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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05
Marching On.
Nebraska independently

NepIdSkd iUufptuutni
Popuiism ".goes marching on. '
The advances II has made In the las
year are wor derful. The Democrs .
Of Massac b usstts held state CONVEX
ton the other day and unanimously
adopted q platform demanding di
rect legislation, the initiative aud
referendum, the election OF Uaited
States senators by direct vote of the
people and the enforcement OF an
eight-hour workday. the abolition
of the Law granting . life tenure to
members of the judiciary and the
public ownership anc operation OF
street railways, water works and 9TH
er municipal business enterprises.
This is the result Of the fusion If
forces in 1896 By that fusion the
Pvpulist got access to 4 .O00, 900 Of
voters in the Democratic party and
Who could never have been reached
in any other way. The doctrines OF
Populism, as soon as these voters
heard them, we're adopted and are
now everywhere being incorporate d
into platforms. Ii same way could
be devised to bring our doctrlnes be
fore the Republican voters, il would
result in the adoption Of then, b,
the men who have SO long voted h.
ticket. These men are not . ~nl
more pref udiced or set in their ways
than thousands of Democrats whs
have ,me over daring the las; thre,
| years.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05

Philadelphia Times
Al the last General Convention OF
The Epis o. al Church there was q
division OF opinion as to whether ;ne
existing canons u oon marriage and
divorce-which permit the rrmar
riage OF the innocent party-would
be best amend d by the absolute pro
hibition Of the marriage of a divorc.
I'd person or by d. 6oing more rigid.
ly the eonditioos under which such O
msrcisge might be authorized 10 in.
dividuai cases. In the discussion O,
this subject, which result ] in in
reference to . new committee. B.sh
cp Potter was enc of those who %
posed the more strir gent proposition
He mas since had occasion TO revise
his opinion, and in his address to thu
annual convention Of his diocese b.
says:
The whole subject has gsined ,
new aspect from events to which
need not more particularly refer here
which have uodoubts dly sskeus I
in all sober minded Christian peopl.
profound sense of alarm; ard th,
consensus OF opinion among them a,
to the necessity Of lsgislstion vtiel
shall prohibit the remarriaee of d,
vorced persons under any circu %
stances whatever, has greatly vid
ened ard deepsne6.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05
"wHAT's THr CONSTITUTION BE
TWEEN FRIENDS"

TWEEN FRIENDS.
The Negro Colonization scheme.
which Capt. R. B Davis has been 80
ably advocating through our col
umns for the past several weeks. is
jlst now creating wide national dis
cussiou. aud strange as it may seem.
mos, Of he expressed opposition to
it, comes from the Southern Demo
cratic papers. It Is amusing 10 read
some of the editorials of these pa
pers. We quote from recent one
in the Richmond Dispatch an extract
which is = fair speclm sn Of them all.
"Iu the first plsco the negro does
| not want to emigrate, and under the
| Federal Constitution, as 1t exists Al
present, there is no power to make
him CO."
It might be suggested to these pa
| pers that under the Federal C,nsti
tution as it exists to-day the negro /:
guaranteed the right Of suffrage, anG
yet there seems to be a power IL
several Of our Southern States 10 de
prive him of it. Why then, THU
seeming regard for the Federal Con
stitution on one question affecting
the negro, and the utter disregard o
it on the other question ffectini
him7 We make no comment upol
The m arit Of thsse que stions. We sim
ply chj-ct to Inconsistency.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05

According To q current sfa's sf...
81 rallroxd eonsolsd.iip n. ~ 40.
auee- has been made b.i~.,r a.,
X ~k.felisr spd vsna.rhilt ,t'. ,...,
sbie. take. IN &c 900 mil.s ,s -
No county IN TIE world oa's a. ~.
Usitsd States hes ss n>oN u 10,
railroad ~ these few men CO..
troll u rnauy. which hAs NJ. "a,
any other country. h.d - - ~
NJ last accounts Fra a.,
CONES next. rad -. SIS x "a w.
,nsd. had - OH. Gees. Br-.,-.
the fourth. had Pigs To. "a.
d.rbilts alone control M. 't.n.rt
European country exc. q q ,mNr,.
aid II they get III. Sou heru i'.r A.
system thy will control m 70 it.s
ans couu'ry beyond the border, =
the Cuifed Sta,ss, withob' .t--g,'isp
The New York Juarrsl .s-r. ,ar
IL the aiiisnce is eGmrl.id = .iu
control 50 900 iail,s at ssGa,, ~
this country The Rocket a..
in every sort OF industry. sd ft.r
possession of the routes 80 r nu. 70.
Wilr give them great acvsri & over
all competitors. i, se~ns %" 10. itr
this great railway trust, q cnrr.d
out a. indicated, is simplifying ~.
question Of State o~nership aud oot.
troll of railways. as syndiea 81 COZ
troll Of street rsiiwsys 10 mex ~ %.
~ municipal ownership. TIE Pos'.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05
BRAVE MEN FALL

