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THE CAUCASIAN rDBLl3UED EVEIiY THCEflDAY. I th BT THI CAICA-.AW PUB"""1 I wsj SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 9NK YlaK. SIX MONTIIH THItKK MONTHS value .11.00 . .33 K.trriMl in th riti!!irMt lUIeigb, a Hecontl Clin Matter. I ' -U." fS We earnestly ask each Subscriber to look at the label on his paper, and if the date is behind the date of this issue, 14th APRIL 1898, to send us 51.00 and get the date moved up for another year. We cannot continue subscrip lions that have expired. Please attend to this at once. mi uiiti i f. nil oi:ii K;i iik I k.W Ijl HHTION; AM 1 II I. l.i:ltMll. It 14 well known 11 at Fi its (, area- tA ha ditlVrtd w th the ("overnor upon the question of the arrangement recently entere.il into betwix theHouth ern Kail way Company and the 1 Erec tors of the North Carolina Itailroad in respect to the ninety-nine jear lease Hut we have no sympathy whatever with such attacks upon the Governor of the State a thai made in a recent issue of the P.ihMcal Kecorder; and we desire to evince out utter want of avmnathv Kith Mich attack, from a a whatever source they in my come, by re plying to the misstatements, misrepre sentation of motives, and gross perver sion of 'facts contained in the article we have alluded to. We hold it to he elemental journals tic morality, that every newspaper should tell the exact truth about mat t.TS which it discuses;'and, it would 3ein,that this law of elementary mor als should have a sppcial binding- force upon religious newspapers. Hut it would seem that mob moral force is not always felt by newspapers in this latitude. Thic Cai casias has always deprecated tbe colloseal ability of poli tiral journals of a certain kind in North Carolina to avoid any and all connection with the habit of truth telling. It is more than surprised at this example of perversion of fact. Hut to the matter in hand : The Hiblicai Recorder sajs editorial ly in the article under review, that the (Governor has denounced Judge Sim onton as a "scoundrel. i-very per son who haa read carefully the public press knows that this statement is un true. It is true that the Governor has snoken pretty freely in commenting upon facts, made notorious, mainly through Democratic newspapers, that JuJge Simonton has been in the habit tf accepting such favors from the South ern Kailway Company as would indi cate, that he was wholly under the in fluence of that corporation. It is also true that the governor has sometimes commented with really commendable vigor upon some of Judge Simonton's rulings in well known railway litiga tions. Rut that he has ever called him a 'scoundrel or applied to him any oth er epithet of like import, is utterly un true. We think that we have read tbe newspapers pretty closely. We think we have read all the Governor has said publicly upon the now famous lease question ; and we know he has used no such language, as applying to Judge Simonton, as that which the Recorder attributes to him. The Biblical Recorder further says, "Our Governor has given up the elFort to make void the lease of the North Carolina Railroad to the Southern Railway Company. ' Well, if what the Recorder says so gushingly about tbe improvement of the road by tbe Southern about the Southern's better management of the road about the better service given to the public by the Southern about the better pay to the State frcm the road in the hands of the Southern if all this gushing praise, which has the appearance of having a string to it some where, be true, ought not "our Govern or'' to have given up the fight against the ninety-nine year lease some time ago? If the State has a better road un der the lease if the people have a bet ter service under the lease if the State gets more money from the road under the lease it would seem that the Governor would be doing not only a very impolitic thing, but also a very wicked thing, in trying to get the lease set aside in Judge Simonton's court or elsewhere. But has the Governor given up the fight to make the Southern Railway Company do exact justice to the State of North Carolina and its people in all respects, including those of the ninety nine year lease? We trust not, and we think not; at any rate we know that Thc Caucasian and tbe people have not. Will the Biblical Recorder stand with us in this fight? The Biblical Recorder also in speak ing of the compromise say, "Tbe terms are on the side of the State, ab solute surrender." This statement is in our opinion wholly unwarranted. As we under stand it neither the State, nor the Governor, nor the Directors of the North Carolina Railway, has surrend ered anything whatsoever to the Southern Railway io this lease fight. The facts are, that the lease case is to go on in Judge Simonton's. Court to a final hearing and decree. How can anyone but a man who writes either recklessly or ignorantly, say, that tbe State surrendered anything in collect ing all her costs out of the plaintiffs in the case? Let us suppose for a moment that Judge Simonton shall finally de cide that the ninety-nine year lease was made through the procurement of fraud; in that event, the State will have lost nothing, will have turrender- ed nothing. But on the other hand, let us suppose that Judge Simonton hall finally decide that the lesse was made openly'and fairly and righteously In that event the Governor will have won for tbe State the unique distinc tion of having gotten all of tbe State's cots back out of tte party ufaoiqc ceedsin the suit ; and that too, without anrrenderln tn the Southern Rail. ' . " " ' . "7 7". 