The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-07-18

in contempt against those persons
who are responsible for these attacks
upon the Court.
The News and Observer, IN pub
fishing the opinions of the Judges
in the case, prefsced them with most
unjust and indecent criticism. 1t
found out that the criticisms had
gone to the danger-line, and in it's
issue Of May 26th last, made a
cowardly and half-hearted apology
in the following words:
at is not our purpose to impugn the
motives Of the Justices except in the
same manner and to the same extent
that the whole people cried out against
the s-to-7 decision when Hayes was
made President"
In the last attack, that paper has
thrown away prudence end apologies,
has defied the power of the Court,
and must have done so with full
knowledge of possible results.
THE GREAT FEATURE OF THE CIRCUS.
The Democratic political circus,
hippodrome and menagerie, now Civ
ing performances in the country,
offers to the public a specially at
tractive combination in the North
Carolina division of the show. 1t is the
most remarkable aggregation of a
nondescript character ever put on
the boards, and was secured and is
maintained at tremendous expense.
The observation of the proprietor is
that this combination claims to be
able to do three different things at
one time, and yet all be doing the
same thing at the same time.
This unparalleled and never-be-
fore-exhibited combination is com
posed of the three "Observers''-the
Charlotte Observer, the Fayetteville
Observer and the News and Observer.
The illuminated bills show them as
three acrobats-all balancing them
selves and standing ON little plat
formal executing different per-
formances and all claiming to do the
same thing.
The Charlotte Observer is Juggling
a gold dollar and tries to make it do
what nothing else can do. The Fayette-
vile Observer shows that a silver
dollar can do just as much as a gold
dollar, procidsd the Democratic
party does the silver Juggling.
The News and Observer juggles
with one, then the other, then
with both, then sets down with
one in each hand waiting for the
ring-master to come around and tell
him whether it is to best stick to
either one or both.
The Charlotte Observer plays q
single-standard Tyre with gold strings
and sings song composed by Jno.
q. Carlisle and dedicated to Grover
Cleveland by the London Jew syndi-
cate. If he gets an encore he sings
little ditty composed by a mongrel
Democrat named Singerly, which
first appeared. in the Philadelphia
Record. This ditty is remarkable
for the amount Of billingsgate com
pressed into 50 few words. 1t has
no point or argument, but is stuffed
chock-full of low blackguardism and
abuse, and the Charlotte Observer is
never so happy as when singing it.
Here is a sample verse:
"Populism is curse a blight, a political
paralysis worse almost than DEATH and
every community. north or south, east OF
west, should shun it as they would leprosy."
This verse generally "briags down
the house." The audience does not
ask for any point or reason on the
lay. They never do. All they want
is some coarse, clustering, lying
CUFF, and they think they've got their
moneys worth.
The Fayetteville Observer plays sill
ver-mounted flute--the notes of which
are round and clear; but this kind of
music is not what the audience wants.
Clearness is something which their
ears have not been trained to appre-
ciate; and his music against "present
day Democracy" does not take the
audience worth a cent. It is only
when he plays little air which says
that "present day Democracy is better
than Populism" that he gets any ap-
plause. His song doesn't say why
1t IS better-the audience doesn't ask;
but they know the notes are less
round and clear-they get something
they want and the performer slides
of amid some applause.
The News and Observer plays a
bass drum, beating first one side
and then the other-mak;n. A.