VOL. XVI.
RALEIGH, N.O., THUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1898.
NO. 15
"TRUSTS: THE ffUSES THAT
PRODUCE TfcEM-THE REMEDY."
Trusts are Industrial CancM on the Body Politic Thev are
Growing and Multiplying fn Number Each Day Why So-Called
Anti-Trust laws are a Failure To Kill Trusts We Must Remove
the Causes that Produce Them The Causes are Evident, There
fore the Remedy is Plain.
BY U. S SENATOR MAR. ON BUTLER IN MARCH ARENA.
i ruin New York Journal.)
Trusts are cancers industrial can
Mr3 on the body politic. They are
i ii'mtr cancer?; they are spreading
t ;:bv.i if. they are fatal to the pros
perity ami life of tho republic.
Kvi-rjbody admits thit; everybody
k opposed to trust; yet tresis eon
tiuut) to thrivu and prosper, and to
multiply each day. Why ia this!
I'.rcau.ie the voters have been de-
. ived an:l imsltd about the causes
that produce truats and the true
it J v to root them ur and crush
last Republican legislature of
N'mw York appointed a committee to
investigate trusts and report a bill to
lire the evil. After many months
,! pretended investigation, the now
I minus l.exow anti-trust committee
iintde a long report denouncing trusts
an J declaring that they were the
overshadowing evils of the age, yet
luned by reporting that in the opin
ion of the committee the leW Uture
wis powerless to correct theevit, and
that the only remedy lay in Con
grs.s. In December, 38'JG, President
Cleveland, in his last annual mes
mut! to Congress, went out of his
way to discus thequeslion of trusts.
I I o warned tho people against this
t'rowiDi menace to oar industries
ami to our government, but closed
by faying that Congress was power
less to remove the evil, and that the
remedy lay with the legislatures of
tlie several States.
A lew months later William Mc
Kinley was inaugurated President
of the I'nited States. In his inaug
ural address he arraigned and de
nounced trustd more severely even
than his predecessor. He said that
tuo I ii'e of the republic demanded
that this monster this insidious and
blighting curse should bo plucked
from our industrial system. Yet he
ilYoredno remedy. He simply de
nounced the evil, nothing more.
One would judge from the language
of Cleveland and McKinley that they
were both honestly opposed to trusts;
yet neither of them is opposed to the
cause that produce trusts; both of
them are tho apologists, supporters,
and defenders of the fundamentally
evil agencies and conditions that in
evitably produce and foster trusts.
Indeed, it is well known that they
were both nominated by the trusts,
elected by the trusts, and therefore
must serve the trusts.
A few years ago the Republicans
passed an anti-trust law which they
said would remedy the evil. It did
not. The Democratic party denounced
tho Republican anti-trust law as &
sham and a fraud, and charged that
the Republicans never intended to
pass a law that would be effective.
The Democratic party under the
Cleveland regime came into power.
The Cleveland Democrats proceeded
to pass an anti-trust law of their own,
which they claimed would remove
and eradicate the evil. It has not
done so. To-day the Republican
auti-trust law and the so-called Dem
o ratio anti trust law are both on
the statute book, side by side, and
iu full force. Yet trusts continue
to grow and prosper and multiply in
numbers as never before. What is
the matter? The truth is that neither
of these so-called anti-trust laws con
tains the true remedy. Neither of
them is directed at the causes that
produce trusts.
The so called Democratic and lie
publican anti-trust laws now on
the statute book are ineffective; first,
because the evil laws now in exist
ence and in full force, which inevita
bly produce trusts, are not repealed;
next, because the so-called anti-trust
laws are not directed at any of the
fundamental conditions that foster
and promote the existence of trusts.
A statute declaring that water shall
not run downhill would be
ineffective unless tho statute
should repeal the law of gravi
tation. To state it another . way
the attempt to 'remove and
cure the industrial cancers called
trusts with so-called anti-trust laws
is as futile and foolish as it would be
tor a physician to Attempt to heal a
cancer growing out of blood-poison
by an application of salves. The on
ly cure for such a cancer is a consti
tutional tonic that will remove the
blood-poison from the system. Dr.
Cleveland and Dr. Sherman have
each been applying their anti-trust
salves to the industrial cancers on
the body politic for years, while the
disease has increased and the Da
tient has grown sicker with each ap
plication. Today the whole nation
is sick nigh unto death with a chron
ic and constitutional diseas0. the
complication of trusts that infest our
industrial system. These trusts can
never bj broken up until the causes
that produce trusts are removed.
v hat then, are these causes 1
i irst, we must see what a trust is.
A trust is a scheme or a device to es
tabhsh a complete monopoly of any
line of business. Whenever any
number of indviduals organize them
selves into a corporation and eet a
complete monopoly of any line of
business, so that they can crush out
all kinds of competition and regulate
absolutely the price of not only the
manufactured articles sold to the
public, but also the raw material
bought from the producers to
a . . a i
make tne articles, men we nave a
typical modern trust. Bat the all
important question it: now can any
corporation get a complete monop
lolyof any line of business! That is,
how is it possible for such a monop
oly such a trust to b organized
and maintained f Are not the thou
sands of people in a certain line of
business more powerful than one
syndicate or corporation in the same
business 1 Are not seventy millions
of people more powerful than a half
dozen of that number T They are if
they have equal opportunities. Then
how is it possiblo for a very small
number of men to drive out of busi
ness and crnsh their thousands of
competitors, secure a complete mo
nopoly, and maintain it in the face of
the remainder of the nation T There
u but one way in which it can pos
sibly be done: the monopolists must
first CUT CONTIiOL OF THE INSTRU
MENTS OF COMMERCE. Those who con
trol the instruments of commerce can
of coarse control commerce itself,
can destroy all competition, and can
put any kind of business and every
business into a trust at will.