01 inj one imng oi suvM.miai The IJiblical RecorJer also says that i service and other natural monopolies 1 trolled by aacb wisdom and patriotism the Governor has lost to the State its : to opportunity to appeal from .Simontoo's tbe court. Hut it must be remembered Itussell did not start would never goto tbe a that iorernor this suit. He rYdrral court' ;o settle this lease question, llisplan has always been and is now to have tbe legislature to settle it. Tbe next legislature can dea with this question effectively regard less of what Simonton may decide. The suit was started by the Southern Kailway and now they wantto stop hy agreeing to pay all the cot. our contemporary further sav. "in his bitter denunciation of Simonton he (the Governor) went to a degree to which no one could follow him." There is no one who knows the facts in this case who dors not also know, that this statement is wholly untrue The anti-monopoly peop'e, so far as we know, have stood squarely by the Gov ernor in all tbe utterances he has made in tbe pending controversy. It may, indeed, be that the Itiblical Re corder cannot go as far in its denun ciation of corporate greed as the Gov ernor has gone. but. if so. it will be tor tne reason, mat, after all its pro tections to the contrary, it has a stomach which has become clamorous for monopolistic ailment ; and not be cause it believes the Governor has gone too far in his defence of the people against corporate powr. However anyone may honestly dill'er on this point or that with the Gover nor in respect to the late arrangement, it yet remains true, that the Governor has secured for the State and its peo ple exemption from a heavy burden of costs without surrendering the right of the next Legislature to deal fully with the whole lease' matter. Indeed he has given up nothing he was not likely to be compelled to give up any way; and he has saved the State some thousands of good sound dollars. While we would have pursued a different course, yet his action does not deserve the critisicisma to be found in tbe columns of tbe Biblical Recorder. But the most remarkable thing in all the Recorder's article is found in tbe two sentences following: "For our part we are not rerretful that tbe long agitation of the It ase of tne isortn Carolina Railroad is over and done." "But in the interests of all concern- ed, and for the sake of justice we did hope that the test of the If ase would be carried out fairly to the eud." In thi! last quotation the editor of the Recorder says it was for the inter ests of "all concerned" for the inter ests of the whole people of the State. Certainly for the interests of the whole tax paying body of the State that the test of tbe lease should have been made. And yet the editor says, in the very next sentence above, that he is not re I - a .... greuui mac ine agitation concerned ahout the testing of the lease "is over and done." That is as if he had said. "I know the lease was procured by fraud; and I Know it ought not to stand. But I am not regretful that it i9 to be allowed to stand after all." We put our contemporary's position thus fairly before our readers, in order that they may see. that & man whn writes thus carelessly about matters so important is not competent to teach the people Upon a subject involving such difficult matters of law and pub lic policy as those involved in the ninety-nine year lease litigation. The article in the Recorder quietly assumes all through that the Governor has brought a suit to test the character of the lease of the North Carolina Rail roadto determine whether tbe lease was fraudulent or not. Of course all people, who know anything whatever about it, know very well that the Gov ernor has brought no suit at any time to test said lease. The suit, now pend ing, and yet to be decided, was brought by tbe Southern Railroad Company to restrain the Governor and the direc tors of the North Carolina Railroad from bringing a suit in the courts of this State to test the lawful and fair ness of said lease; and all the Govern or has done in the matter up to this present time, he has done as one of the defendants in that suit This is the simple truth, and the editor of the Bib lical Recorder ought to have known it. The Biblical Recorder further says that the Governor charged that the ninety-nine year lease was fraudulent. In this the Recorder is right. The Governor did charge that the lease of the North Carolina Railroad was fraud ulent, and he has proved it to the sat isfaction of all fairminded men. He proved it when he made it perfectly plain that the directors who made the lease entered into that contract with a full knowledge that the Seaboard sys tem would give a larger percentage upon the valuation of the property. He contends that it is a fraud for a trustee, acting wholly for another, to lease property to one party, when there is another party who is willing to pay a better price for it. He proved it when it was shown that many of tbe Trus tees for the State who made the lease were largely interested as private stockholders; and as such held tbe in terest adversary to the State. And yet they made a contract for the benefit of their own stock, to the prejudice of the State. But it is believed by many that Judge Simonton and other corpc rative judges will find excuse to sus tain this conduct of the trustees for the State. The Governor believes rightly that all ordinary transactions between man and man, these same judges would hold such conduct to be fraudulent, but as he