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n,f7,:' VOLUME XXI. NUMBER 27. BALEIGH, NORTH " CABOLINA, THUBSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1894. X PRICE$1.25 A YEAR MM WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PAR. TY HAS DO.fE fXR SILVER. The chief complaints urged by the fttuIisU against the Democrat U that ,.. failed to ttuM a ut lor ine rre cartage ot lilTtr. They lj great stress t failure and declare that the I vmoerats have been false to the people moisted their platform promises. How hall I anir this siatementr hoooU Democrat in a private ntrt aa Irtur. "1 am In a dikmma and coma to j ma fuchelp." Hie only way to answer it U "to tell th truth" and drprod upon the good arc of the pere to do right with all the ft before them. The people al mm j, nht when they rinderstand the rvttj itaAUuo and are appealed to upon thir bmt side. The Democrats promised the people free coinage. They promised lower taxes. Thy promfcwd to shift part of the bar den of taxation from the consumer to the rkh of the country. They promised to cot off unworthy pensioners. They promMed to reduce expenses. They prnotsed a pure government. Each and every ooe of these prom- hasten redeemed in leas than ooe and ooe-half years, save and except that in rwpect to the pasasge of a bill for the frve aad unlimited coinage of silver. So erjth good legislation, carrying such Urs-e beoe&ta to all the people, baa never before been enacted la so abort a space of nan. Everybody, except the Populists, etther praising or abusing the Demo rt'K party for tbeee ihingk The Re xiUickSJ deooQOce It becaaae taxea haw been reduced aad Income taxed. Democrats praise because these thing aad other rood things hart beea done. Bat, yoa ask, what was dooe with the vlnr question t There was great difference of opinion the rants of the party la regard to ree coinage, aad the party was unable t the last session of Congress to agree nponaar measure. There were maay efforts to secure seeded financial legisla tion, bat it coaid not be done. Erery Southern Democrat, except very fe from the large cities, voted for free coin age, aad tried to secure It at the preseat ratio, at a changed ratio, aad failing in these effort, sought to secure the re- enactment of the Bland-Allison act. Bat the Northern Democrats and nearly all the EepoUicans, from all sections, crccaed aay legislation, and nothing was accomplished. Now cornea the Populist with bis bar aarce tellinx the people that because of this omits ton, voter ought to desert the Democratic party. Where will they go in order to get free coinage f The Pop- party is not a factor in publie af fa:r It never will be. It urea npoa d -content ana prejudice. It has do txT. It will do anything to ret in. It weaker to-day than two yean ago, a! after 194 rt will ro to Join the tirw&tock, the Labors aad the other de tract Artie. No man who really wants tr cutcoe or anything else will go to th ftUt party. The Populist party e s ry promising party It promises ntrv..zx to everybody, but can do b!l,zx. and if la power would ruin the cwuacry by it wild cat legislation aad it 'ttraraoce N enMhle man will go to the Popo- Im vnt for free coinage. Where tVn ul he px The Republican party demooetiaed silver in 1373; Mee:ed free coinage in 1890 by sub muc the Sherman law, "a cowardly ukrhift." in place of the free coinage aeuMir prepared and supported by nr-xrU aU the Democrats; they are more r-(a.U for ererr attack npoo aOrer than all other partiea combined. It is tJ fcpablkaa party that is reeponalble foe the ban placed npoa ailTer. aad for vluterer depreesion la the price of. sil it levrlation baa caused. John Sber- aua is and has been the bead and front of snti silrer legislation for more than tveatj years. It was his manipulation that secured the. demonetization act in lTt, aad from that day to this be has diaiaated the financial policy of bis parte and of the country, because bis party has been la control of legislation. la the Democrats, with the a'd of few RepubUcana, were on the eTe of K:cg a free coinage bilL It was ad ta t:i by all sides la Washington then tLu not hiog could preTent the II to 1 free cxaa oUL Bat, at the critical mo- t&at Mr. Sherman stepped In and made a deal between the gold bugs of Wall Street and the silver mine owners of Nevada and Colorado, by which every republican voted for the Sherman act, which provided for the purchase of silver and making all silver redeemable in gold thoa mating silver a commodity aad destroying it as a money metal and put ting it taore than ever on the single goU standard. This deal was forced Ibroogb by Mr Sherman partiallr bT using the threat that If Congre. pe4 a free coinage bill, Harroa woqWI Tto it. The mine owners, who ini.. i V w lU of the only party that ever has paaaed aay silver legislation. Every silver dollar In circulation Is a Democratic dollar. Every advocate of free coinage must stay in the Democratic ranks and fight bis battle In the only party In which there is a chance of success. Ex amine the votes in Congress upon every free silver proposition, and yoa will find that a large majority of the Democrats voted in their favor, aad a large ma jority of Bepublicaas voted against them. The two greatest aad most dis interested champions of silver in Con gress are Bland, of Missouri, and Morgan, of Alabama. They are both Democrats and recognized silver leaders. Do yoa think yoa can get free coinage by repudiating the leadership of such men I or by going Into a party dominated by John Sherman? or following Stewart and Peffer into all the vagaries which are incident to Popolismt "But." some one may ask, "is not the Democratic party divided on the silver qaestionr Yes, bat so is erery other party upon some vital question. The four Populist Senators divided upon the tariff bill, two toting for it and two against it. Bat there was no division in their ranks upon the proposition to pay a bounty to at sugar growers, loey aiwsys vote souojy with the