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It. HlfrAOV. KKP COOU KltMAIN
Ol IKT, HIT WOU It !
I mo ratic newajtaperH liave been
full of neiiHational "stuf!" for some
lay iat, ami deapit thfir wide rep
utation for ret-kleiM and unrliable
ntateniiit,tliey liave managed to cre
ateHoin' coiiiriiotiofi. We hardly think
it twcrmarj to nay to the members of
the lViple' Tarty that ail these ru
mors and reports are not to b regard
ed an facts. It is true that some prom
inent Itfiiiocrats, who favor reform on
the llnancial question, have been talk
Infc with prominent Populists; but
any statement to the el'ect that any
plan or policy in the matter of fusion
or co-operation with any party has
been "agreed upon" or "nettled" i ab
solutely false.
Neither t he hairinan nor the State
Kxecuthe Committee will say or do
anything to commit the People's
Party to any measure without ilrst
finding what the wishes of the party
may he by correspondence with the va
rious district and county organiza
tions; therefore when wild, ridicu
lous reports concerning the making
up of tickets by the Populists and some
other party are circulated by
the Inmocratk; press, just let
them go unnoticed. They are not
worth consideration. They are
'made up" by irresponsible "space
writers" and paid sensationalists for
the purpose of creating talk, and espe
cially for the purpose of trying to
make it appear that prominent Popu
lists are trying to play the "boss" act
ami thus create prejudice,
Surely it is not necessary for Tua
Caita-ian to say that it will keep
Populists fully informed of every
thing that is done; and until any re
ports started by democratic papers
with reference to the People's Party
shall he confirmed by Populist papers,
they may be put down as theromanc
ings mil guessing of those who don't
care whether they tell the truth or
not.
Our recommendation is to be steady,
keep cool, remain quiet, but work!
"He ye as wife as serpents and harm
less as doves." Let sensations pass
by you. Your convention must pass
upon everything all'ecting you, and
even if you had no other safeguard,
you have a sure one there. We cannot
hope to try to correct every state
ment made by the press of other par
ties about Populists, for we carry
messages but once a week and have
limited space; but we will always keep
you advised as to actual facts and oc
currences of interest to the party.
CHAIRMAN HO I.TOS'S fKOORAHME
Several weeks since Mr. Holton,
Chairman of the Republican State Ex
ecutive Committee, gave the Charlotte
Observer quite a lengthy interview,
outlining some of his political schemes
for the coming compaign. We did not
pay much attention to the interview at
the time, but a number of oursubscrib
era have written calling our attention
to certain paragraphs in it. They are
as follows:
"The logical conclusion is that Mr,
miner mienua to carry out views
expressed in the Silver Convention,
September 25th, 1X05, and his address
is nothing more than I have expected
for some time. He knows it would
have been disastrous to attempt to
amalgamate toe parties on issues on
which they are not in accord."
"Butler will uot carry 5,000 Remibl
can votes with him. The 135,000 voters
who cast their ballots for Dockery in
1888 will not cast off and abandon their
Republicanism at the suggestion of
any one man or of any two men."
The People's party has offered to co
operate with the Republican party
against goldbugs. That is we have
offered toput up a joint electoral ticket
with them, pledged to vote for no gold
man for President, and to have co-op
eration all down the line as we had it
before. But Chairman Holton says he
is not in accord with this line of prin
. a At
cipie ami mis pian or campaign
against the common enemy. He says
that he and his associates "will not
cast off and abandon their Republican
urn" to make such a co-operative fight
for an American financial policy
against the British goldbug conspira
cy. e triTst this statement of Mr,
Holtons does not properly represent
the sentiment of the rank and file of
his party. We believe that a large
majority of them are opposed to the
single gold standard.
Again Chairman Holton says:
"Butler will carry with him a few
silver democrats, perhaps 20.000. but
will lose more than that number of his
l'opulist people, who will vote the Re
publican ticket by the time we get
through our co-operation on local mat
ters.
"By a division of the local offices
with their local leaders, such as coun
ty commissioners, magistrates, etc., we
will be able to control three-fourths of
the l'opulist vote."
"Oar deal with the Populists is sim-
fly an arrangement, and we will use
(for getting their votes for our State
and National tickets. For instance, in
Democratic districts we will vote for
(be Populist candidates for Congress
purely in exchange for tbelr votes for
our State and National tickets."
