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SOUTHERN STANDARD --MCMINNVILLE, TENNESSEE, SATURDAY, NOV. 8, i89o. 4 Qutljcru standard. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. XI. 2. REAMS, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. SUBSCMITION PRICE. One Year $1 00 Six Months SO Three Months 25 Sail! Sail on ! Sail on oh ship ! Sail on oh ship of state ! The force bill was Evans' winding sheet. Benton McMillin will wield the gavel in the next Congress. Brief, brilliant, busted! II. Clay Evans' congressional career. Watch your Uncle Josiah march up to the front in Congress. Now will come the struggle for the offices to be filled by the Legisla ture. A democrat will go to Congress from the First District of this state in 1S92. Goverxoh Buchanan is what it will be for two years irom next Jan uary. This is an off year a large number of republican congressmen are off to stay. Ocr friends, the enemy, say they expected to lose this congress, but they are badly hacked, nevertheless. All is serene along salt river, and the breeze is sufficiently strong up that way to carry the old republican mud scow clear to the head waters. Dr. Kellky received o() votes in Shelby county, and 103 in Chattanoo ga. It seems that the cities did not come up to his support very largely Mr. Evans can take Dr. Kelley into partnership now, and they can start a bull frog industry out in the park Mr. Evans has given to Chattiv nooga. tjioi tin me returns are not an in yet, we feel confident in expressing the opinion that the next Tennessee Legislature will be safely democratic in both houses. Dr. Kelley's fifty thousand dis franchised democrats, forty thousand anti-force bill republicans, and twen ty-flve thousand from somewhere else, were not out at this election. Our prohibition friends should climb on to the old democratic wagon now for the great excursion of 1892. Come on brethren; the latch string hangs on the outside, and no questions will be asked. A daughter of Congressman But- terworth was married in Washington on Wednesday of last week to a Mr. Howe of New York, who became delirious a few hours afterward, and died the next day. The case against J. B. Hawkins, of Cannon county, charged with false ly certifying to penson certificates while Chairman of the County Court of Cannon, was Icontinued in the Criminal Court at Nashville last Wednesday. Senator Quay, the republican campaign boss, has proven himself a philosopher of no mean attainments, as well as a sagacious boodler. When asked, "To what do you place the re sult of the election?" he replied "To a lack of votes," as a smile passed over his face. We opine that the force bill is dead. With the rebuke the republi can party has received this week, and 1892 before them, they certainly won't be fools enough to try to pass that measure. They will likely pursue a very conservative policy during the short session, and try to hedge as much as possible. Washington dispatches say that it is announced on the authority of a cabinet officer that the President will not call an extra session of Congress. It is quite probable that from now until the next general election Mr. Harrison will keep very dose to shore, and give Reed and his crowd of bums just as little rope as possible Tin: g. o. p. still holds third place in Davidson county, imclianan re ceived in that county last Tuesday :i:'.2 votes, Kelley UO;:, and Baxter cnr,. It was thought by a good many democrats that Kelley would carry Davidson comity, "but you can't -win times most always tell in these large cities" how t!'in'rs are going to s The Democracy has the majority n the next House of Representatives and now what are they going to do about it ? Chattanooga Press. They are going to keep this rotten republican administration from reck- essly squandering the revenues of the government during its last two years of power, for one thing. Tennessee's democratic members of the next Congress are, 3d district, II. C. Snodgrass; 4th district, Benton McMillin; 5th district, Jas. D. Rich ardson; Uth district, Jos. E. Washing ton;' 7th district, W. N. Cox; 8th district, B. A. Enloe; 9th district, Rice A. Pierce; 10th district, Josiah Patterson. There's a tower of demo cratlc strength and brains in this del egation. Gen. Jos. B. Palmer died sud denly at his home in Murfreesboro last Tuesday evening of heart failure. He was a member of the Tennessee Legislature in 1851-5, but since then has held no political office, though his name has frequently been men tioned in connection with congres sional and gubernatorial races. He won great prominence and distinc tion as a Confederate soldier. The force bill, McKinley tariff bill, silver bill, etc., are variously assigned as causes of thegreat republican de feat. These all performed their parts in bringing about the result, but the truth of the