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WILMINGTON, N.C.. THURSDAY. JULY S. 1890.
ESTABLISHED 1867.
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t;.m:okai'iiic summary.
The couferees on the silver bill heKl a session
yesterday but came to no ccmclnmon. An j
Inquest it to be held over the bodice taken j
rom the Hill mina. Aid i weeded for the (
tidowi end oriho of the miners. The
)emocrtlS Bute Convention of I'erinnvlvania
let at Bcrariton yesterday. E--Gover nor Tat
aon was Doruiosted for Governor on the first
Ulot. Jude Uond decides that the city of
ictmjond, Vs., can not tai individual snares
f National iUnk and declares void the act of
,eziulatare confirming sach right.- TbtDem-
cratks State Convention advocates again sub-'
aittiDg tlw? licence or rprohibition rinestion to
he' people. There are rumors of fierce
battle iu Ilowau county, Tenn., between rere
jue raitlera and moenBhinem. All reports
Jieg' the killing of three men. The Louie
ille.avd Nahhviile railroad declares a semi
Innnal dividend of i '! 10 per cent in scriptjpd
10 jer cent oh cash and an extra dividend of
)ne c-nt iu cash. The Glad.tonian party
gained a victory at j. rural election yesterday.
L -The cloning, exercises of the University of
FirRi-aia took place yesterday. Ex-JodgeZ.
i. Kmr, one of Atlanta's oldest and most prom
Dent citizens died yesterday." The staff of
he centraljtclegraph office in London refuse
3 cheer for the 'Cvueen, but groaned for her.1
- The commiiBionera have agreed upon the
ke f i out and jaokaon Tark as thi dual sites
r the L'oliirnbiaii fair. Mechanics at Shef
eld and U rmiugham, EogIand,protest again, t
'leMcKi'uley tariff bill.- Three deaths fiom
holera occurred in Gandia, ( Spain, yesterday.
Fif iy ;erroa were" killed in the recent
Lot in Erzeroum. rAnewCathohc Bishopric
I to be created iu Texas, to be known s the
iocese of 'Dallas.
lISTOL-GHAlUS.
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Incralls ie now hancrinir over the
'gged edgo of defeat.' So gld-!
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Ten persons were injured, two 'fatal
. at Gallatin, Tenn , by a tornado.
ry much KlamKge
3C.
to property was
i'atterson is tno favorite among
annsyivania Democrats for the nomi
Uion for Governor. He should be put
i the field.
The Tillman men at Aiken 'howled
own Col. John C. Haskell. Ho called
icm ua, set-of ignoramuses ,nd bellow
1 bulls."
Uol.'Unarlcs venabie, tne .very em-
2nt Profecsor of Methema,tics in the
niyerslty oV Virginia, will -soon sal
Europe. v I
In Yatos-s JJookstore oc Market
reet tno hottest record for the sum
3r tlius.for is 90 degrees and by a
d Instrument.
Jho Siousi City ovrwuZ iys the
st will Vght" unless it obtains tla
tlo reciprocity under the Govern
nt of the-.Unlted, States."
A Tennesee6 Democratic paper refers
Gov. Hill, of) New York, as the
: iiputian proportions of this. peanut
itician." Does he take them raw?
Tartford, Conn:, has -51,000 inhabit-
an increase of G00. How many
Wilmington? 1 We hear a rumor
- it is so much, but it is too low. "
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ho New Karaushirc Boodlors are
; clamororLng loudly for the passage
, Federal election law. They do not
;ever ciamor for a reform ballot at
1C.
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ho New York Itmcs vigorously, eon
:ei? the good work of exposing the:
ally frauds and wholesale purchase
otos in Maine and New Hampshire,
p up the fire.
:orgo- Kliot JTiadev$7o,003 by her
.t novel VMiddlemarch." That is
h more that Geu. Lew 'Wallace has
realized from his vcry popular
n Hur." George Eliot also made
X)0 by her charming'Romola."
orter ays it looks as if the total 1
;us as reported would be 64,500,000.
