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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-02
RAUM'S RASCALITY.
THE MINORITY OF THE COMMITTEE HAVE
UNITED On A REPORT
Which Says the Commissioner Screened Himself
Behind the Fine Technicahtss Of Criminal Law
There Should Be a General House Clean
ing in the Pension Department

WASHINGTON. October THE mi
nority of the Special House Committee
20 investigate the charges against Pen
sion Commissioner Raum, MeSsrS. Lewis
and Goodnight, have united in the pre-
paration of report setting forth their
opinion of the results of the invcSti-
CATION. The report reviews the
evidence in the refrigerator
case and says: I'VE lament the con-
duct of public official who inyokes the
fue technicalitieS or criminal law TO
screen himself from proper inveStiga-
tion and 90 hide from public view the
details of q business which is being con-
Quoted from one of the government
bureaus, and concerning the character
of which So many and such damaging
charges have been made
The report SAYS also 10 is clear Lemon
was favored aud benefited, and that the
bureau has been used for stock iobbng
and bartering doubtful patents, which
cannot Doe too strongly condemned, and
% housc-clcaniug in the Pension Bureau
is recommended
As the majority of the committee in
tend Co pursue the investigation further
at the next session of Congress, their
report will not bc made until that time.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-02

FoRr SMITH, ARK. October / The
mail on the line between Eureka Springs
was robbed last night by two masked
men. and everything stolen and carried
away. The passengers were not mo-
Tested.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-02

CnAwroRp. NEB., October Fire,
supposed to be the work OF an incen-
diary. destroyed five business buildings
Yesterday. causing loss of $4,000
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-02

..Iy woman will. she will. II she 'r'H =, iaSe
pr Bulls Cough Syrup for her cold she "'is be
cured.
Take good advicc-I have suffered with bad
headache, for years. and have tried many rem,
edies without obtaining reliei. was auIlsSu at,
cnrej me, EDWARD BALTI, lButcher.l
La Favette Market, Baltimore Nd.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-02
President signs the Tariff Bill.


WASHINGTON, October 1.-The PreSi'
dent signed the Tariff bill at 3:22 p. m
to-day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-02
uopsroRD.s ACID PHOSPHATE.

brain and NtrNt fU""'
for lecturers, teachers, Students eiergS
man LAWYERS. and brain-workers generally
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-02
National

At ncinnati-Cincinnat >, Boston
3: earned runs, I and 3; hits. . and 10;
errors. . and 6; pitchers, Mullanc and
Gctzein; umpire, Strict.
Players League.
At BuiTalo-BufTalo }, Boston q; hits,
9 and - errors, > and {; earned. > and ,.
Pitchers, Stafford and Kilroy. UmpireS.
Snyder and Pearce.
At lcveland-Cleycland :: New York
3: hits. ! / and o; errors. 3 and /; earned,
Cleveland >; pitchers, Gruber aud Ew-
ing: umpires, GaiTney and Sheridan.
At Pittsburg-Pittsburg o, Philadcl-
phia :: hits, II and 9; errors, and ];
pitchers. Morris and Hustled; umpireS,
Ferguson and Holbert.
Association.
At Columbus-C Columbus II, Athletics
o: hits. II and 3; errors, > each: earned,
Columbus Q; pitchers, knauSs and
Stcckcr Umpire, kerinS.
At ST. LOuiS-St. Louis :, Syracuse =:
pitchers. Hart, Stivetts and Mars; hits.
l3 and 10; errors and .; earned : and
>: earned. I each. Umpire, Emslie.
At Louisyile-Louisyille ,. Baltimore
,: hits, o and II; errors, 3 each; earned,
and ,: pitchers, Ehret and Mcmahon;
umpire, DoeScher.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19
THE SUB TREASURY BILL.

