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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18
NEW OCC ASIONS-A MAJ
OF REFORM.

The March numb~r viii
second insfailmrbt Of "-pirip
in which Washington. Ada1
son and Franklin visit Phi
and begin 10 acquire the fscf
Ia our modern civilizsiion.
ticle in the series by Mr.. Na
will explain the Gauss VI
troyed fhe ancient village
ties and replaced them win
ent system Of private Frop
TaubeDeckis psp-r on "1ieh
tion OF Wealth will b. cine'
this number, and Their a
usual variety Of matter, inh"t
tosial comment on cDr-srt II
In future numbers az to
no Effort will De spHr'd |"
resd-rs Thoroughly IT, i"''ch
progress OF reform id-s- tsa
NEW OCCASIONS will int
times on the right OF the ms
govern them selves in Their e
es's, and IL will lose no or Oh
an effective protest sgsina
croacbm-bts Of the mor.y roJ
hrm@rs everywhere are in'H
operate
With the February nn
magazine was enlarged 10
The fubscrip'ion price remsn
one dail.r. NEW OCCA-lv
No. lent sx months far nf!
nrr nirnfhs fr ts-ni!-h,
>'rgl- rrp'~s Ten cerfE. ~
.'s''''- nr ny mail. W. c"
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:! NS h.h .-s~ y~sr f'r gu
xsmi- all ..si-rs 10 tb~
K~Lish Y. G.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18

A report is going the rounds that
Speaker Hileman, just after the close
OF the legislature, raised a question as
to whether or not he was entitled to
S8 90 a. Speaker and also $500 as rep.
resentative from Cabarrus county, all
Mt the same time and for the sixty
days Of the session. The State officials
IN charge Of such matters could not
. .that ne was, and so much pay was
q ., rendered the Speaker. 1t Is now
A,id that Mr.. Hileman remarks that he
w. only joking when he raised the
pint. We hap, en- TO know, however,
Jus5 he pressed some constitutional
stat ments very tervently In his own
favor.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18
WE MEANT "DEMs" AND "REPs."
Last week the following paragraph

Last week the following paragraph
appeared in The CAUCASIAN:
Ever since the hot fight which arose
between the POpulists and RepubIi-
cans on the Senatorial question, there
have been vagrant suggestions and
fugaciOus hints that the POpulists and
Democrats would form a coalition for
the next election. If there ever was a
possibility Of such a thing, it has been
knocked into froth and fog by the
Democrats by their record on this
ninety-niDe year lease question. The
next coalition will probably be be-
tween Democrats and POpulists, head
ed by the magnate OF the Southern
Railway.
Now, We intended to say and DID
say that "the next coalition will prob
ably be between DEMOCRATS AID RE
PUBLIcANs. But somehow the type
got wrong and We did not discover the
error until too late to correct. Just
watch for the coalition of gOldbug and
corporation Reps" and "Dems"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18
GOOD SENSE FROM IGN ,fIUs DON
NELLY.

NELLY.
Hon. Ignatius DOnnelly, in an edi.
torial in his PAPER, The Representa-.
tive, says:
1t is foolish for Populists to be
quarreliDg and fighting each other
There is no sense in trying to divide
the party or the press on the question
of what they will do ia 1898 and 1900
AS To cooperating with free-silveI
Republicans or Democrats. Time is q
great solver of problems. The bill
never Looks so high As when you are
far'hrst from it;-as you approach i,
disappears. Let US hear what Time
the great teacher, has to say.
Keep our forces intact and our ban.
nerS flying. Don't let us fight Over
how We will cross the bridg--whetheI
abreast or IN Indian file. "a year oI
two before We get IL it.
Under any circum tarcs the Peo
Piles Party must live and grow; and i
must not be merged into any oihel
party.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18
NEW Reform BOOKS
At Greatly Reduced Prices by Ordering
IhrosGh The Csuca.isn

