Single Copy. 6 Cents
'VOL'. XL
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1900.
NO 48,
'FOR GOD ,FOR COUNTRY, AND EOR TRUTH."
JUSTIFIES JIM fBOW CAH LAW.
l Manna MWB A If ffl'llt Car
Is
m. i-3s. - " . ; "
? Too t.ood tor Some Negroes.
Thfl TlittiAton Reformer, the leadi
colored paper in the State justifies the
enactment of the Jim Crow car law. The
paper says editoi.ally this w 3k:
nn 4iiA 30th and 31st oi ucnDer, aw
ing the Weldon Fair, was the first time
. we ever witnessed a reai neceesuy iur a
' n ttr t.-.,A it rtir H ii fir ti
Jim vjrow
. . i. Sn onnii(mnil.tinn of such con-
duct and actions as were carried on by
.k.: nUag ,t nrAnrcA nafsncer8 on
t ft, giiaiu WftOJ v L ,
- .7 .! . .. i i . u
theurain going to anu irum iuo iau.
Wefb we to remain silent on this sub
!t wfl would feel that our efforts in
1 publishing a new8paier are uuu iui uiC
' '. .-.
hunt intnrPRta Of tne COlOreQ race. 1H
ftlwn va our pleasure to give the brigl
nirtA nt all nuestions pertaining to our
people, especially when there are ten to
one who give notning oui me unr. owe
" . . 1 1 1 1 V 5.
of the life of the race uauy, diu wueu u
WmmM necessary we will fearlessly
onnr nn the evil and dark side with our
disapproval. Whenever men and wo
men have CO niue reaped juriueuiouivcB
and all decent people around mem mai
thfiv will indulee in deafening squalls
walk all through the
coaches falling upoia others with bottles
of whiskey, pouring it down their throats
right in the presence of ladies and other
respectable people, they nave iaueu iui
Kalnu hfl n.ll of decency. This wa
nJhM. we saw both old and young men
wffa could neither sit aowu or biuuu up
throueh the cars puffing to
a - - '.. i i I ..
bacco smoke in the face of ladies and
gentlemen aud seem-to regard every
them as beast except them
IAUJ " -
salves. We think a freight car too good
for such people to ride m. we nonest
itr hlivft there neveriwould have been
such a thing ai a law separating the two
'..Aa tha on hac it not been for
lai'CD v-w
this r.lasa of neople, You may say
4t, .,A., 'mill ofinnt. Rnlvirie the race
i problem and the k'nd of obstacles that
that are doinff the most to retard the
progress of the colored people, it ih shii
our-candid opinion that liquor and the
drink habit is the negro's worst enemy,
'ft ia hard indeed that decent and good
fcilize-a have to Buffer for the deeds of
these devilish sinners.
Bryan's Future Plana.
T.TvnoLN. Nov. 9. Mr. Bryan is in
receipt of many requests for a statement
concerning his future plans anu uib al
titude on public questions, in view of
Tuesday's result. He intimated, to-day,
that he would before long enlighten the
public fully, bpt for thelpresent be had
private matters which demanded his
attention. .
Mr, Bryan said to-day that he might
not' accompany Colonel Wetmore on biB
hunting trip in i the Ozark mountains.
His health is good and he does not feel
me neeu ui buou a uip.
had been away from Lincoln so much
recently, Jthat he found his own, home
afforded Jiim the1 best opportunity for
, . . Importing Ifllll. I.abor. ,
, The domestic offerings of labor hav
ing become insufficient, the South Caro
lina mills are now compelled to draw
from other Statas. A few das's ago a
special train reached Columbia with
nearly 300 East Tennessee mountaineers
to work in the uiympia uouon anu in
that city. This means not only an in-
crease oi coiumDia pupuiauou, uu ui
the State as well. It is probable , that
other importations of labor will be made
from the mountain sections. It is said
that the Spartanburg and Greenville
mills have been getting labor from the
mountains of North Carolina for several
years. Now Columbia goes farther and
gets sturdy Tennessee mountaineers.
