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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
olsHoNoRAslg SILENCE,


a Candidate and Party Dominated ~
Greed for Omces
There is much speculation as TO the
outcome at 81. Louis, the chief question
being: Can Mckinley obtain the SOW
eted nomination without committing
himself upon the dangerous question Of
silver?
We incline to the belief that he can.
The average delegate to that convention
viii represent the hunger for Office
first and his W or his constituents
convictions afterward, If at all. The
platform Of Senator Wolcott, of Col
orado, for a silver platform if he can get
it, but, if not, then she next best thing,
is likely to be a popular n when the
convention assemblies.
Why should it be expected that this
convention will reverse all republican
precedents by suddenly insisting upon
principle first and the offices after
wards? Hon. Webster Flanagan, of
Texas, was a representative and a poPu-
lar republican when he exclaimed in
1880: "What are we here for but tho
o~ficesS" A party that has fused with
populism to secure power in the SOUTH
ern states, that to-day holds the United
States senate by a similar fusion with
the cranks and enemies of sound
finance, is not likely to leopard any
electoral votes by insistence upon clear
affirmation of the true principles of
finance.
Mckinley has probably judged his
party Alright. We have yet to learn Of q
delegate or a delegation lost to him
by his straddling. Threats there have
been, but threats hurt nobody, and
most of them have had a string at"
tachment.
But with the people it will be differ
emit. The mistake Mckinley is making,
and his party is about to make in nom
mating him, is in assuming that the
people, like themselves, are an organ
lied greed for office. N~ine-tenths Of the
people car nothing for the offices, care
little who holds them. What they do
care, what they have insisted and will
insist, is that their president shall be
q man of convictions, with the courage
of his convictions.
Mr.. Mckinley will find that the
shibboleth of protection will not suf-
flee to bring the presidency to a man
who dare not speak his mind on tho
greater question Of finance. His silence
of dishonor will be broken by the death
knell of his hopes.-Albany Argus.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
nTnKlnIeY,a Weak Polnt.

The opponents of Mckinley have one
advantage, notwithstanding the majors
great lead. They have him exposed at
his weakest point with a full month in
which to exploit and hammer it. Let
the hammering be maintained with tire
less vigor, and great things may yet be
done. just as the constant dripping of
the water wears away the stone, so may
q relentless and ~incessant attack upon
McKinley's financial views wear away
his cohorts of votes. His present posi-
ton of silence upon the silver question
is so cowardly that to hold it for four
long weeks must weaken his strength
In the east If he declares for gold, he
throws away the silver support he now
receives in the west; and # he declares
for silver, he ruins himself al a stroke.
Meanwhile the panicky feeling grows
as to where he is at. The position is
awkward, and cannet long be main
tasned+springheld (Mass.) Repub,
lican.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
MY FRIENDS GARDEN.

It holds the sunshine all the year.
It IS the home OF birds;
Love tells its pleasant story here
ia music without words;
II Is the first place interviewed
when comes my Lady SPRING
II keeps It's beauty -autumn-hued
When birds ave ceased to sing.
And aif the pleasant world OF flowers
Comes here to spend the friendly hours.
To-day the stately danodn
Bends graceful golden head,
Pale primrose-groups. serene and sim,
Peep from a h u green bed;
Sweet scents are scattered on h air
From purple v~iolets.
The world Is breathing hopes glad prayer
Unhindered by regrets.
while on the sunny southern wall
Fruit-blossoms lead a festival.
The Garden is my friends, not mine.
But fragrance, song. and flower.
And lifted leaf. and climbing vine,
Are mine for any hour.
Here birds to me their message bring,
Buds make their secrets known,
And I can in b garden sing
As IL It were my own
What matter who the owners bel
To-day it gives Its best to me.
have no tree in any grove, (.
Yet all the world is mine,
Since God has given me power to love,
And see His works divine,
I Joy In what my friends possess,
And God my Father grants;
His light shall cheer, His words shall bless,
His hands supply my wants.
The world shall be q garden fair
Becaus His love Is everywhere.
Marianne birmingham. in London Chris
tian World.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
IL 10 ao SOW.
EAs McKinlsy Boomera Rave Reached .
CE1tleaI Point

