North Carolina Newspapers

CAU C ASIAN VOL. XII. EDITOR'S CHAIR. THr OP N ON OF THE EDITOR ON THE SSUES OF THE DAY. am Ashe, editor of the News mid oi.--rver, says that he fears that by the action of congress "a storm haB l. i; brewed that will partake some what of the nature of a cyclone." 'act. Ashe fears that an oppressed am! outraged jn-ople will not longer I,.- trilled with. He fears that the righteous wrath of the people will be tlit; cyclone that will defeat the Dem . . ., , . . I his is thelespainng f urty server. If Capt. . , , , , i ocratic party w in lie oi a par As lie were a friend and worthy lead er "f the people, he would condemn the party that has trifled with the ja-opie aim upnoiu meir nanus in i i i it i -i their fight for justice. Capf. Ashe, be a man! or have you served monop oly so long that you can't" Smie time recently, in a letter on the silver question, discussing the dishonest attitude of the bosses of tin- democratic party and their alii- ance with the money power, Senator Vance said that conditions might ari.sf in a few months, which would muse a "majority of the Democratic jiarty to deliberately walk out of it self, leaving nothing behind him but a smell of brimstone and Wall street." How much longer can Sen ator Vance and those who think like him stand the smell of sulphur and Wall street? Is it not time that they were walking out of the traitorous jarty and getting an airing? The Congressional Record for the extra session of congress so far nuni- krs over :i,400 pages. Over half of this is speeches on the silver .ques tion. It is no doubt the best encyc lopedia in the world on the financial question. The facta and the argu ments in the debate are beyond ques tion on the side of silver, but con gress voted the other way. It is evi- ueut tnat mere is some power behind congress more powerful than the facts and arguments in the speeches. When congress met the Senate stood: For Wall street 30, for free coinage 4'.'; after that unseen power got in its work and the vote stood: For Wall street 48, for free coinage 37. Thut the late Judge Bond was an extreme partisan and very unjust in his rulings in connection with the k u klu x cases and some election cases iu South Carolina question. But to is true beyond see papers in North Carolina that are partisan to equally as unscrupulous an extent for the Democratic party condemn his actions is very absurd. It ilj be comes those who' are now in flavor of packed election boards to coipnait fraud to save the Democratic ma chine to talk about Judge Bond us ing packed juries to condemn kuklux. That John Sherman is to-day tlie adviser of Cleveland and the leader of the Democratic party jn congress Bo one, who is informed., will tfeny, In fact, Senator John W, Daniel of positively makes the charge, The Washington Post trying to apologize for this condition of things Eays: "There is no reason why a sound proposition put forward by Mr. Sher man for maintaining the stability of currency should not be as readity en tertained as though it came from the Iemocratic side of the chamber." Conductor Jarvis and Goveruor Carr made speeches at the colored fair in Raleigh last week. The daily newspaper reports says that the'col m people are ver.y partial to the "disinterested visiting states men." Conductor Jarvis is' ne doubt getting ready to advertise for colored passengers on next year's political ex enrsio'n. ' '" i0vj' is th,e tjne to peach the heart and conscience. Don't fail to get Th CAypASjAif iiq fhe hands fif every lonest mu wlq vote4 either 4 te "old party tickets last fall. Wyw can you hope fqr a nran to act Oft tht truth unless he know? the tfrU Tttfi Cavuasuit will give them light. Harrison proposed to protect mo nopolies by a high protective tariff, Pk?cland ptoses tQ protect them ft poutracttoa ' of f lie currency. narrlwl nnf. 'Jit. the epense of the tax-payers; Cleve- v.. 8 game will cost the tax payers fore Cleveland's erm of office Pires he will be confronted by a . tile congress which he can't bay postoces and polectQr6hips 4 will be fon his hands" as wel 's his hair. It will V elected under he t'opnlist banner. Vnen Cleveland and the Demo. tiC party have completely killed Ver the public sentiment iu favor : the i'opuiisU will be iu the ratio oflCtoi. AN ILLUSTRATION. The Charlotte Observer, conm e lt- mg npon the repeal of silver, con- tjiauuiawTH a wem(x;rauc congress up r r . - on ,.r,.l,.;,. 