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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1896
Page
2
The Durham Recorder, moved to Hillsboro after sale in August, is now restored to Durham and will be published there. Debtors are urged to settle subscriptions with lessees King and Rollins. Editorial notes discuss politics, Cuba, and public affairs with a mix of opinions and notices.
The Democratic Executive committee meets in Raleigh today to outline campaign policy and field candidates, while the Populist committee plans a January 16 meeting to declare proposals. After these gatherings and district lines are drawn, the public will better gauge party alignments. the Charlotte Observer reportedly opposes free coinage of silver at 16 to 1.
The piece rails at Congress for slow action on Cuba, noting the Senate approved a resolution but dismissing its meaning. It accuses lawmakers of demagoguery and neutrality mask and argues the president should no longer aid Spanish oppression while urging decisive, public stance.
The piece argues that gold and money influence threaten American justice and liberty, warning that the Republican money gods would favor a leader like Grover Cleveland as next President. It laments the gilded yoke enslaving political rights and accuses elites of steering the nation toward perdition.
A large audience at Typographical Temple heard Mr. Maurice Pechin preside and introduce Mr. R Grant Barnwell who extolled Thomas Paine. Barnwell praised Paine as a pioneer reformer who advocated independence and rights, noting his influence on literature, politics, and abolition. Col. W. A. Croffutt urged placing Paine's statue in Statuary Hall alongside Ethan Allen.
An opining voice questions if Crover Cleveland could be nominated and elected to a third term on a gold platform. It weighs political corruption fears and the fate of a republican government ending in moneyed dynasties, revolution, and bloodshed.
The Wilmington Messenger sparked a wider discussion on eternal punishment with Col A M Waddell's refutation of eternal dissuasion, prompting replies from a Catholic Wilmington priest and others including J A Hundley of Oxford. The piece highlights Dr. Talmage's sermon as a calming balm amid the debate.
Dr. Trimage proclaims the abolition of death and discards its mythology, likening it to leaving a cloakroom at a level, and envisions a royal banquet awaiting souls after the tomb, a reception of monarchs beyond the storms of the world.
A Washington letter excerpt warns that skittish reports claim Cyrus Thompson will be rejected to clear the way for Shaw as governor with Lockhart ousted. The tale suggests populists must be seated to appease McKinley Republicans, with committee majorities split on the plan.
The river and harbor bill proposes inland waterway improvements in North Carolina including Beaufort harbor to New River, Cape Fear river segments, Neuse, Pamlico and Tar, Trent, Black river maintenance, and Island water route from Norfolk via Albemarle Sound to Currituck Sound with sums ranging from 1 000 to 100 000 dollars. It also directs preliminary Cape Lookout harbor examinations and notes a Vance Monument fundraising tour by the Charlotte Dramatic Club in June.
Havana cables report a clash around San Blas near Cienfuegos in Santa Clara province. Gol. Vasquez’s column met insurgents who held an elevated position and used explosives. The Spanish were routed with many killed and wounded after a hot engagement.
The mass meeting at the courthouse nominated the Citizens ticket. H B Harkins for mayor R L Fitzpatrick second ward Gay Green fourth ward J L Wagner city at large. Harkins and Wagner noted as Republicans. The rest of the text discusses the Sultan of Turkey expelling foreign missionaries and condemns the regime. Sneed Thomas advertise Buist's seeds.
Employment notice from E R Seymour in Gee ay Street Philadelphia offers easy home work paying $10 to $18 weekly. No books peddling. no experience required. applicants urged to respond promptly for steady employment.
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