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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06
SUPRBlB COURT
DBCIDBS
THB WILSON'S


eel for The plaintiff to sss aside Tie
superssdsss. This the Court declined
20 do.
After hearing argument ssd eita-
tons in the shove motions, the Court
rendered it decision. which ms
written BY Justice walter Clark.
There vas no dissent By any Of the
justices. The decision rssdersd
was - follows:
This 10 . motion by defendant to
recall the execution which Issued
70 put the rslator in posseasios OF
the furniture, ROOMS, andothsr taaei-
bic property belonging 20 the Rail
road Commission. The relator moved
70 set ASIDE the supsrssdsas proceed
ings, or adjadgs then irregular.
We are OF the opinion that vs have
no power 20 set aside the writ Of sr-
ror, or pass upon the irregularity
thereof. We Are also OF the opinion
that the Judgment Of this Court, ex
proprio vigorss, placed the relator
in possession Of the ONCE at the tine
the judgment vas fled. He having
already qualified, no process Vas
eces.ary for that purpose. He 10
in full possession Of the same and
entitled to exercise its duties and
draw the salary thereto attached.
from the date Of his appointnsnt.
The Judgment took eject inmsdi-
ately upon being filed. and 10 not
supersede the subs q usnt writ Of sr-
Kansas, IL. U. s. 20l. The rsls-
tor being in once BY virtue
Of the Judgment Of this
Court, any attempt BY the defendant
to exercise its functions, or 10 inter
fere with the full and free exercise
thereof BY the relator, and any 81
tempt BY any one else 10 interfere
By alleged legal process or other
wise. unless and until the Supreme
Court Of the United States shall 70
verse tho judgment Of this Court,
will b . contempt Of this Court.
We decline to make any order re-
calling the executive. Both mo-
tons refused"
On Friday Aessrs. Caldwell and
Pearson were officially notified OF
the issuance Of the writ Of error by
Justice Faircloth. transferring the
case to the United States Supreme
Court.
The notice Was in the form Of q
summons citing the two new Com
missioneis to appear before the Su-
preme Court in Washington, d. c.,
January, 10Th. 1t Vas served by
MarshAl Carroll. Of the Federal Court
Below is . copy of the summons:
"You are hereby cited and admon
ished to be and appear at . Suprsms
Court Of the United States, At Wash
iDeton, on the 20,h day of January
1898. pursuant 70 . writ Of error Rlet
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06
Three "Whys ?"
liver KNIGHT Watchman,l

Silver knight Watchman.l
Why did the President select VOL
colt, Stevenson and Paine topromote
international bimetallism abroad
and appoint Gage to advocate the
single gold standard at home and
abroadf
Why was Mckinley SO hostile to
Spain and friendly to Cuba previous
to the elections, and so friendly to
Spain and hostile to Cuba after the
polls closed? Because it was for the
interests of Spain to elect Hanna to
the Senate to aid in the maintenance
of Spanish rule in Cuba.
What would happen if Congress
should comply with the recommen-
dations of Mckinley and Gage as to
the finances of the country l. The
army of the unemployed would be
doubled, the price of labor and prop
erty reduced % per cent. every fool
hardy citizen who would attempt to
go into enterprise would be bank
rupted, and the gold dollar would be
so good that no honest man could
get one of them.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06
A SENSIBLE SPEECH.

Senator Buffers Postal Saving Bank Bill
Will Prevent Another Bond Sale and
Make the Masses of the People the
Holders Of Government Bonds.
New York WOrld.I
Senator Butler made a very sensible
speech in the Senate Monday in favor
OF postal savings bank system
Among other arguments, he pointed
out that with such a system there
would never again be an excuse for a
bond sale to a syndicate in time OF
peace. The peoples savings woul sup.
ply the governments needs, as the
stocking boards of the French peasants
paid off the milliards.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06
SIX THOUSAND DOLLAR LOSS
ON THE UNIVERSITY.

