iiI.l'ME I. NUMBER 51.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1893.
PRICE $1.00 A YEAR.
Table of Contents.
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, , .U'S MtlTtMi.
nut Gara-Wi.t.
v . .-r Ututr.
. t ,..-..ir Cowrex.
. . i. K I r.
, , t Thiho I"mt HAS IHjnk.
. ! .j .rrt Ueaisr.
. r ,. i iivHiv.
xnt alliance run Third Party
riM Abroad.
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r !trT"s Deitari : PtUXClf-LES.
ViW Board or DIRECTORS.
. :t.-lXRA SCARE.
' , i ribruuTT Cute.."
! CLAAiEATtTlXDTO THOB
, r rMKlT!X TO BE CUJ6U UX SCX-
v , M- tWK BoRf.tA.
' . , t. v.t or BtvixiXTHtLrmx.
.! . r V.VS THE GOVERNMENT.
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tr NrtujftD.
l e i . a Fertilizer.
. r tirr Kid of KaTS.'
V . .r;-ixtT.
, - i : Ware.
. ,u ..r Mra. iTrmot.
- . t s?kh it WiwnitD.
ML ADSIAL.
hv .h vrT Farmer's Alliance.
r i ISoU.na OHXEUE.
a Mt. I LoWE UmX lUVER.
-t .'h D Yea.
. V VTAtS IllOU NHuuL
. . r DllEUATT-.
- t . rixs Feu ale tVtiEUE.
.ill l SrvU.4 IltSTURT.
; ..ct !:cied Ir.
v , t r Maxtex
i r Vi&EET KtFoRr.
V. ,:IKTtE3IE'Tw
rxivr Pea it T ha started ou hi
t. IE- North Pole.
i.-v- .f j-"j!o who have been long
J - vt rtrarnt pie must now be coo-
tU AtrnI.fa instead.
A t. that many people know atiout
tlit thy hatrat any of it anJ
th' j miU raehn il itfn
ha
t the iscarwj oa the Siipnenw Court
i.. h tottw E.t;r M. Cullen, wLo
prrsnt or.e tt Ibe Su; rrui Court
t:i-- of New York.
.ri tMB Coaotr ALunce tuu . l..t-
... .t:.rtucr,riDglHltTVmAn VTooiJ-
r t.:..it ilitrkt, to role for frte an-i
ein of ailter at the pn--?:.
aaJ not to rot for the tvjval
."hrniiAO aiSrtr lw ontil a frv
. till U ja vxt'L
r...
Y-. m a'I fart of V lte conva the
s rt tfiAt th (rra r an? racing pit n-
f I.-- asiJ horamy. This means that
I t ru- Arv comm. Now if cotton
! t.Juno will only brinjf anything like
f .r j no? thw fA'I, North Can4na will
.f th rooi-t j.mdpemu States in
- .th.
r-'r Vr,..l tunuawnt which was
f.l hy Got. Holt nl unrrilcti at
i futtl Grouni oa July 4th, in
r ry of oar heroic dosvJ, will Lear
''. thrwh all the coming; agta to
-i t ArH;oa kyal fpirit ami aJTec
t it n-tr-etabrance of her aons Lo
! :a ti retc!utUnry trnjr!. ThU
' ca t.-T. H,h n.x tu.t noble' and
fIIy a"rrectte the threat of some
H"ru" States to arwle from the
n .r. mut remember that thy are
'j tiled by people from the
' h. W'htn Colorado gets hr rebellion
t-.-Ur way South Carolina can pro-
furnish her a few valuable points
a- a as
Tamg ouAtnew ana tne w note
i can give her a largw upply of
xtae experience.
t official inquiry int the facts at-
" . :.X the tern Me dia.ter whereby
' . Kr;;tbh battleship Yktoria was ket
" 'oramaoder Tryon and nt of her
""-. Laa Un commenced at Malta in
i nn of a trial by court martial of
:m. offiver. The testimony,
"... h u trr4rated by other evidence,
;f ar t. ylM-n the responsibility for
!s..t-r iijo tho lost commander.
r h aang the praises of Jane,
r.T.f them have had the hardi
! chant the atmospheric delights
'. l'.ut where th poet has left off
-at?irr prophet has begun, he coro-i-
hiai.e!f to our gratitute by an oc--i
il snn.urtcaenlto the thoroughly
! umamty, that there will be
..r.t weather for the next few days,
. : :rthwrt winds." But, somehow,
:-.U and the pleasant weather have
' f xr fjtlol to make connection.
J
r.ir !. prohibiting the sale of eigar-
t. b.js under 17 years of age seems
5 nt:rr!y disregarded and no attempt
!- to enforce it. The disregard of
w vrry probably due to the dLC5
m enforcing such an act. But the
. i!. r.. of dLvarte contracted by the
-tte habit and the consequent deaths,
I- th? Henderson Golti Ltofio com-
" "f the failure to enforce the law,
what is to be done with the
. cigarette f Certainly some law
I W paved in reference to it that
' '.'ne of enforcement. TheSUteof
. with the little cigarette in a
'-"i-raess-like way. It charge retail
-' n m year and wholesale dealers
' "k a earfor the privilege of dealing
cu. This is a law that could easily
rveu and would do much to pre
- - tr sale and use of the poisoooos
jjrette.
DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE
FROM NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORH ADOPTED AT CHI
CAGO JUNE 23.1 D. 1893.
IVe dciiac th Reyakliraa Irs'.-
lalUa kara the Kkerwiaa Act !
vOO,a a rowaralr aiaLesaUl, rraaxkt
ari a poiailiiis al aaager la the fa
tarr, arkka aal4 ataka all of ltatva.
portrr, a well aa It aatkar, aailaat
far It Ipeedf rear I. We kM la tae
ae of bola f al4 aa4 ttlrer a tae taad
ara naaer af laa caaatrf, aa4 ta tae
ralaafe of aotk U aa4 llrtr wllkaat
aUrialaatlac aaiat eltker aetal or
caarf for aalatare, aat tke aallar aalt
of col a a re of aoik aaatata aat ae of
ejaal latrfadc a a 4 eichaagakle vali
ar W a4jate4 tkraagk lateraatloaal
acraeBt(ar bf aackaaiirfaardaorieff
Ulalloa aa akall taaare tke aaalaleaaace
of tke arttr of tke two welala aa4 tke
ea.aal aowec af erery alollar at all tin
la tke aaarketa aad la tke a,BBcat ol
aet; aa ara aeaaaaal tkat all aaper
earreacr akall ke ktft at aarwltkaad
rr4eaakl la aack cala. We laIt ap
a tkia aa apecUlif aeceaaarf for tke
arotectloa at tke farr aa4 lakoriag
ctaatea, tke Irst aa4 aaaat aeleaaeleaa
vlctlaaaaf aaalakle aaaaef aa4 a flacta
allag cararacr
WILL DC TRUE TO ITS PLEDGES.
There hxi been a great deal of spccnU
tion as to what Congress will do when it
meets in extra session in August. Enough
to say in answer to these speculations is,
that it is a Democratic Congress, called
together by a Democratic President and
elected on a Democratic platform. This
is the key to the whole situation. The
conditions bare not materially changed
since the formation of this platform and
it is not reasonable to supouee that the
Democratic party will deceive the people
and not perform what it promised. The
people of the United States dnurcd a
change and they have commissioned the
the IVmocratic party te make it.
The extra session is called together to
legislate upon the financial question. The
pledges it made when it was trusted with
er, both in the legist tire and execu
tire branches of the government, were
1. That it would repeal the Sherman
law compelling the purchase of silver by
the government.
3. Thst it would provide for the coin
age ana ctrcuution or gold ana stiver
without discriminating against either
metal aud without charge for mintage. In
doing this the value of the dollar nnit
of both tnvtals must be equal and ex
changeable and the paper currency must
be kept at par with, and redeemable in,
the coin thus minted.
3. It recommends the repeal of the 10 per
cent tax on State bank issue. This last
is only a recommendation while the first
two are imperative, mandatory.
ThU is plain enough, and all there is in
it. This is what the party is t!edged to.
This is the party law that the represen
tatives must obey and to which they must
subordinate their personal preferences
and opinions. Upon, these measures the
people last November placed their seal of
appro a! and those who have thus been
trusted must and will keep faith with the
people who have confided in them. The
only question for discussion is not
one as to measures but one as to the
means by which the measures declared
for in the Democratic platform may best
be accomplished.
Ax investigation concerning the recent
disaster in Chicago at which so
many firemen lost their lives is now
in progress. It appears from the
evidence that Chief of fire depart
ment Murrhr is responsible for the acci
dent, lie was warned of the danger, bu6
persisted in having his own way, which
resulted in the lots of eighteen lives, for
which he is thus somewhat responsible.
We have stored in the Federal treasury
362,000,000 silver dollars, we have
$3,000,000 silver dollars in circulation,
and about o, 000,000 in smaller silver
coin. Here is a bulk of silver currency
amounting to 1500,000,000 which the
government must keep at par with gold.
Besides this coined silver we have nearly
150,000,000 ounces of silver bullion, paid
for in gold, and stored away in govern
ment warehouses. Here is raw mateiial
enough to keep the mints working for
years, and yet the government must, un
der the purchasing act n the Sherman
law, go on buy fhg and storing away more
silver bullion.
The North Carolina College of Agri
culture and Mechanic Arts is doing a
work for the people of the State that no
other institution has ever attempted,
and its growth has "been most remarka
ble. Starting four years ago with one
building and fire professors present, and
with little equipment, it now has six
buildings, fifteen professors and teach
ers, and a complete equipment in many
technical lines. It graduated its first
class In June, bnt at once many of these
young men stepped into lucrative and
responsible positions. The establish
ment of this school is one of the grandest
moves ever made by North Carolina and
we wish it all possible success. Its an
nouncement appears in this issue.
Bank Examines Dowd says that the
management of the Bank of New Han
over was so reckless "as to approach the
verge of criminality, " This is a terrible
arraignment of those in charge and yet
it Is mild enough. The truth seems to
be, that they simply squandered the peo
ple's money. It was not even spent in
speculation, but just quietly pocketed,
and the collateral security they gave is
not, in a single case, worth more than
one-third of the amount of money they
took. There should be some law reach
ing" snch criminal negligence and un-busincsa-like
methods, and some way to
punish those implicated in such a system
of stealing, ! I
PLATFORM
CHART.