1 1.1 1 I i ; Ml uuuu.ug imuu can legislation. I his reminds us of the man who hired a laborer to build 'a dam to keep the water from overflowing and ruining his crop. The laWer not being true t his master and his con tract, ouiit a poor dam a cowardly makeshift of a dam, which kept out only a part of the water. The man discharged this laborer and hired an other to build a good an , A. , , . dam in the place of the , , .,. L, , . , , makeshift. Ihelastlaboi other to build a eood and honest cowardly torer looked at the cowardly makeshift t)am and said it was a shame and that he could improve on it. The last laborer when left to his work tore down the cow ardly makeshift and left the crop to be overflowed by all the water. .Now which of these two servants was the worst enemy to the man who employ ed him? WILL THE PEOPLE ENDORSE THE AP- POINTMENT? We see that Gov. Carr has issued to Mr. Jacob S. Battle his commis sion as Judge, But this man will not long lower the tone of the judi cial ermine. The people of the 3rd judicial district ure already looking around among the lawyers for judi cial timber to take his place. When the next judicial convention meets in that district we expect to see the people rebuke Gov. Carr's nomina tion. If Charlie Cook or any one of a dozen other law vers we might name had been appointed, the people would have endorsed the appoint- "lcut u " convention. WAS IT A POLITICAL FAIR? The Raleigh News and Observer commenting on Senator V ance s speech at the State Fair last week says : "The Senator spoke as a democrat to the Democratic people of the State, and his remarks must be con- 8lUereU from tnat standpoint. Was the Fair at Raleigh a politi- nal affair V lj if run lvr tVio Monirt- . - j i i i mi i li .I IIULIU liailV : Xlieil SUUUIU HUt Chairman Simmons be in charge, or is that place given to the ex-chair- . c nil -i lfi'. l mau. xneii ii it was a nucai iair, run oy democrats xor iemo- i. t- i I TV I crats only, it was proper for Senator Vance to "speak as a Democrat to the Democratic people" there. IS HE A CIVIL SERVER REFORMER. Civil Service Reform was one of the great slogans of Mr. Cleveland. But no President has ever violated the principles of civil service re forpi' more tjiau Mr. Cleveland. Ie hn.s tinf nnlr trivpn rrftirps fnr nart.i- ' . ' J ? - , , , and sold them. He sold some for money, he u?ed others to coerce con gressmen and make them desert their peqple? betraying their inter: ests and bow their necks to his finan cial polipy. Jtlr. Cleveland as Presi dent has givep the lie to all of the high flown doctrine of Mr, Cleveland as a candidate. MR. AYCOCK WILL NOT DENY IT A certain machine Democrat a few days since questioned the statement of The Caucasian that Mr. Ay- cock told the people on the stump last fall that if the Democratic par ty did not give the people free coin age of silver that he would condemn the party and join the People un der the Populist banner, &c. But Mr.'Aycock will hot deny that . ... v" . " .. . he made this statement and so assured . ii - - to the people on the stump. In auother column will be found a letter to Col. Ii. B. Glenn. .Notice it is dated just after the election last fall. Te "man djd. nqt get hi office, Cleveland, has filled silver and he (the writer) will novy probably not own that he yoted for Mroyer. Won der what tlje wrjfpr of tfrat letter now thinks of the letter that Col, Glenn said that Graver wrote him about free silver? The country is in a bad fix the two old parties did it- What the Republican party commenced, the Democratic party is ins With the Sherman law repealed what will the goldbugs papers do for an explanation of the hard titnea ? The "Give us a chance party" is about to crowd the republicans clear off their platform. The people nq longer look to con gressthey now SrP tP tne ballot box for relief. More money and less misery or lesg money and more misery vote for the one you prefer. Show your paper to your neighbor. When he read one copy he will see that he can not do without it. iLVER BATTLE ljt Shot from Morxan and Xfnt. Juki before the fiiuil vnti if ih - Knit ti... r;i.