The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-25
GEAR REED
REFUSES.
Populist Copgrsssuan Demanded
Recognition on Impor-
tant Committees.
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WASHINGTON, d. c., March -, VI
On Saturday night, before the open.
ing Of the extraordinary session Of
COuGress, the Populist caucus OF the
House held an important meeting.
They det< rmined to force Speaker
Reed TO recognise the Pe0ples Party
% . distinct organization and p0liti-
cal entity, BY giving our party repre-
sentas ion on the important commit
tees, which be has in the past steadily
rel fused to do. To that end . strong
and carefully prepared letter Was pre-.
pared by the caucus and addressed TO
him, and . committee appointed TO
wait upon him In person. The letter
set forth the facS that the Peoples
Party 10 larger than any other third
political party that has existed in
America; that il has made rapid
strides since it, organization, and ID
still rapidly growing; that IL now has
i've Governors In I've respective com.
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the Lower House Of Congress, and
that to-day it 10 the 6rst or second
the Missouri river. Besides, that the
Peoples Party polled half - many
votes in the last campaign % the Dem.
ocratic party; and then. therefore
called upon him a Q matter Of simple
Justice to give representation to the
millions OF people represented BY the
Peoples Party BY placing on some Of
the important committees representa-.
tives Of said party now in Congress.
So far he has appointed three i'm.
I portant committees, namely the Way
and Means, Appropriation and Rules
and on neither OF these has he placed
. single Populist. The caucus spe.
cially requested him to recognize Chi
Peoples Party on the Ways and Neanl
committee, and had . right to expect
that our candidate for Speaker, Con
gresham Bell, should be recognized
on the minority of this committee q
the Democratic candidate for Speaker
was. But 90 far this gold and monop
oily autOcrat has declined to eveI
recognize the existence of the Peoples
Party. On last Saturday night Q Join
caucus Of the Peoples Party Senatsrl
and Representatives WAS held, WheI
this matter, with others, WAS consider
ed. II any action was taken IL has no
yet been given to the public; but it 4
understood that the POpulist Senator
: will stand sOlidly behind the POpulis
: Congressman in their reasonable ant
just demand for recognition.
GLADSTONE STEAKS FOR LIBERTY.
: A few days since Mr.. Gladston
> made public an open letter, in whicl
he strongly condemned the policy o
7 Great Britain and all of the EurOpea
allied powers for their brutal an
shameful conduct in allowing Turke
D to murder the AFmenians and in nov
trying to subjugate and Cypress tn
brave and liberty loving inhabitant
Of Crete. The strong, dignifed an
9 powerful letter has not only attracte
J, considerable attention, but has create
. almost political sensation on tW
hemispheres. Every argument use
3 in his letter would also condemn th
: United States for sitting by and SEE
ing Spain Cypress, butcher, and 70
the patriotic Cubans. Mr.. GladstOn
did not say in his letter, but he Nigh
Q have said it, that the same cause va
q behind b0th-that cause il the Euro
: pean ShylOck and bOndholdef. II
: the holders of Turkish bonds and tn
Q holders of Spanish bonds, who are iu
e sisting that these two tyrannous an
: bafbarOus g0,ernments shall not b
interfered with, for fear it will Jesse
q their power to pay the interest an
II principle on their bonds held by th
powerful money class that is now we
: nigh ruling the world. Every aTgr
q ment made by Mr.. GladstOn is also
: powerful argument against this 70,
q eminent binding itself into an arbitr,
q ton treaty with Great Britain.
10 The House of Representatives hs
- been clearing away the Appropriate
a bills which the President refused I
u sign at the last session and eendin
them to the Senate. The House, wit
y clean decks, is now in q condition I
& give its sole attention to the new tari
a bill which has been reported from til
n committee on Ways and Means. Tt
q bill was taken up in the regular ords
!. Of debate this week and q final vol
!. will be reached on the 3lst Of Marcl
: Unless the Ways and Means commit
tee shall offer some amendment of i,
r. Own, the measure will pass the Houl
|. in its present shape. The Senate F
!. nance committee will take hold of
a on the 1st of April. There is no doul
that q serious effort will be made I
II amend it IN committee and in the Sci
. ate. It is not likely to become . Ia
y just as it stands today, but there is n
~ reason to believe that ita snhafa nj /,