The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-08-06

regular DfufOcE1AlG convention Oh ktAA Il
state declared for the gold standard /
ncr Mr.. Sewaii - finding q ocky |
road to make his state platform and |
his national platform fl each other. |
He 10 worth six million dollars and . /
man with that much money could pay |
up the railroad fare of = considerable !
number Of fellows who would declare |
for anything for free ride. |
We expect he will get up his |
convention. But why this hustl,ng |
now: Why didn't Mr.. SewaiI say he |
wanted such a convention before he |
was nominated for ice-President?
And the band played on"
North Carolina is figuring very
prominently in the great history
making record Of the time. II was
the North Carolina Democratic dele
CATION which went TO Chicago alone
and unsupported favoring Bryan for
President and won the victory for
him. 1t was the North Carolina Pop
ulist delegation which went 10 ST.
Louis, and offered and secured the
adoption Of plan by which q Vice
President was nominated before a
President, and thus by one move pre-
without necessarily weakening the re-
form forces or causing a division
among them. 1t was the North Caro-
lima independent silver element that
furnished a chairman who worked up
the magnificent silver convention
which was recently held at st. Louis
DR.. J. J. Mott, who worked u, the
great silver convention at st. Louis,
has resigned as chairman, and has
been succeeded by Mr.. Lane, of Cali
fornia. DIR. Mott says: II am glad to
deliver my official responsibilities to
another, although my colleagues in
the cause generously insisted that
should keep the craftsmanship. Mr..
Lane, of California, who succeeds me,
is an able gentleman and Jealous
worker in the cause. l am going back
| to my own State to help direct things
in the right channel. From what /
have learned through consultations in
Chicago and st. Louis, | am satisfied
that Washington will be the head
quarters of the national Democratic,
Populist and Silver committees. 1t is
the best place in America from which
is to handle great campaign.
| An order has been issued at the VAL
entine Iron Company's works that,
commencing with August ], 10 per
cent. reduction of wages would be
made. Over five hundred men are
effected by the reduction. The officers
say it is owing to the general depres-
sion in business caused by the ag:ta-
ton of the money question. Every
scOundrel in the country who can do
anything for the next few months to
rob somebody or to try TO scare the
people into gOldbugism will say that
the "agitation of the money question
did it. Wonder if these knaves have
forgotten that there has been a ger
eral depression of business since the
Democratic party, at the command OF
Cleveland, killed all the silver money:
, Some Democratic papers, notably
the Charlotte Observer and the Raj.
eigh "Press-Visitor, are making ter.
} rifle objection to the action of thu
J.. State Democratic executive commlttet
in proposing cooperation with thu
POpulists on the State electoral ticket
The Observer says: This, it will b.
seen, is an overture for such fusiOl
between the Democrats and POpulist
s as was denounced two years ago, Whel
r effected between the Populists ant
:. Republicans, as unholy and unclean.
The Press Visitor says: eff polite
s could be tried in the crucible of chem
= istry and two such foreign and incom
9 patible elements were introduced
there would be revulsion whicl
would blow up the Smithsonian labo
t ratory."
-. The "Democracy'' of the South, il
Il 1892, descended to such bottomles
degradation as to rotten-egg Genera
a Weaver, even when accompanied b.
n his estimable wife on the stand. Ii
was denounced as demagogue, trai
= tor, an anarchist and everything elst
y Now, let this same Democracy" rea
s his speech elsewhere, and then ma
O the plague of hell fail on the dastardl
Democratic scoundrel who is not will
ing to apologize for the disgracefu
action of Democrats four years ag(
We defy the whole Democratic part
# to produce man who can rise to q
+ high and noble plane as Gen. Weave
. shows he occupies by his speech.
l. 1t seems to be hard to wake up til
masses of the people in the big cite
- While the "big goldbugs" are gettin
. ready to buy every thing that wi
: sell, they are trying to make it apes
t. that there is not much to buy. The
can fool the little goldbugs blind b
simply passing resolution. NJ
H. many days ago the bankers of Ne
n York he'd meeting, and highly r.
solved that "the free silver craze" Wa
on its last legs. This verdict was y,
copied there as gospe', a d The lit
s'lubug tools believe IL just becau.
Il the big goldbugs said it.
20 A Democratic paper quotes "pron
e 'nent Democrat" as saying: "Wh;
r the Populists dread above all thin,
II this year is to stand up and be coun
IF ed" Now, we want to see all rOcI
" throwing and mud singing stoppe
ID but we will not hesit ate to dub ma
< who makes this statement as an arral
< fool. The POpulists know that the
le are from fifty 70 one hundred per cen
E. stronger in this State than they we
rs four years ago, and everything ell,
,e but fool knows it. If not, why tn
of grand rush for some sort of deal vii
It, the Populists from all parties.
in Not long since Mr.. Moses Cone W.
a. one of the Charlotte Observers mo
k, powerful gold standard Democrat
st contributors under the non de plum
E. OF "Merchant." He ispresident of Il
t. plaid trust and has now declared f
l. Mckinley. He has never belong,
le anywhere else. "Junius" is a writ
e, whom we do not know. He was
is1strong second to Mr.. Cone. He,
IL she, is now calling on the Democra
ir to call another State convention to d
nounce the action of the State Dem
cratic executive committee, and
or take some other action
by ---
on Some few people are kicking at t
sit actlon OF the st. Louis cOnventiO
ty wen, what was done may not be ,
en- that some people could have wish
ee for, but it was doubtless the very be
Is, thing to do. No good can come
ed getting upset about it now. One b
Of result of nersan,s o., IL. q