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j HE CAUCASIAN.
Vol. XVIII.
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, JUNE 7, 1900.
No. 27.
EDITORIALS.
i.n I's miAAivr c;koiioias K.st.
(m thin pa go of tills lesuo will bo
'oun l tlm cartoon talu-n from tho
Atl.uitn Journal. It will be romcm
' r."i that a membor of tho (or-
:! i I ''fi'aturo n.-irrwd Harrlwicke
! 1 11n proposal North Carolina
ii 'r. tichiin aniMidtnont and in-
t r, .I .;( (I it in the fJ-orjla rUla-
i ii:r- ii uini i i;is iu i iih vot
u ' t tk-n on Nov( mbt r 2Uth.and
tin' amindmrnt wsm dffearM by
t ! " os trwh: Itnlnjj voto of I'll to H.
Tli" At'nnta Journal tho noxt
morirn published tho cut which
1 1 in nrs on thin payn of thU iasuo of
'i a tasian, with tint statement
, i m ! r h f. t h t ho cut which wo also
. wpv from tho Journal.
Wo .Uo publish a fcynopr 'i of tho
! Isr : 1 1 !- lon of tho ninondiuftit ta
k m from tho Atlanta (Constitution,
which will bo found on thU front
i'o urUmath tho cut. If ficor
jjo act d with windom, jut!toand
moih iation in voting down this
ammd mont why would not tho vo
ters if North Carolina also cxcrciso
viin, justice, ai d modi ration by
votlnt; It down. W bellovo thoy
will (I ko. They will not only show
tho ki ho moderation for tho old
ex slave, whii-h tho people of Uto
yia showed, but. they will alsoilo
eline t ) take any clianw s of dU
frjiufhiHint; fifty or sixty thousind
illiter.vto white voter of iho Stat,
at the samo tiino. Let ua follow
it oria'ri example
O-ie ('' 1). Winston, who urpfod his
f. How Mieiuhers of tho last leglsla
tut" to sink their consciences and
ailopt tho amendment 1 now out
liefoie tho peoplo trying to pot
them to a'so sink their consciences
and eiidnrso tho samo picco of
t reachi rous i n f a my.
When a man sticks to Populist
prineii Us, and refneos to pro over to
tho machine that has called him and
family r.fprocs, tho machine papers
say ho h a tool of Rutler, and all
nuh bosh! Such stuff is easier for
thcfso ollows than to discuss Demo
cratic plodges made in the last cam
paign, or answer Fopulist argument
now.
Whil'.v.the Citizon ia having a fit
tryinej to mako people believe that
support ojjtho amendment is the su
premo tept of democracy, tho Morn
ing IV"? ia qroMnir ' a lawyer of re
pute r'id a t'eritlemm of intflli
le'U'e,'' who my it should not be a
prty if--.u. It is f-uch a millstone
that th"?e vho insist on loading
their n' -'ks Avil h it. cucht to be ao
commoda'pd. It is "a monster of
Ktioh fncrblful in ion" that the. won
der is thfit pny culd be fourd to
enihrnco or dff'ond i. Hit tho act
of m-ki" it a tet of parfy ponnd
t'fys 'n th rro'.vio! ab. urdity of the
i M(ti. Ashevillo Cazotto-
Wha some little ft How wilts un
'' rthoKh of tho machine, like a
dt-j? arul lick he hand that smote. him
the p persi have him to pirq a le'.ttu"
a d tlu v pubbsh it, aa a great vic
tory. T -ev kaow, that in the com
inu -ity iu wliifh the fellow lives, it
will do no good; but they hope it will
help in other section where the fel
low is r.''t known. But the people
in all t)i, tics, have become disgusted
at such "grabbing at straws-" If
wo were to give tho nanus of Demo
crats v.ho write and sy they can
not vote for the machine and the
Mii!M'dm.-n it would furpriso the
nntiveK. Wo do not give their nam.83,
for tho ronson wo do not want the
ms' l'i'io to turn it ash hopper and
red : birt g.tnsr lose on theui.
.IcfTers-n said "Judges area? hon
est as utio r men and not more so."
A n l he svd substantially, that
"wlieiii vpr a free people should give
up in nb-ioluto submission to any
dep'irtrpont of rovernment, retain
ing for tlictnsi lvrs no appeal from
it, their lihertbs were gono.''
New s and Observer.
