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HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1893
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, Dec. 18, 1893. Repre
sentative Holman, chairman of the
democratic caucus has, after consult
ing his democratic colleagues decided
not to call the caucus which it has
been determined to hold to consider
the Wilson bill, until after the Christ
mas recess. There are several reasons,
all good, for this decision. Many dem
ocrats have already gone home to
spend Christinas and if the caucus had
been 1 eld this week it would conse
quently have been slinily attended.
Besides, those who spend their holiday
.at home will get an opportunity to
learn just how the Wilson bill has been
received by their5 constituents which
will enable them to lay before the cau
cus any objections-which may exist.
It is in fact very fortunate that the bill
h;u; been delayed. It will enablo the
democrats to 'do what has never been
don before consult the people about
'the details of a tarilt bill.
Toe rt-publieans of tl)Q XTouss have
announced with a "great flourish of
.trumpets that they will not vote with
democrats who opppso any section of
the Wilson bill to amend the measure.
A more unnecessary announcement
v.w never made. It was, of course,
Viuule solely for the purpose of mislead-,
ing'-the country into the belief that
there are enough democrats who-' wish
to amend the bill to succeed in doing
sc, if the republicans would only vote
with them. There are it is true a
number of. democratic Representatives
nofe so large, however, as the repub
licans would like the country to be
lieve who will endeavor to get the
bill amended in caucus, but failing in
that there are not live of them
who
will refuse to vote for the bilk
The House has shown itself to be
thoroughly in accord with the policy,
loi the democratic party by taking 'ad
vantage of the unavoidable delay in
getting the tariff bill-ready ' to pass
bills admitting to statehood Utah, Ar
izona and New Mexico, although . re
publican Mibusteringinade it neces
sary for the committee on Rules to re
port continuing orders before it could
be done. The people of these territo
ries are not likely to forget tliis repub
lican filibustering
CoigreMnen, particularly those who
have been so precipitate in their criti
cism, will do well to spend a part f
their Chrfsuias holiday in studying
President Cleveland's special message
and the Hawaiian documents of which
it treats. It will Jiot be necessary for
them to indorse tlx? Presidents Haw
aiian policy in its entirety to -discover
how absurd Senator Hoar's recent re
marks about impeachment were. There
has been neither technical nor actual
?tliAr the lettei or the
spirit of the Constitution by. the Presi
dent; the idea that there hadboen was
conceived by malignant partisanship
and nurtured by -such men a Hoar.
Mr.-J. R. Sovereign, the new head of
the Knights of -Labor, is in Washing
ton, in attendance upon the nouference
of the .Executive committee f the Bi
metallic League, wtth which lie is in
sympathy. Spiking of the tariff he
said: 41 am an out and out.fcee trader.
The o-called protection of American
labor is a delusion. Labor i not pro
tected. Invested capital ..receives a
bonus in the form of protection, aud it
is then optional with the capitalist to
'give -a share of the bonus to iabor in
the form of increased wages. Uut this
opt uvu is seldom, if ever, exercised."
There is food for reflection in thee
words of Mr. Sovereign, who is certain
ly iu.a position to peak from the point
of view ot the .American wage-earner.
Representative . Culbertson, chair
man of the House Judiciary committee
considers it very Utmbtfuf whether a
bankruptcy bill of ny kind will get
through the House sxt this session, al
though Repine utative Huiley, will en
1 deavor to push his voluntary bank
ruptcy bill and Representative Oales
will introduce a new bill modifying
the Torrey bill, which was recently,
killed in the House.
It has about been decided that the
internal revenue billiui4l include au
inheritance tax, but it is kill an open
question whether this Ux shall take
the place of the proposal income" tax
or shall be in addition thereto, it is
not considered probable by members
of the Wavs and Means committeetnnt
the internal revenue bfli will be renort
to the House until after the, boh
davs. The tariff bill will be reported
u the II ouse tomorrow, unless some
thing iuw unexpected sliall provut,
but it will not le called up for ueba.e
until after the recess."
YOORHEES SILVER BILL.
HE INTRODUCES A MEASURE
CHASE SILVER.
