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Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-22

Senator Perkins Of California, who read
a published defense of Judge McKenna,
giving statistics to show that he had not
as a Judge of the California federal
court been more frequently reversed by
superior tribunals than had other judges
of the same rank. Mr.. Allen spoke for
three hours. He was convinced of Mr..
McKenna's unfitness for the office, he
said. He did not insist upon a roll call
was Overwhelmingly favorable to con-
firmation.
IN THE HOUSE.
There was a parliamentary struggle
in the house today, over the bill for re-
lief of the Book Publishing Company Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, south
BY shrewd maneuvering its opponents
succeeded in preventing action today.
Previous to the consideration Of this
bill the house passed the bill to extend
the public land laws of the United States
to the territory of Alaska, and to grant
a general railroad right of way through
the territory.
The urgent deficiency bill was sent to
conference, after the silver forces had
succeeded in concurring in the senate
amendment, striking from the bill the
provision requiring the depoSltors OF
bullion at government assay offices to
pay the cost of transportation to the
mints. The senate Nicaragua canal COM
mission amendment was non-concurred
in.
The house committee on elections, by
a party vote on the contested election
case of w. E. Aldrich vs. Thomas S.
Plowman in the fourth Alabama dis
trict, decided to seat Mr.. Aldrich, the
populist candidate. Mr. Plowman now
occupies the seat.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-22

CONTINUED on Tenth Page.l
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16
CAPT. c. M. o K REPLY.

In an other column we have the
pleasure of giving u readers the first
attempt of the parties interested, to
clear up the mysterious management
of the eff 3e of Secretary Of State for
the last sixteen years of the Demo
cratic administration Of that Office.
We mean no reflection on Capt. Cooke
personally, nor upon his predecessors,
but upon the party which has had the
selection and control of those who have
pretended to admipister the Lf % dur
ing the period referred to. We have
FRI q1ently referred to this subj ct end
we ere glad to heve even an attempt to
clear the mystery, but the fol- ! makes
the matter not much better. His ex
plantations do not explain the facts
away. The tot1l receipts on che five
accounts which are payable monthly
into the Public Treasury have been by
periods (for Capt. Cookies qualification
as follows9
First period, from January 1, 1881,
to Coke's last pay ment May 81, 1895
just IA years and 5 months:
Total payments, ......... 1896 474 43
average per y IT, ......... IT, U 10
Average per month, .--...... 1921 rs
Second period, from last payment OF
Coke May 81. 1895, t. the inauguration
of DR., lnomI-ou January II. 1897, 1
year 725 mcnths, covering C-ok9's
time:
The payments were, .......$ 1872, 100 SO
Average per year, .......... 50, S02 -
Average Fer month, ......... 4 233 So
Third period. from Jan. IL, 1897, to
July 81, 1898, 1 year 6 8 5 months, the
Average per year ........ los 1926 40
Average per month. ....... 8 TT %
These figures show the actual coIlec
ii ms Of ~Tnompcon, the amount turned
over to him by Capt. Cooke being
placed to Cookies credit.
There are many my styries connected
with this affair. For instance, for the
year 1881, the payment on account of
gales Of supreme Court r ports was
81, 351.34. and in 1891. 50 6I8 Oh, show
ing an average Of 81, 857 IS for these
eleven years. aud then for the three
years 1892. SO and "a he ground total
payment OF this account reached
only 1921 IL for the three years, and
then suddenlyWent back above the
general average.
There are other features of this mys
ttry which we will refer to next week.
Meanwhile we shall be glad to have
Capt. Cooke tell US where that 81 $50 OF
was on November 80, 1862
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16
THR OBSERVES IHxPLAINs.

