The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-08
FROM WASHINGTON CITY
Regular corr pondcni.

view ht the renuhu can llro ,neets in
ONO that IL prevaeai, in the repal.
iicsn press. l. wss written To a r..
puhl'can depsrtH en,al .flici,l, aad
vas Intended IN lie persanal; Al own
NJ tue seceiser 10 every repuhlira
rom Ohio that - employed 1,y In,
q we -nnen In II the Sen-'ox ,,v.
that he regards i, a. imp. rs,s>.l .
nece 'ssrs that every repuhl, ca. ,gt-
er al the slate Of Ohio, nov, se~oo
rarllv In Washington, shall nj onrc
retur.I 70 The state in urier ,u h,I
brace up the wcak-kneed menl--.
OF the party who arc sbo ~ins Irs
position either To vote esiost t,.;,
old party or To stay Il hop, In
cous' queuce uf this ls ter j. i. said
that the department ,n'.cials have
intimat,d that all Ohi., voters en-.
ployed therein ms' lake thlrt, da, :
lesye with pay asther their animal
leave has ali % en- used up or moi
Esldently .nator Sherman isn't
h9uring on Any city thousand major.
ity.
'!'F King uf Ohio, it is creditahlr
10 ne prominent republicans nov
"A Washington, tha. they, TO msn,
coademn the recent attempt by Ger
tain members of their party 10 Ohio
to make Governor Csupbelrs pri>
vate business transactions the basis
Of an attack upon him.
representative Mill,' opponents
for the Speakership have. some of
| them. tritd to make 1t appear In his
recent speeches in Ohio be took IA
| different position on the free coinage
Of silver from tha. which he had for
long time previously occupied.
This is an attack upon the rugged
honesty OF MIR. Nj lis that his fdenus
reseLt. One Of them said: "Mr.
Mills OHIO speeches ID not ans
nouncc any change whatever in bis
views toucaiog free coinage. lie
opens his speeches with the distinct
| statement that he is now and ever
has been free coinage man.
What he does sav, however, and
with great emphasis. is that free
coinage will not produce tie far
reaching effect that its warmest ad
yocates hope for, it will not relieve
the distress cnder which the country
is alleged to be suffering. Tais +,
Mr.. Mills says c; n only he accom-
plshed by lighter taxation ana 4
freer foreign trade. Nov so far
from this bsilg new pronuncia-
mento Of Mr.. Mllls', it's just what
he said in an address delivered be
fore the legislature of Texas-a free
coinage body-only the Texas states
ment was, if anything more earns
est appeal than that contained IN
his Ohio speeches against relying on
relief from free coinage. When it
Is remembered that MI Mills am.
bition is to be elected TO tue Senate
by the legislature Of Texas, it can
easily be seen that the bold stand
be took before that boi", when wss
composed Of men tie most of whom
will have vote on the question Of
III selection as Senator was jltt
like the mar, and that his Oaio
speeches are only in the same line"
1t is Now eaid that it is neck
and neck for the democratic va
cancv on the Interstate Commerce
Commission betwcen Representa'ive
Cu!berston OF Text. xRepresentive
Clement, Of Georgia. The latter
gentlemen wasthought 10 have been
aheaG until a delegation Of Washing
ton negroes f!ei protest againsL
his appointment, because they mixed
him up with his colleague. MIR
Grimes, who year or 80 ago leit
Washington hotel at which he was
boarding because q negro was seated
at the same table at which he was
eating bis dinner. TneY thought
1t was Mr.. Clemen'e. AMI told MT
Harrison that they would consider
it an insult to the negro race IL he
WAS appoin;ed. UAder ordinary
circumstances tli, would amouut to
nothing but at nov '-nisger" ir1I
ence is mighty strons q. the White
House.
Attorney-G neral Miller. If 7u~
NOR be true, is again TO be ~ 1de the
victim Of Indiana tolititians being
compelled To give OPP The sest upon
Federal bench which Mr.. II .rrison
had prmoi, sci him 10 order hit an
other Indiana republican, -Jo1n NJ