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Sqaaiwafr. Yimw
The Commercial club mee’tlng this af
ternoon at 4 o'clock will be one of more
than usual interest. Every member
ehould attend.
Senator Gorinan claims that the dem
ocrats will carry Maryland by between
E000 and 6000; and the republicans make
6 similar claim for their candidate.
The pope has a fine constitution, but
lime, labor and the trials of life are at
last wearing him out. There have been
(cvv greater heads of the Catholic church
»f Rome than Leo XIII.
The cruiser Montgomery has been or
dered to the Norfolk navy yard, where
ehe will have a general overhauling. The
cost of repairs will be about $16,000, and
Jt will require a mouth’s time to make
them. _ _
There is reason to believe that the
Jneeting of the Commercial club this af
ternoon will be largely attended. Many
Important matters will come up for con
federation and the attendance of every
member is expected.
In New York the betting is 1000 to 760
s>n Tammany carrying the city and 1000
to 760 on the republicans carrying the
ytate. In Ohio the odds are considerable
In favor of General Bqslinell, and even
Jnoney on the complexion of the. legisla
ture. _
There Is no disagreement of any sort
among the democrats of New Jersey, and
the chances are extremely good that next
*reek It will not only elect a democratic
governor, In the person of Candidate Mc
IGill, but that It will return a legisla
ture with a handy democratic majority
»n joint ballot.
The magnificent alms basin which Is
Used at the opening service of every
Episcopal general convention was pre
sented to the Episcopal church by mem
bers of the University of Oxford in. 1852
in connection with the jubilee of the Ven
erable Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel in Foreign Parts.
It is said that several matters were
considered by the directors of the Elyton
company yesterday and the day before
looking to bringing new blood Into the
city, and, that these gentlemen are fully
in line with the agencies that are bind
ing all the great interests of our district
Into one compact body for the upbuilding
of our city.
Amongst tire most enjoyable things of
Hon. J. J. Parker's lecture In this city
■wore his Imitations of the voice and ora
tory of Kx-Govcrnor Lindsay and the
late Hon. rt. H. McFarland of Florence.
The selections he made from the speeches
of these gentlemen were most eloquent,
end their many friends here enjoyed
greatly the rendition.
The assessment of Louisiana, just com
pleted, shows a .total for 18f6 of $249,
621.419. as compared with $251,091,349 last,
year. This is a decrease of $1,469,930,
hut little over one-half of 1 per cent.
In the light of present financial condi
tions and the general depreciation of
property, this must be regarded as a
very good showing, says the New Or
leans Times Democrat.
Nest Tuesday the five states which hold
elections for governors and state officers
■will go to the polls; and ibe result of
those elections wll be looked to with In
tense interest as furnishing, perhaps,
some Indication of the democratic reac
tion which rumor persistently states te
be lying around everywhere. The five
states are New York, New Jersey, Ohio,
Maryland and Kentucky.
The New York Morning Advertiser says
that Robert Livingston Cutting, who
married Minnie Sellgman. the actress,
and was disinherited by his father in Mr.
Cutting’s will, has effected a reconcilia
tion with his family. The young man
and his wife are traveling In Europe with
his mother, and It Is said that Minnie Sa
llgman Cutting has promised to leave tha
etage, and that Mrs. Cutting will leave
most of her fortune to her son.
Says Moses P. Handy In the Chicago
Times-Herald: "Weeks ago so shrewd
and experienced a political observer from
a democratic point of view as Col. A. K.
McClure of the Philadelphia Times, af
ter eulogizing Colonel Bradley ns ’the
peer of McKinley, Allison or Harrison,',
said: 'He Is quite likely to succeed in
hie 6tate (Kentucky) contest, and if he
Idoes it is more than probable that he will
be president.’ ” Colonel McClure appears
to be giving cold comfort to his demo
cratic friends in the south. Has he ever
hsked himself what the election oflirad
ley would mean to the south?
