The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-10-07

the Democratic party each time MADE
their campaign with the "nigger" and !
the tariff as the issues, and henc- sue |
ceeded in getting q legislature each |
time that would down . Railroad
Commission. Does the News and OBJ
server want more legislatures Of that
kind?
II va. in 1890 when the people rose
in their might regardless Of party, m
der the lead Of the Farmers AIlian;",
kicked The Niger and the railroad pol
iticians in the background and made
A great campaign against railroad
domination and pledged every candf-
date for the legislature to vote for
Railway Commission and for other
economic reforms, that the people FIRST
succeeded in electInga legislature the
railroads did not control. The negro
was not an issue in that campaign,
and ye' the white men got together and
elected a legislature or the reform
questions. TsK CAUCASIAN is in favor
Of another such fight. Will the News
and Observer join TGE CAUCAsIAs in
making such a6ght, or will it help the
railroad sttorneysto make the mig
ger an issue and elect another legis-
| lature that the railroad can cOntrol2
The same is true with reference to
the six per cent. interest law. The
people demanded it, year after year.
The railroads and the Cleveland and
Ransom goldbuys in disguise who con-
trolIed the Dem ocrstic party each
time promised it to them, but they
made their campaign on the tariff and
the "nigger" and succeeded in getting
q legislature which the bankers and
money lenders could control, and
hence it was LETT for the Peoples Party
members in 1894 to give the people
the six per cent interest law, which
they had so long demanded and which
had been denied them by every Dem
Ocratic legislature. Is the News and
Observer in favor of electing the
kind Of Democratic legislature that
will repeal the six per cent. interest
law9
From '76 to '94 every Democratic
leg stature Except the Alliance legis-
LAT ure) refused to pass laws to force rail-
roads and other mOnOpOlies in the
State to list their property aud pay
their share of taxation. Is the News
and Observer in favor of electing an
other legislature of that kind which
will repeal the laws which the ALI
ance and the Peoples Party have pas
sed to force this vast amount of prop
erty to pay taxes9
For years the women, girls and
teachers of the State had been de-
handing the establishment of Norm.
al Industrial and training School fol
girls. Every Democratic Legislature
under monopoly influence denied this
appeal. The Alliance Legislature
, granted the appeal. Which of the two
kinds of legislatures does the News
and Observer favor?
| From rs to '94 the Democratic party
under the lead of the railroad attorneys
and the Ransom Machine sent dele
CATIONS to every national Democratic
convention supporting Cleveland
g0ldbug fer President. Does the
News and Observer want to re-estab
: lish the rule Of that ring and dynasty
in order to slaughter Bryan in 1900?
IN short from '76 to 'a4 the rule Of
this bourbon and monopoly machine
which controlled the Democratic party
betrayed the people so often that they
were forced to resort to ballot box
stufing and fraud, to perjury and bull
pen elec.: on methods, in order per-
petuate themselves in power and tc
protect themselves from the wrath oil
the people who wanted to vote to con.
j demu Their methods. Does the News
and Observer want 20 re. establish the
, bull-pens aud ballot box prejury? Il
the railroads anu the Ransom Machine
, capture the next legislature it will bt
done, and the News and Observer
knows it.
, These are only a few of the many
, reason why the good people of this
, state do want to see the Cleveland
, Ransom monopoly machine reinstated
in this state as they were from '76 tt
, 81, with one exception. The CAUcAs.
IAN has been showing each week how
! the good people of this state who united
, on great economic reforms in 80 81 tt
give us white mans government
which the trust and monopoiist could
not control, and which would legislat.
!, for the public good could be united in
l the a cooperative movement for tn,
, same purposes in the next campaign
: We have also shown how the old Ran
: som machine. controlled by railroad
: could again be re-organized and united
= We have asked the News and Observer
Z each week the pointed question, which
one of th'se two kinds of white men,
party it favored. 1t has lodged tn,
question. We repeat the question
: which of the two kinds of q whit,
r mans party does the News and Obser-
yer favor?
1t will be no answer to this challenge
t for the News and Observer to attemp
\ to dodge the question and the issues
: by saying that there are more negr,
a constables and magistrates now thar
0 there were from rs to '94. Whatever
4 evils there are of this kind the Demo
: cratic party are responsible for them
Did not the Peoples party officiall,
Z offer to cooperate with the Bryal
e Democrats to secure an anti-monopol,
: legislature in the last campaign? Di,
e not the gold and railroad inflence il
s the Democratic party force rejectio,
b of this offer? Now, let the News an,