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THE "WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1804.
THE MACON TELEGRAPH
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Macon, Ga.
A FEW FACTS.
when the mints of Germany and the
United States were closed against sil
ver. and acknowledged that site had
lost it by closing her own. Another Is
that since France was, for her own
safety, obliged to close her mints
against silver, various other countries
have followed her example, until there
is nowhere in the world a country not
exclusively on the silver basis which
permits the free coinage of silver. A11
these facts arc closely related to each
other. Ti e fact that France once
maintained free e'.nuge ought uot to be
detached from the equally Important
fact that for the last twenty years Bhe
has been confessedly unable to do so
and lias kept her mints tightly closed
against silver—more tightly than the
mints of the United States have been
since the repeal of the Sherman law..
THE REMEDY FOR LYNCHING.
A CAMPAIGN CANARD.
The Atlanta Constitution says;
"The Macon Telegraph, wrnen, in com
mon with a few other newspapers. Is enj
gaged in the effort to popularize the finan
cial views of John Sherman tn a somewhat
modified form, endeavors to answer the
facts and arguments, which we press upon
its attention from time to time, by declar
ing that the Constitution sympathises
with the purposes of the Populists on the
financial question. This Is not a very com
plete answer to any fact or argument on
the silver question, so far as we can see.
The demands of an honest and economi
cal administration of the government, and
for an Income tax are both Democratic,
The demand for the free coinage of saver
would be Democratic If It did not Include
a demand for a fixed ratio in advance
of knowledge of the effect that free coin
age at 16 to 1 would have on the commer
cial value of sliver bullion. The mainte
nance of a lower ratio by France lor
seventy year* Is pretty strong evidence
that the reopening of our mints to silver
at the ratio of 16 to 1 would equalize the
legal and commercial values or silver. As
the Macon Telegraph pays no attention
to the facts of history and the logical
deductions that are to be made from them,
we shall not press the point."
Th<> Populist newspaper organ ear-
toons John Sherman as the Devil, with
hoofs, horns and p'la'if .rk. The Con
stitution does not go quite so far, but
It has long used his name to damn men
and policies to which It wns opposed.
ho doubt our contemporary thinks the
sentence which couples the names of
the Telegraph and John Sherman
strong argument, because it knows that
John Sherman is not liked In this part
of thcfpolitlcal vineyard. Ml tor Wat
son, sharing the Constitution’s opinions
on the silver question, follows its ex
ample aud damns Sherman, as the best
way of converting Democrats into Pop
ulists, while the Constitution damns
him In the hope, presumably, of con
verting Populists into Democrats.
Wo understand this coupling of the
Tejamnh ami John Sherman to lie
our contemporary’s retort to our sugges
tion that It believes in lilt money as
weii as the free eoiuage of silver at the
10 to 1 ratio. If so the retort Is a fee
ble ono. If Jolm Sherman Is a bimet
allist, the Telegraph’s position Is not
wrong because he is with it It be Is
not a bimetallist, but, ns our contem
porary constantly nsserts, a “gold-bug,”
a heliever in the single gold standard,
then he Is not with the Telegraph. Hut
the retort Is especially feeble because
the Constitution Immediately confesses.
In effect, that it agrees with the Popu
lists awl la not oa the Democratic plat
form. “The (Popullat) demaud for the
free coinage w silver would bo Demo
cratic if it did not Include a demand for
a fixed ratio in advance of kuowledgo
of the effect of that free coinage at the
10 to 1 ratio would have on the com.
mercinl value of silver bullion.”
>What has the Constitution been do
ing for months but demand free coin-
age “in advance of the knowledge” qf
the effect of free coinage on the price
of silver bulllou.' It baa argued for
free coinage on exactly the terms the
Populists demand, and has apparently
been willing to consent to fyec coinage
nt any ratio, exoept the one fixed by
the market*—the only ratio that could
lie known to be safe before the mints
Were opened. Ily what device does the
Constitution think the effect of free
coinage on the price of allver bullion
can be definitely ascertained in nd-
t anco of the opeulng of the mints? We
think it can possibly know of none, yet
It says the demand made by Itself und
the Toailsts that the mints be opened
in advance of such knowledge Is un-
Democratic.
