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The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-03-15

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Lsur, MAR. 10 1898.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29

that the latter have turned round and
bought the goods at the lower figures
quoted by eastern manufacturers.
We do not hold Il brief for the mills
which have been treated in this scuryy
fashion. We have some regard for our
country, however, and we cannot help
wondering how long our public affairs
can be run in this fashion without the
Republic coming to grief 1t would be
interesting to figure out just how many
thousands of dollars the government or
the United States has squandered in the
particular way we have just mentioned.
We presume that the Secretary of War
or some underling had reason for
throwing overheard commercial consider
atoms in awarding the army contracts.
We will not attempt TO say what that
reason was, but it will be, of course
assumed that it was founded on private
rather than public necessity.
There is probably no use bewailing
such Il state of affairs. Nations have
been the prey to private greed from the
start, and they are probably no more so
now than ever; perhaps they are less
so. 1t is only when the disregard of de-
cency is so open and barefaced MS i'll
the case of the recent army contracts
that any one is impelled to comment on
the situation. Our greatest regret IS
that Secretary Alger, or whoever is re-
sponsible for the present scandal, did
not defer their gifts from the pubic
treasury until our resources were III
little better shape.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
WHY MEWBORkE & co. CAVORT.

The letter signed by Mr.. Mewborne IS
generally regarded as having been writ
ten to define the line of policy that the
State admnistra ton will pursue during
the campaign. 1t is only in this aspect
that there is explanation of the irrele-
want matters introduced into it. Unless
that is the reason why the Stanly county
bond case was intrOduced| it would puz-
ze diplomat to understand why it was
dragged in. And being brought into the
letter, the inference is that the Demo
cratic State administration invested the
money Of the taxpayers in bonds that
were not good. As a matter of fact all
the funds of the University invested i'll
those bonds had been given to the Uni
yersity by certain patriotic gentlemen in
order to establish chair of history. 1t
is no concern of the penitentiary author
tiles. When the bonds were purchased
there was no suggestion from any quar-
ter that there was any flaw in their ex-
ecution, and the matter of their legality
is now being tried in the Federal courts.
But what has the investment Of pri-
yate contributions in railroad bonds, good
or bad, to do with the management of the
penitentiary? Is it proposed to attack the
University trustees? What is the purpose
anyhow Of Juggling that matter into Il
reply to inquiries as to whether the pen
itentiary is well managed or not?
The antics of Mewborne prove that he
has received what hunters for buffalo
in the mountains call gut shot" When
they shoot, if the animal pitches and
rears and acts as if crazy, they know
that they have made ''gut shot, and
that after cavorting, the animal will soon
fall down dead. The questions PROFOUND
ed have caused Mr.. Mewborne and his
associates to charge and cavOrt
The death of the gang will fol-
low on the first day of November, 1898.
And then. without asking any ques-
tons Of John X. Smith or Kirby Smith
or Jno. w. Smith or Hughes or New
borne or Dockery, or russell, or any of
the rest of the officials who become in
suited if asked about their conduct or
management, the people will walk in and
take a look at the boOks.''
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WHAT OTHERS SAY.
THE ARMY, CONTRACT SCANDAL.

THE ARMY CONTRACT SCANDAL.
American Wool and Cotton Reporter.
1t is Il great pity that President Nc
Kinley, who has been fast ingratiating
himself in the esteem of all classes OF
the American people, should have been
so negligent in his care for the war de-
paFtment At time like the present,
when, if ever, skill and economy are
so great a desideratum in the conduct of
this branch of our government, it is pc
culiarly shocking to Ind things run
ming ut loose, ends, and i'll way to oc-
casiOn scandal.
The manner in which the army con
tracts have been awarded is calculated
to excite the Indignation of the whole
American people. The government saw
fit to call for bids on its supplies, and
by so doing placed itself under obliga-
ton to award the contracts to the parties
making the lowest prices, other things
being equal. We could, however, men
ton leading mills in New England
whose goods are Of established reputa-
ton, whose bids have been the lowest.
and which have nevertheless seen the
orders go to competitors in other parts
of the country, the most noteworthy
feature of the whole transaction being
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
THE WOMEN ARE INTERESTED.

