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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07
the local Republican boss will wait on
him and Law down the law.

the local Republican boss will wait on
him and lay down the law.
We rust remember that Cleveland
AID oil OF his hackers and criminal
conspirators worked earnestly and
desperately for Mckinleys election.
He will be controlled by the same in
famous influences and must travel the
same road Of spoiiafion and oppres-
sion Therefore, Mckinieys admins
trstion cannot bring prosperity, but
will iniict upon the country four
more years of Clevelandism. The peo-
pie will grow poorer while the banks
railroads, trusts and monopolies grow
larger and more powerful. Public
sentiment will begis to grow against
him and his party from the day that
he steps into CIeveland's shoes.
Therefore, the Peoples Party, the
pioneer and moving force in this
great reform movement, must continue
to lead aggressively the fight against
AcKinleyism as it has against Cleve.
landism. If there is any Populis'
who has no heart in this fight, then
let him no longer masquerade as q
Populist. If there is any Populis'
who has made up his mind to seek fol
patronage from Mckinley, he has al
ready dropped out of the fight-he hat
deserted the people in their struggle
to redeem our government and to re
store prosperlty-he has surrendered
to the enemy. If he gets . Fedora
job, he will soon be apologizing fol
Mckinley for doing the same thini
that he condemned Cleveland for do
ing, If there is any such Populis
God forbid it, then let him max
haste to openly join the Republican
party, so as not to restrain the PEG
Piles Party or cause it in any way t.
be responsible for his acts.
| NJ 3.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07
A POPULIsT Oh SILVER REPUBLICAN
FOR SENATOR.

We notice that the Charlotte OBJ
server states editorially that Sena-
tor Butler favors the election of a
Democrat to the Senate, and further
says that it has this information on
the "hlghest authority The state
ment is wholly untrue. We call
upon the Observer to make the cor
rection and to give its false highest
authority" THE CAUCASIAN and
Senator Butler favor the election OF
q Populist, or silver Republican
whose loyalty and devotion to the
cause of financial reform cannot be
questioned. NIB.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

come one half by conssndng to ei-
metalllsU."
Any man who has not enough
sense to Know this or enough hon
esty TO admit il, il not . ft kind OF
man to represent the people IN Con-
gress OF any other legislative car &C
ity.
This international" humbuggery
is simply lodging for the purpose OF
clay, hoping to sidetraek the dnan
ial question. n. b
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07
THE INTERNATIONAL HuMBUG.

It pains us to hear men in whose
honesty and sincerity We would like
to believe, talk about international
himetalIism. Certain Republican
politicians are now protesting to be-
ieve that free silver and currency
reform can come with the consent of
foreign nations. Howl That will
depend on the permission and con-
sent of England and Wall street.
Mr.. Gladstone settled that point
when he declared "that the nations
of the world owed England some
$40, 600, 600, 900, that while the gold
standard doubled the interest on
these securities, it was hardly possi-
BILE that England would cut that in,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

Assembly that they are above
influence Of brides or spoils "a hirn
one. IL would have come with better
grace, however, n IL had not been
coupled with an Implied compliment;
10 Mark Hanna and the Republicar
party, A. O. resenting tue imputation
that they would attempt 10 use spoils
or bribery rs means O. securing
his re- collection.
Mr.. Pritchard. OF course. - no.
aware OF Eanna's method. 90 b..
would not have rushed 90 has lie
tense, but the people of North Caro-
lima are, and nothing bui strict and
uucorruptible integrity can fortify
any man against such methods a.
Hanna uses and will use IN North
Carolina, IL be regards Senator
Pritchard's election OF any impof
lance TO him or his party.
After the Populis;s pass through
the ordeal Of temptation and sedue
ton in . thousand forms, success
fully, J myself expect 10 compliment
them publicly, but compliments
before they have won the victory
against temptation looks too much
like flattery.
Besides the Senator'S compliment
was in effect TAKEN BACK when he
suggested that the Populisis would
or could elect him 10 the Senais
PURSUANT TO A BARGAIN, while he al
mitted they could not be seduced
into IL by spoils or other FUT;E COZ
rupting advantages 20 themHelyes
IL his election or that any goldbuC
or half-hearted silver man is AgainKi
the PopulIst's principles, and againsi
the best interests of the people Ia.
all true Populists teach and believe
how is such election, made pursuant
to q bargain any more honorable
than IL made from motives OF 81.
TURE personal advantage.
| liz Mark Hanna inds out iha. then
is disposition among the Populisi
to elect Senator Pritchard EEcAg A
OF A BARGAIN, when they would no.
elect him but for bargain. he WI
discover in them the very materiA
he loves TO work OF and will CON.
down on them with his hands full oi
"good things"
Mark Hanna will not doubt for
moment that IL the Populists Wal
bargain away the L. s. Senatorshil
for past consideration they vii
certainly sell il for future consid
GRAFTON. 1 therefore resent Senate
Pritchard's defense of the Populis;f
not only because II was coupled Wit
defense OF Hanna and the Repub
lican party which can not be de
fendeded) but because it involve
the Populists in the meshos OF ID.
worst evils they started out (" &C.
form.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

