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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-08-25

pies that he advotes amalga- s
mated with the corruption (
of politics.. then we must
shut him off and not let him
reach the terminus OF his me-
anderings. But no nan can
doubt his Christianity, MOI
man can doubt hisloyalty to
truth and his allegiance to
the right. His past life has
been characterized by p II $ h
and power. Even his facial
veins are strnttedwith blood
boiling with viln--energy, as
his past record shows, for the
promotion Of peace and pros
perity, individual and ma
tional, spiritual and tempo
raj.
Now / have not.a word to|
say against Mr.. Bower. met
him once but know nothing
OF him as a man, and hence
can say nothing either for or.
against him; but | do know
:. Patton, and hence Isay what
: lido. Let Patton run h s
campaign oE prayer a n q
supplication. Would that
J. more politicians would go
!. from their knees instead of
4 the grog shop to thebar and
the bench; and our politics
I. would be purer and our laws
better. Let us not dlscour-
y aap the idea Of carrying rell-
gion into politics, for when
d this government bases b e ]
9 constitution and laws on any
: thing but the adamantlnt
e rock OF Gods truth, she vii
= sink into Oblivion. When vii
: SHE du this? When her au
= thoritips iail to carry to-
|" and His religion with then
y iii their law-making. VII.
81 the tiisiiisergratioi Of he
= :, great governmental fabric
le What were the disintegru
n ting Influences? The airs an
y winds 81 Goddess logic and e
= oarrncp emenntlng from tn
.e moutllsof religiunsless lay
y yers aud law makers. SO lt
y us hope for more good mat
" rial III thelaw whether propt
IN 81 NOT. ]. d. MOORE,
y, Globe, N. G., Aug. 10.
~ 4
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-08-25

Ill SOlu lIOH I.iiidurlI1iiHs w
New York, but it will be
quito a while before it is Civ
en- a similar job, unless Mr..
Platt ''comes off his perch"
Secretary Foster can no u
break the contract which Mr..
Platt's company has with I
the Treasury department for
the transportation of cash, |
but he can, and will, lit be
comes necessary to bend Mr..
! Platt, send al llapgeamounts
lat goveIninent8iisk " hic
would make the contract a
comparatively worthless
1t is predicted that MH Platt
will do as Davy Cr6cket's
coon did,.
Every u. IS. Consul abroad
was months ago instructed
as to the part they are to-
play in the presidential cam
paien; they are to inclnde IN
their official reports, all of
which are to reach the State
: department. in time TO be us
ed as campaign dorunients,
statements charging that bus
mess depression existstn the
! country where they are sta-
: toned and that it was caus-
: ed ty the Mckinley tariff law.
The reports are already be-
: ginning to come in, and to
: be circulated; although it Is
) not plain how it is expected
to influence any voters WITH
such palpahly tnade-to-orde'
!; reports. l he average Amer
ican has a thinking appara
:, = tus 81 Ills own, which he ha'
. not forgotten to Use.
" Representative Mitchell, 9
! Wisconsin, chairman Of tn
democratic sson. campaigl
& = committee, will not be abb
= To come to Washington uu
s: til about the 1st OF Septcm
= Der, hut when he comes he WI
!, lstick to his desk until t h
/, close of the campaign. In III
absence Mr.. Lawrence Care
- - ner, secretary Of The commi
tee, and also secretary of II
national associafion OF den
j; ocratic clubs, is in charge I
!, ! the headquarters, which IS
= very bnsy place. Many tho
sand Documents are belil
daily sent out By the con
mittee. which is about kee
!. !; ing up With the orders i
y getting fro n, all section
Senator Carlisle's recent ia
=. -, iii speech has already reac
~ ed d circulation OF $50, 0,OO
6 and orders for it are 9 4.
n coming in. Henry .Georg'
sProtection or Free Trad
~ il having Il phenomenal ~
- Representative Whites, !
= Iowa tariff speech has be
- widely circulated in Engll'
and now a half million cop
''fs Of it are being printed IN q
alu man. There is 4 great
ny mand from the South for
! speech delivered BY Repres
pa tative Henderson, repu'
5. can, of Iowa, showing up
ans public record Of Weaver. !
ssQiu - Z, y.t;,rn fpx-f bnok will
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-08-25

