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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
ne KNOWS PRESIDENT cEfgEtARp.

The Alpharetta Free Press says:
Mr.. B. w. Williams, who has
charge OF the Alpharetta creamery,
lived in Buffalo, n. Y, for a num-
Der OIL years. His father was judge
Of the court in which President
Cleveland, when ayonng attorney.
did most Of his practice.
Eyes, I know all about Mr..
Cleveland" said Mr. Williams, in
response. to a question asked by
The Free Press man. For many
years | lived in the same city with
him."
well, what about hims"
What about him! He is one
Of the boys. You understand
what that means. He always stood
IN with the young men, and that
is the secret Of his SUCCESS in poll.
tics. The young men elected him
sheriff Of Erie county. They made
him mayor Of Buffalo, governor o
New York and president Of III,
United States. His large majority
in New York in 1892 was due Il
the work Of young men, many oI
them republicans or mugwumps
who voted for him because they
knew him and had perfect conf
denee in his integrity"
rs Mr.. Cleveland as stubborn
as the people think he is"
stubborn is not the right word
He is finn. lie never takes a DO
sition on public question until b,
has weighed ii carefully. Then h,
gets on the side that he thinks /.
right, and no power can bulge
him. And II usually turns Oh
that he is right"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
REASONS AGAINST 1T

4 Georgia contemporary states
some very overpowering reasons
why we should never have wo-
man suffrage. If women voted,
says the Graphic, "they would
naturally want Office, and then
wonld come woman politicians
You would SIZE men and WON, n
scrambling against each other
in the mad rush for political
preferment. You know how
black a mans character is paint
Ell when he runs for Office.
What would they say Of a wo
man in the heat Of a political
debate! Her honor, her char.
acter would be assailed. I'm
agine a woman injected in the
Candler.L Livingston debate. I'm.
agine a W. man placed in the
Tillman. Butler debate. Think
Of the debate between Mrs.
Lease and Mrs. Diggs out in
Kansas, when Mrs. Diggs called
Mrs. Lease ian infamous liar"
on the platform, and judge for
yourself il women could hold
that involuntary respect which
every gentleman pays her If she
entered as a competitor with
man. She enter a car and some
fellow thinks "she voted
against me" and keeps bis seat;
she walks the streets end in
situations are whispered O..
gainst her character by political
Opponent. She holds opinions
Of her own and votes against
her husband, and discord enters
the home when the wife kills
the husbands vote"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
pnpIIiIsT I'M THE SENATE

1t is plain, says the Review of
Reviews, that if party lines are to
be sharply drawn the Populist
group will hold the balance of
power. The five Populists now
in the Senate will keep their seats,
and will be reinforced by the ac-
cession of a Populist from North
Carolina, namely, Mr.. Marion
Butler. The overthrow of the
old Democracy in North Carolina
has been one of the most striking
incidents of the political season.
Mr.. Marion Butler has shown an
extraordinary talent for organiza-
ton, and who succeeded last fall
in arranging a complete cam
paign fusion of the Populists and
Republicans. The consequence
was a sweeping victory for the
combination; and Senator Vance's
death has given the new legisla.
ture two vacant seats instead of
one to fill in the United States
Senate. Mr.. Butler is rewarded
with one of these seats, with a
young Republican, Mr.. Pritchard,
who is a close personal friend OF
Mr.. Buffers, has been chosen for
the other place. The appearance
Of these youthful and unterrified
radicals from North Carolina will
perhaps shake some Of the venef.
able traditions Of the Senate. Mr.,
Butler will be one Of the youngest
men, if not the very youngest,
who ever entered the body, while
Mr.. Pritchard also will be young.
er than any other Senator except
lris colleague. Since Republican
voters helped to elevate Mr.. But
Ter, it may be expected that ex'
cept upon questions involving
clear differences Of view and doc.
trine he will be incline TO work
with the Republican rather than
with the Democratic Senators.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
The Norfolk and Portsmouth

THE Norfolk and Portsmouth
Cotton Exchange adopted series
of resolutions a. few days ago,
They read: am the opinion OF
our merchants it is eminently de-
sirable in the close relations we
bear towards foreign countries
that our standard of value should
be the same as other nations OF the
first-class, both for the facile ex'
change of commodities and for OF
tanning credit from older nations
on easy terms when desired, and
we heartily indorse the plans Of
the President contained in his
message and express the earnest
hope that Congress will reduce
them to legal shape at the earliest
possible moment"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
A Prosperous School.

