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CAUCASIAN
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VOL. XV.
RALEIGH, N. 0., THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1897.
NO. lit.
THE
n
m
Id Pi
atT
just '
tbefi
0
GIFT TO THE
RAILROADS.
lioi.sof Dollars Voted as a Free
Gift ByCoDgreBS-What
is The
bo possible, within a very few years,
to dispense altogether with prefer
ential allowance for special facili
ties, and still be within the power of
the Department to maintain and
farther advance the high standard
that has been reached by the Hail
way Mail Service train schedules
that now prevail.
No, I call special attention to
this closing seetence. Postmaster-
General Wanamaker says:
In submitting tbe etimats for
the fiscal years cf 1S'J3, 1801, and
1S95 this office declined to include
the item of "special facilities' for
reasons heretofore stated.
He got tired of stating them. lie
has stated them here twice. This
time he simply calls attention to the
fact that he has already stated them.
Then what does he say under ill
That the Department deelines to rec
ommend the appropriation. Bat
THE HEW SCHOOL SYSTEM
or fewer
LgUtaar.
STERIOUS INFLUENCE?
tit
1 1
. i lurt of 1h Kallroada In The
l ,.' I a in ih' K n 1 Ii J Iteloel Th.
n , u.lt r r.iiiplojra.a and Kfidarart
i i,ir Vaj, Wh!U at The Ham. Tln. In
, ,,,..ln Hi Ty -t Thalr Ofllclala
nl, jll.it Kallraaila W.nt Into Politic.
llij W.re Iha Moat Powerful Alllaa of
th. HnU Trnot -Why Thla IUeal.ee
vl af Ilia f'aopla'a Bfoaey lo uaip
M.ylnrk Cnmpaficn rami 7-owie
. ma Kaitnnnrt Flgnrce.
oiitinued from lut week. J
, ! i sident, That is not all. In
to tho heavy appropriation
II to pay tho railroads for
tho mail?, there is another
ropriating $:j.K)0,00) to pay
. . i t. ......
. ( ;uUi tor me rem ul iuo van
i, tho mail is carried. I
. i this morning that that was
much as all the postal cars
a ui tli. There are not more
. i jostjil cars in nse. These
, t only about from $3,500 to
i . :i-h. Therefore the govern
( M iMbay every one of these
,,- I .m than $2,000,000. These
1 ' l ' .houT. twenty years, yet this
i ,..(h. mm to pay $:,fj00,000 rent
!,( iii in one year. At this rate,
,,iitv ve-ars tho government
I 'i.y if-TJ.UUO uuu lor tne use oi
ti it it could buy and own for
t' an ,000,000. This is the
t i. i kUss and astounding busi
: proposition that I have ever
.1. Vrt. this morning, when I
. .1 t aim nil this item by pro
ii" thnt tho
not pay more rent than 10
(it.t. t the cost ff the cars,
i t
In dwelling so fully upon the sub-1 that very year Congress voted it with
out one particle or evidence, witn tne
Post-Office Department askirg the
Government not to waste the money.
Now, here we have a deficit of
$8,000,000. We have been talking
to-day about how to make both ends
meet, and yet here is where the
Postmaster-General shows yoa are
throwing away that much monkey.
Then why do we vote itt
Mr. President, here is the Postmaster-General's
report for 181)3.
He says:
In submitting estimates for the
fiscal year 1893-94, 1893-8G, this office
has declined to include the item of
special mail facilities for the reasons
heretofore stated.
Ue was tired of stating them. He
stopped stating them, lie simply
calls attention to the fact that he
has stated them, and stated them,
and stated them. What does he say
right under it?
"No estimate is submitted by this
Department for the next year for
those facilities."
Ue does not even submit an estimate,
because it is unnecessary ; it is a waste
of money ; it is an annoyance to the
Department. A former Postmaster
General's report stated that if ever
there was any necessity for this ap
propriation in the beginning, it was
like having a protective tariff for in
fant industries; but after they were
grown and able to stand on their feet,
be did not think tbey needed what in
fant industries needed, and therefore
he declined to recommend it.
lean understand how some Sena
tors who live along the line of tbese
railroads may have been made to feel
by arguments presented to them by
whom tney Know connected
iect of allowances for special faeil-
tiei, I do not wish to be understood
as criticising the occasion which
first led to the granting of them.
That ia the Postmaster General's
report for 1890.
This is from Postmoster-General
Wanamaker's report for 1891. 1
ask the Secretary to read the two
paragraphs beginning with "No
recommendation."
The Vice President. The Sec
retary will read as indicated.
The Secretary read as follows
No recommendation has been
made for the customary special-fa
cility allowance for the next fiscal
year, because I do not believe there
exists occasion for perpetuating the
preferential method whereby a lim
ited number of railroads would be
paid both ordinary and special trans
portation and fall car compensation,
while other railroads, performing
precisely the same character of ser
vice, can be allowed nothing more
than the compensation which we are
by statute permitted to pay for or
dinary transportation.
The continuance of the special
facility allowance has for some
years past been the source of much
annoyance to the Department, and
has hampered the best interests of
the mail service, because, railroads
operating in contiguous territory,
and to some extent paralleling the
roads which received the extra pay,
object to rendering equally good or
quicker schedule mail service except
they be paid corresponding rates.
treated alike.
