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mm Vnl.rME II. NUilBER 3. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1893. PRICE $1.00 A YEAR. Table of Contents. , i Ntw Yuri. ,rt UUMt , lutiKtxatPtir Sctl. CIIOLERA NEW TORE. t- rrv r V.tT. st Jtr.u IT WotEJL 1-tK PElttVT" Met- r E u- . v fc to 'Sara .r i'r ; .f7t r Tut Wheat Cmor. si. Csr RuroaT. r t Bn . .r.tntTV . J.t VTaIL i l lIS COTY. , MivtTaitiior. r ! lnrut ixo Tuts to i THC ToW. TVt IiACHX"S Clothes. i t p MlVTtU. t'T !"tW!t. ;ixlt Mintw or the Socirnr . :t uts- F-Xit: aio.v r t t the Flawc. f -. i T:r to Wantx3To. Cm. . r NSTB Cahjxuxs os the m .nit yrtTioi. t Laor Mart's. v M rnvrr lUrorr. T Uxnt fires are devastating the of Maryland. Much valuable '. this everybody 1 ! at the World roukl like Fair the - .if the hrd of lad j manager. -d rut a Lt ration and iu friends f. rl ready to evacuate. The and the Itvjnssirt Farmer approve of the mesaage. and of ' h At .ttles it. Ia spt of the rigid system of qua ran ttne maintained by this country to pre vent th importation of the scourge from the infected portion of Europe and Asia the cholera baa made iu appearance ia New York. It wa brought over on the tramp steamer Karamania from Naples. Thai far the camber of cases developed among iu passengers ia twenty-one. Oolj S deaths have occurmi, but farther mortality ma; be expected, All the passengers on the infected ves sel are detained at quarantine, and thia system of detention and disinfection will very likely prove effective in keeping the germ of the disce from our shore. Every possible measure of precaation baa been taken to prevent anch a calamity. It ia to be hoped that the health au thorities will in thia caae make do such FROM WASHINGTON. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE AMD THE FINANCIAL QUESTION IN THE S3D CONGRESS. which the matter will be settled on Mon day August 23th. In accordance with thia arrangement Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia, baa introduced a bill to repeal the purchase clause of the Sherman act. It provides that so much of the act ap proved July 14, 1890; as directs the Sec retary of the Treasury to purchase from time to time silver bullion to the aggre gate amount of -t.JiOO.OOO ounces, and to Occaatai for Democrat tm to A lar I issue iu payment for such purchase 4 Atoat tae Patera or the Partr Tre&Anrv nntM .f th rniM sit ho i the present position of the Secretarg of the Treasury on the silver question. The speech was made, he said, when that gentleman was a leader not a follower; Tto Piu Work la Ue IIeee m4 SeaateSeaatr Taaee lalervlewea Silver Jlea Fear tkat tke Prel4eat WmM Teto m Free CeJaage Act N a bouthern Senator, even those who are like the value or price of iron or copper. I he did not want iu repeal made a sulk- reaay to vote ior unconditional repeal, " "UV"CUU w"u'" wuu oeueve iia ing horse for mono-meUliam. enlarred use would tonpflt truA villi " uw wul uw ,ur C4lure- ia ",nnw favor a oolicv in thia count whioh in " "P'J to a question by Mr. Piatt be inconsistent. As a matter of fact brine htmt intmtinl hi-mii. Mr. Vest said he did not knn w th when he was a sender of messages, not a there is a majority of eight, according to An international agreement, flxinsr a President would do. He knew tht th Dearer of them. Senator Vest, in the Senate opposed to I ratio ana providing ior tne free coinage President hil -nt . m. r-. . AWk m.l. in .1.;., , I 1 I unconditKnal repeal; but, if there were ' - ; U f greaa, in which he did not aa, on. word what has been Doxg in the sexate. fa majority of eight m fa-or of it, the to it ia to notify Eurone that we do bot W-meUlism, and he took it for The fight began in the Senate on the I minority could prevent a vote for six intend alone to carry all the silver in the granted that, if the President bad any first dav. Hardly bad the clerk finished months or more, and thereby prevent its oria oy going to silver mono-nieUiism. idea of sustaining bi-meUliam. he wonld - i i na iro rv cirv mr irv k 11 w-vrv. a Arrv " repeaL In this situation, the Democrat- .. " " . VJ -"i- h Senator Tests Speech. EditnrUtl Corrapfnutenre. WASHINGTON, D.C., 1311 HST. N. W.; August 16, 1393. repealed. Bat this repeal shall not im-1 pair, nor in any msnner affect, the legal tender quality of the standard silver dol lars heretofore coined, and the faith and reading the President's message before it was on. Senator Lcxlge introduced a reso lution to vote on the bill to repeal on Aug. zza. senator Hale also made some caustic remarks. Senator Gorman re- ic Senators are pursuing the only sensi ble course, and are trying to reach a sat isfactory settlement, and to agree upon a plan whereby the use of silver shall not be wholly abandoned, and by which the plied and hoped Senators would not seek credit of the United States are hereby J to make partizan advantage at a time Sherman act can be repealed. Dleuired to maintain the nantv or the I ).--, ,-.... vv, ., ,k;-.-. f- . , . 