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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-20

LATER -Inforaaation has reached ,era nffiniallu cnnfirnoinn thn rn-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-20

hitched his mule, sprang ou it and s star.4.l IA ...l.A l., Anl.An p.f
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-20

I OST-At the opera house night of Kir- h- mess, two children's underskirts. Find der please return to this office. 4-20 d6t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-20

FOR sALE-A good family horse and Smith at R. H. Stearns Co.'S. 5-d-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-20

Wanted:-Board and room in a private family, by married couple with one child Add ress J. M. this office. d1w 4-3
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-20

XXTANTED-Boar and rooms to rent w by Mrs. N, D. HARRISON, IA East 9th avenue,
The Caucasian., 1898-02-24
SPANS APOLOGY {?

Last week we referred to how the ad-
ministration had allowed the Spanish
minister to resign instead OF handing
him his passport and demand that he
be recalled. We further said that the
administration should demand a
prompt and complete apology from
Spain for the insulting language of
DeLome. But the administration has
done nothing of the kind. Instead:
the Spanish government has made g
lf-handed apology, which is no
apology at all. 1t is almost fresh in
suit, yet President Mckinley seems
to BE- delighted at getting any kind OF
an apology and says that he is perfect
ly satisfied.
This administration is not only un'
mindful of the interests of our OWL
people, but it seems to be equally un
mindful of the national honor.
seems to be entirely wanting in Amer
lean spirit and independence.
We at least trust that the Presiden
will not further humiliate the natio
by apologizing to Spain for havln
sent the battle ship, Maine, to uavan'
The Caucasian., 1898-02-24
HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fall q bottle or com mon glass with
urine and let il stand twenty-fsur
hours; . sediment or settling indi-
Gates an unhealthy condition OF tue
kidneys. When urine stains lloen
II il evidence Of kidney trouble. ToO
fro quept desire to uripats or pain
in the back. is also convincing proof
that the kidneys and bladder Ers out
Of order.
wHArTo DO.
There is comfort in the kpowledge
90 often expressed. that Dr. kilmsr .
Swamp Root. the great kidney ron
edy, fulfils every wish in relieEing
pain in the back, kidneys, liver,
bladder and every part Of the NH
nary passages. ~ corrects ibhhllity
to bold urine and scAldipg pain IN
passing IL, or bad effects following
use OF liquor. wine or beer, and
oyercomes that unpleasant necessity
Of being compelled to get mp macy
times during the night 10 nrlnaie.
The mild and the extraordinary sf-
feet Of swamp Root is soon realized
IL stands the highest for IFS worde
full curss of the most distrefsing
cases. II you need . msdicine you
should have the best. Sold by drug
eists, price City cents ard one dollar
You may have . sample bottle and
pamphlet both sent free by mail.
Mention The CArcAsIAS and send
your address 10 DIR. Kilmer d Co.,
Bipebamton, n. Y. The propne-
tors of this paper guarantee the gen.
uiueuess Of this oder.
The Caucasian., 1898-02-24
OH. WE DON'C KNOW

"The idea of fusinn is sim. ) nau-
seating."- Herald.
Oh well, we don't know. Did 1t
nauseate you to "fuse" with Pops Oh
the Bryan ticket? Does it nauseate
you to hear of Pops and Dems fusing
in the West? Were you nauseated
when your "machine" got on its knees
to the Populists in 1895, just at tae
close of the campaign, and begged the
Pops to fuse with them. Do you know
of any prominent Dem candidate for
big office from your county who tried
to work a fusion deal with the Repub'
lican State chairman? We do. ISM
your nausea mostly caused by the
fact that the scoundrelism and venal-
ity of your rotten machine was fount
out, and your machine smashed? Sa!
Bub, arn't you pretty considerable o
a screaming farce? We think so. AM
we think you ought to give US vot
of thanks for this much notice OF you
You are not worth it, but then yo
seemed to want it so bad. Now keel
quiet and do try to learn some sense.
The Caucasian., 1898-02-24
MEnIIED CONFEDERATION.

