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RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MaKCH 7, 1895.
PRICE $1.25 A YEAR.
ftSSED INTO HISTORY
v.TllllII) CONGRESS
S!'UV;rM:rri) its work
i , . A !'J ' '
:E3
CRISP'S. VALEf
ar-
.1.!- in Roth Ifonses
,j u, r-i:l interesting In-
.. il a .iv Sa l Ciood-Ryes
i -tutor it II
a With I copir let -irei-
Fa re we 1 1 .4ddies.
tt.. March 4. The
ileu
;(.r, IN", D.
2
it.
1- 3-
DC-s
.;,u..l interesting incidents.
tin; closing scene was
h -l - dignity which eharac
. ,v.iv on f-'rui-'l occasions of
"... i.n.-encft of as many specta-
ur. 1 i ... j t
n imv-.mMVCTOWU iuiu n.e ki
- I -. . , J . t .1
Uiu ari 'irf ,'iuu nana reus ot outers
i,',.-.;!iti l iu tbeir endeavors to
:vJ, ar.d were ob:ird to
.!,, ;v t- trance to the galleries
r t H..US- h actually as eu ai
1 ' . 1 1 L-S
i-.-l v t.ie popular uraueu oi
i v.
. I , -..-ia'ure, " was ampiy pruveu uj
' it : uai.ee or speciarors
. Vdto Mud sv.ts there wan-
Senate;- only to be
i:;ted, and the philosophic
(1 the rusel ?s with attend
:i of ih : Siij r.'iiis Court.
h r f.-oia a hundred mem
: the dosing sjene in tho
:ker Cri.-p, with a sbarp
tvel. :; hired the 5Srd Coa
i. Tii-i strain of the past
ov-r, .-.ill the tired m;m
i'je.r ril-?a.-e fio:a rfSeial
ft t and lungs. It was
; . -. atid the hundreds
d.-i galleries eu
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ttiC!-t word-1 h;-.e
a.' t;c atteTHlauue. As
. fp-.-ciattrs bt-gan to ap
iiyo:' remark th-tt the
: v .-ina"ti. By U o'clock
. :: -.roiialiy tifled; at 10
. '. . ii Ta.ven, and fifteen
L )'ie wtre throrgmgtue
o i he ga'lery doors in the
. y miiit mv the oppcr
iiir tie D m eratic House
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The
coming
v'". tv.e door made merry
v .a:;ds moved on rapidly
i'i.'ur: -jcijournment.
i'v v.Iio were cot
M-s.-i,ns of tke 5
i -..I :m-.'-rc: tneir rortunare ana
rturat'.- veil, a.iu sajing good bye.
.c . i lit icd I ere and there
ti; : 't ! ii,::ir relief that tS.e agony
fi.ri:: tt-ling storit-s and explaiu-
th-y intended to do as private
r?. 1? -.v.ij a noisy, good-natured
r S ir i -oa spoke for the Populists,
then- arpreciatioo o Mr.
r.'s f.urxe-s and kindness.
Mr. Crisp's Valedictory.
eSpojki r: ii'presentatives: I know
i w.;i nird-m me if before nc rform-
x
kt last ofiicird act I give seme ex-
i r: to vrlkir I teel. not onlv m re-
tjtLt resolution which you have
i) Liud y adopted, but in respect to
.... .lu.o.7, vuu.iu.j iiv
q with which I have been treated
vw member of this hndv Pprsnns
a:e UQ;efi'jiinted with the methods
rxmiare h-re have but little con
l h' f':e riaLs, the troubles and
d.d'.ult s f legislation in so large
's 1-irsest Congress that ever
;n the Liiiteil Siates. consist
33 m- m' t-rs besides the delegates,
c gentlemen are representative men.
u r.-. -vs. Li a'l the shades of thought
i-'os ir. :ui p rs of
:r7 r'-r the sua.
'i.
the grandest
(Applause).
in.ked nceessarily, under
..r Ti'ines there is great
:'- upon the iloor fur the
- ;he partica-ar vi-.rs of
i ;tn earnest effort for the
. '! p.-.rrk-alar measures.