Will practice in. the cogYrts OF
Watauea, Ashe, Mitchell, McDqw-
,ll and all other counties IN the
western district .sT Special atten
Hon given to the collection o.
claims. ssa
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-08-25

pm ia W 81 the State le-
: mira = II w6igl and tlleas-
q - 4 8 be va a1ed and ! here.
s. 1.f)tifv the peoples that 4
s I;,,sfjs fe(l 10 i rsIch work
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-08-25
]. Q. WMBAR,
DENTIST,

ELK PARK, NORTH CAROLINA.
Offers his professional services Y e
10 the people OF Mitchell,
Watauga and adjoining coin,
Ties. HN- No lad n1ate'al used
and all work guaranteed a'
May IL y.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-06-23
TIE PLATFORM
Adopted by the State Convention
May 18th, 1892.

Resolved /. That the dem
ocracy OF North Carolina re-
affirm the principles OF the
democratic party, both State
and National, and particu-
larly favor the free coinage OF
silver.and an increase Of the
currency and a repeal Of the
internal revenue system. And
we denounce the Mckinley
tariffbill asunjust to thecOn-
sumefs of the country, and
leading to the formation oi
trusts, combines and monop-
olies which have oppressed
the people; and especially du
we sdenOull3e the unnecessary
and burdensome increase in
the tax on cotton iesand on
tin, 50 largely used by the
poorer portion Of the people
I'VE likewise denounce the in
iiquitons Force bill, which il
mot yet abandoned by th'
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-06-23
Why Norton Was Dropped.

Vice e-PreSident is r"pnrtea
to be much dissusted" 1T
having been drcnred non
the ticket,
Wei, it was rat}rT 4 snr-
I,rise to he public; bntltw;s
in accordance with he ii.stO-
ry oi his party,
TlHnlin Was elecIel With
Lincoln, but was dropped to-
make room for Andy John
son. LolfaX was elec,Vd With
Grant, but was dropped Tor
Henry Wilson, when Grant
was renominated for a second
term.
Mr.. Morton, however, miehti
have been renominnted had
he been more OF 4 foree-bi!l
Republican. His party wish
es a man in the Vice Presi--
Dental chair upon whom it
can rely as Il partisan. For
this reason, more than any
other, Mr.. Morton was made
TO give way to the editor OF.
| the Tribune-a man obnOX-
|ious to all labor unions, but
thoroughly in favor OF coer-
Give legislation to make the
i South Republican.
i We hope land indeed we be-
gin to feel quite confident :
4 that when Mr.. Morton hears
1.-THE news from the election in
!. November he will be glad
!, that he wasset asideinf favor
Eot Mr.. Reid. Beaides be will
not now he expected to con-
tribute much thecampaign
fund, -ElE Y
!, Mr.. Morton should accept
] the si5uation philosophical
Richmond Dispatch.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-06-23
PURCH ASED NOMINATION.

New York World.
The republican convention
was probably the most cor
rupt assenblage of it's kind
in the history OF the partyor
of the country. it was con-
trolled by office. holders and
venal Southern delegates who
were openly purchased.
In open defiance of the prin-
ciples OF civil-service reform,
| 3 0 Federal office-holders
were delega tes TO the conven-
.tion in behalf of their chief,
and hundreds more were
working for him on the out.
side. More than sixty ne-
Nnps notoriousl.y for sale,
according to republican tes-
tImony, were members of the
convention.
Oh Mr.. Harrison's 535 votes,
PA came from the Southern
States which are surely dem
.Orratic. These votes were his
in return favOrs and rewards
past and hoped for.
The President was not the
choice OF the republicans OF
the States that are or have
been sulelyrepublican. From
those States he received only
1913 votes, 'while his oppo-
nants received 246 votes. =
Ii it were not for the pur-
chased loyalty of the South
ern delegates and the selfish
vpnnlity OF oftice-hnldiug del
ngntes Mr.. Harrison could
not have been nominated.
The proceedings at Minneap-
oils placed a blot upon our
political system. They were
, worse than elections in the
: English rotten boruughs be-
fore the passage OF the Cor
rupt Practices act. By rs
much as the nomination rep
- resented IA hope of success it
was practically IL sale OF tho
Presidency to the highest and
, shrewdrHt bidders.
T. 1t is not credible that suca
) Il nomination, SO made, will
be ratified by the VOTERS.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-06-23
MOIME.