COTTAGE HOME, Ji3. 3l.-ED.
REcoRpHR:-The following. are
the names of the pupils who at
tanned an average of 95 and
above in their studies for the
month ending Jan. a5, 1895,
which places them on the roll of
honor in the school:
Misses Flora Penny, Eva AT.
kins, Ara Byrd, Bessie Craig,
Stella Harvard, Pearl Harvard.
Masters. Jimmie Atkins and
Harvey Byrd.
We have twenty-six pupils
enrolled, but they have been
coming in all the month, is why
we haven't a larger number on
the "roll of honor.
Very respectfully,
MRS. GRAHAM HARVARD,
Principal.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06

II congress continues to act upon
its present intentions to do moth
ing, to not even attempt to enact a
measure which could be easily ma
tured and enacted in the few weeks
remaining, why not adjourn now
and go home, not waiting for
March 4? Why seem to hold out
promises to the people and whet
their expections, when In truth
there is no intention of even trying
to live up to promise!-Anniston
Hot Blast.
In disposing Of a motion before
him Judge Moon, of Chattanooga,
is credited with matchmaking
the press as follows: Newspapers
are getting too free in their use of
privileges and must be checked.
either by the shotgun or by the
law: and in this case the law will
be applied" Whether the moon
at the time was under an eclipse
while full or half full, the astrono.
mical observer failed to relate.
Mobile Register.
The western crops fail, and one
failure means an entire crop failure,
In Alabama when one fails another
hits, and on side crops two OF
three crops may be raised on the
same land. No blizzard:
no strikes, no bad winters
Come SJuth.-Bridgeport (Ala..
News.
The London Times and Stan
dard So Ike favorably Of Mr.. Cleve
lands messsge. and it remained
for the Pail Mall Gazette, Ownet
and controlled BY a self exiled
American, to regard ii weak anC
unsatisfactory" Now ii is in or
der for the conflicting elements il
congress to determine whether Mr.
Aston was speaking for Americ;
and England. or was merely yield
.ng 20 a powerful desire TO eracl
an American hsad whether he sec
lit.-LouisviIIe Times.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST
There are only II, s95 divorced

There are only II, S95 divorced
women in this country
In the year 1898 cur mint
coined of gold and silver $4a,.
6s5, ITO.
The parents of this country
are blessed with 22,447 1872 chill
dren.
The farm lands of this coun,
try are estimated to be worth
SIS. 279, 1852, $40.
The total valuation of all the
farm products of every descrip-
ton was by the last census So,
AGO, l07,4 54.
Sales girls in a Portland (Me)
store struck because they had
been ordered not TO chew gum
in working hours.
It is said that English sydi-
Gates have SOL ,OO0,090 invested
in American breweries, the div
idends.on which, at nine per
cent. last year, was Ss,l90,0o0
was paid in gold.
1t is announced That the Turk
ish minister Of public works has
decided to reconstruct the &C
queduct which supplied Jtru.
salem with water in the time OF
King Solomon.
The new Conservatory of Mos.
cow is nearly finished. Its con
struction will cost about 600,
900. The vesti ule will contain
the statues OF Rubinstein and
Tschaikowsky.
Search lights are such good
targets for the enemy's guns
| that the Germans are arrang
ing to throw the light first on a
mirror and thence on the enemy
thereby concealing its real
course,
Lack of trained sailors for the
navy is seriously felt in the
United States, where only two.
thirds of a crew has been OBJ
tanned for the swift cruiser
Minneapolis, just placed in com.
mission.
Two men in Mississippi had a
a fight in a room. One threw
the other out of the window
and, thinking he had killed him
jumped himself. They fell q
distance of 80 feet, and neither
was hurt.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06

