The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-10-07

our mOCCO. NO new DOuuS nave ptcu
issued, nor any deficit made for these
great works. Soon they will all be off
hand, and our State taxes may be still
further reduced, or, if the people pre-
fer it, the excess may be applied in the
still better education of our children.
1t has been and continues to be the
policy of the Democratic party to use
the labor of the convicts to the peni-
Tertiary in work on railroads and
draining the swamp lands belonging
to the State for the purpose OF bring
ing them into market, and to avoid
employing it in competition with the
honest labor Of the country. There
seems to be growing disposition to
have convict labor employed in part
ON the public hig hways, so far as it
can be done consistently with the
our penal institutions must be made
as nearly self supporting as possible.
The administration of the executive
department Of the State government
since the inauguration of the Demo-
cratic Governor in 1877, has been all
that could reasonably be expected.
Vance, Jarvis, Scales, able, wise pro-
gressive,-so far as progress is consist
ent with true conservatis m-have done
or omitted little for party friends to
criticise or political enemies to COM
plain of. They have executed laws
faithfully and fairly, and with justice
to all classes and colors.
AS much may be said of the admin
istration Of justice and expounding the
laws by our Democratic Judges.
Their delicate duties have been faith
fully executed and their great and in
creasing labors conscientiously per-
formed. We have heard of no sug
gestion of unfaithfulness and of no sus-
picion of corruption with respect to
any of them. We therefore confident
ly commend the judicial ticket pre-
sented by our late convention
Smith, Ashe and Merrimon for the
Supreme Court; and ConEor, Clark,
Boykin, Montgomery, Graves, Avery
and James H. Merrimon (the last the
only one who has not heretofore serv-
ed as Judge and his high characte
and ability are universally conceeded)
to the support of the law loving voters
of the State and all such are urged
to go to the polls and give them de-
served endorsement.
1t is submitted with all confidence
that President Cleveland has redeem
ed his promise made on his nomina-
ton and at his Inauguration, to con-
duct the government of the United
States on business principles. He
has never forgotten that public Office
is public trust to own his maxim
and that one who is entrusted with
the conduct of a great government,
should employ at least that measure
of watchfulness, prudence, economy,
and faithfulness in the discharge of
his duties that is expected Of one who
has the direction and control of the
affairs of an ordinary person or corpo-
ration Whether it suited political
friend or foe he has executed the laws
as he found them in the statute book,
in a manner to command the applause
OF the law abing of all parties His
courage, industry, faithfulness and
capacity for labor have been beyond
all praise. Millions of money have
already been saved BY reforms iustitu-
ted under his administration and the
departments. at Washington have
been and are being purified of much
rottenness and corruption which had
accumulated under republican admin
istrations. BY this recognition of the
South as an integral part of the coun-
try, with equal rights, by selecting
members Of his cabinet and appointing
foreign ministers from southern States
he has put an end to sectionalism, we
hope, forever, The bloody shirt can
never be raised as a rallying banner
again.
Some, conceding that the present
Congress, of which only the lower
house is Democratic, has under Dem
ocratic influence, done much for the
benefit Of the country-for example,
passing laws whereby over $4,000, 900
acres OF land granted to railroad COM
panies on condition and unearned by
them, were declared forfeited and
thereby saved for actual settlers, GER
tain bills for the protection of labor
&c.,-yet complain that the Demo
! Gratis have not abolished the internal
revenue system and reduced the tariff
to revenue basis, with only inciden-
tai protection to our industries. To
them we reply, that the only hope to
do these things is in the Democratic
party and not in that party which is
responsible for the system and inaugu-
rated these high protective tariffs;
and that our Congressman from this
State, at least, have done their duty
in trying to abolish the one and ameli-
crate the other, and it becomes us to
see that good Democrats are again