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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
A HUNGRY HORDE AFTER THg STATE
TREASCRRR.

Suppose vea knew the editor Of GER
tain newspaper. Now suppose that ed
itor has . brother who - lawyer. Now
suppose that lawyer il intsrestedin try
ing to get out OF the State four OF five
thousand dollars BY . claim which is
doubtful, and which looks very fraud
ulert. Now suppose the State Treas
urer refuses to pay that claim. Then
suppose the paper above referred to
should always be publishing low,
mean, contemplate filings ut the State
Treasurer, such A. Government by
State Treasurer" Suppose all these
things and then what would you think?
Something like that is going on right
now in this State. Certain hungry law
yers, W no have sucked the State pretty
largely under Democratic reign, have
what they call a "claim" against the
State for several thousand dollars for
fees granted by certain court officers
in what are known as the Oyster Cas-
es. 1t seems that some act Of some
Democratic legislature gave these Off
Gals an excuse for bringing hundreds,
or perhaps thousands Of cases in the
courts to eject persons from oyster
lands. Instead Of bringing ONE SUIT
to test the question, they swelIed out
great multitude Of cases-all alike
and brought them outso as to make uE
a stupendous bill of costs. Then they
presented this big bill, amounting te
about Fl we thousand dollars, against the
State. A Democratic Auditor allowed
this bill and drew a warrant for it, but
q Populist Treasurer refused topaJ
this grab, and notified the grabber'
that they could wait awhile. Then thu
grabbers began to indirectly assail hin
through certain papers-papers ane
lawyers being in the same ring or fam
ily-and blow off loudly about "gOv
eminent by State Treasurer" etc.
| 1t is better for the people and tax
payers to have government by an hon
est State Treasurer, than government
by gang of hungry lawyers. Treas
urer Worth is dead right, and the NOR
the hungry horde of grabbers abus
him, the more the people will love an
admire him.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
HEY! WANT TO STEAL THIS TOO?

Our Raleigh correspondent mention
ed last week that work is in progress
on the penetentiary building to which
the criminal insane are to be trans
ferred from the several asylums. We
refer to this subject to say that the
movement for the separation Ct the
criminal and innocent insane Origi-
mated in the State Hospital at Morgan
ton, and four years ago the superin-
tendent and one of the directors of
that institution appeared before 4 leg
islative committee in favor Of the very
action which was taken in this matter
by the Legislature Of 1897. Th" iegis-
latiOn under which the Grim al in
sane are soon to 60 to the peniL.ntiary
was part of the general asylum ap.
preparation bills and these sections
were drawn at the State Hospital by q
competent attorney at the instance OF
DR. Murphy, the superintendent
Charlotte Observer.
All the world knows how the Demo.
Gratis stoled the Populist national plat
form last year and tried to smash it
and how the Populists staid pretty
close by the thieving Democrats tt
keep them from completing the smash
Then, all the State knows how the
Democrats are now claiming the Pop.
Mist platform on the 80 year lease
question, and how they will try tt
steal that at their next State conven.
ton. And "bless de goodness" her.
comes DR.. Joke Caldwell, claiming fol
Democrats all the credit of gooi
move which Democrats never made
Oh Joke Joke !! won't you leave any
thing to usp Can't we have credit fol
just one little something that we have
MADE YOU DO or have done our
selves?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
THIS Is THE REFERENDUM.

The Raleigh News and Observer cites
a case that is good political illustra-
tion of the necessity and value of the
Referendum in Republican form of
government
THE Nebraska Legislature has
passed an act that requires that any
city ordinance, contract, agreement or
measure must be submitted to the vote
of the people, whenever Is per cent. of
the people petition for it. This will be
= safeguard against ring rule and Sc
cret contracts in cities and towns. II
the 80 year lease of the North Carolina
Railroad could thus on demand # IL
per cent. of the voters have been sub
mitted to the qualified voters of the
State, Pierpont Morgan would not have
gotten out the contract"
The attention Of the editor of the
Charlotte Observer who has recently
been exercised about the Referendum
is respectfully called to the above.
NJ r
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20

program and only hope 10 TO divide
and conquer Hence they will use
their corruption fund tn create dis
sensions and divisions among the ranks
Of those who oppose the gold siandsrd
and monopoly rule. There is no o;aer
way tina they can use their Doodle so
effectively. Are they using it nov!
Let the people keep their eyes open
and see. There are hirelings in every
party. Those who take the money
of the enemy will try TO hide their
tracks and call attention from their
treacherous schemes by attempting TO
make the loudest possible professions
in favor OF straight Populism. They
will pose IS the ''holier-than-thou-
stripe" By this token ye shall them.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20