THE Sub Treasury bill may be
! crude, it may be impracticable, it
may be unconstitutional. But the
advocates of the bill are not welded
to it. With m voice they say give
us the Sub-Treasury or something
nearly like it-something that is con,
stitutional. We doubt if any bill has
ever passed either branch of our Ma
tional Congress in its original shape.
Indeed the authors of the bill would
often fail to recognize the language
of some bills. We are willing for the
Sub-Treasury bill to be made entirely
constitutional, practicable and reason
able. Has this been done =? Senator
Vance says he only made slight
changes. We think he could have
made an entirely new bill, He had
permission to do so. It is said that
the committees in each house ridiculed
the bill. We have been told by Sena-
tor Vance and other authorities that
we ought to organize, and as a body
demand legislation. We have done
so. Has the American Senate and
House done anything for us ? Have
not nearly all of our represen natives
stood in the way of everything we
have asked for out of the usual order?
Is it not plain that the surroundings
of most Of these representatives has
been such that they allow partizan
and sectional prejudice to govern
their actions ? Is it not plain that
the U. S. Senate and Congress, seeing
that this organization is becoming so
powerful, and knowing that if it con-
tinues it will completely revolutionize
this country, politically and otherwise,
seeing this and knowing their danger
in that event, we can only conclude
that this combination of plutocrats
and miilionaires have set themselves
up to butt the Alliance bull off the
bridge.
This stuff about every county not
getting a warehouse IS all bosh. Every
man cannot live near a church, every
man cannot have a railroad to pass
through his farm. If the warehouses
do what is intended-keep up prices
according to supply and demand, thus
taking us out Of the hands of specula
tors; by enabling us to get good prices,
plenty of cheap money and other ad
vantages, then we need not care any
thing about the number of warehouses
nor the distance from us. We hope
no Alliance man will listen to such
nonsense.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19

these demands. But strange to say
we have a few members who so far
forget their duty to themselves and
their. own wives and children as to
give reason for papers to SANDER their
,neighbors and who give their aid and
influence to the enemy's forces by
OLE lowing after strange Gods and
auo wing themselves to be led away by
partizanism by voting for and endors.
ing men that they know will not aid
us in our reforms. However the peo-
pie are learning fast. The number of
that class of individuals is getting
less and less. 1t may be proper to
say right here that the State Alliance,
at Asheville unanimously endor sed
the State and National demands. The
Chronicle says "all Alliance men who
endorse these demands, or rather that
one section of the demands, are not of
the Democratic party, go your way"
The Chronicle and little coterie OF
followers is the Democratic party. 1t
reads IS, 900 voters out Of the party. If
we Alliance men of that faith should
heed the Chronicle the vacant spot
in that party would look as barren as
an iceburg, But the Chronicle is not
running this country by a jugful.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19
FOURTH DAY.
AUGUST Il

AUGUST Is.
The house was called to order bv
President Carr.
1t vas decided to exhaust the cal.
endar and adjourn at l o'clock, ..
The following resolutions were
adopted:
WHEREAS, The subject of free and
liberal education alike for males and
females is a matter Of paramount i'm.
portance to the material and institu.
tional life of a State, and one that
especially claims the immediate at.
tention of the industrial classes, the
Farmers Alliance of North Carolina
in session assembled therefore
ResoLve l, That we favor and recon.
mend the increase of our present pub.
lie school tax by at least 25 per cent
ResolUe, 2. That we favor and
recommend that ample appropria ion
and provisions be made by the State
for the training and higher education
of females.
Resolved, That we demand of the
next legislature a railroad commission
law with full power to the commits.
sioners to regulate passenger and
freight rates on affair just, and reason.
able basis.
Resolved, That the heartfelt thanks
of this body be ten1ered to the Bun.
combe County Alliance for the use
of the beautiful new opera house.
Thanks, thanks and again thanks to
our warm-hearted brethren of Bun.
combe and adjoining counties.
The officers e. installed by DR..
D. Reid Parker.
The State Alliance of North Caro-.
lima then adjourned to meet at More.
head City, next August.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19

because some of the farmers met In
the Alliance store at Charlotte and
refused to tell what they did More
than 10 years ago the farmers and
other citizens of Mecklenburg county
declared their independence. They
still think they have a right to meet
together and discuss anything they
wish. No doubt it was Alliance men
who met in that store, but they met as
free citizens. II was not an Alliance
meeting proper, however. 1t vas
simply a private consultation The
farmers of Mecklenburg county had,
to a large extent, stood aloof, and the
politicians had been holding these
private consultations and had run the
machine. This is the solution. 1t
the Alliance had not been in existence,
and matters going on the old way, the
air would have been full of appeals
to the FARMERS to turn out to the
conventions ;" for them to take a hand.
1t would have been "help us or We
perish |"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19
MAKING WAR ON THE FARM.
ERS.

