The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-16

itself: it is absurd" Under the agree
ment with the Republicans, it is we'll
known that Guthrie cannot be elected,
and therefore the Populists are midi
rectly contributing to the election OF
Russell, who is supporting and adj
vocating on the stump the election OF
a poldbug for President" when they
could be honorably helping to elect a
man supporting and advocating silver.
They are directly voting for goldbugs
when they vote for Walser for Attor-
new General, Douglass for Supreme
Court Justice. and Richmond Pearson
for Congress. The name of the Duke
of Richmond Hill stands at the mast
head of the Caucasian thus:
CONGRESSIONL TICKET.
9th District Richmond Pearson, of
Buncombe county.
Indirectly the Populist machine" is
also irving TO elect those gold Repub-
LEANS, Settle, Linney |and the negro
White. In it's fusion to elect gold men,
the Populist machine has brought
down on itself the anathemas the
Caucasian pronounced on the Republi-
can party when it first proposed a
fusion fer spoils, such as is now being
carried out by the Popuists. The
Caucasian then sand:
IF the proposition of the Repub-
lican party (to fuse on division of
offices) expresses the attitude of
the Republican party, then that
party lis nothing less than an or
ganization for official brigandage
and spOl;ation division among
the leaders, of what cam be eX-
acted from the people constitutes
the limits of its intentions and pur-
poses, and the sooner the people
can arouse themselves to absolute
ly and everlastingly repudiate
such an organization, the better
it will be for their individual well
fare and for the future of the
land in which they live"
If the Republican machine" deserv-
ed to be 'everlastingly repudiated' be-
cause it wanted a division among
leaders, ought not the people also
to repudiate the Populist ''machine"
when it is guilty of the same official
biigandage and spoliatiOn|
The Democrats in their National
convention declared against the gold
ler's address they accepted his invita-
ton, and proposed fusion for principle.
1T was rejected by the machine" in
the face Of this declaration by Senator
Butler on February 9th:
THE Peoples party in North
Carolina endorses and stands
ready 10 take the same patriotic
action that has been taken be-
tween the reform forces in the Ma
ton, that lis, we are ready to CO.
operate with Individuals or any
party that will turn it's back upon
the gold combine and make COM
mon fight for an American sys-
tenn of finance, and fer principles
i'm all governmental affairs.
We do not doubt that this expresses
the sentiments of tine voters. The
machine said it stood ready for the
same union until a proposition looking
to it was offered. Then it preferred
to stick TO a dishonoIable bargain
with goldbugs, which the goldbugs
had broken. The Caucasian of March
goth, used these words:
THE Caucasian is in favor of CO.
operating for principle. But how
car we co operate with those who
are going in an opposite direction?
We are striving TO bring about
relief to the industrial classes and
the business of the country. We
must fight those who are herding
in the camp of the goldbugs and
the monCpolists. We have no pa
tience with those who favor join
ing together opposite and oppos
fof4ooc hfr division Of fiaIrafc
or official positions. We are OPP
posed to cooperating with those
who have no principles but who
simply want our votes to help them
to the pie counter. If we will stand
by principle we will find that there
are fifty thousand men in the old
parties who are as patriotic as we
are"
THE Caucasian has always stood
and now stands for the. fund.-
mental principles of good govern
ment for which the patriotic
founders of our government stood.
These principles are greater than
any party. We win repudia'te. any
party that deserts these principles
and sells out to the monopolists
and British goldbugs. We will
join any parity that stands for
these principles and fights mono
poles, goldbugs and traitors"
No condemnation of the machine"
from any source could be severer than
this. 1--WE have TO patience with those
who favor joining together opposite
and opposing forces by a division of
tickets or official Positions said the
Caucasian. And yet the machine"
did that very thing. eve will repu-
dIiate any party that deserts these
principles and sells out to the mono
polists and goldbugs." The Republi-
cans did this. "We will join any parity
that stands for these principles and
fights monopolists, goldbugs-and trait
ors" And yet, with these declarations
staring them in the face, the Populist
machine makes common cause with
those who ''sell out to the mOnopolists
and goldbugs," and fights those who
fight "monopolies, goldbugs and
traitors"
The machine" tells Popuhst voters
TO support goldbugs for office, and yet
on April end, the Caucasian, the organ