DE THE
Eleven hundred commercial organiza
tions throughout the country have been
invited by the New York board of trade
and transportation to send delegates to
a convention, which is to meet in Wash
ington, for the purpose of urging upon
Congress the necessity of repealing the
silver purchasing clause in the Sherman
act.
This is all well enough. As we said
last week the silver purchasing clause in
the Sherman law must be repealed, and
at once. ThU is lmparative. But it is
not all, and Congress must not stop
there; something else will be necessary
after that is done.
While the Democratic party, in itsplat-
form, denounces the Sherman law as a
cowardly makeshift, fraught with dan
ger, it yet .holds to the use cf both gold
and silver as the standard money of the
country, without discriminating against
either, or without charge for mintage.
This latter fact must' be kept in mind by
the Democratic party, as it is now about
to assume, for the first time in a quarter
of a century, the duties and responsibili
ties of affirmative legislation. Let the
Democratic platform be the chart to be
consulted and the country is safe.
Stand by the law of the party, and car
ry out the recommendations there made;
there is no salvation in anything also.
PRIVATE HOARDIXG.
Mccu of the stringency of the money
market is due to private hoarding. Peo
ple have become scared and have put
away in old stockings and strong boxes a
vast' amount of money. This, of course,
was gradually withdrawn from circula
tion and will not be returned till the
scare is over and confidence is restored.
These are all small sums, but the aggre
gate is a vast amount.
The World's Fair has also had the same
effect. Millions of people, who hare no
bank accounts, hare been for months
saving money that they may nave the
means to go to the World's Fair. This
vast sum has thus been kept idle for
months, but will, by November, have
been spent and returned to the channels
of trade, and to this extent will operate
to relieve the stringency which has been
felt.
ONE THING AT THE TIME.
From a recent editorial in which we
advocated the immediate reneal of the
Sherman law requiring the purchase of
silver, the Prvaressice Farmer draws
the unwarranted conclusion that we've
changed our position on the silver ques
tion.
Not at all. We favor the repeal of the
Sherman silver purchase act. It is, as
defined by the Democratic National Con
vention, a ''cowardly makeshift" and a
miserable compromise.
But we also ravor the other meas
ures proposed in the financial plank
of that - same platform the coinage of
gold and silver without discriminating
against either metal and without charge
for mintage. We likewise favor State
banks. But let ns have one thing at the
time. That is the only way to get any
thing. Marion Bctler has issued a circular,
which is this week printed in the io-
grtssive Farmer, calling on the members
of the Alliance to demand of Congress
that it shall not repeal the Sherman law
unless a law is passed providing for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver. He
says he wants Alliancemen at every meet
ing to offer resolutions to this effect -
Is it possible for cheek and effrontery
to go to a greater limit than this f We
think not Surely this is the galliest'
thin? on record, that Butler and his
satellets, who last year exhausted the
vocabulary of vituperation and abuse in
denouncing these Congressmen as renal
and unworthy to be trusted, should now
set themselves np to dictate to the repre
sentatives of the people what they should
do and how they should rote on public
questions. Though these geniuses of
finance may never get much silver, or
gold either, as for that matter, they cer
tainly have a plentiful supply of brass.
Mr. J. C. Logan Harris says there is
talk of again starting the Signal, and as
a Republican-Populist paper. He has
offered them his office and fixtures, but
declines to have anything to do with the
management unless he is given editorial
charge and someone else has charge of
the business department. He does not
think, however, that it will be started,
as there is already one paper here the
Proprrssire Fanner of that kind, and
another the Caucasian at Goldsboro.
They now make no secret of the fact that
it is the intention of the two parties to
effect a fusion. .
Rev. Sax Jones "totes his own skillet
and forms his own opinion of men and
measures. In fais entirely original way
he now turns prophet and declares that
"The Democratic party will make a
spoon or spoil a horn in the next ninety
days.
"I, for one, sincerely hope that they
will make the spoon. But whether they
do or not, this I know, most of ns will
live till we die. Bread and butter were
never so cheap as now, and meat is com
inff down. I bought a rood oair of
breeches the other day at Eminence for I
sixty cents and was offered a shirt for
roots for the digging, we will all make
the landing somehow or somehow else. I
Of course we all, except the J party,
would like to see the country prosperous
and happy, and hope that it will be a
spoon made and not a horn spoiled. And I
it will be, and a -silver spoon at that, if
our national legislators, when they meet
do promptly the things that they ought
to do, and that they must do if they meet
the expectations of the people. .. .
LET THE
THE WORLD'S FAIR
WILL HEREAFTER BE CLOSED
LP ON THE SABBATII.
uay Opcaiar kas Proved a Finaa-
clal Fallare Tke Voice of the People
1 Still tke Voice of God.. Agricultur
al lanplemeats a Test of CrvilixaUoa.
Edltoriul CorrarjHjruUnce. ...
Chicago, July 18, 1898.