expresses it,' "When Sbylock and Mammon are plaintiffs these corporation judges hold such contracts to be valid." Th Caucasian has entered into this matter thus fully because the Biblical Recorder had not only mis represented the Governor, but had grossly misstated the facts about an important matter concerning which the people should know the truth. The Caucasian and Governor Rus sell will urge the next legislature to use all lawful means to set aside the fraudulent midnight ninety-nine year lease. Will the Biblical Recorder stand with The Caucasian and Gov ernor Russell in that fight? OWMOX KKSCK AI VICTOKV M I LW A IKEK. We In every city where tbe people have made tbe egregious mistake of allow-lot ing such public functions aa lighting on their common teste and patriotism, the city by gaa and electricity, street Tbe people of Milwaukee are to be con car service, water supply, telephone gratulated that these parties were eon- go into the bands of corporations.! in result has been a poor service and I set high charge for it, and worse than all, followed by a corrupt city govern-1 roent. I This is tbe situation In tbe city of I out Milwaukee, Wis., and it is simply one! tbe case in thousands. In that city there 1 has are 42,11 1 registered voters. Nine ont of ten, if not a larger per cent, of -these voters wbo are oppressed and robbed by the city monopoly, are shocked by tbe bad city government, and wantto see a change, rrobably about one thousand of these voters, Including the "most influential and wealthy men1 are given special favors: are given the I services of these monopolies free. I These are the men most able to pay. Icfpleof municipal ownership is mak- Yet free or cheap service is furnished Uog rapid strid-a everywhere. The to them so tbey will not complain while the other fortv-one thousand vo-1 tera (not so rich and influintial) areler Democrats and silver Republi-1 robbed by high rates for poor service, But, you ask, why do not the forty-1 one thousand voters use their votes to change this bad and oppressive system and establish justice and equity? That is the problem. The trouble is here 17.91G of these voters are Reniihlicans: r , h),a,t are Democrats and 9,121 are Top uhsts. The Republicans have less a than a majority, but when tbree tick ets are run tLey always elect. The monopolists of course furnish cam paign funds for the Republicans and manage to capture their party leaders and newsDaDer orar s. The nartv hoan no doubt accepts and uses tbe money' of the monopolists to capture bis own party convention and establish himself as a boss, and having done this the monopoly newspapers lay on the par ty lash and whip every Republican voter into standing by the "dear old party." This Is the usual proceeding and is occurung in other cities all over the country. But, what is the remedy? It is to cut off tbe source of corruptiou : it is to take these natural monopolies out of the hands of private corporations and syndicates. It is to use these public necessities as public functions for tbe benefit of all tbe people, at cost' and then there will be no one getting rich at the expense of the public, there fore no one in a position to use these monopolies to corrupt politicians and city governments. In short, it is municipal ownership of these natural monopolies. But how can this ever be accomplish ed while the city is ruled by a party that is owned by the greedy and cor rupt monopolists? It cannot. The only way and the only hope to throw off the clutches of monopoly from the city and for good government to be established is for the majority of the voters wbo are opposed io such op pression, robbery, and corruption, to co-operate and vote together. There are 9,121 Populists voters and 15,377 Democratic voters in Milwauk. , mak ing a total of 24,498 voters, v. , Ms the Republican machine controls ouly 17 816 voters. Now if the People's party and tbe Silver Democrats (if they are opposed to monopoly rule) co-operate the people will win a victory by over six thousand majority. This is exact ly the common-Eence course that. has been agreed on and the overthrow c monopoly domination and victory for go id government is in sight. Tbe People's Party proposed the co-operation, as we understand it provided the silver Democrats would overtffrow the gold and monopoly el ement in their councils, and would make a square fight not enly to beat tbe monopoly Republicans and get the oflices, but at tbe same time to pledge the officers to remove the causes of corruption and bad government. The Democrats agreed to this and put the following plank in their platform : we believe that one of tbe most sacred duties which citizenship im poses upon us is to secure an honest economical and efficient municipal ad- nuuiairaiion, ana we appeal to voters of all parties to aid us at this time to bring this about. We believe the prevailing corrup tion and bribery in all large cities to be caused by tbe fact that public utilities are controlled by private corporations. The dependent relation of corpora tions upon the good will of aldermen, coupled with frailty of human nature, makes it impossible to secure official honesty. While there are disadvant ages attendant upon municipal con trol and ownership of public utilities tbey are insignificant compared to the wholesale corruption and bribery in cident to control by private corpora tions. Therefore, in the interest of the pub lic morality and good government, we favor, when the condition of tbe city's finances warrant, municipal control and ownership of all public