The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-08-30
THE DFHOCRaTIC Co>CRE~~TosAI
So>NK~TIoS Al RotkY MOUNT.
Mr.. " oosiard'- Address was Conspicuous
not for " hat IL Contained. but for " ha.
il did not 1outsiu--Th. Burdens of
Democracy are More Than Democrats
Tote.


TARBoRo. y. C.. Aug. -. '93.
Editor of The Caucasian The
writer attended the Democratic Con
greSsIoual convention held at Rocky
Mount on the 23I i inst. | was only
there. however. as a ''looker-on j,
Vienna"
The convention was called TO or
der by the retiring chairman, Or
Collins. Mr. Joe Robinson Of tht
Gollshcro Argus was requested I,
act : temporary chairman. Upon
taking the gavel lie made 4 briet
speech.
While the committee on perma
uent organization were out to choose
permanent officers. Mr.. W. \. Dunn
of Scotland Neck. was called Tor
speech.
lie aegan by saying that he wa
very unwell the night before. conse
gueuciy he was not ~ good trim ftp,
q speech. However. he spoke for /;
few minutes. Mr.. Dunu said the op
ponents of the Democratic party ar,
charging that congress had not ful
filled any Of the Democratic pledges
He then asked what has congress
done "A voice IN one of the dele
cations cried out, "nothiugw Mr.
Dunn then expressed himself as be
ing surprised that representative
of the Democratic party should b,
So ignorant of what the party hat
done He said i had repealed the
Federal election law and discovered
- millions in pension frauds.
Mr.. +. ID. Winston was elected
permanent chairman, and the repre-
sentatives of the Democratic pres.
acted as secreta ries. NOmina
tons were then declared in ordeD
aud the present incumbent, +. a
Woodard. and K. II. Spcight o
Edgecombe were placed IN nomIna
ton. Mr.. Woodland was nominated
on the first ballot, receiving -
votes against 81 for DR.. Speight
Mr.. Wood4rd addressed the cOnven
ton, expressing thanks, and thel
attempted to prove that cOngres
had gone along way IN the redemp
tiun of lis pledges, He said th'
great tariff issue, upon which th'
party was elected had been reforme,
somewhat though not as much as h
desired. He said the Democrati
party pledged ECONOMY, and ha,
saved the county IS million dollar
IN the reduction of expenses, but b,
did not tell his party that silver,
money Of the constitution, God ant
Democracy" as Sunset Cox one,
said, had been stricken down by to
tai demonstration. He did not tel
his friends that the great % Demo
cratic party had issued fifty million
dollars IN bonds, thereby imposin!
| a heavy debt upon the people. H,
did not tell them that, nOtwithstand
| ing the fact that the repeal of tn,
ten per cent tax on State banks wa
N the Democratic platform, vet /
was overwhelmingly defeated, whel
the bill was up for repeal of the law
| He did not tell them that the income
tax was a Populist measure. n,
did not tell them that the sugar bill
would be tax of 40 million dollar
on the poor people Of this land
He did not tell them (according t,
the Democratic papers, that the sen
| ate tariff bill was but small i'm
prOvement on the Mckinley bill
He did not tell them that as th
Democratic platform denounced pro
lection as ''robbery" that his part,
was continuing to rob" the poo
people Of this country. Mr.. Wood
ard said the unredeemed pledge
was finance, but, said he, you can
not expect the pledges to be fuIflle,
in so short a time. But it kille,
silver in a very short time. What
ever 1t was determined to do it di,
| III ''short order"
Mr.. Woodard praised Clevelan,
very highly. He said he ditfere,
with the President, but under his ad
ministration the south had receive
much recognition. He didn't sa
how much recognition G.. H. J. Tay
lpr (col.) had received at the hand
of the President, or Mr.. GRESHAM
(Republican) or Van Allen, the fift
thousand dollar campaign contripu
tor, who on account of public indie
nation was constrained to resign hi
appointment.
Well, there is absolutely no polit
cal health in the Democratic % ad
mimstration, and will not prolon
this article. However, | cannot fa
to say that the burden of Mr.. Woo
ards speech was to show how niue
the farmers were benefited by FIRE
salt, free bagging, free barb wir,
etc, yet when an excellent gentle
man and TYPICAL FARMER, D.
Spelght, was cOntending for til
nomination he gets left. The fo
lowing poetic lines are beautiful
adapted to the dear old party"
THE CHICAGO PLATFORM.
| was once joyous platform; in Chicago
was made;
The people laughed and hollered and Il
bands all came and played.
My plankS were joined 50 neatly that Il
carpenters declared
| Twas case of clear perfection, and they
lick the man who dared
Insinuate that was anything but staunt
and good;
And now there amt enough Of me for cal
paign kindling wood.
Where are now those vocal efforts al
those sentiments sublime?
Those tunes played gladly out of key al
mostly out of time?
tone into deep oblivion; laid high u pom Il
shelf.
Dear, patriotic speeches, you're back nur
bers, like myself.
They said they made me strong enough
cope with any fate,
And vet proved as fragile as a chunk
armor plate;
To patriotic fires I'd give fome sphnters, il
could,
But now there amt enough of me for cal
uaign kindling wood.
Hell to he Represented in Next Congre.