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. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1895,
IT SHOlTfcD HATX BIEH THE AXA-
Not long ago when we saw in the
prints that of two of our new twin bat
r tleships, one was to be called the Kear
sarge, the thought flashed upon jus how
happy a thing it would be if the other
should be called the Alabama, .' The
thought,- however, x wasi instantly dis-
missed as being too romantic for reali
sation. The other ship has now been
named, and in the naming a gTeat op
portunity has been lost. The following
extracts are'from the Washington Post,
. a generous, Jhigh-toned, chivalrous jour
sal, and the most fair-minded i newspa
per lnibeountrj:-:0V5' ..v- .' -'i-j
We understand that the Secretary of
- the Navy has finally decided that he
will name one of, the new battleships
Kentucky." The other, as will be re-
gress given the name of, "Kearsarge"
long ago. Having full authority as to
the second ship, Mr. Herbert has set
tled upon -Kentucky. We are very
sorry to hear it I To our mind
there would have been a most happy
significance in floating as twin vessels
the Kearsarge and the Alabama. - Noth
ing could more eloquently have, cele
brated the auspicious era of recoucilia-
. tion upon which the American Union
has now entered reconciliation es
pecially illustrated within the past few
- weeks. Just as the Southern and North
ern sections were at deadly war with
one another in the last generation, so
were the Alabama and the Kearsarge
. the- types of the contending adversaries.
Just as those sections are now reunited
in a lasting and a genuine fraternity,
so should the Alabama and the Rir-
sarge have been launched together to
tipify that splendid and inestimable re
conciliation. It would have been the
happiest of conceits, the most poetic of
consummations. The whole country
would have applauded it. .The whole
world would have understood its mean
ing. "
The Post speaks the truth and speaks
it handsomely. Perhaps our Southern
Secretary of the Navy lost his great op
portunity because he was an Alabamian
himself, and was restrained by some
motive of 'modesty from giving the
new ship the name of his mother State.
But the matter is so regrettable that we
are constrained to say "the pity of it,
the pity of it."
CHARLOTTE '8 PUBLIC SCHOOL EX
HIBIT WIllS FRAISK.
Hon. Gustav. Niederlein, commis
sioner of the Argentine government a ad
delegate general of the Philadelphia
Museums has written? to Prof. Alex
Graham, principal cf the Charlotte
graded sehools,req nesting, for the Peda
gogical Museum of Philadelphia, to use
his own words, "a part of your very in
teresting and valuable school exhibit,
shown at the Cotton States and Inter
national Exposition."
The Pedagogical Museum in Phila
delphia is the first in the United States
and already the richest in the world,
through very large gifts of great exhib
its from the governments of Germany,
Japan, Russia, France, Be gium, South
and Central American republics, etc.,
obtained in the World's Fair, and after
wards In the respective countries. It
will be opened to the public in about
six months, installed at 223 South
Fourth street, Philadelphia. The ob
ject of the museum is to show for the
benefit of the teachers and the public
in general the state and progress of in
struction and public education in every
oountry in the world.
Prof. Graham has been at great pains
to install at the exposition the exhibit
of the work of pupils of the Charlotte
graded schools. We have heard from
it .favorably in many ways, but we fancy
no sineerer tribute has been paid it than
is contained in the request of Mr, Nie
' derlein. Prof. Graham win take pleasure
in turning over the exhibit to the Phila
delphia Museum, and when installed
there it will be a lasting monument to
the high standard of excellence of the
Charlotte publio schools. And thus an
other star in the Queen City's already
glittering crown is due to the persever
ance and enthusiasm of Prof. Graham.
The President refused to accept the
naval ram Katahdin from the Bath,
Me., Iron Works, because she made half
. a knot or so less speed than the contract
called ' for.. Congress - now seems . in
clined to order the President to accept
the boat, as she was a totally new ex
periment in war craft. The Philadel
phia Record, half joking, half in earn
est, makes ; the suggestion that the
speed question la not" concerned at all,
but the government ought to know how
she can Butt before she is accepted,
and therefore recommends a ramming
triaL
. i It was rather -contemptible in Lord
' Dunrsven to accuse the Defender's
owner ef cheating in order to win the
race, especially as It is now known that
he said .upon the. witness stand,-'! Can
not verify what I have said' He did
not grow- Ta Americans estimation by
'his precipitate flight from the adverse
. decision he knew well was coming.
