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WILMINGTON, N. C, FBI DAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1894.
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TELEGRAPHIC SUMMAKY.
The Democratic rally ia Rait igh yes
terday was. a great success except for the
disappointment at the failure of Messrs.
Daniel, Oates and Hoke Smith to attend.
Speeches were made by Messrs,' Ransom,
Chauncey Black, Gardner,' Mansur and
Jarvis- Caps. Capers was acquitted of
the charge of criminal libel at Darling
ton yesterday- Caswell Ellis who
graduated at ie State university last
June, gets a $400 scholarship "in Clark
university -Tbirty-two law students
from the university will apply for
license Wydtfc Perry is on trial in
AVake county for killing Tom Bailey a
yer ago All the Apache Indian pris
oners at Mount Vernon barracks, Ala.,
sijje to be sent to Fort Sill. I. 'P. -4M.r-ial
law at Blutfields ha8 been-with-i
drawn J. MJ White, of the New York
Cotton Exchange, is - d. ad - Heiiry
Sanford resigns as president of the
Adams Express company and is suc
ceeded by T. C. ier, of Cincinnati
"Wilson Woodley, one of the conspirators
: in the Grant murder, is hanged atrMont-'
i gornry, Ala.-; The tobac6o men of
! this and- other countries will make the
handsomest display at the Atlanta ex
' position ev?r made of that industry. The
' exposition will erect a separate building
1 for them- By the collapse- of & plat
? form seventy -five people at Akron, Ohio,
fall a distance of thirty-five feet., One
iiai already died and several others are
1 ikely . to die- The South Carolina
' Supreme court, it is said, has decided the
'Dispensary law constitutional. The
.piiiion has not yet been made publici
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd
l ellows yesterday took up? and pasfed
he proposed la w. , as to admission of
w omen- Will . Myers, who murdered
rowley-near: Atlanta, left plain proof of
hisi guilt in that city -Three men are
shot at Zeigler, Ala., in a quarrel over
. Clitics -Secretary Carlisle accepts
Mr. URourkeV resignation. The latter
t.aik3 freely about the affair -All gam
bling houses in ChicagS are closed by an
"order of the mayor Dr. Mcintosh, the
co-respondent in a divorce suit, is killed
by jj Jenkins, the plaintiff. The parties
itand high' in social life inSherella, Ark,
Ari injunction is issued against the
ila-milton Brown Shoe company strikers
At Sr- Louis B. D. Smith, a locomo
.live".' engineer, formerly frdm Raleigh,
oommits suicide in Atlanta The situa
' tion at Blutfields remains unchanged.
The Nicaraguai commissioners refuse to
let the ' two Americans 1 land and
have a trial, at, that city. Secretary
4 J resha'ra has instructed our Minister to
INiearasua to see that they arc given a
-fair trial -r-All the- ready mad3 clothes
Tvorkera in Boston strike and that in
dustry is at a standstill. ' ', ' ' : .
A SCHOLARSHIP GAINED
Bv Mr. Caswell K-llis in Clark' Uni
versity -.Thirty-Two University
Law Students Apply-' forv Li
- cense M'jatt Perry -
-1. ' Trial for Murder, t .
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Special to tUe Messenger,.
RALfciaKT, Sept., 20 Caswell Ellis,
who- Ia Jv'ne graduated at the State
university, wins a $400 scholarship at
Clark university, Worcester, Ma.ss., and
will study, pedagogy, 1.
- Thirty-two law students fi cm the
university arrived this atterhoon to
stand L examination, among them being
N. L. Smith, H. Staton, A. B, Andrews,
- Jr., ft. S, Grady, J. S. Peschau arid C.
C. Cowan. '-'.;. i'
- Wyatt Terry, the white man who a
year ago - niurderad Tom Bailey, also
white, in this county and who was re
cently captured, was arraigaed to-day.
Two daughters of the murdered man
were tbe chief wituet'scs against him and
testified that on the night after the quar
rel Perry went to Bailey's house, called
him to the door and, saying I have come
to-kill you or le. Ju'.Iod, "cut Bailey's
throat. The dying man. ;got his shot gun
and shot at IVrry as the latterjled.
Capt ,' Gaper '-Acquit tei.
V ' ibpeciat to 'the SUjasenctrr.
YIokesos. S.C., Sept. 20. The case
of the State against Cap.t. fohn P.
Capers, 'Columbia, for .criminal libel
was tried in the Court of .Sessior.B here
to day. The jury were out about thirty
-minutes and returned with at verdict of
Y0t guilty. Acting Solicitor R. O. Purdy
of .Su inter, assisted by W. I. Clayton of
I'lorence, were the attorneys for the pro
secution and Col C. P. Nettles of Dar-
lington and P. A. Wilcox of Florence,
were1 the attorneys for the defendant.
This case was. brought about by the pub-
- licationofn letter from "Capt. Capers in
the Columbia Shite in which it was
claimed that certain tlefamatory matter
against the character of Dr. J. v'O. Byrd
- cf Timonsville. S C, printed.
, The Odl Fellows.
TJn'ANOosA.Tenn., Sept. 20 The
third day'. session" of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge, '. O: O.V', wasbpened at
" Lookout inn this too 9 o'clock.
