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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-09-06
A PALTRY EXCUSE.
The Democratic Party Claims it Never
Had a Chance to Do Anything.

The Democratic Party Claims it Never
Had a Chance to Do Anything.
Below we present the political make
I'D of 1872 to 1892. The year
named which congress was elected.
Forty third congress, 1S72-Repub
lican senate, democratic house.
Forty-fourth congress, 1874 Repub-
lican senate, democratic house.
Forty-fifth congress, 1S76-Republi-
can senate, democratic house.
Forty-siXth congress, 1878-Demo-
cratic senate, democratic house.
Forty seventh congress, 1880 Re
publican senate, republican house,
Forty eight congress, 1882-Repub-
lican senate, democratic house.
Forty ninth congress, 1884-Repub-
lican senate, democratic house.
Fiftieth congress, 1686-Republican
senate, democratic house.
FIFTY first congress, 1888-Republi-
can senate, democratic house
Fifty second congress, 189O-Repub-
lican senate, republican house.
Fifty-thiPd congress, 1892-Republi-
can senate, democratic house.
In the senate of the Forty-sixth COZ
gress there were SO republicans, 40 dem
Ocrats and 1 independent David Davis
| who usually voted with the democrats
In the house there were 131 republi-
cans, $50 democrats and IL g~reenbacks
ers. The democrats, therefore, had a
clear majority of 10 in the house. They
also had the help of every n of the IL
greenbackers on every, measure intro
duced for the good of the people. The
on a pledge to reduce the tariff, abolish
national banks, pay off the national
debt and establish free coinage of silver.
They at once elected S. J. Randall, a
high protective tariff advocate and a
national banker, as speaker of the
house. They did nothing they prom
ised. They did the very reverse. 1t
is more than folly for them to say if
they had repealed any of the unjust
laws or passed any good one, Hayes
would have vetoed their action. If he
had done this the responsibility would
have rested on him and the republican
party. It was the duty of the demo
cratic congress to place itself on record
in the interest of the people. But in
stead of this it placed itself on record
in the interest of the money power, the
enemy of the people. It has had con-
troll of the house ever since 1872, with
two exceptions. It has always since
1860 had enough in both the sentate
and the house to block the passage of
the worst laws. Yet it has not only
never stood solidly for the people, but
has vetoed as largely in proportion to
its strength for the worst laws-such
as the funding act of April IL, 1855, the
rechartering of the national banks in
1882, the pension steals, land steals,
river and harbor steals, etc.-as the
republicans. These are the facts &C
cording to the congressional records.
Judged by their past record there is
absolutely no hope for reform through
either old party. We cannot depend
on the democratic party even for tariff
reform in the interest of the toiling
millions. Their platforms, the Mills
tariff measure and their acts in con
gress prove this. The peoples party
is the only proper home for all patriots.
Fort Worth Exchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-09-06

The MaJOL
wel-Mrs. Bilkins on the Warpath.
"HelloI Mr., Editor"
R-"Good morning, Major. How
are youT
R-"Oh!Tm dom fine. Times are
hard an money skase, but crops are
nomin' on now an we will get the usual
urices. which may pay US for actin
the fool if it don't pay us for working"
R-"What do you mean by acting
the fool?"
R-"WelI, you know how we have
been voting. That is what I mean
We are fools enough to vote the same
wav all the time rather than vote for
hotter prices for u products"
RI suppose you are ready to
quit that now"
B-"You bet 1 am. Betsy says
ouit. and 1 amt agoin to enter any pro-
test, fer she is right"
R-"How are all the parties getting
along out on the rivera"
B.-"They are gettin' along justlike
old sweethearts. They fall out an then
kiss an make up. Some of the boys
fell out with DIR. Exum when they
heard so many bad things about him,
but when they found out that they
we're only campaign lies, we think
more of him than ever. Betsy says all
the reform leaders are bein' prosecuted.
She SAYS Christ was a reformer an
they treated him worse than any have
been yet. The moneycrats cast Daniel
into a den of lions, but the lions didn't
hurt him. I don't believe the cam
paign lies are goin' to hurt the reform
leaders,"
R.-"Don't Mrs. Bilkins get mad
when she reads the political papers9'
B.-"No. She enjoys it splendid.
She says she is nifty sorry there are so
many NEAR editors in the State, but
they are now showing themselves with
the sheepskin thrown off. They are
wolves, and don't you forget it."
RI understand that word has
gone out from Democratic headquar-
tiers telling them to stop, for Gods
sake, before they elect every reform
candidate in the United States"
BIN nifty sorry to hear that
I'm goin' to get Betsy to ask Boss Sim
mons erbout that"
"HellolB Boss Simmons"
S.-"Hello! Who is that9"
Mrs. BETSY Bilkins, of Wake
county, N, c., U. S. A"
S.-"Good graciousl I wonder what
that old cyclone wants. What can I
do for you, Mrs. BilkinsY
Mrs. B.-"I wanter know if you or
any of your ~lieutenants sent word to
the newspapers to quit lyin9"
S.-"That is none of your busin 2ss.
I don't propose to give away any
secrets. You go and rub hayseed in
your hair"
Mrs. B.-"You better get some hay
seed in your hair. How about that
negro you hired to run for Congress in
the Second d~istrict9 How about other
negroes you expect to hire this year to
defeat the reform movement Just
wait till I go to town. I will inter
view you in your Office and make it
hot fer you. The next thing you will
be hirin' enough negroes to come to
North Carolina to bring on negro
supremacy. I'll make it so hot fer
you that you will wish bayseed wasn't
so scarce. Go an hire negroes to rub
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-09-06