1 - . I tuu vcuabvi wx uiOh -m- moil iu" r-iueni mBgw w m grei rold and silver coin of the ITnitd Sti.t. r .v. . r ;. ..;.! .;. , There is no occasion for Democrats to . . - 1 - I iiiu x 1 t-inii c: va;iuuuiiicvj daiu 1110 wuj- - disappointment to ail tne advocates or the nrfnt 1-01 ratio, orsnch othor Lw. ; .i. .k .,.;. be undulv alarmed aboftt the future of . - . . . I g O V I WIUU llilC-. I VU I l Wllh.3 ULJT IUO UUVJilVU 1 .VilnaM TKaV avrwwttaH him I I I.. "v"""' " ratio as mav be established bv law. I tk,i rar r ,k. ,.i, f ..,.riD. I tfie partv. It were follv to denv that Urge the lm mediate and unconditional I Tn thia hin an m.n1mrat rin thn . a a ......1 K. hnst at this time thAre is ort rlissati. aiarming Uotiden aa eharwtertied their repeal of the Sherman silver purchase ,hapa of a bil, offered by Mf BIand) pro. he Senator from Maine ' he i gat disappointment among management last September when the act as essential to clearing the way for a Tidin- for ne at mTlitioot i doclarfi(1 .foreets that everv curse due to Democrats in North Carolina. The Re- Morana ar-1 revision of our financial legislation, and frt ...ii i n.rt.,T.vi then to follow that up with a recommen infected German steamer rived at New York. THE STATE ALLIANCE. m tk'tT ou -ht now to be happy in tarltdite Neal wanted the r.:;c notninat-o for Governor, V. K.n-ry m; he's gld Seal got it. ! ih rAm(t,ni fan begin. 1 dnxigbi which has pirvailed for past in Maryland has caused U s and added to the distrcMee f-rxnr in tnat section. The corn . -. I t.ou-to cnp he Un very M-riously A N"iwrs r.rl. in order to decide of thm. ler he shall mar rj. hx rt a hen on thnre egs. each t jtn.-!. aad th tm to h:ch will bear tV c-tn f her choti-e- barely he will im- tL- Ac-ac.f the prvrerbud hen-pecked h-ii..-..l. Thc n-prtof tb Twenty-First annual r( of th North Carolina Pre A- . us:, n Ka-- U-a mttved. It was com I t' vrvtary John K Sberrill, cdi - . ; the Concord Tim, and printed na njii, aod is Deal and dors .- t- hi- rntcrprv. .xr m da.irx with the financial n m a earnest businM-l-ke way i ' .;ui- nbtanlial rvlwf, and is, -. rrj di.-Ki raging to the Pop- ar rvtintjt president" is not - 4 .a twing the next S-nator from . ir'':i a much as he was. ' ftvr Itrrurn, of the State Alii with the a.sttanc of a few - na:i fry plilieian, came so near 1 i.uxt orniiatioo in this State, ? ir it iMa the Third party, has : c-t on and out. May we . IV new adminUtratioa will - ;.rav.n p4itic. weed out all -v st.I rvain its Ut opportune t V'V it t.! si-prarance of yvllo ltrt.U arxi Georgia, rwently. - ..lrb.e aLtrm in the Smth. I- U-'t the duvtiicts where the thought lorxUt. But the 1-wWly more encouraging fr is cntertajned of a yellow ;! mio on the Soot hern coast. It r ! v dtppeared from Pcnseeola -r fiitd thenr and there are j-ut its prwence in Brunswick. '..;( action of the authorities in . r.x And quarantining suspected . In !-d. i.ixi liKAIf oRors. N ir-rk lltrtild publishc re i. artof the country which k-f.fe.l rnps will be grvat this ' .v severe drought in some - . . N'...:h Carxiina the crop re- '-'ru xti of the Mate are I: - H..'. dry spell has been fol . i d.-.r.t rain and the cotton ri:. The yield of com - - t A j l. ntiful wh at harvest . sfjtrnvrrd and t4Lecco is -r are httpeful and much en-Ti-- ;i-r" work will put -. 1 t.-ieranI mrr proa !' . ..j.urj haw Uvo for - 1 4.d the financial strin . ... h L a jet been scarcely ..- untrj joj.le, be relieved by ci.tt.m ami' tobacco croj -t market, our fanners will !..ifl timrs. " j irt f it. however, is, that "i-ne biKight very little on -..! h-ive thus ktpt both the otenhants largely T t- vr Ua bern rit-d - - 1 ,1 art.1 the cooaequence is -i.r U iter crop and owe less - :ai- on any crop made ia the r, a ad thia crop consists ' Jsojd prod acts. 1 Its Xeetiac GreeahrThe New 08eti Seaetor Vaare Cheerew. The State Farmera Alliance held Its annual meeting at Greensboro last week. Seventy-eight counties were represented and over a hundred delegate were pres ent. The peraooet of tne meeting 1 however, perhaps better than ever be fore and some of the delegates think there was less intolerance and partisan politics than was manifested at the meeting last year. The business of greatest importance and public interest was the election of new officers. Butler bad to step down and out and a new president was elected over him. The new President is J. M. Mcwborne, of Lenoir county, one of the leading lights of the Third party. It will be re membered that he was once an inde pendent candidate for Congress in the second district and was endorsed by the Democrats. In the Last campaign he was one of the Third party electoral candidates. J. S. Bridges, of Catawba, was elected vice-president. W. S. Barnes, secretary and treasurer, and W. IL Worth, State business agent, were both retained. Barnes, it will be remembered ran the Special Informer in the last cam paign, and H orth was the Third party candidate for State Treasurer. Bat there was a very material change in the executive committee. Congressman Alexander resigned, and the time of Mr. Mew borne, who was elected president. had expired, leaving only Butler of the former members of the committee. But ler is chairman of the new committee. The two other members are J. J. Long, of Columbus, a Itemocrat, and A. F. Hile- man, of Cabarrus, a Third party man. The other officers elected were W. A. Graham, trustee; Dr. Cyrus Thompson, lecturer; J. T. B. Hoover, assistant lec turer; Kv. T. T. Speight, Bertie county, chaplain; John K. Hancock, Guilford county, sergeant-at-arms; Geo. T. Lane, Guilford county, door-keeper; II. E. King, Onslow county, assistant door keeper. Tne Judiciary Committee is composed of N. M. Culbreth, Columbus county, John Brady, Gates county, John Gra ham, Warren county. Delegates to .Na tional Alliance are M. L. Wood, Bertie county, J. u. Sberrill, Catawba county. There was an effort made to elect Con gressman Alexander president. But this failed, aa was to oe expected, trom po litical