Thev ask that all be
iuib neui mj, yiv- - ..;i!( persons wnom tney Know conne
Postmaster General -F""7y?J"7"B witn the railroads tbat this would be
wcic uiov Dio,i iou, n t .Cf,ftmmftdation to them and
stood that they were but temporary, would hejD tnem jn many ways. I
!i l tho Senate doT It
tiiirnlmont down. How
ui justify their
ii'iici s
voted
Sena-
votes to their
and to their duty to the
Lxt tvtr-t is oevonu my wuiuiouou-
- . .ii-
.ti. litre wo vote away minions
Hi" h oplo's money into tho pock
; ( t th railroads without a single
a ..'1 or excuse for so doing. No
n toi his dartd to try to give a
ri nsou or excuse. It ia shame
I. it robbtrj ; but this is not all.
Mr. President, the pending bill
..ihi:;h that iu addition to the high
rif is we ray for hauling mail, in
nUi:in to tho high price3 we pay
'or mi rent, we shall pay a special
Kira subsidy over ana &ootb iuo
uh p. ice wo pay per ton for carry-
i 1 . . 1 A 1 V. ! MVk an. n A fWA
i l' tu mans auu iuw uik" fuvd
n .. . O - l-l
av tjrrtni or pcsiai cars.
Wliacretion of tne Postmaster Gen
eral.
Mr. IU'tlik. Is ii? ' Now let me
ead you what the Postmaster-Uen-
ral says about that.
Mu. Galmkuer. iiut i reau me
ill.
Mu Putler. But what. doe3 the
ottuastcr-Oeneral say about this
rovisioni
Mu. Gaiximiir. If tho Senator
ill permit mo, it is in tne discretion
. .. . t
I the 1'ost master uenerai
so as to bridge over a period until
the natural growth of the mails
would yield sufficient compensation
to do away with occasion for addi
tional allowances. This was as far
back as 1879, since which time the
aggregate yearly compensation to
the railroad drawing the special fa
cility allowances for ordinary mail
and car transportation, independent
of the special service has more than
dnnhlftd. so that ordinary comoen- ning tbrougn
nf be willing to
can understand bow they could bemade
to feel kindly toward the roads, help
ing it as a business proposition, prob
ably. No doubt a great many Sena
tors have voted for this without ever
reading the Postmaster-General's re
port. No doubt their only informa
tion was what was stated to them by
persons who were their friends, and
who were the presidents of tbese roads
or connected with them. A man nat
urally would feel kindly to a road run
each ehool a average
!thn tiitv-five pnpiU.
Prarl 4 latraaawa lath. ttrl 8 EC. 10. Tb COl&tT board of
AmMj by sDatar Ctmff Batiar mt I neatioo, together witL the county
Saeaaaaa-it Mr4 nia Rtu'i ofTaa I supervUor, shall, on the first Monday
in January eaeh year, apportion th
school f and of the Jeouaty to the
various school distrisU ia said coun
ty. Pr capita, which appointmert
hall be divided and reapportioned
by the school committee to tho vari
ous schools for the whites and color
ed for their district in the manner
hereinafter provided: Provimd,
that the county board of education,
before apportioning the school f and
to the various school districts, shall
reserve as a contingent fond an
amount sufficient to pay the salary
of the county supervisor and per
diem and expenses of th county
board of education. "
Sec. 11 It shall be the duty of
the school committee to distrib
ute and apportion the school money
of their district so as to give each
school in their district, white and
colored, the some length of school
term, as nearly as may be eaeh year.
and in making such apportionment
the said committee shall nave proper
regard for the grade of work to be
done and the qualifications of the
teachers required in each school,
white and colored, vsithin their dis
trict.
Sec 12. The school committee
of eaeh district herein provided for,
shall before entering upon the du
ties of their offi e, take the oath of
office as now prescribed by law for
school committeemen, and shall, as
soon after their election and quali
fication as practicable, not to ex
ceed thirty days, meet and elect from
their number a chairman and sec
retary, and shall keep a record of
their proceedings in a book to be
kept by them for that purpose. The
name and address of the chairman
atd secretary of each district com
mittee shall be reported to the sec
retary of the county board of educa
tion and recorded by him in a book
kept for that purpose.
Sec. 13. The school committee of
each district shall on the second
Monday in January each year, meet
at such a place in their district as
the chairman may designate for the
purpose of apportioning the school
fund of their district to the various
schools, white and colored, in their
districts in the manner hereinbefore
provided for; and the other meet
ings of the committee lor tne pur
pose of selecting teachers for the
schools in their district and for the
THREE EDITORIALS U0I TNE
CKESSIVtrAKMCR.
Aa AetTa Kavlaa aad IaapraTh Pub
lic Khal MjUu.
Tiif I Uif rat mhly of Srlh .!"!
tin fH'lrf .
Section L The State beard of ed
ucation shall appoint biennially a
State board of examiners, who shall
consist of three professional teach
ers, and the State Superintandent
of public instruction shall be r officio
the chairman of the said board.
Src.2. The State board of school ex
aminers shall prepare and recom
mend to the public school teach
ers of the State, through the several
county supervisors, a course of read
ing on professional study for teach
ers, and such outlines of methods of
teaching and school government as
may in its judgment be helpful in
school room work, and perform such
other duties as are hereinafter provided.
Seo. 3. The State board of school
examiners shall have power to grant
first grade life certificates, which
may be used in any county ia the
State, and shall furnish to the pub
lic, through the several county su
pervisors, at least one month before
the regular annual county examina
tion of teachers, full information as
to the nature and character of the
requirements for such first grade life
certificates; it shall annually pre
pare and furnish to tho several coun
ty supervisors a set of examination
questions covering subjects required
by law to be taught in the public
schools of the State, which shall be
submitted at the regular annual
county examination of teachers in
July, to all applicants fcr a first
grade life certificate, under such
rules and regulations as the State
board of school examiners may pre
scribe. The State board of school
examiners snail examine and grade
the papers of all applicants for a first
grade life certificate, and shall issue
said certificate to such applicants as
are properly qualified and justly en
titled thereto, and all examination
papers of applicants to whom first
grade life certificates shall have
been granted under this act, shall be
kept on file in the office of the State
superintendent of public instruc
tion: Provided, that each applicant
for a first grade life certificate shall
r Ra
ft aa TlaaaJy Mataaaaaita Aaaal
Mattaaa lartul laTba aiaMv
The la it isia of tho ProgTiv
Farmer contains tare editorial
that are o timely and correct ia
view and statement, tbat Tut Cac
CASIAX reproduce them ia fall.
