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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23
ATTENTION REFoRMER>
Chairman Taubeneck Sees in the Reeeat
Elections Bright Prospects for the
Peoples Party.
Special to THE Caucasian

tSpt'iaI 10 i HE iAttA-IANl
Last weeks election proves on,
thing above all others, aud that Ii
the widespread unrest and discontent
among the people. Since 1888 tht
people of the United States have
been surging from one old party tt
the other, hoping to find relief by
dumping out of one frying pan into
another" They have acted like d
horse mired in quicksand, lunging
from side to side in the hope of strik,
ing solid ground; but every time they
deserted one old party for the other
they have been sinking deeper and
deeper into the mire, which is now
ready to engulf them. This shifting
and surging of the voters ''to and
fro" speaks volumes for the Peoples
party in the future. Every time they
shift, that number who don't believe
that any relief can come through the
old parties will increase, and the con
fdence of those who remain will be
shaken more and more every year.
They will become wiser at every
election until, like landslide, they
will drift into the Peoples party, as
they did into the Republican in 1860.
Nothing is palmer then that it is
impossible for the old parties to give
any relief by quarreIing over the
tariff. Before our country again be-
comes prosperous we must haye the
principles of the Omaha platform
enacted into law.
"MoNEY and TRANSPORTATION"
are the two great factors which con-
troll commerce and trade, as well as
the distribution Of wealth. AS long
as the factors are in the hands of a
few individuals and corporations
they will use them to levy tribute
upon the people for call the traffic
will bear"
The right to tissue. money" like
the "right to govern" is a preroga-
tive of the people, and they alone
have the right to exercise it. We are
just beginning to get into the fight.
and it is the duty of every loyal Peo-
pies party man and woman to stand
by our cause. We must not equivo-
cate, neither yield one inch, nor re-
treat a sing:e step. No compromise,
no surrender of principle, and no
switching from the middle of the
road, must be our motto.
I'll, E. TAUBENECK.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23
LABOR IN WANT.
National Anthem

tNdpluildl AHlHelH
Words by f. H. Belden.
Tune shabby Genteel II
(MERLINDA sIsINS, HORTON, MICH
Can you give any reason how it
comes about,
That my children are dyin' for bread,
When I've worked all my life and
am nearly played out,
Tryin' hard to get somethin' ahead.
There is some folks | know of that
hai'nt done tap,
And they ride in their carriage and
four,
And have got so much wealth they
don't know where they're at,
While the toilers are ragged and
poor.
To proud to beg, to honest to steal,
I know what it is to be wantin' a
meal,
When l ask for work, they call me
tramp,
Or say I'm Shabby Genteel.
When they foreclosed the mortgage
and took the old home,
It was sad to lay mother away,
And | couldn't keep from thinkin' of
what would become,
Of poor Bessie, and Bennie and May.
For I'm gettin' old now and my
works nearly done,
Upon whom will my darlins' depend?
Without clothin' or food, without
friends or home,
Will the millionaires care for them
then2
Chorus.
There is somethin' wrong somewhere
as things are right now,
Thousands are out of shelter and
bread,
While the wealth they've created is
taken somehow,
By the trusts and the Shylocks, in
stead.
Natures done its part we'll and the
toilers their share,
For to make the world happy and
gay,
Had the laws been preserved that our
Fathers prepared.
There is few would be wantln' to-
day.
Chorus:
They have burned up our greenbacks
to make gold go up,
AS 'twould buy twice as much as be-
fore,
They are tryin' hard now to knock
silver clean out,
So't our debts will be twice as much
more.
Had the works of our Fathers and
| Lincoln'S renamed,
Shylook's greed wonld have never
had birth,
And the Nation would lived as al
first it was framed,
Until Freedom encircled the earth.
Chorus;
1t will be equal rights or else slav'ry
and serfs,
1t is hard tellin' which way twill go
For the gold bugs are fg'rin' to fence
| in the earth,
And to own us both body and soul.
But We'll have rights for all and Civ
privileges to none,
Or We'll march, like our Fathers, il
blood,
And beneath the same flag we viii
work, pray and VOTE,
For our HOMES and our CHILDRE,
and GOD.
Chorus:
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23
TAKE NOTICE.!

