The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-26


.ral claims. asphalt or otherwise. :
stead Of carrying out this rrosision Of !.
The law, be makes excuse for evadinx l
the duties which Congress had placed
upon him, and recommends that these G
lands be now put up TO he highest bid
der. Ii
II, as the senator from Georgia init ,
mates, this Is = plan for wealthy cor
porations to get possession OF these ,
lands, the scheme OF the Secretary Of
the Interior would bring about that
identical result. Ii these lands were
put up to the highest bidder, ~ . mat
ter o! course the poor men would De
excluded, and IL would be impossible
for any miner who had made discover
les there to get one inch OF these As
phaltum lands. There would be no
bidding except by wealthy men; there
would be no contest except between
the ST. Louis corporation and . corpo-
ration Of the city Of New York, which
last summer appeared upon she scene
and became also \ bidder for these
lands, or proposed to get some interest
in them and to make some adjustment
with the st. Louis company by which |
a profit would accrue TO their stock
holders.
Mr.. President, | am sorry TO say IL, |
but there seems to be disposition on |
the part Of the present administration
to treat the Western people as II they
were in a condition OF pupilage, as II
they did not know their own rights
and their own interests, and they must
be informed ex cAthedra from the East
in regard to what is best for them and
what should be done for them. Even
the President Of the United States
lately on q missionary occasion (Cleve-
land made an appeal at a Presbyterian
meeting in New York, for "HOme Mis-
sions") laughter spoke of the West as
land of immortality and crime. He
stood with the CHASTITY light of the
hell holes Of the rum cellars OF New
York blazing upon him and cantiDgly
said, I'll ONE missions must be used to
civilIze and Christianize the men who
have left their homes in the civilized
East and gone out among the noun
tains and valleys Of that wild and
woOlly West" Laughter Our Pres
ident stood with DR.. Talmage on one
side and the Rev. Sheldon Jackson on
the other, and gave Us q new version
of that blessed old missionary hymn
which we have heard SO often in our
childhood:
From MOntana's sinful mountains,
From Utah's wicked plains,
=, They call us to deliver
Their land from errors chains.
. Laughter
am a Western man, and went to
Missouri when it was the frontier, IN
sight of the Indian and buffalo.
: have lived with those people nearly
fifty years, and say to our President
now that if he will pretermit hunting
ducks in North Carolina and silver
a Democrats in Kentucky long enough
: to come West we will show him God
fearing, self-respecting, law-abidin{
-, neople: we will show him churches il
a which there is real and unaffected
! piety; we will show him happy ant
ia Christian homes where 'the saint, tn
n husband, and the father prays." Gu
q spires may not 20 so near heaven a
# do those of Eastern cities; we may no
r have organs that roll delicious tone
II along fretted aisles; but we have
people who fear God and observe a
:, the Commandments as they are give
l. unto them.
But | did not rise for the purpose {
4 again criticising this administrator
~ rose to say most emphatically tint
" the habit of Secretaries or members
# the Cabinet deliberately tramplin
=" upon the laws of Congress and refu
a. ing to carry them out has gone to a
, - extent that demands immediate notl'
"a at the hands of the legislative depar
of ment of the government"
ed A big batch of pension bills we
ed passed.
he Only six pension bills were introd
m, ced, but a large number was passed.
ne The resolutions for the impeac
m ment of Ambassador Bayard we
led taken up and discussion was begun I
en- them.
OF THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH-sENATI
he Only two pension bills introduce
~ The Cuban question came
ca again. The debate lasted all day a
an was.begun by Senator Stewart in
in speech which charged that the gre
on. Of Spanish bondholders was at
ave bottom of Cuba's slavery to Spain
u.s. Mr.. Hale, of Maine, is the lea'
'' of the forces that are trying to P
vent the passage of the :resolutio
he participated in the debate.
in- Mr.. Gray supported the reso
in ton.
ues During his remarks Mr.. G
bill caused great amusement by the
if" mark to Mr.. Hale: 81 call the
give tention of the Senator from Spai
Of There was round of laughter,
which Mr.. Hale did not join,
e. Mr.. Gray quickly corrected 1.-THE
/. noront inadvertence by adding:
es- should say the Senator of Maine.
ana Mr.. Gray frequently repeated
the reference to the 6senator
'' Spain" each time quickly corr
NAV ing it amid suppressed laughter.
In a referred to the bloody Spanish O
t up in the last Cuban rebellion decla
to be pirates any one found in
will rection on the high seas.
House.
tho tn Nine pension bills introduced.
ause The resolutions of censure for
Con bassador Bayard came up. Ba.
the is the appointee of a Democl
t he President, and is Ambassado
now England. Some time ago he r
ID to a speech in which he referred t.
VIII WIZ tariff in this country. The ns
pun of his speech may be understood
oator the following extract from it:
"In my own country l have
ne in messed the Unsuitable growth OF
Cab form of State Socialism styled
ated a tection.n which I believe has
i'm by ,oro +o foster class LEGISLATION
hit to $50 ;naouol;4v Of fortune. to
le had oio*'o IL. I:ea ~ han;sh non
epart- IuPt puoite 10; ohs-ao+a,
plated dependent mlno "nu ouol 90.
cts in tone of national represent
years blunt public conscience, create
in the standards in the Popular mil
ose OF familiarize it with reliance
spn az State aid and guardianship il
Nv ';sb 'i &c vate affairs, divorce ethics fro1
- ;+;os and Mace politics upO