Americans like men who can face the
music . 'I. ;
- There is a great,' long piece in, the
New Tork 8onday Sun claiming that
: the idea of the famous "march to the
sea" through Georgia originated -with
' Grant and not Shetman. Speaking
from a Southern point of view, at least,
Grant's friends will do well enough, to
allow him to "go down to posterity as
the conqueror at. Appomattox.
Stockard and Stanton, the I two fore
. most Southern' poets, met in Atlanta
the other day. - Norther Carolinians
; already love Stanton for the sunshine
in his verse; he wins their gratitude by
the nice things he says about our poet.
That is a handsome tribute fr;m him ,
.copied in this paper to-day. : - : . v i
LIGiu.OI u DOCTRINE
BCXLES TLAEES VP AT UK. HAKKIB.
He Gsts QiUt TTratliy, ad Saje That
Tnara Are Ha Decent lie In th Demo
; cntia Party In -North Carolina Sir.
I jjodf Review the Veassaalan Trouble
J end CItee Other Instance of Grea Brit
ain' Encroachment -The Popnllfte and
:jemeerat Have a Little Bont In the
Senate en the Matte ef Committee.
: WAjraraaTOK,; Dec -30 Among v the
papers - presented and P referred in
the Senate , to-day were resolu
tions of - the Lincoln Post of the.
Grand Army of the Republic, of Tope
ka, Kas, tendering their services" as
Mr. Peffer phrased it. In case we should
have any trouble with our neighbors on
the other side of the' Atlantic They
were referred to the committee on for
eign relations., i; -- : '. .' !
i Mr. Voorhees, presented a communi
cation from -the charge jd affaires jof
the Argentine Republic (now in charge
of the legation, in the absence of . the
minister,. on the subject of commercial
relations between that country and the
United States and asked that it be . re
feafed to the committee on finance. i t:
: Mr. Hoar, Republican, of Massac hus
setts, called attention to the rule of the
Senate, which ; provides that no peti
tion, memorial or other paper, signed
by citizens or subjects of a foreign
power, shall be received by the Senate
except through transmission from the
State Department. ' ' : -. . ' "
After some colloquy on this point,
and a ruling by the Vice .President
that the-paper could not be received, the
matter was allowed to lie over for the
present, .' -
: The House bill as to bonds was laid
before the Senate, read twice and refer
red to the finance committee.. !
Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon, gave notice
that he would, at the conclusion of re
marks to be made to-day by Mr. Lodge,
ask the Senate to proceed to the elec
tion of .the committees; also that he
would afterwards . ask the Senate to
take from the table his proposition to
impose a duty on wool for the purpose
of enabling him to make some remarks
thereon. . ; " ' : !
The resolution heretofore offered by
Mr. Quay calling on the Secretary of
the Navy for information as to whether
it would : be adxantagious to the naval
service to contract now for six battle
ships, instead of two, was taken up and
agreed to.
Mr. Lodge addressed the Senate on
the subject. . ;
He said he had intended not to do 'so
unless the resolution introduced by
him giving to the declaration made by
Mr. Monroe in his message of Decem
ber, 1823, the formal sanction of Con
gress had received the consideration of
the committee on fore'gn relations.
Bat slaeelhen the President bad sent
in his message on the Venezuelan dim"
culty and Congress without a dissent
ing voice had authorized the commis
sion which the President requested.
This action had led to much wild talk
and cries more vocal than numerous
from those who believe we should never
do anything to clash with England's
interests. This outcry coupled with
London's attempt to frighten Congress
by producing a stock panic had tended
to confuse the Issue. He therefore
thought a little cool explanation would
not be out of place.
Two cardinal principles, he said, had
always governed the United States in
their relations with foreign nations.
