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HICKORY, N. C.; WEDiSDAYi SEPTEMBER 21, 1892
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WEAVER AND FIELD.
What Dr. Talmage Has to SdjrWnt
tie Candidates of ithe People'a
Part7 in Hi Newspaper f
We clip the following about the
People's party and jits candidates
-from the last issao of the Rev, Xte
Witt Talmags paper, the Chris
tian " Herald and 'Signs of Our
Times:
u A movement that has attracted
widespread attention among think-in-men
all over the Union is the
action i the People's party, at its
recent convention held,in Omaha,
in placing candidates in the field
--for the .Presidency and Vice Presi
dency. ; ' . I -
"Genu James B. Weaver of Iowa,
the nominee for-President, is a
. gentleman widely known in poli
tics, arid who during the past few
years 1 lias belonged to wHat is
known, as the " new movement,'1'
directed against the Iwo great po
litical parties. He was the leader
of the fcrreenback party in 1880.
He is an earnest, able, and forcible
speaker, and' in tli0 Omaha con
vention was practically unopposed
after the announcement that J udge
Gresham would not accept a nomi
nation. There was jonly one bal
lot, Gen. Weaver
receiving 995
votes, as against 275 for "Senator
Kyle of South Dakota.
- " James Baird Weaver was born
in Dayton, Ohio, June 12, 1833,
his father being a farmer. He
studied law and was practicing his
profession when the civil war
broke out. He enlisted in the
, Second Iowa Kcgiment and quick
ly rose to be Colonel, and was aft
erward breveted Brigadier General
in 1SG5 for gallant conduct. When
the war ended he laid aside the
- sword and returned to his profes-
, sion. During a busy life he has
found time to contiieute much to
the literature of the new move-
" Jamqs Gaven Field, candidate
for Yicej President,' was born in
. Virginia! in 182G Educated for
the- legal profession, he has held
various public offices in his own
State, being successively Cbmmori-
wealth. Attorney, County Judge,
anu state Attorney yrenerai. ur-
ing tne war no was in tne uontea-
erate service, anu lost a leg at tne
I battle of Cedar Run. Since the
war he has engaged n the practice
of law, but for many Years been
active in politics, although holding
no office. The lives of the two
candidates, it- will be observed,
run in parallel linesto a consider-
able extent, both being able
yers and gallant soldiers.
aw-
""v:ti. n. wr i
ship, and especially in view.ot thd.
..tendency of the times toward a re
adjustment of the I relations be
tween the people and the govern
ment on the one hand and great
corixrations on the other, there
is a wide field of economic service
open to the People's party, even if
it cannot yet hope rto succeed in
placing a President j in the White
House, i The moral influence of
such a movement is beyond ques-.
tion, and if wisely conducted, as.it
sepms likely to be, it may be a fac
tor in bringing about some notable
reforms! as the dominant parties
cannot q,ffcrd to overlook ,the in
lluenceJit has ialready shown itsjelf
capable of exerting, especially in
the Western States.? - As a party it
is committed to free silver coinage
arid the nationalization of railroads
and other I'great public corpora
lions, questions with which the
older organizations are more or
less smuggling. There are not
wanting thosp who believe tha$
the People's party is the jjarty of
the- future, which will yet super
sede the others as the chosen
channel whereby the people will
express their will in public affairs
and secure a measure of progress
ive reform, impossible of realiza
tibn under existing political con
ditions." . f
" It. is estimated' that in the Uni
ted States the annual expenditures
for public charitable institutions
is fully 125,000,000, and no less
than $300,000,000 Us invested in
buildings and equipments tor c&t
rying on the work bf these insti
tutions.!
TH FORCE BILL.
