The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-10-19
A Grand Rally.
Cle5sland endorsed by the Business Men
of Neao York

Cle5sland endorsed by the Business Men
of Neao York
NEW YORK, Oct. l3.-"The true sig
ni6cance of the victory in Newark" !"
said Senator Bsrnum yesterday, sis not re-
stricted to New Jersey. 1t means that
New York and Connecticut will surely go
for Cleveland and Thurman. In Presi-
Dental elections New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut hang together and cast
their votes.in favor OF the same candidates.
The workingmen of Newark were not only
unterrifsd by the Republican assertion
that the Mills bill means free trade, bat
they have ascertained that its enactment
will tend to their advantage. They are
not alone among the workingmen OF this
country 10 reaohing these conclusions.
Newark is one OF the twenty great manu-.
featuring centres OF this country. 1t is
full of workingmen. Had they been
alarmed by the Republican cries they
would have voted solidly for the Repub.
lican ticket. They were not alarmed, and
neither are the Workingmen of New York
and Connecticut alarmed. The Newark
election was the first direct test of the ef-
fects of the tariff scare which the Repub.
licsns have tried to raise, aad it was Of no
avail. 1t has demonstrated that the Ma.
tional victory will be ours"
The Democratic leaders in this city be-
lieve that Senator Quay is trying to force
riots at the pole on election day. They
are now thoroughly aroused to the real
meaning of Senator QuaY's recent per.
formances, and they will take measures to
see that they miscarry.
To carry North Carolina.
Senator Quay is in a very unamiable
mood nowadays, and not a little of his
bad humor is caused by the persistence of
the Hon. Levi p. Morton in making him
spend many thousands of dollars in en-
deavoring to carry North Carolina for the
Republicans. According to member of
the National Repuo olican Executive Com
mittee, this has been the burden of Mr.
Morton's song ever since the beginning OF
the campaign. Mr. Morton said some time
ago that he had given to the National
Republican Committee three times the
amount of what his salary as Vice-Presi
dent would be, which is supposed to mean
that he has contributed 100000. In re-
turn for this be has insisted, and still in
sists, that the full power of the National
Committee shall be used to carry North
Carolina. Senator Quay objected at first,
but he could hardly help yielding to the
party's candidate for the Vice-Presidency
and it's greatest pecuuiary aid, so an ener-
getic Republican campaign has been car.
ried Oh in North Carolina, and Senator
Quay has spent money in that State which
be wanted to devote to other States.
The disgust of Senator Quay now is q
discovery which he has just made Of the
reasons which actuate Mr. Morton in de-
string to have North Carolina 60 Repub-
licsu. They are, in short, that the firm
of Morton, Bliss & Co., are holder of what
is known as the special tax bonds, which
now amount, principal and interest, to
more than $3O,OOO,OO0. These bonds
were issued when North Carolina was in
the hands of the carpet baggers and it was
pretended that they were to be devoted
to the building of certain railroads in the
promotion of which Milton S. Little6eld
was the chief actor. A special tax was
levied for their payment hence their name.
Littlefeld took the bonds, sold them 10
New York for what they would bring,
and did not build any railroads with
them. The fraud was 80 gross that after
North Carolina came under the control of
it's decent and respectable citizens, con-
stitutional provision wac enacted forbid
ding their payment unless such payment
should be authorized by majority of the
voters of the State at the ballot box.
Morton, Bliss & Co. bought these bonds
after their repudistion for almost nothing,
and have made several attempts to collect
them through the courts. Test suits have
been brought in individual bonds in the
United States Circuit Court for North
Carolina is the name of the dummies who
reside in North Carolina. The suits are
not brought by Morton, Bliss & Co., in
order to avoid the provisions of the llth
amendment to the Federal Constitution
which forbids the bringing of a suit
against State by a resident of another
State. One of these suits is now pending
in the United States Supreme Court, with
small chances of success. But even if the
suits were to succeed, the collection of the
judgment would be difficult, unless the
people, the Legislature and the Governor
should be in favor of paying it. There
fore Mr. Morton is very desirous to have
North Carolina go Republican, and there
are persons at the National Republican
Headquarters who are uukind enough tt
say that his main, if not his sole purpose
in obtaining the Republican nomination
for the Vice-PresideDcy, was to be thu
enabled to employ the whole power of th'
party through his National Committee t.
collect his bonds which he bought fo
| almost nothing after they had been repu