HAS A LARGER CUMULATION THAN ANY TWO WEEKLIES PUBLISHED IN THE S'
'"irf:. Circulation of The C.r.
J ,.a.un exceeds that of any
t,o-kU p-P" in the State
Lnbi !. Iti3 read b7 People
cvtr. f-unty in the State. It la
1
CAUCASIAN
b4 nzttrr is ravae VL.
V. RAaetal JuWorm muI erV. 4
c - J -" - - -
the k:r 't f "r" r Ul liJC ana
L ansa inev aura la.
fc selves with the forn that de-
aaad it end are CgaUag for it.
t
(),. XIII.
REORGANIZATION
OF THE SENATE.
SOME FACTS PLAINLY STATED.
Will do to Act The
Catty of tho llltir
Ca-ih Di:-cus3ion as
Tten- Will Bo "Grades" Be
tween Old Leaders.
What a Poor Fool
"Hinart Ale" A
Forces Urged.
For The Caucasian.
Louam'm Stobk. (lot t.. .
T7k f,8t ""on ' this age is now before
tO Whether the American neonlS fHiI.'e
toe right to eibma hi-
r - ao
views
SOMI TALK ABOUT SILVER
fro'"
In
, i..t
.Hut III"
Is.
I.
Iiririr
I refer to the tr sit..
hen tho -i.... i , . . .
i vompiain or low
prices for the product. i-v
the money co n tract 1 on ist scry out over
production: and vhn h i,. '
I - 7 lCUUIC UUIIJ-
Keiu bl leans D Thee P'ai n OI a 8Carcltv of m..nuv .
, N,?-wh.t to. old 'd that thy hve nothing to sell for
m ,h. war of PrUand "nlith.e '"! ;frr "wngruoui
men who cct ttH . '
their
, iim-
It,, II."
M-nat'1 !
(IU'rt 1 '
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hIp .1
litt. I
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in ti-'ir'1
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know
t '
csii" "i
pr i'
fur' fi- r
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til.- t'.r'
at.- I lw
purt
ttif !i
will -T.i
wl
BerVP.t mwA tk r ,
. . . . . i k . . i fci.c uruiPHH finni
1 iiKieBom Bianaaro element.
i ii large majority, the them to
. I,.... lit tr 'I'l. ........ I
ir.r.tV ill Mlf Svl.alu unl
,'irii that body without Ji,er'and keeP prices below the
rirnm I'iiiof:rats or l'opu- production while they live fat
urbanization rarries with it 7 . ,Zrrn HB 01 ine yemnry of the
itr.ii:ig? and, what it more
It suits
WEALTH PKODUCINO CLASSES
i-t
ists are using
land. This state of affai
about by the treasonable act of 173
When one-half of therfdomntirvn r,.
iuuiiiiji WIB CUl Oil,
The money contraction is
every euort to
KEEP THE PEOPLE IN THE DABK
as to the real truth of this money
question. They know that thev nan
no longer keep olf the free silver issue,
but if they can keen th silver oiom.r.
divided into factions by appealing to
pany prejuaices, and by misrepresent
uifC the effect that a free co in a trp law
h ii;.linatiri ih mt appar- would have unon the neonlp thv )va
..puh.st Senator, so far as gained the fight.
I o Illustrate, how fickle some men
are upon a subject touching their own
vital interest! There is a man employ
ed in thecloth room at Henrietta cotton
mills. He writes for the Democrat,
a goldbwg paper published in Ruther
ford county. In the last week's issue
of that paper he said that all that men
had to do to make times better was to
go to work; that Mr. Cleveland had
done and was doing what
HE THOCCUT WAS BEST
for the country; that men who could
not mananage their own business
ought not to have any say in the affairs
of this country. Strange to say, this
same man could not make ends meet
on the farm and was forced to move to
the factory, and he is
DOING NO BETTER THERE.
He owed a merchant the sum of $23
and after failing repeatedly to satis
fy the debt, the merchant agreed to
exact only $1.00 per month for twenty
three months and this man failed in
that. Yet he writes that times are
good enough. If he is honest, times
are too bad for men to be able to pay
their debts. It is clear that
IF HE IS HONEST
he could not spare even $1.00 per month
out of his earnings to satisfy this and
the Kcniililicati Congress to avoid leg- other debts that he owes to other par-
I,.- t
it tliU time, cou.initt' e
. "in. Tlire is & difference
nnong He publican leaders
, -liill ! party policy in the
-v'H.itor Sherman, for in-
v. ..m a ilicker with the Dein-
tin Kepiiblican plurality
ii ell'ect party legislation,
: avoid the responsibility that
!i..w a partizan organization
,",;it. lie, with others, scorn
a ! a "trade" with I'opulist
What occasion there may
lu even intimated a.willing
r .-ujii'rate with the Kcpubli
t ! i reorganization. No ex
i in.iii that Hource has gone
' ! in a dcoire for a non-parti-ini.ation.
That means an
.li-lrilnitinn of patronage
Liinttet' assignments between
parties in the Senate. Hold-
il lin e of power in the Sen-
T li sts Willi UK I'OpllllSt
i i.ininand fair treatment in
irihtition of committee privil
I hi- much I'opulist Senators
nr.- if insistence can ellVct it.
u teiit they or any one of
tiiem a. t with t lie JCepiiblicans
will i.'.em1 largely upon their plan of
iK am ' i' i"ii and t he opportunities it
uui) ir v l i t he consideration of pub
lic ipi.-tions in which the I'opulist
par!) is deeply interested. This ar-raiijfiii-'iit
does not contemplate a
"traiW ' and has in it no element of a
patriiiae'"ile'ir" If it is agreeabrp to
the K p'l ll jean s and Democrats to ar
rsiii," i in organization betweeii them,
Jiviili-1 patronage and the com
iiiitti i' i l airmanships, it is a little fam
ily matter that outsiders must submit
to, bir : li "fusion" presents some in
luiu'ni his elements. If by this ar-
ratij't'iiient it is the purpose or hope of
isIhi i v e responsibility, it is a short
tjf ht ! scheme, and hardly worthy of
Keputilit-.tti leadership. The Republi
can part j has some reputation for
courage. Kight tr wrong it has al
wajs inaintniiied its convictions on
pulilii' .lu st ions, and whether as a mi
nnrit , a plurality or majority in
t .'oiigr'-.i it has not dodged responsi
ble v i- ai'. il'itetl in t he exer-ntion of
part) policy. At the threshold of a
l'resid "titial campaign it is not a reas
ties.
