The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-10-13

PARKER md ROOSEVELT
Mr.. v at~or then defends himself
sgain@f the charge of Interior mo-
tives in making the Democratic
nominee the principal Object Of his
attacks
"rhe ballot = one of the eapon-
" ith which we must hold our ground
] NJ contention Of the People, par
.ty being that both the. old parties
are wrong, We wage war on both.
Ours il the two-esiged sword In
our campaign it may happen that
We 10 greater dsmsge To the Kepub-
Ii"an- than to- the Dem Ocrat--as i'm
J 332, when Mr.. Bryan and other
W"-teru Democrats were instructed
10y the Ceveiand managers to vote
for u caver. Ia suOt her cam paieD, it
might chance that the greater dam
age is done TIE democrats. In the
one CASE, - in the other, We would
not cuncern ourselves about the mat
ter. Sucn result il the accident of
war. not the purpose of the cam
paign. 1t Is our business t. preach
sound Populism, which is sound
Jeffersoni4n Democracy, and to hit
Il he Republicans on the one hand and
the Democrats on the other. We
must 'hew to the line letting the
chips fail where they may
l l,r h., kA. 10
| that in a speech i'll Atlanta | ex
| pre- sed preference for Mr. kOOse-
welt over Mr.. Parker. Neither il
that speech nor in any other, have
presidency myself, | would have
| a. ade myself side-shOW to which
ever OF the other two candidates
pressed a preference fOr-Whereas
| | am in full, militant, aggressive
control Of an independent show Of
my own"
! After declaring that the POpulI5t
party was "brutally insultedn by
Chairman Jones and other "Southern
Democratic bosses in 1896, and re-
tprring to the ST. Louis convention
a. "sell out to Wall street, when
| A winning fight might have been
made, Mr. Watson undertakes to
Idemonstate that Judge Parker's let
ter and the Democratic platform arr
IN no essentiOn respect different
from President ROOeeVeit'S letter
and the Republican platform excep'
: in a few insincere appeals to pOpu
lar favor. He declares that in the
matter OF the executive pension OF
der. Parker merely says Roosevelt
did the right thing the wrong way
that his attitude on Philippine in
ldepende nee may be construed al
most any way; that on the subjec
, of reciprocity he ~ only pleading 10
greater faYOrs TO the manufacturer
by letting in raw materials free, an'
hat democratic admins ration
lures than a Republican one. Again
he say ), the trusts control the Dem
ocratic party. McCarren he assign
: to the Standard Oil Company; Cor
@ man, to the sugar trust, and Be
c mont to the Louisville Il NaShvill
Railroad. Af,er calling on Parke
!. to speak out on the race question, h
& concludes this portion of his lette
by saying that, besides all the fore
:. going, no faith should be put in
4 party OF SO little unity Of c,nvictlor
Y so many broken pledges, as h
n charges that the Democratic recor
q showed. The claims Of his OW
party are then advanced as follows
II POPULIsT CREED
If 1.-The Peoples party. is Jetfers'
If MAN to the core. 1t has never ems
)t culated its creed to curry favor
IS has preferred to win its way In
s, m.nds aud hearts by earnest adv
a. cacy OF fixed princip e.. Its chi
IN reliance has been on political educ
OF ion, and 1OI every abuse offers
W remedy 1t seeks to reform, to r
s. pair, to renuvate. to restore. "
H. would, if we could, 60 back to IL
system of our fOretathers. III
class legislation, which is the bal
Nv of our government at This time, o
k tanned the upper hand IN our repu
n lie twice before, aud was twice drl
Ia en- out. jeff r4on did it once; thu
le- Jackson. Democracy in Jackson
lat dav paid of the national debt, owe
Dr. threw the national bank. revOk
ar. many of the privileges OF favor
its classes and put the reins OF pow
ch back into the hands of the Poop
ats The protective principle who s'ru
en- down, and the Walker tariff inaui
4 rated an era of prosperity. Char
ere Dickens, who visited this count
srd previous to the civil war, wrote
ne his home that flaming sword
5 the air would not excite more anna
na- ment tnan beggar in the streets
ers Boston; and be expressed his astC
rec ishmeDt at the general prosperity
the the people. That was when genul
ore Democracy vas ruling the land Q
mes inspiring its legislation.
, of 1.-THE Peoples party makes no
ard upon private ownership, upon hon
of wealth, or legitimate profits
en- simply com bats the legislation VIII
uCi hoild. nm one man at the eXpoDSe