IT seems that the Charlotte Chronicle
l. and the farmers Of M~ecklenburg
county are not getting along we'll. 1t
says they accuse it of " making wa on
them" We have great confidence in
the farmers of that county and while
we have nothing to do with any local
differences that may arise between the
Chronicle and anybody, yet we do pro,
pose to make a few remarks ABOUT the
following ~extravagant paragraph
found in an editorial in the Chronicle
of the 10th inst:
The Chronicle does not believe that
One-third, nay, one-twentieth, of the
farmers of Mecklenburg county, or of
the State of North Carolina, endorse
that National Alliance declaration. II
they do not, there should be no objec
ton to this papers opposing it, but
if any do endorse it, then, in all frank
ness, The Chronicle says to such: eco
your way, you are not of the Demo
crat party, and The Chronicle opposes
your taking any part in the councils
of the party" and in that, this paper
will have the hearty support of the
Democratic members of the Mecklen
bury County Alliance"
Here is the National declaration re-
ferred to-:
"And it is further agreed, in order
to carry out these objects, that we
will support for Office only such men
as a be depended upon to enact
these principles into statute law, unin-
fuenced by party caucus"
Now let US see what authority the
ChonicLe has for the above statement;
see if the above might not be termed
q attack IN the farmers, not only of
Mecklenburg county, but upon the
farmers of the entire State. Farmers
selected TO represent the farmers O.
twenty-three States met in St. Louis
last December. They formulated the
above declaration. The farmers of
the twenty-three States have rati.
fed the declaration and the
Alliance is going ahead rapidly. More
than 1900 Sub-Alliances in this State
have endorsed the declaration, and yet
the Chronicle would have it thought
that not some twentieth of the farmers
of Mecklenburg county o. of the State
of North Carolina endorse the declara-
ton" 1t would have us believe that
the members of this "oath-bound or
%ganization" as it terms it, had been
guilty of perjury. If they did not
endorse it they would not have been
trying so hard to rally their forces to
nominate men who qOiU try to carry out
the demands of the St. Louis Conven,
ton.
1t is encouraging to know that we
have so many men and women, too,
who have been and are still striving
mantully to nominate men who are
willing to work in the interest of
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19

The committee on Constitution
By Laws reported, and recommend
a considerable change in the Sou
Constitution. ~
At 2:3O p. N. the special ordo,
the election of officers, was taken W.
when the old officers were re al. ~
except that Bro. s. J. Veach, of DDnIiu
county, was made Chaplain.
The following brethren were selectod
as delegates to represent this AIIianco
at the meeting OF the National All
ance, which will be held at OcaIa
Fla, on the 9Th of December newt.
Elias Carr, s. B. Alexander, 3, A
Moye, Geo. Williamson, R. B. Vance
and M. L. Wood.
The next annual meeting of the AL
lance will be held at Morehead CitH
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19
WHO BOLTED?

N the South Carolina convention.
i last week, they had 800 delegates.
Two hundred and sixty one delegates
were for Tilman and fifty nine against
him. The So anti Tilman delegates
left the hall and proceeded to form a
party of their own, SO to speak. These
delegates were from Charleston and
other towns. Now who has left the
Democratic party? The papers Of
this State and South Carolina have
b7en claiming that the farmers were
leaving the party. A majority-such
a large one-must be the party. Now
who bolted ? Was it the farmers ?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19
NOTES.

*. A subscriber and most excellent
citizen at Fayetteville writes as fol,
lows: "You are on the right road for
the emancipation of the whate sloVeS.
Faulter not, God will be with u.s."
*. We made a mistake about locat-
ing the colored Farmers Alliance last
week. R9v. R. M. Humphrey is Ma
tional Superintendent, Houston, Texas.
Nh. J. j. Rogers, box 3Gt, Norfolk,
Va, will cheerfully give Any informa-
ton in regard to the organization, es-
pecially in North Carolina and Vir-
ginia.
Trinity College is the only in
stitution in this State that has a regu-
larly organized school of political and
Social Science with courses extending
through two years. For the next
session it offers SO courses in political
science and twenty-five III history, in
Guiding industrial history. 1t is a
frst-class college in every respect.
- A prominent and highly es
teemed minister in the western part
of the State writes as follows: l re,
gard The PROGRESSIVE FARMER as the
best journal published in North Caro-
lima. 1t is ably and fearlessly edited,
and its general appearance, together
with its promptness in coming to its
readers, prove that its management is
ad mira ole" The above are fair speci-
mems of letters received every day
from some of the best men in the
Sat-.
The Alliance men in Vance
county have decided to have a grand
picnic and rally At Union Chapel, near
Kittrell, about the middle of Septem-
Der, They want to get some good
speakers. The associate editor is
grateful for an invitation to go and
make a speech. But must answer this
and other requests in the same way.
We can't make a speech, either good
or bad, and will not undertake to de-
ceive the brethren. But we are al,
ways ready to do anything else in the
interest of the order.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19
SECOND DAY.

