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YOi.niE II. DUMBER 10.
RALEIGH, NORTE, CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1893.
PRICE $1.00 A YEAR.
Table of Contents.
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vut i t a very sick man. He b
r.t:v racked with pain and hb ap-
' n.
ft UVf turn should t kept at
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: tt creation.
t .;d that th Western silvcrites
a- u; j tims; the Virginia PupulUta with
oa.j'ai.'u fund. I Weal as well as pov-
. n tual strange bed fellows.
Tut W tr.-to SuJem Chamber of Com
n. rve M cliy night adopted resolutions
rk i.?:in IU-presentatirc and Senators
f : m tfct tte to tote for the immediate
r if the Sherman Lw.
Tut founders of the lU puLtie aaw the
n. v.-.-it for a deUberatiTe Ulj and ther
..i. I Ut thenp be a Senate; and there wa
a nate, and it wa delib rte, very de
IJ.rte. It ha.4 saqwuv-ed their mwl
.it:uine ejpeettn..
The nwjontjr of tW j-e eU'eted Mr.
I '. Lnd and they arv not hVelj to hare
ir faith haken in him bj the wild cat
!.. .r;. - aitd bitter a-vnault of the I'oj'U
r I'T the whine of the discontented
tuaihine" 4ittcianJ.
riTR Vance intimate that hell
taW a haBd in the ap intment of rrre
t.u i-.;:.t ir in thbMate. It remaics
t . ! r n what kind of a hand be can
t..M a -iut Mr. Cleteland and hU ap
pnr.t!, imrou4 and Ulaa.
Thk fiht between Cotlevtor KojxLlia
and nator Vance is now quite warm.
K.wujiheUTery hopeful and the Sen
a:.r aj he b very hopeful, so there b
ts .thmz to do but wait and we what the
utiotue of thb tran? contest will be.
K-ct, the Topulist candidate against
t ..r.tenvan Grady, of the third dis
trict, has at Lat made tip hU mind to
.atrt Mr. Grady'a seat, if the elections
(mm.ttee will allow him to tale testi
cvij now and haTe it printed. Surely the
uUt b a queer bird and does things
after his own peculiar style.
Tucks b an epidemic of yellow fever
tn (ekra. The dread disease has ob
u.r.d a foot-hold in the entire section
an.uod Itrunswkk, and the most rigid
)trm of quarantine has been instituted
raitvl it and other suspected places.
Tt..e towns and cities which. hare for a
i-T - time been cautious in quarantine
ruUtcs are eii'rcteJ to escape, but
the outlook for the balance b considered
j;U.my.
A ('RRtsruxpExr to the Wilmington
.Var wnte that Judp9 Connor, who b
r.u holding Iibe9on Saperior Court, last
Monday sent hb resinatioa to Governor
larr. and that as n as, he adjourns
curt, he will retire to private life. The
Mm writer further intimates that Mr.
Jaci4 lUttle, of Rocky Mount, will prob
ably be hb successor. Judge Connor b
i ce of the purest and at the same same
lira one of the most learned judicial of
f.cers the State has ever had, and hb re
tirt metit from the bene hb something that
tue State may well deplore. An excellent
jj rule man, an ideal judicial officer, he
has never striven for popular applause
and political honors, but hb charming
nxolesty, hb patience and kind forbear
ance has won for him that love and rvs
lt:t whkh has made him a favorite
throughout the State. Hb retirement
frm public Ufe b much to be regretted.
TIIK COTTOX CTOP.
The cotton cnp lost year was the small-
t me The indications now
are that the present crop will be even
-moIU r. Rust, worms and drought have
l'ne great damage throughout the cot
t0 section.
The total crop in North Carolina last
-a.o was 110,000 bales; the present crop
U estimated at 263,000, being a alight
lEKrva over last year. Rust,- assisted
? t.rms and floods has rery materially
taruavd the crop in thb State.
This shortage in yield, however, to-!T-th-r
w ith that of last year, can bat have
a favorable effect npoo the price. As soon
a the financial depression b relieved we
lk for the price of cotton to Tery mate-r-i!lf
improve.
Advertise In the North CiRcajxtix,
incrtase your bosinesa, and be happy.
ECOXOMV IX TUB RIGHT DIREC
TlOJf.
Tbw U pre-eminently an economical
adminbtration. It b topping leaks in
all direction. With its inauguration la
March it began in all departments a sys
tem of retrenchment and reform in spend
ing the people money. In the matter
of pensions alone several million dollars
haTe already been saved. And now the
administration b to be commended for
postponing the beginning of the work on
the new public buildings and river and
harbor improvements.
It has a right to pursue thb policy, and
it U certainly to the advantage of the
tax payers. The waste of money on post-
oSkr and custom-houses in small towns
and the dredging of small creeks and the
deepening of shallow rivers b one of the
most inexcusable extravagances of Con
gress. And now that the treasury b
pinched for money and eTery resource
of the government b strained to meet its
obligations there must be nnusnal econ
omy in eTery direction, and there are no
better appropriations to be entirely discon
tinue than those for new river and bar
bor improvements.