; s : f the pre.-idingofSctT
- tii t !iis,that w here-iistiiM'e
i .'..) or 15 GOO b 11 mtro
-res-s. iii the nature of
:..' .;! p-.r; 0f thern can
i' ail the ma-urc?
i ' ct .n.i.k-red and a- ted
" . U'Mi the duties of
of the laombirs
i less d:Gicu!,
of the
ocitsid
r:n:n.? v'h.it the-.e
ii'" si;all be, ar.d from
d tVi .u'i y iacr-f s s The
't the clair and he
iNii.LT ev.'o ci.vn
t';e r.e;-r.c of everyone
1 v " ' - ---d no eonaprit;ii
1
a small parti
'-- i car b
'ilii 0
idtnt to the office of
'- tit- h s b-en enabled iu
't.,charge the duiies of
V , , r . ..V..V.U, jo u A L
"J '--.P :i I.:. i
r t. - . 1 Muaess, to your
constant ne:p
'liOUt to fn tn nnr ra
a e
'.it
T-tr.
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on ?
ti.i
icw 13 the third
Congress. Yf have
t: tiQouly--!oEgerper-
I-, '-'LX; . w hare been sur
;r I':, ii "ltl a'-'l triab, but I
vV " , n" 1 oi:1r fr this body
iW'vr;" ' ut for each member
.'ir -enaav have failed.
Vtu.!;, sL.,u.r earnet convic-
!Iii!;;J(S of the whole Amer
br. r and when I aav
hmy - y "preh3 my feelings.
fare ?0 matter what may
ii ftR5' ?aa 1 expect to attain to to
eZ Z rdt wUch I owe to
PMUjditT 11 -deration, to
feaoluti
the a
P of 1 ave discharged the
Itotha.L: Q some dei?ree- Kt
acuouof those genUe
men to whom I owe . the office and to
those gentlemen on the other side who
have always extended to me the ut
most courtesy and kindnefs. And to
each and every member of the House, as
he is now about to retarn to his home, I
exto y 3032 ttfelt thanks, and eipress
c te 'LftraT' : e may re-united with
. xauiiiy and his triends in peace and
happiness."
When the clock marked tho hour of
noon, Speaker Crisp announced that the
53rd Congress was adjourned.
Tho correspondents ia the press gal
lery sang the doxology, and were loudly
applauded.
THE DAY IX THE SENATE.
Nothing Done Dnt the Signing of Bills
bjr the Vice-President.
Washington, D. C, March 4. The
last message which the President sent to
Congress, through the joint committee
which waited upon him to ask whether
he had any further communication to
make to it, was a tendering of congratu
lation to Congress at the conclusion of
its labors. Senator Voorhees, in deliver
ing that message, did so in a spirit of
humorous gravity which led, irresistibly,
to an outburst of laughter and applause
in the Senate chamber and in the galler
ies packed with spectators.
In the farewell words of the Vice
President testimony was borne to the
magnitude of the questions detei mined
by the Senate during the Congress just
expiring and to the ability with vvbicb
they had been discussed. With tho fall
of the gavel, he said, the great debates
and ttie important legislation of the
Fifty-third Congress nvpuid pass into the
dorrain of history.
BUTLKR'S WHITE ELEPHANT.
Otho Nominated, but Fifteen Fusion-
is! s Smash the FpatterBoard. -
The Populist caucus met last night,
Rileman iu the chair. Resolution offer
ed to tutn out Captain Roberts s.s Keeper
of the CapitoL This brousiht Harry
Sk inner to his feet in oAthe best
speeches of his life in irdignant and
flccpient opposition to the ir,ous("rou3
proposition. Bt fore Col. Skinner was
through the members began to ask
where were they at, and Mewborne got
up and said the Populists would stand
t y Roberts, and take wratever ourden
that went with it. Under the spell of
Skinner's words, the vote wr sputznd
was for Roberts to a man.
Skinner Saves thu Soldier.
The docr3 were then ooned for a
while to admit Russell and his Wilming-
toh cohorts. u behalf of the change o
that city's charter. Russell's jowls os-
Uated vith down east conviction?,
until the roof of his white hat had
several holes in it." But the matter went
over and Russell went out.
Bagwell, member from Wake, moved
to go into the election of Railroad Com
missioner Hileman put the vote and
announced 21 to 19 in favor of election,
though there are others who do declare
that the vote was 21 to 19 against. , But
this is simply a matter of small arithme
tic which however sank deeply into
thehearts of Fowler and fifteen
more arithmeticians who added his
wav. and - in a hiirh dudzeon
they left the caucus in a body swearing
that they never would vote for Otho,
whose nomination was thus foreshad-
owed. Kif chin hustled out for carriages
o get np his crowd to supply the vacant
seats of his bolter friends, but it was no
go. Batler was there and made a talk
or Otho. Lie was followed by Uagweii,
who nominated Otho, while McCaskey
put. Kit chin in nomination.
