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CASIAN H VOL XVI RALEIGH, N C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 1898. NO. CA 40. 1-1 HUSTLING In every neighboi mm can make subscribers for go Tin aoasisBsiini The regular subscription of the paper is $1 a year for six months, and tt5 cents for three months. Fou a shout tim ft, until we got 25,000 New Subscribers We have decided to oiler 5 subscrip tions, each for three months, for the small sum of $1. This includes post age, mailing to subscribers' addresses, etc. This low price will give every one a chance to get the Best and Cheapest Paper in the State To agents who want to make money, and who will really work in a com munity where they are known, We Give a Good Commission, That will pay them better than any thing else they oiler paper will liberal sire to commission. act as agents must show that they arc in earnest by sending at least One Subscription for I Year, or 5 Subscriptions for 3 Months, And ONE DOLLAR to pay for same, as their first order. Send in your first order at once and get rates to agents. Any Live Worker Can Easily Get from 10 to 100 Subscribers a Day. If an agent gets hers a day, he will make more money ,., 4-1,.,,. 1 U UttV Liictii iiu Jitir iui itiou J Wlinn irnii aniul waawa jv,n say what township or townships you want. Wo will township in the will be sent to Subscription Blanks, Return Envelopes and Sample Copies a postal card, and others lor them as a an. ae mm -v a. rm, m aj w-m THE CAUCASIAN CO., hQENTS i od in North Caro- a money gettiri price of a (0 cents 1 1 1 can do. No other to agents si more Those who de- only ten smlwmn- Vs. loaf vooi. in vmn fiif mvloi - put an agent in every State. any one dropping us -m . -m a . w m a. . r-m a SENATOR BUTLER IN TEXAS. Is Given an Enthusiastic Recep tion by the People of the Lone Star State- A SUCCESSFUL MEETING. KlnrU Front HU errli - If May. (iulil " N brining lo Knife Itryan in Ilie Nail Maliuna! llnu ocratic ( unirii-tlon-The Krnalur Smy (oldliug Con trol l-iitor rarjr. Senator Butler, accompanied by Mrs. Butler, is on a brief trip through the West. He wan invited to be present and address the I'opulist camp meet ing to be held at Greenville, Texas, which invitation he accepted. The following report is taken from the Dallas News Grkkn vlLLE, Tex., Aug. 19. This was the closing day of the I'opulist camp meeting in the beautiful grove north of the city. Hon. Marion Bat ter, chairman of the National Peo ples Party Executive Committee, a member of the United States Senate from North Carolina, was the orator of the day. Senator Butler wasin vited sometime since to attend this rally, and as it was his intention to spend a portion of the heated term in Colorado, he accepted with a view to making that trip this way. For some time past this Populist leader has been a picturesque figure, not only in his own party, but in the Senate of the United States Con gress. His firm stand taken in ad vocacy of fusion at one time has served to create dissention in his party ranks. And for this reason among others no little interest has attached to his visit and no little speculation was indulged touching the nature of his utterances of to day. The Senator has come and gone, and behind him so far as Texas is concerned stands the hosts of Popu lism with all differences sunk and faces presented in solid phalanx to its foemen. Senator Butltr reached this city yesterday afternoor, accompanied by Mrs. Butler, and while yet the dust of travel was upon him he re paired to tho camping ground, and Hon. Barnett Gibb?, the Populist nominee for Governor, had no more attentive auditor during the deliv ery of bis ppeech than the disting uished North Carolinian. Last night and this morning a stream of people filed in and out of the hotel, all of whom were anxious to meet the noted visitor, This young North Carolinian is in many respects a remarkable man, and something of his past will noti be amiss. His appearance is more than that of the student and thinker than of the politician. In build he is physically almost the counterpart of Attorney General Crane, and in speaking his delivery is not at all dissimilar. Still he is rather more deliberate and perhaps by no means as adapt at repartee. His hair is black and rather inclined to be somewhat difficult of control, while his beard of similar hue presents an appearance following exposure to the elements after long confine ment. His eyes are deep set, black and expressive, giving ample evi dence of the fact that when aroused he is a foeman well worthy of the ablest in debate. Born in Sampson county, in the Old North State, on May 20, 18G3, he was prepared for college by his mo ther, graduated from the University of North