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VOLUME 30.
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY io, i8q8.
HU1IBERJ'
j WASHINGTON LETTER.
(Regular Correspondent.)
; WAsiiisroTpx, Feb. 7, 1896. Repre
sentative Babcock, of Wisconsin,
whose able management was a potent
factor in the Republican Congressional
victories of "ifi and 06,s is again to be
.chairman of the Republican Congres
sional Campaign Committee, and rep
resent.tive Mercer, of Nebraska, who
Was his able lieutenant in the last
campaign, is to bo reelected secretary
of the committee. It is complimen
tary to these gentlemen that in the
reorganization of the, committee for,
this year's campaign, no other names
have been mentioned for i their posi
tion. Notwithstanding the hoodoo
which has bo often resulted in the "de
feat of the party in power nt the first
Congressional election after the in
stallation of the nev administration,
the members of the Republican com
mittee are preparing to enter the com
ing campaign with a determination to
win, and the full expectation that the
intelligent sentiment of the country is
IbehlmMlie Republican policy that is
giving back prosperity tq the country.
Not a single Senator who has spoken
against the ratification off the treaty
for the annexation of Hawaii has pre
sented a convincing argument against
annexation; eon.-eqnently those Sena
tors who were for a time in doubt
lrve nearly all annouueed their inten
tion to vote for annexation, and the
ratification of the treaty j is now as
sured wlieri 'it vote is taken. Knowing
this, .Senator Davi.s, who as chairman
of tiie committee on foreign relations
' has charge of the treaty,! is patiently
waiting until its opponents have been
"given an opportunity t siay, their say
before taking any steps; t) force a vote.
Prendent Dole has started for home,
butlhe will make several stops on his
Bemus, by favorably reporting the;
nomination of the iattor to the Senate.!
Representative Boutell, of III., has
the distinguished honor of being the
first member of the present House to
be renominated. Hi nomination was
by acclamation, too. Pretty good fori
a man who is serving his first term, j
Senator Lindsay's declaring of inde
pendence of the 8ilverites of the Ken
tucky legislature, and denial of their
right to ask him to resign, would have
impressed more people than it did,
had he not preceded it by a vote for
the Teller resolution, thus indicating
a desire on his part to throw a sop to
the silver element of his state. The
man who voted for the Teller resolu
tion need not expect to be believed
when he says he is honestly opposed
to the free coinage of silver.
OHIO BRIBERY CHARGES, chairman, aDd then blithely hopes to
have its investigation trtated with re
spect. Albany; Journal. i
It seems to us that, if the' men who
have been abusing and persecuting
Senator II anna for months, Jiad any
decency or bame, they won Id ceaie
their miserable work. They may an
noy the Senator a little but they can-
The bribery-fake bubble at Colum-1 not injure him among those whose
bus bids fair to explode at an early I opinions are worth havinir. Norwalk
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS
THERE SEEMS VERY LITTLE IN THEM.
What U Said la RKrd to The Lbarges
" j : by MAr Exchanges. 1
The female stenographer destroyed
her notes. Hamilton News.
from which
or about the
o tret .nun to
annexation
for publication,1 failed, owing
propriety.
way to b.m irrancisco,
port; he expects to sail on
nd iiiht. Every elTort t
talk about the pending
itrimK f i r fill 1 illnii trti I
to hi correct ideas .of
During his Mtay in Washington, Mr.
Dole proved himself to be a gentle
man, a scholar, and a statesman,
whom every patriotic j.A'nierjcan will
be glatl to welcome as a fellow citizen.
The President '.ami piembers 'of the
cabinet are loth to ae(ept the general
idea that 'Germany, in 'shutting out
American fruits, even partially, ana in J ly approved."
