The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-08-18
To THE pOPt LISTS OF THE YfhsT
fo>.RF~sION INSTINCT

To- THE POPt LISTS OF THE FftsT :
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
On The 18th OF September the fopu- /.
nu4t select a candidate for Congress.
There are number of true Populists
in IN. district who could make strong
and effective and winning CANVAS
msn Who hays AWAY been true 10 the
prlncipies OF tt- People. Party and
RhJ will not sell cot To the railroads
after they are elected. The CACCastAS
krox- that the masses Of the party in
the district favor such u candidate
and believes ;hat sIch a candidate Will
be nominated. But there IL sorne dan
ger unless the honest mas-.. OF the
party attend tn" county convent ons
and elect true ropulists a. delegates
To the Congressional! Convention.
Or j. we'll known 10 the Populists OF
| the Fret District, and, indeed to the
whole STATE, thar Harry skinuer not
only boited th- People, Party caucus
ia the last legislature, but that be be-
trayed his party and its prdci piles and
| vent Ovrr 10 thr side Of the Southern
Railroad. He joined Col. Andrews and
the infamou, abroad lobby in working
against and helping 10 defeat impOr-
tant legislation in The interest Of the
people that our party is pledged to in
lts platform. 1t was The State Farmers
Alliance that first officially denounced
the infamous ninety-hine year lease
aud took steps To have The legislature
TO investigate aud set aside this rotten
Transaction. The Peoples Party in
its State platform condemned this
crime against the interest Of the State
2 and pledged the party to have the
next legislature 10 investigate it and
set it aide by any and all lawful means
The bill to investigate this lease anC
8 to undo the great wrong and crime
J. against the people and the State thai
was done, would have passed the legis
T lature had not Skinner betrayed Mi
; party and joined Andrews and TIT
I goldb bug railroad lobby in defeating
u the anti-lea.e bill by one vote.
u With these facts known, Of course i
is not possible for Skinner to get TIT
= nomination if the people are repre-
o seDted at the convention.
II But herein lies the danger. 1t 1
: we'll known that Skinner has handle'
" Mark IIanna's Federal patronage il
J. the eastern part of the State as par
D. payment for Ills betrayal of his part
j. and its principles to the gOldbugs an
l. the railroads in the last Legislature
&c lie has mauagedtO get number G
so-cailed POpulists to take this Mar
Hanna patronage. These Mark Ham
=. Federal Office-holders, claiming to b
POpulists, are now at work runnin
all over the district trying to manipu
rs late county conventions so as to e
l. Skinner delegates, and, besides it
Ut known that Col. Andrews and tt
le Southern Railway has a big cOrruI
'l ton fund which they always use
III help nominate men who betray tn
NJ people and help the railroads to re
IL them. Ii the honest masses of til
ne party fail to turn out at their primari,
y and conventions there is danger
IL this scheme succeeding in some place
III Let the Populist voters of the Fir
M District be on their guard, and see tn
70 none but true Popuists are sent
ne the Congressional Convention.
ne would be calamity and disgrace
W. the party for any such traitor ar
IL monopoly tool as Skinner to be nom
Gu mated. This man Skinner is not eve
ne allowed to attend a caucus of Pop
Is list Senators and Congressman
'h Washington. If by trickery he shou
.er get the nomination he cannot
elected, for the honest masses of I'll
zee POpulists would not vote for him. B
et- it is the duty of every POpulist in Il
"a First District to see that the party
OF not discredited and d:sgraced by hi
N being nominated.
Let the people instead of Ma
iat Hanna's and SINNERS Federal otlic
m holders and Southern Railway heller
'ut take charge of the convention 81
he nominate an honest and true man W
ne cannot only be elected, but who W
we be a credit to the party and not b
les trav the manila ftar ha ia a octed