The first was Washington's neutrality
doctrine as laid down in the farewall
address. The second was the Monroe
doctrine, the history of which he traced
in detail. The only attempt heretofore
made by outside powers to break though
the doctrine was the joint intervention
of England, France and Spain in Mex
ico in 1861. A second case has now
arisen, and the maintenance of the
Monroe doctrine is again threatened as
it was by the French In 1862. This
second attack upon the principles of
the Monroe doctrine comes from Great
Britain, and is made under cover of a
boundary dispute with Venezuela. In
order to show the importance of this
controversy which has now reached a
crisis, affecting most gravely the honor,
the interests, the rights and the well
settled policy of the United States, he
sketched "briefly," as he said, out with
elaborate details, the history of the
dispute between Great Britain and
Venezuela, and of the negotiations be
tween the two countries. He continued
as follows:
"It will be observed from this brief
outline of the dispute that no new
rights have come to England or to Ven
ezuela since 1814, i. e., since the de
claration of President Monroe. They
have the rights of Spain and Holland,
respectively, nothing more and nothing
less, and are entitled to' exactly what
those inherited rights give them. Id
1836 a British minister acknowledged
that Point Barima belonged to Venezu
ela by asking the Venezuelan govern
ment to erect a light house there. In
1840 a British court in Demarara de
clared the territory of the Moroco, far
to the east of the Orinoco, to be Vene
zuelan territory. In 1841 an English
engineer laid out a perfectly arbitrary
line running from the mouth of the
Orinoco- in a southerly direction
until it reached tne Southern boun
dary of British Guiana. Lord Ab
erdeen disavowed this line and
proposed another starting at the
River Moroco and going further into
the interior; Lord Granville proposed
another reaching further to the west;
Lord Roseberry another inside the
Sohomburgk line, but coupled with th
free navigation of the Orinoco. In 1893
he proposed a seoood line, and mean
time Lord Salisbury had extended the
British claim while he was Secretary of
Foreign Affairs. Every British minis
ter has offered a different line within
which Great Britain would not consent
to arbitrate, and every British minister
has gone beyond his predecessor in
making fresh claims to territory beyond
the line which he offered about which
he would arbitrate. At first sight this
seems to denote inconsistency on the
part of the British government, but in
reality their course haa been just the
reverse. . . i -
- There is apparently just as much sup
port for one line as another when they
pass beyond: the Valley of the Esse-
quibc ' from ecuomburgk down, every
line was entirely arbitrary, and the con
stantly growing claims beyond the va
rious lines offered- was in entire keep
ing with the policy of the British gov
ernment. Their object was to get as
much new territory as they could if the
matter overcame to a settlement, which
they have used every artifice to delay."
Asserting his belief that Great Brit
ain had : no good Claim to a foot of land
beyond the Essequibo, Mr.' Lodge laid
down the principle - that if England,
with no Authority but a disputed claim,
seized: territory and declines arbitra
tion upon ityher action does not differ
from seising and holding new territory
in the Americas by the right of eon
quests The seizure or this South Am eri
ican territory by England, he asserted,
was an absolute violation ef the Monroe
doctrine. - i
At the last session of: Congress, said
Mr-Lodge, I called the attention of the
Senate and of the oountry, to the man
ner in which England had absorbed the
islands of the Pacific, and the necessity
of our controlling the Hawaiian islands,
a necessity which nowi becomes more
pressing with each succeeding day. I
ask you now to look at the Carribbean
sea. I ask you to note the strong naval
station which: England has established
as St. Lncia, Follow a I line thence to
the westward and you" find Trinidad,
the development of which has been
strongly pushed of late years, then Ja
maica, and finally British -Honduras.
That t line faces the Sonth American
coast.! -This territory claimed from
Venezuela is being pushed, steadily to
the westward along that coast, and the
point at which it aims is the control of
the mouth of the Orinoco, one of the
great river systems of South America.
The purpose of all thesa movements it
written plainly oo the msp. If success
ful they will give Great Britain control
of the Spanish main market and the
Carribbean sea will be little better than
a British lake. He concludes as follows:
"We have seen British troops at
Corinto. We know the attitude they
assume - in Venezuela. They are at
tempting to . take land - on the
Alaskan : boundary. They have
just denouced the modus vivendi
and .-- reopened in that way r : the
perilous dispute of the northeastern
fisheries.. It is not by accident that
these events have " all . occurred li or
come to an acute stage within the past
year. - They are not due to; us, for - we
have committed no aggressions upon
anybody. ; Of all these difficulties which
are now upon us, the most -immediate
is that. involved in the . dispute with
Venezuela. They tell us that this ter
ritory is remote and worthless. It is
remote, perhaps, but it is not worthless,
for if it had been the Venezuelan pos
session of it would be undisturbed.
