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I CHAMP WHAT HANNA . STANDS FOR IN PUBUC UFE The Republican Boss Repre- , sents Plutocracy. HIS HIGH PLACE IS DUE TO BOO DLEUSEFUL TO DEM OCRATS. Special Washington Letter. While the Bland eulogies were feeing aeuverea in the House April 7. Mark Banna strolled 'Into the 'caller j with a couple .of young ladies, to whom he was showing the eights. . He cocked his ear long enough to learn 'what was going on and "then turned like a craven and fled." No wonder! tor the hare statement of what Richard Park Bland was In public life is a sweiv condemnation of What Mark Lluuuu is and what he stands for In public life. Blund stood for the people. Una- na stands for the plutocrats and trusts and jobbers. Bland never spent a dol lar improperly la politics in his life. Hanna's high place Is due nearly en tirely to the unlimited use of boodle. Bland illustrated conscience in poli tics. Hanna illustrates the power of the almighty dollar. Bland's memory smells sweet and blossoms In the dust. Mark's will have the sickening odor of the yauey of Gehenna. So Mark did well to hurriedly quit the scene where the simple story of a pure man's life was being told for the edification of coming generations. Hanna an Object Leaaon. By the way, not long since when I addressed a monster Boer meeting at Trenton, a newspaper reporter repre sented me as saying that I wished somebody would shoot Mark. The re porter did not hear correctly. What 1 did say was this: "President McKln ley Is a gracious, graceful, agreeable, tactful gentleman. I think his natural inclination is to do right It would be a good thing for him if somebody Would lead Mark Hanna out into a sequestered spot and shoot him." I was talking of the beneficial effect It would have on the president's personal and political fortunes not of my per sonal desires. As a matter of fact, I would not have Mark shot for auy thing. Nor would I like to see him die a natural death, indeed, If he were sick and none of his retainers and slaves would fetch him a doctor, 1 would do so myself. 1 regard him as the most valuable and .forcible object lesson Democrats could possibly have In the lmpendlngcampalgn. He Is worth 100,000 votes to us, perhaps 600,000. My prayer, therefore. Is that he may ba spared until the polls close on the first Tuesday after the first Monday In 'November. Then, If the grim reaper should cut him down, my lachrymal fountains "would not deplete them selves to any astonishing extent Want Mark shot? Not by any manner of means. , I would consider It as a great national calamity as a sore personal bereavement If be were taken now. Richard P. Bland. Speaking of Bland and there Is nothing better for a Democrat to speak of 1 desire that my readers shall en Joy reading the eulogy pronounced by that big hearted Tammany brave, Amos J. Cummings, on tbe great Mls sourlan. It Is a gem. It Is unique ora itory. Here it is In full j 1 "Mr. Speaker, as a representative of the tolling masses of the great metrop olis of the nation 1 am here to pay tribute to the memory of one whom they recognized as their unfailing friend and benefactor. "Mr. Speaker, a faithful sentinel of the people was Richard i'. Bland. On guard night and day in tbe venal ftfce of the republic, he never forgot the countersign of liberty and challenged ell who approached her camp. He never sought relief from duty at free dom's outpost, and the grand rounds never found him asleep. Nor for an in stant did he flinch from u0'- Regard less of personal interests, lie stood for the people at all times and In all places. Be the weather fair or foul, the glint of bis musket was thetj. "With him there was neither truce nor compromise with those who sought special privileges at the expense of the public, lie was neither dismayed at the rapacity of greed nor appalled at the audacity of trusts. All his life was he a true disciple of Thomas Jefferson. 'Equal rights for nil; special privileges for none.' was Ills motto. He fell bat tling for the rights of the masses, while exposing the snares of monopoly, and defying the mercenary cohorts tlrnt threaten the life of the republic. "Richard P. DInud had no parallel In this age. During his long stay in this house he had no fellow, no model, no likeness. In Its shifting scenes, lie stood alone. Others might 'change; he never changed. Yee was uo block, no Impediment, but nu Intelligent force, steadily aiming at a gonl tbe otalsi tueut Of which he iM-lievctl lo be il inosl wholesome achievement and the gn-'iit ' est benefit he ould Imhiow iimhi Ills country." "A vital factor In our return to spe cie payment ofjer the war. he ha. I re stored to the people the dollar of their fathers. The Bland dollar was not CLARICS :dy the coinage v the mint, but the coinage of his brain. It Is today a living evidence of his statesniannhlp. Well did Charles A. Dana say of It. 