Perhaps it is well that the experiment
of abolishing the Christian Sabbath has
been tried. It was a great profanation
for the gates of this great World's Fair
to be open on the Sabbath day, and for
men to thus overturn the commandment,
"Remember the Sabbath day to keep it
holy. But, great as the profanation
was, lam glad that the trial has been
made and that it has resulted in e-mfcs
ed failure. Before it was opened on Sun
day nearly all the papers, voicing the
sentiment of the management, declared
that it ought to be opened on the Lord
day so as to give the workingmen a chance
to see the great show. Christian peopl
protested against it, declaring that inas
much as many foreigners would come
here this year, the best exhibition would
be to show them how well this country
observes the Lord's day. Congress ap
propriated two million dollars condition
ed upon -the Sunday closing. But not
withstanding these protests, the Chicago
directory determined that it should be
opened seven days in the week. It is not my
purpose to doubt the correctness of the
legal decision rendered by Chief J ustice
Fuller to the effect that legally the Fair
could be opened on Sunday. I reckon
that is good law. His decision was re
ceired in the streets of this city with
shouts and hurrahs, and most people here
predicted that the crowds on Sunday
would be immense and that the seventh
would be the ereat day of the week. But
those who made such predictions evident
ly forgot that deep down in the heart of
the people of this country is a veneration
of the Sabbath which, though weakened,
has not and never can be eradicated. It
may be lawful for the World's Fair to be
open on Sunday, and has been so decided;
but there is no tribunal that can make it
right for the individual to violate the law
of God. Many men and women, who do
not observe the Sabbath as they should,
felt a shock when it was decided that
Sunday was no more than any other day
and that the Sabbath had been 'secular
ized. It was done with a flourish of
triumph, and Puck and 'Jndge and other
papers said that all of ns who opposed
Sunday opening were "hypocrital puri
tans, "rehrnous cranks, and that we
were in league with the Chicago saloon
keepers. They argued that people who
came to Chicago were compelled to go in
to the saloons if they did not go to the
Fair. This was an insult to the churches
and parks of Chicago. This is a pretty
wicked city, and the Sabbath is poorly
observed, but those who are so minded can
go to church and hear as fine preaching as
an v where, and can observe the Sabbath
as religiously as when at home. The al
tentative of going to the saloon or the
Fair is not presented to us.
The truth is that there was no real de
mand for Sunday opening. It was "work
ed np." But it eenedto come from the
people,, and the door was thrown open.
The .result was that the attendance on
Sundays was so slim that the receipts
hardly paid expenses. On all the Canada
exhibits there were cards bearing the
words: "This exhibit is closed on Snn
day." The great U. S. Government build
ing one of the most interesting here, was
closed as tight as wax. All the machin
ery was dumb and silent, and very many
exhibits closed. Our North Carolina peo
ple closed up North Carolina's splendid
exhibit on Saturday nights and they
were not open until Monday morning.
The same thing was true of other States
whose people believe in observing the
Sabbath. The result of all this was that
those who came to see the Fair on Sun
day, saw a very poor show. This deter
red those who had no scruples against
Sunday opening from coming, and as
Christian people wouldn't come because
they didn't think it right, the attendance
was too slim on Sunday to be profitable.
This is still a Christian country and the
silent influence of pubuc opinion and
moral conviction is greater than all laws
that are human made.
On yesterday afternoon, by a .vote of
24 to 4, the Directory decided to close the
Fair on Sundays. '
One thing that led the .Directory to
close the Fair on Sunday was the fact
that many Christian people determined
not to come here at all if the Fair should
remain open on Sunday. They were warn
ed that for every gate-fee received by
reason of the open Sunday, they would
very likely tnlss three through people who
would stay away on week days on account
of it Not a few good people believed
that it was a sin to contribute to the suc
cess or support of a public institution
which in their opinion was constantly
degrading the flag that floats over it and
outraging the religious sensibilities of by
far the greater part of the American peo
ple. They feel it their duty to remain
at home and withhold their influence
from the whole enterprise not a boy-
cott, nor with any vindictive spirit, but
wjth the consciousness of doing their duty
MJameful, humiliation to whicVthe mor
al life of our country was thereby sub-
jected
The closing of the fair shows that the
people can always rule if they have a
mind to do so. Directories, judges, leg
ialators, exhibitors, railroads, exposition
everything moat bend before the will
of the people. When it became certain
that the people would not patronize a
Sunday show, and that it was the result
of strong conviction, those who had been
strongest for Sunday opening voted to
shut the gates of the fair on the Lord's
day. It is still very nearly true that
"The voice of the people is the voice of
God."
- This is a very great fair in fact it is
altogether too great for anyone without
unlimited time to take it fn. Its very
immensity appalls you. The first day
arrived I went to the Agricultural build
ing which is one of the largest and most
Interesting. There are the best fruits of
tod from every point of the compass. Do
you desire to know something of the
products of the fields of Costa Rica,
China, Japan, Germany, Norway, Alaska
-anywhere in the civilized globe or in
heathen lands f You find all you want to
know in this building and a great deal
more than your mind can take in. More
than that, yon can make a comparative
study of the civilization of the various
countries by noting what they produce
and what implements they use." I be
lieve the best test of a people's real pro-
progress is to be found in the perfection
and the use of labor-saving agricultural
implements, and the exercise of wisdom
in planting and harvesting. This display
here tells you tfcat North Carolina is far
ahead of Japan very far, but it also dis
closes that in successful agriculture and
the use of improved implements. Illinois
is far ahead of North Carolina. We do
not have to go far to find the reason
Farmers do not fix what crop they will
raise. It is fixed for them by the kind
of labor that is available. In Illinois the
farmers have the most intelligent labor,
ana they can maice crops which require
skill, such as raising stock, making but
ter, trucking, &c, &c. In North Caro
lina where most labor is not skilled or
educated, we make cotton and such
crops as our labor can make: Every in
telligent North Carolinian has noticed in
the last few years that our farmers are
turning their attention more and more
to grass, clover, trucking, and grape cul
ture. This change is chiefly due to the
fact that labor is more intelligent, and
that farmers and those they can employ
alike have learned and are learning more
and more. It is a pleasant sight here to
see the shocks of excellent wheat, the
bales of best hay, and all other crops
that give promise of good beef, yellow
butter, and rich milk. Somehow I always
feel that raising clover and grasses and
cattle is better than making any other
crops. I don't know why, but the Bible
seems to bear out this innate feeling.
