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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15
THE EQUATION OF TAXATION.

BY an error or oversight OF the re-
cent legislature, the Revenue Act was
issued with an error of considerable
magnitude. The total property tax
levied was fOrty-six cents on one hun
dred dollars valuation. The COnstitu-
ton declares that the tax on the poll
shall be equal to the tax on three hun
dred dollars worth Of property. This
would make the poll tax $l.3S. The
Revenue Act, however, fixed the poll
tax at 1929, and OF course one or the
other of these levies is clearly uncon-
stitutiOnal. The State Auditor is
charged with the duty of sending out
blank forms for listing taxes, contain
ing such information as may suggest
the tax rate &C. He has no discretion
in the matter of.passing upon an over
sight or error, and he is subject to a
fine of two thousand dollars for tam
pering with or changing the regula-
tions established by the legislature.
He was thus faced, when beginning to
prepare the forms, with the necessity
Of sending them out under an uncon-
stitut;onal equation of taxes, or pay
ing a fine of $4,000 for correcting the
error. An attempt to collect taxes un-
der an unconstitutional equation
would have brought on any amount OF
law suits and all kinds of litigation
for the most precious privilege the
average patriotic citizen has in these
times is the attempt to be a lar abid-
ing citizen at the lowest rate he can
establish for his assessment and taxes
1t was therefore necessary to adopt
some course by which all this trouble
might be avoided. A "case'' made up
between the Governor and the Audi.
tor. The Auditor announced his pur.
pose of sending out the forms under
the provisions of the Revenue Act, on
tie ground that he had no right to
change the legislature regulations
The Governor, who is charged by law
to supervise the work of all State Off
GERS then applied for a mandamus to
compel the Auditor to observe the con.
stitutional equation in preparing the
forms. The matter was b. ri before
Judge Adams In Raleigh on last Sat
urday. The Judge decided that thu
constitutional equation must be OBJ
served and that the property tax wa
the basis of the equation. The Audi
tor appealed to the Supreme Court
As soon as this tribunal shall decid,
upon the question, the important ma
chinery of State taxation can be put il
motion. 1t has been clogged up thi
time
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15
Mr. ALIENS TARIFF SPEECH.
He Opposes High Tsxss Upon the Neess.
saries of Life.

He Opposes High Tsxss Upon the Nscss-
ssries of Life.
Senator Allen last week delivered .
speech on his resolution declaring il
to be unconstitutional to impose tariff
taxes on the necessaries of daily con.
sumption in order to enrich certain
favored classes at the expense OF the
masses.
The Senator'S remarks were in the
nature Of legal argument, showing
the constitutional limitations on the
taxing power Of Congress. He said:
II place my self on the solid and i'm
pregnable ground that under our Con-
stitutiUn Congress does not possess
power to tax the people to enhan &c the
private fortunes vi the few, and that
the full measure Of the taxing pover
is reached when . tariff for revenue.
With incidental protection. is imposed
Any other construction would lead to
conhsca'ion and incidentally to en-
forced reputation. the two worst con-
ceivaole forms Of anarchy and disor-
Ger IN civilized State; and such . de-
ouctlon, When carried to its legitimate
length, would lead to the subversion
OF all order. and the rights of persone
and property. We cannot serve the
people and the money power 1T The
same time. Their interests are deadly
antagonistic. What 10 for the common
welfare 10 against the trusts and the
pools" Mr.. Allen spoke more than An
hour, and ut the conclusion Of his p
marks the resolution was referred IA
the Finance CoDmittee.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15
A LANDSLIDE IN OHIO.
the PEOPLE REPUDIATE HANNA.
ISM" IN McKlNLEY'S OWN STATE.