1 he great masses of the people see
me remeay tnat is to heal their finan
cial condition and they are ready to
apply that remedy at the right time, if
tney can agree to come together. Let
the leaders apply themselves from now
on in the work of
UNITING THE FREE SILVER FORCES.
for this is, in my opinion, the greatest
task now to be done. With the free sil
ver iorces umteu, tne victory is won.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1895.
DEVILTRY OF THE
NO. 62.
ADMINISTRATION
As Exemplified Id a Speech by the
Rothschild-Cleveland Secre
tary of the Treasury.
THE SCHEME OF THE BANKS
unaiile expectation that it will reverse- As George Washington said, "United
that policy at the risk of defeat in the
elect nm. The newspaper expression
uf individual Senators and the caucus
determination of the question of reor
Kanization are two ditl'erent things.
There is very little doubt of a com
plete reorganization of the Senate, on
conditions that will imply no "trade"
or "deal,'' Imt in the public interest.
It will devolve upon the Republi
cans to take the initiative in legisla
tion raising revenue sull'icient to meet
the current expenses of the govern
ment. Without control of the Senate
Finance Commit ee this will be im
possible. Majority control of that
committee is essential to the consid
eration of any tariff legislation. It
may be secured through Democratic
co-operation. It is not like Demo
crat w leadership to allow a little thing
of that sort to stand in the way of pat
ronage. They can rely on the Presi
dent's veto and hold on to what they
have in the way of fat Senate appoint
ments and committee chairmanships.
It may be alter all that Senator Sher
man knows what will happen when
the time for the "dicker" comes
iMtitid. His suggestion is to re
tain the democratic Sergeant-at-arms
who controls nearly the whole pat
ronan' of the Seriate. The equiva
lent must come in the way of Repub
lican committee chairmanships, in
cludint' the finance Committee. How
ever, prediction or predication are
both uns afe at this time. A big game
of national politics is being played. The
contend in
we stanu, aiviued we tan. The peo'
pie in this county are going to stand
firm for the money of the constitution
in spite of Cleveland, Carlisle and
Hoke Smith or any
OTHER SET OF TRAITORS.
Now is the time to begin to marshal
the forces for 1806. The patriots will
have to meet the powers of money and
a well organized band of politicians
and office-holders who will deceive the
very elect if possible. Let them be or
ganized for this task. P.
PROF. BEAMS AGAIN.
Ha Show Some Letter .Which Telia the
Story of Ills DUmlssaJ.
Prof. Edward W. Bemis, late as
sociate professor of political econ
omy in the Chicago University, has
made a statement as to why he left
that institution. Ue quotes the fol
lowing from a letter of President
Harper:
"I am persuaded that in the long
run vou can do in another institu
tion, becanse of the peculiar circum
stances here, better and more satis
factory work to yourself than you
can do here. I am personally very
much attached to you. You are,
however, a man of the world enough
to know that unless one is in the
best environment he cannot work to
the best advantage. You are so well
ability so widely
known and your ability so
parties are nearly matched. I . ecognized that there will surely be
The democratic party has noth- no difficulty in securing for you a good when
ng to loe in the way of principle. It position one in which you will be out?
has u.ug ago, through a eelflsh and V m! one in which vou will Tht
I to Get Control of AH the Money of the
Country They Want a System by Which
They Can Contract the Currency And
Thus Control the Labor, Bodies and
Soule of the People.
It is absolutely painful to any man
having the welfare of this country at
heart, to note the proceedings that are
daily taking pltce, in the East more
particularly, in the name ol trade ana
organizations for the purpose or op-
lreinrj the jieoplf.
October 11th tne Aiassacnusetis ite-
form Club "held one of the most largely
attended and rnth-'siastio dinners in
Its history." Amoug other celebrities
present was Secretary Carlisle, assisted
by some of the
MOST DISTINGUISH POLITICIANS AND
BANKERS
of New England.
President Hale in his opening re
marks said : "The crowning necessity
of the moment is the retirement and
cancellation of gorernnwut demand notes
as the essential preliminary to the es
tablishment of a sound currency."
The remark was heartily approved by
all the dignitaries present.
Mr. Hale then added: "lhe credit ol
the Government would be preserved by
the present administration in the only
manner possible by the purchase ol
gold coin
THROUGH TUB IttSL'E OF GOLD BONDS
so long as it has the power to do so."
lhis was received with great ap
plause and cheers. But what would
the Government do with gold when it
has no outstanding notes to redeem
into itV Sell bonds to pay interest?
Would that preserve a nation's credit?
Secretary Carlisle then arose and
made one of the greatest speeches in
behalf of oppressing the people on
record. His whole purpose was in a
line with Mr. Hale's remarks, to the
end, that the Government paper money
must
ALL BE DESTROYED.
Evidently the programme of the
meeting was cut and dried beforehand
to advocate that one thing.
Mr. Carlisle begun with saying:
"The first great mistake in our cur
rency legislation was made in the act
of March 17, 1802, which authorized
the Secretary of the Treasury to issue
United States notes to the amount of
$150,000,000, and made them legal
tender.
In other words, this Secretary says,
that the greenbacks which carried this
Uti ion
SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH THE GREAT
WAR,
was "the first great mistake." He says
they were a mistake because they, un
der a subsequent law, have been used
for the obtainment of gold from the
Treasury, therefore, they should now
oe aosiroyiu. " .
