The Gastonia
____to th» Protootlon of Homo and cbo tafoMata of 1
Vol. XV111._U&J-agfrgiffifco.} Gastonia, N. C.. April 29, 1897.
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THE WAR IN THE EAST.
How It Was Finally Brought
About
SIMPLE STATEMENT OF THE FACTS.
Claim, of th* Qmiti ami of u» Fsrta.
Tb* blind Alwiya a Mona Cater.
Why tba Bo Caliad Ovtmi* Mains
FallaA—Tba Arailva tba Coumanten
axul tba Beal of War.
Tho immediate causa of tbo war be
tween Orccue and Turkey, aoovrdlng to lk<
olumi of tb* portn, la it oe to tba acUoD of
tho Greek Irregular, to praxrtratlej; Moo»
donln and attacking various minor Turk
lab posts, nw|nnril<IIUy for wMob tba
Greek gorerninant avorrt. Tbo I at tar, on
tbo other I bend, lay* tbcunu* oa tboTurka,
wbo advanced Into Thimaly. This malt
ad In a sharp oonfllet between bodies of tbs
regular troop* at tbo town of Macro*,
which lie* liDxaadlntaly under the shadow
of Mount Ot7mpoa, th* fublud bomo et
lb* greater god* of tbo undent Greek*.
Tbo Greek* wbo mat* be aoii*tdar*d tb*
sggrtmCt* party. a*y they mt troop* to
lbs Island of Crete Vo eppoos tb* Turk* ba
oauaa tb* latter were m nawcrlng the
Christiana A further cam* for tbo bat
ltgereaoy I* their ImpnWrnoo because tb*
reform* Imposed upnn Turkey by tho great
powers bat* not hern pul luto axseuUun.
But It 1* Dtcesury to go Uaok much
farther to UDdrrstund tba primary cauat
of Milt (Tea* atften) crlsla Crate was tb*
last of tbo Turkish oooqucot* In Europe,
baring been aaptnrcd front tba Vonetlsua
after * desperate strtiggla Lite Ireland,
Crete wo* Imperfectly conquered at the
beginning, and tba Uaino of discord bat
bean krptcllra In tba Island owing Co tb*
existence of • Urge mlourtty differing In
creed from tbo balk of th* population nod
long maintained In t privileged position
by tor ruling power. A dlrtnrbloq lnOo
enoo was also tacrcitad from wltboul, to*
tb* Grotkt of tb* mainland hart always
fosters* th* revolutionary clamant among
their brethren
Niurtly after tho Turkish oonqnest* a
largo number of tbe Grark Inhabitants,
through one rasa* or another It may
bare been compulsion, oe poalbly It wni
fear and *clf interest—*m braced th* erred
of Islam, and of oners* thus effaoconlly
dlwolrrd all Mao of blood, language and
tradition. Today tho Utamlnnn Orach
of Crete 1* to all Intent* aud purpose* a
Turk and I* to regarded by hta Christian
kinsmen. Crete, howavar, played an tw
nf# all lut summer Graeco (cut ooosM
amble nld to tbe Christian Cretans, and
this lad Russia nail Ccrutany to propose
blookadlng the Island, lint Great Britain
refused to amotion aiuih n eohetuo, and tba
project was tbarvforu abandoned.
A plan of reforms was agreed npon by
tbe power* Into 9vp tain her and eoeeptvd
by lbs sultan. Thera wat lo be a Chris
tian governur, who should appoint the
subordinate* ofdolaU, two thirds of them
Christian and one-third Mussulman, and
Other reform* wero agreed upon which
Cimhs-d to be advantageous to tbo Chris
n Cretan*. For ono reason or another,
however, they warn not carried out. That
tho pnawrat aouto crisis ensued, and It da
vits a its Importance from tbo IntarTcnlloa
of Graeco. Tba annexation of Cruts to
Qveouc baa been proclaimed, and Oraafe
troops havs token pneertrlun of tits Island,
with tba axoeptkiD of a few porta whlob
are bald by tbo Oseta of tba powrra.
