The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-08-19

called Democrats were trying to de-
feat him. They wanted him defeated
because he Was good man-they were
Aira.d that the monopolies and the po-
could not own and control
him. Some so-cailed Democrats voted
for Palmer and Buckner, others went
aqnare over and voted for Mckinley
while another class staid in the party
and pretended to support Bryan bat
did all they could on the ely to defeat
him.
One e! the latter class o! hypocSites
was the Charlotte Observer. That pa
per did not have the courage to support
N ckinley openly, but did all il could
Tor the Republican candidate in an
underhand way. The paper advised
Democrats not 20 vote for the Joint
electoral ticket, which gave IL votes
Tor Bryan for president and 6 votes
tor Sew& and 5 votes for watson for
1t advised them to
scratch the i've Populist electors,
knowing that this would anger the
fopulists and cause them to scratch
the Democratic electors. II enough
Democrats had been fooled into acting
on the traiforous advice OF the ObseF-
yer, then Mckinley would have car
ried this State. That il the paper that
IL now trying to side-track Bryan and
sacrifice all live issues, by raising the
old tariff and niger racket. The co.
pie will see through the scheme-they
are too wide-awake now to be caught
in this monopoly trap.
Senator Butler proceeding said that
he believed that if prosperity Is ever
restored and the people ever freed
from the Domination of trusts and mo-
nopolies it will be done through the
Peoples Party. The people can not
trust the old party politicians. If the
Peoples Party were to 60 out of exist
ence the Democratic party would
slump back to their old time corrup-
ton. The honest rank and file of the
party would be at the mercy of the
machine bosses who are the agents of
the mOnOpOlies. He referred to the
noble fight made by the Peoples Party
IN ehe last legislature; said the people
will stand by the forty POpulist mem
bers in that legislature who were true
TO the peoples interests. Every Dem
Ocrat, except a small handful, and
majority of the Republicans ran over
to the mOnopolies and trusts. The
Popullsts could have accomplished the
reforms demanded by the people il a
ma ority Of the old party members of
the legislature had stood with them.
Some POpulist members deserted the
people and went over on the side of
the trusts and gold rings, but the ma
Jority stood right, while a majority of
the other parties went wrong. All
parties get bad men in them, all
churches do. 1t is not the fault of the
church that some of its members sell
out to the devil, but the church would
be to blame il it failed to turn them
out, SO that they could no longer use
the mersy of heaven in which to serve
satan.
The way to keep political party
pure is to kick out the traitors; ex-
pose them. That's what the Peoples
Party did. And they will never get
another chance to betray the people.
No other party has done that. Men
who sold out to Cleveland in '93 are
holding high positions in that party
now. The Republicans have done the
came thing 81 for one want to fight
and shall fight to send men to the leg
islature of North Carolina, pledged to
vote for the great reforms that were
defeated in the egislature-men
pledged:to vote to down the gold stand
ard and trusts-men who will pledge
themselves to pass laws to prevent
corporations from running out of the
State to the federal courts. l for one
would not refuse the help of any party
or people who will join us to get these
reforms. But there must be no doubt.
will never submit to any co-opera-
ton in which every candidate is not
pledged to these reforms. If no party
will help us to redeem this State from
wrongs and enact these great reforms,
then let US get in the middle-of the
road, appeal to all good men of all
parties to come to the rescue and whip
the machine and monopoly gang OF
both old parties" Great applausel.
He said some people had called him
calamity bowler. Every true Chris
tian and patriot ought to be calamity
bowler SO long as great wrongs exist
He asked every person in the audience
who was satisfied with present condi.
tions to raise his hand; but not one
hand was raised. Then he said, every
one here must be calamity bowler
He spoke strongly in favor of the re-
Gently defeated proposition to improve
the public schools, and warned the peO
pie against the communicating influ'
ence of monopoly money-blood mon
ey--in our colleges and churches.
Senator Butler spoke three hours
and ten minutes, and over a Thousand
of men stood in the audience, scarcel!
moving during his speech, anxious t
hear every word he uttered, snd wer'
sorry he did not talk longer. Both Re
publicans and Democrats who heart
him, have been heard to say that b.
preached the truth, and that he ha'
converted them to Populism.
1t was a great day for the People
Party. If that speech could be mad
to all the voters of the State there woul
be no doubt about the people electin
a true and honest legislature next veal
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