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The State Chronicle. The Slate Chroniclo J03EPHU8 DANIELS - - EdItor Jtrrnnt nMrtji . . r4itr. It is the Leading Democratic News, paper Published at the Capital of the State. Subscribe: $1.25 per Year. THE EDITOR'S DESK. COMMEN r ! TOPICS THAT ARE INTERESTING THE PEOPLE. The Chronicle Eipresse itsOpioieu on Pairing Public Event and QueMion ol Interest Now Before the People. Gueat things are expected, and .the coming session of the Legislature prom ises to be a very interesting one. Gentle men, do what you think is for the best interest of the State, and do it quick, and get back homo and go to work. Orange County Observer. The 8tate cannot get the fund appro priated by the Federal government for the white Industrial coile? unites it has a college for the negroes of the state. Durham, Winston and Raleigh are among the places that will ask for the location of the college. Goveknob Boies, ot Iowa, says: "It is infinitely better that this nation should remain poor, with its property, such as it has, distributed among all its classes, than to become the richest on the globe, with its wealth concentrated in the hands of a few." A DOti LAW. The Legislature ought to lean enough to the farmers to give them a law for the encouragement of sheep husbandry. A good dog law would be a wiee departure. Winston D.iily Sentinel. Yesterday Mr. Currib, of Moore, in troduced a bill to provide that all dogs be listed and taxed $1.00 each. The bill provides that the tax thus levied should go to the school fund. SIX PE't CENT. INTEREST. (Wilson Advance.) The Advance believes that six per cent, is all any man can afford to pay for money upon which to do legitimate busi ness, except in rare instances. We be lieve that, six per cent, is enough to re ceive for the use of money. We believe that six percent., in the present state of aff airs in North Carolina, is a just in terest to bth borrower and lender. Be lieving this, we desire to urge upon our representative the importance of re ducing the rate of interest from eight to six per cent. Til K FORCE HILL. NOT DEAD. Senator Vance tells us that it is an error to suppose that the displacement of the Force bill by the financial bill absolutely means the death of the Force bill. He believes that the fight for the Force hill is not abated at all and that no effort will be spared by its advocates in the Senate to enact it into a law. The Democratic Senators are very much afraid that it will pass the Senate, though, of course, nothing they can do to kill it will be left undone. Until the displacement of the bill for financial legislation we had believed that it would become a law. We were led by the great newspapers in the country to believe that the displacement meant its death. Senator Vancs d'spels that hope WORTH THE AT i ENTION OF THE LEGISLATURE. The Attorney-General in his report recommends that the Solicitors be paid a salary. He says the present plan of pay ing them is 'wrong in principle and pernicious." Salaries could be easily fixed without .any additional expense to the State by requiring the same fees now paid to the Solicitor to be taxed as part of the cost and paid into the State Treas ury after each court. The Solicitor of the Criminal Court of New Hanover is paid in this way and the county is reimbursed with the fees. Mr Bexlamt, Senator from New Han over, and a member of the Wilmington bar, can give information as to whether the plan works successfully and to the advautage of the county. By refereroe to the criminal statistics it seems that the Solicitor of the Criminal Court of New Hanover is as successful in his prosecutions under the salary plan as the District Solicitors are. We do not believe that any officer who is charged with the prosecution of crime ought to be dependent for his salary upon the conviction - f parties charged with crime. It looks too much like "blood money. It is a temptation to avaricious men to prosecute for the fees, and so man ought to be smbjected to 5, the temptation. We regard the present mode ei paying solicitors as one of the crying evils of oar judicial system, and if the change shoald be made to making him a salaried officer we believe that it could be safely said that North Carolina has a judicial system as nearly perfect as it is possible for human wisdom to frame. ANOTHER WAY TO RAISE REV ENUE. It is a theory of the disciples of Hknrt George that uncultivated and unpro ductive land should be taxed higher in proportion than that which under culti vatiou adds to the value of the commun ity. Applying this reasoning to the realm of man, Capt. Seat, of the Georgia leg islature, has introduced a bill to impose a tax on bachelors. Commenting on this proposition, the Atlanta Constitution says i A law like that proposed by Captain Seay would knock this can't-afford-to-be-married foolishness in the head, and would make bachelorhood the luxury in stead of the married state. The sugges tion tan r. aitogetner new. Down tn Ven ezuela the munioipal council of Caracas has promulgated a law which provides for an impost on all bachelors res'idinir within the jurisdiction. ..Every unmar ried man over tnirty nve is required to par an income tax of 1 per cent on an in come of not more than $5,000, or 2 per cans it us income exeeeas urns amount. VOL. XX. DEATH OF HON. PAUL ERON. C. CAM. Information reached us by telegram that this gentleman died at his residence in Hillpbnro Tuesday morning at half past 10 o'clock, after a somewhat brief illness. It is not too much to say that the tidings made a profound impression upon this community with which he has been intimately associated for a greater portion of his long life. His familiar face and figure were known to all, and thengh not a constant resident of Rtieigb, he was so much here as to be a participant in all that interested its people He was the charm of a large society circle as he was the mainspring of some of itn most important business enterprises. As he was to Raleigh, so he was to a large portion of the State. A sagacity that was deep searching led him to the inception cf measures through which