to
purchase votes, with avenue aftet
avenue to luxury ard ease contin
ually open to the mental vision, sur
rounded by vice and profligacy, is ii
to be wondered at that so many of
our public men fall victims to the
temptation, and forget the poor
toilers who labor in the mines and
factories, the vineyards and the
fields, and who are looking to theit
leaders in such intense, tearful sus
pense? Here lies the great danerer
This is the very root of the evil, the
source of all our ills.
So long as the trusts and monopo
lies hold such unlimited power, just
so long will our legislation become
MORE CORRUPT AND VICIOUS.
The greedy, unscrupulous, graspiDg
trusts have entered the halls of
Congress and they have polluted the
men whom the people have trusted.
and instead of a government by the
people, it is a government by a
money oligarchy. The capital city
of our nation is reeking with rotten
ess; corruption and bribery stalk
hand in hand with luxury and li
centiousness. The man who sells
his vote loses his honor and becomes
the prey of vicious habits Once
startel on the downward road there
is no stopping, and he becomes the
easy tool of the money power. Thus,
it has come to pass that the Con
gress of the United States is ever
ready to
FOSTER THE ROBBER TRUSTS
while the people are starving. We
talk of reform along certain lines; j
we hold mon:ter meetings, and pe
tition Congres for the passage of
certain laws in the interest of the
people, and we wait and fondly hope
for eood, wholesome legislation.
when the very men who are to pass
the laws have sold themselves to the
money changers. We must break
the hold which the money power has
upon this nation ere we can hope for
reform. We must scourge the Shy
locks from the capital even as Christ
scourged the money changers from
the temple, and we must turn out the
unfaithful servants, and with them
the corruptionists, the lobbyists, the
rogues and prostitutes who make of
the great capitol building at Wash
ing on a
VERITABLE DEN OF THIEVE?.
If we would have the stream pure we
must purify the hed waters, so if we
would have just laws, passed in the
interest of the men and women who
have produced the wealth of this na
tion, we must work a reformation
among those who give us the laws.
vV ith an earnest desire to reveal to
the American people this most shock
ing state of affairs.and to show them
the source of the great danger which
menaces us, 1 wrote my book "If
Christ Came to Congress." The pic
tures there drawn are no doubt vivid
and starting, but this is because
they are true taken from real life.
The plutocratic press all over the
country is heaping abuse and vitu
peration on me tor drawing aside
the veil so that the voters of this
country might look upon this
SHOCKING SCENE OF CORRUPTION,
shame and debauchery, and I have
been threatened with ostracism by
Washington society and expulsion
from Congress because of ths reve
lations and-exposures I have mde;
but in spite of all this, I propose to
wield my pen and raise my voice in
behalf of the honest toilers who have
elected me to Congress, and to "cry
aloud and spare not" until every man
in the land shall be acquainted with
the true situation and stirred to ac
tion.
Let me conclude with a picture of
the cloiing-scenes of the session of
Congress which expired March 4:h
It was the holy Sabbath day, and
the church bells were ringiu ; mer
rily over the city In the capitol,
CHAMPAGNE FLOWED LIKE WATER
Committee rooms became temporary
brothels. Women of ill repute
swarraea ine corridors ana sang
songs in the public restaurants with
inebriated Con.ressmen. "I have
seventy five dozen glasses out," said
Tom Murray, the disgusted caterer
of the House restaurant- "That
tells the story of the committee
rooms better than any words I could
utter."
Ln front of the main door is a per
fect cloud of gentlemen interested in
legislation. Some of tin faces are
familiar and have been seen here for
the last twenty years. Soma are
comparatively new. Thousands and
hundreds of thousands of dollars are
to ba won or lost . within the next
few hcurs, ...
Around at the other door are more
lobbyists and among them are some
(Continued on Fourth" Page.
LETTERS FROM
THE PEOPLE.
Various Matters on Which the
Popular Opinion is Expressed.
All Sections Interested.
LIVING ISSUES FORWARD.
Contempt autl Kiilirulv fr I he Drntorratic
rr"' rruw at the trKralt I n f
Irtiii mry .t?.,it on 'all.l to short
H'tishU U t rtilirrr An fr irorUtlun.
Abandons ! Truth and D.renc).
For Caucasian.
Four uaks, Arril i:th. 'U.".
T:e (ieuiocia'ic papers are making
every enort that an unscrupulous,
meau, low-uowu Partizan ori'jin lo
tion can do to get our people di
sau-iicu wun our legislature. They
have abandoned truth. honesv and
decency. Y"tirs , K. l". S.
Itrst ll 1 an tluil,
For tlio Caucasian. J
Bryant. X. C, April hth, ';:.