This Is really the point of difference
between Democrats nod Populists on
the silver question. Both are in favor
of free coinage, bat Democrats Icslst
that parity—coinage at the iatk> repre
senting the relative commercial value
of the two metals—mast be secured,
while Populists say parity is a matter
of no Importance. We hare understood
the Constitution to agree with the Pop
ulists, but we now see that it admits,
in effect, that what it lias defewl.il la
uu-Demucratic. - ■
The Constitution la mistaken when it
says the Telegraph pays no attention
to the facts of history, and dies the
fact that l-’rance maintained the parity
of her gold awl silver money for sev
enty yearn while coinlug allver freely
nt the ratio of ir> i-“ to i
to prove that it dies. Yes, that
a fact; but there are fneta equally Im
portant connected with it. One is that
during thine seventy years silver was
Kiuiulanl money in every country in
«ne world except Great Britain, awl
their mints were Just as open to It as
was that of France. Another Is that
i lost the power to maintain the
money
Macon, Ga„ S»pt. 14, 1KH.—James Ji.
Blount, Jr., Esq.. President Young .Mens
Democratic Club—Dear sir; As per your
request I have no hesitancy -n saving
that the annymous tetter aquressM to me
nnd published by my autnorlty in tne Dal
ly Press of September 11, 1 now believe
was not written by authority of tne young
Men’s Democratic Club, or By ana
the knowledge and consent ot any one
In authority. Yours truly,
w. A. FOC.
THE “MEN WHO OIMIKUL.'
Read the letter, or wnten tne tounning
Is a copy, which was sent to uol. tv. a.
Poe, Populist nominee lor tne legislature,
over the signature ot tne young Men's
Democratic Club or Bibb county. Kigm
or wrong, fair or unfair, tney proooim
that the Democrats Intend to carry tne
election, that they have the snerm,
chief and the police, and would tcrroize
those who would vote against tne Demo
c ratio nftmlnees:
Macon, Ga.. Sept. 8, 1884.—cot. W. A.
Poe—Dear Sir: l am going to give you
some good advice and ny beror* you some
facts which you wJll nnd very cold, dui
for your own good. Why win you run
for the legislature when you know you
stand no chance ot being elected? tot
you know we. the Democrats, intend to
run Bibb county, wrlgnt or wrong. lair
or unfair, and you and tne niggers and
Populists can’t help yourselves. Mlntet
Wimberly. Schatzman ana Tom carung
will fix the programme and our ciud will
carry It out. We nave enougn between
iq and 25 to give us any majority we
want. Besides the old farmers, railroad
men and working men are not to ot ro
lled on. The day before me election tow
Drew and the Macon Brewing company
con buy their votes ”en masse.' you
have no third party men in town except
a few cobblers, etc. All tne Dangers,
cotton buyers and monied men are against
you. Even the bar. not a memoer ot it
Is a Populist, except tnat little squirt Iver
son Harris, and while he pushes others
into the race, he is too cowardly to make
a speech or take a nona nlmseit. t ne
farmers won't do to depend on; tney will
talk big at home, but come to town, take
a drink of good Democratic liquor, cnangf
their political views, and sell tneir vote
for a loan ot 55 or TO*. Now ain’t uni
true? A few .niggers would vote lor you,
but we Intend to crowd them away trom
the polls. We have-the snerm, tne cniet
nnd police, ani you can t help yourneu.
Was you ever at the court house or city
hall on tha day of an election ma nan
how impossible It <* for a negro to net
to the ballot box ? well, we ire going
to make It hot for them this tail, so you
have no chance, come down, my men,
and loin the Democratic column or you
will wake up and see tne negro in \n<
■hype of a raven on your cnamDer door;
you will eak It. “will 1 be elected?’ ii
will answer, “nevermore.”
(Signed) Young Men a Dem. League.
Tell that young aqutrt Harris to go to
selling patent medicine to straignten tne
negroes wool. It will suit ma talent.
y. m. u. l).
Are honest and fair men wining to in
dorse such methods?
The above was published prominently
In Tom Watson's paper.