But it matters not whether it is worth
less or valuable. The tea-; tax was
trivial but our forefathers refused to
pay it because is involved great prin
ciple, and the attempt to collect it cost
Great Britain her North American Colo
nies. The American' people believe to
day just as firmly in the principle of
the Monroe doctrine. They deem it
essential to their honor, their, safety
and their interests as a nation, and they
are prepared to defend it when it is as
sailed. -: , ; 47
"Mr. President, ho is: responsible
for the unhappily strained relations be
tween England and the United States?
As I have- pointed out, we have not been
the aggressors on any of the points now
la dispute, whether in Alaska or Vene
zuela. jV " - . X'Uit -'
"What, then, has strained our rela
tions? The peremptory refusal to arbi
trate this question of boundary. : Who
gave that refusal? Great Britain! We
have appointed a commission, not to
arbitrate between Great,; Britain and
Venezuela, but to Inform us, after a
careful investigation, what the true di
visional line, in thejr opinion, should be.
Who has drawn an arbitrary line of
boundary and declared that they should
not arbitrate to the east of it? Not the
United States, but Great Britain. Ulti
matums are what strain relations, and
they have oome from Great Britain and
not from us. 1 believe that this ques
tion will be peacefully settled by
the eood sense of the representatives
of England and the United States,
but I am very clear that such settle
ment can only be reached by action on
the part of 'the Congress , and of the
President which shall be as temperate
as it is firm and which shall maintain
the Monroe doctrine wherever it justly
applies. That doctrine is as important
to us as the balance of power is to Eur
rope, and those who maintain the latter
must not attempt to -break down the
principle which guards the integrity of
the-Americans and protects them from
the interference of foreign power."
In the course of Mr. Lodge's historical
review of the Venezuelan boundary
question, be was asked by Mr. . Hill
whettler Venezuela had ever, at any
time, refused arbitration.
"Never," Mr. Lodge replied.
"I refer to that," Mr. Hill said, "on
account of a published interview with
Mr. Lincoln, in a Chicago newspaper,
in which it was stated that Venezuela
had refused arbitration."
"I never met," Mr. Lodesaid, "with
any instance in which- Venezuela re
fused arbitration. So far as I am aware
she has sought arbitration constantly.
She has rejected one or two of the com
promises offered by Great Britain. She
rejected one of them because Great
Britain insisted on the free navigation
of the Orinoco. I do not think that
Venezuela has ever rejected arbitration.
On the contrary, she has always sought
it."
At another point in the narrative,
Mr. Lodge was asked by Mr. Chandler
whether he had discovered any trace of
the Indians with whom treaties had
been said to have been made.
"I have not," Mr. Lndge replied;
"they must be concealed in the British
case."
At the close of Mr. Lodge's speeoh,
the correspondence on the subjeot of
the vice consulates in Erzeroum. and
Harpoot was laid before the Senate
and referred to the committee on foreign
relations.
Then Mr. Mitchell, Republican, of
Oregon, offered his resolution in' rela
tion to select committees of the Senate,
and It was agreed to
This was followed by the offering,
also by Mr. Mitchell, of a resolution
providing for the re-organization by the
Republicans of the standing and select
committees of the Senate from and
after January, 1896
The proposed committee membership
having been read at the clerk's desk,
Mr. Gorman said that it was the uni
versal custom in the Senate for the
party in the mjoriiy to control the
committees. To that there was no ob
jection. It was the proper nd orderly
way of coaductiug - ihe business
affairs of the Senate. But, owing
to the fact -that it was weJI .known,
prior to the assembling of this Con
gress, that neither of the arreal
parties, Republican or Democratic,
was likely: to have a clear majority
in the Senate, a resolution was adopted
by the Senate continuing the old c m
mittees until otherwise ordered by the
Senate. "We are perfectly aware."
Mr. Gorman continued, "that the Dem
ocrats are in a minority in this body.
We have not a clear majority of all the
Senators elected. We do not know as
yet that the Republicans have a clear
majority. .That can only be decided by
a vote on the proposition. If they have,
they are unquestionably entitled to the
adoption of the resolution and to the
ent're charge of all the principal com
mittees of this body. Then the coun
try will understand perfectly who are
to be held responsible for the conduct
of the business of this body. With a
view of ascertaining that fact I -shall
demand the yeas and nays on the adop
tion of this resolution."
The vote was then taken, and the
resolution fixing the membership of
committees' was agreed to: Yeas 30;
nays 28. Five of the six Populists re
served their votes, namely:
Allen, of Nebraska; Jones and Stew
art, of Nevada; Butler, of North Caroli
na, and Peffer, of Kansas. .Senator
Kyle, of South Dakota, : voted no. ; Mr.
