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HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1893.
NUHBER 50
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
VrASHixTON-f.i)ec. 11, lbO-J. Presi
dent Cleveland was 110 more disturbed
by tlie seeming discourtesy of the Sen
ate in adoptina resolution, asking for
ropies of all State department docu
ments relating to Hawaii, than he was
of the senseless elamor which followed
the publication of Secretary Gresham's
, recommendation on the same subject
somo weeks ago. IJeforc the resolu
tion was introduced he had given ord
ers thai all documents be copied for
the purpose of sending them to Con
frrcss with the special message on the
subject which' he stated in hid annuel
'-.rnosage would hortly be sent in. The
message and aceromanyihg documents
'are all ready and-they. will go to the
Senate this week, and some of those
dot-r.ments ' will not make pleasant
reading for republicans, itlter in or
out of Congress. The will show a
long series o! plotting that is entirely
opposite to, what has always !xea the
rt:rugaizel foreign policy 'of the United
' States. .
Your corresioiideht had a little chat
. with Chairman Wilson concerning the
tariir bill.." He said that A he bill would
be reported to the House this week,
probably on Wednesday, and that he
had been agreeably surprised at the
Aveakness of the democratic opposition
to ihd bill. The ijuestion of subaiit
tiug.tho bill to a democratic caucus is
still an open one. Personal! yMr. Wilson
is uulitTeivut, being pefectly satisfied
to Jeave it to his democratic colleagues
to decide whether to hold a caucus on
the bill 01 not. lie thinks that the per
manent benefit which the bill' will car
ry to millions of our people will far
outweigh the hardships that it will teui-
v'porarily impose on thousands, and that
in the end ft will be generally regard -
. ed as one of the best tariff laws ever
placed upon our statute books. He
looks for minor changes in the bill,
both in the House and in the ..Senate,
but not for any changes in its under
lying principals the .well fare of the
masses rather than that of the favored
few. ... -.'
The internal revenue bill has' not
been entirely completed, but. it
probably will be this week." It has
been definitely decided to double the
tax on cigarettes; to tax playing cards,
and to tax inheritances. The income
tax is still undecided; but the proba
bility is 1 hat the tax on nvt incomes of
corporations, which was first agreed
upon by the committee, will remain in
the bill, the understanding being that
those members of the committee Who
favor a 'personal income tax .instead
will bo at liberty to oiler that as a sub
stitute for the corporation income tax
and leave it to a maioriryf the House
to decide which, if either of them, shall
remain in the bill. Representative
Jirynn. of Nebraska, who is recognized
n the leader tjf the democrat- Oil the
Ways and Meaiis ccliuiiittee who favor
the personal income! tax, has not aban
doned hope of whining in the commit
tee, lie said 011 the subject: "The
tact that the corporation tax would
bear heavily on many people w ith very
limited means,' "while the individual
tax would be collected fro::: the wealth's-.who
escape taxation in many forms,
is havingts intlueiice. if the tax. is
levied "011 incomes the rich will .pay
their proper proportion -which they do
. . not at present and would not under
the corporation tax." A compromise,
has been suggested by winch both cor
poration and individual incomes will
be tax ni. .
The first result of the w ork of the
joint Congressional committee which
has for .months been investigating the
methods of the executive departments
of the government -will be seen when
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill is report ed to the
House. That bill will make some rad
ical changes in se'Veral of the Depart
mchrs, all in the interst of economy
jiiill a ir.ore 'prcinpt transaction of
puldie business, Among these chang
es will Ik the abolishment of the post
al note and of several bureaus of the
It Cilice department, the work of
"which- is not " considered necessary.
This is only the beginning of the work
of the committee, which has three ex
pert accountants aiding in locating all
unneeeaiy handling of public ac
counts ami implication of work, its
intention is to put the government
bus-iness upon the tame haIs as that
of the railroad or other big private
concerns before it gets through,, but it
is already Ending it a hard task as the
employees of th useless bureaus ap
Iear to have more Congressional
friends that any other class of govern-j
merit employees. j
Democrats in the House are deter- !
mined that the bill admitting Utah to
statehood shall be passed, and if the
republicans persist in filibustering to
prevent a vote upon it, as they did last
week, it will be made a party question
and forced to a vote under an order
from the committee on Rules.
