The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-18
slLvgs MEN MUST GET TcGE1hER
NExT YEAR.

The Fayetteville Observer says N
part:
"Tbe Ohgorver seems - aeon
well thn, We c4u't win vi h"n' ar'
cassions ~ indiv.lgals or ~ AZ or
gauiZs'i III.
W., are orpns Il TO fu-Ior. or or
,sn,c cn Oh ration with the PnpIlis'
usrty IN the great struggl" mex wear,
and we think the following are good |
.uouvh reasons: To cooperate or
y,n,caily would be 20 allow Senator |
Rn,Ier va dictate the terms. Butler |
,s thick now with the Governor. en- |
d,rsos him and euiogizes bin. II |
would make the matter no better. be |
sides the Populist element he'd It's
full share ia making the depiorahie
condition in the > ate (snd would DO
the same srain Whare would b"the
advantage But cannot we believe
that go large number "f the Popu-
Ists that are honest and well mean
ing, patriotic and phllapthopic, Will
lend tt cir aid further 10 corrupt lead
.rship into fusion with a party that
has never made good record IN the
Surely they. 20 indiv'dn"l'. will vote
With Us mex year. after such humti-
iatinn as they Suffered from their
lenders and ~" camp INTO WIN IA tncy
have been led: II not. then whHt
PROMISE have we IN organic cO up
cation
The Fayetteville Observer in re-
ply ~ the above says;
with respect 80 'he point M, de
by our cOutcmpCrary that organic
go operation, or fusion with the Pop
nlisfs would subject us TO Senator
Butler's terms, We have 10 say that
that brings us nj y bound 10 consid-
GRAFTON of the question. what would
no Mr.. Buffers terms ~ They would
not, we infer from his course in the
last campaign. require the slightest
sacrifice on our part of principle. We
mean Democratic principles rs duly
defined by the party AZ Chicago last
year. Granting that TO no So, the
terms of cooperation would be re.
duced to questions OF State policy
We have not n particle of doubt that
~ committee of genuine Democrats
we mean Democrats IN whom Their
cliugs no tsInt of Ransomism OF
Clevelandism elected by the State
Convention for the purpose, could
agree upon terms with the Butler (oi
majority Populists which would be
perfectly acceptable 10 us great .
proportion Of tho Democratic party
as tho ratio of the silver vote in the
last convention to the gold vote-say
06l to 31b.
Our contemporary fails TO take
note of the fact that the bad acts ot
the late Legislature were chiefly, we
believe, IL not entirely, the result Of
the coalition between tho Skinner ol
anti Butler Populists aud Republi
cans.
AS to Mr.. Butler him self. the Dem
ocracy would find it much safer tC
fight shoulder 10 shoulder with hin
than with that band of so called Dem
Gratis which remained in the psrtV
.oaly to "knife" its Presidential can
.did&te. Butler kept his enga cement
in the last campaign With scrupulou
fidelity. He delivered his thirty ode
Thousand votes to the Democratic
national ticket, and, his offer of STAT
fusion being spurned, he delivere'
almost the same number. to ~ man
to tho Republican State ticket.
The Observer was the leader 0
those who resented Mr.. Butler's sc
cessiou in 1892, but he has carrie
his flag ever since-wbich is yastl
more than some of his critics ca
saw"
IL is not our purpose by the fore
going to constitute ourselves M
Buffers defender. He is, no doub
able to take care of himself. Or
objac is merely to express our OPT,
ion on n subject raised by our col
temporary, viz: the relative meri
of the Populists leader. fighting III
der the Populist flag and the tw,
faced Clevelandites
Our contemporary will uuders' al,
of course, that we advocate fuslo
only as q last resort-that is, IN ca!
we fail to purge ourselves OF machir
to our ranks of Populist individual
But we have very little idea tn;
we shall so demean ourselves as
attract n sufficient number Of ind
viduals 20 render our chance goo,
Our contemporary saws it voted IL
fusion Bryan ticket last year becau
it 'yeild to the expediency forced |
the existence OF third party"
That, If our conterl porary will pa
don us saying so, admits the who
ease contended for by US, viz:
third party exists (aud exists in d,
North Carolina statutory forms
acts of 1880; that third party has q
cept our (Chieago) principles; snd
only now remains for Us to cousid
whether, as n matter of .xpedienc
we csp agree on State issues-as
did in Nance's day.
The subject is now reduced
this:
l. We must sacrifice NJ princip,
That is, while we will welcome vot
from any qnsrter. we must not aha
one jot or little Of the Chicago p';
form (our principles in order to
frSct our natural enemies The Repu
lieaSs and their allies the Rnrsomi-
and Clevelandites.
.. Is& apparent that the Populi,
are coming back to us in suffice
NUMBERS
) 1t not, snall we make ter
with the Populists orgsuizati
which he's practically accepted @
principles aud restore good govel
lnent to North Csrolina7 o., sh
we fold our hands and coptinue
live under the present Republics
Cleveland. Skinner Pritch ard adm
istratioE?
We thlok, in conclusion. that {
contemporaries suggestion that
the 143 thousand Democrats COO
rate with the 80 Thousand Populis
the 80 Thousand Populis,s, wo,
control the 143 thousand. is with,