An; Editorial Wkiek Appeared In
I'The Mercnry" Jmlj 27th and
Repradmead hj Reqmest,
It has been asserted and is plau
sible enough to be true, that the
Wall street element of both the
Democratic and Republican par
ties (who have ruled these party
platforms this year) agreed to put
the Force Bill into the platform so
as to detract the attention of the
people from the "gold standard
contracted currency" financial sys
tem, which' both parties have in
dorsed in their platformsjsnd more
especially in candidates pledged
to Veto any measure changing this
system. Thus, by arousing sec
tional prejudice and fears, to cause
the people to halt in the movement
for reform in the financial system
which now enables these Wall
street
elements to gather the
wealth produced by the farmers of
the dountryv
No one is more opposed than
f the Mercury to Federal interfer-
-i
ence in State affairs or to corrupt
election methods, but we have got
ten too old to run every time we
hear a man say b-o-o. We have
learned that many a supposed
"hobgoblin" has disappeared on
close examination .
What probability is there of its
passage? If we admit that the
conduct of the present House of
Representatives with its large
Democratic majority has been such
a3 to destroy the confidence of the
people in Democracy, and they
will spew that party out, it does
not follow that they will return
the Republicans. ' The prospect
is for the People's party to elect
members enough to hold the bal
ance of power in the next House.
No People's party member will
vote for a Force jBill. Its teach
ings have destroyed sectionalism
eteja in JKjinfia anfi xgoaalml iha
law distranchisinc r- U
and has nominated a Confederate
soldier for congressman at large.
,But admit even that the Repub
licans can carry a majority of the
House.- The bill will still have to
pass the Senate. . Of the five Re-
publicanswhovoted against it be-
fore, four-hold over. Stewart of
Xe'vada is sure of re-election. So
that, would nrevent its nassae.
In : addition to this, New York
(thanks to D. B. Hill,) will send a
Democrat in place of Hiscock.-
Kansas, by the fusion between the
Democrats and People's party, will
send a Senator in place of Per-
kiris,and this combination can give
at least four moro Senators in the
northwests all of whom would vote
t 1
aerainst such a measure. An hon-
est; view of the field certainly ren-
ders the enactment of such a law
exceedingly improbable and almost
impossible.
Suppose it is enacted, how can
it turnany estate over to negro
control. It could only apply . to
th4 election of Congressman. "That
is W far as the constitution confers
any authority on Congress to leg
isl4te.: Art. 1, Sec. iv., U. S. Con
stitution. A State could have its election
for officers for State and county
on I a different day, as wardone by
many States up to twenty years
ago. No federal officer could have
anything to do either with the
tegistration or poll books, or in
making returns of the election.
The election of Presidential elec
tors are appointed in such manner
as the legislature thereof may di
rect in each State. U. S. Consti
tution, Art. 11, Sec. 2.
Many of the States elected them
byj the legislature up to 1840, and
South Carolina so elected them up
to 1860.
The legislature of any or all the
States? could resort to this measure
if necessary to avoid federal inter
ference. . r i ';,
The measure is really intended
as fa "scarecrow" to draw the at
i
tentiori of the people from the
great question of financial reform.
A Fiii missionary savs that 90
per cent of the Fiji Islands popu-
lation, which is 110,000, is found
inJ church on Sunday. This is
much better than many civilized
nations can boast
DEMOCRATS- STARED
Coalman l Simmons Issues Another
,OUe3? His Party. ( .
Ch-j3eAons issued an
other lo jb$Jo his party on
the 13th,VjiCp,'hich
shows that ttfm isjro Reared
over the situaVbe up it Joere is
trouble ahead forv'ax party.
When the Democrats"have twenty
speakers in the field to the Peo
ple's party one, it is self-evident,
from the tone of this address thatw
Butler and his co-workers are do
ing much solid work in the 'State
and are carrying the pecple1 witli
tbgm. This address simplyjgives
the lie to all this bluster in the
bourbon papers about the Demo
cratic party making rapid 'gains
and taking the day everywhere.
Scared people frequently dolsome
very rash deeds, and should be
closely watched. Let every re
former watch, take courage, and
work. Remember when you got
one scared, you have the victory if
vdu can prevent the enemy fcrom
faking ah underhand scheme!
Watch the registration ttooks,
the ballot box, and the victory will
Delong to the People.
