North Carolina Newspapers

New Offer to Meet Demands. Five Copies Caucasian 3 Months For $1.0012 Copies 3 Months $2.00 Vj ia the time for'action. The nfrny ia sowing tares. Let the sow eooil awl. Five copies ,,f the Caucasiah 3 months for ;i.imi. Twelve copies 3 mouths fur i v.00. Sen J a club quick. r CAUCASIAN. Tu twJlra avM 1, if tha CVISJtlra ! Sttlh 3 i fcsraH th. N-r 1 UO f.-t cop ef tr ('aicauab 3 a.. VOL. XIV. RALEIGH, N. O., THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1896. . . " NO 2Ji. 1 HE jgh 9- LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. Various Matters on Which The Popular Opinion is Express edAll Sections Interested. LIVING ISSUES FORWARD. Mors KaUorsemeale of the Actios) of tlx C'uinmlttea-dooe) railing Krirfihrr feuttle Are Com In a- In I'a 'Mfa la The MliMU of The Kuail" la Tlio tl. Spoil a. frln lle. For Tha Caucasian. Haint Lewim. N. ('..May 111, What i the matti-rT Thero (wemii to be a irreat Hanior or warfare go- injf on along the political line, eape :i:illy along the funion line. Is this war dangerous! They tell me that thin war is declared by oM man "Tarty and Spoil Hunter" against old man "Principle." Well, if old man Party and Spoil Hunter were not in war in their own camp as in hilO, old man "Pnncple" might feel himself in danger; but knowing that lit' is the savior of the party that will h.ivo the people and country, . ked by "Mary Ann," Tni Cau i aman and a host of other patriots, he has nothing to fear. And if this in not the time for old man "Prin riplo" and his supporters to stand linn and still and see the salvation of the Lord in destroying old par tics and spoil hunters in behalf of principle, it never has been, politi- aliy "peaking, unless it was in lbOO. Suppose old man Principle had fused with "Party and Spoil Jlun- trr in that period, (lbbU); would that fusion not havo destroyed the mission and principle of the "third" (Abolition) party? Let "Mary Ann" and the many reform patriots "keep in the middle of the road" with one eye on the Tory at the same time; keep their powder dry and tho victory, in the name of God and principle which will save the people and country, will lo easily won. J. I. Lewis. Fritm a Ufa-Long Republican. For llio Caucasianl May 21, "Jfi.The people of this coin m unity highly endorse the courso of our young Senator, in in troducing such bills as we think are for the benetit of us all (I mean all parties). I am a life-long Republi can, but I appreciate the bills and votes of the young Senator and those who stand by him better than anything I see from the other par ties. Hurrah for tho restoration of sil ver! Stand firm on that; bolt the conventions and let silver men come together. Ferret out the bond busi ness a,Tid set Cuba frne for humani ty's sake. J. II. UILLKSI'IE. Ualnlug Uroimil. For The Caucasian, Uladkn county, N. C, May 21, '.)(. I am a Pop four years old and have come to stay. We Pops in this vicinity mean nothing but "the mid dle of the road" and no fusion. We ave a few Demmys in this country, liut they are for free silver and sav ey will not vote a gold ticket nor will they support a man who will. We heartily endorse our "Mary Ann," our gallant leader, in his hon est defense of the poverty stricken eople, and further more we are Raining grouuu on both old parties as fast as the political wheel turns over. There are honest Democrats in my township and I believe thev will be more for the welfare of the people and their rights than they have in the past. Tho colored people in my section are solid for the Tods, but occa sionally there comes a stray "Had" along and tries to put that same old ug in their ears; but that bug has squealed in their ears sorrow and woe too many times. v o Fops down here aro at work on the straight line and are willing to help turn our liberty wheel to free our countrv. thoueh we have no money to work with. A Four Year Old Pop. All Wool aud a Yard Wide. For The Caucasian. Kenly, May 22, '00. I am well pleased with the course our commit tee took on April ICth and 17th. That move was all wool and a yard wide, and no discount on it. I think : A 1 - i mi yhoopees for our Senator, and may lie stay "in the middle of the road" land continue to lead the cause for I reform. And as for that paper of yours, may it never die. B. T. Woodard. Wby Can Wa Mot Unite? For the Caucasian. Graniteville. N. C. May 20. pG. The Populists are listening and watching. They are quiet as yet, but will act together when the time comes. We were under a Democratic fire four years ago, and now the Repub licans are planting their batteries, and a few small guns are being fired at our general. Thev think thev will scare him out, and then we will surrender, but they will get fooled as bad as the Democrats were four years ago. They will find out that they are barking up the wrong tree. There are some who have claimed to be Populists who are wolves in sheep's clothing, and the Populists uave an eye on them. They have been employed to decoy true men of the Populist belief into the Republi can party a foolish undertaking. It is auite funnv to hear the one- horse politicians tell what Senator "utler said, and what he is doing. and "he is bossinc his nartv." and Nl kinds of stuff and abuse are be ing circulated, but it all amounts to nothing. We will risk Senator But- er like Paddie did his son, and will