The reiwrt of the coL-uim'c ee appointed to
locate' and erect a building us headquar
ters, in Baltimore, was postponea inueu
nitelyj The laws requiring a canton tax
-was repealed. , , '
- A Past Grand Masters and Past Grand
Patriarchs' "association was authorized
for each jurisdiction. ; ' 1
A special coram ittee was appointed to
investigate the alleged misappropriation
1 of funds donated to the Fargo sufferers.
The temporary , bond of - 110,000 each
made by the Grand Secretary and Grand
Treasurer is to be" made permanent after
six months. .. -
I j Legilatio'n oi the admission of women
L t0 the order through the Rebekah .Lodge
csltiJ UP next. The new legislation ad
'J mits k Odd Fetlaws and wives and all
white 'vomer! i over 18 years of age who
"believe iu the Ruler of the Universe."
- Formerlj-' only the wives of Odd Fellows
were adui itted.
The ladies had there time of pleasure
this afternoo.n, being taken as the guests
of the local Rebekah Lodge (Florence,
No. 32) for a drive over the Government
road 'to Missionary Ridge and DeLong's
place where a. Bohemian luncheon was
served.
The Last f the Grant Murderers.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 20. Wilson
Wcodley was hanged here to-day. He
was one of the conspirators in the Grant
murder near Montgomery last spring.
There were seven negroes in the con
spiracy. One escaped, one, was lynched,
two were sent to the penitentiary for life
and three, including the one hanged to
day, "were executed here in the jail.
Thus ends the celebrated Grant murder
case. . . . '
THE DEMOGRATIG RALLY
BED LET IER XA.T FOR NORTH
CAROLINA .DEMOCRACY".
Meeting of tbe Clubs Senator Ban
Ifsom's Kloquentj t peech Hessrs.
Black, Gardner and Mansur
on the Issues and Party
' Record-Senator Jarvis
' Electrifies the seo
j V; pie With Hs '
! Eloquence- .;'
! Special to tne Mesttger j
; Raleigh. Sept. 20.
There was splendid weatht r to-day and
the Democrats acc t 1 H fis a good
omen, for it was the .- :"or their con
vention of clubs The attendance was
not as large as was expected. Not nearly
so many came from the east a3 were ex.
pected.' Durhamj sent the largest deiegar
tion, headed by a band.' Fully half the
counties were represented by delegates.
Quite a numbei") of persons from .the
country came in j and Swift Creek town
ship, this countyli sent a mounted delega
tion. The distinguished gentlemen who
came from a distance were the recipients
of much attention. ...
Senator Ransotn began speaking at the
Academy of Music just before, noon. He
was introduced
He faced quite
by B. F. Aycock, Esq. ,
a large audience. -He
voice, . after his long
was irn
good
speech
at
Smithfield yesterday, and
was well
received. . His speech
was mainly a review of what the Demo
crats, party had done. He id welt at
length qn the repeal of the election law;
He rejoiced at the restoration of the
South to all her rights, and at the fact
that her ballot boxes are all her own, and
that 'A. V. Shaifer, late Supervisor of
elections, can senjd out no more warrants
of arrest. He went on to speak f the
financial reforms the present administra
tion had accomplished. He said the new
tariff would effectj a saving of $50 to each
farmer on his year's, purchases. The
audience burst inio applause when in the
course of his speeiph Senator Ransom al
luded to' Ex-Go verhor Holt as considered
by -the people of tlie. State as its wisest
financier. There j was more applause
when the Senator $ aid his fight was hoc
against Democrats,! but against Republi
cans. 1 .' I.
Senator Ransom spoke two hours and
then Col. Carr called the club convention
to order, 1
Governor Carr made an address of
welcome.
W. W. Kitchin was made temporary
chairman and B. C.I Beckwith secretary.
After : a brief speech Mr. Kitchin in
troduced Hon. Chas. H. Mansur, who
spoke an hour.
The convention then adjourned until
to-night. - '
Thgre is disappointment at the failure
of Senator Daniel, Governor Oates and
Secretary Hoke Smith to come.
The number of visitors to' the club
meetfng from other points wss about 400.
At the night sessiqn the audience was
a fine one; ladies
attending j in large
numbers. .The perrnanent organization
was effected, Francis1
D. Winston being
made chairman andjB. C. Beckwith sec
retary. ' , j
The platform adopted is that of the
last State Democratic convention. A
resolution was unanimously adopted en
dorsing the Nicaragua canal, which was
so earnestly tavorea Dy ex-tjovernor
Black in his address. Mr. Lawrence
Gardiner followed Mr. Black and was in
turn followed by Senator Jarvis.
By Southern Press J
Raleigh, N C . Sept. 20. This morn
ing there arrived on the Atlanta specia
the following gentlemen, who came here
fpr the purpose of attending th9 meeting
o the State Democratic Association of
clubs, which; met here to-day in the.
Academy of Music, Hon. Chauucey F.
Black, Lawrence Gardner, Charles Hr
Mansur and Josephus Daniels j
i ne aay was usnereu in oy tne marcn
iog of the club behind national music.