AUGUSTA IL.
The State Alliance assembled at 9
o'clock this morning.
The regular order of business was
pursued.
The President delivered his annual
address, and the other officers sub
mitted their several reports, except the
Lecturer, who, by a special order, de-
livered his tonight at $3.50. Numer-
Gus resolutions were introduced and
referred to proper committees. A
resolution was passed unanimously,
this afternoon, endorsing TIE Pro
GREssIvE FARMER, the organ of the
State Alliance.
Fraternal greetings were sent the
following State Alliances, by wire to
Missouri, Tennessee and West Vir-
ginia, now in session, and by mail to
the Alliances of Texas, Arkansas,
Virginia and Georgia, which bodies
convene next week. The message
a "North Carolina State Alliance
sends greetings, standing by the ma
tional and her State demands"
The following resolution was
adopted unanimously:
Resolved, by the North Carolina
Farmers State Alliance, that we ear
nestly urge all members of our order
to stand by the national demands
made by the National Farmers ALI
ance and Industrial Union.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19
< A WORD ABOUT SHOES.

WEEK before last the Winston
w Sentinel started a very damaging
report about the associate editor of
this paper. We did not wish to ok
plain the matter and thought it best
not to say anything. But the States
vile Landmark of last week calls upon
US to deny the truth of the publication.
It says "No red -headed Iredell man
who is in the peace of God and the
| State can afford to veal "yaller dude
shoes" He further says that it is a
reflection upon Iredell county. Tae
Sentinel perhaps had an idea that the
"s~ocialistic ~hayseeders Of the State
would "sit down" upon The PRoGRs-
sIvE FARMER when it was made known
THAT it was wearing "yaller dude
shoes" The truth must be told.
We have been wearing "yaller shoes"
Numerous charges have been preferred
against members of the Alliance, but
none Of them would hold water. But
at last the Winston Sentinel has struck
a clue, and strange to say it has told
the truth. We will wager a dozen
potato slips Ito be delivered next
spring. that the Sentinel is the first
political paper in the State that has
succeeded in telling the truth about
the Alliance since it was introduced
into this State. And in order that
the editor of that paper may have
proper credit for this act, we are going
to give him a title which we hope will
never fade away. Yes, Sir George
Washington Mt. Vernon W. Long
has covered himself all over with
glory. He has told the truth. The
g oldest inhabitants" can't remember
when this has occurred before among
political editors. But we will not try
to do the subject justice. Perhaps
Bro. Blount, Of the Wilson Mirror,
may be induced to turn loose a food
of choice English adjectives suitable
for the occasion.
AS an excuse we will say hat dudes
have quit wearing "yaller shoes"
Consequently they r very cheap,
Now they do not cost more than one
third as much as a good leather shoe.
We Alliance people are too poor to
pay / nickle for a "shine." The tan
shoe needs no backing. Alliance
people have worked so hard to build
towns, cities and raiIroads-enrich the
few-that none of us feel like STOPPING
down to "blaok" our own shoes.
Two or three weeks agoit was reported
here in RalaiOh that SaOatOr VaDoo
was wearing M of these double-ba
relied, black "dude bellybands." If
the writer had not been guilty of this
"yaller shoe" charge he would have
told on Senator Vance sooner. If
this had been known before the con
ventions met, no doubt it would have
caused his defeat. But bad as we
feel, it is gratifying 70 know that one
political editor has made a true charge
against the Alliance. 1t may not oc-
cur again in a thousand years.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19
MEETING OF THE STATE ALL
4 ANCE.

