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The Fight Is On. Iffle Heed Your Help. In ft Glab. Cycles-8 Ooatbo For CI .00 ! J Thii iIH-T 13 entirely depend j ent ufia tin People. I' it is I (;uing their cause good, it merits ; lli'ir tupport. If that support rot given, the pajr cannot ( i ' Send a club ji(ir ! r CAUCASIAN. r " r Jj f a Vll4ril-n ) g rT .ra Tb t. 3 tci t t "f 'ioao aitb.-t i-mm. f t-a. 4r2k i H VOL. XIV. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1896. SthVI. ft TOM WATSON ON BRYAN. He Analyses The New York Speech and Tells Why Some Planks in The Platform Were Ignored. NEW YORK TRIP A MISTAKE. Mora Ki oonilltura of Mon.f ami Wiifl M.. Mil. I It I. Wen To The Month ae.l Ut I ha North anil Kast Will Vm Cotroll.l It- Tha l'lbu-ewaU- Nomination loaded A a lllm ror Tim Monopoll-a ml Trn.ta. I New York World.) TliHMAvov. . -Aug. 17. Mr. Yw!l' "pe"1'" nt acceptance wan a j;ryn' dwelt upon one topic alone i the silver question. It in true that he rnnile a few general re-Terences to trusts ami devoted a paragraph to the income tai, but ilie ore subject which h dwelt upon was silver. l imn thiH issue Mr. Bryan spoke )tt length arid with great power of statement and reasoning, lie him self would hardly claim that he bus originated any now argument upon h inicsttoii which ha been ki tlior i.iiL'hlv handled in speeches, books and editorials during the last ten or lifteon years. Mis presentation of silver claims wan not ho comprehensive a that made in the elaborate speech of .Sen ator John I. Jones, of Nevada, in IHW; liia arraignment of the evils of eontruction win not so graphic as that made by Congressman Charles Towno in 1S9.", or that made by Con gressman William II.Felton of lb7(, nor were his answers to the objec tions made to free coinage so ample !ts thoso made in the recent speech of Senator Ianiel. Hut wo think that never btfore have the merits of the caso against tliw single gold standard been bet ter stated in the samo number of words than Mr. Bryan stated them in his Madison Square address. WAS THE NEW YoKK TRIP A SUCCESS. This much being said, the ques tion still remains: "Was the trip to New York a success''" Did tho invasion of the enemy's country re sult in a triumph? We think not. -Mr liryan wrote his speech at his home in Nebraska and went to New York for tho express purpose of win- nine a great personal victory by delivering it. Ue hoped to electrify his hearers and put hia campaign on a boom. It was said confidently that he would go right on from New York and "invade" New England The Oulf Stream of tho liryan ora tory was relied upon to roll genially 3 111 I U Lit. 11 .aIVOV V. 11 l T A,." . . ill thnau li 1 1 1 v rutnnna fl ml to 1 warm the iceburga of Maiue itself t.nto a thaw. Tho result have been quite differ ent. Mr. Bryan on his way to New I York spoko so often and so much LUAI M U T IA L LI U lilllU tliuiu lw AliA av make the great speech he could not make it. lie was worn out. His throat was sore and his. voice husky, and when the audience saw that they must sit in the Bweltering heat for two hours while an ex hausted orator read a speech they could not hear, they very naturally began to walk out, knowing that the newspapers would all have the speech the next morning. LOST HIS AUDIENCE. The people went away by thous ands while the plucky but tired out orator painfully plodded through his manuscript. No man living under tlit se circumstances have done bet ter than Mr. Bryan, possibly no other mau conld have done so well. As an essay ou the silver question his paper was a success. It will lire and it will convince thousands of readers and make thousands of votes. Hut as a speech it was a failure. The success of an essay is judged by its inlluence upon those who read, but the success of a speech mast ever be judged by its effect upon the audience. It is remarkable that iu his speech of acceptance Mr. liryan should have completely ignored those planks in his platform relating to national banks, to railroads, aud to the tariff. To each of these planks the people who will follow Mr. Bryan's future attach vast impor tauce. Upon no subject did Mr. Jefferson, so often quoted by Mr- Bryan, express himself more forci bly or more frequently than on that of national bank of issue. He hated them, feared them and fought them witn all the zeal of a fanatic, ' yet his brilliant young disciple is . forced to keep silent upon that issue, f although it is inseparably connected a ... il a i. . . . : i i wuu me money question, wuicii ne so ably discussed. WHY HE IGNORED THE TARIFF AND THE TRUSTS. Why did Mr. Bryan have to keep mum on that topic? Because of the fact that Arthur Sewall, his running mate, is a national banker. Again, there was the question of tho tariff. Ihe last legacy which the patient public received from a Democratic Congress was a tariff bill which even leveland would not sign. A Dem ocratio President indicted it as be isg the offspring of "party perfidy and party dishonor.7' Its sugar schedule was sold in advance to the augar Trust and was written as Ilavemcyer wanted it by a Cabinet tticer. Its eight-year Government loan of more than a hundred million every year to the Whiskey Trust was a Democratic surrender to a grasp ing syndicate. All through this un ignod tariff bill ran the protective feature, illustrating class legislation no LUVO, lULfUUOUa AUU VlUlCOOlItJ form. andyet'Mr. Bryan, who first ITl lta Vt-m4 i wtn avn A a.m -t VI A AtV.flDlira Vnn f.n,. k- Vi. ..; ..P.- nrt.iw- a a .