VOL. 2. NO. 11.
BRIEF OPINIONS.
Til Eii should be no
ili vis-
ion in the ranks of those en
gaged in
the reform movement
The National Democrstuj conren
tipn met at Chicago yesterday. The
indications are that Cleveland will
bj the nominee. ' 1
Let the enemies of the cause, of
refjprm continue their abuse and
ridicule, but be loyal and stecvlfaxt
iu adherence to your principles.
riot let this the greatest - re
form movement the world has ever
sefn have a buck-net. Stand un
iynabiugly by your "principles. 1
Tiik only reform that jpkn come
to the people will be brought about
by hardv fighting, firmness i and faith
fulness. , Let no man W recreant to
his duty this year. i
Cait. Buck Kitchen says he1 will
not vote for Cleveland or any other
man who is yie type and shadow of
Wall. Street and the embodiment of
New England Demoracy." ! ' - i
This is the greatest political year
of this century. '...The people never
were before so agitated over politics.
This shows to what "extent the poli
tics of a nation like this determins
its destiny.
Tub government could operate
ihi iaif roads at a saving of four
hundred aiid fifty million of dollars
annually. This would, be a very
handsome sum' to save the people,
says the Southern Alliance Farmer.
Th ftinoney owers dominated the
Itrpublican convention. Will thev
.(dominate the Democratic convention
at Chicago, and put up a man who
favors the present inquitbus financial
system? . Will Wall Street get in its
'flue work there? It begins to look
that way. ; ! '
EvKuvman is entitled to his opin
ion and. we can see no treason on
earth why so many of our best peo
ple are abused and censured because
they want to think just a little, for
themselves. Freedom of speech,
freedom of thought, and freedom of
action are inalienable rights guaraii
. teed to all. "-:-.
Tiik Democratic papers in this
State need not expect' to win votes
tor them and at the saxuq time abuse
a certaiu elans and ' call them fools
and cranks for entertaining certain
ideas about politics.- Those papers
have done more to divide the jeople
than to uuite them. Abuse and
harsliicriticism never accomplish any
thing. Men are not driven by vio
lence. Fin'axciai. reform is i the para
mount issue in the campaign this
year. '.The men who , for the past
'twelve months have been fighting
for this issue should not be side
tracked by the tariff.'. Change thf
present financial system and then
strike for free trade. If tariff is
wrong in principle it is doubly wrong
in practice. A tax on incomes would
pay the exKnses of this government
.fay (Jould, if he were taxed; would
'.contribute a handsome amount.
" . '
Whknevkk their is talk of a secret
ioliticaI organization in North Caro
lina, it is refreshing to see how quick
some of the paper's are ready. to jump
on it. They begin-to tell how the
laws of North Carolina. are standing
n'udy to make . life miserable
to the supposed memlers of the
. organization, etc. , Yet .several col
lossul trusts havelleen in operation
in the State for months, though the
tine is $10,0jlM aud imprisonment for'
for six mon Uis or more, these papers"
:ire as"quiena' can be. These trusts
evade punishment by being interstate
cancers, yet these papers say not a
word about the laws being violated
anu thQ public robbed. -Process ice
Fiinirf. ' '- I; ' '' , "
The Alliance have placed their
.demands befo.'e- the country, and
these demands I are" right, and just
yet both the Democratic and llepub.
iiciui particerepudiatc'these demands
and denounce the Alliauce as third
partv cranks, fiat inflationists, cen
tralists and socialists. Yet what do
they demand? Do they ask for any
thing more than has already, been to
oth
ier? Let us see. The principal
deai
uds can be staud in tew words,
Ston the' pavment of interest
viz.
by placing the landholders on the
suiir- footiug with others, aud pay
others, aud pay his demands as you
la'y "others. Ix't him receive what
the day laborer receives for his work.
Adopt and act uu the motto that
wh.
nionev for one w money for
all.-
dd to the taxable, property 01
I... ' ,...A. llrridlnf inn RS
the
count. u: i"t ivg
will force " iJ'e c:ijil from bank
vaulU into actuary Circulutiou, aud
-on vert bon x iutJ currency and
protect laborer more a?d bankers,
landholders and crjioratiort less.
Ex.
i i " , : : , zzzzttt 1 1 . 1 -
STtTE HEWS.
THE DOINGS OF OUR PEOPLE
BillEFLY AND PLAIN L YTQLD.
XLLPpEyrxds or the "Wkx
Con-
PEKSZD.
On Thursday ph Cnlp, co
was bitten by a mad dosr. lie
ored
was
going near
tne catholic
churcti, in
No. 5, when attacked bv th aWimal
vuip uressea nig kie on the
ind held him " until assistance
rendered and the dog's head
dog
was
was
smasneu into jeiiy wita a rock in
1 .1 4 . U
iuip s nana, which may prove, se
rious. LToncoru Standard.
Hon. II. A. Gudger, of this
city,
win deliver an 1 addreM 4 before
the
North Carolina Teacher : Agae:
nbly
on i'ublic Ed a ration Day,"
28th. His eubjct 'will bo
yune
4'l'
School and the Citizen';! .THe iu-
.Jk AAV
terwting revival at the Ftst Baptist
ennren continues. l esteraay
there
were nve auuiuous to the
-church
membership.- LaSt 1 even rag
tfiere
were ionr oamums anu nve pro
ifess-
ions. Winston tsttnel.
