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(PA QT A 11 ii J l ill I I xl X M O Pure Democracy and "White Supremacy. Vol. XI. ILHTTON, N. C. THURSDAY. DECBMB: No. 11 EDITOR'S CHAIR. The re;eal of the Sher man law of 1800, providing for the purchase of 54,000,000 ounces of silver per year, is I advocated by Mr. Sherman, of this when he voted for old land also in the platform of the man Livingston? Atlanta Peo Democratic party. By all pie's Party. .means let them repeal it this fwinter. Then the money ques- tion will come to a crisis, and the free and unlimited coinage of silver will become a ueces sity, and the Democratic party be compelled to show its posi tion. A monopolistic paper ol Kansas, discussing the next legis- ature of that State says : 4It is not supposed that any Democrat or Republican will en- ter into legislation that will be detrimental to the interests and credit of the State of Kansas." I Do you see the point ? Monop oly is fighting the People's par ty. It is satisfied with either the Democratic or-Republican "party. There are in fact but two -parties in this country now. the monopoly and the anti-monopoly parties Jong? To which do you be- The Democrats are now in, but they are already trying to dodge even the tariff ques tion. The politicians are pro- posing to raise a commission to mt. i inn.. iue vv asumguuu irust speaking of this proposition Savs: I "The commission proposition is not to be thought of except- 'ng to reject it. There is grave ioubt of its wisdom. There is .bundant cause to mistrust the Motives behind it. It is not an fonest and straightforward leal by the people. It is a Wheme for procrastination a jcheme to baffle the public de hand for tariff reform a Icneme to put off and indefi litely delay and needlessly pmpiicate, ii noi to even many t m ... a . 11 UJieat, ine legislation wnicn e uemocratic party is pieag- L The Democratic politicians re swearing mat ine .epuDii- nt are trying to steal several enatorslvps. But it would not irprise us in the least to know at the Democratic and Repub- lan pohucians had formed a pttoienne xpuoncans cap- re enougn senators to Keep . i c a a. i i e democrats irom navintr a ajonty m tne unnea states en- e. ine pomician tears noinmg op holes. If the Democrats tpuld have the Senate they will Dbablv be woelullv sick over for then they will be bound to 1 something. How delighted T .... . 1 T .11 fy would be to come oeiore tne bple next election and sav if 3 - I had only nad a lew more nators we would have abolish- all those measures and have en the people I less taxes. more money I Reason That is Worse Than No e Reason. Irs. Cicero Harris, the Wash- ton correspondent of several jvspapers in this State, says t there is objection in Wash- Jon to an extra session of Con- ;ss as it would come at the ie Congressmen want to go to .tering places. What do our pressed and suffering people h-leought next time to elect m who would think more of! ,mg the people relief than of ging around summer resorts, Anoiner uemocrauc Ulaionlte. I Is'nt it funny to think of the Atlanta Democrats being rep- resented in Congress by a member of Gideon's Band? I wonder if Hoke Smith thought . 'Have Turned Bulls.'. The Charlotte Observer says: farmers who still have cot ton on hand need not be discour aged by the occasional and tem porary set-back in the market. It is very significant that Lehman Bros, have turned bulls. They are pretty generally on the bear side. Last summer during the cam- paign, when , we charged that gambling fixed the price of cot- ton tbat pa r swore that the "law of supply and demand" fixed the price of cotton. The Observer is learning something it seems. Is the Observer for or against the anti-option bill now ? Preparing the People to Expect but Little. The News and Observer said a few days since: . , "If nothing is done to pro mote international bi-metalism at the conference now in prog ress, there will be a strong ef fort made to repeal the Sher man Act, under which our gov- ernment is now purchasing sil pealed or not, at all events the ten per cent tax on gtate bank notes ought to be repealed." We expected, this paper to go one step further and say: "J5ut if that can not be done, the people ought not to grum- ble, but go right on and vote the Democratic ticket again. A Self-constituted Spokesman for the Alliance. The State Chronicle says: "It is very likely that the farmers of North Carolina will indicate at the next State convention of the Alliance their disapproval of the sirit and motives wnich seem to fluence men i:ke Marion But- er" oome oi me uiaeon nauu Democratic Alliancemen (?) must have been taking the Chronicle into some of their Yarboro House conferences. Wonder if the ed itor of that Daper will be a can- didate for president 0r will his paper be a candidate to become thecoffi cia iorfTan?" Poorthin?. . o -' e fear k wiu be a mtle rrirtol if if- orrar Iparne Vint Vio farmerg are nQt standinc breath , . . . The Post is Flopping. The Washington Post which claims to be indeDt ndent. is now .... changing its ne on certain is sues. It is now getting so Dem ocratic (?) and such an admirer of Cleveland that it has begun Via Jnrnmp tav. It savs that all the tax to run the gov i iii i i it.. "rr j prnment snouia De raiseu uv iuc tariff. It says that it is wrong to - inquire- into the big fortunes of rtunes of millionaires and to tax their m- comes. It says that it is opposed to individual taxes, that the great masses should pay the taxes together, that is, that the poor shall pay as much as the rich, We had thought that the Post had some backbone and real in- dependence, but it is flopping gung .a u u. luouul Pce oi tne incoming aa- ministration, which is opposed to income tax and which is opposed to doing anything that will make it " , T f u r wIn i nnft - . . , n. s vrr i How They Won and How