We agreo with tho above. If Jeff
erson was in North Carolina, he
would say 'tho liberties of a peo
plo wero gone," when they could
take 1 no appeal from a Democratic
registrar" in refusing to put a name
on the registration books, as is pos
si bio by the Simmons machine eleC'
tlon law.
II ad yu noticed that the Demo
cratic papers and speakers have had
the word snt down the line, not to
recopniza the Popniists as a party t
It is done to helo priz Mr. Simmons
out of the hole in which Chairman
Butler put him, by that chalenge for
a joint canvass. The only thiag Mr.
S-mmons could fay wan, "we don't
recognize you as a party." And they
don'c wait to cive Mr. Simeons thf
lio by talking and writing, "Peor-le's
Party. But we want to fay to pop
ulists in the country, you individu
Hy, will be abued and ridiculed ss
Populist?. Bat when thft lick spit
ties com around, remind them that
the madme baa decreed that it is
best not to recognize PopultstF; that
Populist:? are dead, why mess with
d ail careappcs; nothincr but buzzards,
living, depends upon dead carcasses
i
It's tot tho r.e'ro the Domocratic
leadiraare afraid of, for they cn
wih 1' i pi or, money, redshirts and
gULS vote them. Anv way, the lar
ger the urgro m j riti? s in the E ist
the larger the !)mocratic majority
at the poll. Bat its the white men,
especially iu the YV st that they are
afraid cf, for they know they can't
intimidate acd count them out and
hold tttr j b. Hence, Aycock wants
to 'rule by law," viz: By disfran
chising them. If you don't believe
it, just vote for the amendment and
i you will see.
BURKE DEMOCRATS.
Pretend like They Are Seeins
Spooks.
NONE BUT GUILTY MEN FEAR.
Tlij hmj Itlackburn'a Threat to Ooebel
Ice Itegln to b Execated Geors I!U-
lock In Going to Intimidate lciuocraU.
Morjfuntnn Cor. News and Observer.
Local Republican heelers are boast
ing upon the streets of Morganton,
that Columbus Blalock, one of liar
kin'a revenue raiders, has been or
derrd to open an office in Burke
county, ostensibly to look after dis
tillriH, but in reality to intimidate
and tolly Uarke county Democrats.
Uiaiofk was with George Pritchard
on th Hoar Mountain and killed a
mun who res.Eted arrest and shot
I'rifchrd. lie has been in several
other unvoting affairs. He accompa
nird J. C. Pritchard, as body guard,
to Newton, and is generally regarded
as the bully of the Radical circus.
Burke county Democrats have never
yet backed down. They have carried
the county, when tho town was occu
pied b a regiment of Federa' sol
diers stnt to back the Republican
leaders. People are indignant at the
sngeestiou that they can be intimi
dated by armed desperadoes sent
hr re under the pretense of enforcing
tho Internal Revenue laws. They
will hold the local leaders answera
ble for this insult to the community
and ror any violence that this lll-ad-visi-d
step may provoke.
The people of the whole State
should understand how arrogant this
man Blackburn is becoming. The
s -ns ot trme nnndred men from
Burke, who sleep in soldier's graves,
will se whether the Goebel act can
be performed by a single revenue
bushwhacker.
Nobody in Morganton is scared.
They know he was not sent there for
that business. No one but a fool
thinks ono man could intimidate
two brave men, much less a dozen.
And a dozn men who would sanc
tion such a howl to be sent out,
exhibits themselves before the world
as a mighty b'g set of cowards. No
one iu Morganton is scared. It is
doDe to excite the people in other
sections and to keep them from see
ing the trick of the machine. It is
like white folks being scared (1) to
death of the negro, fearing he is
going to do some harm, when the
poor, black devil is running for his
own life.
Such stuff makes brave men tired.
Such a report slanders Burke. If
arrad forces are such a terror to
rood people, why did the Democrats
provide in their election law armed
forces at the poll? Was that to
intimidate tool If one man is such
a terror, bow about three? And
these three having power to make
nirtf
D-mocrats can threaten. They
can pay they are going to "carry
the State by force." They can say
they will "rule or make the State a
graveyard." They can say Butler
shall not speak at Rockingham and
L'ttle Washington. Adams' life
an be threatened. This is all right.
Yot, whon one revenue officer is
sent to Morganton, the Democrats
make out they are scared plumb to
desth.
Blalock is not the only man in the
State wno has killed a man, and
holds office. And they are not all
Republicans, either. They are good
men. They belong to the churches,
and are active party workers too.
They are not considered dangerous.
