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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

help TO orSaniss or axhf for one idea
think he had better try To scs bis
party 10 organize and sssrd for af least
one ise,. Ter IL hss nos . single idea
TO-DAY. IL vruid - Ia his cr~dit and
To his rartys ereiis IL they had one
idea-,gs; one. They ka,r eessrted
the ideas .ne principles they claimed
10 cherish Their have dssertrc them
bag and baggage aad gone over To the
Republican camp In everything bat
nanar, Ycs. IL they had stood by the
:~scn:ug. Of Thomas Jercrson and
Andnrv Jackson therc voaid have
been no r~opies Party to-day. The
Peopi.s Party came into existence TO
d4feaI and uphold the very princi-
pic. " hich your party has Deserted. 10
came into existence To defend aud Co
put into practice the great two prtues-
pie. Of Democracy and Republication
rs represented by Jackson. Jefferson.
and Lincoln. and because your party
both old parties. have Described and
gone over TO the side Of the monopo-
lists and goldbug-- I hope the Sen.-
tor from Tennessee will show lis de-
votion To silver and the people when
he votes FOR President In the next cam
paiSn, even IL he will not help us O.
Organize the senate against The gold.
bugs
The concrete Of the whole matter
Mr.. Vest broke in. is fhzt the Por,n-
, lists remained silent and allowed III.
Republicans 10 take charge Of the com
mitters because the finance committee
a. nov constituted, has majority oi
one of silver coinage men. IL has b~er
stated that that committee consists oi
six Republicans, six Democrat. and
one Fopulist. Hut the senator from
Colorado Mr.. woloo;i) was Put rpor
it BY the Republicans with the under.
standing that that would give n ma.
Jority OF silver coiuage men - that
committed. That i. the cnncreis
in this whole bus.ncss: and without
that arrangement We never wouis
have seen our fopuli.f frs-ua- -s
dumb a. oysters when this thing Va
carried through
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02
AMERICAS COMMON ROADS.

The Manufacturer says: "The to-
tal length of the common roads in
this country, good, bad and indiffer-
ent, is estimated by General Stone,
OF the Road Bureau of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, at something
over l, 800 900 miles. The majority
of these roads have been opened by
common laborers, hired by local su-
pervisors, and no engineering prin-
ciples have been observed in their
construction. As a result, it costs
more to keep them in repair than if
they were as many finely macada-
mixed roads. Keeping these poor
roads in repair and opening new
thoroughfares cost Massachusetts, in
1893, outside Of cities, 81, 136, 944, or
$66. 80 per mile; New York, s., $780,
coo, or $50 per mile, and New Jer-
sey, $77S. 4O7.S2, or 1925 per mile.
The total expenditure for roads in
that year amounted to about $780,
600, 900. AS greater part of the
enormous sum was spent in repair
ing poorly constructed roads that
would need exactly the same atten-
ton next year, it is not an exaggera-
ton to say that most of the money
was wasted. Fine roads can be con.
strueted all the way from $500 te
$500 per mile. according to the ma
turs of the country through which
they pass, the cost Of crushed stone
and other engineering problems
The cost Of keeping these roads in
repair is infinitely smaller than tina,
required to repair the ordinary dir
roads each winter and spring, whe1
great gulleys and ruts are WASHED
into them by the rains and foods"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02
SOME "FUSION."

Mr.; Oscar J. Spears, who has been here
contestee Shaw, left to-day for Atlanta,
joining bis family at sanford.-Washington
cor. News and Observer.
1t seems that Mr.. Spears and Mr..
Shaw have pooled their issues and
compounded their differences, if any.
If Mr.. Spears can be of as much
service TO Mr.. Shaw now in getting
him seated as he was in the election,
Shaw will owe him at least half his
salary for his term. If the Demo-
Gratis can always get Republicans
for love or money, reward or the
hope Of reward, or for sheer lack of
sense, to run in their interests, they
Will have an easier time controlling
until their game is discovered. Per
haps it cannot be worked twice il
the same district. Coming back TO
Mr.. Spears now We predict that he
will never get nomination for office
from any party except the Demo
cratic, and the News and Observer
correspondent may not have done
him q service to have published his
business in Washington. 1t looks
too much like MIR. Spears sympa-
thies we're with his late antagonist
Mr.. Shaw, in the last election. Hi:
nearnsss to the News and Observe
correspondent as evidenced by hi:
confding his movements to the
aforesaid correspondent will not in
crease his chances for nomination il
his own party.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

