The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-11
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.

.a.r,.a,ro he fusion" between the
,.,r u.mora's and the gold bug
o.norr..- 'he next campaign 2
That the Il leStiou.
I'll, e.. r.ptte Observer Cleveland
LA org.l is showing great charity
s,br .s,r cranks. 1t graciously
roe. fo e,ow the silver Democrats
;, nrg.," aOth the gold bugs in the
.,,t camrsro, and tffers to forgive
md Ok over the here sizes and other
lios.
The railroad snd gold organs need
~, be curccrned about "fusion"
9th the Peoples party. There may
l.. some bogus silver Democrats who
vl rfusc" with the railroad and
monopoly h,cI,rs, but the Peoples 8
party will not
The railroad organs and Cleveland
ca press seem to be very much
,rmed lest the People'sparty should
use' with them in the next cam
nen. Don't be alarmed. The Peo-
oe'sparty has not offered to "fuse"
orco operate with them and will not.
Not slusGed with his Round Knob
trade, MaJpr j. w. Wilson has made
ro'her railroad trade, this time as
President of an electric light com
pany TO supply railroads at Weldon
with lights. IL they give him good
prices tor lights, how can he fail to
allow them good prices for freigh,
and ialcsf
The Wilmington Messenger says
that all Of this cry by demagogue.
against the railroads can be side
tracked if all of the gold Democrat.
and silver Democrats will put theil
prime plies behind them and join hands
on the uigger racket. This is Just tn,
KIND IF talk to be expected from a rail
road organ,
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The Chicago Tribune, (gold bug
shows that in the last twelve month
Trust stocks have advanced 5000
goo 0OO, railroad stocks 5000 900 90
and railroad bonds $lO0, 0OO,0"0, t.
tai increase in value of property c
mlIilonaires in these two lines OF IL
yestment 500 900 900, while the pc,
pie whose labor earned the dividend
and profits which have added 800
900 600 to the wealthy few are &c
ting poorer, aud cotton is falling
i've cents per pound. BY puttii
down freight and fares to a reaso
abe rate this 800 900 900 would n
20 to the millionaire : but to the pc
pie who earn it.
The exposure which The CAUCAsI
has made of the scheme of the Weste
l'nion Telegraph Company to get {
Commission to withdraw its order
fifteen cents rate by making slig
increase in the assessment Of proper
for taxation, has attracted wids atte
ton. We gave the facts and figur
to show that the people of the Sta
according to the books of the Weste
Union Telegraph Company wou
save more than twenty.one thousa
dollars year by the fifteen cents ra
and that that rate was still entirely
high while the proposed increase
taxation would save only thOusa
VI two dollars at the outside. Th'
facts which 70 one can CONTRACT
ought to be sufficient to prevent
= Commission from agreeing to such
outrageous steal. The public v
watcn the further development in t
matter with no little interest. ..
The Railroad and Ransom mach
organs continue to have much to
about Governor Russell and free pass
1t is generally understood that Soil
tor rou, District Attorney AycC
senator Ransom and other promin
Democrats were also included In .
presentments made by the Wake CO
tygrand jury. Why did not the
chine Democratic papers publish tt
names and comment upon them al
We think that Governor Russell m
smistake IN accepting a free pass;
one thing is certain, and that is
the Governor has never been inf1uer
by this means. The passes and p
fered courtesies and Establishment
the railroad corporations have
caused him to lean to the side OF
railroads and to forget his duty to
people to enforce the law and see
tIce done on both sides;' while
clear that free passes, or some o
influence, has had bad effect upG
number of prominent Democrats
have been receiving railroad COZ
sizes.
There Is a certain class of Demo-
lcpapers in the State that have
stantly been publishing interv
from leading goldbug and mono
Republicans to tie effect that the
not endorse Governor Russell's
Ageous fight, for the people against
poration domination. These SOC
Democratic papers have been pei
ly delighted to publish the fact
This class Of Republicans do no
dorse the Governors course, and
have proceeded further to atten
twt and ridicule the Governor