Tbo Inhubltnnta of Crota, both Chris
tians aud Mussulmans, svin to appro*« at
the annexation, and there la rossou to ha
liar® that even tba porto ll—elf would not
strenuously object to It. Rot Russlu nod
Germany hove done all In their power to
prevent Ik Tba c Iterative off read la •
mensuro of autonomy. At the beginning
of tba year that wonld probably bare been
aceoptnd. Now It la tegardrd with suspi
cion, as a more ruse of the powers ts
throw Crete bade under unrestrained
Turkish rule
Tin Turkish commander la one Id ham
Pasha. Ho saw service in the Tnieo-Hot
aton war as colonel nod brigade command
er, but ka baa bad no experience lo tbo
leadership of n large army. Prince Con
etantlnc, tbe eomnjuodsr of the Greek ar
my, boa a military training which Is pure
ly that of tba academy and drill ground,
uDd there Roams to be mi general rrader
him wbu has hod a different cxportsd.w
In numbers tbe Turklab array of admnre
to for larger than Uie Greek foroca and
there la reason to expect that tbo Witter
may gat tho worst of it st thu antral Tba
Grooks, however, bare tbo brat reason to
look for efficient help from tliolr large
body of Irregulars, whlob havu been pout
ing luto Macedonia and Kpirue. From this
■ouroa tbe tldu at uprlelug ngolnat Turk
ish rule Iirotultes to swell Into a groat Tot
Omc. Other elements that favor the Greeks
are tho facto that the fighting will ha In
licUvnlo tawrltcry, which tbo Greek* know
thoroughly, uod tbe wbola of the nation la
on flee with pnastonoto cortiosissra.
All that tbo gnat powun cno do jun
at presoct la to look oa and loeallio (lie
conflict at far oa It la poaalblo. Dot the
Issue la Dot tnoraly Is-twv*** Turkey and
Greeoe, Dur tba question mcroly Ike guv
ernmont at Crete, A war between Turkey,
all of whose traditions era despot!am, und
MAP OF THK MAT OF WAR.
portae* pan In tho Greek wur of Inde
pendence, ium) It would hare boos made a
part of tlio new ITcUi-nie kingdom U tho
Ktiro-ran fmraa hod koptfhalr hand* off,
but they Insisted In forcing Oretohack un
der the Turkish nils and enooumgtng
Turkey ho retake It. After a tnaumettoo
which lotto! over thru* yvwrs, ond whlob
cost tho Turkish and Sgyptfan treastulc*
Sumo *30,000,000, a aehsino of reform
known ua Ifco “orgnalo stntnte” wu
drawn np This mooture appeared to ood
rrdo is largo muons* nf no if government to
the Island. M gate it o luglslatlre It in
hly nnd judicial system of Its own. Tho
latter, however, was merely a mookrry,
and tbo former vves rrdnood to Impotewo*
by Ixlng frrhliV.cn even todiseuso any
ronttor which br.il not prerlmsly received
tho wist*Ion of ibo R.-rrrrn»Dcnt
Thus tho unpale stotnio i-rovivt a fall,
ore end l lie l-lonil Irvcvil o cs disc out ent
erl us ever. Another Ins: rroullon Occurred
In 1H7H, nnd Ir. tint fall cf that year,
thrrmnh tlio it.edit!lou of Kngl.vrd, a com
pact was rtmwn op which rote I nod th*
roocrrl *y*lrr.i of sho orgsulo stntnte, but
provided fur Its inurepr.ieticalnppllmtlon.
TUs wo* not satisfactory to the Cretans,
however, and they soon dlrldid Into two
parties. Intrigue followed Intrlgnr, and
ouly nuo reuu hus bod tbo murage to bold
tho offloo of clrll governor for a full tarm
All tho other* wtrw driven to resign It.
A crisis camo In I1M Th* govtroor
tmium It to be M) oonttttnuooal doty
to bestow a car lain number of appoint
mania on tha IdharaU, and tho Omarrea
thraa 1 boronpon took no arm* find with
draw to tha mountain. Then tho hall dor
mant fanattolcra of tho paopta baeama
arouaad and tho (aland w again ptaaaad
Into oltU war. la tho tpm of a raw
nmntht nhottl >00 Chrlatinnsand Miami
mans wars niurdarsd. Nino thousand
dwell lag houses, 101 aobools, ST moaquet
and 14 chofshaa wrra burttad. Property fa
tha annual of bondradtof thousands cl
dollars' worth waa dsstroywl. Tha Injror
ri Christiana, ho wove r, got tha worst of
Tha porto aooa hoeamom»ati-r of |fw
si too I km and pnarislmsd martini law. Tht
sompual of 111 7* «m |>mrtloa)ty alxogatad.
and for lha sol Ore yrora Crete was ruled
aotoeral bally by a stneaaaSon of Ifmanl
loan gmisnnr*.