Oa last Saturday the Rspah.sean
House passed the bend bill BY vote
Of iGo to 15s. This bill Is wcrss
than the re under which Cleveland
has been selling bonds. II gives 10
the Secretary of the Treasury snoEe
discretion. lie has abused the dis
cretson which was given ElGa under
the old Law.
Every Peoples Party Congress
man voted against the bill.
1t grows palmer every day that
both of the old parties are together
and that they will serve the gold
bugs and sacrifice the interests cf
the people.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02
10 Provide FOR A GRADUATED IN.
CONE TAX.

On last Saturday Senator Bat
ler introduced in the Senate a
measure to amend the Con stitution
to provide for an income tax. 1t is
Is follows:
Joint Resolution to Amend the Constisu-
ton of the United States relating to direct
taxes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled (txo-thirls
of each House ooncurring thereinl, That
Constitution of the United States shall be
submitted to the legislatures of the several
States for ratification or rejection, to wit:
"AKrIcLE XVI.
The provisions of the Constitution of the
United States relating to direct taxes, and
the apportionment thereof among the sew
erai States in proportion to the census emu
meraiion. shall not apply to income taxes:
but the Congress shall have power to Law
and collect taxes on all incomes regardless
of the source from which the income Is de-
rived or acquired: Provided. however, That
all income taxes which the Congress NAV
lay and collect shall be uniform throughout
the United Ssstes."
This IS the frst measure CT this
kind that has been introduced in
Congress. 1. is to be hoped that
Congress Will pass it and submit the
amendment to the several States.
Until this is done there is no chance
to make the wealth Of the country
bear it, inst share Of the taxes.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

The Caucasus think. % o-.,..
call special att~nfion 81 p-ogl.
may b. suffering from az han
medical pr~pasatioo nov hsinr -,
tis-i in its columns 10 l. Eas..
>samp Angel Medicine sna "A,
what many . ssf'errr 10 iooain. -
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

Jcho Shsr1an 10 harki.r
lard ia his Senesee;an ga, @s--
This is enoagh 60 eosss-nn "a
scheme to eternal y'<reition n -
else S~r~ waiting. This I~u.,as
fasro has conc near hrirrt.-
whole American naiion inio $50
Essry fcrvien cogn;ry rie!-ui-
frr~~idects stsitace and th--. .
lawyer % national ~ int~rnsftc,a
pufation that srstAins a.. r.
backing his appar~ot seAsue IA. -
from goadbog~. -suesiiiu;.
fools and sccundrvlA
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

Cicero In one Of d.. letter. a..
held that no man drssrs-. ca D.
ID vffh honor vhosr no. i.a,,
He Who only lives to.Ai and eris. -.
accumulate uonry 10 a fsilur.. =
world 10 M s~ttrs fe< his htinr
lie never uir~s tear from . az >
never kipdl~d n Gre on . fro1.s -
irep-af With emphasis that -
failure. There is no re.h IA a..
ic ~urships NO God but sole
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02
EVERYBODY is telling the public what

Everybody is telling the public what
the Peoples party ought to do or will do
in the next campaign in this State, ex-
cept the Populists themselves. The
Peoples party does not get On the
house top to tell its plans of campais n.
When the time comes for the Peoples
party to speak, it will speak for itself
and act at the same time. Everybody
knows that in the mex. Campaign the
Peoples party will do all it can to de-
feat goldbugs, and that is enough for
the people to know at present.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