In the present condition of the treas-
nry not a dollar should be unnecessarily
exj-endetL The interest on the public
debt, the salaries of officials, the wages
of laborers and the running expenses of
the government must be met, but appro-
priations for public buildings and river
improvements are usually obtained for
the Totes that are in it for a Congress-1
man.
itie lemocralic party is thus car
rying out another one of its pledges made
to the people last November, when k
declared its eternal opiiosition to the
Republican policy of profligate expendi
ture which, in the short space of two
years, has squandered an enormous sur
plus and emptied an overflowing treas
ury, after piling new burdens of taxation
upon the already overtaxed labor of the
country.
COX VICT LABOR AM) OCR rtB-
LIC ROADS.
One of the mut perplexing problem
with which the State bos to deal b how
to so employ the penitentiary convicts as
to make them profitable and self-sustain
ing, and yet not bring them in competi
tion w ith any other class of labor. Thb
b a knotty question, and the recent de
struction of the growing crops upon the
iCoanoke farms has not at all helped to
solve it but has caused many to advo
cate the entire discontinuance of The State
farms, ami the employment of the con-
vKts in same othe r way. Many sugges
tions in this direction have at different
times been made, but asytt none of them
have been deemed practicable or have
been tried. At one time there was a plan
to employ many of them on the inside
of the prbon in the manufacture of jute
bagging, but the plan seems to have been
abandoned. Puringthe Legislature there
were not a few who advocated the em
ployment of thb labor in the mines and
the establUhment of furnaces for smelt
ing the -iron ore of the State, Thb
scheme, however, was likewise never put
into operation.
There b another lan, however, that
has found many advocates for a number
of years. It b the employment of this
labor in public road improvement And
it b only due to the many difficulties and
expense attendant upon the management
of the convicts that this scheme
has never been put to a practical test
The matter will be brought forward, it b
said, at the road congress in thb city
October IStb, ftftd will be dbcussed with
view to the extensive employment of
the convicts in such work, if proper safe
guards can be thrown around it and the
cost to the counties will not be too great
There has been a general desiro that
the convicts should be thus employed for
a long time, and if it can be made prac
ticable, well-directed labor of thb kind
will save millions of dollars to the State.
There b nothing the State needs worse
than gnod roads, and it b to be hoped that
some means may be devised by which this
plan may bo put into successful opera
iion. STARVATION IX ENGLAND,
;reat ffrriag Among Miners rami-
lie In the Col District.
The manufacturing towns of England
are feeling keenly the shortage of coal
caused by the great strike of the miners
in that country.
All efforts to bring about a general
settlement of the dispute have thus far
proved a failure. The greatest suffering
prevaib among the miners and they are
anxious to return to work.
The men have been out of work for
over two months and hundreds of those
who have families have sold or panned
everything of value they possessed in or-
er to obtain toon lor weir wives ana
to obtain rood lor tneir wives and
children. It b common occurrence for I
the London and provincial papers to re- nepuoucan pany uunug me lasi cam
port the deaths of miners' little children, paign, and who is always ready to speak,
who have died from actual starvation. took the floor to reply to the Question.
Relief committeea have been appointed
tn many localities to aiieviate as xar as
;ssib!e the prevailing distress.
MMUaa Factories In North Carolina.
Th Bullttin for August of the North
Carolina Department of Agriculture, in
addition to lis crop repona ana maiicr
tor larmers, nas a iisi 01 au coiion anu
woolen milb in the State, as well as a
record of all miscellaneous mills, facto
ries, etc
In the number of cotton mills Gaston
leads with nineteen; next comes Ala-
ith sixteen; then ccmes Mecklenburg
with seven, and Cumberland and Ouil-1
ford with nine each. Eight counties I
alone have ninety-two mills.
ircucu, uuiviu, vuiuwi uwij
have five each; Cabarrus, Montgomery I
ajnd Rowan have four each. Then there B11er mines naa as mucn ngni to pro
are other counties with three, two, one I tection for the product of their mines as
each. New Hanover shows up with one.
There are one hundred and forty in alL
Of miscellaneous mills,. factories, etc,
there are about 770 There are 210 plug,
smoking, cigar and cigarette lactones.
FROM WASHINGTON.
COMPROMISE OR XO COMPRO
MISE, THAT ISTIIE QUESTIOX
Seaator Yaace Prefers Charges Against
Ellas aatf Saya he Will Vole Affaiast
Sisaneas-Plaas Propoe4 for Re
lieving the Financial Depresaion
Thoacat by Home That the Repeal of
the Sherman Law Will Revive the
Free Coinage Act of 1837 The Oat
look for Democratic Harmony not
Eaeonraging Other Matters of la.
terent.