Tho rUlmtlon of Uwi powers wna itttnaf -
ad to lbs unliaopr atalo of Uo l*l.imi, and
toward lha end of 1«1M tho porto was In
dnn-d In whet a Christian named Alraao
<Vr RnntlKOlnry Ptdo aa wrvwuor Ho
areiinl In hn neorptable to both flirtation*
and Moaaulniana The aaamhh mat
•pis for tl.o Oral Mm Warn I SOO and
paaard som good laws Pat these wore
vriawd by lha porto, and trouble again ho
sui Dnelly to Marsh of last yeas tht
Christian governor waarersllevi, and Tor
khnn IhiolM, n Motsultnan. wna apiolntcd
la hta steatl. The change neiuio to Mia
aallvfy everybody, Masoulnum as wall ai
Christian 'llui nwishtr af murdata on
both ahha lurnroard. Turhhan uhawtd
east- Idcml-la eu< rpy In punhdtlhg lha
gallty and In uplwMIng tNa law, lari lla
rat alt suntfsward, aaad dbduriauosaa swot
Greece, all of whoeo tradition* nro liberty,
may evlly In ml fa before It bo oomplrtrd
all Rurrvf.0 In a war between nbanlntlan
and dcmourucy. It inny rcanlt In nn upris
ing throughout Koropo until orcry govern
■lent ns*t at Rnmlu Is rovolullonlxrd and
mnko llbemllain dominant from tha lledl
terrancun to tba Baltic.
The noromponylug map giro! n good
Coral Idas at tba country in tha neigh
hood of tbo Greek-Turklrb frontier,
where tho boatllc nrmlao confront ono an
other. It to extended eonth to thaw the
gocgraphical relatiana of Athens and tho
prevent itgVra at oonfllct. Tbe frontier
retrod» frenp tho Ionian mm at tbe gulf nf
Arte, on tbe west, no tbo golf of Salonika,
Boor Mount Olympus, tho tabled homo nf
the old Greek deities, on the eett.
In moving tbo Orach troops to the north
they were embarked on ihlplxmrd st the
Plni-nt, tho part of Athens, and railed
down tho gulf of rEglna to tho AS gran era,
and then north to tho part uf Dalai, nl*o
known ns Vnlo. This part Is onnneetod
with Lor lias 17 roll, end a few hours nftor
landing lb a troop* wrro to Lnrlra*. tho
pen nt headquarters uf tbe Greek Army st
tho front. The Tnrklsh city of Salonika
has been tho gathering point of tha Tork
Wi forces. Hnlnnlku la nt the hood of Ibe
gulf at dskmlku, ns mile* nortfcouel of the
town uf Klnenonn In Macedonia. Kbuovm*
latlw hceilgutirtvri of tho Turkish for ora
In Macudunle. The Turk lab troops lavs
reached Uita town and other point* along
the Tnrktah military frost by two nmtra.
A part of t hen a bar* goo* watt lip rati to
Vania from Halmlkn and Uira nunvlitl
•ootb to Maaennn, a dUniw nf «» inline
tnr aomn week ■ tku 'nek. Kara bnd a
my eenalderublu army poetrd all along
Ml* frontier from Klnaeonn to Janlna, with
other force* os tbo gnlf of Aria lha
Greek* tuivo nlao aprrad • part at th*
tmnne (hey oononttratod ot Lurlaaa along
lb* fronl ter from XeMita, aonfb nf Mnnnt
Otymptra, to th* tnrlrm hornier of Thra
•oly. -At Omen* In Maeedonkt the Turk*
havo hnd an ri'Ura dlvlelrm, Including In
fantry, Oaraltjr and artillery, ondnr tha
eoaumalM] of llnkkl Pnaba. Tba Oraak In
enrgnnte poehed noathward nearly tadrev
•no before they were lice tan back.
Th* nm*l nf Thiaanly la a w>at plain
trltb range* of bill* fn no otbir pert of
Oners renlrt troops lei an enatty menrtt
rend over eo largo n territory. Muerdmla
•ml Albaaht, na the Turk lab aide nf tha
border. art tha oontrnry, ars nuardtngly
■nmintotnoma. Aa rvmiptirrd with Ttwa
■ah, tbo lurka ha to In I hair frontier kar
ri I nr y it far greater number of atrMegla
potnfa than are net difficult to drfand.
the main ilfTVnlty wlihatt tMe territory
eo loth ntdia of tbo lonlor, from e will
troy point of view, la tbo rntlro lark of
gaud rood*. Many ef li e nude nffnodtng
thoiwly nice tie of trenail are mere hrUlo
pa tha, a ml alt the ro.it. am rtarmw and
la fsd eundidon.
The prvwera am plainly In al1hiw*i with
Vtfker In if te irl.l*, I.ut I ho eonerteitura
• tul rympoiliy of llie i. -,| It- nn< Iwgrfy la
fevur of tlfrirr. Thl. Iwltrr ully alsadd
auk hr draptard.
“It Pays to Trade with Gray and Loyc.”
For the last year or so it has been the sentiment expressed
by hundreds upon hundreds of people In Gaston county.
Among the Crystalized Chunks
of common sense handed out to the people of the surrounding county
is the oft-repeated truth, “It Pays to Trade with Gray and Love.”
’Tis a Fact Known Far and Wide.
