The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-03-17

A GoIDBtG ORGAN LOSES ITS TEMPER
The Charlotte Observer, q Cleveland
organ, and a supporter OF the gold
ring and its monopoly allies, has got
ten very much excited. The present
provocation isan article published In
the March number of the Arena writ
ten by Senator Butler on trusts, the
causes that produce them, and the
remedy" The article referred to wss
published in full in the last issue OF
The CAUCASIAN, and our readers are
thoroughly familiar with it. In that
article Senator Butler proceeds to an
alyze the causes that produce trusts.
lie proves clearly by facts that can
not be disputed and arguments I'M
answerable what these causes are, and
then calls upon ali who are honestly
opposed to trusts to..join in r,moving
these causes as the only way to crush
out trusts. He further shows that the
principles of Democracy as advocated
by Jefferson and Jackson and the prin-
ciples Of Republication as advocated
by Abraham Lincoln, il honestly ap-
piled and put in force in the admins
tration ofthe government, would re-
move the causes that produce trusts,
and therefore make trusts impossible.
lie then proceeds to call attention to
the large number Of newspapers and
persons high in public life who pre-
tend to oppose trusts yet who support
and foster the evil agencies and condi-
tions that inevitably produce trusts
1t is this that makes the Charlotte OBJ
server mad Ii was unable to answer
the arguments or to deny the facts
set forth in the article. Therefore
that paper, and its political god, Cleve.
land, could not escape the conclusion
that they were dishopest when they
pretended to be opposed to trusts. The
Charlotte Observer did not dare to COPY
any Of the facts and arguments because
it would be unable to answer them az
ter laying them before its readers. Tn,
only extract it MAKES from the articl,
is as follows:
"One would Judge from the langusg,
Of Cleveland and Mckinley that they
were both honestly opposed to trusts
yet neither of them is opposed to tn,
causes that produce trusts; both o
them are the apologists supporters ant
defenders of the fundamentally evi
a IN . hat ;nn itoh - /,
produce and foster trusts. Indeed, it il
we'll known that they were both nomi
mated by the trusts, elected by tn
trusts, owned by the trusts, and there
fore must both serve the trusts"
The Observer made no attempt t,
reply to the article. 1t made howeve
lame and feeble effort to reply to tn
paragraph above quoted in the follow.
ing language:
"The suggestion that the trust
nominated and elected Cleveland is tn
purest rot-he was the last man the,
wanted. The suggestion that the,
controlled him after he was elected Il
drivel which no fool will ACCEPTING
body controlled Cleveland and all tn
country knows it, the demagogue
along with the rest"
This bold-f face assertion on the par
Of the Observer that nobody believe
that Cleveland was controlled by tn
gold syndicate and monopolie
and trusts is too absurd to be takel
seriously. The facts and argument
contained in the article were so un
answerable and so clearly convicted
the Charlotte Observer and its politi
cal god, Cleveland, and that class o
monopoly agepts that the Observe
completely lost its head and proceede,
to abuse Senator Butler with low bill
lingsgate Of more than q column il
length. When abuse and mud
singing is the only reply that can b.
given to facts and arguments it 1
proof positive that the mud-slinge
was hit hard and had no other defense