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VERNON W. LONG, Editor and Publisher.; A NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC FAMILY NEWSPAPER FOR NORTH CAROLINA PEOPLE, IN THE STATE AND OUT. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, tl.SO PER YEAR. VOL. NO. 25. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1888. Price 5 Cents. I:' "1 THE NATIONAL CAPITAL "ATTITUDE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ON THE REPEAL OF" Tbe Internal Revenue. Progress cn the Mill Bill. North Carolina Ap propriations. Personals, Etc. Cvrrexpc ndencc of ihe Sentinel. Washington,' June 29. To-day, the free list of the Mills Tariff Bill will have been disposed of by the House of Representatives. The Re publican continue to use obstruction ary tactics, but it is the determination ot the Democrats to pass the bill this session- if they have to change the rules to do so. The internal revenue part of the bill was brought in inci dentally yesterday. It is now thought lhat our., members will be able to add the repeal of the fruit brandy tax to that of the tobacco tax. All this, however, may amount to nothing, for I am reliably informed that the Re publican Senate has determined to let the tariff bill remain untouched in (Committee when it gets to that body. This action on the part of the Senate would render alt the efforts of the Democrats in regard to a reduction of the tariff worse than useless. It is more than probable that the Senate majority will be able to carry this point. . . One fact the Democratic papers ought to emphasize, viz.: That Mr. Nichols voted against Col. Tom John ston's amendment of last week to lighten some of the rigors of the inter nal revenue system, and Mr. Brower was paired against it. The North Carolina Democrats by active efforts passed the amendment against the strong opposition of the Republicans, including the two gentlemen referred to above. While the Republicans in the House were voting to uphold I he internal revenue system, the leaders of that party were inserting a plank in tbe national Republican platform intended to deceive our people on that issue. This notorious piece of in consistency ought to be proclaimed at every precinct in the State. Mr. Brower said last night that North Car olina would go Republican, and that the position of the Democratic party on the internal revenue law would be the cause of it ! Mr. Henderson said last night : "I have just received a letter from home stating that Harrison and Morton have ruined whatever chances the Re publicans may have had of carrying the State, and that the Democratic majority there will be at least 40,000 I think that estimate, however, is too large, but am confident that it will be not less than 20,000. We will not only carry the State for Cleveland by a good round majority in November, but elect two Democratic members from districts now represented by Re publicans. Nichols was elected by the Knights of Labor, whose full strength he will fail to poll at the com ing election, and in Brower's district (he Democrats will turn out with a good deal more strength and enthusi asm than they did two years ago. If the other states, some of which have been inclined to question North Caro lina's adherence to the Democracy, will do as well in the coming election as North Carolina will do, the election i j i ti r oi vlevv1rIlu hhH. -Mtmmnu u a jure- gone oonclusion.? ? How about the J' claims of the Re publicans of gaining more strength by their position on the internal revenue lawf , : "If one will " only take the ' trouble to investigate the position of the Re publican a on that subject, he will see yery plearly that the Democrat have ike advantage " there. In ' the last Congress, tinder a motion to suspend tbe rules, I had. brought up a measure to relievB the internal revenue" law of the most odious features, and the bill was killed bjr Republican votes, not more, than ; ten Democrats .voting against it At this session of Congress I brought the bill up again and it passed the House on the 7th of Febru ary, and has been lying ever since un reported in the senate Committee on the Judiciary. , The, Republicans will be able to make no capital out of the interna! revemte jnJJorth Carolina Wft W tneirpositioy ja fUj explained. ating $10,000 to the Yadkin River yesterday. This amendment, with the $145,000 increase to the Cape fear below Wilmington, making a total of $245,000 for that river, was fought for ten days in the Commerce Commit tee before it was favorably reported to the Senate. The Republican Sena tors evidently think their creeks entit led to mote money than any other streams ia the Union. Some of them made fun of the Yadkin and the Cape Fear on lie floor of the Senate, and doubted their capabilities &o- These were abundantly answered, aud Sena tor Ransom 'succeeded in t securing both appropriations. ; . .. Col. Rowland tried to get up the Char lotte buildings bill, but was thwart ed by "Hon. Clifton Breckinridge whose main objection to Charlotte is that it is not in Arkansas.