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late Library ' - . s .. ' , , , . r " ..PROTECTION I , INDUSTRY ! ' ' ENTERPRISE I- . PROSPERITY i ' - -:TT . " "v. - 1 ' 1 - ,i. - , , ,. , . HICKORY, -NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8,1896. NUMBER 41 WASHINGTON- LETTER. , ;ur K.tular Correspondent. '- f V.mx6TON, Oct. 5thj 1600.- The f ocra ts are a f reightened crowd Tjst -'uo and the publication of Aryan's statement of lib alleged coufi aiice over his own signature b gener ally regarded as farcical under exist ing circumstances. Not only are they in:SiT"ii'(l about the states which the r,.j,ullicun managers conceded to be .,, , .mbt at the beginning of the cam paign, but which they now .consider tor McKinley, but also about r,;wii or eight states, kodic of which t .i. republicans had no idea of making iuy prions campaign in until very r jjtly. They realize that Maryland Wot Virginia, and Kentucky, which have from the beginning been strong iv contested by the republicans, are n.or likely to be carried for McKinley man tor Hryan, and now the antics of Tom Watson have got them into a -t.Ue ot fright over North Carolina, Florida. Alabama, Tennessee and Loui-iana, and they are no longer cer t,i!ii -vc'ii' of carrying Texas. What t -.y Kp eially fear in several of these s';t i that tlie republicans may 'vithlra'v -'their. 'electoral- ticket and support'-that of the gold democrats, an lieathat i being advocated by some shrewd. republicans for such states 'as Louisiana where the tsold democrats ..! numerous and influential A ,J wksonville, Fla., business man, ilr. VV. J.. Parrel 1, now in Washington, !r"ppe l a few words which have seta 1 t i jple to thinking. He said: i take hut little interest in politics, Mini u not assume to predict the re v.i It u! tlse coming election in Florida, i :kf it rr granted that the state anil .(iiu.ly iemocratic tickets will sue -..:, am 1 that democratic Oougress-inV-ti mil be elected.. It does not fol i.f.v. however, that Bryan will carry !!' ! ite; In inet, 1 think that lie K.uiev's chances are better. Tiiere . t ;r .ir many sound money. men in si! - li.'-MO.-'ratic parly in .Florida, who u il! over to the republicans because t Si-li ho-tiiity to freesilver. Among 1:1 t ir:i:ers are many Northern men an' naturally for McKinley. 1 iniiS; I iorida can lairly be classed iu.oulc tiie doubtful states, so far as r!t. M.-vti.ral votes are concerned." I'lie ueneral distribution of cam iou'o literature.' by. the republican .'011! v; iouai Committee is practically ;.!.fhriL although onlers for docu ments Mil be tilled' right up to clee ...u day. More documents, both in ti iiiikft aiui in bulk, have ben sent ui 1 ban ere ever before sent from . V, asaiii on in h ingle campaign, and ; in comjiondeno of the Committee c ives no doubt that these documents aae accompilslKHl fell .iormous ami ami of ltooI. inset tiiitr r'iht t hos uiio ua i been misleal by liaying' reil oij! oae side of the financial aici oiiu-r oucstions. The work of the o.nniiti-e will not, of course, Ik tin i-ii. i uuiii after ek't ion. Tin- ia test news froui Kenf ucky is kt-uivdlv ;rood. It indicates that Mc- Kin ley will carry the state by not less i :..iu ') luaMuity. notwithstanding :..i:'"s u.-iou of deun crats and popniists, aa.l.th;.! a majority ot-'the Cougrcss- : u.ii vlislr icts v. i vlect republicans, Ut "K-rt, it looks like tl se state -miiriit ' scji by a' ""republican landslide in November. A vh.vr.o'cratic. ' Cpugressaiau frotu A!::biha has U-en telling tales out of cuo d. He siiys there art not les than iH! tleiiuicrats . "ill. tinder no tu 1.: . . . ins Mini-, UUJUfulUU'.', vote for Bryan, and he adds: "Ken tucky will prolably vtte for McKin ley, and likewi-se Marylaud ami West Virginia. 