utilities and tbe immediate erection of a mu nicipal garbage plant. The co-operative ticket put up by tbe two parties is as follows : For mayor, David S. Rose. For comptroller, John R. Wolf. For treasurer, Wm. Bollow. For city attorney, Carl Runge. ' It is sure to be elected. Thua the nine thousand Populists have gotten the co-operation of fifteen thousand silver Democrats to put a great fund amental principle of the Peoples party, but it is indeed nothing more than a fundamental principle of real Democ racy as advocated by Thomas Jefferson. it is a great principle of good govern ment, which the Democratic party for a long time having become cor rupt and degenerate bad deserted and repudiated. The platform of the People's party is nothing more nor less than the "great original funda mental principles of good government which the forefathers advocated and which all bold and brave patriots bave stood for since. inereare or course Borne gold and monopoly Democrats wbo did every thing they could to prevent this co operation. That is natural, because they are opposed to the principles of Jeffersonian Democracy, and are in favor of monopoly rule. We regret to say that there were also some Popu lists who were opposed to this oo-oper-ation. They call themselves Mmid roadera." They claim to be for these principles, but they are favoring a policy that will help Cleveland and) bis class of Democrats to make Re publican and monopoly victory certain trust they will .ee tbe error their way. Tbe PopolUts and silver Democrats Milwaukee are to congratulated ap taking this action. Milwaukee has the whole country a good example, I. S- Tbe above was written two or j three weeks ago, but has been crowded each issue. Since it-was written municipal election in Milwaukee taken place. Tbe co-operation ticket was elected by nine thousand majority. This is .not only a victory against tbe gold standard and mono poly in general, but it is a specific vic tory for municipal ownership of na tural manopoliea. It was on this im portant plank of tbe Peoples party platform that the co-operative ticket was nominated and tbe battle fought to a successful conclusion. The prin- People's party should form co-opera- tive tickets in every city where the cans will join them in a fight for this most important reform. I tiik I'orixisT statk CONVENTION, j As announced in the last issue of I The Cattc:isian. the State Committee f th. Prtl P.t, h.' Wi uuu v.wwu -. r . . . I BUte convention to meet in Kaleigb. uu iuaj x i iu lArKv uiBjority vi i th. .AMniii r..A. r I v. an wno are opposed to tbe gold standard and the election of an anti- monopoly legislature. There was, however, a difference among those favoring astothedayon which tion should be held. Some May 12th, others May May 25 th; and probably a later date, in June. sian thinks it might have been best to have held the convention on May 15th. If the convention had been held on that date, then there could have! been no misunderstanding among the people as to who was sincere and who insincere, and as to who was responsible for a failure to co-operate, if there should be a failure. But if all sides are sincere, the date for holding the convention is all right. But the fact that the Populist con- a. " a v . i i r veuuou meeis one wee aneaa i 4.1 TV A." a 1 a. iu Aemocxauo convenuon mazes u necessary for the proposition to co- operate to De so tair and just tnat tin Yt fy t m An in bvivt f ahm Vi w uvuwi. luau u uj y 1 J. A . !A Tfl 11 a t- - jeci, w u. ii me masses ot xne reo- Dies Partv are nroDerlv lenresentedL t " " "a ' iUM,iW4, y cuuvcu- uon. ana nine masses onne iemo- cratic party are properly represented in the Democratic convention, there will ba a fair and honorable co-opextion tnat will not only . - out win aiso maae a greai in- umph for the principles of good gov srnmein. r or twenty years me State legislatures of North Carolina have been dominated to a greater or A. 1T . . . 1 less extent hv nrnv.tia mn. - ; nopohes. If corporation attorneys and the agents of monopoly, and men who would barter the welfare of th affr. rffia ftntrni thn conventions then there will be no co-operation, and the monopolist will win. To-day the people h... jt. : en mio iuo uwrjuiuiuu uuu8D mat- ters in their own hands. If the peo ple fail to go to the primaries and elect their best aud truest men dele gates, then they can rest assured that the agents of monopoly will take charge of the primaries and will control the convention against the interest of the people. Let every man who loves his State at- Itend his primary and see that the , ,1 , ,1 ywyio are properiy ana nonestiy represented at the State convention, and then all will be well. A WONDERF11 RECORD. The People's party has made a won der f ul record of progress and reform in its six short years of life and its achievements am onnriav summed k .u- " ::: uu lj v 1 un nu nh nuni 1 nMinsn 1 sir tA?,,,".Z . " " T"' .iH-r-o-iiinsj iimauon 10 me iact mat tne party was born but six years ago and that at that time wucib wen uut i-w promineni meo id either of the old parties that endorsed any or its platform of principles. But inafewmonth.it gathered to itself one and a half million voters who were bUO auvauuc Kusru oi a uuguiy revoiu- Six vears such a marvelon- irrnwth haa .tta;K.fr w",." Wellman, a Washington gold bug cor respondent of the Chicago Times-Hex aid. savs that well infm-med nniihi.n, .w rr aii tne national canuai tear tne form- lists will hold tbe balance of power in the next Congress. He calls attention to tne iaci mac nearly every