'It the only practical evidence of finan rfal statesmanship evolved In congress tor many years "Although insidiously deprived of the fruits of hl victory. Bland did not lose heart. Havlup abiding faith In Lie people, he led a crusade against the Ssracen. lie o-.iraed anew the fight for bimetallism. It was a persistent ind a glorious fight one not yet ended. All admire the gallant struggle made today for the freedom of the Trans raal. Bland stood as firmly for free coinage. He defended every kopje, traversed every veldt and fought with a tenacity that astonished the world. Bis attacks upon the opposition were k well delivered, strenuous and sus tained that at times he drove his ad versaries to Insincere and humiliating' devices. At times victory seemed to lie almost within his grasp, at times as hopeless as the search for the phi losopher's stone. In every vicissitude he was beset by desertions, in every crisis loaded with obloquy. His prowess breasted every difficulty "Ulte to the Pontic lea. Whose ley current and compulsive course Ke'er Irela retiring ebb, but keepa due on To the Fropontlc and the Hellrspooi. . Leader of the People. "Think for a moment, Mr. Speaker. of the bright satellites that set out with him on what seemed like a holiday ex curslon. How many fell by the wayt How many turned against him! Look over .this house, take a glance at the senate aye. cast your eyes even upon the presidential chair and then com pute, if you can. the strength of the mighty tide that turned against him. And yet undaunted, unswerving, un complaining, he held his course with uncleviating fidelity. He was as constant and abiding as the northern star amid a shower of swerving meteors. Defying mutiny, like the great navigator who gave man kind a new world,' his hope ne'er dim-1 med, his purpose never changed. How ever wild the tempest, however strong the bellowing flood of passion, he pur sued an unvarying course. He was the great political navigator of the people. sailing upon the ocean of destiny, with the Declaration of Independence as his guiding star and the constitution as his compass. "Mr. Speaker, this hall Is still ring ing with his manly words. They were the coinage of his convictions. His sin cerity alone would have made him more than conspicuous; bis ability and devotion to the principles advocated so persistently made him truly great. He bad an academic but no collegiate training. Nor had he traveled In the realm of metaphysical disquisition, but he had delved in the gold and silvei mines of the Pacific, slope, had prac ticed law and fought Indians on tbe border and, like Clncinnatus of old, had followed the plow. It was a grand training for the role which he was to fill. Born in Kentucky, every fiber of his body, every filament of bis brain. every scintillation of his Intellect was American. "There was a hate about him at all times that forbadf either the charge or thought of selfishness. His life was a chapter of consistent and faultless log ic. Oratory cannot adorn It; detraction cannot deface It "Sir, memory Is a never fading mlr ror. It reflects the scenes of other days. We who knew him can still see that modest but firm man rising here In his place, treading these aisles, stop ping to meet an Inquiry, turning firmly to an attack, leading an onset never beating a retreat "Richard P. Bland was a fitting type of the old time statesman, now, alas, fading away. He belonged to the gen eration that produced the founders of the republic. He had the true Revolu tionary grit. He would have been a worthy colleague of Jefferson, MadlsoD and Monroe. He was a builder, not 8 destroyer. He strove to pull down ev erything vicious In statesmanship and to raise everything wholesome to common level. "Whether on the floor, In committee or listening to chat in the cloakroom, he was essentially thoughtful. There was a rippling strain of humor about him, but his face never lost its cast of thoughtfulness. His friendship was sterllug silver; his affection pure gold. Sir, I rejoice in my affiliation with sucb a man. It Is better than gold and pre cious stones. He left his Imprint upon the legislation of this house. When the seeker after truth comes to study the great men who have shaped the destinies of the republic, he will find Richard P. Bland among the immor tals. Future historians will linger o'er his name and gladly preserve his fame." Webater Davis Realgatlo. The Boer agitation in this country Is growing hot In my Judgment It Is be coming so hot that the administration will be compelled to show Its hand and show It, willy nllly, for the Boers. Hon. Webster Davis' resignation of the assistant secretaryship of tbe Inte rior to take to the lecture platform In behalf of old Paul Kruger and his brave burghers Is only a straw which shows which way the wind Is blowing. Davis Is young. He has eloquence, brains and a future. Even the poets are taking a hand. My friend Ripley D. Saunders of St. Louis has written the following beau tiful poem, which I commend to all who see this letter: THE BOER WOMEN. . . Thou Cod upon whoe name thejr call, 1 . TheM women of the burgh' attain, Shall they in freedom'! battlel tall, ' Their aaerlflc In olnf True mothers of free horn race. Daughter of men In blood mad free Dear God of lore and pitying grace, art thejr not heard of theet And thou, O world, that leeet the light Unknown befure to mortal ken, Still beati thy heart untroubled quite Within the breartt of rnenf Ta horror of It and the aliame, Leave It thy iplrlt calm and cold, TJIE ASIIEVILLE DAILY CITIZEN. LETTER That worn. die In ver'a dread Same ' Who act-k Ibelf burnt to bold? Tarn may ne father lojok die tn Of oianhocd'a prid. or frowlora'a away For both an- dead beneath the eun That ahlaee on nj.ii a day. Dead bo lusy d.