Otho Nominated.
The vote resulted thu-: Wilson 32, Kitch-
in, 9 and the Gideonite was declared the
nominee. Two votes were cast for
Graham from Warren. An ugly hubbab
bllowed and wicked words against Wil
son ana murmurs agamsc uisrators
The sreeches were rough, but Butler had
eft and was spared the hearing of them.
Next came Code Commission. To be
short, the' Republican demands were
conceded. Spier Whitaker wa3 thrown
overboard Guthrie was chosen, and
given the selection of a clerk, while t ho
other two were given to 'the Republi
cans. Butler's Endorsement of Otho.
But about another matter: it so hap
reus that there is a letter in the wind,
written within two wetks'from Butler to
a Rvbeson county m m in which the Aer
ator is said to have expre?5ed the opin
ion that Otho was not fit for the place,
that ho was a white elephant, that he I
would cio less harm as Raiiroad
Commissioner than anywhere tlsV, that
he was a lieutenant who deserved
reward, that there was nothing to do but
to appoint him. Moreover, t he senti
ments of this letter here given in sub
stance, were expressed by Butler, it i3
8 aid, within the past two weeks, to a
Raieigh manjwho went to Butler's ioom
to protest against Wilscn's selection.
Wilson has, it is said, been aware for
the last few days of theso sentiments,
and has been rattled about it. I asked
Mr. Butler did he deny writing the
letter; he said: "I do not remember it."
I asked him did ho express such in
opinion to the Raleigh man: be replied:
I do not e xpress opinions." Theee re
marks are simply written to jog
Mr. Butler's memory: perhaps he
can .find the letter or recall the
party referred to: if not proof
of what is stated here can he produced,
which no doubt will be satisfactory to
him, and if Otho forgets that he. has
known of the opinion of Mr. Butler, or
doubts the truth of it, he, too will be
furnished with proof in case of his do
niaJ. In other words, denial of the sub
stantial correctness of this charge is
challenged from Mr. Butler. Meantime
the new commissioner (provided always
that he be elected) will have the solace of
knowing that whatever Mr. Butler may
have thought of his unfitness for railroad
commissioner recently, he nevertheless
must have changed his mind with
a rapidity that was a mark
of nothing less than a brilliant mind,
when last night ho came forward as the
champion of Otho, The Greater, who
was once comparatively a mere G Lamia
cf Rhamkatte.
THE BATTLE ROYAL
FIGHT AGAINST STATE AID TO
HIGHER EDUCATION COXES
TO A FOCUS.
STRONG SPEECHES TUESDAY.
President Vir.ston, Dr. Columbus Dor
ham, 3Ioj. XV, A. Gnllirie, Judge
Russell, Rev. Dr. Skiuuer, Messrs.
Peele, Caddell, District Attorney
Aycock and Rev. Leak SpeakHot
Debate Before the Joint Educational
Committee i
The fight against State aid to higher
education wnich has teen spread over
the State for many months camo to a
focus Tuesday in the State Library,
when the Educational Committee ad
journed the evening before, things were
at fever heat. Dr. .Winston, President
of the State University, and Dr. Dur
ham, leader cf the fight against State
aid, had engaged in a heated debate in
which personalities were freely used,
and Dr. Winston had denounced as utterly
false the statement that he had tried to
reduce the students of the denominational
colleges ar-d pro.-elyte them to the Uni
versity. Dr. Durham had replied that
the statement was due, and ho waspre
pared to read a letter in Dr. Winston's
own hand-writing to prove it. And in
the midst of all this the committee ad
journed. W nen it rea3iemblecTat 4 o'clock Tues
day afternoon, the room was crowded
by persons interested in education, and
anxious to hear the matter fuliy dis
cussed. Dr. Winston was the first speaker.
In opening he referred to his colloquy
with Dr. Durham before the committee
ilonday. lie said that he regretted it
exceedingly, and thought that ho per
sonalities should be alio wed to eater into
this discussion; but as it had bee-i per
mined and charges had teen njn'ie re
flecting on him personally-be .would
ti.kfc this occasion to deny them em
pharicaUr and unequivocally. He declar
ed that he had only ausweied letters,
and done his best to conduct the institu
tion c f which Le was in charge in a
proper mauner. And even if the charges
had been true the committee were not
tho proper persons to take them under
consideration; all such matters, he said,
should come under the supervision of the
80 trustees of University. The question,
he added, and the only question before
this committee was whether North Caro
lina would have a University, and if so,
wnat kind of Uuiversitv.
