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RALEIGH, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2SUG.
ENGLAND AND SILVER
low Irce Comuire Would Benefit the
United States.
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EX61AM AMD THE SILVER QUESTION.
In watUra of international policy neither tbU
c any other country dares to act in doliberato
ii':ton;snj to its neighbour?. Tho comity of,
: atior;.j requires that no Tower should follow a
trj.-ro damaging, directly cr indirectly, to th
.lntert of, a country with which it is at peace.
At tho irae timo.wo seem to be shaping towards
11 course which may bring us into awkward conflict
rUh Iho populartcntimont,if not with thegovern
itg .ovvori cf countries- with whom we hold'
I ciitically friondly relations. In another column
wo print extracts from a speech made in tho
Amcricr.u Senato the. other day by Mr. Don,
Ct.u.croo, who represents Pennsylvania. Tho
fiat if JIr. Cameron's contention was that
tho Ecglish policy on the all-absorbing
rtosotary fjuestion is directly antagonistic
to American interests, and that tha United
S'.A.e must throw off tho influonce o English'
i.oai it she mcai to maintain tho steady march
t i her prosperity. There havo not boon wanting,
oi late, icdications of growing irritation with thi3
country for itsdog-in-the-mangerattitudetowards
a'piastion that is convulsing two continents, and
f;ra vo!y compromising the futuro of the poorer,
JStatea in Europe This feeling has been voiced
-in America by Senator Lodge, whoso proposal
Y vfrtnaily shut" ouX iJirtisU" gootls" from" tho
United Sitate3 until wo shoulJ asstno to a
bimetallic convention, though extreme and
absurd, indicates tho trend of sentiment on the
other tide of tho Atlantic. JJr. Cameron is
cinch milder, and nY&kes war rather on thoso
who acclimatiso English ideas in America than'
cn this country ; but tho sentiment has tho Eaipo
origin in both case?.
Senator LoJge is not a silver mahin tbnTsual
enso, being opposed out and-out to free coinage
iu tho United States under existing conditions,
nr.d, therefore, his viows, though tinged with
fctrong feeling, may attract mere attention here
Han thoso of the pronounced tilverites. Mr.
Lodgo is, very bitter about tho failure of the
L'russcls conference of last year, where the atti
Ui-leof tho Jiritish ofucial delegates was "ecarceiy
" lessthan discourteous "to the UnitcdStates.and
l.e believes that nine-tenths of the American
jiple regard it in that light." A feeling cf this
Lin I is not to be lightly ignored. Ve hav
:tu ;ucnt diplomatic chnferencos with the United
iriUtos; but, as a rule, thcro is seldom
ciated with these any sense of animus hfttweca
tha peoples cf the two countries, and such
Rquabbles pass over and are forgotten, -But now
we are encouraging tho growth of a feeling
that on a quostion which affects tho prosperity
cf. millions of individual Americans this
country Is inclined to entertain views unfriendly
to the States. We know, of course, that the
unfriendliness 13 accidental, and that our xnone
tary policy is controlled by purely selfish con
derations so purely eolfish that we do not"
mind eo&iiig India cuHeiiug from liur action
much moro than America does. The Americans
p.ve sufficiently cld-fashioned to believe that
it is the part of a friend to show hicasolf friendly,
and when this country turns a deaf ear to the
plaint of half the world, including all the New
Wcsrl J,they,not .unnaturally, take itunkindly. It
is net for us to say whether the feeling of irri
Utioa is wholly justified or not ; it exists, and
that i3 tho main point, Moreover, it is taking
a sh.v e that may entail very awkward conse
ouonces on us. Ths recent proposal to coin
Mexican dollars in ban Francisco was . a bid
towards giving us an object lesson by ousting
us from our commanding position in Eitarn
IraJe.
Senator Cameron points a plain moral when
ho remarks that if the United States would
venture to cut herself adrift frbm Europe and
tako outright to silver, fiho -would have alJ
America and Asia at her back, and would eom.
xnand the markets of both Continents. "The.
barrier cf gold would be mora fatal than any
" barrier of a custom-house. Tho bond of silver
41 would ba stronger than any bond of frea
" trade." There can bo no doubt abont it, thatt
if tho United Sfates were to adopt a silver
basis tc-morrovr British trado would be ruinedj
before tb year. was out. Every American
industry would be protected, not onj aJLfcomy,
but in every other market. Cicourse, the
States would suffer to a certain extent through
Laving to pay her obligations abroad in gold ;
but the loss on exchange under thi3 head would
be a mere drop in tho bucket compared with the
profits to be reaped from the markets of South.
America and Asia,, to say nothing of Europe.
The marvel is that' the United States has not?
long ago seized the opportunity, and but for the)
belief that the way of England is necessarily the '
way to commercial success and prosperity, un
doubtedlyit-wouldhave been done longag5. Now;
Americans aro Awakening to the fact that
so long as they narrow their ambition to be
" comiDg a larger England" they cannot beat
us. It has been a piece of luck for us
that it has never before 'occurred to the?
Americans to scoop us oat of -the -worlds
markets by going; on A silver basi, and i
might servo in xlght lf, irritated by the.. con
temptuous apathy of our Government to-the
gravity of the silver problem, the Americans
retaliate by freezing out gold. It could easily
be done, and we propose shortly -to how, byj
evidence collected from perfectly-""unprejudiced;
sources, that "even now the proews lias begun
and is proceeding at a rate that will astonish?
most people, and probably make this country
regret that it did not at an earlier stage fashion
its monetary policy on principles cf fnendlines
v other nations, instead of on A baaisofjhQT
ijV.ed selfishness .
