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Jt 2 - I II n CAIJC H TIII-J , x A i i i w j : i :it i y OlC I'll "A HOIilNA. CAUCA vol.. XIII. LRAJjEIGH. K. 0., THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1895. NO. :u. SIAN. C Tin; AiiviiuTiH. y v Mi:titi tiui:a ii tiii: C C I'KOI-I.i: IX i C oirriif .(iioi.ixA. J RAILROADS RUN THE GOVERNMENT i (rf;at Monopoly Worked h'irios Anrl How its i'ruinotcrB Succt'ded. cost ut much won money to get such a bill through ir it wa known that it y.;i for in; ami thii Scott Would fight it if In thought c hail anything to li Willi it. If Mich a bill wan passed I think there could at least be got from t'ongre. a wide i-trip for right of way, now-him shops, et. Yours truly. '. I. II I N TIM1ION. ate bills os. t and II. I could ge trolofthe Atlantic and I K. very s-rnnll cost, but do we want . ii'itl't Your truly, c. r. ik MiMit at a i . Her Kpulllttit W li li M il Inn IVtilr 1 lil nk on Hi mi) I'liurr of i rriiti'n e.'im , . i'il of IT. mil mi'l Mniii-y. rp; railroad tn-aN h . i . i . 1IJ l llllli. I(J V I '"f' hp! s.vl,l tl . r i i !'"t I'l III" tlfl'Mf. - i i in ti iM'-e si if ir r ii i I ;rl i;iil;.ci:ii-i 1 hat t hey if like fairy tab- thim , MK.N WHO MAY llC'rilWINtEt)." ! Xkw Youk, Icc. 1, ls7i. l- rii-nd niton : I would tik. VP WHO AKE CONVINCED.'1"1"1'' what U being tlon.- with II,.- iwiiin i ai.iui. r A Iff ISIOII OOOU-. Mavi' any of our people e mii-avon-d to do anything with Low and Krisbie' Tln-y arc hot h men that can be con vinced. I will see Luttrell wl'.eii he come ovi-r and talk with him and maybe he and we can work to- Iher. but. if we can brush him out it . i would h.we a good ell'et-t, and then we 11 I could, or nl le:-.t ia nil lit trv I.. r..t hoiiie better timber to work with. -- And in tl.U connect ion it would help us very much if we could li x up al. I'acilic income and extensions on the basis I liar, was talked ol, even if we had to pay something toconvince Low and t I' 1. IV" ut.ic:i i fu iir. abb p -in).' K' tu to ' I'ri-bie. As you know the importance to coin prt .1, U'l lie w rile a l)o )k :'.l')ii 1 1 h m. si in pi v want to ;;i ve a licll we l)i yv rn:i V leuiJ (JaI-'i.'Asian'.s rtadcra to , f the niau.er a:il try bejriti . i; iinpaiu of elucation. We t i any one who will follow ,i'. iut iit8 iicvv the railroails run n,niei)t. , ever a ti''v man ia eleeteil to :,itel Slates Ser.at. th! raiil 1 ,. j; i t i to ff't'l aronti'l hiiu can , ! i Ki t' if he M a ni-in tliey troi. e!aur ii tier na.s re Iim'm l ctil to the Senate. He ii.r r cciitly reeeivnl a lon letter fivMi 'lie I'resideiit of the Union iVilic r.i'Iroa'l, i-itietl ly C'. I. 11 iiil'.nt'ii. ... i :i ' i ' tin- .-1 U I, t ' tin' i : P.a.l- I i -'. ; tun ' iTIltlv of getting out at the earliest day the new bonds on the S. I'., I will" ay nothing of it here, except that I would j have th'.m like the present i-sne as far j a- tin rou pons and register go: and '.that it will take at least two month) to ' get them engraved and printed, so that i I hope vim will send them on as soon as you ran, so that I ran set the en graver and printer at work. Yours truly, V. P. II I N 1 1NGTON. I ARK V SALARY. Xr.w YouK,.lan. 11, 1". Friefnl Colton : Your- of December .'iOth, and 1st inst.. N'os. Inland rl,alo your telegram that Wiliiam II. arr lias had for his services $i;o,noM i. I. lioixis: then asking how much more I think his services are worth for tin future? That is a very ditlicult rjuesl ion to an swer, as I do not know how many years .Mr. arr has been in our employ, or how far in the future we should want him. In v.ievv of the many things we have now before Tongress and also in this sinking fund that we wish to establish, in which we propose to put all the company's lands in l.tah ami Nevada, it is very important that his friends in Washington should be with us, and if that could be brought about by paying i'arr say $l!i,bno to o.uioa year, I think we could alt'ord to do it, but of course not until he had con trolled his friends. I'liey could hurt us very much on this land nntter, al though I would not. orooose to nut the Hid in at any more than it is worth. say ..o per acre. 1 would like to ave you get a written proposition from (.'arr, in which he won d agree to ontrol his friends for a fixed .sum, t hen send it to me. I.etween the business here and in Wa-hington, I am worked up to my canacit v. Yours truly, C P. Ili xrixiiiox, President. It tnav he well to Mate the '.it' lie laiiroadd wer hon is i.-s-ie (I hv the gevet ninent, an frnin th" pmfeci'. of the tales of lure that built on i to thru an. . 'Om-li were V,l I- ''V t 1." c;OVei !IMi: III,. 'iie to:,, i amount e.f the debt now Jut tlii' government by the roads is fiiliiiloii!' approximating two hun- i i ! 1 1 : f .1 .1 I . . 'I'l I (IT'il lllMllonf oi uoii.iis. i..ity ikoc urvtr I aid any interest, to the gov i . .i i i i iTiiui'iir, tiiu tr.ey nave nam oig .1 .-4..1 i I tlivnii nu.i i li rapiiai unu nu.uru ii 1 1 ! . i e i. ?um K. 1V una means oig ioi lo.nrs hui' 1' "i made on the goveri taent I t I .4 II CMiit iv sueii men as ,iav n.miu, ll.ii'kii.s, Anns, Standford, Sr.irles, lt:iiitiiinr,,oii and many oilier-. 