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

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confusion, and a further division of
the silver forces than may now ex-
list. The convention, which meant
straight business, very promptly and
properly voted it down by an over
whelming majority.
THAT MOkTGAsk All AG.IN.
1t begins to look as though there
will be full ventilation of the pro-
cess by which the fraudulent assign
ment act was struggled into the
laws of the last legislature. The
grand jury of Wake cOu 1ty has
found a true bill against Chief Clerk
Satterfield, of the House, and En-
rolling Clerk Brown. These gentle
men have no objection to the finding.
In fact they express themselves as
being gratlfied that full investiga-
ton will be had. THE CAUCASIAN
predicts that this investigation Gf
1t shall be heidi will develop some
marvellously interesting facts, and
that some Democratswho seizged on
to the occurrence in the hope of
making political capital out of it,
will meet a boomerang that will
strike them with paralyzing force.
1t Is amusing to see the Charlotte
Observer "a rank goldbug paper
pulling the silver Democratic papers
up to the question as to whether or
not they will vote for a goldbug for
President. 1t has pumped an answer
out of the Raleigh News and OBJ
server, and is now working the
pump-handle on Webster's Weekly.
This is one case where a goldbug
paper is doing the cause of silver
and the people a great service. The
open goldbug is not dangerous in
North Carolina, but the hypocrite
claiming to be for silver is. The
News and Observer has confessed
that it will support goldbug
The non-partisan silver conven-
ton voted doaon Capt. Cookies resolu-
ton to confine the fight next year to
the silver question because thew d d
not like the single issue silver party
idea. Capt. Cooke may not have
meant this. but such was the i'm.
preston made. The friends of sill.
yer want the National Bank CUES
ton, the bond issues and the income
tax to be prominent issues with free
silver in the next campaign.
The Charlotte Observer (goldbug)
congratulates the silver Democrats
who did not attend the non-partisan
slver convention. 1t hopes to get
all such Democrats to vote for ga
gold candidate for President" This
gold organ also sets a standard for
Democrats in the same issue, and pro-
nOunces sentence on all who at
tended. This gold organ party
judge says they are discredited with
all true Democrats.
The telephone monopoly continues
to collect out of US 10000 per year,
as rent for an instrument that did
not cost $500. All due to Especial
privileges" In Sweden, where the
government owns the telephone sys-
tenn, the charge for a telephone con-
nected with every city in the king
dom is only six dollars per year.
Spe aking abont a ''beautiful mess, -
just look at the clippings from pa
pers presented elsewhere. There
are gold Democratic papers, silver
Democratic papers, "Blll" Street
Reform Club Democratic papers, and
other kinds of Democratic papers.
My God, Abernethy! But amt it a.
'mixtur 2"
We wish to call special attention
to the fact that in some instances
our friends have ordered papers to
be sent to postofices which are not
known to the postoffice authorities.
We would be glad to have all such
mistakes corrected at once.
The News and Observer says that
no single issue fight will ever win
IN this country, and then in the
same editorial praises Capt. Cooke
for offering a resolution at the silver
convention favoring the single silver
idea.
If The CAUcAsIAN's ANONYMOUS
correspondent at Statesville, who
signs himself "Alliance," will be-
come reader of the paper, we think
he will conclude that he is fool.
although he may now think, or
think he thinks, to the contrary.
We note that some Democratic
papers continue to beg the Demo
Gratis to drop the silver question. A
live issue is dynamite for the Dem
ocratic party. 1t is at home onlv
with something that is dead.
The silver resolutions are strictly
non-partlsan. They could not he