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PRE CAUCASIAN.
VOL. XV.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1897.
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WILL THE DIN6LEY
BY SENATOR MARION BUTLER.
, ,. I)ouohoe Magazine, published!
;i I'.nston, M publishing a aympo
. ,:n of article h from Senator and
i nirrt xmui'ti iu answer to the q'lts
t: ..I,: Will Ihe Ilingley bill restore
1 1 i: ;ritj T Among thu articles
I iilixhcil in the May nurnbtr iu an
v. tr to this uetion Is one by tteua
tr Butler. It ia as follow :
! am fMkfd to give my views io
tl.n iiiil!i,ni 'Will
f y 1 II nu I ijiiiiiiuui . j
ix';-"y Jl1" Kevive uusinesHT
me Dingley bill will increase
,;Kci acity of the American people
f(, ,ui 1 base, even to the extent of
Mit'pl their necessities, then it
wlli ri vivo busincrs. If it fail to do
th.-.i i'ii it cannot revive business.
Tli'' lMiK'iy cannot open the
,,;: .iinl keep them open unless
I. . 4 - - 1.-4 il. .
! : i . If there wer kucu a mar-
M.I 1 .
kct, th.-u is, ii inoHe wno uesire to
l. I . 1 A .. '
cull-u mo were nwio io purciittHV, me
null would be open now running
m rn 1.1 1
full -. i . looay me commercial
Ktl. n.Mti finds that ho cannot place
m an order with tho retail
in. 1 1 hunt as formerly. The merch
ant ;luns mat ne ns not vet uis-
IllSt'l 1 dt It fit last purchase. Sjme of
In (.Moils are ttill in stock or elae
tlit-v li'tvi been sola to customers on
irnlit, who havo not yet been able
m i ;iy. The salesman, therefore,
sciiil- m smaller and fewer order
mil, in turn, the jobbers place fewer
Kt,'l nualler orders with the whole-
siln iu)i:i and the factory. This tells
the story. It is the condition of the
i mi,-urn. r, the inability of the masses
tn iniii liitse, that has shut down
saiiiK mills and caused others to run
mi .'Imrt time. This condition can
not change until the condition of
i tic ;i-ricuUutist8 and producing
las. t s is improved, and improved
nuttcrinlly. Now will the Dincley
nil accomplish this! Not even its
tmtln'i is rash enough to mate such
ii'lami
Th emno of industrial depression
iniK'li deeper than the difference
ittwtt n auy high protective tariff
r n vt'ime tariff. We have suffered
insitHKs depression, strikes, and
nck-outs alike under a low tariff
knd under a Lizh tariff, la shor,
e have always suffered buiinesa
etHL'tiation and depression when the
Ifoluiiio of money was contracted or
ithiri the control of any combina
ion (if men other than the govern
ment itself.
The Republican party has prom-
ed to give the country prosperity
ith its policy of protection and the
old standard. It is an impossible
ik. Free trade, and the gold stand
rd go together. They have prom-
cd to protect American industry
a t . i
iKi American laoor against me
jiupor labor of foreign countries. I
ould be glad to see them carry out
is pledge in good faith, but the
1 I ll a - 1 . At .
miriev oiu iaus iar suon oi meir
otection promises. Nine tenths of
protection which it will afford
ill bo for a few specially favored
mufaeturer. Even the labor em-
eyed in such factories is guarau-
il no protection, save such as the
uerosity of their employers may
it to pram, linfides. larmini?.
iich certainly must be included in
list of American industries, is
t protected at all against foreign
mpetition. Thera are only about
ir million laborers employed in
nufacturing, while there are over
ie millions emnloved in the cotton
Ids of tho Smith and in the wheat
Ms of the West. These men are
tainly as much American labor-
as those engaged in the iac
i?s, yet the Dingley bill
n propose to protect a sin
this vast number. These
forced to meet the competition
fortiirn rauper labor, just the
po as the laborers in the factories.
true that the great agricultural
ustry, and the nine million of la
's employed in i, cannot be
lecteii bv an import duty, be-
tha products of their labor are
'rtcd; but they can be protected
different method. Protection
principle for which the Ke
nan party stands, and to which
The imnort dntv ia simplv the
;i u io me Amencaa ueu- i
""I wiiu'h it emplovs to protect
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'"anufHcturers. Now let the
uV'lu'an party employ some other
(i tiiu will protect agriculture
pricu!tural labor Lt them
y their great principle of protec-
uifvfry Amfnoan nxlustry and
' Atutric&n labor suV j -ct to for
I'MU't-r competition, by what-
nith)() ?) ssary togivesuh
, (' i"n I submit that there are
Hi tn 'ills by which this protc-
'tn in- nivttr
' ' li v tnking from our coupt
,M ' lia, Rush nd Argentioe
'' "i ty iIuh tn the euhaucad
' I g -li), whivh they now nj n
'-' g-', which amounts to a pro-
r ritb r h bountv. of near
' tiii ad rtd pr t ent, to our eora-
l,rs, caa be removed ifihslla-
1: H'l nrv mill ntt iV.liah lin
"I'lnt A'u-rin system of
I f it 11 1 KTav-a.-- ha
1. Mil at tho present lgl ra
1 r. K'iz, that the RepublTcan
, hoevir, ifl pledged to its
r u not to (jive this tut hod of
' tion. Ther ia bnt im other
l-fl open to them to kep thi ir
itt agriculture and agricul-
ih in r.
