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THURSDAY, FEB. 6, 1890.
REED'S REVOLUTION.
The past week has presented
strange scenes in the House of
Representatives at Washington.
For the first time in the history
of the country the Speaker of the
House in utter disregard and at
tempt of all law and precedent
has counted members of the house
who refused to vote, and declared
a quorum present against the vig
orous protests of the minority.
The House for many days has
been a veritable pandemonium.
The democrats have boldly de
nounced the tyranical acts of the
Speaker to his teeth. We publish
in another column the speech of
Mr. Bynum, of Indiana, which as
a piece of eloquent invective can
hardly be surpassed. Our own
Cowles became so angry at the
base usurpation of power that he
stared towards the Speaker's
chair, remarking "Will fight for it,
and throw that man out of the
chair." He was with difficulty
prevented from attempting to
carry his threat into effect. Fre
quently during the stormy ses
sions of Thursday, Friday and
Saturday a score of members
would be on their feet at once
yelling at the top of their voices
and -the excitement was intense.
The House is without rules to
govern its proceedings, and early
in the session a committee, a ma
jority of whom were republicans,
was appointed to draft rules and
report. The democrats claim that
the republicans have purposely
delayed a report on rules, so that
th ere should be no rules in force
when the numerous contested elec
tion cases came up, so that the
republican majority could run
rough-shod over the minority.
The constitution provides that a
majority of the members of each
house shall constitute a quorum
to do business. This has uni
versally been construed to
mean that a majority of the
members must actually vote.
"S-Srt2ry-5l2!nS-'s on record in one
of his speeches as saying "tuafany"
other construction would bring the
country to the brink of a volcano.
Mr. Reed himself is on record
against any other interpretation;
yet on last Thursday when the
contested election case of Smith
vs. Jackson came up for considera
tion, and there was not a quorum
voting, Mr. Reed deliberately coun
ted a number of democrats present
and not voting and declared a quo
rum present. This arbitary action
is what is causing all the trouble.
The Speaker has made a clumsy
attempt to defend his remarkable
conduct by stating that he was
ruling this way in order to dispatch
business. But the democrats and
the country at large know that this
is false, and that the committee on
rules has been prevented from re
porting their action to the House
in order that the contested election
cases might be rushed through
without any rules, so that enough
democrats might be unseated to
give the republicans a big working
majority. The revolutionary action
of the Speaker is denounced in
unmeasured terms all over the
country, many of the republican
papers joining in the condemnation
of Reed's tyranical rulings.
VANCE ON INGAIXS.
Senator Vance on last Thursday
replied to Ingalls' speech. We
wish that-we had space to publish
his reply in full. It was a com
plete vindication of his section,
earnest, eloquent and candid. If
open to criticism at all it is on the
score that the Senator was too
gentle with the little rascal who
in the Senate of the United States
advised the use of "the torch and
the dagger" to settle the negro
question in the South. A man
who would stoop so low as to at
tempt for patisan purposes to
scourge with arson and assassina
tion the people of any section of
his country deserves no mercy,
and we were longing for some one
to castigate him as Joe Blackburn
did some time ago, when he
-showed the record: of the. "Jay
Hawker" judge during the war.
Senator Vance took a different
course, and treated the matter
in a more dignified way, seeking
rather to reach the minds of the
people of the whole country by
incontrovertible facts and logical
arguments, than to win the ap
plause of the galleries by a dis
play of. that facile wit and wonder
ful power of sarcasm which he
possesses in such an eminent de
gree In so doing he took the
hgh course of a patriot and a
statesman, but there is just a little
doubt in our minds as to whether
statesmen are the men to deal
with Ingalls. We have been
taught that we should use fire in
fighting the devil, and that is the
kind of a fellow Ingalls seems to
be.
MINOR MENTION.
Last Saturday's Asheville Citi
zen publishes the report of Geo. S.
