The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-02
A BASE GISRBP-
RESERVATION.
A False and Malicious Repcr. Of
Senator Buffers Rocky Noun.
Speech. What
he DID AND DID NOT SAY

Speech. What
he DID AND DID NOT SAY
Senator Better Givss The Nsss s.a Oh
sssvss ~ lstsrvi~-us Hssads the
False Rspers asA ssasss what he did
say-Hs Asds the ss.s spss eh ., Rocky
Mount That he Aads Hlss here Hs Ass
net Before Been A,srspressstsd.
Senator Butler is in the city. He
stopped over for . day on has way
from Roxboro, where be spoke Tues
day.
/ showed Mr.. Butler the state ment
which the Rocky Mount Argouau,
says he made in his speech there re-
Gently, viz: "If colored men com
NIT outra3es the Democrats pretend
to be terribly shocked in public, but
when they get behind wall they
laugh until they grow fat, and if the
outrages are not frequent enough
they hire worthless negroes to com
NIT them.
"Did you say thaii" asked.
"No, l made no such statement"
"Then what did you say"
What / said about the color ques-
zion at Rocky Mount was precisely
the same that have said in every
speech I've made in the State. And
at no place could my statements be
misunderstood, and l have not been
misrepresented in this particular by
any other paper at any other place.
"On every occasion / have de-
clared positively and unequivocaliy
in favor of white supremacy and
Anglo-saxon rule. / have further
declared that it was best for the
black man as we'll as for the white
man that this should be so. l have
further declared that every good cit
izsn. not only of the white race, but
also of the colored race should favor
it; but that every good citizsn ia
vored something besides, and that
the class of citizsns, If there were
such, either white or black, who at
tempted to stir up race prejudice for
the purpose of calling attention
from and defeating great economic
reforms that concern the welfare of
nine-tenths of our population, were
the worst and most dangerous ele-
ment of society. l call attention to
how frequently, during the last
thirty years, the tariff and the mig
ger" had been used as the leading
campaign slogans to the exclusion
of the financial and monopoly ques-
tions, and how during this time
while the attention of the people
were drawn to one side by the tariff
and 'nigger,' the gold syndicate had
been allowed to destroy half of our
money and corner the rest, how
dangerous privileges had been grant
ed to individuals by which they grew
into powerful corporations and pow
erful monopolies which have resulted
in breeding trusts and combines. TIL
to to-day the industrial body polite
is covered with eating cancers called
trusts. These, I said, were the evil.
that have brought hard times ant
caused stagnation of business.
/ "The politicians of both of the ole
parties have seen these evils grow NJ
and the Wholesale robbery of tn,
people committed, but have kept tn,
truth from the people and have KEEP
them stirred up and divided on othe
questions. l said that. to day, Will
these same evils confronting US, il
even more alarming and daugerou
proportions, and with the gold syn
dicates and trusts and corporation
combined to perpetuate their domi
nation and robbery, We hear sud
denly the cry of 'niggsr' and tariff
raised up as q political slogan will
greater vehemency than ever.
"Now there are thousans of peo
, pie crying out for white supremac
who are honest and sincere. l ar
ready to join hands with those VIII
are sincere, but let US divide tn
. sheep from the goats. Let US tes
; their sincerity by seeing who is in "a
! vor of fighting for white supremac
= and also for financial reform and 70
3 monopoly reform that will give U
4 an anti-monopoly Legislature in th
: true sense of the word. The Pet
a ple's party is in favor of such e gh
!. the majority of the voters of th
4 State are in favor Of such q fizh
n and they will gladly pull togeth'
y and win great victory for all I
these great reforms if the agents {
!. monopoly and the false friends ,
;s the people do not prevent it.
4 short a CO. operation Of the fore
:. that are opposed to the gold stan
ard and trust and monopoly domin
10 ton would win q great victory az
.. give us the best white man 8 COVER
ment the State ever saw. There is
Ia certain element in the State that
opposed to such . fight because tht
n. do not wish such q victory won, b
e in the face of the deplorable coni
~ ton of the country and the easy Al
4 effective way of securing q remed
- the monopoly hirelin9 who will ,
- tempt to SOW the seeds of race pre-
ao dice in order that the monopolil
= may further contine to bleed .
- rob the people is hims slf as black
~ heart as the negro whose misdee
"A and crimes he prates SO loudly abe
10 for an ulterior purpose. Such . m
+. is happy when the negro makes hi
IN self offensive and if necessary, wor
;s no doubt hire q negro to make hi
- self offensive to furnish campai
=. capital in the interest of the mont
~ ollsts. The man who uses the cry
N. white supremacy in the interest
he monopoly is using the livery Of b
- -hsnh ~ oap~0 tha aav1l
"This is what / have said at Roe
Mount and elsewhere, and the edi
7 Of that paper either heard q garb
version of my remarks or he wifi
,.a mis- q uoted."
20 ANY PERSON