The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-22
AGAINST A
CONFERENCE.
The National Committee Of the
Peoples Party Votes Against
the Proposition By
Large Majority.
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The Peoples Party nov occupies >
commanding position in the House of
Representatives.. The Peoples Pari,
Cong ressmen, under the leadership oi
simpson and Bell, have practicsII,
assumed the leaders ship Of tb,
opposition. Is looks very much q,
II Bailey, the Democratic I~ad~r, ba.
Al understanding with Sp~ak~r REED
aud Leader Diuxl~y on The R-pubI,.
can SIDE. At any rate, Bai.-y 10 IN
,isting that the ID. IN ocrats shall no,
oppose the Republican "do-bo, hing
policy. A. soon ss this Was apparan'.
the Peoples Party marched soiIdIy 4"
uC ssouty ouN oen1uucu tu1b SpenAef
Reed appoint the commit. es aud Civ.
Congress . chance to i~gisiate. Sinp
sons arsaiEnment Of Reeds autocratn
and de.pOtic methods WAS one OF the
hnest aud most telling speeches thai
has been made in Congress for man,
mOnths. when Reed attempted 10 re
ply. one OF hisexcusrs for not appoint
ing the committees Was that he hac
with the qualifications Of the members
OF the House, stating that usually tn.
speaker had from March 4th till DE.
cs mber at the opening Of the regular
session 70 arrange his committees
simpson, in reply, atked Reed how b.
or anyone else knew that he would b.
speaker until Congress met to elect
Speaker. He said that Speaker
Reeds assumption was the most giar-
ing piece Of political "soOnerism" that
the country had ever with: SEED. IL
was . pslpable hit; every body enjoy
ed it. and Reed was SO completely
hOOred that he did not attempt to re
ply, but blushed deeply at his own
InadverteBce.
A considerable element OF silver
Democrats are rebelling against
Bailey's position In approving the Re-
publican policy, anu are openly back
ing up the Peoples Party in the posi-
tiOn which it has taken. The New
York Journal few days ago publish
ed a leading editorial commencing tn.
position taken by the Peoples Party
Congressman, aud saying that tn.
silver Democrats ought to fall In line
and take The SINE position.
1t is clear that il ia BAiley's purpose
to have Congress adj ,urn with moth
lug done ex ept the passage of the
tariff bill. He hopes by this means t.
give the Democratic party chance to
make opposition to the Dingiey bill
the leading issues in the next cam
paign. We have predicted this in for.
mer letteTs-tnat there was . deep
laid plan between certain leaders OF
he two old parties to sIdetrack the
financial question with the tariff ques.
zion for the future.
UNDER WHICH KING?
In this connection it is important to
note the difference between the sd-
dress put for ward on Monday of last
week by the National Association OF
Democratic clubs, and ih he address de
livered by Hon. william J. Bryan on
Tuesday night following at The cele.
braSiOn of JrffersOns birtbdsy. The
address of the clubs 10 pitched dis
tinctly in the key Of the old. Demo-
cratic slogan OF tariff reform. In
short, the address, takes the
DinRley bill for its text aad
spends its force in arraignipg II
The address r-ads very much like .
chapter Of the Democratic campaign
bOok Of 1892 when Cleveland was the
candidate and tariff VAS the leading
issue. 1t lays down afresh all Of the
old Democratic contentious on the
tariff and magniies them. The ad.
dress is important: 1st, because it va.
not hastily drawn and published; /; and
Id, because It il issued at this time
The authorship is attributed to Hon
Chauncey F. Black, the president Oi
the Association Of Clubs. and q man
Who ranks high in his party.
On the other hand, Mr. Bryan. Ia
bis address delivered the next dsy
after he address OF the clubs Was pub
lished, insists that the fight must b.
continued on the line O! the last cam
paign. His whole speech was pitcbst
in the key Of financial aud monopoly
reforms. 1t reads like one of hi
.p~t cbes in the last campaign. H.
takes the position, pointed ard cleal
cut, that no tariff legislation can re
store prosperity, and that tariff re
form il Of secondary consideration
compared with the great and over
shadoWinG Qnestions brought to To,
front IN the last campaign.
| The difference b~tween this address
Of the clubs and Mr. Bryans speech i
exactly the difference that now ap
pears among the Democrats in tn
House Of Representatives.. Which /. le
ment in the Democratic party vii
triumph, it 10 impossible to cay; bu
one thing is certain: the People
Party will zee that financial and mo
nopOly reforms are the leading quea
tions for the future.
WILL NOT CALL A coyYKRKNcE.
The National Committee Of the Pee
pies Party has BY . large msjorif
voted against holding q general cor
ference OF the party at this time.
will be remembered that q c0mmitte
Was appoi0te at the Memphis meet
ing to reQuest Chairman Butler to ca
such . conference. He promptly sui
mitted the request to each member Z
the National Committee. Out of pins
Ity- flve answers received ur to dat,
seventy-five are opposed to calling
conference, while some Of the Other
are not positively in favor Of calling
conference. This certainly ought I
settle the question of . conference {
} far as every Populist is concerned VII
wants the party united and agere'
sive. A PEOPLES Party State cOnyel
tion WAS held in Kentucky last wee
. and the sentiment Of the deIega',
I. there Vas overwhelmingly opposed
. calling . conference. This would Z
} doubt be the sentiment Of the Pop
i. lists every where il they could be hea'
, from directly 1t this TINA. A few ms
} insist on continuiDg to clamor for
} conference, but it is safe to cay III
J they Will not Be supported in the
z course By the rank and file Of the pa
As good Populists they ought
| | fall in line and star d with the major
lty. Any other course would simp