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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-19
- cents. Sold by all medicine dealers.

law. The G0ebel elections officers
have been refusing to register q
very large number Of those, both
white and black, who are known to
be against Goebel: while on the other
hand everything, both white and
black, has been registered tba'
would cote for Goebel. This is a
new way of disfranehising voters.
They are 6isfrauchIsed according ~
their politics. Now let it be remem-
bercd that the Simmons election
law in this state is modelled after the
Goebel election law. and the same
thing may be expected to happen
here when registration time comes.
With such bill pen election law
and with lot Of election thieves for
registrars and poll holders, it will
not be necessary TO have constitu-
tional amendment or anything else
to disfranchise voters. The Sim
mons election law and lot of per-
Jured registrars and poil-holders can
do all the stealing that is necessary
for the machine. The only question
is, will the people submit to 1t.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-19

Section =. Tia; ell % the hos.
,ops OF the Coesii,ziioz r.l.,,u. :,
suffrage, r-eis,rs'ion ard rlee,,o,,
So contained IN ih,s act. am--a,,~
toe Ccus'ifa,icp, .ssil 20 into .,
% the hrsi dsy q, JAY. TO-. .
ns ioriiy ot the qs.liasa vos.rs ..
the STATE san doslar. 81, shs u.1t...
sr,l slsrtion.
Sec. ; Th.s susp a n-nt shNn y.
Submitted =, to- n.ri g~n.rNl sl..
ton 90 the qasl,aeA so,su =
,hs Stat. Ia the sane mauu.t a..
under the same rS!ss aud r.ga.,
iious IS IL provided n ;h- la~ r.rs.
lating general e.eeiinns IN ihs, 'si.,.
and IA fore. May L., lss9 Ara a.,
sad election ihos. p.tsoEs d-,.fs.
To- vote feE such amendment st.
cast = written OF printed bAIlo' =.
The words For SuEragr An-rf.
Aa'hA hhfta"h NhN AAA@~ NANA f..r.
,rAry opinion shall ca, wr1tt.H p
printed bslla with tie 80.
AgSInsi SufrHg- Am,nd m.nt
/ thereon.
See 1 Tho said election sta ".
held. AID The votes returned. r.r.
pared. count 4 and rArvAss-d. 40
the result snnouucsd. and.r ih. saa..
rules sud regulations a. are N fOr..
for returning. comparing. cuuni.r.
aud uAnvAssiac ihv voi.s Tor u.n
bers of ihs General Assembly. Ma
ls'. 1899. srd IL nj niy a. soc
votes cast ar. ia favor 80 TIE sa.H
sn.Ddmrn,, q shall b. "a. du', u,
the Governor of the Safe g. c.rff,
said amendment, under n. 80 ~
the state, To N. Secretary Il stat.
~ho shall euroll the sad Nm.ndm.t,
50 certified Amorg the p,rmau,l,
records OF hiss m %.
sec ;. This act shall be iu s.rr.
from sud after 49, ratification.
Rs'ified 2lst day of F,brnArv A
d., 1899
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-19
Wake Forest News.

Wake Forest has brighter future
before il now that ever before. The
total registration up to date is two
hundred and forty eight, being
twenty one more than at this date
last year. Seventy two counties are
represented. The good preparation
Of the new students indie stes the
progressive work at the academies.
There are between eighty and a
hundred new student here at this
writing.
The Students Christian Association
is very active. 1t meets every Mon
day evening and every student is
urged to join. This is a great help
to keep the Spiritual Influence
among the boys.
Tue college pastor, J. W. Lynch,
is me st excellent pre- acher.
Wake Forest sends out fifteen
more lawyers this time. The law
class ssnt up seventeen men TO the
Supreme Court. fifteen Of whom So
cured ilc' mes. This is the largest
law class IN the history OF the law
school.
The query for Thanksgiving de-
bate with Trinity College is, Resolved:
That United States Senator's should
be elected by the popular vote.
Wake Forest has the negative.
The first meeting of the Wake
Forest Historical 5 ciety was held
last week. Mr.. Walter White, OF
EdentoD, read paper on the famous
Edenton tea-pary. Mr.. barry
Trantham on the Buford massacre.
Mr. Joe Adams ON tue VIM. l..
Yaacy and Mr.. Nye revie wed the
work OF the Rsgne Conference.
Qniet a number or CONS AID Cd
newspapers were presented 10 ih.
Historical Society by Mr.. T. s.
Grady. Of Kinston.
1t Is said that Wake Forest is T.,
have cotton mill erected sometime
soon, costing seventeen thouss nd dol
lars. This is to be CONTROL d by
Messrs. Royal and Powell. A good
many buildings will be erected and
TINS means more people and better
times for Wake Forest.
w. B. RIvENBAKK.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-19
Put "A General in Command.
PHILADELPHIA Times.

