The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-10-22


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ofiiee yields the "A me amo sst .sF .,,-sr sr
it did when the same ehsrxa.~, az I'D
In four miles OF town erau.h, a~.
times as much The ofiie sg.s,k.a q.
is good cne ard popuisr and n a.
should keep the Office long eF.oayts az
der the single gold stane srd sSa in-
vest Its proceeds in land a :loinin tAi.
purchase, be can have tlrsr = a1ls
nsighborhood tenants OF his h,rl.
He is Republican and va .,rog IL
for the gold standard.
If Mckinley should be i.e,es q,
the gold standard kept ,ver n. he
viii be reelected. BY tia. time lie
country will be harmon zed 10 tna
extent thst the gold grip. w,ll s,iek.
with the people unable to peaeeshjv
unloose it. What port "a of III.
county of Iredell will it b. that these
salaried Mckinleyites will Got CONE
to ownf
Take the case OF judge Farcbes.
fer instance, as an example IN this
process of the elevation of the few
and the destruction Of the MANY. q
al In Dead earnest in this matter
and want the people to see their
condition aud the remedy. Tie
Judge Is prominent and the mention
OF his name will attract more atter-
tion to my argument. l did not
vote fer him for Governor, but it
was because | knew he could not be
elected. / Influenced Butler TO put
bls name on his ticket f.r Judge
when l knew be could be elected
So there is no spite in ny use of his
name.
The judge gets salary Of s., 800
year. | believe his term Of Office is
for eight years. With each years
salary he can buy from four 10 FIVE
times as much land in Iredell county
as ne could have bought before sill
yer was struck down by Cleveland
and the Republicans who helped
him. Land ought to be worth in
iredell county az much as it ever
was. No man can deny this aud
bring any argument to prove that it
is not true. According to the price
Of land then, this 50 500 salary is
equivalent to $4,000 a year. In
eight years the Judge could own as
much as an English nobleman, for
if the gold standard continues he can
buy land for the taxes. That is the
way the gold standard worked in
England. The judge is e. Mckinley
man and for gold, and his salary
comes out of the taxes. 1t is all
right to hold an Office for officers are
necessary. But it is wrong for off
GERS to uphold laws which increase
the purchasing power of their sala-
riss and reduce the price Of land and
the products Of the land. Rspubli-
can leaders who have been such
strong silver men say they cannot
vote the Democratic ticket. Cleve-
land and his administration will not
vote the Bryan ticket, declaring il
is not the Democratic ticket. There
are thousands Of Democrats here in
North Carolina who will not vote it,
giving the same reason. There is no
fully organized Democratic party
any more. 1t is split wide open,
and as party can elect nothing.
Bryan answers when called Pop
ulist, at makes no difference what
you call me, 1 will die in my tracks
before l will vote for gold stand.
ard man."
God forgive these Republicans who
believe in the free coinage of silver
for asking their followers to vote
+ against it because Democrats vot.
for it. They know that no one par
ty can give the country free silver
1t will require men Of ali parties t.
vote for it to get 1t.
i These Republican leaders say
, "You vote for our men and we viii
: vote for yours, and this will kee]
: the Democrats from getting tn
State" What good will the Stat
government do you with no mono,
in your pockets, and no work to dc
, and your homes sold for taxesf
II Besides, the machine Democrat
: Of this State will never see the da
that they can control another Legis
> lature and change the election law
on the Ideas they have held te
There are too many rank and I'll
! Democrats against it. They wi
y not change the election of the couu
!. ty commissioners away from tn
e people again. But let the vote
f pledge every candidate for the Leg
d islature against it, and against tn
: disfran nchlsement of any honest cit
e zen, white or black. Otherwise vot
u against him. There are two thing
the people of this country are d,
r termined to have through their go,
e ernment: One Of these is none
: enough to facilitate business in time
8 of peace and plenty, and the oths
is clean and effective ballot.
IS These Republican State leade1
% are responsible for the position
T. which the republican voters al
+ placed in North Carolina in tn
o emergency. There was no necessil
l. for forcing a gold electoral ticket G
IL US. If the fight as they say is "ft
e State government and liberty" WI
e did they not leave US free to vote Fl
IL silver by having no Republican ele
y toral ticket at all7 They were il
,e portuned and begged to do it. l b
Of seeched them myself. But no thu
ee must please Hanna. How mean al
1e deceitful it was to force a gold stan
rs ard electoral ticket on us and tn.
l. insist that we must vote for the
u goldbug Congressman or they wou
as turn the State government over in
Id the hands of the Democrats.
n They have shown that the distre
le of the people must not be allow
at to stand in the way of their person
at desires and interests. They KIN
er the voters of the State were for S
rs yer; that the State of North Ca,
to lina's electoral vote was regard
possibly as necessary for the succs
en- of silver President and still th
he forced this gold-bug electoral ticl
it, on the Republican voters.
ed The Republicans here in No1
or Carolina are almost entirely lab