XS3
y5
e weeks ag the Cincinnati
rer copied from the London
JSewa an article showine
h 3 Scial
for the L nted State to adopt
"jnd unlimited coinage of silver
8 ruin England's trade in a
' time. The authenticity of the
it was vigorously denied by the
pres3 of the country at the time
it was impossible to secure a
cony cf the paper.
The foregoing is a photographic
reproduction of the editorial as it
appeared in the Locdon Financial
News. It shows the tops and width
of column in that paper and its
sreauineneaa i3 certified to by the
Dorrant Press Clipping Bureau of
London.
Durrant's Press Cuttings is an old
established London concern, and
they furnish bankers, brokers and
others rescripts from the leading
publications of the United Kingdom
DR. HOTT OK THE
HONEY QUESTION.
DepictBThe Horrors That Would
Befall This Country Under
The Gold Standard.
WORKIHGUEH
it did when tbame thin.. ,.r y.A
-..t?! LIVE TOO HIGH
sboaid kptbe office lonr erxi Ma.
TestasprMCdiinUndaljcMBiJrttUiSo Gclclflg DUiUT Wntei to a!
. b-lt
TWO OBJECT LESSONS.
X TtrilbJ IMctar of IU WotkIoK la
England And Predict BpeUtlaa la
The L'nlted tate Republicans War
for Sllrar Bat Hart Changed Tha Iciu
ocratle Party Hara Split and Can Klcet
Nothing.
The effect of the ingle gold stand-
Inecrold orirans will hardlv denv r..i . . .1 . .
.1 . ... . iui luc 1 tas'.u lust iuc luivuui
, g-nuiDnftfs f "is editorial in of money for circulation is Dot suffl-
the Fnancial Nws. It is the most cient to maintain the general iutelli-
complete, startling and convincing gence the sense of information nec-
inaorsmem or mo caucs or the. earj ivr &eii-Kovernnieoc HKe oura.
free coinage advocates yet brought a very Jr?e proportion of the people conditio
to light, and is an acknowledge- HJst be educated or well informed, jadge is
ment that this country can maintain l!eP tVl3"pT"ti ma'ntan nf"; .f hls "
a monetary standard of cold and
silver without asking the eoneent of
any other nation on earth.
COINAGE HISTORY.
3" as
Acts l.taJlcg Up to the "Crlma of '
rnsed Through Coogrcea.
For tho information of many of
our readers who want to know ja3t
how the crime of '73 and subsequent
acts of Congress demonetizing eilver
was commit'.ed wo herewith givo a
hi&tory of the coinage of gold and
silver in this country. Iu all these
quotations w speak from the stat
utes of the United Scutes at large
and revised:
The first coinage act was "an act
to establish a mint and regulate the
coins of the United States," during
gence and an independent manhood
among the people from generation to
generation, sufficient for their self
government, the people themselves
must be land owners the land must
be divided among them, and at all
times in reach of any who strive to
possess it.
Such is the case now in this country.
The people own the land, and have
owned it ever hince the formation of the
fcovernment a hundred years ago. Not
a special or preferred class own it, but
all classes. The great majority of the
lowliest cottages, the commonest huts
that dot the earth in all this broad
cuuutry, stand on the land owned by
the families who sleep inside of them.
So long as this contiuues the republic
will stand.
The single gold standard, which has
been in vogue under Cleveland s ad
ministration sinne the repeal of the
i ' 1 1 Tf-k - -
mit.riiMTi hw i I IP ill hit iv l nn ftv an I a . .. ... .
th minitt,,t; nf i. ifK 7"j;:. ;ur",.:' .V i icu laen, idib jj ouu salary is
v i HiouftUVU VI 1 aOUlliL LWUa I WUUUiai W 1 L Li L11C It' 21 1 J t" i M 111 I fit III! II- I . . a -i
April 2. 1702. . iican party that they forced it into' the Wimt au.uuu a year. Id
Section 9 of that act provided for Republican platform at St. Louis - is ei" years tn 3ut?ffe cou,ia own as
i,ai.ftir.Mf ..ioitj o iinnaimtthiseuntinuationof land (mrr- much ks an Lnghsh nobleman, for
nrn nJt ,n.i tn oh o L.j. ship hu the people. if the gold standard continues he can
ardeold-a la the year 1816 a number of bank- buy land for the taxes. That isthe
1 a 1 j 1J J ?w, Merchants and speculators inKng- way the gold standard worked in
. ou"u u" i"u"u land bad come into the possession of England. The iade is v. McKinlev
COininer Eilvpr dollars, or nmts nr u
h oi, .i, p ' ;Lu "In a "u:.rir"" "a!: nian and for gold, and his salary
Ur371 14-16 grains pure silver or the nations in manufacturing and .a ,of e taxes. It is all
shioninsr. All those encae-ed in tmoh I T1u-t lo noia an omce lor cincers are
14S3 silver. 179 caoosr. The other enterprises grew greatly rich. They necessary. But it is wrong for offi
. a , n : , . made London the monev centre of the cers to cphoid laws which increase
; world and went on the gold standard.! tne purchasing power of their sala
spViVTi M' m nvn In 30 years three-fifths of the land- ries and reduce the price of land and
Section U provider tuat all bullion, owner8 of the country iost their lands, the products of the land. Republi-
f?il?KBllV"' i Ug f i "?ini "hlch addito ihe drain l eanPleaders who have been such
C h fill 1(1 I O ininCr Trod t- rt O rm AnH nnKilif it M' Vi n rtinnnn d n .-. rtf
u 4. w u,..u i i,.kr.iifi.!.i.. strong silver men say they cannot
.iu. fononu nf th o-nirth,, vir vote the Democratic ticket. Cleve-
This was the law ud to lS73-e x- farm3 a9 big as counties. The owners lanl and his administration will not
,1 LLtJ sit in their castles on the hills and vote the Bryan ticket, declaring it
V. . " : i' au ,XKV:lfl take a money rent per acre on such of is not the Democratic ticket. There
viuB u lucrtata overgoiu inaiine th lands as they allow to be cultivated, are thousands of Democrats here in
Zfl. L1!ai3?fJedt42i graiDS Lar?e sections of these estates are North Carolina who will not vote it,
"V. Vi T ' T i Hf n m l2re?S nuea W1, D .iraa 01 W1. ging the same reason. There is no
tinned as the unit measure of value, deer and other game for the use and !nli n.m..i;. 0.