This is vrry cheeky, not to say sim
ple. The patriotism and common
sense of the members of the People's
party in every county would have been
proof against such a trap at this, even
if it bad not been published. Chair
man Holton underestimates the hones-!
ty and intelligence of the members of
the People's party. He will find not a
single Populist in the State who will
enter Into any bargain under any con
dition to vote for a Republican goldbug
for President. There is not a Populist
Congressman who would for a moment
consider suh a trade. But we will
not discuss further such an absurdity.
Of course Chairman Holton was jok
ing; otherwite he would not have
made public such a scheme a scheme
that would not work if tried secretly
and one that falls to the ground as
soon ai made public.
e
Chairman Holton cont'nues his joke
further in the following language :
"The. Populist strength in the State
approximates 40,000. We have 126,000
or 1:10,000. I estimate the Democratic
strength at not over 110,000, and they
will lose many of these."
The People's party polled over 47,
000 votes In Its first campaign of 1892.
At that time there were over twenty
counties la the State which were not
organized, and in over half of the
counties we were only partially organ
ized. Since that time the party has
been thoroughly organized in every
county and township in the State, and
has more than doubled its strength.
The State Executive committee is in
possession of a carefully estimated cen
sus of the State People's party vote in
eighty-six counties which shows a tot
al of over 08,000 votes. The vote in
the remaining counties would bring
up the total vote of the State to some
where between seventy and eighty
thousand.
In 1802, the Republican candidate
for Governor, Judge Furcbes, one of
the strongest men in the party, polled
about 00,000 votes in a straight fight
after a vigorous campaign. After
making due allowances for frauds in
in that campaign it is clear that the
Republican party, if it attempts to sup
port a goldbug for President in the
coming campaign, cannot get that
many votes.
The Democrats cannot poll 70,000
votes for a gold candidate for Presi
dent. It the People's party is forced
to take the field single handed against
the gold combine, then we believe that
it will poll over 100,000 votes on next
November. There will be about 20,000
men who will not vote in the coming
campaign. While we are satisfied that
this is the way a three-cornered fight
would result in the State, yet we agaiu
nvite our Republican friends to join
us in making a co-operative fight
against the infamous British gold con
spirators as represented and support
ed by both Sherman and Cleveland
It is the consistent and patriotic thing
to do.
A FALSE ASSUMPTION.
The result of the subscription to the
recent bond sale has been seized upon
by the money owners of the country
and heralded far and wide as an en
dorsement of their policy and positive
evidence of the prosperous condition
of the people. Neither of these as
sumptions is well founded, as a mo
ment's consideration will disclose.
First, President Cleveland makes a
dark lantern bargain through bis old
law partner with that prince of finan
cial brigands, J. Pierpont Morgan, in
which the people were buncoed out of
fully $10,000,000. When a similar
game was threatened in placing the
present loan a vigorous protest went
up from that portion of our people
who were being plundered.
Just at this point comes in the spec
tacular part of the farce. Both Presi
dent Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle knew
better than to play the old game under
such conditions. They also knew that
a popular loan without something to
stir up the people would fall flat. In
this alliance it was determined to play
the people against Mr. Morgan and
give Mr. Morgan one-third of the box
receipts. A sham fight was started in
which the subsidized press took the
lead as usual, and as a result over five
times as many bonds were subscribed
for as was offered.
Now comes the sequel. In the allot
ment, just made, Mr. Morgan gets just
an even one-third. He guessed the
bids so exactly that be was neither too
high or too low, but succeeded in hit
ting the mark just right. These bids
were not made to sustain a goldbug
policy. They were made amid the red
fire and tin thunder of a sham battle
and carry no significance whatever.
m
Aa an evidence of prosperity this
subscription list furnishes ample proof
of directly the reverse. When business
men stand ready to purchase 3 per
cent, bonds, the business industries of
the country must be in a deplorable
condition. When the taxing power of
the nation is at a heavy premium over
the industrial efforts of the people.
there is something radically wrong
with the economic management of
government.
I he fact that over five thousand
business men in bidding for these
bonds, signified in this open manner
their distrust of our industrial enter
prises, should fill all candid men with
alarm. The fact that a bond running
tnirty years at 4 per cent., sells at a
premium of fourteen per cent., while a
mortgage on the best farm in this
country at one-half its value at 10 per
oent. running that length of time
would not bring over 60 cents on the
dollar, if it could be sold at all, is not
by any manner of means an evidence
of prosperity. To the contrary i
proves clearly that the business of the
country is in a desperate condition,
with universal bankruptcy not far in
the future.
"fABXEB" HOBTOM A FOOL,
Congress has done one thing which
calls for some commendation. Both
Senate and House have practically
declared j. sterling morton a thinf
having the shape of a man and which
sets io the chair that ought to be oc
cupied by a Secretary of Agriculture
to be an as aud a fool too. If this
thing had been elected to this posi
tion, our confidence in the ability of
the people to rule would be badly
shattered. But it was put here by G.