-. - . i i -n i oeiiaie on t lit silver repeal bill, some ' notab e sneer-he u-,r, ,,!. Sena tors Morgan and Vest took the lead. Senator -Morgan said that the bill to A strike down siivi-r was the result of a coalition between John Sherman and (i rover Cleveland. He said it wa a "third Sherman bill." He said that the majority of the Demo cratic and a majority of the Repub lican Senators had surrendeied 'corrupt, insolent and over-bearing uurjrai.ions. jie saiu ne nau uo . . l : ii it i SKXATOK J. T. MORGAN. faith in the professions of Cleveland and the Senators who were working tor unconditional repeal yet claim ing to be friends of silver. He said that though thev row promise some future legislation friendly to silver, yet it would never come. "Lazarus will die," he exclaimed, "but there Will 1 lin r m a fi-k fDn v,x-.4- Im'vh " T'llAn Via u cjirf oil f -of f nnAHr l- c. ....... , v j.uai.ui o nuu wcic uii nir repeal siue were not expressing the belief and opinions of a majority of their people, he inveighed against the veto power of the President, and he was certain that the people when they voted for a Democratic President did not know that silver was to die in the Senate at the hands of its friends and by the instigation of the Demo- ,.- crane executive. SunntAr V'oaf ,1, Jo t reaJiest and most forciUe debaters jn the Senate, had some emphatic .i. A . . x , 1 .. words to g to bjg 13emocratic nay io uis democratic i frierjds and he said them rijrht out in meeting The passage of the re peal bill, he asserted, made gold the single standard of the United States, it trampled down the platform of the Democratic party. The United States must now begin to scramble for gold, and whether the friends of repeal were ready for it or not, there would have to be an isue of bonds, an increase ot the national debt in order to secure gold. "We are charged with protecting the silver mines of the West," ex claimed Mr. Vest. "It is false," he repeated, pounding his desk, and he addei1 that he was against repeal, even though the closing of the silver mines of the West would benefit the producers of lead ore in Missouri. "No czar or kaiser," he eloquentlv 1 - 1 exciaimeu, "wouiu uesoiace msui- rectionary States ing these silver as we are desolat States. For the first time in the history of the hu- SENATOR G-EQ. G. Y5ST, it it mau race, men who are aneat ae- scendants of Anglo-Saxoiu are being punished for having disco vered too much wealth, are being treated as criminals for having pressed onward the chTc whels of civilisation Notwithstanding this," vehemently added Senator Vest, "I am against repeal because it weaves a contraction of the currency, the greatest curse which can, come upon the people of this land. This is not the end of the fight- It is hut the skirmish line. The shock of battle is yet to come. In every Ste in the next campaign the broad issue between a sufficient use an honest currency and a ruinously scarce and contract ed currency will be made aud the people will pass upon our act today." The only dark spot on the record of these two great men in the famous fight is that they signed "that cow ardly compromise" in the interest of "party harmony" and not in the in terest of the people. GOLDSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER AN I kTKKCEPTEU UTTER. To Col. (ilrnu. He I Congi-at altrl Making Vote With That letter frmn Groifr Cleveland. . Grkenville, N. C, Nov. la, '92. Col. ILIJ. Glenn, Winston X. C. DearSik. I can't help from writ ing a few lines for I want to thank you for the grand speech you made in Greenville just before the election. Col. it was a daisy. The way vou did rub it into these thirdites for wanting moie monev in circulation was too rich for anything. I be w neve some of the fools do really l- Iieve that if there was more monev in circulation they would get higher prices. Just as if cotton should eel higher in Massachusetts because there is more money there. Any fool knows there is money enough if the farmers just had something to sell. I he trouble is too much cot ton. Rut didn't you cook the third ites wheu you read that letter from rover declaring his love for silver money? I was so glad vou had it. Butler and his satellites have been telling the ignorant voteis around here that if Cleveland was elected he would stop the coinage of silver ut course we knew they were lie- ing mac Cleveland was a strong friend of silver money but we didn't have such proof as would sat isfy. But you have knocked their lie into a cocked hat, and (J ro ver's letter fully vindicates his posi tion. But the best thing you told was that dream about going to Hadej