I have read The l'rrvtv nn.1
have become very much attached to
r . .
ii. i gei more real intormatiou trom
it than any paper that I can find. I
fully believe that if any good, honest
man will rt ad vour ni.er for tirlv
months, he will be a 1'opulist, It is the
best educator in the reform- cause
that we have. Let every reformer
get up a club for The Caucasian.
Kespecttully,
Ii Ii. SoukKLL.
"On The Jiun."
For The Caucasian-
Kershaw, 8 0., April hth, 'U").
Don't let up on the Douglass busi
ness; you have got tho "urterritted"
locofoco on the run. The neerro
question was to have been their hob-
ry in the next campaign. I think
circumstances are such as to make
them advance some other issue.
God forbid that they may gt control
of the government again They have
about bankrupted the whole country.
(iive them Hail Columbia, and don't
let up until they shall have been c m-
pletely routed. ery truly,
J.
Trom Tne Mountain to The :?ea.
For the Caucasian.
WAi.i.i'.TTKij, X. C, April 4th, '95.
I think The Caucasiav is one
among the best, if not tho best paper
puDiisnett in tne btate Hut for flint
paper, the same old machine would
be ruling this State yet, with all the
ruinom ii urb n eUments attached.
We hive knocked the wind rut of
their sails. Now U that is left f r
them to "holler" about is nigg?r. If
you go on in the way yo i hive com
menced, under-your vry able man
agement, they will wish they never
heard tell of or even seen a "nigg-'r."
1 only hope anu wish that we will be
able to secure all the people who
tavor good government from the
mountains to the sea.
' P. W. Wall.
Not That Kind of a Ddinocrut
For the Caucasian.
Svanshoro,;N. C, April IGth, 'K.
In the "Jacksonsville Times" of
late date, I notice an article, headed
'The new magistrates for Ouslow
County." The editor has seen fit to
deliver a tirade of abuse on the
'jngrel 'egislature," as he call it;
also vents ms spleen on those ap
pointed as magistrates; says a mean
er, sorrier mass of incapables (as a
whole) could not have been scraped
up in the State &c; then tries to
modify, by saying they possessed
the one redeeming quality of being
white men, thoujrh the most illiterate
negroes that could have been chosen
would have stood forth as brilliant
aid shining lights when conipar-d
with those white men &c; then modi
fies again by saying: There are a
few competent and capable men in
the list, but the majority can boast
only of enough brains to vote the
straight Populist ticket, &3. He
prepared a sketch of the most promi
uent political incidents in the lives of
the new officials, but his love for
Onslow county, and respect for their
families preclude publication.
I, as one of the appointed, wish to
say to the gentleman, if he is a gen
tleman, which I doubt very much,
that I am as respectable and as com
petent to be a J. P. as any of those
who have held that position,
under the so-called Democratic boss-
ism in that county for years; am a
white man and have a white man s
principle, which I am sorry to say I
don't believe he has.
Who is the editor of the "Tiniest''
Guess he is white, but he certainly is
not a native of this county. He
must be a scalawag, carpet-bagger
or something besides an honorable
man comparing us to the scum
ot the earth, and the old man"
whoever he he is quoting scripture,
that God made man from the dust,
but the X. C. legislature made u:.
out ot notntng. letter go say your
prayers, "old man." I ask Air. Ld
'Times" if he ever learned the Lord':
prayer.
ftuame on you sir. and still more
so on your family if you have one.
If not, we think it would be a h-ud
matter for you to get a respectable
white one iu Onslow county. I was
appointed J. P.. not by any request
of my own, for I knew nothing about
it; had nothing to do with it; in fast
did not belong to that party; didn't
vote for the party; didn't want to be
a J. P. in fewansboro, but so far as
beiug capable is concerned, I am as
competent and capable of being a
magistrate as any Democrat, so
called, iu this community.
The negro hobby negro yoir hob
by! If any half civilized, half edu
cated negro anywhere could not
make better magistrates, than many
of those so-called democratic J. P's.
who have been ruling as such for the
last several years, I should be sorry
for them.
Now sir, you have misrepresented
me, either knowingly or otherwise, I
believe knowingly. If ignorantly, I
suppose you are to be excused; but
an editor ofj a paper should not
make such mistakes. I denounce
your statement a base falshood, and
Uontifaued on 3rd page. I
18Jf.
i ft mtm mSm
The Democratic Douglass Ass is desperately trying to
hnteh something from a lot of very bad es.
GOOD CHEER FROM OHIO.
A Prominent and Iiitluutil Ohio Farmer
Nrt.VH I liat I he I armer of That State are
Tired ,f the lr morrat W- and IC-ulli-an
I'artiett.
