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indicate were nerer known to etter
any Industrial enterprise m s buunes.
They hate, however, begun to buy up
all of the railroad in the country, and
their only pur pone in this if to use the
(OL t:RU AlTHriOIJT.IAKD.
Tns Caicasiabt has received t letter
from a silver Democrat saying that be
thought we were wrong in classing
Col. Julian 8. Carr aa a goldbur. Thb
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railroads as a political leter in the in- Caicasiax has a great deal of respect
t-rtt of monopoly and the gold stand- for Col. ( arr, and admire bit spirit of
ard. In the last campaign the South-philanthropy afid other admirable
rn railroad company and vry rail- traits,
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road in the I'nitrd .States owned by
thf gold syndicate went actively into
politic and eierfed every effort pos
sible agaiiint Hrjan and to elect Mc
Kinley. Colonel Andrews, the politi
cal overseer of the Kotbschilds in
North Carolina, did everything in his
power for McKinley, and used the
whole machinery of his political rail
road syndicate to this end.
How could a convention controlled
hv Hi attorneys of this fold buff cor-
SubSCribef tO lOOk at the label poration stand for Hryan? Of course
such a convention was as sure to do
what liryan did not want done as Mark
llanna himself.
TIim is the long and short of the
msttrr. The masses of the Democrst
10 party have been sold O Jt au J betray
td by goldbugs and monopoly attor
We earnestly ask each
on his paper, and if the date is
behind the date of this issue,
9th JUNE 1898
to send us $1.00 and get the
date moved up for another year.
We cannot continue subscrip
tions that have expired. Please
attend to this at once.
IlltV.t'
w iiMMi -now
MIA Hllllk.
Till. .OI.I
"Where the gold democrats are nu
merically ntrong they will insist upon
ignoring the Chicago platform, but
where thfy are numerically weak, they
willprofem to accept the platform hut
vrill onnowe everv idan that i calcu
lated to bring success to the platform.''
V. .1. ISryan.
u iit.ict. om. iMti.i.Ait ih Mont: row
I HI I I. I II. MX I i k.
"One dollar spent in ceparating the
reform forces wilt In more meful than
nix teen dollars spent in an attempt to
overcome their united strength. Ks
tract from I'.ryan's open letter to New
York Journal.
nil; wmi mti vriov
The management of this war is
enough to make every strong and
healthy true American sick at heart. It
seems that, the chief purpose of those
managing the war is not totakeCuba
and to whip Spain but to pile up an
Immense debt upon the people. Cuba
could have been taken thirty days ago
easier than it can be taken today. We
had then an army and navy big enough
to capture the island in ten days. To
day the island is much more strongly
fortified than it was then.
Since Dewey's victory at Manila,
over a month ago, there has been abso
lutely nothing done worth mentioning.
We have believed all along that the
bond sharks who control this adminis
tration would never allow Cuba to be
taken until Congress provided for an
issue of bond. They have now gotten
the bonds and the nation is mortgaged
to .Shy lock.
We sincerely trust that the war will
now be pushed to a vigorous conclusion
before the greed of Shylock demands
another bond issue.
AMM.l.l.( ONU NTION ICl'N IIV K ll.
IM.I ATTOKNKYS.
Tiik Caucasian in its report of the
Democratic State convention, pub
lished in our last issue, gave some plain
facts to explain why the convention
repudiated Bryan's principles and his
plan of co-operation. We showed that
the convention was packed, that it was
small and unrepresentative in charac
ter, that the farmers and the great
masa of the party were not represent
ed, and that even the honest sentiment
of the two was not represented, but
that the convention was controlled ab
solutely by the Clevelandites, the Kan
somites, the McKinley Democrats and
railroad attorneys.
This statement of facts has bien bit
terly denied by a number of monopo
ly organs that call themselves Demo
cratic papers. They have cried out
thatTna Caucasian was slandering
the Democratic party and the good
people ot the State. The fact is that
t he Democratic convention itself was
a slander on the party and the good
people of the State, and The Cauca
sian simply told the truth about it.
The following editorial from Web
ster's Weekly, a silver and anti-monopoly
Democratic paper and a strong
supporter of Bryan, confirms every
every statement made by The Cauca
sian :
"The Democratic State convention
met in the city of Raleigh last Thurs
day. Its proceedings are now history.
The attendance was small, being con
fined almost exclusively to the towns
and cities. Col. Julian S. Carr of Dur
ham, was temporary chairman, while
our old friend Charlit Cooke, of Louis
burg, was made permanent chairman.
The nominations of the six Superior
court Judges, who had already been
nominated by their respective Judi
cial Districts, were confirmed. The
one question of interest before the.con
vention was whether or not there
should be co-operation between the
JJrysn wing of the Populists party
and the Democratic party. The con
vention waa very largely against co
operation by the two State organiza
tions, but leaves it to each county and
district to aettle for itself. We do not
recollect to have ever attended a con
vention where there was such a small
percentage of farmers. The State Ex
ecutive Committee consists of 30 mem
bers. Out of this number our legal
friends, the lawyers, get 33, and we aee
it stated that 21 of these are paid at
torneys of the Southern Railroad Com
pany, whose President, Col. Andrews,
voted for McKinley instead of Bryan."
