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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1896-01-23

corrupt as Brown, isnotonly
a piece Of mawkish sentimep-
tality, but is a gross liable up
ON Democratic officials. Never
in the history OF the State
before, not in the radical era
of unlicensed corruption
were bills enrolled that had
been tabled. Mistakes there
have been and negligence,
possibly, but no such negli.
gence or mistakes that put
npon the Statute books a
law that had been semitic the
table.
1t il a mawkish sentiment
ality that cries out against
the punishment Of .uen who
prove recreant to their Offic-
ial duties. Unless men are
punished for their neglect or
corruption. or both, has not
the gate been opened to o
continuation ofthe Disgrace
ful scenes and consequences
that were attendant upon
the late session of the Legis-
Iatnrp? OF what avail is it
thar Jaws be pnssed punish
ing dprelic+iOD or corruption
If a mawklsh sentimentulity
cries out for the plldon OF
those who viola ate'these laws?
Neglect ought not to be pun
ishe:i with any thing like the
severity that is visited upon
corruption, but an example
ought to be made Of men
whose neglect offers an easy
method of forgery and ras-
caIity to corrupt lobbyists
who have Il pecuniary inter
est in putting a tabled bill on
the Statute books, aud mnk-
ing it the law of the land.
Judge McIver cannot be
too highly commended for
the sentences imposed. He
made Il distinction in the
punishment, giving one year
Imprisonment to Brown "for
fraudulenty and corruptly
procuring the enrolment OF
the act" and fine Of $3.50 to
each for negligence. These
punishments are very light
when the nature of the Offence
is considered.
The sight OF the enrolling
clerk of the General AssnmJ-
ly at work on the pub lic
roads fol negligence and cor
ruption, and the Principal
Clerk Of the House OF Repre-.
sentatives paying a fine u1
$3.50 fornegiigence will stand
as IA perpetual deterrent OF
future legislative officers
The verdict and the sentence
means that we will have nU
more tampering with bills in
North Carolina.-News and
Observer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1896-01-23
Same Old Game: ,::::Bat stiIl Finds
Victims.
Wadesboro Messenger.

. fi 1. q NaFNff , f4Nt
If anybody thinks that
this part Of the. country is
not still thickly%, %,populatel
with a lot Of the greenest
FOOLS that ever swallowed a
sharpers bait, then he is mis-
taken, in proof Of which.lt is
only necessary to instance
the avidity. .with..which:about
a hundred of them paid 81.
for a rag, with strings to it,
by courtsey called an electro
medicated pad, Tuesday af.
ternoon. The fakir who re-
lieved these fools of their
money first appealed to their
stupidity BY selling them one
OF the "pads' for $1 and
then giving them $1.25 back.
After. this part of the game
had been sufficiently worked
the fakir proposed to sell the
pads for $1 straight, hut
each purchaser was to be
given a present. About 100
were sold on these terms,
several PERSONS taking 2 ORB
and one or two as many as 6
or Z. OF course no presents
were given, and the deluded
suckers are now wiser, but
poorer, men.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1896-01-23

