The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-05-14
VEST GETS
RELIGION
He Follows Senators Teller and
Tillman With q Note Of Def
ance to the Goldbugs.
CONTESTED ELECTIONS


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the Nstioaal Cosvsssien.
WAsHINGToS, ID. e., May 1.-THE
past week has been of more than nn-
usual interest in Congress senator
Vest has followed Senators Teller and
Tillman in making q declaration on
the same line as theirs. The positions
which Senators Teller and Tillman
took was not unexpected, IS their
views were known, but the position OF
Senator Vest Was a great surprise, as
we'll a. = great qualification 10 many
OF his friends. 4 few months ago SEN
ator Vest stated that he would stand
by whoever was nominated nj the
Chicago convention. This caused him
to be criticised by few in Washing
ton, who had thought that be was .
man who would put his convictions
and principles above party: and, be-
sides, il raised \ storm of protest
among the rank and file OF the Demo-
cratic party in Missouri. At that time
Senator Vest thought that the silver
men would control the Chicago con-
ventioD. He now sees that the gold
men and monOpolists have the ma
chinery and will dominate the conven-
ton, as they have in the past. List
| week, in deliberate and earnest
speech, he pointed out the tactics and
methods which the gold men are now
using to control both old party con-
ventions, and closed by saying that il
the administration continued TO domi-
| nate the State Democratic conventions
| with Federal patronage and other in
fiuences, as il did the Democratic State
convention of Michigan, that he and
the people would not be bound by the
| action of such a convention. His
speech was listened to with the deep
est interest by every Senator and by
the crowded galleries. He admitted
that the great masses of his party at
home had criticised him severely for
saying that he would stand by the
nominee of the convention, whoever
he might be. This shows, and there
are many other evidences to the same
effect, that the people are determined
not to follow gOldbugs and machine
politicians any further; that they are
determined this year to condemn the
traitOrOus parties that have brought
the country to stagnatiOn and pow
erty, and to vote for more money and
| better times.
| THE BOND DEAL TO BE INyEsTIGArEp
The measure of the greatest interest
| for the past week was Senator PETER s
resolution to appoint a special COM
mittee of five Senators TO investiga. e
Cleveland and Carlisle's bond deal
1 WI h h.Ap nt h-a Ia, a
tor Hill led the fight on behalf of the
gold men in opposing an investiga-
ton. He talked day after day, bat
without effect. When the final vote
came at i O'clock on last Thursday
evening, the resolution was passed by
an overwhelming majority. a num-
Der of efforts, however, were made to
defeat the resolution by Indirect tao
tics. When these efforts failed and
every man was forced to take a stand
squarely, in favor of investigation or
against investigation, a number who
were opposed to investigation were
AFRAID to go on record against the res
OlutiOn. Senator PETER and the Peo-
pies Party deserve the credit for the
passage of this resolution Congress
has been in session here for months.
with these bond transactions going on.
and not single Republican or Demo-
crat made an effort to stop them or
made an effort to investigate the ma
ture of the transactions. A number Of
| Democrats and Republicans, seeing
that they could not defeat the resolu-
ton, got some who were really in ia
yOr of the resolution to join with them
in amending it SO as to have the FL
nance committee of the Senate, instead
OF special committee, to investigate
the bond transactions. This was done
to keep Senator PETER from being on
the committee. This conduct of the
old party Senators was anything but
praisewOrthy. 1t showed littIeness
that the people will not approve. and
that they, themselves, should be
ashamed of. But it throws the respon-
sibility of the investigation upon the
Finance committee, and if the facts
and the truths are not brought out the
blame will lie OH the heads of the old
parties. If Senator PETER had been
put at the head of the committee. as
he deserved to be, there would have
been no doubt about all OF the facts OF
those dark and shady transactions be-
ing brought to the full light of day.
!sENAToR HILL PRAISES SENATOR VOL
| COTT.
In our last letter we called attention
to how the gOldbug papers were prais-
ing Senator WOlcott (who claimed "a
be silver MANI, for saying that he
would hel p the goldbugs elect gold
bug President. Senator Hill i'm his
speech against the bond investigation
also went out of his way to speak
warm words of praise for a silver Re.
publican like Senator Wolcott, who
would turn his back on his convic-
lions, and stand by gOldbug party
This Is significant. 1t shows that not
only the gold Republicans are anxious
for every silver Republican to stay i'm
his party, but that the gold Democrats
are equally anxious that the silver Re
publicans should stay i'm theRepublican
party under the circumstances. In
short, the only hope .or the success of
the gold trust is for silver Republicans
and silver Democrats TO stay i'm their
parties and help elect whoever the gold
men put up.
In this same speech, Senator Hill
said that man could be good Dem
ocrat and hold any views that he
pleased on the money question. Now
it Is admitted by all that the money
question is the Overshadowing uues-
tion for the coming campaign-that it
is more important than the tariff or
any other issue. Therefore. Senator
Hill could have said, with even a
greater show Of truthfulness, that a
man could be good Democrat and
hold any views on the tariff that he
saw fit; or, in fact, could be a Demo-
GRAFT and hold any views on any ques-
ton that he saw fit. That is, man
could be high protectiOnist: a rank
goldbug; shouting British Tory: a
subservient tool Of trusts. monopOIies.
and combines; an ardent admirer of
John Sherman, and at the same time
be good Democrat. This is the cor.
rect view of the matter from the gold
bug standpoint, and the hope Of the