All the promises to agriculture are in
effect: "I will give you a land, well
watered, for thy cattle." Grass, grain
and stock mean something upon which
to support men and beasts, and as a rule
where they are raised the farmers are
more independent and freer from debt
than in sections where other crops are
made.
Next week I will try to give a few notes
about the fair and particularly about the
North Carolina exhibit. J. D.
Another North Carolinian goes to
Virginia. At a recent meeting of the
Board of Visitors of the Medical College
of Virginia, Dr. J. W. Long, of Randle-
man, N. C, was elected to the chair of
diseases of women and children. Thus
our State loses another brilliant young
physician and Virginia is the gainer by it.
Dr. Long was born in Randolph coun
ty, N. C, in 1859. He received his di
ploma from the medical department of
Vanderbilt University in 1883, and later
graduated from the medical department
of the University of Nashville. He has
pursued post-graduate studies in the New
York Polyclinic and the various hospitals
of that city, and is a member of the Ran
dolph County Medical Society, the North
Carolina State Medical Jociety, and the
Southern Surgical and Gynecological
Association. He has contributed liberally
to the literature in the transactions'of
the above mentioned societies and to the
North Carolina Medical Journal, the
Maryland Medical Journal, the Ameri
can Journal of Obstetrics, and various
other periodicals. Dr. Long has won
for himself the reputation of being a
easeful observer, a skilful practitioner,
and a conscientioue and honest worker
in his practice, and his removal to Vir
ginia will be a loss to the State and the
medical fraternity of North Carolina
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
State and Private Directors of the
North Carolina Railroad.
Greensboro, N. C, July 13. A meet
ing of the stockholders of the North
Carolina railroad was held here today.
Major John W. Graham being called to
the chair, with P. B. Ruffin and Dr.
Benbow as secretaries. Dr. V. E. Tur
ner presented his credentials as the
State's proxy. Dr. Turner named Wil
liam Broxwell, F. S. Spruill, John :H.
Allison, Charles W. Johnson, J. J.
Young, Rev. F. L. Reid, Lee S. Overman
and W. F. Kornegay as directors on the
part of the State. The following were
elected on the part of private stockhold
ers viz. : Ex-Governor T. M. Holt, T.
Fries, R. F. Hoke and John L. More-
head, Hugh McRae, B. Cameron, and
W. E. Holt were elected a Finance Com
mittee. Col. James T. Morehead and
Dr. Benbow were made a committee to
verify proxies at the., next meeting. A
large crowd accompanies the special ex
cursion of stockholders over the North
Carolina road.
As T It Were a Grab-Worm.
Oatsonia QazetU.
Many are the curiosities of politics and
many are the estrangements wrougni
thereby. The latest is reported by the
Monroe Enquirer as having happened m
Anson county. A Third, party man has
fallen out with a Democratic brother ifr
the church, and will no longer hold fel
lowship with him. because the Democrat,
on the 8th of November bast, when asked
by a Third party negro to give him a
ticket, handedit to him on two sticks, as
if it were a srrub-wonn. i
MEASURES OF RELIEF.
Tke Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Formalates a Plaa and Adopts
Resolatioas upon tke Finan
cial Question.;
The Chamber of Commerce and Indus
try of Raleigh having appointed a com
mittee composed of Mr. C. E. Johnson,
Col. J. M. Heck, Hon. A. AJ. Thompson,
Messrs. M. T. Leach, T. W. Dobbin, C.
G. Latta and S. A. Ashe to consider the
resolutions communicated by the Cham
ber of Commerce of New York and the
Board of Trade of Philadelphia, the Cham
berof Commerce of Denver, &c, and rec
ommend what action the Chamber
should take, the above named committee
together with Messrs. C. II. Belvm, Jos.
G. Brown and B. S. Jerman, met and af
ter much discussion a sub-committee was
appointed to draft resolutions embodying
the prevailing sentiment. This sub-corn
mittee . made its report at an adjourned
meeting, when the following resolution
was adopted:
Whereas, The existing financial situa
tion demonstrates the fact that the fa
cilities for supplying currency when need
ed are msumcent,
Resolved, That in the opinion of this
Chamber .National Banks should bo per
mitted to take out circulation on the de
posit of good State bonds, and on United
States Bonds to their par value, and the
five per cent redemption fund should be
abolished, and the tax on their circula
tion repealed,
Resolved further. That the tax on State
Bank notes should be repealed.
