. per cent, wool hats from 72 to 88. and the same is
true of cotton goods, farm implements, etc., and
the revenue was reduced in proportion. The gen
teral aBrige of the new? feri was 50 percent,
hicheit rate thlwtountry or any .other eter yttwJ
But it was tenljf of jccruTse. to pTotett thetlahorera
H (?) of tthis couatryJan! to give a home market to
agricultural prWucta. "Yesfc the tariff was'
raised on all the farm products, and the gentleman
JSrpmennsvJYanii.Mr
farmer ought to be content to pay a little increase
on the merchandise he has to buy. as all are recip-
rylly benefited. The gentleman . from South
Dakota Mr. Pickler always springs to the
Hkenlearn4er,liSeln
' rfttfeeV Jrfsaod' wfrWI'He'ladtetweaed be -
cawMWvfai hjafrbeh'Hipo'lli'f
twoflyiiheBewal)h party ,bw been
itn 4fl thaheeiseir hjf pttttmg Ifcriff
';. on inrnoC spit ;-frrrf"''w"ftM,liwlia
vuofitariaVetv rrfjone-'
jaIttiini!Mi as Vheri everything was' done hy hand' or imperfect ?
e stheytwhaddpaid duty ow -iWonland igiws the : :niachinery. 'In these-factories one skilled laborer
aTtherthliiMloprf,fvr his Wool as la, hown " turn out mow finished1 goods -than a-hundred
by the most reliable statistics. Weare asked to ul have "done : forty years'-ago; The people 1
jfttfy9tt tJeYHint: to the men'whd make our cloth-' '"'kndw all this: but you would have -them believe '
ing in order to build up the1 sheep Industry aiuK" the1 tariff did ft J Nobody knows better than you
utkmamattti'lmimmkiavmr, year.rthat the prices ofsuch products are higher in this' 1
i Worth QdjefOtitStTOianbi: tt4S3nley--''ctry thanr-any 'other "under the sun. and that '
-VW bWpasaeif UrhJrn theobjett-Of the' tariff is to maintain the price y
'Melelgi-i HcKto to 'agamst the eheaTJeriiiig pro:essea. ' I
what extent it aaa kept out farKtducUfrom r 1 ' You all admiti' either directly or indirectly, that1 11
our market, and how much has been coming here
qMtafeeTVll the-Wtery
,lhtkjf trm!tto the 8to.
ttltklil0toi of the.aupreme ,
SSt Seth Dakota. T t
i.-u-. -AMiKadnUta thectruthof ouneententton as to exwting
" 'l??? said a Wdays agp, jh discussing
4iawt-amiaaistiJ8artahofor the yea't8a& when . . f - , . . ,
' . VTrTr t prktoithw ocuitry aascrpa with.ticxBe of -
wHaitfllt: cntries : - - - '- ;.--
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, . It strikes me4hai this, isa , aretty bad vhowing
for the fanners. . They have actually lost the home j
rmarket-to the extent of, bmshela-of "wheat.'
4.12uahek4of corn. 133 bushels of rye, and-14.355
i
.head of bpgs4-and hytthia stimulating process he
baa-gaiaed the market for 3T bushels of corn meal
and 7 mulestLaughter. , -
Piehlernsii eaiwaialrive
jXPiClXER: , Whamadathat report?
'Ufl'CWJFORDlUwt' 1890'
' fOTH mfey but Hd tJloWfc 1892 from the
:Bofftatisties.
s vtaOBt 'att'nsuK- to the Intelligence ,of the;
Aherran,p6pla ta insist that the fanner an be
?Hf arofctiesd fereartttherHn the sale -or price of
V?Mt1aii&ttftKtBl ' :
"- " That very year, 1892 aftftrlaringb 67.000,
.. 000 of people-of this country with athe things
... . they had to seekaoarket in foreign countries for
. the pale of $799.328.000if these-producta which you
in trormg to protect-$169,608.000 more than was
,y exported fa 189dk . How is this .for a borne market,
"Mr. Chairman ? But. strange, as it may , seem, our
friends on the other side congratulated then
eMtthtirt atf 4h41lyr4n intrrteular. upon the1-
. r ; fact that they Jiaye found- good f erelgiv-markets
. since the McKinley bill passed ,W imported m
$8 I827.4P2J62 worth of foreign mWchandiae. ITr.'.
