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Miss Pollard’s Attorney Seems to Have
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About to Corner the Old Gent.
Washington, April 2.—The trial of the/
Pollard-Breckinridge case was adjourned
this afternoon until tomorrow at the most
interesting point of the cross-examination—
a mystery involving an alleged letter ad
dressed “My Dear Sister Douise," which
the plaintiff s counsel will try to prove was
written in 1886, at the time when, according
to his testimony, Colonel Breckinridge
suspended his relations with her and did
not know her whereabouts. The chief in
terest in this second dubious letter intro
duced in Ihe case centers in the name
“Douise.” Mill Bollard avers that she went
to Cincinnati in February, 1890, and in June
of that year gave birth to a baby at the
St. Joseph’s asylum, at Norwood, near
Cincinnati, and tnut after leaving the asy
lum she went to the house of a physician
under the assumed name of Douise Wilson.
The defendant denied positively this after
noon having any knowledge of “Aly Dear
Sister Douise,” or of having given a letter
beginning that way to a typewriter to
copy. Tlie cross-examination of the defen
dant will be continued all through tomor
row and probably the next day.
i>»i a <>., i no a.iiixi.
Washington, April 3.—Colonel Breckinridge
and Aliss Pollard were both on the stand
today and both gave testimony relating to
liie alleged letter which the plaintiff claims
was written to her in 18S6. This is the let
ter alleged to begin “Aly dear sister
Douise,” and by which the plaintiff’s coun
sel seek to impeach the testimony of the
defendant. Today, after a hard legal light,
liie plaintiff's attorneys succeeded in plac
ing on the stand Mrs. Douise Dowell, who
testified that while a typewriter at the
capitol, in 1886, she had copied a letter writ
ten by Colonel Breckinridge addressed “Aly
dear sister Douise,” and that she had en
dorsed numerous envelopes for him with
tlie name “Miss Pollard, 56 North Upper
street. Dexington, Ky.” Miss Pollard also
took the stand and testitied that Colonel
Breckinridge frequently sent Jier letters
while site was in Dexington, and he in
Washington. They were all type written,
she said, and in 'them she was addressed by
various titles, such as “Aly dear spitfire,”
and “Aly dear Douise.”
Colonel Breckinridge denied that Mrs.
Dowell had ever copied for him any such
letter .ns that she described or that she ad
dressed envelopes for him with the name of
Miss Pollard, although he acknowledged
that Mrs. Dowell had written letters for
him.
Old Willie Wlnces.
Washington, April 4.—Colonel Breckin
ridge ended his testimony today, after hav
ing been on the stand almost continuously
since Thursday. Tomorrow the defense may
submit some additional testimony, but it
is more likely that the rebuttal of the plain
tiff's evidence will begin, and there is ev
ery indication that all the evidence will be
before the jury when tlie court adjourns
over on Friday’ until Monday. The day was
not sensational.
Judge Wilson began his examination by
asking if Colonel Breckinridge remembered
saving to the servant woman at Airs. Thom
as’s, the day after he had taken lunch there
with Miss Pollard. “Mary, that was a very
nice lunch, and when Madeline ami 1 go to
housekeeping 1 want you to come with us.'
“Oh, that’s not true; that's merely a fancy
sketch,” said Colonel Breckinridge, with a
laugh: “there’s not a word of truth in it.”
i olonel Breckinridge said he had used
expressions that might be fairly construed
as expressions of affection towards Miss
Pol).ird, although he never used expressions
of love. “They were merely expressions
that a man would use towards a woman lor
whose condition he felt partly responsible,”
said Colonel Breckinrdge.
“Then the expressions you used were such
as to give the plaintiff the idea that you had
love and affection for her?”
“No; there never was anything said or
done to give her the idea that I loved her.
1 am not prepared to say what ideas she
had about the matter.”
“Then you n-ver did anything to give her
the idea that you loved?”
Took Iler in His Arms.