Now the Price of Salt Han Been
Ilaled.
Chicago, Nov. 12. The Chronicle to
morrow morning will Bay: "The Na
tional Salt Company yesterday put up
the price of common table Bait of a fair
quality to $2.50 per 100 pounds. The
price before was $1.10 per 100 for the
Bame grade. The National Salt Com
pany controls directly 95 per cent, of
the salt output of the country, and is
able indirectly to dominate the remain
ing 5 per cent, of the production. The
principal mines of the National Com
py, which is commonly known as the
salt trust, are in Michigan."
Negroes Bid Farewell, to , the Ballot
Box.
Newton; N. C.j Nov. 8. An amusing
circumstance occurred yesterday in
connection with the election here. One
of the judges told a negro who came to
vote that he had better kiss the ballot box
good:bye." Five or six negroes kissed
the boxes farewell, some getting down
on their inees to do so.
She Wan an Immune.
'I should think your mother would
punish you for that," said the neigh
bor's little girl to the one J had dis
obeyed. "She can't," was the i lent reply.
"I've been sick and I'mm. well enough
to be spanked yet, and he can't keep
me in the house, because the doctor
says 1 must have fresh air and exercise.
Oh, I'm having a bully time."
DO WOMKN DItKSS TO PLEASE
' t MEN.
Max O'Rell answers this question jn
the negative in an amusing article
the New York Journal. "My firm co '
viction," he Bays, "is that women dre
to please themselves or to kill other
women with envy. And now may I be
permitted to remark that when I reflect
that Eve, after eating an apple, discov
ered that she was naked, I cannot help
thinking that a little bite at that fruit
miht be of service to many ladies be
fore they leave their dressing rooms to
go to a ball, a theatre or a dinner party?
Is it that the fashion of the day requires
the train to be so long that there re
mains no material to make a corsage
with?
"The fact is that unless you go under
the table it is practically impossible for
you to say what it is that the women
wear around a dinner table. As for the
sight offered to our gaze from the boxes
at the opera, we might as well be in a
Turkish bath. And the most amusing
and edifying part of it is that this fash
ion is more flourishing in puritanical
England than in any country I know
and that most of those beautiful daugh
ters of Albion, whom you see so much
of, are the very same ones who are
presidents, vice-presidents and , Becra
taries of the societies for the suppression
of the nude in the public parks, the
museums and art galleries and other
British institutions for the suggestion of
indecency. Who says, that the world
is sad? .
"'Society ought to be exposed, I
once remarked to a beautiful member
of the English aristocracy, 'for giving
that bad example. 'xou are quite
right,' she said, 'but that will, do no
good, because I believe that there is
nothing that Englisgh society enjoys
more than being exposed. Evidently
I was quite right when I once exclaimed:
'Provided an English woman does not
show her feet, she is safe and feels com
fortable.' ; ,
"In the way of dressing, of all the
women of Europe and America the
Germane are the worst, the French the
best and the Americans the smartest.
The German women are covered,, the
English clothed, the Americans arrayed
and the French dressed. In the United
States the - latest French fashions are
worn in all their freshness and glory,
but too often with exaggerations. A.nd
when the French fashions are already
outrageous in their extravagance of
style and size, then the Lord help the
American women!
"If the end of the world were to wit
ness the presence of two women only on
the face ot the earth each would strive
to outshine the other and look the
better-dressed of the two." - ,,
Seed Cotton Will Not Burn.
Savannah, Ga.,NovermWl4. With
a, view to. determining whether lower
freight rates can be granted to shippers
of seed cotton. President John M. Egan,
Of the Central of Georgia Railway Com
pany, and Mr- G C. Hanson, who has
charge of the company's compresses,
have just concluded the experiment of
aueiupiing 10 Durn a canoaa oi seea
cotton. They first tried it with a cigar,
but tho cotton put the cigar out. ' Then
a match was applied, but only the top
surface of the lint was burned off, after
which the fire went out. A second time
the torch was applied, with r the same
result the Beed cotton in bulk simply
refused to be consumed.