It Is said that F. J. Londin, the mana
ger of the Fisk Jubilee singers, who car
ries with him ns a personal appendage
one of the finest has* voices in existence,
made $15,600 in his recent trip abroad,
with his company. Mr. Londin lost some
thing like $200,000 In the smash-up of Aus
tralian banks two years ago He had
been traveling in that country with his
troupe, and made the pile, and, as the
Australian banks were paving 10 per
cent, be invested his money alt over Aus
tralia, believing that tie could not come
to grief by failures. But when the Aus
tralian banks began to tumble they went
down like tenpins, and when It was all
over Mr. Londin found himself fiat.
EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION.
It la easy to understand what the gold
standard advocates mean when they say
that the government must go out of the
banking business, and must 'therefore
fund Into bonds all the national treasury
notes, greenbacks and what not in order
to get them out of the way and prevent
a drain upon the gold reserve. But It Is
not so easy to understand what they
mean when they propose a national bank
note currency which they expand or con
tract according to the necceslties of
trade. They offer something as a substi
tute for the grenbacks which appear to
us to possess all the vicleusness of the
greenback and none of Its stability, and
which is much less valuable as a cur
rency. In what respect should a bank
note circulation contract or expand? If
It could be contracted such contraction
would he the acts of the banks, and to
give the banks power to contract the
currency of the people at will would be
clothing them with authority to depress
and Inflate prices whenever It might suit
their Interest or caprice. In this connec
tion we refer again to the address of
Governor Merrlam before the bank con
vention at Atlanta. Governor Merrlam
is a Republican, eminent as a New Eng
land statesman and more eminent as a
banker. The Governor proposes that the
greenbacks shall be superseded by a
bank currency "of an elaBtlo kind” based
upon money and not upon government
bonds. What kind of money he does not
say. He Is opposed to the present bank
system as being based upon a fallacy.
In this view that very able paper, The
Nation, agrees with him. It says: “We
have learned, or ought to have learned
by this time, that a currency to be really
serviceable must expand and contract
simultaneously with the expansion and
contraction of business, and that neither
the greenbacks nor the national bank
notes do this or ever did." Again It says:
"As Governor Merrlam showed in his
speech, this is not an elastic currency.
We may have a secure currency under
the present system, but we cannot have
one which responds to the public de
mana.
If then the Issue of treasury notes by
the government as currency does not
meet the public demand and if the pres
ent national bank notes based upon gov
ernment bonds as the very best security
does not meet the public demand, we
would like to know what kind of cur
rency Is to meet that demand. Here wo
are all at sea. Mr. Carlisle presents one
scheme, the Baltimore bankers present
another, the Bank of England is pointed
to by some as an exampler worthy of
imitation and still others point to the
Bank of France. Then we are advised to
adopt the Scotch plan or the Canadian
plan. Everybody appears to have a plan
of his own and nobody seems to offer a
matured plan. The cry of “sound money”
is lost in the new cry for a paper curren
cy possessed of the magic power of con
traction and expansion at times and
places and by men or things unspecified
and unknown. The people can under
stand why a currency should expand
with the expansion of the country in
wealth and population, that new and
more banks should be established and the
volume of money should keep pace with
the need for its use. but nobody can un
derstand why a bank or an individual
like the late Jay Gould should have the
power to corner the gold or money market
and in .twelve hours, by contracting the
currency, bring ruin upon myriads of
honest, hard-working people. An india
rubber currency subject to the will or
caprice of banks or even of congress is
not what the people want. They want
free banks, with the power to Issue notes
redeemable In gold and silver and they
want these banks based upon securities
which are strong enough to be quoted on
the New York exchange lists. In the
meantime they see no necessity for the
retirement of the greenbacks. That cur
rency is sound enough for the people, and
In their opinion is Just as good U3 a bank
note based upon the honor of the govern
ment. If the banks, under a free bank
ing system, stand ready to redeem their
notes in gold and silver and if our rev
enues were equal to our expenses, we
would find no run upon the gold reserve
of the treasury. Indeed, we would find
no need of keeping that reserve locked
up and idle. We are paying interest on
that Idle money at the rate of about $4,
000,000 a year—enough to build us four
first-class warships each year, with
which we might meet the aggressions of
Great Britain after a time.