EAe Mckinley BOomdrs Reached ,
CEltiea1 Point
Among the most eagacious of Mr..
Platt's remarks about Mckinley and his
canvass. is his suggestion that after tbs
noise Of the preliminary booming is
over there will be an interval before the
St Louis convention long enough for
the delegates to cool of and do some
calm and serious thinking.
The republican conventions just held
viii complete substantially the roll of
delegates; and unquCstionably MeKin-
ley's nomination viii be proclaimed by
his boomers as q foregone conclusion.
On the face of the returns of delegates
there IS every reason to believe that it
will look that way. At any rate, his
nomination on the first ballot win be
made to appear inevitable, in the hope
Of silencing all opposition to him as
futile and a political bIunder in those
who venture to make it, The plan from
the first has been to rush him through;
and 50 far as concerns the state conven-
tions it seems to have worked pretty
successfully. If the st. Louis conven
ton were to be held this week or next
week it might go through to the end
not less satisfactorily. But will the
booming continue to boom during all
the weeks still remaining before the
actual assembling Of the body that Is
to make the nomination.
That is another matter, as Mr.. PIatt
suggests. The delegates and the re-
publican party will have time to do some
thinking about the wisdom of going
into the anvas with a candidate as
to whom the sober sense of the whole
union has the gravest doubts. The hys-
terics of the booming will give place to
sane reflection.
The same may be said of the Chicago
convention. It is still far enough off to
enable the democratic party to get into
a reasonable frame of mind before it is
called to order. The silver crowd have
often before startled the party with
their boasting of the tremendous dem
~onstrations they were about to make
in conventions and elections; but when
the time comes for the fulfillment what
has been the result? Instead of making
progress and winning victory, the sill
yer faction has gone steadily backward
and downward and has encountered
only defeat. Every days delay before
the Chicago convention will increase
the probability that the silver demo-
Gratis will there be overcome finally.
They are fighting for a humbug which
win not stand calm discussion.
It is the anne with the McKinleyites
in the republican party. They are try
ing to put up a humbug to be run in a
campaign of duplicity and false pre-
tense.-N. Y. Sun.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
POINTS AND

-Hanna's fat has been very sue
cessful in greasing the axles of the Nc
Kinley band wagon.-St. Louis Repub-
lie.
Mark Hanna can do Maj. McKin-
ley a great deal of good by keeping
slightly more in the background.-Iowa
State Register (Rep.).
Mr.. Mckinley is already making
cabinets, and there is no law to pre-
vent but there is an old adage about
eggs in points,. Paul Globe.
Imagine Mckinley on a campaign
tour this fall, declaring to the people
from the tail of o p%arlor Ear 81 have
nothing to say.'-Utica Observer.
Reed might accept the nomina-
ton for vice president on the ticket with
Morton, but not on a ticket with a
younger man in vigorous health.-Chic-
cago Chronicle.
The Cardiff Giant, like Mckinley,
created something of a stir by keeping
its mouth shut, till other people got to
talking and the imposture was exposed.
Albany Argus.
The gentlemen who are arrang-
ing McKinley's cabinet for him should
read and digest the old warning against
counting chickens before they are
hatched.-Detroit Free Press.
Yes; let ush hear from Mai. McKin-
ley on the tariff. Let him tell as how ii
happens that more American manu-.
features have been exported during
eight months Of the Wilson tariff than
were sent abroad during a whole year Of
the Mckinley t~arin-WheeHng Reg
lister.
The republican who are whining
because the president thew 10000 of.
fees into the civil service system forget
that Harrison did the same thing on g
scale proportionate to his smaller ca
pacity, and that he did this after his
successor had been elected-Kansal
City Times.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
PROMPTED BY GREED.
The Mckinley Enthusiasm Springs from
Selfish Instincts.

Selfish Instincts
The enthusiasm for Mckinley is a
matter of neither brains nor heart. 1t
is not based upon admiration of the
mans ability or upon affection for one
who makes tens of thousands regard
him as a personal friend. 1t is purely
a matter Of the pocket. 1t is based
upon the belief among the masses that
McKinley's election in 1896-or, for that
matter, Gannon's,. if Cannon had been
appointed chairman Of the ways and
means committee in 16S9-wiIl give
them constant work with easy hours
at high wages. In short, it rests upon
the theory that the tariff is the most
important thing in the country, and
that the government can mark wages
up or down. It is due to the spreading
among the ignorant of the idea that
prosperity is to be determined by votes.
The success of a campaign based upon
an -unreasoning enthusiasm of this sort
must be followed by a misunderstanding
and q disappointment which will pro-
yoke a tremendous revolution in public
sentiment Thoughtful republicans
view with the greatest apprehension
the prospect Of McKinley's election. 1t
Is not simply that nobody knows where
he stands on the financial question now,
or how Sc weakened a person would
stand if he should become president. It
Is still more because, even if he were
sound on this issue, he could not possi-
bly, satisfy the extrayagant expecta-
tions that IRE entertained of the effect
Of his election. The enthusiasm for
Mckinley is due to the belief by the
masses that he will usher in the millen-
MUM at noon on the 4th of March, 1897,
and their indignation when they shall
find how they have been deceived is
something that is dreaded by many a
republican who does not dare to resist
the tide-N. Y. Post.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25