Congress met and paid its debt to
the gold bugs and then adjourned.
When it meets in December for the
regular session, the bosses will have
lot of bogus reform legislation cut
and dried to pass to try to cover
their tracks and for use in the next
campaign. There has never been a
time when it was more necessary for
that body to be watched and its bo-
gus work promptly exposed. Now
is the time to see that your neighbor
takes the paper so that he will be in
formed as to the true situation as
the fight proceeds. Let every sub
scriber try to get at least one more Of
his neighbors to take the paper.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23
NOW'S THE TIME TO WORK.

The most important election ever
held will occur next year. The crime
of 1878 has been re-enacted. The
democrats, who have denounced it
in the most unmeasured terms for
twenty years, have, upon their ac-
cession to power, turned right
squarely around and put their seal
of approval upon it in the most en-
phatic manner possible, by their
votes. 1t means the end of silver
unless the country rebukes the crime
by the election of Populist major
ity in congress next year. The enc
my is firmly intrenched in power.
Nothing but a concert of action all
along the line will ever dislodge
him. Before it can be done millions
of converts must be made. There is
no way so effective as by the circu-
lation Populist papers. Men will
never know what is hurting them
till they see our papers. The Demo
Reps will Immediately switch them
off unto a bogus tariff reform and
the federal election laws, and the
question of money will soon be lost
sight of, unless we keep it at the
front.
Right here we want to appeal to
every true Populist reader of THE
CAUCASIAN to do some work now for
the cause. Now while the honest
democrats are sore over their betray-
al by their representatives is the
time to urge them to take the paper.
Lend them your copy, get them to
read the aricle in this issue about
the impossibility of reforming the
Democratic party. Lend them books
such as Metallic Money and Hard
Times" "Bond Holders and Bread
Winners" 'The Political Earth
quake" "Seven Financial Conspir-
aces" "Ten Men Of Money lsland''
and points for Thinkers" Any
one of the above named hooks is an
eye opener. and read in connection
with The CAUCASIAN ought to make
a. Populist out of any honest demo
crat or republican. Tell them they
can get the paper from now on al
during the next campaign and TIL
the election is over for $l.0O ano
that it will be worth a $1,000 note
The perpetulty of free government
is in the balance. The vote nex
fall decides whether we will be in
dustrial slaves or free men. WIZ
, will help to increase our list to ~,
lOOO4
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23
FREE TRADE ENGLAND.

MI. Moreton Fremen, a prominent
oImetallist from England, is in Wash
lgtOn, d. G. In an interview with
the Post the reporter asked him !:
Are times as bad in your rural
a'tFri2tts Y Ff as in your towns p
tie replied:
"1es every whit as bad. The COM
lng winter will be an anxious one,
indeed. In Essex during September
last the farmers met and agreed to
'ae lowest rate of wages since 1849,
AsAt shillingg Q week. Think of
= entire community, men with
f@miheS, condemned to struggle
through a winter in such a climate
~ ours on 81 a week! And the
position of Essex is more or less the
2 position in fully two-thirds of the
English counties.
les, We bimetallists have been
S,aNtleo 81 ca lamity howlers, these six
'rHIs past, but ! fear our forecast
4@S ts Oeen only too fully borne out by
VIC event. 1t is not your Bland acts
. u Sherman acts. 1t is the none
~ revolution of 1875 which CLOSED
UNITS of the West to free
OF Silyer-that is what i
ens9 e,sPDn3f0le for the fall of price
'"heFe and for the increasing
Europe" ~ ''''' "''V .
o.. lie wealth producers of Englan'
t,s;n not t., taxed by a high protectiv
sra .rsla. T. Then how is it that they to-
ferinu.n DunerIng! e They have been suf
agold 5. lor years from the curse of {
peonIa n standard that made all workini
iatdpsU tple poor and made the few specu
"Oors rich.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23
COMPTROLLER EckELs ON BONDS.