Carolina in looo. He stud ied law, but the death of his father prevented practice of that profess ion and resulted in his return to the farm, both in the capacity of super intendent and as teacher of the neighborhood school In 1888 he joined the Farmers' Al liance and at the same time purchas ed the Clinton Caucasian. In 1890 he was elected to the State Senate, assuming from the start leadership in the Alliance forces in that body. it was at this session mat ne made a fight for the present North Carolina Kiilroad Commission law, and ere the session closed saw it engrafted upon the statute book of the State. In 1S91 he was chosen President of the State Farmers1 Alliance, re-elec ted in 1892, and in 1S93 he was made Vice-President of the National Alii ance tobeconca its President in 1S94 Reared within the ranks of the Democracy le officiated with fiat party up to the time of Cleveland's nomination by the Democrats at Chicago in 1S92. It was immediate ly after the adjournment of that bo il v that he made tmblic declarations that he would not support Grover Cleveland, and at once severed an n a a a 4- a - uafrlj kia lafa t vc rr n ac it was then that he began the work was to render meteoric nis upward course in the political world. As Chairman ot tne excutive com- mittee of his party in the campaign of 1894 he made the old North State 4-U a. maama a AAntfiof ofililAm mnal Ua. The Populists under the young I ..ianllg las1areh!n event all hcfnro Ki-ow- . . them and as reward tor his worK ne was chosen Senator in the Congress of the United States, defeating Hon. M. W. Ransom. His term be cran March 4, lsUo, and will end March 3, 1901. With a single exception he is the youngest man ever to occupy a seat in that body he at the time of tak ing the oath of office being fonr months the senior of Henry Clay upon his entry into that body Almost from the day he entered the Washington legislative halls be has occupied an interesting posi firm. He has for vears been a ere at I " admirer of :wuiim j. Bryar iot n6 part taken convention 1 i l : r il. I of his party at St. Louis two years ago which culminated in the nomi nation of that gentleman, for the Presidency is well remembered. As the national chairman of his paity he has figured prominently of recent days and at times bitter warfare threatened against him, but such differences have been adjusted, his party now stands united npon the threshold of vigorous State earn paigns with the national election of 190U as an incentive for present en deavor of herculean proportions. This morning dawned bright and clear, but soon clonds appeared and intermittent showers largely deter red the town folk as well as residents of the rural precincts from attend ing, still at 10 a.m. when the Sena tor reached the grounds he found an audience of dOOO people to greet him. By 10:30 a. m. the speaker's stand was comfortably crowded, among those noted seated there being Hons. Harnett Gibb.', E. W. Kirkpatrick. Jake Rhodes, Lee Rhodes, W. K. Faimer, Stamp Asbby, Cyclone Da vis, Harry Tracy and Milton Park, all party leaders, while Hon. C H. Yoakum, late Democratic Conge&s ional Representative for the district, was also there. Senator Butler' appearance, while not the signal for vociferous ap plause nevertheless provoked enthu siasm. He was introduced by non.Bar nett Gibb?, who took occasion to congratulate the party upon tb3 fact that it aiood to-day united and in better fighting condition from Canada to the gulf than ever before. This statement brought a rousing cheer from many. Senator Butler started by con trasting conditions existing in Te xas with those in North Carolina. "Riding across your fertile fields and prairies," he said, "I was im pressed with the great abundance of your crops and tie richness of your soil. If a man can manage to subsist in my beloved home State while in agricultural pursuits, farm ing should be profitable in Texas. But the same difficulties confront alike the citizen of your great State and all other States. We are to-day confronted with serious problems for solution. The correct solution of these problems is of vital import ance to all classes. It is not alone the farmer who is interested in the correct settlement of these ques tions. He then proceeded at length to argue that all legitimate interests in this country were to day suffering by reason of lack of application of the principles of the Populist party. "This party" he said, "was organ ized to restore justice and equity among all classes and industries.'7 Following this came an extended argument to show that in reality no differences existed between the ma chine Democratic and Republican parties in material respects, and further that both were wholly dom inated, or songht to be