Now, what are the instruments pf
commerce ! They are three iu num
ber. The first is money, the measure of
values, the medium of exchange,
which is a vital clement in every bus
iness transaction. Money is the life
blood ot commerce, and business
stagnates and congests when thesup
plys is cornered, and when the
quantity in circulation does not in
crease with the increase of popula
tion and business, just as the hu
man body grows weak from conges
tion or loss of blood.
The second great instrument of
commerce is transportation. Cheap
transportation that can be used on
like terms by all, is an essential fac
tor of business in any country ; but the
larger the country, the more impor
tant is transportation. In a coun
try the immense distance of ours the
transportation question is of equally
vital importance with the money
question. But the opportunity and
tne right to use this instrument of
commerce to transport products from
one end of the country to the other
at the same prices and on"the same
terms that your competitor pays or
enjoys is of even more importance
in preventing the bnilding up of
trusts than the question of cheap
ness. Wherever there i3 discrimina
ti3n in freight rates, no matter
whether the freight charges are high
or low, a powerful leverage is given
to those who haye the benefit of re
bates and favoritisms to crush out
competition.
Do such discriminations exist? Yes,
and necessarily so when a few great
bankers and sydicates own and con
trol this powerful instrument of com
merce, and can therefore regulate
rates and make discriminations in
favor of monopolies and trusts with
which they are allied. What do we
see to-day; Une man, J. rierpont
Morgan, representing a foreign gold
syndicate composed of London Jews,
owning and absolutely controlling,
as the agent of that trust, eight of
the biggest railroad systems in the
nation. Which are they? The New
York, New Haven, and Hartord, ex
tending from New York to Boston
and throughout New England; the
hne, with all its branches and feed
ers; tne xsew lorK Central, extend
ing from New i ork to Chicago, with
all its ramifications; the Northern Pa
cific, extending from Chicago across
the continent to the Pacific ocean.
with all its ramifications; the great
Lehigh Valley system; theBig Four,
covering the great fertile Central
West between St. Louis, Philadel
phia, and Chicago; the Chesapeake
and Ohio, rnnning from Baltimore
out to Chicago and the great North
west; and the Southern Railroi.d, ex
tending from New York south to
New Orleans, with all its ramifica
tions in more than a dozens States.
These poweiful systems, with the
tributaries which they dominate and
control, comprising more than 55,000
miles, govern eyery means of mod
ern transportation in all the great,
populous, and important sections of
the nation from Chicago east and
south, except the Pennsylvania Rail
roid, the Baltimore and Ohio, the
Seaboard Air Line, and the Atlau
tic Coast Line. Morgan and his
gold backers have their greedy eyes
on these have them surrounded
and cornered and will press the
button and gobbled them up in their
own sweet time. In short, this man
Morgan, representing the cold-blood
ed Sbylocks, the descendants of the
money changers whom Christ drove
from the Temple, can to-day sit down
around a table with six other rail
road magnates, all of whom are al
ready working in harmony and con
sanction with the gold syndicate.
and control absolutely every mile of
railway in the nation. By a stroke
of the pen they can lock the wheels
of every locomotive, they can put up
rates or they can put them down,
they can build np one section and
tear down another, they can form
partnerships with other industrial
pirates, and they can organize
trusts until there will not be an in
dependent business left in the na
tion.
The third anl great vital instru
ment of commerce is the transmis
sion of intelligence. As far as the
business world can use the Post Of
fice Department everyone stands on
a fair and equal footing; but the in
formation that controls the markets
and affects vitally the business world,
from the Associated Fress dispatches
to the daily newspapers, the stock
reports, and so on, are transmitted
by telegraph. The tremendous im
portance of this instrument of com
merce is not generelly realized. The
actions of men are controlled by
their opinions; their opinions are
formed on the information they re
ceive. Therefore the opinions and
actions ot the wisest and best men
are sadly at fault if the truth has
been kept from them, or it it has
been colored or perverted. Those
who can control what we read can
STATE NEWS.
The case of J. W. Harrison, charged
with killing Paul Stoekton last De
cember, in Winston, was last week
tried for murder and acquitted.
A. P. Page, of the Aberdeen and
Asheboro Railroad, has completed
arrangements for building a 14 mile
branch from Troy to Mt. (iilead,
Montgomery county. The survey be
gins next Tnesday.
Mr. 0. B. D. Parker, of Chi cque
pin, Duplin county, last week met
with a heavy logs by the bnrnicg of
his saw mill and gin boose, together
with about 150 bales of eotton. There
was no insurance upon any portion
of the property burned. The fire oc
curred while Mr. Parker was absent.
Last Thursday a special engine on
the 11. & Q. B. R. passed Warren
Plains at the rate of about 40 miles
an hour and struck Mr. Thomas Bol
ton's wagon team that was crossing
the track just on the east side of the
depot ntterally demolishing both
horses and wagon, killing one color
ed man and seriously injuring anoth
er. The gold property recently pur
chased on Valley river is to be
worked. The name of the concern
is the Irwindale Mining Company,
with a capital of $30 000. Its incor
porators are well known business
men ot ample means. The property
purchased is very rich and will no
doubt yield a handsome return. A
meeting will be held in Murphy
about March 15, to elect directors
and officers.