Resolved further, That upon the adop
tion of such legislation as will provide ade
quate facilities for an increase of the cur
rency, we recommend the. suspension of
the law authorizing the purchasing of
silver bullion until such time as an inter
national ratio may be established between
gold and silver,
Two of the committee, however, reserv
ed the privilege of presenting to the
Chamber a minority report recommend
ing that the last clause should read "un
til such time as'a new ratio shall be es
tablished between gold and silver,
lter the following resolutions were
read and met with much favorable com
ment; and it was resolved that they be
also presented to the chamber for its con
sideration.
1. Repeal the Sherman law.
2. Remove all tax upon circulation,
National or State, except as hereinafter
providedy-and abolish and hve per cent,
redemption fund.
3. Issue $ 1,000, 000, 000 of two per cent.
40-year gold bonds, $560,000,000 of which
use to retire the outstanding fours, bell
the remaining $440,000,000 for gold-
the proceeds to be held by the United
government as redemption or guarantee
fund for all its iote issues. This inspires
confidence in the stability of the curren
cy, fixes a gold stand.ardand insures the
purpose and ability of the United States
to maintain it.
4. Make the two per cent bonds a basis
for circulation, require the entire capital
of every bank to be invested : m them,
and require circulation to be issued to
their full par value. This will provide
for an increase m the volume of currency
of not less than $500,000,000. ;
5. To provide for emergencies, and for
further elasticity, permit National banks
to issue additional circulation to the
amount of their surplus, secured by a de
posit of State bonds 10 per cent in excess
of the amount of - such circulation or, of
U. S. bonds at their par value. Tax this
additional circulation, not exceeding 2
per cent per annum, so as to prevent the
volume of currency from being injudi
ciously increased, and to insure its with
drawal, when not absolutely needed.
6. Retire all United States or National
Bank notes of smaller denomination than
$10.00 and issue silver certificates in de
nominations of one, twos and fives and
none larger, making these certificates,
and the dollars which they represent,
legal tender to the extent of $100, and
subsidiary silver coin legal tender to the
extent of ten dollars.
At the meeting of the Chamber
Tuesday night, according to adjournment
Mai. lucker offered a series of resolu
tions in lieu of the above report, which he
stated contained in condensed form the de
sirable recommendations embraced in the
others. He spoke in favor of the imme
diate repeal of the Sherman silver law
and offered the following resolutions as
a substitute for the committee s report:
Resolved, 1. That the Sherman silver
law ought to be repealed at once.
2. Some law should be passed imme
diately, whereby the paper circulating
medium of the country can be greatly in
creased. - 0
3. That the basis of security for circu
lation other than United States bonds
should be enlarged, and we recommend
that National Banks be allowed to issue
circulation at par value of United States
bonds, and also on State bonds to their
market value, not exceeding par, and the
law requiring 5 per cent, of circulation to
be kept in Washington on deposit be
abolished. -
4. And we further recommend that all
taxation on Icirculation be repealed (this
includes Stafte bank's issue.)
5. That these resolutions be sent to all
Senators and Congressmen.
CoL Heck took issue with Maj. Tucker
and spoke in favor of the majority report
of the committee, ne did not believe in
the unconditional repeal of the Sherman
act.
Dr. P. E. Hines also endorsed the reso
lutions of the committee.
Capt Ashe thought Maj. Tucker's pro
position was defective. The trouble was
due to lack of confidence. What is need
ed is more elasticity for the currency and
now is the time to get it.
Mr. Battle favored the repeal of the
Sherman law and declared it was the can
cer on the body politic. Let it be cut out
and if any evils followed let them be cor
rected. "
Col. Heck offered a substitute which
he said was a platform that all could get
upon, and which was simply the platform
of the Democratic party adopted at Chi
cago. Mr. Peele said if an interpretation was
was tacked on to the above so mat it
would be understood in Yankeeland he
would favor it
After further discussion CoL Heck
withdrew his substitute, stating that the
report of the committee practically em
bodied it
The vote was then taken upon Maj.
Tucker's substitute, and it was lost
The report of the committee was then
taken up seriatim and Mr. Battle moved
that the words "good State bonds' be
stricken out, but the motion was lost
The report of the committee which is
the first series of resolutions printed
above was then put to the house and
adopted.
On motion of Uapt Ashe, it was or
dered that copies of the resolutions be
sent to our Senators and Representatives
and the Chamber of Commerce which
have addressed this body on the subject.
Advertise in the NORTH CAROLINIAN, it
has the largest circulation in Wake and
hiouuue cuuuuw. . ,
EXTRA SESSIONS OF CONGRESS.
i There Have Beea Jost Twelve Calls for
aa Extra Seraloa of Congress la tke
Coaatry's History.
Mr. Cleveland's call for an extra session
of Congress to meet on August 7th, is the
twelfth proclamation of that character
since the foundation or our government
- The first extra session called was by
President John Adams, to meet on May
15,. 1797, in view of the' suspension of
diplomatic relations with France. It ad
journed on July 10, the same year.
The second session assembled at the
call of President Jefferson, and convened
October 17. 1803, being called on account
of trouble growing out of the cession of
Louisiana by Spain to France, adjourning
March 37, 1804.
The next extra session was also called
by Mr. Jefferson, and convened October
2o, 1807, having been made necessary by
our disturbances with Great Britain.
