The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-04-11
PROBABLE
PRESIDENTIAL
Candidate For the Peoples Party
in '96 A Strong Patriotic and
Interesting Character.
HON. JOSEPH G.. SIBLEY.

Member 81 TIA" Farmers Aliiince---Iv " lee
, MEMBER of congr.-----A Man of Wealth
pud rrtncipic--I ,"m III. People aud >,iii
Against tn" ~hyi"'k-
Hon. Joseph {. SIbIey has fire
wruNl ben suggested as suitable
,..-.u TO be supported fer President
~. I-9G, by all who love country
Y.u,r than they love party, by all
auo are opposed to the gold trust
and who will vote against it, Whether
Mu is the candidate for President or
.J' hc is remarkable man and a
..y interesting character, II cseforc
~, wall give the readers Of the
CAUCASIAN u sketch Of his life:
IIo is Just forty-live years Ole,
having been born February IS. 1850,
100 western New York, at Friend
ship, Alleghauy county, dozcn
miles from the Pennsylvania line.
Oln was educated in the common
school and in the Springvllle and
friendship academies, and, with 50
much cultivation Of sound mind
ina sound BODY, he started out, "a
tYmg man withouta "a dollar, to make
his own way and build his own for
Iuuc.
IIc grew up at the time Of the oil
excitement in western Pennsylvania,
aud at once devoting himself to the
u' business, ne laid the foundation
of what Is now very considerable
fortune. lie became, and still is, u
very large manufacturer of lubrI-
eating and sigoal ola, and his com
paucs furnish railroads covering
three -fourths of the mileage of the
country. He is also engaged in varl-
on, other manufacturing entcrpl isps.
In 1850, after seve al years of an
r>cordlngly active business life, his
h.ath became sOmcwha impaired
soa as to demand, for u time ut least,
t I'll lIdl ltlllNlIlNub llNIl lIlN 'Nill y
routine. Accordingly, he bought a
farm in western Pennsylvania, and
has been for many yeas the largest
farmer and stock raiser in that part
Of the State He has been president
vi al, State dairymen's S association;
twice dlrtl. }" of the American cattle
rhJb, Is Il mrmber of the State board
Ut lgtculLure, and IL director of the
national association of trotting horse
breeders. He takes IL lively interest
in the Farmers Allian3e ard the
State Grange, and is an active mem
hrr of both organ z,tions. lla has
lived for u1nv years in Franklin
\ruango vJIItv, Pennsylvania, and
i'm 1879 wae mayor of the city, which
is the only Office, except that OF
tougressman, for which he was eyel
a candidate
Mr.. Sihley var raicCl u Republic
can. and COnthd.d to belong to thai
party until snort time before the
Presidential campaign of 1881. a
course of study ard reflection, af
rdrd i'm the retirement of his farm
which close attention to business haC
denied him heretofore, convinced hin
that the financial policy Of the Re
publican party was wrong. II n
had not retired from active business
and began the close study of econo
mIc questions he would most prob
ab Y never have made this discovery
H'lIeying that the ID mccrati
party, if in power, could come neare
standing 10y the financial measure
of Andrew Jackson and Abraham
Lincoln than the Republican part
did, he voted the Democ' attic ticke
IN 1881. 1t is easy today to see wha
he feels and thinks when he see
Cleveland aud Sherman conspirini
together to make the financial condi
tlou, worse than ever.
Ia 1892 the Democrats of tn
Congressional district adjoining hi
own thought they saw chance o
cIectmg II Democrat to Congress
they selected the right man. Thei
district, composed of Crawford an
Euy counties, was Republican by
considerable majority, and, afte
looking it all over, they determine
To- cross the line into the next dis
trlct and ask Mr.. Slbl'y to becon
their candidate. lie was averse
amy nomination, but especially W;
opposed to making the race in di
trlct in which he did not live. ii
however, yielded to repeated an
urgent appeals, entered the field an
personally canvassed the distri,
from end to end. HIS recO,d d as
private citizen and man of busine
was thrown open, and an official il
yestIgatlon of his treatment of lab
In his manufacturing enterprises W
made by the knights of Labor. III
district gave Cleveland 1890 vot
aud Harrison 5000 votes, a Repu
hcan majority of 2,3l5 votes. f
congress, on the same dav, S.bl
received 1887 votes and FloO
Il publican, ii, 800 votes, MAORI
ot 3,3St, Sibley rur ming 4,l32 abe;
oi 'le,eIand and Flood getting |, >
less than Harrison.
But this was not Democrat
victory, for no man standing by t
policies of Grover Cleveland Cou
nave been elected. 1t was a SibI
Nc'ory-jt was a victory for t
principles of the Alliance a.
hnlghts of Labor--it was victC
Tor the financial principles of
Peoples Party.
shortly after the election, Mr..
Harrity, chairman of the natioI
Qemocratic committee, sent out
utn )CratiC COppres smen elect