Victims TO stomach, Ever snd kidney
troubles as well rs women, aud &. Ell the
resuits In loss Of appetite, poisons in
the blood, bsckache, nervousness, head
ache aud tired, Iistless, run-do feel
ing. But there's no need to feel like
that. Listen to j. w. Gardner, Ida
vile. Ind He says Electric Bitter
are just the thing Tor . man when be
l. All run down, and don't care whether
he lives or dies. IL did more TO give
me new strength and good Appetite
than anything / could take I can
" eat anything and have . new
leas' on life" Only 80 cents ~ al
Drug Stores. Every bottle gusrsn
tsed.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05

Some one or more OF the enter
prising men "who carry their off,
ces around In their hats" took adj
vantage of the close of the New
York Cotton exchange last Friday
in honor of Dewey, to work bun
co game on other cotton exchanges
throughout the county. Now be 1t
known that our home market al
most Invariably responds to the
opening Of the Liverpool market,
Why this should be there Ii no
very good reason, but It does new
ertheless. On this particular day
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05
The Government Ownership
Morpanton Herald)

Morganton Herald)
The Scotland Neck Comm IN
wealth, in speaking of Judge Clark's
recent address. comments on it as
follows:
Judge Clark argues strongly for
government ownership and belle YES
that the telegraph and telephone
properly belong TO the government.
HIS address was able and exhs usfive
on the subject in hand, and is q new
proof of the wonderful versatility of
Judge Clark's talents. Truly he is q
student of passing events as we'll az
Of recorded things and wherevsr he
writes or speaks he does his native
State honor.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05
AAssssa0s- o. sAs s..--
sss sD~s 90 - ssa..

vAs - AAssssa0s- o. ss. $780,.
sss o~s 90 - na..
Ous BaOsi
There 10 q cer-air slssx % 49,.
eisrs .:st CIV ssrusrs "saa -
Woe sisAoas ehsrgtng ec~..t y.
Keep cot 80 ik. o huo. q a..
old sopg. A suessr h.r w. ihs -
Jserral sriiss - f0lso.. ta ,h.-r,-
Per.
"Oee 81 our soanty FAr-r 90.
bssn eiviss the fsrmsrss ID a., I.
(ss they call -. '.lllng ,a.n g. A..
still on politics. aud hop 49,
the farm. that 'h.y unriA laca a..
politics and matters os a.. ror.--.
0eat--
Nc. uh,le the fsrn.fs have -.
ke~pins sal CD ihFs lin~. a .. =,
and fuek.rs. mani nlsiots So
holders have es~r nah CO "a,
the tim. are sormieg uRs's ~ :,
most every prcduc, OF te. 80. -
that Oh r-affes shee "a. fsfu.r s.,
aoyfhisg tack after a. tA. -,
through the hands of . trut,. az
IN, unfaeiured ov.r. be xill s,s -
p~lled to pay from loo to l.y =,
C. Mt advance over shs, be fscr.r.s
in It's rav state
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05
British "suzerainiy" io the Trar