- This Mr. , Breckinridge is not so able a man as his cousin, .Hon. W.jGL ,1, Breckin ridge, of Kentucky .0 ROv 3 . The President and several members of the Cabinet enjoyed : their trip to the Commencement of the University of Va., very much. r ' . Mrs. Folsom has returned from her trip to Europe aud is at Oak View with her daughter, Mrs. Cleveland. 5 Granville. THE RADICAL CANDIDATE. say I fv wlaWWhar' nr.!:. of th In- I AU together WJUld . 1 a .1 r ti What the People of His Own State , and Think of Him. Washington Car. Richmond JXspaich, It is remarked here also that to tes tify their eppvseltion to him ; the Re publican worUingmen of. LaFayette and Fort Wayne, in his own State, only last week organized the tin buck et brigades, in behalf of Gresham, and went to Chicago, where they paraded the streets last week with a banner inscribed : "We Want None of Har rison in Our'n." His popularity in Indiana, judged by results, cannot be great He was 1-eaten for Governor by Blue Jeans Williams in lttib by a majority of - 6,000. , He was - three times a candidate for Senator, elected once and beaten twice by Voorhees and afterwards by Turpie. In 1877, during a strike in Indian apolis which was participated in by nearly all the workingmen of the city, Harrison organized a company with the avowed purpose of putting down the strike. .Concerning this Mr. E. F. Gould leader, of the Knights of Labor in Indiana says : Aside from his bad record in the Senate, he is the attorney for numer ous railways and telegraph companies, and no confidence is placed in him by the masses who are seeking legislation which these institutions oppose. As an indication of his loyalty to rail road companies in times of emergency, it is only necessary to refer his course pending the railroad strike of 18!J on which occasion he implored the Governor to order out the troops and shoot down the strikers. ' Governor Williams stoutly resisted his influence, claiming that the men were peacable and that there was no necessity for such action. At this he mustered up a company of his own and drilled the men, so as to have them in readiness in case of an emergency. Upon the same occasion he made a speech from which the following is verbatim and substantiated by affidavits : 44 Were I the Governor I'd force those men back to work or shoot them on the spot!" And upon another occasion during the same trouble he declared in a speech that VA dollar a day and two meal ere enough J far any working man" The Knights of Labor through the State officially , petitioned7 fori his . de feat during the last senatorial contest, and at Cnicago the laboring classes byftbe hundred were found working fo. his defeat and in the interest of Oreshann - iff 'Vt f J iff Colonel "Jason Brown, the present Democratic candidate for Congress from the third Indiana district, is au thority for the statement t at Harri son waa a, member of the same Know Nothing lodge a; Colonel Brown's father, and that he himself has heard him make Know-Nothing speeches. 'consistency of thaG. O. P. on 'the sub ject of the internal revenue system, - I -refer, you to the pages of the Con gressional Record of to-day containing the speeches of Messrs Kelly and Can non. A synopsis of these speeches would make a good campaign docu ment for North Carolina, s - ; - ? Jt, ;.- ".'.. The Democrats in the Senate, real ising the pecesslty of passing the ap propriation bju,"- prevented yesterday the usual adjournment until Monday, by which the legislative days of Fri day and Saturday are- usually- lost to the Senate. : r V fi : v... Hon. John Q. Carlisle has gone to New York to attend the big Cleveland ratification meeting. In his absence, Hon. J. G. Blount of Ga neof the ablest and most genial 4 members of the House was elected? speaker pro tem pore.' Mr. Blount is. related to " the North Carolina family by that name, from Washington, Beaufort County. , r-; V -.::'':; Senator Ransom, after a stiff' fight in the Senate with Senator. Edmonds , and other Republicans secured the adoption of his amendment appropri- seem to make pretty heavy load for the Republican candidate. His votes in favor of Chinese immigration, and especially in favor ' of naturalizing Chinese, will hard ly be excused - by the Republicans of the Pacific States. Indiana Democrats say his strength there has been greatly overestimated., iaenerai Maston, tbe -Democratic can didate for Governor, said to-day he was well satisfied . with the nomina tion, and considered Indiana safe for " 'f i i'ii ' 5 i ? s ' 1 7 ' '-'It ! Baa Struck Reldsylite, WHAT CLEVELAND SAID. THE COMMITTEE FORMALLY NO TIFIES HIM OF HIS f The.Caevaipd.andhurmaA"! seems to be working an immense "re iorm aown wis way with , the "man hull uxoiner, -xnasmucn as we saw . on yesterday ;George William. Holmes, .fcjjq., (.taq. f stands for -iisquimaux, a prominent young scion ot the color ed race, with a brilliant red bandanna sticking prominently from his pistol pocket. You know the old quotation in connection with the African's love for red. Weekly. ' , - - m m m, . The Philadelphia Times, the Ne York Times and Harper's Weekly will I support Cleveland and ihurman. Nomination. He Responds In a way both Patriotic and Democratic and Accepts tbe Standard of tbe Democ racy. - Last week Chairman Collins, ac companied by delegates from nearly every State in the union and by the members of the national committee, called at the executive mansion at 2 o'clock and were ushered into the east room. This room was fragrant with the perfume of flowers, which were banked against the great mirrors, and from plants and flowers which were set against the walls, a hollow square was formed from west to east. Into this square the President came, follow ed by Mis. Cleveland on the arm of Secretary Bayard. . ,.; Mr. Collins, in an earnest patriotic speech on behalf of the National Dem ocratic Committee tendered Mr.Cleve land the nomination for President by the! Democratic party. He wr s fol lowed by Mr. Jacob, chairman ot the notification committee, who delivered an address, signed by the members of the committee from the several States, among whom was Mr. Thos. W. Strange, of Wilmington, N. C. Mr. Thomas Pettitt, Secretary of the committee, then handed the Pres ident a handsomely engrossed copy of the platform upon which he was aom inated. The president bowed his ac knowledgements. Standing erect with head thrown back, with but few ges tures, but with an earnestness that was impressive and an enunciation that was deliberate and clear, he repl:l. "I cannot but be profoundly n pressed when I about me the mes sengers of the National Democracy bearing its summons to duty. The political party to which I owe both allegience and honor command me. It places in my hand it proud stand ard and bids me bear it nigh at the front in the battle which it wages bravely because conscious of right, confidently because its trust is in the people and soberly because it compre hends the obligations which success imposes. The message which you bring awak ens within me the liveliest sense of personal gratitude and 'satisfaction and the honor which you tender me is in itself so great that there might well be no room for any other senti ment. And yet I can't rid myself of grave and serious thoughts wen I re member that party supremacy is not alone involved in the conflict which presses upon us, but that we struggle to secure and save the perished insti tutions, the welfare and the happiness of a nation of freemen. Familiarity with the great office which I hold has but added to my apprehension of its sacred character and the consecration demanded of him who assures its immense responsibility. It is the repository of the people's will and power. Within its vision should be the protection and welfare of the most humble citizen and with quick ear it should catch from the re motest corner of the land the plea of the people for justice and for right. For the sake of the people he who holds this office of theirs should resist every encroachment on its legitimate functions, ana tor the sake of the in tegrity and usefulness of the office it should be kept near to the people and be administered in full sympathy with their wants and needs. This occasion reminds me most viv idly of the scene when, four years ago, I received a message from my party similar to that which you now del iver. With all that has passed sincce that day I can truly say that the feeling of awe with wnicn 1 beard the summons then is intensified many fold when it is repeated now. Four years ago I knew that our executive office, if not carefully guarded, might drift, little by little away from tbe pt ople to whom it belonged and became a perversion of all it ought to be. But I did not know how much, its moorings had al ready been loosened. I knew four years ago how well de vised weie the true principles of true .Democracy tor tbe successful opera tion of the government by the people and for the people, but I did not know how absolutely necessary their applica tion then was for the restoration to the rople of their safety and prosperity, knew then that abuses and extrav- agances naa crept into tbe manaee mem or public anairs, but 4. did no know their various torms, nor the tenacity of their grasp.' I knew then something of the bitterness of partisan obstruction, but