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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-11-02
MARSHAL MCMAHON. Ok

"AhOhAA OAhhAlOAN, LA
President OF the French Re
public, is dead. His father
was Of Irish descept, and IA
general under Emperor Ma
poleon. The Marshal was in
command ofthe French Army
which was defeated by the
Prussians at Woerth, and be
then retired to Sedan and be-
cause Of his wounds relin-
qnished The command Sub
tsequently, he was elected
President of the Republic.
Since 1879 he lived in retire.
nent but greatly respected
and reverel. He was born
i'll 1903,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-11-02
NOTICE.

Parties putting papers n
my hand for execution will
please advance the fees with
the papers and they will re-
ceive prompt attention, other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want OF
lees. D. F. BAIRD Sniff.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-11-02
Here Is the Cause.


politics, as he contemplatcs
the actions of our law-nia-
kers, the Constitution, in for
mer years reputed one of the
greatest documents ever pro-
dnced by by human beings,
hardly appears to be t h e
great and infalible instrli-
ment that our fathers deem
ed il. Scarcely a bill is intro
duced but that the cry OF 'un
constitutional is raised; ana
a great fight is often made
on the claim. Now it appears
to us that the Constitution
should be plain enough in all
points to be understood by a
school boy; and we cannot
understand how "grave and
reverend" Senators can mis-
understand it. Yet the fact
is our leading men even now
dispute the constitutionality
Of the National Banking Act,
which has been in force quite
two decades. The war was
carspd by q similar dispute.
But recently a weakness OF
| the Constitution, or rather
VI laws auxiliary to the Con
stitutiOn, has been made ap-
parent tO tho whole country.
Not ten DAYS ago the minor
,tv of Senators Overru|ed the
majority. and now, without
allowing the merits Of the si|
YER question 10 bias IFS, it
does seem that such proceed
nrn is dangerous to our vel
fare This is a government
hv the majority, and if we
allow the Senate to be ruled
by a minority, how long Will
it be before the country will
he in the same condition? Or
to view it in another light:
The democratic party has a
majority of representa- atives
in the Senate. vet under the
ruling in the present session
of Congress we can expect to
see the republican minority
exert AS much influence on
legislation as the democrats.
This is a condition and not a
theory. The matter faces us
to-day, and when the ques-
ton of the tariff arises we
may see how disa greeable it
is, although the present ten
dency of affairs is, to a large
extent agreeable to our peo-
ple. The Senate should be
gouerned by well-constructed
parliamentary rules. and fo,
one. we think that the "pre.
vious questions ruling, as
sat forth in Mell's Parliamen.
tnry Practice, should he a..
lowed; else we may expect to
see The action OF the Senate
delayed on every quest ion, as
it has been fol the past three
months, and a final cOmpro
mise of all bills favorable tC
the minority, secured.-Hbf
cal Recorder.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-11-02

week. it is altogether prob
able that Congress will take
a recess, as many Of the Sen.
ators and Representatives.
are anxious to take part in
the closing days of the var
ious state campaigns, and
the new tariff bill is not ex-
pected he ready to be re-
ported to the House much if
any before the beginning Of
the regular sessions. Presi-
Cleveland is also anxious to
take q short vacation before
the beginning of the regular
session.
Senators Voorhees,, Hill,
and Others are SO anxious
that the rules of the Senate
shall he so changed as to al
low a majority to order a
vote upon any measure after
thirty days have been de-
vOtedato it's discussion that
the resolution of Senator
voorhees, providing for the
change may be taken up as
soon as the silver cOmpro-
mise is disposed of. Should
that be done there will be q
very lively debate, entirely
outside of party lines, as it
has friends and opponents
in both parties, and the re-
suit will be doubtful, the
chances favoring defeat.
-Four Democratic Senators
Martin OF Kans, Hill of
N. Y. Vance of e.. and Irby
of S. C.-vuted against con-
hrlnatiOn Of the nomination
of j. j. Van A.en, to be Am
bassador to Italy, but 10 re-
publicans voted for cOnfrma-
ton the nomination got
through by a vote 0f 80 to
"a. No Senator, either dem
ocrat, republican orpopullst,
believes that there was any
truth in the charge that Mr..
Van Allen had been nomina-
ted as the result of a bargain
and in payment for his hav-
ing made a large contribu-
tion to the campaign fund OF
the party. The democrats
who voted against his con-
firnation did for other rea-
sons.
From the best obtainable
information here the attempt
Of the popuhsts to capture
Virginia will result In a dem
ocratic majority in that
State little if any sholt OF
that given Cleveland and
Stevenson last November.
The Legislative day OF
Tuesday October II, will BE-
Il long one. From that day
the Senate for the purpose OF
lessening fillibustering has
taken a recess every after
noon, instead of adjonrning,
80 that the Legislative day OF
Tuesday is still going on in
the Senate and will probably
continue until the silver con.
promise is finally disposed Of.
MARSHAL MCMAHON, Elk
President OF the French Re
public, is dead. His father
was Of Irish descept, and a
general under Emperor Ma.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-11-02
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for SAFE.

