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Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-07-01
Of Backbone had been there!' He

BILE above al others for the army can
teen and of the Democratic standard
bearer, who, posing as foe of trusts,
dare not say word against the liquor
trust, and predicted that the Prohibit
ton party would this year poll the
greatest vote in it's history. When
he first mentioned his hero, he spoke
of him as "the man who has left his
sword marks wherever the head of the
liquor traffic has shown ITSELF
Our nominee should be we'll known,
man able to discharge the duties of the
ofiice If elected statesman. In John
G. Woolley you will have all these and
also the greatest campaigner upon the
platform adopted.
Hale johnson Named.
Three cheers and long continued
applause followed. Hon. George w.
! Gere, of Illinois, presented the name
of Hale Johnson. He outlined his
loyal record as soldier and Prohibi-
zionist, and caught the crowd when
he declared that. if nominated and
elected president, he would call down
the attorney general when he under
takes to nullify the anti-canteen law.
The Fighting Parsons Turn.
California, being called, yielded to
Pennsylvania and big little Homer L.
Castle was quickly on the platform to
name DR.. Swallow, the Fighting Par
son of Pennsylvania. Shrewdly,
rapidly and eloquently did the speaker
pay tribute to former leaders of the
party and the states and sections from
which they came. Already every dele
cation was in love with Castle and
even the solid Woolley delegations
only wished that we needed two presi-
Dental candidates, so anxious were
they to honor the Keystone state and
the, hero of the anti-Quay fight. On
and on swept Castle, the little giant,
until, when he offered the Prohibition
.ahests: for it's leader "a man: from
Harrisburg, upon the banks of the
Susquehanna, man six feet tall, and
every inch backbone" he was all but
nominated. Yet on swept Castle.
When, at last, he sat down, and won
derful Swallow demonstration fol-
lowed, led by the Pennsylvania dele
cation Lightweight strong and armed
with large portraits of their idol and
red-White-and-blue plumes, it looked
as though an early vote would be dis
astrous to the Woolley forces. An
adjournment was moved, first. bv
Woolley man and later by a Swallow
admirer, but both failed. The dele
gates were there to choose their lead
er. A third such motion failed. but
after nearly every state had presented
an orator to second one of the three
nominations, a brief recess was taken.
"Off Again-On Again"
The enthusiasm was soon on again.
J. G. Morrison, of Minnesota, the SOL
der preacher, seconded the nomina-
ton OF Hale Johnson. Dr. Swallows
nomination was urged by John Hipp,
OF Colorado; Volney B. Gushing, of
Maine; Major Elliott, of California.
and many others. Among those Sec
ond1ng the nomination of Woolley
were f. 3. Britten, of Michigan; Col.
John Sobieski, of Missouri; Henry B.
Metcalf, of Rhode Island; Prof. Tate,
OF tennessee; Judge Boreman, of
z Utah; T. R. Carskadon, of West vir-
ginia, and E. W. Chain, Of Wisconsin.
The afternoon was well along when
Hale Johnson took the nlatforno
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Woolley Is Chosen.