Mr. Egan will make a report of the
test to the Southeastern .Freight Asso
ciation, which has the petition of the
shippers before it. This is the second
test that has been made, the first hav
ing been conducted in Alabama.
; Latest News From Bookland.
"The Man With the Hoe" is "Look
ing Backward" at "Eobert Elsmere"
and "Trilby" and wondering if "Alice
of Old Vincennes" is going "To Have
and to Hold" her own as long as "Rich
ard Curvel" and "Janice Meredith" and
"David Harum" did, while "The Gen
tleman From Indiana" is sadly sighing
as he thinks of the days "When Knight
hood Was in Flower" down at "Red
Rock" and "The Choir Invisible" sang
"Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush."
'Simmons and 'Poaaumn and Song
Books.
Wll9on News.
Last night some two hundred of the
friends of Hon. F. M. Simmons, the
next senatoi, indulged in a jollification
meeting in a unique way.
A large persimmon tree, abundantly
loaded with persimmons, was planted
on the cout house square, and adorned
with Japanese lanterns. On the tree five
or six big fat 'possums wee turned loose,
and as they climbed around they cre
ated great amusement for the onlook
ers. There was no speechmaking but
an itinerant songster warbled and seized
the opportunity to dispose of his books.
Mr. P. M. Pearsall, secretary to the
State Democratic executive committee,
has been tendered the position of pri
vate secretary to Governor-elect Aycock
and has notified him that he will ac
cept.
.
It is found thai Bryan carried Wake
county by only 5G4 majority, and that
about 700 Democrats did not vote for
him but voted for Pou for Congress.
state: news.
There is no change in the Alamance
mill trouble. Business is said to be bad
ly paralyzed.
Henry Whitley, of Stanly county, fell
through a hole in his barn loft recently
and broke bis neck.
Nearly all the young ladieB who went
home when fever recently appeared at
the State Normal and Industrial College,
at Greensboro have returmed their
studies. The sick studenti are improv
ing and will soon be entirely recovered.
No new cases of fever have been re
ported and it is now felt that all danger
has passed.
Republlcon Cantrol.
Atlanta Journal.
After the fourth of next March the
Republican party will have more com
plete control of the federal goeernment
than it has had since the reconstruction
era.
The Btrong hope of the Democrats
that they would win . the house of
representatives even if . they lost the
presidency fell far short of realization.
The Republican majority in the next
house will be considerably larger than
it is in the present one. Mr. Bakbcock,
who was at the head of the Republican
congressional compaign commitfe,
claimed before the election a majority
of from 15 to 20. The next house will
probably be Republic n by at least twice
the larger of those figures. The Re
publicans are now claiming a majcilly of
'47. Over all opposition. The present
Republican majority of 20 in the senate
will continue at least as large for two
years to come and may be increased by
one or two.
The Republicans gained congressmen
in every section. .
Mr. McKinley will be re-elected by
the largest electoral vote ever cast for
any presidential candidate and has
received one of the largest popular
majorities.
It is probable that its sweeping victory
will embolden the Republican party to
carry its policies and der.res further than
it has ever proposed before. We may
look for more imperialism, more mil
itarism, more favoritism to monoplies,
greater immunity for the trusts, ship
subsidies and unprecedented extrav
agance and recklessness in the expen
diture of public money.
. This is not a cheerful outlook, but it
is the situation- We must meet it and
endure it as best we can.
Kluttz's Plurality is 2,272 Over
Ilolton.
Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 12. The of
ficial returns from the various counties
in this, the Fifth Congessional district,
show that Hon. Theodore F. Kluttz,
the Democratic nominee, has been
elected to succeed himself by a majority
of 2,272 over his nearest competitor,
John Q. Holton, the Republican nomi
nee., There were four Congressional
tickets in the field. Tbeo. F. Kluttz,
Democrat; John Q. Holton, Republi
can; W. H. Moffit, Prohibition; A.