plans: m the People's partv niatform. rinrind - ing free silver, government paper money, municipal ownershio nf nat- , .. . - iuuviwin, tuc bvuuui vi m iu' su-umenisoi commerce by Congress,! Income tat Pnat.l a.inM h.nu " eodM4 , tb. ...v.r Dem crats and silver Republicans. One of tbe planks of the platform, namely, postal savings banks, stands a good chance ot becoming a law this winter. Six years of agitation and education have made government control or own- ership of semi-public corporations iving question Six year, of educa- tion have forced other parties to recog- equitably arrange the places to stop tha war " which means not States are not dead, and if Conprets tration socalled had been made eirec ci trust between the parties, ta drive the barbarous Soainards "P'wenta even in a small degree the tive over the better part of the four 11 , . . - 10 arlve lae D&rDarous opainaras setttin?ents of the American people the central and western province. Santa C ALWAYS KEEP OM NAIO t A aa W THESE IS 10 KISD OF MM mf CHE, ISTERRAL OR EXTERNAL, W THAT PAIg.RILLEB Wilt MOT RE- LIEVC. A . 5 tOOK OUT FOR IMITATIONS AND SUB- J J 8TITUTES. THE OENUINE BOTTLE ? J BEARS THE NAME, 1 S PERRY DAVIS , SOM ' I i Oh, lloivlhanlrful Fain Was Haddenlrug and Hop Mad Bean Abandoned - Wonder ful Results of Purifying the Blood. "A very severe r:n came la taf kfl knee, whkh prw nJ won, and finally a sore broke out mbox tbe knee. It discharged a grrmt deal and tbe pia from my thigh down was mMeninj. Large, hard, parple spot appeared a my Ifg. I auSeml in this way lor year, and Rave op ail hoi of ever being cuwl. My wife was reading of a caae like mine cared by Hood's KaraapariU, and she advised roe to try it. I bia taking it and wtn I had utd a few bottles I found relief from my saSrring. Ob, Kn think tnl 1 am for this relief I I am stronger than I have ever lf-n in my life. I am in tbe btst of health, bare a good appetite and am a new man altogether." J. P. Mooes, Lisbon I-alls. Ma: nr. Mood's ' parilla lithe best tn tact the One Trae ittxvl Puriflrr. Hood's PHI'S cure alUiTer 111, crut. nize the truth of I opil t li-mrial doctrine, until today to-n, r - ot me American voters win voie wnu us on that question ii given a airtti oppor- tunity, free from entanglement f.ith other questions about which tbey are n ' Jet so fully satisfied wnai more glorious acnievemem can anv nw nartv hone for than that, what I mQre enc0Qrafing for a future outlook . . . . . r . . . . 1 Altgeld, Teller and rowne snouia in- dorse nearly if not all the doctrines of doduHsiu. I in.niior.rhot-inr;.lnf ih.ri.uml xU . .- securely the banner of victory for one great principle, only to resume its march again, in the same field that has been so richly prolific of good results. A WEAK AND SIIAMKKl I. MKSSAIiK. President McKinley has at last sent in his Cuban message to Con gress. To say that Congress is dis- appointea.it not aigustcu, is to pui it mildly. The nyssaga is weak, it is disgraceful, it is humiliating. It does not declare for the in(lepen I dence 0f Cuba, it doe not call for I sati8factl0n for the destruction of the Maine and the murdfcring of oar eailors by Spain. It askustoarbi I .... trate that mos infamous crime I .ainst oar nali0nal honor It asks us :t i o : A lu w" uu Blvo ot,aiu ulurB "U1B w conquer Cuba, which means more time for Spain to murderf butcher andgtarve the women and children of Cuba's patriotic sons. It asls Congress to give him (the President) uower to intervene when he sees fit i a. from Cuba, but to stop the Cubans rnm .ontndin for thir liWtr The war in Cuba catmot st0p as long as the Spanish flag floats there. The Cubans have already won their in- oepenaence. onau mis nauon neip Spain to take it from president's message aeainst the patriotic Cubans instead of war aerainst the murderous and treacherous Spaniards. The Presi- A aXr,at;ODA v; o r I "y"T""iS-" tt ' u"I u that he is incompetent to deal with the situation and to maintain the na- tinna.1 honor. Th rpsnons h Iv is J . 9 An. Al I vwa9 0 VU 111 I . -v ! I s n i. A President's lead to national disgrace or will it strike a decisive blow for i;t...i Q 4... j 1 u liberty, humanity, and national hon- 0T. ... . , . xne juaine must pe avenged, ara Cuba must be free. It is impossible for the system tn withatAnd iho, AnmnnAm mAa it. a i. . u. . i upou.i"jU3.1' au lU13. 4nce 01 a gooa pim- 1 a. .1 i r a 3 r jy and etrengthemng tOBic. The changes which Nature deero. .1ill Va .nrfnif ra I wakaay VtMBW fAMVV VUVAA X p. in vta that. . hrpaMnwn ia -.lmost BUre to come. It ia wise that all possible assistance be given during this period, as upon Shis purifying process depends the neaitn lor the entire summer. .nv ea-olnHon of mnrta- -.. ZV.JL a a af.. ww 1 Fnp Yl J -va aaaawrr S HSfl i ue JLMKjJXJXJL which thorotiffhW rlAnnaa. t, li- 7i - i dioou vl an iae acenmmarea im. purities, tones up and strengthen tte entire system, and aids Nature ua rcuuvaLuig auu renewing ine 1 body so as torender it healthvand strong. Those who purify their blood with S. S. S. at this season t, r , j ... - v.1,u6iuli wowauj rms ui uuease so prevalent; aur- int the dreaded heated term. fOT ItW W teuartaM that th. Tito- tnat is thoroughly purified in the spring ia well prepared to resist diseaae all summer. . ouier remeay on tne market equal t Owilt s Specific aa a Ping medicine, because it ia the OijJypiireiy vegetable blood retn V2ST TY. "om Ph, mercury and all ouuioiBvnui. ix, cleanses. tun bul m mp and strengthens. . U. for there i noth- A Insist oO log half aegjod. Tpur MMh THE PRESIDENTS U ESS AGE Io the Hindi of Con great-Ite- ipsnsibility now R-iU Wilb ThitBoJj. A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT 1. ..,.r.l aa all iUr la Ike tmmr mt (he WeMC OatHae I""" nent-TVe Vr4(f tlrfrrrel l t ta ultlea tarriga ltrUIIM VMlr Stutter Ialrola-e ll.l al Ja w-maal- u nl WlUidniial aa.l mUm la- drpeMtlrnre. Special to The Ci casia.x.j W.HisiTos. 