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Till' ADVBIITIS. . MI2IJIU3H TO ItTSA-CII THE THE CAUCASIAN ii:oiiyE it ItTH CAItOLINX, C tee V E-IiA. IMMU Mr II I ; 7. X. C Monni caiiulika. VOL. XIII. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. Numerous Communications Con veying Interesting Ideas and Items-The Tide of Reform. NO LONGER A DEMOCRAT .. n 1'artjr Man Kinging l.ritt-rt to Mm CaurMnlaii Headers Cal. int; ! Ihr 1'eople to Awake One Man Mt K-i Mi Mouth Khut One Mas ,), iilt.nt on II I in a foot Thick. Itval Our the Thunderbolt. Yui Dn- ' 'iiU' iiHiati.J ri.itvKLAM Mills, N. C, May 25 hong may th Caucasian live to deal it. tliundfrbolts into this rotten I). luo. racy. F. Y. Hicks. (ialnliiK Strength. i,r ihi' I'mirnsiiiri. J Ikkita, N. C, May 27. I read the Cau'aman regularly and then give it to snme one else no that it will rtneli aa many people as possible. I think the reform movement is lining strength rapidly in this county, and that the Democrats are wo I.- (luuioralized than ever. N. Gibbon. I. illicit tailing the I'eople. F or llie Caucasian. Fancy Hill, N. C, May 28. I liiivtf read Coin's book and think it surmounts all dilliculties in the way of any one who is willing and wants tn know the true state of affairs in our tfeiiral government. I think it un doubtedly the best thing I have ever hf'D on the financial question. Yos, I will try to get that book scattered all through my section. I do not want to miss even one copy of the Caucasian. (One of the vrry best papers of the State and ou that is doing more to enlighten tho people, that they may be enabled mi to actin the future that they may luing relief to themselves ) May the Caitasian widen its borders until it reaches irora east to west and from jiolo to pole. W. B. Gibson. Can't le Without It. l'or the Caiiuisian.l Luwiston, Bertie Co., N. C, May i'i.-We find thi.t we cannot possibly do without the Caucasian as it is the only paper that states political facts as they are, and deduces the best argument to sustain its politics. Yours truly, F. V. Mitchell, J. B. Joyner. "Have to Keep My Mouth Shut." The following- is an extract from a letter to the Caucasian, written by au office-holder in Washington: "I am a clerk here in the -mine in under 'civil service. rrf2?iP: I ave to keep ; sake of my wife and little ones have to keep my nioutu shut lor the present It is t'nauswerable. For the Caucasian. n ' t 1 1 ir ha T 1 v i.ntu.n, ri.Vy., iuy -v. i nave read ' Coin's Financial School" and think it unanswerable, and at the ttame time so plain and simple that who reads can not fail to understand it. It should be in tho hands of evtry voter. I do not fail to speak a word for the Caucasian when I can, because I think it the ablest champion of the tirintdn'ti riirhta and intarfiata in the State. Jno. F. Newsom. Passing- It Around. For the Caucasian. Cakthaoe, N. C, May 20. I re ceived "Coin's School" and think it splendid. I am passing it around to the watering ones. I think the Caucasian one of the best educators. W. M. KlVETT. a Tidal Wave of Prosperity. For The Caucasian J. Lenoir. N. C. Mav 27. Your paper is setting the people on fire in the State. They are opening their eyes anu worxing ior tneir interests 1 0 ll . A A I and not all for the party. i am goiuir to try to pay for sub- seriptions or more. Your paper is doing more good than any other in - er th State. You mve peoDle the-facts and the truth abeut the condition of the country. Keep doing the good work. We will cap the climax in 18, and set our country on a.footing at;ain, and then a tidal wave of pros perity will sweep over it. C. T. Sudderth. No More a Democrat. For the Caucasian.! Waco, N. C, May 18. I have been a silent reader of the Cauca? "Ian for quite a while, though not a ubscriber. Its great pages of truth cave convinced me of my error in apporting e democratic party. I T .. ' . . 0 .j .. I1UV. Ml n M.TO K.IAtlfA1 Til 1 nil v,..lll( 1-r..v. ... nominees. But I boldly make the assertion here that 1 am no longer a democrat, out ajreopie's ratty man. ine iraud perpetrated in tnis (Cleveland) county by that party is Bicitening. Think about a man hold ing office against the will of the ma jority of the people as is done in this county! I say let the majority rule, ii matters not who is elected. Hereafter I shall battle for the great reform movement, and will en ueavor to use all my influence in trying to eet others to ioin us F utherraore I will do all in my power 10 get the neon la to read thelft.. vTi ; ro nor Caucasian. S..nri it out amnni them. t, , - -a larf doi,.mlor? f5r.form an any Paper published. It brintrs the erring Democrat to a halt, causes him to meditate and shows him where he stands. Yours for reform, R. A. Beam. The I.ortl Only Can See the Kad. For tha Caucasian J Ullinuton, N. C, May 28. I not te.u able to on ac count of the extreme hard times, bucu an have never been seen in our BOnntv Tl. tii - . 1 end' . ,V" J, , , v t aiiot 1 iiirii iiti 1 v furi Btaoaa iiimi.. wa lliu, my aid in tt. 1 a Peopl1 innthl"!? ?' makn i v -"""iv" Plnk of the Omaha platform for the weat. "2. T. KlVETT.