The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-09-07

10 hope of relief, nothing IN sight,
aud the Democratic party and the
Republican party are Juggling to-
gether to strike down half themon-
ey there"
Settle applied vinegar to the raw
places on the Democratic carcass. He
said-and TO man from North Caro-
lima denied it:
Something has beeu said on this
floor in the course OF this debate
about financial evolution"
! believe there is no State In TINS
Union whose citizens have felt the
effects of that Evolution" more than
have the people of North Carolina In
the recent contest the Democratic
party formed its line Of battle Oh
this subject with two distinct ut
terances in its State platform, the
first of which was that
We especially favor the free coin
age of silver and an increase of the.
currency.
Not coz tent with the emancipation
of their position there made, further
on in the platform We find the state
ment that
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver.
Every Democratic organ IN the
state of North Carolina and advo-
Gated that financial policy through
out the campaign. Every distinguish
ed speaker of that party who en-
lightened his audiences Oh the sub
lect of finance. committed himself
and party, State and national, in I'M
equivocal terms to the advocacy of
the free and unlimited coinage of
silver.
III less than four months after the
inauguration, the Democratic press
of North Carolina, almost without
exception, certainly without impor-
TAM exception, had reversed their
machinery, repudiated the doctrine
of the free coinage of silver, said
that it was unsound finance, and
that they were opposed to it. Near
ly every speaker that had parties
pated in that campaign, in CONVEX
sation and in public utterance said
that it was unwise and that he was
opposed to it"
Henderson, the father of the dele.
CATION, said not a word, but voted il
the affirmative on all the ratios
He voted against the unconditional
repeal'' because his conscience was
stronger than his ambition for the
cheap glory of being known as {
straddlebug. That distinction wa:
left to Benjamin Bum. Bum is {
straddlebug for Revenue. Now
watch the postoffice appointment;
in the Raleigh district.
But Cleveland doesn't take much
stock in death-bed convictions.
South Carolina had two fearles,
aud eloquent champions in the de
bate. The speeches of Talbert anC
McLaurin does honor and credit t.
the brave people of that pluck,
State. McLaurin hit straight from
the shoulder, and every lick was F.;
death-blow to traitors, tlunkies ant
hypocrits. He said-and the gal
leries shook with applause:
"Let us be brave; let US be honest
The message of the President is
bitter disappointment-a complete
surrender to Wall street. The issue i
plainly and sharply drawn. 1t i
we'll that it is so. Necessity will fore
the West and South to unite, ant
then the domination of the East il
national affairs Is gone forever. TIL
people can not be again deceived
with catch-words and glittering gen
eralities.
For thirty years we have tacke
our car to Eastern Democracy; bu
this straw will break the camel
back, and you will force US to tn
great West, whose soul is fashione
in the likeness of her boundless prai
ries and mighty mountains-not con
fined within the narrow rim of
gold dollar"
THE SUPPOSED COMPROMISE.
Indications point to the ten pc
cent. tax on State banks as the Dem
ocratlc compromise for the uncon
dltional repeal Of the Sherman law
1t can be effected only by making
} party measure and thus forcing
through congress under the whips O
the administration. The Easter
and Western Democrats in the mai
are opposed to the revival of of Stat
bank notes, and it is only necessar
to throw the chairman of the com
mitteeon banking aud currency in tn
House into commissions to intimat
such a castrophe. There seems to
a strong Democratic opposition t
the measure, Notwithstanding tn
explicit declaration of the nationa
Democratic platform on the subjec
buG JIG OppoSlCIou ueSu uoC StSulI
anything. Cleveland owns congress
If he wants the ten per cent. tax re
moved or suspended it will be done
Such a proposition from the Whit
} House will be eagerly accepted, an
the Democrats who voted agains
Z unconditional repeal" will be onl
two happy to ''hop' again with the al
ministration goldbug wing of tn
: party. Then all will be lovely an
the 'goose will hang" way out Q
sight.
Under those auspiclous condition
Ransom would no doubt be incline
to give Vance another lift in tn
way of few ''minor appointments
We are optomistic enough to be
lieve that Democratic desperat1o
and inbecility will not 60 SO far a
re-establish wildcat banks in th