Mark Hanna In his desperate eff
forts to capture the L. S. Senate,
made an effort to defeat the will of
the people in Utah and get q Nc.
Kinley Sherman Senator from that
State. There was not the least hope
of tampering with the present legis-
lature of that State, so he went into
the courts and tried to have the las.
election declared void, which would
have made the legislature elected
two years ago hold over and elect q
Senator. But the courts have sus.
tanned the new Utah election law,
so Hanna will have to look else
where to get monopoly Senator.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

4 SLAHDER ON THE PEOPLES PAkIf.
There appeared In the News and
Observer this morning, Wednesday,
just 40 THE CAUCASIAN is going to
press, 4 list OF sixteen Populist men,
bers of the Legislature (six Senators
and ten Representatives, who, it is
claimed, will bolt the Peoples Party
caucus to support Mr.. Pritchard for
the Senate. Col. Harry Skinner is re-
ported as authority for this list. We
do not believe the list correct, in fact
we know Is not correct.
The purported list is as follows:
SENATE.
il Newsone, First District.
J. NJ. Early, Third District.
q. L. Hardison Eighth District.
Geo. H. Cannon, Tenth District.
X. H. w. Barber, Twenty Ninth District.
f. F. Wakefield, Thirty-First District
HOUSE.
II. Z. Hodges. Beaufort.
C.J. Marlborough. Caswel.
T. II. Rountree, Gates.
w. K. Dixon. Greene.
Frank Brown, Jones.
R. d. Abernethy, Lincoln.
i
c. NJ. Babbitt, Pamlico.
J. d, Parker, Perguimans.
| J. J. White, Randolph,
| In the brief time we had to inter-
view them, we are unable to give their
exact statements but fourteen of the
sixteen state that they did not author
ize any such statement. Most Of this
number were emphatic that they would
abide by the action of the Peoples
Party caucus. The two who would
make no denial Of. the charge are Sena-
tor Hardison of Craven, and Senator
Barker of Lincoln.
This charge was a SANDER on the
Peoples Party. We regret exceeding
ly that there is any truth whatsoever
in it.
A resolution was passed by the joint
Populist caucus last night that every
member would abide by the caucus
action. Certainly any one who did
not in tend to abide by the caucus &C.
ton in all matters should and would
have withdrawn then. But it is gen.
orally understood that Col. Skinner il
using every effort to get members tc
bolt. If his purpose is to disrupt and
Isplit the party, no true Populist will
help him, but will condemn his course
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

.... STEM wi. ,asion ex-
,-.... ...- .om edlto-
rials in THE CAUCASIAN and sent
over the country by the Associated
Press as coming from Senator But
Ter, when the editorials were written
by the managing editor from a local
standpoint. To prevent recur'
renee of impressions thus conveyed,
the editorials written hereafter by
Senator Butler will be signed NJ. b.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

Hard times are here. The wave
of prosperity has not struck us. This
is evidence by the fact that there il
an average of about thirty appli.
cants for every position which car
be given directly and indirectly by
the Legislature. When q people
are prosperous, minor positions are
not regarded as worth chasing by
many men.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