Adlal Stevenson's RocordJ
There is documentary evidence
in abundance as to the " coj
head " record of the Democratic
candidate for Vice President j In
cluded in it is the sfbrn statement
of Mr. William B. Ijiffen, Editor
and proprietor of tl county pem
ocratic paper,-who witnessed Stev
enson's initiation into the Knights
of the Golden Circle, and met him
several times at meetings of
that
order. Then there is the
state-
ment of Rev. G. B. Snedeker, a
clergyman of the Methodist
chuich, and a former townsman
and neighbor of Stevenson, as to
the part the "General" took in
rWh
who were charged with its execu
tion ; the affidavit of Parker Gard
ner of Wabash, Ind., that Steven
son and his present partner; pro
cured revolvers and furnished them
to the disloval element to 'resist
the draft, and the statement
of S.
H. Taylor, an officer of the
154th
Illinois Infantry, in corroboration;
At one time Stevenson made a
feeble attempt to deny theseigrave
accusations, but he hallow totally
subsided. I Since he yas caught
and exposed in an impudent; false
hood denying that he had ever
been a Greenbacker, wheri Con
gressional records showed that he
had not only been elected as a
Greenbacker, but that he had
avowed himself such and voted for
Greenback measures this
" General " has been significantly
silent as to his past career.-! Ex
change.
Shoo ling Affray at "Wa&osboro
John Tyson, col., on the 10th
inst., had retired for the j night,
when he was aroused by some one
throwing stones into his house
He arose and went out with his
cun. xle saw a man coming out
of his garden; ho hailed him and
told him ho would shootl The
man (Calvin Little, col.) told him
to shoof. John Tyson -theh fired.
Little received the whole load in
his hip 'and side. It is t
that he will recover. Bo
lought
:h men
had cuns. Domestic troubles were
the cause bf the shooting.
Joint Discussion.
Hon. A. Leazar and A. 0. Shu-
ford met at Louise, in this County,
on tne lotn. lur. .ueazar maae
about the same speech there as
everywhere. Shuford had no
troublo to meet his arguments
Mr. Leazar would not getj on the
national platform. There were
only about -40 present. All could
see that Mr. Leazar realized that
he was on ! the wrong side, jand in
stead of doing good his caijtvass in
the county, hurts the Democracy.
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Fimal Result of Vermont Election.
Return of the election have now
been received from the
State. Fuller, (rep.) for
entire
gover-
nor, has 39,190; Sniaileyj (dem.)
19,526; Allen, (pro.) 1,650. Fuller's
plurality 19,664 and majority 18,
014: Campared with 188Sj this is
a republican loss of 9,265, a demo
cratic loss bf one, and a Jprohibi
tion gain of 278.
THEjcCSrSPraACY.
Intended to efrand and Enslave
SENATOBEWAx'S SPEECH.
The gold combniation that' has
enslaved thai?ple of Europe' is
the trust thaictates the legislal
tion and a&ahustration of free
America.
They say Reformation is impos
sible unless te ee voters of , the
United States will assert their
rights and rcauonetize silver, , and
break the mney corner that the
gold trust has on the world.
It i$'n inj&lttothe intelligence
of the i Amlkcan people to ask
th em to acce the ' Rothschilds as
the headrfb'3 nation to yield
their grdsp mjn this nation until
the money' trust shall exercise
mercy. ? ;
They tell us the LTnited. States
would be flooHed with silver if its
coinage were free and unlimited.1
From whence , fwpld it come ?
Where is the .surplus of silver?
It does not exist. They have no
more silver in Europe than they
need for exchange among the peo
ple. Germany has sold no silver for
years. Fully half and perhaps
more than half of all the silver
coin in Europe is" held by France.
