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ELKIN, N. C, TIHJUSnAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 18.
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BRYAN IN HUH CABflLJNA
Multitudes of Enthusiastic Silverites SVleet
Him at Every Point.
A GLOWING TRIBUTE TO VANCE.
Said There Were Personal as Well as Political Rea
sons for His Visiting North Carolina.
TAR HEELS CAUSED HIS NOMINATION.
Asheville made grent preparation for
receiving William Jennings Bryan.
Tuesday evening and night the claus
began to gather from the highland.
Prom every available camping-ground
in the envirous of the beautiful hill
city, camp-lire could be seen glowing
cheei fully In the cri p September air,
the Round of the enthusing banjo was
Lear J, while the merry mountaineers
were gathered around it, talking Bryan
and free silver at 16 to 1 and jubilut
ing over the good time coming, after
(he inauguration of the Nebraskau on
the 4th of March next.
When the liryau special reached
Asheville at 2:35 p. m., it was met by
tiie euthusiivttio escort provided by the
energetic Buncombe county Demo
crutio e.tucutivecoiiiniittee. The Bryan
party were ushered into carriages, and
the procrihiou formed. A mounted
escort of ladies ami gentlemen, the la
dies under the lead of Mrs. Col. Rura
bongh. led the way. The Bryan car
riages came next, containing besides
Mr. Bryau, Chairmau Clement Manly,
of tne Deinoeratio State executive eoin-
4 y
William Jennings Bryan,
Democratic Candidate for President
mittee; Chairman Hal W. Ayer, of the
Populist State committee; Chairman
Frank Carter, of the BnnoombecouDty
Democratic executive committee. The
rest of the carriages came next and the
mounted escort of one thousand horse
men after these. Five hundred of these
horsemen came all the way from
Greene county, in east Tennessee,
bringing three days' rations.
The line of procession from the
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Depot street to Patton avenue and
thence direct to the Battery Park. The
streets were lined a'l along the way
with men, women and children, eager to
seethe distinguished Nebraskan. Flags
flying from windows and porches and
the people who viewed the procession
from house tops and those who packed
the available standing-places along the
route kept the candidate constantly
bowing bis bead.
The stand from which Bryan spoke
was erected in a curve of Sonthside
avenue as the street bends around Mc
Dowell HilL The side of the hill had
been a corn field, and the people
brought newspapers by the thousands
spread them upon the oorn hills and
sat upon them comfortably. The crowd
formed an exceedingly pictuesqne
sight, a gionp of color the women in
their holliJay attire relieving the
denser blackness of the crowds of men.
The acoustic properties of the
spot were faultless. The hill,
which trended northward and south
ward, enrved, amphitheatre like, and
the speaker's voice as the sound
waves strnck the bill before him, re
bounded and fell in showers of grace
ful oratory over the people in car
riages, who were behind him, the
stand dividing in two the great crowd.
In testing these aoonstio properties the
day before, a man on the top of the
hill, 60 or 75 feet distant, heard, with
xexfeot esse, a man speaking in ordi-
1 nary tones of conversation at the bot-
I people . were gathered. Soma esti
! mat us placed the number as high as
15,000 The immense throng remind
ed one of the pictures of the multi
tude on the Oriental hillsides, which
were fed with the loaves and fishes in
the olden time. On the stand besides
the members of the Bryan party were:
, Col. A. T. Davidson, Maj. W. A.
Outhrie, C. B. Watson, Locke Craig,
R. U. Garret, W. W. West, J. S. Ad
ams, Prof. Eggleston, J. P. Sawyer
indeed nearly all the prominent Dem-
cratio citizens of Asbevme, as wen as
many ladies.
As the Bryan cavalcade came in
sight down the avenue, the crowd rose
to its feet and cheered. As the speaker
mounted the stand, as high above the
people's heads as an old-fashioned pul
pit, the crowd again roue to its feet,
cheering wildly, the ovation lasting
several minutes, and the demonstra
tion was repeated with intensified vigor
after the candidate's introduction by
Locke Craig, Esq. an elegant iutro-
duction, by the way, eloquent, grace
fully delivered and just of the right
lengtn.
After the prolonged outburst of wel
come bad subsided, the speaker be
gan: He said:
brtan's speech.