A genuine and true Populist is a
man who believes that a demolition
Of oppressive systems and the pros
perity and happiness of the people
depend on the ena ctment of the Peo-
pies Party demands into laws. There
fore genuine and true Populist
cannot consent to be a party to any
action that does not look to the
growth and upbuilding of the Peo-
pies Party, and to the securing OF
power that will enable it to furthe,
its demands.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

This is no time for tearing down.
Let US build up. The small tax fox
the University is borne entirely by
property. The man who pays poll
tax pays nothing and the average
man pays three or four cents only to
it. 1t is not tax by the many fol
the few but is really q tax by the
few for the sons of the people en-
aiding them to become men. And
the State needs men.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07
THOSE WHO BUY TICKETS. PAY FOR
THOSE WHO RIDE ON PASSES.

The last annual report of the Rail-
road Commission shows that , l-5
cents is the average passenger rate
per mile which the railroads get for
the passengers carried. This means
that if very passenger paid bis fare
and pal at the rate of = Is cents
per mile, the railroads would
collect exactly the same total
amount from the travelling public
that they do now, 1t means that a
1-5 cent mile rate to all passen.
gers alike would enable the rail.
roads to make as much money Al
they do now, to pay their officers big
salaries Of from $40, 900 to $50, 900 8
year as they do now, This prove.
that passenger fares should not bt
reduced not only to = Is cent a mile
but even lower. Their rates should
be reduced in the same ratio thai
the price of labor and produce ha.
fallen.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

The personnel of the Legisla-
tureI warrants the assertion that
some good work will be done, de-
spite the tough problems that will
present themselves.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

Don't send any man to the Senate
whe puts the tariff humbuRqerv
above financial and corporation re-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

Don't let any foreign corporation
do business in this State unless thew
are willing to abide by the decisions
of our State courts.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

Don't send to the Senate any man
who will help the old parties to fiRht
more sham battles over the tariff.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

Now for a record that will more
than justify the opinion and conf
dence OF the people as expressed At
the last election.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07
EXISTING CONDITIONS AND ANTAGO-
NIsrIC PARTY CRITICISM.

The conditions which confront the
assem- bling Legislature offer no pros
pect of pleasant path or GLOW
cry bed of ease" To begin with
the State Treasurer reports that the
expenditures for the past two years
were larger than the general public
receipts, Then, it is further re-
ported that there is decrease In
, taxable values of more than FIVE mil
tons dollars in the State. 1t is
easy to see, therefore, that if the
general expenditures should remain
the same, there must naturally be an
increase of taxation, not only to
cover the present excess of cxpendi
lures over receipts, but also to cove,
the loss Of revenue that must ensut
from the shrinkage in taxabl,
values.
This very shrinksge in taxable
values is an eloquent declaration
that the people are not in a cond.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

The fact that the railroads charge
81 cents for frst-class passenger
rates to those who buy tickets shows
that a very large number of people
ride on free passes. The man who buys
his ticket is forced to pay from one
to one and half cents mile more
than he should, in order to pay the
railroads for the fare of the man
who rides free. When the man who
rides free goes to the Legislature he
is expected and generally does vote
for the railroads and against the in
terests of the public. Let US stop
the free pass infamy and reduce
freight and passenger rates.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

The Progressive Farmer, COM
menting on Senator Pritchard's card
in the Charlotte Observer in which
he attempted to make some denials,
says: "But Pritchard has pursued
a course recently that does not en-
title his denials to much considera-
ton among people who cannot be
humbugged.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07
A GAHO.