NO"F INOLLcN tShcLS ON SONDS.
The Republican bankers of Boston
who put up money to elect Cleveland
last fall invited Mr.. EckeIs, Mr..
Cleveland's comptroller of the cur
rency to run up from Washington
last week and make a speech before
their Bankers Association. Among
other things he said:
"The commanding position whic \
the banks OF this country occupy in
our financial world cannot be defined
nor the Importance of our banking
institutions oyer-estimated. Estab-
lished upon safe basis and honest
ly conducted upon conservative lines,
they are the greatest of all agencies
for the promotion of peoples pros
perity, but stripped of safe-guai DIS or
dishonesty managed, the injury
which they bring upon a people is
only limited by the extent of their
opportunities. The supreme func-
tion which they fill is the distribu-
ton of the peoples wealth, so as to
make it never-end rng source Of
benefit to all.
Their prosperity is the prosperity
of every other business interest, and
their activity is the activity of every
line of commerce and branch of
manufacture"
While the above language shows
that the government Is on its knees
to the bankers, yet the admission
therein made that the bankers con-
troll our finances is important COM
ing from the man who is comptrol-
ler of the currency for the govern
ment, and who is supposed to man
age the currency in the interest of
the people. Improves that there is a
necessity for that demand of the
Alliance, that the management of
the currency of the country shall be
taken out of the hands of bankers
and restored to the government
where it rightfully belongs.
Mr.. Eckles admits that the injury
which bankers can do is limited only
by their opportunities. They have
no limit of opportunity now, for they
are controlling dear currency and
making congress and the President
do their bidding.
Further Oh in his address Mr..
Eckles denounced the charge that
the bankers created the panic of last
summer and charged that the people
themselves created it. In short his
whole speech was a plea for the
bankers and defense of their heart
less course. Mr.. Eckles is simply a
representative or rather al, attorney
for the bankers at Washington. But
the people pay him a big salary to
help the bankers to manipulate the
finances of the government as the
bankers may desire. If you claim to
be a Democrat and think you are a
Democrat, get "Benton's 80 years in
congress" and read an account Of
President Jackson's great fight
against the national banks, and then
decide whether you are Jacksonian
Democrat or Cleveland Democrat.
If you are the former then there is
no place for you but in the Peoples
party.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23
EDITORS CHAIR.
81. CpWON or The EDITOR ON The
.sSUES OF The DAY.

The Peoples party Is In favor of
-. g,yernment issuing its own notes
s., = REGULATING medium and there
;, oivg the people an honest money
md save great cost and oppression to
ho reople. But the old parties are
:, Ieague with the money gamblers.
Todar their rule instead of issuing
r,espbacks, the gov9rnment issues
Sond. These bonds are sold to Shy
Iock He deposits them with the
ro,ernnent, to be held in trust.
Tnc,r sam kindly endorses Old Shy
locv. notes to the amount of 80 per
..nr of the face value of the bonds.
Tbese notes Old Shylock takes home
nth hm and loans out at usury, all
tn, way from eight to twenty-four
nor cent. to his less fortunate neigh
bors True. he pas s-t<A or. these
rots Of one per cent, but this ls
nereIy to cover the cost of engraving
and priuging of the notes. In the
meantime his bonds on deposit with
the government is drawing interest,
and besides they are non-taxable.
No wonder Old Shylock considers
the national banking system the best
the world ever saw-for him it is,
goes without saying. But Uncle
san might better issue his own notes,
and save millions upon millions of
interest. Watch the present Demo-
cratic congress and see if it wipes
ont this curse.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23

Five hundred people are to-day
suffering from hard times caused by
bad legislation where one person is be
ing benefited. Of course the one who
is being benefited wants the laws to
stay as they are or to be made worse.
Of course the five hundred want the
laws changed. These bad laws must
be changed by votes. Then why
don't the five hundred vote for a
ehangee Why don't they vote for
the party that will make the change9
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23