Senator Hanna May be Defeated for Elec.
ton to the Senate-The Gu look Gloomy
for tho New neutrality-suspicious. De-
featsd in Canton. PresIdent McKinley's
Home.
COLUMBUS, O., April 1.-THE reports
received here from al over the State
indicate q complete re versal of the re-
suits Of the last election. 1t WAS stat
ed at that time the State had been COL
onized and the return figures STUFFED"
in order to make good showing from
McKinley's own State, which had been
claimed by the POpulists and Demo-
Gratis. Yesterdays voting seems to in
dictate that the State, under q fair
count, Would have gone for Bryan.
A summary of the returns shows
that the Republicans lost the follow
ing important towns;
Canton, the home Of President Nc
kinley; Cincinnati, the home of Sena-
tor Foraker; Springfield, the home of
Governor Bushnell; Youngstown, the
home Of Lieutenant Governor Jones !;
Columbus, the capital; and Cleveland,
the home of Senator Hanna, went Re-
publican by bare scratch; and Ham.
iltOn, the home of ex- Governor Camp
bell.
GAINESVILLE, where was held the Re-
publican convention that nominated
Bushnell for Governor, went Demo-
cratic.
This indicates q tidal wave against
the Republican part which bids fair
next fall to sweep Gov. Bushnell and
Senator Hanna from power.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15

have succeeded q fooling number OF
good and true Populist. with the mid
d =. of.t,e. road" cry. They want
conference held to declare that the
Peoples Party will, under no circuni-
stances. cooperate with any body in
the rcHt campaign. They would, TO
doub', have a number OF their age n's
A. such q conference to do many other
foolish thing 10 bring discredit on the
party and prevent i, from gaining
recruits.
Will they succeed No.
They may get conference OF some
kind, but it will not represent the
Peoples Party, and will have no
authority To speak for the party, and
when the next national convention
meets : hen and there the peoples reI-
lrehentatives, in convention assembled
will take such action as then appears
| to b. visest and most patriotic, re-
gardle-s Of what any conference may
do or not do.
Now We think there is some danger
that the gold Democrats will go back
into the Democratic party, and to
some extent at least get control OF
| that organization. II this should hap
pen, then the rank and file Of the DEM
ocratic party would come, almost in q
body, to the Peoples Party, and We
could defeat the Republican gold and
monopoly candidate and elect a PEG.
pies Party President with cO-Opera.
ton Of the silver Republicans. But
the gold ring and the monOpolists have
already taken this probability, so dan
gerOus TO them, into account. There
fore, they are having their agents in
the Peoples Party to try 10 get the
party to do something that is foolish OF
ridiculous: or to take such action
this far in advance, as would for
feIt the confidence Of the best element
of the two old parties in our wisdom
and patriotism. This of course wOult
prevent our party from gaining re
cruits, nOsmatter what the old partie
} did, or how great the opportunity TO
us to gain recruits. Therefore W
should stand on the magnificent ant
patriotic record which we have al
ready made.
This is the real danger from tn
scheme of the Republican agents in
side of our ranks. We appeal to ever
true POpuist who may have been mis-
led by the middle Of-the- road" cry t
be on his guard, and not to be caugh
, in this ShylOck trap.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15

every true Populist in the State. II
will be noted that the resolution sets
out the fact that there il not . single
Populisis in the county who in any
manner endorses the action OF the
boiling members of the legislature.
The suggestion contained in the res
olution that the State committee Of
the Peoples Party should call upon the
Populist in any county where there
may be . boiler on committee to re-
organize and put none but true and
tried Populists or guard is also . wise
and timely suggestion. We trust tina,
the State committee will proceed to
take such action.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15

Offices, or shorten their terms, then
it WAS constitutional; that there was
no charm in the words "repeal" and
abolish" but that it Was the duty
of the court to look at the legisla-
ton in controversy and see whether
these charters were repealed and
the Offices abolished and that there
was absolutely no authority for such
construction of this act.
At the close of the argument,
Judge Adams announced that he
would take the case under advise
ment and render decision by We'd
nesday, April l4th.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15
A WISE AND TIMELY ADDRESS,