Notice carefully the wording of Col
Webster's editorial. As a Democrat,
he would no doubt have been delight
ed to praise the action of the Demo
cratic State Convention as being pa
triotic and loyal t( the principles of
tbo party as set forth at Chicago and
as advocated by Bryan ; and further,
since cooperation has failed, he would
do doubt have been glad to place the
blame on the People's party rather
than on bis own party. Notice that be
admits that the Convention was small,
that the farmers and great mass of the
party were not represented ; and notice
further his admission that of the 36
members of the Democratic State Ex
ecutive Committee, thirty-three of
them are lawyers, and twenty-four of
this number are paid attorneys of the
Southern ratlway. The Southern rail
way is owned by the Botbschilds, the
head of the gold syndicate in London.
ma., n . a. t t
a um ooukuern ranroau is run more as I
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I.IK.
The Morganton Fanners Friend
(Deinc cratic) in a leading editorial
published on the eve of the assembling
of the Democratic State Convention
says :
Before another iitsue of this paper
the Democratic tftste Convention will
have met and adjourned.
An we nave heretofore pointed out
on more than one occasion if the State
Is not carried for "the white man and
the white metal" the fault will lie at
the door of the Democracy. The con
vention which meets to-morrow will
settle the question. Argument, ap
peal, entreaty has been exhausted by
the small portion of the State press,
which believes the election lost in ad
vance by pandering to Clevelandism
and gold-buggery. Three successive
polls in which the party was lett in a
minority speak like angel's trumpet
tongued against further folly.
When it is apparent that to the har
bor of co-operation we are sure to
sail two years hence, with conditions
in no wise altered, why postpone the
embarking? We know and respect
the strength of those who maintain the
opposite of all this. We are not un
mindful that they are patriotic and in
telligent, and have long worked in the
lead, that they dislike Mark llanna
cordially and would supplant him with
Whitney the ends of both being the
same we are conscious of their power
in a thousand ways, and believe they
serve the money devil unconsciously.
Nor are they all that serve him uncon
sciously. So astute is the management
oi tbe Republic's enemies that plain
people are at a loss to know where to
strike at them. Even in war they use
the cover of patriotism to work in
Gage's bond issue. They are restless,
tireless Frankonsteins. ,Will they
win at Raleigh under cover? We
will see later.
The above editorial shows in its ev
ery line that it was written by a sin
cere silver man, a loyal supporter of
Bryan, and a man who loves his State
and country. Notice that he takes the
position that if those who sincerely
want to see a triumph of the wbite
man and the wbite metal should con
trol the Democratic State Convention!
that then they would accept tbe pro
position of the People's party for co
operation. Notice that he also gives a
warning that the Clevelandites and
the corporation attorneys were pre
tending to be silver men in order to
capture the convention under cover;
and that if such hypocrites-and gold
bug agents should control the conven
tion that they would oppose co-operation.
This is exactly the same warn
ing that Mr. Bryan sounded in his let
ter to the New York Journal publish
ed two months ago. But strange to
say not a dozen Democratic papers in
North Carolina ever published Mr
Bryan's letter, and therefore the masses
of the Democratic party were never
warned of the danger.
Yes, the Clevelandites controlled the
Democratic convention and every true
silver man and friend of Bryan ought
to repudiate its action and continue to
exert every effort to unite the silver
and anti-monopoly men of the State.
but we consider his financial
views as daogeroua to tbe welfare of
the people as those of Cleveland and
Mark llanna.
There may have been some doubt
about Col. Carr's financial views until
tbe publication of a recent letter that
be wrote to tbe Bankers' Convention in
which he endorsed tbe Fowler (New
Jersey) bill, the purpose of which is to
increase tbe power of national banks
and to more thoroughly establish tbe
gold standard, our silver Democratic
friend has no doubt failed to see this
letter, for not a single Democratic pa
per In North Carolina has published
It. For the information of oar silver
Democratic friend and tbe public gen
erally, we will reproduce this letter of
Col. Carr's in the next issue of The
Caucasian. We do this out of no per
sonal enmity to Col. Carr, but since he
took a prominent part in tbe Demo
cratic State Convention tbe public
have a right to know bis views and to
know that tbe men who controlled tbe
Democratic State Convention held the
same views on the money question.
Besides, it should be known that CoL
Carr endorses tbe ninety-nine-year-midnigbt
lease. So did the Democratic
convention.
i
If mnmnnm Bintu In know ah At t h '
Democratic convention favor, let
then first leara what it opposes. It
repudiated tbe principles set forth in
the resolutions pasted by tbe Populist
State Convention. !et every anti-monopoly
and honest ailver man read this
declaration of principles in another
column. We think it safe to say that
there is not a silver man who Is hon
estly opposed to the gold standard and
who in his heart supports the princi
ples for which Mr. Bryan stands, who
is opposed to a single one of tbe prin
ciples set forth in tbe resolutions re
ferred to. It tbe Democratic conven
tion bad favored tbese principles and
bad co-operated with tbe People's par
ty every one of tbese principles would
have been triumphant.
COaTKKtlON sxar-saors-
Tboe who profess to favor wbite I
man's government in North Carolina
were the strongest opponents of tbe
proposition to unite all or tbe reform
forces of tbe State, t Hereby giving to
tbe people an ant l-raooopoly, anti-trust
and anti railroad government. Was
their action in rejecting soch a proposi
tion characterised by honesty ot por
poe? Tbe masses ran piss Judgment
Senator Butler in a speech in the
Senate a few days ago charged that
every trust and monopoly in the coun
try contributed to tbe Republican
campaign fund and that the Republi
cans were now paying tbe trusts back
with a bond bill and other similar leg
islation. This very much offended the
Charlotte Observer. It will also be re
membersd that that paper was also of
fended a few months since at Senator
Butler's article in The Arena, charg
ing that tbe trusts elected McKinley
and yet the Observer objects to being
called a monopoly organ yes, the bit
bound hollers.