Col. John Willis Johnston, a promi-
nent citizen of Halifax county, vas
found dead In bed at his residence,
near Weldon, Friday. c. Johnston
was about So years old, a brave ex-Con-
federate soldier and a genial, warm
hearted gentleman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-09-06
STATE z

Cream of the State Press-Drops of Turpentine
and Grains of Rice from the East-Clusters
of Grapes and Tobacco Stems from the
North-Stalks of Corn and Grains of
Wheat from the West-Peanuts
and Cotton Seed from the South
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-07
CLEVER DEFECTIVE WORK.
One of the Adams Express Car Robbers
Caught in Los Angeles,

One of the Adams Express Car Robbers
Caught in Los Angeles.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 30.-On
December IA Detective Robert Pink
erton was in this city ON u visit.
When about to return east, he receiv-
ed a telegram from Chief of Police
Harrigan, of Saint Louis, stating that
the latter believed two of the men
who robbed the Adams Express near
Saint Louis, Missouri, on November
80 last, were ON this coast. Suisse
quently similar information was wired
to Chief OF Police Crowley, giving a
description of the men. Among other
things the dispatch stated trunk
had been shipped to Oakland, Cali
fCrnia, 30 Marion Hedspeth, but it was
addressed to Florence Waterman, a
woman supposed to be the robbers
wife. At the request of Chief
Harrigan, Chief of Detec-
tives Lee, COwley and Pinkerton
were asked to cooperate in the search
nation received from Harrigan il was
learned that one of the men could be
found at Los An9 eles. PinkertOn and
Detective Whitaker proceeded to
that city and found Adelbert Denton
Sly, one of the robbers, conducting
saloon. After his arrest upon his per-
son was found q watch stolen from
Express Messenger Mulrenan, whose
car was also robbed of from $4,000 to
$4,000 in money. Whitaker and
Pinkerton came up from Los Angeles
Sunday evening with Sly in charge.
They were met at Modesto by Capt.
Lee and Sly consented to go right
on east without waiting for
eXtradition papers. Meanwhile
detectives kept lookout
for the trunk, which was in the Wells,
Fargo q Co.'s express office at Oak
land. The publication of the tele-
gram telling of the Sly capture by
Pinkerton, it is thought, put Heds-
peth on his guard and forced him to
seek seclusion, but yesterday the
officers were rewarded by seeing
Florence Waterman walk into the
Wells, Fargo d Co.'s office and in
quire for trunk. Not finding it,
owing tn the police having seized it,
the woman left the express office
and gave the officers lively
chase, though it was raining
hard. She was finally arrested
and brought to this city, where Capt.
Lee questioned her today. Capt. Lee
says there was clothing in the trunk,
but declines to go into details concern
ing its contents. lie denies that she
gave any information regarding the
suspected men, but says another eff
fort will be made to induce her to tell
what she must know.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-07
Cross Breeds Excited.

