The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-10-27
Senator Buffers
Speech at Clinton.

AID sosi moeopoly Cosgsessmss 10
this STATE To 90 70 Was6ioGsoo and
stand behind his s4mioisssaiioa "a
support t. That the People, Parry
Committee further sata % che Demo
cratic state Committe that Il vas
equally osceeaesy - join hsads IN
eiecstog IN soti.mooopoiy Legislature
In this State % 60 % Raleigh add ea.
act the cane refoe0s in the state that
NJ. J. Bryan stood fos In the aation.
That the Democratic state Co0mistee
f pas:: !; a. :s a.. :''rRsa p: r.ep':s
own C0ogressmen and their own State
ticket and their own legislature, aud
that IL they could not they were will
ing to zee the gold. bues ana mouopo-
lists capture the STATE. He asked il il
was not an evideuce Of their iusin-
cerety, even II they had thought they
could carry the State BY themselves to
take the chances Wh.n By co-operat-
inK with the Peoples Party In the
State they could have made the elec-
ton Of nioe free silver Congressmen
and an anti monopoly legislature GER
tain. Here he u-clared that these
Democratic poll i;isus no doubt
thought that when they thus slapped
the Peoples Parry in the face that the
Peoples Party would rise up In indig-
nation aud refuse To support Mr..
Bryan for President. But he said that
in Pptte OF this insult, in spite Of their
want Of insincerety - shown by their
;Uuduct, the Peoples Party Committee
replied that they would zee that Mr..
Bryan was elected President II our
votes in North Carolina could carry
the State for him. which was certain
unless enough Democrats scratched
him or refused to vote for him to In.
sure his defeat In the State.
Senator Butler then referred to the
scheme which Was Matched up By the
gold Democrats in North Carolina
By which they hoped to defeat Bryan
in spite Of the fact that the Peoples
Party would thow ito solid vote for
which the editor Of the Charlotte OBJ
server, the leading Democratic editor
iii North Carolina, and A. B. AndreWs,
who voted for H'Kinley In the las.
campaign, whose railroad 10 now
Furnishing campaign funds for the
Democratic psrty, took in trying to
carry this scheme through. He said
hat men of this class who are the
men now in control Of the Democratic
organization attempted to do undel
cover and in the dark what all the
gold bugs and mon0polists In the
State combined could not do. Theil
plan WAS, he said. to get Democratic 0,
every polling place on the morning Of
the election to scratch the POpulist
electors from the electoral ticket
That instructions went out to this
effect. That In addition they sent ,
straight Democratic ticket with si1
Democratic electors on 1t without the
POpulise .leotOfs and In the same
bundle to he same beelers they sem
what they called . straight POpuiis
electoral sicket with be i've POpulls
IecuOrs Oh 1t but with the Democrat,
eft OF. rnat their purpO.e vas 10 ge
-nOuxh Democrats t. scratch Of tn,
'Opulist -i-ctnrs or vote the ticke,
.lLh only the Democratic electors Oh
| That If they had gotten snOugI
| m"crats to do this the effect WOuIa
We been to defeat the i've Populis
! ilctOrs IN the JOINT electoral ticke
| ID this would have robbed Bryan o
i've votes in the electoral college. Blu
p- stated that their purpose Was deepe
than this: That they hoped that Whe,
Democrats began to scratch Populis
electors or vote only for the Democrat
electors, that that the POpulists Woul'
get mad and begin to sc'atch Demo
cratic electors. They knew that
> enough votes could be scratched fror
, both sides 1t would insure tho defea
Of the whole Of the Bryan electors
ticket. This scheme, he said, woul
have succeeded had not the Populis
State and National COMMITTEES dis
;. covered it In time to send out q cifcu
lar to the Populists of the State urxiE
them not to scratch but to vote th
ticket straight.
Senator Butler said that he referre
e to these things which occurred in tn
campaign Of 1896, because it Was th
same men who then tried to defea
, Bryan in the State and to elect Nc
Kinley that defeated the plan for CO
t operative fight between the friends q
4 silver and anti-monopoly in this cam
paign. He then took up the pPeseu
Z campaign and proceeded to give som
= history connected with it. He bega
J. with the efforts Of the chairman Of th
4 three National Committees to secuI
. cooperation Of the silver forces (
Of the country In the campaign Of ls9
e He said that last spring Senator Jone
}. the Chairman Of the National Dem,
4 cratic Committee, having received II
formation that conspiracy Vas bein
planned in every State By the CROW
above referred to to prevent cooper,
It ton Of the silver forces in this can
Il paign, and realizing that the only Va
-. % elect free silver President in 10
VAS for the free silver men to contr,
l. she machinery Of the party In eveI
l. State, and further to get all OF 81
d three silver parties to cooperate
the coming election 90 hat they mig
= cooperate in the Presidential eleotic
n Of 1900, issued IN address to thu Dem
q cratic uoteFs Of the country to tn
r. effect. At the same time, he said tn
he, - National Chairman Of the Pc
e pies Party, issued . similar adore
" and ex-Congressman Towne, Chsirms
=. Of the Silver Republican party. issu.
. similar address. That they oil thr,
!. agreed - to the situation ana q
absolute necessity for suon course
win Q victory for silver and for st1u
Cling humanity. The three address
were issued on the same day after "a
conference and with the approval
all three National Chairmen. He
Senator ButlAP saka6 how MANY s3lv