Republicans upon every proposi- tjftn to take money oat of the pockets of the toiling masses and give It to the few. If aay advocate of free coinage thinks be ought not to support the Democratic party becaose there is division ta its ranks on the silver question, then every man who believes in low tariff Is com pelled to vote against the Populists." Two thirds of the Democrats are friends of silver, but one half of the Populists oppose low taxes; one half of (he Republicans oppose an income tax; one half of them oppose free cotton bagging, free cotton ties, free agricultural imple ments, and free aalt; one-half of the Pop ulists opposed taking off an annual tax of one hundred and forty ooe million dol lars on woolen goods " Bat," yoa still ask, " did the Demo cratic party do nothing on the money question P It did and is doing two things on the money problem: 1. When the United States Treasury notes were issued,. Congress exempted them by special enactment from all State, county and municipal taxation. Under the operations of this exemption, the banks and rich men in the country made it a point to convert all their money into United States Treasury notes about the time they were compelled to give In their taxes. As this date varied in the dif ferent States, these Treasury notes were kept travelling from State to State in order to enable rich parties to evade tax at ion. The Democratic Congress re pealed the statute granting exemption aad the President signed the bill. We regard this as an important step in the right direction. S. The Treasury is coining silver dol lars every day. It is not printing any s3ve certificates, payable in gold, but the mints are actually at work coining ail Ter dollars, silver half dollars, and silver quarters, and silver dimes every dsy. The Democrats are not saying much about it, bat letting the 18M silver dollars In circulation among the people answer the lie that the Democratic party is hostile to silver coinage. In the month of Sep tember 67i,200 silver dollars and 204,170 silver half dollars were coined. The silver money actually coined by this Democrat io administration Is as follows: September, I 878,370 August, 976.000 July, 543,000 June, 399,533.80 May, 673,000 ApriK 534,000 March, 553,414.20 February, 470,000 January, 331,000 The director of the mint, Mr. Preston, says that the coinage of silver for Novem ber will be greater than for either of the past three months. It is expected that there will be about 1300,000 coined in TUB NEGRO AJf D THE FUSION JIOVEJIEXT. We have before called attention to the fact that the Populists are doing all in their power to capture and organize the colored vote in North Carolina. This is their only hope of success. Bat why any colored man in this 8 tats should vote the Populist or fusion ticket we are unable to see. The leaders of Populism are but disgruntled and sore backed Democrats the very class of men who have aiwsys been the aegro's great est enemy and aster among the people of the South. And yet these men now ask and expect the colored man to vote with them, after having been sold out by bis own party. The Democratic party in this State has treated the negro fairly. It has given him his fall political rights and con tributed millions of dollars to bis schools and charitable institutions. Fully four- fifths of the money that, is expended in North Carolina for these purposes is paid by Democrats. The men with whom the negro has most dealings, his employers and the people whose prosper ity means bis prosperity, axe Democrats. There is no reason why the negro shoal d desire to disturb the existing or der of things in North Carolina. He has absolutely nothing to gain and aU to lose. The Populists propose to make of him only a cat Vpaw, a stepping stone to power, aad have no real interest in his welfare aad prosperity. The most sensible negroes we know are those who pay attention to their own business and leave this new politics movement strictly alone. We publish today extracts from editorials that recently appeared in the two leading negro papers in the State, and we com mend to the negroes of North Carolina the sensible advice thus given by intelli gent and well-educated members of their ownjace, men who hare an ardent desire to see their people prosper, and who warn them of the folly which the Populists are begging them to commit. - Hews, from Washington. SENATOR STEWART IS EXIIOV ORATED FROX THE GLAS COCK AFFAIR, AND NOW MRS. GLASCOCK LAYS : HER RUIN AT ANOTH ER MAN'S DOOR. Jaete Gs(er Tfciaks Crawfor Will a Re-EIecte4 The Address of the Natloaal Repablieaa Coarressioaal Committee Ex-Goreraor Placaback Dees aot Talak the Actios ef the Sift-ar Plasters will Asaoast to Mack Jim Bey Believes the Repakllcaas Will Carry Three Districts la tke Old North State Other Items of Iaterest to North Carollalans. of the District Congressional Convention. Therefore this committee was barred from going behind the action of the Dis trict Convention. , we further find that at the District Congressional Convention, held in Weldon on the twenty-seventh of June, Hon. 11. P. Cheatham received a majority of all the votes cast, as an nounced by the chairman of the conren tion, and' is the Republican nominee of the Second txmgressional District of North Carolina. We desire to commend to the Republi can voters of the Second District the ac tion of both Mr. Cheatham and Mr. White in submitting their case to the committee for arbitration, and we fully believe that this action was taken in the spirit of harmony and in the interest of the party. We earnestly request and desire that every Republican in to dis trict, having the good of the Republican party at heart, will rally to the support of the Hon. H. P. Cheatham, and see that a. united and vigorous effort is made to secure for him such' a sweeping ma jority as a Republican Congressional . I 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 A, I II nominee is ccrumiv enuuou c ; . io. . wa other, districts, but they are