EtUUrrial Corrcvondcnce.
WASHINGTON', D. C,
1311 II Street, N. W.;
October 4th, 1893
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, who is
strongly against the Voorhees bill for re
peal, has introduced a compromise meas
ore which is entitled to consideration:
It provides that there shall be a com.
mission composed of three Senators to be
selected by the Senate, three Representa
tives to be selected by the Speaker of the
House, and three persons to be selected
by the President, subject to confirmation
by the Senate. Tho commission shall or
ganize by the elect ion of one of their num
ber president, and the president b to ap
point a clerk. The commission is to hold
its sessions in the Capitol and in such
oth:r places as a majority shall direct,
j1 employ necessary steuographers and
I employes, and may adminuter oaths and
tor persous and pajiers.
The commission is charged with an ex
amination into the financial and mona
tary condition of the Government and
people of the United States, with a view
to devising means for the betterment
thereof, and is given full jurisdiction. It
b charged to specially examine and re
port upon, by one or more bills, the fol
lowing subjects: The full or partial re
monetization of silver, and a proper ratio
between it and gold; revision of legal
tender laws to prevent 'discrimination be
tween various descriptions of money;
State bank tax repeal with necessary res
trictions; the cause of the present paraly
sis of trade, and the necessity of legisla
tion to prevent national banks from
abusing their power.
The second section of tho resolution
directs tho Secretary of the Treasury to
set apart and retain in the Treasury so
much of the silver bullion now in the
Treasury as wiil be necessary to redeem
the outstanding Treasury notes in com
pliance with the terras of the act of July
14, 1890, and provides that the remain
der of he bullion shall bo set apart to be
coined, and the Srvtary b required to
coin it at the rate of not less than four
million standard silver dollars per month,
which when coined shall lie asset in the
Treasury, and while this coinage is in
progress the purchase of silver bullion,
under the terms of t he Sherman act, shall
be subtended.
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A most important factor in tho untir
ing eloquence of Seuator Stewart is the
a&sUtaneo of hb clerk, says the Wash
ingtou 2Wf. When the Nevada Senator
takes the floor any day hb aid-decamp
slides into the chair which has just been
vacated with an armful of newspaper
clippings. These extracts are pasted
upon large slips of cardboard, which
makes them easy to bo read, and they
furnish ammunition which never fails.
As Mr. Stewart begins to lag in hb com
ments upon one paragraph, his lieutenant
pokes up another, which serves to start a
new train of thought. In thb way Mr.
Stewart progresses through interminable
hours of oratory, like a frog crossing a
brook by jumping from stone to stone.
Hb secretary seems to be gifted with
mind-reading powers, as he never fails
to pass out the clipping which just fits
into Mr. Stewart's train of thought and
kindles the fire into renewed flame.
The understanding between J ho two is
like that of the slight-of-hand performer
and hb cplleaguo behind the black cur
tains, who manipulates tho invisible wires
and makes livestock and other things ap-
par unexpectedly. At ono time Tues
day Mr. Stewart's engineer gave him a
clipping so long that be did not care to
wrestle with it, so he called the senior
Senator from California to hb aid. Mr.
Whitestepped up promptly, but hb face
lengthened when the thing unfolded itself
and swept the floor, like Peffer's append
ages, developing into a long editorial
from a California paper, which required
ten minutes to read.
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On Thursday, during the debate in the
Senate, there was quite a laugh raised
during the speech made by Mr. Teller
when Mr. Dolph asked him how the poor
were to be benefitted by the issue of
money at 2 per cent by the government,
if they had no land or other property to
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p - , him off with a
deprecating move of the hand and said:
"No, no; you have not been a Populist
long enough to be an authority." It is a
new party, but those who are in it like
Mr. Peffer do not work the leadership by
tho new 4.
There b a new phase on the question
of repealing the Sherman act. It was
given expression to in the speech made
by Mr. Cameron, of Pennsyvania, whose
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and au tne time, ue made a speecn m
opposition to repeal and advocating the
free -oinairr. of silver, and in the course
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the owners of iron mines. Mr. Cameron's
speech was but a forerunner of the an
nouncement of the organization of Phil
adelphia capitalists to make a com-
bination with the Senators from
silver States to prevent the repeal
of the Sherman act, and also
make it so the new tariff law shall not
be put in operation until January, 1895.
The men from the silver States are for
silver above everything else, first, last
and all the time, just as the protection
ists are for protection above everything
else. Now it is proposed to pool their b-
snes and give free coinage or continua-
tion of the Sherman act, and continue
the McKinley act in opperation. Mr.
