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J - - PEACE ON EAJUH AND GOOD WILL TO MEN. DESBORO. N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1895. NO. 7. vol. ir. ' -.ii , WiA f ! M' J : : : ; ' 1. ,- 1 v - A . y - ' '; - - . Ml I'll - ' - : f i - : : .f : H LAWYERS FOR GOLD. WHEN MADE LEGISLATORS. JUDGES, OR OFFICIALS. ' the Are True to Their Old Matters, Corporations, Jrnd Their Fes Go Bight - AlongTime for Hiai to Step Down . and Out. ( Me Representative: The infamies perpetrated by the corporations are aided by the corporation lawyer, and the fact, that he. becomes , a legislator, -a judge, or holds any other government position, does not in any degree absolve him from his allegiance to the corpora tion. "There is," ays the Chicago Weekly Sentinel, "scarcely an instance of misrule or of injustice to the common people, while conferring favors upon the rich, that cannot be traced directly to the machinations and intrigue of the corporaton lawyer." Corporations are Veritable govern ments, deriving their powers from gov ernments formed by the people, usurp ing the power of: the civil government , and avoiding responsibility and punish ment, no matter what the controversy, by, always having "a friend at court," or a paid servant, or both, in the person Df the corporation lawyer. The government is poor, can raise, money-only by taxation; corporations are rich, can pay their hired servants , princely sums. , Every attorney regards it as his first great duty to provide for the payment of his fee. He will take-any case, or any side of a ease, provided his fee is forthcoming. A man may be a mighty poo? lawyer, but; he is' always a good fee-taker.. Nobody ever knew a lawyer to refuse any part of a fee offered him. f Now, take a lawyer who has spent half of his life working for the man , or corporation that will bay. him the biggfeat fee,, instead of studying ques tions of right and wrong that affect the welfare of his fellow man, and he is mighty poor material to make a disin terested, j unselfish, patriotic statesman of. Teh (fhances to one he will keep right on' taking feesfrom the "most gen erous fee-giver. , Sam ,Pysj, lawyer $5,000 a 'year forhls 'serVc as' senator. His. old master, a certain raiU road corporation, hi whose employ he may yet continue secretly, can pay him $50,000 for his vote on an important measure and make money by the opr cration. Can. the conscience of the av- erage corporation lawyer stand such a strain? . v ; Uncle-Sam pays his president $50,000 a year. A money, syndicate, or cprpora- ; tion of bankers, if you please, can pay him $l,000,00pttQ force a big bond issue,' and make for them $10,000,000 clear by ' the operation. Could a man accustomed all his life to taking fees from corpora tions, and trying to make the wrong side' of questions appear right, resist Buch a temptation? . A man accustomed all his life to rc- gard his fee as the' motJt important feature of any transaction is a. danger ous man-to represent the interests of the common people, who. are unable to back up a small salary with extra fees and perquisites. ! And yet it is just that class of msn Iwho get;irito office, especially into legis lative. hallSy elected by the aid of corpo rations, tovdo the dirty work of corpo rations.. - TTou can count on your fingers the faames of every congressman and U. S. Eenfator who -was, prior to his election, neither -a-vcorporation attorney. nor an officer; director ror stockholder In a. na tional bank. -v . Nearly every, cabinet officer since Jhe VdayClof Lincoln' has been a corporation lawyer. Every president since t Grant has been a corporation lawyer. Every federal judge of the present Vday, with scarcely, an exception, has been a -corporation lawyer. r , Sniras, who went over to the million vfeires with the casting vote on the in tome tax, was a corporation lawyer. Olney, the new secretary of state, won !hls appointment through his devotion ; to the interests of corporations, less than a year ago. ' . , Harmon, the new attorney general, has long been the head of a firm of corporation . lawyers, and announces - that business in his interest will Still be . transacted at the old stand. : Chauicy Depew gets $100,000 a year jas attorney for a single corporation, land the man whom he is coaching for 'president Wouldn't stand the ghost of ia chance for renomination were it not lor his past . services as attorney for railroad corporations. . 