TO PUR-
To Retire Gold And Silver Certificates And
All Paper Currency Under Ten Dollar:
Full Text of Bill.
Washington, B. C, Dec. 14. jlr.
Voorhees, chairman pf the Finan
ce Committee, introduced a bill for the
coinage of silver dollars, the retirement
of small denominations of gold and
paper money, and for otlier purposes.
The following is its text:
Be it enacted, etc., that the seignor-
age, or profit fund which has resulted
from the coinage of silver bulilon un
der the acts of February 28th 1878, and
July 14th l$90j or which would result
from the coinage of stick 1ulUfm, feliaii
(be coined into silver doliars of standard
weight and :" fineness, with full legal
tehder cmality, at the rate of not less
than 2,00O-000 per month, and such
dollars shall be covered in the Treas-
urv.
Sec. 2 That when all the seignorage,.
or profit fund of the bullion speci
fied in the first section of this act, have
been coined as therein directed, it shall
be the duty of the Secretary of the
Treasury to purchase each month sil
ver bullion, at the market value, in
quantities sufficient to coin not less
than two million dollars pich and ev
ery month; and he is hereby directed
to coin the said bullion monthly, as
fast as purchased, into standard silver
dollars, and a sum sufficient to carry
into effect the provisions of this act is
hereby appropriated out of any'money
in the Treasury not otherwise appro
priated. Sec. 3 That, when any paper circu
lating notes, or certificates of whatso
ever character of denominations less
than ten dollars, issued under authori
ty of the United States except Nation
al bank notes or certificates redeemable
only in silver dollars, shall be received
at the treasury or at any sub treasurr
and they shall not be reissued, but as
sorted, counted and recorded, and im
mediately destroyed, in accordance
with -the existing provision of law; and
as rapidly as said notes or certificates
are destroyed they shall baf replaced
by An equal amount of like notes or
certificates of denominations of not
less than ten dollars.
Sec. 4 That hereafter no 'National
bank note shall be issued of a less de
nomination than ten dollars, and all
such National bank notes, when, re
ceived, at tlie treasury, or any sub
treasury, shall be destroyed in accor
dance with the Itiw and the National
banking acsociation whose notes are
destroyed under the provisions of this
act and sliall be respectively required
to substitute notes of denominations
not less than ten dollars in lieu of those
destroyed.
Sec. 5 That from and after the pas
sage of this act-tbe coinage ot the two
ajid one half dollar gold pieces and the
five dollar gold pieces is hereby prohi
bited, and the coins aboveiamed shall
not be struck or issued bf-the mint of
the United States; and such coiiiS,
when received at he Treasury. or any
sub-Treasury, sliall !e withdrawn from
circulation and recoined into eagles
ud double eaglex, in accordance with
law
Sec. 6 The President of the L nited
Spates is hereby ant ho riied to appoint
fire commissioners to an interns tonal
conference to be lie-Id at a place lo be ,
hrPfter de.iiriuiu-d, with a view to j
..nr tntm.itiorijiiiv a tiixity'ol. rela-
uv- " "
tire value between -old and snvrr
uiuoey, by means of a common ratio
letreen the meixU witu iree mint-
ageat such ratio; id for comivyi-
tiou of such cuimniionerH and for nil
reasu nable exp
use v"onuw; I ru-
will, to be approval by tb.e Sei-retary j
of State, iueludiugiUf pulKrtiou to,
bepailly the rtmiwl uiu- o i.r
joint xieriss of such -c.riffrc.?ioe.
000, oro much tlicriis t iay e
cessarr. is hereby ;4.pr'pri.;-i out t'
any iWy-in thTr.-rr not r-tiier-wie
appropriated.
The Eilloit Opcfi ILjs
. jr .
Jf all iovt-d breihieir there
would Ik no un.victrtirvd stnf- f
tongues.- .
Those wisiiii. ;.- v ; - - VfTilfra wk nxt iu -invars i aim i
Opera Sn,44in? vho up au d iy iu a.lva...
and thwtrieal Prfar .iit i no , writer to :b ,uss A'JU Cauou.s .
ready for let up p;.hat;n j " ias. Or thi Ter c-xtecds th- same
dn1 us above- . for tlus Pnis asd GAhoLT3riaf an -5
GENERAL NEWS.