The failure of General Ols' opera
tons in LuZOn cannot be denied. 1t
was apparent some time ago that
Onward the subjugatiop of the island
and 1t was then announced that
nothing more could be done till the
close Of the rainy season, when Otis
was to have a sufficient force to
make decise oampaln. Yet he has
not waited for this. He has been
pushing desultory detachments of
Manila,s With no disc overaie purpos-
and certainly without good results.
These detachments have all returned
to the vicinity Of the capital, with
more or less Of loss, and the impress
sion given by the dispatches is that
Agulnaldo has fought Otis to a
Standstill.
The rapid movement of small
columns, that can strike quick re-
tire, is an effective mode OF fighting
as practiced by our army on the
frontier. But its effectiveness de-
ponds entirely upon coming up with
the enemy and il tlicting serious in
jury on him without harm TO your
self. When the enemy escapes, as
the Filipinos invariably do, and
only returns to harass the expedi.
tionary force on its way home, the
plan is worse than futile.
THIS is what has been going on in
Luzon. Towns and villages have
been taken retaken, bat no army of
Filipinos has been taken or destroy
I'd and the captured points have not
been held. Perhaps more Fllipinos
than Americans have been killed,
bnt they have many more to spare,
and these desultory operations do
not appear TO have discouraged
them in the smallest degree.
Thus the American army is weak
er, both physically and morally, than
1t was at the start, aud there is nc
reason to anticipate that the new
troops sent ont will be used to any
better advantage, unless genera
rs put in command who will know
how to use them.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-19
IT WILL BE THE sAuE WAY HERE.

We have been very much struck
with recent editorials in number
of Virginia Democratic papers, Ken
lucky Democratic papers, and Demo-
cratic papers in other states that
have such outrageous elections la ws
as the Goebel Law, the Virginia law,
and the Simmons law in this State.
Many Democratic papers in the Sc
states, wnere the machine boil pen
election laws have been in force for
several years, are calling attention
70 the fact that such election laws
not only break down the healthy
opposition that comes from opposing
political parties, but they build up u
heartless and tyrranical machine IN
the Democratic party which destroys
the will of the ms )rity and en-
trenches In power ing thst feels
licensed TO do anything in d. fiance
of public opinion when it is neces-
sary for self aggrapdizem ent. The
ring feels bold TO defy public sent =
ment with such election laws. be
cause the will of the people whether
Democratic or of other political
faith amounts to nothing. The
political ring once entrenched counts
just such msjorites as 1t desires.
There are already signs of good
sized revolt in Virginia on the in
side of the Democratic party against
such ring and such elect tor
methods. The revolt has assumed
pretentiOus proportions in Kentucky.
IL the Infamous election law planned
by Simmons and his crowd of ballot
box suffers stays on the statute
books few years in North Caroline,
there will surely be just such re
volt inside of the Democratic party
IF this state. As the Norfolk
Virginian forcibly says in recen t
editorial, the power of such election
machinery in the hands of small
ring of politicians not only amounts
to destruction of the manhood
suffrage and sitting of the voice
of the people, but that it breeds cor
ruption inside of the party in power
ard emboldens the ring to commits
outrages against the public decency
that would not otherwise be dreamed
of.
Let the people of North Carolina
take warning from the example OF
orr sister states. Let every lover
of good government and especially
every hone st fairmintd member OF
the Democrtic party see to it thai
Simmons and his band of ballot-boz
thieves and his infamous election
law are overthrown without further
loss of time.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-19
From the Houston Post

The champions or defenders of
the trusts have invariably insisted
that the producer of raw material
could depend on obtaining higher
returns for his products in proper
ton as the big combines received
better pay for their output, because
the trust principle would enable
cheaper manufacturing and Justify
the trusts in Offering more for
their raw material
AS theory, this is attractive
practically It is without any cor
federation, when one. they virtu.
ally obtain control of the market,
not only do not share their prosper
ity with the consumer, but they re.
fuse to allow the price of the, raw
material to be put up on them, and
il they raise wages in one direc-
ton, they close down plants and
throw workmen out of employ.
ment in other directions.
The operation of the combines. in
word, is on the ''extortion plan on
a grand scale,' both in buying and
selling.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-19
The Great Passion Play at Obsrammer.
gau.