The Raleigh Morning Post offers
concentrations to those townships
which voted for special school tax
last August, and at the same time COM
pliments superintendent of Public In
struction Mebane. 1t says:
The Post wishes to congratulate
those townships which have Ia ken ad-
vantage of this law. Persistent efforts
in this direction must have telling
effect upon such communities. Let
the good work go on.
Nor would it be just for the Post to
withhold Its approval of the earnest
and useful efforts of State SuperiDten-
dent Mebane in this direction. His Ia
bors in behalf of better schools are GER
tainly commendable, and We are pleas
ed to say are having good effect. Sc
rious and discouraging obstacles con-
front him, but he shows no dlsposltl0n
to halt on account of them. HI
shall not lack for any support the Post
can gi, him in any plan or effort t,
better the public school system, ane
thus help to build up good and intel
ligent citizenship.
The Caucasian., 1898-02-24

The Indsp,ncent American. pu ueli.h-
ed ~ Cres;or. Iowa, came 10 us this
week handsomely iilus'rs,ed ia honor
Of i's twsnty-nrs; birthday. The
American has s~sn axh'ing fer fcpu-
list principles and has done yeonsnry
service Its editorial. are always
.prightly aud well written. and hew.
10 the line Mr.. W. II. RoSb is The
editor. The Popultsts OF loss snd the
nation are 10 be congratulated 10 hay-
ing such an able champion for the res
toration Of the fundamental princi.
ples of good government 50 taught ant
prActiced by Jefferson, Jackson, ans
| Lincoln
The Caucasian., 1898-02-24
FREE PASSES.

The Seaboard Air Line, in response
to the order of the Railroad Commis-
sion, reported 1916 free passes used
during the year 1897, and 57s,s4s
miles travelled. This, at 81 cents per
mile, would amount to the mo lest sum
of $ls,915.s2 upon one system alone, and
that the weakest in North Carolina.
Our information is that for a corre-
responding period the Atlantic Coast
Line issued 10000 free passes in North
Carolina, and the Southern Railway
not less than one hundred thousand.
If these corporations will cease their
determinations against the people in
| North Carolina wins pay their fare, We
do not think the railroads will be in.
iured financially by the recent reduc'
tion in passenger fares to 2 and ~
cents per mile by the Commission.
The Caucasian., 1898-02-24
THE DESTRUCTION OF TIE u .
uArTLESHIP MAINE.

At 10 o'clock on Tuesday h1gnt VI
,.st week, the United States oattiesh'p,
Name. was blown up in the haroor Oh
Havana. The magnificent war yes
,sl which cost over $s.OOO,oOO to build
and equip, sank in few minutes altef
the terrible explosion. That is not the
worst. Nearlythree hundred OF the crew
vent down in q watery grave. rms
Gas most shocking, even II terripie
.ccident which could not be preven-
ted was the cause. But II it was tne
result of Spanish treachery, wnicn
.sems most probable, then it was q
crime of unparalleled infamy.
II Is most unreasonable that mod
.,n vessel, lying at anchor with nc
.team up could have been blown up oy
its own engines or magazines. IL
.o.ms certain that it was blown w
.ither by a torpedo put under tne
.hip. or by dynamite bomb stealtnii1
.ut inside the ship by some nostiie
The Caucasian., 1898-02-24
A CONFFRENCE FROM HIGH AU-
THOKITY.

CONFFRENCE FROM HIGH AU
THORITY.
The Chicago Evening Post, one OF
the leading Republican papers of the
country, in the editorial on February
3rd, said:
"The logic of events has shaped the
issue for the next general elections. 1t
will be the gold standard, sans phrase
| or equivOcation, against free silver al
l6 to l. The salvation of the Republi-
can party lies in the frank and cOura-
geous advocacy of the gold standard
and a scientific modern currency s5s
| TEN. Vague talk about sound money
will not answer, as President McKin-
ley himself has just plainly warned the
hedging politicians. The last national
platform contained reference to in
ternational bimetallism, but events
have since demonstrated that an inter
national agreement regulating silver
coinage is no longer within political
possibility. Russia has adopted the
gold standard, and even India, the sill
v-r bulwark, is taking steps in the
same direction. The republican party
is now gold-standard party.
Here we have a metropolitan Repub
} lican daily boasting that its party ha
sold cut completely to the foreign gOl'
, trust.
The Caucasian., 1898-02-24
A sORrOF A FUNNY SIGHT.