I did not know how bitter, now reckless and how shameless it could be. (Prolonged applause'). knew, too, that the American people were patriotic ana just, out aid not know how grandly they laved their country nor now pome and generous tney were. ' I shall not dwell on the acts and tbe policy of the administration now Jl . ... -r . . . ar&wing to its ciose. its record is open to .every citizen of the land. And yet I will not be denied the privilege of asserting at this tln0 that in the exercise of the high trust confided to me I have yielded obedience only to tbe constitution and tbe solemn ooli gatiou of my oath of office. I have done those things which, in the lieht of the understanding God has given me, seemed most conclusive to the welfare of the country and the promo tion oi good government. 1 would not if I could, for myself nor for you,, avoid a single consequence of a fair interpretation of my course. It but remains for me to say to you and through you to the Democracy of the nation that I accept the nomination with which they have honored me, and that I will in due time signify such acceptance in the usual formal manner." " - WHAT JUDGE FOWLE SAYS. "We have a Man of Temperate Habit to Lead Our Party to Victory. From the Raleigh Xexot-Obiervtr. During the holding of the late Dem ocratic Convention, in this city, it was reported on the streets that liquor was being kept, and. lavished dispensed, at the several headquarters. Since the adjournment of the Con vention the report has gone out into the State, and we have been receiving letters from temperance friends ask ing us to give them the truth about the matter. Meeting the J ndge near the post office last Friday we mentioned the matter to him, and he said in substance this : "The report is false. There was not a drop of liquor brought into the room used as my headquarters, nor did I know that any was carried into an adjoining-room until since the adjourn ment of the Convention. When the room for my headquarters was open ed, some of my young friends asked if they might be allowed to dispense lemonade. I answered; yes, provided no liquor is brought in. But, added the Judge, I have been told, since the Convention, that some was brought in contrary to my wishes, and, of course, without my knowledge. The Judge then went on to say that he had not tasted a drop of liquor in upwards of twenty years, nor had he invited a man to drink in that time. PERSONAL NEWS AND UOSSIP. AT YALE UNIVERSITY. A NORTH CAROLINA BOY IN YAN KEE-LAND. in Senator Ingalls has been frequency mistaken for Frank James, the ex bandit. Mrs. Senator Ransom and family have gone to Ashcville for the sum mer. The Senator will follow later. Icicle John Sherman will have to bury his boom pretty deep now, to keep it from melting entirely before the next Republican presidential con vention assembles. Our Governor is a reguiar "Blue Stocking." Last week he, in common with ex-Judge J. H. Dillard and W. S, Moore, was elected elder in the Presbyterian church at Greensboro. - Davidson College, at its recent com mencement, conferred the degree of A. M. on Prof. Geo. T. Winston, of the University. He is a gentleman of learning and is built just right for such a degree to fit him. We see that two North Carolina boys, Mesars. A. C. Floyd and G. A. Hayes, the former of Watauga and the latter of Cherokee county, have purchased the Columbia (Tenn.) Her ald, and taken charge of it. Judge Thomas Settle, now "of Flori da, is visiting friends and relatives in Keidsville and Ihe Sentinel is glad to know that he is looking well. He is a distinguished man and we hope that many years will be spared him. The Rev. Dr. J. B. Shearer, Vice Chancellor of the South Western Presbyterian University, Clarksville, Tenn., who was unanimously elected President of Davidson College last week, has formally accepted the posi tion. Mr. Allen T. Davidson Jr., son of Col. A. T. Davidson and brother of Hon, Theo. F. Davidson, Attorney General of N. C, died in Asheville last week. He was a young man of nign aoiuiy ana nis aeatn is a saa one. Harrison spelled backwards reads no sir rah ! and Morton not ro(o)m. Please observe that each name ends in a negative and these two negatives will 'never make an affirm. v.ive in American politics. No sirVah ! Danville Register. ' Our Tarheel boys always get there The New York College has notified H. B. Barucb, Bon of Doctor b. Baruch, of Charlotte, that he won the Ward medal, which is jriven for proficiency in Mathematics, and for which the en tire college, dOO pupils, were compe ting- The newspapers speak in the high est terms of the speech of Prof. E. A. Alderman, at tbe leacners Assembly He is one of the most thorough masters of the English language in the State and one os the most brilliant young men with wbicb