THE State Alliance has again
i met and the delegates have re-
turned to their homes. The meeting
at AshevilIe was by far the largest
meeting yet held in the State. Har-
mony prevailed throughout. In an
other place will be found an outline
of such of the proceedings as will be
made public. 1t will be seen that all
the old officers have been reelected
except that of Chaplain. Bro. Veach,
of Warsaw, will fill that position un-
til the next election of officers: We
have many good men in our order,
but 1t would be hard to get a better
set of officers than we now have in the
State Alliance. Some of them have
filed the same place ever since the
first State meeting, and their private
and official bearing has been such as
to win not only the full confidence of
our members, but the respect and con-
6dence of everybody. Three cheers
for the North Carolina Alliance
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19
THE FER rILIkER TAX UNCON-
STITUTEONAL. J..
Judge Bond and Judge Seymour Say
It Is.


II Asst Friday Judge Seymour sent
~ in his decision in the case of the
| State VS.. The American Fertilizer
| Company, and his decision in concur
red in by Judge Bono. The American
Fertilizer Company, of Norfolk, re-
fused to pay the SIS, 900 tax last spring
and entered suit in order to test the
constitutionality of the fertilizer law.
The State may or may not appeal to
the Supreme Court. The revenue 70
the State Treasury from this tax has
been about $38, 900 annually.
We cannot, at this time, foresee the
result of this decision, if sustained.
No doubt the farmers really pay this
tax indirectly, and would not be hurt
any more by q direct tax to that
amount. But the buyers of the fer,
tilizer have been footing the bill.
If it must be raised by a direct tax, it
will come out of the pockets of every
person in the State. But thereis moth.
ing unfair in that. This tax has driven
a number of worthless brands of fertil-
izers from the State, but a good sys
tenn of inspection will do the same. It
is quite likely that most of the fertil-
izers consumed in the State will be
made within our borders hereafter
anyhow, and perhaps but few com
panies will want to do business in the
State-we mean outside companies.
There has been but little complaint on
the part of the people of the State on
account of the fertilizer tax. They
have come to regard it as one of our
institutions, so to speak. If the law
is abolished it will leave the A. and
M. College in a bad shape. Anything
that will hurt that institution must be
avoided if possible. But where there
is a will there is a way. We can and
will devise some plan to save the A.
and M. College, if the worst comes.
The Alliance farmers, farmers outside
of the organization and all true friends
of education will rally around flag
if the A. and M. College gets in
danger.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19
SENATOR VANCE.
He Writes Another Letter to a Citizen
of Goldsboro.
UNITED STATES SENATE,
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 7

" ASHlNGION, -. y , Aug. T.
|. Mr.. Esq.,, Golds5oro, N. C.,
My DEAR SIR:-Your favor of I'd
inst. has been received. take pleas,
ure in answering it, but am compelled
for want of time to be very brief.
The bill as Polk and Macune
handed it to me contained a provision
that the supervisors of warehouses,
who were to be agents of the Treasury
Department, should be elected by the
qualified voters of each county where
in the warehouse was to be situated.
I did change that and provide that
they should be appointed by the SCI,
rotary of the Treasury. Please get a
copy Of the constitution and look at
the second clause of section 2, article
2, and you will see why there is no
greater danger to the good OF
the farmers than that it should be en-
trusted to the management of leaders
who could not frame q bill without
directly violating in this way the
plain:language of the constitutions
plain, in fact, that a school boy cannot
misunderstood it. | made nc other
changes in the bill except to change
the word SuO-Treasury and substitute
bonded agricultural warehouses
for the reason that there is an old po.
litical prejudice against that name
Sub-Treasury. Those who charge me
with thus changing the provision OF
the bill in order to make it unpopular
are guilty of falsehood and absurdity'
l was and am friendly to the purpose
of the bill, and to everything that the
farmers wish that can be granteo
them within the fundamental law o.
my country. If their cause is wisely
directed it will triumph as sure SS
there is justice upon earth. 1t IS
pity that it should be Handicapped ~
the very start by a measure so uncop.
stitutional and impracticable. Nay
God give them wisdom to do rlgn'
and succeed.
1 thank you for your kind EXPIRE.
sions for me personally.
Very truly yours,
z. B. VANCE