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FAB11ER 1, - Peopkietok. Editoh. -Brsnxrsa ITq'il ,::.iFnoN- C- s Vrrr..,,. ,,,,,,,,,, fun : ,x I "oatlia.. ,..,,, .75 , U:v(fir,M MtMM 5.00 1 -Blear 10.00 . iiz ta til a one sending Club ", it. AOvane. ,11 :-i"by registered latter . . )c:Vt ivl ctompt. . a q : ul oa application. ' ;rrr:?cnlnti: "zns, designed for pub . i tl tla paper only. -"t rrespondenta In every . 4 a want acta of value, 1 ci vfclue, experiences of . i tri'lr told. One solid, U i.i "vrcria a thousand theories. : ly net responsible for the .. C, JAN. 12, 18&7. -1 c j f "vrvi-e&M matter at th . v. ,i in liciaK JJT. C . . :::1ts Fcrner is the Official . ' : : I C. FzTTZtrs' SUte Alliance ;r.t 5cur paper changed to r ; 3 ! C l::t 3 the one at which C r friend in writing to any of . . , ' . : ra "vriU favor us by raen 7 fr.ci that they saw the . ,z.i ia Tna Pbogresstvb 11 1,3 dits ca year label tells you :i T'Ciir tisio 13 cut. . I am standing now just behind the ; : :: f;:, end in full glow of the corning :: 'Behind me are the shadows on :'v before m& lies the dark valley :l (.5 river. When I mingle with its ' v-tcrs I tcant to cast one linger 7 J ; Don a country whose govern - iBcf the people, for the people, -I I!;th6 pecpUL. L. Polk, July .. H. R. F. A. EDITORIAL NOTES. It Li now' proper to refer to Senator ;:;4:,:r.rd as Skinner's financial pano- V7rito to your members of thelegis iilturo and urge them to repudiate gold bfcs for Senator. - 'United S jatea Senators and Congress men should do mere work in Washing tea end less wrangling when at home. "Old Nick", and Mark Han na must l.zvo had a hearty laugh when they tz:A Col. Pritchard'a latest string of premises. C.rA. Rrvnri TvRon is in favor of run- nirg tha per capita circulation up to Between Tyson and Pritchard ; ivo us Tyecn. Y7e are now inclined to believe that llaceo 13 really dead. Geo. Weyler is ileirs some pretty big talking down in Cuba, at any rate. legislators will only go to work i tolt, there will be no need of a ht and day rush aloDg about lcf March. tsssuri man who sold his wife Jfe?r days ago will probably 3alamity howlers. Wives sold la that price before silver was ange wants to know what we I to do with the constantly dumber of bocdlers. They placad in the penitentiary h the balance of the criminals Jian who runs the furnaces in "ol can't regulate the heat so ,11 not make tho members sick, ; usually does, some one should be :ted to look after that end of the nes3. idling from tha way subscriptions J.teriog lettera are coming in the jio approve of the course of The ihessitc: Farmeb, and we are pro dly grateful for tuch evidences of Joval. Jhen Col. Pritchard comes for .-irith his next batch of promises l will probably agree to vote for a '1 toj make old shoes a legal tander, yvided England and Mark Hauna t object, and by 'independent ac if they do make a kick. lihln the past two weeks twenty I banks, some of them very large '-lave closed their doors. Total Ud8 21, S54.779. Thus it i3 that IcKialey : wave of prosperity 3 over -the country and 'confi ;3 ia restored." Yet some North .lina legislators are trying to re ! Senator Pritchard, who is likely lp continue this disastrous state faira. appears that there is a fight be ' Senator Batler and Cocgres3 Jlj Skinner for leadership. Every rcccgnizss the ability of the two but we don't want any leaders. ;e has been too much leadership al y. The people want workers, riot -3, advisors, not drivers. L. aders csponsibleH for present complica- Just because a man occupies a 1 eiblo poeitioa he ehould not at- PRITCHARD MAKES MORE PROM ISES. After coming to Rileigh and finding matters anything but favorable to him Senator Pritchard made public the fol lowing letter, said to have been writ ten to Col. Harry Skinner on Decern ber 10th, last: "I appreciate your position on the senatorial question. It is in keeping with your reputation of being square and keeping faith. I do not attempt to influence you. You know that I am a staunch friend of all reforms contem plated in the Populist movement, and you may assure such members of the leerislatui e as are inclined to vote for u me that I will vote for silver by inter national agreement or independent ac tion, 16 to 1, and will take pleasure in voting to amend the national banking act so as to