The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-12-19
"REBUFF NO l."
year.


him silver caucus since he got to Wash |
ington. 1t was attended by one Democrat |
Mr.. Call; three Republicans, one of whom |
was Mr.. Buffers colleague, Mr.. Pritchard; |
and by Mr.. Tillman, This multitude of |
five pronounced his scheme impracticable |
and this is rebuff No.. 1. He will find out
pretty quick that he can't issue ukases in
Washington with the same results that fol-
low them in North Carolina. A good many
jolts await the young man if he under
takes to carry the arrogant manner in Wash
ington that he does at home Charlotte OBJ
server.
Yes "the young man" will no doubt
receive "many jolts" in his fight for
tho people against corruption and
goldbuggery, but 1.-THE young man"
has SO far proven that he is able to
take care of himself against any en-
envy of the people and good govern
ment. No man can make an hon
est fight against the evils that the
monopolies and gold trust are fat
tening on without receiving jolts-
and hard ones too. But he will also
give some hard jolts to the goldbugs
and monopolies at Washington as he
has to the machine, ballot-box STUFF
fers and hypocrites in North Caro-
lima.
The facts in the case about the at
tempt to reorganize the Senate
against the gold men are as follows:
The Popuiist Senators adopted SEN
ator Buffers plan for organizing
the Senate so as to defeat the gold
men. To that end the following
vote was sent to the fifty-two Sena-
tors who were elected as silver men
WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 3Oth, 1895,
DEAR SIR: A conference of Senators,
friendly to the restoration of silver coinage
as existed under the law of 1887, will be
held in the Marble Room of the Senate at
IL O'Clock a. M. Monday, December 2. 1895,
with the view of agreeing upon a plan for
reorganization of the Senate on silver lines.
You are respectfully invited to attend.
This was signed by Senators Stew
art, Allen, PETER. Kyle, Jones and
Butler.
On Monday morning December
End, in response to the above invita-
ton Senators Call, Mantle, Tillman,
Prtchard and Teller met the
Populist Senators in the Marble
Room of the Senate for considera-
ton. Inasmuch is not enough CT
the silver Senators attended to con-
trol the organization, those who did
go withdrew and left the Populists to
make a straight party fight against
the gold men of the two old parties.
The fact that the Senators who
were elected as silver men would
not accept the offer of the Pcpulist
to beat the gold men is not rebuff
to Senator Batter, but it is a rebuff
to the people who elected these Sem
ators as silver men. If such men as
Senator Morgan, Harris, Vest and
others who talk loud for silver, had
accepted this opportunity to act
when their votes would count for
something, the gold men would have
been completely defeated and the
whole organization of the Senate
would to-day be in the hands of the
silver men.
Ii this had been done, the Senate
would have passed free coinage
bill in thirty days. Senator Butler
has done the people great service
in showing up the ipsineerity of the
men who claim to be for silver but
who are willing for gold men to con-
troll and rule. Such men are simply
decoy ducks for the gold;tes. They
do the silver cause more harm than
if they were avowed goldbugs.
Senator Butler has done his duty.
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TOBACCO TRUST DEAL.
H. A IL