The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-18

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.,Jstor's Weekly, (Democrat)
.rue people of North Carolina, for
ne arst time in their history, are to
pas directly upon tho question Of
wuJ snail represent them in the T. nj
toll States Senate. 1t is axiom attic
INST the great body OF the people are
Aouest aud patriotic and want to do
right IL they go wrong, it Is be-
cause they are mistaken aud not be-
.agse they want to bring evil upon
tns nscou1try. When they see their
8uDr they have the courage and
manhood 70 correct il. We believe
TIE people are less liable to make a
mOstake IN the selection of a public
or1cer than a convention party eau
FN. bT lbRl5lhLuEts NuT EctSOU fOT
thinking so is that influences can be
brought TO bear upon conventions
caucuses and legislatures that could
not mlslead the great bulk of the
people. There are too many of the
latter to bribe with patronage or in
tmldate with power. A delegates o.
representatives. ambition or cupldl-
haAo lnI 20
the hope of fiji oemay be used 10 in
duoe' h m to vote for the wrong man.
The Senatorial contest in 1897 Il nrds
striking OF act lesson of hls, Ssn
st0r Pritchard was reelected by the
power of Federal patronage. The
promise of postoffice to one, a dep
uty's place to another, g stOrekeep-
er's Job to third these outweighed
the sense of duty of fifteen Popolis1
members of the legislature to the
people aud they ,ined with the Re
publicaus in elocting friend OF
Mark Hanna to the Senate. Thi
would have been impossible had the
election of Senator been left to tn.
popular vote, or to the rank and file
of the Populists.
Since the people are to choose their
Senator, they are entitled to know
the record Of every man who solicits
their support. 1t any one knows anV
good reason wbv General Carr. Mr.
Simmons, Gov JARVIS or Col. Wad
dell should not be Senator; If there
IS anything wrong with their Dem.
ocrscy; IL they have ever faltered il
their devotion to the principles o1
J,fferson, Jackson and Bryan; If ell
ther of them wavered or was au un
certain quantity when Mr.. Cleve'anG
tried to lead the party into the enc
my's camp in 1893, now is the time
to speak. 1t ia not question su .,
porting the nominee. The party + a.
no candidate for the Senate, O.
Chairman Summons Informed S ma
tor Butler last summer when chal
lenged by the Popultst Senator for ,
Joint discussion of the issues. Th'
whole matter has been turned owe
to the people. Whoever they selec
will receive the support of ever!
Democrats member OF the legis'a
ture aud will be s uator for the tern
beginning March 4th, 1901.
We discu sed in our last issue tn
claims of Mr. Summons upon the s n
Gtorship, as set forth by Ju'ge W
mack, of Raleigh. Judge Woms"I
gave eleven reasons why he though
Mr.. summons should have the place
His fourth reason was what tn
newspaper craft would call a "scoop
piece OF important "new-" glve,
to the ublic for tue first time. w
beg to quots: 49,.
a. In 1894 and 1896 he idly an
publicly, IN the State convention an
elsewhere, advocated pol cies op
posed by the Pres d Mt, declaring b
would surrender his off G befor5 h
would surrender his principles"
AS stated last week, we were
me- no her of the conventions OF lS9
and 1895, bat do not recall that M
Summons was conspicuous for h
opposition TO Mr.. Cleve' and's poi
cies. The North !Caroliniau, a Ra
eigh paper, 9 ave a full report OF tt
proceedings of tue convention I
1894, copy of which we have pr
served, and we do not fud q line {
sentence showing that Mr.. Simmol
opened his mouth upon silver or tt
Senatorial primary, which were tt
lea ling questions before the eonve
tion. n speech in eslling the co
vention to order gave no indicatic
of his position ppon these olettl IN
being purely formal. How dlffere
from this year, when he made u T IN
ing speech in opening the conve
ton, declaring his position upt
Doth State aud nationsl issues. 60
Jarvis r.quest for primary to 81
p the Ssuatorship WAS defeated
large ma jority, ar d that meant tn
Senator Rau som, who followed NJ
Cleveland eff the platform, was to
back to the Senate if q Democrat
legislature was elected, of whi
there seemed to be no doubt at tb
time. The convention adopted a fl
silver platform. but the campai
was not waged upon that line. I
whole power of the Federal patre
age was used to re- elect Clevela,
ite to the Senate. Oar speak
talked tariff and '68 and did not (
large upon 16 to /. Mr.. Slmmt
had discussion with Mr.. Mar
Butler in Wayne county III Oeto'
OF that year and in an extended
port of the debate found Ia one
our exchanges, aud which we hs
preserved, he is credited with b
ing said:
81 am in favor of bimetalism
am in. favor Of putting silver on
equal footing with gold. And
England, Germany and other
eign countries world agree to it.
could nave free coinage here ri
away, but the time is not yet ripe
free silver, il it had been Cfevef,
and the last Congress would b.