The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-04-04
TBE LION SHOWS HIS CLAWS.

TBE LION SHOWS HIS CLAWS.
We clip the following from al
editorial in the Philadelphia Record.
The editor Of that paper is Hon. Vim.
VI. Singlerly, who va. the Democratic
candidate for Governor OF Pennsyl
vania at the last election. The edi-
torial is a. follows:
Mr. Joseph c. sibley. of Pennsylvania
shows that he thoroughly understands the
political situation So far a. the currency j.
concerned. He predicts that the Democracy
will not declare FOR free silver at ~ 20 /. nor
name a Presidential ticket Of that com
pleIion. Neither will the Republicans he
says 1t will be the same old thing The
platforms will be platitudes, and the Cand-
dates will be gold To the core"
~ Mr.. .lbleys representation should
prove TO be correct. and there is no reason ~
doubt its fulhllment the two great parties
would occupy precisely this same ground in
the currency issue in 1855, both a. to their
Candidates for the Presidency and a. TO their
platforms. The losses Of the Democrats to
the Populist. would be counterbalanced by
Republican losses In the silver States west OF
the Mississippi and the outcome would be
ths election OF an advocate of sound money
whether he should be a Democrat or a Re
pubiican-wh.ch Is the consideration that
rises above all considerations Of party sue
cess. The integrity Of the currency must be
preserved.
This great Democratic journal not
only admits that both the Democratic
and Republican parties are opposed
TO the free coinage Of silver or any
other financial reform, but goes
further and says that it makes but
little difference whether a Democrat
or Republican is elected President in
1896, so that man is a gold bug.
Read the last two sentences of the
above clipping again. You will see
that it eonfesses that beth parties
are for the gold standard and that a
gold bag President is the chief object
of both.
On last Sunday an interview ap-
peared in the News and Observer
with Mr.. Dingley, Republican Con
gresham from Maine. When a re-
porter asked him what position he
thought his party would take on the
financial question, he said that was a
scientific question and should not
enter into political campaigns. We
suppose Mr.. Dingley wishes the cam
psign issues to be Hawaii and Queen
Lii" and other such highly important
questions. IL the people cannot de-
termine what kind Of financial sys
tenn we should have by their votes. |
then what is the use of voting. The
financial question concerns the peo- |
pie today more than anything else.
and therefore should and must be the
leading campaign issue. But the
Democratic and Republican leaders
don't want 1T as al issue. They want
1t settled as a scientific question, by
q commission, or a com mittee of ex-
pert gold bugs. And here the lion
shows his claws--the lion is the gold
trust. He is growing bold; he shows
his claws through both old parties.
The lion will devour the prosperity
OF the country unless both of these
old parties are destroyed.
" When the next national conyep-
tons are held and the Republican
party nominates a gold bug and the
Democratic party dominates a gold
bug, then the News and Observer.
the Wilmington Messenger. the
Charlotte Observer and all the little
cue oo organs will begin to appeal
to the voters to stand by their party.
They will swear that their candidate
Is not a gold bug, and Mr.. Glenn will
get another letter and will swear that
he has it straight from his candidate
that he Is not gold bug. These
papers have no political principles;
they always bow at the crack Of the
party whip from the gold bugs. But
In this connection We might say that
we have some hope of one Southern
paper standing by the people agains.
the gold bugs. We clip the follow
ing from an editorial in the Atlanta
under date of March
18th:
with the utmost candor and earnestuess
The Constitution must say, that this section
OF the country will not give its electoral
votes in 1885 to gold standard candidate for
President, no matter whence he comes or
what party name he bears"
That has the true ring and we
trust that the Constitution will have
the courage (when the pinch comes)
10 practice what it breaches aud put
above party. The great
battle between the people and the
gold bugs is coming. Let the people
prepare for the struggle.
rHE TENTH GEORGIA DISTRICT CON.