spending tneir money in tne r uin district. " N Washington. D. C Sept. 29. . Washington, D. O., Sept 26. Senator Stewart has been exhonorated from the Olasoock affair. The Judge by baring the case taken out of oourt, de clares Senator Stewart innocent, apjd. that Mrs. Glascock's dealings with 1 BTvbenar tor constitute a case of black mail Jjpince I Second District of North Carolina. uus acuon ox mo oourt bus states mat her degradation Is due to a certain North Carolinian who holds a high place In the synagogue and who is noted for his much speaking in the field of politics. She has shown several letters, and says this res pectable citizen of North Carolina sent her to Washington to get clear of her, but before the divorce suit is ended it is feared be will have to come up and "own the corn." Cbas. F. Mandebson, Ch'm'n of Ex. Com. W. B. Hookik, L. D. Apslet, J. W. Baboock, J. A. G. Hdix, Robert R. Ilrrr, Thoxas Settle. . HOW MANY WILL BE AS BRAVE f Judge J. C. L. Gudger, of the Treas ury Department, returned to this city this morning from Waynesville, where he has been for three weeks. Judge Gudger spoke of Crawford's prospects in a very encouraging way and thinks he wilrbe elected. He said: "Crawford has met Pearson at Rutherfordton, Canton, Dillsboro and Asheville and he has out-general ed him in every contest Pearson is not the man that Crawford is, intellectually. The sentiment is de cidedly in favor of Crawford. The Dem ocrats are working and are very deter mined to win. Crawford's prospects are brightening all the time. They are much better now than they were two weeks ago, and I don't think there is much doubt but that in my district we will send a Democratic Representative to the next Congress! I talked with several gentlemen from Linney's district and they say that linney's chances are very slim indeed. The Democrats all over the State have "Washington, Sept. 27. Yesterday ex-Governor Pinchback, of Louisiana, was on a street car and some trivial circumstance drew him into a con versation and he gradually turned his thoughts to the action of the sugar plant ers In his native State. He is a man of very fine appearance. He has . white hair and is very easy in his manners very thoughtful, and has the appearance more of a South American than a negro. He is a good conversationalist and talks freely concerning the sugar planters bolt and also concerning the political status in Louisiana. He does not think the action taken by these planters will amount to very much, but that it will soon ceasi to have much effect. In Bpeaking of the campaign he ssid: "If Mr. Price will contest the seat he will beat Judge Taylor Beattie, the Republican candidate, and need not be uneasy at all about the majority. Mr. Price will get the great bulk of the negro votes.. It seems tnat some years ago I had a talk yesterday with one of the best informed Democrats from Illinois. He had just returned from the Lucker State and been in close touch with the Democratic workers in all parts of the State. He says that two months ago the Democrats were hopelessly beaten; one montn ago, tney were m the minority; now they are ahead; and on November 6th they will distance their competitors. "The Democrats will not lose a single district they hold now "he said" though MrSpringer is having the fight of his life to get back. - He will win, but in the face of fearful odds. The last legisla ture changed the boundaries of his dis trict and cut off many of his Democratic votes, and made his district uncomfort ably close. - But he will win, - and the Democrats have a good chance of gain ing two Democratic members of the House." ; "We are sure to elect MacVeagh Sen ator' continued he, "unless the Popu lists hold the balance of power in the next Legislature. In Chicago and some of the other large cities many of the worldngmen, particularly foreign-born, are going into tne ropumt party and disturbing all calcjilations. It is only in the cities that there is any defection to the Populists the country people take no stock in Populism which in Illinois is allied to communism if not to anarchy. If the Populists hold the balance of power, it is probable that Gov. Altgeld will be the next U. S. Senator, but I con fidently expect to see MacVeagh elected by a Democratic Legislature without needing the Populists." This man is not a man given to optim ism, lie voices tne sentiment of many well-informed men as well as his own. I heard Senator Faulkner say last night that in his opinion there was no doubt that the Democrats would gain a Sena tor from Illinois. In this connection I may say that of all the men I have met here 1 have found the -Democrats from no State more firmly grounded in the faith than those from Illinois. They bave the same robustness and devotion that characterizes the North Carolina Democracy. Most of the un terrified from that State are grand-sons of old North Carolina, and the tar still sticks on their heels. Rev. A. D. Mayo, of Massachusetts, who. has been down South for some tary of the Navy under President Fil more, and who ran with Scott on the Whig Presidential ticket of 18534 His father's name, however, will be of no es pecial benefit to him in this race, as Americans care very little aboot a man's ancestors, wnien,-i think, is one of the excellent results of our democratic insti tutions." A RALEIGH WOMAN'S 70ES The Apart -! 