Then what on earth are importers
to do after they are distroyed, to get
gold to pay foreign debts? Will Sec
retary Carlisle answer that? He ad
vocates a gold basis on the one hand,
then condemns
THE VERY AND ONLY MEANS
of getting gold the importer has or
can have. If the Government should
not supply the importer with gold by
means of the greenbaik, how is this
importer under a gold basis to get his
gold? Does he imply that banks issu
ing their paper money would furnish
this importer with gold when he asks
it
Every business man in this country
knows, or ought to know, that if the
security of the gold basis idea is to
rest upon the hope that gold banks
will furnish importers at their request,
and in exchange for a non-legal tender
form of bank paper that is
CONVERTIBLE INTO NOTHING
after the greenback is destroyed, every
man of them must know that such a
dependence would put his imports into
the hiffhest stage ol speculative un
certainty.
If, as is the case now, wnen tne gov
ernment is exchanging gold for green
backs, the .National banks of the coun
trv suspend gold payments, what in
the world is to be expected of these
banks when the Government, in hav
ing destroyed its outstanding notes, is
no longer obliged to furnish gold? Will
Secretary Carlisle answer that? Will
he tell the public where the goia nasis
idea comes in after the Government
FURNISHES NO MORE GOLD ?
Where the merchant is to get his gold
the Government pays no more
sponsible for the five per cent, and lea
gold reaerve opon which the gold basis
idea found the Industries of this coun-
e attribute all tbe crime there it
in the falae and rotten promise to pay
gold dollars with
FIVE CENTS TO EACH OX HASP
to do it with, to the existence of tbe
only form of honest money, tbe green
back, the people still poaseaa or ever
possessed.
This is the reasoning of tbe lower
regions. Yet it is greeted by these big
politicians and bankers present at this
dinner with loud and emphatic ap
plause. What in the world are these people
striving to get at, aoy way? Have
they lost all capacity to reason? .
REPUBLICANS
AND SILVER
Some Vigorous Questions By a
Prominent State Republican.
lit! Exstctes That Seatbcta feaaeikaa Will Vats far
Peverty Is Orscr That tat Party May Live? Pverty
Is Wsnc Tkas Igaertacc
Mr. Editor: As a subscriber and
reader of your paper, I want to con
gratulate you, and endorse all you said
in your editorial on the New York Tri
bune interview with Congressman
Settle. It was just what needed to be
said, and you said it well.
The Tribune editorial, which fol
lowed the interview, as copied into the
Charlotte Observer, was gratuitous in
deed. It advises North Carolina free
silver men to retrace their steps.
What is it going to do with Senator
Carter, Chairman of the National Re
publican Committee, and all the Re
publicans west cf the Mississippi river?
With a goldbug candidate for Presi
dent, the Republican party cannot car
ry the Western States.
Will the Tribune vote for a Republi
can free silver candidate? Will it
stand on a free 6iJver platform made
by the Republican Convention? These
are pertinent questions.
I doubt if there are eight States in
the Union, if it were left to the clear
sway of the masses, that would send
goldhug delegates to the National Con
vention. How can the party win, then,
on a gold platform or with a straddling
candidate? It cannot do it.
Does the Tribune expect the people
of North Carolina to vote for a single
gold standard of money, when there is
not seven dollars per capita in the
State? I defy it, or any other author
ity to show there is that much money
in the State. The tax-lists and bank
statements are open. Show it, if it can
be shown.
This is not for the lack of resources
of wealth, or the accomplishments of
effort and labor. We are surrounded
with and have all that goes to make
wealth and prosperity. Our outlay in
improvemets is broad, and sufficient to
place us abreast with the best condi
tions of civilization. But the money
necessary to maintain such conditions
is not here, and unquestionably that
means poverty, sooner or later.
Does the Tribune, with its $300, and
upward per bead in its state, and the
States immediately around it. want
to keep us in poverty, that the Repub
lican party may live.'
From a purely party standpoint,
and with reference to our poverty,
does the Tribune want to keep the
Southern States in the hands of the
old Bourbon Democracy? It would
seem so when it is unwilling that
the Southern Republicans shall avail
themselves of local influences and cir
cumstances to prevent it.
Back in '82 it opposed coalition in
North Carolina, and its influence and
that of the National Republican, a
newspaper at Washington, prevented
our carrying the State.
We want the Tribune to understand
that a controlling number of tbe Re
publicans of this State are for home
rule, and for the Republican party,
too, which must aid in making our
homes agreeable. This it can do by
banishing impending poverty. Pov
erty is worse than ignorance. Ignor
ance with wealth can overcome ignor
ance. Intelligence with poverty can
not preserve intelligence. Some gold
bug will say, "Oh! go to work. You
old liar! We are working people. An
other says, "Good times are returning,
cotton is 10 cents." Yes, it is 10 cents,
tbe whol scope of the Republican
government, tb equality of mankind,
prosperity, education and tne eleva
tion of the human race. I o America it
Dfsns the enforcement of the Monroe
doctrine, to prevent tbe spoliation of
freedom's birthright by golden scep
tered kings and ruler. It would un
tie the hand of tbe struggling patri
ots in Cuba, Ireland, or wherever a
human race is enthralled through tbe
dominion of gold.
Why is this so It is so because
nothing can be effected without money,
and for all good purposes there must
be a sufficient supply of it. Outside
of war. there has never been any op
pression of an intelligent people in
tbe presence of a Justly constructed,
healthy currency. Such a currency
contributes totbeindependcenceof na
tions, communities, classes and indi
viduals. Free silver can be the con
sistent basis of such a currency. Coup
led with free gold, it is nature's re
demption money ibe money of the
Deity in tbe proportions found in na
ture's storehouse.