reason. His election wonld have perhaps, done more to reinstate the Al Lance than any other one thing they could have dooe. He got, however. very few vote. Resolutions were passed endorsing Senator Vance's views in re gard to julver and his name was cheered to the echo. The President's message was spoken of as a gold bug document. Nearly all tbe delegates were in favor of free coinage and a few remembered their panacea, of a few jrara ago, for all po litical ills, the subtrrasury plan, and thought only that could relieve us. The report of the cretary snowed a very great falling on in strength and membership of the order since the lat State meeting, but a considerable in crease in membership daring the last three months. dation for such legislation as would se cure the free coinage of silver upon a proper ratio. They also hoped and be lieved that be would suggest tbe ratio and the method by which bi-roetalism could be secured, and blaze out a road in the dense forest of uncertainty that has bewildered so many. It wa believed by bis silver friemU that, in addition to these things he would recommend the repeal of the tax on the circulation of State banks so that there could be a large increase of the circulating medium wherever it was needed and desired. But the mesmige opened with the repeal of the Sherman purchase act, and closed with n recommendation for the repeal of that act. It was 'a single shot" and. except a strong insistence upon a reduc tion of the tariff, there was nothing else in it; or, if there was any recommenda tion, it was so general as not to give light to the free coinage men as to ex actly what the President desirvs. The concluding words of his messagu contain the only allusion to anything else besides tbe repeal of the Sherman act. I quote: "I earnestly recommend the prompt Ten days will be given to debate. If the amendment at the ratio of 16 to 1 is voted down, one providing a ratio of 17 to 1 is to fol low, also to be entitled to debate and a vote. Amendments for ratios of 18 to 1 and 20 to 1 are to be given a like treat ment if the administration forces are strong enough. If all the amendments are beaten debate and vote will be had upon a motion to substitute the Bland- Allison act for the Sherman act. Should this in turn be defeated, the vote will re cur upon the original 0111 to repeal, in troduced by Mr. Wilson. This agree ment was perfectly satisfactory to men of varying opinions and by re son of it every man will have an opportunity to vote his real position on the silver ques tion. It also prevents filibustering, and insures early action. I am one of those who believe that ear ly action is demanded, particularly if the South is to get a fair price for its cotton. People will not turn loose the hoarded money until action has been taken. Al most anything is better than long delay and continued uncertainty. It is there fore gratifying to see all tbe members agreed upon allowing the will of the ma- declared, 'forgets that every curse due to the Sherman act comes home to roost on J publicans ought long ago to have been his side of the chamber. It ill becomes removed and Democrats placed on guard 1 .. - . a! 1 repeal 01 tne provisions 01 me aci passed ir,ritv tn ,,. nt on 0firi ,iota 1 1.K t fi Oil .nthAM.inrrtKii ff.iiMh.A I ' . - of silver bullion, and that other Ugisla tin action may put beyond all doubt or mistake the intention and the ability of the government to fulfill its pecuniary obligations in money universally recog nized by all civilized countries. Other legislative action" is the only open door to those who contend that the President believed that other financial legislation that will increase tbe volume of money is necessary. But be limits this recommendation by showing what "other legislative action" ought to ac complish. He does oot advocate '"other legislative action" that will secure bi ff - It is generally conceded by the news papers here that all the amendments will be voted down in the House and that the Sherman act will be repealed uncondi tionally by that body. There is some doubt about this in fact there is much doubt. The silver men do not concede it, and their willingness to permit a vote without a longer contest indicates that they feel safe. In fact both sides claim the House. Nobody can tell how it will vote until it has done so. No canvass worth anything has been made, and all estimates are unsafe to rely upon. It is metalism. He does not advocate "other claimed that there will be a majority of legislative action" in order that the vol a me of the currency in circulation may be increased. If so, I cannot read it even between the lines, but be advo cates it in order to "put beyond all doubt or mistake the intention and the ability of the Government to fulfill its pecuniary obligations in money univer sally recognized by All civilized coun tries" viz: gold. If that is not the clear and unmistakable meaning of the mes- sage I confess that I do not know the meaning of words. This message, writ ten to help avert a great crisis, does not, of coun, absolutely forbid the hope that he will, in his message at the regular sesniou of Congress, outline measures of financial relief that will be more nearly in accordance with the conditions of Democrats in tbe South and West. As I suggested in a previous letter, it may from 20 to 30 for unconditional repeal. We shall see later how true that predic tion is. The debate in the House has been characterized by no startling features. The attendance is not large, and it is probable that not a single vote will be won or lost by the debate. But it will continue until next Monday. Mr. Ray nor, of Maryland, made the opening speech for unconditional repeal, and made as good an argument for his side as the House has heard in many years. It was lawyer-like, able and breathed the spirit of the patriot. The chief speech, on the first day, against unconditional repeal, was made by Mr. Bland. One sentence of his speech created comment. 