The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-18
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.

add .u.Hu I'tl1Ccrat- 10 iuSe in lie |
o.., 4wpsign. How DO the people
usutD.-.
.,. ,miIpt'e Observer boasts that
t..uuLIug good headway in its ef-
l-...u g.t a fusion between the gold
p.mu. rats and the silver Democrats.
I.raiu- that majority Of the Demo-
,,,.. rupprs IN the State are i'm favor
,rrf.- Kind of n fusion at the sacrifice
ol,-.u. pie. We trust that it Il mis-
taken.
T. grrtended free silver papers in
M. u.mocratic party bave had great
u.ny alGd things to say about Henry
Grur-. -ince he died. They refer to |
hIma- % great patriot, as a lover of |
humanity, and as Il .staunch and able |
aplaDJpr Of the principles Of Jefferson. |
mi, , more than they can say Of Van |
Wycf. Tammany'5 candidate for |
Mayor, and yet these pretended free
silver papers fought Henry George and |
supported Tammauy's candidate.
The position taken by the railroad
organ. in the Democratic party is that
liza man holds n pass that it is his
bJnuaen duty not TO criticise the rail-
f1.ls or 10 demand that Justice sball
.r tuu between the roads and the
y.upip, but, on the other hand, to stand
.uTDth the roads aud help them to
urrJ the public. Now when we re-
urmb,r that nearly every prominent
urmoyratio official in the State has
sDdden on free passes and still cOntin-
ur- To do so, we are prompted to ask if
these Democratic officials look at the
matter in the same way and if this is
Why they have kept quiet about rail-
road abuses and have stood in with the
railroads.
shall there be cooperation OF all
those in the State who agree on GER
tain great principles Who are opposed
io the gold standard and monopoly
rule aud who are in favor of transpor-
ation reforms-in order to secure
these reforms in the interest Of good
government, or shall there be fusion
between gold bugs and silver men
monopoly agents and anti-mOnopOly
men by which both sides would sacri-
6ce their principles, the only Objec,
being to secure the spoils and The
Irice beng the betrayal Of the people'
THE CAUCASIAN has made the former
proposition; the Charlotte Observe
and other gold organs have made tn
latter proposition. 1t is probable tina
one of these propositions will b
adopted in the next campaign. Wh.cl
do the gold-bugs and monopolist
want which do the people want?
The bold statement of Or. Motifs tt
the effect that the gold syndicate
bought the Southern Railway, not 81
much rs business enterprise, bu
with view to controlling the polite
of the States through which it ran, wa
such search light flashed on the deel
scheme of the Shylocks that it ha
made them squeal all the way from
New York to Chicago. The CAUCAsIAl
has positive proof that the gold li5era
ture bureau was so alarmed at thi
statement of DR.. Motifs that they hav
prepared editorial replies to it and sen
the same out to q lotof new wspaper5 t
be- published. This is one of the bes
proofs that DR.. Mott hit the bulls eye
The quo warranto proceedings insti
tuted 10y Mr.. l.. G.. Caldwell, the new'!
appointed Railroad Commissioner
against w. Wilson, suspended, wa
tried before Judge Coble in Statesvill
last week. The same questions OF lay
were presented "a to the constitution
ality of the Railway Commission &C
and practically the same argument
made on behalf of the plaintiff and &c
leudaut, as in the former case at Ra
eigh. Judge COble's decision was tn
same a. Judge Robinso1s in the cas-
ofJ IL. Pearson against s. Otho Wi
son; that is, that the law is constitu
tjonal and that the action of the COY
ernor in removing the Commissioner
was legal. Both cases will now go u
20 the Supreme Court, where no dOul
speedy decision on the constitution
ality of the law will be reached.
A number of so-called Democrat
papers which pretended to suppo
Bryan and free silver continue to
iorce nightly over the triumph
Tammany asa great Democratic VI
tory. Let it be remembered that Tai
many is a goldbug organization al
ooe of the most corrupt in Americ'
politics. Van Wyck, Tammany's ca
didate for mayor, is goldbug, and
campaign manager, ex'mayor era
supported Mckinley in the last cal
paigu. Tammany refused to endor
Bryan and the Chicago platform, a
was supported by Dan Lamont, W
was in Cleveland's cabinet, and t
o!her goldbugs and monopolists OF tn
stripe. All that Cleveland, Palm
Bu3kner, whitney and that class
goldbugs ask the Democratic party
dO for them to come back in good I
lowship is for them to do just wi
Tammany did. The Atlanta Jourr
leading gold paper edited by Ht
smith, who was in Cleveland's cabin
crows nightly over the triumph
Tammauy. and says that the way
the party to win victories everywh
is by putting free silver and Bryan
the background and harmonizing W
the poldhuos The Charlotte Obs