From North and South, from East and
West the freemen recorded their
choice, strong point made or a large
vote reported for one or the other of
the candidates being uproariousiy re-
ceived by his followers. AS the call
proceeded the probabilities swung
from Swallow to Woolley and from
Woolley to Swallow, but as the states
near the end of the alphabet were
reached, eager pencils discovered that
Woolley had won and then such
demonstration! Men climbed on
chairs and tables, and hats, handker-
chiefs, fans and Notwithstanding
that came handy, waved in the air.
while everyone who had any voice
left cheered the leader of the great
fight of 1900.
Hore Enthusiasm.
After everyone, followers of Wool
ley, Swallow and Johnson alike, was
seemingly exhausted, measure of
quiet was restored, when A. A. Stew
ems rushed from his place in the Penn
sylvania delegation and moved the
suspension of rules and the nomina-
ton by reclamation of DR.. Swallow for
vice president.
Then the tumult broke out anew.
New methods of expressing the COM
mon joy were invented and former
methods were worked to still higher
pressure. The Minnesota delegation
started the rolling cry "Woolley and
Swallow, Woolley and Swallow"
which was soon taken up all over
the great hall and threatened to con-
tinue until election day. But at
length America was started and with
a song prayer to "Our Fathers God,
Author of Liberty" the convention
came to order
Swallow Declines.
But Prohibitionists were not to en-
JOY the privilege of voting for both
Woolley and Swallow. The Pennsyl-
vania delegation had retired for con-
sultation and on it's return it was an
nounced that for personal reasons.
wholly remote from the fact that he
had not been chosen for first place
DR.. Swallow felt compelled to decline
The. names of Henry B. Metcalf, of
Rhode Island; James A. Tate, of Ten
nessee; DR.. b. L. Eaton of Iowa, and
I. r: Carskadon, of West Virginia,
were presented. Prof. Tate withdrew
his name and little Rhody's idol was
nominated, receiving on the first bal
lot 949 votes Then, after few items
of business, the great convention adj
journed.
A rally was held in the evening. adj
dressed by Woolley, Metcalf, Swallow
and Volney B. Cushing. It was
fitting close to the wonderful gather
ing. -,
CAS- the days grow longer saws the
Liquor Trades Review, 1--WE feel
drawn towards the man from Canton.
o., and few of us Democrats may vote
him another term
senator Foraker gives Rev. P. A. Baker.
superintendent of the Ohio anti-Saloon
League, to understand that he and such
as he are not wanted in the Republican
party.
When in Chicago, stop at Hotel veley
formerly Kuhn's), 1853, 1855 Clark st.,
near Madison. Rates, so cents to $3.50 per
day. First-class restaurant in connection.
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Senator Foraker gives Rev. P. A. Baker
superintendent of the Ohio anti-Saloon
League, to understand that he and such
as he are not wanted in the Republican
party.
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National Prohibition Platform
ADOPTED AT CHICAGO JULY a7th 1900

'"The National Prohibition Party. ac-
knowledging Almighty God as the supreme
source of all just government and realizing
that this republic was founded upon Chris
tian principles, and can endure only as it
embodies justice and righteousness, hereby
records and proclaims
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'The National Prohibition Party. ac-
knowledging Almighty God as the supreme
source of all just government and realizing
that this republic was founded upon Chris
tian principles, and can endure only as it
embodies justice and righteousness, hereby
records and proclaims:
Arrangement of Parties.
l. We stand for Prohibition as the only
principle proposed by any party anywhere
for the settlement of a question greater
and graver than any other before the Amer
lean people, and involving more profoundly
than any other their moral future and
financial welfare. All the patriotic citizen
ship OF this country, agreed upon this prin-
ciple however much disagreement there
may be as, to minor considerations and is
sues, should stand together at the ballot
box from this time forward until Prohibi-
tion is the established policy of the United
States, with a party in power to enforce
it and to insure it's moral and material ben
efts Such a party, agreed upon this
principle and policy, having sober leader
ship, without any obligation for success to
the saloon vote and to those demoralizing
political combinations allied Herewith, can
successfully cope with all other and lesser
problems of government, in legislative halls
and in the executive chair.
The democratic and republican parties
are alike insincere in their assumed hos
tility to trusts and monopolies. They dare
not attack the most dangerous of them all,
the liquor power. so long as the saloon de-
bauches the citizen and breeds the pur-
chasable voter, money will continue to buy
it's way to power. Break down this traffic,
elevate manhood and a sober citizenship
will find a way to control dangerous COM
binations of capital.
We propose, as a first step in the finan-
cal problem of the nation to save more
than billion dollars year, now annually
expended to support the liquor traffic and to
demoralize our people. When that is ac-
complished, conditions will have so i'm
proved that with clearer atmosphere the
country can determine the kind and guam
tity of currency needed
The Issue Presented.
2. We reafirm the declaration of Will
liam Windom,-when secretary of the
treasury, that considered socially, finan-
cially, politically or morally the licensed
liquor traffic is or ought to be the over
whelming issue in American politics, and
that the destruction of this iniquity stands
next on the calendar of the worlds pro-
gress." The existence of our party pre-
sents this issue squarely to the American
people, and lays upon them the RESPONSE
bility of choice between liquor parties DOM
mated, by distilers and brewers, and our
one party of patriotic and moral principle,
with policy which defends it from domin-
alton nv corr1lnt bosses and which insuras
it forever against the blighting control Of
saloon politics.
We face with sorow shame and fear the
awful fact that this liquor traffic has grip
on our government, municipal, state and
national, through the revenue system and
saloon sovereignty which no other party
dare to dispute:
The PreSidenf rrainra Il
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AS the days grow longer" says the
Liquor Trades Review, 1--WE feel
drawn towards the man from Canton.
o., and few of us Democrats may vote
him another term
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-08
RURAL DELIVERY A SUCCESS.
Report of second Assistant Post Master
General.

