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Pure Democracy and White Supremacy.
Vol. XI.
CLINTON, N. C. THTJBSD AY, JANUARY 12, 1893.
No. 12.
EDITOR'S CHAIR.
Lrr more raonev and bettor
fines be the cry.
I No good times need be looked
v unless there is a large in
rease of the money volume.
Hox. Jons J. Ingalls, hav
ng retired from politics, is not
fraid to think what he says.
Vashington Post.
I T iik he is do greater faith
Ian this. The Charleston News
Id Courier says that whatever
licy Cleveland may adopt
Jl' be right. Wash. Post.
iTii results of the conference
ye verified the conviction
ye to fore advanced that it was
(I ri as a mere subterfuge to
unbug the friends of silver
el bridge over the Presiden
J lection. Rocky Mountain
. ev.'s.
i
Congressman Bland has in
adduced a bill to direct the
C secretary to coin 120,000,000
fnces of silver bullion now in
Ore. This would put $162,
00,000 more in circulation,
'ill Congress pass it ?
PnoFEssoR Andrews who
!kimed to speak for Cleveland
tlie Brussels conference, says
ore was accomplished than
s expected. As nothing was
'Vie, the query arises, how
. fch less could be accomplish
M Rocky Mountain News.
We do not know whether
Tom Watson expects to secure
his seat in the next House or
not but one thing is certain, if
! is determined in his const of
is election to expose the
iuds by which he was beaten,
d make the Democrat House
t him or endorse the frauds.
-Missouri World.
The Washington Post com
. Ints upon the hunger for
s ils and a part of the patron
I which makes the politicians
i Congressmen obsequeous
Vards, afraid to express their
iions till they know Cleve
Vs. The Post says :
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This is a poisonous drop in
, tl; yeins of our politics. It is
enervating us, destroying our
enrage, our manhood and our
t ; de. It is converting Congress
r. -ordinate and independent
I - .rich of government, into a
jveling and sordid lackey,
r l.1 3 dilating the President in
to an autocrat."
The Washington Post says
that Congressman Williams, of
Massachusetts, in his speeches
' Idle down South, criticised
bid fogy ideas and notions
the Hon. Thos. Jefferson,
is is perfectly natural, for
t; jugh Williams claims to be a
' reat Democrat and is one of
t .0i most prominent leaders in
Hi : present Congress, he is op
po id to every principle of J eff
ei man and Jacksonian Dem-
ocr
c
Oy. He is a modern Dem-
f. He would never have"
in the Democratic party if
id not been degenerated
perverted to suit the gold
;and bond-holders' ideas of
"it
England and old Eng-
I
,the cars a few days since we
v! young man who was home
sew York, spending the holi:
. He is a North Carolina boy,
-in the employ of a big New
: mercantile house. The con
Jon soon drifted to politics
he late campaign. He is a
erat, but has seen enough of
rld not to let the politicians
an intolerant partisan fool of
- I - "
: f vc:.
. end
stM
boo s
liira. Befering to thepersonalities,
abiTFo hnd bittcrnew of I be lato
campaign in North Carolina, ho
nald that a nombcr of people
around our little towns needed a
trip. Ho said that one of the pro
prietors of the firm ho worked for
was a Democrat, and the other was
a Republican. He paid that they
read and exchanged papers, and
often discussed politics on the high
plane of the issues involved, and
often that they would iangh to !
gether over the way the politicians
on each side worked up the people
into a blind partisan fury. After
talking along on this line for some
time he said : "Butler, if were
you I would quit trying to help the
farmers. They will not stick to
gether and vote for their interests
like other classes. You may work
ever so hard ancr honestly, yet "a
part of the very people yon are
working for will pull another way
and curse you. You can't afford to
cast your lot with people who are
controlled more by partisanship
than thoy are by their own inter
ests. The politicians will always
bo sharp enough to keep them di
vided on one pretext or another."
