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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13
WHAT Si'EIIAL DUTY 4?

On page "A of Auditor Furman's 8
report for 1898 We fud the follow
ing:
Paid Hubert Haywood, Surgeon
General, per diem and expenses to
Chicago, on special duty $l09 70
Paid W. B. Grimes, Asst Q.
NJ. Gen., per diem and ex-
penses to'Chicago, on spe-
cial duty lO9 Is
Paid J. ID. Glenn, Adjt. Gen.,
per diem and expenses to
Chicago, on special duty 100 90
Paid S. f. Telfair, NJ. Sec,
per diem and expenses to
Chicago, on special duty 1O9 Is
We respectfully call upon our
State Auditor or some other person
who knows, to give our readers light
on this. What special duty did these
young gentlemen perform for the
State, and what act authorize the
work and the expenditure of $545.2C
or any other amount of the people:
money in payment for same? Turn
on the light and let us know.-Pro.
gressive Farmer.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13
THE STATE TEMPERANCE ASSoCI-
ALTON.
Calls for the Organization of Auxiliary
Associations in the Counties.

Calls for the Organization of Auxiliary
Associations in the Counties.
THE CAUCASIAN has received the
following from the Secretary of the
Association:
The State Temperance Associa-
ton has provided for the organiza-
ton of auxiliary associations in
the counties, townships and corpora
tlons. Let any person or persons in
terested in this work call a public
meeting o temperance and prohibi
tlon people, secure some one to de-
liver an address, and organize by
electing d president, secretary and
treasurer and an executive COM
mittee. Authorize the officers to
call meetings, provide for addresses
and the distribution of literature on
the subject, and whatever may in
crease the sentiment for temper
ance and secure the suppression of
the liquor traffic IN your county or
corporation. Report your organiza-
tion to the corresponding secretary
of the State Association.
The object of this organization is
not to antagonize any temperance or
ganization, nor is any member ex-
pected to sever his connection with
any political party. But do all you
can to secure temperance men as
candidates in any party, and to Sc
cure the enactment of good temper
ance laws, and their rigid enforce
ment.
The Legislature will he asked te
enact law similar to the Mississip-
pi law. Do all you. can to secure
the passage of this law. Organize
at once everywhere.
ID. ATKINS, Cor. Sec'y.
n. G. Temperance Association.
Greensboro, n. G.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13
DECEPTION.
W. Ii. Daley, Sec'y.

1t is unbecoming self-respeet-
ing press-more, it is dishonorable
and morally criminal to deceive your
readers with false or misleading
statements Of happenings.
A case of recent occurrence was
the publication in many of our lead
ing dailies that Gen. J. b. Weaver,
late Populist candidate for Presi-
dent, had quit that party and had
been nominated by the Democrats
for Congress in his district in Iowa,
while the facts were that the Popu-
lists had eviously nominated him
as their candidate, and the Demo
cratic convention being willing to
accept the man, even as Populist,
simply ratified the action of the 9th
er convention by endorsing their
nomination. Durham Weekly Times
Ind.)
The Charlotte Observer is one of
the papers that published the incor-
rect statement, but up to date it has
not made the correction.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13
WERE s LIZ ECONOMY

The Washington Post few days
since while speculating as to whcth-
er or 9ot the President would sign
the tariff bill, said that the McKin-
ley bill did not raise enough
money To run the government, aud
that if the President did not sign
the bill that another Issue Of bouds
would be necessary 10 raise mouey 10
run the government y large NUM-
ber Of Democratic papers have en-
dulgtd in similar talk. The Demo
erals went into power pledged to
economy, yet the first thing they do
is to raise more money to run the
government than the Republicans
did. We have already seen one is
sue Of bonds under Democratic rule
aud now another is threatened
should the tariff bill to raise NOR
revenue not become a law.
There is no cxcus" for the eXtrayi-
gance that we have seen under bot b
the Democratic and R"pub,ican rule.
The people are taxed now over $3.50,
100000 annually to run the govern
mcnt. Under Buchanan's admins
Cration jnst before the war when we
had about half as many inhabitants
it cost only $5),O0O,OOO to run the
government And there is no eX-
cuse for it now c. sing more than
| $l5O,OOO,OOO Il year. But remem-
be- that the Democrats, who de-
nounced the Republicans for eXtra'-
igarce, ha'n to raise more tnan the
Republicans did to run the govern
ment.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13
THAT DAMNED ALLIANCE