A LESSON TAUGHT.
The dispatches of yesterday told of the
disposition made of two raplsts—one In
West Virginia, the other In Texas. How
differently the two cases were dealt with
and how different the ending. In Vir
ginia the law took hold of the criminal;
In Texas the people were unwilling to
wait on the law. In Virgnia the criipe
was committed on Monday, the crim
inal was indicted on Tuesday, tried for
his life on Wednesday and sentenced to
be hanged. The crime was avenged, the
law vindicated and the criminal will
'‘promptly reap his just deserts. In.Texas
the crime was avenged, the law not vin
dicated and (ipon the hands of many peo
ple rests the crime wiili^h was commit
ted In order to avenge a crime. It ap
pears that these two cases, occurring as
they did almost simultaneously In %the
two different states should teach the law
makers of the southern states a lastltlg
lesson. It is already the law that the
fiend who violates fchs virtue of our
wives, daughters, sisters and mothers
must die. Now let our legislatures pro
vide for the same speedy operations of
the courts in the south that are provided
for in West Virginia and lynchlngs will
cease to occur.
Lynching is wrong and by everyone
deplored, and many are the wrecked
lives the turning point for the worst in
which can be easily traced back to par
ticlpancy In an uprising of the people in
n community resulting in a lynching.
The deplorable affair which occurred In
Tyler. Tex., yesterday was but a repeti
tion of a similar affair which occurred
in that state scarcely u year ago.
We hope no repetition of this one will
ever occur on American soil, but
'he only way to prevent It is to provide
for speedy trials and certain punishuTent
through the medium of the courts Qf the
country. Until the laws are changed
lynching* wlil continue.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION
The company physician and the sys
tem of charging employes rent for com
pany houses whether occupied by them
Sir not appears to be out of order in
Tennessee. A recent decision rendered
i hv the chancery court at Chatanooga au
pears to settle the fact that In Tennessee
companies making' such charges are lia
ble to their employes for the money so
withheld. We have evidently reached
that point In the history of the south
when the operators of large . Industries
will have to abandon such things as com
pany doctors, the rent system and the Is
suing of time checks redeemable only In
merchandise.
We believe the abandonment of those
practices will result tn great good not
only to the laboring men, but to the ope
ators. The system of paying In cash will
place all industries of the same class
on an equal footing and the concern
owning the finest vein of coal, for in
stance, will not have to cotnpete w'lth the
concern which gets the highest price for
the merchandise retailed. The operators
o? mines, etc., in other sections of the
country have tn many instances so con
cluded, and we believe they w'lll so con
clude in this section. Frequent pay days
and cash payments would also strike
out of existence 90 per cent of the bones
of contention between employer and em
ploye. It is to the material interest of
Birmingham and the Brrolngham district
and every Interest in the district that the
latter system suggested be adopted.
THE ITALIAN SPHERE.
While England is absorbing Egypt and
France is digging In to Madagascar the
Italians hav$ established a protectorate
over Abyssinia and have acquired large
scopes of territory over the Red sea. Her
colony of.Erythrea, on the Red sea, ex
tends from Ras Kasar on the north to
the French boundary at Raheita, or the
straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, on the south.
This gives her the entire Red sea coast
line on that shore south of the possei
sions of Egypt. This colony is bounded
in the Interior partly by the Soudan on
the north and partly by the British pos
sessions on the south, as well as by Abys
sinia proper.
