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U amount of advertising pat fcnafle e ccmmafid y;;lxg iltt jMjpalarlty of . .ip'-r M an advertising; ESTABLISHED 186S. PI M W v f CLUHE 24. HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1893. NUMBER 42 ft a ill it i ill ASHINGTON NEWS. Washington, Oct. 1G, 1SD3. ?ifi ' the memorable siler de late began J" the Senate lias the out look for paisintj a financial measure tii.it vvi'i receive the vote of every dem (x r ui ' Senator been as bright as it is at this writing The failure of the at tend to compel the Senate to vote by ho! I''-- i continous session, which ViV a foregone conclusion, has con vir,i l tl tlioe democratic Senators who werf oledged to do their best to secure the passage of. the'- Voorhees bill that ur.ixlitional repeal is under present circumstances an impossibility and th-v are for the first time taking part in conferences held for the purpose of read i i ng agreemen t u pon a com prom i se that can be passed as a distinctively democratic measure, and there are the H.vt ofrcisons for the prediction that Hielia measure will this week be i Kissed by the Senate. Paesident Cleveland is not taking, any part in these conferences. He is firm in his belief that uncondition al rcpe,J would be the best thing, but he will 'not vet o any compromise which juc( Js the .approval of the democrats in th Senate and House, as any com pn ;ii!M will necessarily include the vieiens purchasing clause of the 'Sher man law, and probably the authoity for an i- sue of bonds to strengthen the eh reserve. Tke indications are that it will also include the. repeal of the tav oa State bank currency. ; Secre tary Carli . le is reported to have given his opinion as to a- compromise tiiat wotihl ); approved by President Cleve land and it includes theseproposHions. I.a ing 'aside personal opinions and looking at-. the m.ttter ' from a strictly 'ptdit ical point of view it must at once be apparent to those" familiar with public sentiment in the west and graut i::c recognition to that sentiment in financial legislation than to ignore it. Without votes from these sections the party can neither elect a President nor control Congress. All of the Ohio republican members of the House have been called home to h' lp MeKinley, who for some reason has become very much alarmed at the outlook. Democrats, in Congress do not forget that Ohio is under ordinary circumstances a republican state, but their private advices are certainly very favorable of late to the democrats, The democrats bf the House ate set ting the democratic Senators a good example in keeping together. Not withstanding the efforts of the repub licans to create dissension among the House democrats over the Tucker bill for the repeal of the obnoxious federal election laws, that bill was passed on schedule time and it received the votes of every democrat present, as well as those of the populists.'' The House then took up the McCreary bill amen ding the Geary Chinese exclusion act, width would have been pissed last week if more members than were ex peered hail not desired to make speech es thereon, causing the taking of a vote to he postponed until this afternoon. The democratic Congress has one opportunity to bring about a great. re form, and at the same time save a very large sum of moneythat should not he neglected, Itis a fact well known to all who have ever had any consider able business wit ft the Treasury de partment thai there is an unnecessary amount of red tape in its method of dealing with accounts involving the expenditure of money. This is not the .fault of individual's but of the absurd system which compels a duplication of all the work done in connection with every account which passes the offices of .five out of six auditors of the Treas ury. To duplicate the work the eleri il force is also necessarily duplicated. It is not a good argument to say that this duplication is a necessary t-afe &uard, because the work of the Sixth Auditors office, which handles all of the postoffioe accounts, and which has k'ug enjoyed the reputation of being nducted under a thorough business system, is not duplicated, being of it 'lf a fiual settlement of the accounts 'ulon which it passes. It is probable that the joint Congressional commit tee now investigating the work and meth ods of the various deportments will commend that all of the butrau of the Treasury department which exist merely for the purpose. or duplicating the work done in the offices of the first five auditors lie abolished. They cer tainly ought to lie abolished. It would mean the dropping of five or sir hun dred needless employees the influence represente&by their friends, many of them Senators and Representatives, is what will make the task a difficuk one for Congress and the consequent baving of their salaries, and it would reduce the.time required to get an ac count through the Treasury nearly one half. It would also show the 'peo ple that democratic economy was be-, ing practiced as well as preached. At last the House is unanimous up on something. It adopted a resolution askhfg the Attorney General w hether the interests of the Government are jeopardized by the passing of the Un ion Pacific Railway into the hands of receivers. Th! Kditor of llie Hbserver Visits Grec.