Allen declared that the!. Populist party
had no association with! either iof the
parties. The Populists had realized,
before the meeting ofi- this Congress,
that there was a clear majority of the
Senate in favor of the free and unlimit
ed coinage of silver; and they had been
perfectly willing to unite in bringing
about the passage of a free silver meas
ure. They had sent ont invitations to
the free silver Senators, but with the ex
ception of two or three i of them they
had not met with the Populists; and
therefore the Populist ' party- had re
solved, as a matter of policy, to take no
part whatever in the organisation of
the Sen ate. The Populists ' felt that
the Republican party was, as between
itself and the Democratic party; in the
ascendency, and that the responsibility
for legislation should belong to the Re
publican party in both Houses as speed
ily as possible, v? , ;: - . -: .; ; -
The Populists had felt that It was
doe to themselves as a party that they
should take no hand whatever in the
organization of the Senate, and should
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refrain from voting, thus leaving the
Republicans and the Democrats to set
tle the question of organization among
themselves. The Populist pnrty in the
Senate and House and in the country
was apolitical entity, having its organ
ization in every btate and Territory ana
having popular vote within 200,000 of
the number which had landed Mr. Lin
coln in the presidency in 1SC1. The
Populists were a distinct organization
and they proposed to maintain it in this,
and future Congresses.
'; Mr. Harris asked Mr. . Allen whether
the Populist Senators an annex of the
Republican party had not deliberately
determined to allow, by tbeir silence, a
Republican organization of the Senate
and whether, j therefore, the Senator
f rom Nebraska did not understand and
know that the Populists were responsi
ble for the result of the vote as if they
had east their votes for the ": resolution
instead ef sitting silent. ;. :
SIr. UUlen replied that 'when the
Populists came to consider the question.
they realized, that they held the balance
of power in their hands; and he added,
with much emphasis,', (hat they were
going to 'utilize it to its fullest extent,
as they went along. The Democratic
party, he continued, had proven Itself
absolutely incapable ' of legislation
laughter on the Republican side of the
chamber and in the galleries. It had
claimed to be in favor of tariff reform,
as he himself was; but when its tariff
bill came before the Senate last session
it proved to be loaded, at both ends and
in the middle for protection (.laughter.
He liad bo faith in the , Democratic
party, in its capacity or its disposition
to relieve the country; not the slightest
more laughter. ' He wanted the re
sponsibility for legislation to begin now
so that Ibe people would see that the
do-no hing policy of the Bepublican
party resulted in about the same thing
as tHe policy of the Democratic party
laughter on both sides of the chamber.
M. Mitchell, Republican, of Oregon,
remarked that the Republicans were
not in a majority in the Senate when
he offered his resolution and were not
in a majority now. The Senate was
composed, when "full" (the double
meanipg of this word in that connec
tion excited some laughter), of 88 mem
bers; but it was not "full" now more
laughter, having only 87 members,
there being one vacancy from Delaware.
Of these 87 the Republicans had 42, the
Democrats 39 and the Populists 6. 1
that state of the case gave a majority
to afiy political party in the Senate,, it
would require some kind of figuring
which he bad no knowledge of.
Mr. Butler. Populist, of North Caro
lina, broke into the debate and made an
impetuous speech in defense of the
position taken by the Populist Sen
ators. Addressing his remarks to Mr.
Harris, who had asked him vhetber he
dd not hold his seat by co-operation
with the Re'publican party in his State,
he said: "I hold my seat by such co-operation
for the simple reason that the
party to which you belong had got to
he so corrupt in my State that all
decent men condemned it. Tour party
could be to-day in power in North Caro
lina If it had stood by . its pledges and
promises. The Popultsts had either to
vote to-day with the Democrats to or
ganize the Senate; or they- had tJ vote
with the Republican party. They pre
ferred to vote with neither, but to stand
alone."
Mr. Hale remarked that the Republi
cans in the Senate were in a plurality
but had no power of carrying any meas
ure by their own votes alone. He re
ferred to the vote on Mr. Mitchell's
resolution, and said that if the Popu
lists had voted with the Democrats,
(only one of them Mr. Kyle having
done so) the result would have been 30
yeas and 33 nays: and the Republicans'
programme would have tumbled to
pieces. The same thing that had oc
curred to-day would occur again and
again the Populist Senators having
the balance of power. All discussion,
therefore, as to whether the responsi
bility for legislation lay with the Re
publican party was outside of the do
main of discussion, and was in the do
main of the concrete.