Certainly Fracce will not send it
here. I can ive you a reason
why she would not. When France
and the Latin Union entered into
the compact to suspend the coin
age of silver in 1875 they further
agreed that in 1890 each country
should redeem in gold all the sil
ver held by any other member of
the union, It must be understood
(hat the union composed of France
Italy, Spain, Belgium and Swit
zerland five nations had the
same coins ancf the coin, of one
country was a legal tender in all
the others; so that
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:ijyfirn eu. iu-. una ic-
demption France held of the mon
ey of these nations, 600,000,000
francs, about 120,000,000 of which
she had a right, under the com
pact, to have redeemed in gold at
$1.33 an ounce. She however
made no such demands and she
holds it still. The reason why she
does not sell her silver for $1.33
in ounce is obvious. She has
about the same amount of gold
and silver in circulation. The sil
ver coin in circulation among the
people is a full legal tender; it has
not been degraded. All her pa
per money is redeemable in either
erold or silver coin. If she should
sell her silver she would disparage t
that metal -and .violate- her time5
honored principles of bi-metallism
disturb her finances; and she
therefore refuses to do it. If she
would not sell her silver for 1.33
an ounce to her associate nations
it is not very likely that she would
bring it to the : United States in :
case of free coinage and sell it for
si.29. "
If the United States should buy
silver all other nations would fol
low. If we led in the wrong, why
should we not lead in the right?
Where is this silver coming from ?
It cannot come 'from Europe or
Asia. Will it come from the
mines? Ifis doubtful if sufficient
could be obtained from them to
meet the demand for any consid
erable length of time.
Butdoe want more money?
John Sherman says we do and the
finance committee with the ap
proval of all the bankers of New
York reported, a bill at the last
session of congress to increase the
circulation $225,000,000, provided
they should bo aiiowa to issue
credit money and aljow the bank
ers to take toll out of it.
But everybody knows that it
would be impossible to obtain in
five years that amount of silver
in addition to our present purchase
under free coinage. The whole
output is only about 150,000,000
ounces. I doubt if it reaches that
amount. There could be a rise in
the price of silver and the voters
of America would be liberated
from the thraldom of competition
with the Asiatics in producing sil
ver.
Now my fellow-citizens, on
friends who are throughout the
West and the Siath who are earn
estly with us, who desire to break
the corner, who desire to liberate
this country from gld domination
wish no other renfedy but free
coinage. Anything less than that
is paltering with the subject. To!
ask for the coinage jof the Ameri-j
can product only is selfish. -"vAny
limitation on the coinage of silver
keeps the white mefal a' commodi-;
ty. Unlimited coinage breaks the
corner and nothing jelsei
The suggestion that we can't getl
free coinage of the American pro-
duct easier than wei can get free'
coinage comes frorfi the enemies
of silver. No bill clan pass except
a free coinage bill in the next con
gress. I venture to sar it would be;
difficult to find a farm in England
or America imaffecf ed by demone
tization. It will se;ll for 50 cents
on the dollar of wht it would have;
sold for some time ft go. j
Will you desert he free coin-j
age advocates? Nol If you admitj
that the gold men Jare right, and
there must be a limitation on coin
age we arej destroyed. I beg of
you hot to do it. (Stand by the
principle that silver' shall be mon
ey equal with gold lmd shall have
equal privileges. -
The Force' BilL
We suggest tof those of the
Cleveland persuasion that the bug;
aboo of "negro Supremacy" is
getting to be worn fa little thread
bare and needs patching. The
figures of the census, without
motive to lie, may be believed. In
this case the motive which would
influence a partisan false count
lies the other way. I The count is,
beyond any doubt, sas favorable to
the colored race as t can be made.
The figures show that as a whole
the white population of the Uni
ted States is increasing twice as
:fast as the colorejd. They show
tpat in one State! only, 'to wit,
exceeaea ore"qualed the white
They show that i in numerical
progress the race is rapidly reach-
ing a standstill, na win at nol
distant day begin o receed. They
show a rapidly increasing drain--age
of the negro population from
i s t it
the rural districfe toward the
cities and towns, and this means
an increase of the death rate and
a decline of the biiHh rate for the
race. Every knowii fact tends to
establish the conclusion that
a
dream of "negro supremacy"
even
who
bill"
they
local is a nightmare. Those
father the notorious "force
may be political faints, as
profess to be, but they are
de
luded saints if they hope or
ex-
pect to establish : "negro suprema
cy and through negro suprema
cy," permanent or i durable, party
supremacy anywhere in the conn
trv. j-bis wuteri entertains nd
doubt that the Davenport-Lodge
iioar Bill is the most lnramoua
legislative measure ever concocted
in this country1 rjy that or any
other combination of politidali
saints. But the irffnmy of it 'aid
the danger of it lief, not in "negro
supremacy," nor hi' any threaten
ing industrial prostration or so4
cial decadence bf sitlie South. Iti
can not be made a local question
end the attempt id make it such
by the politicians! and pretended
statesman of the country is to
weaken the defence of the people
against this mostl damnable plot
ever yet hatched! by plutocracy
with intent to cqnfuse, bewitchi
and divide the iieople on falsa
issues. This "foice bill" busi
ness is a hideous int to draw the
attention of the people awny f ron
schemes still more diabolical than
any force till. '
i Ten times moredeadly than nl
political schemes nd all the -force
bills, hatched or hate liable Dy ai
the saints in New England, anc
New Yorh, in Boston and ir
Gotham' tlii3 Shlrman-Cievelant
finnnpinl : fonsnirdev aerainst the
Tprml rCor. National Watch
rv"r - l.