The county of Stanley voted one hun
dred thousand dollars of county bonds
to the Richmond and Danville, now
the Southern Railroad Company, for
the purpose of building a railroad from
Salisbury into Stanley county. The
railroad was built and the Southern got
the bonds. Then they proceeded to
unload the bonds and shear the lambs.
Among tle lambs they selected for
fleeing, is the University Of North
Carolina. Through the influence of
their bankers and attorneys they
dropped six thousand dollars of these
bonds on Chapel Hill. Now it turns
out that the bonds are worthless, that
they were issued IN violation of the
constitution, and the Supreme Court
holds that they are waste paper.
This is one of the little pieces of pa
triotism and disinterested devotion to
the State on the part of MOrgan's over
seer. The columns of the Tory organ
at Charlotte have been recently filled
with puffs of A. B. Andrews, telling
what great things he has done for the
development of North Carolina. Sumo
of this stuff has been written by a hire
ling of his, or rather one of his hired
men at Raleigh. This particular hire
ling is supposed to be getting small
wages, but he hopes to come in and be
graded up if he can make his master
see that he is useful. 1t will h"* be in
order for him to get u ? anothe write
up of Morgan's overseer and tell what
big thin IS he has done for the Univer-
sity.
Let it be remembered that the PEG.
pie of Stanley county voted these bonds
in exchange for stock in the railroad
Their stock was destroyed by the syn
dictate which recognized the Richmond
& Danville, and now they have got nj
stock, but have got railroad with sucl
freight charges and fares as the rail
road trust chooses to impose.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06
A CERTAIN RAILROAD ORGAN"

Its Behavior Closely Resembles the Con
duct Of an ASS
fuckers and Planters Journal.
Sandwiehed between other news
items IN an obscure paragraph the
Wilmington Messenger give, a shor.
report of the order Of the Railroad
Commission concerning freight rates
on provisions. Prominently in an edi-
IOrial it denounces the author of the
bill creating the Commission as a
"graceless scamp and blatant defa-
mer." We are beginning to suspicion
that the charge railroad organ"
against it is sustained. Whether it
wears lions skin or no, certain it is
that its behavior closely resembles the
conduct Of an ass.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06
GIVE earnestly ask each
Subscriber to look at the label
on his paper, and if the date is
behind the date Of this issue,
9Th JANUARY 1898,
TO send US $500 and get the
date moved up for another year.
We cannot continue suhscrip.
lions that have expired. Please
attend to this at once
A CARD.

There are few Democratic papers
that have had the rare good judgment
and taste not to publish or even no.
tice the base and malicious lie started
BY the Rocky Mount goldbug sheet.
There are few others that were mis-
led into publishing it, but which have
shown that they were fair and honest
By promptly publishing our signed
statement and aflidavits (between thir-
~ and forty) which squarely and COM
pletely brand the infamous lie.
q The course Of these papers has shown
that they are honestly agai nst. the gold
standard and monopoly rule and they
are not hollering "nigger" in the in
terest Of the railroads and trusts.
Everyone of these papers are in favor
Of our proposition for all who are op-
posed to the gold standard and monop-
oily rule to join hands and elect an an
ti-monopOly legislature, and give at
the same time the best white mans
government the State has ever had.
But what shall we say of the remain
der Of the so-called Democratic press?
What language is there sufficient to
describe those papers which have each
published with great prominence all
Of the lies and billingsgate that that
imported Rocky Mount scavenger "a
small mouthpiece Of the money chang
ers Christ drove from the Temple) has
published, but which have refused to
publish our signed statement and col
umns of affidavits? What language is
there sufficient to describe such I'M
fairness, littleness, and meaness? They
are afraid for their subscribers to
read both sides. Their conduct brands
them rs dishonest. They have shown
that they prefer q lie to the truth
There papers are the gold organs
the silver-plated organs and the mig
ger" railroad organs. Everyone OF
them are opposed to our proposition
to have q white mans government for
the people and not for the monopolists
These are the papers which have up
uolu tuc Uuil"Pcu ooiloe-ooA otoih Q
and perjury necessary to corrupt the
ballot box and steal the elections
They are the inouthpieces and sup
porters of the rotten. egg Ransom ma
chine in the Democratic party.
They have abused and lied on thi;
writer in every conceivable way evel
since he entered public life fighting
for q railroad commission. They
will continue to do it, with cause
or without cause, as long as we stand
up and fight squarely for the rights o
the people, for good government, and
against the allied monopolies.
We kSow how to get their prais'
whenever we sink so low as to want it
Their opposition and abuse is a badg'
of honor to any man in public life
The people may we'll suspicion an!
man who receives their praise ant
support.
We will not condescend to motto
the personal abuse, lies and billings
gate which these papers are dali,
dealing in. 1t is not necessary for thei
conduct is daily convincing the grea
majority of the fairmlnded people o
the State that they are unworthy Q
belief. MARION BUTLER.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06
RIVERA At BARCELONA.