No one is afraid of them, except
those who are guilty. The machine
ought to wait on Mr. McKinley and
give him orders that the free nigger
aod free liquor in North Carolina
belongs to Democrats. If the reve
nue dpr.rtmet sent him there to in
timidate, tben that is nearly as
mean as to organize a drunken
r d-shirt gang to intimidate. If the
Democrats of Morganton are so
afraid of one man, that accounts for
their remaining in the Democratic
iary. They are afraid of red
shirts.
Pritchard was shot and then Bla
lock s ot toe man who shot Pritch
ard. He would have been a fool to
have stood still and let the other
fellow kill him.
A COLDUKi 1IIKEAT.
Speaking of Mr. Towne as a vice
presidential candidate, the.StateS'
ville Landmark fays:
"The question is, do Democrats
want to vote for that srrt of man
for Vice-President? We know some
of them don't and some of them are
not going to, no matter what sort of
an 'arrangement' is made."
The Landmark expresses the senti
ments of Palmer and Bnckner Demo
crats. This element in the Demo
cratic party will work hard to de
feat Mr. Towne's nomination at
Kansas City, knowing that by such
action they can accomplish the de
feat of Bryan in November. Will
the yellow tail be able to wag the
white dog! rTimes-Mercury.
THE BROKEN PI.EDGK.
The democrats will never submit to
any proposition to the people to take
from a man his right to vote.
There is not a Democratic conven
tion that would not SPIT UPON A
MAN WHO MIGHT MAKE SUCH
A PROPOSITION. There Is not a
Democratic candidate for office W HO
WOULD NOT PLEDGE HIMSELF
MOST SOLEMNLY AGAINST IT.-
Supplement to Democratic Hand
book, published by the North Caro
lina Democratic Execntive Com
mittee, October 1, 189S.
A fpecial dispatch from Shanghai,
lared May 30th says: "Yesterday the
Chinese government issued an edict
nrohibitintr the Boxers organization
under penalty of death. The edict,
which was signed by the Emperor, was
couched in equivolent terms and pro
mulgated really more as an exense
thanjin condemnation oi tne move
ment."
(In Georgia) FORMEK SLAVE OWNER TO EX-SLAVE : We have the power to disfranchise you but we will not
do
it. ocay nere ana neip us build up
justice and your political rights. Atlanta Journal, November 30th, 1899
(In North Carolina) FORMER SLAVE OWNER TO EX-SLAVE: This
unconstitutional. -We cannot take the
nui n it were constitutional and
slave while leaving the town negro dude
emmren. we win noc De guilty oi tne
THE DISCUSSION OF THE CONSTITU-f
TIONAL AMENDMENT IN THE
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Tbe Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution of
November 29, 1899, giving a report of
tbe legislative proceedings tbe day the
disfranchising constitutional amend
ment was discussed and voted down,
said :
"The only voice raised in defense of
the measure was that of its author,
wno made an able, though ineffective.
argument, while half a dozen leading
members of tbe House took the floor
in protest against tbe passage of the
bill which they pronounced an open
and admitted discrimination against
one class of citizens in tbe State. Af-
1
cer me previous question nau oeen
culled ahnl-fcino off rtehate on th ia- I
sue, an effort was made to lay tbe bill
on the table, partly out of deference to
its author and in view of the stubborn
opposition with which it met, as well
as the certainty that it would meet
, m
defeat if put on its passage. Tbe main
line of opposition to tbe Hardwick bill
brought out in the debate was against
the grandfather clause.
"Mr. Copeland, of Walker, addressed
tbe chair. He said : "If I properly
understand this measure, it is radical,
unjust and unfair. I am in favor of
no amendment to tbe constitution or
change in the law that does not meet
with the approval or the qualineo
voters of the State, and 1 am satisfied
that the people of Georgia would not
and never have given their approval
to so radical a change as this. No one
appreciates more than I the deplora
b'e condition of tbe ballot in' our
State today, but I submit that this-
measure is not the proper one to work
the change so much needed. I wish to
remind the house that for everyone
who sells bis vote there is gne who
In Louisiana
The Simmons machine papers and
politicians' continue to insist that the
amendment if adopted will operate
only against the negroes of the illit
erate class, and that no one else will
be disfranchised; and that so soon as
the amendment becomes effective an
era of good feeling and decent politics
will be inaugurated..
We can judge of the effect of tbe
amendment here by noting its opera
tiou in Louisiana where one from
which ours is copied is effective. Let
us glance at some statistics. In 1890
there were males of voting age in that
State
Whites 130,748
Colored 119,815
Total 260,563
At tbe recent election held in that
State there were cast a total of 77,450.
