The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01

nation there. The burden falls alik
upon the rich and the poor. Exci
man pays his share. Trusts AND
combinations wonld ruin the posts .
service had they = chance aud dis
crimination would result. Tue onl,
| solution to the question lies 10 The
destruction Of the combines and tn.
trusts. Break the transportation
trust and justice alike to all will bs
done. Make the money trust looser
its hold Of the throats Of the people
and all will have = chance. SO Ions
as the avenues OF transmitting intel.
iigence is controlled by great con
cern like the Associated Press, just SC
long is it possible to educate the peo-
pie to the trust way Of thin king. The
man in charge of the big trust .,
Washington transmits his specials to
your great Dallas News, the country
editor has no other means OF getting
it, and so he cuts it out. repr odu uces
1t, your child reads it, and what is
the RESULT He grows up educated
to look at all matters through the
spectacles of the money power and
unwittlnRly and honestly becomes
its slave.r
He then urged his followers 10
cease abusing their political oppo-
nents and to proceed with the work
of reasoning with them.
The Cleyeland and Mckinley bond
issues were denounced. He said there
was no justification whatever for the
former; that it was move in peac 9
times in the interests of the trusts.
That in the latter case the war was
made the pretext. he was willing
to vote the funds to fight the war,
but opposed any bond issue. An in
come tax was his idea of how the
money should have bsen raised. That
he contended, would have fallen
alike on the poor and the rich, as did
the expense of the postal service. He
said he had "figured out" the recent
war act and ascertained that where
the rich paid one dollar the poor
paid two thousand. All this he de-
nounced as the work of the trusts.
Turning to The News reporter. he
said: "Put this in your paper. There
is going to be another war. A war
that will correct these abuses and ex-
terminate the trusts. Don't 90 and
say referred to the use of bullets
and weapons, for l do not. That war
will be fought with ballots-white
ballots that fall with the swiftness
and the efficacy of snow. They will
send men to represent you in the ma
tional legislative halls who will not
succumb to the Infamous influences
of the money power. CHEERS }
Referring to the charge that the
Democr ats stole the silver and other
planks from the Populist platform,
he said:
II have no complaint to make OF
that action. wish they had gotten
it all, and further, that they had had
sufficient honesty to live up to it af.
ter they got it." Laughter.)
Next he highly eulogiz ed the Pop
ulist ticket placed in the field and
commended it as worthy the support
of all men.
Then came a reference to VIM. j
Bryan that may or may not be sig
nificant. He charged that the money
power was gaining the control of the
Democracy and that at the next ma
tional convention he (Bryan) woulG
be politically obliterated as complete
ly as dewey wiped out the Span
ish feet at Manila, and Schley thai
of Cervera, at Santiago This men
ton of Schley's and Dewey's name!
was roundly cheered.
The remainder of the argument
was along we'll known Populist lines
After short pause and with side
glance at Milton Park, who was seat
ed near him, he slowly and with de
liberation said:
"As chairman of the Peoples Par
ty l have tried to do my duty.
may have made mistakes, l expect
have, if so they were honest ones.
have always sought to advance you
interests and my every vote and &C
has been with that end in view. A
Governor Gibbs has told you, ther'
is naught but harmony in our party
1t is in better condition for the grea
battles of the future than ever be
fore. l say to you here and now tn
Omaha agreement is in writing AM
it speaks for itself. AS nationa
chairman shall observe it and cal
ry it out in good faith to the YER
letter. (Cheers.)
Il will call the national conven
ton of the Populist party to orde
one month ahead of the old politics
parties, if not sooner, and there VII
be no deals, contracts or understand
ings made directly or indirectly b
your national committee to bind Q
in any way interfere with the fire
action of delegates to the nations
convention fresh from the peopl
from every quarter of the Enlor
!. This agreement. is broad and specifi
enough for every Populist in Kal
sas or Texas or other sections of th
Union to stand upon until the nd
tional convention meets and the
J and there the peoples represent
: tives, fresh from their constituenc
} in each state, will lay down the nj
, tionallaw of the party. (Applause
: "This done, it may not suit Tex.
or it may not suit Kansas, but it vi
t be the wisdom and wishes of the M
jority of the party both in Texas Al
. Kansas and the rest of the Union.
q This declaration was evident
? pleasing, for it provoked rounds
: cheers.
f He then said the mission of Il
party was not to take from any ms
t that which he had, no matter how
a had acquired it, but to see that pa
). wrongs did not exist for the futur
! Senator and Mrs. Butler went
? Dallas this afternoon, where Il
9 night will be spent with Gov. Glib
,. Tomorrow morning they leave t
q Colorado via. Fort Worth. Sen
d tor Butler will speak in Dsnver I
Q August 14th.
Ho in hioh snirits over the on