The Senate will this week begin the
consideration of the election reieal
bill. Senator Hill will lead the demo
cratic forces.
How the New TarKf Bill Discrimiruitss !n
Favor of the South.
Wasiitnotov. 1) C nv X TIip
sectional character of the new tarlTbill j
is very r'.arked. While advalorem da- j
ties arc substituted for the specific, yet
when it conies to Southern products
and industries the specific rates are re
tained. In the, woolen schedules the
specific' duties are'' all abolished. In
the cotton schedule the specific duties
are retained." There are cotton mills
fin the South, and that section of the
country is interested in cotton gener
ally. But in 'wool and the woolen
business its interest is comparativeiy
slight. Nearly every product of a
Northern farm is put on the free list.
But rice is retained at a specific rate of
duty, which amounts to about 100 per
cent. Apples and other fruits and
vegetables ef the Noth go on the free
litt-, but there is "no reduction in the
high specific, duties on oranges and
lemons. The sxecific duty on peanuts,
an exclusively Southern product is' re
tained, but peas and other Northern
products go on trie free list. Binding
tw ine, salt, lumber and other indust
ries hi which the North is largely in
terested are put on the free list. But
refined sugar, something which is con
sumed by every man, woman and child
in the United States, and which is
wholly under the control of a giant
monopoly, is protected by a specific
rate of duty. To be sure, it is small,
but. if there is any justice in putting
salt, binding twine,-cottOD ties, fruit,
vegetables ar.d the products of the
farm on the free list, then there is
more reason for putting refined sugar
on the free list. But it is a Southern
interest, and a specified duty is retain
ed on that account, while bone char,
and some other things used in its man
ufacture, are put on the fiee list.
Stone for building purposes goes on the
free list. .But marble in which Term
essce is largely interested, is kept on
the dutiable list without any reduc
tion in rate. The sugar bounties are
retained for a pericd'ef eight years at
a progressive rate of reduction on the
ground that there are vested interests
jn sugar which need protection.
From Rutherford College. ' (
It may interest your numerous rea- j
ders to know that But her ford College, 1
an institution, of Burke CcUfety, is
finishing up a most prosperous calen
dar year. 'with nil annual roll of 173
students', of which number fifteen
have been preparing for the Christian
ministry t and five at least are now
knocking at' the itinerant !oor for ad
mission into the Conference.
Buring the year none have diet!; one
was expelled, two were reprimanded,
anil but a small percent, rcccivc-el de
merits for violation of school laws.
The exercises of the a ear have de
veloped the fact that mild, moral, ra
tional treatment of young ladies and
young men. is a more jofeiit fitment
of successful control than rfgid, dog
matical rules. It. I A.
The new French Cabinet is regarded
as a "makeshift," arid the talk is that
it will hardly last lvond two months,
lint when Sir. GiwisfouH wnt into
power it was propbeet otrp that Hs
(ioveniment w ouki mhu go to pieces.
But it holds on After nearly a year, and
is perhaps stronger to ua than when
it Itegnn business. Tlwe uae lcvi.
something ::roe than twenty; chants
of the liuisiry tinee the 'Prei.cii Re
public started some twei;y-tw Vcar.
sintv. The truth i. that nil .vi i n
roie thvtv is v:ix-Ht nnret. uthioi iiin:
but the creat uinitr k-ei rev ;! -and
riotug tiowu. 'i be R i't.t. m
Ileraltl takes thi view. i-d 't- .-
to sustain it in what it .::
4To all intei5e?rMl purfw I!v.-v,
is a vast repitbh ?!!!!, r to thr r
I'niteil State. aijd f . . - -
tion winch lately spror ir,rv i
in Austraba. Cnnrorrl'vif
and the effort to r:'nir.t?vi; :;nr ;
loundarief: I ptvern rr!ij!rir
irdustrial n t! lelrfica! aiubiti r..
ought to he the same 1 as reelUI i:
practical fjdlure.