A report was received at Morgan
ton last week that an old man and a
boy were found banged in a cave in
the mountains near Table Rock. A
mountaineer found the bodies in a
cave near their cabin, dead, with
ropes about their necks, evidently
having died from the effects of stran
gulation. Whether it is murder or
suicide, is not known.
Wednesday evening, March 2, in
Oxford, Mrs. Lucy Smith, widow of
the late Lewis Smith, was married
to Mr. J. M. Philpott. Mr. S. V. El
lis, justice of the peace, officiated.
The marriage was a veritable sur
prise to the community. The bride
is the mother of six children, and has
one grand child. The groom is a
young man of 22 years, who very re
cently came to Oxford from Sunset
in Granville.
THE CUBANS WIN A BIG VICTORY.
ONE THOUSAND SPANIARDS FALL IN
A TERRIFIC ENGAGEMENT .WITH
THE INSURGENTS.
CURRENT BEATS Of THE DAT.
EPITOME CF THE TELEfiRAPH MEWS
OF THE WORLD AND TERSE TICKS
FROM THE WIRES.
The Battle of H'jlguln a Disastrous De
feat for the Government Forces The
Spaniards Boasted of a Certain Victory,
JBut Met a Beady Eotmr.
Continued on 2d page.
New York. March 2. Reports of
rocent battles at Holguin, trovin.ee
of Santiago de Cuba, have been re
ceived in New York. The Spaniards
suffered disastrous defeat followed
by a retreat on the part of their for
ces. This information comes through
reliable sources and is a cause for a
great amount of rejoicing in Cuban
circles, because the guns and ammu
nition shipped from Long Island leSs
than a month ago were used in the
fight.
The Spanish forces were comman
ded by General Linares, who for
some time has been at Holguin, mak
ing preparations to march to the city
of Santiago de Cuba. His army in
cluded cavalry and artillery. Previ
ous to his starting to march he
boasted that he would make the coast
a distance of sixty miles in a di
rect line in four days. By the road
to be followed the distance was 20
miles more, owing to the condition of
the country. His troops were the
most valuable in the Spanish aimy,
many of them having been on the
island three years.
A week before the starting of the
march the Long Island expedition
had landed. To protect the expedi
tion a force under General Garcia
had been sent to the Southern coast.
In case a demonstration was made
General Manuel Rodriguez was left
with a vanguard of 900 men to worry
Linares if he should try to leave Hol
guin.
While the expedition, one ot the
largest ever landed there, was being
protected from attack, the Spanish
general marched out from Holguin.
Xen miles from Holguin the road be
comes hilly and rocks afford protec
tion equal to any modern fortifica
tion. Colonel Rodriguez's men took
their stand in this natural fortifies
tion near the town of San Francisco
Owing to the character of the conn
try less than 2,000 of the . Spanish
troops could be brought into action
when the Cubans opened fire.
ihe road, a winding one, was a
regular death trap. Linares used
his artilery as much as possible, bnt
the Cuban forces of loss than 1,000
men conld not be dislodged. Failing
to make progress Linares marched a
portion of his command five miles
east to move by the r jad which runs
to Jiguan, expecting to follow the
railroad leading to Santiago de Cu
ba. The command was intercepted
by a portion of the Cubans and har
rassed so that it was nnable to reach
the Canto river. For two days it was
held in check until General Garcia
and his command could reach the
place.
Every day Spanish dead were bur
ried and the wounded sent back to
Holguin. Gen. Garcia's command
did not reach its full strength until
the fifth day after the- fighting be
gan.
On this day the Spanish eolumns
retreated in confusion, carrying the
woundedjto Holguin and leaving 200
dead on the held.
The Cnban loss in the five days'
fighting was less than fifty killed.
The real Spanish loss will never be
known, as the dead and wonnded
were taken from the field at night.
It is estimated that nearly 1,000 were
killed and wonnded. From word re
ceived from Holguin it was learned
that there were several companies
almost annihilated by the Cnban fire.
When the hair has fallen out,
leaving the head bald, if the scalp
is not shinny, there is a cnance ox
regaining the hair by using Hall's
Hair Ilenewer.
Am I at rating loll-rtloa of It mm I
Ceadeaaed mmd ("nprenenJe f"
aad Matter of General latere! to ear
Reader.
The War Department has decided to
abandon its expedition for the relief
of the miners in the Klondike country,
because the conclusion baa been reach
ed that no necessity exist for it.
At a largely attended mass-meeting
at Minneapolis $90,000 was rafted by
popular subscription to keep t be pub
lic schools of the city open for the en
tire school year, the appropriation hav
ing been exhausted.
Hon. W.J. Bryan lectured in Mobile,
Ala., last week to a large crowd upon
bimetallism.it After the lecture Mr.
Bryan was entertained at r upper at the
Battle House, leaving at midnight for
Pensacola.
Pot master-General Gary baa direc
ted that an inspector be sent to Ada,
Ga., to investigate the circumstances
incidental to the killing of Mr. Free
man, who was appointed postmaster,
but was killed before he entered on the
duties of bis office.
Bill Hill (col.), a chore boy employed
by J. R. '.Royals, of Meridan, MUs,
Friday attempted to poison the family
by putting Rough on Rats in their
coffee. U ill's motive wa9 revenge,
having been the day before flogged for
indolence.
Will Overton, while assisting Arsenal-keeper
Dixon in firing 100 guns in
celebration of the Irish anniversary at
Frankfort, Ky., Friday, was blown al
most to pieces, and Armorer Dixon was
badly hurt by a premature explosion.
Shep Wood, a prominent young far
mer, near Cordele, Ga., Thursday shot
and killed his brother, Thomas Wood.