“Well, I took her in my arms and kissed
her. and did those things which naturally
resulted from our relationship, every th ng
was done kindly, but there was no loving. ’
“You merely took her in your arms then
to assist ia the gratification of those reia
»ions you maintained?”
“No, hardly that. Th-'y were the natu
ral result of what our relations were.”
Judge W ilson asked Colonel Bre?kmricge
with reference to ins statetm nt cn A.cn
day that the publication of a scandal de
stroyed a woman, while ;t sometimes inly
injures a man. “Do you Hi . li ■ as.a d,
“that there is any moral oi.ligation on a
man to keep a woman from that destruc
tion?”
“Undoubtedly,” said Colonel Breckinridge.
“I Ini’." not denied that I have ben gifity
in a degree and 1 am standing my pil.’.t h
nient without complaint or trn • ttcinpi io
Hee from th? consequences.”
In answer to Judge Wilson, tlm defendant
said he had told the nlai itiif many Pirns
that marriage b iwee.i then was impossible.
Win ;i<- Wouldn't Hurry Her.
“I told her, ’ he said, that si; • coul ! not
expect me to marry her. i’.'i 're were me
illicit relations with .'dr. Red. <, and t tat
alter she had had .ilr. Rod's hr ihtee
years and thrown him away dk ? a stieke i
oranye, 1 could not c<ii’.tein| i i:e marriage
with her and look upon !:• i as a wife whom
1 could trust, or whom i. could take into
my family.”
Colonel Breckinridge explained in great
detail the nature of the agreement to tn.'OW
Airs. Blackburn off the scent a to tin it
relations which included the semblance of
an engagement that Miss Pollard might
drop out of nis life respectably.
Colonel Breckinridge admitted, after fre
quent questions pin to him, that he had
connived at the deception practiced on
Mrs. Blackburn.
“And yf>u took this young woman there
and placed her under Mrs. Blackburn’s
protection?” asked Junge Wilson.
“No, I think not. Tlie understanding and
recollection of Mrs. Blackburn and myself
do not. agree on that point.”
“And you caressed the plaintiff in her
presence?”
“No. 1 did not. The caresses given were
not mine.”
Where He Married.
After questioning tlie witness about his
triii to New York in April. 1592, when lie
was married, and his meeting with tlie
plaintiff at tlie iloffnian house, Judge Wil
son handed Colonel Breckinridge a paper
and asked him if that were a sac simile
of his marriage certificate.
“Did you ask Dr. Paxton to suppress the
marriage certificate?”
“I told him to keep it secret. If you
want me to tell you why I will do so,” but
Judge Wilson did not ask.
"Where did you go the night of your
marriage?”
“My wife and T went to the Hotel Doge
reau. at Eighteenth street and Broadway.”
“Did you register under an assumed
name?”
“I did—under the name of William J.
Campbell and wife.”
“From what place did you register?”
“I think I did mot put down any address.”
After a consultation between Colonel
Breckinridge and his lawyers, Major Shelby
said he thought the ease of the defense
might, end at that point, but he asked that
the court adjourn then in order to give the
defense time to consult as to what it would
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Judge Bradley agreed to the adjournment.
Tlie Crowd Lectured.
But before the crier formally announced
that the court was adjourned, the crowd
began to move out. Tnen Judge Bradley
became angry, and, stiffening up, lie cried:
“Take your seats and go back there, take
off your hats!” This was the introduction
to a scorching lecture to the P e uP®trators,
in which lie said tlie curiosity exhibited by
them had been disgusting. Corridors had
been crowded by tlie prurient and crowds
had assembled before the office ot the
counsel. The s >ectators, he said, were also
on trial. “On trial for common sense and
decency, and I am ashamed to say trmt
their conduct lias resulted in a verdict or
buzzards sitting on a fence corner waiting
the opportunity to pick up a little cat r un.
Adjourn the court,” and the cuutt was
adjourned.
