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VOL. I.
MORG ANTON, N. C.,WEDNESDAY, MAY I8V1893
NO. 43.
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HOT KDITOBIALS.
I.:'
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SPEAKS RIGHT OUT.
Uu I .lirorHil I'age Tbat Is Unique
Am.Mif,' the fireat Daily I'pr of
Ihi I'rcss Subsidizing Era Talks
I hat TM.
Th'- f ullowing'are editorials from re-
r.ji' :.-.-u'f-s of the New York Dally
l.j v i! :;;!, with an alleged circulation of
.i million. They would be quite
a ojii'i ;i 1 1' in the editorial page of
,i;,v . ountry. Populist paper, but there
r .n oTher metropolitan daily in which
t i oull ever by any possibility be
: .:: I. Read the following:
TJkj men of Pennsylvania who shot
;i lot of workingme'n in the back have
I ;-u declared innocent of any wrong
'iing. The cowurdly.hired newspapers
th-it. have- not dared all through the
trial to speak in defence of the killers
now fonn: out bravely and cheer the
v-idh-t. These . newspapers are well
laid, but they lo their employers a
t-orry servif-.
Th" La' timer 'free killing bee must
le paid fcr in this country. It will
1 paid foi by men such a3 those who
1:11'.- the f nal'newspapers of New York.
. The man who knows that he can be
tat'ly murdered is not a pleasant man
y 'I- al with when trouble comes.
i he gentlemen in Fifth 'avenue who
1. . built high..steel railings around
!!:: r houses know how foolish it is to
in ;; workmen feel, the hoplessness of
;;'i appeal to law against money.
j 5ut tjie.se men with the steel railings
ri'ii understand the American working
rn ui'.s id a. No railings- are needed,
i unless they ran be put around the bal.
lu; box. That particular institution
v. ill avenue the I,ittimer murders.
j I. h" judge who set free without bail
I ' body of men indicted for murder will
M ain, before he goes under ground to
hi ki n all deeent worms, that he has
1 urt the pocket-books that he tried to
teVve. New York Journal.
l lu-. average Trit.ish review i3 as in
im1.ii a:; a St. Giles -cockney and as pori
i' iiius as a witticism in Punch, but
w i i 1 . - the current Fortnightly is not
v, "iboiit these characteristics it almost
invs to p'lod "through it in order to
i .m Ii the instructively frank explana
. linn by one writer of the way in which
Knland really subjugates the world,
ii" is discussing the problem of financ
ing the proposed Chinese loan and the
(l inger that .it may be taken by a
Franco-Russian syndicate.
"It is dear," says the contributor,
who, by the way, is one of the best
equipped English writers on interAa
ii.in.il relations, '"that if our im?f Jp.se
Mitei .-t s in China are to be adet'v'VTy
i in' (.till we must not allow the empire
i. th' exclusive vassal of any for-
;.-u power- or group of powers, and this
j.- what must occur in a thinly dsguis
'1 form if we abstain1 from competing
w ;th the state-guaranteed loan-mon-
ring of Russia and France at Pekin.
We can safely and even profit
ably lend the money without rendering'
an increase of the burdens on trade
necessary, and since the loan would be
calculated to strengthen our interests
ai iv kin, and thus advance our inter-.
ts in the far East, it was manifestly
in duty to undertake it." fc
The debtor is the abject vassal the
woild over. Man or nation, it is the
; iine; hJ who owes the debt is the
m if of its holder. Interest has added
almost as much -territory to the British
empire" as was ever won by the British
i-word. Egypt is the "exclusive vas-t-.U"
of Britain, because Egypt fell into
the hands, of Lombard street money
I n.lers.. China will go the same way,
unl ss her - rulers make the unimpor
tant choice of preferring the Roth
m hihls.Mhat dominate French finance
to tlu branch of the same family which
rules Lombard street.
By the way. how'great a proportion
i I'niied States bonds, national, state
f r corporation, are held in England?
Ami how far is discernible the purpose
C.ieat Britain to use her rights as
a reditor to strengthen her influence
at Washington, as she hopes to at
ivkin. to control our currency system
and to dominate bur politics? New
'York Journal. ' : .