Parties putting papers u
nv hand for execution Will
I,lease Advance the fees with
The papers and they will re-
ceiyeprompt attention, other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want oi
lees. D, F. BAIRD SHFF.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-06-23
4 NOTICE.

The laVs Of the State re-
n,lire all weights and meas
tsres to be SEALED. and lhere:
hy notify the people. that ]
Issrn prepared todn nsuch work,
You viii And me in Boone tat
the residence Of D. 3. Dough,
erty y. H Cook,
Standard Keeper !:
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-06-23
Notice.

For sale. 900 acres Of land,
on Rich Mountain, Watauga
County, on which, is asbestos,
and fine land for sheep ranch. /
Sales private. L. D. Lowe \
TT Furgerson, FIX 'trs. OF
Mrs, A. P. Galloway. deed.
Banner Elk, Nov. lt w..
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-06-23
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for sac.

On account Of falling. health
.of mvself and wife, ! offer for sale
nv hotel property in the town a..;,1 G1
l Boone, North Carolina, and VIII
,ell low for cash and make e; terms a1 rs
. s,it the buyer, and will take
real or personal property IN ex-
W. L. BRYAN.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-06-23

teruate to any nominating
convention. I h ere is no
question that such anamend
mant would be in the line oi
real reform, and many think
that senators and represrn-
tatives should also be :lnd-
e |.
The investigation OF the
Census bureau will not prob
ably proceed much further
until after the Chicago con
vention, as Represents tive
Fithian, chairman oi t h e
committee has gone to Chi
*ago to remain until the con
ventiOn concludes it's work,
He says he proposes making
short work OF the investiga-
ton when he returns.
The conference committee
on the river and harbor bill
held it's first meeting today.
Its members are confident OF
reaching an amendment and
getting their report before
the Senate and House this
week,
1t is understood that Mr.,
Harrison is almost us much
pleased at having atlast sue
ceede1 in gettingridof Blain'
as he is at being renominat'
ed. He will take pains in Ill
ling the vacancy not to So
lect a man larger than hin,
self.
Representa- tive Bryan, o
Nebraska, whose speech or
the tariff made such Il wide
andfayorabl impression las
winte.,, is delighted. He says
"Hurrison's nomination vii
be especially helpful to th'
democrats OF the west, be
cause he represents all tha
is stalwart in the republican
party. The young men ar
drifting to the democracy
and there is nothing abou
Harrison to change tie drift
He represents all that is hig|
in protection and all that i
bitter in partisanship. This
together with the fact tha
he is opposed to the west o.
. the silver question, will max
his nomination of special ac
vantage to the democrats {
that section"
The death ofCol. l.. l.. Polk
:. president,of the Farmers A
lance, which occurred her
on Saturday, upsets heplan
of the leaders OF that orgal
ization to a very great el
tent, as he had been slate
for a place on the ticket whic
J it is proposed 20 nominal
at Omaha on the 4th OF ne-i
month.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-06-23
Ed nj. Madron, !.
DENTAL-sURGEON,

roscoe. North Carolina.
Offers his professional services l!;a
to the people Of this and adlol1h
in inc counties. All work promptly a !
lone and satisfaction guaran'
teed.
oct, 81, 3 mo.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-06-23
TIE PLATFORM.
New York World.