1 With the executive, judicial and leg islative branches t of our government tinder tfye management of corporation lawyersVis it any wonder that our Iaw4 are . psed, interpreted and executed! in ther interest of corporations, and to thegreat detriment of the common peo ble?v . ; " .j There is little hope for genuine po- ilitical reform until the corporation law- Iyer is made, to step down and out. j Dishonest Money. We publish elsewhere the story! of a pensioner of the government living in the State of Kansas who demanded his isonex ill gold. The goldhugs have en- couraged every man to belle v has a perfect right to demand any government obligation. lisle has ins paper that sted on paying out gold on specifically states that il represents gold or silver, and he, payf out gold on other paper while face calls for silver. Mr. Cleveland and his abettors say that it is necessary io pay every obligation in gold upon the de mand of foreigners. They insistfjurther- more that there is an abundanciof gold as a basis fori all the paper aid silver obligations that are now belt ... i I . i' i .. . - me; man wno believes tne these statements naturally exp he can go to a bank and dem for any money! he earns. Whe Kansas oensioner re.allv belle story he ha($ heard that it woijd be a robbery tif ihe soldiers to reiabhetize silver and pay the government pen sioners in silver dollars, or whether he wanted to prove that those wbjq thus talked were (liars, he tried the Experi ment and found that the honest money" was! not on hand to pfejy his pension. Here is a practical test of the aonesty of the "honest money" scheme nensions of the soldiera alone werte to be paid each quarter in gold two-thirds of the banks of j the country would aave to shut theirvdpors and go out of business. Let the people demand the gold for every day . business purposes and the bankers would be the mort eager people in the country for a double standard. We doubt if there is a bank j inj (Rich mond that could pay its obligations for three days With gold alone. There is nothing that more clearly demonstrates the dishonesty ot advocates of a single standard. these This pensioner had a perfect right to de mand payment in gold, and if he had been dealing! with honest men he jwould have received his demand. Thesej gold bug papers tell us that the poor man wants the very, best money for his services, but! when he goes tb a; bank and demands that he shall be, paid in gold he is driven out of, the bank. 1 A home or foreign banker canj how ever, send to the United States treas ury a silver certificate, which the bank er says is worth only fifty cents on the dollar, and get jdollar for dollar in. gold. When oner who knows anything oi Unjeijiearslorie of these goldbugs talk commercial purposes and sees! with what tenacity the banks cling to Jt and knows that there is not enough n the banks to pay j the soldiers' pensions alone the thought cannot be kept b ack "what liars these goldbug mortals be." Richmond, Va., Star. Hard on Cleveland, law said that import The duties interest on the bonds should be paid in "Coin." 'V'' j The law said that import duties should be paid in "Coin.' The scheme of the law was that the 'import duties should supply the coin needed to pay the interest on. the bonds. If, this law; were carried out, we would always be flush Of coin, and bond issues could not be forced. But Cleveland says that coin, t the Custom House, means either silver or gold. ; ' '' Therefore the Wall Streeters pay the import duties in silver; . At the treasury; Cleveland says the word coin means gold. Therefore the Wall Streeters get gold. ; ' In this adroit way Cleveland plajs into the hands of the Wall Streeters, and they catch the tax payers both ways. Mi'' Do you believe that Cleveland pros- titutes public policy to the Wall Street syndicates in this way without being paid for it either directly or in directly? i : 'Never inj the world. A corrupter ruler than Cleveland has never held the reins Of our Government His enormous health, suddenly piled up, during the last four years, cannot be explained upon any other idea than that he ha'si been a secret partner in the infamous deals he has allowed Wall Street to make at the expense of the people. What ,wili be the next movej after the raiders have got all the bonds they, want? Ml ; The retirement of the Greenback! The paperj money of the Government1 is to be