Lenoir Topic: The Catawba
River Lumber company have petit
tons In circulation asking the leg.
islature to pass an act making Ca.
tawba and Johns rivers ioatable
streams. The company Is to build
certain bridges If the legislature
passes such act Several men are
out with petitions and a large NUN.
Der Of people have signed them.
Wake Forest correspondent
News and Observer: A remarkable
meteor was seen at Wake Forest
last night at FIVE minutes past
eight O'Clock. The gibbons moon
shining brightly, was on or near
the meridian. To the east Of the
moon, some fifteen degrees, was
the planet Jupiter; 10 the west,
about twenty degrees, the planet
Mars; to the south, ten degrees,
the c, nspicuous star Aldebaran.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06

Taere is no doubt that train
robbers should be dealt with by
United States authorities. II is
an interstate commerce question
stri-tly.-Msmphis Appeal.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06

A portr ait OF the late Justice
Rodman has been presented to I he
state by members Of his family.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
EXTRA BARGAINS now.

Will sell the best Pads Riverside that's made for &C.. yard
worth 7c esewere Pant Goods yard Fruit Of Loom
Bleaching tic. yard Indigo Blue Calico only yard Six
chine Jc spool 2o yards on spool $50 pins lc "a
needles l0c "a buttons Be- Cotton Flannel 81 yard All Wool
5c Large Blankets only 50c Broad Cloth 81 inches wide all
coor only soc yard worth double money Good Cotton Plow
Lines only each Rubber Over Shoes Csc Bed Ticking 7c
Shoes from up.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-27

silence at Cleveland was a distinct
victory for the silver cause. AS a rea
son for this conclusion they argue that
1T prevented the adoption of a COM
promise platform or half hearted reso-
tons, or strong anti-silver deelara-
tons" No paper commenting on this
matter, whether Republican or Demo-
cratic intimates that there was the
slightest" possibility of the passage of
a resolution in that Convention favor
ing the free coinage of silver. Admit
ting that, Republican paper argues:
1t was therefore infinitely better for
the Republican party and for the Oil
yer cause that the delega ties to the
Convention of Republican clubs should
say nothing on the subject than that
they should pass straddling resolutions
sucn as some of the Republican state
conventions have adopted.
That is the sum and substance or
Republican apologies for the great
gobs of silence which were tn. chief
characteristics of the Cleveland Con-
vention. 1t is a virtual acknowledge
ment that the Republicans of the
United States organized into leagues.
are in very great majority utterly OPP
posed to free coinage of silver. Well
may honest and outspoken silver Re
publicans declare that there is no
nope for real bimetallism within the
INES OF the Republican party"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-27
FORCE BILL ALL RIGHT.


While the attitude of the Republicans
towards the silver and tariff questions III
their next national convention remains
doubtful, one feature of the platform may
DO regarded as already settled. The sec
tional issue will for the first time be omit
ted and no demand viii be made for fed
eral interference in state elections. The
change that has come over the party IN
this respect is most striking. The federal
election laws were repealed by the last
Congress, and prominent Republican
newspapers already admit that il was a
fortunate thing for the country. No parry
organ was more emphatic and urgent IN
advocating force bills only a few years
ago than the Indianapolis Journal. and
yet 10 now confesses that ii sis inclined
to believe that under the circumstances
the repeal OF the so-called but unjustly
called force bill was judiciouS." More
over. it declares that il is not in favor at
this time of re-enacting the law or reviv-
ing the issue further than may be done
by prosecuting an educational campaign
and persistently urging the paramount
duty and vital necessity of securing fair
and honest elections" Comparatively
few Republican newspapers have yet ad-
vanced far enough to admit that the &C
ton of the last Democratic Congress IN
this matter was commendable, but we do
not know of one which any longer pro-
fesses to lament the repeal of the obnoxi-
Gus statutes. 1t will be an immense gain
for the country to have this old sectional
issue formally dropped.-N. Y. Evening
Post
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-27
CRIMINAL CLASS DISTINCTIONS.

