The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-10-14

belonging to a different political
party.
In graceful way he expressed his
qualification at the very large. intel
ligent, and representative audience
which had done him the honor to as
semble to hear him speak. He asked
why so many of all political parties
had left their homes to attend this
meeting when there was to be no
joint discussion and it was even q
year before a political campaign
would open. He said that it showed
not only that the people were dis
satifis sd with present conditions, but
that they were seeking for the true
causes of the hard times and the
remedy; that they were thinking
more of this than they were of their
party prejudice; that they were do
ing their own thinking, were deter
mined to know the facts and to vote
accordingly. Besides, he said that
he trusted he could be permitted to
say with pardonable pride that every
man in that splendid audience, no
matter how he may at times have
differed from him, knew that he hsd
always told the people the truth. that
he had never betrayed then nor
fooled them, and had never been
derelict in his duty, and that were
this not so that hundreds who were
present would have stayed at home.
He then proceeded to expose tho
railroad and monopoly sche mo which
is being worked in this State and
other States to turn over the next
legislature to the railroads, and for
the further purpose of side trackiE &
Bryan in 1900. He said that there
were q very large number of poIiti
clans in the Democratic party who at
heart were with Cleveland, but did
not bolt Bryan's nomination: first,
because if Bryan was elected the y
wanted to claim to be good free sill
yer men and get the Offices and pa
tronage, and besides they hoped to
be able to again capture the machin-
cry of the party. He said that these
politicians were composed chic fly of
the courthouse rings, the old Ran
som machine, and the Railroad At.
torneys. That they were today into
a scheme with the Cleveland gold.
bugs and the railroads all over the
country, and cited number of evi.
dences to prove this. In the South
he said, this scheme was being work
ed behind the "nigger racket" with
the further purpose Of reviving the
tariff in the great national campaign
He pointed to the News and Obser
YER and to the Charlotte Observer a.
two illustrations. In the last cam
palgn these two papers were at dag
gers points, occupying position
diametrically opposite to cash other
one silver, and the other for gold
ono against monopolies and the 9th
or for the monopolies, ono for Brya,
the other against Bryan and secrstl,
plotting to defeat him. These tw'
!. papers are now together in the sam
bed, both crying "nigger'' with al
their might and main.
He said that this class of pcliti
clans would try to sidetrack tn
money and monopoly issues in th
next campaign and be yelling TART
and denouncing trusts, and charg
ing that tho tariff was responsible 70
. trusts. He warned the people agains
these hypocrites who yell agains
trusts but who at heart are for tn
trusts. He showed that a man VIII
was honestly opposed to trusts woul
be opposed to the causes that pro
duce trusts. Hc showed that ever
trust was the direct cause 0
allowing private individuals an
syndicates to control the tels
graph, the means Of transmitting
intelligence, the railroads, tn
great national highways Of trans
!. portation, and tho volume Of money
tho very life blood Of commerce an
| business. These were tho cause
! that produced trusts, and trust
would continue to prosper and floul
ish until these wrongs were righteC
These causes would produce trust
under a high tariff and under lo'
, tariff, and even under free trade
. Remove these causes and lot th
t great vital instruments of sommere
bs used a. fairly, a. freely, and a
= mach without discrimination as sac
a individual had q chance to lss Ged
/. sunlight and air, and that then .,
= cry trust would vanish as fox bsfo,
q q rising sun. Besides, individual OF
: terprises would spring up and cen
E pete with each other. Individual o
e fort would be encouraged, and ever
n person who desired to work coul
find work and make an honest livinl
q The Peoples party platform is th
: only platform before the eountr
q that offers the true remedy for trust
Il We have trusts now and will col
) tinue to have them until this plA
d form Is put int law.
n In discussing the money qasstie
!. he exposed the hypeeracy Of tho r
a publican gold organ IN claiming tn
" their tariff law had increased Il
,e price Of wheat. He asked why
q had not increased the price Of eottol
q He showed that as long as We We
!. under the gold standard that eve
y product raised in this country for e
N port would be sold at low price e
'e cept when our foreign competito
~ fail to make a crop.
y, He endorsed the action of the Po
" ulist legislature in denouncing Al
a. expslling the traitors and boltsl
he and asked why tho two old partl
s. had not expelled their members "
ve had betrayed tho people and We
q over to the side Of monopolies az t
-. boiling Popalists didf Any pa,
ID that sxpsls traitors will stay pa
n. any party that does not will beeo1
lie corrupt.
n He paid q tribute to the coura
n and patriotism Of Mr.. B. 8. Gay
i'll leading lawyer, Of Jackson, and
Mr.. Andrew J. Conner, editor of
e1- Patron and eleanor (both of VIII
se were in the audience) for attendi
ne the silver convention at Raleigh
wo 1895 and not running away from