The President has
nominated Hon.
be Minister to
Wavne
Itilv.
McVeagh to
Buffalo, X. Y., tJias had a million
dollar fire, and a heavy freshet that
did much damage.
They are talking of candidates for
the Papal succession. It is most sure
to be an Italian who will get to be the
next Pope. ,
Tle countries' of Europe are after
the Anarchists with sharp sticks, and
making it exceedingly lively for the
would-be murders.
It is said that the big fight between
Mello and the Brazillian government
ship w ill take place at Rio about the
2oth or by the last of the week.
Tile middle span of the new" Jeffer
son ville bridge at Louisville, Ky.,
just being built . across the Ohio
river, fell last Friday morning in con
sequence of a heavy gale of w ind, and
killed 40 workmen.
M. Emil Frev who 'lias .ju'st been
elected President of ' the Switzerland
Republic, was formerly their mister to
the U. S:' lie was also c colonel in the
Federal Army during, the war, and
was once a prisoner at Salisbury in
N O. :l VI.'
The latest advices from Hawaii up
to this time indicate that there are ex
citing times on the Island, and that
the Royalists are procuring arms and
munition from some source. Mr.
Thurston has sailed for Honolulu and
it is said intends' advising the estab
lishment of a permanent government
at once. .
Alfred D. Jones, Consul General of
of absence some weeks ago irom
Shanghai to return tb his home in
to return to nis nome m
olina, died on the passage
, " ' . . , .A
?an Frandsco, at which lat-
North Carol
tlViUOO tv w. -a. v i
ter place his remains arrived on the
18th ouibalmea ana will do lorwamea
- . - -..i
to lialeiRh. Mr. Jones was a nooie
man it is said and his sudden and pe
culiar death is to be regretted. A
special from San Francisco to the N.
Y. Sun, savs he became violently de
I after boardimr the steamer
and had to be placed under manacles,
and was thus confined for seven daj s
wlfen he did on the 9th.
Mrs. J. B. Dtard' School.
Since our last issue we have visited
the private school of Mrs. J. B. Heard,
and Ave cannot secall an hour more
happilv spent in all our life than the
one whiled away in her select school
of littla trir's. The school room and
w - - - n
children were scrupulously neat, the
most perfect decorum existed, and the
introduction of a visitor instead of re
laxing seemed to inspire the children to
fT.iter diligence. t very recitation is
competitive, and we think it an excel
lent plan for the stimulation of chil
dreu io studious . habits. In this
uuMiei s-enool if works to perfection,
enforcing prompt and accurate re-
spouses to all question propounded
bv the teacher. Undue hesitation, or
trie -leuM. iuarcuracy iu responses,
KicriiUces the class position of the of
fending pupil. Mrs. Beard possesses!
to h rare degree the obility of enforc
ing discipline without humiliating her
scholars. The ability to do the can
not, ia oar opinion, be acquired by ex
perience iu the school room. It is in
deed, a gift of springing direct-
rom th Great Author of all
things. Mrs. ImxoxI lortnnateiy io-
Vi Ti a( MIR L lit. A V
i plicitiy oiut, and yet, apparently,
wtoe- m Sir&euce Gf their
j lWicat.r NVd neTt!tr ijaud a school,
j vucre everythhig ue aiul hcanl,
did murt cuud iLs ucher to
i thai we foQivJ jt the pri-
Cpecwil attiiu U coiled to the cx-
tmnliiiaj-y fl -r m nt iue t tne
PiU--. '.JiiiJMlS ab ;f onr
ciaib;.: uT'rs.itZ.-u.vm with fiic '-vvek-AJiaura
t,Uit..;ituiUlw AiiJrxaAa
a. i. r and I he ti :ne aiid Farm. A!'
lii.oti vf i:;e-a ijis jcar lor
Xi ah ia naiiis- to nib of our ni-
weekly Atlanta Ctmtiiutlou at
for thi yfjr. This o"er U only for
i:!!u:tTHi : . . . . . ; i i
DISGUSTED!
