VOLUME I. NUMBER 44.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1893.
PRICE $1.00 A YEAR.
Table of Contents.
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Htf BCRlAl A lT MXAJTDtt.
Tt IxBorrvuL ass SoejuiSokml
i l ajc At. irruuT.
Tat PAiMvrm State ab tm Saukm
Bcsctes.
Tic Cixttaiss Dot.
f?0. 000,000 SaTEBv
Watr DAcr Mux.
jtrrotM Davbv.
Uk Vocla Not AerarT.
w.rTACTCE w Noerni Casouxa.
A Tmip Oct w Bitiuit Caxxa Tuw-
MUP.
UHnHninct
IsTcrrm Get res u the Sorra.
rrtf racx
Bow to DotsqT Ccr-WoajTA.
Ho Wexm STEAL Plast run.
Farx Notts.
I art rS
RaLIfciB AXD VTaKL
CtMMtxxaurr or m Raleks Mux
Acadcst.
PtUlVAL ajtd Social.
PtACX Ijotttctt Oowwuwt.
Mranrr to Mixna
Aixtxu m Jocsjrrr.
PVWTYAJTESS axd Txxcu.
Ir I Saoci Dts To X kit.
AjBonxm Secret Pastt.
ctoat Omxxtaxcs Aoau.
ArrcmRxAcOATmiAJcmTor8(ii(!icm
Cm Maxut Rxroars.
New AomTButsn
Tax Oimuma. with much show of
wcdit sod bad spirit, says that J. C
Lysa never wrote a line for that paper.
Tat ftmMm'iifwJ JYMOJsHaf CArv
! sats that the plaid trust, embracing
about 44 Southern ralUA, will suspend
production Jane 31, f or a period not yet
determined.
Tut commencement exercise of sever-
important institution oat been beJd
mm oar Ut Woe, reports of which we
woaU be pleased to fire oar reader in
fall, bat we yield oar Apace to the tribute
to the memory of Jefferson Davb, tbe
President of the Confederate States.
Nne of tbeae commencementa, however,
we shall notice Uter.
IT b vow reported thAt Lewis-Morris
t to be tbe PoetlAoreate instead of
John Raskin, aa ni at first reported.
Tab soay or may not be true. Bat ooe
thing Ia tnte. Lrwb Morrb knott great
prC tie b a painstaking maker of
(uaaaQ place vena, nothing more. Eat
tab dum not seem to make much differ
ent ta tbe laureate basins: not all of
a prwiereaoort bare breo larks and
sighting!. A twitter will do qaite at
aa a clarion snag.
It b eminently proper that tbe re
maiaaof Jeffenoa Davb should repose
la Richmond, tbe capital nfy of tbe late
iVnfederacy. There was tbe eceoe of
lb greatest events of hb life, it aaw hb
highest hope and deepest despair, hb
triumph and hb defeat. It waa there
that hb genius waa eabmilted to itA
Mttrat UaU and there be reached tbe
acme of hb tamo. Virginia" a soil waa
the principal bat tie-Acid of that great
war and her toil Ahould receire and
otfredlf pweerte hb daet.
o HATTxa bow gooa a nnaacUJ y-
tm we haw. the Solh will be kept poor
a long aa K b drmtOOTl to pay aodraerr
icg peoaMoera, Tbe PopalbU promiml
ta pay arrears of penaioae to all eotdiera;
the RrpabLkana prombed to give Aoldiert
ierythicg they wanted; Ibe DeeaorraU
pmmbnj to reform the penaioo roDaand
gtTe oaty to thane who were needy and
downing. Tbe Democrata are redeeot
lag their prombeo. In ooe oVcbion Fee
retary Uoke Smith coU off twenty million
doJlan a year. That " the way tbe IVra-
ocratie party falfllb iu pledgao.
IIU Bl'KlAL AHD ITS MKAMIKG.
Tbe fint foordartof thb week were
actable ooo la tbe hbtory of tbe 800th.
The lart ead hooora haea breo paid to tbe
rreat leader of a great canae Jefferson
ttaib. It waa a fitting tribate. He de
terred U and ia aa eminent degree, lie
1 weed tbose characierbtks which
maakind delicht to hooor. Thb the
Siatb haa dooe; bat la doing so It m
no dialoTaUr to tbe Union. It waa no
exhibition of hatred, no attempt to renew
Again the aaUgoniame of XM past, no
deair to stir anew the bitter waters of
strife. Tbeae bsaea are dead, let them
remain so.
