v. . AFtfEE BALLOT.
'Vtters Must be Protected From Co
ercion By Their Employes.-Jones's
t .!r,..'. ' " "
kju u:or uai.ies 1. Jones, chairman
'o the National Democratic Execu
tive committee, issued the following
3k1 dress : '
"In view of the fact that the great
corporations, with scarcely an excep
tion, and many of the large employ
ers of labor in the United states are
engaged in a concerted effort to
ccx'ice their employes into voting Ilt j
Ihe aproaching eK-rtion against, j
ilieir own convictions, I deem it my i
Jutv to call upon all those who be- I
JiVi in the supremacy of the law
and the untrarnmelid freedom ot the
.individual in the right of exercising
Ihe ballot, to rs th -if utuust efforls
to previ iit tbe success of this mos
.flagrant act of lawlessness for if
this conspiracy succeeds government
by corporations will have succeeded
government by the people.
"The corporations wl.ich t hits ap
peal to force and fraud strike at the 1
verv
lounuaiion or repimncan
ornment ai d the lovers of free m-
c?titutions mut arouse themselves to j
save the countrv from its urent peril, j
Especially should the workingmen
dissert their manhood rights. If they
vote their convictions and in accord
ance with the'r interests the demo
oratic ticket is certain of election,
aind in that case the employing cor
porations will have no desire to em
bark upon a policy of punishment
In the contest that is raging, the
.salvation of the workiughian lies in
the assertion at the jk)11s of his rights
as a free and independent American
citizen. The perpetration of this
attempted outrage upon the free
.suffrage will work its own cure. An
Indignant people, jealous of their
rights, will demaud that the legisla
tures, state and national, shall pro
Leed at once Gv rigorous measures, to
prevent the possibility of a repetition
of such attempts hereafter.
"The national committee, backed
by the full power of the democratic
organization in every state of the
union, pledges itself that every
.scoundrel, whether public ofticer or
private citizen, who is detected in
any violation of the law, shall be
vigorously prosecuted aud sent to the
penitentiary, if possible
THE PEOPLE BE D D.
Solicitor Harhall Nott Threatens Not ;
to linrvicc ttit (-.-. j
Solicitor Mott passed through the '
tiity this morning e:i route for lis'
home from a "politic d business"
trip to l!aleii;h, says the Winston '
Sentinel, lie seemed very much '
stirred up over the reports from dif- j
ferent points as to the arrest of par- j
ties who had not listed tbeir taxes
and had registered for the Novem
ber elec.
:hat L. used Ian gut
4 Tf
v tin l. com nig a man
dice c : Solicitor,
t if i.uybody was ar
restee! en i a charge, all they
had to do was to appeal to his couit
and he would nel pros every case
and if they gave bond and did not
"want to appear he would see that
Their bondsmen suffered no loss; and
if thr people of the district did not
like it they could "cuss" him as
much as they pleased or "impeach
and be d d."
This, of course, is all braggadocio,
though, doubtless, it shows to what
length this officer of justice (?)
would go had he the power. A so
licitor, however, " cannot nol pros a
oase without the appioval of the
presiding Judge, and certainly the
Judge who will hold our next term
of Court will not become a party to
any of Marshall Mott's partisan gy
rations, remarks the Sentinel
The Progressive Farmer Tells Popu
lists to Work for Bryan.
"Mr. Bryan continues to make
.speeches and votes. But it will not
do to stop work. Every voter should
make a personal canvass in his be
half, put in good words for him,
-from now until the election. Bryan
its the only Presidential candidate
feared by the money power; he is
.:he only candidate against whom the
money power is directing its batter
ies of cash. Therefore, every good
citizen, without regard to occupa
tion or pre ious condition of party
servitude, should select him as his
choice for President. Bryan's public
and private life seems to have been
30 pure that his political opponents
cannot bring a single charge against
irim. His record is far better than
5 hat of any candidate who has been
nominates for years." Progressive
Farmer.
Speaking of Our Strawberry Blonde.
What's ailing Walter Sorrel Top
Henry? We haven't seen anything
a the newspapers over his signature
aa two whole days, nor has he been
raaoiinated for any office this whole
blessed week. Are all the constable
and magistrate places taken? Mon
soe Journal.
MECKLENBURG TI.MK.S, CI1ARLOTTK.
ANOTHER LOOK AT THINGS.
The
Situation as Seen by "Hany
Men of nany Minds."
In a secret circular issued by
l'opulist Stale chairman Ayer he as
serts "upon authority" that in the
electoral college neither Sewull nor
Watson will be voted for, but that
the vote will be cast for some man
'acceptable."
Democrat claim Utah by 40,000
and the re election of a straight sil
ver man to succeed Senator Brown.