He Is Conducted In Chains to the Mont
juich Fortress,
BARCELONA, Jan. 1.-General Ruiz
Rivera, the insurgent leader, who was
captured, badly wounded, in the Prov
ince of Pinar del Rio, by the Spanish
troops under General VelascO, on
March 90, 1897. and who was condemned
to death and his sentence modified, has
arrived here, and was conducted on
foot and in chains to the Montjuich
fortress, between lines of soldiers and
gendafmes.
General Rivera was calm, but he pro-
tested against being chained. No one
was allowed to speak to him. There
was big crowd of people in the vicin-
ity, but there were no manifestations.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06
THE TORY REVOLUTION.

The Tory sheet of Charlotte contains
q screech from one OF the Tory hire
lings at Salisbury who shrieks aloud
about what he calls "the reputation OF
the Stanley county bonds" Like all
such snivellers, he has much to say
about financial credit and honesty and
honor.
But look at just one sentence of this
Tory talk.
After saying that Greece was over
come by Turkey in their recent con-
f,ict because the money lenders of Eu'
rope were mad at Greece and decided
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06
Buck" Duke In Trouble.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. al. B
Duke, the millionaire tobacco man.
ufacturer, was served today with
papers in a suit filed by the State
Insurance Commissioner. Duke Il
the man associated with Traders
Fire (Lloyd's), which has failed te
comply with the Missouri insur.
ance laws. Duke left on the noon
train.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06

On Thursday of last week there was
posted in all the shops of the Union
Pacific railway system an order re-
ducing the work days from five to four
week, to each employee, and the
work hours from eight to seven. This
is equivalent to a reduction of 80 per
cent in wages, and represents a saving
of fully $4,000 per month to the Com
pany. 1t is thus that gold standard
prosperity is showering its blessing on
the Workipgmen of the country.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06

Did the railroad organs have as high
opinion of Judge Faircloth's patriot
ism and great legal ability on Decem'
Der 24th, after the unanimous decision
of the Court as they did on December
23d after the rendering of his dissent
ing opinion.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06
AuIMPoRrANr VICTORY.

The people have just scored the most
important victory (save and except the
Enlistment of the Railway Commits
sion) that they have won in this State
aimee the war. Every hour for the last
thirty years or more the corporations
have been encroaching upon the rights
Of the people, and gradually, but sure
IL tightening their coils of oppression
an the throat of the State. They have
.ucoeeded in doing this by chloroform-
ins the consciences of public officials
placed on guard. The establishment
al f6Ss,WsS Commission in 1891 was
the frAt important check put upon TINS
dangerous monopoly serpent under
mining our institutions. The state
hov.ver. has failed to realize the mos
mt benefit for which it was es
..,,:kSxSufor reasons too we'll known
:. ned Re! lating. The suspension o
y. w. ss;,blesN commissioners, and tn
wv ., .ctioA of the Court in uphold
pIoI ~. const tutionality of the law
~. ~;t.,ized he work OF 1881 AM
~. :. nos.ib,e> for justice to be mete'
s..rssn thu people and corpora
ous 0e'~ w. onIA danger while such
s'o.' =. Ru.sell>i Governor, and sucn
man :, non-ps@ tisan judiciary is Of !!
the Bench to law Ts ana sq0 court
,om the corpoS.s'o" IT, na~r loo
and their ipjunctlon'.; s; -" e, n sn,
i.lssure csD rem I've We Uni, ,h;, cornor.tio,
crush the heao W. ..-s for their pro
viper. 1.-THE e,p psSf and their iioertis,
perty' 'ne ., fail to elect legislator
they r %TI, not only uphold the Rall ' "a,
Cav Sst ..;ou lag, and sustain the poi
.,ss,U ..s sction Of Governor Rus
al, h removing the Commissioner
.~s the unanimous decision Of tn
court in protecting the new Com@,s
.,on.,. in the exercise of their swoi
sm.;s. but also . legislature that WI
,ss, = Law to prevent foreign corpol.
.;on. doing business in the State fro.
..movipg cases from our sta.e oo'i'
80 FEDERAL Courts by injunotions'
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06

