The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-22
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS.

WASHINGTON, May 20. = Hon.
Thos. G. Skinner says he thinks some
measure will pass Congress this sess
ion for the relief Of farmers. lie
thinks that the farmer Repn blicans of
the West combined with the farmer
Democrats of the South have influence
enough to compel the politicians in
Congress to legislate in their interests.
Petitions have poured in from every
district in North Carolina looking to
this object, and have been preeented
by every member of our delegation.
~
Representative Mills has answered
| the letter of the Farmers Alliance of
Milan county, Tex, asking him to
favor a government warehouse for the
storage of the agricultural products
and the issue upon them of Treasury
notes to the extent of eighty per cent.
of the value of the products. His an
swer published in the National Dem
| ocrat, occupies three columns of space.
| He says when the government begins
to take charge of the cotton, wheat,
| corn, oats, and tobacco, it will go on,
and in time bacon, pork, beef, butter,
cheese, lard, hay, and all other farm
| products will demand of the govern
ment to take their surplus and advance
so per cent on it. And in periods of
manufacturing and mining depression,
iron, steel, wooden and cotton goods
| will demand to be deposited and taken
care of and money loaned to their
owners, and so will coal and ores and
lumber. If the policy is adopted it
must apply to all; and the power Of
those interested in these products will
compel the government to extend pa
ternal care to them.
He says that the only way by which
the farmer can be helped is by the sue
cess of the tariff reform, for which
Cleveland fought and fell. He de-
clines to support the alliance PROPOSE
ton. In closing he says:
l am too old to change the convic-
tions Of q life time. | am a Democrat
because 1 believe the great sum of
woes which humanity suffers comes
from disregard of Democratic prin
ciples. l can afford to retire to pri-
vate life, but I cannot afford to share
the guilt of participating in an act
that will bring distress and suffering
to millions of my fellow citizens"
Xxx
The marriage Of Miss Margaret Isa-
belle Blaine, daughter of the Secreta-
ry of State, and Mr.. Walter Dam
rosch, of New York, on Saturday, has
absorbed the attention of official and
social life at the capital as no similar
event has done since the nuptials of
the Hon. Jos. Chamberlain and Miss
Endicott. The strong personal inter
est which the Blaine family has always
commanded was heightened when the
minating in a wedding was the subject
of pleasant comment. Miss Blaine's
and Mr. Damrosch's acquaintance be
gan in the Scottish hills when both
were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Carnegie.
Tie course Of their love did not run
with the traditional smoothness, but
when Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine did smile
acceptance on the young mans suit
they did it with full heart. The en-.
SoSCuISuL was huOWu W CuclT 1TlcIluS
at the marriage of Mr.. Emmons
Blaine, and is whispered as another
happy coincidence that the engage
ment of the youngest daughter, Miss
Hattie, or ''H,' as she is affectionateIy
called il the household, will be made
public ere long. Her marriage, it is
understood, will add another to the
long list of international alliances, and
the youngest member Of the Blaine
family will be a countess. Just at
present her parents think she is too
young to entertain serious notions of
marriage, and the ardent young titled
lover patiently bides his time.
Last Thursday Mr.. Brewer presented
two long petitions from his district
asking for the pass age Of laws for the
perpetuation Of the national banking
system. They were referred to the
committee on banking and currency.
Grand Lodge I. O. O. F.