People who keep their eyes open,
their ears open, and are capable Of any
brain power noted rather peculiar
combination in Raleigh last week. 10
the man who can smile at gross in
consistency and laugh at an absurdlty,
it was rather funny sight.
1t was this: The Railroad Commits
sion was looking into the rates which
the Bell Telephone monopoly is charg-
ing the public, and Senator Jno. w.
Daniel, of Virginia, appeared before
the Commission to represent the Tele-
phone Company. Now, the United
States Senate is in session, and Sena-
tor Daniel is drawing $4,000 year sal
ary as a Senator. He is, by profession,
a silver Democrats Chicago platform
Democrat. That platform declares
against monopoly, against corpora
tion oppression and robbery-against
federal interference in State affairs,
etc. ETC., and this same Hon. Jno. w.
Daniel processes to be in sympathy
with that platform. Yet he can leave
his seat in the Senate without losing
his pay as Senator, and come down to
North Carolina and apper as counsel
for q monopoly and make a big fee
while he is, at the same time, drawing
his Senatorial pay without acting al
Senator. The time may come wher
the Hon. Jno. w. Daniel may be called
on to vote as a Senator on some matter
. involving this very monopoly. Thel
where would his vote go? Wher'
would his sympathy be? Should
: man who is elected to legislate for tn
r people attempt a defence OF mono
J, poly?
n Attention is called to this matte
: merely to keep the people reminde
e that they must be on the alert ii the
J do not wish to be continually hood
winked and shorn by men who profes
one thing and openly and impudentl
). do the very opposite thing.
BY the way, it was announced b
,f the Democratic machine journalism
D. few days ago that this same Hon. N
# w. Daniel would come out of Virginl
!. in the next campaign and help tn
a Democratic machine in this State
n win a glorious victory. Well, let hi
4 come. He Is already sized up. He woul
" doubtless be courteously received, b.
ia there is some doubt as to whether
10 would be believed or not. He mig
=. enjoy trip through the State. 1t
20 not bad State to travel in.
The Caucasian., 1898-02-24
MCKINLEY AND SPAIN.

Mr.. Mckinley, by his attitude to-
war0 Cuba, has shown that he is not
much at recognizing a fact, even one
so palpable as that war exists in Cuba,
but thing or two has recently hap
pened in connection with Cuban af-
fairs which must, however averse he
may be to it, bring his recognizing
ability into play. In the DeLome let
ter for instance, he is very forcibly
and rudely madeto recognize the con-
temptuous opinion in which he and his
vacillating Cuban policy is held by
Spaniards and the Spanish govern
ment. He must rec 'gnize the fact that
the American public, though to a man
condemnng the improper source OF
this censure, is agreed as to its correct
ness, and looks upon the letter as a
splendid mirror in which the President
| is forced to see himself as others see
him.
And he must further recognize the
fact that autonomy in Cuba is failure
and farce.
| And now comes the national calam-
Ity, the destruction of the BattleshiE
Maine, in Havana Harbor, the cause OF
which we'll grounded suspicion indi'
) Gates was Spanish treachery, and il
the light of which Mr.. Mckinley mus
recognize that temporizing with Spai'
is at an end.
These things Mr.. Mckinley no doub
: recognizes, in an unofficial way if yo
= please, as do all men with mOdicur
e of brain.
But there is one thing that Mr.. Nc
Kinley does not seem to have recog
nized, or if he has to haYe overlooked
D. and that is the entire American sent
y ment, barring few (but alas!
J. powerfully bOndhOlders whose lnsatla'
d greed places higher value upon til
y price of their bonds than upon tt
} price of human life, is in favor OF tt
% Cuban patriots and in sympathy wit
3 their heroic struggle for independent
Sc from oppression, and the quicker,
~ recognizesthls fact by someofficial a
~ OF his the better it will befor the futu
'h renown of himself and his administr
tiOn.
The Caucasian., 1898-02-24

-num-rat~. the rxc.piior. alone Per
mitt~d. aud
wnKKI.-. Absolute equality - The
demand Of the lac:
-REsoiVEp, That said act condemns
and prohibits free pas. az free mil~axr
/ transportation 10 ali editors, STAG cor
respondents and employees cf the
newspapers OF the state.
That said Act sppli~s with equal
force To free pass or Tree niiragr
transportation To attorneys within
the State, not actually employed b,
the common carrier for . certain Anc
definite sum. and no; the actual and
bons iid- employers Of the csrriefs.
That the notices served upof
Col. Andr-ws and Others TO show
Cause why they should not br ATTACHED
fnr contempt be continued until th'
18th OF March ls9,.
The Caucasian., 1898-02-24
THE RIGHT RING.
What True Blue" Thinks OF the Cauca-
sian Editorials.