Dr. Durham uext addressed th3 com
mittee. He said that the committee of
which ho . W8S chairman, hd agreed
never to come before a h-gif Utive cmui
mittee or any other. They h id decided
to fight it out before the people if it took
ten years. But on Monday h3 had been
called out by questions from "members of
the committee. In reference to the col
loquy with Dr. Winston, he
said that the charge that he
was trying to tear down the
University was absolutely false, and no
honest man would say otherwise. He
declared that he wa3 fighting the senti
ment that there was no place in tho edu
cational system for denominational
schools. lie believed that the wisest
poHcy was to separate the University in
toto from the State, give it a self-perpe tu
ating board, let its friends throughout
the whole country come to its rescue and
endow it and stop forever this row be
fore each recurring legislature.
'To impress the Sfate with numbers
seems to be the idea of the preseut man
agfciee:;t of th? University. A certain
system ot scholarships has been devised,
and in this way the number is increased.
"The President of the University says
he has not solicited pupils from other in
stitutions to attend the University. I
say that ho ha3 I hav hero the proof."
He then read an extract frcm a pamph
let issued by the Uuiversitv, saying that
any one, whether in school or not, is in
vited to correspond with any of tho pro
fessors in regard to any educational
matters. He also read a circular, say-
i:g: . 4A limited number of rooms with
s rvicc- aro provided free." "That means
a nigger to wait on you," said Dr. Dur
ham. "Isn't that an inducement ? Sup
pose ten boys are thus induced to leave
Trinity Collage at which they pay $70
tuition, that would be taking away 700
from the institution. ''He al so read a letter
eed Spt. 5th, in which Dr. Winston
told of tho frtnj scholarships and the ad
vantages of tho University. (Dr. Win
ston pays this letter was in ans wer to a
letter of inquiry). I have heard of
more than fi::y sutir letters in the State,"
said Dr. Durham. Ho also read the
statement published in the two Raleigh
daiiLs and signed by Dr. Winston, iu
which twenty University students made
a statement of their per.-.cnal condition.
Hj said: "These twenty students are the
worst off in thfe University, aud out of
these only f;ur receive schola: ships;
that's not the cbs5? that get the scholar
ships. If we could receive the names of
the holders of scholarships we would
fird them sons of the most well-to-do-
citizens of the State." Ha said Georgia
is perhaps the greatest in the South, and
the same ciuestion had been debated
there. The presidents of all the colleges
ia jthe State were invited to address the
legislature. The legislature ceased to
help tho University, and it doesn't re
ceive one single dollar of help from the
State. They say we are trying to tear
down the University. There is not a
solitary word of truth in it. "When our
motives are called in question and we
are represented as unpatriotic, it is time
for us to show the legislature
what we mean. If the appropriation
withdrawn the descendants cf the men
who have graduated at Chapel Hill for
a hundred years will come to its rescue.
Bat shall we by legislation
freeze these men who are doing the same
grade of educational work out of the
field. w What have you done for
the public schools! You have not done
anything as 3 et. A- larger and better
foundation work in public schools would
harmonize all the higher educational in
stitutions of the State. We are told that
the constitution demands that the State
I PRITCIIARD
BUTLER.
i . '
"0 wretched man that I am ! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death ?"
Romans vli.
24.
"Were not tho Democrats
favor the apprfpriatioa
support the University. This discussion
has at least exploded that. Dr. Winston
says tne university is the head
of ' the public school system; and
the article of the constitution
he quotes has not been there in twenty-
seven long years. I have
spoken on this subject in thirt y counties,
and I expect to speak in every county m
the State, and wo mean to talk to every
community in North Carolina until some
thing more is done forthe children.
I am a friend to the University. Id
pursuing this-course of State aid you
oannct centre the affections o f the people-
cn the institution. No institution
has ever been mada a great VrA versity
while it had its hand in the Treasury.
I do not think 1 will ever
peak before a Legislative Committee
figiiti. It is an accident that I -am here
now. We won't appear before the Legisla
ture, l':t we- will go to the people."
Mr. Ewart here interrupted: "Was
that question agitated in Wake, count
m the last election.
Dr. Durham: "Yes, sir, it was."
Mr. Ewart:
understood to
and the f usionists to oppose it?"
Dr. Durham: "I believe so."
Mr. Ewart: ,"How did you vote? '
Dr. Durham: "The straight Demo
cratic ticket, as I always have done."
Mr. Ewart: "Then yen didn't vote as
yon shot?"