"The concrete of the whole matter,"
Mr. Vest broke in, "is that the Popu
lists remained silent and allowed the
Republicans to take charge of the com
mittees because the finance committee,
as now constituted, has a majority of
one of silver coinage men. It has been
stated that that committee consists of
six Republicans, six Democrats and one
Populist. But the Senator from Colo
rado (Sir. Wolcott) was put upon it by
the Republicans with the understand
ing that that would give a majority of
silver coinage men to that committee.
Taat is the concrete in this whole busi
ness; and without that arrangement we
never would have seen our Populist
friends sit dumb as oysters when this
thing was carried through."
Mr. Allison remarked that the com
mittee position of the finance commit
tee had not- been changed from what it
was at the last Congress; iis number
only had been increased No matter
what we may say here, it is known that
that committee was, and is. in favor of
toe free coinage of silver, and it is also
known that no organization of this
Senate could have been made without,
practically, that being so, and there
fore it is that we are dealing here to
day with "leather and prunella" as re
spects the whole question.
"It is well known," Mr. Allison add
ed, "that a majority of- that commit
tee as organized, would be in favor of
the free coinage of silver, every Demo
crat on it being understood to be in its
favor. So that, as respects the i elec
tion of Mr. Woolcott, or as respepts the
selection of the new Democratic mem
ber of the committee, we do not de
ceive each other."
Mr. Gorman confessed his amaze
ment at the distinguished Senator from
Iowa, proclaiming to the oountry (after
be and his party friends had shown so
much anxiety to get control of the
committee) that they had no power to
carry out the decrees of their party.
'-Senators of the other side," Mr. Gor
man declared with much emphasis,
"are responsible from this time
henceforth for the legislation of both
branches of Congress. Tou came here
(apostrophizing the Republicans) know
ing that you had not a dear majority
in the Senate; and we had made provis
ion, last session, for that condition of
affairs. We made that provision in the
most liberal terms as between the two
parties, on lines which would hav.; se
cured for the committee the considera
tion of measures by the best thought of
both sides of the chamber and without
reference to the Third party. After all,
Mr. President, the country, will hold
either : the Republicans or the Demo
crats responsible for the government for
the next two yeart. It is divided re
sponsibility. You are in a large major
ity in the other House, and there
is in the executive chair a gentleman
who ws elected as a- Democrat. This
caustio allusion to the President pro
voked some laughter. And ' therefore
it was suggested, in the last Congress,
that we would co-operate- here in the
Senate. ! But the desire of power,: the
anxiety to control committees haa made
you (still addressing the Republican
Senators,) take a step which will enable
you - to throttle - legislation. .- Bat you
have taken the responsibility. Meet it.
Meet it as we did in -the last Congress
when we had only a majority of one."
Mr. Hoar asked Mr. Gorman if 'he
could suggest a simple measure of, doo-
t I . - nwenawaw- nwa- Sjr Weaw '
low-
trine or principle which it was in the
lower of the Republican Senators to
ass without the aid of Democratic
votes.
'That is true," Mr, Gorman admit
ted; "I admit it. But the Senator from
Massachusetts knows as well as J do
that when you take, possession of every
great committee,, putting the Demo
crats in a minority on all of them save
one, you put yourselves in a position to
affirm legislation. . It Is the the respon
sibility of the majority that you assume.
If you had carried out the idea sug
gested by the resolution last session
making liberal concessions on both
sides you -would H have been able
to bring :- together the better thought
of - the Senate, so that men who
had the best interests of the coun
try at heart . would 1 have' controlled
the committeesT I - think we would
have had better legislation than: we
will have now, when : the great finance
committee is, by the actioa of Republi
can Senators, controlled; lV the Populist
party." -,- . - . j - . - . : .
Finally the debate came to an end
and Mr. Cbckrell introduced a concur
rent resolution, which went over till to
morrow, provding for a recess from to
morrow till Tuesday,- the 7th of Jan
uary. . "
'And then after an executive session
the Senate at 4:50 adjourned until to
morrow. -
. A New York reporter was caught re
porting the Dunraven 'proceedings
through a sky-light,
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
THE LOAN AND SAYINGS BAH,
At Charlotte, In the County of Mecklenburg
at th oloiaof business Sep-'
temhar 13, 1895.