-Mr. Foe says he now believe* that
it was not written by any one in
authority In the Young Men’s Demo
cratic Club. We do not know whether
ho lias arrived ot this belief because of
representation* made to him by persons
In authority in the elub, or whether he
ever believed that the signature was
written by any one with authority to
sign for the club. It Is certain, how
ever, that nc could very easily have
satisfied himself that the letter was u
clumsy forgery before he sent It to the
organ of his party for publication. Ho
ought to have so satisfied himself be
cause the signs of fraud on the face of
the letter Itself are protulterant—forc
ing themselves on the attention of the
reader.
In the first place, there is no such or
ganization in Macon a* the “Young
Men's Democratic League,” and mem-
'bers of the Youug Men’s Democratic
Clnb ought to be presumed to know at
least the name ot their organization.
It should be regarded a» certain that
the officials ot the organization, au
thorized to slgu for It, know that name.
But stronger evidence of fraud is tne
fset that in the letter Is said exactly
what the Populist* would like for Dem
ocratic officials to say. In It farmers,
railroad men and workingmen gener
ally, from whom the Populists seem to
expect support, are repeatedly insulted,
and vulgar blasts made of the power
of Democrats to cheat with impunity.
Of course it is possible that there is
a Democrat fool enough to wTito such
a letter, but not at all probable. Even
fool Democrat* do not play into the
hand of the euerny with such wonderful
pat ness. All the probabilities are that
some thorougb-golug Populist, with
some Intelligence but no conscience to
protect him against the crime of forg
ery, furnished Mr. Poe with this bit of
camp-tiga material. If he has cariosity
as to the author, he should inquire
among his political friends.
Wo shall see whether Mr. Watson,
with his high professions of political
morality, will try in his turn to undo
tie- wrung he lias doue the young Dem
ocrats of Bibb.
Two or three years ago a convention
of negroes, held at Indianapolis, we
ing that every county in which such a
crime occurred should be mulcted in a
considerable sum, say $10,000, for the
support of the victim's family. The
proposition dd not attract nurli at
tention at the time, but we see that
now It is be'.nfc favorably com
mented upon by several of the most
influential of otu- Southern exchanges.
The Charleston Nows and Courier, for
instance, says:
“ 'The merchants ot Memphis, who nave
raized a fund Tor the support ot me ram
bles of the six negro men wno were so
brutally murdered Dy a Kind ->r osxassim
a tew dayi ago. axe receiving warm com.
mendatlon from papers all over tne coun
try. They desrrve all tnat is saia oi
them, of course, but tne tact is mat rnt
county In whicn me men were Kmea
should be required to bear tne ourari
these few citizens h-ave taken on mem-
selves. Probably* me best way to pros*
up the lynching and murdering Dusines;
Is to make tt unprofitable to tne commu
nity that tolerate It, by pensioning tn
dependent of tne victim in every m-
stflnte. The tax payers and juries will
take a different view ot me evil men
and quickly Und ways to eno it.'
Aud on this the Memphis .Commercial
comments by saying that “there is a
great deal of virtue iu the suggestion
aud the next legislature should consider
it.” We think ourselves that there is
some merit in It, though perhaps not
as much as those who brought it for
ward imagine. Wo do not doubt that
some lyneliings, where the victim has
been guilty of n peculiarly atrocious
crime against a woman, are partiet-
i mtnij m hv nil 1Ua
| of the communities in which they oc-
| eur. Tho community is therefore re
sponsible, aud under such circumstances
there Is always, if not Justification for
the crime, at least very much to palliate
it. But la many cases the lynching is
done by men who contribute very little
to the tax funds of the counties In
which they live, and would he little re
strained by the fear that the property
of other men would be heavily taxed
because of their crime.
Thut this remedy is suggested and ad
vocated is proof, however, that tho
people of the South are awakening to
the dangers Involved In the growth of
the lynching evil. The growth of that
evil, which recenffy culminated in the
murder of six negro prisoners near
Memphis, must be cheeked. The feel
ing that ltauust lie, we believe, Is grow
ing to be universal among our people.