1 a million and a kalf for those not
a and you will have 66,000,000,
h wo believe isV-ot far from the
t figures. .
w apt is the following.
The N.
says: ! .
lcro is tomething nevertheless,
i Quay's very impudence that is
stive to such minds as prefer the
n to the sneak. His action is
:al and defiant, but it is not hypo
sal
times a breeze from the peaceful isleu
aes bearing a breath of bloom,
And we hide our care.
And the skies are fair,
1 gone are the clouds of gloom . " ' '
nimes we dream of a face that emiles
1 a gleam of goltfen hair, .
And we long to go
To the loved we Know
9 waiting "over therre."
- . Chicago Post,
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r. Hannis Taylor, the very ablema
of North Carolina, living in Mo
, Ala., is( thus described:
Mr. Taylor is tall, handsome, and
l intellectual cast of countenance
dark, brilliant eyes. He is about
y-sLx years of age."
3 Ttas born in New Bern and we
J understood that he was not yet
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1)1!. IL'H. WHITEHEAD.-
PREPARING TO
SCHOOL AT
OPEN THE MEDICAL
THE UNIVERSITY.
TUm 8tat Tennli Asictatlon North Caro
lina Not to b Itpreanted at the Laadoa
KxTvoltlon-Durham Preparing for the
Preas Convention Kraall Arms Practice
a the State Troops Encampment.
Messenger Bureau, I !
i Raleigh, N. C, July 2, 1S90. J
The loDcr-desired rain came vester-
day and did a great deal of eood. Crops
of all kinds needed it just' in this sec
tion and the corn wa beffinnincr to be
damaged. i
The North Carolina Tennis Associa
tion was organized here last evening.
This morning the games began at Nash
bquare. There were quite a number
of players. The morning was devoted
to singles and this afternoon the
doubles will be played. Mr. Lacy L.
Little is president of the association.
A letter to your correspondent from
a friend at Chapel Hill gives some in
teresting news regarding the new de
partment of the University.
Dr. u. H. Whitehead has reached
Chapel Hill and strikes all who meet
him as fully deserving- the commenda
tion or old Dr. Cabell, "the brightest
man in the medical -department of the
University qt Virginia for fifty years."
I quote frorr a letter of Dr. Dabney, a
very brilliant teacher In that depart
ment. Dr. Whitehadis getting ready
for the medical school of which he is
head. He is superintending the erec
tion of a dissecting building: in the
southwest part ol the campus.
He thinks that models laud pic
tures cannot possibly take the place
of actual work or the cadaver. The
University Medical School will not
grant diplomas. It is to be a prepara
tory school. The student in the large
classes of the medical colleges of New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, an,d
elsewhere, cannot possibly derivje
much benefit from the lectures unless
they are thoroughly drilled in the
principles beforehand, Many of them
are so far from the lecturer thay they
cannot 6ee the illustrations except with
an opera glass. They cannot without
trained minds take in and appropriate
what is! taught. The medical society
of the State," and -the societies of all the
States, are endeavoring to raise the
standard of culture in the profession.
Dr. Whitehead : intends to carry out
their views. With the aid of the able
professors in chemistry, physics.
botany, etc.-we 'will hay his students
6o thoroughly prepared on principles
that they will be head and shoulders
above those lacking xsuch instructions.
It appears that North Carolina will
not . be represented at the Crystal
Palace exposition, at London. Until
3re8terday no official recognition what
ever had been given .North Carolina's
application lor space there, which was
made over fifty days ago. Because of
this neglect and by reason of news pri
vately reoeivedthat there was no de
sirable space left, the plan was aban
doned .by the committee here and the
fact was made known to peopie in Lon
don by cable laet Monday. ) :
The most of the people here were
surprised yester&iy at the result of the
judicial convention at Smithfield.
