The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-04-04

dereasL. In point OF CELEBRITY, TIE
assumption OF this attstudi marian
ism simply removes the diIapldate.i
tex lie fabric from the dinInutive
shrabbery. Huh,
Mr.. S. Ohio Wilson. the new rail
road commissioner, has taken the
oath Of Office, and occupies the DO
si'Ipn made vacant ly the retire
ueEt OF Capt. Thos. ". Mason.
Capt Mason has made a most ex-
cellent officer. De IS gentleman
OF lofty character and absoiuse IN
tegrity. There mas never been
slar or lnslnuation cast upon him
FROM any source. To east one would
be TO violate truth. He is essen /
ally North CarolI~ ian-a gentle
man. He Is incapable of barshuezS.
aud his dlszpproval Of measu res and
policies - always expressed Ia dig
nifi i manner. His successor, Mr..
Wilson, will hnd no easy task in fill
ing his place, but Mr.. Wilson -
eager, earnest and indomita BILE. and
the CAUCASIAN pred cts from lin
safe, thorough and acceptable ser
wee for the people.
If Cleveland had Horshippei at The
shrine Of Doug ass. would that Justify the
North Carolina legislature News and
Observer.
Certainly not; certainly not. But
what We want To see yga do is cav
the atmosphere and chew the foam
OF indignation over this "Cieyeland
worship" We want 10 see YOU
rrrage at the action OF your joss"
We want to see tear-r-r-r away the
curtain OF thi. Infamous outrage on
a fr-fr-r-r-ee-e white people. We
want you 10 redeem this nation from
n N misce genarion- er-ah, and con-
demn-n-n to i-r-rrevocable inf2my
the perpetrator Of this dark degra-
datlon. Won, you, Oh wont you
save us7 You promised to '.redeem''
us
Woap sir. The Michigan Supreme
Court has decided that candidate
cannot run on two tickets in that
State. That is equal to saying that
fusion is Unconstitutional. Next
case, These Democrats think now
that it is Unconstitutional for 4
honest man to run on any ticket.
Better watch them. When a DE- mo-
crat gets after you with his .'consti-
tootlonal' accoutfements, you want
the stick of common sense IN Your
hand aud you want to use it. too.
The last issue Of the Reidsville Review
makes statement to the effect that many
OF the Populists of Rockingham county
who formerly belonged TO the Democratic
party are very much Disguised with the
performances Of the late Douglass legisla-
turer and Will come back 10 the Democratic
party.-Wilmington Star.
oh now, don't talk like that.
Name your men. They may not
stick to the Populists, but to go back
to the Democrats-oh, we'll, name
your men.
Another Democratic State scan
dal has been exposed in Tennessee.
Dir. W. H. Mitchell, secretary of the
Safe Deposit and Trust company. Of
Nashville, has testified that he was
paid $4,000 for perfecting the sale of
land OIL which the penitentiary is to
be built, and that he gave $500 of
this money to AdjutantGeneral Fife
and 800 to {. c. Estelle, president
Of the board of railroad tax-asses-
sors.
a correspondent in a State paper
sagely says: "The passage of such
laws without due consideration rails
es the question whether North Caro-
lima ought not to protect her people
against the legislature by giving
her Governor veto power"
Well, it might be trusted with a
Popullst governor, but Democrats
themselves were never big enough
fools to give it to Democratic gov
ernor.
Eleven prominent police officers
have been indicted on charges of
corruption, bribery, etc.. in the city
of New York by an extraordinary
grand jury which made investiga-
tons. The indictments are a great
triumph for DR.. Parkhurst and the
reform movement he has led. Hon
est police administration in the me-
tropolis is now certainty. Never
again can it be what it was.
The Democracy of the Lone Star
State, Texas-the banner Democrat
ic State of this glorious Union-for-
got 'swhite supremacy" when its rep
resentatives in the legislature pas
sed resolution rendering the Hall
of Representatives to the negroes to
hold memoria, services in honor of a
dead negro who never saw the State
and miscegenatio1ist also. Boom
de ay.
1t does not seem to be difficult for |
Northern politicians to extort what
they want from Southerners- Tho