On account of failing health
of myself and wife, offer for sale
my hotel property in the town Of
Boone, North Carolina, and will
,ell low for cash and make terms
O suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property in, ex-
Jhange. Apply soon.
w. L. BRYAN.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-11-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.


democratic d SenatOrs-all of
them-have found that COM
mon ground upon which all
democrats can stand without
sacrificing either their party
or their individual principles
concerning the treatment OF
silver by the government.
Readers of this correspond
ence will not need to be told
that | have never for a mo-
;nent dur ing the long an d
sometimes seemingly endless
controversy in the Senat te
doubted for a moment that
the final result would be a
compromise. TO repeat a
hackneyed phrase, "the logic
of t h q situation" pointed
from the first to compromise
as the only satisfactory end
to the contest, from Il demo-
cratic point of view.
The compromise which has
been accepted by the Senate
committee that has be 9n
wrestling with the problem
ever since it was proven that
a vote upon the Vorhecs bill
was m impossibility under
the present rules OF the Sen
ate. ana approved by Sacre.
Itary Carlisle as President
Clevcland's official represen-
tative. provldes for the ra-
peal Di the purchasing clause
OF the Sherman law to take
effect Oct. l, 1894; for t h g
coinage from tune to time OF
the silver purchased and Of
the seigniorage in the TREAS
ury and that to he accumula
ted by future purchases, and
for retiring all the greenback
and Treasury notes below
$40 and the issuing of silver
dollars or. silver certificates
in place OF them. 1t WAS at
first proposed to include au.
thority for the issuing OF low
interest bonds to replenish
the gold reserve at the dis
cretion of the Secretary OF the
Treasury. but some der o.
cratic Senators were SO much
opposed to this hatSecreta-
ry Carlisle suggested that if
the purchase of silver. W a IS
not continued for more than
a year longer he thought the
bond issue would be unneces-
sary, so the bond issue was
lett out.
2 II is hoped and expected
that this compromise will be
put through both Senate and
House this week and an end
put to the uncertainty. If it
is not it will be the fault oi
the democrats. The republi-
can Senators have given no
indication ofhow they regard
the compromise, although
before it was agreed upon a
number of them stated that
they would support no COM
lpromise that did not include
the issue ofbonds,> The pop
ulists Senators do not like
the compromise even a little
bit, but unless they are assist
ed by the republicans they
can do no harm. Ii the re.
publicans join them in vot-
ling against the measure and
Senator Irby Of 5. c., votes
with them instead of with
the democrats the comprO,
mise may be jeopardized, Il
not actually defeated.
j The business OF the House
lila in such a condition that
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-11-02

many years. They have
come neares raising their
own supplies Dian they eyer
did UeiOreaud they have con-
tracted no debts that thev
now find themselves unable
to pay. And were it not for
the facts that many of them
are confronted with debts
made for evelal years past,
when crops where bad and
they were unable to pay
what they owed, they would
be better off than they have
been for more than a quarter
OF a century. Our people
have practice1 strict econ
Omy and we learn than in
many countries the pinch OF
"ha:d times" has not been
felt at all by the agricultural
population. The number of
crop liens this year is not 40
great rs usual and the
amounts is much smaller,
while there has been II very
great decrease in the NUM-
Der Of real estate mortgages.
The condition o! the entire
South is, without doubt, bet
ter than it has been since
1860.
To this now and improved
condition of affairs the far
mer is partly indebted to cir
cumstances over which he
had no control, but most
especially to new and better
methods adopted on his
farm. The planters are to
be congratulated on the out
look and on the fact that
they have raised their own
supplies and are no longer
dependent upon the West for
their hay, grain and meat.
In this matter they have
taken a new departure. They
are getting out of the old
rnts and striking out on II
highway Of prosperity and
Independence which the price
of cotton cannot materially
affect. The man who raises
his own supplies and keeps
ont Of debt can get along no
cotton,
i here il also another dc.
part1e TO which we wish To
direct the attention of the
farm owners of North Earol,.
ma and that is the imnrove.
nent Of their sto.k There
is mo- reason WIN there shonlJ
NOT he as msnv hlnodad
horses and cattle in North
olino no +here arn in Kan.
tncl 9 Cr Cajifor,;a W;th
the irrbronen,enI Of cot,nn
and lhr low nrira og tchoocn
ON. ,,l;,nters smust cast ahont
Them tursome means nj noE
mo rpodv money end nt
nresent there is no more
rrofi table branch of aoricnl.
IL, -.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-11-02
Southern Women,