TIIK .MONOPOLY DKMOCKAT THE
SAMK IX KANSAS AS IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
The Ottawa Times, of Kansas, ex
poses the efforts of the gold Demo
crats and Railroad attorneys to pre
vent co-operation in that State (Kan
sas,) we clip the followinc:
"The Democratic attorneys, oi xvan
sas, who are in the service of the cor
porations are straining every effort to
prevent co-operation between tbe Pop
ulists and Democrats of tbe State next
month. They are galavanting over
tbe State, at tbe expense ot tbe corpor
ations, seeing men who expect to be in
the next Democratic convention, per
suading them that this is not tbe pro
per year to effect co-operation and off
ering all kinds of reasons for it. These
Democrats are men with smooth ways,
else they would not be in the service of
the corporations, and there is no doubt
that tbey are doing the principle of
fusion some injury."
If the Railroad Attorneys succeed
in capturing the Democratic State
Convention in Kansas, then of coarse
they will prevent co-operation there
as they did in this State.
Thus we see that the gold Demo
crats and the Railroad Attorneys are
working the same scheme every
where. It will be remembered that
Ex-President Cleveland in a recent
letter advised his followers every
where to pursue this course-.
Who was the first speaker that tbe
so-called Democratic State convention
wanted to bear? Of coarse they want
ed to hear a Southern Railway at
torney and a Clevelandite, but which
one of the Clevelandites and Southern
Railroad attorneys did tbey want to
hear first? Tbey wanted to hear the
one that tried to fool the honest voters
of the State in 1892 by pretending that
he had a letter from Cleveland in favor
of silver. It waa perfectly natural that
such a convention should consider
such a man as its ideal orator.
on this matter.
Ask your Democratic neiabbor if be
- . . m a m a. :
is proua oi toe scuoo oi mc -nnu
Sbirt Brigade" convention?
Tbe people will not be deceived by
tbe action of tbe men in tbe Demo
cratic party, wbo opposed co operation
on tbe electoral ticket in ., and wbo
controlled its policy of action at the
recent State convention.
Bryan said that where tbe gold
Democrats are numerically weak tbey
would assent to the adoption of the
Chicago platform and where tbey are
numerically strong tbey would oppose
ite adoption. In North Carolioa tbey
submit to tbe reaffirm ince of tbe prin
ciples of tbe Chicago latform, J et op
pose tbe only plan ul winning success
for those prio'-ipir-. Bryan knew
precisely bow tochaacterizetheir conduct.
The most conspicuous men in the
Democratic convention were of the
"originaP Cleveland type, and they
have not undergone any honest
"charge of bart" on the money ques
tion. They were, ot course, opposed io
any plan of winning victory for
Brian's principles.
Col. Paul Means was re-elected a
member of tbe Democratic State com
mittee. IT the farmers of bis Con
gressional District bad been in the
majority in their district caucus no
goldbug would have been chosen as a
committeeman. Ihis is further evi
dence to prove that tbey were not
there as delegates. Furthermore if
tbe convention's policy bad been con
trolled by farmers instead of railroad
attorneys there would have been dif
ferent action.
Bryan wrote a letter warning the
people that the goldbugs in disguise
would try to capture the State conven
tion and prevent co-operation against
gold and monopoly. The goldbugs
suppressed this letter so the goldbugs
and railroad attorneys could capture
the convention.
Wbo was it that ran from tbe silver
convention In Raleigh in 1895? He
was tbe same old fossil who wa3one of
the chief Moguls in the late Demo
cratic State convention in defeating
co-operation. It is easy to guess bis
name.
How did ex-Governor Jarvis get his
title of "visiting statesman?" By pre
tending to be the friend ofthe State's
interest to the Atlantic Coast Line in
1S93, while in fact he was a paid at
torney of that road to engineer the
deal.
ANOTHER REPORT OF THE CJIIEAT
RAILROAD LAWYER CONVENTION.
The Caucasian hid the called
Democratic State Convention y -norted
by two different persons. Neither one
saw the other's report or even knew
that the other was making a report.
One of these reports was published in
the last issue of Thk Caucasian. Both
of the reporters were strongly in favor
of co-operation. Both wanted to see
tbe Democratic convention controlled
by the true friends of silver, and bctb
were disappointed at the complexion
of the convention and at its action.
We publish tbe second report in this
issue to show how completely tbey
substantiate each other. Of course the
routine details have been eliminated
from the second report and simply tbe
descriptive part published. Don't fail
to read it. You will find it as inter
esting as the first report.
Don't fail to read tbe second report
ofthe great railway lawyer conven
tion, published in another column.
Of course such a convention was
against Bryan and against co-operation.
You have some neighbors who are
true silver Democrats and strong
friends of Bryan. Let them have your
copy of this issue of Thk Caucasian.
Let them see how Bryan was betrayed
by the recent Democratic State con
vention.
To our friends who have requested
us to send sample copies of The Cau
casian to the names sent, we would
kindly ask that you see them find out
if they have received and read Thb
Caucasian and then ask them to give
you their subscription.
THE HONO SYNDICATE CAPTURES
CONGRESS.