many communities derived essen tial benefit and his unerring judgment guided them to successful development. In faet sagacity and judgment were traits so prominent in his character as to have impressed upon him the stamp of great ness, which would have had larger pop ular recognition if the necessity bad been laid upon him for gieater public exertion. As it is, he always reponded to any call made upon his mental store?, and with the gift of a ready, animated oratory, he was welcomed as a forcible, convincing and most entertaining and in structive speaker. Associated with his agaetty and judgment was a strong seas of exaet justice in his dealings with mankind. He was candid and out spoken, disdaining flattery and subter fuge, but his opinions were so tempered by fairness aad frankness as to win ao quiescence, even when his decissions were advers. In a brief notice, such as this must necessarily be, details either of life or character are inadmissible. It must suf fice now to say that the State has lost one of its most useful and prominent men, one whose loss will be sensibly felt. For even at his advanced age, the powers of his mind were so little abated, the kinduess of his interest so actively alive, that he lived iu eontemporaueous inter est in full sympathy with the contem poraneous generation, as a menu oi the University to whose welfare as as la bor of active love and most elective service, he has devoted muen or ms lat ter years. His death will be the occa sion of the profoundest interest. His memory will be conspicuously and hon orably associated with the institution he so revered as the legaey of revolutionary aims and the sacred charge of posterity . Paul Cariuxstos Cameron was born at Fairntosh, Orange county, the coun try seat of the Hoar. Duucan Cameron, the oldest son of that distinguished man and of his wife Iebecca, daughter of Thomas Benehan. He was born on the 12t cf Augast, 1809, and was educated partly at Middletown, Conn., the Univer sity of orth Carolina, and finishing his coarse of stud Irs at Washington College, Hartford, Conn. He was married in 184 to Ann, daughter of the late Chief Justice Remit, who survives her dis tinguished hatband. He leaves a son, Mr Ben eh ax Cameron, and several daughters, one of whom is unmarried. DEATH OF REV. W. C. GANNON. The Chroniclk sincerely regrets to an nounce to its readers the sad intelligence that on Friday afternoon, at his home in Winston, Rev. W. C. Gannon, of the Western N O. Conference, yielded to tbe call of his Master and fell asleep in Jesus. For many years he has been a zealous Christian and faithful minister of the Gospel. H was a graduate of Trinity College, and has ever been an untiring worker for the old institution which was his Alma Mater. His last charge was Pineville Circuit in Mecklenburg county, and this last fall his people were sorely grieved to have to give him up because of bad health so that he could go to Win ston, where his son resided, and spend his declining days. And there, at nearly 60 years of age, he died the death of the righteous. To the many bereaved friends and relatives in North Carolina and the heart-broken family we extend our sym pathy. The funeral 1 service will take place at Trinity College this afternoon. WET OR DRY T Goed Petitioners Desire to Prevent the Sale and Manufacture of Liquor. (Concord Standard.) A friend informs us of two meetings that took place in Dallas, Gaston coun ty, last Saturday one by the Prohibi tionists, the other by the antis. Eight hundred voters will petion the Legisla ture to pass a law preventing the manu facture and sale of liquor in Gastoa county. The antis met to plan a war upon the move. The result of the efforts will be watched carefully, as Gaston has the distinguished honor of having more distilleries than any county in the Slate. Epoch. The transition from long, lingering and painful sickness to robust health marks an epoch in the life of the indi vidual, Such a remarkable event is treasured in the memory, and the agency whereby the good health has been at tained is greatf ully blessed. Hence it is that so much ia .heard in praise of Elec tric Bitters. So many Teel they owe their restoration to health, to theuse of the Great Alternative and Tonic. If jVa ate troubled with any disease"" of the Kid neys, Lives or Stomach, of loig or short standing, you wiU sjnrely find relief by use tot Electric Bitters. Sold At 50c. and $1.00 per bottle, at John Y. .Mae!feeB jjrugatore. A wrrnsRH ?kily riwrpapbb rot town and cocntmt, dbtotio to tub welfare or .worth Carolina, amd rni ioiti. VANCE INSTRUCTED, TO VOTE FOR THE FINANCIAL REFORM ADVOCATED liYTHR ALLIANCE. A Lively and Interesting Dicain in tbe Houie Saturday upon Financial Reform. When the IIou met Saturday there wai a larger a: tendance of visitors than at any time, this session It had been rumored that there would be something, out of the usual run and the people, always anxious to hear something excit ing, were present. Immediately after the expiration of the morning hour, Mr Holm in, of Ire dell, off?-red a resolution instructing our Senators and Representatives in Congress to advocate th financial reforms adopted by the Alliance at Ocala, Fla. Ma. Pat terson, of Caldwell, offered some amendments which Mr Holman accep ted. When amended, the resolutions read as follows: Resolved, By the House of Repre sentatives, the Senate concurring, that our Senators in the 51 Jt and 52cJ Cccg ress of the U. R. , be, and they are here by instructed and our Represeut Uives requested, to vote for and use all hon orable means to Secure thu object of tb financial reforms as contemplated in tk platform adopted by the OjhIh meeting of the National Farmers Alliauco held in December, 1SU0. That a copy of the above resolution be sent to our Senators and Representatives iu Congress. Capt. T. M. Watson, of Rbeon, of fered a resolution to refer the resolu tions to a Bpecial committee of fiv- ?n l made an argument upon the importance of due deliberation upon questions of such great importance. Ho favored the reform and did not oppose the resolu tions but believed it beat to have them considered