- elf Spread the LUkt. For the. Caucasian. I Ocean, N. C, May 20. I was high it Pleased with the "Letters from the People" in your last issue of the Caucasian. I am f lad the light is being shed oroaa at last by the people for the benefit of the people. I wish to say to those who can give information, not to keep your candle under a bushel, but spread your light abroad to the world that oth ers may see your good work and be constrained to help in the good fight which alone will save us from the iron grasp of the great money com binations. A Fopulist NtMback) Seed a Lemion. For the Caucasian. Mineola, N. C, May27.--You will please find inclosed 25 cents in stamps for which you will please send me a copy of "Coin's Financial School." I want the book for the benefit of some of my old mossback, goldbug Democratic neighbors. While they are scarce and far between in this section, yet we have some of them whom I think need a lesson in the Financial School. Long live the Caucasian to wield tho pen for truth. H. "Keep the Ball Moving." For the Caucasian. New Berne, N. C, May 28. The Caucasian is indeed the paper for the times, for it speaks out in meet ing, and is in fact a people's paper. Keep the ball moving until every citizen in the Old North State shall be allowed to vote just once, and have his vote counted as cast for the man, or men of his choice. E. K. Dudley. Suffering From "Lack of Confidence." For The Caucasian. Jamestown, N. C, May 27. I am reading all sides of the money ques tion and I like yours best, for it is what 1 have been taught by the Democratic party ever since I was a boy. But now they talk one thing and do another. Look out for a big straddle in 189G, and see the Southern Democracy fall down and worship the ad ruin is tiation idea. I am suffering from a "Lack of Confidence" in the thing myself. But I do have confidence that it will all eome right some time. H. C. Briggs. Shylocklsin Must be Superceded Dy ChrU taln Patriotism. For the Caucasian. LaGrange, N. C, May 28. Have just read "Coin's Financial School" and passed it around among my friends. How dare any man, who has a spark of patriotism left, say after reading this book, that the I gold standard is a blessing to this country. Most of the people in the oouin nave uvea up 10 me mcis n nmn-nin v si C 4 1 II A n r f cy "V rut A 4-It 1 1- i I uvuiaiiiBi auu it win m&o ovuiotumii u: l uAn j I minitr.tion t.n Axrdain it awav. Thfl UC91UCS UJO UV1UC1D 1U IUD Oil- I great common people have begun to read and think, and it will be an easy matter for them to decide in the coming elections whether tne tree ardisan enemy to the prosperity of thG7e:i'forcrandymoney has nearly put out the fires of patriot- iam vnAaA Viv mir honored fnr- fathers. Traitorous mouths on all sides are howling forth a concoction nf cnlfisVinpsa .nri wend that knows t,n hnnnHa it will ho bo nnti' t i -i i. nuvi. I ;"r lm PiuSm, aim vxuu &pcu tu, W - R. B. Kinset. Mast .Keep Them Down. For the Caucasian. Thurman, N. C, May 28. I re iceived "Coin's Financial School," have read it and have studied it well and can recommend it to every one whe has anv desire to inform him self on our present condition finan ciallv. It eught to be placed in every man's hands to read, as well I a as read and explained to every man in the State who cannot read. I can assure you I shall not only read it to our people, but talk it to them. fill .M.n. A L. 4 ml ine aiuabiaa iuum ub fu" 1U every hand possiDie. we mus pui down the Democratic party and keep . ... .. i . it down till they are learned tnai the whole world does not belong to i lAarnea tnai them, and that the masses oi tne people have rights as well as they have, and that they must be respect- led. W. H. Smith. Lay en McDuff." For the Caucasian. 1 Lake Citt. S. C, May 28 Pop ulism is a foot thick on me, though I have not had the pleasure of voting that ticket. We have a great many Populists but no organization, and T,IWrmatal. w have "Reform n..rtrT. who hone to tret Poou- K. . demands through the Demo- t Thev mav iust as reas- I - m. ... I'l omtmj ipsa iui vuiiououa r , . nends in. dory, iou are just ... j ..j on- McDuff &c." l. L. Caldwell "We Mast Awake!" i For the Caucasian. Wikston, N. C.f May 22. The paper gets better all the time and I wish it could be read by every voter in the State. Do not be afraid to "lav on and spare not xnere musi , - . a-nA annn nr vc be a radical change, and won, or we Sffice) need,isto be instructed and " ' . ., i -.i line them plain fcssons. I An . y m. : ,1 i t hani. X lie V r iu wrs uisu3 clTlanda object lessons have got h1 a i;nfan hih r?'"?, J .-j . " imwhathe eeS t once eom different from what he expected, w e f h ... which ervont f or-"honest 1 - 4.;.. .1 j are not serfs yet, but we must awake. Respectfully, S. J. Montague. Decreasing Very Fast. For the Caucasian. Woodland, N. C , May 24. I re- ceived "Coin's School" sent me. a have read it and was pleased witn it. T 1 aavarai other to read I x ua,yo b""'" - it. Borne wno opposuu u m mi ii election say they think it is good. We are nearly all Populists anyway. ! only . had forty democrat, last jaij out 0I aw voters, anu iumj sts decreasing very fast. w . . M. I Continued on Fourth Page.1 sea WHERE SILVER IS KING. Gathering of W eaters White MetallUt at Salt Lake. Salt Lake, Utah, May 15. Rep resentatives of eight States an two Territories chosen either by their re spective Governors or the commer cial bodies of the main cities, met in a silver convention in this city today. The town wore a holiday appearance, and thousands of spectators lined the streets