AMbs Louiac In It.
Washington, April 5. —Colonel Breckin
ridge formally closed his defense today.
The witnesses called on his behalf wete ex
amined apparently with a view of disprov
ing the statement of-- plaintilt that she
had given birth to a male child ill M astl
- city, on February 3, 18s8. Inen tne
rebuttal testimony for the plaiiititt began
and continued until adjournment. Ihe most
interesting and perhaps the most important
testimony ot the day was that given oy
Miss Douise Dowell, the typewriter who
had done copying for Colonel Breckinridge
at the capitol, anil Mary Yancey, a coioieu
cook at tlie house of Airs. Thomas, witn
whom Aliss Pollard lived from February
to Alay of last year. Miss Dowell swore
that she had copieil for Colonel BrecKui
ridge letters in his hand writing to I'D
Dear Sister Douise” and “Aly Dear &pi<.-
lire,” and her synopses of these showed
that the letters were of an amatory char
acter. The defendant in his testimony had
denied that he had maintained any com
munication witli Miss Pollard during 1886,
when the letters were written, while the
plaintiff asserted that she received letteis
from him in that year addressed Aly D<‘ !l r
Sister Douise,” “Aly Dear Spitfire, -»ij
Dear Aladeline” and other terms of in
timacy. , , . „„„
Mary Yancey, the colored cook, t > ore
positively to an acknowledgment by < olo
nel Breckinridge of his intention to mariy
the plaintiff. According to tlie witn s.,
Colonel Brenckinridge complimented licr ra
her cookery, and after mentioning the
plaintiff’s name, said: “We want you to
come witli us when we go to nou ckecpmg
in the fall.” , ,
Miss Pollard on tlie Stand.
Miss Pollard came in about live minutes
alter Judge Bradley took his scut- £h e
was closeiy followed by Colonel Bieekm
ridge and his attorneys. It was supposed
when Colonel Breckinridge finished his t s
timony yesterday mat rhe deLense would
rest ns ease, although Alajur bhelbv an
nounced that more testimony might oe
introduced. there was some surprise,
therefore, when Aliss Pollard was called
to the stand this morning, not as a witness
tor the plaintiff, but for the detense.
“Aliss pollard, what time was jour baby
born in 1888'.’” asked Major Butterworth.
“Aly baby was born at noon on the ~d
of February, and as 1 had promised An.
Brenckinridge-'' She stalled to say some
thing mure, but Major Butterworth "’o*'
rupted her, and said she must coniine hei
self to the questions asked. Aliss 1 olt i'l
said she gave her baby up two hours iiltn
R was born and it was tak< n to an asylum
on Fourteenth street —a Protestant louiid
lin"' usvium —by an old colored midwife
named Aunt Alary. It was at her nouse
t %o ab /oi?’ : immv "whether the child was
Cl “l bt p?nne’d a little note on my baby’s
clothiHg With the name "t ‘ >iest v ailjle
on it. I v.as reading Phomas (ailjn at
the time and one of his heroes was called
‘Dic-t’ Tlie name was selected n< < au.w
it was very different, from Air. Breckinridge s
O1 11,1111 ’ The Hstby’s Niuue.
Mrs Didie who had been matron of tlie
MqJshhmmn • Foundling asyi.im in ISSS was
™Vmrn d mr P u£ U Um* during whh'h Aliss
Poßard’s baby was born. The book con
tained a slip of paper under date of I < b
ru rv 3 1 888, which tile witness said was
finned to a child brought to the asylum
on that day by an old colored woman. Mis
Didie said, in’ answer to a that
the name on the slip was “Dietz Downing
a ’<’)n "the Jlip St w;is'written in a
hand, “Please name mj' baby Dietz Down
‘“Mrs Didie said that after looking at Dr.
