The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-16
EDITORS CHAIR.
r-l OPINION OF THE EDITOR ON The
.SSUES OF THE DAY
WHY

rfAtlC sHccCo VI ohO pC"U| Aoh'C oCCiI
r~lucizing and condemning Senator
Vance. These same papers have not
criticized Senator Ransom, not even
the other tenth of them have, not
even one democratic paper that We
have seen. Now why is this: l.
Vance the enemy Of the people and
= Ransom their friend? Is Ransom
for good government and is Vance
for bad government? Is Ransom
,rar to the promises made to the peo,
pie during the campaign and Is
Vance false to those pledges Let
us see. Vance voted for free coinage
EansOm voted against free coinage
Vance stands by the people, against
lnonUpOlies; Ransom is tool of
mouopOlies, and will serve them
while he betrays the people. Vance
stands for all honest government of
the people, Ransom stands for all
fhat is vicious and destructive in
government. He helps the monOp-
oIirs tighten their grip on the throat
of the people every chance that he
gets. He is for contracting the cur
rpncv and bringing the country to a
cold standard, which will make cot
ton and tobacco still lower, and
times harder. Then again We ask,
why IS this that Vance is to receive
abuse and Ransom not d word I? 1t
is because the controlling forces in
the Democratic party OF the State as
well as in the Nation are against the
people? They are of the same stripe
as Ransom. In their eyes Ransom
has committed no crime, but is Il
good fellow, Then what is Vance's
crime in their eyes? Do they abuse
him because he voted for silver and
stands by the people? No. They
do down in their hearts, but not
publicly for that would expose their
hand. Instead of abusing him for
these things they often speak well of
him, to try to fool the people who
agree with Vance. Then what are
they abusing him about? Because
he saw fit rs an honest man to con-
denim the action of the machine in
dominating an unworthy man like
Elias, and ballot box stuffer, and
corrupter of public morals like Sim
mons for important offices. His po-
ation, us we understand it, is, there
are good men IN the party. Let the
President nominate such men and he
ill then vote to confirm them.
Now is this any treason to the peo-
pie? Is it any treason to the party ?
Will this action of Vance cause the
peoples taxes to be higher? No.
Will it cause money 70 be scarcer ?
No. VIII it cause cotton to be low
er and debts harder to pay? No.
Then what is his crime? 1t is that
he dared to get in the way of the
machine. T hat he is keeping two
party henchmen from sucking the
public tit and getting pay for their
crooked political work. Offices and
spOils are what the machine feeds
on, 1t could not live without the
Hesh pots. These men who abuse
Vance for his course in this matter
are not concerned about the interests
Of the people. They think only of
the spoils of office. They want to
Keep the machine together. Can the
p people follow such men and such a
/. party: Are your interests safe in
d their hands? They are more danger
Gus than anarchists. Ramson is
j their darling pet.
u THETREAsONO OF SOUTHERN SENATOR'S
i the Southern Democratic Sena-
=, Fms Ra4 not deserted the Fopulists
u Fad free silver Republicans. the gold
q agS would never have gained their
/ FetOry. Those Senators who talked
i Gd clustered loudest against Gun
I fondltiOnal repeal" are those who are
hg ssponapIe ror tne passage OF the
3 ILL., When they agreed to the COM
i. fomise, the fight was lost. They
and lad surrendered and the few who
Eia l'd stood true could fight alone no
~ ~, +gsr There were hQweyer, q few
ra4 atAefn senators who had gone over
d q the gOldbugs even before the COM
Og OmSe. Ransom, Mills, Gordon,
,ipd Ofman, had voted for free silver
sef IVY time it had come before con-
H. tll4 ting extra session. Gi Gibsop
tpa . national banker of New Orleans
,n he has always voted against sill
tD@ ' But what influenced those 9th:
senators is not we'll understood.
Iey were not bought over, pros
,,Aa ma, "Gopyerted," ''boodleized" or
,sta, IDYfq1 riss they give it to Fhe country
IS o ra"t e"s ana explain. Gordon was
Dns ,,@ 'stsea suddenly, on his way to
'na 11ss that that il Mills shamelessly confess
aams tas 6IOnIs rI"t IN reversing himself, he was
4 .aSrs tor nPlY following Cleveland. Ransom
= ssps Hylng to dodge and keep on both
P5hg "a - "a as he has done for two years,