Rvthfln,t nf PAhmrxri9 i S73 Lipnre of the owner- nthPrBHnna fallv organized Democratic party
17th statutes at large, section 14, it are left in fine parks, with miles of an7 ffiC're- " 18 split wioo open
is provided: small roads and drives for these gent- ttllu a a vau nuiu'ug.
Turt t,1 u TT;4-ftJ I rv tu rcvci uvcr. iiicv nave uu ueues- rj t t va
m: s; ; .r, or;: '"J to move a foot or hand except for ulist. "It makes no difference what
.! .i ,:Jl,4. icaouc. xiic cncoi i you can mt?, x win uie in my iracKS
smuuaiu c i u u i. ui i hnor linrn st m nil cr inum pirsr an rlash. u.c. T : 1 1 e l j -1 a
tute of heart or conscience, if he be 0wi ..
God forgive these Republicans who
purcoae, ne can nave that
naai Bn rmpikAAA v a- a a . .
" awv Mwra a.z mu v r vi tJ j,
He is a Kepublican and v . tiro ir
for the goid standard. " '
If ilcKinley tbould be Jtc!ed ti i
the gold standard kept vr li
will be reflected. By tl At tiao tl.e
country will le harm on i-J to fe
extent that the gold grip. ;!! sij-k.
with the people unable tc pacbiT
nslooso it. What portion of tl
ccanty of Iredell will it b tht thee
salaried McKinleyites will i.r t erase
to ownl
for instan-e, as an example iu tLi
process of the elevation of the few
and the destruction of the many. !
aa in dead earnest in this matter
and want the people to see tbr-ir
condition and the remedv. The
prominent and the mention
name will attract more atten
tion to my argument. I d:d not
vote for him for Governor, bat it
was because I knew he could not be
eUeted. I influenced Batier to put
bis name on bis ticket f .r judge
when I knew he -,cu!d be elected.
So there is no spite in my use of his
name. ,
The judge gets a salary of $2,500 a
year. I believe his term of cilice is
for eight "years. With each year's
sakry he can buy from four to five
times as much land in Iredell county
as he could have bought before sil
ver was struck dowu by Cleveland
and the Republicans who helped
him. Land ought to be worth in
Iredell county a.i much as it ever
was. No man can deny this and
bring any armament to prove that it
is not true. According to the price
Lajer About Labor Or-gatizitior.1.
rem r nif baTcr it vtwr4
ev?mtar.rac4 bj b taaa c
a4 Xr. Rrjan. r tbt&k if lrM il
atjftuot Urrali rrdrd frmrtm9
fvfl wi!aUt,. u lo tigo
raal trUi frota cootaiittirx Ui-st
toktda Ktary wd al tha Um tlri
mU-n Sir llat&a & hrr T4 to
Und by Lisa. oar rrwpaper ar
ujaltotb r-rw-vW; tUy trr irrMj
mad bowarrr al Mr. rtr,o foe b
prth At Madiaon Sjuara t.arda, and
we tbould bwC h rt-rtard It aocua f
COLD 3L03DED PROPOSITION. rjVZl
liarD aontaof lb nut iBBaatial
owner of tbaa. r-apars tAe. buaatrr,
ltd Wa think tbat Will aMIl Ka Uri.at
Our aT.vt mill b lew.rd kmtfr.e.. t
otir irjiowiaao. IVc 1oIicmi in al
klodnrtt cd wisiat traocaUy.
traatiog jm mmj aid in quivtinc Jar
people. W are willmr to aid uu P
naccially.if brrarj, and mm ar prr
f'ctly waiisg to trust j ou mil buut Var
Mr. lltnna in tcan rtw. a..t i.
lowtnir trrabrrrto pl at OvV; b
think euaratitraa r. ,..!
until the 21 iLow the ar'uil rr.ul'
in th town or rro tart, but It. i.mr
caeydu will make knva jtnir artual
nrrus I. IQf tglDtilt g Of tt W-Tk
(providing youaxre t rl.att;e joir
iew in amrUttr wit hour utbrr fol-
iuwrr ia j,ur rate brlut ciug tu tt."
bjceit gold party) we will rtideai.r
to provide wa with alt nr...r.
fund. YoU Ijred liut iD.wrr thi. h.r.
onally as him of Mr. U.aoa'a ag.-r.ts
liaa-
Ma
.S i
-1
X t Fa Waal ta Taka tka Fl
at ar J Tariff jat!aa Oat af Tat.
r. Strata Taa Caailf I'paa taa
- I a Tka Labariag Claaaaa
;:; aad ladalgala Toa Maay
DwUraUca cf tbt 0!i 0-..V.
Platfara oa Ui Ssljtct cf
KatietalisitlcB.
TW0PAETIESIX THE FI0HT-
0.aa.laraa4.O.1fcotaa
CUaarw rt a a-a (r M
rtlaasao.aaai. WM aa,.,,. oa.
"'! at Uaary rtay.
TO trlatrat b aad
a one-dollar piece.
which at the
twenty-five and eight-tenths grains
shall be a unit of value," etc.
Here the reader will see that the
the oldest son on 'one of these estates,
becomes the owner. Fuch is the law.
r written by J. Francis Tor.