The good women of Harnett county.
with their own hands, have made Il
handsome banner which they will pre-
sent to the township in the county in
which the largest percentage of the white
vote is east for the party of the white
man. This is a good sign and ought to
stimulate patriotic women in all sections
of the State to emulation.
The women in 1876 contributed, in
perfectly proper and legitimate ways, to
elect Vance because they recognized then
that it was question of civilization rath-
er than of politics that confronted the
State. They were working for the pro-
lection Of their daughters. The same
evils that caused them then to encourage
true men to battle for Anglo-Saxon SUI
premacy impel them again to beg their
white brothers and neighbors to bury
minor differences, and to make it once
again safe for an unprotected woman 20
visit her neighbor without fear of moles-
tation. The records show that it has not
been safe since the advent of Republican
rule. We have had saturnalia of in
suits and assaults which have converted
women's lives into fear. The true men
of the State will relieve their fears by
restoring the white mans party to power.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
DO NOT RELINQUISH CUBA AND
PORTO RICO.
GaStOnia Gazette.

GastOnia Gazette.
If we let go anything in settling terms
of peace, let it be the Philippines. Thanks
to Dewey's magnificent prowess. none
of the nations lfc-blood was poured out
to secure these possessions and we may
well let them go. with desired reScrva-
tions. But in the ease of Cuba and
Porto Rico. their Spanish guns have
crimsoned the land and stained the sea
with the life-blood of our soldiers and
seamen. and all that is left yet unshed
pulsates in protest against the relin-
qushment of these islands to any power
on earth.
who was killed ut Porto Rico?-Edi-
tor.
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DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.

FOR JUDGES SUPERIOR COURT.
First District-George Ii. Brown, Jr.,
of Beaufort.
Second District-Henry r. Bryan, Of
Craven.
Fifth Dlstrict-Thonas J. Shaw, OF
Guilford.
Sixth District-Ouver TT. Allen, Of
Lenoir.
Seventh District-Thomas A. Mcneil,
of Robson.
Lincoln.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
THOROUGHLY DISGUSTED."

The Chatham Record says that while
the county chairman Of the Populist
Executive Committee was delighted
with the infamous speech of Congress
man White at the Republican State
Convention, there were some other
Populists from this county--not office
holders-who happened to be in Raleigh
with their wagons, who heard this speech
and were thoroughly disgusted."
There isn't decent white man in the
State who loyas his race and is true to
it, who did not resolve that it was the
duty of all who believe in Anglo Saxon
civilization to rally to the-party of the
white man. The office-holders may APP
plaud, but men who love their families
will resent the progress toward social
equality that will follow if Whites pro-
gramme prevails.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
ALL ARE NOT THIEVES BUT THEY ARE IN
BAD COMPANY.

On the 21st of July, in an editoria
| in this paper, these words We're used
| There is no department of gov
eminent in North Carolina. admins
| tered by State or Federal officials.
| that is not tainted with fraud, cor
| ruption, jobs or incompetency."
We learn that this paragraph ha.
been repeated and the News and Oh
server been charged with saying tina
! every official in North Carolina has
| stolen money or committed crime. W.
| call attention to that falsehood to show
| what the News and Observer has offer
| stated, and as often proved by Re
publican and Populist witnesses. There
are three departments of State govern
ment-legislative, judicial and execu
tive.
l. The best witnesses as to the cor
ruption of the legislative department
are the files of the Caucasian and Pro
gressive Farmer.
,. AS to corruption in the judiciary.
the Governors action in removing one
judge for drunkenness, and the partisan
conduct and incompetence of certain
others, of which this paper has been
full, establishes this charge.
3. There is no man who believes Gov
ernor Russell, who will deny that the
executive department, embracing all
bureaus and so-called departments, has
not teemed with fraud, corruption,
jobs AND incompetency."
For specifications of these charges.
see the files Of every truthful paper in
North Carolina for the past two years.
While the Legislature was controlled
in important matters, notably the elec-
ton of Pritchard, by notorious corrup-
ton, this paper has not charged that
all the legislators took brides. We
know that there were representatives of
all parties whose hands were clean from
and partisan judges, this paper has not
said that all the judges belonged to that
category We do not so believe. While
this paper has exposed the fraud, cor
ruption. jobs and incompetency" of the
executive department, it has not charged
that every officer was rascal. There
are public officials who do not deserve
to have such terms applied to them, and
we have not so described them. AS to
Federal positions, the same is true.
Here and there. in the State and Fed
eral administration is Il man whose pub
lie record has not been besmeared by
scandal, but we must say that, like
Mark Twain's honest man in politics,
he occupies Il mighty lonesome posi-
ton"
This paper has n way of naming
names 1t has printed facts about cor
rupt and incompetent officials and it will
print more. No honest or competent
officer in any party. who is not afraid of
the light has ever been assailed in
these columns and he need never fear
criticism unless he deserves it. But
the rascals know that they will receive
no quarter.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29

