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UlE XXIII. NUMBEB 17.
HALEIGH, OiiTO CAROLINA APBIli 23, 189t.
PKiCE $1.00 A YEAE
.hi WILL '
Will
L
I . . Miction of JJi'e Vote in the
Convention. ' "
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.I'mrton; D. C, April 20.-
(Edito-
i'lire has settled ajleepand ap-
il v lasting1, gloom upon the Dem
opponents of free silver here in
1 1 ional capital. Two months ago
v as a disposition to make light
elaimsof the silver me 1 that thoy
'tin;
jui'i write inc panuim
llu-r candidate at the approachicg
itki al convention ot th:i Democratic '
... i i ,v.n Aton-n-rofaA o o '
trtV. IflJS lias wuunjf umayKxiitu ao.
iC pr. manes are uemg "ciu. aiui tuu"-,
... i : t 14 !
r- V.U Yl !
y ai.;l city alike are registering their;
" . . t a.1 1. Ii.. '
Ihii i-nce to me cause ui me wimc
ietnl. It is now not only probable, but
jjn,,; certain that the advocates of
if fii-e coinage of silver will have a
ood! w o; Icing majority in the National
onu iition, and that they will extend
in i tation to all who believe in
.n
.mei .lhsm that opens the mints to of these terfitorieSt but i think it is
pht an.i silver "upon equal terms" and. 1wo. though it may be more, Every
Svitnoat discrimination" to' join in a one of them, except-possibly Alaska,
t'hit l jr restoring the coinage laws as will be for silver, which will add ten
tfiey -.cx.sted before thsy were Shei- more to the silver column, making
j .tiiii.Lvi. I 540. Leaving out the vote of , the ter-
1 have taken occasion in astay of two ritories the convention will 5 be . com
br three, u tys to talk to the leaders of posed of 894 delegates, making 448
he Li jveiaent in the Democratic votes necessary to control the conven-
fciit, iiiiu lo lcirn th'i drift of public tion. Upon this calculation the silver
,ent n)t'i;t as it reaches the Democratic men can lose nearly one hundred dele-
kiht r.uiiimittee, and prominent silver
Pen uL-iats,. I have learned the silver
6t':.i iiuent in tne x'opuiisi anu ivepuon-
can parties at second hand. I regard
the altitude of the members of these
two parties as signilioant. ""only n (
Mew oi tne proDaDie action oi me xeiu- ,
ocratic convention. xne xtepuDiican
A mi T .
iiartv will declare lor eroia. eitner tu-
rectiv or lnairectiy. xnere are many
silver ii;?n in she Wesc who will bolt :
i. . l m . . .
such a 'declaration, and their bolt will1 ,
enable tne l'opuiists ro carry rne vvesi i
if ' the Democratic party should strad-
,116 or declare for gold. Jiut it would
i ot :.iroK the result. The onlv hone
f jr silver lies in a declaration in its
faor by one of the two old parties.. As
:.ne lu ijubln'it.i party was the msim-
inent that demonetized silver and put
the country on a gold basis, it cannot
tier., ounce
tj r
ce ami iepuu'.at its owu child.)
, it is dominated now as it and
i a i ii
Besides
its
tiation. and tne records of Consress
s'-k.u that i i ai-n5t ever Coi jjess a -.
large majoriy of the Democrats have .
Fought to restore silver to its constitu-
tional place. Never till this adminis-,
t rat ion endorsed the Eepublican finan-'
-.;.' ToHcv hai anybo'iy uijpi)s:-d thai,
nie iemoeratic party-was not a silver
art . It will declare its attitude in no
Federal. st predecessor wras, by the line, seeking the election of men of na-, lina Democrats should not do anvthine I Democratic party.".
muueyeu liisniuutMies, auu nuuw iiu uuuai icpuiauuu. mc picscutc ui oatu io Keep our ropuiisi inenas away irom called JVir. xritcnara
will t hat is wot theirs. The Democratic men as delegates in the convention will us, but should do every thing to bring a statement made to
iarty had no part or lot mthe demone- give to the silver forces a power even, them back, to fight side by side with Butler, namely. that "
.mibij; nous terms at Chicago, andit will earners, tnis result shows that it is no&
tie so true to the cause of silver that only the farmers who are for free coin
sincere advocates of the white metal age. With Washington City, St. Louis,
will support its nominees. j Kansas City, and Chattanooga all going
It is the opinion of all well posted for silver, it is apparent that the senti
pol'itic'aiis here that the silver men ment for silver is very strong among
have already won, the fight and . will ; the inhabitants of cities as well as
enntroi the National Democratic con-j those who reside in the rural districts.