Craig Shuford, Populist. Appended is
the vote by counties in pluralities:
. - Kluttz Holton.
Rowan .... . . 1,475 ...
Montgomery . . . 185 . . .
Cabarrus . ... . 5G9 ...
Stanley ...... 635 ...
Catawba . .... 282 ...
Iredell 616 ...
Davie 392
Yadkin . . .786
Lincoln 7
Davidson . . 305
3,762 1,490
If this district had been constituted
as it was in 1898 with Cleveland and
Gaston in it and Davie and Yadkin out
of it, Mr. Kluttz' majority would have
been over 5,000. The vote in Rowan
showed many changes over two and
four years ago. Two yeara ago Mr.
Kluttz carried the county by 1.4S5.
This year by 1,475. Four years ago
Mr. Bryan's majority was 1,725, this
year 916. Four years ago the prohibi
tion ticket cast 262. The Populist tick
et last Tuesday polled 15, thus the death
of Populism in Rowan. General Julian
8. Carr carried Rowan county by 162
majority, carrying every precinct in the
county but Bix.
For Hauling the Nail.
i
During the last year the postal depart
ment paid the five railroad compainies
carrying the through' transcontinental
mail total amounts as follows:
New York Central, between New York
and Buffalo, $1,450,000.
Lake Shore, between Buffalo and
Chicago, $1,100,000.
Northwestern, between Chicago and
Omaha, $270,000.
Burlington, between Chicago and
Omaha, $677,000.
Union Pacific, between Omaha and
Ogden, Utah, $1,020,000.
The total amount received by these
five roads for carrying through mail be
tween the two oceans is $4,517,000.
The mail carrying bills of the Southern
Pacific are credited on the debt of that
company to the government. The
amount paid these lines represents but
a small percentage of the total paid
railroads of the country for handling
mail.
Rev. Jno. E.White, D. D., of Raleigh,
has formally accepted the call to Ihe
Second .Baptist church, of Atlanta.
FARMER J. P. COOK'S SUCCESS.
He Shows What Intelligent Labor
Can Do With Poor Land.
Correspondence Charlotte Observer.
Concord, Nov. 10. Now that the
election is over and people can find time
to think of something else, it is refresh
ing to note an instance of what the prac
tical application of intelligent labor can
accomplish on land apparently worn out.
This Instance is just in the icinity of
town, about two miles out on the road
to Mt. Pleasant, where Mr. James P
Cook, former owner and editor of The
Concord Standard, is giying an object
lesson to the coanty by his superior
management of a farm which he b ought
last yepr. This farm is the old Piatt
place, bought some years ago by Mr.
Edney Barringer and sold by him to
Mr. Cook. ,, In looking over the ground,
hilly and sandy, where fields were over
grown with scrubby pines and persim
mon trees, through which Mr. Barringer
chased foxes and scared rabbits every
year, Mr. Cook thought this was a case
where a small part would be better than
the whole, and bought only enough for
a good two horse farm. This was in
October, one year ago. He , gave his
new property the name of i'Chucka
tuck," an Indian word which means
sink or swim secured Mr. A. M. All
man for a tenant and went to work in a
deliberately planned method to make
the most of his bargain, j Ditches were
dug, thickets cleared up, fertilizers dis
tributed, fences and buildings repaired
and white-washed. .People riding by
wondered at the renovation "and ap
proved the sensible methods of the new
owner. The first venture in wheat was
only 7 bushels. It was sown on well
prepared ground, and multiplied to 68
bushels. The corn was . hurt by the
drought, but diyersity in planting as
sured financial success even in this dry
summer. ; The farm produced three
bales of cotton, 40 bushels of Irish po
tatoes, between 350 and 400 bushels of
peanuts and 500 bushels of sweet pota
toes. ' One hundred bushels of the lat
ter have been sold ia three installments,
the first bringing $1 per bushel, 1 the
second 90 and the third, 75 cents per
bushel. Cantaloupes from 1 acre sup
plied the Concord market and fruit from
the orchard found its way to town but
not to any distillery. Thrifty droves of
chickens and turkeys, fat swine and a
fine herd of Jersey cattle- have' made
things lively on the farm this summer
and added many a dollar to the year's
income. Mr. Cook will have at least
2,000 pounds o pork on the market
this winter. A good acreage has been
sown, already this fall in rye, wheat and
winter oats and arrangements made lor
a consignment of Guernsey cattle, which
many consider s jperwr to the Jersey.