The trustees of the Liberty Sthol
and the good people
of the (own
have decided to erect
a 'magnificent
new scnoorBuiiuing witn nice, large
library halls. The work will begin
next week, and the house will be
ready by August 24th. The sihool
win oe equipped equal, to any pre
paratory Bchool in the State. There
were on the? roll last year 19 stu
dents, and thej expect 250 next year.
Xettr & Observer. ; ;
James II. Homer, LL. I), the vet
eran educator' and the ! found r of
Homer School, died -at his hone in
Oxford at 7 o'clock Wednesday eve
ning. The life .work of this useful
man is quit and ended. Since he
left the walhvof Chapel Hill in 1845
his master mind has directet f the
tide of classical education in Nartb
Caroliua. Mr. Horner was bo; n in
Orange county, near Flat riv , on
April 3d, 1822. He was the va edic
toriau bf a class composed of such
men a Hon; W.' Jj. Steel, col. j. C,
Kdwaixls, Hev-JufJeorge Badger Wet-,
mo-jce,'' Jydge Thomas Euftiin land
others. Oxford Day.
t '. 1 . . -'.rrv
The New Berne Yacht Club af few
days ago wrote a' letter of invit ition
tQ Jthe Wake Forest Boat Club, v hich
is now en route to Mere head on the
Jvollie I,, to 'visit them when tbey
reach this city. They -extend to
them a hearty welcome and the use
of their roonis....i.J.The Washii gton.
Gazette has information from Chief
Shell Fish Commissioner, Col W. H.
jjiicas tnat tnere win De a
bf the oyster commission
me
itiijo:
oyster : commission on J my
6th at Ocracofce; and a general niewt
inj of the oystermei'i of the State, to
which allypyster catchers, factory
men aud i all others interested, are
iuvited'oti lAutr. 17th. -New Berne
Jourmd. r
Military commissions were issued
Saturday as follows: S. j.F. Teflfair,
major aud military secretary to; the
(Jovernor; J. Ui . Hesseur, captani anu
C. 11. Wilson -ud HV (i. Gibson,
lieutenauts Co. A Third Kegiinent,
Winston; W. T. Hughes, captain aud
J, IL . White and II. W. Pender lieu
tenants, Co. " B. First Kegi uent,
Ixuisburg; 1J.-. L. Fhinigau, second
lieutunaut, Co. A. Fourth. Kige neat,
Statesville; J. IL Snetnl, Go.B. Third
Regiment, Greensboro;- Georgw W.
Ilowlett, major. Third Hegihient,
Keidsville; J. M. , Walker, first lieu- j
tenant and adjutant, Fourth liegi-,
ment. : W. A , ( iattis, J r,: of ;Dti rham
has resigned as major of the second ,
battalion of the Third Kegimeiit.
Ex-Sheriff II. McEacheru, i the
worthy and' indefatigable pres ident ;
of it he Ued Springs Fair who was iu
town the, first of last week, informed
uslthat thev had invited Col. Elias
Carr to peak at the fair, A igust
18th and 20th, aud that he ha ac
cepted i the : invitation. There, is
probably no man in the Statij who
would attract a larger crowd I than:
Mr. Carr, aiid we are glad thatthe
management of the fair has afl orded
it$e opportunity for the.- people ' of.
llobesou to si e the next (iovrnor.
lie alo told us that they ex Kted'
Col. 'J. S. Carr to be there on ,'eter
an's day. "Jo le" Carr is the 'hon
ored President of the State Veteran's
Association; has done ni0re thun
other. man in the State toward the
establishment the Soldir's Home,
and his liberalty in all laudabjle en '-.
terprisei has made his name a house
hold word all over North Carolina
v e hope that both of these gentle
men will be at tbe Fair. -Luinber-
toii Robetonian.
' liiittrtn. June 17. -The Kail road
Commission to-day issued the follow
ing order to take effect Julj 1st: On
lull mixed trains, carrying passW"
w here two coacnes are aiiauney, ur
and scnut clati tickets must be
sold; where oiil? one coach is at
only secouu Class rates si
oWi-cr-mL unlesa -the coach h
rate apartments; then first an
ond class rates may oe cuargt
Alexander Mroaaon, isq., a
nent young lawyer of Kaleig
srone to Philadelphia, with e
to secure iue-uu um i
which is in the vaults of the
Trust and Annuity coinpau
1 7ft9 nis mother creat gran
Tnl. James Paviie; deposited
d then left for Vi
Alleged neira applied for the
louey,
but Mr. Strouach tounu a i
in an
1.1 Bible and this hd to
urther
evideiice'whieh is entirely satisfac
; nrirs. llaleiffli Con.- Wil-
LUI J IV i t a 1
mingtou Messenger.
CESERAL "SETTS.
H. L. Locke, of South Dakota,
who i first vice president of the
National Farmers' Alliance, will
succeed Col. L. L. Pplk aa pmideuL
The Republican national commit
tee to effect i a permanent organiza
tion will meet at Washington, ' D.
C, at the Arlington hotel, Monday
June 27.
The Cleveland leaders held an all
night conference in the rooms of ex
Secretary: Whftney atChicago Friday
night When it waa over Mr. ybit
ney said he had always thought Mr.