The following European countries
own the railroads in whole or in part
within their respective boarders. Rus-
STA, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Ger
many, Holland, Belgium, France, Portu-
gal, Italy, Austria and Hungary.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06

The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany will no doubt now stop monkey
ing with the Railroad Commission.
We expect to see them rush to the
arms of Injunction Simonton as their
ONLY hone to cheat Justice.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06

tnat she should be conquered, he winds
up with threat which 10 truly express
sive Of the sentiments Of the banded
Tories and pirates who are seeking to
revolationize this government BY the
destruction of the States and the GEN.
tralization Of al power in consolida-
ted empire, ruled - England 10 BY the
money lending class. Then he pro-
ceeds.
Hear him: at is not impossible that
the powers will be forced to appoint .
receiver for Greece. What awful hu.
initiation it would be to have history
record such things Of our proud South
land; and yet who can deny that We
are drifting rapidly in the same direc-
tion %
Men Of the South, listen to that |!
Men of America, read it and think of
it The States are to be stricken down,
annihilated, abolished and you are to
be governed by . gang of plutocrats at
Washington, with their imperial judg-
es ana mArshals, and their army and
navy to keep you in financial and po-
litical slavery; and the old Bourbon
clique the disciples of Calhoun-the
men who, and whose fathers before
them, have been the champions of
State rights. Those of them who be-
long to the bondholding and money
lending class, or who are interested in
the trusts and monopolles-these men
who claim to be the creme de la creme
of Southern blood and ancestry and
tradition-these are the men who are
joining with yankey financial cut
Threats to destroy the last yestige OF
States rights, to trample upon the re.
served rights of the States, to destroy
the States themselves and to turn this
government into a central empire
ruled and run by the money power OF
the world.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06

Recent events have furnished ample
and striking evidence to show that to
protect the rights of the people and
uphold the interests, honor and dignity
of the State, requires Supreme Court
as we'll as q Governor that is not under
corporation influence.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06
the GOLD SYNDICATE GDBBlES UP
ANOTHER RAILROAD.

The Reorganization Committee CT the
Memphis Charleston Road Makes .
Deaf.
NKw YORK. Dec. 27.-Announce-
ment was made to-day by the Memphis
& Charleston re- reorganization commit
tee, of which A. Iselin, Jr., is chairman,
that arrangements have been perfected
looking to the purchase of the road by
the Southern Railway Company, and
the exchange of the new securities af-
ter reorganization IL completed, for
the issues Of the purchasing company.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06
1HR NEW YEAH AND WHAT II WILL
BRING HORsH.

III. NEW YEAR AND WHAT II WILL
BRING gORsH.
We have entered on . new year. 1t
is election year, and before 1t closes
another battle royal will be fought be-
tween the people and The allied monop-
olIes. Who will win? This is what ia
called an off campaign year. 1t could
be more properly called q State cam.
paign year. The people are suffering
from great evils and injustice put un-
on them both by vicious national leg.
islation and by vicious State Ieeisla.
tion and by failure to pass good na-
tional legi.lation and good State Ieeis-
iation. But under present conditions
IL Is impossible for the people to get
any relief or measure of Justice
through national legislation until the
campaign Of 1900. No matter how many
silver and anti-monopoly Congress
men are elected, it will not better the
condition Of the people a particle for
the next two or three years. In short,
no relief or hope of relief through ma
tional legislation can be expected un-
I'll after the campaig:- of 1860, when
we trust to see elected President and
Congress standing for the principles
OF Jefferson and Lincoln.
In the meantime there are many i'm.
portant reforms needed in every State
In the Union. The railroad corpora.
lions and allied monopolies have near
iy every State by the throat. They
either control or have too much influ.
ence with the governors, courts, and
legislatures. This is the year for the
people to throw off the corporation yoke
in their States, and to right every evil
from which we are suffering through
the passage OF bad State laws or the
failure to pass good State laws. Moth
ing can be done for silver or for any
other national reform before 1900, but
this year everything can be done tt
take the grip of monopoly from TIT
throat OF our State and to give oul
| PSOPiC VIC NCIy Dcot pOosiDlc StdU'
government until further relief cal
come through national legislation. I,
Presidential campaign when the gol,
standard is at stake, the railroad cor
poratiOns throw their whole weigh
and influence to help the gold syndi
cate; in State campaigns, where tn
railroads are at stake, the gold syndi
cate in turn throws its whole weigh
and influence to help the railroad
capture the State legislatures.
This is the battle that must be Tough
this year. Let no ono be deceived; lie
every patriot be on the alert. The gol
syndicate have anumber of papers an
politicians in their employ who ar
pretending to be for silver. The rail
roads are satisfied with any pcliticia
or newspaper that will help to side
track the money question. Secret en-
emies are more dangerous than ope
foes. The people will win this figt
unless they are betrayed by pretende
friends. Eternal vigilance is the pric
of liberty,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06
THE WESTERN UNION IN BAD LUCK
WHEN 1T LOS ITS ROUND KNOB
MISSION

