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VOT.JIMR 1
Our Lawmakers.
rFrom our Itegular Carrespoi-dcnt.
WAskiNGXOK,JE). C, Mi 7tii..'94.
Ooxey's army has gained notoriety,
but it has -dearly 4aitf lor it, and it
the men ai-e alloWed ty remain in
t heir present Cdmp many of t hem
will surely -pay for it with their livt9.
If the authorities Iiad condemned
Xou? haad'red criminals to he im
prisoned in the enclosure that Cox
v's men.now.aKJnj; the humanita
rians of thtFY would be up m
arms about It: Why 'Coxey took
those men there is a mystery. A mo-e
unlit place could not have been found
and Oi.xey knew it, because "the
Health Officer told him. Itisa16ng:
side of an old canal ino which emp
ties a number of the largest and 4il
thiest sewers of Washington. And
that is not ail by .half, the soil is
made up of dumpings of filth and in
side the enclosure are pools of stag
nant water covered with green scum
an inch thick. Already a number of
the men have been taken uy hospi
tals, aiid if they are allowed to re
main there they will soon beiu to
die like sheep. '.Cpxey, who stops ac
it hotel and lives on the best, talks
glibly of thejnen's dying there b
ing an "'object lesson," but the men
don't seem any more anxioup to die
than any other men. When poxey
laiitd m his Very mild attempt to
speak from the Capitol steps ani -o
get her with Brown and Joues wab
arrested, the movement collapsed ;
but he still insipts that he intends
u keep these lour hundred men here
until thev grow into loui hundred
thousand-, when he will again imiKe
the attempt. -He charges an admis
sion fee to the camp, but only lie unu
Uiowu know where the money go-s.
lie says it is Uoed to feed the men,
but the men are getting mighty jor
teed.
The 'queatioii of legislation that
will make some sort of a definite set
tleuiftiit of the debts d e thtf Govern
ment from the Pacific railroads isn t
making much noise in (Jougrefes, but
it is exciting the deepest interest,
and the Congressmen know it. yTtie.
money spentwithiu the last decade
in the employment of high priced h
gal talent by the various interested
parties would have gone a long ways
towards paying the interest on these
debts Several propositions are be
ing considered by tne House and
Senate Pacific railroads comraSttoes,
ranging from ranging from . practi
cally -presenting the roads with the.
amount of their indebtedness to the
Government's taking possession of
t he roads and f un mug them. It is
;iot yet certain what will be done,
or even what will be ivcommended
by the committees. These railroads
have never yet failed jto titad . off in
some way all Congressional legisla
tion tiiat thy duf not approve, but
theyTwill nad the job more difficult
t hi4 t.l 111- .
Somebody is a long ways from the
truth as to tFe present tariif situa
tion. Ai&oush Secretary Carlisle
ced1 the first of t he Week that
a conlproinise had bemi arranged that
would make the passaged tneameuu
ed oiil certain Senators still, deny
ir vfchementlv and even call each.oth
er ugly names about it. Senator Vpor
hees, chairman i tHeFiiiance com
mittee, says the income tax has gbt
to stay and that fe will make no fur
ther concessiou iri the intertsts of
trusts. Senator Teller is the only
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OUKKTsrVlT.T.E-1. C'
Hepublic iu who has openly declared
in favor of the income tax although
it is believed that five or six of them
will vote for it when the motion is
made to strike it out of the bill, but
on the final vote on the entire bill
the Republicans will probably vote
solid 1 v against it. As may be i n fer
red lrom the above the situation is
decidedly mixed, and it will proba
bly remain so until the Democratic
Senators settle upon their programme
Coxey's Army and the North Caroli
na Ne?ro.
The movement of "Coxey's Army"
toward Washington from the West
has a meaning in it, which in con
seiviitive old North Carolina, should
be' taken to heart and seriously pou
deled. It will be found that there
lo a contrast "so overvvlielmiugly in
favor ot our fair iaud that it snonld
be cause for congratulation and pro
found thanks to the Giver of all
good.
it seems that there are thousands
of men in the W est and North who
nave absolutely nothing to -do, aud
nothing 10 eat lleuce it is found
possible lo effect, a mobilization of
the unemployed, an army in number
uitherto unknown in the uuuals f
Aiherican history. When we reflect
tuai these hundreds of men have no
means of subsistence in this so-called
tniY," that they had none when
ciioj joined it, aud that thev are not
likeiy to secure even uonest labor so
long as they remain with it the sit
uation becomes one of moment to the
Government as well ab to the pri
vate citizen. How this may termi
nate is conjecture into which this
article has no desire to peer But we
.io sv.mr, to contrast the condition of
even toe humblest negro in North
Carolina with this mass of starving
humanity. We do not mention the
white population, as there is no need
under the circumstances, to interject
u. iMiimtti'ifinn as to the whites. I3ut
cue negro in rortn cvarouua, wiui
-ii .1 d i : i a. i
dl his laultej with his want o. ener
iv irutrulit.v M.ml nriiie uf race, vet
iks a teller tor his heal au.u oreau
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for his sustenauce ; he has work auu
can live despite his predilection to
idleness, trivoity ana luiproviuence.
