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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-08
INDIANA NO LONGER DOUBTFUL.
Governor Matthews Says Bryan Will
Carry it by Tremendous Majority.

Richmond, Va, Oct 7.-Governor
Matthews, of Indiana, has written the
Richmond State as follows, regarding
the political situation in his State:
In reply to yours of 30th ultimo,
which / have just received, / am glad
to say that after quite an extended
canvass of the State, have no doubt of
the result Bryan will carry Indiana
by tremendous majority Our people,
especially in the country districts,
are thoroughly aroused to the import
ance of the issue. My advices lead me
TO believe that Illinois will be for Bry-
an and Ohio may be put in the doubtful
list. Well informed gentlemen from
Kentucky feel satisfied that Kentucky
will return to the old faith and be
in the Democratic column again"
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MCKINLEY DIMES HANNA.

Canton, Ohio, Oct. 7.-National
Chairman Hanna stopped over here be-
tween trains this evening. He came
down from Cleveland at $40. He was
met at the depot by Maj Mckinley
and was a guest for dinner at the Ma
ior's home. lie expressed himself as
we'll pleased with the political situa-
ton and spoke in most sanguine terms
Of the result.
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ANOTHER SMALL DELEGATIoN.

Canton, Ohio, Oct. 7.-Shortly after
s o'clock this morning small but en-
thusiastic delegation reached this city
to call upon Maj. Mcinley. They
came in a special car attached to a reg
ular train, the car being gaily decora-
ted. The party came from Goodal,
Indiana. They were introduced by A.
p. Jenkins, and Governor Mckinley re-
sponded in a brief speech.
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TT is FALSE" SAYS MIR. GLENN.

Greensboro, N. c., Oct. 7.-(Special.)
Your correspondent learned from
District Attorney Glenn to-day that
the report that he had been requested
by the Department to resign, and That
he had defed them is absolutely false.
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HAS THE SOUTHERN GOT 1T?
THOMAS F. RYAN POSING AS
PURCHASER OF THE S. Al
The Object Said to be to Put a Stop to
disturbance of Rates" by
The S. A. L.

New York, Oct. Thomas f. Ryan,
IN reply to a question of inquiry from
representative of the Associated
Press said that he would not deny
report that he had bought for himself
and others a majority of the stock of
the Seaboard and Roanoke railroad
company. The Seaboard and Roanoke
owns controlling interest in the vari-
GUS roads that compose the Seaboard
Airline. Mr.. Ryan and Gen. Thomas
have made other purchases of railroad
property in the South recently, includ-
ing the Port Royal and Western Caro-
ling and have consolidated the two
lines into one system, the new COM
pany operating as the Charleston and
Western Carolina. The Importance of
the transaction lies in the assurance
Of peaceful readidstment of the rela-
tons between the Southern Railway
and certain Of its competitors who
have been responsible foI radical dis
turbances in rates.
CONFIRMED BY MIR. GILL.
Baltimore, Md, Oct. President
John Gill, of the Mercantile Trust end
Deposit Company, of Baltimore, to-day
corfoborated the statement of Mr..
Thomas F. Ryan, in regard to the pur-
chase by the latter of a majority of
the stock of the Seaboard and Roanoke
Railroad Company. President Gill add
ed that he had no further statement
to make for the present
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-08
TOM WATSON SICK.
Must Retire From the Campaign. At
Work on his Letter Of Acceptance.

Must Retire From the Campaign. Al
Work on his Letter Of Acceptance.
Atlanta, Ga, Oct. Hon. Thomas
r. Watson, has gone to his home in
Thomson, suffering from severe
throat trouble, which threatens his
enforced retirement from active cam
paign form. He was expected to speak
at the closing rally of the Populist
campaign last night, but was unable to
do so and his physician says that un-
less he ceases using his vocal powers
entirely for the present he will prob
ably bring on dangerous abscess. Mr..
Watson is at work on his letter Of ac-
ceptance, but has not yet completed it,
as it is stated at Populist headquar-
ters that it win not be given out until
after the returns are in from to-day's
election in this State.
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Lexington, KY, Oct 7.-At B. r..
Treacy's sale Of trotters 48 horses were
sold at an average of $94Those bringing
over $500 were Bermuda, 2:2OH, black
s. 13, by Banker Dam, Pattie Patchen,
to r. J.. Brown, of Kitanning, Pa, $3.50.
Boabdil. 2:211a, black s. 6, by Bermuda
Dam, Carrie Mac, to e. Schlessinger,
Vienna, Austria, $760.
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Cambridge, Mass. Oct, Harvard
34; Trinity 0.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-04
THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, WEDNESDAY,, NOV. 4, 1896.