During tbe last week the interest of
tbe nation has been centered at Wash
ington. The great battle between the
people and the bond syndicate has
been fought to a finish. The people
have lost; the bond grabbers and the
banking ring have won. The proposi
tion to issue one hundred and fifty
million dollars of greenbacks and to
levy an income tax, as Lincoln did to
carry on tbe late war, was voted down
by a solid Republican vote assisted by
the gold Democrats. The same fusion
of gold-bug Republicans and gold-bug
Democrats put through the infamous
bond scheme which put a mortgage
debt upon tbe people of three hundred
million dollars to 'start with. Every
Populist, every silver Republican, and
every silver Democrat voted solidly for
greenbacks and an income tax, and,
against the tory bond conspiracy.
Let it be noticed that the gold-bugs
in all parties co-operate on every oc
casion in the interest of the monopolies 1
and against the people. At tbe same time
they exert every effort to prevent the
silver and anti-monopoly forces from
co-operating in the interest of the peo
ple, but to keep them divided.. Every
Republican and gold Democrat in Con
gress wbo voted for bonds. was delight
ed to hear that tbe so-called Democratic
state convention in this State had re
fused, to co-operate with the People's
party, and no doubt every one of the
gold-bugs and railroad attorneys who
controlled the. so-called Democratic
State Convention were delighted when
they learned that the Republicans and
gold Democrats bad fused to beat
greenbacks and- an Income'tax and to
issue bonds.
A majority of tbe voters of this
country are in favor of greenbacks
and an Income tax. They are opposed
to bonds. When they join bands to
elect such men to Congress then, and
not till then, will a majority of Con
gress stand by tbe people. Let every
friend of Bryan in North Carolina re
pudiate tbe action of tbe so-called
Democratic State Convention and join
hands with tbe People's party iq elect
ing nine silver and anti-monopoly
men to Congress.
CiREAT DEMAND FOR THE CAUCASIAN
The Caucasian has received an un
usual number of requests from all
parts of tbe State for copies ofthe last
issue of The Caucasian. In response
to each request we have sent copies of
The Caucasian. We have also been
asked for bundles of copies of The
Caucasian which we have cheerfully
complied with. We hope those who
are interested in tbe success of the re
form forces will labor with The Cat
casian to "show up" to the people
the schemes bf tbe gold conspirators
and monopolists by helping to spread
the circulation of The Caucasian
Let every reader of The Caucasian
and every man who desires the eman
cipation of tbe people from tbe Shy
locks, send in a club of subscribers.
The Caucasian will expose the ma
chine rule of tbe old parties.
Tbe Charlotte Observer and tbe Ral
eigh Post, the two leading gold and
monopoly organs are still rejoicing
over the action of the so-called Demo
cratic State Convention.
Send for sample copies of this issue
to band to the true silver men and
anti-monopolists in your neighbor
hood.
This State would repudiate tbe gold
bugs and monopolists 17 every voter
read The Caucasian. '
Lend your neighbor this
The Caucasian.
issue of
The editorial extract from col. John
R. Webster's Weekly shows unmistak
ably wbo dominated tbe Democratic
convention. Col. Webster says frankly
that the convention bad tbe "smallest
percentage of farmers" of any ever
held before. Didn't tbe railroad at
torneys and J. Pierpont Morgan's
"overseer" want farmers in the con
vention? Iftbeydidnot want them
in the convention have tbey any right
to expect the farmers' votes?
The vote in 'OG showed clearly that
Bryan could not have carried tbe State
without co-operation. Can be carry
it in '1900 without a co-operative plan
of action? The railroad Democrats,
and McKinley Democrats are opposed
to co-operation.
Tbe gold contingent in North Caro
lina remain in the party, yet oppose
tbe only plan of achieving success.
The people are no longer deceived by
their conduct, and the dty of reckon
ing is coming.
By tbe time the news travels to ev
ery nook and corner of the State that
tbe Democratic Convention was abso
lutely dominated by the railroad at
torneys and goldbugs, there will be
some disgusted people among tbe rj ik
and file of that party, especially am ig
the farmers wbo are the first to suffer
from bad legislation, and who wini
Bryant elected in 1900. with a Congress
to legislate in their interest.
Abe Lincoln said that you can "fo I
all the people part of tbe time, p irt of
the people all tbe time, but you c in not
fool all the people all tbe time, (luess
the railroad monopolists, J. Pierpont
Morgan hirelings and goldbugs wbo
ran tbe Democratic convention will
find out that tbe day for fooling the
people is at an end.
Bear in mind that the Raleigh Post
said that "White Shirt Brigade" met
in Raleigh on May 26th.
u We endorse the address of chairman
Jones, seeking to unite the silver for
ces." This recommendation, made by
a member of the Democratic Commit
tee on Platform and Resolutions was
defeated by a vote of 5 to 4, refusing
absolutely to endorse tbe only wise
and sure plan to bring effective results.
The North Carolina Democratic rail
road lawyer convention claims to fa
vor Bryan. The old quotation that the
"Devil can cite scripture" should be
revised.
The Peoples party was tbe first
party to declare for tbe great reforms
that are today agitating tbe country
in fact this brave young party was or
ganized to fight for reform, because
neither of the old parties would cham
pion tbe cause of tbe suffering and dis
tressed millions in tbe land. Let tbe
masses rally to its standard.
Tbe Patron and Gleaner, a Democra
tic paper published in Northampton
county, says that tbe rejection of the
Populist proposition was a mistake.