permit farmers to borrow money upon land aad staple crops Any statement that I have been or am now a single gold standard man is without foundation. It is proper that I should be frank and saj I would not vote for free silver or anything else when simply introduced as a rider or cbatruction to the passage of any pro tective tariff or other remedial legisla tion bill." Now that isa considerable come down from the high horse Mr. Pritch ard rode during the latter part of the last campaign, while he was tooting the McKinlev erold bus: horn. But what does it amount to? Can't he change again on short notice? He started out in 1896 as a free coinage man, 16 to 1. Before fall he was fully converted to the gold standard theory. By the 10 ch of December he was writ ing to Col Harry Skinner that he was a free coins ge man by international agreement, which is as remote as thf success of the flying machine, which shows that he was as weak as branch wter but before he could write a half dczsn words he was a full flidged sil ver man again, by ''independent ac tion." Then, in less than a minute, if he was writing rapidly, he even adopt ed Col. Harry Skinner's Sub. Treasury idea, to "amend the national banking act, so as to permit farmers to borrow money upon land and staple crops." We presume that this touched a tender spot in Col. Skinner's corporcsity and flattered him so that he has cemi to Raleigh and 13 using all his lung power in behalf of Mr. Pritchard twenty hours a day. Tbe people of North Carolina are tired of treachery and foolishness They have been trying to abate the evils, and do not propose to take any backward steps. Once more we serve notice that this paper will expose Sana tor Pritchard, his methods, and those so called Populists who are working to re elect him under the plea that they have made some sort of pledges. All pledges became void when Senator Pritchard began to crawfish from the position he tooh iz. the fiuancidl quta tion two years ago, when ho was first elected Pritchard may gat a few bolt ers, ;but tho Populfst party can't bo de liverer1, neither can the influential leaders. -- A Kentucky man had a stone coffin made some time ago and directed that he be placed in ll af er death and that a barrel 1 of whiskey be poured into the Cfffia to preserve his remains. He died recently and his wishes were car ried out. If this becomes fashionable there will be much complaint about grave robbing in that state. A SPLIT CAUCUS. The Populist representatives met in caucus at the Capital Friday night, aud, owing to some misunderstanding, we presume, about one third of the members withdrew and held a little caucus of their own, and adopted the following resolutions: 'The following members of the San ate and House of R preservatives in conference assembled, desire to say by resolution that we enter our solemn protest against the high handed meth od of gag rule perpetuated upon us by a ma j mty of the Populist caucus Fri day night, the 8 ,h inst., and after hav ing listened on our part with great pa tience to the views of the majority faction, accorded them one and two hours for each speaker without protest or murmuring, when we asked to have time to discuss our side of the ques tion we were unceremoniously told by ma j rity that we could not have but ten minutes each; that after we had appealed to the leaders and members of tho majority faction to give us time for a free and fair discussion of the Senatorial question and time to hear from our constituents upon this im portant question, they absolutely re fused to consider the question at any other time and so cut off the discus sion by unfair filibustering tactics. Therefore, Resolved, That we inform our breth ren who compose the other faction, that when they discuss the co opera tion of this faction, they rauss assure us ty resolution that ttiuj are willing to accord to us a free and fair discus sion at some future time, to be agreed upon by both factions. Then and not not until then will we consent to sit together." Signed. T E McCaskey, chairman j J-H Parker, of Perquimans; H F Bro wn, L A Abernethy, John G Har ris, C J Y-irborougb, T H Riuntree, E F Wakefield, R H W Barker, J J White, H E Hodges, George H Can non, O M Babbitt, J E Bryan, J M Early, D R -id Parker, John F New som, C C Fagan, G L Hardison. The cause of