dominated, by the money power, He charged that to-day that an organized effort was on foot and being carried to a successful conclusion by adherents of the gold standard to control the next National Democratic conven tion. He charged that the men who served corporate interests and at the same time professed to be for the free coinage of silver was a liar. "The recent Democratic conven tion in my State," said he, "passed resolutions and declared for W. J. Bryan and free silver. (Langhter ) That convention was controlled by Clevelandites, McKinley Democrats, goldbugs and railway attorneys. The gold element in the uemocratic r arty controls the party in my State to-day. That element is gaining the control of the party the countiy over, in pursuance of the deep laid plans of the money power, and it will dominate the next national convention of the party. Why, right here in your own State, Jit is to-day in the hands of the goldbugs and railway attorneys and other el ements not in sympathy with the great masses of the people. Why, who is your nominee for Governor in this State? Joseph D. Sayers. What element dictated his nomina tion? Let us see." Here he read the following extract from the speech delivered by Hon M. M. Crane t Sh.rm.n Dp0n the occasion of nis joint debate with Hon. R. M. Wynne, on may 13 last: "The nomination of Sayers would place the control of the Democratic party in Texas in the hands of the men wno tougnt tne commission, the Hogg and Culberson administra- ions and the reform laws enacted under them, the free coinage of sil ver and Bryan for President, and many of whom supported McKinley for President." Cheers greeted the reading of the extract: Continuing, the Senator said, JNOW, my inenas, your Attorney General used that language and it was published in the Daily News three months ago. I know these publications. He was correctly re- nnrted hv the reporter or he would have denied it. He told the truth in that speech. He knows who noml nated the Democratic candidate for Governor in Texas just as well as I know who nominated their candi dates in JSorth Carolina. Do you believe that is the kind of man you want for Governor of Texas? (Cries of "No! No!") That same condi tion of affairs exists all over the country, and that same element to dictate the Democratic nominee for Governor in Texas will dictate the nominee of the party for President in 1900." (Cheers ) ' Next the speaker presented his rem edy Tor the "evils of the times " More than an hour was spent in arguing the government ownership of trans nortation lines, the overthrow of trusts and reform in the transmis sion of intelligence. He charged that railway rates were twice as high m Texas to-day as in North Carolina, and that they were still too high in the latter state; that under existing conditions six men now made the railway rates for the whole country, and that in ten years time a gigantic trust with one central office would control the transportation of the whole country. As to the money feature, he claim ed that the circulating medium of the country was controlled and reg nlated now in .London. Under the "Transmission of Intel ligence." head he contended that the Associated Press now handled the Question of what the people shall and shall not read. "Let me eontrol what the people read,'' he said, "and I will control their votes, and when I control their votes I control their pocketbooks. I ; The whole toiiwinn of the Peoples Party U to give all men in baice an f qual show. Thei is no discrim ination in the postal terviee. A mn send one Utter and b pays '2 cent. Another scads 1 OU),0H) and he pays - .cut -ku. i acre is no uikdisi nation thete. The burden falls alik upon the rich and the poor. Kcb man pays his share. Trusts and combinations would ruin the postal ervice bad they a chance and dis crimination would result. The only solution to the question lies in the destruction of the combines and the trusts. Break the transportation trust and justice alike to all will be done- Make the money trust loosen its hold of the throats of the people and all will have a chance. So Ions? as the avenues of transmitting intel ligence is controlled by a great con cern like the Associated Prtss, just so long is it possible to educate(he peo ple to the trust way of thinking. The man in charge of the big trust at Washington transmits bis specials to your great Dallas News, the country editor has no other means of getting it, and so he cuts it out, reproduces it, your child reads it, and what is the result! He grows up educated to look at all matters through the spectacles of the money power and unwittingly and honestly becomes its slave.!' He then nrged bis followers t cease abusing their political oppo nents and to