The Caucasian., 1897-09-09

World Of yesterday. veicA 10 paeiisA-
"a - IN intssv,ev 9TH ssnssor Hut-
Ter:
senator Marion Baiies. socsop ops ni~d
by ConGressmao shafoed. sspp-d Of
the NJ Vernon Hotel last night
They we're on their Gay IN Concord.
where senator Basies spoAe today.
He spoke at Newton saturday, aud NJ.
shuford says he had the iasesst crowd
that ever iuraed cut to . p1bi,e sp~ss-
ing tb re.
-on what line do you psopose 20
make Jour campaign nsxs yesr.- the
World ssked him when ns came out
from supper.
Certain live issues developed In the
last Legislature he replied namely 4
the ninety year lease; stopping
of free passes the reduction of freight
and passenger ratee TO The gold star
dard level; the prevention OF gold
notes being takeu; the action OF Ger
tain corporations who do business In
the state by courtesy of the state run
ing of 70 Federal courts and njunc-
tions, denying that they can xes jus
tice in State courts. For example the
railroad commission reduced telegraph
tern Union denies the power of the
State TO decide on far rates aud also
denies the power Of State courts to cit
In equity. Realizing the ugly light
in which this placed them. they have
their mouth-pieces today announcing
that the reason for this action 10 thar
one member Of the supreme Court
bench 10 prejudged against them. IL
not the Federal court prejudg-d the
other way, even granting that their
contention 10 truer AZ On example In
the case Of the private citizen, should
sue the Southern Express Company
they would at once run Of To the Fed.
eral courts, and make IL 90 inconveu-
lent and expensive that the citizen
could not prosecute the suit. This
must be stopped. These foreign cor.
pOrati0ns must be made TO respect and
submit to our State courts.
These in the main are the issuss
that will be presented to the voters in
the next campaign and I feel conf.
dent that they will sweep the State"
"But how are you going to explain
| to the people the increased taxes that
your party has put on themy" ! ssk-
ed him.
"Do they object to increasing taxes
for school purposesr" he asked in re-
ply;
Legislature, in the matter Of public
printing and questions Of that nature
where the money WAS not applied 70
education or any other application
made that would rebound to the good
Of the people."
This query he waved Of with some
/ ~ hA MI - ~
negro being played out
"Will Russell be with you in the
next campaign?" then asked him.
"If he is an honest man." said Sena-
tor Butler, "he will fight for the is-
sues which have defined, all Of which
he favors. l believe he 10 An honest
man and will be with me-"
"HOw do you and Pritchard stand
nowf"
~Just as We stood last winter" b,
said"
Senator Butler says that he 10 only
|. speaking now by invitation"
Now ! wish TO say TO you, Mr.. Edi
tor, that all the P0pulists around her,
were not with you. Senator Butler OI
Gov. Russell in the light against th'
lease last winter, but are all solidlJ
with you now. Keep up the fight, yol
are gaining every day. But I wan
you to reply to what the Salisbury
World says about the extravagance o
the last Legislature. We feel sure tha
!, Senator Butler did this in bis inter
view, IL he had been quoted right. WI
, are all very much pleased with the las
two issues Of the CAUCASIAN.
Yours truly,
4. 4 PoruLur.
THE &l2O,OOO year which Governo
J Carr and his Democratic adninistra
. tration robbed from the State and CAV
. to the Southern Railroad on the mid
: night 80 year lease would cover two o
three time all the s0-called extrava
, gances to which the Salisbury worl
I refers. As large . loss - $4,000 yea
for the next 20 years il to the Stat
= yet it is but . bagatelle compared {
4 what the people Of this State have eac
year robbed from them BY the railroad
= They take from the people in hig
> freights and fares about 8, ,3OO! 900 eac
lyeas more than . fair profit. This
more than twice all the taxes whic
our people pay to support the Stat
>. Government and run our schools .
So il the last Legislature had equar
!. dered or stolen every dollar Of thu pVl
y lie money, they would not have robh<
r the people Of half ~ much - the raj
. roads rob from them each year. wbe
= the Peoples Party tried to pass bi
D. in the last Legislature to save the pet
g pie this - ,300, 900 . year, ma jority I
{. the Democratic members and maj0i
y ity of the Republican members "fGsed
n to defeat the bill. This amount Z
10 money would pay for the public prin
ing at extravagsnt prices for . hui
dred years. And yet these machin
politicians Who help the railroads
/. rob the people Of millions dare 70 tai
about exteavagance. We will refer
a this matter 1t more length 1t snoths
d Itime.-ED. The CAUcAsIAx.l
c0TT0n e0ES UP m Smoke.