-ul-aince plain the apot WVre crilu and Ixmeful they art laid On Tranmu baitlcAelda to rot la pate for wuniea made. !pilk War Taxes. To Hon. .James D. Richardson of Tennessee, Democratic leader of the house minority, belongs tbe high honor of having driven the Republicans Into an Investigation to discover whether the Spanish war taxes are producing a surplus in the revenue. The truth Is1 that since the wrangle over the Porto Rlcan tariff bill demoralized them so the Republicans have been In a nerv ous, timorous and Irritable frame of mind. Most of them are fussy as 'an old sitting hen. They found out that Richardson was preparing a resolution to Investigate the revenues, and Hon. 8ereno E. Payne, chairman of the com mittee on ways and means, , whose present frame o( mind, notwithstand ing his Christian name, Is by no means serene, straightway Introduces a reso lution' of that sort himself, hoping thereby to forestall the tactful Tennes seean and reap a little glory himself; but the people are not all "natural born dura fools," as was Sut Lovlngood's daddy, and they will not be deceived by Mr. Payne's transparent trick. They will give credit where credit is due, to Mr. Richardson, for he forced Mr, Payne to take the Initiative. The probabilities are that the New Yorkei would not have moved In the tnattei this side the resurrection had Richard son not prodded him up. So. what ever comes of It, the j,onor belongs clearly and of right to the gracious, graceful, skillful, capable leader of the house Democrats, Hon. James D. Rich ardson of Tennessee. Later on Richardson, to borrow the felicitous language of Dr. William Everett of Massachusetts, "deposited the Republicans In a cavity" by Intro ducing the following resolution: Resolved, That tlila houet riewi with deep In terest the heroic strangle of the republics of South Africa to maintain their Independence and hereby tendera theoi our moat profound aympathy is their unequal but gallant-ttruggle. That resolution went to the commit tee on foreign affairs, where It may or may not sleep. If It sleeps, Richard son and his friends will want to know, don't you know, who administers mo phine to It If It does not sleep. Rich ardson reaps the glory. Forto Rico Throttled. The deed is done. For better or for worse the Porto Rlcan tariff bill, with the senate amendments, is now a law. Republican leaders are in doubt as to whether they have achieved a great party victory or digged the party's grave It passed the bouse by eight majority, and we may now be said to have become part republic and part empire. It would appear that President McKlnley, who, In his December mes sage to congress, said it was our plain duty to establish free trade with Porto Rico, owes It to a long suffering and expectant world to explain, In a signed statement, Just why be flopped. Flop may not be a classical word to apply to a presidential caper, but it is a good, old forcible monosyllable, which the great body of the people can compre hend without rummaging through an unabridged dictionary. Yes, flop is the word. Hon. Sereno E. Payne made a poor fist of showing why he flopped. Perhaps Brother McKlnley could eluci date the subject more successfully and more skillfully. The thing which appears to be desir able to a vast number of people Is that tbe Democratic ticket shall be Bryan and DeWey. It Is generally thought that they would win hands down. Ask ed If Dewey would accept second place, a prominent gentleman of large experi ence said: "Dewey's hatred of McKln ley is so Intense that he would do any thing to defeat him for a second term." He also volunteered the Information that General Nelson A. Miles and Ad miral Wlnfleld Scott Schley are ex ceedingly anxious to encompass the un doing and downfall of Mark Hanna's protege. That is certainly a distin guished trio to contend with Dewey, Schley and Miles. Perhaps Mr. Mc Klnley will conclude that it would have been just as well to have treated those great Americans with generosity and kindness. Banna Frying Vmt. Mark Hanna Is beginning In dead earnest to fry tbe fat out of tbe trusts that Is, If tbe St Louis Republic can be believed. The Republic makes the startling charge that Mark's prelim inary assessment orf the trusts Is $6V 500,000! Only think of that, my coun trymen? Six and one-half millions for a starter! If this is done In the green tree, what will be done In. the dry? Mark has