The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-01-14
we don't suppose the victims OF satur
day evening will.

Jay evening Will.
1t begins to look like the controlling
element OF the Democratic majority in
Congress is preparing TO dodge or rsther
squarely back down on the silver ques-
ton. Mr.. Springer, the chairman OF
the Ways and Means committee is re-
ported as saying that tbare will be no
free coinage bill passed even by the
House. lie says that Democracy is de-
vided on the mouey question aud that
we can't afford to make it an issue in
the campaign this year. Is 1t possible
that Mr. Springer has no higher concep-
ton of ta.emansh;p and patriotism than
that congress IL ht.e 10 dicker in the in.
terost OF J. party, when the whole body
OF suffering wealth producers are asking
for remedial legislation: II this is to
be the policy, then Dothing was gained
By defeating Mills and electing Crisp.
Tie Gold bugs tried to elect MILF, who
WAS openly against free silver, and it
now seems that they have captured
Grip after his election. II they trife
with the people, for once they shall
learn the peoples wroth.
At the dinner table yesterday. GER
tain prominent politician said. You are
here attending the National meeting OF
the State Presidents of the Alliance. y
We answered that We had that honor.
well" he continued, .'tell me what it
ID you people want and are after" We
asked him if he bad ever read our plat
form Of principles and demands. He
said he had not. We handed him a
copy of the Ocala Demands, after he
had read them, he said ooh yes, | un-
derstand that and agree to most of your
demaLdr, but what are you going to do
in politics. | mean which way are you
going? We answered him that that was
perfectly plain and gave us no trouble.
Pointing to the copy of the Demands
lying On the table, we told him that the
farmers ard laboring people were going
that way, and i; was question for the
political parties to decide which way
they were going. We told him that
those Demands represented plain sim pie
truth and justice, and that for two years
we had challenged the whole country to
meet Us and discuss them either through
the public prints or on the stump. Tha.
the great body Of wealth creators were
moro determined on these principles of
:oform than ever before, and that we
could do without the party that could
do without US, that we were afraid of
the party that were afraid of these de-.
nands. He eat on for while in silence,
and then looking up said. lis that your
position" We told him it was beyond
anT doubt. But" he says will the
farmers stick? That is, if both parties
ignore your demands do you mean to
sly ;hat they will stand together and
fight both p&rties?' We told him that
they bad it to do, that it was a
"gronnd-hog case" that it was not a
sentiment or theory with the farmers
but that it was necessity and a condition
that would force them to it. But" he
says, IN The whole history of the world
t@n farmers have never dCna anything
like this, and then 100 they have always
been contented when they made good
crops and they have done that this year.
We told him that in the first place he
was here where people lived in luxury
and where money (the peoples money!
flowed Ike water, but that there was a
money famine in the country and that
too when the barnes and smoke. houses
wee full OF corn and meat. That the
people had worked harder lived closes
and made more each year and yet each
year got poorer, and that in the second
place that for the last few years the
farmers had been reading and thinking
for themselves and that they were learn
ing what was the matter, and that they
would U.S. their own judgement in vot-
ing to rern edy the wrongs, or rather to
.top them, for the past wrongs could
never be remcdied. He looked puzzled
but said no more.
will attend the session OF CONGRESS-
to-day and write about it later.
n B.