0r sB,, RayBor ctea aaa, Daathteroftke Late Kea aeth Rayaer, I Iavae4 aa IlerCkiNreaStolea. Rill i nnt the, nnlv Wtnat Pnnn. I rone in with a good spirit, and they are list in Wake county who U disgusted with ?oi?S ?me fine . work- In "P"1 to e a UOIVUIOUJ vatl J IUB iwwuj va. uv wuuwvw fusion. Every respectable and patriotic farmer in the county who wants "reform more than office" is disgusted.. Some of them hesitate to make public their dis gust because they hate to be called inconsistent. But, as Bill Rand sees, the only consistent course for a man who loves home and good government is to repudiate the "sell out." Mr. Band re- v : I lemocrats nave appointments j pudlates fusion, not only because it is I crowds always come out to hear "an abandonment of principle" but also to bis mind "it is a totaLdisregard of or dinary political decency." We appeal to every Populist who in 1893 was "prompted to forsake party af filiation, break away from neighbors and friends, and seek earnestly to establish the principles of People's party" to be as brave and manly as Mr. Band, and denounce the "sell out," which was ef fected, as Mr. Rand put it, "merely for the sake of putting a few traitors of my own party and of the Republican party in office." The Democrats will give a warm wel come to the old family table to all who show their disgust, and comeback home. PU8ION WON'T FUSE. silver dollars besides the fractional coins. THE POPS HATE ONE GOOD THING. Mr. F. Victor Barrier, who was the Populist nominee for cotton-weigher in Cabarrus county in 1893, is now a resi dent of Salisbury, and in a recent card, published in the Salisbury Herald, says: "I suppose you would like to know my views and where I stand politically. I would say that while there are some things In the Populist platform that I approve of (and I will say right here that for two years I bave been with them) since they have mixed up so with the Republicans one can hardly tell one from the other, and as there has never been a drop of Republican blood in me I cannot do anything to enhance Repub licanism." That's the wsy that honest men who went Into the Populist party for a good purpose are talkie g in September. In October, fire thousand of them will talk the same way. - In November they will crowd around the polls to vote against the "sell out" , the penitentiary, and was at his a director m the North Carolina aver cotnage was thus shown to be sel- fiah, supported an act that defeated free coinage for the present and delayed aad jeopardised for a long time the ultimate victory which honest silver advocates win win. l oa want free coinage, do yoa 1 We have shown thai the Populist party is tnoocAhiae party and will fade away with approaching sunrise. It most be dear to the warfaring man though a fool? tt no advocate for frei coinage of silver a expert anything from the Republican y arty la the light of their bostSe legisla te oa the silver question. where, then, snail those of us who sat free coinage gof We mast go U that party which obtain the most friends of silver; we feast uphold the hands of those who lrkx tl UfT'i cf tOTar, szd th Uadan The Chatham Record says that the Populists, who were erstwhile wont to denounce the Democratic machinery, are adopting the machinery of our party in their primaries and county conven tions. We are glad to note this because - m Wa. . a a our ooservauon or ropuust pians nas been that they hare not followed the Democratic plan, but their nominations have been made by a few bosses of the party. The rank and file bave merely gone through the motion of obeying the orders of a few bosses. In Wake, 8. Otho Wilson and J. C. L. Harris named the fusion ticket. In Wayne, Butler and Dr. Person named it. Chatham is the only county so far beard from where the voters of the cartv bave a voice. Having adopted our excellent machinery, we congratulate the Populists of Chat ham upon having one good thing in their party. TRYLTG TO DEFEAT BRYAN. Ricavoro Pzajlsos is running for Con gress oa a platform to repeal the present system of county government. When he was In the legislature be voted to table a proposition to repeal the system, and introduced a bill changing the system and submitting his bill to the voters of the State. The Waynesville Courier pub lishes the full text of Pearson's bCL If it had been favorably voted on by the people, to whom it was proposed to sub-1 his party denounces the thief Hughes, The anti-silver wing of the Nebraska Democrats, when they saw they were out numbered by the Bryan forces, bolted the State convention and nominated a ticket of their own. That's about the best wsy we know to keep the Republi can party in power in this country. There was a fair fight between the Bryan and the anti-Bryan forces. Bryan won by a big majority. The minority, instead of submitting, rushed off, hired a hall, and set up in business for themselves. Outside of the Federal office-holders these bolters represent very few people, and they at heart are for Bryan. They Ought to speak out repudiate the bolters and elect Bryan to the Senate even If they have to lose their "bread and butter." And they wouldn't lose it. The patronage-mongers in" Nebraska are deter mined to defeat Bryan because he is too big and too brave to wear their yoke. ANOTHER GOOD MAN DISGUSTED Mr. John A. Waller, of Granville oounty, was, up to two years ago, as ' strong a Democrat as He was a sinci Baptist and Christian gentleman. At tw time he joined the Populist party in the. hope of securing needed reforms. He is now disgusted with the attitude of mlt It, it would have required big bonds of county commissioners, aggregating t 1,84 i. W in Buncombe county. It didn't propose to change the method of appointing magistraUe, only the county wraratssfflTisra. who engineered fusion in Granville and washes his hands of it. The only place for men like John. A. Waller is in the ranks of the Democratic A warm welcome awaits all in the West he said. "I don't think fusion will pan out for them, for there is much dissatisfaction. I have heard that in some of the counties the Democrats are very much n doubt about carrying the election, but I feel certain that the. number of doubtful counties, If they should go with the fusionists, is not huge enough to affect the next legisla ture to any great extent. Wherever the Democrats have appointments great the speaking," and the candidates are well re ceived. It is said that Mr. Barnes, of the Farmers Alliance, was to go over in Pearson's district ana say a few words for his Populist brother, but so far he has failed to make his appearance." The North Carolina colony