The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-08-16


Tho p.o,,Ia,s Marty State ulatform
l....;.t. s
Ioiio"ed oN thi0o '"'"
the i blicaI l..COrder.
Sactiou : of the Peoples party .
.l .. pof.;,,b Au,, /
Isl fead' a loIl""H'
''We denonnce the Mchlnl"Y tar /
III bill ana the penang D' h"'fa'l'
'arlh NII' d. Unjust - nc '''iS M
t'...'.,.,''1 ,"a nf ,rrI.t. cn,nhinas and .
mJnppohes which have oppressed =
T. he people, and especially d. we de
uounce the unnecessary ana putd- .
cn~ome Iuc~eaae IN the tax on sugar
and other necesoarles of Ite 80 large j.
y uscd by the poorer portion 81 our
u"opIr. while the taxes have been
/ lowered on some OF the I"AurieH of
. the r,ch, whlch sh"uih p-ar me h"aE-
Iest burden. We eHPecia'IE dth"unce
tn" pending tariff hIIl aS r"WArdly
makcahlit tor tart reform. II not
only substitutes Democratic protec-
| ton for Repubhcan protection on
ce,taln manufactured articles, hnt
| also strives to discriminate against
the producers Of wealth by putting
the raw materials which their LABOR
| produces upon the free list while 1t
forces them and every citizen to pay
| a tax on the manufactured article.
The revenue of the government can
and should be raised without such
M iu4t and increased dlscrmlna-
| ton
The Biblical Bec0rder on August
Sth in its next issue. after the COW. n
.;,,, ..,,,,..
we are sorry i"r parry "nen lI'
poiicE may DC lurLed ny TWO ineI
anu Wheh' too' 'here are TWO sen
ihtel e'teu ~ hi'H "'ii""S 10 ~ y
"'ist'' @, nc i""Joii'y " '"T
cfa'le senators "ou'" s,%ily 'o'o
against the hiSh sugar "ull1S' ou'
'hey cannot pass any Id" "' an l'i-
o", ,, 'tIo ti,or, ,,Jd rnt, fnr -" hiIrthat
didn't protect the smear industry.-
that they are Southern men, too.
Thus the entire party must yield to
the wishes of two men who have
yielded to the power of the sugar
trust thus two men fruStrate the
principles and threaten the life of a
great party. And there's no pallla-
ton. If bill favorable to sugar
trust is passed by a Democratic Con
gress, surely Democracy has itself
to blame, yes, itself and the RepuD-
llo'n ''i' .
ra..;LIa
] no++or+bor r;o1d . no;r+ r. . t,ns1
: w., rronid bavo +ho hattln for rigLt
! f,,r,,ht o,t aII summer fourbt unti
u ~, nno,,Ia nan aIa.t Sanafnr. VII,
viii not v;aId to . trnst No one !,
,,a.o ,T;o,, fo,. +o,;ff IooicIa+;on al
.,I,n,( L,;,d th.r wa no ono annreci
,+.. tlo nood of ..rtaintv more. Inn
r,,tl,n,. 4l,.,, ,,,ko olro.ssi,rs to .
t,,,st ,vo would .ah;da several NOR,
Is ,nNntb, of daJav ~,
t -, .,
S '0N' '''i ~ VI 'ho f
,t platform reads;
y 1--WE condemn the Democratic ad
- N inistration Of North Carolina TO
- its failure to execute the anti-trus
= laws now on our statute books, ais
u" for the failure to prosecute the 9th
It GERS of broken banks through who's
le criminal carelessness and dishonesty
le large amounts of both puhhc an
3 private funds have been lost and on
t, citizens, widows and orphans hay
.d been made to suffer.
j., Tho Biblical Raoordar in ,ts ne,
.d
ct II.
IN w t would oe Slau 10 lorHe' 'h'
III there is trust IN our state ouI
el cannot. e 90 not auher an III q
us fects from IL, out we dlsllke 10 hno
that our State has law lhaI Is ul
er regardedj for that means that OF
&C. State Is not worthy OF statehood, th'
bo our law possesses no majesty, OF
.or officers no power. 1t means NOR
~ too; for is it not beyond questt
oh that law unenforced causes SIN
n abound, destroys the power OF oth
he law? How then can we cltlzens
lrt the State having a law against lfos
tolerate trusts? For what DO v
m make laws, If they are not enforced
las Can we not afford to uphold any LAY
/. 4 But whose duty Is 1t to pteserN
and enforce the law? Certainly
, is every citizens duty so far as a C
oy izen may; and we wish to say he
&C. that citizens are not doing VIII
cry thew may. They can and should C
5ht ont. And, to be sure, We have OF
,n- GERS of the law-troops of them; b
. as thew don't seem to have mu
ota work to do, and do not wear u
o4 forms, they are with difficulty ldel
,lv- ltled we ca,leu upon "A 'oi Il
IN this trust matter in a re cent iss1
OF but we have been authoritatively
by formed that the former Is not pr