your policy of taxing everything out Of this
country which can. be produced hera,saould pra'
vatt. and admitting everything free which ean not
; tpnrfucrfhere,lwwmy
support of the Comment. anoV.where will ourf
: .people Pod a market for their, surplus?, It is clears
to everyone uyu the tarroer can not pe penented
t ,.by AaxojUheh? eonc wheat, and meats, for they
, areaeuerji and-not buyera-of these things. The
. mwbmv9mtd'mHiux U fraud
Lfi '4 a a v- i.t-u U..;.i.?fn
eWnSy bill o,v those, products are a dry
.1 thrown tothe doK, as it were. At this point
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I desire to call attention to the speech pt that bold.
;r.bVandfe
Uirm:
- fNewt I'readwitbvadneM ttat attempt to
satisfy the farmers and other , laborers and pro -
'iucertf'mndlridt-t td believe that they.
: a-reater stremrth! to bear them n thelauseof thi8'thMffeiht,fwm Buffalo, to.New. York.
bill Which Imposes increased duties oh asrricultural . . . mn -. ,, . - .
producU; t)atthV wiHderlvevtent-from a . e hw-put-H en the free 4ist for the sake of
U!iiadutyrv4Qaade- duty ren-rpeUtoes and humanity." and say 'to the-peopW-that no tariff 1
.. parley, a duty on rye and corn. We are exporters oVoii AV tiKtifo fm
-'theaethiii and iinptfrterB.'and yet they r,
enhoim4dwtokeep.thWtOTfru
a
. .,lVr uu. ; , - i; . " i 1 i t.. . ''xJcratWpMty lertvowertt will be as fee as the
ton etedcMaddafafther : Jf ' air, for it is, as bounteous as the oceans. Ap-
Jt-ttddtht scrne-lin .
have, by our ayetonnadjwtihgv ttoitariff, ,,An4 further. Mr. Chairman, when we think. of
422?fe?,4; 4 ' the thousands c. people , throughout this broad
- 'taiottey: than the entire atrrtcultural and workina-" - . T . L
!Biehit1oW'ersBiHethave-'be-mbe-tb earne r land,toay who. are, suffering: from cold. I do not
J yeytittw,ainiipwriwi mttttfltottoetian waainderatand .upon what principle gentlemen ask
t v, . not necessary as against competition in the cases ; a -11 ,3.. ;
UOMfttetotionellHiBt HieeaHto lifte ttdtvldaato'wno eon to.tinnea .tojo their, fire. An all-wise '
o tmHul thisiB aaedttetoawageatoeiituiiiiiiieeu upuli Con- Creator sq constituted man that fire is necessary
-SaSctSftttSMt glTWmt ;tohteccortwell-
'! v - i r'ri ' " lW His merciful presence He has stored the
We 1ILot lccepteda;Jevdence.n this Ku.tains with an .unlimited auantity of coal-a
.r to glipply 8ufflcient for all the coming .renerations.. ,
, T..,, 4hhfkec or nm(e richiyndicates own jnost of. the coal
...,..Tr ..
, vpreise laid4ow. 4h cmciusioiMs im same, .
wauujaiw.iMX niaxeawaBea-niich and-
I .,Ped.to,pf J.bcheap,H AneVyou. kic
remtadame of 4saBunation,ef, a.ciyiervice;
,4 applicant- He cam to the question "Which was '
the greater general CseBaf Hannibal V He
replied. "When we'omeito cdpsider who CaeBar
and Hannibal were, and ask ourselves the question
which waa'the greater, fbmoBtdciedly answer
in the affirmative V Laughter. "
Ve14 Deceive ke Peeple -
W ... 3' . ' -i h
You lost the force of youiU'kheap John" argu
ment that the foreigner pays the tariff when
fously compare the price of goods in this country
with the price forty years ago, but you studiously '
Avoid comparing prices with free-trade England.
