The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-10-14
"TsADJNo POLITICIANS WILL not
Block THE iNyAsIOSs or
MOyOPULY."

pSdIsu I'D tue .scWn ohH 'o1Ss'N'
1-t. the editorial which we
copy below.
It is evident that The editor OF that
paper is not only embarrassed By the
pointed questions we have been ask
inz but is also writhiDg under the
sledge hammer blows Of Logic ard
facts WITCH we have been pub isbiDg. /
lie il also getting excited az the ex-
posure that We are making OF the rail-
roads and Ransom machine 10 capture
the next legislature. We have IN
every issue for four weeks been chat |
Longing that paper TO say whether IL
favored white mans party to block |
the iayasiOns Cf monopoly" or @heth-
er it favored white mans party ia
the interest Of the railroad. aud Ran
som machine. IL has not auswed.
Why not? Would it not ne easy toan-
suer and would not that paper gladly
answer we're it on the right side!
We have also asked r. peatedly, who
owns the News and Observer and II the
stockholders and directors were on the
side of the railroads and goli standard
or were on the side Of the people for
free silver at 10 TO !, ard reduction OF
freight and passenger rates and other
great corporation reforms. IL has not
answered. Why not? Would 1t not
| be easy to answer and would not that
paper gladly answer if they were
right?
We have asked number CT other
questions to test the sincerely Of that
papers cry for white supremacy. But
it has not answered. Why not? Is it
because its true motive is hidden be-
hind that hypocritical plea?
We have shown each week the kind
of white supremacy and reform legis-
lation we favored and how it could be
secured beyond question. We have
asked that paper each week whether
it favored the propositions we have
made. 1t has not answered. Would
it not be easy to answer and would
not that paper gladly answer if it were
honestly in favor OF white supremacy
and railroad reforms? The questions
. were hard and almost cruel, it is true
but they were in the interests Of truth
and the people.
1t has become more evident to the
public each day that the "nigger rack
ct" was raised for a purpose and tina
the real motive was hidden behind it
I, This is why the editor OF that papel
did not dare to answer our question
5 but instead has dealt in abuse ant
i Misrepresentation.
;, The webbing chameleon colore'
j. editor has evidently been in grea
: trouble, and his conscience has n
3 doubt lashed him by day and by night
Z He cannot answer our questions
: therefore he is getting mad. He l
doing what a cOwardly man Away
does when he Is whipped. He is deal
e ing in wild statements, personal abus
u and base and libelOus insinuation
e against the character of others.
e The following editorial referred t
IS above proves it:
, "The duty of every honest citizen
e to drive out the gang now disgraciD
lie the State. The man who refuses to
IA this, apOlOgiziDg for his failure by say
ing that he is anxious to check 18th
invasions of monopoly" is in truth tn
~ best agents the mOnOpolists coul
e, have, whether employed by them {
~ not. The railroad politicians wal
30 nothing so much as government by
" trading politician" They know he
IN the market. Men who honestly d.
to sire to "block the invasiOns of mOnl
ee oily" know that before that can
-, done, the State must be put in tt
y hands of its most virtuous and int
es ligent citizenship. They know TN
re "no reform was ever accomplished
%, a trading politician"
;: There is an example present to ever
= mans eye in North Carolina. Go
AT erpor Russell and Senator Butler a
tie fighting for lower passenger al
tn freight rates on the railroads. Tv
a. years ago Senator Butler, having Il
VI absolute power to name a RailrO'
re Commissioner, named his most intima
,st political associate. To-day we see t.
of Senator applauding the Governor b
-. cause he has removed for cause t
VIC man be selected ic bring about low
OF rates. Six months ago, Governor RI
tie sell had the power to name anOth
Railroad Commissioner who, wi
al Buffers man, could regulate railroad
G" His man has deserted him, and if Al
one could hear the Governors opini
hrs of his man ABBOTT he would think til
he ABBOTT ought to be in hot region.
90 Now what does this prove? WIS
81 ever else it may prove, it establish
Dol beyond controversy that no good &C
eminent can be expected throu
is Russell or Butler. Men who sell
men for the highest offices with
-. their gift who are as graceless scam
TN IS Russell and Butler say Ohio w
as son and DR.. Abbott are, ought not {
pect the people to look to them
block the invasions Of monopoi
Their failure in their selection of
:" strument shows either that they h
no honest men in their councils
of they preferred to select tools "
ito were unfit to hold places of trust"
When the editor of the News a
I'VE Observer charges by insinuations tt
tho Governor Russell and Senator But
are corrupt and that they are just
of kind of men the railroads and mon
old Olists want>in office because "tl
eth know they are in the MARKET"
states that it is not necessary for III
ats brand as base and malicious lii
an because thers is not a man of any 2
the ty in the State nor any man in
the nation. who knows them, who belle
ave for one moment any such cha,
the They have both been tried, VIII
ted other men have fallen, and have pro
up true.
gn. Do the railroads prefer Russell
ldi- Governor in the place of Elias Carr
few Do the monopolies, railroads
lie banks prefer Butler in the Senate
the Ransom? Contrast the votes and