The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-10-04
Washington. u. g.. .>.pt. =, 20.


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In th, Congressional Record uf
June -, l~aI, is Ia be- found
speech which claims tn have l~rn
. delivered ag Jusepu Wheeled. "a So.
called Democrat. uaa rr,trfsa, ,-
represent the Ia-h,A A.abamA dis
f.,. The ,4rI speech. bN the rrlyl-
p, granted bN tie lluus,. va. I,rInt-
ra Iu the RECORD without. brlug de-
.,rr,l an AM. Ia mi. uuI,lyrr,-d
sn,.cb br undertakes to review the
record af onr I.opuA~t touurrs.men
ii the mnstp,ftlal and partisan man
uyr. lie lrl nothing uudnnr 10
rldlcuic every act ana ailiull, dis
tort every fact connected with the
rupunsts record. He gathers To-
rrthrr bills introduced hy Pupuiists
Ia TIA. Fifty-s,rand ana Eftv-third
Congresses. regardless Of whether
they wrr. hy rruu,.t or not. and af.
Ter wIlfullN or ignorautly pcrycrtlng
the facts. figures that th.esc bills,
! y hen all added together. would call
for approprIating SO, ,uuu, ,OUu, 900,
which nc claims would have TO bc
taxed from the people. II Mr..
Wheeler had been capable. and had
taken the palus to inform himself.
he would have found that tkcsc bills
introduced by ropulsts dld not call
{ : 4 4
on the other hand, proposed plan
| for relieving the people of the burd-
ems of taxation that nave been heap
cd upon them 10y Democrats and lie
pubncans for the last thirty years.
| rhe pOpulist platform demands that
our circulating medium shall be IN
creased to $40 per capita. The bills
introduced by popuhsts were intend-
rd 10 accomplish this object by the
free coinage of silver ana gold at the
ratio of lG to /, and the issue of
| fegal. l.tcnd.r grccnbacks. The pass
age of one or two of these bills would
nave accomplished tins, and at once
done away with the necessity for the
passage of the other bills. Mr..
| Wheeler we'll knows, if he knows
anything, that the popuIlst party
| has never advocated OF demanded
Lhat our currency should bo increased
to more than $50 per capita. The
Secretary of the Treasury claims that
we now have about 80 per capita IN
circulation. The Popunsts demand
that this amount shall be increased
to 500 per capita (abOut the amount
We had IN circulation IN lSG6,) which
would require that silver be coined
and lcgal-tender greehbAckS be Issued
To the amount of l,''o'"oo,"oo.
| The bills introduced by Iopullst
Congressman, REFEREES TO 10y MI
Wheeler, only contemplated lhe lsSu"
of the aboTe amount instead oi the
P55, ,oOO,oOV,uoO, as conceived ohiy
by the shrlveled BRAIN OF Mr.. W heel
er. These Old moSsbdck politicians
realize the fact that they are totally
unable TO depend oil Their own
Lreacherous records, ahd meet the
fopullsto IN the discussion OF the
living ISSUES oi the day. Aelce they
are circulating tins imaginary ana
foolish twaddle, called speech by
Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama
Lale'y luiUe h"iiipeI vi people
nave "iilIeh u.s. asking aS 70 Schd
Cllehl the plii" introduced ny our
iopulI't congressman. hhdea'or-
ing 10 comply win thla request W.
a,Ppi'eo 70 the cleFh ol the il"uSe
uocunehI-roohl at the 'apitol, ana
ne informed Us thaI the iIieS had been
exhausted. lhey have been taken
out oy Ihe DeihoCfaIic anu l'ePuDl-
can congressman 70 use Oh the stump
IN rldIcullng and slanderins eur
party III their usual way. Faiilng 10
Ilhd any Iopull6t bills on ule, l con-
cIuded 10 Investigate the iiIes OF the
! bills introduced by the two Old par
Ties ana oehold found something
rlch. ne p31, 1,oOO,Voo,Ooo Whlch
hr. Wheeler claims Tor the Popullst
olll7 IS not 10 IL al all. IL 10 not a
drop IN the bucket when compared
wiz the amount proposed 70 oe aP-
propriated o. the thousands OF biils
introduced " Democrats ana ltepub-
llcans.
During the tlfty-secsnd and Fif-
ty-third Congresses the Democrats
aud Republicans introduce. some.
thing over 10000 bills. The record
shows that more than half Of these
: bills called for appropriations. With.
out knowing what amount any par.
ticular bill called for, We selected the
l calender. and then procured these