and seeing Butler and the other greenies hanging up before the fire so they could be got iu a combusti ble condition. It was so appropri ate. It would, indeed, take lots of I doging out for that class of gieen- I Jjqj.jj s who place the financial ques tion above tariff reform. In fact, it is doubtful whether old Nick could ever get them cured enough to burn. But we elected our ticket and the Weaverites are dead dead beyond resurrection. I have talked with several leading Democra'g about it and it seems to be the opinion of all that the thirdites are lost forever. So mote it be. They frightened us up with their big crowds and wild en- Tr ., . , , Hence their funeral. Our Demo- .n n . ,. k.1 auu wuniraiutu will aeecmoie and reduce the tariff, give us free coinage, reduce expenditures, cut down trusts, etc. etc., and you won't be able to find a man twelve months from now who will admit that he voted for Weaver. Could you do me a small favor? I want a small postpffice in thjs coun ty and I would like to have your en dorsement There are 17 other ap plicants, but I think I did more work for the party than any of them. The office doesn't pay over $200 a year, but 1 need it mighty bad. 1 have not cleared expenses on my farm since '89 and if something is not done I cannot hold it Will you help me out? I know Cleveland will turn the t t . . T., hp nnps nnr ho is nrt tha man I fata him to be. Please let me hear from you. Very truly, T. J. P. S. Did you have any idea that so many of our people wanted office? DEMOCRATIC ADMIRERS OF JOHN SHERMAN. He (Mr. Sherman) enioys the re spect and admiration of every man in the Senate, Though one of the leaders of the Republican side, it is well-known that so far as finance goes Mr. Sherman is more of a states man than a politician. Kveu the men who do not agree with him, be lieve he is always actuated by strong convictions of public duty in his ef forts to mold the financial systm of the government, Augusta Chroni cle. We have a great deal of confidence in Mr. Sherman's ability as a finan cier. He may be a little more expe rienced but Mr. Carlisle is just as safe a mau as the Qhp, Senator. Charlotte Qhserver, John Sherman is a patriot. -York World. -Xew Before the Bemoeratlo leaders sold out to the gold, trust, they denounced John Sherman as the arch enemy of the people. The very papers quoted above have done ga 4au Sherman and the Republican party sold out to the gold hugs in 1873; the Democra tic party sol4 out to the same power in J 893, or rather the trade was made last year wheu Cleveland was nomi nated. RENEW. Don't let your subscription expire. Renew before your time is out. It saves us trouble and insures you not to' miss a single copy. Often we can not furnish back copies. Currituck County Alliance met prompt on the Huh day of Octoln-r, with P. L. Northen in the chair. On motion a committee ws aj nnir.fu.1 .1- i rv.u.u w uia up resolutions in iavor ot all the Senators tha.t have made a bold stand for the free and unlimited coinage of silver. Resolved Ut, That Curitnck Co. Alliance condemn in the most decid ed manner the actiou of congress in repealing the Sherman act without giving free coinage of silver at a ra tio of 10 to 1. Resolved 2nd, That we cheerfully approve the course of those congress men and senators that stood for sil ver and the laloring jeople of this continent Resolved 3rd, That we as an Alii ance do express our heartfelt thank to our noble Senator Z. B. Vance for his patriotic services and sterling conduct in behalf of the laborin" classes of his State, and tb- ntirt nation of the wealth producers. Resolved 4 th, That a copy of these resolutions oe sent to L. 15. ance, to .. .. 1 .. l! 1 . . . . . the Progressive Farmer, and to the toIdsboro Caicasiax for publica tion. II. V. Doxey, Secretary County Alliance. A LOOKING GLASS. Take I'ff p anil See Yoftrrl ve an Other See Vou. National Reformer, Hardy, Ark. Can a man be iu favor of free ver and be a Democrat ? Yes. Can a man be opposed to free sil- ver and be a Democrat? Yes, Can he be iu favor of high tariff and be a Democrat 'i Yes. Can he be opposed to a high tariff and be a Democrat ? Jes, Can he be in favor of national banks and be a Democrat ? Yes. Can he be opposed to national banks and be a Democrat ? Yes. Can he be in favor of trusts and e a Democrat : Yes. Can he be opposed to trusts and be a Democrat 'i Yes. Can he be in