The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-06-20
md ignominiously trampled under

Perhaps the sellers had the Same
luck experienced by . lemonade
seller. At his stand, near the capitol,
he began to cry ont early in tbs day:
Here's your ice cold lsmonade-hve
cents . glass;" Business Was not
brisk. Then he offered 1.-TWO glasses
for fve." No increase in business.
Then he squalled out: "Come up
here and get all the lemonade you
can drink for Ave cents" Still there
was no rush. But he wanted to close
ont on any terms, and in a fit Of
desperation he loudly announced:
"You may come here and drink all
the lemonade you want and not pay
. dsrned cent for it." The throng
continued to pass by. The seller
cast one steady, protracted, dis
gusted look along the board on which
his merchandise was displayed and
then remarked: "Dod rot if believe
it's lemonade any how" and deliber-
ately turned and walked off.
1t is very probable that the ina
chine" came to the conclusion before
the end of the day that what they
were calling q "history" was not q
history any how. 1t is unnecessary
to say here what it is. Any intelli-
gent man who reads it can find out
before he is one-thlrd through it.
To this Dissertation, this glorious
Democracy added an extensive sIipe
of bigotry. 1t is the custom on such
occasions to have men whom the
people have honored occupy promi-
nent positions. On this special oc.
casion part of the present Supreme
court was early made the recipients
of such custom. This part was the
Democratic portion of the court.
The custom was extended to some
ex-members of the court of Demo-
cratic persuasian. Some remarks
were made about this proceeding,
and then committee called to
"honor" the remainder of the court.
But the remainder declined to be
honored under the circumstances.
To be little more explicit Judge
Montgomery, who was a Confederate
soldier from the age of sixteen and
one-half years to twenty-one years,
who was in many of the fiercest bat
ties, who was severely wounded, who
record as a soldier boy can not be
surpassed, did not receive any con-
sideration at the hands of the com
mittee in charge until some remark
about the matter had been made.
We believe that Chief Justice Fair
cloth and Justice Furches were not
In the procession on that day. Why
this, when a number of Democratic
ex-members were specially honored1
The managing committee were Dem.
ocrats-some of them of the most
narrow-brained and hide-bound
variety.
Another fact is that Senator Ma.
rion Butler was in Raleigh on that
day. He was not in the procession
He was not on the stand, though
the people Of the State had conferred
upon him the highest honor within
their gifti He is a Populist. We
understand, however, that he was
not ordered "to keep off the grass
and this great graciousness may in
some measure may extenuate othe,
short comings.
We have no desire to attempt to
create any feeling or prejudice. That
is not the object of this article. But
the animus of all men connected
with all public functions should be
known to the people. That is
why we mention these facts. We
want the people to know what some
men can and will be guilty of unde,
certain conditions. If the people
like it, it is none of our concern. II
they do not, they can lay their OWL
plans for rebuking it.
Such bigotry and ittleness make
a black showing compared to the
spectacle presented at Chicago a lit
tie later, where former deadly en-.
emies united in doing honor to the
Confederate dead who are buried
near that city by unwilling a monu
ment to their memory; but here, Oh
here, in the cradle of hberty-lr
the land of chivalry-in the State
of the purest native born population
'l-among home-folk, there must be
shown narrowness-a partisan lit
tleness that cannot do otherwise
than stamp disgrace on the com
munity.
SOME DEMOCRATS ACT IN BADFAIrH
In another column will be found .
special telegram from Memphi.
which we clip from the Washington
Post of last Saturday. It seems thai
some of the Democratic delegates t.
the Memphis silver conference were