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S. llell.ot Clay, dive Testimony on lb Subject N. Ollio AMI son the Chief ot Hie Order in tbe Stat. ASUEVILLE, N. C, Oct. 7 , 1892, Dear Sir ; I have your receut favor enquiring abont niy connec tion with the older know as Uide oii'm Bhim), and in answer would say: S. Oiho Wilson initiated me in the order of GideoniteH at GoUIh boro in Aug. '91, on my return from the State Allian which met at Morehead. lie kept the obligation I took and I do not know its exact teruiN, bnt will aaaure ou it was a regular "raw head and bloody bones'' ajjnir. I was ashamed of it an noon as 1 found out wh;it )t was, and have had nothing to do with it since. If I had known beforehand what it was 1 would not have joined it. Bnt Wilson told me it was a good thing and would aid the Aili ance cause, and being an earnest Allianceuian 1 joined. Ah soon as I thought about it after having learned what it was, I saw it was a dangerous thing, and uo honest man could have any thing to do with it. Tom Long told me the other day 1 was the cause of the. third party be ing a failure up here. 1 recon h had reference to ray failure to work and fiht in Gideon's army. The plan ot tne Gideon's B ind as 1 remember it, is about this : There is a State chief, who was at that time, as I understood, S. Otho WiU sou ; there is a chief in each con gressional district, aud a sob chief iu each county, whose duty is to obey aud have executed tbe orders of their Immediate chiefs, they get ting their orders from tho State chief. A failure to obey is made in tbe obligation a very serious offence. There are three hundred members of the band in each congressional district the number in each county I have forgotten. I am thoroughly impressed with the idea that this is a dangerous order if it Is being worked in North Carolina. About this 1 don't know, because, as I said, I couciuded to have nothing to do with it as soon as I learned what it meant, and as 1 came out strong for the Democrats soon atter I was initiated by Mr. S. Otbo Wilson I suppose they became afraid of me- At least, Wilsou did not send the papers he said he would send to me. Yours truly, (Signed) M, In. REED. JIon. F, M. Simmons, ltaleigb, N. C. BELL CROSS, Camden, Co., N. O. ) October 12th, 1892. Uoo, P. M. Simmons, Raleigh, N. C. : My Dear Sir : Answering your favor of receut date, in which you ask me to give you for publication what I know about the existence iu North Carolina of an order known as the "Gideon Band,'' I would say, at Gatesviile, in Gates county in December, 1891, Mr. S, Otho Wils sou. in the presence ot Mr. James U. Brinsou, of Pamlico county, (dis trict lecturer for the first district), I being then State lecturer, propos d io me ih.it I should become a nieii.ber of the ?aiii o:d'-r. Ire plied t M. Wil-on th it I could not ronsent to connect myself uith the t ant unless he Avoulrt first reveal to me the character aud pmpose of the order. This h ctnxeistetl t? do up.wi my piotnisifi tecrecy. Mr. Wilson fhL ie:id mo the obli gation vhi h wisiu-d me to take, and outlined t1 geneial objects anil purposes of the order. The obligation was a very lijjid one, and accotdmg to my best tf C'lllfeiion the penalty ot a disclos ure of the tciet. was death. The plan of organization was as folluws: A national chief, a Stat chief, a district chief aud a county chief. The St;te chiel received his orders from the national chief, the i d:srict chief tiom the State chin and the county chief from the dis tjicfc c'liof. The membership in each congressional district was 300, aud in each county, 1 think, no more than 30. This thirty were to bo especially selected for their effi ciency and influence, true and tried mon who could be relied upon under ail circumstances, in all meetings, etc. ft waa the duty ol these chiefs ami members to obey and execute all orders emanating from their su periors. Mr. Wilson stated that the object of the organization was to aid and promote the Reform move ment. The initiation fco was $2 00. This conveisation took place after Mr. Wilson's return from the Indi anapolis Alliance Council. After Mr. Wilson had revoabd the whole thing to me, 1 told him 1 regaided tho movement as outlined by hi in; as being a very dangerous one,and that I thought it would result in the destruction of the Al liacc? and the defeat of the Reform movement then proposed, and I positively refused to have anything to do with it. Mr. Wilson then burned iu my bresence the obliga tion which he