The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-25

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IN this State Ii not wholly volun
tary. Since his defeat for re-elec
ton to the Senate, 1t IL charged, b.
has been sulking in his tent. HI
took stand editorially for the mid
die-of-the-road faction, advocated
other doctrines obnoxious to tn,
party leaders. For these reason,
has paper was losing its influence
Some Important Facts Pei.tediy Told.
Fayetteville Observer.
There seems to be a unanimousi,
acquiescence in the propriety OF tn,
Democrats In the Ohio legislatur
fusing with the Foraker I.epubli
cans to elect Republican Governo
BUSHNELL Senator and thus defea
the arch corruptionist Mark Hanna
We have been anxiously waitin,
for some of the virtuous gentlemen
who prevented the cooperation,
OF the Democrats and Populists ii
North Carolina last year on tn,
ground that it would be wrong {.
win by such means, to cry alous
against the plan mentioned TO
beating Hanna. None has lifted u,
his voice SO far. And yet, In tn,
Ohio case it will be fusion pure ant
simple, for the Democrats In VOTING
for Bushnell will vote for man O
totally opposite and antagonistie
principles; whereas, in our North
Carolina case last year, no princi.
pies were involved, except that OF
the restoration of a white mans
government to our beloved State
and this the Populists offered to
help in doing.
Is it not about time that the
mask was stripped from those who
made a pretense of greater virtue
than their fellowship Democratic
State committee, for example-and,
by their clever newspaper represent
tation of q public sentiment that
turned out not to exist, secured the
rejection Of the POpulist offer: Is
it not as plain as the nose on a
mans face that these agitators pre-
ferred to turn the State over to the
disgraceful government which we
are grooming under now rather than
to permit the re-infusion into the
Democratic blood of an element
which would dilute the strength of
the Cleveland element?
Is it not so plain that he that
runs may read it, that the recent
cry OF a fight on State issues only,
to the exclusion Of that Chicago
platform which is accepted by the
silver Populists as we'll as by the
silver Democrats, was calculated
to repel the Populists and to soil
dify again their fast disintegrating
ranks, so that the Democracy would
be again beaten next year?
Men and brethren, is it possible
that any considerable number of
you have lost the power of reason
ing in the face of the same masked
enemy who tricked you last year
into driving the unwilling Populists
over into the Republican embrace:
Some good men have been in
that the goldbug false
hood that the Democratic commit
tee were running after the Popu-
lists, has been exploded-to sug-
gest that the Populists were only
''bluffing" last year when they Of
fered State and county cooperation
to us, and were in reality seeking
to "put the Democrats in a hole"
What a curious illustration of the
hypnotic power of the masked
enemy that any sane man should
be Influenced by this desperate ex-
cuse! A child in political tactics
ought to know that, if we had &C.
copied the Populist offer and they
had then backed out, we would
have had them Gin a hole"
Have you not observed how they
tell you that Butler has lost his
hold on his party and is now with
out followers, and yet in the same
breath call aloud to every one to
help demolish this helpless and al
ready demolished man?
Have you not observed how they
train all their batteries on Butler
who voted for Bryan and defend
Pritchard, the Republican goldbug
who voted for Mckinley, the ap-
pointer Of negro postmaster? How
they applaud Ohio Wilson, for
whom but year ago their vocabu-
larry did not contain abusive cpl
thets enough? And how they now
assail Russell, whom they gushed
over when elected and inaugurated
at the very time the Observer was
pointing out the figures of the cleo
ton and sounding the alarm against
the negro party,] and how their
turning against him was coincident
with his turning against his own
negro party?
Will you snap at the bait of these
willy fisherman, fit only for gud-
geons2
No self-respecting Democrats will
insist on a complete exposure of all
the vicious legislation and other
evil acts of this disgraceful admin
istration Gncluding the election of
Pritchard.) If the process reveals
Mr.. Butler in bad light, let the
truth prevail. But, If it reveals, or
also reveals, the successful machi-
nations of so-called Democrats to
prevent the election of a silver
Senator in place of Pritchard, then
let the truth prevail in this and
other like matters, also.
Democrats will also, if they are
wise, and we believe they are, take
up such a pronounced anti-Cleve-
land attitude towards the Popu1ists
that they will have no excuse but
to return to the old home-Mr.
Butler and the other silver leaders
along with them, if they choose.
Finally, we think the abuse OF
Butler and other silver Populist
leaders, very damaging to Demo
cratic interests.
We have no idea that the excel.
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