It is estimated that at least 18,000 of
these were negroes. If this be true,
then there were but 59,450 white men
voted in that election. From the vo
ting whites of 1890, 130,743, deduct
those who voted the other day, and
there are 70,293 white voters not ac
counted for who were of voting age in
1890. To this immense number add
tbe increase in the last ten years, and
tbe total looms up to between 80,000
and 100,000 white men who did not
vote under the amendment.
These are the facts. It remains for
Simmons, Craig and tbe amendment
newspapers to explain them. Ashe-
ville Register.
All Men Must be Educated to Register
After 1908.
A correspondent reporting the
Democratic speaking at Brevard, says
Dr. Dixon, Democratio candidate for
State Auditor, made the astonishing
Georgia. We will not show ingratitude
ballot from you without at the same
we could do it, we do not think it justice to disfranchise the faithful old ex-
to vote. During the late war you
base crime ot ingratitude. Ed. Caucasian.
buys it, and the wrong in one case is
as great as in the other.' Mr. Cope-
land proceded to make an able pre
sentation of the reasons against the
passage of the measure, and was once
interrupted by loud applause.
"Mr. Harrison, or Quitman, declared
USa mo.or.. k..oK. t I
resner.r. thon otiv rtfnrm hill
vuv uuuov uicna ui c uaa duci iu ct c v I
enacted into law in any of tbe South
ern States except Louisiana. He said :
'In Mississippi some educational qual
ification is imposed by recent enact
ment, but the qualification is nothing
compared to tbe harshness of this
measure.
The objection I raise to the bill here
and the objectson with which I fought
tne measure in;ne committee room is
that, it ia loo-iciatino- nnFnnuiir ro,-
!.SV i7""
lively, and conclusively in favor of an
other race. Is it judicious to work
this change in the law? I speak from
an experience of fifty years as a citi
zen, in which time I have had occasion
to observe the prevailing condition in
my State, and I iell you that the provis
ions are first of all unnecessary.'
'Mr. Howard, of Challapoochee, op
posed tbe bill. He said : "In my seo
tionof the State tbe negro who has
never spent one day in school is the
best citizen of his class and the most
intelligent voter of his race. It has
been my observation that education is
not a test of citizenship. We are hedg
ed in by the Federal Constitution,
which prohibits us from barring any
man from citizenship by reason of
race, color, or previous condition of
servitude, and I cannot see bow the
bill before the House can be consider
ed in any light but as a violation of the
provisions of that Constitution. If we
are to limit the franchise, it is a limit
that should work alike in both races.'
"Mr . Overstreet, of Screven, began
with a statement that he would feel
statement during his address that
there is a clause in the constitutional
amendment that says the poor white
man can go to the county commission
ers and be exempted from poll tax and
"vote anyway." He said that the
"race riot" in Wilmington came very
near being the worst thing that ever
befell a country, and said : "If this
thing occurs in Eastern North Caro
lina again there is no telling where it
Sigmon Deceives Himself.
0
The Negro Has Been Eliminated In Most Southern States. Where
is the Strong Reoublican Party in Them ?
Occasionally some Republican
writes a letter, or perhaps Populist,
in someway, intimates that he Is
for the amendment, because it will
"elimlnat the negro from politics,"
and when that is done, it will help
to build up the Republican and
Populist parties in the State and
we would have three great white
parties, etc.
The News and Observer and oth
er Democratic papers greedily pub
lish and republish these 'delusions',
and pat the poor fellows on the
back, in as much as to say, you are
a scholar and a gentleman ; we are
with you : we want to kill the (?)
Democratic party and build up
your parties 1 And a few have had
little enough sense, to believe the
by disfranchising- vou. but will c-ive vou
o
proposed disfranchising amemimnt
time taking it from the illiterate white
stood faithfully by us and our wives and
that he was doing the people of his
section and State an injustice and fall
ing far short of his duty to his constit
uents if he did not raise bis voice in
opposition to the pending measure. He
said: 'From tbe time when the flf-
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best part of the negro race in Georgia
has voted and stood by tbe party to
which I have the honor to belong. I
wouiu case pleasure rn going on rec
ord as favoring the elimination of tbe
ignorant and purchasable voter of all
classes of this State, but I am not In
favor of tbe discrimination which is
proposed in this bill.'