At 11 o'clock the exercises were opened
by a speech by Senator Ransom, who,
however, was preceded by Col. Julian! S.
Carr, president, in a short, graceful
opening of the programme, which was
eloquent and elaborate, Batting forth the
demands upon ! the Southern people for
them to remain with the Democratic
party. j ' - 3 . ' j
Senator Ransom was followed; by
Charles H. Mansur, whose effort had a
most happy and wholesome effect upon
the audience.,' ? Prominent citizens said
that it would be of incalculable good in
the State and urged the speaker to give
his services later in the campaign, ! Mr.
Mansurs speech was chiefly devoted! to a
detailed and studied defense of the Tariff
bill and be closed with a warm allusion
to his life-long sympathy with the South
and with a beautiful tribute to its peo
ple. He said in pert: ",'
' It gives me great pleasure to addresa a
State meeting of Democratic elubs in the
State of North Carolina. If order was
Heaven's first law, in politics a perfect polit
ical organization is the safest way to Demo
cratic victory and success.
Old men tor counsel, and young men for
action, is a sage maxim of the past, and its
wisdom fully accepted in this era of time.
By a combination of circumstances, fore
seen and unforeseen, a condition of lethargy
prevails in the Democratic party not war
ranted by anything done by the great ma
jority of its trusted representatives. It is
the mission of your organization of clubs in
this gtate to dispel this lethargy. No cen
sure can attach to the action of the House
of Representatives, of President Cleveland,
or of tke great majority-olf the Democratic
Senators of the UnitedStatea. Thirty years
of continuous ascendency in legislation by
the Republicans had so entrenched them in
power, as to almost make their condition
impregnable..
When, without fowcast,;March 4, 1893, it
was found that the Democratic party had
control of ine Senate as well as of the
House of Repiatatives, the political re
sponsibilities chaqseu roni the Repubhcan
to the Democratic party, and wi"; to3f.h
far as many Senators were concerned, v.
out their Democratic constituencies having
been called upon to instruct their Senators
upon the changed condition of affairs. The
prospect or hope of Democratic control of
the United States Senate, did not enter into
the Presidential campaign of 1892, and, not
until February, 1893, three months after the
election, was it known that Wyoming,
Montana, and Washington would remain
until this time one-half unrepresented in
the Senate, thereby giving the organization
and control to the Democracy.
The mission of the' "Democratic party
under the Chicago platform of .1892 was to
repeal the Force Dill, reform the McKinley
tariff, to hold to the use of both gold and
silver as the standard money of the country,
and to the coinage of both gold and silver
without discriminating against either metal
or charge for mintage; that the dollar unit
of coinage of both metals must be of equal
intrinsic and exchangeable value, so as
thereby to give to the country a safe and
sound money and currency; also demand
ing the repeal of the Sherman act of 1890.
and legislation to. restrict and abolish trusts
and monopolies. 1 1
We have repealed the Force bill; we have
restored the freedom of elections; we have
rpDealed the purchasing clause of the bher
man act of 1890; we , have, by the most
yiKOroas legislative action ever known in
any civizecf country, put ourselves in an at
titude of undying enmity against the
monopolies and trusts of the times, organ
ized, under the operation of protective and
prohibitive tariffs for the oppression of the
people;' we have greatly reduced tbe price of
tne necessaries ot lite to tne common, the
plain people of the land. It is now possible
to live much cheaper than it was. We have
kept our pledges in regard to public econ
omy, and reduced appropriations over $28,-
uuu.uuu ior tne current fiscal year; and lor
the first time in twenty-five" years have
shifted a part of the burdens of taxation
from consumption to wealth, bv nassins an
income tax law of 2 per cent, upon all in
comes of over $4,000, and by making Fed
eral securities taxable have added $500,000,
000 to the taxable wealth of the States.
I maintain that in all things we have met
just expectations, founded on the pledges of
the Chicago platform of '92 in every respect,;
unless it Be in tariff reform. Upon this,
last issue, for eight years the Democratic
party has stated its hope f orascendency in
the nation. Upon this issue, it has gone to
the country as the one thing dominant over
all others. Upon this issue in 1890 and 1892
its victories were remarkable and unchal
lenged. Why, then, this lethargy in the
ranks of the Democratic party to which I
have already adverted?
For thirty years the Democracy, in the
way of legislation, did nothing, and the
political and legal policy of the United
States was dictated, dominated and enforced
by the Republicans under laws of thelrpwirrthe 31mighty has confided to our care, the
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making; and, forsooth, because in one year
of legislation we got only five-sixths of such
a tariff pie as we wanted, yea, nine-tenths
of such a pie, and failed on the other tenth,
many of our voters must be disgruntled all
along the line, and declare that the Demo
cratic party is unequal to the emergency;
that they have not the ability. to govern and
control the country, and turn and assail
their. own party, and, if we take the exam
ple set in Mame, determine to remain at
home and permit the Government of the
country to drift back into the hands of our
Republican enemies. '
Had five or six of our Democratic Sena
tors, elected years ago upon other issues,
been equally zealous, as a rule, with the
Democratic Senators of the South, in the
cause of tariff reform, the Wilson bill to-day
would be a law. It is wise; is it just; is it
common sense, because of the opposition of
a tew benators, for the Democratic masses
to hold , the party responsible for their
action?
