North Carolina Newspapers

iffo ! -rY. 1 1 I ill III III III I ! t ! 1,1 I ! ; i; 1 PROTECTION ! INDUSTRY ! ENTERPRISE ! PROSPERITY ! MIME 28. HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13,1896. MBE8 33 WASHINGTON LETTER. our KMilnr Correspondent. WAr-KiaTON, Aug. 10. McKinleiy aUa Hobart are not only goinjf to be tri'iniphantly elected, bat according: to the ne v- now being received by the Republican Congressional committee, thev are going to carry most if not all of the so-called silver states. Lieut. Gov. Hierbauer, of Idaho, writes for McKinley and Hobart literature and ;lys he and Gov. McConnell are whelping things up for the ticket; and Senator Shoup, of the Fame state, verbally states his belief that Idaho dll cast her electoral votes for Mc Kinley and protection. A letter re vived from Utah says; "Some of the ".Micans here are off on the free .ilvr tangent, bat they do not like 1 eyed BillieV tariff speeches, and jLtwoen free silver and free trade they vH' probably stick to the old party.?' A Calif ornian writer: There are lots . .f people here 'who are against free coinage. I am an old soldier and so tiu for McKinley, who was a brave wot Her h?nclf, while Bryan was nei ih ; v y M! r nor th son of a soldier.'-' '! airman 1VL of the Nebraska State v.jM.iuitteiN :eiids"tnis Napoleonic jnes- , " Wo are going to carry the -t" lor MoKiulty; There is no pos itMiloubt of that.-" . Tlw Republican' Campaign Text iMK.k is out and" it in a corker, well v.irth the price asked for,it, 1 a copy. 7 " j..-1'- - of tho . C:;'ypaigQ tir? put in i -., '.: Tw as follows: American ..ti-l .Ua iiear interests. Bus , th-; source of employment. Coin, f gold or .suver. must be Oil.' ctiid Aui . i van t tit .? 111" rt tn foreign countris ;r:v:ic:res. Emigrant .who -iwi Wii- v.to live without robbing o lx-i men f . :up! yiiif rit. Financial hilarity nonnv euotijrh to pay all bill. Uoldand silver eoual dollars for all 'business. Home markets, for Aineri ran products. Imports must always be kept below the. 'exports. v Judici i y of f ho United States uitist not be tampered with. Keep in the middle the roach Labor employed means elevation, dignitv anil education for the home. McKinley and Hobart -leeted means business and employ ment. Nation's honor must be main tained. Ownership of - railroads by national government opposed by the Republican party. Pensions for the veterans of the war equal to the pled e.s of the nation. Quorum counting by Speaker Reed justified now by Democrats. .Revenue collected equal to expenditures a necessity. Silver dollars as good as gold, the Republi van demand. Tariff to protect Amer- :in labor and e'neourage home iudus try. United States the hope of uni versal liberty and law. Voters have .m opportunity; vote for McKinley and business. Wages mean home, ed ncation aud comfort to the toiler. X -roads Republicanism or Populism -which way? Your opportunity to restore business; vote it. Zeal in the campaign will win the victory. Kx-Cougressraan Mudd, of Md., :!iiuks the silver craze is rapidly re t'vdiug ia that State, and that its elec toral votes are safe for McKinley and Hobart. He expresses the opinion that the silver strength in Maryland whs at its highest point dury the last two weeks in July, and that it has been steadily losing ground since that time owing to the strong arguments presented by the opponents of the in dependent free coinage of silver by this government under existing con ditions. It is believed by those who have len at great trouble to ascertain the tate of public sentiment all over the country that were it not for the ef forts of the speculators in the interests of their deals and' proposed deals in Mock aud other securities which would be affected, to make the result of the eoinmcr camnatirn annear to oe in 3 J doubt, it would be clearly apparent to everybody, as it already is to those who are managing McKinley and Ho- larts campaign, that the people in tend to register a great triumph in November for an honest currency, the preservation of the public credit, and the return of prosperity through ihe raising of an adequate revenue for the maintenance of the government by the imposition of 6uch tariffs on for eign goods as will give the advantage iu competing for tha home markets to Americans. "Even while the Popo- crats are talking about making silver converts through Bryan's oratory in New York City, Ex-Secretary Whit ney is assuring the country that Mc Kinley will carry New York by. 00,- ooo. . The call for a gold Democratic con vention, to meet at Indianapolis Sept. 2, has aroused no interest . in Wash ington. If the cold Democrat wish to amuse themselves in that body will object way, no- It Is Recctflax. . We commented day .before yester day on Polk Miller '8 statement that in his travels through Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin and -Michigan he had not met with a single Democrat who would vote for -Bryan. ; Mr.; Miller probably; stated his case a little too strong when he puts it that way, but the statement is complete proof to our mind that he has found the sentiment running