The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-10-28

OF William Jennings Bryan. tha. II
purged OF tn. gold elsment sail ia
hiding IN its ceuneiIs, Would To day
be worthy OF its grand a,d splendid
leader.
he told the people hog by the n
remittirg toll Of the Popalists IL came
to pass that 10 day We lad the spec
taele Of . divided rablican party.
headed by Senator Teller ard his
able coadjutors who we're working
in line wita the Peoples party and
oil other patriots and in full sympa-
thy With all the reform forces, look
ing earnestly for the
esii.s Il rAs pssss
He spoke of the great strugtl, Il,
cost these men to sever the political
relations Of lifetime, and to stand
"for the free, unrestricted, and in
dependent coinage Of gold and silver
At our mints, At the rate Of sixteen
parts Of silver to one of gold, while
the party declared for . gold stand
ard aud that alone: and now We have
the spectacle presented TO US il some
OF the States oftvo complete organ
zAtons in the party. and two sets Of
cxndijst for all the Safe ,ffiees,
while the Democratic party has also
been divided on the same issues,
each wing claiming to be "lhe par
ty.'
In the meantime, while
Panies are Dasiaiefrsiiss
the people are thinking for them
selves. and can no longer be fooled
by the snaky appeal to pre- judice uu-
der the plea of white mans yar-
ty" or the old tariff issue. but will
vote in the future As their best iudg-
ment may dictate, and herein lies
the safety of the republic.
The secret midnight lease came in
for its full share Of earnes, denunei-
alton. The Senator declaring that
it amounted 10 sale Of the road ( Z
q mere song, as neither our children
or grandchildren would ever live to
see the end of it.
Trusts and pools and governmenily
injunctions were fully and ably dis
cussed. The Senator called special
attention to the fact that while both
the old parties denounced trusts and
both had laws on the statute books to
suppress them, they h,urished more
and more continually, because they re
fused to remove the cause that M ade
them possible. He pointed out what
these things were, and showed that
the Populist party demanded their
removal SO as to make them no long
or possible.
The Sehssi Ls~.
The school law of the last legisla
ture with the referendum feature
therein. came in for a full share of
com mend ,tion, and the Senator de-
clared that never while the Populist
party had the power, should the peo
pie ever be forced to pay the addi-
tional school tax therein pToposl d,
but by their own free will expressed
at the ballot box.
And SO the Senator continued to
discuss the issues before the people,
much on the line of bis Jackson
speech, and of the able letter oi
Judge Avery, but what surprised us
most of all was to see the earnest
faces of leading Democrats and Re
publicaus who were forced to stand
for two and a half hours for want oi
seats, and yet never for one moment
did their attention waver.
These men came, many of them
from adjoining counties and from
long distances by the county roads
and men of both the old parties sait
to me i've approve of the Senator
course in Congress-" and only one o.
them before the speaking qualified
this by saying that lie as yet "wa
not in accord with him in regard t
the lease of the North Carolina Rail
road"
This indeed IS e day long to b
RENE IN bered by the good people O
Bersie and adj ,ining counties.
III. p. H4RRELI,.