by a committee. Pritchard's Partizanship. Mr. Pritchard, of Madison, pitched into the resolutions in a partizan speech, in the course of which he declared that President Harrison is in hearty sympa thy with the financial reform movement and wants to make silver as good as gold. He praised the Republican finan cial system. At this point Capt. Peebles asked the privilege of interrupting him. The cap taiu said: "We have tried the Republi can financial system twenty-five years and have gotteo poorer under it every year. How much longer will we have to try it to get rich? ' Pritchard retorted by denouncing the old State banks as wild cat legislation praising theSIcKinley bill and denounc ing the Farmers' Alliance as a political machine. He said that on Tuesday the Alliance had a caucus but would not allow the Republican legislators to go in uuless they were prepared to act with the Democrats. Col. Skinner's Speech. Col. Habry Skinner made a speech which, in substance, was as follows: I am an advocate of what is termed and designated by the press of the coun try and from the hustings as the Alli ance sub Treasury system including the land amendment made by the recent Ocala convention. The system as now completed ia the boldest and most pa triotic declaration ever made for the emancipation of human rights from the slavery of the dollar, and the wisest ever conceived in the interests of an equitable division of the annual wealth of the country between its producers, consum ers and manipulators. It presents to the world a broad truth that sooner or ltaer must be accepted by all patriots as wise, practical, patriotic, sound in finance and with all under the system of government we live, constitutional. The truth is this, that the earth upon which we walk, from whose latent forces we have been bodily made, from whose productions we must in life be main tamed, and to which at death we must bodily return, from whose seals must spring the water to slack our thirst, from whose fields must be gath ered that which is absolutely essentia! to oar existence, bringing food to our months, clothing to our backs, comforts to our h(.holds, all taken together as earth an t products, is as safe a sc curity for a national issue as the obliga tion of th government, to wit: Its bonds, which h-vve been, are now being, and mint !oikto in the future for re demption to this same source of infinite power, the earch and her products I now sound this truth, that the people, the sovereigns of thi-a land, will permit themselves but a while longer to wronged under the finesse and intrica cies of a false monetary system, which every observant man and student of his tory knows has practically pauperized nine hundred and ninety-nine of every thousand in Christendom and in the past ages taken every government from the height and light of civilization and hurled it into the abyss and darkness of anarchy and barbarism and in modern times where memory runneth not to the oontrary we witness all human effort,coup ed with the powers of the earth, man nacled to the same golden chariot that sweeps heartlessly over the rights and feelings of the producers of the land, making life almost intolerable in Russia, hardly to be borne in England, beyond endurance in Ireland, and the same chariot has swept over the Atlantic ocean, carrying its banners toward the setting son, and through the machination of Legislation', has hoisted tbe yellow flag in this country that threatens to wave in triumph over American dominions. En tertaining these general views, I have no apologies to make for favoring this sys tem. I favor it not because it is popu lar for I should not hesitate to oppose it though sustained by all men if I con ceived its principles to antagonize any of the ancrept :-4rditiofi3 of democracy which r fiaefaith id being the ark of the bonuiry's hope and the hope of the people's prosperity and happiness I favor? r it - 'not because it is presented and endorsed by that great, glorious and growing order, tlie Farmer's Alliance, which I will say by way of parenthesis has done mordnring its short life to close a bloody chasm, Ho draw down from the mast bead of every politician the Woody shirf, settle the race problem, bary prejudice, kill the Republican party, and bring the wealth producing people of this land to a serious con tern Diation of their oositioh aiM "con dition and on. hhisjirie has inculcated: thevj simplest and epbrest Democracy that has been tattjMl for fifty years, et not withstanding fhS, I would toot support it rf i"ceuld seer wherein it retarded the growth or drmmed the glory of any-State iu Uie Uiiiott iJbridged the rights of RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 14. any Americac citizen. I do favor it for as I go back to the pure crystal fountain of Democracy it refl-cta through the myriad of its pure waters and down the corridor of more than six thousand years that tbe aim and purpose of all patriotic legislation is the greatest good to the greatest number. Believing this system will accomplish thisend and that it isr st ing upon the basic rock of Democracy my feeble efforts will le ia the future within the pale of the party to ret tbe Democ racy to cut the ligaments that under cer tain leadersh'p bindi to Wall Street, to regard New York as no longer the terri tory of our hope and thro the shadow of its protecting wing over if real interest. !he arm of its prottvtion around those th?t need it, hi.i1 ch.trapi n trie rights of the rflas!es, 8u:plir.tg th- in dustrial wu: of iar,k'ri 1 mstea 1 of dinmitiiukf. the Ai!;t:ic t :orui a te tuinl party mKft it a anxii iry oi ire grea; uemocracy or tee people ana g. luto the cimpaign of 'U2 with the Alliance- and all the tlier industrial unions that have the same common purpose, marching in one oramon phalanx. undr one inspiring b-nur, that the earth and its nonperishable products is a .-onnd basis for a Natiorai i.