They are as follows:
LtuISLATTRE AWOCRXED.
The legislature hai succeed in
adjourning permanently. This oc
curred Tuesday night. It became
more and more tangled until the rail
road fight ended far as this
sioa was concerned, and then play
ed a brilliant good night piece. The
railroad fight ended in a "dog fall,
neither side being satisfied.
But few bills of any importance
were passed. Pouibly some good
bills of a local nature went through.
The baying up of men to eleet Priten
ard prevented any good that the
legislature might have dene. Of
course the election of Pritchard was
only one of the duties expected of the
pie above principle gang. They,
or a part of them were brought
into service whenever monopoly and
plutocracy wanted a measure passed
cr defeated. And the Democratic
and Kepnblioan members, with a
few exceptions, were always ready to
assist. The good done by the leg
islature could be printed in a small
pamphlet. The bad done and the
good omitted would fill several large
volumes. We will finish the publi
cation of the proceedings as early
as possible and will have more to
bay in the future.
bl tkVsy4tetota mil teas!
rrefit. as they got U bd far to
lovtbeir real vala. Hart will
not diMloa lb avrt. Bat ta
leal was mad, aad cow Carlul la
reaping additional revatd for ait
ba totrayal of the trast repoewd ia
is biOk. VarJy waea tba w irked
rule the people aaoara.
vifttMU rortaisTS
"TBUPBST IN
THE TEAPOT."
HM a f Imm a fclaaa4-A
laaraMa akN af Wall fcaaaa .
aa mt ! ratty la AtWaaaa A m
laltaa A4aaa4 raala ta Matalag 4
a Paaatltallwaal CaaaaaUaa.
Propotitioa 19 friflue tit Mciej
QaetUoa knztu & rkrrj ia
The Risks cf Etfrs:rs.
THEFARTIE3 CANNOT LYADF.
WHiT THE
COMMISSION
pay in advance to the county super- transaction of such other business
his State
help the
and would
road if be
thUvpar will be trreatlv in excess thought he could add fome facilities
this year, will De greatly excess th eople livinsr in the State. This
of ordinary and special compensa- . through North Carolina. If
and as most of the special-facility
routes will have their compensation
readjusted, commencing with July 1,
1892, when their pay, it is estimated,
will be increased still further, at
least 20 per cent, this office has not
felt satisfied in recommending the
continuance, after June 30, 1892, of
any portion of the present special-
facility allowance.
Mr. Butler. Mr. President, the
Postmaster-General not only refuses
to recommend an appropriation, but
he states that this special subsidy
business is an annoyance and a
hindrance to the Post Offi 2e De
partment. He states it is unjust.
He does not say that men come here
visor the sum of five dollars, which
shall be reported to the county board
of education and paid into the gen
eral school fund of the county; Pro
v did, further, that every first
errade life certificate to continue
as pertains to their office shall be at
such time and place as the chairman
may designate.
Seo. 14. The school committee
of each district are required to fui-
RAILROAD
CAN DO.
The Southern Railroad Company,
(owned by Rothschilds and Pierpont
Morgan) have procured an injunc
tion from United States Jadgo Simon
ton forbidding the Governor and Attorney-General
to bring suit in' our
own State courts to test the validi
ty of the 99 years' lease of the X. (.'.
It. K. at a price of $120,000 per
year less than two other competitors
offered for it. himonton is an ex
Attorney of this railroad, and is said
to owe his appointment to the life
judgeship to the influence of the
"Southern." He came to Raleigh a
few days since to hold court in vice-
President Andrews' palace car. lie
ii the same judge who tast year is
sued an injunction to prohibit the
Seaboard railroad putting its rates
lower than the "Southern," an un
heard of proceeding nntil he did it.
The "Southern" attorneys andbas-
through North Carolina. If v did. fcrtber, that every nrst 0 each district are required to fui- . tbink thmr Federal iaakrea have
the Postmaster-General was to say grade lite certificate to continue msb to the county supervisor a cen- tjei the hands of the people of North
tbat this appropriation was neces- vai;d and operative, shall be renewed Sus report of all the children, white Carolina and that the 99 years' lease.
6nnl;Stc show Tt 'was nceLarvCto by the State board, of school exam- and colored, of school ag. in their with its $120 000 annual steal is fast-
?mnrove the maU faciHUes ofTy SU iers every five years, and before district, and the blanks upon which ened on our backs irrevocably.
aJove k, said board shall renew .d ce rtifl- Sftid reports ate to be made shall be The people, however, are the mas
then I should be one of the first to c&te shall be accompanied with famished to the Various school com- ters if they will arouse themselves.
vote for it, if I was convinced it was an amaavuoi me wucuh nuttees by the county supervisor on They have the right to fix railroad
. . , . i
necessary. But the facts are an to the
contrary.
Mr. President, tbese railroad corpo
rations stepped in the last campaign
over the dead line tbat business cor
porations, that public corporations,
should not dare to step over in a free
country. These railway corporations,
owning ereat public franchises, these
railway corporations exercising great
public functions that toucn tne wel
fare of every business a3 well as al
most every individual in the country,
said certificate, that he or she has
been actually engaged in teaching
school since receiving said certifi
cate or since its last renewal, and no
charge shall be made for such re
newal. Sec. 4 The meeting of the State
board of school examiners shall be
held at the call of the State superin
tendent of Bublic instruction and
the members shall receive no com
pensation other than their traveling
ItiTirt lnhhv Cancresia for the snecial I instead nf kppninc themselves within I f j I
subsidies, but he calls attention to the lines of their business as business .... Unmizeul Rr,tAnifint
- how uniust Consrress is to fix a rate corporations, performing a public ser- , . . . . .
of pub-
the nrst Monday in May each year,
which report shall be duly verified
under oath by at least one member
of the committee, and returned to
the county super vis 3r on or before
the first Monday in Jnne, each year,
and any committee failing to comply
with the provisions of this section,
without just cause, shall be subject
to. removal.