in the Northwestern States very strongly against Bryan. We are able to present this . morning further testimony of the most emphatic char acter in support of what Mr. Miller says. Mr. Win. Shaw Bowden is one of the best known newspaper, corres pondents in this country. Ho has been sent by the ; New York World through the Northwestern t States, for observations and a report upon the condition of public opinion thera, and he telegraphs the World the following from Indianapolis: Indianapolis, Aug. .". "The silver wave has reached its height in the Central West. The tide is receding in Indiana." The speaker is one of the best in formed politicians in the State of In diana. His sources of information are unequalled. His opinion that the sil ver movement is no longer increasing is borne outby reliable ' advices from all the LOiitr i! Western States and those on th3 iLlissouri river Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, Minnesota aud Wisconsin have soon all that may be expected of the silver move ment in an upward tendency. 1 have read today private letters written bv leaders of the Democratic party in each of the States mentioned. .--i - The views expressed are unanimously disappointment to her and as sr.e had that the silver wave is diminishing already - received attentions from some rather than swelling. The only State , of the delegates sitting near the Colo in !!vCrntmT.r:.- im hoi- i -iuou, confided her woes tt - ... tt..- n lilii XlO 0AJ AO iH-'V ....- ment continues as strongly as it cid a short while ago, but according to the le.st information the educatiornl cam paign will save the State for sound money. Another man whom Mr. Boweu vouches for as a well informed one, said to him: "I am personally keeping quiet, for I do not wish to antagonize , my party aud to pronounce against the Chicago platform under present conditions. But I can see plainly, and my impres sion is based upon information I re ceived from different parts of Indiana, that the wave is passing over us. 1 presume that McKinley will carry the State. A Democratic sound money national ticket which will be presented will aid McKinley here. Political ines are more sharply drawn than in the east, and there are many Demo crats who, while opposed to the Chi cago platform, would rather cut off a finger than sacrifice political princi ples by voting on the other side. The hidebound Democrats are relatively more plenriful in Indiana than in the East. The i third ticket will catch their votes, and the party will be bad ly disrupted. Of coarse we all regret this very much and look forward to matters Tightening themselves very much in the future, when the silver erase has subsided. I have letters froni active politicians in the Demo cratic party from all the counties in the state but four and the opinions I express are based on the information furnished in these letters." Mr. Bo wen concludes his dispatch thus: I do not propose to make sensation- ai statement, i was tnairucuxi uy the World to oWerve the Central West 1irt-3iioiiAtelv. &nd to state facts without regard to any political con siderations. I do not hesitate to an nounce that' white the silver move ment is growing east of the Allegiia- nfes, there is a reaction in the great Central States that gave strength to Bryan at Chicago.' They are no lon- fvrnmfifiwin? with enthusiasm for o - i silver, and unless another powerful wave of sentiment develops and pa- es over thesa State like one of their familiar tornadoes', the hope of the silverites for next Novrjaber is fading. Richmond Times. : 3IRS. LEASE'S NEW RIVAL. MINERVA; ROBERTS. WHO IS 001X0 Trie STUMP FOR TUB POPS. Ooc She Was Pet of th Women Re- formers of XJTr, 'But Tbey Now Accased tier of lnzratltad Her PoIlUcal Certrmnd Flgbt to Bo 5at U St. ' Louis". . Dkjtvkr, Aug. 7. One of the feat ures of the recent Convention of Popu lists at St: Louis was the speech of Mrs. Minerva Roberts of Denver In seconding the nomination of Bryan in behalf of the delegation from Louis iana. That speech, though short, was delivered in so fetching a manner that the tired audience went wild in their cheers and, applause. At its conclusion a Southerner rushed to the platform and handed down the .speaker with -the gallantry for which the South is noted and Mrs. Roberts vras the centre of an admirinc croup for some time after ward. The fact that Mrs. Minerva Roberts has a dashing air about her and an attractive ace, had of course, something to do with her reception; her clear, ringing voice and brilliant stage presence, comolnea w;tn some self -assurance, did the rest. To Mrs. Minerva Roberts this speech was a consummation of her ambltiou. She wanted to go to St. Louis and make a speech before the Convention. Envious men and women delegates, who doubted the wisdom of, her am bition, tried to prevent her, 'but she appealed i& tho gallantry of the men of Louisiana and won. Th Colorado delegation contained several woman delegates, and it was left largely to t hem to select somebody to second the nomination of Bryan in behalf of Colo rado. The woman quarrelled among themselves and