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TIIK CAUCASIAN I li' L.llgC;.t ( 'it CUl.tti"!! ;i !;.' ' StateLibrary , is; iv ; Kh i.i j . s o n i u CA no LIS A. CAS1AN 'jsJ 3?onsra?iiiEt . lL!. Wfi ip- t to p. u.l ud ,r- wlate dining hf picn lit )r i m i ll i o tonus VOL. XII. GOLDSBOKO, X. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1894. XO. 47. H A IT M 14 14 A H H V I ' jCtS-t N ASKS FOR THE FACTS , ,':TS THLM OVER MR. WHAT LETS S G NATURE. i.i mix i l: m n ink ((m i.ii i:i-nrii itrny.UK WAS NOT A iMi:r.li MITI.lt I N I II K MAI I.. . Iv 1 ' I . ; I t'olitriil .ai- !.! s ; Ill.llillll ill (III- 1 I 1 1 1 I II I I illll -- i- no ( ' 1 j .t i n 'if Traml in 1 In sf , ii ! m o -'l Ik- lie mm-rat V.lnot Tu.il Mill Acted K.iir--VV lo re Dale. , , . nl ! il. I r.linl in It. tin pant mill I 1111 il- Ailmil It- ll.oi il VVa. loin. ,1 In i:. oiill ill l.i . Ii-uio, A la. Sept. 1, '.M. !!- Editor of Th K ( -A IVAsd A s: C L . I 1 I " (Ill I. I n il.-; nl rvjil. -.'il asking in! a lit of the situation III A ia- t.llll.l .111! ! for the causes of fai I ii re late election received. We mt fail, hut I am not surprised i'ir '(Mention. hen I come to think of it, I am irpri.sed that our friends in th ami throughout the country it understand our repeated faii o e.ury Alabama for the reform ineiit, as we have no great dui . to give the facta to the I, and are continually niisrepre- 1 ::'id ly the opposition . press. I u ;. -tale t he facts in brief ho th.'it v-i-i .md your readers may see just a m: is t he matter. i;i the first place, the election laws ef he State are, and were framed t'.-r the express purpose of suppres - - the popular will of the people. I; '. a.-, and is now claimed, this is i s.-ary in order to maintain the of the whiie people of the state. I : t rue that advantage was taken the law for this purpose only so he;.; a- the white people were prac- . ..Ii v a unit, "but now it is used to -..press the will of a majority of Mr unite and black voters of the .-'a'e. The law providing for the .ij puiiitiueiit of election inspection is " i in- probate Judge, Sheriff and :: i nit t 'lerk of each county, shall :ij " .int three inspectors of election fi' each polling place of the county, t ul whom shall be of opposing iitkal parties 'when practical." This seems fair on tirst reading, and w o have fair elections under it in th I,., while f-niiiitie liiif when T civi u the practices under it, you will idilv see its object. There is no ! quireiiient here that these inspec tors shall be competent nun. and i. the black belt counties the county itlieeis generally appoint two intelli gent white democrats, and utterly ignorant and incompetent colored re publicans to represent the opposition, i hese inspectors appoint the clerks f election and the "iixers" for the illiterate voter. Thus it is clear ; hut the democrats have every advan tage seen reel to them by the law it self. I'nder this law and practice, a demoralized and entirely perverted 1 i, blic sentiment in the black cotiu tiej has been forming for years, un til ;o-day if you raise your voice n, favor of honest (lections, you are at once read out of the deliKcratic party. 1 quote from a prominent democratic lawyer of the city of Montgomery in the Evening Journal, a democratic newspaper, of the l'.'th f August last, in wireh lie boldly pjses the practices of that county and appeals lor honest metnoels. Col. I. S. Troy says: "Tin' fr.iuTs in this county, while not so extensive, were more tl.iiirant than ever he- i iv. The law of the laml inteiulci to ra . i tl.c rights of tin- oni'o.-itiun, was udi ;mily trampled un-ler toot in several pri1- :i. i ts ami tlie will of partisan ileiuoeratie i -'i.iii i.uir substituted in its place. " oh 1 1. V. Thointikins, us chairman of '-. state ileiuocratice executive committee. :i. lived in a campaign circular published A-i.ft-t 'ud. that I was trying to discover l r.iud- in this country, w ith the assistance -I l.:kte politicians, and that we had only found e i.ience of fraud in precinct 1-, and ili.it the ahceil fraud in that precinct was .-i:hi-ieiit:y lel'uted hy the denial of the reg istrar ih. if.;.,! with it. At the election on A ii'ii-t lit i,. in precinct 4, where f ol. Thomp- ill iiiniM If MHed, John Washington, an i. literate dc;raded old negro, who etcs out a precarious iiv'uij; hy white-washing fences .1 .1 doin- odd jobs." was appointed and serv ed as the inspector representing the Jeller--'icaus and at other polling places in the oui.ry, thtf same thing was done. Negroes w e.inmt intelligence, character or educa 1 "ii. were appointed and served as inspec- ir- representing the oppisition. The law -e. ;,red to the opposition the right to have ':: of their men. competent to aet as in spector, appointed for each polling place; an d tlie only possible object in appointing i. literate and incompetent inspectors to rcp tesent the opposition is to furnish the op p et .nity to lalsely certify the result of the I ;; ;..t the piaees w here they served as iti- l'or this reason, or lieeause the word has i"iii aunt" by their republican leaders. I Mi-cv not which, the neToes in this coun ty Ai re Very generally, unwilling to register i- voters. They preferred to take no part in t:ie election; and w hen time was discov- red. the democratic employers of the ne--roes told them in a number ul instances, that if they did not register as voter-, their r.eions w ould be dropped. This was a ilevrridation of the elective fran. hi-e wh: carpet bagcer V' 'C - to iitL. and w;i ked I ha! t !:eV ,) lIi recalled the days of the . when they herded the lie to Mi.