ention. Senators Harris, of Tennessee,' A leading citizen of Chicago wrote to
i:ml .Tones, of Arkansas, who are at th a friend of mine here a few days ago,
head oi the silver movement, feel cex- j that the most sparsely settled district
Tain that the next nominee will be a I in Colorado was not stronger for silver
s: M r man jh v. silver platform.- 'I his i than Chicago. Don Cameron is quoted
lipinion is sli l ed by nu st of Jl ? ?.fld as saying that at least half of the pop
men who read newspapers which give ulation of Pennsylvania is; at ,heart,
i'oth sides. I have talked with a nuin- for free coinage, but the politicians and
her t anti-silver men, and, with a soli- the newspapers manage to control
t.-.rv exeenti ;i. thev adintttl that 1 he them for gold.
siier men would control tne iNationai
(. ;.vt nt ion. One of. them who holds an
important Federal position, said to me:
"We h it! as well interpret the hand
n i i; ipg on the wall. The people are
lor s!!u?r and they are going to nonii
iiaa!e a silver candidate for President.
1 fear it means' the defeat of the party,
but 1 hel'.eve in bowing to the will of
liie .majority when faixly ascertained,
' :;!"? 'hall get ready to give the ticket
m. port." Anotherprominentolnce
hoid -.-, who holds a "commission from
the -S'reside'tft, said to me: "I have been
stii;:ing the money" question of late, southern btates, and . preserve to the
reaJino- all the speeches that have been- partythe control of the State govern
made. and I am fully convinced that ments in all the Southern States, and
the position of the silvermen is correct. ': keep the confidence of the
The o:,lv hone of the Democratic party millions who have believed the
is t g-o before the country on a free ! promises it has been making; for
silver platform, and show to the plain' twenty years and more to remonetize
p-op!e that the Democatic party is still
tne;r tnend. This expression by an
inf!i;ei.i;al man shows that all the
Hie vl:ers are not for gold.
There s a considerable number of men
in e.J"v l here, who are silver men, and
t! -o'.'s'n they feel it a duty to their.offi
i '-lie.erjors not to make public
spee. Vs in favor of the white metal,
ih ii :;u:et influence is exerted for the
old s -er dollar. I had a casual chat
uirh :i S anthem man (not a North Car
ol man in one of the departments who
i'hI r.i'.it.if was galling to him to feel
that x'e bread of his family made it
i!eeess-;iry for him to repress his convic
tions, ai d no one at heart rejoiced-in
the Mwir.g popularity of silver more
ii' As a matter of fact, this man
luicrin. with nerfect trorrietv and with-
on
i 1 : a nger ing his tenure, give expres
A . X A.
i:s views. His own sense of pro-;
nn Id, of course, forbid any of--
1e
allusions to those who gave him
n. -
repult of interviews with
Democrats, I venture to pre-
, th-.fiinr;T,(r tip. will nnt
'i:e:
t a r m
tional
. ? "Vfi
n., Ji, flmMiAn. ;
For Silver. Against.
Alabama
Arkansas ....
''alil'o.nia ...
Colorado .....
Connecticut .
Delaware
Florida-...
'rgia' .
';1u .......
I'linois ......
Indiana' ......
I wa .-.
Kansas
Kentucky ....
fuisiapia . . . .
faine ........
Maryland
Massiachusetts
20 I
- ' '
16
18
8
12
6
8
26
6
48
20
26
20
13
12
i
10
13
4
12'
3 5
30
18
6.
18
34
6
16
6
10
12
13
8
20
72
6
23
. 8
64
18
'8
24
30
6
I Ohio ...I.........
23
Oregon .. .-I ...... .
Pennsylvania -.. . . . .
Rhode Island ......
South Carolina
3
South Dakota .....
Tennessee . . .-,
Texas ...A'.'.
Utah ...".
Vermont .....
i
.
8
t
2
6
24
; -
"S'""'
lllilUliL ....
20
6
6
Wahino - ton
West Virginia
TTT- ;
Wisconsin
vyiscouhiu .....
530
360
To the silver, strength above should
e added the vote from .the District of
Columbia, Oklahoma, Indian Territory,
xr ir : Al.' T
grates and still control the convention.