1. C. April ll.lv.. Todar at 12 o'clock every Senator was in bis eeat, and nearly eery Con gressman. The galleries and the cor- j ndors were crowded with probtblj more people than have been in tie capitol on any one occasion for a quar ter of a century, l Dtre wis me greai- rSi ten-ion ai d interest as to what me lrri would say io his message I'he ii.ierrt for the pact wetk ha n-eii iiiieiise, out me t reiueni nau ilrraJy to often disaprointed tie that l here would not nave been the f rofoundest surprise if he had a n i .. pfit and reiu'ea io sena in any dim- g at all. Bus tne message came.i . ... . .. m trWkmwmmm ami 99kM h.fl 1 Jl lle iimuj irn uru uvi iu . I .4 ... .t anv more irom aicivmiey in me inter- .et nf na-rlntim. lib 'rtv and national honur than he is forced to do. but ,et everj uauy rpecieu more than hi messare contained. He pleads for ,ime for Spin to subjugate Cu Da. He declared that he thought it was unwise to recognize the indepen uence m ims iiauu. c iu uoium Aa. . t .a ii. n a. : . -Kmit th. Miino nntrava axrent tn ex- stwvuv a - r - sage was finished, Senator Davis mov ed that it be referred to tbe Committee on Foreign Relations. Before tbe mo tion was put benator btewart took the floor and in a strong and effective v. ,v.. ., . k ....Ln..., ..f i,. message and further showed that it either meant nothing or else it meant conquest to gobble up est to gobble up Cuba instead of giving tbe patriots their independence. lie was louowea by benator uutier wbo said that if the message meant anything that it meant a war against Cuba instead of a war against Spain. He said that tbe blowing up of tbe Maine was an act of war, and that that rnnlA.imo.hMiM h.ir.nH k.t . ill uuiua iv we c auvuiu a as tuc i u a,i f iikr. .ni i,,.m.mt.r h. inilpnpnflpnrp of tti :nhn Rpnnh ... and hack un tne declaration with the up army and navy of the! United States. lie closed his speech by ottering a re solution expressing these sentiments and gave notice that he woull call it upon to-morrow It is certain that the President backed by the peace-at-iny- rice Sen ators and Congressmen will do every t in g in l near power to prevent any nctioti being taken against Spain to avenge the destruction of the Maine or to prevent any steps being taken to guarantee Cuban independence. Hut nitriotism and manhood in tbe United President and his Wall Street policy will be brushed aside. We believe that Congrees will avenge tbe Maine see that Cuba is made free. and THE MKSSACK. Washikqton, D. C, April 11. The President to-day sent the following message to tne congress or tbe l nited States : Obedient to that precept of the Con stitution which commands tbe Presi ueui lu Iru,u -,UJ5 l" e o me I Congress information of the state of the MlXiiS ZSVhI' judge necessary and expedient, it be I nnmtfl mv dutv now tn addrp tnnr I . 7 TT - 7 - . 7 - . " : . ' 7 I Illlll V HI I n ft ITU Til mina rriT0 PFIfilllhAr nas arisen in me relations oi tne c nited ?tate" l? ?p"n--bAwrtal of the wr tare tun lur uivrc tuau turee icars uib rajfed in tne nejghborinjp ft ,and of . Cuba. I do so because of tbe intimate 1 are luai tor ioor luau inree years uas connection of the Cuban question with the State or our own Union and the grave relation tbe course of which it is now incumbent upon tbe nation to adopt must needs bear to tbe tradition al policy of our government if it is to ac cord with the precepts laid down by tbe rounders oi me repuouc and religious ly observed by succeeding administra tions to tbe present day. The present revolution is but tbe successor of other similar insurrections which bave occurred in Cuba aga:ntt the dominion of Spain, extending over a period of nearly half a century, each of wbicb, during its progress, has sub jected tbe United States to great ef- f0rt and expense in enforcing its neu tralitT laws, cansed enormnna lne t a marman t.rada tni nmmar... 1 r:;7.;r"" . " v: :..'.:rr: -mornr our citizens and bv the 1 a a a ittaviuiia ca.a'uvw auuar nuu uiblui ua ulp Icise of cruel, barbarous and unci viliz - nractice of warfare. Khockd the .Pnd. bilitiesand offended tbe human svm I In " 1 " vv. The Strangle in Cuba. Since the nresent revolution hnn VSi l. hold ravaged by fire and sword in tbe in li'ohrnavs triia AA.,n- . r . . Kn - I .T .,6 . :1" 1U .u?r"1.' r,m7F"1 i-5u.S" Kitr umDe " comDiiiants aiiu a. am an Bjajar m a a. i a mm tit a a i anv revolution of modern times where a dependent people, striving to be free r.;;;d.rn.;i7 .tVi:in- iijlbL wittit ibl I hattA I-.AAM MaaAAA sovereign State t nir.H.. i T.'z. a i a aa a a a-aa r ata iiuruiia rrwn m ii n r w a B.AlaKA.A rs r r imctuiuuiciuo ihuiii uarauzen. ils '.PiS..!? H atS f8 prtshing", tens i ot thousands irom hunger and destitn I Hon. We have found ourselves con "trained, in the observance of that VIX ti:J iwl -r -..iw "i- ui uanwua (,uw uiiuur, w ponce our o w u waters ana i watcn our own aeapona in preTeniion of any unlawful act in aid of the Cu- JgX& & ba has been largely lost and the tern- per and forbearance of our people have been so sorely tried as to beget a per- V-Ch Thai in7tb1v fooid It. exn' I tion from time to time in tbe national legislature, so that issues wholly ex- - 1 ?f D