Tai feeling marks aa era ia oar na
tional Ufa. Tea years ago tbe blatant
orator and sensations newspaper would
hav fanned to a white beat the ires of
sectional hatred and smooldering saspi
don. To-day no liberal-minded Northern
man win seek to coat odium npoo tbe
Noolh for lb as boooring her bra Teat and
acot gifted. Frota tbe potoexao to tbe
Golf the men wbo watched and fooght,
the women who worked and wept tboa-
taade hara rbea np to honor tbe mem
ory of their great leader, and no booora-
Ue man woold hare prrrented them If he
could.
The orrqaioo, was oo for greatness and
BAjraaaimity; eertfawtsl biUernea had no
piece ia it. It was absolutely without
p-itkal aigniVanoa. Tbe eoraaoniea
were the spontaneooa morecoeet of a
tub ixDrsrrmiAX. ajcd
school.
NOBUIAL
grstefal and free people to show their ad
euratioa and lore for the greatest man
Aacog theca.
The people of tbe Sooth are loyal.
They accept the result of the war ia good
fth. Bat they mereoos tbe heroes of
tbrir caass and the North should rejoice,
the honor of American manhood, that
ach b the ease, otherwba Lba men of
the South would bo a crsrea raos of
,1-errera. They eotoe not to resar
t bat to bury Owar.
Thb banal marks the final layiog-avay
of the last groat figrro ia that great
caa.
The NoarH Cjlmouxum endorses the
and management of the State In
dustrial and Normal School at Greens
boro. The resolutions of tbe Board of
Directors printed below pat any qoxtion
of mismanagement or inefficiency beyond
doubt. Tbe (Mnmeocement Exenrisea
reflected the highest credit a poo tbe in
rtitation, bring at tbe same time a de
monstration of the individual talent of
the students and a .proof of the CMpncity
and seal of those who are training them.
Prof. U clrer b the right man ia the right.
maa ia the right place, and feels a natu
ral and proper pride in the great work be
b doing for North Carolina and her
daughters, already too long neglected.
Thb institution deserrea the fostering
core of the people of North Carolina. It
b doing a great work. It is educating
the danghtrrs and teachers of the land,
many of wboea, bat for thb, would nerrr
be educated at all. It b the pledge of
new generation oc e&Iignteneu and de
rated men and women, and we heartily
depreciate any attempt to bring discredit
opoa thb meritorious and benifioent pub
lic institution and its management. No
maa ean build himself np by tearing
others dowa.
Tbe following are tbe reoolatious pass
ed by tbe Board of Directors in answer
to certain attacks that bare recently
been made apon tbe school snd its
management:
"WHtaXA certain intimation have.
from time tA time, been made in tbe
North Carolina TVocAer. and by "Ob-
serrrr" in the Biblical Rtorder of Hay
10th, 1893, against tbe financial man
acemeot of tbe Normal and Industrial
School; therefore be it
cesoevrf, 1. That tbe unanimous re
port of the auditing committee, com
posed or a. r. Atcoc. k. u. uumeranu
M.G 8. Noble, wboearcfailr and thor
oughly examined tbe books and Touchers
of E. J. Forner, treasurer of tbe board
and bursar of tbe institution, who is
under bond, shows that every receipt
and expenditure has been accurately re
corded in the books for tbe purpose, and
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that tbe expenditures were all lor proper
and lawful purposes.
"3d. That tbe board or Directors
hare fall confidence in President Me
iver'sdeaire and ability to carry out the
ADtrit of the law as to tbe course of
study, under tbe directions of tbe board,
and he b doing so according to our inter
pret at ion of the statute.
"Srd. That any intimation 01 utsr.on-
esty In the management of tbe fioaoccs
of tbe institution b utterly groundles
and haa no foundation in fact.
4th. That tbe report submitted to tbe
General Aasembly upon which the charges
of mismanagemeot of the finances of tbe
school are based, waa not intended to
show the receipts and disbursements of
tbe scholastic year beginning CX-toir
Sib. ISM.
Tbe said report, which ass adut4ed
December tOih. at a meetiuir of
the Board of Directors called for that
purpose, was prepared vben Ibe school
was about sereoiy dajs old, and related
to tbe matter atfecting tbe erect kn ami
equipment of tbe baUdinra. and that
such was tbe intention of thb board will
appear to any one who will bonettly ex
amine the said report.
Paasrd by tbe Board of Directors at
Ureemboro, X. C. May 1. 1W
Jobs C SCAaaoaortiU.
President Board of Directors.
3fcK. Guuowtx,
Secretary Board of Directors.
W. P. Shaw.
R. II. STAXt1U,
M.C8. Noslk.
