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GRAHAM, OK CRANVII.I.K. Cleveland is right in tne letter as well as in the spirit. The farmer never strikes and hardly ever rides in a Pullman car. Debs can baldly claim to be a martyr, even if the law does give him a washing. Since the dethronement of Sen ator Ingalls Kansas has no favorite sou save Mrs. Lease. No patriotic citizen should vote for a demagogue, no matter what party brand he has on him. And to think the Senate is trying to tie np such a big thing as tariff reform with a Sugar bag string. Capital and labor are not natnral enemies. They are friends wherever the mischievous agitator is absent. Tillman talks of re-establishing the State dispensaries. Is there another whisky war on the horizon? Speaking of mysterious disappear ances the melting of the various in industrial armies seems to be several cases in point. (Jovernor Altgeld says he is not an Anarchist. It's a good time for those in jail who claimed he was to beg his parden. "There will be a quiet revolution at the ballot-box," says Mr. Debs. This is the only sort of a revolution for Americans to attempt. Debs, the strike boss, was a Dem ocrat until last year, when he pub licly renounced the Democratic party and proclaimed himself a Populist. Wilkesboro Chronicle says. One of the greatest financial reforms needed is that everybody pay their debts and stop making debts when they have no visible means of pay ing them. The fusion idea of Republicans and Populists is to elect a composite Legislature, and have it to elect J. C. Pritchard and Marion Butler as United States senators. It is also part of the programme to change the present system of county govern ment. John C. Shaw, of Fayetteville, was nominated by the Democratic convention for the Third Congres sional District of North Carolina at Dunn last week on the ninth ballot in place of B. F. Grady, the present incumbent. Mr. Shaw was the Cleveland elector for that district in 1892. He has been a member of the Legislature, and is a talented young man of promise. The convention reaffirmed the Chicago platform and was entirely harmonious. After thirty years of high tariff the American workinginan finds more food for reflection than for digestion. General Coxey, of the late army of the Commonweal, iover in New York prophesying that the Popu list party will sweep everything before them at the coming election. So the Republican State executive committee has been called twice to meet at Raleigh on the 30th inst. once by Mr. II. L. Grant, of Wayne, and now by Col. Y. S. Lusk, of Buncombe, who recently charac terized Chairman Eaves as "a cow buncle of liberty." The late President Debs in the seclusion which a prison grants, continues to pretend that a strike of the American Railway Union is still on, but the withdrawal of the United States troops and of all organized militia except the home contingent from Chicago is pretty good evidence that no one else is aware of the exis tence of a strike. The House of Representatives has for the second time passed a resolu tion favoring the election of United States Senators by popular vote. The resolution did not receive Sena torial sanction the first time, nor is likely to fare better now. The pub lic sentiment may be drifting that way, but Senatorial sentiment is not and the Senators have the veto power in this case. The Populists in Mississippi have adopted the Coxey idea of conduct ing their various campaigns. A con gressional convention is soon to be held at some out of the way town off the railways, and aline of march has been laid out for each county delega tion, converging at a point about ten miles from the destination, where all will unite and tramp to the place selected for the nomination. The present assault of anarchy against free government in the majesty of its laws has developed but two great men. They are Grover Cleveland, the Democratic President, who has sized up to the full measure of his great duties, and C. K. Davis, Republican Senator from the State of Minnesota, who gave to the country the first manly, patriotic, and courageous utterance in the sup port of the government. Mr. Cleveland's letter is simply an honest demand for honest obedience to the clear judgment of the nation. He does not tread upon any disputed party ground. He asks that good faith shall be maintained with the people, and that is all. He knows that the failure to enact an honest tariff bill must be disappointing to the people, and he well knows that the defeat of tariff legislation by speculative interests would be simply to invite a deluge upon the Demo cratic party. North Carolina, says the Char lotte News, through all the trials of the nation, remains the happiest and most peaceful of all the States. In all other parts of the country they have strikes, rows, wars, and famines, but the Old North State goes quietly along in her road of steady progress? being the pride of man and the favorite of God. In