h our own ry politic ensost c.osVdVv'oUoV ment that becomes a self-contained - 1 commonwealth whose primal maxim 1 a . P been tb svoidance of all foreign tl1.""" , iLib.Ll..m" " .mwct. hvhku tne I most concern on the part of this gov eminent, as well during my predeces - sor s term as in my own. Am Atte.p frr Pr.ee. In April, 1896, the evils from which our country suffered through th Co- ban war became so onerous that wy predecessor made an effort to bring about peace through the mediation of tbi. government in anr war that might tend to an honorable adjust. The President then proceeds to die ment of the contest between Spain and cost exhaustively the measures yet un her revolted colony, on the basis of tried to bring tbe contest to a close, some effective scheme f self-govern- He cites President Grant's measured t-d wife aboaM know about the pre paration that for hx( a century has bctn bclpinj expectant rnoi.-Jcriuii Ittle ones into the world wunoci ganger and the hundred and one dicoixifo-t and distractions incident to ch;l J-lnrth- It is applied externally, which U the only way to get rehef. Medicines taken internally . i l r.r their and cat V result ia hum. Friend fits and prepares every orcan, rnu$cle and part cf the body for the critical hour. It robs child-birth cf i tortures and ruins. Baby's coming is made quick and easy. Its action is doubly bene- ficid if tsed during tr.e wno.c rericnl t.f pregnancy. t SI per bottle at all drug stores, or , . on recciptf price. fc . - I ... . f ,- dwm -. I nation la a'l omcn. b km u any adircu 0Pon ancatioo ly The Bradfieid Regulator Co.. AtUnU, Go. ment for Cuhi under the Tig oi aovrr- f ailed, tbrougn contin of tbe inf urgents . in nowie dimin Uhed. TbeelTortof Spau were Increased. both by tbe dispatch of freh levies to LUD1 ID" UT inr iuuhiuii "' r of the atr.feof a new u'i'J ;r ","Z mouern J DeoDles. The policy of Ovalatmn and concentration, inaugurated by the Captain General's band of October 21, 196, in the psovince ot Pioar del Rio was thence extendea to embrace an oi the island to which the power of tbe Pnish arms was able to reach by oc CUDIUOD Ur Ul Ulllliari UUVrailUII I I- . naa (naliidinv All A aa Al 1 i . . - - , a lor in me open Kncuuurai inie a i'uri "e .... I ai.. aw A a A Jairall 1 ft f St I Ii A aVt ASB into the I uua ..r. j the troors. The raising and movement of pr. visions of all kinds were inter dicted. A Warfare of lt-tatalloM The fields were laid wate, dwellings unroofed and fired, mills destroyed. and in short everything that could desolate the land and render it unfit for human devastation or support wa commanded by one or the ether ofthe conrenoing parties, ami executed uy all tbe powers at their di?poal. I uy the time tne present adnnni&lra tion took cilice a year ago, rrconren- Clara, Matanzas, Havana, and l'mar del Rio. Tbe agricultural population, to tne estimated number oi.mkmjuu or more, was herded within the town and tbeir immediate vicinagedeprived ot the means of support, rendered dea titute of shelter, left poorly clad, and exposed io me most unsanitary con ditions. As tbe scarcity of food in created with tbe devastation of tbe populated areas of production, desti totion and want became misery and starvation. Month by month the death rate Increased in an alarming ratio By March, 1S'j7, according to conrv ative estimates from official Spanish - "ources, the morality among the re- M-wuwuuw( jrum sun auiun auo mr ' I rii & f hortn inridont V I m " per centum of their total cumber. No practical relief was accorded to tte destitute. The ovtr-burdened town a ready suffering frcm tbe general dearth, could give no aid. Socalled zones of cultivation" eataoliehed within the immediate area of effective military control about the cities and fortified camps proved illusory as a remedy for the sulfrring. The un- fortunate-, being for the most pert women and children, aged and help less men. enfeebled lr diea and hunger, could not bave tilled the soil without tools, seed or shelter, for tbeir own tupport or for the supply of the cities Keconcentration. adopted avow ediy as a war measure in order to cut off the reourc of 1h iucurgenta worked its prdestind reulr. An I said in my messig of lat December, 11 was not civinzeii war-tare: it was - ex,?r.n?,l,at,on- T1"" Svl face it CCU10 Deget was that Of tbe riidert(6 a?id the grave. i Meanwhile, the mintarv situation in e undergone s noticeab'e i . . . d 0"". The extraordinary activity cbarartenz- d the second year of - the waf W??I7 lhe insurgents invaded even me hitherto unarmed fields of . . - " .. ' 1 nu .l V"V Vl wiui iiiiini uiHit. nin r inwn ntn - . - v JSS .ff'ViSS?? VlllTmlV'rt 5 cowrol n iVn lu.c!del Kio and parts of Havana tut. - ier the exis'.ing conditions of riira, coaillry; without immediate im nv m. m .a OI ineir productive eitua- 0D- .vei? lDu ptianj restricted e rerolationi.ts teld tb.r Mle Ds,a or Pce emtd as far di.t nt as at me outet. The message then continues in de tail, of which the following is a rrcoc sis: The President says : Spanish measures for the relief these unfortunates proved illuacry, and I. - AD5f ?ted. avowedly u a war uitrisurp, Erotea Odl to be cir i iiizea war i are, out exterminaton Alter it became evident ibat tbe struggle would only result in ex'ermi. SSTSSJffffi submitting (on the 7th ulto) after muce representation and corresdond- ence, propositions lookiog to an armis- ' inVdd tTon". tion of the reconcen'ration 'order demanded, together wish a nmot was th.t the needy might be relieved by tbe Uoi ITitb ThVn ish autborSle. TU reply of Spain Tion tbl 31 - toitl I mo) offered aa amna y ksr..k I ' - a a ww wi liJal KlfUUi peace, to confide the arrar-rraeott PtriV.meot. - 1 osiu wiuia agree to a suspension - hostilities, if asked foe h, ... i." 1 gent General-in-Chief. it is understood, tbe menage ar lillSf? Jgfi fr- t I read v to give th iniii,r,..i..... power to settle tL Yerir. nr A,. With this last overture in the diree- tion of immediate peace, and Its diss p. pointing roptioo by Spain, tbe eV ecutire was broegbt to the end of bit effort. Tobacco will cure well. !u rich color and :1.v. burning projH ri'n supplioil with a taint rijj a: lc-it Potash. in the fvrm t.f sulpliatc. 