The Charlotte Observer states that
when it said in a recent editorial that it
hoped the Pdpulists of this State would
be warned in-tlme by the reports of the
decadence of the P Opultst party in the
West land Geek q safer habitation be.
fore the crash comes" it did not mean
anything more serious than to invite
the North Carolina Populist to take
shelter in the Democratic party"
We are glad. to learn that the Oh
server didn't mean to cast the Populists
into outer darkness. But we notice
that not many PopuIists are tumbling
over each other to get into the Demo.
cratic haven 6t rest. We publish th
Observer invitation without prelude
and suggest that If any of our PopulN
readers wish to take refuge in the On.
servers cyelone cellar they are at
liberty to do So
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16

It is now the time of year TO nomi-
nate solicitors. Il will be we'll to re-
member that the railroad companies
have been allowed to issue free passes.
year after year without any effort on
the part Of most of these solicitors to
prosecute the offenders. %
Alamance Fair will be held in Bur-
lington, September 20 to %. S h.
Watt is Secretary. Tne State Fair will
be held in Raleigh, Octber "a to 90
John Cunningham, Cunningham, N.
C., is President, and John Nichols,
Raleigh, N. O., Secretary and Treas
urer. The Piedmont Tobac, } Fair As
ISOLATION will be held in Winston In
November, A. B Gorsell is President;
T. L. Vayhes, Treasurer, and g. +.
Webb, Secretary. Robson County
Fair, at Lumberton, October "a TO rs
Geo. B. Mcleod is President, and
Frank G ough, Secretary. Cumberland
County Fair, at Fayetteville, in Nov
embsr. Walter Watson is President,
and g. W. lawrence, S3cretary-Treas
urer.
Plato caid that the purpose of educa
ton is ito give to the body and to the
soul" ali the beauty and all the perfec
ton of which they are capable. In a
recent issue of Success is an item fully
in accord with Plato's maxim. ut is, ="
says that journal, Gs much a part OF a
true education to develop the sppre,
citation and love of all forms of beauty
and goodness, wherever found, as it is
to learn grammar and arithmetic.
federation, charity, a broad sympathy
and love for our fellow men, is a neces
sary part q true education. The most
cultured man is he who has the great
est number of the highest products OF
the best mental cultivation in their
most refined forms. Such a man is the
highest mental expression of humani
ty. We should choose the things which
have q high culture-value, and which
appeal to the whole nature, things
which will give an organic lone to the
mind. The mind will, 80 to say, give
forth the effects of a full, powerful,
but well modulated orchestra as
against the empty roll of a drum, or
even the less full beauty OF a well
played solo. The great object, then,
Of education, ia to raise man to his
highest power, to develop him along
the line Of his nature, 30 that he will
be not only keen, s~agacious, and
shrewd, bat broad-minded, evenly
balanced, sympathetic, tolerant, and
charitable. He who has a perfectly
balanced mind will ma urally express,
IN his life, the principles Of the Golden
Rule. He will s3e that others are not
merely for his use, but that the highest
good for each lies in mutual reel
DroeitV."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16
EXPLANATIONS IN ORDER
Mr.. Leazar in his speech an Nou,

Mr. Leazar in his speech an Nevto,
seid: 'AE>
From 1888 to 1897 1 was superin
tendent of the State penitentigfv :
took the place with much reluctanoo
as l knew it was hard to fill. We cloiU,
now that the Democratic m~anagemont
was wise, economical and successful
The institution fully supported it,aIf
We made the money to run it b, orr
own efforts. "&.+
AS has been said of our friend, Can't.
Cooke, Mr.. Lsa4ar also was evidentlv
in a joky mood. Get our last issua
and see the statements taken from tho
records, which prove the talsity of bi0
statement. His statement at Newton
must be untrue unless he swore IA
falsehoods in his reports. If the peni.
Tertiary was self supporting what did
he do with the 1876. 900? vii ba
tell us2 at&s'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16
''TennysOn said of England A. =.

"Tennyson said Of England A.
times: s=s-2a7.as4@s at one
Then end here In Edwards time
age Of noblest English namo ne' an
Christian cong ierors took And
the conQ9er'd Christiens lung
flames va Into
Love your enemy, bless your boto-
said the greatest of the ~nteVers,
Christian love among the cbNi
lookd the twin of heathen hoaae?
"It looks very much as if the no"t;I
Characterization was to be repeatod
North Carolina, when the editor -. Il
great religious journal can keen ia
place as a public teacher, while w..
ing such paragraphs" as that which ~
pears at the head of this article.
In conclusion we want to ask b.
Bailey a plain question:
II the Savior of men, your Lord an,
Master, and the Lord and Master ~ ~
all, were editor ofsthe Biblical Records.
do you think he would have writtoI
himself, or have allowed anyone oIaa
to have writtenTand printed in tho
paper, the paragraph standing At tbo
head Of this article?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16