We esteem it a very proper
and worthy resolution which
led Mrs. Cyrus W. Field, af-
ter her husbands loss of for
tune and death, to open her
fashionable millinery estab-
lishment, and seek the honor
able maintenance OF herself
by Industry. We esteem it al
So a very cre1itable thing
that the fashionable world of
New York has admired her
courage and resolved to help
and encourage her. We are
very gInd indeed that Mrs.
Field h Il $ met misfortune
bra yeIy ana that she is up-
held in her sensible and praise
worthy plan, But we donot
understand why it is that the
nation should wOnderas tho
no such thing has ever been
done before, and that t h e
press of New York should eX-
pend columns in sentimental
guSh about an affair which
has had 40 many unnOticed
precedents. We do not wish
in any way to dipsaraga Mrs.
Cyrus ". Field. Indeed we
gladly give her our tributeoI
admiration, but, in the sim
pie justice, we wish to call at
tantion 10 some similar su"-
rifces which were made, and
which were never given praise
and adulatlon. We refer to
the thousards of unheralded
heroines Of the South, who.
when War and loss had swept
away fortune and protectors
met The trials of poverty and
deprivation with bold hearts
and unfalterng wills. In those
daysssin the South, not one
but many thousands OF gen
tIy nurtured women W ere
thrust from luxury to penn
ry. Wives who had new e r
known a care, delicateyOung
girls who had never realized
that n wish could be ungrat-
flied, found themselves in a
moment penniless and alone,
facing the horror ofwantand
the de ISOLATION Of need. These
women. when they turned
from the ashes OF their homes
to find themselves food and
shelter, had no rich and inhn
ential friends 20 soften t h e
ills OF poverty and smoOthe
the road to fortune. rheru
in which struck them down
was universal. Their friends
.lhad fallen Under the same
1stroke. and were enlisted in
the same grim warfare. Then
what courage was shown p?
With what devotion, wi t h
what tireless, patience, with
|what t danntless resolution did
these soft handed thousands
struggle. Many were CON
Hquered, sinking down to silent
and pathetic defeat; but ma
ny triulnphea and wrestled
victory from despair. These
are among us yet, the noble
and uncOnqurable heroines ol
an unconquerable race, but
the dimmed eyes and th
wcrn ia ces, the callowed
hands and the grizzled curls
/ bear the stern, traces of the
long years oi suffering toll,
Who has written in praise oI
them? What laureIs have
crowned these worn and pal.
lid bsows? Villa record has
been written OF the tears and
hearthreaks aud griefs innu
merable OF the pitiless years.
! Their history is unwritten.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-11-02

VOORHEES, bill only proposes
to repeal "the purchasing
clause" and to leave all the
other to stand. That bill is
no friend to silver or the De-
III 0cracy.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-11-02
L. L. GREENE, & CO.,
REAL ESTATE ACTS.
--ROONE, N. c.

Will Civ. special attention
to abstracts of title, the sale
of Real Estate in W. N. G.
Those he wing farms, timber
and mineral lands for sale,
will do well to call on said Co.
at Boone.
L. L|GREEN X co.
March 16, 1893.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-29
THE "ARCONAUT" on NEVADA.

Nevada is oil right. Tho brethren
OF the East and South need not con-
Germ themselves about her future.
She supports her government and is
competent Tn nunnge her own affairs.
II she Id "rottcn borough" she is no
rottener than others which make
greater pretensions TO virtue, and her
Senators, as II rule, hnve been nbler
men thnn the average. Nevada re-
quircs time for her growth. She has
been the victim OF her exclusive nt-
tnntion I" her mining industry. I'm
migration mud capital both take the
limo OF least resistance, and Neva "a
has been less attractive To them than
other localities which oiTcr specdIcr
rewards. But the State will have her
turn. She is opulemt in variety OF
soil and climate. AS tho other Pa
cibc States become crowded her nat
urnl wealth will receive adequate at
tentiCn. Irrigation will redeem her
soil from the sasebrush. Her wheat
and vegetables, Geciduous fruits and
hemp, are the best in tie country.
In southern districts, coffee, tea to-
bncco and cotton will DC raised
She is alive with minerals. A
State with such capital, Will in due
season, get population and enjoy pros.
perity.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-29
Congressional.