Cleveland. This "if Is supposed to
represent the Agricultural interests.
The nearest approach "it" baa made to
thiswas a dinner recently given to
the President and Mrs. Cleveland :
In the center of the table a large
plow, made of carnations of red and
smilax, was placed. This design was
flanked by bay stacks of yellow spun
sugar, under which were placed veg
etables of sugar. Candelabra capped in
red were placed near these stacks, and
at the four corners of the table there
wheelbarrows containing confections,
in the form of vegetables; the ices
were served in tiny hay wagons; the
Roman punch in tiny cups in the
shape of apples, pwachea and pears,
while the individual dishes for the
stewed terrapin were in the shape
of terrapins.j
DirriCl'LTTO HAKMOKIZK.
It is difficult for Tbb Caccasia.h to
harmonize the arguments made by
some of our Republican friends. They
say that State matters are vastly more
important than National questions,
yet at the same time they threaten to
break up co-operation unless the Peo
ple's Party will agree to support half
of an electoral ticket pledged to vote
for a goldbug for President.
If national questions are insignifi
cant as compared to State questions,
then why should the Republicans, even
if they were everyone goldbugs, lay so
much stress on the electoral ticket.
On the other hand national questions
are very important to the People's
Party. And we simply ask the Repub
licans to co-operate for an electoral
ticket that stands for what the major
ity of their party in the State believes
in. We simply ask them to stand by
and co-operate for the principles that
they proclaim. We ask them to co
operate with us against goldbugs and
monopolists. Will they break up co
operation in order that they may vote
for a goldbug for President. Let us
co-operate to defeat the Democratic
machine in the State and to defeat the
British gold trust in the nation.
KENTUCKY STILL IN A HCDDLB.
The Kentucky Democrats are mak
ing as big a mess of things in that
State as the Democratic administra
tion has made in the nation in a pro
portionate way. There are enough
Democrats all told to elect a Demo
cratic I . S. Senator. Blackburn is the
nominee of the Democratic caucus and
is a free silver man. It requires 66
votes to elect him. Sixty Democrats
have been voting for him for some
weeks. Five goldbug Democrats have
refused to vote for him. One Populist
has said that if the entire Democratic
force of 05 votes can be cast far Black
burn, he (the Pop.) will vote for him
and thus make up the 6 votes neces
sary to elect him. But the five gold-
bugs refuse to line up. The 60 free
silver Democrats wrote to the goldbug
Secretary, Carlisle, to use his influence
in getting these five goldbug Demo
crats to vote for Blackburn, and thus
elect a Democrat. Carlisle wouldn't do
it, but intimated that be would like to
see a man elected on sound Demo
cratic principles. Goldbu&rsrerv is
Carlisle's principle, and hence he
uo a
wouldn't interfere with his influence
for a free silver Democrat. He was
afraid the Morgan syndicate and the
Rosthchilds would be displeased if he
did. What can the country do to get
rid of this Democratic horde? Let's
vote 'em off the earth.
A UNIO.UK AN1 KFFKCTITK PLAN.
We wish to call attention to and
to recommend a plan, mentioned
Isewhere in this issue, by which
members of the People's Party can
make a Dart of their household t.
penditures Advantageous to the Reform
movement, it id ood a caicn penny,
or cut rate affair. Certain articles of
domestic consumption are sold at reg
ular market prices. Care is taken
that the quality of all the goods of
fered shall be up to the highest stand
ard, and the only difference that ex
ists is the simple matter of deciding
whether one wishes to help the cause
of reform by buying these goods, or
whether they will stick to the various
brands to which they have become ac
customed. Mr. W. B. Mann, a promi
nent grocer of this city, has a partial
stock of these goods on hand, and will
increase the list if the patronage of re
formers will justify it. Read the an
nouncement elsewhere by all means.
It is worth notice.
NATIONAL ALUANCB ORGAN.
One of the important acts of the
National Alliance, which met in
Washington, was to make the Pro
gressive Farmer, of Raleigh, the na
tional organ. This honor fell in the
right place. It involves much respon
sibility, and should bring a wide sup
port and liberal patronage. It will
prove equal to all demands made upon
it. The Alliance is clearly now on an
upward course, and if it would
strengthen its power to go forward,
let it give aid to its chief advocate.
Our congratulations are extended to
both the Alliance and the Progressive
Farmer.
