The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-06-25

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Are not these same Democratic |
leaders now simply talking silver be- |
cause they can no longer fool the peo- |
pie. and with the hope that they can
bold the rank and file Of the party in
line for them To trade on in the future Z
"Do not the bankers. the monopo-
lists and the money power feel safe A.
long a. the people can be fooled into
following such false and traitorous
leadership
docs not the old money power feel
safe a. long a. the masses OF the voters
can be kept evenly divided into these
two old parties, and does not the
money power know that the people
will triumph il ever they repet against
these two old parties and get together
in one solid band OF patriots?
ADO they not know that the people
can never be gotten together under the
name and leadership Of either one of
the old parties
therefore, there il no danger in
them having one Of these old parties
declare for free silver. They will have
the other old party declare for gold.
This they think Will keep the voters
in the old parties.
"The only party that they fear is
the Peoples Party. The gold power
knows that If all the voters in the
country who are opposed TO the gold
standard were to get together in the
Peoples Party that they would sweep
the country, electing the President
and both Houses of Congress. The
gold power knows that this would
mean prosperity for the people and
hard times for gamblers and specnla-
tors, therefore il is necessary to have
one OF the old parties to declare for
silver in order to divide the silver
vote, making the election OF a goldbug
certain.
"Tbe only way for the Democratic
party, in the least, to regain the lost
confidence of the people and at the
same time take the patriotic position
that is necessary to check the scheme
Of the gold men, would be for it to en-
tirely purge itself Of the gOldbug-
ELECTROMAGNETIC element which
now controls it, and which has con-
trolled it for the last twenty years.
The Democratic party in every plat
form before the war declared against
the national banking system but it
so this year it will be with the permits
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people and keep them from getting to-
gether in the Peoples Party.
"If the leaders of the Democratic
party are now sincere and honest in
, their professions for silver and finan-
cial reform they would, this year, break
entirely loose from the Eastern and
Northern element and join hands with
the Peoples Party and silver Republl-
cans of the West on Independent lines
But do not believe that they will
have the courage and patriotism to dc
this. They will turn their backs upoT
the opportunity to join together the
silver forces into one common fight
} and on the other hand will do some
. thing or enough at their national con
yentiOn to keep the Eastern gOldbuI
element with them. This will not Onl,
be further proof of their hypOcris,
but it will be the end and the death o
the party, and "gentle radiance" toe
n it will be. But whatever the Demo
e Gratis may or may not do, one thing i
: certain; and that is that millions o
I voters will join hands with the PEG
}, Piles Party at st. Louis, on July 22t
l. and put up straight, clean and hon
It est candidate for President who vii
II be an American patriot in the fulles
y sense of the term, and this candidat
l. will receive more votes in the ElectC
e raj College than the candidate put u
Y, by the silver Democrats with the nell
a cOnnivanCe and permission o. tn
II Eastern gold men.
st "TherefOre the silver man who vote
e the Democratic ticket this year wi
l. not only be throwing away this vot'
IL but it will be in effect half vote fC
l. the Republican nominee for Pres
h dent.
10 at must be plain to every man tina
= no matter what these old parties ma
W declare for in their platform, it is i'm
If possible for the people ever to get fire
y, silver or financial reform throug
e either one of them. The only way t
1t defeat the gold trust is for the slve
u men to get together, and they can nc
l. be gotten together in either one of tn
rs old parties, therefore the only pOss
At BILE way to defeat the gold ring an
W give the people relief is for all silye
re men of all parties to get together O
q, common ground outside of the two oil
1T parties.
ir "For more than year l have bee
IN advocating and urging this cours
e, The Peoples Party is ready to co-Ope,
y, ate with any number of men fro
D. either or both of the old parties WI
US are patriotic enough to put financi
lie reform and the cause of humanit
We above party. This must be done befOl
nj victory and relief can ever come to tt
e. people.
~ "This, all true friends of silver favo
to and | think The CAUCASIAN shou
speak out plainly and strongly on tn
er line each week. If another gOldbug
IN elected this year it will be the fault
ne the silver Democrats who love the
n party better than they love their coul
o. try.
e. The same Democratic leaders wi
CHI would not go into the silver CONVEX
It. tion at Raleigh, last September, b
wv cause they did not know what the
party platform would be this year, a
eI now making loud professions for 81
TO yer and claiming to endorse the silv
dy resolutions passed by the silver co
si- vention last summer. They are doiI
OK so because they now have the permi
sion OF the party bosses TO do so.
OF their party had declared for the go
To standard these sO-called silver Dem
nd cratic leaders would have stayed
Zip their party and supported the goldb,
ty nominee. And this is why they
uOt 10 lutO Tue silver convention Ia
re- summer. This is why the News al
as Observer and other so-called free S
as yer papers did not endorse that silv
get resolution last summer.
at "Of course it is our first duty
or show up the hypocrisy of these me
ry but it can not be done successfully
as you give them the least opportuni
be to misrepresent the position of t
at paper, the Peoples Party, and char
ax that We would under any circul
stances go into the Republican par
ay | am proud of the great work you q
vii doing on THE CAUCASIAN, and trl
nd that you will pardon these words
I'll caution"
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no Now, one word more. It will
seen from the above that Sena,