The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-10-15
COL. 0. II. D0cKERY At LEXINGTON


dorsed. The Reps. endorsed Max
well.
COL. o. Il. DOcKERY At LEXINGTON
Arraigned The Republican Leaders For
Dessrfsss Their Principles.
LExIHcror, n. c., Oct. Ion
the. S,h inst the people Of David
son had the pleasure of hearing Mr..
W. s. Bailey, Populist Elector of
the 4th District, and Col. o. Fl. Dock
cry, the Peoples Party NOMINEES for
Lieutenant Governor, speak at Lex
ington.
b On account of the very short no.
tice, only three or four days, the
crowd was not large, but respecta-
bic in numbers. Mr.. Bailey lead
off in short speech of about 20 min
utes, in which he made clear and
forcible presentation of the necessity
of free coinage of silver, in order
to insure returning prosp ority to the
country, and be enforced his argu
ment with facts and figures that i'm
pressed his hearers and will do good
for the cause.
He was followed by Col. o. H.
Dockery in an able and convincing
speech. mainly On the silver issue;
and it is a pity the whole county
could not have heard him.
After reading the great warning Of
the great Vance, just before his
death, against the danger to our lib
critics of aggregated capital and
consequent corruption in the admin
istration Of our government, he pro-
ceeded to show how the money pow
er, ever since the war, had nfuenced
and controlled legislation in its own
interest, first, by retiring green
backs that cost only an average of
60 cents in the dollar, and issuing
government Understanding bonds
in their place, payable in gold, sill
yer and other lawful money; then
how they made these bonds payable
in coin-then how, by demonetiza-
ton Of silver and the practice Of the
government, these bonds are now
all paid in gold, in spite Of the Math-
ews joint resolution Of 1878 which
declares that the contract on it's face,
requires the bondholder to receive
coln-gold OF sllver-in payment OF
his bonds. And he made it plain
that the money lower by thus ma.
nipulating legislation had made
uoney scarce and therefore dear,
has enhanced the price of gold and
depre ciated the price of every thing
else, silver included, and brought
the people into condition Of suffer
ing and heaped burdens upon then
until there is no hope of relief unles.
the people, themselves, without re
gard to party names, unite as one
man and march to the election ant
settle this great question in favor O.
the free coinage of silver; then w
will once more be free people, anl
no longer under the baneful infu
ence of foreign powers; and will
gold, silver and a proper amount o
paper money in circulation, tn
farmer will obtain renumerativ
prices for his products, the lahore
employment at good wages, and
: season Of general prosperity ant
:, happiness, once more dawn upol
:, the country.
He showed that both gold and sill
yer were the money Of the Constitu
ton, that they had been maintain
:. ed at d parity by the fathers Of tn
. Republic, through free coinage Q
6 both, and he insisted that we coul
do what our fathers did. He emphs
sized the fact that it was the demon
citation Of silver that had sent
down, or rather had sent gold ny
and that the parity could and woul
be restored and maintained by tn
= admission Of both metals alike to tn
mints.
. After showing the inconsistenc
. of Mckinley in being for free silve
10 up to a recent date and then SUI
= denly favoring the gold standar
- when nominated for the Presidenc,
:, he declared that he himself stane
81 81 where he always stood, for free coil
70 age of silver, and that he could n
. vote for Mckinley, but would vo
g for Bryan.
- He arraigned'Pritchard and OF
y ers Of the Republican party's woul
IL be leaders in North Carolina, f
.. their recent desertion OF the eau
y of free silver and asserted and pro
70 ed that they had gone back on the
:. own record, and that they and n
~ he had deserted the Republics
l. party on this vital issue.
y This is but meager synopsis
- his speech, which was one of gre
force and will do good; and su
DIS speeches-and he will doubtless co
u tinue to make them-will accompli
rs y, much for Bryan and free silver
North Carolina.