The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-06-03
POPULIST
PRINCIPLES
Ra.I Progress And Spread Of
I'll. Peoples Party Doctrines
l.aading Papers Advocating
rHE FUNDAMENTAL PLANKS

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thrrr Case. In Point-1hs New York
| r,urnsI for Municipal Ownership-The
| trI,.go Record for Postal Savings
| r.ok--Ths News aud Observer for mi
| u,s aud Referendum.
The rapid spread Of Populist prin-
c.ples is as remarkable rs it is graft
I,vrg. This is one of tho great
mont gained by the Peoples Party
"a IMPORTING Bryan in the last cam
.sgD, IL gave us an opportunity
70 feac. n new and large audience at
once and teach them that something
more tHan bImetallism was neces-
sary a. estore prosperity. We have
mprr I'd upon the public the fact
that tur Populist platform contains
the falamental principles of good
goyrr mont. The Populist leaven
~ working. We could fill the col
UNI The CAUCASIAN every week
with proofs of this. Papers that
were not even for free silver before
the animation of Bryan, are now
ad7o.o'ug each week in their edito-
rial Columns the great distinctive
prn. Plies of the Peoples Party. We
civ, three editorials from three such
paper below:
ToSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
The chicago Record is the only
big daily IN Chicago that supported
Bryan Sow read the following
strorr editorial advocating Postal
Saving Banks:
suppose the people who deposit
ed their hard-earned savings in the
collapsed Globe Savings Bank had
been enabled to deposit their money
in u postal savings bank under Fed
era control. Suppose, instead Of
placing their earnings in the hands
of private individuals who had not
the skill or the principle to guard
them at every point, they had today
the knowledge that, no matter what
local disturbance may have tronbled
the National government, their saw
ngs were absolutely secure, and
would be returned to them imme-
dlately on the presentation, of their
proofs that they were depositors.
Would those depositors now be fight
ing tor the maintenance of their
rights and meekly asking for the re.
4 suru of even part of their depositsi
No. They would be going on Just
as before; saving their money ant
depositing it in the coff srs of Uncle
Sam. They would have the absolut,
assurance that no matter what mis-
management might occur in a giver
branch of the system, the govern
ment stood security for their depos
It's, and no agency not sufficiently
powerful to destroy the government
itself could deprive them of a dollar
of their savings.
If the people are to be encouraged
To- be frugal and contented let them
have some sure means of saving
their money-some plan by which
each depositor can rest assured tina
no reckless banking methods, NJ
amount Of dishonesty and no jug
Cling with trust funds can deprIv,
him of his property. Without Soma
such system the people who would
\ prefer to be saving and thrifty ar,
Y surely going to be discouraged"
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
The New York Journal was tn,
cnly big daily paper in New Yorl
that fought the gold standard ant
supported Bryan. Now see the ad
vau,ed position which it takes OF
city ownership of street railways:
"ClTY OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS.
a deputation of Knights of Labo
has presented petition to Mayo
Strong that measures should b
taken to secure municipal owner
ship and control of certain city rail
ways, which by their charter ma
revert 70 the city under certain con
ditlous. These conditions have s
lar matured, it seems, as now t
&c 'titute an option. Among tn
M special reasons adduced is the pie
that the metropolitan street system !
rapidly becoming an octopus, whic
| Will soon absorb all the tramwa
lines of the city unless immediat
al steps are taken to wrest the spo
M from their long tentacles.
This is perfectly proper and res
a# sonable claim, but in the opinion {
I'M the Journal it does not go fs
enough, or lay the axe to the root {
the evil. 1t will be, of course, a.
E vantageous to the public intere
that the city should own one, two I
X three railroads, on the principle th'
YIN part of loaf is better than non
IN But the vital question involved
I'm the outlook is the acq 1irement of a
w the roads by the municipalities r
~ suit which we believe to be imm
~ nent in the not distant future, sim
,$ lsrly with the systems of gas al
E electric lighting. That it lies with
the control of the municipality to i
s.itute such steps as will lead to tn
result we believe to be incontrove1
ioiO oAy O0oOAs a
rights of individuals or corpor
tions.
The label of socialism which is ,
tached to all such schemes, like t
cry of mad dog" is as baseless
the canine stigma oftentimes
The city has as much inherent rig
under our prevailing system to 81
ply the needs of travel and illumir
ton as to furnish its drinking wat
or to clean its streets. English e
ornamental methods have never be
branded as socialistic, yet many
the principal cities Of the Unit
Kingdom have pushed this theory
muL icipal ownership of tramway
full extent in practice. The resu
have been so cOnspicuously satisf
iOry as to challenge the admirat
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