as ihe parade, made up of brass bands and delegates in carn ages, we.t on its way to the great Mormon Tabernacle, which had been gayly decorated for the occasion. The delegates numbered about one hundred, and representatives were present from California Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Montana, Ida ho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexi co and Utah. GOV. RICHARDS ON" THE SILVER ISSUE. The main addresses of the day were the speesh of Got. Riekards in opening, and an exhaustive paper on the "Silver question and the evils of monometallism," read by Wharton Baker, the Philadelphia editor, at the evening session, before an audi ence of 7,000 Gov. Riekards said, in part: "We do not meet as Republicans, as Democrats, or as Populists, but as American citizens zealons fer the right as God gives us to see the right, and earnest in the advocacy of sound financial principles. The masses of the people in the East as well as in the West, have grown distrustful of the financial ability of a class of reasoners whose policy has invited the most far-reaching disasters that ever overtook the business interests of our country or paralyzed the en ergies of our people. Every proph ecy made by the gold men has been discredited by the progress ef.events and evry prediction made by the silver men has been venhed in the colossal misfortunes that have visit ed our land. The logic of the situ ation demands a reversal of the pub lic judgment and it will come. The argument of the single standard ad vocate has matured from a gilded theory into a condition that ought to appeal with irresistible force to the candid observer of events. Existing conditions, reflecting the misfortunes of the business world upon every phase of our industrial and social life, have stimulated a demand on the part of the masses for a better knowledge or nnanciai propositions that self-interestB may be respected at the polls. SYSTEMATIC COURSE OF EDUCATION. T . , "In no way can the interests of - , - silver be better serves, in me recep tive condition 01 tne puonc mina, than through a systematic course of education that will reach the indi- yidual intelligence in the sacred cir "rep this icjfLc. have .been delegat- ed with the responsibility ef devising ways and means for the carrying eut or this object, and that your laoors will prove an aggressive step in a mnt. sun.r.efisf nl camnairn of the L - a. T rlr.Kf nnf. AliWIv flia . . .-I a -r. I nnld not. rt a nostoffi and bli(J 18 Dftatm tne air m an effort puoiic is oeaung me air iu au iw Vl 1 A.Z to retain its loity percn. ine gold men of both continents read in tne signs of the times the possibility of an early defeat, and are bending their energies to the annihilation of the object of their fears.' The Men Who Want "Honest Money. We all remember what an active interest the national bankers mani k1"" Vi gress convened last year by Tesi dent Cleveland to consider and legis late upon the finances. We Geor- gians will not forget how the bank officials flooded the mails 01 our ' . - . 1 m repre8entatives with "honest money" . - f MOQi nf " . . . . . . i ni v ii uir ii Lin i as isiiui ia uuii a. v livsi jm. the purchasing clause of the Sher man act, and then hurry home. There are about 4,000 national banks in the United States, whose officials want to handle "honest money.". There are 340 bankers and bank officials in the prisons of New York for stealing "honest money. We do not know how many of TC" r,7Xn. f 14T " . Tu "7 MU" uu were iewer m congress ana more in prisons the American people would soon settle the money question. Th sr-ula last vear bv this year iavoreu ciass oi citizens amounted to over $25,000,000 "honest mon ey belonging to depositors, etc. W arden Mayes, of - the tSanrs county .New x or Jc prison, says there I or they might even get a post corn are in the various . prisons in that I mission, established with full power to State 340 bank presidents, cashiers and bank officials. The bankers are the "class" whe wish fc control the 1 financial system of America. They are 0 the class which invite Presi- ,fln, riiaUnrl to Konnnot and "t"v viv-,u. w "-"i- tnrough whom he iBsuea his political manifestoes. They are of the class nrhmh anUrfAinaH Nnaalrai (Irian which entertained Speaker Crisp I flu J t.hp aer.retarv sf the tresnrv: I hmt c ni. r .!., uct sic ui "xi waoo nuivu us called the Memphis convention and v.r l o 4. n.i:t. vmL ,wu"m KJmill9lc. money," "honest methods" and "hon est government." It is about time now for-the bankers to take a back seat in politics and cultivate an acquaint ance with the 8th commandment. People's Party Paper. Populist can look the world in Lu. f -a j 1 ius isvc wiiu ynuo auu osvy, "I'm . . . ... Populist." I5ut a Kepublican or Dem0crat always has to stop and explaill which section of his part htrain8 with.K.ntn.ky PopulUtT explain wmcn secnon 01 nis party 1 a a . . Subscribe for the weekly Cavoa- HAW, 100 a year. RALEIGH, N. ., THURSDAY, MAY 30, YERY STROll AND UNIQUE. A Latter From Senator Butler to a Gentleman in this State Jeffer son in Favor the Government Ownership of Railroads. HE DEFINES A MONOPOLY Per m and Show Why They Should be Owned and Operated by the Govern mentThe Politicians Will Change Front on the Financial Question The Money Question First The Railroad Question Next. A gentleman who