with the .men of the delegation decided that Mrs. Roberts 1 to the outsiders, and ..they -used their killuenee to tbe satisfaction of Mrs. Mrs. Roborts on "e said,' in reply .to a rebuke from a frieud for her activity m ropuusi rany worK, umt "would rather be a king among fools than a fool among kings' It is an- nounced'that she will be one of the campaign orators for the National Committee of the Peoples' party.along with Mrs. Mary -gEHen (or Elizabeth) Lease. She lacks the experience, the preparation, the knowledge, and the age of Mrs. Lease,but she his te ad vantage of goovl looks, abundant self- assurance, and a musical voice ci resonant and far-carrying - qualities. and she thinks she can pick up the rest. She is no deep student of the problems of the day, but she has a retentive memory, and she cart quickly knock together a campaign speech or two culled fromlthe utterences of Popu- listic reformers. Mrs. Roberts is a .example of the emancipation of woman through equal suffrage. The adage about a prophet with honor save in his own country is applicable to her case. For a time she was a iet of the women of the' Popu list party in Denver, and was shoved to the front on all possible occasions, but she was heedless of the moie ex perienced matrons and was withal wilful, and now they are disposed to criticise and condemn her for her dis position to profit out of her political knowledge. They went into cam paigns in the past to enipha&ixe their thcory.that women can reform politic, but she quickly recognizl that poli tics had a business end, and that office holding and Jpeechmaking could be the means of making a living for her self and her little daughter. Hence she has elected to sacrifice friendship rather than lose her grip upon poli tics,: c at rv.r.-tt;f. vtiii Wtl .b-l. ite- to St. Louis Mrs. Rob- erts appeared a de'egate irom jua.,e county. Sh had been tt-aching a M-hool at Ore, a mining settlement nar; Leadviile, 'and ''bad won o;e staunch friends among thePopuLUts of her county. They worked manfully to secure her appoictmtnX zls delegate trt StL Iui. but for a time tho pre- sure a'&iut her Irom Denver wa great that it seemed as if defeat was I inevitable .Rh rota dpfft1 in th I Convention, but when the Conjrres- sional Convention met immediately I 1 " mmm k-o m v. -mg ,vo wm - w fight there and she was finally elected by a close vote. Herflashlng eyes and pleased countenance, when the result of the balloting was announced,showed plainly how her heart was set on this thing. She almost fell upon the necks of the Popnlist delegates from Lead- ville when ' they Hocked around her offering congratulations, bat she did not forget to Mash glances of scorn over toward the women delegates from Denver fwho had lobbied to defeat her. - , uNow we shall expect you to make yourself heard in St. Louis,' said her admiring friends. . "If I tret naif a chance, r wilL' was her reply. Mrs. Roberts came into public notice duriner the Wait e administration. At that time she was ttachmg in the pub- lie schools on the north !side and was actively engaged along witH a number of other women in advancing thecause of populism. Her first public appear ance was at . Fouuhst meeting in Colosseum" II , ahd, she made an in stant hit. Ker :h had been vrrit-( tea for her by n ' -riv.vpaper jiutiu. If was a declamation that aroused the audience into v. frviizy. of enthusiasm. In those days party iVtling was so bit ter in Denr ii 5 anybody -could easilv net a I'utuu.k reception. The "Waite howl' avh f:.u:ous at all tical gatherings. The Board of cation heard of the conduct of Rooerts with some surprise. polii Edu- Mrs, The members held that a public school teacher had no right to appear in pub lic as an advocate of any sort of poii tical'doctrine; and they called her to account. "Don't I do mv work in school satisfactorilvf she inquired. The - m Board admitted that she was an un doubted success, "llttn," sne con tinued, "my time outside of school hours is mv o wu and I am free to do as I please. I claim the same privi lege a man. If I want to mix in poli tical discussions, I shall do so. Jn this stand she was heartily sup iwrted.by all the women of the various political clubs. The Board continued to protest, and when the end of the school terra arrived Mrs. Roberts was notified that her services would be no longer needed. Her dismissal created a temnest. and the contest over her case was an issue iu the next school election. Mrs. Roberts was zealous in her tampaigniug, and made rattling speeches nearly every night in the week. But the opposition was too stromr. and she had to submit to de- feat. Gcv. Waite and his active little wife took immediate charge of Mrs. Roberts and a place was provided for her in the City Hall. When that office failed she received another job in the State House, and when the Legislature met two years ago shs was appomiea docket clerk in the Senate. The read- i n r rl Ark was also a woman, and the two women occupying prominent desks under the desk of the presiding oHicer attracted attention from all visitors in the galleries. The Senator