The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-08

Financial school, desires IL 10 De
understood that he Is debating as a
Populist, and that the Populist party
is the only organization that favors
free silver.-Washington Post.
THEY ARE BEING HOOKED.
More than one reference has al
ready been made by The CAUCASIAN
TO the work of that 50, William
street Reform club. We have shown
how they offered to furnish papers,
free Of charge, with their matter
provided the papers would distribute
il. We have also shown that they
offered to print papers free if the
papers would insert their matter; and
we suggested that it was possible
for papers to get even more than
this from the club.
We have given an extract from an
official report of the club which
read ~ follows:
"The plan for broadside supplement
supply outlined in our last report and
approved by the committee in March
has already gone into successful opera
tion, and we are now supplying every
two weeks, properly dated and printed
with the names Of the papers respect
lively circulating them, brOadside sup
plements sufficient to accompany the
full editions of two hundred local
papers in every part of the country,
most largely in the south, the west,
and the southwest. In this way, at a
minimum of expenses, the sound cur
rency literature Is carried direct into
the homes of rural voters as part, in
most cases, of the only paper which
they take, and which they therefore
read from beginning to end, and some
100000 full page sheets of sound cur
rency literature distributed each
fortnight"
The same report set forth that a
number of papers which did not use
the brosdside supplements were
using "plate matter" in the body Of
their publications. This plate mat
ter is also furnished free, and any
expense of printing it is borne by the
Reform club. They say:
"In our last report We noted our
preparation for the supply of "plate
matter" Since then arrangements
have been perfected, and we. are now
supplying over one hundred papers
land the number Is rapidly increasing
with what Is known AS "plate" matter,
the papers in QhestiOn being those of
somewhat larger circulation than on
the average are those taking our
broadside supplements-the local dis
tribution of these plate papers in the
different parts os the country being in
general similar to that Of those which
take the supplements"
1t thus appears that the club has
roped IN about three hundred papers
in the West and South. These pa.
pers have g abbed at the little, shin.
ing bait, and are trying to helE
along q cause which has caused
more suffering and loss in this coun'
try than either war, pestilence o,
famine. They bow to the money
power and bend the hinges of the
knee that thrift may follow fawn'
ing.
What papers are doing this. Who
are the editors who will thus give
their aid to the cause of legalized
theft and shylockism? Who, Oh
who, in the name of liberty and jus
tice and progress and civilization ar
those who, for q miserable mess oil
pottage-for a nod of approval from
the minions OF gold, will try to teach
the people that robbery of their tot
and devastation Of their hopes shouli
be submitted to without complaint
That Reform club says that thre,
hundred papers, mostly in the Wes
and South have done this thing
Our concern rests with those il
North Carolina. Is it possible tina,
there are any here? Yes. We admi
it with regret. With lcathing ant
shame We zee the journalism of tn,
"Old North State smirched and dis
honored. We see its standard low
cred and its fair fame blackened b,
the acceptance Of the monopolistit
and psnic-msking literature sent on,
BY this gold bug club.
What papers in North Carolina dc
THAI Hero they are:
The Dovidson Dispatch. (Dem1
The Darlington News. iDom.i
The 1ockingham Rocket. (Dsm.)
The Southport leader. (Dom.)
The 0Oldo6oro HOod1jght. fOomI
The Wayn0ov1llo Coulter. iDem
Tns Wiison Advance. tDem.5
And We suspect still another.
though We have not seen it. The