Elsewhere in this issue we publish
resolutions passed by the Rutherford
county POpulists. We have from time
to time published similar resolutions
passed by the POpulists in the differ
ent counties. 1t is but another evil
dence that the POpulists of the State in
general uphold the stand taken by the
Peoples Party representatives in our
last General Assembly, and will sup
port the principles they contend for in
the next campaign. Let every county
be heard from.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
Senator Kyle Explains.

w washington POst.I -
Mr.. Kyle, of South Dakota, rose
to q question of privilege in the Sem
ate Tuesday. He said criticisms
had appeared in the West relative
to his position on Senate committees
and intimating that it was due to
some understanding with. Republi-
can Senators. He came here, he
said, without knowing that q re- or
ganlzation was contemplated. He
had had no conference with Demo-
cratic and Republican Senators as
to where he would be assigned on
committees and he objected to the
malicious kilograms sent out from
Washington that he had begged
assignments anywhere. Mr.. KYLE
said that as he understood the policy
of the Populists they believed in
giving the control and the respon-
sibility of the Senate to the Repub-
licans who controlled the other
branches of the government. He
believed that was the rightful pol.
icy.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20

Two or three rich gold bugs have
just sailed for Europe to see about an
international monetary conference
When Americans want a monetary
conference they send two or three mil
lionaires over to "Yurrup" to talk to
Jew syndicates and foreign bankers.
When "Yurrup" wants monetary
conference" it sends its little paupers
over here to talk to our bankers daugh-
tiers, and by the gods this has been the
game at which the paupers have al
wavs WON
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
Trustees For The Traders Bank,

LyNcHBURG, Va, May 12.-The
Traders Bank went into the hands
of Captain Charles M. Blackford
and Jas. E. Edmunds as trustees
to-day. The bank has been in liqui-
dalton since last September, during
which time the inde btedness to de-
positors on certificates has been re
duced from $3.50. 900 to $50, 0O0. he
total Indebtedness at present is
placed at $l50, 600, with Ash Esof
$3.50 900. It is- behaved al tfEai-
tors will be paid and some surplus
be left for the stockholders. There
were no deposits on hand sub feet to
check when the assignment was de-
termincd on, and it was in order: to
put all creditors on an equal foot
ing.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20

In Wisconsin, which has nearly the
same area and population as North
Carolina, not only are railroad fares
and freight much lower than here but
the railroads pay $l,750,00O taxes. In
North Carolina the railroads pay $780,
900 taxes, less than One-seventeenth as
much. In Indiana, which is much
smaller in area. though somewhat lar
ger in population than North Carolina
the railroads pay S2,25O,O 600 in taxes an
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20

We ask every reader of The CAUcA.
SIAN to get up a club for it. If you
cant take the time to get up club &c,
ore subscriber at least. The dull times
for the newspaper business is now set
ting in and we need the help of all Oul
subscribers to make the paper effect
i've. just little from each one will
amount to a great deal in the aggre.
gate. Won't you, dear reader, be one
that will do your part in this work?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20

FRANKFORT, KY, May 11:-Gov.
Bradley has refused to allow Dora
Creech, = tw. lvs-y ear-old girl, CON
victed OF perjury in Osley county
and sentenced for one year, to come
to the penitenfiary. aud granted her
full pardon. The Governor threat
ems to pardon every juvenile con-
vict out OF both prisons unless the
legislat1re at once provides funds
II 9kA4e aeho0leQf xeeor1l. -.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
WHAT THE ADVANCED AGENT OF
PROSPERITY" BRINGS,
Samples of the "Goldbug Good TImes''
That Are Coming Thick and Fast.
Ono Hundred Cotton N ills to Shut Down

One Hundred Cotton Mills to shut Down,
CHARLOTTE, N. c., May II An
important meeting of cotton manu-
facturers will be held here Satur-
day, the 18th instant. It Is expected
more than a hundred mills will be
represented. The yarn mills max
ing low numbers will probably shut
down for sixty days, and possibly
for the entire summer. A number
of cloth mills are likely to run on
short time. r. a.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
Will Not March Under Coxey's Banner.