Inc conviction, for crime and brt-
berry, of eX-Inspector Mclaughlin in
New York is at once gratifying and
dlsagreeable. 1t is unpleasant to
think that men selected to act for the
public in the suppression and pun
ishment of crime should be tainted
with criminal intent themselves. But
it is gratifying to know that the laws
in this country are executed in the
condemnation of official malefactors
as we'll as of the common miserable
criminal.
1t appears. however, that the friends
of the convicted ex-inspector are en-
deavoring to have the prisoner re-
moved to some other prison than Sing
Sing. They think he is too nigh
toned a person to be associated with
the murderer the robber, the profess
sional thief and the ordinary habitue
of the penitentiary. They shudder at
the thought of the whilom respectab BILE
thief-catcher being made to march in
the same rogues' lock-step as the de-
graded thief.
But why should there be any dis
tinctions in our criminal practice? The
law knows no classes except of the
lawless and the law-abiding The
practice in this country, in some parts
of it at least, which permits convicts
who have money, or wealthy or influ-
entail friends, to enjoy the privileges
which are not accorded to the ordin-
airy and impoverished prisoner, is al
together wrong and ought to be abol-
ished. The laws should be impartially
and evenly enforced.
The English system is superior to
the American in that it affords swift
and impartial measures to bring Of
tenders to justice, without so many
loop-holes of escape or protracted de-
lay, and also visits sure punishment
upon the convict no matter what posi-
ton he may have occupied in So
ciety. Oscar Wilde has to pick oakum
or step the treadmiH, on level with
Bill Sykes or Jack Shepherd. 1t
should be so in the United States. If
any difference is made between the
low class and the high class viola
ters of the law. the latter, having had
the greater advantages. should re-
ceive the heaviest punishment. Let
there be no class distinctions in Grim
inal punishment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-27
MRS. FOSTER SPOKE TOO LONG

After other speeches Mrs j. Ellen FoS-
ter, the female stump speaker, took the
platform to advocate the resolution. The
rules of the convention fixed a limit TO
the speeches, but Mrs. Foster like other
women who invariably rely on the priv
llege of their sex and disregard rules in
political meetings. greatly exceeded the
time limit and the chair made no move
towards calling her to order. The oppon-
ents of the resolution became FESTIVE and
one finally called attention to the fact
that the speaker had exceeded the time
allowed her.
oh. thank the gentleman said Mrs.
Foster with whitening sarcasm and an
ominous emphasis on the word gentle
man, for calling my attention to the
fact that my time has expired
me convention roared at the feminine
human nature revealed in this remark
and it made 1.-The gentleman" mad.
The horrid thing got up again and when
Mrs. Foster kept right on as if she had
no intention of stopping, he roared out
with sarcasm equally as whitening as
Mrs. Fosters in his tones:
Il know that the rule does not run
against ladies. Their time is never up
when they once get to talking
There were certain delegates opposed to
the participation of women in politics
who almost laughed themselves sick over
this hard hit and in the roars of merri-
ment Mrs. Foster was glad to escape to
her seat Divers gentlemen raised points
OF order, both against the resolution and
Powers right TO obtain the floor on a
question of. privilege. but the chair dis
regarded them all.-Detroit Tribune
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-27
SILVER AND THE DEMOCRACY.

