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Daily Standard, JOHN D. BARRIER & SON, Editors and Proprietors. OFFICE IN JBKIOK ROW. Thb Standard is published every day (Sunday excepted) and delivered by carriers. bates of subscription : One year. .... . $4.00 Six months. ............ 2 00 Three months . . . . .... . . 100 One month . ............ 35 Single copy.. ........... .05 The Weekly. Standard is a four-page, eight-column paper. It has a larger circulation in Cabarrus than any other paper. Price $1.00 per annum, in advance. ADVERTISING RATES I Terms for regular advertisements made known on application. Address all communications to THE STANDARD, - Concord, N. C. CONCORD, OCT. 17 .497.' HOT IX Til A A' COVU31.Sf, PLE1E. The Standard believes that much good is doue by the proper discussion of measures on which honest, fairminded men differ. Dis cussioD, too, . should have for its object and aim; the accomplishment of anity, if possible brit by all means an enlarged mutual respect for the opinions of those who differ. We wish to engage in no discussion where the?e ends cannot be hoped for. The Favetteville Observer seems to nave aiscernea tms iaci and feel quite complimented by bin kindly reference to us in this xespect. Before proceeding to note errors into which our contemporary has fallen, we will stop to ask him whether he does not agree with us 68 to proper discussion ? He says, "It is a great pleasure to find in the Concord Standard an exception to the rule of conduct which seems to govern some gold! tes." If so we ask oar esteemed contemporary whether it would not be better to eliminate aU a vt m na fA f aian.l llairalflnn ues," Republican-ClevelandoSkin-l!er-Pritchard,,, "Ransomiam" etc ? from our discussions. They seem to The Standard to smack more of reproach than of argumentation. Lest, in our efforts to discuss these matters smoothly ami amicably, oar contemporary should inspect that we lack the moral courage to fpeak our impressions cf men whose names are freely used, we simply say that we are impressed with Grover Cleveland aa a man of sterling in tegrity, a fair amount of sagacity, broad statesmanship and noble patriotism. As for Mr. Risom, we VflTA af-ndied him for itiativ vparn auu we art uuauie iu iuruj a ueuisive opinion for laok of proof of charges. .Mr. Pritchard, in the late campaign, we belieye, purposely and studiously misrepresented facts for effects sake to secure hit office. We believe further, that be promised both the Kam?ays the Salisbury poatoffice and that his excuse to the Charlotte Ob- fiorvor o.Vnn f. rflfpTrinor tVio maffo fn others while his brother was. in a precarious condition, was an unman" ly subterfuge, We have little faith in Mr. PiitchaidV doing his duty when self interest dictates the oppo lite. Mr. Skinner was aleo an agi tator trying to alienate Democrats "novel scheme. But to return, the Observer say$ it feels justified in transferring Thb Standard to its column of papers chich declare for co operation with the Populists in preference to suf fering a continuance of Negro domi nation. We do not know why the Observer shou d pat it that way. We declared positively against fusion with the Populist party and we did not saj or mean to say "negro do mi nation." We said the present dis graceful govern men t. We are op posed to the Negro in efflae, unlest it be where the Negro only is con cerned, but the Negro in office in the State is not a tithe of the evil of tht officials that could only get intc office by their votes combined, with white men's whose better judgement was beclouded by designing agitators of which Senator Butler is of the worst type e ever heard speak. Oar friend, the Observer, thinks we would not have to sarifice principle to co-operate with "the Populists, led by Mr. Butler. We think jast the opposite. What principal is there in the act of But ler's delivering the 30 odd thousand Populist yotes to the worst element that has popp d up in the State since the days of reconstruction ? If he sought the good of the State how could he deliver over that vote to a party whose principles were diame trically opposed to the party to which be first made overtures ? Who wants to fight shoulder to shoulder with a Captain who will dell vei his com pany bodily to fight with the enemy against you if you don't accept his terms? Why talk of Democrats' "knifing" Bryan when as individuals t ley voted for some other candidate when Mr. Butler is condoned for delivering 30 odd thousand votes to bring about our deplorable condi tion in the State, including the Ne gro in office ? Does not Butler know his power, and does he not stand ready to deliver over to the enemy as soon es his terms are rejected ? Any attempt to co-operate with the Populist party would mean to accept Butler's terms with a menace that it is these or we will go to the Republicans,negro and all. Mr. But ler's terms would be such as insured the greatest possible aggrandizement pf Mr. Butler. We hope this is not prejudice but is born out on the face offsets. Our contemporary fears that we (as Democrats) will not demean our selves so as to draw to us a sufficient number of individuals to render our chances good. We think so too, if if we offer co-operation with an ele ment that co-operated with our political enemies to wrest the govern ment from good, wise and safe hand 8 to the worst thai the State could well have. Surely, with the record of Demooracy in the State contrasted with the last two legisla tures and our Governor and his kind, we can draw enough of the better class of Porulists who wish to wash their hands of the combination and return to uncon taminated ranks to oyerthrow this evil domination. We believe we would lose our self respect and that of the men we wish to win by any effort to fuse with Butler. We beg our contemporary's par don, yielding to the expediency forced by the existence of a third party in '96 does not apply for '98. Then we played hush about their misdoings in order to fuse as mn ch as possible (no choice of The Standabis) but now we propose to go into the fight as we did in '74, to regain the legislature and hold the governor to his place, and vin 1900 clear the State of the incubus as we did when the noble Vance lei us so boldly independency, aggressively and victoriously. f (We are sorry that any one should be 0 reokleo as to call, oar gallant Vance a traitor.) Oue more point by our contempo rary, we think, not well taken. He reminds us that most of the evil done in the last legislature was done b? the Republicans and Skinner Populists. We answer that in '94 Butler had hi own sweet will and way. The record was bad, but he got the highest office within the gift f State by Republican co-operation nd we understood, and fully be lieve, with the positive bargain that when Pritchard'a short term was ended that Porm lists would help to . elect him for the six-year term. Pntc bard's financial sentiment did not justify Butler's going back on the bargain. When the coalition was formed they announced to the world that "We hold our prnciples in abeyance' It left no room to I kick about Pritchard's fiuancial pro fessions. (Pritchard on finances is like Butler on the tariff, "put your finger on him and look and he is not there') This great split in the Populist ranks, so utterly foolish and incon sistent on the part of Butler, must be due to innate perfidious scheming that missed its mark and rebounded on his own head, and through his spiteful, vicious hate he opposed some evil that was done in the legis lature, but he was not above any of it as his general lack of principle shows. Our governor is easily the most objectionable product of fusion creation and Butler is thick with him. (But watch and see that break come ere long, when Butler is about to be overshadowed.) The Stand a bd believes it has a strong case. It claims nothing for adroitness or skill but all for facts and reason, which it offers for Dem- acratio unity and victory, and asks the hand of Its esteemed contempo rary, the Fayetteyille Observer, cas we go marching on" tc victory with out fusion, sacrifice, compromise or abeyance of principle with Vance 1 -' J. ' ana vo as our watchword. C5 I ! HIM. II M fit CO CP n HORSES and MULES FOR SALE. We have for sale at out stables twenty-five head jof horses , and mules.- f,l. I. BOO BRO STRIKERS KILLED. I have bought 12 car-loads COAL You can get any size of U HARD COAL U you want, at the lowest prices. I will deliver yon good SOFT (bituminous) COAL at $4.25 to $4 50 per ton. Call on k:l. craven, Cor. Depot & Spring St n e t v - O IS) 3 w 1 IMJ COME ! COME ! COME ! AND Seethe beautiful DOLL givn to the ladies for the Church Fair by Mr. Peter A. 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