IT be continued in next issue. I
HAS RENEWED HOPE
Provided. That no part ot the ap
i onriation made by this paragraph and then to pick
a a .1 T" A. I a
tail be expended unless me i osi- railroads ana pay tnem a suDsiay
which is not necessary to get the tast
mail facilities, that is an annoyance
to the Department in managing the
postal system.
Mr. President, was there ever a
case before, besides the special mail
facilities where Congress deliber
ately and persistently continued to
appropriate large sums of money
when the Department recommended
against it! Who can give any good
reason for it! Who has shown that
:nsi r General shall deem such ex-
mlituro necessary in order to pro-
tho interest of the postal ser-
I'K.
Mu. ttrTLKR. That same argu-
nt ha been U3ed hre every time
.11 MlVSUiy URS UtJtJU riicuutui
r.v, what dots tho Postmastor
ii. nil say in his last report for
!tti; Hp tay:
t ntiL'ros has appropriaicu eauu
uring the last twenty year3 a
the law what did they do? They en
tered the last campaign as a ward poli
tician or heeler would enter it for his
man. They have grown great and
nowerful. rich and fat, off of the sub
stance of the land. Our people have
felt so kindjy toward the railroads,
every State has felt so kindly toward
them, we bave been so anxious to ex
tend them, to broaden their lines, to
have them ramify every section of our
country, that we have granted almost
any and every thing that tbey have
asked. We have granted them char
ters with unusual and startling privi-
in
m m a : i . i v.. i a. a. a. ,i i a-i a a irnran r nam Giinaui ich
cen I' v iunu lor ft mat oci id yepariiueui um uun auvw nuom. irca, wc vw - '
.HI'lV l',IMrin.IIII M.UU AlDn a S A m ww 1 1. 1 LilVlUH M KJJ KJL aAV aau v v a r - .
answered the statements oi tne
Postmaster-General and shown how
this would helD the fast mail facili-
l uuiurn States, reacning as wr
nith as New Orleans. The total
I'liount for the current year is
'.H'.t'.ll.J
Tiuro tias been a difference of
e 1.
1'iniou to the necessity ior mii.
u' thoso appropriations, but
Aid to tuis I call the attention of
v. Senator from New Hampshire
iuU ('uncross has seen, proper to
11 w tho action of tha formor ton
ties when he says it will
not needed!
Postmasters General
not, and is
have said
corporation or individual in America
has been favored. Under these highly
favored conditions they have grown
so powerful, so rich, that they felt that
they were almost independent of the
people in the last campaign. They de
fied the puoiic ana emereu nuu pu
tumeniliDDf the appropriation,
i thought it advisable to apply the
kind t'nr the purpose indicated.
Mr. I'ri'siCeat, there never; nas
ii ;i. Postmaster-General, as far
1 kiw,v, who has advised or rec-
muiendeJ that subsidy. There
year after year that it was throwing litical campaign as a partisan enters
the money away. They have re- into it for his candidate. They con-
peatedly stated they had rather not evhd fathered from
the people. They contributed it on
the side that some in this Chamber
favored and some opposed. They step
ped over the line.
And now. Mr. President, I want to
. .1 A. Z M. MH t A v A M A A
nave 1', mat it was auD.uuuja.uvc,
that it was unfau: tbat it was ois-
the Department, while not criminating, and that Ihey could get
all the fast mail facilities they need
ed under the discretion given them
by the statutory law that has been
read today section 4002 of the Re
vised Statutes'.
I want to know why; what influ-
ence, what pressure, u is iuai huid
of the State snperinteadent
lie instruction.
Sec, 5. The officer of the county
examiner is hereby abolished, to tafce
effect on the first Monday in July,
1897.
Sec G. The board of county com
missioners, together with the clerk
of the Superior court and the regis
ter of deeds of each county, shall
on the first Monday in Jane, 1807,
and triennially thereafter, elect three
men of their county, of good busi
ness qualifications and known to be
in favor of public education, who
shall constitute a county board of
education, which board shall enter
upon the duties of their office on the
first Monday in July following their
election, and shall assume all the
powers and duties which the county
commissioners now have- regarding
the public school matters of the
county.
Sun 7. The county board of edu
cation of each county, together with
tha clerk of the Superior court and
th register of def ds, shall
first Mondav in July, 1897, and bi
enniallv thereafter, electa county
n tha Stand Taken by tba Popullata
Senator Hntlfr'a Fight Against tha Gold
BlD( Endorsed.
For The Caucasian. 1
Burgaw, N. C, March 15th, '97.
My subscription for the Caucasian
has been out ever since October last.
I was so disappointed in Bryan's de
feat and afterwards in the course and
conduct of Skinner and the seven
teen bolters that it knocked out all my
aspiration and political fire. I about
had come to the conclusion that the
two old parties were right in say
ing that the Populist party was
dead; all it lacked was burying, but
after meeting many of my Populist
friends in Pender I fiod that we are
not dead but very much alive.
I have yet to find the Populist in my
county who does not indorse "our
Marion Butler" in the stand he took
in the legislature against Pritch
ard; that we indorse ev
ery public act of his . life, and
we are sure the day is coming
when every honest and fair-minded
rntizMi of North Carolina win De
rates. The "Southern" clings to the
lease because it nets them 20 per
cent a year. The people can cut it
down as low as 1 per cent.
They have the legal rigit atd the
power '.to do so. We may have to
wait till the next legislature, but it
will be done then. The railroad
Commission, if a majority of them
are on the people's side can do this
now in ten days and bring the
"Southern" to their knees.
Will they do itf Or must we wait
for another legislature which shall
reorganize the Railroad Commis
sion with new men and cut down
railroad rates! We shall see.