this was a resolution in troduced by Mr. Moye, of Pitt, to the effect that the members of the caucus refuse to support Senator Pritchard. A member favorable to Pritchard made a motion to adjourn, which was voted down, then nineteen members with drew. The anti Pritchard resolution passed, voted for by the following members, all of them voting for it, ex cept two: Moye, Rjberson, Shaw, Merritt, Walker, Patterson, Alexander, Clark, Mitchell, Maxwell, Usley, Butler, Ged die, At water, Eirnhardt, Whitener, Schulken, Barrow, King. Huser, Chap man, Morton, Foster, Johnsor, Price, Person, Drew, Ward, Dixon, Craven, Holmes, McBride, Pegason, Crumpler, Terrell, E T. Porson, Lyon, J. A. Reynolds. Most of the nineteen mentioned as bolters are Pritchard sympathizers, some of them corruptly, and others honestly, believing they are under ob ligations to keep pledges, which, how ever, are now void. As soon as we jsan find out the Pritchard sympathiz ers for pie only, we will publish a black list of the names and keep them before the people of the S:ate so they can be f potted hereafter. m The Ccncord Standard Dem , is un stinted ia its praise of the new boird of county commissioners in Cabarrus. One of their first acts was to have the court house cleaned up and "fifteen or more bushels of dii t dust, tobacco quids, ambier, peanut hulls and other tilth that contains microbes and disease germs, have been removed from the floor." It must be prttty plain that the Democrats deserved to be turned out in that county. INEVITABLE RESULTS. Tho Washington correspondent' of the Tribune, the new Repuoiican daily. q iotes 8enator Sherman as eay ing that ne differs with Pritchard on the silver question, but is "personally interested" in his re election and hopes he will be Thus Pritchard has tho endorsement the king of Gold bugs, and it ought to be plain that Sherman places no faith in Pritchard's silver pledges, and he is a "safe man" for any work the money power wants done. We are not willing to believe that all of the nineteen so called "bolters" will vote for Pritchard. But suppose they do. They will only weaken the Populist party nineteen votes, they can carry nothing with them but the contempt of all honest people. Tne ati dition to the Republi can party will be about equal to the addition to the Brutish army when Benedict Arnold deserted the cause of American Independence. For every legislative traitor developed in this fight, if there be traitors, the People's party will get a tnousand good citizens, all with more influence and ability than these who desert their principles for Mrk Hanna's money or for Republican patronage one and the 6am: for the men who go through this fight untainted will be worthy of con fidence. If the Republican leaders alienate the sympathy of Populists, as they will do if they buy the election of Pritch ard, he can't be elected any other way, then the party will become a greater stench in the nostrils of honest people than the Cleveland democracy, and it will be beaten in the Scate. The in famous bargaining is known and if the plans are carri d out the penitentiary doors ought to ba thrown wide open and all concerned driven in.like sheep. SWORN ON MOORE'S POEMS. "Here is youi Bioi8 I borrowed some time ago," siid a brother magistrate who stepped into 'Sqiira Maxwell's office this morning. "I didn't know ic was gone," said the 'Squire in surprise. He scepped over to the judicial table, picked up a small black volume and found on the back the legend, "Moore's Poems." "Well, I'll be blessed, he remarked, laconically, a3 he laid it down, "here I've been swearing people on this thing for a week, thinking it was a testament." And tha q lire looked into the dig tance as he remarked : "It doesn't mat ter; nobody knows the difference, any how." Charlotte News. j DEAL WANTS RELIEF. Congress is busy restoring "confi dence" by passing private pension bills. Why not pension everybody and be done with it. We wouldn't need any Congress then. Wilkccbcro Chrcoicla. PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW Why Sheriff 8ims, of Cabarrus, Populist, appointed a Democrat to the position of tax collector. Why Col. Harry Skinner, who split his coat for a silver man at St. Louis, is now splitting his throat for Pritch ard. a cold man. Why Col. Walter Henry, who spl it his