proceed with the 'work of reasoning with them. The Cleveland and McKinley bond issues were denounced. He said there was no justification whatever for the former; that it was a move in peace times in the interests of the trusts. That in the latter case the war was made the pretext. He was willing' to vote the funds to fight the war, but opposed any bond issue. An in come tax was his idea of how the money should have baen raised. That he contended, would have fallen alike on the poor and the rich, as did the expense of the postal service. He said he had "figured out" the recent war act and ascertained that where the rich paid one dollar the poor paid two thousand. All this he de nounced as the work of the trusts. Turning to The News reporter, he said; "Put this in your paper. There is going to be another war. A war that will correct these abuses and ex terminate the trusts. Don't go and sa y I referred to the use of bullets and weapons, for I do not. That war will be fought with ballots white ballots that fall with the swiftness and the efficacy of snow. They will send men to represent you in the na tional legislative halls who will not succumb to the infamous influences of the money power. (Cheers ) Referring to the charge that the Democrats stole the silver and other planks from the Populist platform, he said: "I have no complaint to make of that action. I wish they had gotten it all, and further, that they had had sufficient honesty to live up to it af ter they got it." (Laughter.) Next he highly eulogizsd the Pop ulist ticket placed in the field and commended it as worthy the support of all men. Then came a reference to W m. J. Bryan that may or may not be sig nificant. He charged that the money power was gaining the control of the Democracy and that at the next na tional convention he (Bryan) would be politically obliterated as complete ly as "Dewey wiped out the opan- ish fleet at Manila, and Schley that of Cervera, at Santiago.'' Ttis men tion of Schley's and Dewey's names was roundly cheered. The remainder of the argument was along well known Populist lines. After a short pause and with a side glance at Milton Park, who was seat ed near him, he slowly and with de liberation said: 'As chairman of the Peoples Par- tv I have tried to do my duty. 1 may have made mistakes, I expect I hae, if so they were honest ones. I ta'rfn &,ht t. d?nce;oar interests and mv everv vote and act interests and my every vote and act has been with that end in view. As Governor (Jibbs has told you, there is naught but harmony in onr party. It is in better condition for the great battles of the future than ever be fore. I say to you here and now the ! Omaha agreement is in writing and it sDeaks for itself. As national chairman I shall observe it and car ry it out in good faith to the very letter. (Cheers.) "I will call the national conven- tion of the Popnust party to order one month ahead of the old political parties, it noi sooner, ana mere wiui be no deals, contracts or understand - ings made directly or indirectly by your national committee to bind or in any way interfere with the free action of delegates to tne national convention fresn from me people from every quarter of the Cnion. This agreement is broad and specific enough for every ropuust in Kan sas or Texas or other sections ot tne Union to stand upon until the na tional convention meets and then and there the people s representa tives, fresh from their constituency in each state, will lay down the na- tionaHaw of the party. (Applause.) "This done, it may not suit iexas or it may not suit Kansas, but it will be the wisdom and wishes or tne ma - Witv nt the nartv both in Texa3 and ir.,o.- .. tho n nf tliA Union." xauoao cuv, t.uv w This declaration was evidently nleasine. for it provoked rounds of cheers. . He then said the mission of the nartv was not to take from any man that which he had, no matter how he had acquired it, but to see that past wrongs did not exist tor tne future. Senator and Mrs. sutler went to Dallas this afternoon, where the night will be spent with Gov. Gibbs. To-morrow mornine iney leave tor Colorado via. Fort Worth. Sena tor Butler vi ill speak in Danver on Angnst 14th. He is in high spirits over tne out look for the party in the fall elec tions and precLcts heavy gains, with ultimate triumph of the movement and its principles. Following him Hon. Cyclone Da vis and others made brief talks. Doa't Tobacco Spit sad SaMaa Year life Away. To Quit tobacco easily and-forever. be mag netic. loll of lite, nerre and vigor, take No-io-Bac, the wonder-worker, tbat makes weak men stror. All druggists, 60c or tl. Cureguaran i teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New Yora. DR. THOMPSON'S A Large and Representative (lathering of Populists ot Sampson and Adjoining Counties OPENING OF THE Or. Tkp Tr tka Mh ml Mf mm ttrnf fr lfr 0I4 4 IS y CronJ Wkkk U l .alr-lf tfe 1 iuocraltr Orgt !.