They thought Swilt Galloway, would
get the nomination for solicitor, but
things turned out differently.
The Commonwealth Club, of Dur
ham, is making the most elaborate and
costly preparations on record in this
State for the entertainment of the del
egates to t&e press - convention at that
town. Yet thus far very few responses
have been received. What is the mat
ter with the editors anyway? Why do
they not all join the association? It
would benefit them all and besides be
the, means of doing the State a great
deal of good.
A d6xen mills have sent samples of
their cotton goods, and also of woollen
goods, for exhibition at the Mt. Holly
fair, which will be quite an exposition.
General orders No. 10, just received
from the Adjutant General's depart
ment scate that smell-arms I practice
will hereafter form a part of the mili
tary instruction of the North Carolina
State Guard,' and will be conducted,
except as herein provided, according
to the methods of "Blunt's Small-arms
-Firing Regulations" as used in the reg
ular army. Practice will be supervised
and inspected bv an Inspector General
of small-arms practice with the rank of
ioionei, ana in eacn regiment oy a
Hegimental Inspector of small-arms
practice with tfce rank of Captain, but
the details of .instruction will be given
by the company officers and non-commissioned
officers. 4
The "practice season" daring each
year will include the period of the
general encampment and a period be
fore and after it, and, unless otherwise
ordered, will commence annually on
June 1st and end on the 31st of August.
Only such scores as are made within
this time, and in accordance with the
firing regulations and this order, will
be considered in making up the aggre
gate required to determine the class In
which any soldier will be included.
This order shall be in full force from
and after this date, except that all
shots fired for record for the year 1890
will be fired on ranges at the annual
encampments of the respective regi
ments. Captain Stanhope E. Blunt.
Ordnance . Department U. S. Army
having been detailed by the Secretary
of War to attend the annual encamp
ments of the North Carolina State
Guard for this year for the purpose of
giving instruction in rifle practice, he
will have entire supervision of this
branch of the service during , the en
campments, and regimental command
ers will issue such orders and instruc
tions in relation thereto as he may di
rect. - All officers and men are urged
to render him a hearty co-operation in
the performance of the duties imposed
upon ' him, and as an officer of the
-United States he t will be obeyed and
respected accordingly. ;
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS. j
They Hold an Enthaaiaetlc State Cenvea-
tlon Ex-Gor. fattiaon Nominated for
Governor on the First Ballot.
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SCR ANTON, Pa., July 2. Notwith
standing the crowds of Dem cerates
that have lived in the streets and
hotels for a day or two, the convention
hall was very blow in filling up. This
perhaps was due to the rain which
broke over the city cany this morning
and kept up till after the hour set for
the convention.
The delegates, workers, acd the
lookerson remained in the hotels till
nearly 10 o'clock. When State chair
man C. W. Kisoer come into the hall
there were not a dozen people in the
galleries and lcsa than half the dele
gates were in their seats. After 10
o'clock the delegates began! to come in
with a rush, and both galleries rapidly
filled up. The sentiment, as it bad
been all along, was strongly in favor of
Pattison. The Wallace men abandoned
their claim of 195 delegates for their
candidate and said the result depended
on the field. The Pattison people were
confident they would win on the first
ballot.
The Wallace men would not concede
this and asserted that , the field was
stronger than Pattisop.i The Pattison
men's bold move in naming Willam F.
Harrity, leader of the field forces for
permanent chairman was regarded as
a clever stroke or policy.
The Wallace men decided to put
Judge Church, of Meadville, against
Harrity. Church is a strong friend of
Wallace 'but is a Pattison delegate.
The result of the fight on the perma
nent chairman will decide the contest
for nomination for Governor.
It was 10:30 o'clock when Chairman
Kisner called the convention to order
and instructed the secretary to read
the call. After readinc the call, the
secretary called' the roll of delegates.