say: "Batler, watch them; keep Tour eye on them and stand for the people. They will learn after the I Ova.. . , . vuement dies down that von are me true friend of the laboring men." I re they will find it out when it is too lat. The politicians have, at this early day of the campaign, got some laboring men arrayed against each other, aud their reason de throned. When will our people learn to stand together! Tho gold standard monopolists will be to gether on vtding day, while the silver men will be rplit up into con tending faction, thereby giving aid to their enemy. Why can we not unite? Hav. say laboring men !! S. o. Deaykk. Hit Haul It a KapabllrMus. Kor Tli Caiiraiarj. I Moroanton, N. ('., May 22, '1)0. We understand that L. A. Cobb, of this place, has represented the Peo ples Party in the Republican con vention ((lill-Amoa convention), and if lie ha wo will protest agaiust it. I have consulted with more than e . a m niiy hip moors or our party since Monday laft, and have not found a man who knew anything of his go ing, lie was sent thero by the Ke publican party. Wo are with you in your stand on the matter of fu sion. We cannot fnae with any party that is not in favor of free coinage. L. M. Wall. Tha IJuastlno I, "How to Get It." For The Caucasian. Haywood. N. C, May 23, ?9C I feel as, an Allianceman, that it is the duty of every man who feels he has an interest in the government of his country, to give his views on the financial question of to-day. It is no longer a question, should we havo free coinage of silver, but the question is how to obtain it. I ad mire Senator Butler's plan. I think he is aiming to make an effort to get the silver forces together. It seems that is the only hope to save our country from financial ruin. He has done as much, if not more, to edu cate the masses than any other man in North Carolina, although some politicians are trying to ridicule him. They bring no charges against! uuu, uui preuici mai no win prove a traitor. They are only measuring Butler's corn in their half bushel. for no man can tell what a man is going to do bat a piophet, and a false prophet can't do that. He is a man with brain sufficient to comprehend the situation that the toiling masses occupy, and he has principle enough to tell them of it. Would that we had such a man in the White House of this nation. As the Scripture says: The time is coming and now is when tho dead shall hear the voice of tho son of God, and they that hear shall live. Yes, the time is coming when noth ing but this voice can reach us. When the last expiring breath shall desert us, the lightnings may Hash, the thunders may roll, and the drum may beat their tbr-Jing" sound for joy, but this soul cj. no longer ap prehend. But in te rtext they that hear shall live. O. J would that the law-makers could fully realize the contents of the above. Then, and not until then, will they keep their pledges and refuse bribery. O. E. Brooks. Approved lijr tho Klghth lllxtrlct. For the Caucasian. Connelly Springs, N. C We, the people of the 8th Congressional district, fu.Iy concur in the action of the State executive committee as regards fusion. We can elect a freo silver candi date in this district and will support no other. Prof. 14. L. Patton is the logical candidate from this district. We intend- to support him, because we know for what he stands, and for whom we are voting as our repre sentative in Congress. Burke. Gaaton Papa Straight. For the Caucasian. Stanley, N. C, May 23, '90. I want to thank you for the editorial of last week entitled, "Some Inside Facts." Gaston county Pops are "in the middle of the road." They say they will not vote for a goldbng for any oillce from f resident to constable. E. D. Thompson, Chairman Co. Ex. Com. They Fear m Stand For Principle. For the Caucasian. Sylva, Jackson Co.. N. C. Mav j, yo. i must let you know how we are getting alone: here. The 1'opulists of this countv are with Senator Butler on his policy of co operation, uotn tne old parties are badly demoralized. Thev olainlv Bee that the Populists are for prin ciple and that is what they fear more than everything else. Both the office gangs have had no prin ciple but to get office. The Popu lists stand solid for principle instead oi office. Every man in this union knows the Peoples Party is the onlv true silver party and if silver is ever re- monetized it will come through the Peoples Party. We are a nnit on silver in Western North Carolina. We invite all true silver men to join heart aud hand in the great strug gle. We heartily endorse our Senator's course in the United btates Senate and as chairman of the Peoples Party of North Carolina. R. A. Painter. Separate Coach ea For Colored People. The Supreme Court of the United States has affirmed the constitution' ahty of the Louisiana statute pro viding separate coaches for white and colored passengers on the rail roads in that State. x ne railroads are required to sup ply eoiorea passengers with aceom mooauons suDstantially equal to XI Al- 1-1 . 