But it is regarded by those silver men
wno are at tne neaa oi tne ngm as im-
portant that North Carolina should
send a solid delegation of 22 silver men
who are all-wool-and-a-yard-wide to
tne convenuon. is itaieu m ume ul
tne iar western otates, tne goiu men
. 1 a TTT Jl . 1
may tuck ud a lew aeieerates, ana a
soiia ooun is neocessary to mae sue-:
cess absolutely certain. 1
i.-t rs ,i . . 1 '
Missouri has set the pace both in -
soaiaity ana in tne nign ona racier ana
ability of its delegation. At the heatlj
of the Missouri delegation goes Gov-
ernor Stone and Senators Vest "and
Cockerel!, a trio of able men, the equal'
in ability and "debate of any men who
will take part in that - convention
wnicn will be one oi tne most notaoie
conventions in the history of the Dem-
ooratic party. The silver men in all
the States are at work along the game!
i ; a"u , x; l '
irreater than, tneir numbers.
The success of the silver; men : in ifie
District of Columbia is one of the most
significant straws in the wind that
blows favorably for silvers Out of six
men elected to the National convention,
five are advocates of free coinage. When
it is cwusiucicu xuui ims citv is -cum
posed chiefly of salaried men and wage-
i iu iier men may uui ry me vuu-
vention, said a gold manto me yes
terday, "but you cannot elect a silver
candidate. You will lead the party to
defeat." That is a common expression.
My reply was: "You may be right, but
a gold, candidate for President would
not carry to exceed faur Southern.
States, while- a silver candidate would
carry every one with the possible ex
ceptions of Maryland and 'Delaware,
with eleven votes. Besides, the nomina
tion of a silver man will insure the elec
tion of a Democratic ticket in 'all the
suver. xt is sometning worm ngnung
for to keep faith with the people. .No
body can accurately predict results in
a year of political chaos like the pres
ent, but the Democrats would come
very near not only sweeping the solid
South, but, the solid West on a silver
platform. On a - gold platform, the
party will walk to certain defeat upon
a road of broken promises. Un a
silver platform it will ride to
probable success upon a road of
fidelity to its traditions and devotion
to the best interests of the masses of
the people." That is the way the situ
ation presents itself to me.
"Who will the silver men nominate
for President?" is an inquiry often
made by those who believe that
they will control the convention.
The principle is so far above'the man
that there is little discussion oi tne
leader. The fig-ht for silver must not
be impeded by personal ambitions
There are plenty of good men who
Michigan . . .
Minnesota . . ......
Mississippi . . . . . . . .
Missouri ..........
Montana . .
Nebraska ....-....
Nevada ...........
New-Hampshire . . .
New Hampshire . . .
New Jersey .......
New York . . . . ... .
North Carolina ...
North Dakota
L3
lead-;"ld be placed at the head of the
ticket who would be acceptable, and
the leading silvermen discourage the
boom in sr of any candidates. , Vice-
President Stevenson is the favorite
. 000 , rnf. Hlnri hta
-"-- U- .v w . r
i! U .-nn-n- rli-PFm. olvn--
l,llll. XUCU A1AO.J UXAL&X O-IJVUV
the wisdom of his silence, tbere are
no two opinions here about Mr. Steven
son's position on the mone"y question.
His Illinois friends say-that he is as
good a silver man- as Harris or Jones
or Bland, and his record gives evi
dence of this fact. When the time
comes that he thinks he ought to speak,
the Vice-President will be found on
the silver side of the fight. There are
many who favor Governor-Boies, of
Iowa. There will be no dearth of able
men to answer the call of t their
party to lead the - fight fori honest
' money when the convention meets
J. D.
S IS
Believes Silver Men Will Con
trol at Chicago. .
Washington, April 21. (Special.)-
A column story appears in the Star
this afternoon, in which, referring to
the presence of ex-Governor 3 arvis in
this citv. occurs the following: 'Mr.
J arvis and Senator Butler are ex
pected to get together. The price at
which Mr. Jarvlsns said to be willing
to. give his sup'port to the Toulists
is the nomination of his brother-in-law,
Concrressman i Harry ' Skinner, the
Populist, of Greenville, N. C."
Governor Jarvis is here with Mrs.
Jarvis'as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Skin
ner, but when I saw him to-day he in
dignantly denied the statement quoted
above. Ie said he was here as the
member from North Carolina of -the
Democratic bi-metallic organizatic(n,
held here last August under the au
spices of Messrs. Harris, Jones, Tiirpie
and others.