Is the peppery designation which he
applies to it. When Ailiancemau
>anderlin protested against his APP
p3imtment as reflection on his pro
mlnence as Il citizen, his fidelity IA
to the Democratic party and his par
~ services ia the hour of the party :
greatest peril, Senator RanSam, it is
asserted on the best authority, re-
piled: "Gou, Sir, belonged to tia
damned AIliance in North Carolina,
and you have got all you deserve and
more" Mr. SAnderlin is the author
ity for this statement, and currency
Is given to it now, not DIS news, be
caase 1t happen many months ago,
nut as an incentive to the machine
~ its desperate efforts to re-elect
Ransom. Up to this time his cam
pAlgn has Jagged for lack of slu-
gan. "That damned Alliance" Let
hrr 90, Gallagher!
JONATHAN EDWARDS.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13
TIE BIBLICAL RECORDER
i sound on the Money euestion--It De
clareS for the Free Coinage of silver at
- to I and Gbr Treasury Notes.

i sound on the Money puestion---It De
clares for the Free Coinage of silver at
Ijto and fpr Treasury Notes.
Several weeks ago the following
statement appeared in a great paper
of the North, an advocate of the gold
standard, that would not for Il mo-
ment tolerate the idea Of an unbol-
stored paper currency:
"The Treasury holds to-day only
thirteen cents in gold for every dol
lar of outstanding Treasury notes and
and greenbackS, which are distinctly
gold Obligations, and if we count in
the silver certificates, which the gov
ernment is pledged to keep at par
ity with other dollars, the gold re-
serve is less than eight cents to the
dollar"
The paper was pleading for anoth-
er issue of bonds at the time, and it
made it quite plain that if it requir-
ed gold or silver to maintain the
purchasing power of our currency,
bonds ought to be issued; but it
must have overlooked the fact that
the statement is sufficient proof that
neither gold nor silver is needed, and
therefore, the statement is good
testimony not only against bond is
sues, bat against the claim that the
government cannot create a medium
of exchange, That the silver dol
lar, worth intrinsicalIy less than SO
cents (measurtd by gold), and the
greenback worth only the promise of
the government, that these active
facto's in our currency are sustained
at Their face value by eight cents i'll
gold seems to be the best evidence
we know of that either green backs
or silver will pass il this country fol
| whatever amount our government
stamps them, whether there is any
gold on this side of the Atlantic OF
not. If a person will rel upon The
mere promise of the government tC
pay the remaining eighty seven cents
that a dollar greenback calls for, il
it not reasonable to think that on,
will trust it altogether? This il
what every one who accepts a green
back or Treasury note does. Iher'
is but one conclusion: this govern
ment needs gold currency only fol
the payment Of the international OBJ
legations of its citizens.-Biblica
Recorder.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13
The PLUTOCRATS PERSECUTING
PROF. eLY.

PFOf, tlf.
We clip the following from the
Washington Post:
THE APPROACHING TRIAL OF PROF.
ELY.
The trial of Prof. Richard L. Ely,
Of the University of Wisconsin, will
begin on the goth of this month, and
will be watched with great interest
by practical educators, by educated
men and women, by organized labor,
and by thoughtful persons generally
in all parts of the country. 1t Is
doubtful if any inyesti cation or trial,
congressional, Legislative, judicial, or
religious, that has occurred IN recent
years, has attracted SO much atten-
ton or awakened so deep an interest
as will center on this inquiry. The
charge against the professor is that
he has taught s0clallstlc doctrlne to
the students under his instruction
in the University Of Wisconsin,
Pr,f Ely is not only man of
great learning aud ability but he is
bold and fearless. lie has written
several strong books exposing the
dangerous encroachments of monop-
oily. Last year he went to Europe
and visited the leading countries
where the governments own and
operate the railroads. When he re
turned he published what he saw
| and learned and showed how much
better government ownership would
be for the United States. THF
CAUCASIAN copied a part of his very
able and unanswerable argument al
the time. The plutocrats can not
buy him, they can not answer hlS
argument, SO now they are gong tc
try to persecute him. His argu
ments for bette" financial system
and for the government ownership
of railroads and telegraph lines are
the real crimes for which he is to b'
tried. But of course other charge
will be trumped up to hide the rea
offense of the learned Professor.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13
A LETTER FROM GEORGIA.
Stillmore, Ga, Aug. 81,
EDITOR The CAUCASIAN:

StlllmOre, Ga., Aug. 81, ~.
EDITOR The CAUCASIAN:
| send you a few political notes
from this section of Georgia
The Populists are on top in south
west Georgia, and will stay there.
There never could have been a
more popular man in this section
than Judge Hines. The people are
solid for him. There are strong eff
forts being made by the Democrats
to get fast hold in this part of the
State. They are scraping On the
same old tin pan that they used to
knock on, but the bottom is worn
out and it has lost the sound. Even
Livingstone is here telling the peo-
pie that congress is ready now to give
us free coinage of silver. But the
people do not want free coinage if it
works like the Holy Tariff bill that
descended upon our heads in the
shape of a wool hat, and voice
from the merchant saying, "bring
me a bale Of your cotton at six cents
per pound and take the hat at the
same old price"
Livingstone is telling the people
that now the tariff is out of the way
that congress will now take up the
financial question. He does not ex-
plain the extra session of congress
that Cleveland called-whether it
was to work on the financial question
or to make appropriation for bill
like our representatives did at the
beginning of the last legislature OF
North Carolina.
The campaign here is running
very much like the one in Sampson
county when the r, +. commission
was being discussed. We can't get
a Democrat to meet Peoples party
man in joint debate.
The P. P. is organized here il
clubs, two to four in each schoo
district, and meet every two weeks
The people are in dead earnest 70
reform here.
G. B. CASHWRLL.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13
PEOPLES PARTY
VICTORIES.
THOMPSON AND SHAW NEETI> JOINT
DEBATE.
The walls of the Democratic Jerico Crack
and split aud Tnm ble--Th- H-athen
Htthiu the CITY Quake with Fear--They
Put Pads Betw cen Their Knees.
Special to THE CAucAsIAN.I


WALLACE, \. c.. Sept 5. '93.
Dl. Cyrus Thompson and John &.
Shaw met in joint debate here to-day.
There were some 500 citizens pres
cnt and by common consent il wa,
Red Letter day for the Peoples par
ty.
DR.. Thompson draws the crowds
a. 1t was only when he joined in the
canvass that Shaw had crowd
The skillful doctor is also drawing
some mighty big blisters on the
Democratic back. He made the
fight to day like true man, and he
planted every blow squarely above
the belt DIR. Thompson led off in
an hour and quarter speech upon
The issues of the campaign. At times
he grew sharp and sarcastic, and his
skill and tact in touching the dear
old democratic party" under the
short ribs provoked frequent and
loud applause. When Shaw'S turn
came he seemed bewildered, demor-
allied and ''done all up" He beat
about here and there and made
statements which DR.. L. proved by
the documents to be absolutely false.
After this scores of Democrats
said by raising their hands when
called that they would vote the Peo-
ple's party ticket this year. These
were men who voted the Democratic
ticket last election. DR.. Thompson
then called upon any one who voted
the Peoples party ticket last cleo
ton that would not vote that ticket
at this eletion and not one hand went
up. AT this the straightouts wited
and covered while the enthusiasm
for Thompson was simply indescri-
able.
In the meantime the walls of the
ungOdly Democratic Jerico crack
and split and tumble.
Jas. O. Matthews.
We have seen several parties who
have been at all the joint discussions
between DIR. Thompson and Mr..
Shaw and they say that the Popu-
lists had the crowd at every appoint
ment except Serecta. Below we give
a cut and sketch of DR.. Thompson
the next Congressman from the
Third District.
DR.. ] Thompson, the nominee of the
Peoples party for Congress in the
Third Congressional District was
born February Sth 1855 in Onslow
county. He now resides on the old
! famly y household near Richlands,
| n. G. His ancestors for number
of generations have ali been farmers
His great grandfather Thompson
was an lrishman, and settled in Ons-
! low 0Ouuty
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13

Populist party alone advocates. |;
NAV be Ca al silver recommendation
to define aad distingp sh it in the
baG of izms nov ih process Of iBcu-
baton. IL will deyoive upon the
Populist party 10 make it clean
cut issue, and herein may lie the
chief significance Of Senator Jones
change # base. IN the meantime
: major Ransom isuursing his wrath
agains. the Farmers Alliance. lie
uses tobacco sauce on his words
" hen he suffers h mself to speak of
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13
NOTICE.