B. F. Araict,
II. G. Chatham,
K. D. GtLMKB,
A. a McALfSTEK.
THE CHIEFTAIH'S DUST.
TUE LOTIXU TRIBUTE OF JTORTU
CAKOLIXA TO THE REJf AI3S
OP THE CO.IFEOEBACVS
HONORED LEADER.
Large Floral Offerings.
The Boay of Jeffenoa Davis Ltesii
Mate at t&e Capitol Tea Thouaaaa
Peerle Pay Tneir Trihste r
Lwe aaa RcvpectTae XmI
Isitas; DesMoMratioa
Erev Witoemra: in the
City al Raleixh.
Jefferson Davb U dead but hb memory
yet lives and stirs tbe Southern heart, and
thb week Southerners hare Yied with
oath other in laying tribute to hb mem
pco;Ie of North CarvJina have been
proud of this Last opjirtuoiiy ot sttowm
th4r love and respect for the dead chief
tain. Thousands of her loyal sons and
fair daughters gathered in KjJeigh Turn-
day to look for a moment with bared
beads and reverential hearts upon tbe
handsome ca&ket containing the body of
the leader of tbe Iot, but not forgotten,
cause. It was a day of tender memories,
a day never to be forgotten.
THK FUNERAL TRAIN
The funeral train, Mever.il hours behind
time, arrived at the Union depot at 1:10
o chek. For hours previous the streets
bad been filled with expectant people.
There was very little manning of troops,
the drums were muffled ami no martial
airs were heard. Fluttering crepe could
be seen everywhere.
Tbe train was composed of eight cars,
including a baggage car, sleeping car,
dining car, etc. Tbe funeral car was the
third from the engine. With its large
observation windows it was peculiarly
adapted to the purpose, and gave every
one a view 01 toe neavy ousen casket
mounted on a high catafalque in the
centre. About tbe casket were banked
flowers ami ererereens, the tender offer
ing of loving hearts, in densest profusion
and choicest design. The car was paint
ed red, the interior finished in pine with
out dj upholstering. Tbe floor was a
light bUie color, the catafalque was three
and. a half feet high, and a dozen feet
long. There was no furniture in tue car
except a dozen cane-bottom chairs used
by the guard or nonor.
bowed, eyes were moist and strong men
were not ashamed of it. The streets
were lined with people, while windows
and all possible vantage points of ob
servation -were utilized. All along the
way', the solemn mourning decorations
fluttered in the breeze.
'The order of the procession, as formed
h Chief Marshal Thos. S. Kenan, was
aoiiows:
At the head was a platoon of police,
led by Chief of Police Chas. D. Ileartt
Following were the military TbeFayette
ville Independent Light Infantry, the
OP LOCAL INTEREST.
Two decision of Secretary Hoke Smith
that saves the people between fifteen atd
twenty million dollars a year has local
interest fur our readers. Tbe decision
was rendered in the ca.e of Chas. T.
Bennett, aa Indiana volunteer, who al
leged that while in service and iu line of
duty at Raleigh, N. C, about June 1st,
1863, he was prostrated by a sun-stroke.
from which resulted a disease of tbe
head and loos of hearing.
Was the weather hot in .Raleigh at
that time? Let our "oldest inhabitant
refresh hb memory and tell us.
THE PA LR El TO STATE AND THE
. SALOON BCSI-fEXS.
South Carolina will go into the retail
liquor business on the 1st of July. Got.
Tillman has just laid in a big supply of
bug juice and proposes to make for the
State ia Increased revenues during the
next year $500,000, or 11 on every gal
loo of whiskey sold. Nothing will be
sold ia package of leas than one-half
pint.
AH liquors must be of the purest qual
ity. The price of the cheapest b S3 a
gallon? 73 cents a quart and 20 cents a
half pint, Thb will of course prove tbe
moil popular brand.
Tbe dispensaries are to be aitaated in
such counties as may petition for them
through a majority of its freehold voters.
They will be under the serrilance of the
county constable or some officer appoint
ed for the purpose and must be closed at
I o'clock every evening.
Applicants for the goods dispensed at
these establishments most sign an appli
cation stating the amount and kind de
sired. No ooe will be allowed to sign
more than ooe application a day.
The adrantagra claimed for thb sys
tem of liquor dealing are that it will
break np drinking to excess, prevent the
cumreit atioo ot crowds around toe bar-
w ... . re a a 1 . ,
rooms, mitigate xne erus 01 we saioou
trrit . prevent the public disorder and
troublea incident to intoxication. But
the crincipal thing claimed for it by Mr.