destroyed, and the monopoly of issuing currency and' of controllng Its volume is io be handed over -Hto the national bankers. Silver will be token mone'yj only; gold" will be the money of reserves and final payment; bank notes vill be the currency of the business world, and the national bank monopoly will set their own price upon that. Take a broad view of the tendency of events, and see if this isn't the situation which threatens us: 1st. The!; ; nation's public revenues mortgaged (to the Wall Street syndi cates by means of bonds. j 2nd( Thej nation's private revenues put at the (mercy of the Wall; Street syndicates by means of the transporta tion taxes levied by the railroads and the taxes levied on the mediiun jof ex change by the National ; Bank! monop- oly.. , . T-tl TT "1 " ' ! ' ; - j .. M f ts that mrriW -rmm ...wL - it dgoid . ;t3. . vmsmimMmmmmmmum,mm- tier this few. - if vj . WgmmtVmZA : 7wTv?lfSiS'' i i iv bh i mA - . t . m . -v- 'tfrzyv ' w- . m m m mm it mm m w r i, , hi - - i i - - -1 THE SITUATION; THE STEAL OUR THUNDER. DEMOCRATIC . JONAH TRYING TO SWALLOW THE WHALE. There Are . Now Only Two Parties- In This Country: The. Populist and Republican -j-Democracy Has Been ClevelandUed t People Are in Earnest. While pretending to lecture theip party and threatening a great bolt, the democratic silver papers cannot help betraying the real object of their friendsip for the Populists. They want thci .Pppulists to come and help tpam save he old party. The Chicago Dis- nrtrrrrr-ffrPlanations havo been answered- by.4 work of corralling the Populh.ts, the following extract is a fairfi; and AcLiuyiti oi its auvice auu policy: n 1 - r ii j i j ii iThe great growth of the Populis party is proof that the democrati party has departed from the people The republican party stands for mo nopoly and the money power. Democ racy must get back into line with Jef fers'onian principles or it will perish. Its platform in 1896 must be broad enough to jnclude all wholesome Pop ulist doctrines." "Democracy must get back" oh, yes! Democracy is going to reform it self and do better. Don't you see? it must have a platform that will keep the kickers in the party and it must be as nearly like the Populist platform as. possible, because that is thej party the bolters will join if they leave the party. Then, many Populists once belonged to the democratic party, and it is fair to Assume that, having once been bam boozled by the glamour of glittering prcjmises, they can.be fooled again. But the Pops have learned some thijngs since beginning their career as kickers. They have learned that the promises of leaders are worthless, and that the people must depend whollly upon themselves instead of upon, poli ticians. . What the people promise themselves depends upon their own efforts to ac complish. Let the democratic party perish if it will. Jeffersonian principles Will not per ish1 neither will the people perish. Men who believe in Jeffersonian principles must get together in a party that votes for Jeffersonian principles. When the party of Grover Cleveland. Caj-lisle, Hokei Smith, Brice, et al . addpts a Jeffersonian platform; with gotd-bug candidates, the People's party will run men of Jeffersonian princi ples on the Omaha platform not on mere promises of the candidates, but updn pledges and with instructions di rect from the people. Thert if they are elected and prove false tb their pledges, there is a grow ing sentiment among the people that such traitors should be met' at the trains when they return from Washing tori and hanged to the nearest telegtaph pole. ' The people are getting too much in earnest to be played with. ' They talk of abolishing many of : the offices by which we have; heretofore been able to control legislation. They gather in mobs' and defy the federal army and militia, declaring that the civil power is greater than the military. . he laborers have combined with the farmers to organize a new rjarty foreign to the spirit of the money power, un acknowledged by the great dally press anjlj a menace to our most shrewd poli ticians, They declare themselves in favor of trial by jury, and insist on the rabble haying a voice in the government. They threaten to annull sacred con tracts entered Into by. f oreUn sradi- from RESULT OF INTEREST-BEARING cates for the protection of bankers ond exporters of gold. They talk of confiscating the lands of foreign investors . who have placed