The roll call ran along smoothly
enough until Blair county was
reached. There is a contest in that
county ard the Pattison men were
placed on the roll. When they were
read Landis, one of the contestants, de
manded to he heard. He said the men
whose names had been read were not
delegates from Blair. Chairman Kis
ner instantly called him to order. Then
followed a scene of excitement. The
galleries hissed and yelled "let hUn
talk." and the other contestants de
manded 'fair play" in loud and angry
voices. Mr. Kisner finally obtained
order and got the Blair men in his seat
He then said the contest from Blair
county would go to.the committee on
credentials where it belonged. After
this outbreak the roll call ran along
smoothly to the end, there being only
occasional outbursts of applause lor
some well known delegate. There
were a number oi substitutions, ana at
tne .close Chairman Kisner announced
that the election Of a temporary chair
man was in order, iJckley B. .Corey
was elected by acclamation. The com
mittees on permanent organization,
credentials and resolutions were then
appointed. The committee oh creden
tials is conceded to be controlled by the
Pattison people
! After a recess, thecommitteeon con
treeted seats made their report giving
Pattison a majority of the disputed
votes. Ex-P6tmaster Harrity, of Phil
adelphia, was elected permanent chair
manalso A. Patterson Victory. The
Blair county delegates were each given
half a vote. This created some dissat
isfaction which was manifested at dif
ferent times during the proceedings,"
but tnis was the only discordant note
of the convention.
Nominations for governor were then
in order and the following were placed
in nomination: Ex-Senator Wm. A,
Wallace, ex-Governor Robert JS. Pat
tisoa, Robert S. Wright, of Lecbigh:
William U. Hansel, j of JLan caster and
Chauncey F,Black, of York,
The first ballot stood: Pattison 200,
Wallace 132, Wright 11, Hensel 13;
Black 10. :. .
When the -convention got Sired
shouting Pattdson's nomination was
made unanimous.
For Lieutenant Governor,, C. F.
Black was nominated on the first ballot
and his nomination was also nzade
unanimous. Wm. H: Barelay, of Alle
gheny county, was nominated by accla
mation for Secretary of Internal
Affairs. - , j
Govercor Pattison was brought be
fore the convention and madera speech,
which roused the convention to the
Tiighest pitch of enthusiast!. The
convention then adjourned, with three
cheers for Governor Pattison.
Aid for the Widow .and Orphans.
Dunbar, Pa., July 2. The xvorkof
smothering or putting out the fire in
the Hill farm mine has commenced.
The mine cannot be flooded and an
effort is being made to smother the
flames. . It is thought there is only one
way in which the property will be of
any use again. That is to shut up the
burning portion in walls of brick. By
connln it in this manner, that part
of the vein which has never ' been
reached will be within reach. The
I coroner's inquest, oyer the bodies of
two men brought out of a slope will
begin Monday. It will be one of the
most important one ever held in this
district. What is most needed here
now is relief for . twentyone widows
and seventy-seven orphans of the vio
tims of the explosion. Money is needed
badly as there is much suffering.
Tho LJqnor Question In Maine.
Augusta, Maine. July 2. Three
hundred and eighty-five delegates were
present at the Democratic State Con
vention to-day. The convention spent
the time till . 2 o'clock discussing the
insertion into the platform of a resolu
tion submitting to the people again the
question , of license or prohibition.
The resolution was adopted, after a
stormy debate, byr a vote of 145 to 99.
Following this vpte, Wm. P. Thomp
son, of Belfast, was nominated for Gov
ernor oy acciamauoy.. ; 1
THE ELECTION BILL I
IT IS ADOPTED BY THE HOUSE BY A
SMALL MAJORITY. I
An Amendment to Prohibit Federal Sol
dier at the Polls U Voted Dovro-8peer
Keed'e Arbitrary Hal In The Senate
Recede From lu Poeltlon on the Legta
latlve Bill.