Just as TIE CAUCASIAN was ready to
60 to press, we received copy of an
address issued by the Populist Sena-
tors and Congressman. The position
taken is so wise and timely that we
have made room for it in this issue. 1t
sc ems to US that every tru, POpulist in
the country will not only endorse the
address in full, but that he will also
welcome such timely u'erance. Let
every Populist paper take a position
along this line of that address, and
then the party will at once become
united and aggressive. This done
and recruits will begin to swell our
ranks.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15

Senator VOORHEES,, Of Indiana, died
in Washington on the morning OF
April 10th. He was an exceptionally
able man, and with one exception
when he acted for Cleveland in re.
pealing the Sherman silver purchase
law, under the belief that a free silver
law was to be substituted for it and
supported by Cleveland, his public
record was something like that Of
Senator Vance.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15
WHAT IS THE .MIDpLk OF TIE
ROAnss

WHAT Is The "MIDpLk OF TOE
Agreat deal is being said by some
of the Populist editors about the
middle of-the-Road." Every true
Populist is in the ''middle- of-the-road"
for the principles of the party. He is
pushing our principle straight for
ward and striving to gather recruits
from the right and from the LEFT. This
is the true middle Of the-road" poll
cy. and to every such middle of the
reader" THE CAJcAsIAN extends it's
right hand. But we regret to see that
some think the middle Of the-road''
means to keep recruits from the party
and to have nothing to do with any
voters unless they belong to the "old
guard" This policy will make the
party grow smaller, or 1t least will
prevent the party from ever gaining I
victory.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15

We call attention to & letter from .
prominent Populist Of Kentucky in
recent State convention in that State,
the delegates were overwhelming OF
posed to holding National Confer
encs of the party this year. This is
very significant, IS it is the first con-
vention held since this question of a
conference has been mooted. No dou bt
the verdict Of the people would be the
same everywhere il they could be
heard from in the same way.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15

Tho Delegates OF tho People In Conven-
vention Assembled are Opposed to Hold.
ing . National Conference this Year
Only the Most Extreme OF Extremist
Favor Such . Course.
The following letter, just received
from one of the most prominen,
Populists in Kentucky, who was q
delegate to the State convention
which assembled in Louisville last
week, ard served on the committee
on resolutions. is very significant
It indicates about what would b.
the the sentiment of the Popullsts Of
the United States if their sentiment.
could be polled from ocean to ocear
at this time. The letter is as fol
lows:
HENDERSON, KY, Apr s, '97.
Hon. MARION BUTLER, Chm'D,
Dear SRI have just returned
FROM our State convention at Louis
vile, where l served on the commit
tee on platform.
There were some among the dele
cation who favored a National Con
vention being held this year, bat
they realized that they were hope
less)y in the minority, and they did
not bring the matter before the con
vention.
consider the work of our con
vention q victory for tho conserva
tive element of Populists. l find NJ
demand for q National Convention
or conference. this year except upor
the part of those who are known a.
the most extreme of extremists.
l hope that good judgment ma,
prevail in the councils of the Peo
pies Party and believe that in suci
event onr strength will largely in
crease this year.
Very truly,
e. 2r,cc
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15

The Missouri legislature before ad-
journing passed an act against trusts
and another reducing railroad rates
Both measures were defeated in our
legislature. The Governor, however
has now called on the Railroad Com
mission to give the public , cent
passenger rate and Is rate cent fol-
telegrams.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15
Awaiting The .Dawn of Prosperity.