Wharton Barker, a leading capitalbt of
Philadelphia, has been in the city sever-
al days for the purpose of engineering
thb combination which b much talked
about An alliance between the protec-
tionlsts and the Senators from the silver
Stales would be formidable.' It would!
serve to prevent the repeal of the Sher
man act, but it b not so certain that thb
combination could delay the passage of
tariff actor postpone the time when it
would go into operation. A large nam
ber of Southern Senators will be glad to
assist, without going into the combina
tion of protectionists and silver Senators,
in their purpose to prevent the repeal of
the Sherman act without a substitute of
free' coinage, but when it comes to agree
ing to postpone the time when the tariff
shall go into operation they will be found
standing solidly against any such propo
sition. They believe m the use of silver
meney, but believe as much, or a great
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reducing the taxation of
deal more in
the people. If half a dozen Southern
Senators agree to allow a postponement
of the time when the tariff law shall go
into operation the protectionists and sil
ver mine owners will be able to carry
out their entire proposition, but it is not
probable that any of them will do so.
The Pennsylvania manufacturers do not
attribute the hard times to the Sherman
act or to the high taxation of the past
years, but attribute it entirely to the fact
that there b a fear in the country that
the Democrats will destroy the profits in
business by reducing and revising the
tariff, and if they were once con
vinced there would be no reduction in the
tariff prosperous times would be restor
ed. Their argument amounts to this
The way to make people prosperous b to
tax them high, and the higher you tax
them the more prosperous you make
them.
One of the most eloquent speeches of
the extra session was made in the House
a few days ago by Mr. Breckinridge, of
Kentucky. He speaks very rapidly with
out reference to" notes, gesticulates with
both arms and occasionally turns his face
toward the gallery. His sentences are
well rounded and there is a rhythm, ca
dence and beauty about hb speeches
which, with hb fine delivery, makes him
a very impressive speaker, lie .drew a
picture of tho evils of Federal interfer
ence in elections and contrasted it with
a picture of the beauties of peaee
throughout all the States and with the
government cverj'where resting on home
rule. In the course of hb speech he re
ferred to a very bitter and malignant
speech made by Mr. Johnson, of Indiana,
who said that the bill before the House
was the climax of all that was atrocious
and vicious in legislation, and a cold
blooded proposition to repeal the laws
that made the violation of election
methods a crime. Mr. Breckinridge
opened hb speech by saying that he had
a profound pity for tne neart mat could
dictate such a speech as the gentleman
had made, and with these words, said
I dismiss him and his speech." Mr.
Johnson, quick as a flash, interrupting
tho Kentuckian, said: "There are other
things the gentleman might like to dis
miss, but the people will not dismiss
them," referring to the suit of Miss Pol
lard against Mr. Breckinridge for seduc
tion and breach of promise. Mr. Breck
inridge replied that he did not under
stand the gentleman's allusion.
I desiro to make application to be
incorporated as a Delaware Indian," was
a jocular remark made ' to an official in
the Indian office here a few days ago.
The man who made it was joking, but
he might have made it in all seriousness
and shown hb wisdom. In truth the
Indians are the richest people in Ameri
ca, aud most of them have the richest
lands and money put aside which brings
them a neat income: There are less than
a hundred remaining of te once great I
tribe known as the Dela wares, but that
little handful is immensely wealthy. In I
addition to eighty acres of rich land, I
horses, cows, &c, these Delawares are I
worth $9,202 in hard cash which b de-
posited in the treasury. Interest b paid I
them semi-annually. Yesterday there I
was a large delegation of the Comanche J
here and they all called to see the Secre- j
tary of the Interior to whom b commit-1
ted all Indian questions. With the del-1
egation were two bright and attractive I
Indian babies who behaved as quietly as I
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any children. Their eyes stood open in
wouder at the strange things they saw.
Representative Bynum .has a bill pro- I
riding for a graduated income tax,
which he proposes to use hb best efforts
to get reported to the House and passed. I
I have ariven many eood arguments why I
a tax on incomes is the most equitable I
that could be levied. . It is also the ea-1 the government to receive the seignior
siest to pay. If you don't make any-1 age or difference between the bullion and
thing, you don't pay anything; if you I
make little, yon pay little, if yon make a I
great deal, you pay a great deal. It b,
therefore, fair and equitable. J
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Jo Howard, perhaps the most famous
of newspaper correspondents, has been I
here thb week. Hexthinks there b no I
chance for an early vote on the repeal of 9. By Mr. Squire, (Wash.): Authoriz
the Sherman purchase act, and his opin-1 ing any owners of silver bullion to depos-
ion is worth more than that of a politi-1
cian. He b famous for bright sayings.
I Herefb the brightest one he got off dur
to J ing hb visit: .
I "Did you ever see a rural visitor at
j having taken hold of the two han
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it you will tafce trouble to read the long
speeches in the Congressional Record you
will fiud much humor as well as able ar-
gamcnt and much dry statistics: There
nave many good anecdotes told
anrmg tne present debate that the He
cora nas Deed called "tne reservoir or
numor and wit. ' 1 cannot give space to
many of these jokes, but the explanation
of tb- theory of evolution by Representa-
I live " "'ams, ot Mississippi is too good
not 06 P'-rcn to the readers of the North
- 1 weoumas, wno are entitled to tne oest
tDat 18 gomg- AIr- uendnx, or JNew lor
a (brother or the Jttetnodist bishop) had
841(1 that the depreciation of silver had
been caused by a natural process of evol
ution, and here is the way Mr. Williams'
answered the New Yorker:
'It b said that the monkey was the
father of the man, and that he lost his
appendage because it ceased to be useful.