The rank and file of tbe Democratic
faith were not represented in the con
vention, and that accounts for their
action. The farmers are the true and
loyal supporters of Bryan and honestly
desire bis election. Tbe railroad Dem
ocrats and McKinley Democrats are
playing to hoodwink and deceive them.
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AS A SILVER DEMOCRAT SEES IT.
Uscrtati:3S of ft:
Feicnl J: dicitry, Etc.
Coat in aed from 1st page.
criminal court for tbe violation of
the anti trust laws of that state.
Tbese laws do not violate tbe Consti
tution of the United States. If they
do, then the remedy Is by proceed
ings in the nature of an appeal from
the ultimate court of tbe Bute. This
federal judge, without tbe authoiity
ot any aet of Congress, issues bis
writ, discharges the criminal, and
says to tbe state of Texas, "Yoa shall
not enforce yoor criminal laws
In tbe state of Virginia, a bill in
equity is brought in the federal
court by non-resident complainants
seeking to a quester the assets of a
domestic corporation upon allega
tions of insolvency and to hold it"
officers ik personam liable for its
debts because of fraudulent conver
sions of its property. Tbe court bas
jurisdiction because of the diversity
of citizenship of the parties. It prop
erly entertains the bill, appoints a
receiver, and makes reference to a
master for an account. While this
suit in equity is pending, the State
of Virginia through a grand jarr.
makes declaration against one of
these corporation officers for a Viola
tion of its criminal laws. The sov
ereign State indicts him for embez
zling the funds of the corporation
Thereupon a federal judge discharg
es him on a habeas corpus, on the
ground that his conrt has obtained
jurisdiction of the party in the equity
suit. Thus he undertakes to c xercise
his dispensing power and thereby
veto the criminal laws of Virginia.
Within the last year or two, two
great railway systems, operating
through many Southern States, en
gaged in a fierce competition for
freights. They went into a rate war
with each other. The mortgage bond
holders of these systems applied to a
Federal Court and obtained an in
junction against their own and the
other competing sjstem to prohibit
them from cutting rates on freight
traffic. The complainants allege that
their bonded railroads will not be
ahle to earn the interest on their
bonds watered and nnwatered if rate
reductions are permitted. That is to
say, that these federal Courts are
not to permit legitimate competition
among these common carriers who
are governing the country by owning
its highways. The farmers, the man
ufacturers, the toilers, and all the
producers of the country mast be
left to the cold and cruel and relent
less competition of the markets of
the world, but the combinations of
concentrated capital, the princes of
mammon, the idle consumers of the
wealth produced by the toilers, must
not be subject to competition in their
domain. If they fight each o' her, the
federal courts must stop it. The ben
efits of competition among the car
riers of the products of the country
must be denied to the toilers who
make those products. No more mon
strous arrogation of the right to rob
and rnn over the masses of mankind
r as ever been set up by the despots
f t the earth, from the period of Sulla
and Crassus and Pontius Pilate and
Caligula, down to the days of the
Rothschilds and Havemeyer and Shi
ras and Pierpont Morgan. True it
is that this particular injunction did
not issue. The monarchs of the
highways got together and put up
the rates. Bat, be it remembered
that the federal court seriously en
tertained the bill for the injunction.
And this was done by a federal judge
who is justly entitled to the reputa
tion of having more heart and sym
pathy with the struggling millions
than almost any other of the whole
layout.
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made a magnificent structure of
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If ABf-rVm'S GrrU-l MedK-iur. AU JniCK
Corn
rrsjK.nds readily t .
liHzation.
I-arrr crop, f r
larger jrain arr :
from a liiicral us.
containing at lcu:
Potash
Our Uk& re frre t j
HSMax tt::
a-
ISDKFCXPKXT ACTIOS Or THt COfX
TRY.
THIB1 TUEY OPrO.vrTHE KtTIKC
MBN'T OK THB .R1X HACKS.
KOtBTII TllEY OI'I"0E THE ISVE
OF I APER MOSEY HY NATIONAL
BANKS.
Fifth Thet orrosE the issue
of interest hearino iosrs in time
OF PEACE.
Sixth They favor the inocme
tax as a means of baisinu a part
ofthe revenue necessary to ai
mini8ter th e federal oo v ern m ent.
Seventh They favor theaho-
LITION OF TRUSTS.
Eighth Thet are opposed to
GOVERNMENT HY INJUNCTION.
Ninth They are in tavor of
ARBITRATION AS A MEANS OK HIT
TLINO DISPUTES BETWEEN LAU0R
AND CAPITAL.
Here are nine issues which are
not only important in themselves.
but are now prominently before tbe
people. Are these reforms worth
securing! These questions were
submitted to the people at the last
eT?ttin. bnt they were not settled.
and will not be settled until tbey are
settled right.
Tfc Ca4rrr mt 0I4 u4 SSaly
The Republican party is trying to
commit the country more thoroughly
to the gold standard. Even now it
is endeavoring to secure legislative
indorsement oi tne policy or paying
all coin obligations in gold. It pre
tends to be much concerned about
national honor and the public credit.
The leaders of the party know that
debtor, whether a publie debtor or a
private debtor, meets all the require
ments of the law, moral as well as
statutory, when he discharges his
obligation according to the terms ef
the contract. They know that all
through the war the government, and
frivate debtors as well, paid coin ob
igations in gold, although gold was
worth three cents on the dollar less
than Silver. And yet, these leaders
would accuse Abraham Lincoln of
dishonor rather than inenr the dis
pleasure of the Wall street mag
nates, who now control the financial
policy of the Republican party.