We told him that to some extent
there was something in what he
said, but that the farmers of the
country were as a class the best
and most honest citizens of the
country; that as a rule, when they
differed they did so honestly, and
that we had great respect for a
man who differed with us if he did
so honestly. Besides, we told him
that there had been the greatest
awakening among the people since
he left the State that the world
had been seen; that the people
were fast learning the truth, and
that when they knew it they would
act on it. We told him that in
the future the great mass of the
farmers and laborers of the coun
try would vote for their interests,
if they had to ote with a different
party at every election; that the
people from now on would vote
more for principle and less for
party, and that thnn the occupa
tion of the professional politician
would be gone. Besides, we told
him this country was gone as a
Republic if the great masses of
the people did not arouse them
selves and wrest the government
from the hands of monopolies and
their tools, the politicians. In
short, we are in this fight from pa
triotic motives, and we will fight it
out, irrespective of who
with us or does not.
agrees
Government Ownership.
It is amusing to see old gray
headed Congressmen and Sena
tors crying out against the gov
ernment ownership of railroads.
Most of them make the great
expense of buying them a plaus
able argument. Now let's see
what tnose hypocrites have.
Since 18S0 (32 yea) the Ameri
can Congress has appropriated
to railroads government lands
to the amount of 3,000.000,000
acres. Much of this land is
valuable, and was valuable
when given to the railroads.
Put the 3,000,000,000 acres at
5 per acre and we have the
sum of 15,000,000,000, which
would more than pay for all the
railroads iri the United States,
watered stock and all, for while
the actual cost of the roads has
not been above 7,000,000,000,
the stock has been watered up
to perhaps 15,000,000,000.
Now give the man thunder who
! says we cannot bny the! roads.
rrogressive Farmer; - '
More Such Papers deeded.
We take the liberty of pub
lishing the following extracts
from a private letter to the editor :
DECE3fBEK 29th, iSth.
You will please find enclosed
one dollar for which continue
The Caucasian.
It does me good to read it as
it goes straight to the mark every
time, and above all it is indepen
dent and is not fettered by parti
zan bands, but it stands out on a
higher plane above such fetters
where it can condemn the
wrong and fight for the right
justict and truth in every quar
ter. Every man in the State should
read it. Your'position at the Na
tional Alliance meeting was well
taken in regard to the feeling ex
isting between the country and
the towns. There would be no
antagonism between town and
country and would not be if it
were not for thetown politicians.
This class has governed the peo
ple so long that now when the
people begin to take charge of
affairs themselves they denounce
the couutry people and try to
ridicule them and drive them
back into submission. The truth
is the people have been educated
and they know their duty, and
the towns are still- ignorant and
do not yet realize the true con
dition of the people. We must
push our education into the towns
and teach the people to demand
of the towns their rights, not on
ly in politics, but in all business
transactions.
We had a union meeting of
four Sub Alliances last Saturday
and I took occasion to say some
thing along this line, I advised
our people to thoroughly under
stand each contract, however
small, they make during the
coming year, and where they
could not read for themselves to
"take some friend who could and,
have him read it and talk it over
and let each one of thenTkaow
all about is as well as the towns
men. The majority of our poor peo
ple trade year after year and
never know anything of their af
fairs, and no one knows but the
merchant. This should not be
the case any longer, and the
people should take their business
into their own hands. 1 shall ad
vise along this line and encour
age the people to be more inde
pendent and to cut loose from
the credit system much as they
can. As you say, there is a gulf
between already existing between
the towns and country, and the
people must overcome this by
ascerting their rights and thereby
educating the towns that the peo
ple have rights and they must be
respected.
I do not see how the political
press of the State can continue
to be or appear to be so igno
rant at this late date.
But all such partizan and mis
representing sheets are doing a
good work in solidifying the peo
ple against the robber class.
Tom Dixon struck the key note
a few days ago, and the brainy
men all over the land are opning
their eyes to the condition of the
counuy. They are being educa
ted by the Alliance at all times,
but the grand fight made by the
Peoples party did more to edu
cate the people and the political
bosses than all other means put
together; we must continue this
fight on these true principles of
the Alliance.
Our people are as strong if
not stronger now than they were
before the election. Every body
knows how we were cheated and
defrauded out of the election,
here we had two to one in the
country, and the election was
stolen in the towns. I am in favor
of forcing the Democratic party
to stand by their promises and
not let them blind the eyes of the
people. We must have more
money and a new and broader
basis of securities so as to crive
the producing class a chance.
someuunc on the order 01 the t
Sub-Treasury plan. I am clad
10 see you standing up so Strang-
ly and bravely for the truth. tor lllmm M. btewart, of Ne
The people of the State will vad3, is in town. "The monc-
rewara you by makinjrTiiK CAU-ltary
casiax the leading paper of the
State, we surely need more pa-
persm the State to speak out
and advocate the right
We need a press that will tell
the truth regardless of party. LetrKocky Mountains :n 1806. Iff
us push the fight afresh from
now and impress the people
with the cause of these hard
times and their necessities will
drive them to stand together.
