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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-03-04

Ii you wish to get an idea
of what the republican party
is in point ofextravaga nee lis
ten to Congressman Dingley,
of Maine, who says that while
the present congress will take
Of the peoples money over
one billion dollars "lt does
not appear that there have
been any expenditures t q
which the term extra vagant
could bpjuAtly applied" AS
a matter of fact, at least one
hall of this sum comes within
the term eXtravaga nee, white
much of it is expended in the
interests of fraud. Let ON
item suffice: We are now pay
ing more civil war pensions
.han there ever was Union
soldiers in the active service!
The republican party will yet
bankrupt thecountry.- .-Ashe
vile Citizen.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-03-04

i Itis said that anftinerant
minister, sore years ago,
was passing through a pris.
on crovdedswith conyicts
showing every phasesof igno.
rance and brutality.
] Zone gigantic fellow crouch
ed alone in a corner, his feet
chained tUa ball There was
IN unhealed wound on his
lace where he had been shot
while trying to escape. The
sight Of the dumb, gaunt fig
uee touched the visitors sy M
pathies. 1 bi'- 9'i q"
"How long has he to serve?
he asked the keeper.
shg For life." 'lt g ~
"Has he any body to look
after him-wife or child.?"
How should Tknow? No
'bod.y has ever noticed him
all the time he has ever been
here =
MAY speak to him?" =
Yes but only for q minute.
4 The minister hesitated.
What could he say in one
. minute.
. He touched the mans torn
cheek. 'Ia sorry" he said,
+ 81 wish | could help you" 81
+ The convict looked keenly
+ at him, and the hard lines OF
! his facA softened. and he nod
, ed to indica te that he bpliev-
+ Ell in the sympathy express
ed. .,,. 4gs n
81 am going away, and
| shall never see you again,
perhaps, but you have a
friend who will stay here with
q you" .' gl
The. small keen eyes we're on
| him; the prisoner dragged
himself up, waiting and ca.
ger. e
"Have you heard OF Jesus?
eyes"
I "He is your friend. If you
> ale good and true, and pray
God to help you, [ am sure
? he will care Tor you" .4
: "Timsa upl" called the
, keeper. o' '. .,
NJ The clergyman turned sor'
rowfully away. The prisone'
n era wled afterhim, and catch
ing his hand, held it in his
+ own while he could. Tears
!. were in the clergymans eyes
Fourteen years haye pass.
n ed. The convict was sent to
p work in the mines. The min
lister went down one day in
to a mine and among the
wOrkmen he saw a gigantic
figure bent with hardship and
age. a '.."
"Who is that?" he asked
the keeper. trn '++
"A lifer. and a steady fel
low; the best Of the gang"
Just then the 'Iifer' looked
. up His figure strengthened
: for he had recognized the
= clergyman. His eyes hown
6 "Do you know me he ask
Q ed, Will he come soon? I've
n tried to be good" .t
a At a single word of spmpa
e thy the life had been trans
formed; the convict redeemsd
= -Falsn nrOnhpts ia q
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-03-04

bot kindness. ilAiter-a while
some ofiour frieads are taken
away'from us, and those Of
iusowho are LETT say:'' "Oh il
we could only get hack those
-unkind works, those nnkind
deeds!if we could recall them!,
But you cannot get t b q m
backl4-Talmage.sF'r
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-03-04
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Regular Correspondent.