business is that the peo have became thoroughly . disgusted with the republican party on general principles under Mr. Harrison's ad ministration, and it is more than likely that the disgust will prove perpetual. Hon. Benton McMillin was the only democratic speaker of National reputation to speak in the Third Dis trict during the campaign just closed. He made one speech at Chattanooga, and we have an idea that Henry Snodgrass got him to do it, and not Chairman McConnell. Ex-Gov. Marks made one speech at Tracy City. With only these two excep tions we believe, local orators and the press did the work in this district. More good speaking was needed in this District than any other one in the State, and less of it was done. Early in December the Baird- Roberts Publishing Co., of Nashville, will besrin the publication in that city of "The Southern Merchant," f semi-monthly trade journal to be do voted to the general mercantile inttr estsof the South. The experience and business capacity of the projec tors is sufficient to guarantee its suc cess in advance. The field it proposes to cover is almost destitute of such f publication, and the Southern Mer chant will not only achieve success for itself, but will aid materially in extending all lines of trade in the South. The Defeat of Mr. Evans. Chattanooga Times. Mr. Evans is defeated by about 900 votes. The official returns will not appreciably chance these figures. The result is ascribable to various causes chief of which was his vote on the force bill. The claim that the Dortch law defeated him is all gammon anil is merely a flimsy pretext to explain the result. Under the system pur sued bv Republicans, with their "dummy tickets" and the carefu schooling that the negroes were sub jected to, nearly 95 percent of all who came to the booths were enabled to mark their tickets correctly. In the eight wards less than 200 tickets were thrown out and fully one-half of them were improperly marked by overzea ous Democrats who wanted to put a the candidates on their ticket. The Times is firmly convinced that the Republicans did not lose any more votes on account of the Dortch law than the Democrats. It is true, there was a large stay-at-home vote in this county, but it was not among the Re publicans. They were active, earnest well-disciplined and thoroughly or ganized, and their vote was very ful The only hypothesis upon which the 1,000 loss in Chattanooga can be ex plained is that Democrats who have heretofore voted for Mr. Evans did not do so on Tuesday, and many con servative Republicans voted for M snodtrrass. This is the lact. anil no amount of explaining can change it. In every ward where the Republi cans expected a strong Democratic vote they were disappointed. Careful cheeking at some of the wards, where every Democratic vote was known, showed that Mr. Kvans failed to re ceive a single Democratic vote. The truth of the whole matter is that Mr. Evans lost his popularity, save with his partisans, when he sup ported the force 1 1 1 1 and his defeat li there. I The Times dill'cis willi Mr. Evans widely in politics. We believe the national interests of this country de mand his defeat as a rebuke to the measures that he supported. We be lieve that the large majority the Democrats have gained in the lower House indicates the temper of the whole country on the very questions, and puts a quietus on radicalism and recklessness of that sort. Snodgrass and Evans. Nashville American. The Democracy of the Third Con gressional District are to be congratu- ated for two reasons the election of Ienry Snodgrass and the defeat of Clay Evans. Either of these results considered separately would be cause for rejoicing; but both coming to gether is double cause. Henry. Snod grass is as good a Democrat as Clay Svans is a mean Republican; he is as worthy of the people's confidence as Svans is unworthy of their respect; tie is as brave and open as Evan's is sneaking and treacherous ; as true to his country and as loyal to the South as Evan's is basely selfish and mean- y malignant ; as big and as true as Ivans is pusillanimous and false. DIBRELL. Dibrell, Oct. 5, 1890. Mr. P. II. Iawkinswent to McMinnville tos day. The weather has at length become settled, and oh, how the people will gather corn and sow wheat. Elder P. G. Byars returned from Nashville on yesterday, where he had been visiting his brethren and reaching for a few days. Two additions to the congregation at Mt. Zion on last Sunday. Mr. Leonard Adcock has been very feeble for sometime not expected to ive. The election passed off quietly yes terday. Nothing like a full vote lolled in the north part of the coun t.V. Jur. Thomas Turner's school, cioses next Saturday at Oak Grove with ex animations. Mrs. Mollie Webb and Miss Belle Webb were visiting at Gath on yei terday. Mr. u. W. Woinack lias a new barn just