nrAr not avprse to smtlinz upon the clerks down ; in front. Occasionally, when Mrs. Hlbbert's voice gave out. Mrs. Roberts would mount the reading WkVstooL and her sonorous voice made the routine reading of bills seem r.tArtainini- to the member on the floor. Mrs. Roberts came from Cnlcago - . about four years ago, and she is now about 23 years old. She is tbe daughter of a weighman at the stock yards. She was educated in the public schools in Chicago and was 'graduated with fcach credit to herself thit she promptly obtained a position tu teacher in the citv schools. Her record was excellent and she had. apparently, a happy fa tare before her. Then she married unhappily, and in Denver, when her child was but thrte years old, her bus band dcertod her, leaving her penni- 1 I. anion? fttranrers- Then Mrs 1 RoUrUa furtutte In finding a thU xiiy. ilr, Forret took Mrs. ib-klfrtsand iue cuiul into" her' own home. A jrCn as the young mother to think about cioinr ome- thia to tnricr: !;;n.tIXt Mrs. jForrwt urt.e-4 i-. . . - iv m m establishment and Mrs. Roberts wsj o J placed in charge. Th was her rst start toward self -support. Friends of Mrs. Forrest were kind to Mrs. Roberts in time, Mr. Roberts obtained her place in the public schools on the north ide. Then sten by step the warm friendship of Mrs. Forrest won for her every place she ever held la Denver, even to the office of docket clerk in the Senate At the time of the arrival of Mrs. Robert upon the scene Mrs. Forrest was one of the most activo women in politics in Denver. She was President of the Woman's Industrial Legion, organized for the purpose of f trength ening the cause of populism in Denver. The Club held weekly meetings, and all noted arrivals in Denver were in vited to appear before the women and address them upon the public ques tions of tha day; Mrs. Roberts was attracted to the work, and under the chaperonage of Mrs. Forrest entered into the movement with" zeal and en thusiasm. Thus it came about that on one occasion, aiier repeated urg- insrs; she consented to make th6 at- tempt at public waking which won her public recognition. Mrs. Forrest was happy over this success, and shu zealoasly.pushcd Mrs. Roberts to the front on all ceasious. When the Populists in this county plit over the question Of endorsiug aite for a second term, aud a bolt occurred in the County Convention, Mrs. Forrest walked out with the opponents of Waite, but Mrs. Roberts, who had rushed to the tage at critjcal ' tiui and had :sneeeedeit in cahiiiug th warrlug factions into somhmg KU dvcent" conduct, decided faction, to remain . - . r tit which then in iower. n hen at tor th Ccu vention had adjourned the two women met at home to compare notes. Mrs. Finest was deeply neved over the rebellion .of her prokgee. Then it was that Mr&. Rotrts declarel her platform, l would rather be a king among fools than a fool among kings." trace was patched up, and loth women as representatives upon con testing dclegr.tioas went to 'Pueblo to tbe State Convention, Mrs. Roberts to take an active part in the Wait fight with Mrs. Forrest pitted against her. The Walte crowd won, only to be de- featedjin the election: Mrs . Rolerts was still under the protecting care of Mrs. Forrest, and did. not lose her political hold with the downfall of Waite, for afterward she obtained her office in the Senate through the In fluence of Mrs. Forrest. Then the Waite faction turned' upon Mrs. Roberts. As time went on Mrs. Roberts t and her stanch friend gradually twama estranged. V She lost political caste In Denver, and. when she appeared as delegate from Lake, seeking the honor of representing the women in the St. Louis Convention, she found arrayed against her all the women Populists of Denver. They call it ingrati t uda. She looks upon the past as a stepp ing stone to future glories. She Is i no uc-iurc - '- for the Populists. ONLY NCSE PARSED. 5jrctsfol AppltcMts bf tiicN. C. 5to Boord Pharmacy. At the recent meeting of tb N. C. Board of Pharmacy held In Morehead Cltv. nine candidates for license' to practice pharmacy passed approved . 9 examinations. There were eighteen applicants In ahY being the largest number that lias applied In some years. Dr. Win. Simpson, the secretary of I.. . . At I Uie iKXiru, announceu iuc ucc,m I applicants today. They are as follows Clyde IeEubanks, Chapel HIIIj Wescott Roberson, Chapel Hill; Ed ward Bruce Mecxles. Hickory; Jamrt Edgar Shell, Lenoir, Rawley Galloway, Reidsviiie; Alien Lee, Fayetteville; Alexander C. Tarboro, Spring If op; I George Rnffin Viootten, V. llwu; ib - 1 ham O. Little, Wilmington. I One of the great lessens of hutory Is - 1 thai agriculture cannot rft to Itn highest perfection and reach Its faUn t devt-Iopment without the aid of com merce, rnanufactcrtrs, and mechani- caljarts. AH are essential to the heal thy growth and hlgbcit advancement of the others; the pro?rcs of one la sarts th j prosrrlty cf another. Then? art? tio conl'Jctf . tt t re should be t.3 antagonisms.. ; They ar? Ii.dbpcnstlj to eath oihr. Whatever enfvtblij one is certain to cripple t ha mt Hon. Vt'Ullim McKinley.