favor of more money and be a Democrat 'i Yes. Can he be opposed to more money and be a Democrat ? Yes. Can he favor economy and be a Democrat ? Yes. Can he fayor extravagance and le a Democrat? Ye, Cau he favor an income tax and be a Democrat 't Yes. Can he oppose an income tax and be a Democrat ? Yes. Can he vote against the nominee of the party machine and be a Dem ocrat ? No. W:hat then, constitutes a Demo crat, his principles oi his vote ? His vote. Principles don't count. THE DEADLY PA It A L. LED. I uodertake to affirm, without fear of contiadietion, that a paper issued by the Government with the simple promise to receive it far ail dues, would be as uniform in its value as the metals themselves' John C, Cal houn, Democrat, "Oar Government connot make its fiat equivalent to intrinsic value nor keep inferior money by its own independent efforts, nor is it iusti fied in permitting an exaggerated and unreasonably reliance on our national strength and ability to jeo pardize the soundness of the people's money. Grover Cleveland, pluto crat, tf. 'CiKOSS ABUSES" That are Bringius Contempt and Ruin Upon Dishonored Part j The PopnUst Part J ltetter Than the Ballot Box Stuf fing Democratic Party. Wilmington Messenger, May, 1893, We take leave just here to reiter ate our well considered, honest opin ion that North Carolina now stands very much in need of a good Elec tion Law the Australian or some other. Gross abuses have crept in that are dishonoring to the party and will bring contempt and rnin upon it if persisted it. We know educated, able, high-toned gentlemen who are unswervingly Democratic, who would prefer the triumph of the Third par ty to the triumpn of the Democracy by resorting to low, dangerous, de structive methods at the ballot-box. They have said so in our hearing. They believe that Third partyism is a less evil than ballot abuses. Let ua have reform here." (tf.") Thb Caucasian is an eye opener every week. You can not afford to do without it - !), 1893. A GREAT SPEECH. i": mtnoh TOTHE POPUL ST CAM PAIGN -REFORMS MUST COME FROM Th COMMON PEOPLE. IHIJC INSTKI Mt.NT M I T 111 llAi.lr l -Till. I'MII'I K MI ST OWN .IMXll KHATKTIU: VI B-I-IC HK.IIVVA . U .MI ST 1UVE AATIOVAl. Svktku or FiXAXt r nt a Bank Sys tem. The Next (Jovkxok of Iowa Tai.kfob thk .r,lrllli vrikro,,,,,, Hravy ltl...t . .... llir Ol.l l-.rtlr.. (CiMitinued from last i.sstie.i UOVEKXVI EN'T OVVXERSHI1 AN EXI'KKl. MK.VT. iue luea etms to prevail that the puoiie ownership of railroads is a ue project gotten up by a lot of visionary, unpractical theorists. Wo rtii.y.)nii . ...... .. . . - ...v wicu? m i- ain to compli ment ourselves with the idea that we are a long way ahead of the pro- eeiuu iu me progress of the World, and if there was anything in this plan or national ownership we should nave discovered it long ago. -wr. i.arrabee says: "A number ot European states, notably Prussia, France and Iieigium, a well as Aus tralia, liritisli India an 1 the Hiitish colonies in Southern Afirca, have auopieu government ownership of railroads. 1 he experiment of state ownership and management of rail roads has been longest tried iu Bel gium, and with the best results. With an excellent service the rut.. of the Belgium roads are th .mt iu Kurope .Their first class oassenwr tariffs, next to the zone tariff re cently adopted on the state roads of Hungary, the lowest in the worl.l. and are, for tlm same ,lit lower than those of American roads. In Prussia the state service, upon the whole, is also superior to tlmt of private comnanies. inl i bly euual to the public deman.l Tn France the government onlv nwna and operates less imnrtnt i;u - - - r-.v-.v out lumishes upon thes nn m.r efficient and cheaper yervinA ilian private compaies would either he able or disposed to furnish. The-re- peated statement of those opposed to go eminent regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, govern ment ownership and management of railroads is a decided success in Eu rope. Mr. Jeans says of the state railroads: "Notwithstanding the superior financial result, the lines worked by the state are those kept in the best order, and the working of which gives the best satisfaction to the commercial world and the public in general as regards regularity of con veyance, cheapness of transit and the comfort of trayeler3." It is difficult to see how any un biased person can trayel on any of