1 think tlire is no chauces tor Bryan to be electel. The free sil er luoveuient is not now j ctrong ha it wa-s otdy a little while ago. It j;rxrt N: steadily weaker. This is not to lv wonderetl at. As men enmlue the ijuestion they become convinced tliat fre coinage is a delusion." The following prayer is said to have - been actually . delivered 'by aii aged (-olored minister in Virginia, a few days ago: 0 Ixrd. save this country frotu the hands of theiu who is trying to bust it up. Give us plenty of work and good money for it,- so as we can take care of our wives aud children, and buy good bread aud meat and pay for it. We want to keep politics out of our churches and out of oar prayer meetings, but we carTt help asking Thee to keep a lookout for that poor, miserable sinner, Bryan, who. we hear, U coining Into this state, hand iu hand with. f Sataa. We ak The, lont let him do no harm; and, if it ain't asking too much, please forgive his sins that he is committing every day and then knock the slu'iSa' out of him nest November !M Few republicans have li2 d a doubt about how the electoral vote of Illi noLs will be cast since the meeting of the Chicago convention, and 'those few have been convinced that McKin ley willcarry the state by aii immense majority, by a thorough investigation which has just been completed. So certain is the result now regarded that wagers have bee:i made that McKin ley's majority in that state will exceed 200,000. TEN THOU5AND IN CANTON. McKinley Makes 14 Spec!ifs ai 5erfel Informal OnM to 30 OHeff-itfona. At Canton, O., Saturday ten thous and men coming from' the mills, fur naces, colleges, workshops, mines and counting rooms of New York, Pennsyl vania, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa marched up Main street hill in Canton to greet and to hear Major McKinley and then marched down ajaifi with the flush of enthusiasm in thir faces and,the promise of Victory in their ringing cheers. Major McKinley has surpassed himself. He was engaged in the pleasant work of meeting delega tions from breakfast' time until after sunset, and the lamps had been lighted an hour before the last delegation marched away. He has spoken to a greater number, of large bodies of vo ters representing a vast variety of interests and industries than he . had before addressed in a single day. He made fourteen formal speeches and several informal ones, and talked to thirty delegations. The, day was superb, the air bracing: and the sun shine enfal. Whar Are We Here For ? If there is one thing, that fact& aud ligures have conclusively proved, it is that Nyages in America are higher, both absolutely and in purchasing power than they are in any other country on earth. But once in awhile there is a .Free-Trader so wrapped up in his own folly as to rik the state Sent that labor is better oil in for eign countries than it is in the United States. They hoie by this falsehood to 'catch a few, for no truth is so .broadly known but that some are ig noraiit of it, 'and few are so familiar with statist ic as to be able, on the spur of the moment, to refute a false statement such as this. But a truth can be proved by othir way tl. tu by facts and 'figures. - as Hon. John ilusselL twice a Free-Trude cundidute for (iovernor of Massachus:tts, fcn?d to hiy sad e-x:rj-mce. D'iri'.ig one of his sjeeches, he made the sateuint that I ibor is as well or better otT in otiicr countries than it i- h'rc, when a workman in the audience 'immd: ately askeil: 'Then what are ve here for?" 11 is question was a !:u--.r?r to Mr. Kussell, and will be to my Free Trader inehnevl to follow Mr. Rnss IPs example. If wa:tsare t:ot iii;her in the .United States under Prte-ttn, ;f it k- not isir to get work, if it dr?? i i0t mean a' better liviusr. why 1 'j dreds of thousands of !ah: ' every . car to our shores fr:e for1'':! ' iaials? Auiertcan Kef ...cui'-t- ' , j ' cpt. Priuhtd' i?t 1 t.-K-.- . . .. . I 111 item ir.uuu.;, i.i.-v .111 ..ati ; , ... lO.l,.,. i'l -r-' .".. f. .1.