The clamor in the republican
party for Mckinley is based on the
dangerous hypothesis that Mckinley
means prosperity. The candidate whose
nomination seems inevitable to-day de-
clines to state his position on the only
important problem before the country,
end this is not encouraging to repub.
Hcan business men who know that Il
Is necessary for the national finances
to Be directed by . man whose convic-
tions are sound and who Is sure not to
fail III courage when it becomes neces-
aary to stand by them.-IndianapoIis
News Qnd.),
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
A BACKWOODS WOOING.

? the long and
slanting hillslope
a mans figure
went slowly, plod-
ding onward after
a sturdy black
mare and turning
up the ground be.
tween two tall
rows of co r N,
which at times
hid him complete
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25

aigned. But Beck Bailey's man was
dead and she was free. and the heart
IT the man went after her as a bird
after the home nest Beck, slim, sweet
Beck, with her laughing, mocking
mouth and wonderful. changeful eyesi
She should be his; for what cared he for
Tom Pence and even Col VIII, the
oid b57e Sinking beau2 He would
~ down Nfth the country side and see
Seek At The herryin'.1 but not before.
ch nozzle would wait awhile now.
The frtn was q great affair.
BaiIegs house had been tbronged
Days, and Beck kept up by q con-
tnusl state 81 excitement. It was all
her min. Tor she loved some
@iu fou on. sad 81 this case was a.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25

Magistrate-why didn't you answer
to your name2
Vagrant-Beg pardon, jedge, but Z
forgot wot name I gave las night
"Didn't you give your own name7a
"No, ledge, Tn ~travelin' incog.7
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25

" from view. The shoulders under
the straw hat proclaimed him young
and manly, and the steadiness with
which he went forward and his short
stay at the top Of the slope bespoke
him a man of purpose.
Then came g~aIloping through the
white dust of the road below q lanky
boy on a o horse, in whose veins was
the racing blood of generations. Clear
and iute-like came the call, marion;
oh, Marionlp
Marion, handsome Marion, came leis-
urely up to the rails. He did not expect
any letters and was not excited. How
ever, the boy knew his news was worth
attention, and burst out impetuously:
wont be so cool when We have
~ Rool~ R~oilavso unan ;o
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25

The distance between Cape Town.
South Africa, and Washington Is g.
ss4 miles.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
~atifcation of seeing
o his lips.


What killed lm2"
''The doctors air calm it blood pizen,"
returned the boy. Say, Marion, they're
gittin' thar hot fut. I seen Tom Pence
hitchin' up, and Cunnel VIII hez been
thar high an dry sence the turn kum."
Still Marion did not speak, but the
boy saw his lips trembIe.
run along, Pete, with the mail.
Folks'Il all be waiting" he said, firmly,
and Peter, disappointed at nothing more
definite, dug his heels into the colt and
dashed away.
Then the man unhitched Dolly and,
mounted on her bare back, rode down
the lane into the sunlit woods, on, on,
without path or budapest, deep into
the woods until he was sure he was far
enough from human beings to be safe.
And then, with a shout jubilant enough
to brighten the black mare, he threw
back his head and laughed, a sonorous
peal that astenished himself. He knew
he was happy, and he had come away
here to fight the im%petuous demons Of
newly aroused passions and eagernese
until he could subdue them enough to
be decorous before the world. For he
had loved Beck Bailey when she was a
slip Of a girl and as d young woman,
and when she had married another he
had come away here in the woods to
fight out his hatred and misery and re-
bellion. Nature, dear mother, had
claimed him, and he even became re-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-07-09
NoFusion in Bladen.
For The Caucasian. !

