The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-10-21

,crsts and that the railroads were de-
lighted
We asked the News and Observer
the square question, did IL want more
such Ransom machine legislatures -
we had from 1875 to 1894, every one Of
which were elected behind the "negro
scArecrow" 10 the interest Of the cor
porations or did it want the people TO
make fight on great economic Issues
ON the money question and against
corporation domination Is We did in
1890, and elect such another legislature
a. the one we had in 1891.
This put the News and Observer in
a hole. l. was forced now to come out
into the open and take . position on
one side or the other. We continued
to call for reply.
1t took it two weeks to decide which
side it would take. At last 1t answer
ed as follOws:
"The News and Observer favors such
q white mans party a. composed the
Democratic party Of Sampson county
when the white Democratic yeomanry
OF that county and senatorial district
honOred the chief editor of THx CAV
CAsTAN, as d regularly nominated Dem
| ocrat. with q seat in the Senate OF
N orth Carolina"
| And thus that paper attempted TO
dodge our plain question, but at any
rate we wish to congratulate it upon
its reply, for it contains a great deal
of meat.
/ When the editor-in-chief of The
iCAUcAsIAN was honored with nomi-
nation for the State Senate in 1890 as
an advocate of the Railroad Commits
sion and other monopoly reforms, the
Ransom machine and railroad element
Of the Democratic party In Sampson
county bolted his nomination. They
, made a deal with the negroes and put
up boiling railroad Democrat to run
. against US. Prominent machine Dem
, ocrats and many railroad attorneys
all over the State encouraged this boil
, and deal with the negroes 10 the in
? terest of the railroads. Even the Dem
, ocratic State chairman, we have
been informed, favored.it.
3 This writer was elected by mor'
than three fourths majority OF TIT
] white men over the combination O.
. railroad Democrats and negroes. Nine
yt-nine out of hundred Of those wh'
7 supported US in that fight refused t.
{ support Cleveland in 1892 and formed
e the Peoples Party which then con
= tanned large majority Of the whit
r men in the county and has grow
e stronger each year.
o This writer and every one who sup
] ported him then stand now just wher
r they did then. This Democratic part,
e in the county il in the hands of Ran
= somites, the Clevels ndites and tn
e railrOadites who bolted in 1890 an
e made the deal with the ringers. Thi
: is history, but let that pass.
e The CAUC ASIAN is now as it has al
= ways been in favor of all the men VIII
r are opposed to Ransomism and Cleve
landism-all the men who are opposed
to the gold standard and monopol.
rule-joining hands to elect legis
lature that will put stoptO gold note
&c and mortgages, that will further ou
k public schools and educational insti
6 buttons, that will reduce freight AM
= passenger rates to the geld standar'
0 level, that will set aside the 80 yea
!. lease fraud, that will put stop to me
It nopoIy lnjunctions and corpoxstio
u Federal judges from interfering wit
our State Government.
Such fight on great economic re
X forms that will give us such legisla
ture in the interest of the yeomanr
e of the State, besides give US the bes
3 white mans government the State eve
e saw.
IS Again we ask the News and Observe
d the plain and pointed question. Doe
!" it favor sUcha fight and the electio
d of such a legislature? We propose
= such fight last year, but the gol
d Democrats and the Ransom machine de-
l. feated and rejected the proposition i
l. the interest of the railroads and the
d won. The News and Observer wa
le doging them. ...... ...
Now we ask again and for the sixt
L. tim will the News and Observer Civ
d q plain straight forward answer will
d out any lodging?