only those whom he thinks
ought - be allowed to ad-
dress the House, and very
truly said that business in
the House should be done by
the peoples representatives
and not bY the Speaker a
lone, but after Represent
tative Bell, of, Colo, who
said the Speaker had not
recognized q single populist
tnD to this time, hadstrongly
Iseconed tis,amenjInent, Mr..
Hepburn's independence sud
denly deserted hin-he could
mot stand the pressure--and
he showed the white fea ther
BY withdrawing his amend
ment, thus closing the Incl
dent as the diplomats, say.
Senator. Jones, Of Ark, is
credited with having nude
one Of the best speeches in
favor OF the free coinage OF
SILVER ever heard in the Sen.
ate. While as strong in his
fbeliefin silver as any man in
|Congress Mr.. Jones IS free
from the radical opinions,
the expression Of which by
some of the silver men has
done the cause for silver far
more harm than good. He
spoke for about two hours
and made a very cOnserva-
rive statement, calling spec
ial attention to the unfavor
able attitude OF Great Brit
tain, Germany and France TO-
wards silver, and the certain
ty that this attitude is not
likely to be changed for a
long time to come. While
admitting the great respon-
sibility OF the U. 5. in attemp
ting the re-establishment OF
Dimetallisn alone he advO-
lated it as Il duty which
should not he Stunned.
The impression appears to
be growing among lntelli-
gent democrats that the GUS
tom Of the party IN power
he lding the first National
Convention will not be- follow
ed this year, and that the
democratic convention will
not be held until after the
republican convention has
made its platform and nom
nations. The National com
mittee will this week decide
both the time and the place
for the convention to De held
The House and Senate For
pign committees have referred
all the resolutions which
have been offered concerning
Cuba to sub-cOmmittees
which indicat tes that no has
ty action will he taken, not
withstanding the clamor il
and about Congress for the
reporting of a resolution iol
the recognition ofCuhan bel
Iigerency. The only thing
that would bring about has
t.y action on the part of Con
gress would be the capture o
I Havana by the insurgents.
The Monroe doctrine il tt
be upheld by a strong reso
luton. That has been form
ally decided upon the Senat'
committee on Foreign Rela
tions. and q sub.committe,
appointed to draft the reso
luton.
|
Mrs Pattie D. b. Arlington
OF Raleigh, wasfound guilt,
in Wake Superior Court
Thursday. 9th CT defamins
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1896-01-23

Mrs Pattie D. b. Arlington
OF Raleigh, wasfound guilty
in Wake Superior Court.
Thursday, 9th CT defaming
memory of the late Chief JUS
tice Smith by saying that he
had by fraud secured a>h,use
and lot from her. She took
it all back andiudgnientwas
rot prayed. :.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1896-01-23
No More Tamperins With Bills.
News and Observer.

News and Observer.
"The Democrats ma d 9 a
mistake in prosecuting SAT-
terfeld and Brown said a
non-partisan yesterday in a
crowd. "The prosecution of
s. Otho Wilson for his Glide
onitish practice, made him R.
r, Commissioners, and t II e
prosecution Of Satterfeld
and Brown will result in CIV
ing them important Offices.
There ought to be no pOliti-
cal prOsecutlons."
There ought to be no polit
ical prosecutions and there
have been noIe The true
non-partisan pretender, who
is always at heart a republi-
can in a democratic State
and always a democrat in a
republican State, may be re-
lied upon to seek to shield
prominent politicians by
such "lap-trap as the above.
If there was any mistake at
all made in the ease against
5. Otto Wilson, it was in per-
mitting him to enter the plea
of nolo cOntendere. If he had
been convicted and punished
for violating the provision of
tha constitution, there would
have been no error. And his
conviction might or might
not have prevented his cleo
tion to the railroad commits
sionership. 1t was scanda-
lous enough as 1t was to pro
mote him to that position,
and showed the incompetent
cy of the legislators who cleo
ted him.
No mistake has been made
in the conviction of Sat.el-
field and Brown. They were
notoriously negligent in dis
charging their official duties
and to such an extent as to
amount to a public scandal.
The jury could have done no
less than convict them upon
a charge which is APPARENT and
lnquestioned, A convictiOn
for neglect of official duty,
willie not carrying with it
and moral turpitn1e, is more
far-reaching in its effect up
ON the State than any petty
crime could be. A man who
steals a coat merely makes
himself warm at the expense
of some other one man. The
man whose neglect Of dnty
permits the enrolment and
ratification of bills that the
legislature tabled permitsleg
islation that strikes at t h e
lie, liberty ard property of
every citizen, He may no t
be guilty M any wrong in
tent, but the effect OF his neg
ligence is So far-reaching as
to make it quite as injurious
and sensurable, and more las
ting than the commission OF
a petty crime.
The Hy that rendered the
verdict that Sattprhe!d Vas
guilty OF negligence and Mr..
Brown OF negligence and cor
ruption was composed OF sfu.
sionists and democrats n n d
could not therefore ha We been
biased by any party consider
alton. There has been nc
clamor for the conviction. oI
these two men, buta insis-
tence upon the conviction 81
the men who were guilty OF
procuring theenrollmentand
ratlfica ton of the law.
ILL., a%+oA ~ .a..oo 49, "a
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1896-01-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From 0ur Rsgnlar Correspondent.