N York bankr. to Uon.lt.
ri 1 -t Wajce, IuL. waa read
f furt the l-mocratio county cunvru-t,c-
ti by A.T. Whittley. The
ltur aa p ibiisbed firt in tbe Fort
vaviv Jourr al and was renublikbed io
the II aer ?i:?fning lt, wbict. in
vonitD'otiDg iponit. sava:
. o r"aarkable in its uttr ab
f real mericanisai.and even of
ty, lb it it would be considvred
rj :t it not for the character
lan t-' whom it is addressed an2
'on. td its publication. Judire
. t
r.ence
hums
i for;
f tb
vt.o r. j
.eii if .ae ol tlje ablest lawjers of thel w,u T"11 Jr city ao.m arid will ura-
te. nd ws i at one time a partner of I ' rail on )ou- t not our mt-n'ion
-l i led rtates Attorney-General I r. n J ne cumniitird bt Irtur.
- ... i t . . - 11 a ... . t . . .
nor. i ne i ufi uu not come acrwa I Jv mai .ur wora is i urn:
mine Kast; iu.t cf tur tuanufartu
rera have on trr ted tbrir empUra,
who are rapidly joining our clcb.
There ia rot much trouble cLcr
way is fhown them.
Wishing every uccrs to joa if jou
neoi witb u, and with bet wit.r
personally. I am.
Yours ?ii crely,
J. FasAcia robHMa.
I'jli.;' . u;,e o brutally frank since
h cR. tpiigii opened."
So i: vs'ai street, Xew Yi.rk. Aug.
. V.. 1 on H.C. IMl.Fort Wayne,
is!. 1 .r v: The committee of po
tics! t a.ict-on cf Wall ureef, thi
y, i v. Li' 1 ihe undersigned Laj the
n?;vr u t- ong, having determined
at b ::,- iber should wrire p-rsn-Jly
to -. l-;one tf more prominent
my i aurr- of the silver cause, jour
a Hie h- i harided to me. You are
;rcrihv. fa fair mind and large
"trct."? in our state. I therefore ad-'rt-ss
i in the hope that you may be
rsunded from your present course,
r jou ar'i hading the lower classes,
e iabor?r, artisans, mechanics and
'Erricultunt'-s of your state into a step
hkh wUi cs ise them great distreea.
wtue business it is to study fl
aoces. anJ ire therefore capable of
'le'erinicins such questions, know
tiriaat th's time too much money.
diHions ar.- ow ready in this city to
BEWARE OF
FALSEHOODS.
Republican Campaign Lies Ready
to be Sprung on The Eve of
The Election-
! . Sn SaiaSlaSSES; FOREWARNED, FOREARMED.
it funii raff
ii(A et l'J ;
ca si-ot ;"l
vi r. then f
unit is changed from the silver dol- The land can never be touched for
lar of the act of 1792 to the gold dol- debfc or anything else. It goes entail-
cu iruui lainci cuu, ur ueareat ui
kin, one of a family, down the tide of
lar-by tne act or iom or an abso
lute reversal of the policy of the gov
ernment for eighty years. But this
change of the unit of value from one
metal to tho other was not all- for
section 15 of the same act provides:
"She silver coins of the United
States shall ba a trade dollar, a half
dollar or fifty-cent piece, a quarter
dollar or twenty-five-cent piece, a
dime or ten-cent piece, and the
weight of the trado dollar shall be
420 grains troy, the weight of the
half dollar shall be twelve grains
J 1 1 f .- - 11 J.
ana one-mui ui gram," tto.
Here is the whole case as to the
change: In section 14 the change in
the unit value from tho act of 1792
from gold to silver, and so far de
monetized silver. Is est; section lo
time.
The conditions of the tenantry re
main as unchangeable as the titles to
the lands. The ratio of money to la
bor is so stringently adjusted that no
headway can be made in laying up
money. In fact any change is not ex
pected by the tenants, and indeed nev
er thought of except by a few. Now
and then, through the fortunes of af
finity, an intellect is produced among
them which sees outside of its sur
roundings, but the possessor has to
turn his back on the land of his birth
and the graves of his ancestors to grat
ify his ambition to own a home.
The good standard, under the oper
ation now at work in our own coun
try, will rapidly deprive a majority of
the people of their homes. If a farm
and the stock on it is all a man owns,
leaves out of the coinage entirely the and whatever he produces on the farm
1 old silver dollar of 4121 grains and is sold below the cost of production,
only authorizes a trade dollar cf 420 as is the case now, the time will come
grains, which was for export abroad when he ?ust Part with bis home. If
to compete in China, Japan and the be ,f "d familJ "main in good
East with Mexican dollars. Then " " o " i,a
the change in smaller coins is made tie may be prolonged. But with
from the measurement by grains any sucn accident, the time will be
! troy to the gram. Why? The only short.
apparent reason is that it concealed Prices have been falling steadily for
from the casual reader that thtse eight years. Since the repeal of the
smaller coins were the old standard. Sherman law, which was the only leg-
!Thfi pram is the unit in thfl metric islation left friendly to silver, prices
believe in the free coinage of silver
for asking their followers to vote
against it because Democrats vote
for it. They know that no one par
ty can give the country free silver.
It will require men of all parties to
vote for it to get it.
Thes Republican leaders say,
"You vote for our men and we will
vote for yours, and this will keep
the Democrats from getting the
State." What good will the State
government do you with no money
in your pockets, and no work to do,
and your homes sold for taxes!
Besides, the machine Democrats
of this State will never see the day I
that they can control another Legis-
lature and change the election laws
on the ideas they have held to.