The statement grows in force every day of our business life, Mvnusr
each day brings new evidences that “It Pays to Trade with Oray and
Love, and new people to be convinced of It.
Our Last Full-page Ad,
so tastefully displayed by THE GAZETTE, brought throngs of anxious
buyers to our store, who soon swooped up the many bargains offered.
Replenished Fourfold.
But alas I Too true, we have replenished our stock fourfold, and here
we come again:—
as Docen Ladies' Latin dried Shirt Waists,
beautiful styles and patterns, softly pass
aw*v for. asc.
50 Dosen Ladies’ Hose, in colors only,_ jc.
50 Daren Good Spool Cotton, only_ jc.
| 800 Tarda Lawns, Dimities, and Satteens,
worth ioc to iaj<c. Come and get 'em
for-—;.... sc.
zoo Pairs Ladies' Slippers, all toes in tans
and blacks, good goers at ft.as, #1.35.
Soon they'll leave ua at the price_ 89c.
Come in and watch us. No trouble to show goods.
Your*, etc.,
'g^GRAY AND LOVE.^^
UOI.D IM MORTIS CAROLINA.
»»*.000,000 riwUMA In tfc* Off
■peatel Jf wort oy UmI^ImI Omrrwy.
Half If L Mew* *ad OOwrrw.
Tbs geological survey report on gold
dupoaUa lu Notch Carolina It now
rood* for distribution sad copies eon
be obtained from tbs Stele geologist
by forwarding 8 cents for tbs payment
or postage. Tits report is accompanied
by a geological map of the Stats whlob
shows lbs regions in which gold has
btcu found in any couaidsrublo quanti
ty, the location of the mors important
mines, and lbs character of the rocks
in all Ui« gold producing dlstrlots.
The new discoveries in Uranvllle coun
ty are located on tbit map but uot
described in the report as Ilia tetter
Itnd been printed before tbs dieooveries
wars made.
Tlx toul amount of gold produoed
ib tlx Bute to date is estimated to be
524.0UO.OO0. mostly In Franklin, Nash,
Monlfornery, llonre, Davidson, Itow
au, Stanly, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg,
Union, llurke, McDowell. Hnlherford,
Henderson, Jsckson and Mneon
counties.
At wbat time gold mining was Oert
ondertaken in North Carolina, says
Prof. Homes in this report, cannot he
ascertained, bot several traditions,
which cany a large probability of
truth, would seem to Indicate that the
I auriferous character of the section
i was kuown before tlx Itevolutlooary
war. One of the localities In Him
State, which it Is believed was worked
before that struggle began, wu the
Oliver mino in Oaston Bounty.
Informal ion lias recently been re
ceived ol His successful operation of
tlie Parker mine lu Cherokee oounty,
N. C„ by tbn Cherokee Indians long
before llie coming of Uis wlilta pio
neers into that sect loo. They obtained
only nugget gold and their art was en
tirely iondequate to tlx winningoT the
Are dust gold.
i » orst authentic ana wm on tlie
Bowl plantation, In Cabarrus county,
where a 17-pound nugget was found in
1709. Its value wm not ouspcctsd at
first, bill when it was usoert* Inert to
be gold, a systematic march was un
dertaken r.nd a large number or nug
gets were unearthed.
Suceero at this mine stimulated
search elsewhere; uugget geld wm
found at tba Dunu mloe In Mecklen
burg county soon afterwards, aad cu
rious stories are attl] ourrent of the
common use* to which these noggsts
wots put by tho loo*l gunsmith*.
lly IftM gold mining on a vigorous
scale was carried on along the entire
Appalac hian ejnpe, from Virginia to
Alabama. The placer* or like .1*
l»'*lts ware Urst worked, then llie
gossan outcrops uf tlie veins, whore
slight skill with few and olu-ap spoil.
Slice* were adequate to tho work. Tho
exhaustion of llira# easily worked
store* was effected about th* time of
Ihe disoovery of gold lu California and
liters wns a largo exodus of miner* to
to that territory. Ths mining work
had not recovered from the retarding
luliurueea uf this exodoa when the
civil war cams ai d put an end to all
w«rk. At Ibe ehwe of lla war but
one gold mine In North Carolina was
In operation Sloes then there have
lwen tposmodln revival* and depres
sion* in gold mining IhrmiglaMit Ills
Male end at Ibe present tints rveiy
thlug points to a healthy growth nf
the Industry.
Tim great sat drawback In lbs (Is
• vch-jwnent of ibis Industry In the
State Mt tlie present time Is th* lack of
large metallurgical plant*, located at
I cent ral points Ilka Salisbury and Char
| tour, where the nrsg from tiro hun
dreds of neighboring mines oould I*
I suec> eel it lly treat*).
h«4 H+mny.