-tt- frain Tktlr llarrllf ! Ik Caaas l !- rial aa Carparattaa tka PapalUt f aabaa ataaltl-- a BacfcalldlMg U tka Uaaaratl tart. For Th Caicasiax j LIITOX, N. t, Aug. 1, tv. Clinton has to-day been alive with I'opulist eDttiUftiatin. Tlie occasion was the opening of the I'opulist ram paign in this county, and Dr. t.'jru Thompson, Secretary of State, was the speaker. Notwithstanding the fact that this is an especially busy season of the year for farmers, it being fodder gathering time, there was an exceed ingly large crowd present, representa tive of the best element of this county and adjoining counties. A number of ladies were also present. Kverjbody seemed to be in a good humor and ev erybody enjoyed Dr. Thompson's speech. The loud applause which met his defense of Populism, the bursts of laughter which greeted his jokes at the expense of the enemy, and his sarcas tic references to the days of "good government under the old corrupt Hansom machin. were sufficient proof of the fact that the Populist of this county are not to be fooled into fol lowing the leadership of the men who tried to compel them to vote for ro ver Cleveland in loltJ. Xo, the pro verbial Populist of the Democratic press who is going to vote the Demo cratic ticket thjs year was not in evi dence at Clinton to-day, nor indeed is he known anywhere in Sampson coun ty. DR. THOMI-KON'S BI'KECH. Ladiks ani Fellow Citizens: It has been almost two years since 1 at tempted to make a speech, and circum stances which I could not control, for many months past, have prevented my giving that attention to political mat ters, which I might otherwise have given; and recently I have not bad thi time to spare from my official du ties to devote to the preparation of a political speech. I had hoped to enter the campaign sometime after the first of September. I had hoped that by that time I should And opportunity for such preparation as the cause ought to have had. Wt en 1 was written to to speak to you on this occasion, I replied that it was not probable that I couid come. Afterwards I was written to that I must come, for the reason that I bad been billed to come; and it was evident that I must come or somebody in the county of Sampson, and that a mighty good Populist, and possibly a number of mighty good Populists, would be accused of bavmg misrepre sented me. I thought then that I would come and that Senator Butler would be here, and that be himself would do the greater part of the speak ing. It so turned out that it was im possible for Senator Butler to be here, lie had an invitation to speak in Tex as, Colorado and Utah, where bis ser vices as national chairman of the Peo ple's party were urgently demanded. For that reason be is not here, and I am here kind of "boss dog of the bone yard" in the speaking line, whether I am prepared to speak or not. Now if I ran make my enemies on the other side feel as uncomfortable about the speech after it fs made aa I feel before hand, I shall be abundantly satisfied, and I know that some of you will be a wea,ti?Sedr?s 1 Tm" JJ fl" party of the f "T JE5K5 l.;. .n.,i v;.t.n.. . bad its birth. whicb called into existence the or ganizttion in this State. Men who bad been educated in the Farmer's Alli ance; who bad studied political ques tions, and learned that the tariff was not the sole cause of all the troubles and oppressions of this land, rose up and said in that year of grace, that we will no longer bow down to Crover Cleveland, the stuffed prophet of the state of New York. You know how it was said by the then chairman of the Democratic State Kxecutive Commit tee (who is also the present chairman) that if you could not swallow CJ rover Cleveland, then you were not a Dem ocrat and you could not enter a Demo tl m-imarv or convention. Men 1 ho n8a seriously studied treat eco- notnic questions, men who felt that gold and monopoly were robbing them and their children of their rights, re- Toneu irumc ur..IW-.i.B " organized ibe People' party in North Carolina; and we made a campaign in that year that routed our enemies on tbe stump, if they afterwards, by their methods, routed us at tne ballot dox. It developed alter that, that the same . a m S a men wno naa anven us oui oi me Democratic party because we could not swallow Grover Cleveland, came themselves and said we cannot swal low him either be has grown too large for our throats. The half bushel wnicn tbey naa sei up as me aiauuaru f fn.aipmnf- and bv which thev I measured us in 1892, turned out afttr- 1 wards not to be a nair-ousnei, ana I never hd been. We went forward. I