their capital in American estates. They threaten to abolish our charters and franchises, and alter fundamental- . ly the melhods of government. They are at this time circulating papers, books and pamphlets and send ing forth agitators to inflame our most devoted vassals against our most cher iisjied means and methods of amassing riches. . In every stage of these uprisings and murmurings of discontent we have tried to persuade the people to be patient, in the hope that our plans might ; be completed, and they would soon see the futility of opposing us. But our ex- efforts tQ our prerogative orTliricr lloTT, j o c A people so irreverent and fanatical are unfit even to serve an aristocracy of such glorious wealth as we have built up here in America. We have warned them from time to time of unwarrantable efforts to secure jurisdiction over us. We have re minded them of our power to crush any act of congress or to quell any strike or other disturbance.' (Ve have ap pealed to their devotion to party and conjured them by the traditions and precedents of preachers and politicians, toliahandon these vagaries, disband thelrvunions and accept the situation in life to which it has pleased God to callithem. But they are growing deaf to sermons on humility and despise the mysteries of finance. We must therefore take measures to hold them in subjection; if they can not be induced to submit willingly then we must use force. We, therefore, the representatives of the Bank of England and Wall street. N. Y., owners of the United States, and 4 joint heirs with Baron Rothschild in the ownership of the earth, appealing to the Supreme court for the constitu tionality of our actions, do, in the name and by. the authority of Grover Cleve land and John Sherman, solemnly pub lish and declare that the united money power is, and of right ought to be, ab solute sovereign; and that bankers, trusts, syndicates and corporations are henceforth absolved from j all allegiance to any law passed ; by any congress or legislature of America; and that all political power henceforth shall be held only by the divine right of property. In witness whereof we mutually pledge the standing armies, guns and war-ships together with the gold of all the lead ing nations of the world, whose rulers have adopted the single gold standard. The Too Honest Teacher. Until about a week ago Professor; E. W. Bemis taught political economy at the University of Chicago. That insti tution, as everybody knows, but as it is well to repeat, is the educational 'ad junct of the Standard Oil Company. A son-in-law of the great John j D. Rockefeller is a professor on the place. "On the place" is a pleasing phrase ap plied to preceptors at this haunt of wisdom, because they are simply hired and not appointed. Among the hands on the place is Prof. J. Lawrence Loughlin, whose political economy is of the well-known and highly-esteenaed capitalistic brand. One of the great truths propounded at this university is that there is no labor problem. To return 'to Professor Bemis. This instructor has for some time been giv ing great dissatisfaction to the Stand ard Oil Company owing to the lectures he delivers to hist'cl asses. The pro fessor, has asserted, for example, that monopoly in private hands is a social evil. He has denounced the aggressive ness of capital and the evils of the wage system. It did not take long Sound Oveyi BONDS AND SHERMAN. for the mighty Rockefeller to learn of these things. President'Harper, of the university, who is never weary of sing ing the praises of Rockefeller, to whom he owes his easy position and his fat salary, took Professor Bemis to task He admonished .him that it was verj wrong to say such cruel things of th money power, surely tne money powe. is a glorious institution,; since but foi it there might to-day be no University at Chicago. But the contumacious pro fessor replied that he could never con senj to teach anything but the truth. So ihe objectionable statements were repeated by I the pedagogue next day when his classes were In the lecture room. The result was jthat Professor Bemis Aa.a been removed. Commenting upon me incident, the Nw York World mar-js:--. - , . L . L... : ; "It Is admitted by the ' president of the University of Chicago that Profes sor E. V. Bemis was removed from his position because of his opinions on the evils of monopolies audi trusts and on the necessity of restrictions In grant