The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-29

felt in the nanipulstson Of political primary
meetings and nominating conventions
This principle he enunciated and re-
affirmed 1t the beginning Of his pres
ent mai-administration.
The Democratic party in national
convention assembled placed this ring
ing declaration in the platform Of
ls93:
I'VE denounce . policy under which the
federal oficeholden usurp control OF party
conventions in the States, and we pledge the
Democratic party to reform these and all
other abuses. which threaten individual nd
erty and local self-government-
ton in behalf Of individual liberty and To-
cal seif-eovernment, but as pledge Of party
seton. In the face Of this clear-cut and un-
mistakable declaration, the people nov Sc
q movement, backed up by the administra-
ton and all the forces II y able 10 con-
troll TO
coxFEL TIE pENocRAric voTrks
Of the country to accept and swallow iinan-
cial doctrines made odious, not alone by the
advocacy Of John Sherman and the hepuo-
licans but by the terrible results that have
followed the success Of the shylocks and
money lenders in controlling legislation.
Word was sent out from Washington the
other day that all the officeholders, both
great and small. were TO be marshaled on
the side Of shylockism and against the peo-
pie.
Naturally the whole long list Of federal
officials will take his enthusiasm for gold
bugism and hylockism to mean that they
also are expected TO ''consecrate'' themselves
TO the glorious work of aiding the money
power to rob the people, and we have no
doubt that great many Of them will dis
cover that sound money for the shylocks
| is more important than the peoples pros
perity.
The spectacle We now have is the most
humiliating one ever displayed by q Demo
| cratic administration at any stage Of the par
| tvs history. Never before has President,
pretending to be Democratic, sought TO array
| the me, he appointed to office against the
people who elected him. All this is brand
| new-as new as goldbug arguments on Dem
! ocratic lips-as new as the theory that the
money that robs the people for the benefit
| of the shylOcks is honest money-as new
as il is humiliating and disgraceful."
| Grover Cleveland is Republican in
poor disguise: the tool of monopoly
capital and Wall street; colossal
Civil Service humbug; the political
| abortion Of the century-the negro,
gold bond, gold standard, Republican
loving assassin Of the National Demo-
cratic party.
And yet large part of the so-called
| Democratic party are endorsing this
mans methods, which thousands Of
others, awed by his threats and tyrany,
are going about
| EITHER WITH CLOSED MOUTHS
or they disseminate the John Sher-
man, Cleveland, Carlysle, HOke Smith
Republican gold bug arguments
| against the free coinage of silver.
| Slightly changing passage in the
letter of the President to Mr.. Catch
ings, touching the tariff bill, would
say, the people are not blind to the
fact that the livery of King Gold has
been stolen by Cleveland and his CO.
adjutOrs, and worn in the service of the
Money Power, and they mark the
places where the
DEADLY LIGHT OF TREASON
has blighted the cOunsels of the brave
in their hour of might.
In his letter to Chauncey F. Black
Mr.. Cleveland again wrote the con-
demnatiOn of himself and his party,
when he said: Failure to perform the
pledges of our platform involves
DEGRADATION AND DISGRACE"
Where did Grover Cleveland go
when he was beaten for the Presidency
in 1888? He opened law office in Wall
street. There he learned the ways,
imbibed the opinions, adopted the the
| cries, and became the defender of the
interests of Wall street. "Wall street
that has accumulated for its members
half the property of the United States
without earning dollar; Wall street,
| which deals in production and does
not produce ;" Wall street the vampire,
that lives upon
THE BLOOD OF THE PEOPLE;
Wall street, which governs the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties; and
Grover Cleveland, this tool of Wall
street, masquerading in the sacred
robes of Thomas Jefferson, received the
suffrage of trusting and patriotic
people: then threw those robes aside
to appear in his proper characters
Republican, an ally of British gold, a
servile instrument of Wall street, and a
TRAITOR TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
and our free institutions.
To quote another:
"Hate is hard word, and We use it advis-
edly and with regret; but we nope the faith
ers and mothers of this generation will take
| their little ones upon their knees and teach
| them to hate the name of Grover Cleveland.
He has broken more hearts, caused more
suicides, brought about more business
wrecks, done more to kill Americanism
among Americans, starved more children,
wrecked more American homes than any
other man who ever put foot on American
sOil.''
MATT. W. RANSOM.
The people of this commonwealth
will not be apt to forget that Minister
Ransom stood with Cleveland and the