The following resolutions were passed
by the State Alliance in session at
Hillsboro last week:
WHEREAS, The Agricultural Depart
ment Of North Carolina is an institu,
ton established for the sole purpose Of
aiding and assisting the farmers Of the
State in the advancement OF their pro
fession, and whereas, the present Com
missioner Of Agriculture occupies the
position under circumstances not
creditable to himself nor to the great
body OF farmers in the State; Therefore
ResOIUed, That the North Carolina
Farmers State Alliance earnestly pro
test against his selection for the posi-.
ton, and respectfully request the d.
rectors OF the Agricultural Department
to place in said position a more suit
able man as the head Of u depart
ment at the earliest possible time.
2. In connection with the above, thS'
the North Carolina Farmers Alliance
return their thanks to His Excellency
Governor Russell for his efforts 10
further our demands in obtaining
cheaper railroad charges both trelgD1
and passenger, for the people OF tD'I
State and that we hereby express oul|
conf1dence4in his integrity and earneS
desire to1save the tax payers OF tO'
State useless expenditures.
3, That the Secretary furnish q cop
of these resolutions to the Board :
Agriculture and to His Excellence
Governor Russell.
J. W. FISHER, Chm
ID. A MONTGOMERY,
BAURY WARD,
81. e. HODGES,
z P. DAVIS,
Committee.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16

-
Our Business Manager was our rep.
r~esentative at the State Alliance last
week, but his time was so occupied
with the work of the convention in and
outside the hall, that he brought but a
brief report. We give the excellent
address of our worthy President, and
the resolutions referring to the Depart
ment of Agriculture and to Governor
Russell.
The personnel of the delegation was
fully up to the average. They showed
plainly that the Order is still ''alive
and a doin' we'll" in the State, and that
the members at home know how to
select the best men to attend to their
important business. All Questions
coming before the body were fully and
freely discussed, and with equally as
much ability as in the average legiela-
ture. Nothing was allowed to pass
until every brother had scrutinzed it
and had his say. This is a hopeful
sign, and we are inclined to think it
should be q law of the Order that every
member should be required to vote on
every question, and that a two thirds
majority should be necessary to pacs
any motion.
The Alliance finished up it's business
Thursday night and most of the dele,
gates attended the Orange County Al
lance picnic on Friday at Occoneechee
Farm, where they had the pleasure of
hearing the two excellent addresses of
President Alderman, Of the University,
and Prot. Massey, Of the A & M. Col
lege. We have the promise of both
these addresses for publication, and
trust they will reach us in time for
next issue.
The Following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
PresidenE-John Graham, Warren,
ton, N. O.
ice-President-D. @. Bryan, Jones
boro, N. @.
secretary-Tr B. Hoover,
aillsborO, N. @.
State Business Agent-T. B. Parker,
aillsboro, N. @.
Lecturer-Dr. V. N. Seawell, Villa.
oow, N. Q.
Assistant Lecturer-W. FL. Davis,
WILLIAMSBURG, N. Q.
Chaplain-W. 8. Mercer, Moyock.
n. @.
Ooor-keeper-Geo. T. Lane, Greens
Ooro, N. O.
assistant oor-keeper-Jas. z. Lyon,
D urham, N. Q.
Sergeant.at Arms-D. W. Watson,
haywood, N. Q.
Trustee Business Agency Fund-W.
A.. Graham, Machpelah, N. O..
SteWard-A. j. Moye, Farmville,
N. Q.
XECUTTvE COMMITTEE OF THE NoRTE
ECARoLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
J. ". Denmark, Chairman, Raleigh,
N. Q.
John Graham, Warrenton, N. @.
w. B. Fleming, RidgewaY. N. @. E.
O.. Q. Mcclellan, g pdwiu. N. @.
DR.. J. E. Person, PIkeville, N. @.
Thomas J. Oldham, Teer, N. Q.
STATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES
DIR. J. E. Person, Pikeville, N. O.
w. s. Barnes, Raleigh, N. Q.
T. Ivey, Cary. N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16
THE NEGRO in raR WooDPlLE,