KlnUisfi FVvo Fra*.
Tlie treat.Mila OSSSTTK Ira* eom
, pteinl It alsili >mr NmleT lire rtlllm 1*1
| am nagr merit it# Mr. ttf K. Marshall.
II Is a Mat, newsy |aspev.
■■•••U u< kU rrU»*v
Utataavllle Landmark.
The Raleigh correspondent of the
Charlotte Obmi-cer tay*:
"Governor Runell’* clokkat friend*
appear to be giving blm tbe marble
heart. First lie lost Major Hiram L.
Grant, and now David B. Bultou, of
Hew Hanover, hai joined the anti
ButeelHlre. Sutton joined when he
wet thrown over last month for Dr.
Wrlgbt. a* mayor of Wilmington.
Button wt* dead tore of getting Lhta
piece of pie. He bed an idea of being
a candidate for Coagree* from the
Blxih district, but concluded be would
let Claudia* Dockery do that, while be
took the mayoralty. How, poor fellow,
he get* nothing, and there la a great
deed of sympathy for him la a uulet
way.”
Button wae Kassel] ** most faithful
friend aod supporter during tbu alltlng
of tbe Legislature. Who la to blame
for the separation, and whether or not
Burnell treated Bultou right or the
latter treated tbe Governor properly,
we don't know sud dun’t care; hut it
Is a matter of common knowledge that
old men Dent’l ha* Allocated about all
of tbl* Republicau friend*, and when
alienated they broom* bli bitter ene
mies. There te a belief current, and
those who know Rueeell best accept it
most readily, that tbe old man hat a
dictatorial, dominating way about
hltn -bulldoilng 'habit that no ttlf
respecting white man own endure lung
at a time. Since he and Button have
separated the latter denouuoe* Burnell
most bitterly on all occasion* and It U
said that ha told the Governor to hl»
face that ha (Botsell) could not put
bL cane on him (SuUod) aa be bad put
It on Lockey: that he o»ek! not draw
bit pletol on him et be had ou Rice,
and tint he could not curt* him a* be
did Howe. Lockey, Blee and Howr,
tlie laltrr ool’ired, are Republican poli
tician*. former allies or Boeeell. We
remember hie drawing hi* pistol on
Rice in Wilmington a few year* ago
and the whole Stale will recall hie
cursing Howe I" tbe executive cSke la
Raleigh during the lilting of the hut
Legislator-. We know nothing ef the
lockey Indent.
“BetuM, how pood a lMn| K la,
And how tteoomlo* wru.
IVarWbw auoh aa brethren art
To unity to Iwl"
Tli« North Carolina Hadloala eaught
»Tartar whan tbay caught Uuaaell
and wa with thacn Joy of him.
ff»aw
laaared fur a Million,
ban Fraottaoo IMapaatib.
M ra LeWud Stanford to-day signed
ths ounlrset by whteh livr Ufa la tu
aurad for #1,000.000, Tim pulley,
which I* told to lie the largest arer
Issued, wa* wrltlan by a Nam Yoik
company. By lha tlrau of llm oon
ttnct Jim Stanford la to pay on an
nual premium of #170,000, and spun
liar death J1,000.000 will It* fialU by
tha company to lha I-sbtnd Staodrurd
Dnl vanity.
Should she lira tan year* and oan
tlnua htr annual paytaanl of pTtaluma
lha unWenlty will rccwlvt at her death
$9,000,000 Instead or 11,000,000.
■ ■StwaW *• th» Wtiw.
abalby Aurora.
Partha who bur* lawn rrgular at
tmid.iuta In lha Uiorl llotua thl« week
toll ua that Ilia criminal trial* baea
bean llw frreal from Indacsocy of any
«ouri for years Tina show* an l*»
pmeearnt in lha mor >!• of tlm county.
In n latter ta lha Mannfaatama
Meaar*. David A Borard at \Yrat Mnti
teray, Pa , *ay: "Chamberlain'*
Dough ltrumdy haa aurad people that
oar pbyaleUM could do nothing far.
Wa larauadid them lo try a bottle nf
It and they now rtmHDiomd It, aa do
the nat of us" Knr aih* al A/I end HI
rrnla |*r bnlll* by J. K thtny A (V>.,
Druggists
tuium Rcnim.
U»lw mm* *- InrmlTt
Wilmington M—i—for.
C. S. Batten goes er»ry day la bla
•team launch to Uie rloe Oelde which
H. U. Batter* and Governor D. L.
Bueeell hare derolped orer on Begins'
lelaod and along Bra oe trick rirer.
The tteamer ruoe through Redman
creek, and it U infected with alliga
tors.