The Sampson Democrat wants the
South and West to unite. IL saws
there is nc democracy in Northeast
ern democracy. Isn't that exactly
what THE CAUCASIAN has been tell
ing the people all the while. We
hope that since the Democrat has at
last opened its eyes that it will not
shut them again but will remain
with the people. What need wecare
for name.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23

a. Nearly every man who has
advertised in THE CAUCASIAN has
taken the trouble to assure us that he
was highly satisfied with the results.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23

for combining together are as mum
A. oysters on tkis alliance Of whlskev
dealers Such patriotism and relig.
ion Is strange To Roderick. What
does this @hiskey alliance in North
Carolina pledged to support the dem
ocratlc party mean anyway: l. ii
possible that We are about TO have a
"Tammanv Hall" organized -igh,
here in North Carolina:
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23

Bless your sweet souls, don't YOU
ever think that koderiek has stopped
writing. Whenever any charge that
he makes is pubIicly denied, he will
give his real name aud stand person
ally responsible for it. If ANY man
wants 10 know VINO Roderlck is let
him deny our charges. We hope
that no man has been fool enough TO
think that Roderick could be intm-
idated is why We haven't written IN
some time.
| wonder if some politicians won't
want to resort to shot guns and ball
doing in the next election to cover
up their lying hypocracy and rascal
ly records
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23


" WASHINGTON, Nov. IS.- Demo
crats affect u great deal Of inbilatioa
and hllarlty over 1.-THE great Demo-
cratic victory IN Virginia" They
look TO Virginia as the OASIS in the
DESERT OF DEMOCRATIC WRECK.
Proudly do they point to "the
magnificent triumph of Democracy"
IN that State. The ropulists have
been "routed, horse, foot and dra-
COON" What the Democratic ma
Iorlty is noeody knows aud. nobody
but the bosses" will know until the
ballot-boN manipulators complete
their count. Nobody questions that
Democracy trlumrhed in Virginia
last week. 1t WIS characteristic
Democratic victory, and when the
truth is known every honest MAJ; on
Virginia soil will nave cause TO hang
his head IN shame.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23
SHAME on THEN.
T-s 0ssoCsATc % VICTORY A
sRGsG
\ rstt MfH uHtCu CAUSES HONEST
'tE.INHN>> ro NAN. rHHIg
HEADS.
o'EEERALr ELECTED ny NEGRO
VOTES.
HONEST rnortE of nora PARTIES
RiftDisTI MN

The Negro N.tsr q. The fatar- An, /.
The n-moeratIe Party
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23

A SAMPLE SOUTHERN ELECTION CASH.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23

countries, and i cheap money and i
no good and the government, by It's
stamp, can't make it good. In fev
minutes afterwards he wanted 10
know why it is that Confederate mo.
ney will not pass nov as we'll a IL
ever did. This man is gold bug
democrat that Is we'll trained 10 vote
as his bosses tell him 10. while his
clothes are ragged and his stomach
is empty.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23

WHitH ftRtttrIS ILLUSTRATES
THE MACHINE METHODS
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23

Some one from Monroe signing
himself "a frlend' has written us
giving the names of the contemplate
ours who threw the pepper in the
courthouse at Monroe If the per-
sn on who wrote the letter will give us
DIS name we will publish the names
Of the pepper throwers. We never
publish anonymous communications
unless we know who the authors are.
HE CAUCASIAN will never know
,agly do any one an injustice, there
lore We never make a charge till we
nave good authority for doing so.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23

Mr.. Editor, please give the name
OF that cOnsummate Ass that said
Mr.. Aycock did not say Oh the last
campaign, that if the democratic
party got in power and didn't give
free coinage of silver he would leave
the democratic party. Mr.. Aycock
dare not deny it; there are thousands
Of people in North Carolina who
heard him say it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23

lou say that "a good mans demo
Gratis who were elected Ia oflic, last
fal! have deceived the people. |
challenge YOU To show me "A single
Popullst who was elected 10 Office
that has not stood firmly by every
pledge that he made 10 his c,nsutu-
ents.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23

{ From unr Sr's'iAl Correspondent, in Wash.
tngtuu
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23

