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saJTen Cents For f 1 1 m -tt- . -0 The Campaign, In Clubs of Yen. Send Quick it U" In. 'I'llfWlH ! II t v' will monvy lit it, "I11 t" A I TP A (PI A T 1 Srer Im 4m ee rn for tin umiilf it II I 1 11 M"e Wftorw ' ! will mmm,tr MMr ftr I for l .00. ? n 1 iiiL i VOL. XIV. GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP Of Railroads -The Objections Against it is the Cost and In crease of the Publio Debt. COST OF THE RAILROADS- I'M l .ir CotiM rUthang-e Stock ,! lt-niU Vr Thoae tf The United H, v... I hr I'liMIc Would Mot he Nallled l , .lUi'il Ilt I'olitlral I'alron- Ai I " Greater Than at i'rmm- rnt I !r Trniihle WoiiIiI ArWe. - in.-H i"1' '"Uuurnroentof tho Pop uli;t : "inv Vion, and tbe adoption ,v r"v;.fc m!.v ation of a plank fa VMniu''i'r .'"v,'r1nicnt ownership of ,irvl f"f ' ha nppeared in the ivi'Pi,!ti'' I'less much unreason- j.rtvc fou those who llievo that the ...il.w.n . .).,... 1.1 - ...1 ay our nuiroaa systems in tbo ;n-ti-rt'.-tof tho wholo people, called ,!! n,HK's'ut'H and robbers. We. liavo i-vcn situ those who advocated this ,i,t ,n!i.'tio ftep, bolicvmg that in no ,,t! t i' way ran unjust discriminations ktwM'ii persona and places in the ln'itt r of transportation rates bo held up to scorn as an- 1 1 tional burden; the country are expected! ling now to pay rate? a fair income on tne Ie of this ,nd are wil t will give of rail- roads, and that is all V ) they would e io uo unuer got Jment own ership. "As to the question of political patronage and corruption, we bo Iieve that the matter could be guard ed by proper civil (service rules and safe guards whereby this evil could be obviated; in fact, it is generally bel ievf d that under even the pres ent system, the railroads take quite a hand in polities and political pat ronage. "We believe under government ownership labor troubles on the rail roads would bo less frequent, if not cease entirely, to the great advan tage ot the employee, the railroad? and tho people." BISMARCK S VIEW OF SILVER. 11 A REPLY TO RALEIGH, N. 0., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1896. ! LEADING BUSINESS IIAN FOR SILVER. NO. 47. INGALLS of men w ho are persuaded that they have a patent on tbe patriotism and tbe intellect of this countrr. iwi paK in mi circular as an or- acle, but the laboring man in readme ea acu tevereiy wounded Agne and Lizzie Miller, after which cb fied to tlie Kwampr. The dtail are meaarre. bet it im tatJ iLt I for himself, and ia not much inclined I JonBOQttemptei8 to feloniously Circular By an EmployeeHe Takes The Railroad President To Task. LABORER VS. CAPITALIST. ir'verite Hi r'lJ istrf. ThuKo whoRo loudly, but withal so inorautly, deprecate tho govern incut ownership of railroads, would .ia well to fix their attention for a few m i 11 ute h on tho report of the Cora imttti ti Government Ownership, 4'otitnd and Regulation of Railways, nudti to the National Convention of lifiilroad Commissioners, held at the oflice of the Interstate Commerce ( ciiuniHaion at Washington on May lUth and -Oth last. Us this com mitter, which was appointed by an thurify of tho convention hold the yen.r previously, served, Hon. A. K. IVisherg of Minnesota, Isaac li. l'.rown of Pennsylvania, S. Otho Wil s in of North Carolina, J. C. Allen i.;' Nobraska, and Olin Merrill of Vermont. Two reports were sub- nairca to ino convention, a minor ity report by Mr. VTilson of North Carolina taking docided ground in favor or government ownership, nul tho report of the majority, which wkh somewhat tentative and apolo irt-tic, the members o! the majority recognizing tho evils of over capital isation and arbitrary discrimination iu tho matter or rates, recognizing irovernment ownership not only as a iVasible, but pephaps the only posi ) remedy, and yet hesitating to advocate euch ownership. 15 ut the fact that the majority o the committee wore evidently preju iiced against government owner titiin givc3 their report even more weight ttiwu it would otherwise car ij. Iiiston, in part, to what fchey to say: "That the government has the ri.ght li .M iinire the railroads of this country by purchase, at a fair valu ation, 110 one will dispute. "li m only a question of expediency and policy. In a Republican form of government such as ours, it is not expedient nor good policy to in vade or appropriate fields of indus try for the simple gains that might he in it. "Our government has assumed control over the waterways of the country for the benefit of all the peo ple; large Minis of public money are Jtunually expended to maintain the usefulness of such waterways, in the mt'-rest of commerce, but the H'overnmeat does not build vessels to enter into competition with its citizens in tho carrying trade. If railroads could be used in the same manner as aro the waterways, there would bo no question, perhaps, that tho government would have exer cised the same control over them as it has over waterways; but from the nature of railroad business this is not practicable). Hence, if the gov ernment should a?sume the owner ship of railroads, it would necessari ly also have to own and operate the equipment; in other words, do the wtifl railroad business. "While it may be true that some f our people desire government ownership of railroads for the money ttiey believe there is in it, it 13 doubtless other and better reasons that inlluence the majority who are in favor of this scheme. "une ot these better reasons is aptly expressed in the last annual report ot one of the members of this committee Mr. Brown, of Pennsyl vania as follows: 'Our people have little to complain or irom tue com