Cleveland would be nominated, but
now hekuowsthat he will be nomi
nated on the first ballot. -
Nkw Youk, "June 3 8. Total
risible supply of cotton for the whole
world. 3.fil h1oa nf whirK
2,927,875 bales are American, against
2,591,285 nd 136,85 respeedf J
last year. Recainiti nf tnttan this
week at all interior towns 995 bales
receipts from plantations 11,552
bales; rop in sight 8,878,368 bales.
Dr. Depew is in Washington. He
left f orf the capital late yestertlay
afternoon and his friends ' believe
that his mission is to talk with Presi
dent Harrison about the portfolio of
Secretary of State, which, it is laid,
has been offered to the New Yorker.
At Mr. Depewa residence last night
it was stated that the master of the
house would return on Sunday. S
... - . i
WATHiKOTOif, June 15. Repre-'
sentat jve Eli T- Stack house, of the
Sixth .district of South Carolina,
died suddenly at his residence in this
city Tuesday morning, of heart di
sease, Mr. Stackhouse - was in his
seat, in the house Monday and an
swered to roll: call, but complaining
of the intense heat, left the house and
returned to his residence. At lr30
a. 1m. Stackhouse heard- his father
breatliing laboriously and called to
him, but Jie did not respond. He
hever rallied and died shortly aftef
ward. Mr. Stackhouse was born in
Marion county, S. C, in 1824.
Chicago, Jane 18. Grain and
provisions were both firmer and
higher on the Board to-day. Corn
took the lead with an advance; of
lie. There was scarcely any news
on which to trade, ; firmness being
largely due to uncertainty as to the
future. Wheat opened at 78c for
July and September, sold to 78c,
and fell off to 772c on announcement
of receipt of the first car of nevr
wheat from Texas. Closing foreign
cables were weaker, the decline rang
ing from 1 penny in . Liverpool to
about 2 cents u bushel in Berlin.
The cable tailed to have. ' any effcet
wheat, on the contrary, advancing
to78ic for July. . ; :
Wichita, ' Kan., June 17. The
selection of candidates of the Peo
ple?' party dragged along all yester
day afternoon aud evening. Vaii B.
Prather was finally nominated for
Auditor, W. II. Biddell for Treasurer
II. N. Gaines for Superintendent of
Public Instruction and j Judge
Stephen II. Alien for Associate Jus
tice of the Supreme court. The
latter nomination was a . knock out
blow for the Fusibuists,! who .pre-
fer red Judge John Martin, a straight
Democrat. He was defeated by a
big majority. Early this morning
W. A. II arris, a Farmers' Alliance
man, was nominated, for Congress
man at large by acclamation.;' Harris
is an ex Confederate Colonel aud
was a Democrat before he joined the
Alliance. The convention then
adjourned. j -
A dispatch from. Helena, Mont.,
to the St. Louis Republic says: hail
road traffic is greatly delayed in
Nortlieri), Western and Southern
Montana, owing to the heavy rains
of the past three .da vs. The, train
that left St. Paul Thursday had a
narrow escape Friday from plunging
through a bridge at Terry, east of
Miles City... OvFallon creek, which
is ciossed by a bridge, was bank
high, and the '. torrent had swept
away the underpinning of the bridge
leaving the super-structure a mere
skeleton. ' A tramp who was making
his wav east was tlie only person
who noticed .the dangerous condition
of the bridge. At the risk of his
life he crossed and went some dis
tance down the track and : flagged
the express. As s6on as the passen
gers ascertained the coudition of
affairs aud the narrow escape they
surrounded the ; mau ' and over
whelmed hitn with expressions of
gratitude. At Terry 'they bous-nt
him a complete new outfit of cloth
ing and a ticket to St. Paul. A
substantial purse was also raised.
Chicago, June, 18. Emmons
Blaine, son of ex-Secretary of State
James G. Blaine, is dying. That
was the statement ; made at young
Mr. Blaine's residence at 10:45
o'clock a. m.. to-day. He hms been
ill several days. His condition was
brought about by blood poisoniug
originating in disorder of the bowels.
Latkr. Emmons Blaine died at
11:15 o'clock this morning. The
fact of Emmous Blaine's death was
kept coucealed ; f orsome time after
he had actually passed away, the
object "beiiig to reach the father first
with some sen tie intimation of the
sad news. EfforU to get telegraphic
communication with the ex-Secretary
failed, howeverj and about 12;15
o'clock the news of the death leaked
out. It was not until about a quar
ter of an hour prior to the the fatal
moment i that, ! the least intimation
that he was hi a dangerous conditiou
became known, and then it was ouly
to a few friei dsa4 his office in the
Baltimore aul Ohio railroad head
quarters in t jus city, i
TARBORO N. Cm WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22,
PRESIDENT POLK
THE ILLIAH C PBESIDE5T DIES
IU W1S3MGT0I.
ClsYleflilM Carrie4 U naif If h,
1. c. ftr Utettie it His Death
raises' a Tacaicy Dart i
FiU.
Atlanta Comrtitntiox : '
The death of CollJeonidaa L. Polk
Iresident of the National FartaeiV
Alliance and Ihdnstrial tTnibn, will
be geneiallt Vegretted. ,
' Col.' Polk' died in , the . prime of
manhood, after a painful illness, and
it is a sad disappoint to his friends
and followers to lose himl at . time
when ther so - ffreStly needed hisJ
codriset and leadership.