Under the treaties of 1889 Italy also
represents Abyssinia in all its relations
with foreign powers, which gives her a
virtual protectorate. Finally at the south,
on the Indian ocean, she has a protector
ate of the Somali coast from the mouth
of the Youb up to the eighth parallel of
north latitude, and in the interior, by
agreement with England, the limit is
thirty-fifth meridian of east longitude.
It is gratifying to know that Italy is
thus extending her colonial possessions.
The crowded condition of population in
the old countries demand such safety
valves. In these days population in
creases rapidly because people are bet
ter cared for than in the past centuries,
when they were swept away by plagues.
Every successful colony by a European
government is a blessing to mankind.
A. VICIOUS ^SYSTEM.
The present system will not work.
When the sliver bung was knocked out
of the barrel there was no way to stop the
leak. The New York World says:
"At this season of the year we ought
to be exporting cottcln and wheat freely.
Commercial bills ought to be in abundant
supply. "The rates of exchange, ought to
be very low. We ought to be importing
gold heavily to maintain the trade equi
librium.
“In fact, we are exporting very little
cotton and wheat. The supply .of com
mercial bills is exceedingly scant. The
rates of exchange are excessively high.
There is a serious threat of heavy ex
ports of gold in the near future.
“All this Is the work of the gamblers
in the cotton and grain markets. Their
operatfons have prevented exports by
rendering exports unprofitable. In the
meantime the importation of goods goes
on, and the goods must be paid for with
gold. Gold exports are therefore regard
ed as very probable, to the extent of ten
or fifteen millions during the next few
weeks.
“This would be a matter of small con
sequence if our currency system were
sound. As it is, whoever wants gold for
export will draw' it out of the treasury.
Every dollar thus drawn out will weaken
the security of all our currency, and to
that extent impair confidence in our abil
ity to keep the currency redeemable in
gold on demand. The only remedy open
to the government under existing law is
the issuing of more interest-bearing
bonds whenever the gold reserve runs
low'.
“We are the victims of a vicious sys
tem. Not until that system Is abandoned
shall we be free from danger every time
a speculative craze disturbs the orderly
icourse of trade.
"To take the government out of the
banking business is the one great ne
cessity."
Tuskaloosa has had Shakespeare on
the half shell and this Is what the Times
of the Oak City says about It:
“But Rosalind—tvhat a dream of de
light was Rifle Ellsler’s reading of those
lovely lines. She was lovely beyond de
scription as the faithful daughter of the
banished duke,m but when she was Gany
mede—ah!—Jove could not have desired a
better servitor than trod the boards so
bravely last night in her becoming brown
doublet and hose. She was dainty: she
was fascinating; she fairly carried one
away with her sweetness and charming
grace. Her explanation of how time trots,
ambles and does other things with dif
ferent people was simply delightful.
Then the epilogue was so exceedingly
well done. One cannot begin to enumer
ate even the best points, however. It
Was marvelous to look on the lovely, lov
ing Rosalind and think that the same
woman two years ago thrilled the same
audience with all the tragic power and
pathos of Hazel Kirke. It proves her
wonderful versatility and goes to show'
what a great actress indeed is Etfle Ells
ler.
"To Tuskaloosa's credit, be It said, the
house was splendid. It is seldom that
Shakespeare is heard here, and many
who seldom or never attend the theater
were out last night to do honor to the
"bard of Avon" as well as to Effle Ellsler
and her company. To look over the large
house one would have fancied a swell
society function in progress, Judging
from the number of ‘couples’ and other
members of Tuskaloosa’s 400 out. It w'as
a cultivated audience as well as a bril
liant one, and gave the beautiful play
the most marked appreciation.”
The New York World of last week says
that there Is a serious threat of heavy
exports of gold in the near future. It
expects fifteen millions of exports within
the next two weeks, and says the only
remedy under existing law is to issue
more bonds. The World attributes this
condition to the,.gamblers in cotton and
grain, who, it alleges, have run up the
value of these products beyond the point
where It will pay to export. We thought
the short crop of cotton and “returning
prosperity” had advanced the price of
that staple, but It seems that our single
standard friends think low prices the
only thing that will save us from further
and constant depletions of the gold re
serve. If low prices are the only thing
that will save the gold standard. It
ought to be “dying out.”
