The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-25
A BASE MISRBP-
RESERVATION.
A False and Malicious Report Of
Senator Buffers Rocky Noun,
Speech. What
He DID AND DID NOT SAY,

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Senator Butler is in the city. He
stopped over for day on bis way
from Roxbor8 where be spoke Tues
day.
! showed Mr.. Butler the state ment
which the Rocky Mount Argonaut
says he made In his speech there 70
Gently. viz: IF colored men com
NIT outrages the Democrats pretend
to be terribly shocked in public, but
when they get behind q wall they
laugh until they grow fat, and il the
outrages are not frequent enough
they hire worthless negroes 20 COM
NIT them"
Ibid you say thati" / asked.
"NO, l made no such statement, y
he veplied.
Then what did you sayi"
"What | said about the color ques.
ton at Rocky Mount was precisely
the same that 1 have said in everv
speech I've made in the State. And
at no place coald my statements be
Misunderstood, and l have not been
misrepresented in this particular by
any other paper at any other place.
"On every occasion / have de-
clared positively and unequivocally
in favor of white supremacy and
Anglo Saxon rule. l have further
declared that it was best for the
black man as we'll as for the whitc
man that this should be so. / have
further declared that every good cit
il IN, not only of the white race, but
also of the colored race should favor
II; but that every good citizen ia
vored something besides, and that
the class of citizens, if there we're
such, either white or black. who at
tempted to stir up race pre- adice for
the purpose of cslling attention
from and defeating great economic
reforms that concern the welfare of
nine -tenths of our population, were
the worst and most dangerous ele-
ment of society. l called attention
to how frequently, during the last
thirty years, the tariff and the mig
ger" had been used as the leading
campaign slogans to the exclusion
of the financial and monopoly ques-
tons, end how during this time
while the attention of the people
were drawn to one side by the tariff
and 'nigger, the gold syndicate had
been allowed to destroy half of our
money and corner the rest, how
dangerous privileges had been grant
ed to individuals by which they grew
into powerful corporations and pow
full monopoIies which have resulted
in breeding trusts and combines, till
to day the industrial body polite is
covered with eating cancers called
trusts. These, l said, were the evils
that have brought hard times and
caused stagnation of business.
1.-THE politicians of both of the old
parties have seen these evils grow up
and the Wholesale robbery of the
people committed, but have kept the
truth from the people and have KEEP,
them stirred up and divided on Other
questions. | said that to-day, with
these same evils confronting us, in
even more alarming and dangerous
proportions, and with the gold syn
dicates and trusts and corporation,
combined to perpetuate their domi
nation and robbery, We hear sud
denly the cry of 'nigger' and tariff
raised up as a political slogan Will
greater vehemency than ever.
"Now there are thousands of peo
pie crying out for white supremacy
who are honest and sincere. l an
ready to join hands with those wht
are sincere, but let us divide th'
sheep from the goats. Let US tes
their sinceritv by seeing who is il
favor of fighting for white up -emac,
and also for financial reform and TO
monopoly reform that will give US al
anti monopoly Legislature in tn,
true sense of the word. The People
party is in favor of such fight, tn
majority of the voters of the Stat
are in favor of such q fight, and the
will gladly pull together and win
great victory for all of these reform
if the agents of monopoly and tn
false friends of the people do no
prevent it. In short . cS-Operatlo
of the forces that are opposed to tn
gold standard and trust and monoI
oily domination would win q gres
victory and give u the best whit
mans government the State eve
l saw. There is q certain element j
: the State that is opposed to such
fight because they do not wish sue
q victory won, but in the face of Ii
: deplorable condition of the countl
: and the easy and effective way {
e securing a remedy, the nonopol
!. hireling who will attempt to SOW tt
. seeds of race pre- adice in order tn,
the monopolists may further col
tinue to bleed and rob the people
u himself as black at heart as the 2
= gro whose misdeeds and crimes I
. prates so loudly about for an .ult'
q rior purpose. Such q man is hapE
). when the negro makes himself o
,, fensive and if necessary would I
e doubt hire . negro to make himse
offensive to furnish campaign car
It tai in the interest Of the monop
e, lists. The man who uses the cry
'e white supremacy in the interest
y monopoly is using the livery
! heaven in which to serve the dew
"This is what l have said at Rocl
II Mount and elsewhere, and the edit
d of that paper either heard q garbl
l., version of my remarks or he wilful
; MISC uoted me-
d South Carolina is stirred up over t
ID recent murder of Rev. j. III. Turner,
J. Spartanburg, by Chief State Cons'
BILE Newbold. NeWbold escaped fr,
Spartanburg when the killing occ,
red. On Saturday the Governor
ID fered . reward for his delivery to I
ID Sheriff Of Spartsnburg. Since Il
K time the police here have evideI
3 g. !