Mr. Cook has shown what a thinking
man can do by money and labor wisely
invested and well directed and that no
body need to move away from Cabarrus
because the land is too poor.
He Was ITIlNtakeii In Her.
"Miss Jackson." he beean. and he
removed his hat and scraped his foot
as they met on the street, "I done hab
de happy facility to meet up wid yo'
de odder night at de cake-walk."
"Yes, sah," she softly replied.
"What first distracted my attenshun
to yo' was yer purtiness," he continued.
"It was de cineral opinyun dat yo' was
de handsomest gal in de hall. In fact,
vo' outshone de Bhiniest of dat vast ag
gregation ob shiners." ,
She bowed.
"Thanks," she purred.
"What next distracted my attenshun
was yer does an style. One glance
prognosticated de fact dat yo' was a bo'n
ladv. I felt dat me an' yo' was two ea
gles 'mong a lot o' crows. Does yo'
anticipate de suit ob does l had on dat
night? Made to auder an' cost me
seben dollars. Coat-tails had de reg'lar
New York droop, an' dat celluloid col
lah jest frowned all de maBhers down.
Mo'e dan one hundred pussons caned
me a big swell."
She bowed again.
"Perhans vo' percolated de remem
brance dat I squoze yer ban', Miss
Jackson, an, yo' muBt nao ODservea uai
it was my intenshun to ambulate a few
rAmnrks "when interrupted bv dat very
common an' undistinguished pusson
known as
"My husband, sah!"
Fo' de Lawd. Miss Jackson, but yo'
ain't done married Moses Phillips!"
"Two weeks ago, sah.
"An yo' ain't Miss Jackson no mo?"
"No, Bah."
"Huh! 'Scubo me, please. Reckon
I made a mistake. I see now whar it
wus. I got yo' sort o' mixed up wid
Evangeline Thompson, dat purty,
fltvliah vounc ladv dat was de belle ob
de occasion, an' called fo'th de undis
guised admiration ob de gigantic as
semblage. Yaa, I recollect yo'. Yo'
was walkin' aroun' on de elbow ob dat
Moses Phillips, an' people was a say in'
dat vo' had on a bombazine dress det
b'longed to yer grand mudder, and dat
Moses done had a pa'r ob trousers made
out ob a blanket. Uood-day, Mrs. rmi
lips. 'Scuse my bein' miBtook."
There is much comi laint of political
stagnation in South Carolina. The
statement is made that less than 300
votes were cast in Columbia last Tuesday
and only 40,000 to 50,000 in the whole
State. Apprehension is expressed lest
this be made the pretext for reducing
the State s representation in Uongress
and the electoral college.
A Republican Opposed to Negro
Suflrage.
To the Editor of the New York Sun.
Sir: As a negro-hating Republican I
will give you my reasons why opinion,
the negroes should be deprived of the
ballot:
- First Because when I walk down the
street and pass a number of negroes I
am pushed into the gutter. The police
force knows too well the value of their
votes to compel them to behave.
Second Because when a number of
them go into a steam car each one
takes a seat by himself. The negro is
not a desirable person to sit next to in
a public conveyance.
Ihird Because the negro is guaran
teed rights by amendments to the
national Constution which a white man
docs not have. This is a white man's
country and it makes me jealous to see
an inferior foreigner given rights supe
rior to mine.
Fourth Because of the negro's self-
assertiveneBs in pushing forward and
claiming privilegfs whichthe white man
h'W had to labor for. I refer especially
to the school in white communities.