Will Not March Under Coxsy's Banner.
The Peoples Demands, La'l
We are asked for our views as to
calling meeting of the Populist of
this State for the purpose of elect
ing delegates to organize q new and
very extreme movement in the Pop
ulist Party. We are against the
move of Vandervoot, Park, Coxey
ct ais, we refuse to be an agitator,
and warn them that the Populism
we profess don't run in red faeism
and hobo parades. Marion Butler
is right aud these red flag sizzling
Coxeyites are no part of pure re-
form. We shall not be campaign
ing under the Coxey banner, OF
marching in any hobo psrades. Sen
ator Butler is a brainy, aud careful
leader, let him alone.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
MOTT

On more than one occasion ex-
tracts have been made from edito-
rails in THE CAUCASIAN and sent
over the country by the Associated
Press ~ coming from Senator But
Ter, when the editorials were written
by the managing editor from local
standpoint, To prevent a recur-
renee OF impressions thus conveyed,
the editorials written hereafter by
Senator Butler will be signed M. b.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
Cyclone Davis Warns "Middl f. he
Readers,

Hickory Mercury.I
"Cyclone" Davis, of Texas, an
original Middle Of the Road" Pop
who opposed the Bryan Free Silver
combination last fall, it seems, not
only refases to he led [ if into the
Republican goldbug camp by the
pie fed hi,eliugs of Mark Hanna
who are manipulating the middle
of-the- Road" racket, but has repent
ed of his former foolishness and is
advocating the union of all the free
silver elements. The Farmers Trib-
une says:
Cyclone Dayis' paper warns the
middle-roaders not to go too far with
their conference calls and other bull
doing tactics, or they will read
themselves out of the party and be
left stranded with a little "boltine''
machine of their own.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
Potash.


PITrsv,KiD, Maine, Nay l3-The
Democrats oi the Third Congressional
District to-day nominated Frederick
w. Piai .~d, Of Augusta, - . candidate
for the vacancy FesuitiEg from the
death Of the late Congressman Aiiliker.
The P"pulists nominated b. F Lam
caster, Of NOYriGeWock.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20

Waves a'comin4. Southern mills
closing down Northern mills not open
ing. Let it IL remembered that Tire
owners and proprietors of these South
ern mills are generally me n who called
themselves gold Democrats, and voted
for Mckinley.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
GOVERNOR PINGREE ON RAILROAD
FARES.

Governor Pingree, of Michigan, who
has won his fight for two cent per
mile railroad fares in Michigan, and
for three cents street car fares in De-
troit, was elected Governor, leading
the Presidential ticket by $4,000 votes.
In a recent speech in Boston he said
as to railroad fares:
"Talk about the density of popula-
tion is in the nature of rubbish. The
business fact is, that any railroad
which is only making expenses. has
only one recourse to make money, and
that is to lower rates. And stockhOld-
ers and bondholders ought to know it.
We're this plain business principle
put in power, there would be no such a
thing as receiver if managers were
honest. We do not run the boot and
shoe business on the perpetual high
price system, because we do not sell
watered stocks"
"'Che fall in railroad passenger rates
has not come down, however, with the
fall in prices. In 1865, when 1 left
Boston for Detroit, it cost me $40 25
first-class ticket. Yesterday it cost
me $17 IS to come here from Detroit
only eight per cent cheaper. A pair
Of shoes which sold in 1865 for 81 &c
now sells for $2.25, cheapening of if
ty per cent. The cheapening of ma.
teriaI and labor which go into the con-
struction and maintenance of a rail.
road. Railroad rates are indirect
taxes levied upon commerce contrib
uted by the many to enrich the few.
would guarantee the best returns, even
on the present watered stocks, IL the
railroads were operated on half the
present rates."
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20

