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The Extra Session at Work.:
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PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S MES
SAGE.
Both Hons
and Keadjr for
lines*.
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The
States i
at Washington on
will be a session
Amencan"peopte~wlU'watch"wit]
a critical eye. The Tkleoram I
will keep Its ^eader^posted on
the generay^o/lc of the cession.
There fias :been_;bnt?^ftle'?done |
this wfek^^ptgetting organii
edand re&iving tKe*Presiden
message'."' Congressman C.
Crisp, of Georgia, was elected |
Speaker of the Honse for a sec
ond term. Vice-President Steven
son presided oyer1 the Senate.
The ftrstbiil to be offered was
shoved in by Senator Dave Hill..
It was a billior the repeal of the
purchasing act of the Sherman
law. Several other bills on the
same subject Were also introduc
ed. Just afteinoqp'oh' Tuesday |
the Congressional Committee
waited upon ,the, iPje^ident ah"
received hirgefera which wt
at once read before Congress.
the message.
WismntOTOB. Ai*. ?.-Ib?tho Court? <* I
U? Unlwd state*: Thesxlatence of u xlarm
lof sad extraordinary tpslna.. ettoatloii, in
Toirlnf the nlnn'ul prosperity ot all oar
people, tu constrained me tocall tofetherln
extra teeslon the people's reprwentatlTes la
.conreea,tothnenditinrthtotiih * wlee ?na I
tatriotlc exeroUeot the lc?lsletlYe doty with
which they ~soM*-a? -charted. preeeM erlli
may be mltl*a?a<V?ttd danfera thraatenlac Um I
f?Ctar unfortunate financial plight la not tin I
mult ot untoward ereota, nor of condltltloiu
related to cm nowral ? leeoraeee, i" i< I
itncMblo "tff'~wy fr1 |
qoeatly chock national. frowthand proajwrlty.
?With pieataoui crop*, with abundant prumlar
of remuneratire productloa and msnufaotura |
with unusual 'fnrltatton to eafe Inn
end with eatfafaotory aaamanee .to I
! enterprise, .uddenly financial die trust sad teal
hsmprunf up onereryetde.
i Nametotn moo*7?d,??i?titutloni l?Te ex
pended becaoae abundant aaaeta ware not I
.Immediately aTaOahta.tomeet tho demanded 1
frightened depositors ' SurrlTlnj corporation. j
and tndixiduala are eontont to keep In hand the
money the j are usually anxious to loan, r
'theee rotated In legitimate bualneas a?i
prised to and that the aeourltlee thai offer for
leans, though heretofore aatlsfactcry, are no 1
ikaier aooepted. Valuee rappoeed to be fixed, I
lare (eat becoming conjectural, and loee and
failure bare Invaded erery branch of business |
tnuauuiioi.
> 1 bellere theaa thlnca are principally dharge.1
able to cougreealonal legislation touching the I
?purchase coinage of iflw bf tha gca#m j
(government. j
This legislation Is embodied in n'statnts I
'passed July 14,1800, which was the-'culmlnation
| of much agitation on the subject involved, end I
[which maybe considered n truce, nitertoof
, struggle, between the advocates ot tree sure* I
/?coinage snd those Intending to be more conserv
ative. , . I
, Undoubtedly the monthly pnrtihsses bj th?
'government of 4,600,000 ounoes ot surer, en-1
forced under the statute, were regarded bj I
! those Interested In stlrer production as a eer
. tain guarantee of Its increase In prloa Ther?