their just just proportion of the bur
den of taxation, and yet who have
voice in the government. These men
should be sought out by the proper
officers and made to pay their taxes.
1t will be seen from the following
statement that it is principally the ne
groes who have everywhere failed to
list their taxes. it is claimed by the Re-
publicans that 900 are registered
as vters, but only 65,697, or a little over
half of them are tax payers. Now, the
Republicans in Asheville have set an
example in this matter. Their unsa-
worry chairman, Mr.. Harkins, has sworn
out over 400 warrants against Demo
Gratis whom he charges with not list
ing their taxes, and whom he declares
he will try to KEEP from voting. When
it comes to this, the Democrats can
beat the Republicans 16 to /, and give
them two in the game. What is sauce
for the goose may turn out sauce for
the gander. The result of Mr.. Harkins'
little DISTINGUISHING scheme is awaited
with interest.
Following is the statement taken
form the next report of the State Aud
itor, showing the number of white and
colored polls in the sevral counties of
the State:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-04

The Democrats are gaining all over the
county. No scratching of electors. NO
vote by any Democrat for Mckinley or
DO IY,ar
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Total ). ....171,915 e5,697 237,612


The total number of polls for the
year 1895 was 231.231. OF these 1877, 300
were whites and 63,931 were colored.
The following counties show de-
crease in the number of white tax-pay-
ers: Arson, Bladen, Chatham, Clay,
Davidson, Davie, Edgecombe, Graham,
Granville, Henderson, Hyde, Iredell,
Jones, Mcdowell, New Hanover, Pas
quotank, Polk, Robson, Swain, War
ren, Wayne, Wilkes, Wilson, Yadl1in.
In the following counties the number
of colored taxpayers has decreased:
Allegheny, Arson, Beaufort, Caldwell,
Catawba, Chowan, Columbus, Davidson,
Davie, Edgecombe, Greene, Guilford,
HAYWOOD, Henderson, Iredell, Jackson,
Jones, Lenoir, Mcdowell, Mecklen-
burg, Mitchell, New Hanover, Polk,
Randolph, Richmond, Robson, Rock
ingham, Rowan, Sampson, Stanly,
Stokes, Pennsylvania, Washington,
Yadl1in, Yancey.
In Alamance county the colored polls
have increased from 600 last year to sol
this year; in Buncombe county from
1908 to 1889; Forsyth from 1.022 to
1,206; Franklin from 1,346 to 1,446; Hal
flax from 2,154 to 2,888; Tredell from
713 to 1874; Nash from 1859 to LAC;
Surry from 228 to 305; Wayne from
1899 to 1873; Wilson from $40 to $40.
Mecklenburg and Rockingham are
the only counties that show any nota-
BILE decrease in the number of colored
taxpayers. Mecklenburg now has
1882 colored polls as against 2,070 last
year; Rockingham has or as compared
with 1,133 in 1895.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-04
OLD PEOPLE.

Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
find the true remedy in Electric Bit
tiers. This medicine does not stimu-
late and contains no whisl5ey nor
other intoxicant, but acts as a tonic
and Alternative. 1t acts mildly on the
stomach and bowels, adding strength
and giving tone to the organs, thereby
aiding Nature in the performance of
the functions. Electric Bitters is an
excellent appetizer and aids digestion.
Old People find it just exactly what
they need. Price fifty cents and 81 90
per bottle at John 7. MacRae's Drug
Store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-04
VOTE BUT DO NOT PAY TAX.
The Registration Books and Tax Lists
Very Widely Different.