To conference rf rtpreM-nUtive
Populists oT Vtrgiaia which, bad
bB aanoanead U tak ! is
Richmond, wss railed tworder at
the Arlington hotel, by the hute
chairman, Mr. J. Uatkias Hobaon. of
Powhatan.
iletween titty fire and atveaty
veil known members of the Popalut
party were io attendance apoa the
contt rear from ail parts of the
State. The conference) has been
ga;eJ in a dtacuairn of tho present
and future of the Popalut party ia
Virginia.
Oa motion, Mr. Hobaon waa elect
ed permanent chairman and Mr. 11.
A. Muller, of Henrico, secretary.
The following eommitteoa were ap
pointed: On State Convention and Legisla
tive Ticket-Col. J. K. C. I.vwia,
Hon. W. II . U. Crocke, and W. H.
Tinsley.
On State issues -lr. T. W. Krans,
W. 11. Gravely, and O. K. Lapbata.
Oa Orraniiation ti. W. Cram
pecker, W. A. Ilirrow, and T. Harry
Potter.
COSCSTITCTIOJIAL COSSVISTION th
VOR1K. The following resolution, on mo
tion of Mr. Gravely was, after con
siderable discussion, adopted by a
unanimous vote:
"Resolved, That we favor the
holding ot a constitutional conven
tion for the purpose of tedacing the
heavy burden of taxation, State,
couniy and municipal, but w far
ther demand .that a non-partisan
election law shall bo enacted that
will secure a free and fair expression
of all the voters in the State in the
selection of delegates to snch consti
tutional convention.
The Committee on State usnes.
Dr. Kvans, chairman, reported the
following resolutions which were
adopted:
"Kesolved. That the present prices
of staple products, together with the
low wages paid labor, demand the
most rigid economy in the manage
ment of State, county, and munici
pal offices.
"That trusts and monopolies in
the form of corporations ahonld be
retrnlated and controlled by proper
legislation. Fall publicity of their
operations should be provided for,
and penalties should be attached to
discriminations in prices and to the
raising of prices through dimtn.shed
nalama-laataa 'Wt r .w V.t
aaaaa TV laaae - VWa lte N,.
rartf Ca a lata 1
Craa4la m4 r4IIUM ( tur
ala-iairw ta mm
Catleae t atll ta a Vtawa.
LtIK. Neb.. Martb, t
oeifton that a satinet!
-Tt prep
reaft rvtre
prod action
DANIEL ENIORMI.
"That we recognixe- the
of Pupal till 1 railed for the ar
Pe of diapIaciBg tt- ja
Uoa as the praBoa&'. uu of tieir
party, abeard thc?b tt tet ha rreat
tda little fan j inrtife cf a
"Umpeet in a teapot.' TLa ta
thors of the propo4tioa do aot tbat
the spirit tbat Vital. tee tha ;te-.
movetneat to dieea'.hrall the w alth
picdarers of the ttttioct. o-r d
they comprehend the force ia roi
trof.
Coaferencca ra&aot aake r t
make iubii. laaar are bora ut
condition, and like cjcIcbcs atattt
their tight oi way.
A conference can to tnwra dieplace
an Uane af ter it i one developed,
than it can et aiJe the law ot grav
itation. Political pulic aa de
monstrate their fitceta or wafStarM,
bat cannot smother or eva-la aa la
sue. When aa iaroe aritea it eotaaaeda
aa oigaaUo and eiponcot ia de
fiance of pre-rxiaticc parties.
The Peoples Party did not come
intoeutac at the tiddieg of poli
ticians. The platform fomalated
at "aaha was not aenient.
Neither waa it aa ace'. lejit tbat th
plank tbat waa given flrt place ia
ia mat platform ayf
that has since conrvf u'atd dia
memberrd all politKAl parties that
aoaght to evade it.
The Republican party in the Ute
campaign recognix-d the iue, de
clared for bimetaUwm, but parr ly
attached a condition to make tta
realisation impoatible. Tbia sub
terfuge, while it rcmmcdd the
purse strings of the creditor and
money lending elaaaea of two conti
nent, could not bold the party to
gether, and a split occurred tlat aig
nalices the doom of tbat party.
The revolution wrought in the
Democratic party laat year affords a
striking illustration of the power of
an iasoe, and the impoUncy of par
ty leaders to resistor evade it.
a.... a a B
ben tne people were sui-m rgi
in the two old parties, tie national
conventions of which were dominat
ed by the banks, corporata monopo
lies and trusts, who filled the Con
gress of the United States with (heir
EVERY MAS WHO TRAVELS.
Every man who travels upon a
railroad in North Carolina hereafter
will remember that if one more vote
in each House had been cast on the
side of the people, he would have
paid 2 cents per mile for first class
fare and 1 i cents for second class,
whereas by the grace of lobby in
fluence a majority of one vote in
each House has condemned him to
pay 31 cents per mile if he travels
first class, and 21 cents second class.
The same traveler will remember
that by the same majority of one
vote in each House, one man in ev
erv four will continue to travel
attorneys and retainers, tbe i eo
impor-1 pies Party sprang from tbe loins of
tance of having a representative of the people to give nttera&re to their
Virginia in the United States Senate protest against onjast and oppres
who will reflect the sentiment of an aire laws, and to voice the demands
overwhelming majority of her peo- of tbe wealth-prod ocer a from whose
pie upon the vital issue in national toil alone the nation's taxes are
politics of the free and unrestricted paid.
coinage of both silver and gold at Of the e on f delated monopolies
the ratio of 1C to 1, without waiting that controlled tbe congressional
for the assent or the co-operation of caucuses of both old partus, the
any other nation or country. While creditor and banking combine waa
we do not commit ourselves at this not only the moat formidable aad re
time to any particular candidate, we lentless, bat tbe miat aggrefive
heartily endorse tbe services of the and burdensome.