-tuo as a basis U r a ht'al s'au-lard f.r the a-Iui -;v,nr. -ineni of value. Wiih thU shibboleth we will call to oir Mipport the gret masses of the people frutn all the eec t'.ons of our common country and will bury so deep that arch enemy, the Re publican party, iato the cess pool of its own iniquity, and not a bubble will rise to the surface to mark its iiual resting place. As Democrats can; we afford to close our eyes to the existing agricultu ral and industrial depression or shall we continue to permit our.-elves to be de ceived by a rounded collation of statis tics that would seem to show a suffi ciency of money iu circulation and that t do agricultural South was prosperous and booming when we know by practi cable contact that neither of the propo sitions are true. If there is a sufficiency of money existing in this country it in beyond the reach of those who created it and for whose uses and purpobes it was created. Enough money, when the agricultural products of the country have to be sacrificed for the want of money to move the crop. Enough money, when it cannot be commanded by those who can give the best of e curity. Enough money, when a man ot known financial reputation in the heart of the commercial centre of this country with over four millions of assets had to permit his small paper to go to protest. If it is existing so far as doing the business and the people of this country and service it might as well be in the bottom of tbe Atlantic oceau. What wo want is not only a sufficiency of currency bo t a machinery that shad place is within reach at a small per cent, as well to the farmer and laborer, the country merchant and the city merchant, a3 with the bondholder and railroad magnate. The South booming. The farmers here will hardly appreciate that there is anything booming in the production of cotton at 7 to 8 cents, and corn and wheat at equal sacrificial prices. Worth Carolina may have a booming Ashoville which by reason of its proximity to the clouds and the stars is enabled to make merchandise cf its air, water and so ciety. She may have a booming Greens boro, located within reach of mines that draw succor from a protective tariff and for the same reasons Georgia may have her Atlanta, Tennessee her Chattanooga, Texas her Fort Worth, Alabttna hor Birmingham, Florida her St. Augustine, Virginia her Richmoud. and there may be series ef small towns with furnaces drawing succor from tbe protective tariff that are lighting up the mountain sides of Virginia, North Caro lina, Tennessee and K ntucky, but there is nothing booming o;i the plantations of the country, nothing booming in that great gift of nature, our monopoly to produce tbe fleecy staple that stretches its snowny down from the Gulf of Mexico to the Old Dominion border. It is use less for ns to disguise tbe truth that the farmers of this country are not reaping such a reward for their labors and sacri fices as it would seem but justice for them to do and a fundamental impor tance of their high and honorable, yea, heaven appointed, would seem to justify. They are not receiving their equitable share in the net annua! increase of wealth and comforts, which, by their sacrifices with t.e assistance of the earth aud heaven, are contributed to the world and the patriot farmer, merchant and professional men art lending their best talents to the solution of this great problem, and he tbac shall contribute the moat towards its solution iu wuich our every conceivable iuterest is in volved deserves better ot his country than Ihe whole race of politicians. Understand me not to ypeak despairingly of politics or politicians. For it was legislation, the sharp bladed instrument of politics, that drew out the yoke that bears Leavily upon the necks of the peo ple, the big blunt hammer, the leg'sla tive instrument of politics that welded the links by which the people are fet tered and holds them in slavery to the American dollar, and it is only through this medium that they may hope to ob tain relief. I know that a great many hold that legislation can do nothing for the people in respect to monetary matters, that it is impossible to legislate money in their pockets, but I do know that you can legis late justice for them, justice to their muscles, justice to their hwme and chil dren, and this will bring justice to their pockets. Some people attribute the condition of the farmer to one cause and some to another, Some say that it is extravagance. Some the protective tariff, but if I am called upon to name tbe arch enemy of the people and their prosperity will coincide with the Alli ance and unhesitatingly point to the financial legislation of "this country for the past thirty years to a false monetary system. It is but derision to the labor ing man to attribute the condition of farmers to his over paid labor. Tbe farm labor of this country is the poorest paid libir on the continent. He has no system of time or wages. His hours for lbor are marked, only by light and dark ness and his wages are primarily dejiend ent on the condition of agriculture. He is awakened by the crowing of the first cock and as the great god of day rises from its eastern couch finds him well harnessed for his dav's labor as he wheels bis golden chariot athwart tbe blue vaults of heaven he looks down upon him from his meri dian sp'endor weltering unuer niopprc sive heat. When his course is sped & fierv steads are stabled in the caves o rEolous his "slanting rays fall over the. larm i&uurers ui tue couuLrjr wuriuug, working tuongh it be sometimes gleanm in tbe harvest field. - I would to that the condition of agriculture would, Mfwnit Klffliav waiKM ftnH nnr mvutam rVnvarvtiitn.kl 2,. 'M wuu ivaw 4 7 labor aad more education for the farm laborer of the Sou;h. While at all htz zrds we propose to mmtain tiie su premacy of the an'.o-axoa race and i:i North Carolina the c unty foverumer,t ejst-m a-i absolutely eHmil to oar sociil exinter.ee jet the great h-rt of the iMnocrsey .liear warm for the colored maa. We would hrt him remain with us. We would s"tt'.e the rac problem wahout ilk rf -ra'ice. All we ak from tho who offer us the force bill from those !,- c-5 im ths colortM man as th-4 wards of thy Lntiou is to nut o ;t siui ply justice to them aod to throw roun i the institution from which they must draw pncor.r the same rti of protection that they throw aronrd ttie otner indus tries id the country ou the pita of Lei'e iuST Ani'Tiean ih t It s really tbwiug to tke averao far ratr to h:tv-,i hss c mdition A'irj'm'e 1 'o his t-.irvaga;;fe Krota Lci:re cj.