Continuing with considerable spirit
the ex-Senator said: "No man can bar
gain away the Democratic party of
North Carolina. No man would be fool
to undertake such a thing. He would
find out, not only that he had made
a fool pi himself, but that he hadn't
fooled anybody else. The North Caro-
lina Democracy," continued
the ex-
Governor, is made up of men who are
able to do what they want to do by
themselves, and when the State con
vention meets it will be found that
they will do what is for the best in
' i i. J. - - il Caa XTI "1
I f I r 1, III 1 1 1 1 1 . nLilLC. lUUUU V UULC
" "
correctly of anything until both the
State and Chicago conventions shall
nave juet. The platform at Chicao-o
, . ' , , .
and the nominee and the platform of
the State convention should be such
that every genuine friend of silver can !
. j.- f J
p , . '
"a,v"1 c puuauimjr ui wcuur i
crats and Populists -working together J
A.
in North Carolina, the ex-Governor re-
plied: "In my judgment North Caro-
i . iv a . t i t it
is as they did in 1876, in order to pre- I
vent Republican rule and Republican
rum, lor Republican rule means Ke-
publican ruin. My information since
I have been here strengthens my be
lief that the silver men will control
the National convention and I don't
believe all the- hustlinar that
tlie
gold bugs . are capable of
ean stop us, and my - private
information is even stronger than what
I have gotten from the newspapers.
"Although I am here simply for the 1
purpose which l have "stated 1 have
no uneasiness as to North Carolina,
but I want to give my people some in
formation as to what will be the out
come in Chicago. I think the nomina
tion of a free silver man -at Chicago
means the salvation of North Caro
lina.
As to the candidate," well, I am first
for a free silver plank in the platform,
the man comes'as the second piece of
work before the; convention. The man,
whoever he be, should be in thorough
harmony with -it. but as to who the
man shall be, there is no need to
bother about that, until the' Chicago
convention. If I am a delegate 1 am
not going to vote for anybody who is
not willing to . declare unreservedly
and without waiting, for the free, un
limited and independent coinage of
.silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, without
waitmir for any other nation. 1 am
not coiner to take any chances. I
don't believe in any straddle or in
nominating any doubtful man
Suggesting Boies and Stevenson to
Governor Jarvis, he said Boies would be
a good man and that he had been dis
appointed to find Stevenson from the
city as he had hoped to have a talK
with him on the situation. Ihe inter
view of Morrison only provoked a smile
from the Governor.
He will remain here probably until
the last of the week, and spoke very
graciously of his cordial chats with
his old fellow Senators. He sat about
to-day in the Senate chamber with
several of thm around him. Dropping
almost into reverie the Governor said
"Speaking'of Senator Jones, of Arkan
wis, the country, will never exactly
know the service that Jones had done
the Democracy in 1S94, and he is now
doing that same class of work m con
nection with the Chicago convention
I doubt if any tariff. Jbill would have
passed if it hadn't been for Jones. As
to the silver conference Jones, Turpie
and Harris called it last aAusrust. Old
man Harris is a hero"
Then changing the subject and com-
ins" back to the startiner paint the Gov
ernor paused a moment, stroked his
brow and said, thoughtfully: "No, my
politics comes from down in the town-
shi p with the people. When I want
fusion 111 never come to Washington;
I will go down in the township among
the people
"Will you go actively into the cam
paign, Governor?
'God helping me I will, if I am able
physically, make my last
campaign
this time and do my best, as I told
you, to save North Carolina from Re
publican rule, beeause, as I said, it
always has been with us Republican
rum and we ve got the record to
prove it."
Washington, April 20. (Special.)
"Now that the Fopulists and Republi
cans have . failed to fuse, what is your
plan : was the question I asked Sena
tor Butler, and Senator Pritchard
separately to-day.
. Senator Pritchard replied: "The Re
publicans will just go along as if notlx
ing had happened." - -
When asked to define the meaning of
HOPEFUL
t.nis, ne saia ne- beiievea that I us ion
JONAH AND
Jonah : Don't you think you
hust one more time ?" j
whale : No, Jonah, you make
would take ttlace in the counties
practical as it had done before, and
e nAd no fear t nt being returned
to the Senate, nor did he havie any idea
lot running for Governor. Senator
jritcnard said that "nine-tentns ot tne
counties wanted to co-operate and they
know what they are
Mr.Butler can't de
ttv i i
talking about and
deliver thiem to .the
s attention to
me by Senator
every proposition
adopted by the Populist - committee
lhad brta f.dtutiwnsnimousJy. ;.,Mr.