For The caucasian.
WINNIE, n. c., July 2.-Let me
say that there will be no fusion this
year in Bladen. Republicans wanted
to fuse, principle or no principle, but
wanted everything like they got last
election; but the Peoples Party will
not help to put any goldbug in Of
flee. The only otlice-holder we had
that claimed to be q Populist, ac-
cording to his own statement, has
sold himself to the Republicans or
to Russell, and is spending Russell's
money in riotous living, buying
vstes or trying to, but they are
wasting their Sweetness on the
desert air." The people of Bladen
can't be fooled any longer. The
Peoples Party is sure to win even If
there are three tickets in the field.
Leading Democrats say they will
vote with us if we will stay ''in the
middle of the road" | think we
will make as much by not fusiug as
we would have made by fusing.
| The leading Democrats have to
own that Senator Buffers course in
the Senate cannot be reprOached;
that his acts have been right in
every instance.
1t is hard for them to have to come
under, but we are glad to see then
own the truth even at the last hour
Bladen is for silver and will bt
victorious in November. ID.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-07-09
ADVICE IN VERSE.
fake Warning All xe Pops'-A Prsdie
ton Made By Old Sage.

Fake Warning All We Pops''-A Prsdic-
tion Made By an Old Sage.
For The CaucasIan.i
JOY, Burke County, n. c., July l.
i have been voting the Democratic
ticket ever since the late war until
four years ago. Then | got my eyes
opened by seeing some of their ballt
box stuffing, domineering over the
poor and many other mean tricks
that would make any honest man
blush. have been voting for the
Pops ever since. | have been tax
ing THE CAUCASIAN nearly two years;
have given them out to my neigh
bors to read and it has put some Of
them to thinking. Many of them
were old Dems, but they will sup
port the Peoples Party from now
on. | have gotten old; can't work
any more and money IS SO scare
can't take any paper now. | don't
see any chance for times to get any
better until we get a silver Presi-
dent. | am almost sure we will do
this this fall, for the Dems have
done so badly | can't see any chance
for them. They are too badly di-
vided on the silver question.
TAKE WARNING ALL YE POPS.
Now | say to you good men one and
all,
Keep your eyes open along this tall;
Rather than have their party sever,
They will act the rascal worse than
ever.
Cheer up ye yeOmanry, don't give way ;
! The silver cocks are growing for day
Talk and laugh and do all you can,
HOller, "Hurrah" for MARY Ann"
For in him lies part of our fate,
He is the champion Of our State;
Let us hOller, laugh and have our fun,
| For we have the old Dems on the run
Tis amusing to little Pop,
To know where the Dems aim to stop;
But think from their latest report
They'll seek the old Republican fort.
Then won't we have lots of good fun
Chasing them out with our POpgun?
W. M BROWN
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-07-09
THEY HAVE NOT GONE BACK
Tas Sins csi~y hr~shsss Have S.t ss
tsrned To III" p~m.ers:s-Ana The,
Say Tha; The Es ps,t q. Q siAnd.r
For The Cancas..a.i

For The Czneas!aa-'
STONY CKsEN TOWNSHIP. Nash
County y. &. June sL-PleAse pae-
ilsh the following So that Nc msy
correct 4 Democratic error that Is
rirculsted ia Nash and Edsecombc
counties by the nemo- Republican
s'audgrers. - The eject that We. The
Coley brothers, have gone back q"
the Democratic psrtv.
No, we NINE BROTHERS LEI, ;h..
Democratic party ard voted with
N. Populist Party so that We coali
help fight for certain cardinsl prIn
ciples- the principles of jefferson.
Jackson and Lincoln, which priucl-
plies were not found in the Demo
cratic party; and We are STILL
FIoHTISG, and will continue to fight
for those principles in the Populis,
Party, or IN any oiber party that
will let its record Toe trath and Jus
tioe.
No, We cannot return ~ party
Of such work as has been resorted toe
- keep in Office. Just see all man
ner of cheating, ballot box s'ufiing,
throwing out townships. trGnspcs
ing figures TO change majoriti.s, re.
fusing to appoint honest men 70,
pollholders 10 count honest men:
votes.
No, no.. We will never return To a
party whose record is as black as the
Demo-Republicsu party of old.
Let me ssy here, that all the Pop
ulists in my section land most al
are Popuhsts) have got their heads
set one way, and the Demo Repubh
cans cannot change them one way
or the other. We are ''in the mid
die of the road" and say no fusIor
with either one OF the old parties.
In conclusion we cordially invit,
all honest, patriotic men of whatever
party or politics who viii! place prin
ciple above party, to join us in free
ing ourselves and country from al
such party organizations.
JAS. j. CoLEY * Bros.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-07-09