Senator Tillman has written a let
ter in which he declare that tha
South Carolina Democracy must
sena a delegation to tne national
Democratic convention pledged to
silver, and if the eonvention de
clines to declare for silver the dele
gation must bolt. We do aot think
a delegation under such instructions
and pledges can get any recognition
by the convention, if such instruc
tions are public. Messrs. Reed and
Criag in their "hot tamale" letter
declare that North Carolina Demo
crats should pursue the same coarse.
Some of the Democratic papers of
this State are guilty of spreading
the lying slander on Congressman
Howard, of Alabama. They said he
was drunk when he went to the Cap
itol to vote on the silver bill. The
truth is he was very sick, bat per
sisted in going to the Capitol to vote
on the silver bill. The result of his
action is serious. He is now danger
ously ill with pneumonia. Bat this
sort of detestable lying ia character
istic of the Democratic and goldbug
press.
A LETTER FROM
JUDGE WHITAKER
He Warns The Populists to Pay
No Attention to Sensational
Democratic Papers.
Bl m Ca aaarart -ta An lit Saiaac af
Pmr-h Atdana Then B1 at a -War Bam"
hU4i immk at AS aaaiaftaa StaM -TIM rw
ate Cm &m! ha tka Ciaffilaai CaairaatJaf Thaat
AaNrlata Naattatt k StaaS Firs.
Under flaming headlines it is an
nounced by special dispatch of 2d
in st., from Washington City, that cer
tain Democrats and Populists are
there in conference to "Save the
Slate;" and that it seems to be agreed
that there shall be co-operation in the
coming campaign between these two
political parties, and that certain pfntie
men are to hate certain office i. W hat a
ltlUI, IUM IVI 1ICT, IUUCUTU
dent and liberty-loving people of our
siate to loot upon . Accoraing 10 mis
dispatch ten or a dozen self-constituted
leadsrs meet together at the Fed
eral capital, consult and determine
who shall occupy the great offices of
our State. Is this a ReDublican. Dem
ocratic or Populist government in
which the people the great common
rtrnnle ar the anTprpiirna nr ia It a
monarchial or autocratic government
in wnicn a lew aictate to tne people
who shall rule over them? lias it
onma ts Tm am t htmt f ha nstnlm tt "NT rwf IS
Carolina are not free to choose their
own puouc servants, Dut must wait in
nananafl till the irreat and aelfwnnat.i-
tuted leaders can find it convenient to
confer together at the Federal capital
and then in their own good time an
nounce to the political parties to which
they belong on what line of policy
the next campaign shall be fought, and
what nersons shall h vntml fnr tn
serve the people in the next two, four
or six years r
Is it of any consequence to us, the
Filain, common people, but neverthe
ess, thanks to the blood and treasure
of our forefathers, the sovereigns and
masters of North Carolina, what
Chairmen, Honorable and Col
onel So-and-so, as they sipped their
annrklinir wine nnd amnksrl t.hair fra
grant cigars had determined as to the
they bad the honor to be members, and
ti uuiu i uc jjcupie Buouiu nave inepriv
ilege of endorsing as our pnL'ic ser
vantsf
I, who have the honor to be one of
the people, one of the many thousand
sovereigns of this State, loving liberty
and eaualitv. and honestlv and sin
cerely believing in the great immortal
watchword of the People's Party,
"eaual rights to all. snec.is.1 nrivilproa
to none," take the liberty of sounding
tne aiarm as louaiy ana as empbati
callv aa I know hnw a.ra.inaf. this fash
ion of going to the Federal capital to
consult and determine upon the inter
ests, aspirations, hones and welfare of
the people of North Carolina. Neither
all the political wisdom nor all the
patriotism 01 our state amaes in "the
marble halls and decorated walls of
Fame's proud temple." There is yet
enough here on North Carolina's pro-
:aw. ; 1 a ? i .
line son to uireci, manage ana control
the Dolitics of the three nnlit.irnl n.r.
ties, and intelligently determine who
I 11 a I a ...
suaii nave uie nonor 01 serving this
- ra L m . a . "
peopie. -x ne iourtn party is or prema
ture and untimely birth, a sickly baby
and cannot live in any event.