wishes his name withheld, has shown us a letter from Senator Butler Jin which he answers his objections to the government ownership of railroads. It is a very strong, convincing and unique argu ment. We publish the letter in full: Elliott, N. C, May 16, 1895. Mr. , , N. C: Dear Sir: Yours of May 7th, ad dressed to me at Raleigh, has just been forwarded to me here, where I am recuperating in the country. Several very strong books have been published on the government ownership of railroads. I Lave several of them in my office in Kal- eighTand if I were there I would send you a copy which would fully answer all your questions ftCid meet all of your objections to that plank in the People's Party platform. Allow me to call your attention to the historical fact that Thomas Jef ferson and the other leading patriots, who formed our Constitution, were uncompromisingly opposed to all kinds of monopolies. They consider ed monopolies the greatest menace to liberty and the deadliest foe to free institutions. They took the position that any business that affeeted all or a great portion of the people, under circumstances where there eould be no successful competi tion by men of small capital. was a government function and should be owned and operated by the gov ernment, at cost, 'for the benefit of alljthe people alike. In short, they were opposed to all monopolies and they were unalterably opposed to allowing private individuals or cor porations to have charge ef or con trol any business that was a mono polyjr te. ihey foresaw that pri vate corporations would run such a business, not tor the benent of the people, but would take advantage of their monopoly to bleed the people for the benefit of the few. The.postal system of this country is a mono poly pr te. Therefore, on this reason ing, they decided that the postal sys- tern should be owned and operated by the government instead of by private corporations, xi mere nau been railroads 01 a telegraph at that tSXl! STSTS r,aa0n. If the same parties who are now running the railroads had charge of the postal system,it wouia cost not less than 10 cents and probably more to send a letter wnen it can now oe sent for two oents under government viA.rmp'aiment. And. besides, the Teo- - h.re they needed it until --- .-- - - the convineed the mail monopoly that such an office and such a postal line would pay big money into the pockets of the private corporation, or until the people would vote by townships and eounties to tax them selves to raise thousands of dollars to give to the mail monopoly, as the people often have to do now to get a railroad. Thus you see that had it not been for the wisdom and patriot ism of our forefathers, we would today be cursed by a tremendous mail monopoly, which would be daily absorbing the substance of the peo ple on the one hand and building up another class of haughty and oppres sive milhenaires on the other hand who would be styled postal kings. But this is not the worst side of such a pernicious system of private mono poly, for when the people would be gin to complain of the bad, expen sive and discriminating management of the mails.and call4upon their State legislatures and Congress to regulate the price of postage and eorrect other abuses, these postal- kings would at once give a franking privi lege (a free pass for their let'ters) to to every prominent politician who Z'? llTf" "",5 J Ti Tu V J ' , wui . ui. iii wmu use pwv i iu v "u wrung irom tne people; to deteat every honest candidate, and if a ma jority should be elected against them, they would then send a hired hord of lobbyists to our legistative halls to defeat the will of the people. The people might by a supreme effort get some law passed for their protection, regulate tne price oi postage, to iorce the mail monopoly to establish new offices and. postal lines where neces sary, and to deliver the mau-ettener or in a manner more convenient to the people but from some cause wnemcr irom a want oi courage or because the mail monopoly managed to make . friends with them, such a ommisaion won Id DATAr nan to the whether from a want of courage or commission would never rise to the point or correcting the abuses or - 1 foroinsr these corporations to do ius . s , - , , , , tl( ut lf they a"11?? to do so, a lot of newspapers which would be owned and run by the .mail mence . a tirade of abuse and misrepresentation. They would brand them as anarchists and make many good men believe that the commission were bad and dangerous men Is this not exactly what the railroad corporations, telegraph monopoly and express companies are domgT lf it was necessary for the government to own and operate the postal system, to give the people a good mail service at cost, to protect I UVIA AAK1SV SSAAVA .V ka, W V vAA w VUU V. A VIM tion of lieh monopolies who would corrupt the government, is it not 1 3 a a a . . thm transportation of the onntrv to be managed in the same way that the people may enjoy the same benefl eient results? If the government gowned and op erated all these other businesses whieh are also monopolies per, at it aoes the mail system, and we had an honest financial system there would be more wealth in this conn try, and yet there would not be a half dozen millionaires in our bord ers. Of course we would have some poor people at we have now, and some would be richer than oth ers; but there would not be a single man or woman in America who is able to work .and willine to work twho could not make a living. We might say that there would not be a single trust in America. Trusts are only possible where the above evils exist. In shert, a trust is only the product and result of allowing pri vate corporations to have a com plete monopoly of our monev and transportation. 