The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-11-03

Sut snotinG np tc~ reSx~s~'thReAs
Of .he n~neessiie rse.. and i.Iiiss
shai T.iinan aid ay one ~ thee
letters frrrn John nepzfs. 90. pse-
i.sbei o the la.i is.a. of THs g.pc.-
siAS.
Tiilnsn boldly taii bic ssdisecs
that the silver m~n Ct ali parfies ta
y ossh Csrolina ought 20 have Gostss
together. lie krev that the silsss
voters ~ho joined hsnds in tie last
campaign 10 carry the state sss B'yss
BY ts-nsy thcssaed nsjority oosid
aud shosla have Jsined hsaas thi
year and carried the state b, The sans
or an iacr.a,ed mslsrity; taat that
wAs . white majority ara . majority
for silver and against monopoly To
boot lie said that he "a 90; Ancu
Who "a. to blame for the iaiiure Of
the silver men 10 get toe~thsr. bot thss
whoever VAS 10 blame d~ssrved the
seveses; oondemnation. This eruaxht
loud cheers from the fopalists sna
earnes; silver democratic la the audi
enc~. but gave th- dry srins O. the
Democratic machine which had Ia
vit~d hi N there to speak.
lie said that he had been told that
the Popuiists were TO blame this far
in that they demanded that the Dem-
ocrais should agree % form Of cosn-
~ government which would rnt feu
eastern counties under the control Of
the negroes. We do not know Who
gave senator Tiliman this piece cf In
formation. but whoever he 10 ne baseiy
and maliciously misststsd and mis-
represented the fs1is- The Peoples
Party State convention did not ask.
and did not want anything that would
put any county or township in the
state under negro rule. The language
OF the Peoples Party State cons~ntion
with reference 10 county government
was q. follows:
I'VE desire the election ofa IeGisla-
ture in favor OF . system Of local seif-
government which will enac; UNDEk
PROPER SAFEGUARDS sufiicien.
legislation TO guarantee 10 ;h~ eoun-
ties the right TO elect local On fisisls."
This declaration give. the brosdest
latitude as 10 what kind OF proper cafe
guards are necessary. and certainly IL
there had been CO operation b~tW
The Populi.ts and silser D.mocrsts.
every Democrat could have trusted
himself Tn have sto q and voted la ia
y"r az bili that wcuid have sisined
what he consider. prnp-r and neces-
-ary safeguards. B-,id-.. rhr Demo-
cratic Stkte Convention. knew or at
least . number Of the lrading spirits
In il who claim 10 favor cooperation
knew, that the Peoples Party was In
favor OF acting on the recent decision
of the Supreme Court in the case Of
Harriss vs.. Wright, reported In l7l n.
G. Report. l72. In which the court. for
the nrst time, took the position that IL
would be constitutional for the l~tis-
lature TO provide one system Of county
government for one county or nrm-
Der OF counties, and q different system
for another county CT number Of
coun mites. The Democratic Conven-
tion knowing this, not only refused
the Peoples Party proposition for Q
CO. operation Of all the silver forces. but
refused to even appoint . committee
Of conference to confer In detail as 10
this matter andother matters Of sup
posed difference or controversy. The
Clevelandites who captured the Dem
ocratic State Convention, repudisted
Bryan and silver and betrayed one
hundred thousand silver Democrats,
could not justify their course TO Sens-
tor Tillman, and therefore they stoop-
ed to downright lying to nnd sons
pretext behind which to hide their
treachery.
Senator TiIlmsn, continuing bis
speech, said that even IL the Peoples
Party WAS to blame in this particular
that still il the old Ransom machine
= and the CieveIandites were In charge
3 Of the machinery Of the Democratic
q party that he could not and did Col
advise Populists and silver men q
vote for them and turn over the con
troll Of North Carolina 10 them. Tbil
statement OF Senator Tillmaus "a
greeted with such applause by th,
: Populists and true silver men, and me-
u with snch silence by the Democrsti,
e machine, that had invited him to com,
y to speak, that be expressed astonish
e ment that the utierance he had mad
q WAS cheered more BY Popuiists thai
!. IL Vas by Democrats. Senator Tiiimsi
did not know how many silver Demo
Gratis joined the Populists ia cheeinl
him. Ee simply knew the faces Of
10. Of machine Democratic who had ip
: vited him there, and who had met his
. At the depot and st the hotel, snd b
X knew be had hit that class Of fellow
q hard for they did not cheer.
n Senator TiIlmsn said-in his speec
J. 1t Richmond, Va, two days before u
4 Fayetteville speech that the best 70
, to help Bryrn and serve the cause q
, silver in the state OF New York wss {
, defeat the go'dbug democratic ticke
= He said it ~as b~usr for the cause Z
silver for the goldbng R~publicsns Z
carry S~x Yssk Than for m~n caiiin n
'e themselves Democrats who had re, I'd
D. sted Bryan and silver 90 carry is.
v senator rsliDan had known the tsr
D. situation in North Carolina hs wosl
have unbesitstingiy have said In b
Fayetteville speech that the wsy
help Bryan and the cause Of silver
North Carolina wss to defeat the Raj
som mschine which has captured d
b. Democratic party. and 10 ceush fore