ThrosGh The Csuea.isn.
The total failure OF the plutocracy
to keep its promises OF increased pros
perity to follow McKinieyis election
has left the people in frame OF mind
that promises better results than ever
before from the distribution of reform
literature. The one great obstacle m
the way is that few OF the producing
classes have dollar To spare for the
work. To meet this difficulty We have
arranged with Charles n. Kerr. d Co.
OF Chicago, To send any of our readers
a large package of excellent reform
hook ;, az different, for only 30 cents
the package contains the following
bDyks:
Warven's None, Chart, a new aud
i'm portant work, l35 pages.
The People vs.. the Goidbug., by A.
ID. Warner, LA pages.
The New Democracy and Bryan its
Prophet, by c. X Turtle. 90 pages.
How to Govern Chicago, by &. X
Tuttle, lis pages.
A Story from Pullmrntown, by Nice
Bech- Meyer, 10 pages.
The White Slave, or The Cross o.
Gold" by Helen l. Summer. 81 pages
The People or tie Politician, q ha nd
hook OF Direct Legislation, by *. l.
| Taylor, 60 pages.
Shall We change our Money Stand
ard? by Jesse y. orion, 30 pages.
| illustrated First Reader in Socia
Economies, 16 pages.
Sound Money From a Bushes,
Standpoint, by +. A. Cleveland, In. II
81 pages.
These ten hooks together contain
775 pages. Every one of them is wei
worth reading, and will help make
votes il given or lent 10 those VIII,
have thus far voted with the pluto
Gratis through ignorance. They ar
worth 81 60 At regular prices. and tn
supply will not last long. send 3
cents to this Office to-day and they ar
yours. The above books and The CAr
CAsIAN one year only 81 %.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18

kind Of cattle should demand Chair
man Buffers resignation 10 the best
proof that they consider him abs. :
luteIy incorruptib!e, and thst they
fear that under his management the
Peoples Party will jet be able to bring
relief to the people. That this class OF
Mark Hanna's agents should demand
Chairman Buffers resignation, II
the best possible compliment that they
could pay him.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18
DISBURSEMENTS

Los-ed on mortgage .
Loan. Il ON other .ecuritl--
Paid on Withdrawals. cu-.
Paid on Withdrawals, rr--
paid and d.beniur~ sfuck
Paid on Withdrawals, dis-
dend- ..........
Paid dividends prepaid aud
debenture stock
Salaries .....
Advertising, Printing AID
miscellaneous ......
Kent. ...-..............
Accounts ............
Other disbursements, ia de-
tail. faxes ......
PAID local secretary aud
general agents .
Bonds. .....-..-.-.....
Taxes and repairs real -
tate ....- -..-----..
Discount.
Borrowed money repaid
Interest on borrowed mon'y
Bills rec~iyab,s. ..........
Furniture and FIXTURE
Real estate.
Insurance premiums
Attorney fee. ...
Lapsed stock. $780,.
4
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18

Congress is now in special session.
The bill-the tariff bill-which is to
bring on the tidal wave of Mckinley
prosperity is said to be ready, and dis
cussion of it will begin at once. 1t is
said that it will bring in $4,000, 900 OF
additional revenue. Well, perhaps So
but We do not see how the people can
we'll afford to pay this additional reve.
nue., unless there shall be some addi-
tional money in circulation to pay it
with.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18
GOVERMAENr By THE FEDERAL
COURTs-A NxW obj ur Lesson.

c0URrs-A nav OBJECT LESSON.
The Peoples PARTY in both State and
National platforms has constantly
pointed to the dangerous aud increas-
ing usurpations of powev by the Fed
eral courts. The Peoples Party has
protested against the action of the
Courts in making and unmaking laws
in spite of Congress and the State Leg
islatures. The Peoples Party de-
nounced the imprisonment of Debs by
order Of the court and without trial by
jury. Aud it was Populist senator
who forced through the U. s. Senate
4 bill to guarantee to every cit;z N a
trial BY jury, which right the courts
had tried to destroy.
The Peoples Party has protested
against the removal OF causes to Fed.
eral courts which should be tried in
the State courts. But now here comes
a Federal Judge (Simonton) " no issues
an injunction and actually orders the
Governor of North Carolina not to
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18
We RETURN THANK

To our many friends who have been
actively at work in the past month foI
the success ofTHs CArcAsIAN. A Iarg,
number have renewed their subscrip-
tion and sent In INV nance. We ash
all friends Of reform 10 help m tai in
crease our subscri, ton list AID thus
encourage and hold up our hands Ia
the fight for reform.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18
III. Two PILLOWS FROM rCRrH
CAROLINA At The MrMPHis
NEErg~G.