Matters of great importance will come
before the Commercial club at the meet
this afternoon.
ALABAMA EDITORS.
'flras sings the bard In the Greensboro
Beacon:
Broke, broke, broke,
Alas, that It ever should be;'
But cotton that dropped a hundred points
Was rather too much for me.
Broke, broke, broke,
I list to the sad refrain;
I margined once, X margined twice.
But X never will margin again.
The Anniston Hot Blast of yesterday
is an eight-page quarto gotten up In ex
cellent style. It Is an exposition edition
and represents Anniston in first-class
style.
The State Herald is really a very de
cent newspaper and now reads more like
a newspaper than a campaign flyer.
"Where there is life there Is hope,” is an
old saying and a true one.—Ozark Star.
Why certainly, dear Joe, "where there
is life there Is hope,” and when the mar
riage bonds between newspaper editors
and postofflees are set aside by divorce
proceedings the public hopes for that old
time free expansion of opinion. But not
until then.
The News does not toot its horn a great
deal, but right here we would like to
call attention to the fact that the News
published President Cleveland's Atlanta
speech In full just twelve hours ahead
of any other Mobile paper.—Mobile News.
But don’t you think your belated con
temporaries showed better judgment by
feeling the pulse of their readers before
pouring the whole dose down them In
rather an unexpected manner. Discre
tion, we are told, is the better part of
valor.
The State Herald said Bankhead made
a bowling speech. Now, we've known
Bankhead many years and have heard
him orate, but never heard him howl.
He's not that kind.—Montgomery News.
The word “howl,” "Sanday,” was in
quotations. Sam Jones says "it’s the hit
dog that howls,” and to make the appli
cation apply to speakers Captain Bank
head In some instances has been unable
to run up against some fellows, and
therefore the word howl for the present
Is obsolete.
The cause of sound money is sweeping
the country like a prairie Are, and the
policy of the present administration will
be Indorsed in the next presidential elec
tion.—Ozark Star.
It is all owing to your interpretation of
the meaning of sound money. If you
mean the unlimited coinage of both gold
and silver without charge for mintage,
we agree with you that “sound money
is sweeping the country like a prairie
fire,” but If you mean that the single gold
standard is sound money then you are
off your base mucl^y.
Senators Morgan and Pugh have a list
of appointments to speak in Alabama
I during next month. If they have not
[ changed their tunes very materially the.y
will be of no great service to the democ
racy.—Ozark Star,
I Does the Star want our Alabama Sena
tors to change their tunes in order to
make muslo in harmony with John Sher
man's fiddle? They will pick a gourd
1 banjo many days hence before they do
it and ltflave to their democratic constitu
| ents to decide between the modern demo
cratic-republican quadrille and the old
fashion reel. On with the dance.
The Selma Times thinks the sentiment
is growing throughout the state to ad
mit former democrats Into the party pri
maries. It says: (
"There is a growing sentiment through
out the state to admit to the democratic
primaries all those former democrats who
will come back and pledge themselves to
vote the regular ticket at the August
election. The Advertiser and pai>ers of
its way of thinking claim that this is an
effort to break up the democratic party
by destroying Its discipline, etc. Just
after the war, when the Old Bald Eagle
of the Mountains was elected governor,
great stress was laid on the democratic
and conservative party. Why was the
word 'Conservative' italicised and cap
italized from every stump and in every
editorial? Was it not to conciliate and
bring back those who had gone off after
strange gods? Why not mix a little 'con
servatism' with the politics of the present
day? It might relegate to the rear some
of those who have dominated state pol
itics for the past few years, and there is
where the shoe pinches. Othello's occu
pation would then be gone. The papers
that have been criticising so much dis
cord would then have nothing to harp
upon. Every wayward democrat return
ing to the old fold would strengthen the
party w ith by four to six votes—as most
of them have sons who think as their
fathers do. We shall await with interest
the action of the executive committee.