8pecial to the Observer. :
Washington, Feb. 5. 4There is hard
ly the shadow of a foundation," said
Mr. Clarence Call, chairman of the
eighth Republican congressional dis
trict of jNorth Carolina, "for the state
ments made by Mr. Mott, discrediting
Senator Pritchard's leadership in the
Senate. I know eomething about Re
publican sentiment in the western part
of th State, and I know that exactly
the contrary is true. Senator Prit ch
ard is stronger to day with both Re
publicans and Populists; than at any
time since the fusion movement start
ed in the State. Tho effort to get him
out of the Senate and on the Disjtrict
Court bench was simply an attempt to
destroy the party organization by put
ting Russell and Butler in charge of it.
Had it succeeded, the next campaign
would have been a fajree, and it is the
same way about the alleged opposition
of Judge Ewart's confirmation. It "is
all in the air and has been manufac
tured in Washington and in Raleigh.
There is. hardly a Republican ot any
standinir in the western district who
does not heartily approve of his ap
Doiutmeut. Our people r.dmit .Tudere
Ewart's ability courage and metal, and
we all believe, without regard to party,!
-that his success oir the bench in the!
westeni district will save both the gov-
eminent and individuals thousands;
date. Geange Republican.
Really, we gave Allen O. Myers cred
it for being a more skillful plotter than
the Gibson House affair shows him to
be. Hamilton News.
The whole charge of vote buying by
Senator Hanna is too transparent to
require argument for its refutation.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The wonder and the humiliation of
it is that such creatures as this fellow
Myers find it possible to secure politi
eal preferment. Kansas City Journal.
Allen O. Myers " seems disturbed
about his character. Allen shouldn't
let a little thing like that bother his
serenety. Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
The people'of Ohio believe that the
so-called investigation at Columbus is
a iarce, hence they are taking very
little interest in it. Toledo Commer
cial. x
Reflector.
The desperate efforts to beat Mark
Hanna for the Senate, and at any cost
to get a silver man into the Senate to
fiili the seat John Sherman so Ion?
honored, was a part of this silver cru
sade, and it was carried on with mon
ey and malice and every evidence in
policy and performance of criminal in
tention. Brooklyn Standard-Union.:
Mr. H anna's Ohio enemies failed in
their eftprt to make Senator Jones, of
Arki, chairman of; the i Democratic
National Conxmittee, ther agent on
the floor of tne U. S. Senate to the ex-;
tent of offering and pressing, a resolu-
PtmnCuolMdUtt tMMtrcret U0
Wb Marks Papra.
WaaUactoa PcmU
Editor Post: In the discussion oC
the civil service law, both pro and eon,
1 have read with much Interest what
ever what The Post has said In the
matter, and am pleased with its entire
fairnetl In my opinion the main and
only real objection to the system, at la
now in force, leaving oat of the matter
all of its political bearings, has not
been sufficiently discussed. Indeed
scarcely mentioned.
I refer to the system of marking, or
ascertaining by the examination pa
pers the real fitness of the applicant
for the place he seeks.
The applicant answers, in writing,
the fixed questions submitted to him
by the examiners, ofteu under the
most embarrassing and unfavorable,
conditions, and under cast-iron .rules
and regulations, loaded down with red
tape, which were apparently' devised
by the veriest tuartinet who ever dis-
tion against Mr. 1 1 anna's right to his I graced tho government service,
seat. When Senator Jones i asked for These questious and answers are
evidence to support such a resolution submitted to the proper officials, who-
and none was .pioduced he declined mark on each the value or merit, by a
having anything to do with ,& Ash- prescribed system, and so determine
land Gazette.
'tThat investigation of Senator Han
na's method of getting into the United
The fact is Myers and his gang knew I States Senate,?' said Mr. R. J. Flick, of
Cleveland, at the Wellington, "makes
most people in Ohio a little bit weary.
Nobody I am speaking of those not
Mr. H anna's sworn enemies believes
that the thing was started .for any
purpose other; than spite and I guess
they hope to see it fall flat, if they take
any interest in it at all.1 Washington
Post. ! " i
they were guilty of attempted bribery
and hoped by bringing counter char-
ges to avert suspicion. Middletown
Journal.
