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

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Below viii be found . discussion by
Mr.. Peele of Ex-Governor Jarvis
claims to sfatssmanship publishes
some weeks ago. II falls ncw With
the greatest weight sinc~ the Gov
errors conduct at the silver con-
vention-
The f~~f Of the usefulness Of parfie.
and politicians 10 their ability 90 give
the people relief. As leader Of the all
yer movement Governor Jarvis has
shown himself \ failure lie 10 80
afraid the truth will l~ad him ~h~r-
h- does not want 10 GO. lie ~as not
fooling with the silver question for
he sake Of silver but for the sake Of
himself and his party.
The Democratic press ridI culed and
b~littl-d the silver convention Of last
week. but IL raised enough wind
To tear the lions skin clean OF
OF two old politicians-Jaryis and Ashe
They may bray silver but they will
never vote IL any more. Many other
politicians have also showed the tip OF
their long ears.
The party racket - the only thing
that the machine politicians can work.
and he has gone back 10 IL.
Is J.r,s. . Psrss..a or . Statesman
Cor. OF the Progressive Farmer.
Governor Jarvis had an interview of
himself published some weeks ago in
which, after celebrating n good deal
about his friendship for silver. he
branched OF on the main issue. Like
a woman's postscript. the last part of
his interview was the Key note.
i gather from IL that he loves the
par y To which he belongs. or which
used To belong partly Ia him,
MORE THAN nv Doks FREE SILVER
or any othe- political principle. Tn.
Governor says that the key note Of the
next campaign IL the mistakes Of the
fusion Legislature. Everything must
be subordinated then To preventing ne
election Of Populist> and Republicans
To the offices Of this State. I under
stand this To mean. therefore. that the
Governor will drop the free silver issue
whenever the
PARTY HARMONY" DEMANDS III.
This is all that Ransom did when De
:orsook the people nj Cl.yeland's com
mand by voting for the repeal az the
purchasing clause. Nobody knows bet
ter than the Governor that il il usual
for politicians To give party hAr-
nony" as their excuse for forsaking
principles which every party ought to
hold dear. The silver forces are divided
now. All the weak. the ignorant, the
partisan, a. well A. the ambitious and
the avaricious advocates of silver, be-
long first Ia some party, and such sill
verites will sacrifice the silver nau~r
for
The INTEREST or THE PARTY.-
Governor Jarvis, who. I believe, T. n
late and halting advocate of silver. will
start his campaign, then, by abusing
and denouncing one-half of those who
believe in silver because they also hap
pened, at the last election. To have
voted for the cooperation candidates
SO this old political General starts out
i'm his campaign by publishing 10 the
world in the beginning that he IL going
to divide its friends into two great
armies to fight each OF her, and d. starts
the fight. Any cause under such lead
ership
Is FoREDooNED To DEFEAT
DoNS hV otfflNt SUD-
posing that he is much of a friend of
silver? IL may be that he does. But
he Is lighting the fight Of the goidbug.
all the same. He Is doing, through
sheer want of craftsmanship and gen
eralship, We will suppose out OF char
ity, all that Wall street could ask him
TO do. He will be- doing, without Ran
SONS $l7, 800 a year, more than Ran
som can now do To divide the silver
forces. 1t lisa little significant that
both Jarvis and Ransom, one n strong
silverite and the other strong gold
bug, should have
DECLARED FOR THE SAME SLOGAN
and keynote in the next North CARROLL
ma campaign. Ransom knows, though
jarvis seems not TO know, that the ef-
fect OF such a slogan will be to keen
the silver forces divided so that Wall
street can win the victory through one
or the other parties through which /,
Is accustomed TO win il. I cannot So.
In Governor Jarvis, as photographed
by this interview, anything higher
than the ordinary partisan politician.
think, however, il is an error Of judg-
ment to suppose that the mistakes of
the fusion legislature have sunk as
DEEPLY INTO THE HEARTS
OF the State or nation rs the mistakes
OF Grover Cleveland, of Hoke smith. of
John u. Carlisle. Of John Sherman. of
M: w. Ransom, ct ID omnc genus.
Ii Governor Jarvis remains true 10
the cardinal doctrine of partisan poll.
tics, ne Is now obliged to stand forth
ana declare in the face of this genera
ZION ana all coming generations that ne
cannot consistently denounce the men
Whom L nave named above, because
they are members of the same politic.l
organization with himself. / heard
Governor Jarvis speak many years ago.
l regarded him then a. a bitter narti-
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