'Speaking for the mass of the people of the Mississippi valley and of tbe peo- him to appeal to me to hurry with a hop, skip, and jump the undoing of that in famy and fraud he helped to fasten on the country.' A volley of applause from the galleries brought forth a warning from the Vice President to clear the house, and then Senator Hale had the floor to ask why the bill should not be repealed, even granting that it was an infamy and a fraud. Senator v oornees replied mat ne was there not because he had errod, but be cause the other side of the house had. The harm must be undone in regular order, not by joking methods. Then Senator Sherman rose to reply to a mention of the name, speaking in a tone that could be heard but a few feet away. The act which had been mis named the Sherman law for he had no more to do with it than others had been adopted to wan! off an imminent danger, as the Democratic party had committed itself to free coinage. Every provision of it was wise and conserva tive, except the one he would vote to re peal. To a question from Senator Voorhees as to whether this should be done without the regular formalities, Senator Sherman answered "No." He thought the time would come in the Senate, as in every legislative body, when the majority could not put an end to debate, although he did not wish to see it done in this case. Partisan discussion was depreciated by Senator Vest, but he said that the as sertion that the act had been passed to prevent free coinage implied that the President would have signed a free-coin age bill. Senator Sherman replied that he hoped the time would never come when the Senate would leave it to the Presi dent to avert a calamity it might pre vent. "This claim that the act was passed to relieve the President is an after thought." said Senator leller. "It was done to quiet agitation and to keep the States of the Northwest in the Republi can ranks." The Senator knew that things had reached a point where it was impossible to pass a free silver act. He declared that Senator Hale had no right to speak for the party, lhe act was founded on a financial principle. It was a moustrosity, said Senator Teller, but he voted for it, thinking it might raise the price of silver in his State. It was kind of Senator Sherman to say that a cloture bill would not be passed if the silver men behaved themselves, but such a bill would never be passed. "This buying silver and begin buying gold." '' SENATOR TE3T'9 BFIECH. Mr. Vest, Democrat, of Missouri, on Monday called up the resolution offered by him last Thursday in favor of bi-me- talis ui and the free and unlimited coin- age of both gold and silver and addressed the Senate on the subject. The text of Senator Vest's speech was the following: , Jteaolved, That the American people from tradition aud Interest, favor bi- metalism and the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver, without discriminating against either metal: that is ; also the established policy of the United States to maintain the parity of have said something about it. Mr. Vest spoke of the unfortunate condition of the miner of the West, and said that the somewhhat dramatlo re mark of an ex-Senator recently that in the extreme West the people were cry ing for bread and that in New York they were crying for gold was literally true. Then he added: 'Suppose that we were called upon to day to pass a law stopping the factories of new England, what protests would we hear from that section t "Suppose we were called upon to strike down the wheat culture of Dakota and of the Red River of the North, would we not expect to hear protests against it t . If I were here from one of the sil ver producing States, I would fight the in every post-office and every other posi- uon or irusi ana nonor. rauure to 00 the two metals, so that the debt-paying demonetization of silver as I fought the mis nas caused irritation and disaffec- and purchasing power of every dollar I force biu, because It involves all that tion, and has chilled the ardor of faith-1 shall be at all times equal; that it is the ful workers in the party. Division and I $at? ' Congress to speedily enact such - - I laira o . t. ill ! afraAtii.fa ci t wl m i....in form have added to these things and good men have been led into hard criti cism of tbe administration they helped to put into power. These things are un- e . At . iorrunaieiy true, and Decause tney are true, a hopelessness and indifference has fallen upon some good Democrats and the talk as if the party had no chance of success in the future. They forget that the Democratic party has passed those people should hold dear in tbe way or property ngnts and of the comforts of life. these objects. I "Arguments would have to be brought Before beginning his speech Mr. Vest Lnere wronger than proofs or holy writ' nan rund t h 1wlra 1 1 nn in th Kpimh. I . .'