Prices have declined the world over on account of
improved Jnwthods -of ttianufocturing and trans-
iitjoaibodywiderstands' better than you
machinery andslrflled labor are
- u the great agencies wWch have reduced the cost of
production xu have seen the1 great engines and
f water-Towers set-m Wtkm thousands of looms
' 'and Bpindles-'wMch displace the old-time methods
the effect of this bill' will be to reduce the cost of
J foreign-made goods tothe same extent as the tariff "
i-V,-. iredMoecLtand you aW, admit,, that the domestic
goods ' mas t fcw reduced in the same proportion in 1
.-Aer to holi the American market .The gende-
.r.pG to England France, or Germany, and as a
'matter of ; f aotv vdemonstrated by. researches that
iodmitiof no -pwHlhlit wdonht thosei.couatries are
able to produce manufactured articlea hti least for
one-half the cost that the same business is sub
- vl ejected i to in-i the maiMtfacturias interests of the -,.r
United States. : ( ,
. fci-TWjgeatlenTanfromMaftwBhuBgtta Mr.-. Dra
iwl fperJiBdpuhlioan and ia .manufacturer, Baki, on
tii j thiaifloer, Mvthia very point : .
'Tn Hnes -where the duties r to-day needed for
I protection, where, foreign producers compete
, , te-dai tondervaBent'dntiesa lessening' ,f duty
W will lower the wholesale price of foreign goods.
This done, American prices must be lowered to
correspond or American producers go out of busi-
ness.
Then declares that wages will be reduced. .
These friends of the laboring men refuse to enter-
tain a suggestion that the profits of the manuf act- t
urer might be reduced instead of the wages of his
employees. They never recognize any man as an ,
American laborer unless he works in a factory.,;
They lose sight of the millions of honest, deeerv-
ing. and needy laborers who cannot be protected,,
the farmers, the mechanics, the masons. vThey
have no sympathy nor relief for these men. -',
Math Oeaaad Siasple Jnstice Qaly
The gentleman from Iowa Mr. Hull in 4 col
loquy with myself a few days ago reflected on the
labor of the South. I say to him that we ask no
protection for the workingmen, white, or. black, I
but we demand for them fair and -even-handed
justice. Pathetic appeals have been- raadeti this i
side of the House in behalf of the, "American
laborer." which means the man in the factory, ' -
whether he be a German. Hun. Pole, or Bohemian.
whether he has been in this country one. month or
ten years. They are all on the "free list! ? They'
may not be able to speak a word in the English1
language, but they are taught to sing oat in con-
cert America for Americans." Anslaube.!
We do not claim. Mr. Chairmanrthat tbte hill ii
a remedy for all the evils which have gWn up
.v. u... j.mi.
under the protective system, but we da. feM thae.
ihomiinhnrm.vlw. rrf lol A Um0t
that it is a step in the right direction. X
It will lighten the burdens of the people-by
reducing taxation on most of the necessaries of
life from a prohibitory to a revenue basis, and wUl
at the same time unfetter trade and commerce,
thereby giving us a better opportunity to sell and
buy in the best markets of the world. It destroys
the power of monopolies to levy unreasonable and
unjust bounties upon the consumption of the peo
ple. It reduces the tariff on woolen goods from
98 to 40 per cent. This of itself ought to commend
.this billto the masses pis the people. It is esti
mated that the people -of this country consume
annually, $400,000,000 worth of woolen goods, and
"dce the, cost at least $100,000,000
-? ivear year-a pieBsyig wmcn wui oe ie in every
. household in the land Cotton goods, iron and
manufactures, and a, hundred things the
?- reduced in the same proportion;
r. - any pf the absolute necessities of life
.naye oeen maae iree. ,
an l!teltlKhI)P.atv Free List
- , ' - ,! .
' 7T. T " - M . . "u
tne ana we oceanrw,tn tne mex-.
austujiersuppiy.,ana a lew men nave taken pos-
WOD andchar a tax of 8Q per cent.
rT 7 7..? T-r. f". . "
lT" t? "eui V1
Jl'.