man. " j
The average length of life
it
greater in Norway than in any
other comntry on ihe globe. This
is attributed to tie fact that the
temperature is cold and uniform
throughout the year.
i Morganton hasa military com
pany, with.L. A, Bristol captain.
TOM ALLISON LYNCHED.
The Murderer of Brown Token from
His Cell ly a Mob and Housed.
A correspondent writing to j the
Crjarlotte Observer from Mt. Airy
under date of Sept. ,13 gives this
acpount of the lynching of Thos.
Allison : ,. ' ; j ' '
' Thos. Allison, the murderer
of three men one in Sullivan
county, Tehn., one in Statesville,
N a, the last one, W. H. Brown,
on the streets of Mt. Airy about
three weeks ago, was found early
th;s morning hanging from a
white oak tree two miles this
side of Dobson, our countv seat.
He had been taken from the i jail
by a masked mob and lynched.
''At the. last term of court his
case was. postponed and a number
of our best people became enraged,
bejlioving that he would fail of the
gallows. Last night about 1 o'clock
about twenty' men went to I the
jal,: pretending to have a prisoner,
and upon the jailer's opening j tlte
door they went in and overpowered
him, securing the key to the cell.
They took Allison , out in his
night clothes and despite of his
pleas, swung him up to the tree.
There is little regret expressed
by any one of the affair, as he was
undoubtedly guilty. There is no
clue as to- who composed the
posse that did the work. Plenty
of horse tracks could be seen . but
could hardly be- traced. Your
correspondent learns of a number
of horses taken " from different
stables last night and found this
morning loose hi the stable yards
with bridles on. The body of
Allison was Itaken down after the
ccjroner's inquest and will bo sent
to' his people at otatesville to
morrow." i
Tom Allison is well known in
this section, and always had the.
reputation of beind a bad maiw
:"V "l: mm,-. wWKiml. I
Nannie Gaines, daughter of FJem
-
Gfaines, formerly of pavie conhtyr
itis wife died several months ago,
leaving two small children. Ed.
Mercury.
Clevoland and Mis3 Da?l3.
After a careful examination of
i i i
ic . wasumgton, iticnmona,: ana
New York jiapers with reference
t6 the reason why Mrs. Cleveland
lid not accompany the ex-Presi
dent on his visit to the Virginia
State Fair in October, 188G, there
is but one conclusion. She did
not attend because Miss Winnie
Davis was there, a guest of Gover
nor Lee's, and was to have taken
part in the Governor's reception
to Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland. . In-
itations had been extended and
cccptedfand Governor Lee had
&pent both time and money m
preparing for the occasion, when,
abqut 11 o'clock on the night
previous to the day of reception
he following curt letter was re
ceived from President Cleveland: ,
Washington, D. C, Oct.' 20, 1886.
Gov. FUzhuqh Jee. Richmond, Va.
1 Mrs. Cleveland and the ladies
-Will not accompany me to Rich
mond, and my engagements .are
made to return to Washington at
an early hour. I regret that I am
obliged to forego attending a
reception at your house on the
occasion.
. (Signed) Groves Cleveland.