JNortb Carolina is blessed. - At the Commencement of the- Uni versity of Virginia on the 25th inst. twenty new Doctors graduated, among whom were the following from JNortb Carolina : - A. Anderson of Wilson W. F. Fwson of Clinton, C. D. Hill of Faison, R. D. Jewett of Wilming ton, T. S. McMullan of Hartford, and J. W. Tayloe of Winston, v - There is something about old Hills- boro that is peculiar. It has furnish d more distinguished men in the past than any other town in the State The Recorder calls it the Athens oi North Carolina and heralds with be coming pride the ' fact that Messrs. Strudwick and Waddell, the Presi dential electors for the State at large are both natives oi that place. He Tells of the Commencement Cus toms, tbo Speeches and People he Sees at the Great Northern School. ,. Special Contribution to the Sentinel. New Haven, Conn., July 3, 18S8. -There is such variety in a com mencement at Yale University that I venture to interest your readers there upon. Although having spent some time in Yale, I had failed to witness a University commencement. The reason of this being that the Theolog- icai ' scnooi ciot.es it wore in may, and the students of this department an in their vacation a mouth before the general close. Of course there is here a large amount of speaking, as at all com mencements: It is of the neeuliar or characteristic features that I desire to peak. The events extend over about ten days. The celebration begins when the Seniors have finished the ast examination. Tne class march single file around each building and give it the "college cheer," then cheer the President and the favorite professor. The Sophomores present in a formal manner the "college fence" to the freshmen. The so-called "fence orations," of presentation aud accep tance, are frequently very keen. The fraternity men return to enjoy the annual elaborate and elegant suppers. The "University Nine" are expected to defeat the Harvard nine on the ball field. The University crew is expect ed to treat the Harvard crew in a ike manner. The "Nine" and "crew" of the freshmen class are expected to trea't their Harvard enemies even likewise. The Yale man has a pas sion for athletics. Stagg, the captain of the ball nine, is a poor young man and waits on a table of students for his board ; but he is nevertheless the hero of Yale. They count him "Yale's greatest pitcher." He is a member of the oldest and most honored secret ociety in the University. lhere are two interesting features connected with the class day exercises. The class smoke long pipes and drink much lemonade and are very free and jolly. There is great care in securing and planting the ivy. Ihe twig plant ed this year was secured from the chatteau of Henry IV. (France). A few years ago 'he class secured ' its twig from Parnassus. On commence ment day the President wears a gown and an "oxford cap.', He speaks in atin. There is stiff formality in ev ery thing on this day. The exercises are held in the old and famous "cen tre church." The ladies are admitted to the galleries and by card only. The Latin oration receives profound attention and its complimentary ref erence to the ladies is vigorously applauded. The concert by the Glee Club is a hifirhlv prized event. Evervbodv en joys the music of college boys. This concert draws the learned and the beautiful and fills the largest opera house in the city. The Alumni dinner is another enjoyable event. The Sen iors pay for the dinner and every graduate of the University eats it. There is a crowd, of course, ihe class of 1815 was represented in a man 93 years old who stood upon the rostrum and spoke clearly. He is Rev. J. Vickham. In the seat ot honor sat Prof. Dwight, on his right sat Mr Justice Stanley Mathews, on his left sat Gen. W. T. Sherman. In front of him Bat Comd. Goodrich, of the Navy After dinner came the speeches. Suf ficient Yale enthusiasm was manufact ured to tell mightily tor the University. 1 he hero in tins meeting was Gen, Sherman. Stanly Mathews was hea vy and personal in his speech. The best hit was made by Senator Gibson, of Louisiana. He made a manly speech as a Southern Senator and was given an ovation. It was amusing to read the garbled report of this speech by the leading Republican paper of this city. A brilliant event ot this commence ment was a reception given by one of the Secret Fraternity. The fraternity has this spring completed a large stone mansion for the use of its mem here. The building is three stories high and has a basement. The mem bers of the Society are to live in this building. Ihe janitor occupies the basement. Ji.ach student room is fur nished with an electric bell. There is a large reading-room and a convenient general library. Each floor is provi ded with cold and hot bath tubs and "closets." In short, these young men have built a modern mansion. 