There are too many rank and filf
Democrats against it. They wil i
not change the election of the coua
ty commissioners away from
people again. But let the voter
pledge every candidate for the Leg
islature against it, and 8 gainst the
is really needed, at remunerative
at. Yo'tr methods are such as to
'lighten at' :noney lenders (for not h
rg ia ea"ly scared as money.) No
in- ;aii tiH vhat laws your candidate
:f elected i may suggest; while now,
'. .er n r, tl - laws are all against our
I pte. v ire forced to loan money
as we can get. lf-vecan-:r
cent we take ; if we
we take 8 and in peaceful
lower, and it is difficult
keep our money at work.
Bui; what d- your workingmen 6ay? If
rtaef anno;. ;eta dollar a day they re
. is. In wi-i v while they ought to take
cents . .;ven ou cents bo that we
n ay keep t:.;m at work. You ought
to tta h li.ijui that $1 per day on a gold
! isis i cik : iaous pay in this country;
.o gold cor.atry pays more than 50
cents for labor, while here living isthe
cheapest all countries, providing the
io'v"-. !,., will live as thev should
s really extravagant ; they
r or five days in the week:
dulge often in pie, which
)f food to be enjoyed by
ople, and does them no
is one of the most healthy
and noi:-i-: ing of foods: it is cbean
aad can - raised in endless quanti
M .v, kmen avoid it as a general
i'wJ. 'i"vi eat wheat bread when rye
is naol s. re suitable. These ideas
growe r ..f wrong education, which
jej, my -r sir,, are assisting, only to
Mieir futi.re disaster.
Mr. jf-inr a, if he wins the election
ir telligent men of the Kast
1 lieve he will), will certain-r.-.te
a much better system for
ciasses. lie will try to take
question and tarilf out of
NO. 50.
TELEGRAPH
OWNERSHIP
live. The.i
buy meat i
they even
i3 no ki;::
working ;
gOid. I::-
a ninviinnw lalfrt KIIglas
JraJ attire Into Tha Canpt(a-Io Xmt
ba lctivd by lliaaa Ttlrhs-Tba Map
of .WcKlklry Is Through Hrlbary Cat
rupllon.
It may truly be aaid that "politic
make 6trange belftllow. The power
oi money in mis campaign aa ued by
the Republicans is naking strange
bedfellowa; for instance, the bead of
lice of the order of the A. 1. A. organ
ization in this city are working night
and day sending out documents to
prove lo the people that they abound
vote for Mckinley, whiles dipatrh
informs us cn 'the other band th
Archbishop Ireland, a Catholic pre
late, of .St. Paul, 31 ion., has come out
for McKinley.
The Republicans Lave now in print
and readiness for mailing millions of
copies of a document which is to be
sprung upon the public jut before the
election, and too late, aa they hope, to
be denied, a statement wherein they
give the alleged details of Mr. I'ryan
having joined a lodge of the order of
the A. K A., the town and date of such
joining. Mark Uanna's tactics are to
hit Bryan both coming and going and
to show to the Catholics that he is a A.
P. AM and to show to the Protect a t
that he is a Catholic. The truth
that Mr. Bryan is an American citizen,
imbued with thoroughly American
ideas and believing in the right cf tbe
supremacy of the Cnited Slates. lie
is a member ol t he Presbyterian church.
and his father and mother before bun
were of the same persuasion. He does
not belong to the order of tbe A. P. A.
nor to the Catholic church. He is
broad enough to eschew all such ques
tions of prejudice and work for the
patriotic well-being of Ins country.
The press should give this information
as wide circula'iou as possible at once.
inorder to thwart this roorback, which
is to be tpruig against Mr. Bryan un
mediately before the election. It
would be well also to caution people
asrainst any other kind of a lie which
may be hatched out agaiust Mr. Bryan
immediately previous to election, aa
oer enemies are denperate, and will
absolutely stop at nothing which will
tend to accomplish success for them
No later than Saturday each botelof
an imnortance in Wa-hinrton receiv-
1 ..ii.iii r-. a a. yf euak a !4f nn Vi nt vt I - .a V SB
j v-jjAiiiuou vi euou kwjiiuiurc, mc U1U5V i euja demand iron tne icpuDiican
h'ld all
h. pe rv
V i r- h. g-
.).titif w ' ich should have been done
A.vig Ai'.cv. The law governing finan-
(-vi bi tafely left with tbe national
ii'ici-t, inurance and railroad corpora
rioutv he through a standing commit
j tee wi: h !fue well known and honora
j ble tnauci r, such as J. P. Morgan or
th( i jir. August lieimont as chairman, who
icouia xormuiate ana nave passea ai-
rectly such laws on money as would be
ippoirt-d -)j the great manufacturing
iiHi i:t')ustrial enterprises, and with
siK.n ' r.'v&ble and charitable men as
ocseteller or Mr. Carnegie as
system,
-and one gram 13 equal to lo4dJ
grains. fcf two halt collars woum
weigh 378 0S4 grains, instead of 412
grains xf the old standard dollar.
The reader can find sections 14 and
15 of the act of 1S73 as sections 3G11
i and 3513 of the revised statutes of
1874.
But this act of 1873 also provides
j that gold coins "shall be a legal ten
der in all payments at their nominal
value when not under weight," and
that "the silver coins shall be a legal
tender at their nominal value for $0
in any one payment."
Section 17 of the act of lbU3 and
section 3516 of tho revised statutes of
1874 provide that "no other coins
than those enumerated shall hereaf
ter be issued from the mint." Sec.
28, act of 1S73, provides that the
owner of gold bullion may deposit
The fight is on for a change of this
gold standard policy. The way to
change it is to restore the free coinage
of silver. A few months, ago the ad
vocates of the gold standard were al
most quite confined in this State to
?afend useful for the whole people
-jr -4 irnufcrninv tha tariflT fmitrl ha
disfranchisement of any honest citi i ,.. 15 1 il( .mp w r hv a committer
zen, wnue or niacK. utnerwise voti
f gainst him. There are two thing
the people of this country are de
termined to have through their gov
ernment: One of these is mone;,
enough to facilitate business in time
of peace and plenty, and the other
is a clean and effective ballot.