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t ia by an export
t favoJ the principle
'V. I A, nn
iiuti.?, but will favor it in this
iFnn.tL i v. l-j
uiuot remeuy can oe uau,
i principle of offsetting one
I'y wuu another bounty. It the
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Ji cn party can protect agri-
rl and a.crrwnlnv&l Uhnr Vi
mer method which i hatta
ffct them do ir. If it cannor
"w. l iiuu.,i
u mat it is bound by itssemB
ration tn tho Am.-,...n .1
ration to the Ami n an neoule
(ptect all Ameriean Ubor and
lican industries agaicst foreign
Btltlon hv aitnnlin. .. . V. J
if the Rennblican nartv .honld
the Wisest and moat onnitahla
BILL
RESTORE PROSPERITY?
tariff rkfm that it is
possible to
deviDH, it caBiiot restore
prosperity
by that me in. Tha gold standard
ainl monoply rtl-j are the two can
cmtthat are paralyzing the indus
trial life f the nation. Transporta
tion innopf.'ly and the gold stand
ard are Ihe two great twin parents
of all other truts and combinrs.
Thse evils must be remedied before
thera will ut any general revival of
business or permanent prosperitv.
Marion Butler.
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
Kaiidia tltv'a K glorer 8e That la tha
Only Way to Hava Money,
City Engineer Ellis, of Kansas
('ity, in bis annual report, just pre
sented, has taken op the oaestion of
municipal ownership of tha eleetric
light plant. He takes the figures of
that city' expense for lights and
from that makes an argument in fa
vor of the city erecting its own
plant. AccordiDir to the rerjort
Kansas City, Kan., streets are light
ed by "0l! street la inns of various
kinds, and the annual cost of this
service is $2.",.'5(j.'. There are 31 arc
lights of 2,000 candle power; 103 in
candescent lights of twenty-five can
dle power; thirty gas lamps of eigh
teen candle power, and 2J4 gasolice
lamps of fourteen candle power.
The average price of each arc light
13 per year. lor electric light-
ing alone tho city pays annually
$20000.
From these figures the ftginoer
draws tlm conclusion "That this
is an enormous sum to pay for the
light received needs no argument,
but the city is tied by contract to
pay the now tauulous pnces.althoueh
at the timo the franchise was grant-
ed the price did not seem so high. I
Ihe only relief is municipal owner-
snip, witu the plant in the hands
or tne city almost, enougu monev
could be real , sd from commercial
lighting to pay the operating ex
penses of the plant. This would
save the city annually, nearly $25,
000 whieh, in four years would pay
for a plant more than equal to the
city's needs."
FORGER MOORE PLEADED GUILTY.
Ills O penal Ions In Thraa Yrars Involved
Nearly S.0,000.
i ort Wayne, Ind., May 13.
Charles F. Moore, the noted forger,
check-raiser, and draft manipula
tor, who has swindled banks and
building and loan associations in
many cities of the United States
during the past three years, entered
a plea or guilty to the charge of
forgery this afternoon, and was
sentenced under the new hw to do
time at Michigan City from two to
fourteen years. It is fa;d that his
operations involve nearly $50,000 in
three years. It is believed that he
has prepared for his wife'd comfort
during his confinement. She is a
most estimable lady, and believed
that her husband was an honorable
traveling man.
ATTACKED A TEXAS FAMILY.
Two Negrora Kill Una Man and Sersouslf
Wound Othera
Sav Augustine. Tex., May 13.
Two negroes on the farm of George
and Felix Johnson, white, went to
the latter's house and renewed a
quarrel previously begun. Other
members of the Johnson family in
terfered. vVhen the fight ended it
was found that Theodore Nobles
was suffering from two guu shot
wounds. He died in a short time.
places. Felix Johnson was shot in
the arm and leg. William White,
one of the two attacking negroes,
had his skull fractured and was also
shot through the body. A posse is
searching for his son, the other ne
gro, who is also wounded.
Sweep Befoie Vour Own Door.
None nformist 1
Sweep before your own door. Why
call a conference when the only
. , . . , 1,1 A - 1
inm? inai coma ne aon is 10 Sie
ttnrn a nvnr inn nn r. n.n i winen inni
words over the past, and widen the
breach that is fast closing? In Ia
diara several counties haye already
had conventions and oiganizcd or
re-organized the personnel of the
committee. This should be done all
along the line. Iostead of hurliDg
epithets at those at a distance, let
every locality fix up its own party
machinerv to its liking and ihen
when tbt time comes, all will be iu
readiness for action by the reorgan
ized partv. Tr.e roitake of some is
that they w.int to bogin rt-organiz
irg at th wrong er.d.
The National Comniiit-e Tho Onlf Lrf-gal
Prr to Call Conference
Nebraska Independent !
Any r umber of Populists, one,
two, or two hundred cn get together
and h.ld a l'ttle revival meeting, and
fix up a political tlate, if thy desire
to do so, bu there is only one power
tl a' can call a national convention
of th Populist party and tbat is the
national committee that was duly
tlenttd at the last national conven
tion
A Menace t ThafatrtT
Medland Journal, Md.J
The N. R P. A , an unfortunate
ltt , ,1 'd i tX.T
"V ,of th,? . HaLld Jt Sk
"b,
earliest official
opportunity, i ue
Association has become a
menace
i , ,
uu k w f'j
ivn people out of a dozen are in
valids." savs a recent medical authon-
tv. At loaaf. eiirht out of theseten.lt
Br, is safe to allow, are suffering from some
i form of blood-disease which a Persist-
. . u :m- -,m
,,so k!- Xh h- .n in.
I W" "u" lw aucu,
i valid.