br1tish "Suzera1nsy IN the IfacsSesl.
At FIST the British demands, though
obviously trumped up aud without a
sound basis either In morals or in
law, did not directly involve the
question of the independence of the
Trausvaal. The situation was mere
ly that of the strongest empire in
the world bringing q domineering
pressure to bear upon . tiny repub-
lie to ipfa ence a change Of certain
domestic policies. But Mr.. Cham
berlaln had managed by the begin
ming of September to get the dispute
shifted around TO the acknowledge
ment On the part Of the Transvaal Of
British ''suzeraInty.' IL the Traus-
vaal should now decide to concede
the British demands respecting the
franchise and osher points Of inter-
nsl policy, such concessions would
be taken as conclusive precs de ats.
In such case the claim of British
SUI sraiuty would rapidly advance to
the point where, for all prsctical
purposes. thu Trausvaal would b.
regarded as annexed t, the British
empire. The independence of the
Trapsvasl republic was recognized
first by Great Britain in 1852 The
Beers who went to the wilderness
beyond the river Vsai TO form that
self-goveruing community had Left
Natal few years previous when the
British had rakeu and annexed Ma
tai. Th' sc same Beers had eft Cape
Colony for install to get away from
British rule between the years 1888
aud 1887 In 1876 he British assis
ted the 3 'ers OF the Transvaal in q
contest with the natives, and this
was followed in the spripg If 1877 by
the annexation of the Transvaal t.
the British empire. But the arrange
ment was not satisfactory to tbt
Beers, who took up arms against i
in December, 1880. and fought 81
vigorously that after the defeat oI
the British st MaJuba Hill a peac,
treaty was signed in March, 1873!
which made the Transvaal An indie
endent country again as concerned
its internal affairs, but made Grea
Britain its representative in exter
nal matters. IL 1884 another treat,
! was signed with England. uude
which the dependence Of the S,utl
African republic upon Great Britain
was much diminished, and bscsm,
: United to a certain right on the par
Of the British Government to pe con
suite in the foreign dealings ant
relations Of the Ttausva.l. Tn
questions now in dispute have no
|! thing to do with such foreign rela
TORS, aud Mr.. Chamberlain mas q,
, more right, under the treaty and no
der international law, to eoDcerl
hims. IL with the elective frscchis
in tine Transvaal than president Kru
: ger b rs tn discuss the question o
, woman soffrage in Englapd.-Frou
The Progress Of the World" in til
Americ>n Monthly Review Of Re
views for October.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05
ANOTHER POPULISr PRINCIPLE
7 -

PASSING"
We have often had occasion to
call attention to the onward stride
of Peoples Party principles. These
same principles which We're so rid
iculed few years ago By the Dem
ocratic press Of North Carolina,
have been so often proven to be
necessary to good government, that
these same Democratic partisans
who once ridiculed them are now
forced to admit their justice. a
few weeks ago we copied an edito
rial from Democratic paper of
North Carolina advocating govern
ment ownership Of railroads, and
saying; while it was Populist doc
trine, it was good one neverthe-
less. That editor would only have
to study "Populist doctrines" to fine
that they we're all good.
The Tarboro Southerner, another
Democratic paper, has recently dis
covered some merit in the princi-
pie Of the initiative and referen.
dunn, so long advocated by the PEG.
pies Party. Its editorial in de
fence Of this principle is good, and
we reproduce it in full. But frs,
we suggest, not only to the South.
ernor, but to all the other Demo
cratic papers in North Carolina
that they study the Peoples Party
platform from an unprejudiceC
standpoint and they win find it all
good The man or paper who con
dennis the Populist platform is in
fluenced to do so by one of two rea
sons, either he has no idea whatev
er of what the platform contains
and, parrot-like, denounces it be
cause he hears some one else do SO
or he is man who would be hur1
by the enactment of these JUS,
principles into law.
The editorial referred to is in thu
issue Of the Southerner of Sept. %
and is as follows:
Some people are disposed to Object
to the initiative and referendum a,
|. methods of eff.cting legislation, be
cause these two are Of Populist orr
gin. Such an objection is puerile
1t does not matter who or what par
ty suggeste the idea SO it is q goot
} one. All wisdom is bottled in NJ
one party or individual.
i Before condemning it, it is woll t.
understand that by initiative il
meant that when q certain number
Of people petition the legislature t
enact such . law the same shall b
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05

1t is notices BILE that outside OF
North Carolina tbs Democratic press
is disposed to have little sympathy
for the fraud alent election law under
which Goebel is trying to win the
Gosernorship of Kentucky. We
have clipped from number Of Demo-
cratic papers inside of the State in
dicating a dislike for such meth DDS.
We give below extract from an edi-
torial il the LynchbIrg (Vs) News
commenting upon the Kentucky bolt.
The News thinks this Independent
Democratic movement in Kentucky
good obj-ct.lesson and warning to
DEM cra's elsewhere to beware Of
UGH barefaced attempts to violate
tie freedom of the ballot. The News
say:
The Independent movtm ant IN
Kentucky is q revolt against Goebel-
ISM, and Goebellsm is but another
ct III tOF UOSSlSm- 1uOuSaUOS Oh
non st Democrats in Kentucky re.
fused to support Gaebel methods IS
manifested at the State convention,
and as expressed in the G,ebel cleo
ton law. This is the lesson which
Virginia D mocra,s should study
The wsy to keep indeper dents from
giving trouble is for the Democratic
party in the Virginia to esche u
Got bt lism.
The reason you see nothing againsr
this ele ction Law in any of the paper.
Of the Democratic machine in NORTH
Carolina is because the Simmons law
is equally as bad if not worse thar
the Goebel law, We do not see hoy
the fair and honest Democrats O.
North Carolina can tolerate such
law any more than the same class o
Democrat in Kentucky.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05
SHOULD LEARN FROM ExPERIENCl