According to the forthcoming Aud
itor's report, there are only 237,612 per-
sons in the State who pay poll tax.
OF these 171,915 are white. and 65,697
are colored. Still there are nearly $780,
600 voters registered in the State this
year, or over 100000 more than pay
taxes.
The total vote two years ago was
between 275, 900 and 100000, an increase
this year of over $4,000.
Certainly no large per cent. of this
excess can be over fifty years of age
and poll tax free. We are therefore,
forced to the conclusion that there are
some $4,000 people in the State who
are able every year go escape bearing
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-04

Catarrh is a constitutional disease
and requires a constitutional remedy
like Hoods Sarsaparilla, which puri-
fies the blood.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-04

TO CURE A COLD EN- ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if il fails
to cure. IS cents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-04
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-04

WE TELL you HOW To SPECULATE
w safely in Wheat, Pork and Stocks. Send
for our book and advice free to any ad
dress. C0MACK & Co. 20 broadway. New
York.
The Columbus journal., 1896-10-21
Effect OF Imitation.
SENATOR LODGE.

Well. it is easy to mark up prices. A
man can go over his stock of goods in
the mOrning and mark them up with a
blue pencil: but you cannot 60 over the
salaries and the wages of this country
with a blue pencil in the morning and
mark them up.
During our war. when we had an in
fated currency and prices rose. the aver
age price of commodities rose 50 per
cent; labor rose about 40 per cen
There was a net loss to labor of about
20 per cent, a net reduction of wages to
that extent. Labor always, in case of
a deprecated currency. lags behind 9th
er prices. 1t is inevitable; all history
and all experience shows il. They tried
it in France in The last century: they
tried the imitation of the currency to the
last extent. You read the history of
that period; you find in the debates of
the French convention at the time of the
RevolutiOn-which resembled a good
deal, in many respects, the convention at
Chicago-yOu find it constantly said:
I'VE are 30 great: France is 30 powerful.
30 civilized, SO free, that she can raise
the price of money, she car maintain
any system she wants" And they issued
the assignats based ON the public land:
there was land behind them all: they
were not merely irredeemabk paper;
The Columbus journal., 1896-10-21
CAMPAIGN NOTES.

Is the story true that thousands Of
labOring men are wearing Mckinley but
tons who intend to vote for Bryan: We
rather guess not. The laborins man in
not that sort of a hypocrite, if we cor
rectly estimate him. and it is an insult to
him to say otherwise.
Mr.. Mckinley said: "C;oo.i money
never made hard times" Mr.. Bryan
said: money can be too good" Will
the people of this country have officially
in determining which is right!
Among the best speeches bein: made
in this campaign are those comin: from
that little twO-stOry porch Mt Canton.
Ii requires no argument to see why
Bryan and his followers do not want to
talk about protection.
1t is the mills and not the mints that
millions of workers want opened. StOD
the wheels in the head and let the wheels
in the machine shops e around.
The most pressing money question is
that of wages for the people and a rev.
enue for the government.
Bryan is now being called the business
killer. He meanders through the East
making silver speeches and the mills and
factories close in his wake.
After reading Bryan's wool record in
Congress the farmer who votes for him
must either have a fOrgiving disposition
the o cOmpOs mentis boundary line.
A farmer. illustration Of the 5O-cent
silver dollar is that il would be like Offer
ing for sale a calf labeled This 10
and demanding double price for
it. And still some people pretend to
think that farmers are not Watehing Lob
lie a0ailA
The Columbus journal., 1896-10-21
Integrity OF the Courts.
EX-SENATOR JOHN C. sPOONER.

"There is another proposition in that
platform which ought to strike terror to
the heart of every good citizen. what
ever his political affiliations heretofore
may have been. and that is the prOposi-
ton which wen shocked David Bennett
Hill Oaughter). whom I am family hon
ing will come ont after a little for sound
money. and that il the suggestion that
whenever the Supreme court of the
United States. in the exercise Of the jurjs-
dictiOn vested in that tribunal by the con-
s%titutiOn. renders a decision which is
not agreeable to Congress. they shall
proceed to pack that court in some way.
with judges who will reverse it. and who
will be more cOmplaisant. You recOllect-
ladies' and gentlemen. that the Supreme
court of the United States is created by
the constitution. There are three sub
divisions OF our government. each indie
pendent of the other. The executive.
the legislative and the judiciary. The
Supreme court of the United States has
been. from the beginning. an honor 10
this country: and its line of decisions
the great men who have been upOn thai
bench shedding luster upon our jnrispru-
dence and npOn the Jurisprudence Of
the world. have a~bundantly yindicated
the wisdom of the trainers of the
constitution in creating it. in making II
perpetual and in providing for the indie.
pendent n fearless action BY reason of
the life tenure of It's judges.
II do not like to hear men cast suspi-
cion upon judges. Our last reliance is
in the integrity. the courage and the in
of Our judiciary. When the
people are swayed BY passion. when Con-
gress may 60 wrong, when the Senate,
The Columbus journal., 1896-10-21

