The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-06-18

PROFESSIONS AND ACTIONS.

friends.
PROFESSIONS AND ACTIONS.
"Silver men ought to unite"
ave must get together" 1--WE
think alike and ought to vote alike"
These are some expressions which
fall upon the ear of the Populist
who may find himself among Demo
Gratis these days. The utterances
are pretty. They declare what ought
to be, but the source from which
they come makes them meaningless
and OF no value.
AS uttered by Democrats they
simply constitute a weak little whin-
ny for the Populists to vote the
Democratic machine into Office
again, just because the machine is
having its claquers to whoop for
free silver. The machine Is not hon
est ard sincere, but it is no longer
seeking to keep the "boys" from
trying to make a great fuss and
blow. 1t still hopes to fool the peo-
pie.
We had little talk with a Demo-
crat last week who appears to have
some confidence in the machine. He
had read a comment in the News
and Observer on a CAUCASIAN edito-
rial which misled him, and he came
down to TAKE US TO task for trying
to split the silver forces.
"What in the thunder do you
meant" he asked. Don't you know
we ought to get togethera" AND
here you are declaring you will moi
vote for the Democrats who are il
favor of free silver" &c., sc.
We quietly cited the previou.
promises and records of the Demo
cratic party and then plainly tolt
him there was no member of thu
Populist party who was so big foo
as to believe any more Democrat,
promises. The "chance' they hat
asked for had been given them b,
the people and nothing had come O
it. 1t was our opinion that nothin.
would come of another chance.
"Well, them" he said, "let tn
people get together in a non-parti
san, representative mass meetin,
and name men for Offices who viii
not be Objectionable to the silve
men Of any party, and let the unite
strength of the silver forces be cas-
for them"
Very good, we said. That woul
be a solution of the "getting te
gether" problem; but who can Q
will inaugurate the movement fo
such = meetingq If the Populist
should call such a meeting, woul
the Democrats attend it and ente
into the movement in good fait
and do what they could do make til
"getting together" plan a SUGGEST
"No," he said, II think not. Th
Democrats would probably think
a trap laid by the Populists an
might not enter into the plan.
would be q surrendering of their al
tonomy and that. they would not
willing to do.
We then told him we knew tina
The Democrats (the machine ell
menD think more of their party tia
any principle. In fact principle h,
no part in the inspiration of the
tactics. Their inspiration is off,
aud spoils, and the organization is
close corporation of such charact
as would sell out every nation
principle for the sake of controllir
and holding the spoils and offic
that are involved in the State 20
eminent.
We then referred him to the ia
that in last September nearly tho
sand Democrats in the State sign,
call for non-partisan State silv
convention. Populists did not S,
this is a Democratic scheme to tr,
us. They said it is silver conve
ton. We are for silver and We W
attend it and try to unite the silv
forces. We don't care what becom
Of party if we can secure the oper
ton of our principles, and we W
60 there and throw our force q,
strength with silver Democrats
that purpose.
But Great Scott! When the Por
lists came for the purpose Of effe
ing this union, they found that t
Democrats had fed from and aba
doned the convention which tn
had themselves called, and but
tbs fact that the Populists had col