..' . r I possiointy, oy legislation, tentative or lican and Democratic platforms on the otherwise, keep this great disaster from . m ... a - . I 1 m .? . suoiect ot silver, in order to snow tnat I mese people citisens or mis great ite- both parties were practically agreed on that question. He said that it was time for the people of the United States to know whether politics was a juggle and a fraud, or whether the solemn declara tion of parties was worthy the confidence Ll X . " . mrougn many a crisis worse man tnis 1 0f a free rr),.. J .i.l a : i . . . I auu inai iu principles are as eternal as Takin2 m, the Sherman act. Mr. Vest self-government is right. They also for- spoke of it as a houseless and homeless get that the party will be judged, not by legislative dog, with no one to give it a its actions in the first half year, but by and without being able to find a its record of two and four years. By kennel in whieh to hide iu disuonored Christmas there will not be a handfull of w inH navrtho)a v, u..,M ., Republicans in office in North Carolina; Lainst its reDeal without a guarantee as .1 T .n . . I " goou democrats win oe on guard, wiser solemn as the trreat necessity of the Deo 1 .l ,,... I " icgisiauou upon ine. currency wm nave ni that Rilvr shall nrUt in th Ilnitl oeen enacted, and tne panic will oe in the throes of death. Before the cam paign opens next year, the tariff will I I i j . j? . . ii i . t ii u v aa i ui t-4 i t : r v -wn n i in i i it tvm nnvAi t . - ... i1.u,nlljr u oaicijr, united States, and had in all his cam 3 ... 1 31 ! i 1 1 I auu iunuer goou legisiauon enacted ano p&ign Bpeeches in Missouri declared Mr, the party will go to the country upon a Cleveland to be a bi-metalist like him 1 si.-. ill i -l a I recoru mat win mate us an prouno to Mlf and that they only differed in uo.u it oanners aion. mere is reason reference to the ratio. :.:.: a t a i I ll" ""-" "avc " i'-l He had the right to make the state- feet right to criticize their servants, but ment, because Mr. Cleveland had accep- mere is no occasion ior tne jeremiais tnat ted the nomination on a platform which 1 J T 11 . - mi wv . , I nearu m an sections, i ne ropunsts Diedjred the Democratic oartv to bi-metal majr ciulCu to gite us an uia. . igm It had heeu well known that can stand in the way of predictions of the Democratic part y stood on the doc evil. We have enough present evil, left trine of bi.metaliSm as that it had as a legacy by the Republican party, without borrowing more. The future is public, of the same blood and lineage as ourselves I will i take the chances of even a mistake on my part rather than perpetrate what consider such an out rage upon mem. I know these Western States not from theory, but 1 from experience. I know what these people have endured. leaving the comforts of what was then civilization in the Eastern and Middle States are going out, with rifle in one hand and pick in the other, blazing the pathway of civilization in the canous of the Rockv Mountains. They have built up the silver mining industry on the faith -pledged to them by the (tcople of the United States in its constitution and laws that the product of those mines shall be considered as a money metal. "And we are now asked, through the financial 'four hundred' of New York and the commercial classes of England, not so dark as the present. The Demo crats in Congress will not prove faithless; and whether we get the particular legis- States as a money metal. He said he haii Kaon lr-inum aa iYka firm inrl im. hriig friend of the Preiden of th. tfj rVtE gold, gold.' No, Mr. President, I will not do it. If the time comes when I find that I have made a mistake, I can, at least, have the consolation of knowing tnat my neart and my nead ootu ap prove the action which I proiMse to take in regard to this measure. In conclusion, Mr. Vest repelled the idea of there being a necessity for inter national agreement on the subject of sil ver. At the close of this speech M r. Hoar obtained the floor, and then, after a short session for the reference to com mittees of tbe nominations received Monday, the Senate adjourned. 4 I am greatly disappointed that Will G. Burkhead did not get the position of met in Chicago and nominated Grover Cleve land for the Presidency. He did not un dertake to say now that the President was opposed to bi-metalism, or that he would not give his executive sanction to lation we desire, we will all see more just mflasnrw tn min ilvr t Pon.inArni.1 Reading Clerk of the House. He read laws and better times before next year as ratio witn eoid: but he did undertake exceptionally well and recei ved many en tn aav that, thf, Praidfnt'f mpasmcri. w comiums. Indeed he far exceeded all most significant for what it failed to others in the opinion of those whom I say. Mr. Vest quoted authorities to show that there was not a sufficient over-pro duction of silver to warrant its demone the result of Democratic legislation. It need not be expected that all the evils will be remedied in a day or a year, but before this Democratic administration concludes its work, the country will be in a better condition than it has been in thirty years If it is not, I will confess that I am no prophet. heard express themselves, but Mr. Wade, of Tennessee, got the place. There is tffuch comment here over the COSGRESSBAS BRECKINRIDGE For ft4actla a4 PrewiUe, kf 31 Im PolUr4. A suit has been brought in tbe Su preme court in the District of Columbia on Saturday by Miss Madeline V. Pollard for tyO.000 again l w. u. r. Urecklnndge Congressman from Kentucky charging htm with seduction and breacn ot prom Im She claims