The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-22
IL parties itself. bat I'll newer fol
loU thieves and rAscsls.-

IL parties itself. bat I'll newer fol
lou thieves and rascsls.-
The old argumenfs OF tAs silvs
men we're gone over. that prices sei
because of striking down silver. fha
SILVER uas denonetised by sneak n
legislation an 1873, that the panic O
T3 vas the result The nafioua
bank question Vas disesss~d. n.
speaker ssked il goverpuens bond
were 80 good vhy wouldn't . hstl.
nat paper BE- good. tool Boad,
themselves we're fat. he aid - moth
ing but . promise To pay. faper IL
not - oesirabis inves.usps. :
say the goldbugs. "Ah, that 10 vher,
the shoe pinches.- cieveland anS
Carlisle came in for abuse for ar,
ranging the last bond issue, and let
ting England dictate the terms OF IL.
There 10 not enough money in the
country. Metallic money-siives
has been stricken down and
until Ne get II back ve will suck the
hind test that has got no milk in
IL" Laughter and applauss.l
II il the duty Of the people to con-
slider carefully the financial issus
and to follow where their interests
led them. The old Puritans And
their descendants, acting on the
principle that "ths world vas Great.
ed for the saints and ve are the
saints" bad governed this country
long enough.
Mr.. Til!man then vent into 4 lops
discussion Of what money 10. Car.
Isle says that Law can't Affect the
value OF . metal. That statement is
absurd. Talk about Hat money. Gold
Is as much nat money ~ any other
and because the Law makes il o, and
silver bullion can't be carried 10 the
mint and coinel. ~ gold il, simply
because the law forbids.
Democratic politicians howied for
. long time about the tariff iniauity.
Did Cleveland call Congress to.
gethsr TO repeal the tariff No-,o
repeal the Sherman Law.
What Is to be donef Can the Dem.
ocrats of the south and the Populists
OF the west get togetheri Will they
10. t.by-gones. be by-gones and hght TO.
gether against Wall street, We have
only eighteen months 10 work, and
II the silver men Of all parties dom,
come together within that time, ws
will have our hands fastened in the
shackles; We will have gold bond,
forced on rs and be tied hand and
foot for . generation. He would
work to have his State put ont ~
electoral ticket which would cast il,
vote for dyed-iu-tbe- wool silve,
man; q man east Of the Mississippi
wouldn't do. Western Republican,
hate the name Of Democrat; south
ern Democrats hate the name OF Re
publican; We can't in the Populis
party because you have too man,
cranks at your head. We are her,
to consider how to get together. I
We in South Carolina can't get q nil
yer man fer President in the Demo
cratic party, We NAV have to tax,
one from the Populist party. woul.
rather have Populism with its Gran K,
leaders than to follow the false lead
ers in the old party Who have provel
traitors. North Carolina is over
whelmingly for silver. as South Caro-
lima is. They must stand together
Their in terests are identical.
SENATOR BUTLER's SPEECH.
Mr.. Butler said he came to hea
Tillman. Tillman was q Democra,
He was a Populist, now and forever
would without end. But" he asked
''how many Democrats are like Till
mani Bring them up. I want Z
shake hands with them" No matte
what label he bears, Tillman talk
the principles Of Thomas JeRerson
Andrew jackson and Abe Lincol
and makes them his, and he (Mr
Butler) would like to see Tillman, O
some man with those principles
President of the United States. Ths
is the remedy for the Legislative an
financial evils expressing this couu
try-tO make an honest man Pres
dent.
Unjust financial legislation was |,
the root Of the oppression Of tn
people. To every man who had mad
. million out of the poor by reaso
of iniquitous tariff laws, ten ha
made q million by reason Of an III
just money system. "They call
'accumulating' (sarcastically) bat
is stealing. There are 4, 1000 million
aires today. Not - one Of the,
ever earned . cent Of their money
No man cxn acquire . million dollar
without getting the money somebod
else made.
IF you had been born the sam
day as Jesus Christ, 1885 years sg,
and could have started to saving
dollar the next day, and had saved
dollar every day since, you would n,
be worth . million dollars today. ri
lionaires can steal because they hs,
hold Of Congress. Every tine . mi
liOnaires sprouts up In the north
million men down here lose . dollar
In the course of his speech, Butt,
said it WAS said Cleveland expects
to carry this State because he hs
named his baby "Aary Ann
tLaughter.l 81 would vote for Il
baby but not for him"
i In discussing or 'cussing the Rol
bugs, Mr.. Butler said: Nov I va
you reporters to take down What I
going to say: I can 90 tomorrow
every bank in the State, take eve
cashier and put them in Q row q,
not one of them will know - mn,
Of the financial question as the
farmers. II they deny it let the
get together and face me. I'll get q
farmers together, and have . scho
and teach them finance. Most BE-:
officers don't study this questio
They think they know it al and Y
not study it.
"No preacher can endorse the q
tional banking system. Talk abo
preachers not taking part in politi,
Why Christ walked into politics, q
, stuck His toe into it that deep [mes
uring with his hand He drove {
! money changers ont Of the temp
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