In rnany respects the late ,Irei
den of Ihe'Altiance was a reuarka-
'wvfHil'tiguerMt pen iHiad
eifhs of conrnhmdiner iwwer. ' In
other ages and countries 'movements
somewhat similar to the one he ! pre
sided over have been attempted, hut
they were not as pdwerf ul noiff so
ably directed as the present farmers
Crusade. Col. gave his whole heart to
the Cause, aud in the educational
work pf the Alliauce he was perhaps
the most important factor. ' His elo
quence and magnetism ; his followers
together, and few men ever had more
devoted friends.
: Concerning the political future of
this popular reader, it is idle to in
dulge in a speculative forecast His
part to the great reform work will
not be forgotten, and his admirable
traits of chafaetar as a mau and as
a 'citizenwill cause his death to. be
sincerely mourneck His removal
leaves1 a' Vacant place not easil y to be
filled. Leaders with the abilities and
accomplsshmenti of Leonidas L.
Polk are not to be( found every day. ,
THB ATLAKTA.
.The news of dpi. Polk's death was
received very "sorrowfully in' Atlanta
especially at the Alliance headqnar
ters. t
An -air of solemnity and regrqt
seemed to hover over " every office in
the Alliance building, and the men
the third party men seemed to be
fearful of disastrous j results that
may follow for ' the third party
throughout the country.
They would not talk so, however,
when aekeu abont the conseqiiencies
aid all kinds of things that the
Alliance ' aid Third, party would
suffer nothing from tne sorrowful
death of their esteemed leader noth
ing more than the lose of a good
man and faithful officer.
c c post TALKS.
C. C. Post the Third party "chief taJOT) ameng them. Sixty niem
of Georgia, "was asked about the J bers of the lower house of that State
probable effect of the death of Col. received $5000 . and $10,000 each..
Polk on the Third party iu the ! The Governor of the state received
South.
"Oh, nothing," said he. "Of th Lieutenant Governor received
course, we sorrow at his loss, bat the j $i0,000, all the clerks of th legisla
Third party will look westward for ' tue received $5,000 each, while $50-
its political leader now aud 1 think
u western man will be nominated
for the nresidency at Omaha. Pres
ident Polk would
have been the
man.
The oninion seems
to hn ve 'hn
general among Third party people
that Col. Polk would have beeu uoiu-
inatedfor the Presidency by the
Third party people, with Weaver
second on the tieket
others talk about it.
- Editor Irwin, bf the Southern Al -
liance Farmer, snake with feeling re-
sf ret at the death of
Col. Polk. Of
course we are going to miss
him,";
said he, "We will feel his death.:
loth in the Alliance and in the :
Third party. But we are working
for principles, not ni6u, and "our
principles will live, though men may j
die, The Third -party movement '.
feeling the loss of Col. Polk, v, 111 go
aud on after him.
The Drmanas.
Congress "has now been in session
iipsitU sir monf h mid it. hs nnfc
on I v A fHtl to do sl single ' tliintr for
the people, but the so-called Alliance
contingent has failed to make much
headway in putting the members of
the Fifty-second Congress on record
on the demands of the Alliance..
Congressmen asserted with great
firmness a year ago that they would
put this Congress on record for or
against effective legislation in favor
of demands. Livingston, of Georgia,
introduced the sub-Treasury bill; bat
ho far as the record shows, lie has
been content to let it quietly lie
iu the commonly believed to be
a side-trick, and the other a sub
Treasury bill; it is H. It bill No.
8577, aud is such admass of financial
nonsense as to bring contempt . upon
the cause.
The Economist does not propose to I
fW Ati;.,.A n.nn..n.onl
criticise the Alliance Congressmen:
but six months is a plenty of time
iu which twenty-five men could put
this Congress on record on every one
of the Alliance demands, and the
Economist has stood between them
and an impatient and indignant pub
lic long enough and will uot longer
attempt to defend inaction- that en
ables enemies to the demands to hold
their seats .because the people do
not know how they stand. An Alli
ance Democrat is' no better than any
other aind sf a Democrat or .Repub
lk&n if he is afraid to fight for the
Alliance demands because it offends
his party bosses and might militate
against their re-election. The peo
ple, want to know what their in Con.
and the Economist can not satisfy
them in full without telling as well
what they are doing; The whole
tale will be told by the Economist as
fast as the record "is yenned beyond
a doubt It will soon be time for
ConeTess to adioarn. and Chen the
record will be complete. National
Economint
HcaT'or the matiot
CsWnifrilyatiCstaaiJiIsa are
- StrtgCr Tar tae rPwssessUa -
fAneiieaas.
: 8EKM03T BY B. TALMAOK.
In this land riot and bloodshed
never giinexp any wagea for the peo
ple or gathered .up ahy proeperity.
In this land the best weapon is not
the club, not the ehillaleh nor fire
arms, but the " ballot Let nut our
oppressed laboring men be beguiled to
coming onder the bloody banner of
nihilism. I wHl make : yonr taxes
heavier, your wiges- Smaller, your ta-
Die scantier; yonr children hungrier
and
your Buffering greater, -let
rii1?i -. 1 r . i ...
this
muaara. wiia c reet reu wiin
slauehter comeaf forth and, offers its
hand for.j the republic Shall the
bands be proclaimed? f If " so ' where
shall the -marriage altar be,r and who
sha3r beJ the : offieiatlng-ri and
what shall or, wiir be the tansic?