Washington, Nov. The annual re-
port Of w. s. Shallenberger. Second As
sistant Postmaster General, was made
public to-day. 1t shows that on June
80 last, the annual rate of expenditure
for inlar d mail service was $50. l46 0GO,
for foreign service s. ,0l4. 53s; to'al ex
penditures $57 ,180,5 ,59S.
The experiment OF box delivery on
star routes, whereby persons along the
line could have the mali brought from
the uext office by the star route carrier
and left in a box erected by such per
sons, has worked satisfactorily in
North arolina and the star route CON
tracts will provide for such delivery in
future
The special and general weighing Of
the mail throughout tn. United states,
whose result, were annOu need last Feb
ruary, showed the railroads carried al
aggregate much greater than generally
supposed and that ST per cent of the
t taI mail matter was sent direct TO the
railroads The result Of the regular
quadriennial adjustment Of the pay for
railroad transportation in the SCI ond
contract section, comprising North
and south Caro- ina, Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and
Kentucky, based on a rewe;g gh ng un-
der orders issued to September 30 last,
was an increase Of over 10 per cent.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-08
MONKEYS ItaR0Rlyfa ssIp.
T-sa,y sisat ot IA~az In NStlaI s0-
Lea p~rs
New YORK Di.f.,ch. 2s,h.

Ne~ YORK DisEs,ch, 2sih.
The British steamship Indraye.i.
arrived to-day from SlnsaIar,-. amer
= hard "II-rieuce With = monkey.
Who nuilniei % hS.ri, hArH--~I lh-
cr~" aid practically --!E,~i the hip
hen the ship 49, two dAv- out
OF >ingsPorv all the monkeys 60
!uu-e and ran up the rigging and al
over the v,.--.l.
The " hole crew of = u.-u. rKC.p;
thu--r n,~~ied 10 man the hip. turn
ei Ia aud chA-Ni monkeys Tor a
~'-k IL SAs ten day t-fnrr they
had the last one. They Ner- H. ih.
cabins, In the stAt'~rsom,, every
" hen
One VI them a-,.nieSi the fllun..l
aud oomniited suicide by Jumping
into the -ea. Two other Al-O LEAP
e~i overheard. Tom and Jerry and
Nall-Eyed Pat We're In the pauirv
g,rgin. themselves They had
eaten lot Of sweet I.Dtato-s and
were helping them-elv,- To plum
dun when They were cornero,i
Frank. the police monkey, caught
three himself. Frank parnied up
and down on guard brfur- III. cagr
eNua ,ince-he and Fidu. the Jap
aneSe poodle.
Frank i smart monkey. IL"
salute, the captain a. hig a. life
every morning, and he l. now t-.lng
taught 10 eat with q fork.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-08
TWO WEEKS SPORTING NEAR PINE.
BLUFF.
L" Gathering for The Purro.- % fox
HuniInx. INv-r HaEtIHK E-e

L" Cat hrrtHx for the PHrro.- % Gox
HuniInx. INr-r H4EIIHx E,e
There Il 10 =. novel and uuiou.
gathering 81 .Adl,- And gentleman
from all over the nion. ata I.oint
nesr Flneblut. North Carolina, on
November 18th TO 24th. The gath
ering i Tor the purps-- OF witne---
my and participating with Southern
ladies aud genilemen la som. OF th.
old tuIe sports. One Of the prlncl-
pal features Viii b. fox hunting In
the oiden time style There aill t..
more than one hundre~t full blu.leSi
Southern fox hound, ia the chs--.
and representative hunts.nen from
All over the Union Will b- pp-.nt
and 4 delegation from England.
Among the gentlemen most inter
eoted In this great sporting carnival
are leading cotton manufacturers
ana business men from Cstawha
section OF North and South Carolina,
who have spent THOUSANDS OF Dollars
III breeding the best running dogs.
Their cooperation alone guarantees
that the hunt will be the most I'm
portant and interesting ever held In
The United States.
There are thousands of acres Of un-
broken pine woods 10 hunt over,
with smooth rolling hills and no
5"a'Dps. 1t is the best fox hunting
ground in America. The location
near Pineblutf. y. c., il a good one
Oh account OF the splendid ACCOM-
that can be had at the
many fine boarding houses at Pine
bluff, which is Winter Resort,
built up by people from the North.
Ii Is also near the celebrated Winter
Resorts, Southern Pines and Pine
hurst, that have accommodation for
thousands Of visitors. There will lie
many amusing features such as bar
Decue dinners, "pOSsum" suppers,
negro Jubilee singing, dancing. cake
walks and many amusing games of
'lden times, that can only be seen
n the land CT cotton and cane. The
public are invited to be present and
in or witness the sports
mi enjoy the fun. The more the
nerrier.
70 enable those from the North
o attend at reduced rates, arrange
nents have been made 80 persons
AN buy. any date after November
st, tickets from all cupon stations
=" Southern Pines and return, good
o return any time up to June lst
.9o1. From Southern Pines it costs
'nly twenty-five cents to Pineblu #.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-08
hliled His Son-in-LaW.