Congressman Bankhead reached the
city last night and is spending the day
here. To at Times reporter he stated that
the object of his visit Was merely to see
his constituents and pass a few hours
with them, as he has nothing in partic
ular on his hands till congress convenes.
The colonel is looking extremely well and
expresses the firm conviction that when
the national platform shall have been
adopted all democrats will be found
standing elbow to elbow on It, regardless
of the differences that may now exist
among the brethren. The colonel goes to
Kutaw this evening and will spend Thurs
day at that place.—Tuskaloosa Times.
Captain Bankhead reminds us of Gen.
Bob Toombs in his speech before Tam
many. Tt was directly after the close of
the war and sectional feeling had not
abated. In one of his periods he raised
on tiptoe and exclaimed: "Any man who
says the south was whipped by the north
is al liar! And if I can’t prove It you may
kick me out of town!” "Hang the trai
tor!” went Up and down the line. Catch
ing the feeling he created he exclaimed
again in equally as high a tone: “I re
peat: the man who says the south was
'whipped by the north is a liar! We sim
ply wore ourselves out trying to whip
you!” The Captain has actually worn
himself out trying to catch up with Mr.
Clarke, and has at last given up the
chase and will rest among his home
friends until congress meets.
Hot Necessary.
Chicago Chronicle.
’ Newspapers are publishing n statement
showing how much better off Ex-Presi
dent Harrison is as a lawyer than he
would have been If president for a sec
ond term. His known fees since he wenj
KJUt of office in 1893 are $85,000, and It is
supposed that he has received as much
more which has not been reported. This
is given as a reason why he will not be
a candidate again. The reason was not
recessary. The Indianapolis election set
tled that.
N otice.
We have Just received a earload of
choice California wines, such as Clarets,
Port, Sherry and White Wine. They are
equal in quality to any Imported wines;
prices are within reach of everybody.
Special inducements to parties buying by
the bartel. Samples free of charge. Give
us a call.
M. & A. WISE.
Corner Morris Ave. and 20th St.
STATE ELECTIONS NOV. 5.
A Dozen States to Vote for Their General Of
ficers—Eight Governors to Be
Chosen.
The closing: state elections of the year
will be held on Tuesday, November 6.
They are comparatively few in number,
but some of them are important, as will
be seen front the subjoined list of the
states in which they are to occur.
ILLINOIS.
A special election for representative in
congress will be held in the Eighteenth
district of Illinois, to till the vacancy
caused by the death of Frederick Re
mann, republican, who was chosen last
November. The candidates now are: Ed
ward Lane, democrat; W. F. L. Hadley,
republican: G. S. Culp, populist,
MISSISSIPPI.
Mississippi will elect its full list of state
officers, and the legislature, which will
choose a United States senator to succeed
James Z. George, democrat, whose term
will expire March 3, 1899. The state offi
cers and legislature of Mississippi ara
elected for a four-year term. The candi
dates for governor are as follows:
Democratic.
Governor—Anselum Joseph McLaurin.
People’s Party.
Governor—Frank Burkitt. ;f i y
NEBRASKA.
Nebraska will elect a Justice of the su
preme court and two regents of the statg
university, the candidates being as fpl
lowst
Democratic.
Judge—T. J. Mohony.
Free Silver Democrats.
Judge—Charles J. Phelps.
Republican.
Judge—T. L. Norval.
People’s Party.
Judge—Samuel Maxwell.
NEW JERSEY.
New Jersey will elect a governor, seven
state senators and the lower house of the
state legislature. The candidates for
governor are:
Democratic—Alexander T. McGill.
Republican—John W. Griggs.
People’s party—William B. Ellis.
Prohibitionist—Henry W. Wilbur.
Socialfet-labor—Joseph B. Keim.