M EprroR: I zee that ] An re-
ported IS one of Is who will bolt the
Peoples Party caucus on the Senator
ship. This is absolutely false. ] am .
Populist and will abide by the action
OF the caucus. W. Il. DIXON.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

The State spends 1896, 900 for Its
public schools and s20,000 for its
University. This is the smallest
sum given by any Southern State to
its University, and we likewise have
the shortest public school term. We
need real remedy and plan-not .
scheme of destruction. The way in
which other States have been sue
cessful has been by a system Of local
taxation in every district supple
mented by State general tax.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

The article that appeared in THE
CAUCASIAN recently which referred
to Tom Watson as a varigated kind
of fool was written by the associate
editor. Senator Butler has written
to US expressing disapproval of the
language used. If Senator Butler
replies to Watson it will be over his
own signature. In fact he will here
after put his signature or initials to
everything that he writes hereafter.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

Don't let the State be further plas-
tered and leached by gold notes and
mortgages.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07
MORE SENATOR'S

"WANTED-FOUR MORE SENATOR'S
On the first page of The CAUcA-
SIAN will be found a cartoon taken
from the Washington Post. Our
readers will remember the three ar
ticles which we copied from the Post
at the time when Mark Hanna was
in Washington comforting with Con.
gressmen and Senators as to the
most effective way in which the Ma.
tional Republican committee could
use its Influence" to capture the
legislatures in certain States
Hanna decided to put machinery il
motion to capture Kentucky, NORTH
Carolina, Washington and South Da
kota. This cartoon was published
in the Post at the time to illustrat,
these articles.
The conception of the article i
very clever. 1t represents Ham,
sitting on the House end Of the CAPT
tol, which he has already under con
troll. He reaches his big ham
(Which has SO long been used t
crush labor and build up trusts t
grasp in the four States necessar
: to give him and the monopolies tn
control Of the U. s. Senate. In hi
arm he holds as his own specis
, property the white House." whic
is soon to be occupied by McKinle,
his mortgaged candidate. 1t pair
Q US to be- forced to admit that thj
picture represents the truth
shocking sad truth! NIB.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

II the Democrats would Just keep
their pestiterous noses and frothy
mouths out Of the business, We be-
lieve it could be managed all right.
But whenever and wherever they
put in there is some botheration on
account of the offensive results.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07
LET Us BUILD UP.

Any request from any source that
the State withdraw entirely from
the field of higher education is en-
tirely impossible. North Carolina
cannot consent to be the only South
ern State without system of public
higher institutions. We need more
education, and not less and there is
need of both State and Church to
work for higher education and lower
education, though there is no real
distinction between the two. Only
one denomination in the State has
asked that this be done. A section
of the Methodist church simply op-
poses the States giving free tuition
under the law of 1887 to cripples,
minister's sons and teachers. Why
they should oppose giving free tut.
ton to few male teachers at the
University and be in favor of giving
to all female teachers at Greensboro
is hard to see. All the other Chris.
tian denominations express no oppo.
sition.
1t is unfortunate and unfair that
any one should have COMPOUNDED the
States duty to the public school.
with this question. We are not do
ing our duty to the public school.
and no stone should be left unturnei
to better them. Their improvement
is our supremest need, but to sta.
the University or the State school.
TO better the public schools is mer,
folly. Education always goes from
above downward. The Universit,
is the head of the public schools. I
founded item in the past and ha
always worked and plead for then
and it is constantly supplying then
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

Reduce freight and passenee,
rates down to the gold standard
level.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

with teachers without which they
would be worthless. Its destruction
would not add anything of value to
their term. The truth is We should
strengthen both.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

The Speakership is usually the alb
sorbing topic on the assembling OF
the Legislature. This time, how
ever, we heard the question "who
will be Speaker" asked twice between
Saturday evening and Tuesday night,
while the question "what about the
Senatorship" was asked on an aver
age of fifteen times an hour BY
about Eve hundred different people.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

The plain people are taxed about
all they can bear. The legislature
must reduce expenditures or put in.
creased taxes on foreign corpora.
tions doing business in this State and
on others who do not now pay theil
fair share of taxes, yet who are thu
only persons or business who ar,
making handsome profits.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07
A REMARKABLE PIECE OF LITERA
TURE FOR THE FARMER.

