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HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1896.
KDIIBER 45
TVA1USUT0X LETTER.
From oar Rt-ealar Correspondent.
Washington, Nov. 9. Had it been
Xx5sible for the voters to Lave seen
one week before election the remarka
ble demonstration of the revival ot
. public confidence which has come
from every section of the country
since the election of Maj. McKinley,
there is no doubt that McKinley and
H obart's popular majority would have
been a million greater than it is. Re
publicans had no doubt that appre
hension, caused by the fear of those
who controlled money that all ouf
standards of value might be upset had
.. done more to paralyze business than
"any other one thing, and they so told
the people from every stump and
through the columns of every Repub
lican paper. They convinced many,.
' but if the starting up of idle mills and
manufactories and the inauguration
of great enterprises involving vast ex
penditures and the employment of all
the unemployed could have taken
place before the election a million
more would have been convinced and
would have voted for real prosperity
instead of for a chimera.
Howdver, it was only by waiting un
til a restoration of Republican control
executive and legislative, was abso
lately assured that the great business
interests of the country, the prosperity
of which involves the prosperity of all
our people, could show to the world
the faith felt in the wisdom of the Re
publican party. The Republican who
does not feel bis heart swell with pride
merely to belong to an organization
which can inspire such faith must be
cold blooded indeed. The news col
umns of the press since the election of
McKinley and Hobart was announced
have by printing the cold facts about
the actual, not prospective, revival in
almost every part of the country and
iu almost every line of industry and
business, paid the highest tribute of
praise to the Republican party ever
paid to any political' organization in
any country iu the history of the
world.
It is now for th Republicans to show
to the world that this tribute was .de
served. No one who is familiar with
the life and record of Presideut-elect
McKinley and of those of the Republi
cans elected to the fifty-fifth Congress
and those holding seats in the- Senate
can entertain a doubt on that subject.
With President McKinley to suggest
' and Speaker Reed, the Republican
majority iu the House, and the hoped
for Republican majority In the Senate,
to execute, the legislation will be sueh
as will expand and make permanent
the business booui which started the
hour Republican success was assured,
and which will, it is " confidently be
VMievcd continue to grow and grow un
til the country enjoys a long era-of the
greatest prosperity iu his history. And
one of the good things about it wili be
that the misguided popocrata who
tried so nard to prevent Republican
success will be equal sharers in the
the general prosperity. It ought to
make them see things as they really
are, instead of as they are represented
by demagogues who try to trade upon
' hard times' and public credulity.
That fcomu appointments of impor
tance will be tendered to gold Demo
crats for their assistance in the cam
paign i probable, but 1 have talked
with no Republicans who believe that
they will include a cabinet positiou.,
The diplomatic service offers opportu
nities. A man h;s only to be a patri
otic A:iiricia tu represent his coun
try satisfactorily abroad, but a mem
ber of the cabinot must be in sympa
thy with all the policies of the head of
the .administration uDder which he
serves, or he disarranges machinery
which ought to run smoothly to get
the Uvt results: . ,
rvL.ator Quay stopped in Washing-.
tii long enough while on his way to
. Florida, where he will fish aud rest
uutil Congress meets, to express the
opiuion that there was & probability
that the Hotise Emergency Tariff Bill.
Iasse4 at the iat fusion and held up
in the Senate by the refusal of some of
the Republican silver senators to sup
port it unless h tree coinage amend
ment was attached, might be taken up
uud pulsed at ihe coming session.
Senator Quay did not enter,, into de
tailsbe seldom does as to why he
thought the bill might be passed. It
is supposed that he thinks, as many
others do, that the Republican silver
aeuators, seeing the absolute itnpoesi.
bility of securing silver legislation, wiil
vote for the bill which would, if enac
ted into a law, provide the govern
ment with revenue enough to mike
the receipt more than equal the ex
penditures. While Mr, Cleveland has
never saip that he would sign this bill,
the impression is general that he would
veto it 80 that if passed by the 8eu
ate, it is reasonably certain to become
a law.
Senator Butler, the Populist chair-.
man.rather rubbed it in on the Dem
ocrats When he issued ' an address to.
the country putting all the blame for
defeat on them, and asserting that the
Populists will be the principal oppo
nents of the Republicans In UKX). . The
address lias made the Democrats hop
ping mad, but Butler thinks them of
so little consequence now that he
doesn't care.
TO LEASE A RAILROAD.
Stockholder's Mooting of the AUMtk and
North CaroUaa CalUd.
Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 4. A meet
ing of the stockholders of the Atlantic
and North. Carolina Railroad is adver
tised to be held in Newberhe Monday.
This road runs from Golds bo ro to
Morehead City, a distance of ninety-
six miles. At Goldsboro it makes con
nection with the Southern and the
Atlantic. Coast Line. This State owns
two-thirds ot the stock.