-: a 1. : . - uve tariff. A POOR WAY TO BEAT MCKINLEY. To exoeet to defeat McKinlev with out saying a word against McKin 'y is somethine new under the sun. but Mr. Bryan's silence was proper na necessary. He could not afford 10 denounce protection while Mr bewail, his running mate, is weil known as a protectionist. Mr. St w&H is even now acting in leagu with the Republican to secure leg islation which will I vy tribute upon every Amricn corniner of for eign good in the Kes!f!h irWest of tbi New Koglacd shipbuilder.', of whom he i one, and jut as Mr. Sewall's prHnce ' n tbe tifkt pre vented Mr. Bryan f r ia as-sailing na tional batik f i fcue and the Repub lican doctrine of protection, so the same baneful icilictice prevented bim from duouncing railroad mo nopoly Mid !x'orti':i. Mr. HwU being a cf rporttionif l of lus-ty pro portions himself. In fact, it d'l'Ms the minion of Mr. S.twall in the campaign to act as a contradiction to Mr. Bryan and to the Chicago platform. For in stance, Mr. Bryan said in one of his speech'" the otber Jay that if be should bo elected tbe people who elected him would not be found ask ing favurn of tho tiovemment. HEWAI.n- Tim FOOTIIINO SVRlTOr THE fAMI'AION. Yv'o had not quilo fluihed clap ping hand. over this statement be-1 fore r, r. tsv.de t'far to ns that the r- bo are backing the ticket in New Kn gland will demand that the Oovtrnment levy a fine upvn every citizen who dares to buy for eign goods which are r.ot brought to this country in llu f-hii.s of Sewall and bis Republican eolleagues. Mr. .Sewall s presi.-ueu on the tick et was meant t my to the privileged classes ol the North and haal: "Don't get scared at Bryan's speeches. I will see to it that, the present state of things is not dis turbed." In othe words, Sowall is the soothing syrup of the campaign for the monopolists, and as he is relied upon to kee p Northern and Eastern Democrats from wailing too much under the inlliction of Bryan's Popu listic proclivities. llli VAN'S EASTEUN INVASION ''ALI.ED orr. Tho fact that Mr. Bryan's Eastern invasion is called cu suows tiiat his managers are disappointed with the New York Irip. It was a mistake. The same expenditure of money and work in the West and South would have harvested results four times as great. The North and East will almost surely be controlled by the gold standard men. Tho crack of the job-lash will compel the reluctant votes oE tho very laborers who have been cheering Bryan on his way to New York. Free silver votes would bo given over to the North and East if there were free voters to give them, but a man whose life depends on his jjb can not lightlj' indulge his choice when tho giver of the job has a preference the other way wnich h is willing to pitilessly enforce upon the employee. If tho free silvir fight is to Te won, the sooner the attention of the managers is given to those two sec tions from which the votes must coiae tho beUir. Much yrfccioui time has already been lost. Let Mr. Arthur Sewall retire from the ticket, join his sou Harold and make Mc Kinley jpe eches all over New Eng land and let Bryan and Watson join hands and solidify the West and South. In no other way can the free silver fos-s be whipped. T. E. Watson. (lulllVtril County Convention. The county convention of the Feoples party of Guilford was called to order by chairman W. O. Strat ford, as per call. While the conven tion was not large, yet there were present representative members of the party. Mr. Giles F. Glascock wus called to the chair by the ex-chairman to act as temporary chairman and Mr. W ill Montgomery was named as temporary chairman. The ex-chair man. just before calling Mr. Glascock to preside, made a verv brief speech Bomowhat blazing the way and was followed by Prof. Woody in some pleasant words and explanation, Then an advisory board of eifcht of the most conservative men in the party was elected whose function is to act in conjunction with tho execu tive committee of the county, the two with full powers to do whatever a convention might do, and after this committee had retired and care fully canvassed every point and available men as candidates, elected as nominees by w ritten ballot the following ticket: For Senate W. O. Stratford. For House of Representatives Prof. John W. Woody. For Treasurer Julius hi. Dick. For County Commissioner Lo vick L. Kernodle. Ihe convention then adjourned sine die. W. 0. Stratford. Ch'rin Ex. Com. Will. Montgomery, Secretary. WttRe-Karners ror Silver. Washington 1'oBt.J "The wage-earners of New Eng- land are on the side of silver," said air. ueorge . Washburn, of TW- J?n a memb" of.th9 PoPalist Na- a 1 "fl . uonai executive Committee, at tho Shoreham. "In Massachusetts daily meetices aro being held, where the silver ... - -j cause is explained and defended and the nans are never large enough to hold tne audiences. Popular inter est is at fever heat. In organized labor circles the discussion of this 1ustl0n has been going oi for nA -ori all Knight, rst t.o- years, a bor and m . . 7t; ' .. :; " llaUcs U111U1JS lucxi are pin cere believers in free ard unlimited Un July lithe Chicago Chronicle 1 one question of hnance. The two com- The Evening Journal of this city, The Mexican dollar is coined fori yCu need mt r politics don't af- Unc lh'T imitate tbe ways of I'rovi coinage. charged W. J. Bryan with being a I mittees will not interfere, for while I the leading labor and Populist daily I use in Mexico, and has shown itself fect you for it does. Politics runlde?ce " one l'-rtic0,r i lilt 1 1 a . 1 . . 1 DO fll1Ai1 inn AnA a 4-Ua -,-I..u 1 I iuy oenei 18 that tU9 wrKing o-i---- :iyiuj,c ui me ier bo- -o -ia; bduu uui, largely me same in iuo oouinwest, win say to-mor-1 tioroK.ijr ws. viceaoie mairnment i this s-overnment and tbe e-overn- .. . . I - o - ,o ;t, . it t T..1- oi .iLl...nf-..f..:.l : :il I trn. ..' i " t I iu- : i . I . .r " . . " " I ou wi luiacuuuiry, tne inecnauica - " " ""j oil .. i.siUu.iu- -" -mvu uas -ovu -ancui r r"--va u,r Deol 11 ISO people, oika. nave oeen I t:nn. and laborers in the cities, and the Madison, Wis., I read the editorial nt voters even in the same town." and looked for ever since the Popu- signed. In Mexico it buys just as elected and gone into office who have men whose lahor iw.r! tho nntinn of the Chronicle, and insisted that Later to-night Chairman Butler, list national convention, has come I much produce, just as much labor. I - .