the Peonle's Party in North Carolina, I - and throughout this land, teacning everywhere tbe principles tbat under lie genpine Democracy and true Re publicanism, and we so revolutionized the sentiment of tbe masses of men in side ot the Democratic party, tbat tbe Democratic party saw tbat unless tbey came to this position tbe attitude on economic questions which tbe Peo ple's Party bad assumed tbat among parties they would not be knee high in this State or in the nation; and al though tbey bad set out in 1892 to I "make Populism odious in North Caro lina," although tbey bad said upon a stand in this around, as Mr. Bellamy did six years ago, tbat this question of silver and financial reform was all a wild craze, and that the silver dollar was a seventy-cent dollar (and it after wards got to.be a fifty-cent dollar) and that MI want a dollar that is good ev erywhere good in Europe I want a dntlar that has srot a hundred cents in it," in 1896 they came around and said : "Oh welL we see we were wrong; we think just like you do; let's let all tne rotten errs of 1893 sTO by, let's dont smell them any more; let nygonee be bygones; we be brethren." They want us, however, to come back Into the Democratic party. Tbe prodigal ought, they say, to return hom. In order to GREAT SPEECH.! at Clinton to Hear I be POPULIST CAUPAIGN. 1 forre us lo return horn. ib.r X. tiuntl 4'onvrBttw of is diit eratljr ! lb prwoiiiiBl iaalf lb iVot.le. l-.rty platform; tls noiuiita'.d a man fur th prea.dettr) that bad roi voted ienvraite twkri straight ft a bumtwr of jrar. Thej notnioated U illian J. fir j an and aid : "Now be is all r hi on tbe national banking iaaue and ilie silver laaue, be is with you; will ywi go forward' and put a man up la hi f-er lb l'opultta of Ihia ba tion met in their contention at ?t. l-ou tod said : -N. we want to ele. t a man ! tia gt4 our principles in biu, and at jou bate put up such a nan e will endwrae him." We nominated Mr. ltrj an, and we, the I'opulista of Xwfth t'arvJina bowed our faith by oar wura, when, notwithstanding all tbe ostracism and odium which bad or en attached tout by tbe Democratic machine in North 'ar olioa. we walked up and rati our vole for William J. Itryan and carried the State or North Carolina for silirrin Ih'.m,. Tbey put ut to the test and they did nut Bod us wanting. Marion Hur ler, Chairman of the I'opuliat Mate Committee in North Carolina, went to tbe Chairman of tbe Itemocratic tafe Committee and made to him a irotHi. tion that we co-operate if we are niter men. Democrat and 1'opuiut. that we t-u-operate all through and through in North Carolina. The proportion which be submitted is well known to many of you if cot to all of you. We submitted a r-pition that a to electors of tbe Presidential ticket t lie Democrats should have sit and the Populiats five. This was agreed upon and carried into ttTect. As to Mate ofllces, Mr. Itutler said to Mr. Manly, let tbe Populivta have the Governor. Treasurer, and Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction and the Democrats tbe Lieutenant Governor the Secre tary of Mate, the Auditor, the Attor ney General, and the I'nited States Senator; or let the Democrats have tbe Ciovernor.Attorney General, Super intendent of Public Instruction, and tbe Populists tr'e the Lieutenant OoVernor, Treasurer, Secretary State Auditor, and United States Senator. Aa to Congressmen, the PopulUia to have tbe first, fourth, sixth and seventh Districts; tbe Democrats to have the second, fifth, eight atid ninth Districts; the third District to be left open for a free fight. Did they accept that proposition? No, they did not accept it. Tbey wanted in the State of North Carolina to get everything or they would get nothing. Well, they got nothing. In the year of grace, Ih'jh, recollect ing the campaign which Democratic speakers had made along tbe line of financial reform, more vigorous even than Populists could make, tbe con vention of tbe Peoples Party, by its unanimous action, said we will submit a proposition to tbe Di-mocratic f arty, it tbey are for silver and financial re form, to co-operate with us in the State in 18'JH. As chairman of the State Committee I went with other members of the Central Committee and presented the following to Mr. Manly, the then chairman of the Dem ocratic State Committee. Here is tbe letter wherein I submitted the Popu list proposition to the Democratic party : Itsi.EKiii, N. C , May Ji, !'