Workirigmen. in thinking of the Lat
. timer murders, never to be .officially
avenged, need not feel that the lives of
the murdered men were entirely wast
ed. It is true that justice .has been out
lawed and that a certain score some
-day to be wiped out is a little bigger
Hum it was. But some good has been
. done. It is not. likely that such a'
killing will occur again for many days.
It; is probable that the next coward
armed with a repeating rifle will hesi
tate, fearing that murderer Nq. 2 may
not fare as well as No. 1. Public opin
ion has crystallized about this Pennsyl
vania murder affair. Murder on "a cash
basis will probably receive a set-back,
Respite the verdict. :
Of course, - no such verdict could
have been rendered in England or In
France, where, the rights of ordinary
men are now recognized. They were
not recognized in France at one time.
But. the most ordinary kind of.men got
a sort of habit of cutting off heads in
discriminately, and as it turned out
ihat the headsbelonged to persons' of
hith -degree,-the- memory of that affair
hn sttK k.
hi England the ordinary British per-j-on
has reminded the powers so ofte'n
of his presence, sometimes by cutting
off .a king's head, sometimes in other
playful ways, that he is considered
quite a serious quantity. The American
bcumotive engineers, at their, last
nihe. managed to make it clear that
tl -y are not to be trifled with; the
m. n of Pittsburg made, themselves felt,
and incidentally defeated a Republican
candidate for ' the presidency. These
re indications that the American or
dinary man la gradually establishing
himself as an animal With righta. The
progress is slow, but it is sure.
Constant use of the ballot, with
something more drastic on 'occasions
when hired' Pinkertons appear to shobt,
lsbound in the long run to frighten
even the Carnegles who hire the Pink
ertons and then run awayftp Europe.
New York Journal.
Lord Salisbury got. In the London
City Council election recently, a re
sponse to the direful warnings which
he uttered last November anent the aw
ful consequences of popular govern
ment in New York. The whole power
of the Tory Ministry, backed by -the
lapdlorders and bondholders and the
titled nobs and snobs of the West End,
.was exerted to get control of the coun
cil with a vew to. carrying out the
Salisbury scheme of depriving the peo
ple of London of the measure, of hdme
rule that they have succeeded in gef
tlng. The scheme was further sup
ported by the monopolies, which not
only control the transit system of Lon
don, such as it Is, and. the gas supply,
but even purvey water for the inhabit
ants of most of the British metropolis.
The efforts of officialdom and swell
dom were especially directed against
the labor candidates and the "Social
ist" candidates for the governing body
in which alone.; the popular power is
exerted: Of course, "Socialist" was ex
ploited as a term of opprobrium,
freighted with grave menace to good
order, but It really applied to men who
seek to' have the public interests con
trolled by public agencies for the pub
lic benefit, instead of by private monop
olies for private profit.
The result of all the scheming and
manipulation of Salisbury and Cham
berlain, who carried national politics
Into municipal affairs with all their
might, and of the vigorous and skill
ful electioneering of landlords and
property owners, which included some
enticing blandishments of "noble la
dies," there was a notable triumph of
the. radicals and progressives. More
labor men and "Socialists" were re-'
turned than before, and those against
whom the sharpest fight was made had
increased majorities.
This is simply another step toward a
government of London by its people
Instead of by the occupants of its
palatial mansions and the holders of
places in the imperial service. It means
gradual progress toward a home rule
in which those who toil and live in the
metropolis all the year, and not those
who pass the "season" and collect their
rents and their interest and annuities
there, shall control the administration
of affairs. It works toward a govern
ment in which I the people and their
rights and Interests, and not property,
will be the chief object of public care.
The Tory effort to stem this progres
sive movement, with all the power at
the command of the. Imperial Cabinet,
suffered a signal defeat. New York
Journal.
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
Striking Facts Regarding Two Systems
of -Railway Ownership.
Te'unusually heavy, surplus. of the
Prussian railroads this year ha3 at
tracted "attention. The railroads of
Prussia, as is well known, are owned
and. operated y the state. The Twen
tieth Century says the rate of trans
portation is about one-third the rate
In this country for both passenger traf
fic and freight, but. the annual profits
have been very large, notwithstand
ing the great sums expended on, the
road bed and the rolling stoc'k. It is
customary to disparage -the service in
Prussia, but every traveler knows that
the service is far superior to the ser
vice in this country. Class for class,
the advantage is decidedly on the side
of the state-owned railways of Prussia.