i suit, howerer, has been entirely different, foi j
'immediately following a spasmodic and slight
rise the prloe of sllrer began to faU after th#
l passage of the aot,ahd;has since reached tht
. lowest point ever known. This disappointing
r resuithas led to renewed and persistent effort
I In the dlreoticn of free silver coinage. |
I Meanwhile not only are the evil effects of thi
.operation of the present law constantly aft
[cumulating, but the result to whloh iu exec*
i tlon must Inevitably lead It becoming probabli I
! to ell who gire the least heed to financial sub
:Je?ta .I
? ThU law provides that in payment for tht
'4,300.000 ounces ot silver bullion, which the seo
? retary ot the treasury is commanded to pur-1
[chase monthly, there shall be issued treasnrj |
v! notes redeemable on demand in
| f GOLD OB BXLVBB OOIK,
? At the discretion of the secretary of the trese I
? ury, and that said notes may be reissued. It
is, however, declared in tho act to be *The es
i ubllshcd policy of the United States to main
tain the two metal*on a parity with each othet
?upon the present legal ratio or such ratio ai
msy be provided by. law.** p&
? This declaration so oontrols the action of the
. secretary of the treasury ss cto prevent his ex
ercising the discretion nominally ..vested u
I him, if by such action tho parity between golfl
snd silver may be disturbed. "Manifestly a n> I
,fusil by the secreury to pay these treasnrj j
notes in gold. If demanded, would neoessanU
. result in thela discredit and depreciation as ob
' : ligations payable only in silver, and would de
stroy the parity between the two metals^by
i establishing a discrimination in favor of gold.
t Up to July 15,180* theee notes had: besn 1?
, jsued in paymenf of silver bullion purchased, J
) I to the amount of ?147,000;000. Wblle;)nU- botsi
] T?ry small qtuantity ot tills bullion; remains nn-1
coined and without naefulneaa In the treaatsy,
I many of the notes glren In lie pcrehaee hari
?been paid to (old- This laturatratodtiy th<
[etatement that between May 1.1M, and I
1M, the notes ot thla kind leaned In par
?ment tor aOrer bullion amounted to a Uttn
mora than Kimooo, and that dnrin* thaaami
period about Itt.ooaooo waa paid by the tree* I
. T In (old tor the redemption of anoh noM*
The policy net ..eerily adopted ot P*Tln|
"otea in eold baa not spared the (Old ii?aiie?
?100,000,000, Ion* ago eetaalde by the forenr 1
ment for the redemption ot other notee, for thli
fund hai already been aubjeeted to the payment
of new obltiaUona amountln* to about one hon
dred and Dttrmmioo dollars, on aooount ot all
ter purchases, and hae, aa a ooneequenoe, foi
<he llr.1 time alnoe Ita creation boon oncroaohea
upon.* V> :
We hare thus mads the depletion of our fold
and hare tempted other and more appro,
dative nations to add it to their stock. That}
lh? opportnmty .we have offered has not
neglected is shown by the large amocnts ol
gold which.have been reeently drawn tromoa
treasury and exported to increase the flnwacW
strength of foreign nations. The excess of?*
ports of gold over its Imports tor the yenrena?
June ?, 18BS, smennied to more than 187,
I (sMeoiaul
_Oaa ?.<?,?>, while dari* the
period the allver eoU ul bullioai 1*
traaaury Increased nor* Una ma,
'? tnleaa government booda in ta t*
uttytaeacdaadsotd ta replenlah oar ai
haastad faM, cady to beagaln ?xbaaatad.lt H
appareor that the operation of the allver pur
chaae la* aotria force loada ta the direction oi
the entire eubetltutloaof allver for gold la the
govarnannt troaaury, aad that thla mast ba (01*
lowed by the payment af an garvernmentobU.
gatlona la depredated eUver.
At thla atage gold aad allver moat partecaa
paay.aadthe government moat fall la itaae.
tahHihort policy to raalntaln the twomaialaoo
a parity with each other. otven orar to tha
?xcloalva use of a curacy greatly depredated
according to the ataadard of the commercial
world,wacouldao loacarolalm aplaeeuaong
nntioua of tha fleet claaa, nor aoald oar govern
meatdalma performance of ltsobUgadou ao
far aa soeh aa obilgatioa baa beca impoeed
apoalt,to provide forthetisa of the people the
beat aad aafaat money.