Mtahetorkllribuneof December.
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Tfv. .Liverpool salt is sold. juiJJew York ior $3.50 a ton ,
arpaKJ lduty, and. if the tariff is taken
J " " o , ' " "
" of such prime neceesity. 80 lomg as the Dem-
1 - j' .' ... ... . -
iaawasejia areipfMseoeaDy etarin: zar in excess of
1 etof mmms the coaU Which enables them to ,
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heat; and air'froe of taxes.
. ,. . .
; Iron ore is also put upon tne ie r
tereat of the whole country, and more especially f
in the interest of the farmers, who use more iron
and Steel than any other class in proportion w
amount of business they do. Hence we are able to
'. placer agricultural implements, cotton ties, and
such like on the free hst, so that tho. farming classes
-may buy them' in the cheapest markets of the '
world where the price of farm products is fixed.
whether sold at home or abroad. The London .price
for -wheat and cotton controls the -Now York and
-Chicago price. , : . - ' ' .
Wealth Musi Bear if Share of Burden.
The tax levied by this bill is with a view of reve-';
nue only, and if it falls short of a sufficient amount
to meet the pubjic 4emands the deficiencr will be
supplied by the income-tax feature t of the bill,
levying, as it does, a tax of 2 per cent, on all in- .
.comes exceeding $4,000. i This will bring .millions
into the Treasury, ; and iwUl come from the srich
men of -the country who have heretofore .borne
comparatively none of the tax burden. ,. But I am'
aware j that thia provision may . meet, - a defeat ,
through the efforts of that side of the House, aided
by a few gentlemen bn; this., side. But- whether
this tax is. imposed or not at .this, time- Hiwill be. v
done in the near futura i Wealth must bear its
reasonable (proportion of the burdens of-government,
and if the people of this country fail, to sus- J
tain this bill as the initiatory; step of ; reform, I.
: shall, to a great extent lose .confidence in their
capacity . for self -government. .LThe:.Democratic : . . . . " . '
party appealed to the people when you passed the 0t for a Seat in the 60th congress, must
iMcKinley bUl and we are here.ixwlay:with their ,. in all candor admiti that Mr. Crawford has
. commission to wipe it from the Btatute.book. In literally torn into shreds every argument
the meantime the manufacturers .have appealed ... , advanced by his Opponent.!' Mr.-. Britt
from the decision of the people to Coiigresa. and Strong defense of the policies, if
. you Republicans are singing the same old songs ' . .. . . , . , .
you sang in 1890 and 1892; The people did not be- - ;8ich , they may be caUed, maintained by his
, Heveyou then, and they do not Wieve you-ntow.itifr&ft .but the , sledge hammer, blows ad
But you persist in. appealing from "PhUip sober . rjaioiatered by. the . democratic standard
to Philip drunk.' . Laughter.
The JIcKlnley Bill
, The McKinley bill was entitled. "A bill to reduce
reyenue and equalize the duties on imports," and
I reckon the country ia willing ; to admit that it.,
was a complete success . in reducing revenue. It.
raised the tariff to a prohibitory point, thereby re
ducing the revenue to the . Government, and Re
publicans talk as if they are amazed at the condi
tion of the Treasury. Surprised that we have no
money to meet the ordinary expenses of- the Gov
ernmetj. Surprised that financial and industrial
panics have a tight grip on the country I It has all
resulted .from your unwise and vicious legislation.