This is a matter that can be very easily
demonstrated, for there . are in this
country thousands of Germans, who pay
regular visits to the fatherland. The
testimony of these men on the subject,
wherever available, would show that
the last five or ten years have resulted
in epochmaking strides in Prussian
railroading until to-3ay the service
stands second to none. In spite of
steady reductions in rates and lavish
expenditures in improvements, the sur
plus has steadily 'risen. These surplus
earnings have gone -for military pur
poses but this year there is an excess
over the needs of the army.
We are often told of the tremendous
burden the poor Germans are forced to
bear in the expense of the huge stand
ing army. The burden of army ex
penditures, in Prussia at least, is borne
by the railway system. Now the rail
way system of Prussia costs the Prus
sians much less than the New York
Central Railroad costs the people of
New York. The. profits of the Prus
sian railroads support the army and
the profits of the Vanderbilt railroads
support the Vanderbilts.. But the Van
derbilts exact a great deal more from
the (New Yorkers than the Prussian
army exacts from the Prussians. That
is to say. It would be money in the
pockets of the people of New York to
take the Prussian army and the Prus
sian railroads and give away the Van
derbilts and the Vanderbilt railroads.
The statistics on the subject may . be
studied at length in the Prussian
Jahresberichte and the reports of the
New York Railroad Commission. It
Is facts like these which make the con
ventional talk about the "freedom" and
"opportunities" of the American peo
ple so discouraging in its humbug. One
does not wonder at the talk because
the corporations pay the newspapers
to purvey It, but one does wonder that
even the guileless and simple minded
American countryman can swallow it.
Once I'ron ar Time.
"I am for the largest use of silver in
the currency of the country. I would
not dishonor it. I would give it credit
and honor with gold. ' I would make
no discriminatloa. I would . utilire
both metals as money, and discredit
neither. I want the double standard.'
Pmldtnt 'McKlnlej, In 180.
MOST TITAL' ISSUE.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST
UNDERSTAND IT.
Vie Hare Grown Rich ad Prosperous
In Spite of the Worst Money 8jtem
i:ver Le vised bat We Can't Go
On.
Nothing is more important at this
juncture of our affairs than . a correct
understanding of the elementary prin
ciples of monetary science. ; We are
now at a turning point in our history
where action must be taken, and a
mistake now made will be fruitful of
evil in future years. Just such a casa
occurred when congress in changing
the ratio of our coinage In 1834-37 in
stead of making it conform to the
French ratio of 15 to 1, which pre
dominated in Europe, changed ours
from 15 to 16 to 1. It was a mistake
which . has been- felt for a half cen
tury.. Now, when there is a public de
mand for a fixed policy and a sound
currency, a large and growing body of
the people demand, with every
show of reason on their side, that the
creation of money, being a sovereign
power, its issue is a sovereign right to
he exercised by the government only;
while another, less numerous but more
powerful in wealth and privilege, in
sists that the -government shall dele
gate its powers in this important mat
ter to private corporations, and still an
other body of men actually wish to
have thd old system of state banks of
issue revived. The latter appear to be
utterly unmindful of the lessons of the
past. ,
Our country has grown great, pow
erful and rich, in spite of the most
faulty financial system ever devised by
the wit of man a system which has
devastated the country with periodical
panics more destructive than warfare,
involving in wreck and ruin its tens of
thousands in each case and yet the
country has survived and recuperated,
and our people quickly forget, and go
on repeating the same ruinous policy.
It is the part of wisdom for nations
as. well as individuals .to be guided by
experience. For a great and wealthy
nation like ours to so utterly ignore
the lessons of the past is not creditable
to our intelligence, yet very many who
ought to know better are advising that
very course. To now talk of reviving
the false and fatal system of ante bel
lum days, of "red dog" and "wild cat"
paper money, with its varying and un
certain value, requiring -a constant
study of the list of broken banks and
of the latest counterfeit detector to
minimize losses, is the feast which its
advocates invite us to.
Let us have none of it, but get back
to first principles instead of re-adopting
the old and exploded notions hand
ed down to us when colonies of the
king. Why, England herself will have
none of it now. She permits no banks
of issue in private hands except a few
under old charters, and they are un
der severe restriction.
