The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-10-18

Party represented the other. while
the Democratic party occupied md
die ground between the two. There
is some truth in that The Dem y
cratic party in the days of Jeffers IN
and jackson represented the other eX-
treme from the position of Hamilt IN
and the Republican party, but the
modern Democracy got SO close to the
National Republican party, that
there was practically no difference
between them. This made it neces-
sary for a new party to occupy the
cid JetfersOnian Democratic position.
The Democratic party may to-day be
between the two but it is so close to
the Republican party in Congress
that the average man can not see
between them. Don't Cleveland and
Ransom stand exactly with John
Sherman and other gold bug Repub-
licans IN their efforts to contract the
currency.to put down the price of cot
ton, to make every debt harder to pay
and to make times harderP Yes, the
Peoples Party represents just the op-
pOsite extreme from this. We are
for striking down the gold and mon
ey trust. We are for more money
instead of making it scarcer.
THE WRONG CAUSE.
Mr.. Simmons said that during the
last 81 years that trusts and monopo-
lies had grown up, that the money
OF the country had cotton into few
hands, and that 10000 millions had
sprung up. He said that 80 years
ago the wealth producers owned half
the wealth of the country while to-
day they owned less than one-fourth
of the wealth. He said that only
5000 men owned over half Of the
wealth of the country.
All of this is very true, but what
did he tell you was the cause of it ::
He told you it was caused by unjust
Legislation. This is very true, but
he went on further and told you that
it was done through the tariff he
told you that the tariff was the great
est issue. Mr.. Simmons reminds me
of man who gets in the pulpit and
breaches the true gospel against
stealing and then goes straightway
and steals himself. Mr.. Simmons
picture of the condition Of the coun-
try is true, and sounds very much
like an Alliance speech, but his ap-
plication is entirely wrong. Now,
my friends, remember he told you
that your wealth was being drawn
from you each year to make million
aires while you got poorer. He told
you this was done through unjust
legislation he then capped the eli
max by telling you that this unjust
legislation was the tariff. Now, my
friends, every man in this audience
knows himself that the one thing
that is the matter with the country
is lat condition of things which is
making millionaires every year, as
Mr.. Simmons says, and makes thous-
ands poorer at the same time. But
if it is the tariff that does this as he
claims, then certainly the majority
of the millionaires IN this country
should be men who have made their
millions out of the tariff. (Turning
to Mr.. Simmons he said), now, Mr..
Simmons, | wans to ask you before
these eople if the majority of these
ten thousand millionaires that you
have talked about have bled the peo-
pie out of this money through the
tariff?
Mr.. Simmons: "Do you want me
to answer" ?"
Mr.. Butler: eyes, | want you to
answer here and now."
Mr.. Simmons: eyes | say that
the majority of them have made
their millions out of the tariff"
Mr.. Butler: ''Now let US see if
that is true. (Mr. Butler takes a
list of the millionaires ont of his poe
ket and turning to Mr.. Simmons
SAID Mr.. Simmons you may hon
estly believe what you have just said
but am going to teach you and tc
prove to this audience that there is
not a word of truth in it. AS the
old man said, proof Of the pudding
is piece of the pudding. Now lei
us have the facts here before this
audience. | state that for every one
man who has made million dollars
out of tariff, that there are TWO men
who have made million out of un,
just legislation in favor of bankers
money trusts, and railroad monopo
lies. Now Mr.. Simmons you name
one man who has made million out