It cannot be debased, because tbe
supply is limited is below the amount
of money always in use.
The taxable property of the United
States is sixty-five thousand millions
of dollars. All the silverin the world,
available for coinage, is four thousand
millious. The taxable property of a
government is security for its money.
Is not sixty-live thousand millions of
taxable property good security for four
tnousana millions or stamped money
material? Can such stamped money
be debased when the material give out
at the point of the four thousand mil
lions?
It is said that an increase of the
currency would not help North Caro
lina, unless we had something to ex
change for it. The money of New
York is fed on interest obtained mostly
through loans in the Northern States.
I here is an excess, however, over and
above 6uch loan.-. An increase of tbe
currency would add to its excess, which
would nnd its way into the other
channels of use and employment. It
would go into the undeveloped re
sources of the South, as these are tbe
best investments now in the country,
outside tbe present line of loans.
Cotton factories, and all other
raw materials would increase, if
the currency was increased, as free
silver would increase it. The value of
money would be lessened, and money
now hid away, lying in wait for
still lower prices, would jump into the
light of day, and take its place in the
active ranks of a bounding circulating
medium.
For tbe benefit of those who are tak
ing such an interest in classifying Re
publicans in this State, I will try and
simplify such classification by saying
that the silver Republicans will con
trol the organization of the party, and
thtf State convention and, therefore,
if there is any walking out of tbe party
in the State, the goldhug Republicans
will have to adopt that part of the
performance in the play.
Tbe Republican party in the State
will be a distinctive silver party, fused
with the Populists and their allies, and
elect silver Senators and Representa
tives in Congress, who are against the
Democratic party in everything. The
National Republican party will be un
der the necessity of respecting the
wishes of this conqueror on Southern
soil of the Cleveland Democracy, when
Cleveland marshals the Democratic
and Republican goldbug hosts under
the banner of tbe gold metal.
Argentum.
DEUOGRAGY A11D
FREE SILVER
Why Free Coiiuge of Silrer Can
not Be Secured Through tht
Democrat! o Party.
RECORDS, FACTS, OPINIONS,
A TEXAS
CHITfiD TIDCH snow that y Den
Clil I UK t lKCiJ- affirmative while
71 VOTED IN
Asks the Silver Democrats
What They Mean.
Which Show the FkUlty
e Democratic fisf leae aa4 ria.
foeaaa The Tie era mi the reea!e ea the
Ueeetl.e of the Dsy-Wksl They Blaee
a4 What They Thiah.
Under this head will be presented
communications competing for the
each prizes announced elsewhere for
the best article on "Why the Free
and Unlimited Coinage of Silver I
Cannot Be Obtained Through the
Democratic Party.
Tarboro, X. C. Oct. 28. -I de
sire to submit the following reasons
"Why the free and unlimited coin
age of silver cannot be seeured
through the Democratic party."
1. An organized body of men.
thoroughly disciplined, and working
in harmony, can generally accom
plish what they seek, but disor
ganized, divided and rebellious, they
. . a a - a .
uiieny tan to accomplish their pur
pose.
The latter represents the Demo
cratic party to-day; but after hav
ing wasted oceans of eloquence to
obtain power, it forthwith
FORFIIT8 TBS RISPKCT AND OON-PIDKKCE
of the people by betraying every
trust committed to it.
Pledged to honest reform; pledged
to maintain a currency system based
upon gold and silver as money of
final redemption; pledged to make
our government thoroughly demo-
ocratu in fact as well as in name.
after receiving the commission from
the suffragans of this country, the
party which professed to advocate
and defend the principles of the im
mortal Jefferson, proves
ABSOLUTELY FAITHLESS AND RECREANT
to the solemn declarations it made
in its platform.
2. The records of the votes of
Democrats in Congress shows that,
while the party made loud profes
sions of friendship for silver, it
never failed, through its represen
tatives in Congress, to trive the
Brutus-stab to the money of the
Constitution. On the vote for the
Bland Act of 1878, to restore silver
to its full monetary functions. 74
Democrats are recorded as favoring
the passage and
68 AGAINST THE MEASURE.
The Bland-Allison Act was then
passea as a compromise measure.
under which not less than two mil
lion ounces of silver nor more than
four million ounces could be coined
each month.
VV a 1 Oil a a a ndB.
o. vn tne Din oi April, l&oo, a
vote was taken on a bill for the free
coinage of silver, and the records
show that 98 Democrats voted in the
Haven't We Got a Gold BasU Now? Wats' It Gives
Us by Democrats? Way. Doe't Voa Leave
Party?
Georgetown (Tex.) Sentinel.
It is a common thing to hear a free
silver Democrat say :
'Well, if the Democratic party fails
to declare for free silver, and adopts a
rold standard platform in the next
convention I won't vote for them."
In the light of tbe history of that
party such expressions are calculated
to make a sensible man tired. Did not
the Democratic party with 143 ma
iority in the Fifty-second Congress
but there is only half a crop six mil- twice refuse to adopt a free coinage
lions of bales. With the increase of law? Did not the Democratic party
population, there ought to be twelve in the Fifty-third Congress, with prac
THE NEGATIVE.
Effort after effort had been made in
1890 to rehabilitate silver, and same
was defeated. Another compromise,
known as the oherman act. was in
trod need and passed, 3G Democrats
ik. iu iua ucuiiio vouog against tne 0111,
and none in favor of it. In the
House yU Democrats voted in tbe
negative and none in the affirmative.
On June 25, 1890, the House voted
again on a square free coinage
amendment, with 112 Democrats
voting in the affirmative and 22 in
the negative.
y-V ST 1 - a rtrvrt .
un xnarcn z-i, asvz, a motion was
made in the House to table a free
coinage bill then pending, and 88
Democrats
cowardly leadership, abandoned all
preteine uf principle. It is now a
party of cohesion, maintained by co
Miive r-ectiotial prejudices, party
(elf and di.honet election methods,
'nlike the Republican it does not ap
prehend popular protest and is indif
fTe;it to popular condemnation. It
knows no law higher than party ne
cwity, To that law it is subservient.