They Stand. The people's , Party is the only one of the four which comes out of the contest with real ground for hearty congrat ulations. The Prohibitionists have held their own in the ag gregate, but the most ardent champions of that party must admit that it is not doing much more. The Republicans have ,been overwhelmed. They have been defeated on every propo sition. The Democrats have gained power, but for what ? The party is weighted down with impossibilities. Its whole study now is how not to fulfil its promises . -The Democratic party won its victory on the People's party platform. The demand of the country is re lief from plutocracy, and if Democracy does not give it upon our platform, it will be overthrown, and the People's party will come into power. Nonconformist. A Little Ignorant Editor Full of Gall The State Chronicle referring to the editor of The Caucasian says : "When the just indignation of a mans- fellowtownsmen move them to bunrhim in effigy as an evidence ot their menabie con- tempt, he ought to retire from public view or at least to put his mouth into quarantine. The Chronicle man is proba bly excusable cn the ground of general ignorance and bitterness not knowing that a large major ity of the white people of Samp son county (men who could not be bought with money, and men who did not use money to buy the veteS of others) voted with and for Marion Butler. Not only this, we would have the world to know that the number of men in Samp son county who approve of such disgraceful and contemptable con duct as referred to in above clip ping is extremely small. The great majority of the citizens of Sampson county, of both parties are decent, good citizens and are above such reprehensible con duct. If there is a small minority in Sampson county who think like the little and narrow editor of the Chronicle, then that mi nority will itself have to move, for we will hold the fort and stay with the majority. Credit to Who ji Credit Is Due. For twenty years the people have been talking about trying ruT, u tax. inev never vvuuiu. xiavcrr succeeded except for the es- tablishment of the Railroad I . . , x-. I hft wisaom oi me ssiau- lisbmeilt of the Railroad Com- iinn has been abundantly mission has been abundantly vindicated. Ihe JNortn aro- linian. It might be added here that for twenty years politicians have Jprated about us having the best State Government in the world, and that the Legis lature had always been true to the people. But not. until the axa we uvc agiox-vuxv had the backbone to taxsfcietne I railroad question ana mase the rich corporations stand on the same footing as the hum ble citizen. The Alliance has won a great victory for "equal rights to all and special privil ege! to none." Now let the next Legislature order the back taxes to be collected. This will "amount to' at least 250, 000. Now the charter : of the Petersburg Railroad runs out next February. This railroad is a part of the A. C. L. sys tem. If the Legislature will refuse to recharter it, unless the road gives up its exemp tion on the main line, the vic tory will be complete. The Legislature should do it. Prohibition is a FaUnre. Tofeka, Kas, Dec. 13.- The Rev. A. S. Embree, pastor of the First M. E. Church of this city, recently preached a sensational sermon on temperance. . He declared that , prohibition was a failure ; that it never had been enforced, and that the pro hibition laws should be stricken from the statutes. The continued violation of law with impunity led, he said, to anarchy, and that was what was being taught the young men of the State by the non-enforcement of the pro hibition laws. He therefore ad- vised the repeal of the present prohibition laws and the substi tution in their place of a sensible local-option law. Habits cannot be legislated out of men after they are once formed. The nature and effects of alcohol should be taught the child at school before the habits are formed. The last legislature of North Carolina took a correct step in this direction. Ed. The Relief Fund. Brethren : So many inquir ies are being made of ne in re gard to the Alliance Relief Fund, inaugurated at. Greensboro in August last, that I , concluded it best for me to send an open let ter to all. The fund is growing, and applications for relief have been made which will, be paid just as soon as the proper papers are filed with me. I think the plan a good one, and will be of great help to those who suffer losses, and will relieve those lodges of a heavy responsibility in which the losses occur. I think there is some doubt about the dues being sufficient to meet all losses, but I cannot tell. It will have to be tried, and if found necessary it can be amended at npTt State meeting. Upon the fraternal love taught by our or der, I believe it is the duty of ev ery Sub Alliance to become a part of this association. Per the constitution the fees : must come lrom each Sub Alliance in pro portion to the number of males in good standing, otherwise it will not be a part of the associa tion. Application blanks for loss- , . t cc . escan, De naQ a ? , The committee-on tne gooa oi the Order, whose businessit is to as sess losses, will have to make sworn statements before -the Clerk of the Court of the county in" which the - Sub is lo cated, and the seal of; the Clerk must be attached thereto. Re member when -i your Sub hs failed to pay. the National and S tate dues it is not in good stand ing, and this fact might debar the payment oflosses even if you have paid dues to tne association Send in your dues promptly. Join the relief association by ail means. Let every Member of the Order do his duty fully as re- quired by your obligation for- give and forget any unkind ness I of a brother engendered by ' the I late political campaign be to each other a brother in the true sense of the word, and let us pre- ent