'lltr quality t : : provol ly Out i " r: ; I bey ate Iric. N.t.J I ? tt i, wircV ia d'carir. cognition of tilire inc OUt the dtufrr 'I be recognition of tr ot tte ialand i a't -. 1 be fM- of tt.f Ur; ard Meiici ari cit-1 again t c-b rert .gum t olutely certain tlat !. of tbe revolting pr. !r . prradt rnture. Si rl recognition, p liutt out, is Cot 1 e . mteroe, and the d,r' niting that gatrrrmioir pie a foundation a ll - j li, are pointed out. Tp blowing up tjf t. ferrt 1 to as an etri.t ti . t nation. ' ; l bt meage -oi.tt . jert in theae word "Tbe avan oort t f t Is needles to c. , J t-1 ualifiel ronfl Irucr 1 . . ft nf was unanimou in tl. the destruction of tl" v t - caued by lte aft-ntT of a u bmarme nun-. "It did cot eutit ; t Jt ponsibility. Thatrm , . ' 'tl. ln any even', ttie Jr.- 'Maine. by wbatewr : t iu. patient and tnjprru- r of things in Cuba H at t. that the ror.dllion i it i. such that the SpatiiKb r .'t.f ' Tit. ' lUk not aure the efft) at theveeliof the An .r the harbor of llatat.a t. peare, ard rightful!) tt .r ' l it ' ' ".'-t a "I'lpioiuatic rrctit 1. . t. t-'f. ecce to this aaJ a!!a r r . t Spain's oiler to ut.iMt in ternational arbitral un, it ascertained by an impart t tion by expert hu- accepts in advance. I.. t ' t ; :t 'TM reply ta tern et.t I 3 ti ment. The meage rum In words: Tbe only liape of r! .f l, .! i rj. from the condition wl.i er be n lured, i tl e tion of Cuba. : t it ititj. "In the name of hun ai m name 01 citiiiiaiion, in v - . . . . endangered American tut r, att gave us the right ai -l ury :., j-t and at. the war in ( ut.a ti 1 -1 , In view of th-e fa. ' a n1 1 1..- crt sidrations, 1 ak f'tit gr- I'UL'lt ize and empower the rr-i!-i 1 measures to aecure a full at : tt t! w mination of tbe ttt ilit 1-- - :t government of Spaiu at .l tl iif tf. Cuba.and to secure in tf.- i-:i.i:t lablithtnentof aataple f.vrt.Ti.rrt t pable of maintaining rr tt.fi a serving its international ' ix'.a insurirg peace and trtt , : . it tbe security of its own i'iz- t t aa our own; and the um- t ttBi tary and naval forre .f ti,- I tvt etate. a tbev mav be i -" -trtt these purposes. "And, in the interet 4.f l.i.csri'j and to aid in rrMervmr l j.i( tbe starving porle of ott. I r mend that the distribution i i tuitU supplies there be roritiMj-1. arfi tt appropriation out if th j 'i'-tr ury to supplem nt the tiria ttf'J of our rliizen. "The itue ia now with t r- is a solemen reionibilit v. "I have exhausted every r; re lieve the intolerable condit n ' fair which It at our door "Preraredto execute etrv b: n- tion imposed upon ine by ti '" lutlan and tbe law, I aatit yv- tion." Yesterday, atd rloce ti.-jr;'- tion of the foregoing biomC' W' ' information wa received t.j n.ti: the latest decree of the Y.-r of Spain directs eneral IJlatn it der to prepare and facilitate ja proclaim a eapenion of t t the duration and detail of wl i tU not yet been communicated to tut. I hi fart, with evera- llif l- nent cocideration. will. I are w have yiur just and careful attr t tbe olemn deliberation ui t. si 4 you are about to enter. "If this measure attains a .t result, then our arira' ion a- a tr tian, peace loving people, ii; bw ized. "If it fails, then the fact another juttiflation of cur r rttsi teJ action. Signed "WlLllaM MthlWl' The message, together with 'M Ian consular correspondence tt v Coogrers at its requether- ifc referred to the Committee on ittP K-lations. .alt.lia' M.-arr. . CoySTAeTtKOPLK, A ril IC- Armenian Patriarch Laa seit to Turkish relief committee a l forty churches whole or partly troyed dutiog the recent aim in Anitolia. lie fixes the tsa-f madUf crph.nt wbo.. p.nn-. NOT UW ATS UrDEBSUCI- A fact often overlooked, or al ways understood, is that voa-. fer as much from dutresaicir and Llad ler trouble, as tie & The womb is sitnatei tack cf very close t -the bladder. that reason any distress, dita ' ineonvenienee manifested in tbek' ney. back, bladder, or nrinary 1 sage is often, bj mistake, altr.t to female weakness or wosb v.e-J of sme sort. The error is caiily avoid J tf ticg nnne aside for twer;?r- hours; a sediment or aetilicg f, denced that yont kidneys i l' der nred dxtoung. If tca paincr dull aching in tl pas water too frrqicty ' seatty supply, with mar- or burning these are also t oc i o g proofs of kid ney trc ab. J bave) doctored without be:.j Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Eoot. tte V kidney remedy. The iniM extraordinary effect will tK. yon. It stands tbe higket wond rfal cures. If you take a T ieia yon ahocld take tbe l1 druggists fifty cents and ore dw of - . of . .n ou may bare a sample and pamphlet, both sent lV mail upon leceipt cf tbree t stamps to cover cost of ptag j tbe bottle. Mention Th CArcP mr& C.,J3irgbarpton.N V.Ti yncioia tit ibis paper rmi'-"- gecuineness of this offer.
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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