When Thoirias Carlyle described the
British Islands as inhabited by 30,000,
000 of people, mostly fools, he did not
say that they were not honest, nor will
we say that the advocates of shin
plasters cur fools are not honest.
We can say that they are not safe ad
visers. They cannot lead us to firm
ground in our finances. Men who at
this late day talk of elasticity as an
essential or as even a desirable quality
in money betray an ignorance that dis
qualifies them. The same may be said
of those who so far sin against light
as to talk of intrinsic value as applied
to money. ' We venture to say that
there is not a recognized authority in
the world today who will sanction
either proposition. All authorities are
on the other side. Jevons said: "There
is no such things a3 intrinsic value."
Prof. McLeod says: "This unhappy
phrase meets us at every turn in eco
nomics." He most effectively exposes
its fallacy. Any number of citations
could be given to show this. Ask any
of its apologists if they can conceive of
any value in money not directly, con
nected with something external to it
self? Its value lies in what it will do
for its owner, what it will fetch, or
bring in exchange. Its value may,
therefore, be termed extrinsic rather
than intrinsic.
Now, then, one might as well argue
for a flexible yard stick or surveyors
chain as for a flexible money. It has
been long the custom of false reasoners
to compare money as, a measure, in its
office, with the standard measures of
space and weight. Of value, there can
be no standard, for a standard is fixed
as value cannot be, as It is subject to
perpetual changes. In none cf the
standard measures they refer to does
the. instrument measuring go with the
transfer of the thing measured, while
the title to the public measure
money passes with the transfer of the
thing measured.
Will it be wise for us to ignore the
lessons of the past, and now delegate
this sovereign power to Issue this
public measure mcnty, the tax and
debt payer of all the people to private
corporations?
tt will certainly bring great evils
apon the country, for it involves the
power to regulate its value by the in
flation or the contraction of the vol
ume, as private interest or greed may
dictate.
It is a matter of momentous import
to our country, and should be well con
sidered. Under such a system, it 13 an
easy matter to show how a transfer of
the great bulk of wealth of the coun
try can he successfully transferred to
the poseession of a few. That proce3
has In nil conscience proceeded faat
enough wltflOut any such fictitious aid.
It 1b best to call a halt, before we reach
the precipice,
. We have had the use of a large vol
ume of national money not- larg?
enough it Is true, but of enough to show
the American people Its economic
value,' and to establish a regard for It
as the best money In our country, for
many years. Costless and safe, it has
stood the test until as an object lesson
it threatened the "vampire" gold,
then it was marked for destruction.
That, question Is now fairly before ths
people. Will .they surrender their sov
ereign power? The edict has gone
forth that the greenbacks must go, and
the monopoly value of gold te in
creased and perpetuated. Then what?
The transformation of our government
into' a plutocratic form, pure and sim
ple. A powerful party, with unlimited
wealth behind it. stands committed to
that policy, though there are millions
of its supporters heretofore who will
not follow it on that line now. Suppose
that the United States were to become
Involved in a foreign war, and needing
money should adopt the policy of is
suing' paper certificates which stated
on their face that they would be re
ceived at their face value for all dues
and debts to the United States. With
an absolute daily demand by the gov-
'ernment for money to meet its enor
mous expenditure daily, and never
ceasing, with unlimited power of taxa
tion, what money could be better than
the people's own?
We are not raising the question of
quantity at art, but of quality. Incom
parably better than any bank issue, na
tional or private, would be the same
quantity of national paper certificates,
the demand for which would be cease
less and limited only by the taxes
levied- by the representatives of the
people. Is It reasonable to suppose that
the power to coin paper money is mere
ly a war power? That a great people
may to conduct carnage on the field of
battle possess such power, and yet not
use it to promote the arts of peace, or
even to avert calamities worse than
war?
Money, the great instrument of asso-.
ciation, is essential to our civilization.
Credit appliances can be made, and are
made flexible; but the volume of money
upon which credit appliances are based,
should be fixed, and provided by law,
issued by the sovereign power.
It almost seems that some people
think that, the world was made for
coupon clippersj and that the chief end
of man is to meet interests on bonded
debts. Such people do not consider
that from industry, promoted by a suf
ficient supply of money, all payments
must come, ' and that hard times,
caused by a contracted volume of
money, is not conducive to the just
payment of debts, bonded or otherwise.
