The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-10-07
RUSH FROM
''' THE TRUTH.
r5. Slm 9son Democrat Refuses to
po5rs5 The Following Letter
From Senator Butler Af-
Calling For 1t.
DEAD Ir AND SEE WHY

,.ir1ppsar That He Dodgod Vote
.oag,fu.sd to Answers = 0ue"tien-sen'
.u,,rsr'. Keply Gives The Fects But
p.p.r Refuses to Publish it-1he
,,.,,In Congress and The Tariff
-,r,rtof The Old Parties to Side
,,cL Ergan and The Money Question
rtt a sham Tariff Fight-Both Old Par
III. Have Protected and Fostered Trusts
-rbe0nly Remedy For Trusts 10 to Re.
moye The Causes That Produce Them-l
The Address Issued by The Populist Goa.
Copgre.men and senators.-This Latter
ns Campaign Document.
The following letter will be espec-
cisv Interesting to silver Democrats.
The week before Senator Rutlers's
recent .pcech IN Clinton, some one
sruns himsetf "a Voter publish
ed an auonym )us card in the Samp-
son y mocrat asking the Senator to
explain uj5 tariff record in Congress.
When hc made his speech he could
not get the author of the questions,
the editor of the Democrat, or any
one else TO father the questions. He
said rh,t he would gladly answer
them # any one would stand up
and ask hem, or if any one would
say that he desired Senator Butler
to uswcr them. Not single man
expressed such desire, but the au-
henco yelled out "no".
The Sampson Democrat, in report
l.. .paaob fa,laI <n ,kako <ko,o
facts but tried to create the i'm
preston that Senator Butler lodged
the question and was afraid to ex
plain his position on the tariff.
Ga September 25th Senator Butler
wrote reply to the misrepresenta-
tons and sent to that paper with q
request to publish, but the editor re-
fused.
The letter is as follows;
EDITOR SAMPSON DEMOCRAT,
Clinton, N. G..
DEAR SIR:-I did not see a copy
of your paper containing a report OF
my recent speech at Clinton, but
noticed the following extract in an
other paper clipped from your pa
per;
He declined to answer the ques
ms put to him in a recent issue oi
Lxhe Democrat" by Voter" on the
ground that the writer of the same
y did not sign his real name. This
leaves his reasons for not voting
against tariff bill that favored the
interests of trusts in the items of su
gar and c)tton ties still mystery
Every man who heard my speech
knows that the above statement i,
not only unfair and misleading, but
gr, s'ly Inaccurate. Such state
ment can do neither me nor the PeO
pies party any harm in Sampson
county, and can only serve to dis
credit your paper as fair and tru'
journal with men of all parties wht
heard my speech, and if the abov'
extract had not been copied in othel
papers, should not have noticed it
Your report gives the impression
to those who Cid not hear the speed
that lodged or refused to answer
questions put to me about my rec
ord. Nothing could be further from
the truth. | have never lodged
vote either in the State Senate or i
the United States Senate. Their
neves has been any doubt about m
position on any public question, an
have never refused to answer
question put to me on the STUN
when faced by the man asking it.
went on the stand at Clinton prt
-, nR hn
onsl Record aud with copy of th
address issued by the Populist an
Silver Republican Congressman an
Senators, not only to answer tn
questions rropounded through yor
paper by some one, who saw tit
hide behind the non de plume of
voter, but also," to put "a voter
on the witness stand before the a,
dence, i! could succeed in forcir
any one to stand sponsor tor Il
questions referred to.
The author of these questions, VIII
ever he is, showed by the careful al
guarded way in which he framed b
language that he had read the Co
gressioual Record, and thereto
Knew that his own statements we
false, but that he had simply wr
ten aud published them with t
hope of deceiving such persons
might read them but who would q
near my speech. The first questi
be asked was worded about as fl
lows:
"Wlll Senator Butler explain W
ne reIrained from voting on the Il
passage of the tariff bill -
Why was this word "fnal' put
lals questions Because "A Vote
Whoever he is, had read the G.
gressIonal Record carefully es
DAY, and had found that both
speech and vote ! had fought q
opposed every bad section Oncludi
Doth sug and cotton ties) or
eliminating feature of the tariff b
from beginning to end. He knt
mat am recorded on the 8
VI the people on every vote,
every single item of the bill from
Grst paragraph to the last paragra
he also knows that I eff ,red nun
GUS amondments to improve the
ana fought for them vigorously,
winch facts you seem to be ignor'
wanted to make "A VOTER" v
ever he is, confess all of these thi
before that audience. wanted
70 make him testify to the fact
offered the frst amendment to
cotton bagging and ties on the
.'st, and that no one fought lor
ono more vigorously for the a.
Won OF an amendment to this &
t'he test vote was on Senator
tus amendm ent) than ! did.
wanted to make IA Voter" tei
Detore that audience tRat the Re
means have passed an antitrust
winch is fraud and q sham.
under which trusts they live, tt
ana prosper. l wanted to make