The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-07-09

ON TINE EVE OF THE MEETING or THE
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION.

the Convention Msaa. Maen-A Mem Who
Are Talked Of for President % me Tricks
Of the DemAKoxues.
All eyes are centred on Chicago this
week. The National Democratic Con-
ventioa meets there. Ii is an event Of
unusual interest and Importance, for
the work OF that convention will have |
much TODD with the possible unity oftEs
silver forces Of the country, thereby Sc
curing victory. II the convention |
shall show by its action and work that
the party it represents has patriot |
ism enough To put principle above |
party, three million votes will endorse
that action through their representa-
tives of the Peoples Party convention
and the silver convention at 81. Louis
on July -. Ii on the other hand,
blind, stubborn allegiance is shown TO
| that party which has made the most
| disgraceful record in history during
the past four years, the st. Louis Con-
ventions will be sure to do what they
can tn see that party defeated. In fact
| if the Democratic party acts in stub
born and partisan way now, every hon
est patriot in the country will take up
the cry that the democratic party
must be destroyed" and that will be
the first aim hereafter of patriotic cit
liens the country over. There can be
no excuse for making blunder. The
Chicago delegates know they can do
something to unite the silver forces Of
the country, and if they shall refuse to
do so, it will be the strongest evidence
that their purpose is to keep the silver
people divided. They must not expect
patriots to put any confidence in the
Democratic organization. The Work
and deeds of that party are all that can
command confidence now. Promises
and pledges by that party will not
cannot be listened to. They have here
tofore been too recklessly broken.
81 Great cOmmotiOn is going on now
3 in the Windy city. The silver forces
feel jubilant because they have a ma
iority of delegates, and believe they
I can carry every thing their own way
In fact, they have a majority of more
than two hundred delegates, but they
4 have not the necessary two-thirds tC
t nominate candidate. The silver men
q are led by Senators Harris, of Tennes.
see; Jones, of Arkansas; Turpie, Of
S Indiana; Tillman, of South Carolina
f Speaker Crisp, OF Georgia; Governor
> Altgeld, of Illinois, and others. The
- last named man is exercising more in
q fuence than any other one man.
ell The gold standard Democrats arr
taking every possible advantage of tn
q fact that the silver men have not TIL
n two-thirds necessary to nominate
candidate, and the gOldites are maxim,
fearfully hard and desperate figh,
They are led by VIM. G. Whitney, o
New York; w. f. Villas, of Wisconsin
q Comptroller Eckels, Senator Hill, O
New York; National Democl att
, Chairman Harrity, of Pennsylvania
y and other prominent gold Democrats
20 They are making desperate struggl
to prevent the Democratic party fror
10 declaring for silver. If this should
g. done, the gOldites would no lOnge
have two parties which the None
y" Power could make fight each other owe
r. the tariff while keeping the gres
O financial question in the background
The Money Power has heretofore OWL
u ed and controlled both the old partie
ye and that power breads to see even tn
70 apparent loss of control over either on
of them.
IL Cleveland has made last appeal
10 the party to stand for gold in a lette
81 he wrote to Tammany Hall, the gre'
gOldbug Democratic society of Ne
OF York.
.r- The men talked off for Presidenti
candidates are Bland, of Missouri
40 Boies. of Iowa; Bryan, of Nebrask,
err Patterson, of Pennsylvania; Vic
President Stevenson, of Illinois. Blan
seems to have stronger support tina
any other candidate. Teller, the on
on man the Democrats can nominate c
In, oil i';ror fnrnaS would II nj
has pretty strong backing and hi
ne been growing in strength. His nom
,rs nation would mean sweeping silv
n r victory this year. In fact he is Il
only man who can be named by Il
re- Democrats who can be elected Ov
of Mckinley, but the party spirit" MI
, be strong enough among the delegat
ho to prevent a ma jority from nOminatil
of anything but IAN old time Democra
ba and such a nominee as that will &C
tainly be defeated in November.
,ht Some gold men are talking abo
boiling the convention if it declar
for silver, but most of them advi
against bolt. 1t is their purpose
EN- stay in the party in the hope that tn
in can get control of it at some 9th
time, it they can't control now.
aS they will probably stay in the par
ing though they would vote against fl
ore silver candidates at the polls. Sucl
party as this-cOmpOsed of both e
men and silver men-WOuld always
the dangerous.
bo A lot of demagogery is being play
at Chicago. A big goldbug paper l
ork had picture of Bland printed. 1t re
resents him standing at the head O.
team of horses pulling moving n
IL .pfc 1 a
ra- he is doomed up as the farmers" CT
didate. This picture bothered
ate Boies men, and they set to work to
will picture of Boies that would make b
look more like farmer than Bla
These politicians and tricksters Sc
has to be sticking to their opinion that
test real farmers of the country are SCI
id fools, and will swallow any thi
iso that they (the tricksters) may put
test and tag it farmer" But we ST
and see.
Farmer" Boies, of Iowa, got une
ma. at the reports coming from Chicago
mis- his home at Waterloo, and went to
,vn Windy city to try to help his friel
stem the rising tide in favor of Bis
lis or Teller. This scared the Bland n
rior into sort of panic and they telegra
L., ed farmer" Bland to come to Chic'
1o'o quick to do farmer" Boies up.
uta- then somebody started the cry tina
,par was not the proper thing for Pr
Dental candidate to be on the grou1
ale, log-rolling; that such thing
Of it never been heard of, and that it
nm ~ indecent, etc. This cry gained strens
and it got so strong that it sea
ton farmer" Boies out of Chicago
back to his home at Waterloo. "Farm
BANDS hands then telegraphed
"'o that he need not come; that they
con- done farmer" Boies up themsel
this and his help would not be needed.
The name of Judge Walter CT
ao will be presented to the convention
ng a a candidate for the Vice-Presiden
ling "at;na IS wa Wodds1 - "a
y to derstood, will make the nominal
fter. speech. Judge Clark has considers
STRENGTH in California and other %