These three things the repeal of the
Force bill, the repeal of the McKinley
tariff, and the enactment of an income tax,
the only way under the constitution by
which wealth can be reached, taxed and
made to pay a part' of the burdens of
Government should immortalize our Dem
ocratic Congress, and win back the con
fidence of all men who believe in the as
cendence of Democratic principles.
- Mr. Mausur than proceeded to discuss at
length the Senate tariff bill and the justice
of an income tax.
Adjournment took place until 8 o'clock,
when the academy was" packed to over-
flowing.' ?
lion. Chauncey J? . Black besan his re
marks in a witty vein saying;,' "1 am a
Democrat from Pennsylvania," which
brought down the house. "Tbe reputa
tion of Pennsylvania is none of the best,
said he "in this part of the world.':
The speaker continued, saying:
1 ask vdur brief indulgence upon a Ques
tion raised by your resolutions the Nicara
gua canal It has received wide and intelli
gent attention in this great section of our
country, wnere tne nrst, pernaps tne princi
pal benefits of the enterprise would accrue.
But it has been too much neglected else
where, and the grain States of the West, the
wine, fruit and lumber States of the Pacific,
the commercial and manufacturing States of
the East ' will, if their people are wise in
their generation, thank you for putting it to
the front, and respond with all their power
to your appeal for its construction by Ameri
can capital and under American control.
The South is Democratic. She has never
been other than Democratic, and she never
can be other than Democratic, while she re
mains even tolerably true to hersslf. Her
proper destiny is in the keeping of that his-,
toric and patriotic party. That party alone
guarantees home rule with its unspeakable
blessings. That party alone remits to you
the preservation in your own way of the
peace and good order of your own society.
That party alone offers you the fair prjjmise
of the future, as it has accorded you your
bly security in the past.' And if the old
Bouth was democratic, tne new south naa
far more potent reasons to remam so. We,
the Democracy of the North, on the other
side, have every reasonable incentive, not
only to insure you the liberty of working
out a splendid future for yourselves, but to
extend to you every just aid and encourage
ment in your endeavors- n.acn atom or
fresh power, each particle of new wealth
achieved by the South, is an addition to our
common strength in tne union, it is ior
that interested reason, if for no other,
that you must probably look to the Demo
cratic party, as a party, to carry to
final success any great and statesmanlike
plan requiring the ponsent of the Federal
Government, for the enrichment of these
States. The minds of our Republican friends
may be fairly convinced. Real patriots and
real statesmen among themj may perceive
the advantages of a given measure to the
w,hole Union and give their manful assent
to it. But when it is seen that the measure
makes principally for the benefit of the
South, the newspapers and the lower grade
of their politicians take an appeal to the
ignorant prejudices, which "they themselves
have been cultivating for years for purely
partisan purposes, and the party, as a party,
recoils and retires. Gen. Grant, for in
stance, joined with Gen. McClellan as two
illustrious -American soldiers might will
join-in behalf of the Nicaragua canal, as
the most important of all American enter
prises. Senator Sherman may join to-day
with Senator Morgan, as all American Sen
ators should, for a plain and certain Ameri
can interest. But when the pinch comes,
there will he found a long interval on the
fine of battle between those wise Republi
can statesmen and patriots and the Republi
can party. That measure which builds up
the South and adds to her commercial and
political importance, must unfortunately,
as matters stand, be carried by Democratic
votes in Congress, supported by loyal Dem
ocratic constituencies, animated "by a fra
ternal feeling for you and yours. If the
South has been solid in the past, she has
additional and infinitely greater reasons for
being more solid in the future. j
" This canal question is the question of
questions. It is the largest industrial enter
prise ever undertaken by man. It is one of
the gravest subjects ever presented for the
consideration of the American people.-- No
acquisition of territory that we-eyer made
surpassed it, either in economic or political
importance. To you, to the South, it comes
with the promise of the realization of every
hope and of every dream, however bright,
you may have formed for the future, of this
happily situated, specially blessed and
glorious ian4. Jt demands' your attention
above and beyond all other matters. You
should see that the South is, for a verity,
"solid" on the Nicaragua canal, ready to
clasp hands with the yast industrial and
commercial interests, North and West,
which are similarly, if not equally, inter
ested in the work. It: will be thus only,
that you will be able to overcome the short
sigh ted' 'political plqt3 of our adversaries,
willing to sacrifice the interests of the
United States, yea, of the two American
continents, to momentary political expedi
ency. Let no man go to Congress from the
South who is not in favor of the Nicaragua
canal. Let no man solicit your votes in
national convention for a Presidential
nomination who has not; declared himself
for the American canall
Take a map, TOP jour eye along the Pa
cific anu AtiantW he pi pnis uemispnere,
at the isthmus connect
ing the two continents. There. Within the
political jurisdiction of Nicaragua, a frientUT
State, your eye rests upon the only practi
cable route for a ship canal between the
oceans. There the mountains sink to an
"elevation which 'is simply trifling. There
the engineer finds the aid of two rivers and
of a lake, adapted to the purpose as if by the
hand of God, designing to furnish the re
publics of the world with the means of
their beneficent destiny on this hemisphere.