The Ohio enemies of Mr. Hanna, not
content with making themselves odi i
ous, are now engaged in making them-i
selves ridiculous. Kansas City Jour:
nal.
Nothing will come of the reported
charges of bribery against Senator
Hanna. No one believes for a minute
that there was anything in the charge
in the first place Columbus Grove
Vidette.
Of all the farces ever enacted at Co
lumbus, the so-called Senatorial in
vestigation is entitled- jto the prize.
The committee is a packed one, and as
such cammands no respect. It as
sumes inquisitorial powers, claiming
the right to! drag in witnesses and
the candidate's fitness or unfitness for
a positiou in the government service
These officials, who grade the examin
ation papers, are supposed to be schol
arly persons, and on their dictum the
fate of the applicant hangs, during
the lingering eternity it requires them
to reach'aud look over them.
There are usually many facts bear
in z on one's fitness for an appoint
ment not ascertained or apparently
cared Tor by tho civil service law in
their 'school-boy " style of examina
tion. Of such facts the examiners
have no knowledge, or, if they have,,
are not allowed to, give them weight
in their verdiet. They have before
them the cold statement of cpicstion
and answer, and from theui alone they
must grade the applicant.
In man instances, indeed, in tnost
such men as those who undertook to
defeat II anna, are unworthy of serious
and thousands of'dollars in the dispos- J consideration unle&s they are backed
ition of a long accumlated business,!
owing to the sickness of Judge Dick.
His appointment is not only satisfac
tory to the Republicans, but it ia high-
threatening.: to hut out .' American
hor's, is acting upon a general plan
of taritT retaliation, but if tho onicial
invvtigatiou now boinig inaile- s-lia.ll
'show, that such is the case, .action will
be taken that will b Mire to cause
'deep regret on the part of Germany.
Nu 'country on.earth.is'so well lixed to
play th game of eommereial retallia
tiou a the llniteil. States. Our am
ba.ailor to GerinAny has already
given the Herman government a ' 'hint
of our willing to play the game with
any country that make! iie .first uioa-o
against
us, and the indications an
that the hint will be siifiieient to con
vince the Kaiser of the wisdom bf
prmlence. ,
The changing of Hon. Etlian Allen
Hitchcock, of Mo., frcm U. S. minister
to 1T. S. ambassador j to Russia, bv
President McKinley liAs no particular
significance, political; or otherwise.
"It was done at the request qf Russia,
and was in accordance! with tlie policy
adopttnl by the U. S. a few years ago.
to rpise our ministers to the rank of
ambassadors, in all countries that de
si red to send' am bassail prs to the
United States. The presence of an
ambassador lit a foreign capital, gives
the U. S more piee!lence Uian can
xssibly be gotton by a minister, ow
ing to the strict observance of diplo
matic ietiquette iti those countries,
f which enables an ambassalor from
any lit tie ten cent country to outrank
a minister from the U. S or any other
large and powerful country, and.con
sequently to have precedence of him
everywhere. J
It having been, shown to the satis
faction of the Senate Post Office Com
mittee, that the chartre airainst Mr. E.
11. 'Hetuus, noininatevl to be postmas
ter at Jamestown,- N.; Y., and Repre
sentative Hooker, whose recommenda
tion brough about the nomination, of
having used !uoney and a position on
the House pay roil to secure the re
tirement pf a rival: candidate, were
nothing more then an attempt to keep
the democratic! postmaster of that
town, in office, the committee exoner
ated Representative Hooker and Mr.