Not being needed it was not used, and,
therefore, an extinction of the unfit fol
lowed. You know it takes use to develop
the muscles of the arms and legs, and so,
too, a prehensile appendage or attach
ment of that sort requires use to develop
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l growth. But there being no use for
it, the monkey, under the environments,
not having to use this part of his anato
my, it became weaker and weaker, and
less and less in size and usefulness as a
tail, until finally it dropped off and left
nothing but a rudimentary appendage.
Thb is evolution. But if a man had gone
and got a monkey out of a menagerie and
taken a broadaxe and cut its tail off lit
tle by little, that would not have been
evolution. That is just what has been
done with silver. There has been a cred
iter broadaxe at work, first in Germany,
then Scandinavia, then France, and. then
the United States, and then the misera
ble wielder of the instrument declares
that he believes that this broadaxe is
God's principle of evolution
Mr. K M. Stevenson, of Taylorsville,
with his bride, spent a day here return
ing to North Carolina trom tneir nriaai
tour. They called on the Vice-President,
who b kin to the ex-State Senator.
THE PLANS PROPOSED.
Almost every Senator has a remedy for
the evils, and has offered it as an amend
ment to the Voorhees bill. If ever a vote
b reached, the Vice-President will find it
no easy task to know which amendment
to put first. There is much of merit in
the amendments and a careful calling of
the best features would give a good solu
tion of the difficult task of reaching a
solution. The following are the amend
ments offered:
1. By Mr. Hansbrough, (N. D.) For the
issue of silver certificates to replace all
classes of gold coin, or paper currency,
including national bank notes of less de
nominations than f 20, and for the bi
monthly purchase of silver bullion and
the coining thereof into standard dollars
at the existing ratio, as a basis for the
circulation and redemption, at par, of the
certificates. The certificates are to be a
legal tender for all sums of $100 or less.
The jsgue Gf gold coins and paper curren-
cy cf 1 denominations than $20 (ex-
cept those silver certificates) b to cease.
2. By Mr. Peffer, (Kan.): For free and
unlimited coinage of gold and silver at
the exbting ratio.
3. By Mr. Call, (Fla.): Requiring all
the silver bullion in the treasury to be
coined into dollars, half dollars and
quarter dollars at the ratio of 16 to 1 and
that legal tender silver certificates shall
be issued and paid out for all public dues
and shall be deposited in the national de
positories and" sub-treasuries.
Also providing for a convention of
North and South American states to con
sider and decide upon a common stand
ard or ratio upon which gold and silver
shall be maintained and admitted to free
coinage.
4. By Mr. Butler, (S. C): . Repealing j
the ten per cent tax upon the notes of
State banks.
5. Bv Mr. Faulkner. (W. Va.): For
the monthly coinage of three million
standard dollars out of the silver fn the
treasury.
Also for the monthly purchase of suf
ficient silver bullion to coin two million
silver dollars and for the coinage thereof
into quarter, half dollars and dollars. The
whole aggregate of silver coinage is not
to exceed $800,000,000. All national
bank notes of denominations less than $10
that are received at the treasury or any
sub-treasury are to be destroyed and new
notes issued for them, of which $10 shall
be the lowest denomination.
6. By Mr. Stewart". (Nev.): For a Con-
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gress of the Central and South American
republics, Mexico, Haiti and San Domm-
go, for the adoption of a common silver
coin to be issued by each government,
and to be a legal tender in all commer
cial transactions between the citizens of
all the States participating in the confer-
ence.
7. By Mr. Kyle. (S. D.): For free
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1,
coin value of the metal ; and for the issue
of silver certificates on such dollars.
8. By Mr. Call, (Fla.): Hb second
amendment, opening the mints of the
United States for the coinage of all gold
and silver bullion that may be brought
to them, into coins of the standard
weight and fineness. -
it at any mint of the United States, to I
J be coined into standard silver dollars
- 1 the present weight and fineness, for hb
J benefit, "but he is only to receive dollars
a equaling the commercial value of the bul
- iion on tne fay 0f deposit. Such coinage
v not to exceed M.000,000 per month,
I nt!l it. a ; 1 1 A.-rfc
uulii iu amuuuii comeu readies - - vu,
000,000. when all further coinasre of sil-
ver dollars shall cease.
These silver dollars are to be a legal
tender at their nominal or coin value in
all payments. No certificates are to be
issued to represent them. And the pur
- chasing clauses of the Sherman act are to
be repealed.