"I have a reason for coming to
ortn Carolina which is personal
aside from ray interest in the electoral
vote of this State. It was the State of
Carolina which at Chicago before I
became a candidate, before my own
State had taken any formal part in pre
senting my name it was the State of
North Carolina, which, by resolution.
decided to give me ananimous vote of
the North Carolina delegation in tha't
national convention. (Great cheer
ing.) I appreciate the honor which
they have been willing to do me and
therefore it gives me great pleasure to
come among these people w hom they
represented, and what assistance I can,
if any assistance be neeeded, to secure
the electoral vote of this State for the
free coinage of silver at 10 to 1.
(Cheers.) I am glad the canvas of
this State opens in this county, which
was the home of one of the grandest
publie given to this nation not alone
by North Carolina, but the entire
country Sentor Vanoe. (Great ap
plause.) He whom I delighted to
honor and I am glad I stand among
his neighbors and friends advocating
the same cause he so eloquently advo
vated and I cannot more thaa impress
upon your memories the words he so
often spoke. Let me read you a few
words from it:
"The great fight is on. The power
of money and its allies throughout the
world have entered into this conspiracy
to perpetrate the greatest crime of this
or any other ae, to overthrow one
balf of the world's money and thereby
double their wealth by enhancing the
value of the other half which is in their
hands. The money-changers are pol
luting the temple of our liberties. To
your tents, oh Isreal 1" (Applause.)
'He foresaw the struggle in whioh
we are now engaged. He realized its
magnitude when many others did not.
Those words oame from him as words
of command. 'To your tents, O, Is
rael.' And the oommand was heeded
by the Demoeratio party, and they en
gaged first in a warfare within the
party to rescue that party and the party
name from the hands of those who
were using it to advanoe the interest
not of Democracy, but of plutocracy.
(Applause.) It was a great contest. I
venture the assertion tliit never before
in the history of this country did any
party have such a contest within its
ranks as that which ended at Chicago.
I venture the assertion" that never be
fore in the history of this country
have the voters themselves had
so much to do with a conten
tion as did the voters of the
Demoeratio party with the conven
tion at Chicago. . This question was
submitted to the voters.- The Demo
ocratio idea has been that the party is
but the instrument of those who com
pose it, and derives its power from the
will of the voters who number them
selves members of that party. Yet it
is often the case that theparty machin
ery or bosses have more to do with
shaping the policy and making the
nomination than the voters themselves.
I am proud to be the nominee of a
conveution which represented no
machine, no bosses, but the unpur
chased suffrage of the voters of this
country (Great Applause.) A few
months ago the most sanguine Demo
crat did not believe that success this
fall was more than possible. The most
sanguine Democrat felt that four years
of gold standard administration had
destroyed almost the possibility of suc
cess. But the voters of the Demoeratio
party determined to make one final
right and determined that if die the
party must, it should at least maintain
the honor of those who believed in the
right of the people to govern them
selves. (Applause.) The result is just
what it always is if people lay aside
expendiency and seek to do their duty
and accept oonsequences. Iu trying
to right the Democratic party won a
possibilitv of snooess which it never
could have hoped for it it had consult
ed expedience. (Applause. )
I, for one, said, whenever our oppo
nents would bring a pledge that the
gold standard Democrats would take.
it would be time enough to ask free
silver Demoorata to make pledges,
I stated in answer to an inquiry that
I would net support for President a
man who wouid in the Presidential
chair continue the present financial
policy and mortgage the United States
to English ' bondholders. (Applause.)
"I said it because I meant it. I may
be wrong in my judgment, because
none of us are infallible, but my judg
ment is the only judgment that can
control my conduct. (Applause.) Now
when the Secretary of the treasury de
nounced me as a Populist and said I
said I woaldn t support the nominee.
1 replied that I did not expect him to
support the nominee it he were a free
silver man. The time came when he
was put to the test, and the only dif
ference between him and me was that
I ws candid enough to tell the people
I would follow my conscience, and he
tried to oontrol a convention and then
bolted when be failed to do it. (Great
applause.) I have sent him no letter
begging his support. (Great laughter.)
The highest compliment he can pay is
to oppjse me, because then the world
will know the Secretary of the Treas
urer whom I appoint, if I am elected,
will be as different from him as I can
find. (Great applause.)