-tain their usurpation domination, under a thie.it lid be re-eiisiaved if the dem cr;iti lm; ,nt power; it was a complete re-er-.ii ot the good work done by the men w ho overthrew the government of the car-l-ct naggers. What thev intended to do was to u-e force m one form or another, sulii cient to exclude the ignorant, disclaimed and incompetent iic:m, - (oU whom the right to vote had been ti.ru-t '.v the federal government) from the e.xeivil- of the elec tive francli-se. jiu wnat excuse can be nut crat- who forced these ignora: ior ttemo-lielpie-s He me the du- g.-ues. against tneir will, to as ties P. "L iiocusiiip. aii'i reitister as eu . to tics was not all. In order to swi-l! regi-tration list-at voting places illit. ' ate uieoinpeteiit and degraded negroes, like Jim. Washington, were to represent the opposi tion, names were entered on the registration h-t- without the knowledge or consent of the I i.-uu- so registered. I his is but a sample of .the prac tices in the black belt counties. How ever, they have other methods. In some counties the county officials take advantages of the shameful fact that in Alabama we have no contest laws for state offices, and since the returns from the counties to the sec retary of state for these offices can hot be legally investigated, they send CONTINUED ON FOURTH 1'AeiE. 'I on 4-ttt Mm- M-Ifl ;it S;,l i-.tu ry on Ihf "oanie I ---Coiitx ri i ml, .Pinii- lit 1 arid ihi nf v. Salisbury, X. '-, Sept. li, "id. EtHIOli Tl'K ('AC ASIAN : Three con ventions were held here to-day county, congressional and judicial. 'apt. .John Heard call'. 1 the con vention to order. He mad"- a brief speech and appointed C. L. Jrown temporary chairman, and .J. C. rVrn hart, II M. I.. Agner and V. Click, orgiii temporary ..lti, U.l- necivt;tril;.i. This made i n-i niam-nt and tii- convention proceeded to bus- 1 1 1 l ie- ( oliiltiiitt i-p-;'led r. .solution.; plat form. 'i, i plat form l e idopting th- State Messrs. S. A t t K i r 1 1 1 1 irdt, and nominated for Jos. the .Me 1. 1 all Here I.cgi -.i! 'uie. 'I he following county ticket was nominated : Sheriff I '. A. Knox. I.' gieler oT Deeds K v. I.'. I.. iilOW !!. Clerk of Oii.rt C. A. ;u!'tee. Trea-urer A. l'diigham. Surveyor J. (J. 1 -rn I'.ard t. Co'jon We'gher -Janes Cowan. Coroner I )r. K. Ko-e Dorsett. S andaid Keeper :(,'hus. K. H iker. Ilunhardt andMcL iiu were call- eit i u, ami tnankeii tm- convention t heir and nominations in iippropn words. The ipt. John A. w II chosen con vention ( ndorsed C Ramsay for the State Senate. At X':15 the congressional conven tion of the seventh district was call ed to order. M. W. White, of Ire dell, was appointed temporary chair man, and (I. F. Click and G. Ed. Kestler, secretaries. This organiza tion was made permanent. Mr. G. Ed. Kestle-r put in nomi nation If jn. A. C. Shtiford. Mr. Shuford was unanimously noniina t"l and accepted tlie nomination in a ringing and effective speech. The convention then adjourned and Hjn. Peter R. Pritchard made a speech of more than an hour and was liberally cheered throughout his eloquent discourse. The judicial convention then con vened with ('apt. John l'.eard chair man. Mr. J. W. A. Kerr read a res olution recommending Hon. R. F. Arm field for Judge and Zeb Vance Walser for Solicitor. The conven tion then ad journed. The court house was well tilled ami much enthusiasm was mani fested throughout the convention. SKN.lTOU HANSOM ItKUSK YI1K T1MK. TO 1)1- Whyili.l In- not Di-iiiolUli the Tomtit" anil lit? Iiiik- with Him '.' We clip the following Hickory correspondence front the News and Observer : "Senator Ransom's able speech, de livered last night in the Opera House. is highly spoken of, and end gre iiood. Several of his life long friends sav it was the greatest speech they ever heard him deliver. Many peo ple from towns and the surrounding country were present, and though the hail was he receivtd uneomfortauly warm, the closest attention throughout. "Tlie audacity of the average Po puiist is something wonderful to be hold. Craig San ford, the local Po pulist h.ader, wanted the great Sena tor Ransom our L'niteel States Sen- ator lor a score or years, anu tee peer of any man in Congiess to divide time with him last night! Truly it would have been like train ing a Catling gun at a tomtit." I I M l'.l Itl. A K K AM) liKKN A HI) Niiinin iteil for .Imlne ami Solicitor liv tlie lliiril .Imlii ial Convention. Rocky Mount, Sept. 15. Mr. E. W. Timber lakt,of Louisburg, received the unanimous vote of the judicial convention here to-day for judge of the third district. Mr. C. M. Pernaril, of Greenville, received the nomination for solicitor. In ac cepting their nominations they made ringing and telling speeches, which were received from the large and enthusiastic convention with fre quent and hearty applauds. llreckinriiljje JJoM'iieil. The congressional campaign in Kentucky between Breckinridge and Owens, which has been heated very hot with passion, terminated at the election last Saturday in the defeat of the "brazen libertine" congressman, as the women termed him. Owens was nominated by a plurality of K0 votes. To the ladies of Ken tucky are due the honor of clearing their State's chastity. Kentucky has been raised in the estimation of her sister States. Wliat a 'J I in li Ail ert isenient lias Hour. Office of Rarnes Pros, Commercial Job Printers, Academy of Music, Raleigh. X. C. The Caucasian", Dear sir: You may now eltscontinue our advertise ment. Orders for work are coming in faseer than we can till them. Yours truly, Barnes Pros. Xotice. Pursuant to an order of the Cen tral Ex. Com. of the People's party of 7th Senatorial district, the con vention to nominate two candielates for State Senators is hereby called to meet in Nashville, Oct. (ith, at 11 o'clock a. m. John D. Mears, Chrm P. P. Ex. Com. P. S. Will have a public speech after the convention by some promi nent speaker. J. D. M. I) ItlLi i . THE AVER, CAN 3METALL:C LEAGUE LAYS DOA'N THE TEST. mi; ovi.v tMn ions on which a llKMUt'KATIC OK KKI'I litlCAX t AN lll D.tTK CAN liK T KI STT.II. Tlir CMailiiatf Muf be fur I- re- Col naxe ul tin- Katio of Hi to I nml I'lrile llini- lf n-il li- lii-. d uels in Tarty Ciurn-. . l i ' -f. t,-'i I itrr.ii J rii 'Ju t ..!; As tlie campaign progresses the republican and democratic press. i t i ii .