We have not found much to com
mend in Judge Robinson, but he deserves
to be commended for sitting down on
the attempt of the Republican Commits
sioners of New Hanover county, who
sought to Illegally hold on to their
offices until they could appoint the cleo
ton officers in November
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29

He declares it to be ''the best remedy
for cough and Group Mr.. ID. I. Good,
Columbia, Tenn, writes: 81 keep DIR.
Bulls Cough Syrup in the house all the
time. 1t is the best remedy for cough
and Group | ever used"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
CONVENTION DATES.

First Congressional district, Edenton,
August Both.
Second Congressional District, Wilson,
August 3lst.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29

Chas. +. Toms, Esq, was happy in
calling Hon. W. II. Crawford "the
Dewey of the campaigns in the Ninth
district" when he introduced Mr. Craw-
ford at Hendersonville. Crawford will
go into the harbor regardless of mines,
quietly eat his breakfast and then
blow up all Pearson's ships-the armored
cruiser j. Wiley Shook, the batteship
j. NJ. Moody the torpedo boat Roberts,
and the monitor Hoola Boom. When
he finishes the engagement on the first
day of November, Pearson will in vain
ask of the fragments that are scattered
round where his costly fleet is ''at.'
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
IT WOULD BE A BONANZA.

MOrehead City Pilot.
If Mr.. Duncan could get the contract to
transport the Spanish captves from
Santiago to Spain at - cents per head
for every mile and half travelled and
could sublet the contract ut 3 cents
per head. wouldn't he have bonanza?
Whoopee.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29

Chairman Simmons received a telegram
last night saying, Il congratulate you
upon having reduced and demolished
Fort Macon"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29

Mr.. Mewborne "Iet us take a look ut
the books Mr. Mewborne. we will
take a look at the books
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-29
DOING CUBANS JUSTICE.

General Lawton is a fair witness as 10
the courage and skill of the Cuban SOL
diers. Writing to Congressman Steele, of
Indiana, he says:
Like others. / erred without know
ledge when in my haste | said, The Gu
ban soldier is a myth have learned
better of late. General Garcia has here
about $500 effective men. When they
first appeared before us Flagstaffs Gads-
hill force was an ornamental corps com
pared with Garcia's army You
would never know the clean, alert, ready
man of today who brings his piece up
smartly to the salute as the ragged, half
starved, wholly dirty refugee who con
stituted the so-caled army under Gar
cia. They wear their uniforms well.
Their Remington and Springfield rifles
are in excellent condition. The men
shoot better than any people of Spanish
blood / have ever seen. They are well
drilled for their opportunities
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The News and Observers telephones:
Editorial Rooms. =. .............. 81
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Entered at the postoffice at Raleigh.
N. c., as second-cla matter.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-15
THIS BUSY WORLD.