WAsHINGTcS, Oct. 2I.-Stc Snrt OF
Nevada resumed his argument against
the repeal bill. In answer TO the
charge that those who opposed the
bill wore thwurting tho will OF tho
majority, he denied iha, such was the
case, aud said that tho iillibustcrers
were not tho silver men, but the nd.
ministrntion. IL was lillibustcring
against allowing tho will Of the ma
Jority to Ue expressed. They had
used most corrupt, most aggressive
and most outrageous means, in secret
nt first, but in public now, to onslnve
the minority. Let the administration
tnke oil it's hand and let the mujUrity
express itself in tho Senate, ho said ,
md silver would have nearly two TO
one.
Kylo Pop Of South Dnko,a moved
TINT when the Senate adjourn il be
to meet at noon tomorrow. The
motion vas defeated by u vote OF 1 To
Il.
Stewart then resumed his speech
and at l:30, without concluding
yielded the floor to Jones OF Nevada,
who resumed his argument against
TO bill.
At 4 T.. NJ. tho Senate took recess
till II O'Clock tomorrow.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-29
Germans Tough Game.

1t is now stated that German is tho
real leader OF the Cleveland forces and
Tint il requires all his tact TO keep
repcalers in the line aud prevent
Voorhees, from stopping over, as he is
SO apt to do. The Tail Sycamore OF
the Wabash" it is said. feels keenly
the sights put upon him by his col
leagues, who feel that Ee has stulti-
fled himself by the course he has
taken, and does not lose an oppor.
tuni,y 10 proclaim himself a better
silver man than the men ho is oppus.
lug. When Germans attention is
called TO remarks OF this kind, male
by the Chairman OF the Senate FL
nance Committee, he becomes usually
more expressive Than elegant. Only
recently hs remarked: "rho most
task or this whole silver tight
/ find TO bc that OF keeping Voorhees,
id mouth shut"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-29
ELKo, NEVADA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1888.
he Goes Him One Better.

John bradley, the cattleman says
San Francisco butchers will be will.
ing TO pay nine cents for Nevada beef
before March. lie thinks this will be
Que OF the best years to feed beef in
the history VI the State. Mr.. Brad
icy agrees with Mr. Sparks statement
made TO n Gazette reporter n few
days ago that Nevada, Idaho and
Utah are very short OF matured cat
tic. In fact, Mr.. Bradley goes Mr..
Sparks one better and says there is
comparatively no beef in the Stnte
now, and what few there are will be
IN big demand before the spring of
1894 Guzcttc
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-29
Twcnty-four Years Ago.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Lallinger OF
Chico, Cal stopped over last even.
Ing on their way homo from tho
Worlds Fair to visit Mr.. and Mrs.
Mitchell, the ladies' being sisters. Mr..
Lallinger passed down the numboldt
with n bull team in 1859 and this was
his first trip East. lie told the INDE.
PENDENT this morning that he found
but little genuine hospitality amor @
the people Of the East rs compared
with those Of tho West. They left
for home on No. 4 to-day accompanied
by Mrs. Mitchell.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-29
4 Hen in a Print Shop.

Singular accidents frequently occur
IN country Office. Yesterday we
went off and left the print.shop door
open. On returning we found one
OF Montrose's hens roosting on top of
the press. We began to "shoo" her
out, but she wouldn't shoe worth n
cent. On tho contrary sae futtered
and squawked in all directions but
the right one, knocking typo galley
west and raising sheol without re-
striction, while we swore Until old
Mount Gilcrest pulled blanket Il
snow across his face TO hide bis
bushes. 4 frey untamed hen in n
print.shop is like an old maid at a
christening than n "bull in
china shop."-Homer Index.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-29
All Offers Rejected.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2i.--Not one
OF tho Treasury Department counter
offers 70 purchase their silver at 50. =
1860 per ounce was accepted by per
sops having silver to DO offered for
sale 10 tho Treasury Department yea.
terdny. Oilers uggrcgntlng 23J,0OO
ounccs wero received at S0.7lli to
sO.75 per ounce. Tho only reason ns.
signed at tho Department for the non
acceptance OF tho counter offers is
that tho owners arc holding OF with
tho hopc OF getting better prices than
the Department offers. Silver was
] l-iG ponnios higher in Lond on to-
day, according TO ndyicrs received at
the Department.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-29
San Francisco Market.