-I ".'ancrs ami camliuatcs, e.-in i ;ail from the Soiitii and West, will pro claim that they are all loyal friends of silver. This depends upon w hat constitutes, ami who has the author ity to say. what paity or candidate, is a true friend of the white metal. Who has this authority '? The dem ocrats. No. 1 he republicans 1 -No. The populists . So. This belongs to the Jlimetallic League. Its de cisionals to w hat a candidate or par ty must do, before they will be rec- ogni.eu as true menus is supreme. Its authority on this question, can not be challenged by any one. Therefore it is very important that the attention of the people should be called to the declaration of the J'.i- inetallic League, and read w hat it deli nes, is necessary for a candidate to do before he can he classed as a true and loyal friend of bimetalism. The following declaration of prin ciples were adopted by the American I .-metal lie League at its conference held at Washington, I). C , Decem ber 15th and IGth, 1 '.: : "The money question is the first and most important issue in this country, and is so related to every thing else that no other question can be permanently settled until this is settled." 'The Conference therefore recom mends that the liimetallic League urgently recommends to friends of silver everywhere, in all parties, that they support for the 51th Congress only such candidates as will pledge themselves in nominating conven tions, and openly and publicly in their canvass for election, to the fol lowing action in case of their elec tion :" "First. That they will enter into no party caucus that will bind or restrain them from voting and act ing in the 5 1th Congress otherwise than as given in their pledges to the people before their election, but tlmt they will unite with others who are in favor of restoration of the bime tallic standard of money by the free and unrestricted coinage of both gold and silver on the ratio of 10" to 1 as before the act of 18T3, and the issue bv the General Government of paper currency without the inter veution of banks, and against the issue of bonds to buy gold ; and that they will act and vote on all matter during their term as member of the 54th C'-ngress to secure this end. and especially in the election of a speak er, and in the organization of the House, and in tue vote for President oi the United States, in the event that the election of President fall to the House of Representatives." The language is plain and can not be misunderstood. It declares that to be a good friend of silver, a cand idate must be nominated on a plat form containing the following dec laration of principles: First. "Free and unrestricted coinage of silver at the ratio of 1G to 1, as before the act of 1ST3." Second. "The issuing by the gen eral government of the paper cur rency without the intervention of banks." That is he must be opposed to banks of issue of any kind. Third. "Against the issue of bonds to buy gold." Fourth. "That they will enter into no party caucus that they will act and vote on all matters during their term as members of the Fifty fourth Congress to secure this end, and especially in the election of a speaker, and in the organization of the House, and in the vote for Presi dent of the United States, in the event that the electiou of President falls to the House of Representa tives." For the purpose of carrying out ihese declarations, the liimetallic League has prepared the following pledge, which is to be signed by ev ery candidate for the o4tli Congress, and state legislature where a senator is to be elected this year : SlLYKR I'l.KDGE. "In case I am elected as a to the 54th Congress, 1 hereby prom ise that I will enter no party caucus. that will restrain me from voting for the free coinage of silver. Hut will unite with others who are ia fa vor of the restoration of the bimetal lie standard of money by the free and unrestricted coinage of both gold and silver on the ratio of 10 to 1, as before the act of 1873, and the issue by the general government of the paper currency without the in tervention of banks, and against the issue of bonds to buy gold ; and that I will act and vote on all matters during mv term as a member of the 54th Congress to secure this end aud especially in the election of speaker, and in the organization oi the House, and in the vote for Presi dent of the United States, in the event that the election of President falls to the House of Representatives. Date Name This declaration of principles and plan of action is eo broad and com prehensive, that no mistake can be made as what a candidate must com ply with before the Bimetallic League can recognize him as true and loy- Continued on second page. l lllLaUJ Ul OIL i Ll M W. A. (.t TIIIIIK AT (i UKxMI.l t. Il- K'xIinr.l III Own runrir anil Ibe iiinrw f thr fll.l Vmrt le Th l0lr I'artv Ihf Knlr Hope of Ihf loplc.--llr ,t llrurt ily A ipl jmlfil mini linprnmni Hi A ml i in p. Maj. Guthrie arrived in this place on time, and was met by a large crowd who w.