-ii-I boro. We were in Greensboro recently and concluded to sound the bankers of that thriving city on the subject. We first inquired of Hon. I). F. Caldwell, the venerable president of the Bank of G ui if ord. 1 1 e said t hat h e was h eart and soul with Senator Vance and the stand that he had taken. ."While it would be to his personal interest to have the Sherman law repealed unconditionally, he believed it would be injurious to the people. lie had been tempted to expose some " of the rascals at head quarters who had been writing him to put the screws on his customers and thus bring a pressure to bear upon "Varies. 'Wo next asked Mr. Neill Ellington, president "-of the National Bahk of Greensboro. He said that he had giv en more attention to his business af fairs than the Jinnoy question' in its general aspect, but he was a silver man by nature and training and saw noreajson for changing his views. The Faulkner proposition, with a little working over, would be a good com promise he believed. Mr. J. M. Winsteod, presdent of the Piedmont Bank, expressed himself as favoring the coinage of s every silver dollar that the people need and the country can maintain. Unconditional repeal would be a dangerous leap in the dark he thinks. . : Mr. W. S. Hill,' a prominent capital ist, says he could not agree with the President's demand for unconditional repeal, lie believed the interests of the masses demanded the coinage of gold and silver on equal terms, as fa vored by the platform upon which Mr. Cleveland was elected. - - We had a talk with Mr. Robert Har ris of the well known firm of Rob't Harris &c Bro., tobacconists, of this place, recently. He is a man of fine business ability, level-headed, and his word is as good as a gold bond where- Lever he is known. He said ...in sub stance: "Senator Vance is right. Un conditional repeal would be a perilous step. I fear it would be a long time be fore we would get any silver legisla tion. I have tried to get at the truth of the matter and honest investigation has increased my faith in the righteous ness of the cause. While it is true that only a few States produce silver, every dollar that goes into circulation helps us all. It would b an outrage to par alyze the in lusi ries of those States by j the demonetisation of silver when the country absolutely needs their silver to coin into money." The Weekly maintains that 'the bus iness men of the . oth District do not desire unconditional repeal. Some of them got right badly scare . several weeks ago, but they. see things in a dif ferent bght no a- It is getting plainer .wry day that the panic wa sUried by a f e v r.ivals in New York to force a big issue of b:ad, upon which they hoped to fatten. It was a fine ga.:;e, well-planned, and if it hrvhr :tvack a snag in the Senate it -.:ii I h'.vo oil? ceeded. The people now see as they have never seen before the ijv.vr or the 'National banks It is ai .lbjeer lesson that cannot be torg it.oa, A system by which it is possible for a few men to stop the business of the coun trv at will can tvoc stand. kia ette ville Observer. The picturesque old mansion that was the home of several generations of the Lees of Virginia is still standing in an excellent state of perservation near Fairfax Court House, It is known as Ravensworth, and with its fine grounds and its historic treasures in the way of relics, it is, next to Mount Vernon, probably the most interesting old house in the Old Dominiou. Early in the eighteenth century the estate was the home of the Fitzhughs, from whom the Lee family inherited it by inter marriage. Exchange. STATE NEWS. The law denies to all men the privi lege of shooting partridges before No vember 1st. Huntsmen beware!. : Davidson College" has already en rolled 150 students. The largest num ber ever before present so early in the session. Alf Welsh, a colored boy of 17 years, who works on Mr. Trotter's place, one day last week picked 500 jounds of cotton. He picked ICC pounds in two hoars. Charlotte times. , John Short, of Lincoln county, was arrested at Shelby, the 11th inst.,, and carried to Lincolnton by Sheriff Hord on a charge of seduction and bastardy. Julia Pope makes the charges against Short. The Federal! Court will be with us next week. It is now almost a Demo cratic court. The district attorney, assistant district attorney and marshal are all Democrats, and while Judge Dick, is rated as a Republican he is a mighty fine man and not Republican enough to hurt. Landmark. Mr. S. A. Ilensey, of the Egypt coal mines in this state, says: "The coal outlook at our mines is better than ever before. We have nearly complet ed and will have in use within sixty days a hoisting engine with a capacity of 1,00!) tons in ten hours. The quality and quantity of the coal improve as we go down. The list of pensioners is how com pleted in the State auditor's office. Of the soldier pensioners . there are CO of the first -class, 2iL of the second, 35:3 of the third, and 1,801 of the fourth; to tal 2,0:54. Of widows there are 2,1)04. The grand total is 4,838. Wake coun ty has 08 pensioners, Xew Hanover, 20, Mecklenburg, 01. Wilkes leads the State in the number of