the end, North Carolina will have lived a quiet though progressive life and her re ward in material development will be beyond comparison with most of her ststers. The Alabama Republicans have no candidate of their own, and doubt less would not know what to do with one it they had, but the leaders who assembled in Birmingham last week the convention representing forty-four of the sixty-six counties of the State were evidently not pre pared to throw their strength in with the Populists as in former years. This is the convention that passed a resolution declaring that "the more just and equitable administration of the laws will be obtained under the administration of Colonel Oates than Captain Kolb, the Populist nomi nee," all of which means that the campaign is a square fight between the Democrats and the Populists, with the better part of the Republi can end in favor of Oates, Most, Altgeld, Waite, Pennoyer, Debs and Sovereign constitute a list of Anarchists quite as long as we have any use for in this country. Mr. Mowbray, of England, is not wanted, and the sooner he is made to feel that this country is too hot for him the better. The American Republic is the antipodes of anarchy, and should never be allowed to be come the asylum of foreign Anar chists. Bounce Mowbray. A mass meeting of fifteen hundred men was held at Ogden's Grove, near Chicago and Debs was nomi nated for President of the United States amid great emthusiasm. The speakers were local labor men, and their remarks were all of one tenor. They eulogized Debs and denounced President Cleveland. The meeting declared itself as utterly opposed to the Democratic and Republican parties and predicted a sweeping success for the Populists in the next election. If the blustering Anarchists who have been loudly demanding the impeachment of Attorney General Olney will take the trouble to read the constitutional provisions about impeachment and compare these re quirements with the vote of the Senate on Senator Daniel's res olution sustaining the action of the President and his subordi nates in their efforts to enforce the laws, they can form a pretty good guess as to their chances of getting inpeachment charges before the Senate. If Gus Graham should be success ful in securing the nomination and receive an election, he will not be content as a silent looker on in Con gress and a voter under the leader ship of others, but will force his way to the front by his pluck, energy and force of intellect. It would only be a question of short time, when he would prove himself in de bate and influence the equal of the strongest intellect now in Congress. The saving of the party from defeat in this district demands that Gus Graham should be nominated. Durham Recorder. CLEVELAND IS HEROIC. The letter addressed by President Cleveland to Chairman Wilson, of the committee of ways and means disscussing the issue of tariff reform is one of the most heroic of his many heroic acts, says the Times. Mr. Cleveland is always heroic in a great emergency. He never seeks to inject himself into a public dis pute if he can reasonably avoid it But when a pnblic necessity con fronts him, the people have never had a statesman who has risen to great public duties with greater heroism. There is practically no conceal ment as to the influences that con trolled the Senate in modifying the Wilson tariff bill. They were large ly, if not wholly, speculative, and that has made some of the amend ments specially objectionable to the people of the country who desire honest tariff reform. The necessity for increased re venue not only justifies, but seems to demands the tax leyied upon sugar. The people are now taxed heavily upon sugar, while the nation gets nothing, as what the people pay is divided in sugar bounties and pro tection to the Sugar Trust. With a tax of 40 per cent, on sugar, and the repeal of the sugar bounties, the people would pay but little more, and the government would realize nearly forty millions. The only rea sou able point of dispute about the sugar tax relates to the differential one-eighth of a cent per pound on refined sugar; that gives the Trust about one-half the protection it has under the McKinley bill, but it is complained of, and especially by the high protection journals and states men, as giving excessive favors to the sugar monopoly. Since the friends of protection declare the differential one-eighth of a cent per pound to be excessive, there seems to be little reason why it might not be reduced, or entirely stricken out. Itch on human, mange on horses, dogs and all stock, cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Sold by J, Q. Hall, druggist, Ox ford, N. 0. iTAND BY PARTY PRINCIPLES. Cleveland Writes a Letter to Chair man Wilson, Urging Him to Fulfi ment of Party Pledges. Washington, July 19. The following is President Cleveland's letter to Representative Wilson upon the tariff situation, which Mr. Wilson read as a part of his remarks in