1 . . iuobo wuu wnicn tne wnites are furnished, and there is thus no nn lair discrimination. The matter of separate coaches has been agitated for several years in Southern States and it has been feared that a law to this effect would not stand the test of the courts. The Baltimore Sun remarks that, now the Supreme Court has 'declared the Louisiana statute constitutional, it is probable that the legislatures of other Southern States will enact similar laws. m : HOW THrJQlD STANDARD WORKS. THE WILat. ST0N STAR DtM.) PRE SENTS SOME CLEAN, CLEAR FACTS WORTH STUDYING. Tha Plana aud Mrbaniea i.f the Uold Con bln-Th Folly or Trying to tajr ITslat- log lebta With Hold-How tho Money Power Makea IU Powrr rait. mi ii ... . . j. no puunc debts oi tne leading European nation, that is Kusma, Germany, France England, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Spain and Den mark, aggregate $"J4,0OO.0tMj,O00, an increase of $4,000,000,000 in the paxt ten years. Theno debts with the in tercut are all payable in gold. They were not always payable in gold only, for until the demonetization of silver they were payable in coin, as our national debt was until the gold manipulators got a inling in their favor and made it payable in cold. Twenty-four thousand millions of dollars in gold is about eight times as much as there is coined m the world. These debts are payable sometime; the interest must be paid annually unless the nations default. If the interest be paid annually at 3 per cent., it would take $720,000,000, or nearly one-fourth of all the coined gold in the world to pay it. is it a wonder that gold is in de mand and that the gold nations of the earth are constantly hoarding it! is it a wonder that there is little or no gold in circulation when the nations are thus hoarding it? Is it a wonder that the crold mani pulators to whom this interest is paid and to whom the principal must some day be paid, if it is ever t.aid, insist upon sticking to the gold standard which thus enriches them and puts the money of the world practically in their control. ihese debts are due to probably ess than a hundred people, and these people have such a thorough understanding with each other, and such facilities for combination, that they always move in concert and when their mutual interests are in volved work together and carry their point. They have their repre sentatives in government circles and in legislative bodies just as Govern ment creditors in this countrv have. They know how to make the power of their money felt and do it. Is there any sane man in the world who believes that these $24,000,000, 000 will ever be paid! or that the Governments which owe them can raise the gold to pay them! Where are they going to get itl It must come either from taxation or by bor rowing and that means taxation ater, and an increase of the indebt edness. Some people think "a na tional debt a national blessing." It is one of these "blessings" that keeps on growing without cultivating. They are very hard things to get rid ot even when there is a desire and an effort to get rid of them. As an il- ustration this country, which now has the reputation of beiner the wealthiest country in the world, has been more thr.n a generation in pay ing half of its national debt, and the remainder instead of decreasing is increasing because of the folly of ad hering to the gold standard. By adopting the gold standard this debt was more than doubled, and the babe Is not born that will live to see it paid off if the gold s'andard be ad hered to. These $24,000,000,000 present only tho national debts of less than dozen nations. It makes no ac count of the municipal, corporate or individual indebtedness, all of which must also be paid in gold, nearly all of which is locked Hp in Government and other vaults, where it is held to meet emergencies, or for specula tive purposes, absolutely controlled by a comparative handful of men, who dictate substantially, the gold standard to the world. Thev are the world's money lenders, for under their selfish, grasping, cold-blooded dictation gold is the only thing they recognize as money, and tney to some extent force their gold stand ard on the silver-using nations. If Japan, for instance, or Mexico wants to borrow money from them they lend gold and insist . on pay ment of principal and interest in gold, and when interest or principal becomes due these silver-using na tions must take their silver and buy At . . . tne goid to meet the obligation, These money lenders control the gold supplies of the world; the Rothschild family and connections ean control about two-thirds of it. and the gold must be bought from them to pay the debts due to them. and having a monopoly of the gold tney can maxe tneir own terms and put their own price en it, and they ao ii. ?. 1 .1 Ml . .. j. .. e uau an illustration oi tnat in our own bond sales to raise gold to meet the Government obligations, wmcn in law are not payable in gold but which from a stupid oi ciiminal uuusiruuuon oi ue law are paid in gold. The speculators who took the last issue of bonds made a clean $10, 000,000 by the operation. And thus it goes. The debt instead of dimin ishing is increasing, and yet we have men howling over the country for tne maintenance or tne life-sapping, piunoermg gold standard. And so are the debts ot European umuons increasing. Tney nave in creased twenty per cent, in ten years, and still the nations promise to pay in gold, which is a sheer im possibility, and they know it when they make the promises. They know they can't get the gold, for it isn't in the world te be gotten and there is no probability that it ever will be It is an unmitigated fraud for those nations to be