.. Hox.Clxmrxt M M-v,Chairman Dem ocratic State Kxecutive Committee Dear Sir: We. tbe conference com mittee, elected by the State Conven tiou of the l'eoples l'art y, which as sembled in this city cn the ITtb !nst have the honor herewith to present a copy of a series of resolutions adopted by tbe said convention, wbicb resolu tions, together with this letter, we re quest you as chairman to present to tbe Democratic State convention wbicb is to assemble in this city on Thursday, May -',, for su n con sideration and action as the judgment of your convention may determine. This committee was elected by tbe l'eoples Party State Convention under tbe fifth resolution of tbe aeries here presented. If your convention shall declare its endorsement of the principles and purposes set forth in these reaolutions. and favor a co-operation with the I'eo Dies Parti in the coming campaign to carry the same into effect, your coo vent ion is rrquested to name com mittee to cooler with us as to the de tails of the co-operation. We are no present in this city With headquarters at room No. lit, l'ark Uo- tel. where we will await the action of jour convention upon this transaction We nave tbe honor to be. Very respectfully, Cvats Tho i sow, Ch'o. J sues B. I.UTD, MORBISO II. CaLbWKLL, J. II. SCHfLBBB. '.. T. Gabektt, K. A. Mote, Coinniitte Now let's read tbe resolutions and test in tbe light of this tbe sim enty of tbe Democratic leadership in tbe State of North Carolina upon all tbe nuestions of this campaign in wbicb 1'opulists believe upon tbe very quea tiona which tbey advocated so vigor ously before tbe people of North Caro lina in I.. Ill ere Dr. Thompson read tbe reso lutions wbicn were offered by tbe Pop- ulists to the Democrats as a basis of co-operation, and which contained tbe principle wtnen nr. uryan aeciareo the two parties bad in common ana upon which tbey should unite. I ask tbe men tbat stand here and bear me to-day, wbat single demand is there iu this series of resolutions wbicb you do not favor? (A Voice: Not One). If there is a man in this audience who opposes a single thing we have demanded, let bim bold up liia band that we mar aee wno ne is. (A naase.) There ia not a man in tbia audience who dares bold up bis band and say be is not in favor of wbat tbe Populists asked tbe Demo crats toco-operate with tbem to get. And there are Democrats in this aa dieneefA Voice: Xicbty Few), and to them let me say tbat I am not al tering anvtbincarainst tbe rank and file of tbe Democratic party in North Carolina, because I know tbat at heart von are wbat Populists are. For tbat reason we presented tbese resolutions to tbe convention of your party and your leaders who would ot accept tbem for you ; they did not give yon an opportunity tc put into execution tbe very things wbieb yon tave here tofore believed. What answer fdid thev make? lc me read vou tbeir answer t The Committee oa Platform and Resolotiona.br direction of tbe con vention. bavisr under eoasideratiec the proposition for fusion made by a - - Psra' rr 4 (., a. ..... ttrt Kaatas 1. Tbat it. t..i far fasten Vjw.itte at tW rl itUe. We. aad IS .a la treeta reapeeffally Wha4. 1. Tfcatttv teaeat Male I ims k(1le MBtaittee t aaNi tb. . by lefrcC,4 la rateeVat aw. fart bee r repeal fe fai Map IS) ttvefac. a4 aa .la. tmm fwrallliaae. ft t ( ratier-") mt et l'aJia a birl-i ml diagwat l itw slUaaf. tt leader. Tb raai aa) tie ml ik - " w . raa a a I fcvaa erratic parly aIJ. we Welt tbe I'opwlleta. I aat la taw fkea tea rati content, ia h gatlerte. liig down rs) if. and afieewsr lea oceat ubm t. bm ui atJ 1 fc.i ll the reofM wtlrk I aaa S mm. w brreafter. It abslse ay stay of ltaretlr prsWeeatooa. a it 4 laff after I eat say s4e vuli I he W.Im I arty viberer it saat rnm" tl4 Apt lane Yet every 1 '-rat ic r-a- per IB) the land lt tella abmfove yteder. bete. fct sy foadre,- the pta(a .re Wcat.ftg Ibetr b a f A(4 brk I Mat I le tra. cratiC rartl. tS iM brl.eaa it eeral aire No! NTi 1mm believe Iff rllyMi . cast go It. to tbe Mate 4 Naetb Cars. Una todsv and om mi t Bad lcruucrate testing I he esh rett Sarty and rotaieg t us tbaa y ind men leattag tbe rr ht tarli to go to tbe lesaocrata. Wbat ) waat to tru back tat tbe IteawavraU par. y for.' M a.att t a tf- ecy and a partial f alfllasent. A tank you bate prop healed nf tttesa tit rmtm irne. H bat are 104 sT4naT bark le Hby, a ia Um tbe teltansr U tell Tea. Ilia erors rntianJli failed and slaughtered tbe ttrecnlaea rf Utr prmg time, lie at iaat pniled t- tie cabin door and Wblal led for e aWar : and'wrote wpoo tbe door : l arnvell Tetas; 1 bid you a long ad ten. snay go to bell, but I'll never come bnk to you. w hen tbey put us to tbe teat in tbe Presidential campaign of lC e walked right auiuare nn and aaid. sou nominated bim but we will tot fof blin. Andwedrdit. Tbey scratched the ticket, but tbe populists did not cratch. I said to tbs Ptpst lists: "Dont scratch bat 'let tbe Democrats scratch. The oea who have tbe ileb are tbe men mint smicLi to scratch." Yon ran take the record of tbat election