The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09
4 BASE MlSRBP-
RESERVATION.
A False AID Malicious RspOr, Ct
Senator Buffers Rocky Mount
Speech What
he DID AND DID NOT SAY.


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stopped over fJr = day on hs Nay
fro N Roxboro. where b sP.k~ TAsf.
day.
ishowed Nr. Batter he sat. m e
which the Rocky Moan: AreorAg'
says he made in his speCch there re
Gently, viz: III tolor.d msn c, m
nit outrag.s the Democrats iie'ent
to be terribly shocked in public, In
when they get behind \ wall ,h.y
laugh until they grow fat, and # the
outrages are not Ntqueut enough
they hire worthless negroes 10 com
NIT them
Did you say thai ! asked.
mo, | made no such sta'ems ~"
"Then VIVA, did you ssyf'
Whist | said about the color qass-
ton at Rocy Mount was precisely
the same tina, have said in ever!
spec Oh I've made in the State. Aud
a. 10 place could my statements be
misunderstood, and have not been
misrepresented in this particular by
any other paper AT any other place.
| ION every occasion ! have de-
clared positively aad uuoquivocally
in favor of white supremacy and
Anglo Saxon rule. | have further
declared that IL was best for the
black man as we'll as for the white
man that this should be so. have
further dc clare i that every good cit
lzen, not only of the white race. but
also Of the colored race, should favor
it; but that every good citizen ia
vored something besides, ard that
the class of citizens, il there were
such, either white or black. who at
tempted to stir up race prejudice for
the purpose of calling attention
from and defeating great economic
reforms that concern the welfare OF
nine-tenths of our population, were
the worst and most dangerous ele-
ment of society. called attention to
how frequently, during the last
thirty years, the tariff and the mig
GER had been used as the leading
campaign slogans to the exclusion
of the financial and monopoly ques
tons, and how during this time
while the attention of the people
was drawn to one side by the tariff
+ and 'nigger, the gold syndicate hat
been allowed to destroy half OF on
! money and corner the rest, how
: dangerous privileges had been grant
ed to individuals by which they grew
: into powerful corporations and pow
erful monopolies which have resulted
: in breeding trusts and combines, I'll
: to day the industrial body polite
b covered with eating cancers ealle
trusts. These, | said, were the eVl
e that have brought hard times an
caused stagnation of business.
"The politicians of both Of the oil
! parties have seen these evils gro
up ard the Wholesale robbery of tn
/. people committed, but have kept III
% truth from the people and have kel
ic them stirred up and divided on 9th,
8, questions. l said that to- day, wi,
these same evils confronting US,
even more alarming and dangerol
proportions, and with the gold sy
"a dicates and trusts and corporation
IS, combined to perpetuate their don
l. nation and robbery, We hear suddc
t. ~ the cry of niger and tar
y raised up as a political slogan wi
n: greater vehemency than ever.
Sa "Now there are thousands of pc
Cd ple CRYING out for white supre ma
of who are honest and sincere. l 8
t." ready 10 join hands with those W
are sincere, but let us divide I
he sheep from the goats. Let US It
ne their sincerity by seeing who is in
'e- vor of fighting for white supre ma
~ and also for financial reform and
he monopoly reform that will give
he an anti monopoly legislature in
xe. true sense of the word. The P
hes ple's party is in favor of such fig
err the majority of the voters of
nts State are in favor Of such fig
and they will gladly pull toget
=. and win a great victory for all
these great reforms if the agents
: monopoly and the false friends Of
., people do not prevent it. In shor
cooperation of the forces that
ians opposed to the gold Standard
ular trust and monopoly domina1
has would win a great victory and 8
US the be st white mans governn
,edi. the State eyer saw. There is a
9, Or tain element in the State that is
j the posed to such a fight because I
do not wish such a victory won.
s oneS in the face Of the deplorahle CO
'pon- ton of the country aud the easy
r. ), effective way Of securing a rem
3 the the monopoly hireling who will
'oved tempt to SOW the seeds of race !
Is Of udice in ord,r that the m onopo
doc; NAV further continue to bleed
IN I'm in rob the people is himself as blac
arks. heart as the negro whose misd
from and crimes he rrates SO loudly a
seese. for an ultt rior purpose. Such a
treat is happy when the negro max
kpow- self offensive. and if niece ssary, "
ists Of no doubt hire q negro to make
III an self offensive to furnish camp
iaI a. capital in the interest of monopo
.tarrh: The man Who uses the cry of '
...... supre macy in the interest of m,
atism. oily is using the livery Of h'avt
' p. q: which to serve the devil.
Liquor. "This is what have said al II
:h So Mount ard elsewhere, and the {
rail of that paper either heard ga
. cove We version of my remarksor he vii
refer. misquoted."
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