Advertising does wonders when
intelligently camea
I nn Vtv onru hnaineag rnanairement
m . i i innvrvn . i r n a vra a crTiinir an rnn i z a xl . i j i . ' uri
does not " y , "".Vt yeiT wiseiy reiuses. io approve me ens us wun aesirucuon. vvnisper a i p t Roas to gather
gle one 4.!u"- VJ l "temp ot a rew oisgruntiea "mia- word into Ms ear and ne oecomes an comDlete information as to
laborers "v?.".- u e-ui-iue-roau uisurgauizors w i ooeaieni Slave, vrnai is ia,i worui t j nf
oonnson was wouuoea in tureeibave a
MEAN TREATMENT.
ftbatualol FartUaoablp by tha Ml a
legislature Uoaarllf Maya That It W III
Maka 10.000 Pe.Ua fatty Veta
The following is taken from the
St.' Panl Representative and was
written by Hon. Ignatas Donnellj :
Oar readers know that the State
prints election ballot?; and all the
candidates . of all the parties that
cast one per cent, of the vote in the
previous election, are entitled to
have the names of their candidates
placed on that official ticket Now
the Populists and Democrats to
gether cast 102 254 votes last fall
while .'S.500 would have been one
per cent, of the total vote. Bat the
vote was arranged on the ballot in
this way.
For Governor:
John Lind, Peoples Party
Democrat
I ndc-r the circumstances, while
John Lind received 102,254 votes
against 105,000 for Governor Clough,
it is impossible to Bay how many of
the 102,254 were given by Populists
and how many by Democrats; in
fact it is diffiiult to show that 3.500
were cast by either partj !
To cure the technical defect we in
troduced a bill in the House, and se
cured its passage by an almost unan
imous vote, which declared that in
such cases the vote should be con
sidered to have been cast half and
half, by the two parties which had
united in nominating the same
ticket; atd, therefore, they would
both be entitled to go on the offi
cial ballot without a petition.
The bill went to the Senate and
there our cr lleague, Senator Sballer,
took it up and did bis best to secure
its passage. But the Republicans
thought they might secure some
petty advantage over their oppo-
LnL ami th nmmitt fi -ii.
nents, and the committee finally re-
ported it back with a provision that
it might oass PRO VIDEO THE TWO
PARTIES DID NOT COMBINE IN
THE NEXT ELECTION ! !
The proposition was so outrageous
and shameful and unparalleled that
Senator Shaller was forced to ask
that the bill be defeated!
We are sorry to hear that the
principal parties, ia engineering this
shabby and contemptible piece of
partisanship, were Senators Sperrv,
KnntvoKt ani (ireer
We ask ail Populists and Demo
crats to mark these men when they
como up for cflice again and crush
them.
Attorney-General Childs is the
man who picked on this technicali
ty, and avowed in advance the way
ne snouia rule upon u. it will be a
sight to tickle the risibilities of an
iron bed-post, to see him ruling that
both the Populists and Demo
crats must get up petitions, signed
by 2,000 voters each, to
their names on the State ticket
gei
1 A I
State where they cast 102,234 votes
When the Democrats appeal to
him he will tell them that the legal
presumption is that all those lfi'2.234
votes were Popuiists; and when the
Populists put in their claim he will
assure all the 162,254 were Demo
crats! Great is law and legerdemain!
But we will get the 2,000 signers,
yes. iuu.uuu it necessary and we
will get them at the State conven
tion or by agents sent eut from
these. It will be considerable trou
ble, however, for each signer has to
be sworn; and notaries public have
to go along to administer the oaths
But all that trouble and expense will
simply intensify our wrath against
that quartette; Childs, Spencer,
Knatyold and Greer, who for a
shabby, dirty, little party advantage
put us to all that annoyance.
It will recoil on the head of the
ltepuDiican party, nowever. it is
the meanest thing ever done in its
name sines the otate was settled
It will make us 10,000 votes.
The Oalj Hope of the Plutacrata.
Kansas Tribune. J
Hon. Marion Butler, chairman of
the Populist National committee,
truriTiAvt 1 1 H on Jnlw d.t h Hta on.
7. . i V v. :
tion is backed up by over two-thirds
y- x, V, r A 1 """"
mg wen inai me movement was
hatched in tne cranny Drains or sucn
suspicious political mountebanks
and impracticables as Coxey. Dun-
ning, andervoort and George
Francis Tram, the safe course for
eyery true Populist is to keep away
irom it ttnu ignore wuaiever van
tbat may be issued by the self - p -
pointed dictators. Undoubtedly their
- j - r
il. :a .3 . 1. n
move is in tne interest and ror tne
special benent 01 the money power,
Its obiect is to create dissension and
dissatisfaction in the 'ranks of the
reform forces. Ihe success of such
men in rnmontincr Rtnfn is thonnlvl
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hope left the plutocrats for future
existence.
Knigbis Templars Elect Officers.
Wilmington. N. C, May 13 The
Grand Commandery, Knights Tem-
.a ioiu-
pl-irs which are in session elected I
the following officers for the ensuing
term: R. E. Grand Commander, J
fl. Hak-urn, of Newbern; Deputy
Grand Commander, M. D. Bsilev,
Wic8or; Grand Gecera'issimo, W
E. Storm, Wilmington: Grand Cap
tain General, W. F. Randolph, Ash-
viU; Grand Prelate, Rev. C. 11
H ffman, Charlottf; Grand Senior
Warden. J. D. Bullock, Wilson;
Grand Junior Warden, D. E. Allen,
harlotte; Grand Standard-bearer,
J C. Drewry Rtieigb; Grand
Sword-bear r, E P. Biiley. Wil
mington; Grand Warden, J. B
Clark, Newbern, and Grand Senti
nel, R. H. Bradley, Raleigh.