NEW YORK.
New York will elect its state officers,
except governor, both branches of the
legislature, sixteen Justices of the su
preme court and a representative in con
gress from the Tenth district to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Andrew
J. Campbell, republican, who was elected
in November last.
IOWA.
Iowa will elect its full list of state of
ficers and the legislature, which will
choose a United States senator to succeed
William B. Allison, republican, whose
term will expire March 3, 1897. The can
didates for governor are:
Democratic.
Governor—Washington Irving Babb.
Republican.
Governor—Francis Marlon Drake.
People’s Party.
Governor—Sylvester Crane.
Prohibition.
Governor—Frank Bacon.
KANSAS.
Kansas will elect a chief justice of the
supreme court of the state, to succeed
David Martin, republican, who has been
nominated by his party for re-election,
and apparently will be generally sup
ported on a non-partisan basis.
KENTUCKY.
Kentucky will elect its full list of state
officers and the legislature, which will
choose a United States serjator to succeed
Joseph C. S. Blackburn, whose term will
expire March 3, 1897. The candidates for
governor are:
Democratic.
Governor—Parker Wat Hardin.
Republican
Governor—William O. Bradley.
People’s Party.
Goverflor—Thomas S. Pettit.
Prohibition.
Governor—T. B. Demaree.
MARYLAND.
Maryland will elect its state officers
and the legislature, which will choose a
United States senator to succeed Charles
H. Gibson, democrat, whose term will
expire March 3, 1897. The candidates for
governor are:
Democratic.
Governor—John E. Hurst.
Republican. .
Governor—Lloyd Lowndes.
People’s Party.
Governor—Henry F. Andrews.
Prohibition.
Governor—Joshua Levering.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Massachusetts will elect its full list
of state officers and legislature, and a
representative in congress from the
Sixth district to till the vacancy caused
by the death of William Cogswell, repub
lican. who was elected in November last,
receiving 16,206 votes, to 5747 for Little,
democrat, and 1772 for Harris, prohibi
tionist. The candidates for governor are:
Democratic.
Governor—George Fred Williams.
/ Republican.
Governor—Frederic T. Greenhalge.
People’s Party.
Governor—Elbridge Gerry Brown.
Prohibition.
Governor—Edward Kendall.
Socialist-Labor.
Governor—Moritz E. Ruther.
OHIO.
Ohio will elect state officers and the leg.
lslature, which will choose a United States
senator to succeed Calvin S. Brice, demo
crat, whose term will end March 3. 1897.
The candidates for governor are as fol
lows:
Democratic.
Governor—James E. Campbell.
Republican.
Governor—Asa S. Bushnell.
■ Prohibition.
Governor—Seth H. Ellis.
People’s Party.
Governor—Jacob S. Coxey.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Pennsylvania will elect state treasurer
and seven judges of the new superior
court. Each voter is limited to a ballot
for six of the judges, the se'venth being
given to the minority patty by the state
UTAH.
Utah will vote upon the proposed state
constitution, and will elect its first state
officers, preliminary to its admission into
the union, and the legislature, which will
ohoose two United States senators. The
candidates for governor are:
Democratic.
Governor—John T. Caine.
Republican.
Governor—Heber M. Wells.
People’s Party.
Governor—Henry W. Lawrence.
VIRGINIA.
Virginia will elect ot*e-half of the mem
bers of the state senate and all the mem
bers of the house of delegates.
STATE NEWS,
Ozark Star: It is no uncommon thing:
to hear farmers say that they will kill
enough meat this winter to do them two
years.
Selma Times: A party of local Sunday:
school workers will go out to Summer
Held this evening to organize a Sunday
school association for that beat.
Ozark Star: Mr. B. P. Adams of Bir
mingham, a representative of the Equit
able Life Insutance company, is in the
city this week in the interest cf his com
pany.
Ozark Star: The farmers are already
making preparations for another crop.