pensioners, having no less than 140. Goldsboro Argus: The fine large gin house of Mr. F. K. Bordou, on his river farm, about six miles'". south of this city, was destroyed on the loth inst. bvr an accidental fire originating in the lint room. There were some fif teen or eighteen bales of loose cotton in the building at the time, all of which, together with the gin and machinery, were destroyed. The loss will aggregate some $2,000 with an in surance of $000. On the 10th inst. Burton Brown, a negro, was instantly killed near the asylum in Raleigh while assisting in nroving a 100 horse-power boiler from the railroad to the asylum. He was one of the drivers of the ten horses hauling the boiler, and becoming en tangled in the reins fell in front of the. great truck on' which the boiler had been placed, and was killed before help could reach him. The wheels'of the truck passed over his head killing him int-taatly.' William Hewlett, a youth about 10 years of agn, met with a serious acci dent, the U;th inst., at Messrs. Bow doiu & Kelly V. machine shop in the city of Wilmington, N. C. The young man was grinding a chisel on an emery wheel when it broke, while revolving at a very rapid rate, and one of the fragments stiuek the boy crushing the skull. An operation of trepanning has been performed by surgeons and ti is tlu'mght there is a possibility of re ?o very. Last week the annua! reunion of the Confederate Veterans ofWestern Norih Carolina convened at Waynesviile. The first day, Wednesday, there were perhaps less than 1,000 x-;s.i.. pte eni; but the day following t;(o crowd was estimate at 5,(00, 2o0 of the "old veteran"" were in line. The crow d w;u greatly disappointed at the non-arrival of Sean tors Vance and Ransom and Gen. Ijngstreet, but gKxJ speece were mad? just the same and the re union is vt.ted a great success."" How much life insurance would von suppoe was carried by Statesville j par ties? A gentleman who ha taken the pains to investigate tells The Land mark that it amounts to about $T.V 000. Three-fourth of a million! This is quite a neat sum, and the figures seem to indicate that the nuile popu lation of Statesviile, at Iast, are not "worse than infidels, for they are making provision for their households when they shall hare departed to that country whence no traveler returns. Statesviile Landmark. Why Vnc U Fislitln: Kp Lliitt. WatlBgtoo Cor. Atlanta Constitution. iue contejjt over tne eonunnation 01 Kope Elias as collector of internal reve- nue in North Carolina is wtixing very warm. The two Senators are divided. Senator Ransom is fighting for his confirmation, while Senator Vance is opposing it. In speaking of this contest a North Carolinian, w ho is very close to Sena tor Vance, said: "Vance is just right in this fight. Any other self-respecting man in bis position would do just as he is doing. When Mr. Cleveland first came in, and the North Caroliua offices were being distributed. Senator Vance received consideration at his hands as far as some State offices were concerned but just after the Semite adjourned, last spring Senator Vance was, at the white house one day to see the Presi dent about North Carolina appoint ments, when' the President told him he wanted to talk with.hirn about the silver question He asked' Mr." Vance how he stood on the repeal of the Sherman law. Mr. Vance replied in his characteristic style that he was a a free coinage man and intended to do all in his power for free coinage. -He announced that he would oppose the repeal of the Sherman law without substitute legislation. From that day to this Mr. Vance lias not been given a singkmppointment within or without the State of North Carolina. Indeed, he has secured but one office in Wash ington and that was a small place in the interior department given him shortly after the present administra tion came in. "Now, as to Elias. lie was a candi date for district attorney against II. B. Glenn, and H. A. Gudger, of Ashe vill, was an applicant for collector with ..!.. 1, 1 - I vjuuger ijus oven a prominent caiun- l. date for lieutenant governor and was one of the most prominent democrats in the State. Mr. Cleveland apf,ointed Glenn for district attorney and then ignored Senator Vance's recommenda tion of collector and appointed Kot'k Elias. It seems that the President ap pointed Elias as a punishment to Vance. When Elias assumetl the of fice it became known in the State that no Vance man need apply to him for a position. Every" man of influence and activity for Vance who applied was turned down. Indeed, Elias seems to have been making a fight against Vance in the State ever since his ap pointment. Had he gone to North Carolina and behaved himself.although Senator Vance had opposed his ap pointment, he would not have opposed his confirmation. Now,however, Vance will do all in his power to prevent the confirmation of a man who seems to be working to knifo him in the State. Any other self-respecting man would do as Vance is doing. "Senator Vance expects to defeat the confirmation of Elias. He does not expect to have Gudger appointed. He will jiot ask it, but he does expect that' the man who is appointed and con firmed by the Senate will not be joliti callv antagonistic to liim." Mtl Violence. The