union anew wnoi iue iucuu ui uhuduiu6
Other routes have been exploited; other
routes have swallowed millions of foreign
capital: other routes are surrounded by in
ternational complications. This route alone
is practicable. This route is in American
hands. This route our people and our Gov
ernment msy have, if they wiU, with no
Eower on earth, but our neighboring repub?
c, to consult. Shall it be? Shall the op
portunity lapse? Shall it be said that the
great republic shrank and faltered,, when
the invitation to take.her own was actually
pushed upon her, when there was a chance
to turn the commerce of more than half the
world to her own shores and its profits to
the pockets of her people, when there was a
cbance to vindicate the Monroe doctrine for
au ume, when there was a chance to cover
the struggling republics to the southward
with our friendly power, and to make of the
United States, to say the least, the England
of the new word? j
I will not talk figures. Their dry arrays
do not fit this grand theme. The strongest
mind the imagination Miltonian would
fail at this time, with the facts and figures of
this day alone before it, to conceive the tre
mendous and far reaching consequences of
tne construction oi this canal under the com
plete and overshadowing protection of the
American Government... Such a mind, rais
ing use ir a Dove all present disturbing con
siderations, may see, within ten years at
most, the wheat and wine and fruits and
lumber of our Pacific States pouring east
ward through that American thoroughfare;
It may see the meats, the corn and all the
products of field and farm and forest of the
West rolling down the Mississippi and its
mighty affluents, the Missouri and the
umo, into tne umi, and through the same
thoroughfare, to the Orient and to all the
countries, American or otherwise, washed
by the Pacific Ocean. It may see our At
lantic coastwise trade extended without
limit and the fabrics and tools and machines
and the innumerable products of Northern
and Eastern shops and factories on their
way to markets now practically closed to
them, and, above and beyond all, affording
peace and serairitv to the trada of Asia..
Europe and America, and guaranteeing po
litical freedom to the hemisphere, which
great Northern republic, standing, guard
with her vast una uestioned power, as of
right she should. If England sits at Gibral
Jtar, in the Mediterranean, and at the mouths
of the Suez with her fortresses and fleets, de
claring that civilization requires her guard
ianship of that cut-off between Europe and
India, why.let every true republican and ev
ery honest American ask himself, shall not
the fleets of the United States ride in Lake
Nicaragua? Why shall not our guns, it need
be, be planted at the termini on the two
oceans? And why, further still, shall not we,
taking a long look ahead, as our treat com
mercial rival ever does, acquire by peaceful,
not to say natural means, still other posi
tions in the wide seas on either side com
manding the approaches, not to this only,
but to all canals and inter-oceanic railways
completed or projected upon that isthmus?
Commerce follows certain paths across the
seas. . There are positions, which more or
less command them, and which if occupied
in time may saye a world of trouble. I
One of these is Hawaii. What American
of us all would surrender Pearl Harbor, the
slight interest we already have there? But
why not receive Hawaii herself? She
stretches her clean republican hands to us,
and implores admission to our sisterhood.
Hawaii once American, the flag of the
union, sustained by our soldiers and our
fleets, would cover with its gentle protection,
not our own commerce only, but that of a
large part of the world on its peaceful way
across the Pacific. Hawaii is coming and it
is not in the heart Of any Democrat to say
her nay. The end is inevitable. Her in
corporation is but a question of time. On
the other side, in the Carribean Sea are
Samana Bay, or the Mole St. Nicholas. Per
haps other points, equally available, would
serve the purpose. Take a chart and look
up the pathways of commerce in those seas
and you will see what is meant. American
military and naval stations there would in
sure the peaceful occupation and use of the
canal for a time. If we take up this enter
prise, as a national one, we must expect to
follow it to legitimate conclusions and to be
prepared to defend it at every step.