Powell, President of the Asheville
Board of Trade showing the pro
gress Asheville has made in the
last ten years. It is a wonderful
showing for our mountain city,
and Asheville may well be proud
of it. Within that period the
population of the town has in
creased from 2600 to 12000, and
the assessed value of the property
from $904,428 to $4,393,234.
Nearly one million dollars has
been invested in manufacturing,
and the output of the factories is
more, than $1,000,000 per year.
In 1880 Asheville paid $12,000 for
leaf tobacco. In 1889 there was
paid for the same purpose $422,
479.26. This is indeed a wonder
ful story of prosperity.
On Monday, as was expected,
the Republicans, through the
arbitriary. rulings of Speaker Reed,
unseated Jackson, democrat, and
seated Smith,the republican contes
tant. There are sixteen other cases
in which republicans contest the
seats of. Could not Speaker Reed
discover some new parliamentary
law or precedent that will justify
the republicans in ousting the
sixteen democrats and seating the
sixteen republicans at one fell
swoop ? This would "expedite
public business" and would be
just as fair as the course he has
been pursuing for the past week.
LATEST NEWS.
. .Michigan has 78 furniture fac
tories, of which 40 are in Grand
Rapids.
. .There are about 2,000 Croatan
Indians in Robeson county North
Carolina.
. . Strawberries are being shipped
from Pender county North Car
olina to New York.
. . Fifteen hundred laborers are
working on the railroad between
. .In a fire in a Boston tenement
house Saturday night 13 of the
inmates were burned to death.
. .A stock comoanv with acanital
of $25,000 has been organized in
Greensboro to manufacture brick.
. .Bv a vote of 41 to AO the mem
bers of the West Virginia legisla
ture declared Fleming, democrat,
governor of that State.
..Rev. T. R. Sturp-es. a RirhmnnH
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minister, has been suspended for
writing a love letter to a married
lady of, his congregation.
.. Liere Moore, whose escane it
mentioned elsewhere, was recap-
turea 1 uesaay night. He will be
hanged tomorrow unless reprieved.
. .Miss Emma Smith, of Winston,
has sued Thomas Pepper a promin
ent business man of that town for
$50,000 damages for breach of
promise of marriage.
.. Secretary Blaine has had an
other death in his familv. His
eldest daughter, Mrs. Coppinger,
wife of Col. Coppinger of the 18th
infantry, died last Sunday. This
is the second of his children who
have died within a month.
..At Edgefield, S. C, last Fri
day Ben Gardner publicly cow
hided E. J. Norris for breaking off
an engagement with Gardner's
sister. Norris then challenged
Gardner to" fight a duel, and the
challenge was accepted, but both
parties were arrested before they
could carry out their intentions.
..Miss Elizabeth Bisland, who
started around the world at the
same time as Nelly Bly, but in an
opposite direction, arrived in New
York last week, making the trip in
76 days. She went west by way of
San Francisco and returned via
Liverpool. She was traveling in
the interests of the Cosmopolitan
magazine of New York City.
..The snow blockade in Cali
fornia has had a disastrous effect
on trade. The banks cannot re
ceive their usual checks from the
East, and are embarrassed to meet
calls from China and Europe. The
Southern Pacific, by stoppage of
operations, loses $75,000 a day, or
a total thus far of $1,000,000. It
wilj take three months earnings to
repair the damages of washouts
and landslides.
..A special to the Charlotte
Chronicle from Greensboro says
that Lige Moore (colored), who
was to have been hanged next Fri
day for the murder of Laura Hyatt,
escaped from jail to-day. - He
procured an iron bar with which
he opened his cell, and then fasten
ed inlfre jailor, who was at work
on the gallows on the third floor.
The jailor raised an alarm, but did
not attract attention until Moore
had made good his escape.
