The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-11-24
TIE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
LET'S THE CAT OUT OF
THE BAG.


The admission Of the Charlotte
Observer, which was published in
the last issue Of the Caucasian,
about how and when the Demo
cratic state machine decided TO
make the negro the issue, has at
tracted considerable attention. 1t
is an admission that will strike the
honest rank and file Of the Demo
cratic party with surprise and
which will make the Populists
who were frightened into voting
the Democratic ticket by the cry
of negro not only heartily ashamed
Of themselves, but indignant at the
hypocrtes who fooled them. Ii
seems that the Democratic state
committee was divided almost
evenly: one faction insisting on
one line Of policy for the cam
paign and the other faction insist
ing on another line Of policy. The
faction composed of the Cleveland
ties and Ransomites and Railroad
attorneys, which was led and
engineered by the gold bug Char
lotte Observer and by Col. A..
Il. Andrews wanted to- get
the gold-bugs and the silver
men in the Democratic party
to fuse and make the negro the
campaign cry. The other element
which was composed of the best
silver men among the leaders of the
party wanted to make silver and
the fight against monopoly and
trusts the leading issue in the cam
paign and to get the silver voters
who joined hands and carried the
state for Bryan by twenty thous-
and majority in the last campaign
united in this campaign. These
silver men contended that that
line Of fight was not only the line
of duty and patriotism but it was
the course that would unite solidly
the silver men and anti monopo-
lists and make victory certain. 1t
was the course, they contended, to
make victory not only for the office
seekers but a genuine victory for
the people along the line of princi-
pie. They further pointed out that
this would unite the white people
who are for silver and against
monopoly, make safe majority
and would therefore not only give
absolute white supremacy but q
victory over monopoly and the
gold syndicate. According to the
\ Charlotte Observer, this element
\ of the state committee was defeat
ed by majority of two, so the
Clevelandities and the railroad at
torneys won, and the silver mer
were thus divided, the gold mer
and monopolists put in the lead o
the fight, and the negro made the
issue. The result has been one o
the dirtiest, meanest, most shock
ing and revolving campaigns tina
has ever disgraced the State. AL
of this has been engineered by thu
gold-bugs and monopolists in orde
that they might capture the state
IL was their only way to get con
troll. To say nothing of the BAT
blood that has been engendere(
and the blood that has been split
the saddest part of the whole thin
is that one hundred thousand hon
est silver Democrats, making u
the rank and file of the party, ha
been used as tools and catspaw
by this INSCRIPTIONS gold an
monopoly ring in order that the
may further bleed and rob tn
state and lay their plans to defea
the people in 1900 and elect
monopolist President.
While all of this has been fire
quently stated by the Caucasian
yet during the whole campaign
was bitterly denied by the Demo
cratic newspapers and speaker:
The only strange thing about it
that the Charlotte Observer, tn
leading gold organ of the state
should practically confess tn
whole Business. In fact, the Char
lotte Observer has let the cat on
of the bag. The negro was a ms
chine made issue, and made by tn
Ransom and Cleveland machin
element In the state in the interes
of gold and monopoly. Accordin
to the admission of the Observe
if there had been two more silve
men on the committee, the can
paign in this state would hav
been made along the lines advise
by Bryan, which would have unite
all the silver forces and given us
heightened, decent campaign on
sues. There would have been 4
bad blood, no riots and no bloc,
shed. All of the gold men an
monopolists would have been dri
EN- on one side and all of the 81
Yer men and anti monopolis
would have stood solidly togeth'
on the other. The result wou
have been victory for the pc
pie. This would have meant d
feat for the Charlotte Observer al
Col. A. B. Andrews. Hence the
anxiety and effort to have the OF
err kind of fight behind the neg
cry. Again we extend our col
CALCULATIONS to the gold bug Cha
lOtte Observer and to Col. Andre,
and the railroad syndicates I'D,