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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29
TRyT- CONES AFTER ELECTION

'F0 , = ~SFcS rF * E-=N IN
For many mozths The CAUCA-
SIAN and Other reform papers have
tod he people that our national
financial policy vac dictated by the
bankers of Wall Sueet and IVA.
Grover Cleveland ~as s.nrly Tier.
servant. Prior to the election rue
4 charge az this always eIclt.i on
bursts Of wrath from :he f,l.o"e,
# the Great Goldtug, brt 49.denc
il accumulating rapidly to prov.
that such charge wa. fou ded up
on facts.
The reckless management Of tb'
finances, the issuance of bonds to
redeem silver certificates and green
backs, upon the pretext Of strength
ming the gold reserve reminds. one
Of the insane attempt to catch water
in serve. But here is the proof that
,r,.,, 81 l
OH '''' IAN MI" '''' Jul H''
eminent ny the thlOat.
The follnwing extract +. from tb,.
q, ,,...
y '''ii' BE-" ''ii NI'J w 'Poli"'"C u
the News ana Observer:
ct NTH recently never conceived Of the
res! Dependence of the Treasury upon Wall
street. = prominent Democrat said to me
yesterday. "ILv -yanIatiOu Of the Treas
GTg t- yi shifting and. and any DAY the five
richest ul.n .u ria" country eau Daukup; the
''.'7 ~ "'- 20" corner '"' r',' .''''
day. The government could not redeem
them in gold aud the very minute this DC
'..'fe'' al * government securities would de
prc.idep, +, i.sgc bonds not IN 50 many
words, but by withdrawal of gold from the
Fe' I, mas MADE me PRESIDENT AFRAID not
arr. prai,jng the bankers for their wiIling-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29

He Comes of a Good German FamiIy--A
Member of the Reformed Church.

News Il Observer:
Mr.. A. G. Shuford, Congressman
elect from the seventh district, is a
native of Catawba county and was
born on the west bank of the south
fork of the Catawba river.
He IS of German decent
and belongs to large and substan-
tial family living in the county.
His grandfather, Daniel Shuford.
represented Catawba county, (then
Lincoln), in the Legislature at diff
erent times. His father, Geo. P.
Shuford, was an influential man and
held the position of judge of the
County Court for many years.
Mr.. Shuford's educational advant-
ages have been somewhat limited. He
attended the public and private
school in the neighbcrhood, and then
spent few terms at Catawba Col
lege. For a few years he engaged
in business In the town of Hickory,
He married Miss Willie the only
daughter of the late Col. Thcs.
Lowe.
MIR. Shuford is Christian gentle
man being member Of the Reform
ed Church and holding the office of
deacon in that Church. Politically
he has developed considerable ability
as leader, and now that the people
have taken him up and elected him
to Congress opportunity will be given
him to further develop that ability.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29
coDs uoaAis~ios.
Lastly there should Ne Code Gem

Lastly tsers should Ne Code tsm-
mission. Not s-ch As we have been
having, which shall merely codify
the statute law only. but one which
shall al~o eudItv the judge made ls~
10 be found scattered through -
MANY reports and reduce the whole
into Two or three handy volumes.
THIS has been don. in California and
many other States. Then man can
see for himself what the law is aud
not wait till after he has acted on
what be supposed to he the law To-
find ont that Court differed with
him. II is the lasting glory of jus
rinian that h" did tbs great work for
the Roman people and reduced the
vast body Of Law scattered Jas it
now is with u.s. through hundreds
of volumes If Judicial d, cisions and
statute law into the one volume
which has been handed down 10 oar
day. \ he great Napoleon did the
same great work for France and his
Code Napoleon has been adopted.
with slight modification. by over
halt the nations Of the earth. David
Dudley Field did the same great
work for New York. How he Was
thwarted nv the Governors veto If
ter In, Code bad passed both ho"~ s
know r' .E' m"r. - much ,..
" ,.,r $780,. ly3A. California
an SOL Hr States nave been
wise enough t. adopt it. Georgia
did the same good work wears before.
This ca AID ought to b. done mere
n Nor J china, making the law
more G. .-., more accessible and
placing It Ia compact form III the
reach q every M! 5 pocket.
Believing nat the honest views of
any 2It.zen, feeling an interest in the
Welfare Of his fellow men, will re
celve fair consideration at the hands
of the people of North Carolina,
with much difidence | submit mine
If there is anything of any value in
any of these views, wiser heads may
put them into better shape, and uti-
lie them for the public good. If
any of these suggestions will not
stand under the hammer of argu-
ment, no harm-will have been done,
| simply offer them as a good will
offering to a generous people who
have always been kind to me beyond
my utmost deserving.
WALTER CLARK.
Nov. goth, 1894.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29
A NON PARTISAN ~ CURRENCY COM
MISSION.