ras Two PILLOWS FROM soRrH
csKoLISA At The MwMPHIs
NKErI~G.
W. notice from the list ri members
Of the Ref rm Press meeting at Mem
phis that one g Ia kes'ler and one
'Rey."tyJ +. w. Bsbb, were the at
s.ndants from North Carolina, and
IN. only ones present from that state.
II the majority 81 those in the meet
Ing al been lik. these two persons,
then it would have been nothing
more than conference OF Mark Han
na's lesser agents and spies, who are
ma. O. grading as Populists in order
tha they may better serve the Repub-
lican party. These two fellows have
no standing or following In this State
wher re they are known; yet, strange
10 lay, ~ soon as Babb got TO Memphis
we wonder where he got the money
to 90 ON Vandervoort's experienced
eve, a man who has been denounced
~ The tool Of COMPUTATIONS and as the
agent Of the Republican party in his
owe state, Nebraska, seemed to know
that Babb was one Of his kind. Van
'aryOOrt promptly had Babb put on
an important cOmmittee-Babb who
| would not be allowed to even sit in q
township Populist meeting or in any
other meeting composed Of POpulists
| l. the State.
And ke-tler, strange to say again,
| was elected as one Of the five members
Of the National Executive Committee
Of the Reform Press Association
Kestler who is not a Populist, and
who will never be allowed again to
sit in Populist meeting of any kind
in his own county or in the State.
During the last campaign this same
fellow Kestler tried secretly to elect
Mckinley while protesting to be for
Bryan. This same fellow Kestler
backed by the few so called boiling
Populists, was down at Raleigh help
ing Pritchard and Mark Hanna and
the Southern railroad to try to de.
banch the Peoples Party in the Sena.
tOrial fight. For some time it has beer
believed that he was in the pay of the
Republican party. He has certainly
served them to the best Of his limited
ability.
The following letter will give tn,
public some idea who Babb is. 1t was
recently sent to Senator Butler by thu
corresponding secretary of the Bap
tist State convention. 1t is as follows
BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION.
- G.. SCARBOROUGH, JNO. f. WHITE
President. Cor. Sec'y.
RALEIGH, N. G Jan. 4, '97.
Hon. MARION BUTLER,
Dear Sir: am told that Il. w. Babt
: of P-rquimans county is to be cand.
idate for some position within the gift
of he incoming legislature.
| wish to say this IN behalf Of thu
Baptists in that section Of the State
that Babb is man without respecta
bility or standing in that section.
In a court of brethren in his owl
denomination, suggested by himsel
he was found guilty Of fornicatiOn
drunkenness, and lying-an account
which may b. found in the Fl les of tn,
: Biblical Recorder.
: Very Respectfully,
JNO. f. WHITE,
Cor Secretary
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18
REPORT FOR TINE YEAR
ING DECEMBER 81. isu
RECEIPTS.

Cash on band January D.
1896 .............
Subscriptions on shars
Paid np. prepaid" or
part paid" stock ..
Mortgage redeemed lin
whole or ia part .....
Other loans redeemed
Premiums received
Interest received ...
Fines received.
Other receipts in detail, sll.
Bills rec-ivsbl.
Insurance premium
Attorney fees
Unearned profit Era Iu--
Real estate rent
Transfer fee-
Withdrawal fe-s
Insurance commI--ion-
Accounts .....
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18

bal,.rs Ia q group. and has pres.n'se
one Of these groups To each one OF tns
bolt.r. wh hetray I'd his party TO eiees
N.rk uanns's car didate- In Greer ."
b tier reserve and advertise th.ir IN
fanny one copy Of thi. group should De
emf 10 the rrsues Exil'ry.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18

1t is worthy of note that Jno. G..
Carlisle, ex-Secretary of the Treasury
"a Dtmocrat-was a chief agent in
procuring the railroad injunction from
Judge SimontOn. 1t is seen that men
who call themselves Democrats are
the big representations and chief
agents of the railroad power now.
Salt all these facts down for future
reference
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18

Gov. Russell has been invited aad
has accepted the invitation to open
the Great Tennessee Exposition ut
Nashville. In May, by aettins the ma
chinery in motion. Tennessee is a
daughter of the "Old North S.atp.,
and she wishes to show to her parent
what she has been able to accomplish.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18

Government by Injunction has now
made its appearance in North Caro-.
lima with vengeance. A Federal
Judge (Simonton) has ordered tbs
Governor of the State not to bring 8
suit even in the State courts against
the Southern Railroad This is an
other evidence not oaly that the cor.
porations have too much influence
with the courts, bat also Of the des
peFate purposes and motives of thu
Railroad cosporatiOns.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18
Why MR. DIXON OPPOSED T8e
AMENDMENT TO THE ELECTION