HI Mutilated Body la the Ruin.
Columbia, u, May id in the
of his store at Levy's Crossing,
Beaufort county, thtr mutilared body
Columbia, S C , May 13 In the
f the d owner William Murohv.
u t a u; v. "a
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been knocked out with an iron bar,
he was draereed into the vard and
his skull split with an axe. Then
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the body was taken back ntto the
store, where his throat was eut.
after robbing the store the hnildino-
, 7 r,- i W.177
WM nrea- r-amuna wavis, a negro,
confesses the crime, and implicates
. 1 a . .
Aa hene of theiKaTK!
a a a ysf a a a 5T
serveu. Appiy nan s uair Kenewer.
CAMPAIGN ISSUE
IN 1898.
.
What Would Happen Should the
Dingley Bill Not Pasg
Siker MIGHT BE SIDE-TRACKED.
Soma cl lb Kapublleaa Scaatora Would
Hot b Avars ta tha rallura ot tha
Maaaara If It Wanld Maka ttrpatllrta
ecsaa la tha Nrmt CatopaUra Mora
Oartalo.
Washington Post. 1
vvnue mere is still every reason
to believe that the tariff bill will be
eventually passed in the Senate, it
is an open secret that there is a
number of Republican Senators who
would not be at ail averse to seeing
the bill fail.
rni it . i . ..
xne oenators wuo take ibis view
of the situation are men who look
forward to the future, and who re
gard the political side of the ques
tion as of paramount importance.
lhey believe now that the next
House of K9presentatives will be
Democratic under ordinary circum
stances, and they are fearful of such
an outcome if the new tariff bill
arouse?, as it may do, a general pro
test on account ot the taxes whieh it
imposes. They are very dubious
about the effect of the proposed beer
tax on the German vote, and they
are also afraid that the manufac
turers will take advantage of the in-
1 a nil .
creased rates io ronow me same
KT, i ,
the McKinley law was enacted, and
court e wbiuh was so disastrous when
raise prices on every article of eveiy
day consumption. It is feared also
that the duty placed on hides will
make it difficult to hold Massachu
setts in line. In fact, the operations
of the tariff bill, unless a very mark
ed retur.i of prosperity is speedilv
observed, might, these Republicans
suggest, work to the disadvantage
of their party.
But above all, it is believed that
with the tariff bill disposed of, the
way win oe open tor a lull discus-
sion of the silver question, and it is
this contingency that certain Repnb
hcans particularly want to avoid.
If the tariff bill should fail because
of the lack of a Republican majority
in the senate, the tariff would be
come the pre-eminent issue in the
campaign a year from next fall
The Republicans would welcome
this, believing that their party
would be more certain ot carrying
the election, and the silver issue
would Via fnrfp1 intn tha HaaIt-
eround.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS
From President John Smith This Book
Should be Bead by Kvery Reformer.
The right of the majority to rule
shall no longer be abridged. We
denounce representative government
as a failure, and demand that the
people shall be habilitated in the
right to elect what laws shall govern
them. We affitm the absolute su
premacy of the majority, and de
mand that no appeal shall be taken
from their decision.
The right of a citizen of the Uni
ted States to demand and obtain
work at wages sufficient to support
himself and family shall never be
abridged.
it shall oe tne duty oil
the government to guarantee em-1
ployment to all who demand it.
A true goverment is one that
Drofits bv the lessons of the past,
governs for the people of today and
exacts no bar for the generation of
tomorrow.
into existence a geme wmcn mreai-
I
mL . . . . . ,
There exists m this country a class
. p "
selves "practical men," ana wno oe-
i neve tbat poverty is practical, mat
idleness is practical, that the rule of
the majority is impractical, and that
anv man who assails an acknowl-
edged wrong is a crank and imprac-
tical.
i
1 A errand and magnificent country
. e. -i
without a statesman; tied hand and
foot politically by the traditions ot
1 n 1 .l. j. r
the past; blinded by bigotry and
I hnn tried bv patriotism: the maioritv
helpless to voice a protest or right a
wrong
ind iff pre nee to missrov-
ernment must end or the Republic
will case to exist. American ignor
ance of economic problems must be
dispelled or a great nation will mis-
I . 1 :!.
r . . . "
The country was living from hand
o
to mouth, cooking list enough to
last one day ahead, engaged in na-
tional light housekeeping on an ex-
im v eonnnmiP aralfl. And not
a statesman in Washington whose to raise a friendly hand in the inUr
head rose above the dead level of est of the heroic and patriotic people
sickening mediocrity !
a a a
The people had attempted to save
money, and, in doing so. had learned
that the man who saved money was
an enemy to the community, and
that the spendthrift was a political
economist and a patriot.
Look over the United States to-
dav. There are crreat factories failed
wjth machinery so p
almost think. It
and the corroding tou
periect mat it.
stands idle.
a MZk mhanism with
. T Tti
rusi. oiruug &uu wuuug
1- viatfnllv and watch in vain for
I t Bmnh-a tmm thAorraatl
i a vr i iiu vi ouivw . o
chimneys. In the warehouses are.1
mannfactnred roods for which no
mannfa.etnrd troods for which no
purchaser calls. Millions of people
f . a aAoaaitiAa ftP
m ""-
afe. a reformer timidly suggests
that something is wrong in our in
I lUKiriHl HVBLCUli A" V " " "
a .uco,..i r h.
I MAiAnnAA him B. T.r)a,Yl K H.I1U 21 1UU1
who cannot understand the spirit
1 m a a'a. A.
i American insxituiiona.
POSTAL SAYINGS
BANKS.