mon carriers, except on the question of discrimination. Railway mana gers must look to tho interests of their corporations on this subieet, if they would be true to the interests of those they serve. Uovernmen ownership of railroads is a mos questionable scheme, in a republic at least, and yet if discriminations are to continue, if favoritism of such a character as to enrich some and ruin others is to be practiced, the transition period of railways to gov ernment control is not so remote as some imagine.' "In the opinion of this committee the sentiment in favor of govern tuent ownership of railroads is duo not only to the practices of discrimi nations betweeu persons and places but also to tho over-capitalization o railroads, and the delay under our present system as adjudicating con troversies between the railroads and their patrons. "Among tho objections to govern nient ownership of railroads are tn cost of them to the government, and lie debt, and also that it would cre ate a vast field of political patron age, and consequent corruption. "As to the first objection, the cost of the railroads, we believe this gov ernment is amply able to assiune ht burden. This government could Wrow money cheaper than private individuals or corporations; but very little money would, perhaps, be Deeded: tho t resent owners would doubtless be glad to exchange their "tocksacd bonds for those of the b'nited States, whereby they would he assured of a fixed income. We "ail to see in what respect the public would be saddled with any addi l" ! ?l II MimI a MloUko In .4lvrmtlng JiM. N. Y. Worl.il. London, Sept.. 2:.. Moreton Fro- w?a c.vme back today from tho In ternational Agricultural Congress at I' inl a I est, bringing with him, to be prevented to William Jennings JJryan, a copy of a book written by M. Ii;itiuy, delegate from the H juth Russian Federation of Agri culture, and with much formality dedicated to tho American silver caad'date. It is entitled "The Agricultural Crisis." and advocates bimetallism as a remedy. Mr. Frewen declares that of 220 delegates a large proportion sympa thized warmly with Bryan's struggle, including practically all those rep resenting agricultural societies, and particularly from Russia, as your readers saw from thj names signed to the message sent Bryan exclu sively through the World a few days ago. no memoersuip or tue oiigress included many distinguished men irom all parts ot jvarope. it was called by the Hungarian Govern ment. une delegate, nerr von Kardorf, leader of the Free Conser vative party in the German Reich stag and a neighbor of Prince Bis marck at Fricndrichsruhe, reported a conversation he had recently with the Prince on the American politi cal situation as follow: 'Frankly1, Kardorf, I ara too old to go to school over tho currency is sue, but I recognize that, although I acted in 1873 on what I regarded as the best advioe, my action was too Drecioitate, in view of tho results which have followed. "The fact that the Agrarian party in Germany is vigorously urging the restoration of silver weighs much with me, and must weigh much with anv intelliaront government on the continent of Europe. "The one class that we cannot af ford to estrange i3 the farming elasb If they are convinced, and tbey as sure you they are convinced, that 11 The Working elMMi are Heading the 11 rmnclal Outatioa For T1icd1t Will Not Follow The Il-Uttee of The Honey I'ower-Tlie 1'eople Will Amrt Their American CitlztriBhip at The Io1!m Next Novetnl.er. Since the "campaign ot education" ha-e begun J.niong tin; railway em ployees, the following from one of ilieni in ay not prove uninteresting or untimely. It comes to the? duci'jnat i Enquirer with every mark iif eii- iiineiies, and the writer must be cred- ted with considerable moral courage. has evidently studied the nues- tion,as many others have done and are doing, though it is apparent his information was not acquired in a compulsory school. It is in the form of an "open letter to Mr. inealls"' : Mk. M. li. Inoau.k, President of the V. A. St. L. JCiiilway and C & O. Railway, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dear Sir : Ai a section band upon section No. 11 of the l'eoria division of the Rig Four route, I beg to acknowledge receipt through the railway mail of a circu lar containing your interview with the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, upon the 14th day of July, IjS'.K',. which is now being sent to all employees upon this division of the JMg Four. Having known heretofore that you were a Democrat, 1 have read your circular with unusual interest, and have tried to follow, aj best I could, your ell'ort to explain why JVlr. Mclvin ley should he elected. 'Your interview, sent as it is, in the form of a circular, must command the attention of every employee upon the line, for two reasons : "1. That it embodies the views en tertained by the executive oilicer of two great railway sjf-tems. " 2. It comes to us bearing upon its face a direction as to how we shall vote at the coming election. "A careful reading of this circular this, railway servant s guide leaves me far from satisfied upon the propo sition sought to be maintained by you You will, of course, pardon my re- lusai to accept jour peculiar views upon 50 grave a question as now con fronts us, unless such views at least appear to be based upon facts and sus tained by reason. "To begin with, you announce that the result of the Chicago convention is a disappointment to Democrats and a shock to all good citizens in the country. "This statement is substantially false. Of course, the Chicago conven tion must have been a disappointment