So lonif as it may deceive the people
nj dftiauch ballot boxes it will re
main a powerful element in political
monarch and one in which you will
be above all things else independent."
Other quotations from other letters
of the president are given setting
forth the moderateness or rror. tJe-
mi's views, his success in his work
and pleasant relations with nearly
.ll his colleagues. However, for
Dubliclv stating just after the rail
road strike of 1894 that "the railroads
in the past had broken the law
equally with their employees,"
thnntrh "no iustincation was at-
cout'-tuions. Nothing short of a uni
fication of courageous opposition has I tempted for the men-in the strike,"
disturbed the serenity of its su-1 hn resigned.
preiuacy. The defeat of the "ma Tn nother letter quoted Presi-
?.!!.. X.,rlh Carol,"f ; dent Harper says: "Your speech
lW ,i vigorous opposing i h Fi t pregbyterian Church
throw in iy.ii. The neonle oueht to has caused me a great aeai or. an-
sate tor me
above the cowardice of their noyance.
It is hardly
v mitt l unaiuivc v .j i t.
r, hut they don't always do iun- to enter any of the Chicago clubs,
crisis in public affairs compels I J am pounced on from all sides. I
l his may happen in me pr0pose that during me remainuer
of your connection wun me uuivcio-
an,.
'eaue
til a
neir revolt.
Qt residential election. The Re
Publican party is not without seriou9
'mbarravMiieuts and entanglements.
8 not its wotif. to shirk resnonsibil-
The truth is, Secretary Carlisle is
advocating crime. He is advocating
ihe industries of this country to get
themselves in a hole that they cannot
getoutof. lie is advocating a form of
currency that would be the
KOTTENEST IN ALL POINTS
of honest finance this nation has ever
possessed. He is advocating a form of
currency that no man can see before-1
hand that any creditor would take in
any part, oi ine country except at a
discount.
That is what this remarkable Secre
tary calls 'sound money."
Some of his words were as ioiiows :
"After the experience of the past three
years it seems almost incredible that a
proposition to retire tnese notes tgreen
backs, etc.), should encounter serious
opposition."
. . l ' . 11.. . . T
lias mis oeureiary reanjr guiie muui
"My contention is," continues the
Secretary, "that these notes ought not
to be kept outstanding, but should be
retired and cancelled as speedily as a
sound and safe currency can be pro-
It
itv vou exercise great care in pub- v;dei to take their places."
- I i . - 1L n . I . , . . 1
lie utterances aDOUt questions uisi This souna ana sale currency ne re
are agitating the minds of the peo- commands to- replace greenbacks is to
pie." When Prof, Bemis urged that give banks of issue the right
the university snouiu u m ivutu i or tu. uuli,ia i in jh.vx.
with labor, municipal and monopoly volume
tne irresiaent repneu: i "i j
i ne ii loiiovtsi lucre vu ire uu fi
nancial repose in this country so long
"J. It is a ti:irf if its hiatnrv to aVOW
he courage ot its convictions.
Cowardice never pays, in politics or
'njthing else. Rut it always nays.
in mil;..:.. . . l. i i- I uio
- r-uui -s as everyming eise, iu speaa jirouiouw, , I rrhpn follows
thiti.i,M i I .,lf.tr- .1n.V1a mnrV ftTlft VOH I 1 nen IOIIOV 8 .
"hi u, net, nuiiesuy auu eiuuu "1" I ie, ii i y oiuou.u " V
'r princitile. Icnorinc this funda-L rrnnil man to do it, but this
Cental principle, unscrupulous leader- maxr , this is not the institution
JQ'P .ias brought the Democratic party ; I . ' anoh wortc can be done."
rr,."),Jblio cofit?nipt.The suggestion of De,f(,rrn. to Dr. Bemis. the Presi
rT Piininerit of the reorganization oi -nthar ffentleman: "It is
-- oe. ;ueoror lhe inexpediency oi "7, I" ihi, ,
crat
com
cstabl
ana
uiuious foreign policy
nihP"lt,if "aiion Wi the re"
Publican party acquiesce by the con
"uuence of a partizan Democratic
'"miiiittee on Foreizn Affairs? How
IL.II .1 . .
me.
as these notes (g-eenbacks, etc.), con
stitute a part of our currency, because
the fact that tney exist compels ine
government to provide a large gold
reserve, wnicn in ine very nature ui
million of bales, to clothe the world as
it was clothed in silver times. If there
was a full crop, it would only be worth
5 cents now, and it would require bard
er work, and more labor to buy a shirt
made of 5-cent cotton, than it required
in silver times, when made of 10 cent
cotton.
Put back the prices of land before
you begin to talk about returning good
times, Mr. uoidbug.
Now let the Tribune pose itself and
take a deliberate look at the political
horoscope as it appears today.
President Benjamin Harrison would
not sell the bonds to the money chang
ers, who raided the hundred million
Gold Reserve. He, in our opinion, was
not nt for the Presidency, for the par
ty could have been kept in power, and
silver ultimately restored under the
operation of the Sherman law, if be
had listened to good party men ; still
he was not the kind of man to sell the
money changers the bonds,
Another election was close at hand,
and Cleveland agreed to take the nom
i nation, repeal the Sherman law, and
sell the bonds. Cleveland's position
now enabled him, through bis omce
holders, and tne aid ol the money
changers, to place tbe Democratic par
ty on a gold platform, with a candi
date to suit. The Democratic party,
in tbe next campaign, will therefore
occupy an extreme position on the
money question a position the Repub
lican party dare not take.
By this course tbe Democratic party,
which is now a stranded party, will
get on strong ground, but not on the
popular ground, and will have a great
influence, and a very dangerous one,
For the first time since tbe days of
Andrew Jackson the Democratic party
will stand lor something.