Washington, julv fSENATE.1
Senator UUcock called up his motion
to reconfciuer tne vote by which the
Senate yesterday refused to recede
from its amendment to the legislative
appropriation bill in reference to the
pay oi senators clerks and sessional
committee clerks. The motion w&a
agreed to. The Question then recurred I
whether tne benate should recede from I
Its amenaments. The question was
taken by a standing vote, and the
motion to recede was agreed to.
The Senate then proceeded to the
consideration of ; two Senate bills, re
ported from the committee on com
merce tq place American merchant
marine, gaged In foreigh trade, upon I
an equality with that of other nations: I
and to provide for carrying the mail I
service bqtween the United States and 1
foreig ports and to promote commerce. J
Senator; Frye, spoke as to both bills. I
The first he said, explained itself. It
applied to all shipa, sail or steam, wood
iron or steei, oi a certain class and that
class being a very perfect reouirement.
The other bill was known as the postal
subsidy bin. it provided that the
Postmaster Ueneral should make con
tracts, after advertisement with the
lowest bidder for carryineri United
States malls on American vessels.
Senator Vest took the floor in oppo
sition to the subsidy bill and to the
general principle of subsides, but
yielded it without concluding his
speech, r . j
After a short executive session the
Senate, at 5:10, adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. .
The House resumed consideration of
the federal electien bill, the j pending 1
question being on amendments offered
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ated with the District Judge)! to pass
upon the applications for 6upervisorsof
election. i
Mr. Tucker's amendment j was re
jected. , !
amendment, making it the duty of tho
Circuit Judges in each circuit, within
one month from the passage of this act
to f open a special term of the Circuit
Court in their respective circuits and
said Judges shall -appoint for each
judicial district three discreet persons
of good character and standing, who
shall be known as United States juror
commissioners..! It hall be the duty of
such conirrjssioners to organise as a
board and;.ia. vime o time mako f roui
the qualified K voters a list of persons
who,: under the. laws oi the unitea
States and of the State shall be-ellgible
for Jury duty without respect to race
or color., i Hereafter all panels for
jurors shall he drawn by the 'board in'
the presence oi the district or uircuit
Judge.
- ' The amendment was agreed to on a
vote by tellers 146 to 143. ; A great
deal of confusion followed jthe an-
nouncement, amid which several Dem-
Dcrats were heard demanding the yeas
and nays, xhe demand was made in
so low a tonei however, that it was not
heard by the Speaker, who recognized
Mr. Struble, of Iowa, to offer an
amendment. I i
Then Mr. Outhwalte, of Ohio, called
the attention of the Speaker to the fact
that the veaa and naysvrere demanded,
and upon the Speaker expressing the
opinion that the demand came too late,
Mr. Outhwaite himself requested that
all those favoring the demand should
rise. The entire Democratic 6ide rose
to its feeti but the Speaker .entirely
.irnored it and did not count those
rising, tie statea, nowever, tnat 11
there was no objection the yeas and
nays might be ordered. There being
no objection the Speaker directed the
clerk to call the roll amid a velley of
protests from the Democrats at being
granted7! a favor what they demand
ed as a right. The amendment was
adopted yeas 150, nays 144.
I Mr. Hemphill offered 4in amendment
to section 32 of the bill to insert the
words "except section 19S9 of the re
vised statutes -of the United States."
He explained that that section of
the bill empowered the supervisor
to ,use the army and navy at the .polls
and the purpose -of his amendment was
to eliminate that provision. :
Mr. Lodge denied that the bill Lad
i any such effect a&stated.
Mr. GuthwaiteV-of Ohio, znaintained
that Mr. Hemphill had properly con
strued the section. He .was in favor
of allowing the President of the United
States to exercise such authority, but
objected to its exercise by some hire
ling Republican politician.-
Mr. Raweil said the adoption of the
amendment would leave ' the court
without an arm to enforce its judge
ment.' . : : , . ;
Mr. Allen, of Mississippi, regretted
that the House had ceased to be a de
liberative body. - It made him so mad
that he was almost willing to go to the
other end of the 'capitol, that was, if
the Speaker did not, abolish i the Uni
ted States Senate in accordance with
his program6. Laughter.