Hon. John W. Daniel on tbe silver While tbe other monopolies were
question and render to him onr sin- plundering tbe people, each in a
cere thanks for the teal, ability and special line, tbe money power was
courage with which be has defended I cutting off tbe scarce a or money
the interests of bis constituents! supply, and sapping tbe foundation
atramst the selfish and ereed v de-lot all nrosDeritv. Utnce tbe sew
mands of owners of gold.1
WILL HOLD A COXVESTIOST.
The following resolution, offered
by the Committee on Organixition,
was adopted:
' "Resolved. That the Populist par
ty hold a State Convention in tbe
city of Roanoke.
"That a committee b appointed
to formnlate a plan tor a State ticket
and report that plan to the next
State convention.
"That this committee act io eon-
party nailed at its mast bead "Thi
Money Jastion. under three sub
division, tbe first of wbicb, was aa
unconditional demand for tbe free
and unlimited eoinag of silver and
gold at tbe ratio of 1 to I; second,
that all paper money should be ia
sued by the general government
alone, and made a fall legal tender;
the third; ia substance, being a de
mand tbat tbe government main
tain: at all times an adequate vol a me
of money to give stability and perm
aicncy to money values.
The silver question ia tbe storm
centre in tbe gTeat battle for mone
tary reform, that is now being
waged. Agaiast silver, tbe bond
holders and m ney and credit bob
ger of two continents have made
common eaote. Against it are ar-
ver has buen even a postmaster-1 through tms suDsiay jear nuer jc then t submit that it
neraletto who ha recommended and no reason given for it. It does nr rjoneress and the
nd vised it. The Postmasters-Gen- not add one hour, one minute, as tne
II ... . . 1 A I - . . 1 - 1 4- IhA
ess
ar
. rr..r.-- ..--- .
Uiio t i )-.rnrtmPTit nrotestea. ana awftv tms money as a ib ri".
ilu, hmnrim.nt etnnnad nro- UhinV it wnuld be iust as well to
- b I UU M-r Jk'Wl a Ul UVft''- J- f, U A M U .
stiti n,i Tt rt tit thA PnRfm&Bter- rnnvA thfl.t this money oe appropna
. ... m. I ..... J aTKM.M PlnUl .. t ' i ax -Ka. laKn-iriflP
tI!frjt & mn oato DAV It OQl faei riirflK tO IflB DOUDU fflUUBV wiuw infiV WWe lUlWCBVeu iu uuc aawvaau
oi I V oujei J V V - aa . a I ' .a, m L'll .1 U
vau.se uo recommet d you. not to ia Rew.York. Why not do tbat I ll pan ; tbat if a-J"nJlfe
i a . i : t n ik.nm , o iv.r i r arn i nn nasspu iiietr cmuiuicra vu.
lr.ptiate it, ana you musi i.u we are guiuK i r""',: .J T. rodnoed. and tbat they
a . . . i -i A - . aA Ajtmm a i w m rui niHii 1 lucii ouh - -
eiopiyit oat or you woum u. are gomK t " ,": wn.,iil have to dismiss a part of thei
propnateit. Therefore 1 suppose corporations tnai comnuuw .nre" einp loyees. They pleaded eloquently
miii li jin inw nnt iha mrpciion uunmonn'8 oi muurr iu eviu-huo. ika;, r.irrtniari wnico . inei
" VI... I.U..- VM. w IW " . 4. . llll I IIII . II 1. . . V
ihltpm. - I rRYnDairra fund, let us send it direct rtiatrihntpd and handed out with each
Mr President let ua Roe what to the Sound Money ciud oiwew mau'a pay. How many men nere saw
r Ves.iaeQV. u.. E"".i v.vrt,,-a William street Derform- th,m? TCvrv railway emolovee had
m - j ot the roBtmaaiera -'r r" eet ra(' club , ttlT eol'd ciroular-etuk 'into his
ive said about this, i win siari : "'"aTI-" u:- .h.n h drew hia nav. and be
with gold literature and tuonopoiy
literature, while it was charging the e P'in8t free 6ilver? Hr. Presi-
DUSlUtlttSl, . ,u-a fViaii mntivcia ami TillT-
advice ii never taken by Con-
and lor scmo reasons each
it made the appropriations
dead-head by railroad favoritism junction with the executive eommit-
... . . .1 -1 . 1 I - 1 i .1 A3 1. A T.
wniie ine oinsr mree iraveiers vy 1 xee in caning uie oiavo cumcuuvu
each one third higher for their
tickets to enable the railroad favor- a ward af E&eor(aaet.
ite tO travel free. For Tbe Caucasian.
Eferv man who telegraphs, or . i
o; the proud of him. We say to Mr. Butler, rent, a telephone in North Carolina. fi'theVeeirai of my pa-
"keep on be same ao you xv. rinMr ' n Pr. Please don't .top it. for I can't rayed the owner, of the iadebtednta.
Deen uavfuug uu u.. I ",71. " 1 .1 " " v: I eet on without it. Tbe r ops ana I of tne wor;d. aa amoanr exceeaiug
mrnipv tnat inev ieei
InewMtriSiK hiselection, or ha. at ; lekat one honesty and fair deal- had not been beaten m.eacb. house
tne results, auu n lucj oic cuuuft i oa n tPHRhmcrschool. .:nnA i IhvnnnvotA. I
Keen up your eouraee, gru ana i iqb ii-pje wi uio ow uviuu
determination until tbe Omaha
tnrm aril I lioRnmR the law and rulin&r
power of our land. Yes, when I J more money for the school fnnd if
rnmn to think about it I know that we the bill to compel the Southern
all the nowers of I Railroad to pay as much rental as I For The Caucasian.!
earth can not shake us.