Dr. Durham: "A Democratic lawyer
now liv ing ia Bak-igh sent to ms thjroogh
Mr. W. N. Jones, a threat iiae if the
agnation of this question wasearrk-d so
far as to defeat the Democratic candi
dat;s,they would scratch Charley Cooke,
because he was a Baptist, and Charley
Ccoke was the worst beaten man in North
Carolina. I shot as I saw lit."
Mr. Ewart: "I've no doubt of that."
Dr. Durham: "The man who would'nt
stand by that is no mr-re fit to be a citi
zen of the State than Josephus Daniels
is to run a newspaper."
And then the great orator and states
man and sometime minister of tee goepel
sa;t down.
Mr. W. J. Peele was the next speaker.
He said ho was a trustee of the Universi
ty and if Dr. Durham wanted to make
any complaint against Dr. Winston the
place to make it was before the Universi
ty Board of Trustees who would hear
him patiently. He read the two sections
of the Constitution relating to the Uni
versity, and said that tho Cons' itution
pledged the State to the support of the
University. Scientists say that the more
rapidly a body moves the more friction
it creates, and according to this Dr
Winston has been moving quite rapidly.
The only real question before the com
mittee is whether the University is a
monopoly, whether it ha3 a monopoly of
higher education. Not one huc-dredth
part of the boys who ought to :e ia col
ie-ga are there now, and these
colleges aro fishtinsr over tho few
that now attend these institutions
Wherever there is a confTct of human
iuterests there is always friction. Wake
Forest College is suffering no rlpre th-n
the business interests of the ccnutry a re
suffering. It is due to the financial
situation:"
Mr. Ray asked if Mr. Peele ti ought
the free scholrships at the University
should be abolished.
Mr. Peele: "This i3 so small a matter
that I hardly think it worth the ink
and paper it would take to rereal it."
Jim Young, the colored Representative
from WakeVited that State aid was
discussed in Wake county, and that the
white Baptists did just as the Demo
crats always did: talked cne way and
voted another.
Rev. Dr. Thomas Skinner then
took the floor. He said : "It
doesn't make any difference to me
what you d in this matter von can't
keep me from loving the UnivrMty, my
alma mater, and I "love Wake Forest
perhaps a little better. I consider it ex
ceedingly unfortunate that there should
be any conflict between these institution
of higher education. Dr. Winston soon
after becoming president, met a commit
tee from the Baptist State Convention ia
my study, and there said some things
then that I deeply ' regrt-rted.
It looked to me too much like "haitling"
and I greatly regretted it. If
this money were turned into the j ublic
school fund it would give new life to the
school system, which is lagging far bo
hind. I hope this matter may
soon be adjusted;' there ought not to be
any fight between these institutions acd
no friction. We ought to d all that we
can to bring about harmony and peace."
Maj. William A. Gathrie was then
called upon. He said he had hoped that
the time would come when newspaper
men would edit their newspapers, and
preachers fill their pulpits and the coun
ty have peace; but it did not seem fast
approaching. The University was great
er than all parties, the men who origin
ated the government put this institu
tion of higher learning ia the very Con
stitution itself. He said he regretted to
see these gentlemen attacking the Uni
versity iu this way, trying to throttle it.
Why not go openly before the Legisla
ture with an amendment to the consti
tution ? Why by innuendo try to 'tear
down this institution that we havo fdl
sworn to support ? "I am sorry to hear
Dr. Durham state that he started life as
a la w bre-aker. Now I am a poor sinner,
a poor lobbying member, and a member
! of a despised church, a church that some
of its enemies say hrs little to do with
religion, and a church that has nothing
to do with politics.
"I, like Dr. Durham, shouldered a
musket and fought a3 a private in the
ranis of those that followed Lee, before
I wis eld enough to vote. When the
officer came around with the bat to col
lect the votes he asked mo if I wanted to
vote. I told him I wasn't old enough. He
said we didn't have to take any oath and
that would be all right. But i told him
my political views did r-ot accord with
loost ot my comrades, and he then s.-iid:
"Hell, jou're not old enoegb to vote."
Geiiiiemen, when j ou tench this Uni
versity question you" aro treading on
thia ice. I am sorry to seo in this
uu;iit n;inisters ot tne Uosrei. fol
lowers of the Prin$.e of Peace, who
went about doing good. I am sorry to
see this cloud rising. It was intended
by the founders of this government that
Church and Stale should belorever
separate. They put it in the fundamental
law of the State that they should be
kept separate. If
allowed ir. and I was
General Assembly I
an appropriation to
lege."
