The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-02-06
.TILLMAN'S
GREAT SPEECH.
The People Tramp, Tramp, Tramp :
ramp the Side Walks Hunt
ing Bread.
THEY TRAMP THE HIGHWAYS

VIII TN No Hand To stay HI. Mach
4 Hut WIN Join % with Rides Ia Their
-usnd- God Forbid such - CstacIysm.
"Mr. President" the Senator be-
rnn, at is not saying too much, and
I feel warranted in charging, that
iEr arrangement Of our finances
and all this crying about sound
,poucy and maintaining the honor
! ,pd rredit of the United States are
aI part and parcel of II
r.MNABLE SCHEME OF ROBBERY,
which had for it's object first, the
uttrr destruction of silver as a
money metal; second, the increase
Of the public debt by the issue OF
bonds payable in gold, and third,
the surender to corporations of the
power to- issue all paper money, and
Iryc them Il monopoly of the func-
uou.
In reference to the Sherman sill
yer .aw of 1890 Mr.. Tillman said:
Thr silver Republicans of the West,
vino mad deserted the silver Demo
rat. OF the South, and accepted
hc compromise offered by Senator
Shcrman, may take warning as to
WHAT FAITH AND TRUST
they can put in any utterance or ac-
ton of the Senator from Ohio as to
the Legislation III regard to our Ii
nances. The time for another Pres
| dcutlal election approaches. They
must understand that the election
or any man to the Presidency who
| shall veto free coinage bill means
defeat. 1t means more: 1t means
continued disaster to our Industries,
and increased poverty to the masses
ot our people,
"lf the secret history of the year
lo92 shall ever he witten, it will dis
close the fact that, which cannot be
proven now, but of which | have
hot the slightest doubt, that the
B,old ring of New York, which EN-
braces nearly all the bankers in the
Eastern and Middle States, and the
tock gamblers of Wall street, con-
krolIed the Presidential nominations
pf
porn THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUB'
LICAN
parties, and had an understanding
with the managers of both the cand-
dates themselves in regard to which
YP0Hcy should be pursued towards
our finances. They contributed
money for the booming of Mr.. Cleve
and as the only available Demo
cratic candidate, and they abuset
and ridiculed every other Demo
cratic asplrant.
There was plain evidence to show
that the President himself has weak
ened on the question of tariff reform
and the financial plank was cum
uingly drafted so as to
SATISFY BOTH GOLD AND SILvEE
MEN,
with the intention that it would bt
Interpreted, if Mr.. Cleveland wa.
elected, US meaning the cessation o.
silver coinage and the forcing of 4
gold standard upon the people. In
terpreted according to the PLAIN ust
and meaning of the English words
the platform means bimetalism, bu
there are conditions and ambiguous
phrases which have afforded an ex
cuSe to the elastic conscience of tn,
HUGLrHEApED AND sELF.IDoLATROU'
man who holds the reins of power t
pursue the policy he has. Whethe
the scheme was agreed to by tn
President in person or not. AM
whether he bound himself in plail
terms or not will, perhaps, never b
known. His course has been un
swerving in the absolute contradic
tion of his public professions and lei
ter of acceptance. The expectation
and interests of the people have bee
forgotten and ignored The part
which elected him has been betray
ed, and its banners which hoated s
triumphantly in the breezes of lS9.
now trail in the dust of defeat. Th
PRACTICAL DISTRIBUTION
of the party has been accomplished
There had been no tronble wit
the gold reserve, the Senator asser
ed, and no hint of any loss of conf
dence in the national credit unit
about the time of the last President
election. Then for the first time, v
got glimpse OF, the conspiracy whi'
he had referred to. Mr.. Foster ga
the holders of greenbacks and Tres
ury notes the option of having GO
eminent paper eashed in gold or
Yer and, as they
DEMANDED GOLD,
the gold in the Treasury rapidly RI
down.
Instead of endeavoring to ste
the tide of ruin and redeem t
pledges of the Democratic party,
give the people the relief, Preside
Cleveland lent aid and comfort
the conspirators by his utteranc
and official actions in continuing t
policy of his predecessor"
The Senator quoted from Pre-
dent Cleveland's response to t
committee that notified him of
nomination the last time, and {
eared there was nothing in it
warrant one to expect that the leat
OF the Democratic party would
more the platform aud
TREAT WITH CONTEMPT
the trusted lieutenants whom
people have sent to the National ca
tai. The language would lead us
expect the very reverse. How mai
he asked of these reasonable exp
tatlons have been metz
How many of you men, gro
old and gray in the service of
party and of the nation, men v
We're its trusted leaders before Gle
land was ever heard of, how many
say, have
BEEN CALLED INTO HIS COUNCIL!
II any, speak; l shall be glad to b
them. Where has this man sunk
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