G.F.Walker.
say uui "jr Uuperviscr ot scnoois, who iuu back to the old land marKS oi our pay n me qui iu reuueo u 1- ....i,., ma ii,an mhn lovea 1 4i -ji rvin (fK.
rnaaVIaaBI T, IIHV Pail l.l niW I . a a . . 1. IL. A.Z L a . 1 I a 1 -X A.lAM.l.ak a.la I D1 CA V HVi BL a Vikiaiwaa -aaav v - w v w . v v - -
. A - l.A aaaiilt- At Tl I
camDaiirn to bpend millions of monej, and who shall be cf good moral
i ttiii lime i cnaracicr nuuiuciai cuuvo.v.wu,
people's repre- snaii hold his effioe for a term of
sentatives to deal with tbem on strict-1 jw0 years from the date of his elec-
ly business principles, i suomiii iiiai d unty SUCC5Sror is elected
mail facilities it does not mate tne
time quicker; it does not improve - -thnT,;Wnda ind millions. Sec. 8. The county board ot equ-
the service, and yet bere we vote y . it h th em as one business cation on the first Monday m July,
man deals with anotber..
Tbe cry that tbese corporations
raised in the last campaign was inat
his country were with you and Hon.
larion Butler ia the ngbt against
I Pritchard the goldbng. Two years
Ht not f oiet tJJt the StaTe Treasury w the tFaitor. will aee where level of price.; mean, that tbey
:K :M s;tBrith fcttb
i ii. v jt : I l Dense oi society.
Sklaoar Uaaaat Caaa The raeellet Farty.
Franklia'a Loan.
We often learn by sad experience
1897, shall divide their county into
as many school districts as there are
a. v PAi.l f Yl Ttrv. fLnfl 8I12lall
1897. and biennially tnereaiter, mouwjr iu u
elect in each of said school district eitner to loan or require some alight
itli;t men of eood busi- return in work. This p an tends to
u.v O , 1 a A AV. ai mint
wno are Known i iaun mo - - - r
two other competitors offered for the
North Carolina lease had not been
defeated by two votes in the Senate
after havinsr -passed through the
Bouse. -
na.R finalifieations.
to be in favor of public education,
eha.il bpttpi for two years from
the date of their appointment, as
Ecbool committeemen in said dis-a-:
a .j nniii thoir Bnc.p.pssors are
Ullili ouu u.un. v" . . . . . .
ith Poatinaster-General Wanamafc- tnat nas oeen n ouiu .u. ---- ... - Qf elected . ana quaiinea. ."'r.,, 17fll
and I could read from this back with go id maxure au thTemrtoyae and thecompany for him vacancy shouldat any time oc- w.TtCa bUl for ten
r twenty years. ... " , .1 di wot reTtend to oiv
ia niv iadzment. the ordinary com- siivtr uitu V dent, tney nia ineirmowvea sou put- removal or resiguaiiuu, u ' - . nTI
au ujj juujuicui, y . ', iili t.ii.:. fv. flnanoml rfiform. Yet .k. i.kn.inn.m.n It. . . ii nf orl.lcnp.Vi a. snm: onlv lend it tO you.
U'atnni now allowed DV law snouiu i or . . poses nemuu uuuung ui.u. . ihq Quiy 01. tuo uuuuij ' . - .
u auou now auowtu uv jw ov I u-a w troin out as ree I v x-m t ir th.m it their word. 1 1 .nifahia nnnion I When von shall return to your
cure from railroads nesni . w-""-. -rr--.j a M -"""i "T.r;;ni h.i uwuoa fh" .r": " ' .n nfttm.r
hriMim- min,i.narvrWnt nthehuat jas ciocawtt uu wanieu iu BCC-""" l"r I in eatd district to nil said vacancy icuuuhj j ...:.
ttcritioa with tbe Department iuiu 0. k0;w h U..n -ri thoir emn nPit. ind T lnwittp111' w . . . j v;n in tima
tablwhmento! such schedules as rauroaa u uB jr- S.mit'tot i3 until his successor is eiecteo 1 VVm-
11 accomplish a maximum amount been ene "T from the report of the Jr.- qnahfied:; ZlZ with an- Uurprised when we learned laat week ver Road
and wnenever crru, r tiratate Commerce Commission.- 15 tnat.nox more iuio Carolina! T
tion ia-aure York, riioncion.mi railway said school committee sbaii neiong ouerjiomw irrCT: Vin in -etrino. out an iniunc-l Oar new President
ned by the the single go c i n a o v employee, on Jane 80 in each year tothe same political party. you
SUIU LU lUIU.WUJVkUIUh v
rather than to form tbe easily ac
quired habit of begging. In an old
English magazine we find the fol
lowing letter from Dr. Franklin
to some unknown begger; it is amus-
REWARDIKO CARLISLE.
John G. Carlisle, late Secretary of
the Treasury under Cleveland, and
1 once a silver man. now a rank mo
rn
faithful to the goldbng
Swep80SV1LL. K. C. March 22.
Inclosed please fiid 91.00 for the re
newal of The Caucasian. I en
dorse Senator Butler's coarse in the
Senatorial fight and think all true
Populist, will condemn Harry
Skinner. Tbe Bads say Bannier lh organ! x ed, i. as relent
will be the next leader of the Popu- PJJ Twmorleler. wit i. rr
list Party. I tell tnem it tney
Thev favor the gold stand rd be
cause it mean, scarce and dear
t-a m a a . t
money. r.very iui id ue general
are
the ex-
... .... .
Tbe autea ana sveuve artrni ot
the creditor combination in it. war
fare against silver are the banking
interests seeking tbe exclusive right
to issue and control the paper money
of the country. Tneee eonstitatean
independent political organ ration
whoee ramification, extend through
both tbe old parties. Tbe money
are
going to tan the party he probably
aithf ul to the goldbugs. J. P. Mor- w,UiUI1
a m a i a
gan, a memoer oi tne '.ynaicaie
which own. the Southern Railway,
was one of the principal beneficia
ries of the duplicity of 'Cleveland
and Carlisle. He helped to swipe
that lot of $262,000,000 worth of
bond, and made an enormous profit
out of the deal. Now when high
priced, shrewd-and unscrupulous
lawyers are needed, J. IV z&orran
stand, by Carlisle, and we were- not
cr Mill aa4
Have w hit the bittoml Xo!
