The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-07-25
DEATH TO
The TRUSTS.
THE POPULlST PARTY WILL
GO 1T ALONE IN CAM
PAIGN OF 1904.


OUTLINE Of TKs PARTY PeocaAnnE.
seaatoe Marion Bstler. Chairman Of ~
FoD~iist National Co.nifsss, TaiAs q
Party Piass-Ms.sy win Bs Eii.i.ae-
: Is08.
Ssassie twsshl Post-Intelliganees.
One Of the most distinguished par
ties that has visited Seattle I'm some
mont - arrived In the city yesterday
Afternoon and Is registered at the
Rainer- Grand. It Is composed oi
John p. Jones, Of Nevada,
and his son Roy; former Senator
Butler, Of North Carolina,
chairman Of the Populists national
committee; former Senator X. F.
Pettigrew, Of South Dakota; former
Senator Stephen w. Dorsey, Of New
York, Congressman William Sulzer,
of New York; Robert M. Catlin, OF
New York; J. B. and L. A. Coate,
Of Atlantic, Ia, the latter four being
men.
The party come direct from the
East and will leave today for trip
to Alaska on the revenue cutter
Perry. The vessel has been tender
ed Senator Jones by the treasury de.
partment, and will be used by the
party for as long a period as the
may wish to remain in the
North.
The trip is one Of business and
pleasure. The members are all in
terested in Alaska properties, and
the business part of the trip is for
the purpose Of looking them ovel
and determining upon q plan fol
development. The properties in the
main are on Prince Edward island
and it is there the Perry will &C
first. Later the party will be land
ed at Skagway and will 60 as far q.
White Horse over the railroad. I,
may be that some of the member
will 60 on to Dawson, but this hai
not yet been determined. They ex
pect to be absent at least two weeks
with q maximum limit of one
month.
Populist Party Leader.
While every member of the par
ty Is interesting there are none NOR
40 than Senator Butler and Senator
Pettigrew, both of whom have at
tained q national reputation; th'
former, from his close connection
with the Populist party and the lat
ter owing to the stand taken agains
the administration on the question
of expansion. There is also addet
interest attached to Senator Butle
as it is more than probable, accord
ing to the opinion of those who ar
in a position to know, that he will
be the Peoples party nominee 70
president in 1904. He is at leas
one of the brightest minds in tn
Populist party and q leader. Sens
tor Butler said:
"Some months ago the member
Of the party, all Of whom are inter
ested in Alaska properties, decide'
to make trip the North. It is II
reality an outing, for there are non
of us who would be willing to un
dertake such a long journey just t
see our mines. BY correspondence
we ascertained that the present wa
the most suitable time, and tn
treasury department kindly place
the Perry at the disposal Of Senate
Jones for the purpose Of carryin
the party North, We will be gon
two weeks at least, and it may be
month. Our trip has no publ
significance, nor is it in any wa
connected with the government.
eIt Is a little early to talk politic'
I might say that in the next can
paign there will be no talk Of th
money question. Just what th
platforms will be cannot at this tim
be fully told. There are man
things Wlich will have to Be rem
edied. However, it is settled tn,
| in the next campaign there will /
no talk of money as plank tt
free coinage of silver will not cl
any figure at all.
81 do not wish you to understan
that I think the gold-standard me
are right. It simply means th'
things which they and the Populi
party did not foresee In 1895 ha,
come about, and the money questio
for the present is eliminated. II
Populist party has always maintain
ed that the substance from whi(
/ money was made amounted to not
ing: 1t is the quantity on which v
have been harping.
Does Not Care for Gold.
Il
'.The Populist party today car
no more for gold than it does &
silver. did not want to fight Il
campaign Of 1896 on the silver
lsue, for its principal was then and
now just as false as the gold stan
lard. It is true there was some a
cessity for fighting Cor the free col
age of silver owing to the search
of money at the time, and this y
the means whereby the quanti
,IwOuld be increased. We tried
make the fight on the, money qu'
tion ON the quantity.
ssThe Populist party is against t
lgOld and silver standards both 1t {
same time, for the reason that b0
are accidental standards. In e
,, neither Of them is Z standard n
both are absurd. Under either
gold or silver standard you have
latandard Of value. as the vAlu6