- v -:i .-.i I.: are going to stand up for what they . . . . ueiieve is rignt. Animmense amount of money will be used, but there can v il : i . oe no bucu imng as wnoiesaie cor- I a , J a U . ... i "U'il.Sii -2? -lcio c. luaaao will UB H, w " w M iailUlQ4 1 .w were to be held to morrow, liryan would win; 1 am sure that most of the Republicans concede that, and although stupen - dous efforts will be put forth by the - Republicans they will not be able to I stop the movement or tne masses against the millionaires." Five copies of The Caucasian r. . so 1 three months for $1,00 BRYANl PENIES THE CHARGE. SAYS HE NEVER WAS IN THE EMPL0-, "OF ANY VINE OWNERS UlRf -UYOR INDIRECTLY. u Krutr 1 jton ltd !' and A crept. th t audldat. Inlal - litud t Make a MaI.mutSboln(ln Uatall fell Moo.j 7C&roi EiMwrh Making. C; "vln an address delivered by Sena tor Thurston, of Nebraska, at the Chatauqna Assembly, at Madison, Wis., on July 31st, he read portions of au editorial published in the Chi cago Chronicle on the 11th of July, charging Mr. Bryan as being in the employ of the silver mine owners. The editorial, as read, is !U follows: "There was a time when the own ers of the big bonanzas of the far West were" glad to occupy, by pur chase, seats in the United States Senate. "Sharon, Stanford, Fair, Jons, Stewart, and others gratified their fancy in this manner nntil the nov elty Voire tJff.-enrt..t.bH -tJkey depu tized attorneys and otber employees to take their places and vote for protective tirilT and irte silver. "Of late ye;irf, ovirg to the en couragement that th'-y hav receiv ed from the lit publics, piny, which always dots something for silver when it passes a tariff bill, the pro prietors of the big bonanzas have tound it profitable to keep a large number of tditor, lecturers, and other spokesmen on the road, preaching to the people, sdready limping as a result of the bites of the free silver cur. the sovereign remedy of applying the hair of the dog to the wound. "Among tho many who have thus been employed, and carried on the pay rolls of the big bonanzas for a number of years, is William J. Bryan, of Nebraska. The paid agent and f-pokesiuan for the free silver combine has not. &inee retire ment from Congress, had any other visible means of support." MR. I'.RVAN'S DENIAL. Ui'PEB Rei Hook, Aug. 18. Mr. Bryan gave out the following state ment relative to Senator Thurston's charge that he was employed by mine owners to work for free silver: "I have already denied this charge on several occasions, but the reitera tion of it by Senator Thurston, a distinguished resident of my own State, justifies me in answering it again. "I HAVE NEVER AT ANY TIME OR UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BEEN IN THE EMPLOY OF ANY MINE-OWNERS INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVE LY, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, NOR HAVE I EVER HEEN IN THE EMPLOY OF OR BEEN PAID BY ANY BIMETALLIC LEAGUE OR ASSOCIATION. "Asido from my editorial services of about $150 per month paid by the Omaha World-Herald, and a small amount derived from the legal pro fession, my income since my re, ire- ment from Crongress has been de rived entirely from lectures before Chautauqua lyceums and lecture bureaus (which have usually paid me a fixed sum), and from contribu tions made by the people of the lo calities where I have spoken. In some instances I have derived noth ing at all. In most cases I have re ceived more than enough to pay traveling expenses. Tn rNnW tror. in. stances, I think, has my compensa tion exceeded $100, and in those in stances it was about $200 at one place and about $300 at another. first platform on which I ran tor congress in ltvju, oetore 1 was known politically outside of my Stnte. cnntiiined a. free c.oinace plank. My Republican opponent that year was an advocate of free coinage. In the campaign of 1S92 I hso ran on a free coinage platform In ISO-i I again ran on a free coin age platform, and my opponent for the Senate, Mr. Thurston, while op- posing uniimiteu coinage at io to 1, insisted that he favored bimetallism "I wrote the free coinage plank on which I ran in 1S90 and the free coinage plank3 in the Nebraska State platform in 1891, 1894 and 1S9G, and I tried to secure the adop tion of freo coinage planks in the State platforms cf 1892 and 1893. I only mention this to show that my advocacy of free silver is not of re cent date. "Having made this answer to Mr. Thurston's letter I shall hereafter take no notice of individual newspa per comment on this subject. If the Republican .National Comniit- tee wi l say officially that I have J . , J ovrr titan Bmn nvflrt Ti rf hrer speeches by any mine owner or group of mine owners, or by any associa tion supported by mine owners, I j am ready to make a statement show ing m detail all money received by me for speechmaking " SENATOR THURSTON RETRACTS Chicago, Aug. 19. "Mr. Bryan's word goes with me and I shall be S3d to say so to the people of this country," said senator John M. Tfnrston. of Nebraska, here iska, here to-day, In. . n i -I . arrer reading tne nat-rooted denial on the part of W. J. Bryan that he was or had been in the employ of i . , . . the silver mine owners. Mr. Bryan has denied the charge, which was v-.ci A s Vv-tt n T.AviA.n4-'o wauv t ui jycuiuvi at x newspaper tion in added benatoT Thurston save t the As- sociated Press to-nic-htthe following oAaa - 1 ao: .v lr- otjau owed it as a duty to the I an .1 a VI OATl 4-A-. h n -.