A CHARLOTTE 0ENTLET1AN VISITS
WASHINGTON;
He Pay a Neat Compliment to our im
mediate Representative fir. Hen
derson.
We find the following unique but re
freshing letter in the Charlotte Ob
server.of the 19th
Am here and nobody knows we, Un
cle Pete Mull once said: "D n me if
you look to be much." Too much
truth in this, yet it has some advanta
ges, enabling tne to pick up a few facts
which your intelligent correspondent
may have inissed, though he has not
much my advantage in appearance,
perhaps for this reason he did not
speak to me.
Kone Silas is not in it. Carter
will
be the man. borry for ivope,-ou,t tins
is a wise selection. .
The 3 gallon order Will be revoked.
Your correspondent urged it with
tears in his eyes, ably supported by
Mr. Hendrson, from North Carolina,
JieprtSentatieefor the State at large.
Jernigan will get Corea or the Ar-
gent ine Republic.
Henrv will get a
nl.'icf.
lour corresponaent scarcei mich a
new administration had taken hold.
Our friend Hilly Long has a desk in a
room with 18 Republicans and one
Democrat Too bad;
Senator Vance is in bad shape. He
will perhaps not be in his seat this ses
sion. He will go to Florida for the
winter. ;
Friends here do not speak encourag
ingly of the Voorhees silver bill, the
repeal of the ten per cent, tax or the
hiT Thft W son Dill win nass
The Wilson bill will pass
verV slightly altered. More new states
will be admitted than at anr preiou
i ntv in their endeavor to carrv; out ine
Democratic platform. Up to this time
jjemocratic piauonu.
they have had no active support from
the administration. our corTespond-
tne w & diust. has
a. rra
never gcen a President except old man
" r .it i . L, ..
JeiT, aua never win " M,
cra u . "
Snutliprn nrinciDals.
r-
Washington, D. C, Dec. 10, 1893.
Hickory Public School.
The lRh inst. we visited the public
school, now presided over by Prof. A.
i Whisenhiint, and spent, perliaps,
two hours in the three departments of
the institution. We were much grati
fied to find strict discipline existing,
without any apparent friction In the
conduct of the school. '. The chil
dren appeared not only happy but dil
igent, each one striving to win the
approval of instructors and the highest
point of excellence in class reports.
The teachers fully rerdize the uupor
tant trust committed to their hands,
and are concientious and most worthy
Ialxrers. Ve4cnow that it is one thing
to have correct ideas as to the educa
tion of children and quite another to
make a practical application of them;
but Prof. Whisenhuat and his assist
ants, Mrs. L. C. Hunter, and Miss N.
A. Keever, have successfully accom
plished this most difficult feat and,
with genuine pleasure, we heartily
congratulate them upon the ease and
facility with which it w-aaccomplihed.
They fully realize that the mind is not
a reservoir to be filled, but an activity
to be quickened and energized to the
highest limit of healthy action. In too
many schools the fctu!!!ng process is
carried on as if the u:nd was a cist fp.
into which a smattering of evvrytlfeng
tliat can possibly be included in the
term of etlucation is cramine! These
faLe idea and practices do not exit
in the public sch.xL All pirrot-like
conning of Iesons Prof. Whienhunt
and hi excellent assistants have ban-
ilied from the schojl room, and the
children am to carefully instructed
tliat, when calletl to final recitation,
the meaniujr of won Is and baic perm
of knowletlse to le impressed - upon
the mind are fully comprehended, and
t!s -c!iolar? enabled to reply to all
t.iciiimis pnij.iunded by the - teach -
erv in their own iangTj,nc This Kys
t iu of instruction enables the teachers
az X uji tu know the exact progrw
ttidftit. and jut when to
tighten or !r-ti tb rvin of healthy
iuTlT-ty, In nc!uioh we would Mig
Srt-t : j jieiiU the propriety or regu
hr vl-tt io f fcluiol. tht-rviy iinpir
ing !th !e-rhrs and pupiN to nnre-itittin-diii-rence.
k ezx tievtr take a man
huut, but it can li-aLe inia uaghty
iuicraktje r beajg dlIonest.