Fifth To show more clearly the vile
effects of the ballot on the African race,
let us compare an ex-slave, brought up
in a good family, with the young negro
just out of high school today. The
former behaves himself like a gectleman,
whle the latter is too often a most
pestiferous member of society.
Sixth The laws which control crime
among white men do not seem to have
a sufficiently deterrent effect upon the
black race. While imprisonment for a
white is terrible in the disgrace it brings
with it, for the. negro it is more of a
holiday. -
Seventh There is another reason
why all good citizens should strive to
keep a distinct line drawn between the
two races. The intermarriage of negro
with white is not desirable. It produces
a race inferior to either of the parents,
and every means should be used to
discourage it. .
Race antagonism is growing stronger
all over the country, and the question
is one that needs earnest thought and
discussion. I do not believe the condi
tion of the negro race in this land has
been benefited by the' abolition of
Blavery, though I do believe that the
change was of vast benefit to the white
man. R. P. SiiARrLES,
West Chester, Pa.
Court-Room Wit.
None of the professions seem more
deyoted to ready wit than that of the
law. It is related that Sir Nicholas
Bacon, was about to pass judgement
upon a man who had been guilty of
robbery at that time punishable by
death, but the culprit pleaded for mercy
on the ground that he was related to
the judge. . "How is that?" he was
asked. "My lord," was the reply, "if
your name is Bacon," mine is Hog, and
hog and bacon have always been con
sidered akin." "That is true," an
swered Sir Nicholas;" but as hog is not
bacon until it has hung, until you are
hanged you are no relation of mine."
Still more to the point is this of . two
opposing barristers. The lawyer for
the defence was so severe upon the
prosecutor that the latter rose and asked,
Does the learned counsel think me a
fool?" The retort was prompt: "My
friend wishes to know if I consider him
a fool; and in reply to his question I
can only sav that I am not prepared to
deny it."
There are many instances of passages
of arms between bench and bar, but this
one may be new to most of our readers.
At the close of a lengthened and bitter
wrangle between a judge and a promi
nent counsel, the former said, "Well,
sir, if you do not know how to conduct
yourself as a gentleman, I'm sure I
can't teach you." To which the bar
rister mildly replied, "That is so, my
lord."
To Reorganize the Democratic Party.
Chicago, Nov. 8. A special to the
Chronicle from Detroit, sayB:
"Don M. Dickinson is authority for
the statement that within three weeks
a meeting will be held in New York city
to outline a plan of reorganization for
the Democratic party. He says the call
for the meeting will have the signatures
of prominent Democrats. The meeting
Mr. Dickinson says, will be attended by
Democrats of both gold and silver lean
ings. It will be mailed throughout the
land appealing to all Democrats, gold
and silver alike."
New York, Nov. 8. Ex-Governor
William J. Stone said of the proposed
reorganization of the Democratic party:
"This kind of talk always follows the
defeat of any party. Had the Republi
cans been defeated they would be talk
ing re-organ izatior- today. Those who
haye the most to say about re-organization
are generally the ones who con
tributed most to the defeat of their
party."
Gold Hill Copper Company to be Sold.
Salisbury, Nov. 10. Circuit Judge
Simonton, at the application of a local
stockholder, has ordered the mining
property of the Gold Hill Copper Com
pany to be sold on January 28th. This
action was taken in justice to creditors,
who had been enjoined from ' pressing
their claims and a receiver appointed
on the ground that enforced cessation
of work at the mines would result in
their becoming flooded with water and
otherwise injured. No attempt has
been made, however, to operate the
property, hence the order of sale.
BRYAN'S DAY IS PAST.
Democracy, Says Vest, Can Survive
Ills Disappearance The Party Has
Survive Crushing Defeats tn the
Past and Will Recover from Pres
ent One.
as ngton Post, 14th.
"The election just held," remarked
Senator Vest, of Missouri, to a Post re
porter yesterday, "demonstrates the
fact that Mr. Bryan can neyer be Presi
dent. But the Democratic party is not
dependent upon the fate of any one
man. It suivived the death of Mr.
