The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-26
An Enthusiastic Convention Of
Representative People Of all
Parties Declares For Re-
form.
PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER


Gratis, Populists and Republicans
present and the resolutions were
adopted with but one dissenting
voice, and that Republican. Col.
G. Houk, ex-Democratic member of
the Legislature, was made chair
man Of the meeting. Prior to this
Mr.. John II. Pearson read the cali
and made few pertinent remarks.
Jerome Hicks was made Secretary.
Maj. James Wilson, chairman of
the State Railroad Commission, was
chairman of the Committee ON Reso-
lutions. The Resolutions adopted
are as follows:
LIST. That the interest and happi.
ness of every producer, laborer and
debtor in the land is largely bound
up in and dependent upon the tri-
umph of the silver cause and the
consequent overthrow of the wicked
and the unconstitutional method de-
vised by the minions of capital to de-
stroy the work of our forefathers,
and fasten upon US the single GOLD
standard Of England.
End. That while We are assembled
neither to sever old party ties nor
to form new ones, we believe that
in the coming campaign the ques-
ton, whether the minis of this coun-
try shall be opened for the coinage
Of silver, at the ratio Of l6 to l and
to their full capacity, will be con.
sidered by people devoted to agri-
culture as paramount to all other
issues, and that farmers, who have
felt the curse of the single standard
shrinkage in the diminished value of
their homes, and in the inadequate
remuneration of their toll, will not
tolerate an attempt on the part of
any party to deceive them with
Janus-faced planks in their plat
forms or uncertain or deceptive de-
liverances upon this vital subject.
3. We ask no novel legislation,
we advocate no financial experiment,
we urge no new policy, but desire
and design to reinstate the law in
force from the time of Washington
to the time of Grant; and insist, that
money good from the days of Abra-
ham till the financial reign of John
Sherman will maintain its parity in
the old ratio, if the hand of hostile
Legislation and unfriendly admins.
tration be once removed.
4th. We denounce as unjust, I'M
precedented and oppressive the at.
tempt to fix the gold standard upon
US at a cost of $263, 100000 of inter
est bearing bonds in a single year
and we condemn all persons in au
thority in every department Of The
government, who have lent their In
fluence to this wicked scheme tt
further enslave the people by sub
jecting their land and labor to sucl
a mortgage and to deprive them o
the power to resist the sway of ma
tional banks by needless reduction
of the currency issued by the gov
eminent.
But we commend to public conf
dence the gallant defenders of tn
white metal-the money of the poo
man and the producing nations
who in the Senate of the Unite
States have withstood tho tempta
tons of patronage and the abuse Q
that portion of the press CONTROL
ed by capital, and adhered with Fl
deity to the cause of the people.
9Th. We cannot close our eyes t
the fact, that popular indignatio
has been justly aroused against tn
policy of the present administratio
in discrediting silver and enhanc
ing the value of gold, and allyinI
: itself with the leaders Of the part
nominally opposed to it to carry on
it's plans. We believe, that the #
volt against our own State govern
3 ment, the overthrow Of those i
power in Maryland, and the marke
changes in political sentiment
other States are unmistakable ev
> dence of a purpose to rebuke tt
disposition in high places to yield
the dictation of banks and chambe,
I of commerce in the administratio
). of the financial affairs of the go
/ eminent.
D. 9th. We denounce as an effort
e mislead and deceive the people
y North Carolina any attempt to COZ
: promise by providing for a limit,
IS coinage, confined to fixed amou
9 or to the product of the mines of tt
y northwest, because of the fact, tn
i" our interest as an agricultural pc
a pie depends not upon consumi1
70 the output of particular mines, b
upon doubling the amount of I
demptlou money and restoring t
old values of our land, our crops a.
our labor.
7th. We solemnly pledge our b.
j. efforts to promote the restoration
,e silver to the functions performed
o. it before the UBIQUITOUS legislati
no of 1873, reserving to ourselves t
=. right to exercise our best judgme
IL as to the means of accomplish
IL the end. We believe, that in pr
IS, suing the course m arked out for O
~ ourselves We are following
e. the footsteps of the foremost of
IL champions of popular rule in Am
or lea, Zebulon B. Vance, and we
~ woke for those, upon whom may
- volve the duty of defending j,
VI cause of the people in the future,
double portion of his spirit.
Us 9Th. We denounce as uni
er and false, if not malicious,
Re. charge of the partisans of q sin
lily gold standard, that this meeting '
mt called or is held to promote the
.rs terest of any one political party
he the past, present or future
~ call upon our critics to answer
the bar of public sentiment, whetl
=, they approve of the policy Of is
ell ing over two hundred millions
ar bonds in q time of profound pc
oil. in payment of coin certificates g.