about completed. Mr. Reed Sparkman has just re turned from Alabama, where he has been the past few weeks trading in stock. Prof. Trail will likely move his school to our new school building in a few days. These nice frosty mornings and bright sunshiney days remind far mers of hog killing time. Mr. Billy Mullican and Miss Ten nie Trumel returned from Decherd i day or two ago after an absence of several weeks. VIOLA. Viola, Nov. 0, 1S90. Quite a num ber of our citizens attended the fu neral services of Dr. A. P. Hill at Vervilla last Sunday. While in the practice of his profession at this place Dr. Hill won many warm friends by his social bearings and true christian character, who deeply regret that one in the buoyancy of youth, which was his to enjoy, and whose future pros pects seemed to brighten day by day is of this earth no more, and who join us in extending our sympathies to the bereaved family. Tuesday was election day, but being governed by circumstances over which we have no control, our vote did not get in. Last Sunday while the family of J A. McCulloch were absent, their house was robbed of about twenty or thirty dollars worth of property The thief was a man hired to him and at last accounts was still at large Miss Martha Mabry made a trip to Manchester last Friday. Mr. J. R. West had the misfortune to loose a very fine mule one day last week. Mr. J. II. Hughes is improving the looks ot his house by a fresh coat paint. E. W. Smartt and Misses Bird and Anna went to Manchester last Satur day. e hail some drummers this wee but they didn't stay long enough for us to get their names. Viola seems to hold quite an at traction for Mr. George Tate, one of the "Vervilla dudes." We are sorry to report .1. R. Ram sey us befog sick. Mr. Dyer, one of R. Owen's tobacco men, was interviewing the homos in Viola this week. Dr. E. H.Jones and wife are at tending the meeting at McMinnville the latter part of this week. It crivs ' Hed-Ake headache only Pre-lou's Mofllttyorthcut. Mr. James M. Moffitt of this place, was married last Wednesday eve ning, Nov. 5th, to Miss Tim North cut, at the residence of the the bride's father, Mr. II. B. Northcut, in Alta mont. The groom was accompanied to Altamont Wednesday by his sis ter, Miss Jennie Moffitt, Misses Mag gie and Mary Etter, Mr. L. H. Barnes, and Dr. G. T. Stainback.who performed the ceremony. After the marriage a magnificent supper was spread at the home of the bride, and erjoyed by a large number of friends of the contracting parties. Mr. Moffitt and his bride reached here shortly after noon on Thursday, and were tendered a reception by Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Potter from 4 to 7 p. m., where they received the congrat ulations of a large number of friends, and where another feast of rich viands and rare delicacies was spread. Mr. Moffitt has been identified with the mercantile interests of McMinn ville for a number of years, and is now a member of the McMinnville Iardware Co. His bride is a young ady of unusual intellect and culture, who graduated from Cumberland female College several years ago. She has a large circle of friends and acquaintances in McMinnville who will be glad to welcome her to our midst again. The couple were the recipients of many beautiful and use ful wedding presents. At the Churches Tomorrow. JUPT1ST. Usual services at 11 a. in. and m. by the pastor, Dr. Phillips METHODIST. C:30 Usual services at 11 a. m. by the lastor, Rev. J. T. Curry. No night service. CHRISTIAN. The meetings at the Christian Church this weck,conducted by Elder larding of Kentucky, have been argely attended. The meetings will continue through next week. CCMIiERLAND PRESHYTERIAN. Services at 11 a.m. and C:30 p. m., by the pastor, Dr. Stainback. Serv ices will be continued morning and night through the week. Rev. T. B. McAmis of Murfreesboro, will arrive at noon Monday to assist in the meet- WASHINGTON. Washington, Nov. 3, 1890. Secretary Noble has shown that he is, as far as rank partisanship can make him so, a worthy successor to the late Zachariah Chandler.who will probably be known in history as the man who made a President by send ing the celebrated telegram reading "Hayes is elected by one majority. Z. Chandler." Today was the day announced by the Superintendent of the Census for issuing the official bul letin of the population of the United States, but when Secretary Noble learned by telegraph that Governor Hill, of New York, had written him a strong letter demanding a recount of New York city on the ground of serious errors in the June enumeration, and that Mayor Grant had sent him a'second letter asking the same thing, by a special messen ger, who was also to bring absolute proofs of errors made in the original enumeration, he ordered Superin tendent Porter to issue the bulletin at once, in order that he might