vest for Bryan-and silver at St. Louis, is now writing long high soun ing words pleading for the re-election of Pritchard. Why Col. G Ed. Ke3tler, who was middle of the roader at Ss. Louis, has been in R ileigh during the past week tearing his hair for Pritchard. Why Col. A. Jj. S Vinson, another middle of the road e:is now in R vleigh pleading for Pritchard with tears in his eyes. Why Col. H. E Hodges, of Beaufort is such a strong Pritchard man. Why several men "of, for and by principle" are wending their way in non committal style around about Bu eigh. Why the re election of Pritchard is more important than the keeping up ot friendly relations between the Popu list and Republican parties (The money power can explain that if it will ) Why certain men who never before cared so much about 'keeping pledges are now so anxious to keep pledges that ought never to have been made, and which are now void. FINANCE IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. The Sunday-school needed money, and Mr. Smart, the Superintendent, had a new ?ay of getting it, eay a the London Tit B ta. He propes id giving each boy half a crown. At the end of a month the principal, together with what it had earned, was to be returned to him. Tho scheme was good, but it didn't work q lite as Mr. Smart had antici pated. The fourth Sunday found the Super intendent ready to audit the profit and loss account, and he commenced with Johnnie's class. "How have you done, Johnnie?" "My half crown has earned another one," said Johnnie, with the air of one having an option on a halo. "Good!" said the Superintendent. "Not only is Johnnie a good boy in helping the school, but he shows busi ness talent. Doubling one's money in a single month erquires no common abil ity. Who can tell but what; we may have another budding Crcems emong us?. , Johnnie, you have done well. And now, Thomas, how much has your half crown earned ?" "Lost it," said Thomas. "What I Not only failed to earn any thing, but actually lost!" said Mr. Smart. "How was that?" I tcssed with Johnnie," was the reply, "and he won." THE WAVE. That wave of prosperity which was to sweep oyer this continent, as soon as McKmley was elected President, does not materialize to the shoemakers of Lynn, M-issas they expected it would. They were wheedled into voting for him on that prospective watery hallu cination. Bat when McKmley's ma jority was finally fixed, Lynn contrib ucing 3.000 to it, the shoe manufactur ers of tnat city threw off the' restraint which held them back from the exer cise of their natural instincts and feel logs toward the working people, and they proceeded to cut. instead of in crease the wages of their men. The outcome has just been shown. The the municipal elections were held in Massachusetts on the 15 ;h. One of the most interesting results has been shown by the competition of the count in Lynn where W. L Rimsdell, a silver Demo crat and Populist, was elected Mayor by ainnj irity of about 1,940. McKmley's ma j irity in that town was 3,000 1 And there will be more of such landslides during the next four months, and the four years to come, in "goldoug" ter ritory. BURSTING BANKS, VS. GOVERN MENT BANKS. Millions of dollars of the rich and poor are tied up in bank failures that happened in Chicago in tbe last few days. In a great city like Chicago all that stands between many and want is a small sum deposited in a bank, Bays the Missouri World. Real estate is so high there the labor ing people cannot own their homes. Neither can they as a rule rent a house with a garden lot, so as to be able to raisa a garden and keep a cow. Friends in distress there are none in the great cities. Appeals for help are eo com mon that those who could and would help if the calls were only occasional as in the rural districts, must steel their hearts against, them. The aver age city wage-worker has his house hold goods in rented rooms, and has some money in bank. JThis is his all. Now the great National Bank of Illi- uci3 at Chicago, eucpenda cj clzo decs J the Dime Savings Bank of that city. Winter ia just setting in and employ ment may. not be constant. Some in fact have little employment in the winter season. They can't get their money, what are they to do? If the banks were run by the government there would be no such thing as bank suspensions Now and