When did the democrats of Samp-
son county give that big barbecue
that they said they were going to
give right after last election; 1t it
true that they would not give it be-
cause they were afraid they would
have to feast the colored brother:
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23

Virginia soil will nave cause TO hang
his head IN shame.
How IT WAS WON.
The whole power of the Federal
government was behind the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor. 1t
was used in the most shameless man
ner. But the tide Of revolt WAS too
strong, ana two weeks before the
election there was every indication of
Democratic collapse. The peril WAS
imminent and the leaders were quick
to see it. Then followed the desper-
ate 'inhuencing" of the negro vote.
The colored man and brother voted
almost unanimously with the "O'Fer-
rail- machine" Here and there in
spots, in different parts of the State
Il few negroes voted the Populist
ticket, but O'Ferrall and the Demo
cratic State ticket owe their their
election to the negro vote. What
the size of the majority shall be de-
pends wholly upon 1.-THE counting
machine" 1t is just as easy to make
it $4,000 as 10000.
WHAT THE ELECTION MEANS.
Its chief significance is the fact
the negro vote was counted as it was
voted. his is something startling
new under the sun. For the first
time since the emancipation of the
negro has his vote been counted in
any Southern State election. When
he votes the Democratic ticket the
negro is a patriotic, intelligent citi-
zen; when he votes the straight Re-
publican ticket it wasn't counted.
And this is what is heralded over the
country in appalling headlines as -
great Democratic victory
THE rOPULIsT CAMPAIGN.
1t was without management, Or
ganization or leadership. The move
ment swept the State of it's own mo-
mentum. Its champions were men
of nerve, courage, character and de-
termination. They fought against
stupendous odds and had fairly woD
the fight until overwhelmed by the
negro allies of the Democratic party.
THE COMING CONFLICT.
The Virginia election marks an
era in Southern politics. Henceforth
the negro vote is to be an important
factor in Democratic calculations.
What was done in Virginia will be
attempted in North Carolina and
other Southern States. The revolt
against "machine politics" in the
South has driven the Bourbon Dem
ocracy to the negro voter as an ally
in future elections. In some places
the negro may be handled by the
Democratic machine. He may be
influenced by tempting corruption
| fund, where there is no Republican
organization or Republican candidate,
but the Democratic scheme to buy
the negro vote is an insult to the
race and menace to honest govern
nent.
It. is infinitely better from the
standpoint of common morality and
infinitely safer to the perpetuity Of
ffrec government that "the machine
should adhere to the present policy
Of stufiing of ballot boxes, suppress.
, ing the negro vote in the interest "oi
) Southern civilization" and enactine
election laws that encourage and le
galize fraud. Sooner or later th'
: people will rise in their wrath anl
smite the scountrels who, If common
! Continued on Second Page.l
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23

You may lose sight of Grover
Cleveland, John Sherman and other
great men, but we like to know what
has become of that one who is great
er than them all. We refer to Tobie
Stevens, of Wayne county. n. c.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23

During the last thirty years wealth
has Increased in our nation at the
rate Of $250,0OO per hour, or $40 per
second. Yet we are suffering all the
baleful consequences of hard times,
the people are in state of destitu-
ton, aud five million tramps fill the
land. Bad laws have produced this
condition. by whom were they made?
Both democrats and republicans are
equally responsible for the evils now
OppresSing the people. At the next
election the people will give party
"a chance" that is not in copartner-
ship with the gold bugs and monop-
oIistS. The people whose labor has
made the country rich, will no long
er vote for party that will allow
that wealth to be stolen from them
through bad laws. Vote the Peo-
Piles ticket and enjoy what you earn.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-23

One Of the objections that has been
gwen against the editorials of The
CAUCASIAN and the speeches made
by the editor is that they keep the
people restless and dissatisfied. In
the name of high heaven we want to
know if they should not be dissatis-
fed with injustice. Those who fight
injustice are patriots. Those who
try to cover it up and persuade the
people to suffer t,are traitors and enc
mics of the people. The first right
Of free man is to kick like steers
against injustice. Only those re-
main slaves who deserve to be slaves.