n ~ !, m ~ = N'l-'gtf --f-- t~B,-trI-I', :,
From our Regular Correspondent.
Democrats are naturally
disposed t0lDok conplacent
ly upon the dead lock which
has followed the first. attempt
ofthe republican Senators to
make use Ofthe power they
acquired bv taking posses
sion Of the Senate commit
tees, through q deal with the
%sp6pulists. 1t il a republican
funeral and the deipoerats
while willing to bespsetators
have no idea Of taking t b e
part ofmourners. The repnb
llcans thought they were
were playing it very f n e
when "a bill for the free coin
age ofsilver was reported to
the Senataas q substitute for
the House bond bill, which
they never wanted s,nt to-
the President anyway They
found their mistake when the
Finance committee attempt
ed 10 carry out thecaucus de
cree 10 report the House tar
if bill without amendment.
Senator Teller, OF Colo, in
formed them that the tariff
bill must be amended so as
to provide f)r the free coin
age afsilver, and he rubbed
it in by telling his fellow re-
puhlicans that no bill deal.
ing either with finance or the
tariff should be reported to
:, the Senate without amend
ment providing for the free
coinage of silver. The result
was a deadlock, which So dis
gustcd Senator Aldrich, of
r. L., a republican anti-silver
member OF the Finance com
mittee, that he at once left
town. announcing that he
would not return for a week
or more. The anti-silver re-
pubhcana now deeply regret
that bargain with the :topu-
lists which resulted in the re-
organization of the Spna. .e
committee, and the demo
Gratis are very well satisfied
to play a writing game, pre-.
pared to take all the advan.
tages that come their way.
Secretary Dlney took part
in the second meeting of the
Venezuelan boundary com.
mission. .As matters pertain
ing to the plans to he follow.
ed in the work of the commits
sion were discussed the meet.
ing was not a public one.
Secretary Olney's relation to
the commission is merely as
an adviser. The com mission
will, of course, make use Ol
the knowledge Secretary o.
ney has acquired by a long
study Of the case, but it's &C.
tion will he entirely indepen-
dent Of either Mr.. Olney or
the President.
Representative Hepburn o
Iowa, lis a republican. but ht
does not wear the collar a
Speaker Reed eH - most o.
the republh Smbors oI
the House. ypasmoe
lc attacks - independence
One Of these caused him tt
propose an amendment tt
the Reed, rules. compelling
the Speaker of the House tc
recognize the member W h O
was the frs. to attract hi.
attention. While the attack
lasted Mr.. Hepburn charged
that Speaker Reed had a
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1896-01-23

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-29
PAT TYSON FOR PRESIDENT. ENDORSED BY THE DEMOCRATS
 OF PENNSYLVANIA.
His Name Will be Presented to the National Democratic Con-
 vention at Chicago.

ALLENTOWN, PA, April 29.--The Democrats of Pennsylvania held their State Convention for the elec- tion of delegates to the Chicago con- vention in this city today and for mally launched the Pattison boom for the presidency by unanimously endorsing the recent action of the State Central Committee In passing resolutions favoring the nomination of ex-Governor Robert E. Pattison for President by the National Democratic Convention The con vention was called to order by Robert k. Wright and in his opening address he took occasion to pay high tribute to Pennsylvania's former governor, whom he alluded to as the successor of the lamented Samuel ]. Randall as the idol of the Keystone State Democracy. A reso- lution to endorse Pattison as their unanimous choice for the presiden- tial nomination was carried with . display of enthusiasm apprOaching an uproar, the delegates. as we'll as the spectators in the galleries, rising to their feet and continuing 10 cheer for several minutes. After the usual committees had been ap- pointed a recess was taken until late this afternoon when two candi- dates for Congress-at-large and thirty-twO presidential electors and sixty -four delegates to the National Convention will be chosen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-29