"..Times are rfj e for c Ycrvt t f vitui
iragniti'de in the countries beo;iu tht
ea. Wilmington Messenger.
ELOQUENT DEFEN5E.
Jude Whij, Coughlin' Counsel, Fightinj
For the Utc of His Client.
'There has never been made out
such a case of circumstantial evidence
against Daniel Coughlin as Avould war
rant his imprisonment fora single day,
and when this case is concluded vou
will agree with me.- Injustice is often
committed in the temple of justice. I
tell you that a judge or jury who
would send a man. to die in prison
because of errors is a murderer as
guilty as any who ever died urion the
scaffold. But in-these 'modern times
men are sentenced to death or to
prison through inexcusable errors, and
the men who make them suffer no re
morse. There are committed in court
rooms murders atrocious as any per
petratt'd outside."
Thus, in stentorian tones, and w ith
his right arm sa wing the air, ex-Judge
Wing addressed the jury this morning
in outlining the defense in behalf of
Coughlin. It was the most vigorous
address that has so far been made in
the case. The court-room was packed,
and the wife ef the ex-detective, as on
yesterday, sat in the front seat within
the rail. It w as e vident from the open
ing sentences of the address of the sen
ior counsel for the defense that reliance
would be placed upon the hypothesis
that evidence against the last survivor
ot the last trial would be purely of a
circumstantial character.
Judge Wing impressed upon the jury
the idea thar. in cases where conviction
depended upon circumstantial evi:
deuce, that evidence should bo care
fully analyzed.- and should be weighed
by both judge arid jury before the
prisoner at the bar was eondemned.
Jurors, judges and lawyers should
view circumstantial evidence as doc
tors eliagnose tliseases, they should
view it from all points. All circum
stances should be unexplainable on
every other hypothesis than the guilt
of the accused. The counsel quoted
numerous criminal cases in this find
other cities bv wav of illustrating his
argument that circumstantial evidence
was unreliable, and should always be
construed in favor of the elefendant on
trail. He held the court-room breath
less, and his energetic manner of
speech made an evident impression 011
the jury.
nr. Depcw For President.
The case with which Chauncey M.
l)eiew obtained an extraortlinary audi
ence with the Pope, as narrated in the
World's cable dispatches, has been the
subject of a great deal f comment.
It appears, however, that he carried
with him from this country letters c-f
introduction io the Pope from Cardin
al (iibbons and Archbishop Corrigan,
the two most eminent Catholic pre
lates in this, country. These letters
hinted strongly, if they did not say so
in fact, that Mr. Depew would prob
ably be the r.cxt President of the Unit
ed Siate?, that he was a most liberal
minded man in both his religous and
his secular views, and that the Catho
licsof the State of Kew York liked
hiia veiy much. j
Banker Eugene Kelly said last night; j
"Mr. Pepew will be the next Republi- j
can caiitlioate for President. I am a 1
Cat hoik, and 1 know something about
the Catholic Fentiment in this State,
and particularly in this city. I can
stale most positively that this senti
ment is in favor of Chauncey M. De
pew for I'resident.
"The Catholics like him because of
his iiiieral views on nil public ques
tions. In Mr. Depews opinion it is
not a crime to be a Catholic. He be
heve that "this .country is fer every
!Jy nud that nodivciminatieMv should
lrtmaide in regard to religion. Besides
I hat, he is nil nble man. -fhajs tru?
ablest man m thistoontrA to-ay. tak
ing him all round, ai d it would be an
lion.- to the country torVect him Pres
ni iii."
M -IK d -un-d that there was r.nv
truth in a -tory : ihc oCcct that Mr.
jr!w wnti o r.urjH au the ivpre
Hc:.i.".ive 4' a ' nu3!ib r of prominent
. ;....o'.ic ...2.kc: to Vvure a port ion of
he i'aptl " o- nf it-jHit in this
.-it v.. iTe-c :.. r'"l t s alsuril
tl -jihoit; r-b.'itst f tvunthttioii
r
rb'?H:e!: 1 doi.'t ihink the Vox?
as ;ti; s:rp! funds to invest just
now.""