He then turned the revolver on himself
and sent a bullet through bis own bead,
killing himself instantly. The brothers
had quarrelled over business matters.
Senator Mason last week introduced
a resolution for the relief of the widow
of the colored postmaster recently
killed by a mob at Lake City, S. C. It
is the same as that introduced in the
House by Representative White, of
North Carolina, except that the amount
is made $10,000. ,
Nine iriwotd.
Key West, Fla., March A S sooner
from Marco, Fla., for Key West, was
struck by a squall to-day while off
Marquesas, eignteen miles from here,
and capsized. ' Nine persons were
drowned, out of thirteen, all told, on
board.
Short Iu His Accounts.
Sherwood Cunning, receiving teller
of the First National Bank at Cincin
nati, was arrested Friday on account
of an alleged discrepancy of $23,000
found in his accounts, lie bad tilled
his position in the bank for fifteen
years.
Roan Gift.
The Universit? of Virginia received
a cneck tor $iu,uou from Charles .Broad
way Rouss, the blind philantropist of
New York. Some time ago Mr. Rouss
gave $25,000 for the building and equip
ment of the physical laboratory, which
has been recently erected and which
bears bis name.
Killed by Mob.
Mkmphis, March 2. Fred Moore, the
murderer of Tom Anderson, was taken
from the county jail at Senatobia,
Alias., this morning and shot to death
by a mob.
Anderson and Moore quarreled over
a trivai matter. Moore shot mm Ave
times, afterward placing the body on
the railroad track to bide tbe crime.
K.Z2 tee rjmorai cum
anaMHaawaMa
HON. W. F. STtSWO fCSSENTS CM
PROSPIRITY-IT IS MERE AMD
IT IS MOT HER.
Tars
Steel Wire Trust Formed.
New Yobk, March 4. The plan for
a combination of the steel wire road
and nail manufacturers, which has
been under consideration for the past
six months, was practically consum
mated at a meeting held In the Wal
dorf-Astoria Hotel, in this city, today.
The combination will represent about
$50,000,000 in capital. The name selected
for the combination is "Tbe American
Steel and Wire Company."
Ill ordered a Young Girl.
Parsons, W. Va., March 4. Ben
Poling: is in tail at Phillipi, charged
with murdering a young girl. Not
long ago Poling secured from the Bar
bour County alms bouse tbe child to
raise. A few days ago tbe girl mys
teriously disappeared, and foul play
was suspected, -Poling having only a
short while before almost beaten to
death two girls whom be bad secured
from the Tucker Cpunty alms bouse.
15,000 Reward
At the Cabinet session last week some
time was occupied in the reading of a
Ions: report from the special agent of
the Post-office Department of the kill
msr of Baker, tbe colored postmaster
at Lake City, S. C. In view of the pe
culiar circumstances connected with
the murder and the enormity of tbe
crime, it was decided to. increase the
government's reward to $1,500 in each
case. Every effort will be made by
the Federal authorities to bring tbe
guilty parties to justice.
Virginia Legislature Adjourns.
The General Assembly, of Virginia,
adjourned for tbe session March 4tn
.... . 1 1 . . .l.
xne duik ot legislation ai mis ses
sion was exceptionally neavy. mere
were 594 bills introduced in tbe Senate
and over 1,300 in the House.
Of the measures passed tbe last few
days, all were approved but seven.
Among the latter was tne Din empow
ering the trustees of tbe corporation of
Front Royal to establish a dispensary
for the sale of malt and spirituous li
quors.
Mayor Ousted From Office.
Springfield, O , March 3. The Cir
cuit Court to-day issued a degree oust
ing Mayor J. M. Goode from office.
The proceedings were brought under
the Garfield election law, which re
quires candidates after tbe election to
hie sworn statements or an tneir ex
penses. Judge Adams said tbe testi
mony showed that Mayor Goode spent
$283.50 in the campaign which he fail
ed to include in bis sworn statement
of expenses, which included only $45,
Of tbe above amount $91 was spent for
beer.
Prostituting the Referendum-
American X-Rays.
A soiritbf unfairness seems to be
manifesting itself among the middle
of-the-roader editors ' who are at
tempting to take a referendum vote
as to when our national convention
shall be held. They are publishing
the ballot in their own papers, and
advising their readers to vote for a
certain date. If they have any . in
fluence with their readers they will
surelv tret a majority vote for the
early date.
So-Tu Bm o if ty Cent.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weal.
Ttfinsamna-, blood pure. ouc." 4-"u3xts
rod I acre la lea Arts.
saeate Befeto areas Orart taw
Goaae Tateaeler ValWrlatreadaroa
a IU1I fee a Oeeerasneat Tleaae.aa -Pa
pallet Caa gt seaman reagal Mate) la
Ifa4 tae Lead BUI.
special to Ts Caicasux.
Waahivoto. March ilb, le'.i. Ucn.
W. F. Strowd (Pop. X. C.) is speaking
of tbe alleged prosperity (?) that Is
prevailing throughout the country
said '.
"There is a childish dispute between
tbe two old parties as to tbe existence
of prosperity in this country. Tbe Item
oerata say there is no prosperity, while
tbe Republicans stoutly contradict
tbe statement by saying that there is
general prosperity. In one sense both
parties are right; corporations and
trusts,, syndicate and combines are
enjoying a degree of prosperity hither
to unknown la tbe aonals of history.