10. By Mr. -Gallinger, (N. H.): For
the appointment of a monetary commb-
soa to taks evidence in !! parts of the
j country on matters relating to finance
j and. the currency, and to report on the
i best policy to be adopted to maintain the
double standard.! '
n. By Mr. Allen, (Neb.): The permit
any owner of silver bullion to deposit it at
any mint and have it coined into standard
dollars for his benefit; less 20 per cent.
which is to be retained by the
ment as seigniorage.
12. By. Mr. Jones, (Ark.): For a com
mission to examine into tho financial and
monetary condition of the government
and the people of the United States, with
a view to devising means for the better
ment thereof. Also directing the Secre
tary or tne .treasury to set apart ana re
tain in the treasury so much of the silver
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j bullion as may be necessary to redeem
the outstanding treasury notes issued
under the Sherman act, and to coin the
remainder of such bullion at not less than
$4,000,000 a1 month. And until all such
bullion is coined, purchase under the
Sherman act is to be suspended.
13. By Mr. Wolcott, (Col.): Directing
the repayment to the states interested of
the cotton tax collected during the war,
14. By Mr. Perkins, (Cal.): For the
opening or tne mints to the coinage or
silver of proved American production at
the existing ratio, 20 per cent to be
withheld for minting or seigniorage. Also
providing that no gold pieces shall be is
sued of a less denomination than $10 and
no bank notes or treasury notes of a less
denomination than $5.
Also providing for a commission of five
monetary experts.
At the ports of Pamlico and Albemarle,
North Carolina, the amounts collected
from customs duties last year were $12.01
and $71.26 respectively.
It cost a great
deal more to collect the taxes than
taxes amounted to.
the
I have refrained from writing any
thing in reference to Senator Vance's
opposition to the confirmation of Messrs.
Elias and Simmons, as collectors of In
ternal Revenue, because I did not wish
tn env anrthinw that, tcnnlfl atlci to thfi
dissension which delay in confirmation
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has nrnrJiiiWT Senator Vane dw;lines
to be interviewed upon the matter, but
states that he will vote against the con
firmation of both. It b understood that
he will prefer charges against Mr. Elias,
and expects to establish that his nomina
tion was a very improper one to have been
made. As he has made none of these
charges public, it is not proper to speak
of them, and in fact I do not know fully
of what they" consist. Mr. Elias is here
has nad a hearing before the Finance
Committee, and thinks he b able to dis
prove every charge made reflecting upon
him. Mr. Elias was given a two hours
hearing Tuesday afternoon before the
committee and given an opportunity to
answer the charges Senator Vance has
preferred against him. He made a very
favorable impression by hb direct and
frank explanations and replies. It has
been supposed that, inasmuch as Senator
Vance is an old member of the Finance
Committee, his presence and influence
would secure an adverse report to the
confirmation ot Mr. Elias. There is now
doubt about this since Mr. Elias had a
nnz and made so ravorauie an im
pression.
His friends do not believe that opposition
to his confirmation is due to any cnarges
reflecting upon Mr. Elias, but because
Senator Vance feels aggrieved that the
President did not act upon his recom
mendation. He felt that he had a right
to name the Collector in the Western dis
trict, and that when the President ignored
hb recommendation, it was an affront to
him. Mr. Cleveland's friends say that
Senator Vance has no reason to take it
as an affront because the President ap
pointed Mr. Allison, as Marshal. Mr.
Glenn as District Attorney, and Mr. Cov
ington as Assbtant Dbtrict Attorney in
compliance with the of recommendation
Senator Vance.
It b stated that Senator Vance told
Mr. Simmons yesterday that he had no
charges to prefer against him, but that
he would vote against his confirmation
and would oppose any consideration of
it until after the confirmation or rejee-
tion of Mr. Elias was passed upon bv the
Senate. Mr. Simmons was greatly sur-
prised at thb statement because he had
dbcredited the rumors that Senator Vance
would oppose hb confirmation. He is
not the only one who is surprised. There
b universal surprise and regret expressed
here; and his best friends have urged
Senator Vance to withdraw hb opposition
to Mr. Simmons and allow hb early eon- j
firmation. . I
Mr. W. S. Chad wick, President, and
Mr. Chas. Dewey Director of the A. &
N. C. R. B, spent yesterday in Washing-
ton on their way to the World's Fair. It
b very gratifying to know fhat Mr. Chad-
wick's good management has been recog- opinion, after a careful review of the si t
nized by a re-election to the presidency of nation, that if thb bill b prevented from
the railroad. He has managed it with
great success. J
The outlook is not encouraging fori
Democratic harmony, but those of us who I
of I believe that the principles of Democracy
j are based upon eternal truth, do not al
j low present dissensions to cause us to lose
- faith in the future of tho party. The only
J differences eibting in the .party are upon
ways and means. All members of the
I . a . L.ii r 1 .