New York World.
The platform adopted at
Minneapolis is BourboniSh to
the last degree.
The republican party has
forgotten nothing but it s
AprOmises and learned moth
ing from its discipline OF de-
feat.
1t reiterates it's prepostcr-
Ous claim that the country
has been made prosperous by
taXation-Which is eQnivo-
lent TO saying that if crops
grow in spite OF frost, frost is
good for crops.
1t favOrs the admission free
OF duty of "Hll articles which
cannot be produced in the
United States, except luxu-
ries, while 80 per cent. OF fthe
revenue from it's tariff is col
lected from neceSsaries. On
imports competing with A.
merican labor There should be
levied duties equal 20 the dif-
Terence between wages abroad
and at home But many OF
the duties under the Mckin-
ley act exceed the entire la
Dor cost in the articles taxed.
and wages have. fallen since
the dutieSs.w raised.
asserts that "the prices
of manufactured articles OF
general consumption have
been reduced under the Oper-
atiOns OF the tariff act of 80" "
This is true u sugar and the
few other articles on which
duties were repealed or redic
ed. 1t is false as to the hun
dred times greater number Oi
articles on which duties were
increased. But il priceS hayt
been reduced, how does pro.
lection protect? How cal,
wages be maintained ? What
becomes of President Harri
sons contempt for cheap
nesS?'
Itpraises reciproclty-a one
, sided step towards fre e !
trade, untaXing foreigners
only.
, 1t straddles the silver ques
ton, and by leaving the val
: ne OF money to be fixed "bi
, legislation and requiring
+ only that "the purchasing
! and payingpower' OF ofdollar
: shall be equal, it sets up
, standard which woIld beme
+ perfectly bv the fiat legal
tender Bland notes, thOugI
: issued without limit.
! 1t concenls n purpose to re
!, vive the Force bill, with III
/, disputed truisnsabout "a fle
t and honest ballot.
: It RaGnts the mildewet
II ragged remnantsof the bloc
g v shirt by Il libellous insilll
4 alton of continued inhuma
e oGtrages perpetrated upo
J. American citizens for pollt
7 cal reasons in certain Soutl
i ern States"
o For the rest, the platsorl
e is mostly pure buncombe-
; mere fapdoodl~. The mos
impudent thing in the who
f" structure is d fonr-line resi-
. lutien "commending the spi
Ie it and evidence of reform
the civil service" +" This in
: convention dominated b
y 200 Office holders, in beha
- of an administration t h a
y looted the public service |,
lie spoils quicker a n d clean
than Aha ipla uac ayup hpfO
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-06-23


ing urged as a measure to be
adopted as soon as they re
gain control of the House OF
Representatives., the purpose
and effect of which measure
will be to establish a second
periO1 OF reconstruction inS
| he Southern Sta tes, to sub
vert the liberties of our peo-
pie and intiame a new race
antagonism and sectional an
ilnosities.
2. That we demand finan-
cial reform, and the enact
ment Of laws that w;ll re-
move the burdens OF the peo-
pie relative to the heeXiSting ag
ricuItural depression, and do
full and ar pie justice to the
farmers and laborers of our
country.
3. That we demand the alb
ohtion of national b a n k S.
and the substitution Of legal
tender Treasury notes in Eeu
of national bank notes, issu-
led in sufficient volume to do
the business OF the country
On a cash system, regulating
the amount needed on Il per-
capita basis as the business
inarcstS of the country eX-
pAn1, and that all money is
Isued by the government shall
be legal tender in payment oi
all debts, both public and pri
vate.
+. Thai we demand that
! Congress shall pass such laws
as shall efiertnally prevent
the dealing in futules of all
agricultural and mechaEica'
J produ :tions; providing such
stringent system Of proceed
ure in trials as shall secure
l prompt CONVICTION and impo
, sing such penalties as shall
, secure most perfect colnpli
t ance with the law.
&. 5. That we demand the III
! limited coinage of silver.
5 6. That we demand the pas
!, sage Of laws prohibiting th'
t alien ownership OF land, ant
I that Congress take earl !
e steps to devise some pl IN tt
: obtain all lands now OWE
i by alien and foreign syndi
Gates; and that all lands nov
). held bv railroads and othe
/ corporations, in excess ofsucI
e as is actually used and need
S en bv them. he reclaimed b.
l. the government and held 10
: actual settlers only.
d z, Believing in the doc
b trine Of equal rights to a
g aud special privileges tonont
t we demand that taxation
National and State, shall no
beused to build up ole inter
est or class at the expense {
another. We believe that tn
money II the country shonl
n be kept as lnncn as pH'$slbl
.. IN the hands OF .hF people
,e and hence Weacmatil tha' i
-e revenue, National. State {
J. county, shall be liH'ted t
,f the necessary expenses os tE
- government, econr mirfl'
= and honestly administered. |.
lle 3. That Congress issu
% sufficient amount offlNc,in,
wi al paper,Nrreucy tofacilitat
A. the exchange. through then
"A dlulm OF the q. s. mail
g 8. That the General a
y sembly pass such laws as W
p. make the public school sy
ID TEN more effective that ii
lo blessings of education ms
~ he extended to all the peop
= I.sR L.. - L., z, HIN -
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-06-23
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Regular Correspondent