11ns is the largest work yet achieved by any Fraternity in the University, ana they were honored in their reception by the President and other elite of the University and city. The name of this Fraternity is "Book and Snake." The President holds a reception for each department of the University and then holds a University reception. These receptions are elegant and stiff. In addition to these is the "Sen ior Promenade" the event of the sea son for lovers of the dance. The men at this commencement were distinguished but the ladies were not handsome. H. H. Williams. r.r. T. B. Kingsbury Described Him Years Ago and be Repeats his De scription To-Day. . Judge Fowle is a man of force and is eloquent in the true sense of that word when at his best. This writer heard him once when be was surpassingly magnetic, happy in con ception and expression, intensely in earnest and splendidly eloquent. We will go back to 1876, and reproduce what we wrote soon after while the speech was fresh in our mind and when we were near enough to the oc casion to remember tbe impression. We were-fa cnoughremOVed to have got sufficiently from under the fasci nating power of the orator not to let our rhetorical steeds take the bit and run away with us. Here is what we wrote, and it has never appeared in the Star : Those who heard the remarkable speech of Judge Fowle before tho Na- . ' 1 TT i l-.Tll"! T 1 uonai xiotei in rcaieign in iune last, will scarcely tail to remember it through life. It was indeed a remark able speech remarkable for its in tense passion, its sustained power, its classic tone, its sweeping eloquence. It was the most fervent, glowing, mag netic speech I ever heard. When he drew the picture of Governor Vance protecting the citizens and upholding the majesty of the law in a time of revolution, and contrasted it with the sickening subserviency and grovelling timidity of the bupreme lribunal in a time of peace, when the Judge, clothed in ermme and holding the scales of justice with bandaged, eyes, descend ing from his high place, and tearing away the fillet and throwing down the scales, knelt at the footstool of Tyran- FOWLE AS AN ORATOR. CAKOLINA NEWS NOTES. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE OLD "- NORTH STATE. Men and Events. Persons and Things. An Epitome of What has Occurred Since the Last Issue of The Sentinel. Raleigh has an industrial school for girls.. r , Asheville will vote on the sewerage question July 10th. Plans are on foot for the building ot gas works in Durham. Capt. Bailey Williamson, of Ral igh, has Ira r vested 51 tons 6T cured hay on 24cre.- ' -T The' 'Biblical Recorder has closed its fifty-third volume. May it live to close fifty-three more. The railroad from Durham to Ox ford, it is thought, will-be open for travel about September 1st. . ' Rocky Mount Light Infantry num bers 15 men over six feet and 43 aver ting over five feet ten. Hob, Ben Bunn, nominee for Con gress, in the 4th District will speak in Durham on the 7th of July. Franklin county wants the great Western Air Line. She has voted to subscribe $50,000 to the enterprise. Large panthers which are reported to have their habitation not less than ten miles from Asheville. are said to be frightening the people of Buncom be county. The Vance Guards, of Henderson, Capt. R. L. Daingerfield, and the Rocky Mount Light Infantry, of Rocky Mount, S. L. Hart, Jr., are the latest additions to the State guard. ; A census of Raleigh has been taken and its population found to be 13,050, of which 6,397 are whites and 6,653 as a viviu ( 1,53 maleg anj olly 1 516 colored, few bold I . ... .mkt oni ! While ' Tlaninmin Mitf-IiplI wn ny fawning and cringing like a whip ped spaniel, what North Carolinian j? j 1 i ii. 3 r. -l uia not giory m uu one aim iwu , ne but there are 1734 adu,t portraiture, limned with : strokes in which liberty, . right' and vindicated law stood forth in bright and radiant colors, all typified by the great Governor who kept his hands clean from omcial stain and upheld the supremacy of the civil power ; and, in which depotism, revenge and violat ed law were symbolized by that other disgraced Governor, who found his ready instrument in a lennessee cut throat and strong coadjutors in a syc ophantic, cowardly, prostrated Judi ciary. It the historian, who is to be, shall fail to describe the fidelity, puri ty and boldness ot the War uovernor, and the utter meanness, duplicity and incompetency of the Judiciary of 1768 70, he will leave unwritten an impor tant, saddening, humiliating chapter. No man ot elevated soul could gaze upon the picture which Judge Fowle drew with so much severity of outline, and filled up with so much felicity of detail, without admiration, for the un common gifts of the artist