Why should we pause? We can have no
patience with those, if there renaain any,
who would question the power of the Fed
eral Government in the premises. No man
fives, who is a stricter strict constructionist
of the constitution, than I am. 1 am as
strict as Jefferson himself. No possible gain
in wealth, or power, or splendor would, in
my judgement, justify he assumption of ia
single ungranted power, for that is the
straight road to political perdition, and upon
it there is no haulting place. But there is
no question here, and never was. The mil
itary power covers the right to construct the
canal and t the right to protect it by any
means that may be necessary. If we haye
the right to hold and defend our Pacific
States, we have a clear right to construct
this canal to double the efficiency of our
fleets, for that is precisely what it does at a
stroke. If we have a right to our country
at all, we have a right to guard it by eyery
means, which God and nature have put in
our hands and this is one of the most ob
vious. If Jefferson could buy Louisiana, if
Polk could acquire California, if Jackson
could propose to take Florida because it was
a mere annoyance, then, well may their
followers, the modern Democracy, in full
possession, as they are now, and as we hope
they will be after 1896, of all the political
departments of the Federal Government,
construct the Nicaragua canal, hold it, and
acquire Hawaii in the Pacific and a similar
station in the Carribean sea to stand the
eternal sentinels of tbe great republic over
its approaches. j
Some Americans, of a curious kind, who
huist umbrellas when it rains in London,
arc more or less squeamish about the Clay
ton Bulwer treaty. But we have suffered
enough annoyance from that un-American
instrn ment, negotiated by a Whig adminis
tration. It is full time to shake off the
body of that death. It ought not to have
been made. It is a question whether it is
dead or alive. . It has been trifled with . by
Great Britain, and has been regarded astmly
binding upon us. Treaties, at all events,
are not everlasting. They may be termi
nated upon fair notice. Shall the American
people be held down, shall their manifest
destiny be defeated, shall their energies be
pent up forever, shall tw continents ibe
condemned to comparative commercial Stag
nation, shall the Democratic party cower
away from a clear duty to itself and to the
country, because we dare not brush aside
the decayed cobwebs of a dubious and in con
siderate treaty with Great Britain, negoti
ated half a century ago, whose construction
and whose very existence are matters of
doubt? No, surely. : We are under obliga
tions as to this, to no power, except our sis
ter republic of Nicaragua, and perhaps
Costa Rica. 'They are as eager as we, for the
canal, and have shown by previous negotia
tions their willingness to put us in complete
possession of it. 4 j
The advantages of this canal to the world,
to the United States, and especially to the
South are not a subjectjof discussion. They
are conceded and they are incalculable. It
would open to us the commerce of Asia and
the Americas oh the Pacific from which we
are almost excluded by. the tedious, danger
ous and expensive navigation around the
Horn. It would give lour Atlantic ports,
North and South.the advantage of thousands
of miles which they do not now enjoy, and
it would destroy utterly the practical
monopoly of Great Britain. It would bind
all the members of this union together for
ever. It would, for all i practical purpose
double our naval strength. It' would pe a
benef acton to the American people, com
parable only to the acquisition of Louisiana,
since it is but the completion and final frui
tion of that acquisition and of all others
enabling us to realize theijrs full value. To
the South its importance; is simply im
measurable." There, in the far East, are
700,000,000 or 800000,000 of people' waiting
to be fed and clothed and supplied with
the necessaries of fife and the imple
ments of industry. We shall go to them
through this American waterway, and,
if not remiss, ultimately will have
no rival in their trade. What does that
mean to the South? It means the cotton
mills of the North and of England' moving
to the cotton fields of the Soqth. It means
the utilization of' all your untold resources.
It means the rapid and magical growth of
Southern ports from Newport News to Gal
veston. It means the Mississippi choked
with the products of the West and North
west seeking the new outlet. And when you
consider the interest which every section of
the country has in the completion of this
project, there can be little doubt that if the
new Sonth shall break the way toward the
new era. she will find, herself but the ad
vance guafd Ot the .American people. As it
was the Democratic party which acquired
Louisiana, Florida and the territory irotn
Mexico, so it will be the Democratic party,
which will provide the Nicaragua canal and
make the Western hemisphere truly Am
erican. That, in my humble judgment, is
its mission. It is a mission consonant alike
with its instincts and its principles. It is
Lbut fit that the South, the land of Jefferson,
of Jackson and Monroe, and the; party,
which reveres their august namea.should go
forward to this patriotic and most obvious
duty without a moment's hesitation, t i '
One Democrat, one pure and able man
one typical Southern statesman, has prob
ably appreciated more folly than anypther,
the duty which lies before us. He has
earned by this service alone the lasting
gratitude of the Democratic party . and of
the Southern people. I allude to Senator
Morgan, of Alabama, with whose words
following I propose to conclude this other
wise imperfect address: "That only nine
teen miles of actual canalization should be
required to , bring the : waters of the . At-
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lantic and the pacific Into union, with the
largest ships passing through from ocean to
ocean, seems to threaten us with reproach,
u we iaiL when we know that we can so
easily and so safely remove the barrier, and
in doing this secure great profits from the
outlay.) I shall be very proud if it shall
tarn out that I am one of the
generation of men who will have the
courage! to obey this evident duty im
posed upon us by the great powers and re
sources of wealth and strength committed
to our keeping. If I could serve in the Sen
ate for a century, and in eyery moment
could be endued with the wisdom of Solo
mon, I could find no opportunity to bless
the people of Alabame so greatly as this,
which is thrust upon me with a command
that I do not dare disobey." : !
Governor Black was followed by Hon.
Lawrence Gardener, who provoked great
applause. Comment was freely passed
on his striking likeness of Grover Cleve
land. He made a rapid review of the
Democratic party, pointing to its leaders
with ai challenge for their -equals. He
urged the active work of the clubs and
indignantly denied that the; conditions
recently existing were in any way charge
able to the Democracy. He urged the
clubs to stand together, take counsel
with the leaders and keep j away from
political heresies- j '!- -'
- The meeting was a great: success and
brought together a great crowd from all
parts of the State. J ..
Senator Thomas J. Jarvis was the last
speaker, and his friends claim that he is
making the effort of his life. Several
hundred ladies occupied seats in the
gallery.! I j
Senator Jarvis is making a strong plea
for Democracy, taking up in detail each
issue before the people; especially on
national lines. He is a powerful debater
and the" Populists and Republicans pres
ent are 1 wincing and wilting under the
mighty blows that he is dealing.
