The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-11
MIR. CREELMAN AND THE WORLD

lima last week a condition that does
not exist. He listened to some fadry
tales that are as thin as air. lie tells
the readers of the World that In THIS
State "the cry against the rich sweils
1.-The loudest' and that thousands OF the
most substantial Democrats in the
Shate-business men, manufacturers
the backbone of the Organization
are boldly against Bryan"
In what towns do these thousands
reside? Certainly not in Raleigh Tor
we venture nothing in hazarding the
statement that Mr.. Creelman did not
find in population of $4,000 twenty
| five men of substance who" are boldly
against Bryan" AS rule the bankers,
| imagining that their business might
be hurt by free coinage, are against
| BRYAN" but in Raleigh, even the bank
| ers are divided.
| He did not find these substantial
Democrats" in Durham, the chief smok-
| ing tobacco manufacturing centre or
| the South. With not more than n
| dozen exceptions, the substantial
| Democrats" there are for Bryan. Of
course the Republicans, like the Dukes
are for the Republican nominees as
they always are.
He did not find them in Winston,
| the biggest plug tobacco manufacture
| ing centre in the South A partner in
| the biggest establishment there, n
gentleman of large wealth, was Il
member of the committee that escorted
/ Mr. Rrvan fhrpuoh the State.
Mr.. Creelman did not find them IN
Asheville, for in that mountain metro
polls even the bankers are almost
solid for Bryan, and are working earn
estly for his election.
Did he find them in Charlotte? Out
side a small coterie, the substantial
Democrats" of that fiourishing city re
pudiate the idea that they are against
the regular Democratic ticket.
Did he go to Wilmington, the chief
city of the State to find them? Ii so,
he found the substantial Demo-
rats there, including such substan-
tial men as Mr.. David g. Worth, stand
ing by Mr. Bryan.
Where did Mr.. Creelman find his
thousands" Solely in the statement
born of the hopes of Mr.. Holton, chair
man of the Republican State Execu-
tive committee, who was interested in
the publication of the misleading state
ment. If Mr.. Hanna could be made
to believe that thousands of the most
substantial Democrats in the State
business men, manufacturers, the back
bone of the organization-are boldly
against Bryan he might be induced
to send another 100000 to the Repub-
| lican committee to be divided among
Fas+hfrI -,
| letter, with this paragraph marked,
and a strong appeal for help with a
roseate picture of the prospect of car
rying North Carolina for Mckinley, has
been sent to Mr.. Hanna, and the boys"
are awaiting the result. Can it be
| possible that Mr.. Creelman did not see
| the scheme Holton had in view when
| he accepted and printed Holton's alb
surd claims? 1t is very true that there
are some substantial business men who
are against Bryan, but they do not run
| into the hundreds much less thousands,
and for every one such that. the Demo-
| Gratis lose, they will gain half dozen
| mechanics, farmers and laborers who
have heretofore voted the Republican
ticket. Mr.. Creelman's correspond
ence does not show that he ascertained
| this fact.
But we do not care SO much for Mr.
Creelman's acceptance of Holton's fig
ures. They can be easily corrected
The gravamen of Mr.. Creelman's of
Tending is that he uses this expression:
This very State of North Carolina,
where the cry against the rich swells
loudest.o Mr.. Creelman did not hear
in North Carolina any cry against
the rich. There is no cry here
against them. Unfortunately for him
he listened with credence to the base
SANDERS of a true people and printed
these ISLANDERS in his widely circulated
journal. The richest men in North
Carolina have never found occasion to
feel that there was cry against
them if they engaged in legitimate bus
mess. There are a class of rich men
everywhere who make illegal profits
out of trusts, monopolies, controlling
legislation, and other disreputable
ways, who say the scry swells foudest"
against the rich, when the people de-
nounce, not riches, but the nefarious
method by which riches are increased.
This is no warfare against the rich.
1t is no campaign against taking away
what any man has earned or obtained.
1t is a war to the knife against those
Iupu0OQS JIHdU eIldDle Tile ITCH I'd pay
on the poor; that increases the pur-
chasing power of a dollar, making
money dearer and everything else low;
that permits great corporations o
override law and precedent; that gives
full limit to the greed of trusts and mo-
nopolies. 1t is fight for "equal rights
TO all and special privileges to none"--
simply that, and nothing more. 1t is
an old method of those attacked for il
legal operations to try to draw honest
men to their defense, by pretending
that they are also attacked The ''cry''
is against those who seek to entrench
themselves behind the bulwarks of spe-
cial privileges. They raise a great
elamor, hoping to secure the help of
Substantial men to aid them in hold
ing their Illegal gains and continuing
their unlawful methods.
The time was when the World was on
the peoples side. Tt fought trusts,
monopolies, combines and extortions
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