STATE NEWS.
The 3 C's railroad has been"cuttin4?
down salaries and reducing expenses,
along the whole line. Hard times and
inability of this road to pay running
expenses iiave forced this. Shelby
Aurora. 4
There is greater need uov than ever
for the North Carolina Democracy to
follow the old gray-haired chief. The
gold standard is too mneh for the par
ty in this State to swallow. Wcb
sters Weekly.
The President and Secretary Car
lisle got in a good bid Democratic hu
mor last week and calletl for the ime
diate resignation of twenty-four high .
(Republican) officials in the Treasury
Department. -
The Mecklenburg Historical Society
promises to be a great institution for
the gathering together and the preser
vation of the history of this section.
The uiemberj are busying themselves
to make each paper read, one of gener
al interest and information Char
lotte News.
A few assignments in these hard
times if they mean any thing, meanrim
Xly that Durham is a plunger and had
too much faith in the crowd down at
Washington, which has failed tobring
along the good time, Avhich they still
assure us are just over yonder. pur-
ham Globe.
Sheriff Dan. I. Reynolds, of Ashe
ville, is in trouble. As tax collector of
Buncombe lie and his bondsmen have
been sued for $18,000 amount churned
to be due the county on taxes for sev-
cnn ear no uwi- v,
ten ier cent, penalty ana $ i,uw.
siielby Aurora.
A larcri conirrecration heard lie v. XL
C. Heaman Sunday, at the court house.
It was his farewell sermon, as pastor
of Trinity church. His opening prayer
was a feeling one full of sympathy
and love for his ieople and the tender
aim iw.viv.
regard he hel.l for them, and brings
UIon tue new Tfini
ipon the new lnnity ouuuin. i-iui- .
i l i.lf' fT..
ham Sun.
Dr. J. J. Summcrell, of Salisbury
died at his home in tliat. place at 9:15
o'clock Dec. 17th, . from an attack of
pneumonia. Dr. Summercll was 74
years old, and leaves two sons and
two daughters. lie stood high in his
profession and was one of the most
prominent physicians of the SVate.
Charlotte Ncy.s.
5 The board of directors of the North
Carolina School for the Deaf and Dumb
met in Morganton on the 13th and 14th
in special meeting to consider the bids
for steam heating, plumbing and. wai
ter supply. The Brewster Hardware
nmnanv. of Raleigh, was awarded
j the contract for heating and plumbing.
being the lowest of either bidders.
Salisbury Herald. - .
Comtstloner Mtljr
Dec. 4th 1830 The Boanl of Coin-mibione-s
all present.
(i. M. Yoder Coroner, renewed his
bond; justified in the sura of 14,000
which was approved.
W. H. Ramnour was allowed to list
01 acres of land valued at $334 for tax
j ation for two years, and was relived of
double tax on the same. He being a
uon-resident.
Ellen Host, col., was declared a pau-
per aid alIowel fl.OO icr month for
her support.
S)loiuon Ioyle. and wife KHzabeth
were declared paujxrs and allowed
fifx).each icr month for their sup-
port.
David Hunsucker, coL, was declared
a pauper and allowed f 1,00 per month
for his support, i
Tlie petition fl!el at last meeting by
Logan Wilson and others for a icw
roatl from N. D. England's to E. .
Boat's was not frrant-b
J. F. Herman C. S. 0. renewed hU
official borul In the uin of 1 10,000 ju-
tified which was approved.
' Gc. Vt. Cochran, Rtg- of Deeds, r-
rtewed his official ?ond jostifltil, lnthc
ut 0f fjW which xciS axProT
Junius S. SthrxU wii Ut
I fnMu 1W1 ivr
itr. jiin.cun a. KJ I ban and J. W.
Mooter. ,
M. J. Howe renewed hts of.i
cia! beiid justUtd in the u:a of
which iapprotd.
g. M. ttaiith Treasurer, renewed hi
county and cbool tux bonds in thf
sum of t'-lJ juta!el, which wa ap '
proved.