Bot it is a cruel, bratal and inhuman
prosperity, and it a disgrace to this
nation, and is nothing more nor less
than legalized highway robbery. There
can be no protection, human or di
vine, without a protector; the farmers
and laborers of this country are com
pelled by law to be the protectors of
tbe great manufacturing industries;
neither can there be a beneficiary
without a benefactor, and the tame
class of farmers and laborers are com
pelled by law to be tbe benefactors of
the corporations, trusts, syndicates and
all other classes, State or National, who
bave received franchises from tbe State
or Nation. This is simply the legiti
mate result of tbe legislation enacted
by tbe old parties in the last thirty
years, and unless this vicious discrimi
nation in legislation is stopped eivil
liberty will soon be at an end in this
country. In my judgment there is
but one way to. stop it that is for all
who think alike on the great questions
to act together in tbe coming great
struggle."
Tbe Senate, by a vote of 50 to 19 de
cided against seating Corbett, of Ore-
gan, last week.
Dr. Abbott, Kauroad Commissioner,
and Harris, of Hyde, one of the bolt
ing Pops, was in tbe city last week,
also District Attorney Bernard, who
was here on business connected with
his office. -
Tbe Pure Food and Drug Congress
was in session here last week, with
more than 150 delegates, representing
twenty-five States. The delegates from
North Carolina were : Dr. K. II. Lewis,
Raleigh; President Ilolliday, of the
A. and M. College; J. C. L. llarris,
Raleigh; J. L. Ramsey, editor Pro
gressive Farmer; State Chemist, Prof.
W. A. Wither; Burdis Anderson, UUb,
N. C; Geo. C. Fraps, Raleigh, and
James B. Lloyd.
The Assistant Secretary of Agricul
ture, lion. J. H. Brigbam, acted as tem
porary chairman
lion. m. lirosius, member or tbe
House from Pennsylvania, addressed
the Congress on the subject of "food
adulterations." Mr. BroBius has intro
duced a pure food bill in the House,
and the Pure Food Congress was
largely engaged in tbe consideration
of ibis measure. With .some modifi
cations the main features of the Bro
sius bill were adopted and a legislative
committee was appointed to urge the
passage of the measure by Congress.
Some interesting and valuable speeches
wey made by members attending tbe
Congress, and the belief is that good
results will be accomplished, prof.
Holliday was appointed a member of
tbe legislative committee.
Arguments were made Friday be
fore tbe Supreme Court in tbe case of
the Patapsco Guano Company against
tbe ' commercial fertilizer tax," law.
The attorney's representing tbe Guano
Company, Messrs. Hinsdale and Hill,
contended that the tax was excessive
and unconstitutional, while the attor
ney'sMessrs. BHsbee, Battle and
Harris, representing tbe State Agri
cultural Department maintained that
the existing law is just and constitutional.
The citizens of tbe District bave
been protesting against tbe excessive
and burdensome rates charged by tbe
Telephone Company for the use of tele
phone, and to meet this difficulty and
lessen materially tbe burden, senator
Butler bas introduced an amendment
to the District Appropriation Bill to
establish a telephone system in the
District to be operated by tbe govern
ment under tbe direction of the Post
master General.
Hon. E. R. Ridgely (Pop. Kan.) is a
very active, aggressive ana earnest
worker in the House. He is very at
tentive to his duties, and, in tbe de
bates, asks many pertinent questions
to tbe measure undsr consideration.
Hon. Jerry Simpson (Pop. Kan.) and
Hon. John C. Bell (Pop. Colo.) were
very active in tbe fight against the
Loud Postal Bui in fact your corres
pondent is informed tbat chiefly
through their efforts tbe Bill was de
feated. The Loud Bill was aimed at
the country newspapers and if it bad
passed many small papers wouia nave
been injured by it for sample copies
of papers amounting only to ten per
cent, of tbe number of subscribers
could be sent out. AH of the Populists
in tbe House voted against the meas
ure. It was defeated by a large ma
lority.
lion. Jonn i.amo (Dem. va.;wnose
letter indorsing co-operation of tbe
silver forces of the county, recently
appeared in The Caucasian, in com
menting on tne article by senator nut
ler on "trusts " that appeared in tbe
March Arena, said :
I have read with deep interest the
able paper of Senator Butler on "Trusts,
tbeir causes and tne remeay. me
trusts will bave received a severe blow
when our financial policy is reversed,
but whether or not these immense cor
porate bodies will yield to tbe wishes
and demands of the people remains to
be seen. Senator Butler plants nim
self full von tbe great principles laid
down by Jefferson, and nas iurmsnea
tbe American people food for thought
in bis masterly statement of the causes
of and tbe remedy for tne evils we en
dure under tbe curse of monopoly and
snecial privileges. The paper should
be read by every American cmzeu.
Congressman Botkin (Pop. Kan.) is
a dilligent, active and earnest worker,
ana ms larze cuuBiameucj wn, uu
doubt, show appreciation of bis efforts
mar w ..: a
in a sunstanuai way. m.x. juiiu uas
introduced a great number of pension
bills in the interest of tbe old aoldiers
of his State, and bas secured pensions
at the Department for nearly tnenua
dred. He succeeded recently in oo-
taining a favorable report on the bill
granting to tbe State oi nansas tne
Fort Haves Military Keservation. a
similar bill was also introduced in tbe
Senate by Senator Harris, and it I be
lieved that it wm become a law. ai a
special session Mr. Botkin introduced a
postal savings bank bill, which is at
tracting much attention. It as now
before tbe House Postoffice Committee
and it is auite probable that many
of the Important features of Mr. Bot
kinf bill Will be incorporated in the
Oil! wmcn tne cominee is preparing.
ACTIVE WAR PClPAJUTISat.
T eaweiaaaax rrarf fee
sTasargeaey a4 ike Wee ateta Aearee
If re4.