The war SCARF did not s~rs~ IT,.
po<~ fur which 10 sa- ini~na.e I.
didnt kiii tho silver qa~.iion n =
still the bisges; thing b-fotr'i. a.,
lean people.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02
SETTING READY FOR A soSp ISSUE
ing VITA the Dr. ssi-Nsrr.. ,'d's.'s



wAsuISGToS. Dec. 81 There a. =
we'll -authen;icaied runor in circnla-
tion IT the capitol to-day iha; the
Treasury Department il nuw prrpar-
ing = contract. presumably nith the
Morgzn-Drexel syndicate. Cor the saie
OF thirty-year 4 per cent. gald bonds
IL is believed that the contract will p.
signed within the next few days. II
this report be true, IL presupposes n
knowledge on the part 81 the admins
tration that the bond bill now under
consideration in the House will fail in
the Senate. The administration is re-
ported 10 be strongly inimicsl To the
pending measure aud il L. stated on
high authority to-day that an intima-
tion 20 that effect has been cent from
the Executive Mansion TO all the
sound money Democrats both in the
House and Senate.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

In February last the President of the
United States made contract with &
syndicate in New York that will ever
standas lasting disgrace, either as to
the dishonesty or the imbecility Of the
administration under which it was
made, putting upon the market at ST.
04-49 $62 ,OO0, 900 of American bonds, the
best bonds in the world and the high
est bonds that are sold in any market
under the sun.-Senator Teller.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

Cleveland wanted bonds. 4 Repub-
iican House comes to the front and
gives him big bond bill. Say, what
the difference between Republicanism
aud Cleyelandisms
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02
EDITORIAL COM EMF.

That William Street Reform olab re-
Gently sent out another report in which
they say: "FindiBg that the broad
sides were in general better adapted
to pa 2ers Of smaller circulation, E cen
slant effort has been made 10 extend
this work among the smaller LEGAL pa
pers in the South, the West and south
west" This club reports further that
il has bought up 6.f papers With ar
aggregate circulation of BE-, 500. sixty
seven of these papers are in the South
and one hundred and thirty-seyen in
the Southwest. Nearly all of them are
Democratic papers and they feel very
much honored by being bought up by
Wall street to distribute goidbug lit
erature. The club says it has spent
$50 ,029 OF for this business. This ought
TO show any sensible, honesf patriot
what he must contend with. If this
one club will spend over $4,000 in an
"off" year, how much will combined
goldbugtom spend in lS9G-an active
election year!
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

The omission of one weeks issue
makes cur Congressional report long,
but 1T Is full of interesting matter and
ought to be carefully studied.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

Lat every fn-na Of good ro,.,,
msnf ct ar cab Tor THT Ca.
0lAu
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

Cleveland hired a Substitute dur
ing the last war. and the question
arises as 10 who or what kind of man
he will hire when he gets his Vene-
zUelan war; agoing.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02
The Fir-, Train on the Sea h.r ia Run. "a
Norfolk.

Norfolk
RALEIGH, y. G., Dec. .so.-The South
ern Railway to-day ran its frat through
freight train over its new route To Nor
folk via Greensboro, Raleigh, Selma
and Wilson, operating on tie track Of
the Atlantic Coast Line between Selma
and Norfolk. IL Is stated tina, in ten
days Passenger ard mail trains will be
in operation on this route. which en-
braces part OF the North Carolina
Railroad, part OF the Atlantic Coast
main line and all Of the Norfolk &
Carolina Railroad.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

A tremendous snow storm Is raging
this week all over the West from Cali
fornia to Ohio. In Indiana it is two
feet Deep
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

We second the motion of the Word
generally and suggest that Grover
Cleveland can do his country much
bigger service by defining a boundary
line to this bond business than BIZ de-
fining a boundary line in Venezuela.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

The resolution on the question of
finance introduced by Senator Butler
is the strongest measure yet brought
before the Senate. Ii is square and
open and clear and plain, and when it
comes 70 vote il will make record
that will last 1t will shcw up those
who talk" and refuse TO ~act- If there
are any such men in the Senate.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02
"He who will net when he may,
When he will shall have him man,

Democrats and Republicans got
'mixed up" in the vote on the bond bill
which passed the House. (See report
of Congress- Republicans aud Demo-
Gratis voted for it. Republicans and
Democrats voted against it also. They
can targie up this way and still claim
to be Democrats and Republicans. The
Pops. voted their full strength against
it. You always know where to find
Pop. on the great financial question,
but you don't know where TO always
find DelnS and Reps
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