"I do not dispute the right of any
Democrat to vote against the Chicago
ticket, it he thinks its success will ira
peril the country, but what I ask is
that these men who have been pretend
mg to oe xemocrau shall now, wtien
the Demoeratio party has been rescued
from the people's spoilers, leave the
name and not attempt to take that
name with them iuto disgrace. (Cries
of "right") They call themselves
true Democrats. No true Democrat
ever nominated one ticket for the pur
pose of voting for .another. (Great
applause.)
The speaker continued in a sarcastio
vein to poke fun at the Indianapolis
crowd, calling them "assistant Repub
licans." He made his previous argu
ment that the Republican party was
really in favor ol silver and bi-metal-lism
because it had declared for intei-
national bi-metallisin.
"Then yon will hear that under free
coinage we would be flooded with ail
ver until money would be so cheap we
would not nave any use for it, and
when you have been frightened as bad
ly as you can be that wy, they will
tell you this cheap money wiH run the
dear money out and it will take fifteen
years, with our mints running at full
capacity, to make money enough to
take the place or gold, and that will
make money o scarce that a silver dol
lar will be harder to get than a gold
dollar. (Laughter). You can't have
too little and too much all at once.
An opponent once put that proposition
to me in a debate down in Alabama.
There I was 1,500 miles from home
among strangers. I had to answer
on the spur of the moment, and I just
blurted out I would make more mints.
(Laughter). He hadn't thooght of
the possibility of making more mints.
After making that explanation a law
yer told me be was glad I had called
attention to it, as he had never thought
of the possibility. In order that I
may not leave any special cloud on the
lawyer, I want to say, in another
State a doctor made the same remark.
You can understand how a great man
might be nnabie to think of so small a
thing as opening more mints."
Another ovation followed the close
of the speech. Although the candi
date was almost worn out, the crowd
was so persistent at the depot that
they clambered into the car windows
and insisted on shaking Mr. Bry
an's hand. As the train pulled out
the candidate, waving his handker
chief, received another ovation.
BIITAN HONORS VANCB.
At the special request of Mr. Bryan
the train stopped at Blaok Mountain,
because it had been the home of Vanoe.
Mr. Bryan spoke to the people assem
bled there and then asked to have
Gornbroow the Vanoe home place
pointed out to him. At Old Fort there
was a large crowd. At Marion bonfires
and tar barrels were burning, and 500
people were spoken to by the candi
date from the rear platform. At Mor
ganton there were 1,500 people pres
ent, many of them being ladies.
Hickory's Demonstration.
It remained to little Hickory to sur
pass any demonstration in the State
so far in proportion to the size of the
town. At least 10,000 people from all
over Alexander, Burke and Caldwell
heard Mr. Bryan speak from a stand
erected in the quadrangle near the ho
tel. The enthusiasm was great nd
Mr. Bryan spoke for nearly an houi.
At Statesville Mr. Bryan spoke to
2,500 people. The speaker's stand
was a hundred yards from the train and
was decorated gaily in red, white and
blue, and two immense bouquetc of
flowers were on either -side of the
speaker. The introduction was done
in a neat speech of about ten words by
W. D. Turner, Esq. The speaker was
so hoarse here that utterance seemed
really painful.
Mooresville had a thousand people
and bon flies. The speaker was so
tired aud voiceless that he could only
show himself to the disappointment
of all
THE SKI AN BSCOBT.
On board the Bryan speoial were
Col. J. 8. Carr, Clement Manly, Hal
W. Ayer, Chas. D. Molver, Geo. S.
Powell, T. J. Allison, Evangelist W.
P. Fife, Maj. E. J. Hale, Marshal O.
J. Carroll, P. M. Pearsall, Lee S.
Overman, R. L. Durham, Oapt S. B.
Alexander, R. L. Cooper, Theo. F.
Kluttz, Walter E. Henry, E. L. Shu
ford, Congressman A. C. Shuford, Jo
sephus Daniels, F. M. Simmons, Judge
A. C. Avery, Heriot Clarkson, Locke
Craig, W. D. Turner, Dr. F. E. An
derson, R. N. Haokett, W. E. Chris
tian, 0. T. Smith, Biblical Recorder.
A. Boshamer, M. O. Sherrill, W. B.
Gaither, D. M.'Boyd, J. N. Long,
Spier Whitaker. Maj. Guthrie came
down from Asheville but got off at
Hickory, At Statesville, W. 0. Dowd,
II. Baruch, T. R. Robertsoa, Will
Robertson, Dr. I. AV. Faison got on
board, and at Mooresville ex-Senator
Jarvis joiued the procession.