They are cleaning up, clearing land,
splitting rails and making things ready
for a big crop next year.
Greenville Advocate: Mr. John A'.
Owens is preparing to lay the founda
tion of two brick stores, which he will at
once erect on the southeast corner of
Commerce and Caldwell streets. The
buildings will be two stories high and
handsome buildings. Thus the good
work goes on.
Greenville Advocate: Last Friday
evening. Just after mall rider Mr. Rube
Davis had deposited his mall from Hon
oravtlle at the postofiloe in this city, he
got upon his cart to go home, when his
mule ran away, throwing him to the
ground, bruising him up very badly and
dislocating his shoulder.
Greensboro Beacon: Mr. Charles Find
lay met with a very painful accident last
Thursday at the Mount Hermon Milling
company's plant. While removing some
seed from under the running gin his left
hand was caught in the saws and badly
mangled. It was necessary to amputate
the “little” finger, but the others were
saved and are fast recovering.
Brundidge News: A fall radish from
the garden of Mrs. T. W. Griffin was sent
to this office Saturday. The body of it
was over 10 inches in length and about
3 inches thick at the top. The tap root
had been cut off, but from what we are
told, including that, the entire length
must have been near 2 feet. Its growth
is remarkable, considering the extremely
dry weather.
Selma Times: Sheriff Kennedy arrest
ed Monroe Tagget last night about 3
o'clook for assaulting Mr. J. H. Martin
of Dublin beat with a knife in Melvin &
Erhart’s wagon yard. He was taking
him to Jail and nad gotten to the cor
ner of Alabama and Broad when he
stopped to talk to a gentleman. The ne
gro was seen to run his hand In his hip
pocket, and Mr. Kennedy seeing it caught
his hand and took from him a loaded
pistol. The last grand Jury indicted him
for assault and battery and he was spot
ted last night and arrested. He was
safely conducted to the county jail, where
he has a charge of carrying concealed
weapons docketed against him.
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CLEVELAND OBJECTED.
This Was the Reason for Postponing the Cele
bration of Cuban Independence Day.
New York World's Atlanta special:
President Cleveland's objections to pub
lic expressions of sympathy for the young:
Cuban republic extends even to setting
apart a day at the exposition for the
demonstration In favor of the patriot
army and its claims for recognition. The
Intensity of the president s feelings may
be judged by the fact that Mr. Cabanlss,
Seoretary Hoke Smith's partner and
manager of his newspaper, attempted
yesterday to defeat the plan, on the
ground that it would be offensive to the
federal admnistraton, pending the meet
ing of congress.
Mr. Cabaniss spoke in strong terms at
the session of the exposition managers.
He declared the administration would
be seriously embarrassed and displeased
if the Cuban Independence Day scheme
was adhered to. The United States gov
ernment, he said, had a building on the
grounds, and was an official participant
In the exposition. The president and his
cabinet had formally visited the grounds.
It would be Improper and annoying to
allow the impression to go out that con
gress was to be influenced In advance
by such demonstration against Spain.
Mr. Cabaniss urged the directors to post
pone Cuban Independence Day indefi
nitely.
This move caused greet surprise. Gov
ernor Matthews of Indiana had already
accepted an invitation to speak Novem
ber 6, the day set apart as Cuban Day,
and invitatons were on their way to the
chairman and secretary of the Cuban
Junta in New York and to other promi
nent men.
Cuban Independence Day was to, be a
national evgnt, but It was noticed that
Secretary Smith did not return to Wash
ington with the rest of the cabinet. There
was a good deal of speculation as to the
meaning of his separation from the pres
dentlal party. It seems now to be clear
why he remained in Atlanta.
After Mr. Cabaniss had pressed his
motion another director moved to tix
the day on December 17. Congress would
then be In session. This was agreed to.
Pleasures of Candidates.
Boston Herald.
There is more misery in the mind of
one presidential candidate than there la
in the minds pf seventeen inmates of a
charity hospital.
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