promising to do what they know they cannot do. To keeD up the gold standard is simply the voluntary perpetuation of this un mitigated fraud. Bon. Walter R. Henry at StateaTllIe. For The Caucasian. On the 19th, court adjourned for dinner giving two and a half hours A A 1 av ior me speaKing. t ne . Deu was rung, and the crowd anxious to hear the great orator, soon filled the court house, standing room and all. After being introduced by the county chairman. Mr. Henrv arose, and a perfect sea of faces turned on him in silence; and for two hours he held that crowd, notwithstanding the ex treme heat of the day, and delivered one oi the greatest and moti mas terly speeches we ever hard. He was not abusive. He ds!t in fact and figures with all c-arneotnee and zeal in thunder toner, hewing to the line and letting the "chips fall where they may." Yes, the effort was a grand one, and to the entire satis faction of all who love truth and jus tice. Hut to those who hate the Populists worse than the "old man" that is talked about, it was a thorn in the flesh. .Now, in conclusion. 1 want to say this: VV e intend to stand by all such candid, honest men as Henry, just so long as they stand by ns and our interest. W. B. Gibson. Chairman P. P. Ex. Com.. Iredell County. NOW, HOW DO THEY FEEL? THE BASE AND BASELESS CHARGES OF SOME "PIE HUNTERS" GIVEN A HARD BLOW. Where Would Theae "Pie Hunters" Oo?- And Why Are They Going? They Would Part With Their Birthright For a Meaa of Pottage-"God Save the State" U They Must Lead. For The Caucasian. 1 Highlands, Onslow Co.. N. C. May 23, '96. I notice there is a great deal being said relative to fu sion with the Republicans in 1896. and about the action of the Peoples rwrty executive committee a great many endorsing, while some few are disposed to criticise their stand. Among the most bitter criticisms I have noticed, appeared in the Onslow Blade, purporting to have come rom the executive committee of Vance county, in which they se verely arraign Senator Butler for trying to lead the Populists back into the Democratic party. Now I think this is unfair and unjust to our Senator, who is entitled to more con sideration and respect than has been accorded to him in this card. I think politicians, and espeoiallv opulists, ought to be fair and hon est in discussing any Question be- bre the public, and not try to blind the people to the real faots in the case. By what judgment ye judge others you shall be judged. Now, if their accusation against Senator Butler is true, where are thev trying to lead the Populists? kcho answers where! Into the Re publican ranks? It looks that way to a man "up a tree." The great bulk of evidence thev have piled up against Senator But- eris: "Why," they say, "the Dem ocratic press, as well as prominent Democrats, over the State are already extolling his greatness as a statesman " Great Scott ! Ain't that serious charge? I would hate to be charged with a crimo and bo ever so innocent, and have yon, gentle men of Vance, sit on a iurv to trv me. I believe you would return a veidict of guilty on the presumption that I was indicted. God save the State if such narrow-minded men as these are to be intrusted rrith the destinies of the people. I greatly deprecate the condition of affairs at this iuncture a time when every true patriot and Popu- lst ougnt to be standing shoulder to shoulder, and in harmony with each other. But such is not the case. There are contending factions war ring against each other some ready i. A. . 1 i 1 1 , 1 1 . to pari wuu meir Dirtnrignt tor a mess of pottage like some laymen ana nireiing ministers, who are will ing to compromise their religion and if need be co-operate with sin itself in order to secure a little more of that British gold. 1 undertake to denv that Senator Butler has ever, by word or act, or insinuation, attempted to lead the Populists anywhere save upon a solid foundation of principle. He has ever stood like the sturdy sea man upon the storm-tossed boat, steering, as it were, the ship be tween the rocky cliffs on the one side and the sandy shoals on the other. Guide her on, noble captain till she is safe beyond the storm. Jas. B. Fbanck. Col. William Johnston Dead. Col. William Johnston, one of Charlotte's oldest residents and most prominent citizens, died at his resi- J . 1 A. i . a . m m uenee in mai city at O O'clock on on the afternoon of May 20th. He nad been in failing health several months. The members of his imme diate family were at his bedside when he died. He was in his seventy- ninm year. Jtie leaves four chil dren; Mrs. A. B. Andrews, of Ral eigh; Mrs. T. R. Robertson, of Char lotte; Mr. Frank Johnston, of Char- lotie, and w. it. Johnston, of Rich mond. Genuine Postal Telegraph BUI. San Frncisco Star. Senator Butler, of North Carolina has introduced the Sumner Postal Telegraph Bill in the United States Senate. It is now concadad hv ail the prominent suDDorters nt "Pofai mi . - .hi xeiegrapn legislation bv nnnvrsun that the Sumner Bill is the one that is at once most complete and eoneise, ana Dest calculated to brine hont a quick and thorough construction of lines touching all the nostnffioAii of the land, providing for a uniform ten-cent charge for ten-word mes sages between all points. On the uth oi this month Senator Butler maae an eloquent and ff speecn in favor of the measure. It is recorded that