to a small minority of Democrats, who are directly interested in contracting currency, in purchasing United States bonds and in maintaining the present uniteu states baneing eye' tem, but you surely cannot believe to follow oracles. "You take it upon yourself to char- acterize the Chicago convention a the Chicago mob. You have misread the aien of the time. You have mis judged the intellect and miscalculated the patriotism of the Chicago dle- rat?, and of the people generally. iou have mistaken earnestness for lawlessness, and, having, in your posi tion, been bo accustomed to dictate to us, your employe, just what we shall do, you have fallen into the error of supposing you can dictate to an Amer ican citizen how be shall vote. '(If cnt;rap tho weight o-ivon tn anv. thing a man of iry class may say is I PRu to jump from third-story win- very slight as compared to the utter- luowa to the ground. About a score ances of one like you. but if you shall I of the cadets wr ininrft in thir be judged by the strength of arjru- attemnU . s - r . .i- I . , 1 J iiieiib cuu.aiueo in your circular, men I nnnA vm rillv lmrt rn. , you are far behind tw per cent, of the f"V .1 .V 1 men you are ures.imlne to -nHrht !-st ?ea-r,y U their clothing and rr- I1R. BRYAll III HEW EllGLMiD. H. K. ThuiMr, of Kew York, Saf er Ms Connection With the Be publican Paxtj. j?afcf votk:8cs. td U as f ?. !lol: T WOS!rttt. I re-reived tetter from a baJ ! wotkisc friend of Bice, 4 is it be ay: "Ttoee orrod tt free eo.&axerf uUer appear to be feeliac evy bJ- MclUtcif 1 cf Etth?ifiaric Silt.r- ly jqst bow beeasee ve may be paid :.. in c-8t dollars. Mt HiS it ETtfJ ToitX "Dy is tt that tley tave taken sol .V- t.. fare? aoit alius Agnes Miller, and the killicg was the result of an attempt capture mm. 11 caegtu Jcnnsoo will be lynched. KUUtarr Academy SinM, Mkxico, Mo.. SepU 24. The ex teasive and handsome buildings of the Missouri Military Academy were ST53S" Vlu SEE! u" 1 slA&u MAK1L HihSA . - Mi" bostos-s oeeat tors out. About 100 cadets were asleep in the . . I dormitory when the alarm was given, and so quickly did the names spread that many of the students were com- you upon the question that ia at Mue. If joii have the timete spare, I suggest that you devote your efforts to cn- vince such men as Debs, Sovereign, fiotrpcrs and others men who are able to contend with you that the in terests ed tee workingrnen demand the election of Mr. McKinlev. Charles R. Simms, Trackman." NEWS BREVITES. Cul!nl ami Condensed for the Header of rii.i UancHHian. agricultural depression is peculiar t that the convention or the platform is those monetary changes, our gov ernment must review its position." Cotton Production and Consumption In the South. The annual count of the cotton crop is completed, and compiled by tions, including, perhaps, railway mag Mr. Honrv G. Hester, secretary or. a disappointment to the great body of the Democratic party, winch controll ed the convention and formulated the platform. It may be that the corporate inter ests of the Jt,ast, the moneyed institu the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. The total commercial crop for the season ending August 'M, 1S9G, was 7.1.77.34G bales, against 9,901,251 bales in l91-'95. a falling off of almost 28 per cent. In a special report Mr. Hester en- result of the convention.' Yrou i.n. f ti nnftrtn Mntiimnti t th that the position taken by the South. The total number of South ern mills at the beginning of the last cotton season was 4!.. Of these were dismantled, burned or merced into other concerns, while 00 new mills were built, leaving tne to- nl number of mills at the close ot declared for tree coinage ot silver and . 11 . A . . A- & I I " .. 1 au .17 y o iyq ti k jiii goiu. anu Duciew duouc usen can oe L Li U t K t ii v " , , , ., 1 , o ; -- J -J mills. Id the preceding season the Iounu ) V, V "w,freu .lur International Agricultural Cengress .. ..." m, voriini fold as standard nri marv t..j 1. i- a. j.i number of mills added was uJ. The " " " at r.uuapesc as making me nrst gen total im ruber of srindles at the South i..- nine political sensation of the cam E I 1 yj u rtanu i ml 1 1 n i au llic u iiitiam I a n t i is given at 3,093,000, against a total nf nii sunreme court. It was such a Pai?n in iavor 01 "ee-snver coinage. nates, were somewhat shocked that the people had come to "bat," and in sisted upon playing their inning un der a fair umpire, but any sane man must now feel humiliated to think that less than one month ago, he an nounced in a public interview that 'all good people were shocked at the allege Demo crats thi3 year is 'revolutionary and Populistic.' . It must be admitted that the sentiment now is in Javor 01 a change, and that it is very popular, but the position occupied by the Dem ocrats is not a novel one. In 1878, the Indiana State Democratic platform i Aatldnte for Potato Buza. Muncie, Ind., Sept. 22. Patrick Billow came near meeting death in a peculiar manner yesterday. While walking down the Lake Erie and V estern tracks a bug flew into his mouth and he swallowed it- From the taste the insect left in his throat he thought it was a potato. bug, and hastened to his boarding bouse and asked the landlady what she used to kill potato, bugs. She stated that she generally used paris green, and he went to a drug store, where he purchased and swallowed a large quantity of the drug. In a short time he was suffering with pains in his stomach and be came unconscious. Physicians were called and administered emetics, and the man was relieved of the potato bug. Xhe Longest Kelgn in Kngland. London, Sept. 22. Queen Victo