It is the. result of a Vendition and not a theory,"
,as maybe seenliy investigation.. When Cleveland
turned over the Administration to Harrison in
1889 there were $185,000,000 in the Treasury,
$85,000,000 clear surplus, the appropriations were
kept within the bounds of economical Expendi
tures, and everything was moving on in the usual
course of prosperity. 'l
- But; after the McKinley. passed, the tax from
haperta fell from $220,576,000 in 1889 to $174,124,000
in 1892. a toss of $46,452,000. and at the same time
you increased appropriations $122,421,000. The in-
creaseof pensions alone amounted to $79,292,283 a
year. .-When Harrison turned, over the Govern
ment to Cleveland last March -there was not a dol
lar of surplus in the Treasury, and but for the fact
that the Sherman law of 1890 covered into the gen-
cral fund the national bank redemption ; fund,
amounting to $54,00a000. there. would Mve been a
v deficit of $27,000,000. Will Republicans close their,
i eyes to the fact that Mr. Foster. Harrisoa's Secre-
tary of the Treasury, went before the .Finance
iCemmittee of the Senate, and urged the issue of
bonds to meet the bankrupt condition of the Treas
ury,, anVstated that his estimates were based on
conditions existing prior to the election of 1892?
And a Republican Senate passed a bill amthorizing
V fV
recommendation: but a Democratic TTmioa jreftisuv)
reenouon. out a lmocrcouse refused
JW P8 UW DHL WU1B iaceOI UHJ H MVe Uie
audacityto say that the fear excited by the Wilson
b,U ha depIeted the Treasury. You hirk the ?,
respcftiUty of tiie result pf, the McKinky law.;;.
the Sherman law, and all the. bad laws that you
, enacted. And the only remedy-you. have is to ask '
the people to hold on tothe bad laws until you can
give them more of them.
Falsity af the Prediction
,tyou had legislated on the financial question so
as to give the great national banking corporations
absolute control .of the financial policy of the Gov
ernment, thereby enabling them to control all the
surplus money of the country with which busineas
is done, and when this great organized money J
power wants certain legislation it stops the wheels "'
of commerce until it is granted; When youVoted "
,to repeal the Sherman law unconditionally; you '
admitted that your legislation on the silver ques-.
tion was a huge failure; you admitted that that
law was directly responsible for the panic which
ha paralyzect all business, and scattered, want and ' ;
suffering from one end of the country to the other.
You predicted tha"t the repeal of the Sherman law "
would restore,, prosperity, immediately. ;..Senator '
Sherman said in the Senate in support of the re- "
peal, thatfit would take only ten days to do it. I '
am sorry many Democrats fell into the same error.
- t --t;' . rp """-.i;
The country-needs and should have had proper
affirmative : iegislatior, , recognizing silveJ
money metal at the time the friendless Sherman
law was repealed.: If the Republicans, after having
had
thirty years to establish a financial policy.
have any policy whatever, nobody knows it. I
trust that the Democratic party will be able to
build out of the wreck a financial system worthy W"uu na , nation;, establish-
of the American people. Applause. - i ' d. relations with ail other countries; provi-
On the other hand, the protected, manufacturers ded Systems of taxation for the PUpport of
have been so accustomed to being consulted when the government-even creating the tariff -
reforming or modifying the laws which have been J Prided for, navy; established, the , mer-
putting money into their coffers by the millions. L chant marine which carries eighty per cen
And when it is understood that the Democrats " of our - products to all ports of the earth;
mean to take it out of the power of these parasites : fought the wars and provided for peace all
to. levy their usual tribute upon the Teotle In tW v u u - ' - 1
name of taxation., they cioee their torlet ad He
. turn the laborers out into the streets to beg for 5ballenge8 AlX, Britt to name a Single insti-bread-thevery
men for whom all these eloquent' " tutioq,;. established by, y the republicans
appeals have been made during this debate, and in ' (which the latter ia.unable to do) and says
all the campaigns-turned them out on the cold ' instead of establishing any they have abus
icharitaes of th world, sand, refuse to, aire them 1 4U . , , rf J
either work or bread f or their starvn ed Se .founded by democrats for the,
the very men whose akiil and laboV acCmi-tJ'-9 t people,, .welfare, in the interest of rich
the vast fortunes of these millionaires who demand
that BhaU them prices as an
inducement to resume business. This is the result
of thirty years' protection of the American labor-
ers. Down with it; it is a sham and a iraua. Ana
I believe
; Befnsed to Extend II l Tiiue
The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman
from North Carolina has expired.
i Mrv HENDERSON of North Carolina. I ask
Wmimouui consent that the gentleman's time may
be extended ten minutes. ,
Mr. HICKS. I object. ,
Mr.AWP6RD. I can finish what I desire to
say in a few minutes.