There is coal in twenty counties of Kansas. There are 5,583.46 miles of railroad in Nebraska.
 Over 6O,COO oil wells have been sunk in the United States.
 The progress in steam engineering commenced in 1859.
 Missouri has the greatest bodies of lead ore in the world.
 There are 9,O00,OO0 acres of original forests in West Virginia.
 Omaha claims to be the third largest packing center in the world.
 The supply of granite in Missouri is believed to be without limit.
 There are 22,000 publications in North America which print advertise mentS.
 The value of the natural gas pro- duced in Kansas in 1896 amounted to STATED.
 During 1897 the furnaces of Ala bama have sent 100000 tons of iron to Europe.
 Kentucky claims to have more water power than any other state in the Union. t ,i,
 On October 5, 1897, there was $41,- 5O6, ,16374 on deposit in the banks of Kansas,
 The lead and zinc product of Kansas amounts to $2,O00,000 year on the average.
 There are eight oil producing sands in West Virginia, varying in thick ness from thirty to 200 feet.
 The coal output of West Virginia for 1897 amounted to 13,500,O00 tons The agricultural products of Kansas for 1897 amounted $230,51O,143
 About 32 per cent of the ti1lable land of Arkansas is under cultivation. The first iron works in Nebraska be- gan operations at Omaha in 1897.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-15
BRYAN AND MEXICO.

MT. Bryan, in leaving Mexico, made this statement "Any one who has studied the question knows that silver using countries have enjoyed exemp- tion from falling prices This leads the Chicago Times-Herald to say that he speaks of exemption from falling prices as though that was a des;der alum greatly 10 be prized. And yet in this country if we find manufac- turers any line combining to main tain their prices we pass law to pun ish them.
 Dr. Manuel Flores, an official of ths Mexican government, in his address presenting prizes to Mexican exhibi- tors at the Atlanta exposition recent ly. said:
 ''The depreciation in the white met al operated to depress our mining in dustries, but could not crush them. It seriously affected our finances, but the government has overcome the diff Mexican products hitherto unexport- able are now exported, including our sugar, coffee and grains. Those are produced for silver and sold for gold"
 That, the Herald declares, reveals the Mexican situation. The employ CTS have been paying their labor in silver and selling their products for gold, or py the gold standard. All Stan1e nrOdIlc,S of worldwide uSe promptly follow the gold standard, no matter where they are produced or what the local currency may be. If the local currency cheapens, more of it must be given for these staples, at home as well as abroad, because If more is not offered at home they will be sent abroad. Labor, however, does not so promptly follow the worlds standard. The wage earner who has his home in a Mexican city must sell his labor there-he cannot so readily offer it in all quarters of the globe. The price of silver having fallen one half, the Mexican manufacturers can get more of it for his products, but he has gone on paying his helpless. unorganized and ignorant laborers the same silver wages as before. Hence the profits of 40 to 60 per cent, of which the silver advocate boasts, in apparent ignorance that they are talk en out of the mill employees by a financial shell game
Arizona republican., 1898-01-15
POSSIBLE ENOCH ARDENs.

Rome-The battle of Adowa has had many consequences other than of military character. For example, it has served to bring into relief a hi atus in Italian law which had not be- fore been noticed. The right of suc- ceSsion of heirs and the status of the widows of men who have fallen on the field of battle are provided for, but there is no such provision in regard to the heirs and widows of the missing The heirs, as the law now stands, are obliged to wait thirty-seven years be- fore the missing person can be regard ed as legally dead. Of the 4,340 re- ported deaths at Adowa, only thirty six have been officially authenticat ed, 1 leaving 4,304 families who cannot en- ter into their succession, although morally entitled to do so.
 The methods of providing for this difficulty have been put forward l ramely, either to shorten considerably 1 the time of waiting for the return of 1 the absent, or to substitute judicial | declaration of presumption of death l for the positive testimony at present required. A bill for this purpose has been presented to parliament by the minister of justic.;. If it pass into law it will behoOve the Italian soldier | to return at oncs to his native shores after a battle. If he tarry too long he will run the risk of not only losing
 his property, but his wife and chil-
 dren. The law will fix the time after 1 which soldier is presumed" to be | dead at two years, dating from the
 conclusion of peace, or three years
 from the cessation of hostilities if nc
 treaty be made.
 IA very queer and embarrassing sit
 uation might easily be created, should
 4,3G4 Enoch Ardens return from the battle of Adowa. In case the presum-
 ably dead do not appear again or prove | themselves alive, their property will
 have to be returned, and the widows
 also, if they have married. Any chil-
 dren by the second marriage will be legitimate and live with the father
 but what situation for the mo ther
 or either of the husband! St. James
 Gazette.
 |
Arizona republican., 1898-01-15
RAMS HORN TRUMPETINGS
. (From the Ram Horn.)