be had improper rela tion with her when she was at Wesleyan Female College, and that after bis wife died be promised to marry her. The suit has created a great sensation in w asn- ington. The plaintiff charge that tn April, 1854. when she was 17 years old and a student at Wesdeyau Female Seminary at Chattanooga, she was met on tbe train, travelling from school to Frankfort, Ky., where she had been called on account of the grave illness of her sister, bT nou. W. CL P. Bnrckiuridge, who made her acquaintance on the plea of bis knowing ber family, and that site was flattered by bis attentions, knowing who he was and considering him a venr prominent man, and that on tbe third day of August, iru h earn to see her at tbe seminary and got permi-skm of tbe president for ber to dine with bim. and bv wiles and artifices and protestations of affection, subsequently took ad vantage of ber youth and inexperience. Tbe birth of two chil dren (who died) and the premature Dtrtn of a third child are alleged as the result of this intimacy.' From time to time. tbe date for tbe marriage was postponxl. It will be remembered that it was m- mored that Breckinridge was to marry Mis Pollard jut previous to hi mar riage to an eMiuiaUe Kentucky wido. Mrs. LooUa Ming, on ine ic.n oi tasi Miss Pol Larn was awenargea irora iu treasury department for saving, whenshe kMi.1 nt Of n. Sherman's death. "Thant God, the devil has got bis own.' from even suggesting measures of finan cial relief because of bis conviction that the repeal of the Sherman purchase act is essential before any such legislation D rca f ouitht to be considered. But, whatever bis intention and purposes for the fu ture are. it is certain that he does not Jf arwerer PetiraaT CeavicteJ. Tbe trial of Peter DcGraff for the mur der of Ellen Smith, near winsion ias fall, was concluded Tuesday, junge 1 ioaton aprnt two nourw iu cuargiuK iui .nrv. and the Utter retired at 8 o'clock. Th,T mrre atont from tbe room but 20 minuu when they returned with a ver- kt of guilty. Dettraix t supposes woe nartiallv ituan, AD appeal nas oeen taken to the Supreme Court. s..rtM In the NoaTH CaBOUXUit. jocrvase your buaine, and U bappy. - r I v t i - be that the President purposely refrained pl wt f l I y y- 8nl not d it- question is as important as the question Hwuevieuappiauscj. auu UJ uuu) or whether the country shall remain united any party that undertakes to do it, will, .. ... in God's name, be trampled as it ought or uivlueu- t0 be in the dust of condemnation now "More important : snouieu senator and iu tbe future. Continued applause Stewart from across the aisle. on me uoor and in tue gaiieries.j i sieak as a Democrat, but yet as an American above Democracy. Cheers. J e do not intend that any party shall . . .. ... .1 m i. l i .v-a l now propose any legislation looting to survi.e. u we can neip ji, iui win my an enlargement of the circulating me- ,s wr'T , UJC"" "I .rT--.t . .P Vrnrlanl r tt ! Iirnfko That dium, and that his failure to do so has : . language: but. sneaking been a source of great disappointment to to you of the Eastern Democracy, we many Iemocratic members of Congress, will bid you farewell when you do it. But, for all that, there is no reason for Applause. J the abuse and villiflcation of the Piesi- "Now you can take your choice of sus- Kininiv A monoo a crflirwt r ncrlo n1 rr ana.. dent that has emanated from certain An.,ninrtnStr.S .nH Amri- sources. He is as honest In bis convic- laborers against English laborers, or cure the passage of a measure in the na- tious as any man that lives, and believes of our going apart. We have come to ture of a compromise that will give re- that his policy fa essential to the pros- parting way. I do not pretend to speak lief to the people and put a stop to the .. .nll. V.H . mfl, o i.l mu niMictitn. IUI 4411 J kjinij uv u-7ii auu who ,u I rnnir i.ta l.i it I holiovn that I rn meat fnr the masses of the great Mississippi Valley when I say that we will not submit to the domination of any political party (however much we love Democracy) if it lays its sacrificial hand upon silver and wounds it in this country. For myself I will not support such a party here or elsewhere, but will denounce it as un Democratic and un-American. And the Democrats engaged in it I will ask the mm.h1h of the countrv to condemn as the nmnti anil tinlann T will withdraw and the issuing of notes thereon. It is No action, or commencement of action, has yet taken place in the Senate. The Democratic members held a caucus, and apnoiuted a committee composed of Sen ators Gorman, Gray, Ransom, Vilas, Walthal, Cockerell, Voorhees, and White, of Louisiana to consider the President's message, and report to the caucus. It is hoped that this committee can bring the different elements together, and se- SENATOB VANCE INTERVIEWED. Senator Vance, of North Carolina, op poses with energy the President's propo sition for the unconditional repeal of the Sherman act. His views may be ac cepted as thoroughly representative of the free silver sentiment in the South. "Speaking of the situation today Mr. Vance said: 'Unconditional repeal of the Sherman act can never pass the Senate. I feel as confident of that as I do of any thing. I have no poll myself, but those who have made one, and who ordinarily are safe men, assure me that there is a majority t )- c-t4- fan arvainct Ya nwrwtait'i-iTC " Ut at tvji&D is ivu agaiuoii iuu ptuuoiuuui tization, and that it fluctuated less than report that District-AttorneyOlcnn