here was greatly shocked to read in to day's News and observes of the death of Rev. Frank L. Reid, D. D., President of Greensboro Female College. He was here last June with his Graduating class. I saw nun at the commencement of his college,. and only once since. He was then well and full of the mission whereunto be was called. He was a busy man. full of work and plans for. the betterment of his church and State. There wasn't a buy bone in his body. He was one of the safest and most successful business men I have known, and an excellent executive officer. He was one of the most useful men in the State . and his death is a severe blow to the whole State and will fall with greatest force upon his own church in which he was confessedly one of the most influential leaders. Yet a young man, ne was at ine neaa oi me Female College and the religious organ of his church, and was every day widen ing his already great Influence. He was not only a leader in his church, and a successful educator, but was also a man of affairs. He took a lively interest in all publio measures and under the ad ministration of Gov. Scales was a direc tor of death railroad. He was a man of fine judg ment and I have no doubt that his es tate is in good condition. His place cannot be filled by any one man. He filled the place and did, the work of two strong men, and two men of real capacity will have to be found to take his place in the work of his church. - Several days ago I wired that the Re. publican National Committee had de cided that Cheatham wa the regularly nominated candidate for the House of Representatives, in the Second district. Cheatham left here elated and is confi dent that he will be elected. The Demo crats will have to stir to elect Woodard and I believe they will do it They beat Cheatham -two years ago, and they can do it again if they pull "all together." The following is the address of the committee stating the result of their in vestigation: - To the Republican voters of the Second Congressional District of North Car olina: The National Republican Congress ional committee have had under consid eration, and hare duly investigated, the contest over the regularity of the nomi nation by the Republicans of the Second Congressional District of North Carolina. Such contest being between Hon. Geo. H. White, of Tarboro, and lion. i. f. Cheatham, of Littleton. This , contest was submitted tor this committee by both parties claiming the nomination, as per the following agreement: WASHDfOTjpx, D. G., Sept 5, 1894. Question having arisen as to the regu larity of the Republican nomination in the Second district of North Carolina, and this question having been presented to the National Republican Congression al Committee, the undersigned hereby agree to submit their claims to the com mittee, and abide by their decision. Hexbt P. Cheathak, Geoboi H. Whitx. The committee, after a full investiga tion made by their representative, Mr. J. W. Graves, who personally visited the District and secured all the information possible, together with information se cured by the presentation of their respec tive cases by the contestants, make the following findings of fact: - Any question as to the regularity of th MTaral cotxntv conventions was had jurisdiction, and ho was very active and fierce in his attitude, towards the negroes and to all that were concerned in the trouble 'with the negroes, and that race has not forgotten bis action, and they will show their feeling m a manner not very agreeable to the Judge on election day. Besides be is sore over various things that have gone contrary to his desires and expectations. Kellogg beat him for the nomination once. This failed to work smoothly with him. Then he was put up and knocked down as governor, and he has had a generally rough and tumble time of it. A few rich planters can do much toward breaking away from the Democrats and it is possi ble that they can beat Price, if they com mence right and then work right. But those in Louisiana that created such a sensation some time ago have left the ranks and have no where to go. .-The negroes have filled their places, and their votes won t be missed in the next elec tion. . When you come right down to the voting, a common field hand's vote counts just as much as any planter's. Every negro s vote cast will certainly be countei The Democrats will see to it. Especially when these votes are to be counted for Democratic candidates." This ish w the venerable negro and ex-Governor of Louisiam. looks upon the desertion of the sutrar planters and this is the result as he sees it. The managers of the Democratic Con- eresfiional campaign are not alarmed about Populism in any of the ' Southern States except Texas, but the opinion in that State, judging from the communications they receive, is that there is considerable danger from that source. the indications are that the Populists of that State have just waked up to genuine activity, and in two or three of the districts they have prospects of success. Bureau of Education a paper in which he givesNorth Carolina credit for having the most complete and best organized system of publie schools during the first half century or the itepubJie. This he attributes to the predominance of the middle diss and to the fact that they came to the front sooner in North Caro lina than in any of the Southern 8tates. The officers of the Bureau of Educa tion complain that they seldom get any report from the city schools of North Carolina. They say there has not been received a report from any of these schools, except from Asheville and from Durham, which has just been sent within the last few days, since 1890. Conse quently theBureau has but very little information in regardto the city schools. Washington, D. C, Sept. 28. Mr. Palmer B. Babcock, formerly o: Raleigh, was to day committed to prison after a preliminary hearing at the police court, where he was charged with con spiring to defraud the Western Union Telegraph Company. While Congress