The meeting is called for the express
purpose of leasing theToad to a num
ber of local men, but it is understood
that these gentlemen will make a con
tract with the Southern to operate
the road. Gov. Carr, who appoints
the proxy to vote the State's interest,
is strongly in favor of the lease, be
cause he says a rental of six per cent
on the capital stock can be obtained,
and this is more than the road is ma
king. Another reason for the pro
posed lease is that the control of the
road wiil pass into the bauds of the
Republican Governor, Russell, after
next June, and Governor Carr wants
to deprive Russell of this patronage.
The News and Observer of this city
the Democratic organ, is intensely
hostile to the lease, and will bitterly
oppose this action and.denouneo Gov.
Carr for favoring it.
FULL WORKING TIME fccSTCRSD.
Ono Reautt of tb lsu of the Oiccturn,
i ,. .
Pittsburg, Nov. 4. For about
three years the skilled workmen em
ployed ;in the Pennsylvania Railroad
shops between Pittsburg and Altoona,
have been working only five days in
the week, and only eight hours a day.
This morning the General Superin
tendent of the division issued an order
restoring all shopmen to work full
time, at six or seven days a week,, as
desired by the men at twelve hours a
day,, a'nd at an advance in their wages
of 10 cents per day ail around.
Notice to the above effect was pos
ted at 6 o'clock this morning in the
Twenty-eighth and Thirty- third Street
shops. As a result, COO idle men, who
had anticipated the turn of affairs
were on hand and weiit to work. " To
morrow the order will go into effect at
the Wells and Altoona shops, H. W.
Chandler, General Secretary of the
Penusylxania Railroad department of
the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion, stated that the above order is
the result of yesterday's election.
Inquiry at the office of General
Agent Robert Ritcairu failed to secure
a confirmation of the report. The in
formation, they say, must wuie from
Altooua.
KENTUCKY IS n KLNLEVS.
He U $4 in ihe Leif Sm cf Yale
Thrown Oat ia the Count.
Louiayillk. Ky., Nov. T ilcKia
count uot yet com pie t--.!. B-"Iit- it
changes to, be made by . the official
count, thec . figures tuiy jT ce,:
by trouble io Campbell county, vrbere
two, r.revincts have already leen
thrown out for irregularities, and four
otbers which gave McKinley Urge
majority may be thrown onz because
the electiou officers burned the poll
books after making out their return.
The official count in Jefferson has In
creased McKinley V plurality in the
Fifth district to 2,311. . Tu Eleventh
district now Uow& t p'ur .iiy ot H.
C&C for McKinley. .
GET TWO MORE IiOADS.
ADDITIONAL. PROPERTIES HOW CON
TROLLED BY THE SOUTHERN.
EiUadi iu Cooacctloas Further No
Asrrtnot Reached At t tb Trns
portaUou of Immigrants.
The Southern Railway Company, it
is believed, through parties in its in
terest, has acquired - possession of an
other valuable property, the Marietta
and North Georgia, which has passed
into the hands of a corporation known
as the Atlanta, Knoxville, and North
ern Railway Company, three of whose
director reside in the city of New
York.
It would perhaps be speaking more
nearly correct to say that the property
will be valuable, as it has not proven
a very remunerative stock in the past,
and has just emerged from the hands
of receivers, to oo which it was mate
rially assisted by the New York par
ties already referred to.
The Marietta and North Georgia is
205 miles in length, and extends from
Atlanta to Murphy, at both of which
cities it connects with the main lines
of the Southern railway, and at the
latter point will afford the Southern a
new route of its own via" Asheville, N.
C. to Atlanta, and for the South.
The Marietta and North Georgia
has been in the hands of the court for
about five years. The new purchasers
have paid about $552,000 on the prop
erty, or rather more than half the
purchasing price agreed upon.
The directors of the new company
comprise Messrs. Henry K. McHarg,
General " Monroe Porter and Walter
Ferguson, of New York; E. C Spald
ing, of Atlanta; Joeph McWilliams
and J. B. Glover, of Marietta, and B.
A. Denmark,' of Savannah.
The officers are: Henry K. Mc
Harg, New York, president; E. C.
Spalding, vice-president; Atlanta; H.
W". Oliver, secretary-treasurer and
auditor, Marietta, Ga. ; Joseph McWil
liams, general manager, Marietta; W.
G. Bradley, general freight and pas
senger agent, aoxville. Teiin.; Alex
ander and Victor Smith, general coun
sel, Atlanta. President McHarg is
also 'Vice-President of the Manhattan
Bank, New Yoik, and of the Texas
Central Railway Company. - Gen.
Horace Porter has just resigned lhe
yiee-presidency of the Pullman palace
Car Company. Mr. Ferguson is a
New York contractor and capitalist.