The New York World discussing
the financial condition of the country
says:
THE President has about decided to recon-
mend in his coming message to Congress
the appointment of nOn-partisan commits
sion to consider the whole currency problem,
the commission to be composed of bankers,
business men and leading theorist on the
currency question. This comes from very
high authority in the Administration and is
not mere speculation. 1t is understood that
the idea is 50 far advanced that the Presi-
dent has expressed the opinion that the com
mission should consist of-hine members
and comprise four bankers, three business
men and two college professors who have
made special study of finance"
The tour bankers will of course be
gold bugs-the "three business men"
will also be gold bugs, all business
men are not gold bugs, but it is easy
to find three business men who are
the "three college professors" will
also be gold bugs, at least nine-tenths
of the college professors are, and es-
peclally is this true of the professors
who fill the chair of political econ
omy in the colleges. When a gold
bug or monopolist gives large
amount of money to one of these
colleges it is always with the under
standing that they shall teach the
gold bug or the vested rights heresy
to the students. Therefore this non
partisan (O currency commission
will be a solid gold bug and monop-
oily commission.
This is another dodge to fool the
people, but it will not work, the peo-
pie have last begun to read and
think for themselves. The Repub-
licans stood by Cleveland in the last
session of Congress when he struck
down silver and betrayed the country
into the hands of the gold bugs. 1t
remains to be seen whether the Re-
publican majority will now stand by
him as they did in last Congress.
In this connection it is noticeable
that the New York Tribune (the
leading Republican organ) endorses
all of Cleveland's financial views.
There will be no honest financial re-
form in This Congress nor the next.
In fact the people will never get re-
lief from the oppression of monopoly
and the money devil till they elect a
Peoples Party Congress and Peo-
pies Party President. 1t will come.
Dire necessity aud self preservation
Will force it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29
FREE PASSES.

In the Constitution of the State of
New York, just ratified by the peo-
pie at the polls, there is a paragraph
in stringent language forbidding
any public officer to receive or use,
directly or indirectly, any free pass,
or transportation from any transpor-
tation company, or any frank from
a telegraph or telephone company.
A similar constitutional amendment
should be adopted by our legislature
irrespective of party. If adopted it
will be ratified by overwhelming ma
jorities at the polls. The corpora
tions cannot object to this as they
say that these favcrs are given with
no intent 70 influence officials and
are sore tax upon them. The peo-
pie will be glad to vote for such an
amendment. That the great State
Of New \ or k, as well as several 9th
ers, have seen fit to incorporate this
provision In the organic law is sufficl-
ent evidence that this is 90 trivial
matter. Give the people of North
Carolina chance to vote upon such
an amendment at the polls and it
will be seen how few will vote against
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29
ELECTION OF Q. S. SENATOR'S.