Hanna'. man Gage says burn the
greenbacks and aell the silver bul
lion. That means more contraction.
It also means tbe national bank
ers will run tbe country.
"Get ready for lower pnees yet.
We are getting, a gold basis dM
that 111 turn bur hair gray. Den-
to the same political party.
Sun 9. The school committee
this
dis-
coed mail service.
is ia dnn the compensation IS SUrei xor., wi uvuuwu, contains
. . .... . .l. . ..l. i.Mii.iiiiirnnn me couu- . . t wv
. i i tk. nM rkT i irr. n.nu hliii ucid vuu rmixm I s'lii m. mu. liiniumvi. x siiau
Mural increase iu ue Huau"lJ v '. T . w rr, 1 "Y" . AT; l-Vil sa ,. I - .i u a-u k. liV. AHtiAn
oiia transnorted. to tbeir campaign iunu, ui0 a8R t0 Dave me laoie priui.- iu shall establish and locate in meiricuargo iuo wmi j T
iia transporien. ...I. naKlaa th one line. D.nA.n hnt t wish to all tha atten-ls" . . . v . i mu I vhan ha shall ha able, and shall meet
aum mutuiiua noouvwiw .' .a' ! itinennAfA tki k s.nu th ft thit in """f ""r ..
1 larce cities and trade centers oi ilnew, w gi -w
e country have an interest, inde- souna-money ?"Fa" nt tni9 coant;v 873.(502 men. In
ii 3 a. aa aiaiM aa nnn s.v a 1 1 i. aa i lucii a w
indent of tbe compensation allowed
irectlv bv the Government, in co
leratincr with the Fost-umce uv
irtment
:e
6
Inrr,
viii iui ua a a uw u Aiva - b I rr
mmereial mails after the close of for tbe year adj
Lch dav'a business, and it ought to of it:
fund wiL.1-
a - j aI1a Af a! thAir
w . ... . n 3 -aMA aw i
annrooriate it to tne oouna juwurjr
dnced to 785.034.
The total number or ail railway em-
and schools for the colored race, wnu sucu aK? xT J .-2.
and in so doing shall consult the hope it may thu. go through many
convenience of the white children in hands before it meets iwith a knave
locating the schools for the whites to stop its progress. This is a trick
nnnvnniAneo oi tne coioreu I ot mine iui uuug . .
I anil tha
I ' . . , . I -a-i i:i.t1 r am
in its efforts to expedite wuuwibw awj. piojees on jubb ou m mu ctoiarea in locsung me Wuui ..."":
- - i i a a m s -w -ai i-v rrnir ar vru inn. fniiui'ii vua lb. i.u uaiawas aai aa
?" Y1. "ra "Here is the Postmaster-General's J.... 749,301 1 1893.. .... . . . 73,602 f00.6? - m i MtbhVd in a?y nd s am cbliged to be
t uujiBK uiBwica . DA.,mi.0Brl Rissell 1891 784,285 189 WS T" ,,.77 : K.,- r ..V. th moatof ..little
...a ... ik a AMAfrAninry nr i thiiui a. .a. vdiihwhiv ew-. v - . om iic lueic i i-io. aAHAAi mar v7! t r sa. vrtnLr a niuixa'w-a -- am w -
"T will TA&d tart. , , - I . i ;ai AA4kaaa will antra Rnnf.il T&blA.
annnnin nir h iiirjr race w am aaw
DVUVVaH wa aw p
assisting in getting out an injunc- Oar new rresiaent aj.
fr 1 .u- ZZa Vor of downinr the trusts and mo
ors of the North Caroiih Railroad, netjoUea and talks like proceeding
, . i "i .l:. g.a m,A I .Mintt hm immediately. llr.
i I Mark Hanna. Mr. UcKinley'a hen-
rri ;..n ;ronmatantial I tenant in the 8enate. ta'n very
of course. Carlisle will not tell that prine of trusts and eoabines. ao is
he was rewarded for aiding Morgan Mr. Hobart, tho tico Prwodant. two
ant the Rothachilds to fasten bond I men tnat are steam -Bge vi w.
Slwotk, 000.000, nP.B. th .pMPi t ;i!iMMi4 nvj
A I fn. a riant Iha flirt TJftt AVI. I "enK-UTOaVV BUJJUIB waua mrm
asrmnKanu avj T "V' -"..ii; " .ie hi. aad two ebxaeaa
Harper's placing tne P ! " rrxT'T triek.
H a, umg avna in m wauuci um- - .
lea. and remorscler.
faL
They refose credit to, acd break
down baiinesi men who openly sop
port tbe cause of silver, aad tba.
compel support for their platform
rrombosiuess men .generally, who
slavishly "crook tho wregnant hing
esof the knee that thrift may fol-
ow fawninglj.nJ
Tbna the artrrecive attitude of
the banks has broadened the iaaoe,
natilit is now squarely jnned be
tween the single aUndard of gold
atdbaakcarreneyonoae awe, ana
the coinage of silver and gold on
terms of -cxael cqaaiitysnppumenv
d by fall legal, tender government
paper money on ue otaer suae.
Tho battle tor monetary reform is
the moat far reavebiag in iu eonae
Qaeneea to tba aoople of this conn-
. t M aVaWaaaV Cam A am aa. aaa am aavf tm.
try ana ue wotio. um
eontest we are ever liable to en
counter. ,
The battle te now on and must oe
fnghttoa iniah. The victory will
be. aiuer zor ue esarnon i ,
VWf wmm-rm -- ... aft. A
those wne witn weu uumu
and eyes bulging oat with
anthintr?U
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