The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-12-19
|DEMOCRATE ARE
DEMaRALIZED
So Says Mr.. Steel. "A Prominent
Young Business an Of High
Point.
PRINCIPLE ABOVE PARTY

Point.
PRINCIPLE ABOVE PARTY
Will lie Hrs watehword Hsreaf,er-And
The Woods are Full Of People Like Him
Jarvis An Object OF Pity-The T~oTar
Heel Senators.
WAsHISToS, Dec, 15.-"The Demo-
cratic party in North Carolina" said
Mr.. Ed. Steele, prominent young
business man and lawyer Of High
Point, sis very much demoralized.
Everybody is =
IN FAVOR OF sILvRR.
The sentiment has developed into a
stubborn conviction and there are any
number Of Democrats who will vote
for silver in the next election without
regard to past party affiliations. For
one, hereafter, shall
VOTE FOR PRINCIPLE
not party. The two great needs of the
South is protection to her raw mate
rial and the re-establishment of the
old financial system that recognized
silver as the equal OF gold. The party
that represents this policy will get my
vote hereafter. | am not alone by any
means. The -
WOODS ARE FULL
Of such Democrats. The action of
the Democrats who attended the
silver convention in Raleigh has dis
gusted the rank and file of the party
and hundreds of them have already
turned their faces from Democracy.
l have long admired ex-senator Jarvis
He was the one Democrat in the State
who had the slightest chance as a
gubernatorial candidate in the next
election, but his strongest admirers
regard him now only as
| AN OBJECT OF PITY
The people interpret the failure OF the
| silver convention to mean the surren-
der of the Democratic leaders to the in
evitable gold policy of the party in
1896. They will not surrender their
convictions on or modify their. demands
for the restoration of silver, even at
the sacrifice of
| DIsRUPTING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
| be any general stampede from the
] ~
enough to render the organization i'm
potent. Some of our Democratic lead
ers are mislead by the apparent let up
in the agitation of the question. 1t
only means that conviction has
| TAKEN THE PLACE OF TALK.
1t bodies no good to Democratic hope
| am sorry, but the situation in the
State is just as 1 describe it,"
Mr.. Steele has been a lifelong Dem
Ocrat. He was appointed to an i'm.
portant office under Cleveland's first
administration. He is a successful
young business man; is not in politics
and has no political aspirations. The
views expressed to THE CAUCASIAN cor
respondent he has privately enter
tanned for some time. As he says "the
woods are full of such Democrats
but many of them lack the courage tt
speak out.
SOME Personal FONTS.
Both of the North Carolina Senator
have made a fine impression in tn,
Senate. Senator Pritchard is alread!
distinguished as Republican leader
His appointment on the steering com
mittee gives him immediate promi
! nence and influence in the Senate
, The latter he will use to the advance
ment of the State first, the promotion
of party interest secondarily. H
shows in a marked degree the posses
sion of those
WEARING QUALITIES
that are essential to successful polit
, ical career.
In Senator Butler the Senate an
the newspaper people expected long
, haired, wild-eyed, unkempt cranl
They found a modest, dignifed, self
composed, we'll deressed, plain
MAN OF THE PEOPLE.
:, In the Grst days "write up" of the Ser
ate the correspondents agreed that b
: is ''one of the handsomest men in th
e ing him as he took the oath, said, eth
s successor of the courtly Ransom wa
fastidlously dressed and is the hant
4 soonest man in the Senate" He sit
y or the Republican side of the Chambe
| because got better seat on that sid
L His nearest neighbor is the distil
6 guished knute Nelson, who, like Sen;
II tor Butler, never encountered polit
J. cal reverse. He differs from his pr
= decessor in promptly
l. ANSWERING ALL LETTERS.
II Patronage doesn't worry him, becau
70 he hasn't got it to bestow. He wish
l. earnestly for the repeal of the civ
IS service law of ''farce and fraud" al
4 he will use every effort to effect
~ emasculation--if repeal is impossibl
Both Senators are happily marie
n men. They are housekeeping and a
,h neighbors. Their wives are sensib
Is North Carolina women and both a
D. deeply interested in the public care
n of their respective husbands. Th
ID KEEP OPEN HOUSE
,e to all North Carolina people. 1t
N Washington's first opportunity to sa
10 pie genuine tar heel hospitality, a.
: the crowds that come and go show til
.. 80 it "goes."
co The National Republican Convention
=, The next National Convention
p the Republican party will be held
of st. Louis on Tuesday, the 10th d
n of June, 1896. In accordance wi
ey this decision of the Republican \
he tional Committee, which met
he Washington on the 10th inst. Cha
l." man Carter will issue with prom,
We ness the usual formal call.
ar Several cities made hard fights
of get the convention, among tn
lly San Francisco, Chicago, iPittsbu
of and New York. When the co
10 r,;%@ao v0tod on tho ploo tho ",