PIERRE, S. D., Dec. 30.-The mixed
blood Indians and squaw men are so
excited over the governments de.
cision, depriving them of lands and
rations, that they are willing to go
any length to be reinstated. The
"NliXed Blood indian Rights Associa-
lion of the United States" has just
been organized at Fort Pierre. 1t has
extended its membership to 100000
and may include full blOods. They
claim that by the Sioux bill, by the
constitution and by every act OF the
government since the first treaty with
any Indian nation, the government
has recognized mixed bloods as In
dians until the present hour; that
they are especially so recognized I'M
der the Sioux bill and that they in
tend to see whether what has been
done with them is the result of mis-
representation and fraud or not.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-07

tives OF selfish policy have certainly
paid little attention to his course in
the past. If there is in the United
States one man who is absolutely de-
void of policy, who says and does ex-
actly what he thinks to be right, even
at the expense of his popularity and
his chances for political preferment
that man is Cleveland. No man can
point to any act of Grover Cleveland's,
in public or private life, which would
indicate that he was attempting to
curry favor with anybody, or that
he cared a groat who worked for him
or who dropped" him. If every poll
tician in the United States had the
stern, uncompromising honesty OF
Cleveland, there would be so little
wire pulling that the will of the ma
iority would stand some chance to be
represented.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-07
THE BORDEN TROUBLES.
ANOTHER FIGHT IrH CARA MO-
MENTAR1LY fPECrED.
Inc mexican General Lorenzo Garcia,
Killed by His Com and and His
Troops Cross 1nSTexas and
Join CARA Outfit.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex lDec. 3O.-The
telegraph wires betWe EN- Fort Ring
gold and Brownsvilldand between
here and Corpus Chrti have been
down all day, and b information
from the seat OF war olthe border has
been received at the Military depart
ment headquarters heI since early
this morning, when thepllowing dis
patch from Fort Ringold was re-
ceived by Gen. Stanley Iom Capt. w.
B. Wheeler of the Eighteenth infan-
try in command at thabost during
the temporary absence q Capt. John
q. Bourke, who is in theield:
81 have just receivd word by
courier from Capt. Boure at Salo-
meme, seventy-eight mes above
here, which states that he
had received news fri l Sheriff
Hagles at Carrie that barZa had
united two hundred and tty of his
men, twelve miles north bf Topena.
CARA is reported as beingHery des-
perate and will fight. Ourbrces con.
sist of Captain Francis II. Z hrdie and
his command of thirty menland Cap
tain Brooks of the State Rlgers and
thirteen men. First LieuteEnt Will
ham ID, Beach of the Third cavalry,
will join us with troop of thirty -four
men at PirenO, and we may Act word
to q troop which should be alCarrizo
with forty men. Upon recei d of this
news from Captain Bourke, Ordered
Second Lieutenant George r! Lang
horne and his command of twenty-six
men, enroute, to proceed at once and
unite with the other forces and report
to Captain Bourke."
This telegram revived the excite
ment at military hadquarters
here and it was the Opin-
ion of General Stanley and
all the other officers that there would
be fight as soon as the revOlutionists
and United States troops meet, which
probably occurred some time today
The locality where the engagement is
likely to take place is eighty miles
from telegraph station.
DIR. Plutario Ornelas, Mexican con
sui here, was in receipt Of q number
Of important dispatches today from
Mexican military authorities anC
President Diaz.
The news of the killing of Ger. Lo
reno Garcia by his command aDC
their escape across the river int
Texas, where they have turned Gar
yates, has been confirmed. Gen. Gar
cha was one of the best known anC
most capable officers in the Mexican
army.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-07
THE PACKWOOD MURDER.
The Perpetrator of the Terrible Crime Not
Yet Found

New SMYRNA, Fla, Dec. 30,-In
the Packwood murder case, the YER
dict of the coroner's jury is that the
crime was committed by some per-
son or persons unknown to them.
Public excitement has abated but
little and diIigent efforts are being
made to secure evidence. a number
of persons have been under suspicion
and clues pointing toward them have
been followed and then abandoned.
A leading physician was visited by
the authorities today and his premi-
ses searched. 1t was an Nged he had
been a sutton for Miss b lce's hand
but nothing came of the arch. II is
generally agreed that the object OF
the crime was not robbery and there
is no conclusive evidence that rape
was committed. The only solution is
that revenge prompted the deed and
afterwards q desire to destroy all evil
dence by killing the witnesses. Cap
tain w. c. Cooper, a PinkertOn de-
tective at work OF the case, arrested
Irving Jenkins and produced evil
dence sufficient to have him commit
ted to Jail at Deland. The prisoner (
under n strong guard.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-07
GlRZpS RETOLUTTON.