Jefferson, and it will survive the disap
peprance of Mr. Bryan."
Heavier by fifteen pounds, and enjoy-.
ing better health than he has expe
rienced for many years, Senator Vest
has returned to Washington fully pre
pared to enter upon the duties of the
approaching session of Congress. His
voice is clear and strong, and his great
ly impjoved physical condition enables
him to take a deeper interest than
usual in public questions. Yesterday
morning he was busy with some accum
ulated correspondence when he made
the remark about Bryan, which has just
been quoted.
"What about the proposed reorgani
zation of tbe party?"
"It isnonBense to talk reorganization
of the party at this time," was the re
ply. "All that the Democrats can do is
to await developments in the future,
and renew our allegiance to the princi
ples of the party as announced by Jef
ferson. We have had to much Popu
lism and too much groping around for
alliance with people who have no sym
pathy with our Democratic doctrine.
Nobody can say now who will be the
nominee of the party in 1904, or from
what section he will come. A leader
will be found for the Democracy at the
proper time."
"Then you are not discouraged?"
"There is really no cause for dis
couragement to Democrats in the result
of tbe late election," was the emphatic
reply. "History has simply repeated
itself. No political party in this coun
try has ever been able to defeat an ad
ministration which was carrying on a
foreign war. The Federal party was
destroyed because of its opposition to
the war of 1812, and while the Whigs
elected General Taylor in 184S, not
withstanding their opposition to the
Mexican war, the election of Taylor was
ca'ised by the fact that the people be
lieved him to have been unfairly treated
by Polk's administration, and they
resented what they conceived to be an
in justice to a gallant soldier. It must
be remembered, however, that Taylor
was the last Whig President elected and
Fillmore, who succeeded him, was the
last Whig President in the White House.
"Thousands of patriotic citizens, who
were firmly opposed to the foreign policy
of Mr. McKinley, voted for him at the
last election because they thought that
we should first end the war in the Phil
ippines and then settle other question
connected with the archipelago. And
nothing was more freely heard in the
campaign, from conservative men, than
the argument that it would , not do to
discredit our government by withdraw
ing tbe troops from the Philippines
while armed opposition to the govern
ment existed there. I believe this feel
ing did more for President McKinley
than any other one factor in the elec
tion. "I remember," continued the Sena
tor, "that twenty-eight years ago it was
asserted that the Democratic party was
dead beyond reBurrection. We . had
been defeated by a crushing majority,
and Democracy really seemed to be past
all hope. Jn 1873 the Missouri Repub
licans remarked that the party was dead
and its putrid carcass ought to be car
ried out to the public common." But
what was the result? We elected Wil
liam Allen Governor of Ohio in 1874,
and in the same year the Democrats
carried the majority of the State cam
paigns for Governors and elected a ma
jority in the Houso of Representatives.
In 1876 we elected Mr. Tilden. In the
spring of 1879, when I entered the Sen
ate, there was a majority of eight
Democrats in that bod) , and we made
Mr. Thurman President pro tempore.
I repeat, then, that the Democracy will
go onward to victory, despite its present
defeat." -
Wlrat Pluck and Industry Accom
plished In the Case of Two Boys.
Monroe Enquirer.
Eight years ago a citizen of this
county died, leaving a widow and five
young sons. The man had been un
fortunate and after his death his land
and personal property went under the
auctioneer's hammer and the widow
and her sons were left with nothing,
save their pluck and resolution to sur
mount difficulties, bickness came upon
them, the mother died and it seemed
that fate was against them, but those
boys went to work with a will and de
termination which takes no denial and
their success has been phenomenal. By
hard work alone, by the wear of muscle
and sweat of their brows those boys
have redeemed their father's farm,
ve purchased three hundred acres of
good land adjoining it and have plenty
of good Btock and implements and piled
in their cribs is this year's corn crop
measuringtwo thousand bushels and
under their Bheds is fifty bales of cotton
made this year. . '
It is Baid that the primary cost r
Carr something like $50,000.