That altar will nave to be" " white
with bleached kalis; the officiating
priest must be a dripping asasssm;
the music must be smothered tone,s
of mhltitudinous victims; the gar
lands must; be twisted of night-shadf
the fruit mnst.be apples of Sodori;
the wine must be the blood of St
Barthelomew'8 masacre. No, it is not
to Nihilism, the sanguiui-tal mons
tor that this laud is to be married.
Another suitor for the hand of ths
nation is infidelity. Mark, on that
all anarchists are infidels.' Not one
of theni believes in the Bible, and
very many of them are putting in
their pockets in oue year $200,000,
000 in excess of all reasonable charg
es -for services. Monopoly holds in
its hands, yes trathfnlly, beholds in
one hand the steam power of locomo
tives, and in the other electricity f
swift conimunicatiou. Monopoly
decides nominations aiid election,
city elections, state elections and na
tional elections. With bribes, he se
curer the votes of legislators, giving
appointments to needy relatives to lu
crative positions, employ m g r them
as attorneys if they are always rqadj
and are good lawyers,' carryiug in
their goods fifteen per cent" less, if
they are merchants and if .finds a
Case very stubborn as well as very
important pttts down before him
THB HARD CASH OR BHIBERT. j
But Monopoly is- not so easily
caught now .as when during the term
of Mr. Buckhannan. The legislative
Committee in oue of our states, ex
pressed aud exposed the manner hi
which a certain railway company
procured a donation of public land.
It Was found out that thirteen of
i me senators oi tne otate receiyeu
ii r j n a ' i
$50,000, his clerk received $o,0Q0,
wu were uivmeu among me loopy
agents. That thing on a larger or
smaller scale is all the time going qn
in some of the States in this Uniop,
but it is not so blundering as it .used
io oeauu inererore not so easuv ex-
posed, or arreted. I tell you that
the overshadowing curse of the
j United. States to-day is monopoly.
; He puts his hand ou every bushel of
j wheat, upon every sack of salt, upon
! every ton of coal and every man,
1 Z? T f f hl v lfnthe
fetiltes feels the t(mch of .onied des-
More Cowardice.
National Watchman
Additional eviaeuce is daily ac-
cumulatinjr teudinff ' to show the
perffdity aud cowardice of the present
; Congress. Mr. Bice A. Pierce, mem
' ber f rom Tennessee,, has all along
! been a fearless and -presisteut adyo-
i cats of free coinage, -He has
-He has been
ie trusted lieutenantof Mr. Blahd
1 during the entire contest Reahng
i f uBy the conditiou of affairs
and
j bow entirely the legislation
of Coii-
gres8 . was iiuaer tne control oi
Wall street Mr. Pierce determined
to lead a revolt and make an effort by
filibustering to forte a vote on . frje
coiuage. This was an easy matter
providing 36 men "could be depend
ed on to demand a vea aud nay vote,
on the motions made and resolutions
offered- The' ten People's party mem
bers readily, agreed to the proposition
as well as nine Republicans, but he
failed to get the 'assistance of there-
quired seventeen Democrats necessa
ry to make np the thirty-six obect-
ors. Here is another example bf
the "cowardly maiontv that shonld
condemn them iu the minds -of ail
honest men. It proves
conclusively
tof passtbe
that they i do not want taj pass the
bill, and have always been dishonest
ave always been
in their pretentions of loyalty ito the
measure. There is not the least
doubt that Speaker Crisp is at the
bottom of this entire anti-free coin
age element that now controls Con
gress. He is now the one man that
blocks all efforts to obtain
to obtain a vote, and in se doing i is
carryiag;out the instructions of nis
owners and' superiors, the money
Icings of Wall street. The people
have been "sadly and wickedly , de
ceived in Mr. Crisp, and will retire
him to political oblivion when, they
can bring him within their reach.
Further developments in this line
are expected, and will no doubt add
to the infamy that already attaches
to the present Congress. ' 1 f j
Every millionaire is the reaulfVof
iniquitous legislation, of a failure: of ?
the , government to protect- labor.
What an immense amount of iniquity
I the repnblic-democratic management
j has to answer for! National Ad-
vince.
8T2:
LETTER
FROM CAM".
DER.
ALEXAS
Uls Views the St. LealS Deaaad
Wilmington Mesctenrr
Washutotok, I. C.
W. If. KenciHy Eq. Chairman Deoto.
tTafic Executive' Coimitteet -m
Hanover County
Dea n Si b: If you refer to the
demands made by the St Louis Con
ference and officially reported by
the delegates of the North Caroli
na Farmer's Alliance as the St
Louis platform" I will say that my
position on it was correctly statd in
an editorial in the Charlotte Oberver
several weeks ngo. I do not endorse
the preamble where it reflects ou the
leadership of the Democratic party
as to the demands on fiuauce, land
f nd trausjxirtatiou (there are only
three) i 'approve them. Ihey are
exactly the samC" in substance as
those of the demands . passed bi the
National Farmer's Alliance andf In
dustrial Union at St Loais in1 De
cern ber, 188y, and were three of the
national demands when I was nomi-
nated aud elected iu 1890. The fi
nancial question is the most impor
tant to our people. The land oues-
uon uoes not aueei ns as we uf
no LTnited Statesands in our State.