Bar'ions she could say that the att-r bad
never been to the asylum to tlie knowledge
Ul Alr' e William' U. Moore, who was chief
of ihe vital statistics office of tli“ hea t a a
-of the let ol Columl ■
i ihru!! v 18SK t.i'Stifn*'l that i ■ •
ined the records and found that there was
no return made by Dr. Parsons of a birth
occurring on February od.
The '» vpewrit< r'« Testinmni.
Miss Douise Dowell, the typewriter who
had'testified that Colonel Breckinridge had
brought her a letter to copy beginning,
••\lv Dear Sister Louise, an i had also e.u
ployed her to address envelopes to -Miss
Pollard, was recalled by tlie plaintiff and
asked bv Judge Wilson to tell what was
discovered in the “Sister Douise letter.
Aliss Dowell said: _ . ..
“The expression of affection in the letter
was much stronger—” .
But here Major Slielby objected and Aliss
Dowell was held down to what she remem
bered in the letter.
"The writer,” she said, spoke ot tlie gif.it
love between tlie two and tile disparity m
their ages that no two persons in the same
family, with so great a difference in their
ages,’could love eaOh other so dearly.
“Was that tlie substance?” _ „
“That was the whole tenor of tlie letter.
Aliss Dowell had a tolerably clear recollec
tion of other letters she had copied for
Colonel Breckinridge. They were familiar,
•il’fectionate and enjoined caution. One v.as
addressed, “My Dear Spitlire.” All the
letters handed her bj' Colonel Breckinridge
to be copied were in manuscript, which was
taken away when she had finished copying
it.
That Devoratei! Basket.
Very much out of breath. Mur.v \ mu-ry,
the servant girl a; Mrs. Thomas’s, wlre
Miss’ Pollard boarded and where Colonel
Breckinridge said she attempted to take
his lite, took the stand. Mary was shown
the little decorated basket that belonged
to the late Mrs. Breckinridge, which Aliss
Pollard said was given her by the de
fendant and which Colonel Breckinridge
said he had not seen since it was taken
from his house.
“Have you ever seen that basket?” asked
Judge Wilson.
“Thousands of times,” said Alary.
“Did you see it one day when Colonel
Breckinridge took lunch at Airs. Thom-
“Yes, sir. I saw Miss Madeline sitting in
the parlor on the sofa with the basket in
her lap and Colonel Breckinridge sitting be
side her. She used the basket for a work
basket and it had a blue bow and blue silk
lining.”
Alary was allowed to tell of what hap
pened when Colonel Breckinridge called on
Aliss Pollard the day after the luncheon.
“1 opened de doaii fer him,” sin- said, “an’
he sed ter me: 'mary, dat war one oh de
nicest lunches 1 ever eat in all de days ob
my life. Aliss Pollard tell me you aiwaj's
put it up in dat way and wen we goes to
housekeeping in de fall 1 want you to come
and lib wid us.’ I says ’no, cause I liab
been wid my people sixteen yeahs de tis ob
dis mont’.' ”
“What month was that; ’
“Alay, last year.”
Alary said February 21, 1893, was the day
Miss Pollard came to the house to live.
“And Colonel Breckinridge came ithere
nearly every day?” asked Afajor Butter
worth.
"No. He only’ come every day when he
►was in the city, an’ when he was not in
de city de telegrams begin to cum.”
“Order, order!” cried the bailiff.
Mary said that from the kitchen she could
see Colonel Breckinridge and Aliss Pollard
in the parlor. "He would throw his arms
about her and kiss her almos’ uninterrup
ted,” said the witness.
in order to show the respectability of
Mrs. Thomas, with whom Miss Pollard
lived, Judge Wilson brought out the fact
that she was a daughter of the late Adju
tant General Thomas, of the army, and did
not change her name by her marriage.
*he I? > lienee All in.
Washington, April 6.—There were not
forty persons in attendance on the Breck
inridge-Pollard trial this morning besides
the newspaper men and interested parties to
the Ccise.