Pritchard said that was strange be-
cause Skinner had told him that the
proposition of the Republicans had
been rejected by only one majority in
the Populist committee.
Mr. Butler asked me to make; the
statement given above formally and
in the esxact words used. In answer to
the question what was his plan, Mr.
Butler said that there were 70,000
Populists in North Carolina, if there
were one, and they proposed to stand
together and fight it out alone until
November,. unless, some one came to
help them. I asked him did he think
the -Democrats would give up their
name to join the Populists. .He 'said
people were going to vote for sdvei in
ivorth Carolina this year irrespective
of names. He said he would be un-I
willing to endorse any silter man put
up at Chicago, because sucn Silverman
rvulfl rnlx- Vx nnn-iiTintefl dritli the con-
nivance and consent of the gold men
who would thus connive for the pur
pose of dividing and thus defeating
the silver forces, ne saidj he thought,
however, the gold men would wink at
a silver man being put "bp, it being1,
as they thought, a sure ivay of beat
ing the silver man. .
X asked Mr. Butler if he jwere making
a proposition on principle,as he claim
ed, how could he include high tarm
in such a. proposition. H replied that
he could safely do thatj because no-
body would have to tale any tariff
medicine this time. The, inclusion of
the tariff meant nothing more, after
all, than the issue of free silver as
that would overwhelm al other issues.
Senator Pritchard will, (in a few days,
give me an interview, making" answer
to Butler's charge that the Republicans
answered Butler's proposition princi
ple with a counter-propo$ition of spoils.
He will, I think, deal m some red-hot
stuff in this interview.
Senator Pritchard to-day spoke to av
amendment to the Indiin bill, giving
$3,150 each to the widowjs of CapU Mc-
Leod and Marcus Erwin, of Asheville,
respectivel3r, for ser ices lndered as
attorneys of old settlers! The amend
ment is now, pending, j
Thomas L. Jenkins, qf North Caro
lina, was to-daj'- nominated as one of
the Third Lieutenants in the the
revenue cutter service.
Senator Butler told , me to-day that
he thought he would get as' much as
$5,000 each for the monument, respec
tively to Generals Frances, Nash and
William Davidson. .
In the Senate Sundry Civil bill to
day occurs an item of '$80,000 for the
Diamond Shoal light tessel off Cape
Hatteras, also an item pi $1,250 for an
isolation ward at the Marine hospital
in Wilmington
Washington, April
21. The House
to-dav xmseated James
. Cobb (Dem),
representing the Fifth Alabama dis-trict.-and
voted 121 to 45 to seat'Al-
I bert T. Goodwin (PopJ), but the point
of no quorum being made the House
adjourned with the final vote still
pending. Five Republicans voted with
the Democrats to recainmit the ease
with instructions to tie committee to
permit the contestant to offer testi
mony in rebuttal. ' "
Mr. Cobb had 508 Majority on the
face of the returns1 but the majority
found extensive frauds in the three
black counties of the distinct which
reduced Mr. Cobb's vte and gave the
contestant 2,360 majority. The minor
ity claimed that no Jupportunity was
efiven to submit evidence in rebuttal
and that fraud was - presumed, not
J proved.
W- E. CHRISTIAN-
THE WHALE.
can stand me on your stomach
me sick." -v
HOME RULE FOR CUBA
To Be Put Into Execution With
in Next Four Weeks.
Washington. April 20. The Spanish
government within the next four weeks
will ptlt into execution a bomprehen
sive system of home rule, or autond5-
There is good reason to believe that
the State department - has received
from Madrid information to this ef
fect. In any event it is beyond ques
tion that this important move is assur
ed. It promises to bring to a sudden
termination the irritation and friction
"which has existed for many months
between the United States and Spain
and to re-place this feeling with one of
a friendly and amicable nature.
The law which will be pufinto.effect
I was signed by the Queen Regent of
Rnain . MawK 1S 1fiQ5 OTW, w-11Tna .
' ' ,' . j
-i- "j --s
velopmg the present scheme of re-
j forms. By-the time the Queen Regent
.makesher address to the Snanish
I Cortes, which assembles in one month.
the law will be promulgated through- I
out Cuba and the long expected policy
of - home rule for Cuba will be realized.
The law is very elaborate in its pro
visions. The element of home rule is
secured by the establishment of two
local bodies, drawn largely, if not en
tirely, from residents of Cuba. One of
these is to be known -as the Provin
cial Chamber of Deputies and the oth
er as the Council of Administration.