It is not so much from low prices as
from falling prices that the world has
suffered. When prices are tending
downward nobody will invest money
in property, but money is hoarded.
We have given a monopoly value to
gold, and there is a general want of
confidence, not in the money existing,
but in the value of all forms of prop
erty which constitutes the wealth of
nations, and money the measure, Is ex
alted not only above all wealth, but
above humanity. It is not more credit
appliances more 6ebts hut a return
of that coniiderice in the value of that
which has in all past ages been es
teemed as true wealth, and the resto
ration to its function of the money
we see hoarded. That function is use
in the transfer of wealth and competi
tion for its possession and distribution.
This will constitute the greatest
benefit to be derived by the restoration
of silver to Its time-honored place as a
full value money metal. 'jBut there
must be no surrender of the sovereign
right to coin all the money of the coun
try. J. W. PORTER.
Ye Sons of Toll, Arise t
Ye Sons of Toil, arise!
And greet the God of Day;
See, where His banners deck the skies;
He bids you to the fray.
Ye Sons of Toil, arise!
Your bonds are bonds of straw.
Like Peter's chains they fall apart.
Walk forth in solemn awe.
Let not despondent hearts
Your holy zeal assuage,
Stretch forth your toll-worn hands.
And seize your heritage.
t
Got notes the sparrow's fall,
Yet He's a God of Might;
And only cowards fear to die
When cause is just and right.
Ye Sons of Toil, arise!
Be sons of God to-day;
A New Time dawns in eastern skies,
And darkness flees away.
Nellie M. Beardsley.
An Inevitable Transfer.
The continued rise in the value of
gold, or. which is the same thing, the
continued fall in prices, must inevit
ably transfer the property of all those
engaged in active business, the actual
creators of wealth, whether by hand,
brain or capital, to those who. avoid
ing the risk and effort of active busi
ness, only draw interest Napa Re
flector. k .
Two Not of m Kind.
There will be no war. Mark Hanna
This organized money power, from
its secret conclave would dictate the
choice of your highest officers, and com
pel you to make war or peace as best,
suits their own wishes. The forms of
your government might for a time re
main, but its living spirit would depart
from It. Andrew Jackson.
VIOLATING THE LAW.
SECRETARY CAGE SHOULD BE
IMPEACHED.
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Br Ietroylng the SUrer Note of 190
lie Is Contracting the Currency at
the Rate or a 'Million a Month la
ThU What the People Voted For?
The treasury reports show that on
the 1st of February, 1S94, there had
been issued by the government treas
ury notes of 1S90 to the amount of
$153,070,908; February 1, . 1898, their
amount had been reduced to $105,531,
2S0; reduction in four years, $47,539.
C28. ' ... j
This shows that In the past four
years the secretary of the treasury has
destroyed nearly $45,000,000 of the
treasury notes of 1890, or a million a
month. The act of 1590, says:
" but no greater or less
amount of such notes shall be out
standing at any time than the cost of
the silver bullion, and the standard sil
ver dollars coined therefrom held in
tho treasury purchased by said notes
; and shall be receivable for all
customs, taxes and all public dues, and
when so received may be reissued.
the secretary of the treas
ury shall, under such regulations as he
may prescribe, redeemsuch notes in
gold or silver coin at his discretion."
There is nothing clearer than that it
was the intent of congress that these
notes should, in amount, equal the cost
of the bullion they purchased and the
silver dollars coined from it that they
would be redeemed in silver, and that
none of them should be destroyed.
But observe "the ways that are dark"
on the part of the secretaries. It is
so managed that the 1890 silver dol
lars go out of the treasury, and treas
ury notes of 1890 do not take their
place. There is then more 1890 treas
ury notes outstanding than bullion and.
dollars made from it cost, in the treas
ury, and immediately the secretary de
stoys the surplus. This process goes
on destroying the 1890 treasury notes
at the rate of $1,000,000 a month, and
it is only a question of time until the
last one of them will be destroyed.