Airs. Minioar, the last witness on tlie
stand yesterday afternoon, was to lie the
first witness this morning, but after waiting
about twenty minutes for her to appear,
the court decided to call Dr. Alary Parsons,
a bright-looking little physician, who says
she attended Miss Pollard at the birth of
her child, February 3, 1888. She was called
by the plaintiff, but the defense made a
hard fight against allowing her to testify
as to wlio wrote the slip of paper which
was pinned to the dress of the baby which
was brought to the Washington Foundling
asylum. Finally Dr. Parsons was allowed
to testify.
It will be remembered that Miss Pollard
says she wrote the name “Deitz Carlyle”
on the paper, while the paper itself has
on it “Dietz Downing.
Tlie Writing' tin Hie Slip.
Judge Bradley decided to admit the ev
idence of Mrs. Parsons and Carlisle showed
to the witness the slip of paper pasted in
Judge Bradley decided to admit the ev
idence of Mrs. Parsons and Carlisle showed
to the witness the slip of paper pasted in
the foundling asylum book with the name
“Dietz Downing” written on it.
“Do you recognize that handwriting?
asked Carlisle.
. “That is my handwriting,” said Dr. Par
sons.
To Shelby she said she had given the slip
to “Aunt Alary” to pin on the child. She
examined the slip ami said there were pin
holes in it. indicating that it had been
pinned to something.
Madeline on the Stand Again.
Aliss Pollard took tlie stand again when
Johnson concluded. Aliss Pollard said she
had never known and had never seen the
woman named Alollie Sliinglebauer, or Alil
ler, nor Brunt and Kaufman, the two men
who testified that they had Known the plain
tiff as an inmate of a house of illfame in
Dexington. Aliss Pollard also denied know
ing Dena Singleton, the keeper of a Dexing
ton house, in which Mollie Shinglebauer,
Kaufman and Brant swore they saw her.
“Did you ever go driving with John
Brant?” , ,
"No. assuredly not, Mr. Carlisle, 1 never
did.” '
“Did you ever know Hiram Kaufman:
“I never did, and never heard of him un
til tliis defendant brought in his lying de
position.” ~ ,
“Now, Miss Pollard, did you tell this de
fendant, in Wesleyan college the day he
called, that you iiad been improperly inti
mate with Mr. Rodes?”
”1 never did. There could never be a
circumstance which could warrant, me tell
ing such a lie on that poor, old, dead farm
er,” and Aliss Pollard emphasized every
word.
“Did you ever have any such intercourse
with Air. Rodes?”
“No, Air. Carlisle—No! No! No!” each
negative as distinct as could be in its em
phasis. , ,
"Did you tell the defendant that you had
been once to tlie gate of Sarah Guess s with
Rodes, as stated uy liie defendant?”
“No, 1 did not. 1 never knew Sarah
Guess, nor went to her house, nor saw her
gate until I went with my arm in his
through that gate—let me say that, she
cried, raising her hand, as Major blieiuy
tried to interrupt her.
"The defendant says your improper in
timacy with him commenced on August
Ist the day he came to see you at the
college.” ~ . ,
"It did not, and it was not until Saturday
nignt, wlien lie took me to Sarah < -'. ,lcs ? i .?
and he knows it as well as I. said Aliss
Pollard, fairly hissing the last words.
“He also says you mentioned the lli * nl< ?
of George Eliot as your ideal the night ol
that carriage tide. Is this so?
“Ker name was not mentioned. 1 did not
even speak of George Eliot until 1 was
there in the miserable rooms oyer a mat
tress store before my baby was born, when
he brought me a set of Ge >rge i.ii it s
works. 1 thank him for it now. It has
been a great benefit to me,” with a bow to
the defendant. , . I ,n„_
“The defendant says he put a ten-dollar
bill into your hand at the conclusion of the
C '‘Tl l at’s l as false a stateirent as he ever
made.” said Miss Pollard, with emphasis
oa the “false.” “At no time could
man put a ten-dollar bill in my hand.