The Butchers Gazette enys Thr I
tho Scuth San francisco Land and
improvement Company Ia paying tho
following figures for live stock:
Steers, from 4 TO 5Ilc; cows, "a 10
4lSc; shccp. 3 10 5l6c; lnmb, Go for
prime small; calves, 4 to 5c; hogs, 81
20 5lic. or coursc, now md again u
shnac higher may bo given for II worry
choice nnimal. Steers nro plentiful
Somo 200 hogs aro being daily
sl"ughtcrod, but tho Company could
usc Il grcnt number moro prolltnbly,
md nre willing 10 pny top prices for
almoat MI offerings.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-29
Like Father, Like Son.

Speaking u jim Fairs disinhcrit-
ing his son for marrying II woman
beneath (D him, tho Reno Gazette
remarks:
"rhc hey is snid to be worthless
gin guzzlrr. Tho Gazette never
heard Of his honorcd dad being nc.
cuscd OF drunkenness, but it hns
heard other sins enough laid Mt his
door to Justify tho conclusion
that tho hell be is now having has
been earned and paid for many times
over
"Uuclo" Jimmy Is liko very many
other people in this world; ho con.
dcmne others for not keeping the
straight and narrow path" though,
at tho enmo time, his own stops arc
very "wobbly" and his track is dccid.
odly zig-zug. Buhl II makes one
sick 10 think OF it.-Carson News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-29
Tie CiIiralry OF the West.

Miss Alley and Miss Mills, teach
crs in Alpine county, Cal. o., drove
down from Woodford's on Friday af-
tcrnoon in cart. Eastern people
shudcer NJ tho thought OF tho "wild
and wooiy West" but IN ~ region in
the East can women travel in safety,
but out here, in this land of tie un-
tutorcd savage and tho aromatic sage
brush, women can ana do travel alone
anywhere without tho slightest rca-
son 10 fear danger OF any sort. Tho
thIttJ.two miles Travelled by the
yo my Indies lies through II portion
OF the world that is sparsely inhab;t-
ed, farm house only once in awhile
rcllcvoinS the terrible monotoDy, but
in tho East tho distance is 60 short
from farm to farm tina. ono is scarce.
.y out Of reach OF assstanco.-C Carson
News
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-29
EcOnOmisiEg on The Corpsc.

Tho Marietta Journal says That
while an excursion train to Alabama
was waiting at the depot negro an.
pearcd at the ticket widow in the
depot purchased ticke, for him.
self. Then lie said TO the ticket agent:
"Boss, want 'nudder round trim
'scursion ticket for Il corpse"
Tho agent opened his eyes in aston.
ishmcnt. An excursion ticket for a
corpse was something now to him,
even with his varied experience.
Tho negro explained: "You sec,
boss, my brudder died yesterday, ard
want ter take dc corpse down to
Montgomery and let the family view
the mains, and den bring 'em back
to BtrminSham and bury EN-. Dis
viii Oe heap cheaper den fur do
family to come up tlanta
Constitution.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-29
They Need II.

The people who pccd moro religion
are: Tho man "ho lots his horse
stnnd all day in tho rain withou: u
blanket; the man who growls like u
bcnst with u eoro head when his vito
nsks him Tor Toncy; tho woman who
whispers around that some other is
not just what Uho ought TO bo; tho
prcachor who in always looking for an
easicr place and II higher SALARY; tho
man who wnlks tho streets with his
hnnds IN his pockets while his vito
carries tho baby, and tho man who
keeps II dog aud says no cunt afford
q home newspaper. 49, EH.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-29
Would Celebrate.

Tho New York Recorder declares
truthfully:
III the magnitude Of tho calamity
which the silver senators have pro-
vented w"rc as well understood and
appreciated rs it ought TO be, the
Amcricon people would celebrate the
strnnglinS Of the Voorhees, wilson
measure in the Serate by tte ringing
OF joy bells and the firing CT jubilatory
cannon from Maine to California and
from tho Canada line to the shores
OF tho gull. II is great national de-
lirerance.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-29
Rcs0rtcd TO the old Tactics

WAsHISGToS, Oct. 13. - Voorhees,
stated this afternocn that he would
close to.day's session and end the
legislative day Of Tuesday by moying
un adjournment until Tomorrow. 1t
is surmised that this action mny be
for the purposo Of putting matters in
shape fer bringing up tho cloture
question. When il became appnr-
cnt to'dny that tho compromise
scheme had failed, silver men re-
ncwed the old tuctics Of calling for q
quorum.