then a govern ment bank might meet with heavy loss but others would be profitable and upon the whole the business would pay big. If in some city there should be a sudden demand for a large amount of the deposits, money could be eup plied from other banks. There could be no such thing as a bank failure or suspen sion. Another thing, government banks would come pretty close to doing away with taxes. WE'LL ALL WAIT. The election of the Advance Prophet of Prosperity does not seem to have the effect of stopping the failures throughout the United States. Banks, corporations, mercantile concerns, manufactories, and everybody else seem to be tumbling into the dirt in the same old ratio as they did before this "advance agent" got here. We sup pose it is possibly due to the continua tion in office of Mr. Cleveland, and when Mr. MeKmley gets full control there will be a change. At least we will hope for the best and pray that everything may not go to pieces be fore the 4 :h day of March. No true American feels for one in stant anything but the kindliest to wards Mr. McKinley and all hope that the Republican party will be able to carry out all its promises. Those who fought for the free coinage of silver and W. J Bryan fought only for the good of the country, and if the Repub lican party can bfing about s that, then there will bo no objection on the part of the followers of Bryan. Wo will patiently wait for twelve months anyhow and see what the out come will be. McKINLEY'S LEADERSHIP. His Masterly and Magnificent Conduct of the Campaign. About 9 o'clock in the evening of the election, while the "landslide" to Mc Kinley was being reported vaguely, but persistently, a wealthy gentleman named Garret A. Hobart telegraphed to ifaj or McKinley, "Congratulations with all my heart on tbe glorious achievement under your magnificent leadership." The enthusiastic congratulation turned out to be a little premature, be ing based on the rumors started by some one not over 1,000 miles from Re publican headquarters. But it was none the less touching in its simple truth. Toe leadership of McKinley has in deed been magnificent. He has led the way from the State Capitol to Canton. He has, under the direction of Mark Hanna, led the wai to the tr.ble, and from the sitting room to the front porch, from which he has harangued his hired pilgrims with his ably edited and carefully memoriazed speech on the absolute necessity of electing him president. McKinley led the country into the trap laid for it by tbe tariff barons in 1890. He led his followers that year into the depth3 of depair. He led the crowd of hungry office seekers, who repudiated their former views and con cealed their present views, or lack of them, in order to feed at the public crib. In this campaign Major McKinley 's leadership has been ur questioned. Who doubted that he was exercising his own will and judgment when he declined to state his views on the currency until a complete set were furnished him with his nomination? It was, no doubt, his masterly leadership that made him re sent the attempt of the people to get him to say one word on the subject of the trusts, who owned a controlling in terest in him. For the extraordinary meekness with which he allowed Mark Hanna to alter his idea3 and supply him with ready made opinion no other term can be more appropriate than "magnificent leadership." Kansas tlity Times. "ON WITH TrtE DANCE." "Five hunired dollars wouldn't sro very far towards the education of the children of, the State, and we euggest that it be spent upon the ball." Tnis is a statement made by the Charlotte Observer and copied in many papers. It was made, in view-of the fact that the Governor elect has sensibly decided to dispense with the usual inauguration "clap trap." The ball has always been paid for by private contributions. But the State has been in the habit of ap propriating $500 for the inauguration. The point we desire to make is this, that 1500 will run four schools four months; and four sohools four months will reach 200 children. This may not be going very far; but it ia better than going into "clap trap." Biblical tte- ccrscr. : . -.. ' . ? CREAM OF TOR PRESS. Hard Hits, Bold Sayings and Patriot, Paragraphs From Reform Paperi. Sena tor JChandler says four fifths of th American nnonlA farm f 1 - r 11 oa Kuvp.r ' xneu w muK. ana taitc silver isnY treason after all. Courier, CouqJ irove, ian. Some one has aptly said that the ad vance asrent of r,m9nrit-.ir Vioa i r -j piayeu 8, trick on the country by advertising ? snow mat is nou co appear. Farmers Tribune, DesMoines, Iowa. Party leaders who seek to get contm of affairs by the corrupt use of mone ao not oeueve in a government by th' will of the populace, or popular will.