There is not a word in the act of
1890 providing for the destruction of
the notes' to be issued under'it, and the
plain Intent of the act is being nulli
fied by the secretary. True, If the
1890 treasury' notes are destroyed, the
silver dollars; an equal amount, should
be in existence, but if they are not
among the $397,000,000 standard silver
dollars lying idle in the treasury,
where are they? And if silver dollars
coined f rorA 1890 to 1893 are kept in
circulation, ' and silver dollars coined
other dates are impounded in the treas
ury, is it not in effect a contraction of
the currency of nearly $48,000,000 in
four years? The law contemplates
that the silver dollars coined under
that law are for the purpose of redeem
ing those notes, and are "held" In the
treasury for that purpose.
It Is evident enough that the intent
of the law is being evaded,- and the
law itself is being nullified, so far as
its practical working is concerned, and
instead of providing the people with
money, it is being used to contract the
currency sharply. If such are utter
provisions of the laws of the land, and
if refusing to exercise the plain right
of the nation to pay its debts in silver
when it has more silver than gold does
not call for the impeachment of Sec
retary Gage, what would?
GEORGE PRENTISS.
They Would Melt the Dollars.
Bimetallists should be on guard. The
very fact that the country has its at
tention taken up with military affairs
Is a most potent reason why watchful
ness Is necessary. The gold standard
men are crying out loudly against po
litical agitation while we are face to
face with a foreign enemy, but their
motives are subject to suspicion. We
have learned from our experience dur
ing the last war that money lenders, do
not cease thinking while other men are
fighting. They have ndt the time to
"go to the front." While others are
planning to obtain victories for the
American arms, these men. are plan
ning to drive sharp bargains with the
government. They will not hesitate to
seize on every opportunity to forward
their plans for the retirement of the
greenbacks and the overthrow of the
silver dollar. Last week Senator Hale
declared, on the floor of the senate,
that the democrats would be found ob
structing the government in its prose
cution of the war. Senator Hale knows
better, but he is doubtless trying to
prejudice the country in favor of the
administration when that administra
tion shall attempt to induce congressH
to issue gold bond3. The democrats
will oppose It, and Hale will sa, "1
told you so."
Thi3 will be a good time for the gold
men to attack the silver dollar, in
spite of the fact that the government
will need all the money it can' get.
Tbat they have already formulated
their plans is evident from the follow
ing in the report of the bankers com
mission that met in Indianapolis to
construct a new monetary system for
the United States : "The treasury has
en asset in its silver bullion not held
against outstanding certificates, which
may be utilized by selling it from time
to time, as the German government has
done with its surplus silver. Of course.
such sales should be carefully made In
such quantities as not unduly to de
press the market for silver bullion. It
is. therefore, suggested that authority
be given to the secretary of the treas
ury to make such sales in bis discre
tion. It may be well to consider
whether the sum of $452,712,792 of sil
ver dollar pieces, with seignorage of
over 50 per cent, which remains as the
evidence of a serious danger to the ex
isting standard, is not too large to be
permanently retained- in our circula
tion; and If this should prove to be the
case, whether a sufficient number of
these silver dollars should not be ulti
mately, although not immediately,
withdrawn and sold as bullion." .
In other words, they would have the
great American nation melt up two or
three hundred millions of silver
dollars and sell them at. half
price, making ' a net loss, to
the government of. say, $150,000,000; or
$200,000,000. They-would then have
the government supply the deficiency
with a currency that would In some
manner pay a tribute to the! men that
live by some method of lending money.
It is not likely that this money result
ing from sale of silver, would be used
In the purchase of gold, but that it
would be used In calling in greenbacks.
The plan is not' worthy of discussion
In the ranks of silver men, but chows
that the monometallists are prepared
to go to extremes as fast as they can
get the power in congress. However,
voters will try to keep out of congress
men that would . so basely hand over
the interests of the public to the Shy
locks. We will hold to our present
system of finance till we can reduce: it
to three kinds of money, namely., gold,'
silver freely coined, and United States
notes. This wpuld be a currency both
simple and secure. It is destined to
be the monetary system of the near fu
ture, at least in the United States.
H. F. THURSTON.
Deceiving the People.