Twice by almost unanimous vote
of the lower House of Congress an
amendment to the Constitution of
the l. s. has been adopted providing
for the election of Senators by the
people. Resolutions of many Goa
ventions of all political parties have
endorsed this amendment, including.
if | recollect Alright, the Democratic
State Convention held this year in
Ohio, New York and Massachusetts,.
The bill is now before the Senate for
action. 1t would be the expression
Of the popular will of our legislature
irrespective Of party should pass
resolutions of instruction to our
Senators to vote for it. If they are
already for it, they will not object
to having their views on this matter,
which has never been a party one.
endorsed by the represen tatives of
the people. The best interest of the
Republic urgently require this re-
form.
POSTAL TELEGRAPH &, TELEPHONES.
The Post Office Department should
be modernized and furnished with
the best appliances known to science
in facilitating the intefcommunica-
ton of news and thought. To this
end, the telegraph and telephone
should be a part of the postal service
as it is in every other civilized coun-
try. This has no bearing upon the
question of government ownership of
railroads but is simply applying
modern methods instead of antiq uat
ed ones to the postal service which
we already have. If this is paterna-
lism, then the z. o. itself is paterna-
lism. Either give us a modern Post
Office with the promptest and best
facilities or else turn the Post Office
over to the "Western Uuion" to run.
The number of Post Offices in the
country districts should be trebled
and a telephone placed in each.
Every 2. NJ. can use telephone and
there would be only few points at
which the telegraph, requiring addi
.ional clerks, would be required to
forward long distance messages. The
,lant for the entire U. s. it is esti- |
mated by experts reporting to Cor
,ress would cost under twenty mil
ions, while the western Union
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29
PARTY --Er -tS .IEC ~ pEE ~
JCf.


For the last tTenty year the Dem
0rratIc party III North Carolina and
the whole South has lived on preju-
diccs. The Leaders did not need and
did not pretend to use argument.
When a campaign opened they began
to howl about the dark days Of 1868
and called up the ghost OF negro
domination - That was enough. 4
great majority Of the white men were
driven together and they voted to
e. turf for no other reason than that
they were frightened about THAT ne
gro in the wood pile" It made no
difference how much a man might
differ with the Democratic machine
about matters OF public policy, yet
nc dill not dare to present a new
idea, advocate single reform. or
cEpr,- a single honest patriot" sru-
umcut. II he dit, the machlr" ~
once raised the old cry, bout th"
old preJudices and that man was
driven 10 knuckIe 10 the machine or
be was crushed between the upper
and neither mIllstoncs. This was Il
terrible state OF affairs. There was
no nope for independence OF thought,
there was no hope for prog csS. The
state and the South was doomed to
H." midnight darkness OF the middle
ages II ""Uld pr"habIy have been
more than another quarter Of cen
tury before TINS accutsed spell OF
hIght ana gloom could have been
broken had II not been Tor the Farm
er's Alliance. This powerful organ
IzatlOn broke the grip Of the ma
'HIii'' 1t "'u 1t ny url'lhS PFeJu
uiee before the Suhilght Oh khoWl-
o"S7'
II mas "ohe something else. IL mas
VIC" 'he young men Vi Ihe 0t"le
ana Tue "hole oouth from the crush
ing weight OF OLD 1ogyiSm and tosll-
ISM Inc young men are forced TO
sumo thelr progressive IDEAS ana ac-
eePt the dlcta Oh the moSsoackS, ana
besides were forced to use their
young manhood Tor these 1oSilS TIL
"eath look 'hem from the Puollc
arena
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29

The Wilmington Messenger in an
editorial few days ago said: Ma
rion Buffers opinions are not much
relished in the north" and then
proceeds to quote from the New York
Herald who referred to him as "mad
man" and the New York World
which called him "a crank. These
papers were discussing Mr.. Buffers
financial views. 1t is very natural
for goldbug organs to use the words
crank and mad man when they have
no argument to sustain their side.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29

ADVERTISEMENT

The CAUCASIAN has been request
ed to announce S. p. Satterfield, of
Person county, as candidate for en-
crossing clerk of the House of Rep
resentatives of 1896, subject to the
caucus of Populists Republicans.
Mr.. Satterfield was one of the few
Republicans elected to the House
session 1898, and was voted for by
his party for Speaker of the House.
He was re-nominated by his party
unanimously but declined and en-
tered the field actively for Stephen
?. Gentry, the Populist candidate
and for cooperation in the State.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29
JUDGE CLARK SUGGESTS CERTAIN
REFORMS.