The Judicial convention of the
Peoples party for the 7th Judicial
district has been called to meet in
Lumberton on Tuesday, the 25th
day of Sept, 1894, for the purpose
of nominating a candidate for Solic-
ltor and to transact any other busi-
ness that may come before the c. Il
ventiop. Respectfully,
s. A. EDMUND,
Chrm Judicial Ex. Com.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13
Democratic Theory vs.. Democratic Prae
tice.
ATLANTA Daily Press.)


"We demand State Banks imme-
diately, says the platform. "Tax
them out of existence" SAYS the
democratic vote.
ave demand free silver, says the
platform. Shut the doors of the
mints hard AID fast" says the vote.
ave demand immediate action, is
the democratic preach" ''Fold your
hands and d. not act is the demo-
cratic practice.
ave demand immediate wakeful-
ness," is the precept. Lets all 60
to Sleep" is the practice.
"We demand Jeffersonian doc
trineS Immediately says the Greed.
"We practice John Sherman repub
licanism because the money power
rules US" says the record.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13
lOAN ROBINSON A COXEYIIE.

We clip the following from "The
Bulletin" for July, written by Hon.
John Robinson, the State Commls-
sioner of Agriculture. He says:
"IC is Il fact acknowledged by al!
that for a country to be permanently
prosperous the farmers, the agrlcul
turlsts, those who produce the neces-
saries of life, must be prosperous.
1t is Il conceded fact to-day that this
class, as "a rule, is not prosperous.
"There must be cause or causes
for this depression, and | take it that
the miserable condition of our public
highways has more to do with it than
any other one thing. At least the
Improvement of our highways so as
to make them in good condition for
travel at any season of the year would
20 farther towards bringing relief
than any other one remedy yet sug-
gested.' -
1t is bad enough for private citi-
zen to endorse Coxey's "Wild Good
Roads Scheme" but when State
official does so, his mental equilibrium
must be questioned. Such wild men
as Coxey and John Robinson should
not be allowed to run at large in
good, conservative old North Caro-
lima.
The Eastern counties having re,
pudiated Ransom, he is making q
desperate attempt to capture the
Western counties. IL. A. Gudger
who Kisses Ransom's name through
his teeth when speaking of him, ha'
been captured by $2,4OO, depart
ment appointment ia Washington
Haywood county, the home of th'
Gudgers, shows its appreciation b,
nominating a Ransom man for thu
House. 1t is seasy to understand VIII,
Ransom is opposed to the primary
Patronage don't count against al
honest mans ballot.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13

THE IREE AND JNLIMITED COIN tGE
OF SILVER CAS- EE ~ECI RED ONLY
THROUGH THAT PARTY.
Ransom Damn~ the Alliance and iell- Al
IiAucemau >anderIin that He has Got
u ere than III" Deserves.


WAsmNGToN, Sept. S.-Tho i'm
p0rtancr Of Senator Jones' accession
to the PopuIist party is conceded.
The attempt m some quarters to be-
little it j. paipably inalncerc.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13
VOL. XII.
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f., What we MIGHT eynrct from the
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Hatce by the Alliance legislature
,f 1901 That Ippislaturp WAS de
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"a body OF socialists, anarchists ana
,.,.,,,Loo AMI wh,p hacouen if WAS
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iH Id'oI Vi e'I""' J'oC'''' "''""0o 1t
"'s III la'or oi '"N'"8 every 'o'io'
"'l"H III Uilo ''"'e J"'' ''' every ''n-
|r man property Is '"A'"' All"
because IL was III laVor oi St@rIinS /"
number Oh he" CONSTRUCTIVE ell'e'
pfiSeS To help the hha9SeS ol Ihe Peo-
pie Many 81 the most acIlNe hleh
in that Legislature are to-day the
most active men IN the feople par
ty- That legislature was elected on
the same principles, and worked TOR
practically The same ends that the
Peoples party IS now contendlng
for. Among the many good things
shat the legislature of 1891 did were:
o. To establish Railroad Com
mission. This measure had been de
feated by railroad influence in three
snccas.,ye Democratic legislatures.
~ Tha .stohI;sbma,,I Of = State
NN1 " ..", ,,,-,
Normal ana lnuuSJflal 'oCnOOl dt
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13