-- 1 . n. . . - "u,"'v f"!"" i" uie charge. cts explicit denial appears in the press this morning. I stated in Ne- brsska that Mr. Bryan's denial would be accepted bv me. and that T .-nnl.l en notifv thqcnnntrir rl,;u - a - ' r ' lu-' " i 'a" To "i ' "T ,. uu.. uuuc manner of doing "John M. Thurston." LINCOLN BANKERS EXONERATE BRYAN FROM THE CHARGE. MR. T -a- V a a av ji-.oLN, ieo.. axis. iy. care- &L?.T7,aiao,,g &ll f the I banks of this city has resulted in a city has resulted in a failure to find any evidences of Mr. was made oy a democratic iween ine democrats and ."opulists, re aper, and I have no hesita- but admitted that they would work I? 1 declaring that I believe him,' together in ihe utmost harmony. !?e Mr. Thurston. "You cannot send out too much lit- Bryan' baring been at any time in receipt of sum of money for .service rendered to the Bimetal ic Lea gut. A canvas of those persons her who hav been most energetic in circulating tbe report against Mr. Bryan has resulted in an acknowl edgement of their inability to repro duce any proof of the statement. They say that their reasons for be lieving it true were that it had not been denied. No checks nor drafts that could be supposed to come from any one connected with the silver interest have ever eome to Mr. Bryan through the Lincoln banks nor hare been cashed or deposited by him. An officer "of the Columbia Na tional bank, where Mr. Bryan has kept his active account, says that Mr. Bryan's bank account never amounted to more than a few hun dreds of dollars. This man has al ways been opposed to Mr. Bryan politically. i BRYAN AND WATSON. Tho Ticket If oml sated at St. rm LoaU to Not B NtU-hTbo CamlMaUa 1 Formally Notified. Washington, Aug. IS The Peo ple's Party ticket as named by the St. Louis convention isbryan and Watson, and that will be the Peoples Party ticket until the polls are closed in november. Mr. Bryan is as much our candi date as mr. Watson is. As far as this committee has fower it will strive just as hard to elect one as to elect the other, and will leave nothing in its power un done to help either or both. but it will not sacrifice owe in the interest of the other." The foregoing announcement was made by Senator Marion Butler to night to some newspaper correspond ents. During the day Mr. Butler, who is Chairman of the Populist Na tional Committee, had had confer ences with Senator Jones, Chair man of the Democratic National Committee, and with Senator Faulk ner, Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Committee, and a correspoddent has asked him wheth er the Populist Executive Commit tee now meeting in this city would take action towards withdrawing the name of either Bryan or Watson from the Populist National ticket. This declaration was made in the presence of George F. Washburn, of Massachusetts, a member of the Populist Executive Committee, and Chairman Butler turned to him, say ing: "I believe that represents the unanimous opinion of the commit tee does it not?" "That is perfectly correct," re plied Mr. WasTiburn, "and so far as we are advised it represents the unanimous sentiment of our Na tional Committee as well.'' Mr. Washburn was so much pleased with the directness of the statement that he insisted upon having a copy of the words taken down for his own uso. NOT TO NOTIFY CANDIDATES. In answer to the question as to whether Messrs. Bryan and Wat son would be notified of their nomi nation by the Populist convention, benator Butler said: "It has never been tho custom of the Populist Party to notify thei Presidential candidates. WnAr and Field were not formally notified . .. , of their nomination, and all the nra. j av cedents or the party are against this nr.l.ctlPA. In fact it- aaama In Via fho to refrain from these formal notifi- cations. ' nererminarinn Tint tn notify Messrs. Bryan and Watson of - . Mvw . " I their nomination reached after your conference with Senator Jones day?" asked the correspondent. to- INo; it was determined upon be fore," was Chairman Butler's reply. lo-mght benator Jones had an other long conference with Chair man Butler. Senator Butler, when 1 .3 1 A Al ' 1 I 1 I I tisjieu nuuui mis, saiu mat ine interview was very satisfactory. National Headquarter Selected. Washington, Aug. 19. Chair man Butler this afternoon annennced the appointment of the following Populists finance committee tor the campaign: H W. Reed, of Georgia, chairman; Dr. C. F. Taylor, of Penn- sylvania, and M. C. Rankin, of In- diana Geo. F. Washburn, of Massachu setts, has been appointed to take charge of the headquarters at Chi cago. After going to his home and ?Z 7 nu- ouav Washburn will tro to Chic.ao-.. T.haie. . - n " man Butler says that headquarters r I V.rt a win uc v(icucu up lumurruw or next day, pro oa Diy in tne wormley build- ing, unuer me me roor wiin tne Democratic eommittee. The latter committee holds an option upon the proposeu rooms ana onairman a auiKner nas ottered them to Chair- man liutler. isuuer is iavoramy impressed with the location, and in view of the fact mai mere win oe more or less or unity or action between the Demo- I A, -. Jll a a. urtvis ana iropuusis, it is believed 1 mat he will accept the offer. But- 1 lfir denied that any pooling arrange- a ic, out uuuuui: ttfraue- i (. . i ... . menx ior tne circulation ol literature naaoeen or would be arranged be - 1 TWAATt t h A TlOTYl - A DAi:.l I -ww -vo auv. x UpUilBLS. b democrats and Poeulists. erature m a campaign like this." said he. "for the people ar r-iri for lio-ht r,ri v-wi- J Tit 1 - BMvnivuu uvix tut? I Wf A w. n rt . . A.1 . I . . . of the PopuUst national committee, I BM1 ' inA i'im -k k-s !.. Jl .!! I . "wvoub, ui me Silverites, signed a contract for the rental of this portion of the old Wormley Hotel now occupied by the Democratic committtee, and prepar- ations will be made to move in at 1 ... once, and tafcfi nosBOair.Ti -f th;- - n.