It is new aiaaitted wilkoat restrve
by the Bigfceetc metals of the Navy
Department that active preparations
are being made to plaee the aavy on
aa fffeetive footiag to Bt aay
emergency tbat may ante. Of eonrse
tkis faet has been plainly apparent
tor tbe past two weeks. The earn
est ffjru to secure additional men,
the unwonted activity at the navy
yards, the demand upon Cos cress
for authority to eomaistiM to the
auxiliary trailer and to purchase
applies, the aiaembutgof tea form
idable fleet at Key West, and tbe
sending ot tons of ammunition to
the Asiatic squadron all these and
similar demonstrations have told
but one story. It was not nntil Fri
day, however, that tbe real purpose
of the department's energy was offi
cially admitted and the pnblie state
ment of the facts requested.
Seal a Bays War
LOM'OK, March 4. Spain has
purchased two cruisers, whieh the
Armstrongs have been building for
Brazil, the Ami amies and a sister
hip, unnamed, of 4.000 tons each.
23 knots and ten guns. Spain is also
negotiating for and will probably se
cure two ermsers of a similar type
which have been building in France
for Brazil.
The Amazonius is ready for
launching, and her sister ship will
soon be ready.
The Spanish government is also
endeavoring to secure guns and I
large supplies of ammunition irl
England and on the continent fom
immediate me. u
Hew is the Tlsae
To purify your blood with Hood s
Sarsaparilla. March, April, May.
are the trying moaths of the year.
At this season your blood is loaded
with impurities which have ac
cumulated during the winter, and
these impurities must be expelled.
Hood's Sarsapnlla Is the One True,
Blood Purifier. It is the medicine
which accomplished mans thous
and of remarkable cures of blood
rflspflsps. It U what tho millions
tako in tho spring to build upi
health and ward off sickness.
THE PENITENTIARY MRUS.
WORK PROGRESSING ON RICE PLAN
TATI0NS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
OF WILMINGTON.
Large Acreage to be Planted la PeaauU
at tbe Castle Hayoe Farm Arraega-
menta Made In Raleigh for ttccspUoa of
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Wilmington Star.
Superintendent J. M. Melbourne,
of the State Penitentiary, spent yes
terday and last night in the city.
He has just returned from a business
trip to the Roanoke State farms
where he spent the past week, lie
goes to- day out to the rice planta.
tions a few miles from this city.
About thirty-six convicts are at
work on the rice farms. They are
now busy breaking the lands prepar
atory for the Spring planting.
Mr. Mewbourne will go from tbe
rice plantation, to the Anson eounty
farm, and return to Kaleigh early
next week. He says forty convicts
will complete their periods of im
prisonment and be discharged dur
ing the present month.
If the State continues tbe manage
ment of the Castle Hayne farm, Mr.
Mewbourne expects to plant 300
acres there the coming season in
peanuts. That acreage he estimates
will yield not less than 15,000 bash
els.
The penitentiary management
now has 6.000 bushels of corn for
sale and a remnant of 615 bales of
cotton left from a crop of 3,100
bales.
Mr. Mewbourne fays he has every
thing ready now for the reception of
Federal convicts under the contract
recently made. All such will have
to be kept inside the prison walls
and as they come in Mr. Mewbourne
will gradually send out tbe state
convicts to the varions farms and
public works. The Federal Govern
ment is to pay twenty-ttve cents xor
each eonvict and the State gets their
labor extra.
The shirt manufacturing depart
ment in the penitentiary is, Mr.
Mewbourne says, proving . quite sat
isfactory. Fifty sewing machines
are kept running, and the conviets
assigned to this task are proving apt
pupils. Each performs a specified
part in the making of shirts, eaeh
shirt passing through fourteen differ
ent hands before it is completed.
Mr. Mewborne seems confident
that he will be able to pull through
nntil the next legislature on tbe pro
ceeds of the penitentiary industries,
and has strong hopes of making the
institution permanently self-sustain
ing.
Datarsnlaed Elopers.
A young couple eloping from Isle
of Wight county, Vs., drove more
than one huidred miles across the
country to get married. They were
Miss Annie Uarreli ana c. n. Crock
er, who left borne Wednesday night.
and &t 4 o'clock the next morning
arrived in Suffolk, where horses were
changed. Justice "Walton, of Gates
eounty, N. C, tied the knot.
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Uoeord Jexjreel Desa.
The Journal ha recently Ua
making the Charlotte Observer co
Joy a mighty poor time and It ed
itor, Jake Nt wrll, kandlee matter
thu!v.
The three reaelvlieas e4pt4 kjM
Iessoeratie Ceaiu, is eUWiga,
last Teeeday. are taspaefeet in (feat
tbey betray an old party failing of
lack ot clearness. It tbe ca sail tee i
tended to give tb State Cestratiss,
whieh meets en May ititu prs
astborlt) to sbape aU matters of par
ty policy," then tbe lastreolallew.ex.
teediega wtkroe to taewle wta4
to vote tbo Deaorrti ticket to par
ticipate In tbe primaries, was aaoee
eaaary. If the committee intended te
endorse Chairman JveeV add re, then
tbe last resolution wm eeesce art.
beeauee his addreoa did not ak tbo an
nihilation (and did not desire It) of
any party organisation. It aimpiy
asked tbe union of all allter force.
Itbout sacrifice of party organisa
tion.-
Wo are not Boding fault: indeed, we
hope for the beet. Bot If tbe Ieeao
eratio party won Id be successful t
must be sincere. And the people are
not going to be bound to platform and
policy, supposedly Democratic, which
shall be promulgated by a set of ssen
who, throurb Inirlgveaod party Ian-
dcllty, manage to nave tbeaeelve la
beled "Delegate" and sent up to Hal-
eigh, on May zctb.