'e Hon. W. u. Bryan will Wis
II Washington this week hut
h will not prbhably stay un-
til inauguration day. He will
he The gnest of Mr.. John Nc
Lean, who will give a dinner
to ahont one hundred guests
in his honor. This dinner wal
not bp a political event, as
the gnests'wilt annm q
her 0f personal friends OF Mr..
Bryan in all theparties. But,
dnring Mr.. Bryan's sta Y,
there will be a conferences per
haps several, to discuss the
i,nmedin te futureof the dem
Ucratic party. ~ ~' :
Senator Daniel. Va., is one
of the hest lelocutionists in
the Senate: consequently the
farewell address of Whshing-
ton, which. in accordance
with the usual resolution was
rpadim madiately after t he
Senate convened, in honor Of
Waehington's birth day, was
much better rendered t ha n
usual, and was listened toby
AN unusually large number
OF Senators, in addion to the
crowded galleries.
1t is unfortunate in more
eases than one that t h e re
should he ADMINISTRATION at
this time into an act OF the
administration by which the
stap-father of the Presidents
wife viii! bplargely benefited.
And everybody sincerely wish
ps that the Senate Commit.
tee on Pnbli, Lands will find
+ verything straight about
the Florida Land patent for
$4,000 acres, which was re.
Gently issued by Mr.. Perr'ne,
the husband OF Mrs. Cleve.
lands mother. and which the
committee is now investiga
ting. Elk -Congressnan Brook
shire, of Indiana, is counsel
for the settlers on this land,
wE0 claim was forfeited ma.
+
nv years ago.
The Civil Service Commits
sion has made answer TO Ser
ator Aliens resolution, ador
ted by the Senate last week
rs to Che alleged dismissal o'
two women from a branch o1
the Agricultural department
at South Omaha, Neb., 70
displaying pictures OF Mr.
Bryan in the late campaign
The answer says the Commis
sion investigated the co m
paint when first made an q
thatSecretary Morton deni'
ed that the discharges were
made for the cause specified
or that he knew the politics
/, Of those discharged. T b {
most significant portion o
the answerespecially to those
in Office who regard them
selves as being protected BY
the Civil Service Commission
is the following: sTha Com
MISSIONS not an appointing
or restraining or removin.
body" s-ss'''
Representative .McRae. o
Ark, who was one OF the den
ocratic members of the Coin
age committee who voted fo1
the favorable report, wi t |
amendments, Of the Senat'
hiIl authorizing the Presiden'
. TO appoint delegates for any
international monetary con
terence, called by any nation
g.. . n
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-03-04

ID 70 - .
yer. butt that they had no de
sire to place any ohsr aclesin'
the, way Of the republicans
trying to carry ontthe prom
ise, made by their national
platform; on the contrary,
that they were anxious for
the next administration to-
demonstrate to the country
what would be- done along
that line. :"
Notwithstanding Senator
,Kyle's assertion that he did
not get the republican voters
which reelected him by ma
king promises, the rephhli
"ans in Washington are now
counting upon his voting
With them. to, obtain con-
troll of the Senate organiza-
|tion, and TO tillcomInittse va
cancies that will exist March
4th, a'his confidence of the
republicans is not based on
any vague expectation or
hope: they do not say that
lSenator KYLE may vote with
US, but. that Senator K VI e
swillsxdte In voting
With the republicansiin t h. j s
particular case, should h S
vote settle the question, Sen
|ntol Kyle will betray t h e
principles ehas professed ev
er since be entered the Sem
ate, Ascmost people know.
the Senate finance committee
as at present made up, is con
trolleda by silver, although
seven ofits thirteen members,
including the Chairman, are
republicans. There will b e
two vacancies on this com
mttee on March 4th. Sena-
tor Sherman will enter t h &
Cabinet and Senator Voor-
hees will retire TO private lite.
The republican leaders con
slider it necessary, as this is
the Committee that will han
die the new tariff bill, that
both of these acancies shall
be filled by men who can be
counted upon to support the
new tariff bill and to oppose
any silver legislation that
may be proposed: and they
are saying that Sen. Ks Vie,
who's advocacy Of silverand
of free trade is widely known
will vote with them Ii he
does what will be the natural
inference?
Representative Walker, OF
Mass, could not upset t h e
Reed rules, hut he could and
did express himself very Wig
orously on the subject, say.
ing in part: "Under the rules
of the House we get very few
rights. When you 60 to SEE
about q bill you are referred
to a subcommittee, and then
you may cool yourh heels thert
day after day before you car
get so much as one member
of the subcommittee TO bea,
you. And when you do, he
tells you he knows all about
it ard intimates that you are
boring him. Then when ht
reports against you and you
try to appeal to the full con
mittec, you get no satisfac
tom He called this "a sys
TEN of tyranny" and added
lanuch moree tn the same ef
feet. ,a a;H rs
j AGENTS WANTED-For WariI
ACuba by Senior Quesada, Cubai
representative i'm w ashington. Ell
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-03-04