-t r:A rrr --v.u. a ua. m0u4U. .ere win, Ilis arrangement, do under one roof , and in the dissemi- nation of literature they will all work together. YOU CAN ENCOURAGE THE CAUSE OF REF0RM BY SUBSCRIBING TO thf I CAUCASIAN S 1.00 A YEAR. THt COMMITTEE ADJOURNED CUlawt Bailor WIU Olvo Hia Wholo 'Tlaaeta te CaawiBa. Wajkijeotox, An. 20. Tb ecutiTe committee of tbe Fopuli.t party has adjourned, subject to the all of the chairman. It baa accom plished all that could be done at the present time in arranging for head quarter in Chicago. It was decid ed that J. K. Sovereign should be assigned to the Chicago headquar ters which will be under the man agement of Mr. Warshburn, of Mas sachusetts. Chairman Butler, of course, will be in charge here and will give his whole attention to the campaign. Mr. Butler will be assisted by Sec retary Edgerton, who will be here during most of the campaign C. H. Pirtle, chief of the Senate document room, will be in charge of tbe send ing out, of documents. Mr. Butler said to-day that the class of litera ture which was to be sent out had not bM decided upon. As far as pj5liblJ documents which can 1e frankee will be sent out. These will include speeches by Populists in Congress and some of Tom Watoon's will be among the number selected. Some of the literature being sent out by the Democratic committee and also by the Silver committee will be distributed. Chairman But ler said this morning that the com mittee was of course embarrassed for want of funds and Secretary Ed gerton said that the committee must rely upon voluntary subscriptions as much as possible. "We have chipped in," said Chair- man Butler, "to pay our expenses thus far. We have no rich men to make large contributions for cam- paign expenses, i expect we will have to make a campaign like oth ers we have made in the South, where we have managed with very little money." Chairman! Butler will enter into correspondence with Populist lead ers and with free silver leaders in various parti of the country at once, and endeavor to effect an adjust ment of all existing difficulties which will bring the supporters of silver and Bryan in harmonious action. Tho Silver party and the Popu- list party today moved into head- quarters with the Democratic party in the Wimley building. Vice- Chairman Stevens, of the Silver Republican party is victorious this party, said to-day that the silver fall that the existing gold stand branch headquarters in Chicago ard will be preserved. I want would be every bit as important as the headquarters here and would have charge of the campaign in the Western States. Mr. Daniel' Mission. Washington Post Joseph us Daniels, member of the Democratic national committee from North Carolina, came here to try to patch up party difficulties in that State. lie was in conference with I Senators Jones and Butler yester-1 uay, out without, niucu result, as Senator Butler seems entirely satis- hed with the political situation in Vllfi OWT1 Sffi.tA- TTa BUVS thA olavon I electoral votes of North Carolina will Via oasi. far WTjitann. ATr F)qti. I iels left for home last night. Noth- what have been the results? It is "ception and dinner in honor of the rates, with no protection to the peopl ing, he said, has been accomplished an old saying that when people t?reat man, and. on Wednesday he agai.itcxorbitant rtte. nor agtint thus far. He said that the Demo- can't see or hear, they have to feel, will visit the city of Brooklyn. "-"'if?1?'. to irV.'r 'Virrd erats had offered th Pnnnliel. fi f Wo v v.wt.m. thinks Mr. Butler's statement will vvwwa. v v va w VV T VU .a.V nreveTit the poRsihilirv of a. PnnnlUt. -- w r Kepublican tusion such as was fear- t1 Vtnf that it matr rasnlt in nloninnl three electoral tickets in the field. Wh on.w nni ;nf. larl t.nt Me. Tlnniola Viorl ctotorl that-1 1 vAWMPwaa,vra. -m va, wv M, nno IUIVI Ul il.. n......:. ..1. xi t3.i- ior, nnn tho PnT-niut rtto r,n nnn I lit. .h I I 1 1 1 1 ' I n. M II. WIIIH III I II I Ml HTM IU and the Republicon 110,000, he said Did vou ask him whv it is that a party with 125.000 votes wants to fuse with a party havine 50.000? It is generally admitted that the party polling 100,000 votes in a three- cornered fight in North Carolina wiU carry the State. I The only in - ference is that Mr. Daniels knows as well as anybody that the last vote in North Carolina is somethine that his party cannot afford to relv on. as thare has been a new election law enacted since then." Mr. Butler added that his partv would undoubtedly put up Bryan and Watson electors, which of itself , ttm,a ,;w : L i u B LEASERS AGREE ON FUSION. Silver Force In Missouri Will Probably Support One Ticket. St. Louis, Aug. 18. -Events are so shaping themselves that a fusion I ox. a- i l j - i I I on Ol&ie eieeiorai uu congressional tickets in Missouri may be agreed upon Dy me j opunsi and nemo- cratic State committees, whose I headauarters are in this citv. A. H. bnvingstone, foputist candidate for Congress in the Fourteenth Missouri district, in a letter to Prof. W. S. Vandiver. the Democratic candidate, has made a novel proposition, which! is embodied in the following nara - graph: 1 .,t i,..-!.- u " - i a ai.. t -i t-. , - ijiiiii i un a m.. ...ui. rnr,v u riinvuiiuii i rVi.tr It r"-''. 1 V" """"Z XZfliZJZ Tr:. rv I , x . T 11 - and 'favor I will iJit race in this district they determine in your withdraw aad support you, and if they decide in my favor, then you withdraw and support me. I 1 A. L- Si a.1 A '11 a - . I . to pass, the leaders of the two silver as it did thirty years ago. And what ... . 