-re anxious to met him. Maj. Guthrie spoke for two hour. and . a half to a very large and en thusiastic crowd. I cannot under take to follow him in his speech. Suflice it to gay it repleat in every particular, lie stated why he had been a Republican, and why he lett the Republican party. He gave his reasons for voting for Cleveland in is'.' ', and why he could not vote for Harrison. He said that he hid fully made up his mind not to vote for any party in this campaign, but when he went to Raleigh to the People's party convention, not as a delegate but as a spectator, and saw that great con course of the great middle class of the people he came to the conclusion that the people were in earnest, and he thought it was his duty to help them. He took up the actions of the two old parties from lN'il to the present time, and showed beyond contradiction how thev had fooled the people by their pledges and pro mise's, and earne-stly asked the people if they could be fooled by them again, and a loud and long respose of no went up from nearly every man present. Rut very few Demo crats put in an appearance, and those that were there had not a word to say. The Major in his closing re marks became verv eloouent and lathetic, so much that an old col ored man in the crowd got to shout ing, and the meeting broke up in regular camp meetius style. Unr peop 'e will never forget Guthrie. John Rradv. I.KNOll! CO! NTV CONVENTION. A St run:; Ticket Xoiititiuteil. Everything 1'iiinls to ii Complete V ictory. Lenoir County People's party con vention met at Kinston Sept. 8th. Chairman R. P. Kinsey called, the meeting to order and stated its ob ject, lie then requested J. il. Mew borne to act as temporary chairman and I. II. Bright as temporary sec retary. The temporary organization was afterwards made permanent. J. M. JUewborne, upon taking the chair, made a telling speech in the interest of the People's party, severe ly criticising the democratic party for what it has done, and what it has failed to do. The committee on credentials re ported a full delegation present from every township in the county, and no contests. The committee on res olutions reported as follows : Whereas, the conspiracy of wealth guided by the masked hand of money owns and controls the Executive, owns and controls the Judiciary, and the legislation of the Nation, un less this conspiracy is exposed and its iron fetters that bind our govern ment to corporations, combines, and trusts are broken, we will become landless tenants and graveling serfs. Therefore, Resolved, To avert such a calamity tlie conspiracy of wealth must be abolished, its methods ut terly destroyed, and the government restored to the people with whom it originated, and to whom it belongs. Every franchise of a pub lic trust granted by law must be re- voketl and all public functions that ire sovereign, operated by the gov eminent, the agent, m the interest of all the people at cost of main tainance. Resolved, That we reaffirm the principles of the Omaha platform and -endorse especially our State .ilatform in its entirety. Resolved, lhat .we favor a free ballot and a fair count as essential for the preservation of our inalienable rights as a free- people, and we here by condemn the fraudulent methods and practices at elections to impair the ballot and suppress the honest voice of the people fairly expressed at the ballot box. Resolved, That we denounce the action of the board of county com missioners of Lenoir county, unwar ranted bv law, for paying a large amount of the people's money out of the county treasury to defray the expense of attendants appointed by sai l commissioners to the inaugural ball of Gov. Carr, otherwise called a Road Congress, auel we hereby call the attention of Solicitor Allen to this fact. The report was adopted. Nomination of candidates was then declared in order, and the fol lowing ticket was nominated by ac clamation, it having been agreed upon in a previous caucus: For House of Representatives, C. S. Wooten ; L'lerk of the Superior Court, S. II. Bright ; Sheriff, W. E. Woot en ; Treasurer, Benj. Sutton : Regis ter of Deeds, E. G. Tyndal; Sur veyor, William Arthur, Sr. ; Coroner, Dr. II. O. Hyatt. The candidates were then called for and each one present made a short speech of thanks accepting his nomination The convention was well attended and enthusia. ric. Good reports came in from every section of the county. The ticket put forth is a very strong one throughout and everything points to a complete vict- ory for the People's party next November. b. 11. Urignt, fcec y. (raven Co, Convention Called. The People's party of Craven Co. are requested to assemble in conven tion at the court house in Newberne on September the 2Gth, 1894, at noon, for the purpose of putting out a full county ticket and a member for the House of Representatives. By order of County Ex. Com. Wm. II. Smith, Chrm Ex. Com. G. L. Ilardison, Sec'y. JONES TELLS Will HE JO.NS THE PEOPLE'S PARTY. Gives His Reasons For Leaving the Republican Party. IT KXOW UNDER GOLD BUG RULE. i Ther Can Ur No Protprrity Without a Iur Incrraof In the yiumtity of Monry Ilolh Old Tartir. rirugrd by Their lmA er to a 1'arturrshlp With Euro-ao Money Lord Only Through the forma tion and SuereM of a Third Party Can Any Great Reform Ite ArcomplUhed. Washington, Aug. ."., 1S94. Hon. Enoch trother, Chidrman ltcpub lieaii Statu CVntrtU CoiumitU'e of Ne vada: DEAii Sin Having become firmly con vinced that the Republican party eirgaui latiu:. Is unalterably opposed to the fre coinage of silver at the American ratio of 10 to 1, or at all, except with the oonM-nt of foreign truvernmcnti and at a ratio to .! dictated by them, I have to announce that I can no longer act with that party. I have not arrived at this conclusion without extreme regret. It is always pain ful to sever associations of long otandlng, but fidelity to my own convictions and my imperative duty, as I sec it, to the pw plo of Nevada who havo long and greatly honored luo, compel me to thla course. To my constituents I need hardly say that whatever change has occurred in the rela tion between the Republican party and myself is not a change in me. .My opln ions are in every respect what they have always been. I hold today with all the