The enthusiasm of this hour under the
force and eloquence of Jarvis is intense, ;
and the' masses, from which he sprung,
are cheering to the echo, while his com
patriots on the stage are intent upon his
every jeBture. .1 '
senators Ransom and Jarvis are rival
candidates for the United States Senate,
and their great speeches to day, Ran
som's this morning and Jarvis' to-night,
have aroused their respective friends and
caused interesting and varied comments.
A GREAT TOBACCO SHOW.
Tobacco Manufacturers to Make a
Graqd Display at the Atlanta
j 1 Exposition.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 20. Representa
tives of many of the greatest tobacco
establishments in America assembled to
day in Atlanta for the purpose of taking
preliminary steps toward the inaugura
tion of the most elaborate display at the
Atlanta exposition of the tobacco re
sources tf this and other countries ever
seen in the world. The tobacco men sav
that no exposition has ever 1 given this
great industry the recognition warranted
by thi richness of this resource, which
ranks second among the staple products
or tnis country, leading tobacco men
have conceived the idea of exhibiting in
Atlanta in a separate building the most
elaborate display of the tobacco industry
that has ever been made, and great en
thusiasm j characterizes to-day's confer
ence. Representatives were present from
such firms , as P. Lorillard & Co. of
Jersey City, Vetterline Bros.Jof Phila
delphia, Poor & Co. of New York,
Hernshein Bros. & Co. of New Orleans,
Heineroan Bros, of Baltimore,1 and more
than tweaty, of the leading tobacco eetab
lishments of Virginia, North 1 Carolina,
Kentucky and Florida. i
-riity representatives of the j leading
tobacco houses of the country were pres
ent at to-day's conference with the direc
tors of the exposition. After a full dis
cussion ot the matter, the tobacco men
unanimously adopted a resolution re
qu isting the directors of the exposition
t erect a separate building for the dis
play -of the world's tobacco industy.
They assured the hearty co-operation not
only of the firms represented, but of the
trade generally to the end of making in
Atlanta next year the most elaborate dis
play of the tobacco industry ever had in
the history of expositions.
It had (been-originally contemplated
that the tobacco men should undertake
themselves to arrange for the erection of
their own building, but at to-day's con
ference, the exposition directors assured
them that; they would erect without ex
pense to the tobacco industry,! an inde
pendent building to be used for this dis
play, provided the assurance! was ex
tended -that the tobacco men ' would
make a .fitting exhibit of .this great
product. (The resolution of the tobacco
men accepts this suggestion. ! and the
board of directors of the exposition this
afternoon ratified it. i I
THE O'ROTJRKE AFFAIR, f
Political JG round for His Retention
i Urged The Resignation Accepted' !
"I Mr. O'itourke Talks Freely.
!' Washington, Sept. 20. The' demand 1
for Architect Q'Rourke's resignation has
awakened muoh interest in New Jersey.
and to dayj Edward EvarfrBell, a promi
nent Democratic politician of that State,
called upon Secretary Carlisle and pro
tested against his acceptance! of the
proffered resignation. Mr. Bell put his.
objections on political grounds, believe
ing that party interests would suffer by
the contemplated action. Secretary Car
lisle this afternoon accepted the resigna
tion of O'Rourke and ended an episode
that has caused considerable comment
of late and giyen rise to many insinuat
ing rumors. . j i
Mr. U Kourke talked freely thw even
ing, lie appeared in excellent numer,
and said he had no apologies to make for
his conduct of the office. He left it, he
said, in better condition than it had ever
been. What demoralization there was
in it was caused by the action of his im
mediate subordinates. The conspiracy
he spoke of in ha letter to Secretary
Carlisle referred to the persistent mis
representations of Logan Carlisle, Judge
Fleming and Mr. Kemper, who I had the
ear of the! Secretary and never j lost an
opportunity to prejudice his j mind
against him. He had seen, he saul,
reference J in j the public press to
an "intercepted" letter, with the inti
mation that it contained something
dreadful, but be challenged its produc
tion to his detriment. There doubtless
were letters attacking his honesty, but
if proof were vouchsafed he would then
give them consideration, as he felt no
fear of thef result. The fact that he bad
put into the specifications off pubjig
buildings that no materials, the product
Of convictl labor, "should enter into the
construction of a public building, had in
he early ninths of his administration
cr?dI,-C-u liriction and this provision was
eliminated much; to his regret.
Highest of alt n Leavening Powr. LatCc tj S W-''' Report
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POLITIGAL NEWS. w-A- Johnson. ; c. h. fore.
GOING ON AMONG 11 iT lHl flH C aT IPH f JC CriL.
GOING ON AMONG
THE ?ARTY HEADERS.
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Arrival or Ex-Governor Black and
Others r the Speakers Disap
pointment . at ' the Size of the
Crowd and the Non-. Arri
val pf Some of the Ora
tors -Republican Cam
paign Speakers.
MESSENGER BUREAU, 1
Raleigh. Sept. 20. 1
There was disappointment that some
of the speakers for to-day did not arrive
on the early train. Ex-Governor Black,
tne president, and Mr. Laurence Gard
ner, the secretary of the national asso
ciation of Democratic clubs, Comptroller
Mansur, othe Treasury, arrived early.