Iuanr poor people in this section
have had everything taken from
tnem 01 late, we don t near 01
sales as of old, but wagons go
1 t 11 rv ...
ana nan 011 everyming and tne
poor family left without anything
to eat and homeless. These peo-
pie Know notmng about
much they owe or how much
ther have paid for years back;
they know nothing of their busi
ness.
THE LEGISLATURE OF 1891.
We make the following clip-
i mtirr t -r rr n nnvnto I ottor TTrm
t1 h k
uuc V1 ultmuwo W1
.Legis ature:
'While others are claiming the
credit for the legislation which
i i,i -ijd frt .a
has caused the railroads to be
.... .
taxed, and a yielding ot tneir
exemption, the retorm papers
should (if the others will not)
mve the Legislature of i8qi full
.r. fnr tW WnrV Tt wn
noteworthv that the Bourbon
element of that body fought
nearly every reform, and espe
cially the railroad legislation,
which has been most beneficial,
and if it had not been for your
self in the Senate and Buck
Jones and others in the House,
the Wilmington and Weldon
proposition would have been ac
cepted and other reforms been
defeated."
The writer is partial to me,
and does not do others justice
by giving all the credit in the
Senate to one. There were
many brave and true men in the
Senate who stood squarely by
the people on every reform.
Declaration of American Journalism.
Nowhere, else is intellect as
represented by editors so thor
oughly prostituted by the in
fluence of riches and power. In
Great Britain and on the conti
nent the common people are
treated with respect by the
leading newspapers, and the
cause of labor is fairly placed
before the reading public. But
here, with rare exceptions--ex-ceptions
most of which holds
usually only temporary sway.
The condition of the working
people are misrepresented,
their aims distorted, and their
leaders lied about. The truth
is either suppressed or mang
led when it would show em
ployers and the plutocratic
system up in an unfavorable
light. The declarations and de
mands of organized labor are
ridiculed, men and women who
have the honesty and courage
to speak in their defence are
characterized as demagogues,
and labor or political shysters.
Jos. R. Buchanon, an editor.
Trr BLACK-DRAUGHT tea for PytpcptU,
SENATOR STKWAIir PKKDIC-TIO!f.
pMon ai rrtnxrtir panic
HoomMto rrt ! i8Ui.
.w 1 ork, uec. cna-
conference, he said, js a
failure. It wont amount to anv
thing. If the Republicans do
not hurrv up and pass a free
coinage bill this winter thev will
not carry a State west of the
the Democrats do not pass a free
coinage bill when they come into
power, the Populists will elect a
President in ibo7.
Senator Stewart said he thought
the t'opuhsts had come to stay.
Free coinage would be one of
ineir principal issues.
1 Good Alliance Doctrine.
Dr. Macune in the last issue
0f the Economist says:
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Let all farmers and those
eligible to membership be made
to feel at home in the Alliance,
regardless of their political af-
nnauons, ana treat each one
equally as well in fact. If by
friendly discussion we can all
jigree upon the principles in-
I .
to accomplish, we can safely
leave eacn man tree to pursue
his own methods and come
nearer securing unitv of action,
politically, than in other ways.
this is the sentiment for which
. . . ,
the editor has been denounced
ug a tmitor by bUter partisanfe
but it is the sentiment he has
always expressed and believed
as true Alliance doctrine, and
'lt is now beinS universally in-
dorsed bv the Alliance, and
a 1
tnere is mucii to encourage
those ardent Alliance workers
who desire to see the Alliance
carried out according to its
original principles. There is a
grand triumph for our princi
ples in the near future if all
hands will stand shoulder to
shoulder on the lines here indi
cated." A Holiday Ilanqut In Drtl.
Special C rrc?pondeace.
A U LAN I) K R , N . C . ,
Jan. 2, 1893.
Mr. Editou: Thinking a
few dots from our town might
interest your many readers, I
attempt to pen a few in brief.
The campaign and Christmas
has both passed off with but lit
tle hair pulling, I am glad to say.