earnestness of the day of my election every one of the principles for whose prior sup port in- the senate I was for the fourth time honored by my constituents with a seat in that IxkIv. I am firmly of the conviction that in the absence of a monetary system that will admit of the quantity of money constantly keeping pace with demand it is vain to expect progress. In this age industrial achievement is by aggregations of laborers. It is the age of furnaces and factories without number. These depend for vigor, and espi-clally for unbroken continuity of operation, upon an institution unknown to former periods of history namely, tho time contract Upon the degree of accuracy with which the managers and organizers of large cs tablishmcnts and projectors of great en terprises can make business forecasts will depend theenormously Important consider ation of continuity of employment not only of those directly engaged in production. but of all who, whether with nana or brain, earn their own livelihood. Idleness is the destruction, moral and physical, of a tieoplo. The fate of mankind hangs upon the question whether civilization can persist while larger and larger numbers of people in all countries are being relegated to idle ncss. The compulsory idleness of willing workers, of whom there are millions even In times much more prosperous than the present, is duo to a forco that acts upon industrial society like a deadly but odorless gas, which, becauso of its subtle charac ter, escapes detection. In its methods it is as silent as time, yet as inexorable as death. Its victims usually attribute their sufferings to every cause but the true one This fatal influence affects alike employer and employed, agriculturist and artisan Kapaclous Tower of Increasing Value In the Tnit of Money. What is this power f It Is the raiacious and engorghig power of an ever increasing value in the unit of money that is to say in the dollar. When an obligation has been entered into requiring the payment of money at a future time, tins is the sub tie alchemy which, without effecting any change in the written figures, yet enlarges the burden of the obligation by extracting from him who has agreed to pay money and all business men are In this category more sacrifice for each dollar than a dol lar represented at the time the obligation was made. 1 his process paralyzes Indus try and relegates to a pitiful and corroding idleness multitudes of willing workers. This it accomplishes by producing an arti ficial and unnatural fall in the prices of property aud in the products of labor a fall not arising from the natural operation of the forces of supply and demand affect ing the proiierty and commodities, but from a change in the relation existing be tween the supply of and the demand for money. When population and business are in creasing, if there bo no concurrent increase of the quantity of money, general prices must fall. All political economists agree that, other things remaining unchanged a diminution in the quantity of money lowers rjriees. huch diminution occurs equally whether it be accomplished by an actual falling off in the supply of money when population and business are station ary, or by the quantity of money remain ing fixed while population and business are increasing. This country stands in the latter category. Its population is con stantly increasing at a rate unknown in any other country of the world. In order that prices, upon which depend the unin terrupted employment of wage earners and the capacity of business men and agriculturists to meet their moneyed ob ligations, may not be artificially pressed down for the benefit solely of a coterie cf money lenders and people with fixed In comes, it is absolutely necessary that the quantity of our money should Increase pari passu with demand. By means of falling Drioes profits which should come to the enterprising producer are absorbed by the lender of money. Thus the working bees of humanity both employers and imnloved. alike" brain worTter5"andhana workers are paying an ever increasing tribute to the drones. The Classes Benefited by Low Prices and Dear Money. When people see that general prices are falline and think it an advantage, they do not perceive the enormously Important consequences lying concealed in me iaii, They do not perceive the converse of the nroDosition namely, that what Is really happening Is that money Is becoming dearer. To say that prices of property and commodities are coming down ia to say that money is going up. The only classes benefited bv this and they are benefited unjustly are the classes that have lent money at interest and are living on fixed i Inonirw Their oiihr pptart" n lr,,r j bond, imirtiffvsre and im hh-t, Ihf ir'. uLj i tlw r!ini In v!u- tiv tn f.i'i nf m n ! erJ prknn. to the eitn-nw; detriment of In I dutry and i-oitjniri-. j To my iiiind, therefore, the very kcjt-ine of the arch of national procreatf W a ut I Cieucy of motiev. nnd f-r thl countrv si sufficiency" uienn a eoustarstly l.nrnvi ing ruut!ty Without such then ;n. nil the factor that go w make up tl.U gn-sit ; arch mu-t tumble in confusion to ll.r 1 ground In the prvwiuv of a rm-ncy fmu inc the mott consummate taicti.indiip and the moot int. llii tit lusints fire.!f;t:t are more h-lili-Mt than In the ib--!iiv i f an all pervading nnd consuming p-stilcric for the horrors even i f tk-fttlcnue snny mitigati-d ami ravain-s st;ii.t !'v t!- m.Mitft ld nMiagiti, t!ios and all com mantling power of money For the u! once of money nothing .tv.tii.s To attempt, wli'-thi r with i r without a tarilT. to ure n.itton.i! .rop ruy w ith OUt a sutlieient unit lit II v of ii.. m v I-. to ;it tempt to I lout -In;1 without :i projHt depth of want or to coiuliut as ii.