Senator ButUr IutroduMia Reto-
luticn Locking to The Eitab-
lithmentofa Sjitem in
This Country-
ANOTHER SUGAR SCANDAL.
It la Chared that Tha Sugar Trust Die.
Iatd Tha Sugar Feaadulu la Tha Trt saat
Tailff PII-lh Ta.lff Bill V t t Cama
'or IMseuaaloa For a Waak Tot-Haa-ator
Morgan' Cabaa Kcaolulloa ta ha
Il-cusaad aad I'rebably Paasad Darlaa-
Th Prrasot Wrek-Othar Matters.
Special Cor. the Caucasian.
Washtsutos, D. C . May 17.
Very little work has been dote by
Congress for the last few weeks. The
House continues to meet every third
day, and then ad j jams to meet
again in three days. The Populists
in the House continue to demand of
the Speaker that he appoint the
Committees so that the House can
legislate. But Cur Heed and the
Bailey Democrats continue to stand
together in favor of a "do-nothing"
policy. With Mr. Reed holding the
House in the hollow of his hand, de-
clarirg that nothing shall be done by
the House except to pass the appro
priation bills and to wait for the
tariff till to be passed by the Senate,
there is very little that the Senate.
can do, except to wait for the tariff
bill to come up for consideration.
There are a number of important
g"" a.t!. Xth9
Senate should pass them the House
would retase to take action on them.
It will probably be another week bo-
fore the tariff bill will be ready for
discussion in the Senate.
ANOTHER 8UGAE SCAB PAL.
It looks now as if there mav be an-
other sugar scandal. It is openly
and publicly charged that the Sugar
Trust dictated and wrote the susrar
Schedule in the present tariff bill.
It has also been charged that certain
Senators have been speculating in
sugar stock, taking advantage of the
information in their possession as to
the kind of sugar schedule that
would ba reported by the commit
tee. There may be another sugar
investigation.
ALLAN'S CHAPMAN RESOLUTION.
In this connection it will be re
membered that when the Senate ap
pointed the committee two years
ago to investigate the charges that
certain Senators had been invest
ing in sugar ttock, that one of
the witnesses examined, a Mr. Chap
man, a stockbroker, refused to an
swer the questions put to him by the.
Senate Committee. Mr. Havemyer,
the President of the Sugar Trust,
also refused to answer questions put
to him. Cases have been pending
in the court ever since against these
witnesses for the contempt of the
Senate in refusing to answer such
questions. The Supreme court hra
recently decided that tbapman wa
guilty. He will go in prison here in
a few days and serve out his sent
ence if he is not pardoned. It is
expected that Mr. Havemyer will
also be convicted. It is rumored
that a strong effort is being made to
get McKinley to agree to pardon
these trnst
magnates. This caused
J Senator Allen a few days ago to of
fer a resolution declaring in effect
that under no circumstances should
the President pardon these crimi
I nals unless they come before the bsr
of the Senate and purged them
selves of contempt. The resolution
I was, however, referred to the Judi
I ciary Committee.
postal savings bink resolution.
PIii fijui.t. vt Wiulnaeilav MHtil
u nnmm;taa nn PBf nmM.
full and
the na-
ftiA rvnef a 1
I P . . .... .
tion in other countries. This in-
formatinn win no doubt be secured
by the fall session ot congress, and
Raptor Rntlr hones to have the
D. rkfl?. rrtmm;tfco ,onn,t ,
bm pr0VidiDg for the establishment
0 -postal sayin bank system in
, r,v.n.Aiw,r, ti,. nnA
features whica may be found to be
desirable and successful in other
countries.
CUBAN KSOLUTION-
Senator Morgan has been vigor
nnslv pushing his resolution to
recogmzj the belligerency ot the
Cuban patriots
Those who opposed
the resolution have sought in every
way to secure delay, fearing that
the resolution would be adopted by a
large majority, should it ever come
to a voip. The resolution will come
up on Monday as a special order,
and from the present outlook it will
be sure to pass during the week. Of
course it is the Spanish bondholders
whose influence has so far prevented
I - . . . . 1
any iarorauw acuou ucmg u m
the interest cf Cuba, jast as it wag
the Turkish bondholders who pre-
ventea any government in anrupe
of Greece and Crete.
A Freak Legislature.
A Hazleton, Pa., paper says: "In
the next Pennsylvania legislature
will be found one gambler, one base
ball umpire, one preacher, eight
men who declare they are 'gentle
men.' nineteen without occupations,
I twenty-seven lawyers and one pugn
ist. Of the members, three were
convicted of larceny, one was tried
fri- mnr.lAP and aennitted. three in
lS - - , ' . -Sa T
uu "
divorced."
How Wa Are Robbad
I
Mcintosh (Minn.) Times.
I a faw fienres ue here ariven to
mnBtrate how the people are being
l"8118 now lBf PP" 5
TlMKurI hv thA three vreat trusts:
-
- The profits last year to the eoal trust
'
$24,000,000. while the collee- trust
I VwlUV waavw a-.ww J t
of This noney was made directly onto
the ntcsssaries of life.
THE 6IAEC0-TURKISN ARMISTICE.
rere rraaa a rwlUa .
raadaas tm Tarhay a4 Jlaairy l.rm
a Mar T .
CONSTAXTIXorL. May 12 The
tmbaaaadors of the por irlj a
proloored conference to day, at the
cIom, of which they presented to the
Tarkiah government a collective
memorandum proposing an artzis ia
between Taik -y and Cre, cn the
baaia of the negotiation for pece
now in progreaa through the power a
The memorandum, which was pr
seated to Ahmed Tewfik Paha. the
Turkish minister of foreign affaua,
by the dean of the diplomatic eorpa.