In our opinion, the best! remedy is that
of which there has been a partial ap
plication in Virginia and North Caroli
na—tho doing away with delays In
court, insuring prompt punishment to
brutes accused of the crime which gen
orally provokes lynching. It Is true
that the trial under such clrcustances
of a man accused of a capital crime
may not bo what It should bo—calm, de
liberate aud careful of tile rights of tho
accused. It may be said that convic
tion under such circumstances would be
almost certain; that the proceeding
would merely bo lynching by the state's
officers nnd according to the forms of
law. This would not be wholly true,
hut even if It were, It would be better
than lynching by un irresponsible mob.
Even bad law regulating such matters
is better than no law ijt all. In the
course of time the law may bo changed
for the better, but there is absolutely
no way to Improve tho processes of n
mob or of avoiding the bad conse
quences of its acts. In fact, the mob
la Its proceedings always progresses
toward greater evil—become* more vio
lent, more bloody minded, less regard
ful of the lights of others, more con
scious of It* own irresponsible power.
The remedy for lynching Is, therefore,
the prompt punishment of criminals by
the law, even though the law Itself be
Justly open to serious criticism.
quciices. But the newspaper or pol'tl- rency system upon a broader and more
clan' who loses s.gtot of tho fact that liberal yet absolutely bvcui'C basis.”
the great object to be attained Is the The importance of this lies mainly
restoration of bimetallism and not | In 'tho acknowledgment that the finan-
merely to secure the free coinage of
silver plays Into the hands of the Pop
ulists. Free coinage does uot mean bi
metallism, as the expcrle’nec of many
nations show* It is orly free coluage
under substantially the same conditions
all over the world that means bimetal
lism, as experience also shows.
The Populist Is free to advocate free
coinage at 111 to 1 because he does not
believe In bimetallism or monometal
lism or any kind of metallism. He is a
flat money man, and advocates free
coinage nt 10 to 1 because he sees In It
the best method of breaking down the
present currency system, ns a prelimi
nary to establishing a flat money sys
tem. Gojd monometallism, silver mon
ometallism and bimetallism arc equally
foreign to his notion of what is right
nnd expedient. In’appearing ns the
champion of silver monometallism, or
of free coinage at 10 to 1, which he no
doubt understands to be the same
thing, therefore, the Populist is subject
to the accusation of insincerity. He
pretends to seek a certain end, but in
fact the object which he seeks is mere
ly a means to nn end. But if this ho
insincerity, It is also sharp politics.
The Democrat who advocates free
coinage at 10 to 1 may do so Ignorantly,
or he may be a man who, while he
clings ty the Democratic name und as
sociations, has adopted the Populist
theories of finance. In cither case he
is helping the Populist cause, for the
reuson the Populist party is the only
party which can ever be expected to
open the mints to the free coinage of
s.lvcr nt the 10 to t ratio without
international agreement. That party is
willing to do so for reasons already
given.
WHAT GIVES MONEY VALUE.
cial men of New York, the class for
which Mr. Clews speaks, realize that
the present currency system cannot
stand much longer—that it Is too nar
row nnd illiberal. This denotes a great
advance on tneir part. A few years
ago no proposition for a change would
have received support on Wall street,
except the change of stopping the coin
age of light weight silver dollars.
The suggestion that the reform must
come through a change In the banking
laws we think indicates oorrect inform
ation as to the situation. We see no
other way to bring about beneficial in
form Immediately. The repeal of the
10 per cent, tax on the issues of state
hanks seems to us the simplest thing
to do, but it has been developed that
congress, and perhaps the country, is
not yet ready for so radical a step. It
must be taken finally, we feel sure, but
it is not impossible in the meuntime to
greatly improve the situation. The
main defect in the national banking
system, ns we see It, Is that it excludes
all forms of quickly convertible wealth
except one—United States bonds—from
use ns a basis for banking. That basis
must constantly grow narrower, to me
distress of tho business of the country,
If it were broadened, so that other
forms of realized wealth could be util
ized, the situation would be much re
lieved. An approach, under federal su
pervision, would he made to the condi
tions which would be created by tho
repeal of the 10 per cent. tax. There
are many people'who believe that fed
eral supervision, if not federal respou-
sibiliiy, is necessary to uuy sate cur
rency, nnd we believe considerable con
cessions can be made to their views at
the saute time that a vastly improved
currency system is secured.
