The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-06-06
A NECESSITY.

institution.
A NECESSITY.
There should be public drinking
fountains for both man and beast i'll
the bu, mess section of Winston. So
far as our knowledge extends there
is only one place in the entire city
that the public feels at liberty to use
for water supply for drinking pur-
poses, and that is the we'll on the
courthouse square, and that is some
times not available by reason of the
pump being Cutof order Even there
arrange m ,nts for watering horses
are Iacliag.
To-day We would emphasize the
necessity for the fountains and
would ask the city authorities to
carefully consid the matter. The
water works are now the property o
the city and we maintain that the
granting of the improvement which
We advocate j. Il duty that the city
should cheerfatiy perform, as 1t
would prove not only an individual
convenience hut would, also, be an
attraction and a benefit to the city
generally.
In Dnrham, the wafer system docs
not belong TO the city and yet the
erection Of free drinking fountains
for man and beast was incorporated
in the franchise.
Ii may be argued that free foun-
taina Will tend to curtaii the revenue
OF the water system and that some
would avail themselves OF these
fountains who should take and pay
for water. This objection may he
met hy reasonable restrictions pro
viding, tor instance, that the free
fountains shall be used only for
drinking purposes and that no
water shall be taken away in vessels
ENCOURAGING FOR SILVER
The prospects for the incorpora
ton OF a hjmetaiIic plank in the next
Democratic platform are made to
appear very favorable in n review of
the situation by the Nashville Ameri-
can. We have very little fear that
such aplank wilinot be inserted if the
voice Of the great body Of the party
is expressed by the convention. The
gold-bug clement, which consists
largely OF the holders OF wealth that
will be unduly Inflated by gold
monometalljsm, at the expense Of
the masses, will make desperate
effort to capture the national con
vention and the money power has
grown so influential that its designs
may be watched with apprehension.
The true representatives OF the PEG
pie should not be caught mapping in
this great c nfilct between the power
OF accumulated and concentrated
wealth and the interests Of the peo-
pie ut large.
The American points out that in
1891 twenty -three Democratic State
conventions were held and only six
of these placed themselves in opposi-
ton Co free coinage. These States
We're New York, Connecticut, Massa
chussets, Pennsylvania, Vermont
anG Wisconsin. Itsays further, that
among the States that declare I'M
conditionaly for free silver We're
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
Delaware, Iowa and Mimi sofa
declared for free coinage. with the
that the parity of metals
be preserved. The seventeen States
in favor of silver were Alabama,
California, Delaware,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska,
North Carolina, North Dakota,
Ohio, South Carolina, Texas and
Tennessee, and they are entitled to
exactly 200 votes in the electoral
college. 1t may be reasonably cal
2 lated that the following States
will surely pronounce in favor of free
silver in their State Democratic CON
venUions: Colorado, Florida, Idaho,
Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, Montana, Nevada, Oregon,
south Dakota, Virginia, Washing
ION aud Wyoming. These States
nave 100 votes in The electoral col
eye, which added to the 200 already
make more than two
birds of the vote as the college was
in 1892. Since then
other Western States have been adj |
nitted to the Union, and they will |
swell the vote"
IN HONOR OF VANCE.
Today marks an event that will |
be memorable in the history of |
Winston Salem.
The first permanent memorial
erected in the State in honor of