Baron de Cahee, the AutriHan
garian ambassador, enumerates the
conditions which havebn accepted
by Greeck, and begs the Porte to
itaue the necessary ordera to arreat
the progrt a of the Tarkiah troop.
Athens, May 12.-It is cfdnally
announced that the powers have
notified the Greek Government that
the Greee troops may leave the
island of Crete and that the admirals
of the international fleet will release
the steamers which have been seixd
during the blockade.
London, May 12 The Home cor
respondent of the Daily Mail say:
"I ascertain at the foreign office
that Turkey will certainly accede to
the request for an arxiitice, and
will place herself in the banda of
the powers. The general conditiona
of indemnity and a strategic rectifi
cation of frontier, upon which
Turkey insists, have already been
acquiesced in by the powers. It is
probable that the powers will land
additional troopa in Crete."
London, May 12. The Time cor
respondent at Candia says:
"It is feared that autonomy will
fail to pacify Crete, owingto the oppo
sition of the 20,000 Cretan Moham
medans on the island who fear that
antonomy will end in union with
Greece; while the insurgents are still
defiant and actually talk of resist
ing the departure of tho Greek
troops."
London, May 12. The corres
pondentofthe Daily Telegraph at
Constantinople says the Sultan re
sents the meditation of the powers
and desires to meditate with Greece
directly. If this is reftsaodthe Turk
ish demands will be more txicting.
The Berlin corref pondent of the
Daily news says be learns on excel
lent authority that the Turkish gov
ernment demands a war indemnity
of 3,000,000 and the right to occu
py Thessaly untill it is paid.
Athens, May 12. The fact that
there is no news of tenewed fighting
must be regarded as good news but
an uneasy feeling exists here.
The Turks are trying to outtUnk
the Greek position at Domokos a nd
the delay in the porte's reply is also
interpreted to mean that Turkey
does not intend to cease hostilities.
, Telegrams rom the front report
that both armies .are concentrating
in anticipation of an engagement.
Washington, May, 12 The Sen
ate committee on foreign relations
to-day decided upon an adverse re
port upon Senator AHen's resolution
expressing sympathy with the Greeks
in their war with Turkey on the
ground that the subject had been
covered iu the action of the Senate
of last session on a resolution of
which Senator Cameron was the au
thor.
A Correspondence Which Fxplalns Italf
Pittsboro, N. C ,
April 23, 1897.
Senator Atwater,
Dear Sir: Is it a fact that the
Democrats in the legislature, gener-
ally favored appropriations and op- Resolved, 21, Tbat we fally en
posed reductions proposed by Popu dorse the action of all our Populist
lists? Is it a fact that Democrats Senators and Representatives in the
and Republicans combined to defeat recent General Assembly who voted
the annullment of the 99-vear lease?
Is it a fact that Democrats of the
legislature favored appropriations
to higher education and opposed
making any appropriation to higher
education, opposed making an ap
propriation to the public schools
without the local taxation feature!
Respectfully,
R B. LlNIBERRT.
RlALTO. N. C,
May 1, 1897
Mr. Editor
the 23rd ult.
Iu reply to yoursoflator Marion Butler, and others in
It is a fact that Demo -
crats in the last legislature gener
erally favored appropriations, and
opposed reductions proposed by
Populists. It is also a faet that
Democrats combined with Republi
cans to defeat railroad reduction
rates as well as to defeat the annul
ment of the 99 lease. Also, the
Democra's favored appropriations
for higher education and opposed
taking any amount of the $195,000
of school money now in the treas
ury, without the local tax feature.
Not a single Democrat in the Senate
voted for the bill to annul the 99
year lease.
So you see with a combination of
Democrats and Republicans the Pop-
lsts were powerless to give the peo
ple any relief. While Democrats
and Ropnblicans have put reform in
their platforms it is only to get into
met; bnt the people demand re
form, and the time will come when
thev will bare it. God speed the
iy !
J. W. Atwater.
Bs(d br fart lea I'akaawa.
Jackson. La.. My 11 Ward
CjEStable F. M. Nor worthy left here
fur Clinton, La., abut s p. m. Mon
day, having iu enstody a negro
named Charlie Jackson, who was
charged with attempting to wreck a
train on the Jaekson Railroad.
When five and one-half miles from
Jackson, near Wood Bridge, he was
halted and surrounded by an armed
body of men who relieved him of his
prisoner, and allowed the constable
to retura to Jackson. The body
ikA aAaA I'kaaliA aabaA aaaa I
L1AC3 UrKIUs VUai 117 V ALaVOVUs W
A Ml .i AaiwU ItAnw k!e fMAwviittrwl DllaUe LfBrTWUT IUUUKU. UO Wl
hanging from a tree some distance
from where he was
efficer.
taken from the
Judge B. S. AtrStin, Of the Third
Ward Justice's Court, was notified,! .. nn trnm th. t.vi. .ni inmn.
-J - J k.U
luauivuru ajuj, a.uu
quesu in veruiei sm; xiaogeu
by parties unknown.
One of the best evidences tbat Ayer's
Hair Vigor is an article of exceptional
merit is tbe fact that tbe demand for
it ia constantly increasing. No one
woo ages ldib incumparauie ureaaiua;
thinks of trvinr anv other nreiiara.
tion lor the nair.
. . - . " -
CHAIRMAN DINGLEUETS THE
CAHUT OF THE BAG.
WHAT THE KEW TARIFF BILL REALLY MEANS.