" We have learned that the
lM+.klehbufg Road Law will
not be repealed but a bigger
tax and more days work will
be required. We understand
tha-t some of our Republican
leaders, have ordered it not
repealed. We will see what
there is in the report later
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-03-04

AGENTS WANTED-For Warm
ACuba by Senor Quesada, Cuban
representativein Washington En-
-dorsed by Cuban patriots. In tire
mendous demand. A bouanza for
agents. Only $1.50. Big book,
big commissions. Every body
sants the only endorsed, reliable
book. Outfit free. Credit given.
Freight paid Drop all trash and
make $500 amonth with War in
Cuba. Address today the NAT
IoNAL Book CONCERN, 352-35G,
Dearborn St, Jhicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-12
DEFEAT or THE FUNDING BILL.

DEFEAT or THE FUNDING BILL.
The decisive defeat Of the Pacific rail
road funding bill in the house may safely
be accepted as conclusive against any
| legislation by the present congress eX-
tending the debts of the Pacific railroads
TO the government. 1t Is possible that
tho Gear bill, now in the hands of the
senate committee on Pacific railroads,
will be reported to the senate, but as 1t
Is not probable that measure would fare
any better in the house, should 1t pass
the senate, than the defeated bill, 1t Is
hardly likely that the senate will be dis
posed to waste any of the brief time Of
the present session upon its considcra-
tion. Moreover, 1t is exceedingly doubt
full whether funding bill could be
passed in the senate. There is a strong
opposition to such legislation in that body
which could easily consume the time UNI
til the close Of the session in speaking
against a funding bill and it is not to be
doubted that this opposition would avail
itself of every means at its command to
defeat such measure.
1t may therefore be concluded that the
action of the house has killed the funding
scheme so far as the present congress
is concerned and that it Is finally dis
posed of if the president shall take ac-
ton under the authority of the act of
congress of 1887, charging him with the
duty, under conditions that now exist of
instituting judicial proceedings, includ
ing foreclosures of the government lien.
In his annual message President ClCvc-
land said he had felt justified in with
holding action under the statute for the
reason that congress has for n number
of years almost constantly had under
consideration various plans for dealing
with the conditions existing between the
Pacific roads and the government, but he
mandate of the law in the event of no
action being taken by congress for
solution of the problem. The way is now
open for executive action and it is to be
presumed that the president will direct
that judicial proceedings be instituted
against the road.
Such II termination of the prolonged
contest will be entirely welcome to the
people of the west for whatever the final
settlement it is hardly possible that it
will be to their disadvantage.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-12
THE DEPARTMENT STORE

| The legislature this winter should pass a
law prohibiting men and corporations from
| combining in any line Of business to crowd
| out others engaged in like business to mo-
nopolze the trade The penalty should be
the forfeitng to the state the entire prop
| erty used by such men and corporations
| The department store is curse to the best
| interests of merchants and should be legis-
| lated against, II it is possible to reach it.
While they may cheaper the wares han
| died, yet they have the same tendency as
the trust to drive out of business the small
merchant and make it almost impossible
for the young man to engage in business
on his own hook, and compel him to become
a hired man.-Crete Democrat
Some persons might cut off their noses
to spite their faces. but the great mass
Of sensible people can never be persuaded
that that is the safe rule to follow. Be
cause the rise of the great department
stores has brought certain evils in their
train is no good reason why they should
be blOtted off the face of the earth and
their property seized and conliscated to
the state.
The question of the department store
must be viewed from the broad stand
point of the general public. If man
has legal right to conduct dry goods
store he must have legal right TO con
duct grocery store and crockery
store and shoe store also. and a legal
right to conduct all of them together
under the same roof As II matter of
fact the prototype of the modern depart.
mcnt store is to be found in the great
cooperative stores established by the
Rochdale pioneers and other orguniZa-
tions of labOring men In this and other
countries for the purpose of securing
goods and wares of first quality and nj
lowest cost. The department store en-
deavOrs to effect the same economies by
purchasing for cash in large quantities
and reducing operating expenses to
the minimum. So far MS II Is
successful in this the customer
shares the saving in the cheaper
price ut which his purchases
are made. The department store
is one of the outgrowths of
the new industrialSm, and to suppress
1t without supplanting 1t with
something still more advanced is as i'm.
possible as TO abolish the use of rail.
roads because they have been abused
and compel people to 20 back to wagon
freghting,
On the other hand, the growth of the
department store has unquestionably
worked hardship to Il great number Of
people In the community. 1t has blocked
the path for the corner grocery and
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-12
ADHERE no pROJIIBITION