The position of The Herald in rela-
ton to the silver question and the
Democratic party has been clearly de-
fined in repeated statements. 1t is
that the majority of the members of
the Democratic party are in favor of
the free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer at the ratio of Is to l with gold.
II IS for that reason, coupled with the
fact that the majority of the Repub-
Hcan party are opposed to free sill
yer coinage, that we claim and have
! claimed that the only hope for silver
restoration is in and through the
Democratic party.
We have never asserted that the
Democratic party is unit on this
question. We have never affirmed
that the leaders of the party are
agreed upon it. We have never stated
that there were not strong opponents
Of free silver coinage within the Demo-
cratic fold. On the contrary, we have
warned the majority that there would
be vigorous war to wage within the
party in favor of silver before the
lines of the campaign of 1896 could be
definitely drawn.
The influences which have been
brought to bear in Kentucky show
to what extent the anti-silver leaders
have been engaged in impressing their
views upon the body of the people.
Secretary Carlisle is d power in that
state. He is the pride Of the Ken
lucky Democrats. Blackburn, it is
true, is admired and followed by
great many people of the state he rep
resents in the upper house of Congress.
But associated with Carlisle in his op-
position to free silver coinage are
other strong men, and the regard in
which Cleveland is held by the De-
mocracy of that state has aided in
raising the great division that has oc-
CURED over the silver question in the
convention.
Kentucky is but one state. 1t has
been counted on to stay III the silver
ranks. It may do so yet although so
many representative men refuse to
fight with the extreme silver cham
pions. 1t is among the masses of the
Democratic party that we look for
united action when the crucial test
SildA CUUle. before -NdlIOIldl OO0-
vention assemblies the silver hosts will
have marshalled their forces and will
be prepared for the fray.
Unless some international arrange
ment shall intervene to change the
situation, we expect the Democratic
party at its National Convention to
declare unequivocally for free silver
coinage. Whitney gave it as his cpin-
ion that if the silver men prevailed at
that convention it would split the
party. He was probably right. But
if the gold men should carry that con-
vention-which we do not believe they
Wilt would make a much bigger
split in the party. We believe that the
silver Democrats by force of numbers
can afford to do without the goldites
in the party, but if the gold advocates
were to flock off by themselves they
would be in sorry plight without the
masses of voters who compose the
great bulk of the Democratic body.
The contention in Kentucky is regret !
able, but it is better than evasion and
SiIance
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-27
ILLINOIS LIBEL LAW.

The libel law that has been passed
by the Illinois legislature and signed
by Governor Altgeld is one that should
be held up as an example for other
states to copy, in spirit if not entirely
in letter. Among the chief features
are these:
1t will protect the public by securing
a full and fair retraction or correction
in a place as conspicuous in the paper
as the article complained of. By re-
curing notice to be given newspapers
where complaint is made viii enable
the complainant to be set right before
the public. It will bring the parties
together and open the door for mutual
adjustment The bill does not take
away from the person injured the right
to recover full compensation for every
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-27
GIVE Us THE PROOFS:

The Herald has several times pub
lished the record of the Democrats in
Congress on the silver question, con-
trasting it with the record of the Re-
publicanS on the same question. 1t
is so strikingly in favor of the former
and against the latter. that our Re
publican contemporary, which is mot
a Republican organ but takes every
opportunity to defend the Republican
party, being unable to dispute the
facts and figures we presented. has
either initiated the Cleveland conven-
ton and resolved to say nothing, or
has hurled back an epithet or two
and an assertion which it has not
been allied upon to prove. On Tues
day it repeated it's hackneyed state
ment as the only thing it can allege
against the Democrats in Congress as
to silver. It is this:
when Mr.. Cleveland was President
the first time, the House went back
On its record. just as it did two years
ago, and refused to endorse a free
silver bill that the Senate had passed"
Now we invite our contemporary to
furnish a bill of particulars. Give us
the vote on the free silver bill which
two years ago passed the Senate and
was rejected by the House, with the
number of Democrats and Republicans
who voeed for or against the bill in
either House. Then give us the same
data as to the votes on the free silver
bill passed by the Senate and rejected
by the House when Cleveland was
President before.
We want the bottom facts brought
out; not the general vague and Slip
shod assertion which our neighbor is
fond of repeating. Tell us who intro
duced the bills referred to, when they
were passed by the Senate and when
rejected, so that we may refer to 1.-The
record and verify the charge or-oth-
erwise. If the proofs are not forth
coming, we shall be justified in regard
ing the repeated assertion as bluff and
bluster because they are weapons
quite common with our illogical con-
temporary.