In another column will be found
a very timely, able and interesting
article from the pen of Associate
Justice Walter Clark. He makes a
number of live and progressive sug-
gestions with reference to needed re
forms that should have the attention
of the next Legislature of North
Carolina, and the next Congress in
the United States. 1t is a high COM
pllment to the reform movement
that he makes these suggestions at
this time. He did not make them
two years ago to Democratic Leg
islature, and would not have made
them now, in our opinion, if the
Democrats had have carried the
State. He knows that reformers are
in power, therefore he suggests the
enactment of certain reforms which
he has reasons to believe will receive
favorable consideration.
Mr.. Butler, the editor-in chief of
THE CAUCASIAN, has not been very
we'll since tho election, and this week
is not able to be at the office, be will
no doubt comment upon this article
of Judge Clark'S at length in next
weeks issue Of THE CAUCASIAN.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29

Don't work,-and you'll starve.
Work too much and make too much:
you'll starve all the same.
That's the logic of the gold conspir-
ators.-People's Party Paper.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29

Two years ago the Peoples party
vote in Pennsylvania was only 6,976.
This year the Peoples party candi-
date the for Governor polled l9, AGA
votes, 1t this gain continues, by
the next election the Democrats will
be the"third party in that State as
it will soon be in the whole country.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29

General Master Workman Soyer-
eign has been elected by the Nation
al Council of the Knights of Labor.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29

Senator Morgan has been rejected
by the Alabama Legislature.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29

aers aaa ~hich i still ia force Il .
world ever. tie single State IT lewS-
excepted. and there !; = said sha'
whef counsel commence to addG.ss
fae 5a.y ire jad.~ goes Of and plays
"a sra ss.. 4.F rstl.Sr,t.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29
TCH WATSON rs THE CONVENTION
MONOPOLY or T-E WORLD

W. notice that Congressman Black,
Mo -as gwen The stolen certificate
pt election 2 the Tenth Georgia D.
triet, has proposed 10 Hon. Tom
Watson tores,gn, and TO have an
rher election iiam. dIately after the
.pcuiEg I'll the next tOBgTes.s. To
,Gr sarprise " WATSON has accept
: ms proposition. II tie FIRST
L Z = perfectly r.4!u, and can
* proven, that Nr. atspu vas fair
~ scIed on SDyeLu Der the 9Th. The
Iity of Augusta for instance, gave
double the votes that the Registra-
ton books show that il was entitled To
The fraud in this City alone would
have more than reversed the ma
jority which the Democratic machine
gave 10 Mr.. Black against Mr.. Wat
son should he have made contest be-
fore Congress showing up the frauds,
and there Is no doubt bat that he
would have received his seat IN ac-
cOrduncc with the facts in the evi-
dencc which have been presented 10
that body. a. il Is he has accepted
M. Blacks proposition TO have a
new election. This election will
probably be held some time next
April. 1t will be the only election
on that date in the whole United
States, and il Is perfectly plain that
in that election Tom Watson viii be
defeated. Why! because the whole
money power of America and Eng.
land AS well as every kind of species
OF monopoly known and unknown
under the laws of our country, and
in spite Of them will be contributed
q corruption fund 10 he sent this dis
trict. And it is possible to defeat
amy man who ever run for Congress
since the world began, with au I'M
limited amount OF money. Mr.. " at
son has been entrapped on the APP
parently fair plea of an appeal to
the people, but he has made the ia
tai mistake of overlooking the fact
that while the great majority Of vo-
tiers in America are honest and in
corruptible, that yet there is a pur-
chasable vote in every district, and
that too often this purchasable vote
holds the balance of power. True
it is pity, pity it is true, but true
it is nevertheless. Thus we will see
a contest between one man without
money against another man who
will have behind him the combined
money power and the monopOlistic
influence of the whole world. If
Watson succeeds, it will be a mira
Gle in politics.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29

The gentle Zephyr~ of Indian summer
are past and the cold bleak winds Of win
ter will soon I've upon us, 50 if YOU would
be wise you will go at once to the new X
popular store OF Bizzell Bros. in the new
Borden building. where yon can get new
goods nothing old or shop-worn 60 at
prices way below their market value.
We are stl Offering bargains fancy dress goods
something that will keep aud max you happy
LADIES Fine Shoes of f. easiest wearing and m
Nane ut lower prices than before fu
every department. These goods will b. sold "a prices correspond
with the low price of times hear Ned 80
I'll + trad" cordially f.
all To come ami : and be- convinced If "a san
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29
INTEREST.

