The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-20
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
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,ortei to. VII! it 90 down Just once
more We shall see-
HOW IT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED.
Tb. Sherman las cannot he re-
pcaled With the adoption of cloture
or gag rule IN thu House. In the
last Democratic congress, wnen the
passage Of a free coinage bill de-
mandel! cloture rue, it was de-
nounctd OF the Democratic side OF
the House IA un-DemOcratlc, un-
Republican, un-Amerlcan, tyranni'
cal: it was the resort Of the despOt;
Czarism: Rccdlsm-a conception OF
the devil himself. BY an over
whelming majority at the polls the
people had demanded the free coin
age IF silver. Speaker Crisp made
the rules Of the House TO suit the
emergency. \ handful of Republl-
cans and goId-bug Democrats fill
bustereL the silver bill to eternal
death, and the one man who is more
responsible for this result than the
whole American Congress put to-
gethcr is Charles Crisp, the Demo
cratic speaker IF the 52nd Congress.
| defy the whole Democratic party
to cuntroyert this assertion. But
how is it now: ''Cloture, cloture,
cloture, Without "a clOture rule VT
can never repeal the Sherman law or
pass tariff BILL" is all the talk one
hears now. Ard it all comes from
the very Democrats who were the
loudcst in denouncing cloture in the
last congress. Effrontrv is no name
for it. 1t is simply unaduiterated
gall. | have been reading the de-
bates on this subject i'll the last con-
gress, and later on | shall ask space
in your paper for the deadly parallel
misunderstanding the Democratic
position then and now. 1t is worse
than Crow" it is thoroughly de-
composed carrIOn.
CLEyLAND A MASS OF DISEASE.
There is more in Mr., Cleveland s
''gout" than appears on the surface.
His feet and limbs were swollen
above his knees when he left here so
suddenly for Buzzard's Bay. (And
by the way, what IAN eternal fitness
Of things" in the name of his far
away retrrat) DR.. Pierce, noted
New York specialist, came over here
secretly for the purpose of examln-
ing and diagnosing the President.
He fixed his weigl at 327 pounds,
and speaking of his general condi-
ton, on returning to New York, he
said: Mr.. Cleveland's system was a
reeking mass of corruption:' that
not secretion of his whole, immense,
gigantic body was in healthy con-
dition. This is no news to many peo-
pie here who frequently see the Presi-
dent Among them the opinion is
openly expressed that a sudden death
is likely to overtake the President at
any time, and so we'll founded is this
belief among newspaper men that
columns Of matter concerning his life
and career are kept in type awaiting
the announcement that will startle
the nation. Meanwhile 1.-THE man at
Neutrality-suspicious. own Adlai-is
daily supplimenting his stock of
whetstOnes and axes with the latest
modern attachments, and is anxious
ly biding his time. What music
+boro ,,,,,lJ ho =, +bo ,,,l , ol- - L.:
blood thirsting AK to the Democratic
soul! But Grover is not a dead man
yet. He has survived ordeals of di-
gestion in the appointment of
RENEGADE ALLIANCEMAN TILLMAN,
of Tennessee, Register of the Treas
ury, that defes doctors and special
lists, rheumatism and govt, tooth
aches and jags. This East Tennessee
renegade has jumped from obscurity
into fame, from poverty into wealth,
from a keely institute into the Sal
walton Army, with rapidity that
dazzles the imagination and staggers
a Tightening calculator. He is a
woll-known character in Washing
ton. When big DAN" a Washing
ton policeman, heard of Tillman's
appointment he gasped for breath,
and then, with true Irish self-com-
placency, he said: "By the holy NTH
er, now I'll be for gettin' back me
ten cents" Not many moons ago
Tillman was a distinguished guest at
the keely Institute, Laurel, Mary
lo,,l Ha ,Ornrnl 20 h.
record smasher. Soon after a post
graduate course at the Institute he
demonstrated to the alcoholic trade
that Il well-conducted lag" had
nothing to fear from the bi-chloride
of gold bugaboo,
He came to Washington two or
three years ago, bearing some official
connection with the National Farm
er's Alliance-h headquarters located
here. He dressed well, was not a
homely man, and his spotless white
lawn cravat wore a Sunday-school
superintendent's look that Jisarmed
criticism and made capture at once
and Internationally of the fellows
here, in and out of Congress, who were
trading on Alliance influence. Here.
they said, sis a man who has some
thing to trade on and who can de-
liver the goods" In this way he was
brought to the attention of Harrity
and the National Democratic Execu-
tive Committee. They bought him.
body and soul, and paid for him over
and over again. They paid him for
lying then; in appointing him Reg
lister of the Treasury at 81 200 per
year they have paid him to stop ly-
ing! If he were to tell the truth now
about how he renegated and perjured
himself in selling out the Alliance to
the National Democratic Committee
1t would hurt the administration.
bring the blush of shame to the face
of every honest man, and COMPEL
the United States to repudiate his
nomination. 1t was shameless. dis
graceful transa elton. and the hope
is. the President, finding that he has
been imposed upon, will recall the
nomination and wipe this stigma
from his administration. Easy-vir-
tued, constituencies, unscruplous
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