'On the call of the ayes and nayes,
which were demanded, only three
members, Mr. Hardwick, of Washing
ton, Mr. Bell of Forsyth, and Mr. El
lis of Bibb, voted for the bill.
"Mr. Hall, of Bibb, wae against the
bill, because it might be tbe means, be
claimed, of interfering with the white
voter.
"Invoking against the Hardwick bill
Mr. Holder, of Jackson, had tbe fol
lowing to say : "I oppose the bill be
cause I believe it to be in violation of
the constitution of the Republic. But
were it constitutional, it is not right
to deprive any man of his ballot on
account of his oolor. I believe in
every man in this State being allowed
to vote regardless of his color, so long
aa he complies with the requirements
of the State in paying taxes, working
roads, responding to bis country's call
to go to arms when his service is need
ed, and as lontf as he is obedient to
law. I oppose tbe measure because it
will also disfranchise hundreds of hon
est white men who cannot read and
write and give a reasonable interpre
tation of the Constitution. I oppose it
ueuausB u is unnecessary.
will end. Instead of a few dead ne
groes, there may be hundreds. We
are going to require all men who reg
ister after 1908 to be educated," said
Mr. Dixon, and added, "I regard this
as tbe finest feature of the amend
ment."
Stephen M. S parkin an was nomina
ted lor Congress by acclamation in tbe
first Florida congressional district
convention.
Democrats were sincere.
But when Senator Sigmon, of Ca
tawba, in 1893, was writing articles
on the same line, and was trying
to show that if the negro was ellm
inated from politics it would help
the Republican party, the Demo
cratic party through its political
fossilite, Josephus Daniels, with a
satanic smile, said :
Mr. Sigmon deceives himself
BY THINKING THAT THZ XUMTSL-
tion of the negro would build it
a strong Republican party in
North Carolina. The negro
has been eliminated in most
SOUTHERN STATES. WHERE IS THE
"STRONG REPUBLICAN PARTY' IN
ANY OF THEM?
RE6R0ES IN NORTH CAROLINA.
O-U T.s Say, Tkey Will Xt
t Kioto- Oo-ooU
Wubingtoa Pott.
Jimet H. Yonf. late colonel of tb
Third North Carolina Volunteer In
fantry, ft in the city. Politic I very
quiet down oar way now," said h
yesterday. -Each political party ha
nominated IU candidate for the Stat
office, and the campaign ia about
open with the best of feelior prevail
ing among all cIimm, and I believe it
will remain o until the day of elec
tion. Yon know we hare a constitu
tional ameudment pending, and that
creates the greatest Interest. The
colored people, while opposed to the
amendment, are not taking any active
part to tne fight, nor do I believe that
they will do so. Their conduct Is
oeivingtbe greatest praise from the binds together the once warring fso
white neonle. rerardleaa of narte anil Hons of the North and Sooth, was
their attitude is making votes against
the amendment every day. The best
t i .i
oesween tne two races, and It will oon-
tinne, regardless of the fate of the
j
tmruuiueni.
-The uneducated white people, as
well as the people of that 'race who
live in the rural diatrinta. and who
. . .
nave co aepena upon me pnouo ecnoois
fnr thm. -Hn.tl f .Ui. .kiM... ...
very much opposed to the amendment,
and very active and earnest In that
opposition. Tbe opposition to the
a e nt is growing daily, even at
this early stage in the campaign be
fore tbe Republican and Populist can
didates have organised or begun their
canvass, bat it Is nothing to compare
to what It will be when tbe speakers
of these two parties begin to discuss
before tbe people, the practical effects
of the amendment.
"What Is known as the negro coun
ties are already in the absolute oontrol
of the Democrats, and will remain so.
bnt tbe opposition to the amendment
will be found strongest and most ef
fective in the eighty-odd counties
where the white people are largely in
the majority numerically. Another
source of weakness to the amendment
is to be found in the active and, in
some counties, bitter rivalry among
leading Democrats for tbe nomina
tions for legislative and county offices.
This is unprecedented in that party In
our State, and is taken as a revolt of
tbe people against the 'machine
which has heretofore quietly and suc
cessfully named 'the slate.'
"Astute politicians are beginning to
observe friction between the Carr
and Simmons faction over the Eastern
Senaturnhip, and however much these
gentlemen may desire the relegation
of that question, like Banquo's ghost,
'it will not down.' This, of course, will
affect th- jislativ vote in the ccun
ties, and I ;onk for tbe election of an
nti-Democratio legislature. A year
ago It looked as if there would oe a
stampede for th amendment, but as
soon as Sen v or Pritchard called a
halt and hegan an active fight against
it.his party fell in line, and the people
Krinrany uugan m vuium. auuuv mu
ppose the disfranchisement scheme.