TlU-oaa b that it will increase the reve
nues of the State. Both the method
: ployed nod the object to be gained
appear to aa very qijesuouaote. - toe
whole scheme seems more like a plan to
encourage drinking for the raising of
rereoue rather than its auppreaaioo.
Should it succeed la doing this iU pro
moters will doubtless point at it aaa
great trtaxnpa or. paxcrnaasm. 10 say
the least. It b of doobtf ul economy and
Tory q-teatiocAli as to Its moral effects.
w
stone steps of the Western portico into
the building a special choir of young
ladies, selected for the purpose, standing
on the portico above sang Pieyel's hymn.
Thb choir was under the direction of
W. S. Primrose.
While the multitude stood in silence
and reverence with bared and bowed
heads Dr. If. M. Marshall, rector of
Christ Church, pronounced in most im
pressive manner the following invoca
tion: - "O Lord, our heavenly Father, the high
and mighty Ruler of the Universe, who
$20,000,000 SAVED.
SECRETARY HOKE SMITH REN.
DERS AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
Deservias; Peasieoera Net Iajarea, Bat
the Uaaeservtac Get a Blear Be
; tweea the Eyes.
country in the bonds of . harmony and
concord and brotherly love. Defend our
liberties. Preserve our unity. Save us
from violence, discord and confusion,
rrom arroeancy and every evil way.
Fashion into one happy people the mul
titudes brought nituer out of many kin
dreds and tongues. Endue our rulers
with the spirit of wisdom, to the end
that there be peace at home, and that
we keep a place among the nations of
the earth.
- in tne time of prosperity nil our
hearts with thankfulness, and in the day
or trouble, sutler not our trust in Thee
to fail.
"All which we ask for Jesus Christ's
sake. Ameu.
THK RKXIAKS IX 8TATK.
Other chants and hymns were sung. The
comned lorm was placed upon thecatazal-1
qne in tbe centre of the rotunda. A great j
st ream of humanity began to pour through
the building and linger in loving rever
ence about the bier. The rotunda was
one mass of evergreens and flowers, bur- j
demng the air with their sweet perfume.
The bier was covered with fresh and fra
grant no were brightening the dim.au bdued
light. Here in beauteous confusion was
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Editorial ComioMdeiire,
Wa&hinoton, IX C, May 29, D3.
1 All the talk here w of the famous de
cision of Secretary Hoke Smith in re
pealing order No. 184 which has been
the greatest cause for the wonderful in
crease in the pension roll for the last
two years.
It means a saving of fifteen to twenty
million dollars a year to the tax payers.
No wonder it caused talk! It u far-
reaching, too, and hereafter the pen
sioners will be required to prove that
they are , incapacitated for earning a
livelihood by reason of wounds received
in line ot battle, This marks a- new era
in pension aumimstratfoa ana auows
home, the other of North Carolina
Above and around the walls were hung
black and white draperies. "
southern blossom.
The ladies of the Memorial Association
had worked hard decorating the building
and the floral offerings were numerous
and beautif ul. Notable among these was
that of tbe State 01 KortnCaroIina rep
resenting a massive broken eolnmn with
a large Confederate flag in the foreground,
all executed in flowers. This, together
with the great seal ot the State made of.
flowers, was sent to Richmond, The La
dies1 Memorial Association had a beauti
ful design representing the gates Ajar:
over the arch ot the gate, in purple let
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lers, were me worus, --vur rresiueni.
The ladies of Wilmington sent a cross
splendidly executed in choicest flowers.
Perhaps one of the most appropriate
and touching floral tributes was that sent
by the ladies of KittrelL It was a pillow
of tastefully arranged evergreens in
which was traced in white the name of
the Southern hero.
THE FEATURE OF THE DAT.
The chief feature of the day was its
solemnity and the prevailing air of silence
and decorum. Everybody spoke in un
dertones. The sun shined but it did not
seem to laugh, its light was soft and sub
dued. There was no pushing or loud
talking. The men who wore tho gray
stood about in little groups and talked in
MISS VARINA
rTHB DAUOHTXR OT
As tbe train stopped the men and wo
men in waiting surged and crowded
about the funeral car to get a glimpse of
the casket. Others eatbercd near her
private car to see Miss Winnie Davis and
her married sbter, Mrs. ifXyes. Yet
there was no vulgar curiosity in thb de
sire and tbe eyes directed toward her
were filled with strong love aud admira
tion. Ttwre is a peculiar feeling in tbe
Southern heart for Miss Winnie. The
love of the Southern people for the
Davis family b displayed in the affection
ate name they have given her of "The
Daughter of the Confederacy, iney
came from the car escorted by Mayor
EUyson.