The fourth extra session convened, in
response to a proclamation by President
Madison, on November 4, 1811, the cal
having been issued July 24. The meeting
lasted until July 6, 1812, and was also
mado necessary by disturbance relations
with Great Britain.
Mr. Madison called another session to
convene September 18, 1814, the session
lasting until March 3, 1815.
President v an Buren called the sixth
extra session of Congress to convene Sep
tember 4, 1837, a period or twenty-three
years 'having elapsed since such action
had been taken, it lasted forty-three
days, and was called on account of the
suspension of specie payment and the gen
erally serious condition of the country's
finances.
The seventh extra session was convened
by President Harrison on May 81, 1841
the proclamation having been issued on
the 17th of March as a result of the threat
ening condition of the country's finances
and revenues. This case was perhaps
more analogous to the present situation
than any other extra session.
On the 21st of August, 1856, the eighth
extra session, called by President Pierce,
met on account of a failure in the previ
ous session to make appropriations for the
Army, as a result of the Kansas trouble.
The Whigs, who had control of the House,
had put a "rider" on the Army bill for
bidding the using of troops to enforce
what was known as the Le Compton con
stitution, which caused the bill to fail.
The extra session thus called lasted but
nine days and the bill became a law with
out the "rider."
President Lincoln called the ninth ses
sion to meet on July 4, leoi, the cause
being the insurrection of the Southern
States. It lasted thirty-four days.
The tenth extra session was called by
President Hayes, for October 15, 1877,
on account of the failure of the previous
session to make appropriations for the
Army. The Democrats controlled the
House and the Republicans the Senate,
the latter refusing to agree to a "rider,
so-called, in respect to the using of troops
at the polls, i i
The last extra session was convened
March 18, 1879, having been called by
President Hayes by reason of the failure
of the Forty, hfth Congress to make ap
propnations for the legislative, executive,
and judicial departments, as well as the
Army expenses.
The general idea that thirty day s no-
is required to can an extra session to
gether is erroneous. It was the practice
in the early days of the country, when
means of transportation and communica
tion were slow, to give a notice of two or
three months, but the Forty-third Con
gress was called on a notice of but three
days, while an extra session called by
President Hayes assembled on a notice or
fourteen days.
HE WOKE 'EM lP.
A Stranger
in Chicago
Hotel. Start a Whole
Clilcwjo Intcr-Occan.
i
There is stopping at the Great North
ern an old countryman who was in for
mer years an intimate acquaintance of
Colonel Say, the nieht clerk. He went
out to the hotel some time after midnight
feeling a bit; frisky as he had sampled
many kinds of " corn juice " during the
day. Presuming upon his acquaintance
with the night clerk, he opened the gate
and went behind the counter to show the
clerk how to attend to his business. While
Colonel Say's attention was called away
the old fellow sat down on a stool behind
the counter and innocently leaned his
broad and weary back against about thir
ty of the push-buttons of the annuncia
tor. An electric-wire connects these buttons
in the rooms auove wun gongs wnicn
make a peculiar and astonishing amount
of noise, especially when they start sud
denly after midnight and keep up the
racket without cessation. Well, when
the old man leaned his back against the
annunciator the noise began up stairs,
but, of course, he didn't hear it, so he
. m t 'it . . 1
continued to sit there and push the but
tons. Many people had left calls so as to
catch their trains. 1 hey got up and be
gan to dress, but they could n t imagine
why the deafening noise continued after
they bad pushed the button m response
to signify that they were up. The others
were panic-stricken. The halls were soon
filled with men and women in all kinds of
dishabille. Each door as it was opened
let an additional noise into the hall. With
the oaths of the men and the screams of
the women it seemed a perfect bedlam.
People became mixed up and got into the
rooms1 with others whom they had never
seen. i
One man after the scare was over, never
discovered that he was in the wrong room
until, getting in bed, he almost mashed a
baby. Of course there was a rush for the
office. The clerk opened his eyes and
grabbed his gun as everybody fired ques
tions at him at once. He said be couldn't
explain it that they must be crazy. Then
he looked around and saw the old chump
sitting on the stool with an innocent,
inane, toothless smile stretching across
his sun-bronzed face. Colonel Say pull
ed him up by the collar and told him
what he had been doing.
Well, IH be darned, was all he said
then, but as the people started up stairs,
he said: "I'm sorry. I disturbed the good
people, but who'd ha' believed that that
darn board could make all that noise
when it only had a man's back aleanin'
against it." Then he went over and be
gan to push a white spot on the new pos
tal-box. He thought he was ringing lor
the elevator, j
W hat the Third Party ha Done.
(Oxford LedQer. -The
Alliance warehouse at Henderson
has closed up and will not be opened
again for the sale of leaf tobacco. Thus
one by one the institutions run by the
Alliance cease to exist The Third party
has killed not only the Alliance, but
wrecked nearly every business in which
inuMuwiuuwj wooaw.
T1IE NEWSPAPER READER
Tke Beat I a formed Mea are sot Tkoae
WkoRead tke Largett Papers or
tke Largest N amber ol Tkeaa.
Richmond IHtpatch.
We know a man who reads the big city
dailies, but he doesn't know what is go
ingon under his nose. DantnlU Times.