What ''True Blue" Thinks Of the Csuca-
sian Editorials.
WARREN COUNTY, N. c.,
Feb. IA, 1897.
DEAR CAUCAsIAN:-Your editorial
of the 10th instant, has the right
ring. The thirty thousand Populists
who vote / for Guthrie for Governor
cannot be pursuaded, bulldozsd or
negro scared into the old party that
kicked them out for not voting for
goldbug leaders. The other thirty
middle-of-the-road and choose be-
tween Russell and Watson, simply
because our convention made mis-
take, can go their way or return,
they will find their old com panions
doing reform business at the same
old stand, turning neither to the
right or left unless the reforms that
they started out 70 accomplish is frs,
and foremost. The old rips may
curse and swear, abuse and slander
for our sake don t try to stop them
in their wild career, their lives binC
US closer together. One of the ole
concerns has already stolen our ma
tional reforms in part. We now lool
for them to take up State measure
that we are contending for, hoping
to draw us to them without recogniz
ing us or our leaders. No, gentlemen
you had as we'll dry up and shut up
we can Ind will block your way t
this and all Pops should line up an
let the deceivers of men know tina
we cannot be trampled under foot
Stand by Butler, correct past mis-
takes and hold the key that is to un
lock the door of success to any part
; in North Carolina. You can do il
now say you will, and the work
. done.
TRUE BLUE.
The Caucasian., 1898-02-24

properly chArssablr 10 tie prr~~n' Ad-
ministrstion. IL va. pretty clearly a.
lustrat-d IN lA-i weeks isfnr, ihAl
these - a.er" constitute n scheme Tor
b,g money grab. ard the scb-m- wAs
begun 10y democrats fofn- lime
ago. The co.t Of counsel in hshiing
this grab amounted ia ls5s Ia tsssin.
This would make the amount property
oharg-abl- for extra legal service,
in lss.. s2.l5 IL. snd this amount Was
expended in the effort TO adjust com
plicsiions which aros- during tie Year.
| OF this amount. ss5N.UO wzs sIeDi in
di-.olying an in junction secured from
a Federal Judge 10y democrats TO pre-
vent the operation of the state lhs in
connection with the Atlantic and y.
&. Railroad. The State won the cAsr,
but Drnorrsi- brought on the np.nse.
Then t2s2 IL was spent in securing q
transfer OF state psp'r from winston
TO Kal-igh. Democratic officials ARE
responsible for ihis. They bought tons
upon tons of paper. aud gave all .or's
OF extravagant order. Tor printing.
with n view TO creating ihunarring
hill of expense" for paper and print
ing. and then using that bih of "a
p-nse for campaign thunder hgaiEsf
the Legislature of l-.,5 in The campaign
u 80. They made their "b'li of "a
p~n.~" but their "thubd-r" did not
.~s m TO thunder any. The present sd-
ministration found from sir 90 "ight
thousand dollars worth al psgsr on
hand for which there Will be 80 fBll
use in a long time. and some of it wAs
in..very bad condition. There whs no
n~cessity for sIch n store of paT"r a.
J winston-noDe ia the world
, Of the entire Aggregate. f2ss.Ve yAs
, spent 10 strhightsn piece of rArelr-s-
, ness of the legislature of l-a1. That
j carlessn-ss WAS the failure 10 Irop.rly
adjust the constitutional equation uf
property and poll tax, and q suit had
J., to be created by the Governor AID Aud
itor 10 effect q correction.
Z The Secretary of state was subject
{ I'd To q euir costing one hundred dol
2 lars becaus. sems Democrat managed
Z 10 get an "injunc'ion" against him ia
b the conduct Of hi. Office. OF cours@
d tn. Secretary won the suii.
IL cost 5000 TO decide whether 4 T.
j. Swinson, who was ele-iei enrolling &
: clerk. aud then removed, was entitled
!. TO full pay FOR the term. The remain
|, ing 81 600 wss spent Tor couns~l
an effort TO make impudeni
and audacious cyrporsiions hId
monopoli~s, like 40. ~y'Ghsrn
Railroad and the Western nior
70 Telegraph Company. subject 60 tb'
laws OF this State, and in Effort. 60 an
nul q fraudulent lease of state rrop
20 erty and TO dissolve Federal ingubc
tions.
Any professional lawyer on earth
30 knowing the amount Of work done 10
these cn.es., would testify that the fee,
which were paid ia lsS., were phe
% ncmenaliy low.
OF the 50 07z 90 paid for extra lsga
service IN lss7, only 81 ,125 90 is direct
90 Iy cbargsable 10 the present nd
ministrafion, and Of this last amount
$50 90 has been returned 10 The stat
90 Treasurer.
The Caucasian., 1898-02-24
GOOD FOR THE COMMIssION.