Hon. Hoke Smith did not come, as he
could notjleave Washington. Mr. West,
a well known Washington newspaper
man, f and Mr. Josephus Daniel also
came.: It was announced that Sanatrtr
Daniel and' Governor-elect Oates would
arriye at'l o'clock p. m.
Governor Black
was accompanied by
Mr. A. A, Arthur, the secretary of the
Southern. Improvement and Develop
ment association,1 of which Governor
Black is the, president. They will re
main hejre sAme days, and will look into
the matter1 of immigration to North
Carolina and the development of prop
erties in this State.- They speak very
highly (of the outlook for . this States'
development. ' .
Therej were many callers at the execu
tive office to-day; among them being
Messrs. jC. H. Mansur, Black, Geo. L.
mortonj Buxton, E. B. Jones, W. S.
Chad wick and W. M. Bobbins.
Ex-G6vernor Holt arrived to-day from
BuffalolSpringB, and looks weU.
The Republicans, their chairman, Mr.
Holton,! tolls me. intend to put in the
field as their chief speakers, J. C. Pritch
ard. H. G. Ewart, E. S. Blackburn, C".
A. Reynolds. D L.Moody, O. H. Dock
ery, J. $. Boyd, J. a Dancy, and R. W.
Leak, the two last being colored.
It is reported to be extremely hard to
get the Populist rank and file out to hear
Democrats. The Populist and Republi
can leaders appear , to greatly desire a
joint canvass.
Marion Butler says he was not present
by appointment at the Republican State
committee meeting last evening, but that
he only vent to see Mr. Holton and re
mained a short while. . He tells me he
will hav his committee headquarters at
Goldsborjp.
The Republicans have very little to say
in regard jto the Connor episode. It may
be that n one else will be put up. Mr.
Butler eajs it is all in the hands of his
executive! committee. This is to meet
here at call, perhaps in a fortnight. He
declares tBtat the Populists are not both
ering theriselves about the matter.
A COMPLETE STRIKE.
All the Ready Made Clothes Worker
Strikle That Industry at a
Complete Standstill.
Boston, Sept. 20. The ready made
clothing industry of this city was com
pletely paralyzed to-day by a strike of
operatives. ' At an early hour this morn
ing a comm ttee from the United Gar
ment Workers' union, acting upon in
stTuctions from the Clothing Trades Dis
trict council No. 2, commenced the war
by calling oat every operative, pressman
and baster employed in the shops here.
By noon 2,000 were out, and at the close
of the day 15,500 clothing workers had
joined the strike. The issue of the strike
is now clearly defined as being an en
deavor to Becure the abolition of the
lumping and sweating system and the
adoption of jthe week wage system, and
the nine-hour a day law.
Although the contractors favor the de
mands of the operators they claim that,
as the wholesalers decline to grant any
thing, their hands are tied, i
Both contractors and manufacturers
are surprised at the completeness of the
Btrike. It was expected by the Traders'
council that in some shops a few opera
tors would refuse to come out, but the
doubtful ones were among the first to
leave, andj.to-night it is confidently as
serted that not a contractor, within a cir
cuit of Hyp miles can obtain an operator;
Early in the day a number of contrac
tors had conferences with the committee
of the employts and afterwards the
contractors held a meeting lasting five
hours. jThey decided that an effort
should be made to induce the manufac
turers tofincrease their prices and a com
mittee wjas appointed to draw a bill of
prices inf conformity with $he demands
to-morrow morning. i
Ihe strikers held a monster mass meet
ing in Wells' memorial hall this after
noon and it was the sentiment of the
meetini that no one should return to
work under the old contract. j
This evening the Clothing Trades Dis
trict council are drawing up agreements
for the, signatures of individual contrac
tors, ho have pledged themselves to
accede to the demands of their employes
and who will also give bonds that they
will abide by the agreement.
The; general consensus of opinion is
that the operators have struck just the
rightf time, and the manufacturers will
have to increase their prices fully 40 per
cent,! - ,
Base' Ball.
Sept. 20. Pittsburg,
PrrTSBTJBG,
10;
New York, 3. Batteries Menefee and
Mack; Rusie, Clarke, Wilson and Far-
rellj " " .' ' -: ' : 1
Louisville, Sept. 20.-LouisviIle, 8;
Boston, 4. Batterieslnks . and Cote;
Nichols and Ganzell.
Chicago, Sept. 20. Chicago, 20; Phila
delphia, 4. Batteries Abbey and Schri
ver; Johnson and Buckley.
Cleveland, Sept. 20 Cleveland, 14;
Washington, 9 Batteries Wallace,
Thomas and Simmer; Boyd and Dug
dale. ' 1 '
, Suicide of an Engineer.
Atlanta, Sept. 20. B. D. Smith, a
locomotive engineer out of work, com
mitted suicide here to day by taking
laudanum. He asked his landlady to go
to! tbe circus with him and when she re
fused he drank the dnxg. He was for
merly from Raleigh, N. C.
J New York, Sept. 20. The death of
J. M. White, one of, the oldest members
of tbe Cotton Exchange, was announced
this morning. Mr. White was head of
the firm of jT M. White & Co.
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