the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture is great piece of literature.
The title is "Insects affecting do
nestle animals" After enumerating
the various kinds of insects that pes
ter domestic animals, it then pro-
ceeds to impart to the farmer some
wonderful and confidential advice as
to how to destroy and get rid of these
insects.
It tells the farmer that he can re-
move these insects in two ways,
"the first being by means of me-
chanical devices or repelling odors,
the second by the use of substance
fatal to the parasite"
It is strange that such an idea
never entered the mind of the far
mer before, but, as in the case of
making an egg stand on end, it can
be seen how simple it is. First you
catch a flea, put him on fat stone
and mash him with a hammer, alias
a mechanical device. If you are
tender-hearted you asphyxite him
with a "repelling odor" and then
get out of the house as quickly as
possible. It might have been sup
posed that either of these methods
would be fatal to the parasite, but
this would not appear to be the case
always, and so the department in
forms "the stock breeder, poultry
raiser and keepers Of various AMI
mails either for pleasure or profit
that in the case of an unusually har.
dened insect which may not be
amenable to the gentle influence of 6
mechanical device, they must use
some substance that will be surely
fatal.
1t can thus be seen how carefully
and minutely the department ha'
gone over the ground, emitting
nothing that would help rio tn
world of obnoxious insects. tt
think, too, that farmers and poul
try raisers have lived and joyed ant
sorrowed and married and bee,
given in marriage, and yet the,
never knew that a flea could b.
killed by mechanical device o
choked to death by repellan
odor!
The Secretary of Agriculture fail
to mention in his list the "goldbug,
which is the most pestiferous an
dangerous of the insects that distur
and rob the farmer. But still tn
farmer might use his own ingenuit
and discover some "mechanica
device" or other fatal substance tina
would relieve him of at least this fs
tai insect.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

This attempted usurpation of au-
thority and power by the President
Is as dangerous to free institutions
as the usurpations of authority by
the Federal courts in attempting to
run the government by injustice.
Cleveland is monarchist. AS
startling as this latest move against
free government is, yet it is simply
in keeping with and is indeed q part
of the programme which has been
developing for the last twenty years.
The trend of government under the
domination of banks and monopolies
is toward monarchy and one man
rule. The same powers that control
Cleveland elected Mckinley. The
people must yet struggle if they
would regain their waning liberties
and prosperity.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07
"THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS. ,,

The position taken by President
Cleveland and Secretary of State
Olney that the President is entirely
independent of and above Congress
in the very important matter Of
recognizing the independence of any
new government, is simply mon
strous. The claims of the "dlvine
right of kings" which the Stuarts
attempted to set up in England, and
which cost one of them his head,
was not more dangerous and mon
strous.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

ton to be subjected to an increase
in taxation. 1t is An evidence OF
lessened ability 10 pay the taxes now
imposed, and an antagonistic party
would attempt, and perhaps with
some degree of success, to make
"howling political capital" against
any party or combination of parties
that would attempt an increase OF
taxation under such conditions. The
suggestion that such conditions be
met by a curtailment of app opria-
tons. except in cases Of useless and
fsgrant extravaganza is contrary to
the spirit of progress and fat de-
NAL of the presence OF prosperity
and a State can i'll afford by any ACT
to make such a confession.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

BUTLER BROTHERS.

Sole Managers for North Carolins
CLINTcN. n. e,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-07

About three years
ago ! vs. frou oiee
with c-ups Ions on o.!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-04-21
Easter-tide Weddings.

William Barlow, of Milwaukee, and
Miss Ida Meschke, of Hubbleton, were
united in marriage by Rev. G. Strasen
at St. Johns Lutheran church, this
city, Sunday noon. A reception at the
brides home followed the ceremony
Saturday evening Otto Stuhlmacher
and Miss Tome Scheunemann, both Of
this city, were married at the home of
the brides parents, 12S Corner street.
Rev. H. Hoerig, of Emmanuel Lutheran
church, officiated.
John Schoeninger and Miss Ida
Ebert were married Monday evening
by Rev j. H. Brockmann at the home
of the brides mother, Mrs. Henriette
Ebert.
John Schultz and Miss Augusta Mil
Ter we're joined in wedlock Monday
afternoon at St. Johns Lutheran
church. They will make their home
in Clyman.
Frederick Pitzner, young farmer
living near Jefferson, was married to
Miss Augusta Mass at the latter's home
in Ixona Monday.