The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-10-23

ferent, or apathetic citizen.
Murat Halstead, the brilliant jour
nalist, may be cratic but he doesn't
hesitate to take the bull by the horns
whenever he feels like it. Speaking OF
the Force Bill he says: eve are abso-
lutely opposed to the assumption of
that system Of vain slaughter, the sac
-rifice of innocent black men to help a
Northern politician turn pretty
phrase and round out puerile affec-
tation of consistency"
Mr.. Halstead is Republican with
sense.
Commenting on this the New York
Herald, one of the ablest and most inn
partial papers in the country, says:
1--WE oppose the Force bill because, If
passed, it would be en- irritant. 1t
could not be enforced without conflict.
The nation is not yearning for another
war that negro Congressman may De
elected from Alabama and Tennessee.
No, not by large, and unprecedented
majority. Leave the South alone
Leave the negroes to their white neigh
bors and friends! They know one an
other, and the immense progress that
the negroes have made since they have
had freedom shows the good relations
that exist between them. Let us, the
citizens of the North, mind our own
business with diligence aud discretion.
We have sorrow enough at home,
mis- government, poverty, misery and
crime, to be looked into and remedied
if we will only do it. Mr.. Halstead
shows common sense in his repudia.
| ton of this unwise measure, and we
trust that he speaks the voice of the
conservative, patriotic men in his own
party"
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The SENTINEL is always fair. 1t
never allowed a man to be attacked
through its columns without giving
him chance to reply. We have
sometimes been blamed for this policy,
but it is right and we propose to stick
to it. Last week we published an ar
ticle from the Reidsville Review at
lacking the private character of Jno.
M. Brewer. Had he attempted to
disprove the charges we should have
published his defence even though we
have no respect whatever for him aud
believe the charges to be true. But
Mr.. Brewer has made no defense be-
yond insulting Mr.. Bradfeld, who
made the charges, and getting black
eye as a reward for his improper Ian
guage. Therefore, the natural infer
ence is that Brewer is GUILTY of the
charges and is unable to remove the
stain from his character.
If you want clean, honorable man
to represent this district in Congress
you can't vote for Mr.. Brewer.
~.
In Browns Opera House last Satur
day Mr.. Stafford claimed that Mr.
Hauser had made between $4,000
and $4,000 out of the clerks office
Mr.. Hauser said these figures were
not correct. Mr. Stafford then asked
him to tell the people how much ht
had made out of the Office. He re
fused to do SO. The people have {
right to know how much they pay
their servant and Mr.. Hauser's refu
sal to inform them seems to indicate
that he has made such a big pile tha
be is afrsid to let its size be known.
| Mr.. Reynolds vainly attempts to di
vert attention from the railroad pas
Gu his inside pocket by stating tha
Mr.. Fulton rides on halfrate tickle
because he is preacher. Reynold
sneers at this. Nearly all minister
buy half rate tickets, and when Rey
nolds sneers at Mr.. Fulton for this b,
is sneering at every minister who buy
halfrate ticket. They ride on cheal
tickets in order to do good, but Rey-
nolds rides on free pass because h,
a legislator and had an opportunity I,
vote against railroad commission.
| After having been fairly beaten il
convention by Tillman the straight
outs in South Carolina have nomina
ted Col. A. G. Haskell for Governor
We trust that Haskell and his bolter,
will meet the defeat they richly de
serve. The safety of the South lies il
the Democratic party. It's organiza
ton must be kept inject and its nomi
nees must be supported.
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Whenever YOU hear q man talkins