- ... hiiy i .Augustadivi.sion of ti.e Itut :r:. railroad: "The improvement in the track of the oathctn railway from -Charlotte to Columbia is best illustrated by the r-cord-breaking run m.ad ovrr it on Fri lay by a s-peeial .is'nc.r'r tram, run to accommodate the through passengers frtuu the north on the tie lay ed fits t train, No. 37. The tndi consisted of a day coach aud two Pull man cars and was pulled by engine No. STft, with Engineer McAllister at the throttle. Conductor Tom Pritch ard was in charge. "The run from Charlotte to Col umbia was made in two Lour and twelve minutes, the previous bet record Wing two hoars and twenty minutes- The distance was 105 tilde. Considering tha two regular stops made and the stop for water, it Is esti mated that the train cam? through mi actual runuing time t owr GO miles an hour, BRYAX ACCEPTS AGAIN. MLS LLT1EU TO THE POPULISTS ON THEIK NOMINATION. Ptasl That JTbey Could Forget Party Tis So as t Name Democrat Like Mlm He Wants the Free Sllrr Vote Concentrated in Some Way in Every State. St. Louis, Oct. 3. William J. .Bryan tp-day gave out his letter accepting the Populist nomination. It reads: 'Lincoln, Neb Oct. a, 1S9. "Hon Wm. V. Allen, Chairman and others, members of the Notification Committee of the People's party: i'GKmi:MK.: The nomination of th5 People's party for, the Presidency of the United States has been tendered me in such a generous spirit and upon such honorable terms that I am able to accept the same without departing from the platform adopted by the national Convention at Chicago. - "I fully appreciate the breadth of the patriotism which has actuated the member of. tlie People's party who, in order to consolidate the sentiment in favor'of bimetallism, have boeiwilling to go outside of party line. ;md sup port as their candidate one already nominated by the Democratic party and also by the Silver party. I .also appreciate the fact that jwhile during a'! the years iuce IbT-J a large majority of the Democratic arty and a consid erable minority of the Republican party have been consistent advocates of the .free coinage of silver at the present ratio, yet every since the or ganization of the People's party. iU members have unanimously supported such coinage as the only means ot re storing bimetallism. "By persistently pointing . out' the disastrous effects of a gold standard and protesting- against each successive step toward financial bondage, the Populists have-exerted, an important influence in awakening the public to a realization of the nation's present peril. In a time like this, when a great politi cal party "is attempting. . to surrender the right to legislate for ourselves upon the financial question, and is seeking ti bind the American people to a for'ii;n "monetary system, it be hooves us as lovers of our country and friends of American institutions to lay aside for the present mk-Ii differences as "may e.xist among us on minor ques tions In t-rder that our strength may Ih united in a supreme effort to wrest the Government from the hands of those who imagine that the nation's finances fre only :,onr' when con trolled bj p. few .financiers, and tbfit national. honr can only be main.', irl iv ervi? aeu'esceiu-e in any jxOicy, however 'destructive to the interests of the people of the United Stat, which., foreign creditors, present or rir,tt,'t:vo, may desire to force upon u. " It i - a cc,;:.-e f cs. ::gratul.ti'!i tl.at wt h vvi in this cat; i'a't:n not :iily the ....... ...t f Tnn t.r t TJt l.ll ' t. t w :!!! !b -pub!;cans, who havv all along be !sevfl in independent bimetallism, but ab'O the active co operation of those Democrats aIM l'publicins who have heretofore waited for international bimetallism, ad ho now join with us rath r tl.an , trust the d stmies d ?!;e tuttion, in the hands of those who are holding out the delusive hoj of foreign aid while they Ubor s. r t!y for the iH-riiiHtieiit stabli-hliif nt of the single gdil standard. "While diilieultie have hUh) arist-n in the settlement of. detail- of any plaii of co operation !etwevn d: linct polilual organization. I am Mire that the advocate? o blinetallKm are so iutt-uhly in -.eairuet thnt they vli be able to tlevise iue tueaE by wiiic.i tlm free-riiver vut may be con-cutrat-l tipou one electoral tickf t in 4ch bate. To secure this result charity toward the opinion of others and liberality ou the part of all th urcrrary,' but -honest, and siR?re fronds who are working toward a rouiuiou result always