had read to me, and pretended he was merely consider ing the advisability of organizing the order, although I have since leaaned he had initiated Mr. M. Ij. Reed, of Buncombo, during the previous August, and appointed him chief in the ninth congressional district. During this conference Mr. Wils son stated to Mr. Briusou that he bad selected him to be chief in the first, eougiessional district. Yours respectfully, (Signed) J. S. Bell. Mr. Editor : Through the mer. dium of the press 1 desire to lay be fore the people of North Carolina two letters recently addressed to me by Mr. M. L Reed, a member of ihe present House of Representa tives and a prominent member of ttie Alliance, and Mr. S. Bell, a member of the present State Sens ate and recently State A1IU ance lecturer, disclosing the exist tence in this State ot an unlawful and dangerous secret political so ciety, whose chief is S. Otho Wil sou, the official head of the People's iu North Carolina. The letteisshow conclusively that this society did exist iu this State but recently, and if it has ceased to exist, the duty ot showing this fact rests npon the men who. it in thowu, introduced it. In exposing this dangerous sheme to the liberties of the people and the peace and good will of S3ciety these gentlemen but discharge a plaiu duty of citizensbip. The fact which they have disclosed clear the mists from the present anomalous political situation iu North Caroli na, and explain many things con nected therewith, otherwise unac countable because so radically at variance with all the known char acteristics of our peopie. it ac. counts for the refusal on the part of many of thoe euppored to be un der tbe influence of this society to hear discussion upon important question affecting vitally their highest inteiests; it account fori tbeir refusal to read literature not having the stamp and eauction of the leaders in this movement ; it accounts for their bad temper and the absence in their political con duct of that independence and con servatism which has ever been a distinguished characteristic of th North Carolina "breed' wherever fonntl ; it accounts for the automat ic and subservient manner in which in tbeir political evolutions they move and set: it amounts for the mnaik we litquentlv hear coming from the simpler but more boncst of these people f tne ifiVet lhut Uiey cannot do what tbey know and admit to be their political duty be cause tiiey ure sworn io no oiner wise ; and it accounts for thehumil i it ing f '.ct that tho people hitherto brave and free have apparently sui rendered their indepenuence, fetter ed their consciences aud ceased to act as free men. I need not go into an explanation of how these results might logically llow from the mentis tin ployed, for every intelligent man will readily uudetstaud how easily a few men j acting together in secret under common orders and to a common end may shape and direct the ac tion of a multitude, each individual acting for himself. As the existence of this pecror so cioty, acting upon and directing the political convictions of the peo ple, accounts for the eccentricities which have marked their reoont. conduct, so that conduct corrobor ates and supports the evidence 1 now lay befoio Ihe people of its ac tive existence in our midst. The presence here of the Bind of Gideon recalls all too vividly the kUnion League, or Heroes of Amer ic that night-mare of 1SGS, which in the name of cbniity and in the form of nenevolence became the secret auxiliary ol a corrupt, politi cal parly, aud brought every homej aud fireside in the land under the shadow of a hand which neither tho lawRot God nor man could hf ay against the inexorable command of! its invisible chief. It will be re called how under the fostering care of that party this teuible organiza tion gained such asccudcncy here that it required a counter secret society and all but. revolution to break its hold upon the liberties of our people. It was thought both oi ibese so cieties and all similar organizations admittedly dangerous in a free country like ours, had been crushed out in North Carolina inner to ic turn again. Tho rigorous law against secret political associations now upon our statute books was placed t hero with the experience ot tbose days fresh in tbe minds of out people, ami express their determin ation never again to tolerate in our midst such a menace to liberty. Both of these societies, the one k against which this legislation was aimed, and tbe oae which now de nes it, aie of loieign