a's reign becomes to-morrow the longest of any British sovereign. All the morning papers will publish his toric reviews ot the events of the Victorian era, and editorials con gratulating her Majesty. The pa pers will dilate upon tne progress that has been made in political economy, and in all the arts, sciences, and industries since the Queen as cended the throne on June 20, 1S37. United States Consul Gibson Dead. Constantinople, Sept. 22. Thos. R. Gibson, United States Consul at Beyroot, tlied at that place on Sept. 20, from smallpox. Large Gift to Chicago University. Chicago, Sept. 22. Mrs. Julia Bradley, an aged woman of Peoria, 111., has bestowed all her fortune, estimated at '$2,200,000, upon the University of Chicago on condition that a branch school shall be built at Peoria. Mrs. Bradley has planned for the gift for fifteen years, but the fact has only now leaked out. Some time ago she decided that she would like to see the school at work before she dies, and the incorporation pa pers are now drawn. It will be call ed "The Bradley Polytechnic Insti tute," and two of its seven directors will be connected with the Universi ty of Chicago. Ulsmarck on liimetall?flm. Chicago, Sept. 22. The Demo cratic National committee regarus the letter of Prince Bismarck favor ing bimettalism as a step towards international agreement, and the cablegram sent to Mr. Bryan by the sonal property. The loss on build ings is estimated at f!H),000; the in surance ss $37,000. Fatal fire In Pavannati. Savaxkah. Ga., Sept. 23 Messrs. A. B. Hull fe Co.'s wholesale gro cery was burned this morning. The stock was valued at $.T,000, and there was insurance upon it of $31, 000, distributed among ten compan ies. It was totally destroyed. Of the building nothing but the walls are left. The structure cost $10,000, s-nd is tuliy insured. Fireman Frank McStay is dead as the result of a fall throuerh an open grating, 40 feet, and James McNally, a former employee of the firm's, is under ar rest, charged with firing the build ing. This is the third time during the year that Hull & Co. have been burned out, and each fire has had the appearance of incendiarism, bat the firm has been unable to secure sufficient evidence to warrant any arrest. A Uaagerona Counterfeit. Toledo, O., Sept. 23. A danger ous counterfeit made its appearance here yesterday. It is a $2 Windom silver certificate raised to $10. The town has evidently been worked thoroughly, as no less than six of the raised notes made their appearance at the various banks yesterday. Judging from tho persons who en deavored to deposit the notes, the bill-raisers are disposing of them in small stores, bakeries, etc. The counterfeiting work is excellently well done. England, Turkey, and the Czar. London, Sept. 23. The London afternoon newspapers, which have hitherto advocated the intervention of Russia in Turkey, now scarcely allude to any possible interference on the part of the Czar, but all of the papers print columns of edito rials, communications, reports of meetings, etc, all of which are di rected against the Sultan. The gen eral tone of these articles is in dep recation of, isolated action on the part of any Power in Turkey, but strongly favoring an immediate con cert of action. The Bleeding Philippines. Madrid, Sept. 24. A dispatch to the Impartial from Hong Kong says that steamers which have arrived there from Manilla, the capital of the Philippine Islands, bring the announcement that Cavite is occu pied by 15,000 insurgents. Over a hundred monks have been murdered in the islands since the breaking out of the insurrection. Many of the victims have been fas tened to trees, their clothing having been soaked with kerosene oil and then ignited, and been burned to death. Rich natives are being arrested daily. Documents have been seized by the authorities, in which given the names and the various other officials of the proposed republic. WhwaOaly i Ire U I I imIi aa4 yr r rr-ll.dl7 Ule KaM fr llle Artloa-.a latere!!- Orralar-Way the Mimm fchaald a ate for tae -Vt Oratar." II. K. Thurber, the senior member of the firm of II. K. Thurber A Bro. the largest wholesale grocery house in Amenca, nan renounced his old political faith as a Republican. Io replyjo a friend as to why he re nounced his party allegiance Mr. Thurber sent the following letter. New York, Sept. I V Mr. J. L Hackley: Dear Sir Your of the btn inst. at hand. McKinley cannot carry New York State if the masses of the party vote th ticket, and I 1 1 e tain iney win. ine labor l mons are with us, and where there is one . (rota uemocrai we lose mere are, as 1 believe, three silver Republicans to take his place. The fight between i;v. 1 in ... , tinier auu 1 lau win neip us in a small degree. Jf the New York Kings and Queens Democrats ran go "I it beeaufce they waat It pjr u th ame pn 10 MUt-al dollars?" I antwerd: "No: a thousand limes N! "It Is brea they know that monuuietallum will r at the werkier- man were in the power cf the lconevi 1 'They think vua tnrh fxU that - a ?o an tui Dw mm reV.atittr re demption do larsocw-half mill rrdure and they must thick u rl very, very oft in uur braia. be- cane thv bamrorr at tb tor man U-ing paid ia rett doluts Well, Low is the time for the laboring rnau to aart bim-lt. ' nce get the yoke of gold tucno- uetalhsm fastened n this country and labor will b ia the atne situa tion as it is in Kurope. "The ruh Democrats are toincfur .uc run ley. a nans a dead suresiga that the r mtereit l:s that war. ...... . . IsD t that enough of a tip ! ikvt nepublicans ana I'emoerats to r " a .1 . . . to the Harlem River with a 20. 