Ron, of the merits of the
between Judge Gober and U:« ( ,„
but It seems pliun that this
whatever may l» itr
have no Influence on tbe f.,; '"
proposed amendment to the
tloc. The people In passing UDo .
amendment will not be electinVjl
Gobcr, or uuy other man. i t ,
their business, under the law t,
Judges.' That duty rests up m „
!Mature, and :t the people ranno .
the legislature to fid the two
on the bench worthily, f aeu tll
not to trust it to till the seats
provided for. If Judge Gobcr U J
worthy man, ns Ills enemies clianJ
say they can prove, then the
may lie sure that he will not he e i e
.U any rate, the question Tor toe
decide Is whether tlic memh.-mli
tho court should be increased, ; u
that It may perform its duties p, .,,
They will be doing a wrong to the
if they refuse»to vote on that qu,
and undertake to vote on aiiom,
subordinate importance which d-
belong within their province, u„.
tion of how the office shall lie mp
The '
MAN
MB. HARRIS' STATEMENT
cr ot
divlii
creli
Kao:
esnt.
HELPING THE POPULISTS.
There Is a difference of opinion In the
Democratic party cn the sllrcr ques
tion, but we believe that difference has
been grossly exaggerated by men and
newspapers who either wish to make
of It a question that will divide the
party, or who, having uo convictions
themselves, are always willing to yield
whatever is demauded of them In the
hope of placating apposition and gain
ing votes. We say the difference has
bi-cn exaggerated because we believe
that a vast majority of Dem
ocrats want sound money—by
which we mean money worth
intrinsically what it pretends to ne
worth—and will reject, when they un
derstand it, any scheme that will result
in a depreciated, fluctuating currency.
We firmly believe the free coinage of
allver at a ratio less than that fixed by
the markets would result in such a cur
rency, but our purpose at this time is
not to deal with that question, but
with the quest'on of policy, from S par
ty standpoint, of advocating free coin
age on such terms, it seems to us that
th<f man or newspaper which argues
for free coinage at the lit tn 1 ratio, or
any ratio which does not Insure a s-mnu
bimetallic currency, must necessarily
make converts to the Populist party
to the extent that the arguments are
convincing. This Is true because the
Populist party la the only party which
favors free coinage on such terms. The
Democratic party does not and the Re
publican party does not. Both of these
parties, we believe, favor bimetallism,
but the first 1* active In its efforts to
bring about the conditions which will
make bimetallism possible, while tho
latter is apathetic, if its controlling
forces do not actnally lean toward the
gold standard.
We think the demonetization of silver
Tlic following paragraph occurs.In an
editorial article la the Atlanta Consti
tution of a day or two ago:
“We think, too. tnat it tne eattor of tne
Telegraph will reflect over tne matter,
lie will be able to see tnat an tne value,
that money has, ss money, » its sxensmte-
able value, and that this exchangeable
value Is imported It Dy legniauon, nut
by ^resting the value, but by creating a
demtPd for it."
We are confident that the discovery
here reported is a new one to the edi
tor of tho Constitution, though a very
old one to most men who have paid
any attention to the currency question.
Wo think it now to him because bad
lie known or believed that the only
value money has is Its exchangeable
value, nnd that that value is deter
mined entirely by the demand for It,
he would not have written aomo hun
dreds of columns of editorial matter
that have appeared in hla paper during
recent years. Wc have understood him
during those years to assume that the
government's stamp on fifty cents’
worth of silver was aitfflcleat to mako
that coin ns valuable as n gold dollar
containing metal worth twice as much
In the markets. If he means now that
tho government stamp will ndd nothing
to the value at that silver, but that its
value can be Increased only by an in
creased demand for the metal, he takes
quite a different position. It seems to
us that this position Is Inconsistent
with a demand for the tree coinage ot
silver before tbe value of that melsi
unucr the new conditions has been as
certained.
