The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-11-24

The railroads and the other
monopolies and trusts in the state
that fought Bryan and supported
Mckinley in the last campaign
were backing me Democratic par
ty in the recent campaign. They
put up money to help the Ransom
machine capture the last Demo
cratic state convention. They put
up more money to help that ma
chine carry the state and capture
the legislature. The amount that
these monopolists contributed to
the Democratic campaign fund
was certainly over five hundred
thousand dollars. Whenever cor
porations and monopolists spend
one dollar for elections they expect
two dollars and often ten dollars
in return. How and where will
these monopolies get their money
returned two fold and ten fold! 1t
will all come from the people.
When the next legislature adjourns
the people will see how and where.
The News and Observer, in its
issue of November 18th, published
an interview which it had with a
travelling man from Wilmington.
The News and Observer does not
give the name of this travelling
man, but of course it must know
who he is. The News and Obser-
yer quotes this travelling man as
saying that the negro Manly, the
editor of the negro paper called
the Record, which published the
infamous SANDER, has not been in
Wilmington in long time. II
this is true it is significant. If he
was out of Wilmington, why did
Col. Waddell and his hackers hold
a public meeting and demand Of
the negro Manly to state whether
or not he would leave Whining
ton by certain time? 1t would
seem that all the truth by a gooC
deal has not yet gotten to the pub
lie.
How was it that the Democratic
machine carried every county il
the second congressional distric
by large majorities except one, ant
yet allowed White the negro gold
bug candidate for Congress to b
, elected by big majority. Il
short, the Democrats carried tn
district by a big majority, yet per
mitted the negro congress
man to be elected when the,
could easily have prevented it
Did they want the negro electe'
! 50 as to leave them seed to CT,
''nigger" two years from now
Or did they really prefer negr
gold-bug to a Populist candidat
who was white and who was TO
!, silver and against monopoly? 0
was it both?
Nearly every letter which tn
Caucasian receives refers to som
phase Of the last election. Nearl
every one Of these letters speak Q
the number of negroes who vote
: the Democratic ticket. We're thes
S negroes voting for white suprem
S acy, or did the campaign barre
: contributed 10y the railroads hav
something to do with their sue
den admiration for the negro ca
amity bowling party? At any rat
It the fact remains that no small PAL
! of the Democratic majority wa
s made up of the negro vote
l. The gold Democrats and the 81
T yer Democrats fused in the las
d campaign. Which one of the pa
q ties to the fusion deal is now rur
II ming the combination? If there
single honest Bryan Democr;
$ who is so poorly informed and s
q badly fooled that he thinks tn
O true silver men are running til
d party we would like to hear fro
v him and we will take pleasure
, printing his picture in the Cauca
d ian and letting the public see VIII
, he looks like.
IS Many a Populist who W;
e frightened by the monopoly CT
e of negro into voting the Dem,
D. cratic machine ticket, was befo,
It night on the day of election su
d prised and Disguised to see tt
e. Democratic heelers who had he
n Tered "nigger" for three month
" at nearly every voting precinc
l. hugging the negro and marcnir
- him up to the polls to vote Il
10 Democratic ticket Truly the n
80 gro was the salvation of the Ra
som machine in the last car
q paign.
A. Why was not the negro Man
If run out of Wilmington the ne
q day after he published the Unfair
" Gus article in his paper? Why W
he allowed to stay during Il
p whole campaign and publish b
Of vile ISLANDERS which were eager
g. copied and kept standing in Il
As Democratic press? Those who a
r not incapacitated for thinkil
8 would do well to think about tn!