-. r and freight, over railroads without a sut". ciencv f engine and car or even a siit": cient number "f rails to constitute a on tlnuous track. Wliile, therefore, not underestimating the lmiirtaiui' to the country if a full r c ognitioii of the protectee principle, I hold that the tariff and all ot her Issues are in the nature of the case su!s irdin it-' to th. gnat and fai reaching question of tin money Vupply In this convict imi I ! lieve the poople of Nevada to a man and to a woman an- heart and soul with u.r So long as the party to which I have heretofore ln-longed was moving in the di rect ion of a solution of tlie great monetary problem by giving the country a ste.adi increase In the quant it y of moiievlwas bound alike by ronal conviction and by duty to my constituents to give that party my support. Although I did not believe the mount of sue h mom tary in crease to lie sufficient to overcome the ever Intensifying contraction set on foot by the demonetization of silver, I was willing to take, for the time, the U'st that could bi got and await the maturity of what I hoied was a growing disposition on tin- part of tho Kcpublloan party to lin.niy place upon Its banner the motto of fre- Coinage of silver and gold, without ill crimination, at the long established A hut lean ratio. Responsibility I'nr I iiiliisl rlnl Dry lo.t tunl Compulsory 1 itlfiies. The situation is w holly changed w hen the lb-publican party reverses tin- jiolicx which for la cars it had maintained anu by its official vi te in both houses of con grcss relegates the count ry to the single gold standard, wilh all that that Implies of industrial dry rot and compulsory idle ness among the people. W hile it is true that the Democratic party must share with the Republican the responsibility for that act, I am concerned only with tin share taken in its passage by the party t the success of w hose policies I have cle voted the iK'st years of my i..e. The Re publican representatives in both houses of congress constituted the st rvngt n ! tin repealing party, lioth in numlxTs and in Intellectual force. ithout a majority of the Republican votes toaid the Democrat u administration there was never one mo ment when the bill could have liecti passed For me, in my long maintained and solac ing political affiliations, the position thus assumed bv the Republican party is a grievous change, and. so far as I am con cerned, brings us to the parting of the ways. To mv profound retin-t, 1 can no longer be of the household of the tmrty which brought fruadoni to the slave and preserved the union of the states. Tin great, party which could unflinchingly face the slave power docs not dare attack tin money power. After the fatal error of lbt:! the lb-pub lican party, bv tlie passage of the ai t of 1878, took a step in the direction of rcpara tion for the wrong it had committed against the producing ina.-ses of the conn try. In liS'.to it took anoihi r step in tin same direction a step which, owing t tho defective execution of the act of lTs, was air advance uimhi that law. Rut by the passage of the act of lM'-'i all the hopes born of the two former acts have Ih-ii scattered to the winds. Having always deemed the d tuonet iinj: law of lSTtf to have been cnact'-d in igno ranee of the baleful elTicts which it wculi have upon the prosperity of the country, 1 have been disjiosd rather to award to tin Republican party all proper credit for tin two successive attempts made in the (lin e tion of undoing tin t wrong than to ineti out censure f..r committing it. 1 cannot secure the approval of my conscience for ii similar degree of hnitywiih regard t the enactment of the law of 1 V.r.i On the demand of a Democratic prciu dent the Rcpul lican party i pealed tin most important in fact, the only inipor taut feature of tin net passed by thou own votes exclusively and approved i.y a Dresident of their own election. At tin dictation of an udiirtnistration adverse n them we see them dcliticratoly ahandot their silver record, undo and Impliedly condemn and repudiate all that they hav themselves done in this regard for man; years in the past, and at one tsiund set tin country back to the point at which it wa: left by the act of lb7'J. So far as concern; the Interests of the American l-oopie, tin repealing act of ls'j: was, in my opinion less justifiable and involved a greater di gree of moral ami political turpitude thai: that of 1873. In lh70 we had a populatioi. of but 38,000.01)0. We have now 7u.00, 000, nearly double. The False Cry Ilchind the Special ses.in ul Congress. When, as in the emergency of last year the prices of commodities and wages of la bor were falling in every direction and worKingmen were ucmg uiscnargcti irom employment bv hundreds of thousands, it seems extraordinary that lawmakers could deliberately cut olf from the people of t! United Mates all supplies ot new money That the emeritencv which called for tin extra session of contrress was not eausci bv too great an issue of silver money un der the law of lbW must have been palpa 1.1... ...... w O... .... i -, 1 .iii.ni n-l.,.n it u '.. uie lo eij iiiijiuiuiu iiio.o ..ajk v .- ,,nk-..r.ik- tno-i. tlmt rh.