If experience is a good schco oil TO,
the d, mocratic party, 1t should pro-
ht by its training of the last two OF
three years, and oppose no longer
not even in the smallest essential
any Of the principles of the People,
Party. The majority sentiment OF
both North Carolina and tie nation
is in favor Of these principles, TO,
the simple reason that they are
Thoroughly democratic. To thi:
fact the Democratic politicians hav.
in the last two or three years hat
their eyes opened, and have in {
measure trimmed their sails accord
~. Fer instance, the Chicago plat
form contained declarations in favo
Of certain reforms for which til,
Regularity Democratic papers an,
speakers, . few years, yes, even
few months, prior, had nothing bu
ridicule and abuse, for the reasen
rs they said, it was "too populistic.
But is there any one familiar witt
the politics of the last few years VIII
will deny that the Chicago platform
was forced upon the Democrat
party by reason of the growth o
populist principles with the Demo
cratic massesf And this growth o
Populist principles among the ram
and Rle Democrats has not stoppe,
at the Chicago platform. Toda
the clamor for the more democrati
ideas embodied in the Peoples Part
platform in greater than it has eve
been before. Who can deny this i
the face Of the anti trust sentimen
now sweeping the country, the popu
lar demand for municipal ownershi
Of public utilities, and other Popu
list demands. The Democratic pIal
form OF Ohio, Nebraska and Massa
ehusstts this year delare for til,
initiative and rsfersndum which i
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05

that no other poor woman
of North Carolina, no matter how
many Of them had married scamps
in other states should ever have the
benefit of this law as 1t only ap-
piled to his special case-his client,
and to no other case 1t must ap-
ply to his suit then pending and to
no other suits Of like nature. no
matter how meritorious. Only one
woman in the State of North Caro-
lima can ever reap any benefit from
this law. What is applicable to one
citizen ought to be applicable to all.
Special legislation on the subject
of divorces is forbidden by the con-
stitution Of the State, but the last
legislature did not permit q small
matter like the constitution to
stand in the way OF legislation.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05

rensse Oss~chism sherne .f "a. s,ti...
tsonsbls Features of isss

rsnss. O.s~ehism sherns .f "a. s.,.l..-
tsoosbls Features of 1883
Ey-G ,veinor Merriam, the dit. c'sr
of the census, has bad several cog
f.reuces NJ the White Hous. re n.
ly as TO ~ alters pertaining go BE-
buretu- Among these. ~ ~ aid. -
tha subject Of q aesiions which srs Q
be propoupded TO the 40 600 0Oo I.so-
pie of the country next June They
have b. en- decided upon by Director
Merriam. aad will soon be- prir',d
rb' y have met with the approval Of
he Pr silent. IL is said
IL general the ~ndeavof has b.sr
90 make the qn.s'iops SIMPLER ihab
b fore. and Ia reduce th, 90 numssr.
This - IA accord with tn views Of
Ia. census com miffess of the two
bouses of Congress S-v'a.l Of the
q ne stions which arous d the mot 40.
tAgonism n 1890 have been omitted
altogether. The chief 20 'hese was
the IL a airy OF each peron whether
be or she bad any chr ME disease.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05
A Law for uns Case .
THos MEADs
Ashevi:le Re sister.l


The solons of the last legislature
Undertook to amend the divorce
laws of North Carolina, and from
the reading the attempted amend
ment it seems that they wasted
much wisdom and will receive but
little benefit therefrom. With the
probable exceptions Of single case
that some one of the forty solons
had then pending in some of the
courts of the State without a cause
sufficient to support the action, the
law is full bullet in the woods-a
simple incumbr nee to the ttatute
books and for all purposes, save the
special case, had just as we'll been
left out of the records of the legis-
latlve proceeding. AS matter of
legislative curiosity we print the
amendment, which is as follows
'Section l, That section one thou
sand two hundred and eighty five
OF the Code be amended as follows:
Add to said section of said Code the
following sub division:
eff the husband having married
a citizen of North Carolina shall
remove with her to another State,
and while living with her in such
other State shall, by cruel or bar
bariOus treatment, endanger her
life or render her condition intoler-
able or burdensome, the wife shall,
upon returning to North Carolina,
and residing therein, separate and
apart from the husband for the Pc
riod of twelve months, be entitled
to an absolute divorce to be decreed
by the courts of this State:
''Sec. 2. That this act shall apply
to cases now pending in the courts
Of this State, but she'll not apply 20
any separation that shall take place
after the passage Of this act,7
When it is understood that a
married woman's citizenship is in
the State where her husband lives,
and that none but citizens Of this
State can secure divorces In this
State, it IS apparent why the act
was passed. Some one of the many
sOlons in the last legislature had q
client who had married man and
moved to another state and left her
husband and returned to North
Carolina. She was not q citizen of
the State because her husband lived
In another State, and consequently
she was q citizen Of the State where
In her husband resided and must
apply for relief in the courts of that
State, hence this act was passed, to
bend and twist the divorce laws OF
the State to suit this special case,
and to provide new method and
q new cause of divorce unheard OF
In North Carolina. Some suppos. d
scion had brought his suit and dis.
covered all Of sudden that he was
not as much Of a solon as he
thought he was, and that his action
was misconceived, and that unless
he obtained special act he would
lose his case, 60 he appealed TO the
thirty-ntne other solons in the leg.
tslatnre. together with his own
help. 20 pull him out Of hole, a
the expense Of the honest taxpay.
err Of the State. He wasvery careful
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05