We have had the largest
snow since 1807 i DUt notwith
standing the extreme cold and
deep snon- on last Thursday
night, a goodly number of Alli
ance brothers and sisters were
invited to attend a banquet at
Bro. G. W. Lassiter's. It was
given in honor of Marion Butler
as a faithful leader ol the Alli
ance of NoJth Carolina, and a
true supporter of its principles.
Among the participants was the
Hon. W. II. Mitchell, President
of Alexander Alliance; S. E.
Marsh, Lecturer, J. M. Early,
C. M. Early and many others.
Bro, M. L. Wood was . specially
invited, but owing to the ex
treme cold, failed to come.
I tell you, Mr. Editor, that was
an occasion of long remember
ance with those present. We
had no Gideonites, nor any of
the Annanias Club present, but
of the pure Alliance grit.
We hope to have more just
such occasions this winter.
With best wishes for the suc
cess of The Caucasian for
1893, I remain,
Yours truly,
Alliance Brother.
FOR DYSPEPSIA,
InIsrestfcm, and ftomach disorder. Ut
muWXS IROX B1TTKKS. -All
deAlera keep It, tl per bottle. Genuine fca
trade auk & croewd rtd liaea en wrarjc
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RAILROAD Cfttt3tO!r.
A Re?tw.of lu Work tu Or-
SanlXAltoft ta April 1891.
The law providing for a Rail
road Coramitsion for this Mate
was passed by the General At
sembly of xii-i. The com
mission, is composed of three
commissioner, and the geoUe
men elected by said Genoral As
sembly to this oflicc arc, J. VT.
Wilson, T. W. Mason and E.
C. Bcddingficld. These gentle
men have not yet been in office
two years, and a brief review of
their work may be of interest.
When the commission was es
tablished the corporations of the
ttate were assessed for taxation
$12,321,700, but a revision of
the assessment warranted the
commission in increaring the
amount by 57,820,000, making
tne sum now assessed lor taxa
tion ?20, 14 1, 760, which incrcai-
ed the revenue as follows :
State taxes, $19.550. 14 ; school
taxes, $1 1,730.0b : pension taxes,
$2,346.01; counties and towns.
$44,674.32, showing an increase
in the total tax of $78,000.56
Before the commission was es
tablished Pullman cars had nev
er been assessed for taxation, but
they are now tazed on a valuation
of $130,000, and steamboats,
heretofore not taxed, ure now
taxed on a valuation oi $290,000.
While the work of the commis
sion in the direction indicated
shows an increase in the value of
eertain property, a corresponding
iccrease in revenue, it should be
noted in this connection that the
reduction in passenger rates alone
will amount to $200,000 per an
num, in freight rates to $250,000
per annum, while telegraphic
rates have been rednced nearly
50 per cent. It is understood
that nearly 150 complaints have
been made to the commission for
overcharges and various griev
ances, but that these have gener
ally been amicable and fatisfac
torily adjusted, and in addition
many orders have been made
pertaining to the conveniences of
the public, such aa causing de
pots to be erected, trains to make
connection, cars to be kept com
fortable, etc,
An effort has been made at dif
ferent and many times for the
past ten or fifteen years to com
pel the Wilmington and Weldon
railroad company to pay taxes,
but it hrs never been reached and
for aumber of years the company
has enjoyed immunity from tax
ation, claiming exemption under
its charter. The commission af
ter a thorough investigation and
examination, crane to the conclu
sion that the exemption clause in
the charter did not extend to the
branch lines, a different view
from any ever taken before, and
placed the main line from Halifax
to Weldon, and all its branch
lines on the tax list. The U. S.
Supreme court affirmed this de
cisiou. In all these matters, the corpo
rations which have represented
before the commission have only
manifested the desire to stand
upon their legal rights only, and
the investigations have been con
ducted on both sides with the sole
aim of finding the right and then
doing it Roanoke News.
The Iluslnttt Features.
Who said the Farriers Alli
ance was dead? Guess again my
dear sir ; for it is certainly guess
work. It is true, during the cam
paign, many of the members be
came careless, but as the excite
ment dies out they return to the
Alliance, more determined than
ever. The idea seems to be to
turn their whole attention to its
business features, and do all they
can to meet the great need of
the times, economy in buying
and selling. Let all the subs take
up. these matters and discuss
them and put them into practice.
Hickory Mercury. 4
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