It ta U
Oaata a Batataa SUsaaM
Iaaaa4 Uraaaaaa Mil
at lllara Take fr tha ra
He-Vha athala n-4 mt tha KraMaa
to ataaaatod at
Chairman I.ng!ey of the Ways
and Measa iVtumittee, in tpeakirg
of the bill named after Lin. gave
out a wutten statement in Washing
ton laat wek regarding the tseas
ure. Here are ome notable rx
tracta: "Where there is revenue inflijjent
to pay the current espcttaea of the
government and leaves a small sur
plus, and a run takes place upon the
treasury reserve by the -presentation
of greenbacks for redemption, thesn
notes do not have to be paid out to
meet deficiencies, and are hU to the
treaaury either for exebaoge for
gold or for the payment cf bonds.
Troeftionab!v. if we can now
secure abundant revenue t meet all
expenditure" and leave a small sur
plus to gradually reduce the princi
pal of the war debt, thera mill b
little danger of any atriou.4 pro
longed presentation of greenbacks
for redemption. It is for thia reason
that the revenue lecialation now
pending, designed to aecore auffi
cient revenue to carry on the gov
ernment, is ofitu-lf a fundamental
step in maintaining the credit of the
government and averting any dan
ger of a depreciation of the furren
cy." In reply to the objection that the
holding of greenbacks in can of a
run on the treasury, except for the
purpose of exchange in gold, would
tend to contract the currency, it ia
only necessary to aiy that every dol
RUTHERFORD COUNTY POPULISTS
f aat and I'ass lilaglt g Kvsalatlaaa Km
doralag tha Mtaad ol tha fapatlata la
tha Laat l.galatara lalta C - ra
tion With sj Cartf That lalraa ta Kb
art Kvforiua for tha faaple.
For The Caucasian.
Looans Stokc, X. C.t May 5. A
number of the Popnliats of Kuther
fotd county met in Kuther ford ton,
on May 3rd, and elected L. Purga
son to serve as chairman, the former
chairman, Mr. K. W. Deadmond,
having moved out of the county.
Every one present was hearty in his
approval of the course pursued by
the true Populists in the last General
Assembly as the following resolu
tions will show:
Whereas, as representatives of
the Populist party of Rutherford
county, N. C, we feel it a duty tbat
we owe to the world to speak plain
ly and sincerely our views concern
ing the present political situation,
both in the State and Xation, be
lieving that propperity can ome
only by enacting into law tb great
principles advocated by the Peoples
Party. Therefore, be it
Resolved, 1st, That we reaffirm
our allegiance to the principles set
fotth in the S ate and National plat
forms, and that we will vote for no
man to legislate for ns who is not in
accord with the fundamental prin-
ciples of the Peoples Party.
for Dr. Cyrua Thompson for U. S
Senator, and we extend to them our
hearty approval in their patriotic
and firm f tand against the W year
R. R. lease, and against the sudden
unhinging of the practical workings
of our State institutions.
Resolved, 3rd, That we believe
the Populists took the only honest
coarse that could be taken in with
drawing fellowship from the boltera.
Resolved, 4th, Tbat we endorse
the patriotic course pursued by Sn-
1 standing firm for Popu!i6tic prin-
ciples.
Resolvep, oth, Tbat we heartily
endorse the manly course taken b
our Representative, L. PargacMn,
and that he merits the confidence of
all good citizens and especially the
Populist party.
Resolved, G b. That we stand
ready to welcome into oar ranks any
and all persons who believe that we
are right, or co-operate with any
party that will lay dowi party preju
diefsand greed fer the spoils of of
fice and help u to make laws for the
bft interest of the people.
Signed by the committer.
L Pcroason, Chm'n,
I. 8. Wilkin-8.
F. 31. Freeman,
T. C. Srt'RLiN.
Committee.
DEAD MAN COMES TO LIFE.
Happrard Corpaa la Tha Margaa Oata ap
ssd Oaas Back tm Warh
Boston, May 12 A
dead man
eame to life ia the city uospitai
Morgue yesterday. Frank MDer
mot Ift r-n boaie at JJ Webber
strtet at 7 o'cloc k yesterday morn
log, and wert to work on a new
budding at Mount Y leasant avenue,
About 9 o'clock one of the woikmen.
hr e su rieg above the place where
Frark was working, dropped a I
briek which struck him on top
oftbA bead. Several of bis fel
low workmen picked bimnpaadead.
upaeaeaa.i
of I "n mey cai.ca ueniu-wi
Then they called a police ambulance
- .a . - a Atm m. arw
and humeanim on tome city aos -
7 I . a . . s a
dead, and be was earrii d direetly
the Morgne. A half dozen pbyai
eians gathered around the body.
Ta.l lli. Vwm nV oama tn Via Usui
ure!,.'. th trnnSlaf ha aaVad. srat.
i"-as -r r r
" I inc ahnnt tha room.
pa ewWUv waW BarVaV1e
EiaminaUon by the physicians
showed that MeDennot's skull had
I not been f raetured, and that except
for a slight scalp wound be was all -c arrTea at New Tor k last Tbnrsday
rieht. After bis head had beenl k. tMnr nauanren vara
I dressed he went back to work.
i
1 ow is thbtisue to STJBSCaUBB roB
i
i ras catjoajiab. j
lar of ffrts aback rrJarJ a.t
temporality tU lei vat a dollar
t!d. hd therefore. taat tr
atsostt ef nosey out!aa'itc is a .
disbnrte.1 la vtJiaary tia. w
coadefic teift sapr;. t etirr.s
is rood and the revet a- si fT. i.at
meat all etpadtlora atd Ua
eoDskderabla ssrptas. ifc.ra ..