The Morgan-Bclmont syndicate
handled the last issue Of bonds, and
tried to leave the impression that gold
was hard TO get by the way they charg-
ed for it. They made over ten million
dollars in that deal. tni now hey
want even bigger job than that and
say they can furnish Two hundred mil
lion dollars in gold fer bonds. Whoop,
Let them go people. II you wont see
now, the time may soon come when
you will not be- permitted to see.
"He who will net " hen he may,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

AS before suggested, the people
the special message be-
cause it enunciated the Monroe Dee
trine as one to be sustained; and
while this doctrine is no part of in
ternational law, yet it is pure Amer
icanism, and after the covering, OBJ
sequious and servile surrender which
had been made to the demands Of
foreign gold spectators in the mat
ter of bond issues, it was refreshing
to the people to bear it even though
it came from the same source that
made the disgraceful and criminal
surrender.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

Then the people began to suspect
what is suggested above in the way
of great scheme; then it became
more apparent and now the man
who was about to climb into popular
favor, in spite of all his public sins
and villainy, is held in lower estima-
ton by the great public than ever
before.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

Justice Brewer, of the United States
Supreme Court, has been appointed by
Cleveland as one member OF the Com
mission to define the Venezuela boun-
dairy line. The Commission will have
five members and will divide up 100000
of the peoples money among them. In
the meantime Mr.. Brewer will continue
to draw 5000 salsrJ as . member OF
the Supreme Court.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

The Populists in the Senate are max
ing grand and noble fight for justice
and for the people. They alone have
a policy and maintain position on
which there can be no misunderstood
ing. Be sure you take note of the re-
cord they are making. Their honesty
commands the unreseryed respect OF
the Senate. They are unearthlng ras-
cality and showing up the fslsity and
rottenness of trickSters.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

trade conditions. viii permit Of - safiJ aEd
marked gains In sfspie iines Of tr.de ID iss
- has been oonfstsntly anticipated
Currency on a sound basis. Great
eatth'. Did not these goldbngs
promise, ia 1893, that when the ex-
listing silver law was repealed and
the currency Was put on = Sound
basis" that the land would d0~ with
milk and honsyi And what has
been the outcome OF those promisesi
The land hiss flowed with blood OF
broken hearts and reeked with dis
eoursgement. misery and hopeless
ness. Yet the goldbugs are doing
everything they can to increase the
terrible power of the gold standard.
Cleveland wants FIVE hundred mil.
lion more Of gold bonds. The Re
publican House Of Representatives
has tried to comply with his de-
mands by providing for bonds. And
at this date there il . tacit threat
that more bonds will be issued
whether Congress consents or not.
1t is nothing these goldites as
to what becomes of the workers of
the country. 1t is nothing to them
that local papers all over the land
are crowded with notices Of "sales
of homes" 1t is nothing to them
that energies are strained, that the
efforts Of the people are NAVAL
ing. Nothing stands in the way Of
their determination 20 extort mil
lions on millions Of money from the
wealth producers to pay interest on
bonds. These are matters which the
people should watch. And then LEI
the people combine against these
close, grasping, MISUNDERSTANDING
and heart chilling combines aud cor
porations
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

The American people will endorse
the Monroe Doctrine" no matter
by whom it is enunciated, and they
will always stard ready to enforce
it under proper conditions; but 10Th
ing but the direst condemnation
awaits the man who seeks to utilize
it for personal or partisan ends. If
We have not grossly mistaken the
spirit of the people they are tired of
being trifled with and will soon pnt
an end to infamy and villainy in
public affairs.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

Elsewhere is a report 9! Russian
gold offer that has created much stir
among the jew shylochs during the
past few days. We give it for what il
is worth and at this time make much
allowance for il. The CAUCASIAN hon.
estly thinks that Cleveland, Carlisle
and Co.. would prefer to pay he Roth
schild ring three per cent. than to take
the Russian gold for nothing. They
are not making bond deals for the fun
of the thing nor for patriotism. They
are after bonds that will drd,5 interest,
and it may be set down as fact that 4
good slice of such bond issues always
finds its way to Francis Lynde
Stetson, the law partner Of Cleveland.
and from his hands it is easy n get
into "cther" hands.
The talk of another bond issue has
PUT the Jew syndicates agog. London
wants the new bonds. OF course
Those London Jews want the earth, aud
it begins to look like they Will get as
much Of it as goes to make up the
United States il this Internal Cleve-
land gang stays in power much longer
The cabinet has been discussing the
matter as TO whether the public shall
be allowed to bid for Tie proposed
new bonds, or whether syndicate
shall handle them. Tie CAUCASIAN
bets on the syndicate II Cleveland runs
the deal.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