The governor of Maine says that state
that there has not been full realization
| of what the most ardent and enthuSi-
astic advocates of prohibition prophe-
sled and hoped" but good has been ac-
| COmplished. The rural towns are free
from the groggery and the governor sug-
geSts that all that is now needed is
public sentiment which will enforce the
laws in the larger towns and cities. Ii
does not follow that because there are no
| groggeries in rural places there is no
| liquor sold in such places. Perhaps in
no other prohibition state is there so
much surrcptitious liquor selling as in
Maine. AS to public sentiment in the
| larger towns, it is never likely to be very
| much different from what it is now and
| it is confcsSedly not favorable to prohi-
bitiOn.
Nowhere has prohibition been tried
under more favorable conditions for itS
success than in Maine, yet it has failed
there almost us badly as in Iowa and
Kansas. The law is NOT enforced. never
has been and never will be. The fact
that liquor is not openly sold in rural
places amounts TO little, for those who
want it can obtain it even there. 1t is
publicly sold in the larger towns and
cities and it is there that the great mis-
chief of the traffic is done. 1t is mani
festly unreasonable to say that there is
good in II law which is thus disregarded
and which does not have the support of
public sentiment where 1t is most neC del.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-12
PAST THE EXPERIMENTAL STAGE.

Hastings Tribune; AS long as the culti-
| walton OF the sugar beet is confined to the
newspaper 1t won't amount to much. Our
farmers should join in the good work OF
! booming the beets They can make this
state the richest in the union II they see
At to do So Everything depends on the
farmers in Nebraska.
Hebron Republican: II moro men planted
| sugar beets Ii Is reasonable to suppose that
moro sugar beots would be raised. IL there
were more acres of sugar beets planted less
acres would be planted to corn. less corn
would be raised. II less corn was raised
| what was raised would command a higher
price. SO you see sugar beet culture means
not only profit from the beets, but profit from
| the increased value of other products. Can't
| you see the point?
Roldrege Citizen: other states are catch.
ing the beet sugar craze and are preparing
to test their soil to see IL they can raise
sugar beots successfully. If they can we
may rest assured they will offer induce
ments to get factories located in their
midsts. Nebraska has gone through the
experimenting stage and found out that
she raise them successfully, and that
II the matter is pushed It can be made
great industry in this state The question
is shall we keep on and have numerous
factories erected in this state or shall we
quit and have some other state secure the
lead in this great industry.
Grand Island Independent: Less than five
years hence any politician known TO be op-
posed to the development of the sugar beet
industry will have no standing in Nebraska.
The farmer who knows anything at all re-
garding the culture of sugar beets realizes
that 1t Is a diversified crop that brings big
returns. The farmer who does not engage
in beet raising knows that farmers thus at
work do not come into competition with him
in raising corn, oats and other crops, and
he Is therefore favorable to the industry.
The laborer, merchant and business man be-
gin to realize also that vast sums of money
distributed through the factories bring in
creased business and therefore the sugar beet
industry has come to stay and the politicians
want to cut their cloth accordingly.
Schuyler Sun: Some decided action should
be taken by the legislature in regard to the
beet sugar industry Of this state. Let some
kind OF bounty law be enacted by which the
farmer may be benefited. II this is done not
only Will the farmer receive direct benefit
but the manufacturer will be assured that |
the industry Is protected, settled and an
established and recognized institution which |
has passed the experimental stage When II ,
Is once settled that this industry will re- |
ceive its proper and due support from the |
state there will be no trouble in securing |
those who are enterprising enough to invest |
capital in the enterprise. But let the subject !
hang hre until some other state takes the |
matter in hand, offers inducements and lends !
encouragement and we will lose the pppor- |
tunty of developing one of the greatest in |
stitutions in the world. We in Nebraska can
Just as well as not lead not only the United |
states, but the world in the production of |
sugar.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-12
THE SHIP OF STATE.
Wa shlnEton Star.