criminal annals of Missouri. Wm. Taylor was banker at Browning in an adjoining county, and his brother owned a farm in the vicini- ty. They were implicated in an arson case, and to escape conviction they murdered Gus Meeks, his wife and two children and left q third child under the belief that she was dead. The bodies were hid in a straw stack on Taylor's farm. and next morning the little girl recovered sufficiently to crawl from the straw stack to a neighbours house and tell of the crime. The Taylor's flew and were captured in Arkansas. Owing to their wealth they made bitter fight for life and succeeded once in hanging jury.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-29

young Chicago lawyer, which will take place this evening. Neither trouble nor expense has been spared in the preparations and the ceremo- ny will undoubtedly be the most elaborate that has ever taken place in Chicago. The wide circle of ac- quaintances enjoyed by the young couple made it impossible to observe the original plans for a quiet home wedding and consequently the cere- mony will be witnessed by several hundred friends and relatives, many of them coming from distant pa1ts of the country. Among the brides maids will be Miss Oglesby, daugh- ter of ex-Governor Oglesby, of Illi- nois and Miss Florence Alger. daugh- ter of ex-Governor Alger, of Michi- gan. The ceremony will be perform ed by two uncles of the bride, viz: Rev. Royal Henry Pullman, of Bal timore, and Rev. James Pullman, of Lynn, Mass.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-29
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS.
The Sound Money Wing in session
 At Lincoln.

 LINCOLN, NEE, April 28.-The sound money, or so-called admin stration wing of the Nebraska Democracy Is holding it's State Con- vention here today for the purpose of naming delegates to the National Convention at Chicago. The Demo- crats of Nebraska are badly split over the financial question and as a consequence of holding two conven- tions the dele4 ates to Chicago. who will be selected today, must contest the seats of x-Congresnlan w. J. Bryan and his fifteen associates who were chosen by the silver wing of the party at it's convention here last week,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-29
TAYLOR WILL HANG,
UNLESS GOVERNOR STONE IN
 TERCEDES.
One of the Murderers of the Meeks Family to be Executed
 Tomorrow.

CARRoLLToN, Mo. April 29.-Unless there is an eleventh hour interyen- tion on the part of Gov. Stone, Vim. P. Taylor. who. with his brother murdered the Meeks family in that county two years ago. will pay the penalty of his crime on the gallows tomorrow. His brother George, who broke jail on April II and has since managed to elnde capture, was also to have been executed tomor- TOW.
 Owing to the prominence of the murderers and the singular atrocity of the deed, the case of the Taylors takes a conspicuous place in the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-29

The Spooner Dramatic Company is affording the people of Pine Bluff amusement for B cents as good as half the dollar attractions on the road. This is the best repertoire company in the South and we can cheerfully recommend this company to the theater goers of Pine Bluff.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-29
HE PRIMARIES Result in a Victory for the Present h.
 eumbents. THE LEGISLATURE IN DOUBT WITH NH. WILLIAMS. sALLEE, STREET AND
 CALDWELL IN
 THE LEAD.
Saunders Defeats Bell for Treasurer
 By a Large Majority.

The Democratic primaries for
 Che nomination of county officers
 passed off very quietly yesterday
 with the result that the "ins'' will stay in and tha ''outs" will stay out-temporarily at least Thecontest
 however, for Circuit Clerk is exceed ingiy close, and while Maj. Mccoy
 will pull through, his majority will not be much over 100. h the race for Treasurer, Mr. ]. Y. Saunders easily wins over his competitor, Mir.
 D. c. Bell.
 For the Legislature the result Is in doubt. Jefferson County is entitled to three members, and the honor of representing this county in the Lower House of the General Assem-
 ply of the State at present lies be- tween Nell. Williams, Street, Sallee and Caldwell
 The race for Prosecuting Attorney Is one of the surprises of the election. The indications are at this writing that Martin will carry the county for reelection over Sorrells by a
 majority of 250 or 300, with several
 other townships yet to hear from.
 which may further increase Martins
 majority.
 The election passed off quietly
 throughout the county and no trouble is reported from anywhere. The returns indicate that the Demo- crats of the county have boiled their full strength, which is certain
 guarantee of a big Democratic victo- ry in the September election. The returns as received will be found in tabular form in this issue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-29
 Fllll0NAIRE BRIDE. IVAN THE PLUM OF A lcAao LAWYER. VI or the Palace Car Mag |''s to be Married Tonight.

