The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-11-12
WILL The GoLDBUGs CAPTURE TIE
UNITED STATES SENATE?

Now. since thAsmske Of the national
campaign has cleared away, IL IL evil
dent that the gold men were not only
determined to elect Mckinley and a
gold House, but that they have made
desperate efforts to capture the Senate
also.
For the last few years the United |
States Senate has been the only pro-
lection Of the people against the fur
ther schemes and designs Of the gold
men and monopolists. The anti-bond
bill and a free coinage bill both passed
the Senate last session by majority
OF seven. The supreme effort Of the
gold men has been TO put forward to
wipe out this majority. 70 accom-
plish this they have cehtered their
forces, and spent more money in a
small State like North Dakota which
has only three electoral votes, than
they have in other States that had two
or three times as many electoral votes.
Their purpose was, Of course, to get
kDIu DeudLOT WI bahpths H'
same thing is true Of South Dakota,
another small State.
The remarkable and tremendous eff
forts which they put forward in In
diana was equally directed toward
capturing the legislature as we'll as
the electoral vote, for in that State the
term OF the free silver Senator expires.
They succeeded and a gold Senator will
be elected there.
In Delaware and Kentucky Repub-
licans have been instructed from
headquarters to vote in the legisla-
lures tor gold Democrat for Sena-
tor In order to get the cooperation
of few gold Democratic members of
the legislature in those. States.
The gold men now claim that they
will have one majority in the next
United States Senate, and if they get
gold Senator from North Carolina
which they are claiming, they will
have captured the last bulwark Of the
people.
Mark Hanna has already arranged
to keep open Republican headquarters
in New York until after the variou:
legislatures have met and elected Sen
ators. On last Friday night he had ;
conference in New York with twenty
five Of the richest men in America
composed Of gold Democrats and golt
Republicans, including j. Pier
pont Morgan. the American agen
and representative of the ROthschild
OF England. 1t is reported chat b.
laid before them his plans for captur
ing the Senate, and that they prom
ised him all the money be needed TO
this purpose.
We do not believe that their schem
can succeed with the Legislature o
North Carolina, unless there ar
enough gold Democrats elected to tn
legislature to join in with the Re
publicans for this purpose, as the.
have arranged to do in Kentucky an,
Delaware. OF one thing We feel sure
and that Ia they cannot control tn
vote Of single Populst member @
abe legislature. But Lev every citize
of North Carolida realize the tremen
dOus issue at stake. 1t is not \ ques
tion Of how much money would b
used to capture gold Senator fro;
NORTH Carolina. 1t is a question {
whether any member of the Legislature
can be tempered with or not, for til
amount of money that the gold CON
bine would use is unlimited.
Let every North Caroiinian full
realize that the action of the No
Carolina legislature determines whetf
er the people will control the Unite
States Senate or whether the gol
combine shall control it. If the gol
men get the Senate, then they wi
have full possession of every branch {
our government. A gold Senator fro
North Carolina gives the gold con
bine one majority; a silver Senate
from North Carolina gives the Peep
one majority in tho Senate.
Which shall it be?