These Republican State leader
are responsible for the position iii
which the republican voters art
placed in North Carolina in this
wie acd useful tariff laws could be
speedily put in force, not bothering
these trghged in agriculture or other
rural work, or exciting them by fre-.j-i'-r
t elections, as is now the case.
We have talked with Mr. llanna as
. ia many things which are now wrong
emergency, mere was no necessity
the Democrats. 1 ne tree silver leaa- 1 ior rorcing a gow electoral ticket on 1
- c l- t . 1 : .11 tc .1 cu 4.1 - tie,. -
era 01 iub ncpuuuuau pai i. j were zui I us. xl i no ugut as iu
for silver, and swore they would vote State government and
for no gold standard man. 1 here did they not leave us free
were r.os in ireuen coumy one oozen h rt pflnnv1;,.n .1.
gold standard Republicans. Why . , ..v. . . mif
were these silver Republicans for free toral ticket at all! They were u:
silver? Surely because they knew the portuned and begged to do it. I b
people were in trouble for the want of seeched them myself. But no th y
... . ..... . x . T r-r i-r a
money, and tney Knew tnat tne tree must piease rianna. now mean ai.n
coinage of 6iiver wouia increase the deceittnl it was to force a gold stan ¬
ce the lower classes and diverting! Dossibly every merchant, for we kro
ihem from their labor. He thinks tb?re of merchants in this city having betn
..retoomanv holidavs. and especially I asked to contribute, and now it aeeiua
amountof money. These Republicans
knew that if there" should be an in
crease of money, that prices of pro
duce and all property would rise.
They said tbe Republican party was
the friend of tbe people and would
give us free silver. They said McKin
ley was a free silver man; that he
ard electoral ticket on ua and th
insist that we must vote for the .
goldbug Congressmen or they won' i
turn the State government over in' .0
the hands of the Democrats.
They have shown that the distrc fs
of the people must not he allow- d
jj-e not cspa&ie 01 understanding; De
. ; i V .'.i, they should be at work ; they
1 p?nd too much money, often going to
t hotel and laying out an entire day's
;ic9t.r ni one dinner. Gentlemen
1 ke Mr. Astor or Mr. Rockefeller, who
Vv application and economy have
. inasse5 a competence, never -would
: nick of snendinsr a dafs income for
t -it ir.iL How can workmen expect I the same. If tbis kind of a campaign
t . ; indulg i In luxuries, idle away their J is generally adopted throughout tbe
t n e .nd oroaner? We believe for their I ITnited States by the laboring vote tbe
- - . A . -. ui - -i.i 1 r t. - T7
vn g.oo,ii some Denencent lawcouiu 1 money win oe puwwirM iur uu.
b ? passed which would limit excursions the word now that should be heralded
...a. a. a? . a.
before tbe people is mac 01 caution.
Irirlkn. l.k-
b atotW trni.br.Bc atrctasll;
e lb traBBlaaa cf avawa thuit t
ba o tad atd rprrated by Iba gtar.
BteetlBtba Ittlarrst cf lb tf.l.
Ou.l Pi at for ar. ' r '
loralvrr time utt,r th.
bUtcry of tba l'nltd Mltr tha L. tJL
Cfaj b linaa rr lart onrd it lLa
(CutrrMLrt t. It aiiLdrr taoul.s
otlon tI rfV my f ha idrr t tblaa-s
ft frM-l l-4tl tri.rrsib II.
rm aa turted trr la iriiat m r .
rLip.
Iliry tiiai tr-nalj t to-) sucb a
tap, as Old Ji.Li M.n. IU II..B
tnattr strnrral. 1 1 t drrlard urh a
lap to be UliC.i.:.!uii.,4 u4 rallaal
atteulioo to tLe abaia nava-ssi'i of
rmittirgtb titr.c drtartmrat
to Use tl.ls in rri UUr Iktaatiaai
bat ould tti.d iba sect ard la-
rfra 11m. t fii I Iff cf tl-aiastal srr.
icr. In aatoiaiii jt ' t riurei own-
rrl.l. .f lt. (flnliih llaira CU
roir as foltotrs : -It is uun nm.
at 1 1. at it ia daatii:rd ia r&rrt great
uCurtic .n t be busii.s affair of
iMi.ty. Iu tl.a bai.d .r t-riaia lodl-
tiuuais tl.ry will ba ah a to tiiwnopo-Lf-Ititrllijcrt-ra
at.d lo rfuni tba
grtarttwratii r In ouomt and
o't.er drrlotetils .f bu I li raa. tblt k
rurb ao rtigine ttotild b tititrr tb
goen.n.ant.
In 1M5 Jubbsn aaid : "It
a juatiun of great ln.H.rtan- ! ur
tbe govrrnenrbt lll allow Individuals
lo divide with it tbebttsmrasof trass-
milting intrlligaura an iaiirtat
duty ccauuilUd toit by tte rot.siitu-
llon. llie iim f aa inktrMOaetit a
poverftil fr good cr ! rat. not.
With talrt totbe Ieople,t4 left in the
hands of private individual.
It ail in Conftrouance f tbe at rone
position taken by ibe and other great
men of Ibrirday ibatrausrd Cor areas,
when it pa-d tbe act -f J1y Si.
1M4, to re4-rte tLe rifibt to lake
charge of all telrfrapb I11.es aa a nb-
lic I unci ion on dmiatid at ant lime
after five year, upon tattnaM f tbe
actual value of pjlr. wirra, el- , at
that time, and wbub ttill remains
upon tbe aiatuea of tbe country.