000 ,or llrn "J"001 y uic k- maioritv. instead, as formnrlv. with nam ae l3T UrxM Z ef " - - " ..II a . a W . m 40.004) to P.0 000 I l.Aliir hK.t ut s an rignt: lie is one 01 us. . - - . 1 ... . I t. : Zm . . L XI" , . Will lta nn Tl, .il.n.M;..n llUiri BIO I6IU IO0 Olie ' v.m ay m v A VV aAA- aa a, so W I a a J louse. "U. K. Tui Ki ik." ours, ine excitement is so I great and feeling so strong it cowers very many employes from talking and many debtors also, but their ballots will go for Bryan. I know this to a certainty to be the fact. I have not in years at this period be fore election seen the signs point so unmistakably as thev do now for the I election of Bryan. 1 ours truly. H. K. Tlil'KBER. Accompanying the letter were two circulars, which Mr. Thurber has had printed, showing the reasons that urged him to depart from his old-time principles. These circulars will make profitable reading for working men and should be dissemi nated everywhere. The first is ad' dressed to my friends and is as fol lows: THE CIRCULAR. "The question comes right now to ns whether we snail nave a bimet allic currency or the single standard of gold as the only redemption money, un this point mere is a great difference of opinion, and many good, honest, thoughtful Americans take different sides. "Which is right? Which policy is the better for the greatest number of our people? "On the one side are ranged the i 11 1 ,i utvuov looses, mo uicu "do nmw 1 . n.l A . 3 I 1 . A. ! . V Of l . OUW BO III IV. is mvesieu m uuuus sua morif aires i r ana iney ciaim mm 11 we nave iree .rphives of that miintrr. I am l.t. ter acquainted with the customs and usages of that country than I am of M4ltvtWtllf Mi HW lMtMo KM A. r..rx m a reH.aSaJ 1kaeM la iMatiliMiM.ta m r-H. la IVm4 ( lllt.M. Mr. Bryan sgs.a ita4l tt ) m( UiireMteUr U lre sset Ith beariy d mot! talma aad lare traftlm. but 14im Im tar rrt at tb tfatbv'iir r. la l.nlti Mr. Brjaa rnAe te la.t VWt:r0y aichv.at th Aadry .f V 0r ta. a au1a-9r BomWricr (ally pie ani later at the O-rmuut R.k t the -apc.ty vf the buiUitg. .m biaJ-vi rr cLabl to fata dniaMn taitbrr p!tvr-. AT (UEKJT ala. The turtin was prrttded our I r the r.ty labor rrasitatiot.s st,d tLr stag roatait.r.1 a rrprrt.'!ir from each bcI lUr ri:atit.' e. Wh Q the tsre-tiec was rsTe-d lu t t der veiv aisie atd each roiiJ..r was crowdtd ani ba !rtt uf r gretre rad from K3!rrtiY. lwa anJ John . lists. s-rtary f tb Kbights of I.mlor. tbre erv cj- erocs ehcers. ll-ij ia his tele gram: "The miliif n are with Brian and will place him iu the cha-.r Liberia occupied ia spite of British Toryism ard corpoiatioc eoercoia. Resolutions were adopted eotu- mending the work of the CLiraro convention and proclairritiff: 'We beheve ttsat the cntrt to be much more than a tragfl ttn the Dem H-ratie at,d o-ealld Ketntb lican patties.ciore than silver against gold, and is tied a fight of the people gainst the rich, cor of labor agaiast capital, nor of the farmers against the artisan or mechaaie, nor the creditor against the debtor class: bat when silted aad anal4, stripped fiota all sophistry, ia a battle of the people against the oligarchy of wealth, founded oa spe cial privileges, therefore be it "RcOLYEI, That we pledge onr services unreservedly to the earnest and active support of the abl young tribune of the people, Wto. J. 1ry an, for President of these United coinage of silver that they will be paid in what they call "oO-cent dol lars." They say that is dishonest and wrong. "The people on the other side say that silver at a ratio of about loj to! has been used as money from the time that civilization began down to AN AMERICAN FROM MEXICO. Makra a "vara Ktalemeat mt the ftlloer Situation la That Caaslry- Let Ike UeM bup IUfatelhU If They C'aa. One of the clearest, most emphatic statements in reference to the Men can situation is given in a dispstcb to the Chicago Record from Des Moines. It sweeps the gold bug deck clean: Des Moinds, Iowa, Ang. .11. J. II. Kennedy, & former resident of Iowa, has attacked the statements so generally made rvgardinr Mexico and silver by making the following aCidav.t before h. II. English, a no tary public at valley Junction: "I, James II. Kennedy, now a res ident of the town of Sinalva, in the State of binaloa, Mexico, do solemn ly swear that 1 am an American by birth; that 1 served three years in the ith Iowa during the late civil war; that I have always been a He- States, and we ask the support sod publican: that I have resill in earnest co-operation f all the toil- Mexico for t went v-flve rears: that Iters. speak the Spanish language as wen President Joha MrK-tcbuie an or better than I now do the English, nonncea mat u wonia i v..w I have traveled throe gh twenty-four P before Mr. Brian would ar- of tho twenty-seven States in Mexico I Tt and the audience cheered lust- uy bis aeeiaraiioo mat we wtu wait until morning if oececsary. The time before the arrival of Mr. Bryan was whirled away by brief speeches, John Phillips. Na tional Secretary of the Hatters' Union, beginning the addresses. Others were John BrisJen Walker, of New York, and Joseph B. Bucha nan, of New Jersey. It was a lew minutes alter i when Mr. Bryan appeared, and af- my mother conntry. I left Mexico on the 21 day of March, lfe'JO, com ing to tnis country to visit my friends, relatives and old comrades. During the last month in Iowa I have heard more absurd and utterly at the close of last season of 3,177, 000, an increase of about 510,000 in pinoles. Gain in consumption at Southern mills was greatost in South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia. The consumptive capacity ot South em mills is placed by Mr. Hester