Dr. Durham: "We wouldn't take it.
The history of the Church for five hun
dred years is aerainst taking money from
the State."
Maj Guthrie: "Then why play the
dog in the manger and refuse to the
University what jou will not have. You
now propose to blend religion and poli
tics. TheSecator frcm Macon said, if
he could put t he responsibility on the
Populists and Republicans to destroy the
University, he would do it as a matter of
party policy not of patriotism. The Re
publican party has a record concerning
the University, which I, as a Republi
can, am not proud of. You do not want
to commit political suicide. The party
that undertakes to tear down this insti
tution will find its friends in every
township tbat will denounce the party.
If you want to make it an issue whyot
offer it as a constitutional amendment.
If it is made a square fight I will be
found fighting for the University though
only a corporal's guard is left. I can say
withWebster : "If I have not the spirit that
makes martyrs I havencne of that which
drags angels down.' I will stand by the
Stale University and the Constitution
under which we live."
Di- Skinner : "1 thought Maj. Guth
rie v s a Democrat.''
Maj. Guthrie: "You Lever made a
greater mistake in yoar life. I am first
'cc independentand forever
the Constitution
a member of this
would vote to make
Wake Forest Col
li aii a JSorth Caroiint m."
Dr. Skinner : "I don't
believe tho
University will be hurt by taking away a
part of the appropriation. Can't we
have some economy in this matter ? This
prejudice against denominational col
leges nestles in the heart of a certain
class that have i-o denominational col
lege of their own." -
Mr. Ewart : "I understood this gentle
man to say tht if this Legislature did
not Settle this question some other Leg
lature will. Will it be made an isiue
before the people ? How can you expect
to have a Legislature oppesed to this
appropriation as long as you vote against
the men who oppose it f "
Mr. Skinner: "I will not vote for any
man who is for taking away the entire
appropriation."
Judge D. L. Russell then spoke. He
said these ministers had a right to come
here, as much as anyone else, and ex
press their views, especially on questions
of education or morality "The lightning
could not strike this Legislature without
striiiusly thinning out the pulpit. I
have seen the time since I left Chapel
Hill when I was not especially devoted to
it. I have felt that men who 1 eld the
samoviews as I did had no qaite an
equal shewing there, but whatever of
resentment 1 may have had, it is all now
past, -there is nothing of that now, the
people of North Carolina have now get
the University and can now control it.
Chapel Hill is supported by the State
not in the ink restof any class, it is essen
tially a popular institution. The time has
come when men of all sbaees cf thought
can meet together urder her groves. The
shades, and shadows and soil of Chapel
Hill is sacred in thousands cf North
Carolina' homes. The man who seeks to
attack that institution and break it down
is attacking the old common veal th itself.
I would not have th men who rode to
victory on this popular movement in
North Carolina antagonize the Universi
ty. We are not its enemies but its
friends, and we must elevate it, make it
higher and "fetter." (Applause).
United States District Attorney Chas
B. Aycock, was called upon. Ho said
he didn't understand this contest. The
gentlemen said : "We love the University,
God bless it, therefore we will take
away the appropriation." They would
upbuild the University by taking away
the 'appropriation. There is
no competition in education. Let the
State run the University, the Baptists
Wrke Yeitet, the Methodists Trinity,
ard the Episcopalians their own f.chools."
Dr. Skin net; "Where have the Episco
pnlians a college."
Mr. Aycock: "Let them build one
of their ows, I know vbat was
iu the Doctor's mind, but it sh?rll
not find utterance through ire.
I went to the University without rclig
ion and I cm me a w.i y a ChriMr nn an el a
Baptist. , All rtllgioES stand on the same
footing at the Untversitj. I has be-n
forever ,.et iled that State and Church
are ai a rvvtt
separate."
Mr. J. C. Ctuddl then fpeka H
said this discussion I ad made him know
'more atxui tne umveTfify tnan 1 ever
knew before. If thee gentlemen fronld
go throrgh the State and make these ra
trione appeals, tnev weana nave more
endowment than the University needs
I love the University, though some o
you may doubt this. Any man with
sound mica anei a found body can get
an education in spite of the world, the
flesh and tho devil. We simply
want tne U Diversity to be pnt cn a leve
with the othe r colleges cf North Caro
hna. That is where we stand on the
question, aud when this is done all this
dissatisfaction will be gone."