Speakingigenerally of the political
situation ii the western section of the
State, 'Chaifman Call said: "Tha civil
service la wjis the greatest peril that
.will rtAlifiiirifb llAk l?i-tllltrtrt- .ArtX
and unless something is done about it
so that Republicans can cret the offices
1 X 1 1 .An lrrfT . n 1 1 r l3 i
lllClu niii io uuuuit, . anil ivjwn -k iik
Tho' feeling on the subject in the
mountain counties is so bitter and in
It txmlers on maciness.
are tne internal revenue
laws to our people, tne civil service
law is ten fold more otlious.
"Tliefe is a good deal, of wild talk,' he
sr.id, "about Mr. Linnev's re-nomina
tion for Congress, but if Mr.
wants the nomination he will get it
without serious opposition. The Re
publicans in the eighth district thoro
ughly endorse his posjtion on the civil
service law. and his vote for the Teller
resolution.'' -Charlotte Observer. j
tensu that
Hateful as
Cupid breaks his bow at the sight of
a face full of pimples. Hollow cheeks!,
sunken eyes, and a sallow complexion
will defy bis best intentions. Beauty
is more than.skin deep. The skin b;
merely tlie surfaca on wbich is writ
ten iti plain characters the condition of
the body Dr. PiereeV Golden Medi
cal Discovery Is gooil for the complex
ion bacause it makes the whole boiy
healthy it clears and purifies the blood.
makes the digestion strong And clears
out impurities of all kinds.- Hy in-
hcreasing ine acuity to assimiuite nu
tritious food, afid by the infusion of
its owningredients it enriches the
I ...
blood andNso makes solid, healthy
flesh. It curediseases of th lungs.
liver, stomach, bowels, skin and scalp.
simply because all these diseases spring
from the same cause a disordered digr
estion and consequent impulreblood.
Charges of bribery, coining from I compelling them to answer questions 1 of them, the questions have no pout--
ble bearing on the special matter and
should le allowed to grade the general
intelligence of tho applicant only.
The fact that an applicant has been
for years practically engaged In doing
the identical style of work he seeks to
do for the government, and has dem
onstrated his ability under the keen
est sort of commercial competion, and
cau offer the highest testimonials
from former employers, ''cuts no ice,"
as the boys say,. in the civil rvlce.
He may be able to demonstrate hi
ability to do the reqnlretl work - in a
way ejual to the most expert man in
theservlc. but unless he can show In
his examination papers why II Y - in
equal to (j, or state the height of one
of the Himalaya mountains, be will
be turned down as ineligible."
Many of the best and fittest of the
applicants Tail to get the eligible n tt'k,
simply iHTause they have allowed
their school boy recolh ctian of almost
useless thiusrs to lapse into a condition
of Innocuous desuetude. Indeed, it Is
a fact, patent to almost every one who
has h.-d occasion to investigate, that a
fright boy of fifteen or sixteen, fresh
from his high school studies, can past
with flying colors almost any examin
ation In the eiril fervlce, while the
oldest and mot experienced of the
government employe would lose their
plar. If inquired to hold or loe them
by taking the required examination. .
I do not believe tliat any of our
Cabinet officers could pas muster fox
a f 000 Herkthip If required to run the
gauntlet of the civil service. I mean n
disrearwet to 'bese gentlemen, only
the Impracticable method of Trading
applicants justifies the statement. No
business house or commercial corpor
ation would think of choosing its em
ployes by such a method. .
One government officer himself a.
by evidence: Kansas City Star.
It now remains fo." the Kurtz-Myers
conspirators to cease disgusting the
people .with an attempt to prolong the
programme after the audience is dis
missed. Winton County Republican.
Senator Hanna hf.s been the object
of a vast amount of wholly unwarrant
ed abuse and villiflcation, but he has
routed his enemies and he will justify
the confidence of his friends. Omaha
Bee.
The investigation going on at Col
umbus is verily like fishing. It is easy
to fish, but fishing does not land the
fish. This investigation is all right,
but it will not prove , anything, Ma
rion Transcript. '
'The bribery investigation can never
Liuuey command respect. The committee is
packed four enemies of Hanna to one
friend. It is almost prima facie evi
dence 'that the charge is a fake. Mc-
ConnellsVille Herald.
