The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-10-14
SENATOR BUTLER
At JACKSON.
Ma. a Great Speech to One
,f,6e Largest Crowds Ever
Seen in the County.
NlR0lyCBDBY MR. BS GAY

r...u.d organs in Crying "Nig- |
,,. u. t,rr.,, t" tn" Good Men Of all
,.,,.,. o.. Join In Defeating tho Gold
ru...r,ry scheme Let rs Elect -
...I..,.. r.r Trsnsportation Reform
,.... Int Produces Trusts and
.,,l,0. .u.a..Uy-rh New School Law
...,.., .,,d uti-Monopoiy Democrats
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Forthr Cu,AsrASI
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....mbItd here on Monday of last week
S.d th. largest crowds which has
,.the,pd in the county since the war
y hear political speech. 1t was
u,rssbIr that such a crowd should
,.,bsr 10 hear political speech from
,nyore when no campaign is on. 1t
s,5 bepn announced that Senator But
sr would speak, and the people had
'omp from TAR and near to hear him.
THE crowd was too large to get in the
,ourt huu-r, but it was q raw, windy
Isy. ana he speaker was afraid to
.prak uu' doors; 30 several hundred
yer, Jeff uutside unable to hear the
,nppch after the court house was
crowdrd tu its utmost.
The -praher was introduced by Mr..
RS. G4y, a prominent silver Demo-
crat and one of the leading lawyers at
the Jackson bar.
MR.. glFS INTRODUCTORY SPEECH.
Mr.. Gay in introducing the Senator
SAID OF I may seem strange to some
for Democrat to introduce to you
the Ipsdpr of the Populist party who
comes ~ make a political speech, but
I am glad that he has come, and take
pleasure in introducing him to you.
lie needs, however, no Introduction at
my hands to this audience, though he
has never been in our county before.
He is known to every man in the State,
and he is known by reputation from
one end of this country to the other.
first met Senator Butler about ten
year- ago at a Teachers Assembly in
the Western part Of the State. He had
just left College then and was teach
ing school. | was up there taking a
rest for my health. l noticed that Mr..
Butler took prominent part In the
proceedings, and was particularly y
struck with the speech that he made
nominating DR.. f. A. Alderman, who
is now President of the State Unlvers-
ity for the position Of President OF
the North Carolina Teachers Assem-.
bly,. 1t seems that a slate had beer
formed by number OF teachers tt
elect another man President, but Mr.
Buffers strong and effective speech il
nominating DR.. Alderman broke th'
slate and elected his candidate.
soon after that he was elected to TIT
State Senate as the champion Of tn
ArrOpOsitiOn to establish a Railroad
From that time on tn,
Speople otthe whole State have watch
ed h,s Sest "a and know his record. II
was tn eh his efforts that the Rail
way Commission was established ant
much other good legislation passed
In fact, he is the father of the Nortl
Carolina Railroad Commission, an,
while the Comm issiOn has not done al
that he told the people that 1t woult
do, yet he was wise enough to put int,
the law provision giving the Gov
ernor the power to remove the Com
missioners If they failed to do thei
duty, and it is under this provision
that Governor Russell has just sus
pended ths two Wilson's. 1t is
splendid law, it simply needs goot
men To execute it.
Mr.. Butler was a Democrat then
Since that time he ha, left the Dem.
Ocratc parsy and taken the lead in es
tabIishing the Peoples Party, but
can say to you that be stands to-da
for the same principles for which h
stood then. lie did not leave tn
Democratic party until Cleveland wa
nominated and there was an effort b
force him down the throats of MI
Butler and his followers, and eve1
then Mr.. Butler appealed to the Dem
ocratic State committee, saying tina
he ard his friends could not supper
Cleveland for President, but il the
could be allowed to participate i
Democratic primaries and county cor
yeRtions while refusing to supper
Cleveland that they would not leav
the party. His request, which wa
not unreasonable, 1 am sorry to 81
was spurned by the committee. Il
stood by his convictions, and henc
the formation Of the Peoples Par ty j
the State.
You all know Mr.. Buffers record i
the nited States Senate. Though til
youngest member in that body he hs
made proud and remarkable recor
inthe interest of the people. fe'
safe in saying that no one has over a.
more earnest and patriotic work tina
ne did to elect Bryan in the last can
palsn, in spite of some divisions ar
Gdiis'en'ions in his own party. He all
uId everything in his power to get Il
silver men who supported Bryan in Il
la't campaign to join hands in electir
an anti. monopoly legislature and
state ticket standing for the same pri
clpes. His efforts were defeated
.ne influence Of the gold Democrats I
me Democratic State Committee, son
Uwhom afterwards knitted Bryan al
Gid all they could to elect McKinle
II his advice had been listened to Y
would have elected an anti-monopo
leglslatnre last year by the same TIVE
thousand majority that carried I
state for Bryan. II he had been L
@ned to many a good Law would ha
peen passed in this State and many
pso one would not have been pass'
ne Is Populist from principle. / Z
mlre him for his individuality q
courage. He has always put his pri
c,pi'' and the welfare Of the peol
Soo7e every other considerable
,..nerefore, | take great pleasure in
uGdoclng him to you today. We v
all gladly hear him.
w hen the Senator arose he was gre
eu6y warm applause from the lar
ssuulence. 1t will be impossible for
W give even synopsis of all of
speech, for he spoke more than
noars and half, making many 81
points which were elaborated and
,I1s'rated, so as to make them clear, q
enct, and impressive to every one.
give synopsis of the argument "
the Illustrations would take too mt
space in your paper, therefore CIV
'uhhing synopsis Of the leading poll
SENATOR BUTLsR's SPEECH.
lie tegan by thanking Mr.. c
LOT his very kind and complim
tary introdustion, saying that
hig6er tribute could bs paid to
public man than to say that he
put the principles of good gove
hent and the interests of the peC