The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-05-31
THE BRIBERY FIANO.
T-E coaaIrTEs NOT GONG TO rsg
RCCT o. Iss SCANDAL

ROOT Or rsE SCANDAL.
WHAT WOULD VANCE say ~ M
WIRE sTIIl Li,i~.s
rh" s"gaT rrs.s oettIss Mere rr.s~e,i.a
tn" Nttsssa nilt---whs H1atea .aa s.l.
saa"sirsi at the hlrssn,h aesr.
Washington, May D. Frum the Chscaso
slaughter house IA ssogmAu'. srsyryArl.
hats OF, boys, ~ the funeral procvnsson
ISassSs. Aae observation cFrsGitei a. lAs
dead NAaoc, that the nvmcoTat.c party l.
Immortal. ia slander upon tAs memary
q! al honest and truthful man lie nSsrg
said It. lie did say that the fooln and lhs
kna'es Who have betrayed and srAndA!1e,i
The l@moc4atsc IAry are "irrvl.Fuznatls %
IL" did express hois ln She Immortality os
bcmoSTatiC principles. lilo wAa taught 10
| believe that they wcrc imY-r.shahle. bus his
faith weakened and staggered ia the pr,-.-
euce Of the Cleveland ,ilsI-nsas4o;i. The
one SORROW That went with him to the grave
Mas the anguish ani d.sgpss caurei by eX.
.sIlns political conditions. II NAs q mrrvi.
/ iul lToVldcn,e that spared him, ia has helI,
/ lrssncss, the .iuTtli,Cauon. shame aud hum
illa'ion " these days of prmovratic sandal
and Iobhery. Step 10y step sinc, Cleveland
/ nomination at Chicago, faithlcss and corrupt
| leadership has dominated the Democratic
! party. it Was bribery al Chicago, II Is brid-
/ ery and scandal IA Washington TO day The
air is thick with soandaious gossip. 10 pcIn.
ocratic impoiency u addcsi charges of trearh-
/ cry and bribery. The meanest adyenturcr
/ does not hesitate to approach Senators with
! a brtbe. Why not II Cleyelands nomna-
/ ton at Chicago Was secured through Wall
! street agencies why should the attempt to
/ influence legislation in their behalf be such
| a graveyard business The statement inade
/ by senator Morgan, that Wall street dictated
! the nomInstion-spent enormous sums of
money TO effect it sustained as II IL by 9th
cr distinguished Democratic leaders iiill,
German and Brioe las never been chaileng-
/ ed. II Was u stupenduus undertaking, but
/ the demonstration of silver was essential to
| Wall streets tinancia! methods. The street
galnblei on the result as II Ramhlcs daily on
| stocks aud won.
ONLY uNT FIEprI
/ Was made at Chicago by the Democratic
leaders, and that plcdgc was redeemed ia the
repeal of the sherman law. great deal
has been written and said about Democratic
pledges. There is a wide difference bctwecn
wild, reckless platform declarations and
pledges made by Democratic leaders to
cure Il nomination and later the election of
/ he fl.Lp ha rat tnn
business transaction. Cleyolaud's election
was the result of brutal traffic The pledge
TO Wall stlaet has been redeemed. Now the
sugar trust-the most gigantic, remorseless
trust on the American contincnt-demands
its pound of flesh. Its contribution to the
National Democratic campaign fund was
AHALr MILLION DOLLARS.
ItarrogantIy demands a So 1850 90 tax on
sugar in satisfaction of its debt against the
administration and the Democratic party.
The obligation is Acknowledged and the aud
acious scandalous attempt is now being
made by the Democratic party under Cor
mans leadership TO iquIdate It, The sugar
trust bill now before the Senate imposes a
duty OF 10 per cent. on raw sugar and one
tenth of one per cent per pound on refine
sugar. That means III plain English, the
sugar which now costs the farmer or me
chanic one dollar will, after the passage of
the German BILL cost one dollar and forty
cents! IL this outrage IS consummated into
law-if this rate of duty prevails the peo-
pie will simply be robbed of si7, $4,000.
| Why2 What is the justification Payment
of the sugar trust debt and the vote of the
Louisiana Senators whose support is essen-
tia to some sort of tariff legislation. That
is the whole shameful disgraccful, damna-
bic story Of iobbery.
| it may not be established by direct evil
dencc in the sevcrest investigation now in
progress here, but in the blazing light OF an
tecedent and current history the man who
doubts it is fool
The German proposition, or the sugar
trust demand, one and the same thing, IL
appalling in its brazcH efroLtry. The bill.
as now made up, makes, or affects To make.
an aggregate reduction in taxation OF $50,
10000, II differs from the Mckinley bill
only in this particular. The claim is pre-
posterous and its association s an insult 10
the intelligence Of the people. The proposed
| .
brandies, wines, cordials, kid gloves yeyets,
, etc, amounting TO s5j,0oOUD. With the same
. stroke OF the pen a tax of s47 90, go is i'm
posed on sugar-$l I, 10000 more than the
aggregate reduction in the entire bill. And
this is placarded over the country as Demo
cratic tariff reform. That is what the Chica
20 platform means when it denounces Nc
Kinleyism as robbery.
If sugar is to be taxed what excuse IL
: there for a free list? Why free coffee and
/ tax sugar? Protection that was "uncoDsti-
tutional" and robbery" at Chicagois the
Den ocratc shibolcth to-day.
When returnin:, from Florida 10 Wash
ington' Vance expressed the wish LIat he
might pass through North Carolina in the
night time. The thought of meeting be
trayed and deceived people was anguish to
his +oul. The very name Of Democrat had
become byword and reproach under a
trea .hcrous and cowardly leadership. For
, il then was no palliation, no excuse no eK-
piaI alton Death spared him the humilia
ton.
SUGAR TRUST scAsDAL.
II was the half million sugar trust cam
/, pail contribution that elected Cleveland
The luid pro quo is the present sugar Sched
1 ule a the Democratic tariff bill. IL is alleg-
ed tuat the schedule was prepared by Secre-
l tary Carlisle himself at Cleveland's dicta-
: ton The memoranda was in his hand
writing. Its production will establish the
Y charge. 1t has not beer produced and will
not be. A s.ar cham ber, secret investigation is
in progress. The witnesses who could refute
the charge have not been summoned and
d will not be- W. c. Whitney and Havemey-
p er, President of the sugar trust, have gone
e to Europe. Carlisle has not been heard be-
foro the committee in his own vindication.
The effort of the committee now Is to force