McKinley, Hanna, & Co. have tricked
congress and the people ever since the
active discussion of the Cuban question
came to the front. When the consular
reports were demanded they were with
held and the accounts of Spanish atro
cities published in the anti-republican
newspapers were denounced as lies and
set down as the output of "sensational'
Journalism." ' At last the consular re
ports have been submitted, and in them
is to be found the plain proof that the
republican administration has lied to
congress and the people for the purr
pose of preventing discussion and of
securing a, dishonorable, peace. One
week after the destruction of the Maine
Consul General Lee cabled the gov
ernment as 'follows: "Copper cyl in
fers ammunition found intact in ten-
Inch forward magazine, starboard side,
this morning Seems to show that
magazine not exploded. Evidence be
ginning to prove explosion on port side
by torpedo." kark Hanna. the person
al friend of the president, and the man
who boasts that he made McKinley,
said two days after the receipt of Lee's
dispatch: "1 think the destruction of
the Maine was an accident, Just as I
thought at first. I have held all along
it was an accident, and I have seen
nothing presented to make me change
my opinion."
Of Course, Hanna knew all about
Lee's message, and therefore he lied
when he said he had seen nothing to
make him change his opinion. But
the most flagrant instance of trickery
and double dealing Is to be charged to
Secretary of the Navy Long. It was a
week after tho reception of General
Lee's telegram when Long gave out
this famous announcement: "The ele
ment of Spanish official responsibility
for the Maine explosion may be con
sidered eliminated." Wall street heard
what Long, said, or, rather, knew-what
he was going to say, In advance of the
public, and Wall street men made for
tunes out of their advance knowledge.
Is an administration, convicted of trick
ery and falsehood fit to control the Cu
ban situation? The house, under Czar.
Reed, says "Yes." The people say
"No." ' "
' Patriotism Hounded by relf .
Omaha World-Herald: "Trust us to
preserve the honor of the nation!"
shouts the broker. - "We will keep that
honor secure for a consideration."
"War is hell!" shouts the excited deal
er in options, and in 'an undertone he
adds, "It depreciates the price Of my
securities." The patriotism that Js
confined to pelf seems to be in the sad
dle now. But It is riding for a fall,
He Got Her Eaally.
Bertha Were you very nervous
when Jack proposed? Wlnnle-r Awful
ly., t was so flustered that I forgot
myself and said yes. without making
him threaten tocgo away and do some
desperate deed.; ,
Farcical Representation.
The fact that' one man the speaker
can bold up congress from taking ac
tion on any particular things Illustrates,
the force of "representative' govern
ment. Appeal to Reason.'
The Lutheran fciy nod. p
The North Carolina Lutheran Synoi
in session at Burlington, elected officer
as follows: President, Kev. C. A. Kose.
of Zeb, Kowan county; vice-president,
Kev. Chas. B. 3Iiller, of Concord; sec
retary Kev. LuE. Busbr, of Salisbury';
treasurer,- Mr. Jas.' D. lieilur, of Halis
bury. There are sixty congregations
and about twenty-five pastors, with
over , 001 communicant .members in
the Synod. During the past year much
progress in church work has been made.
C. L.. Miller of North Carolina, and
George ' A. llieer, of Booth , Carolina,
were ordained to the ministry.
In these days when a new country Is
opened up it acquires all the necessarica
of civilization In an incredibly short
time. When California was the ob
jective point f gold seekers fif ty years
ago, the wroman movement was very
slow and hesitant. To-day. when the
goWen glories, of the Yukon basin were
bruited abroad, women combined) as
hastily as the men and arranged for an
advance upon Klondike. 5
Some people's Idea of good taste Is to
boy the highest priced erUc offered. .
101 OICUOII.'
First Regiment Not to be Sent to :
ChiclTamauga.at All. :
THEY WILL SOON INVADE CUBA.
Great Supplies of Commissary Stores
Are Being Laid Id at Camp Grimes.
It Wants to Go to Cuba. f
The Governor hss received v a letter
from the War Department saying that U
is desired thai the First Regiment shall1
go to Camp Thomas, Chickaniauga
i soon as it is armed and clothed
and tentage arrives. The Adjutant
General says he construes this to mean
thai Xtbe regiment must be equipped
with the things by the Government at
this point before it motes. Great
supplies of commissary stores are be
ing laid in at Camp Crimea i It is true
that if there is a movement these could
be used as traveling rations. Uncle
Sam is a great believer in canned goods
and it would cheer the heart of a house
wife to see what a generous supply and
variety he provides for his soldiers. It
may be ten days before the First lleg
imentleaTes Haleigh. It wants to go
to Cuba. The question i, how quickly
it can be clothed and armed.