have as an excuse for refusing the recount asked for, the fact that the official population had already been given out. A more deliberate piece of chic anery was never perpetrated by the most unscrupulous politician. Satur day Governor Hill's letter was re ceived by mail at the Interior depart ment, and Mayor Grant's messenger delivered his letter to Secretary No- Die, out tne aioresaia Duiietin was issued Friday. A careful study of this bulletin, wmch gives tne total population at 62,480,540,-at least 2,500,000 less than it ought to be will convince any un prejudiced man that the charges long ago made against this administra tion, of manipulating the cen sus returns for the purpose of perpetuating the power of the rt publican party, were well founded. That the enumeration of the demo cratic States, particularly those in the South, is far below their actual population, cannot be doubted by any one at an Mtniuar with their in crease in population. For instance, Alabama, the industrial development of which has been phenomenal dur ing the last ten years, is only credit eu wun an increase oi i;.jo,iih in population, Tennesse where the industrial progress has been quite as great, is only given a gain of 221,- and West Virginia is only allow ed a tain of 1 Il.fi'.'l. These will do for specimens of the manner in which this gigantic fraud upon the intelligence of the people has been carried out. The 'falseness of this bulletin is carried upon in its face, when it gives the percentage of increase during the last ten years as .24.57 against 30.08 dur ing the ten years between 1870 and 1S80. Superintendent Por ter has a guilty conscience which he shows by attempting to explain this falling back in the percentage of in crease by charging it to errors in tak ing the census of 1880 in the South ern States. Mr. Porter knows, as does every other intelligent person, that the percentage of Increase In the population of the United States was greater during the past ten years thanjit was between 1870 and 1880, and that knowledge on the part of the people will bring discredit on the entire work of the eleventh Cen sus. What makes the action of Secretai ry Noble all the more despicable is the fact that in order to get the sem blance of an excuse for refusing New York city the recount to which it Is so clearly entitled, ho had this bulle tin issued before the returns, cooked up as they are, were complete, and Superintendent Porter was compelled to state in the bulletin that it was subject to change from later returns. There was no reason in the world, except the one above mentioned, for issuing this bulletin before the com plete returns were all in the Census office, and it is certain that if New York City had not asked for a re count it would not have been issued before December. The Governor of Idaho, who is a republican, expresses his opinion of the census in his annual report to Secretary Noble, in strong language. He says : "I have information that leads to the belief that thousands of our people were not enumerated. Many of our mines were not visited by the enumerators. Several large districts occupied by men engaged in prospecting for and developing mines were overlooked or neglected. I am confident that the population of Idaho, if correctly enumerated, would be as large as estimated in my report for 1889-113,777." The Cen sus bulletin only gives Idaho 84,220. Everybody knows scrofula to be a disease of the blood, and Hood's Sar saparilla is the best remedy for all blood diseases. The annoyance occasioned by the continual crying of the baby, at once ceases when the cause is promptly removed by Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup. Wm. Ragio, the well known bar ber of Nashville, shot G. C. 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" For nine years I was afflicted with a skin disease that did not yield to any remedy until a friend advised me to try Ayer's Sarsa parilla. With the use of this medicine the complaint disappeared. It is my belief that no other blood medicine could have effected so rapid and complete a cure." Andres 1). C.arcla, C. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. "My face, for years, was covered with pim ples and humors, for which I could find no remedy till 1 began to take Ayer's Sarsapa rilla. Three bottles ot this great blood medi cine effected a thorough cure. I confidently recommend it to all suffering from similar troubles." M. Tarker, Concord, Vt Ayer's Sarsaparilla, TRErARED BT DR. J. C. AYER & CO., IiOwell, Hast. Soldby Prticglsti. l,ix"i. Worth tSabottl ilium Hir Sale. Park irnn pray; good s-ize ami line form ; works well in harness cither single or double, find is a splendid saddle unianil. He is six years old, perfectly smith' and m-lly han dled. Will be sold nt a bargain. 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