Addressed Her Affectionately.
After recess a question by Air. Carlisle
whether, when Colonel Breckinridge "as
away from Dexington and Miss I ollard
in Dexington in 1886, correspon lence pass; d
between them, was answered by Miss 1 cl
lard. "He wrote to me all the time. He
did call me ’My dear Sister Douise. Hi
called me ’My dear spittire and he did
use terms that were loving, kind and ten-
Ue “The defendant says he did not have
any relations witli you in 1890 while h. had
a room at Mrs. Hoyt’s, while you were
true. I spent, every night of
those three weeks with him in Ins room at
also denied the statement
of Colonel Breckinridge timt he did not
know of her condition in 1887. „
“Why, of course he knew, she said.
“Why, of course he did.”
Mr Carlisle asked it there was any
agreement with them to pretend that they
were engaged to deceive Mrs Blackburn
and Aliss Pollard answered: ' No, indeed.
That was made in solemn good iaitli and
1 believed him and—”
“We object,” said Major Shelby, and Miss
Pollard did not answer. Then as to the
defendant's statement that she had gone
witli him to Major Moore’s othee under an
agreement to have herself set right witli
Major Aloore, she said:
“No! No! No! There was never such an
agreement, and 1. never heaid of it before
the di f< ndant told of it on the stand, there
could not have ueen such an agreement.
Cross-examined by Alajor Shelby, she
fl -lied any knowledge of tin alleged mock
11..<e lit 'Squire Tinsley s She pro
ceeded to explain at such length that. Major
Shelbv interrupted w.tli: “Art is long, but
lime 'is Heeling. Please confine yourself
to tlie question.”
“You must let me tell about tiiese dread
ful tilings,” she cried, almost on the verge
of tears. “Don’t interrupt me,’’ but siie
was interrupted.
In telling of how she managed to go to
Colonel Breckinridge’s room every night
during his residence at Airs. Hoyt's, pass
ing through Miss Hoyt's room, down the
stairway, through another room and up
another stairway. Miss Pollard saw Colo
nel Breckinridge lean over and say some
thing to Afajor Shelby.
“Don’t interrupt., please,” she said im
periously; and then rattled on witli her
story. She would go to Colonel Breckin
ridge’s room every night when he came in.
"lie always slammed the door to let me
know.” she said. “To prevent mistakes he
always slammed twice. I would then go
to Colonel Breckinridge’s room.”
This concluded .Miss Pollard's testimony
and Attorney Carlisle atinounced:
“If your honor please, the plaintiff sub
mits her rebuttal.”
I . < < <• died.
Then Colonel Breckinridge was recalled,
and proceeded to deny statements of Aliss
Pollard and witnesses in her behalf. He
said he had not given Miss Pollard the rib
bon with which to trim the little work
basket, :is Miss Pollard had said, but he
was not allowed to tell whether lie had ever
told Mary Yancey, the cook at 1819 II street
that he and Miss Pollard were "going to
housekeeping in tlie fall,” Judge Wilson ob
jecting on tlie ground that Colonel Breckin
ridge had aireadv denied that statement.
He denied that Aliss Pollard was ever in
h;s room at Miss Hoyt’s to his knowledge,
and also that Aliss Louise Lowell, the
cap'tol typewriter, had written a letter for
him, in which he made reference to a
manuscript sent him for criticism.
“That’s ail.” said Alajor Shelby, and the
great case of Pollard vs. Breckinridge, so
far as the giving of evidence is concerned,
was ended. After an agreement that both
sides should present prayers and arguments
for instructions to the jury tomorrow morn
ing, the court adjourned.
Hearing Arguments.
Washington. April 7.—Judge Bradley's
court was occupied during tlie entire daj’
in hearing argument upon the prayer's
submitted by both sides for instructions to
tlie jury. Tlie proceedings were purely
technical and very few spectators were
present. The main argument of counsel
was as to which side ought to assume the
burden of proof—in regard to the conflict
ing statements of plaintiff and defendant.