The hour, of 2 o'clock having
arrived, the . Speaker Ideciared
the previous question ordered on
the bill and pending amendment
Mr. Springer inorid to lay the bil
on the table and thus defeat IU This
motion was. beaten bjr 149 yeas to 165
nays. The only Republicans who voted
in favor of the motion were Coleman,
of Louisiana, and Lehback, of New Jer
sey. Ewart, of North Carolina, another
bolter, was paired , with SImonds, of
Connecticut. Mr. Springer, before the
-vote was announced, changed from aye
,: Continued on fourth page.! ;
LATEST NEWS TROJt ECKOPE.
Oppoerd to the XIcKlaUy Blll-The Om-era-rirty
Pervons Killed la a Mot-New
Catholic III hep for Texa.
London, Jaly 2. The parllamcoury
election at Barro-in-Ferrne to-day.
the outcomo cf which has been looked
forward to with much interest and con
siderable anxiety by all parties, result
ed In victory for the Gliditonlan can
didate. The vacancy was caused by
the resignation of W. S. Calnc, ! Liberal-Unionist,
who wished to test the
feeling of his constituency regarding
the licencing clauses of the local taxa
tion bill, relating to the com pc nation
of publicans, and who resigned just be
fore the clauses referred to wens drop-
pea by the government. The returns
from to-day's election place
Caine at
ino oottomoi the poll. The vote was
as follows: Duncan. GladatonlanJ 1.191:
Wainwright, conservative, l,b&i;Caloo
1,280. In 18S6, Caine was elected by a
vote of 3,212 against 1,SS2 for Alms-
worth.
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London, July 2. The staff of the
central telecraoh office of London. n urn-
bering forty persons, refused to cheer
for the Queen on the invitation of the
officials in honor of the postal jubilee.
Instead of cheerinc they croaned for
the Queen. They also groaned for
Postmaster General Raike 'as a oro-
test against his treatment of their de-
mands for the amelioration in their
condition.
London, July 2. The cutlers of
Sheffield have asked the mayor of that
city to preside at a meeting which has
been called to protest against the Mc
Kiniey bill, bluillar movements are
on foot in Birmingham and the south
of Wales.
Berlin, July 2. A semi-official de
nial is made hereof the statement pub
lished in yesterday afternoon's papers
that the powers of continental Europe,
beaded by Germany, had agreed to es
tablish mutual protective tariffs against
American imports if the McKlnley bill
now pending before the American Con-
gress becomes a law. uermany niu
Sken no 8teP8il counteract any nossi-
luiur w:ur.u r i UJf
Madrid. July 2. Three deaths from
Ah nlava Aii i waI In II innll Mtlanl rr
The number of new cases continues to
vwvu .u vuu.
diminish.
During the past two weeks there
have been 144 cases of cholera and
thirty-six deaths from the disease in
Gandia. The medical authorities are
o.f the opinion that the disease will not
spread further. The latest cases are
of a more benignant type. i
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 2. Accord
ing to advices from Erzeroum, fifty
persons lost their lives in the recent
riot in that city. When the news of
the fray between Turkish soldiers and
Armenians, which Inaugurated the
trouble, was spread over the--? wn the
O,o!e moa-m nmala'.r'in .UVned" out
and wildest disorder prevailed. Tho
windows of the British and I French
consulates were smashed by the infu
riated Mussulmans. Business is ny w at
a standstill in the town.
LONDON. July 2. A dispatch from
Port Louis, Guadeloupe, received
here to-day, states that the principal
buildings in that place have been des
troyed by fire. The total of the losses
is 200,000. Many of the inhabitants
lost all their effects by the conflagra-
tion and are entirely destitute.