"Without intending to disnaraee
ot6.,Uc.o b. trothton, ..id .bat
me people or our ataie nave great
respect for and confidence in Senator
Pritchard, and that they are eagerly
.. ot... tn
awaiting bis return to the State to
begin his canvass on this great Issue,
bis is evidenced by tbe great throngs
that, have vatheeed to heae him atlsentimen tnai Oi loyally to ine lOV-
c...;ii. t: w a wt.,..
0v,...c,uvMUgu.u,.u " "owu
recently. In my opinion there is no
doubt of tbe overwhelming defeat of
tbe amendment.
"What will the colored people do in
tbe event of its adoption? They wilt
do as they have always done, obey the
aw and submit to the powers that be
with that Christian resignation which
has always characterized them. How-
ever, I believe that thousands of the
most industrious and thrifty of them
will seek homes in other States where
they can exercise the franchise and
enjoy the blessings of freedom.
-The negroes will not beed the ad-
city. On tbe contrary, if they find
any race feeling or prejudice existing
at the pons calculated to cause distnr -
nanoes tney win not go near tnem nor
attempt to vote, as iney are now, as
heretofore, peaceable, law-abiding and
fHendiv w.th the white neonle"
The ox ia Fir Time.
Tbe eagle has condescended to flog
a sparrow.
No one has a right to use the word
" white man" unless he goes through
tbe Simmons' machine and blooms a
red button.
The little paper, -The White Han,"
most be tickling the Ox's horn, from
the way the poor old thing flings his
"tale" around.
This little paper. "The White Man,"
mnstbea Simmons' machine baby
bastard, since the News and Observer
SayS it iS full Of lies.
If it is not, then tbe Simmons Ma
h(na Bhmilrt dnnt It itAiuu ent take
the little thing under the machine's
fatherly care and keeping; for thtj
will need it in their business some day.
Perhaps the Observer is afraid it
might become its most formidable n -
val for tbe Annacias prize.
But the Observer need not be nnea-
sy; ior it (ews ana unserves is so
larspewinawscuuia hoi, recogniie
1 T V
road. Hickory Mercury,
Mr. Tom Triplett, of Maple
Springs, has a peach tree, which is
perhaps the largest in the whole
eonntry. It is three feet 3 inches in
circumference and the top spreads
ont 30 feet. It is 20 years old and
bears fruit every year. This year
is literally laden with little peaehes.
Ne thie teA at.d- -nntha- that
-.u jf -n
oyer 40 years old and it u alto foil
of peaches this year. This explodes
the idea that peach trees will not
.... , tt o
lire bnt a few years. Union Be-
publican.
BLUE AHD THE GRAY.
nnnrpr!pratP anrfllntnn Vptpran
There in large Numbers.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED IN
WASHINGTON.
Veirea ef Three Wees ae Tkeaa ef
Cltlaeaa Gather el Allegtea) b4 (Hker
Cemeteriea t fmj Tribal im itmr Hrlr
lea.
A dispatch from Uagerstown, Md,
on Hay SOth says:
Another link in the chain which
forM todT bI tb dedication of a
monument erected to the memory of
I the men who wore the mr. aa well aa
deration f penalon bills. One hen
,n morl oombal on tbe bloody Held
I nf intlitlm TK I m mmmrtt Bklk la
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wrj IU" wor,a w" KTmc9a 07 e
presence of the President of the Unl-
ted States. accompanied bv man v saem
. . .' -
uv" v.oiuei , m .cure ur uiure oi
United States Senators, thrireai man
.members of Congress, the Governor of iT.'rM." W" W lVt 106 ,ts-
. . . " , , ,, ' and tbe bill was sent bach to tbe eel
Maryland and prominent men from all I endar
parts of the country. There were also;
present hundreds of veterans who !
fough for the Lost Cause," and thou
sands who fought for the side that
proved victorious. Side by side they
stood with uncovered heads through
out the ceremony conveying the mon
ument from tbe State to the National
Government.