The ownership of railroads em,not
affectum until an amendment to the
constitution of the United States is
passed the granting the right, fcr
purchase railroads. 'As between a
railroad commission wijth power to
make freight and passenger rates
and government ownership, I believe
the latter the best but; it .is too far
iu the future to warrant discussion
uow. I will only add that as long
as the people of the United States
permit corporations to own the rail
roads that they should be treated
justly and fairly and "no vote of
mine will be given to violate . a coii'
tract or impair their ' property. j
did not desire to express my views
over my signature at present as each
sub-Alliance will be called upon to
ratify or f reject each fof the afore
said demands Being, chairman of
the executive committee of the State
Alliance thi3 publication may affect
the votes of some members that I
should have preferred should have
voted oil their own judgment :
5-- 'ery truly, ; ' )'. :
t ! S. B. : Blkxa xdkk. ,
An Open Dosr.
Among the greatest diflicultitfS be
setting the way aud most serious ob
stacles impeding the triumphant prog
ress of the reform movement are the
vindictive Jiostility bf the press asso
ciations aud the attitude aud " policy
of the fnetripolitan . press. The
press associations seemed to have en
tered into a conspiracy of silence
and studiously ignore all important
news conceraTng the great political
revolution that is rapidly jtaking
place; while the newspapers, in. hand
ling what news concerning the; re
form movement they receive bykwire
mendaciously misrepresent nsucb
news, even to the extent of making
the headlines givethe lie to the-sub-ject
matter of the item itself ."
But worse than all this, the col
nnius of the daily papers arc, as
ruled, denied to economic reformers,
While their editorial writers corn bat
f ciui lit in caii anu cicij loouc-! 1.1119
coudition of affairs make it well nigh
impoosi-ble to reach, with the gospel
of reform, the thousands, nay millions
of readers who never see a reform
newspaper, although' there are a
thousand, more or les3y of , sujh" pa
pers, having a circulation in every
State of the union. s Within the past
few nioiiths,; however, One of the best
metropolitan dailies, the Chicago -ier
Ocean has inaugti rated a new
policy, and lias opened' its columns
to a presentation of the prominent
living issues of the day, and has in
vited and solicited communications
from Alliauce and People's party
writers. Mr. Nixon, ; the editor-in-
chief of the paper, is a broad-gauged
man who is a truth-seeker and
his ideas are t hat if the Hepublican
party cannot meet and refute the, ar-1
gumeuts of the People's party, "the i
Kepublicaii party -mutst be wrong
and the People's party must 1 right
and the quicker it is found out; the
better it will be for all concerned.
Mr. It M.-Easley editor of the econ
omic department is in favor
of giving the advocates of re
form a fair show and opening i the
columns of his department to a full,
free and fair discussion of the ques
tions involved, i s- - . V
Of course the Inter Ocean is a rad
ical Republican paper "and in all
probability will ! not - be converted
from the error its ways, but will con
tinue, editorial ly to ridicule and op
pose reiorm measures, and misrepre
sent the people's movement But
this matters "not and is neither- here
norJ there. Truth is mighty and
will prevail. Not all of the. I'ifer
Ocean's thousands of readers are big
oted fools or intolerant partisans; in
deed, it may reasonably be presumed
that the great majority of . them-are
as intelligent and honest as the thou
sands of People's party voters in Kan
sas, Nebraska, Minnesota 'and the
Dakotas, who only three years ago
were radical, uncompromising lie
publicans. These individuals! be
cause of .the fair and generous policy
of the Inter Ocean, will see both sides,
and having learned the truth will
by such truth be made free from
blind and intolerant partisan ties.
; Let these Alliauce and People's;
party writers send to K. 31. Easley,
economic editor, articles treating of
the sub-Treasury plan,, the lav cur
jeucy plan, the i graded income tax,
Iship of railroads, but make no mis-
tr ivrnTrifntaI liarikinor uil nwnr.
takes aud be sure voU are ri'jht lef
vou Krtte.- ' i
, Geiikok C. aki. f
In the Infer' O-t in f Aprir 2Ut ' Vvm
the following ! cnimuUicatKKjs ap- j .
pearrd ou brnkt and banking: -
SEXATOR riFTEttS pi.k. t
" UVITKI) STATET SE?f ATK. )
Washixgtos, I C. March 1C. :
Replying to j-our reqnest unde. -date
of the 5tb instant in relation
to supplying the place of i national
bank circulation. I have to say
that in mV own judgment tlu best
snbstitnte is. what the people of Kan
sas favored fourteen . years ago,
namely, United Statt not com
monly called greefibacke; for, as
you know, national bank notes ate'
redeemable -in United States notes.
I think it would be well , to abolish
the w hole systenv'of baiik'oie isdes.