. . A letter from Bakersville pub
lished in Tuesday's Asheville
Citizen says : Another serious fight
occurred on Big Rock creek,
Mitchell county, December 30, the
scene of the serious affair at Christ
mas, the news of which has just
reached us. In the affray Moulton
Buchanan was killed having been
shot three times. Will Stanley, a
son of the notorious Press Stanley,
was mortally wounded. Press
Stanley is from South Carolina,
where he killed a man several years
ago and a reward of $400 is still
offered for his capture.
. .A tragedy very like the South-worth-Pettus
incident occurred in
Troy, N. Y., on the 29th,, when
Mrs. Minnie Warnecke, of Chicago,
shot Edwin Firth, of Troy, on
Broadway, with a revolver, the
ball entering his head and making
a wound which must prove fatal.
It is the same story of man's
wickedness and woman's weakness.
Mrs. Warnecke was induced by
Firth to abandon her husband and
children, and put herself under his
protection in Troy. Then came
desertion, despair and revenge.
The woman was as cool after the
shooting as Mrs. Southworth was,
admitted very candidly her act and
quietly surrendered herself.
..A so-called "romance" at
Henderson, N. C, has not ended
very romantically. C. E. Day, of
Pennsylvania, advertised for a
wife. A Mississippi girl answered
the advertisement, and in course
of time they met at Henderson, N.
C, and were married. A day or
two later Day was arrested on a
charge of forgery, carried to Vir
ginia for trial, and managed to
obtain an acquittal. The young
wife was abandoned. Then Day
went to Oxford, N. C.,, forged a
check, was arrested, tried, convict
ed and sentenced to the peniten
tiary for five years. The Missis
sippi girl thinks marriage is a
failure.
. .On last Monday morning be
tween seven and eight o'clock the
residence of Mr. Tracy, Secretary
of the Navy, was burned in Wash
ington. His wife and daughter,
Miss Marie, and the French house
maid perished in the flames. Mrs.
Wilmerding, the Secretary's mar
ried daughter, and Miss Wilmer
ding rushed through the flames
and jumped from the second story
to the pavement, sustaining terri
ble injuries. Secretary Tracy was
found in bed unconscious and was
carried out by firemen. The fire
is supposed to have originated from
agrate on the third floor of the
house. It was a terrible affair and
has caused the greatest gloom in
Washington.
EXCITEMENT AT WASHINGTON.
Mr. Bynum's Ring-ing Speech. Attacking'
Speaker Reed. .
Mr. Bynum, of Indiana, rushing
to the front of one of the aisles.
aemanaea the noor on a ans-r
TOTprarflvnege. He said :
"JBetore the vote was taken on this
question I arose and addressed the
Speaker, and made a motion to
adjourn, which was a proper and
parliamentary motion. The Speak
er, in defiance of parliamentary
law, in defiance of right and justice,
in defiance of the right of the con
stituents of representatives Here
he was interrupted by wild
applause from the Democrats, and
cries for order from the Repu
blicans. The Speaker The gentleman
from Indiana will be in order.
Mr. Bynum The gentleman
from Indiana is in order.
Mr. Bynum then proceeded, amid
much confusion, to arraign "the
Speaker in substantially the follow
ing words : "I propose to stand
here in behalf of the rights of my
constituents. I represent on this
floor a constitutency equal in intel
ligence, equal in patriotism to any
and gentlemen may stand here and
sustain the arbitrary, the outrage
ous, the damnable ruling of the
Speaker. Applause on the Dem
ocratic side. But so far as I am
concerned, so far as the people I
represent are concerned, we shall
not be silenced or gagged on the
floor. You, sir, pointing to the
Speaker, have violated more than
any man on this floor parliamen
tary rules and parliamentary prac
tice. You may consummate what
you have undertaken to do. You
have the power, backed by a mob
on the floor of this House. Cheers
from the Democratic side, and
hisses from the Republicans.
The Speaker Gentlemen will
please refrain from the expression
of their opinions.