I do not wish to be understood as
attempting to criticise, or detract in
any way from the wisdom and patriot
ism of the able gentlemen we have
sent to serve us in the United States
benate and House of Representatives
or those other c-pntlpmpn vhn tha Hi a.
patch says, have run to Washington to
"Save the State:" for T cannnt heli.n
they or any of them have the desire to
uiviaie tu us is uu our oiabe politics UJ
"flxinsr un slates." nr nthorwian
and I am sure that even if they were
possiDiy so incunea tney would have,
too much sense to attpmnt ir v
only purpose is to ask you to pay no
attention to sucn sensational and silly
telegrams or newspaper correspon
dents as the one referred tn Wan,
paper corresponaents need bread as
1 rw i . .a .
we uo. a ney must nave news to tell ;
their livine- denenda nn it. and h.ni.
it sometimes happens that their most
interesting accounts or what they call
news come entirely from their fertile
imaginations. T,et, 11 r ail hu, nifh
- -
them as charitably and patiently as
pooBioie uu iearn, ir we can, to sirt
the imagination from the facts; for
after all they are entertai
tures, and we must be entertained or
die of ennui. Fiction is often more
fascinating than current history.
Be not influenced hv ngmnin..
ports of what the Honorable So-and-so
or voionei so-ana-so or Captaii
So-and-so have aereed nnnn Ham am
ber that the People's Party in North
Carolina is sixtv thousand atmnfr at
holds the balance of power; that it was
not organized to help the Republicans
keep the Democrats out of power, nor
v v acuiuli mo 10 ulcal tne rte-
publicans; that its object and purpose
is not simply to remonetize silver as it
was prior to the year 1873, but that
the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 is
only one of the planks of its platform
of principles. Do not forget that it
is absolutely necessary to the suc
cess of the People's Party to preserve
its autonomy. Co-operation with
any other nartv is dancrernna and nm
less carefully and watchfully done,
win uesiroy tne one or tne other. To
co-operate witn either of the two old
parties by conceding to them their
own terms is worse than folly, for
the end of four years there would
at
be
leic or tne .People's Party only a cor
poral's guard.
When the next State
W vuvJVtl VA
the nartv meets at Raleich aa if nriii
before very long, come; come all who
uu i iciuuiuiug neep youa way; let it be
a grand outDouriner of the iunni fmm
their farms, their offices and their
workshops; and when you have got
ten together and frankly and freely
consulted as to the welfare of the State,
if you conclude to fight single handed
for "a great and fundamental princi
ple" and go down with your guns
firing and your colors flying in defi
ance of the enemy, rather than by
temporizing for the present to at last
gain the victory by slowly gaining
strength and courage, you alone will
have the resDonsihilitv nf defeat-
the glory of triumph. But in ' any
event do not forget that an alliance
with you is of immense value to either
of the two old parties, that without you
isfdefeat and with you is victory even
though you are less in numbers; and
being the weaker you must be exceed
ingly careful as to the terms of co-operation
or you will be terribly weak
ened and perhaps irretrievably dam
aged by the alliance.
The Republicans say they will "co
operate" with us if we will give to
them al 1 the "turkey" of any value while
we regale ourselves with the scraps
and bones; and now comes the news
all the way from Washington that at
last the Democrats, beginning to see
the light, have magnanimously con
cluded to accept the same unselfish
terms just to "save the State." The
peat literary, judicial, political acro
bat, famed for riding . three horses at
the same time, only two of which were
going in the same direction, to bead
the list of course; his great power and
advantage chiefly consisting in the
fact that no person on earth can tell to
what Dolitical nartv he iiiim aii..i
aoce, and all the other patriotic gen-
wcurcu earnestly eogageu m "sav
ing the 8tate" to have their plates
bountifully supplied with the choicest
morsels of the turkey in humble token
and slight remuneration of their great '
sacrifice and patriotic onaelaahncM ia
"saving the State."
urly mere most nave beta sotse-
thing the matter with the Sews and
Observer correspondent whew be wrote
that despatch, for it is Jost teo ridico
loa to tw Lrwe. Ht nasi be overworked
and a tittle bit unsteady anyway ; for
be was bunting all over Washington
lately for me, being sure that I was
there, "saving the State" I suppose,
when in fact I was quietly resting my
self by the cheerful warmth of an old
time North Carolina flre-plaee. What
a fuDoy ma& is this News and Ob
server Washington correspondent! He
das imuKti me so mucn loal I mutt
send him.with my compliments, an io
viUtion to our People's I'Artv -Mate
convention, date DAmed hereafter, to
witness the grand war dance on and
crushing to powder of all Washington
or Raleigh political "slates.- With
the hope that the great common peo
ple may nave some voice in "saving
the State" 1 am yours truly.
ris.B v HITAXXB.
AN INTERVIEW
WITH QUTHRIE.
He Has Been In Washington and
Talks of What Is Going On
There.
Thlaka aLaM UkmUoo AdvlaabU For
Wia raepla'a Party A Straight PapalUt
Will B Nomlaata Far Oorafaar Aa
Tha Paapla Will Klaat Hlaa.