Bryan at Charlotte.
Charlotte has had her Bryan day.
He arrived in the "Queen City" last
Wednesday night, and was greeted at
the Southern passenger station by an
immense crowd of admirers. The pro
gram was not carried out as scheduled
by the committee, owing to Mr. Bryan's
request that there should not be any
demonstration on bis arrival. In spue
of his request thousands flocked to the
station to see the next President, bnt
the Pullman palace sleeper was side
tracked on the outskirts of the city,
where it remained over night. Early
Thursday morning an engine brought
the car into the station and the inevi
table crowd was there. As Mr. Bryan
appeared under personal escort of Col.
H. C. Jones, a shout arose that was
heard up town. He and his party
were escorted to tha Buford Hotel,
where an elaborate breakfast was
served.
At 8:40 the escort cf honor, the Uni
form Rack Knights of Pythias, and. the
Second Regiment band had been drawn
up in line in front of the hotel, while
the carriages waited at the Fourth
street entrance. A mighty cheer from
that side of the building annonnoed the
coming of Mr. Bryan. The band
struck up a lively air, the oorps of
mounted marshals cleared the way and
the march to the park was begun. In
the handsomely decorated carriage,
drawn by four black horses, were seat
ed Mr. Bryan and Gov. Elias Carr,
Mayor J. H. Weddington and Col.
Julian S. Carr. On arriving at the
postoffioe eorner, Mr. Bryan and escort
alighted from the carriage aud iu sin
gle file made their way slowly through
the narrow lane that had been opened
to the speaker's stand.
Promptly at 9 o'clook Wm. J. Bryan
stepped npon the platform, escorted
by Maj. Robertson and officers of the
Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias.
After Mr. Bryan had shaken hands
with all who were on the platform.
among whom weie Gov. Elias Cara.
Col. Jule Carr, W. R. Henry, and rep
resentative citizens of Charlotte and
the State, and several ladies. Major
Robertson stepped to the railing fac
ing Mint Street and in a few words in
troduced Gov. Carr.
Governor Carr spoke briefly, as the
crowd was clamoring for Bryan. He
said: 'I have the pleasure ot intro
ducing to you today William Jennings
uryan, tne next JJemocratio Presi
dent.'' The crowd here interrupted
uim and said, "say next President."
He amended his words by saying:
"He will be the next President, be
cause he will receive a majority of
all parties. (Cheers). I will not
keep you waiting, as this is Bryan's
day, and not my day." He took his
seat and Mr. Bryan rose amid pro-
loDgeu cneering.
Mr. bryan stood and quietly stir.
veyed the crowd, and instantly they
quieted down. As soon as all was
quiet he began by saying:
Mr. ( liatrman and Fellow-Citizen.-
I think I can make myself heard as the
advocate of a financial policy which is
miepennent ot any loreicn Dower. I
stand on a platform which is a eoon4
Declaration of Independence, and
feel that here in this county it will be
recognized because of yotir having
made a Declaration of your own.
I msy fiud in other places those who
wan t to accerjt a financial policy made
by foreign powers; but the people of
Mecklenburg county believe that the
United States can make a financial pol
icy of its own. (Cheers.) Pointing to
the hornets' nest, which was suspended
near him, he said: "Here the enemy
will find a veritable hornets' nest
I am not speaking against any for
eigner. I would despise any English
man. Germau, or any other foreiguer
who would submit to the United States
dictating a policy governing them in
their domestic relations.
The Repiblioan platform sets forth
a policy never opeuly set forth before,
They do not advocate the gold stand
ard, bnt have pledged themselves for a
double standard 'as soon as the for
eign powers will help them. If they
oame out boldly for a single standard
we could meet them but they do not
do so.
The gold standard advocates never
made an open fight in their lives, but
do their work Bfter night. (Uheers.
There is a great deal of talk about
the two yard sticks. I do not mean
that it is mentioned in the Republican
platform but it is beiog used in the
camimieD. A yard stick measures
lenclh and cannot chnuge, but a do!
lar measures value and may change.
You all know that a piece of iron
shorter when it is at zero than when it
is red hot. So, if you had a yard
stick that would be tioe as long when
it was red hot as it was when at zero,
you would co t the store aud want
the merchant to measure your goods
with your red hot yard-stick, but he
would step to his refrigerator and take
out his zero yard-stick aud measuro
your uoods. So, as it is necessary to
have a yard-stick of uniform length,
it is necessary to have the dollar uui
form.