at 03,000 bales, and with good trade this year, he thinks, a consumption at tho South of 1,200,000 bales is not mprobable. The leading State in number of soindles at the South is South Carolina, with 1,192,000 spin dies. Next to this are North Caro ina. with 950.000 spindles, and Georgia, with 080,000 spindles These three States, in faut, contains 75 per cent, of the total cotton-spin ning capacity of the South. Let Sewall Retire. Virginia Sun.l It takes certain Democratic papers to tell the Populists what they ouht to do. Some are especially kind id telling us what is "good politics," and that Mr. Watson should never have been nominated and should re sign in the interest of a banker, holy horror of criticism taat gave birth to the infamous and despised alien and sedition laws which lived only long enough to illustrate the proposition that a free people must be permitted to exercise tue right ot iree speech. It might be both interesting and profitable lor you to ass your lie publican friends, whom you have Members of the committee at Chi cago neadquarters said yesterday that these documents silenced the platform and assertions of the Re publicans on the point that the Uni ted States alone could not change the monetary system of the world. and that the present agitation would v ! i . a . . 1 j a a l V r im-,! an.i tn u'lmm T-nn nrmkiivnr. oe aemmeniai io international di inr. riv a svstern ol coercion, to deliver I uiei.aiiitiu OJ v . . ' the railroad vote, what it was that they remarked in their platform con cerning a certain Chief Justice Taney. "You next argue that to be in favor of adopting a system that will put'the nation out of debt instead of lncreas ing its liabilities is repudiation. You may congratulate yourself upon the fact that no one of your associates nas exhibited more courage when attempt ing to justify the bond sale in time 01 peace than you; or, rather, I should say, that you have not been more cow ardly than they. The claim that the success of free silver will put us on a par with Mex ico is absurd. For more than eighty years we had free silver, and if Mexico ever became possessed of the silly and foolish idea that we were on a par with her, she changed her mind after I'amllco County Convention, The Populist party of Pamlico county assembled in convention on tho 17th inst., for the nomination of candidates for the various county offices and member of the legisla ture. The Democrats seeing utter defeat for them had been resorting to all kinds of methods to bring discord and had openly proclaimed that the convention would break up in a row. An arrangement had been made with, the Republicans whereby both had agreed to run separate legisla aii.wueux-ug iuu rcu.. , statements made in regard to tne police M fougLt a way tor nation; ana mat sne nas ever M.r-rt th. , .i.,...-!., ,,lM i th roach the crowds at the door for m a r non ffinin tt f AVoa I I a a 1 conjured up by mortal man. all to iney na io repeal ine opera deceive the voter. "One most heard is that you can take one American silver dollar into Mexico and get two Mexican silver dollars for it. or that you can get a I in whip l !irfl I . i . . . . . i M-..I w vcm uicii nuu miw uvwu a u I - - m - of the Resident that WU ? bePay.le Bold lthere American dollar and they will give Uame ground, of aome of Li. previ Jl nZIu Tthl was no other legal tender mo.ney: you back in change a Mexican dol- on. speeche. "A single gold basi3 would injure i.r. I brand this as utterlv falso in and in many casos ruin financially every respect, a lie manufactured me progressive uioii ui our cuuuiry, ouj 0r whole Cloth. 1 assert that a and would be detrimental to the in- Mexican will not accent an Ameri terestsof tens of thousands of the can dollar either crold. silver or pa- since that time been trying to force the commercial nations of the world on a gold basis, that would reduce the amount of redemption money about one-half, that would reduce the price of all property other than gold and evidences of indebtedness tion inside, the vast assemblage, in the meantime, standing upon the seats and yelliLg themselves hoarse in their adulation, of the leader. When Mr. Bryan bad secured or der he made a speech covering the ; per, for any amount, but will refer fa Caaartlet. On Thursday Mr. Bryan and party entered Connecticut. The first stop of the Bryan party was made at Stamford, where aeveral hundred person, surrounded the rar and The committee decides to have these declarations printed in several languages, especially German, and to distribute several million of them. Hawaii and This country. tive tiCKets. but they allowed us the Honolulu, Sept. 15. Efforts have following places on the county been made during the last fortnight tieket: to generate dissatisfaction among Two Commissioners, Treasurer, government supporters by circulat- onerm ana ourveyor, ana tney taK inff reports that President Dole and ing one his Cabinet are not honestlv m favor I ueeds, ana voroner. of annexation, but are in accord ine tonowing ticKet was men with the British section of suerar nominated: For the House, Charles railroad magnate, capitalist, specu- the discussions held at Palo Alto, lator and reducer of the wages of Itesaca, Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo and labor, and esoeciallv in the interest Mexico of the Democratic partv. une would be led to believe by the planters in their desire for an Amer ican protectorate, which would per mit the continued importation of Asiatic contract labor, which the "whites so strongly oppose. In poor classes, while it would enrich only a comparatively few. jOU to a broker, where