THE rvXERAL CARRIAGE.
The casket taken out through one of
the large observation windows was borne
on tbe shoulders of tbe pall-bearers to the
funeral camaee waiting at Martin street
depot entrance. The pall-bearers were:
Messrs. J. ttUey Jones, s. w. Walker,
N. S. Moseley, J. R. Rogers, R. H. Brad
ley. W.N. Snelling, D. O. Conn and Q.
L Hudson.
Near the carriage tbe military had
been drawn np in line, tbe men present
ing arms. The carriage wei drawn by
six powerful black horses covered with
bousing 01 blacK. By tbe side of the
ear walked the pail-bearers and members
of tbe North Carolina escort of honor.
On tbe car, one at each corner were
four little girls dressed in white with
black sashes and bearing furled Confed
erate dags. TLey were Misses Mary
ArmMtead Jones, r rancis Burton Hoke,
Ellen Devereux Hinsdale And Addie Boy
Ian Snow all daughters of veterans.
Upon tbe casket there were no flowers
or decorations noining save an old
furled Confederate battle-nag, pierced
by ballets and stained by time, a fitting
emblem and decoration. Tbe car was
drives by James 11. Jones, a colored
man, who had been a servant in the Davis
family. When President Drrb sent hb
family away from Richmond he sent thb
old servant with them. ,
THE FROCTSSJO.t
The inarch from the depot waa a
solemn one. -. The cortege moved slowly
people. Hats were lifted, heads were
ANNE DAVIS,
THE OONTKDSRA0Y."
Governor's Guard and the Henderson
and Durham companies. The military
was headed by the Pythian Band.
. The funeral car came next. Behind
that came the remainder of the proces-
I sion in the following order:
First Division President and execu
tive Committee of the State Confederate
Veteran's Association; Geo. W. Sander
lin and Charles IL Clark, chiefs.
Second Division Wake County .Con
federate Veteran Association and ex
Confederate soldiers generally, W. C.
Stronach, L. D. Stevenson, G. M. Allen
and N. W. West, chiefs.
Third Division Visiting escorts. J. B.
Hill and Geo. H. Snow, chiefs.
Fourth Division North Carolina es
cort: B. P. Williamson and F. J. Hay
wood, chiefs.
Fifth Division Officers and ex-officers
of the various departments of tbe State
Government: Walter Clark, chief.
Sixth Division Mayor and city and
county officials, Chamber of Commerce
and citizens generally: J. M. Heck,
chief.
Seventh Division The schools, under
the immediate charge of their principals.
St. Mary's and Peace Institute.
Agricultural College and Graded
Schools.
Morson and Denson's School: John B.
Burwell and C. B. Denson, chiefs.
Eighth Division Ladies' Memorial and
Monumental Associations and ladies
generally: E. Burke Haywood and C M.
usbee, chiefs.
Following these were a number of pri
vate carnages. ,
The bells of all the churches tolled as
tbe procession moved from the depot to
the capitol and again on the return.
AT THE CAPITOL.
MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Ant fmm Thv thmnahphnld all dwellers i low tones of camp-fire and battle. But
upon earth, thou hast been our refuge in it all there was no bitterness, no sign
fmm one veneration to another. Before or resentment.
and world were made,
the mountains were brought forrq, or the departure for Richmond.
ever the earth and world were made, After viewed by thousands the
inou an uoa irom everlasting anu wwm casket was aeain placed on the funeral
without end. Thou turnest man to ae- t porriMo and returned to the train. It
st ruction; again thou sayest come again. . wag after 3 o'dock when it started again
ye ennareu or meu. xur iiwuu f on ,tg solemn journey. The remains
more economical administration ot all
laws.-
Oiw reason the people of the South
are poorer than in other sections is be
cause they are taxed to bear these heavy
burdens ana none 01 tne money comes
back to us. We need a reduction of the
tariff and more money, but neither of
theee desired reforms would prove of
much avail so long as our section is
drained of all it has and is carried into
other sections to enrich those, already
rich. The South has no right to com
plain of pensions and does not do so,
when they are paid only to the needy
and deserving, but when laws are con
8trued to lavish money into laps that
are already running over, it is robbery
of all sections alike, and as the poorest
section we naturally cry out the loudest
It is tbe pot nearest the fire that gets
hot first.