BISOVBCIS.
Loan oa real estate.......'
A.I1 other loans and dlsceuntt
Overdraft ,
State bonds, par vplae...
iue from banks ....
Dae from private bankers
Fur nit are and fixture. :
Current expenses
Premium on bonds ....
Cash Item. $8,740 86
Gold ooln, S5.0C0; silver oin, to.000..
National bank notes, $2,000
5,400
2SC,S4 76
338 46
37,000 00
!7,4i 7B
3.018 87
8,000 00
1314 SS
811 75
,740 86
. 10 000 00
2,000 00
Total
.$323,763 44
iJABIIITiaS.
Capital stock paid in .. $ 60.000 CO
Surpl us firnd 6,000 00
Undivided profltB ,4H VT
Deposits subject to check '. .. 123368 43
Duetobanks ,. 1718 34
Bills payable 80.000 00
Cashier' checks outstanding 436 85
Demand certificates of deposit 6,644 48
Time certificates of deposit 61,946 64
Savings 85,847 14
Total , . $8.763 44
STATE OF NORTH CAROLIKA, mm
Couwnr of Hboklinbcw. j
I, Archibald Brady, cashier of the Loan
and Havings Bank, do solemnly swear that
the foregoing statement Is true to the beat
of my knowledge and belief.
Archibald Bbadt, Cashier.
Sworn to add subscribed before me this
37th day of December. 1895.-
C. N. G. Butt, Notary Public.
Correet -Attest: PhilipSohiff,
Ja. J. Slits,
E. T. Gasslir,
Directors.
WATER!
HENRY E. KNOX, Jr.,
CONSULTING AND
HYDRAULIC
ENGINEER.
Arteca&ij and tube wells a spe
cialty, teneral water works con
struction, surveys, plans and esti
mates. Borings made for architects
bridge and railroad engineers.
Pipe and pumping machinery.
CHARLOTTE, N. 0.
fOfttc, Rooms. City hall.)
J. H. McADEV, H. G. SPRINGS,
President. Vice President.
MERCHANTS AND FARMERS'
NATIONAL BANK,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Your business solicited and appre
ciated. Safety boxes of diferent sixes fo
rent. Our facilities for handling your busi
ness promptly and correctly are un
surpassed. JOHN M. MILLER, Jr.,
Cashier.
NORTH CAROLINA
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
The next session of this CoBege will begin
September 6th. Examination at county
seats first Saturday in August. Young
men desiring a technical education at an
unusually low cost will do well to .apply for
eatalogoe to
a. Rouasat, Pres..
Saletgh. 1. C t
ICE. ICE.
Staedaid Ice and Feel Company.
PURE CRYSTAL ICE MADE FROM
DISTILLED WATER. .
Our factory has track connection with
ail the railroads, which enables us to
load cars without exposing ice to sun or
air, thu& avoiding heavy loss in leakage.
Ioe shipped in any quantity from
sack to car-load, and loaded direct from
the bath. -:
Satisfaction given in weight, quality,
etc
Standard Ice & Fuel Co.,
.A. J. HAOOOD, Manager. .
J. S. PHILLIPS,
Strictly Merchant: Tailor-
: . ' - " ings,
, m - -
V T 1 A. - "
31 South Tryoo Street, i
Haa just received a flee line of
-Seasonable Suitings.
" - Also the latest styles of -J '
V TKOUSERINGS. .
Which, will be made to order at rea
sonable prices. Only first-class work. -.
Mil IflTHM
t
Not quite three!
months since we
opened up our
store, but it is ':
:now conceded by
all that we ".
than any house
in the city, and
all because of
our honest and
fair dealing and
low prices.
We promise to
make our store
from now on the ,
Pride of Charlotte!
Wishing one and
all
A Happy New Tear,
We are,
Yours truly,
BELK BROS.
STOVES,
COAL VASES
AND
ALASKA FIRE SETS?
J. N. McCADSLAND &, CO.,
Slate and Tin Roofing Contractors.
T. L. ELLIOTT.
Monumental Works.
Granite -Monuments a vr" -
233 W. Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C.
CheapestStore-Earth
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DEPEND on TOC
11 1 rl nrrvTio ir rv' 11 nar n w si tl j-
,1 otitner swes. - .: .
