The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-06-18
SOME OF HIS SUSPICIOUS.
A WATCHFUL POP SIGHTS A SCHEME
AMONG THE DEMOCRATS FOR CON-
TROLLING THE LEGISLATURE.
Watch Them with Something Stronger
Than n Glass Eye-Guthrie For Cover
nor-Some Plain Words to Mouthy Dem

Watch Them with Something Stronger
Than n Glass Eye-Guthrie For Cover
nor-some Plain Words to Mouthy Dem
ocrats.
For the Caucasian.
SUNsBURY, Gates Co., June 10
There seems to be q great deal of
Democratic mouthiness down here
In Eastern North Carolina. Demo-
Gratis say they will vote for Guthrie
or any other good man the Pops
will nominate for Governor. But
when we reflect on the occurrences
of '94, when Major Guthrie was
down here making speeches in the
interest of the Peoples Party, a
Democrat could hardly be seen at
any of his appointments. Now, |
would like to know what has brought
about this change. think there is
something rotten in Denmark" l
think their plan would be to let the
Populists have all the State Offices
they want, if by SO doing they (the
Dems) could get control of the legis-
lature. A Democratic majority in
the next legislature will restore their
machine ring rule. 1t will do more
than that; it will repeal our honest
election law. 1t will do more yet; it
will elect a Democrat to the Z. S.
Senate, and [ believe it will do
worse than that. l believe it will
pass such legislation rs will keep
them in power just as long as they
want to stay.
Now we, as Populists, don't want
any of these things l have made
mention of, because we have labor.
ed under the gall and bitterness OF
these things. The Democratic party
of North Carolina stands just where
it stood in 1892, and these machine
ringsters will bear watching witt
something better than glass eye.
We must beat the Democrats thi
| year, and the way to do it, is for th'
people to hold township meetings
county meetings and district meet
ings and plan for the defeat of thes
ringsters. For instance, the Popu
lists and Republicans can cooper
ate and send a Republican from
CdCu Couhty PlCoSSu W NOLO lol IL
r man for U. S. Senator unless he
: an out and-out free coinage man
e By doing this we can control tn
d next legislature, and then we ca
!, fix things in better shape than the
;. are now. But if the Democrat
!. party gets in power, we are gone {
,f party. We are told to watch s
4 we'll as pray, and now Is a time VIII c
,e we must watch.
,r So far as Guthrie is concerned,
n the Demo Gratis don't vote for him |
20 will be the next Governor Of Nor
al Carolina. Guthrie is the man. On
half of the Republicans in the Sta
in will vote for him, and every Pop
~ list to a man, and that will ele
A him.
a What have written is Popul
~ sentiment down here in Easte
North Carolina. We want go
governments government of t
people, by the people, and for t
people.
The Democrats say they want fl
coinage of silver at the ratio of
lie to l through the Democratic par
tic Such stuff as that is all nonser
IS and tomfoolery. Why didn't y
he give it to US when you had all leg
re tion in your powerq 1t is too late
se get it that way now. If you are
re earnest about it, come to the POI
in lists, the only party that offers
es. give the people the free and unli
les tied coinage of silver at 16 to l.
m MOSES BYNUM
N. B.: All of the colored peo
lu- down here in my county are &C
.or old Pops, save just a few.