These leaders know that if the
Federal Government declares its
purpose to pay all coin obligations
in gold, its example will be used as
an argument to force gold contracts
up on State and Municipal Govern
ment, and upon private citizens.
These leaders know that if their
scheme is carried out, the very ex
istence of these gold obligations will
be urged as a reason why bimetal
ism should not be restored.
to the State. Sboi. ii
vor arbitration, by i.lv-.
er, deny to the Ui-.t : .
great boonf
If the jutioo V (,
have lost none ot tL. r
it would seetn that ..-..
proper now, if ru-r
unless it can be shown v
ties which rould trut .
then cannot do x now a
been no national c.n.;-
it is impsttt!e t . !,
pretent intentions o! t:.
ties unless we take lot ..
tbe actions of tboo t...
representative capacity.
Tbe Uemwcratf, u...i
ver Republicans mho iu
the reforms which I LTr
favor them to-day. T:.i
prominent man ot any i:
hicb united in is'. U ;
doned any of the rt-foria- " ;
the patties together.
TaUl4 mm I...-.
The advocates of tLe ! t-..j
ard. the enemies of i &!! .n I
metalism, tbe opptiLV tu
greenbacks, the friend '. t. n.
bans notes, tne ueieo-irr- t:ui.
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If the Republicans obtain control
f V S e. A II : .1 t
KBLSJff-SS: 1898, there i. n. d.abt. thai
they will, by law, surrender the con-
Chief Justice, John Marshall, con
st iued, explained, and amplified
these delegations of power so as to
make them intelligible and useful
and adapted to the growth of the
great republic. But the reserved
rights of the States none knew better
than he, and none were more sincere
in protecting and preserving them.
Were he living today he would stand
aghast and indignant at the judicial
usurpation which is revolutionizing
the republic from a union of free
States into an imperial moneyed oli
garchy, run by the financial man
eaters of New York and London,
sustained by the idle rich who stand
in with their class, and supported by
their grand army of hirelings
thronghout the land.
W. J. BRYAN FOR CO OPERATION.
We want a live, hustling representa
tive In everv r.nmmnnitv in tk. at.t.
a political machine than as a business Write Thb Caucasia fr t ..rth..
enterprise. The Jews and the 'gold tlcnlars. '
WHO IS THIS LIAR.?
The following appears in the edi
torial columns of tbe Philadelphia
American of June 4th :
"A North Carolina correspondent
writes us under date of May 25th :
"The newspaper report of tbe North
Carolina convention is all wrong 'and
exaggerated, senator iiutier stated he
was opposed to Democratic fusion, and
be thereby fooled and deceived a great
many Populists. The convention was
three-fourths against Democratic
fusion. He lost control of the State
Committee and was made to submit a
proposition tbe Democrats will re
fuse."
We call upon the American to give
the name of its cowardly correspond
ent. Every man at the Peoples Party
State convention knows that the above
is a lie.
"IT IS A MISTAKE."
The Patron and Gleaner (Dem.), in
a leading editorial last week, says :
"ine Democratic State convention
which met in Raleieh last week de
clined the proposition of the Populist
convention for co-operation of tbe two
parties in sending a solid silver dele
gation to tne next Congress. The con
venuon seemea co De oi tne opinion
that the Democrats could secure tha
vote of the rank and file of tbe Popu
list Party without the help of the lead
ers. We believe that is a mistake. It
appears to us that Senator Butler was
never stronger with his party than at
present."
PUBLIC OPINION.
Which Kind of War?
Looking Glass
There is a growing curiosity in tbe
minds of reasoning people as to wheth-1
er this war is to he a soldier's war. a
speculators' war, or fall elections' war.
I "The Populist State Conventloa Planted
Itself Upon a Great Principle and Ex
tended the Hand of Friendship to the
Sliver Men in all Parties.
The Farmers Friend (Silver Demo
crat) commenting upon the People's
Party State Convention, says :
In the Populist State Convention
just held in Raleigh, Marion Butler
scored a remarkable triuuipb. When
the assemblage first met it was lousy
with fraudulent proxies and reeked
with the smell of Otho Wilson.
Tbe winnowing band of tbe Senator
made itself felt and the genuine re
presentatives of the party alone found
seats. Then by a two-thirds majority
tne convention piamea itseir upon a
great principle, and extended tbe
band of friendship to the ailver men
in all parties.
Butler's speeob in behalf of a onion
of tbe silver forces is conceded by his
enemies to have been a great effort
worthy of a great man, bayed to the
wan ana narassea ny a swarm or. in
tract right which the government
now hat, to pay coin obligations in
silver (of which we are large produc
ers) and bind the nation to pay in
gold (an appreciating metal, the
proaucuon oz wnien is largely con
trolled by England.)
The Republican patty will, if it
obtains control of Congress in 1893,
abandon the system which gives the
debtor the option, and substitute a
new; system, which, permits tbe
money lenders to choose the coin of
payment, and second, allows them to
increase the purchasing power of
the dollars which they demand, to
the impoverishment of the wealth
producers of the world.
It Bach Tatar Aaawer These QaeaUeaa.
Should those who oppose this fi
nancial heresy, this child of greed
and avarice, fight each other while
the American people are bound with
fetters of gold!
The administration is clearly com
Why Silver Democrats and Populists and
Silver Republicans Sheald Co-operate.
"While it is always difficult to se
cure harmonious co-operation be
tween distinct and separate political mittd to th vwii f AnM.;n. s
organizations, there are times when deoendent bimetalism h.Ti thm a.