The CARA revolution has now been
in progress several months, but it
seems improbable that it can go much
further. The United States and MeXi-
co have Joined in the effort to crush
this troublesome insect that has been
buzzing about their ears so long, and
there il little doubt that i. will
speedily be crushed. lnsect-like it
has been more annoying than its pitt
ful size would indicate. Guerilla war
fare is ever the hardest warfare to
meet. But CARA, must, Of necessity,
soon reach the end of his road, 1t is
difficult to understand why n man of
his ability should enter upon career
that must inevitably end in the sol
dier's bullet or the hangman's rope.
Enthusiast as he is, he could never
have dreamed of succeeding in his
wild schemes, and he must have
known that failure meant ignomini-
Gus death. He is hurrying on to this
end of his career, whatever it is, and
the sooner he reaches it the better for
his country.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-07
Kansas Alliance Charges.

TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. SO.-The Ma
tional Union company will have a
hard time before it gets control of the
Alliance business of the state of Kan
sas. The Alliance Advocate, state
organ of Kansas Farmers Alliance,
charges that the National Union is
nothing more than branch of the
Jute Bagging Trust, formed to gain a
control of the Alliance business. The
Advocate also charges that TIE sigma
ture of l.. l.. Polk, president OF the
National Alliance, which appears
upon the endorsement of the National
Union company, is forged.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-07
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castorin-
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoric-
When she bad Children, she gave them Castorln


GUTHRIE, o. T., Dec. 3O.-A cour-
Ter from the Cheyenne and Arapahoe
states the Messiah craze
has broken out anew among the In
dams there Left Hand, chief of the
Arapahoes, and Old Crow and Whirl-
wind, chief of the Cheyennes, have
gathered thousands of the Indians
about them among the interior hills
and for days and nights kept the
dance up continually, declaring they
will not stop until the Savior arrives.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-07
Annual Wool Review.

Boston, Mass, Dee. S0.-The Ameri-
can Wool Inspector in its annual re-
view SAYS the prices of domestic wool
during the year on an average, de-
clined about cents per pound and
australian and othertoreign woods full
= / cent. During the greater part OF
year an unusually large amount
of f6fe4Sh wool, notably Australian
has been III American markets which
displaced an equal amount of domestic
fleeces, which for long period, were
conspicuously active and accumulat-
ing in quality.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-07
Rainfall for December.

Mr.. John II. Barr, an inmate of the
Confederate Home, has for number
of years kept an accurate account OF
the rainfall at that place, and for the
past year reports the following:
The amount of rainfall for 1891 at
that place is 20 1-2 inches, the greatest
amount at one time being ON Dec. II
and l.. when inches fell.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-07
.DROPPING" CLEVELAND.

Several state papers have echoed
and re-echoed the sentiment that
Mills ought now to drop Cleveland. rs
Cleveland droppedLoo --e---isla
great deal of unHeNsated bOsh about
such utterances. ClevelMdedt
with his usual discretion obeN NJ
side from the speakershir' race and
casting no straw in the way ofany
mans chances. Those who say that
Cleveland dropped" Mills from mo-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-07
IUCTJN IN 1891,