At this point there were calls from
the crowd on the south side of the
stand and Mr. Bryan stepped to the
railing and repeated in a measure w hut
he had just said, and added this: ion
can mike a dollar purchase a great
deal more by making them scarce and
on the other hand make the purchasing
power less by making tuem pleuuful
It cannot be disputed that the money
must keep pace with the population aud
industries.
Mr. Bryan produced some typewrit
ten manuscript and read some extracts
from a speech of Senator Sherman,
made on June 5, 1890, in which he ad
vocated increasing the circulation as
the population increased, bnt now he
had forsaken that policy and was the
leader of the Republican party and
that portion of the Demoeratio party
who want to elect a Republican presi
dent. (Cheers.)
"Senator Sherman favored increas
ing circulation at the rate of $54,
000,000 per anuum and according to
his policy we should not have $250,
000,000 more money in circulation
than we have now. The circulation
the 30th of June, 1894, was $1,660,
000,000 and has decreased each year
since until we now have $1,506,000,000.
notwithstanding Sherman said it should
increase.
I am not surprised to find Republi
cans on this platform with me today
who have changed and are going to
vote the Democratic ticket. They want
an increased eircuJa'idn.
"In North Carolina the Republicans
have made more capital by denouncing
this administration before this last
platform was made than out of any
thing else, but now they are standing
sponsors for the same administration
Henry Clay is the only candidate for
the Presidency who ever came to your
State and spoke prior to my visit. In
a speeeh on Jan. 20th, 1840, he said
that a diminuation of the currency
would make hard limes, and people
oould not pay their debts. Have you
ever bad this condition in your life
time? Cries of yes, yes I
Clay said that a diminished currency
made purchases scarce, and that in
turn caused falling in prices and fall
iug prices make hard times. Yon
must stop falling prices to make good
times. I must close as there may be
need of speeches in other places. He
here paid the late Senator Vance
glowing tribute which was greeted
bv prolonged cheers.
He spoke of the last speech Vance
made in which he favored free coinage
and said: I know the people will be
true to his memory. We appeal to
the masses to support the ticket and
we know they will do it
He closed with a few words as the
time was up, and although the people
cried for more, he was quickly escort
ed from the stand to oatoh the train.
25,000 at Greensboro.
At Greensboro the largest crowd
tbst has met Bryan was at Greensboro.
There were about 25,000 people there.
The streets were jammed. Three or
four bauds were there and hundreds
were on horseback.
At Concord.
At Concord fully 2,500 people met
Bryan. He was escorted to the stand
and made a brief address.
At SlLbi!-y.
At Salisbury a crowd of 5,000 peo
ple shouted their welcome to Bryan
and applanded bis speech.
At Lexington.
At Lexington Bryan was met by
4,000 people and made an address. A
gaily decorated platform had been pre
pared. ,
Tbe Gadgrind system la the Ideal
system tn advertising "facts" are the
tb'Dgs wanted, and the advertiser mJk
aj them.
At Hurllngton.
At Builington 1,500 people greeted
tbe candidate, who spoke from the
platform about twenty feet from the
depot. It was oue of the neatest short
speeches yet made. He created a
laugh at the outset by saying that it
was the general custom in presiden
tial campaigns to send the audiences
to the candidate, but the Demoeratio
party, under these hard times brought
ou by the gold standard, had adopted
the policy of sending the candidates to
the people.
...
At lllllsboro.
At Hillsboro 400 people were briefly
addressed from the rear platform by
Bryan. A spectacled, smart Aleck by
the name of Brown, a book-seller
there, rode a horse caparisoned in
yellow paper in front of the car. A
Bryau escort man slipped up and
snatched all the McKinley tapestry off
the horse, leaving the gold-bug foam
ina with raae.
At Durham.
A crowd of about 4,000 greeted the
speaker at Durham. Mr. Bryan, after
his rest at Col. Carr's, was introduoed
by R. B. Boone, and soon had his
audience cheering wildly under tbe
spell of his oratory.
Demonstration at Raleigh.