The Great Passion Play at Oberammer.
London ChrOuicle.l
Already there are numerous indi-
cations that ''e i, fax Of visitors to
O5erammeieau for next years Pas
sion Play will far surpass all previ
ons pilgrimaees. From all parts of
Europe and America, and especially
from France, numerous letters have
reached the priest and village au-
tborities asking for information.
1t is now dc finitely settled tn at the
first presentation will be on May 20,
and that the last will be at the end of
September. There will be % per-
formances in all. Mex. month the
rolls will be allotted, and the rahea,-
sails will be started INN edia:ely af-
terward. 1t is certain Herr Josef
Meyer will not take the part Of
Christ. His advancing age and in-
creasing inirmities are the cause of
this. -
AT the next years performances
an attempt will be made to add dig
nifty to the musical portion Of the
presentation. The choruses hitherto
have been very weak. There will
now be thirty-three choisters.
The new large IRON theater, which
will be entirely covered in and light
ed by long. narrow windows, is be-
ing rapidly proceeded with The
stage Will be In the open air. The
auditorium will bs 143 feet long. and
will accommodate 1900 spectators.
Two further mprovements are also
announced. There will be an off ee
esta olished for the purpose of as
signing sitors suitable lodging
and the tedious two hours drive to
the village from the railway will be
abolished, as well-e quipped cleo ric
m otor cars will take vi:ltors from
O0erau in half an hour Needless to
say, the villagers do not like these
departures. They say it will detraet
from the devotional attitude which
all visitors to the "Passionspiei" are
supposed to assume.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-19
Death of a British Admiral.

LONDON, Oct. 14.-Vice Admiral
Colomo died last night.
de was born in Scotland in 1881
and entered the navy m 1916. He
invented flagship signals, now in
use by the navy, in 1861; invented
the system Of interior lighting for
war ships, now the alternative for
electric light. in 1872; and devised
the system of steam tactics. He
worked hard to obtain amendment
OF rules regarding movements of
ships at sea SO as to prevent COLI
sons, and finally succeed at the
maritime conference in Washington
1889.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-19
What we Need a America,
National Rural

National Rural.
The English postal savings bank
system IS great success. It was
first started in Septem Der, 1861: at
the end of the first year there were
$50 ,OOO accoun aggregating about
S., 100 900. There are now $4,000
offices IN the entire kingdom With
nearly 600 900 depositors and an av-
era &c deposit of something over $50.
~. The minimum deposit is l sail
ling, but Mr.. Faweett, the father of
the system, interested even the chill
dren of England in saving, by pro
viding a penny stamp slip by which
the school boy might accumulate the
minimum deposit. fit were not for
the objection of the banks and the
enormous power they WELD in the
United States, our industrial classes
would not be e1joying the benefi s
OF a similar system. Many efforts
| have been made to establish such 3
system here,- but the opposition of
the banks has always been able to
| thwart it.
In England, where the postal sys-
tenn is run In the interest of the peo-
pie, rather than one-half in the in
1erest of the people and the other
half in the interest of the railroads.
or, to avoid treading upon the toes
of express, telegraph and other mo.
nopolies, a ten pound package can
fbe sent to any part Of the kingdom
for four cents a pound. instead Of 3
rate of cent for two ounces, with 3
four-pound limit, and the -epistra.
tioE fee on q letter or package is on.
ly two cents, instead Of ten cents. as
with US, Also, a telegraph message
of twenty words can be sent any.
where in the kingdom, with the ad
dress free, for twelve cents. Some
day perhaps, the people of this coun
try will succeed in e)ecting a pres1-
dent and Congress to represent thei,
interests rather than those of mo.
nopolies. Then perhaps this coun.
try also will enjoy some of these
blessings, now enjoyed by the sub.
jects of the efete monarchies of En-.
rope.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-19
TWO CONFESSIONS.