There may be a joke lurking somewhere
within the conflnes of this paragraph,
but nevertheless we shall treat it serious
ly. The best informed men are not those
who read the largest papers or the largest
number of papers. They are those who.
having subscribed to enterprising ami
carefully edited journals, read them
closely. The maxi m ' beware of t he ma n
of one book" applies to the man of one
paper, for there are few things which
escape his observation; few occurrences
of which he has uot some knowledge, and
if so inclined, he is able to " jerk you up"
in conversation at any moment
It is simply impossible for any one to
read thoroughly the enormous sheets put
forth upon an unoffending publio from
the presses of great American cities. At
best, by glancing at the headings, one
can only make an intelligent choice of the
articles which he will read, and let the
others pass unread.
The time may come when such cities as
New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago
will gladly support papers which will con
tain no advertisements and will print
mere syllabuses of the current news.
" The Nutshell or " The Sifter " or "The
News Digest" would Ui a good name for
such sheets.
We find that the reader of many paper
is unable to read any of them with plea
sure, rxlitors who have been long in har
ness rarely read anything with old time
zeist. As well expect a watermelon to
taste as sweet to a centenarian as to a
boy of 14. There is a limit to mental as
there is to physical digestion.
After we have been reading 10, 24, 48,
90, and 120-pnge dailies, manuscripts by
the peck, telegrams, proof-sheets. Ac.
we often find it nccehsary to "reduce
temperature" and ascertain "where we
are at" by taking home our favorite week
ly. In its well-edited and cleanly-printed
columns we find the news of the week in
short sjiace, with tranquillizing couimeut
thereupon. There is a dewy freshness in
the odor of its damp sheet, and the local
names it contains make us feel as if we
were in the home-circle again. Items
that elsewhere make no impression upon
us here disclose their importance as they
loom up in contrast with the simple an
nals of village life. We read of toppling
empires and bursting banks, along wtth .
items concerning cures for sitting hens
and accounts of monster yields of potato
patches. We look at the busy world as
through a tHesco, and are far away
from ite smoke and 6tench and noisy
wranglings, yet near enough to see afij
movements which are of real imjwrtance.
As with us, so must it be with many
others, Certainly for week-days conden
sation should bo the order; on Sundays
more 'attitude is allowable though there
is a limit to human endurance even on
Sundays.
The average reader wants a paper that
has been rigidly edited. He asks that the
grain be winnowed from the chaff, and
this is what few of the big dailies of the
big cities do. it they would do it the
reader would know what waB "going on
under his nose."
Good Time in Rockingham.
WaHMmjUin Font, 18it.
Col. Dave Settle, of North Carolina,
was seen at the Metropolitan yesterday.
Col. Settle is a brother of the lute Judge
Settle, who was president of the national
Republican convention that nominated
Grant for President, and uncle of Con
gressman Tom Settle, who will poso as
the baby member of the next House. Col.
Settle, however, is a Jackson ian Grover
Cleveland Democrat, and he is not look
ing for an ofiice either. He was United
States marshal under Mr. Cleveland and
he spends bis leisure now raining thor
oughbred horses, blooded dogs, and bigh-
wdigreed chickens.
Sneaking to the Jvst reporter about the
panic, he suiu the people In his county,
Rockingham, knew nothing about it.
They didn't know even it was going on.
hey had fine crops, plenty of money,
plenty to eat and nothing to do until to
bacco stripping time came around. Ho
mentioned a dozen or more men in Rock
ingham who were worth over $100,000,
and nearly every farmer in the county,
he said, was out of debt and doing well.
Unlng the Alliance lor I klrd Party Ptir-
- poaea.
Urcen viUe llcflerVir.
Now to be plain with our Alliance
friends and we have got some good
friends ' among thera it is very evident
that such men as Hoover, Thonijmonand
Butler are using the organization, though
contrary to the wishes of many of the
members, for the furtherance or the third
party. These cattle are going over the
country shaking and working for the
third party and their expenses are being
paid by the Alliance. Take the Alliance
as it started and it was a grand order and
its purposes were right, but sore-headed
office-seekers and dead beats have been
allowed to takeadvantage of it and turn
in from its original objects. That Is just
what Thompson, Hoover and others of
their stripe are dead beats purely and
simply broken down and a failure at
everything else they have tried to do and
are now running over the country draw
ing big salaries out of the hard-worked
farmers. The wonder is that many of
the people are so gullible that they will
continue -to b fleeced in "this manner.
Won hi Spar Abroad.
i UendfTfnn Quid Leaf.
Another North Carolina man has won
his spurs abroad.. Capt J. W. Glozcr,of
Ashcville, who has for some months past
been a waiter in a big restaurant at the
World's Fair grounds, Chicago, and re
turned to his home a few days ago, is the
fortunate person. At the contest' last
Thursday night, participated in by ,000
waiters, Glozcr was awarded the prize or
hundred dollar bill and a beautiful gold
medal as the most efficient in Chicago.
Lazy Weather.
Atlanta Count It ut Ion.-
Ain't it lazy woather
In the sleepy town !
Feller don't care whether
Cotton's up or down '
Hot aun'a jeV a-streamin'
From the field o' blue;
Dusty lilies dreamln'
Dyin' for the dew I
Moat too hot for winhin
You was out the State;
FAler might Rofishin',
- Tweren't for diggin' bait I
Don't know what 11 turn up
'Fore thing take a turn;
Coantry'a goin' to burn up
Might' well let her burn I