Mr. Bynum They may as well
refrain. The people of this coun
try are witnessing these proceed
ings. They have spoken through
the press of the country, and they
have spoken in condemnation of
these proceedings, which will bury
you, sir, beyond the hope of resur
rection. Applause on the Dem
ocratic side. Men have tried to
consummate such proceedings be
fore. At the hour of midnight a
Federal Judge made a ruling
which perpetuated the Republican
party in power; but his name is
now forgotten. More than 'that,
this proceeding is in keeping with
the practices of your party; it is in
keeping with your action when you
stole the Presidency. Applause
on the Democratic side. It is in
keeping with the proceedings of
the Republican party in the State
of Montana.
This is the first time in the his
tory of that chair that the presid
ing officer has turned his back on
a Representative on this floor, and
directed a mere subordinate to
suppress him by a call of the roll.
If this is a parliamentary proceed
ing, if this comports with the high
responsibilities which belongs to
the high position you hold, sir, I
am much mistaken. I want now
to enter my protest. I dispute
the right of the Speaker to record
in the journal of the proceedings
of the House and directing order
that I or any other member may
not make. It is the journal of the
proceedings of the House by the
Constitution, and not the journal
of the proceedings o( the Speaker
of the House. You have no more
right to inject anything into the
journal than any individual on the
floor has. You have gone forward.
You have usurped power. You
have mutilated the record of the
House in order to carry out the
scheme you have deliberately gone
to work to carry out. Deliberate
ly, I say, because you went forr
ward to vamp up some feeble show
to sustain your views. No tyrant
ever ascended a throne who did
not attempt to make some feeble
show of title to amuse the people
when he had gained possession of
the kingdom. You, sir, have at
tempted to vamp up some feeble
show to sustain your outrageous
rulings, to amuse the galleries,
and to amuse the people while
you consummated and carried out
the behest of the Chairman of the
Republican National Committee,
to turn out the representatives of
the people elected to seats on the
floor, and seat men who were not
only not elerted, but who do not
command the respect of the con
stituents they seek here to repre
sent. Now, proceed in this mat
ter: but in the language of the
immortal Emmett, we propose "to
dispute every inch of ground, burn
every blade of grass, and the last
intrenchment of liberty shall be
our grave."
OUR LINVILLE LETTER.
Current Events in the Mountain City.
Linville, N. C, Feb. 3, 1890.
To the Eilitor of The Herald:
Men never get so busy but they
succumb to the shafts of Cupid.
As proof, on Saturday, Feb. 1st,
at the residence of Mr. Jos. Mann,
in this busy town, Mr. James Mc
Campbell, was married to Miss
Margaret Brockwell, by Rev. A. S.
Church, all the parties being citi
zens of the place.
Mr. J. S. Warner has just com
pleted two dwellings and out hous
es on South Roanoke street. Rev.
A. S. Church is building a large
dwelling and a wood-working shop
in West End. Five large dwel
lings are in course of erection on
Ruffiri street. Messrs. F. P. Moore
& Co. are enlarging their store
house. Besides these there are
many other buildings, and one
boarding house, being built in va
rious parts of town. Dwellings
are in demand and it now seems
there will be a regular building
boom here this spring.
Prospectors seldom leave Lin
ville without investiner.n-CT- they
come fllmniit 'Utrri r jr.- .
..,,. Uduy irom ainereni
01 me country ana adioininjr
counties.-- . .
Although the place is not char
tered and there are no incorporat
ed institutions in reach, we have
seen no drunkenness in the place.
This is a dry town and the officers
of the company propose to keep
immorality out as far as possible.
A school building will be built
and several churches will probably
be erected this season.
The "Circle," a beautiful drive
around East Hill, will be finished
this week. The work of macada
mizing the road to Aaron has been
completed.
A few cases of influenza have
been reported, Mr. S. T. Kelsey
haying just recovered from the
grip of this disease.
Residenter.
Our Tobacco Crop.
To the Editor of the Herald :
Mr. L. A. Crawley has recently
sold a part of his tobacco crop
raised on one acre of land on his
farm near Morganton for $145.98.