Who ii to Blame.
Kings Mountain Reformer.
Suppose in each of the nine Con
gressional Districts in this State two
bimetallists and one single standard
candidate are out for election. Which
one will be sure of election? The gold-
Dug ior sure. Ana nicer ine election is
over tbe quarrel will be over wbo was
to blame for it. But tbe sroldbusr will
take his seat and laugh in his sleeve at
now ne won the office.
The People's party made s nroDosi-
tion to the Democratic party to co-op- sects. Tbe convention went wild over
erate on tbe election of nine bimetallic
Congressmen this fall and the Demo
crats refuse. Now it is certain that
the two partiea could join and win,
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nu me jrop unst piaiiorm ne a lair one,
we ask any reasonable and fair mind
ed man who is to blame for the election
ofthe goldbugs? Echo answers the
Democratic party of course. And thus
will tbe peoples judgment be recorded.
The gold Democrats in', the United
States Senate, while remaining in the
party for "regularity's sake." voted for
the issuance of bondsand against the
measures that Bryan and the free sil
ver democrats favor.
11 1 imwiinyy
This issue of Th Caucasian con
tains several v ery interesting contri
buted articles. Thx Caucasia de
sires short articles upon. tbe issues of
the day, and also brief news ot the va
rious sections of the State. It is not
necessary to write long articles a few
lines sometimes expresses mare than a
column of matter.
. - - . v . ., t. t.
CURE ALL VOOR MIRS WITH
Pain-Killer.
a Sleaieiae Chest la ItaeK.
Sisaple, Safe nad Qalck Oara tar
CRAHPS, DIARRHOEA. COUGHS. I
COLDS, BHEUrjATIUS,
VEURALGIA.
28 anil SO oent BtitSseau
BEWARE Of- IMITATIONS
BUY ONLY THI GENUINE.
PERRY DAVU7
him and Mr. Skinner's fat thing candle
went out in splutter;
The effect of the action taken by the
Populists at the end of a long and hard
struggle in their own ranks should be
to hrace with fresh courage tbe Demo
crats, wbo wish to accomplish co
operation, as urged by Mr. Bryan and
senator Jones, our national
There can be no mistake
natural alignment of a Chicago plat
form man, who acts upon his creed.
lie is nearc ana soul with Bryan and
with Jones, and is for co-operation.
The Cleveland Democrats, so-called
by courtesy, are for tbe platform from
tbe lips out. They do not in their
hearts approve it and take it as children
take physio with a wry face. Yet,
thus far they are in control of our ex
ecutive committee, and tbe major part
of the State press. We rather expect
to see their control continued for two
years more. Then it will end forever
and a day.
From the above it appears that tbe
Farmers : Friend predicted that the
this co-operation is both wise and
necessary. In the campaign of
189G the Democrats. Populists and
Silver Republicans united in de
manding the immediate restoration
of independent bimetallism at the
existing ratio of 1G to 1, and they
agreed in declaring that the money
question waa of paramount impor
tance at that time.
The question now arises, should
these three political organizations
act together in the Congressional
campaign of 1898.
I answer without hesitation, yes.
Those who answer no mast assume
the burden of proving first, that co
operation was nnwise in 18, or
a . ....
second, that conditions have so
changed as to make nnwise now
what was wise then. The defeat
that befell the allied forces does not
prpve co-operation at that time to
have been nnwise, unless it can be
shown that some one party would
have been more sueeessf ul than the
three combined.
Co-operation does not oontemnlata
the abandonment of party organiza-
ministration by fighting eaeh other!
The Secretary of the Treasury is
Elanning the retirement of the green
aeks. Should these who oppose re
tirement of greenbacks help to de
stroy them by nghting eaeh otherT
xna aaminisirauon nas recom
mended an enlargement of the priv
ileges and profits of national banks
of issue. Should those who oppose
national oanxs oi issue stren then
the banks by fighting eaeh othezf
The Secretary of the Treasury
asks authority to issue interest-bear
ing bonds. Should those who op
. u .
pose sucn oonas aia in increasing
the interest-bearing debt by fighting
eaen otneri
. laaasne tax Weeded.
Our Federal taxes are collected en
tirely from import duties and inter
nai revenue duties, both svstems
bearing more heavily upon the poor
than upon the rieh. The Bepabli
eans refuse to grant the relief whieh
could be secured through an amend
ment to the Constitution providing
for an income tax. Should those who
LPs e as eaaiM I w w VSl graa,j vsssiisissr m m
chairman, tion or the surrender of any political Uro . " tax oppose this
as to the principles; nor is co-operation de-neele1 reformbrfihting each other!
fended on the ground that the nlat-
formsof the three parties are iden
tical. .Campaigns generally turn
upon a few issues, sometimes upon
one, and events do much to deter
mine whieh issue shall most absorb
publie attention.
Trusts are being organized on ev
erv hand, and the political as well bj
the industrial welfare of the country
is being menaced by these great ag
gregations of capital. Should those
who oppose trusts aid in perpetui-
At ' A 9 1 . - .