SarsapariIIa a,. me ., 90:
Purifier. Sold by all druggists. 81; six for Is.
~, rN.,s cure all Liver Ills and
EHC. , ziaS SICK Headache. sc.
PEOPLES PARTY PRESS ON THE PRO.
POSED CONFERENCE


A Great Mistake,
Missouri Valley Journal
The sentiment is rapidly growing
that whatever the cause, the social
ed Middle-of-the- Reader POpulists
are making a great mistake in fore
ing the Memphis convention, July
t. 1t is not likely to be we'll attended,
and weak attend nee, as on former
occasions, will be heralded rs de-
cline of the Peoples Party. The
Memphis convention will be q good
one for true Populists to stay away
from. In giving the advice, Ma
tional Chairman Butler is commend:
ed by sincere Peoples Party mem
bers all over the country.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
TBE ENEMY II NOW AT WO1K FOR

TBE ENEMY II NOW AT WORK FOR
1900.
The gold syndicate was able to use
some Of the so-called Populists in the
last campaign in the interest Of Nc
Kinley. The gold syndicate and the
moaopolists have just raised q big
campaign fund to be used now to pre-
pare the ground for the next CAM
paign. They know that they can
never secure majority Of the voters
to endorse the record that this admin
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20

The New York World says: "Insan-
ity is on the increase" Of course it is,
there are thousands trying to
work out that new puzzle of Hanna's
called prosperity, and its enough to
drive man crazy"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
Clear aud to The Point.

Plow Boy, N. CT
There would be just as much sense
or reason in planting crop in win
ter as to hold national conference
Of the Peoples Party now. An army
general who would plan his battles
twelve months before they were ia
be fought and announce his plans
to the world would be considered
just about as big q failure as q 20.
lltical general who would undertake
to outline a campaign policy three
years before the campaign begins
and announce it from the hill tons.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20

A special from Greenville. 8. C.
says: The condition Of Senator
Earle seems to have taken . turn
for the better and it is now conf.
IDENTIFY hoped that he is on the road
to permanent recovery.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
To Blow or Wind.
Our HOme1

our dOme.I
Some Popul,sts are SO full of wind
that they have to hold q convention
or conference at last once a yea,
to blow eff. The next blow out will
be at Nashville the 4th Of July
Some of 'em have to blow eff once
q year to keep from exploding.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20

Jerry Simpson may not get very
good committee assignments, but the
fun be 10 having with the Republican
elephant will more than compensate
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
In Feeble Health
Unable to do Nos Work - Nervous
and Tired All These Troubles
Cured by HOODS Sarsaparsna.

"Fo- the pas. four years have been In
feeble health, snd for two Year, past,
owing TO change Of climate, have not
been able TO do my work. ! Was nervous
and had tired feeling and was under the
treatment Of physicians, but continually
grew worse. Ny husband insisted on my
trying Hoods Sarsapariiis and I finally
consented, and began taking 1t the nrst OF
June, 1896. The first bottle did me %
much good that / continued with It, and
after taking four bottles and one bottle of
Hoods Pills / am able to do my work,
and the tired, nervous feeling II entirely
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
THE PINCaI. WAKING THEM UP.

Aha. There's nothing like a pinch
to bring some people to their senses.
For four years the Peoples Party has
been teaching the doctrine that "bard
times" among the people are simply
due to the exactiOns of railroad COM
panies, big corporations, trusts, gold
standard &c. &c. all made possible
by legislation of the old gangs who
have alternately been in power in this
county for twenty years. This system
of business has oppressed the masses
of the people until they are no longer
able to buy manufactured goods ia
any large extent. They have been
drained dry"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
Pretend to DO koorgsuizing.