We don't think the Constitution can
be in earnest when It says tho ex
changeable value ot money, the only
value It has, is “imparted to It by leg
islation, not by creating the vuluc, but
by creating the demand for it.” If this
proposition were true, the demand for
money would immediately disappear If
nil legal tender laws were repealed!
tho world would no longer want nny
money If the law no longer said what
was money. As the use of money ante
dates legal tender laws many centu
ries, tt is not likely that the world
would close to Deed money If such laws
were repealed. Wo do not think the
demand for money would bo In the
slightest degree diminished hv tho re
peal of every law affecting the curren
cy, and wo are not at all certain that
the world would not be better off If
every such law were repealed.
Tbe Constitution favors free coinage
at the 10 to 1 ratio. How does it know
that the added demand In tbe United
States for silver would double its value’;
If its value were not doubled, then
gold nnd silver money would have dif
ferent values, and experience has
shown that under such circumstances
only the cheaper money circulates—
that. In fact, the dearer money ceases
to be money at all, iu the seuse of bo
log used as a medium of exchange and
standard of value. *
We congratulate our contemporary oa
Its edging towanl the Democratic plat
form on this question. We hope that
before the Democratic party’s fight for
bimetallism Is won that it will Ik-
squarely upon that platform, along
with the Telegraph.
NEW ANTI TRUST LAW.
There Is one feature of the new tariff
law which has so far provoked* but
little comment. That feature is the
stringent anti-trust law contained in
tho last five sections, which were added
on the motion of Senator Morgan of
Alnbama.
This new auti-trust law, as tbu New
York Times remarks, appears to have
boon aimed directly nt the sugar trust.
The terms of it fit exactly the case of
that organization. Tlic comb,nations
are those which nrc “engaged in im
porting any article from any foreign
country into the United States,” aud
which nrc “intended to operate in re
straint of lawful trade, or free compe
tition in lawful trade or commerce, or
to increase the market price lu any
part of tho United States of any article
or articles imported or intended to be
Imported Into the United States, or ot
any manufacture into which such im
ported article enters or Is intended to
enter.” The penalty Is both line nnd
imprlsoncmeut. Moreover, the proper
ty of the prohibited combination whlln
Mr. Harris, whose statement nil
circumstances under which he r
from the state committee we pr'.ut |
morning, is a sincere and manly
Democrat, nnd we have uo d'.spoi
to criticise his act harshly. \y t . |
he has rnnde a mistake, but tllt l
harm that thut mistake may q,
party ,we do not see thaf lie is w'J
responsible. He felt hlnJself t„ i,,1
false position nnd to be Incapablel
that reason at doing the party valnl
sen-ice,, hut he proposed to with]
qu,etly, without attracting attend
That the fact of his resignation ,
diatoly been me known v,\13
fault. Possibly there is a leak ;
Gio Democratic headquarters, «l
Chairman Clay would do well to J
We think Mr. Harris nude a misj
because when he became a couuml
ntan ho assumed obligations,
the party which should have astral
hint from resigning, unless the uni
ef resigning became one of cun*-'J
and we do not see that It had ln|
so In this case. We ray this
agreeing with him, with Chairman t]
nnd Mr. Cobb, that tha Populists , i|
to have representation on e!«
boards In those counties where
have an organization.
Nor do we think Mr. Harris ottgl
have feared nny embarrassment:
public speaker because of the it
ances ot other Democrats on the s,|
question. The platform leave* itinl
perfect liberty to talk the »tr.il;!tf
Democratic doctrine on that qut-
no mutter wliat other Democratic»p|
ers may talk Populist doctrine.
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men
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disc
THE SENATORIAL RACE.
transit from one state to another
may he seized nnd condemned, and per
son* Injured In business or property by
violations of the lnw may suo to re
cover threefold damages.
The so-called sugar trust Is “engaged
In Importing” great quantities of raw
sugar; it Is “Intended to operate In re
straint of free competition in lawful
trade or coramerco,” nnd does so oper
ate; it is Intended “to Increase tbe mar
ket price” in the United States of “ar
ticles Imported or intended to bo im
ported” and of a certain “manufacture
Into which such imported article enters
or Is Intended to enter,” which is re
fined sugar.