only one Idea in politics, and that Is to boodle somebody, and he Is evidently fixing now to eclipse his great boodle campaign of 1896, when people stood aghast at the vast sums expended. ' So a virtuous senate committee re ports unanimously that Senator Wil liam A. Clark of Montana Is unfit to sit In the millionaires' club by reason of corrupt methods used' to secure his election. It will be a spectacle for men and angels to see such Republican lights as Mark Hanna and Scott of West Virginia vote to unseat Clark because they are afraid of contamina tion when no fact In American history is more -generally believed than that Mark bought his seat and that Scott secured his by an act of Punic faith utterly disgraceful In character. And there are others. The same gang who vote to unseat Clark will Tote to seat Matthew Stanley Quay. "'Nougn said!" (1 UNSUR. PASSED Never before has there been such exceptional Shirt Waist' selhc- a.ain showing our leadership in bargain offerings. These waists reach the top notch of perfection in st;le, fit and workmanship. " These are not idle words, but STRICTLY FACTS, and if you come to this sale you will see the values that will convince you, values the equal of which cannot be found in any store in town. . $1.75 Waists, made latest style, in all the ings, with white and embroidered Inserting, unsur passed selling . , . . . 500 Dozen Waists in all the new plaids, checks and stripes, well made and are positively fast col- 0) ors, unsurpassed (g) selling ......... ? ' 25 Trimmed Pattern Hats, worfri $6.50. while, thpv laf w . in BIG BALTIMORE ,ITHE BARGAIN CENTER OP Notice. It Is ordered by the Board of Elec tions of Buncombe county that the pre cincts and voting places In the city of Ashevllle be and they are hereby es tablished as follows, to-wit: PRECINCT NO. 1. BEGINNING at the center of Pat ton avenue where It Intersects West Court Square, and running with the center of same to the Intersection of Church street; thence with Church street southwardly to Its Intersection with South Main street; thence with South Main street to the Intersection of Southslde avenue; thehce with the center of Southslde avenue to the In tersection of Victoria avenue; thence with the center of Victoria avenue to the corporation line; thence eastwardly with the corporation line to the top of Beaucatcher mountain; thence contin uing with said line In a northerly di rection to Us Intersection with South Beaumont street at Beaucatcher Gap; thence Westwardly with South Beau mont street to Its intersection with South Pine street; thence with South Pine street to the intersection of Eagle street; thence westwardly with Eagle street to the intersection of Valley street; thence northwardly with Val ley street to College street; thence with College street to North Main street; thence with North Main street and the Court Square to the BEGINNING, with a voting place at the county court house. PRECINCT NO. 2. EEGINNING at the , intersection of Collee street with North Main street. and running thence wtlh College street east to the Intersection of Valley street; thence south with Valley street to Its intersection with Eagle street; thence eastwardly with Eagle street to Its Intersection with South Pine street; thence south with South Prne street to South Beaumont street; thence with South Beaumont street to Beaucatcher Gap at the corporation line; thence north with the corporation line to the northeast corner of the corporate lim its if Ashevllle; thence west with the corr ration line to Crarlotte street; thence south with Charlotte street to its intersection with Woodfln street; thence west with woodfln street to North Main street; thence south with North Main street to the BEGINNING, the voting place to be at or near Oates' livery stable In said precinct. PRECINCT NO. 8. BEGINNING at the intersection of Woodfln street with North Main street, running thence with Woodfln street east to the Intersection of Charlotte street; thence with Charlotte street north to the corporation line; thence with the corporation line west to where the same crosses Cumberland avenue; thence southwardly with Cumberland avenue to Its Intersection with West Chestnut street; thence east with West Chestnut street to Flint street: thence south with Flint street to Hiawassee street thence with Hiawassee street to North Water street at the Intersection of Woodfln street; thence with Wood fln street to the BEGINNING, with a voting place at or near the junction of Merrimon avenue and North Main street in said precinct. PRECINCT NO. 4. BEGINNING t the Intersection of Patton avenue with West Court Square, and running thence Vest with Pntton avenue to Its Intersection with Haywood street, near Buttrlck street; street to the Intersection of Gudger itreet; thneo i.. th with Gudger street SHIRT. WAIST i-l - a- a f I UU U -"ee in the very new color 98c Never have at this price, vo mm stripes, 49c perfect fitting, ac tually worth 75c Unsurpassed selling j ' ! mtreet: thence uthwestwardly with Hill