Last Thursday K. B. Thrall, a trav
•11 of Ban from Muoole, lod., took a
trip to the rice Oelde with Mr. Batten.
Mr. Batten carries a con pie of Win
chester rifles la bis yacht, aad when
they were retaining to tbe elty they
came aeroae a big afltgator three quar
tan of a mitu rrom tbe mouth of Bed
moo creek. They called their Win
chester rifles late play aad shot the
Boaster twice through the head. He
disappeared and at Drat they thought
they had lost him.
When tbe ataemer had goiteoaihort
distance away, however. the 'gator
cane to the top aad they pat Inok for
bla. Tbe ’gator, wounded to des
peration, showed fight whon an at
tempt wee made to laaso bla with a
rope sod gate the parly a lively fight
that laated aa hoar. When the rope
was thrown around bla he lashed the
walei with fury, and was able even to
tew tbe steamer. Ones ha threw bla
Mg jews end a portion of til* body clear
Into the boat, and Mr. Thrall In tlm
excitement Impolsl velv grabbed a steam
pipe lu catting out of Uie wey, burn
log hie band end nearly going out of
the boat beokwarda when be let the
hat ulue loose
They finally got tha beat of the ’ga
tor and toweo him lo the elty. It
measured 11 feet four lacbeo la length.
Zt waa still allr*. and Gapt. B. I). wil
liams shipped it to a friend la New
York city
Aeuhm Walla—I
PhlWMpbla ftooord
to a recant lecture on “Matte In
A merlon,’’ delivered in Baltimore,
rroteeaor H. W. Parker, of Tale, de
clared:
There era but few eooga which give
adequate expression to aellona) renting.
Molding la left of revolutionary songs
except “Yankee Doodle," nod It would
here been better bed tide aleo boa*
lost. Our present national hymn,
“America,’’ Moot Amerlean in My
•enaeof the word. "TheStar Span
glad Bail war” la a nice tuna to play on
m instrument, but its arrangs Is so greet
ea to make It all bat impossible for
singing. “Columbia, tbr Gem of the
Ooean,” is musically batter, while
'Suwaafee River," “Meaaa'ala Uie
Cold. Cold Ground" nod “My Old
Kentucky Home" ere Ml negro melo
dies. Tbs most satisfactory of them
ell (or e moeteUn la “Dixie," wbloh la
lom ralgor and more characteristic.
This waaealy way the Professor
took to compliment Maryland upon
Iter great song Bat while there la
much trail) tn *11 that he said, end
while none will dlepwie the etiorm of
“Dixie." oererlheieM It k scarcely
possible that “Yankee Doodle" wlft
vyar be rspkeed. A national song la
not primarily mere musk; it must
mean something In he eaaoelallena.
Tu be rare, the tune was palmed off on
Ute obi Colon 1*1 provincial* by a smart
Bril laii army sorgeon; but It area only
Ju»l retrlonilnn for him to hear it
trio mpbenUy played at rmxlsgtou and
at Boater Hill. J—t as Urn "Beg
gar*" (Dee Oosolx) of Holland wore
their opprobrious epithet with pride,
so "Title Doodle" had broom* e
proud American twee of which (In
spile of It* ileggnvl ornate) no Ameri
cas nard U aehamad It* note* throb
will) th« greet memorlee of the day* of
'7A
lhm*t fall tn Ity ltlce,«<li>ner(lii-**n.
It rune. Wu aril ned guarseler it.
J. K. Cniry Alh
HOI. DAIIBL V. TiOBHlB.
A dEAKAOm ITDDTOT ID XAI.
aa
TtaMbolDHblW.TNAMn
■mtmmoUkMUm acton oa the po
litical stage wbo wan noneidtiooui
among (ba elders tilling In tbagateaa
gasanUoa and man age. Far above
a third of a notary ha waa a font la
Aonrtaan paUUoo. For that whole pe
riod bo waa the Idol of bLa party la mo ,
of tbe great States of the Uakm. Ho
wao a maa of lotaOnt, a maa oTfona,
* *!*"£ wngaillan. a man of saltan.
*od, ebon alt, a maa af (ba people.
Ha wu an aarnaat, alaeera aua, aod
what the heart of Voertmaa forged that
tba toogaa of Voortan attanT Ha
Mataamao of hie day waa lam a eelf
aaakar. Hawaaoaa of Urn tew oaa
eptoaoM atatwmea af Mo Una wbo
wen oonteet to follow wbn they
night ban led.
Voortiiaa aatand Oongnm with da
snot U VaMaadlagban aodB.fi. Cm.