the state roads of Europe without coming to the same conclusion. State management offers certainly some decided advantages to the pub lic. Above all, the business of the roads is not conducted for the pe cuniary advantage of a few, but for the common good. Commerce is nwt arbitrarily disturbed t aid un scrupulous managers in their stock speculation. New lines are not built for speculative purposes, but for the development of the country. Rates are based iuoie upon the cost of service thau upon what the traffic will bear, and the ultimate object of the state's policy is not high profits, but a healthy giowth of the country's commerce, while the sole aim of a private company is to get the largest revenue possible. The permanent way of the state road is kept in bet ter condition, the public safety and convenience being paramount con siderations. Kates are stable and uniform, instead of being changable and discriminating, and all persons places are as equal before the rail road tax solicitor as before the law. It may be laid down as a general rule tha,t under private management of railroads efforts will be made to secure the highest rates possible, while it is the aim of the government to grant the lowest rates posible." Judge Dillon, of the United States court, in his order appointing Hon. J. Ii. Uriuuell receiver of the Cen tral railroad of Iowa, iu 18(57, said: "The railroads in the hands of the court (and iu the circuit there are eight to ten) have all been run with less expense, aud have made more money thau when they were opera ted by the companies; and we hope and believe under your supervision that this road will prove no excep tion." But it is not my purpose to pursue this qnestion iu detail. It is a sub ject well worthy the careful consid eration of i very citizen. It is a sub ject that both the old aarties have carefully avoided v The citizen who wishes to record his opinion is com pelled to do so through the people's party, no other accords him even the oportunity. Study this field fellow citizens; you will ere long have to contest it. There is but one objection offered to public ownhrship that is worthy of serious notice, and that is th.e possible dan ger from SOO.OOO employes controled by the party in power. This objec tion is readily disposed of. A sys tem of appointments and piomotions patterned after the army would eliminate-pat ty politice entirely. Be sides this, these employes are large ly controled to-day by the great cor poration and their power for evil eon uld be no greater under the new system than it has been under the old. THE GREAT QUESTION OF JIOXEY. Passing to the all engrossing sub ject of the coinage of silver, we are met on the threshold with the state ment of Governor Boies: "As between the two great par ties theie is little as indicated by their platforms to choose on the sil ver qnestion." "I am unable." says the governor, "to see one substant ial reason why a democrat should go to the republican or a republican to the democratic party on this ques tion, since no vote we can cast will have any effect upon the question may pruptrljr linn.s it frm our aiiad." Thus litfhtiv Jo th irovernor t- teinpt to oirrri I ailt ttm crvat question that u utirs to iu pro foundrt depth in every community from ocean t j wean and frutu lake to gulf. It ha been a nart of th i.r,.i'rm 4 I for the past twenty years to evade or straddle tlie irreat iuetiou and quarrel over the little one. To o araw the istiuea that the immihIm are nrtVfR ttt from vnrtiin .w tl, ' juusrment at the ballot box k ....... . .i . - - n - Such U nnuie oi me Uemoeratic ati.l the democratic ami republican parties to-dav. Th voter may take his choice, hi .!!. will record no ronvirt.'oo uu-ny im portant queiitiou. For fifteen years both have deuaauded the restoration 'l Ml Ver. r.acll has hail tlwa without the aid of the other aud to gether they have ha. I the ln.wer all the time, yet after all these vears of broken promises, of waiting and watching for this simple act ot just ice, the people find themselves powvrle.ss to compel either iartv to i do its duty or keep its promise. The parties control the people iiistt-ad of the people controlling the parties. If there has ever been a qitextiou at issue before the American people since the slavery issue was nettled at the cannon's mouth, the iiucMiou ,f silver coinage is an issue to-dav. party leaders to the contrarv not withstanding, lieeent proceedings of congress have cleared tin Htm..