The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-02-16
SUSPENSION OF SPECIE And
LEGAL TENDER PAYMENTS y sE. Y07.
AND sUPPRES ss0s or T+E FACT
At THE PUBLIC PREss
~ s. DEns~ais tss Is%sfsss Ia Isas tIs~ Govern
meat has ta Make Concessions So tbs
Gold Bex Ills.


WASHINGTON. ID. e., Feb. ID Il
/ the press associations cannot now be
convicted Of standing in with ih'
/ Wall Street Gang then the Republic
il drunken with folly. In 1862 ths
nation was plunged headlong inte
bankruptcy, and chained captive
| debtor TO the stock Tiger, by the
/ public press, seduced by the pur,
poses of the Bank of England. To,
day the harlot press rides IN til,
coach with the yellow monarch: fol
| Specie Payments have been sus-
pended in New York the past week,
| and legal tender refused,
The plutocratIc press will deny this.
but is the truth. The Independent
News Association got il by private
gain wire y. Y. to Chicago, and
To Washington-not sent III Mon
days report, not being confirmed. 1t
is now confirmed. And ii is urged.
to belittle the matter, that this re
fusal of banks to pay out gold "or
even legal tenders" had the effect
10 once more start agltatiOnr But
1t Is said to us that this refusal of
banks to part with their gold" re-
ally amounts to nothing, inasmuch
| rs the United States treasury is the
actual gold reserve of the nation. =
Yes, but the total government funds
at liberty are but $25 900, 600, and
the expenditures the last seven
months have been largely in excess
of receipts!-and the coming year
lnsures still worse condition,
We not only deny that the gov
eminent has gold to send out. but
maintain emphatically that this
great Republic is a beggar on its
knee bones TO New York Banks,
making overtures and terms for gold
for current use. Charged with this,
Foster says he don't want to talk
on the subject; that he employed no
unusual" means to obtain gold
from the banks. Nor did he explain
where next weeks export would come
from! They are treading on the
verge of an abyss.
Oul desperate informant assures
us that Legitimate talk of premium
on gold lit is already paid by France
in our market is out of the ques-
ton unless the government refuses
to give goldw But how can the
government give" without buying,
or resembling its rule permitting i'm
ports to be paid in paper. This mat
ter may he but temporary, but it
shows the desperate danger of a
single-standard, gold-bug policy.
The Ind. News Assn positively
asserts that at this very hour, France.
Silver $50 ahead nation is paying
lnterest-in-transit to draw IN gold
while the trained idiots across the
ocean kill silver. have $40 ahead
money, and-lose their gold!
The republican party Is in rapid
process of absorption into the one
great Cleveland legion of plutocracy.
Harrison even appoints a democrat
to the supreme judgeship and Cleve-
land selects a republican to go into
his cabinet, Radical republicans
are bowling, crazy mad! Papers
Will not give on-tenth of the suIphu-
rous eruption. Lest it be suppressed
we send copy of J. s. Clarkson's
telegram to Houk:
Hon. JOHN C. HOUK.-Harrison's.
betrayal of republican principles
and abandonment Of the helpless re-
pubhcans of the south by the an
polntment Of Jackson to the supreme
bench Is an outrage that no self
respecting republican can either en-
dorse or forgive. | have sent pro-
test to Senator Cullom one of the
old time republican leaders. Please
see it. JAMES S. GARRISON.
Houk, southern republican
responds n even stronger language.
But 1t is of no use to protest. 1t
was fixed up in New York, with the
full knowledge of Grover Cleveland
and both the military Capitalization
In this country and the silver brick
case entered into consideration, and
party Interests did not. The proof
of this will appear before Cleve-
lands first three months are over. It
IS plutocraey or the people-and
Cleveland is splutocracy. silva"
published truths in his prophecies of |
Cleveland and Empire, six years
ago. Cleveland and Carlisle talked |
Jackson before Harrison did. and |
Wall Street played the game.
An amusing episode took place in
the House one morning recently. |
Just before the session began. Chief |
Wolf of the Paloise tribe of Wash
lngton Indians in all the glory of a
red blanket and red paint, was tax
ing III the sights. After strolling
around the hall for while he walked |
up to the Speakers chair and taking
seat the' Elm and calmly surveyed |
the members who were in their seats |
reading newspapers or writing let
ters. While he was sitting there a |
witty member remarked: That's
the first savage who has occupied |
The Speakers chair since Reed va
Gated It," Reed was sitting near
by and heard the remark, and he
Joined IN the laugh which followed.
outrageous faIsehoods have been
scattered throughout the west about
senator Kyle stating that he voted
against bill to permit settlers to
prove up tree claims as homesteads
after a term of years. The absolute
act Is that the populist Senator
Kyle, of South Dakota, was the
:ather of the bill, and Senator Pet
lgrew, republican of South Da-
lota, the man who smothered Kvle's
oil. The Ind. News Assn has looked
he matter up on request of a South |
'akota Journal, and Pettigrew does
lot appear well on the record.
GOLD KINGS sNUBBED AGAIN
The bill to repeal the Sherman
aw received its quietus in the bouse
N Thursday afternoon. The gal
erles were crowded, and a great de- /,
'afe expected. But it was cut off
y few time speeches and a motion
or the previous question-which /,
arrled by lob yeas to 141 nays. 1t /,
vas then promptly voted by two 70 4
ne to racOmmif 4ba l;u T.. a,