Stateaville Mascot Democrat.!
The Raleigh Post has foend time
from its defense and laudation of
tbe Southern Railway to attack Mr.
Bryan, tbe last nominee and or
dained to be tbe future, nomine of
tbe party to which tbo Post prof eas
es allegiance. We are not surprised
at the Poet's attitude. Wo have un
derstood that tbe large majority of tbe
Post's stockholders, from llailroad
Magnate A. B. Andrews down to tbe
small fry, voted either for Palmer or
McKinley. in tbe last election. It was
started to weaken tbe faith of tbe peo
ple In tbe Democratic principles If
possible, and its attack upon Mr. Bryan
is but tbe unmasking of its plans. In
tbe meantime Bryan and silver con
tinue tbeir onward march to victory.
F. D. Winston Member State Demo
cratic Committee.
Fusion with the Populist and Silver
Republicans does not scare any man
who is honestly in favor of principles
of tbe Chicago platform, if fusion of
these different friends of tbo Chicago
plalfcrm can be bad then it is tbe duty
of the Democrats to fuse with those
elements."
"The action of Senator Jones, nation
al chairman, maks our duty plain. Tbe
time of calling tbe State convention
should be cet at such a time as will
best carry out any arrangement Sena
tor Jones, chairman, may bave lookiog
to a union of tbe sliver forces m ine
next campaign.
Jones, Butler, ana Towne nave some
understanding. Whatever it is. we
must, as a part of tbe National organi
zation, adopt and stand to it.
"Xo party state issue can carry
North Carolina Democratic."
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Senate Us tier s4 IN tie. Wen. J.
&rja. Were at tbo INapottal !Mle t'oo-
tent la MieeoU teat week, tioth
toe disiiagelaavd relleae fssoe
fawtoe of too stiver fee eea. If krjan
srould stay la braaa a4 keep a.
Ssoetb tloerd re are Id bo II at repeat,
eaodidaU of tbo lewrstK party to
I) bet b will i-rohaUy talk tleaif
tea political death.
W ileal egte Mar J
It acted wisely a4 !ejl!j ia dealer,
lag too Ieorratw party of . C
a port of tbe Xattooal lssc' f. ajee
la eedorslag tbo osdrwo of -Jeees,Caalrgae
of loo NatieoaJ I,
erratic CossaiUlf e, and again la offer
teg tbe right need of ftliowsbip to all
whit electors w to will aid la ll r
esUbHsbsoeatof Aete-eaee so
aey a ad of bone at govern in at la North
Carolina, to aoasoiwtkh. aay 1 sne
ers t aaaleus for lb seeeeos of tb par
ty, for the overthrow of . the plotting,
corrnpl torde wbieb are. aowdisgrs
iag tb Stale, and for tb;pao aed
prosperity of North Carolloa ran ob
ject. W commend tbo roars it toe for
its pradeat aed seatlble stio.
Charlotte Observer. )
There is a Well denned mov repeal oa
foot l tbo Male to effect a f oeioo be
tween tbo Democrats aed Pep hats.
II Senator Boiler was sincere la tbo
address which was seat cut froes Min
neapolis a few da age ever la eeme,
bo nest favor such fusion la this
Stat with tbo Democrats aed with tbo
Silver Republican, of tho lattir of
whom Dr. J.J. Mou U the bead. If It
Iseffeoied Mr. Batter will bo at tho
bead of tb eombiestioa becaes he
will bave bad saost to do la effectieg It
and becaase be will b lb wiliest poli
tician la tbe aggregation.
It wilt sait some people exactly te
bav tb Observer saj and it gladly
gives tbem tbat pieasare tbat if. for
one, does not propoee to march wader
Mr. Marion Butler's banner.
Tbe Davidson Despatch Dem
"These fellows who ssy that a silver
man and a gold bug can vote together
are the vilest kind of hypocrites. They
just as well say tbat oil and water will
mix. sucn men are alter onic ana to
get office they are willing to lie and
deceive men who truly and honestly
want better times and better things."
Websters Weekly.
As we see It, co-operation would put
Mr. Butler as much nnder the Demo
cratic flag as it would Democrats un
der bis flag, i. e- he would work as
to elect our men as we would to elect
his. and all would be Bryan men; and
in addition to this tbe Democrat
would bave a majority of tbe offices.
It would be Interesting to know wben
Mr. Butler became more brainy and
subtle than Watson, Mason, Manly et
id omne genua. Tbe Democrat who is
too good to march where Mr. Bryan
and tbe chairman of tbe National De
mocratic Executive Committee aed
the Congressional Committee do is too
good to stay in tne Democratic parry
and ought to seek more select company.
Realiv be Is too good for this world
and should pray to be translated.
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What Vance said in 1892.1
They were once our fellow-Demo
crats and stood with us bravely and
flrmlv in redeeming our State. 1 bave
nothing but good feeling for them.
An analysis of tbe recent vote i
North Carolina shows It to be quite
possible for the Democratic party to
be beaten by a harmonious combine
tion between the third party and Re-
nubl cans. It Is worse tban lOJiy
then, for tbe Democrats by hostile ac
tion or soeern to ooanyimeg calculat
ed to drive these men Into tbe Repub
lican party.
