The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-05-07
REMARKABLE
SPEECHES.
The Only Thing That Will Make
The Election Of a Goldbug
President Certain.
'ASISPEAK, so WILL VOTE"

For Mekinlsy's Goldbugisin-Tillman
and Teller win stand by Their Convie-
tions Party or no Psrty-Ths Democrat
ie sItuation-Union, Victory and Relief
| Are In sight For The People.
Special 70 The Caucasian.l
WASHINGTON, ID. g., May 5, ls96-
| Events in Congress and all over the
country for the last few days have been
OF the greatest significance politically,
and indicate clearly results OF tre-
mendous import for the future.
1t is now known to everybody that
the goldites and the bankers conferred
their forces and power for the election
Of the Democratic party in 1892. They
| backed CIeveland's candidacy with
their money, for they believed that he
and the Democratic party could at that
| time serve the bondhOlders and bank
ers better than the Republican party.
This prostitution of the Democratic
party has made it Odious, therefore, the
foreign Shy locks and their American al.
lies have decided that for the next four
years the Republican party will be the
best tool to serve them. A few weeks
ago The CAUCASIAN, in carefully
written editorial, showed that McKin-
ley was the first choice of the
gOldbugs for the Republican
nomination. The event of the
last few weeks, and especially
of the last few days, prove, beyond
question, that THE CAUCASIAN was
right. The tremendous campaign fund
put up to back McKinley's canvass, no
doubt equally as large as the tremen-
dOus fund that was put up to back
Cleveland's candidacy in 1892, has been
effective to sweep State after State
into the Mckinley column, even to the
extent of taking from other candi-
dates their own States. The gold men
, are striving desperately to make the
tariff the issue in the coming cam
paign, and to do this it is necessary
to have Mckinley for the Republican
, candidate for President, for the gold
men are satisfied that they can rely on
him to maintain the gold standard as
implicitly as they could on John Sher-
man or Grover Cleveland.
r SHERMAN yOUCHEs FOR MCKINLEY's
, GOLDBUGIsM.
! On last Monday, Senator Sherman,
referring to McKinley's financial
Q views, said: "There can be no doubt
r of the opinion of Major Mckinley on
the money question. He is committed
in every form, by speech and other
S wise, to the Republican policy of main
tanning the present gold coin of the
United States as the standard of
s value" These are Senator Sherman's
b exact words. A few weeks ago Sena-
tor Sherman said, substantially, the
y same thing in a public interview. Be-
a sides, it is generally conceded, that if
a Mckinley is elected President that
John Sherman will be his Secretary OF
Il the Treasury.
). THE DEMOCRATIC SITUATION.
J. A few weeks ago there seemed to be
!, probability that the silver meI
would control the Democratic Ma.
tiOnal convention at Chicago. The sill.
~ very jubilant, and began lecturing the
~ Peoples's Party men as to their duty
n They lost no opportunity to tell the
,e Peoples Party Senators and Congress.
y men that it was their duty to put the
v cause of financial reform above party
D. and to help them elect the silver nomi
d nee which they would surely put up a
Chicago. On last Thursday when tn,
s. news came that the gold men ha(
ID captured the Michigan Democrat,
n State convention, had endorsed Grover
Cleveland in glowing terms, and in
"a structed the delegates to vote for tn.
Ie gold standard, quite change came
over the cOuntenances of that class O
10 silver Democrats who were ready t,
s, ask somebody else to leave their party
i to go into the Democratic party, bu
were not ready to take such actor
u themselves if the gold men SHOULD
~ control their'party.
"A Soon after the news from Michigan
," had reached Washington, silver Dem
IN Ocrat, meeting Senator Butler, said
g, "That is bad news we received fron
= Michigan" Senator Butler prompt
IL replied: at is bad news for tn
O. Democratic party, but it is good new
#. for silver. The action in Michiga
cOnvinces me more than ever tina
OF Providence is shaping political event
Dir to bring about victory and relief fO
,;c the people," The silver Democra
-. looking astionished, asked what, h
tn meant: Senator Butler replied: 81 be
We lieve that Providence is taking han
in this fight, and will not allow such
good cause to be damaged by allowin
such discredited party as yours t
endorse it. If the Chicago CONVEX
81 ton should declare for silver, then
90 would mean that Providence did nj
AIS intend for the people to get relief
cd this campaign. The Democratic part
is discredited in the eyes of the gre,
ns masses Of the people. For tWent
ng years it has denounced the Republica
H. gold policy and National banking sy
:, TEN, and pledged to the people to wiz
o. out such Infamous legislation if the
should be placed in power. The
asked for only chance to give tt
~, people relief. The people took the
OIL at their word and put them in powe
,p- giving them the House, the Sena
a hat +
result? The party not only did n,
tor keep a single one of it's pledges, b,
on the other hand it officially endorse
the Sherman system of finance; n,
r.. only did that, but even went furth,
GOO and wiped out the last law on I'll
or. statute books providing for the coil
cb age of silver, and for an increase
his the currency. This record of DEM
Tvs cratic betrayal and treachery is til
o." darkest page in American politics, ar
IL has brought upon the people and I'll
nd country the sOrest distress that the
at have suffered since the foundation
no our government.
nts "Then what faith can the people ha,
cs in the Democratic promises this yea
Re- For the Democratic party to decla
tas the means of dividing the silv
~ {" forces of the country, and make IL
wv election of goldbug Republican ce
tain. The best thing that can happt
for the people would be for both o
ties parties to declare square]y for tt
It," gold standard, so that nobody could
tie fooled in the future, and so that tt
to great masses of the voters of all pa
son ties could get together at St. Louis
to July 22nd, and nominate an Americs
er- patriot for President, who would
Gle elected at the polls on next Mover
cts. ber." The silver Democrat was n
an able to reply to such facts.
tile 1t is openly charged that the go
the men used money freely at the Mich
rem gan convention to control it's del
Is" gates. This recalls statement ma,