The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-08
| GIFT TO THE
RAILROADS.
Mi ons of Dollars Voted as a Free
Gift By Congress What
is The

Gift By Congress What
is The
A. FERROUS INFLUENCE?
~, ,onduct Of Tho Railroad. In The
a.. Camps,gn-Tb-y Reduced The
s.Irbrr of Employees and Reduced
.,rr.y, while at Ths Same Tims In
,,.,.lpx tho Pay of Their Oriciais-
a. tho Railroad. went Into Politics
tb-y were tho Most Powerful Allies Of
en-, GoId Trust why This Rsekiess
v,.ts Of ths People. Money to Help
~. .1,rock Campaign Fund some
..,y,us ssct- and Figures.
.pi,nn,i from last week-Part
ECIALFACILITIEs.
| ,opgr..- has appropriated each
AR In. 0g the last twenty years a
k..,I ,.ud for the fast mail SER
T.. lr New England and New
o,1 tu -,uthern states, reaching as
s..u.I.q- New Orleans. The total
ymouu .r the current year Is $780,
jlg- ,,s
4 rhrrr has been difference OF
,,r,..r .l- to the necessity for making
but rs each Con-
rs.. me-. seen proper to follow the ac-
an q, ,nplr former Congress, the De-
{,rfmpn'. d, while not recommending
Lraprropriation, has thought it ad-
sable 10 apply the fund for the pur-
80 Indicated.
NR R.TLER. There is no answer.
nee congress has insisted and per-
.ted I'M voting it, the Postmaster
,speraI says he can interpret it in
% other way than that they mean
or him To expend it. That is what
o saw, himself in his report. Tha,
the fast report. They have given
heir argument time and again, un
h they got tired of it, and now the
postmaster. General refers you tc
he argument.
He SAYS he does not know wha
lse to do when Congress insists upor
oting it when it is not necessary
hey must mean to give 1T to th'
osd. and he gives it. There is th'
uswer.
1t is said by some who oppose th'
Iold trust, yet who favor this sub
idv, that we can not afford to hgh
luythlug. They may be true il
omc respects, but | submit that ev
ny man who opposes the gold stand
Ird, and who sincerely favors tiuan
ial reform, if only to the extent Q
rte silver, must, if he is honest an
llucere, fight any and all the allie
Forces that combined and concer
rated their powers for the shylock
Md against the interests of the pee
e in the last campaign. Any ma
kho is sincerely for the free coinag
if silver and puts that question an
me interests of the people above b
wn personal interests can not affol
10 vote for subsidy to railroa
companies. that were the most a
i've and effective agents OF the go
ksmblers in the last campaign.
he railroads had not gone into pc
ties, and coerced and intimidatt
ot only the employees but shippe
md the public generally, William
Bryan would have been Presidel
" handsome ma jority. Shall v
tote subsidies to those who are no
edueing the pay of their ploye
order to raise a campaign fund
elp the shylocks and monopolis
|efest the will of the people aga
poe! Those who are honest
gainst the gold standard can n
bake terms with the railroads wit
ut betrayiug the people and Il
kuse of financial reform. The a
on of these railroads in the la
bmraign has made it necessary t
very patriot to deal with them ju
We must deal with the banker
pndholders, and the gold trust.
In this connection l will embo'
my remarks q leahet sent out
e campaign committee of the re
es Party showing why the ra
Pads are in politics:
HI TiE RAILROADS ARE IN PoLITl
THE RoTHSCHILDS wRECkING A
BClING Cr THE RAILROADS IN {
De- Tu CONTROL TRANsPORTAT1
A. WELL A. FINANCE
In Sy5 when the Rothscbild co
nation was raiding the Treasr
b gold for their gigantic Austri
eeulstlon, at which time it
e duty Of the Administration
" Government obligations In
p, the scope of the entire sche
y not developed. The Austr
btwas changed from 81 400, 600.
bonds payable in silver to So 81
goo bonds payable in gold.
sserted, and tits probably tr
more than $780, 900, 900
lie Ivy that single transact
str.a was robbed and her d
tieslly doubled. The UNI
es was betrayed. its Treas
eeked, and a panic inaugura
Der the pressure of which the o
under the statute book rec
Elng silver as money was sw
pay. is estimated that dur
tveiaud's administration four II
|nd millions of railroad and ot
|curltleS have gone to the bad
|st honest investors have lost
ST sum.
tins was not all of the giga
ar in which the Administration
resident Cleveland played AM
/. playiug so conspicuous p
PSF y all of the railroads OF
ut.ry were wrecked. 1t is st'
the public press that that s
pthsedild combination, &C
rough their agents. Morgan
eimont, as they have done in
1000, 900 bond deals du
eveiand's Administration, hav,
rbed all the railroad transp'
pn east of the Mississippi r
eept the Pennsylvania and
hnderbilt lines, and that they
onging eye for the Pensylv,
hlch is In danger of fohewin
same path that all the I
l.