The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-29
SBN. BUTLBR'S
SPEECH

On Money, Tnnsp,r,a,ion An,
Transmission Of lnssllissnc.
The Three Leading
Questions
BEFORE The PEOPLE TODAY
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senator Butter returned To Nosst
Carolina Tuesday aud left HE home q,
Eiiiott City the following day for ysek.
sonville. where be vas biiled 90 sp~sk
Septemb~s 18th. The senator reached
here the evening preceding. and
Wss In excellent physical oondit, ,ou
and good health.
The 18th was the day foe the Popu.
list Party county coaventios, snd the
court house Was packed with memh~e,
OF all three parties. though the Pop-
ulisss greatly outnumb<rrd the osh.,
tWo. A great many failed 90 hear the
speech. because there Was not stand.
Ing room In the building. JudSius
from the sire Of the crowd. the sens
tor occupies great place In Oh. hearts
Of North Carolisisus.
The convention adjourned II Il
O'Clock NJ, when Alex. ii. koonce. Of
Richlands, stepped forward TO intro
duce senator Butler. He reviewed 10
. few and appropriate words the seus-
tors celebrated fight for the Railrosd q
in North Carolina. his
stand Ia Congress aghisss TIE Ss.OOO,-
OO0 subsidy paid TO the Southern Rail.
way for postal cars, his advocacy for
savings banks. and his work la behalf
OF the farmers OF the nation. He has
fought for the rights Of the people
ever since he has been old eroush 10
fight for anything. and is disiinctively
. mao OF the people"
Senator Butler spoke iu substance as
folloWs: He reviewed the political sit.
uation now existing In the Western
States, and compared those States 60
North Carolina. The issue in the wesf
10 financial reform. IL Is Q tight between
free silver and the gold standard. The
issue 10 equarely drawn; IL 10 q fight
TO the finish. Out west the RoldbuR
in some States, and the
gOldbug Democrats In Others, are try
ing to sidetrack the main issues. They
have raised the questions that have .
local tntcrest only, in . vain effort to
hide their records on the financial sit
uati0n. Ii 10 difficult to tell Who the
real friends Of silver are. They pro.
fess to be in favor of silver, knowing
that the great majority Of the people
are deeply in earnest for silver, with
the hope that by fooling the people
they can get elected to some office.
Here in North Carolina the goldbuRs
have raised the race issue to divert the
attention OF the people from the main
questions at stake. You can tell them
The real friends Of silver are not
afraid to face the issues and come
out boldly and discuss the questions
Of prime importance, while the gold
bugs, monopoly tools and railroad At
tOrneys howl, .nigger, Niger" from
one end Of the State to the other.
"That is whist have been invited here
for, to tear the lions skin from some
j Jackass.' and show you people that q
jackass is concealed beneath" A cold
bug, while protesting to believe in re-
form, has stole the livery OF heaven 10
serve the devil in; he could not serve
him SO we'll in any other way.
There are three great questions be-
fore the American people which they
must settle and settle right. 1st. Money
I'd, Transportation; I'd, Transmission
of Intelligence. These then are in
struments of commerce. When you
control the instruments Of commerce,
you control the happiness and we'll.
being Of the people. Money 10 the frst
essential in the exchange and trans.
fer Of products. Men must have money.
He may own all the land and property
in . county and then is helpless With
out money; his property 10 sold at q
sacrifice TO get money. Money Is the
artery of commerce. II might bold
my finger on the artery leading to my
hand till il turned black and rotted on
for the want Of circulation" This IL.
illustrates the part mooey plays in ouI
commercial life. He who controls Tho
volume Of money, coatrols the price ol
every thing. This power belongs 4
Congress-, but delegated II to ths
banks. II you i,sue money, you sss
sent to the penetentiary. The bsokI
have .eeu given this power By Con.
gress. "COngress shall have power &
coin money and regulate the volum,
thereof" Let It still exercise tbs
powers conferred on il BY the consti.
tuition. There has been no figh
against the National Banks BY Q Presi.
dent since Jacksons day, till Bryal
Was nominated In sc. The moneJ
changers are now whetting tbeiI
knives 60 cut Bryan's throat ia 1900
They want gold-bug nominated - {
Democrat and . goid-bug - Repub
lican Then they will laugh at tn,
people scufiie for their election, WhiI'
they themselves are conscious tbeJ
will be taken care Of, no matter WhicI
wins. The silver men must unite
They are 10 the majority and can vii
over the opposition any time, Wbel
they make 40 honest nSht. IL 10 tn,
traitors 10 the ranks Of the silver sdvo
Gates Who are the most daugerous
They profess TO favor reform while q
heart they favor the gold standard
Draw the issue in North Cssolina
Make the hypo:rites stsrd up and b
counted. You will have . chance 3.
vote for Bryan ia 1900. I'VE are 20
ing 70 nominate him. If silver VA
right in:ls96. il il right now. II coop
Grafton Tor this issue Was good then. !
is good yet"
Transportation Is the second instsu
ment OF commerce. Congress shal
have power TO regulate commerce be
tween the States" Practically speak
ing, six men control the railroads q
the United States and they are tb
agents Of the Rothscbilds, the Loo
don Jews. Eoglaod 10 trying TO die
tate our financial policy by controllio
the instruments Of commerce. tn
railroads can build up one town an
tear down another; they can make On
industry and throttle another; the
can discfiminste against one State sn
in favor Of another. why, when
was out West, knew Pailroeds % has
goods 70 one town over . 0istance {
800 miles for A6 eta. and caePy the go