Senator Butler's speech has greatly disturbed the managers of the twin monopolies: wuu uuai meir loooymen are now talking liberally at Washington i A. . auuui uie ecunooiy or a rental sys- aV. Ti " . a m . tern, w is a question ot grave doubt 1 4.1 . wuoiuer a rental BjBiem, such as Wanamaker proposed, would not leave the press and the people in - worse conoiuoa oi espionage and slavery than now, so -far as tele graphing is concerned. No Monopoly Cable) Contract. a Ttl auiTOK dtak: iriease not and draw Senator Butlir's attention to the efforts of the twin-teletrrarh monopolies to get a big subsidy for thcik teiegrapn came hence to the Bandwich islands. That contract legislation should be most carefully i l a . . . . . i io u suDtidtzed ror eabl con aiiucuua irom vauiornia or Any part of oca Pacific Coast to the Is lands, it should be under a cast iron agreement to the effeet that the eot shall be itemized as the work goes on, and that at any time tne Gov ernment shall have the right to ob tain full and complete ownership on paying the outlay if any by the constructing parties. But better the Government should construct and lay and own ana operate the cable hence to Honolulu. On this bill the great opportunity in the Senate and House to talk over the whole matter of genuine Postal Telegraph, should be improved to the uttermost. Yours very truly, A. Citizen ANOTHER GREAT SCHEME WHICH GOES TO SHOW HOW LITTLE SOUL SOME BIG CORPORA TIONS HAVE. The Poatinaater-General Chargaa a Kail- road Company With "Stomas" the Malle-8o That Illg Pay May lie Gotten For Little Work. Washington, May 19. Postmas- ter-Oeneral Wilson to-day author ized the publication of the following statement in regard to an alleged attempt to overcharge the govern ment for the conveyance of mails through the Southern States: Every four years the mail trans ported over the various railwavs in the United States is weiched for a. period of thirty days, for one-fourth of the country each year. Upon the average weight obtained during the thirty days the commission of the railroad is adjusted, and re mains in force for four years. The last weighing was conducted during the month of March, 189G. One rail road company, the Seaboard Air Line, whose main line extends from Portsmouth, Va., to Atlanta. Ga.. attempted to take advantage of this opportunity to swell the weighing of mails carried over their system, dur ing the weighing of the mails, by very large shipments of public docu ments. About three hundred sacks of documents franked bv a Unitud States Senator and a member of Congress were sent to the various station agents of this company in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. The sacks weighed from 100 to 125 pounds each. Two, three, four or even five sacks were sent to one agent. Some agents were furnished by railroad officials with lists of addresses in North Carolina and Virginia. The division superintendent road mas ters gave oral instructions to the agents as to the pasting of tablets or writing addresses on the books which were not previously address ed; but the tags of the sacks were addressed "all for (namely, a railroad agent at that point). The books were then remailed and again transported over the routes of this company to be again weighed. A few agents not understanding their instructions, gave out the books for public distribution oefore the frank ed tablets were received. Fifteen sacks were delivered at Portsmouth, Va., addressed in bulk to the General Superintendent. That night the books were re-addressed in the railroad building by his secre tary and a division superintendent and remailed in the morning to va rious persons along the route. A newspaper at Ellenboro, N. C, learn ing of the transaction, published a short article headed "A Mistake," stating in substance, that a United States senator in mailine documents to his constituents had by mistake 1 v . a addressed them to station agents along the Seaboard Air Line Rail way. A division superintendent, earning of the article, proceeded to the town and induced the editor to cut the item out of every copy of his paper on the ground that it would hurt the road. "The pasting" of the mails by this company was investigated by the Postoffice department and to pre vent this practice the department ordered the weighing to be con tin ued for thirty days, duriner Aoril. The railroad company then resorted to a new scheme, bv contracting witn publishers of newspapers for a large number of papers to be sent on their line to an address furnish ed by the company. At Portsmouth. va., the general superintendent ar ranged with a Portsmouth paper to send o,ouu eopies daily for ten da vs. and after that 2,400 copies daily, in bundles of twenty-five to each ad dress to parties in South Carolina and Georgia on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. At Raleigh, N. C, an official of the railroad arranged to have 6,000 copies the first week and 8,000 copies a week after wards of a weekly paper, sent in bundles of forty-five over the Sea board Air Lane Kailroad to stations in Georgia, South Carolina and a few in North Carolina. At Atlanta, Ga.. the private secre tary of the division superintendent arranged with an Atlanta paper for 2,000 copies to be sent over the Sea board Air Line to Norfolk and Ports mouth, Va., one thousand copies addressed as to