The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-07-09
The Black Flag Raised
AGAINST THE ALLIANCES nv
CONGRESSMAN OATES
Col. Polk replies tn him thro,,.b
the Progressive Farmer.


WHICH IS N FAVOR o. THE THIRD
PARTYs
\ special from Washington
ID. G., a few days ago, gave the
following interview with Mr..
Oate>:
Representative Oates, of \ la
bama, who Is an old fashioned
Democrat OF the most lincoln
promising sort, takes n very
serious View OF the Alliance
movement III the South. Speak
ing to-day, he said that he
thought that the Southern De.
mocrats were tn tiu,id and
trustful i'll dealing with the
Alliance and that they did not
fully appreciate the Serio, sness
or the situation. Too many of
our folks he aid, 'are trying
to make friends with the Ali
ance, In hopes of holding their
own hereafter. They bu. de
ceive themselves. The Ali
ance folks are not fooled, hul
our people are compromised.
The fact is just this: We have
got to fight the Alliance right
out with all our might or twill
get the best of. us in the South.
No man can believe in the Sub
Treasury and land loan shenes
and claim Ia be Democrat.
The lines must be drawn sharp.
ly and at once. The Alliance is
now in the minority, but it is
oigrn.zed we'll aud our people
weakening themselves by cut
ting shy of the fight. What
We must do is to organize
against the Alliance and beat
it out of existence. Ii we do
not 1T will beat Us, though we
are III the majority. In every
Democratic canvention-for il !
is in these conventions that the
Alliance seeks to get control-a
resolution should be offered con !
the Sub Treasury
scheme as unconstitutional and !
undemocratic. If this rasolu-
ton is voted down the conven-
ton is All Alliance ant, not a
Democratic convention and the /
Democrats should retire and i
hold a convention elsewhere.
This plain Of separating the
Democrats from the Farmers
Alliance should be followed in
every State in the South"
President Polk clips the above
and replies i'll this weeks Pro
gressive Farmer az follows:
owe publish the abnve for
he information of those of our
membership who have been Sc
often told that the leaders of
,he Democracy are our friends.
We publish it that they may
see the tendency. The pro-
yramme of this great ~ leade.
s to fight the Alliance right
'ut with all our might He is
advocating the Third party by
lying out of a convention where
hey are out voted by the ALI
'nce and organize independent
.ction. Well, we have become
ccustomed to that sort of thing
We remember the Third party
movement by these disgruntled
politicians, in some of the
'tates, last year. In Georgia
nd South Carolina, where the
III ance outnumbered the poll
clans, the latter latter a solemn
greement TO abide by the rule
t the majority bolted the con |
enfions and the nominations !
nd put out candidates against l
nose who bad been regularly J
ominated. And al! the while
iese same men and their pa il
ers were clai cling to be OBJ v
osed to the Third party. The
ny Third party that has thus /
+ been brought forward ii, the v
'uth has come from such men u
NJ. Oates. He wants the
emocrats to take Immediate t!
cps to separate themselves o.
ON the Alliance. Better be a e.
tile slow, Mr.. Oates. That
paration, IL brought about by ty
'ur plan, might leave what sc
u call the Democratic partv 5
a bad plight. The Alliance fo
Il note the spirit and temper Ii
the arrogant and domineer. va
ana lntolerat politicians. If
? alliance is to be driven and
In the manner indi-
ed, or if it be attempted
melody will learn something.
hom the gods would DESTROY a.
y hrst make mad So Mr.
tes fayors the establishment ~,
the Third party and wants b.
start right away. Although ~ r.
is an old-fashioned Demo a.
{ OF the most uncompromis- CO. an
Sort, we make sonis allow IL
es for his tantrums. We re- 80 -.
noer his ugly record on the l
Treasury"
How 10 rT,;.. off