The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-09-20

Acceptancc-the Chinese BilI-a
| Visit - New YorI-Politics, Opin-
| ions and Personals.
| .SpeciaL c0Tresp0nde7lce Of tie G0Ld Lieut..
| WASHINGTON. d. c., Sept. Z. 1888.
! Il is beginning to he an evident that the
Republican Senators are responsible for
/ the length of the present session of the Fiji
/ ticth Congress. The session has been
needlessIy protracted at considerable cost
| and with no compensatory benefit to the
| country. 1t is true it is the constitutional
/ right Of Congress 10 continue its Sittin2o
| uninterruptrdIy until high noon of March
| the fourth when the F.flipth Congress
expires by limitation. When Congress
r4et il was evident that the tariff was deS-
/ tined to take Il prominent part in its DELHI
! cratioils. After consuming much time in
committee work and speech-making the
/ Mills bill passed the House. The Presi-
dents message on the subject of the tariff
clearly defined the attitude of the Demo
cratic party and laid the main plank in
/ the National platform on which the Dem
OCratic party was expected TO stand. The
! tariff bill then went to the Senate. The
/ Republican Senators have held a number
/ of caucuses in the houses of party leaders
/ in this city. They have ransacked their
/ brains and the memoranda OF the leading
capitalists in this country for material out
/ of which to construct a substitute for the
/ Mills bill to he introduced into the Senate
| and to pass that body. The main object to
/ be attained in passing this bill is to make
| political capital for the Republican party
! and to win over such di~aEected Demo
Gratis as may regard their private business
! interests to be OF more Importance than
their allegiance to the party to which they
profess to belong. For this reason the Re
! publican Senators are directly responsible
! for money and time lost. They are stay
/ ing here trying to conduct the campaign by
| this sort of tactics. They are aided and
! abctted in this course by all the leaders of
| the Republican party and above all others
! 10y James. G. Blaine. While they have
| been thus occupied in what they Consider
astute political fneSS6. appropriation bills
| have been neglected, other important mat
! tiers demanding legislation have been ig
nored and the vast expense incident to the
| sitting Of Congress has been kept Rp from
| day to day. The honest, clear minded yeO-
men Of this country cannot be expected to
approve of such double faced policy at the
polls in November.
The effect of the Presidents retaliation
| message has been most beneficial to the
| Democratic party all over the country.
! Within the last few days | have seen sew
! craI prominent politicians at a distance
! These all agreed that Mr.. Cleveland beat
! the Republican Senators who rejected the
! llAHtl ito tlCdtJS dG biitIl oNu SllIlC, anu
/ still holds the ace Of trumpS.
Next week Judge Thurman Will be here.
! Preparations are already on foot to give
! the 'Old Roman" a rOuSing reception.
| His CANVASS 50 far has been remarkably
successful. Last night while speaking in
| New York be became i'll, and had to re-
! tire. The sickness, however, wa nothing
| serious and Mir. Barnum telcgr&phed to
| this city that lie was IF good physical trim
| to-day and would resume his work Judge
| Thurman is very popular here and has a
| great many warm friends of both parties
| made during his term III the United States
/ Senate.
| There continues to be a great deal of talk
about the delayed letter of acceptance
General Harrison with nothing to do ought
! to have his ready, but it must be remem-
bercd that Mr.. Cleveland's official duties
are very pressing and leave him but little
time for the preparation OF document of
| such Importance. Editor Dana remarks
! that Mr.. Cleveland'S 900 check which
/ | learn on the best authority he certainly
sent to the National Campaign fund is
about as conclusive Il letter of acceptance
as could have been written.
This afternoon vote will be taken on
| the Chinese bill. The discussion of the
| Chinese Treaty has caused great excite
ment in China and | think it is highly
! probable that the Senate will delay the
passage OF the bill until they have thor
oughly discussed the subject. The Chinese
! Minister is now on his way to this city.
! l have just returned from pleasant
visit to New York. find everybody more
| interested in politics than ever before at
| this season in the busy metropolis. The
cause of this perhaps, is that the President
/ is SO closely identified with the State of
| New York and there is a kind of rivalry
| between Governor Hill and Mr. Cleveland.
| Mr.. Barnum is in New York now nearly
all the time and pays close attention to the
conduct of the campaign. MI. Brice is
also i'll New York and has the campaign
workers thoroughly organized. He is com
paratively inexperienced in political work
of this character but he readily takes the
advice Ct Mr.. Cleveland, Col. Lamont,
| Mr.. Barnum, Senators German and Ran
som, and other members of the National
| Executive Committee. | had the pleasure
of a long interview with Mr.. Walter Page,
now on the editorial staff of the for am
but once connected with journalism in
: North Carolina of which State he is
! native. He is deeply interested in the inn
pending conflict and thinks Mr.. Cleveland
| will carry New \ Ork by good ma jOrity.
! He says the party in New York is making
one big mistake in Sinking the tariff issue.
! He thinks this issue ought to be met
squarely and firmly and does not believe
| that the President will lose a single vote
in the Empire State by such course and
the expected gains i'll the Northwest would
! be greatly increased Controller Tren-
| holm had just made speech on the tariff
| which Mr.. Page highly cOmplimented to
me. He thought, however, that Mr. Tren-
holm showed disposition to trim in the
public speech though i'll private converse
| ton he talked earnestly in favor of a re-
vision of the tariff. | have the privilege of
personal acquaintance with Mr. Tren-
| holm and know that he is thoroughly in
| accord with the President on the tariff sub
| iect. | also have the means of knowing
/ that Mr.. Cleveland Will stand boldly by
! his tariff reform message. | told this to
| Mr.. Page and he says If this is done New
York will certainly support her distin-
! guiShed son in the coming election. Mr..
! Page is prominent member of the Reform
/ Club of New York and is very highly eS-
| teemed by al who have the pleasure of
| knowing him. He is credit to his native
State and | predict for him a brilliant
! future.
| Comptroller Trenholm has gone to Ashe-
Vile To spend few weeks. Senator Ran
/ som IS in New York, and Senator Vance is
/ in North Carolina. Col. Tom Johnson has
returned from Asheville and says North
/ Carolina would 20 thirty thousand Demo
/ cratic majority il the vote was taken to-day.
GRANVILLE.