Major W. A. Guthrie was in Raleigh
early Tuesday morning, remaining for
a short time, and while here the Cau
casian asked him a few questions as to
where he bad recently been and when
be arrived, etc.
"I Just arrived this morning, said
Major uutnrie.
Reporter: "1 see from tne Demo
cratic newspapers you bate been in
Washington lately, and there are all
sorts of rumors floating about as to the
object of your visit to the Capital, and
there is a great deal of talk just now
about Senator Butler, Dr. Motr, Mr.
Chambers Smith and Mr. R. B. Peebles
meetinsr in Washington, and the pro
spective nomination of Judge Clark
tor Governor, uave you seen tne
Charlotte Observer of Sunday ? "
Major Guthrie: "I saw the Char
lotte Observer at Gastonia, in Gaston
county, on my return from Washington
Sunday night on my way to Dallas,
Gaston county, on some professional
business pending in Court there, and I
was very greatly surprised at what 1
read in the Observer in relation to
Judge Clark and the way my presence
in Washington was construed. The
fact is that I was only accidentally and
incidentally in Washington last Satur
day, while Mr. Smith and Mr. Peebles
happened to be there. I bad been up
to the city of Frederick, Maryland,
attending, the day before, to some pro
fessional business connected with the
Interstate Telephone and Telegraph
Company, in which certain clients
01 mine in I'uruam are lnterestea, ana
Saturday, the 22d, being Washington's
birthday and a legal holiday, and as I
had to be in Dallas, X. C, on Monday,
I concluded on my return I would stop
over and spend the 22d in Washington,
ana very naturally rell in company
with our members of Congress and
otner JNortn Carolinians in the city."
"Major, what truth is there in the
Observer's surmises and conjectures
about Senator Butler and Messrs.
Smith and Peebles agreeing to form a
combination of Populists and Demo
crats, and to make a'State ticket with
Judge Clark at the head of it as the
nominee for Governor ? "
" Absolutely none, so far as the nomi
nation of Judge Clark or any particu
lar person is concerned. There is no
question about the fact that Senator
Butler, as well as myself, and all true
Populists, wants to see the free silver
elements in both the old parties united
witn us tne ettortto carry out the tnn
ciples of free coinage and currency re-
iorm laiu uown in tne 1 eopies party
platform, and which is, as everybody
knows, the leading principle upon
which the political contest both
National and State will be fought
out in tne approacmng campaign.
"As for the nomination of Judge
Clark to lead the Populists and the
combined silver forces, that is a mere
Action of the Observer's imagination
The fact is, as intelligent people all
over the State .well understand.
A. 1 - . '
tne democrats, or at least a strong
element of that party, have been mad
witn juage laara ever since we Ponu
lists and the Republicans at the last
election helped them to elect Judge
Clark to another full term of eight
years on the Supreme Court Bench
without opposition, and the Democrats
only want a chance to avenge their
cu&gnu over mat result, uut we nave
already provided for Judff e Clark as a
Supreme Court Judge for a good long
time ahead in the future (thanks for
Democratic help), and Judge Clark is
too good a man for us to give the gold
bug Democrats a chance, in this year
ui raue, tu vote against.
- ine .Democrats having put up
J udge Clark at the last election as their
beau ideal of a Judge, and we Populists
and Republicans too having voted for
T a a a a a . " . CT .
tiuugetjiarK ana neipea to elect him
now since J uage Clark owes his nosi
tion to all parties alike, if he chooses
to spend his winter vacation in Mexico
ana write for the press things which
all silver men ought to know and cold
bngs try to suppress, of c.ourse we
snau expect o uage uiark during bis
summer vacation this year, along dur
ing the hot summer days when he has
leisure time to spare, and wants mental
recreation apart from bearinsr arm
ment and writing judicial ODiniona on
dry questions of law before the Court,
to give the press a few more letters of
the same sort, in order to give "Junius"
and other gold bug correspondents of
tne unariotie UDserver the exquisite
pleasure 01 uuniDg invective criticism
at him. It would be ungracious in the
Judge to withhold at least that much
pleasure from tne eold bus: Demncrat
who voted for and supported him for
uis piace on tne supreme Gourt Bench
at tne last election.
" If our Democratic friends will just
exercise a little patience and quit
some of their everlasting: wronc meaa.
ing about what the Populists are doing
' bv,u6 10 uo, we win snow tnem,
in due time, how the silver forces in
North Carolina are going to get to
gether and put up a straight populist
nominee for Governor, and along with
him the best State ticket altogether
which has been seen in North Carolina
for many a year.