'There t i l r . . ni' ii ui..eagnl to oeeom worm iro'ii ten in i boa to eighty miilioti dollars ck i -et they never could make the T;ni:ii' railroads earn enough money toji'iv liek t he govjriimeiit. When fVt; the overnnu t.i kimm a suit to make tilt, m j.iiy uj, the roaila get to work, ami by ootne means thegovern turtit vrongres) kta the matter drop. but to return to Huntington's let t. rd. lie is piesident of the road, lit U worth .iiiywhere from twenty to forty inilliousof ilollar." all made out of the road. His lettt r ia a very cautious one; I tit if Senator Hutler aho'dd answer it, and show a dis position to league himself with the railroad monopoly, he would ijuickly ,Miii some mighty big railroad frif mis; and if he wanted to he could do as others have dan make big niuiuy by gaining such friends. The liist deal between the govern ment and these railroads was practi Oilly bribed through Congress, and li,.ii, fio nil " i mm t- t't hv this AN AI.I.KOKI) WII.O IIOO. New Yohk, May 1, 1,7"). Friend Colton : Yours of the 17th of April, No. 17, is received and contents carefully noted. As to the road east of Spadra, I notice there has arrived in i'alilornia, out of the last eight thousand tons of lilty-six-pound iron rails bought, say forty-eight hundred tons, say twelve hundred tons more due and nearly so. So it would seem you are not to have any delay on ac count of rails to lay the lifty miles of the I'ort Yuma line, ami I think you should have the next lifty miles graded so that you ran lay the track next win ter: sooner than that we will not have i the rails. 1 notice what You say of Liittrell; he' is a wild hog; don't let him come bark to Washington; but a I the House is to be largely Democratic and if he was to be defeated, likely it j would be charged to us, hem e I think it would ne well to lieat nim Willi a ; Democrat; but I would defeat him any way, and ii lie got the nomination put up another Democrat and run against him and in that way elect a liepubli ran. Peat him. I am glad Stobbs is over here. Yours truly, V. P. Ilt x rixoros. OKCE1VIXO TIIK SAN DIKliAXS. New York, Sept. 27, XlTt, Friend Colton: Y'onrs oi the 18th with inclosnre. as stated, is received If we had a franchise to build a road or two roads through Arizona i I w o controlling, hut hav ing it in the ! name of a not her party) t hen have some Inartv in Washington to make a local ! Iii,rht and askinsr for the guarantee of i I heir bonds by ( he I'nited St:L.-s, and I if that could not be obtained, ottering to build the road without any aid, it I rould be used against Srott in such a way that I do not believe any politician would dare vote for it. Cannot you have Satiord rail the legislature to 'ether and grant sin h charters as we want at a rost say of -..",(.mki? If we could get such a charter as I spoke to you of it would be worth much money to us. If there is 'anything done it must be done ipiiekly. Yours truly, C. li. Huntington tQe S OW1N WORKING UP THE SOUTH. New Yokk, Nov. 13, lt7o. Friend Colton : Your dispatch that von had sent two hundred thousand dollars gold is received. Dr. Oiwin left for the south vesterdav. 1 think he can do us considerable good if he stick for hard money and anti-subsidy srheines, but if it was understood by the public that he was here in our in terest it would no doubt hurt us. When he left I told hi in he must not write to me, but when he wanted I should know his whereabouts, etc., to write to 11. T. Coiburii. of Klizabeth, N.J. ami- Ili.iitiiMT'oo. 'I' here will he no government am Ti,.. '.,.,(J ,...,f. ,rall cr,r,trn ! c-ranted this session, and if we can get .... .a. t. nt,-. r.t..j the II. and T. Central to stand in with d iu ome eorrt .ondenoe with one )js ;uul utlVr t(( built a line t.iroll?h we H thf eoostructors of the road i,ji,i to vi I'aso from the west and named (J , dton. t'olton became owner t i i . v o; ijtin.' stock. He u eu, an t men til.- Imi g railroad sharks tried to al his siock f to-u his w-dovv. In the liirtU to kt. p the sh irks from g- tting if, Mic inai!" public tome rorrttpoad fuo.' w u ifli Huntington had wit:: her 'm ,d, A few letters from that e. ;-rt sj .; ,i i,co might to show any fci.fi.'il. ma:i hut the rt ports wbicti :iuich like fairy tales are C'j;d fuels. were wri:ten when a "itrrl,. biv i;.- .1, Hum.: jjcing on bttvyen 'I'om. c 1 in 't'l'S a in was trying lo gtteome t r the Texi.s 1'aeiUe, and to who was lighting his -.h lor the Union and I 'otitic roads. Only a ft-w t.N TO WASHINGTON. New Yokk, Jan. 17, 1870. Friend Coltoi : I have re eived several letters and telegram from Washington today, all calling me there, as Scott will certainly pass his Texas Pacilic, bill if 1 do not come over, and l shall go over tonight, nut I think be could not pass his bill if 1 should heln fnm: but of course 1 can- know this for certain, and inst what ell'ort to make against him is what troubles me. It rost money to lix things so t hat 1 would know his bill would not pass. I believe with $200,000 I can is-, our bill, but I take it that it is not worth that much to us. Yours truly, C P. Huntington. iue men who woke the collar. New York, Jan. ls70. Friend Colton : Your letters of the l'.uh and -2011), Nos. 12S and 12;t, are re reived. I notice and appreciate what vou say about my being overworked. I am working rather hard this winter, but I think 1 can stand it for some time yet. Scott is making a terrible ell'ort to pass his biil. and he has many dvantages with his railroads running out from Washington in almost every direction, on which lie gives free passes to every one which he thinks can help him ev er so lil tie. The Texas Pacihc seems to own almost every one in the whole country. K i re turned from Washington this morn ing; shall go back next Monday night, but 1 dread it very much. Scott is working mostly among the commer cial men. He switched Senator Spen cer, of Alabama, and Walker, of Yir- inia, this week, but vou know they can be switched back with the proper arrangements when they are wanted; but Scott is asking for so much that he can promise largely' to pay wnen ne wins, and you know 1 keep on high irri.ii ri i V 1 1 t lie li lent hers ill the TI nnse lroin Caluorma are doing hrst-rate except Piper, and he is a damned hog, any way you can fix him. 1 wish you would write a letter to Luttrell saying that I say he is doing first-rate, and is very able, etc., and send me copy. Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. P. S. I will get you telegraph passes. U. "coins financial fool." The Uu Ten H to do With a IJr The lirltrr It Will be For Yoa. One of the numerous little coo's, employed by the gold bugs to ang'ter Loin s rinuLC.al School is a nun named How White. He naio d the answer he wrote Coins Finnnritil J-'ooJ, and in so doing he give him self a more appropriate name than aov one elce could have viven him. A reader of the New York World one of the gratst papers in the country, brought; out this fact phiii- ly by making an lrejuirv of tnat paper. Here is the inquiry and the answer: Tij tlir l'.dttiir of "ih? II ufhl: "I have jut purchased a ropy of Horace White's "Coin's Financial Fool." In the introduction Mr. White ays that the object of "Coin's Finan cial School" is to bring about the free coinage of silver at a legal ratio of 10 to 1 by the action (d this country alone. Vs the market ratio ot the two metals s ; to 1, it is evident that this coun try cannot make sixteen ounces of sil ver equal in value to one of gold, w lien the whole world is otl'ering thirty-two ounces of silver for one ounce of gold.'" Is this statement true? It seems tome a most remarkable one, and not at ail in accordance with the facts concern ing silver which have been published recently in The World. A LI RE P PiON E. New Haven. Conn. The statement is untrue. Mr. White's book is untrustworthy, a spe-ial plea in defense of monometallism, in which only a portion of t he truth is ever al lowed to come to the reader and very often not even a minute portion. That "the whole world isoflering thirty-two ounces of silver for one ounce of gold" lias not even a tint of the truth. H Mr. White had said that you could purchase in the market, for a limited time and to a limited amount, thirty-two ounces ot uncoined silver tor sixteen ounces of coined silver, and that uncoined silver was at a discount of o( per cent. in coined silver, he would have told the truth. I5ut the truth is not to be told at all times, seldom in a book of this kind. The market value of coined silver in no country of the world is less than 1(5'., tol in gold, and in nearly all countries but 15'... The market value of uncoined silver bears the same pro portion to coin d silver that it does to coined gold, and every word that is true of gold is true of coined silver The amount of uncoined silver in the world is a m note fraction, too minute a fraction almost for computation. compared with thecoined silver. The ditl'erenee iu value between the coined and uncoined gold or silver is the cost of coinage. As it costs nothing to have gold coined, the two prices are the same : as the cost of coining a silver dollar is 50 cents the bullion value i only 50 cents. At the opening of his book, to show the former low rate ol wages, Mr. White quotes ' Matthew's gospel that a laborer 1 ,!M)0 years ago received "a penny a day." He know: very well that this is a mistranslation the "denarius" translated "penny being a Konian coin containi-ig 1 cents' worth of silver, according to our present rate ol coinage, and equivalent in purchasing power at that time of food and necessities to about o.20 The less vou have to do with a book of this kind, unless you wish to be fool or to fool somebody, the better it will be lor yourself. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. The Democrats Can't Win Aeain Udess They Can Continue to ' Deceive the Voters. WE A.BE GAINING GROUND. 1 I I I.I 1 1. I'NPKU t'Ol. TON S l-A RE. N ew York, Nov.-0, 17I. Iri. ii, 1 i uitoo : Yours of the Itii is r,"'i''"i aim I am glad to learn that I'uve l.uitrell uudei- your t hai ge, bli' V"U iuiii b-careful and not let him ?" iitiytlniig l.iMrike bacK with, as he ''-.. an,, t do i.ih t hi.ik it .-ai'e for t;ir1i..rii to talk with him on our inat-tT-. ii- it would be ju-t like hiin to get "P in l 'on -cress ami lie about what S. S!i'I to nim. He must have solid rea- H!) t,r lf. VNji j,,, KU. vU you. Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. they from the east, I think beott's hsli will be cooked. P.udd is doing good work in the Gulf States. Has" the seventy shares of glass stock been got in? How are you progressing with the machine shop grounds? 1 borrowed. yesterday ? 100,000 easy for 1, 5 and months at 7 percent. No commission ' I think I shall take up some 12 month j paper at 12 per cent, i Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. GORMAN, SARGENT AND C A K It. New Y'ork, Dec. 23, 1S75. Friend Colton : Yours in relation to Messrs. P.ird and Parrott is received. 1 can do nothing with the parties. The last time 1 saw liird he was wildly mad. 1 spent an evening with Parrott: he did not' show temper like liird, but said they had been shamefully used, etcand said that when we could satisfy Castle, he and i;nd would be satisfied, etc.; now the business must be done, I think, on that side, but it is well to re member that there is a limit to the value of the property, but we all un derstand that we should have it if it ran be got at a fair price, and that soon. Please let me know, what ar rangement we have had with Mr. Cattle; how much we agred to pay him for his serv ices, and as to whet her he has been paid as agreed. Mr. Par rott says he has had no pay. riease answer at once. Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. sakgknt's neutral attitude. New Y'ork, Dec. 13, 1875. SCOTT AS A "CONVINCER. New Yohk, i'eb. 14, 187(5. Friend Colton : Could and Dillon was at my house yesterday for nearly three hours. W'e talked over P. M. matter; they thought it would be well lor us to go in with them and control that line. 1 said 1 did not know about the v,alue of the stock, etc.; that 1 was disposed to work with them, etc.; that 1 would write to my asso ciates, and if they thought well of it I would look into the matter: so you will please consider it. We talked over sinking fund matters. They have come over to my views as to putting the lauds into the lund, and are very fierce for it now. Scott is developing more strength tor his lexas and P. than 1 thought- it possible for him to do. He has men all over this country to bring influence to bear on their members of Congress. They have con siderable money, as they have con vinced several parties that 1 thought we had sure. 1 am doing all 1 can, but it is the liveliest tight I was ever in. 1 sent a man r.o .Richmond, Va., on Sat urday, aud one to Albany today, to get resolutions passed by the legislatures against subsidies. If 1 can get them 1 think it will control two members of the railroad committee, and we want them very much. Of course you will see the necessity of keeping such mat ters to yourselves. I have not time to write more, as it is night, aud 1 go to Washington at 9 p. ni. Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. Mr. Stratford Aiiut the HnrllnKtun Xewi-Sonie W onN to I rise !illrr Drum- ra- VVarntd .4.-ain-t thr Trujan IIortriiiK Soi;estiiii. Uuglit to be Text I'.ook. For The Caucasian. llonxov, Juno 22. Coin's Fiaau ial School ought to be a text book in every school ia the United States from a log school house iu the country to the endowed college in the" city. Then if thev could have little C in to lecture and hear' thv Power of Plutocracy. 1 repeat today in substance words uttered seven years ago, that there are in this country four men, who, in the matter of taxation, possess ami fre quently exercise powers which neither Congress nor any state legislature would dare to exert, powers which, if exercised in Great Britain, would shake the throne to the foundation. These men may at any time, and for reasons satisfactory to themselves, by a stroke of the pen reduce the value of property in the United States of millions. They may, at their own will and pleasure, embarrass business, depress one city or locality and build up another, enrich one individual and ruin his competi tors, and when complaint is made cooly reply : "What are you going to do about it? The channels of commerce being owned and controlled by one man or a lew men, what is to restrain corporate power, or to fix a limit to its exactions upon the people? W hat is to hinder these men from depressing or inflating the values of all kinds of property, to suit their caprice or avarice, and thereby gathering into their coffers the wealth of the nation? Where is the power to limit such powers as this? And what can be said of the spirit of a free people who will sub mit without a protest to be thus bound hand and foot? Hon. W. Win. Win dom, late Secretarj- of the Treasury under President Harrison. r I itatiuns, wouldn't the nest geiier- anon be rortihed agaiut "John Hull's" encroachment on American sod?! Iu a "financial till' they'd K-k him out in the llrst round. They'd fceiz. him by the horns and before he knew it, they'd have him in the fathomless depths of ocean bare! Yours for the truth. Wm Bakurey. lloiiorratA Caniiut Win I'lilrKs 1 liey Io the I'eople. Again. For the Caucasian. I Wake Foke.st, June '24. It seems that the Democrats have again tu l.uscd the Populistic idea of liuance. They DID so IN 1S92, aud aftr tLe Chicago convention, stumped North Carolina declaring by all that was holy in Heaven or on earth that the Democratic paitv. headed by Mr. Cleveland, was iu fa vor of the free and unlimited coin age of silver. Mr. Cleveland was a goldbug and a very large MAJORITY OF THE SPEAKERS KNEW IT; j but they did not tell it on the cam paign. They deceived the people Mr. Cleveland was elected. The working people all over this land knew that they had been maltreat td. As a const quence the Demo cratic party iu 1S(J4 received a severe chastisement. The Executive Committee of the Democratic party know that it is be yond the possibilities to elect a Dem ocratic President in lS'JG. They know also that they car not carry this Stato unless they can FOOL THE TEOI'LE AGAIN' upon tha financial question, i. e.; make them believe that the Demo cratic party really is in favor ol the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1. They declare this to-day, and they did in 1SD2, and 1S!XI they fooled us. Vv ell now, have we any reason to believe that they will not do so again? The Democratic party is a gold bug party. It has put itself on record as sueL, and the record MUST REMAIN' I'XliROKES until the paity shell li-iye again come into power and have repudiated the action of its party in lS'J.'i and 1S94. This it cannot do within the next two years, Congress having passed out of the hands of that party, and the next President will not be a Dem ocrat, so the chance to redeem them selves is far in the future. Can any man or set of men affili ate vith a goldb-g party, advocate and defend its principles, bend every energy and exert all tiie powers that God has given them to elect iis candidates and not be uoldbugs themselves? It cannot be done. If the Democrats iu North aro lina who declare that they are in fa vor cf the free and unlimited coin age of silver at tha ratio of lo to 1 are sincere, they must of necssity I M Kit it 1NG AGAINST SCOTT. New Yokk, Nov. 20. 