was in session he was in the employment of this company, but about two weeks ago was discharged. Babcock was the originator of the scheme, so one of the prisoners say who has turned states evi dence, to tap the telegraph wires and lead a branch wire to the Alexandria Is land race track and there he was to con ceal himself and by the means of a tele graph instrument was to send the result of the races to the two men who were as sisting in the deed,- so that they could bet successfully on the races. But this didn'f work. While they were tapping the wires the company had officers watching their actions. They made their escape, however. Babcock went to Baltimore and remained until he thought he could , return without any fear of being arrested, but on his return he was received by the officers and ar raigned for trial, and in consequence of his failing to give f 1,000 bond is still held In custody. Babcock . denied in court to-day that he knew anything about the attempted swindle, but the other two that were captured gives him credit tor tne above action. K A At police headquarters to-day was a woman from .North Carolina, respect ably dressed and with the appearance of one who has suffered many, hardships. She was pleading in a pathetic manner, yet modestly, for a permit io allow her blessed boy to sing on the streets, in or der to pick up a few pennies from sym pathizing passers-by. She gave her namo as Mrs. Grooves. Neither she nor her afflicted son have the appearance of tramps. In her story she said that she had lived in Harrisburg, Pa., until about six months ago, when her husband died, thus the sole means of support was swept away and she decided to return to her former home, which is in Winston, N. C. Being penniless and without friends, She was obliged to resort to the unwel come alternative of walking the hun dreds of miles- from her home in North Carolina. It has taken her six months to reach Washington, which distance she has made by walking a moderate length each day, and she has been supported by her blind boy's singing on the streets of the towns andcities throngh which she has -passed. When she arrived in this city the police interfered with the boy's (-singing but when she told them her story they allowed her to continue until Satur day night. The next morning, Sunday, Mrs. Groves and her sightless son took up their journey again for their South ern home which is in Winston, N. C. waived by both parties participating m Uj tlf fft"l wnmtnstina at tha hanaa Mayor James E. Boyd, of Greensboro, arrived in the city last night. He came on professional business relating t some of the executive departments and will be here for a few days. Mr. Boyd says he thinks Settle will be elected, but not by a big majority, and that he will receive some Democratic votes this election as he did two years ago. In speaking of the Uraham-oettle canvass, Mr. Boyd said he thought that the newspaper?, were giving a very partial account lauding every action of Graham and be littling every thing that Settle said, wheth er it was good or bad. He thinks the Populists and Republicans will fuse in Guilford county. "Jim Boyd is in town" said a Fifth district Democrat. "It you will go to Republican headquarters, you will find him there, and if you see his valise when he leaves it will be full of 'soap' wherewith to elect Tom Settle. His ostensible business here is 'profes sienal business with the departments.' In fact he is here after campaign funds and will get what he came after." One thing I do know: the Republicans are re solved to gettme Congressman from North Carolina it - they can, and are counting on getting either the second or fifth. . They nave hopes la soma of the Washington, D. C, Oct 3, Mr. Taubeneck. Chairman of. the Na tional Populist Committee, in speaking to me to-nizht or the Droenentv of his oar- ty, said: "The People's party will hold the balance of power in the United States Senate after March the fourth. fo one who is familiar with national politics can conscientiously says otherwise. The same is true in regard to the House, only that there is more doubt in regard to the House than in regard to the Senate. The People's party has more Congressional candidates in the field than any of the old parties, w e nave a state ticket in every State in the Union where one is to be elected except in Rhodo Island. The Democrats out west are not in it. They will be reduced to an insignificant Third party and all that will be left, will be the gold bugs and a few office holders. Since Senator Jones wrote his famous letter joining the Populists. No Republican in silver-producing States can convince Republican silver men that they can se cure free coinage through the party, The entire silver-producing States will coma to the People's Party in a lump This is true of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Those States will never cast an electoral vote for Republican candidate for President in 1896. The same is true in the South. If it was npt for the infa mous counting machine, With a fair elec tion we could secure one-third of the Congressional delegates of the South this year. There is but ooe hope for Southern people to secure legislation favorable to their section and that is to abandon Wall street and East, and make an alliance with the West, andjin order to form an alliance with the West the South must step out of the Democratic party and meet the west half way, and the Reps of the West must step out of that party and meet the South half way. That is no surrender but an honorable concession, by each. That is common ground upon which those two great sec tions can unite for their own welfare. This will also lead these into the People's party. One thousand of good Democrats in the South and good Republicans in the West may object to this , plan, yet they can no more prevent it than they can stop the revolution of the earth. Those sections of our country whoso interests are identical will also unite politically in the