Kepublicans concede the State by
jo
jn Qjnciunati the bets are about
nn Ohi ;mil are 10 to ? in
even on Ohio and are 10 to
Brvan's favor on K.ntuokv.
A special to the New York
o.' iu
i
(gold-bug) from Dttroit,
Michigan,
say
".Mr. Bryan believes that
Miphiorari is clinched. His friends
and advisers, soir.e of them less op
timisiic general ly,are inclined to the
same view This conclusion isappar-
en tly the result of therecord breaking
crowds along his route, of the en
thusiasm unlcoked for in Kepubli
can districts and what is vrguely
known as a eene.ral change among
the farmers."
The Washington Post (gold bug)
prints a dispatch from Baltimore
saying: "There is no denying the
fact that Senator Gorman's speech
on Thursday night had a wonderful
effect on the Democrats, not only in
the city, but in the State."
A special from Atlanta to the
World savs: "Watson's close friends
here say that unless the electoral
tickets are revised to suit him his
letter will go to the public in it?
original form They believe that in
this letter the nominee has ex pres.-ed
a vigorous opinion of the fusion ar
rangements now obtaining in K nsas.
'Colorado and North Carolina."
Senator Jones writes of Illinois:
"Our chances are improving hourly
in this State, and we have bttttr
nrosiKCts than we have had s.ncei
the campaign opened." j
Of the 10O printers who attended, j
deb gates the session of th- lute:-
national Typographical Union at j
Colorado Spring?, Colo. 10 e j
pressed a determination to vote fo' ;
Bryan and SewaP. The remaining j
delegate was a McKinlev man. Th' -eJ
delegates are from all part.- of the i
Union and ninety per cent, of them
are employed on newspapers advo- j
eating the gold standard. j
lr. Alln Tliiirniiii) lme m.v'tr a'
pr cintt canvass of Ohio, and he j
Sivs that if the gains for Bryun in- j
d'c.t.d in that canvass we: f even!
discounted .' per cent, the State!
would go for Bryan by lS.oOo.
The registration in New York
S ate s gr a er th in ever before ! addressed to negroes his appeals
known and the "Greater New York'" j have been to them and to their bas
will cast 000,000 votes. 1 t-r passions, their instinct to rule
A special to the Post from Omaha, land to dominate. He has taught
Neb, savs: '-Twenty davs before i them that the whites have oppressed
v i
election the estimates ou the out
come given at the diffe en", head
quarters diftVr widely. Based on
past elections the logic of figures
that do not lie would give Nebraska
to Bryan tu e enough a? a starter,
with the fusion nominees not quite
so certain, but reasonablv safe."
Fresh General News in Paragraphs.
General Benjamin Harrison is
swinging around the Stat? of Indiana
in a special train, making McKinley
speeches from the rear platform.
The Board of Inquiry at Ellis Is
land, New York, has decided that
the 107 Armenians who arrived Sat
urday from Turkey cannot be ad
mitted to this country. Judgment
is suspended with regard to some fif
teen of twenty of the number.
Silver on the New York stock ex
change sold yesterday at 00; 0,000
ounces were taken at that price.
The Democrats in Georgia have
declined the Populist proposition for
fusion on the electoral ticket.
At the session of the House
of Bishops of the Episcopal
church, held in New l ork
yesterday, it was decided not
to elect a bishop lor the missionary
diocese of Asheville, because of the
poor financial condition of the North
Carolina diocese at this time.
H. B. Schraubelt, one of the an
archists engaged in the Ilaymarket
riots at Chicago, died in San Fran
cisco of consumption.
The funeral of the late Henry E.
Abbey, the famous theatrical mana
ger, was held in New York yester
day. The gross earnings of the South
ern Railway for the second week of
October were $439,020, a decrease of
$4,050, and those of the Norfolk &
Western $228,111, a decrease of $11,.
015.
Senator Morrill was yesterday
elected to succeed himself by the
Legislature of Vermont.
J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of
Agriculture, was hanged in effigy at
Alexandria, Va. The inscription on
the effigy read "(Dis) Honorable J.
Sterling Marton, Liar and Traitor
to his party. Compliments of Virginia."
A CHANG' FOR FRAUD.
Can be Worked by Two Poll-Holders
Unless the Third One is Sharp
Hanna Bribing Judges of Election.
There is a slick scheme which
has just bten brought to light by
which the ballot box may. be manip
ulated and fraud perpetrated at the
coming election, says the Winston
Sentinel.
It can be worked by two pollhold
ers, unless the third one is pretty
slick. It is charged that the Repub
licans will use the scheme to increase
McKinley's vote in this State. The
charge emanates from well posted
politicians in this State and it was
tirst discovered by a well known law
yer in Washington, D. C.