1871. Friend Colton : Scott i prepared to Py.ir promises to pay, a large amount O' tiiorn-y to pass his bill, but 1 do not jnink li can pass it, although I think l"u "iniug session of Congress will ' i,iu,.,s.ii ,,f the hungriest set of "'"U that ever got together, and that thi-ii only knows what they will do. Vvould it not be well for you 1(1 sonie party down to Arizona to f'1, bill passed in the territorial '"Ki-iatiire granting the right to build railroad east from the Colorado river "mvitu: the river near Fort Mohave), "V' the franchise free from taxation i,T U property, and no that the rates ' nirrs and freights cannot be i nter Tfo: with until the dividends on the c"imiii,ii stock shall exceed ten per c'nt? 1 think th-tt would be abor.t as a land grant. It would not do Jtt "ave it known that we had any in '"m in it, for the reason that it would AN EXPENSIVE FIGHT. New Y'okk, F'eb. 20, 187(. Friend Colton : I have been in Wash ington most of the time for several weeks past, which, with my other busi ness, has kept me so very busy that I have neglected my correspondence with you. Your letters have, I think, all come to hand up to No. 141, that is, by putting in some with some without numbers, that by their dates have come in right to till those missing numbers. I do not write you much about matters in Washington, but I am having the biggest light 1 ever had there, and ex pect to win it. Scott is doing his best, aud has an army of men in the lobby to help him. This fight will cost us much money, but I think it is worth it, as 1 have written you from time to time. 1 have been trying to ! txrorW narties nn that have interest in Friend Colton : Your two letters of i .oadS j Texas outside of Scott's iuter 4th inst., Nos. 107 and 108, with inclos- j e and they told me a few days since tires, are receiveu. i ne resolutions, x think, are all right. You write you are drawing up a bill to introduce in Con gress. I am glad you are. I have been to work on one for some days, and Mr. Storrs has it in hand now. When yours conies I will use the best one, or, what is more HKeiy, inougn, use iue best parts of both. 1 hope to have it introduced by Thursday, the 2Md. Scott is making a terrible ell'ort, promising every t hi ng to everybody, aud I promise nothing that I do not expect we shall fulfill, and the southerner- being so very poor that many of them will hold to Scott in hopes he may do something for them. Yain hope. Sargent, as you no doubt have seen, has gone oif the railroad committee, but there is a good man in bis place, Eaton, of Connecti cut. His going off looks as though he did not care to help U9 or harm us much. If he did he would have staid on the committee. I send you today Sen- that if I would get up a bill I could use their names, and 1 at once done so. and they now like it very much; and I think it makes us stronger than we were without. I send copy of the bill with this Senate bill No. 500. Y'our letter to Luttrell was good, and I noted its effects. Good articles in California papers sent to our members of Congress would do good. They get many from our enemies which do hurt. Wiggin ton gets nearly everything bad that is said about us, I think. 1 have many things I would like to say, but it is dark, and I quit. Y'ours truly, C. P. Huntington. A KOUGH FIGHT. New Y'ork, March 3, 1876. Friend Colton :.! have been (Continued on fourth page.) Political Facts. Atlanta Constitution, Dem. There are a "great many people still alive and in good health who be lieve that the nomination ot Mr. Cleveland at Chicago in 1S92 as the result of a great popular vprmng that lifted itsel1: into the air and came down upon the convention with ir resistible force. The event has been cal-ed4'! he triumph of the people ovf r the wills of the politicians, aud yet, according to Mr. William C. Whit ney, it was accomplished exclusively by wire-pulling and log-rolling. Mr. Whitney tells a very plain and interesting tale aoout it to a news paper reporter. In June cf lb02 Mr. Whitney returned from Paris and found that notaicg had been done in the way of organization. Thereupon be sent for the live'y and ubiquitous Dan Latnont and a few other Nt-y York men and ralked the matter over. Then he sat him clowa, tvMit nis pen auu wiote to seventeen different men in different sections of the country, invitiDg them to come and see him in New York. At this meeting a plan of opera tions in behalf of Mr. Cleve land at the convention was arranged and mapped out. The next thing was to write letters to Cleveland men in all the States, and the result of this correspondence was a general meeting of Cleveland men at Riche lieu hotel in Chicago. "We had the best organization in Chicago," says Mr. Whitney, "and that was why we were successful in nominating Mr. Cleveland. It va a hard Jight, though."1 The newspaper reader who has ofted heard of ''popular upheavals" and "tidal waves," but has never seen them, may rest assured that they are all about the size and shape of the one organized and perfected by Mr. Whitney. The . "spontaneous" movement for Mr Cleveland origi nated in Mr. Whitney's active brain, and when he says it was a hard fight, he means more than he put in words. The Caucasian $1.00 per year. tion. l-'i earn from th Southern Mate, r.ot coun'ine Maryland and pels are. With ail tb icduenr of VJral o3k-iai4 it is reasonable mip-e that a great many aouthern l-!-gates win vote lor a go'dbug in the next convention. Even in North Carolina, which is cnt-rally con ceded to be .iu advanced filler Sta'e, it is extremely doubtful which in will control the Democratic party. Perhaps half of th Democratic journals are outspoken against inde pendent free coinage. L'ulf .s:he silver element can muter strength to contr l two-thin's of the next convention on first ballot. th-y ha i just as well make up their tuin.ln to submit rr quit the party. The goldbugs will not weaken a partit-le. Hut enough of pretended f're siivvr men will submit to an evasive plat form with a oldbug candidate. Now if the free silver Democrats are willintr to be fooled again, their course is not a diflit-u't one to map out. But if they mean busines, it is high time they were leaving the sinking ship. J. E. Spenui:. training ( rou ml. For the Caucasian. Hayesvillk, X. C , July 24. Our enemies are not very noisy row. They hooted a little at the legisla ture but nut much; and I think they are seiiout-ly thinking "whero am I at," and w here am I goinir to cast my vote in l?lRi for myself and family or for the iroldbugs and the devil. This is about the way the people in the country are thinking when they go to town and bee their land and property advertised for taxes. Hut in town, of course, we haw to have a few Cleveland goldbugs. We have been gaining ground