1 agree with you that the financial question, is now paramount and should be made the one overshadow ing issue in the next campaign. But J entirely disagree with you that we should altogether drop the rail road plank from our platform. The correct solution of the railroad question is almost of equal import ance to our people as the correct so lution of the financial Question. The great panic which we have pas sed through and from which we are still suffering, and. the great scarcity of money have forced the financial question to the front and awakened thousands of people to the importance of a change, who before had never read our platform and did not know that there was anything the matter with our financial .sys tem. Thus the opportunity is ripe for concentrating under one banner, every patriot in America to over throw the monev chancers who. for thirty years, have been intestine and corrupting the temple of our lib erties. When this victory is won, then I shall favor making a war to the fin ish on the greedy, grasping, private monopolies, which to-day are using and abusing the great functions of government that should be owned by the people and used for the peo ple. If this is not done, even though we get an honest financial system, these great railroad kings and mo nopolists would -ontinue to absorb the wealth and substance of the people until they would absolutely own and run the government forever. It is true that it is not popular just I now to advocate the government ownership of railroads, but it is never popular to advocate any great re- form, however righteous, until enough of the people are awakened to its necessity to frighten the poli- ticians, the time-servers and newspa- per organs of the old parties, who have been fostering the evil and fat- emng on it, at the expense of the people. lou doubtless remember that a few years ago, when I was President of- the State Alliance, my speech es and editorials against the national banking system, and in favor of fi nancial reform, were sneered at and ridiculed by all of the old party politicians and newspapers. They called me a silver crank, and said they were opposed to 58 cent silver dollars, and inflation of the currency. Hi very leading Democratic paper in the State claimed that there was more money in circulation than ever before, and published long state' ments of figures doctored and hatch ed up by the Secretary of the Treas ury to prove their claim. Every day their columns were filled with arguments to try to show that a farmer could buy more with a dol lar now than ever before. Then they were asked to explain the cause of the hard times. One day they would say it was because the people were too lazy to work; the next day they would say the people had work ed too much and made an overproduc tion. You remember this very well, and so do the paople of this State. Yet now nearly every one of these papers and politicians have suddenly changed front and are loudly de rtT.T: : trying to holler louder for' financial J - reform than even the most ardent Populist. These men have not ch&iged their principles, for they have none. They are simply trying to fool the people in another way. By the time this financial question is settled the increasing greed and op pression of these railroad monopo lies will become so apparant and in tolerable to the people, that they will rise up and demand a just and ade ouate retorm or these abuses as strongly as they are now demand ing financial retorm. When that time comes the same newspapers and politicians who have so suddenly changed front on the hnancial ques tion will then, with equal dexterity, change front as completely on the transportation question, and for the same reason. By that time, if not before, the people will have become so thoroughly disgusted with the hy pocrisy and perfidy of the two old parties that they will have grown al most en matte- to the People's party, and then the government will be saved and freedom and prosperity will be restored. "A few years ago," says the At lanta Constitution. "Seeretarv Car lisle made a ringing speech in favor of the unlimited comange of silver, in wnich he denounced with eloquent indignation the shylocks and the money grabbers, in whose interest silver was demonetized. A few years ago secretary bmith, over bis own name, declared for the free coinage of silver. Since that time these dis tinguished gentlemen ' have been brought in close contaet with Mr. Cleveland and have seen a new light. They could not hold their places in the Cabinet if they were to advocate the interests of the peo ple as against the greed of the shy- lock class' In like manner, Sena tor Ransom is understood to have been an eloquent free coinage man before he found it necessary, in or der to retain his grip on the machine through patronage, to sell out to Cleveland. Fayetteville Observer. THE C 1VVA8IAN WIXX SEEK TO EX POCK HOTTEKNKSS AND HTPOCRXSV KTEBTWHEBJE. IF YOU If OtJJLD SHOW or XT, send nr totjb subscription. 