"That the rigbta and privilege
hereby granted ha!l nt ! Iranalrr
red by any company a tirg undrr tbia
art to any otlur c-rt ration, aocia
lion or prit; provided, that tLe
United Slate may at any lime after
tbe expiration of five jeara from tbe
date of the parage ff thi act for pos
tal, military, tr any ttlur purxe,
purchase all tbe telerrpb lib a. prop
erty and eiirctaoi ary company at an
appraised value to be arrrtained by
nve competenT, disinterested t-rona,
two of Ah.iu shall Ih 'elected by tbe
pootmarter general of the I niud
Mate and two by tbe rtmpatiy in-
erested and one by tbe four to previ
ously elected.
"That before any telegraph company
shall exercUe any of tbe power and
privileges conferred by this act, urb
company aball ble tbeir written ac
ceptance with tbe potmatr general
oi tbe restriction and obligations re
quired by thi act.
It will be a.-en 07 me loregomg mat
there were Popul:t in tlne da) a,
and yet, because tbeir descendant ad
vocate tbe same imaiurc l bey are
relied crazy.
Poftroa'ter-fJeneral Creawell. io
1873, said: Tlere are now but two
parties in I be controversy over the
postal telegraph 00 the out aide the
people, on tbe other tbe Western
. . r . t . i
UlilOD teiesrapu coui,biij.
hvery effort to establish a postal
telegraph company ba ben aucc-
fully oppoeo by tnl sae company.
There are 10iU po.tof!Wa io the Uiil
te State, but only 31) telegraph
office, SO.i 00 poatoUicaa with no tle-
grapb oClre near tbem. Tbe traoa-
misaion 01 new i a lunciion 01 gov
ernment and shou'd not be rxerciaed
bv tbe k over n mrtit only. Kxtortioo,
error aud inadequacy are l be continual
charge against the telegraph in pri
vate band.
Constitution are to beexercid to
promote tf.e general w-lfare and not
10 build up private fortu:.er. I you
believe that tbare wa wiadtn in tb
warninr of Henry Clay? Io you
know of any reaao why a telegraph
instrument should not be plactd 10
every postoCce in tbe land to be op
erated at cost by tbe government? iKi
you believe that tbe time has come for
tbe government to exercise it option
relative to aMuming control of tbe
Western Union Telegraph company
property?
If ytudo not believe these things.
try and convince youreeu wny. 11
you do believe tbem, are you helping
general weiiare Dy
tbe party that stand
iUed by I be govern-
I a? - a? a fc W a. a. a.
ruption. The people are ' OTerwneim. S"".! '
ingly against tnem, out tney one "",; r " . ... . mriA
. 6 . I if the voice of reason bail you ana
termined to buy thia election. Mr. "".."'V;,. . . It .
Henrv Geonre. in writing to tbe ew J". -""! ZT'l .C " ' 1'
York Journal from Michigan, says that J . " n J . trli'or
corruption money is very thick io prove jouraelf In every seoae a trsi.or,
fhat State; that the silver voters have ! jourself. jour country, and a
determined to take every dollar they betrayer of humanity,
can get and then vote for Bryan just vhat will you do?
"Now is tbe day and now is tbe
tional Committee for subscriptions to
helD elect McKinley. ot only are
Rothschild aud the London money
abarks called upon for subscriptions
which thev freely give, but also tbe
banks of New York and every bank is
theX'nited States, every manufacturer,
Mir.nr;ionstn Rnmewhat lnn?distances.l thev carrv it to tbe hotels and rosiblv I
sysay is f ..w..h.,.if....k. . ' ..Kn.h fwin. T h. n1 a to -promote tne
liberty." wk j , ' 7 Z"a". "Z.-tttZ "YJ.i Z'"T"f t ""l" r ,h. .onhl workinr with
to vote fori. u j . j v..-v. .1 I T. K....h t,.;w. .n.un.. I unalterably comm
aa 11 v uhi v IVkklllU Wa aaawa "-aava -gm-t-m ijuttu a sa ay
,uslt I u. tbn f.iv.ry.o r a n Af4-:nn. mK. I j. a avi a.i- id 'O.Qiine the. lowpr ciAfses to the I he
for free coinage, hut section 21 pro- it onst himfOPhia nroduce. and that "a 1 -Li TjZ-Zt uZZ i wnhip in which they live, tbey to beware of falsehood which are I ke
. ..... st 1
viuos luftt. mtf-uwuei ojl bu.w xixaj Mcb.iniey was a iriena to tne farmer tu voters of th Stato were for s 1
dep sit at the mint into bars or trade and laboring man; that the bankers !7?u-Y.L.
dollars of 420 grains troy-but that could not control him, that the Repub- 7. Sm- "V-
! no other silver for other coinage shall lican platform would be friendly to ' a""!.:..;;
be received. 81Ver' . . - t..:jI a 4.;n v,ov
Thus was the banishment and de- " ine8 all lin " " Z. VJE , r::"y.
and anvone can see at a glance that I .jf. . nrxriio mu. nJL- ..J
it was done in a manner insidious as nnon the uiatform and hurrahs for
it was effective. All these disabih- gold. These Republican leaders in
ties of the act of 1873 were perpetu- the State are in a quandary. The bold-
ated in the revision of the statutes in est of them still say they are for sil-
1 1894, "" J ver but the most of them say that sil-
The Bland act restored the dollar yens not me, question, xuey an say
...14b ntr as an SW W.I Akin Af Mr nfsjl 1 A II
of 412. grains to coinage, but it did Lnu
not plaee the metal on its old basis, ed tnref ore, to let the people suffer
land the Sherman act repeals the the untoid horrors of a eold standard.