Judge Bradley took the matter under ad
visement.
Reason? Beecham's Pills act like magic.
POLLAUD !>’. EKECK IN RIDGE. ■
Washington Star: Air. Breckinridge and
Miss Pollard command recognition as or
ganizers of the Pioneer Social-Suicide Club.
New York Commercial Advertiser: It
may not be significant, but Colonel Breckin
ridge’s typewriter and stenographer had a
long and beautiful blonde mustache.
Kansas City Journal: Colonel Breckin
ridge is not helping his case by showing
that Miss Pollard had several opportunities
to marry before he promised to make her
his wife.
Pittsburg Dispatch: Rut for the fact that
Aliss Pollard has already testified, the
fatherly interest in that young lady dis
played by the colonel in his recital would
be positively touching.
Galveston News': Congressman Breckin
ridge’s fraternity friends who honored him
with a banquet on his last visit to Lexing
ton are said to be arranging to celebrate
with great pomp his next arrival home.
They have not decided, however, whether
the band will play, “Oh, Willie, We Have
Missed You” or "The Girl 1 Left Behind
Me.”
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MISSING WORD CONTEST
THE MISSING ITOHD FOR MARCH WAS
“ M ETACENTRIC.”
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“We find a serious error in the navy of
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The missing word was “metacentric.
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The following are tlie successful guessers’
names;
Sallie B. Anderson. Anderson, N. C.
L. D. Low, Americus, Ga (3time»)
W. H. AlcFarland, Iverson, La.
R. Z. Darnell, Lexington, Aliss (3 times)
Mrs. Fannie Cleve, Vanceboro, N. C.
David Apt, Red Bank, Va.
Airs. E. T. Newsum, Tuscumbia, Ala (4
times.)
B. P. Davis, Creek, N. C.
Sam Boag, Tuscaloosa, Ala (14 times)
Miss Roena Griffin, Alonticello, Fla.
D. J. Whichard, Greenville, N. C...(19 times)
A. N. Barrett, Barrettsville, Ga.
John C. Richardson, Dawsonville, Ga (56
times)
D. C. Ale Campbell, Mt. Pleasant, Miss.
AV. A. Beard, Fairfield, Va.
AV. H. Curtis, Sr., Grove, A’a (2 times)
H. Taylor, Tate, Ga.
F. Al. Hamby, Nelson. Ga.
John F. Kemp, Leaksvllle, N. C.
G. W. Bowers, Bridgewater, N. C...(2 times)
John A. Hardie. Preston, Va (2 times)
Aliss EHa Hardie, Preston, Va.
J. T. Elihidge, Oak Grove, Miss <8 times)
ohn C. Leay, Macon, Ga (8 times)
11. Byars, Riverton, lowa (3 times)
J. H. Carr, Mt. Pleasant, Miss.
Montgomery Cregger, Etter, Va.
C. Al. Hutcheson. Smithville, Va.
J. E. Redd. Smithville, A’a.
H. T. King. Greenville. N. C (4 times)
George D. Vaughn, Jr., Cardwell, Va (2
Hugh Lancaster, A’aneeboro, N. C (18
times)
E. F. White. Vanceboro, N. C (4 times)
J. M. Carter, Jr.. Sandy River, Va.
J. A. Denn, Sandy River. A’a.
John A. Hardie, Preston, Va (3 times)
Mrs. I. P. Pettis. Marietta, Ga (21 times)
L. D. Law, Americus, Ga (2 times)
AV. J. AA’orrell, Lotta, N. C.
BILL ARP’S LETTER.
What the Pliiloßopher linn to Say Through
The Constitution This Week.