ing franchises. "It is difficult to see hiow a professor of political economy canj teach the his tory and fundamental principles of his subject without pointing out their ef fect on the community! and the evils as well as the benefits I to which they lead. If he finds that ! franchises are made the instruments of usurpation and encroachment on public rights; that trusts and great monopolies are harm ful to the commonwealth; that the de i nial of protective rights! and privileges to labor is a source of danger as well as an injustice, the factjwill, of course, become evident in his instructions and conclusions. The episode reveals n the plainest mariner an evil from which every edu cational institution in the land suffers more or less. There is not a university in the land which dare teach the truth of economics. Why? Because it is. the rich who endow chairs and give money to keep colleges going. Consequently no faculty dare alienate the vested in terests. Indeed, it is understood that numbers of college professors now let many subjects in political economy se verely alone. They will not teach that which they know to be error, and they dare not teach that which they know to be the truth because itheir livelihood would be jeopardized. Twentieth Cen tury. Wanted -More 'Hon Qua. The honestv of the Chinese in their business dealings is shown in the ac tion of Hou Qua. the Canton million aire, who died a few years ago, leaving at least $50,000,000. One of the Chinese firms of Canton failed, J owing a great sum to foreigners. Hou Qua got up a subscription and paid the whole indebt edness. He headed the list of sub scribers with $1,000,000 out of his own pocket, saying at the'same time that "Chinese credit must j remain untar nished." This is the Same man who, when the British were about to bom bard Canton, unless their demand of $6,000,000 was paid within forty-eight hours, hea.led'the subscription list with the sum of $1,100,000. "I give," said he, "$800,000 as a thank offering for the business prosperity I have had. I give $100,000 as a testimonyj of the fidelity my son, and $200,000 as a mark of the affection which I bear j my wife." Hou Qua is still greatly honored in Canton, and his name is synonymous with busi ness honor. Now, bear in mind that the Wall rm . a . . a ' atreet syndicates wmcn own your bonds also your own railroads and your national banks, and remember that if these agencies of extortion be powerful in the "hands of srate owners, they are simply irresisri "le when united in the hands of one feigantic combination! Isn't your future rather perilous ? THE ATLANTA FAIR OPEHS. I CLEVKIiAND PRESSED THIS BUT TON. A GREAT PARADE. The International and Cotton OtetSS Exposition It Now In Frill TOatt. With the auspicious accompanlnsat ot mil itary pomp and ciylc dignity, leadimf an lm mense crowd of poopl. aad honored by ta , presence of the dignitaries of the Church tad representatives of foreign countrta. the Col ton States and International Exposition was formally opened tc the world on WedneSdaj afternoon. " i The parade was a brilliant one, lacking the tedious encumbrance of a great rnboell-' neons throng. It as eompoeed entlrarj of military bodies anc . bands ot mxuic, head ad by the United States Fifth Infantry and tE Washington Artillery, of New Orleans, aad followed by seTer il regiments of Georgia State troops. The parade mWed promptly ' from tha starting point at the center of the city, at - tne intersection or Broad ana nanttu streets, and was about an hour in traversing ; the distance ot three milj?a to the exposition grounds, reaching; there about 3.90 o'clock. The exercises ntithe auditorium were Im- nosini? and imoresiaive. It was a eratifvlnff surprise that the auditorium, though crowd ed, was comparatively cool and the aoouttie nroDerties were almost perfect, so that the speakers could be distinctly heard In all parts of the buildlhg. President uouier re ceived a creat ovation when he arose to speak, as did Mrs. (Joseph Thompson, presi dent of the Women's Board. The sneeehes were all vood. and the ora tion by Judge Emiry Spfeer, of the United States Court, was a profound utterance. The hit of the dayjwas by Booker JP. Wash ington, the representative of the negro race, who, in a 20 minute speech, evoked greater He seemed to hav4 the ear of the audlende, aud pleased both whites and blacks. Some ultra conservative people wno nave , doubted the