It does ujt have to be pointed out
that the condition of the negro in
this State is vastly superior to that
of the men composing Coxey's ar-
in v. and the hunureus 01 cue same
ilk .vho have not joined the erratic
chiei.
While North Carolina invites im
migration, it is.unders ood that the
clasiS desired is the home-builder ;"
an honest, industrious and frugal 1
man, who will respect auu ooey me
laws, thuff proving his worthiness to
become an American citizen.
ft Hhh betm said that the presence
of the negro is an effectual bar to im
migratiou in the South. It this be
true, aud few will doubt it, the negro
has done the South a great service in
barring the en trance of jlhe riflratf,
the anarchist, the idle and the vi
cious from the slums of the Old
'World into our beloved country of
law, order and religious liberty r
aalltin cf the JSoitu oaronua . Jcie;
partment of Agriculture- .';
Ntarlv ever v Week, in our State
Newia column. ,we, pdbiish accounts
Of creat catches of fish which have
been taken lrom the waters along
the Eastern coast. Ia this week-s
MAY llth 1894,
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issue We give news of ten tons leing
taken in one haul of the seine. Such
stories must seem marvelous to those
who do not understand the wonder
ful amount of fifth' that fill our wa
ters. Every year is a revelation even
to our own fishermen and makes our
fishing intet est ot more importance
than tlie preceding one. With stead
ily increasing facilities for transjior"
tation and with new men engaging
in the business who have both ener
gy and capital, North Caioliua's fish
eries will soon become the most im
portant in the world. She is a world
beater in everything. Argonaut.
The Asheville Citizen Published-a
last interview by. Mr. J.vP. Kerr
with Senator Vance, which took
place three days before his death. In
the course of their conversation Sen
ator Vance said ;
'The Democratic party is immor
tal. I have not recently arrived at
this conclusion, but since I have been
iyiug;hereon my back 1 have thought
profoundly of many .things, and
among them this idea of my earliest
tnankood has become a steadfast con
viction. For thirty years of my life
I fought as a whig, the Democratic
party and sometimes when it was
overwhelmingly defeated I thought
it could rise no more, but from its
wrecks and disasters it would come
forth more mighty than even before
and sweep away all opposition- The
word Democrat stands for liberty
and humau freedom and cannot die.
The people believe ii. it, and when
freedom is menaced aiid liberty jeop
ardized, atone blast t-hat magic name
men will come from the mountaius
and froin the valleys and place the
Democratic party in power.
The tobacco-growers of North Ca
rolina will be interested in knowing
that the. Attorney General of Illinois
has instituted proceedings to" force
the American Tobacco Company
otherwise the cigarette trust out of
that State, upon the ground that it
is doing business in violation of the
State statutes and is obnoxious to the
common law. If he will put every
devil of them in jail, including those
who sit 111 amen (-oners, build
churches and endow colleges, all will
be forgiven.
The only hope to save the Demo
cratic party is the passage of the In -come
tax act," Neitis-Obxerver-Chron
idle.
What an admission V The Income
tax was not 111 the Chicago platform
The People's party is the only one
that had tlte courage to champion it.
And nosv the only thing that will
ma the Democratic party is enact
into law the platform of tbe People's
p.rty. ft the good work go on. If
they steal oar platform we will feel
toward them like we uia towaraa
man who once stole a Bible from us.
We will hope that the article stolen
will cure the disease. Caucasian.
A People's part was organized at
Sharon Friday night with 20 mem-
hftra. Another meeting was to have
been held Saturday afternoon -at
FUnigah8 school house, when 60 re
nmits were exoected to be enrolled.
Tf the Observer remembers correctly
Stftp.l Creek and Pineville were the
banner townships last year, neither
inru Ponnl!irfln nnr PpOTlles'
Party m m. Charlotte Observer.
NUMBER 12
CKoIdTlver, or Paper,
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and I will guarantee your
FULL. -V2
My stock is complete iu all lines of
Do you need a Hat, a pair of Shoes
a suit of Clothes, Suspender. Socks,
Drawers or a Shirt.
Do you need a Dies8,Undor-Clotli-ing,
Hosiery, silk or satin, Ribbons,
'Lace. Embroidered Good fy Combs,.
Brushes, fteedles, Pins, Spool Cot
ton or Gloves.
ASK FOR WHAT YOU WANT
I HAVE IT
Mv goods are very cheap. Bought
for Cash, to be sold lor Cash, on a
narrow margin;
TO MY COUNTRY FRIENDS!
I extend a cordial invitation to
drive riglit into the lot, in the rear
of my s to e where stables are free.
New Store ion corner two doors be
low Mc. G. Emu l's Drug Store.
t; i, sssssisss
Garry the largest
s sortment of
ooas to be
found in our
Town or
County.
They keep about everything
yon want and invite you. to
call on them when ycu
want your moneys
worth;
A penny saved
is a penny made and
we claim to save you
many pennies it you will
- give us your tronajge.
WE ARE, HEADQUARTERS.
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