Joined tmM nAmittaA vrv intlliirnt senator v ance in endorsing nr. v. A man would admit, that if the volume of Covington, of Monroe, money was increased the prices of com modities went up; and that if the vol ume of money was decreased the prices of commodities went down. He bad seen the dav. in the vicissitudes in his life when $30 of paper would not buy a loaf of bread, and when a fo gold piece would buy a house and lot. It was not necessary for him to say j when and where that was, because he did not wish to revive war issues. .Laughter. And bo. if one half the coin currency of the country were struck dowu. the burdens of those who have of Monroe, for Assistant District-Attorney, and now tells the At torney-General that he prefers the ap pointment of Mr. Green for Assistant Attorney. Nobody knows yet what will be done about it. . Hon. O. H. Dockery, of Richmond county, accompanied by his son Claude, has been in Washington several days this week making a final settlement of accounts with the State Department. Mr. Dockery looks well, and all North Car olinians will be glad to know that he has made an enviable reputation in Rio, and reflected credit upon the State. Mr. at least ten against tne proposition." owned money wouid be doubled, and the p,.,,, ma ty,mt ,KinV. "What form will the substitute take, . - ' .... . , , . Claude Dockery tell me that he thinks prices of commodities would be put . ,? i Senator? "I cannot say, I have drawn stitute myself, but my views known, and I am prepared to support them by my vote when the time comes. I am for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the present ratio. ' The ratio should not be changed, for . the reason that that would necessitate the recoin- age of the silver dollars now in existence. I am opposed to limiting the coinage of silver because that would discredit the silver money in circulation. My fight is prices ot commodities would oe pui no sub- down beyond computation. Mr. Horace are well I White had stated in a recent article in the New. York Evening Past that he hoped that day would come; that he wanted to see everything cheaper, be cause that was to everybody's interest. Mr. White did not, it seemed, agree with his own party; for it was only a few years since the country was told by leading Republicans that the words of taking the post-graduate course in law at tho University before entering" upon the practice. He is an uncommonly clever and capable young man. Hon. W. H. Kitchen did not like his place as Chinese Inspector at New Or leans, and will resign. He did not take it except as a temporary position. www Mr. J. 8. Tomlinson, who formerly ed- perity of the country. He has been too brave and too honest in every crisis, and has stood too often against corporate greed and power, for any Democrat (no matter bow sorely disappointed j to join in tbe lie that he is actuated by a leaning to Wall Street. He advocates the imme diate and unconditional repeal of the Sherman act now because he thinks that must precede all other relief. In that thousands of free coinage men agree with Very few people here believe that the Senate will pass a bill unconditionally repealing the Sherman silver act, and that a compromise will be forced. What that compromise will be, nobody knows, but it is believed that it will embrace the repeal of the Sherman silver purchase act and the coinage of silver at an in creased ratio, or the purchase of silver him, but are disappointed that lie did not go further and advocate free coinage and State banks as a means of giving the needed additional money with which to do tbe business of the country. He is one of the world's greatest men and the that epithet as the representatives of safe to predict that there will be some the moneyed power and the moneyed in terests, instead of being the representa tives of the American people. Yon cannot bold the Democratic party to gether op that line." One speech that created much talk was provision insuring silver legislation be fore the Sherman act is repealed. If the President had concluded his message by saying that after the Sherman purchase act was repealed, be recommended such plain people never had a truer friend in j made by a young member, Mr. Pence, of legislation as would insure bi-metalism, the White House. He owns his own soul, J Colorado. Young members do not speak the proposition to repeal at once would dares to do his own thinking and baa often: and when thev do. nobodv listens have carried without a doubt, it is the the courage of his convictions. The I to them as a rule, bnt Mr. Pence broke fear that he would veto a free-coinage people of North Carolina, in the main, the rule, and his speech was much talked act, after the repeal of the Sherman law, do not.agree with the message and are I about. He could be heard in every part that makes free coinage men insist upon sorely disappointed because it stopped I Qf the Hall, and his youth and his ear- concurrent action. They are influenced short at advocating the repeal of tbeDcetness impelled all to listen to him. bf the line of argument advanced by my Sherman act, but they are too just and He asked one question that caused langh- friend quoted by me in the last issue of honest to condemn the great man, for ter. He asked if it were possible that the north Carolinian. whom they have thrice voted, because of ne j(r. Raynor and Mr. Biand were Even if there was an actual majority which I .wtMl on the same platform. He was in the Senate in