propriety of inviting a negro to take a prominent part in tne programme were enthusiastic In tneir praise oiniaspeeea, and it is generally conceded that Its effect will be a happy one. ' i The exposition is much nearer completion than the public had supposed. The actual opening revealed a series of displays nearer completeness thanjany ever &hown by an ex position at its opening, V THE PEE8S1NO Or THEBtJTTOK.' A great crowd of people ' gathered in thr Machinery Hall before the-close of the ex ercises in the auditorium, waiting to see the majestio lnnuenoe oi the touch tnat would come over tne wires lor a tnousana miles to set the machinery in motion . ' The big Friok engine was in readiness, and a row of bat teries rested near tpe engine. Just at 5:54:29 . the President touched the button, tae whistle sounded, the engine moved off at a lively gait and all the machinery followed - 1 mi A. J 1 A, , 4.1 A. suit. : iue. freni qru wu eui up saoui lasv shook the roof. . Almost simultaneously hun dreds of arc lights flashed out on the plaza, . and myriads of incandescent lights gleamed, and scintillated from the cornices and domes ot the Woman's Building and the Govern ment Building. Id was just dusk, and In the gathering darkness the shouts of theerowds, j rm . At Ii a i m a mo nasn oi me ngms ana me noise- oi roe bombs of the Presidential salute emphasized the formal opening oi tne exposition. The transportation facilities proved equal to the occasion and there was no confusion. With double tracks on the Southern Railway to Atlanta and lines oi street rauways, the crowds suffered no inconvenience. The ter minal facilities were fully adequate, and, there was every facility for ingress and egress at the grounds. . ; At Buzzard s Bay the President received the following telegram before 5 o'clock from -ex-Governor BuHdck, chairman on the com- mittee of arrangements: I ''The committee on ceremonies are In structed by the President and director for and by the board of directors to express to the President their! high appreciation: and thanks for the great interest the President has shown.' both in this and oh other occa sions, and in behalf of the success of the ex position. Under the guidance of the hand of President Cleveland, one of the rost im, portant commercial and industrial events ever attempted in bur section has now start J ed on its career for the upbuilding of . our material interests py closer, commercial'' re lations with all portions of our country and with sister republics South of the United States. The mingling of people from all .sections, made ooksible bv the President's . approval and aid to our efforts, will render future ill-will between the sections impossi ble." j At the. request of the committee, the President was askd to send his message be f ore the button was pressed im order that it might be read to tlie vast assemblage; Mr. Cleveland kindly consented and wired the following at about 5:30 o'clock: ! "To the President and Board of Directors of the Cotton States and International Expo sition, Atlanta, Gal : Fully appreciating the value and importance of the exposition in augurated to-day. 1 1 am especially gratified to be related to its inception , and! progress and to participate an its opening ceremonies. I sincerely congratulate those whose enter prise and energy Ihave accomplished; such splendid results, arid heartily wish that the exposition they haive set. on foot willheoom pletely successful jin consummating all the good results contemplated by its promoters. "Gnovsa CLXTixuro." Cotton Statistics. The total visible supply of cotton for the world is 2,254,916 bales, of which 1,986,716 bales are American, against 1,890,160 bales and 1 ,513.030 bals respectively last yearj receipts of cotton this week at all interiot towns,41,659 bales receipts from plantations, o, jA ucties; crop in eigui, ivv.ooi uaiee. The Weekly Hank Statement. The New York weekly bank statement shows the following changes: Reserve, de crease, $8,161,525; loans, increase, $4,333,100; specie, decrease. $1,911,600; legal tenders, decrease, $7,524,700; deposits, decrease, 099.100; circulation!, increase. $157,600.; The banks now hold $25,703,275 in excess of the requirements of the 25 percent rule.' j The Pennsylvania State Quarantine Station, a short klistance below Phila- delphia, is to -be removed to a point below Chester. For a Jong time the lazarettcbas teen a public peril.