IT TOu lu6 ftdQ1 f1Oru.)
 Iniquity builds it's own jail
 Education cultivates natural ability
 A false kiss is like honey with poi son on it.
 Some men with short memory will tell long yarns.
 The higher life is lived in the lowest value of humility.
 The sins of tyrants become the bloodhounds of justice.
 The gospel train of salvation carries no second class passengers
 The fear of endless torment is not the gospel motive of repentance
 The man who breaches for pay never loses any sleep over the non-success of his sermons.
 Sin unpardoned shows a heart that's hardened. A forgiven offender reveals a. heart that's tender.
 The debt of kindness must be paid on time or it must wait to be settled at the day of judgment.
 The man who has the ''Sun of Right eousness" in his heart can carry sun- shine with him wherever he goes.
 The man who loves truth will not be satisfied with mere courting-hS will be married to it at the earliest opportunity.
 When a woman gies another 8 piece of her mind" she never wraps il up in love nor offers it with the hand of mercy.
 To have a rich man talk about giv. ing the widows mite is an absurd lie First, he is not a widow; and, second he does not give his all.
Arizona republican., 1898-01-15
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

MT. Ruskin continues to take daily walks, sees personal friends, and spends much time in reading.
 Mr. Gladstone was one of the foun- ders of the defunct colony of North Australia, now the northern half of Queensland The only reminder of the fact is the flourishing town of Gladstone.
 In an address the other evening Bishop Hall EpiscopaD, of Vermont, referred to Santa Claus as an imagi- nary parsonage, whereupon a small boy in the congregation audibIy cor rected him.
 The Rev. Peter Mcqueen, pastor of tional church, has just declined an increase of salary, on the ground that the church cannot afford to pay more than it is paying now.
 Miss Frances E. Willard indignant ly denies the recent report that she fainted while speaking last Sunday evening. She says she was never ip better health, and expects to go to New York in a few days to remain there some time.
 Speaking of the late General John son Hagood of Barnwell, S. C., the Baltimore Sun says: Next to Gen. erals Hampton and Butler, his posi- 1 tion in war and peace has been more l conspicuous than that of any other | public man in the state. He entered 1 the confederate service under Gen eral Beauregard as colonel of militia taking part in the siege of Sumpter After the first battle of Manassas he was made brigadier general, and sub | seQuently recomme nded to Genera Lee for promotion for gallantly." The Rev. Charles A. Berry report! to his British friends that during hi: recent visit in this country he wa. most impressed by the frank, manly reverent speech of American Chris tians when discussing divine things their zeal for their own patricula church, minister and denomination and the thorough efficiency of thei Sunday school work. He also is re | ported to have said that, on the whole it was we'll that the Olney-Pauncefot arbitration treaty failed, for it woult not have been popular or had the sup | port of the masses. He believes i | DeLler 10 Wa]l TOT puDl1c Sent1men to gather force, so that it will reso lutely back up any treaty constructed 1 on similar lines.
 | A former teacher of Prince Henry o Prussia, who has gone to China, thu speaks of him: ''He was his Prussial
 grandmother's darling, was gentle a a girl, easy going, contemplative, an'
 framed, not for war and strife, bu
 for peace and quietness. His hear
 was excellent, and in the right place
 His father used to say that he woul,
 make a perfect constitutional king o
 England, if he could only lay tn
 foundation stones and open exhibi