When thoughtful men consider the
enormities, the frauds, the robberies
and the rascalitles of the Western I'm
ion people who have stolen hundreds
of millions of dollars from the people
of this country, there is strong inclina-
ton to feel that prisons should be
abolished, if criminals like these can
not be convicted. The story of their
crimes has often been told and some of
it in these columns.
The late unlamented Ohio and Jim,
when they were running their Round
Knob Commission concluded that they
would do something on the popular
side in order to cover up their favOrit-
| ism and servile service to the mono
poles. SO they reduced telegraph
rates from tive nty-five cents to fifteen
cents for each message, but it seems
that MOrgan's Overseer got orders to
put a stop to this reduction. Morgan
and the Vanderbilts are interested, NO
doubt in the telephone monopolies
They did not propose to permit their
slaves to be guilty of any such insubor-
dination as an attempt to cut their
rates, even though the cut applied
only to local rates inside of the State
and was not very serious matter liz
dollars to these multi millionaires. But
they considered the example bad and
so it must be stopped. If North Caro-
lima would cut them, other State:
might follow; and in the language Of
the corporation organ at Raleigh
"Where would it all end?
So, in went the Western Union tt
Simonton's Court and had to grind ou
an injunction to stop the cut in theil
rates, 1t soon developed that thu
Round Knob Commission was looking
for an excuse to have the injunction
sustained or were joining in a pre-
tended compromise with the Western
Union, looking towards q revocation
of their own judgement under pre-
tence of getting some additional take
!, for the State from the Western Union
The Governor employed counsel t
represent the State, show up the fraud
and villianies of the Western Unio
and to make case so strong that eve
Simonton would not dare to run owe
it. But the Governors counsel hav
had no encouragement from the Roun
/, Knob commission. They have know
tor some time that the plan was on 10
Ohio, Jim and Abbott to back out froI
9 their own action and to join in wit
the Western Union for the continue
spoiliation of the State and its peopl
The Western Union must now fac
!; Commission composed of three men
, two of them cannot be bought.
We hope that Caldwell and Pearso
!. have already instructed their couns'
:. to give no terms to these confederate
, robbers.
These gentlemen did right whe
they refused to allow any time for tt
Western Union to file additional p.
4 pers.
You have got them on the run. gel
tlemen. Give them no quarter. Scoura
them to the dungeons where the
: Ou Oh. to be.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06

8A1AkUAO OOA 0xA0tOU AND IBLH.
PRONE RATES.
One OF the most absurd and trans
parent performances. was the opinion
Of Attorney General walser, advising
the Round Knob Commission that
they had no power to regulate tele-
phone charges Every competent law
yer In the State knows that the Rail-
road Commission has this jurisdiction.
We hope Messrs. Caldwell and Pear
son will proceed to exercise it.
Telephone rates may be reasonable
in some towns or localities. This is
perhaps so where there has been any
legitimate competition. 1t seems that
the telephone companies, as a rule are
not gouging the people like the tele-
graph concerns, but all of them are
natural monopolies and will bear
watching and must be regulated by
the law.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06

When Judge Fairrloth was placed on
the non-partlsan judicial ticket in 1894
the Railroad organs and the Ransom
machine politicians ridiculed him un-
mercifully. saying that he knew no
law and was totally unfit to be judge
Since his dissenting opinion in the
Railway commission case, followed by
writ of error to the Supreme Court Of
the United States, these same parties
have suddenly discovered that he IS 8
great lawyer and great patriot.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06

TIE next thing in order is an injunc.
ton from the Federal Court to prevent
the new Railway Commissioners from
dong business at Colonel Andrews
old stand"