The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15


DEEP LAID SCHEME OF THE MONoP-
OLssTs ASDTHE GOLD SYNDICATE
LET POpULusTs BEWARE or THE
TRAP.
A few Populists editors have sud
denly begun to fill their columns with
much talk about fusion and anti
fusion" They have manufactured
man Of straw. They have succeeded
in getting themselves no little excited
in lighting tins straw man OF their
own creation. Have they done this
toamuse themselves ina foolish man
ner, or are they bent on mischief to
the Peoples Party! They seem to pre-
fer to use their efforts in trying to
create factions and discord, rather than
TO use them to build up the party and
advance its principles.
Is there single man in the Peo-
pies Party who favors fusion! NO.
Is there a single man in the PEG.
pies Party who would agree to disband
the party, and trust others to carry out
the real and vital reforms contained
in our platform? No.
Is there n single man in the party,
on the other hand, who would refuse
to cooperate to advance our princi-
pies and bring relief to an oppressed
and outraged people if it were neces-
sary to do 80 to accomplish these re-
suits? No.
if there il, let him speak, 50 that the
world can know him, and strip him OF
his hypocrisy, so that he can no longer
serve monoplies and the single gold
standard, while incorporating as a
Populist.
The very loudness and excessive ac-
tivity of certain sO-called POpulists at
this time is suspicious, to say the least
What does it all mean? What is the
motive? What is their real purpose?
Let us look the matter square IN the
face. The monopolists, trusts, and gold
syndicate won victory last fall by a
bare scratch. 1t ma. be they won by
ballot box stufling in Ohio, Indiana
and other States. But let that pass
they won. They promised to restore
prosperity. Now il they fail, as fail
they must, a very large majority of the
voters of the United States will re-
pudiate them. That is certain. The
Republican leaders know it. The
trusts, monopolists, and gold ring
know it. They intend to further rot
the people instead of giving the peo-
pie relief and prosperity. They are
already at it. Now this will surely
mean defeat, unless they can do some
thing to prevent it. Have they decid.
ed to accept inevitable defeat at the
next election and in 1900? Are they
resigned, inactive, and Indifferent tC
the result of the next election? No
But what can they do? There is but
one thing that they can do to escape
overwhelming defeat. That is: to di.
vide and conquer.
Ii they can succeed into dividing
into different factions the voters who
will be ready to condemn them and
cast their votes against the gold stand
ard and monopoly rule, then they may
possibly win by a plurality vote. Thi:
is their only hope, and they know 1t
Then what are they doing? They are
on the alert and active. They are al
ready laying their wires TO divide The
forces that favor transportation re
form, an income tax, more legal ten
der money, and all other vital reforms
necessary to restore prosperity.
They are trying to get the silver Re
publican party tn refuse to cooperate
with the Peoples Party. They arr
trying to get the silver Republican
to declare that they sre middle of
the readers" They are trying to ge
the silver Republicans to put up SOM
man like Teller for President and ruI
him as the candidate for the silver Re
publicans. will they succeed? No
Because Teller is patriot before he /
partisan. He proved this when h
left the Republican party last year
He has too much sense to be fooled b,
such a scheme, and he is too honest t
want to be fooled for pay. Teller will
not say at this time that he favors co
operation or that be is against coop
GRAFTON in the next campaign. Ii
says that when the time comes to &C
that he will stand ready 70 do hat
ever is best for the cause Of good gov
trnment. Is this wise? Is this pa
triotic Yes.
SO the goldbug scheme will fail o
Teller and the silver Republicans.
What else are the monopoIsts an
gold ring doing to divide the patrioti
hosts
They are trying to get the gold Dem
ocrats to go back into the Democrat
party. They know that if this can b
accomplished that then the Populisl
and silver Republicans would not III
der any circumstances agree to coo,
crate with the Democrats; and that
the gold men shout go back, they hoE
that not enough silver Democra
would leave their party and join tt
PopUlists TO give the Peonles Part
and the silver Republicans a ma jnri',
will they succeed In thi. scnrnD
We hope not; we will wsie suJree.
What .l'e are the moDopolists az
gold meb doing to divide and cor quel
They have had a few nf their r,
publican agents. who have hem mas
quefading rs Populists, to raise u
cry of mo fusion" srd stt-Gpr |
create confusion and friction in IL
ranks Of the Peoples Party. Ih-