The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-10-04
THOSE "AWruL" rEDPLE'> PARRY
BILlS.


The Democratic State Ex-Com
mittee has issued a hand book. ii
is teeming with baseless claims, mis-
,eading statements and false charg-
es against the Peoples party. The
State TX. Com. will not issue hand
book in pamphlet form, but The
CAUCASIAN will make Peoples
party handbook Of these two col
umn8 each week from now till the
election.
We will deal with National af-
fairs frs and ther come TO State
matters
The Democratic National Com
mittee, on opening the campaign,
discovered that there was not u soll-
tary thing that they could attack the
Populists on. The Force bill was
dead and it was killed by Senator
Stewart and others who did not be-
long to the Democratic party.
The "giye Us a chance" cry which
they resorted to in 1892 would
not work this time. SO what did
they do, they got one Gen. Wheeler
who took so much tody that he
had to ask on the floor of the House
"where he was a" and one j. Pusil-
luminous PIggott to get some speech
es into the Congressional Record
which they never delivered in Con
gress. These speeches had but
one object, and that was to dlstort
and mlsrepresent bills introduced
by Peoples party men III congress
They got them printed in the Con
gresSioual Record after congress had
adjourned 50 that it could be sent
out as part Of the Congressional at
the expense of the tax payers. Take
notice that these speeches were
never delivered in congress and
were not published till congress ad
iourned. If they had, some People's
party congressman would have re
piled and then his reply would have
been in the Congressional Recorc
and it could have been sent out free
also in answer to the mlSrepresen ia
tions. This conduct was very little
and uumanly, but what can we say o
great party that endorses suct
N th0ds! The National Committed
has not only endorsed these speeche3
and ale now sending them out free
as part OF the Congressional Record
but the State Democratic COMMITTEE
has endorsed them by copying from
the speeches in their hand book.
On page 10 it charged that tn
bills introduced by Populists ca 70
more money than there is In th'
world. We clip the following out "a
it is published in the Hand Book.
The following will show the sun
total Of appropriation required t
meet the bills named below, whicI
were introduced by Populists:
Representative Davis bill
40. 3ti6) providing for the
loan TO certain mortgage
debtors is estimated to re-
quire not less than the sum
OF Of..........,....... .-SlU, U,UUD- -uUJ,tt
Representative Clover's bill
. (NO. 625t to loan to States,
etc 10 per cent. of assessed
valuation of property IS estl- IL. /,
mated to require exceeding l2,0oo,UO,E
Representative Clover's bill
(NO. 2AD) is yariOusly eStl-
mated to require the sum of
from 5000, ,oQO.tD TO SIS
GG,Ooo op0. say............. 10000, ,00O, O
Senator PETERS bill, No. O76,
TO loan not exceeding S2,5O
to any individual applying
having real estate security,
/ provides for an immediate
5 issue Of not less than 500
, COZ o010 and an ultimate L.
sue of much more, being sim
; liar IN principle to House
} bill 3432 above quoted
5 Representative Kern bill, No.
SAG, where not included IN
previous estimates, would re-
; Quire an issue of not less
/ than. 100000 0
: Representative Watsons yari-
\ Gus bills are not estimated.
being included in their prin-
ciples in previous estimates
Representative HudSOns pen
sion bill. No. 1856, would re
p quire the immediate issue of l 800 900 Q
Representative Davis indus
:, trial army bill, No. 6767,
, would require an annual eX-
penditure Of...........-.. 800, 900 9