The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-15
Democratic Affiliations. and hoisted
the Peoples banner.

Affiliations. and hoisted
as Peoples banner.
In North Carolina there were four
sen Omaha platform papers in 1893.
n 1894 there were eighteen; and
nth reference to 1895, Commissioner
4acy, Of the Bureau Of Labor Stats
les, says:
1.-The forthcoming report of the Bureau |
will show An increase Of newspapers, and II |
will show that there have been more new |
'opulist papers established than any other |
ind"
The grand column is moving ire
'istibly forward. The bugle calls,
which sound with every step, are be-
ng heard by the great people of the
and. Volunteers are enlisting by
the thousands every day. Fall in!
fall in! is tho cry Of this patriotic
army to every man who wants the
dignity and independence Of this
restored. Do you hear the
calf Do you know its meaningi Is
the credit and sovereignty Of your
country to be q shuttlecok for the
profit and amusement of a foreign
Jew syndicatei Is your tongue ready
to call q halt On Clevelandism and
Shermanism' Is your hand ready to
fire a ballot that will aid in Danish
ing to disgraceful oblivion the syco-
plants of British dominion and shy
locks eoldf If so. fall in! Let BAN
ishment be wrought by the army of
Peace. II this is not done, national
slavery will be attempted by the
army of Greed, Violence and Blood.
POPULIST "BOSSIsM."
There appears to be an abandon
ment of hope on the part of the
"leading" Democratic papers in the
matter of getting their divided gang
together. Some of them are trying
to appear to be with and for the
great people, while others, either in
fiuenced by the hold of postmaster.
ships or the influence of the "monied
men" have defantly aligned them.
selves with the jobmaking, bond-is'
suing, DEVASTATING elementof Dem.
ocracy. There is therefore a bad
split, which both sides are afraid Of
but which neither side knows how
to repair.
"Misery loves company" says an
old adage, and the Democrats, find.
ing uncomfortable company among
themselves, are trying to get the "Fu
sionists" into a condition of turmoil
50 that they may draw little conso
lation from similar condition among
the people. The absurd efforts of th'
Democrats to accomplish this hav.
created many a big guffaw among thu
people who have seen them or heard
of them. In the main, these efforts
consist of asserting that Marion But
Ter is great big "boss'' boss of al
the Populists and Republicans; tha
all the co-operationists have rings ii
their noses, that string is in each
ring and that Marion Butler hal
hold of all the strings and is pulling
things around pretty much as hi
pleases.
It is hoped, of course, that this
kind Of slush may have the effect Of
arousing some prejudice against the
"boss," and that sach prejudice may
lead to some kicking and that the
kicking will "bust'' up somebody OF
something.
What ridiculous figure these fel.
lows cut! But it is perfectly natu.
raj that Democratic papers should
imagine such things. They are &C.
customed to much bossism in their
old gang and have seen too much Of
it to ALLOW them to understand that
a party can exist in which all mem.
bers have a voice. The funniest
thing is that these papers seem te
forget that Marion Butler was once
a prominent member of the Demo.
cratic party, and that the bossism
and corruption he saw in it are what
caused him to quit ito wash his
hands of it and to expose it before
the people who afterwards slapped il
in the face and spat upon it in dis.
gust. Actually, the Democrats seen
to be devoid of sense either in states
manship or what is called "politics.
Perhaps we ought to allow thes'
Democratic papers to run themselve
so deep into the public sea of con
domination as to drown them with
out telling them what they are do
ing; but inasmuch as they will no
have discretion enough to stop plung
ing deeper, even after they are warn
ed, we do not object to telling then
something.
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