every day since the eltction, and will still continue to do so just as long as the Democratic party acts as it has acted in thj last few years (yea since the legislature ad joui ned.) W.T. Hl'JuGARAfcK. Mr. yv. O. St rat font Make a I'rw rull t liurgeil IU-itiarkft to the llilit.irof the Iturlinct o 0m. Ed. Caucasian": I wish to have you allow me to reply to an edito rial of the Burlington (Alamance county N. C.) Ntws. He is what might be called, I think, a "ttrad-ler-goldstandard advocate, or per haps does not know where he is at.l Greensboro, N. C, June 13. Editor Hurliigtvn Attr: I may be pardoned by you, possi bly, for saying a word in reply to a part of your editorial on the "money question" wherein you say: "The News belongs to the bimet- tai.ist, it tnere is such a party or sect; if not, then it no doubt is alone in tne won j, ana men you go on asrain to say: "It will never tie to a siugle gold staudard, neither is it in favor of unlimited free coinage of silver with the present light be fore it." Now my dear fellow American citizen where are you! What are you in favor off There is no mid die ground; there is the choice on!; between a monometallic gold stand ard basis and a bimetallic stand and basis of gold and silver,the"constitu tional money," and if you will but think logically about it nothing but . A- 1 l- a coinage as irec ami as uninuii u lor silver as for gold will keep the two metals upon a paiity equilib rium. It you and I as citizens, it must be presumed, said to be equal in all rest,ects netore tne law or made so at a fixed ratio, start for the City of Haleigh, and you are allowed to go into a 1 ullman car, and I am asked and even required to go in second clas car, can you not see that there is a discrimination in your favor and against rat? And upon arriving at our destination, is it not but natural that the bystand ers looking on (the creditor) wil tbink you are the better of the 'two, and will seek yva ;o preference to nit; l his is not now a matter of party i but of an economic national policy repudiate the democratic party. , and the line is dow drawn, and A free silver man cannot srpport a I drawn taut, and we Jail must decide sroldbuir nartv and remain a free sil-! upon which ide we will do battlt ver man. i wnether upon the side of go'.d mono The People's Party is tre only ! metalism (gold standard), which is .. i- .. 1 I i: 1 1. .! party in ortn jarouna tnat nas not i uimeiawism, tgom Dut itself upon record as a tr: ld'ouir i aui sil vt-r which is the American party, and it never will. All advo- . policy, the old constitutional po)hy cates of free silver must of necessity support the People's Party. There is no way to get out of it, for no other Dartv is in favt r of free siiver. I cannot see why any man should ; wealthiest nation of the world, pray clincr with mud turtle tenacity to a your reauers vny u is so, intre party name. Turow off i mu?t be a substantial reason for it 1US UUlUtKAllU UULUBl ti lOKS j j .. r i;.. itou iui uu l ue i uJuiisi iicc auvct MR. B F. KEITH ISTRIEt0 la rt-rr I II,. Hn kit ( laa Ir. KrllK 'r-a.l Mtha1t it ni, ai n lii t Mr U. K kr.h. of V:'m tl Milt Kruivu' a .,, a::rt. W 1 t! r l n-.i . euro..:. j V .V"i: :j aUsh n rvrtrr of these United States Let us again use a little logic. If Greet Britain is, as a result of the gold standard policy, made the collar. It will fit the peop'e both south and west much better. Do this and you will rejoice in yoar manhood, and have a better opinion oi yourself for having declared your independence. Let your party know that you will go with it as loner as it goes rig it, but you cannot folio wit when itjgoes wrong. J. W. Lassiter. A Word to free silver Ueiuoorat. For the Caucasian. I IlAiWOOD, N. C, June 24. In view of the fact that so many Dcin oc:at.i are coming boldiy aud square ly out tor the free coinage of silver, I think it would be web to call atten tion to a few facts, that perhaps many of thtm have not thought of. It seems that a great many of them have some kind of a vague ida that the free coinage of silver may be ob tained through the Democratic party. It does seem that reasonable men could see the absurdity of such an idea. In the first place, very few Demo crats have apaiticle of hope of suc cess in tlie next campaign. They realize the certainty of a split in their party, it matters not which side of the question they take; and many believe the split will be a serious one. Bat granting that the party has a chance of suceess, there are other obstacles in the way which I cannot see now tne rree silver con tingent can hope to overcome. As is well known, two-thirds of all the delegates to the. national Demo cratic convention are required to nominate a President. Does any sil ver Democrat honestly believe that with, all the odds against them they eanever seeure this two-thirds major ity? Of. the 617 i votes cast for Cleve land in the last Democratic conven- HRUV 0!RCT. ;lvrr ct:eritia frvtu A Wihnir: jtoii I fa, 1.1 si l r I" 1" L 1.1. . - pl-we of tr. .a North W.rr Street, and re , :, s.a the j ro ,.f akitiii a ft j':i-;tons in. reft trt. c to the Metr.j-hi convention. J. U ha lj ton think :ll t th rttult of th Memj hi roriiecti (I A. It i!l hii: totlw yl .?, o titrate the force .f ih- f re and urriui.it.tl txnnu-e adoc.V.c. of Ujlh oid a.d silver. . From what you could ctth-r from the u, i, t'it the contention what rotort:on of the jh-. j le in the South and West are for the f-,-,. coinage of silver." A. The delegate from th Wrd ray fully o per cent, out there are fcr free coinage of filvt-r, and N-rctnt. of t!ie S ut'urn jn-jdr in the rural districts are fo.- r.