Awaiting The "Dawn OF Prosperity
BimetallistI
The gold standard campaign was
fought upon the theory and the prom
Use that the election of Mckinley
would at once restore confidence in
the integrity of our monetary system,
and with such restoration prosperity
would Immediately dawn. Four
months have gone by, and not the
faintest streak of "a dawning" has
srpe ared. Banks and business houses
have continued to 20 down by hun
dreds and thousands, and the old ia
miliar cry of "hard times" is every
where heard in the land.
The prophets of the gold standard
are still "explaining" why the guaran-
teed prosperity has not materlalized
inst as they have been "explaining''
lor a. these many years. We are now
TOLD To wait until the new administers
tion has had a chance. Well we are
waiting, quite as patiently as those
who are telling us to wait; but we ex.
pect steady continuance of explana-
lions.
There is not sign visible to indi-
cate the approach of prosperity. There
is not the slightest probability of an
international agreement for the resto.
ration of blmetallismr being reached
and the effort being made on that line
(if it be an effort) will be productive
of no result except to establish the
fact that bimetallism is:absolutely es.
sential to our welfare.
Under existing monetary conditions
no revision of the tariff can bring any
thing like general and permanen,
prosperity. With money constantly
rising in value, which means every
thing else falling in value, the wealth
OF the country must, in the nature o.
things, be mOnOp0lized more anC
more by the mOnied classes, and under
such circumstances all the tariff
ever devised can not bring prosperit,
to the producers. Production is tn,
base of all business, and if the pro
Queer is not fairly paid for his pro
duce there can be no genuine nationa
prosperity.
We shall welcome better times from
whatever source they may come. Blu
we do not believe that there can b,
any material and lasting improvement
until the monetary system of tn
country is so adjusted as to preserv,
something like a fair ratio between
money and the other forms of wealth
We do not believe that any cthel
measure will be so strongly condnciv,
to that end, and at the same time b,
so conservative and safe, as the com
plete restoration of silver to the DO
sitiOn which it formerly occupied b,
the side of gold. So, while waitini
and longing for the good things s,
lavishly promised by our gold stand
ard friends, we shall continue our Ia
Dor in the interest of bimetallism
firm in the faith that the army which
met defeat in 1896 will march to 2lori
Gus victory in 1900.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15

Immediately after the English gov.
eminent assumed the telegraph sys-
TEN the business increased so rapidly
that during the first year the govern
ment not only absorbed all the idle
telegraphers in England, but was
forced, between Jan. 80, 1870, and Oct.
!, 1870, to teach and put to work 2,4OO
additional operators.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15

Rroad Axe
Some of of the papers have been
publishing dispatches from japan to
the effect that that country rur-
poses to go to gold basis. The
dispatches are not true. In Japan
there are two parties just as there
are parties in the United States,
and the ultra conservative party,
like the Republican party in this
country and the tory or copsarva
tive party in England, has declared
in favor of the gold standard. But
It is not at all probable that the
diet, or Congress of Japan will az
cept the plan.
1t is clsimed that all Japan's sill
yer pieces are to be fl 'ated for one
half their present value, that her
gold pieces are. by law, to be
doubled in value, and that pieces of
the value of the present silver ven
will be doubled in weight, and
pieces one half the size of the pres
emit gold yen will be foated for the
present gold piece. The proposition
is sufficiently insane on the face of
1t to prove its utter falsity. 1t is
evident that the lying campaign of
the gold fanatics has not ceased vet.
Even after election 1t is to be kent
up. Mark Hanna Is still at work.
Lies are to Do fed to the people.
The channels Of CORE ct inform alton
are to be polluted. False statements
are to be made between elections
when nobody is on guard, 20 thai. 1n
the BRIT space Of . campaign, there
will not be time enough to show the
people the falsehood. japan il not
going to q gold basis. Il she did
1t would Immediately paralvxs her
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15
Ts,TS.

On more than one occasion OK
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 a loca
standpoint. To prevent q recur
renee OF Impressions thus conveyed
the editorials written hereafter by
Senator Butler will be signed NJ. b.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15

IN another column will be found 4
strong and ringing resolution, expires.
s've Of the sentiment Of the Populists
OF Edgecombe county, which will be
read with interest and pleasure BY
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15
ScrofuIa Sores
heaish Waa Greatly Impaired. But
nood's Sarsaparsisa 0uiat sUp-
sores Havo An Disappeared.

