The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-04-20
PERSISTENT MISREPRESENTATION

PERSISTENT MISREPRESENTATION
There has been a persistent effort
on the part of the leaders of the ]
party to misrepresent the action of
the Legislature in regard 10 the Al
lance charter. The truth ought TO
be told. The only thing the
Legislature did about the charter
was to provide that any man who
had put money in the business
agency fund could draw it out if he
desired TO do so. That is all p
North Carolinian.
Now Mr.. Carolinian stand up. Is that
all: Have you told the whole truth
and nothing but the truth, so help
your party: Are you ignorant Of
the facts, or is it possible that you
are wilfnlly dealing in persistent
Misrepresentation" yourself: les
''tIe truth ought to be told" You
moraIize well but you should act up
to your professions of fairness. Have
you in your professed fairness ever
told the people how the House after
much secret caucusing rushed bill
through in ten minuta s b. suspendin z
every rule for fair play, to repeal the
whole charter of the State Alliance?
Have you ever told how this bill
was rushed over to the Senate to be
passed there in the same unfair and
indecent haste without giving any
body hearing?
Have you ever told how that body
at last granted hearing after get
ting scared and half-hearted as
charged by Joe CALDWELL
Have you ever told that after we
had Offered to accept an amendment
to the present charter to allow all
who desired to draw their money out
of the Business Agency to do so, that
the Legislature would not accept it.,
but seeing that they were put in hole
and that it would be death to them
not to repeal the charter then, began
to caucus on the matter?
Have you ever told that they pro-
coed d, after caucusing a week, to
add other amendments which showed
that their real object was further
than what they professed?
Have you ever told that one of
these amendments says that if any
alliance should increase the pay of
any Office that the charter shall be
forfeited?
Have you ever told that another
of these amendments provides GER
tain duties for certain officers and
says that if these duties are not done
in IA certain time that the charter
shall be forfeited?
Have you ever told the people that
another amendment says that even
if any employee of the Alliance or of
any gifts departments fails to do
his duty that the whole charter of
the whole state shall be forfeited?
Have you ever told the people that
another amendment lays down and
prescribes how the proceeds arising
from the Business Agency shall be
used9
Have you ever told the people that
this was not only unusual but that
it was unfair and unjust?
Have you ever told the people that
no other corporation, even if it had
violated every term of Its charter,
was ever treated thus, while the
Alliance has never violated a single
clause or term Of its charter?
Have you ever told the people that
the real object of the Legislature
was to kill the Alliance and that it
got chicken hearted and tried to ar
range for the courts and the Attorney
General to do what it did not have
the courage to do?
Mr.. Carolinian you will be re-
spected more by even your friends
if you will stand up like man and
tell the whole truth instead of trying
to CONCEAL it and appeal to PARTISAN
prejudice, Have you realized that
your sheet is getting to be very I'M
reliable?