We have often had occasion to re-
fer to the mistakes of the last Legis
lature; that is, the errors which are
continually being discovered in the
laws passed by that body. And it is
rs often that we have to cali atten-
ton to the silence of the Democratic
press upon these errors. Many have
been discovered which Guido anv
committed by the legislature of 1895
and 1897, and we all remember how
the Democratic papers declared the
petty errors of those legislatures TO
DO unquestionable proof of the in
competence of the members of the
Legislature. Then accepting their
own statements, it must be inferred
that the last legislature was grossly
incompetent, even more so than the
one of '95 and 81.
But the majority of them have
nothing whatever to say about the
errors OF that last legislature: and
this makes the honest confessions of
those papers that do own up interest
ing and refreshing. We follow with
two such confessions from the States.
vile Landmark and the Scotland
Neck Commonwealth. The Land.
mark says:
Since the adjournment of the
Legislature many errors have been
discovered in the laws passed h,
that body the errors in the reven :
law being especially noticeable. The
fusion Legislature of '95 ana .97
made record for ridiculous error,
which attracted the attention of the
whole State and were much criticised
by the Democrat press. It is M,
pleasant to criticise the work Of IN,
own Legislature but common fair
ness demands it.
The Commonwealth even more
candidly remarks:
Perhaps . Democratic newsnana,
10 not expected to say 1t, but csndo,
compels the Commonwealth to oh.
serve that the last Legislature
made many ludicrous mistakes
which seem inexcusable. Almost
every day some mistake made IL
copying the laws is published. Az
ths laws are being published thess
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-19
A Poor Showing.
Washin gton POST

Washington Post
So much has been said about GU,
military operations in the Philip
pines, and such hopeless confusion
prevails as to the real results of the
campaign, it might fill more or less
urgent want to give here partial
| list of our ievements-such as
they have been. The very interest
ing and remarkable state ment fol.
| lowing is quoted as having been sen;
to the Chicago II cord by Il CORES
pondent in the Philippines:
"Pasig has been captured three
times and abandoned twice.
"Guadaloupe has been captured
four times abandoned three times.
"Mariquina has been captured SIX
times and abandoned six times.
"Canlta has been captured twice
and abandoned twice.
"Antlp0l) has been captured once
and abandoned.
"Morong has been captured twice
and abandoned twice.
Santa CRUZ has been capture
once and abandoned.
"Pagsanjan has been captured
once and abandoned.
"Loug0s has been captured one,
and abandoned.
"Paete has been captured one,
and abandoned.
'Novaliches has been captured
twice and abandoned twice.
San Mateo has been captured
once and abandoned.
San Jose has been captured one;
and abandoned.
"Nolzagaray has been capture,
once and abandoned.
"Augot has been captured ones
and abandoned.
"Ssn Miguel de Maynma has beer
captured once and abandoned.
"Mexico has been captured twic,
and abandoned once. -
"Bacolor has been captured twic.
and abandoned once.
"Macabebe, the only town friendl,
10 the Americans, was taken and de-
serted and allowed to be burned by
| Tue natives.
"Quinga was taken twice anc
abap to1ed once.
"Guagua was captured once anC
abandoned."
As has been explained already
this is only a part of the record. /
will serve, however, as the tssls OF
calculation. Here are twenty one
| Philippine towns which have beer
captured, many of them twice OF
| three times, and one of them as of
ten as six times. Of these we hold
only six. We have attacked thirty.
nine times and abandoned the results
of the bloodshed thirty-three times
Our soldiers, therefore, have been
sent to needless peril and slaughter
| thlrty-threa times out of thirty-nine
Measured by military standards, VS.
have made just six considerable
m Owe ments. The other thirty-three
movements were wanton and stupid
II We could not hold a point, there
was no excuse for taking it. The
lives lost III the thIrty-three fruitiess
ngage meDts We're simply lives
thrown away.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-19
LET Us STAND ny THE OMAHA
AGREEMEST.