Rev. R. H. W. Leak, (colored) then
spoke. He said: "I am cne of those who
in general vote as they speak. Iu order
to have patriot citizens the State "must
educate them. The party that I vote
with is one in part in power in this
Legislature and while I am a good Meth
odist, I am a good Republican. Our
race, the Anglo-Africans, want to raise
up a race of high moral meD, and we
want the State to help us. But so far
as we niggers are concerned, this is you
white folkses' fight. We thank you for
what you have done for us, but wo are
going to ask for more. I have livc-d
with the while people until I have ac
quired the same appetite, an appetite for
more, ana 1 hope if you can t give the
U ci vers. ty more you will at least let if
have the same amount it now ha?."
The committee then adjourned.
' FROM A CIGARETTE
CARELESSLY DROPPED IN A ST A.
BLE IT SETS THE TO IV N OF
KIXSTON ON FIKE.
NOMINATIONS CO FIRMED.
Vacancies ou the Asylum and Hospi
tal Boards Filled Yenterdar.
U executive Si-siou of the Senate
to con-
the
naia a navy attemoon
nominations a directors of
was
sid"
Raleigh, Morganton and Goldsboro In
saue Asylums sent in by Governor Carr.
The following are the t'ppointmeurs sent
in by the Governor:
Directors of the Vorganton n: spiral
Senate White. R., of Alamance; Repre
sentative L R. Whitner, P., of Catawba,
and Geo II Saiathers, R. of Haywood.
D-lectors of tho Raleigh asylum:
Joshua B. Hill, IC, of Wake; John R
mun, k, or wayne. and' Sector
Bellamy, P., of Nash.
Directors cf Ihe Gole'sboro Hos ital:
H. L Grant, R,, of Wayne; D. -L. 'Rik-.
sell, R , of Hew Hanover, and Henry J.
Faison, P , of Duplin.
All thes notiiiuatior.s'Wcre confirmed
by tho Senate except tbat of George II
S;xsa;bi-r?, e;f Haywood. Some say he
w li not be confirmed andotht rs say'tht
the nomination was not acted upn.
Contributions to the Nonoraeut.
Mrs. H. A. London, Vice President cf
the.North Carolina Monumental Associ
ation for Chatham county, sends a hand
some contribution, and Chatham county
promises to raise one hundred do'lars
for the monument.
Mr. J. C. Ellington, Sure L'hr.r:an,
sends $5.00 for the same purpose. '
How Is This for Faofon ?
Danville (Va ) Register. "
The people of North Car iiaa kno
what Fusion mean3 If ti.i- -u
not defeat the Populist ia - North faro
lina. then the people of th.it State need
missionaries worse than China or Jpan
or even Africa.
Farttiquakeuock at Winstna. .
Special to the ews and Observer.
- , Wikston, N. O , March, 5.
A distinct earthquake shock, lasting
several secoads, was felt at ten o'clock
last night. BnildiDgs were shaken but
no damage was done.
TOO WHOLE BLOCKS WIPED OUT.
The Fire Began nt Itrjuu Fields' Llr
err Stnbles aud Spread Xlapldlr
Among ihe Wooden Buildings to lav
B-itinetft Portion of the Town Tke
Newborn People Help to 8uhdu Ike
Plimcs Lots $223,000 With Little
Insurance.
KlNSTOX, N. C. , Ft b. 28.
About 4 o'clock this afternoon fixW
broke out ia Brynu .Field' ttsblc. and
rapftliy spread to the .wooden building
in rear of Oettinger Bras', fciore, and
the two main building blocks of the
town are in ahos or f mouldering ruins,
including the stores of Einstein Bros.r
A. H. Loftin, Oettinger Brc., Pridgem
& Cox, Canady's hardwarejdore, O. W.
Crabtree, Abbott Sumrell, Dawson
Bros., J. W. Collins, Loftin'a bank, tho
bar rooms of H. O. Harrison ard L. J,
Whaley & Wagoner's beer I bti ling estab
lishments, Hotel Tull, tho Free Press of
fice, Dr. Tull's residence and effice. real
dences of S. Einstein, L." II. "Wilson
Sheriff Sutton, Dr. W. A. J. Pollock. A.
J. LoftiD. S. M. Harrel). aud W.
Brock's residence and stablca.
The flying sparks burned two or three
houses occupied by colored people ia
acoiher part of tho town.
It is by far tho severest fire eer in:
Kins-ton... The less is fully $22.-i,C00, and
the insurance in the aggregate is smalL
The fire wss under control bv 6:80
o'clock.