The demonstration at Raleigh,
which was reached at 7:10, was mag
nificent. The Bryan party reached from
the depot to the stand in Nash square
through a long line of torch lights, led
by the band. The crowd was hard to
estimate in the darkness, but it was
immense and the sea of faces viewed
from the platform seemed endless, aait
stretched away in the darkness. It
must have been over 10,000. Floods
of light made the platform as light aa
day. Mr, Bryan was greeted with a
splendid ovation. He said his North
Carolina trip had been so well man
aged that he felt better than when he
first entered the State. His mention
of Vance's name was wildly cheered.
Hie rebuke of the Republioan party's
attempt to array ministers of the Gos
pel against the cause of free silvar was
scorching and eloquently severe. Ra
leigh's demonstration was altogether
worthy of tbe capital city.
Bryan was given an elegant supper
at the Park Hotel after he spoke
Many ladies lined the stairways to see
him as he entered. Hal Ayer made
the speech of introduction, and a good
one.
At Scima. '
Bryan spoke to 400 people at this
point, where bonfires were burning.
J, T. Ellington introduced him.
At Ooldsboro.
The Bryan special rolled into this
city on '1 hursday night amid the boom
of an anvil salute, and a blaze of eleo
trio lights. Tbe candidate barely
showed himself and then retired to
rest. At 10:30 o'clock Friday morn
ing the speech was made from a high
stand on East and West Centre street
A solitary soldier of the Goldsboro Ri
fles stood watch near Mr. Bryan as he
spoke. With bayouetted gun at par
aderest, he stood motionless through
out the intense and soul stirring bursts
of oratory as useless, as ornamental
and as patriotic a factor as tbe sentinel
who perished in the freshet of ashes at
Pompeii. But he did his duty. Mr.
Bryan was so completely rested here
that his voice bsd regained much of
the church bell strength and sweetness
with which it raLg through the utter
most galleriee of the Coliaseum at Chi
cago, (lathered around tbe stand was
between five and six . thousand people.
At Wilson
At this beautifi'l elm-shaded eitv ha
briefly audresned 2,500 people who in
tensely absorbed in the words of the
speaker. .
Farewell at Kocky Mount.
Mr. Bryan and his party reaohed
Rocky Mount, tbe lust place at which
speaking was to be held in North Car
olina, at 12:45 p. m. last Friday. He
mot with a royal reception. The same
feature that cliaiacterized the Asheville
demonstration tho processional was
employed there. Two dozen carriages
and 500 horsemen escorted tbe candi
date to the fair crrniinds. whnra ha
spoKe trom a piattoriu, similar to araoe-
track judges stand, directly facing the
grand stand, tbe latter being paoked
with 1,500 white-clad, fan-fluttering la
dies. Some 6,000 or 7,000 enthusias
tic Tar Heels heard ihe speech.
1 he representatives of the press went
to Mr. Bryan shortly before reaching
Kocky Mount, aud asked him if he had
any last message for the people of
North Carolina, iiir. Bryan, reclining
as usual, smiled and replied with
alacrity, "Yes, tell them this: I have
had .a very pleasant time iu your State
and while I have spoken at a number
of places, the trip has been so nicely
arranged that I could rest between
times and am not at all fatigued. I
have not only enjoyed the trip but also
my association with the silver wen
whom I heve met from time to time.
"I go out of the State feeling confi
dent that those who believe in free sil
ver will Ii nd some way ot consolidat
ing tho vote so that we will present a
solid front to the gold forces in the
coming election."
The Virginia Bryan special was in
waiting at tbe above point, aud as soon
as be finibbed bis speech the special
steamed out for Richmond, where he
addressed a large assemblage of Old
Dominion free silrerites.
Fire Loss for July.
July's Ore loss In the United BUtes aud
Canada amounted to (9.033,250. Though
generally a fiery month, and although It be
gan very fiercely, the fire loss during Its
ro.i.-se this year was less by t51,750 than In
1805. while In 1894 the loss In tho month lut
gone by u 16,U07,OO0. The vrar to datx
hows similar BK"tV"e or IosmsUisq for
the same period of laj-t vear, belug I.SM,
BOO. airnlnst 75,&82,0O0 In 1895 and t77,2u,-B001U18M.
NORTH STATE BRIEFS
ELECTION LAW.
The Chairmen Agree or. -he Construc
tion as to Keglstrat Ion. -
Tbe following has been given out by
Chairman Manly, and is .signed by
him, Ohairman Holton and Chairman
Ayer, as official:
"It is agreed by the undersigned
that the following is the proper con
struction of the election law of 1895,
act 95, chapter 159, and we request
tbe members of our respective parties
to follow the same:
"1st In construing sections 9, 10,
11, 12, 13 and 14 of said election law.