Tbe dedicatory ceremonies were
opened by Colonel Benjamine E.Tay
lor, who introduced General Henry ,
Kld DoujflMf dIrector of ceremonies.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. U. V. iPn u ' "'oucb th year. Then
Clarkson, who was followed by Gov- ' 'Peculators will nt know how to eor
ernorJohn Walter Smith, In an ad-! ner on ll-
dress of welcome. Colonel T-ylor as; Dr. Sam Small d!lver-d the alnmnl
President of the Antietam Battlefield j address at Wake Forest Colleg last
commission of Maryland, then presen-j week. He made a speech In line with
ted the monument to the National j North Carolina politics. Bat for the
Government, and the Hon. Elihu Root, ! negro, literary orators would bar a
Secretary of War, in a brief address, : bard time to get up subjects,
accepted it on behalf of the United . .
States. Then followed short addresses i vtJt ?.i e Ve"V.Tb
. j 1 anama Cani rompaey'e director has
mainly of a reminicent character by refleired niToTial inatruetlons from
Generals John B.Brooks, James Long-1 Paris ordering an eitenaion of the
street, Orlando B. Wilcox, J. E. Dur-work on the Oilebra and F.mpreador
t...o...(..T..i.. T.. y-v sections, and directing that all avail
year.Senators Foraker, Burrows. Dan- able U5oPer, l engaged for that pr
niel and others who were prominent ; pose.
on tbe opposing sides In the great! ...
. i ,... Tusdar nifht of lat week a band of
struggle. These were followed in turn , lri.urrent, ru-hed on tbe town of Ban
ny Jiepresenraiive oeorge v. aiciei.
an, of New York, and other members
of both Houses of Congress.
Then the band played "Hail to the
Chief and General Douglas Intro-
duced President McKinley who deliv
red the address of the day, and in the
.'"J L" r.
abie field I am glad to meet the follow-
ers of Lee and Jarkon and Longtreet
nd Johnson with the followers of Mo-!
Sberldan tin each other not with !
trmi in their bands or malice In their
souls, but with affection and respect
f each other In their hearts. (Ap-
olVSXVJ
tne difference between this scene and
that of 83 years ago. Then tbe men who
wore the bine and the men who wore
the gray greeted each other with shot
n,," Bd Tieitld death upon their
respective ranks. We meet after all
these Intervening years, with but one
ernmen oi me uniiea oisies iove ior
our flag and our free inatitutions and
determined men of the North and men
I of the South, to make any eacri flee for
honor and perpetuity or tne a mer-
lean nation." (Applause).
rht Cartoon buiim.
Hickory Mercury.
I From now on till tbe election is
over, tbe good Christian men can
have some beautiful cartoons to carry
home on Sunday to show their wlvee
and babies. It's hoped they will not
cause any freaks of nature, and that
their admirers, like Cain for his crime.
I will not receive a mark of God's dis-
pieMOre. A half white and black
cb ' monkey wUb awbite child a
race on. worn a oew rco-oeiura m
1 latto all to pieces.
The cartoon In Sundav's News and
. . c " . ,
Observer represented Senator Butler
holding a little red-button man in mid
I air by the coat collar and spanking
him severely. If the little red-button
I fellow represented Simmons and his
macbine,tbe picture was apt and tiroe-
y. Senator Butler, In his speech on
the amendment in tbe Senate so eom
Inletelv whinned the little Simmons
red-shirt gang that none of them have
dared to meet bim since. Ex.
I Ovr lOO Deetka Is a Wnk
LONDON. May 3L The Daily Ex-
Dresahasthe following from Bom
h. d. t(yJ TMt-r(IaT: An nnnrec-
M enMemle. f ehol.r
UVU ttVrvS J swve
hal broken out in the northern dis
ieos nomoiy pisiioencj, r.pect-
"7 miBB "fflPfc 1B wuu
have increased 40 per eent. within
three days. In the Kaira district
1 there have been 1,330 deaths in seven
I days. The government has made a
gpeeial errant of 1,000 ($5,000) to
eremAte the dead immediately.
jjj PaanpuP Sute. on the first day,
there was one death, on the second
. . 4. Al
i mere were o-, ana on ui mira more
were upward of 400. The swiftness
I of the infection was dne to the fact
I that the first death was near the only
arailable water snpplj. The germs
were thus earned all over the camp
In the City of Bombay there hare
it been 67 deaths in the last seven days.
Is I The British warships Orlando and
Algerine are landing 100 men at Taku
wne the Frenchi RaMu and Jspa-
DMe guards have already disembarked,
The Boxers are apparently wlthont
arms except those tbey nave obtained
. Ba iidi-rv. maav of whom are
openly Joining the rebels
SEW ITEM.
OI4 I rr 0r Ltckat.