The year 1891 has been rather AL
unmemorable one in the history OF the
world. 1t has been a year OF general
peace, except in few unimportant
eases in South America. An En-
peror was peacefully deposed IN
Brazil sind died heartbroken in exile.
But the great powers of the world
have been in a state Of peace, while
constant plans were in course OF
preparation for the closer commercial
relations and general upbuiiding Of
the financial and social conditions
everywhere.
In the United States it has been Il
Off years in politics, and only specula-
ton as to this year has been INDUCED
in. AS union we have made great
strides in the producing line, though
there has been rather close sailing
in matters financial incident to Il re
action from crashes and large failures
in 80 and the beginning of '9l. The
most notable thing we have done as
a nation is the perfecting of plans for
the greatest Worlds Exposition ever
given.
Texas, as state, has held her own
though her people have felt the pinch
of tight money, through the low price
of her great product, cotton, and the
grinding OF her new and unequal alien
land law.
But what of Austin? She alone of
all the cities in Texas or in the South
stands pre-eminent as the city that
has done the most for herself, taken
the greatest step forward. True, the
farmers of our county and the mer-
chants of our city have felt
the hard times and
the business slack-but what has
Austin done despite all this?
She has spent $80,0O0 in building a
railroad and boulevard to the dam.
She has leased that road with privil-
eye of purchase and now has running
over it the only line of dummy engine
street cars in Texas.
She has put about 100000 into the
of the dam, which is now
finished eighteen feet high for about
fve-sixths of the way across the river.
She has had expended a quarter of
Il million dollars in one of the best
equipped electric street car systems in
TeXas--a line fifteen miles long.
She has raised $35, 600 rs bonus
and has secured the permanent state
She has secured by excellent
donation the location of the Drum
mers' National Santarium.
She has raised bonus Of $40, 900 for
the railroad extension to Llano, which
line will be completed in three months.
She has reelected asplendid mayor,
one thoroughly fitted for carrying out
the works of internal improvement
during his first term of
office, and she has city council in per-
feet accord, men careful in business
and serving their city conscientiously
and well.
She is now, as the growing act OF
the year, raising $4,000 in stock for
the establishment of II wooden mill,
the first factory to take advantage of
the water power of the dam.
Is not this Il record of which to be
proud? Can any other city in Texas
equal it? We have, however, but
Just laid hold OF the pillow. When the
scroll of 1892 shall be rolled up there
will be found written therein the
record OF deeds far outstripping in
the greatest hopes given
birth by the impulse of the year just
closed. All hail to lS92!S
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-07
Election Case Decided.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. I'm the case
against recorder of voters, Ousleg,
Judge Slower decided this morning
that political parties had author ~ to
inspect the registration books.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-07
RECRUITS FOR GARzA.

SAN ANGELO, Dec. 9G.-A large
number of the Mexicans working on
the ranches south of here are quitting
work to enlist in Garza's band of rev
olutionists. They go well armed with
winchesters and pistols.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-07

L
only time | remember seeing DR..
Reeves on Tuesday was when l
was called by Mr.. Groce to help
him carry the body to the
parlOr. AS the shot was
fired | was standing in the front door
Of the first ward. | turned my head
and looked to see who had fired the
shot. AS did L saw Henry Purnell
lowering his gun. The smoke caused
by the shot had not then cleared
away. Before | left the door heard
DR.. Maxwell call out that Purnell had
shot man. L rushed out, leaving
the ward door open with the keys in
the lock, and went to the main
entrance. When | was about
half way down the steps I
saw DR.. Reeves body lying
at the foot of the steps to the left as
you go into the building. He was
making gurgling noise which
seemed to come from his throat.
then assisted in carrying the body to
the parlor. AS Henry Purnell lowered
his gun, / saw him start leisurely
down the steps which lead from the
main building. l never saw him any
mDre.n
THE PROBABLE CAUSE.
Now that the excitement incident
to the killing has quieted down, per-
sons who are acquainted with both
parties TO the tragic event are emdeav-
Oring TO find some plausible motive.
The following facts were learned yes
terday from prominent physician
i'm, A n, -,
position to know, probably, more than
any other man iii the city. They are
these:
When Purnell returned to the asy-
lum the last time, about three weeks
ago, be was engaged in working about
the store house. His labOrs there re-
quired only a part of his time and in
leisure moments would frequently
90 into the Office of the main building
and sit around and read or talk. This
office was intended not for the use of
the patients but only for the officers
and clerks of the institution, and was
the place where the accounts were
kept. DR.. Reeves, it seems, spoke to
Purnell about his coming there, and
told him that he must stop,
as he could not be allowed
any more privileges than the
other inmates. DR.. Reeves first in
structions had no effect and he spoke
to Purnell again several times in re-
gard to the matter, but without avail,
until few days before the tragedy,
when he told him positively and un-
equivocally that he must cease loafng
about the Office. The determination
of DR.. Reeves enraged Purnell very
much, and, it is said, he spoke to sew
eral of the attendants about the in
suit shat had been offered him. 1t is
that he brOoded over 1.-THE
matter until he finally made up his
mind to kill the doctor, which he did.