The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-12-01
STATE TIE FACTS OR BE
SILENT.

The Wilmington Star, in re-
cent issue since the election, saws
Marion Buffers term IA Senator OK
pires March lth 1901, and he has been
playing his game To keep control of the
situation 40 aS to secure II reelection two
years hence. This was why he helped TO
put up that job wherein the POpulist
leaders agreed to- hold themselves in read
mess to co operate with the Democratic
party, or any party or with any faction
ofany party that would agree to certain
conditions, one of these conditions being
that the Populists be guaranteed all the
offices state and Federal which they now
hold This would have been equivalent
to- n pledge by the Democratic party to
re-elect Marion Butler Senator to succeed
himself"
In the first place the Star mis-
represents the proposition of the
Peoples Party for a cooperation
Of the same silver forces that
joined hands and carried the State
for Bryan by twenty thousand ma
.jority in 1896. In the second place
the Star either ignorantly or viii
fully misrepresents Senator Butler
when it charges that his purpose
and scheme in lavoring co.Opera-
ton with the silver Democrats this
year was simply to get himself re
elected to the Senate.
The proposition of the Peoples
Party only contemplated an agree
ment as to operation in this
campaign. 1t is true that cooper
alton in 1900 was contemplated as
logical result of cooperation this
year, but all reference to 1900
were purposely left out of the
proposition so as to simplify the
situation and remove any possible
objection to co operation i'm the
campaign of 1900. The PROPOSE
ton was so clear on this point
that it seems that no fair minded
man could honestly be mistaken
about its meaning. But in order
to try to defeat cooperation as adj
vised by Bryan and the National
Chairman of the Democratic par
ty, the Democratic gold organs and
the Democratic railroad organs of
North Carolina at once began to
make the same charge on the Sth
day of last May, the next day. after
the adjournment of the Peoples
party convention that the Star
now makes. In fact, some of these
Democratic gold and monopoly or
gGns went so far as to say that the
greatest objection to the PROPOSE.
ton was the fact that it made il
necessary to re elect all of the Pop.
ulist officers that now hold office
not only in this campaign but in
1900. The purpose of this was
clear. 1t was to try to prejudice
the Democratic State convention
which met the next week and tc
give some excuse for refusing tC
make an honest effort to unite the
silver forces.
cuse as far as 1t was within his
power, Senator Butler at once
wrote an open letter to the Raj
eigh News Il Observer, not only
stating that the meaning of tn,
Peoples Party proposition haC
been misrepresented, but Stain;
further that he did not desire tn
question of his reelection to thu
Senate to be considered in tn,
qtnstion of co operation this year
The letter was published in thu
Raleigh press before the assem-
bling of the Democratic State Con
vention. 1t is as follows:
Washington, d. c., May %, 1898.
Editor News and Observer:
notes that certain newspapers an
individuals who are opposed to Mr. Br,
ans principles, and who are therefore OF
posed to his plan Incorporation to win
victory for said principles, are attemp
ing to misrepresent the proposition mad
by the recent Populist convention fC
such cooperation. One of the man
falsehoods frequently repeated during I'll
last week is that in the wording of tt
resolution passed by the Peoples part
State convention, my own reelection I
the United States Senate was made
condition precedent to a cooperation 8,
forth in said proposition. That tn
charge is entirely groundless and fall
will be evident to any one who will car
fully read the proposition for co-oper
ton adopted by the Peoples party Sta
convention. And further desire to sta
that u cooperation of all who are o.
posed to the domination of gold an
monopoly, and who desire to enact int
law the principles of good governme1
set forth in said cooperative propositic
is of u hundred times more importance
the State and to the nation than the ele
ton OF any man to the United States Sc
att; aud in order that there can possib
be no misunderstanding of the scoI