new party which is fast forging its way to the front. "The Populists will elect more mem bers of Congress from the South than the Republicans." Mr. Taubeneck claims tbat the Popu lists will gain one Senator from Kansas, one from Nebraska, one from Idaho, one from Wyoming, one from Utah, and two from Montana, and perhaps others. He thinks it probable tbat the Populists will hold the balance of power in the Illinois Legislature. In the next House, Mr. Taubeneck thinks neither party will have a majority of the delegation from a majority States. He argues that it is likely the next Presidential election will be thrown into the House, and if neither party has a majority of the States, the Populists will bold the balance of power there and elect the rresident. "What will the Populists do in North Carolina f" I asked Mr. Taubeneck. "I do not know," said he. "I have had no definite information from tbat State. I bave written for Jnfonnation and expect to learn the situation there within a few days." ' The Populists do not expect to elect but one member of Congress from the South Tom Watson, from Georgia, And they will not do that. Glennan One of the Kidnappers The Devoted .Holker n. Tki Rk Mar be Allow ea- to Klu Her Ilakv bat the Mea Xoek Her aa Strike Her la the Fare. There's Two Sides to the Story Her Hatbaad U Dr. A. II. who, irThroe Ntateateats ae Tree, DiiHtraees a Karceaa's Place la the Xariae Honpital Corp. He lavaaeaaerRooMMt MidaigfctaaaWrtass IlrrCklldrea from HPr. ' Washington, Oct. 1. Director of the Mint Department, Mr. Preston, said to us yesterday that the coinage of silver for the month of Sep tember has been as follows: $072,200 in silver dollars and $204,170 in frac tional dollars. The gold coined in the same montn is fo.usa.oou. ror tne month of August there was coined in sil ver $976,000; in July there was coined $543,000. Mr. Preston says that the coinage of silver for November will be greater than for either of the past three months. It is expected that there will be about $800,000 coined in silver dol lars besides the fractional coins. Mr. Mitchell E. Robinson, formerly of Madison county, N. O, a watchman in the pension office and a pensioner of the United States government for services in the war, applied yesterday to Judge Cox in the equity court for divorce. Mr. Robinson, who is an ex-Federal sol dier, , charged his wife with moving, without cause, to her mother's, in Madi son county, and that she refused to come to Washington and live with him. Mrs. Robinson denied the allegation. He was accused of deserting her. and she claimed to have gone to her mother's because he gave her. and his 'daughter nothing to live on. Hon. James E. Boyd, of Greensboro, who has been here for several days on professional business connected with the Treasury Department and tbe Depart ment of Justice, left Sunday morning for bis nome. While at the Ebbitt he was prevailed npon to talk some more In regard to the political condition of North Carolina. He said he was paying more attention now to his law practice than he was to the political wrangles; but, he said, he was a straight blue stocking Republican, to a reporter of the net he said: , "The Republicans have good reason to believe tbat they , will carry three Con gressional districts in the old North State. The friends of Mr. Settle are very confi dent that he will be returned, and I think that in the Eighth district Romulus Z. Iinney, who is the fusion1 candidate of the Republicans and Populists, has an excellent chance to beat Mr. Bower, the Democratic nominee. Mr. Settle's oppo nent, by the way. is Augustus W. Gra ham, of Oxford, whose father was Secre- A RADICAL LEADER ABSCONDS Settle's Right Bower Steals and Skip-, Leading Populist Repudiates FohIob Graham Certain to Carry the County. Oxford, N. C, Oct. 2. R. P. Hughes, chairman of the Repub lican Executive Committee of Granville county, and member of the Republican Congressional Executive Committee of the Fifth District, has absconded from Oxford, with several hundred dollars, He was Assistant Register of Deeds, under Norwood, the Republican incumbent, and was really acting Register of Deeds, All business was in his nanus, and he also had charge of all the manage ment in the county for the Republi can party. Hughes presided over the late Republican Convention tbat renomi nated Settle, and was Settle's right bower. At the Convention, Hughes wrote resolutions denouncing Baldy Wu liams "for trying to steal Sett'e's scat" It now turns out that he was paying bis expenses to that Convention from money stolen from uranviiie county. Hughes duplicated and forged county orders and appropriated money received lor marriage licenses. uere are piain cases against him for forgery, embezzle ment and larceny, no one knows his whereabouts. Fortunately the county will not lose anything as the Register's bondsmen will bave to replace the money. In consequence of Hughes's rascality and escape, there is much dissatisfaction among the Fusionists. Hughes had en gineered fusion, and was Granville county's 8. Otho Wilson. His bad con duct reacts upon the Fusionists. 