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

silver and State banks, and through
these means we will give you good
times. How can the Peoples party
do any better than this through the
Sub-Treasury, free coinage of silver
or any other plank in their platform.
Free silver can't do much for you
any way, for Col. Polk said it would
only increase the circulation at 30
cents a head
At this point Mr.. Simmons
asked how much more time
he had, He was told six minutes.
He then said it was too short to
develop another idea in, and that he
would stop if Mr.. Butler would allow
him to have this SIX minutes addi-
ton in his rejoinder. Mr.. Butler
spoke mp promptly and said "why
certainly NJ. Simmons got very
feeble applause, evidently the Demo-
Gratis were disappointed in him.
MIR. BUTLER'S SPEECH.
l. AS Mr.. Butler went on the stand
three rousing cheers were given him
and every man crowded close around
the stand to hear him. He said:
Fellow citizens Of Wayne, Duplin,
Sampson and Johnston counties: |
agreed 70 speak after much persua-
sion. The management of the cam
paign from headquarter needs every
minute of my time. But | am glad
that | came. and | am especially
glad that there is an able speaker
here to represent the other side |
have been wanting to hear a Demo
cratic speech for months. | wanted
to see how they would try to recon
clle their promises IN the last cam
paign and their actions since they
have been in power. | have heard
Mr.. Simmons and you have heard
him. He was chairman of the Dem
ocratic State Executive Committee
two years ago when the party prom
ised you to wipe every evil law off
Of the statute books if you would put
them in power. He does not make
the same speech now he made then.
He Is now hedging and apologizing.
Not only this, but is (as | will prove
before | get through stating things
for facts which are totally untrue.
| made seventy speeches in the
last campaign, and to-day | can face
every one OF those seventy audiences
and make the same speech now that
| made then. told you then that
if the Democratic party got into
power that it would not keep its
promises. | told you that they would
not give you honest tariff reform
but would take the tariff off of eve
rything that the wealth producer
makes and let the manufacturer
make as much. if not more, money
than he makes now. They have not
only done this but they have done
worse. | did not think then that
they would boldly sell out to the su-
gar ana Wnl Key trust.
told you then that if the Demo
Gratis got into power that they would
not give you free coinage of silver.
told you that they would repeal
the Sherman Law and put nothing in
its place. | charged this on every
stump but Mr.. Glenn and Mr.. Ay-
cock and every other Democratic
speaker Indignantly denied it.
told you that if the Democrats
got into power that they would not
increase the circulating medium, but
| did not charge that they would
contract the currency still further,
for | did not think that they were
that completely under the thumb of
the shylocks,
| charged that they would not re-
peal the National banking law, but
did not think that they would intro
duce and try to pass a bill to increase
the power of the banks over your
money, but they did. | charged
that the Democrats were just as
much to blame for the issues of gold
| bonds made in the past as the Re-
publicans were, but l did not charge
that if they got in power that they
would issue more bonds Because
the Republicans have not dared to
issue any bonds since 1879. The gold
bugs tried to force Harrison to issue
bonds in 1872, but he refused to dc
so. | did not know that Cleveland
and the Democratic party had al
that time promised the gold bugs
that they would issue bonds if they
(the gold bugs) would put up enough
money to put the Democratic party
in power.
So you see, my friends, that I car
face every audience and make the