Eatonton, Ga A man known
mere as Flowers was shot and In.
stantly Killed by his fatnor-ln.)aw.
Wiley WilcOXen, II well-known far,
mer, six miles from Eatonton. this
morning, No quarrel preceded the
murder and there was no eye wit
ness. Flowers caused WilcOxen IN
leave home for year past viii.
coxen recently returned to the fam
lly and occupied the same house,
Both went hunting this morning
ana returned with a string Of birds.
Wilcoxen asked Flowers to explain
mis- guns action in reeching
Flowers complied, stopped to pick
up his birds, when Wilcoxen with
out warning shot him to death.
Wllcoxen Is in jail and is thought
~ os mentally unbalanced.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-08
FOREIGN COUNT SPENDING JAY coUtD'S
MONEY.
The Goulds Will Pay Their Brother-in-
Laws Debts " aiue of the Estate Now
Over Sl2O.OOO, 300.

view VIo, s'u,.
ty of IAN intimate friend of the late
Jay Could" the Evening World to-day
announces that the debts of Count BO-
nj de Castellane will be paid by the
Con d at one.
The scandal attending the claims
amounting to $4,000 against the
spendthritt husband Of Countess Anna.
is to be stopped" The Evening World
adds, "A lump sum prob ,bly will be
contributed by George, Helen, How
ard, Edwin and Frank Gould to wipe
out these debts, as they Consider the
honor of the Gould family is involved
''Inci entally," the Evening World
article say: "it was elected tat the
Gould miiiions have nearly doubled
since Jay Gould's death, and Annals
share is nearly s2S 0OO,O 900 and her in
C Jme nearer 81 go 900 than 5000 600 as
heretofore stated. The total value of
the Gould estate IS now over $l25 600, :,
600
Anna Gould married Count Csstel-
lane several years ago, and he has al
rea y succeeded in squandering several
mi lions of her share of the Gould es-
tate Yet her income is SD great that
with all his extravaganza her husband
has been una bic to reduce her fortune
to any perceptible extent.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-08

Had One Good Laugh Then Committed
Suicide.
Mt. Vernon, N. Y Dispatch, 3lst.
uit.
The young man who com mitted
suicide in this city yesterday by
drinking carbolic acid has been
identified as J q. Tobias, who was
formerly employed as clerk at 100
Broadway. N. Y. The dead man
was an English jew, and his broth.
er and sister live In London. ina
bility to find employment led him
to take his life In q letter which
Tobias wrote to friend he said:
81 wi 60 to Weber & FIELDS to
night and have one more good
laugh. Then 1 will 60 up to Mount
Vernon and kill myself. Please
write to my sister and tell her that
l died Of pneumonia
So far as can be learned, Tobias
had never been in Mount Vernon
before, and it is supposed that in
comming here to kill himself he
followed the example of Robt. Nc
Curdy Lord, the broker, who came
from Bayonne, N. J and leased a
house on Chester Hill in which he
com mitted suicide in order that his
wife might get the $4,000 insur
ance on his life. Tobias was identi
fed by Solomon Fox and Jacob
friedman Of 80 East Sixty-seventh
| street.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-08
Married in Death Chamber

Baltimore, Md, Nov. IA
strange wedding took place in Hamp-
den yesterday. James E. Whynks
stood beside the bed on which rested
the dead body of his mother, Mrs.
Catherine Whynks, and was mar
ried to Miss Edith M. Shook.
Mrs. Whynks died Tuesday. Be-
fore her death she desired to see her
only son married to the bride of his
choice. All the arrangements were
made, but Mrs. Whynks died before
the marriage could be consummated.
However, Mr.. Whynks, desiring
to carry out the wishes Of his moth
er secured the license and was mar
ried to Miss Shook in the death
chamber.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-08