Thaddeoi Steven# waa tba laadar of
IhsHoass, wbiob bedomloated loom
greeter dcgns than Mr. Bead domi
nate* tba present House. And such a
OoagrenI It to no dtepangaanat to
toy eoo of ear Una to aay that tba
Tblrty nnot* aod Thirty-atehlb Con
tra***# wen tu aapactor, both In ean
•troetlve aad destructive aUteanan
•blp, ta toy that baa eat la that eagltol
for the twenty yean last peat. It waa
natural that they eboald be so. Great
oeaaUio mates the gnat nan, aad Urn
period of 10U-*dB waa tbe greatest on
oaalea, so far aa ooaosnu this banla
pliere, of tba oantory.
No ordinary man could boeonepien
one in the Thirty-seventh Cor.frbus.
At that time Voorbeee «M lam than
M years of age, sad yet. before be wau
* year older, be was ee greet e ferae to
tbe Bourn as ear rsesnhsr of tbe mi
nority—a minority Oust ioeladed Crit
tenden mod WloUW, ValUadlogbatn.
Pendleton, and Co*. The peramoont
UetM war the eooduct of thagieataet
war of modern timet, aad iooideot le
It was tbe personal ltWty of the olti
mo. The Be publican leaden were t*T
ribly in earnest, and bed no motion of
being checked by a etriet observance
of U>s rlgbte goaranteed by the writ
of habeue oorpua Voorbtes bed dle
tinguiahcd himself ee oounael far tbe
defense In tbe trial of oer of the ae
owed of tbe Jobs Brown raid, nod ee
an orator be wee the fleet on’ Uie
“Death of Liberty.** made in Thirty
m Tenth Coo great, in the Democratic
oase of Umt day, and while he wee
right In Urn argument, be did aot rea
lise that tbe aooaaioo wee each ae to
make exception to all accepted raise.
Though Voofbooo might haw eon
tooted the auprsmaoy with him, be
rardlally recogotmd the prlmaey of
Tbomaa A. Hendrloks In the Demo
ernUa party ef Indiana. And to thut
magnamltr on hi* pert waa due tbe
feet that for cuany years tbe Demoors
yot Indiana was not tom by faetlou.
Psrbapa Hendricks azpeeted more ad
miration lima Voorboer, but orrtainly
Voorbera urns more torad than Hen
dricks; the latter waa “Dsn." Han
drioke wae tbs oommander in chief;
Vnor tees wee Uie trotted lieaUaant
And to this was dm tbe feet that not
•van the euolnem between the follow
ere of MoDooaid oould Impair the
suborb discipline of tbe Iodises De
mocracy. Tbe RapuMloeae were not
eo fortunate. Oliver P. Morten waa
ae autocrat. He repelled Julian sod
drove Mm out of the parly; he Saw
“many Xlsriuses" In Harrison end ae
long «m Morton lived, Ifarrleun wae
kept In comparative obscurity, sod
when Morton died bo left n Pandora
legacy to bla oeuv-tbe feed between
ii*rmon tod OrttiuiCD,
The gras teat ossiyalgii of Voorhrua’
career m that oflSTO-Mia Tltden
campaign. Tba Democratic caodldute
fur Governor wse tbe aaMtralad “Hl«a
Jaaoe" Williams, who bad bean a mam
bar of tba Forty-fourth Oongraaa, and
aa chairman of tba committee on aa
oouaU. ba bad rafamad to pace tba
door-ftaaaar’a bill for lomnaado arhtob
tba members af eararsl pear lost Ooa
gramaa eujoy ad at public exposes, and
wbtoh See stars wen not In far. WU
llemi waa aa oM-taalilooed man, aa
plain la appoarsooe aa a stone fanes,
and w Democratic la damiasnr aa a
ooeaehta cap. Yocrbsae acoompe
“led him over tba State, and tba pair
appeared cm the etocep in wrrp orunty
from Steal tea to 1‘oaay, from Lake to
dwltaerlnud. it waa tba moat steb
bornly oouteatad election to tboUiatory
of Americas polities and Urn ablest
ouaduoUd. Uaadrlaka arse the Demo
CTKUc Candidate for Vice PraaWcat,
but Marios eu yet living, with vigor
enough left to debt hla last sad moat
hara'.o battle. Indiana was tbea an
October State, sad Urn Deae WrsU trt
umpled. Tbs sight of Ilia election
Morton War tad as a xpvalal Irate for
Hayia Out tba campaign of 1R7C
made Daniel W. VoorbwM a Senator
la Osamas for Iwaaly years
At tba liar Yuorbaec wai a Meows
fol practtUoucr. He anm sot a great
iurtst Ukc ManSill, Htervy. Cartto,
■Mask, Carpenter, Thsnaas, Trumbull
or Urujtmin Hill. Saab (arista arc
bora wjwt aa generals aad svU ara
bora. Bat Vootiunt waa a great advo
cate. lie ws« not Urn urates of tba
elan of Wendell Phillips, Hasry ff la
irs Dirts, Joseph Halt, or Tbcmac V.