- cvisis w;i, ni t conflned to the L'nlteil s-tates. and that in other countries no silver law existed to Im come ths convenient scapegoat for th eupiiIitT of money lenders and fLeir nn merjus and Influential agents. That the difficulty could not have been due to the want of confidence of our own people in the silver money of the country must have been equally clear when it was observed that during the very fiercest days of the panic silver dollars were wiling anil were eagerly bought :ip, even in wan crKu.r or a rn-minlii of 51 Tw-r ft-nt that is to sav. they were paid for at the rat of 103 in gold for $looin silver. These facts were well known to Hepubiicans anu iem- ocraisaiiKc, in congress a oui, ulo,6 the extraordinary session of 1S3. There are some silver Republicans who still hope and perhaps believe that the Republican party will take up the silver cause in good faith and advocate the uu restricted coinage or that metal at the rela tion of 16 to 1. I am sorry to differ with those who entertain that opinion. In my judgment, there is not the slightest foun datlon for it. Actions speak louder than words. Among the entire Republican con gressional representation in both houses of congress from states east of the Missis sippi, on the passage of the repeal bill in October last, there were but six votes in the house and one In the senate cast In favor of silver. Of course conventions of both parties are 6till presenting to the country resolu tions demanding a larger use of silver In the currency, Its restoration to its former position, etc After the severe uae to which phrases of this character have for many OONTIJTUXD ON FOUBTH PAGK. Till Tlll:t ua Ntirli tor I Sr. T linn, t.rrat ti O l.t Ir-. .., lor tt- r-.,,-' fart -A alt ..f tlaia l W alUrr h rrl thai the IV'ir'. I'artr tia. t.aiaa-d Kmnllt ljr the .or-, and thai IKr Itvmurrai had Mi.ij.Ii Imi that Mti r.tr. KWTort l'.Ur.'Mt., lcr Sir: 1 had the pleasure of atttT.iliuj thi appMititmeuto ..f candidate for ton j;rts hi this district at Cm '.let -.Ml j the oth and Wa!!av tin At ( hiiejiiepin Mr. Mia s 7th inst. Hke tirst. lie began by a I K'Uh H-ratic i.t i . :: that he uas tin in v aim t n.ii no w bust If -e!!t tit !itctSi'a!ii!id..!e,a!i4 that ! no a is ,h 15 I'l 11 kc for the I then In j.in i Menu Hialii' ::utv. lie -it i'.ie i; their le ll the I :i ', I a : i i j ti- K. ( "oil!, j Hil I S. !'hc I isc to especially .1 r I i 1 1 ui, :i 'from le Itililie of th. hen t the mouth 1 !e t hell JMc a hw lli sjeaiv t h. lej-ei iptinli of a Woliuil ful uitliliii- that lie t.vA -k i:u t- m Kah i'hi tKtv,,,!i '-'l'.uiler and I'nti hard." i with A le MnKlictiHi to jHifiirm th eercinunv. lie was lii.cnd U1,. few IhuunTats that were l.'eseiit. His .eal then lui atne coi'l or his am- liitiiiitlon j;ave out. as he could H'aivtly ilia- thion-h his hour an.l a MUai tu o tune. 1 hi n c alm- r. Tlionij'son. lie said that he wautnl to discuss the live issues of the da Imt that his. oj'j:ieiit liai iu: touch- eu ahv oi t Mi-Ill. llor had hi shown why the thousand and one juomiscs that were made hy the democrat.-, in the last campaiirn had not lnn ful filled, nor why t In-v wiju-d out silvtr, made tiuicts harder and n.-i ri a taiiit hill that een lYtsident ( I'-vdand had refused to Mn. lie tle n turn- 1 , t-u ui$ aiitiinon lo tin pmriir iv- a marks of Mr. Siiaw and .shown! him up in h:s true eolors, and 1 thou-ht from the looks if the di.sil'l'oMitnl democrats and the wn i it d I'ounte- nance of Mr. Shaw that the "vcl- ainjj cake had t-ounii on iheir stomachs and that M r. Sha w would never attiinid aiioth-r rduaisalof the Kaleigh wedding. Of th- three hundred iirons iiie.-eiit there wn about tw o hundn d and lift Popul ists. At Wallace on the 7th there was probably the largest gathering ever seen there at a political mm uking. The crowd was cstimaUd to be about seven hundred. Dr. Thompson open ed the "ball" by pointing out Un democratic promises that had not been fullilled and the many pledges that had been broken and then call ed on Mr. Shaw to please explain. In his rtplv Dr. 1 hompson said that, as lie spoke lir&t he would have to re ply to .Mr. Shaw s speech in advance. So he let in on the marriage 'iiies tions, and said there had been a wedding in Washington tit) between Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Sherman, and that an attempt had been made to have one in Clinton octwnn Mr. Shaw (his opponent) ami Mr. Hue- hanan (republican;, aud that Aw Middletoii hail been called upon to officiate but had declim d. AheMid dletcn was intent and stall d tlmt he had the oiler of marrving them and also the "rcasoiial.de coimieii.ra- tion" of lie hundred dollars but he declined, l'or one hour and a quar ter Dr. Thornisou held the largt audience by a strong chain of sound arguments with occasionally a side splitting anecdote. A great many lean and thin from living on democratic promises, laugh- . . i i . .i - i . . eu iniinseied nearly anu tain t:ie were going to try the People's party this time. The Dr. called for a.l who voted the dtiiiocratic ticket two years ago, and w ho were going to vote the Peoples party ticket now to raise their hands up they went all through the crowd. He then called for those who had voted the People's party ticket two years ago and now i vote the democratic ticket to raise their hands up went oi.e but before it could be counted down it went, saying 1 was mistaken in the call. There was about six Po pulists out of every seven men pres ent. Mr. Shaw then got up aud did best he could, which 1 must say was more than 1 exacted, as he hao no rounds from which to fpeak, and besides he apteared to Ik. in a strange place among strangers, and wanted to sav "w here aui l au llns wao surelv a ereat dav for our people in old Dupllll. Duplin Populist. New Yolk liiulist Convention. Saratoga. X. Y., Sept. 11. The Populist State convention was held here to-day. The platform reaJlirms the cardinal doctrines of the People's party as contained in the Omaha I , r f -i .i i 1 I ll Xf olatforni 01 lJ'Z. KjiidTWA 1 . Mat- thew?, of 15ulialo. a man Ot Weaith and high ctaudiug, was nominated for governor by acclamation ; liobert C. llowsoD, of t en n Ian, was nonii uateu lor lieutenant governor, and Thaddeus I). Wakeman. of New- York, for judge of court of appeal? fifth Juilieial IMslrii t. The People's jiarty delegates of the 5th judicial district of N. C. wjH meet m IlilIBIX)ro, N. C, Oil the o n,i ti.lv f,f lg'ii for the nur I .w.m;..Jt;r,fT o.io.i;,!