The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-05-16

tion of Silver Is the Cause of Low Prices,
and Wants 1t Restored-Coxey's Crowd
the Spot Where Clingman Fought
Duel with Yancey.
From THE GLOB= Correspondent
WAsHISGToN, May 15.-The office
holders from the second North Carolina
district met at their rooms last night
and formed the Frederick A. Woodard
Democratic club, W. W. Long was elected
president, Dr. Ruffin treasurer and S. B.
Gregory secretary.
Lord Warwick, who is at present stay
ing at the British embassy, was yester
day a visitor to the capitol and lunched
with Senator Cabot Lodge. Before his
accession to the earldom last year War,
wick sat for some years in the House of |
Commons.
81 have greatly enjoyed" said Lord
! Warwick, This, my first visit to Wash
| ington. I think if all of US on the other
side who fill any niche in public life
could cross the sea every year or two
|
can constitution it would be much the
better for US. All we younger men, To
ries and Liberals alike, would be pleased
to see such changes in the British consti-
tuition as would make our second cham
Der chamber Of the strength and the
ability Of your Senate. Perhaps | may
five to see some such changes. 1t is not
impossible but that we may get colonial
representation at Westminster. | see
no reason why in these days of swift
steamships and cheap ocean freights
England and the English colonies may
not little later be grouped together in
some such federal system as that which
has it's headquarters here at Washington.
at is almost truism now in Eng land
that times are bad because Of low prices,
and many of US believe that prices have
fallen because of growing scarcity Of
gold. I personally have no longer any
doubt but that the altered status of silver
as money is more responsible for the
crisis we are passing through than all
other causes combined. | hope to see
the currency settled by international
, agreement"
The republican caucus has decided to
, autagonize the tariff bill. AS demo-
crat am glad this is so, for it makes
the G. O. P. share with the dominant
party the odium of delay. This odium
increases daily. The democ rats in the
tn 10 W
delay if they hope to remain in power
Something must be done if depleted
i treasury is not again to menace the sta
j. bility of the national finances.
:, This something is the speedy passage
Of the tariff bin. That measure ought
to be law by the last day of the present
e fiscal year On the 1st day of July there
0 ought to be in the United States not
e only an end to the uncertainty which is
e now paralyzing industry, but the be
e ginning of the needful inpouring o1
+ revenue. If sugar is to add its millions
= if a lower tariff on importatiOns is to
quicken the financial pulse at our custom
houses; if, in short, the ebb tide is to be
succeeded by generous flood, the happy
consummation ought to come, and must
come on the 1st day of next July.
10 The time has passed for faltering, TO
" vain words, for factious controversy, AM
- for unnecessary delay. The country de
ID mands action. Let it not be said that til
~ Senate of the United States has aban
y doned patriotic craftsmanship and de
scended to the level of the lowest polite
of a ward meeting.
g. Patrick Henry Winston, Of pieasan
d memory in North Carolina, in spite o
le his political fickleness, has come out in
,r Spokane paper and declared himself
se populist. He says he can't see the dit
te ference between democrat and repuh
as licau He turned republican, it will
h remem bered, and went from Washingto
city to the state of Washington. lie wa
in such high favor with President Arthu
on account of his fund Of first class joke
E. and inimitable way of telling them ths
L Pat had standing invitation TO dine
III the White House every time he came
O. Washington Finally he and Presiden
Arthur became such good friends tha
Arthur gave him a $4,000 place as re
publican. Pat accepted and left for d:
- tant Spokane. Ijudge he hopes to com
~ here now as populist Senator from IN
state of Washington. His new platform
outlined in the Spokane Review of Ma
6, and it is, sui generis.
ge Coxey's crowd has been forced by tn
en- Indignant citizens of Hyattsville to NOV
rk to Bladensburg This old town was ono
- a famous duelling ground. Ex Senate
III Clingman once fought duel here wit
OF VIM. L. Yancey.
Tomorrow night the democratic sens