-e-s this charef it is from the p-r farmer that has to tegket the education rf his children that is mortgape system dejicndeat upon the and that has to ptir- chae fa purk at u-n cr.ts a pound whui his colaborer in the West had to part with it at ab'p three? From hirn who buys corn at eighty cot- a buvhei wr'en his brother in Kiasas had to tdl tt f r eighteen cent?? From Iran who had to purchase his supplies from 50 to 100 per cent., while his property rtj.1 products are sacrificed iu each succpsmvh year at fifty cents cf their value, or does it come from the average Congressman who nu coribciously wants to give to Lin f "i,0 o jer annum as great a purchasing power hh pos-iib.'e? Or djrv it come f:ora hiai whoso wife and daughters ir upon their hand jew Is that vie in brilliancy with the Mio-light of day aud whose bonus are surrounded by all thecomfor s that money can purchase or the fancy desire? If any one will contend for ihis ne riously end go with me to the average farm house of the South and partake of its open, free but scanty hospitality and make an examination from tenement to mansion, from turret to fjundation stone, he will becoins convinced that there is no extravagance npon the farm nor signs of any having been there for years. The farmers of the South since the cessation of hostilities which re sulted in the destruction of their rights and properties have froiu necessity been compelled to practice economy and af ter thirty years in a hard fought battle it must be admitted that the agricultu ral South is no better off to day than she was when L?e" surrendered at Ap pomattox, that our success in tilling of the soil aud our success in arms. We have had to maintain the homestead to keep the interest down on the mortgage to pay tribute to protection, to keep the red Hag of the auctioneer from waving in triumph over the house-tops and the barn-yard in many instauces to keep the wolf from the door. I know this is a different picture that is usually drawn by tbe press of the country, who with patriotic z-al have been booming the new South. All hail to the new South, but let me tell the boomers that Its commercial and manufacturing centres cannot long endure unless proper sustenance is given to Southern agriculture, for with this languishing all trades and profes sions tr ust sooner or later perish. I will admit that millions upon top of miliions have been robbed of the agricultural insses under the sanction of and in the name of protection, but notwithstanding this has been a griev ous burden to bear it's not to be com pared with the great wrong and iu j istice may have been compelled te submit to under the financial legisla tion of this country and under the sla very of a false monetary system. The farmers of the country have looked in vain to tbe two parties iu charge of the public alfairs of the country for an ame lioration of their condition. Thev have repeatedly petitioned for relief, but in each successive campaign, under the prejudice wreught by the race issue and the passions engendered by the bloody flag, the real condition of the people, if the truth must be told, has Veen neg lected and partisan success e.einrd to have been the chief ambition of both parties. Now, the farm ers of the country regarding their con dition of more importance than the spoils have welded themselves into a orothcrhood, an indissoluble union, and are knocking at the door for relief. They will not accept a stone any longer for bread. They have discovered the root of their trouble, while not statesmen they have presented to the country un der the style of thePub-Trp-vsnry system, a plan for relief, and they demand that it shall not be regarded as a j ke. That it shall not. b? derisively put asunder. That, their servants their representa tives in Congress shall at least give it a fair trial. They make it an isue, and if I mistnke not the signs of the time, you will bear from it in the campaign of 'W. We cannot afford to treat their demand with indifference nor procrastinate in action. Remember that Mark Anthony lingered in dulliauce soft before the Star Eyed Egyptian Queen and lost Actium at the hands of the Second Cear, that Caisar in tbe plentitude cf his power laid the ideas of his power said tbe ideas of Mark have come when they had passed ho laid at the foot of Pompey's Ftatue. Louia he Sixteenth, playing at Locksmith, carlessly noted in his diary: "Nothing particular happened to day, the only thing that did happen was the downfall of hi3 empire. Charles I. said scornfully, ''what can these round bends do? ' -he found out later they could cut off his head, and so history is full of thes. flippencies in the shadow of a great crisis, and in my judg ment we are standing this hour in the shadow of a crisis, that throws its dark pall from the Atlantic to the Pacific, fiom the frozen zones of the North to the Gulf of Mexico, which shrouds this eontitient in the gloom of a common despair in which party lines are almost invisible and human rights are only bought. Now what are the Ocala demands on finance? They are chierly the principles involved in thr Sub-Treaury bill, per mitting, however, a loan upon land at the same cost. Then Col. Skinner goes intrV fr.'l dit;u3sion of these demands i-Df a! y and in detail which we have i,rt i? to print, but will appear in coprU f cn he proposes having printed for general circulation. A Mr. Henry's Positio'CJ Mr. Heorv, of Rockingham" fid not ee what eff eet this wM hs Senator Vase I was instf support Senator Vaace with bjf opposition tb the sab treasury). v m , iir, . b upon bted to known ttform, ndorso every- and I mult Arv3 will 45 it. d thine that is "t Dfl-oocntie 5$- wto eala pwtform. and endc ioppose rjtiunjr x en- 1891 dore the objet aimed at, but I sra for Vaoca. W are intrucUl by our peo ple to vote for the uin and not for tfce manure. Mr. Henry showed ch-arly that Sec tor Vanoe hVi iwta iwa a fnead of tha jxwple. N man who err fought