The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-27

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We want a business mans tariff
= system based upon broad. natioua
patriotic grounds system thai
will obliterate ali sectional and elias,
distinctions system that will put
labor. agriculture ard all industrial
enterprises ON the same common
footing. No inore humbnggcry
iinker'ng and deception. The PEG
/ pie are getting them eyes opened and
they will stand il no longer. The
Last appeal has been made Ia them
To stand by their party right OF
wrong. The highwayman Is at their
throat. The time for such remedy
has passed. IL l. action now OF
hopeless bondage.
We want IN North Carolina. Mr..
President, political freedom. aud We
intend IL have IL at all hazard. The
brave fight you have made in New
lork against the machine in poll
ties, Is now on in every State. Nv
virtue of the most moustrous election
law that ever disgraced a free intel
ligent people, the State is absolutely
IN the power of u r'ag composed of
Railroad Presidents. National Bank
Directors, United States Senators
and few small politicians. As a
consequence no State stands so low
IN general estimation as North Caro-
lima. Think of great State repre-
scented at great National conven-
ton by delegation who puts its bal
lot IN the hands of the great ma
chine. Exactly what happened at
Chicago when the North Carolina
delee alton turned itself over to 1t.
Gov Sheenan of New York. Eman-
clpation from this kind of political
dlctatlon and tyrany is one issue in
North Carolina.
We want an honest election and
fair count of the ballots. We in
tend that every legally qualified
voter in North Carolina shall vote as
he pleases and that his ballot shall
be counted as east.
There was more spirit and warmth
in my remarks than was intended, so
| abruptly changed the time of OBJ
servation and said: Mr.. President
what ale you going to do about it,
He laughed, then looking serious, he
said: You people are no doubt hon
est in your belief about the money
question and the tariff, but | differ
with you and hope that | may with
the help of Congress, be able to
prove to you that you are mistaken.
However, can't promise what Will
be done. Nobody can tell what Con-
gress may do. Almost evelv man
You meet nowadays is a statesman.
In his own estimation, and has some
hobby. | shall call Congress togeth-
er early in September and will then
submit my views on the questions
you have presented. To tell the peo-
pie that to expect any relief is to
hold out false hope. | deeply sym
pathlse with your people and hope
the picture is not so dark as you
draw it,
l assured him with some empha-
sis that it was mildly drawn, that
North Carolina would send a solid
Peoples party delegation to the next
Congress and elect the next United
States Senator unless something was
done.
Mr.. Cleveland impressed me as
very big man, with big brain, and
he would make great President if
he only had the Andrew Jackson
courage to defy the money power.
He has the Andrew jackson love for
the people, the Jacksonlan contempt
for the small politician, and then.
unfortunately for the American peo-
pie his Jacksonian Democracy ends.
He has been reared and educated
in the Wall Street school of
finances and wears the manac-
les as decoration of honor"
With him it is both condition and
a theory and nothing short of the
aggressively developing revolution
in the southern and northwestern
sections of the country will change
it. God speed the day of the peo-
Piles deliverance from the merciless
bondage Of the money kings.
JONATHAN EDWARDS.