Old Dr. Abernathy, or some other doctor,
saiil that lie was the best physician who
amused the patient until nature restored
him. Our law makers at AVashington have
been practicing on tlie people that way so?
about a year, and I verily believe the pa
tient Is getting well. Thej' have fooled
us with bread pills and sweetened water
and fed us on hope and promises until
the reaction has come, and now' we don’t
care a darn whether they do anything or
not. Ah Cube says, “P’s all optionary with
me." Business is resuming its natural
channels. The wheels of industry are
turning. Retrenchment and reform at
home have effected more than silver bills
or tariff legislation. Adversity has taught
us all a lesson, and now another good crop
will set the country all right. The people
have been fooled with the idea that con
gress could give relief. The average
American citizen is a simple minded, credu
lous creature. He knows no more about
tliis silver question than I do, and I don’t
know whether I know anything or not.
How should 1 know, when my teachers all
differ so widely, and one man tells me one
thing and another says it’s not so? It is
amusing to read the interviews with repre
sentative men in Atlanta. Some of them
went to school with my boys—some of them
don’t know what seigniorage means, but
all of them are like Jack Bunsby—they
“have an opinion as is an opinion.” Some
say Cleveland is a great statesman and
some say he is a fool and some say he is
a knave, and has sold out to the goldbugs
and will make enough by this veto to retire
as a millionaire. 1 was up at Sanford the
other day and a man told me confidentially
that another man told him that he had
just come from AVashington and it was
norated there that Grover went a-fishing at
Egg harbor and got on a bend<>r and throw’d
some of the eggs at his friends. I don’t
believe that—do you? But about politics—
my opinion is that the people attach too
much importance to them. There are men
around Clear Water talking politics while
their wives are at home sewing for a living
and supporting the family. That is the
way everywhere. The lazy, discontented
men are lying around waiting for relief
while the pale-faced wife is doing all the
work. The love of office seems to be a
passion with a large class of people. They
brood over it and scheme tor it and hanker
after it. It docs look like a great man who
is worthy of high office would naturally be
retiring and modest, and not be everlast
ingly setting up his claims—bls claims —his
services to the party. The wild rush for
the succession before Senator Colquitt was
buried was disgraceful. It was like some
of them Atlanta lawyers who hear of a
railroad wreck and rush wildly there and
importune the injured man for the case
while the surgeon is setting his broken
limb, or they offer their services to the
bereaved widow before her husband is
hurried. These are not fancies—they are
facts, and it is a sign of falling from grace
when the people allow such things to be
done without rebuke—without scorn and
contempt.
There are men in every state who, like
old Bob Lee in the army, are above the
spirit of detraction. Such a man 1 thought
was General Evans, and that is why I
wanted him for governor, and I am sorry
that he ever agreed to take the stump
and be hawked at oy the politicians. 'There
was no necessity for it. Every little jack
a-nape who is sidewiping around to get the
orthography of a little office will jump up
and down and say I’m for this, or I’m for
that, when if he would go to work he
could earn more honest money than lie will
ever get waiting for office
But the issue is upon the country. The
old parties will be torn asunder and new
alignments made, and maybe that will
break up the solid south and the almost
solid north, and bring about a new era
like there was in the parties when whigs
and democrats divided the people. There
are thousands of good democrats down
south who favor a protective tariff, and
they will turn to a party that will give
it. There is bound to be a new deal of the
cards—a new move on the checkboard.
The old issues have been brushed up and
worked over until they are threadbare.
Mr. Cleveland may be right, but he is not
with the party—certainly not with the party
in Georgia, for our people say they want
more silver and an income tax and the
removal of the 10 ner cent tax on state
banks.
But, after all, the man who will work
diligently and attend to his own business
will get all the free stive” he needs, tax
or no tax, tariff c. no tariff, and he won t
have to borrow money from state banks
or any other banks. The Almighty Father
may afflict him, but nobody else. It makes
me sad to think how He has afflicted thou
sands by the late wintry blasts that have
destroyed the fruit and the crop.', but we
can’t help thrt by
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