It is notorious that these have been
the alms nnd Intention* of the sugar
trust, and that the trust’s purpose hat
been accomplished. If any fresh evi
dence be needed, It is supplied by tbe
admissions and declarations of tbe
trust's controlling officers themselves.
In the testimony freely given by them
a few weeks aim before the senatorial j
committee of which Mr. Gray was
chairman.
Tho best and quickest way to render
the trust harmless Is to deprive it ot
Us tariff protection, which can be doue
without sacrificing the revenue the
treasury needs. But If this cannot lie
tlone, we do not doubt that the admin
istration will push the new auti-trust
law for all it Is worth.
CURRENCY REFORM.
Henry Clew* In bis last weekly cir
cular says It is taken for granted by
the business men of New Tors that Uie
currency question mtut come up for
settlement at the short session of con
gress, ami that much Intercut Is felt in
the result. "There has been uo con
gressional action,” he continues,
show very clearly huw rongrcsdunnl
opinion stands upon the curreury issue,
but among members of tlw house
have been best situated to form a Judg
ment, there to a strong hope that
uuy tie found possible to curvy through
before next
st posstote to cunr thru
March, a ue-.isun-Viat
by tbe chief commercial nation- of the j set at rest the silrer and flat m-.nry
world has ban very, serious ouse- ] crazes through putting our bank cur-
The Democratic nominations foci
legislature are now all made, anil
seems to us more cerLtiu than everf
Ma.i. lt.ii :i will tie elected.- Of wt
it Is impossible to say positive!;, j
we Ix lleve ho Is the choice ot a tut
Ity at ttie nominees for the tm*c j
senate, having greater strength tlunj
three of his opponents. He In
least n very long lead over any c
them. Such a lead, indicating
choice of the people, ought to iu«ia|
election, even if the first ballot lit
result in no choice.
W« think tho state ought toj
granduted on tho promised outrun
the race. It ran expect, la the;
of MaJ. Bacon’s election, not
capable service tn its behalf in
ate during tho next « x year*, but t
brilliant service, Impressing Itself»
the mind of the nation. Hitch *
Is needed at a time like th.s.'
men’s minds are prone to wstxlrr trl
old American political UImIs ool ibl
is danger of a drift of our gorernml
toward un-Democratlc putornai-oo.J
“This
m -a
jriciure
and that”
THE SUPREME COURT.
will
We think no one who ha* examined
the question In an unprejudiced way
can doubt that the proposed amend
ment to the constitu’lon. Increasing the
number of supreme court judges, ought
to be adopted. We hare seen nowhere
un argument against Its adoption that
deals with the merits of the proposi
tion. It seem* to universally conceded
that the court, as now constituted, can
not deal properly with tbe enormous
amount of business coming before it,
that tbe public suffer* because of this
Inability, and that the proper remedy
to the proposed Increase of tbe number
of Judges. But while this to conceded—
while everybody admits that the pro
posed amendment to meritorious—a cer
tain amount of opposition to developing
which may cause many citizens
to refrain from votlug for
against the amendment. Tills op
position to somewhat peculiar lu
character. It to fused on tbe
candidacy of a certain man—Judge Uo
her—for one of tlio Judgeship* not yet
created. Against this man certain
charges of improper conduct were ma
two or three years ago, investigated
the legislature ami declared to be
founded. The report of the leglslat
committee, however, did not satisfy
enemies, and they have since pursi
him nJeutle—iy. Tne Telegraph I
no opinion to express, In this coon
For a long time fir.
Jolm Barbee, of i»7 I
Main St., Durham,
N. C. was a victim
to Dyspepsia—He
was advised to take
Brown’s
Iron
Bitters.
On Jul/10, ISHh#
wrote a grateful leUtr In
which he said:
“I have used Browh’i
Inns IiirrzBsfortwu
mi'iiiln forDm>rp*i*
and it hat cured me."
He docs not mind
it’s being known—
perhaps his letter
may help VOUtoa
cure! I his remedy
has helped thous- (
nnds during the past
20 yrs. Will y ou
try it? It does not
constipate and it
WON’T INJURE
THE TEETH.
Brown Chem.Co. Bslto.rW.
PARKER’S
I HAIR BALSAM
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