and it will show you tbat we'stood up a 1 mot to a man. but the lemocrats did not stand tv. No. no. Many of tbem tutUD tle I'alaaee. Iluckner ticket and voted It: and when tbey did not vote that tir ket they went right along and scratched off tho Pop ulist electors and voted for the Item ocratic; and when, tbey did not da that tbey went and voted for William McKinley to he President of tbe I'ni ted Mates; and yet tbey rail tbem selves Iemocra!s. Them were men who aat lo that late liemocratie con vention of May 2Ub wbo scratched the I'opuliat electors and swore tbat they would not vote tbat ticket: them were men who sat in and around that eon vntioo that voted tbe I'a Inter and Ituckner ticket. You had a tuaa bv tbe name ot llird.over hem in Harnett county, wbo did It. The chief naana- errand controlling influeneeln all that Democratic convention was A. U. An drews, Vice-President of the houtbern Kailway, tbe manager of the potiiice of the Democratic party of North C aro lina, and yet. a. It. Andrews voted for William Mckinley to be President of thee I'nited States. II dictates the chairman, says who shall be ibe chair man of the Democratic Kiecutlve Committee. Why, indeed, it Is troe tbat a little while after the convention met. an ex-Judge of tbe liemocratie party was sitting in front of tbe Yar- borougbbotel in Italelgb, and a young uppity lemocrat cam out and spoke to bim and said: "Judge, who Is coins? to be cbairirman of the Democratic State Committer?" The Judge aaid: toaud ak Colonel Andrews, he ran tell you." And lo a few weeks after that tbe committee got together and elected Mr. Himmoai chairman, be cause Alex Andrews and the railroad influecce in North Carolina wanted Lim there. The McKinley iofloencn in North Carolina heads thn Desao cratic party in North Carolina: there is no escape from tbat. And let they go about and cry : The Democratic party is regenerated; return, oh ye prodigals, return." I say tbat tho Democratic party Is in the control of tbe rold men and snonooolieta in North Carolina to-day and that there ia no element of financial reform ia its leadership. Only a little wble he- fore the last national contention. Mr. Simmons, tbe now chairman of tbe liemocratie Mate Kxecutive Commit tee, l ben holding Collector a place. which was oecurrd for Lim by Kan sum no, until Vane dead, a job which be got from Cleveland, and which paid bim a matter of five or six thousand dvllara a year, stated in the Washing ton Post, possibly In February, that North Carolina waa all right for Clete land and for cold. Mr. jtimmons. the man wbo sent Out the secret circular in tbe campaign of lairz that mt out from his vote, not only the Ignorant negro, but the unsuspecting white men in North Carolina, so much so that ho became infamously known among tho honorable yeomanry of the Htsrfe ,f Nortb Carolina aa Secret Circular Klsn- moos. Who was chairman of the D ocratic ntate Kxecutive Commltfe I fore that, and on tbe committee right now ? Clement Manly, a vey clever rent l-man, but cot a silver man and a liemoerat like the rank and Die of tho liemocratie party in North Carolina; a man who a little while before he was made chairman ia IW. wrote to J. W. Jrainger,a committeeman, of the town of Kinston, lnoir county, nay ing: "I nope we will never submit in Nortb Carolina to this silver erase. Now somebody may want In deny tbia statement. When be denies it I will bring the witness to prove wbat I have said. Now, to prove further that they am not genuine In tbeir professions for silver, this man Grainger, wbo la a Silverman and was on the committee up to tbe late State eon vet. tion, is dis placed now by another man. What farther than tbat? Henry L. Stevens of Warsaw waa a silver man. He waa on tbe committee. He was a little bit in the way and tbey pot him out and pat onr friend. Dr. Jobs Faison, a man wbo believes tbat Grover Cleveland ia tbe greatest man tbe Ixrd has created for centuries, in his place tbe name Dr. Faison wbo, in tbe Doplin Demo cratic convention of this year, offered a resolution condemning the Dam a cratie State Committee for arranging fusion with tbe Populist e to carry I bo State for Mr. Iiryan la use Why. tbey know it. a Democrat of one prominence told mo that bo went to Mr. Simmons bim self and aaid : "I nave no heart in this cam pa if n, and 1 will not make yon any speecbeo in this campaign. Your so lection a chair man ot tbe Democraua committee is an insult to every Populist In tbe Bute and will coat tbe Democratic oarty in this State Ua tbonaand vote." Yet I bear it said that tbe PopaUsta are just jumping over one another to get back (Continued oa Sd pa -
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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