The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-08
Forecast for North Carolina.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.


Those who took freely the Carlisle poi
son if they would attain unto financial
health should take the Morgan antidote
1t is an infallible cure for all but hope
less cases. Wilmington Messenger.
The Harrisburg Patriot says it was not
Judge Shiras who changed his mind on
the income tax, but some other Judge.
The Caucasian may need to apologize to
Judge Shiras for its accusation of bribery.
Fassett has been talking in New York.
81 believe that there was once poten-
tate who made the famous utterance,
The State | am the State" Mr.. Platt
looks upon every proposed change in the
party as a personal attack on himself
He is distributing railroad passes galore,
and he has made more promises than he
can possibly fulfil"
The United States war ship Columbia,
on her trip from Southampton to New
York, distance of $3.50 miles, made
the shortest time across ever made by
any war-ship, and the longest eontinu-
Gus high speed run on record She
made the trip in few minutes under
seven days, making an average speed Of
eighteen knots an hour, with occasional
spurts of twenty knots, and this without
any effort to force her.
We copied, few days ago, the tribute
Of the Marion Record to Judge Armfield
in putting him in nomination for Gov
ernor. This gentleman enjoys large
popularity throughout the State, and
well deserves his reputation as man of
extraordinary ability; but THE Observer
has heard it rumored that he is sound
money man, and if that is fact, the
fact by common consent, among the free
coiners, bars him. Charlotte Observer.
1.-THE report reached u.s." says the
Greensboro Record, "that an informal
caucus of prominent Republicans was
held in Winston yesterday, when the
plans and purposes of the G. o. 2. for
the next election were incidentally dis
cussed. Among those present, we learn,
was Col. Boyd and when he rose to leave
he was asked the question if he would
accept the nomination for Governor,
whereupon the Colonel replied: ''If you
gentlemen intend to run me for anything
you had better do it quick, for it won't
be long until am too old.
With all Difference to the opinions Of
those who take contrary view, we re-
spectfully adhere to the opinion, hereto
fore expressed in these columns, that the
whipping post is the best-nay the only
punishment for certain malefactions.
1t is all very fine to talk about barbarism
and relics of the dark ages, but we must
not forget that wife-beating, cruelty to
children, and other low forms Of ruffian-
ism are also barbarous relics of the dark
ages. If our civilization has not eradi-
Gated these savage instincts, why should
our laws ignore the only remedy for their
unrestrained expression Washington
Post.
O'Brien Moore, writing of German
and the Maryland Convention, to the
ST. Louis Republic, says: "There is only
one man III public life who is equal to
German in the art of working the press,
and that is John Sherman. Four or FIVE
years ago German told me that Sherman
practically controlled the Associated
Press repo! Is sent out of Washington for
Is or 20 years The Maryland Senator
thought that that was great feat. Any
body who has done newspaper work in
Washington is aware how much atten-
ton German pays to press reports. AT
the. Maryland convention he had the re-
ports fixed up to show that he was in
absolute control of his party. This is
not the fact. Mr. German was forced
to swim for his life in Maryland this
time, and was forced to retreat from
point to point, and beg for compromises.
He had to surrender absolutely to Free
man Rasin, with whom he had been al
outs for more than a year, in order tC
prevent more dangerous enemies from
getting control of the party organjza
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