The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-09-17
MAI. suTHRIt AT cNas.orrt
Deliver. an Abe and Patriotic Aasr..s q
the People ef ~ 90 ks~sears

tho People OF Me- ki~.sars.
Last Thursday MAJ. Vim. A. Guthrie
delivered an address in tharioit. b..-
fore large audience. Long beior.
the hour SET for the speaking, people
flocked ro Vance Park where the sp-sA-
er WAS 10 make this speech. besides
Populis's there were many democrats
and Republicans present. on the
rostrum with Mai. Guthrie were MIR
Harvey Wilson, squire Austin. pr. J.
Il. Alexander and Walter X Henry.
We give below brief synopsis Of the
address:
DIR. J. II. Alexander took the stand
and introduced Major Guthrie.
The speaker said that he had come
TO Mecklenburg Ia catch. il lac could.
some OF the inspiration that moved ia.
sturdy men Of old who declared for the
Declaration OF Independence in l..5.
Il have come 10 arouse patriotism
among men OF all parties, creeds and
coiors," said the speaker. IL came to
tell you that tn. Peoples party is moth
ing new, but contains the fundamental
principles of the constitution, like the
Declaration Of Rights many years ago.
where it is said that there must lie fire.
quent occurrences TO the fundamental
principles Of the government. IL j..
absolutely necessary. Parties 20
wrong and We must refer back TO ge;
right. There has nothing been 10 the
front and stirred the people since the
days of 90 ike the free silver coinage
question. I want to talk 10 the Peo-
pies party and urge the members u
fight together. We esre gaining ground.
We must all come together on the sill
fhn pnnllt q -
| who started the move, and now the
country is for it. But prejudice keeps
the forces apart. We have no coniid.
ence in the Democrats. Twoyears ago
they were cursing the Popuiists for
everything under the sun, from cranks
down, and now they are silent. We
are standing in the middle OF the road
and they are coming to us-let Us stand
and see.
| There ale several of us running 70!
| Governor. You are the ury, but
want you to be soft with me when yor
hand in the verdict,
81 am not fighting individuals but
party organizations.
Then the speaker told of both Re
publicans and Democrats in 1878 adop
ting the Stanley Matthews resolutions
saying that silver was good for payin,
bonds and interest on the bonds an,
now they have deserted it. The re
solution" he said, "still stands and j
you had an honest Secretary of thu
Treasury and an honest President, sill
yer would be good to-day. Now tb
gold wing of the Democratic part,
says it is not honest money. We nee'
honest men at the head more thai
honest money. John Sherman. unde
President Hayes, began the fight OF
silver"
!, He then told what free silver mean,
From this he took up the standard sil
yer, the gold and the trade dollar
Explaining that the trade dollar ha
42O grains of silver while the stvndar
dollar had 4l2it grains, yet the latte
= is worth twice as much as the formel
he said: "Now the Republicans j
their st. Louis platform declared tina
every dollar now Is worth As much a
! gold dollar. 1t is not true. Now
, want to see Legislature sent {
Raleigh that will make the trade dolls
legal tender in this State. Let Us dra'
, the line and get such men,"
The speaker said that cotton wa
going up because of the short croI
: and continuing said: 1.-The panic j
, | 1857 was nara 10 overcome. IL Wa
: not gotten over till foreign coins Wei
made legal tender in this countr.
Now we have cut off foreign com
have stopped the legal trade doll,
: and money is scarce. We need none,
Q That is what we want. When silvs
: was demonetiZed by the Republican
e in 1873 the country was struck blo'
4 We started down. The Democrats wei
: going to help US right affairs, but ha'
they done it? No; voted for Cley
land the last time and 1 am proud
it. | did it because Harrison WAS f
J the force bill. Now / will vote 4
g Bryan because he is bigger than b
d party. We must all come togeth
= and elect Bryan and defeat Mckinle
n We want free silver. We will get t
q gether.
He concluded by telling Democrat
3 Populists and Republicans to cor
out and hear and see Bryan. "Cor
Is and see q man once" he said.
d There was large number o. color'
g and white Republicans in the croJ
Ic to hear Guthrie. The crowd was lar
10 and all who were there paid strict Z
I teution to the speaker.