. The Tribune will be in a trying po
sition in the campaign, with the Re
publican party as a gold party, eclipsed
by tne Democratic party ; or the Ke
publican party going back to tbe side
of humanity, and fusing with tbe sil-
tically a majority of 132 votes, repeal
the only law on the statute books that
gave us an increase in the money vol
ume oi tins country, ana at tne same
time vote down a proposition for the
free coinage of silver at the ratio from
16 to 1 to 20 to 1 by overwhelming ma
jorities?
Did not tne last Democratic national
convention vote down a proposition
favoring the free coinage of silver, and
at the same time adopt a gold standard
platform r
Is not tbe present national adminis
tration, from President down to fourth-
class postmasters, Democratic, and isn t
every mothers son ol them not only
opposed to free coinage, but actively
aggressive in their advocacy of a gold
standard and contracting money vol
ume? If so (and no man can deny
that it is so), what action do you re
quire tbe Democratic party to rase be
fore you quit them? It is childish for
men to say that they will leave tbe
party if tbey denounce free silver and
adopt a gold basis. Haven't we
VOTED TO TABLE,
and 130 against tabling it.
On July 13, 1892, a substitute bil
a m .1 m m
was presented ior tne tree coinage
of silver in the House, and with its
148 Democratic majority the meas
ure was defeated, 118 Democrats
voting for it and 93 against. The
Democrats elected to this Congress
were pledged to restore silver to
equal privileges at the mint with
gold, yet with their
148 MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE
they refused to obey the wishes o
the people, notwithstanding the fact
that twenty-eight btate declared
in their platforms, in 1890, for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver
4. Elected in 1SU2 on a platform
that declared that silver should be
coined, "without charge for mint
age," the Democratic party, being
in possession of fall power and authority,
RUTHLESSLY DISREGARDED THE
DEMANDS
eot a
gold basis now? Wasn't it given to us of the people, and obeyed the behe$t of
by Democrats is not a Democratic the money power, in August, 1893,
aamimstrauon eniorcmg ic at mis and the last vest ice of silver Wia-
i i i :...Q 1 9 1 . i I -m
Otesseu luiuuLct n u, wily uraiue t An ronncmivincv that ml.l
aooui, wuai-uu win uu ii me Tri- ...
e.ratic nartv does so and so. that thev I ; J ... r .
' " n T A .www. ba a .
have already done? I . "-- &" iuit;
Tr ia a martor nf ahonliito imnnaai. I me wunu uu auuwu was preCIDl
bility for the Democratic party to more I tated by the money power in order
effectually declare and demonstrate its I to accomplish their damnable work.
hostility to free coinage than it has al-1 The vote on silver at tne extra
ready done, or to declare more posi-1 session held in 1893 is aa follows:
t.veiy in iavor or a goia standard man
it has already declared.
It is criminal for men who believe
that free coinage and an increasing
volume of money is necessary for the
prosperity and welfare of our country
to longer remain in the Democratic
party.
w e Know it is naro ior you to quit a
party that you have fought for all your
life, but you owe a greater doty to your
country than you do to any political
organization, especially one that is
New York, Pea as? lvaaia. New Jer
sey ad Maaaarktft tts . ia their
State convection for deelareU
for tbe aiagU fold standard f
If the party eoaM not reetore sil
ver arhea it was oTerwbeltBiagly ia
possession of authority, cab it do so
now. wtea it is divided aad dieor-
raitdf This is a question that ia
submitted l tbe rsJa. candid aad
deliberate jadgmeat d the Ameri
can people for their eolation. Wi:
they be ennsneg cowards; will tbey
be reerant to the daty that bow de
volves upon them; will they
" tbe pree-naat hlem of the knee
1 hat thrift may follow f a su&f V
I have confidence in their wisdom.
judgment and patriotism, and do
not believe they will submit longer
to tbe domination of the creejy.
grinding, heartless and soulleas
money power.
I atnotism and principle are tbe
atchwords. Let us, by united ac
tion.
BURT ALL PARTIES
that do not stand for tbe "greatest
good to the greatest numbe-. "Can
silver be secured through tbe Vo-
ratic party 7" Neter! Never!!
Never !!!
James Ii. Llotd.
MONSTROUS IMPUDENCE.
The Itetaaad f the Iteeaaahle Iteoaeerary
ef alaaaacheeette A Oreot hcheeae for
Ceetrwlllaa; the feeble.
Philadelphia ltrm.
Probably at no time in the history
of this country has there been so
arge an instance of united power in
upport of cpyrttin as a jlrJ i-Airy
under the control of tbe raeary lnul
ing elemetU as the present political
situation.
So better illustration of this is
needed than the recent platforms of
the two old parties in a number of
tbe principal States in the country.
hich is climaxed by that of the
Democrats in Massachusetts, iuat
ormnlated.
This last platform, not satisfied
with declaring for gold alone, conse
quently against free silver, has gone
one better in declaring for
THE DESTRUCTION Or UXEKBACKM
and f Air qorcrnmrnt payr may, which
is to be replaced r-y wildcat btate
bank money having no secure
BASIS.
It is an insult to intelligence and
manliness that such things be, and is
a strange illustration how far out
side the bounds of commen sense or
reason schemers, having a general
LOOT Or THE NATION 8 RESOURCES
in view, will work to attain their
end.
That the public tolerates tbis state
of affairs is also astonishing, for!
more flagrant acts against tbe cause
of prosperity and common honesty
and financial administration it is
very hard to find.
It is an out-and-out
ADVOCATION OF CRIME AND ROBBERT,
without a qualifying word in its be
half, and tbe sooner the great plain
people wake up to the fact the bet
ter it will 13 for their prospects of
getting bread and butter to eat, let
alone the comforts or luxuries of life.