U aa aiaay of lta friends claim, ellver mihi
to oeoopy a larger ptaoe la cur ourtaaey aad
tile currency of the world through ceaeral in
taraattoaal oo-operetlon end agreement, it la
elivlotia that the United Btataewr
poeltlon to gala a bearing in fa*
iat ao loag aawa ere
attempt to eeoocapliah the reeult
rledge tn boelaeaa elraln among oar
....pna that oar government caa not make
lta flat equivalent to latrtaate valne, nor keep
interior money oo a parity with superior moaey
by lta own independent efforts, fcaa reaaltad la
auch a lack oi confidence at home aad la tha
a lability of currency valuea, that capital re
f oaea lta aid to new eaterprieea, while mUltona
are actually withdrawn from the chanaela of
trade aad oommerce to beoome idle aad unpro
ductive In the haada of timid ownen.
ronxtox nvsaroaa.
Equally alert, not only decline to pttrehaaa
American eecurltiee, bnt make haste to saerl
flea tboee which they already have.
It doea not mee t the ai taatioa to' ?ay that ap
prehension tn tha aaar future of oar flnanoee la
groundlaaa aad that there la no reaaoa tor lack
of confidence in the porpoaca or power eg tha
government In the pretaiaee. The very eziateaca
of thla apprehanalon aad lack of confidence,
however entiled, la a menace which ought not
for a moment be disregarded, PoaalblyU the
undertaking we have ta hand, ware the main*
tenaaca of a apadllo known qtuiUty of ailver at
a parity with gold, our ability to do ao might
- be estimated aad gauged, and, perhaps in vie w
;of our unparalled growth and reeouroee, might
be favorably paeaed upon.
Bnt when our avowed endeavor la to maintain
?uch parity In regard to an amount of ailver la
oreaalnf at the rate of >0,000,000 yearly, with
wu??c Niuupa is iree mm oouot. - ,
The people of the United Statea are entitled
to a sound and atabla currency, and to money'
recognised aa auch on-every exchange and la
every market of the world. Their government
.hss no right to Injure them by financial oxpes||
menu opposed to the jjolioy. and-practice 1
llsnce on ?ntr national strength end ability to
Jeopardize the soundness of the people'smoney.
This mstter rises above the plaae of party
politics. It vltslljr conoeras every business
and oaUinf, and eaters every household In the
land. There is one important aspect of the
?object which eepedally should never be oven
?looked.
At' times like the preeent, when the evils of
unsound finance threaten us. the speoulator
may anticipate a hsrvest gathered from the
misfortunes of others, the capitalist may pro
tect himself by hoarding, or may even profit by
.the fluctuation of vsloes; but thewage earner-*
the first to be injured by a depreciated cur*
rency and the last to receive the benefit of its
correction?Is practically defenseless. Be re
lies for Fork upon the ventures of confidenl
and eon tented capitsL
? This falling him, his condition is without at
levtation, for he ean neither prey on the misfor*
tunes of others nor board his labor. One of the
greatest statesmen our country has known,
spsaklngmore than fifty years ago, whan a do*
rsagement of the eorreney had esused eommee*
' cial rtlstrees, said: "The very man of allothen
who has the deepest iatereet la a sound ear*
rency, aad who suffers most by mischievous
legislation in mousy matters, Is the maa who
earns his daily bread by his day toil."
These words are ss pertinent now ao on the
day they were uttered, and ought to impressive*
ly remind us thsts failure in the discharge of
'our duty at this time must especially injure
thoee of our oountrymen who labor, and who,
because of their number aad oondltlon, are en*
titled to the most wstehful care of their govern
ment.
It Is of the utmost lmportanoe that such re
lief as oongress can afford in their existing slv
nation be afforded at once. The tnaxim. "He
gives twioe who gives Quickly," Is directly ap
plicable. It msy be true that the embarrass*
ments from which the business of the oountry
is suffering arises as much from evils appro*
bended as from those actually existing.
We msy hope, too, that calm counsels will
prevail, that neither the capitalists nor the
wage-earners will give way to unreasoning
panic and sacrifloe their property or their in*
tercets under the lnfiuenoe of exaggerated
fears. Nevertheless, every day's delay In re.
moving one or the plain and principal causes of
the present state of things enlarges the mis*
chief already done.' and increases the responsi
bility of the government for Its existenoe.