Constitution guarantees to every one the right of a trial by, jury after a true bill of indictment basln-en found by the Grand Jury. The .Con stitution should never le violated. Its violators are the worst eneni?e- to the rights and liberties., of a ftee jho pie. Every man who join a n:"o to violate the laws and Constitution is an enemv to hi countrv. Mob law iirjs- Im stopped, or tuiny innocent iepV in the future, as they h:iye in the (Mist, will Ie made to suffer, Ti:e law should )h changed so a to make the puni-h -4 luent fit the crime. The Raleigh cxrreiMiident of th; Charlotte Obervr write that jrqK--, under date of Oct. oth, IoW j?:- 'Col. Harry Skinr.tr vsi ha to day on' hii way from Hickory.' lie was ticked by your eone'p":it3iit if iie ijoke there,-and he said he mai'e two speeches, each tia:e io hi least 4,oii t lieoisle. He w theu akd ifhedU- ; cu?cieI hograiing, the let breed of " cow. and that tsort of thing, ami he I replied n; iliat he did uot diMTUKs ag ricultural subjects at all. 'He is the ! owner of a silo, however, and : U put- ting ' AIlian- nm 1 bird larty ensilage in it, remarked a wag who heard wliat j the colonel tsaid." t GENERAL NEWS. I fA w... vir. ir o...r xr- j lias announced himself a candidate or Congress, from the Eighth district, against the, present incumbent, Hon. James B. McCreary. ATLAXT4, Ga., Oct. 1S.W. J. Nor then. Governor of Georgia, fiatly re fused to introduce Dr. It. S. Barrett, a prominent Episcopal minister, to an Atlanta audience because Dr. Barrett was going to lecture on the 'Passion Play." .The Governor kivs he can not indorse a discourse on the "Passion Play." The affair is creating a sensa tion here. The treasury gold reserve has de creased to f S8, 33,000, a kss since Oc tober 1st of 5,243,000. The currency has increased to $17,840,000 a gain since October 1st of l,r"3,000. These figures mean that the gold reserve of $100,000,000 has been invaded by near ly $12,000,000. This condition, it is said, is largely due to demands from the Ilast. Romk, Oct. 13. The aeronaut, Char boanet, who wasr married three diiya ago, set out with his bride and two friends to go in a balloon over the Alps to France.. Yesterday the bal loon struck a jrlaeier .in the Italian Alps. The car was smashed and all the travelers were thrown out. Char boanet was killed instantly and .his wife and friends were injured' fatally. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 13. A bomb shell was thrown into the Southern, Railroad and Steamship Association todav bv the aunoucement of the withdrawal from the association of the Norfolk and Western railroad, the Mer chants' and Miners Transfer Ship Company, the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery and the Columbus Southern It is thought the associa tion will go to pieces, and a general cut in freight rates occur. Kxoxvillk, Tenn., Oct. 13. Judgp Sneed to-day rendered his decision on the habeas ' corpus proceedings of the sixteen soldiers charged with being im plicated in the lynching of Miner Richard Drummond, admitting the entire squad to a bond for $3,000. The troops were then paid oil and disband ed, leaving on a speacial train for Chattanooga, whence they will go to their homes, in different parts of the State. The biggest single day ettendance at the Philadelphia Ceiitemual Fair in 1870 was 217,520, and at the Paris Ex position of 167 it was 307,150. But the times change and we change with them. Iuto the World's Fair at Chi cago there fias jwud and joured in one day 713,040 peopled he biggest crowd, perhaps, ever assembled on the foot stool, except at the confluence of some pilgrimage or scene of some fete in the Asiatic hives o! humanity, where man kind sw'arms as bees, and is phvsically of little 'more consequence. It was a Cieat day for Chicago and the fair. 2,oO Were Drowtied. Nkw Oklkax.s La. The newt has come in slowly, but nearly 2,000 killed and $5,000,000 of projierty destroyed ii the remit of the great Gulf stonuof two days ago in Louisiana. 3Iore than iialf the population in the region over which the himicat.e swept is dead. Everything is wrecked. Probably one house in ten is standing and the sur viving population is hft in a destitute, ii nation. They are without food, .'lost of them have no clothing, for ' .Ley tveie asleep when their houses c.c truihtt! by the wind arul the t.lVO.i. . i he Mobile Nev.h ltaving remarked ti.at "ihere is Mitnelhhig wrong with elvilazat iou that iennits one woman to starve while another sleeps in a ' night gown," the' Memphis Appeal-, Avalanche arise to ak this pointed and euibtinssing question: "If. the letter lialf of the New editor fcleep in a ft? night gown, he fhouM make her economise and give fromethhig to the poor; if some other woman tleeps in a night gown, how In the Totu Walker-diil the News man find it out-HpurUauj Sun, The Aftheville Daily Citizen tsays: A serious hooting affair occurred at Biltmore Saturday evening, the hoot er and his victlui being colon d men employed about the Vanderbilt estate. Tlie man who did the fthoot'ng is W. W. Duncan, generally known among his fellow workmen as "George Wash ington." and tlie man who was hot ij Pink Cansler.
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