With the policy of this Massachu
setts platform earned out. the fi
nances of the nation will be com
pletely nnder the thumb of the
money-lending profession, headed
by tbe Rothschild "rini:.r This
ring" then can control and enforce
wages, industry and good or bad
trade to
THEIR OWN PERSONAL PROFIT,
without let or hindrance.
No softer snap to use a common
place expreesion has ever been en
gineered in Wall street than tbe
power tbis platform proposes to put
into the hands of corruption and op
pression. It is even so had that that
goldite organ, tbe New York Tribuue,
teels compelled to say of it: "There
are, probably very few persons in
Massachusetts who, if the question
could be put squarely to them and
decided by their votes, would con
sent to any retirement of legal ten
der (greenbacks, ete), circulation.
But when men know (re
ferring to the platform makers) that
they have no chance of success be
fore the people, but have a chance of
getting effice if they please tbe dis
penser of patronage, they not infre
quently say what the dispenser oi
patronage wants, without regard to
what the people want."
That tells the whole story. It is a
description of the way these recent
platforms are made, without any re
gard to
HONESTY OR THE WELFARE
of the nation.
There is only one remedy; that is
for the people to take tbe nation's
finances into their own bands. Plat
form makers belonging to the older
parties are wholly dominated by the
spoils system, and it is a hopeless
expectation to get anything else out
of them
THAN FORMS OF ROBBERY
to be legitimatized in the shape of
law at the public expense.
It isa monstrous condition of things,
but the plain people have an eaey
remedy if they but unite at once and
determine to cast fraud and corrup
tion overboard wherever it is to be
found.
THE IHFAllOuS
SCHEUE HATCHED
Bj tht Nalicsal Barken' kno
ciilica at AtlizU Last
Week.
AK0THEB ATTACK OS
PEOPLE'S MOSEY.
B) Ilk
aee
t p tfce
Meet a
. ft
tare taca. ee the
plans
the n it sraaiun
I . V. . V. I Aannnf Vio normftnunHv main I
1 1 1 V control sminila vrr llemo- SU vtsry wou w j tr . . c 1 i .j ,!,. w ua . uv. i wm m vuc nt-
ic Hut in that ev-ent what be- workingmen, but we get our money b
Ni.f the Kemihliran nledce to re- from those on the other tide, and we ever itpeginsio aiminisn heart It nag
Uh bi.,.Htrllu n ..In American ' JZt nrd to olfendthem? aPPre"!"3'"" "XZl" l"Zr.Z: been ringing in my ears ever since.
"ial l.o.icy?"cieveland's pusil-1 Jz. n.d born for
has reached PeoDle who nave not reaa "v.uiu a uuuiautt.
ver people, leaving the Tribune to fuse squarely and flatly opposed to policies
witn tne goia Dug Democracy.
Hurrying along in a letter to some
Ratio 16 to 1:
House Democrats for 100
44 " against, 115
Ratio 17 to 1:
House Democrats for...... 84
" ' against 128
Unconditional repeal of the Sher
man Aet: '
Democrats For 133
" Against 77
In the Senate the vote for the un-
H hat ftli'T Bf Cm Do.
Fifty men in these United States
have it in theirpower, by reason of the
ealth which tbey control, to come
together within twenty-four hours
and arrive at an understanding t y
which every wheel of trade and com
merce may be atopped from revolv
ing, every avenue of trade blocked.
and every electne key struck dumb.
Those fifty men can paralyze the
whole country, for they ean control
the circulation of the currency, and
create a panic
THE
The At ftee I
-IK
ha, Ii
CUe4 th Bleoea.
The Bank r Aaaonst.en b3J a
eatior.al meeting ia Atlanta last
e-E. It will be toti-e4 that tbl
meeting was beld just tftre te open
ing ot the neat aaaia t luofreee.
have been l-tfer!iCf their
and sutthuda tir evatrwilissr
of Cotgr-ee Tbey
aro Boar teajy fur the ttest Step IB
their bran Us. achem of crrd and
opprreaiwn. Tbee tLai.- afettts
ot Ihe guld ttust. tab tPMar tt
is to make as much money v ttey
can by loans, discount, and by iss.
teg notes, have hit on what they
consider an in fallible remedy fr ihe
financial tUs the country is suS.titg
from.
Vw know bow the C'lrvelard ad
ministration has iud lito AHA) l.J
bonds to putehase gold, mtitb it o
sooner in the Treasury vaults than
it slips aay atram. It will b r
tuemberrd that in lM'J the White
House financier, with the cutifidence
born ot ignorance, declared tLat the
yellow metal left the Treasury be
cause, tbe government cuatmued
purchaamg silver. An eitra session
of Congress was called, and a law
passed putting a stop to silter pur
chasing. Cleveland had his way, and the
country watted to ee whi ther Lis
prediction would be verified. Alas
for his reputation as a financial
prophet! The outflow of gold, in
stead ot ceasing, or even decreas
ing, increat-ed alter the repeal of the
Sherman law.
The repeal of the silver purchas
ing law having fild to keep gold
in ine ireasury, Ibe nil step was
to call in Morgan, Rothschild A Co.,
and permit theui to dictate usurious
terms for furuisbing gold, which is
again leaking out uf the Treasury.
Tne upshot of this sort of financier
ing is that the public debt has been
increased, and tbe banker friends of
the administration have gathered in
in the way ot profile tlU.mHJ.OOO.
Now this Haukt-rs Asam-iaUon at
Atlanta comes forward witn another
remedy (Ty, which is another step in
the plot ot tbe gold conspiracy to
enslave America. It is to pass a law
to call in Ihe greenbacks and Botes
of the gottrnnici-t, amounting m
round numbers to i-riOOtKU (Ml, and
to issue in their ate ad JOuO. UO.UOO of
3 per cent, bonds to seiv as a basis
for a bank currency, the profits on
the circulation ot which would go
into tbe pockets of a lew thousand
bankers.