1 1T " A 1 T 1 A wl. -. -i - A. A.1 LT- - uwiwo m xuiasuari, ue jropuiiBis ana Democrats have come together in conference, lookincr to a fusion of State, electoral, and Congressional tickets." thirty veara ae-o. Mexico ha. vr.t -uai. rsmMrtoa nominated. In tb - I - . seventh Dutn.u . . o-ijisdibx, . y,.t aut. o ne Seventh Congressional District Dem - ocratic convention convened, here to-day. It was largely attended, 2.M nominated for Congress, and I f-neoaore .juntts, ol Salisbury, was endorsed. viauvi A PLEA FOR A CHAHGE. THE 60L0 STANDARD CAUSES HARD TIMES-FREE CCIIA6E WILL IN SURE PROSPERITY. H Mt B. m Calt4 ritt AgaJ, M bagiaaa Pat PriaclaJo A Wa rmrtj Aa4Ketoro Sllvor toM lu rroawr FaocUoa aa a Him; VataX. For The Caucasian. J Mt. HOL1.T, X. C. Aug. 21. Will you allow me space in your valuable paper to make one earnest appeal to the honest voters of our grand old State of North Carolina? My friends. we nave to-day one of the worst panics known to the human races. Cotton mills running on half time. hundreds and hundreds of people -out of employment, and this very tuing is maaing iramps out or some of the best men in our land. Tramp ing and hunting for work, and none to be foand, Mow. I aak every hon est man, regardless of his poHtteeJ belief, don't you think it is time to call a halt and make a change? I think every one will say yes. Well, now the question is: what kind of a change should we maket What is the remedy for these hard times! We have tried a gold standard sys tem and times are getting worse every day. We all know this is true. Then we see that goldbugisru will not do. Will the Republican party give us the relief we ask for? Let us examine the platform of this partv on the money question and eee what it nas promised to do for us, for. we claim the money question is the foremost of the day. Here is what it says: "We are, therefore, opposed to the free coinage of silver except by international agreement with the leading commercial nations (England) of the world which we pledge ourselves to promote and un til (England says so) such agree ment (now listen) the gold standaid must be preserved. ilow does that sound to you? Do you see any relief in their platform! .Listen for a moment: hvery man who votes the Republican ticket this year will be voting for the same gold standard that now exists, only the name will be changed and not the policy. My friends, i want you to distinctly understand that if the to impress this os youk minds. Is their remedy all right? Does it suit you? Can yon stop one evil with another of the same kind? Will you, as honest men, who love your country, your home and your family, vote for this existing gold standard? I think not. I think there is too much manhood in this! country for this thing to continue Now for the remedy. "What is it and how can we obtain it? The remedy is simple and easily obtain ec. Here it is: The tree coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 more money here and less for England. T.Af rta nnl lilvav nrliava i f Vinl i rm . poor silver has been kept dow-n by tViof awq n, r,i-t rwi u Ao fo-i; -A I A.a v J vu avvtaia. vv vat i ul V1VIUV1I t -oTf ; ri;r.i n I . A. XlULa VVUDXa XS 1 VUL ICCIlilC a I A. a. V S3 I UV.I nUV.W V V tA. M. O W U you anv? Is vonr conscience dead? no ivon nn ;n 1on.; nt, I i tv j v ia , v a m f ata vivoiyuia a ua mv fellow man! let ns rise no as one mon in ncf VAVAmkA. this michtv monster, the cold atand- ard. and bnrv it so deep that no re. I r of r possible Let ve party ahi. urrection will ever be ra kitt TBTni)r.T 1 trv - k J A WA. A A.AA. A A AAA. AAW WAVIAAKJAAA.-ll'l vote for help vote this irold stas- dard out of existence. In conclusion, I ask you, will you P principle above party and vote for silver, vote for home, for conn- trv for family, and for your fellow man? Will you still continue to vote for your party and let your 1 wue aQd cnnaren starve and go naked? Will you vote for your party axd let your country go to the dogsi win you do this, my friends? Do you love a happy home; or do you want to make your home miserable? A vote for Bryan and free silver will make a happy home; a vote for McKmley and the gld standard will make a misrable home cm s"-a . a a a noose you tnis day whom you will serve. Let us make the free silver cause so plain that others see ing our good works may be con strained to follow ns. W. R. Harris. THE MEXICAN DOLLAR. I Tna Condition of Kjtoor and tb Coat of UtIdkih oarSwtor Bepubiic new i ora joorm.j I The impetinence of those employ' ra Ul wr who are striving 10 ais - I credit tne movement in favor of tbe free coinage of silver by payinar off meir men in Jiexican aonars is only equaled by the shallowness of 1 tneir argumenu nun silver de monetized in tne umtea states, with I il 1 9.11 a lue suver aouar as now coined, standing not as a dollar at all, but i no m vt. viuwo v f , uvuai a iuoidi as a promise to pay a dollar a mere waa I certincate ot inaeoteaneas, in which . ... . .... I there 18 n? more need to put a dol- lar's wortn ox silver than it is neces- to put a dollr'8 worth of P" r Fen.bck m such a sitruv- tlon 11 IS. inevitable that the silver coins 01 roreign conn tries shonld a -1 . nave nere no more man tneir Dnuioa value. -. L.. k 1 - ,.