The fact that tobacco pays and
pays better than any other crop
we can raise in Burke county is
daily becoming more patent. The
splendid records made by such
men as the Messrs. Tilley, Winters,
Aiken, Crawley and Cooper of
Burke, and the Trents and Satter
whites, in Caldwell, show conclu
sively that in the Piedmont section
of North Carolina we have some
of the finest tobacco lands in the
world. Nowhere else for the same
outlay of labor and fertilizers can
be realized from one to two hun
dred dollars per acre. Who can
beat Mr. Tilley's record of an aver
age of $1 20 per acre for six consecu
tive years ? The substantial checks
received by our farmers this year
from the warehouses in Asheville
and Danville are very eloquent
arguments in favor of our farmers
taking hold of tobacco as a cash
crop. Alliance.
Have your printing done at
The Herald Job Office.
Valuable Land Sale.
By virtue of an order of tho Superior Court ot
Burke county In the case or Sidney fonlev and
others vs. Charles Oonley and others to me direc
ted, 1 will on Monday the 3rd day of March
890, offer for sale at the Court House door In the
IB. Moreanton. N. C. at public out-ry t.j
the highest bidder for cash all of the valuable
tract ot land situate in Burke countv upon the
waters of Linville river formerly knowunsthe
Keney and Burchfleld tract bounded as follows
Beginning on a sweet gum on the east bank of
Linville Kiver at or near the mouth of a branch
S?iLr u No?n 55 W., passing a walnut, whole
distant 80 poles to a stake, t hen North 46 w
20 poles to an apple tree, then North. 6 poles to
the Dickson line, then East with said lino 51 poles
to a large white oak on Dickson and t'oniev's
corner, then North with sold line 7s poles to a
hickory, the comer of another survey, same
course North. 13 poles to a stake In the center
or a wajron road, then with the menndars of
said road. North S7 East c t here about 46 poles
to a small pcst oak uar said road, then North
71 L.. 12 poles to a stake, then South 20 K., witu
the meandars of an old road 1S6 poles to a stal e
same course South a.) K.. 54 poles to a spring
then South 32 E., 68 poles to a pine on the edi?e
o a Pbilc road, leading in ihe direction of Mr.
W llson's mill, then with said road South 44 w
44 poles to a stake In or near the forks or said
road, then somh 59 W., 94 poles to a Mack t-um
then North 6-- W., o poles U a staKe. then Nort h
82 W., is poles to a stake, then North 07 W . fi6
poles to a stake, then North 6.1 V.. 8 poles to the
branch, then down said branch with Its mean
dars sonth 51 E. 16 poles U the betrlnulnjr. con
taining one hundred and seventy-flve ucres
more or leas.
Terms cash on day of sle.
febe-tsd, Coiaml-wioner.
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RARE CHANCE FOR INVESTMENT.
I WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION
TUSDAY, MARCH 4TH, 1SOO,
THOSE DESfRAlILE LOTS ON" GREEN STREET, frniiriii .Tmlrrn itrnnm n,..l T. t
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deuces. The sresuly and asMircd improvement or our town, together with the locality or these uu
nssnrerily present a ravorable investment to purchasers. Size or lots 2oxS0 feet, with allev 10 fn-t'
in rear, also connecting alley to Sterling street. For particulars call at my ofliee ami see plot Tor 'Jc
sale 20 per cent, cash, balance on 1L nir.nths' time, with note at 8 ier cent. interest. Title t'.. r
purchase inoneyjs paid.
PATTON SCHOOL,
MORGANTON, IsT. C.
REMARKS:
1. The present term of five months will close May 23.
2. Tuition is from $1 to $3 per month ; incidental fee 10 cts.
3.
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Rooms and board can be had at very reasonable prices.
Only those who expect to study and behave are wanted.
School is non-sectarian and pupils go to their own churches.
Constant reviews and examinations for school teachers.
7. Special drill given weekly to debate and declamation.
8.
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