the rwdiartrsrigof national bank banW than Senator Vance, but no rfif rt of hi .av t'led agaii Ht tb Republican dfterru! ratiou n re charter them. If Seua'or Vance could hare. Mc!irMt !h paajje of tis amendment to the McK)nly bill, the farmer-! product would have beu fifty !r ent. more vIutl than ttej are to- tiny. Me then 'uovei that a committee f thr be appointed to wait upon Sou ator anie and ak hsm if thf rtsndu- iioa-i would l satisfactory to h:m. 11a a in' rrnite ! hf-e by Mr. Adataa, of hrs'iii ., who said that h. had -toen ."setjjtor Vance and that t he.Sf.i v had ijo o j i tis to the rcoolatiotitt. Yr. lletirv continued: "We are herw 'o rtand by Vance whether h Mn In on our j I v form or not, aud I iaist upon my motion. The chair ruled that the motion of Mr. Henry was out of order. Mr. Man want I'ostponrtnrai. Air. Mann, cf Hyde, hope! that tVe House would not insist upon a votu th ni'iram?. I am not prepare! to votw upon this me.isnre. A member who rottw for a measure of which he knows nothing is as cnminally liable as if he d-o a known wrong. I do not antagonize this measure I am in sympathy wuli the financial reforms, but 1 a-n in such a po sition that I caunot to dy v -to .as intel ligently upon this measure 1 desire, and hop the rosolutiou may be l.t;d over till a la'er date. .Mr. Wood's Argument for Iuiiueitiate Action. Mr. Wood, of Bertie, antagonized the proposition to lay over, and madl.i an elaborate argument uod the reforms demanded by the Alliance. TheCmtoN icle will print his speech Tuesday morn iug. Mr. Aleiaader's Vie ws. Mr. Alexander argued that tha ques tion was to refer, and that the queetion of the S ib Treasury was not debatable. Mr. Mctiill Want to Act. Mr. McGill said that while all intend ed to vote for Senator Vane-?, the rnem ler were compelled, in justice to their constituents, to vote to instruct him. We want harmony. It caunot b. inti mated that there is anything in the Ocala platform that is un-Democratic. The State convention demanded the Al iianbe principles and we can all afford to btand upou them. There is nothing in it to injure any, and the m 'tuber ought to vote to pass this resolution without reference. We do not waut any specific thing. We want that or something better. Let us end the uncertainty and suspense, and it can only be done by passing this resolution. Capt. Watson Wants Iicnssion. Capt. Watsoa saw no reason for any baste. If we postpone, there will be opportunity for full discussion; and thea we can paas it as well as now. Capt. Peebles' Argument. Capt. R. B Peebles believes that we have as much leisure now as at any time, and that it is well to di cuss this ques tion. If I do net fool myself, 1 am not second even to Col. Skinner iu advocat ing financial reform. We are here with two pets and we are trying to array one against the other. Senator Vance ought not to be in the way of reform and is not; and tbe reforms ought not to be in the way of his election. The legislation for twenty years has been hostile to the South, and has grown heavier from day to day. It ought to stop. We are united here (except Mr. Pritch ard) to relievo this evil. Let us put our heads together and lot ua discus r!io plans in every phase; and then bury o jr differences. In that way we can have harmony. Some of us do not belong aud caunot belong to the Alliance. There are some lawyers whose hearts and souls are as near the people aod with the farmers as much as any farmer. Nothing can swerve them from that duty and no power, except the fann ers, can prevent us from assisting in these reforms. Let us have the Ocala resolutions and read them before action. We are agreed upou the evil and the need of a remedy. Let us agree upon the remedy. We will have plenty of time to give our representative instructions. Con gress is very slow, aud we can wait to pass instructions for a few days. I believe that a State backing system is one of the sources of relief we must look to. In the general crash that re sulted from the war their pecunitios were destroyed, and Ioj-s and deprecia tion followed; but there is no danger from a good system in times of peace. National banks fail and widows and orphans are mined. I look to the party of the North that destroyed this State bank property. It is not jet satisfied. I lay the blame upon tbe Republican party. We can establish a system of State banks that will give ns money that is plentiful if the ten per cent, tax should be repealed. Let ns not go too fast. Let us take time to consider. I am for the resolu tion to refer to a committee. Then we can pass them. I am for Vance to legis late in Washington not here; and there fore I oppose the proposition to send a committee to wait upon Senator Vance. Let us ask him to do nothing that does not conform with bis honor; and I am sure that he will do all he can to advance the reforms we have at heart. Mr. Morton's Position. Mr. Morton, of New Hanover, stated that it seemed evident that one-half of the members did not understand the Ocala roeolution. .1 am not prepared to vote. I therefore move thit.tho resolu tions be made a special order lor Tuesday at 12 o'clock. I am for Vance above every other consideration.. If he is will ing to these resolutions, I shall b g' I to supiort them. . Mr. haltoB for the fnb.Tnba'v Hi I. Mr. Satton thought if tbf-re w aay question that was thoroughly unde-a'ood n was this. This tote will decide who is in favor of the Sub-Treasury plan. The r.... j r.f fri'r;h--rland favor Vance and iy!l favor the financial reform ad -vocatsd by ihe Alliance. We have al ready pas-ted instructions' in regard to banking.' The sooner we Settle the ques tion, the sooner will irritation be set tled, t Hfr. rXaJmaa tor Harmoar. Mr. Hohnan said that he was satisfied that it was best to pass Jtne resolution cow. Vance has the heof peo ple. He will retain theft? lore; and this resolution is not intended to em barrass him bat to strengthen bio and produce harmony. " We need not eoaple this too cVwsay with Got. Yah re- NO. -HI. ; -luctioa. Thi U cot a !nl at (.Sot Vnej. Far frsa it. VI r Herman tb3 caded tb prvfhvj que! ion bat wr.bdrrw it at tr. r j .! t of Ool. SLisnrr. Col k.RsiT .: . s- h cbjivtioa to imtadi: c usi sic ra tion. Tbe rn:u. a tj rcfr t j a vc:au!o was iot. The relutia wa thru a!o:-:vl by to IX KtpUlBiBg 1 fcrlr Vole. Ml. M:.a aaid that h knrw of tso uch resolution outil ho caaie hrn li was not oppol to th refonti Uxu h C 'UUl tin! vo luteUigt-nlly, Utaw he did not ntj4lntAod tb p ;. form. il wanted titan for n !lci lu t. but he would vote ). Mr. Morton uid th statement that he would oU " uol Uhiati.tir,tf l.tn dei:e to hT? tisufl to a,M?rtai:i if u'..r Vance bks-d tht reoiul.o:is. tip j .r Vanee fWt, Ivst aud all the tat;c. Mr. l'att'-oa kju i that as tlie rt ' i ttou pnpoM-.i il.d i.ot cjiiflw S-iju r Vance to tha Hub Trwtiry bill, bj otilv inter. li-l to aoootuplinh ulje.