-, for , . """" " tlie OLLiCe 01 OOllCllor 01 saiu UljlflCL. This 14th day of Sept, l.S'JL A. S. Peace, Chrm Ey. Com. Fifth Cinsrioii il Convention. The delegates to the People's par ty congressional convention for the 5th district of N. L. will meet in lliUsboro on the 2nd day of Oct 1&94, to nominate a candidate for congress for said district This 13th day Sept, 1'J4. W. O. Stratford, Chrm Cong. Er. Com, "All ran down" from weakening effects of warm weather, you need a tonic and blood puritier like Hood's Sarsaparilla. Try it. 1II: JOINT C AM l llTKIt T. TO HIE SENATE uii.i Ii-ESTOR. OF RSCVS SS -N TO ThE SfSATE N.r TOLD Ptf 1 m VS A riC MaS.rwLATE Tm CtL A IH ClaYTCNTOA ill CF AR NSS Imiih l T lt .lt lll !M Hltot.Ml III HIMI U 1 oil. mii t t i ill, u an.l Hill, o! Milriu, nl ul ! .ii' I l interior t 11 k,.ol --''T Uttl l.oil9tr-d I Mlllirl. IIUrN.r-' ltt,ilS Ma. I r . Iiltat- a t .ti. dr- Main In laa I'ollt la 4ii.lrl tin Mat 1- a t an. II. lair ai-.l Ural liaut;?t nud JkiI Itialli. i i.i, 1. I ll t ( VI . U IN W VStll ulii. 1. N-Itt. 1 Ii'-insoin's allecti offer of the wlmrt t t in to is ;us a . Ith iin nt of the l !1 itol ! il i,.i.t..,t -..'!. to .. ....-- leva; .. Tui-er man In te the ciu tiin loiusoiu'ji admission to in 1 II scut wa '.aiicea ot the Senate oiiti st.il ,y AbUdt on the ground that tin initnlu rs of Ihe lcgnd.it ure voting fur l.an.sotn being tinder po litical disabilities their voten were nullities, h was AhUds claim that the legal , ii,. of the Itgi'lalure was cast fur him. Tin view was uns tained in a minor. !y iiiit submit ted bv Matt Caijtntir, an niiincut lawyer. The ca-c was hung up Ih- fore tin lei tion committee, and al though the niaji.j ily report favon d liansom, there was n d dibt, appar entlv, that the contest In for,- the Senate would ml in Abb it's favor. ic;-ided the iitfoi mailt, w ho talked to your t oricspondciit to-.!.. ,, sas there IS only on. other living Witness to the story. Kmeisiin l!i hi i idge, uf Miui- phls, Ti lilii i-.s, e, tigure.J in the ar rangeineiit and he will Mistain the .statement here given and printed fur the tiist lim, . U.VN.iOM 1 UlHi IN. ' The trade by which K.lllSolli jot Ilia seat in the Senate, said the m lorm.riit, happened in this way. It had its inception in a conversation at the National hotel early in April l7;Mei wt.ru Senators u kert and Hamilton, of Maryland, Kol rson Tapp, Hlllelooll Dthelidge, tf Mem phis, Teiiiiessir, and myself. Sena tor iekers said he had information that satisfied him that Abutt w juld be seated; that it would lie an out rage aud that it ought to ! prevent ed if possible. That was the opin ion of all the gentlemen named, w ho w it h one exception, were Demo crats. 1 suggested that a way out of the ditlit ulty might be found if the conditions were agreeable to the Democrats. It was alxnit the time of the Liberal movement and the Di luo, rats and Liberals were pull- i;g together against (irants admiii- Stlation. Together t lu-y were" strong Hi the Senate to prevent thu oniiimation of i rant's uomiuatioiis. t so hajipened that the Arkansas M-nators Acre divided. Pice was a aberal and Powell Clayton straight Ikciiublicaii. Clavtoti had the tiistributioii of the patronage but with Democratic aid Lice was strong CllOHiM! to iml.' up the continuations. h Internal LeVeiiue Collector, the the Postmaster at Little Kick and two or three other important Clay ton appointments lu re hung up. I went to lav ton and submitted a imposition to trade votes in return lor enough votes to seat Kiiisoui if the Democrats would agree to the continuation of his appointments. t was unhesitatingly- accepted with assurances that the arrangement could be consummated within a day or two. I 'pou reiiortinir Lo the Maryland Senators the result of many negotiations they went wit-h me to see Senator Allen (i. Thur nian. A caucus of Democrats was hastily called, the proposition sub mitted and agreed to constitutional ly. 1 was present at, the caucus. Mr. I hurman insisted that Clayton must deliver his goods fi.st as an e irnest of good faith, with the understand ing that an executive session would imnii diately follow Hansom's admis sion for the purpose of consummat ing the trade. Clayton readily ac cepted the condition. Two days af terwards a roll of the Senate was handed Senator Thurmaii with cer tain names marked indicatinir the votes in favor of Uansonii admission. On the 2ord of April the contest was called up, admission iuickly followed and immediately aterwards an executive session. 1 he. llerars were taken bv surprise. The session was long and stormy, but linally r-tided in the conlirination of Clay ton s appointment. And thats how luiusoni gjt his seat. 1 waa setting in the press gallery and immediate ly after K-vnsom was sworn in Sena tor V iekers motioned me to come down. ILatisom was brought out and I was introduced to him. Sena tor 'iekers in presenting me said, Senator liansom you are indebted to this gentleman for the trade that se cured your seat Senator Hamilton repeated the same assurance, lian som w as effusive in his acknowledge ments. Meeting him on the avenue two or three days afterwards he look ed at uie as though he thought he had seen me somewhere, but never spoke. I have not spoken to him since that day." WHO IS THE LSrOllMAXT? lie was a soldier in the Bouthern army, serving as Lieutenant, Major on (ieneral Terrell (now minister to Turkey) staff and Colonel. He is a lawyer and writer and has been a resident in Washington since 1872. The eta'.emeot bears all the ear marks of veracity. It is a coinci dence at least that Ilansoms Senato rial career began in a trade and will Continued on fourth page. i - ( Tpr
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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