The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-10-03
WHAT THE PAPERs SAY.

favored the holding OF the silver con.
vention, and still fewer OF them favo,
the resolutions passed Ii is safe {,
say THAT 50 per cent. Of the people OF
the state favor the resolutions. The
newspapers As q rule are owned and
run by cliques and corporations. Some
OF them seem TO be owned by Wal
street. We make the following clip.
pings.
Democratic I1sineerity About silver.
Charlotte Obseryer-Gold DEM
Nothing better for the Populist Gauss
could have happened than the result Of tn,
free silver convention at Raleigh yesterday
when the Democrats had To 90 out of theiI
own meeting. The Populists have Away:
attacked the Democrats In this State on the
GROUND Of their insncerity as TO silver. Some
OF them we're put TO the test yesterday and
could not stand it. What is there now fol
the Popullsfs TO do except to point 70 the
outcome of this convention and say: What
have we always told YOU
The PiebaId Gathering.
Wilmington Messenger-Nondescrip Dem.
The meeting at Raleigh was a magniti
cent tiascO. 1t was Pop crowd with a very
small sprinkliDg of Radicals tnine) anC
enough Democrats tweDty-seven) to guar.
antee the piebald character of the unfor
tunate gathering.
IF we had been there when we saw the
Pops on top and having it all their own cut
and dried way, We would have felt as the
fellow felt who sang in painful! remem
brance OF an event not happy:
Once l caught little bee,
hich was much too warm for me.
The meeting really amounted to nothing
1t reflected the views of the Populists who
were there, and the twenly-seven Demo
Gratis merely represented themselves.
1T was we'll that ex-senator Jarvis and
Capt. Samuel A. Ashe-two able men-held
aloof from the Populist gathering"
Not Empty Platitudes, but y Purpose
to an End.
Raleigh ess-Visitor-Silver Dem.
The silver convention has met and &C
complished its work. The resolutions
adopted are no empty platltudes, but they
convey a purpose to carry into execution
the requisite method to compass the end
aimed at. If the convention had me,
and adopted resolution alone declaring in
But the convention went further. 1t cali:
upon the people to support such men at the
polls as will carry out the policy it favors
and to support no others. The work of the
convention has gone beyond the pale of ad
monition. 1t has passed into the arena OF
execution"
Democrats Who Love Their Party Better
Than Silver.
Raleigh News and Observer-"Hoke Smith
for President Dem
THE resolution was adopted in the shape
that Butler insisted upon because that crafty
politician determined to separate every
Democrat who fully endorsed it. from his
party. He knew that in its terms it ex.
cluded Democrats who endorsed it from
their primaries and conventions, and put
them out of the pale of their party. That
was what he wanted to do, and that is why
he would consent to no amendments. j
am good silver man. said a Democrat,
but l will not vote for anything that will
tie my hands and prevent my fighting fol
silver in the Democratic ranks. That was
Buffers trap, and declined to be caught in
it. This expresses the sentiment of nearly
every silver Democrat in Raleigh who at
tended the convention. 1t was this delib
crate purpose to tie the hands of Democrats
in order to make political capital for the
Popuists in non-partisan' conference tina,
honest Democrats resented"
had from a Party Standpoint.
Wilmington Star-Silver in Party Dem
GRAFT
From a Democratic free silver stand
point the convention which met at Raleigh
Wednesday was worse than failure; from
POpulist- Republican standpoint it was a
who are getting the most solid satisfaction
out of the outcome are the Populis'- Rcpub
ican leaders and associate manipulators of
that convention who played sly ard Gun.
ming. and completely outgeneralled Mr.
Smith and his cO-Operators.
I'VE don't like the way the thing panned
out, but we are neither surprised nor disap-
pointed. for we didn't look for anything
else.
1T is all over now and as far as the party
is concerned, instead of accom- plishing any
good, we are in worse position than we
were before"
No Credit for Boiling.
Statesville Landmark-Gold-D em,1
whatever advantage there was in the
meeting will rebound to the benefit of the
Popullsts. They and Senator Butler domi-
mated it. There were few Democrats pres
ent. There should have been none. But
those like Capt. Ashe and Governor Jarvis.
who aided in getting up the convention and
then refused to 60 into it, can take no credit
to themselves for not going in. The mis-
chief had already been done.H'
A Monumental Bust.
Rutherford Democrat Dem)
THE Silver Smith. Cooke Ashe Jarvis con-
ventlOn met in Raleigh Wednesday. There
were about 800 delegates present, of whom
more than $50 were Populists, and the bal
ance Democrats. who have a powerful hank
erlng for office, and Republicans. 1t was
by POpulists. and as 'non-par-
tisan' meeting it was the most ridiculous
spectacle the State has ever witnessed.
1.-The most amusing thing about the whole
farce was the crawtishing of Jarvis and
Ashe. And the State will have infinite fun
for the next two months watching the gym
nastics of those who favored the convention
before it met, in their effort to make the
people believe they opposed the meeting"
Looks Like q Dust"
Winston Republican-Gold Rep)
AT this distance it looks like it was
"bust." Very few Republicans attended
and between the Ed Chambers Smith Dem
ocrats and the Populists, the Populists easily
beld control.
Jarvis, Ashe Carr and such Democrats
refused to participate in the convention.
They could not accept Buffers resolutions"
They Couldn't Run It-Wouldu't Attend.
Reidsville Review-Silver Dem,
The silver convention held at Raleigh
Wednesday was In many respects q big dis
appointment to the Democrats. The Popu-
lists were in big majority and ran things
to suit themselves. Resolutions recon-
mending voters to vote for no one who
would not declare themselves in favor of
free coinage were adopted. If the Populist
stick to this, fusion between them and the
Republicans will be impossible, as the latter
is the gold bug party. A number of Demo
cratic leaders refused to attend the copyea-
tic n when they saw that Butler would dom
mate it,
North Carolina Not for Silver.
Southport Leader-"Bilp' Street Reform
Club Dem.l
1.-THE attendance resolutions and makeup
of yesterdays convention clearly indicate
that the Democracy of North Carolina will
not lend its presence, nor countenance
schemes of politicians whose aim is only
self aggrandizement.
The small attendance at this convention.
il non-partisan in character, shows the
f1imsy pretext of the free coinage advocates
who say that North Carolina is overwhelm-
ingly in favor of a silver ratio of is to l.
The Raleigh convention has buried the
free silver craze -