the House this afternoon: Executive Mansion. ) Washington", D. C, July 294. f personal. Hon. Wm. L. Wilson: My Dear Sir: The certainty that a conference will be ordered between the two houses of Congress for the purpose of adjusting differences on the subject of tariff legislation, makes it almost certain that you will be again called on to do hard service in the cause of tariff reform. My public life has been so closely reiated to &the subject, 1 have so longed for its accomplishment, and have so often promised its realiza tion to my rollowconntryman, as a result of their trust and confidence in the Democratic party, that I hope no excuse is necessary for my earn est appeal to you that in this crisis you strenuously insist upon party honesty and good faith and a sturdy adherence to Democratic principles. I believe there absolutely necessary conditions to the continuation of Democratic existence. 1 cannot get rid of the feeling that this confer ence will present the best if not the only hope of true Democracy. Indi cations point to its action as the reliance of those who desire the genuine fruition of Democratic effort, the fulfillment of Democratic pledges and the redemption of Democratic promises to the people. To reconcile differences in the de tails comprised within the fixed and well-defined lines of principle will not be the sole task of the confer ence, but as it seems to me, its mem bers will also have in charge the question whether Democratic prin ciples themselves are to be saved or abandoned There is no excuse for mistaking or misapprehending the feeling and the temper of the rank and file of the Democracy. They are downcast under the assertion that their party fails in ability to manage the govern ment, and they are apprehensive that efforts to bring about tariff re form may fail; but they are much more downcast;: and apprehensive in their fear that Democratic principles may be surrendered. In these cir cumstances they cannot do other wise than to look with confidence to you and those who with you have patriotically and sincerely cham pioned the cause of tariff reform within Democratic lines and guided by Democratic principles. This con fidence is vastly augmented by the action under your leadership of the House of Representatives upon the bill now pending. Every true Demo crat and every sincere tariff re former knows that this bill in its present form as it will be submitted to conference falls far short of the consummation for which we have long labored; for which we have suffered defeat without discourage ment; which, in its anticipation, gave us a rallying cry in our day of triumph, and which in its promise of accomplishment is so interwoven with Democratic pledges and Demo cratic success that our abandonment of the cause or the principles upon which it rests means party perfidy and party dishonor. One topic will be submitted to the conference which embodies Demo cratic principles so directly that it cannot be compromised. We have in our platform and in every way possible declared in favor of-the free importation of raw materials. We havegagain and again promised that this should be accorded to our peo ple and our manufacturers as soon as the Democratic party was invest ed with the power to determine the tariff policy of the country. The party now has that power. We are as certain to-day as we have ever been of the great benefit that would accrue to the country from the in auguration ( of this policy, and nothing has occurred to release us from our obligation to secure this advantage to our people. It must be said that no tariff measure can accord with Democratic principles and promises, or bear a genuine Democratic badge, that does not pro vide for free raw materials. In the circumstances, it may well excite our wonder that Democrats are will ing to depart from this, the most Democratic of all tariff principles, and that the inconsistent absurdity of such a proposed de parture should be emphasized by the suggestion that the wool of the farmer be put on the free list and the protection of tariff taxation be placed around the iron ore and coal of corporations and capitalists. How can we face the people after indulg ing in such outrageous discrimina tions and violations of principle? It is quite apparent that this ques tion of free raw materials does not admit of adjustment on any middle ground, since their subjection to any rate of tariff taxation, great or small, is alike violation of Demo cratic principles and Democratic good raith. 