xhs Hoa. Thomas b. Reed ON Paris nd
French Ju.tses.
During the coming vinter the Hon.
Thomas B. Reed, ex-Spes ker Of the
House OF Representatives. viii be
q frequent contributor to The Satur-
day Evening Post OF Philadelphia.
Mr.. Reeds papers will, in the main,
deal with national affairs. will form
most important and interesting
contribution to the history Of Ameri
can politics. Mr.. Reeds first article,
unlike those to follow, crosses the
Atlantic for its subject and tells hos
the procedure Of French Law co, rs.
and especially those involved in the
Dreyfus case. impressss an Am ri-
can lawyer. Tois paper EMIL 4
Paris ana French Justice. will ap-
pear in the Saturday E.enirg Post
of o stlber Z.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05
DE uOCR AND REPUBLICANS Co
OPERATE.

North Carolina Democrats of the
machine variety, who have so
loudly denounced Populist and Re-
publican cooperation in this State
will no doubt be very much m >rti-
fled to learn that their brother Dem
ocrats in Ohio have entered into
an alliance "a fusionD with awning
of the Republican party in that
state. By the terms of this fusion
the present State Republican office
holders are 20 be retained, instead
Of decapitated as they would be in
event of success Of the regular Re
publican ticket. The following dis
patch from Cleveland explains:
Cleveland, o., Sept. ga secret
alliance between Charles L. Kurt
and John R. Mclean has Been
formed for offensive and defensive
Operations in Ohio this falf There
existed an understanding between
Kurtz and Mclean long before tn,
latter was nominated for governor
Indeed, it is said that it was IT,
assurance which Kurtz gave Nc
Lean that Influenced Mclean % e,
liuto the gubernatorial race. NOR
than any other one thing. Whel
he did euter the contest, he entered
to stay. By the terms OF agree
ment the anti-Hanna Repu blican
and Democrats are to attempt tn
Organization of the next & neral as
sembly as they did two years age
and The present state office holders
who are sure t, be decapitated il
the event of Nash's victory, are t
be retained if the alliance prove
!, successful
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05
Who Can Deny 1t.
Hickory Mercury

Hickory Mercury =
The Farmers Alliance s1d then
the Populisrs first took mp the fight
against trusts. The old party and
religious press said i. was imagin airy
and that farmers and the Pops we're
mad because they didn't have the
money and Sense to get into trust
We have heard town politicians
talk that way. Then Websters
Weekly and other papers did not
come to the rescue of the farmers
But as soon as the party declares
agsinst trusts then they can defend
it, against such trusts. No man
will deny this. These papers have
not grown wiser. They had all the
sense then. Solomon was no VIII, re-
They are just party tools. that's all
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05
An Insult to the Intellsgencs of the state
Chatham Citizer.l

e
Chatham Citizer.l
liant up copy OF mocratic
chairman Hayes letter to the voters
of Chatham county In the last cam
paign and read: The m ost astound-
ing cry Of the fusionist in their des-
perat,on is that, if the Democrats
win. they will disfrs nchise the s.nig-
ger" and the poor white man.
consider this an absolute insult to
the intelligence of whites and colored
alike How does this compare with
his efforts now to get some spes ker
to come here and persuade the peo-
pie to whom the above was address
ed to ratify the very thing which, in
the above, they were assured would
not be donef
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05
WORKING NIGHT AND DAY

The busiest aud highest little thing
that ever Was made 10 DIR. Kings New
Life Pills. Every pill is . sugar-coa;-
ed giobule Of health, that changes
weakness into sfreDgr b, ;istiessness In
60 energy, brain-sag into mental
power. They're wonderful in build
ing up health Only 25c per box Sold
BY all Druggist.