The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-29

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do anything that would dishoaor he,
chspr,nE. the bright blus-syed eh,l
dsen tha. God lays ir her lap. And
80 help me God. ss the way "a r.,
i'self will fight monopoly, I vii
nght the gold standard. in the Den
oeratic party and in the Republican
party and wherever I fiad il. bseaass
l know that curse lies still upon In,
country robb,ng vomanh hood Of the
lnstsr Of the eye and the ros,nsss ol
the cheek. pulling from the sueklius
the bread and nour,shment from
which It should grow, aud tAk,ps
from the masses Of the Offspring OF
the common men the opportunity "a
grow, to develop, and TO 20 on TO-
ward that far OF Heaven 10 which
the whole creation in Gods good
Providence should move"
Dr. Thompson referred to Mr.. Az
I cocks promises in 1892 that IL q
Democratic administration throueh.
out was elected and did not euac,
Tree silver legislation, etc. that he
would quit the party and 90 to the
Peoples Party, and said:
"Grover Clevslend Vas elected bu,
did absolutely nothing for the peo.
pie. A perfectly complete Demo.
cratic Administration which did not
reverse . single Republican policy
or tendency Of government: gold
standard. issuance Of bonds, high
tariff, and everything which the Re
publican party had put into effect by
legislative enactment. SO also d,d
the Democratic party, whether BY
legislative enactment or interpreta-
ton by Mr.. Cleveland
Then asking il Mr.. Aycock had
kept his promise, he said:
mo. No. But there was this thing
that held Mr.. Aycock. Cleveland
gave him a position which paid him
from four to six thousand dollars .
year, He told You how sweet it was. {,
He said that in 1892 We could not
wait until they had worked it ont
inside OF the party. No. We had
too much sense to wait that long.
He has waited. want him to tell
you what has been worked out in
side his party by his waiting for the
things he agreed to follow in 1892
See if he tells you"
Referring to Mr.. Aycock's charge
that he would not discuss the issues
he discussed in 1892, he said:
Has he offered you anything to- -day
that would better the low pricsi He
has talked it black but the negro is
not hurting the price of my cotton
and yours. He said that say moth
ing about free silver l6 to l. l tell
you if he could lay down the negro
racket as he laid 1t down in 1896 /
would 60 on the stump wherever
l could in North Carolina and advo-
cate the free and unlimited coinage
of silver. l would advocate the is
suance of money direct by the gov
ernment without the Intervention Of
banks; l would advocate in detail
everything thatI have ever advo-
Gated on the stump. would like to
know Why he does not come and
advocate it nowf Why he brings
up the question of negro to prevent
q man from discussing these great
political economic questions. If they
would let us have these political is
sues in North Carolina We would do
m (The Democratic party has no is.
sue now but the negro; it never has
had any issue in politics since the
war but the negro; it never has pre-
tended to have any issue in politics
but the negro With the single excep-
ton OK its campaign of 1896.
1t said in that campaign moth
ing about the negro. 1t burned
up Its history of the Fred Douglass
legislature, 1t did not use it for the
reason that it thought that the great
honest rank and file of the Demo
cratic party we're ready to leave the
party because Of its hypocrisy when
it had complete power; that these
men were ready to 20 into the Peo.
pies Party, 50 in order to save the
Democratic organization and for
that only they went to Chicago aud
stole the foremost planks of our
platform and nominated William j.
Bryan As their candidate. Now
then that that Presidential election
is off are they saying anything about
Mr.. Bryant Did their papers ever
print his open letter to the New York
Journal advising cooperation of the
silver forces Throughout the State of
North Carolina:"
Here Dr.. Thompson took up the
question of fusion with the Repub-
hcans He first called attention to
the fact that the Peoples Party
wanted to cooperate with the Demo
cratic party all along the line in
1896 as we'll as in 1895, but that the
Democratic machine would not lis
ten to such q plan until near the
close of the campaign when they
saw they we're beaten, aud that then
they were very anxious to cooperate.
He called attention to the patriotic
action Of the Peoples Party in nomi.
mating William j. Bryan, and show
ed that some OF Bryan's worst enc
mics are men now controlling the
democratic organization, the mer
| who put mp the Palmer and Buekuel
wing Of the Democratic party and
voted that ticket, and that when
they did not do that they scratched
Peoples Party electors for Bryan
and that when they did not do either
of these two things they voted fol
Mckinley: outright. He also called
attention to tho resolutions of sred
the Democratic party as . basis fo1
cooperation in 1898 which were no
only rejected by the Democratic con
vention but the Convention author
lied the Democratic committee Il
take no further action looking to
ward cooperation with the Peoples
Party. He declared that tho frs
and only object of the Democrat,
party was the destruction Of tn,
Peoples Party - IN organic stion
i That self preservation, - Of M
ture, was the first Law of . politiea
organisation That the Repabllea,
party was willing for the People
Party to live while the Dsmocrati