WHY NR. DIXON OpfOSEo noU
AMENDMENT TO THE ELECTION
law.
Dixon, Of Greene. Explained his vote
on the new election law in the House
Friday, giving his objection TO the bill
As follows: Il oppose this bill because it
robs US OF the greatest principle We ever
had and places US back where We were
four ye.r.sga, undrr Democratic law !;
the matt principle We hsve commended
for : .t"h party select its own
p, > in my opinion We are
r-i,- T. backwards inste 81 al for
VA prooo.e tn stsad by princi-
pie. vote, no.
III - n is ri:h-. The principle
for hich the People. Party COMMENDED
was that not only -',uli each party be
represented on the election board, but
thst they should have the right to ame
their res pective representatives. This
was the greatest and most important
principle embodied in the election Law
of 1895. This is the vital principle te
guarantee fair elections that the boilers
and Republicans have stricken from
the law. The machine Democrats arr
no doubt please at this, for it is an en-
dOrsement Of one of their election
methods
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18
LIABILITIES

Due shareholders. due lr-
stallments paid 81
Due shareholder. in.'s.
ments paid in adyAncr
Due shareholders. earning.
credited. .........
Due shareholders, earning.
not credited. ........ .
Borrowed money.
Balance to be paid ouf uu
Surplus ...........
Other liabiliti-. in detail. R.l
Prepaid and debenture stook
l nearned profit and loss
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18

brig . suit In the State courts agaiase
the Southern Railroad. This breaks
the record The courts are running
the government aad the railroads seem
TO be running the courts.
Every day the people have fresh OF
Jet lessons TO prove that everv plank
in The Peoples Party mus, be enacted
into law 10 rsstere prosperity and 10
rrotsct our liberties.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18

Grover Cleveland stepped down and
out of The White House regretted BY
none. He entered the seat of govern
ment twelve years ago poor man.
Today his wealth is estimated at 81
600 Quo,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18

Tom Watson's paper says that the
cry Of "Mask HanDa's agent" is being
used by some ID q bugaboo to try and
brighten certain POpulists from sdo-
ing their duty" That l, queer talk to
come from Populist paper,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18
STATE OF NORTH cAg01

STATE OF NORTH CARO-
ArpIToE's DIr1K7rij
In conformity with s-ciiof
OF AN Act to amend Ghsrds
ume II. Of the Code, entitled
ard Loan Asrocistions." ] oefi
the above il . true copy 81 VI
statement OF the National
Building and Loan Assooist
lanfa, Ga on Dc 81, l-.'6, nov
in thi. Department. "A
HAL ". AlLl
Auditor o.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18

This shows the kind of fellows who
imposed upon the Memphis meeting,
masquerading as POpulists from North
Car lima. We trust that the true Pop
ulists present were not Inundated and
imposed upon by having many of his
ilk IN their meeting. Nj. B.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18

Gov. Russell has removed all the di.
rectOrs e the North Carolina Rail-
road-th"Se VITO made the Infamous
secret "9j year lease" deal. The new
directors have not yet been annOun-
cpd
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18

The Denver Daily News, the leading
POpulist daily in the Rae XIV Mountain
section. says that the Peoples Party is
In better shape in Colorado than ever
before.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18

The Philadelphia Item, the leading
POpulist daily in the East, has reached
a circulation of over a half a million.
1t is one of the brightest and strong
est dailies published in the nation.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18
FILIRUS TERN

We think we like fair play and fair
ness in all things. We note that
much ado is being made by some Dem
ocratic papers over the filibustering
inaugurated IN the House when the SO
year lease bill was up. A strong mi
nOrity who represented the interests
of the people and the State made a
desperate and brilliant fight to pre-
vent the legislature from gong on
record as fav0riDg lease of the North
Carolina road at seven per cent, while
two other concerns were willing to
pay ten per cent. In this fight the mi
nority resorted to filibustering tactics
to carry their point and they succeed
ed.
And now the Democratic press, al
ways venal, is making an effort to
hold up this filibustering as a crime
&C. When the "force bill" was up in
Congress, the Democrats who desired
it's defeat, f1libustered for three weeks
night and day, and for this they were
accorded the highest praise by the
Democratic press of course! A Dem.
ocratic action is always holy with 9
| Democratic venal sheet. The filibus
teriDg against the passage of the
seven per cent. lease bill was as Of
much Importance to thu State as the
filibustering against the force bill wa!
to the country yet because Democrats
did not do the flibustering in this LEASE
matter, it becomes a heinous Grim.
with Democratic papers. We are no
here apologizing for filibustering o.
anything else, but showing just hov
some OF these fellows act.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18

We regret thGt We cannot give full
discussion to important matters pend
ing right now at once. We will do 50,
however, as time and space permit.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18

TIE Caur.s'AN hss bs~n informed
thaf 5 nat. Pr,trhard IN. hsd bios-
teen picfGrss made Ut the ninetrvu
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18
NOTES ON rHr LAST LEGISLATURE.