-. phere. No man of sound mind cau long doubt that the control I leadership of both parties is opoo.scd to silver, uor on the other hand that the massses of the people are iu fa vor of the coinage of silver. Such is the overshadowing importance of the questiou. Theie ale but bku parties now, the one is for the free coinage of silver, the other is against it. It is as Douglas said when Brain? fired the first shot on Si.mi.t-r- There are but two partis now, the one is for the union the other is against it." The enemies of silver are iu the main congregated about the great cities aud trade centers. Thev com prise the wealth aud aristoctacv of the nation. Thev ure the classes dealing iu stocks and bonds largelv the agents of foreigu capitalists. The people who have a monoolv of the credit selliug business aud man age the trusts, syndicates and cor- poiations. these with their attorneys in congress make up the force that conspired against silver twenty years ago aud who are now raising heaven and earth to bring the most infamous chapter in the history oi our country to a close. Against this force stands the common people, me classes who pertorm all the la bor and produce all the wealth, the people who feed and clohe the na tion. The quarrell between these classes is not over abstrus-e problems of finance as politicans would have us believe, but is a very simple one. IX WHOSE INTEREST WILL you VOTE! The chief use of money should be that of a tool of commerce and not a mere harvesting machine to gather interest. The people would have a large volume of money so that, as a tool, it would be cheap. The money center that monopolizes the sale of credit would have a bmall volume of money and a large volue of credit, because their pioflts depend in sell iug credit to industry for use instead of money. Industry would coin sil var because it increases the volume of money aud broadens the basis of credit. To-day the credit seller takes the cream, over IX) per cent of of commerce is done with credit. Industry would shake off the interest burden by increasing the volume of money. Industry has learned that as the volume of money rises, wages and the price of products rise, and that the burden of debts and taxes becomes lighter. The credit seller knows that as the volume of money is contracted prices fall and he will take a larger share as an interest charge upon th v sale of credit. This is the essence of the quarrel, all this talk about an honest dollar is the mere smoke of the battle. Business to-day is done with dollars only in a small way, but with paper credits, which we from habit call money. The whole system stands precisely like the railway. It is a system of monopolized iu Mated credit, stand ing theoretically upon goal and sil ver, but really upon the industries and property of the people. THE CON VI PENCE UAMK. In the discussion of the silver question we have heard much about confidence. Silver coinage stands charged with the failure of confi dence, so it becomes necessary to ascertain, if we may, precisely what is meant by this term before we can deal intelligently and honestly with silver. Confidence is one of the fine words of our language, the- politican and financier conjure with it, roll it under the tongue like a sweet morsel. The president in a great, rotund, prompous way announces it. The great dailies proclaim it. U com;- to us on the wings of the morning. The one horse editor of the country newspaper echoes it, and now the world rings with the wail, "A want of confidence!" People who have for twenty years proclaimed a want of money and foretold this time of distress and the gradual impoverish ment of the people through this credit seliing system, have been dubbed calamity howlers, and ridi culed as cranks and lunitics. In all the discussion in congress and in the press about this exceed ingly ethecrical entity or nonentity, called confidence, it has not yet been run down and caught so that it could be examined. Like the ghost in Hamlet it is here, it is there, it is gone. Ito be continued. 