1 hope that you will not consider it intrusive if I say something in re lation to another subject which can hardly tail to be troublesome to the conference. I refer to the adjust- meni or lariii taxation on sugar. Under our party platform and in ac cordance with our declared party purposes, sugar is a legitimate and logical article of revenue taxation. Unfortunately, however, incidents have accompanied certain stages of the legislation which will be sub mitted to the conference, that have aroused, in connection with this sub ject, a natural Democratic animosity to the methods and manipulations of trusts and com hi nations. I con fess to sharing in this feeling; and yet it seems to me we ought if pos sible to sufficiently free ourselves from prejudice to enable us coolly to weigh the considerations which in formulating tariff legislation ought to guide our treatment of sugar as a taxable article. While no tender ness should be entertained for trusts and while I am decidedly opposed to granting them, under the guise of tariff taxation, any opportunity to further their peculiar methods. I suggest that we ought not to be driven away from the Democratic principle and policy which lead to the taxation of sugar, by the fear, quite likely exaggerated, that in car rying out this principle and policy we may indirectly and inordinately encourage a combination of sugar refining interests. I know that in present conditions this is a delicate subject and I appreciate the depth and strength of the feeling which its treatment has aroused. I do not believe we should do evil that good may come but it seems that we should not forget that our aim is the completion of the tariff bill, and that in taxing sugar for proper pur poses and within reasonable bounds, whatever may be said of our action, we are in no danger of running counter to Democratic principles. With all there is at stake there must be in the treatment of this article some ground upon which we are all willing to stand, where conciliation may be allowed to solve the problem, without demanding the entire sur render of fixed and conscientious convictions. I ought not to prolong this letter. 8DWHRDS vmrmi" 11111 "' " "n iiuumw i?iti im inn i.i.i 1 ii 1 for Infants "Castoria is so weH adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription tnown to me." IT. A. Archer, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. "The uao of 'Castoria is so universal and Its merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach." Carlos Marttn, D. D., New York City. Lato Pastor Bloomingdale Eef ormed Church. o flf RIDQE INSTITUTE !. Fitting School for Young Men and Hoys! 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PCH as far as these are 001 to place home necessa.U e forts easier within their L , , n,n" to insure better and S111,r(,; ;!l ai"i tion to those who toil V . ! T'1 that a tariff covering all tho interests and condom,. V,u'1 try as yast as ours must uf .n,1,r'" sity be largely the result of',, orable compromise I Vl u" few of us can say when our e ure is perfected that all lts it, -are entirely as we would prefer" know how much 1 -le.ue, .lte,l tl" incorporation into the ' ot the income tax featinv , 1 ters of this kind, however' wI.Lm" not violate a fixed am, ivj,' J! Democratic doctrine. u- 1 to defer to the iii(o-,,u..,f lontv ot our Demon-..;,. 1 ... lna- I think there is a renei-il .. that this is part? l more, palpably apparent wh,Ve realize that the busings of m,r ,, try timidly stands and watches f the result of our efforts to 1 tariff legislation that a ,Jk a , certain return ot prosperity Wut upon a wise adjustment and thit , confiding people still trust in t hands their prosperity and well being, lhe Democrat- of the hud pleads most earnestly W the s,fmv completion of the taritl leislatiou which their representatives have 1111 dertaken; but they demand not ls earnestly tnat no stress of necessity shall tempt those they trust to 'the aoauuonment or Democratic pies. nitl- Signed G 110 v ku C l k v kl a x 1 . A new Populist paper. TIia I former, made its appearance at Wilson. It i3 owned bv lift stockholders and is under lhe editorial management 01 Mr. S- P Clark. A correspondent of the Char lotte Observer effectually knocks Oil thfi hfifld DfJX'ifi nnimli,'.-, , m -. wMui y o nanus ! 1o having the oldest gander in the j State. He brings iu two from i Cleveland cou-dy aped 5: and T2 respectively. nrfCELSIni CQ0 STOVES MADE FROM PURE PIG IRON. Not one pound of Scrap Iron ia ever used in these goods. DURABLE, CONVENIENT and ECONOMICAL All Modern Improvements to Lighten Housekeeping fares. Twenty different sizes and kinds. Every Stove Warranted Against Defects. Prices not much higher at this time than on commoner kinds of Stoves. Call on or address St MINSTON, and Children. CatorIa cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhnea. Eructation, Kills Worms, givtaj aletp, and promotes w gestion, Without injurious medication " For several years I hare recommen-kH your ' Castoria, ' and shall always continue So so as it invariably produced benenck.J results." Edwin F. Parukk. M. P., Tbe Winthrop," lth Street and 7th Ave., New York City & M. H. HOLT, Oak Ri, X. C. .I, ENDORSES THE BTAftK. all else fails." Inve Invi Investigation ted i BOOK FREE. 9 Electrolibration Co., J 345 FOURTH AVtNUE, t . t I Clark. T -A NEW YORK.
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