1895. A B AN REUS WARM I Ht: "the r ! Us 1st rtal-.1y May Lm foe all IIm. la secured peaee the gold men of this country tve been harvesting lor years the rruit f their victory and nothing has disturbed theni. But there i trouble ahead and the mutterings have aroused the pluto crats oi this nation The people at last are awakening to the dangrt that confronts them. The great pop ular movetutmt in favor of the tv monetixation of silver has stirred this country as it has never been stirred before. Whea the people once get to thinking the danger is not so gieat and there is no hope for reform. The handful of men who have for yeats controlled the finan cial interests of this country, shaped its politics, made its laws, now hear their authority questioned, thtir rights disputed, and see their power scattered to the winds. It is not often that the utterances of an eas tern bond holder finds its way direct to the people, but recently there was an exception to this rule. At a sup per given by the bankers' association at Chicago last Saturday, W. C. Cornwall, President of the New York Bankers Association made the prin cipal address. Now the report of this speech was not found in a Pop ulist sheet, but was printed in the St. Paul Call, the extreme of all ex treme gold standard papers of the West. Mr. Cernwall looks upon the pres ent movement as the Ut that the American jtole will ecer mat. If they fail, the sun of their liberty is set never to rise again. The g-ntleman is frank in picturing the last desper ate stand the American people are making. He says. "At this time we are confronted once more in or ganized masses by the silver heresy. 1 cannot but feel that this is the last desperate onslaught, and that thee wild delusionists are making their last fierce fight before it is too late." Let the people reiul and think over thte word. T lie y mean jutt vhit tluy my. Mr. Cornwall thinks that the W es- tern bankers hve been and are now indifferent and he spurs them on. 'It is the banker's duty to use the large influence which i at his com mand, and make his clients fully un derstand the issue at stake." He wants the bankers to put on the pressure. Every farmer who has a loan, every business man who is aecomo- dated, the professional man 'and the manufacturer, all who borrow money must vote for the interests of the banker. This is a fair sample .of the gospel patriotism and liberty as preached by the President of the Bankers Association to the Western bankers. Is there any excuse for anarchy when such things are urged T Is it any wonder that the line of distruction between the rich and the poor is clearly defined! The peo ple coerced to save and protect the interests of a very small class of men! Is it any wonder that some of the wisest men are able to predict a revolution in this landf The strug gle is on and the men who throw anything in the way of the people's cause is not their friend but their enemy. It is time that the people 1 a . or op an party names and engage themselves in a causf that will make this a government of the people, for tne people, and by the people. bx change. THE POINT OF VIEW. Opinions That Occur From Which Exist. Condition Jefferson said, "a nation miv leg islate itself into adversity," and yet you often hear it said that legisla tion has had nothing to do with the present condition of the American people. It was vicious class legislation that put us where we are, and noth ing short of ballots or bullets will get us out. Which of these two methods do you prefer, friends? The former, of course. Then get a move on you in the work of agitation, ed ucation and organization. National Reformer. must be noted that the. North Carolina method of the goldbugs dif I Fia T-a 1 1 1 ?a 1 1 tt fprhm that in 4U. fers radically from that in other States. Elsewhere the press is free spoken and politicians have been forced to take sides. In this State, though probably three-fourths of the Democracy abhor Gen. Ransom and his methods, but a small per centage of the Democratic press has lifted its voice against him' Fay etteville Observer. There are several doors leading into the great hall of Populism. Land, finance transportation and di rect legislation are all wide open and the word "Welcome" is painted over each. Uome in and welcome, gentlemen, and no question shall be asked as to which door you entered. Equity. John D. Rockefeller ears the height of his ambition is to become the possessor of $c00.000.000 It will not take many, years to reach that figure, with the enormous power he now possesses: and the an principled meinous oy wnich he is operating will enable him to land thousands of hisfellowmeninpovertv and his own soul in Satan's choicest pin. 11 is not prooaoie that this adroit money shark has earned an honest dollar in thirty years. Texas r arm and Kanch. Of all the unaccountable forms o political meanness, the custom of fice-holders have of appointing mem- oers 01 ineir iamuies to subordinate offices, deserves to rank among the first. And it is as about as com mon as omce-noiuers, mat is to say, r . t . nearly every office-holder is guilty of it. Nothing is so much to be avoided as partiality in tho perform ance of public duty; and, although every one snows that appomtmen of one's km is first class evidence o. partiality, it does not take an office holder long to become indifferent to it. A candidate before the people mares a habit 01 getting in a point . ..... ... . or two on nepotism as they call it but somehow when the battle has been won and the next is four years away, he comes to think that the Enbhe will not trouble to investi ow mueh public money he has turned to wards his family. Bibli cal Recorder. HARRY HINTOH'S HURTLING HITS The Fantastic Irps of "lamortair1 Democracy Sarcastically Siftd And Given to the Winds. WHATS AN ISSUE AKYWAY the louactle Parly Meeee It? Iltw the OH l-.r-, p..r. -S.r.to ,1, the res.le-k.a, ftpleadM of -Democratic Trath-.'