regular subscribers and the other thousand as sample copies. Arrangements were also made with another Atlanta paper to send o.ouu copies of the Sunday issue, weighing over half a pound each, to addresses in .Norfolk and Ports mouth, Va. Norfolk and Ports mouth city directories were furnish ed to the newspapers from which to print tablets for mailing papers to parties in those cities. Several of those parties thus addressed had moved from those cities, or had died. Had this weiehinir been ae cepted by the department, the Sea board Air Line Railroad would have received for the next four years a much larger compensation than it was entitled to. Some of the news paper publishers were indignant wnen tney round that they had been made parties to such a scheme, and the publisher of the naner .t Ral eigh, N. C, refused to send out the fourth shipment of his paper. ioori nwr. u a ptivate company UAJ. GUTHRIFS BOMBSHELL GREAT NORTHERN PAPER TELLS HOW IT WCULO MAKE NORTH CAROLINA A GRtAT STATE. Tho Kaealu mt tho rrwpweltl.a WeM Trosaowwena Tho 1 4 aw la mm twaplrwllww It U a Plan y Which the Ureal Pewpaa CnaJKwrkont tho Goiaaatra. The Philadelphia Item, one of tho ablest and most widdv circulated paperi of the North, approves Maj Guthrie's suggestion forjhe States to exercise their constitutional rights in making gold and silver ruin legal tender money. It goea into inter est in g details in the following edi torial : Major W. A. Guthrie, in the Ra leigh (N. C.) Caccasiax of the Uth instant, opens up a bonanza to States in favor of the silver standard, that may, if carried out on the lines he suggests, cause a tremendous uproar th roughout the entire eountry. The point being, the Constitution provides and permits States to make 6ILVXR COIN A FULL LEtfaL TIXMR, but not to mint it. The permission means in effect, that any State in this country can, if it so elects, make Mexican silver dollars a full legal tender within the imitsofthe State. Also make the Japanese silver yen a like legal ten der, or any of the South American coins that correspond to the Mexican dollar or our own standard dollar. In 1841 President Tyler, to furnish the people with money in opposition to the threats by banks of contract ing this country's money because he refused to allow the banks Federal privileges, made foreign silver coins as above described, a legal tender in this country. While this legal tender caused for eign silver to be a common currency in this country for years afterwards, and GREATLY TO OUR PROSPERITT, the privilege was finally repealed. But this repeal of Congress does not affect the rights of the States under the Constitution to enact State aws again making all those foreign coins a full legal tender. The effect in practice of to doing WOUld be TREMENDOUS ! So far reaching and enormous would bo these effe;;, that it be comes impossible to foresee their en- ire limit. One of the very least consequences would be such a tremendous pros perity for the State so acting, a rise in prices and wages, and conse quent depression of industries in neighboring States who refused so to act, that the lines of demarkation or separation between the two would be far greater and far graver than actual secession. In fact, such an act on the part of single State would undoubtedly solve the silver question for the Uni ted States in short order; for it would literally force all other States in this countrv. in sheer self-defense, to do likewise; or, what would come to the same thing, cause them all to force the immedi ate passage of a free silver law. Major Guthrie has had an inspira tion, one far greater than anything in his article would lead the reader to suppose, so immense are its possi ble effects. Yet he writes with the a 1 a care, propriety and calmness of a superior judge of the court, one who in summing up the case in a three column article presents all the evi dence in plain and clear language tnat is unmistakable and UNAN . 1 . a SWERABLE. The item here goes way beyond Mr. Guthrie in explaining the con sequences of his remarkably able suggestion. The first effect would be, to cause brokers to run over to Mexico, there exchange gold dollars or our paper money for Mexican silver dollars, in so far as such exchange of about two Mexican dollars to one of ours would be possible, return to, the State, say, North Carolina, (that State, say, having made the Mexi can dollar a full legal tender,) buy with it say, 1,000 pounds of cotton at say 5 cents a pound Mexican money, take the cotton out of the State, and sell it in the next State at 5 cents a pound in greenbacks thereby doubling their capital on the round transaction. After having bought all the cotton for sale, the broker would buy every thing else in tne shape of merchan dise in the state in the same way, and sell in the adjoining States. This would put & large number o Mexican dollars into North Carolina at short notice, but as they would ALL BE LEGAL TENDER, they Would pass in the State on precisely the same terms as the present green backs. Those holding this money would at once invest it, develop their own manufactures, and incite a greater brokerage business as above de scribed, and in the course of time North Carolina would be doing vaster and more profitable business than possibly aay ten othr States combined in this whole eountry. And if the thing continued