Party cannot endorss or pport
either Of these candidAtes. iiEsr
OF them can get the f-li SUI n Of
their respective parties. II Peo-
Piles Party act wisely and sc 1 the
right man. one who has not alien
ated friends, but has t4- confidence
OF the people. they ought 10 win in
this distri"t this yen would sug-
gest the RAM" os Capt. James Il.
Lloyd, p y"ung man OF exemplary
charater, e r,ird political faith,
ability and courage. He would
make vigorous canvass, has been
laboring for W." reform cause from
It's jnc.picnoy. and would make a
capable ard a"rt"y representative.
". T.. FoUETAIN.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-07-09

hi.ver means feAf neither the frc~i-
d-nt nor his Secretary os th. TREAS
nry voald be allowed aay loneer 20
boycott the four hundred aud ,ven-
~ eight millions Of standard SILVER
dollars nov IN existence. The power
ihz; could rees,Ablish silver coinage
would compel the use Of silver With
gold IN the redemption OF rbaek
Tnis woGld do away With the false
preiense that bonds mus, he sold
with which TO bay gold TO redeem
crecnhAcds. IL would remove con-
san, menace by the gold gang that
the legal tender quality shall be taken
away from the vast amount Of silver
dollars now IA existence. Ia would
sdd ,noagh to the money IN circ ala
ton IN the country each year to keep
pace with the increase Of population
and the requirements for domestic
exchange. at would make AL the
silver bullion IN the world worth Just
as mucn As Though f were already
coined into dollars. IL would stop
greenbacks from being presented ~
the treasury because Heidelbach,
lckelheimer 4 Co. and the rect o;
the breed OF gold spectators would
be offered silver when they demand
ed gold. and they would not want it,
Free coinage would guarantee the
stability OF the currency. The
grinding contraction now gong on
would cease. The borrowed surplus
IN the Treasury of nearly s2O9. Co.,
900 would be expended in grand pub
lie improvements, including coast
defenses, and thus be restored 10
circulation among the people. II
would gradually raise the general
level of prices.
The production of wheat and other
farm products would be resumed on
the former scale. Manufacturers Of
every description would no longer
engage in a mere hand to mouth pro-
duction, but would manufacture for
the requirements of the coming year
This would give work to those now in
distress, and would enable laboring
people themselves to buy what they
are now doing without, under the
harsh compulsion Of poverty. The
commerce between forty five States
would be resumed: railroads would
be taken out of the hands of receiv.
ers, because they could again earn
interest on their debts and expenses
and something more. The occupa.
ton of the panic maker would be
gone. With free coinage would come
a President and Secretary of the
Treasury who would not spend hall
their time bawling to the world thA,
their government is bankrupt AND
compelled TO sell its bonds at 20 pei
cent. discount from the interest rates
of the world to enrich favorabl,
syndicates for some unfathomabls
reason. Free coinage would stop fh,
borrowing Of money iu times Of peac,
for the purpose of obtaining gol,
with which to pay obligations no
payable in gold.
In brief, free coinage would meal
back seat for syndicates and thei
official instruments-a back seat 70
the bears of New York stock market
and for the pawnbrokers through
out the country. 1t would meal
. that money would be more profita
BILE when invested in business enter
prises than when laid away in
napkin to breed upon itself. 1t woul,
mean fair play among men, and onl
100 cents On the dollar in paymen
OF debts.
And free coinage is coming unles
bribery and corruption are stronge
in the land than the honest expires
sion of the peoples will.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-07-09

And ] am sure that the good old
days of jackson will come agsir,
and this Our distressed country will
smile With, or by a wonderful
change, and the United States be
redeemed from other kingdoms who
are dragging our children down to
bondage and slavery. o, for a few
old Lots, IF Sodom. Call them into
Office ard they will save this eoun-
try, for | am sure that they can re-
deem US from the jaws Of oppree
sion Aad the old flag that cost our
old fathers 20 many days of hard
toll aud bloodshed, would again un-
furl her trem bling waves of beauty
over the old fathers children, aud
the sweet voice could be heard
Peace. be still, be still"
JOHS MaRsHHUPS