yon can sell I cheered time and again for the com "Wesav that it is dishonest and vonr silver dollars as bullion for inee. The tram .topped but a too wrong when we have invested our Mexican money, then they will trade I ment. bat ia that time Mr. Bryan earnings in prooertv ether than eold with von. The largest hotel in the! had a chance to aay a few words. on a bimetallic basis that bv law cold Citv of Mexico will not accept! The most enthasiatie reception of aVirnlrl ha marla thn nnlv ltral tender I American moner under anv o.ircnm- I the dav was that avccorded by the mnnfiir. thna rrlnp.irirrth redemnt ion I stances, but will invariablv refer 1 citizens 4tt Bridgeport. When the money one-half in amount. you to & broker. I train rolled into the station, a nam "To do that would inevitably take "By paving the mintage any one I ber of carriage, were in waiting. la n UrvA nnrtinn nf the whole of our can take silver bullion to either of I these lT. Bryan and party were nrnnprtv aw-Rv from us and put it in I the mints in Mexico and iret Mexican taken to Washington Park, in the the hands of thosa alrcadv wealthv. silver dollars for it. and for 250 heart of the city, where Mr. Bryan Wo aor eViat rrnlil monomAtallism I iroars stilver bullion ha never iliic-lspoke to a Crowd of several thon- c.an have but one effect, and that is tuated up ot down-to exceed 1 cents. I sand. to make the rich richer and the poor "1 hear it asserted that the na noorer: that we do not want the same tional debt is payable in gold. I state of things here that exists in brand this as utterly false. Every harone. and that eold monometallism dollar of the debt, $140,000,000, is ia surveyor, ana tney taK- m g f tQ bri arOQnd that and , has been payaWe ia the Commissioner, Register of . ftff Jirg iawf Qi money of that country, and "The sinele trold standard advo-1 we are now paying our debt in lex- cates, in order to succeed, must carry ican silver dollars, the money of the with them a large numbers of voters I contract. whose best interest is to have bimet- "I assert that Mexico in the pres- allism.and hence the cries of 50- ent decade is making stride, of ad cent dollars!" 'sonnd money!" echo- vancement greater than any other ed and re-echoed in the papers con- nation on earth. Twenty-five year. xuo oxuK xi vo Ww iuip m tuo . . t. mone clagses. a0 we bftd eifirnty mue. of railroad. puniy me ropuiists namea ine two ttVr "na ,v,a VOI1 ever ston to now we have nearly 8.000 mile, of TALE M. Babbitt; for Commissioners, J. J. Brinson, Charles A. Flowers; for Sheriff, John W. Aldridge; for Treas urer, John R. McCotter. There being five townships in the C interviews the Cabinet mem bers state that a protectorate would magistrate m wo. i township, tne think firgt ' tnat e man who ig raUroad. We are building factories be very unsatisfactory, and that Republicans taking one magistrate j. . ' on the interest of his m0ney is on every hand; Twenty-eight year. UKIY WftUl UU 1WIU Ol PU11UC81 Union wuoiouio cii aiLCi.uai.xuK .. . ..I. stondtnl nf A Ml .im whan lha French a.rmv W. The Peoples Party was not formed earnest and eloquent manner in which with the United States less than full respectively with the other four, , second., that it is not because driven out, the Mexican government the interest of Democracy and is i"Aaifu..u"ur complete, aamission oi navau bo'"k u i iu wu- . , , , th people was left penniless, not a dollar in L1121L1 LUC VY UU1C U X 1L 1. UU1 V D Ittnn 1 C- M . r nm flflFQ I . . w " i .v . - . . . . . ... . . nfliier miu iudv uu uiou uwu uuau- ms ucuui . v jnr. m.. uaooitt oiterea tne 101 lowing resolutions which were unan imously adopted: ' RESOT.VED, That we, the Topulist party of -Pamlico county in conven robbed tem was a gigantic bureau, managed and conducted solely and simply to alleviate the suffering and provide for the wants of the wage-earner. But to Eighty-Two Spaniards Killed. Key West, Fla., Sept. 23 Ad vices from Havana to-night state l! k V V WV?V aa.vrwa,.sw- . " . . . . . , . iUI 0 ObUllUU J.1V1U AAQ V Oliia 1U1 VniO" T - 1i1B 1 t 1 II LI If 111 LU a true Populist, and JfJiVV- bazar, about eight miles from Hay- tion assembled, to hereby pledge our Xt that;or -IJZ Kven craticn by le j aiki x vavuiUK vaiie I , bazar tbey were surrounded by in- , m. , in the interest of Democracy determined to maintain its own or ganization it is opposed to nearly everything Mr. Sewall represents and it believes in putting a South ern man on the Presidential ticket, me, trying to support a family on fi.io that Monday 87 volunteers and regu We know Mr. Watson to be a true c7 in summer, ana yy cents per lars started from Havana for Cala Southerner, that he has the trodden masses at heart. We believe tne rigt y ar tn worid'g production an reported the killing of the oth Mr. Sewall to be the exact opposite 0f g0j was over $200,000,000, and re- ers. Shortly after reaching of Mr. Watson in nearly every re- mark that amount excels the product spect. Besides, it is generally be- of both gold and silver in any one lieved that the Chicago convention year prior to 1884. You neglect to i.nnnATitratAl nnrt Tr.a,icrod nil its siate iiuat uuring tue past year, tue Rood se-.e hen it uomiaated Bryan llftLfZXTi anu mauo a. musv tauum uiuiiuei ,,,, nvna h- -;, tn atnnV nt When it nominated bewail. mnno-r Yon do not exnlain to us that We see no reason for Mr. Watson tne output ot gold from the mines of to retire so long as Mr. Sewall re- the United States has averaged less mains in the race. If the election of for the last ten years than is required Vice-President is thrown into the to pay the interest on the