.lscr- lk) n,. laeae. Evrty once in awhile Harry Hmton di his pen in ttue blue ink a - ia uenaix or oppress humanity. He has been noting for hod time the struggles of the good Democrats under the burdens and loads un ceremoniously heaped upon them by the co-operation of the anarchists and the radicals, and as he looked into their dove-like, innocent eyes he almost saw the haze of dismay or the fire of desperation. But Harry Hinton tells them, as they lay prone on the lake of.despair dark, gloomy and sulphurous and smelling of Wall street to arise, shake off their guilty : ius uj ihj lost, a;i is not lost" hate eternal, burning, blisteriucr venom. &r mil lnt We will tell the Cavcamav an.! all other journals belonging to our op- !ir9viB iu&i tuey cannot dictate to us what our issues shall be. OUR lil.i 1XSUK is THE MO.lR.n Our second issue is. freedom fr.. dom from such a disgraceful set as the rulers in this State Our third issue is, that we are much more competent anu reuauie to nil the oOices of this State than this "niuncrl r.n Uon these issuw we draw the iin of combat. Now, M r .C a u c a s I a x , tell your comrades to idep up and toe the mark. Here is the field of combat. On these lines the bat i 1a til n K. fought and won. You have been trying to side-track .... A? . . . . . usiorsome urn time, lour have been trying TO IRAW t .t m A i . irom mese issues. ou want to Enow Low we stand on national issues in the election of President and Congressmen what our "lead ing dailies are leading to. Now I'll tell you. We're leading to victory. ffa J von i you anow we re not going to meddle with anything hurtful or un certaiuf We are not prepared for national questions as -et. Now you want us to commit our selves on national questions what we ate for and wsat against. Too sharp for that! We have been CAU;HT IX THAT SNAP several times.and we had to crawfish and insult Truth tillhhe blushed and took wings and flew away. New we woo the goddess back, for since she left our door great discord and calamities have befallen our party iuv great anu true. You wish to know why the gold oug,omu is namea by a silver paper for r resident why "Adeline," against the administration, is named by a goldbug paper for President why this mixing apt That is plain enough. Mr. Caitcamak, for we do not know into whose hands we may fall yet. While we pray to the Loid with all our might we must not for get to pass a few winks TOWAED THE DEVIL. Judge Crisp talks all around silver and has not aaid. "Adeline" aays not. onence win not commit us. Talk for both will not commit us. Too sharp for you, Mr. Caucasian. Too sharp! We wish you to understand when we take an issue, we take it for the sole purpose of winning the victorv. XI- - 111 m .i . - wouiu oe as looiisn as you nave been to take an issue for anv other reason. We do not set ourselves np to teacn and lead men. but to follow. Whichever way the vote lay, thither we go. we are for the votes. If free coinage gets the votes, we are for free coinage. If the gold standard gets the votes, .WE ARE FOR THAT. One paper one way and another, an other. One thing in one place and section, another thing in another. All or party harmony! You will say this is not fair deal ing; but you have not yet learnt your k r r" ; 1 l When men become rulers of a people they naturally study how to rule them. There are two ways to rule the people; one is by force appeal ing to their fears; another is by de ception appealing to their self esteem. Force is laid aside bv the nature of our laws and leaves as THE OXLY ALTERNATIVE, DECEPTION. When one comes np thinking one way, tell him he is right. Another comes np thinking another way, tell him he is right. Another comes np with no "think" at aUItell him he is the smartest man that walks the woods. But where one comes up and says he is going to vote Populist, call him bad names, very bad names, and if Kepublican. call him a "nigger. 