Our Home.I
There is a certain element in the
Peoples Party who have apparently
forgotten the platform and princi
pies of their party and instead of
turning their guns on the tyranny
Of greed and avarice, they are using
all their forces to crush the Peoples
Party organic alton. They pretend
to be recognizing the Peoples Par,
ty, but if this were their aim they
would begin in the townships and
counties. But instead of this they
imagine if they can down Senator
Butler the party will be reorganized.
Hence they are trying to call a ma
tional conference" for this purpose.
We don't know who will attend
their conference from this State.
but we'll bet second hand chew
of tobacco that no one outside o,
the Skinner ritchard crowd will
attend from this State, and these
will hardly 60 unless the Republi-
cans furnish them the Doodle to pay
their expenses.
They Shouted One way and Voted An.
other,
Beatrice Tribune.l
: The men who are trying to get up 8
conference under the name of the
Peoples Party are as rule the men
who in the last campaign shouted
for Watson and at the election voted
for Mckinley. They now feel thar
they need q conference or meeting
of some kind in which to declare
their political purity and call atten
ton from their own conduct by max
ing false charges against others. L
is another one of those crimina
crying stop thief.
This kind Of Popul;sts are like the
Democrats who shouted for Paine,
during the campaign and at tn,
election voted for Mckinley. Thes,
so called Democrats held confer
ence at indianapolis recently an,
proclaimed their political purity ant
resolved that they were the tru,
Democrats. The Mckinley Popu
lists want a conference to initial,
the Mckinley Democrats.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Office Of Secretary of State,
INSURANCE. DEPARTMENT.

Raleigh, N. c., Dec. 81, 1896.
In compliance with Section 9 of "An
Act to consolidate the Insurance
LAWS of North Carolina" I certify
that the above is q true extract from
the sworn statement Of the COnnecti-
cut Mutual Life Insurance Company.
on December 81, 1895, now on 6ie in
this Department.
CYRUS THOMPSON,
Secretary Of State.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20

AZ natural consequence the fac
tories are not making any big sales,
and by the "holy grail" THEY have
began to kick. They held tremend-
Gus meeting at Greensboro last week
and actually raised howl against the
railroads for determinations in
freight rates. Yes. And when some
far-seeing people made the same COM
plant four years ago, these manufact-
urers-principally the same men
raised the cry that the people
who were complaining were
"cranks," Calamity hOwlers,' can
archist" and everything else.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20

When these manufacturers know as
much as they ought to know they will
understand that while the averice and
Determinations of big railroad cor
porations is a bad thing, it is not near
so bad as the internal gold standard
of finance and the national banking
system under which this country is
trying to struggle along. AS a matter
of fact, the members of the sixty or
more large establishments who par
ticipated in this big railroad kick''
meeting, are goldbugs now, but they
will, within the next two years, learn
as much about the money question as
they have learned, within the past
two years, about the transportation
question; and when all the people be-
gin to know something about these two
great questions, we may begin talk
with some sense about q "wave of
prosperity"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20

Aha. And now we can greet our
brother anarchists-the big manu-
tacturers-tO some extent and extend
the right hand of fellowship. We
knew this was coming four years ago,
but the manufacturers-the sense, the
BRAINS, the INTELLIGENCE of the
country could not see quite that far
ahead. Their eyes are beginning to
open, however, now, though they are
not yet open wide enough to admit all
the light.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20

Is but
Read Our liberal Offer sm
for AN
y
Any of the above books will be FREE yearly
bers For club ten
the sender Of club.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-20

J. L. GREENE, Pres't,
J. NJ. TAYLOR, Vice-Pres't,
f. NJ. BUHCE, Secretary,
5. D. WAIT, Raleigh,
General Agent.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-02-12
JURORS.

The following is the list of
jurors drawn for Spring term of
Pasquotank County Superior
Court, which convenes on March
18th: John w. Sykes, E. G.
Morrisett, Louis Selig, B. F.
Gum, J. F. Sanders, E. Wiley,
J. P. Simpson, J. B. Blades, F.W.
Bell, J. P. Hughes, Alex. Small
L. S. Blades, J. 6. Gregory, A.
w. Swain, Jno. T. Wynn, J. w
Small, J. S. Wilcox, James Shan
non, F. M. Grice, Manlif God
frey, Z. E. Goodwin, D. J. Smith
son, w. T. Williams, J. F. 7.
Steger, Moses Palmer, Johnathan
7. Brockett, A, c. Stokes, H. I.
Greenleaf, W. M. Jackson, Geo
r. Bright, M. H. Snowdeu, D.
M. Simons, J. E. Temple, Henry
Winslow, John Mullen, Abne1
Shannon.