The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-06-08
SIMON ?. D. JONES
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ABOUT T4E WAYS Or 4gs PARTY
rHg MEssE>eRR WOULD Nor Do rna.
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Ltsu \ CORRECTION.
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the Ieonls Next TIfns.

but some of our BOYS from below
went off and misrepresenfed the
whole thing to Mr.. Tom Gimlet and
he wrote it Ia the Messenger man. So
! was told, and he published il. |
send You thss letter So yon can see
| for yourself:
The siis-r-TongueI Orator of the Third
| Party CRATES.
Correspondence Of the Messenger
JACKSONVILLE, n. g., May ), 1898.
The alliance Picnic" "an Ali
ance rally" IAN address by the Sill
ver-Tongued orator for Reform aud
IA social day together at Richlands
on the ]th inst, came off according
To notices posted. We understand
| that their sociability was failure
So far as n Democrat was concerned.
as lady and gentleman from this
place after being invited to- dinner
We're cody informed that Il they
We're Democrats they were not wei
come. They were Democrats. show
ed their colors and moved away.
Col. Harry Skinner, chief land
lord of Pitt. norated and expat lated
on the occasion, abusing the Demo
cratic party. advocating sub-traas-
ury and such. He told the people
that the whites aud the blacks were
under greater bondage now than
the blacks before the war. The
colonel got off some very pathetic
passages in connection with the old
"Oakep Bucket Home S%eet
Home" anc the Watch dogs Hon
est Bark" Was the Colonel strick-
Ell with remorse for having assisted
in destroying SO many ''sweet
honest" The parade or escort was
composed largely of whites but the
! colored brothers took hand Just
the same.
1t want none of us fellows who
wrote it, we said it as soon as we
| Democrats saw it, we said il was not
true. We are truthful men and de-
sire everybody treated with Justice.
Mr.. Jno. Mills, as good Democrat
as we have got, wrote to the Mess
enger man and told him the truth.
he said the picnic was success and
700 or 800 did eat and were salts
| fled and all were invited to eat, and
as to Col. Skinner's speech it did not
run down any party, but treated all
fairly and was .outsppken on the re-
forms needed, and that il was an
able and eloquent speech and he
asked him to publish it. for every
word of it was the truth, but the
Messenger did not print it because
the other fellow took the paper and
he din't. These Third party fellows
say he did not want to- print Mr..
Jno. Mills letter, cause it was the
truth, and that werut the stuff he was
looking for. SO hope Col. Skinner
won't think hard of US fellows about
it for we like him.
Now "lets squat that rabbit and
jump another"
What in the world is the matter
anyway i went to Jacksonville
tother day and | heard EN- talking
about Bank failures and Railroads
breaking until | could not sleep that
night and some one said the Winning
ton Star had jined the Alliance,
Judging from its editorial, and / got
back home | seed a paper called the
Loud Cry saying the severe plaques
were coming this summer. What
does it all meant | heard that to-
bacco drummer told Mr.. II. M. q B.
privately, they said, and he was a
strong Democrat too, that be had
travelled all over the State, and that
you and these Third party papers
were showing up every thing wrong
! 60 Eal
hurting us like the mischief, he said
lots of good Democrats told him If
| our side didn't do what they prom
ised they were done, and | tell you
it is so round here, they said il scar
ed H. nearly to death. Now Mr..
Butler that aint right. We know we
done wrong, but you ought To have
moro charity in your heart, and not
be telling every body about our
faults. You know the truth hurts,
SO DE light and give us chance.
! What is it about this money ques-
ton? You know | never heard of il
until saw your paper. Our papers
didn't use TO bother their heads
with it, they left that for the law
makers to tend to, but / see they say
nothing now about an honest dollar.
A Third party fellow put this ques-
ton to me the other day and | could
not answer it as you know we are in
power and | don't read much now.
His question was, 'How could we
favor putting a dollars wortho of silver
in a dollar so that it would pass in
all countries and favor State banks
at the same time OF course
couldn't answer that, nor him either.
| know one thing it is as skace as
hens teeth round here, and every
fellow seems to be after the last dime
he can get. But / don't care how
-itter | get, | have some sympathy
in my heart for every body, and il
kinder disgust me, when see some
of our fellows. and one in particular
who is worth 5000 pushing poor
Third party fellow out of $40 post
Office who has large family TO sup.
port. This s, 900 Democrat used te
be postmaster here under President
Hayes and throwed mp the Office be
cause it did not pay, and the present
postmaster was appointed by Presi
dent Cleveland years ago and ha.
held it ever since, and made it pay
right well. Now this S. 900 Democrat
wants it again. He served under
, President Hayes and now he wants
, to try under Cleveland, and he ha'
been appointed. Now ! believe t.
D the victors belong the spoils, but W.
r had some poor Democrats roune
. here who would have been glad Il
get the Office, but they didn't.
: heard bright, intelligent and com
petent young lady who teache
school for q living tried for it but h
cut her out because she could no
vote. That is what isthe matter witt
: our side, we give all the Offices her
!, lately to the rich and none to tn
G poor.