which may be intended to be . conserva.
tive body. may be a revolutionary body.
We take comfort in the fact that We can
rely upon the patriotism. upon the Wis
dom and upon the fearlessness Of the
judiciary. tApplause.) The man who
make it his business in public or pri-
waite life to destroy the confidence Of the
my. (Applause.) 1t is u cOwardly thing
to do. 1t is the next mcanest thing to
whispering something about the charac-
ter of a woman: and nothing on earth
can be nleaner than that. tApplause.)
1t il the next thing to il. to pass un-
friendly comment and impeachment upop
judges. and the integrity of their pur-
pOses: because a judge cannot come
down from the bench and resent an in
suit like that. say the people in this
election ought to see tn il that no Presi-
dent Is elected upOn u platform which
calmly proposes. by u~nmistakable sug-
gestiOn. to make the Supreme court Of
the United States, and other courts in
our system. the mere football Of politics,
the mere tool of passions. tApplause.)
II think MIR. Bryan thus far in his
falks|and ne says. understand. that
he never sees Il crowd without wanting
to talk to it-and l sympathize with him
a little in that respect: j used to feel that
myself naughter,. hut il was when
l was = good deal OUNCE than l am
now. and didn't know a great deal:
when ! was about IS years old laugh
teri. although I never expect to know
rs much as | thought l knew then
,laughtrreMr. Bryan in his speeches
has not much to say about this packing
Of the Supreme court. hut it is in their
platform. That fact itself is another
reason which j~ustihes the Democrats
Of character and respectability in u re-
volt against the nomination made and
promulgated mt Chicago"
The Columbus journal., 1896-10-21
COME HOME.
Prom Thomas Watson"

From Thomas Watson"
ID. Bryan. dear Bryan, come home with me
now.
The pops are all ready to run:
You said you were coming right bcak to the
Pate,
As soon as your talking was done.
Come home. come home. Bryan, dear Bryan.
come home.
Poor Altseld is dying and Boies has gone
fiat.
Don't talk any more. but come home.
D! Bryan. dear Bryan, come home with me
now,
Why don't You come home while you ran?
Free silver's all right flor the heatheny.
that's So.
But you can't stuff IL down a free man.
Come home. come home, Bryan, dear Bryan.
come home.
Mckinley Is ready to give you a blow.
Thaf will knock you quite nat. SO come
home. Lincoln (Neb.) Call.
The Columbus journal., 1896-10-21

AbOu Bill Bryan. may his tribe decrease.
AwOke one night from 4 deep dream Of
peace:
And saw within the moonlight Of his room.
Making II rich and silver-like In bloom,
An angel writing In q book Of gold;
Exceeding gall had made Hil Bryan bold,
And to the presence in the room he said:
What writest thOu!' The vision raised
It's head.
And. with a look Of what he might expect.
Answered. Their names who'll get 1t in
the neck"
And am ] One:" asked Abou. II don't
KNOW"
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low.
But cheerily still, and said. II pray thee,
sir.
Write me rs one not liable to ere
The angel wrote and vanished. The next
night
1t came again with a great November light.
And showed the names Of those knocked gal.
ley-weSt:
And 10. Bill BryaE's name led all the rest!
Lincoln (Neb) News.
The Columbus journal., 1896-10-21

Come. pause for a while in your play.
And put down your bail and your bat.
Attend to mn well
While a story I tell
of a man who was tempted to stray.
Ny boy.
This man was q laborer skilled.
COntentei and happy thereat;
For his Job was secure.
And his wages were sure.
But his heart with n longing was filled.
For a rooster to weae ON his hat wy
One day some d~emagogues came,
Ny boy.
for demagogue read Democracy,
And spOuted and brayed
In behalf Of free trade.
I'LL they set all his fancy aflamc.
For a rooster to pin on his hat.
He whOoped like an imbecile loon.
For q candidate fussy and fat,
Whose inflated renown
An, soon collapsed and came down:
Ana II felt like a punetured balloon.
On the rooster that sat on the hal.
Now his partisans float in the soup.
My boy.
The cuckOOs all sigh
For their vanishing pie:
Ana the rooster Is sick with the roup.
My boy.
And poverty sits in the seat. g.
Where competence formerly sat,
And the labOrinG man,
Through fhi0 fatuOnu Milan
The Columbus journal., 1896-10-21
Bryan for Fiat Money.