Some of the people who are engaged
in tne attempt to convict Jsenaior
Hanna of bribery will do well to keep
the way open between themselves and
the smoothest road leading from the
penitentiary. Caldwell Republican.
Whatever , one may think of Mr.
Hanna and his political methods, one
can have no sympathy with the con
duct of the Republican members :of
the Ohio Legislature that sought.to
the
Seekers after gold are often '.disap
pointed Seekers after health take
Hood's Sarsaparilia and find it meeU
every expectation.
defeat him by combining with
Democrats. Indianapolis News. i
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The committee which is to Investi
gate the bribery ctiarges consist ; of
seven member unfriendly to Senator
iia-nna ana jnree wno taKe oniya
languid interest in the proceedin'js.
Mr. Hanna has been sworn in, howev-
er.--Dayton Press. . 4 '' .
Allen O. Myers became real angry
when Senator Jim Garfield insinuated
that he had been doing crooked work.
But,, strange as it may seem, Allen
loss of temper has not convinced any
one that he is not the dirtiest politi
cian in the State. Nile News.
The Ohio legislature packs the com
tuittee It charges with the duty of in
vestigating Senator. Uanna's election
with enemies of the - Senator, makes
one of the traitorous Republicans the
pertinent and impertinent, without'
the advice of attorney.. That such
committees can and do assume to ;act
is a disgrace to the State. Mt. Vernon
Republican. j- -
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It is to- bo expected .that the Dem
ocrats will say that Senator. Hanna
bribed hisiway through the legislature.
According to . Democratic testimony
that is the way Democratic Senators
and aspirants have done for years, and
they desire to reduce the Republican
Senators to their own1 level. It will
take. harder lying than they practiced
against Mr. Hanna throughout! the
last two campaigns, in which they
were iguomiuiously exposed. Conti
nental News, . j .
That it is a set-up job by the allied
conspirators is- quite ! probable, and
bears the earmarks of Allen O. Myers,
whose son is a clerk at the Oibson
House, Cincinnati, where thecharged
attempt at bribery is said to have ta
ken place. It in not a j difficult matter
for unprincipled men to falsely person
ate other parties, either by "phone or
telegraph, and there ii rround to sus
pt-ct that that is what was done in
tnis instance, ine aesperate game
will not win. Warren Chronicle, i -
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Disgusting as is the conceit of the
breed of McKissons, it is not their dar
kest offene. In an -hour ihev will
change their political ,viewa, as did the
mayor of Cleveland by hi own pub
lished confession." To set the office
he turns his back upon his past pro
fessions and goes into the Democratic!
conference- and practically indorses
the. Chicago platform. He is not
abashed. He is after the senatorship
and there could be no sort of political
chicanery he would not practice to
obtain it. Indianapolis Journal. :
Th mmrnittf i malcim? out. a fine
case about H anna's attempted bribery trusted employe of over twenty years
of Representative Otis, through the
agency of one Mr. Boyce has got away
from them, although they had him
shadowed by two detectives, and they
ay they don't know where to find
him. This Mr. Boyce is unknown to
Mr. Hanna, Mr. Dick, and the others
who were at Hanna headquarters, and
they deny that bej was their agent.
They also are trying to find him; with
experience, and whose record shows
him second to none In the knowledge
of hit work, happen to be one of the
board of local examiners In another
State. He tells the writer that be
would not be rated as an "eligible" If
he was required to pass the school boy
examination, but that hit fifteen-year-
old son could klss for almost any or
dinary place.
I believe In civil tervlce reform on
Vnf flrt finn-c nf mrmL ltlcckkji&
f tU M - KnrM mkm mnWid to da geoemi principics, o crrwuuiy
. rt xj ! I needi a lot of alterations In its ineth-
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