inception, and were, born of disorders and agita tions from which we are happily ex empt. The "Union League'' was of Northern birth, begotten of that troublous time which immediately preceded its introduction here, and the "Gideon's Baud1' is the offspring of that wild recklessness which characterizes the incongruous na tianalities which constitute the low er strata of Western metropolitan life and wlncb now aud then breaks forth in Hay Maiket runs and Mafia butcheries. A man better acquainted than Mr Wiirwii 111., untin-.utit nr.nirl people would not have attempted to transplant and introduce, here an institution so obnoxious to our inost oheiished conceptions and ideas ol free, open and honorable political action. If he was himself imbued with Ihe wild vagaries and methods of the "Others" and 'Unions" with which he was thrown iu contact on bis viNit io the West immediately preceding his oveilims to Mr. B dJ, his better judgment should have taught him they weie out of joint with the preconceived notions ot our people, and could ouly result in injury to tbe cause he wished to ad vance. There have been many rumors and whisperings of ihe existence here ef j this dangerous "Bind," but until the letters Messrs. Beil and Reed there was no tangible evidence, andj I now submit these proofs with lull i confidence, that the conservatism ol our people wiil n t bo slow to repu diate U, and fittingly rebuke the despera'e agitators and demagogues who dared introduce it. r. M. Simmons, C.'ia'rman Dem. State Ev. Com. ELKCTKlC IUTtFRS. This reriH-dv is heomin so wfdl knewr-1 and so r-npuinr a- to riecJ s e ial ik r. j ti-.n. All whf t'HV' u;"-l Kl tri-- iJitt-r ! inj tbf fame s-'ie; of j.r:ti-e. A purer j tiwdicino dues not e x i t hhJ ii is iruirin-j teed t'i 'l- nd tLat i clninvd. Kif-ctric Bitter. will cure nil diseases ot the Liver and Kidneys, will remove i'iiup;-s, Roils, Salt Kheum and othnr afe ti"Tis caavd by iiJipurfi blood. Wiil drive Malaria from the lfia Kfid prevent its well s cure all Mslarial levers. r-r cure of Ib adace, Constipation and Inliee-tion try Electric Hitters Entire satisfaction uarantted, or uoney refunded. Price CO cents and J1.00 per bottle at Dr, J. M. Lading'? Drug store. Subscribe for the C'OUEIEE. U'KAYlUtN OXTIIK SOUTH. Kulit! AbiiHc ot'llie South antl its IVopIc by (lit) K.y-Kcii1-liean antl Ex-Grccubacker from I own. "I want to congratulate yon Hrs?, fel!ow-ci!izns, on the supprc-sion of purely Democratic rebillion, got ten up by Democrats tor the purely J democratic purpose ot dissevering this Union, and erpetudly estab lishing human slaver v." 6V?i. J. A'. Weaver, at Albia, Lra-a, July 18, 1SGG. "Hero we have the old ught over again. The Confederate Democra cy, North and South, in which the infamous coppeihcad liivi-ioo of i Iowa appears, are again contesting with Grant for te safety of the Union. As at Donolson, he pso poses to 'move on their works n". once,' and there is no escape for thi-j rank, traitorous herd except in an oihor surrender. Cnarge on them, j fellow Republicans, and spare not on , not even a deputy road super- j visor, fiora total political annihila tion. 'T Gen.J. II. Weaver, at JHnoin y?t,', Iowa, Spt. 4, 1SC8. "And these men (the Democrats) appear and ask fr your t up port. Tbey should come on bended knees asking your lorgivcness for tho un epekaable. crimes they have com-, mittcd and the wretched miseries npon our common country.'' (ten. .7. ft. Weaver, at Fairfield, Iowa, Sept. IS, 1870. uThe record of tiie Republican party appeals to the c nlid judg ment ot all men as unimpeachable save, perhaps, that il was too l-u lent with the leading democratic conspirators. The same old gaug, save those who were shot or Lung, are again conspiring to get posses--ion of the Government next year." Gen. J. B. Weaver, at Keokuk, Iowa, Sept.lQ, 1871. "No republican can ever, uinbr any circumstances, have any part or lot with the hungry, rebellious, man bating, woman ebiug gang corporated under the iimne. of 'dew ocracy, a name n full ed stench and poison that it sheuld be lotted liom I tbo vocabulary of civilized men and handed over to the barbarism thai it so fitly now and in all the: past has represented. Gen. J. . Wta ver, at Oskaloos i, Sept. 1872. "We know that its (the democra cy 's) acts comprise murder, treason, thoit arson, fiaud, prejury, and all cimes possible tor an organization to connive at." Gen.J. II. Weaver, at Bloomfield, low.i, Sept. 2f, 18CU The above utterances by General Weaver were q io!ed by