, Rumor at once took up the
matter, and it was openly charged
that Mis3 Davis's presence was
the cause of Mrs. Cleveland's re
maining at home. In fact it is
said that the matter became so
serious as to form the' topic of a
Cabinet meeting, and that meas
ures looking to a pacification were
Vigorously appliod. Mr. , Cleve
land never denied it, and when
Dan Lamont was questioned, he
replied that "Mrs.. Cleveland did
not eiioose to attend." .-Mr. Cleve
land would like to use the solid
South, but he proposes to have it
keep strictly "off the grass."
Still on the Roost.
While Stevenson, Field and
Weaver are making a vigorous can
vass th roughout the country, Cleve
land is still on his roost at Buz
zard's Bay. He doubtless ,thinks
the war is still raging from the
stars and stripes that are afloat in
the ; breeze.' Ho will fly down on
-the 8th of November when the
sunlight of freedom pours in upon
him.
POLITICAL NOTES.
, Kansas has 185 People's party
newspapers.
Ask Senator Hansom how much
he got as a "fee" in the Swepson
case." r -' '.';;'. . V
Gen. Weaver spoke to 8,000 peo
ple at San Francisco L recently.
California will be carried for re
form. - '- .
A correspondent writing from
Union, Hertford county, ays the
Alliance is alive and doing well in
that vicinity. . .1 ' ' '
Chauncey Depew says: "The
People's party must hot be left out
in'-calculating the results of the
next election." ' '
Fifty .thousand Virginians , have
left the old parties since the con
ventions. Many had done so bo
fore. They are for reform.
European capitalists are so well .
organized that they can dictate
the course of the American Con
gress by a single telegram, y
Harrisoh says one dollar a day
is enough for any laboring man.
Well, wonder if 2 per day isn't
about right for a President?
"We (editors) are the tools and
vassals of rich men behind the
scenes," said Whitelaw Reid a few
years ago. Wonder if people will
vote for a self-confessed "tool?"
We have seen it stated byf the
dailies about every week for the
last two months .that - Hill would
canvass New York for Cleveland,
still he does not seem to material
ize,, '' ,
New York City contains 1,000
millionaires, 500,000 people in good
circumstances, more than 500,000
very poor and 500,000 paupers.
Every time you vote the old way .
you add 200 millionaires and200,
000 paupers. ' ; '
The Governor of North Carolina
1 --, --- Tilt 1
I iirrin ni ivu mill u mi Minn i
if it don't look biuo for us fnoney
crats, though the Republicans
have put out a ticket to help us
kill out those fool hayseeders." :
Mr. Henry Villa rd is one of the
mugwumpian gentlemen engaged
to raise funds for Cleveland's ben
efit. The gentlemen who wfo
"in" with him in the Northern
Pacific and Oregon Trans-continental
railroads will see the point.
Congressman Cobb has been re
nominated in Alabama. , His con
stituents, remembering his famous
inquiry, "Mr. Speaker, where was
I at?" rallied around him and
Xhtccd him on the ticket almost
without opposition. A Democratic
statesman who becomes befuddled
and inquires where he is at while
jogging down the slippery paths of
Bacchus is certain to find many
adherents in Alabama:
State Politioa.
Madison county is alive for the
reform party.
Wilson county People's party .
put out a good ticket and expect to
win. '
We. learn that negro poll holders
arc being appointed in Nash, Le
noir and other counties.
A Weaver and Emm Clnb with -
38 members has been formed at .
Orange Academy, Orange county.
Every township was represented
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in tne r. i . vonvenuon recenny
heldatKenansville, Duplin county.
Mr. E J. Barnes, of Wilson.
county, writes that the People's
party is a "whole horse" in that
county.
The Weaver and Field Club in
Bethel township, Pitt county, has
1G0 members. '
Butler and Aycock spoke to a
large crowd at Mt. Olive on the 2nd
inst. Butler won thi laurels and
the People's party is on a boom
there.
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The Moore county People's par
ty convention passed resolutions
thanking the News and Observer,
Carthage Blade and Sanford Ex
press for the good work they have,
done for the new party.
. The wealth of the -Russian
Church. is almost incalculable; it
could pay the Russian national
debt Csome $3500,000,000) and
would then: be enormously veal
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