The latter has appellate jurisdiction
over the former, .uarge powers are
granted to the council of administra
tion, in the . internal management of
public affairs, but the Governor Gen
eral will continue as the supreme rep
resentative of Spain on the island and
will have direct charge of military,
naval and international questions.
ALABAMA SOLID FOR SILVER.
The Gold Candidate for Governor De
feated by Three to One.
Montgomery, Ala., April 21.--The
Democratic State convention was called
to order "art 12 o'clock by Chairman
Knox, of the State committee. James
Crook, of Calhoun, was made tempor
ary chairman. Delegates were en
rolled and there was a fall attendance,
the full number being 504.
Committees on permanent organiza
tion' and order of business were ap
pointed and are now, out. Mr. Clarke
will go before the convention and will
have about 170 votes recorded for him
and the sound money principles for
which he has contended. The John-
-ston men are determined to go the full
length and will adopt a platform m
favor of free coinage of silver at 16 to 1,
and instruct a delegation to , Chicago
on the same line. The delegation
slated for the State-at-large to Chicago
is as follows: Senators Mor
gan and Pugh, Congressman
Bankhead and General Pettius.
The districts will be permitted to elect
their delegates but they will be turned
down under the unit rule.
m-i iinnaT i hm iiiiii. rn if.
......
The contest for Goveraor was settled
in primaries and county conventions
ana mere win ouiy o iviuxat
in the convention, x ne numinauuu oi
Capt. Johston is conceded by three to
one.
CONTESTED ELECTION CASES.
WasMnston. April 20.The House
Committee on Elections No 2 to-day de
cided to adjourn to May 4, when a vote
will be taken on the cases of Mitchell
vs. Walsh, from the Eighth New York
Xorth Carolina, and " Thompson v
Shaw, from- the third North Carolinn
district.
RECORD OPCONGRESS
Democrats Criticise its Do-
Nothing Policy.
Washington, April 20. The House
to-day passed and sent to the Senate
the last of the regular appropriation
bills, the General Deficiency. The
House sat later than usual in order
mat tne Din mignt be disposed of to-
day, Mr. Cannon, chairman of the Ap-
proDriations eommitW--was ih .
ciieni oi many congratulations upon
his achievement. Not since the Forty-I
sixth Congress, sixteen years aco. have I
all the appropriation bills been sent to I
the Senate so early and of late vears
Coligress has dragged through the
summer months with some of them
still pending. -The long session of the
iorty-sixth adjourned June 16, 1880.
The appropriation bills aire, on the
average, advanced about three months
ahead of their usual position.
borne very Breezy political talk was
indulged in during the debate to-day.
It touched the general subject of ap
propriations and expenditures, the
merits of the present tariff law and
the record of this Congress. Some of
the leaders on both sides participated.
Mr. Dockery charged that this was dis-
tiuctively a "do-nothing" Congress
and said that the book of blank pages
circulated by the Kepublicans in the
campaign of 1S92, entitled, "What Con
gress Has Done, could, with equal
propriety, be circulated as the chroni
cler of the achievements of this Con
srress. Mr. Dingley, the leader of the
majority of the floor, explained that I
the House, alone was Republican, the
Senate was Democratic-Populistic and
the President Democratic. li.ach was
a distinct and necessarj' factor in legis
lation. The House had passed a bill
to relieve the Treasury. It could, he
said, do no more, i
The only thing was to . await the
result of the appeal to the people next
falL
"UV riul pvprvtnimr vr pnnld do lin-
,1t- n r-irimctanfes " finid Mr. T) nc-
' ' r v - '
lev, with great earnestness, "and we
met here and at the other end ot the
capitol the united opposition of the
Democrats and Populists. c .only
have control here. We are powcvless
to make laws. The only thing to do
is to appeal to the people and let them
say whether we shall have a "President
and a Senate who will block our way
or who will co-operate with us in
giving the Treasury sufficient revenue
and restore prosperity to the country
(Republican applause.)
"The gentleman says the Democrats
and Populists' killed the so-called Ding
senate. w as it, hot,
A;ort,, i,ni0d lv -Tionii
pigeonholed by
Eepublfcan?
asked Mr. Sawyers (Dem., Texas.)
"The Republicans were not in con
trol," replied Mr. Dingley,
- "But were' not some of them partly
responsible?" '.--.-"
"Yes, partly," admitted Mr; Dingley.
. "Will the Republicans ask the States
represented by those Senators to re
pudiate them?"