If the Democrats. Ponnliat and I tins their existence bv fiVhtincr h
Oil r i . 1 . . w . -
cuiver nepuoiieaoa were agreed un-1 otneri
on but one question, that aneation
might be important enough to justi
fy co-operation, although the par
ties differed on all other subjects; but
those who advocate the union of the
principal reform f oreea against the
It Oeveraaseat ay IiJisciim
Government by in j auction has, ev
er since the election of 1895, devel
oped new dangers, and to-day threat-
. At. . at . .
vu ui existence oi trial by jury,
onwuo inose wno oppose srovent-
Irie w eommon enemy, can point not to one, ment by injunction aid in making it
TmSZvZAmTZX: tr7,"?? BUl unmoor oi moras whieh I a permanent part of our judicial svs-
and failed, wonld be successful in
capturing the Democratic state con
vention and preventing co-operation.
we truss t nas tne farmer's Friend is
right in its further prediction that
these Clevelandites will never be able
to betray the honest masses of the
Democratic party ; araln. Editor
I Caucasian.;
axe demanded with canal "emphasis
by Democrats, Populists and Silver
Atepuoiieana. -
IBST A HIT JM UNALTERABLY
OPPOSED TO OOLD MOHO-XETALLISM.
oeoond They dxxaxd the nc-
MEDIATE KX8TORATI0X 07 BDSTXIr
IftJt AT THE PSXSrXT RATIO BT TC3
tern by fighting each otherT
Beeent events have shown the ne
cessity for arbitration as a means o
settling diOeulties between labor and
capital ana the Federal U ivernmr nt.
fej applying the principle to carriers
the suporters of goter lu,. m u :&
junction, and those b a -1 io
titration and an teem, tu .
these find no difficulty iu t.t..i trt
the main issues, no tustter i. avt
they may differ upon miLvt a.
ball Tbee Uwl l- t .k.4.
Shall the friends of tt-U iu, u
less earnestness or les .: ' lit
forms are often delsr! t r so si
tempt to secure too iuii., L
progress is usually tuidc a l.r.. s
time. If one cherish tL- i.i jft!
laying up a competency ft i old Ifr,
he does not refuse to tar? ''.i.it
nntil he can save all tLst L A -t.r.
fhe is wise he lays a !! n I m
eaeh day and makes it tL- !ui.df
tion for his fortune. tuix
forward slowly. CircutmULM ' n.l
it possible to ris to a p!acr a I r
higher than that occuiiJ U!jtf.
and from this new vantage jrruv.t.2
the fight ia renewed for tb tj tcrt
of some greater height. 1I!)sl4 Ui
expressed an idea which rosy U
applied to tbe unceasing ottt
waged by those wbo would ittiror
the condition of society and r t
the welfare of tbe human rve. iif
says:
'Heaven is not gained lr a ;tc
bound.
We bnild the l&dder bv mhu h t -t
From the lowly earth to tb rtui4
skies.
And mount to its summit rout.3 iy
round.
Be Saya KetOtaer Isaeaa ."
Many millions of oar i -j th
ieve that the reforms abov- Lib
erated will brinir vast adratiict
the producers of wealth, but muiu-
the advantage be much .r !.r.
these are the things wbi b I .e iui
mediately in front of us, atJ ti.y
be decided one way or tbe tlr t
ore more remote question',
though they be greater oc , &t
seriously considered. What tUujrb
there be questions which may u:n
mately separate those wbo itftt
together in tbe last campaign, 1
Democrats, Populists or tiih r Ke
publicans be the worse for Lantr
secured those things for wbicb tL.-y
are jointly contending!
Streactat la Calea WeeWa la fj,i.i.
Attention is a means in an '&J,
not the end itself. To secure a !-
things is better than to advxfcte
many things and get nothing. 4,-f
opponents not only recognir.e 1 1 at
there is strength in nnion, but j
also recognize that there is m alL-M
in division, and therefore tbey tvtj
be expected to present a united frtt
whenever the interests of a?cr?t '
ted wealth are attacked, and '.wj
may be expected to s pre id d
aions wherever possible Dt? il
reform forces.
Bcaesaas ef ike staea .
The Democrats will be n-!
against becoming tainted witb ivp
ulism, and yet Jefferron decoun
banks of issue, and Jackson enrea
into a contest with the mosey
before there was a Populist j tT
while tbe bimetallic system vw
tablished in the United State Ufre
any political party was orgtn.!.
Oar enemies will warn the Populirfi
against association with tbe U-t-erats,
and with unstinted prsUe com
mend those who are credited
"putting principal above
The Republican party wiM v J
leave the Populists in posset.-: .n oi
all the principles. s long a: tbe
Republicans are permitted to tola
all the offices, because political prin
ciples are ox no service to ue pbv.
until they are enforced, througo ie
legislative, executive and jac
departments of the government. Tee
Silver Republicans will be askei to
listen to the stern aong.of interss
tional bimetallists, and vsrned
against the contaminating influence
of both Democrats and Populu?
As an ounce of prevention is said to
be worth a pound of cure, so a dolls
spent in separating the reform forces
will be more useful than sixteen dol
lars spent in an attempt to overcome
their united strength.
Aa St rgeaey ta Cftea a.
In great crisis the patriotism ot
the American people always ns
sufficient for any emergency.
emergency is now upon ur; it viJ
require all the intelligence and pstii
otism of the people k rescue the
government from the hands of
party whieh has become the defen
der and abetter of every form of
political viee. In such a crisis tbere
is no time to discuss the ultimate ef
fect of co-operation upon any part:
eular party. "We may rest assured
that the people will bestow bono
where honor is doe, 'and that that
patty whieh shows the greatest de
votion to the welfare ef the pP"
I will, ia the end receive due credit
es-E-ti in interstate cos. meres, I for ev? ry laudable esdeayor.
ttcuU tzt tlecr tilriirv er--Ll . f 17. J.