No baukiug . j usti tntion slioulu 1 be
permitted to rste"liiyth?g which- is
to be used as legal tender money
unless the issue is supported - by the
power; and the credit , of the govern
ment aud tfte material isedr what
ever it may be, should not leredeeui
able in anything. It ought to go
rut to. the people as moner. full
-fledged, ready for duty,, without any
weight or impediment or conditions
Fof auy sort whatever;1 What we
use as money- should be absoluiely.
free from all conditions, so that
there could be no "runs" bu banks
in time of stringency, and no panic:
because debtors are unable to obtain
legal fender money. I berieve .that
the time has come to uationulize our
mduer. W-j took one long step in
that direction when- we adopted our
uatioual banking system. We taxd
state bask notes out of existence,
substituteil a national currency for
a purely local currency;, and it was
only a short time after embarking
in this new enterprise until' we dis
cdvered that the bankers of the ootin
try were masters of the financial situ
ation. We find thst--instead of serv
ing the" people they served, them
selves. In 1 882 . there weie $358,
000,000 of bank note circulation.
Since that time about $240,000,000
of it -has been retired, no t because
the people did not need the, money,
but because the banks realix-d a
profit from the sale of their bonds
at a premium the bonds that they
bad deposited as seenrity for circu
lation. Our experience and that of
other nations has been that bUuking
corporations are private, schemes for
profit to individual persous, and bur
observation has taught us that there
is only one safe way, to . avoid . the
dangers. to whtcu that sort or a
financial management subject us;-
- T . - .
'i
that is, xof the nation itselt to pre-
pare l s own money, eTry dollar oi
it- issue it to the people directly
through government agencies, wholly
without the use and iutervcntjpji f
banking corporations or other pri
vate agencies. : ' i
You understand from the fore
going that I would not onlyv stilteti
tn to -United States notes, or treasury
notes, if you choose, for national
bank notes as they are being retired,
but I would substitute that . sort of
money. for all bank issues: and I
would do even niol-e than that: I
would not make money out of a
promise to pay; that is to say, I
Iwould not write out a promise to
pay money and. call that promise
money; but I would use a piece of
. reaper iu as are now using a piece
l44pf gold or a Diece of silver, and! make
thatmoiiey, providing in the ilaw
what its functions shall be. '1 hat
puts the influence? the credit,, mid
the power of all the people behind
the money. Then we will have gold
aud silver and paper at par one with
the other; and that if we will re-,
duce rates of interest down ,to the
level of profit on labor so that men
can make as much , money farming
or black smithing or carpentering as
they can by lending money, will
give us a safe currency, a sound
financial system, 'aud no more money
panics. -
Yours Truly,
W. A. Peffkr.
Folk Memorial AsseclatlsB.
At a meetiag of a number of
friends of. the late Col., L. I Polk,
held in Raleigh, June 13th; it was
1
determined to call a public meeting
to be held in . Metropolitan Hall,
Ealeigh,June 23d, at 12 o'clock, for
the: purpose of organizing a i'olk
Memorial Association, looking to the
erection of a suitable monument to
his memory.' i':::yA. . ::
Jo this end,- the undersigned, a
committee appointed by said, meet
ing, cordially I invite the co-operation
of those interested iu this Btate
and throughout the country.
Marios, BcTTUt,
E. McK Goodwin,
N. B. BaocoHTOjr,:
A. J. Dalbt,
S. o: WiLsox,
-W. J. Pkkle,
J. J. Thomas,
Committee.
Caa Not Beeoae a rarjy,
-' " - ( ' . -:
liesolations of - the Maryland
Fanners- Alliance and ; Industrial
Union, August 11, 1891:
"That the Farmers' Alliance and
Industrial Union is not aud can; not
become a political party. The prop
er work of the order . is educational
only,-and its members are free, each
for himself, to decide with whst
party he will act It is, on the -other
hand, for the political pasties and
the managers thereof, each for them
selves.- to determine what they will
do to deserve the moral support of
the order or the rotes of its members
THICK, 'FIVE CKNTS
Hka inrj)i:r.M:'ijKNT
Mir
.1.
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IKtiU'i:N r
Porlfif Ail
V l! 5
Acting
the '..::-d .. t
Jerii'v t'ilv. f
in ;uiai::ii ,
laud.- I.ujy
ready tvati
Uiistorv their
to th-w ut ir-4-':
can 'onifiiihi:t-f';
die which' t h,3 I. . . c
of 'th pn
defphiH,-
Klv4lU i
seyAt y, W l ujiwg U u, , HV s . h i
and 4t Jirr pjiuns. m.'.t 1
spvK iiijj .-.iit,;
Our tn tdertt uund , ; ;tl.
ranidity Ymit hly dl-.u 'i.
cal sourers.of waKff i
cient m ouuniit
health from jt
factory waste.
i u i ivii in'
Tiu n fallow
or less proton;
entrqverjfv.
plain i tie fact
ft H'tt
s j.ot now
!Wai.iv may
n 'ta.e the
ix; tnv I act is Ueiiti i
chemical test niiuin
4 iv. s with that
of that ot th i.-n ami wuter
which I? uirtrl Ton 1 susviii in?, and
bad tasting is found 1 th.- clu tnist
to be impure, Jii 4 lnn. six and .nbih
j. .. . ...M I';, i . i '
un ussuia-u. . r.uiin' "ii- iv.tif8 are
declared. fale, or it i. a-.i t-'d t hat
they mean just the i .!. i.f whnt he
himself says. Otlu-i- .cM.-rts are em
ployed, and tlief hVtal waift aiij.ply
though it inay 4;oitaiu tf- sewuge
10,(K)0or l,(HiO.0i)( jvop!-, h ful
ly dwcovtTetl Ui Wv;r e IrtSne! V pure
aud sjttronil in ii ri ty to muih-u the
country. Uu t,ai lad, afUr urs of
denial.--during lii.-li tlu-" public
health has tcvfix'y t.uiTViv, the. fact
of . Klluii.! "is '.'adinitted-njfu the
couiniuuity 'resort's to uiif or more
of th three following omi'div;
" 1. It ubundoiis local for the re
mote uourcxv, stieh""tits .tpruigs, lakes,
rivers. or anurs of (upland drainage.