Bland act, and substitutes limited xhe time will come if the gold stand
I coinage through purchase, as the! ard is kept on us when they will re-
Bland act did but neitner restored pent in sacEciom ana asnes ior stana
i its unit value and its equality as a ing with the rich aJC&inst the poor and
money metal in the mints as a legal ienuieS. iu ricu ngu, out
. . I tha nwta hva ri trhta alan
Object lessons in complicated cases
are always more convincing. As an
v. -ui J De much better off at tne ena or l iy to be sprung up Dei ore toe election,
ti e vear. These, local laws, we nre-1 nd everv one should vote for home
me, mr.st be put into effect by each J and couutry instead of corruption
w, tnrougn toe ooternors, uut 1 rascamj auu luitin;.
tender to all payments.
YOU CAN ENCOURAGE THE CAUSE OF
REFORM BY SUBSCRIBING TO THE
CAU WIAN 11.00 A YEAR.
object lesson for the people of Iredell
county I will give an instance of the
operation of the gold standard. A Re
publican county officer in the last few
weeks nas oougnt in a iarm at public
auction at about f2 an acre, within
The Republicans here in North
Carolina are almost' entirely labor
ing men and not rich. This cUss
of people cannot rise under a gold
standard. They see their condition
growing worse and worse under it
every day. The majority of men
sry the scarcity of money is the
cause of it. Whv not increase the
quantity of money by allowing sil
ver coined!
The gled standard helps the rich,
of course, but there are a thousand
poor men where there is one rich.
It will not break the rich man np to
coin silver free. It will ruin the
poor man if it is not done
tl e Governors could be appointed by
ci mmiiwes 01 local Dangers ana man
uticturers resident within tbe State,
at; d we think if the present election is
c -ried ,y the honest people and Mr.
H nt ataat by 1900 the people them
.ft ves would unanimously vote for
si? bilfcoges in their State Constitu
EXPELLED FROM THE COMMITTEE.
Kolb
hour.
Would ye, craven, shrink and cower?
Choose ye liberty."
Bit Par CssL Law.
For Tbe Caucasian. J
Taylorssilli. X. C, Oct. 12tb.
1896. A very small space is wanted
in your valuable paper until after
the 3rd of November, 1800.
Farmers, mechanics and all others
who are in favor of the G pr cent,
interest law, I want to say, vote for
I no man who is not in favot cf this
law: vote for no man who will not
Co umiuees could act quickly and
no seiestly; in fact, bankers, money
pj -pl and manufacturers are only too
Lsi ipy i- be let alone, once they have
go. d ia vs and good men in control.
l.b people West should be impressed
wi t h th fact that our people here can
ta..-, care of themselves, come what
J. J. Mott.
'If you are not a subscriber to
Th Caucasian you should become
one. Subscribe yourself and get your
1 neignnor so suDscnDe.
Alabama Populist K'nsaxa capr
far Isertloa af Wataam.
BiBMisonaM, Ala., Oct. laine
Ponulist State Executive committee
to-dav exnelled Cspt. R. F. Kolb, twice I nlf- himself to its support, either
ci Aa . t f. S tl XZ 9 JU V UClt UtaiC VVU?a, I a" - m -f I r'""0 f" aaa
tho I Ponalit cAQaiutte for uoYrnorf inu pr,nl!t. nmor&t or KconblieAii
ui" ITVU1U l C11C W vo bUtriU A a V4U aa a - r m - QsaSa. na. X K r
tc: moil and worry over elections. Ool. r. t. nowman, ior ur ovc y- o..j thi xtW Md Whst will e the
UIIH iuni"u, - . . r . Ivaonltf It tlB All BO ICS BOW
the committee because dt their action Jf "L". Jf , , Jtu fr.lll
. - l j.. .ir.linn.nlinniviFIiiivlulwo yviv -
: . .: u h " Sn:V -iZSZX& tnut& to 8 or 10 per cent, or paid
.rrX.r-afrnn.. The Nation- atone. What will it be worth to
tauuiu.vi.. r 7 I " ... . . . . - r. .
a 1 Committee was askea to remove 1 the fertilizer companies 01 iaisouici
v . a I . r.aa a a a a
Kolb and R.H. Seymour. who nas 101-1 an notes for iertuixer wiu be maae
lowed Kolb in his bolt from it as mem- f g or 10 per cent.
bers from Alabama, ana electea con- j on benefit those who can
a T3 Aal tavvafti aa fsa n a WW nl I -
gressman a. t. uv-, 1'iTfi better without it than yon can
Baltzeu in vneir aieao. u . .nTA thm wiaa ia anfi
m -. ws are only concerned for the
rl.u-aes'hat labor, whether in the fac-
- I KlILWU ID LUCU MWb A v V, -w . mm- , . . . .
- t. on tne railroads, or on tne .rarms. 1 . 0 . .nmmMd aa nn. I witn iu
. . -a I till l-MaW U1UU1 fivac m v aa mm va, -m I
it ia costing us a great deal of time,i -. , I cient.
a .V-. . a, .a a. I Sk Iiri.. tl V UA J AS A a a aa a
Dcmes several millions 01 aoiisrs. wi 1 ah naners
A. a - a a 1 " 1 . a a a 1
tea -n lues?, ana mev anouia realize 1 rt f nsndt will aia ns uobi 1. uMnT.
... , A - I 1
nons ot monev at rresiaentiai eiec-1 :r : ,s. and 1
"- r.r. . . , L a: I RnVt4Ka tnr tha. waaklv CArfA-
8 taw $1.00 a ytar.
th:.
mi'
tio s for their cause, which outlay, by P"' - rni hnVin
agl atioos. consUntly increased. In State pohtics. Aid ns by sending in
tL insr wlta Mr. Hanna recently be ciuos as onc.
frirndly to this law,
J. L. LzrLU.
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