The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-09
NEWS From SHINGT0E
lcorre.ronaeaee 70 Tnn pEMocnAr. J

{ imam - -tt'A ~ TX IL 49, -&''A'~-- 80
President. Mr.. Roosevelt resi- gnatlon
was handed in several days ago. This
gentleman has long been the most con-
.istent reforner on the Commission.
He is a very able man and had done all
/ in his power to carry out the letter and
the spirit of the law. With COmmls-
! sioner LYMAN. however the case Is dill
I ferent He ha. used the power OF his
/ office whenever the opportunity offered
| for the advancement of himself and
members of his family. He Is a repub-
lican during a republican adminlstra-
| ton and 'mugwump" during dem
ocratic administration. He has long
been very unpopular with all genuine
/ Civil Service reformers. Mr.. Proctor,
the chairman of the Commission Will
retain his office. With this exception
the Commission will be thoroughly re-
organized.
Comptroller Eckles is prominent i'll
the movement TO convert the country
to a gold standard. He is in the West
making speeches In advocacy of this.
Carlisle is doing his best in the same d.
rection in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Hoke Smith has gone South to pro-
mitigate the same doctrine, so dear to
the present Executive. Every resource
Of the Administration will be exerted
from now until the Convention meets
in the interest of Sound money"
| The ssilve~ men" are no less deter
mined to press the claims of bl-metal-
ism The West is for solid silver. The
| South has always favored free coinage
The majority Of the people want more
money, which to them means anything
but a gold standard. The fight will be
desperate one with new and unlocked
for alignments to follow.
The semi-centennial meeting of the
Southern Baptist Convention and an
nual sessions of its auxiliary societies
will be helu in this city from May Sth
70 18th, at the First Baptist Church,
corner Sixteenth and Goth streets, north
west. The Education Society will meet
Wednesday and Thursday, May Sth and
9th, at s p. M, with possibly another
session Thursday afternoon. The first
session of the Conference of Young
Peoples Societies will be held Thurs
day, May 9th, at 10 80 a. M. The
Woman's Missionary Union, auxiliary
to the convention, hold their first meet
ing in the new Sunday school building
of Calvary Baptist Church, Friday,
May 10 at 9 a. NJ. This convention is
the largest delegated body in this coun-
try, If not IN the world, and while it is
almost impossible to estimate the num-
Der that will be in attendance, as this
is the first meeting held on the pay-as-
vOU-gO plan, as one of the delegates
puts it, yet every delegate being expect
ed to pay his own hotel bills, it is more
than likely that from $500 to 5000
Baptists will be in the Capital during
the period embraced by the meetings.
All the leading clergy of the denomi-
nation in the South will attend, and
the Educational Society will bring a
great many strong men from the North
All the railroads of the South and
Southwest have granted one fare for
the round trip to the delegates.
Friday morning there was $4,000
fire at the Columbian University of
this city.
Mrs. Cleveland, accompanied by her
two little daughters, will leave the city
early the coming mouth, to spend the
summer at Gray Gables. Already the
summer home on the coast of Massa-
chusetts is being made ready for the
occupacy by the Presidents family.
Miss Herbert sailed for Europe We'd
nesday, and will spend a number of
months visiting places of interest on
the other side. She will be entertain
ed at number of the American lega-
tons while in that country.
Senator Don Cameron is here. He
says Pennsylvania is for free silver.
A prominent business man from Mas
sachu.etts is here, who says that his
state and New Hampshire Will both 90
for tree silver. This looks as if a tidal
wave, in favor of free silver,
will sweep the country. There may be
changes on account OF the strenuous
efforts put forth by the administration
in the interest Of gold. in this pro-
gram, but there is no reason to be-
lieve there will be any material change
in the situation prior to the next pres
idential election.
The President has written a strong
letter to Gov. Stone Of Mississippi In
which he says departure from the
sound money policy means defeat
for the democratic party.
Why all women are not beautiful and
all men not strong may be hard to ex-
plain but Is not so hard to say why |
more men are not strong and more
women not beautiful. 1t is because