As an expounder Of financial qne8-
tons Senator Jones ls not vagaf-
lst. He is prominent authority and
has been so recOgniz, ! by he liep0b-
lican party. England recogplz~a him
as profound writer and student.
His pamphlet discussion Of the silver
question, in all its bearings, IS ac-
cepted as an exhaustive sectatlon.
His remuneration of the Republican
party is coincident with the crisis in
the formative period Of a" Popu'l>i
pal ty in the new Western States, and
may involve consequence fatal to
the restoration of Republican ascen-
dency in the Senate. Thee is more
than a strong possibility Of two Pop
uIiSt Senators from Montana, two
from Wyoming and one from Colo
RADIO, Idaho and California as the re-
suit Of the November election. 1t is
reasonably certain now, assuming
Nillman's election in South Carolina,
that the organization of the Senate
after March ith next will be inde-
pendent of both the Republican and
Democratic parties. With the acces-
sion indicated, the PopulIsts will
constitute a strong minority factor in
legislation. If the advantage and
opportunity is wisely used its bear
ing upon the Presidential election
must be of incalculable Importance
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13

Pimples, boils and other humors
of the blood are liable to break out
in the warm weather. Prevent it
by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13
WHAT MAY HAPPEN.

Senator Jones is a member of the
Finance committee. lie may be re-
placed on that committee by free
silver Republican or he may not. 1t
is not the intention Of the Republi-
can leaders that the Western States
shall slip through their fingers with
out big fight to hold them to Their
Republican allegiance. 1t is impos-
sibIe that the Republican party shall
become an unconditional free silver
party. The Western and Southern
Populists free silver doctrine, in Re-
publican estimation, is silver mono
metallism. The fight on this line
will eventually, possibly i'll 1896, de-
veIop a three-cornered contest. The
gold monmetallists in the Eastern
States including the Sherman wing
of the Republican party and the
Cleveland wing of the Democratic
party; the silver monometallists un-
der the leadership Of Senator Jones !;
the bimetallsts, including the pro-
gressive elements Of the Republican
and Democratic parties.
HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF.
1t took twenty years of platform
Juggling and campaign lying to de-
velop the Democratic party as an
avowed free trade party. 1t was only
at Chicago in 1892 that 1t had the
courage and candor to throw off all
disguise and avcw its free trade con-
victions. Certainly that avowal has
been shameIessly and cowardly re-
pubiated in the passage of the sugar
trust tariff bill, but that was due to
lack of :'sand," and the belief that
the people would submit to the out
rage upon the unmanly and cons
temptible excuse that sit was the
best we could do; is better than Nc
Observation-Disclosures it robs the
working man and he can't kick. 1t
taxes the poor mans breakfast table
lit raises the price of sugar two
cents per pound, but it will be made
up in cheaper trace chains, cheaper
silks, cheaper English broadcloth,
&C.. &c. In the future treatment of
the silver question events may trans,
pire soon that may suggest
EXTREME MEASURES.
1t may develop that deferred bi'
metallism is tantamount to gold mo-
nometallIsm. When that becomes
apparent the next step is an aggres
lslve American policy such as the
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13
ONLY ONE EXPLANATION.

"He had time enough to wait and see if it
was possible to win back Nevada from the
Populists before he joined them, and there
will only be one satisfactory explanation to
the silver men of the West, and that is that
the two old parties, in the judgment of some
of the best Republicans, will do nothing for
silver and the only way to make themselves
felt is to join party that will have no other
interest in view and which will place the
money question ahead OF the tariff or any
nther isSlIe which NAV be presented.N
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13
HAILED WITH DELIGHT.

"IIis resignation from the Repu blican
party at this time, when we are struggling
with the Populists for control of several
Legislatures, cannot have anything but
very bad effect. 1t will be hailed by the
Hopulists with great delight. and it is de
all very we'll to y that Jones wanted to be
returned to the Senate and he Topped for
that reason, but his election will not come
off for two years, and lie had plenty of time
to get into line with the POpulists after the
result of this election is known.