Home, July 2. The Vatican has ap
proved the proposal of the New Orleans
Episcopate to create a new bishopric,
to be known as the diocese of Dallas,
TexasA . 1 .
Monsignor Verdageur has been ap-
I .ointed Bishop of Brownsville, Texas.
Baseball Yesterday.
Pittsburg Pittsburg 2, Boston 4.
(Brotherhood.)
Chicago Chicago 10, Philadelphia
8. (Brotherhood.)
Chicago Chicago 4, Phildelphla 7.
(League.) ' I
Pittsburg Alleghany 13 New York 9.
(League,) i
Buffalo Buffalo 17, Brooklyn 11.
Brotherhood.) j
Cincinnati Cincinnati 6, Brooklyn
1. (League.) j
Jouisville Louisville 5, Brooklyn 3.
(Association.)
St. Louis SL Louis 6, Rochester 8.
(Association.)
Columbus Syracuse 7, Columbus 2.
Toledo Toledo 5, Athletic o.:
Cleveland Cleveland 6, New York
7. .(Brotherhood.) ,
Cleveland First game, eleven inn
inge, Cleveland 4, Boston 0. Second
game, eleven innings,' Cleveland 4,
Boston 5. (League.) !
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In Conference on tho Sliver BI1L
WASHINGTON, July 2 The confeiees
on the silver bill met this morning and
spent an hour in discussing tho differ
ences between the two Houses. They
separated at noon, having come to no
conclusion; they said there were three
propositions presented for considera
tion, but their terms are not yet made
known.
The conference adjourned to meet
again to-morrow morning. The House
conferees brought to the meeting a
copy of the bill as it passed that body,
aad this farmed the basis cf whatever
discussion took place. A great portion
of the time, one of the conferees said,
was spent in general take upon the
subject, ( with no definite proposition
before them. The conference is said
to hare been satisfactory In its tone
and tendency to the members.
Vatlenal Bank Share ICot Taxablo. i
RiciniOND. Vainly 2. Judge Bond,
in the United States? Circuit Court to
day, on appeal, decided the case of the
city ofRicbmond ts. the First Na
tional Bank of Richmond, In favor of
the bank. The decision perpetually
en joins the city collector from collect
ing taxes on the shares of stock of in
dividual shareholders. He also decided
that the act passed by the last Leg
islature, to legalize and con firm these
taxes upon national banks, was .wholly
invalid and ineffectuaL
VANCE'S LETTKl!
TO THE PRESIDENT CFTHE FARMERS
ALLIANCE OF THIS STATE.
UeTelU With ItU ChararterUtU rtJr
ad llonecty mt fmrptmm he tbtlee In
the Way of the eb-Trrjf Hill eif
tThy tie Cannot Seppovt It n4
Seeded Relief, j" j
-GJwiJ Girr, Ei . PrrtLlmt n rWrsf
A Uia net of Va Gt ro? i , Ul i rf i.
-V.CU 'r
Dear Sir: So many report vn-
ceralog my position on what U knotrn
at tho Sub Treasury or -Farmer Wart-
house bill have been circulated In our
State, and I bare recelwd k many
letters of enquiry on the subject,1 that
I have deemed U my duty to anwr
them all In this way, I write jou a
the honored head of the Farmers' Al
liance of North Carolina, and delrc Id
this manner to make known to the pro-
pie my honest opinion On this and.ccg
nate subjects. 1 do this all tho tnoro
readily because lam conciou Ibst I
have never, in the course of tar rollt.
