The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-23

printed slip as loaded matter on the
editorial page Of your next Issue, i'm
mediately following the receipt Of this,
and send marked copy with the bill To
Yours truly,
JANIS BUELL.. secty.
IA Broadway, Room l.
CONNIE nts on the slip, not to exceed
half . column, will be paid for il billed
at the same time. j. Il.
The following is the document, which
we are asked to insert as loaded matter
on the editorial page, in other words,
as a statement made by the Inter
Ocean:
THE g-eenback party has offered
through its managers to sell out to the
democrats and hereafter to work IN
democratic harness if few of their
leaders can be provided for. This
shows how much dependence there Is
to be placed on the leaders Of the luna
ties who clamor for money based on
nothing"
We insert this, but We shall send no
! bill for it, We shall send no bill be-
cause, in the first place, We do not fol-
/ low directions about leading it; Sec
| Ondly, we can't believe word OF the
statement to be true. We do not know
who is managing the affairs OF the
American Bankers Association but
whoever he is we advise that body to
get rid of him without delay. The at
tempt to thus maliciously destroy the
greenback party without submitting a
word Of proof is a piece of effrOntery
which ought to be beneath any body of
commercial gentlemen, and especially
the American Bankers Association
| We refuse to believe that such an ex-
traOrdinAry document was authorized
by that body.
Since the above was in type we have
received copy Of the New York Sun
containing the above circular, which
it appears was sent to that paper also
The Sun publishes the document with
editorial comment from which we
quote as follows:
"This we say is an extraordinary
circular, with an extraordinary slip
1t will be seen that the slip is or as
sumes to be, an item of news. 1t is AZ
item that none of the ubiquitous re-
pOrters of the Sun had been able to ge
hold of. II any one of them.had brought
it to us properly authenticated by doc
umentary or other evidence, we would
!. not ask him to pay us for printing
} it, but on the contrary, we would hav
paid him we'll for procuring it. 1t will
be observed, however, that the scanda.
lOus item which we are asked in thu
name uf the American Bankers AssO
citation to publish, has two peculiari
ties: First, no proof of its accuracy
furnished; and, secondly, we are offer
ed money for its publication as "leade
=, matter on the editorial page" of thi
days Sun. This is remarkable bust
ness to be performed in the name Q
the American Bankers Association.
"Our establishment is increased b
: the postscript which appears at tn
bottom of this circular. 1t informs U
, that comments upon the slip not
!, exceed half a column will be paid for.
: This means of course, that the editor
9 ial comments that are to be paid TO
: must sustain the slip on the editoris
that is to be paid for. But
= this attempt to bride anti corrupt tn
2 press, by the direct offer of money fO
, editorial articles made under the auth
GRITTY of the American Bankers AssC
citation, the name of the secretary c
6 which is signed to the circular abov
: printed? We call for information uI
: on this point, and shall wait for it.
. authority has been given to bribe tn
. press, then very certainly attempt
g will be made to bride congress, an
9 9 corrupt the sources of influence 8
Washington in the same interest.
is shameful business, if there be M
!. some mistake about it. Let the trut
, be brought out. Let the responsible
:, for this circular be- fixed.
) eff this circular is forgery we sha
. be glad to make it known