Tkiswav, Ohio, March IS.
lion. M'trion liuth r:
When I write to
upon vour election to th I' it i t o.t
Slates Senate, I but voice the Fenti-
m?ntsot hundreds of farnwrti ulm
are land-owners and members ot
either the Republican oi Detnoci, at it
party in the State of Ohio. It has
ueen predicted that the amx-ar-in....
of Mr. Pritchard and yourself in the
Senate "will perhaps shake smii of
me venerable traditions, &c," of
tuat body. We.hooe so: nl ulixi,
sueh is the ease you can feel assured
of our hearty amen.
1 ask mv friend. Mr. (
hand you this letter because he is a
Southerner who is well k
Ohio farmer, and although t.ot a
p ntician, tully appreciates the fa-t
that the farmers noith and souh
have in the Democratic and Repub
lican parties "made unto themsdvts
idols and found them el.-iv unA
stand ready today to flock round th
standard of any party that ean lead
them out of the political wilderness
Hoping I may see you when you
are in Washington, I am
ery sincerely your friend,
William K Cox.
POLITICAL POINTS.
Mr. JamesD. Collins a vervnroni-
inent man in Atlanta, (Ja,, has gore
over to the Republicans. He rs-a
been a iifelong Democrat, a&d hays
... r. .
noi one man m ten in Atlanta will
vote the Democratic ticket, th.it a
good many of them will go to the
Republicans and the balance will
vote ith the.Populista. (i m1 bve
my party good bve: Alliance Vin
dicator.
The Springfield Rennbl ie:in rum.
menting n'Uie increase of Populism,
aumiu mat tne growth of the partv
is phenomenal. It says: "As "a
matter of fact the anti-slavery party,
irom me time it began to put a
presidential candidate in the field in
1844, down to the breaking up of
the whig party in 1852, never ex
hibited a more persistent and grow
ing strergth than the jtop'.e's party
has so far showu."
Hirrison is a candidate and co
are Allison, McKinley and Tom
1 l... 1
xico t. j ou; uorsea are grooming
for the Presidential sweepstakes in
1S9 J, The I) mocrats are bad off as
there is not one man who looms up
at present a3 a possibility. Wil
mington Messenger.
The Xewbern Journal tells of a
death which occurred at that place,
last Saturday night about 12
o'clock. Miss Julia Ta 1 or, aged 5,
who lived alone and did tailor work,
screamed for helo about midnight.
and Mr. J. C Gieen, who lived next
door answered and went over. Miss
laylorsaid a man had come on her
porch and Iwl raised the window
ana asKea wno it was. He grasped at
her and drpped the wiudow and
left. Mr. G e.n told her to come to
his house a d soeud the remainder
of the night, and she was supposed
to ba preparing to do so, but hear-
lug notnmg more of - her for some
time Mr. Greeu looked, in the window
and saw her lying on the floor. Help
was summoned, but she soon died.
The coroner jury decided that she
had died of fright.
John Goat, of Wyoming, Minn.,
has been mean enough to name one
of bis girl Nannie. - -r
AN ANXIOUS EASTER.
A PARULEl SHOWING HOW THE
'It (People's .:trtj h.a not been
in power, but it has nevei thel. H
done ";r-at harm. It is niairilv re
sponsible, for the tilv-r cm.- that
has -iiie uar unfi ling ih f..iin-
cry'n finances and did pie-ipitato a I
panic, th effects of which will u'-it i
disappear for mauy y-arn. In many
paits of the country it compelled the
ooliticiaiiH of loih ih- otbvr parties
o adopt the free toer pn grannie
is the only tiHutu of r tainiug th-ir
hold on the offices." Macon (Ja )
Telegraph (Deiu.), Jan. !, "!,".
"The reason farm product are so
low is because tl ere is cverpnidue
tion. There are too mar. v people
irai!-d in fariu'njj." Chicago Inter-!
.-ean ( K p.)
"The bad ktate of e flairs for two
years past is owing to Republican
legisl.-.tion." -Atlanta Journah J-m.)
THE GREAT CONGRESS.
The ruliir ilpljlun ef the -Ie; arlnl"
It.Mly Kiiireaned ly Many I'eopte.
Hut what a raise rabl crowd wa
that over two-thirds in a j rity of the
last House! Had th-re ben but
one man of courage and brail h op
posing the undemocratic usurpa
tions of the White House, he would
be now the leading man in the coun
try. Dut there was not one in that
Democratic (tomorrow. Sentnel
(Dt-tn.l
Kven New Vork with its over
whelming Democratic majority of a
few years ago has a Republican
mayor, whi'e Chicago turn out a
Democratic mayor and replaces him
with a Republican, irivinir the latter
over 41.000 majority. The workings
of the avowed Democratic policy
have been testtd. and the neot.lt.
want no more iach experiments.
l'oila!elpLia Item (Sil.