? Whatever else people have aright to expect
from congress they may certainly demand that
legislation condemned by the ordeal of three
years disastrous experience shall be removed
from the statute hooka as soon a* their repre
sentatives can legitimately deal with It
? TARIFF REFORM.
It was my purpose to summon congrees in
special session early In the coming September
that we might enter promptly upon the work of
tariff reform, which the true Interests of ths
country dearly demand, which so large a ma
jority of the people as shown by their suffrages,
desire and expect, and to the accomplishment
of which every effort of the present adminis
tration is pledged.
But while tariff reform has lost nothing of Its
Immediate and permanent importance, and
most in tha hear future engage the attention of
oongress, It has seemed to me that ths financial
ooodltion of ths country Should at onoe, and be>
fcreall other subjects, he considered by your
honorable body..- -. . ?
i I earneatly raooomend the prompt repeal of
the provtaioaa of$> act o( July It 1800, author
ising the -purohaae of diver bullion, and that
other lagialatlva notion may put beyond all
doubi or mistake the latently and me ability
of the government to fulfill lfa pecuniary obU
gatlona in money nnlveraally recognised byaU
olvllltod oountrlea OnOTnaOjrran** .
executive manaion,Aaguet 7, IV JgT A
A LEADER
Sinoeits first in trod notion. Electrio
Bitters has Rained rapidly in popol*r
tavor, until now itis olearlv in the lead
among pore medicinal tonics and altera
tives?containing nothing which per
mits its use as a bevetap or intoxioant,
it is reoognized as the best and purest
mediolne for ailmehta of stomach, liver
or kidneys. It trill cure siok headache,
indigeation, constipation, and drive
malaria from the system. Satisfaction
guaranteed with each battle or the
money will be refunded. Price onir
50c per bottle. Sold by Clayton i
Dent ." S
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Wo have the richest <
? ?T }.
earth,. Never wet?itt
Ow: f amlllM are no*.
. 413fe>: i seaasg! b K$gt
er's place, either In the ??.
room or the field; hence it
our producing power exct
of all other nations. We i
toiling under excessive
ment The priceless a
of free opDortupity, is
all classes and condi iot
There Is no natural rtt
the country should be dej
But it is. Why is it? 1
to loss of confidence-v In 1
term.President Cleveland was i
clined to conservatism in tar
? matters, and with a Repub"'
Senate was safe, because pic
tionw^s undisturbed. It
declaration of the Pit
platform of 1892, followe
both branches of the govr
that brought on the c *~
As long as the Repub
the reins of gover?
Yactariwwerei
in every brancfiToi '
the press of "
'img uivuo w* vmvu v? ? -w
establishment of any iew
?tries in its loctlity. But, s
for the present that day is past
Gloom overshadows the land
because of the fear of the tinker
ing with the tariff; and until the
Administration declares itsel*
production will be dlmlnlshe
thousand of workmen wlllbeout
of employment, and with scarcely
any money to pay to the*
farmer. The Republican polic
had for its motto, "Not for sel:
but for all," and under its guld
ance our history was made gregi
Through its teaching I see a^j
gleam of hope in . the proml
that some Democrats will jrefui
to carry out the extravagant pr
gramme of the Chicago platfori
Conversation with prominent
Democrats in Congress leads- me
to believe that many of them r"1
oppose all radical reductlo
refuse to sacrifice the count!
industries to the zeal of the.gen^
tlemen who deal exclusively in
theory. On this alone may we
base our hope that our forme)
prosperitywill be restored ahddui
people again hold high their
heads in the proud knowl
that America leads the wor
progress, production and
perity.?General Felix /
Editor Baltimore American, m
Thei;e was a snow storm in t
a is tern end of Massachusetts jj
Sunday night The snow 3
drifted in places to a depth of:
to 15 inches.
We talk of bank wreoki
corporation wreckers, out
have in these days a more
gerous class?the wrecke
society. The men and
who defy public opinion
lightly assume that badtf
blunders in etiquette: are
rehenslble as anything that
bidden in the, decalogue are
gaged, whether they know it
not in a crusade against mo
and decency. * 1 l&sP
. ' HMj
CTClorama! fireloremal OycJor
The fair has procured 1
Cyclorama of theBattle of
burg, which should
every person in
tag counties at th= -
fair. This is the
your lue. ?