The CHAIRMAN. The Chair will submit the
- request. - The gentleman : from North Carolina
f LMr. pENPCTSON asks unanimous consent that
, the time of his cqlleague be extended ten minutes.
Mr, YAN YOORHIS of New York. . I object.
. Mr- TUCKER. 1 ask unanimous consent that
hia Hmt he extended five minutes. - ,
jjr yAN VQORHIS of New York. I object,
' Mr CRAWFORD.; The gentleman from New
'"y Qn the floor and yet he gets up and
hinsnnvinBr the time of the House.
Jf.l Applause.
CONGRESSLONAL.CAIVIPAIGN,
Fronjllie French Broad Hustler.
: Those who have witnessed the discus
sions of the. -political . issues . involved in
this campaign by Messrs Crawford and
Rritt. dmnfratif and rennhlifian rnnrli-
bearer come with such force and power as
to completely - demolish, the claims of
i Pipgley protection, indisenninate immi
'CTation and , the fallacious suggestion that
?t Mr. .Cleveland's-, administration is , re
. sponsible for the panic which came upon
the -country in 1893. Mr. Crawford's
-: fpeehes show him to be a man ' of affiairs
..andbne thoroughly conversant with the
pol itical history of this country from the
- foundation xf the government to the pre
sent day His review of the past records of
the democratic and republican parties is
superb and inspiring and democrats who
hear him cannot refrain from rejoicing in
the fact that their cause is being so ably
defended by a man whom they delight to
honor.
These two representatives of their re
spective parties met in joint debate at
Brevard last Saturday and at Columbus on
Monday of this week., In vthese discussions
and former ones, Mr. Britt contends that
Mr.Crawford's exposition of the conduct
of certain republican1 leaders in North
Carolina is not an issue and calls it "silly
twaddle and clap trap.'r Mr. Crawford"
replies that they are officers of the govern
ment and their conduct is therefore a legiti-'
mate subject for discussion; that the records
of Federal office-holders contributes in
making the record of the republican party,
which must be judged by the men who
make its history. He quotes from the
s recent speech of Secretary of War Taft,
: t the Greensboro convention, Blackburn's
Jutee Bvnum and othpr
' . T 57 ' -l ttu umers,
conteution thftl thfi '
' .. " . 7
"Can party in this State is condemned by
me eviaence oi its own members, and in
his own orginal way presents the case most
strongly. Mr. Britt and his supporters
squirm while democrats applaud, as Mr.
Crawford lays bare the unseemly ionduct
of mauy republican leaders in North Caro
- linaf whose insatiable desire for pie has
eclipsed every other consideration. He
calls attention to the fact that the repub-;X-licanshave
i only orie. representative from
. 8tate,an bY the assistance of Mr. Britt
tney tried to put that. one in the peniten
tiary. 80 you see, says Mr. Crawfordpthat
it is a dangerous thing for a republican to
be elected to congress from this state and
the people will put an. end to, the trouble
trao the 6th of November, by electing ten
democrats to represent them.
Mr. .Crawford dwells upon the theory o
;democratss founding and organizing the
.government and states j that .Thomas Jef-
J --frann tho fnthar nf.. rt
v author of the declaration of iudeoendenr
,. ana one pi we rramers of the constitution
1 u .v j
f democratic party,: established
' eyery. institution of this great government,
' "Classifying the powers into the exeCUtivt
inrticial and lreislativfi Hmnrtmonfa 'x
zed the state governments, fixing tha rela-
jnajJUfaCtUTerS, tTUSt8, money gamblers and
bond Jobbers.
r . Tlje great issue in this campaign, Mr.,
Crawford ,., maintains, is the. tariff, 'or
ederaltaxaiion. The first levy n a
constitution, was 15 per ceDt t
was raised to 32 per cent., through"1
...fluenceof manufacturers wim ln"
nrntprtinn fnr A, . ti
.r""-." ciiuau Industrie
was called the tariff of abominfltinn
It
in
u,
Mr.