- I pany waai a ueuer uuaucuu srsiem. jue
I wing, so to sneak, thinks it can be seeur
ed by immediate repeal with wise legb-
lation to follow. The other thinks repeal
and the other legblatibn ought to come
in tne same bill. Does anybody suppose
- wise men will go to such extremes as will
destroy the party because of thb differ
encet Some people are disposed to mag
nify the difference and to predict that we
have come to "partingof the ways." Not
so. The Senate wiU find a solution, and
I whether repeal comes first and alone, or
j accompanied by other legislation, it will
I be such as will be a vast improvement on
the "cowardly makeshift" that as the
Sherman Jaw has been termed by friend
and foe alike.
Senator Morgan and Representative
Springer believe that if the purchase
clause of the Sherman act is repealed un
conditionally, it would revive the free
coinage act of 1837. Mr. Springer has
asked for the opinion of the Secretary of
the Treasury as to whether his construc
tion is correct.. The argument that re
peal will revive free coinage arises from
the fact that the Sherman act only re
I peaia su ixiuuii ui me an 01 it
28, 1878, as requiries the month
peals so much of the act of February
pur
chase and coinage into silver dollarsV'of
not less than $1,000,000 nor nioro tlf
$4,000,000 worth of silver bullion."
In place of the section repealed theu
Sherman act legalized the purchase of
4.500,000 ounces of silver. - This substi
tuted amount is proposed to be repealed
hy the Voorhees-Wilson billnow pending,
but neither the Sherman law nor the
pending measure effects tho validity of
any other section of the act of 1878 than
that fixing the amount of silver to bo
purchased and coined. The first section
of the act of 1878, which is still in force,
reads as follows:
What is still in force.
"That there shall be coined, at the
several mints of the United State3, silver
dollars of the weight of 4124. grains troy
of standard silver, as provided in the act
of January 18, 1837, on which shall be
the devices and superscriptions provided
by the said act."
The repeal of the purchasing clause of
the Sherman act would leave this on the
statute books as the only law providing
for the coinage of silver dollars.
But this section stipulates that such
dollars "shall bo coined as provided in
the act of January 18, 1837." Section 14
of the act of 1837: "That gold and sil
ver bullion brought to the mint for coin-
age, suaii ue received and coined uy me
I fK,. 4-V. V...r, .. h r.t f 1. An-
VV
Posltors
with the provbo that not less
than $100 worth of bullion shall be re
ceived.
FREE COINAGE REVIVED.
This is free coinage pure and simple
and under its operations there was free
coinage of silver from' 1837 to 1873 when
the demonetization act was passed.
Mr. Springer said this afternoon that
in his opinion it would be necessary to
amend the Voorhees bill bo as to repeal
the first section of the. act of 1878 as well
as the purchasing clause of the Sherman
act. He believes that the delay in the
Senate has served the purpose, of prevent
ing the passage unintentionally of a law
whose effect would have beeu to re-es
tablish the free coinage act of 1837.
In regard to the compromise talk, of
which the air b full, Representative
springer, wno nad a long taiK witn jur.
Carlisle, said yesterday:
'There will bo no coinprombo. If tho
Senate does not pass the repeal bill there
will be no repeal of Federal election laws,
no tariff legislation, none of the Demo
cratic measures which it was hojnjd this
Congress will pass will be adopted. The
bill to repeal the Sherman law will be
kept before tho Senate and will not be
withdrawn before being voted on under
any circumstances. There has never been
anything known such atrabsolutely indef
inite filibustering, and I don't believe the
precedent will be establbhed now. Op
portunity must, I suppose, be given to
those Senators who have not yet spoken
to express their views, but when they
have done so the vote on unconditional
repeal cannot long be delayed, and then
the bill will pass." -
It b given on the authority of Repre
sentative Rayner.of Maryland, that Sen
ator Voorhees is not discouraged over re
peal prospects and that there will be no j
comprombe. Mr. Rayner visited Senator
Voorhees at the suggestion of some of j
hb colleagues in the House and on the
Committee on Coinage, Weights and
Measures for the purpose of obtaining the
best information he could about the sit-
nation in the Senate. Senator Voorhees
and other Senators stated to J4r. liayner
that there was no compromise under con
sideration and that the unconditional
repeal bill would be pressed until a vote
was taken. Mr. Rayner himself said he
could not see how any comprombe could
be agreed upon. He said if it involved
an issue of bonds to increase the gold re-
serve when it came back to the House,
under the rules, it would be necessary to
refer it to a committee and that would
mean a bitter and interminable contest.
.This procedure would be necessary in
case there was any substantial change
made in the House bilL -
Mr. Rayner said further: "It b my
coming to a vote, and a small minority
of the Senate can. compel the majority to
surrender, it b an end of all hopes of the
passage of the tariff bill or the Federal
elections bilL For this reason I .hope to
see before the end of the week a combin
ed effort on the part of tho majority to
force the debate and reach a vote. Pub
lie opinion should now be concentrated
on the passage of thb bill, and the sub
ordination of every sort of legislation to
it until it b disposed of."