one solid front to those who I would have members of the Or- I der at war with each other. Fraternally, W. S. Barnes, Sec'y Treas. N. C. F. S. A. See constitution, Art. xii. Ev ery lodge should adopt this I relief plan. It is the cheap- editor, and 11. y. Parker, farm est and safest insurance in the er. This morning A. J. R. Smith world. Ed. FARMERS FEARING STARVATION. Vast Extent of the Depression of Agri culture In Eaglaad. London. Dec 11. Both England and in Germany the in signs 01 agricultural distress are increasing rapidly. The stand ing armies of the two countries combined, moreover, are not so numerous as the great crowds of unemployed who walk the streets in the great cities. In this city Mr. Asquith and Mr. Shaw Lefevre are. kept at their wits' end to find for the cabinet satis- factory answers to the appeals of delegations of laborers for work. During the last week the small British farmers gave utterance to their troubles at the agricul- tural conference in St. James's Hall TV.O cnaorko. Hall. tion and bi-metalism and "such . t - iVi jjiuici.- otner panaceas give an in adequate idea of the feeling of me majority 01 the men present. Among the groups at the en trance were heard bitter com- piaints mat tne men were ashamed to make before the whole assembly. "Are we to be starved for a theory ? Shout ed one man from the door when Francis Smith made his olea from the platform for free trade. "irive us me om corn Jaws, or we will go to Canada." Gen. Booth thinks that this widespread depression is respon- sioie ior me excepuonai sutler- ing among city worKingmen. jonn urns sam in a meeting on VVednesday that .agricultural laborers had been driven by the hard times f from their homes : had sought . work in the city, and thereby had swelled the number 01 unemployed in Lon- don, Liverpool, Manchester, and r . , . . Lxxuw uu3 ; xngxauu nz A n Jl A - J A . I 11 cc uduc, auu nuienca . lias protection. The Democratic party says tariff is the great trouble." If, tariff is the only trouble with the farmers, why is it that English farmers are starv ing ? The money devils who are running America live in England and are oppressing the farmers there the same way, Ed. The Caucasian. lionger Time Than Ever. St txmis Globe-Democrat - It is announced that South Carolina will probably pass a prohibition law. Just think what the Governor of South Carolina will say to the Governor of Car olina after that bill has passed. , Senator Kyle on the Tarifl. ; Sioux City, la., In a pub lished interview Senator Kyle, ropuust, oi aonm uaicota, is quoted as saying that he will vote with the Democrats on the tariff question; and will vote for any "jndicious measure that will 1 . . ! . . pe a step m ine cureaion ot tar- in retorm." ; r : Th Bojft Im Blm, Topeka, Kat., Thc Boj in BIu9M is the name by which an ex union soldiers orctnui- tion will be known, which will be a rival of the Grand Armv of the Republic. The old soldiers in the People' party are the originators f the plan. The char- ter was filed Nov. 39th. " It will be a national order. A. J. R. Smith, of this citv. said that or ganizations would be effected at once m ten states. The boad of trustees consists of the following ex-union soldiers of this city: E. D. Moore, printer; W. C. Ely, schoolmaster; A. J. R. Smith som: - ine whole tendency of " 1 . .mi . me j. A. K. is to strengthen the Republican party. It is the in tention to make our organization non-political, and we will keep it irom the control of political shys- ters and demagogues." The Great Strike Ended. The great strike at Homestead is ended, and another object-les son is given humanity to reflect upon. Another test has been made between dollars and stom- achs, with the inevitable result, The dollars could wait and did .u. ... vi, nnuc uicsiomacns could not wait because they had to be nlIed. If the value of the time wasted in this vain effort togeth- er with the -money expended ... 3 trUUCUl i had been niven to tV. P1.- 5- - -a V1W 9 party campaign committee for educational Dumoses. enouoh . A. O Senators and Representatives could have been elected to hold the balance of power and force Congress to enact some whole some labor legislation. As it is, both the opportunitv and the , ..... money are lost and the people are made to suffer in conse quence, uut of the four than sand locked-out men at Home stead, doubtlessthree-fourihs, if I not more, voted old party tickets I ar tne late election, thereby giv me their consent and sunnirt to those economic systems thi- tp- f... ' , , v w"lc" wcrc l"c cause OI UIC" iruuuica. i ne lony oi I such a course is only equalled by the persistent regularity with which it is put in operation. This t and 5s da ug I termination should teach organ- labor maUhe . I to strike is on electign days at the ballot box. So loner as mo- nopoly makes the laws, owns the courts and holds the money, just so long will labor be oppressed. There are but two methods of re dress, a revolution that kills and destroys, that is strong and bloody enough to seize and 0Yer. turn the government, ora revo lution at the ballot box of equal strength and power. There is no temporizing with the conditions, since the result is always against labor. A strike is a revolution in minature, and is of no use as a remedial measure. It should be abandoned at once and forev er. Instead of contending against Carnegie and his sort, begin .. at once to legislate such powerful corporations out of existence. In stead of trying to kill Frick make such laws as will cease to devel op men of this kind.. If the bal lot means anything it is industri al freedom to the people." And a free people who have the pow er to redress their wrongs through the ballot and fail to do so ought t0 be slaves, they deserve no bet- i ter fate. National Watchman. 1
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