A, pkr4Mrt MorgiiU knew nothlg
abu'it such a rei"t. and Arvhbi.dioi
"uirixii refused 10 have anything t
A. V
War on the Lords. j
Iast night's action of the House of I
Lords in adding a contracting-jut I
amendment to the Employers' Liabil
ity bill is practically accept txl by the
Government as a declaration of open
war against the principle of the bill.
If the Ixmls stand firm this must pre
cipitate a conflict, w hich, very possi
bly, will end in the speexly ilissolution
of Parliament and an appeal to the
people of (ireat Britian on the great
issue of "mending or. ending" the
House of Lords, with Home rule and
other Lieral measures as the sulor
dinate que'stions. (
In fact, the ws Ieliberately inti
mates this morning that the entire bill
must now be abandoned "until the
House e)f Lords has been ileal t with."
When it is remeiulKTiHl that Arnold
Morfey, the Postmaster-t ienenil, is the
chief owner tf the News, the signifi
cance of this statement becomes ap-
parent, as it doubtless was inspired by
Mr. Gladstone and the Cabinet.
The Chronicle, a recognized and
able organ of the masses, goes further
still. It says:
"The attitude of the Lords is an in
vitation to a trial of strength which,
for aught iwe know, may bring us
nearer revolution than any political
questions since The challenge
will, Ave hope, lie instantly taken up."
If, then, as appears now certain, the
Government refuses to compromise
with the Lords on this amendment,
the bill in its entirety must fail. It,
therefore, seems most probable that
the Government will regard the time
as propitious for an appeal to the
country upon the rejection, by the
Lords of a measure which is ruost pop
ular with the masses of all Great Brit
ain far more generally topular than
was the Home rule bill.
., In -this event Prime Minister Glad
stone may force a dissolution before
January is over, and Great Britain
may then be plungeel into a conflict
more momentous than any since that
when, on March 19,' 1649.' "the Com
mons ef Englanel assem bleel i n Par 1 i a
merit, finding by too long experience
that the House of Lords is useless and
dangerous to the people of England,"
did ordain and enact "that from hence- I
forth the House of Lords in Parlia
ment shall be anil is hereby abolished
and taken away, and that the Lords
shall not from henceforth meet or Fit
in said house called the Lord's, house,
or in any other house or ilace what
soever as House of Lords."
The return of Charles II brought
about a revocation of this act, but it
does riot seem improbable that it may
now be re-enacted after another 243
years.
An Enthusiastic Cleveland Man's Views on
Recent Events.
Perhaps there was no more ardent
advocate-of the nomination of Mr.
Cleveland for the presidency than
Cashier Jacob- Haas, of the Capital
City bank. In se-ason and out of
season helias .extolled the wiselom and
patriotism of the president The
recent message of Mr. Cleveland, how
ever, has not been altogether satisfac
tory to Mr. Haas. f
"Why," paid he the Idea of taxing
corrjorations and exempting individ
uals is the most absurd proposition
ever made to the jeope. It means
that all the idle wealth of the country
is to le exempt, while the property of
the poer, the trust funds of widows
and orphan?,." invested in active bus
iness, are to be laid under heavier trib
ute. Here are our railroads now under
receiverships all over the country.
Not only liave they gone dejwn under
the exactions already made, butvunder
a corporate income tax the man dot
not live who would ever nee them on
tlu jr feet again. Every widow with
lOo invested in a shareoT stock from
which idie expected toget a return will
be taxed, while the big money princess
of Nfw York ami lkstou will go free.
Yes. sir. 1 em in favorof an income tax
iqKm individuals, .one which will
iiu'tvMM. in amount as the income grows
Urci r. If morxy is to lie protected by
the government, let the inonej- pay its
tribute, not according to the number
of people win hapjien to have it, hut
uju ifnTrnarronrt.' 1 confers I cant
not M-e why I Jr. Clewland has taken
tl.t- stai d he Lis. He is certainly not
cnsMt-rnrg fb situation of the coun
try at .'rrp. outside of the exclusively
money centers. I am also in favor of
th r-jl of the 10 per cent tax on
ste Iwirk-. ral i'hop? tliat congress
will go to work and earn out the
wishes of the jope. Atlanta Constitution.