April 29.-The spacious |psu Meptlon rooms and halls s4aan mansion on Prarie |., been converted by .I uecorators into q yerita- N 'or the nnptials of Miss u''man, youngest daugh- [4 ps'ace car magnate, and
 ' Lowden, a prominent
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-29

The Worlds Fair Tests
 showed no baking powder 70 pure or so great In ieav.
 ening power as fhe Royal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-29

The following are the returns for Vaugine township for Constable and Justices of the Peace:
 For Constable
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-04

have 10 have an emigrant Office here
TOO, when our vessels begin 10 arrive,
and somebody viii secure a good gov
eminent position in looking after the
enforcement of the emigra ton laws"
Mr.. Peters secured some information
about the thirteen new vessels now be-
ing built for the company. There are
two mammoth twin screw steamers
each Csc feet long-exceeding the Great
EasterB tg Is feet. and the longest YES
sells IN tffa world-62 feet beam and q, 900
horse power. One is being built at
Schichan and the other at the Vulcan
shipyards, rival concerns, which, under
the circumstances, should produce ex-
ceptional workmanship. They viii
probably be named Rhein and Main,
and be ready for use in June and July
of next year. Four passenger steam
ers OF 10000 tons each are being built
two at Bloomenvoss and two at Vulcan
They will be named the Barbarossa
Queen Louisa, Frederick the Great and
Bremen Three others for the Brazil
ian trade are also under construction.
These are of 5000 tons each. Two Of
them are being built in the dry docks
at Bremenhaven, instead Of or stocks,
as is usual, and the other IS being built
at Hamburg. The other vessels under
construction are for harbor use.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-04
CONTESTS ARE NOW CLOSED
Secretary of Interior Makes Rulings of In
portance to oklahoma.


Guthrie. o. tt, July 5-The secretary
Of the interior has closed the following
contests and directed that deeds be is
| sued on the payment of all costs and as
sessments. FL Reno: Mary A Rear
don and Mary II. McGrath, lot %, block
81, to McGrath; P. ]. Williams and c.
L. Severy, assignee of S. w. Sawyer
| and the town of FL Reno, lot ., block "a
TO Severy.
Enid; T. W. Wampler and J. NJ.
! Grove. lot 20, block IS. TO Wampler.
Decisions were rendered in the fol-
| lowing appeal cases:
FL Reno: Chas. Geek. Z. Austin and
the town of Fl Reno, lot 20. black 80, to
Geek; z. E. Wilson and A. c. Macomb.
lot 4, block 81, TO Wilson; D. l.. Sharp
and G. l. Engleman, lot 20, block 90. to
Sharp; S. Kemp and II. P. Sinner, lot
-, block 70 to Kemp; J. T. Reynolds
and L. f. Johnson, lots 8, 4, and 5, block
Z, to Reynolds.
The commissioner of the general land
Office in the case of A NcManus. c. 8.
Newlan, L. r. Smith and ]. J. Miles.
contestants for lot ,, block "a. Newkirk.
directed that the parties be served with
the former decision of his office. and
that the appal from such decision hay
ing been filed out of time, he declines
10 forward il.
In the case of George Spaf. William
Kinnan, John \. Blair. James OhCon-
nor and John Smith, the board awarded
lot /. block %, ennessey, TO Smith and
O'ConnOr.
In the case of Earl Blackstone and B.
y. Woodson. Woodson not appearing.
was defaulted. and lot s. block IS. New
kirk, was awarded TO Blackstone.