Whilst I stood enthralled in the presence of the eloquent orator, I was reminded of Cicero's remarks concern ing -Esop, the great Roman actor, whose name has descended to modern times along with that of Roscius. Said the most illustrious of Roman orators and lawyers in his defence of Sestius, referring to the actor who was his friend, and, who secured his recall from banishment by his masterly ren dering of some lines in the Andro mache of Ennius: He pleaded my cause before the Roman people with far more might of eloquence than I could have pleaded it myself.' It oc curred to me as I listened to the 'thoughts that breathed and the words that burned,' that Governor Vance might have gratefully and truthfully used on that occasion the words ot the noble Roman, and applied them to his impassioned and earnest advocate. That was the high water mark of Fowle's achievement as a public speaker. He may do as well in the campaign of 1888. as he for the first time makes a canvass for himself. In other years he has canvassed for oth era. He is fully able to meet the Re publican nominee, an Col. JJockery will hnd. By the way, this Col. JJockery was thoroughly identified with the recon struction horrors in North Carolina He never raised his voice in protest against Holden's tyranny, the Supreme Court s obsequiousness and flaccidness, the robberies perpetrated by the cor rupt Legislature in 1868-'69, and the ' nhiiHPfl and nnnrnasinna nn meanlv vis ited upon a comparatively helpless people. Col. Dockery should be held up sternly to his past record, be it what it is. vvnue .lieu latum Aiitcneu was ploughing in his field, in Columbus county, -he was shot by a man in am bush and his injuries are severe, Isaac Young, of Bladen county, is in jail charged with the attempted assassina tion. Mrs. Julia Moore, an aged lady, was run over and killed by the mate rial train at Henderson, Vance coun ty, Wednesday morning. Seeing the train approaching she tainted irom fright and fell upon the track. The entire train passed over her. Both legs were crushed off and she died al most instantly, hhe was yi years old. The Sentinel is glad to see that a "State Classical Association" was formed at Morehead for encouraging a study ot the classics, ihe folowmg are the officers : President, Prof. Geo. . Winston , 1st Vice President, Prof. . P. Horner, of Oxford ; 2d Vice resident, Maj. Robert Bingham ; 3rd Vice President, Prof. W. G. Manly, of Wake forest : Secretary and lreas urer, Prof. k,. Alexander, of Chapel riiJl. J. lie Executive Committee are rofs. E. A. Alderman, C.B. Denson, M. H. Holt, R. H. Lewis of Kinston, D. Mclver, and the President and Secretary, ex-officio. Ain't You Right!" The bandanna oriflamme is a mighty good thing to use in this kind ot weather, but the original, old fashion ed palm-leaf fan" ain't gone nowhere jet. r Webster's Weeklg. He Favor Race Equality. ;.. "I want to seethe day when plac ing my right hand on the head of a little white chitd, and my left ' hand on the head of a little colored child, J can pass them into Sunday School to eether." From a boeech made ' by Oliver H. Dockery, Republican nomi nee lor .uovernor. . , AT KASTEIiN KHTHK. . Dockery Diokery Dock The mouse ran up the clock, ' " The clock ran round. The mouse rail down, " Dickery Dockery Dock. - Tarboro Southerner. Going Round and Renad. - Policeman (to citizen t clinging to lamp post) My friend you will have to move on. x. - . . Citizen Move (hie) onj Gra-gra-cious, ofchur, I'm (hie) makin' fifty milsh n hour, now.1 JNew York Kun, FARMERS, READ THIS. POLITICAL SANDWITCHKS. The Wilson Cleveland and Fowle Club will have a big barbecue August . 8th. A bright bandanna floats from Mr. Cleveland's flag-staff at Oak View beneath the stars and stripes. Harrison is so dainty that he never appears among the common people of the Hoosier State without kid gloves of delicate tints. Rev. G". W. Sanderlin, Democratic - candidate for State Auditor, is fixing . up his fences but expects to see after his stumps about August.' "The bandana kite is a big one and thereby hangs a tail an unsulli- . ed record of forty years of public t, service." Duluth Paragrapher. ; i. The Greenbackers of Indiana will - fo against Harrison, oo says earn ouglas, the State Secretary of that party, and he says there are 20,000 of them. The editor of the Raleigh Signal, the Republican organ of the State, re fers to the negro members ot his parly as "stink-pots." Well, well, well ! ! I Asheville Citizen. ' '4 ..V.I The reference of Republicans to Mr.' ' Cleveland as "His Heaviness" is quite appropriate. They have been sat down on and know how it feels. An- niston Hot Blast. . , , The Democrats of the 1st district will . meet at Elizabeth City August 7th for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Congress. Maj. Louis