-storin it, and while the nut iiiajo:ity iu the cities are a,!;u for fre coit'e, yet tn- in:l;i j.tv direct and indirect of th. jrolj hngs ( Xtr th-ir frit ,d. rt-laliiej and tuipl. vt-i i i 1 r-e! uc the Mtuilier in ih. Southern t it.es ti. ? " i.e-r ci t. i- W ua: y re the opinions of th- ui It-irao s in ii li ri i i'i. t.i tli r,,il. f tie free sil.er u.ow luent in the South and Wi-tt? V. Tin I talked ilh ,,-mid tj think tint it would continue to trow, uotwi'h,tandinj th- fact, tint tin- .:t-y potr is controlling a ma j iiu the ij-wspaiK-rs, t-! -Taidi Inn etc. and ie M j- resting thought and iu many i;it;aiic s lacts. ii. What ai'tion was thought bv th" tilt infers of that one. i,t l.io would be- taken by the ne xt Cotu'r. te in reft fence to the lin.ir.ci.! question: . No one on d to think then would b any Iegirlatrn friendly t liver as Jong as Mr. Cleveland was 'i'lbidctit, but if anvthinvr there would he a continuation of Ii mi! :e;iit!r, which plac-s our ki! i un- ler more t-bli-a': ns to the n,un-t mi wer. . V us any opinion est ntsed Lv the ineuibtisof that convention a to the candidat-v of Mr. C'. .eland for a third term? A. Some think the bauki, tniets corporatio.isat.il combined will try to elect him to a third term in order to continue to them his ttronr arm. 'J. c-e anv of the nu tube n of 1 that convention in favor of contet.d ing for the free coinage of silvtr outside pirty lines':' A. 1 he politicians wtu to want t light it inside of party lines, but tr.e restoration of silver, (that is free coinage,) is O'e tidal wave that in mg t- swtriiour coan.rv iu whether any of the old parlies adopt it or tot; the jeople are rioirg in their might for their rights. J. !:at was the complexion of that convention, ai.d wad it consid ered a success by the bi rectal lidtb? A. 1 nev'-r saw a more intelligent rpre-entative boJv of all prcft .-?ioni. and sonic ot thee.M-r inhabitants cf the Mississippi Va ley eay no such an asst inbly ha toLVened on the great .Miesi.-sidii since ante helium day, and as tj iu being a tureen the otliterd of the bimetallic league eu.id that it w;id far b vond their ex pectations as t nuuiUTj f the solid yeomanry w ho are the bone and tinew of the latid, besides the mauv di- tirgnished btatesaicn of the South and Wi dt who were there. Th CtAMX rrfrEtlf iad re:r.xkcf a pdit.tal charac t, fr which ;'tc Fa-t ti.e Mfr It drplom) ttie a iiuae" frxm anv -urce. a! , j ,i M f,m i,... . :.it lll'Jlllf "a-j -.- t f "f. , r hl oat in tr;..irl to I- r..uth .t a -tie. W oclymaat to I- . ., , od think t;ow thatMrre rmpU-i i tri" :rtg.t term could rtghilj aj piitd to -ahat a mM. Hj a .f ourtey t. the Obrrtrr't tri. tun-u, ho. , r, mr tkd thia j j.f . !! : VV r- ,.!,! ut 'y a.l irttir.tro4 I r'' ,U M.. rirr pr .era ( hi pr... ! I,i. . ra ). n.af, rpt wr ! t. t t .Jirr-t k4 uii., i4i! r. tiioor. 'And in reply V th; th i'.!e h r r curi-oult umaim.aU v It Fat ette r.nd tol- K'V. U- t !. a euiit.-n.j.rri u. tu Hir r-1 fi-plj i'.-r. I h -K ti. v ri. " IU t lui'ttlm a'it hi.fit at I k i i rti.nl "t.m If ttl- lO'W til 1 V .- r. fc-.tr. 1 II,.--,.. r ..j.H," .,.r ttu.-i. j !'h 'n !i!,..ti, I x it . rat. I. 1 ijU.ff:i ..t : . ui.ll.llrOil tail ai.l nti-1 1. mil.. e r. i.-rd ti." o!f. rn. l.i. h Mr. loM It i o-Io. .-! :i , 1 ,,. 4fffailj. ati.., t., , ln,t.,u in 1 -, ! ill v-r. r;ir.llV t.i.-ai I , um ratic piaKortii ..f ls'. turriTii; u. Urtt- ii t he rml rt t in- - . a:i altnot p. ri.-. t i-V r. .o.ii i. 'Ik irn lMlriu K m. ra. v a t .j !i, t.. thr. M lltira ! t)." day, and appma.-l.i i,g Ih oli i no.r to arly ihiu any e-lhrr In th uir. II If. tiiiwy-r. th auraia m-an ty " ri -ut .In i.-i.H ra.-j" 11. m,.tkJ ol pr. nt day Viii. ra. y lh.t U, of Ih- raiiijin.ti kt.i.iAti a II.. t-iti. , rati.- party - v .- I,t ay that tae ri-carU I li.-ni a almost utojualinVdl j liad. I or fxanj.l... t h- r pn.liat o.ti .f lb tiatimiai pl.it li.rm t.y li- r.aiiiat ioQ iu l '.'m i Jinii.ti. and il.e ado4ioti In. 'I' vl.ef I'l po it .1.. ri n-. 'Jliiawaa -: (. - rr lla Im fuiori of '.. niut, i,f;i (-pi.l,iirMti ia the lava ri. tloti, t-rr nni-i l treat flvQlta'Jr ca i -roi.-M a oiiiiiiua aiirriaara u the i at iviiial x. a t.ll Wn. I Ue eloc Irine laid dnwri Lt ra! Jafc n In h- riuwii4-iaiutuaKi.l U rjajtli aroiiiia toil: ill. r apphr l.rrr. It. Ihi-t In li rili-J a imiitri' tb pr p'-il in I hat a Mai-. .?! r4'a tta lit I atol y- iitilijfy .ii. li uf tl I oi'iii's l.t w - a A-r litiiia l it. I- or -ainpl". atrain. tif prailtr. tf :ii i inniii.iiii ; n i t.in iii;ii luna at me li at inn a I tii ral tu a'.uarti r. mi r-l I J , atnl li-p ti-:t! 1 1n -a in.- lMiMal oii-i it u.-iH hi r t ly . j ii pureiia otihe Italiati Mi--i..olit a Mr. Van .1i-n. t..r a uiii r tly iunt ri tinted Iu the 1 'Mi-rat i'- tiati'.tial 'iiiniitt, 1 11 ust rat - a iiuiMir ha" of I hi ra tt an i-Vll Kill' I: folilol altnost it rt i- j r--i.oi in 1 !) "fit iiiitrihut ioa of i amjiri i'ti ltjo-1- liy N-w l.ticland pr.il.i i insiis 2!-pilili ati li Itw l'ooi lisl Ki.Ili. in A laliama. iti K;aiol in th" 'i-rvt riitt ( ii i iloiiht tun oiiM'iotia- ly on he pari of u.aoy of thr part lea t-iiiii--rn-.l i f I li- parlyV .il t r lr I ri ii. a ! Iar-i ml -tijoii.-l liy the S.lc I -fii rat i -.ti tit i.itt ui i4, tonne that 'i filf"! with I lie - tt ili.i-" vt ho Mjpplii'l ilii catopaiarn luti'N, national eotutiiitlr-man Kan-oiu and hi fro-nd. I Then if the United States is in crippled financial condition, s much so that she is a constant borrower at a high rate of interest and has to pay her interest every three months, quarterly, why it A ? Yes why. And if this crippling policy of Great lintain is, by us, allowed to continue, then it does not take a Solomon to be able to see that na tional bankruptcy is inevitable. Do you, as an American citizen, want your nation to become bankrupt Do you want Great Britain to own and control our fair and once free land li our love for momentary quiet, im aginary ease, our love for British gold greater and stronger than our love tor American nationality and prosperity tor our country pur ehaseu by the blood of our forefath ers on me ue.u oi oaiuei Will we turn a deaf ear