The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-11

The New York World claims that the
decentralization of the street rail
roads of that city-the water in the
stock above the cost of the roads-is
$53,093, 400
South @Carolina's Republican State
Committee propose to resist, as far as
possible, by legal means, the adoption
of the new constitution, because it has
not been submitted to the people
For the first time in the history of
Kentucky Republican governor was
Yesterday inaugurated at the Blue
Grass capital. That is why Gov. VIM.
o. Bradley is now such a lion among
the Republicans.
Chicago's spirit of annexation Is
giving way to that of separation. sat
urday's record was one hundred di-
vorces in three hours, by five judges,
who averaged nine minutes to each
divorce.
Chairman Carter, of the Republican
National Committee, warns his Repnb-
lican brethren not to be too confident
of success in the presidential election
now SO near. 1ft GOIltJSdtS tiioI tiit
Democrats have what we have else
where termed "a fighting chance" of
success, and says he does not think it
would be wise for the Republicans to
be over-confdent.
! The Baptist State Convention in SEES
sion at Greensboro represents 10000
white members, or more. The IVES
tern Conference that recently ADJOURN
ed represents $4,000 members. The
North Carolina Conference that meets
at Elizabeth City on Wednesday is
another large body with more than
600, 900 members.-Wilmingt Mes
senger.
The Iowa Republican State Commit
tee has decided to take charge officially
of Senator Allson's boom for the
Presidency, and will soon establish
headquarters at Dies Moines for that
purpose, with Chairman Mcmillan in
command Every Republican in Iowa
is said to be for Allison first, last and
all the time, and so there is a certain
fitness in this action, especially as Al
lison's candidacy has really been UNI
managed so far.
George Augustus Sala, the distin-
suished journalists, is dead. Mr.. Sala
was born in London in 1928. In the
early part of his career he became a
contributor of articles to newspapers
and magazines. He founded and was
the first editor of the Temple Bar
Magazine He visited the United States
in 1863 as special correspondent for
the Daily Telegraph, and in the latter
part of 1864 published the result of his
observations, under the title of Amer
lea in the Midst of War"
Col Fred a. Odds writes to his pa
pers that "the Populists are very con
siderably worked up, and some OF them
are saying that if the silver men IN the
Republican party in this State are not
strong enough to control their organi-
zation. why then there must be three
electoral tickets, and that they also
favor three State tickets. It is an opeT
secret that the Populists who are thus
talking believe their party to be
strong enough TO carry the State. II
may be that they talk in this fashion
in order to get as much out of the Re
publicans as possible though they
swear they are sincere"
The President said nothing about
the income tax in his message. 1t wa!
subject, apparently, which he wished
TO avoid. He might have called atten
tion to the fact that had this tax beer
collected 100000 more money o.
legal tenders would be locked up to
day in the Treasury than are. This
would have effected most helpful re
duction of currency redundanc,
against gold exports and at most op
perfume time. Furthermore, it woul'
have reduced the foreign demand upol
cur gold reserve. An income tax j
just and ought to be constitutions
and it was step in the right direction
Saturday when Representative Hal
of Missouri. introduced what is to b
known as the XVI amendment to tn
Constitution, removing from clause
of section and clause of section
tr article / of the Constitution the II
h'bition against the imposition c
direct taxes" unless levied accordn
to the population in the respectiy
States, the Supreme Court having hei
that the income tax was direct tal