The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-22

There. not an honest. Intelligent
nan any where Who will deny that
every one IL the above named Presi-
tents has been the pet, the agent aid
he supporter Of trusts, DOnopoli"s,
bond o. ndicates and the money power
generally. And Jet during every |
the people wrangled, fus ed.
TUNED and fought just ~ though the
election Of any one OF these men or Of
any o. the other candidates meant
some, hing for the people. In every
campaign until the last one) the is
sue wss either the bloody shirt"
~ the tariff or mixture Of
both. In the last campaign the
money question was forced to the
front Nth terrible earn 81 meas, and
the money power" for the first time
felt some uneasiness Then what did
We see? The u. mocrafs Of all the
money power State. few to the sup
port Of the f"ancisrs, and helped TO
elect . Republican brcause. according
to their programme Of twenty FIVE
years standing, it was REPUBL1-
CAN PARTY year. And among these
Democrats were the CIeveIands, the
.CarIi.les, the Palmers, the Whitney,,
the Mortons, the H~rb~rts-in fact all
the Democrats who stood as Represeu.
tatives Uf the Democratic party, and
Who had been elected by the money
power" Is there any sane man in this
country who would ssk for stronger
proof Of the "scheme and programme
outlined above than this2
Now, in spite OF the fact that the
Peoples Party has discovered and
made known this programme, the
money power is still trying to keep it
/ going. 1t is what might be called .
continuous performance" Accord
ing to this programme 1900 is Demo-
| ,ratic year-nOt for the purpose OF
| Reform, however, but for the purpose
II continued deception. And il u
Democrat is elected it will be-not on
the issue of fnance-but on the issue
Of rARlvF. Just mark this prediction.
We repeat; that IF A DEMOCRAT Is
ELECTED, IT WILL BE ON THE
ISSUE TARIFF.
| And how can this BE-? Well, thu
Republican party is in power. That
party is trying to pass a tariff bill
and may be able to do SO. That bill as
it stands is so oneTous and unjust-iI
| places duties on the main articles OF
necr ssity so viIlainously and infer
nally high, that people cannot hell
but notice and talk about it. The
scheme of the Republican party
prompted and advised by the "mOney
power" is to make this tsrff bill sUcl
an internal machine as will arouse the
anger of the people to such pitch a.
to make them forget the financial
question. II the Republican party car
succeed in this scheme, then the old
programme will 60 on. The Demo.
Gratis will 60 into the next campaigs
bowling for lom tariff, ard il the ppO-
pie forget the financial QUESTION, th'
Democrats may win. Then there viii
bs another period Of Clrvrlar dism-s
little reduction Of the tariff with mil.
lions and millions of bonds issued or
~hich the people will have to pay in
tSrrst to the money power. In the
meantime the great scheme of tn.
money power, organized twenty. fv.
gears sgo, viii continue to work ant
increase the immense fortunes Of tn,
.chemrrs at the expense and sacrifice
II the people.
Such are the facts. Such is the fore
cast which will be realized unless tn
people keep on the alert and brusl
away the sand that the money powel
sill throw in their eyes.
The only effective instrument wit
xhich this sand can be brushed ava,
10 the Peoples Party press. The ma
chine used for throwing sand in tb
peoples eyes is the combined Demo
cratic. Republican press. And no,
the case and the facts are with you
will the people let the "money power
fool them again.