1 When The Caucasiax gets 20, 000 subscribers, some of our present subscribers will say "I was oue of its early friends. I helped double its circulation by sending in a club of new subscribers." (tf.) JiOTICE To the American People. The Democratic party under the leadership of Grover Cleveland has surrendered to John Shermau and his allies. ' (tf.) NO. :i. DEFIES THE SENATE. RE PPO NTMfKTS N CASES THE SEHAlE faiEO CH FUSED TO COfcF RU VA MRE R. Til . NORTH ( AHUM OIU-ACTOR. ! K ""'' IJMI tratv4. Wasiiinwion, ov. 4. The I'rt. ident thowed his defianor of the Sen ate vt rduy bv the rv-apjHMutiiHiit i f certain official in New York and North Carolina ho failed of con-tirmath-i i- Snate. Within fifteen iiin ii, after the adjourn ment .f the Senate -mtii-Miti B- Hiiitinir Klniu..d Siii.tifMi f.ili, . ors of the est rn and K.lcrn dis tricts r.jvlivclv, were iMUd. ICASOMN .MIIKVIK r A 1 1 1 1. It Wlis ltitolu's plIl jH.-M' o ututn doll Kba. Jllld. if iHwailil.- ktSim. iiiops. The sill oxiunilln- omitt ing of Senator topes of Arkansas, had prepared an advene lejairt in the hlias citse, but for some rvaso.i did not make I lie ittorl to the Sen -ate as dirrrtcd by I lie Ktituiicv ctuu uiitUv. riidcrrUndinjr that an ad verse lejHiri was tantamount to re jection. Mr. Itiiisoin w;n ready to turn over Klias to Ym e's tender mercy ami iveup the fiht in Krc utive session. He Mt iim d entiiclv willing lo forgo Mhc greatest of his ife " iu Kli.W In-half K'liail in I lie micrini fill execution of a brilliant Hank movement which he expected would laud him in Vance's rear. The scheme uiiht have worked Iteantifullv had Vance withdiait his opjoitioii to Simmons. The result would have Uii just what it has been made by the President's defiance of the Seu itte. When Vance surrenders to Simmons he cancels all obligations o the opposition to Klias. It was a tactical movement on lhtuBom's iart and failed only for a lack of Demo cratic votes to carry it. When the Executive seision met ou Thursday a quorom was not present, and Sim mons case, consequently, was not re ported to the Senate for action. A single objection would have been dis astrous. The absence of opposition Senators made his contirmalion an easy matter, but it turned out that the absence of Democratic Senators made a quorom impossible. The next best thing to do, and the only thing to do, was to secure a temjor ary commission iu both cases. It was understood that the l'res ident refused to rc-apjoiiit Klias, but sub sequently yeilded lo Hansom's change of jMility. Simmons official term de-x.-nds upon how sjK-edily action is reached in his case at the regular session. The two cases will stand or fall together. The Klias appoint men was inteuded as a punishment to Vance, and he has sufficient co oieratioii in the Senate lo defeat his confirmation. The oposition to Simmons is tolitical and it is formi dable enough to defeat him. Iu any event he will have a taste of "the fodder." In this connection the question of investigating the election frauds in North Carolina by a Senate Commit tee in Ixing agitated. A purpose of this ort is iu contemplation and is the suggestion of fragmentary evi deiiv which has come to tine knowl edge of the llepublican Senators through the opposition to Simmons. The present disposition of the cases savev hansom from the importunity of a dozen eager and expectant can didates, and gives him a breathing time before the reassembling of con gress in December. The disappoint ment in the matter is a great shock to bitn, and but for the apprehension that Jarvis might succeed him in the Seuate he would gladly retire from the Senate and end bin days on the Federal bench. Jonathan Kuvvaki. DO YOU WANTS.. oo IN CASH? To contribute to the Polk Monu ment fund? Send us a club of ten subscribers for oue year each and we will give you $1.00 to place to the Polk Monument fund. In this waj yon can contribute to honor the memory of our late beloved Presi dent, and at the same time help to push on the great work for which ho gave his life by extending the circu lation of The Caucasian. Vou can aid iu both of these great objects without it costing you a cent. You can do it by simply following in the hue of dnty marked out by the la mented Polk. By giving The Cau casian 10,000 more subscribers you will pile up a fund of $1,000 for the monument. In short the friends of Thb Caucasian can build the monument in this way alone. Let every one put the ball in motion and the work will be done. By the time the mouument is built the . great priuciples for which Col. Polk gave his life blood will be ready to sweep. North Carolina, if not the wlole country. tf. CLEVELAND