street to Maiden lane; thence north with Maiden lan tn . h,.i. " ravine; thence westwardiv win. said branch ot ravine and its various meanderlngs to French Broad river; thence down the French Broad river to the corporation ne; thence east with the corporation line to where it crosses . Cumberland avenue; thence southwardly with Cum berland avenue to where It crosses West Chestnut street; thence east wardly with West Chestnut street to flint street; thence south with Flint street to Hiawassee street; thence with Hiawassee street and Woodfln street to North Main street; thence south with North Main street to the BE GINNING, with a near the Farmers' warehouse on North .uiun Bireei in said precinct. PRECINCT NO. 5. BEGINNING at the intersection of Patton avenue, Haywood street and Buttrlck street, and runntnfr nni-tK. eastwardly with Haywood street to uuuger street; thence north with Gud ger street to Hill street; thence south west wardly With Hill utroAt in U.M.n lane; thence with Maiden lane north to a Drancn; thence westwardly with the meanderlnea of an Id hmnh n .. French Broad river; thence up the i-jeiiim oroaa river to the corporation line; thence east with the corporation line to Graham street; thence north with Graham street and with French Broad avenue to the erosl nf Rnrt. lett street: thence westwardiv with th meanderlngs of Bartlett street to De pot street: thence north with Depot street to Patton avenue; thence west wun ratton avenue to the BEGIN NING, with a voting place at or near Pearson's store in said precinct. PRECINCT NO. 6. BEGINNING at the Intersection of Church street with Patton avenue, and running west with Patton avenue to the intersection with Depot street; thence southwardly with Depot street to Bartlett street; thence eastwardly with Bartlett street and its meander lngs to French Broad avenue; thence south with French Broad avenue and Graham street to the corporation line; thence east with the corporation line to its Intersection with Victoria ave nue; thence north with Victoria ave nue to Southslde avenue: thence north eastwardly with Southslde avenue to Its intersection with South Main street; thence north with South Main street to the intersection of Church street; thence westwardly and northwardly with Church street to Patton avenue, the place of beginning, with a voting place at or near the Buncombe ware bouse In said precinct. It was also ordered by the Botrd that the voting place in Limestone town ship be changed from Arden to Sky land; and that the voting place in Biltmore precinct No. 2 be changed from T. J. Brookshire's store to Gash's Creek school house; and that the vot ing place In Haw Creek precinct be changed from the negro school house tq J. C. Redmon'a store; and that the voting place In Flaf Creek township be established In or near the village of Georgetown, near the Ashevllle and Burnsvllle road. All other precincts and voting places In the county remain as heretofore es tablished. This 21st day of May, 1900. JULIUS C. MARTIN, Ch'm. JNO. P. KERR, Secretary. C-23-dSOt . . . - OOQQOOGCCCOO These Waists are of the finest Per cale and Madras, made with pleated front, with the newest style collars. Your size is here and you had better hurry worth j 1 rw $1.25 to $1.50- W p Unsurpassed selling . . . . ff you seen such a Waist well made, stylish, and from $4.50 to tmo pi.vu ASHRVll I ..Railway THE STANDARD I Ail V A (F THE SOUTH. THE DIRECT LINE TO ALL POINTS TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, CUBA AND PORTO RICO. Strictly flrst-class equipment on all through and local trains; Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night trains, faet and safe schedules. Travel by the Southern and you art assured a safe, comfortable and expeditious Journey. Apply to ticket agents for time tables, rates and general information or address R- L- Vernon, F. R. DARBT. P- A-- C P. A T. A, Charlotte, N. C. Ashevllle, N. C. NO TROUBLE TO ANSWER QUES TIONS. Frank S. Gunoi, J. H. Clip, W. l.Tirl SdV.P.&Gen.Man. Traf. Man. G. p. A. WASHINGTON, D. C. Ashevllle Ticket Office. 60 Patton avenue. Transfer office same building. Baggage checked through from house to destination. Charleston and Western Carolina "Augusta A Ashevllle Short Llns." Bcneauie in Effect May 27, 1900. Lv Augusta 9:40am 1:40pm (:10pm 1:10pm 1:00am Greenwood 12:16nml Ar Anaerson Ar Laurens l:20nm Ar Greenville 8:00pm Ar Spartajburg J:10pmJ Ar iiennersonville 6:03pm Ar Ashevllle 7:00pm Lv Ashevllle 8:20am Lv Spartanbura ' ii-.4Re.rn a-mnm Lv Greenville 12:01pm 4:0Oim Lv Laurens l:87pm 7:80pm Lv Anderson Rir.nml Ar Greenwood .... .... 2:87pm 1:85pm Ar Augusta ,.. B:10pmll0:40am Af Aiken 7:20pm Close -connections at Green Sal Dolnta on S. A.' T. anri C a n railway and at Spartanburg with oouinern railway. For Information relative to tleketa. rates, schedules, etc., addresa W. J. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Aft., m - Augusta, Oa, T M. Wmersoa, Trafflo Manager. . . ) 0 If Am f
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