very broad one these days,
as it has every reason to be.
Democratic prospects were
never brighter, and nothlng
but the making OF a gigantic
mistake by tie Chicago con-
vention, and there exists no
reason for anticipating any
thing of that sort, can pre-
veut the democrats naming
the next President nj theUn
ted State The Minneapolis
convention could not posi-
bly, have done more to please
the democrats than 1t did
do.
1t made the infamous force
bill a part Of it's platform; it
nominated the champion of
that measure for President,
and, as if the democratic cup
of Joy were not already over
flowing, it nominated White
law Reid fer Vice President.
Mr.. Harrison is acknowledge
ed to be weak in States which
the republicans must carry
to win; but Whitelaw Reid is
weak everywhere. He has
for many years made war in
his paper-the New York Tri-
bune-on all-Organized labor
and particularly upon the
typographical Union, a TACT
which will not be forgotten
or forgiven because he, for
the purpose of getting hlnl-
self on the ticket, allowed the
Union printersto take charge
of his office until after the
election. The files OF his pa
per will furnish reasons e.
nough to prevent any friend
of organized labor casting a
vote for the ticket which car
ries his name.
Mr.. Reid has another ele-
ment of weakness that will
neither be lost sight OF nol
forgiven by the old "stal.
wart" element IN the republl.
can party. Someof the most
bitter attacks ever made up
on Grant were written by
7 Reid during the Greedy cam
" paign when he was support
ing the democratic lationa
ticket. The Grant men nev
er forgive those who attack
ed their idol, as one james
G. Blaine could testify to, j
q so disposed, and it is certain
# that many thousands ofthen
l will refuse to vote the ti.ke
: , of their party because Reid
!. name ia on it. 4 weaker tick
ct than Harrison and Rei(
could not have been named.
The return Of the replbli
can bosses who went to Min
!, neapolis to down Harrison
q was much 1uieter than thei
: departure from Washington
E but, notwithstanding pro
+ fpssed intentions Of support
|. they are still bentupon dow
I. ing him, and this time the
: will succeed, as the contes
will be before Il tribunal tha
4 cannot be controlled by Fec
h eral Office holders, and whe
p that tribunal shall render il
,r verdict against Harrison an
y Reid q joyful chorus of
y told you sos will be hear
from Quay, Clarkson, Plat
& Go.
]. The presence at the Mimi
/. Iapolis convention If such
e large enumber Of Office hol,
a = 81
a ers, has revived the idea
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-06-23
j. +. MoRPHEV,
ATTORNEY Al La W,
MARION, -.------------ ~
-(o)--

-(o)-
Will practice in, the courts OF
Watauga, Ashe, Mitchell, Mellow
IL and all other counties III the
y, yestern district a@ Special atten
ton given to the collection OF
claims. a&
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-05-13
HER KNEES TOO WEAK

The Literary Mans Wife Could Not Re
spOnd to the Western Reception.
The lavish Western hospitality which
insists upon treating guest as very
great parsonage has not yet been re-
placed by conventional GOODNESS and
iormality. Not long ago the wife Of
literary man visited relatives in West
ern city. Her coming having been
duly announced by a local paper, the
day after her arrival no less than five
private carriages were placed at the
Iady's disposal, including drivers.
She could not accept them all, but
did not fail of an opportunity to drive
put and see the very fine country about
the town. Within forty-eight hours
she had received no fewer than fifty
calls from people who came to pay
their compliments, and who paid them
with great generosity and enthusiasm.
But the browning experience was to
come. With another relative she at
;ended sort of Sunday school meet
ing, intending to take seat modestly
at the back part of the house and hear
what went on. Entering the hall the
Two ladies were beekaned to by an
Usher. '"This way, ladies'"
They followed him, and before they
we're fully aware of it were upon the
platform close by the minister's side
and facing the audience. The minister
then proceeded to make an address, in
which he eulogized the fame of the lit
erary man and the virtues of his wife,
ending by inviting her to address the
children.
But the Eastern lady, who was shy
and retiring in disposition, could not
even attempt to rise; perhaps her knees
would not have held her up if she had
attempted. She sat still, quite over
whelmed, with downcast eyes, There
was painful silence, which presently
The minister broke.
eff, then" he said, ''our friends do
not care to address us, perhaps they
will rise and give us good look at
them!"
This was as hard demand to fill as
the other. The ladies sat perfectly
quiet and there was another still more
painful silence. There was nothing to
do but go on with the exercises. 1t was
an awful experience for the lady from
the East; but in spite of it she spent
her time in the town very delightfully."-,
finding the people warm hearted be-
yond all account, and the place attrac-
tive and interesting.