All rr4 of reflsted Kfir wee s4.
"" rr tu tut
i
Tlir Raaaitn miftUt at !t! u
tlfcrpb4 sttUgthst stlta ts.t:.
, ble gua-boat be seel t Tak.
Oovereor Taylor, of Kentoky, will
be a candidate for r-let!oa ea the
it toe of the Goebel election law.
It Is reported that the Coer war la
cloee to an eod. 1 he Boers will reel at
no longer, bat will sue for peaeo.
The Confederate veterans had a big
time at LoattviM. Kr. The wee
there by the thousands and rest with a
heartj welcome.
Rosata is vending troop lo China.
The Chinee are also gathering troop.
The ebanees are that tbe two powers
nay hook horns.
On May &h tbe l!oae derofed
; dred and eight j-nlne were passed.
'
I Is eenil-rin-Uttv annoane4 that
Rer. Henry MoelLr. of Cincinnati.
. na i-n apiiw bisb-D f r-lnm
bus to succeed Bishop Wattenon. de-
oeasea.
A motion Int-ongrers to etr k not
the enaetlug rlaoae In tbe Chin
Caracas, Veneiaela. May 1 The
country Is rejnirlng over the rartre
of Ilernandra. Home Freneb hankers
have offer to ad t a ore 10,ouo,ooo to
tbe government.
Mr. Aycock. Ieinocratie .candidate
for Governor, who some weeks ago
canvassed the Western part of tbe
Stat and captured (?) all th people,
is caavasing it again.
The farmers of Georgia are organ i
C '" " market
; Miguel de Msyoiuo. gtrriaoned by
j three companies of the Thirty-fifth
! '"'nirV lPT 'raver.eu mo town.
... Th.. .f.... ...i- x..?
i l.V-.:; ' :",V'
is unknown. On Mon4sr a nnmher of
(TuerilUs amtiih4 the btnd of the
Forty-sixth infirtry. who were en
route from Selso to Indant and killed
three of the musicians.
Tbree FernlUe
rEKi.v.Tuesdsy, Msy 29. From atl
parts of the surrounding country news
Is constantly arririer of fresh atroci
ties committed by the Boxers. Threw
Christian families were roassarreed at
Shan Lai Ying, sixty miles from re
kin, Friday, M ay 13. Only two escaped.
A representative of tbe Associated
Tress visited Fang Tai this morning
and found tbe place occupied by a bat
talion of troops. Toe whole 'railroad
station, work shops and sheds were
gutted and much rolling stork was de
stroyed, including the Imperial palaee
ear. Tbe damage done is eati mated st
;half a million taeis (about liSO.Oon,
The neighboring village seem to hare
i Joined in tbe attack, showing that th
: movement Is not son fined to tb"Bot
- ers" Eight rioters who were rapt ored
will be decapitated. Riding through
the Sooth gate of Pekla theoorreapoa -dent
found tbe road Inaid th walls
lined with troops, wbo gieeted th
traveler and his party with a fosilad
of stones. The whole country Ir cooch
excited.
METHODIST CONFERENCE ADJOURNS
Mmmj R4le Ceege Mee Is tfce t mm
e4 Pal ley f tkeCherrb.
The Conference of the Mt4hodist
Episcopal Church at Chicago earn
to an end on May 29th, after a ses
sion of four weeks. The Conference
has resulted in many radical changes
in the laws and poliey of tbe Church
It was the largest in the history of
the Cbureb, and its sessions were at
tended by thousands.
Principal among the Important ae-
t tions of the Conference were tbe ab-
i . .
ohtion of the time limit on pasto
rates; the ratification of the equal
representation amendment as pro
posed by the Rocky Eiver Confer
ence, together with tbe seating of
the provisional lay delegates; the
adoption of a new constitution, sub
ject to approval of the various An
nual Conferences, including the sub
stitution of the words of "lay mem
bers" for the term "laymen. thus
permitting the seating of women in
the General Conferences, and the
election of two additional missionary
bishops. Oae thing the Conference
refused to do was to modify para
graph 243 of the Discipline, whieh,
among other things, forbids attend
anee upon theatres, circuses, and
daneing.
BtptMMut TkrwUwwa With m GeUl-g
Oma.
Kentucky Is now enjoying for a
short time the single-barreled style of
governments-Baltimore News.
It will, however Breeessrily resolre
itself into a Oatling gun style of gov
ernment by the time of the next elec
tion if the Republicans persist ia their
farce tactics. Charlotte Observer,
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