"And if our nervous Populist friends
will possess their souls with patience
too, and dismiss from their minds their
unfounded suspicions conjured up in
their imaginations against Senator
Butler and other trusted leaders of the
party, it will do good to all concerned.
Some of our Populist friends seem to
fear an absorption of the People's
party by the Republicans; others fear
an abandonment of principle and a
return of the party to the Democrats.
I have no fears myself of either of
these results.
" You will observe that our National
Convention at St. Louis, Missouri, will
be held July 22d after the conventions
of both the old parties bave been held.
We will probably have a State Conven
tion only a short time before our Na
tional Convention. The Republicans
in North Carolina will have to hold
their State Convention to elect dele-
Stes to their National Convention at
1st (80) thirty days before their Na
tional Convention meets, as their plan
of organization requires that length
of time. 0
"I think a late State Convention
would suit our people, who are chiefly
farmers, after the corn and cotton
erosM have been laid by, aad after ssaall
Ka baa been reaped. And while we
a Mg but Convention in Kateigb
in A u rust. li. I expect to see oar
convention this year fallv twice as
Urge, and I have full confidence that
the ticket which our 'oovrntion pats
up (or endorsee), is the one wbicb Is
going to win. Ordinarily we might
expect one of the old partie to make
enough miatake to defeat ltelf, for
that oaj been tbeir past bUtory for
several years past in toe aee-aaw of ooe
against the other: but this year in tbe
preaent cnautic stale 01 party politic
I feel confidently asaured that after
both tbe old party Conventions, Mat
and National, have been held, and when
we gather up all tbeir mistakes and
bundle them together, we will bave
ully enough political handlra to crack
tbe heads of all comers who Array
themselves against tbe platform and
principle or tbe reopies party.
"All we have to uo is to keep in the
middle of tbe road and bold the doors
of tbe party wide open to all men who
esteem principle above mere party
name, ana hid them Join us for a
united fight in the decisive battle now
pending, which must of necessity, in
this Presidential year.be fought uut
on National lines rather than upon
local btate lines.
" By tbe way. Senator Butler has a
boy baby who was born on last Satur
day, d (Washington's birthday).
told him he ought to name him George
Washington. When I bade the Senator
good-bye be seemed to be delighted
over tbe birth of his boy and the
political situation too, and it was hard
for me to tell which gave him the
greater pleasure.
EOITOllIAL, CU3IMKNT.
If the Democratic Dart v was de
feated at the last election because
its Congress had afforded so little re
lief to the country, what must be
done with th Ronnhlnan nartv
whose Conarress is doinsr and will do
notnmg whatever. Chatham lie-
cord.
Well, this is a pretty pithy ques
tion. If the Record cares for our
opinion, we think this Congress
ought to be as completely wiped out
as the last one was. but wo do not
think another Democratic Congress
should take its place. Not much, we
don't !
With their usual penchant for ly
ing, some Democratic papers are
trying to make it appear that Mr
Settle, who voted against silver, is a
product of co-operation. If these
little ignoramnsasaea will ask some
intelligent man in their community.
they can learn that Dr. Merritt was
the Populist nominee in the Fifth
district and got the Populist vote
livery Congressman and benator for
whom the Populists voted, voted for
silver. Populists have a way of
Knowing who and what they
voting for.!
are
The Moreanton Potmlist comes
out strongly for fusion on tbe elec
toral ticket half and half-State
ticket and all regardless of what th
other party to the co-operation
wouia advocate or do. Its policy
seems to be any thine to beat the
..-- . -
Democrats, and that policy would
cover a multitude of sins. The Cat.
CASIAK still thinks, however, that an
adherence to principle is tbe only
sure ioundation for existence and
8UCC6S8.
If it shall really tarn out that the
Republicans nominated and elect a1
Cleveland because thev found him
to be a miserable hirelinc and trait
or, as is indicted in the letter under
tbe bead "Truth Will Out," publish
ea eisewnere. will the Charlotte Ob
server continue to call him hv ueh
endearing terms as "the sheriff,"
"tne old man," &c I We pause for
a reply.
The Republicans are cattinc rns.lv
to make one last desperate effort to
resurrect tne tariff question and
make it the leading issue in the com
ing campaign. Thev will not sue.
ceed. ihe first spasm they will have
will be the sending out of ten thou
sand copies of a tariff document to
Al A .
me newspapers 01 the country.
