The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-08-10
'ANCE THE LION.
The CLEVELAND CT Sp-"TREETY or
HARMONY" RATIFIED 81 IN DEMO.
CRAT,CE HOUSE
"DEHoCRATs WHO THAI
TORS OR FOOLS.
UNDER WHICH KING BENZoSIA!
Changes In Organization Of the senate and
House.
"DEHoCRATs WHO aEE EITHER THAI
TORS OR FOOLS.
UNDER WHICH KING BENzoSIA!


WAsHINGToN, y. c., Aug :
. Crisp was elected Speaker to-day
The Cleveland-C Crisp "treaty Of har'
mony"-agreed upon last April
has been ratified. There was no re,
volt. Every free silver Democrat il
the House voted indirectly to repeaI
the Sherman law, in the election tc
the Speakership Of the man who be.
trayed the cause Of the people in the
las. Congress. He was All avOwed
free silver man two years ago when
he was elected Speaker of the 52nd
Congress. To-day he is as "silent IA
the grave" He wears the Cleveland
muzzle. He is collared. tagged and
labeled. Elected two years ago I'M
der false pretense, to-day his cleo
ton is the result of "a dastardly bar
gain to destroy silver. And no man
in the American Congress had the
manhood to denounce this outrage
If Crisp's election as Speaker does
not mean cOwardly and uncondi-
tional surrender to the administers
ton, the Wall Street conspirators
are the worst fooled people on the
face of the earth. How long Crisp's
"treaty harmony" will bind the free
silver Democrats in the House re-
mains to be seen. Ordinarily the
will of the Speaker Is the law. Mem
bers who are interested in special
Legislation or who aspire to desirable
and prominent committee ASST gn-
ments cringe and fawn around him.
His control over them is absolute and
supreme. His intention to faith
fully observe the "the treaty of har-
mony" obligations will soon become
apparent in the organization of the
committees. If he stands squarely
by Cleveland nothing hazzarded in
the prediction that the Sherman law
will be repealed-speedily and I'M
conditionally repealed. His smooth,
seductive rhetoric about "redeeming
party pledges and '1egislatlng in
the interest of the people" are an
tiquated "chesnuts." 1t is the old
story of the highwayman. What
the people want to know Mr.. Crisp,
is do you intend to destroy silver as
money? Do you favor the uncondi-
tional repeal of the Sherman, law
trusting to the justice of capital or the
chapter of accidents to, thereafter,
obtain favorable silver legislation?
If the latter is the Democratic posi-
ton and that, now, is about the size
of it. Crisp and his followers are
either "traitors or fools. Senator
Vance has graphically defined the
Democratic party. The TRAITORS
and the fools" are now in the ascend
ancy. 1t is the dominating faction
Of the Democratic party under its
present imbecile leadership. The
lrift is towards unconditional re-
peal and more ''cowardly make
shifts" But what will happen re-
lily battles speculation. | have
,alked the situation over from every
standpoint, with the best informed
md coolest headed men in Congress,
and no two of them agree. They
Ire all at sea, all IS confusion. But
4 little honest politics would settle
The whole trouble. More concern
for the peoples welfare and less con-
Germ for party, and the solution is at
hand. "Overproduction" of ''ma-
chine politics SHAT has corrupted
legislation and enslaved the people |
1T is responsible primarily, for
,he existing condition of things. |
The people have the remedy in their
own hands; they need not look to
his Congress for the desired relief. |
ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE.
The new officers of the House are
decided improvement on the old |
'eglme. 1oder for Sergeant-at-Arms
vas defeated because he followed the |
of Congressman and Sena-
ltors and turned his office into a
family business. The Yoder kin
ne appointed were Republicans, but
hat made no difference. "Blood is |
thicker than water Potomac
water.
The most obnoxious, INSCRIPTIONS
fellow in the organization Of the
asst House was Doorkeeper Turner.
lie is typical Tammany heller. His
'tfice was run on the 'sslum'' sched-
lie, and it was a disgrace to the
House and the country. The won
Ter is that, with such eminent quail
fcations, he was so easily and so
1nglorlously beaten. AS an evidence
# the Democratic depravity in New
I ork this fellow, who, at the time.
vas an ice peddler-was elected to
congress as Sunset Cox's successor.
snow, of Illinois, is a big improve
nent on Yoder as Sergeant-at-Arms,
md Hunt of Mississippi is out of
lght as between the ice man and
This was a spirited contest over
he Chaplaincy of the Senate. The
preachers were out in full force, and
ome of them proved to be expert
'lectloneers. They all prayed the
way they voted. Some Of them were
'hustlers' on election day. One
'eedy-looking, importunate brother,
old how he had broken up the Third
party movement in his circuit. An
'ther expatiated on the fact that his
.!der brother was baptized jefferson
Davis" and thai he was Jefferso-
nan Democrat. That settled HIM.