In other words, the annual inter
est charge is to be increased fifteen
million dollars, in order that tbe
bankers may obtain the monopoly
of supplying the people with cur
rency, which ia absolutely ticteary
Ior tho transaction of buatnssot all
kinds. To put it in another way.
lhe people will have to pay every
year fifteen mtlltou dollars tor notes
ihat now coat them nothing- And
worse than that, to give ihe bankers
tbe full power to contract or tpand
the circulation at their pleasaie.
At such cost tbe sovereign pre
rogative of issuing money, which no
government should part with, will
oe handed over to a lew tuousand
banking corporations, which will
thenceforth be iu a position to con
trol the volume of currency to their
own advantage. Such is the scheme
the bankers have batched. It is
said to have the hearty approval of
i rover Cleveland, who is el peeled
to help it on by recommending to
Congress that it legislate the green
back out of existence.
The meeting of the Bankers As
sociation at Atlanta Las sounded tbe
keynote for a further attack on the
people's money, and we fear that its
echo, beard in the balls of Congress,
will frighten the people's representa
tives into giving their consent to a
scheme of financiering which will
place the country still further at tbe
tnetcy of money lenders, who hate
tbe greenback, because it stands be
tween tbein and usurious profits.
Oh, for another Andrew Jackson
in the White House to fight this
hydra-headed monster this destroy
er of a nation's prosperity and lib
erty! The people must elect an honest
man and patriot for President, or
this government is doomed!
B Ihe tocaeeccale freaaase Thief
Wsahington foat.
The post would advise its Repub
lican contemporaries not to attempt
to make capital out of tbe pension
question The government is so
pay ing more money directly to tbe
pensioners than t ay eraser yeried
in its history. The Chicago Tribune,
an excellent nepaoiiean authority,
puts the case in the following concise
manner:
Th .n v i A Ant fft, rkensiAfie
last year, 1S94, was 39 per cent,
(more than one-third) of tbe total
government expenditures. Ten years
go tbe pensioners got only IS per
percent, of tbe appropriations, or
50,000,000.
you thinK necessary ior tne puoiic
'I V. A Txmvtwr im twt .nU
. . - I AShHlAl MtkA.l Al Ik.
party in America to-aay mat demands i - muwiusii
free silver and an increased volume ol I aci sioou
Channcy II Depew
Tlaaee rcWjhT
whenever they wilL" I OainsviHe (Texas) BignaLi
Democrats For
Against.
19
19
era
r'pnnie wiiu uavc jauu icou w 1 w
X J . . . m ei . 1 II III III LUC UCUUIC.
Financial School should not ran to "To say tnat tn-s secretary talks like
.. jw 1 "A1 - w ... . . eia
a as. Hnrmcr the tali ana Winter. fnnl is Duttintr it too mnaiy. mere
UU DV a--a-, I w
Tt is a marvellous revelation oi tne is somemmg
ti.n..Ms .H.it. h B..n- flonmal nnfig'ion. It makesa man devilish about this aL uiAae,
"" t . uu"v,. -l ,. ..I . : ;o
Particularly iu iiu sisicuiuiu ocioid-
. . . . -. . 1 1 ai
,JI Bilmll ninmaiil
-- II V 111 V. 1. L .
The patronage
but tbe public
Has it left the side of humanity?
w nac does goia standard or money
mean? It means an awful distance
from tbe top to the bottom of society
it means crowned heads, princes, po
tential classes and luxury, at one
S
Piled:' llv w...i tofttr. hvthaTim. ia .olifioft - rl i arm aa if. I nnrtif
!ttic .net od nf T..,ii 1 Heattributs all tbe rotten- and obsequiousness, misery, want,
"rim- iroi.i hH. Th. Vrnntre "Open. "?e WV w. . -L-T, ness that exists in the exclusive- norance and abomnia
hension of the auDject. we win goid.pasis idea, as being wholly due to slavery at the other end.
A tliia hnnlc and THE CAUCASIAN outstanding government notes. What does free silver w
TL " tr,r. K1 1 o six month, for 60c. 1 He makes these greenbacks, etc, re-1 standard represent? It comprehends
Welt, We Theeget a-el
National Watchman. I
During our sickness one not ac
quainted with the past history of
some who nave basely betrayed tbe
party let sup in the following elip-
ping: "Dr. i;. w. Jiaeune, the edi
tor of the National iveonomist, is
doing good work for the People's
party ia Texas.77 We intended never
name of this traitor
and only do it now to
express onr regret at the error. The
Let every friend of good govern-1 possibly secure the coinage of silver I man who wrote the item was either
ment get up a club for Ths Cauca- I through that party when the 8tates I fool or a knave and knows nothing
SLUT I of Kentucky, Iowa, liarylaad, Ohio. I ef the true situation.
e . -
money: tne omy party tnat is truly
advocating the cause of the great
masses of tbe people.
We must triumph, or our govern
ment will die. You cant afford to
stand idly by and permit plutocracy to
triumph. You are honest, patriotic.
and love your country ; so do we, but
In view of the record of the Dem
ocratic members in the various Con-
i -e ...
grosses on ue stiver question, it is
WORSE THAN ABSURD
We are just on the eve of better
times,77 is still tbe prophecy of the
free and unlimited77 Dann-Brsd-
street-Wall street crowd, but bey
rorget to tell us that these -better
times77 are for the financial pirates
who feast and fatten upon the Lile
blood of suffering homanity.
tria bwi-
s st
u
eff iWt of obtaining the free and to mention the
efei eUm W' " 7 unlimited coinage of silver through and boodler ar
too veuuenue pan v. now ean we
Vice-President Stevenson stamp
ed Illinois a year ago. and it gave
133,000 Republican majority. 1C he
accepts the invitation to stump Ohio,
he and Hill. wh lost New York by '
more than 150.000 will make a pretty
well-matched oratorical team.
Continued on 4th page.
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