EX-SENATOR WARNER MILLER.
Mr.. Bryan 1T heart cares nothing for
he free coinage of silver. Mr.. Bryan
is first and last 4 believer in fiat money,
and he is only using the free coinage
Of silver to arrive at that finally. This
is a serious charge to make, but If l
cannot prove it l will apologize publicly
for it.
In the September number of the Arena
just last ~mOnth-there is an article on
the currency by Mr.. Bryan, in which
he criticises Mr.. Cleveland severely for
using bonds in time of peace, and espe-
cially for selling them to a syndicate:
He says: "When the United States.
without waiting for the aid or consent
of any other nation. opens its mints to
the free and unlimited coinage of gold
AMI silver a. the present legal ratio of
III 40 l it will bring real relief to its peO-
pie. and will lead the way to the restOra-
ton of bimetallism throughout the world.
1t will then be prepared to perfect its
financial system by furnishing a paper
money invested with legal tender quail
ties and sufficient in volume to supply
the needs of the government. Its paper
money will not he loaned then to favor
ties. but will be paid out in the expenses
of government, SO that all may receive
the benefits"
ia 20 nat ~ puAS IN ihAIi
Mr.. Bryan proposes to stop taxation and
pay the expenses of the government by
printing fiat money. This government
once launched upon that bOundless sea
would as certainly fall and go down as
did the French republic. which was set
up Mt the close of the last century by
a lot of theorists and revOlutiOnists.
They issued during a few years forty
thousand millions of francs of fiat money
called a~ssignats and mandats. They
gave q legal-tender quality to it, but
not compel people to take it in pur-
chase. In other words, they could give
legal-tender quality to the money, but
they could not give purchasing power
to it. From day to day it was issued,
until finally it all disappeared as utterly
worthless. Not a single franc of it was
ever paid or redeemed, and the people
who had parted with their property
for it were rendered paupers. Their
property was gone and h money they
had received was valueless.
Shall this be a lesson to us? And
can We contemplate the probability of
putting into power as President Of the
United States a man who holds such
views? In my humble opinion there is
but one way to bring US back to prosper
ity and to the path of progress. and that
is to return to the system of admins
which has been Of such great
benefit to us in the past. and to follow
in that path, to follow the lamp of ex-
perience. To do that every true, honest
American citizen. without distinction of
party, should unite in this attempt at
and should by an Overwhelm-
ing majority stamp out now and forever
the heresy and the folly of a cheap and
currency.
The Columbus journal., 1896-10-21
An Assault on the National Govern.
MEM.
Don NJ. DICKINSON

Let US see what cOnfrOnts MS. What
Is tins free government that we hear
about from the rrOstrum only occasion
ally on the Fourth of July and gala
days! But a word about this funda-
mental expression. Up to the estab-
lishment Of the American government
governments had failed gu the face of
the earth for the object for which gov
ernments are formed.
The theory is that this is the host
government and the only free govern
ment which achieves for the peonIe
the largest amount of happiness, com
fort and prosperity for the yrea tcs,
number. Now. they had tried emper-
Ors. lodging absolute power of legisl,-
ton, the execution Of laws. and all
Judgment upon laws in one man. and
it failed: the people were opprcssqd
and made serfs. They tried then "l;.
garchy. a government of many men.
it failed for the purposes for which II
was founded; SO that all monarchy and
all systems and every republic I'M the
world had failed when our h
formed the United States of America
and gave us q place in the family of
nations. (Applause.)
What was the peculiar part of the
government which promises permanency.
which promises . republican OF demo-
cratic form of government, that could
live! 1t Was this: We established =
to make laws. a con4ress: ne
limited the powers Of that l~eeislature bv
. Written constttution-thuS far, Nj.