to the cry of dis tress atd anguish now ascending all oyer this land our heritage, caused by the iShylock grasp of greed, or will we be men, patriotic men, and tand in the breach and hurl back the advancing host of relentless vampires who are atter the very life blood of our Republic! It must not be supposeu. Sir. bv you that I think you love yourconn tio less than I do, nor that I am ca pable of loving it more than others; but I would impress upon yoa the necessity ,as a public educator, of the importance of studying, and study ing deeply this financial question, and that you dig down , so to speak, to the very root of the matter and see if you can't find the animating cause which produced the noxious and life destroying tree of demone tization of one half of the world's re demption money. See, Sir, if joa can't in that aet, demonetization of silver, find the true cause whieb has produced the distress, discon- Continued on Fourth Page.1 t IrtrlaroT lto.)-4;Uarl. WashISi.ToX, D. C Five Metro poutan pelicemau are detailed for daily dury nt Woodiey, whre the President and Mr. Cleveland reside. and their instructions from the t-uper- intend nt f police tne not to leave the Pr'-sided'a country e-iit un guarded jor a moment. One of the-w policemen, is a mounted oCiee-r and i ir tour on duty l-trin at i o'clock in the morning and terminates at 4 oclck in the afternoon. After tLis there are two rebels, eon sis tint' .f two officers, who are on duty Iroto 4 o'clock in the afternoon until u.id night and fn-m that Lour anil b o'clock the next morninir. Uv thia arrangement ihe chief mag:s:r.tte and bis wife and little ones are never without cuanLnns, and in case cf an emergency a large Huad of blue coats could be music red at a momert's notice. The station-house is at Gee rgetown, only a couple ot miles distant from Woodiey, and a patiol wagon could make the run if aeeefaary within a quarter eif an h ur. This detail e.f policemen at Woodiey jjt in addition to the ufliter on duty at the White House, where the re are two sergeants and twenty four privates, divided into platoons of eight, and doir;g "a trick of duty of eight hours each- The mounted policemen on duty at Woe-dley are fully armed and equippe-d for an en counter with irtruder. It is the duty of the officers to patrol the grounds at all hours and at night in particular they are requeued to be on their feet constantly.'! he ae -pecia! services will cease at Woodiey ai soon as the President and Lis house hold leave for Buzzard's Bay which will probably occur about June 1st. From Washington to their destina tion in the Old Bay State the Presi dential party will be guarded by the agents ol tne secret service, and this surveillance will be maintained dar ing their sojourn at Gray Gable. Dy co-operation the shvlork and Wall street tpetilators have so manip ulated the nuances of the country that the producers ol wealth can nok r.er pay iiieirueot,aiinougn ibej proJue mure man ever ueiore. laboring men hate to even bg for an onoortuuitr to earn ine.r living. j lie l topian. A writer for an agricultural paper says ii iarmers eons will be f-ati.fied with no horse, no buggy, no good ciotnei, no education, -no nothing. iney can save money on a larm even to-day ilt. Vernon I'ecord. FDn CAUCASIAN Will k v -Ji n,t fori t I hat our -o tit em po r.iry l,a not in il-l iur opitioiii tif it own party ' l"1riti-, tno h lof its lie I liol. i, hut , a-t hat mill iM-lpoutltM an-vi r lo I h" iui-ftion it 1 ak, we risk flat ing it. A well as we r- all and utn1-rtand t! popijii-l Ik trin- the tl-cdcral) civ rniiM tit" w n rhip of railways; tin u!-treaury ; ojit ion to I be alx.lit Kti ( I -il-ral lii(fj laws; opjKill ion to I he rtate'n inlitrol of hanking: th gov-rtnii-iit iuatjce of pape r -inoiH-y " iti a r c apita liais, i-r oi h-r is-; i he -otii itm-o tr- roin aff" of -tJy r .r , j.etm hoold tbc n uiiipii.ni e.t lr-c .ina'f. at that ratio by I h I niful -tat- fail to re fturc it-liiiliii.ii alii- lo a waril) -we Ih.:1 itifiu to L iiiiqua!ifi-dly bad. (In tin eillo-r l.atid.iac r-irard tii.iler protioiti'iiictit Ih iat twnMrat' i- i-iiiivi-tit ion of I-'.i a uteuaJiDcdlj goo!. Uetrut that W liav el'Ki3td urr-l t 1 1"- ! ifa I inn of ur con temporary, aliw rvatit. Iiowryer, we hall ..nt itioe in lik matincr lobe, if w have iie.l. With all efe-ercir and cvr-rj courtesy, we dtire to remark that this answer id neitber dirt'1 nor tjM'tltfiff. And we wot.der aome what that our very much oiWnie-d cciit-mprry tbou)l Lave so ricLIj hl!el our progr-ostication at to not tx-ctiua direct and uu'jOalified answer. Aaia. Wr woi'LI flKI'LY ASK IP THE ETEEMFH FA V ETTEvI LLE OB- EUVEU A.'PU'iVES ii? THE I'll ES EST HcAOIKC EACH OTHER OUT. t ' m Mr. I'rvan of Nebraska is a Dem- ocrat. lie tays be is and be ooght ti know. But be makes gtronr ejle-che ia favor cf free silver. Mr. Curliale, 5ecreUrT of the Ireaa- nrv, is a Urmocrat. Ii- aajs be U and be ought to know, liat be makes sp-e-cte agaJnet free silver. Now jutt look here: r-ecretary 'arlile was anked at Iexiri 'ton. K J'tbe otlier day it be would ue-i Mr. Kryau, of Nebraska, in debate on thf ilirr Uue. Tbe .-cretary replied alrnoet aurril: "Wbatr IigiiiIJ Lieu Ly debatiuff with Limy Noir. lie ia a I'opuliat. lie is note ivmorrat. I'ldnv tie My in Ixuisiaua that if a siUer plank was not put in tb IenioTatic platform tie would te azam-l tbe party a uccear No. I will not meet him under any ci rc u rut ano. This id good; very good! It' is a! most fannj. Vicu t Mr. Carlisle saj toot long since if the Democrats adopted a free silver plank, be would not know what eltH? to Co than rote with tbe Ilepublicant? Ortainlj be did. Wonder if Mr. Itrjan would dig nify Mr. Carlisle bj dtbatirg with him. Which one of these gentle men is a Democrat an j how? it it too much for us to understand. ' I (. .1 JL t
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