The only stock and trade some Dem.
ocrats have in this State in the cry Of
negro rule. C~haracterless them olives,
they have acted badly c. long that they
have robbed the Democratic party Of
what character it once had, aud it is
no wonder that such things e9 the cry
of ''nigger" has become their leqt des,
perete resort. Yet these same fellows
have never yet lo7t an opportunity to
make a hero of a Democratic negro
Halifax is one of the few black
counties in the State, and every speak
er holds Halifax up as a horrible ex
ample in other sections of the State.
Now let's see what the Democrats have
been doing in Halifax for white stu
premacy." A reliable citizen of that
county informs US that recently the
Chairman OF the Democratic Exacu
tive Committee in that county brought
a suit before a negro magistrate. Not
long ago a Democratic magistrate in
the town of Weldon Issued g warrent
against a white man and gave it to a
negro constable to serve. Weldon has
seven town commissioners, elected by
Democrats and negroes fustng. There
are four Democrats. all white, and
three negro commissioners, thus giving
the Democrats a maj )rity of one. The
commissioners elected q white chief of
police and three negro policeman.
The Chatham Cisiz IN of last week
gives the information that g negro
deputy sher IF exietcd in that county
10 1892 under the Democratic sher IF
aud publishes a record sho wing that
he served papers on white men. This
deputy sheriff was a Democratic negro,
and worse than ell else, ives on ex COZ
vict just out of the penitsnriary Now
just think WHAT would the q
lamity bowler do If a Populist or Rs,
publican sheriff would employ an ex-
convict negro as deputy? Wouldn't
it be awful And really it would.
But that is what the Democratic Sher
if of Chatham did in 1892
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16

Whatever may be done with I"
Philippines by our Government 'Do,,
is one obligation that wecannot esc"p
If they are not to become AmeI'U,
provinces or an independent Cove
ment under an American protector
we must choose between torclnb
Spaniards and the insurgents aIlH0
to accept a basis of government fof
people free from the appalling opp
sion of the past, or we must surf0D
the islands to Spanish barbarlsm -
insurgent anarchy. PhlLaaeip
Times, Ind.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16

Send for a few sample copies of The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER to hand 60 your
neighbors who are not now subscribers.
Tell them that they can get this 8 page
weekly from now till March so for
only % cents, or till November 90, '9s
for % cents.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-08
DEATH OF REV. DR.. LEWIS R DUNN
A Well Known Methodist Clergy
man Succumbs to Heart Disease.

The Rev. Or. Lewis r. Dunn, a member
of the Newark NJ. z. Conference and well
known in this city, died at his home, No.
26 Grove place, East Orange, Saturday
morning. He had been in feeble health
for the last two years, but became Sc
| riously i'll about a week ago. The cause
of his death was heart disease.
DIR. Dunn was born in New Brunswick,
| April 6. 1922. His fathers name was
| Ephriam Pratt Dunn. His mother was
Mary Denanan Pierson. daughter Of Daniel
| Pierson. His fathe was a leather dealer
| who died when Lewis was scarcely three
| years old.
He was an only child. He was given a
| good education. n in his fifteenth year
was converted. In his sixteenth year he
| received a license to preach from Rev.
Thomas A. McCarroll. then pastor of
Franklin Street Church of Newark.
In August, 1898. he was invited to assist
| Rev. James N. Tuttle in his work, which
| he did, until the mex session of the an
nual conference. He preached his first
| sermon in the old Kingwood Church, then
| on the Pennington circuit.
In 1871, at the conference held in New
ark. he was received on trial, and APP
| pointed with Rev. Joseph Pierson to
Vernon circuit.
At the conference held in Paterson in
| the spring of 1880 he was appointed Pre-
| siding Elder of the Elizabeth district. He
served Trinity Church. Staten Island. in
! 1884. From 1885 to 1888 he was pastor of
/ St. Paul Church, Jersey City, serving
| this church in all eight years.
He became widely known throughout
the denomination as a writer for the
| press, over three hundred articles from
his pen being published in religious
| papers.
He also wrote h following books
Garden of Spices-A Compilation"
| omission of the Spirit Holiness to the
Lord "The Angels of Cod Ter Tracts
on the Holy Spirit, . "A Volume of Ser
mons on the Higher Life "Zchokkes
Meditations'' e volumes), The Gospel in
the Book of Numbers Manual of Holt
| ness"
The funeral services will be held prob
| ably on Wednesday at the Central Metho-
| dist Episcopal Church, Newark.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-08
Choice Of the Judiciary.