no ran upon the trvatuiv 4
wty fur LilJieg grect-arLs ! r..
tect our reaerve. Thn lie sfj.'..s
Will b oed tordo' the f rits-. !
of tha iatrrt It-anar .1, i t 4,x k,
waa from 7V t Ir.U "
Th brilliant etr"cJtit f it
Nw Yt rk Jocrca!, Jatue i't rrltmu.
to Lom these statt turLts wttm
given, well ay
"It is a lantc at I t .j iaI.Gr.1
declaration that the real ( u..t .f
the Tariff bill ia rra' a urflo
and to acd lUipoand toe greea
bark. Hundred of roil.i. ti f d.2
lara are to be taken from let
of It e t ec W, aad at tt. sau.ai.tu
there is to la an etiotbiou rut.iir
tion cf tba already acant -jj':v
mmr. The scrt has Ua wU
kept until this tnoojcl. hut Vr
Iinley IkOJjjt pr. claims tl.e i itUr
to Lidjrn pur,M.ae of Iba t.tui 1 ..f.t.1
party of trusts iu L a rartfully t
viad aat in. tt.
The- milk eff at last. It li.I
tariff fr hotet revtia, lut a 1st ff
for a tutplus, a tar ff t robtran it
currency, a tariff t l at '.t
greaa refusta to autbit:i.
The c.upira-j la L.tri ll
studied out in all its ait. at,. I ta tu.
the cr liitg jrli rjr t Prraidtnt
MrKiLlr) atuinitrati'n. It thoaa
that th trusts and )bdiratra liav
full aaitg and tbat the lit put-iiratia
are drunk with victory. "Will U
American -o aland it?'
COMMENCED RIGHT.
Has It. a KlgM All Tla II.a-4 ta ttla
"- vrla Mr. ttabaal aat
Hatlar'a Caaraa.
For The aumatau.
Dckita. N. May If. - It n tu
that the political pot is still
a bo'licg and that awme f th.
big mro in th diftt-imt parttra ar
trying to, 'put aom .f the dump
lins out of the pot. What a ,u
derful attractioa a little -pie ' d s
have.
I want toay a word about Sena
tor Butler, and 1 want thosa who
read what I aay at-ut bitu to com
pare him with aitD hr turn iu
Nrtb Carolina wb (etu to think
that tbey should dicta-, and tbat
we, the common rf"pl-. have n
right to do anyth-rg but follow
them.
Whin was Marion lttit!er first in
troduced to the public in N rlh Car
olina, and where did L rnu t rtiit
In the legislature of North Caro
lina in 1SS9, there wa a atrong de
mand for a Railroad Couiiuiaaiu
Law, a bill creating aurh a commis
sion was introduced in. and paaaed
the House, but in the Senate it was
killed, and it was said tbat Senator
Krr, of Hampton coun'y, hs-lpcd to
kill it. Two years later Mr. Kerr
took Ihe li-Id fur re election, and
the farmers of Sampaon county
brought out Mr. Bailer against him.
But ft w people knew at tbat tim
there waa such a man io North Caro
lina. We first caw his came aa
we read of his record in the North
Carolina Senate. He waa brought
out and elected by the pple of his
county before the eople f Lis
State bad beard of him.
Where ia Mr. Kerr of Sampaon
county to-day who wurked f ir tbe
Railr ad'a and agint his ropl ia
tbe State Senate of ism! We have
not heard of him inc Mr. Hitler
left him at home io 13'JOf
Wh'reiaMr. Butler today! He
is occupying tbe bigbeat plaee in the
gift of tbeawple of ba State. Yg
he ia in tbe Cnited States Sena'e
fighting for tbe same principles, and
contending for the same rights tbat
be bas been fighting and contend
ing for ever fine hia people called
him out. Think cf it, read from tbe
records of Corgrera and see that Mr.
Batler atand today exactly where
he bas always atocd with the pe-
ple cf hia country. He eommencfd
right, and bas been right all tbe
time, and he is right now.
Did ever a man io North Carolina
train euch political victories as Mr.
B itl r baa dont T From tbe priotir g
pre and ebool-hoose in lb!) to
the Uaited States Senate in IVJ't.
All men have their enemiea, and
aomtime. I think tbe beat men have
the moat cf them, bnt my notion is
tbe pie hnnters who are trying to
make Mr. Batler unpopular are only
trying to improve their own condi
tion; tbey are in hopes that it he
com- down they will be abl to go
ap. W can fi id men who are die-
. . mm . . a
pod to Old laolt with Mt. liatler
b-caute, tny ay, be bag not eon -
du--d aooje f ur political affairs
thev ah old have teen cond acted.
- j will remind each men of tbe faet
I that tbey d t not know it alt. atd
- 1 ,nt tbey are too far behind tbe pro
eetsiia tibi anle to i tdg waethr
u r. butler did right or wrong.
Let ns try to inform oars Ires a.
to facts. Th-s is a big country of
oarg, aud it reqa'res men of brain
to Ixk after pnblie matters, ana
olentv of ns are not able to see
, - - iht. bnt I am
weW ,ati.fil that while Mr. BuUer
i thm Mt Wfeif.re cf his
I m m U M U - A AfflaM Mvfld II HAW
to d(jiDg be dwrteMt aod .honld have
tbe earnest support of all men
and
women who love their country-
He is the friend of the masses of
the people and aboold be eneoaraged
and supported amidst the trials and
i m m j . .
iaUes that surround hxm.
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I wuiu SUr line, steamship Taeton-
, oang women from Ireland.
i m na eg
Their ages range from 18 tp yean
i a aiMira mmm laasiaa.
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