-: ... f Z a. I - -w i uio.o iiuiuiui, .Ue uexican lar - a mer can buy his dollar with just the I same quantity of wheat or produce. the laborer gives only the same number af hours' work for it as I vf tho nnre.Viaa.no v.1no f I,.. ....... :r.i5rV. T.r "",. peopie enjoy a rruiy "nonost aouar," be- 1 cause its measuring capacity, when applied to labor or its product, do not vary. wages are low, the standard of liv ing is not high. The nation is not iu i annii aau iwwuiiu aau wwui uie I the United State.. All trn. hntl " a. - more thaa factor otter into tai situation. It not tbe ef etWer which 'tnakra Metieaa u ! tbaa thoae ia tbe Uaitf State, for wages ia GotssaB;. Kraac. aJ Italy, gold standard ooaun all also are lower. Tbo character of tbe workiegmas, tae effleieaey of his labor, bis personal atabttioa. ail are factioea in filing tbe rate of wages. Mexican labor is not ner getie. Mexican dollar trany, and hoar of work brief. Yet ttr ia among the working claaae cf or southwestern neighbor a general dif fusion of comfort and independence scarcely excelled in tbe Catted State. The peon labor, of wbich returning travelers tell talcs to show Mexico degradation, is not free la bor, and the wage paid to peons are not a legitimate part of tbe d.cu sion. With the ue of silver aa wooer, Mexico ha progressed marvelouaiy since svift justice was meted out to Maximilian for hi effort to deatroy hr liberties.- A great war .Vht bat Keen f ntaei -awd rvd.4 "iStHUc works have Wen undertake.. lv mestic and foreign cmitut-ri Lave wonderfully expended. The i!v-r dollar which tne goldbug employ ers ridicule has paid tor a'.l. and with its aid Mexico, despite th. ob stacles of a tropical climate and an enervated people, ha proopered aud grown strong. PRESIDENT TO RECEIVE CHANG. U HUNG Mr. Cleelaad Will Meet dUiot Mlrn la Maw l'ork4)a. HlwtaUklkMg oftko A rraacru.ro I a. President Cleveland has indicated officially that Larl Li Hung Chang will be the cation's gust daring ins forthcoming visit to this country. and Gen. Ruggles, stationed at Gov ernor's Island, has been designated to take chartre of the detail of the reception. Thus far it is settled only that tbe President's reception of Li will oc cur at New York and not in Wash ington. The proposed visit of Earl Li to Boston has been abandoned also the present plan bring to ei tend the stav in New York becaue of the President's presence there aud to shorten it elsewhere. I'nder them) circumstances no arrangements have been made for entertaining tbe dis tinguished Chinese euest at Wash ington. DETAILS OF HIS KECEPTION". The Ambassador - Extraordinary, with his suite, will arrive in New York on Friday, the 2Sth instant, and he will be received on the fol- lowing day at Governor Island by President Cleveland. There will be a naval review and a great showing of pomp. On Sunday L.i will vis:t the tomb of Gen. Grant, and in the evtnine will dine with John Kussell Young, George F. Seward, John E. Ward, and other Americans, with whom he became acquainted in China. On Monday, tbe 31st instant, the party will be taken to vt est Point, where a military review will be held. V SePteberi the V,hambr I of Commerce of New 1 era will give a John KUSSell XOUUg Will entertain I . . . . - t La as bis guest in rnuadeipnia on I ' . I . -Thursday, I ll,w..naa. W - w M ft . A UCIJtCUIUVl rill arrive there in the morning and a , . a PD uy paui. I manner aS Can D6 arrangeU. n th evening of inursday Li On the wil1 leave for Washington, will leave for Washington, where he I spend two days, and from there he ,to Niagara Falls, after-1 ward traveling by Canadian l acifle - - . . . . . . Railroad to Vancouver, where he will embark for China. It is likely that President Cleveland may en deavor to end uce Li to travel to the Pacific Slope on one of tbe Ameri- can transcontinental ranroa.is and visit Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha, .a . a a a and Minneapolis. YOUR DUTY AS A CITIZEN. kterr VoUr Kbeotd bo latoreated la Poll-1 tlca Mtndy Moe aad Priarlp'.a Little's Mills, N. C, Aug. 21. It seems to me that I am not doing my duty to the Peoples Party, While 1 have done much in the pat'-omuiipion have been I desire to do more in the future. 1 read The Caucasian every week mrA kon mil if n mv nanvl.Ur. who are alao eairer to read the beat aua auva waaa a a w a mv,bm -v a- re form paper published. '7-.- I his county win go about one half for the Populist ticket and the Republicans will poll a majority of the other half, leaving the Demo crata the minority vote. I think every eitixen should be in terested in the coming campaign. It is the duty of every free man to vote. I have heard certain ones say: 1 don't eare who gets elected; it don affect me no way. I get only what w.rk for." Those kind of r,eor. l ra inn icnorar.t to live. Th elr- J tion franchise is a great risrht aud - 1 ahnnld be handled carefully, not in differently. One vote count iut aa I . I mnch as an other and when ad led Inn serves either for trood or bad. Every man ought to vote. The men h.rerv man onirni to Tore. . and principles shonld bee . v care i ailv Itudied and then vote the w vour J J -onaeienee aavs is riirht. V We want - to put men in the publi ofSces of lhU great and glorious couLtry. who are honest and who will serve the a 1 ' - --.. --- people faithfully and who wil? carry out the principles upon which they I ware elected. I ' VAAAVAAk . A Ww ... ..! who would sell their birthright for ! O 1 a mess of pottaire: who are utterlvl1 ne-iourtn oi a cent from paaeea I .m of nrin-inl. a-ri v.--- I AJ MA tffint 4r lr &- tkli eatlla . ThrAfnr it r.hr.va von t -.to ..j -,-t wWh ;nt;ffo-l w.i... Z iT:l C ' " 7i Aa".T - . V1UI1UUH. UTB UI11U1 CUDDirV. 1 UDD . ... ' . . ? resource, and u i the land o the ours and the home 0f the brave. We should be pa- I trio tie- wo should always be for its I -:. vir 1 a ai:. lennntrv to 11 anrl nor tn f-it-- e-Mwev - man .honld vt anrl not B leerted abont the welfare of bia Mlnitrr. RAILROAD RATES ARE EXCESSIVE. The IrorblUal Chargr i For Trier pcrutico IsfOTtmfcirr. lie Sc-lh tr.J Weit. F0BL1G DEMANDS RELlEr. Tin I'mH W.4 W .e...nu.a ' w UMlan o4 otMM Ml,. lll toa Ate ItMlr Vtif.o m r row Tt ll.ilw.. -rmt. KtI..M. Al-Jt. II- ,le .r.. ! been tiflra aar4 e belter t,rttt. agvufeiUcr U a ataw-a 1-r ll.e deprritif uintrr bit It to (ut i, try rt- ilra.