The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-02-15

paign Of 1892, and while acting as
reporter for the AsheviiIe Daily Git
izen, used the following language
in q letter written from Henderson
Vile on the 18th day Of October. d
public discussion having occurred at
/ that place on that day between the
three candidates for congress in the
/ Ninth district, to Wit: ". T. Craw-
forG, Democratic candidate; J. C..
Pritchard, Republican candidate /:
J. &. Brown, Peoples party candi-
datc:
"Pritchard and Brown have both
been asserting every day that Craw-
ford had denied signing the demands
of the Farmers Alliance two years
ago. As a matter of fact Crawford
had never denied any such thing.
Brown declared in his canvass
through the western counties that
the sub-treasury scheme and land
loan lunacy were both in the Ali
auce demands two years ago. Craw
ford denounced this assertion as false
and said that these measures were
not in the demar lis two years ago,
and that he had never given them
his endorsement, and challenged
Brown to produce the card he had
signed. Brown wrote to the secretary
Of the State Alliance ut Raleigh, and
that official sent him Il card with
Crawford's name printed on the bot
tom of it, which contained both the
sub-treasury and land loan measures.
Crawford denounced it as a fraud
and forgery. To-day Crawford
proved the correctness of all his as
SertionS by producing a cOpY'of the
| Country Homes of October, 1890,
the official organ Of the Alliance in
this district at that time, in which
was printed Crawford's letter to w.
+. Tomllnson, announcing that he
had signed the demands. BY the side
Of this letter, the demands which
Crawford signed were printed in full,
and neither the sub-treasury nor the
land loan scheme were included in
them. Crawford also read a letter
from Mr.. TomlinsOn, the man who
was authorized to present the de-
mands to congressman at that time
for their signatures, in which he de-
clared that the sub-treasury and land
loan measures were not in the de-
mands in 1890.
"This nails to the wall one Of the
most villianous lies that this canvass
has produced. The Secretary of the
State Alliance has had different set
Of demands printed and forged Craw-
f0rd's name to them in order to create
the impression in this district that
Crawford had been untrue to the
pledges he made the people two years
ago. This matter should be taken
into the courts as a deliberate forgery
on the part of this official who put
up this bogus card"
When the above was written I be-
lieved it to be true for the following
reasons:
l. 1t was in accordance with my
recollection as to the contents of the
card signed by Crawford and wit
messed by me.
,. | had read a letter, written to
Crawford by ". F. Tomlinson, the
Alliance man who presented the card
to Crawford for his signature, in
which he declared that the sub
treasury plan was not included in the
contents of the card presented to
Crawford by him, but that his (Tom-
linson's) paper, the Country Homes,
u copy of which accompanied his let
ter, did contain the identical Ian
guage of the card signed by Claw-
ford.
3. Tomlinson's paper, the Coun-
try Homes, (referred to above the
Alliance organ for this congressional
district, published in October, 1890
: only a few davs after Crawford sign
ed the card. printed what was de,
clared to be the contents of the card
signed by Crawford, (and also let,
ter from Crawford stating that he
had signed, and that in doing so he
had but endorsed the platform of the
, Democratic party and the sub treas
ury plan was not mentioned.
4. Crawford's recollection of the
, contents of the card agreed with my
own, with the statement of TomIin
son, and with the publication made
in the Country Homes.
Since the publication Of the above
letter. however, to-wit, on the 27tl
q day of December, 1898, l was shown
, the original card as signed by Craw
ford and witnessed by me, and | an
fully convinced that it is genuine.
With this statement of facts | fee
that it is but right and honorable t,
n saw that an iniustica was dome w G