4: It ftink.-j urterfiau wt'lls, or
Jeep
well, or Mibtcrrnncaii 'galh riei.
o. It -purifies - lb ; Klhitil local
supply. - r ' j
In - the - htudy -of this subject
.there is no sou rev. of. .rnfoj rinuiion
more valuable t ban the blue bok
, Containing the' -n i ti 11 f-n of ii. piirv
before the Koyal Comuuis-ion of lS")i
and 1S0.S upon the fiipply f ln
dun" drew its mi jjlv dir.-. ijv fjnm
the Thanks where it :ilouei nhnmgh
the town li ridge. . This '. w'a"in. I 'll,
and a esniurV - T'tr (U tl i ' Ji
rh.inuM wi.h again dra .vn 111,011 ut
Charing L'ro-io, anl thi-j i:tf u k re
mained in tic as lal- u-i. S-y
Again, iii l?ri.J, the Chvln-u
Wafer
' and
While
v was
"chalk
ht' in
W'orks '.ve.c ; c.uiWli-iK'il,
in 1 1 o. those ul 1 Uiii .'! Ji.
onie part of the watcr-'Mipp
derived fioin niiii gH iu th.
formation at (.'had vrrlj., (l.r.nij
tnrougli a f-uuai cau'l 1 1 Aew
Kiv
frotn er, iu iol.J) utntl .aii'j 'h-- ..purl
tberuer lxvyiit iodtKv41v -4he I'jast
fxmdon - ater'At orkis '- ('iii5itnv. . in
or II: it"-; '
: .L. . j..' ' .
i f thr V. ni-r s?pes
i( i ft to.
t " ' ' -
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('--Mi., v-.i ,cr
Mi.' ..;. -- ;;.-if-. of
i iit-f IT,;.:, i .oOt-
if s ii..- h.4iv al-
tf f's-- j!i the
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"1 ' -. ii
i.i' :i-irl-
i.'.i.i to
ifSa- Ulid
h more
bitter
180jj)f.vet.as'1a-te ur the e;ir " 1 .
the nietrojMjli.i wu iiriijfipallv :ip
plied bv water tiken from the '
Thames within the mie'liuf the tidal
flow. But iu Xts'i'.) :i rovsil. coimist-
iugof TelfonI, Hnnu'lty and Kuget
was appointed to nj iMiie int ""-the
description the quality, and the ku-
Inbntv . of , the wider. - Thev re-,
ported" "that the Thanii-4 water,
When ; free from extrant'ous sub
stances, was 111 a i.etate consider
able purity; but an it--appruached
t lie metropolis it b-a7iif- loaded with
a quantity of filth, m Iifch n udered '
it disgusting, it appeal vd, however,
that a verv 'conjiidenile part. 1 if not
the whole, of this exUamoiiM tnut
tr might be removed dy lilt ration
through hand, and th '"o'nimis.iioii
decided 'that it wai 'iterfeetlv iwhi-
ble to filter the. whvle .uriply with
the requisite rapidity and within
reasonable limits of expend-." Stimu
lated by this report, and ular-ned.
probably, at the prospect of a sweep
ing chauge of the Htftinw of supply,
the coiupaiiies directed ihvir atten
tion to the purification 0 ria wstr
by filtratiyu. It -wsw . fojndthat
the only apirojriate ujUtriaI for j
mechauical fiitratro:i on a Ur7e s:.ile
,was fine sand; but the great practical.
difficulty was to prevent the sand
from becoiuHig clogy-d, and to Cud
an easy, -practical, ami cheap method"
for its reuewatr After iofi evjxTi-
mentation, a" means was d covered
of gettpig over ditiic-ultics. It
was found that by far the greater
quantity of th impurities was held "!
iu suspension by the aitatiyn and
motion of .thr water, and that: if it
was allowed to stand for tonie time -at
perfect : rest in a Tenervoir. the
heavier and grosser jwrticlei, wer
deposited by nimpt; u!4idt.-iice,
leaving only a small proprtiori of
lighter and finer matters to W dealt
with bv filtration. -It was aWfound
that when the water wa- al!owel t-t
filter downward th'rugh a porous '
bed of sand, held up in its m v by
underlying layers of coars. gravel,
the dirt did not penetrate into its
mass, but wa toijed at it upper
surface, so tliat the whole cltsxniug
operation necessary wai to scraje this
surface off to a blight thickness, and .
wheu it had becomd too much dimin
ished to put on frejdi sand. "
In accordance with these sugges
tions, the first large filter, which
had an area of one acre, was put in
to use by the Chelsea t,Vnijanyrin
1829. .
JCON'TI.VJt'EOOl'K XEXTj ,