The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-03-29
NO. %.
SENATOR STEWART
INDIGNANT.
sE GENES sneaaTcALLY TRlT aE IS
REPUBLICAN.
ues He SCORED psteg atias ef Tarin
Iranks nhs ssA 81 for Sympathy.


tranks nhs a.k-xi for sympathy.
4 Washington. u. e.. March go
The inaccuracy of the plu,oCratic
news gatherer< in this city hca they
send out anything IN regard 70 the
fopaiist Is amua.ng. They insist
on calling senator Stewart Rcpu-
blican. lie is the chairman Of the
Popuhst congressional caucas.
Whenever they report vote ia the
senate they alway say: The Popnlist
and Senator Stewart voted" 81 or ~.
or If they give a capitulatiou by par
I ties they will say: "All the demo
Gratis voted aud all the rrpubl-
cans voted nay except Senator Stew
art, who yoteJ With the rupulists."
would have given a good deal Ia
have some of the bright Young men
who work for the great plutocratic
dalllcs witness "A little scene that &C
cured al Senator Stewards rooms
the other day. just after | entered
a delegation headed hy typical plu-
tocrat from New York City called
on the senator. | MAS about to re-
tire when he said t0 me sotto yocc:
"Oh just was minute, will soon
be through with these fellows"
retired TO the back part of the room
aud did not catch the first words
that were said. When | lid look up
the senator was standing in the mi
die Of the room, shaking his tightly
cllnched fist and saying in voice
loud enough to be heard in an ad-
Journlng room:
"Contound IL doh { call me rep
ubllcan. DO You suppose would
associate with IA gang of thieves and
pirates led by Sherman and Car
Isle, every one of whom is intent on
footing this country and reducing
the people to slavery" The leader
of the delegation, fine appearing,
richly dressed man of about fifty
years, stood hat in hand, starting at
Stewart IN astonlshment.
"But your sympathies,' he said
hesltatlngly, ''aro certainly with las
on the tariff. Now if this Wilson
Bill passes the Senate IN the present
shape it Will squeeze as to
death"
81 hope it will said Stewart. Il
would like to see you get squeezed
aud the harder YOU are squeezed the
better it Will be. Perhaps it will
enable you to stop moment and
consider the squeezing process that
the gold contractionIsts are apply
ing to the whole country. The mo-
mcnt the screws are turned down
tn" least bit YOU raise a howl that is
heard from Maine to California but
the millions all over this land who
are having the life squeezed out of
them say nothing. They don't send
any delegations here, but am for
them. | don't care anything about
your tariff; that's not what's the
matter with this country. Its con-
traction that is killing US, not the
tariff, but contraction. Go home
and think awhile on the money ques-
tion and YOU will soon find way To
be prosperous without hindering the
prosperity of someone else"
"But Senator, You will certainly
hear out statement about the duty
on"
"No, no, no." said Stewart, ex-
tending his hands, palms forward,
81 won't hear anything about it for
there is nothing III it. tell you
that the trouble il contraction. If
We had plenty of money, you and
every one else could be prosperous,
but with constantly contracting
volume Of money We viii be ruined,
tariff or no tariff"
Then the great New York delega-
ton turned and went, and the aeso-
ciated press agents and writers on
the great New York dailics stI col
tinue to call Stewart a republican,
Special correspondence Aon-confor-
mist.