When Black burn, who had been very
loud and pronounced in favor of the
Southern Railway and all mODopolists
against the people, was put in nomina-
ton for Speaker pro TEN. is was a
Democrat who seconded his nomina-
ton. 1t was Democrat who was also
loud for the Southern Railway and on
the side of mOnopOlists and against the
people. His rame is Murphy, of
Rowan.
In every important fight that came up
in the last legislature the Peoples Party
stood solidly on the right side-on the
side of justice and equity. But large
majority of the two old parties, follow
ing their past rec' I'd, joined hands
against the people and served COM
bines and mOnopolists. Among the
few who stood by the people on the
lease question were Messrs. Hartness
of Iredell, DR.. Lyle of Macon, Person
of Burke, and Watts, on the Democratic
side, deserve specisl mention. On the
Republican side Messrs. Cook. the two
SuttOns, Lusk, Alexander, Weymss.
Curry and Sharp of Iredell also deserve
special mention. These men, and the
people at home in the two old parties
who approve Of their stand, should join
hands with the solid and united PEG.
pies Party in the next fight.
Two of the most humiliating scenes
| that have ever occurred in State was
during the last session of the State leg
| islature. One was when the Senate re-
fused to pass the Cook bill to annul he
| lease, but passed rs a substitute to il
/ A Mt 20
| ratify the terms Of lease for thirty-six
years. When the Senate had BETRAYED
the State to the Southern Railway BY q
| vote of twenty-six to twenty -four on
| this question the railroad attorneys and
puppets in the legislature went
straight down to Colonel Andrews
Office and paid him homags, very mu b
like enthusiastic partisans do when
| their candidate has been nominated
| or elected to some great office.
| The second was when the friends Of
J the people were making their last des-
perate stand in the House to prevent
the passage OF this same Andrews sub.
stitute bill. The Vice. President of he
Southern was on the floor giving his
orders to his henchmen; and ir was bis
henchmen who turned the legislature
from q deliberative body to q bowling
mob. After the Hobbies were cleared OF
all except members aud officers. In.
Wee President Of the southern Rail.
way stood outside the door. As sOon
as his henchmen inside the hall would
execute one Of his orders they would
At once run,out Of the hall, report Ia
their chief, get fresh orders and re.
turn: Thus . maturity Of the members
OF the Senate and House who we're
elected to represent the people con
suited with the officers of this great
Sby lock railroad company to see best
Nov TO betray the Interests ef the
State into the hands Of q great corpo.
ration. Let The people .end Peoples
Parry lexi.i.IHr- to Rsl-igh in 1928
and This stain .hail be wip. d out, and
the interests nj the stare redeemed
AID reeerv u.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18
SIXTEEN TO ONE.

Much as the silver question has bee n
discussed, there Is still q dearfh Of ac-
curate information on the subject
among voters. What they need i a
book explaining in q scientific vet
simple style all the facts and princi-
pies involved. We know of no Low
priced hook which does this so we'll as
Richard Lowry,s -sixt-en TO Que
MI Lowry examines first the present
business Depression. then the history
ofthe Crime of 73 then hanks and
panics, tn 70 tn r-iation OF prices Z.
q lard times, then the real condition of
ne "sIiver countries" then the TSla-
e'"n OF money tn civilization, with n
graphic sketch Of ID irke-t America -
He closes with the remedy, free coin.
age, and shows xby il is possible and
neces.ary for IN. United States to un.
derfake the remedy alone. The book
contains 372 large page. hat by spe-
cIai arran cement with Charles m
Kerr & Co. Of Chicago, who rub,is,,
Inc bOnk. We ar enabled la FIR ~ q.
our resdsrs post- paid for ..niy 25 Get.
The abnvc no X and TsK CAuc.,,
one year only Sis
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18
MORE CLAP TRAP INCONSISTENCY

Two wrongs do not make a right.
There is neither sense nor decency IN
doing anything and then trying to
justify the act by saying that some
body else did the same or did worse.
But mention Of one or two things
may show the rottenness and hypoc-
risy of some people, and this we pro-
pose to do here.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18
ANNUAL REPORT
oh I'M
National RAILWAY Brl!l
Loan Ass0cl3iill

For the year ending l,-o.s
1886:
ASSET
Loans on Bond and MOI.
gage face value g.
Loans on other SecuriiI-. =
Real estate. :
Cash on hand and ia hai4
Furniture and fixture
InstAilments due and au.
paid .....-......
Other assets IN detail
Bills receivable
Insurance premiums
solvent accounts
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-03-18

Advertising brings business. Luck
sometimes does the same thing, but
it can't be depended on.