- Ki! a l.rtfrr.i.ar Cute. frieed ( f re ot-tnar, do i4 4rf il i iiuonl rrmmj.lHii a o liapei.aab'e ie. 'II lt jj aiirxrare ia tbe ro. k mLn-u la, m iael acamsl t Im l, ,re .r lH.ir !.af t--li t.uriMl. ,n.t u.,i.i .i larlled III) tlirrr inn i rnur. rrrtion of Mir r-rit . t.r- pteldly OfpMrU , ll.e rraii.iil w ( Ititie, lot ertaiult I turua atttwt Curur l.rth u.Utl it !a rvn taaei. ). .Vtijtig t!. utai y pritti UKn tbe uiar t tUir prraeM matera do tllr "la!rn tl.e em.t. .. lib buriletia ir rtHi, l.i m Ui., . Lt.t eblrli Ibrt taill t.4 lourb Utt tnurba ue of lleir little tlurrr" are the freia-t.t ralra ai.U aartie,a rateatiirb liae Iu4 dt--rra-d mill the de-rea in the alue uf -ur i.r.- Urta. but bate entaared mltb the rnbaiired aloe .f ll.e 5lar, tl unerof tbe grt-at railway linn U- ing aniotig lite iiit a lite acetila In procurinc lbe ali.i u.n .f 1 1. .,,14 xatidsrtl anJ tdey are 1 lie large! of triutra to tin aiitaiiftt fut4 tute Ued arHat tle rralora. tti .I ellter to free .linage. J. lterMnt Mr:ai. bo a 'ti- epiruouain rM uriti; Mr. orland to laxuetl.e .. ,it no H'tia. and who firm ahared Urgeit in tbe lv- iHMm(,f protlt t he aji.JK ate made by liaiiJlin: Ibat lour, o the i riiiu. I owner of lie rvnjibern Kailws) onmanv line. W tien r.ttuoi u 1. rrtita a omd aa it atiJI raitiama lu Sleioi ie Miutrl .f rottoti witwld pay lor htr n.ilt-a of paetir fare 011 bi railruaaa; noer. tlioi:h be and lit com bin at Km bat imreaaed tbe value of money till rotUin bntyra out t to 7 cents a ix.uuil. be baa titit re duced bia farra tn.r freifhta and a Iound of cotton will ouijr tarry it producer two mi lea iuatead of lite, aa formerly. Freight remain a hiith aa ever aud trucking, wbirb should be a very profitable buaineea, baa been re duced to the same '.ctel aa other farm ing busineaa, and iu both alike all tbe profit is abaorbrd bv the transporta tion c bargee. IMIKXIill 4 IHMIaol. Ia there no prtdertion for the te pie? Certainly there ia, but It ia in their own Latitla. It ran not be fouud in the railroad cotnmiaaiona. Tbe In-ter-atate 'iiuiiiaion baa tnrJ at, utterly inefficient that taout tbe great part i-o bat put invo their i:ff'.rtua demand for it liemg inale really el flcient. In fact. Ui1 ItiVer-atate Com. tnisaina baa practically restricted it-eif to protecting tl I Lurtine eart. le roriHtrattotia againat other by reducing I ".r" ' io oojec.a in view to creating the comiijiaaion. Whenever that coin m i ion baa ahown any diai aition to aerve the ol ject of it a crea tion it baa bees promptly ba kled by injunction, or liirfiuy technical rul ings, by the federal Judrrt, boldinr thair iMiailioti for life, and a larre proportion of them bavin oerured their appointmenta by tbe influence of the rorporationa iu wboae behalf they exteual their powera by etery possible conatruction. Iteaiae. it i not certain that all the apnointiueota to tbe luter-atate ('niuiiiun itaelf have been made without tbe influence more or lea active of great railroad aystem intereated in the future action of eucb appointee. araiKK. a. t mmii. After this reault with tbe Inter-atate Commiaaion coulJ tin re-ord of tbe State Commiaaion be other than die appointing? In "aonie caoea, aa a v extern railroal ireilefit ctn- cally and openly declared, tle railroads have "aim pi j add.d the rail road rommiaaitm to tneir aaneta. lo the majority of inatancea. however, the members of tbe Mate Kail road gentlemen of 1 unimpeachable character, but elected y legislature intead of the people I Tail IC a I defect Whlrb tlie COTttora- . m . . . "n. cre,u.,y .o-iaea 10 iney i.ae .n I eaeo in,rtimi ,i il a ifialArilv ..r - - j--- .- . greaaive members in rluae oympatby with tbe tteople. They have been lo Itcnaely conaervat ive, Iiatening to the I aertion of imjending ruin, liberal- ly made by railroad managers if rate were reduced, and not aeeiog th patent ruiu to tbe people if they were not. Asa rule railroad comaihna have limited tbemaelre to a eheeee paring redmtiwn of one-fourth or one-eigbtb o? a cent pr mile on pa. I I aenger fare, and a similar microscopic 1 1 reduction on freirht rate, and with 1 1 ordering few railroad station taeiit. I where the cornorationa were riot over mucb dipoed to build then, txtatr times tbey have sotnewbat raioed the valuation of railroad property for tax ation over which tboee corporation bare raised a a bam battle knowing that tbe extra taxation wou!4 really be paia ny tne people, ny quietly rai- ing the freight rmtrm un orrl&in ar ticifi. bu tbe aSUritr(J Oil Cotn- I P0J wa ior par 01 ine laxe I i. r . 1 . t 1, tn : a . . A 1 A VHT-A, IWVKCJCIiri PIU OUV1 one-fourth or a cent to tbe price of oil till tbe people hive paid our taxea. The only way to reduce the burden -.av1Uu a. unB aanfLiie mm mw am rvna n.i- rra uiiif cut in panger and freight rate. It may be said of more than one railroad I coiutniasion that at a resaedful di. I aaifl "llal ! W aioa. n.l aa aa a-. rolled away." All railroad commit. probably when II rat appointed made a abow of reform by cnt- r .: i . a from railroad charges as an one-eirntb l 1.1I 1 1 1 . M 11.11 ! B I WW. n I ger fares and then two or three rea leration bence. if the people wail ae long, tbey may poasibly cut off another ?.OMI.Pld of a eent. In tbe nan time, tne muiti-miuienaireewbo own I -- .o.ircir n-roie pai- I lh. Ia Ik.I. ..LI. -.1 is ace. in London and New York, with their yacbtt, fast women and fact horse, bave gone on witb their fellow I conspirators enhancing the value of I the dollar, reducinr tbe ealoeof nen. duce and there by more than doubling lrBi atiil r aa-a . rncr or -xcassiva bates. .? t Is in this way that IreUod natar- s - - .m wh )