-!.s up i which all Atlu.jcouicti ru agreed, he would vot for it. But, I. added, thai if it had lrcn au epiivit ui?ru.tt,i to vote for the ui Trvasury bill, ho si.ouid have or-posed it, and r.i hi opposition he would have volcxxl tht m ut luu lil of the Caidwrlt Alliance, a;d the other Democrats of Caldwell t-'unty. Capt. Peebles sal-1 that at flret he wanted to post po t o lnrtUMt b had not seen the Ocala reaolut ions, but that during the debate a friend h.vl giveu them to hirn to lead, and now be only rrgrettd that thos rea-dut una oul 1 not go into operation within houra. Mr. Pritchard faul tl.it ho bad no: been converted. The amendment adop til was a sugar coat, but h woulda't sop()rt it. Cole (col ) wa for what would help the eopIe. The K -publican iui-intx-ri from Hende'-Kou, x'olk and Washington dadged the vote, but wero cadesl out aud made to vot. Thnsendtsl thrt day. Immchatcly the House adjourned. - - . . SHALL. LAMl PAT A I. L. Til II T. X t (pwAal Cor. tt Cuktuii.t l I) .v WILLI, Vs., Jan. 5. A c py of yourpajH-rof the Sd inst. was pent ns by a frieud in which, in a lcdiug arti cle, you deal with the subject of "The Kqualization of Taxation." The article ends, "Henry Ocorgo Im-Iictcs that lund ought to bar all the bilrdelis of taxa tiou, so as to discourag-i p-opl from holding land," etc 1 could write a g'xxl deal on this point, but will confine my self to the following: I feel sure that you do not wi-h to do an injustice to Henry Oorge, but. if you will carefully read h's works, I th uk you will flud your statement hardly war rantable. What Henry George desires to bring about is, I take it, uo! t div courage eople from holdug land who CSR the land they own; but to utop the Land speculation wlilc-h he ayn bs much to do with turd times. If all ther tils are abolished wave th one tax ou L4N0 vii.cn (not land, which is alto gether different,) whoever owns land and is tiiaa ir, tsy for frm, dwelling or other useful porpowes, will hava much les tax to pav dire-tly than he now dons indirectly. But the owners of tbe town lots who do nor nte thvn themselves itnd are holding them for a uaa iu Value, a use created by the popnUiioa, not the owners, will certainly have to py more than they now do. Permit iac to enbniit the following and I cloce: "The neehity tit Govern ment is caused by incrfase of population. The iucre.tse of popnlntion crat s land values. Lot the one pav the expensva ft the other. Agaiu: taking articles, ec. maktM thc-rn dcarrr to tf-.e oonauiner. It f'ou tax hat. hats are ilfarer, i-te,., -t.-. iut it is different with land. Tax th.it SLd it will a cheaper. Now, if w art to te taxed, why not tax the thing th:t? will I cheapeued iu prcfereiieo to j".y thing else whoso coat will bo increased by taxation. Tours very respectfully, Hiv.lk Tax. If we wrote that Uf.mit (iKn.oK f.i vored the single land tax to dic iirare men from holding land, we did ao by er ror. We knew his theory and t ho pur pose aimed at, Mk. Gfokok is a p.tt: iot and a yreat man, but his single )aril tax is impracticable. At least, that is our conviction formed after reading bin able and manterly work, lie jn olo of the greatest men of the agu. KLt;T;it J A. I). Joi:n, ksq. Tbe Vt ukf Count y Alliniit e Warmly fCndorsc A. I. Joues, K., for CbHirman R. K. C'omiaiaslou l uu. niltee. The Waka County Alliance held a meeting yesterday aud warmly endorntd A. D. Jonen, Esq , the able aud faith ful Representative from Wake, for Cb'rnn of the R. K Corn. Camuiittea. It is a dr-berved complement to an honor able gentleman who is a true repra muta tive of the people, and whose every en deavor is to advanfca the interent of the masses. He is worthy of any honor. Whekeas, We tha mmi-ni of tht Waktj County Farmers" Alliance, bing the highest appreciation of the ability and the fullest confidence in the hoLor and integrity ot our truted friend, the Hon. A. I). Jones, of this county, aod whereas he ha had the courage for years to stand firmiv in favor of a Railroad Commission, and has never hen dated to make it ata open iasue in the elect! juh, t here fore RKaoLVXi, That we do hereby ear nestly request the Hon. I. 'A. Dough ton, the Speaker of the House of licpnttent attves, to panie the Hon. A. D. Jones an tbe chairman of snch commitu- as wiil have the consideration of aR railroa-1 commission bills coming beforo that bly, thereby entrusting to his band largely the' championship of bucIi meas ure npon the floor of the House. Re3uLvd That the above be farnishe ! the Progrer-sive Farmer and the Stat CrwsiCUi for publication. tVo Prejudice A cainsl Lawyer. (Chatham Record.) The Chief Clerk cf the House Is a for mer Chathamite, wbo has been tbe Ea roiiiDg Clerk of the laat four Letrudi- tures, and this election is a fitting tri bute to bis efficiency. The elect ian of a lawyer as Speaker and another as Chief Clerk shows that the members of tbe House (a majority of whom belong to the Faf mers ' Alliaace) have no foolish prejudice against the profession. r mi ciiRoMct.r: rt m inux o. M UM lilTI fl.Ji IVt tmt AtlvertUliiK Katr Low. I IIK r H I. (TIOM 1 it. t T (;:1 Stat r: : i J i . .:. N C, . jstl ... Y ar !.!. ,; . f :t Kiar !T tn f-grl to tt.e i , kis,n k tt!h :i w rv t.Kc-. A ni say. I he !u'j-iA4ity ia the J il'n ". :.u f ltt- is a m.ter b.ti..;tat tn all of th M-v We 1.t "ra tJ '.!cnifst ta Now itk -tr tiat ths prrwoiiti j r-.j, fty p? ft tti .a ras e Up ir.lo th hi. i.dn-d ( f r-jtiUiois of do lr. il - l'n-AVrr, of tVr.nvltauta, in I i ti.ee in ., aatd a to hu Ma'.r. "Wo are alio St f uii !r our r : I ! inn ti-v't ! ot Ui.uvs I .'