Ical life, concealed from the rtconle
who have honored me any candid con
viction In regard to any Important
public matter. It U loo Ulo fur me
uow to begin such a courc. L
On the 2Uh day of February. lsO. rt
therequestof OI. I. L. Polk, brel
dent of the N. F. Alliance snd fndu.
trial Union," I Introduced In the Sn
ateblU2, popularly known as the
sub-treasusy blU.and procured lu refer,
en co to tho committee on agriculture
and forestry, where It 'j was sunnod
that It would rccfclve raoro friendly
consideration than from the committee
on finance, to which It would othcrwio
have gone according to tho rule. On
receiving IL I told both Coll Polk and
Dr. Mscune, the chairman of the legis
lative committee of the Alliance, that
I was not prepared to promlo them to
support the bill; that it wan a gtrat
nn radical departure from the accu
tnmcd nolicv of our WLUtinn an.i
lhat lhere were questions both of prac-
ticabllllty and constitutionality, which
i lniroaucuon, ana oeiievca mat its alt
It. , 1 i ...
cusslon would attract the attention of
the country to the condition and the
want of the agricultural classes, and If
this bill was not deemed the proper
one, that some other would be formu
lated in the direction of the needed re
lief. I procured an early consideration
of the bill by the committee, and a
very able and most interesting discus
sion by Messrs. Polk and Mac u no was
hat?. But so far without result. Tho
committee has not yet made a report,
though I am assured that a majority or
its members sro anxiously seeking to
devise a method of relief which shall
not be open to tho objections of that
1 t ....
out. ,
My own position remains the tame;'
I cannot support this bill in its present
shape. But I am not opposed to tho
principle and purposes of tho measure.
On tho contrary, they are thoo which
I have for ten years advocated, aod for
the accomplishment of which I have in
every county in North Carolina again
and again urged tho organization of
farmers, pointing out to ttem how that
all other classes of socle tj were organ
ized for the promotion of their sipa
rate Interests. It is a shameful truth,
that in the enormous growth, of the
wealth of our country in the lost twenty
years, the farmers have not -proper-..
ilonately participated. All candid men
admit that they have not had thc. r
share of the aggregate , prosperity of
our country. The reason of this is is
plain to be bcenas any caue for any
effect. For a quarter of a century the
legislation of bur country has been
notoriously in the interest of certain
combinations of capital. Tho manu
facturers have been protected by enor
mous duties upon foreign imports,many
of which are absolutely proh(bitory.Tto
currency has been systematically con
tracted by. the withdrawal of circula
tion and the demonetization of silver
in the interest of the bankers, broker.,
bondholders and all tho creditor class.
In this way the Inevitable result have
been produced. The enormous wealth
of our country has more and more
ceased to bo widely distributed an J has
become concentrated in the hands of a
few. Overgrown fortunes hare been
accumulated by the favored one,while
mortgages hare been tho chief acquisi
tion of tho. many. The farmer bJng
compelled to sell his surplus wheal,
beef and cotton in, free trade market
of the world, was not allowed also to
buy his supplies In the same place, but
was compelled to bring bis money
home from Europe and buy bis iron,
his clothing and ail his farm supplies
from the domestic manufacturers at
prices enhanced cot only by these
enormous tariff duties, but likewise by
this severe contraction of the currency
What else could possibly have followed
but indebtedness and bankruptcy for
that class who had thus to bear the ul
timate burdens caused by this disturb
ance of the laws of economy, and by
which alone the undue lichee of oc
class were secured
all efforts to secure the repeal of thlv
outrageous taxation and to restore the
full use of silver as moooy, having so
far proved unavailing, reasonable men
are not surprised that the oppressed
class of our people have at last organ
ized and determined to do something.
For one I sympathize most cordially
sincerely with this determination. In
asmuch as it is impossible to compen
sate the farmer for the robbing of him
under this tariff taxation by imposing
tariff duties for his beneSt, Uo for
the reason that similar products to hit
are cot la ported In to this country -tho
question arises, how shall be be com
pensated? If soma way be cot devised,
and we continue to Impose these tariff
taxes on him, we simply admit that ho
is to be oppressed forever or until he is
sent to the poor house; and that whilst
we have the power under tho Constltu
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