The Fifty-third Congress will be
rem (inhered cbif!y because, first,
he majority party failed to redeem
the b-dges it made to the people;
co. d, because of its inability to
comprehend the scope of its duties,
and it consequent helplessness in
front of irreat issues; third, because
of its t-ulserviency to class interests.
W. A. P. tf-r.
The final nd utter collapse of the
Democratic party in the presence of
the grandest opportunities that ever
came to any political party in the
his ory of this nation is simply mar
velous. No party ever made greater
promises, ever had gr. ater oppor
tunities, or made a more signal fail
ute. Under the leadership of fJrover
Cleveland, who was worshiped as a
party idol raised to a pedestal
higher than his party, the party bas
gone down in ignominy and reproach,
so far and so low that even if
strongest partisans s-arcely have
the courage to defend it. What can
the rank and file in the Democratic
party expect in the tuture bj re
maining in itf Ex.
The funniest thing out is to the
ffet that a Democrat in Chatham
county last week, '.ff?rtd to bet Or
cents that Marun Butler would not
beat Iliusm for the U. S. Senate.
Come. bud. Da tier hn done irnne
and done it, and RaLsom is in Mexi
co. Christ died nearly 1900 jean
a?o, and it's "agin" the law in
North Carolina to bei on elections,
except "election bj grace" where-ignorance
cuts no figure in the case;
but yon are commanded to repent
or yon perish. Hickory Mercurj.
THE C irCASiax WILL SEEK TO EX
POS StOTTEXXESS AID HTfOCKlSY
KTKXTVHEKK. XT TOO WOULD KJTOW
OT XT.
C3 rem r
NO. 24.
OLD PARTY PAPERS TANGLE IT.
"Uy many people the party Demo
crat i) ia uujuslly held reponib
for the panic of year bfor last.
TIj panic waa the result of the atoM
by the Republican of th-ir power in
' oatrolliug the taiing machinery f
th government, la failinir t ettU
the curreri-yfuefion, the Democratic
party will lake, the rink uf precipi
tating another panic, for which it
will le undeniably reapootible.
Macon (ia Telegraph (Iem.), Jan.
H, .i.-..
"The reason timet are Lard in th
cities in becauae too many feopl
crowd in from the rnral litric4s.
More people- should t i tb oil."
Chicago Tribune 4 Rep.)
"The Democratic party will walk
out of its If and nothing will remain
but a Mnell of brim (tone and Wall
htreej." Zfcb. Vance.
THE POINT OF VIEW.
lal Tbat ttrrmr t'rw 4IUM
Mklrh r.iUL.
What has brought out this inde
pendence of the voters f Who are
the ieop!e that are entitled to tba
credit of this change for the better f
Who are the e-ple or party that
have been agitating and educating
the masses for their own good for
the last few years 1 Was it the Dem
ocrat! and Republicans? Ily bo
means. Did not the old part s in
111 and ''Jl fight their battles on
about the same old lines, perfectly
ignoriug the idea of financial reform
as agitated by the Populiitaf Cer
tainly they did. Did not I'reaideat
Cleveland call an extra session of
Congress to legislate on financial
questions that thej had perfectly
ignored previous to the election t
j Certainly. The eop! generally ao
j m it ted the Populists failed, be
j cuse e did cot get control of the
' national government (and no one ex
j pected it), but yon are m'-stakf n, my
i friends. It was a grand victory. Why
i'e succeeded in bringing before the
i people the great financial question
i and forced the old parties to no
longer ignore it. Does any sensible
man at all abreast of the time be-
! lieve it would have ever been before
, the people as an issue if it bad been
' left to the old parties Ceo. W.Jack
son in irgima bun.
For half a century the United State
has been retarded in its progreas by
so many people blindly holding to
the two dominant parties, regardUae
of consequences. We have certainly
reached a period in oar history
have certainly bad enough party
jobbery and lack of proper and
trreat Iy neede d legislation to be will
ing to start oat on a new lino and
select oar best and most progressive
m-n, regardless of party, and bare
such measures put into laws as tho
great masses of the people demand
and need. Dublin Courier.
"Scratch a Democratic office bolder
and yon scratch a monopoly tool;
set ate h a Republican office bolder
and you scratch a monopoly pimp.
The people argne of the "merits" of
the two factions when the Uepnbli
cans denounce the Democrats as liars
and thieves and when Democrats de
nounce the Republicans as thieves
and liar-and both aide telling tho
troth !n Free Trader.
Governor Evans, of South Caro
lina, ears th sooth and wort will be
anited for the political strngfle of
next year. Th issue will be silver
wp. gold, and it is predicted that th
anited sections will be Ttetorioaa.
Wayeroa Herald.
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