?. ? ft 1 - >' !? ?
to Atlantic city, and
Co to -Pittsboro, Mis
here they will resume
?*. respectively, as
and Assistant in the
j'emale College of that
. '
iks. formerly of Mor
vas recently married
lady In Ohio. The
of the friends here
them through life.
i of Major J. A. R
ives from our midst a
tember of
rs
?Kl
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lanrtut W?t YlrtUU !Uw*-AU
Ab??t w a?MUl? State aid lt?
People.
The taxable lauds ^
shire county, West, yirginla, Is
*8,854,000, and the tax rate for
the present year Is twenty-flve
cents on the hundred dollars.
A Hebrew peddler was knock
ed in the head last Saturday at
the Brinkman cut near Oak vale
and robbed ol all his money and
a revolver.?Bliujlcld Journal.
The Pocahontas Tim* says the
afreet for buUdlng a new court
-house and jail tor . that county at
Marllntou was awarded by the
,county court, at its recent session |
to the Manly Manuf acturing Con
pany, of Dalton, Ua.. at |28,48u,,
to be paid for In installments.
The faoulty of the Conference
Seminary at Buckhannon- will
remain unchanged for the next
year, all the old teachers retain-1
log their plaoes. The outlook
for a large increase of students
for the faU term which opens
September 6th Is good.
Vf. J. Past, Of Cherry Run,
Taylor county, picked from a
two acre lot 205 gallons of rasp
, 1? rr~ tlaM
above result." They brought him
tUlrty-flve to fifty cents per gal
Ion making a handsome yield
from so small amount of ground.'
The wife of Robert
blj
soi
dotes were promptly
tared aud she was restored. Do*
mestic troubles are said to be the
cause of her attempt to destroy
her life.
Charles Mason, who was proba
bly the wickedest man in Jeffer
son county. Ohio, died Friday at
the County Infirmary,, near Stu
benvllle. His profanity and
blasphemy, without cause, what
ever, caused the oold chills to run I
over the other inmates, who are j
religiously inclined, His favor
ite occupation was to sit on a I
chair and wish that "his dried
up old bones were in helL"?Han
cock Courier.
A girl In Martinsburg recently I
found a ?ot of love letters written
by her father to her mother
many years before they were
married. The daughter-read
them to her mother, pretending
they were of recent date and sub
stitute her own name and ajoung
man, well-known to both of them,
for her father's. The mother
was very much disgusted and
has forbidden her daughter to
have anything to do with a young
man that writes such nonsense |
and sickening stuff.?Sr.
War is pending in Tucker I
county. The St George people
are up in arms against the people
at Parsons on account of the
moving of the county records
from St George to Parsons. The
inhabitants of Parsons have en
trenched and bnllt breast works
around the temporary court |
house, and Judge Hoke has ap
pointed gnards to protect the
records, with privilege of adding
recruits. If theSt. George peo
ple put In there appearance sure
ly blood will flow and many
be killed.
Ohas. Wade, a street car driver,
and wife, of Huntington, W. Va., I
separated two weeks ago. She |
went to Catlettsburg, and he sent
the# four children to his parents
above Cox's Landing, on the
Ohio RiVer railroad. Saturday
evening be went after her and I
the two went to bee the children. I
They alighted from a boat at the
mouth of Nine Mile Creek late
in the night,
trestle
run do
g me
moot of Mis*
morning. Hon. W. V. <
wd A, H. Brown are h
ants.
W. W. Brannon and fai
MIm Bennie Alldre -
Saturday from a tore
visit to the Salt Salpher
at Addison.?World.
burg Wednesday/
Roy L. Philips and J.
of Clarksburg, were here ]
Moore Jackson and wifc
Sands and wife and Mi*
Bassell, of Clarksbarg, w
the party on a special *tn
passed through here We.
for the mountains.? Denu
A 8MABT MAN
Will not bobbla around on
lork. Agent* wanted.
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