indefi nitely, North Carolina, would do more business than about at.t. the REST OF THIS COUNTRY PUT TOGXTH R, for many capitalists would flock there Jo put his capital where stiles wtt Bad qnxa!y 94r tS timalatof m h end rod rrU Uu sow list is Mriiro. and ft r-rav cialy th Anae rvsaon. Now the othrr side: YJrs! laae o in North Carwliaa woaU have to b raid is IVJrral monry, aJ the Mrsiraa ailwr dollar wo aid haTo to b mciifictd tea f-r on to grt it. Bat. as the IraJa of tLe State wou!J l vry Urge, at J ewrt- body easily find enploynifnt at good wag, this aarnfir wuall sot l-e found any great hardship. Additionally, all the good Uncht by North Carolina from, tho otbr States woulJ have to I paid for un der the asme sacrifice of two dollars for one. But the effect of thi would at one be, to nnicklv develop the internal manufacturing resources of the State, for such extra coat would be a wall or protective lctt la be half of the local isdostiy inid the State of a ftll hundred i er cist. At once in every part of the State actories of every description wosld be erected, and an enormous demand for labor arise. The effect of this would be to at an early day make the State entirely self supporting, so far as trade with adjacent States is onoerned. As a resnlt, no money would have to go out of the State except for ederal taxes and travelers. To return to the first side of the question: North Carolina would be the State among all others in this country with which silver basis na tions could trade AT PAR. Mexico would buy its cotton of North Caro- na, and send more of its silver to pay for that cotton. Mexico and every South and Cen tral Ameriean country would buy the manufactures and produce of North Carolina, and send more silver into that State to pay for them, thus stimulating North Carolina into be ing the greatest manufacturing State in the United States because of this bounty of one hundred per rent. China, Japan and India, would do the same, and North Carolina would in time become the greatest mart of commerce in the United Stat , and soon in position to open terms for the actual purchase of somo first- class harbor. It wonld at one In-come the en- repot of the shipping of practically ALL TRADE between the United States and silver-basis countries. Freight trains would pass into it un der custom sealed cars, and it would assume the importance of a free port in the midst of custom-duly ports. Right here and now, silverites of this country hold the whip handle over the goldites. AH they have to do is to get a State or several States to at once make foreign silver coins a full legal tender in their confines. That once done, the 100 per cent. bounty (less rise in prices and wages) enjoyed by that State, will so revo- ntionize the whole trade of this country, that the goldites will be completely knocked out on the first round. A VOICE FROM COLORADO. Tha People of That Stwta Are Tired of Old Party Fnaloa. For The Caucasian. Leadville, Colo.. May 18. I write to commend the action taken by the Populists of North Carolina on the question of fusion in and out of your State. The great body of Colorado voters are heartily sick of any intended ac tion looking to fusion with either of the old parties. In hj we made the fight on the Omaha platform and won, but in '94 the platform was trimmed dewn to suit a few well-meaning, but nnin formed voters, and the people cf the state repudiated our work, and elec ted the entire Republican ticket, We want no more of this catering to a vote that does not materialize. The real followers of Jefferson and Lin coin are as radical as we are if not more so; and they are not going to leave their own parties to support ns unless we offer something more sub stantial than a mere bid for office. Tho sentiment here is almost unan imonsly in favor of a close adher ence te party principles; but as the average voter has not the money to pay traveling expenses to conven tions, it is possible that the men who do go will not hug as closely to the line as would be wished. For this reason it is vitally necessary that those who do go to OU LfOuis. shall stand true to the fundamental doc trines of the party. No compromise at the expense or principle, or we are lost. E. T. Tucker, SecYy, Lake Co., Committee. Darhaan'a Pahlle BaUdlaa;. Durham Correspondent of Kews and Obaer ver.j Telegrams from Senator Marion Bat ler and Major Wm. A. Guthrie bring the glad tidings that the bili making mis aiiiui lamia is u ui a&.).iAi iur m DUO- as. a ? a w ? . a a 5 . lie ouiiuing in lsurnam nas psssea tne United States Senate. This bill passed if a final rparf i n tr nn WmIiimiIiw mnA therefore, goes to the House of Kepre-' sentatives. What iu fate will be there nobody knows. For a number of years it has been Citent to the most casual observer that urbani was entitled to a -handsome recognition in the way of a public building. It was entitled to this by reason of the large business done through the postoffice, but especially on account of the immense revenue paid to the rov eminent annually. The argument in favor of tucjb an appropriation was overwhelming, and the wonder has been that no action could be secured heretofore. Senator Butler deserves the thanks of Durham people for his prompt no tion in this matter. It shows tnat be is looking after the interests of the people of a orth Carolina. AH! HERE IS .. THE KEY IIOTBH Plsia Cntibit tad Bitt- Talk From Suu CcsisittM&an Catcidn-nsTrothToJw. A C0DRSE OF PROCEDURE. (lalltaew Wj htaw UI IV. wl, ! " rwra t mrlf t hwf Will ! wS taha IVaitmis Ska -. esauia. aaa taaMMa , M C4.iaawaaawl.Maa .. If fhaf Wl.l. ' WiMTAkKk. X. C. May 1G.