Mr. Spalding is general manager of
the Southern Iron CarCoiuiany. Mr.
Glover was for years receiver and
manager of the Marietta and North
Georgia. Mr. McWilliams is a practi
cal railroad man, formerly with the
Texas Central. Mr. Denmark is a
lawyer of Savannah and president of
the Southwestern Railroad Company.
Purchase has likewise been made
also, it is believed, in the interest of
the Southern of the Middle Tennessee
and Alabama railroad, which extends
from Shelbyville, Tenn., to Decatur,
Ala. The gentleman in whose name
the sale vas affected was Mr. Joseph
Dickson, who is likewise the receiver
of what is known as the St. Louis,
Chicago, and St: Paul line, extending
from St. Louis to Springfield,' III.
Mr. Dickson acquired all the first
mortgage bonds of the Mi-idle Ten
tiri,?? i.u J A!.. m r-k. and a. majority
of the second mortgage bouds and
stock.
The Middle Tennessee and Alabama
was organized early in as uc-
c?sor to the Decatur. C he. peak e and
New Orleans Railway Company, and
was completed January 1st, of the
present year from Bonneville, Teun..
to the Alabama-Tennessee tate line.
a ,l:M.t:iee of thirtv-four mile. The
) dNMrje from Shelbyville to Decatur
sity- ?ht miles. It i laid with
;. a sieet ran, ana nas a
, ir ;).- of foir feet and cine inches
. I ,t HUthorized capital tock of
7,0 h and the funded debt con
e si-d of O'O.OOO first mortgage, 5 per
er!t. iHTid , and second mortgage
b-jt:d 1$ the. amount; o; 2S,ou0., ier
mile, to !-r no interest for the first
rir ml i-rr c-nt. thereafter.
The dlr-Htor of the company are
LleTs&fa; J. dud Simmonf, lhuil
IjoM. Jr., id David Wikox, New
York: Gam-t A. Hobart, Paterson. N
Robert D. 'Warren, Fayetteville,
Teun.; Kft Caldwell, Shelbyville,
1.i,n nn. John T New !lv
1 ratur, Ai, .
It is laied that thr arrangement
which the Southern and various oth
er road tried to bring about with the
Southern Pacific, which had for its
object the harmonious adjustment of
differences relative to the carrying of
immlgr&nts, and which has been a
bone of contention between the big
east and west lines of railway for
many j-ears, cannot be carried, out,
and it is feared that the prespects for
peace are very r mote.
It is said that the recent conference
held on the subject in New York be
tween the various executive 9fflcers
having jurisdiction in the matter de
veloped that the demands of the
Southern Paaific were considered by
the representatives of the other roads
so unreasonable that they, could not
be complied with. The western roads,
it is said, wanted the Southern Pacific
to join them in an arrangement for a
division of the traffic This, the
Southern Pacific representatives were
not willing to do.
They demanded that the - western
roads should consent to give the same
commissions to Southern Pacific
agents as they paid to their own
agents, not only on business handled
by the Southern Pacific to points on
its own line, but also on business to
intermediate points on western roads.
it is understood, replied that they
could better afford to go out of the
business entirely than to give the
Southern Pacific all the profits there
were ih it. ,
Finding no arrangement could be
made with the Southern Pacific, the
wectern lines decided' to no longer
follow the Southern Pacific in paying
excessive commissions to immigrant
agents, and place all responsibility for
continued demoralization in rates on
that road.
The report circulated a few days ago
that the eastern trunk lines had de
cided to dispense w'th New York im
migrant agents entirely was incorrect,
and their services will be retained to
prevent them from helping the South
ern Pacific
A proposition ha., however, been
made by steamship companies who
bring large number of immigrants to
this country to deal directly with the
eastern aud western roads and . give
them all their business, bat this was
not agreed to.
The Southern Railway Company
has completed arrangements for run-'
ning solid trains between Washington
and New Orleans, and a Pullman
sleeper between Washington and Gal
veston, Texas, end the plan will go
into effect in a few days. This deal is
a little ahead of any traffic arrange
ment, so far as passengers are con
cerned, that has ever heretofore been
entered into by any railroad company
in the United States, and whea inuu
gurated will mark the first time that a
sleeper has come from a Texas point
across the Mississippi river, thence to
an eastern city, or vice versa.
Apropos of the rapid strides that
the Southern is making in transport
ing passengers and freight betwvrn
ail sections of this country, it. is stated
that President Spencer of that rom
pany is the only man in the United
States who can travel from the Atiao
tic to the Pacific aod from the Gulf f
Mexico to the gret lake of the nortt
on car liu in which he is a director
and without the necessity of iykin;
any one lor a pas or paying hi fare
Mr. Spencer is now. beside teiu
president ot the Southern and als ot
various lines saSiiiated with that vs
tm. a director, in the new Philadfl
phin. and Reading, Chicago, Milwnu
ke, and St. Paul. Great Northern.