"Those States can take care of themselves,"-
replied Mr. Dingley.
"Did not the Republicans and the
Ponulists make a -dicker by which
they obtained control of the Senate?"
put in Mr. McMillin.
"The Democrats and Populists con-
trtjj the Senate" replied Mr. Dingley
xs not Tom Carter chairman Of the
Republican National committee?" ask
ed Mr. McMillm.
"Do you claim that Messrs. Wolcott,
Dubois and Teller are Populists? If
you do, you cut off a good deal of the
respectability of your party." ' -
"Have not the Democrats and the
Populists a majority in the Senate?"
asked Mr. Dingley, who became in
turn inquisitive. ,
Mr. McMillin adroitly parried this
query which Mr. Dingley thrust at
him repeatedly by dwelling on the
"four recalcitrant Republican Sena
tors" and the "swap" of the biggest
committee in the Senate for the loaves
and fisheis that float about the Senate.
Mr. McMillin concluded by referring
to the necessity for a bankruptcy bill,
a Pacific railroad funding bill, a cur
rency bill, etc., and charged the Repub
lican side with cowardice in not meet
ing those questions instead of prepar
ing to adjourn and run away.
Mr. Hepburn (Rep., Iowa), Mr.
Cooper (Rep., Wisconsin), Mr. Grout
(Rep., Vermont), Mr. Terry (Dem., Ar
kansas) and Mr. Cannon (Rep., Illi
nios) also participated in the debate.
The bill was passed amid some ap
plause, and Mr. Piclcler (Rep., South
Dakota) moved to suspend the rules
nd pass a resolution setting aside to-
morrow, Wednesday and Thursday, for
the consideration of the General ren-
sion
bill, reported from the Invalid
Pension committee with a provision
for a vote on Friday. The vote, on the
adoption of the resolution, stood 62
to 5. Mr. Allen (Dem., Mississippi)
made the point of no quorum, and at
6:05 the House adjourned. ,
DIAZ STILL UNDER ARRESJT.
The Department of State Will Use Its
Power in His Behalf.
Havana. April 20. The Rev. Albert
Diaz, the American Baptist Missionary
and his brother Alfred, who were ar
rested last week, are still held ;n
communicado." therefore nothing defi
nite can be ascertained regarding the
charges against them further than it
is generally understood that they are
f a poneaj nature.
.roT.. AnriX o()i:enresenta
I Blacl? of Georgia, to-day called at
i state department and talked
i witn the officials concerning
Ur Diaz. ' the Baptist f mis
sionary, who is under . arrest in
Havana for alleged conspriey in the
insurrection. After the interview Mr.
Black said that there was doubt that
Diaz had taken .out naturalisation
- 1 naners. and is acitizen of the United
J States. The State department, he said,
I wn gee to it that Diaz is given a fair
I trial and is accorded his rights as an
I to be done by members of Congress
I exceDt to reauest the ' department of
' ' State to use its power in Diaz's behalf.
NOW HOLTON ABUSES BUTLER.
Says the Wily Populist is Uyirg Bate
for the Democrats.
A inston, N. C April 20. Siecian
Chairman Hoi ton returned homevvW-
terday. This morninjr ttie News and.
i Observer correspondent inteniewett
j him on the "political situation slBce-
tne conrerence of JJepublican and Pop
ulist committees in Kaleig-h, last week..
.Mr. Jioiton said: .
Uutler has had no intention fincn-
be WHS eiectetl to t.h InniT Irrm ftf
co - ooerating with the KepublicaQK this
jyear. lie lias been holding out to the :
republicans that if they would Ret1
ulist demand he would eive them a few
vote, which in these times jcrem o
highly valued.
"He will now turn his attention lcr
the Democrats and lay his bait for;
them. Their defeat was so crushing-
last year that many of them seeni to
be willing to aecept his terras to cet
a few crumbs. Of course what h- gives.
them will be bestowed bv him as the
'grat I am. , - !
Ihe Kepublicans will not ro ohe-v
step farther than( the terms propow!,
by their propositions in confertnee. i
I do not think Butler has ever had
any intention of accepting our terms.
lie wants to build up an organiza
tion in this State of which he will be
sole director. All this 'twaddle' dbout
co-operating on principle ?, is ony w
catch. He only uses principle to erve
as an instrument to glorify himself. He
will now 5preaI out the whole politi
cal field to the Democrats of the State
and say: 'All these things will I pirtr
thee it thou wilt fan down and worship
me and men take ju pieces of sijvern
mm uvirny- mem. i
'The Kepublicans of the State will
co-operate with the Populists in. the
counties wherever thev will eo-operat
with us." " .. ! '
Last Friday nicht Col. Fred OldsJ
of IJaleigh, sent, out in his correspond
dence that "directly after fusion wa
rejectel, Holton and Settle went t
rritchanl and offered him their.vsup4
port, provided Jlol ton is retameil a
State chairman.