Websters Weekly. Dem i
Let Democrats ask themselves eer
iously what it shall profit tbem to
make a straignt ngnt in oraer to con
ciliate a handful of Clevelandites and
fall short 20,000 votes by ford a g tbe
Popitists te fight for tbe lire of their
organization
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So tbe good brethren did not want
Mr. Butler to come back to tbe Demo
cratic party and bring bis followers
with him in 1896, nor are tbey willing
for tbe Democratie party toco-operate
with tbem in 1808. So tbey are oa
record against tbe only two possible
ways of getting tbe Populists baek.to
wit: for Mr. Butler to bring tbem
back bodily or to co-operate witb tbem
as an organization.
Ktatesville landmark
Or if tbe national le anacrotic con
vention abould declare for free stiver
aed nominate free silver candidates,
bis (Butler' way back Into tbo party
would be perfectly straight. Back la
be would seek to dominate It at It
now dominate th Ponaliet party. II
would say : "See, 1 bav com back
and brought my peopl with roe. Yon
cant do aajtbing without sne, but to
gether we are a majority ia tbo Mate."
Upon tbis showing bo would claim
tb right of leadership, and in tbe pre
sent nerveless condition of I be J demo
cracy it would be accorded blm.
For tbe landmark's part it began to
be excused from having Mr. Butler to
rule over it tbe price ia too high Iu
pay for even tbe boon of fre silver.
Wilmipgton Messenger.
Tbe opinion is almost universal
among North Carolina Democrats tbat
tb Iiemocratic party must have no of
fensive and defensive alliance, but
make a square, vpen, bot fight egaiost
all enemies of lb Mat le whatever
combinations they appear. Inviting all
friend of good government to-ueit
witb tbem in saving North Carolina
from injury and restoring te power tb
people w bo love tbe Stale and 'would
bave It to prosper. AH tru and pa
triotic Nortb Carolinian should aait
against tb vandal. Tb most dis
gusting, disgraceful pages of Ibis coun
try are those tbat record tb results of
th combin in tb last three or four
years of legislation in tbis SUte. U -tbe
honesty aed intelligence of tb
State get together to pot an end to
such depravity and prostitution of
power each wrong-doing and corrup
tion among cffleiai.
Raleigh Correspondence.
The meeting of tb I democratic htal
Committee last night I regarded as
conservative. It left tbe party policy
to the State Convection, which is call
ed at aa early date. Members say:
"There is ne fusion sentiment; not a
bit." One said : -It Is for tb Conven
tion to eay whether there fualon
or not. Another said : -1 torn key not
to tbe campaign is eooaty work, to gel
a majority In lb legislature." Whit
not a Tew people construed Nation
al Chairman Jones' address to mean a
desire or dropping of tbe party's
name, committeemen last night, wbe
discussed tbat matter pretty I reel y,
said tbey did not so saderataad bta
mean! eg, and tbat of course tbey woald
in no wise surrender tne party name.
Inn stirring speech one toe m her aald
that a straight, rqoare and sharp light
most be made; that sueb a course will
gala votes, aed tbat tbea if there la
defU It will be booorable defeat. Tbl
sea tl meat wa bearuly applauded.
Morning Post
Tbe endorsement of (be address of
Chairman Jones carries witb it no
propositioa for fusioo with Batkror
aay other party, as bas been suggested
should be done, as Mr. JoaeV address
of Itself makes no ueh suggestion. It
does nothing more thaa invito as did
tbe other resolution, adopted by tbo
S'ate Committee at It last meeting
and reiterated last night, of laviiixg
all wbe believe fn Democratic princi
ple to unit witb tbe Democratie par
ty and restore good government la tbe
nation as wen as tne Meie."
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While no physician or pharmacist
can concientlously warrant a care.
the J. C. Aver Co. guarantee the
purity, strength, and medicinal
virtues of Avers Sarsaparilla. It
was the only blood-purifier admitted
at the great World's Fair In Chicago,
1893.
Thomasville News.
Tbe Democratic party must get rid
of its goldbog element, then it will
find it no trouble to co-operate with
tbe other silver elements in tbe State.
There Is no difference between a De
mocrat goldbog and a Republican gold-
bug, you can as consciously vote wun
one as the other. Kick 'em out.
What Bryan sayr
-If we are la earnest we meat nave
harmony amongst ourselves. If there
be tboee who woald divide us. let thesn
be summarily and emphatically re
buked by the people, who have none
hot high and patriotic motives.
We are asking ao man to abandon his
party or change his politics, we nek no
one to yield any principle; bat la this
great contest we do appeal to all rood
men to sunn solidly toeetaerjlor lib
artv and humanity, and striae down
forever this conspiracy of gold and
monopoly."
Lumberton Kobe son) an,
Speak! ag for oarself, and we believe
for a targe number of Democrat a, now
and always earnest silver seen, we de
clare unhesitatingly tbat fasten witb
no party will be eeoepted. Let as bave
a straight DetaocraUc ticket nominat
ed open the Chicago nlatorm without
the change of a ward, and to tb sop
port of this ticket let as Invite all wbe
desire te see tbe pried pies advocated
incorporated In our laws. But -let ne
form ao fusion, co operation or com
bines with any other party.
Tbe editor of the Robeson lab has
ever voted for other than a Issoerat
td be doe not recognise the right of
tbe part te ask or expect him te do
i And if others than Deaaocrats were
nlaeed anon a ticket nominated by a
convention calling Itseif Demoeratio he
doe not hesitate te eay teat tae ticket
as a whole woald wot reject ve bis sup
port. Democrat, and Democrats oaly,
will be voted for by as.
Cleveland Star.
Fusion is aaterally repulsive to Dem
ocrats, aad a bar gala driver, like Bwt
ler.is not th aort of a fellow te effect
a high aad heworanle
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