The decision of Secretary Hoke Smith
reversing order Na 164 issuod by Assis
tant Secretary Bussey of the Republican
administration is the first step taken by
the administration to make the pension
list "a roll of honor." In the campaign
of 1892 the three parties made each a
distinct pledge on the Dependant Pen
sion act, and the steadily increasing
amounts paid under that and other acts,
and promised continued liberality. The
Populists promised not only liberal pen
sions, but pledged their party to pay sol
diers and sailors tbe difference between
the paper money then received and gold.
This pledge would have required hun
dreds of millions of dollars as back pay
The Democrats protested against the
criminal policy of granting pensions to
people in good circumstances and to tho
undeserving. They exposed the policy
of straining the construction of the
liberal statutes to embrace as a blanket
almost every man who smelt gunpowder.
The campaign was largely waged in de
fence of Mr. Cleveland's position that
the pension roll ought to be purged of
all the underserving and be made a roll
of the bravo men who fought to preserve
the Union intact. While criticizing and
condemning the Republican iiolicy of
making the pension appropriation an
agency for corrupting voters, the Demo
crats promised that every needy and de-
serving rcueral soldier who was incapac
itated for making a living by injury in
the service should he well provided for.
The country gave the Democratic party's
position a verdict of approval, and now
looks to the new officials to fulfill the
pledge made in tbe campaign
On Saturday Secretary Hoke Smith
revoked an order passed by Green B.
Kanni and approved by Secretnry Bussey
which will reduce the payment of pen
sions under the dependant And disability
act of June 27tli, 1890, between fifteen
and twenty million dollars, inis is a
second act of the administration looking
to a redemption of the pledges made to
nAAivIa TKn Aeaaf utaa tha arTVlnf.
LUC L3-JpiC AUO AAA OI nno ViiV lllAIUir I W9
mentofJudge Reynolds, of Pennsylvania, that he was taken into the service as a
as Assistant Secretary, and Of Judge souuu man aim 07 rauwm 01 iuv periorm-
Tvhren of Minnmnta. as Commnwioner ance Of his duty as a soldier has been In
of Pensions. The selection of these jured and siigntiy disabled, and is equ
able and upright men with a competent ana jusuy enuueu 10 a smau pen
corps of assistants, insured a clean and on therefore in prottortion to the ex
catea of the bill ia Congress and thb
was the gbt of the reports of the com
mittees of both houses recommending
iu passage. The act was liberal enough
in its provisions in all conscience but
when its soot waa extended by depart
ment legislation and manipubtion to the
all embracing extent given by. the order
Na 1M of Commissioner Raum it be
came and was up to the. time Secretary
Hoke Smith overruled it a rentable
octopus for reaching out and abstracting
and holding on to more money from the
public treasury unlawfully than any other
one thing that has ever exbted in the
hbtory of the government In all the
hundreds of thousands ef claims that
have been allowed under the provisions
of order No. 114 not one can be found In
which the question of the ability or in
ability of tbe claimant to earn a support
by manual labor was ever considered or
taken into account in any way whatever.
Under, that order it was wholly imma
terial 'whether or not the claimant for
pension waa able to snow whether he
could or could not earn hb support by
manual labor. It cannot be denied that
the effect of thb order wns to pension
thousands of pcrsnus who were not em
braced within the provisions of said see
tkn at all, and who had no legal right
whatever to a place on the pension rolls,
and to raise tho rate of peusion granted
in all oases which miirht have been nron-
erly admitted, much higher than was au
thorized by the statute or was intended by
Congress. The amount of public money
that has been paid out of the treasury
and is now being paid out wrongfully
and illegally uuder the act of June 87.
1890, by reason solely of the operation of
order 164, is simply appalling. In hb
report for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1893, the Secretary of the Interior states
that the number of certificates Issued un
der the act of June 27, 1890, up to Octo
ber 1, 1892, to be 403,839. or this num
ber all but 60,231 were issued under the
second section' of said act and 100,000
more can be safely added for thuno
issued since that date. He also reports
(page 83), that the amount of money .