If, as suggested by Messrs. Reed
and Craig, in their strong letter, the
State Democracy should instruct its
delegation to Chicago to bolt the
National convention if it failed to
declare for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver, we do not think
the delegation would be allowed to
Doit, ior tne simple reason that it
B VI m m ...
wouia never be admitted to tbe con
vention.
It is beginning to look as though
the stron crest and moat mnntU rn.
sionists of the "anything to beat the
democrats" stripe are those who got
office by the fusion vote, and are
afraid they won't get it again with
out fusion. The "voters" don't get
Offices. Thev Want nrinolnloa arwl
measures. That's why the voters
win not tor a moment consider a
compromising or double-faced policy
We would like to ask Messrs. Reed
and Craiir what vonld ha tha
cance of a free silver plank in the
national Democratic platform. Did
n't the last platform have it T And
what has come of it f What vnnid
come of another plank by the same
party f
W. O. EkLna mm ef the tat knew
an In WakaflsU, Uase, Cab.wai
vaateTeryh)dy1irjte.IlaHTa,
a aaa n
owaroa the eeesmtlattea at taysnitlss
la tbe blood aad gssava el Um I was
ooartfpatadaadkad noappsttt Z vt-
dlotdad to tAk?
Heod'o Garoaparllla
lo ' tho Only
Trao DIcod Purif ior
ttaltrIfcCay.
tfccd'o nib w&mve
It begins to look aa though the
present Congress will make about as
btr a botch or its "cbAace asciuiae
ast CoagtesA. uoia ox inem ui
toon r rieauiag itr aioi
"chance. aad if the people shall b
o abolatelj.foolih aa to trust them
again, our opinion will t that the
peopU sbou'.d cver have aaother
"chasce to fipreaA aa opieios.
Kepeantat:ve S-kincr Ls mtru-
duecd a j 'net tr.latjvn t jrov;Je;
or the cosmcmora'ion e: tr!asd-
ing cf Sir Walter Kaleia" colony at
KoAnoke IalacJ. July 4, 1.M. It ap
propriate ?30,lA as J prt'T J. for
proper cremoaies in Iayiair the cor
ner stone of a taoosTcrat en tbe 4th
of July, I
The Morgac backinc cJCAt
as givto. o:it tlmJ w tbe one hun
dred million dollars of UcJs at the
start. Since tlien it La I ten given
nearly five million. iuoi It cause
the l;dJtT Kr thi mo;:nt couIJ
not get gold to pay for lLui. Aad
tbe syndicate may gt-t tome iure.
Cleveland is duck hunting acA.n.
A KloridA Democrat ntut-d III. P.
Uobinaos, writing from Sanfonl,
KloridA, aays: "I am heartily dis
gusted with Clt)flauJita, and wish
he weald atay down in the duck
swamps of North Carolina ins! tad
of shooting crT bis oCicil rut wages
We can easily oe why tbe IK m o-
cratic party is no place for such men
as Messrs. Kecd and Craig; and why
the thunder thky can't ceo it is "too
nianv" for us.
"Measure it and
The largest.piece. of .good
tobacco ever jsold for 10 cents
and
ine Scent piece is nearly cie
&-r& aJ? moJ ofher
QiSD grades for-io cents
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CAROLINA
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To borrow a&tprMto&
boys, we have to say that ti.
oflifMr.IUl aad Cra,,. rV
e4ew here, is a "hot Ut; -sperialiv
eomatead it u r, 1
Caldwell, of the Charlotte
Oar eongratnlatioa. w;U,
other, ate cttenJrd to Sri!, 1
Mr. Siar.oa Uatler on tieti4
at their bona of a lively aj
bAbr l-cy oa l'trcary Z.'a,i
The people ought to la...
that only thirteen Secatota tajT
profcitit Cleveland from Um '
re Uud The a 1 IopaI.t sT
t M f.:!cd solidly for th;a 0.,.
'"he Wahiogton IV m
cal.'ed Tillman a fool. alJ T . 's
unable to make tie .1
sj, is now tryitg to tale s 4 k U
WLrie t the leraoctat.r
ant how t It forxt r'y ds4 , .t"
tv braving, tut it doe xvt t T .
m v v iua.- a , in.f a.i l
ill Congresamau M. I. !!;,.
Ohio, commit td suicid s
by shooting Liui If ia tie L 1 ,".4
a piatol. '
There i a pretty genera'. r- .
coming up from the peop'.r .."!(.
Tillman to "do it agaia."
Seuator Manderaon, t.f Ni tk,lt
is the latest candidate for t:'i p..,
dtiitial nomination.
The Ailiact-e ;i.t t ac
jwr itiiiKni ("asK ua iHt-t.
drawn. More anon.
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