public debt. KT,.t it will be fault of the Demo- Terhaps Ina subsequent circular you ... I .11 Zt l..a A t-s ItAM irrn SaVA r crats. If the Democrats are at all MV" m,M.u taiu a?.fcU. c V.m jui. oii i v" mwu mines are insufficient to now pay our such advice). Mr. Watson will then, interest, and when at the same time no doubt, act with equal courtesy you favor frequent bond sales. and propriety. I '"Your splenetic remarks about 'su i perannuatea politicians' are caicuiaiea Send ns a short account of your to provoke a smile. If the terms you meetings. We want to publish it. I employ describe any class of persons Send it the very day you have it. I in this country, it is the small clique better than they do their own cial welfare ? "I am and have been since the foundation of the party a Republi- j can, ana tavor a proiecuve lazm, but in this election shall do all 1 can in the election of the Demo- nominee for President. I be lieve this country is in no condition at the present time to be forced on the treasury. v e can now pay oar entire national debt any day a de mand would be made for it. "I am now on my way to Mexico to spend the rest of my life. Any one can find me by addressing a let ter to James H. Kennedy, binaloa, Mexico. 14 Tn nntnc!nn T invitA an VinnAat the Kepublican party as . time to be forced on and thoronirh investigation into the m I to a permanent gold basis. fact, of my statement and I defy surerents. who fired on them from all , "uirm wa all know that we have been successful contradiction. I am not sides and then charged with their our. He.vo",on ? me Prinei?ies enun: nassinir throueh troublous times. I the owner of mining stock, and no i a aa t on veA ks i vn a trt wba WAvawirs ea vi tru I o w . machetes. The captain of the Span- , 7 r- believe that the great reason is that personal interest has caused me to iards was killed by a machete, his ?ledB ourselves to PPrt the nom-1 haye been tending toward gold make this statement, but have given head having been cut off. , " iUi monometallism: that if this country it by request of an old eomrade. Hubert de Blanck, professor in the votes for the free coinage of silver James H. Kcssrorv7 conservatory of music in Havana,,, 1U I we will see an entirely different state who was latelv arrested as a suspect. xuu ""'"Uf things cme to pass: that our pro-1 BebeU are Active. 01vvXum yi. ui F,mv.Kr..u . rvorf iT will risfl in valnp: that onr we hereby tender them our sincere was released yesterday, and came to this city to-night on the Masebtte. Passengers report a terrible state of affairs on the island. The newly- appointed captain of police is caus ing a reign of terror. Terrible Crimes of a Negro. New Orleans, Sept. 23. Near Amite City, La., this morning, John Johnson, a negro, brained with lan axe John Cotton, his wife and Mer riam Hevens. Johnson then attack- thanks for their manly course in Congress. It was the most harmonius con vention I ever attended. The following was the executive committee elected: C. M. Babbitt, chairman; Adrian Eastwood, W. H. Lewis, H. W. Coweil, W. A. Cara- wan, J. W. Aldridge. S. W. McClkks, Chm'n. D. W. Brinson, Sac'ty. perty will rise in value; that our pro- Havana, Sept. 24. Hebels have ducts will onng more money; msi burned the town of Ijagunillae the hnanciaipan mat goia mono- Province of MaUnzas. metaiiism naB mrown over os so long i They have also destroyed the .u- will be immediately removed. p.ar estate Olano. near Bolondron "I urge my friends to examine this I Qzado. near Lagunillas, Santo Do- sub ject, and if they believe as I be-1 mmcro. near Gnamaearo, San Anto- lieve to vote and work for the elec-1 nts. near Corrol Faiso, and build tion of Bryan and sewall. I lugs on othet estates of more or less "Yours for free coinage of silver. I importance. ' H. E. Thurber." AH these estates are ia tho Pro- TVn nthar ii anAMallv in thA inter. I vince of Ifstsnias, HTCDENTS PIHOBACtrCL COJf- DUCT. Hartforp, Conn., Sept. 21. Wil- iam J. Bryan was interrupted a dozen times today in Lis speech on the green at New Haven by the dis orderly conduct of Yale students, and finally abandoned in indignant disgust all farther attempt, at con tinuing Lis remarks. mm V- CT 1 ao say mai ew uitci was in dignant that so gross an affront should be offered her distinguished visitor would be patting it mildly. The University opened today, and ast night and this morning students . . .. . B t were boasting tnat "uryan woaia regret that he ever saw New Haven." Two thousand people met the Btyan party at the depot, and Mr. Biyan was escort! to the New Haves House, where he dined. Al ready the crowd on the green in a a a a front of Center Church nd swelled to thousands, and when Mr. Bryan and Lis supporter, made their way through the throng, the gathering the largest ever seen in .ew Haven. A platform bad been erected on the historical -New Haven Green" and about that platform for more than an boar before the nominee arrivea irom 10100 to 15fiO people bad surged to and fro. To the right of the stand tbe students had congregated, await ing the arrival of Mr. Bryan. At J US Mr. uryan wa. driven in a carnage through tbe crowd to tbe platform. Immediately all was contusion in front. Tbe students broke forth In their college cheer of tbe "Frog Cho rus'' from Aristophanes, fouowtag with three long Yale nine ratw for MYale and McKinley." Tbe crowa surged tq and fro in front of tbe stand and a doten policemen foagbt it from tbe platform. There were cheers for tbe nominee, but from the right of the stand tbe students repeatedly broke forth with, their yell and , for twenty-flve mfn- (Oopttnrsm on third pagsu)