"That all persons are entitled to
register on Saturday, September 26th;
on Saturday, Ootober3d; onSuturday,
Ootober 10th; on Saturday, October
17th, and on these days only, between
the hours of 9 o'clock a. m. and 4
o'clock p. m., exoept as herewith pro
vided. "On Saturday, October 24th, no act
shall be done in regard to registration,
exoept the right to challenge between
the hours of 9 o'clock a. m. and 4
o'clook p. m. any elector whose name
may appear on the books.
"On Saturday, Ootober 31st, no act
shall be done in regard to registration
except to hear and determine all chal
lenges made on October 24th. The
hearing shall be had between the
hours of 9 o'clock a, m. and 4 o'clock
p. m. in all precincts except those in
incorporated towns and cities, when
the hearing shall be had until 9 o'clock
p. m.
"That any person who comes of age
between October 17th and election
day, or who is entitled to register by
reason of his residence in the State or
county, being of sufficient time re
quired by law, whioh time ripened
after Saturday, October 17th, shall be
entitled to register on election day and
vote, and suoh persons who offer to
register and vote on eleotion day may
be challenged and such challenge be
heard on eleotion day."
Chairman Manly says tho election
law is complicated and contradictory,
but that it is the purpose of the Demo
orata to see what the law truly means
and to aot npon it. While it is not of
the Demoeratio making, but the work
of Populists and Republicans, he wil
lingly consented to act with the other
chairmen in the effort to see what is
the true construction of the act
OOTTON, 63 PKK CENT.
State Report Shows a Remarkable
Falling OK
The September crop report of the
State department of Agriculture has
been made up. The most notable
showing for months is the falling off
in the condition of tbe cotton crop.
Tbe percentage in the August report
was 90 4-5; at that time the extent of
the damage by drought was not taken
fully into consideration, as the effect
was uot known at the time tbe corres
pondents made up their reports; the
report stated that the condition of cot
ton then was several points lower than
reported. The reports received this
month told the havoo wrought by the
long dry spell. Tbe average is now
only 63 per cent. In 1895 at thio time
it was 78.
The other figures are: Corn 79),
against 90 in August and 95 a year
ago.
Tobacco, 76) now, against 85 1-2 in
August and 90 in September, 1895.
Rice, 77; peanuts, 79; sorghum, 85!
sweet potatoes, 82;padtures, 74;apples,
32.
The crop of apples is about as near
a failure as it has ever been. The
peach crop is so small that no special
report is rnado this month. Last month
the average was only 32 per cent
Regulating Railroads.
The Board of Railroad Commission
ers of this Stite, met in Raleigh last
week to look into the matter of regu
lating railroads. It appeared that the
fourth sectiou of tbe Interstate Com
merce Act, known as the long and short
haul clause, was violated by one at
least ot the corporations interested.
This commission has no jurisdiction to
remedy this, but lor each offence re
ported will see tbst it ia properly
brought to the attention of the Inter
stnto Commerce Commission and ask
for speedy action by it It is ordered
that all railroad companies doibg busi
ness in North Carolina who have or
may put in force cut rates to and from
points in this State to and from points
outside shall so arrange their local
freight tariffs that the same relative re
duction shall be given to local business
aa has been or may hereafter be given
to through business. It is also ordered
that the standard passenger rates shall
be in force on and after tbe 24th day of
September, 1896, as sollows: First
class, three cents per mile;second class,
2 cents a mile. All parties interested
will be heard as to the reasonableness
of these rates on September 22d. All
exceptions to be filed 03 or before that
date.
The plumbers' strike at Asheville is
off, the men returning to work. The
str kers accepted the old scale of
wages, but with the understanding
that they shall be given the increase
asked when there is a corresponding
increase in busine
The Republican Campaign.
The Bepublican nations! committee has
decided to send campaign speakers of na
j(jral prominence out through tbe silver
producing States and th Pacific slope. The
advaoos of these exponents ot Republican
principles will be ex-Congressman Butter
wortb, of Ohio. He will sneak in Wyoming
September 2H(h and 2itth" and in Colorado
September 80th. From there be goes to Ore-
gon. where be expects to deliver three
Bjieeehrfs, and thence to California. Other
Seakers are !eing communlcate1 with and '
will he sent West when negotiations are
complete.