Hong Kong, Nov. Ga typhoon
has occurred at Tourane, Amman,
accusing vast destruction. Sixteen
hundred persons are reported to have
perished, and $500 were rendered
homeless.
These typhoons are the most ter
rible storms in the world, and oc-
eur at intervals all along the coasts
of the east as far north as Japan and
China. They are sometimes accom-
panied by tidal waves, and always
cause great destruction to human
life.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-08
TINE COTTON PROSPECT.
"t"rai Department Ihtn.. Tan
tents should be the Minimum prto.

agricultural Department, r,, r.
"' should he the Minimum Price
lhe Bulletin Of the Agrlcu,tn,o,
department for October contains
hhhI estimates Of crop. The HuI.
Ietin says:
THE cotton situation l. Of vr.s,
interest. Ten cent cotton Is natural
~ interesting. Will 1t continue so
Or 20 lower or higher? While mani
7Pecuistlons are made, there has been
ho satisfactory solution.
Without going into unn...-as,,,
oeta'i7' 1t may be safely asserted thst
Il" surplus OF Consequence wss
brought over from last year. The
'o'ai crop OF the world will hardly
supply the worlds demand for the
coming Year, unless the mills
materially curtail their production.
Al the same time there Is a limit To
the price, heyond which the manu-
l"ctorlea can not operate. What
thht limit IL, must be fixei bv the
demand for the goods, and can be
a7cortained only by test OF the mar
ket.
Notwithstanding the present
DO" inward tendency, the price ought
not 10 fall below ten cents, and will
not IL farmers do not crowd the
market. III may not, and l think
VIII not, go much above for some
months 10 come.
This Is brief summary OF the
a. 1t presents Itself to this
writer. But the price will be affect
Ell by the yield, and the total Weld
Is not yet ascertslned, nor can be un-
I'll the season closes, depending some
what upon the weather, and especi-
ally In the Southern States, upon an
early or late frost. The yield of
cotton il estimated to be 6S as com
pared with an average year. The
quality Is estimated at 81.
'The October report of the gov
shows the average cOndi-
tl0n of corn to have been, on October
lst, 1872, as compared with 82.7 for
October 1899; and 81 as the mean
OF the October averages for the last
ten years.
''Our report shows corn in North
Carolina to be 20. 1t follows, there
tore, that prices will be higher than
usual for the coming year in pro
portion as the crop is shorter.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-08
AGED NEGRO DIES.
Was Once slave of George Washing
ton.

Was Once slave of George Washing
George Washington Freeman
HOrner Green, former negro slave,
died in the Aims house at Hemp
stead, l.. l., last Thursday, at the
aye OF l23 years. Green is said to
have been born ON q farm near
ElizabethpOrt, y. j., January /,
I777. He was sold to q Virginia
planter named Horner, by whom, it
is said, he was sold to General Wash
ington. In 1912 he was made a
free man and then came North and
was employed by George Green, a
Long Island farmer, with whom he
rema ned for forty years.
Green's faculties remained unim-
paired until l5 years ago, when his
sight and hearing began to fail and
he entered the poor house, where he
had lived ever since. He used both
whiskey and tobacco, but had never
shown any bad effects from either.
He was married several times and Is
said to be the father of 81 children,
most of whom are dead.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-08
the CAUSE or TINE STRIKE.
a "irI Ordered TO Leave AlAmance Mills
and Rest Of Hands Walk Out

"ifI Ordered to Leave AlAmance Mil.
and Rest Of Hands Walk Out.
A Burlington dispatch TO the Bal
tlmore Sun Gays:
Determination Of one girl not 10
take the place Of a fellow. mem Der
OF union who had been discharg
cd, has caused the greatest strike
ever known among the cotton mills :
In this district. More than 400
operatives are out, and the mill
owners have entered upon bitter
nght With their employees for the
purpose " crushing their union.
Miss Jennie Pope, Il years old,
an orphan, employed In the Holt
mill, at Haw River, WAS recently
ordered to take 4 loom, whose ope
rative, Miss Anna Whitsell, had
been discharged after h quarrel with
a foreman.
W hen sho learned Of Miss Whit
sells discharge she refused to ac
cept the place and WAS ordered to
leave the mill. The union wanted
to strike Immediately, but she ad
vised them not to take any action.
A meeting Of the union was held
that night, however, and the oper-
ativts did not go to work the next
day. The mill was shut down and
tho strike spread 80 tina. practical.
ly every mill In the district was
closed.
Non union men under guard have
been operating some OF the mills
since October l5. The uinon men
have begun marching and tn reaten
those who are working.