The Newbcni fire crgir.e arrived her
at 7:20, and is new thiowir-g water on
the smouldering, inins. The origin t
the fire is reported to have been a cigar-
rette stomp carelessly tbrownby a toy ra
Uryan Fields' stables.
ANOTHER BLOCK BURNED
Klnston, N. C, ll;iieh 5:
LTinston is again tho victim of tho fire
htnet; 'ii:otl.er block isdteticycd, with
the exception of two houses cn each cor
ner, cre a dwelling owned by Dr. John
A. Pollock and the other a double store
brick building occupied by, J. B. Ccm
mings and W. S. Fields.
The firejbrcke out about 1 o'clock and
at 3 it was under control. At rr.e lime
it was thought tho bole town would be
destroyed, but the wind settled down
and by hard work the fiie was quelled.
The finest work ever done in Kinston was
done in the saving of the Camming
building and the Pollcck mansion.
The fire is thought to be incendiary..
The following aro tbe losses: V. iJ
Hicks, Col. O. E. Kornrgay, Cfcas
Dunn, Col. O. R. Hicks, CoJ. J. O. Bee
ton, David Walsh, Dawson Bros., It. O.
Hay, Mrs. Matilda Gumming", W. F
Moore, F. N. Nunn, Col. Nat. Hum
pbery, Dr. Juo. A. Pollock, (office,) Lewis
Grady.
The Joss is about $30,000. Irs a ranee
about $10,000. Buildirgs acroes the
stieet were damaged. This fire was on
Main street, as was tho . fire, lest Thurs
day.
The town is still here and ready for
business. Oar people are not discour
aged. '
Water works will le elected if the
Legislature emends the charter eo we can.
levy a special tax for that purpose.
The following is a lift of insurance
companies, and the lesses tuffained by
them in last Thurtday's fire: Vir
ginia State, $3,000: Georgia Home.
$10,525; Hartford, $12,750; New York
Union, $5,850; Atlanta Home. S4.6CCH
Stra, $4,650; Virginia Fire and Marine,,
$7,100; Phoenix Home, $1,000; Britannia,
$3,000; Insuiance Company of Nortbr
America, $.,350; New York Home.
$9,750; Carolina, $1,500; Agricultural,
$1,000; Ncnh Carolina Hone, $400;
Continental, $1,780; American, $4,300;
Western, $7,CC0; Greenwich, $700.
"TwEXTr per cent off on all woolem
goods' advertises a Winston firm in th
Republican. Tarifll reduction did it.
WASHINGTON LETT Elf-
One of the correspondents in the cress.
galkry here, apropos of the l ite Frede
rick Dougtass, related ah em using ex-
pener.ee he once had-''with the great
colored leader. "It was niarv Tears
go. I was a young and rather brath
reporter. ?.'r. Douglas icecived me
cordially acI ssked the purposj- cf nr
s:t. Ftold him I had been directed
to secure an interview with Lira nponv
future of the colored raw. and I
began by aftkir-g him what ii, as k
prominent negro, d-oircd to say upon
the subject.- Drawing i.imlf m
with klty d iirx.it v. ho rerliid: 'fih
I am net a negro. I am five-eiffhthav
Ahite and threr- eithths cMored If I
am fo be judged by tho unequal distri
bution of the blood in my vc;na. I may
properly cad myself a white man. A r
do not choose to do that I stall compro
mise by calling myself a Caucasian-
Now, bir, since my race ttandtfig has
been settled, to lay own. and. I trust.
your satisfaction, I shall try to answer"
your queries.' And then he gave tbe
be?t interview concerning the future or
fha colored people, from an industrial'
ud social stat dpoint, that I remember
ever to have se? n in print."
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Mr. Strcwa y he would be glad if a-:
corner in tho Hocse should be set said
for the Populist members. Ifr. Mm-
brd say be will fit- on the "PoiroliAt
side.
Few there v,iil he on Lis tide, if only
bbulists occupy it. Tbeo to tuem-
bers can hard'y know that there win be
es3 than tea Populnt members hi tha
next HoustJ f r:d tte-e ont of 358 wonM
cat a small nguro and would ocennr &
onesome corner if one were tct aside.
It perhaps would gain the ramo of
North Carolina ccraer as three Ncrtk
Carolinians, Skii.ner. Shu ford &ni
Stroud would be put in this el.
Havana, Mir,h;.".-Mrttil htw ha
been declared ia the provir ce ot Faat
Clara a-t lh resale cf t e nprrirg erf tw
insurgent bands, one of them rmder tie
lead of the notorious bandit Ifatagaav