The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-20
A PROSTITUTION OvTBE KEFEKEN-
DUN.

A Prostitution OvTBE KkfIKEN-
DUN.
In another colum We publish the re-
port sent out by the Associated Press
OF the doings Of the committee OF the
Nashville conference which has just
held n meeting in st. LOUIS. OF
course we do not know that this report
is correct, but If il is not we will
make corrections when we learn the
facts.
They state, or rather they inslnuate,
in their "address' which they issued
that they had appealed for meeting OF
the national committee TO pass upon
their proposition and that their appeal
was ignored. This is not only unjust
but it is untrue. AS every one knows,
according TO the plan of organization
OF the Peoples Party any three mem
beers can submit proposition to the
national chairman, either q PROPOSE
tion to call a meeting or proposition
to have the committee to vote on a
certain proposition of policy and that
the national chairman it forced to
submit it and announce the result.
what are the facts? These men rep
resenting the Nashville conference
held n meeting somewhere about the
first of December and announced
through the Associated Press that
a -. a inn
Louis on January 18th TO call a ma
tional nominating convention of their
faction for April, 1898, to nominate
Presidential candidates for 1900. They
further announced that they wanted
none but the of-the-rOaders to
attend. Surely this isl queer way to
get harmony. Indeed it was sure
way to get only factional meeting E.
They then appended a statement to
the effect that the national committee
might meet at that time in st. Louis
and see them carry out their crazy
scheme, which they had decided on
and announced without consulting
with or submitting the same to the Of
fetal organization of the party. Re-
member this was about the first of De-
.cember, but they did not communi-
cate with the chairman of the national
committee asking him to call a meet
ing of the committee nor did they even
address the chairman a communication
informing him of their action. In
- hot hay
were busy writing personal appeals
to such individual members of the ma
tional committee "a they thought
might sympathize with them
to send their proxies, represent.
ing to each one that they were
forced to do this because they
could not get meeting o
the national committee. Their owl
action shows that they did not wan
meeting of the national committee
officially called, for then they woul'
be forced to abide by the committee
action or bolt. What they wanted wa
proxies so they could claim that $
many members of the committee favor
ed their scheme, and such proxies q
they did get were secured by misrepre
senting the facts.
1t was not until January 3rd, ths
they telegraphed the national chair
man asking him to call a meeting {
the national committee, when the
knew there was no time to do so; bt
kA nnt1A NJ IL lya
that IL they desired harmony an
would abide by the action of the n,
tional committee that he would at one
submit the question to the committt
and urge q meeting at the earliest pc
sible date. 1t is clear that this wou
have secured harmony and united a
tion il all factions would abide by ii
action of the official organization
the party, and it is also clear tn
nothing else could secure such ha
mony and united action. But stran,
to say this fair proposition from Chat
man Butler was not replied to befo
the meeting or even noticed when t.
meeting was held last week. On t
other hand they pretended that tn
could not get hearing before the n
tional committee and that thereto
they must appeal to the people"
What is their plan of appealing
the people! They have appointed
committee to take a so-called refere
dunn vote of all the Peoples party ,
tiers in the nation on certain proto
tions. This would be all right if I
vote were taken by the official orga
zation of the party, and if it were p
sible to get majority of the voters
Why did they not ask the Nation
Committee to take this vote? Here
faction which has denounced a
abused all who would endorse tn
- proposition and movements, ind "
have refused to abide by the action
pational committee, which u
'ne to take on their own accol
ploposessp vote of all the voters.
n, NSer such conditions OF
,,o.s 'Uu ns . ano nominating a pre-
lose. lose VINO favor ~yo years alb,
oential candidate IN. IN ua.s
otthe national campaig q W %'h 'o'e
response to their call. At IL
oe iactlonal vote of a small III
aud besides will not be Official in
- sense. Yet they have the cheek in +
address (after refusing to submit I
proposition to the national COMMIT
and abide by its action) to ask
national committee to meet after
have taken their factional vote and