GOOD FOR THE COMMIssIOS.
The new Railroad Com has
reduced passenger rates to q and 2
cents for first and second class fares.
We congratulate the Commission.
The new Commission has stopped a
number OF wrongs during the short
time it has been in power. But il
has done nothing that was more
needed and just than the reduction
of passenger rates. There are many
other abuses to be considered. Theil
good work has just begun.
We congratulate the people upor
having such a Com mission. The,
have the right and have the courag
to do it.
The Caucasian., 1898-02-24
THE MARTIN CASE,

The case of Sheriff Martin and his
sixty.seven deputies who are now on
trial in Wilkesbarre, Pa, for shooting
and killing eighteen coal miners and
wounding thirty-nine others during
the coal strike last September, is bring
ing to light some very startling facts,
which, taken as q whole, furnish q
new obie ct lesson of the influence of
The Caucasian., 1898-02-24

The Democratic machine Journalism
of this State has tried mighty hard to
resurrect the old sectional "bloody-
shirtism" and to scare the people to
death by the "old nigger racket" where
the white voters outnumber the ne
groes two to one. But these old scare
crows won't resurrect. The Democrat
ic machine journalism is not any
witch of Endor" anyhow.
The Caucasian., 1898-02-24

aggregated capital over officers OF the
law and courts Of justice.
Here We have case in which officers
OF the law, sworn 70 protect life and
liberty, ruthiessiy and unjustiisabiy
and evidence has been deduced show
ing thar it was done even naliciouslyl
took the lives Of eighteen Of their fsl-
!ow- beings, and wounded thirty
others, in order to curry favor with the
wealthy and influential coal barons,
whose tispleasrre these poor PARTICLES
OF humanity were so unfortunate as to
incur by resistance to their tyrannous
Oppression. That the shooting was
unprovoked and that the miners were
not resisting the officers is proven By
the fact that the miners were all woun-
ded in the back while fleeing from
their fire.
Aud now that il 10 in the cour t., the
influence Of the coal operators is again
, felt. Already they have discharged
. several miners for testifying agains
e the officers, and threaten to discharR'
all who do so; thus giving the poo
9 wretches the alternative of telling
} lie to defeat justice or OF starving wit
= their wives and children for want G
d the scanty sustenance which come
d from the small proceeds of their worl
d. Judge WOodard, the presiding jud9
1t has shown his partiality to infuenc
to by allowing Sheriff Martin and b
u murderous deputies to go for a time
ne perfect freedom unsecured even
of bail bonds. In short, the trial is
ed farce and will no doubt end in acqui
O. tai.
IT. Thus have these mighty men
Id millions the injunction Of bullets
back up their iDjunctions OF law, a
unless the people Of America take t
= first opportunity of curtailing t
+o- influence of wealth by destroying
,ot gantic combinations Of capital, I
no continued usurpations Of the few &C
:. trollers of money will bring the p'
pie under complete subserviency
a. their absolute and despotlc rule-a
no who can say them nay?
The Caucasian., 1898-02-24

hand. During the day before the ex-
plosion that night, there were . num-
ber OF visitors permitted on board the
vessel. So there was an opportunity
for some Spaniard to have slipped into
the ship unobserved, a bomb with .
slow burning fuse. When the ship IL
raised, as it will be in . few days. ii
will then be clear whether the deadly
blow was from inside or from under
meath: Of course there 10 a hole blown
through the bottom OF the vessel, and
the steel armor plate will be bent eth
er inward or outward.
The suspicion and burden OF proof is
on Spain. II she cannot clear it up
then our government must take suita-
bic action to avenge the horrible crime
But however that may be, the vesse
is not only destroyed, but the lives o
nearly 300 brave men have beer
lost forever. Nothing can restore then
to life or cheer or comfort the home
whose families have been stricken
All this has resulted from tn
weak and un-American course G
our government in allowing Spain
2 bu.chery (Which cannot be called wal
to go on in Cuba. 1900 .OOO, 900 OF Amer
. lean commerce has been destroyed an
+. over 800 900 Cubans have either starve
to death or been killed ana butchere
E IL is high time for this governmel
to recognize Cuban independence,
intervene and put stop to such br
= tai carnage and destruction. Will t
President heed the sOrdid wishes
az Spanish bondholders, or will he he
. the sentiments of the American pc
pie and follow the course Of patri'
g. ism, liberty and humanity 1t is ge
n on one side and blood on the other.