The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-26
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Our Correspondent Writes Inter.
estingly Of Various Topics.
9 g., y. W., WASHINGTON, D. C.,

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April 81, 1894. {
The overshadowing topic with Wash
ingtOn is the coming OF CoXey and his
"WilsOn Bill'' has had to take a back
seat and even the observation-disclosures
case dwindles before the all-consuming
subject. Morning, noon and night; at
the table and around the fireside; in the
office and on the street corner; in season
and out of season COXeys Army" holds
the boards. The District Commissioners
on Monday issued a proclamation in
which they advise the different bodies,
marching to Join the main body before
entering Washington, to turn back, stat
ing that there is no work here for them,
that their coming can not possibly adj
vance their cause Or amellOrate their
condition in any way and FINALLY that
the laws relative to the parading oflarge
organized bodies, through the streets
OF Washington will be strictly enforced.
1t is impossible to tell what the outcome
of the whole business will be, but | fear
that if harsh measures are used toward
these people it will result in very much
magnifying the Importance of the move
ment and give the 'caIamity howlers''
and anarchstic orators all the material
they want upon which to base their har-
angues "agin the government
These people are coming here claiming
that they want work, yet when two hun
dred of them were offered work at East
st. Louis a few days ago at $50
a day they refused. 1t seems that they
are very choice about their labor. If one
chances to be a hod carrier he can not
roll a wheelbarrow or throw a pick be-
cause that is out OF the line of his pro-
fession. In like manner would a steve
dOre refuse to cut cord wood. 1.-THE truth
were known | expect the vast majority
of Coxey's men would be badly disap-
pointed lot OF people if they should come
and find good honest work awaiting
them.
The advance guard, which consists OF
two men, arrived in the city late Monday
| evening and at once reported to Colonel
Rudstone who is the local representative
| of the movement. These men have the
appearance of thrifty farmers. They
each bear the name of White and each
I is in his forty-second year OF age. One
of them is @ Confederate veteran, who
served with Co. |, sixty first Va. Infantry,
| and the other a veteran OF the Union
who bore arms with the Ohio troops
One OF the most inconsistent things
about their army is that they arec cry
ing hard times Justify, yet they claim to
have money to pay their own way. Their
leader, "Citizen" Coxey, is now in New
York selling horses at almost fabulous
prices and from all accounts he person
ally has little room for complaint at
Dame Fortune.
Since | have alluded to the celebrated
breach OF promise suit recently so prOmi-
nent before the people, want to say that
| think (and l am not alone by any
means) the verdict awarding Miss Pol
lard fifteen thousand dollars, or fifteen
cents for that matter, an abOmina-
ton. No one will plead for Colonel Brock
inridge anything but guilty. There is
and could be no excuse for man of his
standing and holding the honorable
position he does to fall so low, but to
award this woman damages when she
had willingly and persistently submitted
| herself to the man whom she knew to be
married, whom she could not, and did
not, hope to ever marry is an inordinate
stretch OF justice, it seems to me. Miss
Pollard is Il bold, bad, shameless woman
who took advantage of the death OF his
wife to win Col. Breckinridge-either by
marrying or exposing him. He is bad
man and should have been exposed, but
she is a worse woman and should not have
been given q verdict.
1t is a source of qualification that the
Democrats in the Senate are rapidly get
ting together on the tariff and | believe
the Wilson bill will become law and be
put into operation not later than the
first Of July. The Democratic party and
the country would be in much better
shape had this long wished for reform
been inaugurated long ago, but better d
little late than never
The working plans for the PostOtfice
and Custom House building at New Bernt
are in the hands OF the Supervising
Architect for final adjustment, and a:
soon as this is finished, which will be a
matter OF only few days, the contract
will be submitted for bids. 1t is to be
sincerely hoped that some OF our own eX
cellent North Carolina firms will secure
the contract. | see no reason why Vance
county should not furnish the granite
for the structure.
Senator Jarvis credentials were pre-
scented to the Senate Monday morning
but the Senator is not expected to arrive
until Wednesday night.
In his sermon Sunday morning from
the text Come let Us reason together,
the Rev. DR.. Byron Sunderland, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church here,
after abiding to the doctrine Of the
different denominations, and showing
that in the vital principles of religion
Protestants were mostly all agreed, he
spoke OF Romanism and its teachings
and said there must be vast change
somewhere before Romanism and Protes
tantism can ever join hands in the work
of evangelization, and unless a change
does take place th ere will sooner or latel
be one Of the greatest religious conflicts
in this country the world has ever seen
The Doctor may be right, but let us trust
the conflict will be c considerably later.
G. NJ. \.
DON fail to see the new Spring Goods
at II. Thomason's. 4 magnificent Sc