Marshall; bnt ha bad a otsar, aaalytl
sal mind, a ready and aUnmUva v.*
ealmlety, and above all. ha wsa a ge
nial ama, a maa of sympathy, a man
who listed ouarsaalos. a man to wham
Urn aaSarlag of a Mha session maa
Personal torture. AM aa It maa Um*
ba mat with si mast aahrohou aaeawm
at Urn mlmlnsl bar, net mb la hw
nwn HUIr. bat la Mlmmail, la Mary
lead, la Ikaaam aad Is Kaatmsky
Pew Afmcbte tin OHm
sw ss
the chamber. lWalae aooo yielded the
door nod want aver to Voorbeas’ mat
•Bd roalsmH that tba Inadvertent
and spocUneour sarcasm bad pot him
act note than eU Urn logic of Thar
and all tU eloqueuofl oC Hill.
Voorbeas was a pcluoely man. Ha
ooeld mw nails* Um value of a dol
lar. Xeerly thirty year* of bis lil*
wamsMutat this aapItaL and ao far
aa provMjag against a relay day Ml
oooeerned, every dey was a* tbongb
thv ku was tha day of Judgment,
Hia heart was open to ovary talaof
distress and aa was bU pares, thongb,
alas, tba lattar was an too treqaaaUy
«*W- it was tbis pfaaee or bla ebar
aatar that prompted Him to support all
pension legislation looking to aa te
craaseofibe roll Ha was aa dtaoa
gogoaand never calculated that tha
slightest political advantage would ra
■*u to himself. Sloes UU lia had
five* to tba paafsaalsaal ''dapaadamta”
of this town eooBgti to bars raodavad
himself la dependent la bla old ago.
Perhaps tbla is a weakoeo*-perhaps,
Tba Oten of baart, however. will re
gard It aa a treasora which In tha
sweet by nod bvs »m yield a giaatsa
retain thaa nil tha wealth of all tba
mines, thaa all tba riches of all tha
ooffeca of all Um banka of ail tU
world.
Tan years In tbs Hans* and apward
at Dinettes la tba Senate measure tba
dnratfoe of kls earvtaa to tba national
eottttoila. And every moment ml It
wm honorable. Whan corruption
stalked Uw> ourrldora, lived In tba aom
mllta# moats, and brasvn and wanton,
aat an tba door at either chamber.
Denial W. Voorhats lived through it
an without a auanMo.i of guilt at
taching lu him. Ho was not as met
noun as Morton, bo true not sa does a
man aa Hsrrtaoo, hs was not as ae
oompitched a man as Turpie; ha was
f* “ eloquent a man as Willard,
but ka was a more lovable aw than
either on. of team, sad, taka hlapoU
•« *M» ha conferred as mash tester aw
hie btete ns either ef them. HawMS
roaoly mao and an unaalUk pairlot.
Kind haute are morn Chan ooronate.
Awd simpla faith tha* Vomm
blood.
ntoMOMtrir, K.
"Tba waUh-dog of U>o tiWNn"
liaa go** oal of th* right of mm. lie.
UoHmm «na aaUsaof Indian*, kora
InIMft. Iniasou* was etaatafla*
rtatantiot) onHrd U> a*wd lb* aaa
itHutlnu of lh« flu*; ti *4 b**o a am
bar of tb# IwgtsUtaro, a Jaffa ia Um
Buto ooarta, w*« «InM tottoTWrly
uxlb C.tngr#aa add has acrvsd la Mat
body alaawl ooailounariy Si boo, drop
plug out only occasionally aa (U for
laaas of partita changed. Ha waa
not a onui of ablolng ability, bat of
goof parts aaf approssf Inlrgrlly, aaf
bis long sgpartgnoa o«b hits a *wj
salgabla HaprmatitaUva. If* watobri
lb* iba aowraa >4 I-* Mat Ion am a ar
row ly parhapt IBaa nay mm la M*
llama, waa aspuMly imlilna of
bill* tarrying aaprnsrlalKma, aaf MB
fiSftBBnl **| obawt” aafaaf tor bias
tUa till* Of "Th* Great OHootor.”
H* had aaiBof llw fuaflrtgbld
HalbnnM llsoax than any bm wbo
ha* bate I* pa HI* Ilf# la raaaat yaato.
Ho waa a goaf aid mma, a MUM
D*«no«ral aaf faltbfal poUta aarraat:
and dying, baa a laag llaa of good
dorw* aa oradluoa bis paaoral attoaot.
paaaMHMHMaaddBi*
■ay frWwda. Utotoab
and imw fall* M gisn -
a%la to J K (Msy, At*^