This legislature, not dividing
upon party lines Oh the
question, will doubtless pass a bill
restoring six per cent as the legal
limit for interest. Except in few
of the years since the WEI this has
been the always recognized limit in
North Carolina for two hundred
years. Now when the profit on
everything else is cut down there is
no reason why money should receive
undiminished and high profits
When bankers form syndicates to
force the government to issue bonds
bearing per cent interest, and n.
q. 4 per cent bonds are above par, 6
per cent is certainly full value for
the Use of money. There can be no
doubt that this has been the senti-
ment of the people of North Caro-
lima for ten years past. Probably IA
ajority in each of the last four
Legislatures has come to Raleigh in
tending to restore the old 6 per
CEN rate of interest. This was
turned into a minority on each oc-
casion bv argument after they reach
ed Raleigh. But it is dangerous for
the representatives of a free people
to deem themselves too wise to exc
cute the wishes of those who elect
them. The only authority for any
legislation in our country is that
it expresses the sentiment of the ma
jority of the people. Besides the
alleged advantages to North Carolina
of paying higher interest than all
the neighboring States from Massa-
chusetts to Georgia have never ma
terialized.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29
MURDER TRIALS.

Trials for capital offenses should
be siInplifed. Retaining, as suffieial
for an innocent man, that the pris-
oner must be shown to be guilty be-
yond reasonable doubt and by the
unanimous voice of twelve men, there
should be abolished the gross inc
qualities to which the State has now
put in all such trials which render it
almost impossible to convict the
guiltiest man if he is able to retain
skllful and influential counsel. No
tably the inequality of challenges by
which the defendant has % aud the
State only 4 should be abolished and
each allowed the same number, say
six each, as is the case in MANY 9th
er States now. The State as well as
the defendant should have as for
merly in this State the right of ap-
peal from errors of law of the trial
judge. Eynch law hangs two men
In this State for each man hung bv
the Courts. Lynch law exists only
when society has lost confidence in
the ability of the Courts to protect
society. While retaining the safe
guards above mentioned as guaran-
tees against the conviction of an in
nocent man. remove all the disadvan.
tages imposed on the prosecution
which guarantee the acquittal of
guilty man, then lynch law will dis
appear, but not till then.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29
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COURT EXPENSES.

In every State of the civilized world
except in this State and in Iowa the
Judge being responsible for the waste
of time in his Courts, has a super
vlslng power over the length of
speeches by counsel. 1t is a power
that was rarely used, but its existence
prevented too much waste of the
public time This was formerly the
rule IN this State, but a few years
ago unfortunately a law was passed
taking from the Judge all control
over the length of speeches by coun
sci. The Supreme Court was forced
to ignore the new rule as to that
Court and the statute was modified
to exempt it. But it is still in force
IN the Superior Courts. Courts are
very expensive and this single i'll ad-
vlsed statute has added vastly to the
burdens of the people in the greatly
increased length of trials without
benefit to clients in the case on trial
and to the great disadvantage of
sultors and counsel in all cases sub
sequent thereto. Probably the ma
jorlty of lawyers would not object to
a return to the law formerly in force
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-11-29
An intoIerabEe Itching
Could Scarcely Walk

ana my mind was so confused that I could
scarcely attend to my business School teach.
ing)- was utterly discouraged And now INV
story draws to close. 1 began the use OF
Tombstone epitaph., 1894-12-16
Important Arrests.

Deputy Sheriff Charles Bradley brought up two Mexicans last night from the river, who are charged with horse stealing. The men have been making business of taking horses and saddles from ranchers along the road between Fairbank and Benson, and there appears to be pretty con elusive evidence that they are making business of it.
 The officer went to Fairbank yester- day with warrants, but found both his men hsi gone. He took their trail, and caught them about half way to Benson.
 They give each other the blame for the stealing. They reached the coun- ty Jail about 10 30 last night, pretty we'll congealed after half nights ride in the blizzard.
Tombstone epitaph., 1894-12-16

Prairie fires are raging with great destruction to grass in Texas and New Mexico. It was frst noticed near San Juan, New Mexico, and was soon be- yond all control. The flames dsrted out 8 southeasterly and northwesterly direction aud were bounding along ct Q frightful speed when the Texas state line was reached. At this time the fire was marching upon the state m a solid column at least 1OO miles in length, licking up as it advanced every vestige of vegetation in its great path Cattle pastures with territory many lime larger than some of the New England states were swept away.