STATE NEWS.
The act to prevent fraudulent as
signments, iKisseU by the lat lt-giLa-ture,
takes effect-Jan. 1, ltttl. After
that date parties making assignmeu tit,
"will find more stringent requirements
than the present law demands.
The United Static government ivtys
ilrs. Stonewall Jackson a pension of
Ier month as the widow of Lieut.
Thomas Joruithan Jackson. -Stonewall
was-lirst Lieutenant in the First
Artillery, United States army, in the
Mexican war.
Lieut. Shipp, U. S. A., who-has been
visiting in this city for several months,
has been assigned to the Davis School
at Winston as military instructor by.
Secretary Lament. Lieutenant Shipp
was born and rcurenl in North Caroli
ruj, anil is a son of the late Judge
Shipp, of Charlotte. He has a fine n-
cord in the army, and the action of
Secretary Lnuiont will give great satis
faction. Kaieigh Observer.
An etfort is being made bv an exte-
j rieneed hop raiser of Washington to
establish the growing of hops as a
money crop in the French Bread val
ley. Mr. K.J Justus, . ef Bowman's
Blulf, has leased his river farm in that
vicinity for five years to John Waske,
who will begin operations this spring
by planting live acres in hops. Mr.
Waske's confidence in thenltimatesue
cess of his venture is manifest in the
fact that he will bring bis plants for
the five-acre start from Washington at
an estimated expense of 150; move his
machinery for baling the crop for mar
ket at an additional cost of 150; build
the necessary bams for saving and cur
ing the crop at his ow n expense. II en
dersonville Times. .
Meist o the prominet papers in
North Carolina are advocating a day
being Aet. apart during Christmas week
to raise funds in every nookond ham
let in the State to aid in erecting a
monument, not eiKceially to tho rank
ing officers cf the Confederacy; but
many unknown grave's, cover the re
mains ef the truest patriots of our
land. Let not the youngest child of
the State in ages to come regret that
he or she failed to lay a stone in the mon
umental pilerTTlsTearnestly requesteei
that every Vice President of the As
sociation in North Carolina provide a
means on Chrismas day to collect
funds. The Iadies of Ilaleigh are
zealously at work preparing Confeder
ate scenes and music for the occasion.
Raleigh Observer.
Georgia's Claim on Uncle Sam.
The Georgia Legislature is taking
steps to press a claim for $200, 000
against the Federal Government for
part of the purchase money for the
territory now embraced in Alabama
anil Mississippi.
When this territory was ceded, com
missioners agreed April 24, 1K)2, on
fi. 25o0jO as the price. It is certain
that 1,000, 000 of this was paid, but the
Federal Government claims certain
offsets, the amount of which has never
been determined.
Ueorgia maue an en on to nave too
case tettle-d jut before the war of 1812,
another just before the Mexican war
and a third just beforeithe war of the
rebellion. The wars presented action
and now the fourth effort is to b
ma'de,
One of the greatest burdens the peo
ple of this country have to bear I
tliat of the arrest detention, prosecu
tion and punishment of the criminal
. . s - -
1 . t . t
grown, in one- oiaie ai. jtrujsi, is :w
forth in startling figures by Gov. ir--Kinney.
of Virginia, in his message to
the legislature AVednedajv Yester
day's distiatches told us tliat he shows
tliat the criminal exjwnse of his State
liave increasenl from $7 000 in 1800 to
$321,000 in 1KW exactly 400 per cent.
There is no reason toupoe tliat
Virginia's cast is exceptional and cer
tainly that . fc'tate has witnsedT no
such increase hvtiopulation or wealth
increa.e in crime is in a ratio with
them. We have no doubt that if a
comparative statement, such as the
Governor of Virginia has made, were
shown for North Carolina, our people
would tanti appalled, ICharlotte
Ofxsemer.
If yon' would know morealxutJr
sus ta!k
!e flotit the weather, poll
1 frivolous topics, and mor
tic atnl
abou t him?