since Judge delivered his
somewhat talked about decision in the
case of Graham versus the Traction Com
pany, a number of yellow papers in this
State and New York have raised a how
for a judiciary elected by the people. Or
the list of the papers seriously discussing
the project, we find the New York
.'Journal,'' ssworld" and ~s'Tribune,', the
Newark Advertiser and the Trenton
True American"
We do not care to waste time discussing
the merits of the case at present, because
any change in the method of choosing the
Supreme Court Judges is impossible. The
method of selection is decreed by Article
VII. Section II, Paragraph /, of tbs
state Constitution. which reads as fol
lows
Justices of the Supreme Court, Chan
cellar; Judges of the Court of Errors and
Bp64l and Judges OF the inferior Court
of Common pleas, shall be nominated by
the Governor, and appointed by him., with
the advice and consent Of the Senate.
ii Article TX of the Constitution, the
following Is enacted:
No ~asnendnent or amendments hi be
sdb6]tted 70 the Legislature oftener than
once ~ Ave years.
= = only q year since the race track
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-08
Fourth Regiment Praised.

Governor Voorhees, IN conversation at
the White House yesterday with a party
from Jersey City, paid a high compliment
to the Fourth Regiment.
III you can pick out, 2 he said, thirteen
hundred boys who have plenty of animal
spirits in them. who viii conduct them
selves in a more orderly way than these
in camp l would like to see them. Dc
YOU know he continued. addressing his
visitor, that the other night Colonel
Smith and I, unnoticed by them, heard a
their songs, fun and determinations / didn't
hear a single obscene word or oath and
ladies' could have heard their fun without
q blush. That Is a great deal to say.
Army officers have told me that they
never saw a leaner or better disciplined
lot Of men, and their showing throughout
reflects great credit on their colonel and
officers
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-08
TUG DAMAGES A PIER.
The r. S. Bennett Runs Into Sixth
Street Wharf Hoboken.

While the steamship st. Leonard Of the
Phoenix line. was being towed into her
dock at the foot of Sixth street, Hoboken,
yesterday morning. about nine o'clock, the
tugboat R. G.. Bennett, which was towing
her. ran into the pier at full speed. and
carried away fifteen feet of it. The tug
also collided with the steamship, badly
scraping its hun. All told. the tug did
about $4,000 damage before she got
through.
Captain William Pugh, of the ST Leon
ard. was on the bridge of the steamship
at the time the accident occurred He
~signalled to Captain Richard Bennett of
the tug to bach water. The captain gave
the signal to the engineer, In some man
ner the engineer of the tug misunderstood
the signal, and instead of going backwards
he started the tug ahead at full speed.
The Bennett fortunately escaped unin-
jured.
The st. Leonard plies between New
York and Antwerp.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-08
The Business Outlook.

The commercial agencies have mucn 70
saw about the influence of peace prospects
upon business. Bradstreet's' of Satur-
day puts the situation in these words
The stimulating influences OF the
entity near approach of peace, coupleu
with the generally expected befiefeiai et-
fects ii is hoped will flow from the open
ing I'D of new markets in the lands adaeo
to the national domain. seem 10 increase
az The summer wanes. That the improve
ment while as vet admittedly one largely
of sentiment is not entirely so coh94heu;
however. is proven by reports OF q sun
goods in the west. northwest and scum
west, where the excellent crop situation
has rendered harmless the supposed be-
numbing effects of war
r. g. Dun & Co.'S weekly Review IS
equally confident. 1t points out that the
July failures this year were fewer than
for four preceding years. For the future,
it SAYS
Prospects of peace stimulate many
kinds of business. In spite Of records;
the impression prevails that delay ana
hesitation have legitinlately resulted from
war. and larger contracts are in fact COM
ing forward for iron products with a pef-
ter general demand in most INDUSTRIES;
The volume of payments through all
clearing houses was the largest ever
known in July, being eight per cent;
larger than in 1892 for the month, and
for the past week III per cent. larger.
Most Industrial works have resumed after
a shorter vacation, with fewer partici-
pating than usual A few labor troubles
only call attention to the fact that this
season has been remarkably free from
such hindrances.
If victory brings half as much prosperity
to us as defeat did to Trance in 1s7o. we
may look out for a boom of a monumental
kind in the coming fan m the spring of
next year.