b'.s col league Mr. Henderson, ot low;, in the presence ol General W a ei July 0th, 1SS. Mr. Weaver replied : 'I have no doubt that I uttered, if not the words obtained iu the extracts read before the House, equally as foreth'e and substantially similar. Mr. Henderpon said: Theieis no doubt of that." Mr. Weaver said : "I have noth ing to take back." Seo Vol. 19 Part 7 Coogressior al Recerd Page 6147. And these are sentiments, citizens of the South, that General Weaver a-ks you to endorse by your votes Wit l vou do it ? Ueoforal College. Tho electoral college under the ! lltnv apportionment is as follows Alabama, 11 Arkansas, S California, 0 Colorado, 4 Connecticut. . Delaware, . . . Florida, Georgia, Idaho Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,. . . Louisiana, . . . Maine, Maryland,. . . b 4 13 it 24 15 13 10 13 S 0 s Massachusetts, 15 Michigan, 14 Minnesota, 9 Mississipi, 7 Missouri, , . 1 Montana 3 Nebraska 8 Nevada, 3 New Hampshire, 4 New Jersey 10 Now York ... .3 North Carolina,. .'. V 11 North Dakota,.. .3 . Ohio 23 Oregon, 4 Pennsylvania . 32 Rhode Island, . . . 1 South Carolina. .......... ' South Dakota . I Tennessee, 12 Texas, !." Vermont 4 Virginia, .. 12 Washington. I West Virginia. Wisconsin. .12 Wyoming, 3 Total. 411 Necessary to choice. 223 tiii: ; at on r oi tiu: h wj. IBitrNirton x-Mlnlilcr ( ICiis-iu 1.1 4'm I tic Cat A v 113 . The Philadelphia Press, edited by ono of Mr. Harrisou's closest friend, Mr. Kmory Smith, bis late minister to R.is.hoi, has tiie courage to say pi iinly what all o'eservauts men have U uown all the time, viz, that it is the policy and urpoe of thti Uepublicau party to enact a force bill. Rut the Press is frank enough to urge a reason lor it b-yond mere Political power and declares that to (tiiss tho Lodge election bill is to de stiny the dauderous competition that Southern prosperity elects against New England cotton goods and Pennsylvania iron. Or in other words, the red, down right Republican N nth .seeks to overwhelm the S kiHi with anotlur mill, afier tbe South his so Jar usen from the ashes of war as io Complete with the No; titer n Siaten in commerce ami manufacturer- 1) a single man or woman in tic South ev r had any .doubt aboii' t he fiendish iute:dnu of tho Radicals let. the following word of the Phll a leiphia Pi ess Mittle the doubt and determine the only w;y to avoid tho destruction proposed for that sec' loll ; If ihe Democrats bad never been allowed to regain control of ihe Stale governments ot the South, Noithen capital would never have, embarked iu the development of S utheru coal and iron; and the suiest, and speediest way to put a stop to this compel ion from men w ho are our political enemies,, as A'-Il us our com met ci a! rivals, is to c. iiry thfiigh and enforce measur es like the Ij nlge election law." Mr. Saiitb is not uily a Republic vJ:i who I'ues tbe Noitbrn heart with a reflection ol burning Colum bia aud tiie general destructiou ot f wnr, but he is also a business man vlio puts tbe proposed force b li in fheireiit as a material nec essity to ruthlessly destroy the pro g;ess of tbe South ami utterly, ruin it, heeause, f'orsoot,h it completes a i t b Northern interests. The icost rabnl secessionist, nevs or attributed to tbe men like Ren Mutler any thing so virulent; and hellish aH this (his .Mr. Smith, lato ' minister to Russia, has le trued the ancient barbarous methods ot the Czars, and addded something to he deviltry of R;ss Reed at;d such other malign sdints ot the Republi can party, frvn whom ttie (iestru;- j five policy emanated. I M. rsmith did not carry a mus J kot, like a br.ivo soldier, and there J hy learn to respect the So'itbern people, as all the real soldiers did. He v. as one of the fl-ck of political kites that represented ill omen and bat red. Alter presenting a picture of tbo utter wreck of the South, he gloats over it in the following terms : "And if we can oueo more i;or them into the condition tbey wire before 1876 we won't bear any moio about cheap iron and cheap col ton 'goods from the .South. T-iey wd. have other thing-' to think about.'' Thank you. Smith, the Democrats appreciate the picture, and then are eei tain things that they will j think about now, and among others j s the resolve to bring out the on animous vote of the party w hich hie loco; been in the majority, and arc other is to cut ofT from the study 4,f monarchical ciistoms iu Rmss a all such G. O. P. patiio's as tbe editor of tbe Philadelphia Press. I National Democrat: to