Say. feers-can't ye feel it? She's a-bilin
now fur steam;
Ye kin tell it by her murmurin an the
tremble of the beam.
The engines is all ready an she'll never so
astray
Woth a bran now crew an cap'n fur to
get 'er under way.
The future is before us an beyond the
misty blue.
There is fortune for the many; disappoint-
ment fur the few.
Weth every voice a-cheerin' We'll set out TO
conquer fate
When Willm pulls the throttle valve an
starts the ship o state.
We've run right cus to breakers an she'd
sort o. pitch an roll
Till she made us fear that mebbc she was
gettin' past control,
But, without a-blamin no one, nor a-takin'
no ones part.
We're kind o. glad she's restin' fur to get
better start.
Here's to the preparation for the comm
festive day
When the flags are all a-wavin' an the
bands begin to play!
An every man will len han to keep 'er
true an straight
When Wil'm pulls the throttle valve an
starts the ship o. state.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-12

the small tradesman. II has vacated
hundreds Of stores that might otherwise
have been rented to shopkeepers of
various kinds. At times its competition
has not been confined to legitimate lines
and 1t has been known to resort TO
methods of undermining rivals that
would not be countenanced by reputable
merchants. If any of these abuses can
be reached and rcmedied by legisla-
tion, the subject is one properly within
the jurisdiction of the lawmakers. The
department store, however, is here to
stay, and what is wanted is to get the
greatest good out of it for the public
combined with the least evil.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-12
THE PARTY on TRIAL.
Some Remarks on the PopuIist Adj
ministrntion in Nebraska.

Kansas city star una. dem)
The populists are now in absolute control
OF Nebraska and will have an opportunity
10 dcmonstr trate their capacity for government
1t has become the custom to regard popu-
lists as wild-eyed fanatics, and the acts Of
certain leading spirits in that organization
have in a measure, justified this estimate
But it may be said that In Nebraska the
party is in its best form, and as responsible
ity makes conservatism, II Is not improbable
that the officials OF Nebraska viii be able to
prove that the republican party label Is not
altogether the badge OF respectability or the
sign OF Capablity Governor IIolcomb has
now entered upon his second term as ex-
Ccutiye and has justified the warmest
Cncomiums as to his integrity and patriotism,
and the new legislature, according to i'm
partial reports. Is composed of men OF
sterling honesty. That being the case, there
is no reason to expect disaster In con
sequence o. populist control. On the con
trary, there are substantial reasons to hope
that the present administration In Nebraska
will demonstrate that popuists, guided by
conservatism are quite as capable of govern
ing as members of any other party The
popuists will understand, of course. that
they can't hurt Nebraska without lnjurlng
themselves.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-12
He Was n Boy Himself.
Clicago Tribune

Those carping critics who have denied to
President Cleveland the Possession of any
normal human sympathies will be diScom-
fitted by the touching episode that occurred
during a recent drive. The chief executive
was rolling along enjoying the scenery when
the equipage was forced to slow up by o
bevy OF gypsy children who were playing
marbles in the road The driver was about
to whip up the horses when plaintve cry
arose from the group net to run over the
marbles. and the president ordered the car
riage to be stopped until tho playthings
could be rescued from peril. II was a grac--
ful act and should not be considered merely
as an evidence that the president has a
marble heart.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-12

IIOUIhNITTe VVUTIVT-J OUTnuT.
The American National bank of Denver
has resumed business and the Roanoke, Va
bank and several of the st. Paul and other
northwestern suspended banks are preparing
to reopen. Comptroller Eckels has ordered
the payment Of so per cent dividend to the
depcstors OF the National Bank of. Illinois
ard the financial horizon is altogether clear
ing. Really the northwestern situation
must be sounder than was at first supposed
or the runs started at st. Paul and other
places would have carried down many more
concerns. Several of the banks that were
forced to close were intrinsically sound, but
were cleaned out of cash by frightened de
DOStCrs