paid for pensions under said act to Sep
tember 80, 1892, was seventy-six million
dollars. The amount paid out since that
will run the total up to more than oue
hundred million of dollars and when we
reflect that more than five-sixths of this
vast sum has been paid out for pensions
allowed under the second section of said
act (authorised by order Na 164) some
idea can be obtained of what the error
embodied in order 164 has cost the peo
ple of this country. If it could be es
tablished that the promulgation of order
164 was an honest mistake, born of a
lamentable Ignorance of what the legal
and practical effect of said order would
be, it would bo bad enough, but the facts
forbid such a conclusion, and point un
mistakably to the fact that it was the re
sult of a wilful, deliberate and premedi
tated misinterpretation of the- law. Tbe
date of said order, October, 1890, just
prior to the general congressional elec
tions of 190, is extremely significant in
thb connection, and there is no doubt
that the primary, if not the sole, object -
in view in making the said order was to
crowd the pension rolls- with reference
to the effect of said action upon said
elections regardless of the fact that It -
was wholly unauthorized by. law. Tho
annual expenditure for pensions was
more than quadrupled after order 164
was promulgated and the pension roll
jumped up rapidly to its present enor
mous proK)rt ions." The people have not
understood why it was ihnt the pension
roll increased so rapidly. Tho explana
tion is found in order No. 164, and It Is
strange that it has so far escaped criti
cism and attention in the press and on
the stump and that it was not denounced
everywhere. Now that Secretary Hoke.
Smith has taken the bull by the horns
and revoked that unlawful order it would
ay tbe government to review all claims
that have been allowed under the otera
tions of said order and cause thwn to bo
adjudicated and the pensions rated upon
a proper and legal basis, besides dropping
from the rolls thousands of persons who ,
are now unlawfully and wrongfully in
receipt of pensions. Every soldier in the
Federal army who was wounded and who
is unable to make a' suntHirt at manual
labor ought to have a pension, but under
a Democratic administration the over
burdened tax payers ought not to be
compelled to pension those who did not
receive ineir injuries ixx-auiw 01 service
in the war and who are able to supjiort
themselves. : .
The general pension law gives a pen
sion for disability incurred in the service
and in line of duty, no matter bow slight
it may be if rateable at all. For in
stance, a man who had hb little finger
shot off in line of battle b pensionable
under the general law for the reason
The Capitol building looked solemnly
grand with its entrances and Corinthian
columns draped in mourning. The stately
old building, always imposing with its
massive Grecian architecture gleamed
white in the soft sunlight The flag on
thb and other public buildings was at
half mast
When the procession arrived the capi-
101 square was axreauy nuea wuu peopie.
along the streets black with sorrowful Llhe funeral car entered by the Northern
gate. Aa the casket was borne np the
years in thy sight are but as yesterday,
seeing that it is past as a watch in the
night By Thee kings reign and nations
rise and fall, and the generations come
and go.
"Thou govern est all things in heaven
and-earth. with infinite wisdom, and
infinite love, bringing good out of evil,
and joy out of sorrow.
"In all the changes and chances of this
mortal life we would acknowledge Thy
Wise Providence and discern Thy father
ly hand. We adore Thy Majesty, we
revere Thy justice; we magnify Thy
mercy. Standing again to-day, after
the lapse of years, with bowed heads
and heaving hearts at the bier of our
dead being borne to its final burial; we
heartily thank Thee for the good exam
ple of Thy servant, who having finished
bis course in faith now rests irom nis la
bors.- ,
"We bless Thee for tbe inspiration of
hblife, hb brave bearing of the bur
dens of hb people, hb patience under
persecution, bis uncomplaining suffering,
hb heroic fortitude in adversity, his
chivalrous courage, hb Christian manli
ness and hb constancy unto death. .
"OGod, Eternal and All-Wise, who
seesttheend from beginning, and, for
onr good, dost cover ug with a suerciful
veil that we shall understand but little
of Thy wonderful ways, make us submb-
4 si veto Thy will while we adore Thy;
greatness. Keep us from au murmuring
and discontent with Thine Orderings.
Such inasmuch as Thou bringest light
out of . darkness, and dost nourish
strength in the souls of those who pa
tiently endure pain and trials at Thy
righteous hands, dispose us to a meek
and thankful use of all Thy dealings with
us, even of those which are darkest to
our mortal sight. O, Sovereign Ruler
of the Universe, we invoke Thy blessing
upon this whole land. ' -
"Unite all sections ' of our common
were carried from the capital by a differ-
business-like administration of the pen- tent of his disability. That Is the old
sion bureau. Thb decbion that has law and the way it worked.
caused so much favorable comment was In the Act of June 27th, 1890, Con-
the next natural step to be taken in the gress departed radically from the basis
reformation of the pension system. I of pensions that had heretofore prevail-
This decision ougnt not to occasion ed, and provided pensions for dbablli-
anv unrnniw. (Jood law vers who nan I tuia rwtr nf iurvWx ortirln If nnt th m.