On the other hand, Senator Mander
son, of Nebraska, who has been one of
the most ardent of the repealers in tho
Senate, said: .
"There will bo a compromise The bill
before the Senate will bo amended and
adopted. This may not come for two or
three weeks yet, but it b the inevitable
result. It is almost ridiculous, to my
mind, to talk about passing the bill in its
present shape.
"It b not true," continued he, "that I
have been busying myself on the Repub
lican side of the Senate to securA a com- 1
promise. If there b to be a compromise
it must first meet with the approval of
President Cleveland and then bo submit
ted on the Democratic side of the cham
ber. It would be in especially bad taste
for tho Republicans to seek a compro
mise."
There is complaint here because the
President requires members of Congress
to commuuicate tho nature of their busi
ness to the President before grunting
them an audience. I predict that there
b not much in this so-called rule, and
that it is on a par with many of tho pun
ished new rules which were printed In
March and April. There are Congress
men who make tho President's life a bur
den by their persistent coining. He
hoi's to tid himself of their "continual
coming" and givo room to the members
whoso advice ho would be glad to have.
Members of Congress have lecn free
in their eritcbm of tho Executive for try
ing to-influence legislation. They de
nounce it as unauthorized and as usurp
ing the power of Congress. One of these
critics went to a department here yester
day and said: "I want to see all the
papers in regard to tho appointments to
land oflices in my State, and to make my
recommendations." The clerk " knocked
him down" by replying: "We do not
desiro any of your recommendations.
The appointing power is lodged Bolely in
tho Executive. We intend to preserve
the purity of the executive and legisla
tive, and the first step in that direction
is to pay no attention to the recommen
dations of members of Congress. It is
unseemly in them to seek to usurp the
prerogatives and rights of tho Executive.
It is their business to make laws, and any
attempt to say who hhall bo apjolnted to
an office is transcending the bounds of
their authority. It is an attempt to
usurp the powers of tho Executive and
will not be toleratod."
"What is sauce for the goose b sauce
for the gander." j
If the Executive ought not to bo Inter
ested in legislation, the iiH'tiiU'rs of tho
legislative branch of government ought
not to have anything whatever to do with
oflices.
The department clerk was joking, but
if he didn't "strike the nail on tho head,"
I am mistaken. Any way, tho member
of Congress who had been criticising the
President admitted that to bo consistent
he must refrain from trying to exert any
.influence in regard to appointments.
J. W, Grainger, Esq., of Winston, in
among the many North Carolina vbitors
hero this week.
J. D.
MR. DAMKIJt I'ltOMOTKII.
Wuhtntjton I'ont.
Mr. Joseph us Danels, editor and pro
prietor of the Rnlcigh North Cakoliniaw,
formerly chief of the appointment divi
sion, and who has iust been made chief
clerk of the Interior Department, b con
sidered one of the brightest and most
promising young men intheHJntc. Though
not jet turned thirty, he has bin prom
inently identified with newspaper work
and the polities of his State for the last
eight years. As editor of the tho Mate
Chronicle and North Carolixian his In
dividuality has been particularly mark
ed. He impressed Secretary Smith so
well that he owes his appointment to no
Congressional influence.
A Biff IlanglD In Oorgla.
Macon, Ga., Sept. 29. A Special to
the Telegraph from Mt. Vernon, Ga.,
says: At '4 o clock tnis eveing nvo ne
groes, convicted of murder were executed
on one scaffold at the same time, making
the largest pubtto execution that ever oc
curred in Georgia. The names of the
men were: Weldon Gordon,' P. Strick
land, L. Manuel, II. Brewington and
Hiram Jacobs.
Three of them murdered Alex Patter
son, a rich merchant, laii J uiy ; tne iourt n
killed a five-year-old child, and the fifth
murdered a negro companion. It was
the first hanging in Montgomery county
since the war and took place in public,
fully four thousand people were witnesses.
The execution was made a general holi
day in -thb section,-and the railroads
brought crowded excursions.
One of the Carriages lor this Fall.
C7iirIottATcir.
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Charlotte will have a very interesting
event in the matrimonial field, if the au
thorities allow it to get anywhere near a
consummation. For a long time a Chi
naman who runs a laundry in thb city
lias been paying attention to a respectable
old colored woman, who returned hb love
and gave him more encouragement than
b usually given to mere friends. The re
salt was that the Chinaman told the col
ored woman that be was in love with ber
and the woman told John that she would
marry him. Everything was 'arranged
and the woman gave up her job of cook-1
ing for the simple reason that she intend
ed to get married. The matter stands
that way, and before long the authorities
will have to say whether it b lawful for
a Chinaman and a negress to marry.
Naming ike Baby.
The Boston Globe has a prize column
on the best name for a boy or girL
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