8. R. Carrington, a Republican, declares him self an independent candidate for sheriff, and J as. Adkins, a colored Republican, declares himself an independent for Treasurer. Hugbes had secured fusion in the Republican ; convention, and two i party men had been endorsed for Sher iff and Treasurer uozart and f eace. . The action of Carrington and Adkins! and the flight of Hughes, sounds the death-knell of fusion in Granville, Already Mr. John A. Waller, one of the most highly respected and prominent Populists, has kicked over the traces, and says he -can follow no further the be trayal of principle. His example will be followed by other good men. Graham is certain to carry Granville county by a good majority, and it is now believed that the Democrats will elect their whole ticket. The Will of the late Dr. Reid Admitted to Probate The will of the late Dr. F. L. Reid was admitted to probate at Greensboro Saturday, He bequeathes everything to his wife. The will was dated June 81st, 1891, and -was written on small sheets of paper taken from a note book which he always carried in his pocket. He closes it with the following words : "I commend to my wife and children that loving God and Saviour whose I am, for whom I bave tried to lire and to whom I fully oommjt myself and my precious wife and ohiMrn.H I Susie Rayncr Glennan it the daugh ter of the bite Hon. Kenneth Rayner and Susie Polk Ray nor formerly of this city, and wife of Dr. A. II. Glennan, of the United States Marine Corps, Her father, Kenneth Kay nor was a native of Hertfort county, this State. Years ago he was rich and influential He represented his district in Congress and held other pom t ions of honor. He married Susie Polk, daughter of the Polks, of Raleigh, who were among Raleigh's richest and most prominent people. Susie, the mother of Mrs. Glennan was, when she manual Kenneth Rarner an heiress and because of her great beauty a most popular belle. Ono of her brothers was the great Christian soldier. Gen. Leodinss Polk, of Uumians. After the marriage of Kenneth Rayner and Susu Polk. They settled on the Polk homestead. which was situated on the north exten sion of Blouut Htreet, and comprised many acres of what is now one of the most thickly set tied, and imporatant res idential sections of iUleigh. It was here that the Raynor lived; it was here that Mrs. Glennan Mnt her childhood. She married several years ago Dr. Glennan, but ha lxtun separated from him for some time. Now he comes to All her cup of sorrow full to overflowing by teartug from her those, only for whom, nIiv cares to live. The Washington Post of yesterday tells the story ha follows A sensational seene akin to kipnsplng occurred about 1 o'clock this morning at a boarding noune, Hio Twelfth street northwest, in which two little boys, aged 9 and 10 carA, were torts from their mother while asleep in bod. Ine parties concerned are Dr. A. II. Glennan and wife, and tho doctor is now supposed, to be in iossuMtion of the children. Dr. and Mrs. Glennan have not lived together for about three years. Ho is a surgeon in tiio Marine Hospital corr. and she, with the children, vhas been boarding in this city since her separation from her husband. Frequently since tho separation took place, Mrs. Glennan says, her husband has endeavored to forcibly secure the possession of tbechll- . dren. TAKES BY SDUPKISC. Between 12:110 and 1 o'clock a heavy noise was heard in the hall, one of the doors was burst oen with a crash, amr the sound of footsteps resounded through ' the quiift hallways. Mrs. Glennan was awakened by the noise, and the first thing she saw was a dim light flickering through the transom Then there was another crash, quickly followed by still a third, and two more -doors had been broken open. Tho fright ened woman had scarcely time to scream when the door of the room which she oc cupied was burst ojien and four stalwart men walked into the room. One of the men held a lighted candle in his band, while another rushed-to the folding bod in which Mrs. Glennan and Arthur bad been sleeping. By this time the woman was upon her feet, shrieking with all the lung power she possessed. nmxixiKo ur.u iuhband. t ' MraGlennan a I tempted to ask the' men what they wauteu, wneu she re cognized, Bhe alleges, the features of her husband as one of the party, one of the men seized the child, tossed it in his arms, and started for ine aoor. it men dawned upon Mrs. Glennan that her husband was executing one of his al leged numerous threats to secure bis lit tie boy. The entire proceeding occupied but a moment. After securing the child the men hurried down the ball, while Mrs. Glennan followed them wildly and frantically crying to bo allowed to kiss her babies.. "Don't take, them away," she sobbed. "Dress them before you gd,H but her pleadings were of no avail. She ssys tbat one of the men pusiiexi her back while another struck her with his fist. At this juncture Mrs. Glennan says site beard a voice on the stairway saying: I'll take this boy in the first carriage, doctor, and you bring the other one in the other carnage. The sound of wheels were then beard on the street and a mo ment, later the frantic mother stood alone at the bead of the stairs, catching the last glimpse of her babies as they disap peared from view. By this tune the enure household naa been aroused, but no one, apparently, bad the presence of mind to give the alarm or jftart in pursuit of the men. In vestigation proved tbat four doors had been burst open, the locks on two of them having been torn off and the screws pull ' ed from the casing of the other two. A reporter for the Post called at the bouse soon after the occurrence and was ushered into the rooms where the young children had been sleeping. The beds were in disorder, and on chairs near at band bung the cloths of the little ones. The floor was strewn with broken lock castings and npUnters of wood. Mrs. Glennan. was somewhat composed by this tune and told the story as above related in a straightforward manner. . Mrs. Glennan is rather an attractive woman and was formerly Miss Susie Ray ner. Her father was Joseph Kenneth Rayner. of North Carolina, at one time a member of Congress, and Solicitor of the Treasury under President Arthur. She was married to in. uiennan at ei. stat- thew's Church thirteen years ago, and has had four children. About three years ago two little girls died of diphtheria. TBOCBLZ BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIVE. A few vears aro domestic discord reared its head in the family, and Dr. Olpnnan then sued his wife for divorce. at the same time praying for the custody . of the children. Mrs. Glennan employed Attorneys H. J. May and John Goods ooMTonrxD ojDoubth txom. thsaw good naa who ooae back haaa. :: - - - V
The North Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.)
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