ent route than that by which tbeyliad examined the statutes were surprised suit of vicious habits, for those who bad
come, going down Hillsboro and Dawson that any other construction than that served ninety days in tbe army or nary
streets. An immense throng bad gath- put upon it should ever have been adop- during the civil war, and bad been hon-
ered at the depot to bid farewell to the ted. The former Commissioner and As- orably discharged and who by reason of )'
remains as the journey to Richmond was sbtant Secretary issued an order which a physical or mentaL disability of a per-
resumed. ' superseded a Congressional statute, manent character were incanacitated for 1
Gov. Carr and staff and members of I When he vetoed the Dependant pension earning a support by manual labor: and
the escort of honor accompanied the bilL Mr. Cleveland gave as one of hb I expressly provided therein that such
remains to Richmond. . reasons that it was so loosely drawn riension should not be more than tl 2 ner
the burial. that it was uncertain bow much money month nor less than $6. "proportional
The body will be interred in Holly-1 wuu appropnaieu oy iu erv-1 10 me atgree oj xiuwuuy w earn a tup-
wood cemetery on the level top of a steep owy rtwws now na ne was ngni in port. ' . .
bluff overlook the James river The city ima expression, oecanse 11 uas laaeu uy oroer mo. 104 ine taie aaminwtra-
donated an oval about forty feet in di-1 many umes me amount mat me promo-1 uon suosiuuiea ine rates nereiorore
iers ui iuo uiu auuw wuuiu w rajuircu. 1 given lor mere uisaouiiy incurred iu ine
Those most competent to make an es- service and in line of duty for the basis
timate say that the saving by the new I of pension provided in tbe Act of June
order of tbe Secretary of tbe Interior 28th. 1890. and from October 15th. 1890.
will reduce tbe payment of pensions not the date of said order, executed said act
less than fifteen million dollars. The I accordingly.
Washington Pott truly says that thb Thus a man who bad lost tbe sight of
b "the most important decbion ever 1 one eye, or had incurred deafness of one
ameter. midway between the tomb of I
President Monroe and the grave of little
Jo Davis, the son of the great Confeder
ate, who was killed in Richmond during I
the war by an accidental fall from n win
dow of tbe Confederate wnite House.
There b a brick vault lai ee enough for the
entire Davb family, and there a stately
sent from the Secretary of tbe Interior
to tbe Commissioner of Pensions.
The effect of thb decbion b so far
reaching and revolutionary that it will
naturally cause much comment apd at
tract much public attention. There is
no donbt, from a legal standpoint that
the position taken with reference to tbe
proper basb of rating pensions under
the second section of tbe act of June
27th, 1890, b tbe true and only defensi
ble one under the terms of the law. Even
if the language of tbe statute was not so
plain and unambiguous as to leave no
doubt on the subject any person who b
at all acquainted with the hbtory and
circumstances of the passage of the act
of June 27th, 1890, is aware that tbe
sole and only object Congress had in
new was to assist tbose veterans who
were dependent for subsistence noon
t hJe IaIwi art4 v!ia ltauV Kaaamia InAansA.
Advertise in the North Caroujoak, it TTr irZAS.
has the largest circulation in Wake and lT 7 vS
. I JMUa SUM VMIVt SAAAUAUAAJ . V
adjoining counties. . IView was advanced or unred bv the advo-
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monument will presently rise.
On Wednesday the remains of three of I
Mr. Davb' children were buried in the
same vault There b still another child
buried in Memphis, Jefferson Davb, jr.,
but hb remains will not be removed until
winter, as he died of yellow fever.
Jeflersoa Davis.
Rest, noble, rest!
Thy name enshrined La Southern hearts.
Thy fame can never more depart
The dirge that from the Southron starts
Sing thee to rest
Sleep, chieftain, sleep. .
The battle hushed, the carnage o'er,
The lurid turmoil thine no more
Tbe angel voices on yon shore
. . Lull thee to sleep.
JOHS W. JE9KIKS.
Raleigh, May 30, 1893.
ear in the service, would be entitled to
pension therefor at a certain rate. By
this order if tne same disabilities appear
ed in a claim under Act of June 27th,
1890, tbe claimant was given the same
rating therefor without reference to
whether they affected claimants' ability
to earn a support by manual labor or
not
The effect of thb decbion of Secretary
Hoke Smith b to return to the law and
make tbe capacity or incapacity of a
claimant under said act to earn a liveli
hood by manual labor the test of pen
sionable status. Thb decbion was writ
ten by Judge Reynolds, of Pennsylvanb,
and endorsed by Judge Lochren, of Min
nesota, Commissioner of Pensions; and
tbe subject was one of such magnitude
that Secretary Smilh submitted it to At
torney -General Olney who gave it hb
approval. It b thus tbe law and has tbe
sanction of all the legal luminaries. No
body can say that it b "sectional.''
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