As is known the new election law
provides that there shall be two bal-
"i lot boxes and two ticKeia. un
ticket is to contain the names of the
candidates for electors and all State
officers and the other is to contain
tiie names of candidates for county
otlicers. It is the duty of the judges
of election to see that the county
ticket goes in the county box ami
the State aud National ticket in the
o-her. But if it so happens that a
la lot should get in the wrong box
.he law says it shall be presumed to
have bee u deposited there by mis
take of the officers of election, and
unless such presumption shall be
rebutted, the ballot shall be counted.
Now the scheme is that an elector
shall vote two National and State
ticktti containing the names of the
McKinley electors, instead of one
Natioi al and Srate ballot and oue
county ballot as he should do. One
of thete National and State ballots
must cf necessity be deposited in
the wrong box, but the law says it
must be counted. A Republican
and Fopu ifi can work this scheme
with gr-at ease, unless the Demo
cia: is watchful.
It is stated by a well informed
ge .tleman that" nearly all the money
Hanna has given North Carolina is
to be spent in bribing judges of elec
tion to work this scheme.
Shall
One Negro Rule Two
White
Men in North Carolina?
According to the
eeiisus of 1M0 there
United States
were in North
Caroha .:
Whit.-, male voters, 21 years
of ;.ge and over
233,307
109,310
Co red, male voters, 21
years of age and over
knowing a majority of white
voters over negro voters of 123,001
With even the memory of 18G8
';: still existing, can it be possible
thut Rusoeil and a few whites with
this 109,000 negroes can again ob
tain control in North Carolina?
Russell's campaign has been uni
que, lie has tilled appointments or
disregarded them at his pleasure.
1'he burdeu of his speeches has been
. i
them, and aroused their ambitious to
resentment and control. He has en
couraged their debauchery by buying
their votes to secure his own nomi
nation, as openly charged by his
own party, aud by false registration
whereby lie hopes to dominate and
control white men and secure his
election aud rule in state affairs.
To enable him to accomplish his
evil design, over 00,000 whites
must "co-operate" with his more
than 100,000 negroes.
Will they do it? Are there GO,
50, 40 or even 30,000 white men in
North Carolina willing to turn over
their state and county government
to Russell, and his 10u,000 negroes?
Can a few purchased leaders, what
ever they may call themselves, or
however they may lie as to their
purposes or support of this or that
principle, lead enough white men
into the Russell camp, or even into
his side shows, to encompass the
success of such plunderers and the
djgradation of the state?-r-Raleigh
News and Observer.
To Keep Fradulent Voters on. the Re
gistration Books.
Chairman Hoi ton of the Republi
can State Committee today issued a
circular to registrars in which he
says: "In trying challenges, no
challenge should be heard unless the
person challenged is present or notice
has been served on him. The party
making challenge must make out his
case and must produce sworn testi
mony that the one challenged is not
entitled to vote. The party whose
vote is challenged is not required to
show that he is entitled to vote until
the case is made out against him by
sworn testimony, nor can a name be
erased from the book until a ma
jority of the judges and registrars
vote to have the voter's name stricken
thereform. The chairman should
vote on every question."
Train Killed Four in a Carriage.
By Telegraph to The News.
Mataman, N. J., Oct. 27. A
Jersey Central' train crashed into a
carriage containing Dr. Palmer, his
wife and his brother and child this
p orniag, killing all four of them.
TITUHSBAY O0T(Ht
ITS NEWS TO CHARLOTTE.
Oxford Demoerat Claims 500 Palmer
Buckner Votes In Town.
The Oxford Democrat organ of
the dummy ticket in North Caro
lina, says in this week's issue: .
"Reliable information from Char
lotte and Mecklenburg county brings
the cheering news that the sentiment
in favor of sound money, true Demo
cracy and Palmer and Buckner is
assuming big proportions, i he na
tional Pemocratic ticket will poles
over 5 )! votes in Charlotte, while as
many more life-long Democrats will
vote for McKinley, because the in
terests involved are so momentous
they will not run any risk. -
"Prominent among tie sound
money men of Cbarh tte, is Mr. J S.
Spencer, president of the great Hen
rietta Mills Company which owns
the magnificent Henrietta Mills Nos.
I and 2 and the big mill now build
ing at Forefct City, all in Rutherford
county."
(ic away from home to learn the
news
If 5()0 votes are cast for Palmer
and Buckner in all Mecklenburg
county, much less Charlotte, there
are several good Democrats here who
will eat their head-gear fried in
mutton suet
Wr.en this great party musters
about twenty-five staunch supporters
to hear the leading speakers in their
campaign in the State it is a fine
showing.
However it may be stated with
some degree of confidence that Pal
mer and Buckner will not carry the
county!!! ???
