The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-26
STRONG FOR SILVER
Enthusiasm for the White Metal
in Washington.
WAGE FARMERS WANT IT
Government Employees Against
the Administration.
SECRETARY SMITH APPLAUDED
Senator Faulkner Says the Silver Men
Didn't Bolt When He Wons
Now He Will Stick
to Them.

Washington, July 25.-(Speclal) =
Washington is about the last place That
one would expect ito find under the hyp-
MOTTO influence of the silver ecstasy.
WHY? Because under the new doctrine
of distrust which the reformers of the
dav are sedulously preaching, no one
is accounted honest against his inter
ests. The interests of THE salary earn
ers are palpably with the gold people,
if their success is to have the effect OF
doubling the purchasing capacity OF
salaries, and vet you will find two out
of three Woodworking, needy salary
earners Bryan men. In fact, only
few of the higher officials who have
becoming pride in standing staunchly
by the administration under which
they are associated, and of which they
are the main support now, express any
righteousness. Since the very graceful
acquiescence Of Holle Smith, even they
are preaching silver.
OF course one finds such BourbonS
ais the eminent sailor, Mr. Herbert,
who can never sail on silver seas. But
this ruler of the Navy has not learned
to make sounding's along the coaSt
sufficiently to know that the Raleigh
can enter Southport, and how could he
be expected to know how TO walk deck
in choppy sea? The Mckinley people
will make lots of him at first and may
get used to him, a thing the Navy has
never done.
Senator Faulkner is in town. OF
course everybody has read his le'5ter
as chairman of the Congressional COM
mittee. He talks even better than he
writes. "Why, of course / am for the
al Wasn't III fairly nominated
fair fight in a strictly regular con-
vention? | have helped to whip out
THE silver fellows for years, and they
took it like men, and stood up for the
ticket like men Now that my side IS
whipped, don't propose to holler and
sull, but to do as they have done In
the past, and better, if | can :"
The National Democratic committee
will work to elect the regular nominee
regardless of his private views in every
district, and is going ito do so in mos5
of them.
Your readers all know of Judge Tour
gee through his books, and many of
them remember when he was citizen
of Raleigh and Greensboro. The Judge
has lately written a very instructive
article in the American Journal of So
GEOLOGY on the demand and supply OF
products of all sorts, in which he in
clines to the belief that unless restrict
ed, the oyerproduction of labor Will
make its results almost yalueless. A
few years ago he was quite a protec-
zionist, but i'm writing ON economic
subjects he does not lay great stress
on 1T as a panacea.
Minister Romero. of Mexico, will
continue TO represent his government
here in spite of his recent resignation.
which President Diaz firmly but cour-
teously set aside. Mr.. Romero is a
modest man of small stature, butt very
impressive and may be seen any day
in his frequent long walks about the
streets and suburbs. f9s
The midsummer hush has fallen on
Washington, and lfhe city is given over
to dizziness and the stay at-homes.
About the Capitol a stray Senator or
q betyeen-trains Congressman may be
seen sauntering about and picking up
odds and ends of overlooked work.
Senator Harris has gone to Tennessee
to enjoy the Injuries of eating water
melons, sowing turnips and voting at
the election for county officers ON the
good old first Thursday in August.
Assistant District Attorney Dave
Covingtton returned from trip further
North with his family, rested a few
hours, and incidentally " looked after
little business.
Mr. Whitney's appeal for the forma
ton of a non-paaftisan party has g
suggestion that he has fallen in love
with his own voice David b.
has lost his, but will find it in time
to root for the ticket just as heartily
as he does for the New York team on
the diamond.
If the New York State Democracy
should come out for THE regular nomi-
nee it would begin TO be time TO sus-
pect your own Democracy.
The heartiness with which the New
York State convention will declare for
the Chicago ticket will make some OF
the leaders wonder where they are at.
Unless Baby Bailey wants TO oppose
tie next administration on general
principles, he has evolved enough con-
tingencies to last him until he comes
again.
And now comes the water bicycle
to take away the vocation OF the sail
boat people.
These bicycles are building on the
Potomac at Georgetown, and neWspa-
permen We're given an outing on them
yesterday evening. A man can propei
one as IdSb DIS Il ISTIy UodL SbtStIiiso, dHd
can carry a small family with him.
For a rough description, two cigar
shaped catamarans are driven by re-
volving paddle wheel in between. They
Will not upset with a newspaper man
on them. and with tighter weights they
would right themselves automa tically.
What great ducks they would make in
the sounds and waters of Eastern
North Carolina.
THE IDEAL PANACEA.
James j. Francis, Alderman, Chi
N.,rrr