- ThA PmmrAt. Hamhiirop Til r - , -'bi . fl, If the crovernment etamn f!' 3- wv.A UU JJUpt substance is more valuable than gol in the shape of an interest bearini bond just make it equal with gold bl a non interest bearing bond. Seel-'Vf 1 Labor's Tribune. Banks are breaking and failures are 1 multiplying. What is the matter? with confidence? The Leieh cnttnA mills have shut down after an uut 21 broken run of more than a hundred 2 years. Progressive Home. j We hold that the question of who shall issue the paper money is of far greater importance than that of freef coinage of silver, for we know the' nation prospered without either gold! or silver. Labor's Tribune. t When 200.000 armed men fail to pui down an insurrection (?) in Cuba, 1 looks a little it has assumed the magi nitudeof war, but old Fatty wouldn't! believe it unless he was drafted and! bad to hire a substitute. Morgan's! Buzz Saw. A bank teller, who was the tool of other parties in wrecking a concern at Minneapolis, fiids it very cjnvemienvt that one of the gang is governor Af thef state and invested with the pardoning power. It's a great scheme to hoi d the1 offices inside tha band of law breakers Chicago Express. There is no other organization in th.ii country which has the audacity to'f attack fraud and vile politics as docs' Vc tho Allianfifl. In rfifnrm i.ipan and true I push this order stands alone and wih. always remain at the head. It is the: 1 only organization that is hated by fVinoo nrlirt Hxra rrPF f lia f nil ntVioa on4 well may it be as it unmercifully ham- mers down the doors of their for tress J Pa. Alliance advocate. .1 j. man wuu is uub ul employment a 1 1. m 1 O- and in debt, has advertieed in,Ne. bl York to sell himself into absolute? ser-i 01 vitude for one hundred dollars; will do I "c any ordinary work, or after being ia- ): sured will take his life to give his . owner the insurance. The struggle for ,r existence is too great. Forty yeirsJv . ago he could have been blackened aneJ . sold on an auction block in Kentucky! in fnr fcl 000 rvflh rmv dav. TnA nrico of! - 1 i. ' men has gone down. Chicago Express. Glasgow, Scotland, is a city twscej j-J the Biz of San Francisco, but fterlWi January 1st, no more tax s will bej levied upon the property of the city, which will hereafter raise all necessary revenues from the profits derived from operating public utilities, such as ligb I X and water plants and street railways. tfeB In addition to this profit the public e enjoys better and cheaper service than f 'j. jg is furnished in any city where cqrpP- Mm rations enjoy a monopoly of such fcitU- ities. Tulare Valley, Col., Citmnl A STRANGELY HUMOROUS SBTU ATION, He had been dining cut. was very much over on one ear, bis neckwear looked sadly disarranged. Ycj Every time the conductor came 4e8T him he addressed him as "Sna f'ler," much to that worthy cL h8tW disgust. '..imflj Pretty soon he broke out in boHC' ous laughter. He swayed to ana p.& j He doubled over till his head touched n . his knees. Then he tried to rise. J f l, this moment the conductor came kpr- ' ward. I , y "Sit still," ho said ; "you're all riglfiii I'll let you cfi when we get wye street. "Th that ain't th' point," said the ebriated one. "I don' wan' to I'm just laughin' at a thunderin' gi t joke on you. That's all." ) And he roared again. J "What do you mean?' demanded! conductor. I "Mean good j :ke on you," said late dinner cut. Then he pointed steadily at the car stove. "See that stove?" he asked. "Yes, I see the stove," replied conductor. "What of it." Z it's where ze joke comes in, coughed the lusher. "In what way?" "Why, za fire's gone out wiziut p: ing its fare I See?" And he howled until the con?i dauied him up by the collar frcur cohefesedl heap into which-ho had w lca.Cl2Tclcsd P;:n D: :r. i a .1 3i n ;e 5U it 1 r P i a 7 ! n . :ir lh in )e K - 1 . 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