The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-08-27

to live up to its promise, they would
leave the party.
4 large number Of voters had too
much sense to believe any Of these
professions, but enough OF the vot-
ers decided to run the risk Of that
Chance" and they lifted the Demo
cratic party into complete control
Of national affairs. What has been
the RESULT Is there any necessity
Of going into details here' We think
not. for the record shows for itself.
But let US have a few incidents.
AS soon as the Democrats were in
control, a special session of Congress
was called. There was a struggle
over the proposition to repeal the
Sherman law Internationally. Sem
ator Vest brought to bear great cyl
dence that Cleveland was reformer,
and that az soon as that law was re-
pealed, another law for free coinage
OF silver would take its place and
that the great Grover Cleveland
would give his sanction to such
law. Senator Vance did not believe
it, and declared that a man who
would accept that statement was
either n knave or a fool. Vance
proved TO be right. The people were
sold out to the gambling syndicates
by as dirty and damnable q scheme
led by Democrat Grover Cleveland,
as was the scheme of 1873 led by
Republican John Sherman.
In that Congress-, as member OF
the Senate, was Democrat John Pal
mer, of Illinois. He was SENT THERE
BY POPULIsTs VOTES under his pledge
that he would stand for financial re-
form forever, and would vote for the
principle of free silver at all times
But he, too, turned traitor, and solo
out his people and country to thu
gold syndicates and bond specula
tors. Is there any necessity of elab
Grating here the record Of one Mat
Ransom, of North Carolina9 Did h
not also betray the trust reposed il
| him as a Democrat And did no
the Democrats of THIS STATE, onl,
two years ago do everything posi-
BILE to return him to the Senate AF
TER THAT BETRAYAL?
J, And Carlisle, the Southern Demo
, cratic Secretary of the Treasury
the man who in 1878 declared tina
the success of the schemes of tn
gold syndicates would be more de'
tructive than all the wars, pestilenc
r and famine was he faithful to tn
q "chance' which had been given
the Democratic party by the people
And yet another Southern DEM
y GRAFT Secretary Herbert, of All
d bama! Where is he today while tt
s Southern Democratic party is CLAIM
~ ing that it has broken away fro
the Northern wing, and gotten fro
" under its domination and contro
81 Was he faithful to that "chance
t. Hoke Smith! What's the use
o talking7 Did he not betray his @
~ cry pledge-turn traitor to his pc
pie for all the time when it was pc
- sible to stand up for themi Did
10 not sell out to the gold-gamblers a,
es aid them till their schemes were su
G, cessful7 But now, after their dee
= are done-after they have gone f
t., toward putting the shackles
slavery, by debt, on the people
70 Hoke Smith kicks and says he
Id for the people again.
ke Then there is that grand and g
w geous, goldbug ornament in the off
of the Secretary of Agriculture
goldbug farmer Morton-put il
~ the cabinet on a platform viii
al Democratic speakers swore mes
c. reform and relief for the people
now a prominent candidate for
" nomination of President on a 60
.or bug platform. The diction.
~ doesn't afford the material for pr
'p- er treatment of this subject-a M
10 strous abortion, begotten by trea
u cry and untrammeled cupidity.
'y' goldbug farmer! Great Scott!
- Then, there was Mr.. Bum,
-: North Carolina. Then there ,
the great silver convention of
TENDER 1895, which was called al
D. "bluh" by nearly thousand Del
Gratis, all of whom but about fo
laid down their hands when t
saw they were called by Popul
who meant business. But why
on7 We could fill up this pa
with similar incidents and il
trations. Take the record as a VIII
w., Take the work of the present De
a. cratic administration, and is it
wonder that Populists and indepe
49, ent voters everywhere have no ,
- tidenee in the Democratic party9
But you Democrats say, "looh
our Chicago platform! Well, ,
,;s9 that platform make any stro,