find it possible to agree upon Inst aud equitable. temi. "The American people hava proveu equal to every emergency wLch arisen In the past emergency theru will be no atilagoaism bclun the "arious regiments of the one. great army Which I marching to repel an .1 fare than an army with banner. "Acknowledging with gratitude your expressions of confidence and good will, I am v.ery truly your. W.J. Birr ax. Kep To The Well Ued Trsck. There is much of resemblance be twoea this campaign and that of liSTt, Any one who remembers that year can e4vy recall how many uncertain ties there was at the opening, how vigorous wa-s the onslaught, and how certain a victory was promised the promiscuous multitude which assailed General Grant. Even his friends were Vi very grave doubt and trepidation. The assault w.i fierce and seemed overwhelming. Hut the questions be gan to be tliscussed all over, the land, and at once a change began which in a fortnight seemed absolutely wonder ful, it so happens in any intelligent nation that when a new question is presented its friends are very zealous and as their voices alone are heard the outcry seems utmost unanimous. Hut afu-r all," such questions are decided tiot by the lod voices which first fill the atmosphoie, bat by the sober sec ond thought of the'men whose proper ty aud happiness are to be so seriously affected by the leHilt. So it has la-en ;r this ' catupaiiiu. For many years tht people iii fa voi of silver have had the floor. We aie all desirous to help them if we could safely do so. The argument for nprkl bimetallism had many charms. Hut the present prop osition has not bveL; able to stand the foot of discission. It is useless to try to confound it with world bimetallism, with which it Jias no connection what ever. Bimetallism meaiis life use by all the world, by countries whicli now u. kilvet alouff, lad by countries which use gold,, of gold and silver; The proposition on w hich the American people are to pass is not of that sort. The proposition i to go to;a silver ba sis instead of slaying on a gouti basis. It is true that Air. Hryan ay " w'v believe" that silver will go to pir. Hut shaking without the slightest disrespect, who is this Mr. Jiryan th.it. his'" we beliavc" shou'd. be-substituted' U- fact of th universe, for the Ah the facts and all eternal verities? t!;j s t . rimuis have made are the o fher wav. Have these litntlemcn who "believe"' been successful proph ets he ret fore It the "maiKeb of the worlii" vi-hieh wore to make us o prosperous answer.. Iu a wold, with the safe path way of all exj- rlence. anvl especially of our own eijijrieuce open Lefore us, shall we try to bla.e a ne'A pfh. whoa we. can see the edges' tf many of th pitfalls and tuor,isss in ' wh i- w - will flounder ' Fr o n kTt Safe Tdiiway of Experience by tht- II -a Thomas H. Iteel, in Aici Uin 'Ileview for October.. Too Actl" in Politics. V AMIINUTOX, Oct. 3. Attorney t: f--nr Uan:;on i absent from Wash I on a :id w ill probably not retn rn lcf .: - 'V -dncsd.-vy. one on'-duty jn ti.e .il-partm-i.t will admit or deny rh it ?h- tc:iv j'articijJation in the v i ii? f A -s'-tant Attornev Gen era1 Roy, of Hrojkls'u, r.is . be-n bi?.fgtjf to f lie attention of the Gov ern'; ni'.'t Mi Ko s ca-, ist. of course on all fmrs wiin rhat of District At tori.ey L-tjsjt""s t Virginia, removed. hy AtU'triey fi -nTa! Harmon, except Mr. I-tsiter jx.litical activity is, sM.'.ijei in ti,i or :ne cause oi Hr it? "!! iI!vr inst.'ad of iu the c-; ve if v.-nml moi;ev, - - Oir .-t District AttonVft are under m the Uu aJs. and a delegation of Wet Vti,4:jUti4S r-tv n fowi tday seeku. the o.TIcia! sc. Ij - of District Attor ney Hrrnarf attl Assistant Di?nct At t4n.e Crouch, both of nftoiu ar at work, for Hryan nd . .evaU. Mr. Croucli is t!i rafididate nf that larty for the Jmleshtp of tb'- Seventh Ju dicial district. The Attern-sy General called for the re-dgiratlon of Mr. Crouch jiome time as, but so far has not re ceived the deired communication. The request I based on Mr. Crouch refusal to withdraw from hlf Candida ey for the State oSlce. Tb vuitiug delgsvtion called at th Depart meut of JuMP today, and in the absence of Attorn) General Harmon transacted their business with his rtprosetitative, SffHtor f-neral Conrad. Jvx-v IveU in Fran are to the I effect that then have bwn farther oat- J break cf !awiens to Madagascar. invasion more dangerous to our wet STATE NEWS. Johu. llobinsonV circu.