C. Latham,, the present Congressmaa, will not be a candidate before the Convention. - I From Maino down to Texas, And up to Montana, From Cal. through Nevada, And down to Savannah, AU over the country Now waves the bandana ; And that is just what Is the matter with Hannah. Pack. . in the Mr. When our Bacon Comes From the West and our Stock from Abroad We Grow Poor and Hard Times Co ne. The amount of bacon raised outside of North Carolina and sold into the Stale in 18S7 was 8 223,754 pounds. The amount raised outside the State and brought into it the first tour months of this year was 2,113,249 pounds. ih average cost ot raising 1UU pounds of pork or bacon in this State is $6.47. Estimating the amount of bacon imported into this State in 1887 at the ratio indicated, we find that the farmer has paid, fixing the price per pound at the low figure ot ten cents, $1,027,986.20. If this meat had been raised at home it would have cost the farmer $668,169.98, a saving of just $359,089.22. There is abundant froof that the farmers of North Caro ina can afford to raise their own meat. That item alone is enough to make "hard times" a permanent visitor. The same leakages are observed in the matter ot stock, laking the report of horses and mules imported in 18S7 as a basis, we estimate that 7,449 horses and mules were imported, which, valued at $125 each, would amount to $931,125. Had these ani mals been raised within the Sta e there would have been saved in cash $484,185. This estimate averages cost of horses and mules at $60, an equal number of each. Ex. What Tliey Tliink of It. nth Mr. Bunn publishes a card News- Observer in which he says Nichols has not refused a joint can vass, that no request for a canvass has been made, because Mr. Nichols is busy at Washington, and cannot now take time to arrange matters necessary to a canvass. The action of the recent Republicau Convention at Chicago in casting votes for Fred Douglas (the negro with a white wife) for President, and Bruce another negro for Vice-President of these United States,' has increased the demand here for white hats and ban danna handkerchief. Salisbury Watchman. Mr. J. C. Pritchard, the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, , while a member of the Legislature voted against the bill pensioning ex Confederate soldiers. It is a small amount they get, it is true, bnt'ne " didn't want them to have that little. Roanoke News. ( Mr. R. Z. Linney is one f the new , converts to Radicalism in this btate. The StateBville Landmark reports Lin ney as saying that two of the candi dates on the Republican ticket are ' "damned scoundrels." We have w. desire to contest the question with the turncoat gentleman. He is closer to the candidates than we are and is bet- ter prepared to speak. Wilson. Ad- mm m In a lecture delivered in Nashville, Tennessee, a few days ago, Sam Jones ' said this: "We need grit in the Democratic party. I admire Grover , Cleveland for that. A gamer man than he never presided over the Uni ted States, and Grover Cleveland can get my vote for President every four years, because he nas got a oac&oone as big as a cirens poie. : Grover Cleveland, with his match less record and his brilliant promise, stands before the country as the choice ' of the Democratic party for its high- est honor. He is no longer an untrt ed man. For more than three yea h has P-uided the national policy farm . T. .. . . T. i - I lv ski ful v and saleiy. ne nas ikmju equal to every demand, Sin cisco Examiner. Washington Critic Sherman Oh, H arrison ! Hawley Scooped 1 Phelps Rats! Gresham Knocked out! Blaine I didn't do it ! Foraker Hurrah for Sherman ! - Depew Switched off! Fitler Wasn't it too funny 7 . Ingalls I didn't want it. Lincoln I had no grandfather I McKinley I'll "git thar" by and by! Rusk Left, and it wasn't a cold day either ! v Allison Amen ! . .Alger Money makes the mare go I'm a horse! Harrison Thanks, awfully 1 Morton Me too ! Fran Rev. C. H. Pendleton, the Baptist minister of Worcester, Mass., who ped - i died the villainous stories ; of Mr. , Cleveland's domestic life, oow com- . Elains that the newspapers "had no usiness to print what he said." This fellow is about as despicable a creat ure as has been produced in any cam paign, and is unfit to associate with respectable people. Ex. And 8v they say Djckery y- , not, accept because he is not in'- Mitiou . to accept after all, not V ying been V officially notified ot his? nomination:'? and no committee having been - a:- pointed by the convention . to da the f notifying. Well, well, can such things, be and overcome us, etc.? How has the G(one) O(ut) Party continued' where it fell some time since!
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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