which it was
reduced to
2G
Ttr .
stated in a speech on. the floor of '
that' if the American nu
acanifisre in the TmrraU
r-'iMuii ior mnevwir.
the manufacturers would be able to
netfi;' with all th nrrui o Coni
years have. ; elapsed and still , these L !
v industries, are clamoring for more protl
t tion.., After they .have acquired hundJ
of millions from the sweat and toil of th
people, by reason of these excessive '
.laws which gives to them the markets of
,j United states, the Dinglej law, which Mr
r;' Britt says has brought all the prosperitj u
to the country, is an: intehsifled. tariff k
; as compared with the old Clay oompromi
and levies the largest tax on the American
.people that they, have experienced in the
history of the country, being an average 0
50 per cent Mr. Crawford meets every
. argument advanced by, the republicans ft3
Vis fully, meeting the 'expectations of his
friends. 1
BUTLER -AND. RUSSELL
, In ; the announcement, that , eirSenator'
Marion Butler : would. speak at Smithfield x
he handbills in Johnson county said he
would divide time- wiih Governor Glenn
or either of the United Statei Senators.
Politica , discussion 'and debate have al-
. .. waps been encouraged in North Carolina,
. and have done much to educate the people.
? When he first espoused the cause of the
People's party and advocated its principles.
?! Governor Glenn, Governor Aycock So-
. licitor Luffy and other distinguished speak
ers met the ex-Senator in public debatejui
the discussions of political questions, rf
'.; But. there are two men in North Car-
l olina whom their acts -have made it b
possible for 1 any respectable public man to
meet in joint debate one of these men
is ex-Gpv(?rnor . Russell and one is
Marion Butler. ' When , the Governor ord
ered the State Treasurer not to issuenew
bonds for the old bonds offered in exchange
, under the .act of 1879, he was guilty of
robbing the state of which he had been
made chief trustee.' When Butler as Sen-
. ator conspired with Russeland Pettigrew
to ( make a way, to stie North Carolina on
the very bonds Russell held up, he com
, mitted. moral treason. If these acts of
treason , had . beeq' committed during the
, term of. office of. Russell and Butler and
their inf arap'is .. ., conduot had been , made
Ki Hnown tos the people, Russel would have
been Jmpeached and Butler wpuld have
been forced to leave hs seat in the Senate
or .defy the, authority of the Legislature to
demanp his retirement.
In ali North Carolina no two public offi
cials" have been, guilty of such treason to
the state that put them in position to pro
tect it. V'" f. ' '
V There is one crime that the people never
forgive in a- man robbin widows and or
phans for whom he is trustee or guardian.
There is one crime in a public official that
ought never to rje'forgiven--conspiring
- with anybody to wrong the State he has
sworn to serve. .
Butler may issue his challenges,; They
, will be r treated by reputable men with the
contempt which, they deserve. In North
. Carolina treason, .moral, pr. legal, does not
prosper. Newr & Observer. t
The Right Place to. Transfer.
v , When you have, reached the corner of
" your mind where you ;an't see any good
in the world.
When you have .reached the avenue
where you want to walk down it to meet
some food fellows just to take a drink
When you get to where ; you can stop
in your work to hear the latest indecent
. story, . -.; ' -' :
When you come to .the . place where
you are content to let things go half
.. done because you're doing it for some
one else. f '
, When you. will go inidebtfor some
, thinsr you don't have to have but want
it because some one else has it.
; When you have reached the place
where you think that no one appreciates
. you. -" - '
When you find it more convenient to
speak abruptly than, pleasantly to inr
; feriors, - ' . . " . ..
ad
the house in the morning.
When you have got to the plao0
. where ' you are "not bothered ' with the
ghost of work badly done.
4 When you haven't any time: to listen
to another persons misfortunes.
.. When you can't see any merit in any
one who .works at the same thipg yu
do. New ,Yi6rk .World.