-T- tint action of the Mat iVpahat tireutiv-eenniittew I UlieveU dotard by fosr-fiftba f the Pro pla patty ia the htate. I hare yet to lb frat teas to this eotiro aeetioa who diaspprov its work. Still there aeeaiato La . fo" Populiita in Jiffera-bt tarte of th State who are inclined to tsiak that the committee, ia leseisg froa the KepublieaMs, leaned too far to the Democrats, and a few Demoerataarw laboring under th same delusion. If I underitsnd the fituation. onr people are willing to eo-opct ate with AKYHOl'T OM raiXCtrLB-With r. BODY if co- illation lavolvea a promise of prmeirle. Adkervarva to this maxim makes ne more droautiJ by the money power to-dav than either of tbe old parties. Mr. J. l. Loseh ia a rveent latter to the News and Observer aava tha silver fotvea must be unified, and he wants this done by all the silver el. meats walking into the Deaoeratie party. II ys: -If DeaocrMV allows Mr. IlutUr sod his flftr thousand votes it wi'l not be rom a Populist." I hope Mr. Joe Daniels aud Us cor respondent. Mr. Leech, will a.. don that idea of l'onulist and silver Republicans being swallowed no bv the Democrats. Sueh a delusion ia a serious injury to the cans of i. ver. There is not a Populist from ocean to oeean who is cot asilverite. he Democratic rartv is divided into halves on the question, the silver half being only half in earnest, be cause it don't seem to want it. if it doesn't come th rostra the Demo cratic party. The Peoples Party stands reaJr to-day to put as many or more vote in the 'kx for river than either of the old parties. It is said tbere are about nine million of Democratic and tepublican votets iu this countrv. About five million of Populists and Independents with Populiat leaniar. r. oove reign ana ir. uui are leav ing no stone unturned to show their organizations in tbe cities th nttr utility of further strikes, and that their remedy for relief is at the bal ot box; their success alone this lin with Populists will prove t he St. Louis convention, July od( the biggest convention of the three. To theae combined forces the country is in debted for silver being an issue in this campaign. Upon these com bined forces with independent silver Democrats and silver KeDoblieana will depend the salvation of the white metal. The Peoples Party ia the onlv party whose national convention has dared to declare for silver at 1C to 1, and it has had to fight both -4 he old parties to keep it even a living issae to-day. Now after all this work some Dem ocrats are asking ns to floo baek into the Democratic party. Look at tbe record made by that party. lie ad it silver Democrats. Read it silver Republicans. Read it Populists. "First the 4Jth Con rr ess with a Democratic majority of 42 April 8, 18S0, killed sUver at 16 to 1. The 52nd Congress with a Democratic major ity of 143 killed it again the 2tth of March 1892. The rame Con rr ess July 13th overwhelmingly defeated it after it had passed a KeDubliean Senate. August 23rd. 1893. Cleve land's extra session of Congress killed tree silver by a two-thirds vote. This Congress had a Democtatic major ity over both the Republicans and Populists of 93, but the ten PoDulists voted for silver as they always do. 217 Democrats were on the floor of the House when the vote was taken, and 101 voted for the measure and 110 against it. So. if all the RsDab- licans and Populists had been driven from the hall, the bill would Havi iiEEJT killed by a Democratic ma jority of 15. On the same day. Au gust 23rd, this Democratic Congress voted down silver at 17 to t, at IS to 1. 19 to 1 and at 20 to 1. All th efforts for silver were killed bv its professed friends as fast as the clerk eonld call the roll. On November 1st. 1893, a Democratic nuioritr ml 93 snowed under another effort for silver. Oetobet 27. 1893. it was re peated again, and in February 18UV the 53rd Congress with a Democratic majority in both Houses. s Presi dent of its own choosing, a financial committee with that silver Democrat, uan oornece chairman, a major ity of the committee Democrats. killed DEAD,. DEAD, DEAD the last proposition for silver at 1G to 1, making eleven silver bills killed in eight or nine years; and the Demo crats are asking ns to oo back to that party in order to get free sil ver! The Republicans first killed it; the Democrats sod Republicans, if pos sible, will keep it killed. For ear life I can't see how Republican and Democratic silverites will allow themselves fooled again. To be sure, there is no Populist fool enough to walk into such a trap. Tbe Democrats asked for power, and when they got the power they killed silver dead, eleven times dead; and now when they are out of power their leaders are prof see ia prom ises of what they will do for silver and expect ns to believe them. "You may break, you nar shatter the vase If you will. But tbmterat ot the roses will hang arooad The Democratic -and Republican parties have simply disappointed and deceived the people and ao amount of candidate and platform promises will restore eonfideaee. Mr. Leash winds up his article im (CbsUinned oa feetta j