- tent was blown over, at Kliialv-th City TueIay' ' Governor Carr ofTei $150 reward for the arrest of Clint Van Hay, of Iredell county, charged with the murder of William Bolden. ' Mr. Josephus Daniels, Democratic National Committee, has returned to Raleigh after" hts tour through New York and the New England Stater with Mr. Hryan. Mr. Charles L. Coon retires from the Lincoln Democrat. Mr S. (t. Ilnley succeeds hfm The I)emerat now supportR the action of the Democratic Executive Committtce. At Chaf.'J Hill tht campus Is a sad scene. Twenty-one oaks wliich have made the historic p.-ace famous for its beauty are strewn over the ground, having been torn up by the roots by the hurricane ot Tuesday. There was a queer a flair at Payette ville last Friday. A white man mir ried a beautiful girl and just as the ceremony was ended the groom was arrested at the. instance of hi brother, charged with stealing an axe, taking it to Fayctteville and selling it and with the proceeds t the sale buying the marriage license, etc. Fire along the nvt r .front at Wilr miogtou Tuesday .tiitit destroyed sev enil naval stores, sheds and wharves, with some 8,X0 Ii.rrels- of rtjiii aud a few csvks 'of j-pit- of turpentine. The loss is stimated at about $2.i,000; fully insured Th. Swetilish barquen tine, Verdani. witi a :argo of 2tC. lKirrels of rctf.;u for Manchester, En gland, lying at one of the wharves, burned to the wafers: edge. and sank. The News sas n woman named Nannie Lee. of Charlotte, tried to com mit Suicide 'Wednesday morniug, by shooting herself. The byl,lrt enteral her sale, taking. with it several broken places of corset steel and loJgel aiinst a rib. Tht bullet ami piece of corset were extracted and the woman is expected to recover. The News says the woman hail a juarrtl with her lover, Dan Troutmau, that morn ing, aud aftei it she wetit - outsidu and shot herself. The only 'rson she would assign for 'the tlced was that she was tired of living.. A spx-?ial, to the Nws ari l Observer tells of the work ot the torm at Itox lMjr: . .The large pri?e liouse of Foil shee Mod Stp!ens,r CMita;.riir.gr alut. lt?,tKX worth of. tine tobacco, was cothplefely detnol;sh-d- An adjoining prizery of J . J. I brock was als; sw-pt away. The AlU c-ruv pt izery wt like wisu blown entirely down, even carry ing with if the hru-k ' t?iderwofk". T! lare fcur story pr?e hue of th AmerfcriU Tobacco- Company and two prized t of J. A. I-ong were -also th.i ken from their ba . one -losing .. it rovf iitul the other ,-. being so dilCKrattd asfo render thr'; dnttgerous. It l. thought Uiey wil; nave to be rebuilt. One of the churche ws severely. datu rvgd by f h fa!Htg of a tree across tfse ro"f. Th dpo wr partially"" nn rrS.v, The totn! P in estimated at about $20,WX. '. Sir? of thlo i cv en! bv tornado ?mn ranee. tod l rtuttfc. The town of Hacha.nan U on the New York & Albany pout road, three miles south of IN kkll). A very young mat went lj the public tiiiijl there a few days a" varing twtuty o:jtto button on his coat flout, and a uiany on the The iusctip- tiot on 4iue of thtsin were rattier jitaithng for IiucLauin: k "You make m; tired." "It' get marrkiL' If you Io e Uit, grin.' Mary had a little calf.' "Who threw iiiUh In pfts ey vm. Doe toottie love wootier Vhatt' VHP The board of education of Buchan an held a meeting and ordered that no scholar wearing mot to but ton like these tball be admiUed to the public chooL But tWy may wear button with the portrait of the X'reIdentU candidat orwiUi patriotic or politi cal mottoe. Britiih officials hive beta ixupcetlng the gold field lying within tba tcrrl. tory now In dispute between Vene- J me!a and Great Britain.
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