Marriage of Mr. Parham to Miss Hun
ter. Last 1 ight at nine o'clock, in this
city, at the residence of Mr. J. C.
Jordan, on Hargett street, Mr. J.
Hugh Parham, of Greenville, was
united in marriage to Miss Zula
Hunter, of this city. The ceremo
ny was performed by Rev. Mr. Dan
iel, of Raleigh, and Rev. Mr. Max
well, of Durham. The attendants
were Mr. George Parham and Miss
Mollie Parham. A company of Mr.
Parham's friends accompanied him
from Greenville. Thev were Mes
srs. E. R. Aiken, George J. Wood
ward, James Parham aud Mrs. Ern
est Parham. At the marriage there
was a large gathering of relatives
and friends, and a delightful recep
tion followed the marriage.
The happy couple left last night
on the Atlanta Special for Hender
son, and will afterwards visit the
groom's father, Mr W. A. Parham,
at Oxford. Mr. Parham is a nephew
of the late Mr. B F. Cheatham,
and has many friends in Raleigh.
He is now one of the most success
ful tobacco men in Greenville The
bride is a lovely and popular young
ladv. News & Observer.
Jots from Other Quills.
The election of McKinlev would
mean that the slush fund was great
er than the ballot. St. Louis Re
public. Mr. Washburn has gone to Geor
gia to try and induce Tom Watson
to take some of the dynamite out of
his letter of acceptance. Tom will
do nothing of the sort. He will
continue to do business with the
persons with whom he made ar-1
rmgements at the beginning of the
campaigu. Washington Post-
When Mr. Bryan said the other
daj: "I believe in Almighty God,"
the New York Sun was seriously
offended. But when Bob Ingersoll
takes the stump and says: "I do not
believe in Almighty God," the Sun
will doubtless shine on itself in pure
and unrestrained joy. Memphis
Commercial - Appeal.
Man wants but little here below
and he's gttting it under the gold
standard. Exchange.
When the enemy sees Bryan's face
he says in his heait, the government
is safe in that man's hands. Ruth
erford Democrat.
Literary Notes.
Tosti has hitherto been known
only as the writer of some of the
most famous songs known to musi
cal people. He has now written his
tirtt jurely instrumen'al conpoti
tion, a minuet for the piano, which
the Ladies' Home Journal has se
cured and will publish in an early
issue.
Madame Calve and Madame Mel
ba will both appear in the next issue
of the Ladies' Home Journal with
articles on the voice. Madame Mel
ba has written before and is, in fact,
no novice with the pen, but this is
Madame Calve's first attempt at au
thorship. She wrote the article in
French, and after an English trans,
lation had been made of it she had
the original manuscript bound be
tween morocco covers as a souvenir
of her debut as a writer.
With two little children subject
to croup we do not rest easy with
out a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in the house, for the most
severe attacks quickly succumb to a
few doses of it. Morrison, Colo.,
Bud. For sale at 25 and 50 cents
per bottle by S. L. Alexander & Co ,
druggists.
E2!1S9G
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It is kinder refreshing and stimulatin
old times of long ago, when the spinning w'n(.ei
il..,.kMif Vi r lon-1 1 -n rl 1V-tv T. f-f ,
were .promenading the country on hoiWrj.tck
The people coming in a tandem way to he--
down on the grass, jingling silver dollar,,
and eating ginger bread. Politicians
proved way of getting around quick a:
hurry. Good deal of the get up-r nd-got
r . . a il 1 4. j. 1.
so 11 you want to get mere, ueiu.r Kee p up with the
BELK BRl
Leaders, have iust made a dashinsr raid Infn u.
, j a .lt! gte
liffirtiirinp' centers of this countrv. and thp rli
o - ' tlU(-)raii2jd
it had upon them cannot be described. Ammunitic
Silver JJoiiars. Jvery vouey orougm clown a carle-
choicest selecaoi.s of Boots, Shoes, Clothing, Dry Go
ware, Bicycles, Notions, &c., you ever saw or hearjc'
thing like being in the front and ready, Why, thenj
flock into our stores daily reminds us of a monster g
to hear some great man on the issues of the day. y
they come to us from the four quarters of the ofo
prices penetrate me remotest turner 01 inis vast d
briuging them in on the anctent and modern day
"I
bicycle, &c. Prices cut in two in the middle
both ends. '
BELK BRO
Cheapest Store on Earth.
(WHITE FRONT. 1
19 and 21 East Trade St. Charku
Still in the Race.
I am still in the race for the PAINT
and GLASS business
and am getting
there with both feet. I have the best
goods at the lowest prices, and these are
winning features.
If you want a picture framed cheap
bring itto me.
If you want a good furniture polish
and bed-bug exterminator, I can supply
your wants.
J. J. EZELL,
31 N. College street.
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