TIE CAUCASIAN notices that many
Populist papers and "A great many
prominent Populists In interviews
and letters are taking the position
that the Omaha agreement, being
"a compromise chiefly acceded TO at
the request Of the extreme element
~ the so.called mid-rOaderS, and
that since the leaders OF that ex-
IRENE element, headed by Barker,
Donnelly, Parks and "A few others,
have violated that agreement by
calling "A rump convention com
posed OF handful OF self-constitu-
ted delegates, and have gone
through the farce Of nominating
Barker and Donnelly for President
and Vice-Pre sident, that therefore
the party IL no longer under any
obligations to observe the Omaha
agreement. We think our Popu-
list friends and contemporaries are
mistaken In their conclusions. 1t
IL true, however, that they are cor
rect about the facts. IL Is true that
n handful of those that were noisi-
est and loudest in demanding such
n concession as was agreed on at
the Omaha conference, before the
delegates had reached home, were
planning a conspiracy to violate
that agreement and to try to- split
the party by calling n rump con-
vention, and il Is also true that
they succeeded in getting forty or
fifty individuals picked up from
here and there, representing no
body, to meet I'm so-called con-
vention and that this handful af-
ter quarelling, split among them
selves and that one faction Of the
little handful did nominate Barker
and DOnnelly. But to our mind
their conduct in this matter can
not In any way justify the party
In Ignoring the Omaha agreement
because IL has been violated by
these few men. 1t should be re
membered that there is very re.
spectacle element of the Peoples
Party which at the time of the
Omaha agreement believed in the
sincerity OF Barker and Donnelly
and stood with them in the posi-
ton that they took at that time
The omaha agreement was made
more with this class of Populists
than 1t was with Barker and Don
nelly. We do not believe that thi,
honest rank and file element of tn,
mid-roaders have endorsed the DO
sition Of Barker and Donnelly in vi
olating that agreement. On the 9th
or hand we believe they are to-day
standing by said agreement. Blu
however that may be, let the ma
jority OF the party which made tn,
concession at Omaha to satisfy tn,
minority live faithfully up to tn,
agreement, no matter what Others
have done or may do. We haC
clipped a number of editorial ex
tracts from Populist papers adj
vancing reasons why the party
should no longer be bound by the
Omaha agreement which we inten
ded to publish, but they would
make this article too long. We
trust, however, that our Populist
contemporaries will consider tn,
above carefully and see that it is
their duty and best for the party
to stand by the Omaha agreement
even though 1t has been outrageous
ly violated by some of those at
whose request the concessions were
made.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-19
S. s. s. Is the Only
Remedy Equal to this
Obstinate Disease.


trace Of the faint
The serious consequences which Scrofua surely leads
should impress upon those afflicted with il the vital i'm
portance OF wasting time upon treatment which
not possibly effect In many where the wrong
treatment has been relied upon, complicated gAnduar
swengs have resulted for which the doctors insist
q dangerous surgical operation is necessary.
Mr.. II. +. Thompson of Nilled geville Ga writes "A
bad OF Scrofua broke the glands of neck
which had to be lanced and caused much suffering
treated for long while, but the physicians
able to cure and my condition bad when
began their treatment Many blood remedies used
but without effect Some recommended s. S. S. and
began to improve had taken few bottles
Continuing the remedy. I was cured permanently
and have had sign Of the disease
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-19
WHY THE UNITED STATER CANNOT
OFFER MEDIATION.

WHY THE UNITED STArER CANNOT
OFFER MEDIATION.
There has been quite a movement
on foot, headed by the New York
World and other leading journals, to
raise 8 monster petition TO President
M'kinley requesting that be offer
the mediation of this country be-
tween Great Britain and the Beers,
to prevent the war which has al
ready begun. President M'Kinlev
promptly declined to offer mediation
Under the circumstances we do not
see how President M'Kinley could
have done otherwise. To have at
tempted to offer mediation under
the president circumstances would
indeed have made this country the
laughing stock of the world. If.
however, we ourselves had been
living up to the Declaration of indie
pendence, and had therefore oe.
cupied position where we could
consistently offer mediation, it
would have been q very patriotic
and humane thing to have done.
But unfortunately we occupy a
position where if we were to attempt
to offer mediation, the nations of the
world in chorus would say: Sister.
first take the beam out of thine own
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-19

the only which
blood BY it. and with the
OF suffering which gradually but surely undemnes
scroua Eczema Cancer Rheumatism Blood o
Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Georgia.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-19
They I.tend to be Free.
Hickory Mercury.l

Hickory Mercury
A certain paper, in Raleigh, is ia
king its ANTICIPATION of Senator But
ler's position on the amendment very
hard. Its afraid this position may
be IN the way of the machine getting
control of the State and a certain
set of pie hunters getting all the pie
all the time. Let Senator Butler do
as he may, let the amendment pass
or not pass, the white people of
North Carolina are free and propose
to vote and run this government in
spite OF the negro, the cry of niger
or the present dishonest election law.
White folks are going to be free and
are going TO vote as they please and
are not going to be called niggers or
be bnlldozed by the machine or the
hired, drunken thugs of the ma
chine.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-19
"DEEDS ARE FRUITS,

Words are but leaves Ii is not what
We say, but what Hoods Sarsaparilia
does that tells the story. The many
wonderful cures effected by this medi-
cine are the fruits 10y which il should
be judged. These prove il TO be the
great, unequalled remedy for dyspepsia
rheumatism, scrOfula, salt rheum,
catarrh ard all other ailments due 10
impure or impoverished blood.