The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-21

must pTOiouuo aP fAoky ~ sa0s HSN l
tleman and thanking him for clear
ing up matter concerning which
there was much suspicion, but no
general accurate knowledge. Here
Is what he says:
Replying 10 a recen, paragraph in the
Observer touching the expense OF the dis
intuition of sound money and cheap money
literature. and Of SPEAKERS who go around
his State inhaming the people, and how
.hese expenses are paid, The CArcAhiAs, OF
Raleigh. SAYS:
Now xe give you black dog dare" to
come out aud tell wbo pays FOR the distribu-
ion Of Merchant pamphlet and other
soldbug literature. We dare you TO tell IL.
You don't dare do it arA yeu know it."
The insoien,e Of tone OF the foregoing
would warrant us IN ignoring it coarse
sttack upon this paper, published In IHE
CaUCAsIAs week before last with editorial
and with unwarranted and
unprofess onal personal references. put that i
paper, according TO the ethics which prevail |
in this Office, outside the pale Of d-cent |
journalism and suggest that we answer with |
silence anything il may have TO say. But |
these considerations aside for once:
The printing of and the postage on the |
pam phlets EN- bodying the articles of ''Mer |
chant" which have been distributed in |
North Carolina. were paid for by their au-
thor. Mr.. VI. n. Cone. A part of them
were mailed by the Reform Club OF New
York, at its own expense for the clerical
work. One thousand Of them were shipped
to the Observer by freight from New York.
and il has been mailing these TO applicants
al its own expense for clerical work, Mr.,
Cone guaranteeing the postage. This
pam ph let was not circulated under the i'm
print of the Reform Club for the reason
that il Democratic document
and the Reform Club Is non-partlsan or
ganiZatIOn. By yesterdays mail. hOweye-,
we received one OF the regular semi-month-
ly sound money pamphlets OF the Reform
Club, printed in different style from the
pamph lets under consideration. and find
that it is made up wholly from the articles
of Merchant" parts of them-the partisan
parts, we assume-being omitted as indica-
ted by asterisks The cost of this latter
pamphlet is undoubtedly paid wholly by
the Reform Club, as it is one edition in its
regular sem-monthiy series.
We do not know who the Reform Club
gets is money from any more than We
know who the American BIZ Metallic League
gets its money from for the printing and
distribution of cheap money literature; or
| who the executive COMMITTEES OF the Demo
cratic, Republican or Populist parties get
| their money from for the distribution Of
| literature in the campaigns. During the
tendency of the tariff fight the Reform
Club. of New York, distributed a vast
| amount of literature in behalf of tariff re-
form. We don't know who paid for that.
1t was none of our business. Neither is this
One who reads the third para
graph Of the Charlotte Observer
expose must of course understand
that we are profoundly and mex
pressibly grateful for the immeasur-
able condescension shown by that
most august and respectable journal
in bestowing any notice whatever
upon US; and for setting aside the
considerations which would ordina.
rily impel it to pass US by in "silen1
contempt" we beg the gracious priv.
ilege Of offering an incalculable
multiplicity Of our most humble
thanks. We are simply overcome BY
the tremendous responsibility Of
"the ethics which prevail in that Of
fice' and we congratulate the edito1
on his most felicitous lot in being abb
to sit under such an ennobling halo
Of course we are to understand
that Mr.. Cone is inspired by an insa
table desire to do something for tn
benefit of the great people when b
takes an active interest in distribu
ting goldbug literature and goe
down into his pocket for the where
= with to pay the freight" Thi
must be SO in the nature of things
He is a member of that racial famil
1 which produced the original ShylocA
He is president of the Plaid Trus,
> more generally known as the Con
Export Company. Ever since hi
famous proposition to the Stat
. Press Association to contribute $50
= toward paying the expenses of
gold standard editor and silver ed
Q tor designating at the time two Den
ocratic editors on an investigator
u trip to Mexico to report on silver
a that country, he has been mention
Il able factor in the Democratic gol
u bug politics in this State. Surely
1 is great philanthropist. W1tho1
doubt his great soul yearns for Il
- welfare Of the masses. What
~ privilege and pleasure it must be
% the Charlotte Observer to be able
- announce that such a man contri
utes to its columns in the interest
- the gold standard policy, and tn
he IS so generous as to pay posta
on such of his contributions as a
~ sent out through the Charlotte O
server office.
And now we hope we have ma
~ the amende honorable. And then
- desile to ask one more question a.
~ make a request. If i is none
u your business as to where the
a. a form Club gets its money, how ca,
80 1t to be any of your business as
o. where the Bi-metallic League ge
y its money or as to who paid the {
v penses of Butler, Henry and
% while they were hippodroming
4 State? If your own gold standa
40 business is none of your busine
:. how can you presume to be so ca
- chistically interested in somebo
else's business7
- Now let US respectfully requ
~ you to tell honestly and clearly wi
the Bi-metallic League is trying
do.
en- ONE USE OF THE TELEGRAPH.