Mr. Holton denies the above. Hf
1 --T 1 . t. !
I. .. . . " . ' . . . T
I InttAf tin cant tv I VI riIHa In ivltisili
V "
says:
"I want to say that this is unnuali
fiedly false. The position of Stat4
chairman I regard as an exceedingly
responsible one. If I am re-elected, ife
must be through the choice of tlif
State Republicans and not by political
trading.
FUSION IN BEHALF OF VOORHEEST
InniAnfl Dfrnncrsh anrl Pnnulict .Pair!
hp Planning a 1 aritlatura DmI I
Indianapolis, Ind., April 20. It bo
came known to-day, through promi
nent Democratic politicians, that thr
Populists In k
number of counties, in order to. xeeurtr
a Legislature that. will return Danlef i
Voorheetj to the United State. Senat.
next Jan tlar r.
The fusion with the Populists vfill l-
on the Legislative question only. The
scheme embraces Dnvies, u arnok
Spencer, Perry, Harrison; Ripley, and
other close counties in the. southern'
part of the State, Where the Populist
will not -agree to "support Democrat!"
nominees the "Democrats will support:
the Populiststm an agreement that the-:
nominee will vote for Voorhees. I
Attorneys for the Democratic Stawr
committee say they find no law against
putting the same munen m-bot-h the
Democratic and l'opulit columns of '.
the Australian Ixil lot .thus poIling tlie
iuu Kirengxn ot ixtji jmiti ies lor lius
same man. this scheme bo-Ies trouble
for the Republicans, as in-these coun
ties the combined Democratic ami Pop
ulist vote was sunicient to swamp tnti
lcepublican vote, even, in the Republi
can landslide of '94J . I
It is represented to the Populists!
that the radical stolid taken by Voor
hees for free silvermakes him a food
enough Populist for them to-Wipjirn-t
It is further claimed by the joytKian
that the scheme would bring a consid
erable sum of money into the Slat?
from thejree, silver propagandist).
who wish to retain a grip on the Sc
n- -
ate.
NEARLY LYNCHED BY WO MEM-
A Woman Made to Admit Haying Given
Birth to a Child. I
Shamokin, Ta., April 20. Becautso
she refused to reveal the hiding plape
of her new born babe. Miss Annie Bott
ner, of Hickory Ridge, was nearly
lynched by a crowd of infuriated wo
men of that place this morning. Thfy
placed a clothes line about her necjk.
but not until it was considerably tight
ened did she admit giving birth to a,
child. She then showed the worn m
.where she had buriel the child on a lt. .
and made a confession of her crime. A .
number of men kept the women at buy
lest they should kill her. Miss Boatniwr
is now lying in a critical condition In
the poor house, and is under police stir
veilance, pending an inquest , by tho
coroner.. .-
IXCKERY ENDORSED IN MOUKT.'
Carthage, N. C, April 2L(.S1ec4l
The Itepublicans of Moore counltyr
met Saturday to elect delegate to th3
State and Congressional conventions..
0. H. Makepeace was made chairman!r
the convention. Capt.'A. M. Clarke afcd
Sam Jones were selected as delegates
to the 1tate convention, and fcanffy
McLeod (colorel), of .Southern; Pinew,.
and G. II. Makepeace, were chosen las
delegates to Congressional convention.
The convention, in strong renolatloru
asserted their abiding faith in Republi
can principles and with applause endor
sed McKinley as their choice for Presi
dent, O. IL Iockcry for Governor, gfrrutr
.-kmi ji. nucnanan, oi Joneiro,
Congress. They ako-endorsed J.
or
C.
Pritchard for United States SenatoH
Dallas, Texas, April 2L Texas Dem
ocrats met in the Stale conference at
Dallas to-day. Uptords of 300 dele
gates are present." Everything indi
cate war against the free silver Ele
ment. It looks as if a full State, tijek
et, Congressional candidates, and rxm-
sibly members of the Legislature, yvi&
be determined on later if the conven
tion at Chicago adopts an anti-free sil
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