The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-02-16
4 Fact ans. "a Truth.
[Bv (. F. Curtis In Light of Truth. !


Fact and "a Truth.
Bv L. F. Curtis In Light of Truth
The great overturning in polite,
last Fall was not love for Clevela nd
over Harrison. or the Democratic
party over the Republican. 1t was
scare, real fright, by the people.
They had seen Homestead and Buff.
falo. They had seen the whole mill,
tary power of two great States turn.
ed out against a few hundred honest,
peaceful, hard-woi king men who
wanted simple justice. In this &C,
these States had said: 1.-The dollar
first, to the millionair, if he demands
it; man as a secondary censidera-
ton. No matter that in the ease OF
Carnegie he has been the beneficiary
of the tariff to the tune of millions
at the expense of the government
and people; labor must not be allow
ed to coerce capital or to seem to do
so.
And of the Buffalo strike this can
be said; those very men who refused
to pay decent wages for hard and
responsible work were in a combine
to control the coal of the country for
the sole purpose of extortion. But
here, too, labor must be vOiceless.
The toiiers must not be allowed to
think that they can dictate prices to
rich companies or corporations.
Then, to put fitting climax to this
Infamous work, great judge comes
to Pittsburg to pervert law and de-
ceney for the purpose of making a
case of treason against the toilers OF
Homestead. But for the| fact that
the Grand jury indicted Frlck, ct al,
for murder, those honest men, will
ing and anxious to work for .ithe
of the wealth they produced, would
have been convicted of treason.
In the alarm of the people they
voted for Cleveland. 1t was, protest
"a demand for change. The one
million and over of votes cast for
Weaver was in the same line, only
more so. A majority of the voters
of the country would have voted for
Weaver if they could have known he
would be elected.
The Democrats will not and
can not redeem their pledges. They
were dishonest when they pledged a
repeal of the Mckinley bill, in the
sense of lessening tariff duties. They
proposed no other plan of meeting
the enormous expenses of the gov
ernment but by tariff and internal
revenue. They will "follow in the
footsteps of their illustrious prede-
cessol," the Republican Party. The
gold standard will be maintained;
bonds will be sold TO redeem the
illegal tenders" falsely so-called,
paid for $3.50, 100000 of silver, as
worthless to the people as if sunk in
the Potomac River; though the act
of 1890, under which this silver was
bought, empowered the Secretary of
the Treasury, ''at his discretion to
coin this silver to redeem these certi-
ficates. But Wall Street takes good
care that all Presidents be of their
''breed of eats" so there is no dan
ger that President Cleveland's Sec
retary OF the Treasury will have any
other choice on this matter than
gold-redemption. Shylock rules su
preme IN the realm of finance.
The result of all this will be that
wages and farm-lands and their pro.
ducts will still further decline; and
in four years the condition of the
toilers will be much worse than now
The clamor and discomfort of the
people will be great. No dse for the
Republican party to come forward
then with the panacea of high tariff
and single gold standard. By thi.
time the Populists will have educat
ed the people to see that law make.
money, and that it makes not a whi
of difference what the material il
out of which money is made so it ha,
the government stamp of illegal ten
der" There will be imminent likeli
hood that the Populists will elec
their candidate for President. Thi
will drive the money-changers to
gether. There will be no Republi
can and Democratic parties, as now
1t will be the plutocracy and thu
people.