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iMWPT
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
ii1
aacturers,
Erteers
ON'MliiL
COTTOlLTRE PATRS.GEAR G
-CONTRACTS
8elf-Pe
ners.-OyHnder open-
flats
era with f
tached, with or with-
out trunkBi
1- .
One and ; two see
r Breaker
tion break
one,
rs, with or wnnout
feeders at
ith or without i eon-
denser! an
boxes, with of with-
ont screens
Com bin at
eaker and Finisher
Lapper. O
o section finishers
Trrr
la. XIV
ames.
with feeder
If :
In termed!
pers. One or two
sections.'
Finisher
! -r- -
ne or two seo-
tions, with oi
plain beater arm
or with Kersch
carding beaters
Waste Plckerl
Cleaners. Card
and picker wast
ners, roving waste
openers and eott
thread extractor!
te pickers with
i
Carding Engl
tatlonary iron-
top, flat cards, w
man strippers; w
icker-in andWell-
r without collers.
Revolving flat ca
th coilers. Im-
proved grinding
vioes for revolv
Complete H
Plan ts; Power d
liss engines a
igh speed enine8jer
denslng; retur
e tubular boilers;
heaters, purln
ieto. f
Fire ProtectiEquipment. Grl
sprinitiers; "U;Writers are punt
UOBB DUDBCStlUnO. I
Electric Ligl
Plants. Westl 4
candescent audi
eleotrioal suppli
lamps, switohbdand
fall kinds.
TINO
Ladies' lack
iIa1sM W i
probf; made of
jjiUMi, ixiauc ui assiau suit
never before bed made; thether bein a fr
nage will not sctch or skin does delicate
leather; nice f orbung ladie :hool wear. TrJ
are narrow, medkn and ful Ith. Price 2&&r
UDDELL
IARL0TTE
Foundry, Macii
BOILERS.
6 to 150 horse power, porta aiocary, airte or in bL9. Boiierronts
and fixtures; 1 . ' V jrT,"qVL: .1 J-
n-.w s Tivn : I .1 -VaieMaaaMtaBaatadaBV-
a
For gins, saw mills, grist mills, ianing n-J brick nb
and general purposes. , 4 .1 . I
r AJll DOJl o
!
. Vnr nntton. varn. aloth. battinir.vaste. rl
operated by hand, power and direct team, cfcity 100 toi
a k xt arr 1 t 0 . t 1 - I I
For nlantation and eeneral use. iNine s
rip saw mandrels and general saw mjl
SHAFTING AND rULLKiD
For all purposes. A full line of
lings, etc I
CASTINGS
' Of .11 b-lnslQ TVia 1 rtraat an1 Kak
8hops and Office Corner North1
North Trvon street car stops aext bio
' . -Lit..;: ; : .i . -:
15 EAST TRADE STHET.
mm
0 jj.
IcAND
Gontretorc.
G,ROLL COVERING, Etq ,
or earding engines. " .
s -.
ailway HeadsSic i? ox. --w
ay heads; cotier n . ".-"7,;
two or tnrec hop -
irVwing Frames. Any number of de- -fries,
single or coupled; with orwith-.
metallio roils; au stop
1UUU1UK,
Intermedials u . r--
- t,v. .i-t,
ioe BDloning r ramea. v
fifling framed; any spindle; allgear-
f frames: improved sep-;
tors, for single or double roving.
Lclers. Improved upright spoolers.
Wade bqbin
anSn1.ee2J08UbIft'ee,a0'
wlstera. Wet . nr; r i . . . i
1 er "Pools, quills or beams:
B widths bd wldn iMm.
Farpers,- fryers, Presses. 81ashera.
of anysiiaDd description; Cor-;
slmpl compound or
z tnbnlaiboilera; feed pumps,
con-
AlltAm at
ydrantsffcood or steel tank.
c. polar dynamos, in--Tuments
therefor:
and 'all $-u
Z au'
;iDg shoe, cork s
ueu uuit saiu,
J
6Tr -
Gn jAmsr oa
A
f. c. :.
. I t
straw, ah
iol
and sixes, jhnir our.
macrly.
ttern
hanrers, pii and clamp c-.u
annil fnUtldrV IK StH.lt
OhufUnd Oarolln Viral RaUro
. foLF. WATS0Ntuanasert
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