The Democratic National Committee
will meet in Washington on January
18th to decide on the time and place
for the next \ National Democratic Com
vention. They would do well to con-
slider that their campaign has already
been made and that they were licked
out OF their boots. Honesty aud intel
ligence can never have any further use
for the so-called present day Demo-
cracy.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

But the cloven foot was quickly
shown. Right on the heels of the
first special message came a second
Especial" calling on Congress for
relief for Wall street, or rather call
ing on Congress to increase the
great privileges which Wall street
already possessed. Thus the bray
ing ass was detected under the lions
skin. The peoples patriotic ardor
was chilled. They recalled the infa-
nous message which was sent to
Congress when it first assembled,
calling for the retirement of the
greenbacks and the issue of $780,
000, 900 in bonds for the use and
perpetuation of national banks.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

Sehemers sometimes over-reach
themselves. Hannah was hung on
the gallows which he had erected fer
Mordecai. This scheme may have
hurt somebody who it was thought
would be benefited by it, for it
created something of panic sure
enough, and the commercial reports
set forth the fact that many millions
of dollars We're lost by slump in
stocks, bonds, &C., sc. 1t is prob
able, however, that nearly if not
quite everybody who had an inkiing
of what would be done was on the
safe side.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

THs G.rc..'.~. sIlaa ~ ys,r
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02
ABOUT THAT .PROsPERIIY.''

ABOUT THAT "PROsPERIiY.'
We have made some effort to keep
our readers posted on scheme Of
the goldbugs and monopolists to
fool the general public by bowling
that prosperity is returning" De-
spite the fact that the currency has
been contracted over sixty millions
of dollars; despite the fact that hun
dreds of failures have been reporse d
week after week all through the
year; despite the fact that producers
search in vain for a profitable mar
ket for their produce, the cry has
been kept up that prosperity is re-
turning.
And now Bradstreets, that well
known commercial journal and sup
porter Of goldbuggery, finds itself
obliged to report the total humber
OF failures in tue United States Ia
1895, to be 1908, eontras.ed with
l., 12l IN 1894, an increase Of % pei
cent. 1t says further: Business
failures in the country for com.
pleted yesr number 1903, an in
crease of more than 2 per cent, not.
withstauding this is the second yea,
following panic, in which, as shown
by the records, it is usual for the
number Of failures to decline.
And what would any reasonable
man suppose would follow these
statements by way of comment
Does it seem rational to suggest q
continuation of the same systems
now in FORGET But it seems tina,
this is just what is suggested By tn.
following from the same journal:
At various cities, notably New York. Bos
ton, Baltimore and Chicago, anticipation.
l as to the character of trade early liz ths
| coming year are hopeful. but il remains e
be seen whether the downward movement
of demand and prices and the delay in put
ting the currency on sound basis. "A d
which have begun to show themselves il
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

Some days have elapsed since tie
Pre- sident sent in his special meG-
sage on the Venezuela matter.
When that message became public
il was applauded, aud with some
show OF reason. It had the soaHd OF
Americanism in it, and this is some
thing which the people had not
beard from the White House before
in a quarter Of century. FOR this
reason and this reason alone it was
refreshing.
For the same rea son that the devil
quotes Scripture to further his pur-
poses, it is possible that an Ameri-
can President might enunciate an
American spirit to further his ends
ard the purposes of those who con-
troll him. and who expect TO be ben
Gifted by his plans. And a reason
of this kind seems now TO have been
behind that message. 1t is becom-
ing more and more reasonable TO
suppose that Cleveland's purpose
was to get up war scare" which
it was thought would create some
confusion in matters financial; and
then the next step would be cry
for Strengthening out Of matters
by big issue Of bonds. This would
be done while the "war scare" was
on and while the attention of the
people was absorbed by the scare.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

sas-hssi e.;ns IN s.n,s iin~r al tr.de Ii Issg
- has been oonfstsntly anticipated