. ! l.i tvar Ui h a h.trdm at Ite r'.e of frra .'; I to thirty B:;i up. u rry dollar's worth ! v uo, hi; e tv a'l iiit mi.l.ojn f twp. rU pr. p rty to (-(apci tatiott iltogr',l r, au u'.5ing i:jon j-vt-)i.l pr. -petty, t:t-! ret-i rturn th.ij ,( ( ail . I'u.y i iie l,.f i ii,p tonth of the burden id IaW.i n t.rt. by tLe latter l it . i . then f irr, tn.e tt at our f arn:i:ig p'puUtiou and the cii.n u of in Ui. i..'!;i. '.i-A.i hai0 a r sgtii to i ii-.f 1 no ? A r--l wttCT im'-t tw cv tit-oab!, twlS.g a') 11 Mht, tfje t -.irdrii of the. Mippri of the rriuin lit f:'. niaitily iijfuj fi.riu of projs'tty, whiio j-r-fsiui proK-rty , in a Ku' nn-amire, c c.p W e heard rtjtly of a ie, to np (' tio-ut jour tllaitratioii, in a town i,ui i t'i tit ii-t Hid- fr.-ni hi re, of Kentle tin:; s'itu.l-.ii,; hn;'i lu t!ie Chiuhiuiii '. y (Kith i u ChnitUii and t linen He die t leAN.I.U e!'e. ilwid, f.-oiu f; la tax n t.irii and what w a In i-!i'. to le wrth fiMy or muty It.oti-aud d -lt.ii, atld Ti t w tieu the eitte w aeflled It proved ti be wnitli o ,e htt1dfel a:id lift y thousand The eeem a . in atoiku, tuiid. rriortKatfef, V. , w tiieh hail e-s d tala'lol,. II. i Ai n'.ln r ititauee bapp,iie-. pi one (I l:ir u'tril coitliliea. A telit l m in dunl leaVltoA ail etOaSr t'-lll.iil 1 (o mi worth aoUie t WfUe or tltUv'u lhoiti:id ilollars, but wa Jo iti l I t t v(.rib fifty t ho'.m.'llld, the Vi-ios eoiiMnl tti of llk'. tert-d niortai-a t h.tl h i nert-r Ui u in turned tor ta4ti u. A yoti , I i i i iifM-ni of the qual. !Z.l'tolJ of tV !l ill l one of fi 1 1 ' t t ) l o .III port.Mice, and we have the follow iii to iter the h'lg'tdat tire, al.d -i v!aily thn jollll committee of lt.iui--, to l.- a I -plisl IV' a w th'U of the act to prov ide f - r lhn MH--.IUetit of Jtojur!) and t he ei i)'. tto-.l (if laViK, Willi the ti ii f tlliit )t Mill rein ody, iu a teat ineure. thia tliequ v.lty by niuk'.np it very utiitfe for Hi t ownem of iMtrids, nttH'kt, lioien and Ul.iltgitgoM to evade the Uw. Hfc. lw fore any roee., mirniuona or writ nh.ll lx is-iietl hv uy of!te-r, tr by any J nut ieo of the l'ete atit hori.eit by law to is un the iine, for th" -ollo tion tif Hl.r eoiVeir er'-llt, or el h lit e of debt, tho owtu-r, ntf'-iit tr trustee d am h solvent eredit.i ir lb-lit es of ! I it ) i .t : I mitt oath or nfhrma! ion In-fore any of a t. 1 (illliTrt, or Junlli't' of tlie I', mv, tl.Ht haid a-.lvi'nt eretllln or ef idi-neea of debt have bt-ell duly ll-tt d for tl ! l n art herein pr-ivsied, an-t atiy of ,d i f!i -tern nr J,iIiii- of thu I'i-.k.- tioli! ifsue any proei-, numuioi.a, or writ for the ctilifc' lotj of any aolvcnt er.ibl r BVtdt nee of tlel t not l att d fortaialiott fbiAll b (fiulty of a mta leme.ttior, atid, upin con t it t ion, shall !iued not -x-C'-edltlK tlvohuodted tlolhtra, and till prireit)eI Mt? ent idling twelve uiontha, and thai! I dintpialiflel from h-il ln.tf aii'l oRlw tit from acting rw a Jiiitn o tf the I'oiioe. It shall lt Ihe 1 ut y tif thn Sietiff of the county iu w liu-n enl..t I holvelit Cnvli! op cwli-liun f debt Hhoul'i have h ti h-tid fr t.itatiou a4 hi rein j rtivitp'd, to eoilo.t lrtt:n th owner, HK'Tii or trut.-o of a!l t.nlinte-l solvent c. ivU'n or e id.'iieea ot ihtilt Ao ir iintUfn K-r niotith, in beti of all t.t , Upotl the f.iee v.i'uij of iid Mihent crcdita or nvi It ni ej of dt-ht from the time aitidnol vclit ert.-lta or evidence t.t di;ht should Iiitv-' h'-eti ll-ttivd uiitil the tli'Xl suecood ifitbiy atit htri."d by law for rcliiriil.'.g ir lir-unir the tairi", atrl th.-na d two "-r cent nhuli b j colleetiil in tho manner pr-t-eiili.-d by ia- fr tho ctilh-et .,n of do 1 ti'j'ient lat'-d. All I tiblic sains, or fori'ci'W-urea f f any soivem i rt.Jit or ;V 1t-rireS i)f debt not ll-te l for ttvi vtl in .ii herein providt I. shall l: void and of Tio l.'fitt, Htid khdl C nvuy ti' title Ut tiie sitlio-, jer to the real initateor x-r-atjual j roa rty repit-reljU-d by ttje stvrriu. C. U'us Hi lt, 111 PI I. SO It V MM IATION. (S;eci il i-or. hrvrr. Cn ani.a. I There are over abO.MiO children tt hihoo! in North Carolina who will not attend any i-clnxd, public or pmate. Iu roost tar i -a thi are the children leajit atlu to par f r eIiicati'ri and are th'v who rjt-J it niot. Kvery ruitrt In North Ca'ohua in &mMl by ?tatute to pay a tal on hi run-If arid hi property to employ a lechtrr aril ojmu a frwj school fo. th- iO'hOOO ih.i'Jren whom the Mtate pti:nit to stay awy fr tn the chol it ha provided and r-m i'lly arid in bji-m i.'t-f through th wcxU, fl.dd arid ttie tre-t of our citie-t and lrj. The whole tpi'-s'ion of "Ojmpti sorr rl ncatiya" emlK in the following pr'ql tion : If compu'.jviry taxation f jrthe s-jpport of free s?jo'.Ii m j'i-f aril r : c b t . thu ct-jri.p'ji vtry a'fef, -I , i, of th ch:llrn for whom the -h f are otah.ij,h.i t a!o ri,(ht at.d just. And if it 1 worthy for the .Stat to couid its children U attend wm school for a reaonahle length of time each rear, tha tt is equally wrong to compel the pxp!e Ut pny taxes for them. ihi is the question which confrouta the General Awi-niU and all the friembj of public education in North Carolina. Lx-TaAtuea. The I'ulpil nn-1 the fttage. I-v. F. M. hhrout, I'ator L'nite.1 Iirethrea Church, iilue 34ouod, Kao., says: 4,I fetl it my duty to U1I what wundera Dr. King's New Duvcorery has done for me. My Lung w.?re badly di ea.e.l, and my pamhiners thought I could lire only a few weeks. I took fire bolt lev of Dr. Kings IT;w Discovery and am sound and well, gami- 94 lba. in weight. Arthur Lore, Manager Love' Fanny Folks Combination, write: "After a thorough trial and convincing evidence, I am confident Dr. Kin it's New Iuwov ery for Consumption, beats 'em all, and cores when every thing elw fails. The greatest kindnes I can do my many thousand friends is to nrge them to try It." Free trial bottle at John MaoRaea Drug Store. Regular sixes SOe and ft. Y Y . r ". i. . .. ,-'- .,3 . J..- ... : ---' .. -f " ' ' v