Adjutant-General Cowles I has been
informed by the War Department that
the First Itegiment bf Volunteers
would be sent direct to Tampa, instead
of to Chickamauga. I
Cost oX the War. -The
whole cost of the war to the State
will not exceed $l,tHX, "the Adjutant
General says. The cost of the camp is
something like 81.000 a day. The cost
of transportation was heavy.
L'ucleSatq
pays for all these things.
Will Celebrate the 20th Only.
The war will not interfere with the
20th of May celebration except to cur
tail the.nuinber of days of celebration.
The military was to be one of the great
features, but now that the country hca
called for her men, and may, by the
20th, send them t j the front, there will
be no military demonstration except by
the Veterans. The programme as to tho
Veterans remains unchanged. 'lhe
Veterans re-union will bo held on the
20th, and will draw hundreds of old sol
diers from all over the State.
Instead of a threo days celebration,
as was intended and announced before
this , "crue war" Vegan, there will be
only one day the 2uth "the dsy we
celebrate." -
A Patriotic North Carolinian.
Mr. Robert M. Holt, of Alamance
county, is a patriot of the right stamp.
He controls a large number of tueu in
'the cotton mills in which he is inter
ested, and this week he mado them an
offer whieh means business. To any
man in his employ who enlists in the
army he offers to pay the ; wages now
received by such man to his family
during the continuance of the war with
Spain, to reinstate him in his position
when he returns or in case of death to
provide for his family until a pension
shall haye been granted. Greensboro
Kecord.
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A Greatly Appreciated Gift,
John C. Drewry, the grand secretary
of the Grand JUodge of .UbUd, is de
lighted at the receipt lrom .tamuel D.
Irwin, past grand master of Georgia, of
the "abstract of the proceedings of the
Grand Lode of North Carolina for
" This records the first connec
tion of the Grand Lodge aud makes the
record complete. Heretoforo it only
went back to iwl. This gift from Mr.
Irwin will be gratefully appreciated by
ever North Carolina Manou.
Women Sent to State Farms
Twenty-one female convicts have
been sent from the penitentiary tv the
Halifax farm, and twelve men to the
Koanoke farm, to work in making the
crops there. The Isundry at the jnt
tertiary has in consequence nearly ebut
down. The arrivals of convicts are
light, as so many are now sent to the
roads in the various counties. The ar
rivals are not numerous, and there are
many discharges. These causes reduce
the farm labor, and hence women are
sent there. '
Kxamlnatlon of Colored Troops.
All of the colored companies that
have volunteered from this State ttere
examined at their homes. Dr. Wilder
examined the Wilmington and Char
lotte companies; Dr. Jordan the New
berne company, and 4Dr. Winter tb
Kaleigh company. The companies will
not be'mustered into the United htaUi
service Until they arc mobilized at Fort
Macon.
Tvo Excellent Appointments.
Governor Busscll ha made Dr. B. F. '
Dixon, of Cleveland county, one of the
majors of the Second Keginient, and
Mr. R L. Grsy. of Kaleigh, Kesimental
Adjutant to Col. Hurjjwyn, of the Sec
orid Regiment The f alary of msjor is
2,500" per annum, 'lite- rank of Mr.
Gray's office is Lieutenant snd the sal
ary is 1,800 per annum., i
Food for -VCoinp Grimes.
It will give an idea of the amount cf
food supplies necessary fur a camp of
mobilization to say. that Acting Com
missary Marshall's rail for proposals
names 69.000 pound of bread; 4,000
pounds of Irish potatoes, and W.000
pounds of fresh beef.
Vance Slonntnent Dedicated.
At Aabeville, on the 10th, the monu
ment to Senator Vance was dedicated.
The oration was delivered by Governor
Taylor, oi Tennessee, in the presence
of one of the largest audiences ever as
sembled in Asheville. j
Fruit Company Chartered.
The State charters the Niagara Grape
and Fruit Company, of Southern Fines;
capital; 25.000; stockholders: I. A.
Stebbin. of Pennsylvania;- -W. P.
Swelt. of Southern Pines, and Charles
1 MahiD, 9f 2if w lorki "