1 ou will say we ought to use argu ment. We do by the ton. Ibere would be no deception without argn ment. Argument is the bottom and top of deception. That ts what it is for. Argument! When we let loose our standing army of 200,000 offical soldiers and 300,000 of hopefuls, you will hear arguments. To this add 30.000 party papers and 10,000,000 of campaign documents and to give-tvll this a send off with patriotic zeal add 8,000.000 in gold and a promise t.l an office. Don't you know we wi'l sweep the field with argument! We know onr strength and we know your weak ness. You have confidence in truth and in the intelligence of the people to vote their own interests to know their rights and to vote for them We have the people educated in different way. We educate the peo ple ' SO WE CAN USE THEV. If we can use them, we can rule them. They know not how the bridle is NO. 30. iatehed. They !! jieU U ts La ad aihieh guide thess as a dee U terse to tke rvtms of Lb driver. No nr. yoar eat wont jnp. Yon kavw started your idea tea) sue. Tke ot!d is not fareaoarh e4vaae4fr it. It is premature. Yoa aebvB too soon. We mast take tkiag aa they are; not as they sheoU be. This is the key nou of victory. If yo aa4 our'okliera. :, OUU stro; if y had our CMipefaU 3U0,UJ striae; if you had our papers aad militias of TUE S!EWor WAR yoar way to victory womld be bright. Ala' Ui are weak and we are troog. V will doftattis Joa; will stigmatise yoa; we will ea dalix you until no detent basiaeea man will read er hear a thing yoa say. Wear on top aad don't yoa orget it. We have the asea aad we have the money: mm have the nabra aad we have the orators; boeidea w have a thoroughly drilled infantry. Now eome on with your truth the rights and wrongs of the people, with your roastitutional money with auything, rare not what; aad we ill down you. You made one mistake in advising your correspondents to aay 'demo cratic truth in writing about oar lit tle slips. We will quote that oa yoa nest campaicn that von ksfuas penitent and advised Toar eorr poudenta not to aay I e mix-rati lira any i more. Tou frankly admit ted they told the truth. Those thirty nine patters who aaid that fuaiea would not fuse told a l-EMtx. UATIC TUCTU. These 41,'HNJ henchmen who aaid he same told a "lk-uiocratie truth." Tho :.m,hj who aaid 1 rover was afrieud to ailver told a " Democratic rath." "lemorratic truth" is ao thick and protuiscuoaa all through the camp of the riMal band, that it hides all else from view. This pa. ses by as the idle wind. Wo have our issues. Firstly The 'nigger Secondly That Legislature. Thirdly Statid up all, and stand togetbei. Fourthly Freedom from trash Filthly We will do yoa good. Sixthly The party is immortal. Oa these issues we throw down the gaautlet. Later on when wa bear the !ruuiet blow and I .k' ER uWK Ul HAVU cd it is accepted by the national patty convention, we ..will perhaps add another issue perhaps i.-: 1 nug umrt auu gold, or "Adeline with the black veil, or A western man and a "jineral of the war, or "A friend to silver' and a (South ern annex. What's an issue, anyway? Let every man who blows Lis horn trumpet Isis own issues. Is be not the best judge of that which will suit his audienceT Shall we cramn him and tio him down! No. air. bo! Let every cauit.aigDr Lave full room to deliver himself. It matters not about the issues so we win the vic tory. IlAhkV Uivtox. 1. .S. One thing I forgot to men tion. Our patty is composed of tha wealthiest and the most respectable material. We've got no "niggers" in our party no w hite trash. 11. II. MOTHER AMD DAUGHTER STAR VI NO. The Cider Wsass Ike WUew mt C BL 1 stea seaa. Sew York World. : In a bare room, stripped of furni ture, without bread, and with noth ing but death or pauperism before her, sits Mrs. Charles isomer Thomp son, the widow or the man who worked with the Rockefeller when they were laying the foundation of their fortunes. To Sir. Thompson belonrs the credit of laying the first oil well in in the countiy. With Hrs. Thompson ia her daughter, Mrs. William II. Cu minings. These two women are starving ou the third floor of No. 1 G." Ferry street, Newark. When Mr. Thompson died a ruined and broken man his wife and daugh ter lived aa best they 'could with fancy sewing. Fire years ago the daughter met William II. Camming, a mechanic, who, somehow, was never able to get continuous employ ment. The last blow in all their aeries of reverses came on Monday, when a f man from whom they Lad hired J furniture, swept it away because the payments bad fallen off. Then the landlord of the bouse threatened to di'tosess them for non payment of rent, fuummings rnsbed wildly out of the Louse that day and has prob ably ended his troubles by suicide. . m . t a m cmess some 01 taose w nose Tor tures Mr. Thompson helped te build will eome to the rescue, there is no possibility of relief for these two t-tiicken women. DIED TO WIN A BET. Herri kU Ag After Driaklac a fwart of ertswae. Shsmokin, I'a-, Diriisicb. A crowd of men this morning went into a saloon with Joseph Swartr to see him drink a quart of whickev for a wager, and tbev emerged in a little while bearisf bis corpse. It was a tradition that hwartz could drink two quarts of Lbs reddest liquor at one tune, and when the question arose as to whether bs could swallow the quart Joe shrug- ; gfd his shoulders contrtmptnously. w itbout ceremony he ordered the fiery liquid. Down his throat coursed the stuff, and his eyes spark led. Finally the last drop was clown. and Joe cast a triumphant glance at his companions. Then be aaar a song and danced a jig. His brain had been turned, and be aaidnis nerves tingled as though a thousand needles were pricking him. Faster went his feet, until be snddenly threw his arms in the air and tornec deathly pale. lie groaned, dropped -to the fioor and the merry shouts of his comrades died into exclamations of alarm. They rnsbed to bis side, , and be seemed in awful agony, bat unable to speak. He became sense less in a few minutes and then died. 01-OO TKWEEIXY on CAUCAGIAtt
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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