81 vas irou oled with c-up,ions on my
face, which appeared like scro'uia. NY
health Was so much impaired that Vas
ADVISED TO take Hooc's sar~sp<riih 10
bald me up. and ! bought six bottles.
Before I had taken half of this amount 1
found that WAS improving. could resf
better a, night. and felt refreshed IN the
morning. gained In re-h and when
had finished the six bottles the sor-s on
my face had all disappeared J. H. BOD
DIE. Postmaster, Nashville, No. Carolina
AFTER suffering from q sore leg for .
years, four bottle. of Hoods Sarsapariiia
made complete cure. i; IL several years
since ! took Hoods SarsaIarilla, but
have not suffered wi, n any sore or erysip-
Ella. IN hst time" Mrs. N. j. HARTLEY,
Lovett, Georgia. Remember
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15

The middle classes ate the greatest
readers of advertising. They read
ADVERTISEMENTS as matter of domes
TIC economy, so as to make their
dollars go to the utmost limit.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15
JapAn's Silver.

NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE FOR
THE CAUOAST
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15

To Cure Constipation
Take Casrzre.s Cancy CSihr
IL c c. c. faii 10 cure. 5rvSs
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15

A squabbls BsouSht On Ny Ds0oersts
who Doa's want Co GIVE Up Omes-Rs-
view Of The Aysonsni. Before Jssse
Adams.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15
Hoods SarsapariIla
al, ~, NIL easy 10 take. easy la buy.
Hoods Pills easy to operate. &c.

Is the Best - the One True Blood Purifier. BE
sure TO get Hoods and only Hoods.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15
KENTUCKY STATE CONVENTION.

The Delegates OF tho People In Conven-
vention Assembled arc Opposed to Hold.
ing National Conference this Year
Only tho Most Extreme OF Extremist
Favor Such . Course.
Evening star., 1897-02-06

TALLY finished division to Achinsk we were
covering but little more than four
fhe stops themselves were exaspera tingly
long and frequent. Owing to the incapacity
OF our old-style, secondhand engines, two
or which were required to draw our train
over the level steppe. We were constantly
stopping at some roadside stream to pump
up water supply--for the water tanks at
the stations were not yet compile :ed-or in
some one of the many birch groves which
dotted the fiat steppe country TO fill up the
tenders from the piles Of firewoo1 already
prepared.
The use OF these antfquated locomotives
IRON the cast-off stock of the Euronsan
lines. pending the arrival of others aiready
ordered. leads to frequent and very shacen-
venient breakdowns. ~t'"i EoHr'-.
No Brakes ON Train.
In the absence of brakes of any KIND all
trains begin to arrive at a station a mil,
before they reach it, so to speak, and the
time thus wasted in losing momentum is
almost equaled by the time consumed in
getting started again. At every station the
same tedious program is relig,ously carried
out.
After ten or twenty minutes chat with
the iounging local officials the conductor
blows upon his small pocket whistle There
upon the station attendant. standing with
MS hand On the clapper of large bell sus-
pended from the side of the station house
begins at first an almost inaudible tanning
growing louder and louder as he continues.
ana nnally ending in Cne loud piercin;:
1iwack. This constitutes the first signal
The passengers now begin to saunter
lelsurely In from the outlying attractions
and by the time they have reached the
station. taken final stroll or two I'D and
GOVT the platform and lit fresh cigarette,
another whistle and be!l-rin sing gives til
second note of warning. Then and only
then. do they begin to think of getting
anoasa, aar. hen at last all is in readiness
this information to the engineer, who an
nounces IN reply that he, too. is ready for
.ne start. Not until the fourth and re-
iuctantiy given signal does the train begin
to move slowly away on another tedious
run to the next station
Ilme is not money" in Russia: if i.
were II would cost 4 fortune day TO run
railway. TIJOS G AIIEW H.