Northern Pacific, Wisconsin Central,
and . other roads too nutneroui t
mention.1' Washington Star.
Lhxiiiio.v, Ky.. Nov. 7. Rlack
buru s wire worker will probably hit
upon n)iu scheme to disqualify one? or
two Republican members of the legi
Uture. They have already trumpnl
up charge against two members, and
if they keep them from taking their
seats the Republican will not have a
majority.
In this -veut Col. Rrrckinridge U
Lting put iorraj-d by hi friend aj 'a
eunlidale for United States Senator,
upvu vhoiu tne sound money Demo
craU and Republicans can unite.
.Mr. Brvckinridne declined to be in
wrviewvd tonight aud will not say
what answer he will make to the Im
poriumtle of hi friend to become a
candidate. ,
CATAWBA REPUBLICAN
CELEBRATE,
Traitors Read Oat Of The 'Party.
UNAM.-IOLS VOTB AQAIS TttCit
No CoapromlM WUh 0aiocrsUf Allkf
A large number of the llepubliciii
ot Catawba coudty met in Hickory
with the McKinley, Hobart and Re sell
Club No. 1, on the night of Nov.
9th. 160C, to celtbrate the victory xrc:
in the Nation on Nov 3rd. On mo
tion Mr. Andrew L. Ramsour xr:
called to the chair, and U. C. McCct:!
was chosen as Secretary. A comnitt:
of five was appointed on motion b
the Chair to draft Resolutions- for the
consideration of the meeting. Com
mittee was on motion- composed of I
N. West, Chairman, C. Robert Brady,.
A. Y. Sigmon, J. A. Bolch, and Win.
Miller. The . committee retired, and.
after being absent one-half hoar, re
ported the following Preamble and
Resolutions which Were read and
adopted without a single di&sentir:;:
voice, to-wit:
Whereas, At the election held on
Nov. 3rd, 1896, when the interests of
the Republican party in the Nation,
State and county were at stake, three
men, who haye been for years posing
as Republicans, to wit P. M. Hllde
brand, Alphonso : C. Uildebrand and'
A. B. llildebrand did basely, betray
the Republicans of this county, as
they had for weeks and days, before
said election, canvassed in person, ono
or the other of them, the whole of
Catawba county, and used every means
in their power to defeat the Fusion
ticket in this county, to the support
of which the Republicans of the coun
ty were firmly held and bound, and
which they proposed to support faith
fully. The aforesaid Hildebrands
used every art of deception which they
were capable, prixticing these arts up
on the Chairman of our State Com
mittee, and the Chairman' of our
county committee, and further upon
the true and tried Republicans of Ca
tawba county, using every eJort to de
feat the will of the Republicans ' and
Populists of this county. They is
sued, and Lad used bogus tickets, and
advised the Republicans to scratch the
tickets, as prepared and sent out, in
order to gratify their, hatred and
malice. Their work was not to elect
Republicans but Democrats to office
in this county. They have thus prov
en themselves enemies to the Repub
lican cause. Therefore,
Resolved, 1st, That we a part of the
Republicans of Catawba county, who
voted the straight and undefiled lie-
publican Ticket, at the election on
Nov. Srd ltjiMJ, do hereby renounce all
party affiliations with the said P. if.
Uildebrand, Alphonso C. llildebrand
and A. B. llildebrand and hereby
notify tltem, and all the Republican.?
of this county, that we do uot proposa
hereafter to affiliate with them in any
conventions, or any other meeting of
true Republicans.
Resolved, 2nd. That a copy of the?
Resolutions be wut to' our State
Chairman and to Sea. J. C. Pritchard
Aleo that a copy be furnished the
Hickory. Prk and Mercury with
request to pubhah, and that the
Charlotte Observer be alo requeateil
to publish We further ask the Re
publicans, in every. Township to get
together, and express their opinion of
t he men, and their conduct and to
do this at an early day and Kcd
copies of the Uuie to the Sec. cf
County Ex Coiamitlt-e
H. C. McCali A. i. UAiuont,
Seeretary. Chainn.
Nhw Have:?, Conn.. Nor, 5. Th
hardware manufactory of the Sargtnl
in this city has started up on full time
and with a fall force The factory,
which employs 2,300 men. is the .'.lar
gest in the city, if not in the State,
it was established by Jo. H. Hargent,
candidate for Governor on the .'Beino.
cratic ticket, and h t las continual
its leading spirit. Tle action of the
SaxgruU in starting up their factory.
i attributed to confidence in return
ing prosperity. '
The factory ha bet n runniug thrt
or four days a wek fyrsveral months
Davidson county wrnt -' Repubiicar
by a majority ranging from 0 to iV..