favor of unconditional very severe on Mr. Carlisle. He made a repeal, it could not be accomplished be- quotation from a speech which he said cause there is no way by which debate THI PLAJt ix tue uocsc I yr. Carlisle made in 1878 to the effect can be cut off in the Senate, w ben the There was much fear that there would that the striking down of from three- Force bill was before tbat body, it was be a long struggle in the House before a sevenths to one-half of the metalic money defeated only because cloture -could not rote could be reached, and that the re- of the country was the most gigantic be applied. It was the salvation of the lief demanded would be long delayed, crime of this or any other generation; South that the Force bill could not be But aa arrangement ha been made by and be contrasted that declaration with rushed through the Senate. There is not opinion cpon a question upon honest men may and do differ. . . , Ai -T t r t "han and nastv" went together, and ,H5a no 7 , auu luarr.cu tht .Wh r.l.th mant a ..haan man. Miss Wilder, of Louisburg, hss been ap- 1 l n .. t si it a . .1 n J Mr. Vest was particularly emphatic in P" vaputm i vue auunai uu declaring it would be unjust, ruinous, for the full recognition of silver as a monev metal and for keeping silver as money on a parity with gold." "How soon do you expect tbe ball to open in the Senate." "Not for ten days at least. An occa sional speech may be made by Senators anxious to express themselves, but the real debate upon which the action of the Senate on silver will turn is by no means at hand yet. As to how low long it will continue when it begins depends. The Senate is a very polite body, and we have some very .fine talkers among us. The first business the Senate will trans act relates to the three Senatorial seats in contest. That comes over as tfnfiin- ished business from the last session and is ready to be taken up at once." w The Washington Post of Sunday con tained the following arguments which haA attracted mnc.li comment. "It is idle to waste time talking about those two great nations took away the I . i a . i a I free coinage in this country alone, at the monetary use ot suver i uu iue re ratio of sixteen to one, or any other ratio, sources and population of the United Ko one nation acting alone can maintain st tes it wag onIy necessary for the bi-metalism. and if we try it we must . . ,:,Iwiv mf.A with absolute certainty drive one metal Cnlted fetate to thc' and to 8tf"d or the other out of use. If the ratio es- by it. The trouble today was caused by tablished values silver too highly, gold the open and sedulous inculcation of the com will go to a premium ano leave us ,dea tnat the country was about to go to 8ilrrrmJUD?a the goldstandatd, and that the .Uver ued too 'highly, it will drive silver coin money of the country would be worth-4 Tolved in a row. . ixl. I Mi T nr i nri ' ltfr. to a premium, and we snail oe on goia less. mono-metalism. If we value neither too jj r Palmer here wished to know wheth- highly at the start, Put succeed in nxing . of tfae Sherman wonld SLJ.fc I and absolutely wicked to the debtor to strike down one half of the currency of the country, i In reply to a question by Mr. Hoar, Mr. Vest argued tbat a single gold standard increased the burdens of the debtor classes t Then he proceeded to prove that France was a bi-metalic country and that the French people were, financially, the first people in existence. It was the legislation of the United States and Ger many that had brought down the value of silver. How could it be expected that silver would retain its value when the relation of the two metals with solute accuracy, it will not remain so fixed for any length of time, because one of the metals is money the world over, and its value is thus fixed, while tbe other is only a commodity in most of the commercial countries, and its value or price fluctuates in the market bring the country to a gold standard t Mr. Vest thought it would. If the Sherman act be repealed not another sil ver dollar would be coined in this conn try, be said. : He was willing to hare it repealed, but here. North Carolina leads everywhere! Mr. 8. B. Gregory, of Halifax, ha been appointed clrk to the Hon. F. A. Woodard, member from the Second Dis trict. Among the visitors here from North Carolina are : F. B. Arendell, of Salis bury; W. M. Smith, of Concord; P. M. Pearsall, of Trenton; L. L. Jenkins and wife, of Gastonia; A. W. Graham and F. H. Busbee, attorneys for Capt. A. IL A. Williams; J. D. Nelson and E. 0."" Williams, of Monroe; W. Little, of Char lotte; Beverly Royster, of Henderson; R. H. McGnire, of Oxford; Dr. Isaac Taylor and M. Syler, of Morganton; Judge Shuford, of Ashevllle; J. B. Webb and wife, of Wilmington. J. D. Cat IIU Throat. A serious cutting Bcrape occurred in M. C. Herndon's saloon at Durham last Friday morning. Three negroes, Rufu Johnson, Ruffin Jones and Robbin Jus tice while drinking together became in- In tbe scums Jones mit Jmrtice's throat with a king knife which be bad been using in bis work in the tobacco factories. The throat wound was a very serious and almost fatal one. Jones also struck him in tbe right side making a deep gash from which the blood flowed freely. A preliminary trial was held and the two combatants were bound over in the sum of $100 each, and not being able to give bond were sent to JaiL i
The North Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.)
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